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PAGE SIX 8 FRANK JENKINS Editor ' BILL JENKINS Mantling. Editor Hull Sale By BILL JENKINS Last weekend marked the annual Red Bluff range bull sale down In the little town of Red Bluff. The town so well written up by Prank Jenkins In his comments on the Tremont Hotel last week. It was quite a sale and the old Tremont was groaning under the weight of the hundreds of buyers, consigners' and spectators who jammed Into Its old corridors, din ing rooms and bars. PeoDle came Irom all the Western states, many of ihe middle wesi areas and one man came all the way from the University of Hawaii. There were a good many local people In attendnncc. naturally, along with Lawrence Horton, there to accept his honors as Cattleman of the year. If you've never gone to a bull sale I would certainly suggest that you make it a point to be in Red Bluff next February when they touch her off again. It's really quite an education In civic affairs. Because down there you see about as fine an example of co operation as you'll see anywhere I've been. Everyone irom the president of the chamber of com merce and the mayor down through the stockmen and busi nessmen to the smallest business In town aets together and gives his (or her) all to make '.re that the show Is a success, ihat evury one has a good time, gets all the Information he needs and meets everyone. The first thing you notice when you drive -In Is that all the park ing meters are hooded with sacks bearing a printed welcome to the city and Informing you that park ing during the three-day show is through the courtesy of the mer chants. When you check In at your quarters you are met with a cheery smile and a wish that your atay be pleasant. If you have any question they are answered promptly, . Downtown the stores are open to serve you If you wish to shop, but the main activity Is centered around the Tremont. You can find a ride out to the fairgrounds if you want one. You can buy tickets at a central booth to all the various vents. First night's highlight Is a hos pitality hour staged by the people down there that features plenty of food In the form of sandwiches. refreshments and a chance to meet everyone who is there. The Ueorge Club, a bunch of business men banded together to aerve un der their motto of "Let Oeorge Do II" are busy serving the food and drinks, seeing to it that things go smoothly and getting aei lor ine dance that follows. The second night you have an opportunity to see one of the finest ahows anywhere on the coast. This year they featured Hllo Hattle and i. handful her troupe along with a from Jugglers to singers. It was held, for the first time .that I know of. at the big hn 11 at the fairgrounds and the huge building was Jammed to the rafters. Din ner and all the trimmings. In short, what I'm trying to say la that not only does Red Bluff have a fine bull sale one of the largest If not the largest range bull sale In the country but that they really make those who attend feel at home, feel welcome and as If they were being urged to enjoy themselves now and come back age,ln. It's a nice feel ing. Red Bluff Is to be congratu lated s a town along with the Individual men who stage the show and sale. lSetall Memo By DEB ADDISON Retailers Inoreased their profits In the first nine months of 1956, chiefly by slimming their operat ing expenses, reports the National Retail Dry Goods Association. A quarterly survey by the As sociation's Controller's Congress showed that net prollt after taxes of department and specialty stores was 1.7 percent of sales lor the nine months period compared with 14 percent for the like period In 1954. What should be Interesting to most people here is that profit Is sllll less than J cents on the dol lar; most people think that It's many, many times that. High volume, low-prollt-per-unit distribution In appliances and autos Is here to stay, despite some deal er protests arising from pressures created by the buyers' market, according to leaders In the field or industrial distribution, reports the Journal of Commerce. Sometimes the moves seem con tradictory as in the esse of one auto manufacturer which Is In creasing Its dealers' potential prof it ii inn io .&u per car. Again, most people think Ihat the profit Is many times that. The Census of Business shows national Increase in retail sales of ai percent irom the year 19ln to 1954. In that same time the num.