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    PAGE FOUR
HERALD ANT) NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1052
They'll Do It Every Time
By Jimmy Hatlo
ryw.iya'iiy w"; ..l,i,'','vy'ii'Y'.-:'lr
FRANK JENKINS
Edltoi
BILL JENKINS .
Managing Editor
S Entered u icoond clasi matter at the post offloe of Klamath Falls, Ore,
i , on August 20, 1906, under act of congress, March 8, 1879
MEMBERS OF THfc ASSOCIATED PRESS -'
J The Associated Press Is entitled exclusive); to the usr foe publication
i of all the local news printed in this newspaper a wall a all AP news.
; SUBSCRIPTION RATES
.By Mall ... '. 6 months S6.S0 By Mall year $11.00
By I)KB ADDISON
Rejoice and be happy, you
housewives! The budget is saved.
2 One of our grocers finally has
waded through the OPS order re
f ducing the retail price ol potatoes.
(The OPS order on cabbage con
tained 26,911 words. No one has
' had time to count the potato word-
age yet.) .
He finds that he must reduce
li the price tit potatoes a com a
4 pound ior you. So, it you use about
a 100 pounds of potatoes a year, you
win save about a dollar, you win.
Have way that they shoul set come
every man lor his owns perticuler,
and in that regard trust to them
selves ...
"This had very good success; for
it made all hands very industrious,
so as much more corne was plant
ed then other waise would have
bene by an means ye Oovr or any
other could use, and saved him a
great deall of trouble, and gave
farr better contente."
Governor Bradford v concluded
that nil f I inrr i'Aru man nn hie na n
: that te, unless its changed before ! gave u,e je lo -Uiat conceltc of
;-, Mic jw is uy. pitos & otncr aI,clents, spplaud-
ed by some of later times: that
ye taking away of propertle, and
bringing in comunitie into a. corn
one wealth, would make them hap
py and florishtng; as if they were
wiser then Ood. For this comu
nitie (so farr as It was) was found
to breed much confusion It dis
content, and retard much Imploy
raent that would have been to their
benefite and comforte."
On the first harvest under pri
vate initiative with no govern
ment controls, he wrote:
"By this time harvest was come.
and in stead of famine, now Cod
gave them plentle, and ye face of
things was chanced, to yet reioys-
ins ye harts of many, for which
thv messed God. And ye effect of
the,r particuler planting was well
Of course, the Basin will lose
about two .million dollars on the
snud croo. which will make it a
little tougher on your breadwinner.
' tt and you 11 have to help pay for
j the OPS, but well, you say it.
'(. Michael DiSalle, the great white
U father of OPS. ought to read Gov-
; ernor Bradford's history of the
fiymoutn riantation.
'( Back in 1620 the Pilgrims, being
a deeply religious people and hav
i ing a strong feeling toward helping
their brothers, established a com
' munistic system.
' They worked to produce a com-
mon product, which was stored in
' a common store house, and they
: set up a system of rationing bv
. which all shared alike. Strangely
enough, crops weren't good, the
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AVOOLBSJKY,
'The House Vithout Furniture
or-
"The Mill Without Mathinsry'
Pilgrims got hungry, and. even seene, for all had, one way ti
stealing became r-evalent.
Governor Bradford wrote:
"At length (in 1623; It didn't take
them so long to get smart), after
much debate of things, the Govr
other, pretty well to bring ye year
aooute. some of ye alber sorte and
more industrious had to spare, and
sell to others, so as any general!
wante or famine hath not been
amongs them to this day.1'
"':y' -Ml .H..J - - .k, . X k allying, -iul ,u.mi m j. 114 t in
i By CHARLES HONCE
(For Hal Boyle)
EDITOR'S Note: Charles
Honce la Hal Boyle's boa in AP
Mewsfeatnres.
NEW YORK m Hal Boyle,
. who is on vacation, will be back
' ; in this spot Monday. That is, un
less I receive a wire lrom mm
saying that another AP publisher
wants him to give a speech some
where or otner.
