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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1949)
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. ORECON WEDNESDAY, AUG. 10, l4t PACE EIGHT Dalai Lama Says Ho To Climb Try LONDON. Aug. 10 (V-rUn for new attempt to climb the world'! highest mountain have been shelved because Tibet's Dalai Lam aged JJ nay! the tn are against It. Officials of London"! Alpine club reported Tuesday that the Dalai Lam. civil and spiritual ruler of mysterious, mounUinoui Tibet, hai refused permission for a new try at 19.140 foot high Mt. Everest in the Himalayas. The Dalai Lama ! believed by the Tibetan Buddhists to possess all the wisdom of tha ages. He pronounced the horoscope of the stars for climbing conditions on Mt, Everest to be unfavorable for come years, club officials said. The Alpine club opened negotia 1 Uona for a new expedition shortly after the war, the officials reported There have been several attempts to climb Mt, Everest, the nearest to success in 19?) and 1934. Seven of the climbers were killed by an avalanche on the first try. Two of the 1924 group disappeared on the mountain somewhere above the 27.000 foot mark. FUNNY BUSINESS Love Leads To For Dog Brig SEATTLE. Aug. 10 0P Seaman Sam Massey was determined to get his Alaskan dog out of the canine -brig." He did. But he landed In the brig him self. The dog landed back in the city pound. The navy man told police he had brought the half-husky, half -collie from Alaska. He left It with friend here because he was head ing lor his Brooklyn, N. Y, home on a (0-cay leave. The friend abandoned Happy (that's the dogs name). The hu mane society picked up the pooch and put him in the pound. Masse y was unhappy. Police picked him up after the night watchman's wile reported seeing him inside the pound, boost ing Happy onto a roof and over the fence. -I love that dog and the dog loves me." Massey told officers. The night w a t c h m a n s wife agreed that both of them acted that way. But they were parted again to day. Navy officials reported Mas sey was In custody of the shore pa trol, which doesn't have accommo dations for dogs. (Span paw HlDU-BOUND REPUBLICAN Sims. The The Fortune tclle tolo him he would live to SEE THE DEMOCRATS THROWN OUT OF WASHINGTON Count Library Bookmobile Does Big Summer Business Like summer temperatures the 1 while other readers have asked for bookmobile business for Klamath the "Complete Works of Shakes- county library has soared. In one peare" in preparation for a trip to day alone the turnover In books was the Shakespearean Festival In Ash- ISO per cent of the capacity of the , land. Collectors have asked for but terfly, rock and stamp catalogues to enable them to classify recent addi tions to their collections. One boy has studied hunting books, informa tion on fly tying, books on magic, and lujluu technique in successive weeks. Smart Trade Yins Knife SPOKANE. Aug. 10 ( Six year -old Bobby Haskell disclosed Tuesday he made a sharp deal with the deark who promised to trade knife for Bobby's two front teeth." The clerk. Don Slmonson. was just fooling. But Bobby wasn't. He went home and worked out a front baby tooth that was o- Its way out anyway. The second tooth Bobby needed wouldn't come out and Slmonson had said "two" front teeth. Then Just in time his nine-year -o 1 d brother, Kenneth, lost a front tooth. Bobby had only one gap In his teeth when he went back to see Slmonson, but two teeth were in his hand. He kept his mouth shut and let the teeth do the talking. He got the knif e. T like It good," he commented. van side shelves which is about 300. and the impressive total for last week's circulation was 13&5 books checked out in the four van days. To keep pace with the increased demand, additional boxes of books are stored Inside and a special request system is maintained. The idea of making summer read ing available to readers over the county via a traveling library waa initiated in the early JO s and has been continued ever since. To allow for summer vacation trips and treks to camp, fines are not charged for the borrowed books, but overdue no tices are mailed as reminders. Local ities where the van provides recrea tional reading during the summer often ask for winter collections, such as at Klamath Agency. Port Klam ath. Horaoja housing project, and Modoc Point. More stops are added to the summer schedules as needed: this year's addition was the Shasta View housing project. An Interesting aspect of ran ser vice Is the special reader request system. Prom preschoolers to a couple who celebrated their golden wedding anniversary come these re- quests. Primers recommended by teachers are kept on shelves desig nated for first, second and third graders, and some ask for extra books for Improving reading ability. Arithmetic books were borrowed lrom