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PAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON March 19, 1943 , , 'liimbtr f Tmn Awcum fun Tt led'fi tnu k tid. flfcl iuU to lb DH of f pabllcalloa of all B dlM.tctw tnOtu W h Ml oUnnrlw ernlltad ta thla p.per, u4 alM th. local t publuhd tbarcts. All rlfhu ol rcpoWKalloo of pMltl dlitll ut tlao MfT.4. ' FRANK JENKINS A tfmporrr Mnhtnattos of th tata( RtnM iH the Klamath Nr. Pubtiih4 a very tftoroooe ticpt uaiy at Eaplanada aod Pint street, Klimath Fill, Ortfoa, by iLi lit-rald tihlaf Co. and tbt KltmUi Kava PublUblng Confute? KnterH at iwofid cUm maltr a the poetofflee of Klamath FaJla, Or.. o Aufuat 10, imt od act of coQfreaa, March ft, 117ft. Utmbtr A nut Bvuav Op CaccaUYrow RcprettattxJ KaUosally hj AVraT-IIojxiBAT Co., live. ffn frafidira, Vm Tort, K attla. Chicago, Pwtltad, Lo MALCOLM EPLEY Managing Editor Today's Roundup " Br MALCOLM EPLEY THIS week'f city council discussion of a clean up campaign hai stirred a number of local eeoDle Into writing letters to the editor. One appears on iuuay cuibuum page, and brings up the old i subject of the black snow which, some day, should cer- 7'T) 4 talnly be licked here. 1 sooner the better. am :. u. 3l : ..W EPLEY The We have another letter, 1 signed only by one J. C, and therefore not qualified for publication. But this letter has some rather bitter things to say about the people of Klamath Falls, summed up, perhaps. In this paragraph: "Until they clean up their kids and their home life and their moral attitudes, I'll wager you could campaign until the cows come home to roost and the gutters would stay dirty Tain't Indians, either, brother." Now, we don't think Klamath Falls is moral ly much better or much worse than any other city of similar size, but that is not exactly the point. It doesn't hurt a bit to turn the old spotlight on ourselves sometimes, examining our home life, our response to our responsibility to our children, our adherence to the principles of clean living,. For a good many years, there has been a rather Intensive effort here to "do something" more for the youth of the city. The result has been the ' development of juvenile departments, a boys' club, a . summer recreation program, playgrounds, etc. All of this is very much to the good, but It is still not fundamental. The basic necessity is a proper home life and the full discharge of parental responsibility. The harsh denunciation in J. C.'s letter may not be fully Justified, but we all need an occasional jolt of the kind that it delivers. Attack On Coast SPEAKING of jolts, some people contend that what is really needed on the Pacific coast is a little bombing just to awaken the people to the. realities of the war. And now the state civilian 'defense authorities tell us that just that sort of a jolt may be forthcoming. Jerrold Owen, state civilian defense coordin ator, said that the favorable flying conditions of the next five months may produce actual air attack by the Japanese somewhere in the north west. For one thing, he said, the Japs might stage such an attack to save some, of their much discussed face. . Civilian defense organizations are being urged to tune up as a precaution against some such enemy aclidn. Oregon CD workers are advised not to follow the example set in Los Angeles when an air raid warning was sounded there the other day. Blase air raid wardens In L. A., we are told, continued;) go their unconcerned way and not to their , posts when the air raid warning a creamed.-'. - The people on the streets did not seek designated air raid shelters. Los Angeles wasn't bombed the "target" was friendly, after all. But that might not be the case next time. - , County Judge U. E. Reeder "recently sent a sack of Klamath potatoes to Judge F. L. Phipps of The Dalles,' secretary of the Association of Oregon Counties. Judge Phipps wrote back that "in the absence of a similar contribution from Judge 'Allen of Deschutes county," he would say the Klamath potatoes are the best In the world. : If Judge Phipps knows his spuds, a similar contribution from Judge Allen of Deschutes wouldn't make any difference in that judgment.' News Behind the News By PAUL MALLOM WASHOTGTON,' March 19 They talk now hera (Mr. Roosevelt, Senator Ball and the congressmen generally) of internationalizing the world. If they- want to do that, they had better first interna tionalize the people. The fundamental defect with all these plans, and the reason they are called visionary, is because everyone knows that a Russian, a Chinese, an Amer ican, an African is reared un der different environment. taught different ideals. Per sonally. I doubt that there In much difference between races at the outset, a Physical difference, an intuitive difference as they are bom, certainly not more than 10 per cent. Perhaps If you gathered a loose group of Russians, Chinese, Americans and Africans at birth and placed them in a compound, and reared them under the same teachings and ideals, your loss from the group norm would run no more than 20 per cent. Essentially, basically, in their inner religious spirit, men are born the same, at least as far as the 70 or 80 per cent of their essential spiritual being is concerned. What makes them different Is the rearing, teaching, inculation of different Ideals which they receive from their mothers, or guiding influences in the schools, but