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4 Illinois Valley News. Thursday. May, 13. 1948 r Utah Judge of 90 Hopes To Tie Holmes' Record T riplets! SALT LAKE CITY. — O bserving his 90th birthday a n n iv ersary , T ill m an D. Johnson, U. S. d istric t judge, e xpressed the hope th at he would break the longevity record of the late Ju stic e O liver W endell Holm es. Ju d g e Johnson now is the oldest federal judge in active service. H olm es w as serving as a ju stic e on the U nited S tates S uprem e ^ c o u rt bench wbeu he re tired a t 91. V. STAGE SCREEN RADIO By INEZ GERHARD ..x P J IC K HAYMES likes working on U his T hursday night CBS radio / t —r TW »5 IW fM Ü * r show ("W e all so rt of lend a hand in w riting it" ) and in m ovies, but his re a l enthusiasm com es out w hen he talk s about his plane and the palo m ino horses he ra ise s on his ranch. He has tau g h t his children to ride the full-grown h orses; doesn’t be lieve in sta rtin g them on ponies. And he flew his plane to New York r e cently ( ‘‘Saw m ore of this w onder ful country th an e v er b e fo re ") when he, M artha Tilton and the m u sical d irec to r felt they h a d to see the new shows and talk business a t the foun tain head; th a t w as why the whole show moved e ast for two weeks. • • • Don McNeill finds it hard to be lieve, but his "B re a k fa st Club" has New Strain of Corn Withstands Drouth r.j Guatem ala Crossbreed Also Resists Root Rot REASON IT OUT ANO YOU'lL PREFER THIS Possibility of producing corn th a t would w ithstand root ro t and other diseases as well as prolonged dry spells appealed to E a rl E. May and Iowa State college officials. Knowing th a t G u atem ala h a d been producing corn for m ore th an 2,000 y ears in an isolated region, which had resulted in a highly inbred stra in which could w ithstand d ry spells as well as c ertain d iseases and pests, Iowa resea rc h w orkers collected ! • In NR (Nature's Remedy) Tablet», there are no chemicals, no mineral», no phenol derivative». NR Tablet» are different—act different P ortly vegt- table—, combination of 10 vegetable ingredients formulated over 50 year» ago. Uncoated or candy coated, their action is dependable, thorough, yet gentle, as millions of NR’> have jroved. Get a 25* box. Use as directed. $ w 5175 _______________ [ . lij E 'ONE-FAMILY TOWN' NOW . . . Millican, Ore., had an astound ing population gain of 400 per cent when Mr. and Mrs. William A. Mellin and their two daughters, shown above, ‘‘bought’’ the town, which for years had a "one-man town” tag Inset shows one of the three buildings comprising the town. DOS’ M iN E II.l a 15th a n n iv ersary com ing up in June. The show sta rte d in 1933 as "T he P epper P o t,” w ithout an a u dience; nobody d re am ed th a t it would assum e its p re sen t form . IN THESE UNITED STATES Oregon Town Loses ‘One-man’ Jag; Now ‘One-family’ Affair MILLICAN, Ore.—When the census taker comes to Millican, he's due for a surprise because he’ll discover that the population of this little town has increased by 400 per cent. On the census taker’s last visit, this was a “one-man town” with Billy Kahn as the sole resident. Now that Mr. and Mrs. William A. Mellin have bought the town, it’s a “one-family town.’’ The Mellins and their two daughters, Michela r---- ■------------------------------ Ix‘e, 3 1, j, and Tina Ann, 6 months, I lin admits that he leaves gas in make the population total four. ! the tank when he goes to bed at Millican's chief claim to fame 1 night "just in case anybody com- for years lay in the fact that it ing down the road is short.” In was a “one-man town.” That the morning, he adds, he always was in the days of Kahn, who was finds the money shoved under the postmaster and everything else door. "We haven't lost a gallon' connected with the town. But re yet,” he says. tirement age for postmasters As evidence of his enthusiasm forced Kalin's retirement in 1942, for building up his town, Mellin and the postoftice died with his has petitioned to have the post- departure. | office restored. The postoffice, he explains, would benefit ranch- 'Buys’ Entire Town Now the "one-man town" tag ers in the area who occasionally on Millican has been lost, prob- stop at the Mellin store, ably for good, with the advent of i --------------------- the Meiiins. M' lbn. navy veteran, now owns—lock stock and barrel the entire town, a desert community located 26 miles east of Bend. He bought the town from George T. Petry, successor to Kahn. "Buying” the town consisted solely of the pur chase of the three buildings lo cated here. The Mellins operate the town grocery store, gas pump, tourist camp two small cabins handle repairs on tourists' cars and Mrs. Mellin furnishes hot lunches upon request. “There's nothing like owning your own town to boost your faith in human nature," the Mel lins insist on the basis of their venture. Faith in Humanity As evidence of that faith Mel- Boys Find Dynamite Cache, Sell at Penny Jim Moore, KMA, and E nrique Salas inspecting G u atem ala corn field. 