There's a new garden problem to be added to those that
already beset us. As if the weeds, bugs, diseases, dry winds,
etc., weren't enough, we now have pheasants. They dust
. themselves in the petunia .bed. At least, we presume it is
pheasants. At any rate, - the creatures are birds, for they
leave feathers in the "dust bowls." Pappy has been com
plaining for years that the pheasants dusted themselves in
the vegetable garden, and that didn't impress us as a real
problem. But the petunias are different.
So yesterday we mulched the bed with sawdust, then
thoroughly dampened the whole thing. Maybe that will
deter the creatures.
Our feathered friends were also the cause of another
mishap a couple of weeks ago. One morning at breakfast
Pappy noticed a finch working hard on the back of a can
vas chair in the patio. He was slowly but surely unraveling
the cloth and carrying the thread away. Probably for nest
making purposes, although it seems a little late to be nest
ing. Perhaps house finches raise more than one family a
season. .
At any rate, the finch was making away with the canvas
threads at such a rapid rate that we finally went out and
put the-chair away. It was about due to be recovered, any
way, and now surely it will have to be done. ,
The bird population around the farm seems o be dif
ferent this summer. George, Pappy's favorite humming
bird, has been around to visit only a couple of times, at
least when the two of us are watching. And the meadow-
lark which woke us up every morning last summer hasn't
sung once since we resumed our summer, fun of sleeping
in the patio under the stars. Last summer one could almost
have set the clock by this bird, singing cheerfully and
musically from the top of the neighbor's barn.
. v
One day" last spring while Mrs. Diamond Flynn, Mrs
Bertha Gammill and Potpourri tarried on the street to talk,
Mrs. G. asked if birds ever "hitch-hiked." She had seen a
small bird circling and swooping down toward a larger
one, and decided that he was trying to steal a ride. Mrs.
Flynn and Potpourri hated to disillusion her, but we thought
the little bird was merely trying to drive the bigger one
away, and" had no intention of trying to ride piggy-back.
Mrs. Flynn, who had just come back from spending
some time in the Tulelake area, related how she was fas
cinated to learn that mama ducks take turns "baby sitting"
with the little ducklings. During hours spent watching the
ducks on the lake, Mrs. Flynn and her hosts saw two or
three ducks herd their ducklings together. After so long
a time, the three "sitters" would be relieved by another
crew which took over the watching duties while those off
duty would swim away for breakfast or lunch .
Guard duty is often shared by birds, we've read, and
Pal Peg came to work one day last week to report that the
swallows along their part of South Holly street joined forces
to drive away a cat. The cat, sunning himself on a post
too near the neighbor's bird house, found himself attacked
from all sides until he took himself elsewhere.
.
In the category of "For heaven's sake, what next" is an
advertisement of Wallach's store in New York City. Wal
lach's have on sale a "Floater shirt." According to the ad
vertisement, this shirt will keep ihe wearer afloat up to
45 minutes in the water. A small package of chemicals is
hidden in an inside pocket, and whun the wearer hits the
water, the chemicals produce a harmless reaction which
inflates the shirt. -
"No straps, no buckles, ,noj strings to pull," the adver
tisement reads. If the 45 minutes expire and one has not
been rescued, additional air may be added by a mouth valve.
Wallach's concedes that the Coast Guard will hardly give
up all other life preservers for inflatable shirts, but points
out that such a shirt just might come in very handy. The
Floater for men sells for only $9.95, and one for boys is
priced at $7.95. They come in tan only, can be washed and
worn as regular shirts. One presumes .that the packet of
chemicals is removed before the shirt is put in the washing
machine. An inflated shirt amidst the rest of the wash
might create something of a problem.
Wallachs says "You can't buy a better shirt to save your
life!" Very good, very good indeed, but what about the
women and children? Are they to be left to save themselves?
