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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1957 FRANK JENKINS Editor BILL JENKINS Managing Editor FLOYD WYNNE City Editor Hfodern World By BILL JENKINS This is a great world we live in today. If you don't believe it lake a look at some of the things that have been happening in the oast few months. Down in Fresno the veterinari ans are blaming the public for the loss of a good many animals in the park zoo. For instance, an ostrich died after swallowing 22 sticks from ice cream bars which he had been fed. A lion died as the result of a ruptured ulcer, a victim of the furious pace of modern day lining. Sev eral polar bears went West as a result of infections. Still In California, a man and his wife were stranded 25 feet in the air overnight last month when a ski lift they were riding shut down for the right while they were only halfwa down the hill. The fellow busted a few ribs try irg to climb down to earth on a rope made of c'othing tied into a ladder. Turned out that the oper ator thought his lift was empty and went to bed. . Jumping across the ocean we find that television played a ma jor role in trapping a gang of counterfeiters. A gang of queer money artists had set up in busi ness and run off better than half a million dollars in oogus Dins. But their presses set up inter ference in neighboring TV sets. Technicians looking for the trou ble uncovered the hideout and tipped off Scotland Yard. Back in. Omaha, Nebraska school principal is in' the soup again for sending a student home because he chose to wear his hair in long, curly locks. Seems that haircuts are becoming quite an issue, not only with the Army but with schools as well. What kind of a world are we living in if we can t look like we want to? The passing of a law requiring haircuts is as foolish as saying it is illegal to shoot yourself to death if you feel like it. Ain't tnere any personal freedom left anymore? If you think tratf.e is bad around here consider last August 23rd in San Francisco. On that day a new record for the Oakland Bay Bridge was set when 110, Ml cars used the span. That, my friend, is quite a little flow of traffic. During the month of Au eust 3,074,144 cars crossed the bridge going one way or another. The average dally count on the bridge is just over 911,000 cars. What load. Which reminds me that they are really fussy on the bridge. Was heading for home not long ago and came over the span headed north. When we hit the check station I handed the fellow there a quarter and pulled on. You'd think I'd just crashed the First National Bank for a million. Whistles blew, sirens screamed and so did the checker. I stopped, fearing a fus illade of bullets if I didn't, to find that I had endangered the whole structure of California finance by giving them a Canadian quarter. I was coldly informed that "foreign" money was not legal tender as far as the toll authority was con cerned. All this at a lime when a Canadian quarter was worth more than any old American two bit piece. Oh well, such Is life. WIS lily Vusts By FLOYD L. WYNNE How does the city of Kl.imnth Fulls spend the portion of the property tuxes that llicy collect from you? Let's put the spending of the rily of Klamath Kalis under the microscope and give you an ap proximate breakdown of just how the city spends the properly taxes it receives. Of the $4,500,000 assessed in property taxes this year over the S JM ra county, slightly over one-tenth, or about $458,000 was levied for ex penditure by the city of Klamath Falls. Of each property tux dollar, the city of Klamath Falls receives tl and one-half cents. Here's the "t, manner in which that 11.5 cents s , is disbursed : 2.0 cents tor sewer and swim brins pool bonds. 18 police 1.5 fire department 1.4 city aclminiflralur 13 lights and water .7 parks .7 recreation .7 city library .5 street department Ji municipal airport .2 Linkville Cemetery J employe retirement fund ,1 community lounge .1 dog pound and meal inspec tor program. The municipal swimming poo! operation, and Klamath Memorial Park are both self 'Sustaining pro grams which provide their own financing. Braakjnf dew om ft (was a Entered m second clua nutter at the post office at Klamath Falls, Ore., od August 90, 490S, under act ot Congress. March I. 181E SERVICES! ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS AUDIT BUREAU Or CIRCULATIONS Serving Southern Oregon And Northern California little more, we find that the total police department budget is $153, 000, but revenues from such source as parking meters take care of a portion of the budget, leaving about $85,000 to come from prop erty taxes. Total fire department budget. In cluding its special two mill levy amounts to $108,000. City administrative budget in cludes office expense at city hall, plus such items as $3,500 for plan ning commission, $1,500 for the armory board, $660 for civil de fense and publishing costs among others. Lights and water fund includes hydrant service costs, as well as other water uses, and street lights. The municipal airport's total budget is approximately $48,000, but revenues from other sources amount to $35,000, leaving one mill, or about $13,000 to be raised from property taxes. Let me repeat, the 11 and one half cents of every property tax dollar the city receives does not constitute the entire budget of the city. Total city budget for 1957-58 amounts to $1,108,974. This ngure does not include the $700, 000 expended of the sewer con struction levy. As 1 stated before, while the city jots 11.5 cents of each prop erty tax dollar, tne county receives 17.12 cents, me schools 68.85 cents, park and recreation districts .7 cents, cemetery districts .18 cents and the fire districts 1.35 cents. Next, we'll turn the tax spot- ngm on tne county budget. Three Flags By KEN McLEOD The greatest event in the his tory of St. Louis aside from its founding, was its transfer along with Upper Louisiana to the United States. Starting under French influence and then com ing under the control of Spain the tenor of colonial life in this inte rior city had rarely been dis turbed by events of the outer world and it is doubtful if these were followed very closely or with much interest by the contented in habitants. The affairs of the vil lage moved smoothly with little menace from the Indians so Indian warefare is not an important in cident in tne lile of this frontier community. lhere was but one Indian inci dent that has been used by his torians in attempt to show that at. Louis was menaced by In dians. It is known as the "affair of 1780 and undoubtedly grew out of the struggle then going on oeiwecn ureal Britain and her American colonies. The country to me eastward oi tne Mississinn had been wrested from the Kno- lish through the valor of Gen. Kogcrs Clark, and there were some attempts to retake it. One of these was the incursion of the Indians in 1780 in an abortive at tempt to capture Kaskaskia on the cast bank of the Mississippi. Fail ing in mis some oi tne Indians crossed to the west bank on May 26. 1780 and murdered six people on the Grand Prairie some four or five miles northwest of St. Louis. This occurrance became magnified in the course of time into a terrible attack imon the vil lage in which some 60 inhabitants losl their lives, many more were wounded, and others carried into captivity. This Indian incident, however, i slight as it actually was did produce a deep impression upon the community. The reople had grown to Relieve that their vil lage was privileged with immu nity from Indian attacks, for noth ing of the kind had ever occurred. No fortifications had heen erected. and so great was the feeling of security that certain rumors of at tack, which were said to have been afloat for several days prior lo the massacre on the Grand Prairie, were cast aside as un worthy of attention. But after this affair no time was lost in placing the village in a slate of defense. A line of fortifications were built around it. and the citizens for some time faithfully guarded it. But this was the last, as it had been the first, incident of Indian warfare to threaten the citv Pogo :w62g 17- he 6V6LL IS kg BCrt HO Nii - rr V6l?y FUNNy" - A 6000 iXXE'-60Ai.EAS, AiK H! though in the war of 1812 there were many outrages committed upon the settlers by the Osage, and the Sacs and Foxes. Into the comparative quiet frontier- village the thrilling news that came was the glad tidings that they were about to be restored to the sovereignty of France; and then upon the heels of this news came the word of a less welcome announcement that their city and country had been sold to the Americans. An unusual spectacle took place in' St. Louis