THURSDAY,' AUGUST 13, 1953
HERALD AND NEWS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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' ; Th coolest lob In town lately.
outside the man who puts the meat
in the cold storage lowers, ia
probably that of Paul Buck and
his crew who are Installing a new
sidewalk down at the Cfiunnouse.
One of the few chores around these
days where you work In the shade.
-; At least part of the time. .
We're glad, too, to see that the
trees are getting a pretty good
size around the building wain af
ter all the big ones were chopped
down a number of years ago. It
may not fit In with moatin ideas
and maybe Frank Lloyu Wright
doesn't see visions of tree slrnd
h fiiixii hut to our mind there
Just Isn't anything that tan take
the place of a tree. .
In case you're Interested In how
people git from one place m
other the World Wide Travel Agen
cy Is gonna show a film showing
all approved methods, as well as
a few places come oeptemocr ism.
The affair will take place at the
Wlllard and will be first come first
seated.
Dropped In on Walt Mclntyre,
' the suv who runs the travel Joint,
the other day to ask If he had
anything Iq the line of a vacation
I could take now and pay for later.
He hasn't yet. But he a on the
way, he says.
' Speaking of travel, Klamath's
Bob Most, tne i-iymouin-uoage
dealer with the zany advertising
and publicity Ideas, Is currently
back East, where he's- visiting
with relatives, seeing the sights
and so on. He plans, so I'm told,
to pick up a new car in Detroit
and drie back out to the coast,
Klamath Falls is all a-clatter
these days with the noise of work
men putting on new sune fronts.
We're getting to be pretty fancy
Bruce Biossat
When the Italian voters In June
returned Premier De dasperl'a
government coalition to power by
the narrowest of margins, the
pen . wan icuugmzicu. now in&l
danger la upon us. His downfall
la a sad loss for the West,
' The United States had no firm
er friend In Europe, unless It be
Chancellor Adenauer of Germany.
De Oasperl brought Italy Into tho
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion. He championed the European
Defense Community ana every
other project for the political and
economlo union of the continent.
And he supported American for
eign policy openly ad vigorously.
We at home may not fully
realize It, but we do' not have
too many friends around the world
today. For a variety of reasons,
some fair and Borne unfair, Amer
ican prestige has sunk. Whatever
we may think about these Judg
ments, we must still be thankful
for friends where we can find
them.
De Oasplerl Is 72 and tired. He
may never head another govern
ment, though It Is possible he
might come back If new elections
are forced and the center coalition
by which he governed Is strength
ened.' Barring that, about the most
we can hope for Is that De Oasperl
will be named foreign minister In
any new government to follow. In
that post he would still exert pow
erful Influence for Western
causes. But It would not be quite
the same. No one expects that
aome other premier, even though
he be of De Oasperl's christian
Democratic Party, would be ao
. stout a champion of America and
Its alms.
How did this defeat happen to
a man who has performed In so
statesmanlike a manner for the
nearly eight years he has been
premier?
Observers In Italy cannot put
their finger on any single thing.
To stay on top, the premier needed
the backing of three smnll par
ties, the Republicans, Social Dem
ocrats and Liberals. For real
working strength, he could have
used the help of the Monarchists,
who have 40 votes In the Cham
ber of Deputies,
these days. One of the first things
that almost every tourist says
about the town is "my, now many
nice stores and shops you nave
'Specially the people from way
down South. Had a visitor trom
the City of Angels a week or so
ago who told me that down in the
Seventh Street district new you're
doing well if you can ace five
blocks without being blacked out
bv smog. The engineers try ana
fob It off by telling everyone it
has something to do with temper
ature inversion, whatevei that Is,
but the plain fact Is thai it's causeJ
by too many people living In the
midst of too many factories.
Anyway, our clean new business
buildings add a good deal to the
pleasure of living here. And you'll
go a long way before you find a
climate that averages out better
than ours does. '
Unless, of course, you're a true
webfoot and think that tain and
Oregon are synonymous.
Ran Into Otto Sari the other day
and got Involved In a long discus
sion of agates, otto had Jusi come
back from the coast, around Wald-
port I think he said, although I'm
not sure, Maybe It was Newport.
