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Operators of two Ashland lumber mills have assured the city council that they are tak ing steps to control the fly ing sawdust and cinders that re alleged to be damaging Ashland property and busi nesses. 20 YEARS AGO July 31. 1940 (Wednesday) ' Offers for cannery Bart letts have ranged only as high as $30 a ton, the same as last year, but far below the $45 price anticipated by a grow er's committee. ' From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Roger Babson, the statistician re ports what America needs 'is character and parking space.' The character is needed to get out of a parking space, after one gets into one." 30 YEARS AGO July 31, 1930 (Thursday) A Medford boy has now been sitting in the tree in front of his home for 51 hours. National guardsmen will stand guard during the dedi cation of Medford's new air port Monday. 40 YEARS AGO July 31, 1920 (Thursday) The Trigonia oil well in Fern valley is now down 631 feet and has encountered lime shale, rock and water, in fact, just about everything but oil. 50 YEARS AGO July 31, 1910 (Sunday) Condemnation proceedings brought by Pacific and East ern railroad against the Phipps property west of Bear creek ended yesterday with 1. J. Phipps being awarded $1,500; he had asked for near ly $40,000. The Wells-Fargc Express company has announced plans to erect a new office here Just north of the new South ern Pacific depot on Front st What's Your I.Q.7 Nine er ten correct is superior: seven er eight is excellent; five er six Is good. 1. Was the first cotton-sewing thread in the U.S. manu factured in Pawtucket, R. I., or Charlotte, N. C? 2. The capital city of which state is named for the fourth U. S. President. 3. The correct word for ' writing paper is stationery or stationary? 4. By what treaty was the : War of 1812 ended? 8. Did the U. S. govern ment ever mint half - cent pieces? 7. What is the name for the sacred Scriptures of Mo hammedanism? 8. Who wrote the words and music of the comic opera, "H.M.S. Pinafore?" 0. Hot many feet are in two rods? i 10. What constitutional amendment abolished slav ery? Answersi 1. Pawtuckei, R, I.I 2. Madison, Wis.) 3. Sla- aioneryi 4, Treaty of Ghent) 5. John Howard Paynei 8, Yes (1793 to 1957)1 7. Koran! I. Gilbert and Sullivani 9. I3 10. Thirteenth. I High The 1960 Republican National Convention came to a close with no major surprises, not much drama, and only a limited amount of excitement. High point of the proceedings, as far as most delegates and TV viewers were concerned, was Richard M. Nixon's able acceptance speech. Using every calculated histrionic trick in the book, from the raised finger to the humble, down cast eye, Mr. Nixon somenow managed to convey both humility and confidence, aggressiveness and moderation, sage wisdom and youthful vigor. IT WAS skillful. It was convincing to many peo- pie. It was acting of a high order. Even to us, who have never been one of the Vice President's admirers, it had moments of considerable impact. Not so to our companion in front of the TV set, who said "I don't think it's a very good soeech. He hasn t said anything new." Well maybe he didn't say much that was new. But he said a lot of saying over again, and DUT, while granting (a bit grudgingly, in view of our bias against the man) that it was a slick, expert Ob, we must also record our im pression that it was almost too slick, too expert, and too reminiscent of the Vice rresiaent s acu ity proven convincingly in the way he sewed up the convention to be all things to all men. "Just how honest, how sincere, how con vinced is he in what he is saying?" we ask'jd ourself afterward. It also was a question which came to us a couple of weeks before, after hearing Senator Kennedy's equally-skilled acceptance speech. On the basis of their performances so far, we must confess reservations about each, when thinking of either as President of the United States. VET the choice must be made. It will be made by the American voters, and it will be made in the course of the next three months. It will, as the TV with a certain anticipatory relish, be a slam-bang campaign, of great interest and excitement. But deeper than that, Sortant decision to make, for as both candidates ave emphasized, the dangers facing the world are great and many, and we will need the great est possible skill and ability in our leadership. Two tough, able, younjr men, battling for the most potent office in the world: This will be a race to remember, and the stakes are awe somely high. E.A. ! Possible--and Desirable Our protest in this space last Sunday, against the unsightly destruction well-traveled roads and highways, drew a moder ate response, printed on this page Friday, from one of the valley's better logging operators. First, Mr. Manley agreed that unsightly log ging along roads and highways is