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PAGE SIX HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 28. 1059 FRANK JENKINS Editor BILL JENKINS Managing Editor FLOYD WYNNE City Editor MAURICE MILLER Circulation Mgr Ph. TV 4-4752 . Entered at second class matter at the post office at Klamath Falls, Ore., on August 20. 1906 under act of Congress. March 6. 1879 SERVICES: ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Srrvlai feather Oregos Aad North r California Subscription Rates CARRIER 1 MONTH 1.50 MONTHS t 00 I YEAR $18.60 MAIL 1 MONTH S I.S0 6 MONTHS $(.50 I YEAR .. $15.00 2Vexl Movp By FLOYD L. WYNNE The next move in the selection of a successor to Charlie Mack is apparently up to the two re maining commissioners, Republi can Ed Gowan and Democrat Bob Walker. Gov. Mark Hatfield indicated initially that he possessed the power to appoint a successor to Mack who was appointed to the State Tax Commission. However. after a study of an Oregon Su preme Court ruling on a Jackson County case which was similar. the governor's office new has con sidcrable reservations. Indications are that it will be up to the two commissioners to select a county judge. It is difficult, indeed, if such is the case, for either commissioner to name himself as county judge. This wouldn't look good, and might easily be misunderstood by the public. However, I would like to go on record as advocating that Bob Walker be named the county judge. Then the problem would be one of filling the office of county commissioner. The reason I have recommend ed Walker be named judge is two fold. First, he was elected by the people to the post of commission er. Thus, he has a mandate from the people, and secondly, he is a Democrat, and the new co'unty judge, must, of necessity be a Democrat as was Charlie Mack. The post of county judge is chairman of the Board of Com missioners. The county judge is the mediator in the court, and is more or less, the front man for the court, representing them in most of the conferences. It would be much better from the public's standpoint thai the man named to county Judge he a man who has already been ap proved by the people, and Walker lias that approval. , Thus, the way would he clear 10 name anomor Democrat as county commissioner. The most Important job on the county court would thus be filled, and while that of commissioner is not neces sarily a secondary post, it is not quite as important as that of judge. That would bring us down to commissioner. There, my list of suggestions runs out. There are certainly many ca pable Democrats who could qualify for the post, and I'm confident that Gowan and Walker would make a wise choice. I still feci, however, that the sub urban area should have some rep- resentation. I was reminded the oilier day by a phone call that the northern part of the county also lacks representation on the county court. True. As was pointed out to me, the northern part of the county has the biggest share of the territory, even though they arc relatively small population wise. Also, as was pointed out, the problems of the Klamath Indians arc going to be an increasing problem for the county court, and It might be well to consider a man from that area for that reason. Be that as it may, these thought arc only advanced along the way, not in an effort to inlluence the selection of a county judge or a county commissioner, but by way of passing along for the court's considerations some of the views thai have been cast our way on this very important county proh lcm. At any rate, the next move now appears to be up to the two re niulnlng county commissioners. By FLORENCE JENKINS The teachers in Klamath Falls have had their say. They want more money. The size of the increases they want would cost their bosses (tax payers of Klamath Falls) approx- lmaieiy sihi.uuu. it those raises are granted, then the maintenance staff, office employes and others would be entitled to increases, as well, to the point t h e amount could be well ox er $11X1.000 for next year. Is there any indication that in creases in pay will result in bet ter education for the youngsters ol Klamath Falls? Does the presence of multiple initials following a teacher's name indicate more pro ficiency as a teacher? Arc e possibly becoming a Utile over Impressed with degrees? There Is no argument against the theory that experience can add to proficiency where an Indi vidual is striving for improvement. However, the basis upon which the raises were asked Is that it costs more to live in Klamath Falls than It does In Portland. The fallacy of that one-legged premise that food costs are high-1 ur here can be proved without too much difficulty, bul it is no: actually a point in issue. The spokesman lor the teachers might 'is well contend that it costs more money to live In Klamath Falls than Kansas City or San Fran cisco, which probably isn't true. either. But the fact exists that Klamath Falls is not in competi tion with any of the three cities named when you come right down to cases. Unless criticism of the communi ty in which one lives is construc tive it usually redounds to the dis- creait of the person expressing it we failed to detect an offer on (he part of the teachers to add any improvement to the present in structional