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Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, May 24, 1945 A Bell for Adano2 J o h n H e r s e tj TH K STORY T H I S FA R : T b * Amsrl- ra a troop* srrlveff at Adaao, a seaport In Italy, with M ajor Victor Joppolo. tho Amcot officer In chars*. Sergeant Barth, an M .P., was In charge ol secnrlty. The M ajor set out at once to win the con* dence ol the cittern* and promised to replace the town hell which (he G er man* had taken. General M arvla, chlel ol American force* In that section, was delayed at the outskirts ol Adano. by a cart driven by E rra n te liactano. The General ordered the cart thrown off the road and the mnle shot. He then ordered M ajor Joppolo Io see that all e a rt* were kept out ol the city la the luture. The orders were Issued against the wishes and belter judgment ol the Major. CHAPTER VII w n u water there isn’t any running wa ter here, you know that. The peo ple can't go out into the fields to work in the morning. Taking carts away from this town is like taking automobiles away from a country town in the States. You just can’t do it all at once. People w ill die I'm not here to k ill people." Captain Purvis evidently put up an argument. Finally the Major said: “ Purvis, I order you. on my authority, to star* letting carts back into the town, beginning now. I take abso lute and complete responsibility for countermanding General Marvin's order. . . . “ Listen friend, if we never took chances around here, this place would go right on being a Fascism All right, it's on my responsibility.” The three cartmen sat through the telephone conversation not com prehending. To judge by their faces they seemed to think that Major Joppolo was devising some punish ment for them. They had the habit of fear, and they thought that this man of authority would of course be exactly like the men of authority they had known for so long. Major Joppolo hung up. He turned to the three cartmen and said: “ You may bring your carts into the town.” For a long moment they did not understand. Then they stood up and began shouting and waving their caps. “ We thank you, we thank you and we kiss your hand," they roared. “ Oh, Mister Major, there has nev er been a thing like this," the fat one named Basile shouted, "that the Erba, like the town, had run dry. He turned to his friends. One of them said: “ Erba, the proclama tion, the m atter of being clean.” Erba said: “ Oh yes, the procla mation. In one proclamation. Mis ter Major, I forget the number of the proclamation, there are so many, does the number matter. Mis ter Major?’ "No. Erba. I am sorry, there are too many proclamations.” And the Major turned to Erba's friends, who were a little more intelligent and would understand. “ That is the fault of the authorities. I did not wish to post so many proclamations. That is not my fault. I am sorry. The number does not matter, Erba.” Erba said: “ The number does not matter. The proclamation says it is necessary to be clean. It says the people must be clean with water, and even the streets must be clean. Our streets, which have been the same since the tim e of—who was it the time of, Afronti?” Afronti roared: “ Since the time of Pietro of Aragona and of Roberto King of Naples." Erba said: "The streets have been the same. Now the proclamation speaks of being clean with water. There is much sameness which has accumulated on the streets since the time of those men of whom Afronti speaks. This being clean takes much water. My cart is on the other side of the bridge. Mister M ajor.” Major Joppolo said: “ The cleanli ness is very important. Erba. Let us make Adano the cleanest town in the whole province of Vicina- mare.” Erba caught the challenge. His eye brightened. “ We w ill do this thing, even if the sameness has piled up since the time of Jesus, Mister M ajor.” Then his eye went dull again. “ But my cart is on the other side of the bridge. You have said it may not pass.” The M ajor said: “ Let the next one speak. You. Your name.” And he pointed at the third man with his pen. Erba said: “ Thank you. Mister M ajor.” The third man jumped up. He was quite fat but comparatively handsome. His hair was plastered down with something off the axle of his cart, and his black coat was the newest looking of the four. “ Ba sile Giovanni, Mister Major,” he said. “ You wish?” "Their bellies are big ones with Basile spoke gravely and slowly. the gas of hunger.” “ Mister M ajor,” he said, "the worst of all the things about the carts is poor should come to the Palazzo di the food. You can see, Mister Ma Citta, and that their request should jo r” —and he ran his hands down be granted.” over the size of his belly—"that I “ Especially,” shouted the loud one am a man who can speak of food named Afronti, "especially without with understanding. This matter of a wait of two to three weeks.” the carts does not hurt me. I am " I t was not necessary to write like a man with money in the bank, you a letter,” Basile shouted. I have something to draw on in “ The police did not even examine hard times. But there are others in us,” roared Afronti. Adano who are not so lucky. Gali- The slow one named Erba finally oto Bartolomeo is so thin that you got out a sentence. It was one of can count the several teeth of his the few beautiful sentences he ever mouth even when his lips are closed. managed to say, and one of the The nine children of Raffaela who is longest. He said: “ When the people the wife of Manetto have big bellies, come and take water from my cart but their bellies are big only with to drink for their thirst, I shall say the gas of hunger. Shall I name to them: ’Thank the Mister Major, others who are very thin?” my friends.’ ” The M ajor said: “ No, go on.” M ajor Joppolo said: "Get out of Basile said: " I am the one to here. You are wasting my time tell you about the food and the «J and the time of all the people who carts. You have not seen my cart, are waiting outside that door.” And have you. Mister Major?’ he gestured impatiently at the men. “ I may have. I have seen many The cartmen went out, shouting of them.” and congratulating America. And then, with great craft. Basile The command post of the M.P.’ s said: “ There is nothing in all the was housed in the Fascio, the one- proclamations, even though it takes story building which had been the you a week to read them, which headquarters of the Fascist Party. says that the Americans came to It was simply a string of rooms fac Adano in order to make people die ing on the Via Dogana, just off the of hunger. And there is nothing in Piazza. The walls of the rooms all the proclamations which refers were covered with pictures of vari to such things as the dead mule of ous Fascist heroisms. Each room Errante Gaetano. Why then do we had a couple of desks, a filing cabi have this thing of the carts?” net, three or four uncomfortable The M ajor reached for the field chairs, and that was all. The build telephone, cranked the handle and ing made a very convenient head said: “ Give me Rowboat Blue For quarters for both the M.P.'s and ward.” especially for Sergeant Borth’s se While he waited for an answer, curity detail, because the filing cabi the M ajor said to Basile gruffly: nets contained complete records on “ Sit down. practically everyone in town, both “ Hello. This Rowboat Blue For party members and anti-Fascists. ward? Captain Purvis, please. . . . On the morning when M ajor Jop “ Purvis? Joppolo. Listen. . . . polo called about the carts, there "No, now this is serious, Purvis. were three men In the main office This thing about the carts. I ’ve of the M.P.’s. Besides Captain Pur made up my mind. By one sentence vis. there were Technical Sergeant General Marvin destroyed the work Frank Trapani, who kept Captain of nine days in this town. I know it Purvis's records and was more or may mean a court m artial, but I've less his secretary, and Corporal decided to countermand his order. Chuck Schultz, who was the M P. What? . . . on guard. “ I know I ’m taking a chance, but Captain Purvis put down the tele ,’ve got to do it. We can’t let phone and said: “ That Joppolo, 1 these people starve. . . . think he’s nuts.” " I have to do it, Purvis. This Sergeant Trapani said: “ What’s town is dying. No food can get into he done now. sir?” the town if the carts don’t come. “ Oh,” the Captain said, “ he's al The town depends on the carts for ways talking about democracy like r iA V u M * 53»Sft'’ :"'ÎÎS-“ _ S W IN G CIRCLE NKEM.ECR.4FT Pinwheel Medallion Easy to Do Due to «11 unusually la ig e demand anil current w ar c u n illllo u s . allghlly more tim e la required In tilling orders lo r a few of the moat popular p a llrrn numbers. Send your order to: It was hi* mother. He ought to re lax and have a little fun. Bet he's never been drunk in hi* life ." Kewln* Circle N e rd le rrs ft I)epi Corporal Schultz said: “ He can Cheaply Constructed Boa 1217 Nan Francisco 6. Calif. have this Dago wine.” He put hia Smoke House Useful Enclose 18 cent* for Pattern hands over his belly and mad« a Nn face. Building May Also Serve The Captain said: “ Besides, he’s Ns me For General Storage Use going to get us all in trouble.” aaa— e Sergeant Trapani said: “ What's he done, sir?” C E V E R A L types of smoke houses An Italian stuck his head in the are proving satisfactory The door just out of curiosity. kind of house to be selected w ill de “ Get out of here, Trapani, tell pend largely upon the volume of that wop to get out of here and stay meat to be smoked, ns well as off RaRavmf I n S inlriatas or rfawtoto aioaay back Whsns■ csss stomach » d d r t u * « painful suffusst- out.” Captain Purvis did not speak season use that may be made of Ihrf If as, sour stomach and hsartbur*. doctor a usually a word of Italian, and it made him the house. prwrrilM» Ih * fa«t»«t actin« m olldns* known for fVinptoaiaUs rv lls f- atstllciiMMlIk» Ihoev In Msll ana feci frustrated. Trapani told the , Where an " A ” shaped smoke luhlcta No