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F.utered aa aecond claai matter at the nostoffice of Klamath
Fall. Ore., on Auguat 20. 1006. under act of congress,
March S. 1879
Member,
Associated Press
Member Audit
Bureau Circulation
Today's Roundup
By MALCOLM EPLEY
SO Klamath Falls' "city zone" has 30,000 or
more population now. That is the estimate
based on the school census in an area includ
ing the city proper, the southeast suburbs, the
settled area west of town and around Weyer
haeuser mill, and the settlements extending up
both sides of Upper Klamath
lake for several miles.
The indicated gain, over the
federal census figure of 1940,
is about 4000 persons.
We are glad the estimated
figure passes the 30,000 mark,
because it emphasizes in local
minds the realization that
Klamath Falls is a sizeable
community with the problems
and responsibilities that go
with a ratine in the 30.000
class. A community, in public EPLEY
thinking, is a 20,000 population place until it
reaches 30,000.
The federal census, if taken today, would not
show Klamath Falls itself up to 20,000. The
indicated population on the basis of the school
census is something over 17,000 for the area
within the city limits. But Klamath's suburbs
are close, they function as a fundamental part
o.the community, and differences between city
suburbs is only legal and technical.
It is important to keep them that way. Most
Klamath Falls affairs are of proper personal
Interest to people living in the suburbs, and
. -vice versa.
Til Death Do Us Part
A CIRCUIT judge down at Salem let loose
a blast the other day on the divorce
situation.
The divorce rate is outrageous, Circuit Judg
E. M. Page said. He stated that five years ago,
divorces in the court at Salem numbered
around eight a month. Now they average 50 a
month.
Judge Page commented that collusion and
testimony falsification, both unlawful, are com
mon in divorce cases.
But he concluded that there is no remedy
for the situation in the court. The desire to
make marriages stick Will have to come from
the people themselves; once a split-up gets as
far as the court, it usually goes through.
What the good Judge had to say about the
Marion county situation can be applied almost
anywhere. Our paper gave an account yester
day of the high rate of divorce in this county
as compared with marriage.
The recent increases in divorce are a product
of the confusion, uncertainties and emotional
disturbances of the war period. War condi
tions produce quickie marriages, split up fam
ilies that would otherwise continue together on
an even tenor, and create other disturbing
factors that are a threat to the mnrringe in
stitution. e
High Before War
BUT the divorce rate was high before the
war. It is a major sociological problem of
our time. The family, the church, the school,
the moving picture, the press every educa
tional and inspirational influence available
might well be used in emphasis on the sanctity
of the marriage vow in both its spiritual and
practical importance.
The legal approach to the problem is not
solution in itself, but it must be generally
agreed that divorces are too easy to get. It
should not be possible for residents to get a
divorce in an hour or a day or even a few
days. We've done a lot of talking about "cool
ing off" periods in industrial controversies;
that device might well be put to use in domes
tic controversy.
We sometimes wonder if many divorces could
not be stopped in the office of a lawyer. Divorce
business is one of the major sources of revenue
of many law offices, and the simple economic
urge must be enough to cause most lawyers
to take this business in stride rather than using
their good offices to turn away or cancel a
potential case that is worth money to them.
But members of the bar might well consider
their moral responsibilities in this situation,
and contribute what they can to the lowering
of a divorce rate that, in the words of the
Marion county judge, has become outrageous.
Hoyt To Denver
OF interest to Oregonians in and out of the
newspaper field is the announcement that
Palmer Hoyt, for many years publisher of the
Oregonian, is going to the Denver Post as
editor and publisher
Mr. Hoyt, by virtue of talent, personality
and vigor, has made himself a force in the
Oregon country since the days he entered
newspaper work after graduation from the
University of Oregon. His spirit has vitalized
the Oregonian which he served in various
capacities including publisher, and it has con
tributed to many successful enterprises ior me
public good in the vast northwest country.
He will be missed out here. He will do a
grand job in Denver.
a a e
Typographical errors never show up when
they should. A headline in our paper says:
"Unseasonable weather hits U. S." "Unreason
able" would have been perfect, even though
typographically erroneous.
SIDE GLANCES
Chess Champion Defeats
35 Local Players At Once
J. A. Horowitz, accepted
chess champion and editor of
the Chess Review, wok on as
local chess sharks at the Ma
rine Barracks last week, and
won all the games.
Dr. D. H. Osborn held out
against the champion longer
than the others in the game
that lasted from 10 p. m. Thurs
day until midnight. Robert A.
