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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
PLAN NO. 3980
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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.
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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. , - - ' .'
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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. A new budget
is called for which will allow
her a little "free-will fund," to
be silly with, charitable with,
relaxed with. Her quarrel is not
over Fixed Expenses. But every
budget includes Variables. Ob
viously Donald must enlarge
this category to enable Ella to
be a gracious woman and home
maker instead of a harassed
debt-juggler. Although joining
him toward the Big Goal, she
must insist on livable todays
and tomorrows.
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