Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, October 25, 1945
Iron Across length
When ironing, press with tha
length rather than across the width
of fabric wherever possible. But tf
a skirt, slip or nightgown is cut on
the bias, then iron on a slant, along
the grain or straight of the m ateri
al. This w ill prevent the stretching
and sagging which makes hems un
even.
cotta« uanaaga
Tewel Lnnaderlag
Most of the ginning damage to
cotton occurs during the first threa
to four weeks of the ginning sea
son.
Tho cotton Is "green" and
damp because of the high moisture
content of the seed.
Increased use of towels means
more frequent laundering.
Hang
towels straight on the line rather
than by a comer, After using bath
towels, spread them out on racks to
dry Instead of folding or bunching
them. Never pile wet towels on the
floor or In a laundry bag Soggy
towels can mildew overnight tn hot
weather.
Cotton Pickers
The leaves of the cotton must bo
whether there’s been a car stolen, have thought of that, Joe,” he said.
and let me know.”
But Dane retorted;
“ We don't removed by chemicals In order for
Keeps Mouth Shut
P a lm W in e
know
the
car's
therel
That's
Just a picking machines to do the best
When
Quill
was
gone.
Tope
turned
The reason a dog has so many
Jobs. Cotton Is easily stained by
Fermented palm wine is often
to Adam.
“Son, you know where stab In the d a rk ."
friends is that his tail wags instead
these quarries are?" *
“ Why, that's righ t," Tope agreed green leaves and this makes dyeing used as a yeast substitute for
of bis tongue.
bread muking in Liberia.
" I can find them ."
readily enough, “ But I tried anoth of tho cotton difficult
“Get Miss Dewain to drive you er stab," he continued. “Quill helped
C sn n rd C a rp
Garden Superstition
up there," Tope directed.
"That me on this too.
I asked him to
A
Minnesota
manufacturer is
As
late
as
1740.
people
in
New
Eng
way, you can enjoy yourself and find out whether any car had been
help me too.
Take a flshingline stolen around here. Well, there was land thought potatoes would shorten about to ran carp and market it.
grated, tuna-style, under the name
and a sinker and make some sound one, belonged to a man named Hol- men's lives and moke them un
WEST MONROE. LA .—Mrs. Carl
of
“Lakrflsh "
healthy
ings—see if you can locate anything dom, has a summer place down near
C. Allen of West Monroe, Louisi
in the quarries that might be a car. Ridgcomb.
It was taken Friday
ana, has an interesting story to tell
Look for tire tracks on the road."
night, out of the garage.
Nettie
about how she discovered Fault
“ I came up to get some fresh Pineyard — she’s Holdom's. house
less Starch. Here is what she
vegetables for dinner," Bee rem em keep er-says Mrs. Kell, the chauf
wrote:
bered. "Adam, come help me. Then feur’s wife, drove it aw ay.”
"Last week .m y husband
we can go."
He hesitated; but no one spoke,
CHAPTER V
brought home a box of Fault
So she and Adam departed toward and he went on:
less Starch. I decided to use
“Saturday morning, Holdoin tele
the garden, and the Inspector and
''M rs. Priddy was busy Saturday,
it, thinking that all starches
Mrs. Tope got under way; at once phoned from New York to the po
so 1 made the beds, changed the
were about the same. You can
he proposed: “ Now m a'am , we'll lice in Ridgcomb that the car had
■ linen. I smelled this same musky
imagine my surprise when I
drive down to Ledforge's summer been stoieir." He turned to Quill.
smell on one of the pillowshps in
place and see what they say th ere!" “Ned you go call up your friend, the
egan ironing. My Iron fairly
; Little Bear. Oh, I ’m sure of it.”
ew and I was finished in no
She assented; but first he bade insurance man—see if he had insur
"Who were they?" Cumberland
her stop at the M ill; and he went ance on that car and whether Hoi-
time. My clothes were so
asked.
to talk with Priddy for a while. dom reported the theft to him to«.”
bright, with no rough starch
“ I don’t know,” Bee confessed.
blotches to mar their sleek
Quill disappeared and Tope spoke
" E a rl Priddy took them to the cab
ness. 1 felt I just had to tell
more softly: “ Didn’t want Quill to
in. They came late F rid ay night
you how wonderful your starch
hear what I'm telling you now," he
and left very early.
