Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1958)
PAGE 6 A HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 8. 1A58 FRANK JENKINS Editor BILL JENKINS Managing Editor FLOYD WYNNE City Editor MAURICE MILLER Circulation Mgr Ph. TU 4-4752 Entered as second class matter at the post office at Klamath Falls. Ore., on August 20. 1906. under act of Congress. March 8. 1879 SERVICES: ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Serving Southern Oregon And Northern California Subscription Rates CARJUER I MONTH . $ 1.50 6 MONTHS $ 900 I YEAR $18.00 MAIL I MONTH 1.50 6 MONTHS $ 8.50 I YEAR $15.00 Missing Hot By BILL JENKINS . Seems to me that what with all the prayers for rain and-or snow during the deer season some competent bunch of rain dancers haven't made a good thing out of It. Come the deer season and hunt ers throughout the world blow the dust out of their pluviometers and send off fervent prayers to the hunting gods for a little precipita tion. The trouble is they don't have the right connections and their prayers fall on pretty arid soil. .1 strongly suggest that we con tact someone familiar with the an cient rites of the Hopis or some of the Navajos or others who have a pretty fair reputation for this sort of thing. It might help. Too bad, in a way, that Gen eral Dyrenforth failed in his Tex as experiments back in 1891 wherein he attempted to prove that concussion caused rainfall The general and his men touched off vast piles of giant powder in an attempt to make rain. Claimed success, too, but the political pow ers weren't impressed and the whole thing was written off. What with the cannonading we get during the opening of the sea son nowadays it would seem that if gunfire would bring rain we should be hip deep in the runoff by now. . But then that is one of the mys teries of nature and politics that us mere mortals can't explain. I guess. Another mystery that I should like cleared up is why so many deer hunters shoot themselves in the leg with a pistol? What in the world is a door hunt er doing with a pistol anyway? I can't imagine anything less useful or more dangerous to pack along on the annual hunt for horns. And yet each year the list of casualties mounts. Most of 'cm shot, I suspect, while trying to emulate one of their television heroes with the fast draw. Not that 1 have anything against pistols. I own a rack of 'em my elf and like to shoot them. Hut they play no part In deer hunting expeditions. Just so much junk me tal along, adding weight to the al ready weary miles. Oh well, such is the world of tel evision and Nod Bunlline. EmaiH-ipaf inn By FLORENCE JENKINS The so-called emancipation of women marches on. From Stockholm comes word of another progressive step taken last week in Sweden. After January 1, next year, wom en may become ordained minis ters in Sweden. The Church Assembly, the high est representative body of the Church of Sweden, voted 69 to 29 to accept women into the minis tonal nociy. .jusi anout a year ago, the same proposal was de feated by a vote of 82 to 39. llio Historic decision was reached after a debate which lasted sixteen hours. The Church Assembly has a ma jority of laymen and these mem bers exert a substantial influence upon the decisions of the group. A change of opinion has been no ticeable among the clergy, it is said. One of the staunch supporters of the proposal was the new arch bishop, Dr. Gunnar Hultgren, who urged acceptance of women into the clergy of Sweden. A note of economy to the road hunters, the lazy man's Dccrslay er: If you arc going to road hunt anyway why not save money by merely going out to Moore Park and driving around for a few min utes to get the outdoor flavor and then going to the nearest butcher shop and shooting a Ion spot over the counter for the best hoof roast he has? You'll save quite a lot of money and have belter moat. And think of the saving in tiros. IliMi-iH Alloriu'v By FLOYD L. WYXNK With the filing of Clarence lluni hle today for the office of district attorney, we now have I hi re w rite in candidates in the race. The oilier two are the incum bent Arthur Hoddoe and Glenn Ramirez. The unusual situation of Ihirc-write-in candidates came about when Boddoo. who was appointed when Richard Boesley resigned, failed In file for reelection to the olfice in lime to have his name listed on the ballot. After this point came to light, Beddoe indicated that lie did wish to run for elect inn to the post ami so filed. Shortly alter K.miiic, filed for the office, and now Clar ence Humble. I have no wish to lake any side of the three-cornered rare for the post, but there is one aspect of it that does concern the taxpayer There is a possibility that cither or both the Democratic and He publican central committees might meet and certify one of the can didates for their nominee, and then petition the secretary of state to certify that candidate so his name could go on the ballot. However, it is pertinent to point out that the ballots have already been printed. Any such last min ute eflort as tryuiR to put a stick er on the ballots would lie a monu mental task that would cost the taxpayer quite a bit of money In addition. absentee ballots have already been dispatched in dome cases by the county clerk's office. Neither would it bo