- Der oi stores declined from 1 764 -458 to 1,720.920, a drop of 1 per cent. It's the same trend In every thing from department Mores to iarms. Thev'ro getting bisser; there are fewer of them; volume is up and profit Is down. Underscoring the need for re tailers to keep abreast of i-hana-lng markets, the U.S. Cen.Mis Bureau reports that each year one of six persons move to new homes. Because of the heavy population movement. Howard Brunsman. chief of the bureau's population housing division, believes "it be hooves merchants to Inform new comers to their communities of I Entered as tecond elasa nutter at lb post office at Klamath rails. Ore., on August JO. lMt, under act of Concress, March I, 1(71 8EKVICE8: ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATIONS Serving Southern Oregon And Northern California their products and services, or they will lose their clientele. That brings up two thoughts. One is that, for the next few years at least, the ratio of new people will be higher than one out of six In Klamath, The other 1 of that story relat ed here a while back. The Cathe dral of Notre Dame, in spite of being pretty well established for quite a few centuries, still rings the bell every day to let the peo ple know. Here's a tip if you're advertis ing a house for the one-or-inore In six new families. "A house big enough to keep your wife from going home, but small enough to keep your molher-ln-law from vis iting." .SlnNli lOnniN By KEN McLEOD The people of Oregon are gradu ally becoming aware of the many problems that beset the life of ana- dromous fisheries, heightened by the alarming decline In the runs of salmon and steelhead In Ore icon streams. One of the problems facing the people of Oregon Is the question ol what they are going to do about the primitive practice of splash damming which has such a disastrous effect upon these fish. Oregon represents the last strong hold of this destructive logging practice In the West. A practice that Is still being conducted. Until the operation - of splash dams In Oregon Is eliminated by law the rportsmcn of the slate can not look forward with any confi dence to the restoration of the once-extensive runs of steelhead and salmon In the South Fork of the Coos River. What's more, until splash dam ming is eradicated by law, the maintenance of the world-famous fisheries in the Rogue and the Smith Is In Jeopardy. Both streams are in imminent danger of having their Incredibly valuable anadrom- ous fisheries emasculated through the institution or this harmful practice. , unfortunately. In Oregon law. there seems to be nothing which will allow action to protect the public Interest in the state's val uable salmon and steelhead runs. On the contrary, the statutes ap- narentiy go to extraordinary lengths to safeguard an operating company's- franchise to operate Uplash dams at the expense of ine properties i.veeihead and ralmon) and the rights (the prac tice of sports fishing) of the people of Oregon. Early elimination of the practice wouia seem to be highly desirable because of threats that are rising which indicate Interest In starting spiasn asms on otner Oregon streams, since there is no legal impediment to the successful flllnu by any company for authorisation 10 aP'asn on any si ream in Oregon, jt known (hu tw0 olfIerenl com. p a n I e s have inquired recently aooui ine proper procedure to se cure a franchise to splash on the nogue. It haa also come to light that another Oregon corporation has a franchise to splash on the Smith River, and while It has erected no dams the franchise has been kept in good order for Immediate use. In the wild rugged mountains of ine coast Range the option of splash damming holds an appeal to the logger as a cheap method of log transportation without the ex. pense of road construction Into dif ficult terrain. However, to Institute the practice of splash damming virtually signs the death warrant for the anadromous fish and while a single corporation may profit the public at large may lose a valu able resource. The salmon and steelhead sport fishery has an as tounding economlo Importance to uregon. But what la more, a threa to me destruction of our coastal streams Is of concern to Ameri ca's 30,000,000 angle as fisher men everywhere have heard the fame of our coastal streams. The Rogue, the Smith, the Klamath are known to all fishermen and to fish them Is a dream that many ang- icra cnerish and hope to fulfill some day. The local boys may grouse aoout ine outsiders flock ing to their favorite fishing streams but it Is an inevitable fact that they will do ao. Consequently. If we are to be able to keep up wiin ine oemana tor nsning wa ter we must do all In our power not only to retain what we have but lo restore and Improve the streams we have lost. While we do not care to stress the economic Importance of sport fishing In a dollar sense, our streams are actually multi-million dollar resources producing sev eral hundred thousand dollars of business annually a threat to them Is likewise a loas to busi ness. Iiiii'torinlllv By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK li curbstone comments of a pavement Plato: i "I do not believe In immortality and have no desire for it," once write i'.l. Mencken, who died last week. "The belief In It Issues from the puerile egos of Interior men." At another time ha rxoiessed himself this way; "Life Is pleasant and I have en Joyed II. but I have no yearning to clutter up the universe after It Is over." There are manv