Herald and news., March 27, 1946, Page 3, Image 3

FRANK JENKINS
Editor
MALCOLM KPLKV
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By MALCOLM EPLEY
AFTER several years of writing and talking
nKnuf tho "Inslrln route" between Klamath
Falls and Southern California, we took it. Wo
traveled it twice, once each
way, between last Thursday
at dinner time and yesterday
Tuesday at dinner time.
And we suent two full days
in Southern California. That
gives some idea of the kind
of a route it is for time sav-
jug.
This, briefly, is the route:
Go to Alturas, get on US 395,
and follow 395 to Reno, Car
son ritv. Bishon. Mono Lake
and the Owens valley. At the ' EPLEY
lower end of Owens valley, you can swing a
little west on US 6 to Mojave and Los Angeles,
or you can stay right on 395 into San Ber
nardino depending on your destination in
Southern California.
There is a lot of high speed desert road on
this route. There is also some of the grandest
scenery anywhere, through the high valleys of
the Sierras south of Carson City. Here the
road passes the back doors of Yosemite, Grand
Canyon and Sequoia National parks, and skirts
the west side of Death Valley. The mountain
views in that section are superb. Those tower
ing Sierras are the kind of mountains you
see in paintings. The road passes in the shadow
of Mt. Whitney, highest point in the United
States.
Interesting points along the route include
Reno and Carson City; the Owens valley, scene
of the great Los Angeles water fight; Manzanar
and Tulelake WRA centers.
Contributing to speed is a lack of traffic
throughout the route. Travel is extremely
light right now, but it could be relatively dense
and still make no trouble to the hastening
motorist on this route
Not all of the route is high standard high
way. There are some sections that are oiled
desert roads, notably between Alturas and
Susanvillc, a stretch familiar to most Klamath
travelers. (A determined effort is now being
made to get improvement for the section from
Ravensdale to Secret valley.) But it is still fast
going.
We left here at dinner time, reached Reno
about 1 a. m., left Reno at 9 a. m., and were
in San Bernardino at 6:30 p. m. That gives an
idea what we mean by fast road.
Significance
IN the long-range picture of highway travel
through Klamath Falls, Lakeview and Alturas
this inside route to Southern California has
vast importance. It has tremendous potential
ities as a carrier of fast traffic from Portland
and Seattle to Los Angeles and San Diego.
It - must be developed, of course, both in
physical road standards and in public interest.
But it has the advantages that make it worth
developing, and in connection with this project,
we invite the interest of our good friends at
Bend. The route through Bend, especially when
Warm Springs cut-off is completed, ties in beau
tifully with this speedy way from the north to
the south coast areas.
We suggest that our readers get out their
maps.. They may not realize that the southern
coast bends eastward, and that Los Angeles is
far east of Klamath Falls, and also is east of
Reno.
Always The Booster
ONE little incident on our trip may be worth
recounting. ;
At Bishop, we got into a conversation with
a friendly service station operator.
"It gets pretty cold here in the winter," we.
remarked.
"Oh no," he guffawed. "Those mountains may
look cold, but Bishop has a mild climate.
Incidentally, you get a lot of rain at Klamath
Falls, don't you?"
"Oh no," we guffawed. "Don't let that Ore
gon mist propaganda fool you. Klamath's east
of the mountains, and we have lots of winter
sunshine and maybe a little snow. You get a
lot- of snow at Bishop, don't you?"
"Oh no," he guffawed. "Very little snow at
Bishop. There's snow in the mountains out
there, of course, but here on the floor of the
valley we don't have it. Say, you have a lot of
big mosquitoes at Klamath, don't you? I saw
clouds of 'em when I rode through there once."
"Oh no," we guffawed. '.'Those aren't mos
quitoes. They are midges. They don't bite. And
they are on their way out."
We eyed each other and grinned. Each could
see chamber of commerce -written all over the
other.
News Behind The News
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, March 27 The mud is get
ting thicker all the time.
