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FRANK JENKINS . MALCOLM EPLB
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By MALCOLM EPLEY
THERE'S a lot of glamor in Klamath country
I , history, and some of the best of it should
be brought into local focus in 1946.
Thats because this is the
centennial year of two out
standing events that antedated
the white man's settlement of
this area.
It was ' In" 1846 that John
C. Fremont, on his second
Journey into our region made
critical decision that had. a
lot to do with California's
becoming a part of the United
States.
' Anri it i in 1R4K that tho
south road was explored as a ' EPLEY
route for immigrant trains trekking -into the v
Oregon country after crossing the great plains
and the Rockies.
In this 100th anniversary ; year of those
events, it is well that we commemorate them
ln: whatever proper ways present themselves
during the year. -V
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You Can Visit Them .
FROM time to time in this column, we intend
to recount those historical events in the
winning of the west
As we have often said, Klamath people are
slow to realize the major part our area has in .
western history. The two important events of
1846, if properly brought into local conscious- -ness
this year, will do much to develop a true .
local recognition of our interesting history.
Furthermore, Klamath people, if they wish,
can visit the actual ground' on which these
things occurred 100 years ago.
. Fremont was met by the marine, Lt. Gillespie,
at; Denny creek on the west side .of the upper
lake, and after receiving Gillespie's message '
turned back to play a major part in the events
-that brought California into the- United States.
The South road party, with members of the
prominent Applegate family participating,
crossed the Klamath country in general along
the present California-Oregon line area. The
Klamath point of greatest interest in that con- :
nection is at the Whitney road bridge, on Lost '
river near Merrill, where the party crossed the j
river on a natural stone ledge just a few inches J
under the water.
Both places are easily reached. People are j
going to want to get out in the family car for ;;.
leisurely drives with the opening of spring, J
and regional historical spots,, such as these, I
will make grand Sunday drive visiting spots. .
News Behind The News
By PAUL MALLON
ST.' AUGUSTINE, Fla., March 1 A five
weeks trip through five southeastern states
has proved a lesson to me in fretting about
Washington.
When the Wyatt housing program came out,
with its scheme for a government cash bounty
to thigh-cost producers of building materials so
as 'to avoid a price increase and inflation, I
went to some leading men in the construction
industry, and asked:
! Q. "Tell me off the record what you really
think about this new housing planT Will tt
work?" ' ,
A. "We have not read it."
Q. "You have not read the Washington
plan which proposes to ' revolutionize systems
in your own industry?"
A. "Well, we have been pretty busy."
Q. "But how can you operate without kcop
- ing up with the Washington plan of control?"
A. "Our experience has been that Wash
ington has a new plan every day or well,
anyway every week. By the time we under
stand the first one, the second one changes
it all around. If we kept up with Washington
; plans, we could not keep up with our busi
ness. It is just a question of keeping up with
Washington or keeping up with our work, so
we keep up with our work."
.
Somewhat Disillusioned
I LEFT somewhat disillusioned about the awe
somcness of the federal planning, but still
skeptical that these construction people knew
. their business. My doubts were dispelled a few
days later, when, (amazingly to me), Washing
ton announced an Increase of $3 per thousand
on lumber to follow the $5 a ton increase in
the price of steel the two basic materials of
the construction industry. Surely enough, these
fellows were right. Before the subsidies to
avoid price increases had been considered in
congress, price increases had been announced
In the two lines which mattered most.
Undaunted, when the wage-price-profits pro
gram was announced, I sought out leading busi
ness men and asked:
Q. "How will your business be affected by
the plan to increase wages by 30 per cent over
prewar, while limiting price increases to give
you a prewar profit, restricted to the number
of dollars you made then, dollars now worth
half as much?" . -
A. "What plan is that?"
Q. ."Why the new Bowles anti-inflation plan.
It was in all the papers."
A. "Oh that. We read something about it
The papers said we can apply for a higher
ceiling right away instead of waiting six months,
but we did not look into it."
Q. "Yes, but the stock market slid down
three days running In the biggest drop since
the last depression, and the expert analysts
tell me, with apparent soundness, that it would
put the ' capitalist ' economy into a straight
jacket which will surely squeeze the life out
of it."
1
Plans Seldom Work
A "OUR experience has been that these
Washington plans seldom work out
the way they say."
Q. "You mean Washington says one thing,
and then does another?" ..
A. "Well, yes, in a way. They have. to,,
because they get balled up. I also heard that
the nation's No. ' 1 nudist announced a global
campaign to do away with clothing. I just do .
not think it will work out that way. I will bet
you 2 to 1 people will be wearing clothes.''
Q. "Yes, but Washington .did not sponsor
that plan. Washington has great power - to
work its will."
A. "Well, you can take my word for. this
it can't be done. If wages and -costs go up,
prices will go up one way and another, I do
not care what Washington says or does. ' And if
wages, material costs and' prices go up; profits
must go up. So why should I worry and get
myself another ulcer."
