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Newspaper Page TextALU MJ. fAUJfi blA FRANK JENKINS . Editor ,. Entered u second clan matter at the post office of Klamath FalU, Ore. . . on August 20, ISM under act of Congress, March t, Itn ' HEMBEBS OF THE ASSOCIATED PBE8S The Associated Presi Is entitled exclusively to tha us '' PuAb'1",j?.D of all Ui local news printed in this newspaper as well aa all AP nes. HAIL 1 month" 8 months I year BILLBOARD Br BILL JENKINS Talking to Earl Whi'.lock the other day and una mat ue s oeen spending a big part of bis time this summer at his cabin at Lake Odell. From the sound ol things he really enjoys It up there. Earl Is one of these guys who makes his 'summer" home do the year 'round. He goes up a lot in the winter. And it must be winter, too. He tells us that It tutes him about three hours to shovel the snow off the roof, the parking lot, the path and the porches. But it's worth it, he says. He was telling us about a trip they made up there a guoa many years ago along wim Bevcmi um er local men. the only one of whom I can recall at the moment was Major Underwood. Anyway, they went up in a nuggy ana 100 a big wagon along for supplies for a month's trip. Were on the road a week, three and a half days each way. Now you whistle up there in less than two hours wun no trouble at all. We'll be up and see you one of these days, jean. -t Another visit we have to make Is to the Harry Obenchaln ranch out Bly way. Promised to go some time ago but never made it. We'll do it this time,. though, Harry. You can look for us in a week or so. If you can finish haying bv then. Harry's got bis own hay- inir all done, bui now he's helping out his Dad. His dad, Frank, still going strong, not only pitches in with the hay orew but spends some time Inspecting fence lines, mak ing sure the creek dusn't plug up the culverts and looking over the cattle, u s a great uie, . A.B. Collins came across with a good story the other oay. Says he was eating In one of the local Deaneries when a bum came in and put the arm on the. waitress for a small handout, She, being a large hearted woman, put him on the cuff for a stack of hotcakes and a cup of coffee. And forgot about It. . Not long ., after breakfast as By RELMAN MORIN (For Ilel Boyle) NEW YORK Ml A friend of mine, a newspaperman, closed his typewriter lor me last time tne other day. The news hit hard and hurt, at ' first, as it always does. The vision of his red hair arose, and the freckles, like flecks of cinnamon, all over his Irish mug. His nose was large and defiant, and shaped pretty much like tho prow of a frigate. He had a wide mouth and a boulder for a chin. The whole effect was of a fierce and formid able man. And sometimes, around the of fice, he tried to put on a mask of Irascibility, but It wouldn't have fooled a 4-ycar-old because he could never get the grin out of his warm brown eyes. So vivid a man he was. , But there I no room for sorrow In the manner of his passing, and that is the reason for this story. Bill had cancer. He weakened one morning in a hotel room a long way from his home. Tho pain had him so bad, he said, that It almost unhinged his knees. Still, he Rot In his car, and bare ly crawling because ol the weak ness, started home. On the way, as ho told me, a thought came to him suddenly. It sounds strange In the telling, but not if you look at it as he did. He was glad It had come to him ill this way, while he was alone, away from home, and the only one to know. That was his thought, and , with It came a plan. You can picture him on the high way, holding hard to the wheel, fighting down the pain and fear. and thinking, working out In his mind what he would do. For nearly a week-end this Ik the gallantry and the wonder of the human soul he said nothing and tried to let no sign appear in his face. Meanwhile, he was conducting his own diagnosis. Bill had a strong bent for medicine and the study of It. He might have been a good doctor. Anyway, he said, he determined for himself what had happened, and the zone where the trouble must He. He did It by turn ing to some medical books and matching his symptoms wilh what was written there. His diagnosis turned out to be correct. Then he went to a doctor for the examination. "The point Is," he (teller's S21 Male St. Phone 4704 ' HAL BOYLE BILL JENKINS Managing Editor SUBSCRIPTION BATES BI CABBIEB t 1.35 1 month , J-JJ I 6 SO - .6 months . $3.10 $11.00 I year UM A.B. was still sitting there reading the paper the same bum wandered In again, asked the waitress how much the notcaaea were ana, wncu he .was told thirty cents, tossed the change on the counter and walked out. Too bad Diogenes wasn't there at the time. Our thanks go to Hugh Klllmeyer for his timely Hp on the big tire the other-night. He roused us from our sound If dream filled sleep at an unearthly nour and Informed us that Klamrth Falls was going up in smoke. We rushed down to the scene in plenty 01 time. Hush, who Is an ex-Herald and News man where he worked In the photographic department, be ing ol a