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Br BILL JENKINS
Home again after a week over in
' the valley regions of Eugene and
, Portland
I'll take Klamath.
Much better weather. Dove into a
snow bank on the WBy over to
avoid hitting a stalled, car ana
burled my car up to the door
handles. Young (enow nicknamea
"Sneed" came along with a truck
and hauled us out. Don't know about
the aobrlquet s veracity, but me ac
curacy with which he plumbed my
wallet and detected the exact
amount in when It came to stating
a charge was uncanny.
Rained In Eugene. Rained in Port
land. Portland streets full of mooch
ers. The old line about wanting a
dime for a loaf of bread. Good
combination, however, bread going
well with wine. Of which the
moochers are already full.
Oood to be home.
There are a lot of people in this
. pessimistic world we live in who
declare there are only two seasons.
Good and bad. We beg to disagree.
What with spring bustln' out all
over seems Impossible to be down
hearted about anything.
Is It a sign of the times that the
roads are covered with hitch hik
ers; Or is it Just another sign of
spring and the migrating workers
hitting the road?
Whatever 11 Is .there a lot of
'em. And in most cases you hate
to pass them up, but fear keeps you
from stooDinor. Even the Innocent
ALONG NATURE'S TRAIL
by KEN McLEOD
In our last column I started the
Shasta Indian myth of creation as
it was recorded by Joaquin Miller.
We had reached the point, where
the aging Mother Grizzly, appre
hensive ot lite after death decides to
confess her sin of keeping the
daughter of the Qreat Spirit and
so sent her grandson to the sum
mit of Mount Shasta, in a cloud,
to apeak to the Great Spirit and
tell htm whsr he could find bis
long lost daughter. Joqauln con
ttnues:
When the Oreat Spirit heard this
he was so glad that he ran down
the mountain-side on the south so
last and strong that the snow
.melted off In places, and the tokens
oi nis ateps remain to wis day.
The grlulles went out to meet htm
by thousands: and as he ap.
proached tbey stood apart in two
great lines, with clubs under their
arms, and so opened a lane by
which he passed In great state to
the lodge where his daughter sat
witn ntr children.
"But when he saw the children,
and learned how the grlulles that
ne naa creaiea naa oeirayea nun
into the creation of a new race,
he was very wroth, and frowned
on the old Mother Drizzly till she
died on the spot. At this all the
Kriulles all set up a dreadful howl:
but he took his daughter on his
shoulder, and turning to all
the grizzlies bade them hold their
tongues, get down on their hands
and knees, and so remain till he
returned. They did as they were
bid, and he closed the door of the
lodge after him, and drove all the
Telling The Editor
EXPLANATION
Regarding the article appearing
in your paper dated the 36th of
February, referring to sheriff's
deputies. It would be well to bring
to the publics' attention the fact
thit three of the deputies, Smith,
Pankey, and Wentz, are employes
of the Klamath Tribe and that
their salaries, and equipment are
provided by the Klamath Tribe.
This has been the practice of long
standing tinder federal authority,
luid the fact that the Klamath In
dian Reservation is no longer under
federal authority, but under the
state, Is the reason that the men
mentioned above have been depu
tised by the sheriff's office. The
Klamath Indian Reservation, due
to it's location In Klamath County,
is aware of the necessity of co
operation with the people of Klam
ath County, and thin is a step In
the right direction by paving the
way for three deputies for the polio
ing of the Klamath Reservation.
As regards the blast at the sher
iff office the vast majority of
we Indians, do regard the sher
iff olflce with the highest respect
and admiration, and an Indian Is
alow to point fingers, until he has
examined himself.
Sincerely,
Laurence L. Wilt ,
Teaching Leader
Elected To Group
ALTURAS-Mrs. Hnllle Tlernev,
Modoc County superintendent of
schools, was elected to the execu
tive board of the California County
School Superintendents' Assocla
tlon at a meeting of this state
wide organisation in Sacramento.
Mrs. Tlerney was chosen to rep
resent all California counties with
an aversae dally school attendance
under 3.000.
FOR SALE
On each vague urbrt d
Helittlit tni Hereford Bulls,
lie site Asfui bull.
