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o FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) "Everybody In Southern Orel on Reads The Mail Tribune Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 71-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W RUHU Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager C FERGUSON Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor HAJcRY CHIP MAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor SAUL H. ADAMS. Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford Oregon, under Act of jyiarcn o. 100 1 " SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance: Per copy 10c. Dily and Sunday One year S12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 650 Daily and Sunday Three mos 3.S0 Sunday Onlv One vear 3j0 By Carrier - In Advance Medtord. Ashland C-ntral P,0'! Jacksonville! Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shadv Cove Rogue River. Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year 13.00 Daily and Sunday One month lis Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy All Terms Cash in Advance Sifidal Paper of the- City or Ofllclal Paper ot Jackson County nnit-r IPrgs Full Leased Wire "MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Offices in New York Chicago De-,-troit San Francisco. Los Ang'les. Cfeeatti Portland, t. Louia AUanta. Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL EDITOtlAl ASOCTlgN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County u;t, tmm the files of The (viail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and tu yeais 10 YEARS AGO ' ' Jt was Tuesday) . -; Roy Parr, principal of Talent schools, announces close of the schools because of influenza epi denife. . F Po m Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The Chin ese population of this burg has been . inflated three-fold. The neomers don't know any more about what's going on in Man churia, than in Missouri, even as you and I. q 20 YEARS AGO Dec. 18. 1935 (It was Wednesday) :." ; E. N. Bultre elected president of Medford Active club. Dr. W. J. Crandall, Ashland, elected president of the South ern Oregon Osteopathic associ ation; Dr. (grank Carlow, Med ford, , secretary-treasurer. 30 YEARS AGO ---Dec. 18. 1925 (It was Friday) H. H. Lowe, T,. B. Orr, and L. E. Newbry elected officers of Rabbit Breeders' association at Talent. New Road between Medford and Prospect in best condition it has ever been. . 4 40 YEARS AGO Dec!Tl8, 1915 (It was Saturday) President Wilson and Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait will be mar ried tonight in Washington, D.C. From Local and Personal col umn: Jackson county is furnish ing the material for a new wire footbridge over the Applegate at the rocky point below the school house. The farmers of the neighborhood are contributing the labor. What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 oithe 7? " Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report 1. Of all persons buying a new car these days about (a) 5, (b) 20, (c) 35 or (d) 50 per cent own a second car? 2. Goa, world trouble spot,- is ca Portuguese colony in Africa, the East Indies, the West Indies, China. India or South America? 3. There is or isn't any maxi mum limit now on the amount .paid any individual farm pro ducer for croD nruce supports? 4. Lukemia, type of cancer that attacks the blood, in its acute form afflicts most often tte young, middle-aged, or e$erly? 5. Stevenson, Democratic presidential nominee in 1952, ran in (a) 12. (b) 8, (c) 4 or (d) no presidential primaries that year? 6. Who was elected vice-president when Warren G. Harding was elected President in 1920? 7. John Costello heads the government of Italy, San Fran cisco, Brazil, Ireland (Eire), or Massachusetts? The Answers: 1. About 35 per cent. 2. India. 3. Isn't. 4. Young. 5. None. 8. C&vin Coolidge. 7. Ireland. , WEATHER by United Press Northern California: Cloudy, occasional rain continuing Sun day snow in mountains: south to W3s wind 10-20 MPH near coast. . , .T MAIL TRIBUNE The One Hope It was Edmund Burke who said one could not indict a whole people. He referred at the time to loose and irresponsible talk in England regarding the "traitorous inhabitants" of what is now the United States, and were then British colonists. ' Burke should have said we SHOULD not. Because since then we have, as Americans been indicting nations as" nations, whenever we have come directly in conflict with them. Not many years ago, for example, every German was a despicable "Hun" ; few years later the Japanese joined them and were put in a cage of yellow apes, who had no human instincts, and never had been endowed with them. And now the Russians, at the present rate, will soon be classified even lower in the scale than Kip ling's bear. We should not render these sweeping indictments of nations as nations even in war because, eventually we have to eat our words, and that isn't pleasant or dignified. ..... TTHIS