HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
TUESDAY. JUNE 1. 1054
Theyll Do It Every Time
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Editor
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RETAIL MEMO:
'Another barometer of the busi
ness climate showed signs of ris
tag last month (April) as Industrial
production matched seasonal ex
pectations lor the first time since
July, 1953.
It marked the end of a series
. of eight, consecutive monthly dips
In the Federal Reserve Board's
seasonally adjusted Industrial pro
duction index, according to the
' Journal of Commerce.
FRB estimated that the April out
put rate continued into early May.
Largest decline in the adjusted In
dex over the year has been in the
production of durable goods, drop
ping 30 points from 155 In April
. 1953. Production of soft goods went
down only eight points from 131 to
113. Output of most building ma
terials continued close to last
year's high levels.
Chances are "better than ever"
that the economic downturn In
. progress since mid-1053 has
touched bottom and the economy
. Is headed upward again, according
to Harvard Economist S. H. Such
ter In the NY Times.
Unlike previous recessions capi
tal expenditures for plant and
equipment, spending for research
and spending by the public for con
struction have cot (alien off severe
ly. Effects of the recession, he add
ed, have been mainly limited to
: production of durable goods and
- coal. Slichter also stressed that
spending for services is on the rise,
personal income isamailngly
steady, retail sales figures for
April indicate no decline or only
negligible one, and spending by
states and municipalities is rising.
Actually, it appears that spend
ing for "everything going into
"housing" will continue to rise.
ALONG NATURE'S TRAIL
by KtN McLEOD
As the . events leading to the
start of the Modoc War were build
ing up to a climax it is indeed
Interesting to see how so many in-
amauais were caught in the web
of late from which there was no
retreat. Politics had set the stage
to "get-tough" with this band of
Indians who declined to comply
with the orders which the federal
authorities had given. At the con
ference of Juniper Springs on May
4. 1872. the series of events reached
their climax and it became obvious
there was but one course to be
taken.
Up to this point we find the his
tory of the Modoe War to be a
series of easily understood events,
and so far we have not found any
thing that would cloud the story.
The next act in our drama, how
ever, is decidedly confusing, and
filled with charges and counter
charges and Just plain distor
tion of fact until one does not know
what to accept as being true.
Some phases of the story are
agreed upon by all while others
are thrown into such a state of con
fusion it will take a lot of research
to. develop a proper background.
Particularly is this true of the mo
tives behind the whole affair; this
is clearly evident when we con
sider that here was a band of In
dians openly defying the orders of
federal authorities and the author
ities in turn treating them with a
degree of consideration never be
fore accorded other recalcitrant
Indian groups under such circum
stances. It is quite apparent that power
ful political pressures were at
work which the federal authorities
could not disregard. As one reads
narrative after narrative he is
struck with the similarity of theme,
the- writers wrote in Justification of
their acts, everybody else was out
of step, thus we find much recrim
ination by imputation as well as by
direct charge.
P T A NOTES
KLAMATH COUNTY
H. E. COMMITTEE
Mrs. H. V. Borton has been
elected chairman of the Klamath
County Home Extension for an
other year. Serving as vice chair
man will be Mrs. Clara Scott.
Mrs. Clyde McPherson will serve
as secretary-treasurer. Election of
the new corps of officers was by
Instructed unanimous ballot.
Following the election Mrs. Bor
ton made the following appoint
ments: Associated Country Women
of the World chairman, Mrs. Myr
tle Fleming; standard Units, Mrs.
Ceclle Peyton; legislative, Mrs.
. Pearl McPherson; publicity, Mrs.
Neva Hayes; 4-H Clubs, Mrs.
Clara Scott; historian, Mrs. Marl
am Potucek.
The committee met at the home
of Mrs. William Drew, Hlldebrand,
May 10.
The next meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. Peyton, 2745 Home
dale Road, Monday, June 21, 1:30
p.m.
Present were Mrs. William Drew
Mrs. O. L. Brown, Mrs. Cllve Mc
Pherson, Mrs. Frank Peyton, Mrs,
Richard Fleming, Mrs. A, O.
