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PAGE SIX FRANK JENKINS BILL JENKINS : Editor Managing Editor Entered as second class matter at the post ollice of Klamath Falls, Ore., on August 20, 1906 under act of Congress, March 8, 1879 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATEp 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 CARRIER 1 month $ 1.35 1 month 1.35 6 months $ 6.60 6 months ( 8.10 1 year tli.OO 1 year 116.20 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON FRIDAY, JANUARY BILLBOARD By BILL JENKINS The legend of the West would have it that all are willing to pr.cn in and help when an emergency arises. And the boys down on the Shasta forest are doing just that. Quite a group of the Northern Cal ifornia fire specialists nave headed South to help out on the etlU smoldering fires that so re cently roared across the Southern California hills. Continued dry weather down around the Los Angeles area is making it tough lor the fire fight ers. But we feel confident that with the addition of some of our rugged boys from this area the trouble Will be controlled in no time. In case you get up early enough to notice it the sunrises this win ter are really something. The old orb comes up in a blaze of colors, painting the buildings of the down town area with a brilliant brush and making life almost worth liv ing. But the thing that impresses us most Is the summer color that the eurly sun puts on the bare trees that jut up into the sky. Even on the coldest of days they assume a warm, cozy look that reminds one very much of the banks of his lavorite fishing stream and leads to a lot of daydreaming that does little to spur industry. Oh well, we can dream, can't we' We have a drawer full of old pic tures down here, all made up in meiai and ready to go if we had some Identification on 'em. If you happen to be one of those who so graciously brought them in to us in the past months come on down and we'll not only return the pictures but get all the dope that Is needed. They'll Do It Every Time . - By Jimmy Hatlo Out in tub garage all arrangep im precision! dill's got more tools than a panzer division UTTO FIX AN APPLIANCE-REQUEST OF FRIEND WIFE"-HE USES AN HEII?-LOOM-A WEDDING filFT ioJicf mm. V VEM-WELL.I JUST IXVe'PHtI' iNOTWIN WR0N6 W DILLBERRV TO-ATtXXR5REVigfeS ll JSuii STii5. I BEST STERLING Cascade-Cariboo Trail Association Formed Here The Cascade-Cariboo Trail Assn., is the name of the Klamath Ba sin's newest booster organization. A group of interested business men met in the chamber of com- 1 route to Alaska. Keith Cobo was elected president by unanimous ballot. F. W. Mt Reynolds, vice president, and Mar vin Brown, secretary-treasuiei. me Hal Boyle NEW YORK Ifl C. Oothier Is a &&&& 22 nn-fc2!!y CAUGHT IN THE ROUNDS By l)KB ADDISON THE AFTERNOON mall brought, from completely unrelated sources, two missives which have bearing on one train of thought. Each was sent for the purpose of proving a point, for convincing us of something and, perhaps, for passing it along here. One is a statement, the reprint of a paid ad by Idaho Power, relative to trie question of Hells Canyon, the development of the Sanke River between Oregon and Idaho. You've probably read and heard the arguments until you're tired of 'em. This deals with just one point, and we'll not go beyond that. It quotes the Department of In terior Statement of May 5 that "it is reasonable to assume that the first unit of the three-dam (Idaho : Power) project can be on the line seven or eight years before the Hells Canyon (Federal) Dam can be In production." Idaho Power would have its first generator humming in 2o months; would complete the project In 38 months; would produce 40 billion kilowatt hours of electricity (the output of Bonneville dam for 10 years) before the Federal project could have turned a wheel. Well, let's add that if the Job were done thin way with private money, not only would It avoid dipping Into the public treasury but It would pay $10 million taxes an nually into the public treasury. Now, let's Jump to the other communique. That is a clipping of Drew Pearson's "Washington Mer-ry-Go-Round' column from the San Francisco Chronicle of Jan. S. It Is headed, "Senator Morse, Who Bolted, Stronger Than Ever Now." . It refers to his last trip home. "In 18 days fie mnde 45 speeches plus three radio broadcasts, and seldom has a Senator been given such a reception." It says, "The Independent from Oregon appears as firmly en trenched back home as he is on the Senate floor, where by a flip of his vote he can unseat the Re publican party." Now, in mulling these over (Morse's main access to the news columns since hjs 22-hour-32-minute filibuster has .been through thump ing against privnte enterprise on the Snake) it brings two definite conclusions. One Is that Pearson's "neck" Is out a