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By BILL JENKINS
Despite the fact that I've lived In
this country for better than 20
years It wasn't until last Thursday
that I had ever driven up to Agen
cy Butte and climbed to the top
of the 107 foot lookout tower mere
Went up with Vic Elsson, boss of
the Agency foresters, and found It
an Inspiring sight, despite having
to clamber up 16 flights of steps,
a feat which proves a test to one
In my physical condition.
From up there you can look out
over the beautiful Wood River
Valley for miles and miles, are al
most directly over torturous
Crooked Creek, can see the lake
In the south, and all around the
mountains and wooded slopes.
It Is a trip that Is well worth
while. Even If you, like me, sutler
from acrophbla.
And speaking of acrophobia re
minds me that I also sutler from
algophobla, bathophobia, claustro
phobia, demophobia, dromophbla,
musophobia, mysophohia, neopho
bia ophillophobla, taphephobia tha
natophobia, toxlclphobia and xeno
phobia. In fact, there are times when
it hardly pays me to get out of
bed at all.
Still on the subject of lookouts,
Vic was telling me of an experi
ence the lookout on Agency had
the other day. A crowd In a pair of
cars, one a pickup, from Klamath
Falls drove up to the butte and
climbed up to the tower to look
around. Seemed Interested in It all,
thanked the lookout and headed
back for home. The lookout, a
Beatty woman whose name I can't
remember at the moment, was
CAUGHT IN
Br DEB ADDISON
BUSINESS MEMO:
An ever - expanding classroom
population as well as an Increasing
fashion consciousness among stu
dents have broueht about si (mili
tant changes In the back to school
market, according to "Apparel
Arts."
These changes extend to male
high school and college students
as well as to the gals. Students
then days have money to spend
and a good share of it goes lor
clothing.
With students now much more
receptive to dress-up apparel, Ap
parel Arts pointed out that back-
' to-school has taken on a broader
scope, becoming the vehicle by
which a retailer turns his merchan
dising: from summer to fall aparel.
Advertising appenl Is now aimed
not only at the student, but at oth
er elements of the population to in
clude those buying for back to
business, back to Indoor social liv
ing back to shirts and ties and
dresses.
Lest it gets to be later than you
think, the Back-To-School edition ol
the Herald and News has been
scheduled for August 11.
All those early year predictions
for record construction outlays are
holding up as of mid-year. Expen
ditures for new construction In the
first six months of 1054 for the
country reached a record total of
916.6 billion, according to prelimi
nary estimates prepared by the
Departments of Commerce and
Labor.
Private expenditures lor new
construction totaled $11.4 billion In
the first half, about three per cent
above last year's volume lor the
snme period. Public expenditures
for new construction under way
during the first half of '54 totaled
$5.2 billion, about the same as in
the corresponding period of 1953.
Let's hope thnt those persons
saying that private construction
here would be able to provide the
additional housing needed because
of the upcoming Jet air base
weren't Just spouting Jet Juice,
Individuals saved nearly one bil
lion dollars mom in the lirst three
months nt this year Hum In the cor
responding 1953 period, according
to a Securities ond Exchnnec Com
mission report in the NY Times.
Individual savings totaled $3.3
billion in that period us against
$:! 4 billion in the first quarter of
1953. The high level of savings con
tinued In the more staple types of
investment including savings de
posits, shares of savinus ond loan
associations, and insurance.
In addition, individuals reduced
indebtedness on consumer goods,
such bs automobiles and other dur
able ltem, by $1.5 billion re
flecting record repayments ou in
stallment debts and fetter install
QUICKIES By Ken Reynold!
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watching them wind down the hill
when she saw them stop and the
fellow in the pickup get out and
throw a whole load of trash and
garbage off alongside the carefully
tended road.
She was so flabbergasted she
forgot to radio headquarters and
have the truck stopped.
It's certainly a fine thing when
people will drive all the way from
Klamath Falls and then dump their
garbage out In the woods. I am
assured that had the lookout con
tacted headquarters a few of the
boys would have' been on hand to
greet the truck when it came to
the foot of the hill and would have
seen to it that the careless dumper
went back and picked up every
thing he had tossed out.
With our outdoor area shrinking
year after year it seems a shame
that people have to be so thought
less. It s 35 miles to the Agency,
but the city dump Is only a mile
from town.
This thing today Just seems to
lead on and on, one thought spring
ing from another. But I just re
membered that the bans are now
up in the national forests as far as
fire is concerned. So if you are
planning a weekend Jaunt up into
the mountains be sure and stop
at the proper ranger station and
get your fire permit.
