THE NEWS AND THE HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
Janunry 4, 19.18
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Facts About Potatoes
A FEW facts and figures on the potato situation, while
not exactly happy reading, are well worth the atten
tion of the people of the Klamath country at this time.
The carload shipment table appearing elsewhere in
today's paper shows that on Monday night the total
shipments of the season were 2747 carloads. A year ago
Monday night the shipments totaled 4023. The differ
ence is 1276 carloads. ...
Putting it another way, last year the shipments were
half again as great as they have been this year. The
potato crop of the Klamath basin is reliably estimated
to be approximately the same as it was last year.
Now, with movement of the crop far behind a year
ago, the outlook is further complicated by the fact that
the national crop is estimated at 60,000,000 bushels above
last year. Likewise potato shipments from other growing
-sections, such as Idaho, are reported to be far behind, as
thev are here.
Finally, a direct report from the California districts,
which offer new potato competition in the spring, is that
the crop there at this time has early prospects. In the
Edison district, earliest growing section of Kem county,
8000 acres of potatoes have been planted. The present
outlook is that they will be ready for market late in
March, whereas a year ago the first cars moved out on
April 18. The crop there is ahead of normal, and will
be harvested ahead of normal unless the weather turns
against it
This information, gathered from reliable sources, is
cited here for what it may be worth on its face.
Millions for Mercy
MORE than 5,000,000 Americans have enrolled In the
annual roll call of the American Red Cross. Final
and exact figures are not yet in, but membership is the
highest in 17 years. ,
When disaster strikes, America always responds with
money. But when help is needed quickly, money is not
enough. Organization must be ready and waiting, for
without it money contributions turn too slowly into real
help, often too late.
That is where the Red Cross comes in. During the
disastrous floods of the winter of 1936-37, it is only be
cause the Red Cross was ready with its organization al
ready set up, that people's ready sympathy could be
quickly translated into aid.
When American refugees arrived in the Philippines,
evicted pell-mell and without even their luggage, from
their Chinese homes, 1500 of them were cared for by the
Red Cross, which was ready.
Help extended in time, because there is organization
ready to administer it, is twice as effective as help well
meant but delayed through lack of organized ability to
deliver. That is why it is good that Red Cross member
ship should rise to new' heights.
The Family Doctor
Thll If the first of two art
icle! in which Dr. Fishbein dis
cusses vaccination for prevention
of disease.
BY DR. MORRIS FIBHBEIX
Editor, Journal of the American
Medical Association, and of
Hygela, the Health Magazine
SO many new methods tor pre
vention ot various types of
disease have been Introduced in
to modern medical practice that
tew people are really aware of
the most that modern medicine
has. to offer. Some ot these
methods are experimental and
not fully established as to use
fulness, but others are now
known to be ot the greatest
possible effectiveness.
It is recognized, of course, as
was recently pointed out by Dr.
X. B. Shaw, that various meth
ods ot Inoculation or vaccina
tion against diseases may in
themselves carry a certain
amount of discomfort, risk and
xpense and that the protection
against the disease concerned
must be equal In value to this
outlay In order to Justify the
routine use of the method.
For example, it would be pos
sible to Immunize every child In
the United States against Asiatic
cholera, but it would be worth
less to do this simply because
this disease is not a threat In
the United States.
Un tbe other hand, smallpox
Is still a menace, and every
ebild should be vaccinated
against it, The vaccination haB
been proved to be reasonably
effective, and tbe amount ot In
capacity, expense and bother is
light.
Also established In value Is
the use of. diphtheria toxoid,
After many years of experience
we have learned enough about
the possible complications to
make oertain that only In rare
Instances Is there likely to be
any serious secondary effect
from the vaccination. Tbere are
today In tbe United States num
erous villages and quite a few
cities which have not bad a
Ingle death from diphtheria for
several years.
.Whereas typhoid fever M no t
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longer a menace to the vast ma
jority of tbe people. It still is a
potential threat in some com
munities and under certain con
ditions. If we had In any large
city the relative amount ot
typhoid fever that prevailed in
1890, tbe number ot cases might
well be 600 times tbe number
that now prevails.
For example, Chicago this
year had less than 100 cases of
typhoid fever. At the 1890 rate,
the city would have 60,000 cases
of typhoid fever.