foot. (We didn't hear of him or much anyone else following Morse around for his 45 speeches.) The bizarre antics of the "Junior Senator" may be hot stuff in the merry-go-round at Washington but otherwise they're pretty well out of date. (It took some people quite a while to realize that bathtub gin and coonskln coats had passed into history.) The country has leveled off and sobered up. The people are more interested In getting power gener ated when power Is needed than In building a colossal engineering monument ... or in nearing a colossal filibuster. That brings up the next conclusion. Everyone agrees that for at least the next 10 years the demand for electric power in the pacific North west will continually exceed the supply. We've got the horses running to waste down the Klamath canyon. If the various water users mainly Copco and the Irrigating farmers can't reach agreement on the grounfl rules for putting them to work, then nobody recognies op portunity when it's written with a capital "O", Idaho Power may get the chance to start turning n generator in 20 months. Idaho just might cop the Industrial market like it has the potato market. ALONG NATURE'S TRAIL By KEN McLEOD JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON W) President El- program would pass. But when Ei senhower today was right in the middle of a fight for the progruin ne mm flown yesterday and which he stakes the success of his Kcpublican party. . On Dec. 2, speaking of Novem ber's Congressional elections. Ei senhower said the Republicans did not deserve to retain control of Congress unless they put through a "progressive, dynamic pro gram." Applause interrupted him 45 times during his 54-mlnute state of the union message to Congress. And oilerwards leaders of his party expressed the usual, expect ed praise. Although he made it abundantly clear the message was only an out line of his program, and that he would fill It in rapidly with special messages, ft tiny handful of mem ber;, bltingly dismissed it as a "hodge-podge" full of "platitudes." But it was the opposition ex pressed, even by members of his own parly, on some major points in his program, that served him full notice he must assert leader ship to get it through. Last year, a period of learning his Job and preparing the program he produced yesterday, he may have felt he could afford the com promUe on many issues. This year, if he compromises when the opposition Isn't strong enough to deleat him, then he can be accused of abdicating leader-i tdiip lor the sake ol being liked. 1 Last night, as illustration of the fight ahead, he was reported busy; in the White House trying to work out a compromise on the proposal of Sen. Brickcr (R-Ohio) to limit the treaty-making power. It's- not at all clear Elsenhower has to compromise for, -it is de batable that Brickcr has sufficient support to put over his idea if Eisenhower decides to fight him to a standstill. 5 Two examples of the struggle p facing the President came from members of his own party, Imme ,i iiately after the message, on two . of the programs most important K to him: Farm and taxes. House Speaker Joseph Martin (j R-Mass) said he rather expects ( the tax program Elsenhower Hi pledged future tax cuts and post- Sponcment of scheduled reductions "Is where we will have our biggest difficulty." senhower suggested a program of flexible price supports for farmers, instead of Itxcd ones, he ran into real trouble since feeling on this is so divided. Eisenhower got his biggest hand from Democrats and Republicans a i me wnen ne proposed that Com munlsts convicted of conspiracy to overthrow the government be de prived of citizenship, If n qiiiuk poll had been taken It might have disclosed most mem bers were applauding more be cause the idea seemed all right ai uie ume man because they un derstood what they were being asked to do or how to-do It. It isn't clear now Eisenhower thinks his proposal could be car ried out if Congress went to work on It. Since the Constitution says ". . . persons born in the United States . . . are citizens. . one of the most highly regarded Constitution al lawyers in the House. Rep. Walter D-Pa) said: The Presi dent's suggestion couldn't tie car ried out with a Constitutional amendment. And Rep. Chauncey W. Reed (R-11D, chairman of the House Ju diciary Conunitiee which would have to handle the problem, said: "How can you take citizenship from a man bom here? It can't be done." Our civic leaders are actively searching and wishing lor indus trial expansion here in the Klamath Basin, much time and eflort is be ing expended in beating the bushes for hopeful opportunities. Yet little apparently is being done to pre pare the ground locally to plan for the dislocations that inevitably must occur should some large in dustrial organization take a notion to settle here. Foremost among