It's a curious coincidence that
these wires alwavs seem to come
when Hal and Frances are hav
ing a winter vacation in Florida.
oo i nave my lingers crosseu.
This will explain why there have
Been so many extra by-lines run
ning for Boyle this week and why
here it is obvious that we have
reached the bottom of the pile.
There is one other hazard about
the next Boyle Column. That is,
whether he can find his desk when
be returns.
When he left it was piled so
high with an incredible accumula
tion of letters, papers, messages
and odds and ends of infinite vari
ety that It constituted hands down
the eighth wonder of the world.
Before he kissed it goodbye he
wrote this note on a large sheet of
paper and placed it on top of the
heap:
, Please do not disturb!
No. Justice Carter is
Mot here, so don't look for him
Hal Boyle
- Jan. 9, 1952 -P.
S. ril be back in two weeks.
Strangely enough, someone has
always picked up this note and
placed it on top of each new day's
shower of mail and oddments.
So If Hal doesn't get back pronto
I'm afraid that the floor will give
way or an Inspector will cite us for
violation of the building code.
However, don't get the idea that
x Boyle can fool me with this Ever-
est of miscellany.
, t am certain that he has never
missed any important letter or doc
; ument that came to his desk in
spue oi his patient attempt to
create the impression that it is all
a mystery to him.
If necessary, and with his eyes
closed, he can reach in and pull
out any item that he wants to pro
duce. I have told him he is only one of
any number of newspaper people
I have known who apparently de
light In working by a cluttered
desk.
I particularly recall Ed Rack
away of the Mt. Vernon (111.) Register-News.
I used to visit Ed in my news
paper travels out of Chicago in
the late twenties and I was eternal
ly fascinated by his sanctum sanc
torum. Ed in those days had a roll top
desk, which, you may recall, con
tains any number of mysterious
drawers and cubby holes. Not only
the cubby holes, but the whole
desk, the top and the surrounding
floor were littered with an accum.
ulatlon that would have popped ev-
cu xiui Buyie s eyes.
But when I asked Ed if he knew
what was in what looked like the
end result of an atomic bomb ex
plosion, ne said "certainly," pluck
ed a letter at random, said it was
about such and such a subject.
and sure enough It was.
I could name several other de
votees of this strange practice, in
cluding some of Boyle's nearby
deskmates, who apparently have
caught the disease from him.
Now I must correct one state
ment I made about Boyle being
able to place his hands on any
thing he wants. There is one ex
ception. Whenever I ask him if he re
ceived my notes about getting his
expense accounts up on the line, in
variably ne looks at me with that
bland, mid-western innocent look
and says, "Why, no."
Luckily I don t have to worry
about expense accounts this time
since he is on vacation. All I have
to worry about is whether you get
column at the proper time.
" ' jTiy'l'iPlll''','j pawn 1 -
- ".v rtti 1
f 'oCl mp4 ':,
' 'ijpXii I -4- if. !" "1
I- A? ' !
Mrs. V. asks for an article on
tho subject of (renting cancer with
the X.ritv Illpthnrt rnllnu.H htf rn.
dium treatments, and says, "Is j
this mctliod considered as effective I
UIl UI'VI Ullllll f j..,, ....
, , ... ,i u piiranrapii torn next morning
In oruor to answer this question, jsi ulnl s, I, Clemens was back
it Is itocossary to start with a jn town.
unci aiscu.-i.sion ol cancer as a ui.s- Wl-.eu tlir Klicet had
When I was very green my
editor salil: "Sam Clemen la ar
riving on the 4:30. Go to the Mu
lion and aee him," Today that as
signment would thrill even a lop-
uuicner, uut it whr nitraiy over
routine where l cubbed.
Mark Twain wan a familiar fig
tire In Elmlra. Ho courted and
married there, wrote several at his
books there, rests there now. Old
heads had given up gelling a
printable wisecrack out of him. So
this time they sent a kid. It was
my first celebrity Imervtow and
I muffed II.