Up rose the dubious democrat, Commerce
Secretary Wallace, to demand a commission of
party leaders to discard nonconformists. This
added a fresh toplayer of mire to the slippery
democratic condition, in a novel and surpris
ing way, because Wallace made such a career
out of being a nonconformist himself that the
party would not have him again for vice
president with Roosevelt, but chose Mr. Truman
in his place. His proposal sounded as if the
detached tail of the party had announced itself
as the head and proposed to sever the body.
The matter got up to its knees in mud when
Party Chairman Hannegan added his portion
to tho Wallace layer by denouncing "a minor
ity of dissident democrats." This came so soon
after the Pauley fray, some interpreters thought
the denunciation meant Hannegan wanted to
purge the party of the supra-party forces which
defeated his and Truman's man for the imder
sccretaryship of navy namely the Ickes-CIO-Pepper
group which lives, acts and speaks
above the parly, sometimes with Wallace join
ing in (as when several of them opposed a
democrat and favored a labor party candidate
in the congressional election In New York
City, six weeks back.) These supra-democrats
have uniformly been "dissident," so naturally,
some people thought Wallace and Hannegan
wanted to purge the regime of these obstruction
ists! Deduction Not Correct
UNFORTUNATELY this natural deduction is
not correct. This reasonable assumption
must fall before any. investigation of the mo
tives. An unreasonable explanation is the
proper answer. Mr.. Wallace wants to kick out
of the party the democratic majority In both
houses because it has failed to enact the CIO
program, which is also a part of the Truman
program, including unemployment compensa
tion, minimum wage and such ventures. Mr.
Hanneean was speaking against the southern
and other democratic legislators who have hold
back this program of the Ickes-Pepper-CIO-Wallace
click.
Into this mudpile, which had been prepared
for slinging, rushed President Truman to smooth
it over. He renounced purges of the Wallace
fashion, and eschewed denunciation of the Han
negan order, saying he was not in favor of
disciplining bolters. He appealed for voluntary
support for his program. Thereupon Mr. Han
negan presented to the Jackson Day diners
the new policy of "the even hand," urged
that the bogged legislation be enacted and con
cluded: "That way, for our. party,- lies victory
in 1946." ,
.
CIO Less Popular
THIS, the belabored congressmen, do not be
lieve. No great popular demand for these
legislative items has been evident to them.
They are inclined to believe CIO is less popu
lar this year than last. The strikes and their
inconclusive settlements have strengthened their
conviction that Hannegan and Wallace are not
only operating in the CIO lion's mouth but
sharpening its teeth, which indeed, have already
been used to bite Mr. Truman here and there.
These democratic confusions have inspired
the comment you hear frequently these days
that the republicans are approaching the thresh
old of victory.
I think the time has not yet arrived for
such a final expectation. If Truman can get
the economic system working by fall, the
democrats will be able to strengthen their
case. The pending Truman-CIO legislation is
of little genuine importance, because it does
not touch the vital question of the nation's
economic welfare this year.
The question is: can Truman get the country
going? And from the answer which events will
furnish to that question in the next eight
months, the election result will be drawn.
South Road Story
EdJtor'a Note: Continuing the Llndaay Applegate itory of
the South Road expedition of 1846.
II
L. Applegate
By ELIZABETH BUTLER LOOSLEY
JULY, 16th, continued to go along this
granite ridge: found auartz. Here the
ridge stopped . and ahead of us lay a vast.
oounaiess desert. Heat pressed
down like a heavy weight,
alkali dust settled in our eyes,
caked on our lips, in the
sweat on our faces. Our
tongues swelled, lips cracked
and bled. Our horses lagged.
Someone shouted, 'Water! See!'
and, sure enough, we saw a
great lake of water. . We hur
ried the fagged beasts but still
ahead, always ahead, was the
lake that shimmered and
beckoned. We had to admit
it was a mirage after hours of
staggering towards it. Thii
was the time the tun was
hotter than any fire!
