SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 195
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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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JAMES MARLOW
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ALONG NATURE'S TRAIL
by KEN McLEOD
In writing a water policy, the
Outdoor Writers Association sought
to empnasiie uie necessity lor se
curing Uie maximum use of water.
The example tncy used was. Ulc
case of- Elephant Butte dam where
860,000 or 8 '5.000 In water was es
sential to underwrite an annual
recreational return to the commun
ity of 82.600,000 in business. The
15,000 acre feet ol water essential
to the preservation of a most Im -
poriant llsncrles resource has be;n j u has poi out hi this
Uie subject of a bitter battle be- se,10s aiscussions on water
tween irrigators on the Elephant I ppjy mat one ol the greaier
Butte project and the cltiiens' of j oar-rj t0 u,e procuring ol an
Truth or Consequences, 'Hoijmclusvvg and cooruuiatcu policy
Springs) New Mexico, who depend master plan for water use and
upon this recreational Industry. I conservation is Uie multiplicity ol
The irrigators, sought and ob-j0(lfcull anrt quasi-official agencies,
tamed by court degree, the demand (commission. councils; associa
that the 15.000 aero feet of water U0J!Si committees, and so on
be drained and run Into their irri- ,u acaimg with some segment of
gallon ditches. The practical point I ,-ato,. u,,. or policy, and predoml
of Uie story is. that 13.000 acre.,. r.stricicd m autnorizations,
feet of water released to the 1SS.O0O
acres of Uie district would repre
sent but one tenia ol an Inch spread
over all Use acreage that requires
Irom lour to six inches for ini-
of water in the reservoir appears
to Oe very viul to irrigators woo
are short of water. Yet, even this
amount, if It was released to uie
district, only about one-thirtieth of it
would be able to reacn ine tnirsiy
es occurring between the reservoir
and the land. The thousands of dol
lars of litlgaUon that has been
spent over actually ouu acre ieei 01
useable water is one ol the
strangest cases. of our time.
The irrigators', no doubt, believe
It's "the principle" of the thing and
don't have the slightest hit of sym
pathy for the community of Truth
or Consequences, even though they
well know that Uie water they de
mand would never reach the fields
to raise a crop In the area. This
situation has led the Outdoor Writ
ers to observe: ''Law, decree, any
action, that can cause such greater
loss than benefit In how water shall
be assigned to uses. Is grlevious,
basically unfair and unsound, al
though It may be entirely legal."
A principle of water policy was
written to cover this type of situ
ation. "As a basic principle," states the
Outdoor Writers, "every beneficial
use shall have Uio right to assign-
ment of a use-right In the commun
ity water wealth and should be per
mitted the use of water required in
proportion to the best contribution
that use can make to the economy
and welfare of the community as
a whole. As an essentia) part of
tho application of this principle,
HAL
ABOARD THE MAURETANIA AT
BEA (TV-A pleasure cruise Is a
pleasure.
But on a voyage to the ports
of the sun In Uie West Indies you
also run the risk of catching an
Insidious tropical malady.
Tho wary tourist will watch out
particularly for ono of the follow
ing disabling ailments:
1. Lobster Flush. Tills results
Irom lying too long on the deck
under a hot sun In Hie vain hope
that you can return home with a
burnt almond tan. tWho really
wants to look like a nut?)
2. Postcard Paralysis. Why get
writer's cramp writing scores ol
postcards back to friends saying,
"Boy, this Is the llfo," or, "Wish
you were hero"? Is it wise to stir
up Uieir envy? You may not want
to borrow money from them when
you return, but, on Uie other hand,
you may have to.
3. "Buy-Buy Fever." No tourist
escapes this financially crippling
disease not even if he goes ashore
with empty pockets leaving his
travelers' checks on the ship. A
native will sell him souvenirs on
the Installment plan,
The long restful periods at sea
marked by sun bathing and lood
binges by day, dancing and bingo
at night take the tension out of
a husband. But they don't take
the shopping spirit out of a wife.
What can?
