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Show Chatter Box Dear Suzy, Some guys can take a hint and others have to be thoroughly saturated sat-urated with the idea before they can take it. Iiow in the case of George Talbot, you know that guy who fell through a door in Los Angeles just because a stick-up man wanted his poke, it is different, differ-ent, or is it? George, as you recall is a big bull and slaughterhouse man, fresh from a debacle in LA, who, after he had beat a quick trail to Hinckley Hin-ckley to keep away from the wolves, wol-ves, went right out and got himself him-self into another mess. You would think he would learn a lesson, but not so George. It seems that when he got back to Hinckley where he was safe, or reasonably so as long as he did not drink any of that water, he found his wife had gone' to Salt Lake City to buy him a birthday present, and other things. So our tion," says Chief Dick Wind. Well, I hope they don't get hasty and sell the truck, Toots. George ambled right up there to join his spouse, which he did. After Aft-er a few days in Salt Lake they were ready to start home. It came time to check out and go home, and George, always a frugal man, said, "as long as we have ito pay for this bathroom, I can at least wash my hands." So George took himself to the bathroom, leaving his wife to lug down the suitcases, hat boxes and George's extra pair of cowboy boots, while he primped in the bathroom. The maid in the hall seeing Mrs. Talbot carrying all the stuff asked if she was checking out, and Mrs. Talbot said she was. So the maid, right on the job, locked the room from which she had come, not knowing that George was washing his hands and primping. primp-ing. 1 Getting down to the desk we find Mrs. Talbot turning in her key and asking to be checked out. The clerk accepted same and then started to figure her bill when the phone started blaring like a jukei box on Saturday night. After a I brief conversation the clerk turned to Mrs. Talbot and said, "Madam, the state law prohibits you from checking out of a hotel room leaving a stray and very articulate unknown man in your room, so will you please step and remove same from the room, and while you are there please empty the ash trays, because maid service is not like it was." Mrs. Talbot went up and let George out, emptied the ash trays and tidied up the room, and went back to check out again, holding George by the hand so he would not get into any more trouble. The desk clerk was happy so see her again, and especially to get her money for the room. But chided her about emptying the ashtrays. Said he, "Madam, when you empty an ash tray in the future, just throw the ashes out of the window wind-ow and do not follow up with the tray, as it makes a nasty knot on a person's head, in case you happen to hit one. I know you didn't aim at anyone in particular and that is the trouble. Had you aimed you wouldn't have hit Mayor Ma-yor Glade. But think nothing of it as he is a Republican and is used to being knocked about, as are all Republicans." Well, it seems that George is just like a bad penny,, every time you think you have him cornered, or get rid of him like Mrs. Talbot thought she had done, he turns back ud aeain. smiling as usual, and ready for the next fling at life. I received a communication from the undersigned who hints at things and does not come right out flatfooted and say what the firemen fire-men really did last week. He beats around the bush and by innuendo and underhanded methods tries to cast aspersions on the firement, which the Chronicle has never done (knowingly), and he says: "To the Fire Underwriters and all others interested, including J. A. Day and his insurance, I wish to make the following statement: "In this era of scientific advance ment, the Delta Fire Department has been cited for their outstanding outstand-ing ability and method of fire fighting, which is most unique and effective. It was never thought that so much could be done with so little. "Their accomplishments are with out parallel in the annals of history, his-tory, wherein they conquered a small smudge out on the Clint Tolbert farm which had claimed 3 tons of hay, but by foresight and quick thinking they put out without effort on the part of themselves, them-selves, nor without any strain. "It is now felt by me that such efficiency and adequacy of equipment equip-ment could hold Mt. Etna and Vesuvius Ve-suvius to the confines of their own boundaries in case of an e-ruption, e-ruption, and using only half of the fire department members. "Their methods are being studied stu-died by firemen the world over and will undoubtedly be adopted as soon as other firemen are able to qualify and prove their ability. "It is now believed by Deltans and those in Hinckley, that if the fire department will keep their equipment up and ready, property damage can be brought to a minimum min-imum or practically nothing at all. Anyway I wish them well. An admirer (truly I am), Charley Puddlegate." Well, Charey, it seems that you can peel an orange; peel a banana but you just can't peel a haystack: hay-stack: not in the Chronicle, at least. Which proves that the eyesight in west Millard is the best in the world. A little letter like an "1", or the lack of same, doesn't daunt them in the least. They can find one, or they can't, and at ten paces on a cloudy day. The moral of same is: "The Fire Department had better start taking tak-ing in younger men if they are going to live up to their reputa- |