alive todav who do not share Mencken's views on Immortality, but who are perhaps glad he no longer Is here to "clut ter up the universe." The tendency lo write Mancken off as merely a verbal showman IwRan many years before his dctih. Those who prlre orthodoxy ways hke to low-rate tha un orthodox man by celling him a I showoff. They do this because they fear him. He disturbs the pattern of their smug world. The crlllca of Mencken like to dismiss him as the leader of a short-lived Intellectual cult, as if he were no more than a faddist with a gift for words. Somehow I believe they are quite wrong. I think that If we could return here a century hence we would find that the clarion ac cents of the sprightly "Baltimore ssge" had won a more enduring place in literature than the gib berish of many literary critics to day who find life so overpowering and confusing. Certainly those who would pigeon-hole Mencken as merely a smart alec long-hair Idolized tem porarily by sophomoric college kids have got the wrong man In the wrong container. His mind didn't wrap easily Into any known package. As did Ihat 18th century lexi cographer, Sam Johnson. Mencken became for a time a top literary spokesman of his time. He helped an entire new generation of au thors break away from the syrupy echoes of the past and start writ ing the vinegar truths of the pres ent. What other writer of the 30th century did more to put the stamp of world acceptability on an emerg ing new language the Ameri can language? Mencken truly belonged in the company of "the great question ers" such as -Jonathan Swift, Vol taire. Samuel Butler, Thomas Hardy, Mark Twain and George Bernard Shaw. These are men who looked behind the easy beliefs of mankind for the hard answers. Like Swift and Shaw, Mencken found the cosmic hypocrisies of the human race ridiculous, but he found the individual man Immense ly likeable. Few men In history who have left a record of their passage behind them have had a greater test for life, or enjoyed it more. Personally, Mencken was one of the kindest of souls. He held out a cheerful helping hand to hun dreds of young writers, and didn't expect or look lor gratitude. I know this; I was one of them. But he loved human liberty and he could sympathize with every form of human frailty except pre tense and sluffed-shlrtism. In his death freedom lost one of its most ardent swordsmen and pomposity its bitterest foe. Mencken be forgotten? Even though the 25 volumes he wrote should sink Into oblivion with his ashes, one sentence alone should guarantee him Immortality. As long as men love kindness, understanding and a sense of hu mor, they cannot forget the man who penned this as bis whimsical epitaph: "If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thoughts to please my ghost, for give some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl." what critic of Mencken has ever written a line that shows so warm a feeling for humanity not as It should be but as it Is? Time llomb , By JAMES MARLOW Associated Press News Analyst WASHINGTON t& That was a time bomb Sen. Francis Case (R SD set off. It was only a matter of time before there was an ex plosion If the Senate battle over the gas bill lasted long enough. It lasted three weeks. A handful of Democrats and Re publicans had complained the oil and gas Industry was using enor mous pressure to get senators to vote for this 'bill as a majority did last night to take direct federal controls off natural gas producers' prices. On the other hand, backers said there was heavy pressure from distributing utilities. None or them said he had been offered money until Case got up. Sen. Henninga (D-Mo) a week ago demanded a Senate investiga tion of the "giant oil companies." The rest of the Senate showed lit tle Interest. Then Case, a South Dakota Re publican, told the Senate Friday hat lawyer he had never . met but who he believed wanted the gas bill passed gave a friend 5:1500 for Case's re-election cam paign. Case ssld he ordered It re turned. Yesterday John M. Nelf. a Ne braska lawyer who registered in his state last year as a lobbyist for the Superior Oil Co. of Austin, Tex.. Identified himself as the giv er of the 52,500. He said it was for Case's campaign, with no strings attached. It seems certain there will be a Senate Investigation. It isn't clear whether the investigation will be limited to the Case matter or make a broader sweep. During the three weeks' debate Sen. DouKlas tD-lll). leader of the bill's opponents, said the "big producers" had put such pressure on the Federal Power Commission twhlch was supposed to regulate producers' pricesi that a "majori ty of the commission haa chosen to play It sale." Sen. McNamara iD-Michl said the "million dollar lohbv of the oil Industry" had pressured all his friends and "they use money , , , and techniques fair and foul . . , They , . . besmirch Individuals , , . who oppose this bin Sen. Potter R-Michi sad In his eight years in Congress he haa