A Medford dentist was given considerable of a surprise
the other day. "A mother brought in her three children to
have their teeth checked. None of the children, aged about
4, 6 and 8, had any cavities in their teeth. This,
we understand is something unusual in a county which
at one time in the not long-distant past had one of the
worst records in the whole nation for the incidence of
dental caries in school children.
The dentist learned that the children's teeeth had been
painted with fluorides, but said to the mother "What else
do you do? I can't believe all this perfection comes just
from the external treatment."
So he learned that these three children have a well
balanced diet of good foods, with plenty, of meat, eggs,
milk, fresh fruit and vegetables. Also, the only sugar which
they are allowed to use is raw sugar, they almost never are
allowed to eat candy, and none of them are permitted to
drink carbonated beverages. -
Potpourri is going to be as interested as the dentist to
keep track of these three sets of teeth. O.S.
Americans Love Hot Dogs
For Flavor, Convenience
Pivoting Window
Sash Eases Cleaning
Chicago -UPD-A new pivot
ing sash window can be clean
ed on both sides from within
the house with no danger of
a person's falling out. It was
introduced at the recent Na
tional Association of Home
Builders convention.
The aluminum (window
(made by United States Win
dow Corp., Indianapolis) looks
and functions at first glance
hke any balanced double
hung unit.
But the tilting sashes per
mit the housewife to "wash
Tboth sides of the glass with
out going outside. They slide
up and down with ease, and
afford an almost unlimited
variety of indirect ventilation
combinations, regardless of
the weather, the manufactur
er said.
Other windows shown fea
tured expanded use of insulat
ing glass, concealed balance
systems for finger tip raising
or lowering of sash, and quick
removal of upper and lower
sash for easier washing.
Quicki
New York -flJPB- Aquickie
casserole combines spaghetti
and kidney beans. Heat 2
tablespoons of bacon drip
pings or salad oil in sauce
pan. Add 3 tablespoons of
chopped onion, cup of diced
green pepper and Vz cup of
diced celery and saute until
tender. Add 1 (10V4-ounce)
can of spaghetti sauce and 1
(1-pound 4-ounce) can of red
kidney beans. Cook, over low
heat 15 minutes, stirring oc
casionally. Serve over 8
ounces of spaghetti, cooked
according - to package directions.
By JEANNE LESEM
United Press International
New York (OPT) Everyone
knows the nation eats hot
dogs by the billions. Butwhy?
One expert cites flavor, con
venience and culinary patrio
tism as the reasons for astro
nomical consumption of our
best-selling national food.
"Hot dogs are an American
dish exclusively," said Mur
ray Handwerker in an inter
view. "They're a real symbol
of American culinary democ
racy. They re also convenient
to eat. You don't need utensils
And they're tasty."
Murray learned about hot
dogs early. His cradle was a
breadbasket behind the coun
ter at Nathan's, , the best
known and most frantically
patronized hot dog stand at
Coney Island, New York's fa
mous playground and beach
resort. .' .
His father, a young Polish
immigrant named Nathan
Handwerker, opened the stand
in 1916. It still does business
today in the same location.
one block from Coney Island's
oceanfront boardwalk.
The- frankfurters it sells
must measure up to standards
first set by Nathan, still active
in the business at 66.
What constitutes a good hot
dog?
Must Be Beef
"It must be all beef," Mur
ray claimed, "and not mixed
with any filler. The spicing
should be neither too strong
nor too bland. Add a touch of
garlic, but not much.
"It must have a natural but
tender casing, made .of sheeps'
intestinal membranes. This
gives you a juicy, tender prod
uct. Nobody wants to eat a
dried up piece of steak. Or a
dried up hot dog."
The formula for Nathan's
special hot dogs was worked
out by the founder when busi
ness was so small that sausages
were made on the premises.
Today, with sale running to
six-million franks a year
nearly seven tons on a busy
summer weekend the manu
facturing is farmed out.
