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METHING HEW
Desert Christmas
With Decorations
In Chicago’s “Sky White House
Yuletide Atmosphere Was
Enjoyed by Stranded Trio
on Sandy Trail.
K. KING
TORRID sun shone
down upon a
stranded
automo
bile. The car with
seeming unconcern
stood tn the middle
of the road. One
S hesitates in even
applying the term
road to this Juinbied sandy, corduroy
trail extending endless miles with
nothing on either side of it to break
the monotony of the sandless waste
save here and there a spiky cactus.
Two feet sticking out from under
neath the cur shower! the location of
one of the occupants. Another mem
ber of the party was perched on the
running board not far from the two
feet, Mr. Graham, a man of perhaps
forty-five years and father of the
young man now on his back solving
the mysteries of a balky car, was
studying the instruction book.
“It looks to me like a burned-out
town anl base balled JI afternoon.
Today we muled out to the corn
field and ge-hawed until sundown.
After we had suppered, we piped for
awahlle.
After wo had piped we
stair-cased up to the bedroom and
bedsteaded until the clock fived.”__
Mountain Echoes.
Friend: “What does rotw lodger
do?" Landlady—"He's one of the
greatest inventors of the age?”
“Really? What has he invented"—
“Well every month he invents ano-
.ther reason why he can’t-pay hie
rent.”
NOTICE OF COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENT -.
By ELKANOR
NOTISE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that,
assessments have been levied for the
construction of street and storm
sewer improvements in Improvement!
District No. Three (3) of the City
of Vernonia, Columbia county, Ore-1
gon and that same were entered in
the docket of City Liens on the 5th1
day of December, 1925, the number
npHOBE big red letter days on ths
A calendar moan particularly sump
tuous dinners to the average Amer
ican housewife. Her family expect*
something in the nature of roast
i turkey, duck or chicken. Of course,
the horns manager doesn't want to
serve the same thing each year and
aa a consequence, she spends hours
in hunting recipes and planning new
things in the menu line.
The appended menus for the holiday
dinner and supper may prove a wel
come change to your family.
Dinner.
Grapefruit Baskets
Nuts
Olives
Celery
i
Roost Duck
Giblot Gravy
Peanut Stufflng, Maohed Sweet Potatoes
With Marshmallows
<
I Spiced Peacbee, Cauliflower au Gratin
Broad
Stuffed Tomato Salad
Cheese Straws
Butter
Individual Pumpkin Pts With Whipped
Cream Sauce
Coffee
8uppor.
Cream of Tomato Soup
Croutons
Fruit Salad With Whipped Cream Sauce
Cheese Crackers
Assorted Cakes
Nuts
Chocolate
Pumpkin Pls.
114 oupfuta pump
kin attained
54 cupful brown
ASSESSMENT ROLL
Improvement District Number Three, Vernonia, Ora.
___________ Including 1st, 2nd and 3rd Sts.__________
Owner of Record
»
When President Coolidge visited Chicago to attend the opening session
if the American Farm Bureau federation he occupied the “sky White House"
vhich has been built on the top of the new Hotel Sherman, 300 feet above
he street, It Is a two-story Georgian dwelling, beautifully furnished and
lecorated. In the photograph workmen are shown putting on the finishing
ouches in one of the rooms.
14 cupful water
2 tbsp, orangs
juice
1 tsp. ginger
cinnamon
1 tsp.
_
K tsp. salt
! and spent three months visiting the
’ home of his ancestors across the
1 cupful evaporated
ocean. They had a wonderful time
milk
but Jacobs says he’s never going away 1
Add th» sugar and ■•■■onlng to th*
under
bearing,” came a voice
again until he retires from business.
ipumpkla, then add tbs slightly beaten
the engine.
"I haven't any doubt,” he explained
eggs, milk and watsr.
Stir till wall
"And if It la, mother,
■nd I blended aad pour In a deep crust-lined
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
I to me, “that when I stop they’ll get ¡
might Just as well pitch camp and get ' pan. Bake at tit degrees Fahrenheit
Dean of Men, University of
someone to look after things quite as
first IS minutes and 3«u degrses
settled for the next few days." Mr. ' 1 for
Illinois.
well, if not better than I do, but so
Fahrenhel t for St minutes.
