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PAGE SIX HERALD AND NKWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON FIIIDAY, DKCKMUKIt 10. 10.12 TRANK JENKINS Editor Entered Kcoad dm matter at the poit otlice ot Klamath Falls. Ore, on August 30, 1904, under act ol Congreu, March I, 1(79 MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED TRESS The AMseiated Press Is entitled exclusively to the use (or publication e all the local news printed In this newspaper as well as all AP news. SIBSCRIPTION RATES MAIL 1 month ( months f 1.35 6.60 111.00 1 year BItLBOARD By BILL JENKINS The Saturday Evening Post has done it again. Tbelr lead story for the week ol December 20th bring an opus by Jeron- Ellison titlea "The Shame Ol Skid Row." It should, rather, reflect the shame of this eminent national publication for such llagrant mu- us ol the English language and j ine nunurca icuuuKJiug vt urc , Northwest. There is no such word as "skid row." The correct title is "skid road." look in any dictionary. I chal lenge you to find a skid row. You'll find skid road mentioned in the 1932 edition of Webster's New International dictionary, defined as "Logging, tai A road along which logs are dragged to the skid wav or landing." The 1946 edition of Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Fifth Edi tion, doesn't even mention the word. Apparently the editors fig ured that students In the world of today didn t need to bother with the tradition of the past. They in clude classifications under Aero nautics and Nautical, but not Lumbering. (What's this modern world coming to?) Funk and Wagnall's New Prac tical Standard Dictionary, 198 edition, defines it u "1. A roaa or track along- which logs are hauled to the skidway. 2. A road made of logs laid transversely and placed about five feet apart." The Encyclopedia Americana, 1948, bunches it all under the one word, skid, and describes It "one of a pair of logs or beams Jala lengtnwise as a support in rolling logs, bsrrels or the like. When a line of parallel logs is thus laid to form a roadway along which logs can bt hauled. It is termed a skidway. To move logs on it is 'skidding- ". Fine thing for our youngsters to grow- up with. No mention of a ekid road. Anyway, nowhere will you find the term "skid row." A skid road is almost a thing ef the past. It grew up in the daya of big suck logging, when giants were tearing out the Ion In the dense fir and spruce forests of the vast Pacific Northwest- Now you find it in use only in isolated areu where hand loggers are still snaking the timber out. There are quite a few of 'era still left along the British Columbia and Alaskan coasts. There never have been any great number of them In our P'ne areas. In the high country, with its comparative lack of under brush, the huge sets of high w heel were used to haul loga out with art ox team or spaa or two of bones. We believe th term should be THE DOCTOR SAYS By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M. D. Written for NEA Service Tew things in this world cause more distress thsn the birth of a baby which has mne serious mal formation. Q Our baby was bom with what the doctors call spina bifida. It looks like a water blister, about the sire of a silver dollar, on the back. What la the cause of this and can aythlnc be done? H.W.B. A Spina bifida Is one of the con genital defect and involves the lower part of the spine, often with the pushing out of some of the soft tissues of the spinal cord Itself. It la likely to be associated with other defects of development. The outlook depends on the (Ire ef the defect and the presence or absence of other malformation". If It seems as though an operation would be worthwhile, this Is usually best done during the first few weeks of life. Q I have a condition of the mouth called black hairy tongue. What Is this? F.M. A In most cases the cause of thrs condition Is uncertain and var ious yeasts or fungi which are found are considered to be secon dary. There have been reports of this condition developing from pen lcillin, however. It is harmless and treatment with such drugs ss seem advisable l aimed at clearing way the offending growth. Q A friend of mine has an Itch ing red skin Irritation