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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1955)
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1955 Citizens Offer KF Flood Aid t Heralh aitfr filths AGE FOUR FRANK JENKINS Editor ' PILL JENKINS Kuiaglng . Editor Proper Spirit By BILL JENKINS There Is ao much good In the air around Christmas time, so many poople doing so much 'to innke the season a happy one, that It Is Impossible to mention them nil. So Id like to pick one small group as an example of what the people of Klamath Falls are doing to make and keep Christmas what It is. The young men of the Jay cecs chose as one of their proj ects this year the hosting of somci 21 children ol tne community un a shopping lour during me uirm' 111, ,c KpiiKnn. Tne youngsters, who probably wouldn't have had the opportunity otherwise, were proviuca wmi i tow dollars to spend, transporta l inn and tho company of a few members of the club on their Jaunt, The only limitation was that the money was to be spent only for gills to bo given to their family or their friends. None was to be spent on personal purchanes, After ihK shonnlnir tour the Jnycecs hall made it easier all the way around bv arranging a wrapping party at the YMCA so that the purchases could be nil done up In festive Yulotlde colors and made ready for the big morning of Christmas. As I say. that's only one ex ample of many. But It Is certainly a bright spot in tne season wneu we see people doing good things and expecting a return In happi ness, not dollars, r wish I had apace to tell of all the projects that have been car ried out, montlcn all the good deeds that hnve been done. They are so numerous that it can't be done. So let's just sny -well aono -to nil tboso who helped make this Christmas a little brighter for cithers. And tnke this opportunity of wishing everyone a very merry Christmas. Friday we were mentioning what a wonderful thing It would be If we already had plenty of small dams to hold the runoff that comes with every change of winter weath er. Since writing that piece we hnve learned of halt a dozen of these smill dams that have been carried away by the pressure n( the water during this last wet spell. I think it's probably appropriate to mention nchl here anil now that the Incl of losin? a lew ol them BhOUUln't SPrVC tO CllSCOUrtlRC people from puUmR them up. There are Rolng lo be washouts every so vfUn mid they are certMnly to be oxneclcd. But If we, or anv other ....... U..Ht ..n a atruli.ni ndrouate lo our needs there would he le llkchfiiod o f wtio."- cum of more control at higher elevation I iBuws the reason I harp on this Biibleot ao much la that It fltipes my soul to see our wnlci, the stutf that fell In the form of snow or vain on the slopes of our high mountains and on our moun tain meadows fit high altitude, go whistling; down the valleys to bp co light and Impounded by the peo ple in the valley for their use. T can't help Ihmktng It would be a lot tartier it wo used thp watrr i first and then let It find its way to the valley level and finally the ocean. T am overcome with curiosity to know If anyone In Klamath Falls gfive or received a minis trimmed slip for Christmas? t saw 'em advertised in one of Iho swankier magnrmes and have been Inirlpurd ever since. If anyone gat a slip for a Yule gift and it hud a mink hem on it will you please let me know? I Just can't bring myself ' to believe that an Hem like that would sell, but I could be wrong. Alter all. I goi a jewel studded bar tool for n gift thin year, which I thought was going pretty far. By DEB ADDIHON What better time could there be than Christmas Day In the morn ing to acknowledge some of the fine things that have happened to a person in the course of another ! year's lime? , I'm thinking particularly of thp ' year's tour of duly as president of; the Klamath County Chamber ol ', Commerce. It ofttciallv is the eoun- J ty chamber but the Interest natur- ' al lv is in U19 whole Klnmath Basin, j The first acknowledgment then must be for the opportunity jj living in tlu favored-above-all places, the