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'p The third annual 4-H club
fat lamb auction sale will be
held today.
20 YEARS) AGO
June 1938 (Wednesday)
q IC&dford city council votes
to award the street repair con-
tract to Warren Nogjthwest,
Inc., Portland, low bidder at
S23.940.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: "It is
now warm enough for the fair
sex to wear their summer
furs."
Talk Sometimes Helpful
Up in Eugene the other day, a group of men
sat down, informally and unofficially, to discuss
problems of the jobs they hold.
Now this happens every day, and there's noth
ing unusual about it.
But this meeting was rather unusual, for it
was the first meeting of a sort of coordinating
council, with the nine members representing the
city, of Eugene, the Lane county board of com
missioners, the Eugene water and electric board,
the University of Oregon, and the Eugene school
district.
.
THE official relationship between these units
and sub-units of government is tenuous, at
best. But the unofficial relationship, the day-today
mutual problems which need solving, and
in which all have a stake, is real enough.
Matters of zoning, planning, road and street
planning and construction, location of water,
eewer and electric lines, problems of taxation and
finance, future school sites, campus expansion,
park location and the responsibilities therefore
all of these affect all the agencies involved
in one way or another.
THERE are indications that this coordinating
council, without any official grant of power
whatsoever, may soon get around to discussing
public problems ranging from what can be done
for young people in the way of recreation, or law
enforcement, to the official relationships of the
agencies involved.
The representation on the council may even
tually be expanded, according to the Eugene
Register-Guard, which goes on to comment:
"Talk, we've all heard, is cheap. The 'roundtable
discussions' of this coordinating council not only will
be an inexpensive means of promoting better team
work among our governmental units. They can easily
lead to better bargains for the taxpayers by increas
ing the overall efficiency of local government."
The Guard adds:
"There's no danger of the coordinating council be
coming a 'super-government.' It has no governing pow
ers, nor even official status. On the other hand, partici
pation by all 'interested parties' could enhance the
value of the council's give-and-take exchanges of
information and ideas. The net benefits could do a
whole lot toward improving this metropolitan area
with considerable overaU tax savings." .
Dennis the Menace
I FOUND A SECRET PLACE IN VAWVs WAUSTl
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30 YEARS AGO
June 8'. 1928 (Friday)
An embarrassing problem
to Police Chief McCredie re-
lates to how to permit the
street religious meetings to
continue at prominent corners
in the business district.
From local and personal
- column: "A baby clinic will
be held at the Eagle Point
. High school Monday."
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40 YEARS AGO
June 8, 1918 (Saturday) .
Thursday, a Red Cross ice
cream social wdl be held in
te grove south of the Oak
Grove school.
Baccalaureate exercises of
the graduating class of the
high school will by held at the
Naf3torium tomorrew night.
Whal'e Yw I.Q.1
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five of
sis is good.
1. During World War II
what was tha principal mili
tary use for silk and nylon?
2. May private individuals
acquire titK to land in the
Panama Canal Zone? .
3. Is the insignia of rank of
a Brigadier General in the
Army gold eagle, silver star
or 'silver oak leaf?
4. Is the chief executive of
ficer in the Territory of Ha
waii a President, Governor, or
Commissioner? o
5. Does the sun revolve
around the earth?
6. Does the moon rgvolve
around the earth?
' 7. What is the name of the
highest military decoration
awarded by the United
. States?
8. Whfere more closely re
lated by blood; mother and
daughter, or two sisters? ,
9. Of which European coun
try is Lisbon the capital?
10. What is a merganser?
Answers: 1. Manufacture of
parachutes. 2. No. 3. Silver
star. 4. Governor. 5. No. 6.
Yes. 7. Congressional Medal
of Honor. 8. Two sisters. 9.
Portugal. 10. A duck.
Ashland Man Cut by
Power Saw at Home
Ashland Ronald Hughes,
operator of Hughes Photo
Service, Ashland, suffered
severe cuts on three fingers
of hs left hand Friday after
noon while working with a
power saw at his home, the
family reported yesterday.
He was reported in good
condition at Ashland Gener
al hospital.
CUCH a council is by no means a cure-all, or,
really, much more than simply an intelligent
step toward coordination and a means of letting
one hand of government know what another is
doing, so to speak.
But it is such a step. This kind of an informal
council could be exceedingly helpful in Jackson
county, where the county government sometimes
seems to forget that there are units of government
other than itself.
