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KuliMi, Oiiuht,R 14, 195J vau six HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OKEUON J '' FRANK JENKINS , BILL JENKINS Editor ' Managing Editor Entered aa tecond clan matUr it tht post olllct at Klamath Falls, Ore., oa Augut 30. laOs, under act o( Congress, Marco I, 187 MKMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tht Associated Pi ess Is entitled exclusively to the use (or publication of alt local newt printed In this newspaper ss well as all AP pews, t . SUBSCRIPTION RATES MAIL CARRIER i I Month I l.lt 1 Month f t.M !' Mentha 1 Months ju.. I t.M f 1 year 1 Year lls.00 ; It might seem strange in a dis cussion ot iood supply to turn our attention to the (orest, yet the for est growth which occupies such a large portion of tne world s surface Is being eyed by scientists as a source ol food tnrougn conversion to a food tor livestock first and then perhaps eventually to man. i By far the greatest area of land sunace oi ine Riooe is sun in ier est and yet, thus (ar In history, the first product in which nations of tne world have felt a snortage of has been in timber witness Egypt, China, Spain, Italy, Ger many, France, Oreat Britain. The reason of course is obvious. It may be fifty to a hundred years Instead of one year before tht people realise tnat the supply of lumber la becoming exhausted. It may take fifty or a hundred years Instead of one year to cor rect tht situation. What . asyeontrast it Is between forest growth and food raise tht price of wheat a few dimes, or, cotton and in three years time the area and production would be doubled. We have had a lot of ex perience, and headaches, from just that . situation. Double the price of lumber and what happens? Does the area upon which timber is raised Increase? The result becomes not a clamor to Increase forest land area but ont'of extreme pressure to double the effort at logging with the re sult that the residual area of merchantable timber is further re duced. Weed as well as cotton is now being used for the production of "artificial'.' slllcand wood Is grow ing; In stature by being the founda tion for numerous synthetic com pounds. Wood has even been applied to chemical treatment and converted to an acceptable food for domestic animals. This goes one step be yond the gag of the Scotch farmer who put green glasses on his live stock so he could feed them saw dust Instead ot grass. A European writet alter viewing experiments being conducted In Germany In using wood waste for animal food pounded out on hla typewriter the following note, "the chemist who eventually suc ceeds In transforming wood Into pourlshlng food will liberate man kind from a alavery that has on- pressed Ite members longer and more cruelly than any human des not." Cot Is led of course to question auen entnusiasm is uus neces srily true? Would the discovery of some method by which wood could be made a source of human food be a permanent benefit to the human race? Doubtless during the period in which prtstnl forests were being consumed, food would be abund ant and presumably populations would Increase rapidly. However might It not be Ilka Issuing bonds for future generations to pay rath er than paying for permanent Im provements out of current Income? Unless forests produced annually more food per acre at less cost thsn annual crops, would the in ereaaed population be better off eventually? One wonders If the problem ot finding new uses for wood general ly Is a matter of conservation. Of course it is when applied to the Utilization of the vast quanllles of material now wasted an not utilized but Bent to trash burners which produce nothing but smoke for the annoyance of the neighbors of the sawmill. , Obviously using timber In piece of potatoes for food does not help to solve the forest problem. The wood-using Industries of Hie nation are faced with three prob lems. First, to save waste. Sec ond, to find substitutes for wood. Third, to Increase the production of wood. In saving waste the ad vancement is slow, however, each year we begin to see and hear of mills that are doing away with their trash burners lor they have found uses for the material that once fed their Incessent appetites. Oreat strides have been made In finding substitutes for wood, in fact, this Is ons of the most fer tile fields for human Ingenuity at the present time and of much con cern to producers of forest pro- aucis. Slowly we begin to turn to the third phase of the problem and actually start a movement to in. crease the production of wood, the gimmick, and Americans appar ently must be motivated by a gim mick, Is the Tree Farm movement that