Klamath BaMii. and ol associating with its wondeilul peo ple. We may wrangle and .tangle buck and forth but when its all over we remain friends with the loynlly of a common interest. Membership in the Chamber it nti has increased a third this past year and those members, in uividually have done the things that, all put together, make die organization a going concern, Never has a chamber president had a better group of diiettors to work with. These people June lent their time and best thinking to problems of the area, and in dividually have directed the activi ties of the various committees ot the members. Furthermore, it 1ms been won derful to have an efficient, on-its-toes office force and a man like the manager. Frank Tucker, lo work with. A chamber ouanlza t ion has to be a com blna t ion of volunteer officers and members on one side and professional staff on the other. Neither one can function right without the effective coopera tion of the other, had. That, we have ; There's another side to this past year's business ot chamber duty. No person holding- down a regular job in business could do much as n chamber president without the complete backing of his own or ganization. I Acknowledgment Is made to niy Entered aa second class matter at the post office at KlamaUi Falls, Ore., on August, 30, 1904, under act of Congress, March a, 1878 , 8KRVICE8: ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Serving Southern Oregon And Northern California boss, Frank Jenkins, for taking the long range view that work for the community comes first. He never let on at least that it both ered him to have his advertising manager abient on some mission stemming from that other ollicc at the other end ol town i ih n, it ini-mhrrK nf this paper's ad department who carried on and got the Job done time and time again when the ad manager was a chamber man in - stend. These Jewels now are ask - lug if it's going to be "Back to Work in '56." (The answer has to be "yes.") You probably have gathered by now that it has been a wonderful experience and privilege to serve a community for a year as clum ber of commerce president and also that whatever may have been accomplished is entirely the result of what a lot of other people have done. I You are absolutely correct in , both cases. I'll finally have to come clean and confess to some very .strong I regrets over leaving so many ! maltcra of unfinished business, of I business that we never got to at I all, and of matters that we Just plain failed to accomplish. These regrets are lessened thouxh with the knowledge Ihat the cham ber program must always be a continuing one and that its direc tion is in good hands. Under the directors and officers who are tak ing over, loss will make you for get '55 In no time. Here's a last thought passed on from "Cap'' Collier's Christmas message to the Rotary Club: "If you could sift over all the problems in the world you'd end up bv pickinrr your- own again you know them better." The problems of the Klumalh Basin nre well known to your new chnmbe- president, Warren Bon net. If he picks one up and auks you for some help, give It to ilm to help mnke our country a belter place In which to live and make a living. Suburb I'robleui By MAX WAUCHOPE divrpti this week in the South ' Suburban arm o( Klnmath Fall:; uuitnmiy viuiuor.c mi. nv-u iui nclequnle sewerage and drolnnge in thnt area. Anyone touriuR the area Thurn- d"V would have been conlronted With ft rilAfllfll OiclUIR Of WuLtI ITRed yards filled with rain water vounc; hirl thousands of mWrs from nnd the overllow from the drain.!""' and my family nnd thlnkUm. W ditches which line mcst of, nhoiii the lumpy Christmas they; tne "treat In that area. would he enjoying. Here I wp.R This area Is served by someone m 'he rc only thej 2.650 septic tank,. The runolt dons and sheep lor company. I was1 I unm many 01 inrse ;h;iks niusi Inecesiarllv go Into lhe.se ditcher, i I due to the low water table and ' i flat terrain of the area ; With this flood condition the run-JnW in 1,11 niv lile 'Hello'' 1 greet-; ofl from the septic tanks mixed:" "s he came