neipiui nature graooea one of our press cameras and was standing by waiting for the walls to ' collapse. . He ' did a small amount of shooting, here and there, but we can't publish the pictures. When he took off the sun shade he Inadvertently unscrewed the lens at the same time. Which does not lead to the best pictures. Bet ter luck next time, Hugn, ana thanks again for the phone call. I hope the DA doesn't hear about this, but I ran into Frank Hurd, the 'factum factotem ,at Kerns, the other day and baa a ccKe wun him in a small restaurant. We played a guessing game tu see who would pay and I came up not only with a free bottle of pop, but a dime to the good. Now there's a fine chap, that Hurd, His son, Red, Is our sports editor and got back on the job this morning after a week's vacation down in Sunny California. Another card from Fred Hell- bronner this morning mailed In Juneau. Says he s on tne way home now, alter riding everything but a pack mule and a dog sled. Planes, trains, including narrow guaEe lines, cars, ships and what have you. We'll be . glad to see tne 01a ooy again. told me, "I was already 99 per cent certain. So the very worst news ne could give me would be no more than I expeoted. And if I was wrong, well, that would be Just that much better,;' He made them give It to him straight. Including the percentages In an operation. Only then did he go home and tell his family. That was the hard est part, he said. He tried to think of some way to break It gentlv. He even considered Heine about It. The only time he ever flinched was in the moment when he must face Helen and the boy. Incidentally. Bill had been a hard-shelled woman-hater until he met Helen. Now she and the boy mattered more to him than his own anguish. He used to say of his son. with mock, despair what he's good at Is eating he'll eat any- thing that won't bite him first." When he told them, he added. with that chin stuck out a mile, "This business may kill me, but by golly. It's not going to scare me to death. 80 cheer up." well, that was nearly two years ago. As soon as he could, he came back to his rlesk. If he had an oc casional sot-back, he tried not to show It. He never spared himself on the Job. And he would kid around about how much better off he was than other Deonle. He eJcn claimed. "Why. they cut eight strokes off my golf game with that operation." I don t suppose he ever tried to fool himself, though. He knew he would be a long time getting out of the woods. Bill never quite made It. . So vivid a man, and so brave. Surely, there can be no better proof of the indestructibility of the hu man soul than that it harbors such gallantry. Expensive Bulls. Die in Flames FAYETTEVIIXE Tenn. 11 -Flames swept through a livestock barn near here killing IS registered Hereford bulls valued at $100,000 by their owner. P. T. Holloway, a widely known nvesiocx Dreeder, said he discov ered the blaze when he returned home Utc yesterday. He said he led one $30,000 bull tn safety. The animals were being groomed lor snowing at the Lincoln Counly fair next month. Klamath County Abstract Co. Has Moved TO 422 Main WITH LARGER QUARTERS TO BETTER MEET YOUR NEEDS Klamath County Abstract Co. They'll Do It Every Seems wil8C?t off, mmmvmm . : . f au. about uetX3&u ALONG NATURE'S TRAIL By KEN McLEOD ' n th I! honntinc of civilisation that is caosnj aaohniukl asrvjr asd development j move in. people interested in wildlife oao- jurat, U t whas hare taken a! You don't have to watch this fel servation a considerable decree fi pood toot al Jieia trials lor severe ic nTj long before you realise worry at the present time m df years before roiitgemem makes rapid rise of Herbicides asd 3D-' utaciston tto pal the product. in sectlcldes and their lndiserrmTHiie ; jirtuiur.tion." use by Irresponsible peopie. il This was about the frankest Outdoor writers have bees mn statement one could expect from candid in their criticism of tha I"? representative of industry. A phase of the expansion t ihe couple ol decades co yoa would chemical industry and as a canse- j 1101 have hoard any Sadustry rep quence, Eugene E. Perns cd the j "sentstive speak m such frank Dow Chemical Company u askeu terms beiore a national argaruxa to speak to the annual aareiting of tlon which would carry bis state the Outdoor Writers Association I1111 to, every nook aod corner upon the subject "Hertaodes, In-!0 -our. -land. There is rathmg dustry and Wildlife." (mew bemg developed in the awuioe . - i of modern industry that was not Mr',. A' Dlembtr. 