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Ill YEARS AGO
Dec. 20, 11)53 (Sunday)
Eagle Point High basketball
loam rallies to overtake St.
Mary's of Medford for a 46 to
3!) decision at Eagle Point.
ill YEARS AGO
Dec. 20, 1043 (Monday)
Arnold K. Gorcn, assistant
Scoot executive of Cmlcr Lake.
Area Council, transferred to
Aberdeen, Wash., council.
From Arthur Perry's "Yc
Smudge Pot" cloumn: "Dcr
Fuehrer, dcr Flu and dor Fog
continue as the main targets of
civic cussing in tne orcter nam
cd."
.11) YEARS A(i()
Dec. 211. 1II33 (Wednesday)
Frank DcSouza, Medford at
torney and chairman of the
Jackson County Democratic
Central Committee, named Med
ford postmaster succeeding W.
J. Warner.
Ralph (I. Jennings, former
Jackson County sheriff Is n
candidate for U. S. marshal
post.
Ill YEARS A(iO
Ore. 20, 1023 (Thursday)
Local radio experts suggest
that people with regenerative
radio sets he more careful in
tuning, as an over - oscillation
disturbs neighbors who also
wish to enjoy concerts.
Fire destroys home owned by
Robert l.ighlbudy in Willow
Springs district.
511 YEARS AGO
Dec. 211. 11113 (Friday)
Nalalorium Manager Walter
Merrick reports considerable
difficulty in enforcing recent
"anti-ragging" edict at dances.
Sam Hill, "father of good
roads movement." predicts era
of prosperity if currency bill
passes.
Vhat's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct Is suporior;
seven or eiqhf Is excellent; five or
six is good.
I What color is Titian blonde,
and why is it so named1
i Name the composer of a
famous "Largo."
3. All of Ihe planets revolve
nbounl the sun in the same di
rection: true or false?
I. Name the principal river in
Alabama.
!i. III honor of what king is
Jacobean lurniturc named'.'
(I. t'ndor which President of
the I'nitcd Stales did Adlai
Stevenson serve as vice presi
dent '.'
7. For what purpose is the
Bortillon system used'.'
8. Does a xylographer play a
musical instrument, engage in
wood curving, or make maps'.'
9. If sodium chloride were not
served with a meal, what would
be lacking'.'
in Who played the male lead
In tne movie, "Return to Peyton
Place'"'
Answers: I. Red; used by Ihe
palnlcr Tlllan. 2. Handel, 3.
True. I. Alabama. 5. James I.
England. H. (, rover Cleveland.
7. Identification of pel hunk. 8.
Wood carve)!, 0. Sail. 10, Jeff
Chandler.
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DHCEMHUK 20, V.m
School Aid Cutting
"The legislative assembly shall provide by law or Ihe
establishment of a uniform and general system of common
schools."
Article VIII, Section 3, Constitution
of the State of Oregon.
When the Oregon Constitution was adopted
in 1859, "common schools" were regarded pri
marily as elementary schools. As time passed,
and educational requirements increased, the
phrase also was applied to high schools.
The time may come when the burgeoning
community colleges will also be regarded as
"common schools," but that day has not yet
arrived-
The community colleges, thus far, have been
set up by individual school districts or special
education districts, and largely financed from
local property taxes. But the legislature enacted
the laws which made them possible, and to an
ever-greater degree voted state funds to help
support them.
V
IN THE wake of the Oct. 15 lax referendum
election, and the resulting financial crisis for
the state, it has been necessary to cut down on
virtually all kinds of state spending (except for
that from dedicated funds).
Schools and higher education, simply be
cause they constituted the largest portion of the
general fund budget, have been hit hard.
The State Board of Education, which has
jurisdiction over both elementary schools and
the community colleges, is in the uncomfortable
position of having to decide where cuts shall
be made in state school-support programs.
Some have favored selective cutting; others
have favored across-the-board cutting.
if priorities in cuts are to be made, (and it
would appeal' that this should be done, rather
than letting all programs suffer equally,) we
believe the community colleges should bear the
brunt of the cuts.
MOT only docs the state have the constitutional
' duty of supporting "a uniform and general
system of common schools," which does not yet
include community colleges, It is also true that
the "common schools" involve a far greater num
ber of students, and at an even more crucial,
time of their lives.
The community college system is not yet
fully developed, and, desirable as such colleges
are, it would be better to cut back on their rapid
development than to cause undue restrictions
in the operation of the elementary and high
schools of the slate.