Graham's perfect resignation was the
long as I draw the salary, I suppose
Cauliflower au Gratin.
product of the previous three week’»
I’m expected to take the responsibility.
Remove leaves and trim off the stalk
Western uuto trip experiences.
HE house in which I am living was As long as you have a Job, it’s better |
.from large cauliflower. Soak in a solu-
“Mother” emerged from the back Itlon sf 1 tbsp, vinegar, 1 tsp. salt and 1
built more than twenty-five years to stick to it It’ll take me three
quart of watsr far IS minutes to re-
■eat, and the coupie set to work un I imovs.
ago, and not badly built either, but as year's to correct all the things that
dlte and insects.
Cook whole,
loading the car In the late afternoon 'stem up, tn boiling salted water for I go around it I can still find things were bungled or neglected or done
desert sunshine. That evening, aa ■oven minutes. Place cauliflower in an that were not quite finished. There is wrong while I was gallivanting about
tolled baking dish, pour over a thin
they sat down to their meal at the evaporated milk white sauce and cover a strip of molding in the bathroom Europe. As long aa a Job’s yours, i
little camp table, Mr. Graham said:
with buttered crumbs and grated that is only lightly tacked on; a shelf you'd better look after It, I say.”
I
“Not getting to that next town obsess. Brown in a moderate oven. Thia is missing from one of the closets; a
The Tau Kappas started out with
I serves six.
nail is only half driven into the base a fine group of men and with admir
rather spoils our little plan for t’hrlst-
Cream of Tomato Soup.
I
board. or something is left just short able enthusiasm. They had ideals,
maa."
1 Mo. 1 can toma 1 tbsp, sugar
of finishing. The whistle had blown they showed energy, they did their
“Utah’« Great American dese. t 1«
toes
114 tsp. salt
14 tsp. soda
for the noon hour, the clock had struck work admirably; but that was at the
certainly one fine place for the car 4 sprigs parsley
2 cups evaporated six, or for some reason or other the I
14 tap. thyme
to break down," burst forth Tom. 14
beginning, as I said. They have been
milk diluted
bay leaf
workman had been called away from plumping lately; they are letting go at
“Imagine tomorrow being Christmas 1 tap. peppercorns with
2 cups water
the Job, and be had forgotten that any loose ends; they are not sticking by
with all this heat. Those stories I '• doves
2 tbsp, flour
onion
thing had been left Incomplete«! It the Job.
grew up on back East about Santa, 2 2 slices
tbsp, butter
would have been better if he had stuck
■now and reindeer would never do out
It takes persistence to stick by a Job
Make a white ■auca of the diluted
In this section. Here Santa needs a I evaporated milk. the butter and flour. by his Job until it was finished.
until it is finished, to see that all the
Cook the tomatoes with the season-
“I’ll come back in a few days,'' the nails are driven, and the tag ends tied
camel.'
.tngs for five minutes and strain. There
The weary troop sought their bed* (should bo 114 oups of pulp. Add sod* painter who was painting the front up. and the last detail looked after.
early, Tom, being nMured by the ‘to palp and combine with the hot white porch, said two years ago, “and touch I It's the way a man ought to want to
heavy breathing of his mother and ■sauce. Pour Immediately Into thermos up the back steps a little, They need do his work, whether it is a house be
bottle.
a second coat. Just now I must go Is building or ■ life.
father that they were asleep, bounced
Whippod Cream 8auco.
(A 1*M. Western Newspaper Union.)
over to the Sheldon bouse, They want
out of bed. Getting a bunch of paper
Throe-fourths cup evaporated milk. 1
BROTHER COT THE LINGO.
nupkins and towels out of the car, and -cup whipping cream. 14 cup powdered to move In.” I’ve never seen him
■Ince, and the paint is wearing very
a pair of scissors, he returned to his tengar.
Chill the cream and evaporated milk. thin on the hack steps.
i
A boy left the farm to get a job
Combine and whip until stiff Fold in
The electrician who hung the lantern
»the sugar and keep chilled until ready
over our front door broke one of the in the city. He wrote a letter to his
lto serve.
stripe of gluss in doing so. He could brother back on the f..rm tell-'nT of
easily repair it, he said; there was the joys of city life, in which he .'aid
plenty of glass like it In his shop. “Thursday we autoed out • to ¿he
He'd look after it next dev. Lt has country club where he golfed u til
Rank Health With
been hanging there for weeks and the
dark. Then we motored to the beach
Three “Ra” Is Plea Job is not yet done.
