Southern O regon N e w s R ev iew . T h ursd ay, O ctober 30. 1947
’Yes I ’m free this afternoon.
"A ren't bumps fun to look back
"Got a date then,” Jim m y im on!" she laughed.
provised.
"Have
to
dictate
at
lunch.
Chivalry
She could laugh a! bumps only
Mind going to Mike's place around
one meal and a couple of bucks
the corner?”
He hoped she wouldn't cave In away! She'd walk out of his life and
d iri. Soak In .lot. strong rpanm salts solu
By
tion. If vou live some distance from a doc
and have to be carried. But she begin starving again. Jim m y al-
tor. VOU should know how to meet home
GARRET
made it and dropped in a chair with m ightily didn t want her to starve.
emeriienetex
burns, nusetilrrd. fainting,
SMITH
convulsions.
a sigh that sounded contented Jim Jim m y alm ightily didn't want her to
Creomulslon relieve« promptly bo-
a e •
walk
out
of
his
life.
How
could
he
oaiwe It goes right to the seat of Ui«
my mumbled something about phon
Send 25 cents In coin for " P r a r llr a l In-
trouble io help loosen and expel
ing and hunted up Mike himself. help it? The query fuddled his bogus
Slrurllon for The Home Nurse" to Weekly
erin laden phlegm, and uld natura
Newspaper Servire. 24.1 Wes» 17th Street.
Jim m y knew the answers for too letters to theoretical publicity pros
j soothe and heal raw, tender. In
New York I I , New York. Print m im e , m l
L)Y NOON forlorn hopers in the much food and drink. But how did pects as Betty pot hooked them like
flamed bronchial m u c o u s m e m
dress with rone, booklet title and No 7»
employment manager's ante they treat a gal all out of practice? a streak on paper Mike furnished.
W hen Illness S trikes
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
• bottle of Creoinulslon with the un
room at Cromby & Co. boiled down And not let her know it? He told She had to tinker his sentences.
Mother Becomes Nurse
derstanding you must like the way it
to Jim iny Wheeler and the "Plucked Mike all.
Suddenly a thought popped up like
quickly allays Ute cough or you a n
Ä 4 /7 T * • SMOOTHCK'
Chicken." They had simmered since
;
-,
"You start her easy. Mr. Wheeler. an unexpected check. Why not
to have your money back.
nine, waiting to be hired or to hear. Leave it to m e."
really m ail those letters? He might
"We ll file your application and let
Jim m y returned to their table as land free lance work and keep on DEW A KE of rusty nails. P a r
*1
ticularly, if one hus punctured
you know if anything turns up." .....
for Coughs, CI.es» Colds, Bronchifil
Mike brought cups of golden bouil- using Betty!
the
skin
for
it
can
be
treacherous,
Jim m y put the first of these chances Ion.
Look here,” he said. "How about .
_______________
F ° r em ergency
treatm ent,
cleanse
at less than hundred-to-one shots.
"W on't you try our new special on a regular job, if we're satisfied after wound
w ith soap and w ater and |x.ur In
Odds had reversed on him since !
house?" Mike invited. "Shall I swapping references? My office is peroxide to boll out particles of rust and
B u y U . S . S a v in g * B o n d s !
[ u n < h * o « f x x i * n i p ^
that independence day two weeks A* up » nice little lunch as usual, under my hat yet. but I'll find a
ago when his ex-boss had spoken Mr. Wheeler?
cubby-hole."
overwarmly and Jim m y's free soul
Jim m y deferred to Miss Bond.
Betty's former employer told him
chased Jim m y off the payroll.
She was already sipping her bouil over the phone she was as good as
lon
blissfully.
As for the Plucked Chicken, Jim
Jim m y thought, lost her job only be- 1
my considered the Old Run-around
formula a sure thing. He hadn't
• ï
,• J
given her a second look for fear he'd
feel sorry for her. No name to put
to a maid in distress, the form erly
chivalrous Jim m y admitted guiltily, ■
But he'd seen too many such lately.
He d soured on the sex anyhow
since his boss's secretary lied her
self out of a jam and him into one
after he'd stood up for her. "That
chivalry complex of yours is a nui
(IN S A T IO N O f T H I
sance!” the boss had roared. Old
•■io ioa-
Fletcher needn't worry.
Jim m y
agreed with him now.
The assistant manager gave J im
EXPERIENCE
my a blank to fill and turned to the
Plucked Chicken. Elizabeth Bond
THE
was her name actually. Someone's I
B E S T TEACHER
private secretary once, would grab
a typist job now. "We have a long
, - I N AERIAL ACROBATICS
waiting list. I ’m afraid it isn’t worth
\— IN CHOOSING A CIGARETTE TOO.
while calling again" was all she
drew. Not even the Old Run-around!
I TRIED MANY BRANDS
Jim m y
handed
in
his blank.