Community colleges are at least one partial
answer to the crisis in education, and in years
to come we hope they come into their own. But,
when the voters say ''no" to added tax revenues,
something must give. Better the new colleges
than the long-established and vital school sys
tems. E. A.
Dim Future for Drop-Outs
On a recent plane trip, we chanced to be
sealed beside a man who was one of two part
ners operating a firm in Ihe Seattle area which
manufactures communications and electronic
equipment.
The firm is small in comparison to such giants
as Western Electric and others, hut still it em
ploys a considerable number of people, and has
its own research and development department,
which hits come up with some successful units.
During our conversation, our new friend
made one remark thai we wish every high school
student in the nation could have heard. He said :
"I've found through experience that 1 cannot
afford to hire anyone who has not at least gradu
ated from high school."
rplllS, multiplied
tinv of the
youngster who, for whatever reason, leaves
school without finishing ii.
They face a bleak future. More and more,
employers are refusing to hire anyone without
an adequate education. And this applies not
only to skilled jobs, but ANY jobs.
Our seat-mate said he wouldn't even hire a
man for janitorial duties unless he had had some
education. And he added that the intelligence
and ambition implicit in graduating from high
school are the bare minimums he requires for
till employees.
: -"PIUS situation, here
1
of education and s!
prospective employers.
For those without
incuts, there simply will be no place to go.
j There is a nationwide campaign designed lo
I seek out prospective school drop-outs and per
suade them to continue their schooling. But it
will be of no avail unless they can be convinced
that their future is a dim one indeed unless they
have the equipment -educational in particular
to become a productive member of society. E.A.
Informed
Sen. Caylord Nelson of Wisconsin recently
visited in California. He observed the spreading
jainmed-up suburbs, the acres of asphalt, the
i snarled traffic, the air pollution, the spreading
freeways, the dry or dirty rivers Returning, he
j commented :
"I have seen the future, and it doesn't work."
1 E.A.
thousands of times, is the des
high school "drop out," the
todav
will become even
s standi
are set ever-higher by
the minimum reouhe-
Comment
MEDFORD
Alt J, ,Vi' AifiK nw,
"I'm sorry, bill all lliose children asking for loy guns afler
Dal ! Will we ever learn?"
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.Merry Christinas
To the Editor: All my friends,
relatives, E. A., and the people
who read my letters, may I take
this opportunity to wish every
one a Merry Christmas.
Ordinarily at this time of the
year 1 would be in my kitchen
preparing all kinds of goodies to
give to my friends and relatives.
But this year a large piece of
green fir wood fell on my foot,
so 1 am having to sit with my
foot in hot water part of the
time and propped up the rest of
the time.
To me, receiving goodies from
someone's kitchen is the best
thing thai can happen at Christ
mas, and I love to make goodies
and give to ones 1 know who live
alone.
Since I am one of those people
who put off Christmas shopping
until Ihe last, that won't get
done this year.
I have a zillion things to be
thankful for.
Merry Christmas!
Mrs. Uelbert Casey
Route 1, Box 358
Central Point, Ore.
CARE Helped
To Ihe Editor: Mrs. Smith's
class won a five dollar prize for
obtaining so many P.T.A. mem
berships. Our class voted to send two
dollars and a half to CARE.
The first grade heard about our
plans and they wauled to send
some money too. We included
their money with ours. We chose
to send our money In Honduras
because we study this country in
our social studies classes.
Last year Mrs. Smith's sixth
grade class sent half of their
prize money to Colombia and
Ecuador.
Hrcnton Walker
Lincoln School
Medford.
Moonlight Reflections
To the Editor: A year ago I
wrote Ihe following to the edi
tor of Ihe Oakridge (Ore.) Tele
gram. As something of a tribute
lo our late President for his ef
forts toward World Peace, 1
submit it lo you (or reprinting.
To us older folk at this sea
son of the year come nostalgic
i memories of when our children
were young and we were
! young in heart ' Remember
. when, on a night before Christ
mas, wed warn: Santa cuius,
won't come down our chimney j
if you kids don't go to sleep ;
! rigid awav!'"' And how we'd
later liploe in lo see if they
i WERE "nestled all snug in
i their beds'' before we placed
; the gills around the tree? Even
today, we hear in fantasy their
happy Christmas morning voices
echoing "through the corridors
of Tune" as they bounce out of
bed lo see w h a t Old Santa
brought.
1 wondered, this year, if 1
could find it in my heart lo wish
"Merry Christmas!" to anyone?
