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Arizona sun., 1950-03-17

feathers closely. It had both. =.
"Hmmmm. Very peculiar!" said
Mr.. Cruz.
els there any other way you
could tell?"
"I could kill it and examine it's
insideS."
mo. I do not want it killed."
my brother said.
I took the rooster in my arms
and we walked back to the barriO.
Kiko was silent most of the way.
Then he said
"I know how I can prove to you
that this is a rooster"
"How?" I asked.
"Would you agree that this is a
rooster if make it fight in the
cockpit-and it wins?"
eff this hen of yours can beat a
gamecock, I would believe any,
thing, I said.
Gall right" he said. 1--WE will
take it to the cockpit this coming
Sunday"
So that Sunday we took the
chicken to the cockpit. Kiko looked
around for suitable opponent. He
finally picked on a red rooster.
"Do not match your hen against
that red rooster" I told him. "That
red rooster is not a native chicken.
It was brought over from Texas" !"
II do not care where it came
FROM" my brother said. "My
rooster will kill it."
"Do not be fool" I said. "That
red rooster is a killer. It has killed
more chickens than the pest. There
is no rooster in this town that could
stand against it. Pick on lesser
rooster"
My brother would not listen. The
match was made and the birds were
readied for the killing. Sharp steel
gaffs were tied to their left legs.
Kiko bet eight pesos on his chicken.
I only bet two. The odds were
lOgrO once, eleven to eight, which
is the highest odds ever given in a
cockfight.
The fight was brief. Both birds
were released in the center of the
arena. They circled around once
and then faced each other. I ex-
pected our chicken to die of fright.
Instead a strange thing happened.
A lovesick expression came into the
red ROSTERS eyes. Then it did a
love dance. That was all our chick
en- needed. It rushed at the red
rooster with it's neck feathers flar-
ing. In one lunge it buried its spurs
in it's opponents breast. The fight
was over.
'Tiope! Tiope! Fixed fight"
Arizona sun., 1950-03-17
Los Angeles Tries
To Hold Ceilings

Los Angeles city council in
sharp contrast to some other civic
bodies-is taking steps to continue
rent controls. The council has or
dered an ordinance drawn up that
will extend rent controls until July
81, 1851. It will keep the ceiling on
rentals in hotels, motels and room
ing houses.
If the proposed ordinance fails to
pass, controls expire at the end of
this month.
is situated between Haughtelling
Lake and the Colorado River.
The island was left here years
ago when the river changed its
course; the island is composed of
rich loam deposited by the over
flow which followed. It is said
that there is only one other place
in the world built up like this,
and that is the Valley of the Nile.
A common expression of this place
is Erich as The Valley of the Nile"
Miss Davis, who has been
our teacher here for 20 years, is
making a historical survey of this
island for use in educating her
pupils in home geography. She has
uncovered some very valuable in
formation along this line. She has
found this island to have 2 names
viz: a Calf. side and an Arizona
side. Read our column next week
for more information concerning
our island.
Arizona sun., 1950-03-17

the crowd shouted.
Then a riot broke out. People
tore the bamboo benches apart and
used them as clubs. My brother
and I had to leave through the back
way. I had the chicken under my
arm. We ran towards the coconut
groves and we kept running till we
lost the mob. AS soon as we felt
safe, we sat on the ground to rest.
We were both painting like dogs.
"Now do you believe it is roost-
er?" Kiko asked.
eyes," I answered.
I was so glad the whole argument
was over.
But the chicken had other ideas.
1t began to quiver. Then some
thing round and warm dropped in
my hand. The chicken cackled with
laughter. I looked down and saw
an egg.
Arizona sun., 1950-03-17

