PAfiR FOUR
THE EVENTNO HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS. OREOON
February 15, 1932
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ROAD ACCIDENTS FEW SO FAR
Good Word Said
But What of
Summer Season?
The first six weeks of 1932 have
been notably free from serious auto
mobile accidents in Klamath Falls and
Klamath county. Emerging from the
humiliating record of 1931, wt find
ourselves in mid-February without
tingle death, and very few injuries, at
tributable to highway mishaps.
That is good, as far as it goes.
Whether it means a greater sense of
responsibility on the part of the driving
public, will take a longer time to tell.
While winter driving is hazardous, with
Icy pavemenU under foot and reduced
visibility, these very factors lead to
greater caution, which may be thrown
to the winds when the more favorable
touring season rolls around.
The automobile accident record of
1931 shows the greater number of ser
ious mishaps in the summer time. One
week in mid-summer particularly stands
out. We will know more about the at
titude of the driving public in thia city
and county when the summer touring
season is over.
Even so, it is gratifying that the year
has started as it has. The police depart
ment, which has accepted the respon
sibility of giving Klamath Falls a clean
er accident record for 1932, has defi
nitely decided to enter the city in the
national safety contest This will require
periodical reporting of accident records
for comparison with other cities of the
country, and will involve a definite pro
gram for traffic improvement. The
first six weeks of 1932 give the city a
good beginning record. What that rec
ord will be at the end of the year de
pends on the driving public, and what
the police department can do to inter
est the driving public in its own pro
tection from monetary loss, injury and
death.
Wanted More
Oriental Holidays
With eriee of "Binnl," Japanese war offi
cials, a well as the regular fighting force,
took Thursdsy "off" and drank rare beverage
(probably of Chin origin) In honor of tha
2.592nd anniversary of the birth of the first
Japanese emperor.
What a situation! Hera are t'o countries
between which, to be sure, no atale of war haa
been declared, but who are fighting tooth and
nail. Neutral powers bitterly protest Japanese
client. Suddenly Japan ha a holiday and
China, as well as the neutral powers, must
pay honor because naval etiquette, by a queer
stroke, demands that nations recognise the
holidays of other nations when they are In
their waters and there is no war between
them.
Today they are at it again. Forgotten 1
the brief respite with no Impending holidays
for aome time.
More Japanese and Chinese holidays are
needed. Perhapa a suggestion might be made
that both nations assemble all their available
holidays for the next 10 years and enforce
them, beginning Immediately. The holidays of
both nations could fall concurrently. This
would at least giTe Japan and China time to
think over their problema, for both countries
have an abundance of holldaysend It might
do more good than the Kellogg pact, the Lea
gue of Nations, or the warships of foreign
powers.
Telling the
Editor
Klamath Falls. (To The Editor)
In the account of the meeting
of Kulalona Chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution, as
published In the Herald for last
Saturday, one of the members. In
speaking of George Washington is
quoted as follows: " The Hatchet'
and Cannot Tell a Lie' stories,
have given the wrong impression
of this great man, and probably
were untrue."
Seriously considering the above
statement we arrive at thia con
clusion that we hove been enter
taining a wrong impression of the
D. A. K. for several years. Now,
If our attitude la difficult to as
certain, likewise is the meaning
of the speaker referred to. The
word impression hears a double
meaning. A favorable or an un
favorable Impression might be
drawn from an Incident in the
life of any man. If we have ob
tained an unfavorable Impression,
we are also wrong. The question
is, just what Impression shouid an
admirer of Washington have? It
seems that If the speaker is to be
quoted publicly then clarity of
meaning is paramount. Our Im
pression of the D. A. R. will de
velop as we proceed.
Furthermore, the statement that
the "stories were probably un
true" ia just as obscure, for the
truth or falsity Is modified by
probability. Imagine a Jury
bringing In a verdict of "probably
guilty." The accused would be as
Innocent a the hatchet story!
