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PAGE SIX THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND. OREGON THURSDAY, AUGUST 21 .1947 Mountain Climb Cars Will Strain in Labor Day Classic By James Tirono (United 1'rtMW Buff Corrfawondent) Colorado Springs, Goto. (li'i. j iiriii-seeKing drivers will roar over me twisting turns of the nation's most perilous moun .tuln highway on Labor day or the 31st annual auto race to the summit of Pikes Peak. With a lure of more than $4,000 for the winner, the race features almost 12 miles of perilous, cork screw roads rising more than 14, ieet into the sky all over wnat the chamber of commerce calls the "Pikes Peak boulevard." The "boulevard" is a two-lane dirt road with blind curves that twist sharply, Riving the impres sion of ending at the precipices mm nans ine narrow lane. It's a steady, uphill climb with a irom seven to in per cent grade. iioiiih icecoru T.OIl TTnuor cnxrnn.t (mac mlnnnn holds the all-time record of 15.277 minutes for the Pikes Peak stretch a climb that takes tour ists as much as three hours to make. When Unser crosses the start Ing line this year, he will be fol. lowed at five-minute intervals by ' a procession of cars piloted by men wno lor years nave churned up the dust laden roads In a crack at the prize-money. The alp-climbing technique and rough-and-ready tactics of the best American hill-mounters will be "watch-dogged by army re cording devices. The stage coach gave tourists a tnrm in 1889 when it first Jog ged up to Pikes Peak, but that trip was a pleasure-jaunt com pared to the race with death and the elements that is the feature of the Labor day classic. A Sign of the Times Airliner's Hostess , Doubles As Pilot ,': Pittsburgh lU'iPassengers on i the AAXICO airlines here are startled when they see an attrac ? live hostess climb Into the co pilot seat on their ship and take off. She Is 26-year-old Mary Morri son, a Bryn Mawr graduate, one of the few women in the country to qualify as pilot on a giant com mercial airliner. Miss Morrison has some 1,800 flying hours to her credit and re . cently was assigned to the regu lar Caribbean run for American Air Export and Import lines. Her big ambition Is to fly one of the race-type planes In the Bendix air trophy race In Cleveland. i3 yL i &n if m li In. -.LU . tsnm Month n Scenes like this are appearing all over the country, following relaxation of rent controls. Guy Laird, of St. Louis, Mo., refused to pay a S30-per-month rent increase, which would have Jumped his payments from $18 to $48. Here, Laird and his sons, Arthur, 11, center, end Guy, Jr., right, sit with their belongings on the sidewalk, after their eviction. Great Grandmother In Class To Keep Teaching Position Chicago Mil -T- A G9-year -old great grandmother is attending summer school at Rockford col lege so she can continue being a school marm. She is Mrs. Otto Relchard, a teacher during three wars. A mother of eight children, she has 17 grandchildren and one great- granddaughter. She Is planning to put what she learns into immediate effect next fall in her one-room schoolhouse near here. Besides her education course, she is studving games for younger pupils. By doing so, she expects to add interest to recesses or physical education periods. At the age of lb, when sho was Miss Anna Mitchell, she began her career, as a rural teacher. After the Spanish-American War, she gave up teaching to become a housewife. Because of the teacher short age In World War I, Mrs. Reich ard returned to the classroom. Then she went back to her kit chen to resume her housewife career. A couple of decades later, during World War II, she was teaching again. Mrs. Relchard was so well-liked that her school wants her back tor the next term. To keep her emergency teaching certificate, she is completing five semester hours of college study each sum mer. Spelling Is a hobby of hers, but Mrs. Relchard is sorry that spell ing bees are no longer popular. Adults need more spelling in structions these days, she says. There are 5.074 operating air ports in America, 750 more than a year ago. urn. Mrdo I.iind Brick Ice Cream . pt. 20c qt. 39c All Western I'Iuh Deposit Beer case $2.98 Spry Shortening 3 8b. s 1.09 . PEACHES Fresh from Yaklmn I-'rlday Morning PKAK BOX Elbcrfas ...