on March 9 and 10, 1804, and one filled with sadness to the old inhabitants, who were mostly of French descent. The for mal transfer of Upper Louisiana from Spain to France had not been made when the time arrived for its transfer to the United States. In order that this transfer might be made from France to the United States, according to the terms of the treaty with Napoleon. Capt." Amos Stoddard, United States Army, who had been dele gated to receive the country from France, was empowered by the French government to act as its agent in the transfer, which must first take place from Spain to France. The ceremony of the first trans fer occurred between the hours of 11 a.m. and 12 midnight, March 9, 1804. The Spanish flag was low ered and the standard of France was run up in its place. The peo ple, although conscious that the sovereignty of France was being resumed but for a moment, and simply as a necessary formality in the final transfer, nevertheless could not restrain their joy at see ing afloat over them once mora the standard which even 40 years of the mild sway of Spain had not estranged from their memory. So aeep was tne leeling that, when the hour came for lowering the flag, the people besought Captain Stoddard that it might remain up an nigni. i ne request was granted. and the flag of France floated for 24 hours over the city from which it was about to be with drawn forever. At the appointed time on the following day March 10, 1804, the ceremony of transfer from France to the United States was enacted. The Hag of the French Republic was withdrawn, and the stars and stripes waved ir the first time in this future metropolis of the valley of the Mississippi. Thus St. Louis became perhaps the only city m historv which has seen the flags of three nations float over It in token of sovereignty within the space of 24 noitrs. DoineNlie Duck By GEORGE J. MARDER United Press These past few days, Americans almost forgot how to smile under the sobering news from Little Rock, Arkansas. And so, it may be a welcome relief to hear today of another feud between Uncle Sam and a sovereign state . . . North Da kota. The issue . . . duck migra tion instead of school segregation. But don t start belittling the is sue. It s a hot one between the state and the federal government. The issue is state's rights. North Dakota, in effect, said It can regulate as it pleases the hunt ing season on ducks which stay within its borders. And so. it set a September 27 opening date for hunting non-migratory ducks with in the stale. That was three and a half days before the federal season opened. giving North Dakota duck hunters an extra weekend. The federal government, indig nantly and officially, says North Dakota can't do that. It says there is no such thing legally as a non migratory duck, but if anyone is caught shooting one, he'll be ar rested. And Uncle Sam has followed through on the threat by arrest ing some 15 persons for pre-fed-eral season fowl hunting in North Dakota. North Dakota doesn't like that. The North Dakota law exempts from the state hunting season ducks which fly into the slate. It gives the hunters the right lo Bur sou ens n.s &-onTiexi M AtJ PUHN Th NOSE CN AW (ACS, AN' IP I A:W'T &Of NOSS, HCHPLAlHKINITBE fA c 7y- r Al WW 3W J' I BO klE S.kJll i i-iuTz-u: tl C"a a riil SUBSCRIPTION RATES CARRIER 1 MONTH I. SO C MONTHS , I YEAR . $ t oo , 18.0O MAIL) 1 MONTH tt 6 MONTHS 1 YEAR , , , ... t 1 SO tu.oo bag only those ducks content to stay within the North Dakota bor ders. And how is a nunter, levelling his gun. to make the distinction? The North Dakota law has this to say about that problem: "Each individual bird of any waterfowl species shall be pre sumed to be non-migratory unless it is shown by specific and compe tent evidence to be otherwise." That tells Uncle Sam to go out and prove that the ducks brought down weren't born and bred right where they were hunted ... in the state of North Dakota. Uncle Sam has no intention of doing any such thing. It comes back with this argument. . . . That all ducks, whether they migrate or not, are migratory when cov ered by migratory bird treaties with Canada and Mexico. Legal ly, says the federal government, even birds which stay wholly with in a state and never cross a state or national line are migra tory, if covered by a treaty. Uncle Sam says he has some