behind the ears which has bothered him for aevera years. This first came on after playing golf m the hot sum mer sun and was all around eye area and ears where 'he plas tic part of his sunglasses came in contact with his akin. This has cleared- up except behind the ears, hut here it still itches snd is red and he rubs and scratches It In his sleep. Can anything be done to help? - . M.I.B. A This certainly sounds like a case of ecrema or dermatitis from plastic material contained in glasses made worse by sunlight. Apparently your suffering friend no longer is exposed to the plastic material which caused his original IT'S THE LOG CABIN TONITE! uiNING DANCING RILL JENKINS Managing Editor CARRIER 1 month . ( months 1 year .... t 1.S5 S 8.10 $16.20 kept up for the benefit or future generations. Perhaps those of us who believe so are hidebound and old fashioned. But in a world ot jet planes, atomic reactors. Alger Hiss', dicscl Ualns, balanced diets and wood substitutes it seems a shame to let the glorious past be humbled and torgotten. T.ie skid roads were an integral part oi uie growth ot me norm vest. Tne term "skid road" tor a aisirici oi a town grew up arouna lite shores of Pugei Sound when snoose-chewtng Swedes were mak ing legend, not mere history, in their desperate and proiane task of furnishing uie worid with lum ber. They tougnt snow and ice and white waier and mosquitoes and mud and heat and ad the other plagues of the big woods. They sweated and strained and swore and got out the lumber. At the end of the skia road was the skidway. The spot where the logs were stacked or loaded as the case might be. It was here, at tht end ol tne lice, that the thirsty log gers came roaring out of the woods for their spring sprees. And it was here U.ai the honkvtonks. the bagnios, the sawdust bars and the rugged hotels sprang up. It was here that the wine, women scd song-hungry loggers found release from their lonely Jobs. So the areas grew up to be called skid roads. In the past when you said those magic words you were talking abouv a road, by Cod. A road made by man to bring out the logs that fed the mills and filled .the huge old lumber schooners that plied tneir trade up and down the coast and to the far off islands of the Pacific, the ports of China and Japan and even further. When you use the term now you refer to a section of town that is maybe a little rougher than most, a section where human values are either so low as to be somewhat unpleasant or so high as to be out of the reach of the mere mundane ordinary. Now the world uses' powerful machinery, whole railroads, pow er saws and mile upon mile of power lines to perform there miracles. The lumbering industry is largely a cold, ham. cut-and-drled commercial industry. The romance is largely gone. ' But not too many yesrs ago It was the most vital industry in the world and the most romantic. The saga of the cowboys and the Indians couldn t hold a candle to the feats of the loggers. In the eyes of the average American Paul Bunyan has always loomed larger than Pecos BUI or John Henry, the steel drivln' man. Please, let's not let all our tra ditions be drowrd out bv the smooth and oily tide of progress. Let a leave a lew oi the great things intact. difficulty, but his present trou ble is probably the result of scratch ing . K ordinary soothing lotions or ointments relieve the Itch, it would seem probable that he would get over It II he did not scratch lor a week or two. Q My husband has attacks of what we have been told is acute paroxysmal tachycardia and feels each time as though he were about to die. Is this a heart condition and is It seriou'? Mrs. R E. A This in a heart condition, usually of unknown cause. What it means is that the heart bests ex tremely rapidly, but that this comes on only from time to time. A goodlr number of people have had this condition for many years without suffering any harmful ef fects except at the time of the attack. Obviously, however. It Is import ant for such a person to be thor oughly examined by a physician who can advise Just what be should or should not do. dm from the 1st PRESIYTERIAN CHURCH VOCAL SOLOS by Mrs. Mervtii Ntntth. "Come t. My H..rl, Lord Jetui" Peul Ambren; "I Heard The Belli en . Chrittmes Dey" LnfeNew ORGAN SOLOS by Rev. Dweyet Prattt. "Jesus, Sen ef Men's D.iirine," lech; "rayer (rem Hansel mni Grettl" Humest finch; "Nasereth" Genets'. , READING by Rev. David lernMr. presortred for tho 7th consecutive year by HITCHCOCK and MOSHER (formerly West-Hiterieeek Corporation) P They'll Do It iAcry KOKWL OWES WILTON ALL A TlZZy- . -r jja.ijw"M t y I i i Sever -mousur - S r m AJ ?