COI IL 1ldO j UOO OOOAA RAoAUOO CtI
ing the seeds out for food. Sud-
denly we heard the rapid flapping
of wings. We turned towards the
direction of the sound and saw two
chickens fighting in the far end of
the field. We could not see the
birds clearly as they were lunging
at each other in a whirlwind of
feathers and dust.
'Look at that rooster fightw my
brother said, pointing excitedly at
one of the chickens. "Why, if I had
a rooster like that I could get rich
in the cockpits."
"Let us go and catch it," I sug-
gested.
"No. You stay here. I will go
and catch it," Kiko said.
My brother slowly approached
the fighting chickens. They were
so busy fighting that they did not
notice him as he approached. It
struggled and squawked. Kiko fin
ally held it by both wings and it
stood still. I ran over to where he
was and took a good look at the
chicken.
"Why it is hen," I said.
"What is the matter with you?"
my brother asked. els the heat
making you sick?"
"No. Look at it's face. It has no
comb or WattleS."
mo comb or wattles! Who cares
about its comb or wattles? Didn't
you see it fight?"
"Sure I saw it fight. But I still
say it is hen"
"a hen! Did you ever see a hen
with spurs like these? Or a hen
with a tail like this?"
II do not care about its spurs or
tail. tell you that is hen. Why,
just look at it"
Kiko and I could not agree on
what determined the sex of a chick
en-. If the animal in question had
been a carabao, then it would have
been simple. All we would have
had to do was to look at the cara
bao. There would have been no
time wasted examining it's tail,
hooveS or horns. We would simply
concentrate on one part of it's body.
We would look at the animal
straight in the face. And if it had
a brass ring on it's nose, then the
carabao would undoubtedly be a
bull. But chickens are not like ca
rabaos. So the argument went on
in the fields the whole morning.
At noon we left to have our
lunch. We argued about it on the
way home. When we arrived at
our house Kiko tied the chicken to
a peg. The chicken tapped its
wings-and then crowed!
There! Did you hear that?" my
brother exclaimed triumphantly.
"T suppose you are going to tell
me now that hens crow and that
carabaos fly"
81 do not care if it crows or not"
said. "That chicken is a hen."
We went in the house and the
discussion continued during lunch.
ut is not hen," Kiko said. 'It
is a rooster"
"It is hen," I said.
ut is not"
"It is"
"Now, now," Mother interrupted,
"how many times must Father tell
you boys not to argue during
lunch? What is the argument this
time?"
We told Mother and she went out
to look at the chicken.
"That chicken" she said, "is a
binabae. It is rooster that looks
Arizona sun., 1950-03-17
Stepenson's Island
News
By Mrs. L. Nj. Wilkins

Mesdames Cayhill and Pearson
attended the Holiness Church in
Yuma Sunday Night. Miss
Union High School spent the week
end with her parents and brothers
who live at Lakeside Farm. .
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace of Otie, Cal
ifornia, were visiting on the Island.
They are the uncle and aunt of
MeSdameS Cayhill and Pearson. IT,.
Kenneth Harp and Billy E. Wilson
are back in school after being alb
sent on account of illness. .
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Wilkins were
visitors at Lakeside Farm Sunday
afternoon. Mr.. Deering has
returned from Phoenix where he
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Davis.
He and Dick are old hunting pals.
Mr.. j. Dennis of San Diego
was business visitor over the
weekend. He is owner of a ranch
here Marvin Martin who is
farming here is supervising the
building of house for his mother
in San Diego =. Mrs. Hazel Lewis
is convalescing at the nome of her
mother Mrs. John Wilson, Jr., after
undergoing an operation in Yuma
County General Hospital. i. This
Island is creating quite a bit of
interest caused by the coming in
of the Gila Project. This place is
settled mostly by Colored people,
some Of whom have lived here
more than 20 years, and is com
posed of 45 thousand acres, which
Arizona sun., 1950-03-17

