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PAGE SDC HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON THURSDAY. JUNK 3, 1054 f hey'll Do It Every Time i By Jimmy Hatlo James Marlow FRANK JENKINS Editor BILL JENKINS Managing Editor Entered as second class matter nt the post office t Klamath Palls, t Ore., on August 30, 1906, under act of Congress, March 8, 1878 MEMBER OP TIIE ASSOCIATED TRESS The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for publication of all local sews printed In this newspaper as well as all AP news. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ' BY CARRIER MAIL 1 Month ...I 1.33 I Month $ 1.S5 6 Months . $ 6.50 ' :' 6 Months 8.10 1 Year 611.00 ' 1 Year .. 616.SO BILLBOARD By BILL JENKINS Elsewhere on this page will be found a box introducing a new edi torial feature to the pages of this newspaper. It's "The Basin Speaks," an editorial forum feature which we have launched with the hopes of expanding our editorial coverage of the great Klamath Ba sin. . Maybe it would be well right here to go into a short explanation of the term editorial and why we differentiate between editorial features and straight news features and stories, To have a news story you have to have a peg to hang It on. You can't make it up out of whole cloth. In short, something has to happen. The writer has to have framework on which to hang the live basic principles of a news story what happened, to whom did it happen, where did It happen. when did It happen and how did It happen, When you have all that you have news story, When you add the sixth element why did it happen? then you re veering away from a news story and putting your story in an editorial category. Newspapers today have to be ob jective. There can be no slanting of the news. When you handle a story you state the facts of the case and let it go at that, Only on the editorial page can you include the why factor. Then you can do so only in one of two ways by speaking as a hired representative of the newspaper out without, giving your name, or by writing under a byline. Here at the Herald and News' we follow the practice of signing our editorials. When a man says something you know who said it. Many papers, and almost all big city papers, hide their editorial writers behind cloak of secrecy and refuse to admit the public and their readers to the source of their editorials. This I consider to be shooting from ambush. The Basin Speaks will follow the Herald and News line in this mat ter. No articles will be published unless the writer's name is includ ed. It will be an editorial or an editorial feature, but handled by someone other than a paid repre sentative of the newspaper. You, the reader. The Basin Speaks will not re place the Letters to the Editor feature. There is no contact point thought out medium of bringing the major problems of the Basin be fore the public that they may be viewed In complete detail. The Let ters feature Is designed primarily as a means to print the minor com plaints and suggestions relative to any community. It is one of the most widely read sections of this. or any other, newspaper, and serves a definite place in our edi- torial makeup. We sincerelv hope that The Ba am Speaks will prove of value to our readers, and that they will avail themselves of this medium to discuss our major problems. With that all said I'd like in list a couple of suggestions for I those who may be Interested in I contributing . toward this feature. n Keep your communications as brief as possible. If you can sav what you have to say in 500 words or less, mere 1$ less chance of its oeing rejected because of exces. sive length or edited down to fit the space we have. fji Keep all libelous statements out. If thurn is libel, slander, profanity or vulgar ity m uie story it will not be pub- usnca. lA popular public fallacy is that In any story that Is signed by the wrner me noel can be held only against the writer. This is a mis conception. If we print a libelous letter or editorial we can "be sued (and will be) sued as well as the person who wrote the story.) We will, of course, retain the right to edit any or all material submitted and will refuse articles which we deem unfit for publics tlon. If we didn't it would get out of hand In no time at all. But we will guarantee that there will be no partisan feeling, no group or faction will be discriminated against and no editing will in any manner change the context and purpose of the original article. In short, what we have in mind Is a series of constructive articles. both for and against, the major issues of the day as they relate to the Basin Politics, except as they pertain to vital economic and industrial Issues, will be dealt with