Long before the gangway is low
ered as we anchor oil a port the
Virgin Isles Curacao Jamaica
Nassau the ladles gather by the
rail noses lilted as If scenting
the bargains ashore.
Pell mell they rush aboard the
first boat headed for Uio beach
and the more timorous natives
head for the hills.
It Is like Christmas all over
again. Mama storms from store
to store pawing through French
licrfumcs, Scandinavian silver and
crystal, lace from Belgium, linen
from Ireland, camphor rhe.it
from China, Ivory from India,
land.
Papa first stairs "at this fem
inine treasure hunt with mascu
line Indignation. Then Uie virus
hits him. He drops into a liquor
store for a free sample and a
chance to rest his feet and come?
Soloi - Rentals
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BILL JENKINS .
Managing Editor
1 montn ; - i.
6 months '. 8 8.10
1 year 816.30
fish and game, as a "non-consumptive"
use, serving over 30 million
citizens and underwriting a large
segment of business nationally
shall huve Uie recognized position
of legally possessing arlgul of wa
ter uses on which it depends."
The most perplexing problem of
the multitude ol cormlcung proo
lems In water management Is that
ol how shall all-use water man-
1 agemcnt be' achieved?
objectives and viewpoints. An in
dication of Uiis situation Is found
in many reports relative to water
management that have been is
sued. In no small measure, the
studies and reports have cen
tered attention on Uie who-and.
how nater shall be managed, rath
er than on fundamentals such as
this column has tried to present.
But It is - apparant that there
must be some organization to
achieve the master-planning, policy-making
requirements to put
these principles into active opera
tion. .
Throughout all studies there is
emphasis on the need for plan
ning water management and uses
Uie basis of natural physio
graphic units Uiat are the water
sheds. This is self-evident; there
Is agreement on this point by all
Uie conflicting interests. Then we
come to the clash, of differences
of opinion as to how the machinery
may be set up to achieve the end.
Most prominent of proposals lor
an organizational set-up to secure
basin wide water planning and
management lias been the "val
ley authority" Idea a super-slate
In Its potentials a dictatorship ol
each valley's economy.
The "valley authority" has the
obnoxious factor ol being action
imposed from "the top down." In
dividuals In a superior position
would' decide what was best for
Uie people of a region and impose
their rule on those people a sit
uation, The Outdoor Writers Wa
ter Policy Committee considered
entirely unacceptable ' In these
United Stales, a foreign Ideology
Uiat has no place in Uie American
way of life, .
BOYLE
out carrying five bottles of duly-
free booze. Then he wanders on
and buys a couple of Swiss watches
and a German camera afid a 12-
gallon native straw hat to shield
him from the sun.
When he meets up with mania
their arms are loaded and they
have to buy huge straw bags from
the natives to haul their loot back
to the ship.
There Is no point In telling
mama Uiat the West Indies are
lull of cultural Interest and all
that Mud and Uiat after all she
ought to go for a look at the pi
rale's cove where Blackbeard once
lurked.
"They have any perfume bar-
gains there?" she demands the
"buy-buy fever" bright In her
eyes. So long Blackbeard. She Isn't I
interested m ruins, scenic views
or old forts not while there Is an
alligator bag or deinl-tasse spoon
left unbought.
Frances and I went ashore at
Willemstad In Curacao, the quaint
and picturesque center of the Dutch
West Indies with two friends we
had made during the cruise. EUeen
and Tom Smith of Tulsa Okla.
"One of the most beautiful
places we've ever seen." our wives
agreed. Tom and I then pointed
out that in three hours tho group
of us had never moved more than ! l'onal Service Lite Insurance rcc
100 feet from the center of town. I ords and accounts into three prin
and our dearest memories oi J ciPal district offices, both as an
storied old Curacao would be based economy and an efficiency meas
on Uie inside of three silver stores urc-
and two perfume shops. Work has hecn started to eflect
"But we found what we wanted ' Uie consolidation of Uie Atlanta.
saw Eileen. Tom and I had to
admit that after all culture bad
no profounder reward than that.
"When we get to Panama, I'm
going to buv a kev to the canal
locks" I told Frances. "This Is
the time of the year you can buy
Uiem most cheaply."