leiatlvv Mali ana brlnga com fort In a jiffy or doable your monay back « • rvturn uf bottle house is used, the wall or sides curious one to move along. to us. Ito at all drugiflste. "The carts." Captain Purvis said. should he made of boards about 0 "Joppolo has the nerve to tell Gen feet long, in order to keep the meat eral Marvin he knows where he can about 5 feet away from the fire stick the carts, he wants them to The sloping walls should be spread come back into town." 1 feet at the bottom. The house ft Sergeant Trapani said: " I t wasn't feet long is large enough for the : a very wise order in the first place, smoking of a large number o( hogs. I think m-ybe the M ajor’s right.” usually the Canadian bacons, : "R ight?” Captain Purvis put his boneless butts and the bacons w ill i F A Z O IN t U I I S I palm against his cheek in a gesture come out of the cure three or foul ■ M illio n * o l p eop le s u ffr rlrn l from L IV E R Y crochet fun w ants to of amazement. "Why, man, Gen- .weeks before the hams are ready to j 1 make s im p le I’ lle * . h ave f«»OO»l nt least one heirloom relief w ith FAZO (Mntmcftl Hen ■ eral Marvin'U shoot him and us too. (smoke. w h y F ir s t. I'A Z O o littm e n t »«»olhra cloth. T his m edallion is ideal— Many use the barrel for smokinR I it H u n r r llr v r a p u l l What do you think this man's army suitable for either large o r sm all It c h in g S econd. F A Z O o in t m e n t would be like if everybody just did meat. The smoke should enter the pieces. lu b r íc e te » h a rd e n e d , d rie d p a rts — help s p re v e n t c ra c k in g e n d sore- what he wanted and went around barrel through a tunnel from a fire neaa T h ir d , F A Z O o in t m e n t tends countermanding orders every day? as much as S or 6 feet from the tu re d u c e s w e llin g a n d c h r* k m in o r The pinwheel m edallion is qu ick i barrel. b lee d in g F o u r t h . I t ’s easy to use. We got little enough discipline in ly m em orized; inexpensive in F A Z O o i n t m e n t 's p e r f o r a t e d F ile For the other type of house illus- our army anyhow without going F in e m a k e s a p p l ic a t i o n s lr .tp le , s trin g ; joins b e a u tifu lly fo r over th o ro u g h Y o u r d u c to r c a n te ll around ignoring orders, especially tra,cd. almost any material may a ll effect. P attern 7003 hus d ire c yo u a b o u t F A Z O o in t m e n t . be used for the walls. There should from generals." Captain Purvis had tions; stitches. S U R F O S I TOR U S T O O I been commissioned just eight be some small openings or cracks S o m e persona, e n d m a n y dec to re , at the top of the house. The house p re fe r Io use s u p p o s ito rie s , so F A Z O months. He was very m ilitary. com ee In h a n d y s u p p o s ito rie s also wails should be at least 7 feet high T h e s am e soot IU ng r e lie f t h a t "Yes. sir." Sergeant Trapani said. F A Z O a lw ays gives. He knew what to say when his Cap GOOD HEALTH tain started lecturing on discipline. Git PAZO Itday! At Dreisteres? Tour G ra a ta tt P o tte ttlo n "W ell. I got my orders." the Cap Regain it by being relieved ol Hemorrhoid» (Piles). Fla- tain said. " I got to go out and take aure. Fistula, Hernia (Rup the guards off the road by the ture). Our method ol treat ment without hospital op bridge and the sulphur works. But eration successfully used listen, I ’m not going to burn for this lor 33 years. Liberal credit terms. Call lor »«amination guy Joppolo. He's all right, but he's er send lor FREE booklet. just too serious. I'd sure like to O pen fve"»n^i, M on ., W ed., fri.t 7 Io 8:30 see him high just once.” Corporal Schultz said: “ Last night, Dr. C. J. DEAN CLINIC oh. I ’ll never drink that stuff again.” Physician ■ » Sargaon "Listen,” the Captain said. “ I M. E Cec. r Burnstds a n d G ra n d Ac*. K e e p th e B a ttle R o llin g don't want to get in trouble and you T s ls p h o n * EAsI 3911. P o rtla n d 14. Orogon don’t either. We got to carry cut W ith W a r Bonds a n d S crap this order and let the carts back in. but if General M arvin should drive back through this town, we’d all get • J FOR Q U IC K RELIEF FROM hung for it. Just to cover our selves, we'll make out a report say ing just what happened, that Gen eral Marvin ordered us to keep the Smoke Houses for Every Purpose. carts out. that Major Joppolo coun termanded the order. You make it The floor dimensions may be as out, Trapani, and send it to G-one little as 4 by 6 feet. Small one or two car garages have 1 of the division.” been used satisfactorily for smoke ' "Yes, sir.” Captain Purvis left. Sergeant Trapani said to Schultz: houses. The storm cellar or storage I “ That’ s a fine note. General Mar- cellar may also be utilized. It takes about 30 hours of cuntinu- I vin’s liable never to come back here, and if he did he'd probably ous smoking to finish the job on ( never notice the carts. But once hams. A small fire can be started you get the thing on paper, it’s just every morning and allowed to die a sure way to ruin the Major. And down during the afternoon, or the hFs so right about these carts any smoking can be done continuously way." Corporal Schultz said: “ Don’t King Tut Contributes bother me, I got a headache of my Pest Resistant Pea own this morning." Sergeant Trapani rolled a slip of purple paper, off a Fascist pad, into his typewriter. He wrote: “ For Lieutenant Colonel W. W Nor ris. G-l, 4Sth Division. “ From Captain N. Purvis. 