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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
' THURSDAY, AUGUST 4. im".
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I seem to remember mentioning
several times in the past that high'
way travel these days could stand
a good deal of improvement. In a
great many ways.
But, basically, the situation al
ways boils down to Just the same
, picture we find in all other fields:
what Is needed is education and
understanding. With these two ade
quately taken care of I have a
hunch that highway travel could
once again be made the pleasant
thing was a decade or two ago,
It is always easy to suggest im
provements and to criticize pres
ent practices, but it a a mucn nara
er thing to offer constructive lueas
, lor improvement. 1 suppose mere
has been more criticism of our
highway system 'than almost any
thing else except the administra
tion In Washington, D.C., but, at
the same time, there has been less
done about It than almost any
thing I recall to mind at the mo
ment. The only thing I can olfcr as
a, suggestion Is that the average
person take the same course in
courtesy and sale driving that the
average truck driver does. Over
the years I've found the truckers
to be a safe, sane and helpful lot.
just how this could be accom
plished I wouldn't know. Perhaps
we need to start earlier In our
schools and in the social groups
teaching the principles ol courtesy
as well as the mechanics of driv
ing. Or maybe all drivers should
be required to take a short course
In the theory of driving as well
as learning how to park. And per
haps it would do us all good to
sit back and think about this high-:
way altuation that seems to pit
the passenger cars against the
trucks.
In the first place let's realize
that there have been vast strides
made in the automobile industry.
We have seen, in the course of a
few short years, the auto go from
A top-heavy vehicle capable of
making twenty mrles per hour on
atraightaway to a sleek, chrome
plated, low slung affair that will
almost drive itself and will do
eighty or ninety miles per hour
Uphill. There modern cars have
come so far along the path that all
the driver has to do is keep his
eye on the road. The car will
match any speed that the highwsy
will allow.
On the other hand we see de
velopment in trucks going along
band In hand. With one exception
the trucks have been developed to
haul bigger and bigger loads. At
faster clip, yes, but not at the
almost supersonic speeds our pas
senger cars are developing. And,
if highways are to cover all the
areas, we have to have hills. You
can't expect a loaded truck to skim
up a hill with the same speed that
an overpowered private car does
It.
The result, of course, is a truck
crawling up a hill with a long
string of cursing private car dri
vers behind him. If it were a
house trailer or even a slow car
ahead the man-ln-a-harry would
cuss Just the same. But when he
gets to the end of the line he'll
usually tell his friends that he
couldn't make his usual seventy
mile per Hour average because
"those so and so trucks were clut
tering up the road."
I feel called upon at the moment
to offer a word for the much ma
ligned truck driver. On the average
I've found him to be the more
courteous in comparison to a trav
eler or a pleasure driver. He'll
pull out and let you pass wrier
ever possible. He'll stop on the
brow of a hill If there's a turnout
and let the string nf cars go by,
He'U pull over and motion you by
a long upniu straightaway
where it is feasible to pass. If
you are In trouble it is more likely
that a truck will stop to offer aid
neiore a passenger car does.
Sure, I cuss 'em too. We all hate
to be held up when we re in a
hurry to get somewhere so we can
sit around and wait for a couple
of hours. But In all fairness I
must admit that truck drivers, and
the operators who run the lines,
are a pretty good bunch or eggs,
good drivers and the leaders when
it comes to courtesy on the high
way. A little emulation might help
an oi us.
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NEW YORK tm Weakness In the
send market after the long rise in
tock prices leads many traders
today to take a close look at yields
In both markets.
The nervous remember 1929
hen bond prices turned down
ward months before the break In
stocks.
But others simply note that com
mon atock prices have climbed to
the point where their average yield
Js now only a little higher than the
return on bonds normally there is
a considerable spread because of
the difference In risk.
In some cases now common
stocks are yielding less than the
average for preferred stock.
Yield measures the percentile
of return (in dividends or interest)
you get on the money you pay for
the stock or bond. The vleld on
common stocks falls If the price
rises without a corresponding hike
In the dividend rate. The yield on
bonds or prelerred stock, where
the Interest payment Is fixed,
rises when the price of the se
curity falls.
The price of long term U. 8.
Treasury bonds has fallen enough
to raise the yield above 3 per
cent for the first time in two years.
Several forms of Investment
compete for new money and sav
ings. Mortgages with their higher
interest rates have drawn the big
institutional Investors. The mort
gage supply has Increased greatly
oue to uie nousmg Doom.
Yields of stocks and bonds have
now come close enough together
for traders to start wondering:
Where Is the turning point?
Some brokerage houses are now
saying: 1. Either people will turn
irom stocks to bonds. It the vleld
of stocks falls much further; or
The nation's prosperity will in
crease to the point that dividends
can be smartly 'raised, restoring
higher yields to stocks; or 3. Peo
ple will decide that some stocks
are priced so high that their yields
are too low to be attractive, and
get out of the market.
These brokers hold that stock
yields can't go on falling and bond
yields rising much longer.