Since the disease has now
been brought under such satis
factory control, it is no longer
recommended that everybody be
Inocculated against typhoid fever.
However, whenever a person
goes into a community where
sanitation or sewage disposal is
poor, or where tbe water supply
is not likely to be safe, it is
well to be Inoculated against
typhoid fever. This applies par
ticularly to those who plan to
travel In the Orient, In the is
lands of the Pacific or some
European countries.
NEXT: Scarlet fever, whoop
ing; cough and infantile paraly
sis. Volcanic dust was thrown
miles high and carried round and
round the world by winds, when
Mount Katmal, Alaska, exploded
In 1912.
England once refused the of
fer of all Spain's possessions In
Africa In exchange for th Rock
of Gibraltar.
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By-PAULJlALLONj
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 Presi
dent Roosevelt has present
ed bis new recovery program to
a democratic party In congress
which is split worse than any
major party since the Civil war.
It Is not evident yet, and yon
will not find supporting testi
mony in the comment on the
President's messnge. That Is bo
cause It Is a silent strike, not
an open sit-down, but something
like those line-strikes In the auto
plants where mechanics In the
assembly line failed to tighten
a necessary bolt or left out a
pin screw. You will ft ml it out
when the legislative program
reaches the end of the congres
sional line.
The leaders have known what
they were up against since the
farm bill survived recommittal
in the bouse by only nine votes
and the McAdoo farm substitute
tell only six votes short In the
senate while tbe wages-hours bill
was actually defeated by the
house. Frankly, no one knows
what legislation will come out
of a situation like this.
Only advice now safe tor busi
nessmen and others Is to keep
all fingers crossed until certain
leadership shennanlgans now
being worked up, can be tried.
FLYING WEIKJE
One ahennanigaa being tested
may lift- the wage-hour bill out
ot the ash can. Speaker Bank
head and others have been play
ing with the Idea ot grouping
fur m and labor support behind
White House pressure. They fig
ure If they can gel the farm
crowd plus the labor crowd plus
the power ot the untie House
into one flying wedge, they can
break the strike. Both parts ot
the president's program could
thus be thrust through with as
tew screws missing as possible.
That Is what was behind the
little story of a few days back,
about the National Farmers
union 'and' labor's Non-Partisan
league, jointly approving boift
bills. The White House was tn
on It.
MR. O. WANTS BALANCE
Big follows in congress have
been seen throughout the holi
days trooping in and out of the
hotel suite where Jack Garner,
the VP, has bis sub-executive
mansion. Mr. G.'s hotel is on
one side ot tbe treasury and tbe
White House' is on the other.
There seems to be something in
that. Troopers coming back to
Capitol hill have reported Mr. G.
is organising what be calls "tbe
damndest drive ever conducted
in congress" to balance the bud
get. Talked-of economies Include
curtailment of farm appropria
tions to $500,000,000; slashing
at least $200,000,000 from tbe
proposed budget by systematical
ly limiting all regular depart
mental expenditures; holding re
lief to one billion.
Limiting road appropriations
Is, however, definitely out. The
president wants It and so do the
leaders, but congress will not
take It. Also the economizers
have declared hands-off national
defense appropriations and want
no new taxes.
MORE STEAM UP
Tbe movement has gained wide
support among the congressmen,
but few expect it can accomplish
much more than a strong counter-balance
to the southpaw
spenders In the other wing of
the president's entourage and
America's 60 families, botb of
whom want spending. While the
Pres. and vice Pres. surround
the treasury on two sides, the
southpaws have their hands In
It and are unwilling to let go.
Garner started a similar move
last year but did not put enough
steam In It to carry through.
This year bis cohorts report be
has more steam up, but more
difficulties ahead.
STEPLADDER
Little or no trustworthy Infor
mation ever slips out of Russia
concerning conditions there. The
reds have censorship that bites.
But they cannot conceal their
own tell-tale official actions, like
the recent one, dispatching a boy
general of the red army to Cbina
as a diplomatic ambassador.
That news told two big stories
here. One is that the Soviets
are getting closer toward more
active military support of the
defeated Chinese. The other is
that Stalin's purges have had
sueh a terrorizing effect upon
his own officials that he Is hav
ing difficulty getting responsible
persons tor big jobs.