It seemed that Ihe world silua- j
lion had cast me in a mood of
passive desperation. 1 recalled
Ihe prophetic statement made
by Einstein a decade or more
ago: "The splitting of the atom
has changed everything except
our modes ot thinking, and thus
we drill toward unparalleled ca
tastrophe " 1 w as also saddened
and disillusioned to realize that .
alter nearly 2.WH) years of Chris
tianity and "peace, good will
toward men'", w ars still plagued
the world
II was while in such a mood;
thai I happened to steo outside :
one evenine and see a lull moon
coming gloriously over a snow-1
canped mountain range As it i
sailed onward, it seemed to ;
readily push aside a few wisps.
of cloud Then. Muldcnly . an!
ominous dark c'oud "came oul
of nowhere" a'nl the s! u!!"d
moon hid its five' It wasn't
lone., however, bctore it found
a clear, ni: ahead and shone
again, bnghler than ever I no
ticed other dark cloud- in Us
path, but knew that the Ruler
of Ihe Night would conouer
them
(
MAIL TRIBUNE, MLDFOKD,
As I turned away, I recalled
the Biblical passage, "Where
there is no vision, the people
perish," and gained the assur
ance that, while clouds of war
may darken our nation's skies
from lime to time, our glorious
vision of World Peace would al
ways enable us lo find "a clear
ing ahead."
"Happy Christmas to all
to all a good night!"
George M. Babcock
Route 2, Box 63-B
Jacksonville, Ore.
and
Ascendancy
To the Editor: We never knew
C.H.B., news writer, personally.
However, we always enjoyed
his shining articles in the Trib
une. May his ascendancy be
as bright and clear as the name,
Bell, reveals.
Bert Kissinger,
322 S. Riverside Ave.,
Medford
Rags and Ermine
To the Editor: A friend of
mine in Sacramento who visits
her sister and husband, the
Ickes on Gregory Road, wrote
the following about Mt. Mc
Lotighlin and I think it clever
and thought you might like to
publish it.
Mrs. R, M. Conlcy,
Route 1, Box 412,"
Central Point, Ore.
O
MT. McLOUGHLIN IN WINTER
You only sil
Like a King on his throne
While 1 hammer the keys
And answer the phone.
I'm not one who nags
But I'd like lo determine
Why I wear the rags
And you wear the ermine.
Winifred Fair
Strictly
Personal
By Sidney J. Harris
(c) yield tnlrrprisrs. Inc.
LWOIAGE .MAKERS
Speaking oi words, as I was recently, reminded me that
the finest coiners of names and choosers of words have rarely
been poets or literary figures, but peasants and country-folk
generally.
Looking through a garden book the other evening, I was
struck wilh the differences between the names of flowers as
given by country people and as given by botanists or classicists.
The unconsciuos poetry of the peasant has more charm, truth
and vividness than the contrived allusions of the poet or the
scholar.
What literary man would have thought of naming such Eng
lish wiltl flowers as Forget-me-not, Heart's ease, Love-in-a mist,
Miepnern s purse, i.euiuoc-.s, ,uoni;s-noon, aim lovc-iics oicenmg:
!
11 was some :i eu.ii minis rustle geniuses wllo lu st (liougllt
of .lark-iu-ilie-iiiilpil. Larkspur, Cowslip, Honeysuckle. Mari
i;ull. ,.n r-in-iillriu-ss. Kiss-ine-al-lhe-garden-galo, I'oor man's
p,ip:T. and Traveler's joy.
The unlettered roiiulry man. as John OT.ondnn once ob
served, slowly finds Ihe name in Ihe thing; while Ilie class
icist suddenly brings (lie name In the thing. And Ibis uncon
scious art cannoi he imitated through any literary contriv
ance; II comes only mil of the roots of observation, familiari
ty anil long appreciation of the thing in itself.
The best thai learned men can do. when confronted with
something so niilural. simple and splendid as a flower, is
ellher to name il afler some botanist "camellia" from
George Kanel. "fuchsia" from Lronh.ird l-'uchs, "zinnia"
from .1. (. Ziiin or lo superimpose some classical refer
ence "In acinlli" lioni the youth beloved of Apollo, "iris"
from Hie Greek goddess of the rainbow, "narcissus" Irnni
the son of a rier ny niph.