Numerous efforts have been made
to prove the fallacy of the tale,
but the aum and aubstance of
their efforts Is expressed in their
words, "probably untrue." Should
some self-styled historian or bio
grapher show that hatchets had
not been Invented until after
Georce'a time, or that cherry-trees
did not grow In Virginia, or aome
other anachronism, then there
mlRht be aome foundation to the
allegation that the "stories are
probably untrue."
Let n remember that Mason
Locke Weems, the first biograph
er of Washington after his death,
quotes this hatchet story and ad
mits that It was communicated to
Off to Good Start
him, and state that It Is too valu
able to be doubted. He does not
claim to have been a witness to
the tragedy of the cherry tree, ao
we fail to see the reason for a
speaker, or writer. In delineating
the life of Washington, to pick on
Mr. Weems, who has been In his
grave nearly one hundred years.
Were we to write a history of the
Modoc War, we would necessarily
have to depend on statements of
Captain Applegate, and if one of
hli stories contained a moral for
thousands of young Americans,
we would resent any insinuation
of untruth. There Is considerable
difference between the statements.
"It Is untrue" and the statement
"I think It untrue." The last In
dicates a personal opinion and if
this Is what the speaker meant,
then we are able to accept it with
a grain of the proverbial condi
ment. We hope that very few of the
younger generation read these
adverse comments on Washing
ton. If they did, they might Just
as well expect the speaker to ap
pear before a Sunday school at
Christmas time with a story of the
fallacy of Pant Claua. On the
other hand, we cannot help but
admire old chinless Gump of the
tunny papers, who, when his son
Chester asked him, "Why did
Washington stand up In the boat
when crossing the Delaware?" re
plied, "So that he could have his
picture took." There was a wise
father, but our comment upon his
wisdom would have been reversed
had be said, "Well, son, that's
probably untrue." Why not let
some speaker dwell on the prob
able error In that famous paint
ing, and that Washington did not
set a good example by standing
up In a row boat? In so doing,
the hatchet story might get a well
needed rest.
Let us recall for a moment that
old story of the negro slave who,
at the time of the Civil War,
claimed that he was over 100
years old. He seemed to have
been everywhere and seen every,
thing. Someone asked him. "Why
Hastus, yon must have been there
when Washington took the hack
at the cherry-tree?" "Shuah,
mlstah," he replied, "Ah was de
drlvah ob dat hack." There Is
sufficient Information ir that
story to doubt It.
For those who have always be
for Spud
Fine Qualities
f Tubers Told
The potato, which means not only
food, but shelter and clothing to a good
many people in the Klamath country,
came into its own at a nutrition con
ference in Portland Saturday.
M. P. Isaminger, an Oregon State
college specialist, speaking before an
institute sponsored by the Oregon Nu
trition council, extolled the lowly spud
at length. He told how it satisfies the
pangs of hunger, how it is rich in vita
min C, in iron, and other valuable food
elements. Furthermore, he said, the
potato is so important as a food, and
at the same time so reasonable in price,
that it is one of the best investments
in foods that can be made, a factor of
importance to those operating on lim
ited budgets.
These things may be known to most
of us, but it is pleasing to have a quali
fied authority making them better
known to the consuming public. It is
reassuring to know that campaigns de
signed to stimulate the consump
tion of potatoes, are based on solid
foundations. And, furthermore, it is
most gratifying to know that they don't
grow them any better than they do in
the fertile soil of the Klamath country.
Democrat Disharmony
Is Apparent
Democratic harmony, which is need
ed to make the most of Democratic
opportunity, seems definitely to have
gone on the rocks. This is apparent
from statements of positions from sup
porters of Governor Franklin D. Roose
velt on the one hand, and those in ac
cord with the views of Jouett Shouse,
director of the party headquarters un
der John J. Raskob.
There has been considerable sus
picion that Shouse and Raskob are none
too friendly to the cause of the New
York governor. It is a fact that, while
Shouse disclaims, any intention to stop
Roosevelt or any other candidate, the
proposal of his that delegates go to the
national convention uninstructed, threat
ens the Roosevelt cause more than any
other for the simple reason that Roose
velt has the most to lose.
