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PAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON SATURDAY Frank Tripp They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo FRANK JENKINS BILL JENKINS Editor Managing Editor Entered as second claw matter at the past office ot Klamath Falls, Ore., on August 20, 1906 under act of Congress, March 8, 1879 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for publication of all the local news printed In this newspaper as well as all AP news. SUBSCRIPTION RATES MAIL BY CARRIES 1 month . 6 months , 1 year 1.35 6.50 111.00 ALONG NATURE'S TRAIL By KEN McLEOD Tuesday's paper carried a P ture of sunlight on'smoke in Klam alh Falls "far from the blizzard," In bold type stated the cut line but to be in step wltn modern day trends the title "smog in Klamath" would bo a good contender. The picture reminds us sharply of an other form of pollution that man must contend with and while we are not plagued by fog- there are many people who would like to boast of Klamath as being the Kinogicst cily of the Great Basin ji only those great industries would setlle here. The trail of pollution follows man's every step wherever he comes in contact with the soil, the water, or, the air. We should recog nize these penalties of civilization and plan against them before they become a menace to the com munity welfare. There is little doubt but that Klamath Falls will become an industrialized city. The history of the human occupation of the land in this area Is closely fol lowing the pattern established by the city of Spokane. Klamath Falls will become the industrial center of the State of Jefferson like Spokane has become the industrial center of the Inland Empire. And with in dustrialization will come the woes as well as the benefits of civiliza tion. In Portland a few days ago, this columnist had the opportunity of attending a luncheon meeting of the Conservation Committee of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. One of the Committee members who was also a member of the Co- Broadway's Lee Shubert Dead At 78 NEW YORK Wi Lee Shubert, 18, a magic name on Broadway and a powerful personality through out tne theatrical world, died yes terday after a brief illness. Shubert, president of the Shu. bert Theatrical Enterprises, en. tered Mt. Sinai Hospital just four aays ago lor treatment of a circU' latory disturbance. The hospital attributed his death to "the complete failure of the circulatory system." Lee was one of three brothers Sam S., who died In 1905, and Jacob J. who survives who par layed an obscure booking business Into a theatrical empire once esti mated to be worth 400 million dollars. The three brothers made the theatrical world their life, even us young men in Syracuse, N.Y. When they invaded the Broad way scene they were confronted by the all-powerful Klaw and Erlanger booking agency, known as "The Combination." Throwing their energy and astuteness into a fight for survival, the Shubert brothers eventually mashed the combine and them selves became the top theatrical power in the business. The Shubert brothers added to the theatrical lustre of Broadway by building many of their own theaters. Shortly before World War II the two surviving Shu berts, Lee and J. J., leased or managed half of more than 40 legitimate theaters on the "Great White Way." They also controlled 15 snow-places in other cities. Lee was president of the thea trical organization, with J. J. acting as general manager. In his later years, Lee left to J. J. the business of producing shows, and concentrated on the financial as pects of the organization. Lee is survived by his wife, the former Mnrcella Swanson, whom lie married a few years ago. It was his only marriage. Funeral services will be held Monday (2 p.m., EST) in Temple Ji.manu-ei. Place of Interment was not Immediately announced. BONANZA CITY and RURAL FIREMEN NEW YEAR'S EVE BALL Music By TOMMY. ODENS Western Rhythm Masters REFRESHMENTS FAVORS BONANZA SCHOOL GYM Daneinq 9 'til 2 Adm. $1 per person Tax Inc. $ 1.3S $ 1.10 116.20 lumbia Gorge Commission reported upon the work of that Commission and the problems it was encoun tering in its efforts to plan lor preserving the natural beauty oi tile Columbia Gorge a natural as set of tremendous importance to the city of Portland, as well as, tile State of Oregon. In the discussion, the play of in terests of the various leaders of community life was a most in teresting thing to watch. The Co lumbia Gorge Commission was looking at the problem with a broad vision of the requirements of a great natural scenic attraction. The industrial members of the Cham ber Committee were concerned with the problem of factory sites and fearful that the Columbia Gorge Commission would shut out indus trial expansion and so expressed the desire that all the flat lands within the area be retained as factory sites along the river. To the industrialists, it was all right to retain the cliffs of the Colum bia Gorge for a park: they could not locate industry on the cliffs. They could see no incongruity of using the flat lands for