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PAGt SIX HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Fills. Or. Mrndav, Jun 28. 1S5! FRA.VK JENKINS Editor BILL JENKINS Managing Editor FLOYD WYNNE City Editor MAURICE MILLER Circulation Mgr Ph. TU Wit Entered at second class matter at the post oil ice at Klamath Falls. Ore., on August JO. 1S36. under act of Congress. March . U79 SERVICES: ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Serving Souther Orrgoa And Northern California Subscription Rates CARRIER I MONTH t I.M MONTHS f 00 I YEAR $18 00 MAIL I MONTH t 1 50 MONTHS - $ I 50 I YEAR r 115 0 Fourth will come as the result of a seeding automobile crashing into the rear of another. "Our studies have shovtn us that the average accident this weekend will not be a spectacular crash on a superhighway," a spokesman said. "On the contrary, our fig- I iii-ai chAUf that mfiM than SO The common porcupine was the! ,. , -r,sh ,. . Bristle Pig By BILL JENKINS A subject of burning interest to any timber region got a thorough discussion the other night down at Tulelake when the Modoc Coun cil of Natural Resources wound up lis annual meeting schedule. subject. It was ably handled by a cur on good, clear, straight roads touple of fellows who have hadland ,urpri,1nBly 'enou(.h, not ,sr their go-rounds with the spiny lit-(rom lne vlctlmj. nome, .. tie fellow, too. Don Hummel of , , , , ... . .. WTC. sponsors of the meeting, and! Us,1 M Four,h- ln onIr 'hr Ken Smith from the Modoc For-ou! ' '00 cs" " median. ; es( leal defects reported in automo- r, . , ... . biles involved in accidents. Porcupines have been classified . . , , . , by many as the second greatest during 19 youthful drivers forest menace today, following on ""'.' " ' al,houSh the heels of the forest fire prob-lconlPr's'n " """ 14 Pr cenl lem. During Its lifetime one porcu pine can do thousands of dollars of damage to the tree crops of a region. Not all this damage is in the killing of a tree as many believe The porky in some instances has an insatiable appetite for canibi um. the inner bark of young pine trees. If such a tree is girdled by the porky then it dies. But in many cases the damage is appar ent only in the ruining of other win good trees by crown damage mmA Alha d.lwfli.liiui Porkies are not popular with stockmen, either, because of their . habit of feeding in the same mea , dows with cattle and the resultant loss of livestock. A cow that sticks " her nose in the way of a porky is likely to end up with a dose of quills that will prevent her feeding and thus lead to starva tion. What it being done about the porky? Well, a good deal at the moment, although we still have the beast with us. Seems like no . matter how many of them you kill ', off there are always more next - year. But the biggest weapon to day is research. Foresters and g.me management people are co operating with private industry in a study of the habits of the beast . in order to find some way of hold " ins down the damace. No one wants to exterminate the porky. We Just want to find a reasonable control measure.. Each year thousands of porkies are shot in the area around these parts. Klamath lounty has put up a bounty for two years and the funds have been promptly exhaust ed at the rate of four bits a nose. Several large (inm at well as many private individuals are poi soning. If you are out in the woods and come across a little, solidly anchored structure that looks like .' a miniature house chances are it will Drove to be a poison shelter. The poison, contained in wood blocks, it nailed or otherwise se cured to the roof. It is anchored to keep stock from uprooting it and getting to the poison. Down in California, on the Modoc at least, the shelters are made of two inch planks in the form of a rectangu lar box, the poison secured in side. Don't disturb such boxes. They are there for a purpose.' Trapping is carried on to some extent. So is fencing. Controlled burns will get rid of a lot ol porkies and a lot of timber. But every individual that takes to the woods, can help. If you come arross a porky when you are hunting or fishing or out plink ing with the family .22 be sure and kill it. The old belief that the porky is protected it to much hogwash. They are not protected, but rather are classed at a for etl menace. They do not provide food lor starving hunters, cither. (With as many roads at we have in the country today it is pretty ridiculous to think of anyone be ing lost long enough to nine, anyway). Whatever the answer it we have a problem on our hands. And un til study payt olf. until we learn enough about habitat modification and other far-reaching control of our total driving population were involved in more than 27 per cent of the accidents. Forms of human failure of the man behind the wheel include in attention, recklessness, excessive speed, aggressive driving and fa tigue. The driver it the one who must realize that he holds the lives of many in his hands every time he gets behind the