fact was brought to our attention forcibly of late when we read the stirring words of Secretary of State Dulles regarding the importance of having the people of Germany united and on our side in the struggle against Russia. Then came the equally strong words of ex-Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of the U.N. speaking against the same "enemy" for casting a veto against Japan being admitted as a member of the United Nations. Where are those "beasts in human form," white and yellow, now? They are not only human apparently, but they are highly civilized, superior in the sciences, the arts and general culture, and to fail to recognize their superiorty and admit them to the select body of the United Nations, was nothing short of an "outrage" and will be resented by decent and self-respecting nations everywhere ! I T IS rather absurd, isn't The people of Germany haven't changed in the brief interim, nor the people of Japan either. - They are ESSENTIALLY the same physically and morally as they were ten and forty years ago good, bad and indifferent, as with all of us. And as far as tha't goes, "we the people" haven't changed. Only the CONDITIONS have. But that has been enough to change our views and judgments, completely. There is only one hope we will show more sense in the future. That is the hope that the human race, including the U.S., will gain enough wisdom and common sense soon enough to destroy war, instead of letting war destroy them ! For these delusions are the direct and probably necessary product of the war spirit. They will dis appear when war disappears and probably not until then. R.W.R. Slanting the Headlines We have often complimented the Oregonian on the accuracy and fairness of its news treatment, espe cially in the political field. - But we can't say as much for its headlines and treatment of same in the past few months. rN PAGE I in last Friday's edition, for example, a story was featured under a blaring 2-column head, informing the world, "Blast Hurled at Neuberger in Tree Deal" The story below was not objectionable, but unfor tunately too many people read only the headlines. And in this case the headline-readers would have been justified in assuming Oregon s junior Senator wrong-doing in a shady timber deal, by a person of sufficient standing, and his charge of sufficient gravity, to warrant a column-right leader on the front page. OOWEVER, those who did read both the headline and the story must have wondered what all the shooting was about. It seems that the accuser was attorney for cer tain Bend interests favoring a sale of timber that was denied by the U.S. Forestiy department, the denial being urged by Senator Neuberger. Well to a man up a tree that appeared to be his right. For as he explained, he felt this transaction would contribute more to employment and gon, than the other. THAT no serious impropriety was involved, much A less any misdemeanor was demonstrated with ample clarity in the hearing when the Bend attorney, a strong and ardent Republican, did not even in the heat of his argument call Oregon s Demo cratic senator a 'crook" or a "liar", but only that mildest of opprobrious terms, "INTELLECTUALLY dishonest and insincere m tion to timber conservation. A S SUCH things go this extremely mild criticism of the Senator from Ore gon, and considering the stances, instead of the leader on Page I, it should have been, via any fair appraisal of its real news value, tucked away some where inside under an 8-point machine head and left that way. " And had former Senator Guy Cordon instead of his successor been involved, it is a fairly safe wager that is where it would have been placed. R.W.R. Sunday. December 18. 1955 it? ,. quote : as they passed along, that had been accused of some proper development in Ore ' his protestations of devo certainly added up to an source and the circum story deservinp- space as a communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen nameor initial for publication Th Mail Trihuna rpcprvpi the rinht to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. not exceea woras. Advice About Music To the Editor: During the re cent visit in Medford, of Thomas L. Thomas, the noted baritone of radio, television and the con cert stage, I was fortunate in being invited to listen to the en tire rehearsal of his program given here, and also to discuss with him "the idea of musical careers for young persons of tal ent. What Mr. Thomas had to say seemed to me so valuable that I would like to share it. The biggest thing is prepared ness, in Mr. Thomas' opinion. There is a great deal young per sons can do, locally; and before they go to the large musical centers, they should exhaust the. local potential, he advises. They shouldn't break local ties, but rather go away quietly, and then, if they don't make the Ed Sulli van show within three weeks, they won't come back home, em barrassed and sad, as many do, he believes. Seeking