offering or to use great er diligence to prevent "incidents" which have marred Klamath Falls schools' record for many months nd made headlines around the stale. If cost of living increment Is the point in issues, that is at ready covered in schedules which are already in force which pro- viae automatic increases up to a certain level. It has been proposed seriously by some thoughtful persons who are close to the situation that the school budget be presented to the voters this year in two parts. The lirst would be the budget for ac tual operating costs of the schools of the coming year. ine second part would cover proposed increases, including raises sought by the teaching staff. It doesn t cost any more to hold in election on a two-part ballot than a one-part ballot. The suggestion has been made already, we understand, to mem bers of the school budget committees. T!Y On t'off? By CHARLES V. STANTON Editor Roseburg News-Review The famed Sly report, offered as an expert's advice on taxes, re vives the oft-defeated cigaret tax proposal. Nearly all our states now levy a tax on cigarcts. Tax ranges all the way from two to eight cents per pack. Washington, for exam ple, socks cigaret smokers five cents on packs up to 20 cents, or seven and one-half cents ,on the more expensive pack. Being a most modest (?) per son, I hesitate to oiler something that our famed investigator, Dr. Sly, may have overlooked. But I'd like to suggest that instead of lax ing cigarets we impose a tax on coffee. That, of course, I would like to have known as the "Stanton re port." It seems to me to be ob vious. It would, in fact, raise far more than a cigaret tax. My proposal would be that we put a two-cent tax on every pound of coffee purchased from the mar kct, and that every hotel, restau- ant or other place serving coffee to the public be required to col lect a tax of one-cent per cup. Every place of business, ot course, has its coffee hour. Most executives and the majority of clerks and some mechanical work ers, must stop at least twice each day for a swig of the fragrant brew. It Is used in nearly every home. Think, If you will, what a glor ious amount of money would be raised il the state of Oregon only levied a mild impost upon the prac tices and habits of colfee drink ers. And, pray tell me. why should we put a tax on one class of peo ple and not another! Isn't it more honest to put a tax on coffee, a tax that would hit more people a majority ol people, in fact rath er than a minority? Cigaret taxes have been levied because of prejudice. Some people don't like cigarets. so they are in tolerant enough that they would penalize those who do use ciga- .ets. Are the same people willing lo pay a tax every time they drink a cup of coffee? I did smoke cigarets a few years ago. I didn't quit. I stopped. I may start again tomorrow. Maybe I'll never start. But I want it under stood I didn't quit. There's a lot ol difference. Right now I can speak against a cigaret tax without arguing to save myself money. But the pro posal I suggest calling the "Stan ton report" would cost me a very considerable amount. But why tax one class of per sons and not another class? Why should a few people be socked for the benefit of the whole? I'oisoii Chiloquin (To the Editor) We the undersigned, have at last been forced to express complete dis satisfaction via this publication with the methods used by the De partment of Agriculture in'the con trol of predators such as coyotes and foxes. The use of poison in any form is to he deplored for such con trol. First, the country has to be blanketed with poison stations in order to really be effective on coyotes. True, it has been highly efficient in decimating their num bers. In fact, seeing or hearing a coyote in most of Oregon's coun ties has become a rarity for the past 10 years. So what else happens when a lot of poison stations have not been cleaned out by the non-existent coyotes? We will tell you what happens. Two beautiful and fine Golden Re trievers, belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Obenchain, are the victims. Also last spring, a fine dog of Robert Hall Jr. was lost at a poi son station on Hall's own property at the top of Spring Creek Hill just oft Highway 97. Not only are domestic dogs lost, but indiscriminate use of this "1080" poison has also resulted in wiping out valuable fur-bearers such as marten, fisher and the beautiful high-country cross fox Adherents of the poison program will yell loudly that poison si a lions are never placed or? known fur-bearing runs. This only goes to prove how little these govern menl poisoners know of the hab its of the more beautiful fur-bearers. The summit of Spring Creek Hill is (or was) a regular marten run between Sun Ridge and Applegatc Butte, also the occasional fisher uses the run, or did before the poison was added. Now, when you upset the bal ance of nature so drastically as has been done by virtually elim inating the coyote, fox, skunk badger, etc., you then start hav ing other problems far more cost ly than any damage the above so called predators have done in the past. Millions of dollars worth of dam age was done over millions of acres of crop and range lands by field mice only last year and were it not for the fact that nature took a