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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1925)
SSSS-SS'S-''' ornriAi papfr FOR TP TT ATViT A HPXT HATT V XT17W.Q KLAMATH FALLS. CITY OF KL AA1ATH FALLS 1 JClHf XVJLlVlA. XXX XrXX X lTTU WEDNESDAY, DECEMBFJ An Independent Republican Nempaper Conducted in the Interests of Ml Klamath County: Without Guile. Subsidy or lerjtay . 1 "Let u have faith that right makei might, and in net faith let ua to the end dare to do our duty aa we ,4tTtfnf it " Abraham Lincoln. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Klamath Adventur Responsibility of the Press Croxnl Psycliology Is Editor's Problem A tremendous burden of responsibility rests on the newspapers during the time a community is faced with an epidemic. The public must be kept informed of such general measures for safe-guarding of health as may be recommended by the authorities. That much may be taken for granted. After that, however, two widely separated schools of thought enter into the considera tion. One is that .by displaying such stories that a mental state is created among the pub lic which renders it more liable to fancied as well as real illness. Another is. that by thor oughly arousing the public to possible dangers that the individuals will be more apt to ob serve precautions. No editor chooses either course lightly. The editor is a layman and must need heed the opinions of medical men as to what he should do. But he also knows something of .the psychology of crowds, perhaps as much if not more than do the medical men, and therein arises his own peculiar problem. The Past-WRat"Is"It? Other Pages Have Been Writ; Noza's What Counts Many citizens of Klamath Falls have a questionable habit. It is the habit of ques tioning the pasts of other men. "I'd like to have a line on that bird before he came here I'd stop him quick," is heard all too frequently. There are whisperings. A police officer is an ex-convict. A doctor was forced to leave another town. Several have been un der indictment. The citizenship of one was under the ban during the war. A politician was several kinds of undesirable citizen and so on, ad nauseaum. No one, high or low, may be exempt from scandal of this type. But is the state of mind which is ready to delve in dirt filled with envy or malice or sheer ignorance, or what? It is doubtful that such tendency springs from a sincere regard for the public welfare in more than a few instances. Even in such instances the divine element, with which humans are supposed to be en dowed, is sadly lacking. What is more interesting in a man i3 the quality of that man's manhood NOW. Once, a long time ago, the RIGHT indiv idual was given permission to toss stones. It is of record there was a lot of hesitancy. Any one in this neck of the woods who can qualify, has, of course, permission to hurl lava rocks. o The last hanging in England for sheep stealing occurred in 1825. To the plea of the three thieves that three men ought not to die for one sheep the judge replied: "You are not handed for stealing the sheep, but that sheep shall not be stolen." c k I Mm juxsm 'V-WW N THt TRASH Complied by K. W. HAKWOOD (Copyright by Klamath 1'ublmhlnif Comi (All Rights Rogerved) EPISODE VIII. The Broken Jug inu inuian woman who accompanied v J ii.1 i ii.. t . i - i , . . J t manic irciiurniiy u.niiiik'i ner gnu over the i filler RUM lea by drnughtit on thu mipply f ; pair mntio tnoir way on liorni'unck through th toward the Klamath re-ncrvatlon. At the? Clclund much on the I.lttlu Shasta ea Hciioiw dolny, Joff'a mare that he had otto cousin dropped a coll, and well, there are that even an Indian cannot make a home do, tough little gray pony at lit rnnrh tu continue Hi Journey, lie woe anxious to gut on, but tli lldlan wnmnu' grief ami con autuptlon of liquor grow apace, Frequently ahe tumbled from lier home, ami (he boy hail hunt work lo lift her to her feet and get her astride th animal. It wa on i kind of a mar lb first day and a sordid nightmare the xmini They inodo seven miles. Heart & Home Problems Ry Mr. Elizabeth Thompson SOMETHING WKOK WITH ANY OXK WHO I.IM KS KRIKNPS. ! SHK BAYS Dear Mrs. Thompson: "Ted Bill's" recent loiter was a peach, t and I congratulate tu author, for I, too, have been laughing at the lonely dub letters, and that in spite of the fact that I am ojually a very charitable young lady. There is something wrong with anyone who lacks friends, for any one, who qualifies will hare them by the peck. You know the adage about the beaten