Scott, Mrs. H. V. Borton, Hope
Holbrook and Dolores Bracken.
INVASION
BERLIN W) Communists from
East Berlin invaded the French
sector early Tuesday and tore
down and burned several antl
Oommunlst posters, West Berlin
police reported.
Here's how New York mortgago
lenders who influence lending
patterns throughout the nation
size up the outlook for potential
homebuyers: ,
1) Lower down payments, long
er terms on all types of mortgages.
3) Lower interest rates on' con
ventional loons (those not under
written bf FHA or the VA. In
some cases, rates on top-grade
conventional loans, carrying a five
per cent rate, have dropped below
the governement-flxed 4.5 per cent
rate on FHA and VA loans.
3) Less difficulty in obtaining
FHA or VA loans.
The 50 per cent tax slice gets
chief credit for the prospects of
the fur business emerging from the
doldrums, says the NY Times. Re
tailers throughout the country re
ported a pickup in spring fur
sales, and this has led them to
re-examine the possibilities of step
ping up merchandising plans for
late summer and fall.
The better tone in the market
since the fur garments excise was
cut from 30 to 10 per cent is re
flected in greater efforts by manu
facturers to stress the fashion
angle and make plans for combined
fashion showings.
Maybe Klamath muskrat trap
pers can take a new lease on life.
COST OF LIVING MEMO:
The Dun & Bradstreet Daily
Wholesale Commodity Price Index
of 30 basic commodities was 273-29
on Thursday, May 37, against 375.
50 a week before.
The Weekly Wholesale Food
Price Index, representing the total
of the price per pound of 31 foods
in general use. rose 7 cents last
week to 17.39. This Is 15.3 per cent
above the corresponding level of
last year.
At the Juniper Springs meeting
Jack openly flouted his supporters
in yreka in the face of the author
ities. That the people of Yreka
were in sympathy with Captain
Jack's ambition to be settled on a
reservation closer to their com
munity than Jacksonville is an un
disputed fact and they used all
their efforts to attain this end is
without a doubt the chief reason
why Jack was accorded so much
consideration. This Important
phase of the whole situation has
never been fully discussed by an
historian and yet it formed the
checker board of fate upon which
the individuals like pawns, moved
on their way to Inevitable destiny.
The Historian Bancroft was not
without bias and in his simplifi
cation of the causes of the Modoc
War charges Meacham with Incom
petence, yet one cannot read any
thing else in Bancroft's account,
than, that Meacham used every
means short of "strong-arm meth
ods" to compel Jack to conform to
his direction. In fact, Meacham
was not adverse in the use of
force when he could politically do
so, as was demonstrated by his.
display of force in 1869 which com
pelled Jack and his band to move
to the reservation, it was definite
ly made clear to Jack that it was
"go," or, "else." At that time Jack
was Just another Indian for poll
tics had not then so strongly en
tered the situation.
Bancroft bad little sympathy for
Jack's band of Modocs and placed
tne blame lor their defiance of the
federal authorities upon the advice
and encouragement of E. Steele at
Yreka. Yet it is doubtful that Steele
alone could account for the obvious
strength of political play involved.
Bancroft ignores this and writes:
"While the Modoc question was
in this critical stage, influences un
known to the department were at
work confirming Jack in his de
fiant course, arising from nothing
less than a scheme, proposed by
8teele of Yreka, to secure from
the government a grant of- the
land, on the condition that be and
his people should abandon their tri
bal relation, pay taxes, and im
prove the land."
The recriminations now pile up
thick and fast and since every In
dividual from this point on Is on
the defensive the basic causes are
far from clear. Bancroft mentions
that during this period "Steele
was threatened with prosecution by
Odeneal" but then falls to write
further upon the subject as ap
parently he desired to leave Steele
in the poorest light.
Bancroft in censuring 8 1 e e 1 e,
writes: "No one knew better than
Steele that to leave the Modocs in
the midst of the white settlements
would be injurious to both races,
and most of all the Indians them
selves, who instead of acquiring the
better part of civilisation were
sure to take to themselves only
the worse: and that the better class
of white people must object to the
contiguity of a small special re
serve In their midst. Not so did
the Modocs themselves reason
about the matter. Steele, because
they could approach him with their
troubles, and because he simply
told them to go and behave them
selves, without seeing that they did
so, was the white chief after their
own mind, and his word was law,
even against the power with which
they had made a treaty. They were
proud of his friendship which blind
ed them with their Inevitable
doom."