chiefly from inter association with their fellow-men of like kind. A German reared under such circumstances loves Hitler; a Chinese, Chiang Kai-Shek, and an American If he is reared right the prin ciples of our constitution and democracy. , Breaking down these nationalities further, you will find that there are all kinds of people in them good, bad, grasping, helpful, intel lectuals, sloths. A Chinese and an American intellectual are really closer together in spirit and purpose than either of them individually is to soma members of his own race. Phone Under Fire I . it'. s. i v mm i Telling The Editor Utter prtntM hart mmt ml M w inn w wrtrda w iantrv mutt m writ I mi lafibl on ONI SIDB 1 th not only, and tnuai Im igt4. Mnttlbullona touowtnt that rui, ar warmly MALLON Variance Great, th-civc is a greater naiuraj variance l een I people of the same race (good, bad, indif ferent) than there is between nations. As for the great bulk of the peoples and all nationalistic races, they are today not compon ent parts. They are not soluble. I don't care what the senate will say (for international political purposes) in its promised resolution, or what Mr. Wallace advocates the various races of men today simply are not congenial, by purpose, hopes, living standards, wage rates, and all tangible things, and cannot be made so. Many things they have In common, including a desire to advance themselves, their particular locality, their nation. Men are competitive by nature. They want to advance themselves above their station in life and their country. But to an American, this means a wife, home, an automobile, good plumbing, a radio, a garden perhaps, and neighbors and friends to .whom he can express his opinions as he damn well chooses. To the British, it does not mean an automobile (substitute a bicycle), eliminate plumbing - and such home comforts, and en large the garden. To a Russian or a Chinese, or an African, you can eliminate just about everything, including the wage rate. oui xnese people are spiritually happy In their lot because their norm is different, their goal is comfort, and sometimes I think they are the happiest people of all, because they do not nave to squabble over the superficial things that annoy us (social climbing, taxes, acquiring social security). They settle themselves to the simple, natural pleasures of life which are far more important. xo a rencn farmer, for Instance, a large manure pile is the greatest of riches because it forecasts a good crop, while a New York millionaire is bound to be unhappy tor many reasons, lenvy, jealousy, losing his money, in. vestments). I never saw a happy rich man, unless it was the late J. P. Morgan, who cast aside all nis riches Into government bonds and mnin tained his bank mainly for the purposes of employment rawer than power. Plans Foolish SO I say all these Wallace, Welles or Ball plans for a post-war world are foolish. They do not consider the essential being of man in his various nationalistic conditions or propose to correct them. If these, politicians really want to do some thing along the line of the canned goods they are now advertising, they will first Internation alize the people of the world before they try to internationalize its politics. They will change wib existing situation to the point where you will meet a Russian, Chinese, or negro on the street as a friend and equal. They can do that by developing the 10 per common to all the common intuitive Instincts ' into a nun dvlllrofinn They can first make Chinese, Japanese, German jucujs equal 10 OUTS. now to ao that, I do not know. rm education would help (the Oxford movement expanded to reality). Let the liberals, the Archibald MacLelshs of mr. xiooseveits administration, the Sherwood rwiaersons, tne idealistic hopefuls contain them kpIva In fViA in x ... , " te"' reality 01 wnat can be accomplished. Let them get a congenial situation before they wuiiseai u. i,et tnem. In short, inter nationalize the people-of the world make them one before they start talking about mak ing the world one. L . Foxhole is the desert phone booth for these British signal men, on the job despite nearby shell blast They are sending messages through on the African front where nearly all axis forces have been cleared out. INFORMATION, PLEASE KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., To the Editor: What la the Idea of our local police speaking of "600 soldiers in town on Sat urday nights'' as if it were plagucT Personally, I think It Is an honor that they prefer our town and hospitality to that of certain towns closer to Camp White. We have given rides to great number of them; they are always so courteous and grate. ful. I think they are pretty swell and if there is a "bad one" occasionally, that Is true of our high school also. If there is any policing to be done, let it be done to protect the soldiers, not our girls, from what I sec. A lot of theso ex. trcmoly young girls don't know much but are sure looking for information so why blame the soldiers? Yep! You've guessed it. have three boys in service I also have a daughter. Yours sincerely, L. H. F, Klamath's I-'"1'' : ! !.- .i..:;';I,-:'-;n1: i:!:i;!.:r!ij!; Yesterdais " From the files . 