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Newspaper Page TextWEDNESDAY, JANUabu J PAGE SIX HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON FRANK JENKINS : . ' BILL JENKINS . . , Editor, . . , Managing Editor Entered aa second class matter at the post office of Klamath Falls, Ore., on August 20, 1908 under act of Congress, March g, 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 BATES MAIL BV CARRIER I month .,;,7,!,- 1.35 . 1 month $ 1.35 6 months . 6.50 6 months S 8.10 1 year : 1UK 1 year S16.J0 BILLBOARD By BILL JENKINS Congratulations to Dean ' Callas and Lonnie Lewis on their winning of tne sportsmen s awards for the outstanding sportsman and out standing landowner of the year. It isn't the award itself that means so much as the idea be hind it. That of good sportsmanship and the willingness to cooperate to make hunting a sport for everyone and a trial to no one. Along the sports line we got n letter from uur old friend Bill Gorsch out at Quartz Mountain yesterday. Bill says, and I quote: "A saltue from the rabble in the provinces. We are alright but . are planning 'the grand revolution.' I lost out to Walt Lowe, the trap per, for the office of justice of the peace. He sneaked up on .me and called an election at three o'clock in the morning for said office. The vote was 1 to 0 in his favor. Otherwise I would be an ab solute dictator I have done some campaigning to regain all offices, but the black dog and the wildcat have both shown their democratic . tendencies by biting me again, one in the leg and the other in the hand. I purged the bear by selling him down the river to Wild Bill Hous ton. However, I think I can make it by the starvation method. Then the whole mountain will be mine alone, and I shall immediately de liver, it to the guy who took Stalin's place : and from here we can atom bomb Bly, Camp Six, Cougar Peak Lookout and the old miner's cabin on 'the Ewauna Camp road. Boy; you won't stay away so long when you see my new uni form and medals. I got it made." Which gives one a small insight into the character of such a char acter as Gorsch. But what he had in mind, after all that preamble, was a publicity plug about the ski prospects at his Quartz Mountain hangout. He says the Boy Scouts have put in a ski tow of sorts at the place (although he doesn't say which scouts did the building) and he Just happens to have some cab ins available for tenancy for week end skiers, zf they happen to be the rugged type. He goes on to say: ". . . . cabins arc available but a little rough . . . Blankets, gas lamps would be required (at least until I get my light plant going, and I would if business warranted It) ... there are beds, mattresses and cocking end heating stoves in every cabin. I just have the idea that a 'lot of guys and girls would like to rough it for a weekend. I would open the restaurant if I could make it pay or even break even. The charge would be nominal. ... It isn't for sissies, Just people who would really enjoy a taste of real mountain living." So, if you feel like spending a little lime in the mountains and roughing it, Gorsch style, Just call him up and tell him you're on the wuy. xou'u get a rousing welcome. Don Fisher, the boss of the Lava Beds, was in yesterday with a pret ty gaoa advertising mea lor the community. He says why not put up a sign at the canal bridge ad vertising our hot grid pavement there? And why not? It has had nation al publicity and is a unique feature 01 uregon s highways. If the idea is put over, however. let's all buckle down and see if we can't get the engineers to put the sign up crossways of the traffic so you can read it. . Oregon's mileage signs are almost worthless, being mounted parallel to the road so you have to come to a virtual stop to read 'em. They'll Do It Every Time . By Jimmy Hatlo WMEM SAolf PLAYING, HE'S CRyiMG IN "WE LATHER uiTU ci njj MUSIC ALSO n A LON6EW M you GET bkuno -thinko va -rue CHAIR WHEN W MWyLl 7 HESTOSCANINI K. -we oooSERS M WZi&f I 4. OA- 1 I IS A BATON r U-, - xf I I 'ffll ( Sa Sa. HOPE THERE AlNT OU-) I 1 OA DA V I A NO DUELING I SOT MY llfjl Ply! ' Happy shaves with aW(M. Sf BARBERWHO LOVES SLtUanxanoatipop INsiw r& rUm U:y) j; jw Sebastian ciacci. Letter From Washington TOWER TALK with the Ground Observer Corps By i:lsiu barker Jan. 37, marks the date of the first anniversary of the Ground bb server Corps of the Klamath Falls Post at the airport. Our thanks to Wallace "Reed, County Coordinator, and Lucille Jones, who worked so hard to get this, post started. It is