10 The News-IUyiew, Roseburg, Oft. Frl., Feb. 17, 1950 I Hal Boyle Proffers Tale Of The Man Who Breaks Bricks Over His Cranium By HAL BOYLE CAMBRIDGE, Md.-W) You never herd of nU thit raise kittem? Or foxe ctuiing dogs? Or about the fellow who's been breaking bricks over hit beid for JO yean. Well, .come to Maryland'! eastern shore. They've got 'em all hereplus golden-fried chicken, beaten biscuits, oysters, and whistling twins in the Choptank river. It is one of the most colorful regions in America, where des cendants of the men who beat the Pilgrims across still live close to the sea and soil, and earn their bread from each. The Choptsnk Indians Chop tank means blue water used to be here, too, said Emmett An drews. 'But they pulled up the bones of their ancestors and mov ed away. Knows Lore Andre ft, a former high school principal, knows lore about wild life and gusty people you don't find in many books. He came out of the tidal marshes himself to let his college-learning, and he oves to go back to the marshes, for they never lose their tidal pull for their own. How can rata raise kittens, Mr. Andrews? "Oh, they're muskrats, and their young are called kittens. They have several litters a year. The muskrat is a wonderful animal so clean. It lives on roots in the marshes, and It washes every root before it eats it. "I never knew a muikrat that could be tamed. It is one of the few animals that will gnaw off its leg to get out of a trap, and I have caught them with only one We'll raaair vour car i r just like new if you hove a miifortunate accident Call ui today. I I I I I I I HANSEN MOTOR CO. Oak A Stephens Phone Sri-iiaiarf mm mm mm I leg left and that one in a trap, Except en Note "He's a very' ttrong animal ex cent at the tip of his nose. When vnn trao one. vou lust nil mm across the note with a twig, drop him in your sack and go home. You can kill one with a lead pen cil by hitting him across the note. And about loxet cnasing oogs, Mr. Andrews? "Well, the hound dogs hsd the foxes pretty well thinned our here. But as the farmers began keep ing fewer hound dogs the foxes came back. "One time a few years back some foxes got tired of being an noyed by one particularly bother some hound dog. So they just gang ed up one day and turned on him and chased the hound clear back into the farm yard so the farmer said." H-m-m-m-mmm. And about the fellow who breaks bricks over hit head Mr. Andrews? Why? Started As Stunt "Oh, you mean Charlie Willey? He starting breakng bricks over his head 30 years ago as a stunt. He'd bet you a nickel he could do it all in fun. 'Once we told him as a joke, 'Charlie, you used a soft brick that time.' So he got a second brick and broke it over his head, and there wasn't much we could do except pay over the nickel." Hain't this ever hurt him. 'Oh, no, not as far as anyone could tell. He's 63 and a grand father now. Works at a sawmill. "Every year we hold an outdoor show here. Charlie goes up on (he siaKe anu arcana ouu pine snin Slot over hit head for the crowd. He wouldn't miss it for anything. iiaa to inis year inougn sic. A headache maybe? "Oh, no. I don't think Charlie ever had a headache." WOMAN COLLECTS PIPES SANTA ANA, Calif. -VP Mrs. Fried L. Clayton has an odd hobby for a woman. She collects pipes. in 3U years sne nas acquired more than 450 rare models, big pipes, little pipes, carved pipes, plain pipes, opium pipes and even water pipes. One specimen is a hollowed briar burl, once the proud possession of an Indian chief. Oth ers are made of rosewood, walrus tusk, glass and clay. A 200-year-old meerschaum has a herd of horses carved on its bowl. The rosewood model has a stem fa shioned from t'.ie leg and hoof of a deer. Some are inlaid with gold and mother of pearl. No, even though she runs a pipe shop, Mrs. Clayton doesn't smoke her treasures. Josslin Invites Demo Draft For Governor Race PORTLAND, Feb. 17. tPl William L. Josslin has invited Oregon's democrats to draft him to run for governor. In a letter to 1000 member! of the party, he said: "Frankly I don't want to run for any office. But as a 'good soldier' I am willing to meet the challenge. . . . What would be my prospects in your county? Do you order me into battle? Josslin, chairman of the Demo cratic state central committee, said he bad been urged by many people to make the race, but would not do so unless convinced he could serve the people and the party. He pointed out, however, that "I rr. the only.perwm mentioned for Oregon's governor who has made a scientific study of government ."' Besides Josslin, possible candi dates who have been mentioned are State Treasurer Walter J. Pearson, Lew Wallace and State Sen. Aus tin Flegel. The stale central