Before the 1929 crash, the bond
yield rose above the stock yield.
Bui brokers see little chance that
the 1929 experience will be repeat
ed. They hold that money will not
gel tight enough this time to send
bond prices very much lower
nor is stock speculation likely this
time to blind the trading public to
Die yield they can expect when
they buy common stocks.
The money market Is expected
to tighten still more. So bond prices
could slip a little further, pushing
their yields a little higher.
Transformations from the terres
trial to the celestial can sometimes
change a loathsome creature to
one of beauty. A scorpion on the
earth is a thing to be leared and
avoided, but when composed of
shining, many-colored stairs set
low in the southern summer sky,
it is a delight for sll to behold 1
Tonight, about an hour after sun
set, for- observers at 46 degrees
north latitude, Scorpiqus, the eel
estial Scorpion, will appear nearly
due south with his tall dragging
the southern horizon. For those ob
serving much farther north, the
bend in the tall will be hidden.
but for the more southern residents
the tail will clear the sky line
completely.
At the time and in the direction
mentioned above, look fairly low
in the sky and you will sight a
decidedly reddish star that twink
les energetically. This star, repre
senting the throbbing heart of the
Scorpion, is Antares, (pronounced
in three syllables with the accent on
the second.)
For those around latitude 46 de
grees the entire Scorpion can be
traced if the southern liorlzon Is
level and free of obstructions. Let
us describe it for an observer at
this location. The celestial Scorpion
actually resembles in shape its
earthly namesake, the crablike an
imal with a sting In the end of its
tail.
A little below and to the left of
Antares, the brightest star In the
group, there is a rather bright star:
another slightly above and to the
right. Still higher and to the right
there appear three distinct stara in
a vertical line. Tha upper of these
is the Scorpion a head. Directly be
low and very close, a small double
star appears.
The remaining two bright stars
in this line form the right arm.
Under this line, dim stars make
the claw. On the left of the head
star a few dim ones form the left
arm and claw.
Again start with the stsr below
Antares and trace the tail. At a
considerable distance down and to
the left we find an upright row of
three more stars. Then the tail
turns left with two stars placed
horizontally; then up with two more
and ending with two conspicuous
stars placed side by side, forming
the sting in the tail.
In mythology the Scorpion was
the creature which sprang up out
of the earth and stung the mighty
hunter Orion, causing his death.
Both were later given places
among the stars, but Diana, the
moon goddess and lover of Orion,
arranged that the two should be
placed on opposite aides of the sky.
Antares is a blazing sun with a
diameter about 600 times that of
our sun, and Is so distant that !ti
linht, traveling 1M.300 mllas per
second, requires 300 years to reach
us. Scot plus is considered one of
the finest constellations In the heav
ens. Be sure to look for It. As It
moves westward toward setting, It
assumes a more reclining position.
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NEW YORK UH America,
which leads the world in tele
phones and automobiles, also has
more hay fever victims Ulan any
other eoisitry.
Why? Prosperity, good old pros
perity. This is the theory of Dr. Rudolph
Mayer, discoverer of pyri-bens-'
smine, an antihistamine used In
the treatment of hay fever.
In Europe, where every avail-
aoie piece of land is tilled or util
ized In some way, there is no room
for ragweed, which is blamed for
80 per cent of all hay fever.
"Only In. the United States can
we afford the luxury of unused
open fields and lots, where rag
weed grows," said Dr. Mayer. .
While hay fever may be a by
product of national prosperity, It
gives Its victims whose annual
seasonal torture begins this month
anything but a sense of Indi
vidual well-being. -
And the ailment is on the in
crease. The U.S. Public Health Service
says there ara nearly four million
asthma and hay fever sufferers in
this country. It is estimated the
two diseases cost some 24,760,000
lost workdays each year.
One of the sorest points with
those afflicted with hay fever is
that they meet with little sympa
thy from their nonallergic friends.
Their plight Is regarded as oddly
numorous. The surest way to make
an enemy of man with hay fever
is to tell him, "It's all in your
mind."
It. Isn't ragweed pollen in itself
that causes hay fever, but certain
chemicals in It resembling the
chemicals in viruses. These chemi
cals start the liver to manufactur
ing protective antibodies. They in
turn produce histamine, a decon
position product which causes the
wheezing, sneezing, eye -watering
nose - running symptoms of hay
fever.
v' Dr. Mayer sees no immediate
hope of cutting down the incidence
of hay fever. He expects the num
ber of cases to grow in the next
few years.
Many Europeans who never had
hay fever before develop It on
coming to this country. Dr. Mayer,
who came here in 1942, is an ex
ception. "So far, I haven't had any,"
he said. After spending 25 years
studying allergies, the last thing
he wants is hay fever.
He knows it's nothing to be
sneezed at.