not an easy Job to get a post going and no one: realizes it better - than the - members of the Ground Observer Corps. V The last of February, Mr. Bar ker was appointed Supervisor and In March, Mrs. Jones turned the Chief Observer job over to me. We have been on a 24 hour basis since April 10 and to keep it that way has required the lull coopera tion of all the observers. It has been an' ever changing schedule, with people moving away from Klam ath, taking new Jobs, and illness has forced some to quit, but there are many who started that first week who are 'Still In there pitch ing, regardless of the difficulties they have encountered, regardless of personalities, differences of opinions, they are still there Vir ginia Avery, Elsie Barker, Hope Berry, John Barker, Helen Bullard, Merry Clark, Laura French, Walt er French, Claude Fetters, Serllda Fetters, Bill Golden, Beulah Golden,- Helen Golden, Wilma Groves, Hazel Hlllman, Maurico Hillman, John Heilbronner, Jerry Kessee, Alta Lovell, Pat Lilyn, Pearl Na son, Erwln Padgett, R. W. Toycen, all of these are the ones who vol unteered In January, 1053, or be fore and are still standing active watches (I hope I didn't miss any one). As each week has rolled by many more have Joined the ranks and are equally as faithful to the GOO. We have been very glad to welcome them and are happy to have them as part of the organization. Their efforts have been fully recognized. We have come a long way since that opening day I remember the first watch I stood. There wasn't any heater and Troy Cham bers went and borrowed a small one. I thluk that was the first heat that had been up there since the Navy left tlio base. Now we fin ally have a nice 4000 watt radiant heater and it is really quite com fortable up there thanks to GOC week and the response of the peo ple to buy tickets to finance the expense. , . . - !- At this time I would (Ike to thank eacn ana every one lor your inlliv ful service and the wonderful co operation you have given when called on to stand extra watches, wnicn never a week goes by with out several, It has truly been the wonderful spirit among all that has kept this post in operation. To the teenagers who have been so good to go when I know you were giving up something else you real ly wanted to do, a special thanks lor helping to keep the post on 24 nour Dasis. . We would also like to take tnis opportunity to thank Mayor Lan dry, Judge Blackmer, the City Council, Orvllle Hamilton and the police lorce for their fine cooper ation during "Ground Observer Corps Week." Thanks to Menti-Newlun Flying Service, J. C, Penney Co., Balsiger Motor Co., First National Bank, U.S. National Bank, First Federal Savings and Loan, Herald & News, KFJI and KFLW, Do-Si-Do Club, Heilbronner Fuel Co., Mallory's Market. Carters' Food Store. Jur genscn's Grocery, Mac's Bakery, Polly Ann Bakery, Wlard Chicken Sttte, Mason-Erhman Co., Pioneer Tobacco, Coca Cola, Conner's Serv ice, Derby's Music Store, and to all others who donated in any way to this week. Thank you from all the members of the GOC. Dec. 15, Mr. Barker and I re signed as supervisor and chief observer. We have been standing by until new ones were appointed, As In all lodges, clubs or organi zations, new officials bring iresii enthusiasm, ideas and zest. Trying to keep this post going with never enough volunteers Is a very ex hausting Job. I sincerely hope the people of Klamath will try to make a better eflort In 1054 to support this organization and give a little more of their tune. More than their share has already been given by the now active members, so how about giving them some help- Best wishes and best of luck to the new Supervisor, Russ Avery and Chief Observer, Lucille Jones, who were appointed and accepted Friday, Jan, 15. If you have two spare hours a week call 2-1408 or 3063, volunteer today. 'Bye now. THE DOCTOR SAYS By EDWIN P JORDAN. M. D. A correspondent writes that she knows a man who Is suffering from a condition which has been diag nosed as dementia praccox and she finks lor a discussion. This is really another name for a mental disease which has been discussed in this column several times before, usually under the preferred term of schizophrenia. It is one of the most important forms of mental Illness, and although peo ple who suffer from it behave in different fashions, Its particular characteristic is what Is known as a split-personality. In simple terms, this means that a person afflicted with schizo phrenia Is likely to show perfectly normal behavior In some