Not only from this develop
ment but from others lately It
Is evident that Stallnltes regard
the Russian diplomatic corps as
a stepladder to the tiring squad.
NEW SIXTY
Messrs. Ickes and Jackson did
not tell all about that book con
cerning "America's 60 families,"
It really offers a suggestion for
bringing Its own tombstone list
of the 60 largest taxpayers of
1924 up to date, by citing tbe
SYLVIA SIDNEY
"STREET SCENE"
Srrf,iTlitlW
SIDE GLANCES .
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"Now listen, mister, my husband is a salesman, too, and
I've tried for two years to get him an appointment with
the boss."
largest contributors to the last
political cumpaign fuuds.
On that basis America's 60
new families, whom Ickes and
Jackson charge witb running
America, would be those who
contributed to the successful po
litical party.
The cream top of the demo
cratic family list In the book Is:
United Mine Workers (J. Low
ellyn Lewis) $tt9,66S.
American labor party (Mr. La
Cuardia of the New York La
Uuardins) J 1 33 53 4.
Walter A. Jones (oil lands)
$102,500.
Henry L. Doherty (Cities Serv
ice) $50,001).
.Mr?. Doris Duke Cromwell
(American Tobacco) $50,000.
Joe Davis I Post-Hutton, Gen
eral Foods) $26,500.
Others among the America's
new 60 are Joe Schenck, Curtis
Hok, R. J. Reynolds, Jesse Jones,
W. L. Clayton, Pabst, Bingham,
W h 1 1 n e y, Boddle, Rosenthal,
Ruppert and Morgenthau.
At least three are alive.
FOREIGN POWERS
REACT TO F. R. 'S
1938 MESSAGE
LONDON, Tuesday, Jan. 4 (UP)
London morning newspapers, com
menting today on President Roose
velt's message to congress, said
that apparently the United States
was not yet ready to abandon a
policy ot isolation although It ap
peared that would be some modi
fication of such a program.
The comment of conservative
organs was devoted mainly to the
president's controversy with busi
ness leaders.
"A significant modification of
the attitude toward world affairs
may be remarked In tbe formal
acknowledgement that the acts
and policies ot other nations may
exercise far-reaching effects in
tbe United States," the Daily Tele
graph said.
"Most significant ot all was tbe
manner In which he (Poosevelt)
led on from castlgatlon of dicta
torial misdeeds to the necessity of
American rearmament."
The Daily Express said that the
president In "firm, direct lan
guage repeats that the American
people do not want war and have
gone far to avoid It but that no
foreign power need start blacken
ing Uncle Sam's eye as a habit."
The News Chronicle said that
President Roosevelt has the
"moral leadership of the world
for his asking. Whether he can
take it depends entirely on the
degree of confidence he enjoys
from his own countrymen. "
ROME, Jan. 4 (UP) Italian
political leaders today expressed
"keen disappointment" at Presi
dent Roosevelt's criticism of the
tendencies ot totalitarian govern
ments. Official comment was lack
ing but the fascist press was ex
pected to attack the president,
probably in the same manner as
It attacked his recent Chicago
speech suggesting a "quarantine"
of aggressor nations.
PARIS, Jan. 4 (UP) Presi
dent Roosevelt's eulogy of democ
racies In bis congressional mes
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sage received warm support among
government officials today.
A spokesman for the foreign
office said;
"France wholly approves of Mr.
Roosevelt's declaration that non
democracies Jeopardise peace by
their expansionist policies and
also lauds any decision of tho
democracies to Insure adequate
self-defenses."
Ten Years
Ago
In Klamath
A NECESSARY preliminary to
the beginning of Weyer
haeuser development In Klam
ath, a small portablo mill will
be in operation shortly after
February 1 on the Holllday mill
site west of Klamath Falls to
manufacture ties for 10 miles of
logging railroad.
Official announcement that the
1927 mlllage rata for Klamath
Falls has been reduced 12.8
mills under the 1926 rale was
made this morning by Glen Ter
rlll, deputy county assessor. The
new tax rate la 58 mills while
the 1926 rate was 70.8.
