s ?*"' 1 i ‘ r- i Letters to the Editor | 111 Another Alaskan T, Protests Overlys >i. ' i • (Editor’s Note: We received this letter from Mrs. i Leonard Wing thijs week. In; it «he agrees and disagrees with some of the Overly’s: experiences. 1 ; Whjle do ing; so, she gives a pretty good account of Alaskan traveling.)] / Editor,^The Battalion: 4- This is merely by way of regis tering a polite protest. The road ‘ front Circle City, 1 .laska, to Fair banks is narrow, wi tiding and com- ^.^-paritively deserte<, and anyone ttying to thumb lis Way might •j. conceivably find it difficult. ‘ However, in gereral the Wing ; "Family found Alaskans very J fjriendly ind consi lerate. On the^ way north both Ca ladians and Al-j askans stopped to affer v assistance" if we so much as stopped by the wayside to rest. - ir ^ - “Are you-all ri] ;ht,” was a fa miliar halloo from passing motor ists who were w;ll aWare’ that thferO was no ga ‘age except at intervals of severa hundred miles. t:i! courtesy, ip Dujring our cannot recall any unfriendlin talkei]! with wi Thqy were not '■ r Sawmill We note that which picked up ers ; was obsolete lated salwmill ti|u afternoon to heli They were hi from California. sojourn we re NkH J| All Indians mg encountered “ is we also friendly, reservations, neks. Stop , e sawmill truck lie Overly broth- A couple of re-, cks stopped all us. obsolete, and he father of, the Ini our (turn we sooi began offering help to anyone wpo appeared to 1 need it. Received! Help 11 ! ^ >• We were helped when in need by Canadian soldiers driving a truck, by Californihns going north iit two. trucks coi rtaining all the parts of a sawn ill which they planned to operpt^ in Alaska, and by others and in turn helped a couple whose front wheel had roll ed! off, hundreds o ’ miles from no where with night coming on and the car in the mi< die of the road. _ . Alaskan prices are very high, but lower freight rates might con ceivably affect th at, although ow ing to the distanc t and other fact ors, they might ne Ver arriye at our levels. It is, however, depart of , our own country), And one well worth visiting. Takes 0\frn Food family drove onei the mother drove another. Their haarts were not ob solete. They wou|d not accept nion- ey.cL-' r We never thought of offering them luck pennii s to throw along .the road, • but g ave them one of! ;dur smoked ham , instead. It is possible; t iat a car traveling from here to-'a i:ity such as Den ver might find ji ist as'adventurous traveling as on (the road to Fajir+j banks, and just as few garages per hundred milles in part of the ar ®f Bad Roadk Elsewhere There may als > be ^oads in Tex- leading to times such as Cjircle and untravelled, owed; tl experiences more which can occur in t ”r' ! HPIa: ;■ fir*' IING - m Pa cro 1 tl IbtOTCIlCU. Overly broth‘rs may have heir exciting and harassing an accident any country to the filet of being in an experience ;tled country. can rather than Alaska. In;any event, such in siny sparsely would likely remove[the stigma of being a tenderfoot. No doubt they are po longer Chechakos. High Pr|; The Overlys were tight about prices in Fairbanks. While furs Evil; and clothing were price, many other ibjms were high er than in the U.S. : Sdme of the prices in the sum mer of 1948 were oranges, $1.25 dozen; watermelon, ! $3.90 a half; cheese 95 cents poujid; eggs, $1.07 dozen; and gasolinej 42 cents gal- lon. ; • ’! I wrote this wits the thought that! the “unusual” j adventures of the Overly family [night seem to cast; an unfavourable light on our brotiher Americans h Alaska, even though it sounds ik though they had fun. 'inshaw Wing onard Wing) ; reasonable in our own food, Alaska, because h. Furs could be ome things were We took along buying little ;i|ih things were so hi had for less, and' not out of slight. The scenery i^ superb, aijd is thrown in, free of: additional cost. There are roadside camps in Can- | ada and Alaska, ree.