HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREOON
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12,
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FRANK JENKINS
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SILL JENKINS
Managing Editor
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on August 20, 1906, under act of Congress, March 8, 1879
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I By DEB ADDISON
This column has Just been to
J school. Taking part in the second
J phase of Business-Education Day,
about three hours of the middle
I of the day were spent at school,
i.We first were called in to the
principal's office; progress, back-
I wards, was to the first (trade.
I The only quick reaction was to
light up a stogy on return to the
J olflce and the typewriter.
i Business-Education Day started
last August when many school
J teachers visited Klamath Falls bus-
iness firms. This was the return
I visit, to the schools.
J Our group visited Fremont school
as guests of Principal Lowell Kaup.
i Our group of "businessmen" in-
eluded two housewives, a retail
merchant, a service business op-
erator, a public utility man, a mill-
liter and a newspaperman.
I School started with the newspa-
t per man being tardy: and the sky
' pilot really being late.
Here's some miscellaneous In
formation that came out of the ses
sion with the principal. (He was
very lenient with those tardy.)
Teaching standards are being
raised. An Instructor must take
eight term hours college work ev
ery three years In order to advance.
In addition to the regular teach
ing staffs, there are specialists
for music, art, manual training,
home economics and the like. There
are special teachers to deal with
individual pupil problems.
The key to the teachers' philo
sophy is, "We take 'em as we find
'em and do what we can for 'em."
(The quotes and wording are ours.
The " 'em" refers to students.)
Fremont school meets state stan
dards, conditionally, to participate
in basio school support funds. (Re
member last election?)
It's "conditional" because the
school plant, built some years ago,
is on too small a site and the
rooms are too small to meet full
standards. Thirty square feet per
pupil Is the new standard for school
buildings.
Important recent Improvements
$amM WIwiIdju)
ABC?s
WASHINGTON (B If you're . July 1, 1952, Is 18 months, or six
searing 65 and thinking of retiring, quarters. A person with no prev
you may save yourself money the ious coverage needs 18 months of
rest of your life by first talking it to get a pension.
over your case at the nearest
Social Security office.
That goes for two kinds of work
ers: People who are employed and
the self-employed. Some of the
self-employed, as you'll see near
the end of this story, have a special
problem of their own.
Here are a few points to keep
in mind.
No one retiring before July 1 will
ever get a Social Security pension
larger than 168.50. Since a wife's
pension Is half that of her husband,
the maximum for a couple retiring
before July 1 will always be
102.75.
If you retire after July, and are
entitled to the maximum, you can
get as much as $30. Since your
wife at 65 will get half that much,
or $40, a couple retiring after
July 1 could draw as much as
S120 a month for life.
RANGE
By law. Social Security pensions
until July 1 will range from a mini
mum of $20 to a maximum of
$68.50. After that, while the mini
mum remains, any retiring worker,
of course, gets only the pension to
which he's entitled. And that de
pends on several things: The num
ber of quarters a quarter is a
three-month period he's worked in.
a Job covered by Social Security;
his earnings; and so on.
So, although the present maxi
mum pension Is $68.50, the average
worker simply because he's aver
age won't get that much if he re
tires now. The average pension
now is running around $42 a month.
And the average worker retiring
after July I won't be entitled to
that future maximum of $80. The
average pension for those retiring
after July 1 will run much less
than $80, perhaps a $50 or so a
month.
Many workers now around 65
because they already have enough
covered quarters to their credit
eince the Social Security Law went
into effect Jan. 1, 1937 could re
tire today and be entitled to some
kind of pension.
But, since each worker's problem
Is Just a little different from that
of anyone else, each man thinking
of retiring has a question to face:
In my particular case, even though
I can quit now and get a pension,
will I benefit by waiting until after
July 1?
SELF-EMPLOYED
And for the self-employed people
the problem is, a little more com
plicated. Until Jan. 1, 1951, only employes
were covered by Social Security.
Since that date about four or five
million self-employed people have
come under the coverage.
But some of those who have been
self-employed since Jan. 1, 1951,'
were, for many years before then,
employes of others. As such as
they worked in covered Jobs for
many quarters since Social Secur
ity went on the books Jan. 1, 1937.
