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ON, SUNDAY, lUTGUST 6, 1933. Applegate Finds Fishing In Water of Quebec For Different From Home loxzaoi 0130 I013030E0 10XX01 MEDFOED MSTL TRIBUTE, :MEDF TV. MEMBER w WE DO OUR PART Nomtnlnqu. Province of Qube, Canada. Aug. ut, was. To the Editor: To MedfoM kid who moatly know how to fish, Nomlnlnqu would be a revelation. Last week we were Invit ed to go to tempt the wary poluen from Its lair. All the tackle we have la one piece of line about the size of clothe line, two hook, and a pair of girls glaas ear-ring for bait. Thia Impressive array of Junk was left in our llmozlne by the former owner. We left town about an hour before dark, and drove to a lake five or tlx nllea away. Before leaving, our guides equipped us with a can of worms and four bottles of beer. The game was to see If you had time to fish between glasses of beer. The lake we were using had no beach, so we perched ourselves precariously along the logs and rocks on the shore, un wound our lines, and dangled them enticingly before the fish. This prov ed to be old stuff to the flan, and they Ignored us, and all our works and pomps. Five or ten minute of this was quite sufficient for Applegate, so he finished his beer and started back a mile or two to the car. By this time It was dark, and the path had been moved, and the hill had chang ed position and It started to rain. After wandering about for some few minutes, the car was finally located, end he went to bed. The reat of the party came stagger ing In about an hour later, soaked, and sore, and sans fish. If there are any fish near Nomlnlngue they are 'too slick for me, and can stay in Nomlnlngue. I don't like fish any. way. Jack Murray and I went fish' Ing up on Butte Creek one time. We ate fish for dinner, too. We saw to that before leaving Med ford. We took a can of Sardine along. And even at that we had to walk two miles to find a can openerl Now that Jack and I are at last thru with school In Medford, the story can be told as to how we played hookey that day. I Juat stayed out of school on my own volition. Then t called up high school, and aald I waa Horatio Alger, and wanted a Mr. John Murray, who had been highly recommended to me, to do some very special work, which required hi very special talents. 1 11 bet Miss Klrtley didn't suspect that those talent were mainly the ability to cast a fly where it should be cast I Anyway, Jack got out on the atrength of It, and away we went In a ahower of small stones. Jack caught aeveral fish, but even moving down to the hatchery, like I did, wasn't enough to overcome the handicap of my bungling, and I caught nothing except hell at school the next day. Oh. well. Don and Dick went to a dance here last week. It was a squire dance, and looked too complicated for us. We just sat by and watched. But the people doing It seemed to be en Joying themselves. The square dances are occasionally alternated with what are known In Canada a "blues." Fox Trots, Waltzes and Drag, since we can't dance anything but the blues, we only get to dance occasionally. But eome of the girls from Montreal are swell dancers, so we had a good time, time. Nomlnlngue ha no paved street. and horse and buggy are the order of the day. One night we were In town driving around In the Dodge The lights, true to their reputation, wern't so hot. I waa playing with them, trying to get them to work, and I waa driving with Just the parking light. With no warning at all, the front light auddenly went on. They must have been broken. And there were two horses on the front end of a large and Impressive looking wagon bearing down on us. I swung the wheel hard and slammed on the brake. The tire squawked, the car skidded, the back end came up In the air, and the front went down on It knees, but we missed the nags, We have a lot of fun terrifying the horses. One day we scraped the muf fler off on a rock. Clear off. And did that old can set up an awful racket. We thundered thru town like an airplane, devastating a swath of horse the length and breadth of the valley. The poor thing would either stand and shiver and wait for .. t the end, or dash over a few fences and thru a few barns, scattering excited Canuck farmers and Rhode Island chickens all over the landscape. think they didn't care mijch for our Every night we go to meet the train The eternal "triangle" which grew so monotonous In Medford, namely Ap p'.egatea to Colvlg to DeVoes, 1 car ried on here by swimming In the aiternoon, meeting the train in the evening, and then going to the "mall," or post office, at night. Every one In town doe It. And so do we. The night the muffler wa gone w had words at the train, with the sheriff, who warned us against, "agin." aa our good judge would ear, disturbing the town that night. We did our best by idling along In low gear, but even so we msde an awful uproar. McOIll University, of Montreal, con duct a aummer camp for boy sear here. We have met several of the college kids, and have had a pretty good time over at their camp swim mlng and playing ping-pong. A little kid about ten years old almost took m over In a gam yesterday. Not that that is hard to do, bu a ten year old kid I One of the McGIIl kids, Everett Crutchlow. started to walk the three miles from town to camp. It gets pretty dark around here at night. ! end It always rain on an occasion I like that. He waa trying to find his way home thru the bruah with a, ' flashlight, and of course, the flash light went out. He threw It away, : and spent the rest of the night wan dering around thru the tulles. When j we saw him the 'next day he was Just j getting back from a canoe trip. And some people call that a vacation. j One of the kids at camp, Jerry Halpenny. 