up to my camp. I with 'he rainwater overilowliig the, I 'n happv to see anyone even i ditches and in many cases cov- Indian Uiounh I hdd listened' ricd 'nids and Hooded Into tlooi lurnace area and basements. Granted that this year's flood condition was un exceptions! one It still highlights the potentially un healthy state of any -area as thick ly populated an the South Suburb. which doosn't have adequate sew tirnge or drainage systems. Everyone recognizes the niyin reasons why people prefer to live i in anv suburoan area. The taxc nre less and gardens nnd the keep, ing of chickens and livestock arc permitted where this mpv br im- possible within the cltv limits When the Soutn Suburban betian to bo settled infinv viu aito there was plrniy nf room- and sanitation and health problems were non-exiMeul. With the rowih of the area, particularly since the end of World War 11. problems of , f amta.iou. drainage, file and po-. lie!' lice protection and street mumten-j "'Buttle? Oh yes. tin boi'.ie in nnce have Decline increasingly i my tent, a bottle of old rare wine acute. j the foiks sent me tor ihrt hoHdnys. I'm Mire no one wants to forte! "'That's a bottle ol wine.' then any resident of this area into u j seeing a blank tare on his face T eweratie district or into annesa-! Innulrcd. 'Don't vou know what tlon with the cltv of KWnmth F.iUs!winp is'" against ms w ill. However aspects ot modern living cannot be ignored. Just si think what a modem eitv , some simplv op and rle would be like withmit peiu or tire protection or without ,ic crace or water systems. tempts in the pa. -4 to find some solution lo the probVius contiont- lug the residen's of the South Sub- nibs. The formation of tscwe: ,a:c districts, annexation to 'he cltv ot Klamath Fall, and other p'.Mi hnve bieu studied, so lar, uolmnc. oi -:oiniTie value has come out anv of these efforts. The Orcr.on LcgislivWn ret. on ni'mg the nerd for iu-l mc-r lines, passed 15 Ir.vs dealuu wnh the sanitation pioblem-: ot suburban fringe areas in its session. One of these laws, Hou-e lf- I Hill in. give.-, the comity court m.ihn' ty lo term a smiiiarv disinci u. out a petition of the residents on ':ie ceiiuieation ol a public health 'who hin stclcn mv prccnis cnitst ofticer ;h.it a seuer.ie pioblem mas wn,o .uul I was still bolllnc cxisis. benaie Bill IM clnnlien ihin, and other steps. whKii tne county courts. c.Ul teki in the fm nu ,-T, or sewerage district. : r i np possibility ot an epidemic caused b unuuli.uv cop-" r.--, wa hiKhlighte i iy;,4 V;Ui eral csnps oi mid ieer biol c-ilt m this ie.i. Foruio-Meh. nnu- 1. oi inesr was fmul but :,Mto ;n,-i;- laticnS SsaUlSL thf (Iia:k ,-, a . given by Uie ofiue of Dr. f:h ri M. Keiron. Klsmnh Coiintv In- l-.'i "' foflicer. Dr. K.erron also rrpoiie.l innl GO cases of infection hi:i.n,. lis, a disease of the liver. w". treated in the South Suburb-, , 19M. As of early in Noxcmbc- r; this year Dr. Kei von . ,.ul M-.a about 50 cases of th't 'i' -"--e lm! been reported in this pr.v Sanitary authorities ha c pomtcd I out that with the new slate laws giving .lulhority to county courts, i,ii(J olner administrative bodies. lo settle the sanitation problem? of suuuibi.n areas It Is inevitable that something will eventually be done to clear up the situation. Those same authorities udvlce i s not meant as a inrc-ui . 11 in i Kiv to arouse the people to a I condition that cannot be solved by ignoring It. ; 1 1 f lirlsOlllitt S(rV By KEN McLEOD When we start out on a collect ing trip into the desert we neve: know wnat we may bring home, we return laden with many objects, minv wnlc.'i at limes may be an anecdote of the Old West. Br.clt in the (hirllcs we were out in a nther desolate spot happily gi ub - ; bin? around in the bottom of hole tbout two feet deep looking for trnce.s of an ancient Indian village. site, little dieiiininrr there was any- one within miles of our dig. Bud' denly a voice from above startled inc: "What on earth are you doing?" Long ago'wc became resinned to the curiosity our unconventional! habits create- "DhtKing for In-! diaus." I replied as I looked