Mitchell, Pelican Bay Lumber
company accountant, and Dr.
Meyer Zeligs, navy doctor sta
tioned at the Marine Barracks,
held their own among the last
players.
Before the game started
Horowitz talked - on playing
chess, illustrating on a wall
chess board in the Barracks li
brary, the plays made in the
Jap's Fate Up
To MacArthur
TOKYO, Feb. 5 W U. S.
supreme court's rejection of Lt.
Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita's
death - sentence appeal leaves
: final decision up to General Mac
Arthur and confirms that "the
trial of war criminals definitely
is a responsibility of the mili
tary. . ."
Allied headquarters officers,
reporting these conclusions to
day, said that MacArthur has had
the records of Yamashita's Man
ila trial for some days. There
was no indication when he might
act, and he has made no comment.
The supreme court held that
ine u. s. military trial commis
sion proceeded leeallv in trvine.
convicting and sentencing Yama
shita to the gallows for condon
ing wholesale war atrocities m
the Philippines. Dissenting from
the six-man majority decision,
Justices Rutlcdge and Murphy
termed the trial unfair and con
trary to American principles of
justice.
game when he beat the inter
national chess master.
The men played in a circle,
Horowitz progressing from one
player to another. The group
was composed of about half ci
vilians and half military personnel.
The World
Today
- By DeWTTT MacKENZIE
AP World Traveler
MacKENZIE
The wood of the poplar tree
has been used widely for the
manufacture of berry baskets
and crates because it is soft,
tough, clear, light in weight and
color, and tasteless and odorless.
PARIS, Feb. 5 You get an
unhappy comparison between
the hard times in war ravaged
France and the relative well be
ing of Spain if
you make the
journey from
Madrid to
Paris by tram.
Mrs. Mack
and I crossed
the frontier
from a Spain
in which we
had found at
a price the
finest food we
had seen since
America e n-
tered the war, to sit down in
France to a potter's meal which
was shockingly meagre. I'm
sure you won't take this as dis
paragement of La Belle France's
hospitality, for she does the best
she can from her Mother Hub-
hard s cupboard. We mention
the incident merely as part of
our report on the every day
lives of peoples abroad. This
country has been terribly hard
hit.
Here's the dinner we had on
one of France's crack trains:
a plate of thin soup: a small
portion of fish, with a few bits
of boiled potato and string beans
on the side, an undcrsize apple,
and a demi-tasse of black ersatz
coffee and that in a country
whose chefs have put their hall
mark on the menu of ever civil
ized nation in the world.
The tables of Spain's highclass
hotels and restaurants, on the
other hand, are groaning beneath
the weight of luxury. To be
sure, the poor mans table
groans, too, but that's because
he is pinched by the high cost
of food. Thus far on our world
tour we have encountered only
one capital which could compete
in any way with Madrid.i- And
that is in Dublin, which is a
modest runner-up.
When you take the night train
from Madrid for Paris, you
awaken the next morning among
the gloriously rugged peaks of
the Pyrenees which form a bar
rier between Spain and France.
We came out of the mountains
on to the Spanish coast at the
famous .watering place of San
Sebastian, much favored by the
late King Alfonso XIII, and a
little later were across the bor
der into France and bowling
along one of the world's most
famous seasides the stretch
including the resorts of Hendaye,
St. Jean De Luz and Biarritz.
St. Jean De Lux
We were particularly interest
ed in St. Jean De Luz, because
oeiore we lett America a friend
who knew and liked St. Jean
before the war, asked us to re
port on how it s faring these
dire days.
St. Jean De Luz is its same
attractive self, and is doing
famously. The lovely old town,
with its fine villas and pictures
que little harbor, is vibrating
with Hie despite its Isolation.
They say part of its DODulation
is made up of Spanish repub
lican reiugees, wno are sitting
near the border, hoping that
lightning will strike Generalis
simo Franco's regime. Then too
the American university for
service folk at neighboring
Biarritz so congested this town
that many people, including
some students and professors,
turned to St. Jean De Luz for
living accommodations.
Land -Use Meeting A meet
ing of the land use committee
of the chamber of commerce
has been called by Chairman
Frank Jenkins for 11 a. m. Wed
nesday. The new senate bill
S-1760 to create a Columbia
valley authority will be dis
cussed.
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Full Moon Fades To Thin
Crescent In Evening Sky
By J. HUGH PRUETT
Astronomer, Extension Division,
Oregon Higher Education System
"Late, late yestreen I saw
the new moone(
Wi' the auld moone in hir
arme."
