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' "My neighbor's making use of the priza he won at a club raffle!" BLONDIE LI'L ABNER p.pAPPV.r1- but vey WENT TAKE TO TM' ' TH KKjMIE.5 HA3 DOWN V KICK NICE. IT IS T KICK TM KIQMIES QOODRVE f! 1 . : . r" HiilliniiHj"tiiiJiijiiiJJL-- I j tMltUtNiMiliJiHIUiiJINIHM I J iiipwjg f 0 f SMELLS GOOD-MAVBE J f THEV MUST BE HOME, ) PEMEMBE9 US MP. BUMSTEAP ? IS THE HOUSE:) Y- PEj ORTUERE VKXJLPNT vTeME? VOUAT THE LAKE THE OH. IT WERE AWFUL.'.' kOF r i. I FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS I'VE RONS- THE BELL TWICE, MR..WILSON.- BUT THE ARE Of IT Sr-DENTS M66CX)FF WONT STOP ? SNOWBALLING; ALLEY OOP if ii . i . v 1 1 1 i t j i t. fi r7sJ.. r m t i i if it . !A EKi"t t-j a-t r u a o I """---f rrrr V tl f iKfia. prir iii- 1 5CeuPLE5 AAIN5T -A BEIN1 TH'CNLYN iK 1J I BUT TVE fiOTTA y BA,NIN4' DAMES OH S MAN IN A HO- SS 00: W SEE IT TO fi THE HEAD, DANCED j I MEN-ALLOWED" On Y pp. r B-LIEVE IT.' J IF ID WEAE THIS V COUNTEV AinT yra I - wi ml Answer to Previous Punlo p BORZOI tm isni dog gsH ' Bits e TTFTTT slNlelelRlSI (Sp i nIeIs Interstice Pass Mute Fall flowers Capes Mist Mall beverages 44 Accomplish 43 Burden 46 Departed 49 Afternoon. social event 61 Regret S3 Epistle (ab.) S3 Senior (ab.) By Hershberger MILLS Ff- WOVtKtlP HUN FOLKS AROUND2 WHOT'S ) I THUNPKRIN . FIFTY MILL-TUN IM AN , AlOAHfl NOT f III r H Students U peRisw.RHL; im vouvs DONe J", Shaoysioe J ' TAKE n y 2EHD60 IM ON J L IT NOW V . 1 .P V HISH MODEST MAIDENS TrOtaurk I""' U. 1 til Mm ' But i thought morons DUTY FROM NINE TO FIVE I AM TUB BOS?' vx. r r s- - SLADYS MESt. You've Just COT to stop eating while you work, Hysteria .. , ... your last letter eamo out on rye breadl ' ? KKK-CRAZEO UlAMIf- C r ' THEV S RUNNIN' WILD.'." were e . rtw,.JURY By Jo Fiseher By Chic Young By Al Capp By Merrill Blosser By V. T. HAMLIN V 1 V 7L--l - , 7 V W)-:-h S?f!Zsj vl .'Fll SON.-WSrGCTTAlTTH7rl re Corpulent Aitorians Begin ASTORIA, Jan. T A corpulent corps of 11 Astorians, who weigh, all together, a ton and a quarter, was dieting today in a 40-day campaign to see which one can take oil the most weight. The weights of the group range from 284 pounds to a mere 195 and all 11 have put $10 each in a pot, which Is going to the man who trims the most off his waist line. . The club was organized after a session at the Elks lodge and is called officially the "2573 pound club." The group said ' it was being careful about using the term "fat men " in its nomenclature. After a final feast the group pledged to diet for 40 days and 40 nights, and "weighed in," at the YMCA, Joe Garcia, 240, Astoria auto mobile dealer, was elected pres- meni. tie saia, "i tnink we got DO YOU KNOW .... that the camel of about 93 of all allmenti may b corrected by plnal and inteituial treatmenta with proper diet . ' Dr. M. C. Cassell chiropractic rnrsictAN S01 I. Caai . Tel. 1401 RADIO SERVICING Hansen's Radio Service, Suther lln. Radio Doctors. Phone 491-J. PLUMBING W. M. Sandall Co.. Hlway 99 N. Phone 1117R. Ace Plumbing Co., 915 Garden Valley Rd Bus. Phone 530-R-5, Res. Phone 49-R-3. Kicr-Crooch Plumbing Co. 316 Mill. Phone 124H-K. Harris Plumbing & Heating Co. BU3 south Stephens, rn. ina-j. Coen Supply Co. Phone 12L Terp's Plumbing. Phone 733-R. HEATING R. Ritzman Heating Co., hot wa ter and steam, oil burners. 170J Brown. Phone 1066 J. WASHING MACHINE 8ERVICE J. E. Newberry's Washing Ma- cnine service. iuz w. L-ommer-ciaj Avenue. Phone 1015-R. Washing Machine service. Roy and Rusty s Appliance Repair. 510 N. Jackson. Ph. 1003 R. CONTRACTING Roofing and Siding. Repair jobs on all roofs. ree estimates. Ph. 420, Canyonvllle. ELECTRICIANS Roseburg Electric. Phone 123. Ace Electric. Phone 1743 J. FLOOR COVERING F. & W. Floor Covering. 