up' lo greet the gaze of a livestock ! man standing on the bank above! me, (here was a twinkle in his; ryes :ind the llavor of shamrocks; touched his voice. His pickup stood j half hidden in the sagebrur.h a j couple hundred feet away and off ! in the distance a Ixind of sheep ; was headed our way. i "I never knew that Indians lived i out here," he .said. 8o I went through my usual rou tine ns to how these were not mod ern Indipn.s but ancient ncoplc who had lived here some centuries bpo nnd this led on into passing con versation. I learned that he had come to this land around the turn, of the century and as a youim lad j .'rom Ireland sinned herding sheep; in the Warner Valley country. This; interested me for I hnve wondered about the Indians of t'.iat area, j the Northern Paitites. j "Didn't you ever meet anv In- j dims over In Warner'.'" I asked. "No," ho replied, "they were all gone years before I ttot there, j I did meet one. however, and I; ai(m 1,ko "lm Dlt." Wiiv?" I encouraged. "Well sir. you sec l. was like this. I was out there on the desert j with mv snoop and lo had been! c(tille some time sUice I had seen .inn'liev soul, it wan Christmas day , nnd I was mighty lonesome, a I ,m- ,w' intm-M ... ."""- sl)lp and here he conies riding a "";t deiretrd loo'iinn nag. Iho hie-1 Rest and blne!:ea Indian I ever to nrmy fearful tale ; about them, " 'Ungh!' was all the Indian re- pH'd and sat hi; horse. 'Get down and make yourself cnmlorl'ibleV I said. j "'Ungh!' he answered and that; was all. "I trkd to make conversation. 'Where nre you tntm.1' The In-; di;m junt waved his arm in n 1 to the .-ouih. .''Weeping gestur Where are you uoing?' Again he waved in a sweep to tho north.; and. then suddenly he looked at me mid asked: j '" 'You German'.1' ! "He had noted the burr of the Rinei aid 1 -lo in mv vmco and had ; hnrri oi German- but not ol the Iri-h ami so I went nn to tell him abatil Ireland and the home I came from lua t nil he would sn was 'Umih!' Then suddenly he said 'but tin". u as all th answer ;;ot. s puked thinking lo be mm lal up the bottle that T i,.. i hern so c;ireiullv saving and I 'Have a sip" He grabbed the le fiorv my hand lilted it mouth nri in tun tniin.- mi. with -unszemrm for I rind never seen .uich a demonstration then 1 i:ot mnd. nn- precious a ood wine swnil";vc(i bv a diriy Indian and '"ere I had suvnl it .i0 carefully. t u:di.'i dave sav too much ever, then :h 1 was burning up because he v. as a lug-un and tious so I w.'s hitnpv I was cau-. lo see him ride oli, 'out there.' "We'l sir, it was a year before I :..'W th.M blackguard come Chrisl- niul I w;s eamued on he 0K1 .sue when over the horizon vnsiuld caiue this same Indian he ln kea bhu ker and hii'.r.er than be fore and 1ms n.iir more dejected, Hello! " 1 yieeled bul not cor diallv to.- tm. was the bl.ukaiard l mad au. " 'br.Kh'' He ho - . so In-.-.m- replied and sal his and in.; mv e.unn with a sharp eve d,'-Jb Hunk n abo.u the Mine -md mv pvecieus wine. u UT' he , sp cd i :iul, 'Buttle'' for he had drmiiei'ti hiili hid. ten bv th cKr ll.ip ol the ten;. Of. Ml ? " T fv:'!Hi-f. ( n,it inv - ln' - ' HI .- b?adv eves trim? tirni ' d.-nuv! u. B-slc'' he f.rd ard wa a iter oi ivmv.-cc ui nis to d a... t i i : r. v. o I '1 v.mi buti!-!' a'id h otf hi-- i.n; H' tow,-rc ' b,;t I i ,d to in e vcu b'a.'-K u.u ttsi-i; bi- ; r o w -lie. ill , ou .-; .- , r i. ; r, t ii-ai on.' t " The do:; : didn t dare do othenue SUBSCRIPTION RATES CARRIER 1 MONTH 6 MONTHS 1 YEAR MAIL I MONTH 6 MONTHS ........ I YEAR I 1.50 . I 8.00 , IU.00 t 1.50 7.60 12.00 Indian snatched the demijohn out of my hand and downed the biggest gulp I ever saw a man take In i my life and then filled his cheeks lor another greedy gulp, thore he stood Irani-fixed with the Jug to his lips, the expression on his face turning from Joy, to surprise, to pain was amuislng to watch, 'Drink :ny good old precious wine will you you blackguard, was the thought that run through my mind ns I snatched the Jug from his hands before he dropped It, bu ail 1 cxclnimed was: " 'Good Ood man you're drink me tno cijr, oil!' " So it 'tots. I dig a hole In the desert searching (or .an Indian and tnougn I was in that area many umt-s uci, uie irau 01 me man from Ireland an8 my trail never , crossed again unless It may have : been as two rolling clouds of dust I do not know his name. 