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-PAGE SDC FRANK JENKINS. Editor I pTT-Tr JENKINS Managing. Editor ; Curious ! ' By BILL JENKINS : It has been noted countless times that drivers are a curious class j of people. It Is a fact mat you ' can take a normally courteous, kindly considerate person and put him behind the wheel of a car whereupon he turns Into a snarl ' ing, Impatient, Illogical cad who - pays not the slightest attention to ; the common courtesies of the road. This Is a fact which we take ' for granted and shrug off as Just I a part of our dally routine. What t I want to know, though, is what ! Impulse compels drivers to scrupu , lously observe the pedestrian lanes ; during the summer months when t me pavcmenu jo uiy ... i no danger to spean oi, ana aiie ; gard these same walks in winter 1 when the roads are icy and slick? ! Only one in a hundred drivers I will stop for you at a peuesman i walk when there Is snow on the ground, Ice In the streets ana naie ; In the nearis oi uie pcucomou. 1 Thpv seem to think that the street, j during winter, Is reserved for the exclusive use oi cars ana uui;a. Oiven a halfway sporting chance a normally agile pedestrian can ; usually evade an oncoming auto ; If he has gooa ary louuiig aim good visibility. His chances are cut to a minimum, nowcvpi, w,im there Is Ice on the streets. His feet have no traction and sudden Jumps, even in desperation, are liable to end up in an ungainiy spill. And on the other side, with slick streets the driver Is never sure which way his car is going to skid when and 11 ne jams on his brakes. The answer, of course If a simple one. Pedestrians should use good Judgment when they step Into the cross walk, yielding right of way to cars which are close upon them and have no reasonable expecta tion of stopping quickly. And motorists.- on their side, should proceed with caution In those downtown and residential areas where they may reasonably expect pedestrian traf fic. Bnt I'ar afraid! that the thing will end up- like It has for these many years. Both sides will approach the probleni In a savage frame of mind which takes no heed of the rights of others All we can do la keep our tyes Seeled and wait for spring. ' This will serve as fair warning to those firms and individuals who In the future send me unopenable letters and bills which are mx quarter ot an Inch longer than the return envelope. I shall promptly toss such com munications in the round file and go on my way with a song on jny hps ana a smue in my soui. Nothln Irritates me more than a letter which cannot be opened short of a major operation, The flap Is sealed right up to the fold and the contents, usually, are Jam packed In to such an extent that If you cut off the end of the envelope you cut off part of the letter inside. Or try slicing open the top only to find that you have neatly split the letter at the center fold. In future I shall not attempt It. Not even If It comes on scented stationery. And as for those outfits that send you a bill with a return envelope, It Is high time Uiey learned the facts of life. Please, good people. In the future print your bills on such stuff as will fit the return euvelope. All too often you find that no amount of folding will force the bill or return correspon dence into the envelope and still allow you to seal it properly. It seems to me a simple matter. All you have to do Is measure the bill and then order your envelope a lit tle larger. Mother Lode By KEN McLEOD The call of "gold" did as much as anything to set In motion the great westward migration of our people and so anything that tells of the gold rush dnys Is of interest to many. The California Division of Mines has Just reprinted Its best known book, "Geologic Guide Book Along Highway 49" which now makes the fourth edition of tills work. H can be obtained from the Division ot Mines, Perry Build ing. San Francisco 11, Callfomln. This book, first published In 1948 as Bulletin 141, Is a scml-techntcsl treatise as a guide book for those who were Interested In the famous Mother Lode Country, Its history, mines, minerals and rocks, as well as the old structures erected dur ing the gold rush days. Ten different authors contribute to the text and valuable Informa tion Is presented from a score of mining men and geologists. Doro thy O. Jenkins writes of the "Sier ran Roan's of Today and Yester day," telling of the history of the roads of the Mother Lode rrRlon and tracing their history. Donnld C. Cutter, tells of "The Discovery of Cold in California" and deals with the history, life and romance of the gold rush period. Charles V. Averlll has a paper on the "His tory of Placer Mining: for Gold In California. " Olaf P. Jenkins gives one an orientation as to the na ture of the Sierra Nevada and the place It occupies In relation to tory geology, civilisation and ecc - nomfts In two papers with titles: . , , . "ov . "a ,i i. , . .. . ' I . fino uoiooru. a paper oy i,. a. . Logan presents an entertaining ac- COi"w.m ,h' ",Hl,lory of Mining and Milling Methods In California." Twelve strip maps accompany a paper by two authors, Oliver E. Bowen Jr., and Richard A. Crlppen Jr., who write upon "Geologic Maps and Notes Along Highway 49. John A. Burgess writes upon: The Forms'ion of Quarts Veins" and a second paper by him coven Entered as second clia matter t Ore., on August 30, IMC, under SERVICES: ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATIONS Serving Southern Oregon And Northern California the activities of Jim Carson In the region. "Mining- on Carson Hill" tells of the history of the Carson Hill Gold Mining Company. California's State Highway 49, is well named since It follows the Slerran Gold Belt best known as the Mother Lode which has been the major source of more than 2.3 billion dollars of this precious met sl produced by California. Although gold Is the best known mineral found along Highway 49, other minerals In the region are becom ing increasingly Important, these are limestone and limestone pro ducts, sand and gravel, slate, chro mlle, copper, silica, rhyollte tuff, serpentine, silver, lead and sine. Hoover's Drive Bv HAL BOYLE NEW YORK I Of all the lost causes of the 20th century, J. Edgar Hoover has embarked on the one perhaps least likely to sue ceed. The distinguished director of the Federal Bureau of investigation, who has bad a marked cultural Influence on the underworld, thinks respect for law and order would be enhanced if people would quit calling a policeman a cop. Cop Is an ugly word to Hoover. In an editorial in the FBI's law enforcement bulletin he denounced it as derogatory, disdainful and implying scorn. This may be true at times wnen It Is spoken In a certain tone or inflection. But - unfortunately for his crusade, cop is one of those slang terms by which the Amer ican language is eternally en. rlched. It Is too crisp and descrip. tive to be dropped from our vo cabulary. Eouallv unfortunate for Hoover's campaign is the truth that It Isn't only underworld cnaracters ana snide members of the general pub lic who use the term cop. Cops don't like the average cltlten to call them cops. But what do they call themselves when talking to other members of the profession? Cops I The current issue oi tne new York Policeman's Magazine uses the word cop twice. The television program, "Dragnet," put on wnn the blessings of tne Los Angeies Police Department, starts off week after week with, "The name's Fri day. "I'm a cop." A veteran nollce sergeant nere, admitting that members of the force generally referred to each other as cops and tnat tne term had become well nigh universal, aald: "Underworld characters aro sup. posed to call us names like flat' foot, dick, gumshoe or harness bull, but that s only on TV and in the movies. They call us cops- Just like everybody else. "We actually don't like for ci vilians to call us cops. We'd rather they addressed us by our rank or used the word 'officer.' We're on Hoover's side, but we think he's fighting a losing battle. It's too much easier to say cop than po liceman." There Is some doubt as to the origin of the word cop. Some hold It is merely an abbreviation for "constable of police." Others reel It was coined by London street urchins who mistook the brass but tons of the early British bobby for copper. Whatever its etymology. Hoover declared cop has the "same un savory connotation as 'quack' and hack' when referring to the doc tor and the Journalist." But, actually, does it? The term is too widely used to be limited to such a meager Interpretation. What man in the long blue line" doesn't take pride In being called "a good cop?" What po liceman can resent a big-eyed kid who looks up at him and says, "when I grow up. I want to be a cop Just like you." Any word can be good or bad, depending on the way it is said. People can be policed, but nobody can police a language. The Irony of J. Edgar Hoover's campaign Is that his own splendid career has done much to add a new luster of affectionate respect