a musical career should be a joy, not a heart break, he stated. He also stressed the wisdom of attaining musi cianship, before and during the period of career seeking. Many young persons with remarkably fine voices, are still not mus sicians, because of lack of edu cation, he noted. He believed more recitals and concerts should be given at colleges and univer sities. Most of all, Mr. Thomas want ed to emphasize that a musical career is far from all glamour, a view which a young person is apt to see in a prospective ca reer. "It is plain hard work, a human story, after all. For in stance, one can miss a plane, travel all day in a day coach or bus . and experience an under standable weariness at the end of a journey, and yet must ap pear rested, go' on the stage and give a fine performance, that evening," he explained. Each young person must find the channel for artistic ability, for which he or she is best suit ed, he said. For some, the con cert stage; for some, radio; and for others, television. It all de pends on individual talent. 'He stressed, again and again, that more ' than a voice, no matter how good, was needed and that the overnight careers as seen in the movies or over television, do not happen. He said that tele vision and recordings were a big influence in bringing fine, ar tistic works, to the notice of young people, but that much of the present day popular music was disastrous to them, musi cally and morally. Mr. Thomas said he was deep ly and sincerely interested in young people and their; educa tion. He wished he might spare them unnecessary heartbreak. "After all," he said, "I've been around quite a bit, I should know something about it." Jeunesse (Sally) Butler Apt. 3, 106 South Ivy St., Medford, Ore. Out of Hospital To the Editor: Well here I am, still abed but sitting up here at home, thanks be. So glad , too, to say thanks for get- well cards here and to hospital where they had me under oxy- tent five : days, but then lifted and laid home by ambulance Today and By Walter CHIANG AND THE U. N. The Chinese Nationalist veto, which blocked the admission to the U. N. of the 18 states, was on its face bold to the point of fool hardiness. Chi ang's govern ment in For mosa has a very precario us and dubious title to repre sent China. It still sits in waiter Lippman China's seat on the Security Council only be cause the United States has used its utmost influence ' with its allies and neighbors. They have permitted Chiang to remain in that seat in order to spare the United States government em barrassment in American do mestic politics. There is a ma jority in the United Nations which believes that since Ciang's government -is not in fact the government of China, it should not continue to speak for China. The Chinese Nationalists know this. Yet on a matter which has the support of an overwhelming majority of the United Nations, Chiang has chosen to thwart the will of this overwhelming majority. ' IF WE ask ourselves what Chiang thought he was doing when he ordered the veto, it is a reasonable guess, I would sup pose, that he was saying a spec tacular farewell to the United Nations. There is not much doubt that is is only a matter of time", and a short time at that, when his credentials will be rejected. We have managed to save him," Letters submitted for publication must Christmas Gift To the Editor: We want to sug gest a Christmas gift for each public servant a copy of the Constitution of the United States. It should be printed on reasonably durable paper and of a size to be held in the hands for study. This document, if studied and used as a guide, will do much to give us better government at a lower cost provided its man dates are followed. Compliance with all its provisions will re store justice and by this we mean impartiality to all citizens. Many standards change in our country, as we progress, but we can accept no change in basic honesty and justice. All must be treated equally under the law and no person can be permitted to have special priviliges to the detriment of others. Special priv ileges, for any small group or even just one person is detri mental to the rights of all oth ers. At this time of vear we are frequently faced with the words "Good Will nreceded and suc ceeded variously. The power of the printed word is strong but only when the meaning is prac tical. Our politicians and public servants will do well to put into practice their pieages ana pro mises of good and just govern ment efficiently conducted. We do not expect our public servants to perform miracles and they don't. We do expect and demand that those who serve us in public offirce per form their duties Impartially and efficiently that we may all enjoy the blessing of freedom guaranteed us by our Constitu tion. .," Dan F. Krotz II, Chairman for Community Service, Steelhead Post, VFW, Shady Cove, Ore. through good old streets of Med ford. Seemed a bit . silly but no one could see me '. and siren