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Show PAGE SEVEN BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1936 BLACK LOCUST As 3 V I f li f fj if Witt' , i. in? "In a Runaway Balloon- - ' Famous Headline Hunter, JACKSON like most New Yorkers was born in another The state Ed's mother and father picked for him was Texas. He is forty-eigtoday and he's had a lot of wild adventure In his life but the one Ed remembers the most happened when he ED ht was only fourteen. Ed's home town was McKinney, Collin county, Texas, and the annual county fair, In that memorable year, found him rarin' to go. Ed wanted to see the big thriller of the fair the balloon ascension so he slipped In early to the fair grounds and hung around the place where the big, hot air bag was being made ready. They didn't have airplanes in those days and the balloons were a lot different than those used today. Instead of gas they used hot air. Attendants built a hot fire under the open mouth of the big silk bag and when it was filled it shot up into the air with the aeronaut hanging on a small trapeie. Well, sir, while the fourteen-year-ol- d Ed stood gaping at the balloon crew making preparations for the flight, he got the surprise of his life. The balloonist gave him a Job. They needed somebody to go Inside the flapping bag and keep the sparks of the fire burning under It from igniting the silk. And Ed needed the two dollars offered. Ed Was Sort of Assistant il Here. "I got Inside the balloon," Ed writes, "with a bucket of water and a sponge. They had a roaring fire In a pit dug in the ground, and whenever a spark got Dare-Dev- near the balloon envelope I tossed some water on It As the balloon began to fill It was held In place by sand bags hanging all around from ropes. It WSJ pretty hot In there, too, but I found the job exciting and I liked it, "Outside the dare-devsat ready In his trapeze, all set to gat pulled up the minute the balloon had enough hot air In it to lift him. Five or six men were holding on to the ropes so that It would not break loose before It was filled. "Suddenly the men let go. The balloon was not full, but It started up Just the same and dragged the dare-devwith it I was watching him now and was on the outside, right under the whole thing. He yelled that It wasn't Quite time yet, but it was too late now, so he quickly cut himself loose and dropped to the ground whejj he was about ten feet up. il il Now This Lad Was Stealing the Show. of the flier's weight, shot into the air and I SHOT UP WITH IT! Faster than it takes to tell It I was tripped up. I expected to fall on Bay face, but I didn't One of the balloon ropes had tangled around my ankle and up I went! "A groan came up from the crowd. I. could see their agonized The balloon, relieved as I rose above them hanging head down. It had all happened I was above the fast that I didn't realize what had happened until trees and sailing higher. so "The balloon hadn't been filled enough to permit the flier to do his stunt, but my weight was much less and it lifted me easily. I didn't know what to do. I was scared to death and afraid to move for fear that my foot would become loose with disastrous results. I winced as my head just missed a telegraph pole, as the wind swung us across the field and over the countryside. What a Thrill for Balloonist's First Trip! "I had never been up in a balloon before, so you can imagine how I liked my first trip. I couldn't see how I could possibly get away with my life. Even If the balloon did come down finally, 1 figured that my brains would be beaten out as the bag dragged me across the ground. If my foot came loose I would fall to my dealh. s "1 think the worst feeling a person can have in this life is the feeling of being utterly helpless in the hands of Fate. If a man has a chance however slim to finht for his life, it's not so bad. But hang-in, with nothing to grasp hold of and nothing from one foot in to do, strikes terror to anyone's heart." Well, sir, witnesses said Ed never went up over loO feet in the air, but he At that, you can get killed ays he thought he was up in the stratosphere! Mst as dead from a fall that high as you can wiles in the air. My friends, Will "ogers and Wiley Post God bless them wherever they are fell only CO feet.' Thousands of motorists this winter have discovered the full benefits of the knee action ride for the fir;t time, it was pointed out today by D. E. Ralston, Oldsmobile vice president and general sales manager. These drivers are those who rarely if ever drive off pavement. Their driving is limited to city street or smooth, x paved highway. But the cold winter, which has seen ruts and bumps of ice and snow formed on all heavily travelled roads, has demonstrated the advantages of knee action wheels, which move up of each and down independently other and soak up shocks through big coil springs. "Knee action definitely gives an improved ride on even the smoothest streets", Mr. Ralston pointed out. "This has been proved to motorists all over the world who have driven a car with knee action and one without over the same route under the NOW THIS same conditions and compared the comfort. "But the rougher the road the more FAMOUS COUGH noticeable this difference is. And the cold winter, producing bumps of ice and snow on even the smoothest -highways, has accentuated the difference between the ride in a knee acStop in at the City Drug Co. To- tion car and the car without this improvement. day; Your Money Back If "Owners of knee action Old: mobiles Not Fully Satisfied. have discovered that even over the Costa nothing to find out why Buck- roughest of these roads their cars ley's the Alkaline Cough Mixture ride smoothly because the indepengives such quick lasting relief. dently acting front wheels absorb the Recognize the fact that Buckley's shock without transmitting it to the is economical it is 3 times as pow- car and passengers. erful and effective as ordinary cough "And, in addition, center control syrups Buckley's is alkaline pene- steering, possible ouly with knee actrates air passages soothes heals tion, has made ithe 1036 Oldsmobile to rid of helps you instantly get germ much easier and safer to handle on laden phlegm. icy snow hummocked streets." Put it to the test today and find out for yourself why Buckley's outThere is such a thing as men one sells all other Cough and Cold remeday living in a world at peace, whew dies in cold wintry Canada. (Adv.) health