industry, for to an industrialist, there is nothing more beautiful than a well kept industrial plant. It seems that the Portland area is short on Industrial plant sites so naturally If the Columbia Gorge posses potential site areas nothing should stand in the way of indus try. I had a notion to inject a suggestion in the discussion to the effect that we down in the State of Jefferson had a few acres of flat land if they didn't mind I How ever, I restrained myself for I did not feel it would be proper to incite a riot in the City of Roses. The encroachment by man on the Reserves of God always presents problems, each mortal has his own opinion of importance of things. Baager uiark nad a beautiful wav of expressing this problem In a poem he titled, "God's Reserves." One time, 'way back where the year marks fade. God said: "I see I must lose mv West, The prettiest part of the world I made, The place where I've always come to rest. For the White Man grows till he fights for bread And he begs and prays for a chance to spread. "Yet I won't give all of my last retreat; I'll help him to fight his long trail through. But I'll keep some land from his field and street The way it was when the world was new. He'll cry for it all, for that's his way, And yet he may understand some day." Then the White Man came, as the East glowed old. And blazed his trail with the wreck of war. He riled the rivers to hunt fnr gold, And found the stuff he lookin' for; Then he trampled the Ininn trails to ruts And gnashed through the hills with railroad cuts. He flung out his barb-wire fenrj. wide And plowed un the around who the grass was high. He stripped off the trees from the mountain side And ground out his ore where thi stream run by. nil last came the cities, with smoke and roar, And the White Man was feelin' at home once more. 1 month 6 months , 1 year frSb &nngl Off for A week-eMd W9- .. BELFRX FLATLY REFUSES TO1UTEAN TVJlrJQ ME CAN'T CARRY IM HIS RXKET HAri BAG, PEAR? WUAT ARE j. uirsc iw OUST PAJAMAS ANU A ' YOU TAKIrJG?, TOOTHBRUSH WH-U Wj ME I III I S HhDICATf. W. WOKtft HAL NEW YORK ( Once upon f lime there was a Christmas neck, tie that nobody wanted. It looked like a riotous red sunset spilled on a rainbow and filtered through an Oriental rug. The pat tern roughly resembled a 19th century quilt very roughly. When the necktie was first put on sale Dack in lsiiu, one store sales man quit rather than haye to bring it out and show it to his customers. It was finally bought three years later by a near-sighted old lady who pulled it off a rack, and asked doubtfully; "It isn't too dull. Is it? It's for my young nephew, and he likes bright things." "I'm sure he'll find this one bright enough," said the salesman, shielding his eyes. Later the store management cited him for meri torious achievement for selling the tie and promoted him to floor manager. When the nephew opened his Christmas present, he took one look, shuddered, closed the box and put It away in a drawer. "I hardly know how to thank you for your wonderful Christmas sur prise," the nephew wrote his aunt, then added under his breath. "But I sure know what I'd say if I weren't afraid the old girl would leave me out of her will." The next year the nephew found the box in the drawer and mailed it anonymously to an enemy in Dubuque. This fellow kept it for a year and mailed it to a friend in Paris. He retained it for a year and sent It as a joke to an ac quaintance In Cairo. This man had quite a sense of humor. He saved the tie for a year and mailed it to a friend in Bom bay with a note saying, "Wouldn't vou like to remember some old buddy with a present like this next Ceremony Too Much for Marine WASHINGTON Wi Two hiehwnv policemen couldn't catch up with ft young Marine who kept a heavy foot on the accelerator but the customs, traditions and usages of the service did. The policemen, from nearby Ar lington County, Va., said they chased a car yesterdav. some times at 100 miles an hour, from the Washington outskirts to the Quantico Marine base 30 miles away. The car disappeared through the gate and they stopped to check in with the sentry. And then the policemen saw their quarry just inside, also stock still. The morning colors ceremony had begun all pedestrians were at saiute ana an vehicles halted. SNOW LONGWOOD, Fla. W) A light snow flurry was reported here last night by Police Chief Claude Layo. The temperature was about 40 de grees when a few small flakes fell. Longwood is in central Florida. IS PLENTY' nc rLAN r w TUP -oi IkJ-rm J i r."