Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday. August 25, 1949
DRIVER CAN TRANSFORM HIS FLIVVER . . .
Newest Models Have Built-in Parking Space
. . . INTO AN APARTMENT AUTOMAGICALLY
"
By H. I. PHILLIPS
Tribute to Soldier
onto the beach anywhere,
doir. We look for extensions of
USEFUL AUTOS
throw a switch and change it
the trend, bringing perhaps, the
HE latest trend In auto design combination
sedan.
deep-freeze
Into a beach cabana with cock­
ta il bar.
is toward a pleasure car that unit and rumpus room.
• • •
• * •
can be transformed, presto, Into
*M
r.
Twitchell
has other u tilita r­
Elmer
Twitchell,
the
emi­
something else. By little more than
nent engineer, is at work on a
button pressing one model is con­
ian models in mind for Detroit in­
design for flivving that w ill
verted into a truck or station
cluding the following:
give the summer auto tourist
wagon. Sim ilarly, another model
1. Fisherman's special. Here the
a car to be known as the ca­
has a trunk compartment that can
back-seat area can be converted
bana special. You can drive It
be made into something of a bou­
into a huge aquarium for live bait,
with a fish well for the day's catch.
The car itself is aquatic and by a
few wrist motions can be con­
verted into a motor or sailboat.
God Spoke to Me Today
As an extra there is a sun lamp
under which the fisherman can loll
and lie to one another in comfort.
| / OD spoke to me today,
• • •
Through the gray mist above the hills
2. The Loaf-a-Mobile. Here, by a
remarkable use of engineering
U
Before the day was quite awake;
skills, an extension can be whisked
Through the pink splendor of the east,
from the back end of the car which
becomes, as if by sheer magic, a
The lilac lights across the lake.
patio with flowered walls and bird-
He spoke, a voice within the wind:
bath. A palm tree can be had in
the deluxe model. Through this
The little gentle winds that blow,
model the problem of having an
auto, a beach home and a small
A bed of tulips in the sun,
yard is solved.
Each deepest golden heart aglow,
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3.
The
Kltcheny-Eight.
Lives
W ere God's own messengers to me—
there an autoist who has never
I love him so! I love him so!
longed to whip up a meal en
route? In this model M r.
God spoke to me today —
Twitchell gives the world a
roomy limousine in which the
His voice? Nay, I could not mistake.
touch of a button transforms
I hear him speaking clear tonight
the rear of the car into a com­
plete kitchenette with Icebox,
As the day dies and in the west
stove, pantry shelves, cabinets,
etc. A compartment for live
The crimson sun sinks from my sight.
birds is included in case the
Uncomraded awhile I mark
owner wants a fresh chicken
dinner.
Now far, now near the darkness grow,
• • •
Änd Io, he speaketh, "Child of mine.
4. The 12-cylinder What-Fun. By
When days and nights all passing go,
a few manipulations, taking less
than 10 seconds, this model, seem­
Still will I hold thee, still will keep—
ingly an ordinary touring car, is
converted into a police car with
I love thee so, I love thee so!”
all the traditional symbols and
GRACE NOLL CROWELL
sirens. The mechancial devices
which accomplish this change also
slap a police hat onto the driver.
There is no model as satifactory
as this to operators in a hurry.
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The Accordion-Kar. Here M r.
Twitchell has something which
T
ew spa pers curried « little
w ill be the answer to every
note nbout President Truman
auloist's prayer. It Is a model
driving his own cur to Leesburg,
which folds up when the driver
wishes to park It. All hands
Va., recently, but there wus no
other explanation of why he went
alight, a button Is touched and
there. Here Is the reason why:
the car contracts In the man­
ner of an accordion until It
Some weeks ago, Sen. Cabot
takes up little more room than
Lodge. Massachusetts Republican,
an umbrella. The car can then
wus visiting Gen. George Murshull
be left in hotel lobbies, home
at Leesburg, when the ex-secretury
hallways, or e v e n
phone
of state showed him the grave of
booths.
Col. Edward D. Baker, former U.S.
• • •
sen u tor from Oregon, killed in
(Note—Order this last one early. action during the C ivil War.
It is going to be hurd to get.)
The stone m arker was covered
• • •
with moss. Vines and vegetation
Race-Chart Stuff: Right Jab . . . hud grown up over the spot, and
Often gets left. T rifle . . . . Not General Marshall remarked to the
much. Swords Point . . . . Sharp. I senator from Massachusetts that
Shopper . . . . Apt to stop. Laurel It was a shame a senator from
Road . . . . Plenty green.
Oregon who had fought so gallant-
• • •
j ly should be so ungallantly re­
''Have nice, black, lady's suit membered.
worn three times, size 52; w ill
I.a trr, General Marshall re­
swap for maple sirup or maple
ported thia to President Tru­
things. JY 314 Mass."—Yankee
man, and some days later,
Magazine.