"Better get two. Rover," she re
plied unperturbed. "We may want
to give one to a friend. lor a souve
nir." Tie only way to cure a wile
with the "buv4niy fever" on a
cruise is to hand her your pocket
book and let the disease take its
course.
What If you do come back flat
broke? The cab driver will prob
ably trade you a ride to vour home
In return for all your trinkets.
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PRICE THAT OU TrrnrX7AJ ' -IM
think is ni6rf-. '-Lssnifi- iss yrmtm
TELLING THE EDITOR
PLEA
Why do we American people
always snut the aoor after uie
horse gets out? Why do we wait
until some little chUd suffocates to
aeath beiore we start a campaign
to remove old refrigerator- and
ice box doors? Why do we fill
up that old well, or muie shaft,
01- deep note alter a little cniid
has fallen uilo one, to wait alone
for death to come?
Why do we put up a stop sign
or traffic lights on tnat dangerous
street or highway after someone
gets killed or crippled there? And
why do we broadcast how danger
ous an Insect spray can be alter
a scries of small chudren suffer
agonies and perhaps death, just
from the mere touch of It on their
clothing? I am now referring, of
course, to the last couple of news
items regarding boUi Oregon and
California children who have died
or are about to die, because some
one was careless and left a deadly
poison within reach of their small
and curious hands. -
I think we should all go on an
Immediate campaign to make this
world a safe place In which to
raise our children. It must be ter
rible for a mother who has raised
her child, only to have him shot
down in war, or by a policemaus
bullet. But think how much more
terrible it must be for Uie mother
who has to watch her small and
Innocent child writhe in agony be
cause of someone's carlessness!
Those of us who have success
fully "herded" our children
Uirough tneir babyhood and child
hood without too many scars - to
remind tncin ot paui, sickness or
death, now look at our teenagers
and fret and fume about hot rods
and late hours. What if we had
the added buracn of wondering
whether they'd fallen Into a well
or gotten locked Into an aban
doned icebox, or were playing
around . with commercialized poi
son gas?
Remember the sudden sharp
fear we had when Junior walked
in with a stick of dynamite or a
percussion cap? Remember how
we sweated out each fourth of
July, always hoping It wouldn't
be out child who lost his evesicht
or had to have his lingers ampu
tated because of firecrackers and
so forth? We've been much too
complacent in the past. We've al
ways had Uie feeling "it can't hap
pen to us!"
Don't you suppose the mothers
who have lost Uieir children
Uirough carelessness also thought
u can i Happen to us?'" But it
did happen to them and it could
happen to us!
Let s revive the old saying, "an
ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure" and stop making
martyrs out of our children!
nure little Jimmy Jones got his
name in the papers, but he had to
sulfocale to death In .an old ice
box to do It! And how about
Susie Smith? Remember her?
Because she died thirty feet un
derground, most communities
P'01""" UP shovels and filled In old
abandoned wells and mineshafts.
And how about Tommy Brown?
He's on crutches now, all be
cause some City Council waited
too long to put up a stop sign
where It was needed. And now.
these latest unfortunate children
Vet's Mailbag
Veternns Administration has or
dered consolidation of all its Na
Oa., district office with the exist
ing olflee at P.iladelphla, and Uie
Dallas, Tex , office will be merged
with the Denver insurance lnstalla
tlon. The other insurance office at
St. Paul, Minn., wUt continue un
affected. VA estimated the consolidation
will save the government more
Ulan a million dollars annually In
salaries, and also will effect fur
ther economies In rental of office
space. Consolidation of the Atlan
ta and Philadelphia offices Will
make it possible to operate with
highest elliclency with 126 fewer
persons than are required In Uie
two locations. Similarly, the mer
ger of Dallas into Denver Office
will require 115 fewer employes.
Office space in Atlanta, rented
from private enterprise, will be re
and Fruit Trees
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NURSERY
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to die such an agonizing death be
cause a bottle of poison spray w.is
within reach of Utile fingers!"!