Draw Hereford Ranch
rheee 3J4
looking ones may be packing a
chunk of pipe with the Idea ol
knocking you over the head, taking
your car and wallet and making
a few more miles. ,
Identifications are pouring in on
some more of the old timers. A sis
ter writes in to say mat in me
oicture of Link River blown dry
the fellow fourth from the left is
Russell Griffith, now assistant
postmaster here. He was standing
in the middle of the dry steam
holding a good sized fish In his
hands. And a happy look. Haven't
had time to look Russ up and
ask bim. but for what it's worth
there 'tis.
Mick Wampler, out on Route Two
writes in concerning the picture
published on the 18th saying that
he thought it "was probably some of
the various members of the families
of Frank. Charles and Bill Rey
nolds. The dog, a pit bull, was
given to Wampler by a fellow tn
Lakevlew named Tom Hale. He
thought the scene of the picture was
the Moore logging camp at the head
of Barneburg Creek. Reynolds, he
said, made the home Just outside
his gate.
Out thanks to Old Wamp. He
sends in quite a little stuff himself.
Still more signs of spring. Lots of
downtown fellows out hosing off
their sidewalks. Long time since
we've been able to do that without
laying on a coat of ice that would
skid a truck.
children out into the world, passed
out ana up we mountain, and never
returned to We timber any more.
"So the grizzlies could not rise
up uny more, or use their clubs,
but have since had to go on all-fours
much line other beasts, except
when they have to- tight for their
lives, when we Qreat Spirit permits
them to stand up and fight with
their fists like men.
"That Is why the Indians about
Mount Shasta will never kill or
interfere In any way with a grizzly.
Whenever one of their number is
killed by one ol these kings of the
iorcst, he is burned on the spot.
and all who pass that way for years
cast a stone on we place till i
great pile is thrown ud. For
tunately, however, grizzlies are' not
plentiful about the mountain. -"In
proof of the truth of the
story that the grizzly once walked
aim stood erect, and was much like
a man, they show he has scarcely
any tall, and that his arms, are a
great ilcnl shorter than his legs,
and that they are more like a man
thnn any other animal."
Indian legends have a complete
ness that Is amazing to anyone who
take tlmo to collect them, each
tribe posses Its own sorles ot stor
ies that are closely tied to their
environment. The mythology of the
American Indian covers the vast
body of their opinions regarding
the genesis. As did this story of
the Shasta In regard to creation.
Their mythology likewise covers
history, the functions, and the
destiny not only of themselves but
also of every subjective and of
every objective phenomena, prin
ciple, or thing in their psst or pres
ent environment which In any
marked maimer has affected their
welfare.
Every body, element, or Pheno
menon of nature, whether subjec
tive or objective, as observed by
the Indian, has Its myth or story
to account for Its origin, historv.
snd manner of action. Thus in
the Shasta In recard to creation.
this fact explained In the case ot
the Grizzly and the Indian's ac
count of how their people came
into mis worm, portions of myths,
especially those concerning the
most striking objects of the environ
ment are woven together by some
master mind Into a cycle of mvths.
and the myth of the beginnings,
a genesis or creation, story is thus
developed.
Ella E. Clark, a member of the
faculty of the Stale College of
Washington, wno has recently had a
book published on the mythology
of the Indians of the Pacific North
west has made quite a study of
mdian mythology, yet Miss Clark
has perpetuated one error that
probably will go on and on In
scientific literature so leu.g as
scientists rush articles into publi
cation without carolul consider
ation of their genesis. Thus we dis
cover Miss Clark attrlbullng the
legendary stories recorded by Joa
quin Miller ns being Modoc ' In
origin when in actual fact the stor
ies are purely Shasta.
The myths of the Modoc as re
corded by the early writers on Mo
doc history, have no such story In
meir records. In fact, genesis in
tlie Modoc world was entirely dtf-
lercnt. Joaquin's innocent attempt
to capitalize upon the publicity
the Modoc War by giving the
title tn his book "Unwritten His
tory" with Its appendage "Life
Amongst the Modocs," apparently
has been accepted as tiuth by
many sclentltic writers who have
ne"er taken the pains to study the
Indian environment tn which
Joaquin spent these early forma
tive years ot his life.
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By SAl'L PETT ,
(For Hal Boyle)
NEW YORK ufl Somebody
dumped a pile of old movie fan
magazines near my desk and I
looked them over. It was harrow
ing. It also was inspirational, in a
way, because these editors seem
to have such great, big. ubiqui
tous hearts Moreover, they must
to detect the slightest heart trem
ors anywhere In the world.