'Iir-Sv-f iiinu ' " By JAMES MAHLOW Washington News Analyst Tho Associated Press 'Twas the nfght before Christ mas, the U3Ual time For abandoning prose and verting to rhyme. It's the season when children look forward to loot Olven free by the man ir. the red flannel suit. Their elders, of course, know that nothing is free. That daydreams are never ful filled on a tree They lmow that you're apt to be in for a shock If your hopes for the future depend on a sock A rummy-nosed stranger might like to pack tight If he fell down your chimney some very dark night, Yet each in his heart has an unwrit'en letter If just to himself asking next year be better And maybe it will. But years, like a river, Warm up for a while and then give you a shiver Thts year, going out, started cool, then got nice. And before It was over was covered with ice. Hostility melted, peace opened i'!o doo;- When Ike met Bulganin and Eden and Fame. At least, so it seemed, for moment. And then The door slowly closed. There was cold war again. Had tho doorevor opened? Some doubt it. They think At Geneva the Russians Just came for a drink, Dark point of the year was the sudden altack The President suffered. But he's coming back. The biggest sensation and . bilges, snafu Involved Balk's vaccine at the time it was new. Last Christmas old Santa, with contract in hand. Must have seemed to two men an especially grand. They were Dixon and Yates. But this yc.r they won't carol. Their contract is gone and they're over a barrel. Best gift the old man with the sle' and 111? dcrr Could give the Republican party ncx. year Is assurance that Ike will rrrovor and then Make up his .mind to start runnhu again. They'll be awful uneasy if Ike doesn't run Since he's been for the party combined moon and sun. The Democrats, trying to whip un a winner. Are busy as chefs at a presi dent's dinner. The menu, it seems, is what has them in trouble: A moderate course? Or more zip? Or more bubble? By EDWIN P. JORDAN. M.D. Like most small fry, when I was a boy my parents sometimes made me uo things which I did not want to do. One of these was being sent to dancing school: when I found 1 didn't like it the next time danc- in ; scnooi came aruuiin i com plained of a "headache.' As I re- meiivjjr. this did noi tool my par- eui.H Hiui m uuc time i was gino they forced me to go. Practically every parent will at one time or another be faced with the decision as to whether some symptom ot this sort is the result of real illness or is Just "put on" as an excuse. I dare say their own recollections of youth will oft en help them in this decision. Sometimes it takes a good deal ol inuemiiiy and patience, not only to find out what is really causing a youngster's complaint but also whflt - bout it. Any number ol children will pre tend to notice a smftle coming on, como'tun of a stomachache, or de velop some other symptom when - 'CTd wuh some'hmg they do not 'lit to do. But parents should be careful. ur.de" such circumstances, -lot to overlook the possibility that the youngster really does nave a com. sppc - idtcitis. or some physical cause which happens to develop at tne a; erne momen,. It is true. loo. that the complaint may be real enough even though It is the result of some emotional disturb ance or iT.ientment rather than a bodily disease. It is. for example, by no means vr.iv' (or a cli!ld to vomit 'i sc'yvM davs and he perfectly well on isaturd.ns and Sundays. Here 0n o is n cle;" case oi dif 'tke of something about school. The p:ehi-'-i is to find out what it is ard to t:y remedv the situs ! . 