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Few fubjects can stir up more
eampfire discussion than:
"What'i best in camp bedding
Rightly, too. It's very important
to get the most practical, ade
quate and comfortable bedding
First, though, let's get this
straight: no outdoor bedding of
itself generates heat. The body
lone furnishes heat although
tnis may be helped along ex
ternal! y by a campfire. Bed
ding's main problem, therefore.
Is to Insulate the sleeper keep
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In body heat while his heartbeat
Is down and prevent too much
of it from escaping.
To insulate the body properly
means your bedding cannot ne
glect any side of the sleeper
(Ape you'd be surprised how
many people don't know this:
they still believe the answer is
to keep heaping on more cov
ers. Haven't you seen the ten
derfoot sleep on a thin matress
or blanket and keep piling on
blankets until their very weight
exhausts him by morning?)
As for insulation, that does
not depend so much on the ma
terial itself as on the minute
air cells which it contains: the
fluffier the material, the small
er the air cells, and the more of
them, the better the insulation.
But there's another thing com
fortable bedding must do: that
Is, carry off the body's perspira
tion. Each night, even though
he may "sleep cold," a man's
body will give off a pint of
perspiration. Now some materi
als absorb moisture readily
and then give it up more reluc
tantly. Cotton Worst Offender
Usually the worst offender Is
cotton. Haven't you reached out
of your camp bed, on a cold
morning, for your cotton under
wear and socks and found them
cold and clammy from the
moisture gathered from the at
mosphere? Apply this to cotton
covered and cotton-lined quilts
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and you've got the obvious re
sult. To compound the fault,
the cotton quilting compresses,
driving out even more air space.
See now why you can slip into
your cotton quilt when it's dry
and be warm enough but wake
up during the night with the
blanket cold and clammy?
Some wool blankets are bet
ter. I say "some" because wool
comes in several types: fleecy,
fine, medium, and coarse, be
sides tightly woven or fluffy.
Disregard Bulk
If you want the best, avoid
the coarse with big air cells
and get fleecy, fluffy, or fine
woolen blankets, despite the ob
vious drawback of bulk. And
avoid the closely woven army
type: sure they reduce bulk, but
brother they are so tightly wov
en that they are just about the
coldest covering per pound that
you can find. Camel hair and
llama are best but price makes
them almost out of the question.
As a rule, down quilts are best
at least most experienced
woodsmen prefer them. Of the
down quilts, eider duck is by
far the best, but these are hard
to come by. However, there are
other downs and the finer they
are the more minute and lacy,
the better the insulation because
of smaller air cells. And, be
cause down does not absorb
moisture, the bedding will be
dry when the camper wakens
in the morning.
These same basic principles
hold true for a sleeping bag.
These bags, incidentally, have
their good points and bad. Good
they can be unfurled almost
anywhere with little trouble. In
really cold weather there's al
most nothing better for warm
sleeping. For small children,
there's no fear of them tossing
off blankets in the night with
dangerous exposure. Bad: they
give a feeling of restraint be
ing too confining. Besides most
bags cannot meet the night-tonight
changes of temperature,
to say nothing of just one night's
changes. Another drawback: if
the bag is water-tight and the
quilting is sewed in and difficult
to air in the morning, your sleep
ing bag may be fine at first but
damp and uncomfortable there
after. We'll discuss how to overcome
some of these faults, in addition
to how to get a good night's rest
in next Monday's column.
(Copyright, 19SS,
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Timberwolf Division
In Field Training
The Second battalion, 413th
Infantry Regiment, southern
Oregon's unit of the Northwest's
"Timberwolf division is pre
sently in field training at the
YakimajFiring Center, Washing
ton. The unit consisting of Head
quarters and Headquarters Com
pany from Medford and "E"
Company, Grants Pass, is made
up of men from virtually every
community in southern Oregon.
Commanding officer is Maj. Rob
ert A. Elliott, Medford.
Review Held
The highlight of training for
the battalion thus far had been
participation in the Governors
Day review on Wednesday, Aug
15. Many visitors were present
for the review including Gov.
Elmon Smith of Oregon, Gov,
Arthur B. Langlie of Washing
ton, and Maj. Gen. William J.
Ennis, deputy Sixth Army com
mander.
Also present were several
young women including two of
the Seafair princesses from
Seattle, Miss Yakima, Miss
USAR, Miss Marine Corps Re
serve and Miss Peacnes and
Cream.
' Prior to the parade the young
women toured the post visiting
the troops in the field. After the
parade Governor Smith, along
with the girls, visited the recruit
area. The girls even stayed for
evening chow.
The training at Yakima con
sists of basic training for the
men who have had no prior
military service, plus advanced
and on the job training for pre
vious service men.