I didn’t see
is. My husband was just as
said. “ But Mrs. Tope here saw Led-
them at all. But I'm positive about
proud as I when he saw his
forge, the U tilities man that lives
the sm ell."
shirts. I wish all women could
down below Ridgcomb, at a meeting
Taere seemed no more to say.
just try your product.”
once, and she saw the dead man
They moved out of doors again, and
this morning. She thought he was
Now there is a thoughtful hus Cumberland asked heavily: “ What
Ledforge!”
band.
That box/ of Faultless did they do to him. Doc? How’d
Cumberland leaned forward, and
Starch really meant more to Mrs. they kiU him ?”
Dane leaped to his feet. “ Ledforge!"
Allen than a box of candy—and
Doctor Medford said unsteadily:
he whispered hoarsely. "By God
here is why:
“ I can stand most things all right;
frey! Say, if that's so— ” His eyes
SAVE 468 MINUTES A YEAR
but this gets m e.”
shone.
Let's say it takes ten minutes to
And he continued, without prompt
But Tope said m ildly;
“ W ait a
make hot starch when you have to ing: “ It was more or less luck that
minute. M r. Dane. I only said that
cook it and stir it over a hot stove. I hit it so soon. I didn't find any
Mrs. Tope thought the dead man
But you can make hot Faultless wounds, knife, bullet, nothing like
was Ledforge. But Ledforge is in
Starch in a minute. That means that; so I went into the abdomen,
New York. He was at a bank di
you save nine minutes each time thinking of poison. I found the an
rectors' meeting there this morn
you make it. I f you wash only swer there.”
ing."
once a week, in one year you would
He hesitated and Cumberland
Dane made an exasperated ges
save 468 minutes, or seven hours urged: “Go ahead, Doc."
ture. “ Well, for heaven's sake, if
and forty minutes. Would you
The Doctor said grim ly:
“ All
it's not him, why set off a skyrocket
rather have a box of candy or a right. I t ’s hard to believe; but this
here?"
box of starch that saved you bet man died of peritonitis, from a rup
But then Quill returned. "Charley
ter than seven hours a year?
tured appendix.
Rupture resulted
Fay had the insurance on the
from a gangrenous condition pro
coupe.” he said. "But he hasn't any
SAVE 26 HOURS A YEAR
duced by a crease in the omentus
report about its being stolen.”
And that isn't all! Many people that bent a fold in an artery, the
Tope nodded, and gently he dis
tell us that Faultless Starch makes way you do a hose, and shut off the
missed the trooper. "Y ou’ve been
it possible to save half their iron blood supply. That's how he d ied!”
a lot of help. N ed,” he said.
“I
ing time. Let’s be conservative
wish you'd drop in at Dewain’s M ill
For a moment no one spoke, till
and say that Faultless Starch
and see tf Adam's there. Tell him
might save you half an hour each Cumberland muttered:
I ’ll be there soon.”
"Then it ’s not murder. Tope!"
ironing day. In a year you would
So Quill departed; and Tope looked
T ie Inspector said im patiently:
save twenty-six hours of hard iron
at Cumberland.
‘T h e y tied him up. gagged him, left
ing time! Which is best—a box of
“Now. I want to do a little tele
him half-smothered with a blanket
candy or a box of Faultless Starch?
phoning. M a t," he said. "M ind if I
around his head when he was run
Why go on starching and ironing
use your name?" Cumberland as
ning a tem perature and pretty sick
"They put him under the bed
the hard way when you can do it and needing a doctor quick. If that
sented silently: and Tope put in a
F
a
ra
w
a
y
.”
the easy way with Faultless Starch.
call for Police Headquarters in New
wasn't murder, it was tile next thing
Or, better still, ask your grocer
When he returned to the car, there York.
to i t ! ”
ior a box today. You deserve
While they waited, "There arc two
“ Manslaughter, m aybe,” Cumber was a deep excitement in his eyes;
Faultless Starch, too.—Adv.
but he only said: “ All right, let’s or three things we ought to know,"
land admitted.
