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History from the files of The
Mill Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 15. 1953 (Wednesday)
Medford's city council ap
proves nine Class "C" liquor-by-the-drlnk
dispensing li
censes. James Roosevelt, eldest son
of the late president, warned
against an "atmosphere of
tear" in this country at last
night's annual Jackson Coun
ty Democratic dinner in hon
or ol his lather.
20 YEARS AGO
April IS, 1943 (Thursday)
Historic victory bell, bond
auction, teen rides and mar
tlal music to highlight open
ing of new Medford Victory
Center on Main at.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
fnTtitTowi.' hir.'.hoCr?
course in accounting for wo
men.' (N.Y. World-Telegram)
-It can't be done."
30 YEARS AGO
April IS. 1933 (Friday)
Medford area residents
start outcry for "more and
cheaper beer."
Local World War I veterans
announce they will Join In
"bonus march" on Washing
ton. 40 YEARS AGO
April IS. 1923 (Saturday)
Southern Oregon residents
warned against danger of
early season fires in area's
forests.
Fishing season opens with
few fish being caught.
SO YEARS AGO
April IS, 1913 (Monday)
Medford school board re
elects U. S. Collins as city
fuiperintondent of schools.
IS. G Drown, Medford, col
lects 52 children from his
neighborhood and at fair
grounds and takes them all
to tlte circus.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina ot ten correct it superior;
seven or ciqht is excellent; five or
is it good.
1. You say it every day,
but do you know tlte mean
ing of the prefix "tele-"?
2. Of what country is Kar
achi the capital?
3. Whose army invaded
what country on March 12.
HMD'.'
4. It you wanted to visit the
Silver State, where would vou
go'1
5. Give the general location
of the Islands of Lancerhans
6. What sport has one of
Jts participants using a mega
phone
"is the Republic of Ire-
chiefly an agricultural,
land
or a manufacturing nation
m. iwo notame steamantp
ainkings were those of tin "1, I
tanic" and the "Lusitania ; '
which sinking occurred first'!
. , .., ...wv... h-i'..-
Use forks'.'
10. What would you
lecting if you were trying
decide on diamond, pearl
nonpareil, burgeois or agalc?
Ans warn 1. Far, distant.
2. Pakistan. 3. Hitler invaded
Austria. 4. Nevada. S. In the
pancreas (insulin producing
cells). S. Crew rowing. 7. Ag
ricultural, t. "Titanic." f. No.
10. Printers' lype.
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vjAMOelATION
NATION A I IDITORUl
MONDAY. APRIL 15. 1963
Jogging
Sanity (with a large assist from sore feet, we
expect) has at last prevailed, and the 50-mile
hike that wildfire fad which threatened to en
gulf us all seems to have died down.
It's been weeks now since we've had a call
in the newsroom from some incipient publicity
chairman who wanted to tell us all about her
group's plans to hoof it
Ohe-8hot attempt to prove that American youtn
really is full of vim and vigor after all.
Now that the bunions and blisters have pretty
well healed, we wonder what it all came to. Per
haps it is good to know that imaginations can
still be seized by an off-beat idea, that we haven't
all grown so sophisticated and complacent as to
smirk at the notion of self improvement.
BUT there was a flash-in-the-pan, build-Rome-
in-one-day quality to the 50-mile hike craze,
together with an unhappy desire for publicity on
the part of many of the participants, that seemed
to make the whole flap increasingly distasteful.
A sounder, and perhaps more sincere ap
proach to the problem of physical deterioration
caused by the sedentary life many of us lead
has come to our attention in the current issue of
Old Oregon, the University of Oregon Alumni
association publication.
Its cover picture, as well as two and a half
pages on the inside, is devoted to a description
of a new activity brought to the campus by Track
Coach Bill Bowerman upon his return to Eugene
from a one-month s stay
It's called jogging, and its proponents claim
big things for it. It seems premised, praise be,
on the notion that physical improvement should
be undertaken gradually, not accomplished in
some quixotic, herculean
endurance.
IN A little folder entitled "the Joggers Manual,"
Bowerman sets forth the simple directions for
becoming a jogger:
"Jogging is a bit more
a short distance (50-100-150 yards), then in
crease as you improve. Jog until you are puffing,
then walk until your breathing is normal again.
Repeat until you have covered a mile or two. or
three. If you do not like
make it a time jog of live, ten, fifteen or per
haps thirty minutes to start."
