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Show t Comfortable Dress Is THE READER'S COURTROO'M Some Statements Require a Dash ot Salt By WILL BERNARD,-LL.- B. Tuesday, April 18, 1950 THE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE, DRAGERTON, UTAH PAGE FOURTEEN . Should Statements Under Oath Be Taken With a Grain of Salt? A man went bankrupt, and was hailed Into court by his creditors. At the hearing, he admitted that he had had $5,000 in cash Just a few days before but claimed he had lost it aQ. "I was walking down the street," he related, "carrying this money in a satchel. While waiting for a street car, I happened to look down and I noticed that the bag had the story was told under oath, it was too incredible to be taken without a grain of salt. A miniature golf course was illuminated by a network of overhead lights. After a heavy windstorm, one of the wires was left sagging about six feet above the ground. Several days later, a girl was walking underneath that wire when a bumblebee swooped down at her. She flung her arm upward and' hit the wire. The girl got a nasty shock, and later sued the proprietor for damages. At the Cool and Flattering damages. Mr. A protested that he had thrown the firecracker at Mr. B, not at Mr. D. But the court held him responsible anyhow. May You Strike Somebody For "Sassing" You? A newsboy took a lively dislike to a storekeeper, and on several occasions he made faces at the man. One day the boy tried his stunt just once too often. The merchant seized an umbrella that was handy and end TASm.lGAL trial the proprietor argued that the girl had "brought the injury upon herself. But he lost the case. the Does y Law Recognize The Principle ot "Cause and Effect?" - - fallen off and 1 was holding only the handle! Since the bag was nowhere to be seen, I threw away the handle - and . went, home." Though there was no way to disprove the story, the Judge decided he Just didn't believe it and ordered the man to "find" the $5,000 somehow. The Judge figured that, although This famous case, which arose in the year 1770, laid down a doctrine that is still considered basic in our legal system. Mr. A, bent on mischief, threw a giant firecracker-ligh- ted into a crowded market place. It landed at the feet of Mr. B, who snatched it and frantically flung it away. This time the sputtering thing landed near Mr. C, who also threw it away to save himself. The firecracker then fell beside Mr. D, and exploded. Mr. D was injured, and sued Mr. A for 1 Frenchmen Seek smacked his tormentor on the head. Arrested on a charge of assault and battery, the man insisted that his action was justified by the boys constant "sassing." However, the court disagreed and found him guilty as charged. The judge said it takes more than dirty looks to justify an attack of this kind. LAST Mountain In Nepal Trio's Goal FRANCE Six veteran French mountain climbers have left for the Himalayas to try to climb higher and faster than men ever climbed mountains before. Target of their assault is Mount 'Dhaulagiri, a rugged 26,825 foot peak in Nepal, between India and Tibet It never has been attempted - before according to lean-faceMaurice Herzog, expedition leader. "No human has ever seen the top of this mountain," Herzog said. "If we reach the peak, it will be' the first time a summit of this altitude will have been reached." Dhaulagiri is about M0 miles west of Mount Everest the worlds PARIS, d, tallest mountain (29,002 feet), which men have been trying un- successfully for decades to scale. The highest mountain in North America, Alaskas Mount McKinley, is 20,300 feet "Our object," said Herzog, "is not only to reach a higher summit than has ever been climbed, but to do it faster. We will use many modern tactics and much new equipment such as nylon ropes, tents and clothing. Much of the equipment will be aluminum." "The French government isfinane-in- g a third of the expedition costs. The rest of the expenses are being paid by private backers and the Alpine club of France. Herzog has climbed all the French Alpine peaks worth climbing and some In Switzerland. 'He is keen to get started. "Our greatest danger is the monsoon," he said. One French expedition to the Himalayas in 1936, he recalled, was trapped by a monsoon which came - three weeks ahead of schedule. The climbers, escaped, but it ruined their hopes of reaching the summit. A German expedition also was trapped by a monsoon in a prewar climb inIndia and several members were killed. The French expedition Paris by plane with three tons of food and equipment. The food is French army rations. The army wants to know how it fares at high altitudes. left ACROSS 1. Java tree 5. Healing DOWN deck 3. Ventilate 4. 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