^ i While, the wi ie gravel road, which is the Alas tip the tires, an therefore desirab road throughout. f Canadian Canadian roads in that region of to Alaska, but * Banff and Lake 1 Eastern Canada i arc splendid). The climate ii disagreeably col< summer of 194£ making a side t; - cle, and while we clothing, we sek j,-: • Nights! are chi tection Against ca highway, cuts C-ply tires are e, it is a good !oads Bad ‘ are not so good* Canada adjacent re better Around Louise, i ( And in ear Toronto, they summer j is not We spent the in the [Yukon, p as far ns Cir- ,ook along! winter m needed] it. y. Adequate pro- squitoes is a ne- jjlComtnued from Page 1)' are bolted to the top on foot Awbrcy L. Kothmann, senior AH student from Jun lion is attend ing the National Auction Institute in Bryan. Shown vith Kothmann is Walter Britten and Billy Rosser, 14, a young student at the -in^tute. p ] > j ] 'll!'' Ij, J; f . ■ :i.fi «-V: i V) Colonel Kelly Is New Cavalry Head Lt.! Col. Johp J. Kelly, cavalry, as 1 been assumed as senior cay- Iry! instructor, ROTC, here. Col onel Kelly is a graduate of the U. Military Academy, class of. 193 Colonel Kelly will succeed Major Nornijan W. Parsons, who has been assigned to tpe Student Detach- meht]Command and Generali, College, Fort Leavenworth, “1* 1 j j .j ; 1 1 j i ; i! ... ownl United Buy ’ Sel1 or Trade ’ B* 41 * 1 ' 0 " friendly a|rtd open-1 classified sections will bring fast- hearted, greetipi the travffiey with er, better results. cessity, and thel e are a number of insect repellents available that help consi3erabl|. / .11 Mosquito Problem ! Head-nets are |ilso of valitSf. Mos*. duitoes disappear largely after the middle of July.ijWhile thej car is in motion they ap no problem, but when stopping iftJs highl;ii desir able to have pnitection. Mjosquitg- proof individual pup-tents pern to satisfy some fol^s. ians, bothi Cana- ans in the terri- Except for 1 dians and Alas tory through wh are almost iden Westerners of ' States. They are ‘ j .1 V. ch one would pask ical in tjf]|»e with our Wife Is Entitled j To Hubby’s Lap III i Ii ' f • j S f i " ,1 Los Angeles—f P)—When a man with a pretty wi! e refuses to hold her on his lap, tiat’s grounds for divorce. r _■ . ■ That was Superior Judge Frank G. Swain's riulin) Thursday as he granted dancer Dorothy Lee Rad ford a divorce from Charles Rad ford, avAtion ei ecutive. She testified Ridford shoved her off when she tr ied to sit on bis knee while they v rere watching tel evision. Didn’t even say; “Down ih fnnt M '(] .1 iT : I! . 15ff< concrete footings. Th^ new light ing system will be used for the first time for the A&M-Vill inova football game on September ify ' ll Beef Cattle Center Construction is half complete on the' Beef Cattle Center which will be located south of the main campus. Three contractors a -e do ing the Work which will tota $57,- 861. R. B. Butler Const**action Company of Bryan is the gleneral contractor; : i i j The original contract folr the Beef Cattle Center was let op June 1 with the provision that It be completed within 100 working days. > • The main barn will have two wings, a judging pavilion, a herds man’s office; and some student quarters. A special feed barn which will be 120 feet long and 40 feet wide is also under con struction. The feed barrf will be of the quonset type. The Cattle Center !is being con structed of steel and concrete with asbestos siding. The foundation and framing structure is complete and the roof and sidek are now be ing put on, according to Dr. J. C. Miller, head of the Animal Hus bandry Department. The building should be complet ed sometime this fall, Miller con cluded. pH • \ i mh j ■ i j.i Milking Unit Work began July 26 on the new milking unit which is being built at the dairy farm across the rail road track from the main cam pus. The I. J. Parks Construction Company of Austin is the contract or doing the work at a cost of $60,735. The unit will be complet ed within 150 working days. The milking parlor wiP be one of the most modern type arid will be equipped with the latest type of milking machines. Other build ings which have been planned for the new dairy are the open shel ter for silage and roughage feed ing, a calf barn, a maternity barn and a hay storage barn. Guion Redecoration The interior of Guion Hall is being redecorated and will have a new face when the - students re turn this fall, according to Tom Puddy, ] manager. The paint job will cost around $4,000. H. R. Covington is in charge of the painting. The new interior col- ora