MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOKD. OREGON, FRIDAY. AUGUST 16. 1935.
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Latch String Always Out at
Ideal Ranch Santa Mon
ica Mountains Earliest
Riser in Movie Colony
By Walter C. Clausen
Associated Press Staff Writer.
PACIFIC PALISADES. Calif.. An.
10. (AP) Will Rotters waa a kindly
neighbor to those who knew him best
In the environment of his home, an
Ideal ranch In the Santa Monica
mountains here.
He was an early riser. Every morn
ing at 6 o'clock he was up taking care
of hia pon tea and his goat the first
thing. Hollywood alwaya regarded
him aa the earliest riser in the movie
Industry.
To hts friends he vbi Just Will.
Perhaps those who knew him best
were the folk of the Upltfters ranch,
which maintains a polo field here.
Just across the road from the en
trance to his ranch home.
His latchstrlng was out. to his
friends. His intimates knew where
he kept the key to the ranch gate. In
a notched hole on one aide of the
gatepost.
Home Unpretentious
Hia ranch home was as unpreten
tious as his dress. In fact In keeping
With his easy-going life.
He would read all the morning pa
pers before breakfast, and scatter
them all over the house.
Rogers disliked interviews, but was
always ready to talk on homely sub
jects. Speaking with a drawl, he alwaya
aaw the humorous side of everything.
Polo long was regarded as his most
cherished paatlme. Yet while hia love
of horses was the most predominant
thing, next to his love of his family
tii at was seen by his neighbors, avia
tion in late years seemed to share his
passion.
Time after time he told his friends
that his "best quips were written
In the air.'
Mked to Fly.
Of recent years he never would
take a train or boat, if an airplane
was available.
Straight Whiskey
at a LOW PRICE
rzk- PINT f
Piloted by Prank Hawks he made 1
an aerial tour of the territory af
fected by the Mississippi flood In
1931 In the interest of the sufferers.
Since that time he seemed to
want to fly anywhere there was any
thing Interesting happening.
He was a warm friend of the Lind
berghs, both the Colonel and Mrs
Lindbergh having visited him many
times and in their hours of their
suffering following the kidnaping
of their child they were guests at
hts ranch, secluded from all visitors.
Despite his fortune, Rogers was
a most frugal liver. Ills clothing
testified to that. In fact he often
remarked that it cost him more for
newspapers in a year than for clothes.
It was long ago that a friend aug
gested the possibility of danger In
air flights.
Chewing (rum, Rogers paused,
smiled and commented that he
bore a charmed life, and expected
to live to be at least 100 years old.
Will Rogers was given the Imposing
name of William Penn Adair Rogers
but everybody called him Will. He
was cowboy, humorist, writer, lec
turer, philosopher, polo player, world
traveler and flyer, but he went up In
the air only as a passenger.
He was born at OolaRAh, Indian
Territory. November 4. 1879. but he
called Claremore, Ok la. hia "home
town" and he was a legal resident of
Oklahoma although he spent most of
his time at his ranch between Bev
erly Hills and Santa Monica. Califor
nia. He had Indian blood In his veins
and was proud of It. One of hia jest
wise-cracks was baaed upon this an
cestry as he said that hia ancestors
did not come over on the Mayflower,
but they met the boat.
Hts education came he said, at easy
stages. "I studied the fourth reader
for ten years" he told an Interviewer,
but he was a "kldder" on and off the
stage and many of hia boasts of be
ing "lgnerant" could be taken with a
grain of salt.
After he left the fourth reader be
hind him he went through, the Wil
low Hassell school at Neosho, Mo.
and Kempar Military Academy at
Bonneville and If he did not make a
remarkable record for scholarship he
did not fafl.
To Top Stage Ranks
His mother wanted him to become
a Methodist minister but Will had
learned to ride a horso and thro.v a
rope on hia father's ranch so he went
back to the range. Tlfen starting
with medicine shows and carnivals
he went on a long road that finally
brought him to the very top of his
profession as an actor.
