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PAGE SIX HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON MONDAY, MARCH 8, !9a Entered u second claw matter at the post office o( Klamth Falls. Ore., on August 20, 1906 under act of Congress. March 8. 187 MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to the use for publlcaUon of aU thVlocVl new. printed In this newspaper as well as all AP new. SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 month 1-3S 6 months 1 year f 6 60 $11.00 BX CARRIER 1 month 1-35 6 months 810 1 year . MS-20 BILLBOARD sv MIX JENKINS I wonder what In the world peo ple did before they had lawns and gardens? How did the caveman spend his sunaays7 yvuuc oglsta have never proved it to com plete satisfaction I strongly suspect that Mrs. Caveman had a small flower bed Just to the right of the cave entrance and spent a good deal of time mucking about in It. She probably also indulged in the same remares as ner imci u sisters and suggested to her male that he stop sitting on bis hands and do s little something about trimming the Jungle grasses that were encroaching on ner garueu. One would suppose that alter all these eons of time mankind would have adapted himself to the con dition and regard mowing the lawn, or raking It or weeding It or any of the nunared ana one other operations so necessary, as , a necessity of Hie equally as im ; nortant as the dally bath, brush ing the teeth and having a second piece of pie for dinner. What this modern age man is waiting for Is a first helping oi some of the widely publicised so lution which retards me growin m grass. So far all we've been able to do about it Is read of Its won ders in the home magazines, But a magazine is a poor sub stitute for a mowing macnine ' In the fifteen or twenty minutes that I've been sitting here on the deck overlooking the Upper Lake and the westside highway eleven boat trailers have passed, heading north. At this rate the lake between here and Eagle Ridge will be solid with boats and fishermen. A healthy thing, too. Because it proves that despite the loud howls that go up over the algae condi tion of the lake, there are still plenty of people who want to spend their time on its surface, cruise Its bays and coves, fish Its depths, enjoy its beauties, observe the bird life that inhabits It waters and its shores or Just contemplate the over-all picture as a thing of beauty, of restful nature at peace. In the two decades since com ing to this grand country we have noticed a steady upswing o( interest in the Upper Lake and its vast potentialities. There are more ' boats in active use on the lake - now than there have ever been before. There is a yacht club dedi. eated to developing the recreational uses of the lake, there are scores of fishermen who are devoting more time to the lake and less to the . streams. There has recently been an upsurge of Interest in resorts along the lake, with one already in full operation since the war. There is a constantly increasing use of Rocky Point and its facili ties, not to mention the building of new summer homes on land re cently opened by the forest serv ice. And there is still plenty of room for improvements. But these im provements have to come in the same way ( that improvements come to a business. You don't go out and overhaul the whole she bang at the first crack. You add little by little, as money and cir cumstances permit. We've got to do the same thing with the lake. There are many small things that can be done at relatively low cost. High on this list would be a oublic boat dock. A place where the sportsman could launch his boat easily and get it back on the trailer equally easily. A place where he could secure gas and oil and the necessary items to keen his boat in operation. Public picnic grounds will come as the money is avauaoie uirougn state sources, more resorts oi top level caliber will come in as the word spreads aooui our lane. More tourists than ever before will see the beauties of the lake now that the Westside road Is half com pleted. Someday the road will be extended to meet the crater Lake highway at Fort Klamath and this then will be the most beautiful way to see scenic Crater Lake. Someday a highway will be pushed through from this side, by way of Lake of the Woods to Medford and the Valley. More people yet will see the grandeur of the Upper Lake. t , There are, too. a few intangibles that will be added, we trust, to the region. Foremost of which is a publio consciousness of the beauty and a public willingness to cooper ate In keeping it so. It is Just as easy to toss