$2.69 Hales $2.69 b, I Tomatoes JaL I 10 I,b. Mat tN JUICE ORANGES 2 Doz. 39c PULLET EGGS Doz. 59c Good Assortment of School Clothing and Supplies Lux Soap 3 reg. bars 29c Milky' Fruit Cocktail No. 1 can 25c Nucoa 2 lbs. 79c 1 Pkg. HI-HO CRACKERS Both For 1 Pkg. CHEEZ-ITS 31c Rib Steaks... lb. 59c Boiling Beef lb. 35c Nice Lean Short ltlliw Wieners lb. 49c Boneless Roast lb. 75c Boned ami Tied Fresh Fryers Rabbits CONGRESS FOOD 210 Congress ns For Today's Dinner Corned Beef IIiihIi Sauerkraut million Salad Hy Bread Butter Sliced IVni'lies Cliwoiiite Cookies Iced Ten or Coffee We huve 'lie recipe for you VOl! WI1.I. NKKII: Pet Milk 2 cans 25c Corned Beef Hash ....No. 2 can 29c Surflne Sauerkraut .can 18c No. 2 1 j Can Minute t'uflnvored Gelatin pkg. 19c Surflne Tonmln Juice No. 5 can 29c Del Mnnle l'l. kle Relish 12 ox. jar 29c Krenh Peaches 3 lbs. 29c Assorted Cookies pkg. 25c Upton's Tea lb. pkg. 28c MARKET Phone 360 Oyer Two Milli Trees Planted Portland, Aug. 21 (Special) A total of 2,328,000 seedling trees was planted on the national for ests of Oregon and Washington during the fiscal year 1947, ac cording to a report just Issued by the U. S. forest service, Portland, Oregon. This was sufficient to plant 3,975 acres, says the report. An additional 1,400,000 trees were available in the government nursery but were not planted be cause of delays occasioned by la bor and appropriation difficulties. These will be held over until the next planting season, when they will be planted as three year old stock. Usual practice is to plant the nursery seedlings at age two years. Principal planting areas were on the Olympic national forest, northwestern Washington, fl(,uuu trees: Sluslaw. on the Oregon coa-st, 138,700 trees; and Snoqual mie, in the Washington Cascade range, 100,000 trees. Planting also was done on the Fremont, Rogue river, Siskiyou and Umpqua in Oregon; and on the Columbia, Mount Baker and Wenatchee in Washington. The forest service nursery is located on Wind river, in south ern Washington, near the town of Carson. It is again operating at capacity, after low production during the war years. A new nur sery for ponderosa pine is being developed near Bend, Oregon. It is expected to be in operation in the coming year. Total that will be available for planting in fiscal I year 1948 is 5,931,000 trees, con sisting of Douglas-fir, Sitka spruce, Port Orford cedar, and ponderosa pine( according to the forest service. Belgium is said to be the first nation to use a nickel-copper al loy Ih coins; this was in I860. Wanna Buy A Locomotive? New York HPi The war assets administration blandly announc ed it had a few locomotives It would like to sell. Persons interested in obtaining one without tracks were advis- Announcing THE OPENING OF Roy's Signal Service (Formerly the Carroll Acres Wrecker) CARROLL ACRES ON THE SOUTH HIGHWAY Now under new management, we are in position to take care of all your auto needs. Repairing Overhauling Body and Fender Work Wheel and Brake Repairing and Aligning TIRES TUBES ACCESSORIES GAS OIL GREASE WELDING of all kinds. Head and block welding with a new and exclusive process. AND REMEMBER ALL WORK GUARANTEED Owner: Walt Roy Mechanics: Petz, Kenney and Ross ed they could buy a steam oiler model at $1,200: two 80-ton steam coalers at S6.000 each; a 15-ton eas engine switcher at $2,200; two 30-ton dlesels at $5,100 and $3,250, and a 60-ton bargain built in 1907 for only $1,200. The WAA ollice aiso onei eu hand-push railroad cars (aching back type) for $10 each. The U. S. army will soon test a 42,000-pound bomb, dropping it from a B-29 superfortress; 25,000 oound bombs were used during the last war. I If your car's cooling system is giving you trouble better see us before tpo late! LINDSAY'S SPECIALIZED RADIATOR SERVICE Central Oregon8 Most Complete . Cooling; ystem Service v . ' 124 Greenwood Phone 920 .-X ;t-v?.v y J: L-X. x-X ..AXxn.:.::' :..,rX j't '.y '., v i