My disillusionment expanded. It became
complete a few days later when the stock
market took the same view about profits,
righted itself, and went merrily on its well
advised way, for a few days, and then changed
its mind a third time to assume again its initial
pessimistic downward course.
The World
Today
Br D.WITT MACKENZIE
AP World Traveler
FRANKFURT. German y.
March 1 There is abroad in the
American zone a spirit of uncer
tainty that strikes me as being
mi-
a
grave emoarrassmeni io our m
tary govern'
IS.'X CVS" TaVI
Tax Law Changes Explained
For Benefit Of Servicemen
' (Editor's Note: This is another
of several stories explaining
who nas to do what about hi!
taxes).
- By JAMES MARLOW
WASHINGTON, March 1 (&)
Late in 1945 congress m a d e
cnanges in the tax law for the
benefit of war veterans ; and
people still in the armed serv
ices. Here s how it stands:
. First If you're an enlisted
man or woman:
Your military pay from Janu
ary 1, 1941, through 1945 is
tax exempt. Don't report it.
If you paid tax on military
pay for any of ' t h o s e years,
you'll get a refund. Ask the
collector of internal revenue for
it on form 843.
" If, in any of these years, you
received civilian income of $500
or more, you have to file a re
turn on it, just : as a civilian
does. f
So much for the enlisted peo
ple. Now if you're a commis
sioned officer, including a com
missioned warrant officer:
Don't Report It
The first 1500 of your mili-
' tary pay from January 1, 1943,
through 1945 is tax free.: Don't
report it. "
Actually, you don't have to'
file a return on your military
pay unless it was $2000 or
more because:
! The first .'$1500 is tax ex
empt, as noted. Then you get
the usual $500 exemption on
the next $500 in military pay
before being required to file.
(A civilian doesn't have to
file a return on income unless
he makes $500 or more).
:The following kinds of gov
ernment pay to servicemen, vet
erans or their families is tax
exempt and doesn't have to be
reported:
Rent and subsistence pay;
general mustering out pay and
bonuses paid to discharged vet
erans by states; government
contributions to family allow
ances; pensions; disability com-,
pensation; disability retirement1
pay for service-connected disa
bility; benefits and living al
lowances given war veterans'
for .education and training or
vocational rehabilitation. ' .
Check Further
If you must file, check fur
ther on the various items which
servicemen can deduct or do
not -need to mention. There's no
room here to list them all.
A' serviceman's iwife should
remember this: ''
It her husband, because., his
service pay is too small, is' not
filing a 1945 return but she is,
because she has civilian income
of $500 or more, she can claim
him as an exemption.
Which means: she chops $500
off her income before it is taxed
simply by writing down' the
name of her soldier husband as
an exemption on her income tax
return. . .... ' .
Debt Wiped Out
All tax debts are wiped out
for a person who died in ac
tive service after December 1,
1941. The tax -.debt ---is wiped
out for the year, in which he
died, and all previous years.
Note that it's' the debt that is :
wiped out.' . 'vvv, ': ?
If a family .has paid taxes
lor a serviceman who died in
active service since December
1, 1941,, it can get a refund, but
only for the year in which he
died, mere s no teiund on
taxes paid for years prior to
his death.
Here's the time for a service
man to file if he has to file:
If he has been regularly sta
tioned in the United States and
is here March 15, 1946, the
time for civilians to file, he'll
have to file.
A man who has been outside
the country can Dosttxine filine
and making any payment until
the 15th day of the sixth-month
after his return but not beyond
tne lotn day ot tne third month
'after the war is declared offi
cially ended.
y: No Application Needed
V No application for such post
ponement is necessary.
Any serviceman or veteran
'who owes. taxes on civilian in
come before he went into serv
ice or on military pay received
during service can pay in 12
equal quarterly installments be
ginning in most cases six
months after his discharge.
In order to Day on the in
stallment plan, you have to
.write your collector of internal
revenue asking permission to
pay that "way. He will auto-'
matically allow it and tell you
when the . first payment starts.
Classified Ads Bring Results.
MILLIONS ARE GUIDED
'these three ways when they buy aspirin.
,(1) .runty uj hpeed .i) economy. Buy
tit, Jottpb Aspirin, world a largest Belter
at 10c Get 100 tablet ait for only 35c
m e n t which,
it should be
noted, has one
of the .world's
toughest jobs.
I refer to a
rather wide
spread feeling
in this zone,
and one finds
it r e g i s t ered
among some of
nnr nlllfvc thnt
the. American MacKENZIE
public is weakening in its earlier
determination to occupy Ger
many militarily como hell or
nigh water until all the nazi and
Prussian aggression had been
knocked out of it.
This feeling has been cngen
dercd bv a widespread and in.
sistent demand by the home folk
for immediate demobilization of
soldier relatives, coupled with
the lack of adequate replace
ments tor those demobilized.
Isolationism Talked
You hear the comment that
many Americans are reverting to
isolationism. I don't believe for
a moment, however, that the
American public has altered its
views about handling Germany.
Surely there has been a misinter
pretation of our attitude.