“ W ell,” Tope suggested, “ suppose go along.” Not till they were on Tope explained. "K ell was at Hol-
it was you that had fetched this man the road did he explain. Then he dom’s F rid ay night; but he left, and
to F araw ay and left him there to told her: "Some one else is on this Mrs. Kell hasnZt been back since she
drove the car away. I'd like to know
die. Wouldn't you be worried for tra il we’re running.”
where they are. And there's anoth
“ Who?”
fear some one had spotted you?”
And Your Strength and
’It was d a rk ," Cumberland re
“ Those two men last night. Whit er thing: There was a man named
flected.
“ I ’d have kept m y hat lock and Beal! Whitlock told Prid Whitlock at Dewain's M ill last
Energy Is Below Par
pulled down, m y collar turned up.” dy he was an insurance agent, said night, said he represented the insur
It may be cauaed by disorder of kid
ney function that permits poisonous
“ How about the car? Wouldn’t you he was trying to trace a stolen car— ance people, trying to trace a sto
waste to accumulate. For truly many
people feel tired, weak and miserable
be afraid Priddy might rem em ber a Chevalier coupe, pale gray with len car. The way he described it, it
when the kidneys fail to remove excess
the car?” Then, putting himself in blue trim . E a rl told him a car like was this car. But if Hoidom hasn't
acids and other waste matter from the
reported it to the insurance peo
blood.
the other man's place. Tope went that was here F rid ay night.”
Y’ou may suffer nagging backache,
“ Is that the one with the English ple— ”
on: “O f course, maybe I ’d steal a
rheumatic pains, headaches, dixxiness,
"W here is Whitlock?” Dane de
(Take no augar,no thortening!)-
ttin | up nights, leg pains, swelling.
car to do the job. M at, have you man?”
me times frequent and scanty urina
manded.
"H e sounds fishy!”
“
Y
e
s
!”
had any reports of a car being sto
These delicious, new all - bran muffins two-thirds fall and bake In moderate
tion with smarting and burning is an
“He got away before I found out
other sign that something is wrong with
“ Did E a rl get the number of the
len around here?”
made with chopped dates will have a ly hot oven MOOT.) about 20 min
the kidneys or bladder.
what he was up to,” Tope confessed;
big appeal for the "sweet toothers" In
car?"
“
I
wouldn’t
know
about
that,”
utes. Makes 15 light, luscious muffins.
There should be no doubt that prompt
and Dane made a disgusted gesture.
your family! They’re so moist. And
treatment is wiser than neglect. Use
Cumberland confessed. “ Ned Quill
“
No.
but
he
says
it
was
a
coupe,
Doon's Pillt. It is better to rely on a
Then
the
phone
rang,
and
Tope
took
they're
so
tender—so
good.
That's
be
would, though. The State police get light gray. He didn’t see the man’s
medicine that has won countrywide ap-
cause KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN Is milled
the instrument.
Good Nutrition, tool
roval than on something less favorably
all those bulletins.”
face, or the woman's. They drove in
nown. Doon's have been tried and test
extra-fine for golden softness.
“Hello, Pat?” he said in friendly
ed many years. Are at all drug stores.
late, and Priddy had to get out of
all - bran 1» made from t be v it a l outer
“ Where is he?"
3 cups Kellogg’s
1 cup sifted flour
tones. “Tope speaking. Tope! Tope,
Get Doon s today.
layers o f flneat wheal—contain» a
"Asleep inside. He was up all bed. He took them tcF L ittle Bear.
all - iram
1 teaspoon soda
conerntration of the protective food
you
young
whelp!
How
are
you,
night.”
The man gave him the money for
' i cup molasses % teaspoon salt
element« found In
Pat? H aven't seen you in five years ' 1’.4 cups milk
’ a cup chopped
"Well, send him out,” Tope di the cabin without getting out of the
the whole grain.
1
egg
.
.
.
Sure,
you
heard
right!