silent. Ambulance man told of taking home a -little old lady who suggested, "just a little toot on the siren." So out where it would be little heard they touch ed off a copule of wails. "Now ain't that nice," she chuckled. "Puts the frostin' on the cake." Well, they can have it, aU of it, but just include me out. Sure .can feel for Jke and the torture he went thru. Doctor re marked as how our cardiographs were sure to be alike. By the way, he says he won't run again. How come? He told me so. Well, likely it was just a dream, but it sure did" seem a wide-awake real one. - - - -. . Just how stupidly cruel and ruthless can politics get to be? They've had one sacrifice' not too long ago. Ike will be lucky to finish out his term with health left to enjoy his Gettysburg farm retreat with his loyal and worried Mamie. Making fair recovery. Breath ing a bit difficult at times, put ting question mark on sleeping. OK so far, obviously. Thanks again for get-well messages. Good medicine. . . F. J. Clifford 1211 West Main st. Medford, Ore. Tomorrow Lippmanh for the calendar year 1955. It has looked very unlikely that we could save him once our own elections are over in No vember, 1956. Facing the prospect of being ousted on the ground that he does not. genuinely, speak for China, he has preferred to pick a quarrel with the majority of the United Nations. He has chosen as- his-issue one in which he could claim to represent morality while the rest of the United Nations, who are pre paring tc oust him, stand for expediency and immorality. He has chosen to end his participa tion in the U. N. not with a whimper but with a bang. On this calculation, he has lost noth ing that he is able to keep, and he has acquired in many eyes a heroic posture. Is the package deal immoral, and is it true that in all the world there are only two gov ernments the one in Formosa and the other, in Cuba which are the unsullied defenders of righteous principles? Who "will say that we have come to that? A decent respect for the opinion of mankind should cause us to realize that if this package deal is immoral, then virtually all the governments on earth have conspired to do an immoral deed. WHY IS it not immoral to ''to admit Outer Mongolia, which is a Soviet satellite state, to membership in the U. N.? Because there is no other way of bringing about the admission of a large number of highly eligible and desirable states? Would the presence of Outer Mongolia be such an evil thing that it should be refused even SUGGESTED BIBLE READING VERSES The Medford Council ef Church Women each year be between Thanksgiving and Christmas sponsors a pro gram of daily Bible reading, recommending a different versa of the Bible for each day during that period, in co operation with the American Bible association, the Med ford Ministerial association and the National Council of Church Women. Following are the passages recommended for today: Romans 8:14-39. Wolverton, Portland Businessman, Dies Portland (U.R) Byron Wil liam Wolverton, 55, prominent local business figure, died fol lowing a heart attack here Fri day. Wolverton was president of Byron Wolverton and Son, Inc., which owned and operated sev eral apartment houses in Port land. Funeral services will be held Monday. NiOttQt Of FOCt By Joe and Stewart Alsop NO DEAL Washington If politics were a logical business, Adlai E. Ste venson and Sen. Estes Kefauver would already have made a deal. There has rarely been a time in recent history when a 'deal was more clearly in' the . mutual inter ests of two leading poli ticians, r Joseph Also On the one hand, the clear and present danger to Stevenson is that he might be beaten badly by Ke fauver in an important primary Indeed, many political observ ers believe that "this is the only way Stevenson can possibly be prevented from becoming the Democratic candidate. Moreover, even though he has finally an nounced that he will enter pri maries in California, Florida, Pennsylvania and Illinois, the prospect of these contests is very clearly distasteful to Stevenson, who has often said that he pre fers to run against Republicans, not fellow Democrats. On the other hand, hardly any body thinks that Kefauver can get the Presidential nomination himself, what with the Southern lead ers, the big city b o's s e s, and former President Tru man all allied against him. If he did manage to bring Ste venson down in the pri Stewart AJsop. maries, he would only clear the field for someone else. And if;. Stevenson gets the nomination anyway, he is hardly likely to choose as his running mate the man who gave him so much unnecessary trou ble in the primaries. I7HAT more logical, then, a "T mutual agreement on a Ste venson - Kef auver ticket? ine ticket would be a strong one. Stevenson's troubles would be about over, and he would walk into the nomination.. And Kefau ver would be assured of second place, which even his strongest admirers concede he would oe extremely lucky to get under any