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History from the filei of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
40 year ago.
10 YEARS AGO
July 21. 1947 (Monday)
Threatened strike for locomo
tive engineers against the South
ern Pacific railway company is
set for 6 p.m. today.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smfidge Pot column: The "Fly
ing Saucers" are now off the
public minds. Even a large one,
flying low and wearing Russian
whiskers, would cause no com
ment.
20 YEARS AGO
July 21. 1937 (Wednesday)
Medford representatives at
the International Boy Scout Jam
boree held in Washington, D.C.,
this month returned home.
John A. Clark, superintendent
of the sewage disposal plant, sub
mits resignation to the council.
30 YEARS AGO
July 21. 1927 (Thursday)
Medford citizens recommend
tourist signs advertising new
pure Medford water.
Honey bees are blamed as in
direct cause for Talent grass fire
I
40 YEARS AGO
July 21. 1917 (Saturday)
Members of Oregon State Ho
tel association arrive from Rose
burg convention to visit Crater
Lake park.
New effort is made for irriga
tion district.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct Is superior;
seven or eight Is excellent: five or
six Is good
1. Was a post office established
In London before the 16th cen
tury? 2. Name the capital of the Do
minion of Canada. .
3. Bible: What was Pilate's
first name?
4. The year 1900 was, or was
not, a Leap Year?
S. A hurdy-gurdy is aorm of
transportation, musical" instru
ment, or child's game?
6. Must 14. 16. or 18 ciphers
be added to the figure 1 to make
a quintillion?
7. Salt water does, or does
not, freeze?
8. Tripe is obtained from
swine, cattle, or poultry?
9. Is the "g" pronounced like
"j" in both "dinghy" and
"dingy"?
10. Did Harry Von T 1 1 z e r
write the words to "I'd Leave
My Happy Home For You"?
Answers: I. No. (1656). 2.
Ottawa. 3. Ponliut. 4. Was not.
5. Musical instrument. 6. Eight
Mil. 7. Does. 8. Cattle. 9. No.
only in "dingy". 10. No. the mu
sic. Words by Will A. Heelan.
Blown Fuse Puts Out
City Traffic Lights
Two sets of traffic lights were
out for about two hours Satur
day morning when a transformer
fuse blew in back of the Cali
fornia Oregon Power company
home office.
Lights were out at the Main
and Grape sts. intersection and
at Sixth and Grape sts. between
about 8:45 and 10:45 a.m.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Editorial Correspondence . . .
En route to San Francisco from Denver via the California
"Zephyr," July 17 This is another nice train air-cooled, com
fortable and excellent service.
President Russell of the SP some years ago predicted the
doom of passenger travel by rail, particularly the Pullman type.
We wonder if the head of the SP isn't the victim of "wishful
thinking."
His only serious interest being profits, no doubt he would
like to see the least profitable part of the railroad business
eliminated. After a Pullman round trip of over 6,000 miles Hear
ing completion, we doubt if his golden dream will be realized
in the foreseeable future at least.
There are just too many Americans who not only like to
travel but like to see the country en route not only see a steer
ing wheel or the tops of trees!
There are 20 passenger cars on this "streamliner," all but
four Pullmans and of the most modern type. They are filled, as are
the four "astra domes,"' and cameras are almost as thick as the
short sleeved sports shirts and slacks.
In short the summer tourist season has started and it is hard
for your correspondent to see the time when this "see the country"
urge is going to be satisfied by all night coach travel, freight. trains
or supersonic super rocket planes.
We chatted with one of the passengers, a doctor from Chicago,
who is also a movie camera fan. He was shooting from the astra-
dome and in the Feather River canyon "shot" a deer.
He shared our view of the President of the "Friendly SP"
and hoped his defeatist railroad policy would not prevail. He said
he had taken many plane trips, a number necessitated by the
emergency nature of his profession, but that when he took a
vacation at home or abroad, he wanted to see the people where
they lived and what they were doing, and not only the most
comfortable but the best way to do so was by train. As for for
eign countries, he added, the chief joy to him was the relaxing,
leisurely boat trip getting there.
a
In the realm of prediction the undersigned has no crystal ball.
We willingly concede that President Russell is far better qualified
to predict the future of the railroad business in the country than
he. But one thing for sure, if a vote were taken on this train the
Chicago doctor's verdict would not only be supported, but with
three cheers and a "tiger."