wheel. We're having a rodeo, a parade and city-provided fireworks right here in Klamath Falls over the coming weekend. In between times, it looks as if it would be good gardening weather. The highways and by ways will have to do without us this weekend. your property if ou lie on it This means in the city as well as puls.de the city. To pay arty tax vou would have to own property measures to do some good, we are i worth well over w hat the average going to have that problem. man owns. The city tax on a And if you think we already know a lot about porkies then get two experts together and compare notet. The porky it predictable only in that he will surely prove unpredictable. most of the cities. . The state operates charity hos pitals at New Orleans. Shreveport and Alexandria, with leased facil ities in many private hospitals. This does not include the mental and other special institutions. The hospital in New Orleans is one of he largest in the world, contain ing 19 buildings-and some 4.01 beds. The hospitals at Shreveport and Alexandria both are listed with the best in the nation. If you need hospital care, and don't have the money, your doctor can write you an order and you will be ad mitted and treated. If you are not able to travel, an ambulance, as fine as you will find anywhere in America, will come to your home and take you to the hospital. I do not know of a toll ferry in the ttate. There are very few fer ries. The rivers have been bridged. Even at New Orleans, where engineers said for years that the river could not be bridged, Huey had one construct ed anyway. The roads are far from what they ought to be now. but so much better than the day Huey was elected. The t c h o o I teachers draw the top salaries in America In fact, I think that only California payt more. From the day Huey was elected people knew who he was and where he was. When he went to Washington, we knew we had rep- resentation there. I think, perhaps the per capita voting in Louisiana is as high as that of any other state. I never knew of the Long family trying to keep anyone from voting, but I know they did all they could to get every voter to go to the polls and vote. Today the state of Louisiana is one of the best known in the nation, and is well off financially. 1 think there are some questions that I feel you should take time to answer. If the late Huey Long was such a rabble raiser and demagogue, how did this all take place? If he could give free tax exemption, better hospitals, schools, teachers pay, bridges, roads, free school books, higher old age benefits, and all the other benefits and be such a rascal and demagogue and thief, then what is wrong here in the State of Jef ferson? I have on my desk the picture of a one bedroom frame house that it valued by the tax asses sor at $5,000. I also have the pic ture of a two story brick man sion, which it valued by the same olfice for $11,500. I know one fam ily that lives in Pelican City who pay about $70 taxes, and they do not have an improved road or toi let facilities in the house. If it takes a rabble rouser and demo gogue to bring about reforms in cases like this, I disagree with you. I believe it would be good for us. I would like to know how this great improvement has come about in the state of Louisiana. If the Longs were crooked, as so many out here seem to think, where did the money come from? I know that industry is fighting to get into Louisiana. In 1958. nearly a billion dollars worth of industry located there. The peo ple must still get to keep tome oi the money they work for. One of the best signs of the financial condition of a state or city it its churches. The money given to build them is usually considered a surplus I do not hold this the ory!. 1 know God teaches his peo ple to pay the tithe and give an otlering above, but so many do Some of the results of Huey's!not. 1 will cite you tome cases leadership, which F.arl continued jtnat tell more about the slate's to carry out. included homestead j prosperity than most anything exemption. This means that you! else. pay no state property tax on home in the $10.(V)O $I3.i Baptist Church of Shreveport has bracket would be from 150-WO in just begun a new church plant Louisiana Longs Klamath Falls iTo the Editor In Chapter Nine of the Gospel of John, we read the story ol the healing of a blind man by Jesus. The Pharisees tried to deny that he was healed. The man said. "One thing I know, whereas I was blind, now 1 see." 