The biggest daily record
was set on Memorial Day,
1957, when customers ate 55,-
000 hot dogs in 24 hours, said
Murray.
Round-t h e-clock operation
has been standard for years in
summer. Off season, the pace
slows to 20 hours a day, with
a break between 4 and 8 aon.
Line Up
At peak season hours, custo
mers line up 10 or more deep
on the sidewalk. They over
flow into the street, and use
New York Doctor
Praises Medicinal
Value of Golfing
New York -(DPD-Psst, golf
ers: '
If your wife claims she's a
golf-widow, tell her what Dr.
Anthony R. Tortora, of New
York, has to say about the
sport.
Golf affords fresh air and
sunshine, general body exer
cise, stimulation of the mind
by the mere process of watch
ing a little white ball, and the
satisfaction of personal gain
and achievement by the chal
lenge it presents," he said.
As a man plays on the
course, he rests, his tensions
find an outlet and decrease,
Dr. Tortora said, and he be
comes more congenial.
Golf is good for an indi
vidual who handles hisi ag
gressive drives poorly or has
no suitable outlet to vent
these drives, the doctor add
ed. Muscular activity gives
such a person a chance to re
lease and spend these aggres
sions.
"The degree of exercise of
fered by golf plays a role in
preventive medicine," Tortora
added'. "Lack of muscular ac
tivity may result in weak
muscles and inadequate egress
for nervous tension.
"This, in turn, may be re
sponsible for neck and head
aches, as well as other dis
turbances referred to psychosomatic."
fenders of parked cars for
tables, washing down franks,
hamburgers, seafood, French
fries and delicatessen items
with soft drinks, coffee, tea
and beer. t
Sometimes an impromptu
sidewalk show is staged by
visiting celebrities, who have
included Sam Levenson, act
ress Shelly Winters and her
actor-husband, Anthony Fran-
ciosa, and actors Dane Clark,
Ricardo Montalban and Ralph
Bellamy.
For every celebrity, how
ever, there are hundreds of
ordinary citizens to whom
this hot dog stand is almost a
second home.
Murray told of an American
husband and wife living
abroad who became so nostal
gic recently for American hot
dogs that they ordered a
pound . air-freighted to Brus
sels, Belgium. The cost: $4.00
for shipping alone. .
Appetites Big ' -
Other customers, he said,
drive 300 miles round-trip
from up-state New York just
to eat one meal at the stand.
Appetites run high, especi
ally among men. Some men
have eaten as many as 27 hot
dogs at one session, said Mur
ray.
But with no more gusto,
probably, than a certain 10
customers in the stand's early
struggling days. To draw
crowds, Nathan outfitted 10 of
Coney Island's hungriest and
most dignified-looking bums
with doctors uniforms, plied
them with hot dogs and posted
this sign: ,
"If doctors eat our hot dogs,
you know they're good."
-
Student's Poem in,
National Anthology
Howard Kennett, 1216 Mt.
Pitt ave., was notified recent
ly that his poem "May Night"
has been selected from 10,000
poems to be published in
"Song of Youth," a national
anthology of high school
poetry.
Kennett's poem was pub
lished this year in the region
al Anthology of High School
Poetry which is published an
nually in 25 regions through
out the United States. It is
from these regional collec
tions that the national an
thology is compiled.
Kennett will be a senior
this fall at Medford High
school. He is a pianist and a
member of the school choir.
Timber Carnival
At Albany Opens
Four-Day Schedule
Albany-dTD-The 1959 Tim
ber Carnival opens its four
day show tonight with the
crowning of a queen to reign
over the 15th annual event in
which loggers compete for
world championships and
$4,000 in cash prizes. The
show runs through July 5.
A parade Friday morning
will be followed that after
noon with the first events in
the logging skill competition.
Lumberjacks compete for ti
tles in six events to become
recognized as the best, in their
business.