-?rMp4ssws L I I'D .MAKE IT HOME- A, ooiKp)) FEEr I 1 j 13 SVSVr 4f M IVITITTI IT! OTrTITITI ft i.I'l fiiiiimmim'tiitiiintniiiitiiiH m! CHRISTMAS Elisabeth Alice Thtrs By Out of the singing silence. Hear 1 a message sweet; Out of the tuneiul stillness Comes the patter of uny feet. Life may be robbed of sunshine. Love be a brvken band: All of Cie heartaches vanish At the touch of a healing hand. Gleam of the Christmas candle. Scent of the fire and pine Tenderly glows compassion In the eyes ot The Child Divine. Gone are the dreams of childhood: Friendships have proved umure; trust may be oaoiy scattered But unquencbed you. my faith In So, with a tender yean tng. Greet I the Holy Nigh. . Meekly I pray In silenc. In the glorious shadow if light. TTS A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS By Lennla Casper Tis a week before Christmas, and ! quick SS E mouse. I sure have been busy, cleaning mv hnntr . Starching the curtains, waxing the floors. I Washing the woodwork, even the! Lady Bandits Forget Gun T OKLAHOMA CITy' 'Jfl Two lady bandits, probably trying their first stickup, forgot one little item: The gun! - "When one of them opened the cash register and reached for the money, I slapped it out of her band." said William Brown Jr., a service atation attendant who was being "held up." One woman suddenly remember ed sne had forgotten the gun ran to her car and came back bran dishing a revolver. That, confided Brown, made him angry. He punched the woman and took her gun away. "They begged me to give It back," Brown said, "but I told them I was going to csll the police and they left. Thev were so dumb I couldn't believe it all." Guam Governor Plans to Quit AGANA. Guam Carleton E. Skinner disclosed he will re sign by Jsn. 20. the day the new Republican administration takes over in Washington. The Guam governor said yester day he Informed Secretary of the Intenor-desiinate Douglas McKay of his Intention to quit when they met at Honolulu last week. He said be had asked that announce ment of his decision be withheld until he could report to the Guam Legislature. Skinner quoted McKay as saying he had no one In mind for the post. LISTEN at 6:30 TONIGHT over KFLW PROGRAM Time FEELIM3' OTTO' I 'l 'ITiTCTi 1 1 1 a. a 4 doors: Moving a chair to make room tor the tree Well put in the window for the neighbors to see; The presents are mailed, the greeting cards sent. And our Christmas budget is sure badly bent. Gifts for the children were bought yesterday; They'll have to be wrapped and hidden away. outside my window is a beautiful sight, The earth sniggles down 'neath a blanket of white: The trees ae so pretty, their boughs. hsnging low. My whole world is covered with glistening mow. If I wasn't so busy, I'd write you a poem About "A White Christmss In My Country Home." But I'd better stop dresming. I've so much to do. So III Just have to say: "Merry Christmas to you." CHRISTMAS MEMORIES By tulalle B. tVoedward f.out "m " v. urn run. aruunu. Fnds me thinking ot the folks Back In the old home town J wondering how It goes them. And theyTe happy there. with ti us Pitting wj u urrniut ni i In a squeaky old arm chair. Just reminiscing on the past. And things of by-gone days: And people that I've loved the most. Who've long since passed away. These winter nights do bring to mind Sweet thoughts of long ago. Of things we had, and things we did: Oh, I loved them so, I'd like one more prep into the psst. Upon their smiling faces. As they gather in at evening time. Each in accustomed places. Our Joys, our sorrows, rsch we shared As we braved all kinds of weather. Oh. such happy days were those. When we were all together. Perhaps you, too, have memories dear That you now can recall. Of the old farm home . . your Mom and Dad. Ripe apples in the fall. ' We nope some dav to meet again. On that far distant shore: We'll set those same dear folks again. And well be parted no more. Handbags that look like "lots af money" but cast so little . . . any ane is the perfect gift for your lady-fair. So many beautiful shapes and colors to choose from all so beau fifully lined and fitted. Bv Jimniv 1 Uilo ij, r-B . . 