4 Febnury 193
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Feb. IS. 1949 (Tuesday)
Legal points are argued In
circuit court as Ashland May
or Thomas Williams' dispute
with the city council receives
further airing.
Medford Judge G. H. Nel
son requires a teen-age traf
fic offender to write a 500
word essay on traffic safety.
20 YEARS AGO
Feb. 15, 1939 (Wednesday)
Seventeen Jackson county
residents sign up for the
unites on the "Delta Queen"
from Sacramento to the ded
ication of the Shasta-Cascade
exhibit building at the world
fair.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
W1
Smudge Pot" column: "One
of the Older Girls reports
! sighting an early fly in her
kitchen Tues., with her trusty
fly -swatter missing from
where she hid it.
30 YEARS AGO
Feb. 15. 1929 (Friday)
T. E. Daniels goes to Salem
to urge passage of the pro
posed new steelhead law.
Oil development is in pros
pect for the valley.
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 15, 1919 (Saturday)
Plans are under way for a
reception for returning sol
diers and sailors of the valley.
A special election for ref-
erendums is set for June 3.
50 YEARS AGO
Feb. 15. 1909 (Monday)
The Crater Lake road bill
strikes a snag in the Oregon
Senate when it is routed to
the wavs and means commit
t instead of the road and
hiphwav committee.
Southern Oregon miners
predict record output of plac
er gold this year. -
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct i superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. In war, what does the
term "open city" mean?
2. What Is a cadaver?
3. Who wrote "The Song of
Hiawatha"?
4. Who composed the opera
Lohengrin?
5. A flamingo is an air
plane, bird, bat, or a kind of
woman's hat?
6. What motion picture ac
tress was called 'Americas
Sweetheart"?
7. Correct the following:
"He was awkward in bowl
ing." 8. One President of the
United States weighed 280
pounds; name him.
9. Do fish have eyelids? '
10. Is the yew an evergreen
or a deciduous tree?
Answer: 1. Undefended. 2.
Corpse. 3. Henry W. Long
fellow. 4. Richard Wagner. 5.
Bird. 6. Mary Pickford. 7. He
is awkard at bowling." 8.
William Howard Taft. 9. No.
10 Evergreen.
FAMILY BREADWINNER
Green Bay, Ala. -(EPD-While
out dove hunting with his fa
ther, Robert (Bob) Cunning
ham, 11, spent his time gath
ering wild cucumbers - 40
rounds of them. Dad, didn't
?ei any dove, but Bobo sold
his catch for $4.80 and treated
the family to a steak.
Dogs, Again'
It is surpassingly evident that people are
strongly even passionately interested in ani
mals generally, pets particularly, and dogs espe
cially. An extended flurry of letters to this news
paper, of telephone calls and letters to public
officials, of visits to the Humane society and
county dog pound, all have demonstrated that
few other subjects generate quite as much heat.
This is one of the reasons that today we are
beginning publication of a new column, "You and
Your Pet," prepared under the auspices of the
Southern Oregon Humane society.
B
UT THERE are other
questions of the care
to problems of the disposal of the "excess" animal
population, chiefly dogs and cats. . ' " ')
The Humane society, with much logic and vast
experienceboth locally and nationally, urges that
the problem of too many animals be attacked at
the source, by curtailing
If nothing else, the
these matters has focused attention on the prob
lem, and this in itself will
toward solving the problem.
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IVfEANWHILE, however, a lively controversy
over pet control will
for the elements of compromise are lacking.
And the Droblem ot
cess animals, while steps
a solution, still poses several questions. One of
these is the frankly unpleasant subject of methods
of execution.
The congress recently
the humane slaughter of
be any less concerned over the methods of death
of animals who traditionally are much closer to
us, does and cats?
A member of our staff who has made it his
business to look into the matter discusses this dis
tasteful, but important, subject ih the following
editorial. E.A:
Humane Death
. If Jackson county's unwanted dogs and cats
must be disposed of in
consider carefully what
The humane way and
always the same.
Electrocution, as used at the Jackson county
dog pound, kills the animal almost instantly. But
it can dispose of only one
The carbon monoxide
the Southern Oregon Humane society accommo
dates several animals at
die right away.
"THE Jackson county
construction of a gas
Since Chris Hagler, the
cer, must dispose of some 50 animals a week,
the chamber would certainly make his work
easier, if less palatable.