Judging by this swing-around-the-circle, now nearly com
pleted, here is a tip for Bill Barker, to-wit:
West of Chicago men's styles are changing. The one and
onlv dictate is COMFORT. If you feel more comfortable to take
your shoe laces out of your shoes and use them as a necktie
ok, do so. If you prefer a sleeveless "T" shirt and shorts, don't
hesitate to throw your coat and pants into the ash can. If you don't
like socks don't forget the popularity once enjoyed by Hon. "Sock
less" Simpson. If you don't like to shave pay no attention to the
Gillette "Calvacade of Sports" and grow whiskers. Also if you
have been wearing a hat and (except in hot weather) a vest,
shame on you throw both of them away, for in this prevailing
"comfort first" campaign, such horse-and-buggy appendages are
just NOT done. Finally if you haven't a sports shirt preferably
depicting in vivid colors a bull fight or Elvis Presley in a toreador
costume ge busy and buy a dozen.
In short, William, from a car window and aisle at least,
this year the prevailing style for men will be no style at all.
Be comfortable, is the watchword, even if it makes the observers
uncomfortable, and you have to go barefoot to do it.
San Francisco, July 18 At last after 10 weeks search for a
cool spot we have found it. Instead of the Golden Gate following
the rest of the country and putting on "unusual weather," here
climatically it is normal for July and delightful. For the first
time since May Day' a sweater and a top coat would be comfortable
instead absurd and out of place. Grandpappy can even wear a.
vest without being conspicuous. "California here we are" and
San Francisco is proving once more that as a summer resort it
has the world beat. R.W.R.
Inflation Controls
Economists in general agree that the hottest prob
lem of the day may be inflation, but they disagree
widely on what kind of inflation we have and what
to do about it. The indications point to no great
change in the government's policy of "monetary re
straint" tight money to most of us as the main an
swer in time of peace.
President Eisenhower on June 26, on the eve of
wage and price increases in steel, urged labor ana
management to follow "statesmanlike price and wage
" A' fortnie-ht earlier. William McC. Martin
Jr., chairman of the Federal Reserve board, told a
Joint Congressional Economic subcommittee tnat tne
only way we have of meeting this inflationary situa
tion, whatever it is, is to restrain demand by monetary
and fiscal means" tight money. Secretary of the
Treasury George M. Humphrey on July 12, winding
up four weeks of testimony before the Senate Finance
committee, said that he felt "inflationary pressures
already may be abating."
MARTIN'S statement indicated no immediate
change from a message transmitted by the Fed
eral Reserve Board of Governors on May 24 to the
chief Congressional groups studying economic policy.
After a year-long study -of. consumer installment
credit now at an all-time record of $32 billion the
board concluded that under peacetime conditions "a
special peacetime authority to regulate consumer in
stallment credit is not now advisable."
The Eisenhower administration has so far fol
Imvprl a nolicv of avoiding- even stand-bv direct eco-
. .
nomic controls since the Defense Production act ex
pired on April 30, 1953. In his first State of the Union
message, President Eisenhower summed up the famil-
e J 1 i .mi 1 .. . . 1 1 1
lar case against controls : l ney nave proved largely
unsatisfactory or unworkable. They have not prevent
ed inflation; they have not kept down the cost of
living."
pONGRESS at this session is hardly likely to furnish
the President stand-by controls on its own initia
tive, as the 81st Congress did President Truman in
1950. Even after the outbreak of Korean hostilities,
Truman had asked no wage and price controls. But
Congress was deeply impressed by Bernard Baruth,
who warned on July 26, 1950, that need for all-out
mobilization was "sufficiently grave to warrant an
overall ceiling across the entire economy."
Congress had been less generous to Truman in the
"special sessions" of 1947 and 1948. Only a few the
least important of the recommendations in his 10
point anti-inflation program were accepted in 1947.
When an angry Congress was called back to Wash
ington after the nominating conventions in 1948, the
only legislation in this field was .restoration of the
wartime Regulation W authority. E.R.R.
Sunday. July 21. 1957
I KNOvV ON THING SHE CAN'T BLAM5
ON ME ' THAT lOJSYCAKBf
Matter of Fact
THE END IS NOT YET
London Now that more is
known about the circumstances
of Nikita S. Khrushchev's tri
umph in the
Kremlin at
least one fair
ly firm and
highly i m por-
tant
conclu
s i o n can
drawn from
The collapse
be
it.
of
the f a m o u
system of "col
jHMih , TontiirA ruin" ii
almost certainly a mere interme
diate convulsion in the strange,
convulsive process of Soviet evo-
lution.