to be deplored. He then said, "to be realistic, I know this (elim inating such conditions) cannot be, due to eco nomic conditions and the necessity of harvesting the mature trees, especially for private timber owners." He is 100 per cent right about the problems facing owners of private timber, for they must use their resources to the maximum to stay in business. (And not all of them are as careful op erators as Mr. Manley.) DUT we must point out again, as we did before, that mature timber CAN be harvested with out destruction of the forest corridors which add so much to the attractiveness of our state. It is, in fact, being done, as we pointed out, under the auspices of the Forest Service. (The Bureau of Land Management has not ye,t reached this point in multiple-use of forest management.) The private operator and forest owner, under today's economic conditions, cannot afford to protect these values, as can government. But modifications of the tax structure could make it feasible, even attractive, for him to. MR. MANLEY points out, rightly, that more i"1 than half of the state's economy is based on lumber. We should like to add that a consider able, and growing, portion of the economy is based on the tourist industry. Also, we see nothing "remarkable" about the suggestion that informational signs in logging areas would be helpful. The biggest timber own ers are doing this very thing, and the Forest Service also, to a much more limited extent. We hardly think it need be so extensive as to "hide the area logged," but brief explanatory signs certainly would educate our visitors (and ourselves, for that matter) as to the importance of the forest industries to Oregon, and on the fact that timber is a harvestable crop. AXE'RE no logging expert. TT But we do know that, for the industry's own sake, ft is going to have to take the general public's reaction into consideration, to an increas ing extent, if it is to continue to flourish. ' Natural beauty, and particularly the beauty of the forests, is one of thebiggest factors in making Oregon "livable." Protection of Oregon's natural beauty, to the extent that it is feasible to do so. particularly in areas of high public use. possible if we work at it Stakes things that were worth he said them wen. commentators remarked, it will be a vitally lm- caused by logging along is important. And it is a bit. E.A. Dennis the 'Just close our eyes an' go is sleep, ifisorV. I'LL StVAT THE FUSS IrVHEN THEY LAND OHYAf Today & Tomorrow By Walter THE SEVEN GOOD YEARS The most important ques tion at Chicago is also a very hard one to answer. It has to do with whether and how and when Nixon will take over the leadership of the party. It will not be easy for him to do this. But the signs indi cate that he knows he must do it almost certainly to have a chance to win the election, very certain ly to make any kind of suc cess if he is elected. For the general position taken by the keynote speak ers, Judd, Hallcck, U.rKscn. and finally by the President himself, rests or. a failure to understand and a refusal to look squarely at the chal lenge of the Soviet Union throughout the world and the challenge of our own internal development with its growing population and the great cities and the advancing tech nology. The theme of the keynot ers boils down to the asser tion that all the mistakes were made before 1953, that all has been better and better ever since 1953, and that all will be well in the future if the country takes as its model and its ideal what has been done since 1953. The key noters including the President claim that the challenges abroad have been met and that in its foreign and domes tic actions the Elsenhower ad ministration has been a tri umphant success. It follows that not only the Democrats but Governor Rockefeller and his many Republican follow ers are selling America short, they are belittling our un matched power and greatness, and thus they are giving aid and comfort to Khrushchev. The keynoters seem to think that if only the Demo crats and Rockefeller would shut up, Khrushchev would think we are all powerful. A LL the keynoters were angry at the American cri tics who are saying that we are not meeting the Soviet challenge and that the balance of power is turning against this country. Some of the keynoters talked as if it were not the hard facts, but what Kennedy and Rockefeller say about them, which explain our trouble. All the keynoters, and foremost among them the President himself, talked as if the whole criticism rested on nothing more thn the mis information of disaffected military men who have been overruled by the President. The criticism rests on a lot more besides that. It rests not only on the evidence that comes from inside the Penta gon. It rests also on the mani fest facts that in recent years the power and influence of the Soviet Union and of