For that reason many people
presently self-employed could re
tire now at 65 and draw a pension
based on the credits they acquired
In those years when they worked
as employes,
But a number of those now self
employed never were under Social'
Security until Jan. 1, 1951. They
can't retire and get a pension until
they've built up enough Social Se
curity credits.
The period between Jan. 1, 1951
-when the self-employed first
came under Social Security and
at Fremont, which make It a bet
ter school plant and which meet
state standards, are an entirely
new lighting system and a new pas
tel color decoration plan which In
itself makes lighter rooms.
Basic school support funds (which
we pay to the slate and then get
back. In part at least) amount to
$193,000 out of a budget of about
$799,000 for district No. 1.
This amount Is arrived at through
TDM. school bus transportation,
number of teachers, and so on. The
important TDM means total days
membership.
After a pupil ts absent nine con
crruitva rlavs. for anv reason, his
name is dropped from the rolls and
so doesn t count in iuiu lowarus
next year's basic school support.
A question directed at our prln
cinal was: "What's your opinion
on the high school student's state
ment on the Build the Basin forum
that junior high students Qo an me
things high schoolers do and so
get into trouble looking for some
thing new when they get to high
school?"
Kaup's reply was that this had
been subject for a debate in the
Fremont JH Activities Club. The
concensus was that if this is true
it comes from activities of Junior
high students outside of school at
private parties, fraternal club ac
tivities and In the homes.
The only dancing, for instance,
at Fremont Junior High is limited
to folk dancing a few days in the
year. This is for the purpose of
teaching students how to conduct
themselves In social groups and to
add a variety to Indoor, bad weath
er activities.
General impressions were that
today's elementary and Junior high
students are more well behaved,
are healthier, have wider Interests
and get better Instruction than
"when I was a boy."
The visit prompts the thought
that when people talk about youth
problems, they really are talking
about youth In the singular, in
dividual sense; and that they
shouldn't tar youth, (plural) with
the brush of some youth (singular)
wno is oti uie beam.
TIME
S o a self-employed person could
retire July 1. 1952. and get some
pension but would make out better
on the size of his pension If he
waited until after Jan. 1, 1953, to
retire. ....
Thus the problem of a person
now self-employed and with Social
Security Credit before Jan. 1, 1951,
is a little different from that of
an employe.
That's another reason why a per
son now Hearing 65 and thinking of
retiring should go over his Individ
ual case with the people at his
nearest Social Security office. It's
one way of being sure you know
what you're doing about retiring.
Taft Too Busy
For Oregon
SPOKANE iJfi Sen. Taft, Re
publican candidate for President,
said Monday he was too busy to
campaign in Oregon.
The Ohio Senator, here for a
Lincoln Day banquet, said he would
disown an Oregon delegation if his
name were entered in the state
primaries by his enemies.
"If the filing were made by
friends, then we'd have to decide
how far to go along with them,"
he said.
Taft's Oregon campaign chair
man said earlier that Taft's name
would not be entered In the Oregon
primary.
Taft will speak in Portland
Wednesday.
Western Home
Building Up
PORTLAND Iff) Low-cost hous
ing showed an Increase in the
Western states last month, while
other construction dropped sharp
ly.
The trade Journal, Western
Building, reported Tuesday that
19.823 dwelling units were started
in January in 235 cities and coun
ties oi the west, an increase oi
14.2 per cent over January, 1951.
The houses were tower In cost.
The total, was $120,747,200 for 17.400
dwelling units in January, 1951,
and $82,052,908 last month,
Total construction was down 42
per cent In dollar volume from the
previous January. The valuation
was $141,557,019 last month, com
pared with $244,440,654 in January,
1951.
Churches Seek
Betting Ban
ROSEBURQ W Betting on dog
and horse races would be banned
in Oregon under a law which the
Oregon Council of Churches intends
to place on the November ballot.
After four meetings, held
throughout the state, the council
announced its decision Monday,
Earlier meetings at Salem. Pendla.
ton and. Portland approved a plan' i
to start an initiative against bet
ting.