to that down-to-earth word cop. He might as well face the fact now that If he ever steps down from his present high post, news papers will bloom with 1,000 edi torials headed: "An honest cop retires."' Hulles He views By JAMES MARLOW Associated Press News Analyst WASHINGTON l.fi Secretary of State Dulles, who seems to have a sunny nature. Is able to look back upon his part In events with pride and contentment although the ssnie events may have left others shaken and gloomy. Ii may come ss a surprise to the Communists that Dulles, recalling his role in the Indochina war, reems to think he icared the day lights oui of them although they won half ot Virl Nam. I lie maganne. in an interview with Dulles, quotes him as saying and he savs the quotes are sub stantiallv correct the United stntes has been broushl to the brink of war three times In 18 months, once in Indochina. nilllCS SfNllt In tlt,,lr fl, his-.ii.E ., to the eric ,rt i-,,i on It. Is artistic He sid "The ability to get to the verge without selling into the war Is the noces- rarv "" How he came to think this way nwds a little exnlaininu: I After World War II the French. I chiefs arc in'accord on one thing, who had held Indochina ilnio-t loo , t least: agreement that 1956 will esis and exploited it. still re-ibe a good year, if less feverish fused the people their Inde- than lws 'pendence. The revolt which broke! Studcbakcr-Packnid executives ! out came under the control of the! base their optimistic hopes on a I Indochlne.se R?ds. ; new three-vcur labor contract that Ih" rebel' were only guerrillas , hut in a war which Is-trd trom Hint to 1964, the French, couldn'li the post office t Klamath Falls. act ot Congress. March . 181 rally the rest of the Vietnamese, They saw little sense In lighting to perpetuate French colonialism. Vhile this war was staggering ; nlnnc. the Elsenhower admlnislra lion in the fail of 1953 announced Its "new look" for the military forces: less money tor better protection, the administration said, nullrs on Jan. 13. 1654, attempt ed to explain the "new look " It was designed, he said, to depend "primarily upon a great capacity to retaliate massively." This may hae scared the Reds although they kept right on fight ing the Indochina war. It certainly scared American allies, who had visions of themselves being led into war by this country. Dulles tried some more ex plaining. So did other members of the administration. There was a lot of Confusion for some weeks. Vice President Nixon said U. S. troops might have to be used in Indochina. But President Eisenhower said it would be tragic for American forces to become Involved there. o irnnwianri of California, (lie Senate Republican leader, said he could give "categorical assur ance" there was no intention of sending American troops to Indo china. At a foreign ministers meeting in Berlin on Feb. 18. 1954, the jfrrnrh oressured Dulles into oareein to meet with the British, French, Russians and Red Chinese in Geneva on April 26 to discuss Southeast Asian problems. At this point, the Indochinese nri onened an attack on the French at Dlen Blen Phu. By March 29 Dulles was badly wor ried. He said the free world should t.i "united action" to save Indo china. This was a long way from going It alone, since this was his Plan for eaving Indochina, he hurried to Britain and France. Would they intn? Nothirur doing. They wanted to wait to see what happened at Geneva ui am" ' ending the war. Dulles left Geneva while the French let the Reds have half of Viet Nam as a price oi peace. ' Auto Industry By SAM DAWSON " NEW YORK im The auto In dustry drum-majors the business parade this week even stealing part of the show from President irianhniur'R hudeet message. In the glittering line of march .r. thpotrlcnllv snectacular dis play of the cars ot tomorrow, the sale to the public ot the biggest block of common siock ever ui fered on one day, an expected re port on future expansion plans and, as an unneriune m key, the layoffs of more than 12.000 auto workers. I This two-way stretch between the auto Industry's slightly con tracted present and Its hopes for an expansive future as well as the state of industry in general is be ing aired today before leaders of the nation's business. Central Motors chairman Alfred t sinn Jr. and nresldcnt Harlow H. Curtice invited 400 top industrial bigwigs to luncheon here today. It's an annual affair at which they forecast the prospects of auto pro duction and sales for the new year (they think the pace win