Weatherwise last Sunday was
about the' first real summer day
we've had so far. Hot, no wind
and only handkerchief sized clouds
floating around occasionally. Hope
It lasts for a while. We are muchly
In favor of hot weather. When It
comes down to a final choice we'd
rather mow lawns than shovel
snow.
THE ROUNDS
ment purchases.
Ail those big savings, and big
figures, aren't found Just In nation
al reports either. Did you read the
other day that Klamath people
have about $10 million In savings
In First Federal Savings and Loan
Association of Klamath Falls?
($0,632,551.28 as of June 30th, the
ad said.)
We haven't seen George Mcln-
tyre's advertising budget at FF&
LA of KF, but we have seen an ad
in this paper most every day late
ly, and here's a quote from Alfred
o. Peterson, president of the Na
tional Savings & Loan League:
"The advertising medium which
tops the list Is the medium that
reaches the greatest number of
people at the lowest cost. It Is my
opinion that the newspaper Is that
medium. I hold that not only as a
personal opinion, but I believe It is
true of most people with advertis
ing experience."
It looks like the savings and loan
Here's
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In the fondly-remembered time of the nickel trolley
and the 25! T-bone, gasoline for dad's 1925 model
cost about 18f a gallon (excluding taxes. Sounds
like a bargain yet it really cost more than today's
gasoline. The reason is clear when you keep this
fact in mind: You fill your car's tank with gasoline,
They'll Do It Every Time
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ALONG NATURE'S TRAIL
by KEN McLEOD
' Over the past weekend I took the
occasion to visit the Modoc Lava
Beds National Monument. In ad
vance I well knew the terrific 12
mile beating I would have to take
to get down past the west shore of
Tule Lake from the paved highway
of civilization to the paved highway
of the Monument. For 24 years now
I have bounced along over the
same cobble stones but back In the
thirties we expected to undergo
rough treatment to reach a wild
and little visited country frequen
ted only by moonshiners and sheep
herders.
However, we are now In the en
lightened age of the fifties, the
moonshiner has vanished into his
tory along with the great flocks of
sheep that once raised clouds of
dust through the sage. Today they
have been replaced by hundreds of
vacation seekers, who not only use
Beds but pass over the route to get
to the cooling shade of the forests
and the increasingly Important
high mountain country of the Medi
cine Lake Recreation Area.
'Where?" may I ask, 'in this
enlightened and modern age, do
you find a comparable main ar
terial upon which hundreds of auto
mobiles are expected to hurdle
cobblestones the size of base
balls?" Frankly H Is a disgrace to
the Oreat Klamath Basin which at
tempts to proudly boast of It's rec
reational advantages in the hope
that vacation seekers would tarry
and spend a few dimes in the corn-
people have been out-advertising
the automobile people, in news
papers, of course.
COST OF LIVING MEMO:
The Dun & Brndstreet Daily
Wholesale Commodity Price Index
of 30 basic commodities was 272.78
on July 8, against 272.13 a week
earlier.
The Weekly Wholesale Food
Price Index, representing the totnl
of the price per pound of 31 foods
in general use. dropped eight cents
last week to $7.22. This is 9.1 per
cent above the corresponding level
of last year.
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munities of the Basin.
A hundred times a day the boys
at the Monument have to parry the
question: "Is there a better way
out of this place?" For it's 12
miles in, and the same 12 tortured
miles out if you chance to go by
the way of the "Old Stone Bridge."
By going a longer way around,
those who know their way through
the farming community, are able
to dodge three of the worst miles
and cut the punishing grind down
to nine miles. The Tourist coming
from the north, however, is not so
fortunate and so thereby gets the
"works."
The personnel of the Monument
are far too polite to tell the tourist
the truth of the subject, which,
mildly putting it Is that the Cham
bers of Commerce of the region ap
parently just don't give a "hoot"
over the condition of this approach
to the Monument even though they
cheerfully advertise the world the
wonders of the land of "Burnt out
Fires." I have yet to hear a Cham
ber employe say to a tourist: "It's
a wonderful place to visit but I
must warn you that there are 12
miles of rough road on the way
there."
Tire manufacturers who have
spent many sleepless nights at
tempting to devise new way of
how to torture tires to prove their
superiority in national advertising
should be told of this test track of
endurance. Think what wonderful
testimony could be claimed in a
national magazine: "Over the Mo
doc Lava Bed Highway 40 times
at 40 miles an hour without a
blowout."