Actually, there are' 10 incorporated cities in
the county, 19 school districts" as well as the
county-wide rural school district; and a number
of irrigation, soil conservation, rural fire protec
tion, water and sewer districts. In addition, state
agancies (notably the state department of for
estry) and federal agencies (principally the For
est Service and Bureau of Land Management)
play big roles in the county's economy.
TPHE individuals involved in many of these gov-
emmental units know each other, and have a
generaf appreciation of the others' problems and
plans.
But this liaison is not as close at it might be;
and we have an idea that an informal coordinat
ing council, to meet periodically, might go a long
way toward greasing the sometimes squeaky
wheels of governmental cooperation and mutual
understanding.
One would think that our legislators would
be glad to attend, too, for such a meeting would
be an ideal sounding board to sample the think
ing of the various units.
It's worth thinking about. E.A.
State Song Progressing
"Oregon, My Oregon," also known as "Land
of the Empire Builders,"f the Oregon state song,
is making heartening progress.
We lamented here a few months ago that no
one seems to know it very well if at all and
that it was being neglected. And it's a good tune.
Since then, we understand that at least one
young men's service club in town has started
singing it at the beginning of its meetings. And,
according to evidence from some school-age
youngsters we know, it is a part of their music
repertory.
MOW we are informed that it's beginning to
get through in official circles in Washington.
Congressman Charles O. Porter earlier this
year got in touch with the District of Columbia
Federation of Musicians, and suggested that Ore
gon's song be played at functions where the
various states are saluted by their official songs.
In the past, Oregon's tribute has been a sort of
undistinguished musical "bridge" which meant
nothing.
As a result, the district's orchestra leaders
were tipped off to this unsatisfactory situation,
and at one recent function, the state's song was
given a "lively and well-rendered version," Porter
reports.
JVhich is all to the good. E.A. .
Washington Report
By William S. White
1 VLWv
BORDER STATER
Washington If fortune
ever should put Senator Al
bert Gore of Tennessee into
1 one of those
smoke - filled
f hotel rooms
' where Presi
dential candi-
dates some
,"s times are
luauc, wild
would hap
pen?
First of all,
-i 1 J
Willam S. White w o u x u
open the windows to banish
the odor of cigars. Then he
would raise the blinds all the
way up. And if a bottle of
liquor happened " to be lying
about, it would at once be
cast away.
Albert Gore is a slight, non-
cussin , non - smoKin , non-
drinkin' politician. (The end
ing "g" on -any word is noft
existent to him.) He looks like
a collar ad. And he is about
10 times as tough as he looks.
HIS total sobriety in the
highly convivial profession
of politics probably is an as
set in Tennessee, which has a
strong temperance sentiment,
Indeed,- one of the most hard
handed and powerful politi
cal bosses in the history of
the United States, the late
Mister E. H. Crump of Mem
phis, was in some ways as
sternly puritan as it is possi
ble to be.
Gore, for his part, reached
the - Senate - via previous
service in the House of Rep
resentatives as an anti-machine
candidate. A touch of
the reformer has been about
him ever since. This aura, like
his abstention from strong
drink, does not go down so
well with the politicians gen
erally as it does with his Ten
nessee constituents.,
The Democrats as a class
are a rather gay lot who feel
that bourbon and Scotch are
the rightful lubricants of the
wheels of politics.
Though there is nothing
self-righteous in him, Gore
nevertheless is a little like
that small boy in ' grammar
school who was the brightest
and best behaved in the room
and who invariably was un
popular among his classmates
because of it.
THE Senator is, in fact, an
apt illustration of the rath
er careless way in .which life
distributes its boons and
shortcomings. j
He has a great deal of abil
ity along with his earnestness
but is rather short of that
casual touch that is so help
ful in his trade.
He is a member of a more
or less liberal movement in
the South. And he probably
typifies the kind of politician
who will be required if the
Democratic party in that sec
tion is ever to become a posi
tive rather than a largely neg
ative influence within the na
tional organization.
He is among those South
erners, for example, who hon
estly wish to ease the segrega
tion issue. He will go to some
length and run considerable
political danger in the cause
of promoting Negro rights and
privileges.
He is a man, moreover,
ready and willing to occupy
himself seriously with serious
issues. He seeks no free ride
on phony issues that are main
ly for headline purposes; he
works his passage by real
study and energy.