uie considerations will be the sub ject ot pollution and the disposal ol human and industrial wastes. This thought really emphasizes the fact the saving of our waters is really a race against time, a race which Is being emphasized across the nation with so much at tendant publicity that In this day, no one should be caught napping but they will. Modern waste treat ment facilities gives us the tool to combat the pollution menace but cities and industries grow so fast that present day facilities are of ten outmoded before the people realize what has taken place. How fast Is pollution Increasing? This Is a question being faced by our various, sanitary authorities. How many treatment plants are being built and what forces are at work to speed up the process? The answers to these questions will tell us what more needs to be done, and how urgently. The American public has been slow to grasp the seriousness of the problem, public inertia has been the result of lack of understanding. At first there was a sort of feeling of helplessness, the task appeared Impossible. In that respect the problem Is a challenge to the American spirit, to whom, nothing is impossible, It just takes a little longer. As a consequence we find the American people becoming or ganized to fight this menace of pol lution. The pioneering work has been done chiefly by the various State pollution control agencies- most of which are a part of or linked to the. State health depart ments. Many of them hove been ac tive for years, carrying on pro grams of research, education and enforcement. Every state now has , an official pollution control author ity and the main responsibility continues to rest with them. However, pollution docs not stop at the boundary of a state and for this reason we find many states banding together to clean up in terstate rivers. The Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission rep resents an 8-state effort along one of the nation's mightiest, and most badly polluted rivers. Other rivers such as the Delaware, the Po tomac, the waters around New York City, and others are sub jects of interstate cooperation. The great city of New York is being faced with problems of water shor tage its position emphasizes the irony of the pollution problem be cause the city is situated on the Hudson River one of the nation's great fresh waterways yet now too polluted to be handled through man's chemical purification pro cesses. Industries are beginning to will ingly shoulder their share of the burden though they have stubbornly resisted attempts to force them to recognize their moral responsibili ties. Some industries like the dairy and pulp and paper are com mencing to build industry-wide pro grams for salvaging wastes and saving streams. Industries every where have speeded up thir re search programs on their Indus trial wastes since World War II. Cities and towns throughout the country are solving their local problems. Most Important of all, the citizens themselves are on the march. The people are begin ning to speak out for pollution con trol; through special organizations like watershed councils, through wildlife and conservation groups, through civic clubs, citizens coun cils and chambers of commerce. This citizen interest gave expres sion to the recognition of the prob lem as a national issue and In 194B the 80th Congress passed what is known as Public Law 845. This law gave the United States Public Health Service certain definite tasks to do In the field of pollu tion abatement. These tasks involve close cooperation with state agen cies, In recognition of the principle (hat pollution problems can and should be solved at home. Pollution control is a big. prob lem in Itself. It is also a part qf a bigger problem the best use of our water resources. In order to decide how much waste treatment Is needed, we must know how the water in a given river or lake is to be used. Ideally, of course, we should like to be able to use water for dozens of different purposes and still keep it sparkling clear as it was before we used it. But we can "eat our cake and have it too", only up to a certain point. We can't line the j banks of a river with factories and expect the same stretch of water to be a fisherman's paradise or can we? Sam Dawson Bl'SY GALVESTON, Tex. I.fl Patrol man Leon Lewis believed today that a policeman can get too busy enforcing the law. Yesterday, while he was making seven arrests in the market area here, somebody else wos busy, too. They stole the fender skirts, worth about $40, off his prowl car. BRUCE BIOSSAT NEW YORK UP The mildness of the winter in many sections has cut profits and undermined prices in a number of industries like fuel and apparel. It has helped others like util ities and ice cream makers. It has caused men to be laid off work. It has kept others at work longer than