THURSDAY. OCTOBER 13,1955
PAGE TEN
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH KALLS. OREGON
.They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy HatloJ
Poet's Corner
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' FRANK JENKINS BILL JENKINS
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Ore on August SO, 1906, under act of Congress, March (, 187
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Seems like the deer hunters who
don't cut down a black bear or
two this year are sort of out ol
style. Reports coming In Irom all
over the place concerning the In
nocent nlmrods who have gone
tut with the Eole purpose In mind
.if laving In a store of venison
did have come back, with a glossy
bear pelt instead.
Trie only one I know anything
shout personally is C. M. "Davy
Crockett ' Gilmore, who snagged
a two hundred and '.en pounder
that weighed a ton bef-jre he got
il loaded in the trunk ol nis car.
.. The critter measured an even five
feet from tip to tip. In the future
he'll do that measuring along the
floor of the Cllmore's Lake of the
Woods cabin.
Anyhow, It seems thai Oilly had
gone out to snare a buck and
chose the Buck Lake area. He was
pussyfooting along the trail when
he saw this bear cross ahead of
him. The animal disappeared into
the brush, but Gllly could hear
him rooting around In there like
an old hog
Pretty soon he stopped rooting
and stepped back in the trail,
glanced down a ways and there
was Gllly. On the basis that the
bear was acting a little skittish
and might have come the wrong
direction Gilly raised up his old
meat hook and squeezed off the
single shot that done the bear in.
Claims thAt puts him In a class
with Davy because Davy wrassled
his first bear at the age of three
and Gilly shot his first one before
he was fifty three.
To quote the old woodsman ex
actly he said: "Never was so ex
cited in my life. Forgot all about
getting a deer. Then I got klnda
scared. All those stories you hear
about bears. I kept waiting for a
pal of his to show up, but when
nothing happened I walked over to
HAL
LANCASTER, PA. ' -- If the
eagle would only get bald
sooner, he'd have a tetter chance
of survival.
Herbert H. Beck, an expert who
helleves this feathered emblem of
American might Is facing possible
extinction witnin the next 70 years,
explained:
"The eagles don't develop theli
distinctive white head plumage un
til the fourth year. Before that can
happen tanners and hunters often
mistake theni for large brown
hawks and shoot them down."
Beck, a retired chemlstrv pro-
irssor, noias me meiancnoiy dis
tinction of being custodian of an
eagle sanctuary that no longer has
an eagle In It.
The sanctuary, believed the only
eagle refuge In the world, was es
tablished on Mt. Johnson Island In
the Susquehanna River near here
in 1936 by the Audubon Assn. Nev
er more than one family of eagles
nested on the 21-acre Island at a
time, for the bald eagle sets up his
own kind of feathered economic
cartel.
"Bald eagles are highly Individ
ualistic." said Beck. "They never
travel in flocks. Thcv set up their
encroachment by other eagles."
The big unlidy. 6-foot-wlde nest
atop an 85-foot tall red oak tree
on the Island has been only In
termittently occupied since 19-18
"If the male Is killed there will
he a replacement." Afrir i
"But If the female is Wiled, there
won't be."
Beck feels that many farmers,
dcsplle a MOO fine tor destroying
" un.u nKir, oiirn r.nooi down the
herce-looking birds in the false be-
era thPy re ma)r b,rn'llr'1 r'l
"The fact Is that examination of
their stomachs shows that js per
cent ol thrlr fond Is fish." he said.
The bald eagle ranges along
large lakes, riers. and bays in
Alaska, Canada, and the eastern
lull o( ;he United States south
into Florida.
How rierply has civilization cut
down the engle. a bird which has
no real natural rnentv?
a,"1?. "r "m Pl'nllful In
Alaska." said Beck, "but I doubt
there are more than B.ooo Irlt in
the United Statps east of the Mis
sissippi River. There used to be
hundreds of thousands.