predominates, where fair play The new "Asia Express," Japanese is the rule, and a sense of personal or victory the portion of evbuilt and operated, running between adequacy woman and child. It it were man, ery Dairen and Hsinking in Manchukuo, is described as the fastest and most not coming man could not conceive of luxurious train in the Orient. It is air- - it. conditioned and runs on a schedule of 51 1 miles an hour. Nutritionists have solved one of the mysteries of Old Mexico. The peon west and the east, but has not been had no vitamin A, they thought, until found in Utah up to this time. This it was discovered in his much loved tree is quite subject to chlorsis or chili powder. Chili peppers contain 2 yellowing due to a lack of iron in or 3 times as much vitamin A as a the soil, excessive watering, or good grade of butter. Most other pepboth. pers are also sources of vitamin A. ... By FLOYD GIBBOKS Olds-mobil- es Improves All Roads On Riding Notice is hereby given of the inten tion of Box Elder County to abandon and open up that certain dykes or dam immediately east of the state highway and just north of Willard City, which has been in place for some years last past, on the grounds that said dyke or dam is now unsafe and a possible menace to life and property when the snow begins to melt in the Wasatch Range; and as you appear to be an interested party in thir locality, you are hereby notified that a public hearing will be held in the court room at the county court house in Brigham City on February 18, 1936, at 11 o'clock a. m., for toe purpose of giving you, and such other members of the party as may desire to appear, an opportunity to be heard. You will please govern yourself accordingly. By Order of Board of COUNTY COMMISSIONRES. By C. HENRY NIELSEN, County Clerk. ADVENTURERS' CLUB Knee Action On NOTICES -- TEST MIXTURE Black locust (Robinia is a tree, though native to the central and eastern United State-3,that hai proved to be a very popular tree for planting in the Intermountain region. Its particular value is that it is a rapid grower, will grow on banks, hillsides, and eroded lands, and has a high value for stakes, posts and poles. In poor to good soils that are well drained, this tree will make a growth of from two to six feet each year, where the elevation is not over 5,000 feet. There is danger of freezing back at the higher situations. The wood is extremely hard, heavy and durable, lasting from 15 to 40 years when used in the ground. This tree makes rather a tall, slender growth, especially if crowded in a planting. The leaves are green in color and compound in arrangement Whitish flowers are abundant in the spring forming psuedo-acaci- - well-drain- ed a) numerous seed pods in the fall. The locust is a prolific seeder and has been widely planted in Utah as a shade and street tree. The branches are thorny, and the bark is a deep grayish in color and rigid. Because of its hardness, strength and durability, the wood of the locust is widely used for farm material, such as reaches, doubletrees, wagon tongues and fence posts. In several instances, two fence posts have been cut from trees. For eight to best results this tree should be planted in a woodlot with an original spacing of about six by six feet. With proper cultivation and thinning this planting will be quite profitable. It can, however, be planted in a four to six row windbreak, with the Russian olive on the outside row and Siberian elm on the inside. The locust borer is an insect that attacks this species causing considerable damage in the middle ld FOR ' g FREE MOM IV IN Yyift mid-air- He Wanted to Feel the Earth HP and Then He Didn't. DEL After half an hour of anxiety on earth and stark terror In the air, Ed began The hot air was beginning to cool and drop feel the balloon descending. At least, high Mm to earth. This, strange to say, terrified him all the more. with little danger of a collision meant a few minutes more life to i the air lm, but close to the ground anything might happen. But what goes up must come down, and down came Ed. It looked to him like the earth was coming up to meet him. Swish! He ducked as the top branches of a tall tree reached for him. -He saw the crowds on foot and in all sorts of conveyances rushing towards 4m. He even recognized the town ambulance in the throng. Then a big telegraph pole, with hundreds of wires rushed at him. He held his breath. Was n to be electrocution, after all? What Goes Up Gets Down at Last. , ' Wbam! The balloon ropes hit the telegraph wires! There was no flask. M swung on and nearly did a "loop the loop," but the rope and the wires held. lome thoughtful person had ordered the power cut off. As Ed swung downward in his arc he saw the earth once more coming up to hit him. Was the rope long enough? He mumbled a prayer and it worked. The rope held and it was long enough. His bead swung safely by five feet from the ground! On the return swing strong bands caught Ed and cut him loose and he was soon safe, but bruised and dizzy. And what do you suppose, Ed says, wm i the worst shock of the whole thing? He never got his two dollars ! WNU Service. LEADER ADS BRING RESULTS Finer I FURNITURE X BE Seeing is Believing! You must really see our fine furniture before you can J truly appreciate the saving it oilers you. Not in years have your dollars been able to buy so much quality so much style so much beauty J in FURNITURE 1 H 1 14 4 f '" ! H 4 I I l 1 1 I I M It 1 1 I Hlil as critical as you n like-- it's your money you are paying out and you are entitled to the most that every dollar will buy you . . . That's why we say go see the Oldsmobile! Look at its size. Try out its roominess. Count up its modfeatures! Note for r ern fine-ca- yourself Oldsmobile's every convenience, every provision for extra safety, extra comfort, increased economy and extra- - 7e Car that Tremonton, Utah HIN iry " Then consider this "The Car That Has Everything" is priced but a little above the lowest! long life . r - - y six THE EIGHT $665 $810 Sixei $665 nd up .. . Eight $810 inf op, Hat pric0 at Lanwinft, aubjeot to cAntfe with' out notice. Safety Qlaaa atandardaquipmant all around. Special aceeaaory groupa axtra. Car illuatrated ia the Sedan, $795 Hat. A General Motort Value. er t 1 - k& . . Oldsmobile the S O. M. A. C. TIME PAYMENT PLAN has every none left out OLDSMOBILE fine-c- feature ar RIDE STABILllER for level, swayless riding. 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