HAL
NEW YORK W What can the
poor working girl do to protect
herself against "the overfrlendly
boss?"
I thought this problem went out
about the time "Bessie, the sew
ing Machine Girl." was a big hit.
But apparently It didn't, and now
Congress may have to consider it
in revising the Taft-Hartley La
bor act.
An office worker, writing to
Patricia Porter of the Boston
Traveler, recently raised the ques
tion of "How to discourage the
office boss from conveniently plac
ing his hands on (a girl's) shoul
ders. arms or back while discuss
ing business matters."
Admlting that it was a touchy
subject and that often such ges
tures by the boss were completely
friendly and an attempt to ex
press their appreciation for work
well done, the writer added, how
ever: "The majority of girls are em
barrassed and uncomfortable
when It occurs...none enjoy it...
(and) it results more often in
strained employer - employe rela
tionship than in a friendly busi
nesslike one."
At a drugstore counter where
a number of girls from several
offices crunch down their malted
milk lunches, I made an informal
poll on what they thought about
this problem of "the overfrlendly
boss."
Their reaction was mixed and
entirely feminine. Most of them
said their own particular boss was
more of a querulous old mouse
than a wolf.
"It's the Junior executives who
act like office juvenile delin
quents today." said one. "Every
once in a while you meet one
whose Idea of exercise is to ask
you to stay late and then chase
you ten laps around the water
cooler."
"My boss does pinch me every
once in a while," said a plump
young file clerk, blushing. "But
be doesn't mean anything by it.
THE DOCTOR SAYS
By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M.D.
V What troubles we mortals do
have. Mrs. B. asks for advice
about a friend who "suffers from
every phobia one can think of."
She goes on to say that the
friend had an appointment with an
eye specialists, but by the time
she had her eyes tested she had
become so neurotic she thought
she was going blind, when all she
needed was glasses for reading.
This sort of thing, of course. Is
nightmare to the person suffer
ing from the phobia and a distress
ing and trying experience for fam
ily and friends. In discussing It, It
should be said first that a phobia
is an abnormal fear.
It Is not the kind of fear which
all of us have in the face of a real
risk. It is an excessive fear of
something which is either imagi
nary or which a normal person
will shrug off with little worry.
In severe cases of phobia or ob
session it may be a symptom of
real mental disease. Under such
circumstances, of course, a psychi
atrist should be consulted.
There are many kinds of fears
and I shall mention only a few of
them because someone might think
of a new phobia for the first time.
One fear is called acrophobia,
which is fear of great heights.
This seems to be quite common,
probably so much so that It is al
most "normal." There is anotner
fear. called bathophobia, which
really means fear of great depths.
If it really meant the way It
sounded It would be common
enough among children.
There are other phobias with
long and astonishing names and
even stranger meanings. At the
risk of making this sound Ilka a
Quick Thinking
Prevents Leap
SCRANTON, Pa. W Quick think
ing and a dash of elementary psyi
chology by a Scranton police offi
cer was Instrumental In averting
what might have been a leap lrom
mld-clty rooftop yesterday.
While a hastily summoned squad
of police raced to the fourth floor
roof of the Prezloso Building, Mrs.
Mayme Orr, 50, climbed the para
pet and stood poised atop the cor
nice.
Down in the street, Sgt. Earl
Kuglcr, who knew the woman,
sensed the situation and called out
in a gruff voice:
"Get back there, Mayme, or I'll
call the wagon I"
Startled, the woman retreated
from the ledge and into the wait
ing arms of several police officers.
Police said the women gave no
explanation for the action,
BOYLE
He's the fatherly type. Ho says
he Just wants to be sure that I'm
not getting undernourished."
"When my boss puts his arm on
my shoulder. It's anything but
love," remarked a stenographer.