In March, 1853, Motion Picture
Magazine found the Gregory Pecks
abroad, where he was making a
picture, and the writer was en
chanted by their marital bliss.
Theirs is the- story of a love
that's nourished from day to
day."-
The next month, a title in Film
land Magazine echoed the en
chantment: "Live Alone and Like
It? Never!" Sub-head: "Family
life and love isn't a sometime
thing for Gregory ' Peck ... He
wants his .brood around him wher
ever he goes..." t
Bui right under this, as though
a hot cable had Just been flashed
in, was a boxed editor's note:
"Unfortunately, as we go to press,
there are storm warnings from
the Peck household; but because
of the solid foundation the mar
riage has, we have every hope the
difficulties between Greta and
Oreg will soon be straightened
out."
It struck me as a purely unself
ish hope, still, the clouds were
gathering.
The same month, Photoplay ask
ed, "Trouble across the way?"
There were hints of a foreign ro
mance In Peck' life and Photo
play was facing up to them square
ly. In May, Modem Screen asked.
"Divorce Ahead (for the PecksH"
But In August, Modern Screen
was reassuring, "Peck's a good
boy now," It - said. Still, two
months later, Screenland's seis
mograph wasn't satisfied. "There
is a new Gregory Peck, a worldly
sophisticate," It said, "and re
ports are that he and Greta are
finished with each other forever."
I quickly flipped through the
JAMES MARLOW
WASHINGTON W John Poster
Dulles, 66 last Friday, works like
man trying to keep two steps
ahead of a fire. In his case, it's
the Communist fire.
He has been secretary of state
Judt over a year. In that time he
has traveled 83,361 miles in pursuit
of peace and American security,
the equivalent of more than three
times around tne globe.
He s been all over Western Eu
rope including Paris three times.
London twice, Bonn twice and to
North Africa, the Middle East, as
far west as Korea, as far east as
India, and to New York five times.
His routine is: up by 7 a.m.,
home by 7 p.m., and to bed by
midnight. His recreation is lim
ited mostly to reading detective
stories, watching birds, and swim
ming wnen ne can.
He ha a sharp sense of public
relations, reads four or five papers
day, has made national broad'
cants several times, plus speeches
before organizations. He s had
more news conferences than any
other Elsenhower Cabinet member.
He's had 24 of them at the State
Department, and others outside
Washington.
At 8:15 a.m. he reaches the
office. At 9 ha has a 15-mlnuts
conference with his undersecre
tary, Walter Bedell Smith. At 8: 15
ne has a stall conference wiw
Smith and his assistant secretaries
At 10, a couple of days a week,
he goes to the White House for
a Cabinet meeting or a meeting of
the National security council, dup
ing the day he must receive for.
eign diplomats or anyone else of
enough Importance to need his ear.
During his first year, the State
Department underwent Its, biggest
shakeup In 30 years.
Besides being ultimately respon
sible for the handling of friends
and foes everywhere, Dulles must
deal with Congress, many times
personal appearances to ask for
money for his department or to
explain or defend his handling of
foreign affairs.
It haan t been a complete v
blissful relationship. He' been
crlilclred in the Capitol. He's hid
some struggles with Sen. McCar
thy (R-Wlsi. .
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
BOYLE
magazines to see if the dilemma
bad been resolved in some issue
I had missed It hadn't although
Screenland was certain about
"Gene's affair with Aly." It said.
"There's no doubt Gene Tierney's
flipped over Aly Khan, but will
they wed?"
Well, would they? I raced to the
next Issue of the magazine hop
ing to find the answer. Instead.
I found another question "What's
happened to Jeff how long can
Jeff (Chandler) keep a smile on
his face to cover up an inner
void?"
I was relieved to find that Mov
leland had answered one question
"How the Van Johnson .rumors
start" and deplored the spread'
ing of such rumors. In 3,000 words.
with questions tumbling over
questions in my mind, I raced
down to the nearest news stand
for the very latest fan magazines.
The first thing I saw was a Hol
lywood columnist's "good news"
in Modern Screen, sub-title: "Shel.
ley vs. Vltorlo ... June Haver
finds Fred MacMurray ... Dale
Robertsons split ..."