oe sonic 12 ner cent slower in 19561 and put on public record their guesses as to how the rest of the nation's business will fare. They also dis cuss OM's own plans for future expansion. Later In the week the motor giant will open to the public Its array of current models, and the experimental cars Its laboratories are tovlng with the whole wrapped up in a Broadway-type revue, dancing girls and every thing. Then Ford takes the spotlight. In midweek It will offer to the public a block of more than 10 mil lion shares of common stock, part of the holdings of the Ford Foun dation. Some 1.500 securities deal ers will handle the stock offered through 722 underwriting nouses. By the end ot tne wee me na tion's biggest lamiiy-ownea cor poration will have become a pub llc:0wned enterprise publicly owned even If still family con trolled. And a new phase of the bitter competitive battle in the auto in dustry will be under way. All auto companies will be publicly owned their fiscal affairs equally open to public scrutiny. All ot this week's glitter In New York Is against a background of contraction in Detroit. Sales of 1956 models have proved sticky. The stockpile of new cars in dealers' hands jumped at year's end to more than 700.000 cars. It is the most that dealers have ever had on hand Js a new year started. Detroit has been clipping the length of work weeks and has started pruning payrolls. At the start of this week General Motors' work force had been cut by 3.900 Ford's by 4.600 and Chrysler's by 3.581. Bad weather gels part of the blame for the drop In sales. Used car sales also have slipped, even though prices on many makes hagr been trimmed. TKor the first lime in history, one-year-old cars are being pur chased at 50 per cent of cost when according to the Automotive Digest issued by Pacific Finance Corp. But the auto Industry isn't ld.m -.t i-mrt .nA rhrvsier lunnioxes Its rompettlivc position. I Ameiican Motors officials hold j that much of the financial piob-j JIKRALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON SUBSCRIPTION RATES CARRIER - I MONTH t 1.60 a MONTHS . . t 8.00 $18.00 1 YEAR MAIL I MONTH 6 MONTHS 1 YEAR f 1.60 t 7.60 $12.00 lems that dogged them have been solved now. I All of them will be tooting thelr 56 Predictions By CHARLES M. MCCANtf United Press correspondents around the world look ahead at the news that fill make the head' lines. ATOMIC WARFARE Allied intelligence agents In Ber lin report that the Russians are reorganizing their 11 armored dlvi. sions In East Oermany on an atomic-defense basis. Divisional strength Is being increased from 10.000 to 12.000 men. Division' com manders will be prepared to break up their forces into small self contained combat teams which could be assembled quickly at strong points. The reason is that small units, capable of fighting in. dependently, offer less of a target for atomic weapons than large ones. THE PRESIDENT Some Insiders In Washington be lieve that President Elsenhower, when he undergoes that all important medical check-up next month, will not ask his doctors whether he, should run again. They expect the President to take the responsibility himself. These In formants add that if the President doesn't ask the advice of the phy sicians, they are highly unlikely to volunteer It. THE WORLD AT LARGE Advices from Essen, Industrial capital of the German Ruhr, say that Alfred Krupp plana a deter mined attempt to get back his gi gantic coal and steel empire. The Krupp trust was broken up by the Allies after World War II. Krupp. as his first move, is hiring public relations advisers to lobby for him not only in the West German par liament but In Washington. Reports from Manila say that the United States and the Philip pines, one of its strongest Pacific allies, may be headed for a serious dispute. The issue is that of Amer ican military bases. Negotiations are now in progress In Manila. It is reported that the United States claims outright possession of some bases, such as Clark Air Force Base. The Philippine government says they are held on a 99-year lease only. Reference of the dispute to the International Court of Justice at the Hague is said to be possible. Nationalist China is reported to be launching a diplomatic cam. paign to strengthen Its prestige and offset the bid of the Chinese Reds for admittance to the United Na tions. Informants in Taipei, the capital, say that Nationalist rep resentatives in world capitals may be expected to voice their govern ment's stand more and