Rut all "f these are pedestrian and pallid, or archly far
fetched, compared with the simply tightness of Pussy willow;
and Bachelor buttons and Foxgloves. Or some of the more old
fashioned names, still to bt tound in the English counties
Creeping Jenny. Granny's bonnets, Ladies' white petticoats,
Titlly -my -fancy . and Go-to-bcd-at-noon
Liberal shepherds had a lot to do with the naming of surh
flowers. In "Hamlet." Shakc-peare has the Prince refer to a,'
flower which was known by one name at court but by another
and grosser one to Ihe peasantry. And there is every evidence
m his plays that he preferred the rustic names to 'the ansto -
mt.:;c ones, for strength, honesty and uncorrupled imaginative -
m'-v- , , , , ,
Ihe best the botanists can do is to come up with a tortured
metaphor like orchid." lor Ihe
It so shocked John Ruskm when
be wanted it stricken from Jhe
orl" in-iHui
OREGON
U.S. Seventh Fleet Extending Protective
Arm to India in Case of Red Aggression
By
PHIL NEWSOM
UPl Forelcn News
Analyst
The United States 7th Fleet,
which has proved an effective
barrier against Red Chinese at
tack on Formosa, is extending
its protective arm to India.
Official statements have been
guarded but from the first mo
ment that it was learned lim
ited units of the powerful 7th
would visit Indian Ocean waters
Security Is "jj
A Wet Blanket
By Arthur Hoppe fStwf j
Having a government to pro
tect you from evil certainly
makes you feel secure. My Gov
ernment protects me from evil
nations abroad and evil men at
home. And more lately it even
tries to protect me from me.
The trend isn't new. For
years, the Government has tried
to protect me from being a
wastrel. It now has compulsory
Social Security to make me put
away for my old age and com
pulsory withholding taxes to
make me save up for a rainy
day. Which it thoughtfully pro
vides every April 15.
So I'm now more secure. And
the Government kindly wishes
me to wear a seat belt and quit
smoking.
All over the country laws are
in the works to make scat belts
in cars compulsory. Of course,
if I get in a wreck, my seat
belt won't help anybody else.
But it'll protect me. And natu
rally my Government wishes to
protect me from my own care
lessness. And now it yearns to make
me quit smoking. You can tell.
Everywhere the Government is
appointing committees and
study groups to gather data so
it can inform me smoking's bad
for me. Which I already know.
And, sure enough, some eager
legislator will demand a law
taking my cigarettes away from
me. For my own good. Because,
he'll say, I'm not strong enough
lo quit on my own. And, alas,
it's all loo true.
For, woe, I'm a careless,
spineless spendthrift. But. I ask,
is my Government protecting
me enough from me? For ex
ample, there's no doubt I eat
too much. Where is my Govern
ment. I want to know, when
second helpings are passed
around? A simple law limiting
caloric intakes would do won
ders for mv longevity.
And another thing, I hate to
wear galoshes. I know I'll catch
pneumonia sooner or late r.
lovely flower bearing this name
he learned Ihe derivation that
books and renamed "Wreathcj
it was apparent that the threat
of U.S. naval action was being
added to the air arm in the
event of massive attack upon
India.
Indian Prime Minister Jawa
harlal Nehru who has just con
cluded talks on Indian defenses
with Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, denied that U.S. fleet
movements in the Indian Ocean
"power vacuum" had any prom
inent part in their talks.
Reports of such fleet move
ments have aroused controversy
in India and the curiosity of
Pakistan, which as a U.S. ally
in SEATO, demands the right
to know of changes in U.S.
strategy.
Nehru said that so far as he
knew only "one or two ships"
Doesn't my Government care?
Why have we no Galoshes Law?
And what about my tendency to
stay up too late? My inability to
budget my paycheck? My ab
ject failure to brush my teeth
after every meal? There's no
question that if my Government
doesn't step in soon, I'll be the
death of me yet.
For I, like many a human
being, am a self-indulgent, self
destructive profligate. And yet,
oddly enough, I resent my Gov
ernment telling me so. Come
to think of it, it's none of their
business. True, we individuals
form Governments to protect
ourselves from others. And oth
ers from us. But 1 say it's my
inalienable right to protect my
self from me. Or to try. 'ndeecl,
if you ask me, this is the es
sence of individual freedom.
Besides, when it conies lo
carelessness, profligacy and
waste, I think my Government's
got its hands full with itself.
Bellringers Plan
Contest Saturday
The annual contest between
the Medford Rotary and Ki
wanis Clubs to help the local
Salvation Army collect funds
for Christmas will be held in
Medford tomorrow.
