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Thursday, September 15, 1927 THE CACTUS FLAT CATAMOUNT VOLUME 1 LAURENCE LOCKNEY, Editor VERNONIA EAGLE NUMBER 16. "That it is this factor which de ters many of them is illustrated in the case of the Oregon State Mo tor association, which is affiliated with the American Automobile as sociation. This club has had a wide experience in safety work. Recently when it was found that there were but few convictions in hundreds of auto fatalities each year, the club got busy. “It offered a reward of $50 to witnesses who would aid in con- victing deckless or careless drivers. Since that time many convictions have been secured and the reward claimed numerous times. village of Los Angeles states that ner the rest of the party began Elinor Glyn is afraid her grand- to express keen apprehension for (By SNIP JIGGS) A lively interest is being taken children will fall into the habit' bis safety, for history teaches that whenever a tourist misses a meal in the coming fight, in which I of reading her novels. Mescal Bill stated today that the something of an untoward and serl- am wont to predict unequivocally that one of the principals will United States is still being crush ous nature has happened to him. come off victorious. The citizens ed under the iron heel of Nicara A searching party was instituted and he was located that night by of Chicago are taking more than guan militarism. Wild Bill Mullens writes that the blaze of a forest fire which a passing interest in the bout, as it will be the first battle for sup several cities throughout the coun he started in his attempt to make remacy ever to take place In that try show an increase in the num known his whereabouts, and which ozonic burg in which six-shooters ber of murders, but that Chicago had blazed over several sections before it was subdued by trying were not the principal weapons. It still holds the championship. Mrs. Bearcat Boone says Lind to cross the river. The tourist may prove a bit tame for the na tives of that little village, for it bergh would have made much bet seemed delighted to meet up with has never been customary for the ter time in crossing the Atlantic friends in such a wild and lonely victim of a Chicago fight to re-!ocean if he had had a kind and place and said he had been a vic lume consciousness after he hak ' loving wife to instruct him from tim of a like experience in Chicago some years before, when he wan- bit the dust. Efforts will be made the back seat. Ebenezer Squills, who is farm-' dered around for hours without Eleven-Year-Old Husky Will Be Used to keep the loser in a state of as Lead Dog In Byrd’s coma until the crowd disperses, ing on upper Mud Creek, says he knowing where he was, and that Expedition. else the local people might think hopes to raise enough corn for when he became exhausted he gave seed, but the prospect looks doubt-1 up all hope and sat down wait the whole thing is a fake. Wonalancet, N. H.—Regions where ed for a street car. It is my candied opinion that ful. adventure lurks amid snow and ice Hog-Eye Haines, who left Sat the knockout will come following a and biting winds are beckoning once Characteristics of Bad Driving swift sock by one of the principals, urday for the High Sierras on a more to Arthur T. Walden and bls bear hunt, returned today with a From page 1 dog, Chinook. somewhere between the first and Walden, veteran dog-team driver, “Driving slowly in the middle of thirteenth round. Tunny carries a cottontail rabbit. Archimedes Puck has invented a the road. with experience la Alaska and other wicked punch, but authorities who have tasted Jack Dempsey’s glove pipe cleaner, which is unique in : “Taking the right-of-way of the parts of the Far North, will accom pany Commander Richard E. Byrd’s are unanimous in their opinion that conception and design, It consists other fellow by taking advantage of expedition to the Antarctic. He will Jack is equipped with a kick that of a longitudinal piece of straw, his desire to avoid injury to him- be in charge of the sledge dogs to be 1 self or others or his car. would put a Missouri mule on the taken from an old broom. used In establishing bases for the Miss Dottie Blum has developed “Driving a car that has squeaky, commander’s polar flights. carpet. Jack Sharkey, who recently a beautiful saxophone voice and unequal and generally inefficient faced Dempsey for a few moments Chinook, eleven-year-old half-breed can testify to the potency of the will go in for orchestration as brakes. husky, and Walden, have been com- “Cutting corners and taking panions on many previous adventures bout with Dempsey, as the judges soon as she can learn to beat time and together have won honors in sled curves at high speed. took advantage of an opportunity on a dishpan. At the band concert Sunday “Passing another vehicle, going dog races tn Canada and the United to award the victory while Shar key was in a comatose state, and night Director Fred Price success- in