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PAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON Jnminry 13. 1043 . iltmbtr Tl AwoctATto Pit Tin AMnHtt'd Tmt h .id Urilr .nlllM I" "" nulillMtloo ol ll mi dtipilrhM cri-llt.d U tt or not otliri. CTrdlw) In Oil. fwr. ind io th local new. publt.ti.d th.rrln. All right, of republle.tlon of tpedli dlp(ilhM Iw. erred. FRANK JENKINS Editor A trmpomry eoinblniiHrtn of th Kventnf IlrrtlH n4 the Ktmsth News. Published ewr rt-rnn iripl Sunday st Knplnnmit nrt Pin trwU, Klamath Oregon, by the HtrsM Publishing Co. nd th Klamath ws Publishing Company Kntcntf second cl mattrr at tbi posMfl.- of Klamath FIU, On-,, cm August SO, IW under act of eon arc , March &. ISTfc Member of Audit Bckkav Or Ciscclatiox Jtfprwentwl Nationally by "WrST-IloLtlBAT Co., Ixc. 8n FranHnco. Jfw York, Se attle, Chlcairo, Portland, U Ancle. MALCOLM EPLEY Managing Editor , KnlAV Today's Roundup News Behind the News By PAUL MALLOW WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 If the Henderson successor, Prentiss Brown, seriously un dertakes to find a solution of the fuel oil ra tioning mess, he will come upon two basic things wrong at the core of the problem. These are indicated by read er correspondence I have re ceived from consumers and rationing board officials (with a single exception) in various eastern and central sections of the country, and are confirmed by my personal experience and observation. , , First: Not enough coupons great many people. Second: Dealers are getting insufficient oil to meet existing coupon requirements continu ously. The first fault could be corrected, If Mr. Brown orders the rationing boards to give wholehearted reconsideration to the needs of those who did not get enough. The federal formula erroneously based allotments on square footage of floor space instead of cubic footage of heating space. The government can and should correct this primary mistake. Then, after every home owner has enough coupons, there must be a reapportionment of available supplies to enable him to get oil continuously. , By MALCOLM EPLEY NEWS from Salem following settlement of the Steiwer-Lee senate presidency struggle plays strong on the harmony theme. It is V ........... .. .., claimed that the 45-ballot deadlock left no permanent wounds and Is not expected to Interfere with orderly settle ment of the legislative Issues - jA..Ainn I" Is That is proper. Two days V- ' of that fight were enough if I - A ' not too much. If it were to continue throughout the legis lative session, influencing de cisions which should be made on merits rather than person alities, the Oregon legislature would lose the high respect it has earned from Oregon people in the past. The compromise plan, whereby Mrs. Lee, who lost the election, shares with Senate Presi dent Steiwer the duty and privilege of making committee appointments may not work out satis factorily. Ordinarily, we -would regard it with definite disfavor, feeling that the senate presi dent should do the whole job of senate presi dent as he sees fit, answering for the success or failure of his appointments. But in this Instance, the compromise broke a deadlock that was becoming downright annoying, and the accepted method of committee appointment may prevent discrimination against sound appointees based on the sharp division that occurred in the election. How well the plan works remains to be seen. Senator Marshall Cornett of Klamath county' (17th district) was on the Steiwer side in the election ruckus. He was a possibility as a dark horse candidate if it had become utterly im possible to elect either Steiwer or Mrs. Lee and a shift to another candidate was necessary. Cornett's demonstrated ability and experience should bring him favorable committee positions. Back of the presidency ruckus lay the fact that the senate president is the first in succes- sion for the governor's chair. Many people hold a strong opinion against the advisability of, having a woman governor in war time, and in Oregon there has never been a woman gov ernor in peace or war. Something could happen that would elevate the present senate president to governor. Flot Pay Question SOME comment was presented here the other day In favor of a flat salary for justices of the peace, instead of the present method of pay ing the justice out of the fees he takes in through his court. - Since then, our attention has been directed to an editorial in the Oregon Statesman of Salem, discussing the same subject. The States man makes the further point that in Oregon, justices of the peace are permitted to compete with each other "for cases and fees." It is true that if plaintiffs happen to dislike one justice, they can go to another. : Hence a j.p; is tempted to favor such regular plaintiffs as the traffic police and collection agents, as the Statesman says. Not all, or maybe not even very many, justices may yield to that tempta tion, but it does exist. 