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PAGE SEC HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON SUNDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1957 FRANK JENKINS Editor BILL JENKINS Managing Editor FLOYD WYNNE City Editor Monopoly j By KEN McLEOD Down through the years there have been a number of historical writers who have studied the North American fur trade and have been impressed by the way the Hudson Bay Company could control the land and people with out the warfare that was so preva lent upon the soil south of the in ternational border. They become enthusiastic about the system rul ing over the vast and lonely lands to the north where the lives of white men. so as to say, lay in the hands of the natives yet peace prevailed. Any troubles Jhat were, could be termed local and almost individual in their nature. The opinion seems to be that while this great record was partly due to the men of the Great Com pany, credit must be given to the system. The Great Company's domain was divided into two departments, the northern and southern, these then were roughly divided into "districts" regions marked out by natural means of communication and by the convenience of the traders and the Indians alike. There were no arbitrary bounda ries other than the international lines separating other nations from the company s domain. There were the Columbia Dis trict, comprising the valley of the Columbia and the Pacific Coast which later was made to include the District of New Caledonia, (the shaguy north interior of the present British Columbia': the Mackenzie River District, expand- ine into the valley of the Yukon: the Athabaska District, including the Peace River: the "English River" District, comprising most of the Churchill ("English") Riv er: the Saskatchewan District These great and well-defined areas may be said to havo been of a permanent nature while the dis tricts to the east of them were subject to readjustments. At the head of each district there would Invariably be a chief fact or. In the largest, there might be both a chief factor his junior and chief traders, each occupying in the eyes of the Indians something like a throne in his own post. All of these officers, but especially the chief factor at the head of ha district, while subject to the Council of Factors, the governor of the department and tho board in London, had a freedom of ac tion and a control within his charge which brought him the obe dience of the service and the "rev erence" of the natives. This attitude was greatly en hanced by theatrics of the pro fession, take as an example the ceremonial by which the chief fac tor a position was exalted. Even in the old days the Indians' ar rival at a post in a band was marked by solemn procedure the salutation from the fort with a volley from the visitors: a return salute from the fort. At Edmon ton it is said the return salvo from the old guns In the bastions was more dangerous to those who served them than they would have been to an enemy who may have made an assault. Then came the procession through the, gale and the open yard to the quarters of the chief factor in charge, ending with a solemn council with him about the happenings in tho trade, ana ine nuni lor lurs ana pro-1 visions. The Indians lovo the show and In their ignorance of value did not know that they were being "took" in by it. In a similar fash Ion tho movements of tho chief factor abroad in the land were attended by practices devised to enhance his importance. J. W. McKay has described the picturesque journey of a chief fac tor: "This exalted functionary was lord paramount, his word was law. he was neccessarily surrounded by a halo of dignity, and his per son was sacred, so to speak. He dressed every day in a suit of black or dark blue, white shirt, collars to his ears, frock coat, vel vet slock and straps to Hie bot tom of his trousers. When he went out of doors, he wore a black beaver hat that was worth 40 shill ings. When traveling in a canoe or boat, he was lifted in mid out of the cralt by the crew; he still wore his heaver hat, but it was protected by an oiled skin cover, and over his black frock he wore a long cloak made of Royal Stuart tartan linrd with scarlet or dark blue hath coating. . . . He carried technically called a "lire bag." which contained his tobaci-6. steel and flint, touchwood, linderbox, and brimstone matches In camp, his tent was pitched apart hom the separate fire, and the first work of the boat s crew after landing was to pitch his lent, clear his camp, and collect firewood suf ficient for the msht bclore they were allowed to attend to their own wants. Salutes were fired on I his departure from a fort and his return. All this ceremony was considered necessary; it hud a good effect on the Indians; it added to his dignity in the eyes of his sub ordinates." One can