In theory the city council Is
In faror of an ordinance requir
ing all persons handling food
stuffs for public consumption to
submit to a seml-snnual medical
examination. But the city Is un
willing to pay for the examina
tions. BRITISH BROADCAST
TO ARABIA FAILS
TO WIN FAVOR
JERUSALEM, Tuesday, Jan. 4
(UP) Araba spokesman, com
menting today on Inauguration of
British brosdeasts to the near east
to combat anti-British propaganda,
said that the only way Great
Britain could regain Arab friend
ship was to change her policy.
It Arab demands are met, they
said, no amount of Italian propo
ganda would be effective.
The British broadcasts to her
near east territories were under
taken to combat programs from
Italy's Barl station, which al
legedly has been sending unfavor
able propaganda.
Th spokesmen said that the
Arabs, after hearing part of yes
terday's broadcast before switch
ing off tbe program In favor ot
that from the Barl station, pre
ferred the Barl broadcasts because
they coincided with Arab views.
The speeches made from Lon
don Arab notables were Ineffec
tive, It was asserted, because they
were not represntatlve of Pales
tinian Arabs.
The first program for the bene
fit of th Holy Land was broad
cast over facilities ot the British
Broadcasting company.
Tbe Barl station broadcast a
progs by Abdul Wahab, most
popular singer of the near east,
while th B. B. O. broadcast clas
sical music.
Oil City for stove oil. Phone
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ARMS
REQUESTED
STREETLIGHTS
On recommendation of Council
man Lee lies n of the IlKht and
water committee, another safety
moasuro on South Sixth street was
taken by the city oounellmnn Mon
day night. They asked the power
company to Install 14-foot arms on
South Sixth street lights, Instead
of four-fool arms, tleun an Id lie
counted 15 lights from the city
limits to Klamath avenue on Sixth
street.
The council will determine Inter
whether lights of higher wattage
would be advisable
Plastier Ready
Word was recolved (rota tho
state highway commission that
the flasher signal for tho viaduct
on South Sixth it rod Is ready for
Installation.
Mayor Clifton Richmond re
appointed all commlituos and com
missions. Ho appointed Frank
Jeuklns (or an, year term on the
planning coiu...ilou, Jonklns'
term having expired. Ha appoint
ed Mrs. Lucille O'Neill to a four
year term on the library board,
her provloua appoint meul also
having expired. Councilman J. E.
Van Camp was re-elected presi
dent ot the council.
lnsHH'tor Resigns
Mayor Richmond's annual re
pot t on city affairs was read to
the couucll. It appeared almost
entirely In The iloruld-Newa ycar
ond supplement. Mayor Richmond
added words of praise for tbe city
appraisal committee.
A. P. Lyle resigned as city elec
trical Inspector, and his resigna
tion was accepted.
Lyle told the council that he
had served (or six years, and that
he hud not had tlio sort ot sup
port from tho council iliut would
make his work fully effective.
To Uofunil I'oei,
The couucll voted to refund fees
to food-baudlurs who paid for
bealth examinations under the
hort-llved henllh ordinance, but
did not tako the examinations.
Residents of tbe vicinity of El
Dorado and Huron street filed a
petition for a street light. It was
referred to the light committee.
W. C. Ileunel filed a letter
urging that the Washington street
bridge be made 36 feet wide,
toasting l'i
Building Inspector Henry
Schortgou told the council tha.
roofs In the vicinity of the alley
between Kluiuulh avonue, Mil
street, second street and Third
streot drain huge quantities of
water Into the alley In a storm.
Ho said there were 10 Inches of
water in the alloy at the time of
the recent heavy rains. Schortgen
said also that during alternalo
freezing and thawing weather,
huge Icicles form on many hunl
noss buildings. Some Icicles
weighing 1200 pounds hung from
buildings last winter, he said. The
Inspector and city engineer were
instructed to study the problems
Involved.
Itocreatlon Officer Carl Cook
asked the council for advice about
permitting coasting on city
streets.. Councilman Thomas said
that no coa.tlng should be per
mitted on streots where thore Is
auto traffic. Cook said that ho
would try to dovelop coasting
spots on nearby bills, but thst for
some reason children wanted to
use the streets. He said he would
try to get permission of residents
of Del Moro street to permit
coasting from Del Moro and Pa
clflo Terrace tor some distance be
low Del Moro and El Dorado
streets.
