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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1955)
o fIXTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, September 21, 1955 1 " t fiat I fi"7 it itf i ii Mil I r; wJw J) TAKING CHARGE OF KITTENS, this maternal pigeon is unmindful they have perfectly capable mother except at meal time when she permits tabby to,feed them. They live on facm near Liberal, Kan. That's mom checking up. (International) A Nichol's Worth of ... Comment On This and That Br HARMAM W. NICHOLS United Prat Featm Writer :fShr 0dL'tJ fiarman Nichols - Washington U.R) Any GI griping about cutting - the grass around the . post might take . a look at some old Army reg ulations. Those fel lows in earlier Army history who, were , in charge of lawn manicuring did not have any power . driven mowers r or even - hand pushed 'mow- ' 1 ers. . ' . . The Pentagon tells us that the lads in the service in the 1860s had some rather difficult prob lems. There was a regulation in 1861, for instance, which was relaxed a little a couple of years later, which read: "This is under Article Nine. All grassed v surfaces, except glacis (slopes and hills) will be carefully and frequently mowed (except in dry weather) and the oftener the better, while grow ing rapidly the grass never allowed to be more than a few inches high." . ', All Hand Work That was a rough enough order In those days. There were no push mowers. It was all hand work. -v ' That order continued: "In order to cut the grass even and close, upon . small slopes, a light one-handed scythe should be ' used. ' And mowing the steep slopes, the mower or man should stand on a high lad der resting against the slope and not upon the grass." That must have posed a prob lem. "J . Also there was a rule of thumb in the early Army regulations that "AU weeds must be eradi cated." , Something that at this late date hasn't been solved with all of the millions of dollars spent on research, spray guns, D-D-T and the like. Some Slack , " ; By 1908, some of the tough directives had been leavened.5 At . that point, a man could go about the acres with his sickle and so long as he kept the premises "attractive," he would not wind up in the soup. In the year 1955, of course, . the old Article 52, Section 1126 does not apply. ' That one said that in barracks, Walnut Crop To Be Free of Restrictions San Francisco (U.R) The Walnut Control board today rec jsnmended the entire California Oregon walnut crop be market ed without quota restrictions be cause of crop loss due to heat damage. - It was estimated recent hot weather in California cut the crop from an expected 72,000 tons to about 65,000 tons. The Oregon crop was estimated at 6, 700 tons for a combined Pacific coast crop of 71,700 tons. 12 pounds of straw per month for bedding would be allowed each man. That straw allotment was in creased in 1913, under regula tions, to a little more and maybe that was where the mattress was born who knows. The 1913 regulation said: "Except for troops serving in the tropics, when mattresses are not supplied, a bed sack and 30 pounds of straw a month for bed ding will be furnished for each enlisted man. ' Baseball Expert Reaches $32,000 Level on TV Show New York (U.R) Mrs. Myrtle Power, baseball's new Georgia peach, untangled her self from half a dozen good luck charms, today and indicated she Would shoot for pennant money on TV's "The $64,000 Question." Myrt, bolstered by a four-leaf clover, an Indian head penny, a turljey wishbone, an Oriental statuette, a lucky necklace and a jade ring, reached the $32,000 level on the giveaway show by swatting her way through a base ball query. Next week, the bouncy 70-y e a r-oldster from Buford, Ga., can retire with her winnings or try to double them. But Myrt left little doubt she would go all the way. . - , . Already Seeking Expert . She revealed that she already was casting around for an ex pert to bring to the CBS-TV pro gram next Tuesday. Under the rules of the show, Myrt can tote in a helper if she decides to go for the big question. Myrt wore her lucky dress, a blacif silk number, for the third time on the show. She said she would wear it again next week. "A ballplayer doesn't change his underwear during a winning vstreak," explained Myrt, "So I'm not going to change my dress. The . question pitched at her dealt with the seven ballplay ers who collected more than 3,000 hits during their major league "careers: Myrt was asked to supply the six aside from Ty Cobb, the old Georgia peach. "Cap, Anson, Tris Speaker, Hans Wagner, Eddie . Collins, Nap Lajoie," she said and then added, "Paul Waner." 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