SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1954
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ALONG NATURE'S TRAIL
by KEN McLEOD
Occasionally an accident hap
pens to this column in its printing
in which a slug carrying a line ol
type is lost from a paragraph and
its absence may be noted by
the fact the sentence from which
the words were lost doesn't make
sense, such accidents are the bane
of any column, and, oh happy day I
when the omission fails to disturb
the continuity. At times, however,
the lost words are very' apt to
change the whole meaning of a
sentence and the author holds his
head In anguish. A few days ago,
however, something hew was added
a helping hand shoved this writer
out into a pool ot deep water he
had purposely refrained from div
ing into, not because he had any
fear of the plunge, only his source
of reference material was not suf
ficient to meet the occasion.
Aften all, I greatly doubt if any
one noticed the item that made
mv eves bulge for this time it
was not a lost slug, we merely
gained one. I was telling Joaquin's
account of the Battle of Castle
Crass and In his narrative he
stated that with Mountain Joe, he
took possession of th ranch now
known as Soda Scorings. To my
dismay a helping hand had added
"now the home of a religloua
sect," without any qualifying punc
tuation.
My well lntentloned editor felt'
that the term Soda springs was not
a sufficient explanatory location of
the site of Mountain Joe's Cabin
and so to make the sentence a little
more clear added the' - Innocent
words that shoved me into deep
water. There seems to be some
controversy whether the ' Soda
Springs mentioned by Joaquin were
the Soda Springs that later becarrjel
famous' .under the name Shasta
Springs which In the last few
years has become the home of a
religious sect, or, another group of
Soda Springs further idown the
Sacramento River. ,
For mv own part I am incllnded
to accept Shasta Springs as the lo
cation, since Joaquin's narrative
indicates that this is the place,
however, the California Guide
definitely places Mountain Joe at
the site of Lower Sada Springs at
the present Castle Crags station of
the Souther Pacific. The editors
of the .Guide had a much better
reference collection to draw upon
than do I, yet, I wonder at this
variance in interpretation of Moun
tain Joe's location.
Such questions occur many tunes
in our excursions into history, we
have the evidence of a building
existence but the place of Its exact
location appears to be in contio
versy. Often there is ah explana
tion for the confusion for quite ire-
Northwest History Highlights
By DAN E- CLARK I
Professor Emeritus of History, ..
University of Oregon
Today's Question: When and by
whom was the Oregon territorial
government put into operation?
After 'the passage of the act es
tablishing the territory of Oregon
the next step was the appointment
of a governor to put the new
government into operation. Presi
dent Polk's first choice for gov
ernor of the territory of Oregon was
General James Shields of Illinois,
but the appointment was declined.
The office was then offered to
General Joseph Lane of Indiana
and accepted.
Joseph Lane was a native of
North Carolina who, as a youth,
migrated to Kentucky and then to
Indiana. Here he became active
in politics and was elected to the
legislature. At the outbreak of the
Mexican War he enlisted in an In
diana regiment of volunteers, and
he emerged from the war with the
rank of general.
Lane's commission as governor
was carried to him at his Indiana
home by Joseph L. Meek, who
THE bOCTOR say:
By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M. D.
Everyone is agreed Ulat one of
our greatest health problems is
chronic Illness, Including those
diseases which lead to abnormal
change or behavior in some part
of the body, and which last for a
long time. Included among the
chronic disorders are tuberculosis,
mental disease, diabetes, asthma,
the effects of polio or accident, and
many other things. ,
Some of these chronic disor
ders are more serious than oth
ers. A person with hemorrhoids,
for example, Is generally ham
pered only slightly In occupation,
whereas someone with severe
rheumatoid arthritis may be
completely disabled for a long
period ol time.
in ! vrnt. chronic Illness of
.11 kinds Is most important. Three
out of every four patients In hos
pitals are there for tnis reasoi.-.
and 60 per cent of all disability is
accounted for by chronic illness.