hand with tularemia and a very wet, hard winter we would still have the mouse problem. Coyotes, foxes, skunks and badg ers are in that order the best mousers in the world and the big mouse infestation was the direct result of over-control of their na tural enemies. Only recently an article in the Oregoninn stressed the mounting damage in Eastern Oregon from mice and jackrabbits. Here again, we need more coyotes to control the jackrabbit. The only real backing this poi son program has comes from the sheepmen and the Department of Agriculture and the men they hire to do their work. The Department of Agriculture must have the sanction of the SHORT RIBS By Frank O'Neal 1 I 7DEAR , THE BABTiY Oregon Game Commission before poisoning an area and we feel it is only by not fully understanding the situation in its entirety that the game commission allows this program to continue. The population of our predators is down to such a minimum at this time that the staff of poison ers now on the payroll could, by resorting to the straight use of steel traps, handle the situation quite handily for at least several years to come. It is true that few of the pres ent day predator control men have the old knack of consistently trap ping coyotes in any numbers. This trade is almost a lost art, what with their pelts being hardly worth skinning since 1945. However, there are still several of the old artists around that could be hired at day's wages to teach the art. One of us, the undersigned, Ros borough, has been a professional trapper over a period of 35 years and during the '30's he specialized on coyotes and in three days can teach anyone of reasonable intelli gence how to trap coyotes consistently. We have talked to many ranch ers and to date one and all are bit terly against the continued use of poison in any form for coyote con trol. we would lute to hear a pair sing to the moon again. We would like to see many let ters to the editor endorsing our stand. Letters from the Cattle As sociation, the grange, letters to your State Senator Harry Boivin and Representative Carl Yancey and Representative John Kerbow asking for a bill to be put through the next Legislature outlawing the use of poison in the state of Ore gon. Letters to all members of the State Game Commission and in particular to Chester Kebhe of the game commission, officer in charge of predator control. We call on all dog lovers to get busy and write letters to all of these possible outlets for change in this control program, and above all, no more poison. One of us lost a fine Gordon Setter to poison 20 years ago, and hasn't had the heart to own a dog since. We beg you for letters letters. Thank you. E. H. Rosborough Box 36A S. L. iSurgdorf Box 212 many United Press International STREATOR, III. - Andrew Juri cek, whose newly remodelled home is sinking into the ground, commenting on the mine tunnels and rooms under his house: "Nobody told me about any mines or rooms when I moved in. There's nothing about them in my insurance policies." NEW YORK - Vice President Richard Nixon, disagreeing with those who criticized American businessmen for entertaining Rus sian Deputy Premier Mikoyan, said the businessmen could take a lesson from labor leaders. He commented: "They (the labor leaders) have nothing but contempt for those who are dupes and who can be deceived by what they know are obvious untruths." CHICAGO High school sopho more James A. Johnson Jr. en route to Washington to become the first Negro page in the House of Representatives of his approach to the job: "My parents told me to keep my eyes open and my mouth closed, when I get there." NEW YORK - Dr. T. Keith Glennan on how the first U.S. spaceman will be picked from a select group, narrowed to 12 by the time this country's "Project Mercury" is ready to be launched as a satellite: "All 12 of the volunteers of the Mercury team will be given the same pre-llight and flight training. Only immediately before the first named orbital flight will the first Mercury astronaut be selected." NEW YORK - Mrs. Doralisa Taarez on her feelings towards the woman who kidnaped her baby: "1 can never forgive her for this deed she did. But I think she should be given a lot of assistance. NEW YORK Disc jockey Pe ter Tripp's doctor. L. J. West, re porting the condition Tripp is in after 179 hours without sleep. "He's contused and sees all kinds ol things although he real izes they really aren't there." They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo Well admit it- msss!! But, suooy bov LZA FUTELESS IS A BIT p VOU SEEM TH0U6HTLESS AHOj 4ot JUSTTO Pick NOTHIN TILL VOUVE BE SILLV.' THESE I ALL THUMBS WHEN qut ONE SHIRT' I'LL SEEM A CUMS , CLEI?KS 6ET WlO HE'S FOR46ING H4VE you know I DOWO DIDOES TO PUVii"5f i J PORACLEAH SWE4T.4ND SLAVE tuy AT A B4f?64lM ,1 S"1' Txf" A SHIRT VlN,CMy OUT KEEPING . COUNTER- IEIIvS voop things I s7r Many Senators Unsure About New State Budget By DICK HUMPHREY SALEM (UPI) - Although most (Jregon legislators polled by Unit ed Press International reveal strong leanings this session toward economy, they are more hesitant to commit themselves to the 298.6 million dollar budget suggested by ex-Governor Robert D. Holmes. Individual estimates range from something below the Holmes fig ure to 310 million dollars. Some legislators also feel they haven't studied the Holmes budg et thoroughly enough to know wnetner it is realistic and don t care to be quoted. Representative Clarence Barton 'D-Coquille), chairman of the House Tax Committee, is one who feels the budget is on the low side Many Republicans felt that the line could be held, but several key Democrats saw pressures de veloping from education, welfare and other sources that might force it up. Barton said, I would anticipate a budget of from 307 to 310 million dollars." 