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»'XOB r w u THit K ftr h \K u tv r r .u ifc c umuvk . orjwion T ill KSDAV. A l ì l l ’HT 24, 11(44 Also, he saw- M r. T in k e r ly in g spra w le d out th e re on Uie ground by He rem e m be re d how he had ducked under the com m a nd ca r w h ile M r T in k e r fire d his ru le The reco lle c A ÌZ C b lD lJ |b ? t » l f i t t f c j G l O t h w i J tio n m ade h im feel craven, especial ly when now M r T in k e r would nev 1 t'D" e r get hia Ja p j He decided th a t he m ust get h im fo r M r. T in k e r T here w ere the A lphabet. F reddie. Ja c k , and the o ilie r men to th in k about, too. I t in fu ria te d h im that Sergeant C zcid cskro w ski lay dead THEOD It m ade h im see red to th in k th a t a fte r F re d d ie had been m ade Into a PRATT W .N U R C LS A S e decent person, h r had been k ille d (C o ntin ue*! fro m last w eek.) in ste a d , ne heard the q u ic k tirin g ' H is b ru .n seared w ith a hot flam e at the tho ugh t o f Jack o f a G a ra n d He could see M r CHAPTER X II I t seemed to be the m ost n a tu ra l T in k e r's feet and p a rt of his legs, th in g in the w o rld to p u ll F re d d ie 's M r W in kle pu lle d his steel he lm e t brcce d to take up the shock fro m body fro m the gun. S w iftly , he e x m o re secu rely on his head and the gun. am ined it. The gun was in ta ct. It m e plane cam e over. I t appeared pressed on the a c c e le ra to r o f the i n e e d e j only a new t e ll of a m m u n i car. to know e x a c tly w here to come tion The jeep shot o ff the road and T h e re was a rush and a t e r r i f i c , He claw ed about In the sand and along the sand t r a il leading to the sta cca to banging, several loud e x GOOD OLD UNCLE SAM am ong the bodies for .in a m m u n itio n plosions th u t shook the ea rth , and beach. The co m m a n d e a r stood 1‘rvs.s dispatches the past week tell u.s th at lead lease aid box. He stepped on s o il flesh and will be granted 1 urkey. So Turkey will soon be on the grave} w here it had been le ft, in a p a rtia lly then it was gone d id n 't m in d it. The firin g stopped. payroll. Nobody know , w hat perc. ntasre e f the lend 1 use will cle are d space enclosed by low- D ig g in s fu rio u s ly , he found what M r W in kle opened his eyes w ith palm s. M r. W in kle stopped a lo n g ■lentually be collected. It is also noted that in a good many side it. | out h a v in g re a lize d th a t he had he wanted. He strip p e d the n e a rly rases w here lend leas has been g ranted. Uncle Sam has been spent b e lt fro m the gun. and in As they got out. he glanced at ..., the closed them . spending more money in the nation than the nation is spending tent, set at one side am ong the trees A g a in he saw M r. T in k e r, who serted a fresh one As he w o rked he knew how good in itself, p articu laily in South Anieriea and now we hear the O rd in a rily , the o ff-d u ty m em b ers of was now stan din g h a lfw a y to the argum ent that this aid should be continued even a fte r the w ar the m achine-gun crew w ould be lo ll- rid g e He was reloa din g his rifle nnd wise it was th a t he had been tra in e d to op e ra te a m achine gun. ?nds to hold the good w ill of the nation. ing o r sleeping there. I t was e m p ty and lo o kin g m a le v o le n tly at the sky. He wished th u t he was b e tte r a t It. The plane cam e back. Such argum ents are just as assenine as the a rg u u iin t w e 1 p 0,1 l i ’ e rid ge , fifty feet But a ris in g surge o f confidence O nce m ore it spit heavy death heard about four y ea.s ago to the effect that if the w rap iron a* ay' a h*»d m ade h im sure he would t e good fro m its nose, and tig h te r, m ore gen sh ip m .n ts were stopped to Ja p a n the Ja p s would get mad be, RecogIuling them. he WBVcJ tle enough death fro m its wings. M r T in k The f lr r t boat was n e a rly a t the Bint scrap us. I lie pay day on all of our generosity is approach- briefly and then disappeared e r tired rig h t back at it. H it m outh M r W inkle sighted the gun mg and g o o d old I Dele Sam may fnid him self