is very slowly gaming popularity. Jt is certainly startlinir how uni- formly the older countries of the world have become short of timber. wncn Julius Caesar in 54 B.C. crossed the Channel into England ine island consisted of uplands of impenetrable forests and lowlands of inaccessible swamps. Today evidences of the adapta tion of England to forest growth are to be seen In all tho Illustrations the enterprising British spread be fore Americans in the attempt to beguile them to visit and vacation upon English soil. Everywhere are to be seen trees. not alone along the roadways, not atone in neugrows, not alone In timber lots, but also scattered through the cultivated fields, are to be seen beautiful old Ennllsh elms, oaks, ash, maple, sycamore, linden, horse chestnut and haw thorn grown to sizeable trees. There are great parks but few forests. Now, after carving a great national life out of nn Im penetrable forest, Great Britain la engaged In a far-reaching pro gram of reforestation. There are tew places In temperate climates where hardwood trees seem more at home than In Oreat Britain, but the nation is now shocked at the lack of her timber resources. They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo Im the CLASSTOOM WHERE MUM'S the RULE" THE BOVS AHO GALS B4BBLE OM LIKE TENNYSON'S BROOK am But at the pep i?4u.y in tub GYM, WHERE VOU W4NT TO SET A LITTLE NOISE OUT OF TtfEM-'lOOW.' 4W,C'M0M N0W,edKk3.'.' YA 60TTA GET BBUINO THE TE4M.' LETS SHOW WekE ALL HOOT1N FOR EM IN THE BIS 64MB TOMORROW LETS NE CM OL LOCOMOTIVE . mja n itv. 9w HEREI tttHBU 'en Kki-s i tuls I 1 I I J . .1 LWEI FOR EM IN THE BIG 6Am "B n IS TERRIBLE J PTmI IriMOPonu LETs? firVE 'EA4 A HAL BOYLE Roosevelt PTA Meets Tuesday The Roosevelt PTA will hold Its regular meeting Tuesday. October is. in me scnooi at 3 p.m. The third grade Blue Birds will open the meeting with a flag salute and the Blue Bird song. After a short business meeting Minnie Surles will review the book "Auntie Maine." The- sixth grade mother will serve tea in tho school cnfetorla. Mrs. Fletcher Conn is the tea chairman. Small children will be cared lor In the school gymnasium. All Roosevelt parents and friends are Invited to attond. NEW HOLLAND. Pa. IjT What would llle be like If you owned no automobile, never drank a bever age stronger than water, never attended a dance, movie or stage shew, and lived in a house that had no electric lights, radio or televi sion set?. "My life is h:ppy," said Dave Huyard, who lives in this manner, farmer who wears a neatly trim med 'beard and In good weather likes to go aboui his acres barefooted. Huyard Is an Amishman. a mem ber of "The Plain People." a re ligious sect whose members are dedicated to simple living and a high standard of conduct. Although they cling to old-fash ioned ways they usually take their children out of school at 14 to teach them farm and household work the Amlsh are highly re garded by their more modern minded ncighooi's They are quiet, industrious, law-abiding and have practically no J u v e n 1 i e delinquency. The quaintly - garbed Amish men and boys wear big-brimmed black hats, girls and women wear bonnets are regarded by tourists to the Pennsylvania Dutch country wilh a mixture of awe and amuse ment. No matter how odd the tour ists look themselvos, however, the Amlsh never laugh back. They arc too courteous. To find out first hand about their wny of life I called on Huyard at the suggestion of a man he knew well. Huyard hesitated at first to peak, feeling lie mlent appear presiimpllous, but finally consent ed. He is a shy but self-confident and intelligent man who keeps in iormcd en world affairs through daily newspaper reading. "We believe In tho New Tesla ment and In doing justice to cur selves and out neighbors," he said slowly. "We are against war ami strife. We try to live an honest life according to the Golden Rule. There are not supposed to be anv quarrels among us. but" his gentle lace relaxed In a rueful smile "of course, difficulties sometimes do arise. But they usually aren't decided in a law court. They are settled within the congregation. Few Amlsh become doctors, law. ycrs. policemen or railroad coiv Dr. R. T. Lindley OPTOMETRIST 510 Med. Dent. Bldo. Ph. 4115 Eye Exomlnotion VUuol Training FREE ROOF CHECK Save eostly inside repairs and painting from leaky roofs. DIAL 8866 Also New Asbestos Siding, No Down Payment 36 Months to Pay ROGERS ROOFING duciors. and none I talked to ever heard of one who was a politician. "We recommend our people to stay on the land," aald Huyard. Those who cannot buy land work on farms or in such trades as carpentering until they can afford acres of their own. An Amiih farmer, since he can not use electricity, depends on horses for his horsepower, and usually works from dawn to dusk every day except Sunday. Huyard s.