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TUESDAY,' AUGUST 3, ' 1954 PAGE SEC HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON Herald anfr!eto PRANK JENKINS BILL JENKINS Editor Managing Editor Entered u second class matter at the post office at Klamath Palls, Ore on August 20. 1608, under act of Congress. March 8, 181 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for publication of all local news printed In this newspaper as well as all AP news. SUBSCRIPTION BATES MAIL BY CARRIER 1 Month t 1.35 1 Month 1.3S Months 6.50 6 Months 1 8.10 1 year , 8U.O0 1 Ver W-20 BILLBOARD Br BILL JENKINS Someday when I have nothing else to do for several years I'm going- to do some Intensive re search Into the question of whether deliberate misspelling really at tracts attention or not. Things like Kozy Kourts, Koffee Kup, and here In Klamath Falls our trash cans which read Keep Klamath Klean. the Klamath Kurb- stone Kowpokes and other sucn weird spellings I have a sneaking hunch that in stead of attracting favorable notice such spelling tends to drive bus! ness away. If we were going to Improve on the situation we wouldn't go in lor deliberate per version of spelling as we were taught it in school. We'd probably go along the lines of phonetic spell ing, which would make things much easier, or trying to straight en out a few spellings which lead to confusion. It is certainly true that we have gotten our language, which Is not a flexible one to start with. Into pretty bad shape as far as spell ing goes, but I doubt If we have to compound the error. I say let's spell things correctly, to the best of our ability, and make the Idea the thing that attracts and not the obvious error. , All of which reminds me for some reason or other that when I was In school I had a horrible time with English. I never did learn to parse a sentence and I'm still only hazily aware of the difference be tween B noun and a participle. As for the split Infinitives and all such balderdash, well, I Just leave that up to the professionals and the others who could and would learn by rote. I try to nod understandlng ly when the crowd is talking .about such things and look like I under stood what they were talking about, CAUGHT IN By DEB ADDISON RETAIL MEMO: Proof that what a person likes to hear best Is himself Is seen In the mounting sales of tape recorders. Americans will buy better thnn 10 million worth of magnetic re cording tape this year, compared to 18.5 million last year and $0 0 million In 1052, reports the NY Herald Tribune. Industry estimates place this year's sales at some 600 thousand recording units, com. pared with about 275 thousand re. corders sold last year. ' Advertising Age" reports Uial the home entertainment market accounted for about half the sales racked up by the magnetic Indus try last year. Another thing that people . like Beat is pets. Within the past dec ade the pet supply and care indus try has grown into a big business, accelerated by the growth of the pet population, according to NY University's School of Rctnlllng. The sale of live pels amounts to between 150 million and $65 million annually. Anyone in the Klamath country would expect that this in cluded mostly Welmaraners. Lab radors. Chesapeakes, Q o I d e n s, spaniels, pointers and setters. 'Taln't so. While at present there are 22.5 million dogs and that Includes a goodly per cent of "meat" dogs there are 26.7 mil lion cats, not to mention 5.0 million canaries, 0.4 million parakeets, and 644 thousand miscellaneous birds. Something that women like best Is Jewelry. Retail Jewelry store sales during the second half of 1064 are ex pected to Increase 24 per cent above sales during the correspond ing period of a year ago, accord ing to a forecast from the National Jewelers Association. Total salt's for the yenr are ex pected to beat last year's figures by eight per cent. That's in spite of the fact that during the first four months of the year retail Jewelry store sales average 20 per cent be low the same period In 1953. CHANGED ECONOMY MEMO: The readjustment of 1053-64 Is turning out to be about as mild as that of 1048-49. While business fluctuations must still be expected, changes are good that the ups and downs in the economic cycle will be held within reasonable propor x but I don't. In my third or fourth year of college I was forced by a teacher of English literature (who knew all of Browning. Keats, Shakespeare and Beowulf by heart but never knew the time of day, who was running in the filth at Santa Anita or what to do with himself out of the classroom) to attend the dumb bell class alter hours because I couldn't make neat little drawings of all the nouns and verbs in any given line of Shakespeare. And at the same time I was at the top of my class In creative writing and the only one in the lit class that knew what Shakespeare was talk ing about. In fact, he eventually flunked me because of this inabil ity to cope with the precise arts of grammar. I've often wondered if he ever changed his methods and came to realize that an appreciation and understanding of the thoughts of men and not the dull, dry mechan ics of composition are more im portant. At any rate I hope that things have cleared up for the scholars