respects, but act complctly off the beam In others. Schizophrenia cannot be applied to the conflicting Impulses for good and evil which affect practically all normal people. This is not insan tly. It Is only when a person acts like two people, one good and one bad, that mental disease is said to exist. The cause for the development of schizophrenia Is not known. It Is most likely to start between the ages of IS and 30. At first disorder lincss and lack of cleanliness may be the only signs. Many victims also become unduly suspicious and feel that they are being persecut ed. As time goes on, hearing or ueeing objects which are not there, .changes In thinking and Judgment, stealing, and other alterations In behavior tend to arise. It Is a dis tressing thing to family and it i ids. The sufferer must somehow be HARRIS ELLSWORTH, M.C. 4th District, Oregon It takes a while after a Congres sional session convenes for legisla tion to reach the House floor for action. In other words, the first three weeks of January will proo ably not develop activity on the floor but the committees arc busy. The reason for the slow start oi a session is obvious. It Is always the practice to oruig up una act on nearly all bills tnat are ready for floor consideration before a session adjourns. We pretty well cleaned the slate' in August so it takes some time for the committees lo get some more bills ready for ac tion. . . Meanwhile what seems to be a lull certainly docs not mean an easy life for the congressman. I could not possibly be any busier Uian I am right now and have been sbice I arrived back in Washing ton, D.C. A member of Congress, particularly a member from, the West, has much more to do than attend committee meetings and ses sions of the House. To list but a few of the many things which I and my office are concerned with now: U) The Willamette Vallev flood control project is well along toward completion but Is out of balance until two small but key dams can oe constructed. These dams are known as Couger on the McKenzie and Green Feter on the Eouth San- Mam. Legislation authorizing pow er lor those dams must be passed. Planning money must be included in tne appropriations bill. (2) The south Jetty at the mouth of the Coquille River (Port oi Bandon) is so badly in heed of re pairs that it is ineffective. This condition has directly or indirectly been the cause of two ship wrecks recently, One wreck is even now on the submerged Jetty rocks awaiting salvage.' Money must be made, available for that -Job this year. , (3) On the Oregon coast In addi tion to the problem at Bandon are harbor improvement projects in various stages from preliminary survey to being eligible for ap propriations including the ports at Florence, Port of Umpqua at Heedsport, Winchester Bay, Coos Bay and Charleston, an approved project at old Beach, and a pre liminary survey for shipping facil ities in the Chetco Cove at Brook ings. All of these require work on my part. (4) The pear industry in the Rogue River Valley nas a ncavy surplus of winter pears. They neeu to participate in current govern ment purchase programs. I have been having conferences with De partment ot Agriculture people on that problem. b) The government (General Services Administration) is about to sell the war alcohol plant at Springiicld. I have been keeping in close touch with that situation. (6 One of the first public ap pearances I made in Oregon last year after the session of Con gress adjourned was at Camp White In Medford, The occasion was to honor the new manager of the facility, Eugene K. Ricker, and his staff the evening of Sept. 18. I maae a pledge to the veterans and to the community on that oc casion which was reported in the Medford Mail - Tribune Sunday, Sept. 20, as follows: "The Allied Veterans Council of Jackson Coun ty received definite assurances Fri day night from Congressman Har ris Ellsworth that the neeos of this district for. a hospital center at Camp White will be presented con clusively to the Veterans Admin-, istration upon his return to Wash ington.' I hope a substantial num ber,, of general medical hospital beds can be established at Camp White without it being necessary to resort to legislation. Accordingly I have been assembling the neces sary facts and have conferred with V. A. officials. I plan to take the matter before the Administrator soon. In a future letter I will discuss the various bills I have pending in the House and make a progress report on each. T BRUCE BIOSSAT President Elsenhower has made some constructive