UP-THEY'LL jftmsTflfttJl A i n t-tViK6 EM
DO IT EVERy
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TAMPA, Fla. (.4 The Pirate
past lives again here in one of Uie
nation's greatest festivals.
It is the Carnival of Oasnarilla.
a five-day holiday of fun and frolic
inspired by the needs and mis
deeds of legendary old Jose Cas
par, the bloodiest buccaneer who
ever fed au honest sailor to the
sharks.
The fete Is Florida's equivalent
of the Mardi Gras. Each year It
draws crowds estimated bv police
at 500,000 to 600,000. People drive
up to 200 miles or more to see It,
wait up all night in parked cars in
order to have a good vantage point
lor the parade.
To tourists the celebration Is a
high point of the winter season,
INVASION
It is begun by a mock invasion
of the city by Ye Mystic Krewe of
Gasparilla. They are some 350
Tampa business and 'social lead
ers dressed as freebooters, com
plete with cutlasses and black eye
patches.
After landing Monday, they led
a parade of 58 colorful floats, 35
bands, and thousands of marchers
to the state fairgrounds.
They arrived in two small ves
sels because the old three-masted
sailing ship used in other years
had become unseaworthy. At least
one bystander thought this was a
mistake.
"If the krewe had sailed in that
old ship and she sank," he mused,
"there'd have been a lot of nice
Jobs oncn in Tampa tomorrow."
However, the pirates made it
ashore safely with no casualties
except knee bruises and began fir
ing pistols. With a stock of 50.000
blank cartridges to shoot up, they
promised a noisy five days.
Tuesday night at a coronation
ball the city's social king and
queen will be crowned. Wednes
day 7.000 children will march In
a parade symbolizing the unity of
America's 48 states. The pirate
band will lead a torchlight parade
Thursday through Ybor City, Tam
pa's Spanish section. On Saturday
thev board ship again and sail
At a recent news conference
Presiaent Truman uropped a ie
mark about wishing we could have
a direct national primary for the
selection of presidential nominees.
No one can be sure the Presi
dent meant what he said, since
he gets pretty flippant In these
bouts with the press over his 1952
Intentions. But it might well be
argued that there is some sound
sense in this proposition.
In only 16 states of the 48 is
there now a "presidential" pri
mary, and in several of those Id
the popular expression of sentiment
is purely advisory instead of bind
ing on the delegates to the nation
al convention. The other 31 states
select delegates in state conven
tions, where the people's voice is
heard only Indirectly.
Anyone who understands the
workings of nolitics knows that
state conventions are largely un
der the control of tne party ma
chinery. The slate of delegates
which emerges from such con
claves In almost every Instance
the product of party organization
decisions.
The successful rebellions against
organization control are relatively
rare.
CARRY-OVER
Actually, the convention method
of choosing delegates, representa
tives and even nominees Is a carry-over
from earlier American his
tory. It reflects the compromise made
by the Founding Fathers between
those who wanted true democracy
and those who feared too direct
expression of the popular will.
Gradually this fear lessened, and
machinery was established to give
the people closer control over se
lection of their ' representatives.
Only a few decades ago senators
were still being chosen for nomina
tion by state convention; now they
are picked in direct primaries.
The primary method finally be
gan to be adopted In the presiden
tial race as well, though Its ap
plication there is still sharply Urn
ited. But Insofar as it does help
to measure genuine popular senti
ment as to candidates, it must be
counted a gain.
The present primary system Is
handicapped not only by limited
application by by certain attitudes
Wurlitzer
A
Magnificent
PIANO
'At Lew Price
LOUIS R. MANN
PIANO CO.
120 No. 7th
jfrl V i V lC j;f.j .. . -w. . 1-
away, ending the festival.
FATIGUE
"And all next week Uie men will
be so tired and quiet you could
hear a pin drop anywhere in Uie
city." one wife said.
The festival, begun in 1904 and
financed by a wealthy cigar man
ufacturer, surprised and pleased
the city. It has grown each year
until now civic groups chip In some
$250,000 to make It a success.
"There Is no purpose behind It
except for everyone to have a lit
tle tun," said one man. That Is why
it is so popular.
