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Time flies In Africa as rfM-
In Oregon, rieMtly November 1st
already. I V lrn meaning lo
write lo you or my marketing
rsperlenees ami thought xr
haps your feminine readers
would le Interested In hw
shopping ta done In the African
way.
As miwl housewives know It
la a chore to keep the t-iiplxiarda
aUa-ked anil the family well
mnjrUhisl ami contented, nrn
In The l.an, t.f plenty." Here
It la major rntt-rprUe. Involv
Ing much time and strategy.
There are ri "suiter markets' a
you know them, only open mar
kits and three arnall French
atiirr, carrying foid. There are
various dry go4l and hardware
(on'i and a pharmacy whkh
rry eenlve Item of unfam
lllaj brands.
hery dav It "Sidewalk Ha
uur" In Niamey. (Bolt Henry.
laJie note I Mali are set uu on
er-y street, residential districts
Included. a table every few feet
with Itema of every description
frum pommade lo tea, even aaw
buttle of "Sloana" liniment on
Mf display.
There U a ix-tlt Marche. little
Biarkrt, covering about half a
blotk which la food stuffs, veg
etables, frulu, fUh, meat and
poultry. The ure native prod
eta, grown by natives brought
Into town each morning on their
head. They walk In from v II - i
laces for in I lea around carrying
tfteir produce In double and
triple decks atop their heads,
In takcts, pans, bundle and on
loo of all a chicken crate for
to chickens or ducks.
The meat la trundled In on
wuuden cart or aroa bicycles
all expocd to the heat, air
and bugs. 1 n-e goods are
spread out on the hot. bare
ground or put on makeshift tab
los and at a 11 for sale the
ground o covered with vegcta
blca and frulu of all aorta that
ojm mutt step over and around
Koch vendor alta by hU wares
In a solid row and each one
clamors loudly for you to buy
ata, along with U.omj who stroll
constantly and thrust bunches
of radUhea, onions and lettuce
ander one'a nose and Insist It
y the best buy.
LlUlc boya come running to
xl the purchaser with old
dirty boxes and beg that their
box be bought and they be ai
lowed to carry It, for a price,
while the shopping Is done. Wise
shoppers carry their own bas
ket Into which everything Is
"dumped" aa U.
1he fish are spread In long
rows on the bare ground. Just
m they came from the river,
enmplete from head to tall, the
beef Is also spread on the
Cfuund, also complete from head
to tall. Including the offal,
which should bo spelled awful,
aa with the heat and unsanitary
Handling It has qulto an odor
by ten or eleven a.m. The cuts
ae unrecognizable, mostly fiab
by strip, which they call filet,
k grade U canncr grade by
U. 5. Standards, no fat marbled
fen and very little on the out
aide, thus the flavor U Just
barely a beef flavor. No pork In
ml market as this Is Moslem
ountry. It may be bought In the
trench stores at a premium
prttv.
IH)ultry are sold alive, are car
ried by their necka. You lift one
t Judge If Ifa weighty enough,
all are feather weight, then It's
yours to kill, pluck and clean.
This the houseboys do.
Eggs arc guinea or banty eggs
Mid are whatever they have
been able to truck, down in the
brush and maybe more guinea
than egg by the time they reach
market. To prove their freshness
they place them In large pans
of water, supposedly good If
they do not flout, not necessar
ily so as they quite often are
so heavy with chicks they can't
float. We buy ours at the French
market, are flown In from poul
try farms along the roast and
oKt 35 franca apiece. 100 francs
in equal to 4()c or so in our
money changes from time to
time.
The fruits In the open mar
ket are oranges, grapefruit, ba
nanas and nineupples trucked
In from Nigeria, to the south of
us, and are good in flavor, rath
er seedy, but are cheap and one
of the best buys. Must an De
scrubbed in soap and water and
peeled, as the vegetables must
be, too. Their vegetables are
very puny and flavorless, they
seem to pluck them from the
ground as soon as they thrust
forth a leaf. Have to beat the
bugs to them, I guess.
The soli Is poor so not much
nutrients to make good vegeta
bles. Their big crop is millet and
then peanuts. They sell millet
as meal and flour in large dish
pans, a handful or whatever
quantity is desired. Use it cook
ed as rice and as cereal cooked
to a paste and solidified, then
sliced.
They also make a millet milk
which is fermented millet and
water , a milky white thick
drink with an alcoholic content.
