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Falling Washington. closed their doors and 23.500 tons of and in effect, pepper slaves. pepper several years' supply piled Although black pepper claims a lot! up In London warehouses during the of relatives scattered throughout the' recent attempt by London speculators tropics, these do not Include sweet to corner the world supply of white peppers, red peppers, and chillies,1 pepper. which belong to an entirely different "This Is not the first time pepper family. has caused excitement, says the NaThe pepper vine la a symbol of. tional Geographic society. "This fiery perseverance, a plant that simply; commodity was long a cause of con- doesn't know when It Is licked. Taken! tention between the early European from Its natural habitat In the moist; trading companies operating In India leaf mold of shady Jungles, It will1 and the Far East. I'epper cargoes grow In plantations, though often! raised the Ire of rival sea enptains of given scant shade, and on poor soil. the Seventeenth and Eighteenth cen- If fertilized. Although It climbs freeturies, and, along with other spices, ly In Jungles, sometimes up to 30 feet, led to pitched battles among Portuit continues to thrive on plantations; guese, Dutch and English. d when tied to a tree,; Native to the moist forests of south- hardwood post, or even s stone post,! western India, especially the Malabar and kept pruned to about twelve feet coast, black pepper has long been prized by Eastern peoples to quicken Canada Has New Scheme They used It not languid appetites. even but to Assist Drouth Areas; only as a pungent condiment, as a medicine. For centuries pepper Ont A vast scheme to reOttawa, was the staple article of oommcrce be- habilitate 10,000,000 acres of land rentween India and Europe. Aa far back dered waste drouth In western Canby as the Fourth century R. CL Greeks ada Is to be undertaken by tbe Canarelished pepper as seasoning, and dian government sneezes from It echoed in the kitchens The scheme calls for construction of of Home. It was once valued on a par more than 100 dams and modification with precious metals. When Alaric, of the system of farming In wide arena king of the Goths, pounded on the In the prairie provinces. gates of Rome in 408, he demanded Under the supervision of Department as the citys ransom 5,000 pounds of of Agriculture experts, farmers in gold, 30,000 pounds of silver, and 3,000 Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta pounds of pepper. will he taught what kind of crops to plant In certain districts and how to Most Prized of All Spices. In the Middle ages, pepper was conserve moisture and prevent soil by planting trees and grasses prized above all spices. The most Im- drifting best suited for the puritose. The dams was the portant early English guild will be used for water storage. l'epperer's Guild. At that time, the spice was so valuable It frequently Soldiers took the place of money. of off it as with Not Always Flower Gordon pounds swaggered received of their booty. Teople part nawail, flower garden of the Pacific, rewards In pepper, often paid their was not always a floral paradise. Berent In pepper, and when a will was fore adventurous sailors struck Its read, held their breath to hear how shores it had only a limited crop, as' much pepper they had been bequeathed. seeds reached the land that the sea The constant cry for pepper, and Its yielded only by their rare good fortune.! high price, was largely what set can- The sandalwood tree was native, and; ny Portuguese explorers searching traffic in thut crop was a factor In thej route to the Indies. Vas- Introductlcn of other plants. When the for an co da Gama, sailing around the Cape white man went to settle on tbe Is-- ! of Good Hope, reached the home of lands, he took with him saplings and, pepper, the Malabar coast, In 1408. flowering thrubi.anfd vines from all! Venetians and Genoese who until parts of the Pacific. They thrived in, then had practically monopolized the a favorable climate. The banyan tree! trade In pepper, now watched the Por- of India, with Its meandering branches;' tuguese sail away with It The Por- the monkey-po- d tree, looking like anl s tuguese held the pepper umbrella decked gaily with flowers,; until the Seventeenth century. Under and many other beautiful types of fotheir control, less pepper was ruined liage were. lmported.and the land .bo-- ; on the Malabar coast bat Its cultiva- came a lush flower garden. tion was extended to the Islands of the Malacca, a Malay archipelago. on the west coast of the Malay pen- .Twins Discover Value of insula, became a great pepper im16 Months Science portant. New York. Science pays! So flourishing was the trade In That was tht conclusion today of pepper and other spices that la 1505 the Dutch organized an East India Margie as she watched her scientifically trained twin, company ; In 1000 Queen Elizabeth chartered the English East India company ; Florrie, snatch a piece of candy from under her very eyes. Danish, French, Swiss and other oron Columbia university psychologists followed their rapidly ganizations beamed with pride. Florrles training heels. Most Important commercially and enabled her to figure out a way to caphistorically of all these companies was ture the candy, placed on top of a box, while Margie could only reach in vain. the English East India company. Florrie used a smaller box for a step.' Forced to Raise Pepper. : Jimmy and Johnny, also twins, aged For years, pepper was the object three, proved the same theory. Johnof England's trade with Sumatra. ny. psychologically trained, was able There the company mode contracts to climb op to the candy, while Jimmyjj with rajahs who were obliged to comhis untrained twin, only fell on his pel their dependents to cultivate pepnose. per. Each native family was forced Margie and Jimmy, the untrained to plant 1,000 pepper vines, and each twins, surveyed the situation resenN bachelor 500. The system of compellfully. Jimmy remarked, with Justices ing. natives to raise pepper for the "Tn'n't PEPPER AGAIN SEEN AS TROUBLE MAKER GRAINS of GOLD Whole Wheat Cereal Hy. 8739 ONE Si-Re- en Highest Quality Coal - Whistle FOR THE KIDDIES rough-barke- all-se- a purse-string- GRAINS SUGAR HOUSE COAL CO. of GOLD COMPANY SENTINEL STOKERS 21 91 Highland Drive 967 East 21st South Bring Them In Early Hyland 2520 - 2521 -- 252? Lobbs On The Job at sixteen-month-ol- d Strange Bird Threatens Crops on Pacific Coast Invitations Booklets Programs 2044 South 11th East In Sugarhouse Yakima, Wash. Agriculturists In the West Coast states are watchful for a strange bird that recently Invaded America. It Is known as the Asiatic mlnah, believed to have found Its way here from Honolulu. It Is native of Indo China, but apparently thrives anywhere. It Is noisy and quarrelsome, makes war on other birds and la a menace to grain and fruit crops. The mlnah, about the size of a blackbird, has yellow beak and feet,, dark head and brown body, with a large white patch on each wing. - . I . i , |