those paper plates and beer cans on the floor of the car and bring them home to dump In your garbage can as it Is to toss them carelessly in the lake, where they litter the bottom as an urtly signpost along the way of the tin-can-tourist. And there is also the crying need for the residents of the Klam ath Country to ' sing our own praises to the world at large. Sure, we live here and it's fun to get away ana go somewnere else lor a vacation. But while we're there we can tell of our own grand country, of our lake and all the rest of the things we have to of fer those who visit us. If we get the word around widely enough we won't have to worry nDout developments. They'll come faster than we' can keep up with them. , Theyll Do It Every Time . . ' : By Jimmy Hatlo ANYTHING LIKE M3U LIKE CATSUP, DAD ( A COULP MAVtU SfSKR I I SPARE R1B3 AND J MX) DIDN'T TRV PUTTiNQ) 7 BEENTHoSE ITJaluMAS OF V ENGWE OIL? rf CATSUP ON YOUR Kr-S FRIED CfrSTERS I HCM J JA f 1 ICE CREAM?...) -?4V$sT J V f THAT UASWT BEEN J. J NoTHlMS LIKE 60)M5 OVER TUE RECENT. EDIBLES (OR NEDIBLES) TO CUKE A TOUCH UH 4 MAUSRxl f fiuw A umt Hjcr hp Northwest History Highlights ALONG NATURE'S TRAIL by KEN McLEOD The Doctor Says GUEST EDITORIAL George Mann, head of the the ater firm which operates Klamath Theaters, writes a column on show business, "Mann to Man", which appears In a number of California newspapers. We are facing a down-to-earth problem this morning, and have always felt that the best way to clear the atmosphere is to place yourself on record In order to give other people the opportunity of disagreeing with you if they wish to. For a long time, we have felt that raising motion picture the ater prices Is a bad practice. We went along, from 1946 until last fall, without a raise In prices, and our motion picture financial ad visers insisted on a raise at that time which amounted to an aver age of 4 cents a ticket. Personal ly. I did not like it, and neither did Lloyd Lamb, our general man ager. We fought against It, but we were overwhelmed by our honest advisers, the consideration being the high cost of operation and the advancement of prices of practi cally everything we use. Frankly, still did not consider this as being a logical idea. I am convinced that our prices should be In keeping with what a man has to spend for his wile and children In going to seo our at tractions. The argument, on the other hand, was that we had spent more money on our theater build ing and equipment, and on our advance ideas of taking care -of our employes than anybody we know of in the United States. My argument was with the full con sideration of this contention Unit we still ployed to more people per capita than any other circuit ot theaters whose records we have been able to get. Now we are faced with new things like 3-D and wide screen, troth of which cost considerable sums to tool up and Install in our theaters, which wo do not feel even with tho higher prices, thut the returns Justlly. However, we felt that we must keep up with the - L ' Ye muM "lve 0l,r cus tomers the best of everything in motion picture entertainment. But, I do not think we should charge w" n?lPrlCv.M., an" t ex tent. It may be true that wo have a greater attraction ..... ,Z ' ... ls",!'r' hut we must also con- i.. . " ln" our business ... a.un jrem Because of a modest prlcel 01 R L:"hif,hJf "H8"1" Bam- ,M,K paramount Pic- tures, when Paramount produc tions could only be contracted for if the theater charged a dime. I remember how I had to compro mise with the best theater in Baltimore the Wilson Theater in letting them charge a nickel for matinee and a dime for evening. This was a long time ago, folks; It was back, if I remember correct ly, about 19131 It takes a long time in show business to gather together all the ragved ends and try to make a policy that pleases the Clistnmpr That's What we're here for, and tnat s the reason that today we are giving you our well-coinsldered thoughts. This morning, we have been di. cussing this Important matter and comparing figures since a o'clock, now n is just a few minutes after 9. This matter Is one ihm ic causing us considerable worry and uiuuaiii uecause we do not want to lose your business. We want to make it entirely possible for you to be, as you have for a long time, our valued customers. You know, we didn't build all these oeautlful theaters and own all tills real estate without owing the i.a oi menca a lot of money, and we want to keep your patronage Bnd good will. Someday, with your help, perhaps wo will be able to pay the Bank oi ana really own the icio uurseivcst