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Show - X Tuesday, Juiy 22, 1947 THE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE, DRAGERTON, UTAH Fork Ruins Unfold Fascinating Story or Prehistoric Indians . ' V ' ' WNV Features. . STAGESCREl . thejtockies ' bus, the copper-colore- d of inhabitants the Western herftisphere, whom we call "Indians." had fanned out and occupied all of North America. Mexico, Central America, South America and the islands of the West Indies. Under the administration pf National Park service are many areas connected with the life of the ancient Indians. Mesa Verde National and 14 park national monuments have been established to protect significant ruins in the states of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New There are also Mound City , Mexico. group national monument in Ohio, Ocmulgee national monument in Georgia and Old Kasaan national monument m Alaska. In addition, many other national parks and monuments, created primarily as scenic or scientific reserves, also contain evidence of Indian occupation. Unfortunately, the Indians, during the long period had no written history, but the records of their wanderings and the story of their cultural and political progress gradually is being put together by archeologists from the tangible remains the campfires, the dustheaps, and the ruins these people left behind. The story as it nnfolds is fascinating, the record of achieve men im pressive. Originally nomadic hunters, the first Americans, learned to cultivate the soil. To Indian farmers we owe such staples in our diet as com, Irish potatoes, yams and cocoa. The Indians also developed and taught us the use of t If: Jw yro a - ... a They learned to make potwoven textiles and delicate jewelry from gold and silver. They quinine. tery, built fortresses, temples and cities, and In Central America Mayan mathematicians invented the use of zero before it was known to scholars of Europe and Asia. EARLIEST EVIDENCE of man In the New World was discovered a few years ago at a site near Folsom, N. M. Here peculiar grooved stone spear points were discovered In association with the fossil bones of animals which have been for thousands of yean. The skeletons of the men who used these weapons have not yet been found, but similar grooved points have been discovered in many places as far east as Virginia. This earliest American has been given the name of Folsom Man and he lived at a time when mastodons and sabre toothed tigers roamed the forests and plains of the United States. After the Folsom Man there is a long gap in our knowledge of ancient Americans, but In Central ' IN MESA VERfiE National park and in the southwestern national monuments one may obtain a fairly clear picture of the life of the In- o dians through a period extending back nearly two thousand years. Here, although the Indians had no calendar and carved no dates on monuments, it has been possible to assign fairly exact dates to events which transpired long before the For. coming of the white man. example, it is known that from 1276 A. D. to 1299 A. D. there was a continuous drouth for 24 consecutive years, and it also is known that about the year 900 A. D., Sunset Crater, a volcano near Flagstaff, ' When John Larkin wae In Holly-woohe tried to get a bit part in toe "Perry Mason pictures, but d didnt succeed. Disheartened,' he FASY stitchery delightfully original designs! Fish in gay colors dash over astylizedgea.Use these marine designs on all linens. - v Just th thing lor the bathroom I Pattern 7J3J has transfer ol 18 motifs 1 by to 3)9 by 1214 inches. Our Improved patters visual with charts and photos, and complete directions makes needlework easy. Price of pattern, 20 cent. , Send your order to: - Follow This Chart for Canning Jtfc-tne- he (See recipes below.) easy-to-e- Canning Queries LYNN CHAMBERS Pressure cookers and other canning equipment will be working overtime to take care of garden produce this year, and those of you who have canned foods undoubtedly know that its a big task, but not a thankless one when it comes to next winters eating. Theres no other food task so gratifying as canning, for once you are finished, you CONTRAST . , . Prehistoric Indian ruins built at the base of sheer red cliff or in cave in canyon wall share the limelight with modem; NavijO homes and farm In Canyon de Cbelly national monument In Arizona. White House ruins ar shown in this have loaded shelves to look at. In order to avoid canning