Court House Records
(MONDAY)
Marriage Application
NEWMAN-MOW HER Charles
Henry Newman, legal age, pump
operator, native of England, resi
dent ot Klamath Falls. Alta Mow
rer, legal age, housewife, native
ot Missouri, resident of Klamath
Falls.
Justice Court
Walter Martens, taxi operator,
Knox law violation, fined $100,
six-month Jail sentence suspended.
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"You're wnnleil on the onijl bnnril, Joe."
Penniless Workers Seize Big
Caliente Hotel, Lock Gates
AtiUA CAI.1KNTA. flaja .Cal..
Jan. 4 (UP) llarefoot children,
who flocked hare with their par
ent, when 400 workers seised this
once swank resort, raced up and
down the luxurious corridors of
the $10,000,000 Aifua Caliente
hotel today.
Whero the elite of society, the
wealthy and glamorous of the
movie colony. and polltlclsns from
the fulled states once strolled
and look their ease almost penni
less men and women slept In
double-aprlnged beds, or lolled In
dceply-uiiholstered easy chairs.
Employes Stand iuard
They were mea. women snd
children more accustomed to
sleeping under tattered blankets
on the ground floors of their
sharks.
The selsure of the resort came
as a result of the Mexican govern
ment's refusal to permit legalised
gambling which would have per
mitted rooponlng of the resort.
Tho refusal to grant gambling per
mits was followed by an expro
priation tlocree which would make
the hotel federal property to be
used as a military aviation school.
Eight former employes stood
gunrd at tho padlocked gates.
No one was permitted to entor.
Jobs Wanted
Even Tijuana police at first
wore turned away, hut finally a
small group was allowod Inside
for a fruitless conference with
the membors of the Agua Caliente
Hotel Workers syndicate, which Is
affiliated with the powerful Crom
labor union.
YOUNG TRAPEZE
ARTIST STRANGLES
AS FAMILY SLEEPS
8AM FRANCISCO, Jan. 4 (UP)
Twelve-year-old Phillips Johnson,
Jr., died Monday doing the thing
he loved and which never failed to
entertain his younger sister and
brother playing a circus trapete
performer.
Taking a last look before she
went to bed, to see If the three
children were safe and asleep,
his mother found Phillips dead on
tho floor, strangled by a "make
shift" trapeze belt.
Phillips had boon entertaining
his slstor, Paula, 10, and his
brother Jimmy, 8, when they wore
all ready for bed. Instead of
spangled tights, he wore one of
Paula's short drosses. Ills trapote
was a belt, his safely not, his bed.
When midnight came Jimmy
3
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Truck. "itl .o the hotel to mi
lad valuable linen., silverware
and other properly of the hutel
company were turned hark.
The workers said they would
hold the hotel propurty until the
government used soldiers lo evict
them, or until I're.ldeiit Laiara
Cardenas mada suitable arrange
ments to provide them with Join
to take the place of those they
would have had If th.e retort had
reopened.
A deleiiallon was sent to Mexl.
call lo confer with tiov. Hudolfo
Handles Tnbosda, who was en
trusted with carrying out the ex
propriation doer eo.
A telegram ass sent to Presi
dent Cardenas In Mexico City.
Meanwhile, the federal govern
ment made no move, either with
Its garrison hero, or through the
governor's office, to carry out lbs
expropriation decree.
It generally was assumed no
such move would bo mads until
a aettlement had been reached
with the workers.
The government seised the,
property under the contention III
hud been abandoned. The aban
donment was alleged when Uaron
Long,' prosldent of the hotel com
pany, dropped plans for a gala
Christmas eve reopening of the re
sort when he was Informed even
legalised gambling would not be
permitted.
The selsure and the expropria
tion decree did not affect the ad
Joining $3,000,000 Agua Caliente
Turf club where a Sunday-only
race meeting opened Sunday.
and Paula went to sleep, but
Phillips did a few more trlaks.
He did a trapese loop over his bed,
with the belt fastened around his
neck.
The belt slipped tight, stran
gling him to death without an
outcry which would have brought
help.
The eagle on the American
halt-dollar Is not an Amorlcanl
eagle, but a golden eagle. r
The earbon we breathe out Is
In the form of carbonle acid
gas.
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