Martyrs all uf them. But none of
them will ever be Sainted, as was
Joan of Arc or Bernadette, a brief
flare of publicity, and scurry
uig of fruit orcuaru owners to get
all existing bottles of potential
death hidden away, and then, a
few weeks, or months, or years
from now, a child of yours, or a
grandchild of mine, may gleefully
break a bottle of the stuff just to
see what it lsl And Uie whole
agonizing tiling will start over
again. Must we wait until a child
dies before such death traps re
ceive the publicity they deserve?
Can't we be warned before in
stead of after?
I don't imagine one person hi
ten thousand ever even heard about
this commercialized poison gas be
fore now. How about bringing
these tilings into the open before
tragedy strikes?
no I'm not a crusader or a
busybody. I'm just one of those
lucky ones who survived Just such
an occurrence in my own child
hood. My own possible tragedy
was caused by the spray thev used
on melons around 35 years ago.
Motner nad warned me not to eat
down into the green part, but I
did, and that's why this present
day tragedy has hit me so close
to nome.
Mrs. Gladys Rcece
18 Nevada Avenue
Klamath Falls, Oregon
PARTNERSHIP
One reads so much lately of the
farmers waiting to sec what the
Government is going to do. Do they
not realize there is a higher power
than Government that determines
uieir success or failure?
To plow is to pray to plant
is to prophesy and the harvest an
swers and fulfUlsl The farmer who
tills tne sou is perhaps of all peo
ple most directly dependent upon
God for his supply. Where the far
mer sows one bushel of grain, he
reaps many bushels; where he
plants one sack of potatoes, he har
vests many .sacks.
The farmer has to be a man of
great faith. I would like to enclose
a copy of verse by Rowena Cheney
Uiat may help some to keep this
faith.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GOD
The tiller of the soil .
Works In an empty field,
With quiet faith in God
Knowing the land will yield
Abundance. Day by day
He finds God's laws revealed
In growing things and knows
The truth that as he sows
He reaps. He guides his plow
Over the fertile land
Seeing the autumns wealth
Of crops that he has planned
While proudly serving God
With willing heart and hand.
Welcoming budding spring
And every waking thing.
He lifts his voice in song.
Tnankful and proud to be
In partnership with God.
And privileged to see
His love made manifest
In plant and flower and tree
Fruitation and reward
For servants of the Lord.
Mrs. Wm. Melhasc
1540 Crescent Avenue
leased, while the offices in Dallas
wUl be made available to other'
federal agencies now in rented
space.
All employes who normally
would be retained, will be offered
the opportunity to transfer in both
the consolidations. All transfers of
personnel will be made under Civil
Service rules and regulations. Vig
orous efforts will be made to ob
tain employment for those persons
who do not desire to transfer to
a new location.
QIESTION OF T11F. WEEK
Q. I am a disabled World War
Two veteran taking Public Law 16
training. After I finish my couise,
will VA find me a Job?
A. No. Under the law, VA's re
sponsibility has to end after it has
trained you to the point of employ
We'll
OPEN SUNDAY
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Drug and Prescription Needs
SiWlOhUq 5th and MAIN
The Doctor Says
By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M.D.
Today's first letter deals wiU. a
condition which sounds simple, but
which is really complicated, and
requires the most expert Judgment
and treatment.
Q I should like to know If there
is any safe and sure way of remov
ing a mole from the face? Mrs. O.
A There is. more than one kind
of mole, and some should be left
alone and others should be treat
ed because of the danger that Uiey
might become cancerous. If any
thing is done the most expert at
tention is advisable. At the last
meeting of the American Medical
Association I saw an exhibit on
this subject indicating that when
Moles should be removed at all
they should be cut out with a wide
margin between Uie edge of tne
mole and the normal skin. Wheth
er Uiis or some other method is
used depends on the knowledge and
Judgment of the physician, usual
ly a surgeon or skin specialist.
Q Why should my husband, who
has been somewhat bald for sev
eral years, suddenly lose Uie bal
ance of his hair? Mrs, O.
