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Strange But True By P. 8. MacArthur According to s recent survey. til per cent of the women inter- viewed said they tilted their moth- ers-in-law, and 07 per cent of the men said they were fond of them. only 17 per cent ol the wives. and 8 percent of the husbands said

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By Josephine Culbertson

TRICKY DEFENSE

r .. By Thornton yW. II,l'I!C 'SUSlT FUR FUN mini is alwiuh hcttcr done.

feiiitirrcd with is little fun. ' -Llltlc Jno Otter.

i.itIli- Joe Qttcr, Mrs. Joe and mi of their friends were having . uiiiiilerful time sliding down a ,-miiiitli slope over in the Green I-'oi-est. Everything was just. right tor slltillltl and they were making the must of it. There was just the ngiit nniount of snow on that open- SlUil(' There wasnit a trcc or bush in tho nay. At the foot of the slopc' . tight snow had gathered in a little di-ift. Sometimes when one o llinhp Otters would come down.

i A J 7 -r quilv fast he would disappear int . C C ” ,, that drift of snow at the bottom. W" "' d"l"3 ll '9' l'”" r'” "Caw! Caw! Caw!” called Bis 1'" -

the Grow in Little Joe as the lat- ter climbed tip to the top of the

” tht, d . it tht, "What are you doing that mg my B” Q" E H;

- -to be all work and worr . Com L'”l” J” lmllfed V" "l Blackylon. my dear, I'll race yoli to th with a twinkle in his eyes. ”We.'bo"0m.--

are doing it for fun," said hen "Chine on down and join us."

Now of course he knew perfectly well that Blacky wouldn't and couldn't do anytltiiig of the kind...

”ls that the only reason you are doing it?" called Sammy Jay. who also was looking on.

"Of course." replied Little Joe Otter. "What else would we do it tor" I haven't ,had so much fun before this winter."

"it looks silly tn me." declar- ed Hlat-ky. ”to see folks as old as you playiiig like ciiiltireit."

Little Joe shook some snow from. his coat. "The trouble with most" folks." said he. "is that they for-

up to the top of the slide first. "Silly." croaked Crow. "I wonder." said Sammy Jay.

y wanted to know.

agreement. "That is true." said site. "if there are any folks who get more fun out of iifc than we Oltr-rs. I don't kitow who they lie."

He began to melt that snow is little

3'. Sam Lime Joe. --Lm ism mggmlhassee, Florida. one morning re-

Away they went down the nude gun and possibly saved his life. ' l

Bc.lllllnl:o:l:.e:;”ce:m:velll.lea:&ll::,e:.w:l,;i1 California hospital from an auto-

nie "ow ” the bottom They an-mobile crash. a card bearing these

four shook themselves lhard andlllnes was lmmd "" hls p"""'

the snow flew in a little cloudluslng whlle you llrlve” .

from their brown coats. Then theyl ::Al 45 miles per hm" mm '

had a rsce to see who could get!

Blacky the

"What do you wonder'."' Blacky Stewart

"I wonder if they really are silly. They certainly are having a good time and therejs nothing silly in

set lflil stmn how to play." havins I good time.” declared and. home; found his path blocked Mrs. Joe. who had joined Little 53mmY- ' by his dog. Mr. Old was puzzled Jot-. nodtlcd her brown head in Mfanwlllll .l0ll)'- l'lllIIId. bliIiZlll.by his dog's unusual behavior un-

'It became wet. It was no longer”

they couldnit stand their mothers- in-law.

Never try to solve your mental yr0blEmH after eating a hearty meal. Why? Because the brain takes blood away from the dig- estive system and, this in turn slows down the process of think- i ing.and digesting onc's food. Race horses get their position thusly; Before the race the sec- retary of the driving club draws the names of the horses. The first animal drawn gets the first posit- ion, and the, next gets the second. etc. ' in Sicily, the first excavations have been made in a mystery city

,must have flourished more thanj .2,500 years ago. No one knowsf what its name was or what caused its fall. I

Part of its ancient market placel -has been uncovered. The excsvair ions -will continue. Meanwhile a. large number of coins. nails. and other things have been unearthed.

The noise of a shotgun blast " woke Frank Gaines. Jr.. or Tails-

g cently.lHe sat up in bed to find 9 that his house was on fire. The heat had exploded the shell in the

After James Stewart. 19, died in

Highways are happy ways' "At 65 miles. sing - "Nearer My God to Thee' "At 85 milesxslng - "Lord. I'm Coming Home." Police said the car in which ivas driving was travel- .ling at 85 miles an hour when the crash occurred. i A man walking towards the .i:ate of his Wellington. New Zeal-