Contrary to what many people have supposed,
however, the carbon monoxide appears to be less
humane than electrocution. We base this state
ment on observation of
local facilities.
The county's chamber is to have one advan
tage over that of the humane society. The gas
will enter through several holes instead of one,
thus hastening its work somewhat.
"
A NOTHER advantage, that should be consid-
: ered is to provide a
in the chamber as the gas
that produces the gas
chamber could also suck
This, according to
humane society, would cut the killing time in half.
The society does not
itself. For its chamber the gas is filtered through
a water tank, which cools it and filters out the
carbon soot. Then, however, it must force its
way into the chamber as the air is pushed out a
vent m the top. This way,
DUT there are other methods of killing, and we
believe they should be considered too. None
are quite as easy as the gas chamber, perhaps, but
they might prove more humane.
One is the use of cyanide gas. This substance
brings death swiftly, but requires precautions.
A second is the injection of a painless but
lethal drug. This method is used generally by
veterinarians. It is humane, but of course time
consuming and costly.
A third is the captive-bolt pistol. This weapon,
held to the animal's head, deals a quick, fatal
blow with a retractable metal plug.
The use of carbon dioxide in humane live
stock slaughtering should be noted too. Carbon
dioxide merely puts the animal to sleep, after
which it can be killed by other methods.
AXE REALIZE the county court has already
committed itself to purchasing the gas cham
ber. The court members have undoubtedly acted
in good faith.
But we urge that the possibilities of using
cyanide gas or carbon dioxide in this chamber
instead of carbon monoxide, and the other alter
natives, be fully explored. The court, we under
stand, has not yet acquired a motor to produce
the carbon monoxide. , '
. Commissioner Ralph James has assured us of
the court's interest in this matter.
The alternatives we have mentioned mav take
a little more time for the person in charge of the
chamber. They may, mercifully, take a little less
for the animals inside it.
ramifications, leading to
and control of pets, and
indiscriminate breeding,
recent evident interest m
do much to make a start
undoubtedly continue,
the disposition or. ' ex
are being taken toward
passed a law calling for
meat animals. Lan we
large numbers, we must
methods are used.
the easy way are not
at a time.
gas chamber in use at
once: But they do not
court recently ordered
chamber for the pound
county dog control offi
the methods at the two
quick 'outlet for the air
enters. The same motor
and forces it into the
out the air.
William Herring of the
use this arrangement
death lingers a bit.
E.W.
Dennis the
Sg? i TOLD m Joey was stuck ohya;
Matter of Fact'
DULLES OUT
Washington-At a minimum,
the illness of John Foster
Dulles is likely to last much
yiii,iiii 1 o n 2 e r than
has yet been
admitted. The
o f f i c ial an
n o u n cement
predicted that
the Secretary
of State would
be absent from
his office for
a month. But
4os-ph Alsop uiuiacu.
has warned the White House
that he will probably have
to be away for two months. '
The two - month estimate
was certainly not soft or self
indulgent, since very few men
of our time can equal John
Foster Dulle's courage in the
face of illness. In truth, he
was very ill already, and the
doctors were already clamor
ing to operate, when he grim
ly crossed the Atlantic for his
last tour of the Western
capitals.
Worse still, he took this
taxing journey although he
could make no move of any
sort-could not cross or stretch
his legs, or rise to go into
dinner, or take his seat at
table-without incurring the
most agonizing pain. In this
condition, this 71-year-old
man behaved as though he
were made of gutta percha,
or some similar substance,
keeping his secret from all
but two members of his party,
so that his co-workers would
not try to spare him or lighten
his burden.
TO ONE on earth can fail
to admire such a display
of sheer guts and stoic sense
of duty. Furthermore, there
are a great many people who
have not admired Foster
Dulles in the past, conspicu
ously including the leaders
of other Western nations who
most detested and distrusted
him, yet who now regard his
renewed illness as a genuine
ly appalling development. The
secret of this change of front
lies in a single scene from the
recent past.
Last August, when the at
tack on Quemoy began to be
taken seriously, John Foster
Dulles flew to Newport to see
Dwight D. Eisenhower. The
President borrowed an hour
or two from the golf course
to hear the report of his Sec
retary of State. Dulles then
put on the extremely trans
parent disguise of an anony
mous "high official," and he
announced to the world that
the United States would use
force to defend the off-shore
islands if the need arose.