Well, Hollywood seemed to be
batting .333 in good news, unless,
of course, June didn't happen to
want to find Fred.
In the next article, Jane Pow
ell said, "I loved and lost," and,
in the next, Lex Barker, husband
of Lana Turner, said, "I didn't
marry an angel," but he didn't
seem to be complaining
In big red type. Silver Screen
told me about "Arlene's Hidden
Desire." This title ran over a big
picture of a not-so-hldden Arlene
and was accompanied by the ex
planatlon, "to be knowti as a wo'
man of soul and spirit would mean
more to Arlene Dahl than all those
accolades for her beauty."
But again, another infernal
auestlon "Is Anne on a merrv
go-round?" Sub-title:' "Afine Bax
ter shows no sign of letting up on
her daring plan to become one of
Hollywood's sexiest stars." '
This explanation, of course,
raised many more questions than
it answered but by then I had
run out of money. I couldn't af
ford any more magazines. My
nervous system couldn't, either.
He takes work home with hiin.
Sometimes on Saturday afternoons
he works at the office Saturday
mornings or on Sunday he has n
stenographer come out to his house
for dictation.
He attends perhaps two diplo
matic dinners a week, besides hav
ing friends in for private dinners.
And State Department people and
government officials sometimes
vtrtt him at home for uninterrupt
ed conferences.
Ibis display of energy, accord
ing to Wose around him, is not
new. He gave an example of it 12
days ago after battling Russia';
Foreign Minister Molotov at the
Big Four conference In Berlin.
That conference broke up Feb.
It. At I o'clock that night Dulles
flew -out of Berlin, stopped at Bonn
to talk with West Germany'!!
Chancellor Adenauer, took off
again at 11:30 p.m., slopped at
Bermuda the next day for a swim
in S7-degree water, and arrived
in Washington thst night.
On that trip home, his aides say,
he dictated to a secretary some
of the report he made to the na
tion last Wednesday night. On
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
last week he held sessions with
corgresslonal leaders to explain
what had happened In Berlin.
Somewhere In Wose three days,
with help, he completed his report
for Wednesday night.
Ypsterday he left for Caracas
for the Inter-American Conference
and on April 36 Is expected to go
to Geneva lor a conference with
Britain, Fiance, Russia and Com
munist China on Korea and Indo
china.
Besides the places mentioned
earlier in this story, in 1853 he
went to Rome. The Hague, Brus
sels Luxembourg, Egypt. Israel.
Jordan, Syria. Lebanon. Iran.
Saudi Arabia, India, Turkey,
Oreece. Libya, Princeton. N.J.
(for a speechi, Japan, Boston
(speech), St. Louis (twice for
rpeeches), Denver (for a confer-1
ence with President Elsenhower, j
Zemo Great for
Dry Skin Itch F
7mo doctor' soothing anti
eptie promptly relieves itch of
surface ikin rashes, eczema, psori
asis. Ztmo stops scratching and so
aid faster healing. Buy Erlra
Stmflk Zemo for stubborn ease.
Figuring who gets
the orders row the
PURCHASING GUY'
fviAMX AOATPOPTUH
UATLA UAT TO
JlV OTJONNELL, ,
-O NEW YORK . N.y.
The Doctor Says
By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M.D.
Mrs. K. has been in the hos
pital twice recently because
of amebic Infection and ulcera
tion, she writes, and she would
Uke some discussion of this sub
ject. This is an important health haz
ard since it is said that nearly
one person in every ten is believed
to be afflicted with We tiny ani
mal parasite which produces this
disorder. The only fortunate Wtos
is that all those who harbor the
parasite are not made seriously
ill, though many of Wem are.
The principal symptom caused by
the parasite endameba histolytica
is dysentery, wough wis stgn my
not be constant, and sometimes
people's resistance is just enouca
to keep the ameba under control ( ttae attrsttMraiUJa taunts ta r
wlthout getting rid of it entirely . ;cessarc ts nmosa aver and surplus
In many patients the disease de- j tracer can wppett up- without
velops suddenly with pain and teo-:2oc3nr. bufursas.
demess over the abdomen aixl fre- trsusmi ttia- Treasury looks for
ouent and often blood! boweJ more-! sbtrwerm, mojrev of tire kind
ments. Tne majority recover after
a stormy and severe itvi a ; learei long-term, money
lew victims die and others p&ss 55 " ararsat. for investors- to lend
over into a chrome stage or et! a sour ro ttonw building and
stage in which symptosra. axe .fiart sspanaton.
sent thouirh the oarasru mar re- j, money eaaier now?
mnln.