The reasons fnr this rnnr-ln
sion have little to do with npr
sonaiuies. n may well De true
that Premier Bulganin will later
be replaced; it may also be true
that Marshal Zhukov will he the
- -
cnosen replacement.
But such chances of Dersonal
ities, if they occur will still be
less significant than the changes
of a quite different sort that
- m""c
have already been revealed by
tne recent events in Moscow.
the recent events in Moscow,
These are broad and basic
changes in the inner relation
shiDs of Soviet society.
One of these great cnanges
may be inferred from facts al
rparlv rnthpr wirielv discussed
In brief, it now seems clear that
Molotov, Malenkov and their al
lies originally commanded an
arrnal maioritv. and Derhaps a
very heavy majority including
Bulganin himself, in the crucial
vote asainst Khrushchev in the
Soviet Presidium.
WITH a majority against him,
Khrushchev had only one
U)9v in annpal from the hostile
Presidium to the friendly Cen
tral committee. Marshal Zhu
kov. sDeakine for the armed
forces, had to insist upon "So
viet lpffalitv." There are credi
ble reports from Moscow that
the call to the Central commit
tee was indeed issued in this
manner, under threat of force.
These reports are in turn con
firmed by other evidence. For
example, the call to the commit
tee must have been both hurried
and imperative, since the, Soviet
ambassador to France, Vinogra
dov, actually left Paris towards
midnight and drove hell for
leather all the way to Berlin, in
order to catch a plane that
would take him to the commit
tee's opening meeting.
Because Marshal Zhukov al
most certainly intervened to
help Khrushchev, many people
now predict that Zhukov will
succeed Bulganin as Premier. If
it occurs, this promotion to the
Premiership of the one Soviet
leader who is a true popular
hero, with hands unquestionably
clean of the blood of the Stalin
years, will be an event of vast
meaning.
But it will still be less mean
ingful than the simple fact of
Marshal Zhukov's intervention.
Here was the first display of po
litical power by the Soviet mili
tary class. As wise a judge as
former Ambassador to Moscow
Charles Bohlen used to maintain
that "the political influence of
the Red Army in the Soviet
Union was about equal to the
political influence of the Salva
tion Army in the United States."
And that used to be the case.
BUT that is no longer the case,
as Bohlen himself was the
first to recognize. Furthermore,
the officer corps of the Soviet
armed services is nor. oniy a u-
iai ornun with considerable in
ner coherence. It is also being
transformed into an hereditary
caste by the device of the special
schools for officers' cmiaren,
which strongly resemble the spe
cial cadet schools that trained
the officer caste in Hohenzollern
Germany.
In sum, this officer caste now
in formation in the Soviet Union
has fnr the first 'time staked a
claim in politics. Thus the ques
Claim 111 (JU11L11. 1IIUS uo-
tion of the political role of the
.nvipt armpH sprvicpR has been
decisively posed. And this is the
kind of question that, once posed
remorselessly demands an even
tual answer.
One such vast question touch-
By Joe and Stewart Alsop
ing the whole future would be
enough for most societies. But
still another question about the
Soviet future equally huge in
scope and import, was also posed
Dy tne great events in Moscow
TN BRIEF, there is very little
doubt any longer that the
h i a Vi nffinials nrlminictratnrs
and technicians in the great So
viet industrial ministries com
posed the rank and file of the
defeated army of Molotov and
Malenkov. Khrushchev himself
scornfully crowed over them in
pramm l.isr thP other dav. boast
in that ..they wou.d no ionger
be able to spin out their red tape
or send orders by :eiegram
the factories in the provinces
tVipsp mPn ohviouslv ioined
These men obviously joined
Moiot0v and Malenkov because
,n(, ,t industrial ministries
,u-:- -i
wnicn were uicii suuLigiiujuii
were being dissolved under
Khrushchev's industrial r e o r
ganization pian. And who were
these men? They were in fact
the leaders of the nuge ana criu-
caU jmportant new soviet class
of higher industrial managers
and technicians.