of today. And I'm sure of at least one thing: Mrs. O'Neill was awful glad to get me out of her class In English. I tried, but I Just never did leam to put a name to that conjunction. Or is It conjunctive? Ever stand on the street when the big flusher went by, pouring water into the curbs, and notice how the temperature on a hot day dropped appreciably? I think it might be a pretty darn good Idea to make It a law that there must be running water In the curbs of all our cities during the hot months. It would serve a double purpose of cooling us off and carrying away a good deal of the litter and rubbish of downtown life. THE ROUNDS tions, says Dr. Leo Barnes, chief economist of Prentice-Hall, Inc. Among the most Important changes In the last generation (not just this 1953-54 period) that have helped tame the business cycle, Dr. Barnes cites: l) Extraordinary popu lation growtn: 2) Increased power of trade unions and their consequent Inllu ence In the Increasing wage rates: 3) Growing Importance of wom en as workers and consumers: 4 1 Shift in Income distribution, and buying power; 5) Growth of the nation's produc tive capacity; 6) Expansion of higher educa tion; 7) Improved business manage ment; and 8) Increasing government parti cipation In business. COST OP LIVINO MEMO: The Dun It Bradstrect Dally Wholesale Commodity Price Index of 30 basic commodities was 272.25 on July 29 against 271.98 a week! earlier. 1 The Weekly Wholesale Food Price Index, representing the total of the price per pound of 31 foods In general use. fell a cents last week to S7.14. That was 6.6 per cent above the corresponding level of last year. Syngman Rhee Visits N.Y. NEW YORK W Throughout a day and night crowded with honors. South Korean President Syngman Rhee repeated dark prophecies of an Inevitable show down between the Iree world and the Communists, Standing In a drizzling rain be fore City Hall yesterday, alter a ticker-tape parade and praise by cily officials for a lifetime dedi cated to freedom, he sounded the day's first warning of open con lllcl. "War must come soon and it Is necessary that the United States, the champion of the free nations of the world, be saved from a terrible catastrophe," he declared. "Tlie later it comes the more ter rible it will be." r Shrimp J. ef They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo , S JUEUjO,STILETTA-W)tWE OL'BRUS4,HEY?T Ot 1 MCVER KMOW rS JM THE NERVE OP WERSAILEDy THATS tAUSE WORE fPnZrJi JJlWrvNEVER SAVVMEll HER WHEN NEXT will cut you X2SNi x-trf?? time J see her, U But wmem she wants to 4 ySo-woo.' got boom JffA vikm OW.BOy.' ZO-ZO SHARPSHOOTER X FOR LITTLE OL'ME A T J H M&r AvUl GUEST EDITORIAL By WALTER CIIAMBL1N, JR. The controversy In Congress over atomic development points up sharply lhc long pending Issue ol whether business is to continue un der private management or to be operated under government super vision. A big hue and cry would be raised If the controversy were de scribed as a struggle between Free Enterprise and Socialism. . . .But basically that Is the correct way to describe It ... as. the current controversy is Just another of the Initial skirmishes leading up to an out and out Free Enterprise- So cialistic war. The New Deal philosophy of government supervision of busi ness has moved cautiously but nevertheless relentlessly toward Its objective. The TV A project was Initiated as a flood control-navigation project. Power development was incidental. But, now, 'with atomic energy there Is a bolder upproach . , . and the advocates of government control are In the open with the flat demand that the government has authority to build atomic plants and sell the power produced. To virtually Insure government monopoly In the atomic power field .. the proponents of this phil osophy would prohibit the private ownership of patents by requiring (he compulsory licensing of all pat ents for five years. This would give the government a live-year start, as neither business firms nor Individuals would be disposed to invest much money as long as pat ent ownership was denied. To further bring about govern- ment monopoly In the atomic field every effort Is being made to pic ture members of Congress who op pose this government ownership philosophy as . . , the agents of Big Business with a "Big Monev" tag tied around their necks. The purpose of this, of course. Is to try to defeat Republican and Conserv ative and Southern Democrats at the polls. Announcement by. President Ei senhower of the results of the op eration of the government for the SAM DAWSON NEW YORK IP Businessmen to day can study the difference be tween a nudge and pump-priming. And some, doubtless, will welcome either if it helps to get business olf dead center, come fall. Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks says the government plans to give business a nudge this fall by spending money faster. Old-fashioned pump-priming con sisted of the U.S. Treasury pour ing more money Into Industry and trude. This Involved public works, buying materials for the stock pile, purchasing more hard and soft goods and services for defense, or making easy loans to various com panies so they could expand and produce more. The nudge that Secretary Weeks describes doesn't Involve spending more money than previously appro priated. It Involves spending the same amount of money, but spend ing it this fall instead of waiting until around the start of the year as first planned. This boost Is expected to help business to work out of the sum mer doldrums and to take an up ward path In the lull, rather than crntlnulng to drift or even perhaps to slip back a little. If the nudge works as hoped, business is supposed to pick up Thoy'ro already cooked, ready to cnt economical. No shells or waste HKfi shrimp meat. Insist on liluo liate Canned brtrimp. SHRIMP SALAD BOWL Crumbled critp bacon live Plot Irand Conned Shrimp lotted white anient Sliced celery Carrot tsxH Tomato wedge Salad ffreene Ue French Droning, ma do with Weuon Orl Tlie flavor secret ia in those plump, tender ahriipp. They're light and tempting to the tafOa, yet rich in nouiwhtng yiMmins, minerals, pro tein, iodine. . BLUE PLATE I vunnea ibi raw ilmna "t32,.? 1954 fiscal year reflected this rec- ord: i The showing was $245 million better than anticipated last Janu-, ap. At that tima tho riafintt t.ac' estimated at $3,274,000,000. but by the end of the year it had been cut back to $3,029,000,000. Unfor tunately, revenues fell off from $67.6 billion to $64.5 billion. If this had not happened, the government would have finished the fiscal year In the black. The spending goal of the previ- ous administration was reduced by I more than $10 billion. The Truman I administration had expected to J spend $77 9 billion In 1954 but the present administration cut this to $67.6 billion. This cut of $10 billion means tax savings which would otherwise have been a burden to : the taxpayers in the 48 states. i Here are a few examples of what this tax saving means. . . To the people In New York State In the amount of $1,486,000,000 . .'. $747,000,000 to Pennsylvania , . . $888,000,000 to Callfornians . . . and $752,000,000 to the people of Illinois. Legislative bodies will be legis lative bodies. The London Econ omist in a recent' issue offered this: "Powder and paint were first brought Into Europe from the East by Crusaders; they were widely used by Elizabethan Times, dis appeared under the Commonwealth, came back with the Restoration, and reached their most extravagant use in the eighteenth century. In deed, It is recorded that In 1770 a bill was introduced . which would have enacted that: "All women . , . that shall, from and after such act. Impose upon. seduce and betray into matrimony any of his majesty's subjects, by scents, paints, cosmetic washes, ar tificial teeth, false hair, Spanish wool, iron stays, hoops, high-heeled shoes, bolstered hips, shall incur the penalty of tho law In force against witchcraft and like mis demeanours and that the marri age, upon conviction, shall stand null and void." enough momentum to keep on go ing upward after the first of the jear without the aid then of the government spending which is to be borrowed for use this fall. If this leg-up doesn't work, some bus inessmen expect the government will consider the more old-fashioned method of pump-priining. For a year now businessmen have been getting the benefit of a number of governmental assists to the economy although they have acted more as cushions to the de cline than as nudges upward. The Federal Reserve Board more than a year ago turned to ward an easy money policy. Tax reductions have helped a lot. The new tax revision bill will help many firms save on taxes and also plan more profitable en terprises lor the future. And it should also cut tax payments for many Individuals, and thus give them more money to spend at the stores. Lou s PRESENTED Hafter KFLW C CBS J 6:30 a.m. The Doctor Says By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M.D. Eternal vigilance must be the watchword when It comes to con sidering the venereal diseases syphilis and gonorrhea. In one sense there Is reason to be pleased with the progress of the battle against these diseases and In an other we can be far from satisfied. On the favorable side the follow ing figures can be mentioned: There has been a steady decline in the deaths from syphilis from 11.1 per cent per 100,000 popula tion in 1939 to 3.7 per 100,000 in 1952; there has been n decline in Infant deaths from svphllis from 0.57 per 1000 live births in 1939 to 0.02 per 1000 live births in 1952. First admissions to mental hos pitals due to syphilis have dropped from 6.6 per 100. 000 population in 1939 to 2.1 in 1951. The number of reported cases of congenita! syph ilis has gone down from 17,600 in 1941 to 8021 in 1953. ' Finally the rates lor reported primary and secondary syphilis have dropped from 75.68 per 100, 000 population In 1947 to 6.27 per 100.000 population In 1953. So much for the favorable as pects of the campaign against syphilis. But this is a disease of youth with the risk greatest in the age group of 15 to 24. and in one study of early syphilis in this age group in a large city the rate was found actually higher in 1950 than in 1940. Furthermore, in Ihe list of re portable communicable diseases (catching diseases! gonorrhea ranks second and syphilis third not a very satisfactory record. It is estimated that at this time in the United States there are two million