The shaggy-haired, whlto-clad
wruor riimuea uwkwanllv lrom
the train. I ambled alongside, Ho
didn't bwo mo lis he should. Jim
Corbetl was bigger news to me.
It wann'l ntagefrlght that screwed
up the Interview; It was Just plain
Juvenile dumbness. H
"Mister Clemens," I saluted, I
recall npnderlnir If I iwinM -.n
him Mr. Twain; then remembered
that we never called our towns
woman Mrs. Twain. After walking
hnlf the station platlorm he noticed
me.
"Well, what Is it?" he Inquired.
sMy editor asked me to come
to the station and see vnu." l
renl'-tl.
Thtrt'a nice ol your editor."
said the humorist. I'll tell you
later what else he said; it's the
nubbin of the tory. The two sen
tence; contact ended with the uiish.
off yet to be revealed: and tuught
me how not to s'urt an Interview.
"Did Clemens have anything to
say?" my editor Inquired when I
returned to the olflce.
"Wouldn't talk," I said. Thus a
SlttfW SiIKlllllM'M-
ease. Cancer is a coimlituh In
which certain colls of the oo.ly
stun to grow wild.
The body Is mude up of nuuiy
different kinds oi ceils winch ordi
narily, in the normal person, grow
normally and maintain a balanced
realtionshlp Willi the other cells.
Sometimes, ior reasons which
our research workers are silll sec t
mi:, sonic uf these cells str.ri to
divide and divide and multiulv. ' and w as one ol
forming what Is known as a can-1 local mtimiiies.
gone tu
pro.-,s and the nightly post-mortem
was in sway, 1 registered my lint
gripe about notables who come up
lrom the newsroom and push oil
humble followers of their cralt.
Mini Twain didn't deceive my
wruth that night. He had been
kind to me and I didn't know it.
"What did you suy to him?" put
In venerable Ed Adaiiu, who hud
pulled with Gilbert and Sulllvun
8am Clemens
ccrous tumor.
Cells l. these tumors may be ol
several different kinds, and may
appear In several parts of the body
and grow at dllferent rates oi
speed.
CHKt'K GROWTUS AT 0.'K
At present, the problem of treat
in:; cancer is to latnii.y these can
cerous growths as soon as possible
after they have started. When this
cun be done soon after the can
cer tumor has developed, removal
of the tumor and all of the abnor
mal cells is generally the treat
ment o. choice.
chuckled Mr. Adams, who oould
sco It coming. "And what did h
ayv
"The old ornb Juit grunted
'Thai s nice uf your editor. Ituii
along and tell him that you did',"
"Why, you blasted little Idiot I"
roared the seasoned old-timer,
Then he dashed off paragraph
tor tne next issue,
As my humiliation wits reprinted
In paper tiller paper. Invariably It
was cuptinneii, cut) sees i Winn,
but not his Joke." That's one rea
son I have never written an essay
on the appreciation of humor.
Mark Twain never was editor of
the paper where I started, though
today some of the boys boast that
he was. He did kid the natives and
work off some of his tomfoolery
In Us columns; signed his com
munications "Scat," Unhappily the
llles are burned.
Loral legend has It that buck
when momuniinls were springing
up Ilka mushrooms on Gettysburg's
battlefield Mark ran a campaign
on his own In the Klmlra Ad
vertiser. Ho. suggested that sight
was being Inst of the man to
whom humanity owed .Its greatest
debt. He ftnrtcd a movement to
correct- Hi oversight; to erect a
monument to Adam.
Maneuvered as only he oould do
It, he kept the Idea of a bunt fore
most. When he had written out his
fun and time came to enguge a
sculptor, he wroto a request that
anybody who had n daguerreotype
of Adam should please send It In.
The search for Twain Roms goes
merrily on. but there's little lelt
In the well. Jervls Lnnudon, his
nephew and executor, spent much
lime In Twain's company when
casual unrecorded mornels could
have dropped. He can add no
more to the sugu: nor can ha
authenticate some of the reputedly
new discoveries of Twain wisdom.