lightly If not left out altogether. The ad vertising columns of the paper are open to any who wish to pay to see their political views In print. Well, there she is. Step right up and avail yourself of the opportun ity. Don't worry, about the style, because as long as it makes sense we don't care about editorial style. If you can type It we appre- WrJESAP STANDS TrJEREprNS 'In .cVyvl P LEVATOR BELL ANP HOLDN HIS RAINCOAT ON HIS ARM'' FelAU.y THE CROWDED WALL TROLLEy STOPS FOR HIM AND THEN WE DECIDES TO PUT IMS COAT ON ALONG NATURE'S TRAIL by KEN McLEOD between the two. The Basin Speaks ciste it. If not. write 'er out In has been designed exclusively as a pen and send it along. We'll type constructive, responsible, we III it for you. HAL BOYLE The Doctor Says NEW YORK 11 If your teen age daughter Is hogging the tele phone In long talks with her boy friends, why not solve , the prob lem by buying her a courting suck? The time seems ripe for a re vival of this communication tool of lovers, popular In old New Eng land, t An antiquarian friend of mine doing research on old marriage customs for the 50th anniversary of the Fuller Brush Co., which distributes cosmetics and brushes, said: "Television has made the court ing stick eminently practical again In the average American borne." What is courting stick: Well; in colonial times it was a hollow wooden tube 6) to 8 feet long. Sternly chaperoned lovers could sit on opposite sides of big fire places and whisper romantic non sense back and forth, unheard by other watching members of the family. While the courting stick, the forerunner of Alexander Graham Bell's Invention, would seem to fit well in the television age, another old colonial courting custom now has few firm friends left all, and why I don't know. That Is the practice of bundling. This was an old New England boy-meets-girl formula designed to save papa's firewood bill. The fully clad lovers, covered by quilts and separated by a wood en partition, lay propped up side by side in a bed as they discussed the local corn crop, ethics, and other Interesting topics, shivering as the fire sank lower. Some historical scholars claim that this depressing form of cold weather courtsthlp is directly re sponsible for the settlement of the West, the discovery of gold In Cal ifornia, and the Invention of air conditioning. Others say It only re sulted In the spread of marriage and the common cold. Whatever the merit of these con flicting claims and accusations, the arrival of the motor car and the movies and the growth of skiing as a sport gradually turned New Englanders away from home bundling. Courtsthlp and marriage this June month of weddings is far easier in many ways than It was in colonial times. In Maryland, for example. I un derstand that bachelors,- light wines and billiard tables are no longer bracketed together for. tax purposes to pay the cost of the war against the French and In dians, as they were in 1756. . Girls, even those rascally girls who lead a man on -with false promises of Wealth, have It easier today. Men who had been "shab bed" their word for Jilted In co lonial days didn't hesitate to bring , breach of promise suit, A male fortune hunter then was known as a "journeyman gentle man." Both men and women took the view that a- mate with money wasn't necessary a lifelong handi cap. A pioneer matrimonial advertise ment by a sensitive Journeyman gentleman in The Boston Evening Post of Feb. 23, 1759, listed these endearing demands: "Any young lady between the age of 18 and 23, midllng stature. . . regular features and a lively brisk eye: Of good morals. . . . possessed of 3 or 400 pounds. . ." In those sternly masculine times, a healthy husband might well out live two or three successive bard- working wives. A girl unmarried at 25 was regarded as an "an cient" spinster. Yet there somehow were still so many widows around that a singular law prevailed from New England to South Carolina, it pro vided that a man taking a widow as his wile was responsible for her former husband's debts unless she married him on the King's Highway clad in her chemise. This was roughly equivalent to saying an eager widow couldn't win a thrifty man unless she was willing to marry him in public view in Times Square wearing on ly a petticoat. When Captain Jack flatly re jected Superintendent Odcneal's di rective that he return Immediately to the reservation or meet nun in Linkville on the 37th of November 1872. He left Odencal In a very embarrassing position as Odeneal had gone to Linkville expecting the Indians would be there and was greeted by Captain Jack's re jection: "Say to the Superinten dent, that we do not wish to see him or talk to him ... I am tired of being talked to, and