'John 9:25' In the June 22 Herald and News we have a wr'tcup about Louisiana, her politics and the Long family. I am taking the priv ilege to answer this article, be cause I believe the people should have the truth, wnether we like it or not. 1 suppose this is one reason that I love the Bap tist Church of which I am a preacher. I lived in Louisiana before Huey Long became governor and after he was in control, and at the time of his murder in the capitol build ing at Raton Rouge. I lived there during the time that Earl was serving as governor. Vou stated in so many words that they were bad for any peo ple, and that we certainly do not need their kind of reform here in the State of Jefferson. I want to tell you something about the con dition of the ttate of Louisiana before Huey's time and its condi tion now. When Huey Long wat elected governor of the ttate, about 75 per cent of the farms were up for sale for taxes. The charity hos pitals in New Orleans and Shreve port had about as low reputation as possible. Mast of the rivers had little manpower ferry boats that charged a fee. There was little if any form of welfare. Industry did not seek to enter the state. The highw ays were poor. The teachers in the school systems here in the lowest paid bracket The average citizen of the state did not know who our U.S. sena tors and representatives were. They never heard of the governor any time other than that of elec tion. Not too many were interest ed enough to vote. In fact, the state was just about unknown that it to cost in excess ot three million dollars, with the auditori um alone costing one and one third million dollars. This it the story all over the ttate. In Oak dale, a little city of about 4.000 p e o p 1 and several Baptist churches, the . First Baptist Church built a new church a few years ago that cost about one quarter million dollars. I have heard the late Huey Long tay many times. "The Stan dard Oil Company of Louisiana would give me a million dollars to go to my home at Winnfield and retire," but he did not. I know the Longs are far from perfect and have made many mis takes, but I believe that the only price that would buy Huey or will nuy Earl is a better standard of living for the average man. There it one thing to their cred it. They made no promise that they did not carry out. When Earl was elected governor, he prom ised the old people of the state a minimum of $50 per month. did not think it possible without more taxes, but sure enough, at the end of the first month he served, the checks came. All this causes me to wonder just where all the money goes in states that have such heavy taxes. I conclude with a promise Huey made in the heart of the depres sion. He said. "Elect me gover nor of the state of Louisiana and 1 will see that every child shall receive free tablets, pencils. books, and even lunches if they cannot pay a dime a day for them." Vou wonder, did he keep the promise. Yes. I received all but the free lunches and could have had that, hut 1 was able to pay for it. that it a dime a day. Grady D. Estes. 2110 Garden Street Think Cool Bv ED CftF.AGH WASHINGTON IAP So you're hot? Your clothes hang limp on you sweat beads trickle down your chest, your vision fuzzes, your brain goes numb? Nonsense. It's all in your mind. You can beat the heat in a matter if seconds if you will just follow one simple rule: Think cool. Close your eyes. Imagine you're an ice cube. Shrink yourself and pour yourself into an imaginary little plastic tray. Tuck yourself into a refrigerator and drink in the delicious smells of celery, sa lami, and other goodies at you slowly freeze Or play iceberg. Think of the frothy cool North Atlantic lapping your chin, with the bulk of you submerged in that blessed salty coolness Don't make the mistake of being as cool as a cucumber. Once, in the interest of science, I took the body temperature of a cucumber. It was two degrees higher than mine, which averages 102.3. Think of frigid mountain lakes. or a car motor on a January morning in Alaska. Turn yourself into a mint julep. Slosh around luxuriantly in your frosted glass shell. Don't drink yourself, however. Alcohol raises the body temperature. This cool-think bit won't work for everybody, though. Some people get more relief by' hot thinking. That is: Imagine yourself even worse off than you are. Like you're unloading bananas on a New Orleans dock with the sun pouring globi of hot lava on you. Or you re a steak sizzling fran- The First Raotist Church In -tically on an outdoor grill, aban Lake Charles has built a newi"" by a cook who has reeled church plant costing over two m.l-0'l " search of something tall and lion dollars This is a city with j cooling. many Baptist churches and until Whew: It t enough to bring out a few vears ago considered to be'a cold -weal. And that's what predormnantlv Catholic. The First, you're after, isn't it? TrnffiV Toll By FLORENCE JENKINS Insurance companies art predict ing that approximately 25.000 per sons will be either killed or in jured in automobile accidents ever the Fourth of July weekend. .A study of a million and a half cart during the 1951 holiday week end! forms the basis for the grim predictions for the coming week end. The Trailers Insurance Com panies of Hartford. Connecticut, commenting that there are tome 70 million motor vehicles in the United States today, anticipates that nearly half of those killed or injured will be under 30 years of age. They add that more than 40 per cent of lb accidents over the SHORT RIBS By Frank 0'Neal;TTc ?nr