Start Training
Basic trainees on their arrival
were billeted in "tent city"
along with basics or the rest of
the division. After being settled
Sunday evening they started full
time training Monday morning.
Their first "training consisted of
general subjects such as dis
mounted drill, military courtesy,
first aid and customs of the serv
ice. They they started full time
training with the rifle learning
mechanical training then going
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Comment On
Br HAP. MAN W. NICHOLS
United Press future Writer
Washington U.R What's
new in Washington.
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon has
been getting a
lot of mail on
the campaign
of Harold E.
Stassen and
others to dump
him. One let
ter from Indi
ana said: "If
the Stassen
Uarman Nlcnola Clump - nixuu
truck comes through our town,
I'll let the air out of the tires."
On Capitol Hill, there is no
oratory. Nothing but tourists
touring the empty hallowed
halls, and painters putting brush
to ceiling and walls. Across the
Capitol Plaza, there are amateur
painters, doing their best to put
a likeness of the Capitol on can
vas. Some of them dress like they
do in New York's parks and
Greenwich Village smocks and
berets.
Things were pretty quiet at the
Pentagon, too. On one eight-hour
trick during the dark hours, only
two telephone calls came in and
none went out. "Golly," one op
erator said, "all there was to do
was drink coffee and play soli
taire." The United Mine Workers
Journal has a cute cartoon. It
shows a fat miner coming home
from work, iron hat cocked.
Mama is standing at the window
with guests watching his ap
proach. She says: "Here comes
16 tons now."
Brig. Gen. Dale O. Smith has
written a book called "U. S. Mili
tary Doctrine." It was for cir
culation here and the Air Force
Concrete ties are being Intro
duced on British Railways with
the rails fastened in position by
rubber washers which absorb
vibration and add to the comfort
of passing trains.
on to the preliminary rifle in
struction circle to practice dry
firing.
The rest of the last week in
camp will be taken up with tact
ical training.
While the basics were going
through their phase of training
the advanced men were work
ing at their regular jobs or were
attending various schools to as
sist them in their work.
The unit will finish training
at Saturday noon, Aug. 25, and
arrive home on Sunday, Aug. 26.
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general didn't think he would
make a nickel on it. He has
learned, however, that his brain
child has showed up behind the
big curtain in Russia. The Rus
sians, it seems, are plugging the
volume as something that would
be good reading for all Russian
officers. The book has a lot to do
with American military think
ing. The Reading Railroad uses this
one:
"It looks like rain."
"Not here in California."
"Look at the clouds up there."
"They don't mean anything.
They're just empties coming
back from Florida."
The publication called
"The
Machinist" reports:
"Aw, pop, I don't want
to
study arithmetic."
"What! A son of mine grow
up and not be able to figure foot
ball scores, batting averages and
racetrack odds!"
According to Bill Gold of the
Washington Post, a local lawyer
has a two-year-old, who is hep on
animal identification. He does
fine on the tiger and the anteater
and the rest except the ele
phant. The kid insists on identi
fying the flap-eared pachyderm
"Republican."
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Oregon Will Have
Several Governors
Salem U.PJ Oregon will
have several governors this
week.
House Speaker Edward Geary,
Klamath Falls, took over as act
ing governor Monday in the ab
sence of Gov. Elmo Smith at the
Republican National convention
in San Francisco..
However, Geary was to leave
on a business trip to California
Tuesday night and State Treas
urer Sig Unander will serve un
til Gov. Smith returns from the
GOP convention Thursday night.
Oregon law provides that suc
cession to the governorship shall
run from president of the Sen
ate to speaker of the House to
secretary of state to state treas
urer. However, Oregon has been
without a senate president since
Gov. Smith advance from that
post upon the death of Gov. Paul
Patterson.
WATER WELL SPOUTS OIL
Georgetown, Tex. (U.PJ
Mrs. W. H. Percy of the draught
hit community of Jonah, seven
miles east "of here, wasn't too
happy for a woman who had
drilled for water and struck oil.
The draught had already ruined
her grass, shrubs and trees. And
now, she said, she can't even
run her air conditioner on oil.
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Judge Tooze Said
'Much Improved'
Salem U.R) Mrs. Walter
Tooze, wife of Supreme Court
Justice Walter Tooze, reported
today that her husband was in
"much improved" condition at
Salem Memorial hospital.
Mrs. Tooze said the ailing jur
ist had not required oxygen for
several days. He has been under
treatment for what was de
scribed as a stomach ailment.
San Francisco U.R) Rep.
Joseph W. Martin Jr. (Mass.)
who will serve his fifth consecu
tive term as Republican conven
tion chairman, received six gav
els as gifts Sunday.
Dead line Sunday Classified la at
noon Saturday; 10 a m. Monday for
Monday; other daya 5:30 previoua day.
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