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FRANK JENKINS
Editor
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on August 20, 1906, under act of Congress, March 8, 1879
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By BILL JENKINS
You can stop watting now.
Today is the first day of surine.
If you don't believe It look at
any calendar. Usually spring falls
on the 21st of March, but due to
leap year or something like that
It came a day early this year. In
theory, that is.
If you don't like the weather
vou can (1) shoot yourself (3)
move away (3) stay Inside and
read Plato (4) write essays on
weather in general, or (5) take up
the study of Buddhism and con
centrate on contemplation, thus
kitiritmr vourself into believing that
you are surrounded by Lotus blos
soms, oeauiuui maios aim auiiauiuc
like wine.
You can turn to the Bible, the
old testament. Job I think, and
leam that "... fair weather
cometh out of the North."
Or you can seek to rationalize
the whole thing. Perhaps by turn
ing back to your high schoordays
of study and remembering a few
careless lines by Sir John Suck
ling: Out upon It, I have loved
Three whole days together:
And am like to love three more, .
If it prove fair weather.
If you follow this system you
keep threatening to leave the Basin
immediately but stick around to
eee it maybe it wont dear up
Just a little. Also known as the
eour grapes theory.
You can forecast the weatner at
will. Not that it'll do any good,
but if it makes you feel better go
ahead.
You won't come as close as
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne
Clemens) did in a speech, before
a, bunch of New Englanders,
though. He said:
"Probable nor'east to sou west
winds, varying to the southard and
westward and Bastard and points
between: high and low barometer,
sweeping round from place to place
probable? areas of rain, snow, hail
and drought succeeded or preced
ed by earthquakes with thunder
and lightning."
Or, if you choose, you can sit
round and listen to the home
spun theories of the Basin:
"If you don't like the weather
here wait five minutes."
"If Spring comes on Tuesday
this year I'm gonna take the day
off and enjoy -it. It came on a
weekday last year and I missed
It-had to works".
"This country only has two sea
sons: Winter and August."
Old Thad when he said: "Easy
to explain the chill, stranger. Snow
can't go off the hills 'till It warms
up in the valley, and can't warm
up in the valley 'till the snow
toes off the hills."
"Toughest winter I ever saw,"
If you think this is tough you
ughte been here ..."
Or. as Mao Epley used to say
en looking, out at a raging snow
storm: "That Isn't snow, that's
winter sunsnlne."
Any way you slice It spring in
the Basin is Just spring In the Ba
sin and all you can do is sit back
and take it. As this is written
(6 a.m.) the sun Is shining brightly,
the snow is sparkling, the sky is
a bright blue with only a fringe
of cloud and it really looks like
the McCoy.
You would almost think spring
is here. ,
rhp hmomst. news nf the dav. any
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By DEB ADDISON
Ed Miller and his Oregon Tech
student who have the bet on horses
can settle un on the basis of fig.
ures herewith, though we weren't
able to dig out the dope on the
exact time bounds of the net.
The question was: Are there
more horses in the country now
than there' were fifty years ago?
Trends Indicate that the answer Is
no.
According to Local Horse Author
ity J. D. (Doc) vertrees iwun rei
erence from the Census in the Unit
ed States in Agriculture) the norse
Is losing his place in the sun.
Doc dug up figures going back
SO years nationally.
Probation On
Theft Granted
Two-year probation terms were
given two men Wednesday after
noon in Circuit Court after they
waived grand jury investigation and
pleaded guilty to charges of- burg
lary, not in a dwelling. .
Charles P. Poitra,' 25, and Wil
liam D. Wilder, both of Merrill,
admitted their part in the' theft of
84 sacks of potatoes late in Nov
ember from a Great Northern
freight car at Adams 'Point.
The pair was apprehended in
Phoenix, Ariz., last week and re
turned here by the Sheriff's office
Of two other men implicated In
the theft, Kenneth Mack Anderson,
28 is serving a two year term In
Oregon State Prison, and Ray
mond William Dawley, 18, Merrill,
Is awaiting grand -jury action. He
Is free under $1000, baiK ' y
OKAY
KEY WEST, FleJlMV'J- Presl-
dent Truman said' Thursday Gen.
Elsenhower Is at liberty to return
to the United States any time he
deems It safe and proper. .
FOR SALE
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a bed, sprinq and mattress,
vanity, chest of drawers
Call at 120 No. 10th
BILL JENKINS
Managing Editor
day, in Amorlcw today Is that deal
ing with the political picture. The
rise and fall of the fortunes of
your particular candidate for of
fice assume gigantic proportions
in your own estimation. We sit
and ponder issues with which we
have never been troubled before.