Pople DO Read SPOT ADS -you are! Ping Pong Balls Given New Use T ria ......... -o nniuisi in it wasn't easy, but Milt Forrest has at last round a use for his, collection ol Si? , "ble balls, which he calls the world's largest. Forrest la a graduate student r.m,, Un,v"s"V Southern California and an otiicial of the Southern California Table Tennis He began saving busted balls in the l ope of flnduig a way to re- Kick Whenne' ""O " luck, he went to the chemistry wT,"'' "Men told him there Ulan ?S.W,Y 10 them ' than the price ot new ones. on 5.1 ?hJ"? ti"' chpmlsls were w,W?reOlarUKer,0r ,CTn'S b3' He hastened lo Rive them hi, prized store, because they were wanted balls to moke models showing the structure ol atoms I have been writing about the basic requirements oi a water pol icy if it Is to serve the public in terest upon a statewide and na tional basis. And, I have given some of the ideas developed by the water policy committee of the Western Division of the Outdoor Writers Association of America. Perhaps you may wonder why such an influential national organization should be -so interested in water policy. The OWAA as it is spoken of Is not large in numbers as in the case of other national conserva tion organizations. However, it makes up for this deficiency by heine able to reach into millions of homes in America and to help shape the opinion of the American people through the press, the radio, the lecture platform, the magu- zines and books. There is hardly a publication m the nation today hat does not carry the writing of some member of this organiza tion. The OWAA recognizes its re sponsibilities in keeping the Ameri can people properly informed and that means its membership must be properly Informed, if they are going to carry the conservation message to the nation. The most confusing problem In the conservation picture today is the problem ol water and so the OWAA decided it should dig into the subject, find out about it, and establish a policy 'by which it would judge the various proposals oi water development. Like others who have tackled the subject we were impressed by contusion. A statement of the' objective de veloped: Hie present helter-skelter. hodge-podge, approach to water management and utilization is leading toward a wasteful condi tion relative to water uses and can not be pursued without hurtful and probably damaging impacts on the American people." We were Impressed by the lack of policy. The greatest need for a sound, Army Maneuvers Cause Bad Time DALLAS Lfl Two onc-Dound TNT cans stranned beneath a Dallas County bridge gave officers a bad time yesterday. a pnone call to the sheriff's office reported the cans under a farm road bridge were wired for detonation. Soon Shcrilf Bill .Decker was broadcasting radio warnings and calling county commissioners and other officers to the scene. A dyna mite expert, Leonard Hollifield, gingerly removed the cans. "Man." he sighed. "Enough to oiow up inis end of the county." As two of the officers drove away they spotted men in Army uniforms working under another urinee. "We're from the 49th Armored Division." one of the Notional Guardsmen explained. "We're having maneuvers. We got every bridge mined In this end of the county with dummy TNT and this is our last objective to blow up. nation-wide policy is vividly dem onstrated in the multiplicity of agencies, commissions, committees and Similar quasi-public bodies, we found dealing with water resources as their objectives. These groups are established al most without exception, to ap- roach water management with a specified, limited objective. Ac tion creating them specifies and limits the scope of their activi ties. Each is bound by limitations which permit them to deal only with one use or phase of water service. While the Individual mem bers ot such groups may recog nize that it is unsound and inex pedient to deal with water re sources on a segmentary basis, the group as sucn, by reason of directives and specified objectives, is generally Impeded from secur ing the correlation and intergration of any one use with the other de mands and needs of the whole community with regard to water resources. , In essence. It is The business of any one agency or group to 'grab ' the water required for one speciiled use, accomplish the lim ited objectives for which the body was established, and triumphantly report back to the public. In no small degree, this situation produces a "dog-fight" over wa ter that Is jeopardizing the total, inclusive planning and management of water, uses - that must be achieved lor the good of all. The present pattern