'The Oregon justice of the peace association is well aware of the faults in the present sys tem. Legislation to correct them will probably be proposed at this session. Evacuees Eyed Again THERE is renewed agitation for placing the handling of evacuees of Japanese descent in the hands of the army instead of the war re location authority. Latest development is a statement by Senator Wallgren of Washington, who says that if what he has heard about the evacuee situation is true, the job should be given to the army. We have talked to people with strong opin ions on both sides of this question, including WRA officials, who of course think they should have the job, and army men who think the army would do it better. . . Out of it may come an attempt to divide the evacuees, placing the trouble makers and those who are definitely loyal to Japan in one cate gory and the others in another. The military might be given control of the "bad eggs," with the civilian WRA continuing with the others. Already, such a division is underway to some extent, through the removal of some evacuees from the camps to employment or educational berths outside the restricted zones. Elmer Shirrel, former director of the project at Newell, is now engaged in that work. SIDE GLANCES Paul Mallon were allowed a um Mm ft fgr;n j i- M, mm n wet INC. T. tt. BEC. U. 8. PAT. OfT. "Will you speak to Dad, Mother? Just when I. get in the middle of my homework he throws nic ofY by unswer ing tliose quiz programs out loud!" We're in It Now lOW the problem happened to get into its present confused condition is not entirely clear. Government calculators must have made a colossal mistake, or a number of them, to misgauge so far the necessities and supplies. But we are in the mess now, and the only i solution possible is to accept the condition con- j fronting us and make the best to fit it. j Homes and business offices should come first. I Their heating must be maintained. If it is necessary to meet their requirements, Mr. Brown will have to start closing the least essential large fuel consumers recreation centers, night clubs, theaters, public schools and even churches, locally or nationally, as required. These institutions need to be kept open in war time more than any other. In every war up to this one, all military men considered that the maintenance of national morale required the normal emotional outlets for the population in entertainment, education and religion. That nation which least discom moded the lives of its people was considered to be winning the war. ' It kept confidence alive behind the front. Borrowed From Hitler Bl lUT, in this .war, for the first time In our history, the opposite view has been stressed at times. It is a view which, unfortunately, has been borrowed, along with centraliz ed government con trols, from the Hit ler (fascist - commun ist) idea. This is total war. they say, and they think it requires total suffering, whereas all it really required was total preparation of oil supplies, for instance. The liberals in this country very wiuri-rf sightedly b o r r owed Aft too much from Hit-lBiifiHrl ' ler, because he was J- p bhowh efficient i n certain Ha Hil Hands Full respects. He was efficient for Germany, a bankrupt nation (which had no oil, incident ally) and, having nothing, he created some efficiency by equally distributing hardships in a very small nation accustomed to them. It is amazing that anyone, except inexper ienced and irresponsible youngsters, should need to be told again that skating on Upper Klam ath lake ice Is dangerous. Hot springs under the lake cause rotten ice in many places, and many a skater has fallen Into such potholes. Some have died there. Grown-up skaters should keep off the Ice voluntarily, and parents should sco that children do not run the danger of tragedy there. Steady reduction in Klamath Falls' bonded indebtedness