will be green, gold, old rose, purple and buff. Alterations Alterations at a cost of $42,- 500 are underway in the School of Veterinary Medicine. The Veter inary Anatomy building, the east wing basement of ,the Veterinary hospital and the east end of Stable A are being remodeled. Sam Mur- fee of Bryan is the contractor. Street Repairs Final item of the improvement program is the street repair work. T. C. Cage and Giessen. Brothex-s of San Antonio are doing the street resurfacing and asphalt concrete’ work which will total $28,801. Gravel streets in College View are being surfaced with asphalt, and . most of the streets on the main campus will be resurfaced. Work will be completed beginning of the Fall semes 1 ■' LIT AB NER WE'LL LEAVE TTlNO A W- BLY roousH 'Hurf JADQPP THE T MCTHERLESS GOT Ai TtUKEb hawo-oas T • N A IT T'YO*’ ] AHTLL DO MAH f Puppet of Fate AM iSs , I TH'WRONG ■ I •ill > / ' V 1- AH jur «rj fNUfF limy new KtepPSHuN AM'U. \ SOWY, DAISY ADOPP ll ACCORDIN’TTM' HtHf? J ORIGIN KIN ONLY ADpPrtD BY A I ' ■ n ;' 1 t AH'LLlAKE TH' BURDEN O' r , SUPPORTIN' ME; IN MAH T CAINT OPPHINHOOO, QpF TM'TOWN, f BE. AVAIUBLE.*r AHLL Greater Love Hath No Maid n FUM OS>*DRAP 3 An* pick up a--carry TW NAUGHT OYW rTW 1 zipher —times it by 4--ADD €> OAT--?'? (GiJLP'J AH GITS 3.714 VARSf- ! h-how much vn'r-rr 'A' / —16 YXRSr THIS ORPMIN WOWT BE i-EGALLY EUGlBl FO' MARRIAGE I TO' >tt> VARS, -YO' CAINT MARRY HIM. NO( r ADOPP HIM. liWSY MAE. ONUX WAY YO'CD wT hiM IS K# X&ZSS.&msgSlH- lies for Miss America, She Jiist Wants Plenty of Milk ' A . ’ ' i! ■ ' I ‘f Londoji, A vg. 2 — 1 (A>>_ “Miss of U.S. Americaj” reigiing queen bathing beauties, today started a 33-day icrusad > through I Eui-ope for cleah thin ting and biona fide bosoms. | , - Bebe Shopp, 18-year old Min nesota honey- jlonde, arrived by plane this morning on a European beach tour. She gave falsijes short shrift: | '] ’ | ' “1 don’t weir them and l nev er will,” she said. “A girl must be her very oWm self.” Sleek in n {[learning njilon one- D. E. Williams Will Marry August 27 Don E. Williams, senior veteri nary medicine student f 'om Abi lene, will be married Saturday, Aug. 27, to Miss Katie Kincaid, the bride’s parents announced to- ‘lay. • /' The ceremohy will be! held at 5 p; m. at the First jVIethodist Church in Whitewright.! Williams entered A&M in the Fall of 1944 iand was in C Com pany Infantry. He entered the Army in 1945 and served in the Korea and tne Far Easy He left the service wjth the rank of Lieu tenant. by the ter. Enrollment Up In Graduate School The number of ktiidents in Grad uate School has increased nearly one-third over the number enrolled at the same time last year, accord ing to Dr. Ide P. Trotter, dean of the Graduate School. Df. Trotter has recently re ceived .letters from students in Iraq, China, India and Egypt, all making applications for entrance to the Graduate School. O’Brien Named As Committee Head T. R. O’Brien was named chair man of the membership committee of the Agronomy Socieiy, Presi dent W. S. palby announced to-, day. The purpose of this committee is to foster (greater participation in the Agronomy Society during the coming fill semester. A report with the recommenda tions of thq committee will be given at the jneit regular meeting of the Societjy. 9 j : •. \ I piece bathing suit- held taunt by, her corn-fed Curves (bust 37 inch es), Bebe told a nkws conference: “If the world’s! women wjduld concentrate on improving them selves physically and mentally, it would be a much] better world.” She added: “Falsies aren’t honest. Of course, if a girl feels she must wear a pair, thafs her own af fair—but as for me, give me plenty of milk an|-loads of good nourishing food.”; \ Bebe [is in Europe/to round off her reign as “Misg America,”! the title she holds until Sept. 10,! She is also going to Iqave her imprint (hipi 36 inches) on some ofjithe leading beaches. She will show kjereeif at Dyau- ville and Cannes.) in France and the VenicejLido, j : “Miss America”: confided she is a teetotaller! and doesn't smoko. Commenting on the silver blue mink wrap a fur firm gave the bathing beauty, Mrs. Virginia Stafford, her chaperone!; said. “She gets ;her minks the hard way.” Bebe said her campaign for clean thipking Will center on the Bra- and-Panties bathing suit, especial ly the French veirsion, which she! described handily ; as “A dab here, and here and a bit right down here and back theye.” . /f “It’s a matter ! of morals,” she explained. “So much unrestrained nudity has a bad moral effect on men as we|l as on people gener ally.” ■ H - T/T: : H r • ! • I j i. / . Japanese Ages Whiskey Faster WASHINGTON —I/P)— Reports that a Japanese citizen claims he can “age’' \fvhiskey 15 years jin 12 minutes arfe nothing new ip the ent office.' 