TT IS probable that he thinks
-- of himself as a sort of pol
itician who will at some time
lead the South away from its
traditional sectionalism. Such
an eventuality and such a
man might also break the
old tradition that a Southern
er cannot be elected President.
If Gore does indeed ponder
these possibilities, it is a per
fectly rational ambition. It is,
however, no doubt a bit pre
mature. The likelihood of the
notion suffers, too, in a less
tangible way. Tennessee in
the North is automatically
considered a Southern state
and for purposes of conven
ience in description, it is.
But Tennessee was never
all-Southern not during the
Civil War and not since. It
was a bitterly divided border
state in the last century and
politically1 it is a border state
still. If a Tennesseean should
return one day to the White
House to vindicate the mem
ory of that state's Andrew
Jackson in that office, this
would not necessarily mean
an end to the national apart
ness of the Deep South.
For such a border state can
didate Gore specifically in
the present discussion would
never be a happy choice of the
Deep Southerners. They might
take him as a matter of ex
pediency, but he could never
really reflect their views.-
(Copyright. 1958, by United
Features Syndicate, Inc.)
Matter of Fact
DE GAULLE IN ALGERIA
Algiers As spectable, Gen.
da Gaulle's descent upon
Algiers was, something to
remember.
The huge, ex
cited crowds,
the display of
military splen
dor for which
the French
Army has a su
perb knack,
the stronger
colorings that
Joseph Alsop siruuj emo
tions somehow give such
scenes all these - were there.
One kept . remembering the
line in T. S. Eliot's poem "On
a General's Triumph": "Oh
the eagles! Oh the trumpets!"
But these public scenes,
easily dominated by the tall,
pale, impassive figure of the
General, were in fact not the
real drama of the occasion.
The real drama began far
away in Paris and continued;
wholly behind the scenes,
here in Algiers.
The actors were the mem
bers of the General's govern
ment, the people of his en
tourage, and the leaders of
the movement in Algeria that
precipitated the French crisis
The drama's theme was a des
perate, last-minute attempt to
persuade De Gaulle to make
Jacques Soustelle his Minister
for algeria. Thus, De Gaulle
was to give full recognition
to the new state of affairs
here, and even to consecrate
this state of affairs which
Soustelle has done so much to
bring about.
CJOMETIMES one wonders
& just how" wily, just how
m u c h of a poker player
Charles de Gaulle really is.
For example, if his final de
cision had been made known
when it was probably taken,
on Tuesday, the hotheads of
the Algerian Committee of
Public Safety might well
have made really bad trouble.
It would have been easy to or
ganize trouble in the crowds
that put so much more pas
sion, the next day, into their
shouts of ''Soustelle, Sou
stelle!" than into their accla
mations of De Gaulle.,
But in fact, after the final
Cabinet meeting in Paris
Tuesday evening, fhe word
was passed to Algiers with
seeming authority, that the
General's mind was still en
tirely open and the great deci
sion had yet to be made. The
same word was brought back
to Algiers by Gen. Salan and
the other military personali
ties who "were, flown to Paris
to confer with the head of the
French government.
The more pessimistic lead
ers, of the movement here in
Algiers already expected the
blow that finally fell. But
there was still the off chance
better than an off chance
some said. There were also
enough old Gaullists in the
Algerian movement (along
with an ample supply of old
Petainists) to understand that
De Gaulle was more likely to
be persuaded by . politeness
than by threats. So everything
was planned, everything was
organized, to please and to
persuade by a fine show of
enthusiasm and submissive-
ness.
NE can imagine the breath-
By Joseph Alsop -
not hear the two things it
wanted to hear, the nomina
tion of. Soustelle and approval
en bloc of Soustelle's program
for Algeria. The crowd
seemed to sense its coming
disappointment.
Yet the whole vast machine
of enthusiasm had by now de
veloped its own momentum.
It would not be turned back.
So those who were most dis
appointed played the parts
that the occasion had, so to
speak, ruthlessly allotted to
them. De Gaulle was cheered
for a speech, at once emotion
al and enigmatic, that left his
hands free to seek almost any
Algerian solution he consid
ers practical and appropriate.