The author of the Old Oregon article, Dick
Leutzinger, says that the effect of jogging is
amazing. He reports
cholesterol content of
duced," and respiration
BOWERMAN is quoted as emphasizing that
jogging is "not a weight reducing activity.
u"'ess a person is just
going to be much loss of
(Judging from the pictures of coveys of gen
erously endowed coeds jogging across campus,
pictures that had to be taken with wide angle
lenses, perhaps Bowerman's point on that score
hasn't been completely understood.)
Competition is advised against: joggers want
ing companionship are counseled to find some
one of equal ability. Too, jogging should be done
regularly, perhaps a minimum of five days a
week, the article says.
While all of that was mildly appealing, the
real clincher was another piece of Bowerman
advice: "Just use moderation as a guide. Eat
what you like, have a drink if you will, smoke
if you like . . ."
Ah, at last a way to continue to grow healthy
without surrendering cherished old bad habits.
Jogging anyone? G.H.B.
A View From Roxy Ann
Motivated by a need
up to Koxy Ann butte one afternoon last week
and parked on the rim road to watch the sun j
go down.
It is a source of constant wonder how, when
Olie IS Unable tO achieve
thing 111 his own mind, he
in a position so that his eye has a geographical
perspective to contemplate, frequently discover
order and clarity in the midst of confusion.
The view from Koxy Ann of the valley below
and the hills beyond is pleasant and .soothing.
Medford a growing, problem-beset com
munity lies, an irreirularlv shaped smudire. in
,l " . e ,t
the center of the scene,
thill, DUnioseful lilies a
Fringing the city here and there are slant-
.Ij-j , , . ,, , 1
sided orchards in odd geometric patters, color-
tuny pastel in chartreuse
blossoms and blltl
A DOZEN Of SO Columns of white smoke C8H 1
oe seen rising into the air from mill burners, j
At such a moment, one
.,, Is efin nla kt ),.,
, 7 . "ml" "-
'.V Placed StlCKS ot lhcehse.
The Manor, which seems so imposing from
uie valley Moor, lies o f
bc ,,..11110 Uie nacKgl'OUntl (IlKe a tawn Sleeping 111 a
Ins to thicket) that one has to Inhk h'lrrl to MS it"
oeai ' ii , .,, : i . I V IV , ,
gradually replaces the dimming light, aild as the ,
brillance of neon and mercury lights beiewell
fhn ,.itv WOrewi.V HM"-S Ut-Jitttu
Uietlty.
11 IS Ullle (0 go, lime
wun respoiisiDiiitics. One must always return.
It is easier now, sqpiehow. G.H.B.
from here to there in a
in New Zealand.
effort at long distance
than a walk. Start with
to think of distances,
that pulse rates drop, the
the blood is "greatly re
is "improved slightly."
terribly fat, there isn't
weight."
for solitude, we drove i
perspective 011 some-
can, bv putting himself I
- t, . .,. . ;
pu ts of it trailing; off in ;
bile' hitrllWaVS. I
and white with early j
forgets about pollution.
I, .1 ui
to the eft. ant so b em s
111(1 COlOl'S tade as SOlt (tUSk
(o resume ail Identity
"We Are
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
From Washington:
The Navy gave up the nu
clear - powered submarine
Thresher and the 129 men
who rode her down into a
mile and a half of water 220
miles off Boston Wednesday
Admiral George W. Ander
son, chief of naval operations
made the announcement more
than 25 hours after contact
was lost during a deep diving
test of the recently overhaul
ed vessel. He said:
"Very reluctantly, I have
come to the conclusion that
the Thresher has indeed been
lost."
FROM Palm Beach:
President Kennedy order
ed flags flown at half staff
from all government build
ings until sunset Monday in
tribute to the 129 lost aboard
the Thresher.
The President, a former na
val officer, issued an execu
tive order calling for the nation-wide
gesture as a mark
of respect for those who gave
their lives aboard the vessel
in performance of their duty.
WHAT happened out there
a mile and a half under
the stormy Atlantic is a grim
tragedy.
It is an ancient tragedy.
Ever since the first men, hun
dreds of centuries ago, fash
ioned the first crude ship and
paddled it out into the Great
Unknown that was the sea,
women have waited on shore
for them to come back and
have mourned when they
didn't come back.