persons who need treat ment for syphilis and approxi mately 91,000 civilians who ac quired that disease last year. The annual cost of maintaining the svpnintic bund Is estimated at $12,500,000. In 1950 it was estim ated that the loss of Income from persons dying of syphilis was $136,000,000. So far as gonorrhea is con cerned there Is even less evidence that the problem is Hearing solu tion. In 1952, for example, over 240,000 cases were reported to stnte health departments, Futhermore it is estimated that unreported cases far outnumber those which are reported and that therefore the true annual frequen cy is more than a million cases. Since this disease can now be treated quite successfully If found early, the great problem remains that of finding all cases, beginning proper treatment promptly, and avoiding the spread of the disease to others. The seriousness of the venereal disease - problem cannot be exag gerated. While encouraging prog ress has been made, any relaxa tion of effort to combat these two diseases will bring about untold trouble, suffering and unnecessary expense to the entire community. ROBBERS VENICE.. Calif, on Two men forced Ronald Wade last night to return from his home garage to the market he manages. They made him open the safe, taped his hands and feet and left with $5,000. One tossed him $25. explaining: "That's for your trouble." ADmrDomxsic HEARD OYER TME Weather Report Tempero-rures MON. THROUGH FRI. BY Furniture Store Telling the Editor unntc DiFtNUtK Several months ago there was a I series of so called ariraes u. u Herald and News entitled 'Wan dering and wandering in Europe, by Nelson Reed. I see by bis little ditty trying to slander Senator Morse that his mind is still wandering. His little poem proves be Is not capable of recognizing the greatest champion of not only the people of Oregon but the nation as a whole. If we had a few more men In Washington like Senator Morse maybe they could stop the whole sale give away of the rights of the American people and also save a little of the prestige and world friends we have gained since 1111. As it is our foreign policy is noth ing but bluffs that are called by the reds on every front. For the first time In history prac tically the whole world considers us yellow. So will some kind person take Mr. Reed by the hand and gently lead him to some secure place of confinement as a full grown ani mal with a bird brain is likely to become violent at any time. G. H. Vinson 2325 California Ave. TOO MUCH I agree with Mrs. Jinnette on the recipes in the Herald and New Let the churches and clubs sell their cookbooks, it helps them to make a little extra money, and let the paper give us a little more news. How about some news from Mer rill sometime. Mrs. Jinnette is a fine cook. Mrs. Fanch. maybe you could borrow some of her recipes. .Respectfully. Mrs. W. C. Bailey. 2969 Summers Lane. CHURCH AID Do you suppose we could get be hind Sister Timms once again to boost a food sale? The Quality Food Store has again donated space to hold it. From the wonderful response of the other food sale, and it was won derful, everything was sold out by noon and with cash donations they have laid the foundation for the church, but now- more funds are needed to continue the building. So Sister Timms wants to hold another food and bake sale In laith that you will again come forward with donations, cakes, pies, rolls, salad, baked beans, anything you feel like giving, cash if you prefer. From Sister Timms" great big heart a great big prayer will be offered up for each and every do nation. This town does so very much need that little church, and I know from experience if you need prayer or spiritual neip in any way Sis' tor Timms Is never too busy to help you. bat welcomes you at any time. So will you good folks of Klam ath Falls come forth and let her know you will bring something to heln out on the food sale. It will be held August 7, from 9 a.m. on. Everything will be so gratefully accepted and apprecia ted. Donations will be picked up if you will call her. Phone 2-1680 or 8532. Thank you so very much every one. . Mrs. Dan Sebero. JAYWALKERS This Is referring to an article printed on July 28. 1954, and on the front page with pictures. " Quote: Why are there no pedes trian deaths? Because the motor ist has to watch out for "Jay Walkers." Try driving around this town (especially on Klamath Av enue) and see how many jay walkers a person could easily kill. The motorist does not seem to have a right of way, I always drove a car in a large city before I came here, but I have never seen any thing that would compare to some of the careless people in this town. I like to drive, but I refuse to take a driver's test here. I'm afraid of our pedestrians. Does a motorist know what to do? No! I'll still say, why does Klamath Falls win a ci tation, and I can answer It. From careful motorists. Please give the motorist a chance: Sincerely, Mrs. L. C. Byrne. 