And after the General and the
dignataries departed, a large
part of the crowd remained to
keep up the vain shout of
"Soustelle, Soustelle, Sou
stelle!" :
Before these words can be
printed far more may have
happened, and these things
that may happen -will perhaps
transform the outlook. But as
these words are written, it
would appear that De Gaulle
has recaptured full control in
this deeply troubled c i t y,
without in any way entan
gling himself with all those
forces that seemed so likely to
entangle him. That, in itself,
is a remarkable accomplish
ment. (Copyright 1958 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
(ly M-T Staff and Contributors)
A housewife who is plan
ning to quit her full-time
job outside the home, call
ed her husband at his of
fice the other day to report
that everything went wrong
on her day off. Too much
bleach ruined two shirts
she was washing, a cake
burned in the oven, and
she burned her finder.
Many more days like that,
he declares, and (he'll. de
cide to keep on working at
her office job.
A man whose wife is out
of town for a couple of weeks
had an older male relative
over to dinner last. week. This
man, who takes pride in his
culinary ability, volunteered
to prepare the salad with a
special dressing he knows.
The ingredients included
that old salad stand-by, vine
gar. Now the vinegar cruet in
the kitchen was empty, so
the young son of the family
was sent to the store-room
for a gallon jug of it. He re
turned with a jug, and the
older man poured the proper
amount from the jug into the
bowl in which he was mixing
the dressing.
Then he stirred and stir-
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter Lippmann
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Geddes on Foreign Trade
To the Editor: It is most
gratifying to have Sen. Rich
ard Neuberger of Portland
use your columns' to oppose
me in my bid to unseat the
Democratic incumbent Rep
resentative from the 4th Con
gressional District, as he did
in a recent letter "to the edi
tor." The Senator's intervention
is an indication to me that
my campaign must be going
well. I trust that he soon again
may attempt to tell the people
of Southwestern Oregon what
to do.
When he does so, however,
I trust that he will get his
facts straight, and not misrep
resent my position as he
did the last time. For his in
formation and yours, I do not
oppose the reciprocal trade
program and have never
stated that I do. .
I strongly favor foreign
trade and believe that it
should be encouraged. Under
present conditions, I do not
favor "free trade", which
would permit imports without
any limitations. I have and.
do strongly critize the posi
tion of my incumbent oppon
ent which is stated in the
April 24 issue of the Congres
sional Record. I quote him:
"So far as it came, I have
always been for free trade." :
The position of the 4th
District Congressman is also
criticized by Lumber 8c Saw
mill Workers, Local 3039, of
Grants Pass and by the West
ern Council of Lumber &
Sawmill Workers, AFL-CIO,
who find that . unlimited im
ports of Japanese hardwood
plywood are affecting our
local economy and losing jobs
for our workmen, and have
petitioned our representatives
in Congress to do something
about it. I agree with these
Unions. - .'
Plywood imports from Ja-
less moments after De
Gaulle's arrival, among all
the little group of persons im
mediately concerned, at the
summer palace on its hill
above the city where the Gen
eral did his real work of the
day Even at the airport, the
mere character of his greet
ing, to each of his welcomers
was studied with passionate
attention.
Then, quite quietly at the
summer palace, De Gaulle
gave his answer. He himself
would be his own Minister for
Algeria. Gen. Salan would be
hisdeputy, on the scene. The
Committee of Public Safety
might continue, but as a "civ
ic and propaganda organiza
tion," and not as a substitute
fer the public administration
of Algeria. . v
It was not the answer de
sired by the new masters of
Algiers. It offered no conse
cration, -no real recognition
even,, of their movement.
Above all, it did not make De
Gaulle their "prisoner," in the
sense so often predicted by
the French left wing in the
days of crisis in Paris. But it
was the only answer that nei
ther Soustelle, nor any of Sou
stell's backers in De Gaulle's
personal circle, nor indeed
anyone else couia possioiy
dare to challenge.
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THERE w a s a magnificent
irony, therefore, in the
final public scene of that first
day the immense meeting in
the Algiers Forum, where De
Gaulle made his speech to the
people. The insiders knew,
by then, that the crowd would
FOR CHARLES DE GAULLE
Washington -What has
happened in France illustrates
a truth which I first came
upon years ago in a history
of the French revolution. It
is that move
ment; usually
a regime col
lapses of its
own. weakness
and corrup
tion and then
a revolution
ary movement
enters among
Walter Lippman the ruins and
takes over the
powers that have become vacant.