MORE than a century ago,
William Whiting nut into
Communications
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Stamps for Hospital
To lite Editor: The Sisters
of Charity of Sacred Heart
hospital wish to express their
sincere appreciation to the
many people in the commu
nity who have so generously
donated their trading stamps
and books toward the new Sa
cred Heart hospital. More
trading stamps will be needed
to help furnish the new hos
pital. If enough stamps arc-
collected, such useful items as
ltospital beds will he obtain
ed.
Anyone wishing to donate
stamps to help furnish tlte
new Sacred Heart hospital
Heart hospital. 124 Florence
Ave., Medford. Oregon
Edith Campagna
Secretary
Providence Guild
Sacred Heart Hospital
Medford, Ore.
What Women Can Do
To the Editor: Will any
women who are sincerely in-
lercsicfl in preserving peace
in ,hc (u,urc world read the
article and study the chart In
the APril ?.' .1,lR,rp"'"
magazine titled. What Wo-
,,, Can D for pcace".
whether or not you win
agree, you cannot help but
find it interesting - indeed,
provocative.
Thelma Carson
Star Route Box 60
Prospect, ore
A Christian Deiined
To the Editor; You titled
Mr. P. G. Pederson's letter of
4 2, "Who's a Christian.'" A !
verv cood question, indeed
"ooauiy many anouter nea thing gives thanks His heart
"skcd " flcr rwK,1"K some j is full of love to all mankind,
of ,hr conflicting opinions inland is purified from envy,
lhve columns, from persons
of varied religious affiliations
but fi1 Presl'mll,1 -
would regard themselves as ,
Christians
Mr t caerson mm m.u m
lelter of 3 31 "leaves the
pi esslon that the Russians that !
are here, and the people (hat
M1DFOBD MAIL TBIBUNE. MEDFOHD, OREGON
Not A Muse"
immortal verse their fears and
their hopes when he wrote
Eternal Father, strong to
save.
Whose arm hath bound the
restless wave,
Who bidst the might ocean
deep
lis own appointed limits
keep:
O, hear us when we cry to
Thee
For those in peril on the
sea!
?OR countless generations,
the wives and the families
of fishermen have stood on
the shores, watching the red
skies with their message of
hope and comfort as express
ed in the sailor's weather
creed: "Red at night, sailor's
delight."
THE perils of the sea!
Thcv are VERY old.
They are grim and terrible.
AND yet
Over these vast stretches
of time, unfailingly there have
been men willing to face these
perils of the sea both to
win a living for their families
and to satisfy their own driv
ing curiosity to find out what
was on the other side of those
losing waves.
And there have been wom
en with the stamina and the
courage to send their men
forth to risk their lives on
the sea in the performance
of their duty.
THERE are STILL that kind
of men and that kind of
women.
Mankind isn't as bad as it
sometimes seems to be.
sponsor litem, are Christians."
True, I did so testify. Some of
the American hosts are per
sonal friends of mine whom I
have known for decades as
devout Christians and disting
uished churchmen and who,
in turn, have had similar per
sonal knowledge of the visit
ing Russian brethren.
These visitors represented
six churches: Russian and
Georgian Orthodox, Armen
ian, Evangelical Lutheran of
Estonia and Latvia, and (lie
All-Union Council of the
Evangelical Christian (Bap
tists). They came in response
to an invitation from leaders
of our National Council of I
Churches who had visited '
churches and church leaders j
in Russia last year. i
Dr. Eugene Carson Blake,
Stated Clerk (chief admin
istrative officer) of the United
Presbyterian Church in the j
ntM. iaWeV-o. tlr
U.S.A. and one of the hosts,
has said: "This is not a CUl-ldle
tural exchange. The differ -
ence between these men and
other Russian delegations is
that these men, like ourselves,
are practicing Christians."
As to Mr. Pederson's un
identified quotes about
heaven (presumably attrib
uted to some of our visiting
Russian friends), I would re
gard them as of only mar
ginal interest, not pertinent to
any basic answer to the ques-
i tion, "Who is a Christian?"