The time lost each year from
productive activity because of
chronic disease is believed to be
more than a billion days, or the
same as If nearly four million peo
ple were unable to work for a full
''trie problem ef chronic Illness
BUI. JENKINS
Minuting Editor
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quently we discover two places
being used by one Individual at
different times In history and nat
urally 'the 'same name would ap
pear twice. Perhaps the Interval of
time has been lost in trie local
mind and so some old timers point
to one location, while others point
to another. Under the circumstanc
es the arguments can wax long
and feelings on both sides can be
come rumed lor Dotn unknowingly
were right. '
The Guide, therefore, undouoteu-
ly has evidence to place Mountain
Joe at Lower Soda Springs, even
though Joaquin places the location
at Soda Springs. Tnere is no con
fusion in tiie matter of location In
Joaquin's narrative because he
very clearly makes the distinction
Soda Springs and Lower Soda
Springs. Perhaps Mountain Joe had
a cabin at a later date at Lower
Soda Springs. This Is the deep pool
of conjecture into which my help
ing hand has plunged me ano now
that T have been committed to the
deep water I will have to 'find thi
answer
Joaauln writes of Soda Springs in
1874 as being "today tne most
famous summer resort in northern
California." This very definitely
sounds tike our present Shasta
Springs, though Lower Soda
Springs had a hotel for a number
of years and also was a summer
retreat. Joaauln writes ot me loca
tion in another paragraph: "a
band of hostile Indians living In
and about the Devil's Castle, some
10 miles away on the opposite side
of the 8acramento."' Such a. des
criDtlve location very definitely
eliminates the Lower Soda Spring
location, though both springs are
,, gnasta gprings woum be
on the opposite side ot ine sacra-
some. 10 miles away while Lower
Soda Springs are practically at
the foot of the Crags.
The California Guide speaks of
a settlement at Lower soda Springs
which Joaquin falls to mention; the
Guide states the statement -was
abandoned and the Indians burned
it; this being the cause of th
battle of the Crass: "In anger the
miners left only after they had
killed or driven away the fish and
arame on Which the Indians uvea
Modoc warriors swooped down on
the little settlement and burned It
in reprisal." ' - . -
Joaquin definitely speaks of Low.
er Soda Springs as being a dif
ferent location from where he and
Joe built their cabin, for when
wounded in the battle of the Crags,
he was carried down to the Sacra-
the bank of the river. . . about a
miles below the site of the present
hotel on the Lower Soda Spring
ranch." It Is one of these ques
tions that adds the spice to history.
had been appointed United States
marshal for the territory. Togeth
er the two men set out for Fort
Leavenworth, where a military es
cort of twenty-five men, with
teamsters, servants and a surgeon
matins: a party of about fifty
men was waiting. The southern
route was followed by way of Santa
Fe and the Gila River to San
Pedro. California. By this time all
the escort except six men had de
serted. A sailing vessel furnished
them passage to San Francisco,
then In the midst of the excitement
of the gold rush.
Another sailing vessel, the Janet,
carried them to the Columbia Riv
er; whence they proceeded by
canoe ud that river and tne Wil
lamette, reaching Oregon City on
March 2, 1849. On the following
day, March 3, Governor Lane Is
sued a proclamation declaring the
territorial government in operation
lust one day before President Polk
yielded the executive oflice to his
Whig successor, Zachary Taylor.
Lane ordered a census of the new
territory. He also designated Ore
gon City as the temporary seat of
government. i
Include, therefore, both the med
ical and the economic aspects since
a person of working age, severely
disabled by chronic Illness, Is often
unable to do much toward the
support of himself, the family, and
the community. Furthermore, a
severe chronic Illness too often
lends to the exhaustion of avail
able funds, so that the continued
care becomes an enormous burden
on the family or the community.
All this is fairly well known, but
there are encouraging features also
about this problem. For example,
there Is now a commission on
chronic illness established by the
American Medical Association, the
American Hospital Association, the
American Public Health Associa
tion, and the American Public
Welfare Association which is study-
line this problem.
I The advance of medicine Itself
particularly in the detection and
Improved treatment of many dis
eases which formerly became
chronic and disabling, has added
to the Improvement of the situa
tion. The Increased emphasis on
what Is known as rehabilitation of
the chronically ill that Is. fitting
those who are partially disabled
Into jobs for which they are suited
Is also a step forward of the
highest Importance.