Furthermore, what is to re
place the dissolved industrial
ministries. The ministries are
to be replaced by "territorial
economic councils." And these
territorial economic councils
Khrushchev has his way, will
not be dominated by members of
the industrial managerial class.
Thev will be dominated instead
hv Communist nartv bureau
crats non-specialist members
of the party priesthood of which
Khrushchev is the archbishop.
rpHUS the industrial reorgani-
zation Dlan. which neipea to
sriark the Kremlin crisis, is not
merelv a scheme of decentraliza
tion. It is also a scheme to re
store the power of the Commu
nist party bureaucracy over the
day to day management of so
viet inHnstrv It therefore down
grades the great new industrial-
managerial class. But tnis aown-
erari n2 of the most imporiani
npw rlass in Soviet society can
hardly be a closed incident. It
must be the beginning 01 suu
another long and probably pain
ful and risky process 01 reau
justment of inner social-political
relationships.
witv. twn snrh pieantic proc
pssps nf change simultaneously
,( ,.,r.L- in snwipt. society, future
convulsions can hardly be avoid
ri -Rut nnt even Nikita Khrush
chev can foretell when or now
they will occur.
Copyright 1957
New York Herald Tribune Ine
rT TfiBTTIHERS
-nn!itiilntiona to Judge
Shoemaker up. in Portland who
hs,A jho rnnraee to toss three
people into jail for the torture
death of two cats.
c M enmp time aco one
" "
4u. nofenns involved, an lo-
UL U1C F-1 " " ,
vpar-nlrl vouth. had an argument
with his mother. 10 gei cv"
un nA twn others, one a 16-
year-old and the other a man of
30 years, took tne moiner a .
r-ats tipH them together by their
tails and then threw them over
clothesline and poured tur
pentine over them. The caus
clawed each other to death in
their burning agony.
ru -iiiao 03vp them the max
imum penalty of a S100 fine and
60 davs in jail for the grown
man "he same fine nd 30 days
fof 'he minors
The punishment should have
been worse.
rrnpltv in anv form is repug
nant to thinking human beings,
but deliberate torture carnea
out against helpless animals who
have learned to put their faith
humans is beyond tne paie.
The world saw what happen
ed when thinking of this type
grew dominant in Germany un
der the foul regime of ruuer. n
certainly the responsibility ot
v.. . ,
everyone to see that it doesn t
happen again. And people who
would torture a cat to death are
iho csmo nnps who would create
a hell on earth like Buchenwald.
Bill Jenkins in Klamath Falls
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Bar Businessmen?
To the Editor: Could it be a
good policy in the future to pre
vent local businessmen from be
coming councilmen?
Ours have clearly demon
strated on several occasions
their reluctance to permit new
business to enter our city. It's
very apparent their interest is
a selfish one, in which they
won't permit upsetting their
apple cart.
The growth of any commu
nity is dependent upon invested
capital,' capital which in turn
will employ and attract others
to that community. How else are
we to grow if the need is not
first sown?
Competition should not really
frighten our local businessman
unless he is like the small child
that is fearful of what he doesn't
understand nor want. . Surely
this country has demonstrated
the results of competition. It
has enabled everyone of us to
enjoy a -finer way of life as well
as a more profitable one. Out
of competition our country has
grown, and likewise our commu
nity will follow the same path,
if allowed to.
As an answer to one of the
reasons given for not approving
Sears new store, "they" tell us
of plans to expand our City Park
in the future. Would it not be
just as well to consider a West
Side location for another City
Park? It is needed. Aside from
that, I agree we will need a
larger park, particularly so, con
sidering the policy of our coun
cil. We'll need more park
b e n c n e s for the increasing
amount of unemployed in our
City.
James A. Lowman,
P.O. Box 924
Medford, Ore.
Pat on Back
To the Editor: I am one to
condemn and criticize, but at
the same time I believe I am
one co commend, pat on the
back and say "well done," de
pending upon actualities.
In a previous letter I dealt
sort of rough with our city
councilmen when I felt they
were being led by the nose by
"King Pins" etc., as to their
handling of the $50,000 item
on the budget for "off street
parking." I still feel that way.
However, I must "back-water
a little because of the manner
in which they acted and the
interest they showed on subject
matters presented at the last
hearing Thursday night.