1 Senator Wayne Morse of Ore­
What would you say to taking
gon got a message from the
some flapjacks used only twice?
President telling him that a
• • •
form er Oregon senator lay un-
remembered at Leesburg, and
"For Sale — Thoroughbred
suggesting that they both visit
English Bulldog Pup. Price
the grave.
$75. Must make room for wife,
three children, cat, rabbit and
Morse accepted. But before leav­
horse. 459 J.” Clinton. N. Y.
ing, he sent over to the library
Courier.
of congress to find out more about
And you know how cramped
Colonel Baker. The library re­
these modern bungalows are.
ported that he was killed at Ball's
• • •
Bluff, Va., but buried at Lone
"140 Base
Piano Accordion, Mountain cemetery, San Francisco.
Chimes
watch,
38-caliber Colt Furthermore,
the
late Justice
automatic, 20-gauge shotgun, hock­ Oliver Wendell Holmes, who was
ey skates, diamond-studded Elks' wounded in the same battle, de­
button to swap for outboard motor. scribed in one of his books how
JY 315 111."—Yankee Magazine.
1 Senator Baker's body wus carried
Try cranking the Elks’ button back to the west coast—at that
again; it may start.
time an unheard-of trip for a war
• • •
casualty.
Ye ed hears that Olsen & John­
son have received offers to quit Truman as Chauffeur
Buick for Hercules Powder and
Senator Morse, however, had no
the du Pont Corporation . . . What opportunity to break this news to
do Olsen A Johnosn do when President Truman until the two got
they encounter a quiet zone? . . . in the White House car—a Lincoln
Maybe Mike Quill's excuse for —for their drive to Leesburg.
those fast strikes is that his brakes
Their firs t conversation was
don’t work. . . . A cutie from Caro­ about tlie fact that the President
lina Beach won the Lion’ s beauty was driving himself, the senator
contest and is Miss Lion of 1949. discreetly inquiring when the Pres­
ident had last driven.
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The
Fiction *
INEZ GERHARD
ARRY PARKS, who just finished
L
“ Jolson Sings Again" at Colum­
bia. shares a fondness for old
songs with his wife, Betty Garrett.
They have one of the largest col­
lections of player piano rolls in
America, also a foot-operated pi­
anola. So a party at the Parks’
means that everybody makes a
beeline for the rumpus room; with
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By
Richard H. W ilkinson
Corner
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BY
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TRAPPI Ll\
Time
Trapper Joe folded the note and
HE BLIZZARD, firs t of the sea­ ently Trapper Joe slept.
passed. The storm diminished in put it in his shirt pocket.
volume, died. The figure near the
“ Time Io celebrate," he said
aloud. ” 'Sides, I 'll be wantin’
bank and approached his cabin. fire stirred, sat up, listened to
to travel light so's I can reach
Midway across the intervening Trapper Joe’s deep breathing and
the Indian village in three days’
clearing he stumbled over some­ reached for a stick of firewood.
Trapper Joe returned to con­
tim e."
thing and almost fell. The some­
Before sitting down to his feast
thing, he discovered, was a man, sciousness to find himself bound in
almost buried by his bunk. He struggled at his bonds. he lifted a loose board behind the
After an interm ittently long time chimney and hoisted up a gallon
snow ,
uncon­
he freed himself, chafed his wrists, can. He opened the can and his
scious.
«Minute
Trapper J o e flexed his muscles. Then he built eyes lighted at sight of the yellow
Fiction
rolled the stiff up the fire. There was a note above gleaming particles of dust there.
He chuckled and replaced the
form over and the mantel. "Sorry, old timer. I ’ve
saw a huge pack strapped to the been dreaming of a strike like this can. "W ell." he soliloquized, "the
man’s back. He grunted, picked up for years. I ’m young and can en­ kid had a chance to play fair, and
pack and man, and carried both joy the money. There’s not enough didn't take it. If he'd been w illin ’
for two. I ’ ve tied you lightly and i to split I ’d have come half way.
into his cabin.
left enough supplies to see you ' I t ’ ll take him a week to reach the
Trapper Joe examined the
through the winter. Thanks for j post. By that time I 'll be safe and
pack and found that it con­
the
lift.”
1 sound.
tained five pouches, each filled
to capacity with gold dust.
There must, he reflected, be
thousands of dollars worth.
n R E S E N T L Y the blanket-swathed
*
figure stirred. Trapper Joe
stared down at it solemnly. The
unconscious man’s eyelids flut-
tered, then opened.
12. Place
ACROSS
DOWN
“ Take it easy, pardner," said
where
1. River
1. Dull
Trapper J o e. “ You’re coming
cargo Is
(Eur.)