like hen"
That should have ended the argu-
ment. But Father also went out
to see the chicken, and he said:
"No. You are wrong, Mother.
That chicken is binalalake, hen
that looks like a rooster"
"Have you been drinking again?"
Mother asked.
"No," Father answered.
"Then what makes you say that
that rooster is a hen? Have you
ever seen a hen with feathers like
that?"
"Listen. I have handled fighting
roosters since I was boy. And
you cannot tell me that thing is a
rooster"
Before Kiko and I realized what
had happened Father and Mother
were arguing about the chicken by
themselves. Soon Mother was cry
ing. She always cried when she
argued with Father.
"You know very well that that is
a rooster" she sobbed. "You are
just being mean and stubborn"
IT am sorry" Father said. "But
I know hen when I see one."
Then he put his arms around
Mother and called her sweet names
like my little panOcha, my lovely
kulasisi and my ripe mango. He
always did that when Mother cried.
Kiko and were very embarrassed.
We left the house without finishing
our lunch.
"I know who can settle this ques-
tion," my brother said.
"Who?" I asked.
"The teniente del barrio, chief of
the village"
The chief was the oldest man in
the village. This did not mean that
he was the wisest. But anything
that is said always carries more au-
thority if it is said by a man with
gray hairs. So my brother united
the chicken, and we brought it to
the chief.
'Is this male or female chick
en?" Kiko asked.
"That is a question that should
concern only another chicken" the
chief replied.
"My brother and I happen to
have a special interest in this par
ticular chicken. Please give us an
answer. Just say yes or no. Is this
a rooster?"
"It does not look like any rooster
I have ever seen," the chief said.
"Is it hen then?" I asked.
"It does not look like any hen I
have ever seen. No, that could not
be a chicken. I have never seen a
chicken like that. It must be a
bird of some kind"
ooh, Godw Kiko said, and we
walked away.
"Well, what do we do now?" !
said.
IT know what" my brother said.
"Let us go to town and see Mr..
Cruz. He would know"
"Mr. Eduardo Cruz lived in the
nearby town of Katubusan. He
had studied poultry husbandry in
the University of the Philippines.
He owned and operated the largest
poultry farm in town. We brought
the chicken to his office.
"Mr. Cruz" Kiko said. 'Ts this
a hen or rooSter?"
"Mr. Cruz looked at the bird cur
iously, and then said:
'Hmmmm. don't know. I
couldn't tell in one look. I have
never run across a chicken like
that before"
"Well, is there any way you can
tell?"
"Why, sure. Look at the feath-
erS on it's back. If the feathers are
round, then it is a hen. If they are
pointed, it is a rooster"
The three of us examined the
NNAAAAANNNNNNNAN
Arizona sun., 1950-03-17
NV Brothers Peculiar Chicken
Rv ALEXANDRA R. ROCES

NV brother Kiko, once had very peculiar chicken.
1t peculiar because could tell whether it
a rooster or hen We almost got ynched trying to settle
the argument.
The whole question began early morning. Kiko
and were driving the chickens from the cornfelds The
corn had just planted and the chickens scratch
Evening star., 1950-12-07
Secrets of Charm
F|otter Your Eyes

Or dim it down to a nondescript
shade. Which do you choose?
Here's how you can get q twinkle,
a sparkle, or even fireworks!
Green, gray and blue eyes are
enlivened by clothing colors and
shades that match or are of
greater intensity than the color
of the eyes. If you have seen
the new royal blue reflected in a
pair Of clear blue eyes. you know
exactly what I mean.
Brown eyes. from amber to the
flashing black. take on allure and
depth contrasted against such
shades as the new orange and
violet hues.
The hazel-eyed girl has the edge
on every one else. Strong, deep
colors can change the color Of her
eyes every time she changes her
dress! If you have those eyes and
have always thought Of them as
Of an indeterminate color, look
again!
Your Steps to o Successful Career.
worthwhile investment In charm for
every girl starting Q business career
every girl or woman now in business who
Is eager to reach top.night success. It tells
you how to make tha1 important good
impression" to get your job reveals
secrets on how to hold your Job. See how
easy 1t is to choose q suitable wardrobe.
through these short cut steps in charm that
leads to your success. Write to John
Robert Powers In care Of The Evening
stamped. self addressed return envelope.
Evening star., 1950-12-07
By John Robert Powers