John Wesley furnishes us a
good definition of a Christian,
if we substitute that word for
"Methodist" in his statement:
Me is one who loves me Lord
w'th all his heart, who prays
,vithout ceasimr and in everv-
malice, wrath, and every un-
kind affection . . He does not
neak evil of his neighbor
any more than he can lie. He i
does good unto all men. neigh-
.ors. mends, and enemies
These are the marks of a I
true Methodist '
That Wesleyan definition I
Foreign News: Khrushchev's Birthday; I
British N-Force Commander; Tokyo View
By WILLIAM J. FOX
United Press International
Notes irom the foreign
news cables:
Khrushchev's Birthday
Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev will be 69 years
old this Wednesday (April 17),
and normally such an event
for a leading figure of a
country should be a major
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
fc field Enterprise!, Inc.
AIR-TIGHT BRAINS
Mentioning the man who
wanted to surpress certain
"dangerous"'
books, as I did
the other day,
reminded me
of the curious
way in which
people live in
i n t e 1 1 e c t -ually
air-tight
compartments
What I mean
J by that cum
Barria phrase
easily seen in the people who
want to "crack down on
what they consider to be of
fensive literature: they want
the laws sharpened in this
area.
But, in other areas, they
complain that there are al
ready too many laws. They're
worried about expanding gov
ernmental power. They insist
that citizens should be left
alone to pursue their own
pleasures and profits.
a ' a
Thus, the word "govern
ment" to them exists in
separata air-tight compart
ments. When they are FOR
something, lhay want no
g o varnmant intarf erenca
with it; whan ihay ara
AGAINST tomething, thay
promptly demand that wa
pass anothar and stricter
law to copa with it.
Wa can sea the same
process operating, on a
broader scale, in tha area
of government spending.
Those who protest most
loudly about government
axpanditurai in tha civil
ian sector do not make a
murmer of protest about
tha massive government
spending in the military
sector.
Yet it is the plain fact
that 75 per cent of our fed
eral spending goes to pay
for past, present and future
military needs. We could
spend twice as much on
tha domestic front without
feeling it. if the military
budget were made up in a
rational world.
a a
Moreover, it is historically
accurate to point out that if
we are really worried about
"government control," the
way most governments take
over is by maintaining a state
of military emergency until
it becomes an accepted way
of life. Most of our extra tax
es are hangovers from World
War II, which" have never
been repealed.
What we may or may not
need for "defense" is a mat
ter of speculation and con
troversy. But hardly any of
the vocal opponents of gov
ernment spending dare to
question our military appro
priations, the government has
virtually a blank cheek on
this, an d its authority is un
questioned. We cannot have more laws
"no fewer laws at the same
time. We cannot impose res-
traints upon the government's
domestic spending while at
the same time acquiescing in
its astronomical arms budget.
We cannot do this without
contradicting ourselves and
become ineffectual. To keep
one's ideas
ll such air-tight
j compartments is eventually to
from psychic suffocation,
!
Editorial
Comment
MORE MONEY
Members of the British
House of Commons won't get
a pay raise this year. They
will continue to make British
law for $4,!HH) a year, al-
though some perhaps will;
come to America, take out !
citizenship papers, and run
f,,r he Oregon Legislature,
-Eugene Register Guard.
' ' i
accords with Jesus' snprifir
rMtnlmmanii rr ihM ,.-i,A
would bo his disciples, as stat-
ed m Lk. 10:27, Mt. 5:43-44 i
and Lk. 6:27. 28. 32 and else-
when- or hi lnineiinn :
Lk. 6:37: "Judge not. and vou
will not be judged; condemn
not, and you will not be con- j
demncd: forgive, and you will !
be forgiven. iRSV). j
Aronld Eugene Jennv
Rogue Valley Manor
Medford
mm
news event. But throughout
the Soviet Union, it probably
will eo almost unnoticed. So -
viet custom is to mark decade
birthdays, but not those in
between for Moscow's leaders.
Furthermore, although he is
infected with more than the
Matter of Fact
ic) Nw York Herald
THE MAIN CONCERN
Vienna - Officially, this
city is not one of the capitals
of the Western Alliance, by
reason of the
A u s t r i ans'
commiim e n t
to a neutral
policy in their
pcace treaty
with the So
viets. Yet Vi
enna is not a
bad place to
try to sum up
the results of
Alsnp
a long European tour, for it
has its own lesson. The So
viets relaxed their grip on
Vienna nd on most of Aus
tria for only two reasons: be
cause the Austrian people
were courageous and united
and becasue the Western Al
liance was united and strong.