AS SOME one remarked at
the time. "He all but sold
Ike on a major risk of war on
the first tee." The will that
took the calculated risk that
proved out at Quemoy was
not the President's will. It
was the will of the Secretary
of State, who could persuade
Editorial Comment
SCORNING THE PUBLIC
The Southern Pacific, in a
hearing before the interstate
commerce commission in San
Francisco, claims that it is
losing $1,900,000 a year on
the operation of the Shasta
Daylight between Portland
and San Francisco.
If this claim by the railroad
is correct, it means that the
SP is losing $5,200 every day,
yet by the testimony of the
railroad's own officials even
in the low travel months of
winter from 150 to 200 pass
engers ride the train daily.
Frankly, we are highly
skeptical of the railroad's
claim to a $5,200 a day operat
ing loss on the Daylight; the
figure sounds as padded as a
convention expense account.
The SP is proposing that
service during the winter be
curtailed to three round trips
a week and if this curtailment
is granted, then it is the first
step toward the discontinu
ance of the Shasta Daylight.
Menace
Alsop
the President to make such
a momentous decision after
long absence from Washing
ton, in mid-vacation, and be
tween rounds of golf.
Here is the real reason why
so many former Dulles-haters
would now like to- bank Wal
ter Reed Hospital with flow
ers, if that would speed the
Secretary of State's recovery
In brief, his peculiar and un
precedented relationship with
the President makes Dulles
almost irreplaceable. '
Under-Secretary of State
Christian Herter, Douglas Dil
lon,, and others -being men
tioned as possible Dulles re
placement, are men of high
est quality. They might even
have been better choices in
the first instance. But none
of these men has the Dulles
relationship with Eisenhower.
None can "sell Ike on a major
risk of war on the first tee.
And in the present condition
of the American government,
the Secretary of State . very
nearly requires this degree of
absolute authority, if the
American government is go
ing to have an active and
forceful foreign policy.
The need for energy and
firmness is sufficiently prov
en, in turn, by the ugly Ber
lin problem that drove John
Foster Dulles abroad, gravely
ill, in dreadfuL pain, .but un-
shakably determined ' to lay
the foundation for a Western
united front.
v
-M ERCIFULLY, the sacrifice
"a was apparently rewarded.
The reports of general accord
in London were not just the
usual official eye-wash, if
good sources can be trusted.
The British have at least
agreed in principle that a chal
lenge on the access-routes to
Berlin cannot be met by tak
ing refuge in an air lift. Thus
the essential foundation has
been laid for a "contingent
plan" for Berlin's defense. By
the same token, Chancellor
Adenauer has in principle re
laxed his former position at
least a little. Thus the essen
tial foundation has also been
-laid for negotiations about the
general German problem.
The determination of John
Foster Dulles to defend Ber
lin, even if he must die in
the act, is further proven-by
the fairly astonishing arrange
ment he' made with 'the Presi
dent and his own State De
partment subordinates before
going to the hospital. If all
goes well on the operating
table, Dulles means to resume
personal charge of.the Berlin
problem, from the hospital,
and within a fortnight of his
operation, while leaving Un
der Secretaries Herter and
Dillon to handle all other
State Department "business.
Meanwhile, as the results of
the operation are awaited, one
thinks of that last Dulles
journey.
Copyright 1959, New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
If the Southern Pacific
were in dire economic straits,
there would be some sym
pathy of its reputed - losses,
but the fact is that the SP is
one of the most prosperous
railroads in the nation and
its 1958 profits were above
those of 1957, something of a
miracle in t h e railroad in
dustry. The attainment of the SP's
high operating profit has been
through ruthless disregard of
any obligation to passenger
service to the public. From
its very inception over three
quarters of a century ago, the
philosophy of the men who
have operated the railroad
has been that of high scorn
for the public and the phil
osophy has carried down to
the present management. -Ashland
Tidings.
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A Call to Think
To the Editor: What is this
thing which is so lightly
spoken of as "defense"? What
is this arms race in which we
must have as much of every
thing as Soviet Russia has, or
even more?
Hanson W. Baldwin, the
military affairs expert on the
New York Times wrote about
these things in the issue of
Feb. 1. He says the big issue
is between what he calls "fin
ite deterrence" and what he
calls "counter-force strategy."