The lovable free and easy rem-
Inlscencers who knew Murk Twain
around Elmlra are gone. Of those
who sat bv the hour telling things
Mark a.l to them, the games
tlmv beat him ut billiards, tile
drinks he didn't buy them, I al
ways had deep suspicion.
1 suspected that their Intimate
iicquiiliitunce with the somewhat
"I told. him llu.t my editor sem st:.udolllsh funny man amounted
W A d H I l, TON in If Ilia
countries of Western ICuiopo tuka
tlen. rcinonhnwcr'fl suggestion and
call u constitutional convention
they'll (nee some, of the problems
the United Status had lo overcome
In gelling milled,
Uut I heir problems will be mora
Intense: The wide mid ancient
trade barrlurs, tho dlllerenuen In
lunguugo, the Intense nationalism
In each country which lias clung
Jealously lo Us own sovereignly,
'i'hoKo sovereignties stretch buck
for centuries, as Elsenhower men
tioned. But he suggested It's about
time for new answers to be found"
lor some of the old traditions,
When the American slates sent
delegates to their constitutional
convention they, too, were Jealous
oi their Individual sovereignties
which, 'however, were of much
more recent origin and more easily
surrendered,
II Europe agreed on a constitu
tion setting up u Single government
with, nay, a President and Con
gress elecled from all the f.'urnpr
an stales euclr country would re
tain some sovereignly, ) ' states'
rights, Just as tht Amoriuan states
am.
'the Slates' Rights problem has
been with us from the beginning:
How lo have a central government
strong enough to hundln the nation
ul problems while still letting the
i.taus run themselves as much
posstuie.
The earlv American states were
In a bud economic Jam when th-'
agrred on their constitution, )n
us the European countries are now.
We were weak and so ore they.
Our stales were wtlHng to yield
some sovereignty and band togeth
er to save lliemselves from disas
ter. Europe may do the same,
particularly since It Is In real mili
tary danger from Russia.
in the years since the Inst war
the Europeans have moved closer
to unity than ever before, simply
because of the Jam they're In. re
ullsiiiK that If they had only done
so before the war there might
not have been a war or a Jam now.
They've made some economic
adjustments: they've formed
military alliance In the Atlantlo
Poet: they're edging toward a sin
gle European army; and they have
a Council of Europe which, while
It larks powers to make the mem
bers do anything, is at least a step
towards unity.
The early American colonies
me to see him," I replied.
"ou said to see
cKixqk (pjaurfi
sometimes after an operation In
order to try lo destroy any can-
n.nsiiv in nnd nr a beck. As did linked arms economically, uollll
ti'j ikj iiniitnriiy unurr pres
sure of their war with Britain.
For the six years from 1778 lo 1781
delegates from the 13 Colonies
formed the Continental Congress,
which was a kind of central com
mittee to carry on the war.
To help themselves work better
together, the Colonies drew up the
Articles of Confederation. They
won the war. And the colonies, now
slates, approved the srtlrlrs. 'Hint
1 how they started. It was a weak
start.
For rvutlllillt' Tltn Arflnljt ..
or are there occasional falls of; While the Willamette was on dls- iComederatlon didn't ulv t'nimrr-.
Hiay at t.r.wijt sm v-mis r.x- poucr to tax or regulate commerce
Heaven Above-
Tiie question Is often asked as i be 'rtctl In the earth, are real es
to the size of meteorites which ! tale, and consequently belong to
reach the surluce of the earth. Are the owner of the land on which
X-rays and radium are 'used I ';"' t",nU ,' mWt they are lotind."
considerable size?
Fur-Clad Sharpshooters
? Train For Protection Of
Vital North Territories
. By BERNIE KOSINSKI
2 ANCHOR AOE, Alaska tA) A
5 group of 250 frontier sharpshooters,
" jsome of whom speak no English
J.and never had ridden in an auto
Jf mobile or seen a city, are in train
I ing here as one of the nation's
unique military units.