Red China have expanded drama tically. THE President assures us, and wa mav Inkp his wnrH for it, that our security sys tem is second to none.. But that is not the point. While in a direct and isolated and theoretical conflict with the Soviet Union, we are now the stronger, and may be able to continue to be the stronger in the missile age, our relative power over all is declining. How? Is there nny question, considering what is happen ing in Japan, in Korea, in Okinawa, in Vietnam, that our position in the Far East has deteriorated? Is there any doubt that our position is weakened in Turkey, is fra gile In Iran, Is ambiguous In Pakistan? Is It not true that Walter UoDtnan Menace lippmann during these 7 i marvelous years the Soviet influence litis penetrated deeply and widely into Africa, or that It Is pene trating Cuba and elsewhere in this hemisphere? That's what the critics mean when they argue that the bal ance of power is turning against us. This is only a short way of saying that the Soviet and Chinese influence is ex pandng in Asia, in Africa, and in the Americas, and that our influence is declining. What the President docs not like to see is that what counts is total national power, not only armaments, but also economic power which may be directed to national, not merely to private and person al, ends. In the confrontation of natural power between the Communist bloc and our selves, we are moving back ward. The proof of this is visible from Japan to Cuba. (c) 1960 New York Herald Tribune Inc. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mall Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for pub' lication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necossarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary ! often the case. About Coins To the Editor: Recently you have published several articles from UPI relative to the 1960-D cents. I know It is impossible to check your news sources for accuracy in all cases, but in the past few years nearly all articles you have published on coins have contained many misleading facts and some purely er roneous. For the record, may I state that the word "flaw" is not used by numismatists in re ferring to coins. A flaw may occur in the die. but the re sulting impression on the coin does not produce a "flaw." The results from the flawed die are usually called "mint errors." The differences in the 1960 cents (not pennies) are due to the use of several different master dies on which the dates were engraved In a slightly different manner. This also occurred on the 1060 Denver mint coins. The average persons could not tell the difference in the two varieties without some study. Furthermore, the price referred to by Mr. Douglas Is for uncirculated small date variety, 1960 Philadelphia coins. Asking price on uncircu lated rolls of 1960 cents as of July 28 are: large variety, 1960-P, 80 cents to $1, 19B0-D, 75 cents; small variety, $125 and $5.50 to $7.50. William F. Thompson, 204 N. Columbus, Medford, Ore. Member, American Numismatic Association Will Someone Let Him Know? To the Editor: I'm sure ev eryone must have enjoyed Mr. Ragland's funny letter In Wednesday's Mali Tribune as much as I old. He and Everett arc sure a pair! The best part was about Senator Scott coming all tho way out here to Jackson coun ty from back East to attend the Republican luau (what ever lha; is) and campaign for Dr. Durno, He must think Doc Durno needs help from the city slickers In order to bent Chnrllo Porter. I'm glad tho Republicans got some good out of his visit: one thing is certain . . , tho old people of the county were n't helped in the slightest, As everyone knows, Dr. Dur no is the man who opposes most anything which might Matter of Fact y THE ESCAPE OF RICHARD NIXON Chicago Tho grout event of tho Republican convention was not the nomination of It 1 o h n r d M. Nixon w n 1 c li was Inevitable, or even Nixon's surprise alll unco with Nel son A. Rocke feller, which was urgently necessary. The JOSK.I'll ALSO? was the Vice I'resuient s escape from the President. The exuel character of Nlx on's relationship with Dwlght D. Elsenhower has always been difficult to discern. But two elements In Nixon's view of Elsenhower have long been auite easily discernible. On the one hand, Nixon has always chafed at Elsen howcr's almost total neglect of the basic but humdrum tusks of political leadership. From start to finish, Elsenhower never made any attempt to re build and modernize the di lapidated Republican party The result Is the party one sees at this convention, which grumbles at Nixon's "left wing" tendencies, and stands lower In the polls than the Re publicans have ever stood since the London debacle In 1036. On the other hand. Nixon has also chafed for years nt the Elsenhower-Pangloss doe trine that "all Is for tho best in this best ot all possible worlds" except, of