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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
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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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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Sheet metal work of all kinds. Brill
Metal Works.
Common Alfalfa
Grimm Alfalfa
Alsike Clover
Red Clover
White Clover
Burr Clover
Timothy
Red Top Kentucky
Kentucky Blue Grass
Orchard Grass
Rye Grasses
Rye Grain
Kanota Oats
Gray Oats
Common Barley
Beardless Barley
Federation Wheat
Hybrid Wheat
Club Wheat
Common Vetch
Hungarian Vetch
Field Peas
Let us clean your seed grain
while you wait
Morton Milling Company
Jackson St. on Railroad
Jean Harlow is seen as Lola Burns,
a glamorous (Urn star who has been
made sensational by the imaginative
creations of her press agent, Leo
Tracy, who has taken advantage of
her various international love affairs.
Local distributor and agents want
ed. H. E. McEwen. Grand Hotel. All
day Sunday.
RONALD COLEMAN IN.
"CYNARA" AT STUDIO
Ronald Colman, star of a long
line of screen successes, comes to the
Studio theatre today in "Cynara."
Kay Francis portrays the role of the
young wife, and the newcomer is
Phyllis Barry, a younR Enirllfh girl.
"Babes In the Wood." Silly Sym
phony cartoon in color which Liberty
Magazine gave four stars. Is an added
feature.
"SECOND HAND WIFE"
OPENS AT ROXY
"Second Hand Wife," based on a
recent novel by Kathleen Norrls, with
Sally Ellws and Kalph Bellamy co
featured In the leading roles, comes
to the Roxy theatre today. It tells
the story of a rich business insn
who, martyred by an Inconstant
wife, falls genuinely in love with his
pretty secretary.
Phone 342. We will haul away youi
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