They'll Do It Every Time .t-. By Jimmy Hatlo
LaA HfiSOF f (jVEAR-WE HEREBY PRESEWTA SOLD
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JAMES MARLOW
WASHINGTON (IP) Dr. Clarence
E. Manion is a great talker. He
seems to think, now that President
Eisenhower has tired him, that he
talked himself out of a job.
He said recently that in the two
years since he resigned as dean
of the Notre Dame University Law
School he has been in every state
making speeches to so many busi
ness groups "I have called the
roll of American Industry."
Last Sept. 4 Eisenhower picked
the 57-year-old Manion as chair
man of the Important Commission
on Intergovernmental Relations.
On Feb. 17 Manion announced the
White House had sacked him.
The White House gave no reason.
Manion implied it was because he
had made public speeches support
ing the Bricker amendment on
treaties, which Eisenhower op
posed. The President said it would
tin his hands in foreign affairs.
Sen. Bricker (R-Ohio) proposed
a constitutional amendment to
limit the scope of treaties so they
don't override powers reserved to
the states And to give Congress
power to regulate other inter
national executive agreements.
Manion is a crusader lor decen
tralized government and more
self-reliance on the part of the
states. And in the field of foreign
affairs he has strong convic(ns
which may seem unique to Eisen
hower in handling Communists.
Although Russian and the Chi
nese Communists, as disciples of
Karl Marx, operate on the theory
the United States and other capi
talist countries are doomed, Man
ion, in his 1950 book, "The Key
to Peace," suggested:
"Those in charge of our national
defense must be made to realize
that if the fascinating American
story is made plain to our actual
and potential enemies military
opposition will liquidate itself in
HAL
Bv SAUL PETT
(For Hal Boyle)
NEW YORK I Harold Vin
cent Boyle, who regularly pre
sides over this space, is off on a
three-week vacation.
He left on a Caribbean cruise
with Frances and their seven-month-old
daughter, Tracy.
Now, those who know Boyle
know how difficult it is to get him
out of a room. Getting him out
of the country is only a little less
strenuous than dispatching the 1st
Armored Division off to an inva
sion. It's not that he's lazy not agile,
energetic, elbow-swinging Boyle
who everytlme he loses an ounce
calls himself the "Tiger Man."
Nor Is he afraid to make deci
sions. It's just that Boyle has a
special attitude toward decisions.
The more he lets others make, the
more food they'll have for their
own ego and sense of usefulness.
And so. on the morning they
were leaving, I arrived at the
Bnyle apartment. Three or four
other friends, recruited to help In
(he last minute arrangements,
also were there. Baggage, cam
eras, film, hats were scattered
about the living room. Tracy
gurgled In her play pen. Frances
ran around efficiently collecting
things, checking lists and baby
clothes.
And, in the midst of the inevi
table confusion, Harold Vincent
Boyle sat on the couch, enjoying
a sublime serenity, grinning like
an Irish Buddha. He. wondered
what tie to wear to the boat.
Frances ran off to shower. The
rest of us started putting state
room stickers on the baggage.
"Of course, you kids realize,"
Bnyle announced, without moving,
"this is no rehearsal. This Is the
real thing. But then, If we miss
the boat, we'll always have .enough
for bridge."
Somebody asked about the loose
belt and sport shirt on the brown
suit case.
"That's mine," Boyle said
"Why don't you put it some
where?"
"I'm waiting for Frances to tell
me. I'm not going to rush Into
making any mistakes,
But Boyle did volunteer the help
ful information that yesterday,
while buying a suit, he met this
fellow who sold him a new kind
of toothbrush, something called an
"orallzer" which . "cleans your
teeth while It cleans your tongue.'
it was getting
somebody said
late. "That's all right. Francle,
Boyle yelled to the back bedroom.
"Take your time. The ship's sail
ing late. The captain forgot his
keys."
Getting through the door, Fran
ces wondered aloud about what
else she should take for the baby
and father wondered aloud wheth
er he should take along his high
school diploma.
It took two cabs to get up to the
ship. Boyle, of course, didn't know
which, pier, Frances, of course,
the wild scramble to follow, the
American example."
In that same book, although
much of It was devoted to praising
the Founding Fathers for their
extraordinary wisdom in putting
the Constitution together, Manion
showed some displeasure with the
Constitution as it is.