Those words don't mean
much to a common person,
but then I read on to see this
explanation:
"For the former task-deter-ence
by city-busting devasta
tion critics maintain we now
have a great 'over-kill' capa
bility, the capability of de
stroying many times over all
of the enemy's principal
cities and all of his principal
military targets."
Yet, apparently, some mil
itary strategists argue that
this is still not enough. They
fear there still might be scat
tered missile emplacements
from which weapons might
get through to destroy our
cities. To guard against
this possibility I suppose they
mean we must be able to
blanket the whole area of
Russia with our nuclear
bombs. Do they not fear that
in so doing they might also
develop enough radio-active
fall-out to wipe out the en
tire population of the world?
When I think of these
things my preachings as a
minister of Christ seem much
too feeble. I feel that 1
should be obeying the Mas
ter's injunction to "proclaim
unnn the housetops." Yet
there are reported to be mil
lions of followers of this
same Master in our country,
people who have surely
heard his words about lov
ine enemies.
For my part I don't want
to drop one atomic bomb on
anv city where Gods cnu-
dren live. Has not the ulti
mate reduction to absurdity
been reached when people
say that "the capability of
destroying many times over
all of the enemy's principal
cities and all of his principal
military targets" is still not
enoueh?
Yet the same people who
want the arms race to go on
even beyond this will be the
ones who will want the bud
get cut on economic aid to
countries where over half the
population is hungry, or on
better housing for our own
country where people are
still .living ten to a room in
some cities.
Let us think, and then
think aeain harder, men
let us do something. We tne
people are the rulers of this
democratic country.
Thomas McCamant,
300 Oakwood dr.
Medford.
On Donations
To the Editor: In regard to
my letter of Tuesday, Feb. 10,
asking for donations for the
taxes of an old man in Jack
sonville. I wish to correct the
spelling of his name, it is Tom
Bjornsen instead of the prev
ious spelling. And still check
ing further, the amount due
on his taxes is $78.26 instead
of the $33 as quoted before.
At this time I have the
amount of $25 and have the
balance of $43.26 yet to raise.
Anyone interested in help
ing to. meet this need, please
send or bring donations to me.
Mrs. N. Hollis,
112 West California st.,
Jacksonville, Ore.
Club Seeks Equipment
To the Editor: We wish to
ask your- help in locating
some of our much-needed hos
pital equipment.
The Chin Up club has
loaned all of its sick and am
bulatory equipment through
the Red Cross, and we find no
records of where the articles
are. Also none of our beds,
etc., have been returned and
we are down to nothing.
We hope you will publish
an appeal in your paper and
ask that any of our crutches,
wheel chairs, walkers and
other equipment will be
traced in this way.
Mainly, we want to know
where things are so that we
may loan again, when not in
use.
One of our projects is buy
ing hospital equipment and
making it available to those
who need it with no charge.
These articles are hard come
by and valuable only to our
club.
The Chin Up club equip
ment is marked on the frame
with our name, and we can
identify it as our property.
We will be glad to pick up
the articles not in use and
also be glad to allow further
use if necessary.
We want to locate it so we
can keep it in circulation.
Anyone knowing of the
whereabouts of any of our
properties, please, phone SP-
2-4390 or notify the Chin Up
club through me.
Thank you vey much for
your assistance in our behalf.
Mrs. Howard Glascock
233 Beatty st.
Medford
Shop Praised
To the Editor; Last week it
was my good fortune to have
circumstances maneuver me
into the delightfully quaint
antique shop in Jacksonville
across' from the museum in
the old Courthouse. This visit
put me in the mood to appre
ciate and participate in the
Oregon Centennial celebra
tions.
The little lady who owns
and runs the shop makes one
feel at home at once and
without any suggestion of
commercialism.
I'm writing this because
I'm sure most persons in Jack
son county are unaware of
this little shop, where one
may pleasantly browse in the
past and perhaps take home
a momenta remembered from
long ago. The shop owner
lives at the shop and wel
comes visitors any time. When
you go I'm sure you will en
joy it as much as I did.
. . , E. L. S.
(Name on file)
Medford
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
MR. DULLES IS NEEDED
. There is no reason to doubt
that John Foster Dulles will
again come out on top, car
ried through
his ordeal
not only by
his. stamina,
which is fabu
lous, but also
by the knowl
edge that he is
at this mo
ment the in-
flicrtaane o V 1 a
Walter " "
Lippmann man. There
have been times "in the past
when things were at the end of
a chapter, and he could with
grace and dignity have made
way for a younger man. But
not just now. This is a period
when things are moving to
ward a climax, after which
the world may be very dif
ferent, and he himself is at
the climax of his career.
