Camp Adair Sentry
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Tcamps are built on much the same such healthy complexions as we
plan, and even the rumors as to English women have,” said an Eng­
size and inhabitants sound as if lish duchess to the girl. “I always
Week-End Jaunts
“To be entirely at leisure for one
they had been manufactured at the wonder why our noblemen take a
day ia for one day to be an immortal.”
same factory. However, they won fancy to your white faces.”
—Chinese proverb.
, the heat race, as the temperature
“It isn’t our white faces that
rose to 120 degrees during the attract them,” responded the
By Edith Durgan
After spending two weeks in the hottest day, and the first-aid sta­ American girl. “It’s our green-
coolness of the high Cascades, tions were busy, according to re­ backs.”
luxuriating in the beauty of one ports. Although the camp seems
“Hello.”
of its mountain lakes, it is hard to be nearing completion, there are
“Hello.”
to concentrate on "Days Off” sug­ fewer indications of activity and
“That you, Jake?”
gestions—in fact it is hard to con­ actual use.
Medford has had a concentration
“Yep, this is Jake.”
centrate upon anything. So per­
“It don’t sound like Jake.”
haps something of a travelogue of cantonment workers, with the
result that a much more serious
“Well, this is Jake speaking all
will be acceptable.
Leaving Corvallis several weeks traffic and housing problem exists right.”
“Are you sure this is Jake.”
ago or
Saturday afternoon we than in the Willamette valley,
“Sure, this is Jake.”
traveller on five main highways where there has been a distribution
“Well, listen Jake, this is Henry.
of Oregon before our return to of newcomers. Medford city offi­
Lend
me $50.”
cials
have
planned
wisely,
how
­
“home base.” We left the Pacific
“AU right. I'll tell him when
highway at Goshen and drove over ever, and traffic moves quickly and
he come» in.”
the Willamette pass to The Dalles- with little confusion.
After spending two weeks at our
California highway. Heavy use of
A gentleman asked the green
this road has caused it to break “second home” at Lake O’The
down in places, so a 40-mile speed Woods in Klamath county, we re­ Irish maid: “Can you tell me of my
is a wise precaution. Some of the turned via Pacific highway. Con- wife's whereabouts?”
The maid hesitated and blushed.
most beautiful scenery in the state I struction 1 on some of the new
i«
pnrnnnfprpfl as the
stretches continues rapidly and “To tell ye the truth. I really be­
is encountered,
the Viirrhurow
highway strptrhps
winds its way along the north fork part of the new road should be in lieve they’re in the wash.”
of the Willamette river, past Mc- use before long. The continuation
An old negro mammy had a
Credie springs, a famous resort, of the Rice hill project is being
and Odell lake, at the summit of surfaced, fcnd the new road through family of boys so well-behaved
the pass. Snow-covered mountains Mt. Sexton is being graveled. Work that one day her mistress asked
southwest of the lake make it cool is progressing rapidly south of her: “Sally, how did you raise your
and inviting.
Eugene and this portion may be boys so well?
“I’ll tell yo’ Miz Maizie, I raise
From The Dalles-California high­ ready for use this fall.
dem
boys wid barrel staves, an’
All
in
all,
roads,
villages
qnd
way we went to Diamond lake by
a cut-off 15 miles in length, which cities seem much th» same, except yessum, I raise 'em frequent.”
a child could drive, as there is that there are f wer well-kept
“A chicken am de mos’ useful-
only one slight curve and the rest lawns, trim public buildings and
■njmule dere be, observed
is straight as a ruler. The Diamond grounds as Americans turn their
lake entrance to Crater lake was efforts from “business as usual" ¡the philosophical negro, “Yo* can
eat.....................
.... ’s bo'n an aftah
him befo’ he
still closed by snow blockade, but to winning the war.
he
’
s
dade.
”
is a fine trip to make.
Days Off
T
The Crater lake highway from
Medford, which joins the Diamond
By By Brid
lake road at Union creek, was in­
teresting for two reasons. Either
Tramp: “Would youse 'elp a poor
because of the hard winter, or in­
man
whose wife is out of work?”
creased travel due to a heavier
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population, the road has a few
A boy and his mother stood look­
chuck-holes, and about 17 miles
from Medford we heard an ominous ing at a dentist's showcase.
“If I had to have false teeth,
sound and io, a flat tire. We might
even say, a shredded tire. We won’t mother, I’d pick that pair,” he said,
go into the sordid details, but if pointing.
“Hush, James,” interposed the
you have four good tubes in your
mother
quickly, shaking his arm.
tires, give them the softest cush­
ions and pamper them to your ut­ “Haven’t I told you it’s bad man­
most. Tubes, we have discovered, ners to pick your teeth in public?”
are scarce. Tires can be mended,
“But you should love your ene­
but tubes, it seems, have to be
just a certain size and cannot be mies,” the preacher told the Indian.
“I do. I love rum, whiskey, to­
poked or squeezed and are general­
and women,” grinned the
ly touchy. After several days comb- bacco
'
redman.
ing the Rogue river valley and crafty
1
mortgaging the home place, we
Notice in a Vermont paper:
managed to find something that
brought us home, and we shall “Positively no more baptizing in
pasture. Twice here in the Jast
quietly remain here for the dura- my
1
tion.
’ two months my gate has been left
The next interesting incident was , open by Christian people, and be­
traveling through the Medford can­ fore I chase my heifers all over
tonment, Camp White. We craned the country again, all the sinners
our necks and tried to see every­ can go to hell.”
thing for comparison with Camp
A wealthy American girl was
Adair, but had to keep moving.