Prognostication Is the most pop
ular Indoor sport, having supplant
ed gossip about the neighbors and
the weather sometimes.
All eyes turn toward the various
primaries as a measuring stick of
the hopes and dreams of political
aspirants. Will Ike make' it? Will
Truman run? Will the administra
tion manage to secure control of
our government again? Will our
taxes go up or down? What of a
world war? These and other Ques
tions flood our minds.
And "our minds" is just exactly
the terminology to use. Over the
past couple of decades the swing
to group or mass ininsmg nas
shown a steady and strong increase.
We have been led down the prim
rose path to the tune of "Hall,
Hail The Gang's All Here- unui
we have neared. ai least, uie uiu-
mate goal of mass winking, wnai
the leader thinks, so think L My
party, right or wrong.
Maybe what this country needs
Is a little more of the rugged and
individualistic thinking that made
this country what it is or could
have been today. When we were
a tiny nation struggling to keep
alive in the world each man thought
for himself. If he didn't like what
his neighbor was doing he either
told the neignoor auoui. ""
settled the question or shoved off
intn the Western sun and louno
himself a spot where he could do
as he pleased. And out of those
rugged individuals came the great
est ana most powenui uauuu .
world has ever seen, potentially
at least. ' ,
But now the offspring of tnese
hearty and rugged pioneers as
sume an attitude that presumes
wrong. Too many people meekly
fall into line and assume that be
cause someone told them they were
wrong in their way of thinking or
doing that they must be wrong.
The other fellow is always right.
It can lead to serious consequences.
Not that we are the first or only
nation to so suffer. But we are in
the midst of going wrougn wiui
it. Like all the other nations from
the mighty reign of Ohengis Khan
on down to the Oredis, Romans,
the Apaches and the rest, we are
being handed a sedativt -dose on
a national scale.
Rome had her bread and cir
cuses to keep the people in line.
We have our social security and
retirement plans.
Perhaps now is the time for the
people of America to shake them
selves awake and ask themselves:
"Am I always wrong? Isn't it Just
possible that I know better what
I want and what Is good for me
than someone else? Isn't it worth
a try this thinking and acting for
m5wjs crass commercial world we
live in.
Tickets for everything yet.
But If you want to go to the
NCAA playoffs In Eugene this week
end and haven't got any tickets you
might call Andy Toyly at Lorens
company. He's got four for each
night and now finds he can't make
the tournev. There it is sports fans,
for what it s wortn.
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In 1930 the horse and colt census
showed 13,742,000 head. This
dropped to 10,444.000 in 1940, and
then plunged to an estimated 5,500,
000 by 1950.
There was one mule In 1930 for
about every three horses. The mule
brutes haven't dropped off as fast.
The mule working areas haven't
become mechanized as fast.
Oregon horse population figures
go back further. In 1910 they
counted 261,627: In 1920, 271,559;
1930; 176,225; 1940, 135,800. No fig
ures later than 1940.
Getting down to Klamath county,
the trend is roughly the same. In
1930 there were 7,218 horses. The
count showed 7,154 In 1935, and
6,483 in 1940.
Taking the national trend, a drop
from about 10'i million to 52 mil
lion from 1940 to '50, would you
think that would bring Klamath
county down to a little over three
thousand horses now? we suggest
ed to Doc.
I'd think the drop would be
sharper for Klamath county than
the country as a whole, was his
Judgement ... I'd guess some
where over two thousand horses.
Vertrees mentioned Bill Goulden's
haying crews on the Big Marsh
and Summer Lake as one of the
few outfits which still uses lots of
horses. Rough ground and soft
spots In the marsh meadows still
call for plenty horses ahead of the
mowing machines. -
This brings to mind a remark by
one- of the young men In one of
the larger ranching outfits a few
years back.
Ever so often, he said, I sneak
off and buy another tractor. They
holler and bellyache and then go
sell off another sixty horses.
So you see, there's lots of fine
horseflesh In evidence around the
Fourth of July, but Old Dobbin
can't keep tip with the clatter of
a tractor.
ah of which goes to show you
that there now are more ah trac
tors than there are horses.
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GAIN NOTHING
KLAMATH FALLS We have
noted much talk of racial preju
dices, some in the local paper. We
feel that many of these prejudices
are spotugnten oy tne so cauea
minor groups themselves.
Referring to me recent article
about minstrel shows; almost every
group or race in the United States,
taken as a group. Is a minority.
But we do not feel that by outlaw
ing minstrel shows one
group
would gain anything.