Jacobs was gone this summer. He for the week-end."
cot, proceeding to cut them into long
had
not had a real ‘vacation for ten The brother on the farm wrote
By MARIE K. JOHNSON
ribboa-like strips. Some of the paper
years, so he took his wife and family back, “Yesterday we buggied to
As an educational subject for chi!
he crushed into balls, tying a piece
of string to each one of them, Then I dren. health should hold equal rank
with the three
NOTICE OF COLLECT! ON OF ASSESSMENT
suddenly be remembered that long.
••R's"
in
the
cur
long ago, when he had been In school,
NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN,that letter of each lot, part of lot, or
rlculum of pub
by folding a piece of psper several
Doc assessments have been levied for the parcel of land assessed and the num
lie
schools,
times and cutting dlfferent-slzeil
tors declare that construction of street and storm ber or letter of the block in which
pieces from the fold, they had cre
without
a sewer improvements in Improvement the same is situated,
ated all sorts of designa He made a
District No. Two (2) of the City of
healthy.
sturdy
dozen or more of these lacey, open
Vernonia, Columbia couny, Oregon, the name of the owners thereof and
body it is Impos and that same were entered in the the sums assessed upon such lots,
work patterns. Next he cut a large
sible for the child docket of City Liens on the 5th day part of lots or parcels of land being
star. To be sure, it was a little lop
to have a healthy, of December, ?925, the number or as follows:
sided, but It bad five points, and any
happy mind.
one could guess what It was supposed
Neglect of
ASSESSMENT ROLL
to be. Tom now looked around
Improvement District No. 2
childhood defects
some heavier paper out of which
Vernonia, Oregon.
may result
In
might make a cornucopia.
permanent physi
Amount of
Gathering up the results of
Marls K. Johnsen. cal
impairment
Addition Assessment
Block
Lot
labors, he made his way to a huge
Owner
of
Record
Many childhood ilia are
cactus some ten or fifteen feet from later on. directly to malnutrition,
3130.60
Eastside
traceable
6
4
Mrs. Emma Bergcrsun
the machine. The star Tam put on
130.60
5
Eastside
6
High school students especially Mrs. Emma Bi’rgerson
the topmost spiny prickle of the plant.
130.60
Eastside
6
6
need a variety in foods for at this R. McGillis,
The ribbon-like strips he twisted and
f
•
116.86
1
Eastside
i
■go their growth is rapid. The pro- H. C. Watkins,
draped around the plant, making use Hein or "building flood” should be A. L. Kullander,
76.41
Eastside
Nli-2
7
of the needles in Joining the short
76.41
Eastside
N‘*-3
7
' tetol—‘ tor high school boys and A. L. Lui ander.
pieces together. If not artistic when
40.41
Eastside
7
Stt-2
gtria. When they buy their luncheons. J. F. nu-!.,
finished, the cactus certainly looked Mgh school pnplls are apt to display J. H. Rush.
40.41
Eastside
7 SM-3
festive. Tom surveyed his master a preference fer chocolate sodas,
(.' ote—The following Deed Book number and page, refer to the deed
piece with ■ chuckle. Grabbing a cream puffs and candy. An appetizing iD'cro.- <>f Columbia County. Oregon.)
130.60
9 Ferndale
sheet of paper, hr began to cut out tawsboon put up at home la much L Ilian Brown, Deej Book 35. PR- 262, 1
some letters. These letters, strung So bo preferred to the sort the boy or
together on a piece of twine, were Lglrl might obtain at the corner store Isaac Jay, deed book 36,)
130.60
10
47.) pg 436 1
hung across the cactus.
teear the school.
34.)
"Now there will be no chance for
99
»»
99
»
»»
Moat la all right for the school Isaac Jay 99
130.60
11
1
guesswork with that 'Merry Christ
99
99
»»
»,
9i
156.63
12
tancheen but it should be put up in Isaac Jay 99
1
mas' across the front.” He gave a
99
130.60
13
tempting form. If sliced thin it is Nellie Jay Gillette, •• 39 ” 275 1
99
last look and tumbled into bed.