Probably one of the most urgent
needs ol this community is the
formation of a Klamath County
Parks and Recreation Commission
along the line that such commis
sions are becoming a part of coun
ty government in other counties of
the state. I have at nana tne repori
of the Lane County Parks ana ea
reation Commission to the Board
of County Commissioners of Lone
County and the citizens of the
county. The report Is most inter
estlne In showing the type of for
ward thinking taking place in Lane
County activity,
The report of the Lane County
Parks and Recreation Commission
had a threefold objective:
To show the need for preserving
and exDandinir the recreation op
portunities in Lane County for the
benefit of present ana luiure citi
zens. ....
tTo explain the functions of the
Parks and Recreation Commission
reviewing its past activities and
outlining its future plans.
To portray the progress accom
plished by funds expended.
It is interesting to note that in
these days of so much emphasis
being expended upon the so-called
tourist trade that a county or
ganization begins to talk about the
requirements of its own people and
not the "golden fleece" of oppor
tunity in shearing tne outlander.
The Lane County Commission was
started in May 1953 for the ex
press . purpose of reserving suf
ficient land for parks and recre
ational progress while it may still
be obtained and to develop lands
and areas already set aside
The primary . functions of the
commission are the surveying of
potential areas, acquisition of land
and aevelopment of parks and rec
reation sites. The Lane County
Commission has reviewed present
park and recreation sites, analyzed
all public land for recreation- pur
poses and has pointed up areas of
need for facilities or access. This
survey IS' still being actively pur
sued to provide the knowledge foun
dation required for sound planning.
The commission points to the fact
that land has been obtained for
county parks by tax foreclosure,
donation and designation by coun
ty commissioners, and by license
from federal agencies. This area
now totals over 1,362 acres that
has been placed in the hands of
the commission for management
and other areas are under nego
tiation. Additional areas are ad
ministered through cooperation
with local organizations.
Development has been limited by
roads, parking areas and boat
ramp improvements have been ac
complished by county cews; low
cost fireplaces and tables are be
ing placed in some areas and
signs of rustic design have been
erected. In addition, the commis
sion has sought by various means
to protect the recreational resource
of the county to promote their de
velopment. Thus we have Lane
County actively entering the prob
lem of preserving the recreational
outdoor life of its lands for Its
own citizens without the fanfare
of tourist promotion.
Is it Important that a county
should look forward for the pro
tection of its recreational heritage,
or, should the county sit on its
bands and hope that some agency
will do the task . for it? Lane
County became convinced that If
any decisive planning and coordin
ation of recreational activities was
to be achieved within its area it
was up to the citizens of the coun
ty to do so and It was Imperative
that they make an early start In
doing so.
Why was this important? .
In 1955. Lane County had 150,000
residents. It was estimated that by
1975 the population would rise to
300.000 and that a potential popula
tion was estimated at soo.ooo.
Predictions of Increased popula
tion, when considered with in
creased leisure time as well as
means and Inclination for outdoor
recreation, bring forth a recogni
tion that attention needs to be con
sidered as to how. that leisure time
will be spent and where the In
creased population will find recre
ation areas. This factor emphasized
the point that the reservation of
sufficient land for parks and rec
reation is a must if those who fol
low will be able to enjoy the same
natural benefits possessed by pres
ent day citizens.
In order to plan a sound and
comprehensive program for the
county with respect to recreation,
a survey of recreational, scenic
and historical resources was the
first logical step for the commis
sion. It prepared a public owner-,
ship map showing county, state
and federal lands at present being
used for parks and with recrea
tional facilities. With data on exist
ing facilities at hand the commis
sion comes In position to analyze
the situation and determine where
additional lands should be set aside
for recreational purposes nd,;to
determine what additions and im
provements are needed for existing
facilities. Areas for possible parks
and recreational development have
lack of funds for this purpose but I thus been surveyed and the Com
mission proposes to reserve them
tor the future aa funds becom.
available. Many suitable sited are
located on public lands and In such
cases the Commission has found
the cooperation of government
agencies in respect to these lands
to be Invaluable.
Mississippi -Plans
Runoff
JACKSON, Miss. ( Atty, Paul
Johnson and J. P. Coleman, state's
attorney general, face each other
for the governorship of Mississippi
in the Aug. 23 Democratic primary
Johnson, making his third bid
for the post once held by his
father, led a field of five candi
dates in Tuesday's first Democrat
ic primary. Under Mississippi
election laws, If no candidate re
ceives a majority the two leaders
go into a runoff primary, Norn!,
nation In the Mississippi Demo
cratic primaries virtually means
election. -
Unofficial incomplete returns
gave Johnson 110.748 votes in 1.163
of the state's 1,863 precincts; Cole
msn, 102,667.
Ross Barnett, Jackson attorney
and former Gov. Fielding Wright'
founder, of the 1948 States Rurhti
party, were running close for third
place on the basis of the incom
plete returns, wrignt bad 1,3
Barnett, 90,437. .
The only woman candidate, Mrs.
Mary Cain, was running last with
20,277 votes, and she conceded her
defeat. She is editor of the Summit
(Miss.) sun. ,
All candidates promised they
would keep Negroes out of white
schools ,
The present governor, Hugh
White, is Ineligible to succeed himself.
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