Letters To The Editor -
INDIAN QUESTION
(Indiam) "On mov into so
ciety aalely," eald Krug. Shall
we laugh or cry? Sixty years ago
there were Indian families liv
ing in Klamath Falls, Medford
and Ashland, Indian men and
women earning their living be
cause they too enjoyed the good
things of life. On the reserva
tion there were cattle, horses,
good houses, farming imple
ments, good wagons and harness.
No word or help from an Indian
bureau. Indian homes in the
towns were the same as his
neighbors. In those days if an
Indian wanted a bottle of liquor,
he bought it. In the saloon, many
Indians drank and. visited with
their friends. At the dances and
social gatherings Indians were
welcome on their own merits.
At the county fairs in Klamath
Falls, Fourth of July celebra
tions at Fort Klamath, Indians
danced, played ball, raced their
horses with the whites and not
in Indian costume.
Then came the Umber sales.
The sheep men came for cheaper
grazing. One superintendent
stood on the wagon tongue at an
open air council and with arm
upraised cried, "I see the dawn
of the coming day for the Klam
ath Indian, sell your cattle and
timber, lease vour Brazing land
to the sheepmen and live off the
proceeds."
Mnv Hid sell their cattle,
many had timber holdings which
they sold and the big day was
on. Another superintendent said,
"Pay big per capita:, keep them
In money , and they'll leave us
lone."
Then came the leaner days
lt Different.
1 M 0NOIUHtvV
IL!lLiJ0r.ctiT ST I
and another superintendent said,
"Anyone giving credit to an In
dian should lose their bills." To
an Indian a bill was an obliga
tion, his father and grandfather
before him had paid their bills.
Do we have to mention the mer
chants who had grown wealthy
from the honesty of tnese omer
Indians? I think not. The Indian
bureau thinks .this reservation
belongs to them, but seems to
have no regard for expenditure.
I wish those men who 6igned
that treaty for 20 years, and I
mean 20 years, could see what
has become of their efforts. If
they in all honesty expected to
read and write and meet the
white man's terms in 20 years,
they who went to the Agency
and demanded books for learn
ing, would they laugh or cry?
Two years ago the present super
intendent promised in council
the $1000 bill now pending. "I
nromise. let no man tell you
different, you'll get your thou
sand dollars.
As I look from my farmhouse
window I see seven homes, four
of these are Indian, and if you
didn't know you would not be
able to tell which is which.
MRS. BEN MURPHY.
TAYLOR ACT ATTACKED
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (To
the Editor) I invite your at
tention to the copies of letters
here with, showing that on Jan
uary 1. 1934, just prior to the
passage of the national Taylor
Grazing Act on June zh, laj-i,
there were 24,841,000 sheep
and lambs on farms and on the
range in the . eleven western
states; 12.271.000 cattle, and
1.879.000 horses: whereas, on
Januarv 1, 1945, there were
17,821,000 sheep; 13,446,000
cattle and 1.360,000 horses.
You will see that the number
of sheep in the eleven western
states has decreased some
since the enactment of the Tay
lor Grazing Act. There has
been about an equal decrease
for gracious
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In the number of horses, with
only a very slight increase in
the number of cattle.
You will remember that ex-
Secrctary of the Interior, Har
old L. Ickcs, and the rest of
his starry-eyed do-gooders, as
sured the open-mouthed and
wondering American people,
when the Taylor Act was
passed, that Just a few years of
"conservation" of the ranges
would enable them to support
a greatly increased number of
cattle, sheep and horses.
We now have had some 13
years of the glorious icxes-
Roosevelt conservation, with
the result shown by the above
figures which were procured
bv me from the Department of
Agriculture of the State of Ore
gon, which in turn secured
them from the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture.
If Argentina. Chili. Peru.
Australia and New Zealand had
had the privilege of dictating
a law that would ruin me live
stock business of the United
States and redound to their ad
vantage, they could not have
asl cd for anything better than
the Taylor Act.
resDectfully submit to you
that the Act should be repealed
in its entirety.'