14 'iJa H the policies of the committee which .serves ia n entrepreneurers of the past. As advteory capacity to the Sr.utmal fnil Agricultural ( Chemicals Associa-; management likewise has HP? ih'?. i"0re ,lha,D .'J0 vmeTEbr" i that Includes not only the big chem ical companies but many smaller organizations. "When our committee reports any public relations problem that may result from the misuse of agricultural chemicals." stated Perrln, "this association listens Intently to our report and does something about It." Perrln discussed the subject by giving two basic reports upon the Industry. One was to report the facts about chemicals and how they are currently being used, the other was to report upon the in dustry s management-level attitude toward the weed-and-brush control market. The latter subject was the one of greatest interest to tne assembled writers as It Indicated that industry is aware of the dan gers and is making a deolded effort to cope with a very difficult problem. ' Perrln pointed out this fact to the writers in the following words. "I think what you really want to hear and believe I9. that Ameri ca's chemical Industry is aware of tne problems 01 natural beauty and game habitat that may be en countered In the use of herbicides and that this Industry Is willing to Join you in Insisting that herb cldes are applied Judiciously to af ford maximum protection to all in terests concerned . . this is industry's attitude. . "I can assure you that there will be a minimum of abuse In the application of herbicides by Indus try because of the basic fact that big companies with other products simply cannot afford the pro longed bad public relations, pub licity and lawsuits that result from flagrant misuse of products. While it Is true that we are In the chemical business to make money for ourselves and our stock holders, the big companies are In terested only In the long haul. We find It hazardous and usually un profitable in the, long run to try and make a 'fast buck.' "We learned at Dow In the beginning that carefully developed markets backed by exploratory sale and long-range testing meant the kind of growth that pays off in term of lasting markets and public good-will, we want to grow that way in the future, we are con fident that herbicides can produce us profits and that they can be Judiciously applied with a little teamwork by all parties concerned. But wo have not sold and will not sell toxic materials without vigilance In the field where they are used. "You mlanl be interested . to know that there are dozens of ma terials which reach limited sale In test areas that never reach the market because they do present real hazaids and there are hundreds more which never emerge from the laboratory stage for the same rea son. We are true cntrepreneurers In modern industry for wo oftea deal with 100-to-l odds with a new ma terial and must often invest several I million dollars In plant construe- tlon before a new product Is made. Time, w-.' Bar JWtoJ the bolks f -i . - j relations to the people to whom it supplies the necessities lor modern living. At one time H was an accepted belief that business could only be controlled by laws to protect the people against predaceous acts of exploitation lor individual gain and out of this belief developed the ideology that government alone could do all things for the good and betterment of the people. Out of which has come all sorts of de scriptive -terms -from -"creeping socialism'; right down to just plain "brazen bureaucratic dictator ship." The struggle of business against governmental control has gradually brought a new concept of the relationship between indus try and the people, a concept that If allowed to grow and blossom without undue restriction can only bring wealth and contentment to the maturity of this thing we call "the American Way of Life." Sink Hand-Washer Shoots Stepfather BALTIMORE UV-Ollbcrt F. Du vall, 37, .died at Maryland General Hospital tonight after he was shot In the chest by . his 15-year-old stepson. . .. Mrs. Mildred Duvall, the boy's mother, told police .her husband had criticized her son tor washing his hands in the kitohen sink. The boy said 'his . Etepfather threatened to beat him and when he got el loaded Title from his bed- loom, Duvall chased him from the house. The youth said he pulled the trigger because he was scared. Rooster Rides Along On Garbage Trip COLUMBIA, S. C. 11 Farmer C. L. Young makes an 18-mile round trip from his home to a Columbia restaurant to pick up gamagc lor nis pigs. And every night for the past month a rooster has hopped up to a peich beside tne truck s gas tank for the free ride. - ' ANOTHER CHRISTINE TAIPEH. Formosa Ifl A Na tionalist Chinese army sergeant with 20 years service Is undergoing operations to convert him into a woman, press reports said Friday. The sergeant, 36-ycar-old Hsleh Chlen-Shun, had a preliminary op eration Thursday at Tainan in southern Formosa and another, final operation is'planned for Sep tember, the reports said. Dr. R, T. Lindley OPTOMETRIST 510 Med. -Dent. Bldg. Ph. 4215 - Eye Examination Visual Training NOTICE DELIVERY MONDAY - WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY ONLY Beginning Saturday, August 22 Our Store Will Be Closed At 1 p.m. Saturdays KLAMATH FEED CO. v By Jimmy Hatlo TrfeTTMJNfc PUUJ46 OUT-. Bruce Biossat 1 The fellow we're thinking about ; has gas station Just down the .street a few blocks. He's worth taking a close look at, so let's there's something special about him. Soon enough it hits you: he's a throwback to an earlier day, an earlier