The Gate city journal., November 21, 1930, Image 2

Principal Events of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.
T he Independence Corn Show w as
held recen tly w ith a good crowd in
atte n d an c e.
P la n s a re being m ade a t Lakeview
to h e a t th e city w ith hot w a ter from
a hot spring near the city.
A tw a ter K en t
ifl
m
!■ ]y
D uring th e next several w eeks the
sta te ta x comm ission will be busy
listen in g to rep resen tativ es of corpora­
tions who seek reduced assessm ents.
A huge m eteor exploded over the
D eschutes basin recently with a blind­
ing flash which illum inated tlie coun­
tryside, according to widely scattered
reports.
T he F a rm ers’ bank of W eston, es­
tab lish ed in 1891, w as closed recently
by S ta te S u perintendent Schram m . No
sta te m e n t has been m ade regarding
liquidation.
O rch ard ists and ra n ch e rs In The
D alles d istric t characterized the soak­
ing rain recently, as w orth thousands
of dollars. It w as the best fall rain
in ten years.
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
Drawing by Ray W alters
LTHOUGH it is true
th a t Thanksgiving day,
which we will celebrate
on November 27 this
year, is "a distinctively
American institution" In
the way in which it Is
observed, our celebra­
tion of a “Thanksgiving
day" Is not unique. As
a m atter of fact, the
fundam ental Idea of the
day ns a feast day may be traced back
to ancient tim es. Read the Book of
Judges in the Old T estam ent and
there you will And this description of
a practice of the Canaunltes, from
whom the Children of Israel derived
some of their custom s :
“Apd they went out into the fields
and guthered th eir vineyards, and
trode the grass and held festival, and
went into the house of their god, and
did eat and drink.”
Tills vintage or harvest festival ap­
peared la te r among the Hebrews as an
act of worship to Jehovah and was
called the F east of Tabernacles, in
Deuteronom y, Moses gnve specific di­
rections for Its keeping,
Pngan Greece nnd Home, too, limi
their thnnksglvlug season in honor of
the hnrvest deities. At Athens, In No­
vember, tills feast, ended Thesmoph-
orla, w as celebrated by m arried wom­
en only, and two wealthy nnd distin­
guished members of the sex were
chosen to prepare the sacred meal,
which corresponded to the T hanksgiv­
ing dinner of today. The Rom ans on
October 4 worshiped Cerea, their god­
dess of tlie harvest, with processions
In the fields, music, rustic sports, and
a feast nt the end of the day, which
was called Cerella.
In the modern world, England for
centuries observed an autum nal festi­
val called the H arvest Home, which
traces its beginning hack to the Sax­
ons. In 125S A. 1 ». “solemne fasts and
genernl processions" were held in Eng­
land and were thought to have helped
a backw ard harvest in tli. t year. The
Englishm an lias alw ays followed the
custom of setting aside days to com­
m em orate public blessings. The dis­
covery of the Gunpowder Plot was
thus observed and Guy Faw kes dny
w as established ns a day of "public
thanksgiving to Almighty God.” This
happened only a short tim e before the
IMIgrims left England for Holland, so
It Is easy to see how they Inter car­
ried to the New world the Idea of a
dny for giving thanks.
Insofar as all the fam iliar pictures
of the first Thanksgiving dny In Ply­
m outh show Indinne taking p art In the
Pilgrim feasting, we have come to a s­
sociate the red man with this holiday
p articularly. Few of us realize, per­
haps, th a t the Amerienn Indian con­
trib u te d more to our Thanksgiving day
celebration than wo realize. For the
m any Am erican fam ilies which will
g a th e r around the loaded Thanksgiv­
ing day tables this year to enjoy their
ro a st turkey will he observing a cus­
tom th a t prevailed before the Pilgrim s
landed on the rocky shores of New
R nglsnd.
T he records of the Sm ithsonian In­
stitu tio n In W ashington, records which
bridge the gap between the abo­
riginal civilization of thousands of
y ears ago and ours today, show th at
th s Indians of the Southw est domes­
ticated turkeys and fattened them for
th s choice m orsels s t th e ir cerem onial
feasts. The pructlce of such feasts,
however, had been established lone he-
fore by the cliff dw ellers who raised
turkeys and when they w anted u nice,
fat bird for one of th eir ceremonial
feasts, all they hnd to do w as to go
out to a pen where they kept the fowls
and get one.