Anyway, he'd been having great
time strolling along the bench and
picking up odd rocks. The agate
collectors there gather in droves
during the good weather, and some
of 'em make out pretty well. OUo
was telling us of one man who
found a big chunk of strange look
ing rock, took it In to tne village
expert and walked out $1500 rich
er, And the stone, now polished in
portions, is still being cut up for
various pieces ol art work and
Jewelry that they do with agates.
He's planning to go back, otto.
that Is, next month and spend
some more time on Oregon's love
ly coast. Says he likes to walk on
the beach and can walk luur miles
there for every one he can do here
in the high altitude. Wish we were
going along.
The first of the football releases
came across the desk this morn
ing. From the Chicago Bears. And
that a good news to us football
fana.
As we remarked to Enrl Wilson
the other day, the only guod thing
aoout tne advent ol winter is foot
ball aeason and baked potatoes.
Outside that we'll stick to summer
and the hotter the bettor
Football opener for Oiegonians
this year, outside the Shrine All-
Star game, will be the clash be
tween the Rams and .the Card
inals set for September 7th In Port
land. The All-star game is slated
for Multnomah Stadium, too, on
August 22nd.
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Northwest History Highlights
By DAN E. CLARK
Professor Emeritus of History,
' University of Oregon
No. 37
Today's question: Who was Ew-
Ing Young .and what Is his inv
portance in Oregon history?
After an adventurous career as
a trapper and trader, In the south
west and in California, Ewlng
Young met Hall J. Kelley near
San Diego In the fall of 1833. Kel
ley, soon to he known as the "Pro
phet of Oregon," was a, New Eng
land school teacher who had long
taken a lively Interest in the Ore
gon country, and was now on his
way there. He sang the praises of
the Oregon country 'so effectively
that Ewlng Young decided to ac
company him and try his luck as
a. settler In the country so glow
ingly described by Kelley who, by
the way, had never yet seen it.
Aftsr buying a considerable num
ber of horaes and mules Young
and Kelley started north early in
July, 1834. Unfortunately a band of
horse thieves attached themselves
to the party for a time, and Gover
nor Figueroa of California, with
out investigation, sent word to -Dr.
McLoughlln by the sailing vessel
Cadboro that Young was the lead
er of the marauders. Thus when
Young and Kelley reached Fort
Vancouver after Incredible hard
ships they were received very cold
ly by McLoughlln, and also with
out Investigation, were branded as
horse thieves. Kelley soon left the
country embittered toward Mc
Loughlln and the Hudson's Bay
Company, although he had been
given shelter and medical attcn-,
tion during a long Illness.
Ewlng Young, with his eightv or
more horses and mules, decided to
remain. He settled In the Cheha-
lem Valley about five miles west
of the present site of Newbergk
nere no remained, virtually ' an
outcast, for more than two years.
Finally, In desperation. In the tall
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of 1836 he proceeded to erect a di
unery wun wmcn to produce a
commodity which the Indians and
some white settlers would be will
ing to purchase, even at th rieir
of the displeasure-of the Chief Fac
tor at Fort Vancouver. The Math.
odtst missionaries at Lee's mission
were alarmed, and sent Young a
tvwicuu.f request to aDandon the
enterprise, offering to reimburse
him for any expense he had Incur
red. ,
Fortunately at this time William
A. Slacum, United States govern
ment agent; arrived at the Willam
ette settlement. He talked with
Young and convenced him that Mc
Loughlln would permit himi to se
cure SUDDllea at Port Van......
like anyone else If he would aban-
uon nis aisuiiery. At any rate
Young and convinced him that Mc
of the missionaries and agreed to
discontinue the manufacture of
whiskey. About a year later the
ulstillery was replaced by, a saw
mill. .
The next article will tell how
Ewlng Young helped to bring cat
tle lroni California to Willamette
Valley, and still a later article will
show how Young's death started a
chain of events that led to the for
mation ef a Provisional Govern.
ment.
Next question: What was the Wil
lamette Cattle Company?
Clip and paste in your hlstorv
scrapbook. (If you have a question
you would like answered on Oregon
or Northwest history, mail it to
Dan E. Clark, care of this news
paper.) ; , - , V i ; . (
The moat up-to-date Insurance Is
written by Hana Norland. 627 Tine
St. Phone 2-2515.