course that American defense costs and taxes are much too high If Nixon had ever been free to speak out on defense and foreign policy, he would now be classed as one of the pessi mists whom tho President so angrily denounced as "Job's boils." XTIXON was not free to -l' speak out, because of Im portant constitutional chnnges which have received too lit tle attention. In the past until the death of Franklin n. Roosevelt, In fact our Vice Presidents were always treat ed as mere spare parts. The main chongc In the Vice Presi dent's position since then has not consisted, cither, in the new tendency to invent jobs for him to do. The real change has arisen benefit the aged, especially health Insurance. I read some place where the average annual income of doctors is $18,000 and that 50 per cent of the people In Oregon over 85 years of age have an annual income of $2,000 or less. I wonder how a man who makes $18,000 a year can feel himself qunli fied to Judge the needs of these older people who have to try and make ends met on $2,000 or less. I wonder how he thinks they are going to be able to pay for sickness, opora.io.ts and medicine on that kind of money. Maybe Senator Scott ex plained all this at the Repub lican shindig: I wasn't there so, if he did, I'd appreciate it If someone would let mo know. M. E. Norton P. O. Box 85 Phoenix, Ore. TV Proves Worth To the Editor: The much maligned and misusel TV has surely proved Its worth during these presidential nominee choosing conventions, not for getting our good neighbor's Invitation to view their set. It is not the forest of ambu latory word-bearing placards extolling the worth and vir tues of a favorite son that im pressed us so much. Mainly, it was the prized opportunity to view our national leaders in word and action. The too much featured smile replaced by the grim faced President Eisenhower as he mode nnswer to the crit icisms of his own people and those the world over was both inspiring and reassuring. And there was old war-horse, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn with no resort at all to handy puper words, who spoke In behalf of veteran Sen. Lyndon Johnson of the lone star state. And wc arc still puzzling what pressures could havo been put on him, Sen. John son, to be coerced to Inking second place with the so youthful, inexperienced Sen. John Kennedy whose only in cursion into foreign affairs wns to criticize our President for not buckling down to apol ogize to tho blustering Khru shchev by our Inspection plunc flight 10 miles high over his country. Also there was Sen. Ken nedy'! Inept criticism of Joseph Altop from tho admission of tho Vice President to the lunar sanctum of policy-making. As a regular attendant at the National Security Council, tho Vice President hems till the most secret arguments about the adequacy or Inadequacy of the defense effort, for In stance. Hence he Is a prisoner He must etthur refuse to sit on the Security Council, or ho must suit his public position to tlm position taken by the President. Nixon was quite' under standably not ready to make the kind of open break in volved In leaving the Secur ity Council at least until he had the Presidential nomina tion safely In hand. Ho would havo preferred to plaster over the differences between mm and Elsenhower until the empty convention rituals were over. But Governor Rockefeller forced his pace. Nixon's real views were there fore incorporated Into tho platform. And Elsenhower Is as cross as two sticks, above all about the Nlxon-Rocko-feller defense plunk, AS the nominee, nonethe less, Nixon hns escaped at last from his Vice Presiden tial Imprisonment. He ran strike a new note. He cun suy what he reully thinks. The de gree In which he feels free to do so cun be guuged by compurlng the Elsenhower farewell speech and the Nixon acceptance speech. Elsen hower sounded like exactly like the Elsenhower of the years of deceptive calm, bo fore the luck began to turn. Nixon sounded not very unlike Sen. John F. Kennedy. In fact. a member of the Nixon stuff is authority for the report that the Nixon acceptance speech would hove been en titled "New Frontiers" If Ken nedy had not grabbed the phrase first. This does not mean, of course, that Nixon will repu diate the Elsenhower record. On the contrary, ho will de fend the record as best he can, although with little relish In certain policy areas such us defense. Nixon knows that a successor-candidate cannot escape from running on the record of tho predecessor- administration. Adiai E. Ste venson tried to do so In 1952. and all Stevenson got for his pains was a bad case of politi cal hernia. - But tho reully significant nutlonal debute will not con cern the past. It will concern what must be done next, in this respect, Nixon's freedom Is now total. It Is a fortunate thing for tho country that this should be so. It Is