On the other hand, however, per
haps this rough road has some ad
vantage as a preliminary introduc
tion to the roughness of the lava
flows one is to pass when he
reaches the paved highway in the
Monument. I expect most any day
to read how some tourist has dri
ven down the Devil's Gnrden un
der the mistaken assumption It
was merely the continuation of the
entrance highway.
Seriously speaking, however, this
entrance approach to the region of 1
where t
but what you're actually buying is mileage. Natur
ally, you'd rather pay $1 a gallon for gas that gave
you 100 miles a gallon than buy 10c gas that deliv
ered only 5 miles to the gallon. And that's why
today's gasoline costs less than motor fuel of 1925
; ; . it gives you mart miles to the dollar. Research
FALLS, OREGON
By Jimmy Hatlo J
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the Lava Beds is not something to
be taken lightly, it is a community
responsibility to see that the tra
veling public is able to visit our
recreation spots with a minimum
degree of discomfort otherwise
we had better not advertise these
recreational spots at all. We want
the people from the outside to
come to our country and leave
with the kindest of thoughts to
ward us, so that they will tell their
friends, and the friends in turn
will be anxious to come and enjoy
the wonders of the Klamath Basin.
We have the hope that those who
have spent one vacation period
with us will want to return and see
more of our wonder region.
Perhaps our attention has been
focused too closely upon industrial
development, cutting our forest
wealth and developing an agricul
tural empire, that we have lacked
the vision to appreciate the value
of our great recreational industry.
The Lava Bed region is only partly
developed. Aside from the stock
question of "is there a better way
out of this place" than travel back
over 12 miles of torture I lis
tened to the repeated question:
"Why is the Lyon's Road closed
to travel?" The stock answer to
this question is apparently ex
plained to the tourist's satisfaction
on the basis of the road being
through an area a high fire haz
zard. Actually the true answer is
that there has never been. suffi
cient funds to put a decent road
through this interesting section of
the Monument. No tourist should
be required to use the same road
twice. Back in the thirties when
we traveled the Lyon's Road In
preference to the approach by the
way of Fleener's Cabin and Bear
Paw Cave, the Lyon's Road was a
highway but it would be terrific
to attempt putting a modern car
over that "Jeep" road today.
POET'S CORNER
HOSS TIHliF POETRY
He picked up a rope and walked
away
The rope was hitched to a hoss,
they say.
A rope was tied to a sycamore
limb
That time the rope was hitched
to him.
Orpha Collins
Glide, Oregon
oday's dollar
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
TELLING THE EDITOR
OUR DELINQUENT SOCIETY
Our total community has for the
oast vear been shocked by the con
tinuing: reports of "fast parties,"
sexual promiscuity, and the seek
ing of "thrills" by the yputh of
Junior and senior high school age.
Regardless of the reasons for the
increase In delinquency, delinquen
cy as a social problem now lends
Itself once again to the perils of
speech-making, Idle gossip, news
paper exposes, and Congressional
investigations. There is danger that
we will hear again the hackneyed
cliches concerning the young peo
ple of our community. There are
specific problems that must now be
confronted and there Is danger that
ve will again talk around the sub
ject and do nothing to resolve it.
Austin MacCormick, well known
American criminologist remarked:
"There are few social problems
about which the public has done
more hysterical wringing of hands
and less Intelligent thinking, more
talking and less doing, than Juve
nile delinquency.
At the risk of Just talking about
some of our problem areas I think
our dilequent societw can well af
ford to discuss and evaluate the
following-'
1) The lack of support given
Francis Matthews, our juvenile
court worker, by the recent grand
Jury Investigation of "sex parties"
by youth. The fact that some of the
23 men and boys involved were al
ready on "probation," and some
are over 18 years in age, and that
no charges of "statuatory rape" or
"contributing to the lelinquency of
a minor" were filed Is most diffi
cult to understand. What happens
to the morale of our court workers
when such test cases are passed
by?
2) Francis Matthews is absolute
ly right in asking our City Council
and local citizenry to evaluate the
exploiting of sex by the showing of
many indecent and suggestive mov
ies. Midnight burlesques and second-rate
"for adults only" movies
is a very real contributing factor
in the sensate emotional disturban
ces of our youth. Trafficing in in
decent movies Is a serious invasion
into the moral decency of our com
munity life.
3) The local "court-house situa
tion" and the unfortunate personnel
relationship between our Circuit
THE DOCTOR SAYS
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By EDWIN P. JORDAN ,M.D.