picture, then, the chief factors journeying with elaborate ceremonial from their several districts to council at York Fort, or as often happened after UU3 at Norway House, and finally sit ting at the great table described as the "Green Board," at the head of which, the governor presided The company fystera demanded; Entered as second class matter at the post office at Klamath Palls, Ore., on August 30, 4904, under act of Congress, March a. 1879 SERVICES: ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATIONS Serving Southern Oregon And Northern California that its commissioned officers should travel and act the part of a princess in the wilderness. Scnnl l'airiarli By JOHN M. LANGONE Of United Press A man whose political activities have spanned the eras of two Rooscvelts in the White House is 90 years old. Durable as the Yankee heritage from which he springs, United States Senator Theodore Francis Green, of Rhode Island is busier than most men half his age. Tomorrow he's off on a round the-world tour as chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Re lations. He n make an extended tour of 14 countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance. The senator is in better physical shape than a good many younger people. His diet is normal and he does plenty of wallong. He says "Ninety years haven't changed me. But 90 years have changed this country to a great extent. We've advanced rapidly. I see great things in store for us. We have a great role to play in this world that has shrunk in size." Senator Green is a lifelong Dem ocrat and he began his career in the party the hard way in reck ribbed, Republican Vermont. He was a young Democratic lead er in that state when Theodore Roosevelt was running for vice president on the Progressive or "Bull Moose" ticket in 1912. He tried to get Green to switch his politics then and become his cam paign manager in Vermont. Green turned it down. He was already supporting Woodrow Wilson. Thirty eight years after Theodore Roosevelt's death, and 12 years after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Green is servine h i s fourth term in the United States senate. Green comes from aristocratic stocK, and the revolutionary Gen eral Nathaniel Green was his an cestor. He was educated at Brown Uni versity and" Harvard Law School, and at the universities of Bonn and Berlin. He became a lawyer in Providence, and in 100 entered the Rhode Island Legislature. He failed his early attempts to enter Congress and the governorship of nnoae isiana. Bill no finally won as governor in 1932 and again in He was an ardent new dealer both ns governor and later in the United States Senate. He also is a strong internationalist and a be liever in the United Nations. The senator is a life-bus bach- elor. And aside from the fact that he is the Senate's oldest member, there's something else that makes him unique among all senators in nistory. Theodore Francis Green didn't even get to the Senate until he was 70 years old. l?pisol By KD CREAGII AP News Analyst WASHINGTON in - The White House is no strancer to excite ment, but it hasn't seen lately an episode like yesterday's. l He lobby was jammed with newsmen. They overflowed into the driveway in front of the exeru. live offices. A sort of rear guard was posted at the side door, just in case uic lour Southern gover- nors meeting with President Ei senhower on the Little Kock sit uation should come out thut way. Minnies, (hen hours dragaod past. The noise level rose to a pitch just short of a shrink. Then a door opimed and the re porters and cumcnunou who hrnughl yon the story singed into the olficc of pic-o; secret ;uy .lames C. llasorly. Surged? Tbey all hut tumbled re. Out in. they stood, tut and perched on book cases. Hageity stood behind bis dc.ik, arms folded, miitiru: tho fainl smile tb.it signals to White House veterans; this is a big story, men. It was. too. The Southern governors tele graphed it also. White-carnalioncd iphed it also. White-carnalionedlcording to L O. Hooper, analyst her Hodges of North Carolina for W. E. Ilutton i Co. I, nl Pogo I ' lOKc AS Wt CAv'T Y A. lNTg6TlM' Sn 4(?IS lf$$6 "6 INTEBNATlONAU A ' StmA PtJMN'. VflEOPHy$lCAU yAR frrflV. asp m cishtbbn ) "v a- r B fPTMDAy J OlO" . 