"Then we did see a clump of willows. Hasten
ing to it, we found a pile of black rocks; very
much discouraged we made a dry camp. It
was pretty trying; there wasn't even a sound,
nothing crawled or winged or trod; just hot
soil, burning atmosphere like a furnace blast,
and a deep blue above lighted by stars that
looked like the tips of red hot flames as
they lick up into -the air, the white heat of
intense fury that seers and ruins.
"The dense clouds of smoke hid any view
to the east. We searched or water and that
means we looked for any indication. We
found none but did come to a ledge of rocks
and threw ourselves exhausted in its shade.
Robert 1 Smith was overcome, was in severe
pain. In desperation, we mounted the ledge
and were sure we saw a green spot. We had
; seen so much that was illusion we were skepti
cal of even this. We started for it, leaving
Smith to follow when he felt better."
"Weren't you afraid to leave him?" Frank
asked.
"I can only answer that, Frank, by saying
we were hardy men, used to taking our work
seriously and knew we could not sacrifice all
our lives for one. We would return for him
later, but he needed the rest and we were
staggering ourselves.
"We sighted an object; it was black, it moved.
It was a horseman. It was John Jones hunting
for us as he had found water, found it at the
spot we were headed for. I'll never forget how
he looked as he rode through that haze of
heat toward us. He melted into oblivion, then
was real again, then went into waves that
made him a monster.
"My! That water was the best, tasting of
anything that ever passed my, lips. Two re
turned with water in a powder horn for Smith
but they met him holding onto the saddle,
with his horse following our tracks.
(To Be Continued!
SIDE GLANCES
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"Xo wonder your diet isn't taking oil' nity woiulil you
sit im Into everv niiilit with lliose detective stories, nnd
every 4iiurning I notice another icebox robbery!"
The World
Today
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
AP World Traveler
PARIS, March 27 This is by
way of checking out of Europe,
because your correspondent is
about to emplane for that sweet
place, tho like of which does not
exist.
In short, I'm flying home. And
now as always when turning
back after a
protracted trip
abroad, I'm
feeling mighty
good That's no
reflect ion on
Europe, for I
like it over
here and have
a host of
friends. Still,
while there are
many fascinat
ing places and
MacKENZIE
thrilling adventures on this side
of the Atlantic, there's no place
which suits this traveler like his
native land.
We've had the privilege on this
trip of seeing epochal history In
the making, for Europe is in the
midst of the greatest crisis it has
known. Our observations have
appeared daily in this column,
but there remains one outstand
ing impression to bo recorded
on the run, as it were, before I
hurry away to catch my plane
and it is this:
Uncle Sam Tops
There is no way of life over
here social, economic, political,
so good as that which our Uncle
Sam has evolved. We can learn
some things from Europe, but
they're mostly things not to be
done rather than those which
should be adopted.
The greenest fields always are
those far away, and folk who are
looking to Europe for guidance
are chasing illusions. The fact is
that the old world is pursuing all
sorts of "isms" for the precise
purpose of arriving at the state
of well-being which exists in
America. I've talked with people
of all classes in many countries
during this trip, and all of them
are aiming at the life of the new
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New Pipe Lines
Laid At Merrill
MERRILL, March 27 Two
thousand feet of 6-inch cast-iron
pipe is being laid this week as
an extension to the city water
system. The new lines will serve
from 2nd street north to the
Merrill mill and also a distance
down the main highway to the
Dale West residence. The im
provement is the start of a dis
tribution expansion program
mat is planned by tne city.
Pipe now being used is all
wood and it is ,hoped to replace
inis unsausiactury line wiin cast-
iron. The project is being fi
nanced from the city water fund,
according to Paul Lewis, coun
cilman in charge of water for the
city, which is served from a 60,-000-gallon
wooden storage tank.