mistakes and failures, check over these points. picture. garden-fresh- , sound ripe First, Ariz., erupted and covered the counvegetables are the only kind worth lava with and ashes. tryside Unsound produce does not The . system of dating Indian canning. the canning procduring Improve ruins in the Southwest is simple and ess, and its a waste of time, money done 'a and is by ingenious using and food to put stale vegetables tree ring calendar. Into jars. By starting with living trees Select all vegetables as carefully and patiently matching pieces for canning as you would for your of wood from older and older most finicky guest, and youll be a houses, the annular ring patlong way toward success. Tender terns in the Southwest have peas, small beets, plump, shiny been established for a period of corn, crisp and meaty beans, etc. more than a thousand years. ail will give satisfactory results because they are prime produce to begin with. ONE OF THE MOST Impressive be should vegetable Every ruined towns of the ancient Indians is Pueblo Bonlto in Chaco Can- washed thoroughly before the skin is cut or broker). Why? Because yon national monument. New Mexico. This town, built like a huge some of them have dirt and fuzz that Is difficult to remove once It y apartment house, contained in the 11th century more than becomes mixed with the juicy content. 800 rooms and housed at least J.20Q and hot packing gives A part of the pueblo was people. constructed as early as 919 A. D. best results, as this method shrinks Other ruined pueblos, which the vis- the vegetables and gives a better itor will find fascinating, are those looking pack as well as lgss shrinkbuilt In niches in the vertical cliffs age In the jar. of Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Use Pressure Cooker Muerto in Canyon de Chelly nationSome women can can consistently al monument in northwestern Ariand successfully by processing vegzona. ' The beauty of these wild canetables In a hot water bath. Either yons will live long in the memory of are very careful workers or all who see them. Near Flagstaff, they lucky. Just However, foolplain the stone pueblo of Arlz., are results are best obtained by proof and the cliff dwellings in Walusing a steam pressure cooker. It . nut canyon. In central Arizona is possible to bring food to a higher Tuzlgoot and Montezuma in this way and klU temperature Castle. national monuments, and in the northern part of the state near harmful bacteria, thus avoiding the Utah border is Navajo national spoilage. Canning also may be done in monument. Aztec ruins and Bende-tie- r a pressure national monuments are in New much less time with cooker, and there is less opportuMexico. nity to lose food values In this way. Fortunately, the equipment Is r.ow IN THE OHIO valley and in southavailable, or in many communieastern United States the Indians ties it is obtainable on a communal frequently built large earth mounds. basis at a canning center or such. these often conmounds were Very structed in the form of truncated Boa Before Serving One of the basic rules for home-cannpyramids and were used1 as platvegetables is to boU the forms for temple structures or vegeta- houses. ' One of these mound sites canned has been established as a national ble 10 to 15 minmonument near Chillicothe, Ohio. utes before tastor using. At this site, known as Mound City ing group national monument are a Never taste a large number of mounds. At Ma- vegetable which con, Ga., Ocmulgee national monuyou may suspect ment also contains a number of in- is spoiled. If you ' teresting mounds, one of which was are certain of constructed over a subterranean spoilage, discard council chamber. it; tf not sure, cook ' then taste. This boiling is best done in an "FOR INFORMATION relating to the national monuments, write to open saucepan. The rule applies to the Director, National Park. Serv- ail vegetables except tomatoes and red pimientoes, which are acid vegice, 'Department of the Interior, etables and .hencs in a somewhat D. . C. Washington 25, Wu-pat- kl are-Tonto- ... Highest peak is Clingmans borne Ranking as one of the favorite vacation spots in the 6,642 feet above sea level and accesEast, Great Smoky Mountain Na- sible by a motor highway. Fishing is one of the main attractional park embraces the greatest mountain mass east of the Black tions for sportsmen, the 600 miles of trout streams in the park being Hills: The Smokies derivt their name stocked annually. Free naturalist-guide- d field