A rancher, Zach Mulhall. organized
a Wild west show and Will Joined It,
finally reaching New York. There is
a tradition that he first attracted
public notice on a large scale when
he lassoed a wild steer that broke
loose at Madison Square Gorden and
was about to dash through the crowd
Certainly shortly after hia first ap-
j pea ranee at "the garden" he was on
I the vaudeville atae. Charley of Moran,
nnd Mack told of Will's initial efforts
In vaudeville. He was pretty bad
said Mack and grew discouraged. He
talked it over with Charley.
"Where are you going?" asked Mack.
"Back to Oklahoma."
"Been fired yet?"
"The manager said I was pretty
punk." ,
"Yeah, you're all of that; but has
he actually told you that you are
fired?"
"Well, no."
fc. ...
"and
' 1
W1TH
"Don't quit till he tells you; maybe
you can stick It out to Saturday
night. That will be three days more
pay."
WIm Crack Makes Hit
Before the week was out. Will hap
pened to make a wise crack about
something he saw in a newspaper, an
observation shyly delivered of some
thing that struck his fancy. The au
dience laughed. Rogers tried ome
other Joshing remarks, and was
"made.'
It was a short step to Hammer
stein's Roof at (150 a week and then
he spent six years as the star of Zleg
feld Follies.
He ventured Into motion pictures
but failed to score the success expect
ed. The silent screen gave the come
dian no chance to convulse his au
diences with his homely observations
rendered in a drawl that only Rogers
knew. But when talking picture ap
peared. Rogers became a boxofflce
riot and thereafter the legitimate the
ater saw little of him.
When his friend. Fred Stone, was
injured in an airplane accident, In
1929, Just before he was to open a
play In New York. Rogers rushed
across the continent, took the role
"for old Fred" and scored another hit.
He continued, however, to go on
"lecture tours' packing great crowds
Into theaters, auditoriums, school
houses and churches. He raised a
small fortune for the drought suffer
ers in 1930, and in his quiet way gave
thousands of dollars of hit private
fortune to charity.
Has Wealthy Man
His wealth was estimated by his
friends at several million dollars and
he carried life Insurance of approxi
mately $1,000,000. He never talked
about his money but he was a high
salaried actor for years. His salary
was 925.000 a week when he worked.
He was paid $2,500 a week for stage
appearances and he was understood
to have received 115.000 for tight ra
dio broadcasts.
He met Betty Blake at a candy
pullln' In Oolagah. but It took him a
year to win her. He was too bashful
to propose and finally he worked his
way to South America and Australia
learning new new rope tricks and rid
ing stunt. Finally he came back, pro
posed . wa accepted and they were
married November 25. 1908 Three
children were born to the union. Will.
Jr., Mary and Jimmy. All thre fol
lowed the hoof beats of their father
and became expert polo players and
for a time the Rogers family could
put a good team on the field.
"Had to break it up," Will kidded.
"Mary went society on us."
Wrote Daily Feature
He wrote dozen books and for
many years wrote a short dally "box"
for a number of newspapers contain
ing sage comment on the day's hap
penings. He was seriously mentioned as a
candidate for the presidential nomi
nation in 1931 but laughed the sug
gestion off by saying:
"A comedian can only last till he
takes himself serious or his audience
takes him serious and I don't want
either one of those to happen to me
until I'm dead (If then) so lets stop
all this foollshnes right now.
Clem Rogers, father of Will, played
a part m adopting the first constitu
tion of Oklahoma and a county was
named for him. Of this Will said: .
"Heck, they had to; nobody could
pronounce the old name Cooweescoo-
wee."
In Claremore a hotel la named The
Will Rogers, a six story building
was;. rWK2i.9'i
rHE open road beckons with an
appeal that is irresistible. There
is the urge that will not be denied
to "go places and do things" well
away from familiar haunts.