"In One are ir. ti-MnU T -
150 occupied nests 3.1 years ago
tucio rid miw only jo to 30
Telling The Editor
Ql KSTION
Some of your readers out this
way would like you to gia us
some more luhl on Ihe so callrd
death canal Issue. Will you please
publish the correct answers in the
following questions and oblige
1. When was the A canal cre
ated? 2 How many humans have
drowned In it?
8. Were all of the people so
young that they would not get be
yond a good fence? How many
were thai young?
Thank you lor Ihe truth
Werner O. dunre
: ) Malln. Oregon.
Editor's Note: Dr. George H.
Adler, Klamath County coroner,
says his records show u children
and 16 adults have drowned In the A
canal sir.ee 1S:'2. The drownings
were not confined to the city. Dr.
Adler also said that the majorilv
of the children were old enough
to climb a fence unless It was
lopped wllh barbed wire. The ranal !
wis placed in operation June 37, ,
1907. 1
where he was lying and he was
dead alright and no more bears
showed up."
"Did you ever try to carry a
bear? Like trying to pack fifty
gallons ol water in a hundred
pound sack. I got him off the
ground and started for the car.
Then one big paw flopped over on
me. I let loose of that bear and
I bet I jumped fifteen feet. Long
est broad Jump ever made in
Klamath County, that I know."
Anyway, Gilly got that . there
bear home and now Cummlngs has
a ob doing him up into a nig.
Bob Thompson has already sug
gested, according to Gilly, that a
secret compartment be built into
the head to serve as a hidey-hole
lor choice Items, Sucn as you
knew-what.
The only bear I ever saw shot
was done for as he roared through
the door of the bar at the club.
Shot to death several times, in
fact, by a number of people and
:hr.t bear got bigger and meaner
and tougher with every shooting.
If this country Is going to be
overrun with bear, maybe we'd all
better oil up the old shootln' iron,
get a little coaching from Davy
Crockett who can be reached at
the Gilmore Sign Company and
be or. the ready to protect our
homes.
There will be, incidentally, plen
ty of shootln' Irons broken out
over the weekend because this Is
ihe week that California's goose
reason opens. Daylight on Satur
day is the hour and the shooting's
up to you, mister. I hope we have
at least a little luck. Haven't fired
shot In anger since the last
futile blast at a fast-winging pin
tall last year. Guess I should have
kept the old eye In condition but
just didn't get around to It.
BOYLE
Beck, nearly 80, has been a lite
long naturalist as his father was
before him. Having seen the pass
ing of the passenger pigeon, once
probably the most plentiful bird in
America, he fears that even strict
conservation measures will come
too late to save the bald eagle
from the same fate. When ( spec
ies In nature begins to decline. It
sometimes uies out despite anv ef
fort to save it.
'fn 1Mb"," he recalled, "my fath
er saw a flight or passenger
pigeons that took four hours to
pass. He estimated the flock eon
lalned two billion birds and cov
ered 340 square miles of sky.
"On Sept. 1, 1888, just 43 vears
later, I saw a flock of 150 to 175
passenger pigeons and tried un-
successfully to stalk them. I am
ine only living member of the
American Ornithologists' Union
who ever saw a flock even that
large.
'The last passfr.scr pigeon.
Martha, died in 'he Cincinnati Zoo
on Sept. 8. 1914. These birds which,
pioneers reported, once darkened
ine skies, were gone from the sight
of man forever."
It distresses Beck to think that
some child born today may, be
fore his life is through, have to
luin to the back of a dollar bill It
he wants to see the rugged winged
symbol of American power.
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JAMES MARLOW
Br DON WHITEHEAD
WASHINOTON (Pi In all the
discussions about Adlaj Stevenson
and Averell Harriman as the top
challengers for the Democratic
presidential nomination where
does Tennessee's lanky Sen. Estes
Kefauver fit Into the picture?
Three years ago, Kefauver was
riding a wave of popularity which
had its beginning In the spectacu
lar television Senate crime-busting
Investigations which he conducted
across the country. It was the first
time that politicians realized the
Bayes Relates
Red Doubts
SAN FRANCISCO (UP) Cpl.