-.d his wife Lydia. have two separate farms totaling lfll acres worked by themselves snd their three sons. David. 22. Melvin, 18, and Isaac. IS. Their daughter, Ruth. 9. is married. "My goal is to raise the children so they can take care of them selves." said Huyard. "and, if we can. to help them get good farms of their own." The competition among Amlsh fathers to buy new farms for their sons is strong. One farm recently sold for 11.203 an acre, more than Huyard feels is Justified by present crop prices. "It Is a big problem, ne snia 'That Is why we must buy land in other areas. Although some Amish young men and women are being weaned away from old paths by the temp tations of modern comforts, Hu yard expressed the belief that the number of traditional or "Old Order" Amlsh Is Increasing stead ily There are settlements of the sect in Ohio, Iowa, Indiana, Maryland and Virginia. Huyard doesn t feel the tenets of his religion require any extraordi nary sacrilice and is surprised if anyone suggests they are unduly stern. "As a rule we are happy,' he said mildly. "We are no less happy than people of any other religion. "We plan for the future. We live on hopes and hard work. And we enjoy our life more than people who feel free to have anything in the world they please." Rail Meetings To Be Held Hob Ferguson of San Francisco, nationally known human relations consultant, will conduct a series of three Railway Night meetings in Klamath Falls under sponsorship of the Southern Pacific Company. The sessions, which will also fea ture home talent entertainment and talks by railroad brotherhood and railroad officials, will be held In Klamath Union High School Auditorium October 18, 25 and 31. The meetings will start at 7:30 p.m. Ferguson heads one of the coun try's most successful managemnt consulting firms. His clients include the Matson Navigation Company, Denver and Rio Orande Railroad, Long-Bell Lumber Company Bech tel Corporation. U.S. Army Engi neers, U.S. Air Force as well as the Southern Pacific. According to Tom McCarry, dis trict freight and passenger agent for the Southern Pacific, the fam ily night meetings have proven very popular all over the railroad sys tem. Arrangements will be made at the high school to care for children during the meetings. NEW RECORD WASHINGTON 11 A new phono graph record features a half hour of informal interviews with the eight Democratic women members of the House. Titled "First Ladies of Congress." It was released to day by the Office of Women's Activities ol the Democratic na tional Committee for free dlstribu. tion to all Democratic groups re questing it. Tht Doctor Say By EDWIN f. JORDAN, M.D. There are probably several hun: dred thousand young couples who would like to have children out seem unable to do so. Typical of letters I receive on this subject is the following from Mrs. R: "I have a dear friend who haa been married for two years. She has, always been In perfect health and would like to have a family. Her husband seems to think something is wrong with her. She is timid about having an examination because she doesn t know how to explain what Is wrong and Is afrsld it may mean a dangerous operation." There are several points In this letter which bear discussion. It Is not correct for the husband to blame his wife for failure to con celve, although until comparative ly recently the inability to have children was always blamed on the woman. It is now known, however, that the husband may be responsible In a high proportion of cases, and without adequate tests it Is Im possible to tell. Also, it is a mistake to be "tim id" about such a problem since It is not at all an unusual one and most doctors have had experience with it. Furthermore, treatment If indicated, may not mean an op eration at all. Actually, there are many pos sible causes for sterility both in men and in women. Structural de fects, disturbances in the glands of 'Internal secretion ihormones) and absent or abnormal sperm or eggs are among the possibilities. In many cases, the difficulty, regardless of whether it is in the husband or in the wife, can be discovered and rectified either by medical or surgical means. In women, for example, the Ru bin test which is used to discover whether the passageways by which the egg passes to the womb are open, has been of great use in diagnosing sterility caused by ob struction in the tubes. Besides such definite causes for Infertility in men and In women, It is now known that in many cases the inability to