Every kind of vacation you could,
wish for is available on the Pacific
Coast. Mountains, beaches, popular
resorts, busy metropolitan cities, or
secludecfspots far off the beaten path.
Your favorite sports await you in
delightful new surroundings.
Wherever you go let Richfield
motor products and Richfield service
add to your comfort and pleasure.
You'll find friendly Richfield
stations all along your route.
don't forget
OCTANI I
-HI-
which the comedian boasted had more
bath rooms than Buckingham Palace
" I used to envy General Orant and
Jea James because they had cigars
named after them. But shucks now
I've kinda got it on "em."
He couldn't be bothered with gram
mar, either In his writings or "lec
ture." Once an interviewer suggest
ed he took too many liberties with
the laws of syntax. "What's that?"
he aked, "Sounds like bad news."
The other explained It meant gram
mar whereupon the sage laughed and
replied. "Didn't know they was buy
ing grammar now. I'm Just so dumb
I had a notion It was thoughts and
ideas."
His almost repeated remark was
"All I know I read in the papers" end
he read practically every word In
every available paper wherever he
happened to be each morning. Once
he was asked if he read any fiction.
He replied, "Sure, the newspapers."
Admired Twain
He was an ardent admirer of Mark
Twain and on a visit to Virginia City.
Nev. where the great humorist once
lived he tried to find a bed Twain
had occupied. The quest was vain for
he was told that when the writer
lived there he was too poor to own
a bed.
He always denied that he was an
actor.
"I'm not smart enough to act." he
said. "If they can find a role that's
sort of like me, I'm all right. Other
wise I'm punk."
His employers In the motion pic
ture Industry never bothered to write
dialogue for his films. He couldn't or
wouldn't remember. He said Just what
aeemed about the right thing to say
at the time.
His studio prepared a "grand" place
for him to occupy on the lot. A sand
ed garden decorated with cactus
plants surrounded an adobe hut
dressed up with an electric kitchen
and a living room filled with west
ern and Indian trophies. Rogers look
ed In, wild it was "swell" and never
went back until Former President and
Mrs. Coolldge came to call. He usher
ed them Into the house saying, "they
had to set somewheres didn't they?"
He could do almost anything with
a rope and was a great horseback rid
er but once while a guest at Hoot
Gibson's ranch he had to decline to
enter a milking contest, being forced
to admit he never had learned to
milk a cow.
He found his recreation in playing
polo and unlike many ottur stars of
the motion pictures he could take
chances without fear of injury maim
ing his features and hurting his car
eer. "Couldn't make my mug look much
worse, no matter how I hurt it," he
said.
He owned a hurdy gurdy, piano,
violin, banjo, drums, mandolin and
guitar and couldn't play any of them.
The first literary work of Arthur
Schnttzler, the Austrian playwright
and novelist, was "Anatol," a series
of dramatic sketches of the love
affairs of a rich young Viennese.
.
The eggs of the seahorse are car
ried by the male.
IMriWV.'JlHeTWI
All prices effective Saturday and Monday unless otherwise specified.
SPECIAL COFFEE. Lb 21 I MYRTLE. COFFEE
Rich in flavor aroma. 3 lbs 59 Consistently Perfect. Lb
FLOUR, Drifted Snow, 10-lb. sack 43c
PINEAPPLE, Del Monte, sliced, No. 2 can,
JELLO, 2 packages . . .11c
Calo Dog Food 3 cans 25
Postum Cereal. Package 2l
Mushrooms, Fancy sliced 2 01. can 10c
Pen-Jel for jams and jelly 2 for 25
Sani-clor. Quart bottle 10
Pork and Beans, Van Camps
or Oibbs, 1V2 oz. can.
Salmon, Alaska Pink, No. 1
PEAS, Del Monte Early Garden No. 1 tall can, 2 for
WHEAT HEARTS, the Vit. B hot cereal that tastes so
OXYDOL (Ask about Rogers silverware spoon deal).