321 Broad Street. Klamath Falls, Oregon. People Do Read SPOT ADS -you are! 11 wri ill 1 LB5 1 6:30 a.m. ALONG NATURE'S TRAIL by KEN McLEOD In yesterday's column I men tioned one vital element upon which much depends of our whole point of view in this management of our water resource. The engi neers of the California State Water Resources Board have very cieariy stated the problem when they es timate that the "ultimate annual consumptive use of water in Cali fornia for all purposes will be the equivalent to 56,230,000 acre-feet." "So what?" you may be in clined to say. "Why worry about California, when we have enough worries of our own?" Fifty six million acre feet of water is an astounding figure, as a body of water it would cover more than half of the State to a deptli of twelve Inches. Perhaps this ex ample might give some idea of the size of the task facing the engineers in their task to manage the water resource so that It may be deliv ered to the people of the state in adequate quantity, when, where, and at the time it is needed. Where this tremendous quantity of water Is to come from is easily answered in a wet year like the season 1937-38 when the total amount of runoff from the state was measured at 135,347,000 acre feet of water and in this year the yield of the watersheds was better than 2.4 times the ultimate de mand. In a wet year no one has a worry except to pray that the rams will stop and the floods subside in time so that a bumper crop can be obtained from the land. The real problem comes in a dry' season like that of 1923-24 when the watersheds of the state produced only 18,347,000 acre-feet of water with a demand for 56,230,000 acre-feet of water need the problem be better emphasized? The demand will exceed the yield of water from the watersheds of the state by better than three times, and when that occurs, someone will have a task upon nis hands. In periods when the state is fac ing a wet season the problem of seeking a water supply outside the boundaries of the state would be come a matter of little consequence if this natural supply was capable of being made easily available in supplying the water needs of the state. Unfortunately this is not the case for the areas that have the greatest demand for water are far removed from the areas ' upon which the greater proportion of precipitation falls. To get water from here to there requires gigan tic engineering tasks for it Is not enough to say that there is an over abundance of water In one portion of the state and a defi ciency In another. It costs money to ouua me necessary water sys tems to supply the demands of the people therefore the less expen sive projects are developed first. It is for this reason that the waters of the Colorado River have become such a vital element in the California problem and the ln slstance of the state in any dis cussion of the. water problem that its right to 5.362,000 acre-feet per year irom tne Colorado be empha sized. The old story of the sword of Damocles was never more ner- fectly illustrated in modern times than is the story of water in the state of California. Even the most Dr. R. T. Lindley OPTOMETRIST 510 Med.-Dent. Bldg. Ph. 4215 Eye Examination Visual Training GENUINE SIMMONS Lounge and Chair J ONLY U 75 Down, Small Monthly Payments A Simmons lounqe and chair with famous "Beauty Rest" construction which assures you of comfort and long, serv ice. Two loose pillows, 24"xl3", for use on the' arms, come with this set. A modern style with a fine quality green tweed upholstery ... set is 6'2" between arms, and biq chair is 31" wide, 31" hiqh with a 22"x23" seot. Backs are covered in same material. 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The water problem Is no simDle matter and though it is the vital element In human life ihe world has done little to think about the basic problems involved, yet grow ing populations are forcing these problems upon us. Eventually the nation must attempt to adopt a basic water policy, numerous com missions have been appointed, vol umes of evidence have been col lected, countless words of wisdom or otherwise have been spoken and yet we still remain at just about the same place we started. Cali fornia has been well aware of the problem and has made many stud ies ot her requirements for the problems in that great state have been most acute. In any discussion of California's water problem the Klamatn River Basin finds itself a basic part of the problem, re gardless of whether that portion of the Klamath Basin is north or south of the California line. When great population pressure begins seeking water the protection ot Klamath Basin economy will de pend upon Oregon's insistence that the waters of the Klamath River originating in the Klamath River Basin of Oregon be developed in the Klamath River Canyon of Ore gon. McClellan Wins In Arkansas LITTLE ROCK, Ark. tfl-Sen. John L. McClellan has won the Democratlo nomination for re-election by a 4,056,-vote majority, a certified vote count shows. Democratic nominees are virtual ly assured of election in Arkansas. William P. Bowen, secretary for the Democratic Central Commit tee, gave these figures for the sen atorial race: McClellan, 164,905; former Gov. Sid McMath, 126,172; Paul Chambers. 31,286; Leonard Ellis, 3,391. Thus, McClellan's three foes polled a total ol 160,849. QUICKIES By Ken Reynolds "You said send ALL of your clothes to that cleaner in the Herald A News Want Ads!" SAVE $32.50 on this Modern 2-piece set $220 Value August Sale $ 187 50 FURNITURE 195 E. MAIN