T nlcn hnnri vnu a mnv or. the
letter of the Department of '
Agriculture of the State of Ore
gen. ' dated January 17. 1947,
shrwing that whereas we had
2.425.000 sheep and lambs in
Oregon on January 1. 1934, the
glorious Ickes - Kooseveu con
servation in Oregon has re
duced this number on January
1. 1946, to 881,000. or a de
crease or some 3i in me
number of sheep in this stale.
Roughlv, Klamath County,' Ore
gon, had some 170.000 sheep in
1934 betore me rayior fici was
oassed. whereas now it has
only some 40,000.
I respectfully suDmii mat u
i hieh time somethinu was
done about this. Oregon s tax
able wealth has been dimin
ished annually about $23,160,
000.00 by conservation of the
Ickes-New Deal type.
' The administration of the
Act since its passage has run
in the red. The only thing the
Tavlor Act accomplished was
to give us a swarm of federal
bureaucrats who ' have eaten
out the substance of the people
of the western states. It is re
spectfully submitted that the
Act should be blotted from our
federal statutes.
Yours truly,
J. H. CARNAHAN.
211-15 IOOF Building.
Editors not lift U more comment
In i-muleiwed form on the llarnei
Koberta ahooUna ewe, A number of
reader have complained thu arau
tneitl la selling reuetlllout and Ure
mint, and tht will conclude our lue
of letlera on the subject unleu tome
on hat omelhliu entirely new to
contribute.
A. R. Trlplett Barnes is hu
man, not a robot, but a family
man, a pioneer of this commun
ity, controlled by the same emo
tions as the rest of us. It is
naturally easy to tell some one
else how to do it, but if we
were in Barnes' shoes, what
would we have done? ... My
sympathy to the Roberts family,
I understand their feelings. , . .
I express my feelings to Marion
Barnes. ... it is ronrciiuuiu n
had to shoot in order to slop his
prisoner.
A. E. Bowen. 907 Wlard Is
our law enforcing body going to
say they can't apprehend a man,
unarmed and wearing a pair of
bedroom slippers without shoot
ing him. ... If this is our police
force's way of telling citizens of
Klamath county that they are
on the ball, I don't think it will
work. ... I am a vet. ... I
didn't fight for this.
G. Woodward, Klamath Falls
I don't know Barnes but can't
see where he could have done
otherwise It is his duty to
see no one escapes. . . .
Herman Stilwell, lois tiomo
dale I have been walking up
and down Klamath streets for
16 years, but now I feel like I
should have a steel Jacket, be
cause we have a man carrying
a gun who does not hesitate to
shoot on or across streets.
Mrs. W. T. McGaughey, 340
Martin It seems amazing to me
that there are people who re
gard the- taking of human life
as "so much water under the
Elmer Bennett, luamam xaus
.. . . Savace callousness ana
atrocious treatment ... is due
to lack of standards ol puouc
responsibility on the Dart ol of
ficials, business men and clergy
of the community. . . . Whether
the women of Klamath fans
will civilize us before the atomic
bomb atomizes us is the ques
tion.
DOZENS OF DOGS
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore. (To
the Editor) May I use a little
space in your paper to broad
cast an eloquent plea to dog
owners of Klamath Falls? The
dogs come by the dozens, they
are black and white and red
and yellow, short and tall and
there Is just about every breed
known to mankind.
They park on my front porch
onH rir us to interfere with
the privilege. The object of
ihr-ir affection was a female
nninter i called Lady suk. &ne
has gone to the pound because
she proved nerseu no iaay. oui
still they come and any at
tempt to discourage their visits
is rewarded with snarls and
ciicnirinn.
So please, folks, if you love
your pets, call them home, as It
is impossible to know which
dog belongs to whom.
I would like to quote Miss
Parker, principal of Conger
school,.' in her request that
"dogs be not allowed to go to
school, as some of them are
nuitfk vicious."
