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Overdue, But It's Here
IN his interesting year-end report on Klamath basin agri
culture, County Agent Charles A. Henderson made the
statement that gross sale value of the 1941 potato crop
(now being sold and shipped) may equal or exceed the
all-time record of 1936.
That is news. Those who remember 1936 talk of it
with the respect due a year of remarkable returns and
prosperity. The national potato crop that year was the
smallest on record, and Klamath had a bumper crop. Spud
prices went high and there was a lot of money in this basin.
This year's crop of nearly 6,000,000 bushels of pota
toes is larger than that of 1936. Prices may not go so
high, but they are very substantial at this time, and the
increased volume gives the basis for prediction that the
gross income will equal or exceed the nearly $5,000,000
that came in 1936 in gross sale values.
Gross sales are not net income. Farmers' production
costs are higher this year. Taxes and cost of living are
higher. These are factors that have an important place
in the economic Dicture for the farmer.
But the fact that gross returns from the 1941 potato
crop are almost certain to equal or exceed the previous
all-time record is reassuring evidence tnat juamain Dasin
agriculture is coming through as a potent economic back
log in this critical period. Farmers of this area had a long
run, after 1936, of low price years. A good price year was
over-due, but it seems to have arrived.
"Shape of Things to Come"
BEING a good prophet in these confused times is very
nearly an impossibility, but a lot of people still are
trying. If all of us were to have our forecasts of the past
two years placed side by side with what has taken place,
there would be a lot of vermillion faces among us. Those
who have had their say in casual conversation have hope
that their bad guesses have been forgotten; those who
put theiy predictions down in black and white face the
prospect that some nosey person will dig back into the
files.
In the January Esquire magazine, which we happened
to pick up in our favorite barber shop, is an article by
John R. Tunis entitled "The Shape of Things to Come,"
which gently razzes the writing and speaking gentlemen
who have seen their forecasts go awry in the last two
or three years of international stress. The gentlemen
who predicted there would be no European war, those
who said Germany would conquer England long ago,
those who said Germany and Russia would never negotiate
a treaty before they did so, and those who said Germany
would never attack Russia before Hitler ordered his le
gions eastward, those who said France had the strongest
army in the world, all come in for a bit of baiting by Mr.
Tunis. The list is long.
Reading further in Esquire, we came upon an article
that told us all about Japan. This article was prepared
before the outbreak of Pacific war December 7, but it
appeared in the issue for January, 1942. It was prepared
by James R. Young, and it quoted at length and with
great respect one Robert O. Matheson, who knew all about
Japan, we quote:
"As a menace to any country of any fighting conse
quence, Japan does not exist.
Another quotation:
"As a first class power, Japan is a myth."
Mr. Tunis, in his future surveys of prophecies gone
haywire, must not forget to look within the covers of the
same magazine in which he now ribs the bad guessers.
News
Behi
"filial TfinJ
By BmjlMallon
WASHINGTON, Jan. A
phony optimism is springing
up in this country. It is being
foci by extravagant Russian com'
muniques, and oft-repeated rose
colored observations about our
chances in the far east.
As a background for tha red
communiques. Just remember
that an ordinary winter would
cover the fighting front In Rus-
sia with 8 to 12 feet of snow
along about now, certainly with'
in a week or two. Only the
southernmost front can ba ex
cepted, and do not forget the
Crimea, at the southern tip. is
as far north of the equator as
Nova bcotia and Minneapolis.
The Black Sea keeps it relative
ly warm, but the whole central
and northern fronts will become
stabilized for winter shortly, it
is reasonable to expect. Then
will come spring, and another
campaign.
No one blames the reds for
making as much propaganda as
possible out of their astonishing
successes, but for our people to
use it as a guide, is foolish. In
war, people have a tendency to
believe only what fits in with
their wishes. They should know
officials here now are saying:
"We can lose tills war." They
mean we can lose it right now
by slipping into a condition of
unreal security the same false
sense which prevented our re
armament in time.
WE COULD LOSE
The public should be aware
of these following possibilities
which must occupy the military
mind:
If the nazis get the French
fleet we will be outnumbered in
the Atlantic as we now are in
the Pacific.