Whenever a sudden illness of this :
kind develops, or in the chrome'
stase. when altercating Derwsa at ;
constipation and diarrhea occur.
amebic dvsenterv must be con-
aidered as one of the possible-;
causes The definite diagnosis caa
be made only by finding the para-1
ait In lh intestinal iistt wirh
We aid of a microscope.
- Powerful drugs are available to
combat amebic infection. Never
theless, It is important to treat
amebic dysentery just as soon as
possible. Even more Important Is
avoiding We ameba altogether.
Even with expert treatment it is
discouraging how often the symp
toms recur as seems to have hap
pened in Mrs K's case.
The infection can be carried by
food, water, or flies. It is never
possible to tell In advance whether
an infected person will develop
serious symptoms, mild symp
toms, or none at all.
People who are not being serious
ly harmed by the amebas, which
are present in their intestines, can
pass We parasites on to other
people. This is especially true If
they have anything to do with
handling food. Also, If anyWlng
goes wrong with We plumbing in
buildings in which infected people
live, serious epidemics of amebic
dysentery can develop.
Safety Classes
To Be Held
ALTURAS Modoc County school
principals and teachers will cooner-
ate with Game Warden Del Baxter
and his assistants in determining
We number of boys and girls under
16 years of age who need to take
We required course in firearm
safety Wis year.
According to the provision of the
new state law, all youngsters under
16 who have not previously pur
chased a hunting license in this
state must complete a four-hour
training course In firearm safety
before they are eligible to purchase
a hunting license.
Baxter and his assistant plan to
visit each school In Modoc Coun
ty to present their program and
to distribute application forms to
those who wish to take the safety
course.
Bonneville Made
Ready For Floods
PORTLAND, tl The pool
behind Bonneville Dam will be
lowered beginning next Fridav to
make room for the Columbia Riv
er a annual sprmg flood crests.
Army engineers said the drain
ing would continue until the eleva
tion Is lowered from the average
; feet to 73 u feet. That will
probably take until March 8.
The level ol the pool will rise
to about 82.5 feet during We runotf. I
uis engineers esumaica.
Syracuse. NY. (speech), Cleve
land (speech), Bermuda (for Blii
Three foreign ministers confer-1
ence). I
The CLOTHES MART
12S S. 9th Opon :00 'til 1:00 Phtno 3364
I
Sam Dawson
-utrur ' vnPlT ' (A Money
easier-as a 30 million doUar deal
today,, s 40 million one, in the
works, ana a five million one last
week clearly show. - i
When you yourself are looking
for a few bucks, money may seem
just as hare to lind. But , rising
bond prices and .sliding Interest
rates show It isn't.
For msny a businessman and
doubtless for the men in We U.S.
Treasury the easy money mar
ket is both a problem and an op
portunity. The problem: To borrow now nr
wait for the chance of still lower
rates.
The opportunity: To trade old
nigh-Interest debts for new longer
interest debts. For big corpora
tions with debts running Into We
millions, We ssvlng Is great.
CIT Financial is reoeeming 30
millions, We saving is great,
serial preferred stock it sold in
1948 and 1848 to two Insurance
companies. Tne loan company will
gain in two ways.
First, it will save 1,3M).0W In
interest payments each year. M
ii cHiMiM neri to borrow. It can
get funds from the banks tor less
than four per cent.) j
Second. It can increase its cap-.
ital snd surplus to 200 million doi-1
lars. which We company cans
an adequate base to svpoon a
continuing hifh level ol opera
lions." If nBiey wercnt easwr Ciaa i
few months ago. and U vb e-
mond tor oonswrser loaas rat
less pressing, CIT " re-
deeming the swk jasi
Detroit Edison Sr rr
floated a 44 nutans aaSlar
cent bond base. J SSS 5a!
sin.- thru sS ei t fcicrw-r 1
money fias otm er3s sftarpiy-:
So tb- b? asitsr S50.XS a eaa;
m tbe ratcv.&cr 3irmc&. pecte&s ut
icg t- 4uK sx3i$ money j
in the J.'Oc rut.