has marked the fiscal picture here for a number of years. Mayor John Houston reports that a reduction of : nearly $250,000 occurred last year. If Klamath can continue on this basis, at the same time proceeding cautious ly on any proposals for new indebtedness, it will soon be in a most favorable position as regards debt. Lesson Learned ' THAT system has proved itself unpopular and inefficient in a rich country, richer in oil than any other, and accustomed to a much higher standard of living. Here is the cause of our whole rationing trouble. Centralized controls were worked out mod erately in the early days of the New Deal to the satisfaction of a majority (but a decreasing majority) when government was playing out to the people, making awards through WPA, AAA, and otherwise to blocs and groups. But now that the paying out has stopped, a more objective lesson about total government at home has been learned by the people who must now share scarcities under broad national rules which work individual injustices and hardships. Everyone can now see that a centralized gov ernment, undertaking a managed national econ omy, must also assume the responsibility lor rich nation. If central control does not provide, it is a failure. The result of this experience will no doubt cause this country, to return to a respect of true 'democracy and .the rights of individuals and states, as opposed to the strong federal controls total government. The liberals will no doubt return, as a result of our current experience, to their former true Jeffersonian principles. Solution Can Be Found THUS, the government mistakes we are en countering will probably push this country back upon the right track from which It wan dered during the ascendent influence of totali tarian controls in Europe and Asia. But, for the present, it seems impossible that our centralized controls in the case of oil can No. 3 FORM OF RETURN Persons subject to the federal income tax must report their in come to the government on forms, or blanks,prcscribed by regulations. These forms are ob tainable from any collector of internal revenue, and generally from any bank. Special forms are designated for corporations, for partnerships, for trusts and fiduciaries, and for nonresident aliens. Farmers who keep no books of account on the accrual method must attach a special schedule to their return (Form 1040F). For individuals, two forms are used, depending upon the amount and source of income to be reported. Form 1040: This form is in tended for general use of indiv iduals who are citizens of the United States, or residents in this country, whether citizens or not. It contains spaces to show the amount of income from various sources, deductions allowable, exemptions and credits, and com putation of tax liability. As most of the items require some explanation in order to be allow able, the form also contains ap propriate schedules to show in more detail how the income or the deductions are determined. Form 1040A: This is a simpli fied report, which may, at the option of the taxpayer who makes his return on the cash ba sis, be filed instead of Form 1040 by citizens and residents whose gross income was $3000 or less during 1942, provided all this in come consists wholly of one or more of the following: salary, wages, dividends, interest, or an nuities. In using this form it is necessary only to enter the amount of gross income as shown, deduct the credit allow able for dependents, and insert the appropriate amount of tax in accordance with one's personal exemption status, as shown on the table on the reverse of the form. This form has no entries for deductions allowable, since the taxes indicated in the table on the back of the form are com puted after taking into account what have been considered aver nye deductions for persons of this income class. A taxpayer should, therefore, consider carefully which form would be appropriate for his pur poses. Whichever form is em ployed, all the information called for in the spaces should be in serted so far as applicable to the taxpayer, in order to avoid the expense to the government, and the possible inconvenience to the taxpnyer, of subsequent check and inquiry. With each return form Is a set of accompanying instructions, and thi;se instructions should be carefully read by the taxpayer before making his return. Returns for the calendar year 1942 must be filed not later than March 