I have a nice set of teeth
marks I got from a black chow
when I insisted he leave my
rwarrh
You might have a friendly
little talk with some of the Big
Fellows and explain that she
djidv Silk) iust doesn't live
here anv more. What's more,
they have definitely worn .out
their welcome.
Yours sincerely.
MRS. DICK PITMAN,
1711 Modoc street.
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ABOUT METERS
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore. (To
Editor) What's this I hear about
some of the local merchants go
ing to fight our new parking
meters?
I don't set to spend a great
deal of time downtown, but I
do appreciate being able to find
a place to park, those few mo
ments that l am in town.
Besides, it nets the city a very
tidy income without a new bunch
of tax forms to fill out.
My only suggestion is that they
put another row of them down
the middle ol tne street ior tnose
that insist on double parking.
As for the merchants and their
big trucks, do they not still have
alleys behind the stores? Or have
these been closed?
I've had no occasion to look
for one, but I believe the alleys
are still there. If so, why not
the trucks? What else are the
alleys for?
Tbe merchants open tneir
places of business to the public
only a few hours each day, so,-
II tney must use tne streets tor
receiving supplies, let them do
so at hours that do not hamper
and impede the normal affairs of
the shopping public.
GEO. M. WELJjUIS.
Mary O'Brien
By MARY O'BRIEN
In thu second computations fur
the honor rolls only someslor
averages wore taken into con
sideration. Hie
following is a
list of students
who attained
semester griiud
honor roll
standing
Seniors: Jo
anne Beniiet,
Shirley Dalton,
Ruth Landry,
Mury O'Brien,
Joyce Sample
and Gayloi'd
Uplngton.
sophomores:
Bnrbnrn Perk
ins, Gary Smith, Patricia Wurd
and Sharon Williams,
Freshmen: Betty Bennet. Marl-
lee Crawford, Miriam Goddard,
Marilyn Hull, Ronald Lowell,
Robert Mnnduchl, Clarissa Ma
son and Hazel Shaver.
Those names appearing below
arc the names of those students
who attained a grade average of
l.S or above so as to be placed
on the honor roll.
Seniors: Stella Browne. Mar
garet Billiard, Helen Eckert,
Louise Henry. Jean Hilton. Do
lores McFarliind, Marilyn O'Neill
and Jean Stroud.
Juniors: Mary Lou Case, Doris
Ethridge, Stewart Oliver. Cam
eron Stewart and Edith Wlsscn-
bach.
Sophomores: Billy Bafford,
Merlene Birmingham, Robert
Hooker. PrLicllla Hutchlns, Helen
Jackson. Marcella Murray and
Evelyn Rowland.
r resiiuien: , niuAmiui-i,
Beth Bunch, Patsy Dunwoodle,
Claudette Gleason, Helen Gray,
Lloyd Hartley, Dolores Hcldcrcr,
Max Heiken, Jean Henderson,
Jodean Hill, Kathleen Johnston,
Geraldine Lewis, Wallace
Leichty, Mary Sue McNabb, John
Owings, Flo Ann Perkins, Bob
Petzo dt. Dick Petzoldt. Joe
Smith. David Todd, Esther Trip
pet and Gloria Vandcrhoff.
us interesting to note mat
the number of girls on both
honor rolls far outnumber the
names of the boys. Also no
junior student made either the
nine weeks or semester grand
honor rolls with a grade average
of 1.0.
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Girls league held a social meet
ing in activity period today, Tues
day. Susan Guns, Sacred Heart
academy Indent, gave a rend ng
for tho assembled girls. Mr.
Thomas Parker delivered a lulk
on good grooming. As vocalist
for the assembly, tvuinuii innn
tvro sang "For You Alone" and
"Green Branches Swaying," uc
compiinied by her mother at the
ilium, f'miiiln Hunt, senior sill-
dont, explained lite object iiiul
organization of a jti-iii-i in n-u.
