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.
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State Laundry Company
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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.
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