' til he noticed that it glanced re- -lpcatedly at ii. tree near the gatef -ll-lollowini; the dog's gaze, Old saw in hrokcn power cable hanging

that has dropped completely from the knowledge of man and that-

It is safe to say that very few I and the contract was safe. myeirs sitting East-West in the fol- i in view of South's bidding, which

ing deal would hit upon the win- announced at least six diamonds niug defense. and

huuld not have worried about es- lsst dealer. fablhmng dumm . . . y s hearts. they Bothside;vAutGnersbls. silirituld htahve kept loo leartiingd that s as ennecanc o eea Q QJ 109 3 the contract. 9 09'! A4 u,.- ll i -it it QAKSG wouliduahdlrelllllihtllielsonlllllls perhbl-l Q78! Q K15 lem insoluble. Let's follow the 9:: NE eA:1o; play: 63 W 9A wt-i-i. alter i-iiiiiiig oh the .1105: S T073 heart king. leads a lsecotlilli heart. 53 E88! puts up the ace and declar- ::1o93f er must ruff tor concede four . ri-k.'; 'kl.N, ht. oxnoasu e.;tsZ..ili.e'Vi..."l."Ji?. yolit ills Vlpitil O-"" klntl of the diamolnd ace. he must H , soon ose contro o the hon . Tl" N xi . V Let's suppose he leads a spade to E3 50'-19' W9" N9”-' the ace and returns a spade. East 1' 3. P”' 37'1" wins and leads another heart. Poll (5 Pass Pun Again dcclarer must ruff, and now

lg: Its hreduce: to mile trump. All as as o o is had up his dia- ...””:.S.;..r':r:l..:"s..t:::;.kin.'12: mo--. --a formidable heart suit, he prompt- i swm 5 be9””f”l lll3m””d5 Will" ly shifted to a club. Dummy won, 3 er ml the ""9" and the ace and another.irumpi Thus. as has hecn shown. the were played. East took the klngivery defense that would appall ad continued with a club. Declar-Imost East-Wests in actual play- er discarded a second diamond. the immediate establishment of then led a diamond from dummy.ldummy's long heart suitewas the East's diamond ace was now theli only detense that could defeat the only trick the defense could collect. contract.

bed. strange but true. ferent ways. Some climh down the

In April, I955. John Friddle of ,tree, and some just fall to the Wainwright. Alberta, died in a hos- ground. pital after a heart attack. His; In Italy. recently. police arrest- hrother Dan. passed away on the ; ed N33-year-old farmer for killing same day after a heart attack at -1 girl. He told the officers he kil- hls home in Edmonton. led her to rid himself of evil spir-

In October of last year an odd its she had passed on to him. He coin was found near Buttons. N.C. sought to exorcise the spirit and It bore the numerals 1215 - which make it return to the girl but it could have been a date. The char- would not. When she fled the dis- acters on the coin appeared to be, trict the man followed and killed Arabic. The 564 question is. how he?- did the coin get to America be- Mrs. Florence McCarthy was fore Columbus? taken to I Washington. D.C. hos-

The American wood duck makes,PllBl With I Strained UHCK Th! her nest in a hollow tree some dis-l next day Mr twin. was like" in lance from the ground. A few days the same hospital - with I strained after the eggs are hatched thelback.

car at the time the bank was roh- lyoungstcrs leave the nest in dif-

five spades, the defenders ,

easy to shake it from those brnwni fur coats. "Come on!" cried Little Joe Otter. and led the way off

from a tree, Repairman who lf'- rtved later said the dog undoubt- edly had saved 0ld's life - although

through the trees. over for that day. "I still think it was silly,"

Have Your Clothes

. Jay took to their wings. DRY CLEANED "I don't" replied Sammy. rrtnssno ONLY

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WINNIPEG tCPi - Field tests on Britain's new high-grade wheat, Koga Ii. will be conducted at the University of Manitoba this spring but grain experts don't expect to give it passing marks.

Dr. R. F. Peterson. officer in charge of the Dominion laboratory

threat to Canadian wheat markets. is "certain not to have rust-reslst- ant strains" so necessary in this country.

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In Milan. Italy. recently. a couple of men had a perfect alibi when arrested in connection with a bank lrobbery. Tltoy proved they were

stealing several suitcases from a

rust. white stu ying its growing qualities. Dr. eterson said.

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BRED IN GERMANY He said Koga ll.'which was bred iin Germany and introduced into tthe United Kingdom a few years ago, was adapted for the humid .climate of Britain and its charac- tteristlcs probably could not stand

up to the drier conditions on the Canadian Prairies.

Koga it has been tested and checked by the board of grain commissioners' laboratory here.

Dr. J. A. Anderson. chief chem- ist. said the sfrain is in the same

class as Britain's best spring lwhcat. Alto. y "But their best spring wheat is not even equal to our average type." he said.

The average protein content of Canadals 1955 wheat crop was 13 per cent. Laboratory tests showed that on baking strength Koga If compared in the lowest type of No. 2 allowed for export. which had a protein content of 12.5 per cent.

volume, or lll('llSlir(' of lightness. of 740; Koga it had a rnlume of 530. Standard English win-at would have I loaf volume of about 490.

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