More than that, the N avajo Indians
have a November thanksgiving cere­
monial wlilch goes hack as far as tri­
bal tradition goes. A series of thanks­
giving ceremonies begins about No­
vember 1 nnd continues nt intervals
during the en tire month. The Navajo
name for these occasions is the Yabl-
chi, which m eans a thanksgiving for
the corn h a rv est—a genernl th an k s­
giving to tlie sun and rain gods for
their respective efforts In aiding the
growth of corn and grass.
D uring the day set aside for the
Yahichi tlie medicine men and desig­
nated officials of the locality hold a
ceremony in wldch blessed coni meal,
corn pollen and feuthers of the ruin
bird are used. Few outsiders have
ever been adm itted to these meetings.
Tlie sam e night begins a general good
tim e and feasting for everybody.
Although we look upon tlie English
settler* of New England us the orig­
inators of our T hanksgiving day, we
should not forgot th at the Dutch who
settled tlie New A m sterdam which be­
came New York nlso contributed
som ething to the day. For there Is
no doubt th a t tlie Pilgrim s, while they
lived In Leyden nnd observed tlie m an­
ner In wlilch tlie D utch celebrated on
October 3 tlie deliverance of th eir
country from Spain with much fe a st­
ing and In a sp irit of thankfulness,
were som ew hat Influenced by the c h ar­
acter of tills celebration in establish­
ing th eir own Thnnksglvlug dny a fte r
they enme to America.
Then, too, T hanksgiving ns It Is ob­
served In New York city today is in
many respects so different from the
New England T hnnksgivlng ns to
cause the stra n g er In Gotham to In­
quire Into the Mardl G ras n atu re of
tlie day, nnd the answ er Is th at It Is
a survival of mi old Dutch custom.
For New York holds n groat mum­
m ers’ show on Thnnksgivlng, th at Is
to say, Juvenile New York does. For
while their elders a re going to church
to acknowledge th e ir blessings and
housewives and cooks a re busy pre­
paring tlie Thanksgiving dinner, the
youngsters are engaged In blacking
th eir faces and turning their clothes
Inside out. or converting them selves
Into clowns nnd caricatures of movie
actors nnd hobgoblins.
It la a Juvenile celebration alm ost
exclusively, though now and then one
beholds a bedecked ndult In gratiating­
ly trying to come In on the show er of
pennies. Mostly the coppers are well
earned. To the tune of mouth harps,
comb and tissue paper and other child­
ish instrum ents, or Just a whistle,
pigeon wings are cut, hand springs are
turned, songs are rendered nnd b reak ­
downs executed. In keen competition
for "som ething for T hanksgiving."
The phrase Is heard from tlie tim e the
day’a first ring at the doorbell gets
one out of bed until the Inst th e a te r
la closed a t night. U dins In one's
enrs all daz long, as often repeated as
the "M erry C hristm as” greeting Inter
In the year.
Aa a m atter of fact not one New
York boy or girl hi a thousand can
tell the stran g er in the city the origin
of tlie cuetom. All th a t most mum-
in ert eeem to know of It Is that they
"alw ays go out for Thanksgiving."
Boys who have grown up In the city
will any th a t they, too, did the snme.
Some of them add th a t the sport then
had much more spice than now. Years
ago it used to be the thing for house
holders to throw hot pennies out ol
the window to the costumed urchin*.
Then th ere was a scram ble as nevei
Is seen in these days of merely drop
ping cold cnsli into a cap.
However, the researches of a New
York woman, E sther Singleton, into
ancient M anhattan history recently
disclosed tlie fact th a t mumming on
T hnnksgivlng day has been practiced
In th a t city fur nearly three centur­
ies. U nder th e D utch, the D utch Re­
formed church in this colony endeav­
ored to stop popular observance of an­
cient Catholic festivals by legal inter­
diction. Shrove T uesday celebrations
—still continued in Holland as “ vas-
ten avond"—were found Irrepressible
m ainly because the children liked
them.
Children persisted In tlieir pre l e n ­
ten m asquerade. “They walked the
stre ets,” says Miss Singleton in her
“Dutch New York," "carrying the
rom m el-pot, a pot covered with a
tightly stretched Idadder. In the cen­
te r was a hole through which n stick
w as Jnmmed. W hen moved up and
down the stick would m ake a dull
rum bling noise. Children went from
door to door singing (in D u tc h ):
I’ve run so long with the rurabilng-pot
And have as .vet go no money to buy
bread.
H erring packery, herrlng-packery,
Give me a penny and I'll go by!
Steeihead tro u t are now entering
th e Siuslaw river w ith a rush, accord­
ing to re p o rts from th a t section. Sii-
verside salm on also are being caught
in large num bers.
It’s springtim e on the farm of Carl
P lucker, in the Pendleton d istrict, near
A dam s. An apple tre e and his holly­
hocks a re in bloom. His garden is
yielding ripe straw berries.