conceive is not complete, but is temporary and- caused by some minor ali ment. A slight anemia, a vitamin de ficiency, severe underweight or overweight, or other deficiencies in general health may be at fault. When such things are corrected, fertility may. be restored and the desired child may soon be on the way. Considerable skill and experience are necessary to Investigate all the possibilities for sterility. Both hus band and wife must be examined If there Is a real desire to find the solution. It esnnot always be found, but in an increasing number of cases the results are turning out well. The successful outcome to prob lems of this kind has brought happineaa to many discouraged couples. HEARINGS WASHINGTON 1jP A House sub committee has scheduled hearings next month to determine "the ex tent to which there is a brownout of information" from federal agen cies "about the public's business." )hand Opsuunjt ' SEE yA VAN and VERLE 2- gervaTstavern 627 SOUTH SIXTH ST. JAMES MARLOW St. nnv WHITF.MEID WASHINOTON ( Already a dl-l vision of opinion nas oeveiopea among Republican strategists over the best method of choosing a presidential nominee In the event President Elsenhower doesn't run in 1956. Some GOP leaders havt been discussing privately the possibility of trying to persuade the Presi dentin case he intends to step aside to Indicate whom he would support for the nomination. Tne argument here is that unless Eisenhower makes such a move, the Republican party will be ripped apart by a bitter preconvention fight between candidates seeking the nomination. They foresee the likelihood of another party-splitting scrap like the one In 1952 between Eisenhower and the late Sen. Ro bert A. Taft of Ohio. Some GOP leaders, as previously reported in this column, feel that a nod ot approval from Elsenhower would have such political force that it could very well prevent a knockdown fight and unify the party behind one man early In the campaign next year. But Sen. Knowland (R-Calif), Senate minority leader, has de clared his opposition to sny such preconvention maneuvering. Know land told a Republican Women's Club in Tacoma, Wash., Wednes day night that no one should be designated as "an heir-apparent" to Eisenhower. The senator said: "The nation will be better served by a wide open Republican primary." Nation's Weather Remains Pleasant By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . The nation's weather showed little change today mostly pleas ant for this time of year a little cool in most of the northern half and fairly mild In. the southern areas. The major part of the country reported clear skies. However, showers accompanied the cool air inU sections of the East. Rain extended through the Middle At lantic states and central . Appala chians during the night. Falls gen erally were light, although . more than I Inches fell In Washington. D.C., causing spot flooding. LP r And then he added without clar. iflcatlon that he didn't regard "a, actor s periection with lines, nor an abililfr to avoid issues, as qual. iflcatlons for high oiflce." He didn't say a. whom this barb was aimed and politicians will have to draw their own conclu. slons. But his call for an open primary would seem to foreclose any agree ment among party chiefs that Eisenhower name the man he wants to receive the nomination. Thus it appears almost certain that both Republicans and Dem ocrats will find themselves em. broiled in convention fights and forced to postpone dreams of "unity" until after the nominations have been made. On the Democratic side, a con test is developing between sup porters of Adlai Stevenson and Gov. Averell Harriman of New York even before, either of them has announced he will be a candi date. And there is restless stirring among supporters of Sen. Estes Kefauver ID-Tenn). Among the Republicans, of course, there can be no open man euvering as ions as cisennower doesn't remove himself from th speculation. Any would-be OOP presidential candidate will Just have to suffer in silence until the Elsenhower intentions are disclosed. Stock up on winttr's cotton flon ntlttto nightgowns ot ihii low Ponnty prlcol Choose from mony quaint floral patterns, oil long, sleeved and cut straight for com fort . . . warm and soft napped machint washable. Sizes 16 to 20. MAIN FLOOR 1.77 NOW OPEN In Merrill MAR-MAX CAFE Under New Management of LES MOWDY - Formerly of Tower Cafe en So, Sixth Street in Klamath Falls. Open Early & Lata for Hunters "LEFTY" ILLY "BALDY" EVANS PROUDLY PRESENTS 'AMERICA'S GREATEST SONG STYLIST" LEFTY FRIZZEU AND Illy Cray's Vine1 re flit far Deite. N It emM ef mtn. 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