The mock celebration of his ex
ploits must amnze the ghost of old
Jose Gaspnr. If he was half the
scoundrel he Is credited with be
ing. He Is reputed to have been a
Spanish Naval lieutenant who led
a mutiny, formed his own pirate
band, and looted and sunk at least
30 merchant vessels after forcing
their crews to walk the plank. Dur
ing a visit ashore he is said to have
slit his pretty wife's throat be
cause she objected to one of his
business transactions.
At the age of 65, the story goes,
old Jose must have gotten near
sighted, because hi 1821 he at
tacked a U.S. Naval brig disguised
as a merchant shin. Soon his own
ship was full of cannon holes. Gas
par wrapped a chain around him,
ieaped overboard and drowned
rather than attend the hemu neck
tie party he knew would be held
In his nonor.
MAPS
Today you can buy a map giv
ing the most likely sites where he
buried his gold, and a lot of people
buy them. But last year rionaa
passed a law that the state was
entlUed to Its share of any burled
treasure dus ud.
Hereabouts tnis is wioeiy rcRara-
ed as the most useless statute on
the books.
"If I was lucky enough to lay
my hands on any of old Gaspar's
gold." said one fellow. "I can't
imagine myself being so dumb as
to write a bragging postcard about
it to the Florida Legislature. -
that have grown up around It.
as is evioem in ine current cum
paign, there seems to be a no
tion, lor exumple, fhat the "favor
ite son" principle should operate
In stales where a leading political
figure Is a candidate.
In other words, it Is contended
that the home state candidate
should be conceded his own terri
tory without a fight.
CALIFORNIA
Senator Taft has Indicated he
will not go into California where
Gov. Earl Warren has declared.
Warren does not intend to invade
Ohio, though Harold Stassen de
clines to observe this genUcmen'a
agreement and hence he Is going
into Taft's bailiwick and possibly
Warren's.
But can't it be fairly argued that
this hands-off policy in favorite
son states simply nullifies the val
ue of the prlmnry? Of what pur
pose is a resort to the polls It
there Is to be no real contest among
the leading cotenders?
What does It prove if Warren
takes California or Taft wins Ohio
with a real test? Offhand it seems
about as significant as a "yes"
vote In Moscow, where there are
no opposition choices on the ballot.
If these are logical grounds why
senators and representatives should
be nominated .In direct primaries
but presidents should not, they
ought to be heard.
The people are supposed to be
sovereign, and it Is a little diffi
cult to see how they can be when
they have normally so small a
voice In the choice of major party
nominees for their highest office.
Another Arrest
For Horseburger
BEAVERTON W A butcher,
the third to be arrested on similar
charges, pleaded guilty Monday to
selling horsemeat In hamburger.
He Is Henry Roy Holdcn who wsb
fined $100 after pleading guilty In
Justice Court.
Friendly
Helpfulness
To Every
Creed and Pur$e
Ward's Klamath
Funeral Home
Marguerite M. Ward
and Sen$
L925 High Phone 3334
JACOBY
on
Canasta
"What Is the expert view on this
situation?" asks a Dallas corres
pondent. "The opponents get the discard
Kile time after time and have their
Hilda lull of cards, our side has
very 'little chance to win the pile.
Would you be wlso to meld out as
soon as you cun,' before the op
ponents can meld their maximum?
"My sister claims this Is poor
sportsmanship, and she gets mad
it I do it. I can sec no sense in
sitting there Just drawing and dis
carding while they pile up points,
while I could get all the cards out
of my hand early in the deal and
come out ahead.
"Who Is right?"
Mv correspondent Is completely
right. It Isn't good sportsmanship
to stand around and act as a hu
man punching bag; it's Just plain
foolishness. There Is such a thing
as defense, alter all, and the best
defense aguinst opponents who
have control ol the discard pile Is
to meld out as quickly as possible.
It's perfectly true that your op
ponents get annoyed when they
seem to have a fine game going,
and vou suddenly foil them by
melding out. You are playing the
game to win. however, and not to
spare your opponents that sort of
annoyance.
