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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1925)
KLAMATH FAUJ t . k a a 1 CITY OF KLAMATH FALLS 1 HE lilVli 1 JT1 . UAUui I TV SUNDAY, DECEMDER 4. Inkptndc! R,publkM XaxfeKr CMI in Ifa tariwtt o .11 gbu. Cm IH ""' aww r rn r tww- TfT A T JT A TT T T"V A TT "T 1T?XTQ. "Let ill hT faith that right makei might, and in that faith let u to the end dare to do our duty at wo understand it." Abraham Lincoln. Famous American Myths Klamath Adventure Reds Riches Football Star Feels Burden of Wealth Red Grange, gridiron idol, for whom mil lions have cheered, was jeered at the other day. While the mighty iceman had little money or was not known to have any money he was one of us one of the mob. Human nature is such, however, that we envy success. The jeering of Red might have been traceable to some such cause. Between cheers and jeers there were reports that Red had been endowed with much wealth. And yet, sudden riches may have un-nerved the star. Wealth will do that very thing, so 'tis related. Red lost control of the ball. There is a quiet laugh to be had from the attitude of the motion rictue folk toward Red. Miles of lies have been told by publicity agents about the picture stars' huge salaries. But the heroes and heroines of the silent drama found full speech, and jeered the loudest when Red's fabulous emoluments were mentioned. New Hope for West Some of Revenue May Be Left Here ) J "There ain't , X V no santyclaus NS a& lr I J 55& f iii. Complltttl l.y 11. W. UAUWooi) (Copyrtyht by Klumnth Publlnhintr Comna i ill ri..i... t .. "l'ii, nw ikiKiim iiencrvcaj EPISODE VI. East I Not Weil IJttlo Jiff Riddle, hulf-brcod Indian bov aftfr the iIopnrttM-o for homo of till members of bund of lndittim who hud irono broko In New Yr had cU-pnrtcd except the Riddlo family ttnj Meechum. Tliiirfl ta mtlf'li flint milt t,n.. - ... i. tlintriu-t him In New York. In the rirnt plate l found himnvlf on un itdniul. Ho roamed the streJ ono end to the other of thU fhlund. Aiito he liked t J Sunny Dick Says The president, in his message to the con gress, laid down some very broad precepts on state rights. Included among his thoughtful remarks was this: , "The wiser policy is to leave the localities, so far as we can, possessed of their own sources of revenue and charged with their own obligations." This policy means much to the west. It is the west, and not the east, that has suffered through encroachments of the national gov ernment. It i3 the sources of revenue of the west that have been possessed by the national govrr.ment. Fcr some of the conservation of natural resources by the national government the west may indeed be grateful. But many mil lions of state revenue have gone out of the western states, and Oregon is heavily afflict ed. It has been what one protestant calls con fiscation rather than conservation: . (This expression of the president should make it more easily possible for the western delegation in congress to bring about matters of simple justice in apportionment of funds derived by the national government from wes tern" resources. Further, the western delga tion is an important factor in the present congress. TbV Income tax - publicity has had one rood effect. It has made the press statements of movie salaries in lurso figures unpopular. Heart & Home . Problems Rv Mr. KIizKb(h TtHinttm Dinner Stories State Highway Commission lias Ordered 30 Miles of Macadam Koads Oiled Next Year, an In crease of 400 Miles Over 1925. The highway commission has evi dently given up waiting for the Klamath county oil wells to come In. We were all young once. And we all gave Dice or loss freely of our pennies to spread the gospel . to the heathen of foreign lands. We helped support missions and missionaries In China ond Jupan. And we have given pennies to our own offspring for the same worthy cause. So It comes as a surprise to learn that at a rousing meeting of 500 delegates from these two countries at Toklo It was unanimously decided to un dertake establishment of an an nual world-wide holiday to mark tho birthday of Buddha.' Since It has been announced that Mr. Grange has received 1300,000 in advance to star in a sliver screen Crania It has de veloped that red Is not a popular shade amongst the Hollywood elect. There is no doubt about it. Folks look to the morning paper as best capable of giving them carefully considered news stories of the previous day, a physical impossibility for the afternoon paper that goes to press anywhere from 1 P. M. to 3 P. M. And the biggest bulk of the news must be rewritten from the morning papers, gathered and set in type be fore 1 1 o'clock. Without exception the pow erful newspapers throughout the country are morning dailies. President Coolidge bag been presented with a petition signed by 13,000 Porto leans complain ing that tho Ixland is governed by a po'i,"(cal machine, and that four fifths of He 800,000 laborers urn without steady work. Doesn't It sound homclllce? The maid having failed to ap pear to take Hobby homo from kindergarten, tho tnarher said In the little fellow, "Now Hobby, you know Rod Is always with you, and you must think you have hold of Mis hand." Next morning she snld, "Well, Hobby, you got home all right. " "Yes, Miss Wilson, I got home all right, but I can tell you I mada God run every step of the way." J HKSKItTF.U WIFK CAftl'I.KSS Hear Mrs. Thompson: I am a married womun of 2J. My hus band and I have b-. n separated for two mouths. Ho left me with five small children and I am ask ing you which is hcit for me to do, to break up my home or kerp them togcthor. I like niy hus band, hut he Is a man that enjoys life alone and don't want to b bothered with tho children. Ilo don't raro for mo or Ihem eitW. I fay at homo with my children end he is running the streets Willi my niece and somo others that 1 know of. Some weeks ho give me monoy and some he does n.t. I havo no mother r.nd have no home to go to. Mo and my chil dren aro alone, and It Is an awful miserable life to livo and no ono to help me. Pleas advise. MIIS, II. 8. Your attitude Is most surpris ing, Mrs. II. s. You appear to countenance your huMrond's lack of decency because he "enjoys llfo alone." Certainly your view of things Un't going to c;iuse him to do any better. You havo tho right to- demand regular support, If nothing else, and you rhould go to court If nocesfary to obtain It. With no ono elso to look to, .you must compel him lo provide for your children's fulure. Allow him to "enjoy life alone," but mnko sure that ho provides for you and the .children. , ni:TSY: I never recommend beauty preparations, and I cannot siiKcost a freckle remover. An unusual name for a club might bu composed with Initials , of the members. I could offer more sug gestions for a name if I knew tho nature of tho organization. Tho teacher wanted some plums In order to give an object Irsann i!:irlng school hours, and, calling one of the small boys, she gave him ten li nts and dispatched him lo the fruit stand on the corner. "Before you buy the plums, Willie." she cautioned, "you had better pinch one or two to make sure they are ripe,." Utile Wllllo flitted away.' Soon he come back and smilingly put tlio bag on tho teacher's dosk. "Oh, thank you. Willie," said the teacher, taking the bag. "Did you pinch one or two, as I told you to do?" "Md I" was tho gleeful re spome. "I pinched the whole bag full, and here's your len cents." New York's first elevated road, 1 he 'Ninth Avenue I This was hack In '75. when elevated trains were still drawn by a small loco motive, lung before the day of subways and tubes. On the street Jeff found slrn ous adventure. He was a strang er, and every kid In New York. It seemed, took a punch at htm, Murs than once the police ramn lo his rescue when he was attack ed by a gang of youngxvra, Jeff tells that he held hul own J wen in inr scraps, out mai j he soon learned there was safety i In numbers. He lived with Col onel Mevchatn and his mothvr and father at 11? Ninth avenue, near list atreet. While they were en gaged lu writing a ibiKk. Jeff or ganized his own gang. Ills method was to llik every kid In the neighborhood first, and make friends with thorn after ward. He knew a country and pernio thul were alien to Man hattan hoys, and lien he told of the ways of the West the other kids listened with open mouths. Jeff's physical superiority over ram their Inrrrdulousness, Moon Jeff had a gang of between twen ty and thirty kids who came run ning when hn whistled. Had he remained In New York he might have IxH-nme a sachem of Tam many hall. Frank lllddle, Jeffs father, was a mining man and skilled me chanic. Itanthlng was a aldn line. lie had made money, about $20,- OOii. and it was this money that was being nsed to finance Colonel Meecham'a publishing enterprise.. The money went rapidly. Hones of replenishment of the exchequer were dally dissipated. It was not long' before this little group of four out of the original parly of twelve faced I ho fact that they were broke. This was In Ronton. What happened to Meorhifm Is not part of the talo. Tho three Iliddlea got from lloaton la I'hll- sucipnia on charity. Ki railroad oinciala gav 4 to Omaha. Another pJ were easy to get In th got tneni to Ogden. Thi have money for food. T Toby, Jeff's mother, wa lleardsley, proprietor of that name, extended pllallty. He told ihrm remain as long as they The fathvr was at 1 reus, home of ths ll a long way off. t himself of a friend In Profi-Muir J. J. Watson to him, explaining Hi Wataon sent 4o at on With this money the his son a half-fare tlrk ding, Calif. He purrka ki t of food for him and on the train. He mni Toby's people. lodlsa Klamath reservation, si peal for funds. Afler was purchased there rJ balance of 1 as a fund for emergencies. "lou are a good M know ynu will get lhrc. aged Toby, patting her 4 head. It was an I mm It nil I was on. To nieatfes grant train awakmt memories among the ( They left an unheallhj an hour after wbUlllnj nation. Inside (branl coaches on hard seats rJ women with suckling e babies and chlldrea. lnm swore foreign M land of the free ana IH 'lUe brave to which taey lured. Frnled with Jeff werr gry llnllnn children t! nation was Sarraairsiq had been ''taught oti word, h was their cnii "Hread, bread." Ji ff knew he had a len (Continued on !' "How much Is that In Ameri can money?" Horace nskod aftor reading ''the charge for this bot U'ry Is one and one-half volts. Aurora Ilencon-News. A ulldo rule has been specially designed for hcntliift and ventila tion problems. . Some Pages from - . Uf VICIOr . The Earliest American We all know thnt the whlte'ex plorers of the 16th century found In America a barbarian race, who been in o known as American Indians, so-called because what tho discover ers sought was an all-wulor route lo India and they believed tho new country to bo a part of India. Hut was tho red Indian iho first Inhabitant of this continent? What was his origin? Homo scientists believe thnt onco a land bridge extended from Asia to AliL-kn at what Is nbw Herlng strait and that the first Inhabitants cross ed over this brldgo from Asia, A few hardy evolutionists mlvance the ' theory that the first Amerlcnns, like Topsy, "Just grew," originated from tho-soil. Tho geologist mnkes historical ' records of rocks nnd gravel beds. Shown a certain substance in -a cer tain Htnlo ho undertakes to say: "Thnt Is ten thousand years old" or mnybo fifty thousand or a hun dred thousand years. If human hones aro found In as sociation with such rocks or gravel, ho says: "Those are tho bones of men ton thousand years old," and so on. Excavations yielding bones of ex- American History MORGAN tlnct animals or human bones, weap ons and working tools of primitive nntura have been nindn In gravel and other deposits In Trenton, N. J.; Table Mountain, Calif.; Nampa, Id.; Lansing, Kan.; Claymont, Del.; New comiirstown, O,; Miidlsonvlllo, O., and elsewhere. The relies being found In prevl- ously undisturbed layers of tho" earth's surface, estimates as to their nge were made. Homo scientist said ten thoiiHand years, some twenty thousand nnd aome thirty thousand. There Is some agreement on evi dence Indicating tho presence of men In America In what Is called the Old Btonn age, when humans shared the ' earth with 'the mastodon and other species of animals which have no modern successors. All long-dlHlanco speculation? Perhaps. , Hut It Is interesting bo eause of the Importance, attarjiad to . II by scientists and because the work of trnclng nut the first Americans goes nteadlly forward In the hands of a number of Important organi sations. It In accepted by most scientists that the red Indlnn, as we know him. wns not thn first American, but Jut who the first American wns and whnt ho was Ilka la still far from being established. In tho next Installment! Who Discovered A merles?