Thus it is simply not true
as some are saying that a
democratic and free system
of government has been over
thrown by a conspiracy of Co
lonels and extremists, conniv
ed at by Generals and right
wing politicians, among them
Gen. de Gaulle himself. The
Algerian war, which has been
a military failure and in its
cruelties is a disgrace to the
good name of France, was pre
sided over by a Socialist poli
tician who owed his appoint
ment to a Socialist Prime Min
ister. As respects North Afri
ca, the authority of the French
government in Paris had col
lapsed long before the insur
rection broke out last month.
As early as February, after
the bombing of the Tunisian
village of Sakiet-Sidi-Youssef,
it was as plain as the - nose
on one's face that the Paris
government was impotent to
govern. . . '
.It is false, therefore, to look
upon Gen. de Gaulle as the
man who overthrew, or con
nived at the overthrow of, the
parliamentary government.
He has come to power be
cause that government could
no longer pretend that it was
able to govern.
doubt, it has seemed to me,
that he is an authentic bearer
of the central traditions of the
Western society. He does not
use its values as stereotypes
and slogans, as the battere
catch phrases that political or
ators have made of them. His
mystery, which communi
cates itself to the French
when they are in trouble, is
that, being authentic and not
time-serving, he touches those
chords of memory which bind
a nation together.
red, and stirred. The liquid
ingredients would not mix.
Beside, there was an odd
odor.
Our man came to inspect
and spotted the difficulty. The
jug the boy had brought did
not contain vinegar- it was
paint remover.
Our farm editor is a
strong supporter of the ef
forts being made lo broad
en Jackson county's sadly
inadequate recreational fa
cilities, and he likes a quo
tation he heard from a local
restaurant operator, who
said. "People driving
through ask me what there
is to do in town, and I
just don't know what lo
tell them."
The chief of police was on
a brief, well-earned vacation
last week', and several of the
off jpers took advantage of the
situation by sitting at nis desK
for intervals.
One such young man, in an
expansive mood, seated him
self in the chief's chair, lean
ed back importantly, and
promptly fell over backward,
chair and all.
He's ngjv sporting a large
bmdage on his elbow, chief.
Just about every possible
type of clothing shows up
in the newsroom, sooner or
later. (We even remember
one man who came in dress
ed up as a bear.) Our of
fice philosopher says about
the only thing we haven't
seen so - far this season is
a man in Bermuda shorts,
but s's expecting some
momentarily. And he ad
ded that this' just proves
the old saying. "All the
characters in the world
eventually find their way
lo - a newspaper office.
Quite a few of Ihem ara
already working there." :
The city jail isn't the pleas-
I antest snot in the world, na-
AN interesting book could turally enough, but it attract
hp writtpn ahont. the had pH a vnlnntppr. iaiU-iir -tVia
r
pan increased from 13 million
square feet in 1951 to 686 mil
lion in 1957 a 52 fold increase.
This year, 1958, Japan has
put a voluntary quota on her
self of 679 million square
feet (the equivalent of the out
put of 12 large plywood
plants), -or-an increase of 250---
T HAS been said by some
that while Gen. de Gaulle
himself is not a Fascist, he is
an old man, like- Hihdenburg
in Germany, who in his senil
ity will make way for a
French Hitler. All I can say
is that, having seen him re
cently he did not seem in
the least senile to me: he was
then, and he has always been,
a man of extraordinary his
torical insight and imagina
tion, in this respect second
only, I would say, if not equal
to, Churchill. There is in De
Gaulle no trace of the modern
vulgar dictator, of the Hitler,
Mussolini, Peron, or Nasser,
and he has shown in his books
that his mind is profound and
that his style since he uses
no ghost writer is a true ex
pression of his mind.
There has never been any
million over the greatly ex
ceeded 1957 voluntary quota.
Accordingly, it Is very clear
that we cannot rely upon vol
untary quotas. - : -
It seems to me that our
Democratic senators and con
gressmen should try to stem
this ever increasing tide of
unfair competition. Our $2.16
per hour minimum plywood
labor cannot hope to. compete
with HVc per hour wage of
Japan. Our workers do not
ask that those who represent
us in Congress, prohibit ply
wood imports, but merely that
they quit spending their time
trying to justify the lack of
a limit or quota. '
Paul E. Geddes
Republican Nominee
for Congress, 4th
Congressional District
"Roseburg.-Ore.- -
be written about the bad
relations which existed dur
ing the war . between Presi
dent Roosevelt and Gen. de
Gaulle. I do not pretend to
know the whole story but as
a newspaperman in Washing
ton and in London, I knew
about significant bits and
pieces of the story. Their bad
relations began originally be
cause at the beginning of the
war, after the fall of France
in 1940, there were two
French governments. There
was one inside France at
Vichy under Marshal Petain
which . was, of. course,, domi
nated by Hitler .and the vic
torious Nazi armies. The other
French government was in ex
lie in London, and it was
under Gen. de Gaulle.
