THURSDAY. JANUARY ft 1956
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE SIX
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London was it mure than 30 yards.
Automobile and bus traffic was dis
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and shipping In the Thames was
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inNiiON uva dens foai blan-i About 2,000 I r a v e 1 r s were
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Land (rub?
By BILL JENKINS
A great deal of interest Is being
Ktlrred up down in nevaaa ovei
the orODosed acquisition by the
US Navy of something over two
million acres ol land in wasnoe.
Pershing and Humboldt counties
lor use as a Demount lauttc.
These counties lie In the fur
Northwestern corner of Nevada
and are sparsely populated, given
over mostly to grazing of sheep
and cattle and dotted with mining
claims.
. The Navy is seeking the with
drawal of the lands for use as
n air-to-air gunnery range in con
junction with both the Fallon (Ne
vada) air base ana muse
the Bay Area in Caliiornia. Air-to-air
gunnery ranges are Uiosii
areas over which pllols are trained
in the use of rockets, cannon and
the other armament carried on
modern Jot fighters. Navy oliiclalB
state that largo areas are needed
due to the speed and range of the
jets and that the West Is the "last
frontier" of such sparsely popu
lated, little develooed areas. Use
of ocean areas has been spurned
by the Navy on the grounds that
It might be dangerous to snipping
in the first place ana Dccause oi
the cost of getting pilots and planes
to and from tneir bases to an
over-sea area.
Navy officials have also stated
that such practice is carried on
at. altitudes above 20,000 feet and
that there is little danger to life
on the ground below.
In the case of the three county
area there are at least six graz
ing leases and some 1300 mining
claims. Satisfactory agreements
have been reached, we hear, with
at least some of the grazing lease
holders which would allow them to
continue their activities with reim
bursement from the Navy for any
livestock killed. The Navy has
further announced that It will dis
continue Its operations for a two
month period each year in order
to allow stockmen time for neces
sary roundups and range work.
At the present time the military
have some 32,000,000 acres under
control In the continental United
States, about 88 percent of which
lies in the 11 Western states. The
federal government already owns
better Uian half the land In these
same states, much ol It under for
est service regulation and use.
There is certainly no denying
the fact that we must train pilots
if we are to maintain our position
of military readiness In this trou-
Ned world. But lean t help agree-
ing with Clair Engle, California
representative, wnen ne assa wny
the various air anus can t use
the samo range instead of each
one having its own? The air force
and the marine air wing are also
looking around for land over wmcn
to practice,
I remain skeptical about these
huge land acquisitions by the
armed forces on the grounds that
I can't help believing that they
usually ask for three or four times
as much as they actually need.
And the Jealousy between the var
ious branches of the armed forces
has been proven too many times
for us to doubt their races with
each other in matters of equip
ment, personnel, budgets and hold
ings.
I seem to keep asking myself
the same questions over and over
again. If there is so little danger
to life below on an aerial gunnery
Tange then why should shipping
lanes in the oceun be Ihrealcncd?
As far as that goes, if there is as
little danger in this air-to-air bus!-
ness as officials tend to indicate
then why wouldn't It be cheaper
to use ureas near desert air bases
and repay any possible losses?
It air lanes are also a matter of
consideration then what happens
if and when we get air connections
between Klamath Falls and Reno?
Oo around? How about the Win
nemuccu to the Sea highway proj
ect, darling of Southeastern Ore
gon for so many years? How dors
this acquisition affect that? Why
is it that .a private Individual or
firm wishing to make use ol large
tracts of land has to prove the
benefits that will acme from mul
tiplc use while the armed lorces
can merely request the land, pe
riod? Why should these huge areas
of land be set aside for a single,
destructive purpose whlcn bars all
but a handful and cuts oil that
much more recreational land from
the tax payers?
Once an area has been extensive'
ly used as a bombing range it is
virtually useless lor anv oilier use
for the rest ol time. At least for
quite a few generations. No one
wants to run a plow over the land
when he never knows If an tin-
tired dud Is liable to lilt him out
from under his hut In small pieces
Stockmen are reluctHnl to run live
stock on such land. It ador. the
harard of loss of limbs or life to
generations of hunters and lisher
men. There are many who will sny
that the area in question Is little
but a desert anyway, despite some
rattler well organued opposition by
the various sportsmen s groups.