A It is hard to say, but the
most likely explanation is a con
dition known as alopecia areata,
or when all the hair Is Involved,
alopecia totalis. The cause of this
condition is not known, but in a
high proportion of cases, Uie hair
win eventually grow back.
Q Please discuss the value of
B6 vitamin in the prevention nf
hardening of the arteries. R.B.
A I am not aware that vitamin
B6 or any other vitamin or drug
has been proved beyond doubt to
be of any value whatever In. pre
venting hardening, of the arteries.
Q Is there any cure for ring
worm of Uie toenail? Mrs. D.E.
A When ringworm or dermalo
phytosis attacks' the toenails or
fingernails it becomes exceed
ingly difficult to treat successful
ly. The skin specialists employ var
ious measures, often including X-
ray treatments, and eventually the
condition can usually be cleared
up.
Q What is catalepsy and what
causes it? Is there a treatment?
Mrs. A.W.
A This is a peculiar condi
tion in which the muscles become
rigid so that if some other person
moves an arm or a leg, for ex
ample, the limb will remain in the
position In which It has been
placed. It Is considered to be a
symptom of mental disease and
consequently the treatment -de
pends on how successfully the un
derlying mental condition can be
attacked.
New Jet Flight
Aid Announced
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Iifl
Lear, Inc., announced today It has
developed a new instrument
through which' jet plane pilots ban
see their positions at all times
even during rolls and dives at su
personic speeds. '
The new instrument Is called Uie
pictorial vertical gyro indicator.
It shows the position of Uie plane
by means of a dot on a moving
spnere painted to simulate sky.
horizon and earth. There sphere
will move a full 360 degrees In re
sponse to tne plane s movement
Andrew F. Haiduck, Lear's
Grand Rapids manager, said Uie
Instrument pictures exact angles
or climb, dive and turn and will
facilitate precision instrument fly.
ing. He added that most violent
acrobatic maneuvers are within Its
capabilities.
ability. However, your VA train
lng officer will refer you to an
appropriate state or federal em
ployment agency lor assistance
in finding a job.
Rent A Vacation
Travel Trailer
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POOLE'S M,7r
be
NEW YORK Wl X high school
freshman came home Uiis week
with Instructions to Interview his
narents on this: "Are commodl-
Ues worth what's being asked for
them?"
"They certainly aren't, ,r said her
mother, with her mind on tne price
of coffee and butter.
"I should say not," said her
father, with bis mind on finished
goods made from commodities-
like a new suit he wants but
which costs more than his present
threadbare one did when new, and
the new car he'd like but which
now costs twice what his first one
did 30 vears ago.
The parents were talking like
the consumers tney are.
The grocer, Uie dairy farmer,
the clothing manufacturer and Uie
car makers have different answers.
They would try to Justify present
higher prices by the postwar rise
in wages, transportation, raw ma
terials, taxes and all operating
costs in general.
They would be talking like pro
ducers. And as for the profits
made along the way from raw
material to store-Mvell, producers
must live, too, and the cost of liv
ing is up for everyone.
The economics teacher who
posed the question might answer
that in a free market place, where
there were no controls, . a com
modity Would be worth what
you're willing to pay for it. The
intensity of the consumer's need
and Uie amount of the producer's
supply would settle the price plus,
of course, the state of the con
sumer's pocketbook. ,, . . ',
But just one year after price
controls were officially declared
dead, the price of many commod
ities is far from free of govern
mental Intervention.
For years Uie Brazilian govern
ment has tried to increase or
guard the price of coffee. For
years the U.S. government has
supported the price of butter. It
also to all purposes controls the
price of sugar, by juggling the
amount that may come into the
country. -
The price of the wool in your
suit isn't entirely free of controls
either here or abroad. Price sup
ports, tariffs, quotas and even for
eign exchange controls that keep
various currencies from reaching
their true levels all play a part
in the price of wool '
The big part of tne cost of a
suit, however,' is the labor all the
way from shearing the sheep to
stitching In Uie sleeves. And labor
is up. Just as commodity prices
are.
Even were the market free of
controls, commodities probably
wouldn't drift down to where they
once were. The dollar Just doesn't
seem destined to get back Its old
purchasing power. There's too
much built-in Inflation.