holding tne bag " I t a in 't lik e h im ."' M r T in k e r w rs open, he scowled fie rc e ly , and shore as in 1918 with one ex eption ami thr* exception is that it observed, "n o t to be ho spita ble io he was y e llin g some kin d o f im p re fo r the spot he figu red the m en w ould be when they stepped out. looki liite the billions we loaned i.i 1918 will be chicken feed his frie n d s .” catio n th a t c o u ld n 't be heard. T h a t was w hat he had been taught T he in d iv id u a l s a v in s s o f m il l io n s of A m e r i c a n », com pared with the money which has been advanced th re u rh Mr- W in kla took th e ir tools fro m It A m r . ' l u n til a m om e nt a fte r He s till had a m om ent. H r e m PUT IN T O W A R B O N O S , S A V IN G S A C C O U N T S A N O the back seat o f the jeep. H is the ™.i,»» h ^J gone again, out over the lend lease m ethod of the present war. ployed it by ce.olly ta kin g off h it LIF S IN S U R A N C E IN THE F IR S T T W O W A R Y E A R S , hands shook a little . He pulled his the oceun. tha t M r T in k e r's a rm s A M O U N T E D TO A T O T A L O F 31 B IL L IO N D O L L A R S . he lm e t s till m ore securely over his dropped and the rifle slid (ru m his glasses and u .p tn g them d ry w ith OUR OWN BACK YARD his h a n d ke rch ie f. He wiped his face W h il e e a c h o f u s a d d s o to o u r o w n s e c u r it y head and said. "W e 'd b e tte r get to hands. and neck, both o f w inch stream ed " T h e wisest thing, we suppose, th at a man can do for his w o r k ." w e AOO EO t o t h e s e c u r it y O F T H E N A T IO N — He reached up. m e th o d ica lly, w ith sweat. land is the work that lies under his nose with the tools that lie OUR IN D IV ID U A L S A Y IN G S A ED O Y /W G T O d f r * « « " We can take a m in u te ." M r. slo w ly, and pushed his he lm e t back He glanced about under his h an d .” We may not be a king as he of whom Kipling T in k e r said, " t o see w h a t’ s going on h.s head as if to get cool. TO M A K E A M /G K T y F O fiC E /A / T h is was where he w ould die. wrote. We may be only " little ” people without influence o r on UP th e re ."’ He looked about. He had often w ondered in w hat OUK FO KW AK O S U / t 6 € TO V / C T O M R e lu cta n tly. M r. W inkle follow ed He m ig h t have been bew ildered. power. But the slogan applies to us - w herever we live, w hat circu m sta n ce s and in w hut lo c a lity h im to the ridge. H is voice choked and gurgled ever we do. it w ould occur. Now he knew It T hey d id n 't rece ive a v e ry w a rm when he called. "P o p . . . Hey A few of you will rem em ber how E dw ard link sta rte d out w elcom w a s n 't such a bad place H r saw e. " I f you got to com e h e re .” Pop . . .*• New Taste it alm ost fo r the firs t tim e , the wav- to beautify America a lifetim e ago. He d id n ’t urge extravagant Sergeant C zcidcskrow ski snapped, .7 s worth any sa crifice , it need be. T te n he crum p led , lik e som ething A re you serving the sam e con- iifg p a lm trees, the flo w e rin g h ib is his v e ry life . plans, to accomplish tile tn d at the beginning. It w asn 't a "g e t down in .” s tiff g o re soft, fo ld in g up and s in k ■oium e o r cle a r soup tim e and cus. great cam paign. But as a result of bis work, roses began to T hey scra m b le d below ground lev- in g to the ground. W ilb e rt W inkle w anted m ore ene a tta in ' Add some th in crescent He lik e d it. grow where there were weeds and o u r Lttle tow ns became gar- el. hunching them selves in to the fox m ies to k ill when a ll these were M r. Winkle, watching this from slices of C alavos ju st tiefore serv- I l was ro m a n tic dell spots. All he did was to get people to beautify their own bole, c ro w d in g F redd ie . Jack, and beneath the com m and car. c o u ld n 't gone, when no one stood on his feet U g and see what a pleasing effect A m y. h r thought, w ru ld be glad back yards. ‘ be o th e r m en who sat lis te n in g at- b e lie ve at firs t tlgat it was actuul. in the w rith in g , s h rie k in g mass on toe» have to know it was such an a tlr a c liv