SIDE GLANCES
COf. mi 1Y NCA SrWVTCC, IhC T. M. HCO. U. S. PT. Off.
CITY COUNCIL
STUDIES LOCA
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TRUCK PHI
"Do you know n nice resort for plain people like lis
some place where everybody doesn t have to be mi athlete
or a bathing beuuty?"
0IIE-A-DAY, REPORT
CLEVELAND. Jan. 6 (JPt The
United States is launching com
mercial vessels at the rate of
about one a day in the biggest
shipbuilding program in its hist
ory, and the number is expected
to be doubled by the end of this
year. Daily Metal Trade said
Monday,
Tolling
The Editor
Lallan printtd htra muat not oa mora
than too word In langlh, muat ba wrtltan
UfOIJ on ONI tlOI ol I ha papal onlj.
and muat M aignad. Oontrloutlona follow.
Ins tnaao rulaa, aro warm!, atalaomo.
Nearest .Inn ha i H..u i. mercial vessels. agereeatinE
twice as close as our nearest about "..Suu.uOO deadweight tons
base, which may prove to be
very important fact when the
Philippines fall
It requires 36 days to send a
pursuit plane or tank by boat to
Singapore through the Indian
ocean.
nnai or ine morale ol our
troops in the Philippines after
they had been yowling for
months for planes, saying they
were sitting on a powder keg?
Will Turkey fight? Maybe,
but they have not said so, and
they probably won't if Hitler
jumps from Sardinia into Tun
isia. For the winter campaigns in
Africa and the near east. Hitler
again will enjoy inner lines of
supply, whereas the British will
have difficulty shifting forces
and supplies.
With the British fleet dispersed
over the Atlantic and Mediter
ranean, is Britain well fixed to
meet an invasion threat?
We could lose this war.
"UNSELFISH GIVING"
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore. (To
the Editor) I see that the larger
cities are starting a fund to buy
a bomber for the army. Cost
about $300,000.
WhV Can't such mmmnnilipt
uy uie end ol 1H43 there will 'as this hnv r,,,rc,,it ,k; .... ...
have been completed a total of I anti-aircraft gun or something
not less than 1400 seagoing com-1 that doesn't cost S300.000.
I believe that this area can and
would willingly contribute for
this. I know that Klamath coun
ty is buying their share of de
fense bonds, but this would be
unselfish giving.
Yours,
A Reader.
and costing in excess of $3,000,
000,000," the publication added.
"A constantly acelerated rate
of navy launchings is also antici
pated. In the year just ended
private shipyards launched 28
naval vessels of large size and
129 seagoing commercial ships,
supplemented by launching of 27
additional vesseles n navy yards.
In addition there were' large
numbers of small craft put to
sea."
There now are 406 shipways i
in 65 private yards capable of! OI n DV.
accommodatine steel veel of I wi.iv utUHJ
more than 300 feet in length, ' Let s kocP 01d Glorv Hying high
compared with 170 such ways a I From yonder mast-head in the
year ago. the publication re-1 SKVi
Editor's Note: Klamath county
is doing well in buying defense
bonds, but it is lagging woefully
in subscribing to the Red Cross
war relief fund, which is "un
selfish giving."
ported.
Klamath Indians want the U. S. to lick the Japs and
they are willing to put up another $150,000 or more to
help do it And they don't want anybody spending the
money on bows and arrows, either.
Fearing a rubber shortage, Klamath women have
started a mild run on girdles. They are fighting a rear
action, so to speak.
An immigration board has now recommended against
the deportation of Harry Bridges. Are you confused on
this Bridges business? So are we.
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
, THE STATE OF OREGON
FOR KLAMATH COUNTY IN
THE MATTER OF THE
ESTATE OF HATTIE M.
KING, deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that I
have filed my final account of
the administration of the estate
of Hattie M. King, deceased; and
that the court has appointed
January 31, 1942, at 10:00
o'clock a. m. as the time for
hearing objections to such final
account and the settlement
thereof.
WILLIAM ' GANONG,
Administrator of said estate.
D 23-30; J 6-13. No. 195
the undersigned at the office of
A. W. Schaupp, 6131 Main street,
Klamath Falls, Oregon, within
six months from the date of first
publication hereof.