Perhaps the economics teacher
had in mind what commodity men
are talking about: Whether the
business dip will carry commodity
prices down with it, and at the
same rate of decline.
But most of Uie Korean price
Inflation was scwezed out of com
modity prices year and more
ago. Last year and so far In 1954
commodity prices, in general
have stayed remarkably stable, If
y'ou go by the official Indexes.
There have been' spectacular
rises like the one in coffee. And
conspicuous weakness like that in
some metals. But on the whole,
after once adjusting to peacetime
demand and supply, commodities
appear to have leveled off.
Many commodity men now be
lieve that prices will fluctuate
with the seasons but show no great
concerted trend hi either direction,
barring a new war or war scare.
They think, or at least hope,
that consumers will go on ictlng
as If they believed "commodities
are worth what's being asked tor
thtm."
Freak Accident
Kills Driver
PHILADELPHIA W Joseph
Neri, 24. drove into the gas station
last night for a fill-up.
He left minutes later dean.
Nerl was the victim of a freak
accident. He was backing up to
the gas pump, peering out of a
slight-opened left front door. His
foot struck the accelerator and tne
car shot backward 30 feet, strik
ing an Iron pole. .
The impact slammed snut the
door, pinning Nerl's head Inside.
When the door came open again,
Neri was flung to the concrete
pavement as the car caromed
across the nignway.
Neri was dead on arrival at
Temple Hospital.
Gene Autry Faces
Damage Charges
LOS ANGELES Wl A motor.
1st claims that he was beaten up
by cowboy actor Gene Autry after
a traffic collision last April 3.
Harrison Willard. 36, a clock
salesman. Friday sued Aulry (or
siu.tmn nattery damages. Wlllnid
asserted Uiat after Uieir cars col
lided Autry "wautonly. malicious.
ly and outrageously" assaulted
him.
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WASHINGTON W No congres
sional investigation since the str
ing of Gen. MacArthur wUl have
had as much public attention as
ire hearing of Ben. jacuaruiy a
fight with the Army.
Former President Truman
stripped the Pacific war hero' of
his Far East Command because
he thought MacArthur was getting
to big for his brttcnes. resident
Eisenhower has taken a stand
against the Wisconsin Republican
sr.atot for somewhat the same
reason.
MacArthur, with many admir
ers, was a possible candidate for
p csldent when Truman brought
him home. McCarthy, with many
admirers, has been mentioned as
a possible candidate someday, al
Uiough he says no.
Tl.ere Uie similarity is likely to
end.
McCarthy's dispute .with the
Army revolves around a simple
central question of honesty: who's
telling the truth? A difference of
opinion on handling Uie Korean
War was the main point In the
Truman-MacArthur quarrel.
There were deep feelings on
both sides In MacArthur's case,
just as there are In McCarthy's,
and a congressional committee
could have made a political sham
bles of an investigation into the
treatment of the general.
But Uie Senate's Armed Serv
ices Committee, under the chair
manship of Sen. Russell (D-Ga),
took charge and conducted the
hearings with a dignity still talked
about.
All the witnesses had a chance
to speak their piece fully and fair
ly. The senators, sitting across the
table, except for a few intense
moments, remained calm. .
There had been suggestions that
the same committee, now under
tne cnairmansnip of sen. Salton-
stall (R-Mass), handle the McCarthy-Army
case. It didn't, and
baitonstaii snowed no desire to
get into it.
McCarthy insisted that his own
investigations subcommittee take
over. He got what he wanted,
stepping down as chairman lor
Astronomer) Extension Division
Oregon Higher Education System
Fresh off the Harvard Univer
sity press at Cambridge, Mass.,
comes a new book, Climatic
Change. It consists of 22 interesting
chapters, written by as many scien
tists, each a noted authority in his
( her", in one case) field.