They sell peanut oil and raw
peanuts, small and not much
flavor. Milk Is brought in by the
natives fresh from the udder of
goats or their beef type cows,
without benefit of straining,
cooling or pasteurizing, sold in
ginger ale type bottles with no
caps and flies swarming in and
out. Flies have a heyday on all
the open market produce and
the stores are not much better
as far as sanitation.
ftaran wrap rt Ml cwM d
Htf bunlneu Iter but Ihelr
theory n-ern to le, you ran aee
ihe produi' ami feel of It leiw-r
i ii is an uncovered, and
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mean nothing to them. Ilila I f Vy.? . . .
about rovers (he fo.nl altuatton s J . ,w,1J I w ' V
etrept for bread. It la M.ld all , Cl A' v-K'J '.'tirf A , Vrt.'V-y'-
ovrr. Native bke. French style f - V S. 5 S - ' 'M 1
of course, grey, crusty teture,,V'' v fV . -
and also never wrapped lust .. -g . " ?Zm' U '.'' "M ' I
rarry It a Is. Tt.ere are two k V f ' Vir.? "S ' :
Frrnrh bak.les who have a lit pJ-V Wff. tUf U -V X I U l !n7l
tie more variety, theirs loo. are W',V ' Jwi vr I ( I t
all unwr.pd'and ,.,-d to CV'ii ! 'C?'HfL( It ' U4f 'kf
air and lie. I bake my own. f'.yfo X' ?ri liil, ' TW,- fJ-t:
riien there la the grande mar- I v "A,V t- yri.. 4 41
H.e. anothr Mix k long .wii l! K ."f ' ( V'' f ' . f A',
market of dry good, tilery, f 3) . X?;-. - -y - -r ft. ,,r
hurket. native koap which iMk
like long strand or rkcelnior,
sundry Item of rumba, brukhes.
u-aiiirr gojs anj some I nave- t
n't figured out, a yet. The yard- '
H!t Is a blcturcMiue U'ht. rol. i
ortul as a hundred raliilxms I
and there I certainly no short
ak'0 of IL One may buy It and
a talleur Is available right there
to sew It up. In his own fash-
in, on a treadle machine.
There l a fabric for everv
need and some beautiful hand
woven material which we see
them weave, up and down the
streets, sometimes stretch n g
their yarn, cotton yarn, from one
light post to another. Heady
made native garments are avail
able In the grand marthe. long
klmlnoa, large baggy panls
made of at least 5 vurd of ma
terial, wrapjied to fit the waist
and having poc-kett ln.sl.le
There are stores of Imported
modern clothing, alio, all of
which U very expensive and not
good material.
The pottery and enamel ware
Is all very gay and colorful with
much of It having mottoes on It.
Some m French and some In
ligllxh. We saw a pot go by
on a head the other day with
Human Vanity I Confidence"
printed on It In English. A Ni
gerian product, no doubt, as Ni
geria is English sHaking. This
la Niger, remember, a rrench
country.
Everything Is carried on the
head. Including bundles of wood
and stacks of yardage, except
meir names, ihey get to ride
"piggy back" wrapped tightly to
the mother with a strlD of ma
lerlal with only the head and
two feet exposed and the head
quite often covered with a wool
stocking cap In this heat!
lW degrees ever since we ar
rived. Their wool comes from
the goats and a type of sheep
that U hard to tell from the
goats.
Nome wear sweaters and we
are told they quite often suffer
from malaria and Its chills. AH
wear long costumes to their
ankles with many overrobes on
he men and their heads swath
ed In turban, Arabian style.
Many are Arabs. The ladies
wear long tight skirts, sleeve
ess ruffled blouses and some
extra yardage wrapped around
them willy, nllly and most wear
head coverings of bright ker
chiefs done up In different fash
Ions. Their hair Is either done
plxle fashion, sticking out like
nine pins all over the head or
braided tightly to the scalp.
Children wear nothing unless
they are about school age, then
wear shorts or a skirt. Quite a
few do go to school.
This Is getting away from the
shopping experiences, and the
way of life Is another story. We
are taking many pictures.
We are allowed to order Amer
ican brand foods from a com
missary In Lagos are brought
in once a month by plane. Not
a great variety, but helps.
My typing is terrible, wes,
worse than my writing even, so
hope you don't mind the writ
ten letter. We have received
only the one Gazette, suppose
they are on their way, though.
Our best wishes to everyone.
Sincerely,
Esther
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RANCH HOME cat the Dick Wilkinsons nestles) below rolling hills tip Willow Creek from Hepptter.