..' They are the Eskimo Scouts of
f.Alaska's year-old National Guard.
. v They're easy to spot on Anchor
.ge streets. They walk along the
5,, ewa"ts traPPer fashion in single
; lile.
. tV Expert riflemen who can hit the
I eye of a seal on an ice floe from a
i -distance, of 100 yards, they com
vplain that Army targets are too
big.-, They're disappointed If they
J:j'ail to make perfect scores.
ttv As members ol the 1st and 2nd
J Provisional Scout Battalion of the
a- All-Eskimo unit of the Alaska Na
J tional Guard, these natives from
. north of the Arctic Circle are tak-
lng part in their first field en
' campment at Port Richardson,
' Their Intensive training runs
Fthrough Jan. 27.
f,- Eskimo men determined to at
J tend the encampment walked or
5 dog-sledded long distances to Nome
i and Bethel, in Western Alaska, to
i be picked up by Air Force planes
flown from Elmendorf Field here.
One group walked 70 miles In ft
blinding blizzard to reach Bethel.
Another walked 18 miles and con
tinued 40 more by dogsled before
! reaching a take-off point.
SINUS INFECTIONS
DR. E. M. MARSHA
4 laMtufillr Trial
Kxolatlra Method
OHrpretl Phrtlclsn
Their plane ride hem wm' the
first for many of the men. -The
automobile and three and four
story buildings here amazed na
tives who had never left their vil
lage trading camps before.
Capt. Frank Clayton. Bethel.
commander of the 2nd Scout Bat
talion, told of the sharpshooting.
He said his men shot 10 consecu.
tive bulls-eyes with no effort and
prefer a one-Inch target at 200
yaras to a lu-incn target.
After encampment, the guards
men will return to their villages
to instruct men unable to come to
tne sessions.
Master Sgt. Carl Kawatgley, Akl
ak, and Pfc. Edward Salllson, Beth
el, said the weekly guard drills are
big events in the natives' home
communities.
"Everyone wants to be a sol
dier," Sgt. Kawatgley said. "They
are all eager to learn." ' -
The tcouts will be on 24-hour
duty at their Bering Sea and Arctic
Ocean coastal homes.
Their key role, before or during
any enemy attack or Infiltration,
has been described as being "eyes
and ears" for the military along
thousands of miles of northern
coastline.
It is thought that Chubb Crater
in Northwestern Quebec was
caused by a giant meteorite crash
'"J0. the earth Possibly from
30 to 150 centuries ago.
HOTELS
OSBURN HOLLAND
EUOENE, ORE. MEDFORD
Thoroughly Modern
Itr. and Mrs. J. E. Earley
Proprietors
and Joe Earley
By RAY BIGGER
President Klamath County YMCA
How many people would build a new house and make
no provisions for a place to sit, or a bed in which to sleep?
Then again, what industrialist would prepare elaborate plans
for a new mill without placing all the machinery necessary
to perform the duties for which the plant was originally
designed?
Obv!ously, in each instance those involved would be
classified as either short sighted or just plain nuts. We build
a new house to provide living quarters and all the things we
consider essential to our own standards of life. The indus
trialist builds his plant to house the equipment needed to do
the job in order to turn out his product.
We in Klamath Falls are faced with exactly the same
problem as the two hypothetical examnles set forth above.
Our citizens have provided shelter in the new YMCA build
ing, yet there is something lacking. The furniture, or the
machinery hasn't been installed. We have the building, but
before we can do the job that has been designed for this
activity, we must have equioment to conduct the myriad of
activities that will be available by the "Y'
What is necessary to put our house in order? It boils
down to this. To put the project on a sound basis, thecom
mittee in charge has paid for all the building costs, the re
modeling costs, and other expenses incurred to date. This
left no other available money, to put in any equipment. This
is commendable because the group has no outstanding debts
and does not contemnlate going in debt for anv item regard
less of how badly it is needed.