Thomas Bayes Jr., 32, told his
court martial yesterday that he
was called on the carpet before
the commander of his Korean pris
on camp for disagreeing with Red
views in so-called camp discussion
groups.
The Flat Lick, Ky soldier is
charged with collaborating with
the enemy while a prisoner during
the Koresn War.
"Once a week we'd have lec
tures and then discussion." Bayes
said. "There were monitors on us
all the time and anyone who dis
agreed with the instructors were
called 'backward' and taken to
camp headquarters."
Bayes, testifying on his own be
half for the third day, said he ran
Into similar trouble in another
camp when he disagreed with a
ilea instructor concerning Ameri
can germ warfare charges.
"He showed us pictures of the
U.S. pilots' signed confessions, but
I told him 'You must have given
them something to make them
sign'."
Bayes said he was given the
same treatment as other POWs un
til he formed a "capitalist army,"
a group whose purpose it was to
warn prisoners not to accept fav
ors from the Reds. He testified
the organisation set fire to an arch
way dedicated to the Communists'
peace motives.
Because of his leadcrshin In the
"army," Bayes said he was sen
tenced to one year at hard labor
by a mock Communist prison
court. The armistice and repatria
tion took place before this sentence
could be completed, he said.
CHURCHES
ABILENE, Tex. IJP) The Texas
Synod of the Presbyterian Church,
U.S.A., nas voted to operate as
an Integrated synod allowing Ne
gro churches to membership. The
synod Includes Louisiana and Tex
as.
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impact television could have on
voters. And .kciauver was a tele
vision hero.
On the first ballot at the nation
al convention, Kefauver was out in
front with 340 votes. Stevenson
was second with 273 and Georgia's
Sen. Richard Russell was third
with 268.
Kefauver still was the leader on
the second ballot with 362 3 votes
to Stevenson's 324 ',4 and Russell's
294. On the third and final ballot
Kefauver's support began to crum
ble. Stevenson zoomed to 617 i
voles. Kefauver slipped to 275' i
and Russell had 261. Stevenson
was tlie winner.
Despite this strong showing in
1952, Kefauver today remains a
secondary figure in speculation
over the probable winner of the
Democratic nomination next year.
The spotlight is on Stevenson and
Harriman with Harriman now
getting strong promotion.
The recent trend of events sug
gests that Democratic strategists
are building toward a situation
which could have this result: if
Stevenson is unable to swing the
convention to his side then Harri
man would be ready to move Jo
the center of the stage.
Kefauver may have his own ideas
about these proceedings. For sev
eral weeks he has been overseas
visiting foreign lands. Thus he has
been in no position to project him
self Into the presidential picture
even if he so desired.
If the Tennessean does make an
other bid for his party's nomina
tion, he will add considerable inter
est to the campaign. But despite
his personal popularity with the
voters, he laces a tremendous han
dicap in this well-known fact: he
isn't popular with most of the Dem
ocratic party bigwigs. Including the
powerful bloc of Southerners whose
wishes must be taken into account
In convention maneuvers.
In the 10 years he was in Ihe
House and during his seven venrs
in the Senate, he never Identified
himself with the Southern law
makers. Frequently he found him
self lined up against his more con
servative colleagues In legislative
debates. He didn't sit In the inner
councils of the Southerners even
though he was from a Southern
state. And thus he was more or
less Isolated from many of the
men w ho could help him most In a
convention.
If l,e could count on the support
of his Southern colleagues and add
this to his strength In other parts
of the country, he could become a
formidable factor in the Demo
cratic convention.
But he doesn't have that support
and that's one big reason he isn't
named along with Stevenson and
Harriman at the top of the list
of Democratic strong men at this
point.
TUAH 4
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Sam Dawson
NEW YORK li Perfect weather
is bringing an embarrassment ot
riches.
I The nation's second largest
I harvest is good news for the eat
ing public but a worry to the
I politicians.
' And today the economists are
jbeginning to wonder out loud how
ihigh the surpluses can be piled
I before they get so top-heavy as
'to threaten a toppling of good
times in general.