The home was moved from another place up tbe creek years aqo and was enlarged ta make
more comfortable Uviaa quarters. This Is CentM of operations for the 196S Cattleman of the
Tear. Award was presented ai farm -City banquet Saturday sight (See story, page I).
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Herbicide Meeting
Set in Pendleton
A special one-day conference
on agricultural herbicides will
be held in Pendleton on Mon
day, November 22, it was an
nounced this week by the Ore
gon Wheat Growers League,
sponsor of the meet.
Discussion will center around
the use of herbicides In crop
disease prevention and the re
lated problems of chemical vol
itillty and control. The meeting,
which opens at 10 a.m. at the
Tapadora Motel, is open to rep
resentatives of chemical firms,
forestry officials, herbicide ap
plicators, growers and other in
terested parties.
"HAT, THERE, DICK," a person might greet Morrow county'a
Cattleman of the Tear (for 1965. Dick Wilkinson, as he stands
by one stack of hat near his home place. The dog. Maior, is a
constant companion. Dick puts up an average of 1000 tons of
hay per year.
(G-T Photo).
Girls Enter Fashions
In Make-With-Wool
Contest in Pendleton
Morrow county was well rep
resented at the Umatilla Mor
row County Makelt-Youwclf
Wlth Wool contest held Satur
day at the Tapadera in Tendle-
ton, but none were Judged first
piace division winners, accord
ing to Mrs. Kobert Hosklns, lone.
in cnarge or the contest.
Honor came to Miss Linda
Heath, 16-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Heath. Hopp-
ner, when her blue and tur
quoise checked dress was Judg
ed second place winner In the
Junior contest, and she will be
an alternate to the Oregon State
contest
There were 12 entries In the
sub-deb division, with first prize
going to Miss Valerie Madison,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Madison, Echo, and granddau
ghter of Gaylord Madison, vice-
president of Oregon Wool Grow
ers. She received a lamb's wool
rug donated by Mrs. Henry
Krebs, sr., ox ecll.
Local contestants In the sub-
debs were June Ledbetter, Car
ley Bergstrom, Molly Becket.
Sandra Carlson, Linda Petty
John, Mary Katherine Camel
and Shauna Bergstrom. All re
ceived wool skirt length yard
ade, and Shauna received the
fashion award, a Vogue School
catalogue.
Winner in the Junior division.
in a class of 14 entries, was
Cheryl Lynn Steadman, 14-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Steadman of Milton
Freewater. Second place prize to
Linda Heath was the lambs
wool rug donated by Mrs. Wav-
el Wilkinson, Heppner. Fashion
award went to Carol Rawlins,
and she received a pair of elec
tric shears. Nonda Clark re
ceived honorable mention and
received wool yardage.
Representing the senior divis
ion at the state contest will be
Miss Paula Bissingor. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Berkelye Bissin
ger of Stanfield. Alternate Betty
Gilbert of Pilot Rock was award
ed the lamb's wool rug donated
by Mrs. Shirley Rugg, Heppner.
There were no local entries in
the senior division.
About 74 persons attended the
dinner for the contestants and
over 100 were in the audience
to enjoy the style review In the
evening.
Kinzua Women
Elect Officers,
Set Club Events
ly VIRGINIA KELSO
(Held Over From Last Week I
KINZUA The rrrular meet
Ing of the Camp S Womena rlub
was held lt Wedneday With
President Barbara Mortlmor In
charge. Twelve members were
I -resent and hoste for the eve
ning was Jean Medio k.
iKirlnir the buxlness meeting
It was decided lo have Ihelr an
nual dinner at the Round I'p
rafe In Condon on Novrmter la.
They alio voted lo buy white
damask table cloths for the tab
les m the club hall.
New officers for 19f.fi were
elected as follows: president,
Helen Troxell; vice-president.
Marie Rhoton; secretary, Nancy
Hawk; treasurer, Judy Norrls;
sergeants-at-arms. Betty Mur-
dork and Jannie Howell. These
officers will aume their duties
In January and also will be the
r.oAtces for the January meet
ing. Joannle Howell and Betty
MuraocK will hostesa the De
cember meeting which will be
their Christmas party. Decora
tions are to be put up by Marie
unoion. Mane uuiett. Betty
Muraocx, ana Helen iroxeti.
Got Company Pays
$60,660 in Taxes
in
fariflc Gas Trnmllon has
aid Mrow County V.uyn
ad valorem woiicrty taie
for I'jsa (A Vice president and
Oneral Manager Charles fn
n k r SmiO, ti.l uUy.