e the wet sand W e all know how one rundow n house will d e p rr ¡ate the or kneeled to stare out e ve r It hed happened too q u ic k ly , too place. He saw m ore a t the approach of p roperty value of an entire street. And how fixing up one place ,he °cian' much w,u,ou, * arn,n8 be ony It occu rre d to h im that fo r the F re d d ie , at the m ach in e gun d iffe re n t fro m field ta c tic s in w hich the o th e r tw o boats Q uite c a lm ly , is contagious - m aking all property on the street more valuabb whose sr.out pointed across the picked m en sim u la te d those h it firs t t in e in his life he w a sn 't a fra id w ith o u t e xcite m e n t o f any k in d , and to die He even exu lted in It. He W hat has this to do with u.s today? Well, maybe we are beach. greeted the m , “ M aybe when the planes cam e over. not re a liz in g he was fo llo w in g A rm y he ard his voice. He was laug hin g w ondering around Robin Hood's barn - but are getting right pro ced ure p a in s ta k in g ly tau ght h im , Then he realized th a t the plane He fe lt released fro m hard, p a in fu l back to the post-w ar period - and to personal responsibility. he inserted an othe r fresh b e lt of h a d n 't been a frie n d ly o re bonds. He knew th u t. a t last. W il a m m u n itio n How your town handles the situation of jobs for returning He c ra w le d out fro m beneath the b e rt C c» rge W inkle, in the flesh and In s tin c tiv e ly , as if som ething told veterans, post-w ar unem ploym ent, eonve. ion of factories to c a r and got to his fre t. H is legs not in a new spaper headline, wus h im to. he looked behind h im . over seemed to fu n ctio n a u to m a tic a lly , peaee time production - will have a lot to do with the way the proud to fight the edge of the fox hole w ith o u t any v o litio n on his p a rt, as nation and the world handles the same problems. He tu rn e d back la the gun. It A Ja p o ffic e r was stea lin g his he m ade his w ay to M r. T in k e r wes n e a rly tim e . If you keep friendliness alight ; if you keep up the habit of way to w a rd h im . H r was the one The bbiod spre ad ing o ve r M r The a rs a u lt boat beached in sha l w orking together: if you. like the pioneeis who founded Am er who had got aw ay fro m the gro up T in k e r's chest m ade h im sick and low w a te r M en s ta rte d ju m p in g ica, solve y our problem s in a neighborly, cooperative spirit, o f five The sw a rth y little m an was weak He bent and touched h im . out and splashing throu gh the wa there is a lot better chance for the nation - and for the world. between the ca ts and the body of w h isp e rin g his nam e B ut M r T in k ter. He c o u ld r e t th e ir fa te s, brow n, M r. T in k e r This is the d u ty of the little people in the little towns - of e r did n t answer. slant-eyed, e xp rcssio n lc: s M r. W in M r. W inkle grabbed the nearest you and me and our friends and neighbors. We must beautify M r. W inkle realized som ething kle let them a ll get out. T hen, c a re rifle . He swung it in to position to our own back y a rd s and make ou r com m unity a living proof • else When the plane went ove r the fu lly sig htin g, he squeezed the t r ig fire, re s tin g It on the edge of lhe of w hat conscientious, cooperative planning can do. W e must second tim e the A lp h a b e t's m achine ger fox bole gun h a d n 't fired. There was a snap and a Jerk. prove that we are ju st as intelligent in time of peace as in time Concluded next week. F ro m the fox Hole now the re cam e The gun ja m m e d w ith o u t firin g D o noi 1* wiikoul osir of w a r; that wc care just as much about ou r neighbors as we no m ovem ent. A ll about there was F ra n tic a lly , he worked at the gun do about our Allies; th at poverty, destitution, w ant, persecu silence One fing er caught in the m e d ia I l»uttlu)l,l Furmtkingi Poliiy ikst Good Keasonlnga tion at home move us to action as these same things stir us when He ran to the rid g e He a rriv e d n ism . He to re it aw ay h.ood Good seasonings fo r snap beans they are thousands of miles away. proietti so mutk sfatati