Dramatic your best features
and you will Immediately increase
your charm quotient. And nc
matter how large or small share
of natural beauty is yours. one
feature is sure to surpass all
others.
It may be an especially alluring
mouth. a finely sculptured nose or
arresting eyes. but If you are over
looking this best feature or treat
ing it as commonplace, you are
squandering your beauty. Can you
afford such waste?
Even the loveliest Of exquisite
Powers girls would never be Sc
careless, 50 unconcerned or self
satisfied as to dissipate the small
est item of her stock Of beauty.
Instead. every professional beauty
studies and works to multiply every
asset she was lucky enough to in
herit.
Before you check over your
features one by one. give mo-
ment's special consideration to
your eyes. Too few women under
stand the power and the glory
their eyes would hold if they would
just intensity the color strikingly.
Just so simple a thing as the
colors you wear can heighten and
spotlight the intensity of your eyes
Evening star., 1950-12-07
Fiesta Meat Souse

II the roast turns out to be dry
or seems a little tough. don't
despair, serve 1t with a savory
Fiesta Meat Sauce, and nobody
will know the imperfections. Sim
mer the sauce for 80 minutes.
Cut cupful of ripe olives from
their pits and chop them. Do the
same to a cup of cooked prunes.
Combine with a cup of finely
chopped onion, 2 cups chopped
celery. a teaspoon minced garlic,
2 cups tomato Juice, " cup cider
vinegar. Y cup brown sugar,
packed, 1s cup olive oil, 2 table
spoons chilli powder, 2 teaspoons
salt. 2 teaspoons dry mustard, l
teaspoon ginger. u teaspoon Gin
namon. u teaspoon black pepper
and 3 tablespoons lemon juice.
Evening star., 1950-12-07
Report to the Housewife

to flower and table arrangements
and another section tells Of short
cuts and kitchen tricks to save
you time and strength.
HERE AND THERE: Magic
Cook Book" prepared by the food
editors of True Story Magazine,
published by Bartholomew House
($298), contains recipes gathered
from every section of the country.
Many of them were obtained by
visits to the housewife. others
were sent in by interested readers.
After all recipes were submitted
they were put to the test in the
True Story kitchen. Economy II
the keynote to all the menu sug-
gestions. In addition to menus for
everyday living there are sensible
menus for holidays and special oc-
casions lunch-box ideas. new
ways to use package mixes, cook
ing for two, rules for table setting
and many useful charts to help
make cooking easier. For the new
cook who is unfamiliar with cook
ing terms there Is q table of def
nitions describing each process,
also a helpful table Of substitu-
tions. >. Hobby Horse Cookery"
compiled by Flora G. Orr (60c), is
a small pamphlet of Marjorie
Hendricks faverite recipes used at
the Water Gate Inn. There Is
decided flavor Of the Pennsylvania
Dutch style of cooking to many Of
the recipes but since the inn is
geared to that type of decor this
might be expected. Now you can
try the special chicken Barbara,
sour cream raisin pie. intoxicated
loin Of pork lattwaerick and other
specialties of the house. ''The
Practical Book of Food Shopping"
by Helen S. Hovey and Kay Rey-
nolds, published by ]. B. Lippin-
colt Co. tS3.45}, Is q book
guaranteed to save you money.
It's not a cook book but will
answer any or all of your ques-
tions on what and how to shop
for food. It's a new type of book
and covers the subject practically
and comprehensively. The two
girls who planned the book are
experts in the field. Helen Hovey
teaches food and nutrition at
New York University; Kay Rey-
nolds is in the editorial field, she
writes a monthly syndicate of food
features which goes to 1000 news
papers. If you want to know how
many pounds of chicken you need
to serve q dozen people, the book
has the answer; are you stumped
by the size-numbers of canned
goods or how many cups to a num-
ber 2 can? Here again you'll find
the answer. Good investment for
new homemakers or old hands at
the game.
Evening star., 1950-12-07
By Violet FouIkner
Food Editor.