am done talking." Odeneal's embar rassment must have been one of the biggest Jokes of the Klamath Basin of that day. for regardless what many historians have writ ten not everyone was sympathetic with the activities of the Indian Department. Odeneal was undoubtedly pretty mad that a common Indian should Daunt his authority and his feelings were not helped by his authority being Haunted in front of the Link. ville citizens. Immediately in his ruined dignity he called upon the army to force the Indians to go upon the reservation and in case U became necessary to use com pulsory measures, to arrest first of all Jack. Black Jim, and Scar- face Charley, holding them sub ject to his orders. These Instructions according to Bancroft were carried to Fort Klamath by Ivan Applegate who he states "supposed that there was a sufficient force of calvary at the post to arrest half a dozen Indians, however brave or desper ate, and gave it as his opinion that no serious resistance would be made to the troops." Ode neal, in his letter to Green, said: T transfer the whole matter to your department without assuming to dictate the course you shall pursue In executing the order." Major John Green was the new commander at Fort Klamath, hav ing only relieved Major G. G. Hunt on the 17th of July, no doubt the local people had a pun as to "Green being green to Indian af fairs" and as his action on receipt of Odeneal's order would indicate. Major Green sent word to Odeneal that Captain Jackson would leave the post at once with about thirty men. Bancroft - states: "Green, who was of Applegate's opinion that the Modocs would yield at the appearance of his cavalry, and thinking it better to take Jack and his confederates before they were reinforced Immediately sent off Captain Jackson with thirty-six men to execute the order." Thus was lnacted the first false move on the part of the govern ment, yet who would believe that thirty-six mounted and armed men would be incapable of arresting half a dozen Indians. The order to ar rest did not include more. Jack was believed to have about 60 fighting men, and that about half that number were in his camp. General Canby, however, never had contemplated that any number of troops under fifty should at tempt to arrest Jack and his head men. Both General Crook who was first In command of the troops and General Canby who assumed com mand of the Department of Colum bia In August 1870, held a deep re-1 spect for the fighting ability of the Indians of the region. Indeed. Gen eral Canby, had issued a special order early in September, giving the commander of the district of the Lakes control of the troops at Fort Klamath, that In an emergen cy he might have men enough to make the attempt at removal suc cessful. On receiving these Instruc tions Wheaton replied that he had directed Green to keep him fully and promptly advised by courier of any change in the attitude of the Modocs, and should it be neces sary Green should move into the Modoc country with every avail able mounted man from Camp Har ney, Bldwell, Wamer, and Klam ath. Mcacham had used a display of force when he brought Captain Jack and his band upon the reser vation tn December 1869, however, following this date in August 1870 General Crook was sent to fight the Indians in. Arizona and to ob tain a sufficient force of men for his campaign all the military sta tions in Oregon were depleted. This left but one company at Fort Klamath, company K, of the 23 In fantry under Lieutenant Ooodale, and no cavalry, while at Camp Warner, over a hundred miles to the east, there were two companies, one being cavalry. Neither post was really strong enough to assist the other but both had the task of hold ing In check a large number of Indians subdued by Crook and who were not trusted to remain sub dued. Lieutenant Goodale wis relieved at Fort Klamath in 1870, by Cap tain James Jackson, 1st United Suites cavalry, with his company B. Thus; In fact the military In command at Fort Klamath had really no personal knowledge of the ability of the Modocs toward resistance.