4 The of igis -'/! Page 4 — Kv? AH WERE A WOOMIN-V ANOTHER LD ADOPP HIM-AN* -N-NEAn ME FO' HIM-An' a o’win - i A MARRIED WlF A WISBIN- ISOBffl ttjGBlN. 3 m mi Battalion NESD WEDNESDAY, Af GUST 3, 1949 It'- Ii- - N - llll’l ( : ' -i : . llj.. — — BELL WITH A BATTALION CLASSIFIED AD. Hates . . . 3c a word per Insertion with a 2j)c minimum. Spac^ rates In Claaalfled SecUon . . . 60o jier Column tech. . Send ail classlflMs with I renut- , tance to the Student Activities Office. IA All ads should be turned in; t>y 10:00 a.m. of the day before. publication. • BUSINESS SERVICES • P "■ "I M ii ;TYPING DONE AT HOME neatly . . quickly . . . . njasonably. Trailer House dn Watson Lane| Midway, BryaO- IN LEISURE Equipped . . . e Half'Hour Laundry j Open. Daily 7:30 a.m • FOR SALE 1940 Ford Deluxe Station; Wagon Z^iqnlt^S Itn seat coy ‘ old, coat with seat coders I273?<40. WB1 take car In trade on'sell li^rr -J532.00 dlscsurtt.j Cpll 4-1109J —■ — r FOK HALE—Three Ooone Streeli Cbtleae and walks, fenced FOR SALE—House Tennis Couris. V\ , ouge !at 402 lonj nlte lawn yard.{, •! FOR SALE—Hexali? 7 vacuum clean4r. Ex cellent condition. Attochmenis Included <50.00. Call yO.'ITt, frirs. Pfyoij j- ' UVESTOCK AND REAL / ESTATE _ I -' Horses and)' colts purchased from A&M College at $150. - $750. Sell ing at $50 - $75. V ill The following real estate fronting on new Highway 6,\ nine; miles Suoth of College; \ ‘ I ! 4 acres with 300’ frontage, house and barn $1,950.\ V - | - 1 • \ ’ \i * •' j * 10 acres with 200’ frontage $650. 15 acres, hogproof feijce, 1,200' frontage, fish pond, $1,500) Terms on any tract $50 down and 1% per month: Wm. C. Hall, Aggieland Inn ;■ j 1 ,. USED CAR HEADQU, V — E \ rrTT ■ Ur'-jj ‘i ■' ii I I! 1L 0N0MIC L0S$ FROM TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN TEXAS FOR ONE YEAR !IGERAT0RS i*% ti 4-' . s- l ij&Ffl ' ,f thf processes were used by distillery shortly after repeal of prohibition in the United States. They were abandoned, however as basically aged whiskteys became available, j I JARTERS BRYAN MOTOR CO. Your Friendly Ford Dealer N. Main St. | \ Of the nine i football games scheduled for the 1949 Villanova football team, only three will be played on home grounds. Last Wash Received Monday 7 00 p.m. I44 Sat. 3:3(Lp.m. Other Days 5:30 p.m. Starching &i Drying Facllltleji Available. i jj ;3 CHIROPRA Geo. W. Bolhai 305 I:. 28th SI Phohe 2-6243 CTOR ■hanan, D.C. X-RAY t. SIX Moss LODOR VO. 1300 A.F. A A.M. C n i) I * (1 mcetlbK Thursday, Auiisrf 4ih 7;00 P.M. Work In fie[E A. (l<-r.ree, and •*- amilinfona In tfll degrtMl.' RRY boybr, W.M. t. MrOen i lOlOW j Adl’rHttlir, 1^19 jiy The National Adver Society. '7 F - a- rnnls, Bee. Advertising men The Battalion the outstanding in the nation in nil r 1 7 1 ! 1, W^th Your 1203 S. Phi m R. Lee IT Problema ifmT* •Hl- PR ' ■ S. Colle|e 0 R^Ph S, 2-dl88 4PT DELIVERY and WIRE smu if ■ r s.'Stiles ’48 | Reed AUbrltton tql Now the if they need enter Abe’s the locjt. police want to know a search warrant to stomach and recover Enlistments Increase Pittsburgh—(iT)—The rntLitar services today reported an enlist ment boom is underway heap. Armj enlistments are up 400 per! cent Navy officials report a 20Q per cen,t increase. Recruits hay a job scar city is the reason they ai'e joining up. & LKriMTNIPUG * TORMADO fMSUR,(lNCE O/V ! lattes better is better lor you «Mrw«N 203 s; w -BEAtI •ENCY [ ■Ml ! 1 ■ • i 1 • I •n a ♦,‘Y’* ♦*}*> <4 He ^ ^ .-i ^ » . V/ » <» 4 * 4>4A *' LvC'iun.iT ^ D.‘ ,’t •♦- ^ ^ « ■ the second flofr of ter. In the background elevator which lifts the mixed ed on Cente concM? to the upper mixiftff hopper. - 4 rels. 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