VERNON LEROY DURANT,
Executor of the Estate of
Albert L. Durant, Deceased.
D 16-23-30; J 6-13. No. 193
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice Is hereby given that the
Undersigned has been appointed
Executor of the estate of Albert,
la. Durant, deceased, by the Cir
cuit Court ol the State of Ore
gon for Klamath County Pro
bete Department.
All persons ' having claims
gainst said estate are hereby
notlf led to present the same duly
verified as by law required to
Commander of those Dutch sea
and air forces that have been
doing such a grand job against
the Japs is Vice Admiral E.E.L.
""" Belfrich, above.
ABANDON FT
The word "impregnable" must
be abandoned for the duration.
Corregidor is merely a well pre
pared iortress, open to bombing,
capable only of withstanding
siege until the last man is gone.
The British really only figured
to hold Hongkpng for six weeks
or so, because the million in
habitants (mostly Chinese) had
to rely for water upon reser
voirs on the open hillsides, held
only by concrete dams. The Japs
got them in half that time.
Singapore is the only really
well defended spot in the far
east, yet it is open to the air.
At least a six months supply of
on and gas Is supposed to be
well cached beyond the reach of
bombs, far below surface.
Nothing on the face of this
earth is Impregnable now unless
you have supremacy in the air,
at that point. Then practically
anything is impregnable.
WORST INFORMED
When Pravda, one of tha offi
cial red newspapers (there are
no others in Russia) accused Gen
eral MacArthur of cowardice in
declaring Manila an open city
to save it from bombing, no one
here even looked up. Pravda
wanted to know why it was not
defended like Leningrad, and
Moscow. If Pravda had asked
anyone who has been to Manila,
or looked the city up in the en
cyclopedia, it would have found
out.
The ground of Manila is al
most level with the bay. The
water table is three feet below
the surface. Not only was it im
possible to dig air raid shelters
down into this water for 600,000
persons, but few of the houses
could even have a basement for
protection. Wooden houses line
streets so narrow two autof can
not pass. About 22,000 persons
uvea m tne zz acres of the old
walled city.
If MacArthur had subjected
this indefensible firetrap to
bombing he would have been
guilty of an inhuman crime.
Pravda, with only the red eov-
ernmcnt as its source of news,
continues to bfj thai unnl In.
formed paper In the world.
Courthouse Records
MONDAY
Marriage Licenses
WOODWARD-BROWN. C. W.
Woodward, 27, Klamath Falls,
truck driver, native of Nebraska.
Cora Brown, 40, Klamath Falls,
box factory worker, native of
Oregon.
BAKER-HOWE. Jess C. Baker.
46, Tulelake, rancher, native of
Idaho. Audrey Odessa Howe, 16,
Malin, housework, native of Cali
fornia. Decrees
Jean Laverne Harrington ver
sus Josephine Harrington. Di
vorce granted. J. C. O'Neill, at
torney for plaintiff.
Justice Court
James R. Mason, no operators
license. Fined 55.50.
Hazel B. Cornell, no motor
vehicle license. Fined S5.50.
Melvin C. Argrover. no oper
ators license. Fined $5.50.
David F. Carkuff, drunk in
public place. Committed to coun
ty jail for 10 days.
Mervin Duff, drunk in Dublic
place. Fined $10 or five days.
Committed to county jail.
Elmer D. Jones, no motor ve
hicle license. Fined $5.50.
Robert C. Farnell. no clear
ance light. Fined $5.50.
Leslie J. O'Keefe, no motor
vehicle license. Fined $5.50.
Charles L. Smith, no motor
vehicle license. Fined $5.50.
Ernie Lyle Hope, failing to
stop at stop light. Fined $5.50.
Howard S. Rockhill, improper
tail light. Fined $5.50.
Robert H. Kidwell, no motor
vehicle license. Fined $5.50.
Robert L. Whltmire, no motor
vehicle license. Fined $5.50.
Bernard P. Costcllo, no motor
vehicle license. Fined S5.50.
Michael Kasper, no operators
license. Fined $5.50.
Wallace Wesley, no motor ve
hicle license. Fined $5.50.