fair for one party lo certify a candidate without the other party doing the same thing. That would be an unfair po litical advantngo that I'm certain neither party would want. It would seem to be in the pub lic Interest In all ways to let all three men run as write-in can didates. This saves taxpayer mm- ey and puts all tint calculates As if picking the winners of football games weren't complex enough, a contestant in the Her ald and News contest last week enclosed a sheet of algebraic symbols with his entry. We sus pect that Francis Kenyon slipped in a school assignment by mis- lake. His choices read like "52x-3.!i equal ,26x" and "(2X-5I-- 6'x plus H equal 0. Mr. Kenyan, we should note, was an honorable mention winner. If you should see a short sub ject on the new Mackinaw Bridge in Michigan, claimed to be the world's longest, at the Tower The ater this monlh, you have County Lngineor William R. Canton to thank for it. Canton visited the bridge last month, learned of the movie called Five Miles of Progress," and suggested the theater run it. The price of crossing the bridge. Canton said, is $3.23 per car one way. City police are used lo almost anything. The oilier dav Ihov learned that a cnflin jack lyes, it's a jack lo raise cnltins'i was stolen Irom the Modoc Lumber Company yard. The little yellow device has the intriguing nick name of a "Come-along " Off Ileal 1Voim By TOM STIMMEL More items of news, or almost news: A Republican of our town walked into the chamber of commerce of lice to buy a $3 ticket for to night's dinner honoring Senator Neuberger. "Never thought I'd pay money In hear a Democrat talk," the customer said, "but here I am. This guy deserves some credit." Neuberger was a successful free-lance writer before he was a senator. He has an article, "Bloody Trek to Empire," in the current issue of American Heritage. The story describes human follies and natural calamities that almost ruined the first attempt to settle Oregon. . . . The senator donated his fee to Portland State College. Handed what had all the ear marks of a hopeless, dirty job by his friend, Doug McKay, Tom has performed a real service to this community. We always knew he was a fight er but we did not realize what a lot of good sense, patience and determination the man had. The so called Management Specialists started out as a three man com mission and ''ended up with Tom doing most of the work after Phil lips resigned and Gene Favell took sick. Anybody who has ever dealt with our Indian friends will real ize what Tom was up against Basically, they believe that any plan dreamed up by white men is bad for red men; not without some historical justification. On top of that, they don't trust some of Ihei own people any more than they do white men. Then too, they can't keep their minds made up. Some thing they all agree lo today, to morrow they will listen to in ap parent amazement as if they never heard of it before. In the beginning, certain eastern congressmen who just could not imagine anybody doing a public job without some personal selfish interest, broadcast some gratuitous insults about the Management Spe cialists. About that time I expect ed to read any day that Tom had given them a swift left jab in the nose. Twenty years ago he would have. But in his mature years Tom has turned into quite a diplomat ho always was a politician. If you don't think it takes a lot of doing to persuade government bureaus like the Indian Service that you are right and they are wrong, you just never have wrestled bu reaucratic Washington. Tom did. In (he very last round at the congressional hearings when it looked as if the National Lum bermen's Association had thrown a monkey wrench in the machinery with a letter by an apparently to tally uninformed Oregon small time lumberman, Tom persuaded Ralph Macartney to write a letter to Senator Neuberger that really made the National Lumbermen's Association look silly. Klamath County, the Klamath Indians, and a good part of the people of Oregon owe Tom Wal ters a real debt of gratitude for a very tough job well done. If you are looking for service above self, here you really have it. also get a lot of overtime. The area is a good hunting ground for husbands. Statistics show there are three men for ev ery two women in Fairbanks. But the chamber of commerce warns, "Don't come up here to stay unless you have a bankroll in your pocket or the promise of a job, like most other cities in the states, we have a surplus of labor." Fairbanks hosts the only insti tution of higher learning in Alaska, the University of Alaska. Its beau lilul campus overlooks the city. But the citizens are looking beyond today. A local newspaper publisher, Bill Snedden tof the Fairbanks News-Miner) said, "I expect Alaska will have a popula tion of between five and six mil lion people within 20 years, Fair banks will have between 100,000 and 120,000 by the same time. Snedden, and many of his neigh bors, believe the Alcan Highway will be paved all the way through Canada within the next five years to link up with Alaska's already lomplcted roads and bring more people. But the current major problem is food, not highways. Fairbanks records 90 degree temperatures during its 105 day drowning season. But the thermometer also drops as low as 60 degrees below zero dur ing the winter. Most of the local food is imported. But extensive experiments have proved that the land can grow anything that will grow in valleys 300. miles south of Fairbanks which is only 160 miles from the Arctic Circle. However, until the experiments become the standard procedure, Alaskans in Fairbanks will have to continue lo import their food and look toward the future with hope. As they say, "We wouldn't be in Alaska in the first place, if we weren't optimistic." Srvi- Aliovc Ry NELSON l!