I
was
dates
One-half cup pro
rected. The District Attorney went car, and Priddy went back to bed;
m
arried
a
year
ago.
Still
on
my
vides over >4 your
Add xzllogq ’ s all - bran to molasses
into the house, and after a moment but he says the man was small, and
d a lly m in im u m
honeymoon.”
and milk and allow to soak for 15
Ned Quill appeared, elaborately that he talked like an Englishman—
need fo r Ir o n .i
He became serious. “ But Pat, lis minutes. Beat egg and add to first
Serve K e llo g g 's /
whatever that means! And Priddy
rubbing his eyes.
mixture.
Add
sifted
dry
ingredients
ten. I'm speaking from M at Cum
a il - bran dally I
RsHeved in 5 minutes or double money hack
Tope spoke to him. “Get any rest, says the car had blown out an ex berland’s office. He's the D.A. up and fruit. F ill greased muffin pans
When excess stomach acid causes painful, suf focal*
haust gasket. He heard it puffing.”
did
you?”
in s S>s. sour stomach and heartburn, doctors usually
here in Highland County. Massa
prescribe the fastest*actins medicines kr.own fo r
“ S ure!” the trooper told him He added: “ I had to go at Priddy chusetts, yes. North Madderson is
symptomatic rehef — medicines like those in Bell-ans
ea'sy,
so
he
wouldn't
realize
I
was
Tablets. N o laxative. Bell ans bnnss com fort in a
cheerfully. “ A good three hours!”
the town. He wants some inform a
jif f y or double your money y back on return o f bottle
Tope nodded.
“Quill, have the asking questions. T h a t’s what took tion.
to us ZSe at a ll druggists
O.K.? All right, take this
me
so
long.”
F
or
a
while,
then,
State police had any reports of a
down.”
car being stolen around here, the he said no more.
And he gave careful instructions:
F or several hours the Topes were
last few days?”
To find out whether Ledforge wa« In
busy
.
.
.
“Sure, cars are stolen all the
The Baking Powder
New York; to check his recent move
tim e .”
The District Attorney’s office was ments. What kind of hair-oil did he
w ith the
“ You go find out whether any cars in North Madderson, a dozen miles use? Was he in New York over the
from
Ridgcomb.
Quill
had
preced
have been reported stolen within fif
week-end?
Check up on Holonm,
B A LA N C ED
ed the Topes to announce their com
Creomulsion relieves promptly be ty miles of here since F rid a y ." Tope ing. M a t Cumberland and another where he had been, where he was
D o u b le A c t io n '
now.
cause it goes right to the seat of the directed. “Or since Thursday, for
man were here to greet them—a
trouble to heli
help loosen and expel that m atter.”
“And Holdom’s plane crashed
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
Quill assented. He started away; brisk young man, sure beyond his Saturday morning," Tope explained.
to sot
soothe and heal raw, tender, in but Tope detained him. “ W ait a years.
“ Pilot, named Bob Flint, was killed.
flamed bronchial m u co u s m e m
“This is Joe Dane, Inspector,” Down on the Sound somewhere. Find
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you m inute,” he said. “Something else.
a bottle of Creomulsion with the un You know the country around Cumberland said.
out what made tne plane fa ll."
derstanding you must like the way it here?”
“ Heard M at speak of you,” Tope
He finished, hung up the receiver;
quickly allays the cough or you are
"Lived here all my life—up to now. said courteously, his hand extend Joe Dane started to speak, and Tope
to have your money back.
ed. "Says he couldn’t get along looked at the young man, ® certain
*'We give this seal fo no one—the product has fo earn it/*
Yes, I guess I do.”
sympathy in his eyes.
“ Well then,” Tope asked, “ sup without you.”
says Good Housekeeping Magazine regarding this
“Son," he said, " I kn^w just about
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis pose you had a car on your hands
And he went on: “Late last Friday
famous seal. Look for it on every Clabber Girl package.
that you had to get rid of, some night, a little man who talked like how you feel—you’>-e itching to get
where around here, where would you an Englishman, and who had a wom action. I'm ten old to run around
an with him, drove up to Dewain's in circles; »Mt if you want a job,
put it?”