But as far as I'm concerned It's
not only a question of taking this
piece of land out of circulation
lor public use, ll'i the steady
trend towaru granting nuge areas
to tne military wiinout aaequaie
proof of need
I hope the move will be stalled
by hearings now in progress in
Washington and by appropriate ac
lion of the Secretary of the Interior
Facta Of IllSlory
By KEN McLEOD
There have been very few people
who live In the Klamath Basin
who have not Intereeted in the ear
ly Indian wars of the region and
especially the last great outbreak
or 1872. The thrilling tales about
that period that have come Into
print, must be read with a great
..i minn herausn "literary
llr.pnse'
has been used in me
iimtmrnt of manv incidents leav
ing a thin web of truth plastered
over with gobs of fable designed
to make an interesting story. 80
it comes to the point where every
statement one encounters may be
subject to challenge until It has
been authenticated by historical re
search. Many a person who had
a smattering of the Modoc War
story was horrified at the Holly
wood treatment given to the War
In the famous "Epic" called "Drum
Beat," which developed a comedy
of errors that could rank with any
of the old cowboy-Indian dramas
oi Biograpii days. The amusim
part of criticism directed toward
Drum Beat" is that many o: tne
accepted versions of the Modoc
War have almost been as badly
stretched though not with such
flagrant disregard.
Most popular writers are content
to pick up some old timer's ver
sion and present his statement as
being the solemn truth under the
theory that he must have known
the facts and so It would be merely
a waste of time to do some re
search on the writer's part. Thus
a story appears In print to be ac
cepted as fact when perhaps its
fundamental accuracy was no
greater than Hollywood's come
dy of errors.
In a casual way we have pur
sued the Modoc War story and out
of what reading we have done we
reach a sympathetic feeling with
the scholars whose frustrations are
so ably written by Frank Gilbert
Roe In his bonk "The Indian and
the Norse." The problems of the
Modoc' War are no less different
than Roe's problem of the horse
and Roe starts his monograph
with: "In entering upon the ex
amination of this problem, one Is
struck by the attitude of virtual
despair that has always prevailed
among scholars at the hopeless
ness of our ever attaining any
really precise knowledge of the
relationship of the Indian and the
horse."
Roe goes on to point out that
facts must be taken from "docu
ments," Journals of "Intelligent
(and often. In part, scientific! trav
elers." and old timer reminiscenc
es. Of the latter he had this to
say:
"The westward expansion of set
tlement, and particularly the great
trek beyond the Mississippi, which
dales roughly from the era of the
Santa Fe and Oregon Trails,
,..,,, ,i,., r i,ii.i
,nto the plct '.j.,,, as th
.uiamsmalV lrequenUy so called.
It would seem, for the lack of any
other distinctive term. As purvey
ors of historical source material.
these men were certainly pictur
esque, as they were in most other
relations. Their reliability is anoth
er question. They were commonly
destitute of any vestige of self-
criticism. Their years on the plains
were supposed to consecrate any
tale they chose to tell. They were
spiritually and In an over-
wneiming degree lineally the
descondents of the trans-AUeghen-
lan pioneers of the revolutionary
era, against the implicit acceptance
of whose reminiscences Theodore
Roosevelt warns his readers again
and again, and above all things in
the province of numbers. The plain
truth is that much or this class
of material Is personal chronicle
rather than document. It comes
from witnesses who at the time
were In a more or less chronto
condition of open-mouthed amaze
ment. Caution and exactitude were
completely foreign to their habits
of thought or of speech. It Is ex
tremely doubtful whether they rec
ognised sucn oerects except in
other people and virtually cer
tain that they would have made
no efforts to amend them. It was
probably of much more vital im
portance to put up a bigger yarn
and beat the other fellow to it."
When it comes to evidence by
"document," Roe likewise has
some words and uses the word
"document" to mean some official
record, he goes on to renin rk-
"We shall find ourselves com
pelled to ask what inherent value
sucn document can necessarily
possess." Then using as an Illustra
tion a document said to be forti
fied by a notarial seal he goes on
to state: "The mere tact that a
notarial official attached a seal or
signature to some unknown per
sons declaration cannot in itself
authenticate that affirmation.
Numbers of palpable or demon
strable Impossibilities have been
recorded in print with fullv as
much emphasis as any oath is sup
posed to confer, and we shall find
that this particular field presents
a rich collection of this type of
'evidence.' "
Hoe then takes up the problem
of source material relating to In
dian usages or characteristics
which groups itself naturally into
two principal classes: "These are.
or course, the recitals of contem
porary contacts with the tribes in
their various historic habitats from
the earliest years of European as
sociation with them; and. in later
times, Die critical Investigations of
more strictly scientific students,
culminating In the learned anth
ropologists of our dav."
The student therefore finds him-
sen emeshed in a mare of con
incung statements and to a large
""in must evaluate the state
ment or each individual from opin
ions expressed about him bv his
contemporaries, so it must h m
regard to the chroniclers of the
inuinn wars ol our region
War Of Sixm
By HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK i - The war he-
tween the sexes always reaches a
crisis duril.g leap year.