He not only urged changing it
by adding on the Bricker amend
ment but also another amendment
which would limit the power of
Congress to spend money.
While Manion seemed to tnink
his advocacy of the Bricker pro
posal cost him his job, Sen. Aiken
(R-Vt) said from what he had
heard of Manion, "I'm afraid he
was too conservative to be oi value
to this administration."
Other Republicans in the Senate
bitterly criticized the firing and
one member of the commission
quit in protest. This was Rep.
Noah Mason (R-Ill). The 25-man,
commission was composed of five
senators five representatives,
some government agency heads,
and distinguished citizens.
In addition to speculation about
his views, Manion has been criti
cized for spending too much time
speechmaking in general and not
enough in the headquarters of his
commission.
The government hands over to
the states yearly $2,800,000,000 in
aid In 22 programs covering such
fields as public health, highways,
education, housing. The commis
sion was supposed to find out
where federal-state duplication
could be avoided and some aid
dropped. ' .
Although the commission was
supposed to finish its work by
March 1, its last three members
weren't sworn In until Nov. SO,
hardly time for such a huge Job.
It's going to ask for another year's
time Before reporting.
BOYLE
did. And at the gnnirplank came
the inevitable question:
'Who's got the tickets?"
'Not me." said Bovle as If he
had just been accused of a capi
tal offense. Frances, of course,
produced the tickets while her
husband apologetically directed
the stewards with the biiKRnee.
'Most of this is trinkets to trade
with the natives," he explained.
Finally in their stateroom, Fran
ces set about making the baby
comfortable while the stewards
unloaded bags.
"Who brought this alonR?" Bovle
asked, scowling at his portable
typewriter.
Vet's
Mailbag
The nation's 60,000 World War II
veterans taking GI BUI farm train
ing are reminded by the Veterans
Administration thnt' reports of
their 1953 earnings uro aue .. their
VA regional of Ices no later than
March l, 1904.
Failure to submit the reports by
the deadline. VA warned, may re-
ult In discontinuance of GI sub
sistence payments until such time
i the reports do reach VA.
Trainees who haven't yet re
ceived the report forms mav ob
tain them from their Instructors.
The earning reports covering
only Income from productive labor
for the calendar year 1853 serve
a double purpose.
First, they are used by VA as
the basis for adjusting each vcter-
an's subsistence for the current
year 1954).
And second, they are part of the
veteran's course of instruction in
farm accounting, thus giving him
the chance to put into practic"e
what he has learned in the class
room. Veterans will receive assistance
from their Instructors In closing
their hooks for the past year, and
in transferring the data to the
VA forms.
f the recport, Gl-fnrrii trainees
must Include any periods of time
tney may have been engaged in
employment outside the farming
activity.
Tftese ycarlv rcnorls. VA em.
Phai?od. do riot apply to veterans
taking Institutional nn-farm train
ing under the ww Korean GI Bill,
since their monthlv allowances arc
computed on a different basis.
Question of the Week
Q. I enrolled In college under
the Korean GI Bill for an AB de
gree in English. After being In
class for a few weeks, I've come
to the conclusion thnt I'd be better
off If I .switchM to a B3 degree
In business administration. Would
such a switch count as my one-
Red Cross
Practice Held
Klamath County's first disaster
Institute brought out fifty people
at the Veterans Memorial Building
February 16,
Richard F. Gordon, disaster spe
cialist from the San Francisco of
fice of the American Red Cross,
presented a hypothetical situation
that could occur locally and the
Civil Defense and Red Cross vol
unteers . present, endeavored - to
work out the answers to the prob
lems that would arise.
Gordon asked the audience to as
sume that a commercial gas stor
age tank, located in a combined
residential and small business
area, explodes with terrific con
cussion. . Collapse of adjacent
buildings and shattered window
glass result in ten fatalities, and
many injured; some victims are
trapped in Buildings. Twenty resi
dential structures are wrecked and
50 people on sidewalks and in
homes are injured. . Fire starts
one block from the tank. Fanned
by a brisk wind, several more
homes are ignited and threaten a
row of 12 houses. Within a few
moments tremendous crowds
swarm Into the area. Many per
sons attempt disorganized -rescue
efforts.