'As a sidelight," he added, for the past decade Oregon has been just two years behind Kansas in its spending. The current Kansas budget is 307 million dollars." Democrats Monroe Sweetland, Eugene, gave flat "no" answers to the Holmes budget and Sen. Ward Cook, Portland Democrat, agreed with Barton the budget might reach 310 million dollars. Senate President Walter Pearson (D-Porlland) thought the Holmes budget realistic in the light of Ore gon per capital income decreasing in the last six years to below the national average. Meet Enters Third Day PORTLAND. Ore. (API - The National Wool Growers Assn. con vention goes into its third day of work today with talks sched uled on the two major problems facing the lamb and wool indus try. Mrs. Evadna Hammersley and G. N. Winder of the American Sheep Producers Council will dis cuss lamb promotion. Wool promotion is the subject of a scheduled talk by Max Schmitt, president of the Wool Bureau. O. R. Strackbcin, chairman of the committee on import-export policy, is expected to discuss the chances of an import quota on lambs and increased tariff duties. A highlight of yesterday's ses sion was the naming of the top winners in the Wool Bureau's Na tional sewing contest. They are Amelia Beth Loomis. 17, Donnel ly, Idaho, and Millicent Robbins, 20, Walsh, Colo. Each will receive a two week vacation in Europe as a prize. Other winners included: Junior division First, Mary Page Raymond, 17, Okanogan. Wash.: third, Sherrie Frazer, 17, Moro, Ore. Senior division Fourth, Loret- a Armstrong. 17, Pullman, Wash Sen. Loyd Key (D-Milton-Free-water) thought the budget would not meet Oregon's needs "but I think we can live with It," he added. Rep. Joe Rogers (R-Independ-ence) was echoeo) by several of his Republican colleagues when he said the budget was "all that we can provide under the current tax structure," warning "the voting populous will not take kindly to any new tax." Rep. Katherine Musa (D-The Dalles) was one legislator who thought the budget could be brought under 299 million dollars "without harming the essential services of government." Related to the budget is the method for financing 30 million dollars asked for higher education and institution buildings. The Holmes budget includes only $2,500,000 for this purpose, but the ex-governor suggested a 70 to 80 million dollar bonding program to take care of building needs for the next six years or so. Most legislators seemed to pre fer the bond route or a possible combination of bonds and general tund tinancing. A lesser number, mostly Repub licans, favored the "pay as you go" approach and were opposed to bonding. Sweetland, chairman of the Sen ate Education Committee, favored in general a capital budget pro gram, spreading the payments over the expected life of the pro jects rather than paying all now. opponents of bonds like Sen. Francis Ziegler (R-Corvallis) ar gued that interest on bonds could build a new building every vcar." Some were nlsn fonrfiil Ihnl if bonds were tried now the need might he even greater in 10 years and additional taxes would also be needed. ROD. Al Flpppl in.Rncnhu.-nl argued that increasing inflation made a bond program desirable now. Ship Firm Denies Leaving Pacific SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Mat son Navigation Co. says it is not making any deals to get out of business in the Pacific. Randolph Sevier, president of the company, issued a statement denying a published report that American President Lines would take over Matson's passenger ships and Pacific Far East Lines would operate Matson freighters in a 110-million-dollar deal. Basin Visit Set By Poundmaster Bill Schlegel, Klamath County poundmaster, will take dog licens es to outlying towns in the county to give dog owners an opportuni ty to buy W59 licenses without coming to Klamath Falls. The sale will continue from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the following dates in the named towns: Febru ary 3, Chiloquin; February 5, Sprague River; February 9, Fort Klamath; February 11, Malin; Feb- ruary 17. Merrill; February 19, Bonanza; February 23, Crescent; February 25, Bly, and February 27, Lorella. Persons in the immediate area of Klamath Falls may call at the office of County Clerk Charles De Lap in the courthouse. Licenses are $2 for males: $2 for spayed females: S3 for females. All dogs including pups eight months or older must be licensed. March 1 is the deadline to buy tags. After March 2 a $2 penalty will - be added to the regular charge. IDENTITY TO BE REVEALED CORVALLIS (AP) The iden tity of Benton County s Junior First Citizen will be revealed at a banquet tonignt honoring E. B. Lemon, Benton's Senior First Cit izen. 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