What then is the cause for the lack of this equipment?
Simply this. All cost that has been expended to date has
come from revenue of pledges of individuals in this area.
However, there are certain individuals who have seen fit not
to honor the pledge they signed in good faith. When they are
contacted regarding this matter they become evasive, or say
any number of things that constitute a "brush-off". We need
those pledges to complete the job we have undertaken. We
can provide wholesome and constructive play time to a wide
range of age groups and have a pride of ownership and a job
well done by our own people, for the benefit of our own
people.
There was no coercion when teams were sent out to sub
scribe nledges. Each indivdual signed his pledge of his own
free will. We are asking that those pledges be honored in the
same way in which they were initially obtained. By so doing,
we can fill our house with "furniture . Honor your nlcdge if
you haven't already done so.Wlso, others who would like to
participate in this important and worthwhile community pro
ject may do so by contacting the Executive Committee at the
YMCA. Do the part you have contracted to do and we will
complete this project with you in '52.
cerous cells which may have been I A meteorite Is a mass of stone iMiuon m i-o, nana in moo,
missed. 'or metal which actually fulls from
They are sometimes used to de- "e sky onto tne eartn. it nas
strov cancerous cell .in reui-ni evidently been vra.ellng through
which cannot be satisfactorily op-! the vast Interplanetary spaces until
proacned in order to remove Uiei'mully It encounters our planet.
bad cells by surgery. iiivn as it tears inrougn our at-
X-ravs and radium are power-1 mosphere at veloclllcit of many
ful agents in the "battle again it i miles per second, Its surface Is
cancer, but they have to be used "eaiea oy irici on ana ourns wun
with care so that In so far as pos- ""f " "v ton wiu, iu
Ible they will destroy onlv the can-' minous phenomenon a uie.eor or
cer cells and as few ol the nor-: ""ball.
mal cells as possible.
.-S'.'-jf-..:'' ;r-
i good many congressional pes-
"lite- alihouuh Uiev did nlimv rmur.,.
size" plaster model was made, to declare war. Din ih rii.-u
Tins Is at present on the porch of were too weak' for real govern
McClure Hall at the University of . mem.
Oregon. Hume times for month not
Anyone having Information on , enouuli members ot emigre
the manufacture of this model Is showed up lo make a quorum. The
t.u...,..Mi..v.,to .mi mo economic cononion of the country'
writer at Eugene. Ore. go: worne.
Finally In lUHfl Ueorge WuililngA
ton moaned: "I do not conceive
we can exist lonii as a nation with
out having I talked somewhere a
power which will pervade the
whole union In as energetic man
ner as the authority of the slate
or: V AT IT 1km eminent extends over Uie sev-
KLAMATH PALLS We've had ior"1 '"""
mm niesanoer Hamilton ecnord
''.Vt
Small meteorites are entirely :
hu.ucd at great heights likely 60;
miles above the earth. Thexe urei
Oilcn regarded as no larger than
grains of sund. They proouce the I
smalt "shootlne star" pttficZ. Lara- our nanr! rllMriiMulrmM ah1 ,.Arn
cr masses are .not entirely con- has aired, his views. Now what? him: 'We may ... be said to
sumcd during their fiery night Do we put our heads back In lnilve reached almost the last stage
tnrougn ine air, ana tne remnants wie sano ana ao nuht on nretenrt. u nnuuuai nuininaiion.
simisis are predicting that Con-1 ; " . , "X " .. " ..-juiiim mi rmmr ur no
aress cannot possibly adjourn Uai'mately 1500 authenticated "finds" we follow through and do some
present session by July 1 date of I on rccor throughout historical thing constructive?
