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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1974)
Heppner, Ore., Gazette-Times, Thursday, Dec. 19, 1974 Honey production hi! by high sugar prices K'vcn honeybees are affect Hi ly the hih price of sugar. 1'Imy tfin'l afford to eat it either. Hci'H need Iheir own honey fur nourishment, but some beekeepers used (o cheat them l,v taking pari of it and siiMiliilinn a sugar syrup. Hut with keepers now paying min e for a pound of sugar than Hies get for a pound of honey, Ihi'v arc leaving more honey for the bees. Ilmiey-cnting bees have contributed to a decrease in United Slates honey produc tion this year, though a rainy spiint! and dry summer are the main reasons why com mercial output dropped from .ilmiit till million pounds in I!i7:i to too million pounds in 1(174. iMireign imports are taking up Hie slack, the National (iciigraphic Society reports. In recent years Mexico in p: 1 1 -ticular has become a niiijor honey exporter to the lulled States. Su-callcd "jungle honey," a tlark variety from the Yuca l.iii. is tavored by health food stures because it derives from flowers in the jungle where supposedly (here is little or no pollution. The growing interest in n.iiuiiil foods has helped increase the market for hniic. especially the dark kinds Buckwheat honey is rich in minerals, giving rise to the saying. "Dark honey for p.ile people." Honey colors riinue from water-white to vine-red. flavors from bland In pnngcnl It all depends on the nectar. Without nectar, there is no hones A pound of honey may hold the essence of two million hlnssiinis. Bees require every tut ol their renew tied energy to . Bather it. Even in regions wher:' flowers abound, a bee colony may need UT.OOI) trips iind ;i combined flight mileage of ihmi miles to produce one pound of honey. The flower nectar, mixed with enviucs within a bee's IhkK. breaks down into dex trose and ( levulose. both simple sugars. This thin, p.u ih ripened honey is stored in open cells in the bee hive, and the bees fan their w ings in (rout ni them to evaporate ecess water. There are as many varieties ol honey as there are nectars. Some specialty stores stock up to :ru kinds. Gourmets relish tta spicy honey derived from thyme urowiim on the slopes of Mount llvniettus in Greece; traditionally, it was the origi-' nal food of the gods. American experts believe that honey from the wild thyme of the Catskills is just as good. The filmed heather honey of Europe is so thick it will not flow out of a jar turned upside down. If the jar is shaken, however, the honey will pour easily. The phenomenon has a name thixotrophy and is common to certain jellylike substances, Sweet clover is the greatest single source of honey produc ed in the United States, but dozens of regional honeys are made too. Beekeepers in the mountains of West Virginia swear by sourwood honey. Delicately flavored orange blossom honey commands a premium price in California, and cranberry honey is popu lar in Massachusetts. Honey also is made from alfalfa, vetch, botton, wild raspberry, fireweed, milk weed, goldenrnd, sage, mes quite. tupelo, basswood, palmetto, persimmon, honey locust, and even the flowers of onions and lima beans. Christmas singing at the tree There will be a community Christmas sing on Monday, Dec. 2.1. 7:,'!0 p.m., at the Christmas tree on Main Street. Anyone wishing to join the sing, or who can play a musical instrument, is invited to join in the event. Arnie Hedman and Doreen Grace will assist with the singing. After the downtown sing, some of the singers will go to Pioneer Memorial Hospital to sing Christmas carols for the patients. HOI! ( (MtTIN AS l.i: i:S (OI NTV Friday the 13th was a sad day for the County Juvenile Office because Bob Cortinas. the Walla Walla College stu dent who had been assisting there, finished his assign ment. Carolyn Davis says "he has been a really great help and will be sorely missed. He was especially helpful in the north count) with our Spanish speaking families." Bub has returned to Fulltime on-tliecanipus studies at Walla Walla. -A If.; . iii fit Pcy si k 1 1' Here's the very latest in greetings, aesigneu especially for our customers . . . may your Christmas be joyful! Farley Motor Co. HEPPNER, OREGON Aonounck The highest interest djr we Ye ever pana on these sayings pkmis 3) I per annum II JVM ' U Now you can earn up to tyz interest on First Investors Pass book accounts, and llA on low-opening-deposit Time Certificates. It's the highest interest we've ever paid on these accounts! We think you'll be highly inter ested in the other attractive features these savings plans offer you,-too. For one thing, you can start them off with reasonable min imum amounts. Just $300 opens First Investors Passbooks, all in one account or divided among several with at least $50 in any "one account. AnQouFTfrne Certificates start at $1,000. per annum 90-day First Investors Passbook- 1- or 2-year First Investors Passbook per annum 2-12-year First Investors Passbook per annum 4- to 6-year Time Certificate of Deposit You can add $50 or more to a First Investors Passbook account anytime you wish. You can take your interest several ways. For example, you can have it paid to you by check every quarter. Or credited to your First Investors Passbook account for quarterly compounding or to any other account you have at our bank. You can even receive monthly interest checks or automatic deposits to an account with Time Certificates of $4,000 or more. You'll know, too, that your savings Tare "sale rancTsnTrn one of America's leading banks. And protected by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as well, up to $40,000. Pick the plan that suits you best. Choose short-term flexibility with very rewarding interest. Or long-term reliability with even more rewarding interest. Or both! Federal law does prohibit pay ment of a time deposit before maturity unless substantial interest is forfeited. But by keeping your savings at work full-time, you're sure to enjoy these new, higher interest rates. Come in and asFus about them soon. HEPPNER BRANCH, 1 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON We'd like to get to know you. Federal law i(J regulation prohibit the payment of a nnic deposit prior lo maturity unless three months ol the interest ihereuijp.. forfeited and interest on the amount withdrawn is reduced to the regular savings rate. Member FD.I.C. Page 13