It goes almost without saying,
of course, that your opponents have
the same rlgnt wnen tne snoe is
on the other foot.
Q Must two players In a game
of three-hand Canasta always gang
up against the third player? For
example, suppose Player A takes
up a small discard pile. Is It ab
solutely essential now for Player
B to discard generously to riajcr
r. in order to slve Player o a
Llle or two and thus enable Player
C to discard safely to Player A?
A No. not at all. In the game
of three-band Canasta you cooper
ate with an opponent when you
wish to do so. There Is no rule on
the subject.
In thn situation you describe, for
example, you would discard gen
erously to Player C If he were
In trouble. If he were a poor play
er or If Player A happened to be
fcr ahead in the score and Uiere
fore had to be held back
Contrariwise, you would discard
tightly to Player C If he happened
to be leading on the score.
Ridgway Raps
Shin Seizures
TOKYO Wi Oen. Matthew B.
Ridgway Tuesday sent a sharply
worded note to Soviet authorities,
denouncing Russian seizure of Jap
anese fishing vessels.
The Allied Supreme Commander
accused the Reds of grabbing some
"contrary to all principles of Inter
national law and custom."
He also accused the Russians
of holding many of the fishermen
captive, subjecting them to "pro
longed Interrogational most of
which have had nothing to do with
tho alleged violations of the fishing
area but on the contrary have been
solely for the purpose of securing
information concerning conditions
in Japan."
He also said the Russians tried
to levy fines In U.S. dollars against
some captains "on the totally un
supported grounds of their having
'plundered' fish In Soviet 'terri
torial' waters."
The seizures were on the high
seas, the Allied statement said, in
the northern waters off Hokkaido
land near Russian-held Sakhalin.
The protest was one of a series
on a continuing problem. Japa
nese fishing vessels have been seiz
ed by the Reds over the past sev
eral years. Others have been cap
tured by both Communist and Na
tionalist ehlnese, North Koreans
and even South Koreans,
APPROPRIATE NAME
PORTLAND lif) A man, ar
rested here Monday and accused of
drunkenness and burglary, told po
lice his name was Ernest Vice.
KIDNEYS
MUST REMOVE
EXCESS WASTE
Nairg Ing backeehe, loct of pep and nwgr,
htariachM and dliilntaa may ha dua to alow
down of kidney function. Doctor aay Rood
kidney function ii very Important to food
health. When aome everyday condition, mien
aa atreie and ftraln, caunee thfi important
function to alow down, many folitamiffer nag
tin backache feel miserable. Minor blad
der Irritations due to cold or wrong diet mny
cause getting up nlghteorfrefjuentpaMagM,
Don't neglect your kldneye if there condi
tions bother you. Try Doan'i Pllla mild
diuretic. Ueed aueccaafully by million for
over 60 yea re, It'a amazing how many tlmea
Doan'a give happy relief from theae dlnrom-forta-hlp
the lb mile of kidney tub a and fll
Uri fluab out waate. Get Doan'i rills today 1
HIGH AND DRY The meandering Missouri River played a trick on tlio engineers and
made this $1,070,000 bridge an object of controversy. The river wandered away from tho
channel that was to have been crossed by the bridge between Decatur and Onitwa, la.,
rendering it useless. Now, Army engineers say they have no money to steer tho river
back to its normal course and residents of the area are awaiting impatiently for some
action toward getting the river back under the bridge.
"I fear" writes A. O. A., "that
my brother, who is sick, Is troubled
with puint poisoning. Would you
uccnue tno enectsr
Paint, ol course, Is made up of
a number of chemlcafs, but probu
bly tills correspondent means lead
poisoning, which at least In the
past was the most common and
Important type o( poisoning re
sulting trnm paint.
Before discussing lead poisoning,
however. It should be pointed out
that paint manufacturers and other
Industries using lend have devel
oped many precautionary methods,
so that lead poisoning Is now al
most a vanishing Industrial disease.
Lead can be absorbed through
the lungs, skin, or the digestive
orgams. Although the body takes
lead Into the system easily. It does
not get rid of it so well.
If lead poisoning begins sudden
ly, a large amount of lead must
have been absorbed rapidly, usu
ally through the stomach.