There is no one else in
the Western world who has
authority, comparable with
his, to lead the enormously
complex' negotiations about
Germany and about Europe,
which in one way or another
are now unavoidable and im
perative. If the West moves,
as it must, from a policy of
standing pat to one of negoti
ation and compromise, his
personal leadership will be
the best guarantee that flex
ibility is not flabbiness and
that a strong and tough hand
is in charge. The Russians
will make no dangerous mis
takes while he is there, and
our allies will be much less
apprehensive. ,
TiHERE IS one question
- which, if we knew the an
swer to it, would light up
the whole situation. Why is
it that Moscow has opened up
Berlin and the German ques
tion now rather than, let us
say, two years hence? The
Russians know quite well that
German opinion is evolving,
and that Dr. Adenauer's re
fusal to negotiate on a realis
tic basis will not be held to by
his successors. In two years,
Mr. Dulles, will be out of of
fice, and until very recently
there was no difference be
tween his position and Dr.
Adenauer's. In two years.
moreover, there will be - if
the Russians believe what Sen.
Symington and others say - a
TODAY
In Oregon History
(A Centennial -Feature)
FEBRUARY 15, 1841
Ewing Young who came
to this country with Mr.
Hall J. Kelley, died today
at his home at Wheatland.
Mr. Young has been most
active in the affairs of this
area. He was an organizer
of the Willamette Cattle
Company and led the party
that drove cattle north over
land from California. Three
years ago he built a saw
mill. His death creates legal
problems since, if his estate
is to be prpbated, it will be
necessary to set up some
sort of provisional government.
Ml
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
For some time, now, this
column has been talking, on
and off, about beards.
Well, how could it be
avoided? There they are,
ereat hairy acres of them,
everywhere one looks. And on
some of the most unexpected
faces, too.
Now we have an appliance
store that is offering sur
stantial prizes for a variety
of types of beards - a contest
which has tempted tne two
Lincolnesque characters in
our own office.
At one school in ' the
county, which shall remain
unnamed here, some of the
faculty are engaged in the
pursuit of hairiness, and one
of their 10-year-old pupils,
reporting on this develop,
ment to his mother, said
that one of them, a man of
some plumpness, it growing
a beard on hit chin. To
which the 8-year-old of the
family responded, "Yeah,
Mamma, both of them."
And we are told on good
authority that an official
looking notice appeared on
the bulletin board of one of
the town's better-known es
tablishments where food is
processed.
In legal language, citing
sections of the Oregon Re
vised Statutes, it declared
that all employees of con
cerns which handle food and
Lippmann
marked shift in the balance of
power.
Why then are they in such
a hurry now? My own guess,
which rests only on hints and
inferences, is that they regard
the position in Eastern Ger
many and perhaps also in
Eastern Europe as precarious,
and potentially ex p 1 o s i v e.
They are deeply concerned, as
everyone knows, about West
German rearmament which
will have been achieved in
about two years. Why are they
so concerned about it when
they themselves have a very
much bigger army, and are
also themselves a first class
nuclear power? When I asked
some of the people I saw in
Moscow why they worried so
much about West German re
armament when they could
annihilate West Germany with
their intermediate range mis
siles, the stock answer was
that they feared an armed
Germany backed by the Unit
ed States.
But I do not think that this
is- the whole explanation of
their fear, or rather I do not
think that it spells' out the
nature of their fear. My guess
is that they have no illusions
about the discontent of the
East Germans, and that what
they fear is that the East Ger
mans, when they see a strong
West German army less than
two hours away, may be sore
ly tempted to start an upris
ing in cahoots with officers
of the West German army. If
that happened, the fat would
be in the fire and both the
U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. would
be involved.
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SOMETHING of this sort is,
I feel sure, the crux of the
German problem today. There
is an ever present and grow
ing danger of revolt in East
ern Europe which would en
tail Soviet intervention in the
Hungarian manner, and
would un avoidably bring
about a great war. The Rus
sians are undoubtely worried
about this, and truly respons
ible men in all the Western
capitals are equally worried
about it. Only those who have
more emotion than they have
imagination and foresight take
the view that an East Euro
pean uprising would be won
derful, and just what the free
world wants.