other circumstances. The logic of such a deal has appealed to supporters of both men, as two recent episodes suggest. But these episodes alsp suggest that politics is not as logical a business or even as cynical a business as it is sup posed to be. - ' .. "EPISODE No. 1 starts with one of Kefauver's leading sup- at the expense of Italy, Ireland, Austria, Portugal, Spain, Japan, and Finland? The answer is that if we look too closely at the realities behind governments, we could find certain states already admitted where many evil things prevail, for example in one case where human slavery still pre vails. We have put up with such governments for years and no body has been injured or con taminated by them. There is, in other words, a feeling in the' great majority of the nations that in a universal society like the U. N. the ruling principle is not the virtue "of each state but the universality of membership. , rTHERE is one way in which - Chiang's veto may prove to have serious practical consequen ces. While there is not much doubt that his days as the rer resentative of China in the Se curity Council were numbered anyway, his disregard of the feelings of the whole United Nations make is most difficult to save out of the wreck a membership for Formosa in the General Assembly. Many of us have hoped that in the final settlement Formosa would be recongized as an independent state within the United Nations, POTLUCK (By M-TSraff and Contributors) We've heard of horsec with taillights. But dogs? It's true, though, so help us. The "Forest Log," the informa tive little publication" of the state department of forestry, re ports that the bloodhounds used by the department In rescue work, when people are lost in the woods, are being equipped with flashlights, fitted into spec ial harnesses with the beams projecting to the rear.' This allows their handlers to concentrate on following the dogs through the underbrush, the Log says, rather than on handling the dogs on leashes. A distaff member of the news staff brought a bouquet : of pussy willows to the office last week. They're budding, too. Spring must be on its way even though it. isn't even win ter, by the calendar, yet.. . . R. E. Nealon, who has cor responded for the Mail Tribune porters and money raisers, Na than Straus, of New York. Straus has let it be known to Stevenson men that, much as he admires Kefauver, he does not think the Senator has much of a 'chance for the nomination. He has fur ther let it be. known or so the Stevenson men have interpreted his meaning that he would be prepared to suggest to Kefauver that he take second place with Stevenson, if Stevenson agreed. This interesting intimation was in turn conveyed to Stevenson's manager, James - Finnegan, and through him to Stevenson. The logical next step- would be a suggestion from the Stevenson side for a nice, quiet, private chat between Stevenson and Kefauver. But the next step has not been taken, and the Inter mediates involved in the matter are sadly convinced that it will not te taken. . . .. TAPISODE No. 2 concerns Kefauver's current expedi tion in California. ; Besides chaotic collection of subfactions, there are two main factions in the California Democratic party, a northern faction and a south ern faction. .The grand pan jandrum of the north is Califor nia's Attorney General Pat Brown, and the grand pan jandrum of the south is National Committeeman Paul Ziffren. ' Both Brown and Ziffren are backing Stevenson for their own reasons. And this unhappy fact was made clear to Kefauver as soon as he showed his face in California. But it was also made clear to Kefauver . that, if he would only agree pot to enter the California primary, the Cal ifornia leaders would come out strong and publicly for a Steven son - Kefauver ticket, which might well start a big ball roU ing. Kefauver's response was a bit ter statement that the California leaders were trying to freeze him out of the primary. This was Kefauver's public answer to the private pleas of the leaders, and it is not likely to endear him to them. IN SHORT, Kefauver is just as mulishly illogical as Steven son. Both men have their own reasons. Kefauver seems to -be- quite genuinely convinced that the rank and file Democrats are for him, and that sooner or later, despite the bosses and Harry Truman, the rank and file will rule the day. As for Stevenson, he is inordi nately- and rather admirably iealous of his reputation ior integrity. He would rather slog through the primaries, much as he dislikes the : prospect, than be accused of making a deal to fix the nomination. And perhaps both men are more logical than their supporters. For a Steven-son-Kefauver deal could hardly be kept secret. . And when it came' out, it would surely make a great ruckus in the land, which might fatally damage the reputations of both men. fCoDvriahi 1955, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) Grants Pass Man Jailed By City Police Friday James