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g THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 7. 1963 -' ' . , .,-1. 1 V ,f, . v , t -.t ' ' " , -IK ' 'ruMivaoM "v L S'.Ti"rr s ' 'W; , BEDR004I - I . .'. i " IJ"2 . ..j, , f .. I I iQK ira . oi I? ' '" L J.. aVj . w.., c..Aor : MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON PLAN NO. 3980 1896 SQUARE FEET v.t ... . m Small Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. WATKINS ' ', llHMtrnd Ttlkiim) . SisUrt.l. 1 Jerusalem Artichokes One .' Of Truly American Plants ' He was a connoisseur of sorts a boy who had found a deli cacy, had cultivated an appe tite for it. and claimed to be an expert. He told us where it arew and how Bood it tasted. but he didn't know its name. He rullprl the tuber "suaar-anDles.' "Thcv are cbbv to find," he said. "Just look lor a tall plant with the saw-edged leaves and with yellow blossoms that look like sunllowcrs. xou can una the plants in pastures, along the road or in meadows. The thine to do Is romcmber in ilia fall and after a frost where the plants were. Sugar apples are good alter a irosi. It was fall at the time. Hoavy frosts had already killed the weeds and blackened the foli age. According to our young friend, the sugar apples were ready to eat. He knew where the plants were,' and w dug them up with a garden trowel. Wo secured a half dozen under the first plant. ." Rough Skins The tubers were of wfous sizes and shapes, with rough skins and twice as many "eyes" as could ever be found on. a potato. We had no water to wash them so we brushed off the dirst. The flesh .inside was white, solid and chewy. Biting into the solid flesh was a pleas ant experience. It was- -cri6p and juicy with a pronounced sweetish taste, slightly like the flavor of a cauliflower only milder to the taste. The tubers were delicious, but actually we had not discovered anything very new. We were eating the tubers of one of the very fow truly native Ameri can plants, Ihc so-called Jeru salem artichoke or "earth up- pie, a member of- the eunttow cr family. There is more justification for calling the tubbr's' earth ap ples than Jerusalem artichokes, for they did not originate in Jerusalem. Neither' 'arc ' they artichokos. It was one of the principal foods .of. th.c, .early American Indians. They ato the tubers raw, or boiled them. Evi dences, found later, .would, in,- dicatc Ihc Indians often plant ed the tubers as a crop. I'opular In- Europe The early white man sent some of Ihc tubers back to the old country, where-they were planted and later became very popular. They were sold in many vegetable markets. EYeri later some of the tubers were sent to Jerusalem, where it was named the Jerusalem artichoke, To the Europeans it was a new and delicious food,, .low. .Ip starch but relatively high in sugar content. It is a pretty well established fact that about two kinds of food plants are the sum total of true native plants one of " which is the "earth apple." Funny that what many Amer icans call a weed should be a plant that Europeans found so deliclously productive, and cul tivated so generously. Too bad that anything so delicious and so common should be so univer sally overlooked, and right here in its own native land. In fact, the earth -pplc is so common tha many farmers plant the tubers in pastures and lots where nogs are pastured, just for the joy the animals de rive from rooting up tne tuners and eating them. You can find the earth ap pie plant growing, wherever you happen to live. Try eating an earth-apple; It is cool crisp, sweet and juicy. Some folks who know the taste well and enjoy it immensely say the ir regularly shaped tubers of the Jerusalem artichokes taste "just like celery." To the small boy who knows about such things, "they taste gooacr tnan anytning." Hoover Presents Trees in Salem When' C t.' 'Hoover, semi- retired Rogue Valley farmer and distributor of ti-nns. cave 26,000 trees away in Marion county Monday there was a chorus . ot . '.'Thank . you, Mr. Hoover," according to a front page story about the incident n .tli -Capital - Journal, Salem. According to tho article. Hoover said that he hadn't met a more cooperative group. The distribution of the trees in Salem was organized by Walter- 0.- Shold; -assistant' county superintendent, and Marion F. Miller, director of Salem sub urban' Schools. In a talk to the children there Hoover said "I love kids. Chil dren arc ' the ' most important crop we have. I his is not a nob by of ours, but it's a job and a prvilege." Mr. and Mrs. Hoover have given away about 350,000 trees in the five years he has had the program under way. They hope to reach the 500,000 mark by June 1. : NO JOKING MATTER COLL1NSVILLE, Okla. (UPU Service station operator Coy Miller thought It was a okc when' a man wearing a sack over his hear and carrying a ;un walked, into his station and lemanded money. When Miller jokingly told his grandson lo gel a .shotgun, tho would-ho bandit muttered, "Oh well, forget it," and strolled oil This Week's Plan for Home Builders By HIAWATHA ESTES A i properly planned house needs only the imagination of its occupants to create an ap pecling and livable home. Prospective builders, will have very few complaints about this home as the floor plan is excel lent and more than adequate provisions have been made to offer all the necessities required to create an exceptionally striking design. You would scarcely know where to begin serving a meal here since you have' so many alternatives. A separate dining room is available for formal en tertaining. Access for guests' is from the entry hall while the door leading to the kitchen opens to the ha)l so as not to interfere with kitchen wall