8. Braid
around."
stored
2. F irst
ornament
The man stared at Trapper Joe,
(naut.)
stomach
on dress
then sat bolt upright.
13. Tricks
of
8. Precious
“ Where am I? " he demanded.
ruminants 15. Terror
stone
your cabin, but----- ”
3. Warp-yarn 18. Melt
10. River (Fr.)
"W hat happened? I remember set­
19. Blue
4. A t hand
11. Young
grass
ting out for the Post. It began to
5. Exhibitions
sheep
21. Ensign
6. A dwarf
snow. I kept falling. Then I saw
12. Impede
22. B illiard
plant or
14. H ail!
“ But you didn’t have the strength
stroke
person
15. A fortified
to make it. I found you almost
30. Live coal
23. Richly
7. Strange
place
dead. I lugged you back here and
31.
Vexed
ornamental
8.
Queer
16.
Storm-god
nursed life back into your body.
*32. Cunning
24. Speck
old
(Babyl.)
You’re safe, and so’ s your gold.”
34. Cougar
25. Departed
fellows
17. Fireplace
"Sure. Some of it spilled out.
37. D igit
27. Wash
(slang)
shelves
You must have made a rich strike.”
38. Turkish title
29. More
11. Escape
19. F oot-likf
“ I did. A pocket. 1 stayed too
40. Gulf (Sib.)
Infrequent
(slang)
part
late in order to get it all out. My
20. Owned
name’s Tim McLeary.” He eyed
21. A cry used
7
8
Trapper Joe curiously. “ Kinda
1
s 6
1 2
s *
In golf
queer having this happen; waking
22. Kind of
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9
up and finding myself alive and—
evergreen
up and finding myself alive and—**
26. Transparent
IZ.
13
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Trapper Joe nodded.
“ You’re
material
26. Below
wondering why I didn’t leave you
1»
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14
(naut.)
there to die and appropriate the
27. River in
dust, eh? Well, I considered it
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19
Chile
Then thought of what a chance I ’d
28.
Soak
flax
be taking. I thinks: When he
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29. Forest
wakes up he’ll see I saved his life
wardens
wakes up he’ll see I saved his life.
24
25
22
23
33. King of
McLeary brushed a hand across
BasUan
his face. His lips tightened. “ I get
27
it
1
(Bib.)
it. You were scared to snitch the
34. Cover
stuff. You figured I ’d give you half
29
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Z9
w ith cemen
of it on account of you saved my
35. A wire
%
life.
34
33
ss
measure
“ You’re a cool one all right.”
36. Age
lb
ie
McLeary twisted his thin lips
n
38. Capably
39. Town
Into a grin. “ Mebbe it was good
iVZ?
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(Alaska,
i9
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figurin’ at that. Mind if I take
40. S-shapec
a sleep? I feel sorta weak."
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42
41
molding ■
“ D rink some more soup first.
41. Rip
Warm you up inside.”
42. Poet
UTSIDE the storm beat and
PUZZLE NO. 1»
tore at the tinv cabin. Praa-
T
son, was roaring fitfu lly when
Trapper Joe climbed over the river
3
EflDSSWBHB PUHLE —
LARRY PARKS
cider and pretzels for refreshment,
and L a rry pumping the pedals,
they lift their voices in old favo­
rites like “ Sheik of Araby,” "Whis­
pering" and “ Moonlight Bay.” In­
cidentally, “ Jolson Sings Again” is
reported to be even better than the
film that made Parks famous.
Radio’s Galen Drake has finally
given in to the demands of his
listening audience; for the first
tim e in his career, he has given a
magazine permission to use his
picture, (fu ll color, at that!) with
an exclusive story. His multitude of
fans w ill be happy to learn that
“ This Is Galen Drake” w ill ap­
pear in the September issue of
Radio M irro r Magazine.
For the firs t time in his life
Danny Kayo is thinking of taking
a nice, long rest. In “ The Inspec­
tor General," at Warners’, he
wrestled with professionals, had
several sword fights and performed
assorted acrobatics.
Columnists are always reporting
that Howard ( “ Sam Spade” ) Duff
is engaged to somebody. The
weirdest "engagement" was to a
stage actress, Eloise Jansen—Duff
didn’t know her, finally found the
columnist had invented her.
Rotty Button was just recover­
ing from one injury — she broke
a finger while rehersing a dance
routine with Fred Astaire for "L e t’s
Dance" — wheel she broke a toe
while playing on the beach at M ali­
bu with her daughters.
O
M r. Truman admitted he
hadn't driven for a couple of
years, but said he still remem­
bered how. As the trip contin­
ued, It was evident that what­
ever the President lacked in
skill as a chauffeur, he made
up In zestful driving. With the
secret service men sitting ner­
vously in the rear, the Presi­
dent enjoyed every minute of
It.