All city residents should show
their appreciation of council
action on "the zoning of Phipps
property to allow Sears store to
come to Medford. Why not be
as anxious to give a slap on
the back for a job well done
as we are to criticize? I feel the
council members will appreciate
it
lay O. DeMarrs,
08 West Second st.,
Medford, Ore.
More Fish Discussion
To the Editor: Since M. H.
Williams of Shady Cove saw fit
to publicly take me to task over
remarks reportedly made by me,
I would like to publicly give a
rebuttal.
Mr. Williams, what you read
was not a verbatim account of
what was said. Before attempt
ing the easy exercise of jumping
to conclusions, you might have
called or written me and found
out my exact remarks.
My remarks pertaining to sal
mon referred to where and how
they are caught. When I spoke
of fishing for larger fish I was
speaking of trout and I made
the plea because of the tremen
dous pressure the young down
stream migrating salmon and
steelhead are now subjected to
every spring. I feel that since
trout over a foot long are canni
bals the larger trout should be
our game. They are naturally
more wary and can easily with
stand the fishing pressure. Those
fine catches of seven and eight
inch fish which are caught out
of the Rogue every spring are
the fish that should be un
molested.
Your wish to leave the large
salmon alone because of their
quality during June and' July
and because they are the source
of future generations has some
merit. Despite this they provide
excellent sport and certainly are
a resource we can use sparingly.
Perhaps a shorter season or a
one fish a day limit might be in
order, anyway until their num
bers show some increase.
The group I represent is not
a sportsmans group; it is an or
ganization of conservationists
who may also be sportsmen, but
they are conservationists first.
Hank De Voss
Talent, Ore.
TV Complaint
To the Editor: I am a constant
viewer of TV over KBES-TV
station and we have enjoyed
many of their programs, but
just recently most of the pro
grams have been repeats. We
don't mind some, but what en
joyment is there in a picture you
have already seen before?
It's beginning to be a habit
down at the station when
a good program comes on, there
is always trouble and they do
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff- and Contribution)
WELCOME BACK
ll8l'a
Our favorite society editor got
back to the daily grind last
week after a hectic journey
which took her to Washington,
Philadelphia, ' New York, and
way points, and provided some
fascinating reading for h"r "Pot
pourri" column. She is shown
above as she appeared, tired but
game, a few minutes after re
turning to her desk.
The "welcome home" signs
are the creation of artist-photographer-reporter
Bob Vroman
who also couldn't resist snap
ping a picture of the .returned
"foreign correspondent."
We were rather shocked
when Potpourri returned lo
find that she must have pick-
not even let you know what it
is. When they do, it seems it
happens to be in the network,
but never at the station. It's a
good thing they have something
to blame it on to. Like today
when "Truth or Consequences"
came on, it went completely off
and no explanation whatsoever
as to what the trouble was.
Why not bring some of these
programs back on . TV, Badge
714, Championship Bowling, I
Led Three Lives, China .Smith,
Gun Smoke and there are others
too numerous to mention. These
are good programs and are en
joyed by all. I heard that they
had plenty of sponsors, so why
not get them to put these pro
grams on TV? We also would
like some western shows. They
expect us to buy their products,
then why not give us something
we like and enjoy?
We enjoy TV very much and
it is our only recreation, so if
possible, PLEASE do something
about it. So here s hoping.
W. J. Moore
Gold HiU, Ore.
Fall Out '
To the Editor: I am writing
you this letter to see if you can
do something about this Fall
Out. It just seems to hit every
body in the stomach. Everybody
round the Valley seems to be
complaining. Now you take the
day I have, to spray the Aphis, I
always seem to pick a day they
explode one of those bombs
down in Nevada because the
Fall Out .seems to hit my stom
ach, well maybe not right then
but a little later on but its eith
er spray the Aphis or no roses.
Well, then you take Monday,
right on the days everybody has
to wash, seems funny how they
pick wash day for another ex
plosion and more Fall Out, but
I try to hurry and get thru be
fore the Fall Out comes along, so
Iget the tub ready, dump in the
detergent, that Oh No, that de
tergent don't hurt no body, its
highly advertised but as I start
ed to say, I dump in the deter
gent and believe it or not, Mon
day Fall Out again and I got
a sick stomach before I can fin
ish my washing. So Mr. Editor
won t you please write down
there and see if you can't do
something about this Fall Out
over our Valley.
Name on file
Medford, Ore.
