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PACE SIX
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS ORECON
TUESDAY, MAY 18, 194ft
Boyle's Column
Deadwood Ain't The Town
She Used To Be, Pardner
HAL BOYLE
By IIAI, nOVl.E
nipinwimn n ti idiiriav nftnr
day goes by hrr In this crossroads
of the old west and nary a man
lulls, Dunn
sieved tn hit
own gore.
The thud of
gold pokes has
given way to the
rustle of 15
blllR. The bus
has replaced the
stagecoach. The
soft scraping of
"the kyards" is
heard only be
hlnd locked
mt . uim anri n IS
the clicking roulette ball.
The brick high school outshadows
the biggest wooden saloon. The
night Is lit by the neon sign Instead
of the flaming six-gun. and the
thudding hoofs of the outlaw s flee
Ing pony echo only In the puU
magazines. You get a ticket now
for parking in the wrong place.
Hie grandsons of the posses that
chased the bad men out of town
hold conclave on how to welcome
the good tourist.
Deadwood Dead
Yessirrec, podner, old Deadwood.
capital of that vanished frontier
where "the coward never started
and the weak died on the way.'
has gone respectable. "Wild Bill"
Hickok and "Calamity Jane." asleep
In their hill cemetery, wouldn't
know the town they helped make
famous or Infamous.
Its present attack of civic vir
tuegambling was banned two
years ago is deplored by some of
Deadwood's citizenry. They'd like
to keep It the wide open town it
was for 70 years, a place where the
miner, the stockman and the
stranger could risk their stomachs
at the bar and their pocketbooks
at the blackjack table.
But not 78-year-old D. M. Mc
Gahey, curator of the Adams Me
morial hall, a museum of Dead
wood's crowded past. He feels that
Deadwood's flamboyant characters
Hickok, "Deadwood Dick." and
"Calamity. Jane." army scout and
lady tosspot have had entirely too
much attention.
He calls them "the long hairs"
and grudgingly keeps a case of their
relics in the museum only out of
deference to public Interest In the
case is "the dead man's hand" ace
and eight of spades, ace and eight
of clubs and queen of hearts held
bv "Wild Bill" when the frontiers
man, a man with 36 notches on his
guns, was ventilated through the
back by Jack McCall in the No. 10
saloon.
Just A Gambler
"Wild Bill Hickok was never any- 1
thing but a gambler here." grum-,
bled McGahey. "As for Calamity I
Ji.ne. the best you can say for her
Is that she never did anyone any
harm except herself."
He disdained even to mention
"Poker Alice." famous gimlet-eyed,
clear-smoking female cord sharp
And as for "Deadwood Dick." the
man w ho foiled the stagecoach rob
bers in a thousand western pulp
tales, listen here
"Deadwood Dick or at least one
of the tour men who called them
selves that was the dumbest fool
that ever came over the pike.'
snorted McOahey. "He didn't know
which end of a gun to hold away
frcm him when he pulled the trig
ger. "What did these long-hair celeb
rities ever do for the country? Peo
ple should pay more honor to the
real pioneers who built up the west
Men like W. E. Adams, who came
here tn 1877, wilh a team of mules
and a load of hardware and went
Into business."
Adams.' who died In 1934. left
$100,000 to establish the museum.
But Wild Bill and Calamity Jane
whatever their morals when alive,
still draw hundreds of thousands
of visitors here. The gunman and
the amorous lady are burled In ad
iolnlne graves which Is closer than
Hickok cared to be to her during j
hl lifetime. i
"Some people try to make out that j
those two long-hairs were tn love." i
grumbled McGahey, "but wild Bill
couldn't see her."
Wild Bill finally lost his head
to a souvenir hunter. It was stolen
a: night from the red sandstone
statue over his grave.
TOONERVILLE FOLKS
Ma oes PaiKt Crazy every Spring
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War Dead Return
To Homeland
SAN FRANCISCO. May 18 iJ
The bodies of 1941 war dead were
relumed to their homeland Monday
from Pacific outpost.
They were aboard the army trans
port Albert M. Boe.
They had been buried on Iwo
Jima. Salpan, Guam and Tinian
islands.
There was a simple wharfslde
memorial service before the flag
draped caskets were removed from
the big ship.
Funeral trains will bear the cas
kets to 11 distribution centers
throughout the country.
Men Buying Fewer
Shoes Than ever i
NEW YORK. May 18 i.n Men are
buying 25 per cent fewer shoes to
day than they did 10 years ago. the
National Shoe Manufacturers asso
ciation disclosed in a survey.
The association found only 106.
000.000 men's shoes were produced
last year.
"Consumption has declined tor
only one reason." the association
said, "men's shoes don't wear out."
Dr. Tice Moves In
With Dr. Espersen
Dr. Raymond Tice has taken
space In the offices of Dr. R. Wayne
Espersen. Medlcal-Drntal building
it was announced today.