Representatives of local govern
ment, Civil Defense and Red Cross
volunteers participated In. the
question and answer session which
followed.
The institute opened at 10 a.m.
Gordon provided Dackground in
formation on disaster legislation
from 1905 when the American Red
Cross was granted a charter by
the Congress which made disaster
relief a legal responslblity of the
organization. Civil Defense became
active In disaster preparedness
during World War II and in 1050
Congress created the Federal Civ
il Defense Administration to pro
vide a legal method for govern
ment to extend Its obligations to
meet disaster and obtain funds to
oovcr disaster expenditures.
Gordon delineated the Red Cross
responslblity during disaster to
Include provision of emergency
food, clothing, shelter and supple
mental medical aid, and rehabil
itation to victims on the basis of
need. Civil Defense, which repre
sents government, is responsible
for evacuation, warning, rescue,
fire, police, etc. In the event of
enemy attack, Red Cross continues
in Its same responsibilities but only
as a part of Civil Defense.
The lunch was supplied by vol
unteers of the American Legion
Auxiliary and Bloodmoblle can
teen workers. Within forty - five
minutes the group was fed and
ready to return to the afternoon
session.
Otto L. Smith, disaster chairman
of the local Red Cross, was in
charge of the meeting.
Union Officials
Freed By Jury
ST. LOUIS ifl 'lwo AFL Team
ster Union officials, Jailed for con
tempt of court, were freed yester
day alter submitting the union's
tlnancial records to a lederal
grind Jury.
Released were Harold J. Gib
bons, secretary-treasurer of Local
688 and director of the warehouse
division ol the International Union,
and Louis Berra, his assistant.
Gibbons spent two nights in Jul).
Brrra was Jailed Thursday after
both had dolled an order by Fed
eral Judge Oeorgc H. Moore to
turn over the records to the grand
Jury.
The grand jury Is investigating
alleged labor racketeering ana
also has been directed by Judge
Moore to hinulre into whether
union funds have been used lcr
political purposes in violation, ol
federal law.
Korea Undecided !
On Geneva i
SEOUL 11 South Korea's for
eign minister said today his gov
ernment has not decided whether
to attend the Far East peace con
ference which opens April 26 at I
Geneva.
Foreign Minister Pyun Yung Tal j
and government spokesman nan
Hong Ki have condemned the con
ference arranged by the Big Four
foreign ministers at Berlin. ,
American sources said the Seoul
Koreans appeared to.be taking a'
"reserved but receptive attitude
toward the conference.
and-only change under the Korean
OI Bill?
A. The shift from one bache
lor's degree to another would not
constitute a change of program.
provided that no more training
tune Is Involved than was original
ly required to complete the
course,
Schvable Inauirv Unfolds
Story Of Abuse, Cruelty,
Brain Washing
By ED CREAGH
WASHINGTON I One ot those
20th century stories that stagger
the Imagination and sicken the
heart is unfolding in a drab, im
provised courtroom on a hill over
looking the Pentagon.
It Is. the story, as told by men
who saw It happening, of a brave
man goaded to fury and gradually
broken by bis Communist captors
under a load of Abuse, pain, hu
miliation and physical wretched
ness. Frank H. Schwable, a flying Ma
rine with a brilliant record of com
bat experience. Is the central fig
ure. He was a war prisoner in
Korea 14 months. Midway in his
captivity, he signed a false con
fession he took part In germ war
fare activities which, in fact, nev
er were carried on.
- The Reds made noisy propa
ganda use of Schwable'a "confes
sion." Now a four-member court
of . Inquiry is trying to decide
whether the 45-year-old schwable.
a slender, alert man with thinning
and graying hair, should face a
court martial.
Four, Marine enlisted men and
one Army sergeant who caught
glimpses of Schwable In FOW
camps during his ordeal told their
stories yesterday halting frag
ments that added up to a harrow
ing picture of what "brain-washing"
does to a man.
Some told of seeing Schwable In
September and October, 1852
emaciated, unshaven, Jittery . but
nonetheless defiant. He'd been
thrown into solitary confinement,
harassed by constant questioning.
deprived of food. But his attitude
toward his Red tormentors was;
"Go to hell."