The Agriculture Department re
ports that ideal weather in Septem
ber Increased the prospects of the
cotton crop by 8 per cent. The
farmers are now expected to pick
a crop 2 per cent higher than in
19S4 in spile of government con
trols that cut cotton acreage by
14 per cent.
September's perfect days sent
the prospects of coin higher and
the crop will be well above last
year's. Farmers can translate that
into more meat tor American ta
bles. But livestock production is
already high, and meat prices are
weak in the wholesale markets.
Other crops that September
smiled upon are rice, peanuts, to
bacco and grain sorghums.
Although the wheat harvest is
smaller man last year s. it s high
er than the goal set by the gov
ernment. Total farm income this year is
running behind las', year and is
about one-sixth below the record
set in 1951.
Farmcis have been pulling new
machines nnd methods into use
They gei more production out of
an acre of land.
And they get more output out
of. a farm worker. So there are
fewer employed on farms now.
and more rural workers seeking
lactory jobs. There are "five mil
lion fewer workers on farms now
than ir. 1920. although the harvests
are much larger.
The Federal Reserve Board re
ports that "Ihe general financial
position of farmers remains rela
tively strong." II notes a rise in
farm debts to linancc production
and to buy more land, but it fays
this debt Is "still fairly low in
relation to current levels of farm
income, the large volume of liquid
assets held by farmers, and the
value of farm real estate."
But with the weather boosting
surplus crops and an election
coming up the political question
of what to do about over-production
and weakening prices seems
bound to hit n?w heights of sound
and fury in the months ahead.
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The world's food problem wheth.
er local, national, or earth wide
In the last analysis , centers upon
the problem of the production of
calories and while the world may
be a closed vessel as the Mai
thusians so excitedly claim the
world has paid very little atten
tion to the production of calories
as a basic problem of food pro
duction. Thus we have enormous
areas of arable lands devoted to
low efficiency crops.
The three grest steps in human
progress have been the cultivation
of the soil, the domestication of
animals, and the art of cooking.
The discovery of fire made fish
an article of human food, thus
enabling man to widen his habi
tat. The conservation of heat, wheth
er directly by lire, or indirectly
by buildings, has been an import
ant factor in the progress of man
kind. Life centers around food and
warmth more largely than most of
us are willing to admit.
The difficulty 01 determining
which is of the greatest import
ance to the candle, which we
Americans are said to be burning
at both ends, obviously must lie
between Ihe wick and the tallow.
When there Is an abundance of
tallow but a scarcity of material
with which to make wicks, then
we are perhaps Justified in say-
uig wicks are more important
even though wicks play a minor
part in the actual production 01
the light produced. .With this
thought of relativity of the proper
perspective In mind we might re
view some of the data already
presented by this column.
There are in the world accord
ing to one of the late studies
of human populations, approxi
mately 18 acres of land for each
man, woman, or child, one 01
these 18 acres is plowed each year
to produce food, drink and raim
ent. The remaining 17 acres grow
grass, trees, or are either too dry
or too wet or too stony to be pro
ductive. In that portion of the
world about which there is official
knowledge and which is something
less than pne-half the area, there
are about IS acres per capita, of
which 3.4 acres ae permanently in
grass and six acres are in wood
land and forests.
Now out of this situation the
most important problem that has
faced every nation in history over
the past 2.000 years has not been
the problem of food which is pro
duced upon such a small percent
nae of the land but the conserva
tion of forests which occupy the
greater portion of the productive
land area.
The 3.4 acres of grass per cap
ita is indeed an important asset
to the liic of man. though man
has not been as much concerned
with its protection as he has been
in the case 01 tils woodland ana
forest problem.
The grass land area in addition
to furnishing wool and hides, fur
nishes a not inconsiderable amount
of food. However the products of
the one cultivated acre are by no
means all used for the produc
tion of human food. .
Some of the area is used to pro
duce fibers for clothing and cord
age: some of it grows oil plants,
the product of which is used for
paint and soap. A large propor
tion of the product of the acre per
capita is fed to domestic animals.
A considerable part of the food
so consumed is converted into ani
mal power.
