VERNONIA EAGLE. VERNONIA. OREGON
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India’s Insect Soldiers
Fight With Their Noses
New specie* of Insect soldiers
Mr*. Estalla Jone*
from India that fight with their
“noses” have been described from
the collections of the Smithsonian
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Harmon of Institution by a termite specialist of
Neverstil returned home Sunday the bureau of entomology.
from the American Legion con­
Most of the termite families pro­
vention at Klamath Falls, where duce a special soldier class, the
they were delegates. They were members of which differ radically
gone six days and report it very In structure from their nest mates
hot during their stay. They stop­ and have no other function except
ped after their daughter Lois, fighting.
In some of the species found by
who was visiting with Mrs. Har­ Dr. Snyder these fighters have a
mon’s mother, Mrs. Buck of Pu­ protrusion on the front of the head
get Island.
which looks like a long nose but
Oliver Jones of Vancouver and which actually is developed from a
Mias Frances Ollenshaw and Jack primitive third eve and from which
Burtch of Portland were week a sticky acid is exuded. In rare In­
it may be thrown for a short
end visitors with Mr. and Mrs. stances
distance—an inch or less.
Hugh M. Jones.
These soldiers, belonging to the
Miss Hazel Cook of Salem is highly specialized genus of Nasu-
visiting with her sister, Mrs. titermea, fight battles to the death
with warlike ants which invade their
Tom Hopkins.
and which, although the ap-
Tom Hopkins returned from nests
pearance Is very similar, are not
Alaska Thursday and reports the even remotely related to them.
largest salmon run in years,
In these battles the termite sol
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Nelson dler rams with his noseilke organ
had a pleasant surprise when her the so-called "pedicle" of the ant,
nephew and a couple of friends the narrowest part of Its body,
motored up from Los Angeles smearing It with the liquid. The ant
is rendered helpless.
Monday.
This liquid Is a powerful acid, but
Hugh M. Jones and son. Lonn is not the well-known formic aclde
went to Portland and Vancouver exuded by ants. It is possessed In
Tuesday where Lonn will go to specialized form only by the soldier
see Old Ironsides and visit rela- caste.
Ginseng is a fleshy-rooted herbace­
ous plant native to the eastern Unit­
ed State*. It was formerly of fre­
quent occurrence in shady, well-
drained situations in hardwood for­
est* of central New York. In Ori­
ental countries, especially In China,
ginseng root Is considered a panacea
or a so-called “Gift of the God»,"
supposed to cure anything from a
stomach ache to tuberculosis. The
western world does not recognize
any special medicinal properties In
ginseng. The plant has little do­
mestic value and Its standing as a
commodity depends upon the distant
foreign market In China.
Birkenfeld
tives and friends for a few weeks.
The Vesper Tea Ladies met
with Mrs. Martha Rosenburg Au­
gust 10. During the afternoon
Mrs. Elizabeth Carl and Mrs.
Jennie Johnston were presented
with birthday gifts, their birth­
days being the 8th and the 11th.
A social time was spent during
the afternoon, after which a birth­
day lunch was served. There were
18 members present.
Birth of Polo Game
Polo is believed to have originated
In Persia more than 2,000 years ago
and quickly came Into popularity In
Turkestan, Tibet, Japan and Indo-
Chlna. What name was given It by
the Persians and the others Is ef­
faced by time. But the Tibetans
called it pulu, meaning ball, and
when the sport was revived In the
Nineteenth century the English
changed "pulu" to polo. There is
little coherent polo history from the
dawn of the Clilstian era until Its
entry Into India by way of Manipur
In the Sixteenth century. It Is es
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tabllshed, however, that there were
Misses Dorothy and Irene Lair­ at least 12 different forms of polo,
son from Dallas were the house each peculiar to the nation in which
guests of their uncle and aunt, It was played.
Treharne
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smith, the
past week.
The best thing about a popular
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sunell song is that it isn’t popular very
and son Robert motored to As­ long.
toria on Sunday. Their oldest
son Clair returned home with
them after spending two weeks
with relatives there.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Martin from
Turner were week end guests at
the home of her sister and broth­
er-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John
Glassner.
Mrs. Wm. E. Baker and son
Leonard returned to their home
at Sherwood after spending a
week at the home of her sister
and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Sidney Baker.
Miss Wilma Glassner arrived
homo after spending her vacation-
with relatives at Turner.
Frank O’Connor is driving
truck picking up milk which is
taken to the cheese factory at
Banks.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Huit were
home for a few days visiting
relatives.
Several families from town
enjoyed the swimming pool at
Lindsay's mill on Sunday.
Farmers in this vicinity have
finished hauling hay.
Weaver Clark is hauling hay
for E. Roediger.
Mrs. Chas. Justice was hostess
to friends and neighbors at their
new home on Friday. A pot-luck
dinner was served at noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Johnson and
son motored to Portland one day
last week.
Six C. C. C. trucks went
through here Tuesday to the
fire at Gales creek.
