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Jan. 12. Pane 7 1 OUT OUR WAY
By J- R. Williami
By DEUOS SMITH
DPI Science Editor
. NEW YORK UPI) This is
a science version of the man-bites-dog
story which traditionally
is suppesed to excite much inter
est. A statistical comparison of
..cigaret smokers with non-smokers
has shown that the smokers had
sore throats less frequently.
. Scientist W. C. Boake of West
ern Reserve University, Cleveland,
resorted to statistics, to find out
' if smokers were more likely to
catch the common cold and other
respiratory infections causing
coughing, sore throat, and hoarse
jiess than non-smokers.
Medical science generally be
lieves smokers are more suscepti
' ble to respiratory infections but it
has no hard evidence to back up
the view, as Boake pointed out.'
'H'.a statistical results are disputa
tious, therefore, and are going to
start a lot of arguments.
They indicated there is no dif
ference in susceptibility between
, smokers and non-smokers. They
showed also that whereas the
,. smokers of the study were more
likely to be coughers while infect
.. ed, they were less likely to be
either hoarse or to have sore
throats.
None of this can be taken as
evidence "that smoking affords
protection against respiratory dis
, ease," Boake warned. He granted
that the results were puzzling and
Chuckles In
The News
HONOLULU iUPl) The air
craft carrier USS Ranger was get
tink a typical hula girl welcome
on its arrival Friday when some
thing new was added. A hula girl
galloped up on a horse waving
a sign which read: "Howdy,
Ranger."
INDIANAPOLIS, Jnd. ,UP1
Brandywine Creek,, the beloved
"bio swimming hole" of poet
1 James Whllcomb Riley, got a sec
ond look from the state Board of
Health..
"Polluted", the board ruled.
LONDON (UPI) When Mar
orie Gwynn tried on a left glove
at a store Friday, she found a
diamond engagement ring on her
third finger.
GREENFIELD, Iowa (UPD
Local street cleaning is slow as
molasses in January due to a
drum of the stuff which spilled
and froze on Main Street.
'
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (UPI)
Thei city has decided to change
' its parking meters. Police discov
ered a trick by which motorists
can get 18 hours for a nickel on
'the 24-hour meters.
Officials refuse to disclose the
trick.
Speakers Due
Luhrs Jensen of Hood River.
1959 president of the Oregon Chap
tars of the Izaak Walton League,
cad Jack Binford, past chairman j and Jack Binford, Past Chairman
of. the Siate Water Resources board I of Slate Water Resources Board.
also there could be things wrong
with the statistics. i
"If it is assumed that the symp
toms occurring during a respira
tory infection are a direct result
of the infectious process itself
that is, caused by inflammation in
the respiratory tract it is difi-
cult to understand why one svmn-
tom (cough) should be increased
in frequency (in smokers and two
other, symptoms, presumably man
ifestations of the same process
should be diminished," he said.
Boake got his statistics from
Western Reserve's famous contin
uing study of 59 well-heeled Cleve
land families. The study began in
1948 and all illnesses and the gen
eral physical conditions of these
118 parents and their children
have been carefully followed in
tine detail ever since.
He studied only the parents,
since their smoking (or non-smok
ing) ways were established and
well documented in the statistics
He related this to the number of
respiratory infections the 118 had
had over a five-year period.
After acknowledging the weak
nesses of his statistical basis, (to6
few numbers and the possibility of
"self selection,") Boake had this
to say, in, reporting to the New
England Journal of Medicine:
Nevertheless, this population
has been under continuous, de
tailed observation and the inci
dence, distribtion and nature of
respiratory infection have varied
very little over eight years. The
pattern has been similar from
year to year.
"It is therefore considered that
if smoking had had a profound ef
fect, either to increase or de
crease it, a greater difference
(between smokers and non-smokers)
would have been found."
CALENDAR
OF EVENTS
MONDAY
7:80 p.m., National Guard
Armory.
7:30 p.m., Air Force Reserve
Flight meet, Commission Room of
City Hall.
8 p.m., Knights of Pythias, KP
ha'!.
Cinema Actor
Answer to Previous r-Uiiie
ACROSS 36 Greek portlrn
1 Cinema octor, 37 sauce
Richards 39 Blow witl.
5 He performs Pen nani
on s movie j ' X?blP scrap,
. 42 Playing card
44 Female saint
(ab.)
