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Entered u second clan matter at the post office of Klamath FalU, Ore.
. . on August 20, ISM under act of Congress, March t, Itn '
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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
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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-
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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. .
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