Cork Oak* Long Producer*
Cork Is the outer bark of the cork
oak, of which there are vast forests
in Portugal, Spain and North Africa.
A tree must be about twenty years
old before It gives Its first so-called
virgin cork. Virgin cork Is of little
commercial value. The next harvest
Is not ready for stripping for nearly
a decade, but this stripping, too, is
of little commercial value. The prod­
uct from each subsequent stripping
of the tree, however. Improves in
quality. When a tree reaches the
age of forty years, its bark may be
called high-grade cork. Cork oaks
produce for more than a century.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ortner, | ters Cecilia and Fern are spend-
Mary Owens, and Burnett Owens ing the week in Portland,
left Thursday for Netarts, where! john Grady of Longview spent
they will visit with Mr. and Mrs. I the week end in Vernonia.
J. H. Burnside. They will return
Mrs. M. D. Cole left Sunday
Sunday.
to spend a week in Longview.
Yesterday’s daily contains the
Miss Theresa Trask and Miss
announcement that Betty Ann Ro­ Delma Wahl of Kelso are visiting
berts has filed suit for divorce at the home of Mrs. H. W. Olm-
from Thor D. Roberts in Port- j stead.
land. They are former residents
Mrs. Albert Childs and daugh-
of Vernonia, and have many
ter
Frances left Saturday to vis­
friends here.
it in Brownsville and Portland.
Ernest Herman of Camp 8 was
Mrs. E. J. Douglass returned
in town yesterday during the lay­
home yesterday from Portland,
off. He has been ordered to re­
port for duty this morning, he where she has been visiting her
daughters, Vivian and Zonweiss.
says.
De Loss Powell, Marble Cook,
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrx Arthur A. Owen August 10. and Phyllis and Margaret Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Schmid- spent Saturday in Forest Grove.
JOY THEATRE
lin are parents of a daughter
FLYING DEVILS, Bruce Ca­
born August 15.
bot, Arline Judge, Eric Linden
Girls’ new school brogues. J.
and Ralph Bellamy, Saturday and
C. Penney Co.
Adv.
Sunday, August 19 and 20. Ad­
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Thompson ' mission 10 and 25 cents.
Adv.
and children were Portland vis­
Became Cruel King
Thelma
Lincoln,
who
is
visiting
itors
Tuesday.
Sennacherib was the soi. »f Sar­
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Garner in Ione, Oregon, reports that it
gon, commander In chief of Assyria
is very hot there.
under Shalmaneser, who seized the were Portland visitors Tuesday.
throne upon that monarch'» death,
Tommy Brown of Portland
Mrs. Ray D. Fisher and daugh­
displacing the Infant heir Nlnl-
drove out Sunday in his new
ter
Margaret
returned
Monday
plluya, and became a very wise, suc­
Ford to visit friends and rela-
cessful and cruel king. It Is thought from a week’s visit with Mrs. tives here.
that glass was Invented In his reign. Fisher’s parents near Tigard.
Bodie Hieber was up from
He Is mentioned in Isaiah 20:1, and
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Douglass
Is especially notable as a conqueror visited their daughters Vivian! Klamath Falls over the weekend
of Babylon, chief city of Babylonia and Zomweiss in Portland last to visit his brother Gordon.
on the Euphrates.
Mrs. Jack Heenan left Sunday
week.
Loel Roberts and Mike Miller for Caldwell, Idaho, to visit her
Miracle and Mystery Play*
went to St. Helens on business father, who is ill. She expects to
return about Sept. 1.
Halleck, In his “English Litera­ Tuesday.
ture,” says that “A miracle play Is
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Courier and
Jack Heenan, Jr., is visiting in
the dramatic representation of the Kelso.
Mr. and Mrs. M. McCoy of Port­
life of a saint and of the miracles
land visited Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Albert Childs, Mary Ann Childs
connected with him. A mystery play
Davis Sunday.
deals with gospel events which are and Jack Childs went to Portland
concerned with any phase of the life Tuesday, Jack went again yester-
Every government official or
of Christ, or with any biblical event day to see Old Ironsides.
board that handles a public money
that remotely foreshadows Christ or
Mrs. Dayton Ross and children should publish at regular inter­
Indicates the necessity of •
of Longview are visiting in Ver. vals an atLUUiiiin^
accounting ui
of il
it, , bllUWillg
showing
deenosr."
nonia with her parents, Mr. and where and how each dollar is
Mrs. Jim Aubrey.
Borrowing money never
spent. This is a fundamental prin­
cured a depression.
Mrs. F. W. Gough and daugh- ciple of democratic government.
Fish Hibernates Buried
Deep in Mud for Snooze
Scientists have discovered a ma­
rine tish that hibernates six months
of the year in mud.
The discovery was made by a rep­
resentative of the Zoological Survey
of India, at Uttarbaugh, near Cal­
cutta,
He found the fish burled In mud
to a depth of six feet, where It
passes the summer season in sleep.
The fish, which is an elongated
goby of the genus pseudoapocryptes,
lives In creeks, end where they dry
up It burrows Itself in the mud.