Today it Monday. June 2! I wT VtRfca Y NtJTMN- I I tT LOCKS U WV( S 'j Monday. June 29. the I.KHh day of the year, with 185 more days to follow in 1959. The moon it approaching in new phase. The evening stars are Mercury, Venus, Mars. Jupiter and Saturn. On this date in history: In 1JT7. the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens was born. ' ln 1852. the f o rm e r senator, speaker of the House, secretary of state and three-time presiden tial candidate Henry Clay died in Washington. In IMS. British arrested 27-hun-dred Jews in Palestine in an at tempt at stamping out terror ism. In I9M. Guatemalan rebels com pleted a 12-day revolt by over throwing a pro-communist gov ernment. Thought for today: Henry Clay said. "I would rather be right Reporter Gives Profile Of Middle East Leader . ROME 'API Suddenly your driver slams on the brakes in Baghdad's busiest street and jumps out of the taxi clapping his hands. A tan station wagon passes hy. accompanied by a ripple ol applause from sidewalk crowds The driver gets back in and inns. "Abdel Karim Kassem. He t good." The obvious spontaneity is evi dence of the popularity of Iraq's Premier Kassem. the solitary pas senger in the chauffeur-driven sta tion wagon. In his Defense ministry oflice the career army officer who led i the overthrow of Iraq's monarchy last July, is surrounded by por traits of himself one of them en icircled by peace doves. I Almost .everyone w ho meets the 44 year old Kassem considers him shy. i He gives the impression of be ing an idealist, bi:' he has shown .his shrewdness by outwitting plot ters against him. I A moderate member of his cab inet says Kassem's views lie somewhere between those of Br itain's Labor and Liberal parties. His expressed views indicate he favors some form of socialism. The Communists stood behind him when other groups plotted inaincl him AftF th iinturra&s- !"""- " iful Mosul rebellion of pro-Nasser army olficers in March, the Com munists demanded their price elimination of the forces opposed to them, arming of the people and creating of a national front gov ernment with themselves in key positions. Kassem bowed with the wind But during the past month he has infuriated the Communists by call ing on them to cease political ac tivity and by releasing hundreds of persons arrested alter Mosul. - .4rm;?iSJi 1.?f wl 5 y-'VYj? .0 6 i 11 IHIIIIlUMVlliI l ! llll The Communists have stated in their newspapers that they do not like what he it doing, but they still refer to him as the "faithful son of the people." Kassem indicates he dislikes the violent attacks on the West made in the leftist press and from the bench of the people's court, where hit cousin. Col. Fadhil Abbas Mahdawi. presides. But Kassem does nothing about them. Kassem still says, as he did im mediately after the revolution, that he wants to maintain Iraq i old friendships with the West at well as make new friends among the Communist bloc. Kassem was born in Baghdad Nov. 21. 1914. His father owned a small farm on the Tigris river. One brother works in commerce and another is an enlisted techni cian in the Air Force. One of his two sisters is married to a clerk and the other to a fellow army officer. Brig. Abdul Jabbar Jawad. Kassem says he has never mar ried because he vowed in hit youth to devote all his energies to overthrowing what he considered the corrupt former regime. TRAINING at the Navy Recruit Center in San Diego, these Klamath Area reservists of Electronics Division 13-22 are, from left, Fred Becholdt, Bill Bond and Larry Huffman, Bonanza; Tom Morris, Wes Cookson, Terry Gathwright and John Miller, Klamath Falls. Charles 'Gossett of Bonanza is not pictured. They'll Do Ic Every Time - By jimmy Hatlo Fn Every hat cuick knows twe .. -?8? JSAci - 771 BI& SMOT WITH THE VISITING oCvk EaEUST J-'' P'BEMEhl N TOWN WHO SAYS- V ofavouR tJ.5S aSo r'Sv f. i ( H AK0 WE QUOTE, XT WE'LL ROLL .' . 1 '" ;t T" c 7 S El&l-rT COATS AMD HATS AND SIX UMSCELLAS LATED what does DIAMOND JIM LEAVE THE POOR GAL? C READ ON AND ON ) THERE VOU ABE TODDLES DON T BUY AMYTVHN& FATTENING.' 7 25 YVO jJNTAVOS) rr VI II I J . avasw Jk. I Road Project Cutback Seen SALEM (AP)-K federal fundi allotted for interstate highway construction in Oregon are cut off, work on the projects will have to be curtailed, Milo Mclver said recently. Mclver, chairman of the Ore gon Highway Commission, said ihe state Highway Department construction program is geared to the amount of money allotted to the state by Congress. President Eisenhower warned earlier in the day that 10 states including Oregon would have to stop issuing contracts for the next three months unless Congress pro vides new funds. Mclver said that if Oregon had known the money would not be available, it would not have such an extensive program under way. Work on the Albany-Eugene section of U.S. 99 and the Baldock Freeway in southwest Portland would be the first to feel ihe ef tect of any cutbacks, he said. 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