4k fOlMSi fingered a copy of the joint state ment by the White House and the governors. The mobile features of Maryland s Theodore R. McKeldin were in constant motion. Florida's prematurely gray Leroy Collins and Tennessee's equally hand some Frank Clement showed sim ilar eagerness. Hagerty had the privilege of an nouncing the news, as spokesman forPr esident Eisenhower. It meant: if Arkansas Gov. Orval E. Faubus would pledge to maintain law and order and not to interfere with federal court orders, Eisen hower would pull U.S. troops out of Little Rock. The governors said Faubus was ready to make such a pledge. It looked as if the gravest inte gration crisis to date might be peacefully resolved. And then the bottom began to fall out. First, Faubus' "assurance" came through from Little Rock. He said he never intended to ob struct the orders of the federal courts although a U.S. court has accused hiro of doing just that. He said he was prepared "as 1 have always been" to maintain law and order for all that Eisenhower has indirectly blamed him for stirring up mob Violence. "I now declare," said the gov ernor, "that upon withdrawal of federal troops, I Will again assume full responsibility , . . for the maintenance of law and order, and that the orders of the federal courts will not be obstructed by me." There were more hours of wait ing. Finally, as midnight ap proached, Eisenhower issued a statement which for all practical purposes told the governor of Ar kansas: You didn't go far enough. Eisenhower said raubus state ment doesn't guarantee he will use his full powers to prevent obstruc tion of court orders. And so. said the President there is nothing to'01ner businesses have provided em do but keep the federal troops on duty and hope both sides will keep trying to work out a solution. The throng of newsmen had dwindled by the time the Presi dent's final statement was issued. The pro-and-con pickets who had marched for a time outside the White House gales had long since gone away. One thing seemed certain: nine Negro children would go to school in Little Rock today still under the protection of the U.S. Army. Beyond thai, it wasn't safe to pre dict. Income By ELMER C. WALZEft United Press Financial Editor NEW YORK (UP) Market operators these days are looking for income ralher than enhance ment of capital, according to the experts. Last week, they bought move of utility shares and this put the util ity average up 0.76 point while other sections of the market de clined. The bond market is reported in a better position too with demand ! for high yielding issues. Last week i while stocks were declining, the railroad bond averages moved higher with the exception of the so-called income rails which only pay interest when it is earned. Tax free bonds also are receiv ing considerable attention accord ing to the bond houses, and prices have been rising even though there lias been a flood of new issues and lots of bonds had to be cleared from inventories. noi long ao a reverse situation prevailed. Thvn it was a rush to buy the so-called growth slocks and no attention was paid to divi dend!) since some of Ihem didn't nvnn n, en, oil r1l.-',.ln.,rl For some time now the growth I ' Tm , " B rep."' issues have been in disrepute andcdJ,0(lay that m eowauAm their prices bae had a sever devlinr. A few slocks yield far high er than any bonds. Some of them with fairly secure dividends rale yields as high as 9 per cent. We may even have lo become accustomed to more 6 per cent returns on pretty good stocks, ac-! SUBSCRIPTION RATES CARRIER MAH. , I MONTH - - i.tO MONTHS . S T.M 1 YEAR -,. ttt.00 He looks for 7 per cent, I per cent, and 9 per cent returns on speculative Issues where the divi dend Is likely to be continued but is less safe. Eldon A, Grimm, analyst for Walston & Co., notes that some analysts look for the next bull market in bonds and in high-grade preferred issues. He foresees a prospect of easier money. Easier money would, help send bond prices higher just as tight money sent them down. Some people, Grimm observes think the municipal bond market is on the bargain counter. Because municipal bond interest is tax ex empt, Grimm adds, an investor in even a moderate income tax bracket might be able to realize an equivalent of 8 or 10 per cent on municipals. Those in higher brackets fare even better because of their high tax rates. Oregon Tech Klamath Falls has earned the right to keep Oregon Technical institute in Klamath Falls. That institute on the Mile High Campus, established fai 1947 on the site of the old Marine Corps con valescent hospital, is an integral part of the life of the Klamath country. Propaganda keeps popping up to snow in dollars and cents how much OTI is worth to the city. Let's turn the coin and consider how much Klamath Falls does for OTI. A recent survey shows that more than 80 per cent of the thousand students on the hill had part or full time employment in Klamath Falls. A lumber company re-arranged its working schedule to put on a six-hour shift starting at 5 p.m. completely manned, includ- luremen, Dy un siuoenis. ployment for the hours the stu dents are not in class. Splitting jobs, to provide part time work for pairs of OTI students, instead of a single all-day job for one per son, has been a common practice. The working wives of OTPs 290 married students have found em ployment in the business and ad ministrative offices on the campus and in nearly every type of bus iness in the town, Winston