40 : years , ogo ond lQ,yers ago. M From the Klamath Republican Much 20, 1903 Incoming stages from Ager have . been crowded with pas. sengers of late. O. P. Waggoner has the lum ber on hand for a neat dwell ing on Ewauna heights. The wedding of Dee Ankeny daughter of Hon. Henry E. An keny, and John 5. Orth, county clerk of Jackson county, has been set for April. Humane Society Notes Interesting Stories About Klamath Animals and Efforts in Their Behalf -By Ida Momyer Odelt- A RED RIBBON FOR RUE "What are you doing, Alice?" a.t1cri Mm. flpninr. am th nnll-n4 her little girl tying a red ribbon to ue s couar. Rue in AlIrB nnl n Utrnlv lit tle Australian shepherd, who has not yet reacnea her iirst birth day, i , Rue plays and romps around the Geary yards with Frisky, who lives In the house under the tall pine trees across the lawn from Rue's home. When Alice is away at school, na may look out of either house almost any time of the day and see little blue Rue and yellow Frisky tearing around together, through the yards, down across the road which runs in front of their homes, or in and out of the plum brush above the buildings. One day last week Frlsky's master heard Rue barking fran tically outside his door. Finally, becoming rather annoyed at the persistent noise, he stepped to the door to see what It was all about. There ntnnrl Bn mil,,. ering with excitement. As plain ly as she was able sha conveyed to him her desire that he follow her. His curiosity aroused, he went with her as she led him rapidly down the hill and across the road to the canal which par allels the road. Thl- ha tnnA his Frisky floundering In the icy waters ot the big canal, unable to clamber out onto the ice which broke beneath his efforts. Evidently the dogs had romped out over the Ice which had broken through and plunged Frisky into the water. He 'was almost exhausted when help ar rived and except for the intelli gence (If the lifflci hltlA ahnnUarA dog, he soon would have per- isned. This Is the story which Alice told her mother in eynlnnntlnn of the decoration she was placing on Hue's collar. "And I think Rue deserves a red ribbon," Alice ended with deep convic tion. Being a bit skeptical, Mrs, From the Klamath News March 19. 1933 Lhiloquin high school won the southern Oregon invitation al basketball tournament at Ashland last night, defeating Phoenix, 19 to 18, in the final game. R. R. Macartney of Klamath Falls is new president of the Western Pine association. President's Wife To Speak On Coast SEATTLE, March 19 F) Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the president, will arrive here Wednesday night, March 31, for a three-day visit which will in clude an address to help launch the second war bond drive. She will speak the night of April 2 at a downtown theatre. The cry is for liquor ration ing. A few years ago we couldn't buy it because there was a law now we can't buy it because there isn't a law. Geary checked on the narrative with Frlsky's master and found it to be no figment of a child s Imagination but the true story of Frisky's rescue through Rue's Ingenuity. Wear your red ribbon with pride, Rue, you earned it. BLACK SNOW COMPLAINT KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., To the Editor: At the last council meeting an appeal was made to the general public to take an interest in helping keep tho city clean. Why not make an appeal to our mayor and city council to do something about the shower of soot and half burned particles of sawdust that are showered on the city several times, day and night? If the Lions club really want the people to cooperate and be grateful, why don't they take it upon themselves to do some thing about this real dirt and not bother so much about a few pieces of paper in the gutters? Just why do we people, who live between Second and Eighth streets, have to stand the expense and work of clean ing up after this soot? Why can not all move to Hot Springs ad dition or Lakeshore Drive. I wonder if these conditions did not have something to. do with Mr. Bussman moving his place of business to a cleaner part of the city. Not only are the housewives asking that something be done, but business men on Mam street are getting very much disgusted with the condition. Yours very truly, NINA M. BUBB, 405 High St. '. Rubber Hose Stolen From Gas Stations City police reported Friday that there have been two cases within the past few days of rub ber hose stealing. A short length was cut off the water hose at Fred's Mobile gas station at Eleventh and Klamath Wednesday night. The same thing happened, also on Wednes day, at Clancey's Texaco station at Ninth and High. City police think that the pieces of rubber hose are used to syphon gasoline from automo biles. . It is our fortune that our troops must be put into fighting against battle-hardened veter ans, and we may expect a little uncertainty at first. However, there are no soldiers In any army who learn as quickly or have the same resourcefulness as the American soldiers. Sec retary of War Henry L. Stim- son. SIDE GLANCES cop, iw gr nt itwia, we. t. i. ma v. t. iir'etr. 3-n "Hoppy birthday, Dad! I've been navin it for you now . . may I use the car today?". Insomnia err ' -i -i f'-t" -i 1, A MMfffew U 'AW Do You Know Swing Jenson? The shortage of utile men fur Uie skilled and rugged trades of the Douglas fir woods has pro duced a new breed of big-timber whoppers, or tall talcs. Or rath er, a new character on which 1943 versions of Paul Bunyan climber and a spar trco has to bo topped. Ho doesn't bother with a life rope until