-. FINE km ma BOYLE Christmas, too?" Well, it got to be quite a prank. The tie that nobody wanted went around the world Singapore, Syd ney, Tokyo. Seattle, Los Angeles. Montreal, Kansas City until It be came, the most widely traveled piece of neckwear In history. But nobody would wear it. A fel low in Dallas once decided to wear it to a Halloween party but de sisted when his wife threatened to divorce him if he did. The necktie that nobody wanted began to be very lonely. For three years it hung in the closet of a Manhattan bachelor, and listened to the gossip of the other neckties the facinating parties they had been to, the fine rich drops of gravy they had survived, the tales of how a trip to the cleaners had refreshed them and made them feel like new. "Why is it nobody ever will wear me am I not bright enough?" asked the sad little necktie. "You know, kid, sometimes vou can be too bright for this world," said a veteran necktie, who was rather looked up to by the ether neckties because he had been to a New Year's Eve party, three wed dings and a couple of wakes. One Christmas morning the bach elor, seeking a last minute Christ mas gift, wrapped up the necktie that nobody wanted and gave it to tne elevator operator. Fifteen min utes later the operator, still grumb ling "cheapskate," dropped the box into an ashcan. A foraging bum fished it out of the ashcan soon afterward, looked at it and turned pale. A blind man, escorted by a dog, came down the sidewalk, tap-tap-tapping with his white cane. "Here, mister, a Christmas pres ent for you," said the'bum, thrust ing the box into the blind man's hand. The surprised blind man took the box home, where he lived alone. He was proud of his gift and wore it to a family Christmas dinner at his brother's house. "How do you like my new neck tie?" he asked. "My, that is a necktie," some said. And others just said, "My, is that a necktie!" But when the blind man asked his little niece what it looked like, the child said: "Oh, it's lovely. Uncle Ed. It looks like a pretty quilt. . .and a nice rug with lots of colors. . .and a sunset. . .and a rainbow." "How beautiful," murmured the blind man. "How beautiful." The necktie almost burst its threads with joy. That night before going to bed the blind man held the tie against his cheek and said: "How soft and fine it feels. And to think it was given to me by a stranger yes, a perfect stranger." He folded It tenderly and put it Into a drawer. The necktie that nobody wanted had found a home at last." Moral: Every gift looks beautiful when seen through the eyes of the heart. Furniture SALE! STARTS MONDAY, the 28th Get on the BAND WAGON . . . SAVE $$$ for '54 by shopping during our BIG ANNUAL JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE. See Monday's paper for complete listing ... or avoid the rush, HURRY in MONDAY., Terms to suit your budget. Klamath Furniture Co. 221 Main ferulFf rSflF" MAKBS ""SEEM AJ!rTLB WA" H066ED ALL TUB BAG SPACE FDR HERSELF- . . ' WUPUTAtynix-nn MVBE IN.DiDKi'rseii u-7c nu My red SFORT SHIRTPDIDJA PACK W l-ltHING SUNDAY- j TACKLE P lT! THANX AND AT1P rop THE MATtP HAT TO STUART HOLISTOU.T, '" SASK., Ji. CANADA , Hugh Pruett By J. HUGH PRUETT ' Astronomer, Extension Division Oregon Higher . Education System The season of Christmas is again here and brings with it considera tion of the Star of Bethlehem of long ago. We have so many times in this column discussed the var ious theories regarding the nature of this star, that we shall merely mention them here. One teaching holds that the Star of the East was a supernatural manifestation and that it is wrong to attempt to explain it. The op posite theory is that the entire account is a "pious myth' and has no foundation in fact. The inter mediate theorists attempt to ex plain it as an unusual but natural phenomenon. They say it might have been the planet Venus at its best; the spectacular grouping of Jupiter. Saturn, and Mars in 6 B.C.; or the still brighter combin ation of Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, and Venus in l B.C. Or possibly it was the periodic return of Hal- ley's comet at about that time, or a brilliant nova (new star) such as at times flares up into great brilliance where no star was known before. Last year we had both Jupiter and Venus as glorious Christmas stars. This year Jupiter does the honors alone but nobly As soon as the evening sky is darkened, this brilliant planet can be seen a little above the horizon slightly north of east. Late in the evening this old "king of the gods" is al most in the zenith. I There is one group In the starry skies which seems most fitting to consider at Christmas time. This is the asterism known as the North ern Cross. We hear a great deal about the famed Southern Cross which can be seen well only by going considerably south of the United States. While it contains more bright stars than our own Northern Cross, it is much smaller and less fitted In shape for a Christmas symbol. Let us try to point out the North ern Cross. At about 8 p.m. stan dard time look somewhat above the horizon in the northwest. A very bright star, Vega, is twinkling there. This is not the one we are concerned with, but are simply us ing It as a guide. Considerably higher, there is another bright star, but not so brilliant as Vega. This is Deneb at the head of the north ern Cross. Below Deneb note a horizontal line of three stars, all of about the same brightness. The line is almost straight, but not exactly. This forms the crossarm of our celestial figure. Now trace downward' from the middle star of this line through some dim stars to the foot of the cross. If the air is very clear the beautiful