Westcott, Grants Pass, was jailed by city police Friday when he stopped at police head quarters to bring in an accident report. . ' Police said they had been seeking Westcott since May 4 for cashing a fictitious check for $10 at the Rogue restaurant.' He also is wanted in Nebraska, po lice said. Westcott was involved in an auto accident Thursday at West Main and Fir sts. WRONG NUMBER Hastings, Mich. (U.f?) Flor ist Harm Wilcox, who said he does 75 per cent of his business bv telephone, ruefully discov ered today that the personalized calendars he sent to his cus tomers for Christmas had the wrong telephone number printed on them. The number was that of Chip St. Martin, Hastings, only other florist. Q m from Table Rock since the min of man runneth not to the co trary (and most entertainingly, too), tells a story in hi mcJCi recent correspondence that Ire liked so well we "lifted" from the Table Rock itemgeS take delight in printing it, $s follows: "The present showery weather reminds us of when we wre a youngster. During) the rejin$ season my uncle, who sjreJr uj in the 'Gone With the Win section of Georgia, used to s$ the following little ditty about the rain: More rain, more corn'; more corn, more whiskey; more whiskey, more Democra . "Being too young to itjalSt that Uncle, who had g high sense of humor,- was only joking about whiskey and Democralfc and the fact that father, a Con necticut ' Yankee, had gone to the south after the Civil War to work with the U.S. Revenue service, owhere he collected tax es on liifuor and caught moon shiners, caused us to grow up with the idea that the Dem ocrats consumed most of . the whiskey. But with the passing of time, we have realized that Uncle was only joking about the corn and whiskey, and from what we have seen during Prohi bition and after repeal we have found you can't tell a person' party affiliations by his drink ing habits." In the "Jackson Hickory: Chips." the publication of the Jackson school, we note s paragraph which says: . "We have been studying -bout the News Papers in ready ing. We are looking for all V the different ' things we can find in News Papers. Some of ? the things we have found are - news, sports, advertisements, -weather reports, TV and radio ' programs. We also learned - about' the News Paper staff ' and what they do.". - f . Gee, we hope they didn't' find out EVERYTHING about us. ;" : ; ' " . Husbands can be the meanest people in the world, and we won't speculate on what might drive them to be that-way. - ' ; Anyway, : we thought we'd found a mean one when a staff member picked up a report of a woman who complained to police that her husband had -scattered tacks in her drive way. When the investigating Of ficers asked if she were su$j it was her husband, she inforiJi ed him indeed she was sure of it because her husband wfir always doing things like that. At which point a feminine staff member said that was nothing. Her husband had squeezed shaving cream into her tube of toothpaste. - Another staff member, shop- ' ping in the ' basement of a -. downtown store, was alarmed by the sudden terrified., screams of three tiny iots who . had been joyfully testing . things out in ihe toy dacart menl. The cause of their ter ror was not, however, a lion in the streets, but simply the arrival of jolly old Santa. Three embarrassed mothers quickly claimed the little ones, ' and an embarrassed Santa left hurriedly. ' There was some debate last week as to just where we should print a ' news story. The story' was about twm boys who under went appendectomies. The de bate was whether to put it on: Page 1, or in Potluck. We finally picked Page 1. But we should have made it Pot luck. As the story came out in the paper, the boys were identified as being 163 years' old. Oh, my. For the record, they're 16. A staff member shopping at a local hobby shop overheard ' this conversation between two small boys standing before the f model airplane counter. "Good gosh! Haven't you . ever heard of the PTX-Y2-22" (At least that's what the staff : member thought he said). The reply: "Of COURSE I've heard of the PTX-Y2-22, ' but I thought it was still in the experimental stage." And to think we sometimes worry about the younger gen eration being able to cope with the atomic age! - ' There's a professional ; man in town who drives a Volks-' wagen. He also ' has a pretty wife and two attractive children. Well, en route home the other" day, the family stopped to in spect Christmas trees in a lot a few blocks from home. As' Father and the youngsters look ed at the trees, Mother decided tojnake a small purchase at a nearby drug store. When she returned. Father, children and Volkswaf en were gone. Muttering to herself, she trudged home. As she arrived, Father was backing the Volks wagen out of the driveway. "Oh," he said, "there you are. I was just coming to get you. We got the tree and both it and . you wouldn't fit in the Volks- ; wagen so we brought it home." o