The Mrrw Cnuny Payment
la part of S?.WJ.TJ 1 4 the pipe,
line company la pa) In In prop,
erty tasea in nine eastern Ore
gon counties.
Following are POTs 1905 64
prufierty las payments by coun
ty: t rt-Ji tXi.1 '0 2); !. hutes
IIMK70K4; f.illlam li.51a..
rj; Jefterson $,,7,fil .'JO; Klam
ath SXJT7 (!., MorrowJot),.
UA)M: Kherman fil.97147;
CmatilU M'J2H, Waaco
il.73MfJ.
In Morrow county. POT owns
34 6 miles of 36 Inch diameter
pipeline and a communications
station on Gleason Peak. These
are part of the 1.IOO mile Alber
ta-California natural gas pipe
line system.
The Community Christ mas
card party and gift exchange
will be December 4, and hot
esses for this will be Betty Mur
dock, Ltta Ferrel, and Linda
Warner. The door prize for the
evening was won by Carol Nor
rls and bingo prizes by Ltta Fer
reL L'va DeMerntt, and Nancy
llawK.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ferrel
were In John Day last Wednes
day for a medical cheexup for
Bob.
Mrs. Richard Mortlmore and
son Roger and Mrs. Bob Trox
ell and children Lvan and Mar
cle were in Heppner Saturday
for business and shopping and
dental care for Roger, and to
visit with Mrs. Harriet Evans.
Mrs. Frank Ferrel and Mrs.
May James were business visit
or to Heppner on Friday.
Mrs. Rusty Medlock and John
and Mrs. Earl Norrls were bus
iness visitors to Heppner Mon
day where John had medical
care.
Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Stephens
of Wieser. Idaho, arrived Sat
urday to spend several days
visiting their children here.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Part on
and son James have moved in
to the ranch home owned by
Mrs. Bert Hoover.
Mrs. Wayland Hyatt and dau
ghter Theresa went to Portland
Friday to spend the week-end
visiting with relatives.
In The Dalles Friday on bus
iness were Mrs. Jlggs Bowman
and daughter Cindy, Mrs. Rob
en Kelso, and Mrs. Verne Ed
wards of Pine Greek.
Mr. and Mrs. C L. Flack left
Monday morning for Utah, af
ter receiving word of the death
of Mr. Flack's sister, Mrs. Elmer
Larson of Vernon. Utah.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Woods
and son Max went to The Dal
les Monday where Max was to
see an oculist.
The Doubledeck card club
was entertained Thursday eve
ning with Mrs. Bonnie Camp
bell as hoMe. Illirh was won
by Helen Wright, low by Ada
St hell, and floating by Marge
Asher and Virginia Sit ton. Oth
ers playing were Kathryn Flack,
Kita Conlee. Virginia KeUo. VI
SUnkard, Lily May Nlstad, MarJ
Boring, and Irene Samples
Visiting during the week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rhodes
were Mrs. Roy Irons, Mrs. Paul
ine Crawford and Mrs. Ellen
Anderson, all of Pasco, Wash.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Loyal McDer
mott MUs Joan Browning spent the
week end here with her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown
ing. She was accompanied from
Pendleton by Miss Pat Martin
of L'kiah who shares an apart
ment with Joan. Both girls are
students at Blue Mountain Col-
lege.
Mrs. Peter Bible of Portland
arrived Saturday to spend some
time visiting with her daughter
and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Wall and John.
Mrs. Herschel Murdock, Mrs.
Frank DeMerrit, and Mrs. Ralph
James were In Heppner last
Tuesday for business, shopping.
and medical care for Mrs.
James.
Mrs. Harold Mangum came
home Saturday from the hospit
al at Heppner where she had
major surgery.
Mrs. Frank Ferrel attended
the first tailoring class in Fos
sil last Tuesday. Instructor in
the class is Mrs. Henry Dahill
and It under the home ex
tension service.
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Lexington 4-H Clubs
Join for Meetings
The 4-II sewing and knitting
clurs of Lexington Joined to
gethrtr for a meeting at Chris
Munkers home on November 2
We elected officers. They are
Jill Padberg, president; June
Ledbetter, vice president: Jean
Ine Hunt, secretary; Glenda Van
Winkle, news reporter; Kay Hu-
son, game leader; urns muiik-
ers, special event chairman, and
Mona Lisa Marshall, song lead
er.
We decided to have our meet
ings at the city hall In Lexing
ton. Our next meeting is Decem
ber 4. The meeting was adjourn
ed " and refresh ments were
served.
Glenda Van Winkle,
reporter j
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