The Shouse plan is defended on the
ground that delegates should be left
free to choose their candidate in the
light of conditions as they arise at con
vention time. It is attacked on the
ground that it disfranchises the rank
and file of the party and leaves the de
cision to leader dickering and back
room conferences.
The Roosevelt workers, whose job
has been somewhat complicated by this
proposal, the Al Smith announcement,
and additional candidacies, are out to
give their man enough momentum to
push him-, over all such obstacles. It's
a political year, and those who follow
the political news will find their read
ing interesting.
lieved that Washington could
never tell a He, and as such was a
regular alssy, then our answer Is
that anch people have drawn a
conclusion contrary to the mean
ing of Mr. Weems. The biograph
er might have had the six-year-old
George say, "Father. I can
not lead an army." The boy
would have been telling the truth
at that time, but that would
not mean that he could not lead
an army In later life. It Is a mere
distortion of human nature to
think that Washington was Incap
able of errors of fact. The speak
er states that he was extremely
human, and we know that "To
err la human." On the other hand,
the only other eolution of the
speaker's statement Is that Mr.
Weeme, a member of the Masonic
fraternity, la the prevaricator.
In conclusion may we state that
we consider the objections to the
story in the same sympathetic
frame of mind that we hare for a
certain lady who was not so
historically minded. She was tell
ing a neighbor about her Mary
having failed In a history test at
school.
"Do you know," she said, "That
history teacher asked Mary about
things that happened long before
Mary was born!"
That laay, too, probably doubt
ed the Hatchet story.
The resurrection of such old
timers merely indicates that this
communication Is offered with no
malice aforethought, but Is mere
ly the results of a conversation
between several who have the In
terests of American history and
patriotism at heart, hut who find
themselves In error when they
presumed that the intent of the
Daughters of the American Revo
lution was to honor and preserve
the best things of our national
history. We hope the speaker was
Inadvertantly misquoted, and In
stead of space in the Herald and
News being allotted to the cavort
ing of certain hunters of jack
rabbits, that the Daughters of the
American Revolution, in this the
he-centennial anniversary of his
birth, may be permitted to fill the
spare with further Information on
George Washington. Let the
ruthless Iconoclast attempt to
place the cherry-tree Incident In
the realm of legend and fable If he
will, but let him prove It. We still
maintain that Us moral value tor
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"The mild winter they've beta having at home has almost
spoiled thia trip for my wife."
a and to thousands upon thou
sands of good Americana, and the
good name of George Washington
can not, by their efforts, be In
any way distorted, or diminished.
A. B. E.
Health
Talks
The new dlscorsrlee of aclenre
are not alwaya unmitigated bene
flta to the human rare. Only a
few years have passed sine mod-
era ehemlstry discovered aa ele
ment called thallium. It was
found to be related In Ita action
to the action of lead and of arse
nic. Among the first usee to
which It waa put waa to mix It
with varioua grains and other
aubstance In the form of a paste
which permitted Ita sale aa a rat
poison. Ita apeclal value aa a
poison was due to the fact that it
wc-Ud not warn a rat away by
any apeclal odor or taste. It would
severely depreaa the heart and In
jure the nervous system and thus
produce death.
The very lectors which made It
especially useful as a rat poison
made it dangerous to human be
ings, and particularly to children.
Some time after the product waa
I first Introduced as a rat poison It
was round to have the special vir
tue of causing the hair to fall out.
Great numbers of people are sor
rowful because they have hair on
parta of their body where It
should not be. and because of con
stant shaving and the application
of various caustic aubstancea are
annoying.
Furthermore, there are dlseaaea
of the scalp, particularly in chil
dren, in which the first process In
treatment ia to cause all the hair
to fall out so that the disease msy
he reached, Physicians, therefore,
begsn to use the drug both Inter
nally and externally In the form
of cream to produce falling of the
hair.
Occasionally report appeared
of thallium poisoning in children
who hsd received overdoses. Then
numerous reports were received
of serious poisoning, though not
fatal, from the use of depilatory
creams containing thia aubstance.