Many evidences show us that our
old earth during the past two bil
lion years has undergone many
climatic changes. At times, Uie
Artie regions for long periods were
so warm that life such as we know
In the temperate zones existed
there. Later huge ice sheets
(glaciers) covered large sections
ot tne earth's surface which we
now know as land areas. Glaciers
are still known in some Darts of
the world,-but we are not at present
in - an ice age. t ne end of the
most recent major glacial period
Is placed at about 6500 B.C., by one
of Uie authors.
How do we know about these
past changes of climate? One
chapter of this Interesting book dis
cusses the soil changes due to cli
mate. Fairly recent changes are de
termined from the inspection of the
anunal growth of the rings in trees.
The study of fossils, those buried
remnants of life extending back In
to millions of years ago, are splen
did Indicators of ancient climates.
Land plants and they have been
on earth for more than a billion
years are the very best sources
of information of changing condi
tions. Since It Is abundantly established
that terrestrial climate has gone
through many ice ages and periods
cf unusual warmth, we naturally
ask, 'What has been the cause of
all Uiis?" The general concensus
of the authors Is that It was due
to changes In the radiation received
from the sun along with fluctu
ations in land elevations.
Now what can cause an Increase
about once every quarter billion
years In solar heat received?
MEETING
TACOMA l,PI Representatives
from 93 publicly-owned utilities
am expected to be In attendance
Mirch 31-Aprtl 3 for tho annual
convention uf tho Paclllo North,
west Public Powor Assn.
this one Investigation only. Set
Mundt (R-SD) will act as chat
man.
Since this, is - McCarthy's con
mittee. the seven-man group lot
Republicans and three Democral
knows i beforehand it will b
watched for fairness, .
If there were no other reaso
besides this self-consclousnes
starting out, Mundt and his fello
committeemen could be- expecte
to lean over backwards to giv
their - invesUgatlon . the ' dlgnilie
treatment.
But there, will be a profoun
difference between this hearin
and the one given MacArthur. H
was asked questions by the sens
tors and aswercd them, H
couldn't cross-examine . wltnessc
who disagreed with him.
McCarthy will testify under oath
The oUier senators can ack hli
their questions in Uie usual waj
And McCarthy says he will let th
Army people cross-examine him
But, because, he Is a membe
of Uie subcommittee, he will als
be able to cross-examine an;
Army witnesses appearing again
him. He can be a rough, toug!
questioner. :
He may get a good golng-ove
himself from the Army people
who showed plenty of . toughnes
in forcing him into a showdowi
on the case of .Pvt. G. Davii
Schine. -. '
Schine had been an unpali
worker on McCarthy's staff unti
he was drafted. The Army accuse
counsel, Roy Conn, of trying ti
get a commission for Schine be
fore he was drafted and of tryini
to pressure the Army into glvim
him special treatment afterwards
McCarthy and Conn deny this
McCarthy countercharged that thi
Army meaning Secretary Rober
T. Stevens and Asst. Army Coun
sel John u. Adams tried to black
mail him Into giving up hi:
search for Army Communists.
McCarthy says the real issue 1:
not Schine but Communists In thi
Army. If he tries to make thli
thi issue In the hearings, it mai
not turn out to be as orderly a:
the one given MacArthur.
HUGH PRUETT
Some blame It' on changes In the
shape of the earth's orbit and th
inclinations of the earth's poles V
uie plane of its orbit. Spots ot
the sun are known to have effect
even at the present time.ttTherf
are clouds of dust and gas in in
terstellar space. One writer estl
mates that the sun and its planet:
have several times passed througl
such clouds with resulting change!
lu the solar heat reaching th(
earth. Huge amounts of dust throwr
up by major volcanic eruptions
also have a marked effect.
It is known that minor temper
ature changes take place during the
11-year cycle of sunspot activity
The Dakotas and Monana in Jan
uary average seven to eight de
grees colder during maxima than
during minima. Records Indicate
that there have been general rising
average temperatures Uie' past two
centuries. We are now about two
thirds along from a maximum to
minimum glaciatlon. There Is a re
cession of glaciation all over the
world.
QUICKIES By Ken Reynoldi
". . . that job in the Herald
News Want Arts I answered - I
think they expert me to work
like a horse!"
Dr. R. T. Lindley
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