The facts are all the more
important to remember be
cause the Western Alliance
today is most certainly not
united, and in some respects
it hag almost ceased to be an
alliance. In Paris, where this
reporter stopped briefly on
the way here, all the allied
foreign ministers were mak
ing the familiar allied noises,
but they had a very hollow
ring.
S e ,
rTHE plain Iruth of (he mat
tor is that we are close to
the end of the postwar era,
which will come when Chan
cellor Adenauer hands over
the leadership of Germany to
his successor. And it is well
to remember that tlte ends of
postwar eras have always, in
tne past, led to the dissolution
of alliances.
There is a practical, almost
mehanical reason for this
curious historical phenome
non. Grand alliances, like the
union of the powers that final
ly overcame Napoleon, or our
own Western Alliance, are
formed in the enforced inter
national intimacy of wartime.
In war, victory is the only
preoccupation, and thus the
wartime leaders are accus
tomed to sacrificing petty
local interests to the larger
interests of the alliance.
But let a Castlercagh be
succeeded by a Canning. Or
let Dean G. Acheson and Rob
ert A. Lovett be replaced by
the exceptionally able young
er men of the Kennedy ad
ministration. Then there' is an
end to the old, war-imposed
familiarity with the problems
of the alliance as a whole and
of all its constituent members.
And then the danger to the
alliance begins.
IN THE present instance, the
danger is particularly acute
because the strongest figure
in Europe, Gen. de Gaulle.
can reasonably be described
as anti - Alliance. He keeps
saying ne is not. He means it.
Yet what he says is untrue.
ine apparent contradiction!
vanishes when you grasp the '.
simple fact that what Gen. :
oe uauiic means by an alii-
ance is quite different from
nodi anyone else means. At
most, ne means the kind of
loose agreement to fight on
the same side in case of need
that France and Czarist Rus
sia had before World War I.
in the H-bomb ,e and the
era of the cold war, this kind
ot alliance which Gen. dc j
Gaulle favors would be quite
useless. Meanwhile he is
against the kind of alliance
the cold war demands - an I
alliance in which all the allies
continuously coordinate their!
views and policies by a con
tinuous process of compromise
and mutual consideration, as
tha Western allies formerly
did.
RESPITE the allied noises!
everyone made in Paris,
there are in fact very few !
! major problems of foreign
j policy, and almost no prob-!
lems of defense policv, on
which the Western allies are
now fully agreed.
The machine functions in a :
kind of way because the ma-
chinery is there Even so, no !
one can say what will happen i
to ,A10 in 1968-61), when
Gen. de Ga
will have to
consent to ihe renevr-3i nr ihe
NATO treaty.
By the same
can say what ll
token, no one
Western Alliene -.-in h if
Harold WiLson is Britain's
next Prime Minister. His elec-'
tion is less certain than Wash-
ington seems to believe. But'
if elected, he is also less ccr-
I tain to be a helpful ally than
fl Bamngton now supposes.
In Ihe days of Castlcjcagh '
usual quota of egoism,
Khrushchev has been hitting
j away at the old "cult of the
personality" theme which pre
dominated in Stalin's day and
cannot very well become the
center- of such sycophancy
himself. At 69. so far as is
By Joseph Alsep
Tribune Syndicate
and Canning, all these threats
to the alliance could have
been accepted wun greater ier-s p0st is not clear at pres
equanimity. But in the era of!cnt. The force is to be made
the H-bomb and the cold war,
the situation is very different
indeed.
IF THE Western Alliance J West Germany, the Nether
holds together somehow, i lands. Belgium and Italy.
there is every reason to be
confident that we can go on
living peacefully albeit at
times dangerously. But if the
Western Alliance falls apart,
it is almost as certain as the
succession of the seasons that
the ending of the postwar era,
which is now so close, will
also prove to be the beginning
of a prewar era.
The main concern, there
fore, must be the maintenance
of the Alliance. In this re
spect, President Kennedy may
well get some help from the
Kremlin. The new turn of
Soviet inner politics may well
bring on the kind of renewal
of Soviet aggressiveness that
has helped to strengthen the
Alliance in the past.
Nonetheless, it is also clear
that the Alliance must be
modified and modernized if it
is to survive and be effective.
This is now the primary task
facing the Presidenl.