However, when the animals that
once produced power for the culti
vation of the soil are replaced by
mechanical machines the whole
completion of agricultural econo
my is changed and instead of an
orderly growth of production keep
ing pace with the increase of pop
ulation taking place we are sud
denly faced with problems of sur
pluses of far greater production
of food than man alone can con
sume. The world's principle plant foods
are: Wheat, rye: barley: oats;
mazie: rice: potatoes, carie.su
gar; and beet sugar. Not only do
these plant foodstuffs constitute
much the larger part of the diet
of the people of the world from
the standpoint of calories or en
ergy but a surprisingly small
amount of these products are thus
consumed.
Large quantities of maize,' oats
and barley indeed, much the lar
ger part is fed to domestic ani
mals. In their commercial form,
only about three-fourths of the
wheat, rye and rice enter Into hu
man consumption. The remainder i.
offal.
To a lesser degree, rye, barley,
maize and potatoes are employed
to produce alcohol for the indus
tries and beverages for the Indi
vidual. Finally, it may be noted that
these nine cultivated plants are
grown annually on less than three
per cent of the land surface of the
globe.
This hasty analysis shows how lit
tle of the surface of the earth has
ever been cultivated and how
small a portion of the product of
the cultivated area is used direct
ly or indirectly as human food.
The food problem, Important
though It be, will take care of it
self for many years to come.
The earth may be a closed ves
sel, but so far as the food supply
Is concerned it has barely cov
ered the bottom of it and nothing
has been spoken of as to the pro
duction of the sea.
Unfortunately, many Americans
some of them in high places
fail to realize that the United
States is not the whole world. This
fact in many cases accounts for
an enormous amount of sloppy
thinking.
The facts are that under exist
ing conditions with or without iron
or bamboo curtains the world can
not suffer a permanent shortage
of food, because a shortage, is felt
immediately. This shortage is cor
rected within a year by increased
production, or in extreme cases
through the death of a portion of
the inhabitants.
Lake Area Open
To Hunters
PORTLAND I Hunters ai
able now lo enter ' the Summer
Lake Rim area of the Fremont
National Forest.
It was the last forest a tea in the
state still closed because of lire
danger. The area was opened Wed
nesday by proclamation ol the gov
ernor, the Forest Service here re
ported. Don Stickney. Forest Service in
formation officer here, said hunt
ers are giving "excellent coopera
tion" this year in preventing fires.
Hp said only four hunter-caused
fires had been reported in the Fre
mont forest. Only one of these cov
ered as much as an acre.
Black Sited
Black Calf
Avocado Calf
Royal Rod Calf
Coffeo Mitt Calf
OUR REGULAR 499
Friday. Saturday, Monday
3 LOGIC'S mai'n
VISITING DAY .
By Lorn Groves
A little old lady-
And. an old, old man , , ,
Sat In the sun one day,
As I tarried there,
(They were unaware) ...
I heard her softly say . , , -
"Dad, I'm sure that they . .
Don't mean, to be . ,
Thoughtless or unkind . . . '
' Jts Just that they in their
Busy lives
We don't oftet come lo their mindl
The old, old man,
Nodded his head,
And turned to her and said;
"Now you take your girl
Ill take my boy
(She's got a big family!)
(your pride and Joyl)
My son.
He works, both long and late!
We can't blame them
For forgetting this date I
In this busy world
So swift so fast!
We sit aside and wait,
For our ship to sail
To the promised land
Where no one is old
Nor sick! Nor cold!
And everyone is rich and hale!
And I tip-toed quietly away -To
write this little story , . .
Today ....
Of two old folks
Sittln in the sun,
Waiting for their time
To come .
Now gently the evening , '
Shadows fall,
And blatantly the wild birds call,
Their song
While city lights
Come winking, twinking onl
Like dancing fireflies!
The fouch of frost,
drifted through Autumn sir
And touched the vines with red,
The golden leaves,
That clothe the trees.
The dewey spiders web.
This Is Gods daily gift to man,
This Autumn beauty
In our land,
So beautiful! So grand!
If you've the eyes to see with
And the heart to understand!
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