Former Murine Corp. William
N. Shockley of Denver, Colo., tes
tified he heard those words ring
out in a firm American voice on
one occasion when a browbeating.
NEW YORK W The first Jog
gle In the upward march of the
utilities is being recorded on the
seismographs In the Industrial
centers.
But the electric and gas ped
dlers count on the homeowner, to
flip more light switches and turn
more gas Jets than ever this
year enough more to overcome
any slow down In Industrial power,
light and heat usage, me stock
market apparently concurs. Util
ity stock prices have risen mod
erately this year.
This Industry's plans to expand
still further In 1954 are untouched
so far, at least publicly, by reces
sion talk,
Industry spokesmen contend that
profits in 1954 should be as good
as in 1853, when an outsize major
ity of companies registered gains,
with an average Increase of 14
per cent. But the spokesmen are
counting on more rate increases
to make this forecast work out.
The few gas and electric com
panies to report a drop in earn
ings in 1953 say this trend should
be corrected as soon as public
authorities get around to allow
5AM UAWovJIN
I - - ' ' - - - - J
Oregon Traffic Fatalities
Down In '53; Injuries Up
salem m Oregon's 19 per
cent reduction in traffic deaths last
year was the largest In the nation,
the National Safety Council ad
vised Secretary of State. Earl T.
Newbry Thursday.
Utah was second with a IS per
cent cut, Washington reduced its
traffic deaths 14 per cent, Califor
nia four per cent, and Idaho nine
per cent.
Ncwbry said, however, that Ore
gon had a two per cent increase
in traffic Injuries.
The state's death rate last year
was 5.5 persons killed for each 100
million miles of travel, compared
with a rate of 6.2 In 1952.
Newbry said that Sherman Coun
ty was the only one of Oregon's
36 counties which had a death-free
traffic record in 1953.
There were 391 traiflc deaths In
:i Washington Sell
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t , r-T frfr$f tf Having decided it die-
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Here In Klamath
Want Ads Work Wonders
I lRtht HERALD & NEWS , j
Of Prisoner
finger - waving Interrogator was
submitting schwable to inquisition.
And Sgt. l.C. Pearson O. Porter
of League City, Tex., an Army
man, told of stronger language
used by the Marine officer to a
Communist questioner,
i "Tou can spell the word if it
emnarrasses you," a lawyer told
Porter, - .
"I'm not embarrassed," said the
self-possessed Porter, and he gave
the court the short word he said
the colonel hurled at the Interpre
ter. - -
It was a different story, though,
by Dec. i when Schwable and some
ot the, enlisted men Were herded
into a truck and transferred to
another camp. They had their own
individual ways of describing the
colonel;
"Awful nervous." : -
"He lust stared straight ahead.
He kept jerking and twitching
like a nuncu-cirunk prize ncnier.
Once, the men agreed, .Schwable
leaped to his feet and cried out
be was surrounded by oil. There
wasn't any oil on the floor. Again,
they said, he brooded two full hours
before answering a communun
guard's remark about the weather.
One. said the colonel suddenly
started shadow-boxing when they
stopped for food. .
They didn't hold It against Schwa
ble, ! the men : said,, when ftiey
learner! ha supposedly had signed
a "confession." Tney .jusi ngurea
somehow ne was jorceu 10 uu .
Some of them had experience of
the Communists' forcing teen-
niques themselves. a
The president of the court, Maj.
Gen. Henry D. Linscott, put a di
rect question to one of schwable's
fellow passengers in the truck:
- "Did he appear to you to be a
man in his right mind?"
"No, sir, he didn't," said Pfc
Melvin J. Oaynor, 21, of Tell City,
Ind.
The hearing resumes Tuesday.
ing rate increases which, the
comnanles complain, lag behind
the rise in operating and distrib
uting costs. -
utility customers, or course,
may feel that . rates are nign
enough now to cover costs ano
reasonable profits and return on
Investments, and still leave enough
for needed expansion of facilities.