Are we not sometimes mildly
surprised when with seeming
suddenness we glimpse in a clear
Telling
The Editor
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following these rules, are warmly wel-
GARDEN PLANS
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., (To
the Editor) There are a num
ber of newcomers in Klamath
who own their home now and
would like to have a beautiful
yard and garden.
, The ones of us who are from
the south and middle west know
nothing about when and how to
plant flowers, put out bulbs and
roses or even a garden.
How about a column in your
paper on how and when to have
a beautiful yard and when to
plant a garden.
Sincerely,
A Reader and Home Owner.
Editor's Note: Following cus
tom. The Herald and News will
carry gardening information, to
gether with a time-table for veg
etable planting, etc., and advice
on times for planting of bulbs,
plants and seeds for flowers.
This information will be carried
in the early spring. We. consid
er the desire of newcomers to
beautify their home places as
most commendable and will do
what we can to help.
St. Paul's A Joint meeting
of St. Paul's woman's auxiliary
and the Guild will be held
Thursday, 11:30 a. m., at the
church. Communion service will
be followed by potluck lunch
eon. The program will be a
Valentine party with Hostesses
Mrs. J. A. Lambert and Mrs.
Joe Piland.
Double Operation Mrs. Tom
Neeley and daughter Darlene
are returning home to Medford
from Ashland Community hos
pital where tney bom nan ap
pendectomies. The Neeleys are
co-owners of Lake o' the Woods
resort with Mr. and Mrs. Jack
A. Dutchcr.
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western twilight the pale, thin
rim of a crescent moon? For
many nights and not long ago
we were seeing the jolly face of
a big, round orb as it rose majes
tically in the cast and Inter flood
ed long evenings with yellow
light. Then for many nights we
did not see the moon at all. Now
here it is, a thin, shining sail In
the evening sky, our nearest
neighbor in the far starry spaces.
An evening or two after the
thin crescent is first observed,
the sky will be dark enough be
fore moonset for a most inter
esting feature to be noted. Every
month some one is puzzled that
the entire circular disk of the
moon may be seen; a brilliant
crescent rimming the side to
ward the sun while the rest Is
very faintly illuminated. This
has long been called "the old
moon in the new moon's arms."
Through telescopes, tills com
bination surrounded by the rich
blue of the twilight sky forms a
most beautiful picture. From
night to night as the crescent be
comes wider, the dim part be
comes harder to see. By half
moon, it is invisible excepting
in optical instruments.
What is the explanation of the
dimly visible dark section? It is
turned away from the sun so re
ceives no direct light. Our lunar
neighbor has no atmosphere to
bend light into twilight zones or
to exhibit auroral effects on the
night side. This faint illumina
tion is "earthshine" pure and
simple.
Mythical moon-men on this
dark side are in the lunar night,
but out in their sky they behold
a full earth beaming gloriously
on them, an earth fully 40 times
brighter than the full moon ever
appears to us! No wonder then
that their nocturnal landscape is
so brilliantly lighted that even
earth-dwellers are able to see it.
Siromberg-C a r 1 s o n Radios.
Derby's Music Co.
Snow Said
Falling In
High Areas
SALEM, Feb. 5 (V) Snow
was fulling today on the moun
tain pusses unci over most of
eastern Oregon, the atute high
way commission reported tuduy,
iiio uuuy rouci report:
Government Camp Snowing,
6 inches new snow, total 1UU
inches, 28 degrees.
Snntiam Junction Snowing
hard, 8 inches new snow. 30 de
grees. Total snow at summit
123 inches, at Junction 78 inches,
rucked snow on roud, chains ad
vised. Odell Luki Ovorcust, 24 de
grees, snowing iigiuiy. Totul
snow 138 Inches, l'ucked snow
to mllepost DO. Short section
of one-way traffic above Ouk
ridge on account of washout.
Siskiyou Summit Two inches
new snow, packed snow and Ice
irom mllepost 3a (3 miles south
of Ashland) south.
Sun Mountain Pass on The
Dulles-Ciilifurniu Highway 23
degrees, 6 Inches new snow, still
snowing, 111 inches total snow.
New Snow
Green Springs Highway 8
Inches now snow, still snowing,
22 degrees.
Quartz Mountain 6 Inches
new snow, still snowing, 20 de
grees. Astoria Ruining and stormy,
wind velocity up to 50 miles.
Columbia highway closed at cast
city limits of Astoriu by slide,
short detour. Also one-way traf
fic on Columbia highway at
Clatsknnie because of slide.