130.80
11
more appetising in sandwiches than Lillian Brown, Deed ”35 ” 262 1
99
"Merry Christmas I Wake up, young If la thick pieces. Beverages er soup Nellie Jay*Gillette, ” 39 ” 275 • 1
130.60
15
99
man.” Tom blinked at his father, —y bo carried In thermos bottles Lillian Browfl,Dee«i ’’ 35 ” 262
130.60
16
1
99
who laughingly said, as he pointed to )b«t the bottles must be carefully S. S. Conklin, 99 99 31» " 196 1
130.6.»
17
99
the bedecked cactus, "You see, we did 'washed and aired dstly after using. S. S. Conklin, 99 99 35 ” 196 1
130.60
18
99
116.86
have a white Christmas after ail.
Broadway
2
” 33 99 265 1
Milk Is recotuiueoded for an Impor W. C. Repass,
(Unfiled Plat)
thanks to a good fairy."
tant place in the boy's or girl's diet be
99
116.86
<£. 1*N. WsMsrn Newspaper Ualea)
3
420 1
cause of Its proteins, minerals, phos- Cecil Sawyer,
99
116.86
4
1
73
M. D. Cle,
99
tptosrus
and
calcium,
necessary
for
the
WHY WORRY?
116.86
5
393 1
J.R.
&
O.
V.
Cox
••
development of the body and in the
116.86
6
510 1
Mary
Nash,
Sr,
99
ef calcium and phosphorus for
116.8Ò
7
38 255 1
Oh, there always will be troubles
V.
C.
Short,
99
building ef beae and teeth. Bvap- J. R. Mitchell,
140.15
8
33 265 1
99
Spite of all that we can do,
talik has come Into favor as a N. K. Jensen,
113.86
186 1
9
37
99
[biffllli builder for children as well L.C. A R. Lindley,
116.86
10
But, so far aa I can figure,
37 635 1
99
116.36
ias adults because by removal of 00 R. M. Aldrich, ”
1
11
35
”
450
There is no use being blue.
Ler cent of th - - ‘ r It Is rendered
The foregoing assessments are now croft Bonding Act,” may do so by
If I ever take to preaching
■wre than twice aa rich in food value
due
and payable and if not paid with" filing their application therefor with
[ m ordinary milk and by a process
I will choise this for my text-.
in ten days from the last publication in ten (10) «lays from thé date here
.called
homogenizing
more
digest
ibis
Count your blessings, ’stead of
being ‘ the
‘ date of the
of this notice will become delinquent of, the same beinr
‘wi— bottled market milk.
guessing
Property owners who desire to first publication of this notice.
Crisp lettuce and celery, carefully avail themselves of the privilege of
Applications for such purpose may
What dam thing Is coming next.
washed and dried, may be so wrapped paying their assessments in install be procured from the Recorder.
---------- 4,----------
"Dated this 11th day of December,
Though nobody is shivering y*t. In oil paper that they will be fresh ments under the provision of Sec
tgag In good condition nt lunch time. tions 3788 to 3796, Oregon Laws,
D. B. REASONER.
1925.
looks
as
though
the
sizzera
hold
it
City Recorder
»102(000 should nut be used In sand commonly refered to as the “Ban (Seal)
of summer has been broken.