We ape the Italian and his grind
organ and monkey: we laugh at
the Swede and his accent: we en
joy the Jew and his many expres
sions which have grown to be part
of the American language: we
laugh at the Chinaman's peculiar
philosophy and manner of speech
and on Saint Patrick's Day most
of us wish we were Irishmen with
their love for a good time and a
good fight.
What we don't understand is why
any one group or race should take
offense at our American way of
preserving a part of each race's
folklore and making it a part of
American life.
Any fool knows that an Irishman
or a Swede or any other race is
as good as any colored man so
long as he behaves himself.
With racial bars down on inter
marrying we are only a few genera
tions away from coming up with
any color baby on the color chart.
We don't believe that we are mak
ing fun of or ridiculing any one
grdup because of their race, creed
or color. It is all part of America
and all of it can be enjoyed by
all Americans. There is no substi
tute for a good sense of humor.
All of us live in glass houses
and a callous can be grown where
skin is thin,
C. M.
NOT THEIR DUTY
KLAMATH FALLS Eight years
In Klamath Falls and many contro
versial subjects later. I have fi
nally taken pen.in hand to express
a few opinions on one subject. Our
supposed teenage problem. We
have forums, talk, many figures
showing delinquency trying to
prove that we have a more trou
blesome lot of teenagers than we
have had in the past. Many of us
who think and talk along this line
have very short memories. For as
long as I can remember, it seems
that we have had teenage prob
lems. In the first place we don't feel
that It is the duty of the teachers,
city police officers, or any other
paid agencies to direct the lives
of these young people. Many of us
parents are prone to lay the blame
for any trouble that our children
get Into on the teachers or the
city or anyone else who comes to
mind. Actually most of this blame
lies in the home.
Today's parent wants little re
sponsibility, with all of the credit
if his child turns out right, and the
privilege of blaming others if his
child turns out wrong. Walk Into
any beer joint of our fair city and
ask how many are parents, you
will find that a large percentage
are. Ask where the children . are.
Depending on the children's age.
your answers will be anything
from, with a baby sitter to "I
don't know."
We rave and fuss about planned
activities in the community rather
than take the time to plan activi
ties In our homes. Do children
want to be alienated from their
parents and pushed Into compan
ionships that they would not other
wise seek because they are lonely,
Girl Dies When
Dress Flares Up
ASHLAND tm An 8-year-old
girl, whose dress caught fire while
at play, died in a hospital here
Wednesday.
She was Loretta Mitchell, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mitchell,
Ashland. The girl was playing be
side a stove in her home when her
dress burst into flames.
In panic she ran outdoors, eluding
her mother's grasp. She was badly
burned by the time neighbors
could stop her down the street.
FALL CAUSES DEATH
LONDON UFI Lady Frances
Harlngton, 75-year-old daughter of
the late fourth Earl Temple, fell
to her death Thursday from her
sixth floor apartment in London's
Kensington district. -
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and for want of something to do
get Into some sort of shady busi
ness that eventually leads to more
serious trouble? Why should we
saddle the bartenders and grocery
store owners with the responsibility
of deciding whether or not our chil
dren are going to get drunk when
every sort ot subterfuge Li used to
obtain liquor from the bar or gro
cer.
We don't feel that It Ls Hunt for
tne DIlrcnis to push the up-brtng-
ing oi our cnuaren to otners in ure
community who have as little or
less time, much less interest and
no love for the parties Involved.
If the parents were taken to court,
instead of the bartenders or gro
cery store owners or the teenagers,
and reminded of their responsibil
ities to their children In the forma
tive years of their lives, we think
there would be an appreciable de
crease In the number of cases
that are brought to the attention
of our Juvenile courts.
If a child's natural energy is not
directed into good channels by old
er and -more experienced parents
they wilt be directed by others less
capable and more often harmful to
the child's future life.
A few extra hours spent by the
parents In planning activities, pro
viding responsibilities and In mak
ing occasional discreet. Investi
gations Into the child s after school
and after dark activities, we be
lieve before twenty-one, of the
child's life.
C. M.
9th and Pint
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REG. 4.49 SHEER MARQUISETTE
88
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Charity Gets
Huge Fortune
NEW YORK in Mrs. Sylvia
Wllk.s. the wealthy eccentric who
inherited nearly 100 million dol
lars from her mother, the fabulous
Hetty Green, krpt the tidy sum of
31 millions in Just one checking ac
count. Like her mother, Mrs. Wllks left
i Rn 'ate of neurly 100 millions.
Most of her wealth will go to 63
charitable institutions.
The banking practices of Mrs.
Wllks became known Wednesday
in an accounting of her estate by
a surrogate court.
In addition to her big checking
account at the Chase National
Bank. Mrs. Wllk.s kept five mil
lion dollars in checking accounts
or In safety deposit vaulLi In an
other New York bank.