loti liy tire b re a th in g ha rd, r o t fro m exe rtion , spurted, but he paid no a tte n tio n in clu d e ham n r baron fa t, m inced Unless we can retain w ar time unity, unless with our a d but fro m e xcite m e n t. He gasped ct lie kept p ic k in g at the ja m m e d onion, a few drops of lem on Juice or —• yet cosi» to little (-onsult ut tur vantages we can dem onstrate the fo u r freedom s in Am eri a. w h at he saw. c a rtrid g e . F in a lly he got it out. and v in e g a r fo r tartness, a dash of One of the shells fro m the plane's a new one in the firin g cha m be r, the W orcestersh ire , or a s m a ll p o rtio n they can nut he made secure any place in the world. "Jir law rslct oa your (ionie. cannon had exploded in the fox hole gun prepa red p ro p e rly . W e d o n ’t have to do the whole job at once. All we have to o f d ry m u sta rd or prt-jin re d horse The bodies of the m en lay about, F iv e m en had run ahead, off to ra d is h to add zrst. Any nu m b e r of W O I I T I I I I A K V K Y I S S I l l \ \ < E do is our p art of it - all we have to do is to el< an up our own some of them h a lf bu rie d F redd ie one side. M r. W inkle swung his sauces can be used to add g'a*d bacx yard. NHKYK K was spra w le d o ve r the gun. as if gun around, c o n c e n tra tin g on them fla v o r to snap beans C re a m , to l ’hone 3* p ro te c tin g it. Sergeant Czeidcskrow- firs t T h is tim e the gun tired He m a to . cheese, and m ushroom sauces A FAIR TEST ski was on his back, his open eyes C o lla g e f i r m e H o te l H ld g . was astonished to rce the men fa ll a re a ll fa v o rite s Rarely does the public have an opportunity to com pare the s ta rin g s tra ig h t up at the bu rn in g He w a rn v sure if one o f them got sun and not b lin k in g . In a tangled relative m erits of governm ent versus priv ate operation of in aw ay. p ile . M r. W inkle cau gh t sight of S E M I-A N N I A I. K r.l'O K T dustry. unclouded by p reju d i-ed argum ents and accidents of He swung the gun back, s p ittin g Jnnunry 1, l!i44 In June 30th. 1944 T h e jeep shot off the road and the side of J a c k 's s till fa te . circum stance which make im partial comparison difficult. But vengeance at the la rg e r group As ( lln tli bates Inclusive I A sin gle thought ran throu gh him the b u lle ts spat c u t fro m under his it has such an o p p ortunity in the case of the railroad industry. along the sand tr a il. re p e titin u s ly . How w ill I eve r te ll hands, a s till new and g re a te r w o rld Folal Tax and Interest (3ollected $209.211,«'. It is w orth repeating th at in the first world w ar the railroads y o u 're ju s t in tim e fo r the p e rfo rm the P ettig rew s? He asked h im s e lf Special Turnover (1 2 ‘a 'r Yield Tax) 1,200 40 opened before h im . w ere operated by the governm ent. D uring the current world ance.” Special Turnover ( 2 'i Gross Earnings) How w ill I eve r to ll the P e ttig re w s ’ 1,058.99 T h is was w hat he had liv e d for I f they t r y any la n d in g h e re ,” w ar. they have continued as a private enterprise. The periods The sound o f su rg in g w a te r made L ife had a m e a ning and u pu rpo re $211.501.05 of respective operation have been under sim ilar circum stances. Jack threatened, " t h e y 'll get blast h im tu rn his head. o f w hich he h; d never dream ed. C O LLE C T IO N S C IV IL A C R IM IN A L DEBT. Therefore, the public can bas- its judgm ent upon perform ance ad back to w h ere they cam e fr o m .” Out of the m is t had com e a Bat- T otal A uto License Fees Collected $ 1.239.50 alone. D uring the first war. operation of the railroads by the grenades hanK‘ ng fro m nosed Jap an ere assault boat. Total Legal Fees Collected 657.06 Behind it, but som ew hat off to governm ent was inefficient and w asteful. A news dispatch of ’* e . , . . . . o, u. e ith e r side, were tw o m ore. May 25. 