the same direction, at the brow States. Walden raised the dog from puppy hood and a strong attachment of course he could not explain his fully led his troops to a heroic of a hill. “Descending a steep hill in high exists between them. side of the case. Sharkey held that victory in the Battle of Manassas. Chinook is still exceptionally power The job printing shop at Whis- gear when discretion dictates going Dempsey hit too hard. ful, although teo old for racing and Tunney won the first leg in the key Slide lost another order the down in second or low gear. his training makes him one of the “Trying to beat a train to the meet valuable of lead dogs. championship race when he black- other day when the government of Last on the United States had low bld grade crossing — even if the trick and pulled his ed Dempsey’s eyes March, tn the face of freezing tem a thousand envelopes. is turned successfully. hair in New York, and if he wins perature and terrific winds, he led a “Parking so as to use up the teem of six dogs over the Icy slopes this fight, the title is his. If Dem- CACTUS FLAT SCHOOLS space that might be taken by two of Mount Waahbigton. highest peak psey wins, it will be hoss and hoss, OPEN FOR SEASON’S RUN 1st the White moim talna, to the sam- cars. in which case Tex Rickard might “Trying to pass a long line of »it be persuaded to match them again. Th« Cactus Flat schools opened was the only time the mountain Rickard ¡3 in the pink of con this week, with Prof Flyleaf Ad- traffic that is traveling at the legal has It ever been sealed by dog teens, and kins at the helm. The opening of spee(j limit. dition, and in all of his long career — the feat waa achieved largely througn *—t _t------ v_r---- g certain! “Making repairs without pulling CMneok's etrezLgth. courage and In- he has never lost a battle. Both school always brings Dempsey and Tunny are picked by amount of relief to Cactus Flat the car off the highway, or, at telirgeaoe. He averted disaster re their friends to win, but the odds parents, for they at least know least, having two wheels off the side peatedly when wind threatened to where their boys and girls are in of the road.’’ are on Rickard. sweep the team from the meuntaln- the day time. aide into the yawning ravines below. $50 Reward Offered WITH THE POETS Classes have been whipped Into kt his kennels here Walden has 40 I From page 1 A Four-Liner shape for rapid and extensive nthar huskies, odus and daughters of (By Wampus Pete) learning and the football coach it would mark an important contri Chinook, and many of them probably The shades of night were falling is as busy as a flea on a yellow bution to the cause of street and will be taken on the expedition. Walden, who is flfty-stx years aid. fast, dog getting his raw material or highway safety, in the opinion of The sun had vanished In the ganized into a team which he hopes Dr. R. G. Moss, director of the mushed behind dog teams before and during the days of the Alaskan gold west; will wallop the socks off of Whis Oregon State Motor association. “Undoubtedly, it is expecting a rush. He Is a close friend of Leon A plodding plowman, home bent, key Slide this fall. Cactus Flat hard Seppala, Alaskan musher famed lost a number of valuable football great deal of a man to take time for passed, bls dash to Nome with antitoxin And left the lowing herd1 at rest. players through graduation last away from his work to appear in during the diphtheria epidemic three Another Four Liner spring, which solemn fact is la-| court in such a case, particularly years ago. He thinks Seppala the The boy stood on the burning deck, I mented deeply by our citizens, i in the instances of the worker who greatest dog driver in the world and Whence all but him had flown; Graduation always leaves an aching loses remuneration for the Seppala may be one of four or five They fired the ship and left be void in our football hopesand it thus used,” says Mr. Moss. other drivers picked to assist Walden cause he played the saxophone. seems that something ought to be done to stop it. After going to Mart Spink writes from South the expense of sending good, husky Dakota that President Coolidge re boys through four years of high cently went on a hunting trip, schooling and then have them lay where he caught the western spirit down on you and grab a sheep’s and two small trout. hide and beat it to some jerkwa- Slab Tobins has taken the oath of deputy coroner, which he will ter college just when their talents are beginning to assert themselves, add to his stock. seems like a dirty deal and a tra vesty on nature. This has been LOCAL NEWS Alf Stude had his wrist badly going on year after year and so sprained today while cranking his far the school board has done noth- ing to keep it from happening watch. Bootlegger Rattlesnake Ike made again. The members of the school a professional 'cssional trip to the cou county board seem to think they have seat this week, pleading not guilty. done their part when they