of dealing with water wealth, vividly demon strates the necessity for future planning which will give consid eration to all beneflical uses of wa ter. By sheer power of positon and directives Irom legislative bodies, by limitations in objectives, by funds available agencies formed to carry out segmentary uses of water, deny and destroy other highly ''valuable services water may perlorm. Those interested in the wildlife resources of the nation are acutely aware of how water, indispensible to the maintainance of this com munity wealth are appropriated tor other uses without regard to losses sustained in wildlife wealth. The type xt action that tramples out highly valuable uses of water as some other demand Is satisfied is not limited by any means to destruction ot wildlife, but what has happened to wildlife values as water is taken for other uses puts this problem in sharpest focus. As an example: The federal court decision of 1953 which gives the two irrigation districts below Elephant Butte Dam in New Mex ico the legal right to totally drain the reservoir above the dam for Irrigation purposes. Total drainage of the reservoir would destroy existing fisheries, a resource owned by the public, when the al location of a relatively small quantity of water to preserve the vastly greater than If such water was allocated to irrigation use. An allocation of 15,000 acre feet of water to preserve fisheries in the reservoir would supply only l-lotli of a foot of irrigation water for iiclds down stream from Elephant Butte Dam: not enough to make the difference between a crop and none. Qate J-from me... HOTELS OSBURN HOLLAND EUGENE, ORE. MEDFORD Thoroughly Modern t J- & erley-Joe Barley Jr. Proprietors 30P1 By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M.D. Again and again correspondents indicate that they are taking some active drug or medicine without any advice, nils is a situation which frequently causes trouble. Q Could It injure my health for me to i&ae wiy.uia iuicu iu in duce? I do not have thyroid trou ble, but find it easy to gain weight. I also enjoy sweets more than I should. H.L.D. A The thyroid tablets contain active hormone substances which may affect your heart and your nervous system as weu as otner functions. It should not be taken unless there is reason. Fewer doc tors today feel it is of much value for purposes of reducing. I fear that the last remark on your en joyment of sweets gives the clue to your gain in weight. If you can keep the sweets down you win probably lose, but taking thyroid tablets is not a sate ana easy way. Q I should like to know if work ing in paint, cleaning fluids, or other solutions such as turpentine would be likely to make a woman sterile? S.K. A Many substances in paints or cleaning fluids have certain dan gerous qualities and over-exposure to them should be avoided on gen eral principles. So for as I know there Is little evidence that tnese substances would lead specifically V sterility. Q My mother nos a varicose ulcer on' her leg which will not heal. She recently had an operation and the varicose veins were tied, but the ulcer is no better. She has tired various ointments. Mrs. S. A The ooeration on the varicose veins should be helpful in treat ment, but evidently this is not enough. Keeping the legs up might help, but in all probability your mother will need one of the sev eral special treatments which have been found quite successful for varicose ulcers. The choice of method and exact treatment will, of course, have to be under the direction of her physician. Q Can you help me? I am in a frenzy becaue I have vitiligo and want to know if my children will ever have it. Mrs. M. S. A Vitiligo, or leukoderma is a harmless loss of pigment from certain roundish or irregular areas of the skin. It is utterly foolish to be in a frenzy because one s chil dren might develop the same thing when they are older. If the skin specilaist considers it desirable. these spots can be covered over by a commercial preparation and thus become hardly noticeable even If on a conspicuous part of the body such as the face. BIG LITTER CLINTON, N. Y. Ijft The George Finegan family's goat had a litter of six over the weekend. One kid died, but the others were alive today. Dr. F. M. Schafer, a veterinar ian, said a litter of even three or four was unusual for goats. By DAN E. CLARK Professor Emeritus of History University of Oregon Today's Question: What was the Southern Road : or "Applegate Trail" as it is sometimes called? In the spring of 1846 a group of settlers In Polk County made a plan to explore and mark a south