123rd M. P. Company, Adano. “ Subject: Mule Carts, town of Ada no. “ 1. On July 19, orders were re ceived from General Marvin, 49th Division, to keep all mule carts out of the town of Adano. Guards were posted at bridge over Rosso River and at Cacopardo Sulphur Refinery. Order carried out. "2. On July 20. guards were re moved on order of Major Victor J Joppolo, Civil Affairs Officer, town i of Adano, because carts were essen- ' tial to town and town was in bad shape without same.” Sergeant Trapani read over what he had written. Then he said: "Schultz, listen to this, do you think this'll get the Ma jor in trouble?” And he read the re- ! At the A ir Forces Tactical center, port out loud. “ I thought that part , Orlando. Fla., may be seen growing about the town needing the carts a new specie of pea, “ King Tut.” f7 understand back home they’re saying might make it okay for the M ajor.” The original seeds from which “ What's this M ajor to you?” these vines sprang were placed by the war is over, ” Schultz said. " I f he can't have Egyptian priests in the tomb of King Tutankhamen. 3,300 years agf any fun, what's he to you?” "Speak louder— I can’t hear yu h .” Sergeant Trapani said: “ Oh. noth When Howard Carter found the peSs ing, I just hate to see a guy get in in the royal tomb of King Tutank S u re, B ill—apeak lo u d er. C elebrate lo u d e r, A m erica! trouble when he's trying to do hamen in 1922, he sent them to Eng land. A few later found their way right.” You’ll have to, to he heard above the bloody gurgles of Schultz said: “ Well, then, why to America, finally coming into the men who are dying at this very moment of our don’t you let the order get lost in production at the AFTC in Florida day of “Victory’’. . . the ghostly whispers, mighty in Captain Purvis’s papers? Don't both-' The department of agriculture pronounces them as a specie pre er me, I feel awful.” volume, of the men who died not to kill one nation but Sergeant Trapani looked hard at viously unknown in this country, or to kill all tyranny. Corporal Schultz. Then he stood up any place else so far as could be de Today our great fight is but half won. and went over to Captain Purvis’s termined. Japan, our final and most dangerous enemy, still lives. The remarkable thing about these desk and put the purple slip in the Japan still boasts an army of 4,000,000 funatieal, last- middle of a disorderly pile of pa plants, whereas the usual worms pers which Captain Purvis touched ^ ce and beetles continued to chew ditch fighters, with half again that many in reserve, only in adding to it. UP surrounding vegetation, they Japan's huge, ill-gotten wealth of Empire is still essen spurned completely the Egyptian in "Good idea,” Trapani said. truders. If further experimental tially intact. • “ You're Eyetalian,” Schultz said, “ what do these Eyetalians put in work bears out present ideas, the Japan still hates our guts. King Tut peas promise to become a their booze?” Today we can, if we choose, start breaking faith with Early the next week, Giuseppe the wonder crop in the United States, those who died. We can go on a fool’s orgy, get drunk interpreter came to Major Joppolo in some embarrassment. on our success so fur. Arranging Ideal Barn " I ’m a sorry, boss,” he said. Or we can, if we choose, pray for our dead, and for the The ideal barn w ill be arranged “ About what?” the Major said. lives of those who have so far been spared. We can stay "Boss, you say you want a go out ^or "circu la r travel” to eliminate with a blonde a Tina. I'm a sorry, dead-end trips and backtracking, on the job, buy another War Bond, give a pint of blood. boss.” ¡The doors and gates w ill be located We can choke back our cheers . , . and save our wind for “ I never said any such thing, Glu- ^or convenience, not from habit, the mighty task that lies ahead. seppe. What’s got into you?” ¡Hay chutes will be provided so thai Today is but the symbol of the many days to come. "Boss, you tell a me other day hay need not, bc ca rr>cd more you want a see Tina's old a man.” ,ban 15 Easy access to milk What are you going to do with these days? "Yes, I do want to see him.” |»ouse w ill be provided. Work room Prepared by the War A dvertisini Council “ I'm a sorry, boss.” | or ad tools and equipment w ill “ Well, what s that got to do with JC Provided Proper and adequate going out with tie blonde?” (lights w ill be provided in stable and (TO BE CONTINUED, jOarn. Have bedding handy. H EA R TB U R N PAZO ¿PILES Relieves pain and soreness j (Id llRf ill 1 ll>^ j M M SLOAN’S LINIMENT