1H-N TO HUFF AHP PUFF.... I BRUCE BIOSSAT The Republicans wisely have de cided not to avt one way or niiotn. ei on wage-price controls until they have held some hrarinis to deter mine the outlook for 1953. Apparently, therefore, present controls will continue at least un til Feb. 15. by w'Mch time the OOP controlled House and Senate com mittees would have had lair chance to study the matter. Whatever decision the new ad ministration and the new Congre arrive at. we mav properly hope that a consistent policy will there after be followed, the recent turn ings and twistings of the present government on this score are a sad display. U a formal stabllliatlon program is continued, it ousht to be en forced without favoritism, without yieidings to tne kind of pressure John L. Lewis successfully brought ; to bear in the coal case. When President Truman overruled the Wage Stabllliatlon Board and. gave Lewis' miners the wage hike I ihey demanded. Roger Putnam, the. retiring director ol stsDitizaiion. made a comment whose Ironv may not have been appreciated by most cltlrens. Said he: "I realise he iMr. Truman) has broader considerations in mind than the mere stabllliatlon pro gram." Possibly Putnam did not realue the role of the stsbilitaiion pro gram in our present rational lile It suggests too. that whenever the Preaident In his discretion decides that -broader considerations" are at work, the wage-mice line may i be broken and the stabilising a gen. clea Ignored. Obviously, this reduces the WSB to a frail thing, competent lo ludae issues only when grest considera tions are not involved. With steel, coal, copper and other Industries affecting the whole economy, when is that the case? Any time a President chooses to fall back upon the Indisputable fact that the de fense program Is hurt bv work stoppages, he can, under Mr. Tru man's reasoning. Just pretend the wages board doesn't exist. Well, if It does not exlt In fsct. why preserve the fiction? IF. on the other hsnd. the board Is meant to function effectively, then why not let It carrv out Its duties unier broad policy lines set at high ad ministrative level and firmly held? The existing stabilisation aetup. as it rffcls major wags-pnre con troversies, ts largely a fancy. It may be politically unwise for the Democrats to scrap It. but IU val ue seems doubtful. The new ad ministration has the task of either breathing life Into It or killing it Jjjff formally. This beg is rnaee et Genuine Naw telend leather, celsr fast, water raeellant, scuff ratiitenr in Rrewn, Inflate Tan, Hack, Nety and Red . . . end only 1.99 Rounded lines five this bee bo itfr look. In flatties er sutds; In bleak, brown, niy, rtd er froon. 2.99 Mony other styles and color from which to choose. f ji ...' ; ...i NKW YORK cl'i There la a small green tlotlilrss who has come to our house tn May and she Uvea In my wile's Imlhrmnn. I cull the little binnro Mum. corroded by the rrnluiira. "Miss Far 1CH of ItliiO." Frances iiielers lo reler to her as "Hist Juihend." Anil I think she regards her as a rival. The alnttip. whlcli Is about font tall, once rested In iliP window of an umiuue shnu In Seoul. Hi South Korean capital, I loll In love with her at first sight, lor on her laded gold leaf face was the look of a lienvv . luldcd Oi lent nl Mima Lisa, K'very riav on llio liil mi tn 111 front I would pause and look nt her. One clay, ss (he Chliir.'.p Reds were mussing lu rtiKtill Hie cliv, 1 saw the antiques dealer was clcis. ing his stoio and preparing to lire south. , 1 entered and asked hint the price ol uie slnlur. He en Id 1 could mve her fur about 24.000 Koren.i dollars. Well, as that was only eight U. S. bucks I'd buv the Brooklyn biidgo al that price 1 look her. "Who Is ahc?'