"He only docs it after one of those
four-martini, three-hour business
luncheons, and he Just wants some
thing to lean on until he can reach
his swivel chair. What the guy
really needs some days, though,
Is artificial respiration.' '
"Heavens, I wish my boss-or
anybody else would put his arm
around me," said a secretary,
"after 35 years behind the snme
old hot typewriter. I've forgotten
what it feels like."
"I wish my boss would thaw out
more." admitted another steno
grapher. "After all If he were try
ing to put his arm around me,
he'd shut up about what a lousy
speller I am."
The girls went into a huddle
when I asked them what was the
best way to curb an employer who
really did insist on getting over
overfrlendly on company time.
"Every time he reaches for
you." suggested one. "Just ask
him for a raise. Boy, his arm will
flop down as If you'd hit It with
a crowbar.
'Well, in the old days I guess
a working girl alwaya kept a hat
pin handy," said a second. "If
my boss bothered me. you know
what I'd do? I'd sew half a dozen
thumbtacks in the waist and shoul
ders of my dress with the points
sticking out. Imagine bow he'd
look after he pawed over tnree
sharp thumbtacks."
The other girls laughed merrily
at the mental picture of the boss
winning his office purple heart the
hard way. But they all agreed
the cynical, middle-aged spinster
secretary had an even better an
swer.
"The best way for a girl to cure
an overfrlendly boss is to marry
him," she said, acidly. "That
seems to cool any man down."
list, here art a few. aplphobia
fear of bees; automysophobia -fear
of being dirty; bibliophcbia
dislike of books; cherophobla
fear of gaiety; and necrophobia, or
fear of death.
Obviously, the last Is a fear
which nearly everyone has. It is a
true phobia only when a person
thinks about death almost constant
ly True phobias make the victim
miserable and can completely dom
inate their lives and point of view.
Even when the nature of the tear
seems amusing to the outsider, It
is a constant source of annoyance
to the person involved and causes
untold mental distress.
Should anything be done about
these abnormal fears? The
answer Is yes. If possible. But re
member, being afraid is abnormal
only when It is excessive.
"BALDY" EVANS PROUDLY PRESENTS
'THAT SENTIMENTAL GENTLEMAN"
TOMMY
D0BSGY
AND HIS ORCHESTRA
AND FEATURING HIS BROTHER
JIMMY
MOSEY
THE WORLD'S GREATEST SAXOPHONIST
ABfiAOBY
MOM., JUNE 7
Tickets ere new ok tele et
DERBY'S MUSIC CO.
Tlx Vents Ml Is llmlttd t 300 rickets et $1.50 etr
eerier) (Inc. tea). The edmliilon at the deuce will kt f 1.10
per atrien (Inc. tax).
Mac-Army
Still Raise
Big Ruckus
WASHINGTON lr Here Is a
brief rundown on the Senate In
vestigations subcommittee's In
quiry Into the dispute between
Sen. McCarthy (R-Wls) and top
Army officials:
The original charges Secretary
of the Army Stevrtas and Army
Counselor John O. Adams accused
McCarthy and two subcommittee
aides, Roy M. Colin and Fiancis
P. Carr, of using Improper pres
sures to win favored Army tren
mcnt for Pvt. O. David Schine. a
subcommittee aide who was
dratted.
McCarthy and his associates In
turn accused Stevens and Adams
of attempting to use Schine us a
"hostage" In efforts to induce Mc
Carthy to halt or divert an inves
tigation of alleged subversives in
Uie Army, particularly at Ft. Mon
mouth, N.J. They ilso arcuwd
Asst. Secretary of Defense H.
Strove Kernel of seeking to dis
credit the subcommittee.
The subcommittee voted 4-3 on
May 30 to dismiss Carr and Hensel
as principals.
Pertinent past testimony
Stevens denied trying to nalt Mc
Carthy's probe, but testified lie did
object to methods ie said gsv a
distorted picture Me said Mc
Carthy's aides subjected mm to
threats of an "exceedingly seri
ous" nature In seeking Army
favors tor Schina.
Adams testified Cohn thn n'.ened
that If Schine were sent overseas.
Stevens would be 'through as sec
retary una mc Army wnvked.
