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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1958)
TUESDAY. JULY 22. lflSR HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE FIVE Many Weary Miles Pass Under 'Old Iron Legs' By BETTY DOW MONTAGUE "Old Iron Legs." as he calls himself, has covered thousands of miles on foot through many lands from the Canal Zone to Texas; from Portugal to Ilalv: California to Mexico and back again, and now he is smack dab in the middle of his latest hiking feat of some 1.200 miles of North ern California. "Old Iron Legs" is really John S. Slahl, 75-year-old veteran of the highways and former postal clerk. His home? Well, it is where he hangs his battered white straw hat. stands his wooden staff and rests his knapsack perhaps Sn some one's barn along the road he hap pens to be traveling,-or maybe weather permitting under some shady tree in the woods. He does have a mailing address, that of his brother in San Francisco, and where he rests between hikes. He Keeps his brother posted as to where he will be on such and uch a date, so his brother can lorward his mail. He left Sacramento, on this, his latest trek, to tour Northern Cali fornia, via "shank's marc" or May 27. 1958.. and after covering some 481 miles arrived in Yreka on Friday, July 11. His itinerary included stops at Marysvillo, Red Bluff, Alturas, Tulelake, on back to Grenada, where he -took the Grenada cutoff into Yreka. After his weekend in Yreka, where he was royally received by Capt. Floyd Winchell, head of the Yreka. CHP division, he rested at the Yreka fnn, enjoying a lunch and dinner with Father John Bo- land of St. Joseph's Catholic Church on Saturday. After attend ing mass at the church on Sun day, he 'set his walking sights along the Klamath River Highway, and plans to make Happy Camp lis next stop. "Old Iron Legs" is a small wiry fellow with a bronzed face, white beard, and sparkling blue eyes peering from beneath bushy white eyebrows. Those sparkling eyes indicate a terrific sense of humor and an awarness and love of life. John talks of his many travels with a great deal of pride of ac complishment. He was retired in 1935 from the post office depart ment in San Francisco due to ill Beauties Set Forjudging LONG BEACH, Calif. (LTD Judging begins tonight in Long Beach Municipal Auditorium for (election of this country's repre sentative in the seventh annual Miss Universe Pageant. The judges will select 15 final ists from 45 domestic beauties, representing 43 states, the District of Columbia and the city of Phil adelphia. Miss Alaska was de clared a "foreign entrant" be cause Alaskans had not approved statehood yet. The finalists will compete Sun day night for 'he title of Miss United States and the right to rep resent their country in the Miss Universe judging, beginning Thursday and ending Friday night with selection of the winner. Dorothy Ziegler Dies In Utah Mrs. Charles 'Dnrothyl Ziegler, 47, resident of Klamath Falls for 12 years, died July 20 in Roy Utah, home of her parents where she had been for the last four months during a serious illness She was a native of that city. Mrs. Zieder was active in the Klamath Falls Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Surviving are her widower, Charles Ziegler, Klamalh Falls: a daughter. Mrs. Kay Ueanl Bodi ly. Roy, Utah: sons, Robert Zie gler, Provn. Utah, Carl and Roger, this city: her parents. Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Pingree. three broth ers and three sisters, all of Roy. Funeral services will he held in that cily at 11 a.m. Wednesday. July 23. health, namely ulcers. Needless to say he has nary an ulcer now. Taking up walking as a "profes sion" was more or less due to a nervous condition, and as he put it. with a grin, "I wasn't about to it around in a city apartment and develop into a shaky old man.' He has cut his way through jun gies traveling through Central Am erica, where the roads were mere paths. His longest trek was some 3,500 miles from the Panama Ca nal Zone to Austin, Texas. One of his shorter walks, was a tour of the 21 historical missions from So noma to San Diego. He made the Holy Year Pilgrimage, climaxed with a meeting of His Holiness Pope Pius XII, where he traveled from Fatima, Portugal, via Lourdes on to Rome, a distance of 1.5B0 miles, started on August 4, 1950 arriving at his destination in December, 1950. He has many honors, among them being the position of colonel and aide-de-camp to the governor of New Mexico, and an honorary membership in the Texas Rangers. His latest yen, which he hopes to achieve at Happy Camp, is to become a member of an Indian tribe, and he wants the works ceremonial dances and all. He proudly shows letters of intro duction from. Mayor Christopher of San Francisco and Bernard R Caldwell, head of California's High way Patrol, and many other let ters from eminent personalities. These letters he carries in a small white canvas hag, along with his diary, which he uses as an ad dress book. There are signatures and addresses of the hundreds of people he has met in his long travels, and many of them he writes to, keeping them informed of his progress. Asked if he had any pet theories he countered with, "are you like the rest of the reporters? Pulling that old routine (and which annoys him no end) "to what did he at tribute his long life?" Well, he said with a twinkle in his eyes. I am not going to say like so many of these old fellows do. 'that I don't drink coffeee, I don't smoke 'he doesn't', or I don't drink. 