1919. says: ‘"To finance the railroads for the balan- e hardly recognizjng lhe tough. reck. $ 1.896.56 M r. W inkle sank to his knees, T otal Collections $213,397.61 of the year and to pay the governm ent’s operating loss to r lb i e?s yOuth as the sam e person he both to get out of sight and becam e D E P O H IT E b W IT H COUNTY TR EAS U R E R m onths up to this m onth, an ap p ropriation of $1.200.000,000 knew at home, his legs w o u ld n 't hold h im up any (Tax Departm ent i was asked of congress yesterday by the D irector G eneral of the M r. W inkle peered out o ve r the m ore. January 1st to January 31st. Inclusive. HUI $ 33,597 45 U nited States Railroad Adm inisti ation. The $1.20Q.000.000 is w a te r. I t m ade h im w ant to re tu rn A fte r a m om e nt, he kr.ew th a t he F ebruary 1st to February 29th, Inclusive. HUI 47.628.94 in »ddition to the $500.000.000 ap p ro p riated by the last I 'on- to h ‘f ow n w ork. A t a sharp buzz m ust do som ething He realized that March 1st to March 31st, Inclusive, HU-1 30,765.35 in g noise in the fox hole he ju m pe d. the whole position on T a liz o m ig h t A p ril 1st to A p ril 30th, Inclusive, 1914 36,425 3!) gress. The A lp ha bet picked up the field May 1st Io May 31st, Inclusive, 1944 .37,966 22 D uring the present war. the railroads have paid billions in telephone. He id e n tifie d his post, be lost if the m en in those assault June 1st to June 30th, Inclusive, 1941 22,858 31 boats eve r landed and in filtra te d taxes to the governm ent, instead of creating Federal deficits— liste ne d fo r a m om e nt and then th ro u g h the ju n g le . nearly $2.000.000.000 in the year 1943 alone. Aside from their said. "Y e s . s ir . , . No, s ir, it $209.241 66 He found h im s e lf s c ra b b lin g about tax contribution to victory, they have carried the unpreceden h a sn 't lifte d y e t.” S P E C IA L TU R N O V ER Y IE L D T A X in the sand of the fox hole fo r the January 4, 1914 He put the in s tru m e n t down and field phone. I t w a s n 't in sight. 617.27 ted transportation load of mechanized w arfare without a hitch. February 10, 1944 172.91 An imm ediate question a fte r the w ar will be w hether or not to ld his v is ito rs ‘T h a t was yo u r He saw the Signal Corps w ire lead A p ril 6. 1914 30.25 socialized ind u stry in the United S tates shall displace the enter- b°ss- He wanted to know it you got in g up out of the hole. He grabbed June 27, 1944 79.94 prise of the private citizen. In the railroad industry, public here Like you beard I ditto t give it. and sta rte d p u llin g on it. aw ay you being w ith us. but you A broken piece o f the shattered ownership and private ow nership have had a fair test. That test b e tte r get back w here you belong 1,200.40 phene cam e in to his hands. 2G GROSS E A R N IN G S should be a determ ining factor in the final choice of the road and beat it as soon as y o u 're A p ril 27, 1944 He dropped it fro m nerveless fin 1,058.99 America follows. th ro u g h .” • gers. D E P O S IT E D W IT H ('X)UNTY TR EAS U R E R T hey went, M r. W in kle w ith a la c H elplessly, M r. W inkle w atched (C iv il and C rim ina l -Dept.i r it y and M r. T in k e r w ith reg ret. OPA LAWYERS the le ad ing assault boat com e on. AU TO LIC E N S E F E E S ' L iftin g the hood of the com m a nd Now it was less then a hundred January 1st to January 31st, Inclusive, 1944 DPA has over 1.350 law yers on its payroll according to one $ 770.75 February 1st tn F ebruary 29th, Inclusive, 1944 145.00 report. This num ber of course serve« only the DPA and have ca r. they looked fo r the tro u b le , M r. y a rd s fro m the beach. T in k e r saying. "T h is is a good tim e .March 1st to March 31st, Inclusive, 1944 He looked back a t the jeep U n 96.50 no eonn etion with the hundreds of other bureaus. Many of to fo llo w procedure. Pop. We fo llo w A p ril 1st to A p ril 30th, Inclusive, 1944 66.25 these young law yers connected in a legal capacity with the enough o f it, we can hang around a less the b u lle t holes throu gh its May 1st to May 31st, Inclusive, 1944 58.25 w in d sh ie ld m eant m o re than they various bureaus are young college graduates and many of long tim e .” June 1st Io June 30th, Inclusive, 1944 95.75 appeared to. th - c a r w ould s till run the laymen are beginning to wonder if