1,200 v arieties of corn from C entral • « • Am erica. One of the bright spots on the New G uatem ala-U .S. crossbred a ir last su m m er w as th a t of Tex corn has been tested a t Ames, Iowa. and Jin k s, replacing "D u ffy 's T av The new corn outyielded th ree com e rn ." So it’s good news th a t the m ost en tertain in g m arrie d couple * monly used U S . hybrids as m uch as 25 bushels to the a cre. While the oil the a ir will re p la ce "D u ffy 's" Midwest v a rie tie s w ithered and died ag ain this su m m er. during hot w eather, the G uatem ala- P e rh a p s we had to w ait too long U.S. crossbreed re m a in in full ears. for "A rch of T riu m p h "; p erhaps e x College officials believe th at e arly tensive cutting w as too m uch for it. results give prom ise of a new stra in M aybe we expected too m uch of that will w ithstand long dry and hot Ingrid B ergm an. C harles B oyer and spells in any p a rt of the U nited the re st of the distinguished cast. States. J a m e s Moore, K.M.A. station, The picture is good; it will m ake reports th a t w ork in G uatem ala has m oney. B oyer’s perform ance is ex proven entirely successful and he cellent, as a re C harles L aughton's believes th a t the new corn soon will and Louis C alhern's. Go to see it— be grown on m any fa rm s in the United States. W om en and Rat Provide L ively T ro lley Dram a ment a rat ran at Woodishec. A timely kick sent the rat sailing through the air nnd through the trolley 's front window. I he rodent and d esule a w man in the Front of the car. She promptly look off for tlie tear of the car. So did the r a t Terror-stricken women screamed, jammed the ais e nnd in-rfornied trapeze acts on the straps. Williams cam back on stag« with a broom. Exit the raL Ohio. D anny, aged 11, toe a vigorous little five-year-old who since has m ade a n am e for hirnself —M ickey Rooney, s ta r of the iw□vies and the radio series , “Shorty E • * • The hom e of Bette Davis at Wood's Cove. Lagun a Beach. C d irectly faces the sitretch of beach w here L ana T urner fro lick td in that fam ous w hite bathinjg suit for sc in ‘The P ostm an Always F T w ice.” Speaking of Bette. ’t'S nice news th a t she will be tea ,m d with R obert M ontgr B rid e.” • * • • Odds and I n d s . . . P roducer Je r- ry Wald d idn't get off the set fast enough when a m an- m ade hurr,i i ane w aa turned on in "K ey L argo" and he w as blown into a sizable nuid puddle . . . It took two se am stresses two w eeks to sew 411.004 sequins onto a p a rty dre ss E velyn Keyes w ears for two m inutes in "T he M ating of M illie" , , . B urgess M eredith gave P a u lette G oddard M eredith two m onkeys when she finished “ Has- a r d " ; she nam ed them Bing and Bob . . . Ray M illand has had hun dreds of requests for the e a rrin g s he wore In "G oldrn E a rrin g s," which he unfortunately lost in the Colum bia riv er on the last day before the c am era s. • • « Ja c k P a a r, who probably will be acclaim ed som e day a s one of the best of radio com edians, (Ja ck Ben ny firm ly believes he will» will m ake l debut in a feat rph C otten and Ween More id for csssv, QUICK RELIEF FOR ACID INDIGESTION SPEEDED-UP COMFORT for so-called KIDNEY SUFFERERS Backaches. leg pains, broken sleep, painful pea- sages usually go so much quicker if you switch to Foley (tbs new kidney-bladder) rills Thor stunuiate&luRgish kidneys; then ALLAY BIA D - D E lt IK KIT A I ION. T h at's the cause of most pains, aches, urges ones thought entirely due to Kidney t So for quicker, longer-lasting relief. eoolhe bladder an well as stimulate kidney action. Do this: use Foley (the new kidnev-bladdsr) Fills: they also have direct sedativs-Iike action on bladder. A t your druggist. 