ror' Sm 35 iocMuSai? ing j
the sa-rae er Ttuutt atrtot. By i
tiie ea6 -rf toy atwuct. artescnewE
.tanier tbt-ore. Sbr TWasurjt sue-
.;ces?x2.'- oiuiu rxrc a aicg-Mctn
im aaarai waur issue- as
' 3 cmr treat;
; 2s tb resv dhii: ctiuiti mean dut
boas ote to. that could mean it
Psctiy intcause the- Federal Re-
K!7''t 3mw4- took steps to see that
n offset to recession,
Prtir because business and con-
snmers haven't been borrowing
i a feverishly as formerly. And
partly because savings institutions
' lnd pension, funds are swelliag
money looking for profitable
UKrauneni.
It's that supply and demand law
aga:n.
Appointment To
West Point Won
ALTURAS Dick Delelssegues,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Deleis
segues of Alturas. has received the
high honor of being given an ap
pointment to West Point.
Dick, 17, and one of We top ten
students in his senior class at Mo
doc Union High School, received a
wire last week from Clare Engel,
Congressman from the Second Dis
trict, apprising him of We ap
pointment.
Preliminary examinations were
taken here and at Mather Field,
with entrance examinations to be
scheduled later at West Point.
Justice Douglas
Returns From Trip
TUCSON, Ariz. If) U. S. Su
preme Court Justice William O.
Douglas returned yesterday from
nis sixth snd most successful
lion minting trip. -,
The score: One 7Vi toot male
lion roped In a tree and then shot.
One 7-foot female Hon shot with a
.32 caliber pistol from 35 feet.
tacn eat weighed almost 100
pounas.
Douglas killed We lions in the
rough Chiricohua Mountain coun
ry of southeastern Arizona.
QUICKIES By Kan Reynold.
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For Rebirth Of Alcoholics
(Edlter'e note This Is the ninth
In a series ot articles dealing with
We disease of alcoholism and what
Alchollcs Anonymous Is doing to
combat It.)
By LYLE DOWNING
When a victim of We balflfng
disease oralcholtsm finally admits
that he Is powerless over liquor
and his life has become unman
ageable, h has certainly made
long stride toward sobriety.
That is the First Step in Alcohol
ics Anonvmous which has been re
sponsible for more than 150.000
drunks winning back their self-respect
and a useful place In so
ciety. .
But there are still 11 Steps In the
AA program and when the aver
aae novitiate scans We second one,
he is apt to throw up his hands In
despair The Second Step in AA
reads;
Cam to believe Wat a Power
(rearer than ourselves could restore
s to sanuy.
F.U-tS OIULMMA
Tie minute he reads Step Two,
naar an AA newcomer is con
frvcieJ with a dilemma. Still
sstaruss front the admission Wat
he powerless over alcohol, the
AA tyro now is faced with a splr
isstal problem. He is more apt to
say. "damn, this faith business!"
tiMa be is lo i.-t for spiritual
guidance. Psychiatrists explain his
attitude this way:
"Defiance ts We outstanding char
acteristic of a great many alco
holics; A largo number have de
fied God Himself. Sometimes Wis
is because God has not delivered
the good. Wings of life which the
alcoholic has specllled, as the
greedy child compiles and. im
possible list for Santa Claus. More
often the alcoholic has met up wiW
some major calamity and lost, out
because, in his opinion, God de
serted him. So We average alco
holic tn the beginning is in no mood
for spiritual considerations."
But the 150,000 recovered alco
holics) took the Second Step. They
came to depend on spiritual help
and turned to God as they under
stood him.
We again took into We case his
tory of Joe E. a member of AA,
and note how he accomplished We
Second Step. Last week we re
counted how Joe E, a once compe
tent newspaperman, drank himself
into the delirium tremens and was
hauled off to an alcoholic ward
by the police.
ON PARK BENCH
It Is three monWs later and Joe
E is sitting on a bench in a little
park' across We street from the
AA clubhouse in a large mjtlwcst
ern city. Many strange
Wings have happened to Joe E
since on a hospital bed he ad
mitted to two members of AA that
he was powerless over alcohol and
his life was unmanageable, v
' When Joe E left We hospital
he was flat broke and all his pos
sessions were either in pawn shops
or being held for bar or hotel
bills. A member of AA gave him
a Job. For three months now he has
been selling potato chips to retail
grocery stores.