327 S. Stephens. Phone 1478-R. Philip M. Durnam, 920 S. Main. Phone lajb-j. FLOORS LAID, sanded and Finished. Don Carlson, rn. 102-R-3. - FLOORS sanded and finished. Leslie Pfaff, Ph. 1573-R. FIRE EXTINGUISHER SERVICE Fire Equipment Co.. 220 N. Main. tiienn n. layior, rn. i-uo-ru PIANO SERVICE Tuning.Reconditioning. Ph 938-J-3 Southwestern fiano service. SALVAGE Bob's Salvage Yard; Used trucks. 2338 N. Stephens, FIV laa-j j. R. G. LAMBETH Construction and Remodeling Residential and Commercial Any size job Melrose Rt. ' Box 91-E Phone 1444-R ROSEBURG PAVING CO. Asphalt Paving Millyards, Driveways, stations Floors, Sidewalks Custom Blading Office: 634 S. Main TeleDtion 6!to-a Free Estimate "Biir Lasslter H. T. REBER Building Contractor Alio eement tr ftucco. Lrf or mall lob. Free) utlmatu. MELROSE 4 SHENANDOAH Phon 103-R-l DESBIENS & SCHAFER GENERAL CEMENT CONTRACTORS All Type Cement Work IHe.wa.ka drivawavi flrxir. Phon 42-R -I Phon 05-R-2 ESTIMATES GIVEN Box 109-C, Melrn Rt. Patloa and foundations UMPQUA CABINET SHOP Custom Made Counters, Shelves, Fixtures, Kitchen Cabinets Phones 337-R-4 337-R-3 2040 N. Stenti-". Rose-'-". Ore. Venetian Blind Sales and Service Estimate Free CHARLES HODSON 1525 Cedar SL Phone 1349-L Weight - Reducing Contest the only club In America that hopes to get smaller as it gets older." Engineer, Brakeman Die In B. C. Train Crash CRANBROOK, B. C, Jan. 7 (CP) An engineer and brake man were killed five miles west of here early Friday when an eastbound Canadian Pacific rail way passenger train rammed head-on Into a westbound freight train. The accident occurred at the little junction of Fassiferne on the Kettle valley line, 655 miles east of Vancouver. Dead are: Peter Linton of Cran brook, engineer of the freight, and James W. Myles of Cranbrook, brakeman on the freight. -INSURANCE-AUTO LIFE AUTO FIRE State Farm Mutual Insurance O. L. ROSE P. O. Box 489 Phone 288 116 W. Cass Over Douglas County Bank ysimiess PLASTERING BUNDY & SUTTON FREE ESTIMATES PH. 1094-Y ROSEBURG , VENETIAN BLIND FACTORY 615 N. Jackson St., Roseburg, Ore. Phone 1098-J VENETIAN BLINDS WSHADES DRAPES SCREENS Free Estimates Satisfaction Guaranteed SHALE RIVER LOAM Delivered Shovels Traxcavator Bulldozer Dragline Backhoe Crane Compressor Trucks Logging Roads Built and Rocked Mill Ponds Cleaned--Basements Dug Rental or Contract S. M. Crltes Company ,.; P. O, Box 952 Office East 2nd Ave. South Phone 1346J Residence Phone 930 R-2 Get Those PROPANE AND BUTANE bottles refilled at the Myeri Oil Co. Highway 99 and Garden Valley Road Also Heaters, Hot Plates and Supplies Carl P. Tallon Excavating Contractor Shale rock for Immediate delivery. Shovel, Trucks, Bulldozer, Patrol Blade, Back hoe, For Hire. Roads built and rocked by hour or mntracL 2340 N. Stephens i'h. 499-R-4 MOTOR, BLOCK . & HEAD REPAIR All Work' Guaranteed FRED LUMM 42(1 S. Stephen!, RoReburs, Ores. Phone 7B3-C Bee. Ph. 433-J The Answer to Cracked Heads and Blooks. Painting Contractors Commercial and Home Decorating All Work Guaranteed Douglas Paint & Hardware Co. 906 S. Stenhens T'me W!4-J Royal TYPEWRITERS Victor ADDING MACHINES Sales and Service Rentals Fast dependable serv'ce KEN'S OFFICE EQUIP. 63) S. Stephens Ph. 1261 -R TRUCKS FOR RENT You drive or we drive Call 1538 Adair's Parking Lot Main and Washington Flegel Transfer & Storage Co. I DECOPATINO ICONTPACTOPS AMERICA Sat, Jan. 7, 1950 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. t Small British Birds Staging LONDON UP) Britain Is undergoing an "extraordinary epidemic of paper tearing by birds," Lt. Col. W.' M. Logan Home reported. He's been researching on the extraordinary epidemic all winter and has letters from 2,000 Irate witnesses who complain: The birds sweep into houses arid tear wall paper off the walls, mangle leather photograph frames, rip clothes hung out to dry, and attack milk wagons, rip ping off the bottle tops and drink ing the milk. The culprit Is clearly Identified as the blue tit, a little blue and yellow bird who is a cousin of the American chickadee. "The birds may do it lust for their own amusement, said Home. 