45 Bom
46 Cartograph
48 Little flap
50 Marks
53 Click-beetle
57 Musical
quality
58 Swiss river
60 Story
61 Solar disk
62 Flax (dial.)
63 Leave out
64 Salamander
65 Written form
ot Mistress
66 Promontory
DOWN
1 Joke
2 Iroquoian
Indian
3 Elegant
8 This is used
in his
profession
12 Assam
silkworm
13 Pedal digit
14 Roof edge
15 Transgressions
16 Cape in
Massachusetts
17 Malaysian
canoe
18 Seesaw
20 Pilfered
22 Perched
23 Make a
mistake
24 Mineral spring
27 Body of water
29 Entries in
ledgers
33 Pendent
34 Journey
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R O' Pip S A ETOU I IA
Is I M S E U fei' .
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SIeIbU ll-iEipA WiEISH
4 Abstains
from food
5 Beginners
6 Eternity
7 Taut
8 Statements
9 Nobleman
10 Cry of
bacchanals
1 1 Slender
19 Direction
21 Three times
(comb, form)
24 Lath
25 Miss Negri
26 Mimicker
28 Is sick
30 Famous
British school
quantity
32 Glut
35 Exemplars
38 Annotation
40 Ring, as of
a bell
43 Light knock
47 SacreA song
49 Musician's
; wand
50 DiinimitK'e
of Stanley
51 Carry (coll.)
52 Afresh
54 Domesticated
55 Ancient
Greek cily
50 Injures by
exposure
31 Greater - 59 Atmosphere
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Strange As It Seems
TUESDAY
6:30 a.m., Toastmasters, Saca-
jawea
a.m. to 5 p.m., Drivers License
Examiner, 106 Depot street.
Noon, Rotary Club, Sacajawea
6:45 p.m., Kiwanis club, Saca
jawea.
7:30, P.m., La Grande District
jSchool Board, Superintendent's of
fice.
7:30 p.m., Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen, Odd Fellows tem
ple. 7:30 p.m., Do Molay meeting,
Masonic temple.
6:30 p.m., Izaak Walton League
meeting, potluck, installation of
1959 officers, get acquainted meet.
Bring your wife, guests. Each one
a'lending to bring own table ser
vice and two food dishes, coffee
and rolls will be furnished. Pro
gram to include Luhrs Jensen,
1959 Prexy of Oregon Chapters,
fit i-.. -i ISf
and an I.W.L.A. past president,
will be main speakers at the Union
county Izaak Walton meeting at
H:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Mav
cricks' dining hall, near the fair
grounds.
Members of the local group arc
' being urged to bring their wives
to the politick dinner.
Another feature of the program
will be the installation of new officers.
Soviet Electronic
Mar Expected
COPENHAGEN, Den. (UPI)
The Soviet Navy is prepared to
wage vall-out electronic war by
jamming Western radio and radar
frequencies, Western armaments
, experts said recentlyq. .
.' The experts, commenting on
Washington reports that a Soviet
radar and radio jamming network
has been set up around Berlin,
possibly for electronic operations
against Western airlanes, said
Soviet electronic warfare prepar
ations also included the navy.
They said the Red Fleet was in
creasingly building up its elec
tronic warfare potential.
Not only Soviet warships, but
an increasing number of Soviet
freighters are being equipped with
jamming installations, the sources
said.
Retail Stores Ring
Up Record 1958 Sales
f WASHINGTON (UPD-The gov
ernment says retail stores rang
up. a record $200,300,000,000 in
sales in 1958. A prosperous Christ
mas season pushed the year's to
tal a shade above 1957.
But when higher prices are tak
en into account, the figures indi
cated a drop in the physical vol
ume of goods and services bought
by consumers compared to 1957.
ACCOUNTANT RETIRES .
PENDLETON (UPD Mrs.
Frankie Laine has retired as
chief accountant at Eastern Ore
gon State Hospital here. Robert
L. Rooper of The Dalles was
named to succeed her.
At Maverick's dinning hall, ad
joining County Fair Grounds.
AT THE PEftfc. OF
SECOND CENTURY CIVILIZATION IN
THE MEDlTERR&NEftN COUNTRIES
THERE WERE OVER 50,000 MILES
OF ROADWAY AMD ITlNhS POSSJSLE TO
TtWEL AS MUCH AS ZOO MILES
IN ONE DAY
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DEER OF SOUTHE&STERN
bSlh, BAgKS LIKE
A poet
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WHITNEY'S1
COTTON GIN
MS NOT HIS GREATEST
INVENTION!
HE INVENTED A
SYSTEM OP USINS
INTERCHP1NSERBI.&
PpiRTS IN MUSKET
WhNUFACTURE."
Trie BftSIS
OF AIL MODERN
MhSS PRODUCTION
METHODS
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(Tp By W. Edmunds Claussen
Copyright 1957 by W. Edimmdj Clauiien. Dlitributxl by NEA Ssrvki.