they had expected. And the long streak of mild win ters has led many to wonder if the climate is changing. If It Is, industry, agriculture and transportation will all be affected. Some industries and crops will move father north. Some ports will boom. Other regions may get too hot and too dry to support their present industries and crops. . And the way Americans live will change their food habits, cloth ing purchases, housing and heating needs. It Is too soon to do more than speculate about a general warm ing up of the climate. But re cently the winters have .been warmer in the Northeastern and Southern parts of the United States and a little colder in the North west and along the Pacific Coast. This winter's mild temperatures In the Northeast have been a blow to the oil industry which had count ed a bigger demand for fuel oil. Warm weather has added to the troubles of the coal industry. It has enabled the fast-spreading nat ural gas pipelines to supply all customers so far without any of the spot shortages that cropped up in former cojd spells. Ore boats plied the Great Lakes longer than usual and supplied the steel mills with all the iron ore they'll need until spring. Northern ports were free of ice much longer than usual. Utility and railroad repair crews have had less to do this winter, thereby savinc their companies money. Businessmen got their or ders delivered without storm de lays. Makers of soft drinks and ice cream and beer reported fall sales booming. Owners of drive-in mov ies profited. KEITH COBO merce rooms Tuesday evening and completed the organization of this club whose chief aim is to promote and stimulate Klamath County's scenic and recreation at tractions from the tourists view point. The group will work through the local chamber of commerce and with other groups with similar aims. The name Cascade-Cariboo Trail Assn., has been selected to tie in with the Okanogan-Cari-bod Trail Assn. already organized and actively promoting Highway 97, beginning at Weed, Calif., as the shortest and most scenic MARVIN BROWN following directors were elected for a one year term: F. W. Mo Reynolds, Mutual Richfield; Gino Camini, Travel Lodge Motel; Avis McConnell, Pelican Cafe; Joe Green, sporting goods; and Keith Moon, Town Shop. The organization meets quarterly on the last Monday of the month and a membership drive is now underway with Joe Green, mem- hot-chin n hatrmnn Anu fine inter ested in promoting recreation facil ities and tourist travel in ine is-iam-ath Basin is urged to contact mem bers of the organization or Joe I Green. The Doctor Says From Tokyo comes a report that the Japanese will try in 1954 to repair the bad relations they now have with several of their Asiatic neighbors. If true, the news is good. The Japs are said to be coiv tcmplaluig negotiations with the Philippines, Indonesia and Burma all countries which their armed to ices overran in World War II, These talks would inevitably em brace (he topic ot Japanese repara tions for war damage Inflicted. Up to now the Japanese govern ment has been unwilling to discuss this touchy subject in terms big enough to suti.sly the still embit tered peoples of these neighbor na tions. But evidently a new attitude is developing. Since the big war ended, Japan has been sustained economically by outright American aid and the heavy expenditures incident to pro secution ol tthe Korean war. out now that aid has dwindled and the Korean conflict is over and seems unlikely to be resumed.. At the same time, Uie Japanese population has continued to mount at a swift pace. The Increase can only be fed through greater Im ports or by taxing Japan's limited area ol cultivable land more Beverly. If imports are to be the answer. then Japan must sell more goods abroad to pay for them, and this in turn means further Imports of HOME IS WHERE YOU HANG YOUR HAT . . Iff not too late to reiolvt to own your own home in 1954 . Coll On DEANE SACHER, Realtor Now Offices now open at 339 E. Main FOR QUICK, COURTEOUS ACTION LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH DEANE PHONE 3734 I'll" industrial raw materials. So any sound economic lulure for a grow lng Japan must be defined In terms ot enlarging trade. The United 8tatcs and other Western powers appear unwllllnii to absorb much additional Japan ese ouipui. 