Defending Champs Return
Wayne Goin, Timber Qarni
val president, said Wednesday
that all six defending champs
have returned for the show
They are Danny Sailor, North
Surrey, B. C, speed climbing;
Stan Johnson, Castle Rock,
Wash., axe throwing; Hap
Johnson, also Castle Rock,
tree topping; Gus Russell,
Otis, Ore.,, log chopping; Max
Brtatheajy Complete Sit
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Roseburg Woman
Collision Victim
Roseburg -(DPD A Roseburg
woman was killed and a Mc
Minnville steel worker in
jured in a head-on collision
on Little' River road near here
shortly after noon Wednes
day. .
The dead woman was iden
tified as Mrs. Mayme Blanch
Doge, 49, of Roseburg. In
jured was Henry Schmitz, Mc
Minnville. Schmitz, who is
employed by West Coast Steel
company in Roseburg, suf
fered internal injuries. At
tendants at, Community Hos
pital here reported him in
"good" condition.
State police said the auto
Continental Can
Executives Die
In Plane Crash
Maf ion, Ohio (DPD Eight
production and sales execu
tives of the Continental Can
Co. and two pilots were fear
ed dead today in the wreckage
of a company plane which
crashed in a thunderstorm
Wednesday night.
A company spokesman in
New York said the eight ex
ecutives boarded the convert
ed B26 bomber in Chicago.
Piloting the plane was John
R. Dunham, Madison, N. J.,
with co-pilot Donald M. Mar
tin, Dover, N. J.
The executives were:
Jacob De Bliek, 44, Clifton,
N. J., manager of Continen
tal's Passaic plant.
Jack R. Wallace, Pound
Ridge, N. Y., products sales
manager.
Ray I. Weimerskirch, man
ager of products and materials
standards.
W. J. Mutschler, Mamarb-
neck, N. Y., general manager
of production engineering.
J. M. Kelly, Darien, Conn.,
manager of production engi
neering.
Abbot W. Sherwood Jr.,
Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., sales man
ager of the general line.
H. G. Schier, Wood-Ridge,
N. J., production engineer,
production equipment main-,
tenance.
M. D. Sandine, Baltimore,
general manager of the mid
eastern district.
THIEVES TAKE BEST
London - (DPD - Discriminat
ing thieves robbed a Mayf air
shop' of $45,000 worth of furs
Wednesday. Police said they
spent three hours in the shop,
separating the mink from the
squirrel and leaving the less
valuable furs behind.
driven by the woman appar
ently swerved .into the path
of a pickup driven by
Schmitz!
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Searls, Toutle, Wash., buck
ing, and Harold Hooper, Kel
so, Wash., log rolling.
First to Arrive
First entry to arrive for the
competition was David Geer,
Jewett City, Conn., the champ
log chopper in 1956 and 1957.
He placed second last year.
A $100 statewide beard
judging contest will be among
the specialty acts presented
during the Saturday after
noon logging events. Three
shapely girls from the Port
land Rainmakers will act as
judges.
Fireworks" Display.
Finals in the contests for
the logging titles come Sun
day afternoon,' followed by a
giant fireworks display that
night.
Girls competing in the
queen's race are Mary Alden,
Connie Nored, Cecilia Mol
lett, Patty Zerr, Judee Hutch
eson and Nancy Radley, all of
Albany; Peggy Goodwin, Tan
gent, and Patsy Wallace, Leb
anon. Gov, Mark Hatfield will be
grand marshal of Friday's parade.
Japan is looking forward to
its fourth consecutive bumper
rice crop. The yield this sea
son is expected to be 512,069,
999 metric tons-12 per cent
above normal.
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medfori, Or.
Thursday, July 2, 1959
Industry is the biggest buy
er in the diamond market, tak
ing about 80 per cent.
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We'll Be Open July 4 Saturday
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store. We'll be open Sunday, July 5th at the regular
hours.
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make at Safeway or your money will be gladly refund
ed without fuss or quibble. -
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