Ohirardelli's Baking Chocolate, y2 lb. 12'
Shrimp. Gulfkist 2 cans 25
MILK "cr.0!:..... 17c
PALMOLIVE SOAP (Ask
FRIL-LETS, genuine, sold under
red Porter label. Large pkg
LIGHT GLOBES, 60 wt.
American made 2 for 25
PICKLES, Sweet or Dills,
6 oz. bottle... each 10
Hershey's Choc. Syrup, 16 oz. 10e
Phone 9 Free Delivery.
7 Love To Make Jelly,' Says U-Year-Oli
State Fair Prize Winner
WHILE most of her tatgh school
mates are at play or planning
new scholastic and social activities
this summer, young Roena Rader
of Sedalia, Missouri, has gone Into
training for what she hopes will be
her third set of blue ribbons at this
year's slate fair.
Roena, as a more slip of a child,
had the courage several years ago
to enter some Jelly In the Missouri
State Fair, tn competition with
housewives from all over the state.
lAr jelly won top honors and
Rna made a specially big hit
when the Judges discovered that
she was only 14 years old.
Today Roena Is practising again.
She's already having her warming
up exercises over her mother's
kitchen stove, and when the state
fair gets under way she'll be right
there with some of her beat. For
she Is hoping hard that she'll win
again to make herself a three
times winner.
Here are two oT Roena's favorites:
Plum Jelly
4 eup 17 Ibt.i )uie
I1. cups lb. I sugar
bottl fruit pectin
To prepare Juice, crush thorough
ly 4 pounds fully ripe fruit. Do not
peel or pit. Add 1 cup water,
bring to a boll, cover, and simmer
10 minutes. Place In Jelly cloth or
bag; squeeze out Juice. (Soun cling
stone plums make best Jelly. If
sweet plums are used, substitute
cup strained lemon juice for cup
of the plum Juice specified.) Meas
ure sugar and juice Into large
saucepan and mix. Bring to a boll
over hottest Are and at once add
bottled fruit pectin, stirring con
stantly. Then bring to a full rolling
boil and boll hard minute. Re
move from fire, skim, pour quickly.
Paraffin at once. Makes about 11
glasses (6 fluid ounces each).
Peach Jam
I'.fc cups (1 Ibt.l prepared ftult
T'-t cups iS'i Ibs.t tur
1 bottle fruit pctln
SAFEWAY STAFF
Whiskers will bs fashionable for
the well groomed Safeway Store staff
members of this city for the next
few weeks, as a result of a unique
publicity program announced today
by J. P. Haws, manager of Safeway
Store No. 41 here. With apologies to
the barbers for the next few weeks,
the Safeway organizations of the
Main and Holly and North Central
stores will pack away their razors
and let beards and sideburns grow
unconflned as a means of calling
public attention to a sweeping "Pio
neer Days" selling event next month
A. J. Anderson, manager of Safe
10c
can 11
us about $1000 cash prizes). 3 bars ... 14c
22c
CANDY
SPECIAL
Sun Slices
JDaT....15c
Open Evenings until 9. We
Roena Rider, who is out to prove
(or third successive year that she is
best jelly maker, in Missouri
To prepare fruit, peel about 24
pounds fully ripe fruit. Grind or
chop very floe. If desired, about 3
teaspoons spice may be added.
Measure sugar and prepared fruit,
tightly packed. Into large kettle,
mix well, and bring to a full rolling
boll over hottest flre. Stir con
stantly before and while boiling.
Boll bard 1 minute. Remove kettle
from fire and stir In bottled fruit
pectin. Then stir and skim by turns
for just 6 minutes to cool jam
slightly, to prevent floating fruit.
Pour quickly. Paraffin at once.
Makes about 10 glasses (6 fluid
ounces each.
way 8tore No. 471, and Mr. Haws of
Store No. 41, will set a fast pace for
their staff members and, if neces
sary, resort to false whiskers If
Mother Nature doesn't render full co
operation In the novel publicity
stunt.