wiches fbr wilted lettuce Is almost la-
■ucar
> «MS
STICKING BY
THE JOB
T
Í
or letter of each lot, part of lot, ot
parcel of land assessed and ths
numb«? or letter of the Block la
which the same is situated,
the name of the owners thereof and
the sums assessed upon such lota,
parts of lota or parcels of land be
ing as follows:
Block
Lot Addition
Amount of
Assaaamsnt
American Laundry,
1
1
Vernonia
8201.29
1
Eva & C. H. Twineham,
2
Vernonia
201.29
W. C„ J. E. & R. M. Repass,
1
3
Vernonia
201.29
W. C., J. E. & K. M. Repass,
1
4
Vernonia
201.29
William Pringle,
1
5
Vernonia
£01.29
2
B. F. & M. A. Lane,
1
Vernonia
201.29
B. F. & M. A. Lane,
2 N%-2
Vernonia
10Ò.65
o
George Burdick,
Slk-2
Vernonia
100.65
2
George Burdick,
3
Vernonia
201.29
B. F. & M. A. Lane,
2
4 fraction Vernonia
176.15
Mary S. McGee, S. W. 18ftx6sft 2
4
Vernonia
25.18
Mary S. McGee,
2 E>4-5
Vernonia
139.09
2 W14-5
Alex Sword,
Vernonia
62.87
2 E.38 ft. lot 6 Vernonia
C, S. Hoffman,
22.76
C. S. Hoffman,
2 E.38 ft. lot 7 Vernonia
22.7«
2 C.38 ft. lot 6 Vernonia
C. A. VanAlstine,
38.62
o
C. A. VanAlstine,
C.38 ft. lot 7 Vernonia
88.62
Edith Early,
2 W.39 ft. lot 6 Vernonia
70.32
o W.39 ft. lot 7 Vernonia
Edith Early,
70.82
Edith Early,
2 Lot 8
Vernonia
152.65
Claude O. Thomas,
2
9
Vernonia
243.14
o
Claude O. Thomas,
10
Vernonia
243.14
Walter Coyle,
3
1
Vernonia
201.2»
J.W.Beall,Jr, S. E. 18ftx75ft
3
2
Vernonia
58.93
3
E. F. Messing, remainder
2
142.35
Vernonia
E. F. Messing,
8
3
Vernonia
201.29
T. A. White,
3 E-tt4
90.97
Vernonia
T. A. White,
Vernonia
3 EM,-5
90 97
C. W. Reithner,
3 W%-4
Vernonia
14.54
C. W. Reithner,
3 W%-5
Vernonia
14.51
J.W.&D.Baldwin.EW of WH,
3
4
Vernonia
26.24
J.W.&D.Baldwin,E% of W>4,
3
Vernonia
5
26.24
Kolumbia Kounty Kommunity Co6 W.45 ft.l
Vernonia
29.03
Wallace Brothers,
6 Center 40 ft. 1 Vernonia
42.42
Wallace Brothers,
f. 40 ft.x30 ft. 2 Vernonia
25.44
Bank of Vernonia,
60,27
6 East 30 ft . 1 Vernonia
6 Remainedr 2 Vernonia
Bank of Vernonia,
145.15
J. W. Brown,
« Lot 3
Vernonia
223.11
A. L. Fenner,
«
Vernonia
244.92
4
George Bryant,
6
244.92
5
Vernonia
f"4 E.85 ft.
177.59
E. J. Kingsley,
1 Vernonia
23.89
7 W.30 ft.
C.R.&W.J. Coyle,
1 Vernonia
201.2»
W. A. Harris,
7
Vernonia
2
223.78
L.B.&B.B. Stuart,
7
Vernonia
3
246.27
Vernonia
T. M. Crawford,
4
7
246.27
Vernonia
1
5
T. M. Crawford,
Vernonia
244.98
6
M. Lynch,
f-*
244.92
Vernonia
S. S. Conklin,,
7
7
Vernonia
223.11
8
D. & G. McDonald,
138.02
7 WM-9
Vernonia
Mary S. McGee,
138.02
Vernonia
Mary S. McGee,
Wlfc-10
38.71
7 Central 27ft. 9 Ytrronia
C.R.& Jessie Coyle,
7 Central 27 ft. 10 Vernonia
38.71
C.R.& Jessie Coyle,
24.57
4 East 30.5 ft. 9 Vernonia
H. T. Ames,
24.57
7 East 30.5 ft. 10 Vernonia
H. T. Ames,
24.57
Nan Hall,
8 West 30.5 ft. 1 Vernonia
24.57
Nan Hall,
8 West 30.5 ft. 2 Vernonia
8 Central 27 ft. 1 Vernonia
38.71
Tjev-'. Brovn,
38.71
8 Central 27 ft. 2 Vernonia
L< v.^ Brovn,
138.02
f East %-l
Vamonia
Delta L.-nd & Timber Co,
138.02
Delta L nd & Timber Co,
8 East H-2
Vernonia
8
220.44
Vernonia
Maude Webster,
3
239.68
Vernonia
8
Maude Webster,
4
Vernonia
8
5
239.68
Dekn Land & Timber Co.,
246.27
Vernonia
J. W. Brown & N. Gillette,
8
6
246.27
8
Vernonia
Nellie Gillette,
7
n S-K-8
183.10
Vernonia
Brewer & Visnaw,
100.70
8
Vernonia
NM-8
B. J. Cline,
8
201.29
Vernonia
9
L.B.&B.B. Stuart,
201.2»
Vernonia
8
10
L.B.&B.B. Stuart,
190.89
9
Vernonia
1
J. H. Bush,
9
188.34
Vernonia
2
Delta Land & Timber Co.