Dr. Tice came to Klamath Falls to
practice medicine In June. 1947,
from Akron. O. He was formerly
with the Klamath Medical clinic.
. PLAYTHING TO INVENTION
Sir William Crookes. British phy
sicist, produced the first electron
tube In 1878. The so-called Crookes.
or cathode ray. tube was looked
upon only as a "scientific plaything"
then, but it led to the Invention of
the X-ray machine In 1895 and,
still later, became the "eye" of television.
It Pays to Use the Want-Ads!
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Mechanical loading machines,
some of them able to load a 6-ton
car In ess than a minute, now move
in. and do the work which used to
take a miner sevcal hours of hard
hand-labor to do.
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VOTE FOR
JACK FRANEY
Republican Candidate for
SHERIFF
Paid Adv. Franey for Sheriff Club B. L. O'Neill. Secy.
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J. E. Smith, Secretary.
Democratic Voters of Klamath County
t am oiking your support
,i . ' "" ; 2 lit, for the nomi
1 ...--' yV '.'j sheriff. I was a m
I i 1 Klamath Falls pol
i I - ' I , 5 for seven years; h
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past ten years as a sawyer.
Am a taxpayer and vet-
i eran .of World War I.
If nominated and elected
it is my intention to con
duct this office in the same
efficient and courteous
manner in which it has
been conducted the past 25
years.
R.A. (Smiley) La Londe
Candidate Democratic Nomination
for Sheriff
Pd. Adv. R. A. ULond,
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young And Old Alike Gird
For Big National Catfish
Derby To Be Held June 6
The 19tB National CattlMi Derby
will be held Sunday, June 8. at Ton
velle atale park on the Rogue river
nrar the approach of Bybee brlilue,
according to an announcement
made by the Mcdford 20-30 club
sponsors.
Judging of the catfish entries will
climax an afternoon program of
cortests and entertainment cm
bl.ng an old-fashioned Fourth of
July picnic.
Rules for the fishing contest are
as follows:
1 Open to all male and female
persons, single or married, between
the ages of six months and IN) years
and residents of the United States
of America.
t Catfish entered In the derby
may be caught in any stream, lake,
dam, creek or other body of water.
Including Klamath lake.
3 Closing time for entries will lie
3 p. m. June 6. 1848. Entries will
bo registered at the north end of
the stage between the hours of 1 :30
and 3 p. m. on said date.
4. Catfish entered for judging
may be caught any time prior to the
closing hour for registration, pro
viding sa'd fish are In good condi
tion. Judces may disqualify flh
not In a good state of preservation,
5 Contestants must comnlv with
all federal and state fish and game
laws, and must have 11)48 fishing
llrrnse on person and exhibit snme
when required.
Contestants must actually catch
fish entered by themselves, Ac
ceptance of fish from other persons
la prohibited and will dtsquiillfy all
persons engaging In aame.
T. All entries will remain the
property of the contestants submit
ting them.
8 Judges will have authority to
adopt and enforce such contest rules
and regulations as they ahull deter
mine and In the event of disputes
or contllcta their decision shnll be
binding and final,
Prises will be awarded as fol
lows: Hinges! catfish by weight:
most catfish caught by any one
contestant; the youngest contestant
entering one or mure catfish; the
oleest contestant entering one or
more catflth. The gritud sweep
stakes trophy will be awarded on
the busts of over-nil fishing ability.
Scoring for the trophv will be bused
on number of catfish, Bvcruge
let.gth, average weight, general con
dition and appearance of catfish
and originality of costume of con
tetant. Eddie Nave, general chairman,
suited that this year's rules have
been made more liberal than usual
In order to Vive eveiyoua ah oppor
tunity to participate. Bpiirlsiuen
may catch their fish In any body of
water any time prior to Hie closing
In tir for registration of entries. No
advanced registration Is ueicssiuy
and there are no fees or charges of
any kind.
The lllierallml rules lire enpeclcd
to be especially advantageous to
Klamalli county calflthlng enthusi
asts. Two Klamath Kails sportsmen.
Itex Itoclgers and Tom Milne, have
already announced their Intentions
to enter the contest, ItiHlgers mid
Milne claim tn be co-holders of the
Klamath county catflshlng cham
pionship on the basis of an alleged
giant fish caught last year. The fish
vas reportedly loo large to transport
over the mountains tn Mrdlnrd. The
National Catfish Derby assixiatlon
dues not recognise this title claim
since the existence of the fish was
never confirmed.
liana Norland. Insurance. Plume
60110.
I'Altlt OK THANK
We wish tu extend our liraiifrlt
appreciation and thanks to mem
bers of Hit Vasa Uxlge and our
fiiruds fur the beautiful gifts s
rervlvril.
WI!)Ni:it and CIAHIN UJNUqlJIHT
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Veteran
Experienced ' vC ,V
Courageous V
Present Governor
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