Members of each club man
Salvation Army kettles in the
downtown and Medford Shopping
Center areas, with the presi
dent of the club which receives
the largest amount pushing the
president of the losing club
around a block in a wheel
barrow. Officials of the Rotary Club
said C. C. Hoover, Eagle Point
rancher, has donated small,
potted trees to the Rotary Club
to distribute to contributors.
The trees may be used as
Christmas trees, then planted
after the holidays, club offi
cials noted.
The trees will include firs,
blue spruce and other varieties.
Bellringers from the Rotary
and Kiwanis Clubs will man the
kettles
2 p.m.
between 10 a.m. and
Attempt To Free
Freighter Planned
POINT ARGUELLO, Calif.
(UPl) A fourth attempt to
free Ihe grounded 10.000-ton
Greek freighter Ellin will be!
made Saturday with the arrival '
of a salvage tug from Astoria
Ore.
For the third day in a row,
efforts Thursday lo remove the
marooned S3 million vessel from
a sand bar here were unsuccess
ful. The 203 - foot Salvage Chief
from Astoria will utilize its
kedge anchors and winches and
a greater power to try to re
lease the ship from the shallow
water.
It may be that the 508-foot
ship cannot be freed until Dec.
27 because lowering tides con
tinue to make rescue operations
more difficult.
The Ellin, wilh 32 men
aboard, went aground Monday.
Newberg School
Bid $1247,000
! NEWBERG, Ore. tUPD -'
'Johnston and Malloy Construe-
I tion Co. of Salem was apparent
low bidder Thursday night on
construction of a ' new high
; school here
fhe low bid was Sl'M7 00t)
, There were seven huih',"r' hid
; ders
: ii,e Newberg School Board is
, expected to award the contract
''"I us Jan. : meeting. The
, hoard has said it hmw.d ih
school could be completed by-
next repicmocr to allow conver
sion of the present buildinr? to
a junior high school.
would visit the Indian Ocean,
just to know the waters. j dia in which 18 U.S. F100 fight-
A look at the map suggests ! er bombers participated along
that the waters of chief interest ; with aircraft of the Indian and
to the U.S. forces would be the British air forces.
Bay of Bengal and the defense; The exercises provided the
of India's Assam state which U.S. Air Force with valuable in
is regarded as an area of great-1 formation of what the require
est threat in the northeast. - ments would be in the event of
Significantly, other reports a Chinese attack and a subse
have suggested that the "one quent Indian call for aid.
or two ships" mentioned by I They also illustrated gaps
Nehru would include an aircraft ! which continue to exist in In
carrier nesting 100 military air-: dian defenses,
craft. In exercises over the Calcutta
Despite the fact that winter j industrial region a majority of
now has just about ruled out I "enemy" bombers broke
any new imminent attack ' through Indian and British de
across India's border, Taylor's tenses.
visit was both an indication of The exercises also demon
continuing U.S. interest in the ! strated the necessity for into
buildup of Indian defenses and grating U.S. and Indian radar
Nehru s own involuntary de- techniques. The Indians soon
parture from his stand of non-: will be working with sophisti
alignment. j cau?( raa.. ca,jnrn(,n( , t,n
How can you object to any -
one going wherever they like on
high seas?" was his somewhat
lame rejoinder to a question
whether India objected to the
tieet visits.
u was not tne Ncnru ot old.
Taylor's visit which also is
being extended to Pakistan, is
a natural follow - up to last
In the Day's
By FRANK
Historic note in the news:
It was 60 years ago this
month that the Wright Brothers
first got off the ground at Kitty
Hawk, North Carolina. They
made four flights that day the
longest of which lasted 59 sec
onds. At the end of the fourth flight,
a gust of wind blew the machine
over and wrecked it but they
had proved that MAN CAN FLY.
They might have been dum
founded if they could have
known that day what their stunt
would lead to.
SLIGHTLY shivery thought:
What, will the NEXT
years lead to?
OVER in London, a young al
truist is out to toss a mon-
key wrench into the machinery S ,10 mm an alternate ap
of the ancient and aristocratic P1 1" his goal.
oJUl L Ul 1U. IIUI1, Ilia IldlllU I
is John Prestidgc, his age is
21 and he is using an inheri
tance he has just come into to
found a group he calls the Hunt
Saboteurs Association.
The idea, he says, is to make
it a movement of young people
who hate cruelty and are pre
pared to do something about it.
Over on this side of the Big
Water, when we embark upon a
mission of that sort, we go
to the state legislature or the
Congress and get a law passed.