As he sat on the park bench, he
wondered what the boys around a
dozen police station pressrooms
Wroughout the country would say
if Wey knew Joe E, the once high
rolling crime reporter, .was ped
dling potato chips! Since he took
Wis menial job, Joe E has been
walking 13 or 14 miles a day. The
exercise has worked wonders. The
whisky blotches had disappeared
from his face, his nerves were
steady and he was enjoying serenity
unknown to him since childhood.
But Joe E had quite a shock
that day. After he checked in at We
potato chip factory and collected
a week's pay, he went to the Flying
Dutchman Tavern, a Skid Road
establishment where he had drank
for nearly a year. He wanted to
reclaim a wrist watch he had left
to cover a bar bill six months be
fore, i
- During his days and night at We
Flying Dutchman, Joe E had two
close drinking companions, Harry
and Brownie. Both were alcoholic
railroad men who had been black
listed U over We country for ex
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cessive drinking, otherwise, Joe E
considered them good guys and
had spent many alcoholio houri
with them. While redeeming his
watch. Joe E inquired about his two
friends whom he hadn't seen in
three months.
IN 'NUT HOUSE'
"Ain't you heard about those
two guys?" the bartender asked.
"Harry's down at the state nut
house. I never see anything hap
pen so quick. He's standing here at
We bar talking to Brownie. Then
the next minute he's fighting Japs
in the South Pacific. He Jumped
all over We place. He climbed up
on We bar and thought he was
holding a mountain peak It took
four cops to get. him out of here.
One of We cops told me the other
day that Harry's in the nut house
for good."
"And what about Brownie?"
Without answering the bartender
moved along to give a customer
a refill. When he came back lie
said:
" "A couple of nights ago while
very drunk Brownie fell down a
flight of stairs in Wat flophouse
where he lived and broke his
neck. I understand a medical school
got what was left of him."
Now sitting on the park bench,
Joe E came to a startling conclu
sion. Before making a great de
cision he asked himself why was
Harry in the insane asylum,
Brownie dead and he in Alco
holics Anonymous? They had all
been on the same level, why had
Joe E been the lucky one?
Joe E decided Wat at last he
had the answer. In a distant city
his aged 'mother was still living.
He knew Wat every day of her life
she prayed for., his welfare and
safety. Now he was convinced that
because of his moWer's prayers,
In all his drinking days he had
never been arrested or In a serious
accident. And that was why he
hadn't suffered the same fate as
Harry and Brownie. From his wal;
let Joe E took a little white card
and reverently read;
"God grant us tile serenity
To accept the things we cannot
change.
Courage to change the things we
can
And wisdom to know the differ
ence." With the Alcoholics Anonymous
prayer, Joe E had made the Sec
ond Step.
(Next More Steps In Alcoholics
Anonymous.)
Sheriffs Posse
Holds Meeting
ALTURAS The Modoc County
mounted sheriff's posse, under di
rection of Sheriff Buck Server, met
recently at Mary Arena's Hotel In
Alturas.i . ' , ' . .
An election of officers tyas held
which established Ed Kowoloski as
captain: Robert Moyer, lieutenant;
Russ Enderlin, secretary; Delbert
Fitzpatrick, treasurer; Nolan Ban
ister, air corps coordinators.
The posse will be called Into ac
tion In cases of lost persons, dis
aster and convict apprehension. It
is designed to coordinate air, jeep
and mounted units. These organiza
tions function beneficially in other
counties where the country Is rough
ana road conditions comparable to
those of Modoc County.
Portland Cops,
Firemen Ask Raise
PORTLAND l Portland fir.
men ond policemen, who Thursday
were granted a 114 monthlv nav
Increase, Friday asked the City
Council for a $30 raise.
The additional Increase would
raise minimum monthly pay to
urcmcn ana policemen to (3(4.
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Ho, this false belief stems from
the high incidence of the disease
the children of tuberculous
parents. Pulmonary tuberculosis,
the most prevalent reinfection
type, seldom occurs in children
years of age beyond that
age its incidence rises sharply.
It is much easier to prevent than
many Infectious diseases.
See your doctor regularly.
knows what must be done
Insure protection. Depend
prescriptions promptly.
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