Telling The Editor
with the
Ground Observer Corps
Bv ELSIE BARKER
The following article was taken
from Norther LUe Magazine,
"Aurora Borealis," Seattle. -
LET GEORGE DO IT?
Regarding the article on taxs in
the May AB, may I offer some
comments. What becomes of our
tax money? Well, here is a small
Insight on the subject.
Do you know It costs the Air
Force between $1,500 and $3,000
each time to send a plane up to
patrol an area where it could be
covered by a 24-hour Ground 00.
server Post. Each time a 24-hour
Post, such as the one a Klamath
Falls (the only one In a large area
on 24-hour duty) has to close be
cause of the lack of volunteers,
It Is patrolled by the Air Force,
at a large cost to you, Mr. Taxpayer.
So your two or four hours a
week as a volunteer could help re
duce this expenditure and help the
Air Force to further fortify our
"Air Defense System." This is
at present very necessary for the
preservation, of our way of Hie,
Freedom.
I know whereof I speak, because
of a March, I was appointed Chief
Observer and my husband, John
Barker, Supervisor of the Post ,at
Klamath Falls. This is all volun
teer work and a fulltime headache
to get reliable and responsible
people to put In two hours a week.
Sounds simple, doesn't it. But very
few people "have the time" to
help defend our country.
I know that all over the United
States other Supervisors and Chiefs
meet with the same difficulty. I
know, to the. Insurance minded
people, this will be recognized as
a new type of insurance the pres
ervation of your homes, Jobs and
fellowmen. So if you can find a
few spare hours or some of your
family can, help cut those tax ex
pendltures and become a GOC
member. The satisfaction you will
get out of helping make our de
fense better and the wonderful
people you'll meet (real solid citi
zens) will more than repay you
for the sacrifice of a few hours of
yqur pleasure time.
Elsie Barker
Casbier, Klamath Falls .
Dear Elsie:
Having attended a number of
civil defense meetings, we know
that your statements are true. De
fense activities in this area are
not so effective as they should be
and Civil Defense authorities di
rectly ascribe this to the apathy
on the part of the public.
ine statement was made mat in
a city the size of Seattle, at least
50.000 lives could be saved if a
matter of minutes were made
available through adequate warn-
When we bid our Klamath home jng. This warning can only come
gooanignt. . . tnrough continually manned ob-
TO THE EDITOR
In looking over some old poems
mat i nad written more than twen
ty five years ago, I found this little
verse. I don't know who wrote it.
You have it Just as I found It.
Think It might bring to mind the
thoughts of some of the old timers
In those days of long ago. I am
passing it along, it must have been
written long before my time.
. F. E. Pellelt ',
Crescent Avenue
We'er gathered tonight In our well
remembered home
Our hearts and our spirits are
'gay
There's fragrant sniffs ol the cof
fee and the pie
And we know there is chicken on
the way
Our hearts turn back to the little
country town
We romped through In days long
gone past
We have seen those times when
things were looking down
But we've made the Klamath name
proud at last.
Sing our words my lady, the weep
ing time is o er
So sing our song for the dear old
Klamath home
For the old time friendsnip formed
of yore. .
We meet no more by the bridge
across the stream ,
The wild birds, the falls and the
shore
The Lakeside Inn seems a sort
of hazy'dream -
Where It -stood tby the old brick
store
When, the little old church stood a
" guardian oh 'the hill x s
K polntin' our pathway to the right
May that hand we found lead the
pilgrims onward still
servatlon posts for two very im
portant reasons: 1
Installations are not sulflc lent in
number; (2) radar Is not effective
In picking up low-flying p lanes. If
enemy bombers keep behind top
ographlcal elevations, ' particular
ly In mountainous areas, radar
screens can's do the Job.
On the other hand, low-flying
planes are easily detected by prop
erly manned Ground Observation
Posts. These posts In turn report
by telephone and short-wave radio
and, by combining several re
ports, an accurate plotting can be
made ol the plane's direction and
speed.