Finally, Senator Morse broke the
news.
" I looked up Senator Baker of
Oregon.” he said, "and the library
of congress informs me that while
he wus shot at Ball's Bluff, he was
buried at San Francisco."
The Presidential c a r nearly
swerved off the road.
Recovering, Mr. Truman said
that General Marshall would feel
bad about bringing them all the
way to Leesburg for nothing. We
musn’t hurt his feelings," he
added. “ You leave this to m e."
So, after lunch, as General Mar-
ghall escorted the party three
miles away to the supposed grave
of Senator Baker, M r. Truman
broke the news that ho wasn't
buried there after all. General
Marshall wasn't entirely convinced,
however, and led them to the
grave.
Milk Products Add
To Turkey Profits
More Eggs Result
Of Judicious Use
Increased egg production of
nearly 25 per cent and an increased
profit of $2 57 per hen, as a result
of adding m ilk products to the ra­
tions of breeding turkeys, is indi­
cated In results of a feeding demon­
stration reported by the K raft
foods company.
Two sim ilar flocks of broad
breasted bronze turkeys on the
Lester Woodhams' ranch at Sonora,
Calif., were pluced on test at the
beginning of the season. Both
flocks were fed a ration consisting
of commercial breeder mash in
pellet form, some oats and a little
corn. One flock had 130 hens and
the other 204. Breeding and man­
agement of the two flocks was
identical. A pelletized m ilk pro­
duct wus added to the ration of the
smaller flock.
These turkeys show what ex­
cellent results can be obtained
by turkey raisers with use of
proper feed and control of
flocks.
Careful records of egg produc­
tion and feed consumption were
maintained from the start of egg
production. February 21, to May
26 when the birds were marketed
because of the lateness of the hatch­
ing season. Both flocks were pro­
ducing at better than 40 per cent
when marketed.
During the 94-day laying period
the 130 hens in the flock receiving
the pelletized m ilk product laid a
total of 6,257 eggs, an average of
48.1 eggs each. In the same period
the 204 hens in the control flock
laid 7.811 eggs, or an uverage of
38.3 each. This meant that the test
flock produced better than 25 per
cent more eggs Rate of production
was 51.2 per cent for the test flock
compared to 40 per cent for the
conrol flock.
Eggs from the test flock graded
91.6 per cent saleable for hatching
against 89.3 per cent for the control
flock. With hatching eggs at 32
cents each, this meant that each
hen receiving the pelletized m ilk
product produced an average of
$14.11 worth of hatching eggs, or
$3.17 more than the average for
the control flock, which was $10.94,
Ancient Beans
There they found that the
lib ra ry of congress was right.
The tombstone was merely a
m arker stating t h a t “ Col-
Baker was killed here, Oct. 21,
1861." There was no Indication
that he was buried there. In
fact, the bodies of 54 other fed­
eral soldiers had been removed
to a near-by grave.
General Marshall felt bad about
bringing the President and Sen­
ator Morse down to Leesburg on a
wild-goose chase, but they didn’t
feel that way at all. They were de­
lighted to have the excuse to get
away from Washington, and they
arranged to have a gardener tidy
up the spot where Colonel Baker
fell. No new monument, they
agreed, was necessary.
Note—Senator Baker, born In
England, served in the house of
representatives from Illinois, then
moved to Oregon about the time
of the gold rush and was elected
to the U.S. senate from Oregon in
1859. He enlisted in the 71st Penn­
sylvania volunteers, and was tem­
porarily commissioned a major
general.
Secret Lounge
The story has never been told
how the Democrats discovered a
secret cocktail lounge in the Cap­
itol building after they took over
from the Republicans.
The lounge was fixed up by ex-
Sen. Curly Brooks of Illinois and
his political protege, ex-Sergeant-
at-arms Edward McGinnis, in one
of the historic rooms of the Capitol.
When Brooks lost, Sen. Hayden
(Ariz.) found the lounge.
Indian beans from varieties
reportedly many thousands of
years old are being tested by
Cornell plant growers for quali­
ties that may help growers get
better crops. The beans came
from the Allegany reservation
and the samples are shown
here by T. L. York, assistant
In plant breeding at Cornell.
Superphosphate Assists
Effectiveness of Manure
One load of manure can be made
to do the work of two in topdressing
fields, if superphosphate is added
before manure is spread, says
Prof. C. J. Chapman, of the U ni­
versity of Wisconsin. He suggests
putting 25 to 30 pounds of super­
phosphate in the spreader as the
manure goes out onto the field, or
scattering superphosphate in ham
gutters at the rate of a pound per
cow per day.
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