never seen such pressure to vote for a bill. He told this writer: Practically every personal and political friend I ever had was con tacted to get me to vote lor the bill. It's amazing." Sen. Fulbrlcht (D-Arki. author of the bill, anid this wasn't a one way street, that the utility com panies whose profits might sutler! If the producers could charge more! for their gas had set up a well-lsion HERALD AND NEWS. SUBSCRIPTION RATES CARRIER 1 MONTH t 1 .50 0 MONTHS $ .0U 1 YEAR IU.00 MAIL 1 MONTH 5 150 MONTHS 5 7.50 1 YEAR l.0O financed lobby ta defeat the bill. Henninga made this charge: "The larger American oil com panies ... act In the field ol American politics with the hidden power of their vast wealth through both the Democratic and Repub lican parties. I believe an Invest! gat on of these giant oil companies is long overdue." Yesterday Henninga said a Sen ate subcommittee will look into the "Case matter and every other damn matter In connection with it and get at the big boys If we can. The Senate may also set up special committee to investigate what Case said. Love llusinosM By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK IAi Love gets th; business a week from today. It's been more than six weeks since Christmas. And merchants think It's time again for you to give someone something. So. from now till next Tuesday retailers, manufacturers, florists, telegraph companies, candy male era and greeting card writers will be reminding you constantly of your duty to loved ones on Val entine's day. And they won't be overlooking the added zip that leap year can give to ousiness. one msnufactur er has studded a gift belt with watch which "warns this is the year to leap." Merchants concentrate most on male shoppers lor Valentine's Dav. although gifts are plugged for both sexes and all ages. "More men buy greeting cards arouno valentines Day than at any otner time of the year, lnclud. ing Christmas." savs Frank Shaw. sales manager of Rust Craft Greet ing uards, Dedham. Mass. But he uu mai leap year cards are proving to be excellent sellers. uaras come In all sites and prices Including a 83 one, a large red satin heart with a pearl brace let and a heart charm attached. The Florists Telegraph Delivery ".-Mil. uupes ior a record ousiness next week. The Jewelry Industry Council plugs gift-giving next week as "purely from the heart, inspired wuuny oy auecuon." . Candy makers are out in force, with hearts all over the place in- ciuaing one chocolate valentine card you can eat. If you want something you may not have given before, merchant are full of helpful hints. One ad vertises - periume on a soft heart ed pincushion." Another suggests. -rurevcr our own short , acis nearis aflutter.1 Along the same line Is a "His' and "Her" set called "Secret Love Pajamas, a gift with a gleam of ,u.o.,tc, una suggested for "lov ers with a sense of humor." Wrong Idea mamam rails. Ore. (To the Editor) In answer to the 1 e 1 1 e r against fluoridation of the wa- ier; man goodness there are not many folks like that or we would still be living In the dark ages. Apparently you do not have any .vuuiix vnunren in your lamilv nnri do not care to give other children me oenenis or thorough research ana stuar or our medical nmt rf.m. ai professions and scientists. If we had left things the way the good Lord gave them to us we wouldn't be enjoying the comforts of our modern civilization n rt sucn we saving thlnes as v.ri-in.. Inoculations, miracle drugs, rj'- teurlratlon of milk, etc. Let us not forget tha n-nod Tkh also gave us the most developed oiin on eartn to mink and rea son with. Look how medical has lengthened the age of man in the last 50 years. Have vou not benefited from this? Let us all get educated cm rtnnri. datlon of the water. Tests and re search have been taking place for years and no harmful effect on Uie human body has been found due to fluoridation, but It has cut the dental cavities In the teeth of children to per cent. The only thing neglected was the education of the people on fluoridation and therefore all these false ideas. Fluoridation has been approved by the American Medical Association, the American Dental Association, the Public Health Service, the American Cancer Society and many morel Jt is inexpensive, tasteless, safe lo humans, harmless to Industries, and will give our growing children life-long protection against tooth decay. Fluoridation does not claim to help other parts of the bodv. Call your dentist and affirm these tacts. It Is his profession and he knows over 3.000 cities in the U.S. are fluoridating with no ill effects let us get all the true facts and then decide. We owe fluoridation of the water to our children. Sincerely, Lorraine Storey Mother of two young children P S. Have you forgotten our water is already "pickled" they have been adding chlorine to the water for years! By UNITED PRESS TUSCALOOSA. Ala. Gov James c. Folsom on racial dif ferences the world over and the desegregation riots