Tho organizational meeting ft"'
tho hitter club Is scheduled -for
Thursday' activity period.
Parents and Patrons club has
planned its meeting for tomor
row afternoon around 11:85. The
purpose of tho meet lug l to vote
on thu amendment concerning
raising the membership fees
which was discussed and read nt
its lust meeting in JumiHi'y.
Activity period will be deleted
from tomorrow's schedule unit
students dismissed early. All
parents art) invited to attend the
meeting.
In Student Congress yesterday,
Student Body President Ben Lar
son named a committee) of three
students to work on pluns for
eligibility and manner of election
for traditions committee. Those
students appointed are all on the
present traditions committee und
Include Bob Eastman, chairman;
Betty Crawford unit Joe Zui-osln-ski.
Also during tho meeting a
temporary permit wus granted
to the Radio club to organize
and function until it might sub
mit a constitution for approvul.
LDS Plan To Hold
Sweetheart Ball
The annual Swot-thru rt bull Is
being held on February 14 in
the LDS chapel recreation hall.
The "Sweetheart" is to be
chosen by the number of tickets
she sells plus other qualifica
tions. Ticket may also be pur
chased at Hanson's market In
tite Pigglv Wiggly building. No
tickets will be sold at the door.
The ball is semi-formal and the
address of the chapel is corner
of Home and Martin.
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON,
Eugene, Feb. 11 (Special) The
University of Oregon' educa
tional motion picture on luimuil
growth and reproduction will be
produced by the Kdrila Albert
i'l'tidui-tlons of Hollywood, and
will be rt'iuly for a premiere
showing on the university cuiu
pus In June, It is disclosed by
br. Lester F. Beck.
Dr. Beck, who Is uasocluto pro
fessor of psychology unci film
director for the E. C. Brown
trust which sponsors the film,
litis Just returned from Hotly
wood where final arrangements
were made with the producers.
Announcement of tho undertak
ing was made at an advance
campus showing of die experi
mental slide-sound vorslon be
fore a group of Eugene educa
tors. The film la to be a IS mm,
colored sound production. The
contents have been prepared to
serve as a visual aid and lo Im
plement certain portions of Ore
gon's public school health In
struction program. It will he
used to supplement me minium
for health Instruction now In use
at the seventh urndo level In the
tiecondary schools.
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recovering today from the ef
fects of Intestinal poisoning. Her
physician culled her condition
"not loo serious" but said she
would be "feeling pretty miser
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ACCIDENT PREVENTION
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (To
the Editor) At the PTA meet
ing held Wednesday at Henley
school a committee was appoint
ed to see if anything could be
done regarding the accidents
which are occurring and have
occurred to children getting on
school buses.
At present there is an Inade
quate law requiring cars to not
exceed 13 miles per nour wnen
passing a school bus which has
stopped to discharge children
this is not emorcea ior odvious
reasons.
We believe if a law could be
Dased reauiri.il! cars to come to
a stop and the driver report the
license number of all who failed
to conform it could be en
forced. The few exceptions could
be fined sufficient to make it de
sirable to stop.
We would like all city and
county groups to immediately
take action and write our legis
lators demanding a bill be
passed.
It is not only to save the Uvea
of our children, but those who
in the future will be riding
school buses.
Henley fta.
Suggestion
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore. (To
the Editor) A slow-down signal
is badly needed at South Sixth
street and Wiard. South Sixth
traffic moves at high speed
through that Intersection, which
is heavily used by pedestrians
and has considerable cross-traffic.
Wiard is the only street In
the suburban area which crosses
South Sixth.
I do not believe the situation
calls for a stop-and-go signal
ye', but an intermittent amber
or red light hung over the inter
section should be effective in
slowing down traffic at that
dangerous point.
Many children cross South
Sixth at this point as well as
considerable pedestrian traffic
bound for business houses lo
cated there.
Let's not wait until we have a
tragedy at this point before do
ing something about it.
Keith P. Fields.
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