Only IA more shopping days till
Christmas! Browsing around in
some of the local shops I dis
covered a number of practical and
unusual gift items that won't cost
you q kings ransom.
My first stop was a speciality
shop out on Wisconsin avenue,
where I ran into an interesting
demonstration Of herbs and spices.
The art Of cooking with herbs
never fails to fascinate me
you always learn something new.
Here's tip I intend to use very
soon the secret of good
spaghetti sauce is to use dried
green peppers. dried mushrooms
and oregano.
Pepper mills are wonderful little
gifts. There's all the difference
In the world between freshly
ground peppercorns and the
ground black pepper commonly
used. The pepper mills can be
used to grind whole allspice and
cassia buds, too. Did you know
that? Don't try whole cloves.
they're too hard for the mill to
handle. If you have friends who
specialize in outdoor barbecues
there's a handsome large pepper
grinder that holds trillions Of pep
percorns. They're more expen-
sive, OF course, than the regular
table size.
There was a Dutch cupboard set
filled with, an assortment of eight
different herbs and spices and four
4-ounce bottles of wine vinegars.
And q barbecue set with 10 as
sorted spices and herbs you
could season almost anything with
this set. AS matter of fact, there
was a gift package to fit anv size
purse. The small chest of five
basic herbs makes a very nice in
expensive gift and welcome one.
A new item with this spice COM
pany is o chilli con carne powder.
It's the exclusive formula used by
the famous Brown Derbys and
only recently has the manage
ment Of the restaurants allowed 1t
to be sold on the retail market.
On the back of the bottle is their
recipe for making chilli.
An instant-type Turkish coffee
with sugar and cinnamon added
was brand new item to me. 1t
Evening star., 1950-12-07

takes only a few minutes TO brew,
according to the directions. Here
you'll also find small cellophane
envelopes of saffron, the worlds
costliest spice. 1t requires $4,000
hand-picked crocus flowers to pro-
duce one pound Of saffron, which
accounts for the high price. Each
packet contains a recipe for risotto
Milanese.
An unusual selection Of plum
puddings, fruit cakes. rum cakes,
candies, praliries and sauces
greeted me at my next stop .
all gay in beautiful Yuletide wrap
pings. One item that seemed
made to order to send shut-ins.
live-aloners or the sweet little old
lady on your list were the indi-
vidual plum puddings packaged in
aluminium jelly molds and done up
in bright. cellophane. They can
be heated right in the container.
which would be mighty handy If
you're cooking on a two-burner
plate. There are 8-ounce jars of
branded cherry sauce, rum sauce
or peppermint sauce to tuck in
with the pudding.
The plum puddings also come
in family size packages Of l or 2
pounds. Old English branded
fruit cakes come in or 8 pound
sizes. The individual Napoleon
rum cakes packed in 5 and Il
ounce boxes would make a per-
feet hostess gift or your taste may
run to the French sherry pralines
or the creme de mint pecan mug
gets either one a gourmet
treat. Ranging in price were the
four gift boxes packed with an
assortment Of plum pudding,
branded cherry sauce. fruit cake,
mint nuggets, pralines and rum
cakes. Not all boxes contain the
entire assortment, you understand
the less expensive boxes
carry only two items while the de-
luye package has the entire line
Any one would make a handsome
gift.
Not to be overlooked In your
search for a suitable remembrance
is the &C. D. A. Cook Book" just
published by Court District No
2l2, Catholic Daughters Of Amer.
lea ($2.50). The book features the
favorite recipes Of the members
and their friends. Proceeds from
the sale of the book will help
finance their clubhouse on Scott
circle. One chapter is devoted
Evening star., 1950-12-07
Pate Beau
Monde
2 cakes cream cheese.
tablespoon water.
. 2l2 teaspoons beau monde

soning.
"a teaspoon thyme.
"a teaspoon marjoram.
"a teaspoon summer savory.
2 level teaspoons finely chopped
parsley.
Mix above ingredients several
hours before serving to blend fla
vors. Chill. Use as filling fol
celery, on cracker, or as dunk
for raw vegetables.
Evening star., 1950-12-07
Pot Roast