federal court rulings to support that argument. This all goes back to a feud the federal government had some years ago with still another state . . . Missouri. Congress passed law to protect migratory birds which flew from Canada across the United States. Missouri said you can't tell us what to do within our own state . . . there's nothing in the constitution about birds. The federal courts supported Missouri. Uncle Sam then went right ahead and negotiated a treaty with Canada. Congress passed the same laws. And the courts upheld them as legal under the treaty. Inasmuch as it was not possible to say which birds might get the wanderlust and which birds might stay at home, the law labels all birds covered by the treaties as migratory fowl. And so the North Dakota stav- at-home ducks ... if there are any such ... are foreigners so far as the United States game laws are concerned. llonting Fans By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK W-Hibernation is leSS fa.Shionahle tnHav nmnna boating fans. Many boats go south instead of inio storage on ice-choked shores. Increasing snips nf h,,:itc uri motors in the South have brought me mmiui-r mere lo almost a third the nation's total. Even in the Nnrlhrrn st.-ifre tha hniin season is being extended well be yond me traditional Labor Day close. There are in the nation now six million boats and some 30 million boaters. Ponillation Prmvttl in lh nnon weather stairs nf lh Snntli onrt Pacific Coast and the increased number of persons in the middle income brackets havn nnm-pri a wide market. Increased leisure time is a big factor. And sn ic tin. trnnri ImuarH making the outhoard motor boat lamny conveyance. Motor sales, nnrp ctrirllv na sonal and ending around the Fourth nf .Tnlv nrn nnui fairlv well distributed through all the monins oi me year. With the Whole fnmilv nilincf in both the hnnts and llm tnntnrc ar becoming bigger all the time. .innnsnn ninrnrs is hrinmnd nnf " " , new 50-horsepower motor, as is p.vinriirlp Mntnrc In 1(U1 Mia ao age Horsepower rating of all out board motors was 3.6. The aver- ace has r imhpri In IS William -Tnnns Hirnnlnr nf ciln and flriVprtisinc fni .Tnhncnn M tors, predicts sales will be up 10 io id per cent in dollar volume in Hie sales vpar insl stnrtino- lloward F. Larson, director of sales for Evinrudc expects an 18 per cent gain in unit sales and 28 ijvi vein i a t i e a s e in uouar volume. Industry spokesmen say that sales and output of outboards dou bled helwepn m.V and lQyi Thpv expect that next year boaters will .-imu ciuuui i- union dollars lor boats, motors, and supplies. Klamath Kails (To the Kditori I wish lo inform you that you have published a gross untruth in your column. "In the Daily News." In your article you supposedly explained the word "thrust'' when used in relation to rocket propul sion. If this was true, it would be impossible to leave the atmos phere ot this planet by rocket pro pulsion. A complete explanation in lay mens terms can be found starling on page 2 of the article. The Dawn of the Space Age. in the Encyclopedia Britannica Book ol the Year for 1356. 1 would crv much like to srr this falsehood corrected as many people will be misled and confined by your statements. Glen Abbott 1917 l aurel Street i Editor's Note: Apologies. That's what one gets when tries to OVER-simphfy so everybody will understand ! sir. one that llIOlS By I'XTTED PRESS VniSO Wis - IVmnntw Sen. William Proxmire of Wiscon sin, on the Eisenhower adminis trations satellite program: "You can't match the sputnik with putnik." They'll Do It Every Lock the barn after hoss scrams dept: merri whelp, the miqu scuool footb4ll hero, got 4 busted btak in the. third game. of the season... Girl Scouts Win Awards A Court of Awards was held at Bly Grange Hall for the inter mediate Girl Scouts of Bly. Lorna Rcntle, Vickie Zittel and .Molly Chandler were given camp craft and outdoor cook badges. Lorna Rentle received a music ian's badge. Vickie Zittel was awarded her second class badge. One year attendance pins were re ceived by Nancy Thomson, Vickie Zittel, Susan Killeen, Lorna Rentle and Patricia Killeen. Valerie Little, Judy Hague, Glenda Ashford, Gilda Ditto, Susan Hyde, Kathy Brady and Janet Har der graduated from Brownies into intermediate Girl Scouts. Women Plan Confab Trip Klamath Falls Soroptimists meeting for luncheon