The old saying that "love will
Ind a way" doesn't hold true this
year. There are only 17 million
possible hisbanas available for 30
million possible wives.
in mis mainemaucai uucwui
neither Congress nor television can
dream up a giveaway program
that will award every young and
old mala what she wants a real
live mate
It's a time when every smart
airl becomes her own kangaroo,
i.nd leaps "thar fustest with the
mostest." But In seeking a hus
band she must beware her tactics
don't boomerang.
The only real rule of the matri
monial chase Is "catch as catch
can." But as some overanxious
lauies hive already learned to
their regret, some lures work
better with the wild male beast
than others. And some don't work
at all.
What is the best way? There is
no on; best way. It depi-nds on the
prey III 1 should use such a word).
As I see It, tne marnei uivioes
Itself roughly Into lour general
classes: (li Elderly childless wid
owers; (2) middle-aged widowers
with children; 3i veteran, profes
sional bachelors: and (4i young
amateur bachelors.
Let us consider them In turn,
It is a well known fact that
elderly widowers tend to turn their
hearts to widows. Any gin inter
ested In reaping one of these gal-
fen. therefore, should first become
a widow herself. There are several
techniques in how this can be done,
hut each woman Is on her own
and in this problem will get no
help from me. I'm a married man
myself.
To win a middieagea widower
with offspring you must do two
IhliiK?. First, write the U. 8.
Children's Bureau for a pamphlet
on how to gel along with children.
Apply this knowledge to his kids.
Give them a firm kindness and
love. Once they want to have you
around. He'll have to have you
around. The second thing you have
to do is to handle him. Treat him
kindly, so that he'll feel like one
of the children, too. But also bawl
him out occasionally so that he
won t get too lonesome tor nis tirst
wife.
The veteran, professional bache
lor is a tougher nut to crack. He
is full of bad habits, wary of
women, thinks he knows what he
wants out of life and Is sure It
isn't marriage.
To try to reform a pro bachelor
Is to become his victim. The right
approach Is to encourage him in
his bad habits until he breaks
down with an ulcer or a heart
attack then he Is wide open for
marriage. Wltehood in this case,
of course, generally Is also nurse-
hood, and 1 am eternally amazed
at the number' of wonderful women
who seek to marry this type of
man and seem happv in tneir late.
The answer lies in the unplumbed
well of woman s everlasting mys
tery. There Is no set, sure way to win
the fourth type the amateur
bachelor. You have to Improvise
with young fellows today. They get
more difficult every year.
But here are a few general tips
that should stand up:
If he catches a common cold, try
to avoid coming down with pneu
monia yourself. A man is afraid of
a woman who can always outdo
him.
Cry once on his shoulder during
a sentimental movie, but only
once. Every man likes to know his
wife has a soft heart, but no man
over married Niagara Falls.
If you are paying for a night out
on the town, don't give him the
money In public. Just slip him
your wallet and murmur, "Honey,
let's you and me and the pocket
book go as far as we can to
gether."
To boil It all down, all normal
young bachelors are 'lonely and
uncomfortable, but hate to admit
It openly. Your problem is simply
to show him in feminine ways how
he could have a much better life
hitched with you but not so much
better a life that he becomes
I Tightened with the thought it will
chance him too much.
So, young lady. If you would lead
a young man over the hurdle o.'
matrimony, lead him gently. Don't
shove he may balk.
Remember, you re not fooling
with one guy out of a million. He's
one out of 17 million - and there
are lu.D99.999 other single Amerl-
can ladies who might be looking
chance to snare him.
Hong Koug-
lEds Note: The following article
was sent In by Kathleen Ward of
Klamath Falls who Is currently on
a tour of the Far East. While on
her tour Mrs. Ward Is acting as
uncial correspondent for the Her
aid and News.
By KATHLEEN WARD
(continued from Wednesday)
Alter a walk along the peaceful
paths, to be lound on the peak.
and me "oh'lng" at each magnlll
cent panorama, we had tea and
watched a lovely sunset over the
oullylrg harbor and Islands. lYes.
I was photographing like crazy all
the time.)
Mr. Noronha. the friend, is a
prominent business man In Hong
Kong. He was taken prisoner by
the Japanese, during the war, and
was Interred In Japan proper, nec
essarily leaving his wife and four
small children to shift for them
selves, as best they could. Work
ing In the coal mines ol Japan
has, of course, left its marks on
the general condition of his health.
In the eening. we went to the
Kowloon side, where we met his
wife and now nearly grown chil
dren ttno sons and two daughters'
and had a Cantonese style Chi
nese dinner. What cuisine! and I
managed to eat the entire meal
with chopsticks.
It would be very easy for any
woman to go completely berserk,
on a shopping spree, in Hong Kong.
There Is a free market existing
htie and merchandise from all
over the world can be bought for
considerably less than at the point
of origin.