proposals for Improvement of the Taft-Hartley Act. They deserve the earnest con sideration of Congress, and prob ably the bulk of them merit adop tion, i Not unexpectedly, the country's top labor leaders dismissed the recommendations as either bad or just secondary, For years they have made it clear' that nothing less than outright repeal of the law would satslfy them. On the other hand, even In ad vance of the President's presenta tion, the National Association of Manufacturers declared It favored no changes at all, i . Neither of these positions appears to reflect maximum concern for the general public interest. Union leaders dub Taft-Hartley "antllabor," but their definition of "antllabor" Is anything that re stricts labor's behavior in any way. Since labor must be expected to be responsive to reasonable restraint no less than other segments of so ciety, the leaders' attitude is plain ly narrow and selfish. No more can be said for the NAM viewpoint. Taft-Hartley is a mas sive law containing more than 100 clauses. Though many of these are pickups from the old Wagner Act, much of the law was new when passed in 1947. It would be a mir acle If nearly seven years' exper ience with it did not Indicate con siderable need for Improvement. To shut the door on change Is merely to ape labor's approach With reverse English. The President s program ought to get from Congress a more ra tional and more moderate ap praisal than these extremes can promise. Whether It will remains to be seen. Mr. Eisenhower's proposals are not without their controversial as pect. He wants to soften the ban on the secondary boycott, and this Is a proposal that needs to be ex amined with great care. He sug gests, too, that secret, federal strike ballots be taken in labor disputes: the exact intent of this examined by a psychiatrist, and If this mental disease is really pres ent in a sufficiently severe form, the courts can be asked to commit the patient to an institution. This is not the only form of men tal disease but it Is surely one of the most important. Many ' have been helped by electric shock treat- menu, or by an operation on the brain. All should remember that mental disease is no disgrace: the sufferer does not Intend to become III anv more than anyone tries lo contract pneumonia. provision Is not entirely clear. But on balance most of these Ideas have, been In the hopper since 1949, when the late Senator Taft himself introduced many of them. At that time the senator suc ceeded In steering a substantial list of amendments to Senate passage, but they foundered in the House on the rock of Democratic-Labor opposition committed to full repeal. Certainly the time is at hand to reshape Taft-Hartley In the light of working experience. Reason able change will benefit workers, employers and the public, all of which the law must serve fairly. Congress should not be turned aside from this goal by the pleas of extremists on either side. James Marlow WASHINGTON Iffi when Presi dent Eisenhower hopped out of bed this morning and looked in the mir ror, he may have thought: "How did I ever come to let myself In for this? He had moved Into the White House one year ago. And It had been a tough, grinding year. ,Tiie face which gazed back at him in the mirror looked a little older. Not much. Just a little. But if he wondered why he had been willing to carry on his back mat mountain called the presiden cy, it was probably a thought that lasted only an instant. He was still as jaunty as ever. working harder and longer hours, perhaps, than any he had endured since those days on the eve of the invasion of Normandy, nearly 10 years ago. He seemed, judging from' the quick grin he could produce, to be enjoying his job. He was still enor mously popular. And he was still amazingly frie from personal abuse. He was wiser, no doubt, than he naa been that day a year ago when he stood for hours watching the inaugural parade, in ms llrst year, he frankly concedes, he wos a political novice. He doesn't claim political mastery now. His handling of Congress this year will Illustrate his nolitical de. velopment, or lack of it. Last year he was mild and gentle with the lawmakers. Some of his critics said he was more anxious to be liked than to lead. ' His friends gave another explan ation: he was using 1953 to get his program ready for 1054, so there was no reason in 1953 to antagonize legislators whose help he might otherwise get for his program this year. Last year he had Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio doing much