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diiy lie fiilt-ndu tn tvln I lie rnmh,
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XVIII
"TAY," said Bluett softly. "1
want a few minutes alone with
my son."
Dave looked at the murderous1
light piling up behind Rains'
eyes. There would be no peace
in Kains so long as anyone stood
between him and the Block S
But there would be no further
disagreement in the office. Kains
was a patient, slow-working ad
versary. 1
"Later, then," Kains said and
he went out.
Dove felt an awkwardness
between his father and him that
would be a long time easing. The:
room in which he stood hndn't
changed, but Dave was a differ
ent man from the boy who had
ridden away. And his father was
no longer the same. i
That resentful set on his fath
er's mouth went through Dave
Bluett was afraid of Kainsl '
: Bluett spoke in a crisp military
fashion. "Tomorrow I'll have a
chore for you. I'm no longer able
to moke these hard nde3." 1
Dave asked slowly, "Prole's
shack yonder?"
"You will take the men and
put the fear of the Lord into this
plowman. Burn his place u he
puts up any kind rf resistance."
"His mistake was to move on
us." . ' ' .- '-
"A mistake," Bluett admitted.l
and now his lips parted in his
gray smile. "1 held this off be-1
cause a man has got o live with
his conscience."
It was a sign of age when a
man considered his conscience: a
young man did what he wanted
and never let it disturb his sleep
It was Bluett who began the
talk about the war.
"Did you do the job well?" he
asked.
"I gave everything I had.
There were just too many Fed
erals." "Thai's all that matter s,"
Bluett answered. He looked up
and unexpectedly smiled. "Some
time you must ten me now you
captured that general, for I want
to know."
So Bluett, too, had heard that
story. Dave suspected it naa
spread throughout tne territory.
There was a formality between
them that might have existed be
tween strangers. Yet Dave knew
better than this. He had bright
ened his father's final hours by
his homecoming.
Bluett said abruptly "1 give;
you your half of Block S tonight,!
while I'm still living. I'll give,
Tay his half when I die. If he
doesn't want it that way it'll be,
up to you to settle your own
trouble. Will you bunk with the,
crew? Or the house?"
He could see that Bluett was
weary. So urea ana 111 ne no
longer could stand Kains off. This
w'as why he had given Dave his
share of the ranch now. .Bluett
thought that tied Dave up so he
wouldn't be able to run again.
so he'd hold Kains and his crew
from taking over Block S en
tirely. Dave smiled. Little did
his father know his gift hadn't
been necessary. Me was going to
bring Kains to his knees without
Bluett's maneuvering.
Dave lifted his eyes. "In the
house. 'But first I'll nave a look
at your crew."
WWW
DAVE stepped from the ranch
house thinking of Sherry. Me
fought the strongest urge of rld
inc back to town and bringing
her to Block S. There was plenty
of room in the big house and l'l
would be as proper xur uur iu ue
here as to live above a saloon'.
But under the circumstances he
couldn't invite her to Block S;
not with a crew that waited tor
his first break in order to tost
his nfcttlc.
Close by the stable he caught
a glimpse of two figures. He
recognized one as Kains. The
other man looked very much like
Crecn. As Crcen stepped into
saddle he intnitivelj sensed
trouble. As the horse moved into
a lightened area he ' recognized
the sorrel Juan Galling had lent
him in Wolf Creek. Creen Was
riding swiftly toward a screen of
scrub oak.
He caught the feeling of eyes
watching from the bunkhouse;
then the unmistakable scrape of
boot sole beside him. A man
appeared silently from the stable
shadows. It was Gallo, the man
with the huge torso; a man larg
er than Ferris. 5
"Where do you figure you're
headed?" Gallo asked. He was
like a lobo wolf hunting its kill.
DAVE'S mouth broke in a
taunting smile. "It's time to stop
howling. Hasn't Kains told you
yet?" -;
He came to a halt at Daves
words and Dave studied the set
of his mouth and saw a nerve
quiver. Gallo might be tough, but
Dave guessed he was not tough
enough. The reputation Dave
had earned with Mosby hod
reached this far and had its effect
on these men, keying them in
side. j
From the corner of his glance
he caught vague movement
against the stable siding and
again thought of Morgan, the
most dangerous man in his crew.
Step away from the wall,
Morgan," he said levelly. "I like
to see a snake before he strikes."
There was a smothered oath
from the dark side of the stable
and Morgan stepped toward him
in long strides. Gallo said, "When
we're finished you'll know you
tangled with somebody dillcrent
than Ferris."
"It will take more than a
strong jaw to do It." Dave (lung
it him and saw Gallo flinch.
(To Be Continued)
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