Some unusual specim ens of potatoes
of the N etted Gem variety are on dis­
play a t Svenson. T he tu b ers weigh
from tw o and one-half to th ree pounds
each, and are of excellent quality.
The “ biggest ev en t” In the history
of W ashington county was the form al
opening and dedication of the CanyoD
road a t Beaverton, w here th e new
highw ay in te rse cts th e T u alatin high­
way.
The Lakeview m unicipal w ater­
w orks, which w as purchased by the
city a year ago, m ade a n e t p rofit of
$10,000 during th e la st 12 m onths. The
profits have been put in^o new pipe
lines.
The sta te board of control has
adopted a resolution g ra n tin g to the
D aughters of the A m erican Revolu­
tion grounds su rrounding th e new
building of th a t organization a t Cham-
poeg park.
In an ticipation of an accident th a t
would th re a te n its w a ter supply, Sea­
side has m ade an a g reem en t with
W arrenton w hereby th e system s of
th e tw o cities can be joined in case
of an em ergency.
D epositors in th e com m ercial de­
p a rtm e n t of th e defunct L ane County
S ta te and Savings bank a t Florence
will receive 88 p e r cen t and savings
“They wore m asks and false faces
and som etim es a 'devil's suit of depositors will receive 84 p e r cent
clothes.’ T his m asking and dressing in th e final liquidation.
up still survives in New York on
T he car of fancy No. 1 tu rk ey s
Thnnksglvlug dny."
i shipped from R edm ond re ce n tly w as
M anhattan's Thanksgiving is now the first car of first-grade tu rk ey s to
one hundred and eighty-six years old. be shipped in th e U nited S ta te s of the
D irector G eneral Keift of the Dutch 1930 crop, according to buyers from
W est India company Instituted the C alifornia, who bought th e carload.
first on March 4, 1(113, as a day of
Two cars of sou th ern Oregon tu r­
fasting and prayers of thanksgiving
for a tem porary cessation of Indian keys, about 50,000 pounds, le ft Med­
outbreaks, excited by tribal reseut- ford re ce n tly for th e New York m ar­
ment against the sale of rum by the k e ts for the T hanksgiving trad e . The
Colonists to young braves. H ostilities shipm ent w as m ade by th e fa rm e rs’
w ers soon resumed, lasted till 11)45, exchange th ere , which plans to ship
and then on Septem ber 6 cam e anoth­
a th ird c ar soon. Local tu rk ey grow­
e r thanksgiving day for “peace with
e rs a re g u a ran tee d 29 c en ts a pound
the savages."
j w ith a re tu rn on all over th a t price
A fter the surrender of the colony
to E ngland a generation in ter and the | for top birds.
final adoption In New York of the
TH E M ARKETS
Thanksgiving diif Instituted nt Ply­
P o r t la n d
mouth and M assachusetts bay. the
W h eat — Big Bend bluestem , 79% ;
New York children tran sferre d their
Shrove T uesday mumming to the au­ soft w hite, w e ste rn w hite, 67 % c; hard
tum n holiday, preserving the custom w inter, n o rth e rn spring, w estern red,
among them selves even though their 65 %c.
elders had long lost track of w hnt It
H ay—Buying price, f. o. b. P o rtlan d :
m eant nnd whence it locally derived. Alfalfa, $18018.50; valley tim othy,
It Is also worthy of note th at ths $17.50; e aste rn Oregon tim othy, $20;
s ta ts of New York saw the first offi­ clover, $14; o a t hay, $14; o ats and
cial proclam ation of a Thanksgiving vetch, $14015.
day aa an annual custom which h a t
B u tte rfat—33 © 35c.
been observed w ithout Interruption for
Eggs—R anch, 21 0 36c.
more th an 110 years. In 1817 Gov.
C attle—S teers, good, $7.2508.00
Dewlt Clinton officially proclaim ed
H ogs—Good to choice, $8.50 0 9.75,
Thanksgiving day, and ever since th at
L am bs—Good to choice, $6.5007.00.
Sm c New York governors have fol­
S e a ttle
lowed th e precedent. It was also fol­
W heat—Soft w hite, w estern white,
lowed by governors of o ther northern
states, but It did not become a gen­ northern spring, h ard w inter, w estern
eral national holiday by P residential red. 68c; bluestem , 78c.
proclam ation until 1468. The first
E ggs—R anch, 22038c.
P rssldentlal proclam ation was Issued
R u tte rfa t—38c.
by Georgs W ashington from New York
C attle—Choice ste e rs. $6.75 0 7.75.
yfty, then the Capital of the nation In
Ilogs—Good to choice, $1001015.