of the In-fighting for him at the Capitol. Taft's dead now, and no one around can take Taft's place in a hurry.1 Toward the end of his first year, Eisenhower gave signs of a tough ening attitude, which may be an Indication of the mood he'll use in 1054. That was when Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) made his unexpected criti cism of Eisenhower's continued aid to allies who trade with Red China. Secretary of State Dulles replied, defending his policy, and Elsenhower backed Dulles. If that wasn't Eisenhower's noti fication to Congress his novice days were over, maybe this was: his statement that the Republicans don't deserve to keep control of Congress in November's elections unless they pass a progressive pro gram. It was advice which seemed like water off the backs of some of his Republicans whose response to parts of his program, particularly his farrn program, was not enthu siastic. Will he fight for his program? Everybody's waiting to see. If he does, It may not be audible. Instead of public denunciations and urg ings, he may work out of sight: over the telephone, through en- - ALONG NATURE'S TRAIL By KEN McLEOD The other doy I gave some statis tics on the comparison of the two great drainage areas on the Pacif ic Coast. Our Klamath Basin and the Klamath River watershed is In cluded In the California drainage area in this comparison, thus our lot Is cast among the urbanltes since eighty per cent of the popula tion of the California area live in cities. Tne Pacific Northwest Area which Is composed of the Colum bia River and related streams, has an area almost two and a half times greater but a population less than half of the California drainage area. In the Pacific Northwest only about fifty per cent of the popula tion was living In municipalities. The one outstanding difference between the two regions is the source of pollution, the problems of the Pacific Northwest are primar ily linked with Industry while in the California area It is linked to muni cipal sewage. Industry in the Pa ri! tc Northwest produces a pollu tion equivalent that is as great as that of all the people and Indus tries In the California area. When this data was compiled in 1051 only about hall of tne popula tion of the Pacific Northwest was served by sewage treatment plants, In the California area about eighty per cent of the population was served. The fact municipolltlcs pos sess sewage treatment plants it does not necessarily follow that treatment is satisfactory in all cases as was brousht out in the survey. The California area had 365 municipal treatment plants nut 120 of these plants were inade quate In capacity and in addition 92 were unsatisfactory in the quality of their operation. The U.S. Public Health Service which nrenared the data did not name the cities that fell Into this inadequate and unsatisfactory quality of operation but from listen ing to experts discuss the pollution problem it becomes apparent that the city of Klamath Palls Ip one of the statistics of the California area. In the Northwest there were 228 municipal sewage treat ment plants and of these plants the experts noted that 86 were un satisfactory In capacity and 68 were unsatisfactory in their quali ty of operation. Klamath Falls Is not the only ur ban area beginning to discover that the expansion of population has out grown its sewage treatment facili ties. For a number of years the city has been able to ignore the fact that its system was exceeding its capacity but eventually criti cism will descend upon the com munity if the community fails to show some activity towards Im proving Its position. The city of Klamath Falls made a move in this direction the past year by get ling an experts appraisal of its sewage problem, no doubt we will hear more of this report when someone picks it up and starts lo do-something aooui iv. The Klamath Falls treatment plant was the second plant to be constructed In Oregon, a fact that places the city high up on the list of progressive cities of the Pacific Coast Studies of the Klamath Falls sewage problem were first made in 1820 and the plant was con troi in 1028. At the time the ropnt sewage system was in stalled the population was around 12,000 people and some excess capacity was provided for to cov er what men was cbbsiuhw, w mC normal expansion of the system within the city limits. Cunningham, in his 1953 report in th ritv makes the statement, "as in many cities the Klamath Falls sewer system has grown by -vtpnsion with little long range ir,in ' it Is always