ern route Irom Fort Hall to the upper Willamette Valley, A com pany of fifteen men was formed, with Levi Scott, Jesse Applegate and Lindsay Applegate as their leaders. This party, well equipped with guns, supplies, and horses, left the little settlement of LaCreole (near the present Rlckreall) about June 30. They proceeded southward over the well known road or trail leading to Ca:iiornia. In the Umpqua River region they had to be constantly on guard -against Indians who were watching them from the hills. They reached the Rogue River Valley safely on June 29 and here, probably no, lar from the site of Ashland, they left the Oregon-California trail and struck oif to the eastward. After crossing the - Cascade Mountains the party reached the lower Klamath Lake and followed along its shore. At one place they found fragments of old news pa per?, evidence that white men had previously been there. This was probably the site of Fremont's camp of about two months earlier. They went along Lost River, passed Tule Lake and to the south of Goose Lake. Pressing on eastward their route took them by Surprise Valley, Mud Lake, and the Black Rock desert. On July 18 they reached the Humboldt River. A gioup of five men led by Jesse Applegate then went on to Fort Hall. Here Applegate persuaded an immigrant party of 90 o( ICQ wagons to follow him over the new ly explored route to Oregon. Several of the exploring party went ahead to mark the route and Improve It wherever possible. They left careful Instructions to guard against Indians and to truvel dili gently. Unfortunately many of the immlcranta disregarded the in struction and loitered along the way unnecessarily. As a result when they reached the Umpquu River region late In October or early in November the rains had set in and streams were swollen. There was much .suffering, es pecially in the canyons of what are probably now known as Cow Creek and Canyon Creek. Pos sessions had to be discarded and wagons abandoned. It was Jan uary before the last stragglers reached the settlements. J. Qulnn Thornton, one of the immigrants was very bitter and unfair toward Applegate for what he unjustly called misrepresentation. The Southern Road was probably not much of a road, but several immigrant parties traveled over It in 1847 and reached the settlements by September, and It was used lor several years thereafter. Clin and paste in your history scrapbook. (If you have a question you would like answered on Ore gon or Northwest history, mall it to Dan E. Clark, care of this news paper.) Klamath ' Story Read In Europe Attemnt of Klamathlti i- .... their city to the attention of thi world were partially rewardM this week when Ru. Atm, .r port manager, received a letter u. niiHiiva.iuu nuiu noUSSeum French Morrocco, North Afri. Th. Iptler n. hii.j ,' ": Commander of the Klamath rvn. At,. Vn.a TJ.,cn VI . T which of course is still only in tj. flam.". 0nc itie applicant T C. Reld, wrote after reading . article In the Paris edition of th. New York Herald Tribune static that .the Klamath Falls base .! to be reactivated. Reld. Who is In his last monlh of tour of duty with the Corps at Engineers, U. S. Army at FrVnch Morrocco. says he wants to locate in the Northwest, and is interested In an engineering Job at the local base, in maintenance and operi lion. Accompanying the letter were coDles of about ao tlons from previous Army engineer-' M15 jua. Averv forWArrlpri ...a tat, recommendations to Harold B bocauBri, an port project designer at the Western Air Defense Com mand, Hamilton Field, California and informed Reld by letter of hii action. TELLING THE EDITOR THANKS -Klamath Falls Is a wonderful place to live Where else would you find people so generous tuid willing to lend a helping hand? We are reierring to tne case 01 Ray Brown, a cancer victim, whose desire to go to the Hoxie Clinic in Dallas, Texas, has been luUilled by the people of Klamath Falls. So many people participat ed in this project that it is im possible to write to each one indi vidually; therefore, we are taking thii medium to thank everyone. Ray left by car last week, ac companied by two ladies (paying their own expenses.) $672.00 was raised and as this money is spent for Ray the people will be informed through letters to the editor ol his progress and expenses Involved. . Also m answer to Dr. Kerron s let.er to tne Editor, we want to say that he was correct m nis statements as to the care Ray re ceived through the Crippled Chil dren's Hospital. Ray did receive wonderful care and attention. How ever, they nad exhausted all means to help otner man to remove