committee will meet at Bend Saturday in a session which might turn up other candidates. Gas Line From Canada To Serve U. S. Consumers CALGARY. AlU. UP) Within five years after construction is completed on the proposed $100,- 000,000 pipeline it is expected that U. a. and Canadian natural gas consumers will be drawing an esti mated 60,000,000.000 cubic teet i year from the Alberta fieldt, an engineer told the Alberta petro leum and natural gaa contervauon board. More than three-fourths or 47,- 000.000,000 cubic feet is expected to be used by consumer! in the United Statet. The testimony was given by Dr. C. R. Hetherwgton of the Lord, Bacon and Davis engineering firm during the course of his testimony on the application of the Westcoast Transmission company for permis sion to construct Uie line and ex port the natural gas. Hetherington said the line woull have an overall length of 1,03 miles, with 119 miles in additional branch lines and a gathering sys tem of 426 miles. It would run from Edmonton, Alta., to the U. S. border near Ab botsford, B. C, cross over at Wick ersham into Washington and ex tend on into Portland, Ore. Washington points connected to the line would include Bellingham, Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Cen tralia, Everett, Kelso, Longview and Camas. Hunting Dttr In Closed Season Rapped By Judge SEATTLE, Feb. IT. (1P Two ... u.tw uJmmAmA Oil ll tv If hunting ill.il n i lu ..... deer out of season have started to serve jail terms of more man days each. The men are Clarence H. 5eem er, 26, of Renton, and James Ar thur Wells, 40, of Auburn. Both are aircraft workers. They were arrested near Chinook pass. The charges included kill- iM iln. nA killinff a hnrlr hv Catching him in a powerful light's glare, xsoin men pieaara gum? i justice court at Enumclaw. Justice of the Peace R. T. Mont gomery imposed a fine of $645 r a 215-day jail term on Wells and a fine of $611 or 205 days in jail n Seemer. Wells pleaded guilty to four counts and Seemer to three. AMERICANS HAVE OWN CLUB MOSCOW (.Pi The Anglo-Amer ican colony in the Soviet Union has become a very self-contained unit. It has its own children's school, doctors and dentist, movies. dances, dancing classes, priest and preacher, badminton and tennis courts and now, its own club and bar. The club was started by the en listed personnel at the United States embassy, together with State department clerks. It offers mo vies four or five times a week, a bingo party at least once a week, dancing to phonograph (and some times a live band) and a bar sev en nights a week. LARGEST CROWD Largest crowd to date to see a basketball game in Oregon State's spacious new Gill coliseum was the 8824 turnout for the second Wash ington game on February 4. Yamhill County Roads Put Under Load Restriction McMINNVILLE. Feb. IT. A 10,000-pound load limit was plae ed on all Yamhill county roads Tuesday. The action of the county court -taken to save breaking-up high wayhalts school busses, milk pick-up trucks, oil trucks and feed delivereis. The court refused to forecast the date when it could rescind i" sharp cut from the previous 20,-000-pound limit. County roads are in poor condi tion following the winter freeze and the court is confronted with an expense greater than last year A year ago damage to the coun ty roads was estimated at $500,000 The county got an $80,000 advance on its state gas tax money and with other funds at hand, repair ed graveled roads. The oiled roads suffered some damage last year but did not break up. Now, with frost attacks from two win ters, they are weakening. 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Oregon DOORS $6.95 to $33.00 PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 164 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242 CRUSHED ROCK and BAR RUN delivered or told at plant S miles South of Roseburg at the end of Lander's Lane. Phone Cecil Lowe at 615-L DISSTON-MERCURY CHAIN SAWS One and Two-Man Units Certified Sales and Service Also Axes Wedges Sledges Handles Hard Hats and Hat Bands Scale Sticks, Tapes, Etc. Dealer for Cox Chipper Chains and Edwards Wire Rope For Rent 12 H. P. Saws by the day or week CARL J. PEETZ 920 S. Stephens Phone 279 Tax Statement Traps Two Robbery Suspects PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. tf.-JP) Taxes put two young men in jail Monday, but it was an indirect assitt. Latt week the Earl C. Spinney home on N. Albina avenue wat entered by three men. Spinney wn held pritoner for several hours while an unsuccessful search was made for money. The robbers then took U from Spinney's wsllet and forced him to write a check for $300 to Donald R. 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