at the Univer sity of Alabama beina "a result ai such feelings:" ii is normal ior an races not to be overly fond of each other." including 'black, white, yellow and red races." ALGIERS Mayor Jacques Chevallier on the riots during which French Premier Ouy Mol let waa pelted with rotten vege tables: "In a countrv as sensible as ours reason should not give v to das- and disorder." KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON They'll Do It Every Time Pop's favorite patymohoi.o6ue is what a Diirry sx4y-ouT he W4S WHEN HE WAS A YOUMG BL4DE J MAWS THE TIME rtW l Iff J&ffilZ U CH4Mfie MV CLOTHES .I quite A JfMT D'oA S.Lf fh - WORKy -rr-fff J T4KE MV GIRL &ifVv Vtil, ' ' t fc'NC KUHS Open House Plans Conferences: Class Visits A 16-voice Girls' Glee Club, und- under the supervision of Mrs. er the direction of LaMar Jensen, j Earle Tichenor, refreshments; and will furnish entertainment at Rsy Premo. entertainment. Wednesday night's Klamath Union j Kiamath union Hieh Par- High School Open House, according I ( mH Mkiik nnnnollv snnn. to Andrew Loncy Jr. director ol music for the Klamath Falls School System. The choir's selec tions are a part of the welcoming reception slated for Pelican Court. Doors open at 7:30. This year's "Open House," spon sored by the Parents and Patrons organization, will again feature classroom visitations and confer- ences with parents. An all-out ei - fort is being made to attract par- ents to membership in the parental group Wednesday night's "Open House" begins in Pelican Court, and in cludes a welcoming address by Ford Kimplon. Parents' president, and introductions by Principal Charles T. Carlson. Parents and friends will then visit student classrooms, and the eveninc will conclude In the school cafeteria, where refreshments will be served Observer Corps Plans Pie Social Members of the -Klamath Falls Ground Observer Corps will hold a pie soclnl on February 14. at S p.m in the Shasta Viow Grange1 Hall at the corner or Shasta Way and Madison Street. The public is cordially invited. Jerry Fulcs will be on hand to auction off the! pies with all proceeds soing for the upkeep of the Ground Observ er Tower. Anyone wishing to donate pier, kan leave them with Alta Lovell at 3242 Delaware Street on Mon day, February 13, or Tuesday, February 14. 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Wednesday night's affair will be nnniiirnted by special Droaacas: jb00th5 set ,, in tne Radio-Englih ciasses which are a part of the Radio-Microphone broadcast rou- tine. Charles Woodhouse Is In charge of this exhibit. William Comei Due 1900 Ceo. N. Taylor Haley's Comet swept thru the sky in 1910 and is due back in 1980. It returns every 70 years Comets and all things were made by Christ. See John 1 :3 Bible. Laying aside His glory, Christ came down from heaven to dwell with us, as the carpenter of Naz areth. On a day they bring Him an ox with a sore shoulder. He shaped a new yoke that let the ox pull. Later he told the throng "My yoke Is easy: My burden Is light." Is worry your burden? Then turn It over to Christ. When you took Him as your Lord and Sav iour, God gave you eternal life. But you are yet a babe in Christ. You carry into the new life your cares, worries, profanity or hates, lies. Jealousy or even sins un speakable. Now cast your sinful ways on Christ and grow up. This message sponsored by a Portland Lumber Mlgr. Adv. MM SUCCESSFUL ft k , Jt&f WT5 i. W J --vs'W?Sii' that there's mora that's new In other competitiva cars combined I Optional By Jimmy Hatlo BlJT LET ONE OP HIS KIDS COME -IN 4PTER CURFEW 4ND HE BLOWS HiS MEZZ4NINE"" Fink's radio maintenance classes also have planned several interest ing exhibits. SPECIAL! Akk about ut-r tefil n PERMANENTS Get vour spring perms nil nowf LADY KLAMATH BEAUTY SHOP Itt Nd. 1th Phone 7 and convenient way t kY mile: in half gallons EASY TO HANDLE EASY TO DIVIDE EASY TO STORE FROM YOUR CRATER LAKE DEALER OR ROUTE MAN DAYS FRESHER! FAR RICHER! CHRYSLER IN HISTORY! V -::: ::.- -.4c? new w.vw Chrysler And you can own a bigger, more powerful Chrysler Windsor V-8 for the cost of a medium-price car , . even for the cost of a "low-price" car with all the optional equipment. Our "Quality lit" ia town - only at Of Mnotl txlra Colt TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1358 Chinese Planes Sink Armed Junk- TAIPEI, Formosa Wl National. 1st Chinese planes sank a big armed junk and damaged another Monday afternoon near the Red held island of Pinglan in Formosa Strait, air iorce headquarters here reported. It said the Junks opened fire and the planes retaliated, return, ing to their base, unscathed. Ping, tan is eff the Chinese mainland, about 80 miles west of Formosa's northern tip. Omega Epsilon Rho 6th Annual Benefit SWEETHEART BALL February 11th Music by the Slarlighterl Dancing 9 to 1 ' Advance Ticket! $1.50 per couple from Omega Epsilon Rho members K A iw n: .3; y- tiled Con ara th, bt Ud Con tha Chryiltr "S.jn of Quolity." 9 M 1 tl-W