CITY PARKING
We mentioned recently that
Milwaukee, Wis., was enlarging
its municipal off-street parking
facilities and that two-thirds of
the cities over 10,000 population
own and operate one or more
municipal lots.
Here are some more figures
on the subject from the Public
Administration Bulletin. Of the
1,130 cities of 10,000 or over re
porting to the clearing house,
746 have municipal off-street
parking and they own 2,872 lots,
an average of four lots per city.
During 1956. 66 of them estab
lished municipal off-street park
ing lots for the first time and
303 added facilities to those al
ready in operation.
Several larger cities also start
ed in the municipal parking
business during 1956. Among
them were Baltimore, Md.; Chi
cago, Jersey City, N. J.; Eliza
beth, N. J.; Jacksonville, Fla.;
Phoenix, Ariz.; Pro vidence,' R. I.:
Reading, Pa., and Utica, N. Y.
It would appear that Eugene,
if it should go into municipal off-
street parking, would not be a
pioneer in this field. In fact, we
would be joining a large major-
ty of cities which have realized
that in the auto age, parking fa
cilities are just as important as
streets and highways. Eugene
Register-Guard
MCOME
HOME
ed up some bad habits in the,
east. For instance, she's smok
ing several times as heavily
now as she used lo. Before
it was on cigarette par year)
now it's two or three.
Our proofreader has bobbed
up with another bit of esoteric
information. Last Monday, it
seems, was St. Swithin's day,
and if the old tradition comes
true, we should be in for 40
days of sunshine. The legend is
that if it rains on St. Swithin's
day, there will be 40 days of
rain, and vice versa. Last Mon
day was fair and warm.
A member of the auxiliary
to Rogue Valley Memorial
hospital reports it (the hos
pital) has already processed
its first maternity case. A
mother robin built her nest
under the roof of the main
entrance this spring, laid her
eggs, and hatched out her '
fledglings all quit success
fully. One of our operatives tells
us that a couple of youngsters
last week were using an elec
tric device in the Library park
to force worms out into the
open where they could be pick
ed up for fishing purposes. This
poses a nice moral question
who has custodial rights to city
owned worms? . ,
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An unnamed county official,
we ar told, on a trip to th
east coast before th advant
of television in our fair val
ley, got to discussing th
fights on TV. "Heck." h told
his shocked eastern acquaint
ances, "we don't need TV to
see a good fight. W just step
out the door and go to it."
People with similar or identi
cal names can cause confusion.
Harold White, superintendent
of the experiment station here,
doesn't know of any other Har
old Whites in this county and
for this he is glad, for in his
college days there were four of
them. This caused complications,
not all of them bad, as occasion
ally he'd receive a box of cookies
intended for another Harold
White.
He also tells about writing to
the girl who later became his
wife, and how another girl in
the same city had the same
name, and sometimes received
letters not intended for her to
read.
It can also be reported that
there are two Eric Aliens in
Medford at the present, which is
too bad for those people who
believed that one was too many.
The young man who now
prepares "Flight O' Tim" for
this newspaper says he hopes
TV movies continus to com
from th industry's ancient
archives. He finds th old ad
vertisements fascinating, and
reports that something called
"On Z Boulevard" was play
ing at th Craterlan in 1927.
A Boy Scout of our acquaint
ance attended a period at Camp
McLoughlin this summer and,
with his buddies prepared for
a climb up Mt. McLoughlin. To
make things go faster and easier
early in the morning, the pre
vious evening they mixed up all
their hotcake batter so it would
be ready to cook when they
arose. It was placed in a frying
pan with a cover on it. .
In the cold light of dawn they
climbed out of their sleeping
bags only to find the fryingpan
licked clean, and a number of
deer racks around it.
They breakfasted lightly on
hot chocolate.
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This same scout has had
second class rank for soma
months, and th only thing
that barred him from first
class was difficulty in passing
the Mors cod test. At camp
h lost his second class pin.
and was informed he'd hava- '
to buy another on. This smart
lad. however, knew a better
solution. He worked like
beaver, passed his Mors test,
obtained first class rank and
was GIVEN th. first class pin
h had earned. '
The IQ quiz printed recently
in the Mail Tribune asked for
the plural of "you."
Two answers have been nro-
vided us by one of our fune-.
tionaries:
xiSiajj!k-.-.J. .'.a
1. Down south it's you-alL
2. In Montana, it's sheep.