the Republican convention in Chki"""' - ' : T,,' pnnel ' Monday, Jan. 21,
cago. It Is hard to Image a gloom- lo the knoun size of re- accomplished very little that I
icr forecast in an election year covered meteorites, they ramie !coul1 "" With the exception of
and we can only hope it is inaei from mere dust particles lo the ono or two members, most of the
euraie. huge Hoba West tllkcly consider- I'lestioni were neatly sidestepped
A look at the calendar Uvea nn'aoiy over 50 tons) which still lies ,na . n9 definite conclusion was
uuiiiik what is in store for us If '" the place of tall In Southwest "J?"""-
Airica. ine rargesi una in ine .. cl ,i , imrentai eaucation
United States and Canada fifth In recreation that we need
Congress shoOld tarry in Washing
Ion oeyonu earlv Julv Art., n,-
OOP convention there's a brief
hiatus and then, starting July 21.
the Democratic concfcve
That brings things up to the Au
gust dog days, with the lawmakers
vvo.n from six months of legis
lating and another of picking presi
dential nominees. Surely at this
moment most of them will want
tu riai,, ii oniy ior a little time.
Before they know It September
will be upon them. Is thut to be
the signal for a return to the legis
lative halls? But who would come?
..s 14 m election year. Some
435 touse members and 33 sena
tors must either face the voters
afresh, or stand aside to let others
run. txcepi in tne solid South and
a iew scattered uncontested spots
,i, l "le maP' tne contenders
will have serious opposition, They
have to make a fight of It, if they
want to stay out of private law
practice or the feed business.
And September and October are
the great campaigning months. No
legislator with any kind of compe
tition dares to desert his state for
the capita In those critical days.
If he does, It may prove to be his
last visit. . .
What It bolls down to then, Is
that Washington In August. Sep
tember and October could only be
peopled by congressmen and sen
ators who have an endless ran..
city for work and a sure thing at
mc uuns. une may nonestiy ques
tion whether thes would be enough
to make a quorum., Or whether,
If they were, such a quorum would
be fairly representative of all sec
tions and all phases of American
life.
Our sanest statesmen unHi-Mia nH
the unreality of trying to keep Con
gress In session past the conven
tion deadline. The product of
weary men and women pre-occu-pied
with political fence-mondlna
in their home territory .oould hara.
1.V be sound lealslallnn. evnnt. hu
sheer accident.
Four yejirs ago the much mal
size In the world Is the ltVi-ton
Willamette, recognized as melcori
tic in 1902 as it lay partly em
bedded on a hillside across the
Willamette River from Oregon
City, Ore. 8econd, third and fourth
In known alze are the Cape York
from Greenland 130'i tons), and
the Bacublrito (30 tons) and Chu
paderos (23 tons) of Mexico. The
Cape York and Willamette are now
In the American Museum of Na
tural History in New York City;
the Mexican meteorites, at the
School of Mines In Mexico City.
Those mentioned are all metallic
meteorites, composed principally of
Iron with a smaller content of
nickel. There are many more of
this type that weigh more .than a
ton.
Stony meteorites fracture much
more easily during their aerial
flight. The largest known Is the
one-ton mass which was seen to
fall In Furnas County, , Neb., Feb.
18, 1048.
; The Willamette meteorite has an
Interesting human connection. Law
suits regarding Its ownership final
ly ' ended In the Oregon supreme
court In July, 1006. with the ver
dict that "meteorites, although em-
most, i don't know. Whatever it
Is, lets get at It. If It Is a vouth
council we need, let's form It
ma u our proDiem. Let us meet
it.
Mr. 8. It. Balslger
llgned Republican 80th Congress
plowed through a huge volume of
Ienlslntlon. much of It of urlme
Significance to American foreign
Policy, and still managed to ad
journ by June 20 in time for the
OOP convention.
i Those who sadly toll themselves
this performance can't be matched
have i perhaps come to feel that
the congressional talkathons of
1060 and 1951 are standard oper
ating procedure. But It Is still pos
sible to pass a lot of vital laws
in six months and quietly go home,
provided the lawmakers do what
they were elected to do.