path to the door of the expert mousetrap manufac turer. No attractive, enterprising person was ever neglected In the history of human society. The folks who yap about their loneli ness are really the odds and ends who can't fit In and play up to their opportunities. They should forgot their social ambitions and draw the old easy chair tip to the fire for good and all. fall mo unfeeling and all that It won't worry me any. I'm happy. Young, getting a kick out of life, all the dates and friends I want, all the stunts and parties, and frolics and dancing but why rub It In? I suppose I am bringing tears to the eyes of some of your shy, envious readers. I never had to write an advice column to ask some benev olent soul to mall me three dozen select friends, postpaid. .1 simply knew my stuff, and the rest was nosy, 'caiine the other folks did It. "Ted Bill's" three samples of the earth's Incumbrances aro but a few out of many horrors. I could describe others, of both sexes, hut it is too much of a bore. How ever, I'm willing to bet a pair of orchid garters that "Lola" iifver made a sorority when she was In college, and that "Just Another Lonely (Jlrl" snorts when she laughs. Thore's a reason for ev erything under the sun includ ing unpopularity. Olio final thing don't obey "Ted Dill's" Injunc tion not to start a Lonely Soul' club, for the poor suffering dear, really should get together and revel In their common misery. I ani. amiably enough. T0DD1K rCMINA. I am afraid you.sr too sevcro 'with tha lonely pSons who'bave been writing to me. I know from experience that In a strange city It IS difficult to meet the right kind of friends. When, however, a girl or a boy has many acquaint ances, but no friends, there is romethtng the matter. I have an other enjoyable litter from Ted Hill I'm going to print as soon n.i I have the space. a WHAT TO ;IVE roit IirtlSTM.AH I have many letters from young men and youn? women asking my help in selecting a Chrlvtmns girt Tor their sweethearts, .Unlet en gaged, It Is poor lame for a young man to make an expensive gift, and the same holds true of course for the roung woman. Unless en gaged, ho should not give Jewelry, and certainly not clothes.. I have tho following suggestion: Young Woman: Hook! writing caao, bridge set, dairy, cut glass perfume bottle, boudoir lamp, silk pillow. ; Young men: Hook ends, en gagement bonk, military brushes, French linen handkx'rcljlefs, scarf, cigarette case, carluu of his favor ltecigarcttes. Cut this list out and save It. I will not answer any more letters ,on the subject. ever: not even a murmur broke the painful silence. Then, unob trusively, a little boy tremhllng rained bis hand, whilst his enm parlont eyed him profoundly; ' 'I'lcaie. miss." he piped. "He it to a dog's tall and watch." Dinner Stories Not long ago a patron of a cafe In Chicago summoned his waiter and delivered himself as follows: "I want to know tha meaning of this. I.ook at this piece of beef. See Its size. Lost evening I was served with a portion more Ih.m twice the rite of this." "Where did j.iu sit?" asked the waiter. "What bus th.f to do with It? I believe I sat by tho window." "In that case," smiled the waiter, "the explanation is simple. We nlwnys servo customers by Hid window lurge portions. It's a good advertisement for the place." N'vxt day they gut to the le ranch, and the following night to Keno. The boy was frequently In tears, lie Implored the woman to stop drinking. Jeff relate she had consumed two quarts and on of the gallon Jugs of whiskey. In the morning at Kenn the wo. man told Jeff to get her the sec. ond Jug from her raddle. Hhe was a very sick Indian lady, and denlrcd an yepener. Jeff got the Jug and held It toward her, making certain that II was noised over a Hat rock. It rrnshed on the rock and the liquor was pilled. The woman tried to suck some of It from the surface of the rock. The ride Into Llnkvllle waa ae. roinpllshcd at a gallop after that. Mill the womnn demanded whis key. She got a Jug from a man named King, and that night tliny camped at a spring and clump of willows where the court houso now stands. The boy was fin ished with her. At dawn the next morning he crept away and noon was galloping over the hill through Swan lako. over the In dian trail lo Whiskey ( reek, Rear neatly. All that day and all that night Jeff told the stories of his par ents' misfortune to iho Indians. How his mother-had sold trinkets and Jewelry that had been pre sen led lo her. How they were even then III in a strange country. