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HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls. Ore.
PLACES FIRST
Army Pfc. Delmar D. Rodier.
20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry 0
Rodgers. Route 2. Tulelake. placed
first in the quarter-ton vehicle cat.
cgory in the recent 35th Artillerv
driver proficiency contest in Ger
many. Itodgers is assigned to the
35th's Battery C in Wertheim. Hi
FRANK JENKINS
Editor
BILL JENKINS
Managing Editor
FLOYD WYNNE
City Editor
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By BILL JENKINS
I guess It is about time we got
out the old black book and took a
peek into last year's weather dur
ing the summer month of July.
According to the record it
rained off and on the first day of
July, 1958. Hard at times, I said
then, and at others just plain mis-
trable. Rotten, is the comment
By the next day it was clearing
alter a cloudy morning, the third
was a fair day and on the
Fourth of July I note a hot day.
The fifth and sixth were hot
but it rained again on the seventh
along in the evening. The next
day was clear and hot.
On the ninth it was clear and
hot. Note that wc drove to Red
Bluff and spent the night there.
Had dinner with Curly and Helen
Walker at the Chryslal and found
the food excellent and the weather
foul beyond belief. Still in the
eighties when we went in to a
U.te, late steak.
Went on to Sonoma the next day
and spent that afternoon and two
more days touring such wineries
as Fountain Grove, now extinct,
Schramsbcrg, Beaulieu and oth
ers. The weather, at home during
this tour w a s a more moderate
affair. I noted on return that it
was 85 degrees here on July 10
with a low of 61.
On July 12th we hit Red Bluff
again for dinner and the night.
It was 106 degrees in the shade
when we checked In at six o'clock
our tinie. Here in Klamath Falls
it reached a high of 85 and a low
of 53 that, same day.
July 13 and 14 were nice, wAim
summer days. On July 15 I went
With Tom Garralt and Jim Mohr
on a duck brood count on the Up
per Lake. A tour of some 40 or 45
miles by water around the area
from Modoc Point to Agency to the
Westslde, Shoalwater and back. Ai
4:30 in the afternoon we had what
I describe in the hook as "a
bard thunder and lightning storm
followed by a heavy rain which
lasted for about an hour." A gen'
tie rain followed that lasted off and
on all night.
. The next day was muggy and
hot with rain in the evening. Same
thing on the 17th. The next day
was hot and depressing and muggy.
July 20 was hot and clear and
dry. Same thing on the 21st. July
22 was hot. I took the dogs up
Into the hills for a run and count
ed many mountain quail. July 23
was hot. Stayed hot, too.
On July 27 we went to Portland
Ran into heat at Oakridgc and it
got progressively hotter until we
reached Portland where it was
102 downtown. Here It was 90 and
low of 61.
Stayed in Portland the next day
and It stayed hot again. Here the
temperature hit a high of 95
and a low of 62.
The last three davs of the month
were hot but Ihe nights and morn
ings were fairly cool. Temps in
the mid 80s with a drop to 57
or 58, usually, at night.
And that's Ihe way the book
ays the weather went last
' July.
gols, the defenders cooked up a
hatch nf sail peter, sulfur and
charcoal and frightened their al
lackers with "arrows of flying
fire."
Arahs copied the weapon, the
Crusaders brought it back to Eur
ope, where Italians discovered
their exhibition quality.
In 1520, when Henry VIII met
Francis I on the Field of the Cloth
of Gold in Northern France, the
historic moment was celebrated
by the appearance of a huge drag
on thundering across the sky
breathing fire.
By the HiOO's an argument over
the methods of display developed.
One side built elaborate struc
tures from which I hey exploded
fireworks, and shrouded the meth
od of firing them in secrecy.
The ether school exhibited their
fireworks before the show, for all
to admire.
While the two schools fumed
over their firecrackers, lircworks
crossed the Atlantic and became
an American institution.
At least that's the historical
background supplied by Field En
terprises Educational Corporation.
Fire Chief Roy Rowe indicated
that the area around "K" Hill will
be burned off later this week so
that chances of fireworks touch
ing off a fire are .remote.
From- "K" Hill Ihe fireworks
can be easily seen by almost ev
ery section of town except down
on California. The spot was select
ed, however, because it oflcrcd the
best viewing site.
Rowe and a crew of city firemen
take on the chore of lighting the
fireworks. Of course, it really isn't
much of a chore, at least, it's a
chore that every boy in town would
volunteer for In their stead.
But they do a fine job,' and mer
it your thanks for their efforts.
Fireworks
By floyd l. wynne'
Everything is in readiness for
the Fourth of July,
It will be third conserutive year
. that free fireworks have been
furnished to the people of Klam
ath Falls and vicinity.
, It began three years ago when
en effort to put on fireworks by
the Jaycecs failed, and it looked
as though fireworks would vanish
' from the traditional July 4 scene.
It was then that Mayor Law
rence Slater evolved the idea of
Using $500 from the license fee
paid by the West Coast Carnival
shows la produce the fireworks
Prior to this, the money from
the license fees had been rebated
to the Roundup Association and
other groups putting on the July
. 4 Roundup.
So. again this year, when the
fireworks are presented at 9 p.m.
on July 4, you can give thanks to
(he city of Klamath Falls, and
'even more directly to West Coast
. Carnival for them.
; Incidentally, a late news release
gives President John Adams cred
it for putting the fireworks in the
Fourth of July.
. It was Adams who declared that
.'Independence Day "Ought to be
'solemnized with pomp and parade,
;with shows, games, sports, guns,
; bells, bonfires, and illuminations.
from one end of this continent to
the other, from Ihu time forward
! for evermore."
! So, from that time forward, the
! birthday of these United Slates
ihas been marked by brilliant ex
' plosions of color and noise.
However, the basic idra of lire
1 WOiks c we from Europeans, who
sot the Idea from the Arabs who,
In turn, copi "r
H was In. 1232 A.D.. when a
Chines city was besieged by Mon-
Living Vnst
By FLORENCE JENKINS
Why most of us spend more
money each year than we did
the year before continues to be a
fascinating study.
Inflation and higher prices ac
tually can't be blamed for at of
it. The experts seem to agree that
the cost of goods and products will
rise during the last half of 1959
all right, but the manufacturers
continue to tempt the American
public with more varied and at
tractive goods.
Newest prognosticators to make
headlines are the nation's pur
chasing agents. Thirty-two per cent
interviewed in a nationwide sur
vey expect prices lo go up from
one to two per cent; 48 per cent
expect - prices to rise up to four
per cent; nine per cent expect the
Increase to be even greater.
Higher labor costs were cited
by more than 75 per cent of Ihe
buyers as major reason for ris
ing prices.
Sure, individunl items probably
will cost liiore this year, but the
big jump in the over-all total ex
nendilures of the year are usual
ly caused by the fact that more
things are bought.
Convenience foods arc only one
example. It costs more to pre
cook and package foods than to
sell them in their natural state
Everyone knows that, but coin en
ience foods are so easy to use.
An eight-ounce box of instant
mashed potatoes is much mora
convenient to use than going into
the basement to get a panful of
potatoes out of the old-fashioned
100-pound gunny sack, then wash
ing, peeling and cooking the pota
toes. The toy makers are making It
tough to hew to the budget line,
too. Of course, there are more
children, and with the Fourth of
July coming up, something must
be found as- a substitute for the
old-fashioned fireworks. A new
gadget is a toy gun which shoots
soil polyethylene projectiles which
won't hurt even the baby if he gets
bopped on the head. The tough.
lightweight , hollow spheres are
about the size of ping-pong balls
and are popped out of a plastic
gun called the Ack-Ack.
There are more gift-giving days
in the year nowadays, too. And
more convenient ways of giving
presents. Flowers by wire and
singing telegrams have long been
with us. More recent are gifts-by-wire
which arc available from
coast to coast.
' Newest is the CandyGram.
Through this service, a box of
chocolates can be ordered by tele
phone from Western Union and
delivered any place in the United
States for the cost of the candy
plus telegram tolls.
Even if our way of life does
cost more these days, it is easier
to be thoughtful and shopping is
more fun,
Fishy l)i.scoiirs(
By NELSON REED
When Isaac Walton wrote his book.
Bout all you needed was a hook.
A piece of string, a willow pole,
And close to home, a fishing hole.
In Isaac's day the silly fish
Considered worms a tasty dish
Or if some trout was more alert,
A nice fat grub for his dessert.
Alas such simple gear as that
Would make no tackle makers fat.
They hired an Icthyologist
And then, of course, a. .publicist.
They told us what the fishes
thought
And how they really should be
caught
With slick glass rods and spinning
reels,
And nylon lines and rubber eels.
They hired some crazy artist guys
To tie up gaudy looking flies
And paint some iridescent plugs
And dream up goofy looking bugs.
They said a fish turned up his
nose
Unless you wore the proper
clothes;
At dirty shirt and ragged pants.
A ( knowing fish would look
askance.
And how would any nice fish feel
If resting in a beat up creel?
To any fish that you may see,
You must look like an Xmas tree.
The only thing Ihey -did not tell.
And that's the truth as sure 'as
well,
A fish's brains are very small
Most fishermen have none at all.
W'm JIMS GETTlMCi BEAUCOUP
I SLlA r R MSI sympathy from twi
Warning
Corvallis (To the Editor) I
wonder if other Oregonians might
benefit from our experience in Mo
doc County over the stale line two
weeks ago. . .
We were slopped by a Calilornia
Highway Patrol out in the open
country for speeding (62 m.p.h.)
with a small open (and empty)
trailer. Unknown to us the Cali
lornia law, on the books, is 45
m.p.h. foe any trailer. There is no
sign or indication at the border
ol this situation; so, of course,
it is a push-over to haul in Web
foots who don't have this restric
tion. No warning just pay $16 at
Tulclake Justice Court (and no
personal checks). ,
I don't quite understand this
business, as fie local California
drivers were continually passing
us up with house trailers, boats,
etc.
On the return trip the same of
ficer was only a few hundred
yards from the Oregon line. He
previously told me he preferred
trading in Klamath Falls. Are wc
getting a fair deal?
Bruce Sawin
l'.ri.i Brooklane
pen to paper in a day or so and,
presto: The buck in your
pocket or the dollar in your bank
will be in the process of shrink
ing some more.
This scratch of pen on paper
will signify a hike in the top limit
of the national debt, in this in
stance a temporary bounce to
295 billions.
Neither the weight nor the di
mensions of your dollar or your
folding money will shrink. But
tneir purchasing power will
shrink in terms, of beans, biscuits
butler and baby shoes or in
terms of anything you may buy.
This is larceny on a scale
greater than grand. All of the
footpads and burglars of all lime
plus.-; the embezzlers could not
have made away with as much
of Ihe citizens' money as the
process of currency inflation is
accomplishing. There have been
;ig and little years of currency
inflation in the past 30 years or
so during which the U.S. dollar
has been taking a beating.
The year 1II42. for example was
a big one in the cycle oi cur
rency inflation. The finance com
mittee of the U.S. Senate calcu
lates that in 1042 the dollar
shrank in purchasing power by
9.1 cents. The year 1947 showed
a nine-cent shrinkage. Only 4.4
rccnls were melted away from the
value of the dollar in 1048 and
only half a cent or less in each
of the following years, according
to the committee's calculations.
In very recent years the inflation
trend has been substantially
checked but not stopped.
The big, bad fact, however, is
that the committee's figures show
thut from an arbitrary valuation
of 100 cents in the year 1039,
the dollar has shrunk to 48 cents
or thereabouts. In just 20 years,
1:139-59, the purchasing power of
the proud U.S. dollar has gone
off by upward of 52 cents. A $10
bill now in your pocket or bank
is worth slightly less than $5 in
terms of 1939.
Where all of this will end,
none can say. Especially none of
the politicians in Washington who
borrow . and spend the money
which puts the government more
in debt and requires the constant
raising of the national debt cell
ing. Where another 20 years like
the past 20 would end, of course,
can be calculated simply enough.
They would end with something
less than a 25-ccnt or two-bit dol
lar. What that would do to per
sons on a fixed income of dollars
would be very rough, indeed.
Based on the situation of a
married couple with two children,
and what this couple must earn
merely to break even in 1959 is
shown in the following chart in
relations to their 1942 income.
1942 1959
$2,000 $.1,743
$3,000 $5,613
$5,000 . $9,233
$10,000 $18,100
The increase required lo break
even ranges from 82 to 87 per
cent. This is a fair measure of
what high taxes and rubbery
money do lo the working man, his
wile, and his kids. ,
N.Y.
Shrinking Hollar
By LYLE C. WILSON
WASHINGTON (UP!)
President Eisenhower will scratch
SHORT RIBS
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Uniled Press International
NEW YORK - Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller, welcoming members
of the Lions International in con
vention here:
"The appeal and strength of
your organization lies in your
great objective of service serv
ice to the communities and the
world in which we live."
(MEMPHlS, Tcnn.-Police Chief
James C. MacDonald, explaining
why police have less trouble with
drunks during hot spells:
"Who needs whisky? This
weather would knock anybody
out."
unVTr.mtvnv ai9
Frank O'Neal -'ohn ratterson, on the National
Assn. for the Advancement of
Colored People:
"There is no room in Alabama
for such an organization. They
should slay in New York where
hey came from and stop kindling
the Iiits of racial hatred in the
South. They should do their agi
tating somewhere else."
1 said. Gnr
1 r
CAIRO President Carnal Ab
del Nasser, reaffirming Egypt's
ban on Israeli shipping in the
Suez Canal: ,
. "We shall continue lo proceed
on our course whatever the con
sequences may be."
DKRRY. Kni-land IfPtl Th
local carnival committee, reach
ing for a "new look" in beauty
contests, came up with a 2-vear-old
Queen. The committee
said it picked Mrs. Martha Sta-
ley Because 11 was lea up witn
ilamor sirls interested only in
I mink and money."
Final Rites Set Thursday
For Demo Boss, Dave Epps
By THE" ASSOCIATED PRESS
Funeral services will be held in
Portland Thursday morning for
David C. Epps, 51, chairman of
the Oregon state Democratic Cen
tral Committee.
His physician said death result
ed from arterial hemmorrhage
caused by a stomach ulcer. He
entered a Salem hospital Sunday
alter being ill about two days.
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger D
Ore) Tuesday sent a telegram
paying' tribute to Epps.
It said, "Epps will have an
enduring place in the chronicles
of our state because of his un
selfish and devoted service as a
member of the legislative Interim
Committee on Indian Affairs.
which did so much to help solve
the Klamath Indian Reservation
question with such success.
"Both in our state and in his
travels to Washington, D.C., Da
vid Epps made a lasting impres
sion in his advocacy of a solu
tion which would be fair to the
Indians involved and which also
would safeguard Oregon's great
stake in an enduring and continu
ing lumber industry.
"In public life as in private life.
David Epps was a sportsman who
played fair and square a tribute
to his greatness on the basketball
court and baseball diamond, when
he was one of the outstanding
athletes' ever produced by the
University of Oregon."
In Portland, C. Girard David
son, Democratic national commit
teeman for Oregon, said, "Every
one who knew Dave Epps will be
shocked and greatly saddened by
the news. Democrats in Oregon,
for whom he worked with enor
mous dedication all his adult life,
have lost one of their strongest
leaders."
Epps was described by Stale
Sen. Monroe Sweelland (D-Mil-waukie)
as an unselfish liberal.
"To Dave Epps," Sweetland
said, "liberalism was a dedica
tion. Only rarely in politics do
men come along who seek nothing
lor themselves of position, or
power, or even recognition."
VISIT SLATED
Dr. Hcrwig Effenberg, commer
cial vice consul representing West
Germany, will visit Klamath Falls
Friday "to learn something about
your area and look over its com
mercial interests." The chamber
nf commerce said Dr. Effenberg,
who is stationed in Seattle, will
speak briefly before the Rotary
Club.
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