Boyle's Column
Life Of A "House Dick"
Proves An interesting One
By HAL BOYLE
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 31 )
Howl guest (re getting more nonest.
"Since the war they don't take so
many towela and sheets," aald w.
H. Howard, a veteran nouse detec
tive. "About all we lone l soap now.
The aouvenlr collectors aren't much
of a problem."
Like so many "home dick." How
ard, a fatherly man of 05. I a
former law enforcement officer.
Hotel prefer for this work elderly
men with a background of police
experience because they have learned
how to handle embarrassing situa
tions with tact and diplomacy.
Howard carries a police revolver
but haa never had to use It He
walk from five to ten miles a night
during the ten hours he is on duty.
But his patrol la better than an out
door beat. It never rains in a hotel
corridor and rugs are a degree
gentler than concrete pavement.
Interesting Life
Being a hotel detective Is an in
teresting life although the pay is
generally small.
"There's hardly a night that some
thing new doesnt turn up," aald
Howard, auch as the evening he met
a soldier who cut one end off his
pillow and dreamily shook it out
the window Just to match the
feathers float down. In Howard's
opinion the soldier belonged to the
poetic rather than the criminal type.
He said that most guests are easy
to deal with and only about one a
day in a 500-room hotel try to beat
the bill.
His chief duties are threefold: to
firotect guests from their own care
essness, catch and evict occasional
sneak thief prowlers and "see that
the help doesn't run off with the
hotel."
"About twenty-five guests each
night forget to lock their doors," he
said. "But It's usually easy to spot
prowlers. Most often they're young
punks who think they can get away
with murder and nobody will notice
it. But they're not hard to handle."
Unless caught in an actual theft
the prowler is quietly evicted with
out fuss or hullabaloo.
Constant Worry
"Our big problem Is to protect our
guests from themselves," said How
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leterUeel tract lor raal rallat trora ktdlxaeiio. I
For
ard. A constant worry In all hotels
Is the guest who drinks too much
and falls asleep in bed while smok
lng.
"I saw one man go Into his room
pretty much under the weather."
recalled the detective, "l peeked
through the transom and saw hi in
lying In bed snoring with a lighted
cigarette In his mouth. I went in,
took the clgaret and put It out. He
never even knew I had come into
his room."
Because of the series of recent
disastrous hotel fires, hotels have
posted placards warning against
smoking In, bed. Howard and two
fire wardens regularly patrol the
corridors to watch against this
danger.
Howard has four simple rules
wnicn ne minus all guest.s anould
observe In hotels for their own wel
fare: 1. Be sure to lock your door before
retiring or leaving your room.
1. Dont smoke In bed.
3. Check the location of the near
est fire escape before retiring.
4. Don't form new acquaintances
among outer notei guests.
"If you observe those rules." said
Howard, "you can be sure of waking
up in the morning safe with your
money still in your pocket."
Heat Kills
Strawberries
SALEM. May 21 The straw
berry harvest in the Salem area
might be reduced by as much as 30
per cent by the current heat wave,
growers predicted today.
They predicted that the harvest
might last only three or four weeks,
compared with five weeks last year.
The harvest probably will be fin
ished by the time school is out.
thus depriving growers of school
children to help pick the berries.
This has been the driest May in
Salem's history, with only .03 of an
inch of rain so far this month.
Make Reservations for Over
Cabins, reasonable rates
Store, completely stocked
Boats, new motors
Fishing's good
Recreation Galore
hiiR iimu. . . hiiu Mercury
Here's Faster, Finer
Skilled Service
WE HAVE undertaken to pro
vide the finest, most modern
sales and service facilities for Lin
coln and Mercury owners in this
area. Result is that we're better
able than ever before to serve your
motoring needs promptly and well.
But "seeing is believing" so .
Some day soon, stop in and see
these great Lincoln and Mercury
INMAN MOTOR CO.
424 So.
"WHY WE SAY
i j ffSo" lat" from l'ie French Word
VJiVl I ' eont meaning lo pay onc'g share of a
J ' rf common expense. So if one is not re
xA I ll pay hnre lie goe "Scot
Vsa-U Free" nnd llint'a how it began. ' s.q
Hughes Named
Marine Recruiter
A directive recently received from
headquarters, U. S. marine corps,
authorlres the appointment of vol
unteer reserve recruiting officers
on a localised basis by the various
reserve district directors.
In line with this procedure, or
ders have been received by Capt.
Stanley s. Hughes. USMCR. box
U7. Klamath Falls, from the di
rector. 13th marine corps reserve
district. Seattle. Wash., appointing
Dr. M. C. Cassel
Chiropractic Physician
Headaches, Gas, Stomach
and Spinal Ailments
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And take time to look over our
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skilled mechanics who know their
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service at its best the kind of
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him- volunteer reserve recruiting
ofltcer in the Klamath county area,
with authority to effect reenllst
ments of former marines In the
marine corps reserve.
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Men's Women's and Children's
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733 Mala
Pioneer Makes
Modern Trip
CHICAGO, May 31 M't-A Port
land, Ore., woman who rode the
first Northern Pacific railway pas
senger train west from here tu
Portland in 183, traveling 13 days,
arrived here yesterday afler mak
ing the east-bound Journey in M
injurs,
Mrs. Leanle Humphreys, n, was
en route lo Cincinnati. O., for her
first visit since going West.
"I Was on tho Northern Pacific's
first passenger train going from
Chicago to Portland." she surd.
"There were two passenger cars and
33 freight cars. We had a slovo
for cooking our own meals, and
seata without cushions. We brought
along our own pillows and blankets."
the white-haired Porllandcr added.
MARITIME MKMOKIAL
PORTLAND, May 31 W'v A
memorial service for men of tho
merchant marine will be held at
Battleship Oregon park tomorrow
in Observance of National Maritime
Day.
A color guard of military service
men will fire a salute as an airplane
Nxt Hrt, trvl to
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On your aawt trip to Portland
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Nart aanrafag Toa'ra there,
reeted and refrasbM raady for
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K. A. Hoaek. DMriet Freight aaW
raaneager Agent. Ticket OffU
rh. 1111
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I'OHTAL FIND
IIANFOIID. Calif., May SI tVi
J. 11. Murphy fouild three 1100 bills
In his mull box yesterday part of
:iM) stolen from Ills home Saturday
night.
Murphy's wallet also was if
slum cis the Willamette river with
flowers.
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At, MANY, May II W lUlatw sS
M bureau of mines employee la IN
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of two offlrea here.
n. X. iJiraln, head of the reglone
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clerks were released from his ataf(
and Hlephen Hhellnn, chief of tin
luelalutglcal division, reporlod 31
were released, leaving a staff of ii
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