1 drink lots of coffee along the way, and if some one comes along the road and offers me "a shot." I don't care if it is 10 o'clock in the morning, I take it. Fellow needs a bit of stimulant once in awhile He continued, "I even like a beer or two. no more than that, once in awhile." In this day and age of speed which he doesn't like, he finds life wholly satisfying. He finds enjoy ment in beautiful sunrises and sun sets, he sees the birds and crea tures of the forest, in fact he sees many things that others, rushing about the business of living miss. He meets many interesting peo ple, who are kind and good to him, eager to help him on his walks. Their solicitude for his wel fare touches him deeply, and al though he has offers of a good bed to sleep and rest in, he says, "I really enjoy sleeping in a barn, or out under the skies." Sometimes he yields to the insistence of his good friends, as he calls his bene factors and does sleep inside. He specifically stressed that he was given much assistance from the highway patrol officers, the forest service and the postmasters of the many communities he had visited on this latest trip of his, and he said, "Words were inade quate to express his sincere appre ciation for their kindly help. Ranchers, too, along the way "couldn't have treated me better," he said. When the spiriled old gentleman continues to wend his way from Happy Camp, he plans on travel ing on to Crescent City, Eureka, and he isn't too sure yet, but may cut across to Sacramento where he hopes to meet the governor of California. From there he will con tinue on to San . Francisco and "visit his brother a spell." ... L' " r in EgS&cgt'i ,-ivr i ii "T.i ?f. w ; J I Polio Foundation Slates Campaign On All Disease year these are defects present at birth not due to injury during birth: and an estimated 150.000 persons who have had paralytic polio still require some , assist ance. JOHN S. STAHL, or "Old Iron Legs," is shown in the Yreka Inn as he rested on hit 1,200 mile walking tour of Northern California. Stahl, 75-year-old veteran hiker of the highways, enjoys life and all the friends he makes on his trips. Dow Photo NEW YORK AP-The Nation al Foundation for Infantile Paral ysis announced today it is expand ing its program to attack major health problems of the nation. Until now. the foundation has been concerned with polio. Para lytic polio has been virtually iicked by the Salk vaccine. Basil O'Connor, foundation pres ident, said research initially will be in five areas: polio, virus re search, disorders of the nervous system, arthritis and birth de fects. The foundation's expansion into arthritis research indicates it may vie for funds with the Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation. The latter last week rejected a pro posed 'merger by the two groups. O Connor said no attempt will I ut-indur iu uupm-Hie ine worn 01 other voluntary agencies. He add ed, however, that as scientific breakthroughs occur they will be pursued wherever they lead, with the general objective of improve ment of man's health. The arthritis group voiced re gret that the polio foundation had not "seen fit to join forces" in combating arthritis, but instead was entering the field on its own. The March of Dimes, a 20-vear- old institution, will finance the polio foundation's expanded pro gram. O'Connor said. The organ ization will be known hencelorth as the National Foundation. O'Connor said the enlarged pro gram is a natural outgrowth of work done in the course of finding a polio preventive and caring for polio victims. "As the time was ripe 20 years ago for a voluntary organization to fight a single threatening dis ease," O'Connor said, "so the hour now is right to enter the broader battle to which our expe rience has led us." A total of 11 million persons are said to have arthritis and rheu matism: 250.000 children are born with significant birth defects each Crisis Ends In Thailand BANGKOK (AP) Thailand has survived what might be described as another political crisis. It ended when strongman Mar shal Sarit Thanarat returned from five months in the United States, where he had an operation for a liver ailment. He found the opposition Demo crat party was preparing to launch a general debate against the government in the National Assembly. The Democrats had won the support of 13 independ ents in bringing the debate to the floor. The marshal called in some of the independents. To no one's sur prise, eight had second thoughts about the debate and decided that it would not be wise for the country at this time." Wisnv Khuang Aphaiwongse, the Democrats' leader snapped: "The biggest doublecross in Thai politi cal history. The eight independents went to thi: Temo e of the Emerald Bud dha. Thailand's most sacred shrine, and swore they had not taken bribes from Sarit for with drawing their support of the oppo- K ion. The Democrats, strongest anti- Coinmunist group in the country, sought to debate the government on the issues of health, education, economics and corruption. They had grounds. A cholera epidemic has killed 600 person. Students are upset by the lack, of classroom space and a new in crease in college tuition fees. The countrys treasury is virtually empty. Sixteen cases of corrup tion involving government offi cials have been reported since the beginning of tne year. Sarit told the Democrats: "This is not the time for a general de- hale. It might encourage a revo lution. Unemployment Hikes In Texas AUSTIN, Tex. (AP)-Ahout 3 000 more jobless workers filed for unemployment insurance in Texas last week, upping the total to 77,- 786, the Texas Employment Com mission said yesterday. 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