Bright's disease, or nephritis,
may begin suddenly, either imme
diately after an acute infection,
such as tonsillitis, pneumonia, or
scarlet fever, or it may not show
up until several months later.
Sometimes it develops without any
obvious reason.
In acute attacks of nephritis, the
symptoms come on rapidly but
painlessly. The patient feels un
comfortable and may notice some
puffiness under the eyes.
Swelling of the lower part of the
legs, and perhaps even bloody
urine, slight fever and chilly sen
sations are common. Nose bleeds,
headaches, loss of appetite often
appear.
The lessened amount of urine
and its dark, bloody, or cloudy
appearance are characteristic.
Chronic nephritis starts more grad
ually, and symptoms resemble the
acute variety, but are less severe.
Accumulation of fluid (dropsy or
edema) is common.
As soon as diagnosis has been
made by means of examining the
urine and the blood, treatment
by companies such as Standard has improved
gasoline spectacularly over the years. This better
motor fuel made more efficient auto engines pos
sible, and together they give you up to 50 better
mileage than motorists got in the '20's. On top of
that, competition between oil companies has helped
Judge and our District Attorney.
Whether it be the "lack of judicial
temperament" on the part of our
Judge, or the Inexperience and per
sonality of our District Attorney,
the breakdown in our law enforce
ment machinery Is very serious.
The exploiting of this situation on
the part of some of our local at
torneys raises the question of "pro
fessional ethics" on the part of
some of our members of the Klam
ath County Bar Association Men
confined in Jail, have a' right to a
fair and speedy trial and such Is no
longer the case in our County.
Some have rightly said that a law
yer In Klamath County can now
make more money fighting the law
and weakening it through minor
"demurrers" ., than by. upholding
the law and giving the culprit liis
fair trial on the major charges
preferred. This Is fast breaking
down our respect for our courts
and the right of society to protect
Itself In the realm of social Justice.
The Jact that only one candidate
filed for the office of District At
torney at the last election suggests
that the salary is too low for, the
abuse taken, the long hours of con
sultation and "paper work," and
the limited experience gained.
Neither time nor space permit a
more thorough critique of our local
delinquent society, but every par
ent and responsible minded citizen
must alert himself to the many ser
ious problems now before us. May
all of us re-evaluate our community
resources and with one mind may
we seek to cooperate with our law
enforcement officers and our com
munity leaders-in the redeeming
and resolving of our "problem
areas."
Most hopefully yours,
The Rev. Lloyd Holloway
I can honestly say that I and
my club have never been more
Impressed, than we were by the
welcome extended to us on all
sides in Klamath Falls.
Many large cities in this coun
try would like to have your ball
park. Your city officials and rec
reation director can take great
credit for such, a lay out.
Your team has lots of ability,
and limitless spirit, and they and
their coaches are to be congratu
lated. The Klamath spectators are won-
should be begun. In acute Bright's
disease, bed ' rest Is necessary.
Diet is important and Is now de
vised to fit the ability of the kid
neys to take care of the food eaten.
In the chronic form of Bright's
disease, special attention is given
to the accumulation of dropsical
fluid. Drugs are frequently used
to stimulate the secretion of the
urine and thereby remove some of
the excessive fluid.
Accumulated fluid Inside the ab
domen is often drawn off through
a needle.
Much improvement has taken !
place in the treatment of nephri-j
tis. In that which follows acute in- j
fectlons, like pneumonia or scar-1
let fever, new hope is offered by
the sulfa drugs and penicillin or
other antibiotics. These drugs of
ten stop such infections before
they have had a chance to damage
the kidneys seriously.
I am not "foolin' " when I say
I can save "good risks" money on
Fire and Auto Insurance. Hans
Norland, 627 Pine St.
goes further
' JJ
to hold down gasoline prices. Since 1925, they've
risen only 20 (excluding taxes) while food has
gone up 70, clothing 63, and the cost of living
53. Gasoline is still a bargain. Your money goes
further when it goes for today's finer gasoline that
delivers more miles to the dollar.
TUESDAY. JULY 13, 1954
derful, and I hope that your league
will go forward, and I personally
will be happy to co-operate In any
way possible.
Your 20-30 club did an excellent
Job, and the Herald and News wri
ter, Clayton Hannon did one of the
best write up jobs that I have run
across.
Finally ..... Let me say that
even the umpiring was good, and
we always figure to growl about
that.
Erv Llnd
(Err Llnd Florists
Portland)
ANNUAL
JULY ,
Clearance
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DRESSES
NOW IN
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Drastic
Reductions
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