Purvinc, OTI director pays this tribute to Klamath's sup port ot Oregon lech: "Business and industrial people of Klamath Falls and Klamath County have done a job of co operation in maintaining part and lull time employment for OTI students which I gravely doubt could be duplicated in any other community. Oregon Tech has gone to its present stature because it is located in Klamath Falls where it has received the wholehearted support of its community.' For every asset there is an ob ligation. Klamath Falls and the people of this area have been paying their obligation every year through the past 10 years. Not only is employment provided for those who must have additional income to be able to continue their formal education, but scholarships nave been set up by local orga nizations, firms and individuals and generous contributions made to the student loan fund. The stu dents and the faculty have been accepted into the business and the social life of the city. Klamath Fall hn. .nrn.rf it. Klamath Falls has earned right to OTI. F. M. J. Yds Mail Bag and pension cases added to the rolls after World War II required adjustments ui a claims review now under way. VA said the figure involved 7.8 per cent of the 621,080 cases re viewed to June 30, 1957. Adjustments included 5.421 creases in monthly Davments to Imateii a worsening in the degree of disability. 19.629 decreases in monthly payments to match an im provement in the degree of dis ability, and 23.344 terminations of payments. Of the 23.344 terminations. 16.668 were ended primarily because of improvement in disability to a lev el no longer justifying monetary awards, and 6.676 were terminat ed after VA found "Wear and un mistakable error" in associating the disability with the period of military service. With a few exceptions, service connection has been confirmed in the case of the 16.668 veterans whose payments were stopped be cause of improvement in disabil ity, and th 'so veterans may be returned to Ine compensation rolls if their service-connected ailments again become disabling. VA said. VA added that veterans have the right to appeal to the VA Board of Veterans Appeals if they be lieve adverse changes were not justified. Started in 1954, the review is designed to .cover all cases of World War 11 or peacetime vet erans under age 55 who are re ceiving compensation for service connected disabilities and all vet erans under 55 who are receiving pensions for nonserv ice-connected disabilities. Approximately 1 7l6.non cases will be Involved. VA said. Contracts For NEW YORK August contracts for future construction in the 11 states west of the Rockies totaled $542,755,000, a decrease of 32 per cent compared to August 19o6, F. W. Dodge Corporation, construc tion news and marketing special ists, reported Saturday. . Contracts in the heavy engineer ing category in the western re gion during August amounted to $109,073,000, a decrease of 69 per cent. Sharp decreases were reg istered in both public works and utilities categories. Home Extension LANGELL VALLEY - The first meeting of the Langell Valley Home Extension Unit was held all day October 2 at the home of Mrs. Louis Randall. Co-hostesses were Mrs. Gilbert Faulstich and Mrs. Walter Smith Jr. ine ousiness meeting was in charge of the chairman, Mrs. Walter Smith. Lois Monroe was appointed on the ACWW commit tee, and Esther Keysor the lunch eon committee chairman. Mary NoDle will be the vice chairman, taking the place of Clara Graves. Luncheon was served at noon by nostesses Maren Randall, Dorothy Smith and Winola Faulstich. The project for the day was making fabric lamp shades. Lead ers were Loir. Monroe and Bev erly Yancey. October 17 the group will meet at the community hall all day to finish the shades. The next meeting will be on No vember 6 at the home of Mary Noble. Textile painting led by Car olyn Dearborn and Maxine Brown will be the iesson. ALTAMONT Mrs. Wallace Uerlings. chair man of the Altamont Home Ex tension Unit which met recently at Joan's Kitchen, appointed com mittee chairmen for the coming year as follows: hospitality, Mrs. Lloyd Seely; luncheon, Mrs. J. R Miller: recreation. Mrs. B. S Shogren; 4-H Club, Mrs. J. M- Jackson; Azalea House and ACWW. Mrs. G. C. Berry: membershin. Mrs. E. J. McCollum; scrapbook, Mrs. William Kunz. and nuh- licity, Mrs. Frank Peyton. Mrs. Uerlings and Mrs. McCol lum gave detailed instructions on how to get a lamp shade ready to cover. Plans were made for a two day project meeting on Octo ber 14 and 15 at Joan's Kitchen. 9:30 a.m. on "Fabric Lamp Shades." Lunch was served to 27 mem. bers and guests. State Traffic Deaths Listed Traffic accidents claimed at least 41 lives in Oregon during September, shoving the state's nine-month traffic death toll to 318. Thirty-nine were killed in Sep tember last year, and the death toll at the end of nine months in 1958 stood at 310. The month-by-month death fig ures so far this year show Jan uary with 27 deaths, February, 29; March, 36: April, 31; May, 32; June, 45; July, 30; August. 