It remains comatose, breathing
through an air-hole at the top of the
burrow.
When brought up the fish was
languid, but on being placed In wa-
ter respiration was resumed, and
the fish flapped its gill covers.
The significance of the discovery
Is declared to be that all previous
examples of hibernating fish have
been of the fresh water type, and
this Is of the salt water variety.
Gobles are essentially coast flslies,
and exist in nearly all seas.
ENERGET1C CLUB MEETS
IN GRANGE HALL
The Energetic club of the Ver­
nonia grange met at the Grange
hall for its regular routine of
business Thursday, August 3.
The hostesses, Mrs. Millis and
Mrs. S. V. Malmten, served a
luncheon to the following mes-
dames: A. Kostur, L. A. Rogers,
Wm. Hammack, H. Condit, Frank
O’Connor, Ed Roediger, E. Tre­
harne and daughters Ethel and
Mary, Otto Michener, J. Moran,
H. E. John and daughters Jean­
ette and Maxine, W. O. Porter­
field, S. V. Malnisten and P. J.
Millis and children.
The next grange dance will be
Saturday, August 19.
“Success is ninety per cent
perspiration and ten per cent in­
spiration.”—Thomas Alva Edison.
DEPENDABLE
Quality and Service
KEASEY
FRYEltS
Fattened Reds 1 Q q
Mrs. Frank White’s two sis­
ters visited her over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. DeVaney
and two children of Berkeley,
Cal., visited Wednesday and
Thursday with their uncle, J. O.
DeVaney.
Mrs. D. K. Mendenhall and son
Elzo visited from Saturday to
Monday at the J. 0. DeVaney
home.
Victor Bergerson has rented
his.place to Mr. Armstrong from
St. Helens.
Ted DeWitt returned with his
sister from near Amity.
C. O. Evers is fire warden at
the East Side Logging camp this
summer.
Anna DeVaney and a group of
Vernonia young folks drove to
Astoria Sunday.
Pound, live wt.-LO
Young Ducks
1 Qc
Pound, live wt.-LO
No charge for dressing
LITTLE PIG PORK
Pound
15c
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0
No. 1, New Potatoes
Pound ................ 2c
Canning Beets—
Pound............... 2!/2 c
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Phone 572
— We Deliver
Savings for Friday & Saturday, Aug. 18-19
PEACHES CRATE 79®
Elberta Freestone. Fancy quality.
Watermelons
Striped Klondikes—Sweet. LB.
^4”
Fresh Corn
1c
ear
Yellow, large, well filled ears.
MAYONNAISE, Best Foods
Pts. 24c
FLOUR, Primrose ...... 49-lb. sack Cl 70
Hard Wheat Blend.
*
COFFEE, Airway ...........
">■ 22c
BUTTER, Standard grade
lb- 22c
SUGAR
vvunii Cane 20 ,bs-
100 lbs. $4.95
PEANUT BUTTER, Bulk
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All Exhibitions Do Not
Receive Noisy Cheering
Crowds do not loudly cheer a tine
exhibition of Intellectual power, but
that may be merely because those
who can appreciate Intellectual pow­
er are not vocally demonstrative, ob­
serves a columnist In the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat. The gratification
of the perceptive and reasoning fac
ultles Is an Inner emotion. If we
can call It "emotion.” The studl
ous and thoughtful mind works si
lently. when moved. It more often
expresses Itself with the pen, and
finds no outlet In loud shouts. Ex­
citement it may have, but re­
pressed.
There Is a cleft between the high
er thoughts that stimulate and the
rousing ones that agitate the feel­
ings. We yell when our hearts are
stirred and make no demonstration
when the conviction of spiritual
force Is conveyixl to the brain. One
must not think that because there
are no whoops by the assemblage
It Is certain that the individual mem
bers who completely comprehend
•re rarer.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1983.
ATURDAY night is a mighty good time to ask yourself
I this question: “Is our community sending more money
out of town than is coming in each week?" Of course the only
safe answer is “NO!”
S
This means that we folks in this neighborhood must patronize
local supply men and merchants if we expect our town to pros­
per and “stay on the map."
Frankly, it means that every citizen will find it most profitable
to read the advertisements in this paper every issue, and to follow
their good advice.
Our advertisers are all personally interested in this town—and
in YOU. They are helping you build a better home community.
When business is good, their profits are being shared with you
in an endless chain of co-operative betterment
Read the Ads in this Paper
and save yourself money by trading at home
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lb- pkg. 25c
Harmony, it floats..... 10 bars 29c
COCOANUT, Moist, sweetened, lb. |9c
WHOLE SPICES, for pickling, 2 pkg. J5C
SOAP,
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Market raaturwi
HAMS HAMS
Armour Star
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Half or Whole
X^V
Center Slice each lOc
PORK CHOPS,
lb
MAYTAG WASHERS
We repair all makes of
Washers
VEAL ROAST, Milk Fed, lb......
VERNONIA RADIO SHOP
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VEAL CHOPS, lb.
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