Short Snorters at Work. In Butte, Mont., burglars stripped a tavern's ceiling of more than 100 $1 bills autographed by favorite customers.

Line of Sight. In Pontiac, Mich., Roland Thayer, Norman Pearson and Arthur Boynton were arrested after setting fire to a $20,000 vacant house and hurrying to a point eight miles away in order to settle a bet on whether or not a blaze could be seen at that distance.

And Still Champion. In Hastings, Neb., a motorist reported that he had kept a healthy distance behind a truck bearing the warning sign: THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN IN EIGHT ACCIDENTS, AND HASN'T LOST ONE OF THEM.

Peace Conference. In Detroit, Mrs. Retha Drenning got her divorce after testifying that her husband's pet cat bit her foot so viciously that she had to spend two weeks in the hospital, and that when she got home again her husband insisted that she apologize to the cat and "kiss and make up."

Down & Out. In Vancouver, B.C., the clumsy prowler who crashed through the skylight and fell 18 feet to the floor of Dr. Edward Cline's living room was treated by the doctor for head and arm injuries before police carted him away.

High Cost of Living. In Baltimore, thieves who carried off Joseph Lenoir's prefabricated house went back the same day to steal the flooring and supports, left Lenoir to pay a fine of $100 later on for failing to remove the stagnant water and trash which had collected in the uncovered foundation.

Fare Enough. In El Paso, airmen at Biggs Air Force Base sat down to just one meal prepared by a substitute cook, then passed the hat for $73 to pay a drunken-driving fine and get Mess Sergeant Vallery Bourgeois out of jail.

Not Particular. In Cheboygan, Mich., a classified advertisement in the Tribune read: "For sale: police dog. Will eat anything. Very fond of children."

Schedule. In Sacramento, Mrs. Katherine Wilkins, brought to court for beating her seven-year-old daughter, explained that she whipped her daughter every Saturday "to make up for the weekdays when I don't have time to do it."

Family Tree. In Hamilton, Ohio, police arrested a 15-year-old boy for driving without a license, jailed his aunt for drunkenness when she arrived at headquarters to fetch him, jailed his mother for disorderly conduct when she appeared to inquire about both, jailed his father for failing to register a motor vehicle when he arrived to inquire about all three.

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