'They do it even when they're well fed." Dr. E. W. Carter Chiropodist Foot Specialist 129 N. Jackson Phone 1170 Over Rexall Drug Store Directory AUTHORIZED Guaranteed Appllanoe Repairs MAYTAG & NORGE Sales and Service Bergh's Appliance Norre, MayUr ApplUnot and tlamllton Clothei Dryers 1200 South Stephtni Servlrlnr All Makes Wilder Phon SOS Roiabnrf, Oraion CONSTRUCTION TODD BUILDING CO. 904 S. Stephens Ph. 1730 PRINTING PROMPT, EFFICIENT DEPENDABLE SERVICE ROSEBURG PRINTING CO. Corner Cass and Sheridan Phone 943 INLAID LINOLEUM Sales and Installation of all types of flor covering F & W Floor Covering Co. Ph. 1478-R 327 S. Stenhens HARGIS ELECTRIC Sp 'alitti Ridlo, Refrigeration, Household Apolianoe Serviot 20 Years Experience All Work Guaranteed 111 E. Case St. Phone (44 CEMENT CONTRACTING ED FUCH3 All typei of oo no ret t work ant flnlinlnf. Thrc yoara locally In builtiaaa Frot Ritlmatai ft.. Beildenc WIS-J DARBY & FOSTER Excavating Contractors Shale Rock For Immediate Delivery Construction of loeglng roads. Shovels, trucks, bulldozer, com pressor for hire by contract or hour. No Job too large or too small. ?hone fir free t'"mate. Ph. 1152-R. Forest Service Road West rt Landis Iron Work PAINTING ROSEBURG PAINT SHOP IMMEDIATE SERVICE Commercial and Domestie Phones: 422 807-R 1 522-R Harold Hall CONTRACT PAINTING ' Paper hanging PAJNTINO AMD DECOPATINO ICONTPACTOPS Homo Decorating AMERICA JACK PRESTON 504 S. Stephens - Ph. 626-Y P & B TOWING 24-HOUR wrecker and crane service. No Job too large or too small. Truck mounted equipment. We can now handle K yard dragline work, log loading, heavy crane work. 741 1. Stephen St Phone 92 Orgy Of Vandalism Doctor Freed Of Charge Involving Twins' Death WINSDOR, Out., Jan 7-P Dr. M. S. Douglas of Windsor was cleared Thursday by a coro ner's Jury of responsibility in con nection with the deaths of prematurely-born twins who Uvea a day after he believed them dead. Witnesses said Dr. Douglas sent the mother to a hospital but believed the babies were dead and left them behind. An ambu lance driver taking them to the morgue later found they were still alive. They died the next day. The five-man Jury's verdict said the "doctor performed his duties conscientiously." WALLPAPER AND PAINT Largest 8' jok In Douglaa County. PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 164 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phon- 242 Tile baths, showers, counter tops, store fronts, etc. Beautiful colors, lasting service not a substitute. Chrome bound shower doors, slid ing tub doors, non-slln, ceramia floors. Residential and industrial Installations. P. O. Box 1281 Ph. 1606J-5 Byron Powell Nelson & Pyle Woodworking Co. Windows, Sash, and Frames Mill and Moaher Phone 1242-J FURNACES Roseburg Sheet Metal Heating 85cor,r. Ph. 141 H & H Machine Repair Welding, milling, lathe turning, 2 eV 4 oyole engine repair. Experimental machine work. Farm machinery repaired Highway 99, South Ph. 292-R R. B. Hallcrafr, Machinist Tool Rentals : Floor Sanders, Edgers. Belt & Disc Sanders, Concrete Mixers, Power Trowels, Concrete Vibra tors, Wheel Barrows, Lighting Dlants. Paint Spra Outfits, Skll saws, Drills, Air Compressors, Jack Hammers and Hydraulic Tacks. Call us. We may have just what you need. Osbun Electric & Equip. Co. 147 S. Stephens Phone 1108-R Hal's Furnace Shop Cleaning 4 Servloe Flues Furnaces 8tovea free Cittmatea Ph. 1088-J 1031 Wharton Ave. TRUCKS FOR RENT You Drive Move Yourself Save Vi Long or Short Trips Bee Hive Truck Rental 736 S. Stephens Phone 1436-J HENRY H. MILLER Excavating & Road Building Contractor 1409 Willow St. Phone 388-J We sell shale bar run, rter . rock and river lorn. Mill ponds cleaned and dredged. Shovel, Bulldozer, Boom, Air Compressor. Crane, Dragline, Dump Trucks by hour or contract. Free estimates. THE KIRBY COMPANY OF ROSEBURG 113 West 1st Ave., North Phone 450-J SALES & SERVICE If Your Poper Hat NOT ARRIYED By 6:1 S P. M. Phono 100