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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1933)
fEDFOTtD irSTK TKTBTNT:, rEPTOKD. OREGON. SUXDAT, OCTOBER 2D, 1933. Dallaire Casts Fortunes With Applegate in Jaunt Down South in Dixie Petersburg. Virginia. Oct. 14. 1933. Thta chronicle of event is some what late, but I'm. lucky to be able to write at all. the way we hit small towns that don't have type-writers in the newspaper office. The country la lull of them. Don anH I left Peru some time last week, and drove down to Crown Point, where Vic Dallaire was lurking In the underbrush somewhere. We found him at his uncle's farm, and he seemed mildly surprised to see two cron.es from the Coast. He was In the mlds of house-pointing maneuvers, a wor thy action to which we promptly put a stop. Re Is now an official mem ber of the squad, and Is out in the car eating as we go to precis. Even with his addition to the cor poration finances we still' haven't enough money to get home, so we're making a march to the sea somewhere In the vicinity of New Orleans. Vic and I have a bone to pick with a cop or two in Slldel, Louisiana, and we Intend to pick it. They picked us up and made us stay (I almost said 'sleep' In their filthy old Jail all night last time we were there as "danger ous and suspicious" characters. The Dodfie, which surprised Vic by being a fairly presentable automobile, Instead of an old wreck like Bob fipaldlng had last summer, Is func tioning in well shape, as we say in edford, and Is still using so much oil that we are contemplating taking the spark plugs out and making a dlesel motor out of It. We bought five gallons of oil at Montgomery Wards about five hundred miles north of here and It's all gone now. It Isn't because the oil la no good either. On our way down we stayed on the west coast of the Hudson, and stopped at West Point. There being no one there that we knew, we contented our selves with watching one guy In a football uniform showing off to a lot of girls, The regular squad didn't ar rive till after we'd been chased away for not being army officers or coach es, so that dose of football hod to content us. We camped not far from there that night, and got ourselves Initiated In the art of three giants sleeping In the same automobile. We're quite used to It now, and it Isn't so bad. At least, as Vic says, one can't very well fall out. (May I Interrupt at this point and mention that two newspapermen In the office from which this Is being written seem quite confidant on the point that we'll have trouble wlh Germany within a year. They are of ferine. In very Southern accents, to bet each other on that point, but since they both seem to be on the asms side, I doubt if any big money will change hands. Thank you.) The dsv after leaving the vicinity of West Point, we drove down to Philadelphia, and got ourselves pinch ed. It's more or less a lucky thing that we have a title to the Dodge, or we would be languishing In a Pennsyl vania Jail about now. I guess we do look kind of "dangerous and suspi cious," what with our unwashed au tomobile and faces, and back seat piled high with apples, camping equipment, and oil. Just before getting to Annapolis, be tween there and Baltimore, darkness sneaked upon us, and we had to males camp. We drove off the road down to the bay (Chesapeake), and ashed a farmer If we could camp all night.1 He looked kind of goofey, and proved It by aaylng yes. which Is a sure test In thla part of the country. At least people seem to think so. Anyway, this fellow looked goofey. and so did the rest of the family. It must have been a branch of the Juke or Kalll kak families. It rained that night, of , course, and we heard strange noises till morning. Nothing was missing ' the next dar, not even our heads, and you can't Imagine how relieved we felt. That day we drove to Annapolis and looked the plaoe over but George Winne, the only person that we know, now being in Medford. we thought It hardly worth the effort of looking him up. and left in an hour or so. If personal opinion has any thing to do with it, and In thla both Don and Vic agree with me, I'd rather go to West Point than Annapolis. Since any danger of my going either plaoe might be said to be nil. it needn't bother me greatly, perhaps the drizzling rain which transferred It self from Euene, Oregon, for the oc casion has something to do with our bad impression. The weather ha been terrible for several dava now. Cold and rain ani sleet. We have been In Virginia for some time now and the days are cold as the nights, which are too cold for Siberia, let alone the so-called South. 'Ever since we have left Pennsylvania we've been cold. Even Washington, whir a aiiDDoifd to have nice weather thla time of year. We didn't , . epend much time in the capltol city, i ' merely driving around the official buildings and the White House, and going up 'r. he Washington monu- ; ment. That m ,ke ihe third t!rr. up that thing for rr.e. A couple more times and I'll own it. Since leaving Washington, which we did by wcy of Mount Vernon, we've been following o'.d Civil war ' roads. All along the way are markers telling who fought in that particular , vicinity, and why, and when. Now that we are getting into the South we are beginning to see the use of : "we" aa:n to denote the Confed- I eracy. Every so often is some old building w:th scars from the fight- i ing between the blue and the gray. If It was as cold then as It is now. ; they mun have been fiahtlng to keep warm. A better reason that thr.t supplied for most wars, at thtt. Plsns for the continuation, and eventually the consummation, of our march are itm very tentative and : vaBue. One moment we are going to Florida and eat tarpon and rattle- ; anake, urid the next we are going to; Cuba and a stop to all ili.i bit.