- The troops left Fort Klam ath at noon on the 28th. officered by Captain Jackson, Lieutenant Boutelle, and Dr. McEldery. under the guidance of Ivan Applegate. Odeneal had sent Brown, his spe cial messenger, to notify the set tlers who were likely to be endan gered in case of an engagement with the Modocs. But there is an untold story about Brown's assignments. By KDWIN P. JORDAN, M.U. Among the factors which In fluence long life and. at least to some extent, vigor and enjoyment of life is the diet. In fact, as has been pointed out recently, one of the goals of most dietary research Is to prolong the period during which the character istics of youth are maintained. One of the first principles of a proper dipt la not to eat too many of those foods which lead to a gain In weight. In both men and women the death rates lor those who are overweight are well above those for people of normal weight at every age. The excessive deaths from obe sity are not generally listed as such; they are found under high blood pressure, heart disease, hard ening of the arteries, diabetes, kid ney disease and other conditions which are consistently higher as causes of death in those who are overweight. , A well known saying might be paraphrased this way: "Those who love to eat also eat to die." The problem of combating this evil of overfeeding Is not an easy one. It seems that quite often (at people eat because they are emotionally disturbed or frustrated, rather than from lack of knowledge of the dangers of too much food. One of the things which makes the problem difficult Is that as one gets older the basal metabolism gradually falls, so one has to eat gradually less and less In order to stay the same weight. Indeed the matter is even more complicated by the fact that generally speak ing older people may become less active and. therefore, use up few er calorics. Furthermore, as pointed out by one Investigator of this subject, there should be a gradual weight loss with advancing years because if the weight remains the same at the age ol 70 as it was at 40 some of the muscle tissue has been re placed by fat. There are other aspects of the diet which enter into life and health. I WASIIINOTON Ivl The public will have a muddy Idea of what Is mount unless the senators ami principals In thn Army-McCarthy hen rings get mora spec II lo on Com munists in drteitso plants. Sen McCarthy repeatedly through out the hearing has said there were communists in these plants. He has put the number at ISO, and said they are In "dan gerous positions." Ills s t a I e in e n t a raise some questions; 1. Does he actually know there are 130 Communists lit thee plants? He has ollered' s:o proof, and has complained tliess li.u lng.i delay public exposure of tue 130. 2. Are they in "dangeinus posi tions" In these plants, an ho says? What Is A dangerous posltl.in? 9. And what does he menu by a defense plant one doluj se.:t work for the government or one making nousccrct trucks anil over alls for the government? Yesterday Army Coun.icl Joseph N. Welch quizzed McCarthy and Roy M. Conn, his staff counsel, about these alleged Communists In defense plants. McCurth s.tys the Deirnse Department knows about them. Last night Dr. John A. Hannah, assistant secretary of iloleti-o lor manpower and personnel, raid Mc Carthy hud never directly or indi rectly sent him uiiormatlon there were 190 Communists in defense plains. "II he had cnl Uiem to tlw De lense Department," Hnnmth aald. "I'm' sure they would havo come to me." Conn said the l-'BI knew about them too. Sen. Jackson (D-Washi askrd Cohu If he didn't think it would be a good Idea to s"n:l the names to Secretary of Defense Wilson, since that wouln put Wil son on the spot If he did nothing about them. Cohn replied: "No. Hccnu-.e I Imagine the reply we would get would be: 'These people do not work for the United Stales govern ment os such, nicy work lor de fense plants which do subcontract work for the United States yovern ment: therefore, we don't have the Jurisdiction to hire or fire these people , . .'" Hnnnah, some of his assistants, and other officials In the DWense Department were asked last night to explain Just what the Deleiue Department can and cannot do about Communists In defense plants and this was the reply: There is no law giving the De lense Department the power to order a Communist fired from a plant where It has a contract. It can only tell an employer doing secret work for the government that an employe, considered a se curity risk, cannot work on the secret project. Then it's up to the boss to fire him or transfer him to another plant. If he has one. And here are some examples of what the De fense Department can and can't do and the variation In plants. Say there are four plants named tl) Smith 13) Jones, (31 Kelly and 4 Murphy. In each of them, the FBI has told the Defense De partment, there are 10 men with backgrounds Indicating they're se curity risks. 1. Smith. It makes nonsecret trucks which it sells to the gov ernment and the general public. The Defense Department can do nothing about getting the 10 risks out of this plant. 