cross will stand out dis tinctly. It always stands upright above the west-northwestern hori zon at this hour at Christmas time. Whether from malice afore. thought or uncurbed appetite, N'ew Year's morning dawns on more aching heads, ice packs and worth less resolutions than all other holi days combined. It's a sort of an nual armistice, clambake and Ro man carnival wrapped into one. All is understandable save the resolutions to never do It again. These monumental lies date back centuries, to gluttonous puff-eyed old squires, bolstered in canopied beds at high noon on New Year's Day, trying to remember who brought them home last night. They thought they had troubles. They didn't have to remember where they left their automobile, nor ponder what they'd drunk like we do. Let's look in on a 17th Century scene two of them. At the village pub or snowbound tavern on ordinary run of mine esquire brought In the new vear among his neighbors and- hired help. With these minions he gov crocuca on strong nle, and with each succeeding tankard pro claimed Increasing affection for tho common man. For the landed gentry, 'to whom the aforementioned bowed and scraped, gathered 'round tho was sil bowl; an exclusive group of community overlords, in flaming red jackets, knee breeches, ruffled cuffs nnd powdered wigs. These gods of creation started off with more dignity and less speed than the boys at the pub, but ere the clock tolled twelve the only difference in the scenes at the pun and the wassail party was the color of the coots; By New Year's noon there wasn't even that difference. All of cele brating Merrie Old England, witch pestered New England. New Am sterdam nnd Podunk was towel headed, quiver-bowled and repent ant. Thus, mc-thinks, came about the New Year's resolution. Nothing less dcDcndable has been handed down to man than the pa gan promise of the perennial New Year's penitent. Yet all people do not float the new year in. It was a long time ago, but I remember going to Watch Night service with my moth er: the one night of the year when I stayed up past midnight as I said a long time ago.' Watch Night service was a far cry from pubs and wassail par ties. Good people braved, samr hymns and gave thanks for bless ings bestowed upon them. .these people didn't have so much to repent, or if they did it was a matter between them and God, nnd they didn't blat out meaning less resolutions and nut them. selves on the spot. Not on New Year's Eve, nor New Year's noon. Ail the same it Isn't true that all who celebrate are the goats, ana uiose wno don t, the lambs. It's Just that those who do are the suckers at today's prices. Men cnoose their own wavs to cheer their hearts and "no sky is heavy if the heart be light." It is for no one to say how his neigh- oor snau Drigmen nis wav. when he doesn't darken another's path In tne process. So. with hnnp.n that vnn rfhn'f. drive to the party, and lose me a valued customer, I wish you your kind of Happy New Year! Beginning Monday! January Prices in December No Advantage in Waiting COATS -SUITS HATS -DRESSES M DRASTIC REDUCTIONS " ,",,a5 ln Prison, By BOB THOMAS ' " UttT T viimn . JI anna... . SgF-TK WW tfg Wise can answer that This "m i !" Oj will be the first Christmas In u. So they br years he has spent outside a Com frn chic? ill b", was In a German prison cmn r. ' 5 D?d ""I" 'he Oer- .. "The 5sm, , 1 S.u. T'XS? " "e.?.m7,V lowed to have reitatou. Un P"tti M and have sniw h """"" .i" ,"" nsorMV4 .-We.:tt"11 nLbY to'his home ."n!L?l!'' m iiitiuina, wash., to suenrt hi. iull5c Us of thi ' "Tw first Yuletlde with 'hi rJ? 'IV s 'hat J,,.?. 3 old Robert Kent. h i. . was aiinui. " In- technical advisor on a film called en's 'hrUtm,V7 '""Hi "The Prisoner of War 6?ory 016 "WtalS LS?' 51 SeSwnnrd.f 'i6 RCdS ""S nhPs" . -.h..i-iu. oi my life. "On Christmns nlnht . . ,2i'dB7 mnrch UuoU8h "e bitter ...ui ul ule men those who survlved-were sick, starving and frozen. Our m. i. s . a chaplain, a Catholic priest and ? i u -"r wno woula not rest until ho had ministered to each man even though he knew that would infuriate the Reds. Later he d ed of an infection; the Commu nists did little to save him. "The next Christmas was better. Frank Nixon Said Better PHOENTV Ait- in . Nixon. fatflPl- nl Vina n ..... Richard M. Nixnn nt show improvement here today at oi. uuaejjn s wospuiii, out he wasn't quite able to go through with a .Scheduled fnmilir Phftct.n ,h , , J v""im- UlIUltT in the hospital yesterday. me io-year-om senior Nixon was stricken with a irnstrin homnrrhn... attack late Tuesday night while en uuic uy jimiie iron. Birmingham, Ala., to Lor Antrplpc Ua vao t -... off the plane here and rushed 10 the hospital. Vice President Nixon spent his Christmas In WnKhitifTlnn with tu Nixon youngsters entertaining at n mi-wue piii ly. oin oi me Nix on's children are girls. The senior Nlynn's niha sons, Edward and Donald, arrived in Phoenix Thursday, driving the familv rnr fmm Tiivminnhnw. nft their parents boarded a plane when pnysicmns advised the senior Nix- i lo i iy io unmornia. 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