1780. Several later P residents Issued
L am bs—Choice, $5.50 0 6.50.
such proclam ations from tim e to time,
Spokane
but It rem ained for Abraham Lincoln
C attle—S teers, good, $707.25.
In 1S*)8 to fix the last T hursday in No­
vember as the national day of th an k s­
H ogs—Good to choice, $9 50.
giving.
L am b s—Medium to good,$5 0 $ .
<£> bv W m i s i u N « w a p * p « r U n io n .)
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I know what
I w ant”
"So do I”
C o n tracto rs on the Owyhee projeef
n e a r Vale are taking advantage of
favorable fall w eather to ru sh the dam
and tunnels.
T h e lone hotel burned to the
ground recently with all furnishings.
T he E ngelm an pool hall was badly
dam aged by fire and w ater.
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Kent. W hat we want is perform­
ance, and so far as we’re concerned
there’s only one choice.
We want the Golden Voice of the
new Atwater K ent— good, clear,
consistent reception, without a lot
of noise. We want power enough
to bring in distant stations. \Ve
w ant a dial we can read easily from
any position, without straining our
ey e s— th a t new .A tw ater K ent
Quick-Vision Dial. We want the
new Atwater Kent Tone Control,
so th at we can bring out the low
notes or the high notes as we please.
We want a radio th at’s always
ready to go when we come to the
end of a day’s work. We want the
kind of dependability that Atwater
Kent is famous for. We want a ra­
dio from the maker who insists that
farm people shall have just as good
performance as city people.
We want an up-to-date radio,
with all the newest worth-while im­
provements—plus Screen-Grid,from
th e m an u factu rer w ith longest
Screen-Grid experience. We want a
really good-looking radio— one we
can show with pride when friends
come in.
We’re going to put our money
where our faith is, and that means
one of the new Atwater Kents.
When we go into town tomorrow,
we’re going to stop at a dealer s and
order an Atwater Kent. We know
what we want and we’re going to
get it— NOW.
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T hat's another reason w hy rural fam­
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E a r th q u a k e ’s H e a v y T o ll
A t the D rug Store
Salic Law
T he law s of tlie Salic or Salian
“Doctor, my face hurts.”
“Yes, miss. Do you w ant linim ent
F ra n k s were com m itted to w riting in
the F ifth century, before the general or benuty stuff?"
introduction of C hristianity, and that
code Is known as th e Salian laws.
One c h ap ter of the code Is specifical­
ly known as the Salic law. It re­
gards th e succession to lands and
lim its such succession to m ale Heirs
to th e to ta l exclusion of fem ale
heirs, chiefly because certain m ili­
tary duties w ere connected with the
holding of land. In tlie Fourteenth
century fem ales w ere excluded from
the th ro n e of F rance by an extension
of th e Salic law.
The earth q u ak e in Ja p a n occurred
on Septem ber 1, 1923. T he num ber
of lives lost .vas 99,331.
900 D rops "
D A YS
Restless NIGHTS
Fretful
SWEETEN ACID
STOMACH THIS
PLEASANT WAY
W hen th ere 's distress two hours
a fte r eating—heartburn, indigestion,
gas—suspect excess acid.
T he best way to correct tills Is
w ith an alkali. Physicians prescribe
P hillips’ Milk of Magnesia.
A spoonful of P hillips' Milk of
M agnesia in a glass of w ater neu­
tralize s m any tim es its volume in
excess a c id ; and does it a t once. To
try it is to be through w ith crude
m ethods forever.
Be su re to get genuine Phillips’
Milk of M agnesia. All drugstores
h ave the generous 25c nnd 50c
bottles. Full directions in package.
E a sily A r ra n g e d
•without
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just where the trouble is with a
young child. I t may be a stomach
upset) it may be sluggish bowels.
But when little tongues are
coated and there is even a slight
suspicion of bad breath—it’s time
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comfort Castoria is to mothers!
Get the genuine, with Chas. H.
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and the name Castoria that always
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Castoria, you know, is a pure
vegetable preparation especially
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Baby cries with colic or is fretful
because of constipation, Castoria
brings quick comfort, and, with
relief from pain, soothes him to
restful sleep. For older children—
up through all the school years,
Castoria is equally effective in
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give it in larger doses. W hat a
H usband—“The potatoes are only
The covetous man heaps up riches,
h a lf cooked.” B ride—“Then eat the
h alf th a t is cooked.”—Buen Humor, not to enjoy them, but to have them.
—Tillotson.
Madrid.
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