- ; erin; gomg on. Both will tJien be ' i abar.aonti. ir. favor of a trip ta Mex ico City, which in turn gives way ts plans to hurry home, said plan being promptly abandoned for lacfcof funds , It's more fun. beats cro word P'.ir f nd Jlc-saw stuff hollow. Ore nu-e fin e abo-.it it, V.:o VTi.vr. art ecld. and wet, and tur.j.;.,, and the car la sputtering for lack of fuel, and the rain oozes down our backs, we can always comfort our selves with the assurance that tour ing the country in an automobile is great aport and not to be beaten as a means of enjoying oneself. Haven't we the service-station literature and magazine articles to prove It? Go away, you nasty old man. We'll have a lot of fun out of this trip if it kills us. This town seems to be full of good looking young ladles who stream thru this office and gaze longingly upon my great beauty. But I am not for them. Not until I get warm, at any rate. How negroes can survive in such droves in this ghsstly climate la be yond me. If there is anything at all in the theory of evolution they will all be esklmos in another two or three years, tho. Upon asking if they had any snow around here, I was told "very little." In fact they had a acant six Inches last year, but even the na tive to whom I was talking had to admit that It was a mild season. Won der what the snow-fall in Tahiti Is For that matter, I wonder what the snow-fall in Medford is. But then, after all the yelling I've done about going to Europe, and such things I'm afraid to go back there. Couldn't get there anyway, so I might as well stop grumbling. We ve been looking for work all along the way, and finding none, with the exception of making the bed every night, and cooking, and steering the Dodge, which is no childs play, either. But then there Is no remuneration In that. We have made three dollars the last week In scavenger service, tho. When we see a stalled car along the road, with some befuddled old gentle man peering in a frightened way un der the hood, we sweep down on him like a bunch of Jackals, offer to help, get out and look under the hood In a very knowing way, cough a few times, put the loose spark plug or wire back on, or put the head back on the distributor, or remedy any other minor faults, then crawl under the motor, "tck-tck" ovir teeth, say a few "mmmm'a" ssk for a wrench or two, smear a little grease on our faces, and finally come up with a tri umphant look, make a few passes in the air. mumble incantations, and presto start the motor and receive heartfelt thanks and a dollar bill In the accepted bashfulness of full fledged mechanics. The method Is infallible; and has gleaned from watching hundreds of mechanics thruout the United States; doing the same thing. Sound; kind of heartless, but "bisness iss bisness.' One guy that we chose in that man ner really had something wrong witn his car, and we had to push him ten miles in second Rear before giving up. We stood around while he mentioned In a loud voice the fact that he had very little money with him. We knew he lied, and said nothing. I really think he knew we'd follow him home where he could get more, or he wouldn't have shelled out his buck. That ought to be enough pearls of wisdom for one sitting, so I'll cease this chatter and see if I can get In on a little of that food that Is being devoured by Don and Vlck. DICK. Edward Robinson in Rialto Film f , a- -. - v i When a tough gangster and rack eteer trys to swap his "rods." "can non" and "gats" for polo end pink tea parties, something is bound to happen with some hilarious results. Edward G. Robinson scores his first great comedy hit in "Little Giant" playing at the Rialto theatre ior three days, a story of a hijacked cone high-hat. Mary Astor, Helen Vinson and Russell Hopton have fea tured roles. Lee Tracy Scores Holly Hit PAOE FIVE Double Bill at Hunt's Craterian r v .9,' A i" f . ( : w j v Wtc. 1 tit rt? t V C4A H,i. t-, ; LEE TRACY With Jean Harlow and Lee Tracy i co-atars heading an impressive case, "Bombshell" opened Saturday at the Holly theatre to provide the heartiest chorus of laughs of all re cent film productions. Cecil and Sallv, lnternatlonallv famous radio stars, appear in per son at the Craterlftn theater today only, on the stage In a two-act sketch "The Funniest Things." With them are the others of their com pany who are also well-known to .ir fans: Aunt Bess. Uncle Thomas, the Widow Mason, Doctor Morgan, Mr. Gilllwater and others. On the screen, W. O. Fields and Alison Sklpworth are featured In "TiUle and Gus." Having stolen .scenes from practically every star in Hollywood, the studio decided to co-star these players and let them run the gamut of comedy and try stealing the picture from each other. The result Is said to be a riot of laughs. Locals Mr. Curtl, 111 Alr. Mry Curtis underwent a me.or operation at the Community hospital yesterday. ... Plin Ruinmatc Sale The Methodist Episcopal church women are complet ing plana for & rummage sale to be held Friday and Saiurdav In th building eat of the Rexal! dtug store on west aiain airei, . To Serve Dinner Medford Post No. American Legion extends an Invi tation to all veterans of all wara to -e IU guests at a veteran dinner to be held at the Elks temple, Medford. at noon on Armistice day. Knlarcej Territory Mrs. H. O. rurucker. local Baldwin dealer, has announced the Increaae of her terri tory to include Joeephine county, with branch sales f.u. :n Grants Pass. She stated le.-iv evajug that she plana to co-oprrat with the teachers In that sect.on tn even wav possible. Announce Assembly All veterani of the Spanish American war and thi Philippine Insurrection art requested to assemble for Armistice Day parad at Medford city para- at 10:45 a. m. Saturday, November Uth. New CCC's Arrive First contingent of veterans enlletct: this fall for dutj with the CCC's arrived In MedJoid Saturday evening by train from Fori Oeorge Wright at Spokane, Wash, where they were enlisted. They wlB be taken to the Pistol River camp to. day, where the veterans are located. BIRTHS Born to Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Paul, a son at the Sacred Heart hospital, Saturday morning. Permanent waves that are soft and lustrous. Call 727-J. Prevost's Beau ty Shop. 1 BroXea windows glazed by Trow bridge Cabinet prorka. FALL SEEDS for Fall Planting Highest Quality at Reasonable Prices Pick's Hardware Now Have Maytag Service Pick's hardware store on West Main street. Headquarters for Mny tag washing machines, has announced the addition of servicing depart ment for all makes of washing ma chines. A complete stock of parts la now nn hanrt. Ted Chambers, well knnm. tn ni. ! territory as Maytag sales manager, la In charge of the Maytag department at Fick'a. New modela are on dis play embodying nhe latest develop ments In washing machines. 4 Sheet metal work of all kinds. Brill Metal Works. 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