-;i-:il Tonight the chamber of com merce is giving a dinner for Sen ator Neuberger in appreciation for what he did lor the Klamath In dian limber. They should, hul thoy should also give just as hie a din ner, and a medal to hoot, to Tom Walters. Tln Alaska Kforv Editor's Nolo: This is the" second of n three part series by United Press International on life in Alas ka. The Alaskan hoomtown, Fair banks, is the city of opportunity. Once a thriving gold mine town. some revenue still comes out of the mines. But not nearly as much as in the gold rush days. As an old timer said, It pays belter lo just work for the government with the present cost of labor and equip menf, it hardly pays lo mine gold that only pays $:16 an ounce. About 70 per cent of Fairbanks' economy comes from government spending. Prices are high, hut sal aries match the skiesthe-limit at titude. Electricity costs about $;15 a month to light an average two bedroom house in the summertime when days are long, much more in the winter. It costs $H to have your car washed. $3.51) to fix a flat tire and about 60 cents for a piece of pie and glass of milk at a restaurant counter. But a grade school teacher starts at $6,000 a year lor nine months in the Fairbanks classroom. Some teachers reach salaries as high as $1 .0K a month. Laborers lake home from St to $5 an hour, and Pogo i . T. hi S6ASON? M waopen as' scouaai CKAU. BANPITBy l TOV'iar so.,' iHOeS CSC 56A5CN. ) C X 5 JTrrW5 AiS'TfASwAUTUMM 73 rrivw 'M Pins XII By WILLIAM L. RYAN AP News Analyst WASHINGTON (AP) The past two decades have been among the most terrifying periods in man kind's recorded history. And throughout those perilous years, the frail figure of the man in the Vatican towered as that of a giant on the side of those in the world who believed in the funda mental decency and dignity of the human being. It mattered little what your re igion might have been. You would have been a rarity if you had been able lo come away from the pres ence of Pope Pius XII without the conviction that you had been in the presence of greatness. Uncounted thousands over these decades stood in the pres ence of this man md heard his voice. He never spared himself the ordeals of innumerable audi Hundreds of thousands watched with feelings of awe as he raised his arms slowly and majestically in benediction, while a thunderous roar of ovation swelled from the multitudes massed in St. Peters Square. Those who saw him in private audiences, no matter what their creed, almost invariably reported they had come away feeling the meeting had been a rich spiritual experience. Even the most cynical and wnrdly of his visitors confessed hemselves deeply moved. Perhaps it was the impression they received that in this spare, physically fragile figure there was a reserve of enormous spiritual power. Perhaps they saw the reflection of such power in his eyes black, dancing, alert eyes that seemed to pierce through a man's exter ior and look into his very soul. Perhaps it was that thoy could sense the man's deep humility amid the ancient splendor sur rounding the Roman Catholic Church, or that they could read in that sad, ascetic face a deep compassion for all men. I met Pope Pius XII on several occasions and have had impres sions like these. I know of nohody who has met him who has not come away with similar feelings. One suddenly remembered, in his presence, that in an age which saw the most destructive war of all histor, here was a man who spoke and labored only for peace. One would remember that in an era which witnessed incredibly cruel scourers at the hands of ruthless dictators, here was a voice to speak out loarlessly for Ihe conscience of mankind, ' You took the slender hand and felt Ihe inner strensth of the man. You heard the voice, almost a whisper. pronounce the quiet words of blessing. You heard him say- "Te'l 'he people of your great coun!rv that our prayers aie with them " jou telt. somehow, those pray- They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo R4CK THEM UP AGAIH, I SHOW YOU MV FAW ORITE TRICK SHOT- THREE BALLS HERE, AH' VCXJ'RE SUPPOSED I TO KNOCK EM 43 LL INTO ONE SIDE POCKET-GIMME VOUR CUE- BEFORE HE'D PAY A BUCK AH HOUR FOR A T4BLE,HE'D W4NT A PULL- COURSE DINNER ON IT' POOLCH4LK IS RiCHT IN-TH4T lWJ J k SCORE- XI BUCK 4rJ HOUR- V V I I I Lis flKC HiM 1 . 