2, Jones. Unlike Smith, which -"" -,r. IiYI JL, .. -as. M .1 "The Basin Speaks" li the newest feature to bi ddtd to the Herald and News' editorial page. It li designed specifically to carry oof exactly tht connotation In tht title-what th Basin thinks. Thlt now feature will bt reierved for those articles and statement! from responsible persons In tht Basin who want to speak out on constructlvt subtcts relat Ing to tht area. It Is hoped that tht public rasponst will bt grtat for this ftatura which has bean Instigattd to givt you, tht rtadar, spaca to statt your views on tht major probltms of tht day. Power, futurt development plans, local government on tht hlghtr level, Basin policies, athlcs and practlcas. These art but a handful of tht subects which can bt handled under this new title. Tht Basin Speaks In no way rtplacas tht Letters to tht Editor column, for there is room, and need, for both. Tht Letters art conctrntd with tht tvtryday probltms and complaints of our city and locality. Tht Basin Speaks is meant as a broader Instrumtnt whtrtln can ba prtstnttd your vitws from an tditorlal stand, point. All articlts submitted for publication in this col umn will bt given clott attantion and study. Tht Htrald and News reserves the right to rtjtct any article daamad unfit, or to tdlt any and all copy within reason. Insofar as possiblt, however, wt will attempt to reprint articles txactly as they art sent In. This heading belongs to the readers of tht Herald and Naws. You are Invited to taka advantagt of this opportunity for stating responsible vltws on our mutual problems. i . Y,' r;.i '1 I 'f M . ; I've always wondered wnal happened to that cuckoo clock we got In the Herald and News Want Ads!" jmrnrnwrnmrnmi'mtt-' n I m hit n i.ai.ii The Salvation Army Is Presenting In Concert 1 The Oakland Citadel Band This will bt a btntfitconctrt for Hit summtr camp. Mr. Ray liggtr, guest soloist. Mr. Andrew Looey, guest conductor. MILLS AUDITORIUM, FRI DAY, JUNE 4th, 8:00 P.M. Tht band Is unique lit that It Is composed solely of brass ImtramtnH. It it also considered to bt ant of tht finest brass bands In America. Each bandsman is a layman and dots not rtctlvt any re muneration. Tht bandmaster Is a barbtr by trodt and has stwdltd music and received his dtgrtt at an International landmaster. Tickets may bt purchased ftr $1.00 from Kyit Morgan Music Company, Derby Music Company r at tha Salvation Army. " IT'S NEW... IT'S EXCITING... IT'S THE FASHION.. f W W t : rolls lovely painted designs on your Super'Kem-Tone Walls! It's like magic! With a special new roller and new sensational Applikay you can roll lovely shimmering designs on your freshly painted Super Ken Tone walls. And such a variety of effect -is possible! With the choice of enchanting Applikay design and the iridescent Applikay colors, you can create countless different design effects to individualize your walls. It's easy, fast . . . and washable! Less than a quart of Applikay ia enough for the average room and it's every bit aa washable as Super K em-Tone. See our Applikay Design Selector for 67 new ideas in decorating . . , see how the lovely Applikay designs shimmer and change with the angle of view. 9 ii 3 sr. 5.t BE SURE to visit our store SATURDAY, JUNE 5th Set APPLIKAY Dtmonstratad by Factory Expert 1229 E. MAIN AND fo) 12) PAINT STORE PHONE 3324 sells to tho government and the publlo alike, Jones works exclus ively lor the government, llut It does no srcrcl work. 11 Jti.il make overalls. The Dclrnse Department can't force tlie ID suspects to be llred. 3. Kelly. In one part of Its plant Kelly mukrs secret muterlul for the government: In another purl It makes a commercial product. The Defense Department can in' stst none of the 10 security risks may work on the secret Item or anywhere near It. The boss can Hive the 100 some other Job or tire Uicm. 4. Murphy. Tills whole plant works on secret items for Uie gov ernment. The Dclcnse Department can Insist none of the 10 suspects may work In that plant. Otherwise, Murphy doesn't tret the contract. The llrm can lire the men or transfer them. t'OFFKE rlUt K RIO DE JANIERO. Brazil IT Braxll has boosted the minimum price for this summer's coffeo crop irom 08 to 87 cents a pound. The hike will have little current effect on forelRii buyers, now paying M cents a pound for the bean, but It promises little likelihood of prices declining lor at least another year. Church Plans Summer School The Confraternity of Christian Doctrine annusl summer school will be held June 7 through June 18, The Itrv, rather T. H. Casey has amiounceU. Classes will be held at Hscrrd llenrt Academy, with Sisters nt lit. Kronen instructing all right grades. Every Catholic, now attend ing public grade school must at. tend. Regular school days and school hours is a.m. to 1 p.m.) will be observed. The rirst Communion clasa will receive on Sunday, June 30. Approximately 150 are expected to enroll this year for summer school. 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