more on world Issues other than the Issue of China itself. The suggestion of the Nationalist delegate in the United Nations Friday that Israel pay "voluntary" Indemnities to Syria for its recent attack was said to be the first move. " " Diplomats in the Caribbean area expect a vigorous attempt by Com munist parties to make a come back In Central America. They pre dict Intensified agitation in Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. CONGRESS Washington reports that Demo cratic Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri is preparing to attack the administration In a series of speeches on the intercontinental ballistic missile program. Syming ton, who was Air Force secretary under President Truman, will say that this country is being permit ted to fall behind Russia in de velopment. SPORTS The experts expect San Fran cisco to win its remaining 13 sched ule basketball games to extend Us winning streak to 62. Then comes the big test. If the Dons win through the NCAA tournament In March, they will have taken 56 straight games to become the win nlngest college basketball team In history. The record was set by little Peru, Neb., State Teachers College between 1921 and 1926. Bv UNITED PRESS WASHINGTON Sen. William F. Know-land, a possible contender for the Republican presidential nomination, on President Eisen hower's decision as to whether he will run again: "I believe the President will make known his views by Feb. 16." LACONIA, N.H. Sen. Estes Kefauvcr on his political aspira tions during his campaign tour of New Hampshire: "I'm campaigning for the presi dential nomination and not for sec ond place." WASHINGTON Vice President Richard M. Nixon in a statement in reply to former President Tru man's charges: 'Mr. Truman's memory seems to be playing tricks on him. What he apparently fails to realize is that he in fact is criticising his own Truman-Brannan program which was in effect during vir tually the entire period when farms prices were going down." TAMPA. Fla. Manager Al Lopez of the Cleveland Indians, on how he thinks pitching may lead the Tribe to the American League pennant this year: 'I figure we 11 have al least three 20 games winners . . . Herb Score. Bob Lemon, and Early Wynn. Mike Garcia will be a lot ol help to us. too. He could win SO ei'silv. Then, ol course, there is Bob Fciler." They'll Do It Every Time 4- 1 i Tvnuije next. -V''" '""""'''! SHe didn't hunt us f7 rfs so crowded Y-p l'fiEfxrrZ-UWT ' 1 to comb with her, VtSUU. HWE TO ST ON M ' ' ' MD I Li 1 BUT I S4fD THB ( MOTHER'S UP-Wtm M WLUSn RIGHT T 4. LE4STWBCO0U)lW THINK A SUCCESSFUL Vf ' I HERE TILL DOCTOR NO M4TTER IS WAtT R3B HEO-- DOCTOR COULD AFFORD A rd IST74 ROUGH WfTH WHAT THE DOC V 4ND SHE CAH J V PEW CH4B2S. WOULDN'T ' JT AH3U-rfSJUST4NS4ys,ITHINk DRIVE OS J V VOU ? THE MSSf jTZ Vijll Ike Says Soil WASHINGTON lP President Eisenhower told Congress today his administration's new farm pro gram, Including a soil bank de signed to cut production and dis pose of surpluses, will cost less than Is being spent this year. The budget message which Els enhower sent to Congress said that on the assumption the new pro posals are enacted, expenditures for agriculture and agricultural re sources during the fiscal year be ginning July 1 would be $3,364,- 000,000. Current year spending Is esti mated at 12 million, dollars more. or $3,376,000,000. The peak farm outlay under the present ad ministration was M.411.000,000 In the fiscal year which ended last June 30. ; The projected new spending Is merely an estimate, of course. If It should be exceeded by actual outlays, the administration would ask Congress later for more mon ey. . . Secretary of Agriculture Benson told the Senate Agriculture Com mittee last week he was not ready to supply dollars-and-cents details on the; soil bank program. The administration's new farm- aid proposals would boost direct payments or subsidies to farmers by perhaps three quarters of a bil- HELP for Coughs You feel cooliag, toothing help from the very first dose. Clogging phlegm . is loosened, yon breathe deeper. CREOMUUSION alHnCiOnati''' will Cost Taxpayers Less Bank Plan lion dollars. However, , this outlay would be partially offset by a de crease in outlays for farm sur pluses. The new program envisions the retirement of upwards of 40 million acres of land from production ot cash crops. It is designed to cut production and lessen the need for price support loans and govern ment purchases of surplus com modities. .' Eisenhower said