'V c-,ild r.nv not tell, but a conieiciice with the teacher may .reveal the trou-v- Oflcra of flood aid have been pouring In to the Klamath Falls of (ice of the Red Crois from rest dents of other parts of the county who have confused Klamath Falls with Klamath. California, reported Mrs. Virginia Dixon, executive sec retary of the Red Cross here. Klamath, California, which lies at the mouth of the Klamath Riv er In Humboldt County, was re. ported to be under 16 feet of wa ter late Friday. The small ctty has been evacuated by lis 900 inhabi tants. More than a half a dozen small communities have been deluged by the floods in this portion of North western California by the overflow ing Klamath and Eel rivers. Fescue Plants Stir Interest New tall fescue plants under stu dy at Oregon State College are stirring Interest among Oregon grass seed growers who are feel ing pressure of bulging ijovornment stocks of present varieties. The commodity credit corporation It currently holding about 11 million pounds of tall fescue seed. New hone in the 080 research n ots inc udes grasses mat grow in the winter, double top seed vields. double present feeding val ues. or yield twice as much hay as present varieties. J. Ritchie Cowan, OSC agrono mist who has been conducting the search with a "nursery" of li.OOO plants for Uie past six years, saya several problems must yet be worked out before varieties are re leased. Promising genetic lines must be brought together into common plant, and a quick Inex pensive measure of forage quality must be round. Cowan has found wide variations in the performance of tall fescue plants including ability to produce seed. Top alia feacue seed yields n Oregon are now aoout l.oou pounds per acre. Some OSC test trains Indicate possible yields oi 000 pounds without irrigation or fertilization; others yield much less ,han the stale average. Protein content up to 25 per cent in some test strains is double that of present varieties. Some varieties begin regrowth within an hour af ter clipping; otheri wait 10 days before growing. One test variety puis out about 15 Inches of winter growth com pared to Utile growth of moit presses during winter- months but dies down in hot weather. The agronomist, also reports wide ariations in hay yields of the test strains some yield twice as much as current tall fescue varieties, oth ers much less. Exciting possibili ties for both seed growers and livestock operators are that Cowan mny combine some ' of tne deslr- blc characteristics Into one fes cue varioty. CHEERIO A pack of good withes Is heeded your way, from us to you, for e merry Christmas day. May your Christmas dreams come true, and have a happy New Year, too! A & B PAINT STORE Your Shermon - Williams Dealer - . ..." '. Our jolly good wishes It ' go out to all our friends and neighbors lor this season of nirA will nnrl rhmiri i 1 FROM ALL THE GANG UNDERWOODS CAMERA SHOP 706 Main Ph. 7063 iimai w' ict wmm mm mmmmmmwit Still No Airmen Play Santa In Korea SEOUL, Korea (UP) U.S. air men and soldiers traveled by jeep, truck, helicopter, plane and even afoot today to play Santa Claus to more than 18,000 Korean war orphans. From Pusan in the south to the front lines in tne north. Americans handed out food, clothing, toys and candy In one of the biggest dis plays of Christmas spirit ever wit nessed in this war-ravaged country. To many 'of the children, the American soldier is the only Santa Claus they have ever known. Almost every unit in Korea planned a party for the victims of the bitter war which lell. them homeless and - parentless. Many units were taking Christmas to the orphanages.' "Actually they do more for us Merry Christmas Along with his gaily decked presents, may Santa bring into your home and into your heart the priceless gifts of peace and content ment ... of enduring happiness and good will. ANDY'S Blacksmith-Welding General Blacklmithing Rigging Making Welding 4784 WIARD I ' i un m mil, vi Time For Me, Son?' with their smiles than we do for them," said Pvt. Edward L. Al mone. 21, Reno, Nev. The Eighth Army said its troops HENLEY STORE hope you tl in nt ana Jjt ana 1. U... .s.:. J Chriitmas. KIMBALL'S GLASS SHOP Ph. 7378 would play host to some 1400 chil dren. Scattered Air Force units brightened Christmas for at least another 1000. ACME CONCRETE 1920 Woshburn Woy Phon. 3220 have lots of w L i . . wm u v'rj E af...... .Ill f 521 Walnut