15, 1943. They may be filed by mailing to the collector of internal revenue of the ap propriate district in which ii lo cated the legal residence or prin cipal place of business of the tax payer. If the retu.A is filed by mailing, it should be posted in ample time to reach the collec tor's office on or before March 15, 1943. Returns received later than the due date are subject to a penalty variable according to the lateness in filing; TS OWN MEAT WORRY REDDING, Calif., Jan. 13 W) The San Francisco bay area should not look to Redding for additional meat, for this city is having its own difficulties in ob taining enough, warns Gordon W. Hauskins, butchers' union of ficial. Hauskins sa!dMllton Maxwell, international secretary of the butchers' union, in San Fran cisco Monday, spoke of taking meat from here and from Red Bluff and Marysville to relieve the 'situation in the bay area. Maxwell was "barking up the wrong tree," said Hauskins, sec retary of the local union 352, for meat packers of this area are sending meat to the army and logging camps as well as partial ly supplying Redding. lilmnQilh a .:r-:;:i: l,n A ! v. ! ' l'i nili! !:!!'r'E From rhe files -10 yean furnish us with enough fuel. Ap parently it is too late to build enough pipe lines or tankers or tank cars to use the oil with which nature endowed us. But if Mr. Brown brings to his new office the fair-minded zeal which is attributed to him, he can yet find a solution, pos sibly not the one offered above, but the best possible under the circumstances to which the errors of centralized control have reached us. I would never have believed such an inferno could open up on earth. Soviet General Chuikov, commander at Stalingrad during! 120-day assault. SUCCESSFULLY TREATED HO PAIN - NO HOSPITALIZATION No Lom of Time Permanent Rnulttl DR. E. M. MARSHA Chlropraollo Ptiytlfllan HO No. lit Elqulra Tliealrl BldC Phonr 7oG From the Klamath Republican January 8, 1903 Mcdford bears the distinction of having no Chinamen. Merrill is preparing a grand ball on the evening of February 13. The Klamath Falls orches tra of eight pieces Vill play. . The residence of C. C. Low (father of Sheriff Lloyd Low) on his ranch at Olene, was destroyed by fire, together with all its con tents, Tucsduy night. There was insurance of $500. From the Klamath News January 18, 1933 Temperatures of 10 below zero were reported at some county points today. The mercury here dropped to one above. Unemployed men will be given jobs here cleaning streets of snow. A. A. Soule is the new city health officer. Read Classified AOs for Results WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILE Without Calomel Ami You'I! Jump Out of Bed in the Morning Rarin' to Go The liver Rhoutd pour out about 2 pint of bile julco Into your bowel very Uy. If thto bile Ib not (lowing freely, your iood, may not digest, it may Just decay In tho bowels. Then Kan bloat up your iitomach. You got con itipated. You feel four, auok and the world look punk. , It Ukr thoM Rood, oM Carter" Llttl Tlvcr fill to gnt thw 2 pint of bilo flow ing freely to makn you feel "up and up. jnt. a pa'taRo tndtty. Tftko mi directed. ' Effcrtiv in making bflc flow freely. Ark tot Carter'a LitUo Liver fill. 10i and 26. Midland ZmyUte AfewA i About That Income Tax i COFC DRIVE ENDS FEB. B MAUN Tho membership drive for tho chamber of com merce will end February 8, it was announced following a meet ing of the chamber Monday night. No banquet will bo held at the end of the drive this year, money turned In for member ships to bo used (or cigarettes for the men in foreign service. With tho recent, restrictions on pack ages sent to men in the service, cush is to be sent in the future instead of the smokes so that men may pmelinso them where they are located. Ballots for the nomination of the new board of directors must bo in the mail by February 22; election ballots must bu In by March 22. Tho chiilrmun will be chosen from those directors elect ed. A dutch lunch Is planned for tho nigl:' of the ballot counting. Langell Valley Mrs. LaVina Peterson is here from Los Angeles, visiting rela tives. Her fuilier, Uen Nork, is still seriously ill in Klamath Valley hospital. Mrs. Kuoy Urown has moved from her ranch which she sold tills fall and Is making her home at Bonanza with tier par ents, Mr. and Mrs. U. F. Nichols. Mr. and Mrs. Denny Lee and Phyllis and Bobby have moved to the Brown ranch from Swim Lake. Mr. and Mrs. John Horn and Jackie and Clinton Corpenlng wro Sunday dinner guests at the home ol Mr. and Mis. Les ter Boggs of Bonanza. Doris Lcavitt spent the week end at Bonanza with Mr. and Mrs. Owen Pepple and family. Mrs. Bert Barkley is in the Klamath Valley hospital recov ering from an appendicitis op eration. Mrs. Myrtle Johnson spent Thursday with Mrs. Cora Lcav itt. Mrs. Frank Pepple, Mrs. Flor ence Botkins, Mrs. Claude Mur ray and Bob Pepple spent Sun day at Algoma with the Joe Zick's and tho Dave Turners. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Leavitt celebrated their seventeenth wedding anniversary Junuary 0 with a dinner. Guests,wcre Mrs. Mary Dearborn, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Dearborn, Catherine and Billic Dearborn and Doris, Mary and Cal Lcavitt, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Brown left Thursday for their home at Vya, Nov. They spent tho past two weeks visiting relatives and attending to business matters. Spring Lake Among those who attended the watch party at Mr. and Mrs. Largcnt's New Year's eve, were Mrs. Blanche Quimby, Emma Lamb, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Crapo and Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Young. Art Gibson has enlarged his slaughter pens and has Installed a large hog scalding vat. Cora Young spent the week end with Carolyn Dunn. Despite the sunshiny weather, the roads around here arc In bad condition. Most of the farmers in this district have sold their potatoes and are now busy sorting them. There is an epidemic of colds and sore throats in this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Lea Sutton were business visitors in Spring Lake Monday. Ralph Fousctt Named Successor To Ranee Stover TULELAKK Ralph Fnusotl, formerly general survlco mini f'"' tho local office ol we touionim Or..L.mi Power ctminimv. has been named successor to Hiuice Stover, manager, who left tins wee1.; for service In the merchant marine. Fausetl will be assisted by Lou Engle. Mr. t'rri K.nule. wife of State Traffic Officer Kni:le, has accept ed n clerical position in the of fice succeeding Mrs. Stover, who Is now employed In the SP freight office. Extension Unit News Modoc' Poinr ' The Modoc Point Home Eco nomics extension unit will meet in the schoolhouse Thursday, January 14, at 10 a. m. Mrs. Winnifred Glllen, homo demon stration agent, will conduct a meeting on, "Care of Sewing Machines and Use of Sewing Machine Attachments." All homcmakcrs in tho com munity are cordially Invited to attend this meeting. All attend ing are asked to bring a sack lunch. SCARAB JUST A BUG The sacred scarab beetle, ven erated by ancient Egyptians as a symbolic god, is just a common "tumble bug" in the United States. HEMORRHOIDS (Piles) Hernia (Rupture), Fissure or Fistula Such dliordera Impair your hailtn-eHlcleocy rnlno; d power. For 30 yoar wo hftvo j ueoMfullr tratd thou- I audi ol peopta for tHeia all i montf. No hoipllal opera- tloo. No confinement. No loia of timo from work. Call for anamination or lend for j FREE deicriyttv. Booklet. Open Evtnfnpi-, Mon., Wed., M.,7 fo 0i3O Dr. C.J. DEAN CLINIC Phytlclon anil Surgeon H K. Cor. E. Biirn.Mo nd Grand At.. T.lophon. EA.1 .1918, Poill.nH. Oimot Dairy Mrs. lln.el Sclimoe mid sons Gerald and Kenneth arrived In Klamath Falls by train Satur day morning to spend several days with Mr. and Mis. E. B. Schmoo mid family of Dairy. They ore en route tit their home In Hurrah. Wash., after spending the past two weeks visiting with Cecil Sclimoe, who Is a private first elans In the 15-Jth Infantry Division at Camp Shelby. Miss. They left Wash ington December 15 by the nor thern route to Chicago, 111., then traveled south to llaltleslnirg. Miss., and returned homeward by way of Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Cali fornia. After suffering from tho In tense damp heat of the south, they have decided the western states are a more deslnihlu place to live. Isn't It about time for some one to blame the holiday crime wave on sun spots? 