The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22
Squaring
the Circle
With
THE HOOSIER EDITOR
THE HOOSIER EDITOE
.OLD weather trivia:

TOLD weather trivia:
~ Frank Wallace, state entomolo-
gist, who is more or less of demon
driver, wants more than anything
else to get his car to good-sized
frozen lake and practice slidding
-. he says the mosquitoes and
housef1ies will not be bothered by
the extreme cold, and that no other
insect is likely to be . but the
nematodes, or eel worms, which at
tack flowers and vegetables at their
roots, probably are suffeing heavy
losses.
Moreover. he says there is re-
port of experts that the chinch bug
is suffering mortality Of about so
per cent because it can't breathe
under the ice, but he doubts it :.
he thinks most of them will come
back to life, worse luck . fish and
game men of the state department.
say there is little ice fishing because
the ice is so thick the fishermen
can't chop through it :. they have
reports that ice 26 inches thick is
being cut from the Maumee River
at Defiance, O., about Fort Wayne's
latitude, and that they are prear-
ing to blast ice jams at Toledo, o.,
In the Maumee.
IF Lake Michigan freezes over, as
l. sometimes happens, and cold
wave comes Immediately. the fruit
belt in Michigan will suffer ruinous
reverSes the state highway de-
partmeat is supposed to figure that
motor traffic using the highways as
soon as they are celaned pays for
the cleaning with taxes by burning
enough gas it otherwise couldn't >.
the state law says ice fishermen
can't put up shacks at their ice
holes but there's no attorney gen.
erals ruling on driving closed car
over the hole, taking up the floor
boards and fishing from the rear
seat the conservation depart
ment is figuring on slim spring bust
ness because so much ice in the lake
will keep it cold longer.
TWO working men strap hangers
Il were talking about a bright
eyed friend on the way home the
other night. One said
His system is this. He bets, say
ST on dog. If he loses, he bets $14.
If he loses he bets 500. If that loses
he bets $50. and so forth, until one
wins. Then he's even.'
The other seemed interested.
That's easy enough. Where is
he now?"
Down south"
The side door opened to deposit
a passenger and an icicle blew in.
One shifted his dinner pail.
Pretty sensible" he said.
CONTRIBUTION from J. A.
~ Murphy, recruiter, U n i t d
States Navy:
When the U. S. Navy kept a
station ship at Constantinople, our
sailors taught the Turks to play
baseball.
In championship match between
the Turks and the sailors, the first
Turk came to bat said:
20 Allah, give me an eye to see
the ball" He struck out.
The second Turk said:
20 Allah, grant that I may make
a two-base hit"
He likewise struck out.
The third Turk stepped up and
said:
20 Allah, vouch-safe me the skill
to succeed"
He also struck out.
The Navy came to bat and a blue
Jacket stepped up swinging three
bats.
He threw two of them down and
faced the pitcher, exclaiming:
You know me, AL" and with the
first pitched ball knocked home
run.
! CONTRIBUTION from Ray E..
~ Smith, editor of the Hoosier
Sentinel:
The other Sunday I hailed taxi
cab. When I was inside, the driver
asked:
Did you notice that I haven't
any tire Govern"
replied in the negative, and then
he explained.
We got "a call from woman
who wanted to taxi to church, but
didn't want cab with a beer sign.
We all have beer signs on the tire
covers, so I took mine off and made
the call. The woman told me that
1t was embarrassing to get out of
a cab in front of church with a
beer sign on the tire cover. Well,
I've got to put the cover on again,
but at least she was a satisfied
patron"
LIVERY day, about 1870, an old
~ ish man, nicely dressed, walks
into .ile archives of the State
Library, the newspaper division, and
asks politely for a Boston Tran
script.
He takes it and settles himself at
a table. He reads it thoroughly for
half to three quarters of an hour,
sometimes longer. Then he returns
it, murmurs thanks, and leaves.
He always looks a little more
rested when he leaves.
! TODAY'S SCIENCE