America. ' . Why? Because he has old-fashioned pride In doing a good Job, in giving his customers superb service, in putting out a full day's work and more. He belongs to the era when skill in a craft was Im portant, when most men found Joy in personal mastery of their tasks. Though it's harsh to bear. It's true nowaday too many of us play little games called Getting Through the Dsy or Just Getting By. The old pride of achievement is hard to I in a. a "common slo gan seems to be More Money for Less Work. But there's more to lhis gas sta tion fellow than we've told. He doesn't do any of these things in a showy way. His P'ace isn 1 plastered with boastful placards dwelling on the high-quality serv ice. The man himself simply trots about, quiet but friendly and smil ing, doing a dozen extra little chores for you without comment. Sometimes you don't discover till you're back in your garage that he's tightened this or that, or re moved that old stain from your fender. By talking around with others, you may learn that thi busy boy got a Silver Star from the Army in World War II for jumping onto a flaming truck and tossing off some precious material. But you'll never get the story from him. After a while you sense that all these traits are woven Into a tight fabric of character. You realise that here above all, is a man to be trusted, to count upon. He doesn't cheat you, he doesn't overcharge you, he doesn't try to sell you something you don't need, he doesn't press for that dollar. He won't let you pay until a job's all finished. And when he tells you that you do need something done on your car, you can believe him. He's got a family, his wife ex pects another baby, he's got a car, and they're just about to move Into a new house. In his political thinking, he seems to shade to ward the conservative side. Pretty average In all these respects. But there's nothing average about him as a total human being. We get a lot of high-flown talk from public figures who have ap pointed themselves supreme Judges of what makes a real American. Mostly they're looking In the mir ror. , Forget them. Get In the car and drive down the street looking for this gas station fellow. He's short, stocky, balding, wears glas ses. But it's easier to recognize him from the way he treat you. When you find him, you'll be right up against a good American for sure. BELL HOTEL ' , 1100 Oak 1 tleck rami S.P. Dtpe WEEKLY RATES Pltjttv of Free Parking Attractive Rates for Roilworktrs and Truckers Telling The Editor LIVING WELL KLAMATH FALLS Not much has been said recently concerning fluoridation. Could it be that we Klamath! tes are so very conserva tive that we actually deter prog ress? Could it be that we uncon sciously talk of 'modern methods, yet when It comes to application we are like the man who is still using a horse for transportation be cause he doesn't like motor cars? Surely we Klamath Falls people have the courage and vision to un dertake step forward which will benefit the coming generation. If we have not the knowledge, let's dig it out and not be skeptical thinking we now more than the researchers. It is good not to rash ly Jump into a project without thought, but isn't it democratic (in the good old O. 8. meaning of the word) to take action when once a point is proven? Let's take time to read the fol lowing from the July 1953 Nurs ing outlook. It seems to n.c that it can stand the closest scrutiny. "The safety and effectiveness of fluoridation of public water sup piles r has been established beyond any reasonable doubt. . .. The program is now in oneration In 730 cities and towns throughout the United States. One part of fluorine .per million' parts of wa ter is the amount found to be most beneficial for dental health. ' The American Dental Associa tion Council of Dental Research has emphasized three points: (1) that "millions of people have con sumed drinking water Incidentally containing one part per million or more of flourlne : for generations without known, deleterious effect' (?) that investigations leading to developments of the program are scientificawy sound, and (3) that "continuous study by qualified in vestigators has emphasized the safety" of the procedure. One study," made by three re seach scientists at the University of Rochester, was concerned with the fluorides and bone structure and showed that drinking water containing one part per million fluorine could not have a harmful effect on bone tissue, even If all the fluorides tn water consumed throughout a lifetime were stored in the bones. In the second study, a Yale Uni versity School of Medicine scientist studied the relation of cancer to fluorides and reported that tumors tranplanted into mice . developed more slowly if the mice received fluorides. ,. i . , "The scientific evidence mounts monthly In favor of fluoridation," the Journal of the American Den tal Association has said," leaving to opponents of the process only vapid arguments based either on emotionalism or misformatlon." I'm sure that Oregon's cities and towns, and especially Klamath Falls, aren't