Now newspapers record the
death In California of four
Mexican children and serious pois
oning of two other Mexican chil
dren and five adult Mexicana from
eating grain which had been mix
ed with thallium chloride In or
der that It might be used as a rat
poison. The starving Mexicans1
ties to
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who were concerned la tbla seri
ous incident had made tortilla
out of the grain.
There Is. unfortunately, ao cer
tain antidote for thallium poison
ing. The physician may admin
ister sodium thloealphate, which
la found to be effective to some
extent la poisoning by arsenic,
and he may as alt of the usual
measure for supporting life while
tha body trie to overcome dis
ease. Certainly thallium Is suf
ficiently dangerous to demand a
warning for poison label oa the
product whenever It Is sold.
Earlier
Days
February IS, 1914
Despite the vigorous campaign
ing that resulted la their being
granted the right to Tote, women
of Klamath couaty are alow to
make themselvee eligible to cast
that vote. Although the registra
tion hooks have been opea alnce
I early la January, the number of
women registered represents less
than a sixth of the registration,
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Project Manager J. 0. Cramp
has returned from I'ortlsnd,
where last week he attended ses
sions of the Oregon Irrigation
congress. There were over 124
delegatea attending, twice as
many aa at last year' meeting.
A apeclal aesslon of the city
council will be held thi avenlng.
at which time the question of de
veloping a municipal power plant
will he considered.
Especial attention along thia
line will be directed to the feas
ibility of developing power
through the medium of the Keno
ditch on the West Bid.
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Had Mrs. Rose Torrey and Miss
Maud Nail delayed In their return
to their homesteads near Odessa
after a trip to this city to get msll
h;ld for five weeks, they would
not hav been able to cross th
Ice on Upper Lake.
Thia la th Information brought
by Jess Turner, Just returned
from his homeetead In that aec
tlnn. The Ice la breaking up, and
homestadera and lumbermen In
that section are cut off from all
source of supply.
LOCK
OUT DEFECTS
real estate
Some People
Say-
1 say to you that tha platform
of my party la a sandwich big
enough for everyone to climb
onto with meat la It. George
Edward Stewart, favorite son ol
Hutte Falls. Or., and candidate
for presidency,
see
Cllrla In tha old world, evtn
with the strictest customs, got
the men they wanted, too .Mrs.
Msry Mosea, 10-yeer-old Pitts
burgh woman.
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There la mora freedom In Eng
land than la the United Slates for
the reason that our various dic
tators are not ao excited and de
termined as yours John Lang-
doa-iaviea, British author and
sociologist.
see
So long as business goes on we
ar bound to have crises now and
then. Albert H. Wiggins, chair
man of board. Chase National
bank, New York.
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The Intelligent people of Amer
ica resent the theory that we elect
a president merely to make hlra a
target frit poisoned arrows
James pranrla llurke, general
counsel for Republican National
committee.
Klamath
Names
From Oregoa Geographic Names,
by Lewis A. McArthur
WHIMKKV 1KKKK
Whiskey Creek. Jarksoa coun
ty. This stream la a tributary to
Rogue river, not a great way from
Crater Lake. Will O. Steel eaya
that It waa named as a result of
aa enterprising pioneer bootleg
ger, who planned to take a load
of whiskey from Jacksonville over
the mountains to Fort Klamath.
Snow Impeded his progress, and
no burled hie load for the winter.
Someone discovered his cache,
and the aoldlera of Fort Klamath
gradually cleaned out hie stock.
so that when he returned la the
spring there waa nothing left All
this Is said to have occurred about
Hit. Time have not changed
much.
Fashion
Tips
If yon want to wear the new
hlgh-walsted clothe 'with chic,
begin aow to do something about
getting a slim, lithe Una through
your diaphragm.
Yon can't hide a spare tlr of I
1
fat that lodge there. Toil must
work II off!
Uefor I give yoa some exer
elsee that are particularly good
for just that touchy spot, remem
ber thlsi The woman who sticks
to liquid food, such a oraus
Julc and coffee for breakfast,
and bouillon and tomato Juice
cocktail for lunch, and then eats
a carefully balanced dinner at
night, will gel In trim twice as
soon as on who eierclsea herself
to pieces, but loss right on eating
cream puff.