Buildings are similar with one ex­ attending a social at a country
ception, which is probably an army house in England.
secret. From all indications, the I “You American girls haven’t
Nonsensored
The Holy Bombs of Wedlock—
News Item — Lightning knocked
over three men who were sitting
, on boxes in front of Sawyer's store
yesterday. One of them was
knocked senseless. The other two
exclaimed, “Leggo.'T’m cornin' right
home.”
HOW’ GOOD ARE YOU?
5. The earth.
6. A mixture, chiefly of oxygen
and nitrogen.
7. Andorra.
8. The Hellespont-
9. Maxwell House coffee.
10. His pipe, his bow and his fid­
dlers three.
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DeMoss-Britt
Funeral Home
(Formerly Hollingsworth)
Corvallis
Madison St. at 8th.
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MOVING to Seattle and must sell
my new. completely modern home
FOR YOUR TRAILER
with fenced and landscaped yard.
Only $4.950.00. See my agent, U
Mr. Hardy with HAWKINS &
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lem.
Soldiers!
7 X 14 TRAILER house $100.
2-5.25 x 17 tires, tubes. Across
road from Hospital unit at Camp
Adair! hack of old foundry. D. I.
Caldwell. Call after 5 p. m. Mon­
day.
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Portable
Radios
Available
PUPPIES for mascots. Black and
white. Wire-haired terriers. 834
N. 10th street, Corvallis.
NOW
Ask About Terms
TRAILER house, accommodates
four. Floyd Jenks, Tangent. Mill-
South Tangent.
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1936 PLYMOUTH coupe for sale.
90% rubber, motor in A-l con­
dition. A Bargain for Cash. Fred
Bradley, Sheridan, Ore. Inquire
at Buell Store.
126 ACRES on highway, elect ric-
ity, $3500, in trade. 70 a. orch-
ards, river bottom. 20 a. good
bldgs, electricity. 20 a. So. Sa-
lem, run down, $1500. 1 a. fruit.
berries, house, $1060. Bungalow
grand location $1575. 5 room
house close in terms. Houses
from $800 on up.
Wanted—Stock ranch Eastern
Ore. Large farm in Valiev; Hop­
yard between Salem and Inde­
pendence.
Robinson Realty, Independence, p
HECKART APPLIANCE
COMPANY
219 South Second
Corvallis
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flowed
WEDDINGS
COUSAGES
1. What Hebrew general led the
conquest of Canaan?
2. How many strings has a violin? TRAILER HOUSE 7xJ6 Built-ins.
$175 cash. Inquire of Frank Bed.
3. Where is Saigon ?
narek, Callaway Creek Trailer
4. What is the lightest metal in
Camp.
common use?
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5. What is the most familiar ex­
WANTED
ample of an oblate spheroid?
6. Is the atmosphere chemically a WANTED—Second hand Lapidary
mixture or a compound ?
outfit, '4 h.p. motor, grinding
and polishing wheels, Must be
7. What is the name of a small
good and cheap. P.O. Box 226,
independent country in the
Corvallis, Ore.
Pyrenees ?
8. What was the classical name of
ROOM AND BOARD
the Dardanelles?
9. What is “good to the last drop”? WHAT A HOME! 'Boy! This is a
10. What did Old King Cole cal)
home! Are the exclamations of
for?
every new man coming to stay
at the Arnold Arms, Monmouth,
ANSWERS
Oregon. Here you are made to
feel “at home while away from
1. Joshua.
home.” Home cooking—balanced
2. Four.
meals. Breakfast 6:30 a. m.—
3. French Indo-China; is the capi­
Lunches—Dinner 6 p. m. Com­
tal.
fortable, attractively furnished
4. Aluminum.
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lounge. Rooms heated in winter,
air cooled in summer." Three
shower», two tubs, five recessed
toilets, lavatories, clean airy
rooms.
Single beds, room and board per
TAKE THOSE SALT TABLETS—Take those salt tablets several times a day. Every
day $1.75. Deductions made for
time you take a drink. When you take a tablet, drink plenty of water. BUT don't
absences. Transportation avail­
drink ice water. You mifcht crush the tablet with your fingers before you take it.
able. E. L. Cramblitt, Prop. Mon­
This will help it to dissolve more readily and will not be so likely to lay in a lump
mouth.
IF YOU FIND A COLD. WHITE FACED. SEMI CONSCIOUS PERSON — keep him
Iving down—NO WATER—and SEND FOR THE AMBULANCE. DO NOT TREAT
THESE CASES IN THE FIELD.
Th, strove ¡■«Ireetieos are .briefly, these for »revesting and field treating HEAT EX­
HAUSTION »nd SUNSTROKE. Both ef titene conditions are daageron- and *houM not be treated
Sv uv .scent experienced perxoeo We have a fine medical oet-ap here and they are prepared, both
with iperieace and with equip-ent
DON'T GET IN TEE WAY.
Upper Monroe Street
Beside the Campus
Phone 213
* THE MARINER
* HARVEL
DON'T LET THE HEAT GET YOU!
in your stomach and make yoo ill.
IF YOU FEEL DIZZY or nauseated, get out of the sun—come down off the scaffold
and take it easy before you collapse—drjnk some water—not ICE WATER—and
take a salt tablet.
IF YOU FEEL EXTREMELY HOT and your head aches—get into the shade—come
down off the scaffold—run water over the back of your neck and on your wrists
and take it easy before von collapse.
IF YOU FIND A HOT. RED FACED. UNCONSCIOUS PERSON—get him into the
shade—disrobe him—get some water handv and SEND FOR THE AMBULANCE.
DO NOT TREAT THESE CASES IN THE FIELD.
Matt Mathes Flwers 1
BOARD and room at The Palmer
House 1409 Monroe, Corvallis
Rig comfortable lounging room
with fire place. Hot water, two
showers, one tub. Be comfortable.
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