"Thanks." said the assistant. "W e'll
- C A M E L S S U IT
file yoyr application—"
" —And let me know if anything
ME BEST/
turns up,” Jim m y finished. He won
"She sw ayed and would have fallen if Jim m y hadn't caught her.
dered how many such days his hun
dred-buck reserve would stand, as
"I'v e a feeling anything here’ll be cause the company failed. Jim m y
he followed Miss Bond's wake.
good.” she agreed and set down her persuaded her to take expense
The g irl was waiting for the ele empty cup.
“ I ’m a pig! Just
vator, a fragile arm braced against couldn t help it,” she added wist money and a week's salary in
advance, by pretending he'd be
the wall. The dim light here fully, with a blush.
away on business most of the week.
softened the cheek-bone, hid worry-
Jim m y grinned. “ Won't have ste
lines and ash-grey bleakness. Why nographers who aren’t good feed Betty had a feeling this was all the
reference she needed from him.
she was class, a beauty once, be ers.”
Jim m y didn't argue. Old Fletcher
fore she began starving to death!
She laughed. Jimmy heard silver
The elevator came and she swayed bells. Her bouillon worked fast. Vio might say something sour if Jim m y
toward it. would have fallen if let eyes stayed alive now. Jimmy I referred her to his ex-boss.
Jim m y hadn't caught her.
But, at parting, qualms began to
would like to spend a week feeding
J wriggle around in Jimmy.
"Thank you. I'm clum sy!"
this girl. He had learned she was
"Look here,” he said. " I f you get
Her face lit and Jim m y looked called "B e tty ." Jim m y thought
into deep violet eyes. Then face and "B e tty " was his favorite name. By a chance at a better job. take it ! "
"1 ve a feeling you may back out
eyes went dead again. She’d keel the time Mike brought second aid.
over on the street, he worried. No he had her talking. He liked it. No ’ if I don’t run,” said Betty.
breakfast probably. He must do whining. She was alone and on her
A F T E R Betty ran. everything
something quick. At the street door own like himself, flotsam and je t
went greyish. The impossible
Jim m y clutched the germ of an sam from small towns. Jim m y told didn't seem as possible. It seemed
idea.
job-hunting yarns, too; made them plain impossible later, after long
“ Pardon me. Aren't you Miss light, set them in a remotish past. hours of hammering at his best pros
Bond—in Cromby’s just now? They 1 She loved the one about the boss’s pects. The only spark he struck was
said you might do a letter or so for ' secretary who balled up her letters "Come and see us after business
me. I ’m James Wheeler. Publicity which Jim m y corrected until a prize picks up." By five Jim m y hit bot
man. With the Fletcher bureau bull slipped by and the boss got tom. He started home deciding he'd
once. Cromby had another good typ wise. "And I was the one the boss just tear up those letters Betty had
ist on their list but couldn't reach bawled out." Jim m y added. "Called agreed to send over by messenger.
it my fault for coddling the girl and But the letters weren’ t there, the
her. Leaves me in a ja m ."
spoiling her.”
hall man reported. Jim m y thought
Her eyes widened warily then
That was while they sipped demi- that over, feeling as if somebody had
turned eager.
tasses.
kicked him. Stung again! Neat lit
tle game! That reference he called
up. a plant, of course. He ought to
More than Seven Million Pound«
have seen she came out of her
of Produce! T h a t la the production
record C h am p io n Farm er H . L.
dumps a little too fast! He was a
fine judge of women!
M c K in le y (on tractor), and w m
D o n , I ’h ll, H a l and K e ith (not
Jim m y's phone was ringing as he
sh o w n ) made last year on 1100
stumbled into his apartment. "M r.
acres o f rich farm lan d near St.
Wheeler?” a remote voice said.
Horizontal
S o lu tio n in N e x t I sa a c .
A n «gar, Iow a. T h e ir record includes
This is Mr. A. B. Fletcher’s secre
2?t m illio n pounds o f potatoes from
tary.
Could
you
see
Mr.
Fletcher
1 2 3
1 Person with
4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11
135 acres, and a n early equal pound
out gentle
here tomorrow morning? He didn't
age o f choice cahhage from 100
manly
tell
me
to
call
you
but
he
spoke
12
13
acres. T h e M c K in le y s keep th e ir
instincts
14
about you today. Said he'd hoped
4 To confuse
soil h ig h ly fertile hy a five-year
you’d
be
over
your
grouch
and
back
15
9 Folding bed
16
rotation and the application o f 170
18
on your old job before this. I ’m just
17
12 Eggs
to ns o f f e r t iliz e r a n n u a lly . A n
tipping
you
off.”
13 Mole gray
extensive steer and hog feeding
19
20
14 Poetic;
"W e ll!” Jim m y exploded. "U h_
program turns corn and roughages
to unclose
say—you're not Miss Moseley?”
in to cash, and builds ad d itio nal fer
21 122
15 To arrange
È 23
i
24
25 26
Mr. Fletcher’s old secretary?
tility in the soil. T h e farm is h ighly
in battle
No. She’s left him. I got a feeling
m echanized. A ll eight tractors roll
position
i
28
29
30
from things I heard at luncheon to
17 To imbue
on Firestone Tires.