in the Wi nema Hotel Empire Room, Octo ber 10, heard plans for member attendance at the district Sorop timist conference in Vancouver, Washington, October 11-12. At tending were Naomi French, pres ident of the local club: Mary Both well, second vice president: Mar garet Larkin, past president. Dor othy Rogers and Josephine Robin son. Headquarters for the district session was at the Evergreen Ho tel. Reports of committee heads were heard during the business meeting, which included plans for a cooKca tood sale on October 31, Norma Miller and Melvene Nit- schelm were initiated into mem bership. A film, "Our Chamber of Com merce," is scheduled for the Oc tober 17 meeting with Catherine Brumbaugh as program chairman. FRIENDLY REMINDER SANTA MOViri Calif in During a recent heat wave a lo cal church placed this sign on the front lawn: "If you think it s hot here ." What a value! For little more -2pVCy 18 2-50 week 1 yoa can now own a complete home movie theater outfit What a projector! Keystone's K-109D has everything you want and need, fl.6 Magna-Scope lens fills 40-inch screen at 13 feet. Geared Mm wind, forward and reverse, guarantees steadiness for sharper, clearer pictures. Built-in splicer and editor-viewer let you make perfect repairs and do editing on the spot It's a sell-contained movie workshop. Comes with beautiful linage-type carrying case., w Ciil SHOP 706 MAIN ST. end Time 1 7 im the 'ifVa. H V (fig Susan Killeen, Mary Hyde, Molly Chandler graduated from interme diate Girl Scouts into senior scout ing. Refreshments of cookies . and punch were served by Troop 41. Those assisting in the ceremony were Barbara Rentle, Elizabeth Hyde and Doris Smith. Exciting news from America's la re est automo ItATI f AIM bile insurance company! State Farm Mutual now offers care ful drivers a brand-new auto Dolicv with over 44 extra-pro tection features. It's the broadest coverage ever of fered by State Farm. Get full details from a man you ought to know your State t arm agent: Wm. N. Goen 709 South 6th Phone TU 4-3262 RtaMFkrm Miiltul Automobile IniuraBM Cnmpnty Home ORM: Bloom of too. Ill, than the cost of the projector alone TOWtS Si COUNTRY 5 By Jimmy Hatlo gJO FROM THEN ON ... HE WEARS IJ6, A NOSE GUARD... ( THERE MUST -BE A LESSON HERE SOMEWHERE J Norse, explorer Leif Ericsson was driven by storm onto the American coast in the year 1000 at a place he called Wineland for the grapes he found there. NO GIMMICKS! NO STAMPS Just Low Prices! Pure Cane SUGAR e? c uianr size aoap White King 4 T Miracle Whip kit i Salad Dressing Bisquick RIB STEAK 59 lb. Crisco Pillsbury Flour Chase & Sanborn Coffee fl TOKAY GRAPES lb. Specials Sold Only To Adults! Prices Effective Mon., lues., Wed. Right Reserved To Limit TOWN AND CGiMRY SHOPPING CENTER Court Records KI.AMATH FA? I MliSICIPAX COURT Harmin Ijiiwrt. drunk. i25 or 121! William w. Brannon, iaiiur to tiop for sign. 5 forfeited. John C. Criamon, disorderly conduct, $2& or 12'a days. Pnhri T Fieber. iirmrODer muffler. 55 forfeited. Carl li. Mauser, running rea ugni, $5 forfeited. Waldo W. Mielke. no muffler, S3 forfeited. KLAMATH COUNTT SUITS Heton Steel and Supply vi. Charlel Leib. ieeks collection of SI.OIW plu intereit as the amount due for ma. terials and supplies previously deliv ered by the plaintiff to the defendant. Phoenix Assurance Company of New York vs. Joseph M. Chavez and Jo seph A. Gallegos. seeks collection of S1.070 resulting from surety bond ac tion. East Side Electric Company VI. tha Metropolitan Development Company, plaintiff granted attachment to defen dant holdings in Klamath County with action nuvinn arisen from purported unpaid sum for services ana supplies furnished the defendant by the plain tiff. NOTE TO PARENTS . CHICAGO (UP) Two pediatri cians who have spent 15 years studying 2.630 children Friday told parents to stop worrying about thumb-sucking. Drs. Alfred and Howard Traisman, a father son team, said at the American Academy of Pediatrics meeting that "parents have been unduly alarmed . . . (and) should be re assured about the harmlessness of the habit." About 75 per cent of all babies suck their thumbs sim ply because they get pleasure out of it, the doctors said. It does not cause "overbite" or other dental disorders, they said. io..bs. 79' mm gg. -a. 29c SHORT RIBS 7 O 7 3 lb. Tin 10 lbs. 9 1 i ib. Tin US No. 1 Potatoes 10 lb. o