eosy to problem after de velopment has taken place and in this instance Cunningham does not give Kennedy wno aesigueu " present system the credit that Is h,,o him two and a half decades hove changed many Ideas and technological advances wiuim uk period have been great, rtn f the nhanzes that has taken place within this comparatively hri neiiod of time is the ,,., sprl demand by each house- hold for water. In 1928 the experts considered a flow of 100 gallons per day per person was an ample figure and then they added an ex tra 50 gallons to be on a safe side. Today the experts -figure that 200 gallons per person is the base fig ure to use for their design and then they will add a safety factor on top of tnat. The advent of many modern ap niinnres. automatic dish washers, and home laundry equipment have made increased demands upon the sewace disposal system. Air conai tioning Is Just around the corner and the air conditioning systems will in many cases also use water thus Increasing the problems of waste disposal. The sewage system of Klamath Falls Is no small scale operation. The original plant was designed with a rated capacity of 2.500,000 gallons of water per day; today the system Is inadequate and must be operated under over loaded conditions. voys, or by calling the legislators to the White House for a private lecture. In his Slate of the Union mes sage Eisenhower sounded pretty confident this country had seized the initiative from the Russians, a view which may turn out to be more assumption than fact. In this kind of war, It s tne final results that count. Troops Keep Eye On Mexico Border EL PASO, Tex. !ff Troops in six northern Mexican states have been mobilized to prevent a gen eral exodus of farm workers to the United States seeking employment the El Paso Times said yesterday, Mexico closed its borders to farm workers Saturday night fol lowing the collapse of negotiations for renewal of the united states Mexico migrant labor pact. Fear has been expressed that farm workers would stampede to the border. SamD NEW YOBlr la lion-dollar banks lT, port total resource, rose in loss. 13 of them nnslts slim,... . '."OOrt . a IlltU ,, record highs. Th. 't0 b hold about one-fourth ' uuii a wiai Dank ' Each of the i.tl has both deposii In excess of on. t5 The top bank in Is the Bank of L. 3 itusi & savings Asm Cisco. It, reJuWeTift. are each around th.T4 dollar figure e If you couldcornblMoJ banks, you'd h.v. ,Z -ou wiui wiai re5011, J-11 590,748,000. Thi, .I? millfon dollars to tiU ouu.uca oi me sami i. r the start of last se uuring 1853 th. Rhlfts In Ih. I.., "trei ura jo Kiauus, ss far I, go. The Securitu.m. Bank of Los Angeles 7, .! Instead of tenth v.T,"! places with the caemlciw'i Bank of New York'XjM over Bank of New Von-T! eleventh lnste.rt , 7?M tag with the Mellon Niu2 Of P ttshnroh "MWU Combined denosil. lion-dollar-club memh.T.l 891,890,303. This around 88 million dollu.3 the vear. ' 1 Total deposits in an tlon's banks at the mj J aren't yet available. But tL expected to come to 2 billion, and mow k. vi-v" . J MB JUgQtf, Dogs Just Like Humans, But Maybe More Sot SALT LAKE CITY mJvJ more down-to-earth tarn bnl But that's about the oiihJ ence, a California vetttlj Dr. R, A. Stocklnit d l. geles is attending th rJ of the Intermountitn VttiJ aoii. iiere. H, ftlnh hound of yours may hsvi tt, troubles, emotions ind ikJ vn In 1 Your dog may dreim! k'J cers, he intelligent or diuW xie may unume nervous In set, ii ne sees you beitju wife. Which may be m. Stocking says he believes till J wouia oe oeiter u mere vert dogs and fewer human,. - If you want your do; to t. mal, give him a norrnal tai1 the Los Angeles veHnnitlii Dogs are just as much M by their surroundings, h ttJ REMINDER PORTSMOUTH. N. H. 01 J Portsmouth chain stars mJ nas received his instruction! i preparing for Easter. The orders mailed from headquarters remind "Etstal year falls on Sunday." 9th and Pine Phone 3188 nd hi ORCHESTRA For ELKS and their Ladies at the ELKS TEMPLE FRIDAY, January 22nd ' Dancing 9 till 1 Informal $2.50 per couple The most danceable band in the West featuring "black lite" show with lots of dazzle. COTTON, PLAID OR STRIPE Just Look What This Low Price Buys Junior's 9-JS Goy-eriip-waihoble ond both ot this aiy-to-manage Ward price. Bright plaid with blue or pink predominating features button-loopfasteners-liepockets.Candy Miin$'14-20 strip and solid combination styled to do pretty things with two target pockets Ond striped skirt Insert. 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