Mrs. Wllks, 80, died a yenr ago
last month. Her mother, who died
m 1918, amassed her fortune In
New York realty investments and
in Wall street securities.
CARDINAL APPOINTED
VATICAN CITY (Pl Pope Plus
XII Thursday appointed Fcderlco
Cardinal Tedeschinl papal legate
to the International Eucharistlc
Congress to be held at Barcelona
toward the end of May.
We apeclallte In Insurance be-
cause we want to serve our cus-1
tomers rlghL No sidelines Ham!
Norland Agency, 827 Pine StH
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of Curtains and Drapery Fabrics
Truman Rlglitmlre ran the most
unique .motion picture nhnw Unit I
ever wiw, and one of the earliest.
He had a avstrm Unit mmiv a nutrl.
em ruipnm exniuitor wmim do ulna
to follow, lie only oneneil tin when
there were enough customers to
nuiKe It pay.
The minimum audience to which
Trutne would exhibit was five peo
ple. At ten (lent a head, he fig
ured five pnlrt his costs and a mile
of profit. Trumc didn't aim to Kt
rich quick, but you run guess that
he never got rich alow either.
Those davs. the citv saw John
Bunny for a nickel: In the Nickelo
deons wncro the movies were born.
But Tiuiiie could Justify hla dime
price. He took the movies Into the
sticks, whence he came and where
he flourished: the little town where
I was born. i
Triune was a close student ol
the Sourn-Hoebuck catalogue. Well
before ha gut into movies he was
Intrigued by the inaglo lantern
and ho sent for one. ulso the must
slides ot the day, Niagara Fulls.
llien Trunin started a nlcture
show. His first spot news feature
hud a run never beaten until came
'Abie's Irish Rose." It was the
funeral ol President McKlnley at
Canton, Ohio: with accompanying
lecture. Delore motion pictures be
came a part of his ten-cent ven
ture, mo wnoie countryside nun
laid tho martyred President away
many times; at a nicxei a my.
Every yokel thereabouts had heurd
the lecture so often Unit he knew
it by heart.
Regardless, when Impresario
Rlghlmlre broke Into the movies
he took the old reliable with him.
to round out Ills urograms. 'Twiis
smart, because this Icutiuc brought
many shekels from city folks who
daringly motored that far In their
unpredictable horseless currlugcs
to see Trump's show and make a
lurk out of It.
My llrst visit to Trume's colossal
exhibit was as an Invited passenger
In a four-cylinder Cadillac. In this
snooty conveyance we ventured the
whole 13 miles, over which, us
a babe of two, I had been trans
ported in a lumber wagon. I men
Honed this historical exodus en
route with no nnticeaiile rlieit
upon my companions, who wero
mum ciimi-iurii nun . mu-(u.i
cocktail shaker.
We found Trume's house In dark
ness, but knew the formula. A
knock brought his head from an
tipper window; then the determin
ing question, "How munv of you?"
We were admllled, upoii payment
of four bits. Potato crates oppeared
and a plank was placed across
them; ample room lor live.
Trume prmlucol his projector and
placed It on the kitchen range. Ig-,
noring the wood fire within. We ;
faced a bed sheet on the wall; i
which we guessed from the wrlnk-1
les In It. would return with Trume
when he went back to bed.
MrKlulry's funeral came flrit. '
Trume's 14-ear-old towhead did 1
not know the lecture as well as
the natives. She read It. Althnugli
Trume Inserted the cracked slide
bottom aide up. the lecturer had '
emeu,
REG. 1.98 PLASTIC DRAPERIES
1.66 Pair
Beautiful decorator patterns and fabric-like
finishes afford real window beauty for little
money. Plastic It long-wearing, resists fading.
Easy to keep clean, wipe with damp, sudsy eloth.
McKlnlny hair way In the hearse
when there came a knock at the
door. A lank native,' Ills wile and
three children cuinn In. A big night
for Triune. Ho went back and start
ed the show over,
Tills displeased two of our party,
who hud been a bit obstructive
from the start. An argument en
sued, which delayed the show. Then
homely pathos entered; something
I'll never forget, The nallve arose
and aald:
"This Is too bad, I live four
miles up In the hills. I've seen a
moving picture, but my wuinan
and yoiinguns ain't. I work hnrd
and don't see imiclf money. I've
saved up tor (his and we drive
down to are the pictures. It's a
hard trip and the ynunguns have
been to bed early two nights get
tin' slept up for It.
"We've planned on this a long
time, huvlii' heard what a good
show Triune had. 'fills la too bail,
that somelhln' on which we've set
such store gits mussed tin like this.