47: and September, 41. The figures are subject to re vision if persons injured die as a result of injuries incurred in ac cidents, according to the Depart ment of Motor Vehicle's traffic safety division. Rainfall Heavy At Fort Rock FORT ROCK Rainfall at The Poplars Weather Station, Fort Rock, totalled 1.45 inches for the stormy period beginning Fridav, September 27. A total of 1.34 fell in September. Previous high for this station was .66 in 19S4. Long term average here is .30 inch. The warmest night ef the year also occurred on September 25 with a minimum of 30 degrees. Hottest day of the summer was September 6 when the mercury climbed to 92 degrees. The valley floor of the Nile River is seven feet higher today than It was in Cleopatra's time, reports the National Geographic Society. This is due to the silt deposited by annual floodings. The Welcome Wagon Hostess Will Knock on Your Door with Gifts & Greetings from Friendly Business, Neighbors and Your Civic and social Welfare Leaders On the occasion of: The Birth of a Baby Engagement Announcements Arrival of Newcomers to Klamath Falls Phone TU 4-4185 No cost or obligation! Construction Construction contracts' in August in the residential category amount ed to $248,637,000, or seven per cent below the correspond ing month of 1956. However, the dollar volume of contracts for apartment building units showed an increase of 67 per cent com pared to the 1956 level. August non-residential building contracts of $185,045,000, showed a slight decrease compared to Au gust 1956; gains in contracts for public, religious, commercial and They'll Do It Every Time I fdlly1 POM'T CARE HlOW 7 TELL THE PEStES I I W U-I OPTEN YOU'VE BEEN 4kjo SCFMM r IMl'r I ll HEf?E-C4M'T VOJ Ba3rrTT But comes it TJl' J OkAHX 4N0 4 TIP OF . "TTbsATZ ! Qf jifelSiwi ABOBBE,H4T JAMES B. BORDEN, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Borden of 1435 Pleasant Avenue, was elected student asso ciation representative of the junior class at Harding Col lege in Searcy, Arkansas, in voting completed last week. Borden, a 1955 KUHS grad uate where he was a letter man in football, is a pre-med student and president of the Alpha Phi Kappa social club, a member of the student health association and an active participant in intra mural athletics. The firms listed in this f the Sabbath Vhore it after. OPEN EVERY DAY FROM 9 A.M. TO 9 P.M. SUBURBAN DRUG THRIFTY VARIETY ROBERTS HDWE. Sivat H-C Gretn Stamps Phon. TU 4-3445 SAFEWAY o TWO LOCATIONS 8th & Pine Store S. 6th St. Store 9 A.M. TO 6 P.M. 9 A.M. TO 9 P.M. THE LOWEST PRICES EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK Show Drop In Western States educational and science buildings helped to limit the decrease to only one per cent. The cumulative total of contracts for future construction in the first" eight months of 1957 in the 11 western states amounted to $4, 908,593,000, a decrease of less than one per cent over the similar 1956 period. A dollar volume increase in the heavy engineering category for the first eight months of 1957 result ed from increases in public works Toastmistresses YREKA In the formal program presented at the Council No. 4 of Toastmistresses meeting, recently held at Grants Pass, six members of the Yreka Toastmistress Club I participated. Responding to the Grants Pass welcome was the Yreka club's president, Mrs. Ed Loudon. Chair man for a panel discussion on "Presenting Gifts," and "Address ing the Presiding Officer," was Mrs. Russell McCam. Also partici pating i nthe panel discussion were Mrs. Tom Dickinson, council vice Dr. James E. Creswell Announces the opening of offices for the Practice of Dentistry ot South 6th Street Dental Clinic 3952 South 6th directory recognize that even efeng wrtfi otrservenc a community need far the c tmmeK iaf semceo tttef SHOPPING CENTER g a A i Givai &tC GrMR Stompl Phono TU 4-5566 construction contracts; at 11,465,. 017,000, the heavy-engineering cat egory was up three per cent over the corresponding 1956 period. Construction contracts for the first eight months of 1957 in the residential category totaled $1,928, 824,000, a decrease of four per cent below the similar period of last year. Non-residential construction eon tracts for the first eight months of 1957 at $1,514,752,000 were two per cent above the like 1956 period. By Jimir.y Hatlo Summer- KEISTER, THE TR4VELIM6 SALESMAH.CAhtT 6ET A KIND. WORD OUT OF THE MOTEL MOCrtJL, LET ALONE A PLACE TO leep Conduct Meeting president, and Mrs. George Bray, Yreka club representative. Mrs. James Sullivan gave a talk on Crater Lake. One of the critics for the speaker was Mrs. William Egelman. Open 'till 6 p.m. en Sun. Girei Z-W Grean Stamps Phena TU 4-4004