Thelma H. McEnerny. no mot
or vehicle license. Fined $5.50.
uorothy P. George, no motor
vehicle license. Fined $5.50.
Clarice M. Burrows, no motor
vehicle licence. Fined $5.50.
Paul M. Hendron, no motor
vehicle license. Fined $5.50.
Erwln J. Tinder, failing to stop
at stop light. Fined $5.50.
Floyd R. Lamb, no lights
Fined $5.50, suspended.
Arthur T. Tarpan, no motor
vehicle license. Fined $5.80.
A symbol to our growing youth
ui Honor, Freedom, Justice,
Truth.
Those stripes of white and stripes
ot rea
For which our great forefathers
bled,
Brought forth a Nation, proud
ana free,
A shining Light of Liberty.
Beneath its glorious folds we
find
The noblor thoughts of all man
kind,
And may not one Star ever feel
The ruthless tread of conqueror's
heel.
Emblazoned on the Darkening
mgnt
Let's keep Old Glory shining
bright.
And may it give us a true course
Across this age of Might and
Force.
OUR FLAG, that's flying from
yon mast,
Let's keep it flying to the lastl
Upon the land, upon the seas.
Let's keep it flying in the breczel
Geo. B. Harris,
119 S. Fourth St.
There is seven times as much
air resistance at an 80-mile-per-hour
speed as there is at a
speed of 30 miles per hour.
Before and After
Tire Retreading
Four out of every five wom
en in England's total population
get married, according to statistics.
irucn pnrKing problems on
Main street will get further
study, following appearance of a
group of operators at Mondxv
night's meeting of the city coun
cil.
Recently tho council adopted
n plan for loading zones in ench
block, to bo used by trucks in
delivering supplies and merch
andise to business houses. Pur
poso wu.t to prevent double park
ing of tho trucks, a system fol
lowed in tho past but made haz
ardous by the institution of the
new traffic light system.
Truck operators appearing
Monday night suggested various
changes that might be made. No
definite plan was outlined, and
tho councllmen suggested the
operators first get in touch with
the retail merchants bureau, and
then meet with the street com
mittee of the council.
Major objection to tho present
plan is that private automobiles
use the loading zones and the
truck men are forced to drive
around the block until they can
get in.
The operators suld they had
the support of the teamsters'
union in attempting to work out
a better plan.
Mayor John Houston an
nounced that the city jail will
be made a major matter for dis
cussion at next week's council
meeting. Remodeling of the city
hall basement to Improve the
Jail situation is under consider
ation. Mayor Houston paid tribute to
the city-wide mrbn.te committee
for its work since its appoint
mer.t last August, and the coun
cil moved a letter of apprecia
tion be sent the committee.
"Work of this committee has
been outstanding In all civic
work In the community In the
last year," said Mayor Houston.
Tho council approved making
a WPA project out of the Im
provement of Cook street be
tween Upham street and Cali
fornia avenue.
The Evening Herald was desig
nated the city official poper for
1942.
The council accepted the bid
of Shaw Stationery company for
servicing office machinery for
the first half of 1942, and of
F. R. Hauger.for furnishing the
city with light globes in the first
hair.
Fire Chief Keith Ambrose told
me council no hopes to hold a
mass meeting at which citizens,
particularly housewives, will be
given instructions on fighting
fires set by Incendiary bombs
Moyor Houston sold the city
Is counting on the chief to give
firc-fighting complete publicity
coverage here.
Eager to Go on Pillow or Picture
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Enjoy this simple embroidery
and give all those In your fam
ily who love pets tho pleasure of
having these pillows about. It's
quick needlework that permits
a free use of color. Pattern 7172
contains two pictures 101 x 11
and 101 x 01 Inches; color
schemes; Illustrations of stitches;
materials needed.
To obtain this pattern send 10
cents In coin to Tho lleruld and
News, Household Al ls Ut pt ,
Klamath Falls Do not cnd till
picture, but keep It and tho num
ber for reference Do sure to
wrap coin securely, as a loose
coin often slips out of tho en
velop Requests for patterns
should read. "S o n il pattern
No to
ollowed by your name and address
War-Time Governors Stari
'42 With Emergency Powers
By RICHARD A. KENDIRCK
CHICAGO, Jan. 6 (UP)
Most war-time governors of the
tt) iitates luce tneir 11)42 Job ol
mobilizing military and civlllun
resources, already armed with
render tho Million any service
possible throuiih orKiimulion of
tato resources, whether men,
property or Instrumentalities.