210.02
9
3
Vernonia
Angelina Lester,
9
225.66
Vernonia
4
Clarence Coyle,
228.83
9
5 .
Vernonia
C.W.&M. Mellinger,
185.45
10
Vernonia
C.W.&M. Mellinger,
1
165.45
10
Vernonia
C.W.&M. Mellinger,
2
120.67
10
Vernonia
3
C.W.&M. Mellinger,
105.88
10
Vernonia
4
W. A. Harris,
105.88
10
5
Vernonia
W. A. Harris,
180.83
11
1
Vernonia
Delta Land & Timber Co.*
, 180.83
11
Vernonia
2
Delta Land
Timber Co.,
11
162.1»
Vernonia
3
Delta Land & Timber Co.,
143.38
11
4
Vernonia
I). M. O’Donnell,
143.38
11
5
Vernonia
Ida M. Harris,
181.63
11
Vernonia
6
Mary Roberts,
181.68
11
7
Vernonia
Naomi Imbeck,
181.82
11
8
Vernonia
Alma Urie,
11
9
Maria Mummult,
isi.»e
11
Vernonia
10
Maria Mummult,
181.9«
12
Vernonia
1
W. T. Hatton,
12
Vernonia
1I1.M
2
M. B. Hattori,
181.82
Vernonia
3
12
M. B. Hatton,»
111-63
12
Vernonia
4
L.B.&B.B. Stuart,
181.63
12
Vernonia
5
L.B.&B.B. Stuart,
181.7«
12
6
Vernonia
Thos. H. Blanchard,
181.60
Vernonia
12
7
John Stuart,
182.05
12
Vernonia
8
H.B.&L.A. Oatman,
188.43
12
Vernonia
9
E. S. Cleveland,
182.48
Vernonia
12
10
W. T. Hatton,
128.1»
Vernonia
13
1
Albert Wood,
188.48
Vernonia
13
2
Albert Wood,
182.85
13
Vernonia
3
Albert W ood,
181.70
Vernonia
13
4
Albert Wood,
181.70
Vernonia
13
5
Albert Wood,
70
16
Vernonia
1
Charles D. White
70
16
Vernonia
2
Charles D. White
108.54
16
Vernonia
3
Oscar Es holm,
181.6«
Vernonia
17
1
Ida M. Harris,
181.68
17
Vernonia
2
Ida M. Harris,
162.55
Vernonia
17
3
John & David Stuart.
101.70
Vernonia
17
10
John & David Stuart.
101.7»
Vernonia
17
9
Pete Matiaco,
162.54
17
Vernonia
8
Pete Matiaco,
181.68
18
Vernonia
1
Rose Murray,
181.68
18
Vernonia
2
L.B.ÄB.B.Stuart,
188.58
18
Vernonia
3
Columbia Co. Fire Patrol,
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60 ft x 115 ft. tract in S.W.% of N W.H sec. 4, T4N.R. 4 W.WJI.281.88
H. D. VanBlaricom, Deed Book 9, pg. 22
-R4fT. W. M.
188-21
tract in S.W. U of N.W.tt, sec. 4, 1
The foregoing assessments are jloW croft Bonding Act,” may da •» by
due and paybble. and if not paid filing their application
within ten days from the laartpubli- In ten (10) day« from
cation of this notice will become de
of, the same being th
linquent.
Property owner« who' desire to first publication of this
Applications for am
■vail themselves of the privilege ef
paying their assessments in install be procured from the
this 11th
Dated C_
ments under the provisions of Sec
D. *.
1925.
tions 3788 to 3796, Oregon Law«,
commonly refered to as the "Band- (Seal)