nny s hip, and it was tor this reason that Ray was sent to Dallas, and we sincerely hope that he will not have to come back and have more surnery. We feel the public should appre ciate Dr. Kerron's Interest and alertness, because we feel he had tho public's interest at heart. Per haps this committee did not moke it clear that Ray had been under the care of the Crippled' Chil dren's Hospital, but we did make It clear that 1t was Ray's desire to go to the Hoxie Clinic as a last resort to try and' save his leg. Also, to those people who have called asking why the Cancer As sociation did not help, we wish to state that the cancer fund is used exclusively for research, which ul timately, we are sure, will benelit all who are afflicted with this di sease. Perhaps if each of us would spend a little more time working for the American Cancer Associa tion we might help to speed up their program. Our many thanks to all who have helped to send Ray to Dallas, and to the Herald and News and the two radio stations for the publicity given. One or a large Committee Blanche Petroff EDUCATION The Klamath Basin has as its greatest resource, potentially, for ests and forest industries. These will not be well handled and util ized until there is effective educa tion among the people here upon forests and how their products car be used. There is no program for such education in effect here, and no organization earnestly doing any thing to develop one. Thnt is to the shame of the unions in the lumber industry, of our public school sys tems, our lumber corporations, of our forest service, of the Cham ber of Commerce, and all the peo ple who have and do work in the lumber Industry here. When you need a doctor you ex pect him to be up on what science has discovered and developed thut can be used to-serve you. All these people who compose the groups above mentioned who come to neeu a doctor will cry like babies if they do not get that kind of service from the doctor called. But In their lack of keeping lip on what could be done In develop ing and using the ' forests, and in working to see this is done, people are hurt just as bad as they would be if our-doctors as a group never made an effort to keep up on things. There is such a thing as a whole community of people fail ing to deserve a decent living. And, as Franklin told us, in the long run a people will get just what they deserve. To put It mildly, and printable, I am disgusted. There is far too much publio mutual admiration go- Colonel Starts POW Inauiry SAN ANTONIO. Tex. lCol Cvrll D. Hill, iud.ru artu,.i? Ft.Bliss, Tex., made a prelimimry jrca.ciuny u. niS profe ' to decide whether Army Cpl Claude Batchelor should be court, niartlaled. Batchelor, 23. of Kermit. Tei Is the former prisoner of war who first refllspri in Ipova hie rn. .. nist captors in North Korea, then cnangea ms mind and returned to the U.N. side last New Year's Eve. The 4th Army Saturday named Kill to conduct the investigation to determine whether Batchelor must fnre n pniirt.tnariioi n. ... . ..a, u charges of misconduct and aid- nip we enemy. Batchelor, in custody of the 4th Armv flt Ft. Rum Krt.ictnn i del going a medical checkup at mooKS Army nospuai. - ing on, and far too little ot real study and action to get things done that need doing. O.O. Wonuck GRATEFUL To the Editor I would like lo lake this opportunity to thank each and every one for the donations raised to send my son to the clinic in Texas and also to all who worked so hard to help raise the fund. He is on his way to the clinic at this time and thanks from tin bottom of my heart to everyone for being so kind and helpful. We will keep all those who helped advised of his prooresi through letters to the editor. Very Iruly yours, Albert Brown La Pointe's Do "Secret Formulas" Work? Secret formulas" do not work. Unfortunatelti, man is slow to discard his belief In the "magical" or "supernatural." As Thorndifke observed, men have a natural tendency, to crave the sen sational, exaggerated, and impossible and to flu. In the face of both reason and experience. Evertj scientific discoveni worthu, of the name Is made known to all phiisicians as rapidlt) as possible In order that all mankind mati benefit. When uou are ill. consult uour physician. Then bring uour prescription to us for compounding. The friendly 4m list where cuitemtrt tend their liiendi fill end Mein ph. 2-3475 ' "'ri c'4 DREAM GOWN Fine combed cotton plisie, beautifully be ruffled with two rows of nylon pleats on top and a wide, beribboned flounce at the bottom of its waltx-length ikirt. 4.98 IT'S A woNomrui STORI r ' 1