In this way, we can have pro
tection for our country, its cities
and its people, but the procedure
requires the unselfish contribution
in time by many citizens. The
military simply doesn't have the
manpower or money to do it with
out help.
That Is where the trouble lies
right now. Civil Defense needs ob
servers, telephone experts, radio
operators and their equipment,
those versed In first aid and in
fact, almost any type of man or
womanpower that our people may
be willing to give.
If, as defense authorities state,
it is public apathy that is making
our civilian defense efforts as
Inadequate as they are, lets re
member the 50,000 lives that can
be saved in one city by gaining
Just a few minutes in warning
time Sure, we are busy and have
otheij things we might prefer to do
wlthl our spare time. Usually they
are quite important too; but, ac
tually, arc they as vital as the
50,000, particularly when some of
those Involved may be members of
your family or friends.
Now, shall we all share .the Job
or, , as in the last war, shall we
"letGeorge do It" and have the
burden fall on an unselfish few.
This time the need is more ur
gent, the time we have is much
less and as' yet we have had no
"Pearl Harbor" to shake us out
of our lethargy. Should we not
ask, "Just how many hours nave
I contributed to civil defense?
Just how many hours will I be
willing to contribute during the
next six months? ,
We of the Klamath Falls Post
would like to pay tribute to an
observer of the Ashland Post al
though she Is no longer with them.
The following article was taken
from the GOC magazine:
On June 10th death took one of
our most conscientious observers,
Mrs. Rodney Keating.
In February, 1953. Mrs. Keat
ing had been told by doctors that
she had only one year to live,
but she would not give up her
smtt at tne observation post. On
the 29th of May, she caught the
(Continued on Page Nine)
OLD BATS, TOO?
Dear Sir:
There are upwards of three bli.
Hon crows in North America, ao
cording to government figures
each scheduled- to live 12 yea
unless eliminated earlier by gun
poison or trap.
The government's crow censm j,
probably as accurate as can be
tabulated when it's conaldered that
many crows have been known to
migrate up to 1500 hundred nuiej
In a single year, but I think there
must be octogenarian crowt
live far beyond the 12-year tpts.
allotted them by the Migratory
Bird experts.
My grandfather, for instance
had a politically minded talking
crow which he chased off his farm
when the bird deserted Theodore
Roosevelt ' In . 1904 and plumped
for Alton B.-Parker for presldent
so Grandpa said. Grandpa also
claimed that he found the crow as
a fledgling when it was blown cut
of Its nest in the spring of J86I
the year he enlisted In the Fifth
Artillery- That would make the old
crow 43 years old at the time their
friendship was fractured over poll,
tics.
-Lately I have been Inquiring
among bird experts as to the longe
vity or crows without much luck
A friend in Kentucky Wrote that
he was sending along an old crow
which had been around for la
years. When the expressman de
livered the package It contained a
bottle of an old time beverage
called Old Crow. Another wag ol.
fered to ship me. prepaid, an,eld.
erly female relative by marriage,
One friend sent me the proceed,
ings of the London Zoological So
ciety for 1938, contained an ac
count of a European crow which
came Into the possession of the
Comte de Beaucorps when he wis
ten years old and the crow was
20 and was still a household pet
when he died 10 years later. This
made the crbw If the story Is
true 90 years old when the Comte
died. i ,
Still another friend, this one a
bird trainer, has a most artlciuite
crow which has appeared as guest
"star" on a number of television
shows and which Is 17 years old.
However, what I am looking for
are authenticated very old crows
and I thought that you or your
readers might know of birds la
captivity that have lived beyond
the !2 years of natural expectancy.
I M deeply appreciate any help
rott you or your readers.
Sincerely yours,
Stuart Little '
Suite 465
1 East 43rd St.
New York City U
'Miserable' Fugitive
To Be Paroled Friday
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. ID
George Austin, the convict trite,
gave himself up after almost III
"miserable" years as a fugitive,
will be an ex-convlct Friday,
He said he came back to Mis
sourl's penitentiary last May 27
to complete his prison term and
"get riRht with the Lord." Now.
the 59-year-old Itinerant photogra
pher says, he Is right and he's go
ing to stay that way. He will leave
prison On parole. i
He was originally sentenced for
armed robbery,
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