instead of steering Uncle T hey began to w ork. M r. W inkle He could get ta c k in it to give $1.239.50 m o vin g fast. M r. T in k e r ta k in g his the a la rm at the next post. Sam out of trouble, if they are not getting us in deeper. He sprayed the m illing men dawn January 1st to January JlsE h u ’t o s^v^'lib P l tim e and g lan cing at the beach B ut by tha t tim e , the Japs would $ 83.86 0>crr. February 1st to February 29lh, Inclusive, 1944 FEWER SCHOOL CHILDREN IN EIGHTEEN COUNTIES rid g e . have effected th e ir la n d in g 160 45 M r. W inkle was the firs t to hear .. . . , . . . . March 1st to March 31st, Inclusive, 1944 • M r. W inkle wished th a t it was not Eighteen Oregon counties—exactly one-half—hail fewl-r the plane. 133.55 he who had been placed in th is posi He had a m ad, b in d desire to an A p r il 1st to A p r il 3 0 th , In c lu s iv e , 1944 100.10 children atten d in g public schools d u ring the 1943-44 school n ih ila te and de stro y the enem y. It M a y 1st to M a y 31st, In c lu s iv e , 1944 F ro m out over the sea there cam e 94.80 y ear than during 1942-43. according to the state school super a sudden ro a r. Guns began to sp it tion. He w anted, fe rv e n tly , fo r it to seemed lik e a to rre n t pent up in J u n e 1st to J u n e 3 0 th , In c lu s iv e , 1944 84 30 be another m an. a fig h te r, a k ille r , a in te n d e n t’)« recent comparison of “ total pup’l-day of actual v ir tu a lly at the same in sta nt. T here younger, a d iffe re n t, a b e tte r m an h im fo r years and s p illin g out in attendance” . The counties, most of them in Eastern Oregon, was the c ra c k le of the A lp h a b e t's than he. I t flashed throu gh his m ind one o v e rw h e lm in g rush. $ 657.06 He sprayed it on the m illin g m en T o ta l D e p o s ite d w it h C o u n ty T r e a s u r e r m ach in e gun. Added to it was the th a t it had been a m is ta k e to d ra ft tn cj showed a decline in school attendance, were: $213,397 61 Benton. Coos, Deschutes. Gillum. G rant, Harney, Hood lo u d e r firin g o f m o re m ach in e guns and m ake a so ld ie r o u t o f a mouse. ; down there. T h a t b u rst was fo r S T A T E O F O R E G O N , C O U N T Y O F F A N E ss I. O. E .Crow e, as S h e r if f o f L a n e C o u n ty , O re g o n do h e re b y e e r- River, Jackson. Jefferson. K lam ath. Lake. Malheur. M orrow ,1 and w h at sounded lik e a s m a ll can He fe lt g u ilty at not h a vin g resigned Jack. T h a t one was fo r F re d d ie T h is long o re fo r M r. T in k e r. Now t i f y j h * ’ th e j fo re g n o in g . is a tr u e and c o rre c t . rc|>ort non. . . ------_ o f f th e -Tax Dr- fro m the A rm y . A d iffe re n t m an Sherm an. Tillamook. W allowa. W asco and Wheeler. The de * e n t a n d ( iv il ' a n d ■ C — r im • in • u l D e p a rtm e n ts o l th e O ffic e o f S h e r if f " D u c k ! ” ye lle d M r. W inkle. He here now. in his place, w ould have j one fo r the A lp ha bet. S till m ore fo r p a r tm cline in pupil-days of school attendance may reflect a shift of dropped the w rench he was holding the oth er m en. W ilb e rt W inkle, who i,n d J a * C o lle c to r f o r F ane C o u n ty , O re g o n , f o r th e |x *rlo d e o m m e n c - know n w hat to do. operutes The F ix it Shop, firs t m g r-1 J a n u a r y 1st, 1944, an d e n d in g J u n e 3 0 th , 1944, b o th d a te s in c lu - population to defense-industry com m unities. and d ive d under the com m a nd car. Then M r. W inkle knew w hat to do. j tie d selectee In the 38 to 48 d ra ft- 8 Ve The percentage of school attendance decline was largest L y in g there, his h e a rt beating so I t o ccu rred to h im tha t he hadn’t Dated this 1st day o f July, 1944, A. D. « ro u P be «'ailed, is k illin g in Deschutes county. 17.3% and smallest in Jackson and Klam fa st it seemed to equal the ra p id th w g h t’ o f h im s c if.’ o f'h is o w n ’Zafe- Published Every Thursday at Cottage Grove. Oregon Established August 15, 1SS9 W. C. M A R T IN ------------------------------------------- ---------- Editor. 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