com- Mescal Bill's dog was arrested to- pare a lot of high-sounding testi- day for hunting fleas without a monals and hire a few teachers to take the places of those that can’t license. Flapjack Flynn of Slapjack Can get along with the principal. The yon was in town today with a load football coach tries to hold them of hay for sale which he took on the team, but the principal graduates them in spite of the ef-1 out of an old bed tick. Some of the loading politicians forts of the coach. There should | say that religion is not an issue in bo more harmony in our sen the coming campaign, and the Hon We con’t produce anything <b( orable William Hoots, candidate for than a third rate team under president, says he is afraid of that isting circumstances and The amount is going to demand issue himself. Mrs. Effie Desnider writes from justice be done hereafter and ever- Italy that she and her husband have more. J just paid a visit to the collision MIDDLE WEST TOURIST and the empty theatre in Rome. GET LOST IN HILLS “Scientists have produced a per A tourist from Cleveland, Ohio, manent finish for cars,” says Cen tipede Clark, “but railroad loco went out for a hike in the tall motives are still producing a super- I 1 timber of the Roaring River coun- | try last Sunday morning, and as permanent finish.” A report from the little frontier he didn't return in time for din THE DEMPSEY-TUNNY FIGHT FINNEY OF THE FORCE By F. O Alexander N.H,surer I’..«4L» TWO Wheeler—South Fork Timber Co. incorporates for $150,000 to log on Grain should be fed to high-pro- Upper Nehalem. ducing cows under all pasture con- Mrs. M. Space spent last Satur- ditions. “In hog raising it is not so much day in Portland. the kind of pasture as it is the j necessity of having a good pasture TO HOLDERS OF * of some kind.”—E. Z. Russell. SECOND LIBERTY LOAN Although steel and rubber large ly enter into the manufacture of 41 PER CENT BONDS automobiles, there is more wood EXCHANGE OFFERING OF NEW used in this industry than ever was TREASURY NOTES required in the old horse-vehicle business. Second liberty Loan bonds have been nailed payu.ent on November 1.5th next, and no Cattle should not be fed within for interest will be paid after that date. 24 hours before slaughter, but ac- Notice is riven of a new odering of United Trearmry ootre, in exchange tor Second cess to fresh water is desirable. Stere* Liberty Loan Converter) 4 % per cent bonds. new notes will be dated September 15, 1927, Do not kill the animals while in The and will bear iuteteet front that date at the rato an excited or over-heated con of 3H per cent. Tne notes will mature in live years but may be called lor redemption after dition, as they will not bleed well. three years. on Second Liberty Loan Converted Beef fro manimals not properly bled 4 l* Interest per cent bonds surrendered and accepted in exchange will be paid to November 15, 1927. does not keep well. The price of the new issue of mite*. 1« 100 ly. Hold surrendering Second Liberty Loan Convert Rubber hoof pads are not re- ers ed 4 I* per cent bond* in exchange will reoeive, at thAtim* of delivery of the new notee. interest commended for horses that work on on such Second Idberty Loan Converted 4 I* per the farm, as the soil works its cent bonds from May 15, 1927. to November 15, 1927, less the premium on the new notee issued. way under the pad, causing lame- Holders of Second Liberty Lian Converted per cent bond* who desire to take advantage ness by extra pressure on the nav 4 of I* thia opportunity to obtain Treasury notes of icular joint. When rubber pads are the new issue, should arrange with their bank for such exehsnge at ths earliest possible data, used, the Bureau of Animal in a* this offer will remain open only for a limited after September 15th dustry advises that pine tar with period Further information may be obtained from nr trust companies, or from any Federal a thin layer of oakum shoald be banks Reserve Bank. applied to the sole of the foot A. W. MELLON, Secretary of the Treasury. to keep it moist and avoid con Washington, D. C., September 6, 1927. traction. Page, Line and Paragraph OAKLAND, PONTIAC, CHEVROLET, STUDE BAKER. Goodyear 'Tires State Laundry Company FOR GOOD LAUNDRY WORK We call and deliver TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS—Leave orders with S. Wells Tailor, Phone MAin 891 Look What a Little Civilization Will Do Nanny, a four-month-old mountain sheep, has been changed from one of the wildest to the tamest creatures in the State. When she was about u month old she was picked up by the cowboys of the lleart-Bar Ranch and raked on a bottle until she has become so tame that she follows Mrs. A. R. Swarthonf around like a puppy. Tpper left—Nanny standing beside the Pontiac Six road- ster. Upper right—In the San Bernardino Mountains near Big Meadows. Lower—Mrs. Swarthont demonstrates how she raised Nanny and Nanny seems to enjoy It too. This view was taken In Barton's Flats. San Bernardino Mountains. Special Privilege