Now to let to exercising.
Stretching and bending ar the
two forma of exercle that flattea
out that diaphragm and elender
lae the waistline. To set la per
fect form yoa need to strengthen
those muscles through thsl sea
Hon, but to take off tha flabby
fat.
Mornings and evening do the
stretching exercise that consists
of clasping your handa above your
head and moving your hands,
arms and body above the waist
line, flrat to one aide, thsa the
other, and describing a circle with
your handa above your head.
Now lie down oa the floor and
begla the bending eserrlsee. Thry
era practically the same aa bend
ing atandlng up, hut they are
easier to ilo and aouie way are
more effective.
Stretch out flat, moving your
shoulders up aa far aa you raa
while holding your body flat with
your hips. Now fleg your knees,
grab them with your arms and
rock yourself ap to sitting posl
tlun, hack down again to a flat
position, up to anting, down
again, doing 11 20 time. Now
hold your kneee la your arme and
rock from aide to aide oa your
back. Do that to llmee. too.
Now stretch out flet. arms
palma downward alongside of
your body on tha floor, and try
to flip your legs up over your
head until your toes reach the
floor above your head. If yoa
can't do thia at first go aa far as
yo raa. When yoa eucceed la
doing thia, alowly rale your feet,
touch the floor above your head,
alowly bring them back to auplne
position and repeat twenty times.
If yoa really do this, all of It.
morning and night, for lea min
utes each lime, yoa aeed not wor
ry overly about how your waist
line will look by Caster.
Some Wise
Cracks
Hitler I going to choose wives
for member of hi personal
eorpa. And while he' at It. he
might aa well choose weapon,
too.
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British believe Franc and Ja
pan hav an understanding. If
they hav. it's too deep for the
reel of the world.
The
Klamath News
and the
Evening Herald
Primer
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For thousands of people daily
The Classified Page peruse
The road to big- results with little expenditure lies
through the Classified page. Whenever you want to
buy, sell, swap, or rent, a little classified ad In ths
Klamath News and the Evening Herald will be seen
by thousands, and Is sure to do the work for you.
Just call 1900 you can charge it,
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Cat
In a New Orleaai court a man
waa charged with abusing his
team and using loud and profane
language. One of the witnesses
waa au old negro.
Attorney did the defendant
use Improper languag whll he
waa beating his horses t
Old Negro Wal, ha talked
mighty loud, ah.
Attorney Did k Indulge In
prolaally?
The old negro witness seemed
pusileil, eo the lawyer put the
questloa In another form)
Attorney What I mean, Undo
Bam, la, did he use words that
would be proper fur a minister to
uee In a sermon f
Old Negro oh, ye, aah, boas:
but dey'd hav la be 'ranged lu
different order,
Kelt
Isn't II Strang bow long a night
can grow
Ere morning and the dewf
Isn't It queer how black a eSud
can blow
Before the sua breaks Ihrut
Fallh I remembering ar break
of day
Or ere the etorm la don
That out of somewhere speeding
oa their way
Ar morning and the sea.
Thee there was IB fellow who
didn't give a rap berauee he had
a key. , . . Flattering a aiaa Is
Ilk a aftsr-dinnsr epeaklag.
It whol aurceaa depeada en
knowing whea to etop. . . . Law ,
can't do much after all, to pro
tect a Biaa from hi own folly.
. . Nine lime out of ten. when
the smutty slory yoa hav told I
repealed, you will be quoted aa
the author of It. . . . One thing
Inst everyone hellevee all the
time le complimentary remarks
about them. . . . What nature
should have done waa to provide
women with figures they could
Infiete and deflate to ault the
changing atylee. . . . How true the
worda of the advertiser who pre
dicts that there will be little
ehenge la men' clothing this
sprint. . . . They laughed when I
eat down at the pleno for there
wasn't any atool. ... An efficient
boa attract efflcleat workmen.
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