There's nothing better than
pot roast-if it is done we'll. No
need to regard 1t as humble fare
in these days Of high prices-and
you can make it good enough to
please the fussiest gourmet.
Get a 4-pound shoulder clod,
and wipe 1t with a damp cloth.
Mix together / cup flour, u tea
spoon pepper, l tablespoon salt.
" teaspoon allspice. " teaspoon
Of cloves. Slit the meat in several
places and rub this seasoning
mixture into the Sits.
Mix / large onion, chopped with
2 cloves of garlic, minced; l table
spoon Of vinegar. 2 teaspoons Of
lemon Juice and a " cup Of olive
oil. Pour over meat in deep
bowl, turning over and over. Let
soak overnight In refrigerator.
When ready to cook, sprinkle
with a little flour. Put " cup Of
olive oil in a Dutch oven and
brown meat on all sides. Add the
liquid in which meat has soaked.
together with ~ cups Of tomato
juice. Simmer 8 hours. Add
some peeled small onions. potatoes
and carrots IS minutes before the
roast is due to be done.
Evening star., 1950-12-07
Recipe
Roundup
Feather Lemon Pie

Here is a favorite lemon pie
recipe - Feather Lemon Pie
originally concocted by a chef at
ritzy restaurant in Chicago.
Soak a tablespoon of gelatin in
"a cup Of cold water. Combine "a
cup Of sugar with u cup Of lemon
Juice. " teaspoon salt and 4 egg
yolks, lightly beaten. Cook in the
top Of a double boiler, stirring
until thickened. Add the dis
solved gelatin and / teaspoon
grated lemon rind. Blend well
and let cool. Whip the 4 egg
whites stiff, with another " cup
Of sugar. Whip / cup Of heavy
cream until it is stiff.
When the custard begins to
thicken while cooling beat 1t with
a wire whisk until fluffy, then fold
in the egg whites, then the cream.
Pour into baked pie shell and
chill well before serving.
Seward seaport record., 1950-03-10
The G.adG Roe9e4
By Mildred Kirkpatrick

Information contained in three lines buried in the middle of a long article in the Anchorage Times is the only information released in Seward to the effect that the Alaska Aeronautics and Communications Commis- sion has authorized the compile ton of the Seward airport this year. Mayor Eugene N. Lanier is in Anchorage now and he may return with more information on this important matter-we hope so.
 Another small item in the same newspaper informs us that the highway from Russian River to Homer is on the list for com pletion by 1851. Nothing is said anywhere, so far as I have been able to discover, about repairing the ridiculous road between Seward and Russian River. It looks as though we are to con- tinue in our unhappy role as stepchild.
 But don't let us be discour- aged. If we make Seward the most attractive community in Western Alaska, all other things will come to us. Let's build our schools, our recreation and tour ist trade Make our town acknowledged as the finest com munity in the Territory, and popular demand will compel the Federal and Territorial agencies to build roads, railroads and all possible transportation facilities to Seward as the Mecca of fine living.
 Sound flowery, grandiloquent? May-be-so, but the basic reason ing is sound. We are we'll on the way, let's not stop now. I'm out for the best for Seward. Are you with me?
Seward seaport record., 1950-03-10

If ever you lose your way, you can use an ordinary watch to deter mine north and south, and from this reading find the four points of the compass. To do this, turn the watch so that the hour hand points to the sun. Halfway be- tween the hour hand and 12 o'clock is south. Below the equator, this halfway point is naturally north.
 William C. Lane