space. - . ': ' ...... A large comfortable nook area surrounded by windows," is. in the kitchen where it can best be utilized for. everyday family meals. It is only a short dis tance from the kitchen . through the sliding' glass' doors in the family room to the wide private patio at the rear of the house. Outdoor . meals may be enjoyed here whenever weather permits. Door To Service ' Area A door leads direct from the garage to the service . kitchen area. This saves many-steps each day and will be especially appreciated on- rainy days. The Family Council Edtlor'i Note: The Famllv Coun cil consists of a judge, a psychia trist, three clerevmen. a newsnauer editor, a women's editor, and two writers, uacn article is a summary of an actual case history. The Council reports on prohlems rhat have hern dealt with hy respon sible arenctes and counselors. s ' icopyrignt lutta General Features Corp.) ' Ella S. He keeps me on an austerity allowance. s . Donald S. It s the only way to be sure of the future. Ella S. I'm married a year to a man who was making $18,000 when we wed, and has had a raise since. Nevertheless he doles me out an allowance of $35 a week to cover both house hold expenses and my personal requirements. I lind 1 can hard ly afford to buy a birthday card much less a gift for anyone. He's so obsessed with saving money that he makes me cut oft tne buttons on a dress I m giving away so I'll never have to buy buttons. Donald S. Before I married Ella, I told her I wanted to live by an old proverb: If you walk now, you'll ride later. She agreed. My folks did the oppo site and now their life is a night mare of paying off loans. I insist that Ella stick to our budget I do, and some weeks I even surpass it. We are just getting started and, since women are notorious for their poor man agement of money, this is Ella s chance to be the exception. She'll be glad later. The Council: Later, Donald? This is lato-1903 and, indeed, later than you think. Wives arc usually deemed peers, not peons, partners, not pets, when it comes to financial responsibility. And it tlla finds she can t even walk now, hobbled by a budget so niggardly she can t buy arch supports, do you think she 11 hang around to ride later? Not unless you make the walks more I ywt4 maf. me, MRIPPY ITQPS IN QUALITY!! Eagle Point Adopts New Report Card EAGLE POINT A new type of reporting, a non-returnable report card, has b e e n adopted by the Eagle Point High School for the 1963-64. school year. : According to Richard Traylor, principal, the new report sys tem will eliminate - students having to return their cards which are often lost; save cler ical time in transferring grades from report cards to permanent records, and will provide .teach ers with a better opportunity for commenting on various grades. He said that the new system also will be cheaper. One disadvantage mentioned by Traylor is that parents and students will share the respon sibility in seeing that the report card arrives nome on time. First reporting period ends Nov. 8 with report cards to be issued Nov. 13 for high school students. Cards will not be mail ed this year due to the cost, Traylor explained. ' 13 Union Pacific Freight Cars Derailed ST. MARIES, Idaho (UPI) - Thirteen cars of a 56-car Union Pacific freight train derailed a mile east of Chatcolct, Idar.j, about 12:20 p.m. Tuesday. A Union Pacific spokesman at Portland said no one was in jured. Eleven of the derailed cars were loaded with zinc and two were empty. overall width of the house is visibly increased by the addi tion of the garage at the side of the house. Double doors with stationary glass panes, on each side open to the generous size entry. From the entry, one hall leads to the bedroom wing while an other offers access to the fam ily room and kitchen. If a larger family room is preferred to this latter hall, the hall could be eliminated to form a 15'-6" width family room rather than the present 12' width. , ' All bedrooms are unusually large. A private dressing room and bath compliment the lux urious master bedroom suite. . Posts extend from the stone planter in front of the entry to support the roof projection over the front porch. A com bination hip - gable roof has been used over the bedroom wing and the garage. Complete working drawings for this plan can be purchased at a cost of S7.S0 for the first set and S3 for each additional set when ordered at the same time. This plan will be available at these prices until March 3. Please al low two to three weeks for de ivery. The following home plan books arc auo available: Hall mark Homes, $1: Homes by Hi awatha, $1; Town and Country Homes, SI; Homes for Living. SI: Distinctive Homes. $1; Ranch and Modern Homes. S2. All books, a $7 value, only S5. Send all orders for either plans or books to: Hi awatha Bstcs, P. O. Box 404-T. Northridge. Calif. COURT TRAFFIC LIGHTS RICHMOND, Va. (UPI)-Spe-cial lights to let lawyers know when their argument time is up go into use today in the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. The system, operated by the court clerk, works like a traf fic light. A yellow caution light flashes when an attorney's al lotted time is running out and a red light . signals lawyers, to stop. , - - ' .' LOG ENDS - ' Quick Delivery MEDFORD FUEL CO. S&H Green Stamps , PHONE 772-2111 OmA' times Stj s. Sir fP5T . " 'or the WHOLE , r.Ti'-t ,i f Jar w m wmdi&r'-- I (.W.'.ll.'IHIJ-T3fTTTlT.I comfortable, with a few rides right now even if they re in the ''economy-size"! Was it Con fucius who said, , "He who ig nore present and think only of future, may have no future." . . . At stake here primarily is Ella's self-respect. 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