The next council meeting is
icheduled for April 4. I
Tulelake Police
Arrest Transient
TULELAKE, March 27
Charles Dennington, 38, tran
sient who passed three checks.
two for $10 and one for $20 here
without benefit of funds in the
DanK, was picked up Sunday
night by Chief of Police Frank
Rhodes and held for investiga
tion. No charge had been filed
against him at noon Monday.
HILLSBORO. March 27 UP)
The North Willamette district
conference of Business and Pro
fessional Women's clubs will be
held here Sunday.
Representatives will come
from Portland, Salem, McMinn
ville, Oregon City, Astoria and
Gresham.
Classified Ads Bring Results.
. . . TOPS FOR QUALITY
Pepsi-Cola Company, Long ItfondCitv,N.Y,
Franchised Bottler: Klamath Falls Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.
world. As a matter of fact, un
told thousands would k'vo their
right arms to be able to emigrate
to the United States.
No Democracy
The trouble with Europe Is
that, broadly speaking, it never
has achieved even a smattering
of the democracy which America
has established. This .continent
now is undergoing a great meta
morphosis which is calculated to
Improve -the position of the un
derprivileged and achieve some
of the advantages which Uncle
Sam long has known. The ideal
is perfect, but my observation Is
that in many instances countries
are going about the transforma
tion through the application of
theories which may raise the
standard of living somewhat in
the long run but which at the
same time arc depriving the man
in the street of personal privi
leges and the right of private
initiative. .1
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Shipments Of
Lumber Drop
SEATTLE, March 27 (A) The j
Pacific Lumber Inspection Bu-!
reau. Inc., reported that Pacific i
northwest lumber shipments, do.
creasing more than 13,800,000
board feet compared to January,
amounted to 121,013,608 board;
feet in February. " '
Most ol tne decrease was In
foreign shipments, the report
said. British Columbia, however,
exported 57,008,789 board feet
in February, compared to 58,
208.044 the previous month.
Of February's foreign ship
ments from Pugct sound, 1,138,-1
533 board feet went to Belgium i
and 2,182.936 board feet in'
small quantities to Australia,
China, France, South America, i
Norway and Sweden, Mexico '
and Africa.
Payrolls Of
Industries
Show Drop
SALEM, March 27 (!') Pay
rolls in Industries covered by the
state unemployment compi-nim-lion
law (liii'iiiK tho Inst half of
1045 wore about $100,0110,000
loss Hum during the eorrepon(l
lug periods tl 1IM4 and 1043,
the unemployment compensation
commission said today.
About $115,000,000 of the do
crease was caused by closing
down shipyards and aircraft
plants, while most of the remain
ing loss was I'liuscil by the lum
ber strike last fall.
Manufacturing payrolls In
11)45 wore down $120,000,000
from tho record figure of $521,
708,000 III 11144. Construction
payrolls, which had totaled $30,
741,723, wolu down $11,000,000
last year.
Slight Increaie
However, the trade, service, fi
nancial and rolati'd linos showed ;
Increases of 5 lo 10 per cent last i
year. j
Tho record quarterly payroll ,
for all Industries was $200,311,-1
035 In the last quarter of 1044.
It dropped steadily from then on,
until the last quarter of 11)48 hud
a nnvroll of only $142.2(11.210. !
Payrolls by industries for last
year:
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I:tl: financial. Iiiaiiranr anil real tat,
flH lia.via; mining. tl.Ui7.nn5: agricul
ture, lore. ID' anil fl.liHtf. 1. 50.1.71)1.
Car Reported Stolen
From Balsiger Lot
A black 1038 Lincoln sedan
was reported to police by the
Balslgor Motor company as
stolen some time last night from
whore It was parked in the
used car lot at Main and Esplan
ade. Tho legal owner of the
car Is Krcd Duke of Klamnth :
Falls.
The report said Hint the license ,
plate for the machine was In the I
car and not attached on the rear, j
and that the key may have boon
loft in the switch. The car wns
for sale.
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