10 CEASE F1CTI01G MKP.HUJ. Bat Inn boards rs tablWied here early last summer will eense to function this week and all materials ifxed by both boards are being turned in to tho war price and ration board In Klamath Falls. No reason for On. change has been given. Mis. Warren Kiulls and Mrs. E. K. Kllpnli'lek have been In charge of the lioanl hero, moot lug residents of this community each Thursday. At Malln, Mrs. A. E. Street, Mrs. Merle Loiuley aiicl Mrs. Martha Ilrothanek officiated. Farm Machinery, Food Classos to Begin Next Week MALIN Classes In farm ma chinery repair and In tho produc tion Mud conservation of food will be stinted next week III tho agriculture building of the high school. Byron Johnson, local gnr aue mechanic, will teach the class in machinery repair. Tho second course will bo In charge of A. K. dross of the Klamath county experiment station, and Mrs. Winnifred Glllen, homo demonstration iiHcnt. Tentative plans call for classes each Tuesday and Thursday night, the farm machinery classes to ho held In three-hour sessions fur 0 weeks and the food classes three hours each for four week'. Anyone Interested is Invited to attend. There Is no charge. Drum Towns of the Woodi , . . Have you ever seen a lumber Industry "ghost town?" Can you numo one? Well, neither can I, and I've been all over the Lake States, whero a ghost town Is rumored to stand in every town ship of the old pineries. Such spots as Secley, Michigan, must be counted out, for Seeley was never more than a temporary logging headquarters bordered by saloon and danceholl stock ades. Tho real lumber towns of that region, such as Bay City and Muskegon, arc bigger and better than they ever luid hoped to be In the days of the pinetops and shanty boys. , Tho term "ghost town" was first applied to abandoned min ing centers. Around five years ago some slicker with words had .he bright thought of applying the term "ghost towns" to old logging camps. Tho thought caught on. All steamed up, the slicker rigged up a list of "74 lumber ghost towns in tho Pa cific northwest." Since then I've heard or rend this quotation hundreds of times. They're all a dream dream towns of tho woods. Ghosts and Facts . . . A friend of mine took it upon himself to get tho names of the "ghost lumber towns" that were claimed to be haunting the Douglas fir region western Oregon and Washington. Ho was given a list of 30 names, with the counties in which the ghost towns were supposed to be sit uated. Questionnaires wcrb sent to County clerks and other official custodians of old records. All were answered, most of them thoroughly. Out of all the 30 "ghost towns" there are 22 which are unrecorded cither as towns or voting precincts; there nro 14 which the census shows to have greater population than in 18D0, and only 3 have less. Tho greater number has been simply camps, and carried place names which had been applied to their locations in pioneer times. Often the location was only that of a crossroads. Noth ing remotely resembling Virgin ia City, Nevada, or Tombstone, Arizona, was discovered.' "Tho 74 lumber ghost towns of the Tiiclflc northwest" phoney! A Ghoit to Talk About . . . All this phoney ghost town talk is commonly used to dram atize tho danger of unrestrained use of uur natural resources. No one can quarrel with tho pur pose, but only with the mishand ling of truth In advancing It. There Is one true story, not of a ghost town, but of a ghost re gion, that points a powerful over all moral of this kind. It is the ghost story of tho Co lumbia Basin. From the early lliUD's until 1003 that was a good grass and cattle country. Home Meadcrs straggled In after the building of the Great Northern :n HiftO. But it was not until fif teen years later that tho Basin was generally plowed. Itlslng wheal prices caused the natural resources of grass to be turned under. A cycle of rain that did j not run out until World War I kept the Basin green and pros perous. But Jim Hill mustard spread in yellow waves through the green. Straw and stubble were burned each fall. The Basin became a dust bowl. When n cycle of drouth succeeded tho years of rain, tho big winds of the region blew devastation over the land. Lakes and water courses dried up. Irrigated orchards, soino val ued at $1500 per acre, died out. The ruins did not return. The Columbia Basin became a ghost region of ghost towns and ghost farms. The grass was gonu for good. Cattle growing could not be re stored.. A lifeless land, saving only tho tumbling tumblcwccds. Tho record of the Columbia Basin Is a powerful parable for conservation of any natural re source. It makes the dreamed up fables about "I umber ghost towns" look trifling and silly. If You Suffer 'PERIODIC Which Makes You Weak. 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