Pain in the abdomen, vomiting,
and collapse are symptoms of this
acute form. Severe collckv pains
and rapidly developing anemia
with a typical white waxy color of
the skin Is frrquent.
Examination of the blood In such
cases showes a peculiar appear
Lincoln One Candidate
Who Refused Speeches
SPRINGFIELD. III. IP Abra -
ham Lincoln proved nearly a cen
tury ago that a man could win
the Presidency without making
campaign speeches.
An Illinois historian nays the
man who was to become the Great
Emancipator refused to apeak oil
the day's insurs because he was
a 1 raid his word would be twisted.
Thofe who pressed him were re
ferred to his previous speeches
and letters.
Dr. Harry E. Pratt. Illinois state
historian, said lu an Interview
Tuesday that Lincoln was unbudg-
Court Changes
Ballot Title
8ALEM ifl The Oregon Su
preme Court Monday ehanited At
torney General George Ncuner's
ballot title for the initiative meas
ure that would prevent the sale or
manufacture of alcoholic liquor, In
cluding wine and beer.
The title fixed by the high court
Is "Prohibition Amendment to
Oregon Constitution."
Ncuner's title was "Constitutional
Amendment Relating to Alcoholic
Liquor."
Bllu-Welnhard Brewery, Port
land, brought the suit, contending
that Neuner's title did not Indicate
that the initiative would result In
prohibition.
The initiative Is being circulated
by the Antl-Llquor League of Ore
gon. Timber Suit
Settled
HOOD RIVER Ijfl A suit over
sale of timber land by a Lyle.
Wash., Indian has been settled out
of court. Circuit Judge Malcolm
W. Wilkinson said Monday.
The suit, brought by James Slim
Jim, a Yakima agency Indian,
against Fred M. Marsh. Lebanon,
charged "fraud and misrepresenta
tion" in tne transaction last May
for 76 acres of timber land south
of here.
Deed to the land, purchased for
$1,000, was returned by Marsh.
Hood River County assessor's re
cords valued timber on the land at
16,000.
JOS. J. IIEILNER
BAKER tPI Joseph Jacob Hell-
ner, 74, the man after whom
Baker's air field was named, died
here Monday after a brief Illness.
Sonja. Ilcnio
says
!y '! do recommend
1 Ayde to any woman
Wltohaaa problem with
her fig tire."
REDUCE
WITHOUT DIETING
V
Simply eat this deliciou. Vllamln and
Mineral Candy called A YDS, before
menlsM directed. AYDH check, your an
polilJi you automat ically eat lew lose
weight naturally. Ahnolutly safe con
tain. n6 reducing dru... Mony rafundMl
If you don't Iom wtlght with firat box.
Generous supply 12.98.
W J 31 a) ft
mm
PAYLESS DRUG
808 Main St.
ance to the red cells when thry
are atatiied In a particular man
ner and exuiulned under tho micro
scope. A blue line around the gums In
also an important symptom In
many cases of lead poisoning, but
is not always present.
The most Important symptoms of
the slow or chronic poisoning are
paralysis, usually of the arms,
colicky pains In the bowls, and
disturbances of the brnln. Head
ache Is common and patient are
treijuently emotionally excited or
depressed.
Lead poisoning has gradually be
come less serious because ol the
measures which have been taken
In Industry to protect those who
work with lead, and because of
the Increased understanding ot
those who work with this metul
of tile dangers Involved.
Lead poisoning of either the
acute or chronic varieties In most
unpleasant, and hard to treat.
Consequently, great care In pre
vention. Including careful cleaning
of the hands and fingernails, par
ticularly before eating should be
Insisted upon for all those who are
exposed to absorbable forms of
lead.
1 Ing In his resolve to keep hta
mouth shut" during the 1880 cam.
Ealgn, Pratt quoted Idlers attent
ive Pratt said Lincoln even relused
to address a political rally m
Bprlngfleld which was preceded by
a procession past his home. He at
tended, but kept hla silence.
Pratt related one eflort of James
Gordon Bennett, New York Herald
speech.