Adams said. "Tho pressure (from
Cohn) became extremely hard to
bear."
Cohn satd'Stevcns and Adams
repeatedly sought to stop the Ft.
Monmouth Investigation. He ald
Adams referred to Schine as "the
hostage" more often that he used
Scblne's name, and that Adams
once said he would "stop nt noth
ing" to block a subcommittee
move to question members nf the
Army's top loyalty board. Cohn
denied Army testimony that he
had once "declared war" on the
Army when barred from a secret
radar laboratory at Ft. Monmouth.
Indian Envoy To
Resume Palaver
LONDON 11 Indian diplomat
V. K. Krishna Mcnon, who was
neaaed lrom Oeneva to New York
arranged unexpectedly to fly back
to Oeneva Tuesday night for talks
with Eastern and Western leaders
on an Indochina settlement.
Mcnon's decision came after a
round of conferences with mem
bers of the British Government,
Including Minister of State Selwyn
Lloyd.
Menon Is Prime Minister Neh
ru's personal envoy and leader of
India's delegation at the United
Nations.
LIONESS CLUB OFFICERS Imtalled at (he annual banquet and dance at the Yacht Club Frl
day ware: (front row left I Mrs. John Schubert, accepting preiident'i gavol from out-going
president, Mm. Irving C. Burke, Second row, Mri, Loy Barker, liaiion officer; Mrs. Harlan Dex
ter, sacrotery-traaiurer, and Mri. Morqan Johnion, lit vice praiident. Top row, Mri, Jamtl
Olton and Mrs. Clifford Clayton, newly elected directort.
Final School Assembly Held
MERRILL Don Ileaton was
master of ceremonies at the final
school assembly held Friday af
ternoon at Merrill high school.
Student body olfleers were In
stalled, and 8th grade graduation
certificates were presented to 31
boys and girls.
Yvonne Teatermon, outgoing stu
dent body president, officiated at
the Installation, and Introduced tile
19M-1954 olllccrs: Jackie Hurry,
student body president. Ocorge
Hodges, vice-president: Katheruio
Ahem secretary; Nancy Dewey,
treasurer; Carol Poe, historian;
and Lorelta Lemlcr, social chair
man. Yell leaders aro Rae Dean
Marks, Esther Bcasly, and Dur
lene Daniels.
School superintendent Harold
Hendrlckson presented 8th grade
diplomas to Sheryl lloblnson. Ar
lene Johnson, Mary Ann Johnson,
Claudia Northrop, Dorlhea Free
man, 8ue Muno, Alice Wlnther,
NEW 1IO.MKS
TOKYO Ml Jupan's third post
war emigrant ship left Tuesday
carrying 535 persons to new homes
In South America.
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Robert Wagner, Delberl Butler,
Duane Julmnun, Dunne Feruuaon.
Dwaln fumes, Douglas Evcrlson.
Tom llrasly. Perry Lancy. Hill
Danosky. Doris llrcdecn. Stephen
llobson, Nell Hodges, James Mat
thews, and Eldon Hodgcr.
They were welcomed Into high
school by Jackie Uarry.
Kay Under, boys athletic direc
tor, presented sports letters to
boys qualifying, and Lovetta Mc
Taiiitert. In charge of girls sports,
presented Girls' Athletic Associ
ation awards.
The senior propheoy was read
by Murv Jo Hcndrlcknon, and lira
class will, by Martlm Ueaaly. Sen
ior Class President John O'Ncll.
presented the class gilt to the
school, a bronze plaque to be
placed on the front of the school
building. The plaque has the
raised head of a lluakle and Is
enscrlbed "Home of the Huskies".
Perfect attendance awards for
the past year went to Cora Wil
liams, Dorlene Frlsvold, Dorothy
Dnno.-ky. Yvonno Walker, Claudia
Williams, Mary Lou Qunll.i. and
Myrtle Barnes. Nancy Wllllanu
won a silver thimble as the out
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Commencement exercises will be
hold Thursday, Juno 3, at 8 p.m.
In tho high school gym. School
clones olllclally on Friday, June
4, after students have received
their report cards.
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