19 Slang: brisk
day there m ight be a vacancy
w
31
energy
32
1
where you said you used to work.
33
34
20 To bringdown
And I got a feeling you’d be relieved
on oneself
35
36
i
if I found another job. I bought bar
37
38
21 To stimulate
CONOM Y-M INDED farmers like Cham
gain clothes and tried it.”
23 Part of
39
pion Farmer H . L. M cKinley find
The
voice
trailed
off
in
silver
bells
40
“ to be”
41
42
24 Ancient
that
could
not
be
disguised.
Jim
m
y
costs
go down when they use Firestone
w
was beyond speech.
Anglo-Saxon
43
sss 45
Champion Ground Grips.
44
chariot
"Please don't be mad, Mr.
w
27 Rowing
Tests show that Firestone Champion
46 47
Wheeler.
You saved my life. I ’ll pay
implement
48
49 50
Ground
Grips clean up to 100% more
back
your
money.”
28 European
effectively,
pull up to 6 2 % more, last
mountain
51
"The
devil
with
the
money!”
Jim
32
53
14
system
my suddenly felt all right. " I ’ll be
up to 9 1 % longer, and roll smoother
30 Prefix; half
around if you think Fletcher w ill
55
over highway*.
>6
31 Japanese
57
have the fatted calf ready-and
measure
The reasons are simple. T he curved bars
you’ll have luncheon with me.”
32 Stupidity
cut
deeply into the soil. M ud falls easily
34 French
“ Maybe we'll have Mike cook the
No. 38
conjunction
fatted calf," said Betty.
and cleanly from the tapered openings
35 Principal
2 Hail! (Latin)
32 Baseball:
between the bars. Because the traction
45 Land measure
member of a
3 Spruce
an inning
46
Simian
bars
are connected, they’re stronger, they
theatrical
4 On the
33 Symbol f for
47 Confederate
Poets and Their Garlic
company
summit of
have
more tread rubber to push into the
tantalum
general
37 Widemouthed
5 To bark
36 Kettledrum
Homer had a sincere respect for
48
Poetic:
above
ground
and pull. This extra tread rubber
pot
6 Symbol for
38 Deer’s horn
49 To be obliged garlic, to which he attributed the
38 insect
gold
also
lengthens
tire life . . . makes tires
40 Doctor’s
to
estimable property of "dispelling en
39 Giant
7 To revolve
assistant
roll
smoother.
50
Man’s
41 Thus
8 Consequently
chantments.” With us, the Roman
42 Shoshonean
nickname
42 To release
9 Part of a
Although judged best by leading farmers
Indian
poet and bishop, Sidonius Apolli-
53
Symbol
for
43 To divert
meal
44 To stupefy
everywhere,
Firestone Champion Ground
ruthenium
naris,
born
at
Lyon
in
403
and
45 Siamese coin
10 Goddess of
known also as Caius Sullius, held
Grips cost no more than ordinary tractor
46 Belgian King
the harvest
A n s w e i t o P u t i i » N i m b o S7
in World
11 Golfer’s
garlic in such contempt that he
tires. Specify the “Champion” when you
War I
mound
wrote: "Happy the nose that is nev-
order
your new tractor, or when you buy
48 Tropical
18 To allow
er exposed to the poisonous exhala
18 Finical
American
replacements for your tires. See your
tions of this plant.” By the same
wildcat*
20 Spontaneous
nearest Firestone Dealer or Store today.
51 Edible seed
inclination
token, an order of chivalry, ignor
52 More certain
21 To defeat
ing ribaldry, exacted in its regula
Listen to the Voice of Firestone
54 Female sheep
22 West Indian
tions
the
agreement
that
each
every
Monday evening over NBC
island
55 Snakelike fish
23 Female sing
member should abstain from garlic
56 To habituate
Copyright, 1147, Tli» r in ito n « Tlr» A Rubber On.
ANY OTHER TRACTOR TIRE
(var.)
ing voice
and onions from January to Decem
#7 Russian
25 To rectify
ber if he valued companionship.
20 The aforesaid
This strange order existed in Cas
Vertical
thing
tile about the middle of the 14th
28 Molten lava
1 Im portant
29 Place for
century and the ban on garlic and
food fish
storing fodder
onions was said to have been placed 1
S e r ie » H-47
by the king.
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“ CAMELS ARE THE CHOICE
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More people are smoking CAMELS than ever before
Cham pion Farm er M cKINLEY Uses
firestone
CHAMPION ccp°,uPr
. . AND HE GETS UP TO 1 0 0 % MORE EFFECTIVE CLEANING
6 2 % MORE DRAW BAR PULL • 9 1 % LONGER W E A R ;
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