It's hard to see how anyone
could fail to regard , with sym
pathetic understanding a desire
to get the release of our boys who
have been long in service abroad,
for that's natural. .'
However, distance often dis
torts vision and the United
States is a long waj) from the oc
cupied zones of Germany.
Thus, we find a considerable
amount of uncertainty over here
regarding just what policy the
American public wants to pursue
and uncertainty, of course, is a
Dad tning lor morale.
It's bad -for the occupation
forces and it's bad for the Ger
mans, who are prone to look on
it as a sign-of weakness.
. There is no call to deliver a
homily in this column on the
rehabilitation-of Germany and
Europe as- a whole.
The allied leadership has made
the needs quite clear. Reforma
tion of Germany and the nolitico-
economic reconstruction of Eu
rope depend ' upon a long term
occupation of tne reicn by tne al
lies by all-the major allies. The
alternative is continued disorgan
ization and ultimately more war.
30-Year, Occupation
The British appear to be set
for at least a 30-year occupation.
- One assumes that the Russians
and French, hflve similar inten
tions. '-,
Your columnist also assumes
that the people of the United
States have the same aim. but it
would be most useful if this
could be demonstrated for the
benefit of the doubtful over here.
I was -chatting with an Amer
ican officer of high rank yester
day ; and asked him what he
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OPA Officials
Probe Rentals
SALKM, March 1 (P) Offi
cials of the office of prlco nil
nilnlnti'iitUm wiu'fl In Sitlom to
day to niuko a preliminary In.
vostluution of homo and apart
ment 1'tMltllls.
They ennui at tho request of
tint city council mid vote runs ami
lulior oi'uniiliatloii.i.
They Mild thnt If tho prelimi
nary luventluntloil showed rent
als excessive, federal rent con
ti'ol would ho established Imme
diately. ' Otherwise, a formal
survey, Ins ting about two
months, would bo miitle,
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would think of America aban
doning occupation of Germany.
He cast a caustic eye on me
and replied:
"Well maybe it would be a
good thing from one standpoint.
It all depends on what the peo-
Ele back home want to achieve,
o lone as we maintain an army
abroad and thus sepnrnte fami
lies we are lowering the Dirm
rate in the United Slates. Per
hnps on the whole the United
States would prefer not to
trouble with lorn! military occu
pations but to fight a new war
every 20 years.
Brownie Leaders
Finish Course
The last session of the six-hour
Brownie leaders training course
which has been conducted by
Florence McConahcy. Girl &cout
executive secretary, for the past
few weeks was held 'iiuirsuny
morning in the chamber of commerce.
The course includpd basic in
formation on leadership, handi
craft, music, games, dramatics,
and outdoor activities. Perfect
attendanco awards went to Mrs.
G. E. Mathews, Mrs. M. F.
Shreeve, and Mrs. Harrietto (
Hardman. I
Certificates for complollon of j
the courso were given to Mrs. j
W, F. Bryan, Mis. Frances II. i
Davis. Mrs. Kenneth Lnmble, !
Mrs. J. K. Calder, Mrs. Orvllle j
Farrcll, Mrs. Kit Johnson, Mrs. !
Donald Cram, and Mrs. C. B.
Whltlock.
SEEKS RE-ELECTION
DALLAS. March 1 T Stato
Rep. Lyle D. Thomas, Dallas re
publican, announced today ho
would seek re-election, Ho rep
resents Polk county.
Thomas has been chnlrmnn of
the house education committee.
HARTFORD
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613 Main St. Phone 4193
Farmers! Saturday Last Day
The CLEARANCE SALE at
BROWN EQUIPMENT CO.
3049 South 6th St. Phona 8247
KLAMATH FALLS AND LAKEVIEW, OREGON
Oil Prlca
Potato Sorters . $385.00
Garden Tractor 532.50
Milking Machine 335.00
3 H. P. Onan Air Cooled Engine 135.00
Culti-Packer, 3 ft. whookup 58.75
Beet Lifter, 2 Row 134.75
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Cyclone Air Cleaners for
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Hand Greasa Guns
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Bolts, Machine and Carriage
Babbit Bearings
No. 55AIL and No. 55AIR
Chain Links
No. 55 Chain Sprockets
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Helpfulness
To Every
Creed and Purs
Ward's Klamath
Funeral Home
Marguerite M. Ward
and Sons
925 High Phone 3334
We Invite You To Bring Your
LIVESTOCK
To Our
AUCTION
Every Wednesday
R. E. (Bob) Rhodes, Auctioneer
Klamath Livestock Commission Co.
IH Miles South of Tower Theatre, Midland Road
Box 868, Klamath Falls " Phone 3974
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Bar Open at 10:00 a. m. Daily
No Meals Served on Wednesdays
Dining and Dancing
Wilbur Stilts at the pianos-Dee Gilbert, drums
Chicken Dinner -tvSreok Dinner' -
On Highway 39, near Calif. -Ora. Stat Line
Clarence Shelaro
J. H. Brownfield
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