he Is up to tho limbs, but climbs tho first 60 feet or so with hands alone he can reach nio.it around the bolo of the usual .spar. Another account credits Swing fables may be hung. 1 first Jensen with keeping the works heard of him a month or so back, ! going In one snow when It ran but it seems ho hud como ulivo n : out of chokers he'd Just hook spell earlier. Maybe you have heard the same and have won dered whether there might real ly be some powerful man of the woods who started the stories. "Swing Jensen" is the noma of the mighty man, as I'vu heard It. One informant sandwiched Shift" into the name, but that doesn't apply plausibly to a log- his wonderful long arms around a log, lock feet and legs in the rigging, and then sail In with the niainlino pull to the Inudtng. Of course it was downhill, and no stumps or windfalls to Jolt him up. Another timo, when a cat dri ver ond his rigging man fulled to show up, Swing Jensen took stories. They reflected the splr-1 it of tho pioneer woodsman who met and conquered giant ob stacles. Swing Jensen, mighty forest front fighter, seems to be a 1043 reincarnation of Paul Bunyon. Docs any reader of this column know him? Further facts on hlrt should be worth more space. ger it. rings of the shipyards, j out the tractor and mado a rcc Of course Jensen may also be a ord haul ho could reach back snip builder. It is such items that need to bo cleared up. . The truth must be known. , Anyhow, he is "Swing Jensen" to this column. The common key to his character in nil tho stories I've heard Is tho prodigious reach of his arms, and this pow ered with an urco lo LrcL nut loirc twice n Innv for war that is akin to the urge! How Tall Tales Grow . . through the arch and hook on a log without leaving his scat. The only trouble with Swing Jensen Is tho way ho works his reach in tho cookhouse. Loggers who claim to have sat with him at meals vow his reach is not eight feet, eight Inches but of the US marines to kill Japs. Lone Taller of the Fir . . . Jensen also stands hich seven feet, seven inches. But life Such are samples of the stories about Swing Jensen, the man who Is making up for tho short age of help In the woods. Doubt' reach is eight feet, eight. Thus ! less there arc other much more he is well equipped to work as a lone timber fallcr In the ginnt Douglas fir. He notches under cuts with an ax in each fist. Saw ing, he stands at tho middle of a seven-foot, six - inch . crosscut, spreads his arms, grabs a handle in each hand, and saws fir as powerfully as any team of tim ber fullers ever heard of. "It's not only his reach ond muscle does the trick," I'm told. It's his swing from the knees nd hips.' Swing Jensen's rench also makes him a prime substitute when his outfit is short a high ama.ina and wonderful. There In a very real reason for them. True loggers, men with bark on them, make humor out of their troubles, ns soldiers do. And the majority of the skilled and experienced men who have stuck to the woods to got out timber for the army and navy, have plenty of trouble becausa their crews are short. Often each man has to be a man and a half to keep the logs booming to the landings and tho mills. Out of similar conditions In the pioneer logging of tho Lake states grew tho Paul Bunyan Restaurant Owners Meet at Elk Hotel Saturday Afternoon A meeting of restaurant own ers, for the purpose of discussing their problems after three weeks of processed food rationing was announced today by James B. Reese, acting district rationing officer. The conference will be held In the Elk hotel at 2:30 Saturday afternoon, Murch 20, Leo Jacobs, district food ration ing representative, will preside. A general discussion of ration ing problems will be held, and questions relating to the point system as applied to restaurant owners will be answered. All restaurant owners are invited to attend. In Ashland Paul and Carmen Leo Jones, son and doughtor of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jones of Cali fornia avenue, are spending spring vacation at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Clary In Ash land. They aro expected home Sunday night. Cheer upl During spring housecleaning you may find a couple of those things you hava been missing ever since fall housecleaning. Collector paid $8000 for sev eral old books carved in wood. Muybo he Is planning branch library. A Nebraska man divorced hla wife and then hired her as cook. That's one way to make sure sho'll leave him. THE OLD JUDGE SAYS... "A lot of storckMpcrB in town arc worry ing about being able to get help these days, Judge. Men are mighty scarce and getlin' more so all the time." "1 know. Even the big companies are having quite a job getting them. Yep, and they need 'em too. Take the bDverngo dis tilling companies for example... they need a lot of manpower. Though they're not making whiskey any more, they're doing a 24-hour-a-day job of turning out alcohol for gun powder and synthetic rubberjor the government. "Makes me think back to the days before repeal when a powerful number of people wcro making liquor, too... only they were a bunch of law-flouting criminals doing It behind closed doors. And the government wasn't collecting a billion dollar excise tax cither. Ever stop to wonder whero the gov ernment could get all Its war alcohol today if it weren't for the beverage distillers?" Cenlnma AluiMIe Bmrap Iniutlrlu, Im. ff