A
The trooper considered. " I ’d run M ill in a gray Chevalier coupe with here's srerething you can do;
it into the woods,” he decided. blue trim . They had this man that’s week a bp , Mrs. Kell drove down to
“ There are a lot of old roads that dead now under the rumble seat. Middleford and met Ledforge at the
nobody uses except to park in, on Priddy put them in the cottage train there. Where did they go? See
moonlight nights; and nobody would called L ittle Bear. During the night if you can find out, Joe.”
And he added: “W e'll know a lot
notice one more car among so they carried this man down to F a r
L y d ia E. P lnkham 's Vegetable C om
pound Is la m o u t n o t only to relieve
m any.”
away and put him under the bed more when we hear from New York.
periodic pain b u t also accom panying
You know pretty near as much as
Tope shook his head. “ That's not there.”
nervous, tired, hlghstrung feelings—
w hen due to fu n c tio n a l m o n th ly dis
good enough! Some one might spot
"How can you know that?" Dane I do, right now.”
turbances. T a k e n regu larly— I t helps 1 it the first day. Is there any place
Then the phone rang, and Joe
demanded.
b u ild up resistance against such sym p
where a car could be sunk in deep
tom s P in k ..am s Com pound helps n a
“ Well, I ’m guaranteeing it," Tope Dane took the call. " I t ’s for you,
tu r e / Fo llow label directions. T r y l t l
I water?’
assured him m ildly; and he went Tope.” he said, surrendering the in
strument. And they heard Tope say:
“
Well,
there
are
some
old
lim
e
on:
£ (Pi/n&ha/ntii cohkxjno
“ Hello . . . Oh, Adam . . . Good,
stone quarries, above Ridgcomb. I
“ They put him under the bed in
haven’t been up there since I was a F araw ay, and sometime before glad you did . . . It's there, is it?
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kid; but there’s always water in the daylight they pulled out. I figure Fine . . . Fine . . . Adam, did you
quickly loosened by Penetro—
Clessco.This famous remedy is specially prepared for chU-
quarries, and It’s gray with lime, that they’d want to get rid of the notice whether there were heel
G ra n d m a 's o ld -tim e m u tto n suet
dreu, eases sensitive liltie throat», helps eliminate phlegm
so you can’t see down into it.”
car. I'v e a notion it’s in an old plates on his shoes? . . . Good.”
id e a developed by m odern science
and promotes healing of irritated membranes. Children
He
returned
the
receiver
to
the
“
Any
other
place
that
would
do
intoaoounter-irritant.vapori»ing
quarry Ned Quill here told me
like its pleasant taste. Give your child the relief Dr. Drake’s
aalva that brings quick, comfort- i
the trick?”
about.
Adam Bruce has gone to hook. “The car’s in the quarry,” he
has brought to millions.
in g r e lie f. 35c. do ub le aise 35c.
said. "Adam located It. You'll want
“ N ary a one that I know of.”
see.”
Tope nodded.
"A ll right,” he
The District Attorney looked at to get it out, M a t.”
•greed.
“Now you go find out Joe Dane. “ You and me wouldn't
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T H E S TO R Y T H I S F A R : A dam B ruce.
F B I o p erato r, sad Inspector and M rs.
Tope m c l « h ila on va catlo a la N o rtk-
r a t t e r a wild». Top« dlsco vtred tha body
o l a m urdered m an a l the auto r a m p of
Bee D ew a ln . a frlea d of B ru c e ’».
He
ra ile d B ru r« , who brought Slat« Trooper
Quill. Vpoa the a r r iv a l of the D. A.,
N a t C um berland and D r. M edford, they
derid ed to keep th« m u rd er a » e rr« t a»
long a» poM lble. The body waa moved
to the borne of A m a ia D ew a ln for fu rth er
In v o tlg a U o n .
M r». Tope told her hu»-
band th at »be rero g n lied the body a» that
of M r. I.edforge. brad of N ew E ng land
u tilitie s. Bee stated that a m usky »m elt
on m urdered m an'» h a ir rem inded her
of someone.
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