The Ant Culture of
The Pentagonians
By Arthur Hoppe
Washington - Work is go
ing apace on my book,
"Strange Native Customs in
Washington and Other Sav
age Lands." I've got a new
chapter ready on one of the
largest indigenous tribes, the
Pentagonians. Or, as they're
usually called by the other
natives, "The Dambrass."
The Pentagonians dwell in
a strange hivelike edifice
called "The Pentagon," where
they've evolved a weird cul
ture comparable only to that
of the soldier ants of north
east Mozambique. Within
their fortress the Pentagoni
ans are virtually self-sufficient.
Except for one staple
of their life process. This is
called "Appropriations."
For Appro priations, the
Pentagonians depend upon an
other native tribe, "The So
lons," who dwell on nearby
Capitol Hill. This parasitic
relationship duplicates that
between the ant and the aphis.
Which the ant, as you know,
milks regularly.
Like the aphis, The Solons
j appear to enjoy being milked
by the Pentagonians. And the
more they're milked, the more
they give. But The Solons
bellow with outrage and
alarm on being approached by
j even the most skilled milker
, of anv other tribe.
The milking process is in
the hands of the most feared j
of all The Pentagonians, who
are called "The Generals.
And seeing them scurrying
to and fro on Capitol Hill
with more and more appro-
priations is a sight to behold. I consider this most doubC
The nominal ruler of this i fill. Firstly, the all-consuming
strange colony is known as ! interest of The Pcntagonian
"The Secretary of Defense." j is in milking The Solons, a
Or, in Pentagonesc "The Sec- pastoral pursuit. Secondly;
Dcf." The curcnt SecDef is
known to his subjects as . hivclike Pentagon would con
"That Damacnamara." B u 1 1 vince any anthropologist that
not to his face. j whatever The Pcntagonianj
Oddly enough. The Pcnta- j are fit for, they aren't fit for
gonians invariably hate their I war.
VOTERS
REGISTER je,
HERE Xi-1
Picture of a men with "man's bast friend" keeping
other men from exercising man's most cherished
right! 4
known, he still 19 In good
health and quite capable of
handling Kremlin affairs in
the foreseeable future.
British Commander
Britain wants the post of
commander of the projected
inter-allied nuclear force to
go to a British general. The
blueprint for the force is to
be completed in lime for ap
proval by the NATO council
of ministers when it meets in
Ottawa May 21. But whether
the Western allies will agree
to give Britain the command-
up of British V - bombers,
three to five American Pol
aris - firing submarines, and
Air Force contributions from
Japanese View
Japanese diplomat ECoichiro
Asaki is now back in Tokyo
after a six-year stint as his
country's Ambassador to
Washington, and what he is
telling government leaders
could have a profound effect
He is saying that Americans
are impressed with Japan as
a trading partner but uneasy
about it politically. Asaki says
U.S. misgivings stem from
Japan's habit of street dem
onstrations and parliamentary
brawls, Japan's reservations
about dispatch of American
troops to Thailand last year
and entry of U.S. nuclear
powered submarines into
Japanese ports this year. The
government could become
more accommodating to Amer
ican needs. But it will be
another thing to change tlte
street demonstrations and
fist-swinging legislators.
SecDef. This appears due to
the ritual of choosing the
SecDef from the very lowest
and despised rank of Penta
gon i a n: "The Civilians."
(While Civilians abound in
the Pentagon, they arc, like
drones, assigned only the most
menial tasks.) The reason for
this ritual is unclear. It ap
pears to have something to do
with an old dogma called "Ci
vilian Control of the Mili
tary." But no Pcntagonian be
lieves in it.
That Damacnamara is hat
ed even more bitterly by The
Pentagonians than his pred
ecessor. This is due to his
efforts to curtail appropria
tion hunting. On the grounds
The Pentagonians have more
now than they need. Such in;
terference with the Pentago
nian life process lias natural,
ly stirred up the ant nest
and confusion now abounds.
With Generals darting hither
and thither, feelers quivering,
pincers poised.
The Solons, who love- to be
milked, are, of course, aiding
the Generals. And they keep
heaping more appropriations
than he wants on That Damac
namara. Which is apparently
nornble kind ot punish-
I ment.
However, more and more
appropriations are desperate
ly needed as The Pentago
nians are the fastest growing
tribe in Washington. Indeed,
some experts fear they may
j outgrow their appropriation
j supply and attempt to con-
j quer the other native tribes.
- even a cursory tour of the