YOUNG Mr. Prestidge is by
passing Parliament and us-
Scripps Family
Member Succumbs
LA JOLLA, Calif. (UPD-F.
Tudor "Scripps Jr., 5f, a mem
ber of the Scripps newspaper
publishing family, died Thurs
day at his home following a
loot? illness.
Scripps, a philanthropist who
endowed several San Diego in
stitutions and causes, was an
attorney and partner in the San me voice oi per intant.
Diego law firm of Luce, For-1 Whenever a hound gave
ward, Hamilton & Scripps. He.Longue. it's owner took a swig
also was a director of the famed ! oul of Ihe jug and bragged on
Scripps Memorial Hospital here. his dog. And so on through the
Scripps. a nephew of the late night. The hunt ended when the
E.W. Scripps, founder of the fox finally gave the slip to the
Scripps-Howard Newspapers, hounds, and Ihey came trailing
was born at Graemar. the fam- back.
ily estate in the Pacific Beach
area of San Diego. T WAS great spoil, and it cost
Survivors include his widow, Ihe lives of no foxes. Thev
Virginia; a daughter. Mrs.
Woods A. Caperton III of San
Diego; a sister. Mrs. Gardner
Corey of Pasadena, Calif., and
a brother, Thomas O. Scripps
of Pacific Beach.
Services will be private.
Try and Stop
By BENNETT CERF
ONE OF John Ringling North's favorite yams concerns the
wisp of a man who bought a fernvsnus titer at an auc
tion s-ale, outbidding several prominent circus proprietors.
What on earth on you
propose doing with that
man-eating beast?" he
was asked by the trainer
of a wild-animal act.
"Going into competition
with us?"
"Oh. no," said the little
man. "It isn't that. But
my wife's taking a tup
around the world and
I'm lonclv."
Dunns one of the trnsest
moment of "How the West.
Was W'on ' at the Ciner
ama Theater. rH.-iiv
Kfn'.lemaa bcga.-l Clop-l'?
disturbing' a Ki'iy in the r.' L
Inqwiied ti .-:;ly. "A c.u .i:ne; "
all thus bother for a measly ca:
the reply. ' .My teeth are in it
ClewUnd A moi y knu'.vs oji? wry pi'-p": in i u l-'.V'V1 ! E-
tomm who nfer .vtw a5par.ii;i5 g:o-'. '.r.! sr.e w. r.r-t
fifty. Thf Jisrht pb-iou$!y unnerved her. ' Wj-.v," s.ie g-tJ-ped, "I
aJway thought that the cook braided the ends,"
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month's air exercises over In-
' given them bv the United States
for their border defenses.
A case in point:
Indian pilots normally cry
"tallyho" when their " radar
"InelfQ Oil" In an nnnm,, i,..
' craft.
The Americans report wilh
the more prosaic codeword
i "Judy."
JENKINS
ing direct action. His plan is lo
throw the hounds off the scent
of the fox by slipping into the
hunt area before hand and
dragging pieces of meat over
the fields. The hounds, he be
lieves, will follow the hambur
ger trail and leave Ihe fox go his
own sweet way back lo his den
and his family.
TT'S quite a job he's tackling.
To begin with, it will cost
a lot of money to buv meat
enough to drag all over Ihe
English fox-hunling country. And
he'll let himself in lor a lot of
ill will. Fox hunting is an an
cient sport in Merrie England,
and its devotees aren't going to
give it up without a struggle.
So perhaps we'd better sir-
T.N'STEAD of drafting all llm
youth of England for Urn
job of drugging meal over llirt
hills and the downs, why not
teach the English gentry llm
techniques of the hillbilly' coun
try the Ozarks and the Cumber
lands, whence came Ihe Clam
pits to the Beverly Hills'.'
As practiced there, fox hunt
ing once went something iiko
this:
Instead of climbing up on a
horse equipped wilh a skmry
little saddle wilh no horn i i
hang onto in the pinch's, ua
named a date and called in your
neighbors. They came, bringing
their dogs, but no hm s. s Each
brought also a jug of Moo.
rIMIE procedure was a s fol
lows: The party beaded for Ihe hills,
with the dogs and the jugs.
When the trail of the fox was
found. Ihe dogs all started off,
giving tongue as they went. The
fox hunters thereupon seated
incmseivcs at ine roots ot trees
Each hunler know the voice of
his hound as a mother knows
were all left to lead Ihe dogs
over the hills the next time
when Ihe moon was right and
the still had produced its quota
; of moonshine
1 Maybe Ihe English fox hunters
I would buy Ihe idea.
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