. I Inoulied as he wrapped her. "I he Goddess of Pltv." he said A few nights later the Ooddess and I lied flaming Seoul together, and a month nfler that wp wprn In America When I trnderlv un wrapped her with my oilier sou vrmrsr Frances ssld; Goddetg of I'liy nothing! I ; tnuik shes honib v uu v And how moldy green she la. She looks more like the Goddess ol Jeal ousy." Well, I put her on public Mew anyway oil a bookshcll m "The Brown Study." a loom which started out to be mv den and is now the place where Frances likes lo do her sewing and most of our friends loyally agreed with Fran ces: - Goddess Or not. she's down- Bandits Let Victim Gq TULSA. Okla. i.!-Tw0 bandits kidnaped at gunpoint an American Airlines messenger who was on his way to make a 9I00.000 bank deposit but handed Ihe money bag back when Ihey discovered it con tolnrd only checks. Detective LI Paul Livingston said (he men left Joe Wing Hie 50-year-old employe, bound' and gagged in their stolen automobile yesterday afier driving htm around Uie citv for about 44 minules. Wing worked free and telephoned his env i ployer. , IT ONLY TAKES A m SMALL DOWN PAYMENT "v to get Mom tht best present of them all! Mom needs a new FRIGIDAIRE WASHER with new "OVER-FLOW" Wash and Rime ONLY 29" she should have a new FRIGIDAIRE RANGE I ONLY 22 down Make it a real Christmas for VERN OWENS' Cascade right homely." llien one night during a parly a friend said. "You know the way your Utile Undtlras has her hand cupped. . I think ahs was meant to be holding a candle In II." tin t pared down a labia candle, lltlnl it in the tiny curved palm, and lit It. "Now let s turn nut all the other Hunts, " said our friend. We did and In Ihe semi darkness my Cloddesa of Pity came Instantly alive. She sal there will) one hand llflod In a geatiiie ol eternal mercy, and Hie sod candlelight flickered on a Inco of mysterious brntity, That was Ihe way she had been nirant to be seen glowing through the dt.sk of a vanished Oriental temple, worshipped to llio music of hidden gongs. The gursis were lasclnaled. But Ihe next day the little green alatue was gone from the bookshelf. Whrn I asked Frances, "whore's my Ooddess?", she replied: "Oh, she was out of place there. I put her on Uie window shelf be hind Hie door in my bathroom. You don't want to atare at creepy thing like that all the time. do you?" I looked at her and laughnd, and Frances said sharply: "Look, Rover, If you think I'm jpalous of that silly Jughraded statue, you're rraay. I told you she Just doesn't III into Ihls room." But It doesn't help nt all when our guests aay on arrival now iel's bring In that Goddess and turn nut the lights and look al her. Why do you keep auch w won derful ahow piece in the bathroom, France?" Givt Him a REIS INSULATED JACKET They're 100e washable! Nylan Outside with orlon fleece lining. In 4 smart COO color. 4stU OTHIR JACKETS FROM MS to 45.00 DREUJS f'rlanftbu 733 Main get present or get her a new FRIGIDAIRE REFRIGERATOR ONLY DOWN! a new FRIGIDAIRE FREEZER will make her happy! ED Y ONLY I 322 H I i Froien I Foods! Home Furnishings j RFC Chief Will Stay WASHINGTON tn Harry A. ' McDonald aald yesterday he will slay on as administrator of the. Itrcoiislriiiiloii Finance Corpora. Hon If Presltleiil-elcct Klaenhower wauls him lu, "I am willing lo slay," MrDon aid told a news conference, "i haven't been asked but I am will ing lo slay and do Hie Job If that l what Is desired. Everyone knows my political affiliation." He Is a Republican, from Detroit, who rrealilrul Truman named lo head the big government lending agency last npnng. Death Claims Dainty Dotty' LOS ANGKI.Kfl Ifl Tils death of "Diilnty Dolty." onetime bi. pound lal lady ol Klngllng llrothers circus lame, was disclosed yes terday, Thp 41-year-old circus allracllon died Tuesday al her home here. Ill private Hie, she waa Mrs. Owen Jensen, wile of a circus tatlou artist. In recent years, her weight had been considerably less than lis cir rus prak. She made medical his lorv on Aug. la. 1949. when she gave lilt III to a 9-pound, 3'j-ouni ,. son by Caesar on section. She weighed 360 pounds then. Besides her husband, she leavea auoilirr sou, Rlrhard HtrUidberg, 31, by another marriage. Phono 343 "Cvclomotic" defrottina Saves Mom the Work of Defrottinq 39" DOWN! DOWN! the family! i ! I ';; 3 pi :.mmiss ,fs.T ';yip: I i,i i nevni I ft. 701 MAIN I 124 No. 4th ' Phone 836S