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Due to an unusually large demand and current conditions, slightly more time Is required In filling orders for a few of the most popular patterns. Send your order to: OTHER 8RAMD OF RICE CEREAL? Organic M atter W ill Aid I _ VVOTKOt c O ll B a c t e r i a A single ounce of soil contains 50 m illion living b a cteria, according to R. C. T hom as of the Ohio a g ric u l tu ra l experim ent station. These b a cteria can help or harm the crops, depending on the kind of b a cteria . The good kind rot the or ganic m a tte r, release p lant nutrients and help build soil stru ctu re. The harm fu l kind cause plant diseases. The good kind can be aided and the harm ful kind elim inated by add- ! ing organic m a tte r to the soil. To get this org an ic m atter, according to Middle West Soil Im provem ent com m ittee, re tu rn all possible ani- I m a l m an u res to the soil; put back all crop residues and grow deep- rooted legum es reg u larly in the ro tation and feed them generously w ith fertilizer carry in g phosphate and potash. Mother Knows a Best! PORTLAND, Ore.—Dynamite, • « • stolen from a cache at a rock The Andrews siste rs have sung quarry, was being sold for a som e rapid tongue tw isters in their penny a stick by a local juvenile tim e, but P a tty Andrews says ring, police reported in warning "S ab re D ance" is the hard est yet. Portland parents that some of it M erely hum m ing it Is a task be may have been stored in homes. ' cause of the tem po and melodic The police broke up the ring) after Patrolman Earl Shinn had ran g e. The vocal velocity is seven found a 17-year-old boy with six sy llables a second and the breath stick# of dynamite, for which he ing in terv als a re especially hard had paid six cents. The boy led to m a s te r; hours of reh earsal are police to a rock quarry where the needed. But "Club 15" listeners teen-agers had broken into a love it. • « • cache and scattered the explo-1 Clifton Webb m ay be getting a lot sives about the area. Some of the dynamite, the boy of publicity as a baby sitl Early Growth Stressed told police, had been thrown screen, but Danny Thom, against rocks in hopes of an ex th a t one of his e a rlie st ca In Raising Baby Pigs jobs w as as a baby sitte r, plosion. MUTUAL ASSISTANCE . . . This it a daily brother and sister act at the Israel Orphan home at Far Rockaway. L. I., N Y. The seven children from the same family, ranging from 3 to 8 'j years of age, help each other to dress in a hurry in their own vers on of the assembly line. DETROIT, Mich. The combi nation of women and a rat al ways makes news. This little drama was played against a met- ropolitan backdrop, with a Detroit trolley ear as the setting. 1 he <’haracters were Motorman Walter Williams, his near-capac- 1 of fern lale passengers, Tum W(xxlishev i and an untden- tiffed rn • Willis ms stoppe tits tr o lle y to At th at m pick up Woodishe ! A LL GOOD things come in threes, so they say. This threesom e of ’ good - looking crocheted potholders ! will add a zippy note of color to any tow n or country sum m er kitchen, j I Potholders at top of illustration a re of double thickness, crocheted in tw o colors of silky-looking cotton thread. T he w hopper-sized holder a t bottom : is m ade of thick cotton rug y a rn in two colors. While the a v era g e w eight of eight- week-old pigs is probably less than 30 pounds, a lot of pigs w eigh 40 pounds or m ore a t this age. On the c ontrary, m any w eigh as low as 20 pounds. These v a ria tio n s in w ean ing w eights h ave a m ark ed effect on the grow th-rate of pigs up to the tim e they a re baconers. The bigger pigs a t eight w eeks old a re the first to reach 200 pounds livew eight. Hog Self-Feeder How fo help your sick child GET WEU. FASTER . a s r e c o m m e n d e d in t h e i n t e r e s t o f c h il d w e l f a r e b y ROSE G. ANDERSON, Ph.D. Director of The Psychological Service Center, New K ai 1. The after-effects of your child s illness are often more important than the illness itself. Pampering, catering to w him s, o versolicitude teaches a child to dom inate through weakness. Such well-meant kind ness may prolong his convalescence. ■ 2. You’ll be smart to help him amuse himitlt. Give him something which ■iocsn’t require an adult's constant attention. Give him your “Eveready” flashlight. . . or get him one of his own. If he tires of flashing the beam, or flicking out imaginary signals, then.- 3. 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