going to be so hesitant that we win withhold a child's right to a good set of teeth. Let's use our heads and not let other com munities get ahead of us I , Muriel Palmer v 213 Cedar - J r- PICTURE FRAMING OLD KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON Oregon's largest -selling straight bourbon! m W not, . Kmmi co)lWF6tT,.1TueMj Northwest History Highlights By DAN E. CLARK rrotesaor Emeritus ( History, University of Orefoa no. 9 . i 4, . Today's Question: When did the flrsr organized parties oi sevuoro come to the Oregon Country? Aside from the missionaries the first arouo of American settlers to come to the Oregon country was the so-called Peoria Party, wnen Jason Lee, the Methodist mission ary, went east in 1833 he stopped at Peoria, 111., and deUvered a lecture about Oregon. The follow tag year small party was or ganized and started wast under the leadership of Thomas J. ' Parn ham. Various accounts Indicate that the party contained from 14 to IS persons. Only four persons, excluding Farnham, reached the Willamette Valley in 1839, and four more in 1840. These men remained In Oregon and some of them became prominent In various activities. The second immigrant group was the Bldwell - Bartelson party which came in 1841. In 1840 John Bldwell called a meeting near Weston, Mo., and a Western' Em igration Association was .formed. About 500 people pledged them selves to meet near Independence in May, 1341. Nearly all of them backed out, but finally a party of 69 wa- organized and John Bartle son was chosen as captain. There Telling The Editor BONANZA I have received my last allowance letter from the Klamath County Public Welfare Commission, dated as of June IS, 1953. This letter states thai the Old (Age Assistance amounts lor Aug ust are "Food, $33, Clothing, 85, Personal Incidentals, $4.a0, House hold $2.50, Replacements, $1.00, Fuel, $7.75, Lights. $1.50 and Med icine and Doctor bills for a total of $8.00. This makes a total of $62.25 from which is deducted $33.90 for Social Security, leaving only $28.35 for Old Age Assistance funds paid out. I do not consider this sufficient to live on. Living in Bonanza I have to drive to town to get fuel, and this amount allowed is not suf ficient. If this could be taken care of in a lump sum it would help. Nor is the medical allowance enough for the . average man. I feel that with prices on their pres ent high level we- are entitled to more assistance. '. I am now past 73 years of age and have a severe case ot arthritis in my right arm and left leg. I have been a 'resident o,' Oregon since 1923, and until the last few years have owned property and paid taxes. . - , Ouy Cramer IT'S THE LOG AND EVERY NIGHT of the week t . DINING . STEAKS CHICKEN SEAFOOD Banquet Roomt For Private Parties Appropriate Far Every Occasion . was almost no money In the (roup and there wa complete ignorl ance about the western country It was known that a Dr. John Marsh had a ranch In California and it. was nronAH n. -- . . un am The party graveled west 'in com. pany with Father P. J. de amet and aeveral other nrlMt guided by Thomas Fitipatrlck, a . IUUUU9 mountain man. . At Soda Springs the party divided. Thir. tv-twn came to omm, . remainder went on to California. jn 1842 aoout 107 persons ml. grated to the Oregon country under the leadershin of Dr KiHah tin.,.- although Lansf ord W. Hastings was eiecteo, captain, and Thomas J. Fitzpatrick guided tBe -party from Fort Laramie to Fort Hall. At one point on the Journey there was oicaermg over me large number of dogs with the party,. One aruwunt statea thai., tf . .. voted to kill the dogs and that this WAR drum Annthpf itnru 1 41 . -. J am uiat after fenv rinc hari h.. km -j ' - - wh.u . several owners declared that they - wouia snoot any persons attempt lng to kill their dogs, and that thiff threat: halted thA Irlll4n v., : there was a serious Indian ' scare, " out lonunateiy . an attack was averted. The settlers reached the Whitman' mission In . -"-M;inm:r and then made' their, way to the nuiameite v aney. it was at this time that Ttr Whit . Marcus Whitman the order of the missionary board which precipl. tatid his ride east. Dr, Elijah White had previously been a mem ber of the Methodist mission, but had disagreed with Jason Lee and had gone east. He now returned with An snnnlntmpnt f n.-.i dent Tyler as sub-agent for the In- oians 01 Oregon. . Next Questionwhat were the so called "wolf Meetings"? Clip and paste In your history scrapbook. (If you have a ques tlon you would like answered on Oregon or Northwest history, mail it to Dan E. Clark, care of this newspaper.) . . SHIPS WARNED HONO KONG HI Shipping along the Red China coast was warned Friday of approaching high. winds and heavy rain as a typhoon blast ed on toward the mainland alter rocking Formosa with winds of 10 miles an hour. . IT'S POOLE'S 222 So. 7th Far Sehwinn Blcycltl, TRICYCLES, AND WAGONS CABIN TONIGHT DANCING -;.tvvMylc Bv:; WILBUR STILES '. and ' " WARD HILLERICH BRAND WHISKEY FULLY AGED .1 45 QT. SA65 si". 1 80S Bread Phone 2-3171 ) ' . - . mi)