the agriculture expenditures would provide for con tinued emphasis on research and educational activities, on soil and water conservation - and on' an en larged program to help low-income farmers. , He estimated that stabilizing farm prices and incomes in the new year would cost $1,691,000,000 compared with $2,076,000,000 this year. This decline in price support spending would be offset, he said, by the proposed expenditure of 450 million dollars on new programs including payments to farmers for taking crop land out of production and for a stepped-up program to move more surplus milk into con sumption In school food programs. Helps You Overcome FALSE TEETH Loostntss and Worry No longer b annoyed or fcl lU-fct-ase because of loose, wobbly fait teeth. FASTEETH, an Improved alka line (non-acid) powder, sprinkled on your plates holds them firmer 10 they fael more comfortable. Avoid embar rassment caused by loose plates. Gt VAOTEETH today at any drug counter. , YourPerfectSeRvant. LESS THAN can dry your family wash ... aHtfimef Sounds ridiculous - but it's true ! . ELECTRIC CLOTHES DRYER ore than the cost of ONE FOOT of old-fashioned clothes line! I work any time THE CALIFORNIA ORIGON POWIR COMPANY A Wttltrn CcmpcKy oa-ntd ssrf oprrnlrd by Wnltrn Ptvpte By limmy Hatlo i 5? TTlE REUTlVES 4ND FRIENDS TACZ UP ALL THE SE4TS AttD THE POOR PATIENTS H4UE TO STAHO' Home Rebuilding Drive Launched WASHINGTON I "Operation Home Improvement," a nation wide, year-long campaign to re juvenate 20 million middle-aged houses, was launched Monday with President Eisenhower's blessing. More than 800. government offi cials, business and labor leaders were here for the campaign kick off. The goal Is a 28-50 per cent in crease In the maintenance and re pair efforts on which Americans have been spending about 12 bil lion dollars annually. Eisenhower suggested the effort in a letter to housing administra tor Albert M. Cole last year. He asked the1 federal housing agencies to Join with cities and the building and lending industries in an effort toward the "renewal and restora tion, on a national scale, of old but still sound dwellings." More than 600 million dollars worth of advertistng, featuring a spread-eagle symbol and the slo gan "86 the year to fix," has been scheduled by builders, manufactur ers, dealers, retailers and lenders. SWeS KLAMATH rAl.Lt, ORIIOh OPEN EVERY DAY AMERICAN CHINESE Feeds at thtir bail! Sen B. Lee, Mgr. ' tk. 4 Far Order Te Take Out 9T- 1 ft My wages for running your new Besides, I'm fast ... in any weather . m easy on clothes . . . and I'm clean. ASK YOUR FAVORITE APPLIANCE DEALER about' me and the Nation's No. 1 Wife-Saver . THE ELECTRIC CLOTHES DRYER ! MONDAY. JANUARY 16. 1858 Tibbs Iniured By Bin Bronc DENVER tfi Casey Tlbbs, the wu.ld's top rodeo cowuoy In 1935, chufed under a dootor's orders Mcnduy and ell beoause of a big spooky bronc named "Be Careful." Tiio buckskin's twisting jumps jarred Tlbbs loose Saturday night in the saddle bronc riding event at the National Western Stock Show and. his foot caught In a stirrup, Tlbbs s u ff e r e A, three broken ribs and chest bruises from the horse's flaying hoofs. Attendants carried Tlbbs from the arena for the first time In his career. But after spending SaturT day nlht In -the General Rose Memorial Hospital, the 25-year-old rodeo veteran from Fort Pierre, 8.D., announced he was ready to go. - His doctor disagreed, despite Tlbbs' protests "I've ridden with broken ribs before." Perhaps, said the doctor, If com plications don't set in, Tibbs can personally pick up his- award for his all-around 1958 championship at formal ceremonies at the show Thursday night. Big Stock Show Prizes Awarded, DENVER W The first big prizes were awarded Sunday in the National Western Stock Show Ro deo. Tom Teskher of Sentinel Butte, N.D.. picked up $667.20 as winner of the first go-round of the saddle bronc competition. Bill Dygert, Red Lodge, Mont., earned second money, $500.40. George Williams, Tulsa, Okla., Bill Lindermnn, Walla Walla, Wash., and Bill Weeks, Roy, N.M., each received checks for $166.00 as they finished in a 3-way tie for third and fourth. The first go-round in all' ether rodeo events will be completed Tuesday. DR. J. W, LOWE , Chiropractic Physician Complete Spinol Treatment Office Ph. 2-1131 - Res. 2-0182 1 1 1 So. 4th St. Stevens Hotel Blda. ATTIC BLOWN Insulation SAVE FUEL DOLLARS NO DOWN PAYMENT ' 36 Months Te Pay Ph. 2-2563 i For Free Estimates : Basin Bldg. Materials 4784 So. 6th Ph. 2-2563 i