Bargaining is all part of the
sport and the merchant Is dlsap
pointed if you don't dicker. Fortu
nately, Mrs. Noronha took me to
a shop where she trades and car
ried out the practice to perfection
thereby, saving me considerable
Hong Kong dollars on my few
purchases. (The ratio Is 15.10 Hong
Kong dollars to si American.)
After this 'Jam-packed day. Mr.
Noronha took me back to the ship
at 10:30 p.m. in one of the little
"walla-walla" boats, so famous to
the harbor of Hong Kong. The
Chinese words walla-walla mean
"much talk' or noise."
They are rocky little crafts and
the waves are pretty choppy in
the harbor, so, (yesl you've
nuessed it!) we got a pretty thor
ough drenching before we got to
my sea home, nut, it takes more
lhan a little salt water to dampen
one's enthusiasm for loveiyi love
ly I Hong Kong.
Klamath Falls, Ore. (To the
Edltori With the Circuit as
sembly of Jehovah's Witnesses
here much interest has been shown
and many questions asked about
Jehovah's Witnesses by the citizens
of Klamath Falls. Questions con
cerning their name, creed, teach
ings and ministry.
Tne Witnesses have no creeo.
They follow the Bible all the way,
not half. way. They feel the Bible
is entirely consistent ooin tne
Hebrew and Greek scriptures
and practical for our day.
The name Jehovah's witnesses
Is found in the Bible in Isaiah
43:12: "Ye are iny witnesses, soith
Jehovah, and I am God." A his
tory ol Jehovah's Witnesses and
their service to Ood takes us back
6.000 years. Abel and other men
of faith before Christ are caneo
"witnesses" in Hebrews 11 and
12:1. Christ Jesus Is "the faithful
and true witness" in Revelation
3:14. He designated others to con
tinue the testimony saying, ie
shall be witnesses unto me . . .
unto the uttermost parts of the
earth." Acts 1:8.
Jehovah's Witnesses today are
merely the last of a long line of
servants of God. They are not an
Incorporated body. They use the
non-Drofit Watchtower uioie ana
Tract Society, which was Incorp
orated In Pennsylvania by Charles
Taze Russell and associated Christ
ians In 1884, as the governing
hodv.
The Witnesses teach that Jehovah
Is the only true Ood. His suprem
acy has been challenged by Satan,
who caused the rebellion in Eden
and who puts the integrity of all
men to test. God's primary pur
pose is the vindication of this su
premacy. In carrying out this pur
pose. God sent Jesus to earth to
provide the ransom sacrifice ana
to lay the foundation for God's
new system of things.
Jehovah will not tolerate wicked
ness forever. The beginning of the
end for Satan came when Christ
took power in heaven as King.
This happened in 1914. Christ's first
act was casting Satan out of heav
en and this was followed by great
troubles on earth.
Tills will be climaxed in Jeho
vah God's battle, Armageddon: the
comolete destruction of the devil
and his system of things, his world.
This Is the vindication of Jehovah's
name and the beginning of the
If 00-year reign of Christ. Then all
that breathe win praise jenovan
Christ is now In his second pres.
ence. He will always remain in
visible to humans, but his presence
Is proved by world events since
1914. which fulfill all the predic
tions of Matthew 24.
Now the Christian's duty is to
keep Integrity to Jehovah, to an
nounce the King's reign and to
help neighbors to find the way to
eodlv service and everlasting me
Thus Jehovah's Witnesses have
two outstanding reasons for their
world-wide door-to-door ministry
First. Jehovah God commands
it as the Apostle Paul tells all
Christians at Acts 20:20: "While
I did not hold back from telling
you any of he things that were
profitable nor from teaching you
publicly and from house to house.
(New World Trans.)
Second, because of the great
spiritual need of all people in this
turbulent time.
Jehovah's witnesses will be call
ing on the eltlr.ens of Klamath
Falls giving tnem a personal in
vitation to attend all sessions of
the circuit convention beginning
Friday at 7 p.m. at the Fair
grounds Auditorium. Particularly
will thev be invited to attend the
public lecture "Overcoming the
Fears of This Generation" at 3
p.m. Sunday by Nicholas Kovalak
Jr.. district minister of Jehovah's
Witnesses.
James C. Bohannan
Presiding Minister
Eureka. California.
Very Proud
Klamath Falls. Ore. (To the Ed
ttor) All Klamathites should be
very proud of the KUHS band. I
had the pleasure ot watching tnem
perform at the East-west game,
and it was a thrill to hear thai
large crowd applaud them more
than anv other marching group
Their attractive uniforms, varied
steps, unique maneuvers, and line
music brought cheers that were
well deserved. I am sure each
contributor who helped make this
eventful trip possible Is very proud
and pleased with tneir peiiorm
ance. I wish to compliment each
member Individually and the lead
ers of tills fine organisation. This
should be an annual event tor the
KUHS band.
Sincerely.
Vera Owens
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