'ihey do not want JaDan to deal in volume with Communist China. Consequently, the nations of southeast Asia offer the only reas onable trading ground. . This possible economic tie-up be tween industrial Japan and unde veloped Southeast Asia has long been viewed by experts as a na tural. But the inherited hostility from World War II has stood as A practical barrier to its realiza tion. Initiative for Improved relations necessarily had to come from Ja pan. It could not be forced by the West. In lace, so long as America was pourinc dollars Into the Ja panese islands, the effect was to reduce pressure upon Japan to patch things up with Its Asian nelRhbors. Now, however, the heat is on. The whole free world must wish at this Juncture that Japan Is in deed serious In seeking fresh un derstanding with its wartime vic tims. For a solid trade equation between this progressive Industrial nation and its raw-material-produc-lng associates in Asia would intro duce Into the Orient a powerful factor tor stability and hence lor peace. Two teen-age boys have recent ly written that Instead of being, troubled with overweight they are abnormally skinny, and would like to add some pounds. In general, being overweight is much more of a health problem man Deuig underweight. There are some, however, who could profit neaun-wise as well as in appear ance by putting on some weight. In the absence of any definite disease responsible for abnormal thinness, nearly everyone, even teen-age youngsters, can put on weight if they go about it In the right wny. Perhaps the easiest way to discuss it Is explain a little about the nature of the problem. The human body operates like a machine lor which food-fuel is converted into energy aud used up in physical and mental activity. There are, therefore, two ways to gain weight; .one to cut down on the activity output or exercise and the other to increase the food in take, or simply, cat more. Tile fuel Intake can be in creased in several ways. One of them is to choose the foods which have the highest energy, or calorie valuo since these can be changed into weight as well as into work. The starches or carbohydrates and fats supply more energy and have more effect on weight than pro teins do. Balance must be maintained in the diet, however. It is not wise to cut out the fruits, vegetables, meat, milk and eggs which suppiy nubstances which help to maintain good health, particularly for those still growing. Another thing which can be done besides choosing the right diet is to eat more at each meal. The amount eaten Is largely a matter of habit and the stomach can be trained to hold more by gradually increasing the amount eaten at each meal. One good way to do this Is to eat until the appetite is satisfied and then take a few more mouthfuls. FRANK TRIPP owns 9.000 live mink Si 1.400 acres of Iowa bouW in Well, It's all set. Everything Is decided except the date; which is likely to rule out the grand parents, unless we attend in wrar. chairs. You see, the happy couple have yet to enter their teens. It is no surprise to the family. The courtship has been of con spicuous ana earnest duration. It started wnen Turk was four and Alice was two. Guess I told you about it. It was the time that the unpre dictable rascal found a croquet mallet alongside a neighbor's ga rage. With the weapon ne knocked out 36 panes of glass, and could have done much better had he been taller or the mallet handle longer. We knew right away that some day he'd make a resourcetul, obedient husband, fqr when asked why he did it, he said, "Ullace told me to." To which the loyal, but as yet inarticulate Alice coulu merely nod her head. She stood by Turk, and has ever since, througn depredation after depredation. Though Turk hasn't had much time to look arounu, he s deuiutju to reform and settle down. No male of any age ever had sounder rea-1 son for his choice. Alice has been I his willing alibi, through thick and thin, mostly pretty thin. We presume tnat the decision was hastened by the recent wed ding of his grownup cousin. Turk worried through the three months of preparation for the 20-minuie extravaganza; as I have, through four of them.. Except that he let two months elapse for reversion to normal. I'd suspect that he was a mite off his noodle when he took the step. It might be that the southpaw overheard me say that I was going to give a ladder to all the rest of our off spring and if they -didn't elope, I'd shoot 'em. Turk Is the sort who would risk being shot to get a ladder. He still remembers being thwarted by the high-up garage windows. Almost everybody can remember a childhood romance and the plans for the rose-trellised cottage. Some come to realization of those very plans. Me and my gal planned near-1 ly as early as have Turk and Alice. ! So, who knows? j But I warn Master Turk, as; one of experience, that there's a drawback he has yet to discover; a disadvantage, even to a white liar, when one's whole life is as! well known to his mate as , to himself. It's pretty hard to fcet: away with anything. On numerous attempts to dream heroic adventure into the past, Franny hos let me talk my self into a nice little hole, which she baited with demonic silence. Then she'd spring the trap, That's when you wish you had first met the girl on Tuesday and mar ried her the following Saturday. So, Turk, you see that your grandpappy (and grand manny too, I'll venture) have encountered oc casions when it would have been handier if they hadn't known quite so much about each other. I wouldn't want to bust up the match, Turk, but if you ever plan to wax nostalgic, like I have, you'll grind out the hokum with far great er latitude and facility if you haven't a kindergarten sweetheart sitting around to say: "You great big liar; that never happened. Translator Introduced NEW YORK A new mechan ical translator may ultimately hur dle the language barrier in the twinkling of an electronic eye. Introduced publicly for the first time yesterday by the International Business Machines Corp., the 12 machine collective "brain" has a vocabulary of 250 words. But with improvements to come, the device could run the gamut of all lan guage dictionaries. Give the "brain" a sentence . . . lights flush, there is a subdued clinking and clanking, and in 10 seconds you've got the translation. In addition to its language work, the machines take seconds to do equation which might take years of mental calculation. The "literary" part of the sys tem is credited mostly to Dr. Leon Dostert, chairman of Georgetown University's Institute of Languages and Linguistics, and Dr. Cuthbert C. Hurd, director of IBM's ap plied science division. LOUD TIE DALLAS. Tex. IPl Whon r service ciuo neid its tenth annual loua tie contest, chiropractor J.P Dale Jr. was a winner with a min iature human spine and pelvis maae oi wnite plastic with rec ruooer -nerves' bristling from it Clubman A. npnn namnhull a tuallv had the lnurip:t tin Tt v- PIOQCO. I never inherited . my life." said the colonel"1 perhaps the only man n who wears a mink coai . Colorado gold mine "Of course, it's Just mine." he explained mod,? bought it for the taxes m " "I suppose there are J,.1" ber of people who own tni But the only other feiio,.6 heard of who had his coat was that Russian th,. Rasputin. After he M V killed the Russian govern J5 his coat over here, and 11 $2,200. although It was a old." To the colonel this is Mlm, that a mink coat wears btR' a Russian political figur, Gothier, a stalwart e-fooi of 65, is the dean of Us ranchers and a pioneer 'J breeding of new fur typei "Mink have fascinated m, , life." said the colonel, h, here to sell 2,000 pelts, "u! 'em as a boy near my ij Anthon, la. !" "I had a good home, Im. it at 12 because the farm,; small an operation for a ii- seven. "I wanted to be indepenfc. make my own way. So 1 1 to South Dakota and m range before they even haiii road. When I married, 1 1, that was no life for a marriv so I came back to my olt town, took a small piece a and settled down." In 1916 Gothier, whose to fur-lined romance, began t mink, but didn't make a of them for 17 long years. Hi. the farm pay his living u cost of his breeding expern He bpccme one of the a best known fur judges and auctioneer. His title of coloa ferred by the state of Iotl tribute to his work at mon 1,000 auctions. My dream was ahvAVRtJ a better mink," he said. "Oil years I cross-bred six srl American mink and five s Irom Alaska and Canadi produced mink in 12 difleic ors. "Right now I'm Interro white mink and buff mill cause they're new. I aiwaysi do something new. I get out mink out of every la I p5 "I've been told sevenl that this is impossible ben: violates the mendelian In heredity. But my mink never: of the law. You never can Ul a mink will do." The colonel wears a hat : pf wild Jackrabbit fur. "We feed the mink nM rabbits by the ton," he ex!i "We also feed 'em hont herring, buttermilk, cereals, and tomato juice." The mink respond b nourishing diet by being iej ly cooperative in the breeding experiments. A miu In May will produce an it litter of four kits one year But except for those kept slock the herd, the mink fc May are electrocuted and the following December. "I don't know of any aniru grows so fast," said the" cc The minje have an all-aroun ue in peace and war. Ttie-i is made into fine garmta clothe lovely ladies. Thtjl cases are ground into tankipl led to hogs'. Their grease ul into glycerine and winds up 111 explosive shells. : I Col. Gothier, who did u I as any man to turn this rj tie creature into a multlcl dollar ranch, animal, says Ik deep respect for mink. They re naturally viclouii said, "but they're the vm mothers in the world. Tneyni to their kits." KILLED HOUSTON. Tex. Ijf) TbW sons were killed and thre d when a fire truck collided 4 automobile and rammed it h a show window here last oigf -SEE FIRST FEDEM WE GUARANTEE DON'T MISS BUD'S PHOTO SERVICE PRE-MOVING SALE NOW IN PROGRESS II J 1 1 m y p.y j-A .improve ANY CAKE .WITH KITCHEN CRAFT m-puRPosE FLOUR 4i f & SAFEWAY STORE FOR YOUR SAVINGS TO EARN FROM THE 1st AT - AND LOAN ASSOCIATE LATEST DIVIDEND 5 PAID AT ANNUAL j RATE OF. s HAVE Q G MORE IN ; '54 i SEE FIRST FEDEK'j p He predicted a good part of the j