Oregon const highway closed by
slide a half mllo north of Man
znnlta, detourlng via Wolf creek
and Necank'um highways.
Coquillc South wind, roads
bare.
The Dulles Snowing at high
er elevations, pavement clear In
Tho Dalles area. Slight skiff of
snow near Hood River.
Mcacham Snowing, one inch
new snow, chains advised.
La Grande Snowing, snow
and ice on road.
Baker Snowing lightly, but
pavement dry.
Bend Snowing lightly, li
Inches new snow. At Lupine, 2
Incher now snow. Ice on road.
Burns Snowing, 2 Inches new
snow.
John Duy Snowing, I Inch
new snow.
Austin Snowing, half inch
new snow.
VFW Meeting Pelican post
1383 of the VFW will hold a
regular meeting Thursday at
the KC hall from 8 to 9:30 p.
m. A large class of recruits will
be obligated after which re
freshments will be served.
Thirty-odd years ago tho pop
ulation of Manchuria was 4.000,
000. Today, it is more than 27,
000,000. Hans Norland Auto Insurance.
Phone 6060.
Warm
Boys' Jackets
Crew Socks
Ski Sweaters
SUGARMAN'S
6th and Main
Tut.day, Feb. 5, 1841
HERALD AND NEWS FOWH,
NOTICE!
-AEROSOL-
For direct application of fine penicillin
mist to infections of nose, throat and lungs.
(Asthma, Bronchitis, Colds, Sinusitis,
. Hay Fever, Etc.) '
McATEE CLINIC
122 So, 7th
Phone 5535
Desert sunshine and mineral-biassed soil grow our grape
fruit extra good... pack them full of luscious juice, rich In
the vitamin C that everyone needs for good health.
Sit down to a tangy, full,
bodied Desert Grapefruit for
breakfast. At lunch, enjoy its
rich flavor in aalsds. And try
this desert grown fruit as an
appetizer couras at dinner.
Desert Grapefruit Induatry,
746 South Central Avenue, Los
Angeles 21, California.
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Overnight Rail
Service Resumed
PORTLAND, Feb. 5 (P)
Overnight mil servlro on less
tliun cnrlond shipments between
Portland and southern Oregon
cities and the Coos Bay area was
restored yesterday by the South
om Pacific railroad.
Freight Truffle Munagor F. C.
Nelson suld tho overnight run,
which was discontinued In 1042,
would servo Portland to Roo
burg, Grants Pans, Aslilund and
intervening cltlos and Eugene to
Coos Bay termtiinla.
Boom Juice
Touched Off
TURNER VALLEY, Alberta,
Feb. 5 (P) Believed to be the
lnrge.it charge of nltro glycerine
ever exploded at one time, 5000
qunrts of tho boom Juice were
touched off In the 01)00 feet deep
west flunk oil well No, 2 here
yesterday with no visible effects
felt above ground.
Somo time must elapse before
results of the explosion can be
determined. Experts detonated
the chargo In an effort to reju
venate the almost dry well and
relcaso millions of barrels of oil
believed bygeologlststobo
there.
Former Dorris
Resident Dies
Dr. A. A. Atkinson, one time
Dorris, Calif., rcsldont. dlod In a
Napa. Culif., hospital Monday
morning, lie practiced In Dorris
sovernl years bofore 1022 when
he moved to Sumumtnto, Two
yrui'.i ago ho rolired and pur
chased a homo In Napa.
Dr. Atkinson is survived by
his wife, two sons, Archibald of
Senttlo unci Wlnflt'ld of Eugene
and one dnughter, Mrs. Joun Hor
ner, who Is on route to Honolulu,
Mrs. Guy Qunckenbtish and
Mrs. A. Peterstelnur of Klamath
Falls plnn to leave Wednesday
morning to attend the funeral In
Sacramento Thursday, Mrs.
Petei'slelner's duugliter, Mrs, D.
C. McDiiniilil iiihI daughter, Lyn
da Leo will urrlvo by pinna from
Denver and return with hor to
tills city for an extended visit.
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Tuesday Eve., February I
Paul O. Landry
this question:
"Is trustee, executor
or administrator of an
state individually liable
for damage as a result of
accidents occurring o n
property In his charge?
Can this liability be cov
ered by Insurance, and If
so, are such insurance
premiums considered as
legitimate charges against
the estate?"
For Information on any
Insurance problem, consult
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20 Years
The Courthouse Is Now
One Block- Down The
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