By Thornton W. Borge-

, THE HOUSE HUNTERS

Possession may establish risht.

"Its better then to be polite. -Gray Fox.

Gray Fox and Mrs. Gray. cous- ins of Reddy Fox. were house hunt- ing. They were house hunting be- cause they wanted a change. Too many folks knew where they were now living. They had visited sev- eral old dens in the ground. The ground was frozen now and they couldn't dig a new one if they wanted to. They had visited two or three big trees that were hol- low either at the bottom or not too far up. for Gray Fox and Mrs. Gray are good climbers. So far they had not been able to make up their minds. -

"Do you remember the old hol- low log we used once a long time agn'"' asked Mrs. Gray.

"Of course, I do." replied Gray Fox

"Scat! " said she.

Gray grinned irlicii she saw this. ''it uliiays uas a good place," said she, "non it is hotter than ever. if we are rarctiil, no

Strange But True By F. l. MacArthur

In a coffin which an undertaker said was filled with money. giP- sies buried one of their clansmeii. Miller Groffo, in a cemetery at Texarkana. Tex. The gipsies also buried with Grotto extra clothes. a hat. a bottle of shaving lotion. and a razor. They said these art- icles and the money would speed his passage to the heratter.

At first Levi Johnson. of Shie- ago. was doing pretty well with a car that he had stolen. Then the motor stalled. and his troubles began. He flagged down another car and asked for a push. Two polite men stepped from the car; and looked cu ously at the license plate. Then tey carted Johnson off to jail. En route they explain- ed to him that they were two do- tectives from the stolen auto de- tail and that they had been look- ing for the stolen car Johnson was driving.

On the plains of West Texas. there's a unique little town that is not listed on any map, yet it has more visitors than many a place prominently shown on all the

are burrows connecting miniature buildings and its inhabitants live mostly underground. It is a place called Prairie Dog Town. and it is virtually a suburb of Amarillo. Tourists from all over the United States, Canada. Mexico. and even Hawaii, have signed the mayor's guest book. Of course the mayor

one will ever know xiv hm? 3 home in that old log. I :JHL'5S We were foolish ever to lune it.” , Of course, they kncii iillli'll endl of the old log was open, so theyj approached it from that end, it didn't enter their heads that there might be anyone in it. Mrs. Gray led the way. She started to enter the old log. She was startled by a growl. It was a low growl. but it had a very ugly sound. She backed out so suddenly that she backed right into Gray Fox who was right behind her. "Whats the matter with you?" asked Gray Fox. ”There's someone in there." whispered Mrs. Gray. "Didn't you ' hear that growl?" I "No," said Gray Fox. ”No, I didn't hear any growl. if there is anyone in there. we'll go in there and pull them out." He pushed Mrs. Gray aside and bodly started to enter the old log. This time it wasn't a growl that stopped him. It was a snarl, and it sounded a lot worse than a growl. Gray Fox backed out as hurriedly as Mrs. (Gray had done. ''I don't see you pulling anybody out." said Mrs. Gray. . Before Gray Fox could reply Mrs. Joe Otter appeared in the doorway. The two Foxes backed farther away in a hurry. "We did- n't know you were in there. or we wouldn't have come in." said Gray Fox politely. Mrs. Joe arched her back in-the way that some members' of the Weasel family can. "Scat!" said she. Gray Fox and Mrs. Gray scal-

"i.et's go over there and have a look at that." shid Mrs. Gray.

Gray Fox was willing. So they trotted off through the Green For- est to look at the big hollow log that had once been their home. It was a long time since they had been there and now when they approached it they found that the young trees around it had grown much. When they had lived there those young trees had been so small that the tops.were hardly above the top of the old log. Now the old log was completely hidden.

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They didn't want any trouble with Mrs. Joe Otter! They would-have to find a house somewhere else.

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doesn't know it. for he's just 81 big, cuddly prairie dog. But Fist Ansley, the mayor's trainer andi owner. acts as official greater and guide.

More than 150 native prairie dogs live in this West Texas min- iature city. They are friendly. oft- on peek through the doors f tii ir city hall. hotel, jail, post 0 cc. or church. 0n clear cool days they sun themselves on the roof- tops and cast lnquisi'ive glances at their visitors. .

When a newcomer arrives, it takes him quite some time to ad- 'ust himself to the excitement of

ity life. He spends much of his time trying to burrow under the fence that surrounds the town; "But after a while," says Ans- ley. "he settles down and starts extending to visitors that friendly western hospitality all good Tex- ans are noted for."

When he thought back over what happened. Harold Snow. of Lud- low, Ky.. decided that he should have called for a tow truck when his car stalled on a street in Cinci- nnati. Two men offered to push the car. One climbed inside. and the other began pushing. Then the "inside" man drew a gun and took "Snow's wrist watch.

Nastier than the usual run of thugs was the bandit who robbed Ralph Bettis. bakery truck driv- er. in Gaffney. N.C. Bettis heard a siren and. thinking that a pol- ice car was behind him, stopped. The occupant robbed him of 340.

In the entire United States. .221 persons named Daniel Boone and 149 named Davy Crockett hold soc- ial security cards, according to Joseph L.gFay, of the Social Sec-

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The dead were among 280 packed into a room in the Kostl barracks about 30 feet by 36 feet.

lThe notorious black hole of Cal- cutta, in which 123 Britons per- ished during the Indian mutiny in 1856. measured 18 feet by 14 feet 10 inches, Twenty-three survived.)

The farm workers were arrested after weekend clashes with police. who were trying to enforce deliv- ery of cotton crops in the Kostl area. .

About 500 were detained after the riots in which 18 famiers and three police were reported killed. The farmers fought the police with spears and clubs. -

Thursday the Blue Nile province magistrate exonerated 212 of the detained men and they were re- leased.

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There would have been coiisid- erable logic in North-South's rea- ching seven spades. below. but the actual grand-slam contract at no- trump was very questionable. How- ever. with a little luck and con- siderable skill. South brought it home.

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TNT North said later that he had been strongly tempted to open the bidding, and so when he actually passed. and then heard South make the powerhouse bid of three notriimp. it had seemed that-

tricks slioultl be iruiirlml. Consid- ering all the honors lll North's hand. this estimate iiu.-. scarcely to be critized, but the trouble was

urity Administration in Baltimore. Here's a 21-word sentence. with no word having more than two letters: So be it in. or so be it on,- it is as it is. be it in or be it on.l The war against mice in York state apple orchards has en to the air. Cornell University scientists have tested a plan of distributing m0use,'bait by the use of airplanes. and thus cut labor and machine costs for orchard ow- ners. A 2.000-acre farm can be halted by plane in less than a day Distributing the bait by hand would take two weeks.

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Thero was. however, on fair chance, and South set his course in that direction. -

He ran the tour spades and three clubs, discarding the heart tea on dummy's third club. West was in no trouble for the first seven tricks. but when the third club w cashed he was squeezed. Obviou y. South had the ace of hearts, and he would not have blanked that card. so West could not afford to give up a heart. So he discarded the diamond seven. But that was on solution, either. because South then led a heart to the ace. cashed his ace and king of diamonds. and when he saw the ten and nine drop. cashed the diamond eight before leading to the king of hearts. .

Note that if South had had the six instead of the eight of dia- rnonds. he would have been de- feated.

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