"Bennett was attempting to
smoke Lincoln out and provoke
him to anger so he would reply. He
accused Lincoln of attending a
Know Nothing' lodge meeting in
Qulncy, III.," Pratt said.
Lincoln wrote to Abraham Jonas,
a Qulncy attorney, and asked for
affidavits from Qulncy residents to
settle the matter. But Lincoln cau
tioned: It muse not publicly ap
pear that I am paying any at
tention to the charge."
Lincoln's campaign was conduct
ed by a corps of speakers while
their candidate sat In Gov. John
Wood's slate house office, which
he took over for campaign head
quarters, and received hundreds of
politicians.
Freak Accident
Strangles Boy
FORE8T GROVE Johnnv
Mitchell Danner. 13, strangled to
death In a freak accident here.
Graham Young, coroner said Mon
day. ,
ine boy s sister found him hang
lug by a clothesline Saturday. He
apparently ran Into the line which
looned around his neck and
strangled him, Young aald.
rie was pronounced dead at a
hospital where his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Van W. Danner. had taken
him
r AUw drop."
I
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SIIAIGM BOURBON WHISKtr. U PROOF.
Heavy Snows
Hurt Skiers ,
Skiing eulhiiAlasm In the KluTI.
alii area took a dip this wlulrl.
Probably tho main reason. Ironi
cally enough, wus Ilia wealhri :
too much snow.
Crater Lake National Park, fur
many years the most popular ski
(spot lor K hi inn Hi slut rnlhuMahis,
'IcikI Its akl low when wrtithrr con
ditions primarily record tnnwlull
forced Ita operation to bo dlscnn
j turned. The trails, however, have
leinalned open.
Mvrmi
That Inrced a Iranslrr of "alfrc
tion" lor last resort loullne skiers
here. They found a iiuod subHIiuir
lor their old atunilliv locution In
the Warner C'unyon tiki area, nine
miles northeast ol Lukvvlew.
A little farther tliiui Crater Lake,
perhaps, but still a itood spot to
ski. Good ruoiiKli, in Incl, Hint it
attracts rcuulur purllrs all the wuy
from Medlord.
Hrrrs what It has to offer:
A IMxi-foot ski tow, with a down
hill run of about Hie same
length . . .
A win mum hut servlnu hot duns.
hnmbur,teia, chill, collee and hot
IclKX'Oiate . , ,
Night skiing under 100.000 candle
power Hood hunts ...
A parking area for 32 automo
biles. According to Warner Dlst, Ran-
aer Don Peters, the area has been
gelling about 7 to 100 sklrrt rarli
Saturday and Sunday, with iJikr
view townspeople making good u:e
of the run on 'ibtiraday afternoons.
1'res. Clair Smith. Fremont High
landers ski club, has been leading
a movement lor further develop,
ment of the area and Its facilities.
Gl fcHTS
Peters aald the University of
Oregon ski team would be guests
at the area later this month under
a program sponsored bv the Lako
County Chamber of Commerce.
He aald there hnd been but fouv
accidents so far this season , , .'
two broken legs, a dislocated
shoulder and a (lightly turned ankle
Oddly enough, the turned ankle
was the onlv accident occurring
during the nlght-skllng periods, tho
i anger reported.
Highways Said
Wearing Fast
SALENf lfl Oregon Highway
Engineer R. H. Baitlock told eon
gressional highway committees
last week thut federal-aid highways
are wearing out twice as fast as
they are being replaced.
Baldork. representing the Ameri
can Association of State Hluhwav
Officials, suld 33 billion dollars
needs to be spent on the fedcrul
road system.
He said this Job could be done
In 20 years If the federal govern
ment provided 800 millions a year,
and If the state appropriated an
equal amount.
The administration road bill, now
before Congress, would cut fed
eral road funds 20 per cent. Other
bills would slightly Increase the
500 million now spent by the fed
eral government for roads,
Baldock told the committer that
the federal government collects Bfu
millions a year from gas taxes,
and that this amount should be
spent on roads, Instead of for nou-
highway purposes. 1
THE SIAGG DIST. CO,, IRANKfORT, KY.
45 qft