It's a big thing to these yoiinguns,
mister. Like as not you've got kids
who get to the Nickelodeon reg'lur
like. For their sake, fellers, won't
you let my kids ee the show?"
Trume's show went over with a
bnng. His eldest flnully burled Mc
Klnley. Fire engine horses what
wuu. left on them on the slreuky.
pnlrhcd up film came rushing oil
the bed aheet and scared the day
lights out of three youngsters who
were off the hill lor the first lime
In a year.
We didn't stny through It all. We
had to go to the tavern and fetch
suckers and popcorn. Then, before
they relumed lo the hills, we gave
a forgiving lamlly their llrst ride
In a automobile.
Dollars to douglimitJi all of 'rut
own one now: muybe a couple.
Jet Engine
"Improved"
LOC'KLAND, Ohio l.tl A aleek
,nj Rrilny "Unproved" Jet engine
ipsuned to make the F-SS even
more potent than the sabrejeta now
tiying in Korea has been un
veiled here.
The engine the J47-OE-27
made its debut with considerable
(iinlurc Wednesdny at the dedica
tion of a General Electric Co. Jet
center here.
It was the tenth anniversary of
lne running ot the first American
turbojet at General Electric a Lynn,
Mass., plant In 1043.
The "27" has a thrust rating
"In excess of 8,800 pounds," a 10
per cent greater driving force than
the General Electric irawerplanl
of the Sabres now In Korea.
But essentially It Is the same a
the "23" model announced at (
l.vnn. Mass.. more man a year no
The "23" Is being produced for the
Boeing B-47 stratojet bomber.
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Nr)W YORK Ml - With aprlii.
biealhlug down their necks, a mm.
ble liundliil of businessmen m
whlslllng a merrier tune alter a
long dlHinul winter,
These liirnieily depressed ami
now hopeful busliirns leudern tmiv
be whistling In the dark, but It's a
uheerfiil sound, anyway.
Sighting belter (lays ahead -In
their annual report or at annuui
meetings are executives In
widely spaced Industries as lo
llies, carpels, meal pucklug, rrlnil
trade, mid other Industries thru,
the first signs of easing demand
has been noted metals, oil and
packaging.
It Is interesting that thev arem
more cheerlul at a time when sn
many others are discouraged ns
the usual business Indexes noim
down: Industrial production leveled
oil for several monins, retail trails
trailing lust year, new orders lag
uliiir lii tiiiinv Industries, em-iini-ni-
earnings falling under the burden
ot nigner taxes,
Here are a few who are apenklng
up, as hopeful as the spring eannn
Itself:
Signs of Improvement are an-
pearlng in the textile Industry, sin s
llenry M. lllliui. president ol Pacific
Mills. Ills hopefulnesa comes as tlm
mujorllv ol the Industry are calluur
this "the worst depression Uni t
10:13."
In the avnthellr fiber division
optimism over the lutiire of lexiilri
is shown concretely bv the piisliiiu..
nheud of a huge plunl expansion
progrum which promises a flood ol
the newer nian-mude fubrlcs In the
next two or three years.
The carpet Industry, also luird IT.I
In recent months, looks for beiiK
duys In the latter halt ol 192,
Herbert J. Adair, president of An
loom Carpel Co , tells sharehnlden
at the uimuitl meeting.
A incut pucker Edward F. Wil
son, president ol Wilson ti Co
also looks lor belter duys In the
lust hsir of the year,
"nellliliely optimistic over
outlook tor nhimlniim's long runur
future." Arthur V. Dnvm. rhalrniuu
of Aluminum Co. nf America, says
in tlir nnmial report that " num
ber of new markets are expected to
develop, ami several ma lor llelds
now using quantities nf aluminum
ure expected lo require greater
amounts In the future."
Increased demand for petroleum
prmlucla Is piedlcied by W. 8. H
Rodgers, chairman of the Trxn
Co., in the annual report. But
costs and higher tuxes could reduce
net prollt this year
Home slackening In the puper and
pulp industry ns a whole has been
reported. But William Marer, exe
cutive vice president ol Hudson
Pulp & Paper Corp., Is all onllm
Ism. He ssys. "we are operating t
rapacity, and sales have been run
ning nearly 25 per rent above Uie
year-ugo innrk."
"Plenty of business In the oiling
and prosects of a very satisfactory
year" Ihls picture Is given stock
holders of Mesta Machine Co., bv
I.orenr. Inversen, president, at the
annual meeting.
Department store sales have
been tralllngsfhe year ago figures,
but most chain stores-excluding
some mall order houses have been
aeportlin February sales topping
last year by fair percentages
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