'CtCD cee "li - r-,u x?z?a'Y. n himpuiv?he J I I "' MUKHINC7 FLOOKS.' JS PuTTlM& UP WITH PESTERTON,THE EXPERT On EVRyTHlM&,4S HE SHOWS OFF HIS MISSPENT VOUTH Thamx ao a imw mr TIP 70 ELLIOT FOREMAN, Chicago, County Welfare Office Notes Potato Harvest Peak An indication that the Klamath Basin potato harvest is reaching its peak comes from the Klamath County Welfare Department, which handles a growing number of ap plications for assistance as the harvest season approaches. Appeals lor aid from farm workers, many of them migrants with families, swelled general as sistance applications in late August and September. That is normal for the season. However, said Mrs. Julia Brown, county welfare administrator speaking for the Klamath County Welfare Commission, a change oc curred this week. Monday usually is the heaviest day for applications in any week, even weeks when few people come in to ask for aid. But on Monday this week not a single applicant appeared. It is interpreted as a sign that harvest employment is high. Funds for this aid come from ihe county's general assistance program, 70 per cent of which is contributed by the state and 30 per cent by the county. In August, the department han dled 70 applications for general assistance, granted requests from Vi families, and authorized expen ditures of $7,163 for maintenance and $2,783 for medical care. Approximate figures for last month show 197 applications, 165 grants (a 300 per cent increase over August) and appropriations of $10,300 for maintenance and $2,780 for medical care. By comparison, here are general assistance program ligures last year: August: 63 applications, 59 grants, allocations of $5,325 for assistance and $3,539 for medical care. September: 92 applications 85 grants, allocations of $6,723 and $5,087 respectively. October: 149 applications, 126 grants, allocations ol $8,642 and $4,823 respectively, Mrs. Brown noted that the dif ferences in peak months for Ihe two years represented harvest con ditions dependent upon weather. Heavy rains delayed the harvest last year. "the best place to shop . . . after al SPECIAL PURCHASE! Newest in lowest in PRICE MATTRESS PADS Twin Siia Reg. 4.95 Full Size 3.99 Reg. 5.95 Thie luxury at pin money coat for your sleeping comfort ...Ttfat yourself and the family to the best in rest on the most perfectly soft mattress pad made! Completely eliminates bumps, never mats and never slips. It's non allergenic, hon toxic, dust free and it stays delightfully cool in warm weather. You'll enjoy the TOLY-AIRE FOAM PAD'S cleanli ness and freshness and it's certainly washable. FACE DOWN MASON, Mich. (AP) An anonymous caller telephoned the county sheriff s office and said: "You won't believe this but I just found a man face down in a ditch." Officers went to the scene and found a wooden Indian. Someone had stolen it from the yard of Mrs. William T. Butters cf Okemos. Gen. Robert E. Lee's army of 40,000 camped at Waynesboro. Pennsylvania, after the battle of Gettysburg. The Mason-Dixon line is one and one-half miles south. Man In Space Seen Shortly STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - Ro W. Johnson, the nation's spaca boss, says plans are afoot to shoot a man into space in 24 to 38 months. The remark, inserted with littla elaboration into a prepared speech Tuesday night, stumped available Pentagon sources. They said he might be referring to the Air Force Xls project. The X15, a jet plane, has a greater potential for speed and al titude than any yet manufactured. Due to be unveiled Oct. 15, it is expected to hit speeds between 3, 200 and 4.500 m.p.h. and carry a pilot up to 200 miles above the earth. Johnson, director ot the Ad vanced Research Projects Agency of the Defense Department, spoke at the dedication of the CBS Lab oratories Research Center here. Newsmen reached him at his home here later, but he would not say whether a specific type of ve- nicle lor the space man was in mind. He did say that his agency now has 40 million dollars available for research for the project. He said this was inadequate and that he hoped to have 65 millions by the end of fiscal 1959. Asked about the last-minute in sertion in the prepared speech, Johnson said the 24-to-36-month target date was arrived at this week. Johnson spoke in broad terms on the prospects of a man circling the earth in a space vehicle and of- a manned lunar base. President Roosevelt signed the pay-as-you-go income tax bill in 1943. Wood floor can be easy! World's largest maker of hardwood floors tells how to clean and Wax them in half the time THE HARD WAY! Messy soap and water washing can ruin the appearance of your wood floors. And even the hardest scrubbing just can't remove most stubborn dirt, marks and old wax. THE EASY WAY! After years of testing, we know dry cleaning Hoes the job easier, better. Pour Bruce on the floor and all dirt, marks and old wax wipe away easily. JUST HALF THE TIME! As the dirt w ipes off the floor, a new, clean coat of wan wipes on the floor. A light polishing and you're all done ... in half the usual time. SB i K3 TWO KINDS! For heavy duty waxing use BRi'CF. clf.an inc. wax. Where less wax is wanted, use bruce floor cit.anfr. Both work wonders on linoleum floors, too. fret floor Cre booklet! Gitm iVlpfnl ripa tm th rtrt of wwmL wwk. liuAtVnm, riofU anphih til, nihhrr hie, terriitfo and ceramic flnora. Anwn inch apertai pmhlctna aa In irfiniah (Innfi . . . hw lo renw nM wat . . . what t An about ppota, mart, rtaitM . . . rare of vatvJ panelting, eta. rita to E. U Bnire Co., Memphis Tenn., for ?rmr free py, for floors . . . use BruccI Bmrt Se II.Poliihn Wit Brace Asphalt Til Cltiner Brnct Pitt Wat Si an even start. jers wouid be answered.