-The central Industrial region,
perhaps significantly,- Is the only
one In the United, States today
where power usage is falling be
hind that of. a year ago. This re
gion extends from Pittsburgh
westward through onto, into In
diana and lower Michigan. It Is a
region of much publicised layoffs,
production outbacks and rise in
jobless totals. -i-
Elsewhere, the Edison Electric
Institute reports, power o u t p u
still outruns the year ago figures,
even If the spread is smaller now
than a few weeks ago.
The utilities did very well In
1953. With 63 -companies reporting
so far, all but five showed gains
in net Income alter taxes, com
bined the 63 had earnings of $!,
433,681.854, a gain of 13.7 per cent
- in profits over 1952.
tne state last year, ana va oi tnem
occurred in Multnomah, Lane,
Douglas, Clackamas, Klamath
Marlon and Jackson counties. '
Multnomah County led with 80
deaths, of which 55 occurred in
Portland. Lane was second with
36, and Douglas third with 27.
The totals for each county:
Baker 9, Benton 8, Clackamas 24,
Clatsop 6, Columbia 1, Coos 9,
Crook 2, Curry 6, Deschutes 6,
Douglas 27, Gilliam 2, Grant 3,
Harney 3, Hood River 2, Jackson
17, Jefferson 5, Josephine 6, Klam
ath 21, Lake 2, Lane 36, Lincoln
8, Linn 12, Malheur 14, Marlon 17,
Morrow 4, Multnomah 80, Polk 8,
Sherman 0, Tillamook 2, Umatilla
14, Union 4. Wallowa 3, Wasco 10,
J Washington 9, Wheeler 4, and Yam-
mil b.
Woman Leaves
Large Estate
CHICAGO tP More than 20 buV
lion dollars of an estimated SJ
million dollar estate was desig
nated for charitable purposes by
Mrs. Anita McCormick Blaine la
her will filed for probate yester
day. -
Mrs. Blaine, who died Feb. II
at the age of 87, was a noted
philanthropist and the daughter of
Cyrus H. McCormick, Inventor ot '
the farm reaper. ;
Mrs. Blaine, who during her life- '
time gave millions to educational
and ' charitable Institutions. ( left
one-third of the total estate to her
granddaughter, Mrs. Anne Blaine
Harrison, of Washington, D.C.,
her. only direct heir..
There were, however, grants to
relatives, - close friends and em
ployes. These Included $500,000 to
Mrs. Eleanor Gooding Lawrence,
widow of Emmons Blaine Jr.,
Mrs. Blaine's only son who (Bed '
In 1918.
The only definite request to a
charity was $333,000 to the Yen
shlng University In China for as-
tabllshmcnt of a memorial to Mr.
Blaine's mother, Nettle Fowler
McCormick. '
The will, dated June 25. 1037,
specified that the- more than 20
million dollars be administered by
three trustees for charitable pur
poses. Trustees are Mrs. Harrison,
Dr. Roger I. Lee ot Boston, . a
Harvard University fellow and
former president of the American
Medical Assn., and Richard Bent
ley, Mrs. Blaine's legal adviser.
Ancient Factory
Leveled By Fire
LANCASTER, Fa. Ui-Fire ot
undetermined origin yesterday de
stroyed a horn comb factory which
was founded In colonial times and
was believed to be the only one of
in vype in tne nation. - ,.
The elderly owner and sole em
ploye, 88-year-old George Washing
ton Crouse, escaped without In-
Jury.
The two-story building was or
lglnally occupied by Grouse's great
-grandfather, a soldier under
George Washington at Valley
Forge; - .,.:,..:.
According to local legend, when
steers were brought into Valley
Forge, Crouse would- convert the
horns into combs in his. spare time.
The unique combs were marker
ed by a New York dealer.
Aged Hunter Has
Advice For Women
NEW YORK OR-eter Cameron.
101 years old, of Whittemore, Mich. .
is getting along fine In the big
city. -
Named hunter ot the year, bell
preside over the 17th annual
sportsmen's and vacation show
starting today at Madison Square
Garden. - : , v
At a news conference yesterday,
Pete was photographed with a
pretty model. Modern women, he
said, are all right "It - they keep
their place."
Pete, who will be 102 on June
7, gave this prescription for a lens
life: ..
"Take a little Indian remedy
every spring. It's made of bulb
and roots and other things thoy
mix up."
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