It was our official policy
for - which there were very
good reasons of expediency,
to maintain diplomatic rela
tions with Petain's govern
ment in Vichy and in North
Africa. Our good reagons were
that we intended to invade
North Africa and hoped for
the collaboration of the
French officials and soldiers
This policy, so it was felt by
Secretary Hull and the Presi
dent, required that we have
no relations with the Free
French under Gen. de Gaulle
Though our hearts were
with the Free French, our cal
culated policy required us to
be with the Vichy French.
This necessary, but double-
faced attitude caused much
misunderstanding, and one
irritating incident after the
other. Roosevelt and Hull and
De Gaulle never forgot and
outlived their original cross
purposes.
ALL THIS was complicated
1 by a temperamental clash
between Roosevelt and ue
Gaulle. It is illustrated well
enough in the perennial and
celebrated joke that' Gen de
Gaulle, who must be about six
foot three and is all male, re
garded himself as the Maid
of Orleans, the Joan of Arc,
of the French disaster. Roose
velt seemed to think this was
exceedingly funny, that it
proved Charles de Gaulle was
not to be taken too seriously
But it was a Philistine's
joke. For while, obviously
enough, De Gaulle was a man
and Joan was a woman, his
historic role in the French
disaster, like hers in the days
before, was to rally the na
tion and to compel the govern
ment to resist the invading
enemy. It is no surprise that
there was no warm under
standing between the two
meni one of whom thought
that the other's historic mis
sion was a joke.
In fact it was no more ab
surd, nor was it any more
conceited, for De Gaulle to
think of Joan of Arc than it
has been for, let us say, Am
erican Presidents, in time of
crisis, to think of themselves
in terms of Washington and
Lincoln.
(c) 1958 New York
- - Herald Tribune Inc. -
ed a volunteer jailbird the
other day. This bird, species
uncertain, flew in through an
open window and refused to
leave.
Chief' Champlin saw it
come, and head for a high
perch. He couldn't identify
it, but thought it was too
small to be a "camp robber."
One office took a look and
walked away muttering "stool
pigeon." j
The Rev. Thomas Mc
Camant is gelling lo be a
pretty regular visitor to the
newsroom these days. On
Thursdays, about noon, he
comes in with church news.
On Fridays, about noon, he
comes in with stories his
wife has written for the
society section for one of
her organizations. And later
in the samje afternoon, he
comes in with his bird
watching column. "Now
I've got THREE deadlines
lo meet each week," he
mourned.
This one we read some
where, and pass it along for
the edification of those who
find the ways of women
baffling. ' '
A - couple had almost de
cided to buy a new $3,000 car,
bul thought they couldn't af
ford it, even with the $2,000
which the salesman had of
fered them as an allowance
for their car, on which they
still owed $1,000. .
But the wife wanted the
car, and figured out how they
could pay for it, as follows:
"We accept the car dealer's
offer. He gives us the $2,000
and we give him our old car.
Then we go to the finance
company, and pay off the
$1,000 we still owe, and then
take the other $1,000 to the
dealer and pay the balance
on the new car. Then , we'll
take the new car, and not
owe anyone anything."
When last seen, the man
had a slightly bemused look
on his face.
From the Coot Bay
World:
"What America needs is
not a good five cent cigar.
What this country really
needs the whole world,
in fact is a good low
priced vibrator ... Have
you ever sal in a barber's
chair and suddenly felt a
brisk rubdown of your op
per spine, shoulders, neck
and head:
"Is there a greater boon?
The vibrator brings up non
chalance from the back of
the neck and adds it lib
erally to the cluster of
words and worries floating
about in the upper cranium.
It shakes and dislodges
trum from the top of the
mind.
"Imagine the socially use
ful side effects of a nation
wide swing lo vibrators. It
might reduce tha number of
bachelors, cut the divorce
rale, curb baldness.
"Honestly, the very idea
hat ui ell shook up.-