4
Many of the legends about Seml
ramls, a famous Assyrian princess,
have been disproved by the re
searches of Professor Lehmann-Haupt
of Berlin.
4
The Javanese lrama consists ex
clusively of episodes from the Hindu
epics, the "Mahabharata" and the
"Ramayana," and the Panjl cycle
or seml-hlstorlcal legends of Java.
.
Mrs. Sueba Dush. 71, drowned her
self In four inches of water In
pond near Wlnfield. Kas.
f-
A total of 386.482 automobile tour-
tats entered California In the first
half of 1935.
You can pay more for Coffee,
but you oan't buy finer coffee
grown than this new Thermola
roaat, 'ground to your order.
SUNRISE
COFFEE
Finest Quality. Always Fresh
' Lb. 23c
3 3. 65c
15c
-49-lb. sack . . .. - $1-63
each . . - - . . 1 5c
Shredded Wheat, pkg . 11c
FRUITS and VEGETABLES
Prices Effective Saturday Only
STRING BEANS, Local 2 lbs. 5
CANTALOUPES, Jumbos, each 5
GRAPES, Seedless . 3 lbs. 10
POTATOES, U. S. No. Is, 1934
Gems, 20 lbs 25?
. - - - - 29c
good. Large package 23c
Large package - 23c
Peanut Butter, Hoody'i 2 lbs. 35
Ginger Ale or Lime Rickey, 16 oz. 2 for 19
Tomato Juice, Del Monte, No. 1 tall 9(
H D Punch, pkg. makes quart, each 5
8ALADETTE3 or SEASHELLS, Of
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Maxwell House Coffee, lb 27f
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reserve right to limit quantities
Peach Recipes
Peach Torte
0 shredded wheat biscuits, rolled
fine
3 cups sliced, fresh peaches
4 cup sour cream
3 -3 cup sugar
teaspoon cinnamon
a teaspoons vanilla
Roll th Khrrir1ri n'h hliiit
Into crumbs and put two-thirds of
them In a layer in a well buttered,
loose bottomed layer cake pan. Cover
crumbs with n such on mi
eggs, cream, sugar, vanilla and clnna-
iiiuii Hnu pour over peacnes. sprinkle
with rest of the crumbs and bake In
. mortmtc nvn mi v.k.
heit) until peaches ara cooked about
30 minutes. Six portion. Preparation
in la minutes.
Peach nellxht
3 shredded wheat biscuits
4 tablespoons sugar
4 tablespoons butter
6 halves of peaches
Rich, and
Hearty!
Get Your Guasti
WINE
(it the
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We Deliver Phone 581
ECS)Kf(S)M
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OF TOP
Beef Roast
S.".!.. 12V2C
Fresh Ground
Fryers h
Nice and Fat
3for$l
Hens, ea. 68c
Salmon, by whole fish, lb. 15
Wisconsin Longhorn
We Have a Large Assortment of
LUNCH MEATS
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Salads
Home
Made
Mock Chicken
1 cup marshmallow sauce
Split ahredded wheat biscuits,
spread with butter, toast slightly. Pry
peaches in butter cut side down.
Turn them over and sprinkle with
sugar and brown on under side.
Place one-half of fried peach on each
half of shredded wehat and fill hol
low with marshmallow sauce. Make
the sauce by thinning the mashmal
low with whipped cream, milk or
syrup. Serves 6.
Shredded Wheat Quick I.unrh
3 tablespoons butter
1 onion, minced
3 cups canned tomatoes
3 cups canned corn
3 teaspoons salt
3-4 tablespoons grated American
cheese
4 shredded wheat biscuits, rolled
fine
3 teaspoons minced parsley
Melt butter in frying pan and
lightly brown onion In It. Add to
matoes. corn, salt nnd rh nH
heat thoroughly, stir in biscuit
crumbs and cook gently for 5 min
utes. Serve hot, sprinkled with pars
ley. Six portions.
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Cheese, lb.
28c
. pint 20c
Legs, 7 for 25c