time to talk about hard, even harsh,, truths with the hard realism that both Nixon and Kennedy possess. There was a case, perhaps for tranquillzing leadership In 1952. In the era of the Mc Carthy nastlncss, a natlonul Miltown was In order. But In I960, the approach that Rich ard Nixon promises Is tho ap proach wc need, (c) 1960 New York Herald Tribune Inc. Old Timers To Plan Two Summer Events A report of the Fleet day celebration at Reedsport plus plans for future activities will be discussed at a meeting Tuesday, Aug. 2, of the Old Timers club at 8 p.m. ot the Central Fire station, Third and Front sts., Medford. Also on the agenda Is a dis cussion of the proposed trip to the Cave Junction Jubilee and the visit to the Kcrbyvlllo ghost town on the Labor Day week end. Bruce Bleu will show movies taken at several club outings and club plaques will be distributed, according to Earl Swift, secretary of the club. France for not granting Al geria's demands for self de termination. Thanks bo for France buck-leaning to con sider it unofficial, we were not brought into a hasscl with our good ally, France. Senator Dirkson, also with no reference to the printed word, made a grand talk In defense of the present admin istration and In behalf of vice president Nixon, whose mag nificent help in foreign affairs needs no defending. The Negro assistant to the President, his name slips my aging memory, spoke well and freely of his slavo grand parents a hundred years ago. But consistent with others nt his race, he barely mentioned the freeing of slaves by our first Republican President Abraham Lincoln, but made no mention lit all of apprecia tion for the man who gave his life that all men shall be free, But topping ull the speak ers, In this writer's estimation, was Tom Dewey, whose every sentence or assembly there of, pocked a bombshell that rocked the audience with laughter and applause as when referring to Sen. Ken nedy's Incursion to but In foreign affairs, "no hits, no runs, two errors." F. J. Clifford, Route 2, Box 200F, Central Point, Ore, POTLUCK (By M-T Staff and Contributors) Wish wo could recall the various comments about both the Democratic unci Hcpubll can conventions wo'vu heard In tho last few weeks, The one we liked best, how ever, cume from a teen-ager of our acquaintance, during Murk Hatfield s tulk nominat ing Richard M. Nixon, "The White House Is not for sale!" the governor de claimed, "Shucks," our teen ugur re torted scornfully, "any real ostnle man could have told him lluitl" In the Days News By FRANK JENKINS won . . . It's over. The leaders have beon chosen. Tho platforms huve been written. On both tides tho campaign pluns ore pretty well Jelled. Now tho gume will Blurt. VOSTALGIC thought: ' Can you remember the old days of sundlot ball? The kid football tennis? The duys of AMATEUR college foot bull? Those days are fading Into the mists. In these modern duvs, the sports we follow are pretty Inrgely PROFESSION AL sport. Other thun tho quadrennial Olympic (Sanies. few amuteurt moke the head lines any more. PAN YOU remember the no- lltlcnl campaigns of other yeors? They, too, wore con ducted by relative amateurs. No more. In our politics, as In our sports, wo'rc going pro fessional. Dick Nixon und Jack Kennedy are able young men. But they are certainly not amateurs, Both have been in training for eight years. Their organizations are pro fessional organizations, using all the modern professional techniques of MASS selling. Tho modern political cam paign no mora resembles the pnllllcul campulgns of a few generations ago thun modern professional baseball resem bles the sundlot bnscball of long ago. Questions! Shouldn't WE VOTERS become professional also? Can wc afford any longer to be ruled by our omollons? Shouldn't wc Improve our methods of ANALYSIS (nn alysls of what's good for US) Just as tho politicians ora Im proving their methods of AP PEAL (appeal for our voles)? POR EXAMPLE: In Los Angeles and In Chicago, thcro hns been s lot of talk about what has been accomplished In the way of adding to our standards of living. It's all true enough. Nenrly everybody In these dnyi has a car In the garage. Nearly everybody has o house that Is fulled of gadgets than the houses of any other gen eration of Americans. Wc have more leisure time . . . more time to have fun . . . than any other generation since the world begun. But- A whale of a lot of It has GONE ON THE CUFF. Wit ness our ,100 billion dollar na tional debt. Witness our ul rondy Immense and still grow ing municipal and stnto debts. Witness our consumer cred it debt - which Is now ot on all time peak. CURE WE hove a lot of god gels. Sure wo have better housing thun wc ever hnd be fore. Sure we hove modern highways whereas only a few decades ago wc had little more than mere cow trails. But- WE HAVE MORE DEBT THAN WE EVER HAD BE FORE. IN GENERAL ... both nt Los Angeles and at Chi cago (although to a some what lesser extent at Chlco go) the politicians have been talking to us In rosy terms about making it possible for us to go still deeper into debt for allll MORE gadgets and still more leisure, This thought in conclusion: Isn't It getting In be about lime for the politicians to be gin to talk to us iihnut HOW WE CAN REDUCE OUR DEBTS instead of dinning un ceasingly Into our ears their rosy promises to provide us with ways to GET STILL DEEPER INTO DEBT? ... I think that's something we voters should do somo care ful thinking . . . some soundly ANALYTICAL thinking . . , about, LUSK ANNOUNCES BID Washington -llll'll - General Electric Co., Wasco, Wash,, was apparent low bidder lit $40,60(1 for fishwny automatic control equipment for the John Day lock and clam on tho Columbia river, the office of Sen. Hall S. Lusk (D-Oro.), said Wcdnosday, The major events of the, week Included the GOP convention, end the open ing of the Shakespearean! Festival, with the weather In those ports running a close third. If not better. If we had a dime for every, time we've been asked "Hot enough for you?" we'd have enough to take week's vi cetlon, We're going to any.' way, end whoever writes next week's Potluck column Is on his own, ' Tho weather cooperated splendidly with the Shake speare festival, Thoro was Tempest the opening night of "The Tempest," hut It calm ed down enough by curtain lime so that no one suffered more than a small wet spot In the area which comes Into contact with the outdoor seat ing. The Ashland fire deport ment also got Into the coop erative act, by hooting a si ren, long and loud, at o point In "The Taming of the Shrew" where one of tho character wus crying loudly for a fire. And there was enough hot air out of Chicago, piped In vlu radio. TV, news wire, and Telephoto, to make our hurt dred-plus degree temperatures (rem balmy by contrast. One of the hotter bits of,, hot air was the keynote speech by Ihot spellbinder. Welter Judd, Congressmen' (rem Minnesota - a speech, incidentally, which wee 1 praised as one of the "great est keynote addresses of all times," no! only by G.O.P. partisans in Chicago, but elso by our own Frank Jen kins In his column in this ' paper. A dissenting opinion Is In, In the form of an editorial from the Washington Post, an independent dolly In the capital which tends to Iron a little bit to port of Mr. Jen kins. After pointing out the glr Ing errors of fact In Mr. Judd'f oratory, It went on to say: "Well, all of this grisly coin, loguc has a pretty familiar If somewhat stole aroma, and few persons are likely to take It any mora seriously than the ritualistic Democratic exer cises in hyperbole. Neverthe less, so florid and tnflamma lory a piece of exaggeration set an unfortunate tone for a party that supposedly has met to consider soberly and realistically the great prob lems of the future that con front the country. Mr. Judd's stem-winder broke the main spring." I Smoke-filled rooms are all ' vacated. Fumigated, renovated. And the kids ore all elatedi With convention on - TV they're sated. One of our young men who has been observing lha hassle over who's going to get the assessed valuation of the Roguo Volley Manor claims that the dispute reminded him of the story about the coroner In a California city about the turn of the century. He says It goes this way: . There was a fight In China town, and the body of a Chi nese was later found In a buck alley. It was rushed to tho coroner's offlco, a coro ner's Jury was called, and by the time he was through, the coroner turned In a bill to the county for $05. " A few days later there was a fight In a nearby Indian settlement. A body, which looked suspiciously Chinese, but which hod feathers stuck into the cropped pigtail, was found ncorby. After process ing this corpse, the coroner turned In a bill for $250. Two or three weeks later, a rathor bcdrngglcd body was found along the wharf, In an Italian settlement, with a knife wound In Its back. This time II cost the county $300. ' For the next six months, the same corpse turned up after nil major brawls and acci dents. Bui, the coroner told a friend in confidence, "I'm not through wllh those old bones yet. Before I gel through, they'll send me and my missus to Europe." He also confessed Hint the Italian Incident wasn't pure profit. He had In slain the corpse's face, buy a floppy brimmed hul, and a suck coat with spngheltl In the pocket, There Is a rumor going lhe rounds that on a cer lain unnamed day a group of unnamed, but more prominent, cltlsent of an' unnamod town In this vol-" ley are all going to walk down the main street at high noon - all armed with.' By the lime tills appears in print, tho Potluck editor will bo heading for the desert. 11 couldn't bo much hotter there than It has been her the past week, Could 11? '4