trips from the deep blue haze hovering about the peaks tbat for 38 consecu- are conducted during the summer tive miles are more than 5,000 feet months by National Park service high. The park is 54 miles long and campers also may explore reand a maximum of 19 miles wide. mote sections of the park. ed LYNN 8 ATS: Glamorize Foods Before Serving For both fruit and vegetable sal- ads you may use the prongs of the fork for fluting such things as cu- . cumbers and bananas. Use vegetables prepared in molds to make vegetable platters more attractive. Carrots, peas and spinach are nice to look at when served in a ring mold. Use a contrasting colored vegetable in the center of the mold. ' MENU Braised smb Steaks Parsleyed Potatoes Green Beans . SmoUics Honk as Favorite Retreat WASHINGTON. an- derision that he deserves. Of course nobody whos at all famQiar with toe workings of the industry believes him, but a lot of unknown girls do. They have high hope of being chosen then the producer announces that some experienced actress has been given the pari The latett offender is Jesse Lasky; after all the whoop-to-dabout the role in The Miracle of the of Olga Bells" he gave it to Valll, the Italian actress who recently made "The Paradine Case." Pre-cooki- er producer nounces that he will search for an unknown girl whos perfect for the leading role in a big picture, and star her in it, hefll be greeted with the five-stor- EVOLUTION . . . Ocmulgee national monument in Georgia contains outstanding remains of Indian mounds and prehistoric towns, representative of the cultural evolution of the southern mound-buildcivilisation. This Council Chamber mound has been restored by National Park service. ' some day, when MAYBE America the Mayas, who had invented a reliable calendar, were carving dates on stone monuments as early as 600 years before the beginning of the Christian Era. ' l!0 By INEZ GERHARD $ Long before the time of. Colum- IN Released by Weetern Newspaper Union. More than one" hundred centuries ago the first immigrants set foot on the shores of North America. These early people, archeologists "betiey'e, crossed the narrow strait whiqn divides Asia from Alaska, and frpmBering sea the traveled eastward and southward. From time to time in the centuries which followed new bands of people crossed from Asia and the earlier settlers were compelled to push onward to more remote sec-- . tiOps of the continent. It is possible that some of thestf people ... migrated down along the Pacific coastline, but the greater mass of them, it is thought, crossed the mountains and continued the southward trek along the east side of O' Original Stitchery Ever So Popular! V c r PAGE TIIREE v FIRST-AtlERICft- - - Carrot-Raisi- n Slaw Biscuits and Honey Fresh Cherry Pie Beverage different class from non-aci- d vegetables such as peas, beans, com, etc. Some questions always come up concerning particular vegetables during canning time. Typical queries are these, and here are the answers: What causes cloudiness In canned peas? This may ba caused by Insufficient cooking or soma mineral In the water used for canning. Proper or soft, distilled water eliminates the cloudiness. How high shall I pack vegetables? Pack them to within Vs Inch of the top of the jar, except peas, lima beans and com, which ara packed to within one inch' of the top to allow for extra expahsion. What causes com to torn brown In the can? Most often this is due to a high tempera-tor- e used during which canning, carmelizet the com. Sometimes a high deposit of mineral such as pre-cooki- ng iron in water used for canning wifi cause it. Why do beets Box headed for New York, took a radio audition and now hes the Perry Mason you hear bn the air! Nina Henry Aldrich, has an important role in the Gene Autrey picture, "The Strawberry Rqqn, featuring Gloria Henry and Jack Holt Pictures are broke in nothing new to Dick; when he was six. He wae the voice of "Pinocchio," played the teen-ag- e Sam Clemens to The Adventures of Mark Twain," and recently completed a featured role in "The Chase. ng Rel.aaed by Western Newspaper Union. Ring black-o- r green olives around the sides of a meat salad bowl to make It look attractive. -Never overcook food if you want it to look nice on the platter. Have It crisp looking even if cooked. If vegetables lack appeal for the children, invest in a set of fancy vegetable cutters and use these for a change to add Interest Usa your gayest mats or linens when serving out on toe porch or