It is the impending danger
in Eastern Europe which
makes it imperative to move
toward German negotiations.
For the best and perhaps the
only way to avert the danger
is to move towards the begin
nings of the reunification of
the two Germanys. We should
make the Kremlin understand
that we approach the coming
negotiations, not with intent
to provoke an uprising in
Eastern Europe but in order
to find an alternative to it.
The Russian . problem in
Germany and Europe is not
how to conquer and absorb
Western Europe. This is away
beyond anything that is with
in their reach. The Russian
problem is how they can dis
engage themselves in Eastern
Europe without jeopardizing
their own security. How can
the satellites become, not
their violent enemies, but neu
trals? At bottom the problem
is how to let go without fall
ing off and being run over.
(Copyright 1959, New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.)
who are bearded must have
inem covered witn hair-nets.
And worse, it added that
these hairy -faced employees
must show up at the county
health department at least
twice a week for "sprayinff"
rt thai,. K-J . J .
We are also told that tt,i.
created some consternation at
this business for a time, and
one employee even tentatively
inquirea or nis boss whether
if he wore a net, he'd still
have to get sprayed.
ine culprit who perpe
trated this dirtv w-v .-.
known to this department, but
swore not to reveal his
identity.
We have also observed
that beards can almost cc-raj,
pletely change the appear
anoe of a man. Some of
them make their wearers
look far more distinguished
than they do clean-shaven.
Jack Creager, the local tele-'
phone company manager
and president of the Cen
tennial association, hat a
light-grey spade-shaped Van
Dyke beard, which makes
him look something like a
supreme court judge.
Ruis Jamison, the Jaek-of-all-publieity
trades, who
once looked like a city
slicker with a tiny black
mustache, and who later
looked like an earnest en
ergetic young businessman
when clean-shaven, now hat
an almost rustic appearance
with one of those ehin
adornments which looks
sort of like the "round
triangle" trade - mark of a
well-known brand of beer.
Our women's editor Is
fascinated by the whole
thing. A few months ago
she scoffed mightily at the
whole fad, but now she has
become a convert and
thinks ALL men should
wear 'em.
We disagree. Only those
who want to should grew
beards, and judging by tome
of the results, not all of
those. For every man who
looks better in a beard than
he does clean-faced, there is
a man who looks just vice
versa.
e
Janet Price, a student in the
third grade at Hoover school.
was one of those who wrote
about the Oregon Centennial
for the Centennial issue of the
school, paper, the Hoover Hi
Lite. Her essay follows:
"Once upon a time, a
hundred years ago, Oregon
country was made up of five
states: Oregon, Washington,
Idaho, Montana and Wyom
ing. Indians lived here. Pretty
soon the pioneers came, mak
ing cabins and forts.
"After many hardships they
learned to plant corn and
many other things. The In
dians didn't like peace so
there were many wars be
tween the Americans and the
Indians. The Indians had
many war dances and it was
hard for the Americans to
win, but they did and I'm
glad."
A farmer we know has
had trouble with coyotes
bothering his sheep and has
engaged in a trapping pro
gram with the assistance of
a government trapper. We .
asked him if he'd caught
anything yet, and he re
plied: "Yes, I've caught two
rabbits, two skunks, one
tomcat, one pheasant, one
raccoon, two dogs, two
eoyotes, one 14-year-old boy,
my index finger, and one
heck of a cold."
One of the Jackson county
sheriff's deputies was under
his house the other day, doing
some repair work, when he
suddenly had two jobs to do
instead of the one he'd started
on.
His wife, in the house above
him, finished with a bath and
pulled out the bathtub plug.
and the water flooded down
on him.
It was the first time in all
the years they'd lived in the
house that he had known the
tub drain wasn't connected to
the sewer under the house.
' A small boy was saying
his prayers, and his mother t
nearby whispered to him
"I can't hear you, dear."
' With firmness, he replied,
"Wasn't talking to you."
Once again we dip into the
Hoover Hi-Lite, this time for
an article authored by Coralie
Sickels of the fourth grade,
entitled "Mrs. Fliegel's Birth
day Party":
"The fourth grade room had
a birthday party for Mrs.
Fliegel. While we were de
ciding what to do and bring,
we had her go to the office
for five minutes. We brought
cookies and koolade. Robert's
mother made a cake and when
Mrs. Fliegel came in Les and
Dick threw confederate money
on her."
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