Nino other slates empower their
governor to oru.nuc- all stnlu
emergency powers that required resources, and most states muku
REVERSES 01 FIGHT
NEW DELHI, INDIA, Jan. 6
UP) Further reverses may await
Britain and her allies in the Far
East before the tide of battle
turns, but in the end Japan will
go down to a crushing defeat,
says Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wa
vell, newly-named supreme com
mander of the ABCD forces in
tho southwest Pacific.
In a farewell Interview Sun
day before leaving Delhi to as
sume his new post, General Wa
veil likened the situation In the
Far East in some respects to that
which confronted Britain after
tho fall of France in the sum
mer of 1940.
"We must hold on with what
we have until we can collect
our forces for the return blow,"
he said. ,
General Wavell declared the
Japanese had won the initial ad
vantage "which the murder, thief
or cheat can always gain against
an unsuspecting, decent citizen,"
and said the situation could not
be reversed with a single stroke.
But, ultimately, he declared,
we can throw these Japanese
free-booters from the places thev
have temporarily seized."
monlns of legislative sessions
in 1U17.
Reporting Sunday on a sur
vey of all states, the council of
state governments concluded
that gubernatorial powers re
cently granted by legislatures
or stemming from 11)17 statutes
still in force will be sufficient
to meet the war-time eregrency.
The council predicted com
paratively few special legis
lative sessions in 1942, an off
legislative year.
The council, however, fore
saw a possible need for grants
of power among coastal suites
for the removal of the seat of
government, this authority now
being available only to gover
nors of Connecticut, Maine,
Maryland. Massachusetts, New
Hampshire and Rhode Island
among the coastal states.
Governors' emergency pow
ers range from complete super
vision of civlllun defenso coun
cils to outright confiscation of
property and gratuUous seizure
and distribution of livestock in
the interest of the war effort.
Isolated instances of war pow
ers Include: Massachusetts, to
order air raid protection and
blackouts; Maryland, to draft
civilians for employment; Col
orado, to close highways; and
Florida, to establish priorities
on oils, coal and other commo
dities. In Massachusetts, which ranks
with New Jersey as the state
granting the broadest powers
to Its governor, the chief ex
ecutive may take any measures
deemed necessary to carry out
presidential requests for nation
al safety and public safety.
Through a rcenacted 1917
statute, the Massachusetts gov
ernor aiso may take Dosseulnn
of any requirement or supplies
in me state, and is empowered
to seize, sell or distribute live
stock, poultry, fuel and other
materials to inhabitants of the
state.
new jerseys governor
tho governor rommumlrr-m-chief
ot tho millta or volunteer
forces.
Nine governors ran acquire
land or other proiwrly fur mil
itary use by condemnation, leans
or purchase. In 2(1 of the 'J7
stutcs that passed additional
state guard arts In lfHlMl, gov
ernors aro authorized to cluputi-h
guard units to neighboring
tales In response to calls for
aid.
In North Dakota, the gover
nor has brood powers to deol
with coal mine or public util
ity strikes, ontl In Connecticut,
the chief executive may suipeml
state hour restrictions for
miners and women during tho
emergency.
A dozen states have statutes
providing for tlcc'.iratlon of
martial law.
Looking Backward
By The Aisoclstod Praaa
One Year Ago Todny Presi
dent Roosevelt asks congress (or
billions In arms loans to defeat
axis powers. Qweks drive back
Italians along Volona road.
Two Years Ago King Carol
says Rumanians will die to de
fend borders, won't relinquish
Bessarabia.
Twenty-five Years Ago Today
Russians retire south of Ko
tumbn, Rumania; claim advance
west of Riga on Russobagermaii
front.
The cactus gardens of the
Huntington library In Los An
geles contain 20,000 plants.
may
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Here's the change that comes
over an old tiro during a re
treading treatment. A New York
tire shop attendant exhibits be-foraand-after
samples.
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