In the dec s ve year 1052. the
citizen mnv be forgiven for yearn
ing to see at least this much of
the good old days. ,
Steel production In the first four
months of 1951 In the United States
was 34.5 million tons, a new record.
a MIRRORS J
for any '
Roomtin tht Home! i
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AN EASY WAY TO HAVE A
PIANO
Vnu can frtil a lovely nW tplnct plan
from Ihr I, out R, Mann Piano Com
pany. Ii N. 3th, at low monthly
rule. Afirr a rramnnahle (I me you ran,
If you Hlh, rhaiiiro from rrnl to pur
chase arrrrment. The rent already paid
Is all credited to your purchaiie account
and no other down payment It nenei
futry. The monthly paymenti can lie
little higher than rent. Or, If you pre
fer, yeu can continue lo rent.
t
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COFFEE SHOP and DINING ROOMS
Quality Food At Reasonable Prices
uur newiana sorwary Kircnen and meot coolers ore
open for public inspection at ohy time , . , See for
yourself how your food Is prepared ond handled!
Southern Oregon's Finest
Horn Artist
To Play Here
iviiiaci oienaez, touted as the
,i .i ,ruml' soloist In the
nmi hn" ?,recd 'o do his part In
filling the cofferu nr n,.
Palls publlo schools band uniforms
fund.
Mendez will appear in concert
iicie April aa soloist with a
massed band formed from KUIIS
and public schools of Klamath
Palls.
Also scheduled for appearance
according to Andrew Loney Jr.,
director of musical education In
public schools, is famed Hollywood
lllm producer, Jesse L. Lasky.
Lasky Is currently nrodurlmr a
movlo entitled, "The Oreat Brass
Band." Loney said 80 per cent of
the film deals with public school
music development from the time
of Sousa.
Lasky will speak during the con
cert on producing of his most ro
cent picture, , . ,
Other dlgnatarles scheduled so
far to appear In connection with the
concert, according to Loney, in
clude Oov. Douglas McKay, Mayor
Robert Thompson, Stale Sen, Phil
Hitchcock, State Reps. Ed Geary
and Henry Scmon.
Site for holding the concert has
not yet been settled, Loney said,
nor ticket prices settled, . .
Australia'!! OnmmnnwAAlt.h Dmi.
stltutlon was largely modelled on
the Constitution of The itniun
States. . .
Lane County
Split Asked
OAKR1IX1E im Lane County
ought to be split right down the
middle and a new county formed,
the Lions Club here thinks.
Bill Cash, spokesman for the
Revnlt-From-Lane movement, said
11 was simply a -matter of having
loo big a county. As a result of
Its great sire comparable to the
State of Connecticut the eastern
end of the county with Its limber
taxes Is supporting the rest of the
county and not getting much In
return, he said.
Oakrldge Is In the timber-rich
eastern part.
If the county were divided with
a north-south line between Eugene
and Springfield, the resulting two
counties would be handler for Ilia
people and easier to administer,
Cash said.
Living Cost
Goes Hicxher "
WASHINGTON I Rising food
prices boosted the government's
living cost Index to a new high
Friday,
Tho Bureau of Labor' Statistics
reported the Index went up three
tenth of one per cent between
mid-November and mld-Decem-her.
This took the Index to 189.1 per
cent of the 1935-39 average.
This Is 11.1 per cent higher than
the Index for Juno, 11)50, when the
Korean war began. It represents
a 4.2 boost during the yaar 1051.
IIORNKTS KILL BOVS
SINGAPORE. I Two fJl.lnese
boys, n and 10, recently were
stung to death hero by a swarm
of hornets. They. were playing on
the clay basketball court yard
when the hornets attacked' them.
Minutes latei'i they woro picked up
unconscious near the Insects' nenl,
close to the basketball court. Both
died In hospital without regaining
cullftCIOUSUC.HS.
DANCE
Merrill Community Hall
SATURDAY JAN. 26
Music By Morrison & McDonald
Dancing 10:00 'til 2:00 Admission $1.00
Refreshments Served