1 center on McOIll foot ball team. He told us that the for ward pas has only been In use for two years here, and they don't use Interference. It 1 all defensive pow- and no offensive. A game like that wouldn't be terribly Interesting to watch, I ahould think. There I a family here named Oreer, who live In Montreal. They have a home near the lake, and they most always have a house full of guest. They have two boys, Cordon, who is the same age as my kid brother, John, or fourteen, and Eddy, who 1 eighteen. We met them at one of the dances, and now we are staying at their piece. Juat a couple of beach combers, that's us. Gordon ha a great time herding the old Dodge around. Aside from hitting most of the rocks around, he does pretty well. Monday afternoon, Mr. Oreer took Don and me over to the MoGlll camp In their power boat. It Is useless. I suppose, to mention that It rained. It alwaya rain up here when you want to do something. It waa a nice day when we started out. The sun waa warm, and there waen t a algn of a cloud. Mr. Oreer wanted to know If we cared to take coat along, but we pooh-poohed the Idea. He, how ever, wise man that he la, took them anyway. Half way across the lake It started to ram. Just a sprinkle at first, then a drlEzle, and finally a real rain. Not a summer shower, but a real old win ter one. On the way back the motor wouldn't atart.' Outboard motor never will when you want them to. They're Just like rain. Mr. Oreer stood in the back of the boat and pulled on the starting rope for three quarters of an hour, while we rowed. When we were nearly home the thing started and ran perfectly the rest of the way. And soon as we were home It atopped raining. If we'd waited for It to stop It would have been raining yet. We'll be here until the tenth of August, and then back to New York. Maybe then we can get away on this world trip we've been hollering about all these years. It seems now aa tho we'd been on the high eeas for month, alnce we've had no mall alnce leaving New York, ana win get none before going back to New York. Air mail cost the sme from here to Medford a it does from New York to Medford, eight cents an ounce. I expected it to cost about twice a much. In fact. It's really cheaper, be cause they weigh the letter on a meat scales, and It It Is a bit over weight, they dont know It. We saw something funny yesterday. While out in the middle of the lake we met four guy in a row boat null ing another row boat full of hay. oee. it looked allly. Four men rowing about half a bale of hay. Don didn't get enough aleen lat nignt. He's sitting acre from me at Mr. Godard's desk sleeping. Guess we'll have to terminate this and get down to camp and have our bean soup. So long, till next week. . DICK APPUXJATE. FOR CONVENTION Medford'a Legion drum corps la practicing diligently these days in order to regain their old-time form before the state convention, which opens In Klamath Palis Thursday, August 10. Nearly every member of the corps has responded to the call for s local musics! organisation to represent Medford at the Legion cele bration and the present personnel eludes many of the old-timers. Under direction of Wilson Walt, who has charge of music and Lloyd Williamson. Ir chatge of formations, the local veterans are making excel lent progress and expect to be in first class shape for their many appear ances during the 3-day convention program. The Medford corps Is fortunate in again having as their drum major Lloyd Williamson, who is conceded to be one of the best drum majors not only In the state, but In the en tire nation. It will be recalled that the local baton artist led the crack Salem corps, now national champions, in tlie national contests In Dallas, Texas, and Louisville, Kentucky, where he waa recognized as one of the beet drum majors In America. The Medford Legion post Is making every effort to raise funds to finance the expenses of the drum corps at the Klamath convention, one project being the carnival, w&lch Is now under way In this city. Members of the corps who expect to make the trip to Klamath Falls next week are: Lloyd Williamson, drum major. Bugles Wilson Walt, Earl Foy, Val Slngler, Everett Br ay ton, Fred Fry, Shorty Humphrya, Fred Scheffel, Wal ter Looker, Everett Beeson and Jack Heath. Drums Herb Huaaong, James Rosa, Ray LtFevre, Elbert Coleman. Tom Relnklng, Ted Fish. Mack McKenzle, Lew Baker and Jack Moran. Dr. H. B. Knapp Chiropractic Physician Electro-Therapy Hydro-Therapy Rheumo-Pack for Rheumatism 149 E. Main, Ashland , Ground Floor D o D o MEMBER WE DO OUR PART The FOOD STORE and -the N. R. A. UMORS are flying thick and fast about the N. R. A. and much criticism has been directed to the food stores for insisting on longer store hours. The food stores agreed to observe shorter store hours along with other merchants and operated long enough to find that the real purpose of the N. R. A. would be defeated by observing the short hours. As for ourselves, we, with other food stores had been oper ating 72 hours per week and had sufficient employees for that purpose. To operate only 54 hours, less help would have been needed and instead of creating more employment we would have added to unemployment. x TIS TRUE WE HAD AGREED WITH OTHER MERCH ANTS TO OBSERVE SHORTER HOURS, BUT WE HAD ALSO AGREED WITH THE PRESIDENT BY SIGNED CON TRACT TO PATRIOTICALLY SUPPORT THE ADDED EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. One or the Other Agreement Had To Be Set Aside! A MEETING of the food dealers was called at which both chains and independents were present and all unanimously agreed to support the President, espec ially when the 48 hour week for food stores was an nounced by the Administrator. The food stores could not nor would they shorten hours to such an extent that the President's program would be defeated. This statement is not intended as a reflection on anyone as we believe all Medford merchants' to be sincere in their support of President Roosevelt's program. Many stores outside the food group have materially in creased their payrolls operating from 8 to 5 as they are sub jected to a 40-hour week, and the action of the food stores should not result in unfavorable criticism to anyone: Much propaganda has been spread about breach of faith by the food stores. I he rood otores have Kept the Faith With the President! Gates & Lydiard FOOD STORE HOURS 8 to 6 Week Days 8 to 8 Saturday aoc QEZXOl I