the state library tor the tame purpose. Newcomers to the county are mast apt to signify their prefer ence for local history. Captain Jack legends, stories of the Modoc war, or books on Indian relics. "The Big Ft sherman." historical novel of Biblical times, has- en- Joyed tremendous popularity aa did Its forerunner. The Robe, and name must sun be placed on a waiting list, even with nine copies available. Often, aa If by mental telepathy between member of the younger set, requests fall Into a pattern of Paul Bunyan one week. Burgess animal stories the next. The horse-etory fever still runs ramp ant among young readera of all age groups, but Laura, Wildest pioneer stories and other book serifs have a big audience, too. Particularly within a 10-mlle rad ius of Gems' stadium, a terrific call for baseball stories haa been set up. 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Aug. 10 in Dick, the dray horse who pulled a Kentucky family In tlielr wagon 1S00 miles, is getting a well-deserved rest. He's been turned Into a rich pasture on the (arm of Karl Ward. and his toll-shrunken flanks and withers are beginning to fill out. It waa a fateful day in Dick's life when the house of Harry Mc Combs, his wile and four kids. burned down at Ulaagow. Ky. Harry hiu-hed Dirk to Uie wagon, piled his family and furniture in, and took oft at a walk for Washington, Pa., to visit relatives. The MrCombs found they couldn't slay there. So. thry started for Tulsa, Okie., to visit Aunt Addie McCombs. Dirk, of course, did the pulling. He was all In when they arrived here. Parmer Ward, who supplied the pasture for Dick, has furnished the McCombs with shelter and work, also. "We'll move on toward TuUa a hen Dick a up to It." McComb said today. Nature Society To Meet Thursday The Nature society of the Klam ath region will meet Thursday eve ning August 11 at I p, m. In the chamber of commerce rooms, 323 Main street. The Nature society Is a nontechnical organisation formed to assist people of the Klamath basin who are Interested In the study of the wildlife and flora of the region. A check is made each month of the bird species seen by members as a part of the society's program In the study of bird mi gration. The meetings of the society are open to the public. Tending Lighthouses Off Florida Keys Coo Work MIAMI. Pla One of the coolest lobs In the south thew swelter days Is tending the lights oil the Morula keys. A score ol roal guardMitrii work on five reef llghi housea spaced at strategic Intervals right out In the ncean-aud they like It. The powerful lights, visible 10 miles, warns vessels of a treacherous shallow ledge running frum south of Miami almost to Key West a ledge which once echoed to the cries of wreckers. Earn reef Uihthome la built eight Iran pilings and la romplrlely surround rd ky water. The men have twindrrked circular living e,uartera about one-third the wa up the structure. An enclosed cir cular stairway leads to the light at the top. All the windows open an the ocean. The nten'e cats have blankets an them, and the blankets are used, loo, while people ashore lie In puddlra of perspiration. But Commander John R. Stewart, chief of lha Aids of Navigation See. Hon of Die eleventh Coast Ouard District, says It's not all cool breeaes and relaxation. "The men have plenty 0 hard work keeping lha llghla shipshape," he explains. "They are an duly Kg days and then elf nine. That means there are only three men at work at a time." The commander, who was bum In Plymouth, Ohio, and lived In Dayton for many yea.n, aays there art II allriiucd llghla In hla district, "There are also seven gn-oalled. reef lights which art not attended. Coast guardMiien from Miami and Key West check lha automatic op. erst lima of these lights) every two or three months." New Drug Saves Tetanus Victim PORTLAND. Aug 10 .1-A fourteen year old Oaston larm lad appeared today to be recovering lrom tetanus miction and lockjaw thanks to experimental ue ol the drug myunescin. University of Oregon mrolcal school physicians reported Harry Porguer was well enough to de mand a hotdug yesterday and then steak. He gut the hotdog. but the steak must wait. Pttysiclana saia the boy stepped on a rusty nail July 4 and devel oped symptoms ol tetanus July 33. His body and Ja stiffened and his mouth waa so rigid tor two weeks he waa fed intravenously. Then the myonrscln drug wss uied It relaxed his muscles long enough so he could eat normally while antitoxin com baited the tet anus germs. ft m 500 SUIT Regrouped! 1 Curlee Suits to VMM Curlee & Griffon to MS s38 One Special Group . . . $28 Select year new fall suit today aad tare H of regular pries. ? 711 Main 81. Phone 1M1 iuafasije)ewi Store 9th at Pine Hours 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Phone 3183 3 DAYS ONLY! 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