lawn. Pottery1 and heavy goblets are ideal tor service here. Address- - 5 Princess Held Court Nightly To Aid in Writing Memoirs Probably the costliest -- setting ever created to inspire an author was that maintained by the late Princess Der Ling during on Golondrina ' island of? Lower 1928-2- 5 California, says Collier's. There she built a palace and, with some 300 entertainers, attendAfter five strennona year In the ants and servants, held a court or army, Dan Dailey returned to Holly- party nightly to remind and help wood and dropped 26 pounds In hia her write her memoirs of the days first stint before toe cameras in 20th when she was a lady in waiting in Mother Wore the Imperial Court of China. Century - Foxs Tights. Lost toe weight during the tong dance rehearsals. In toe Betty Grabie picture he has tw solo dance numbers, four elaborate production routines, and plays a strong dramatlo role. , ' foldS , .' 7--U ' ."t-- years of performing After 16 dangerous film stunts without a single serious injury, Don Turner had his nos broken three times to one year after he retired to his farm near He's back lh pictures Hollywood. - under-processi- No ' now, to turn white? This may be due to certain varieties or to too old beeta. Use the very dark red kind, and see that they are young and freshly gathered. fan apart Why de vegetable when home canned? This U due to overprocessing or overcooking in pressure cooker or water bath. Watch the time and check with timetable to avoid this error. Shall I overprocess er underpreo-ess- ? Neither is good, but probably wifi result in spoilage while overcooking will give you wilted looking goods that do not hold their shape. How much shall I can at one time? Unless you have help for preparing the vegetables. It is best to do it in several, sman batches so vegetables do not spoil. If you can get the produce from garden to kettle or Jar within two hours you ars working according to the best rule. , Much depends upon your own speed and ability. Bow mnch salt should be used? Season according to taste or not at all Most people ere satisfied If on teaspoon of salt to each quart of vegetable is added as a last measure to the jar before it Is closed. Should Jar tope be wiped before cover is placed on Jar? Yee, this is essential to remove any bits of vegetable, water or salt which might prevent a perfect seaL What kind of eovera should I use? There are a number of good varieties avaQable, and each should be used according to the manufacturers directions. 1943-44-4- ,- Sewing Circle NeedleeraJ! Dept. 217 San Francisco S, CslU. Enclose 26 cents lor Patters. ' JOHN LARKIN Dick Jones, the ee Silver River.; - - Probably the briefest romantic role In movie history is Paul Bradleys to The Unfaithful After appearing for exactly two minutes as Ann Sheridans lover he meets death at the hands of an assassin, and becomes the photograph of a corpse. Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson used up 10 pounds of crepe beards to comedy sequences for the Warner Bros. Technicojbr musical Two Guys From Texas. Figure it up a shoe box full of crepe weighs only twq ounces. Pet, a Neighborhood anybodyd be proud to and fenow own-li- vely on Gro-Pu- p Ribbo nl These crisp, toasted ribbons give hhn every vitamin and mineral dogs are known to need. Economical on box supplies as much food by cans of dog dry weight as five p also comet In Meal food! and in Pet-EFeed all three. ed 1-- lb. ysn bear in Western movies are written by Red Foley, toe singing guitarist of Grand Ole Opry. In all he's written 91 of them, one ef toe best being Old Bhep, Written when bis favorite dog died. Many of the tunes Gro-Pu- DogsChTbt GROUP Ralph Edwards entertained profession visitors when recently March of Time cameramen visited his Truth or Consequences program. They were gathering material for a short on .radio shows. So Edwards zany show will soon be visible to thousands of movie-goer- s as It is actually broadcast, instead of In the exaggerated versions feature youve seen to hi full-lengt- h A 0 films. Conrad Nagel, narrator on "Silver Theatre, seldom. If ever, fluffs e Une on the air, but he does it Just often enough during dress rehearsals to scare the cast. And now, Silver Theater, said he recently, and they shuddered. ODDS AND ENDS Bette Davit bat given bet big Uantp collection to tbt veteran i at Birmingham hospital. . . . Raj Milland began bit Hollywood? career at a talent agent. . ; . 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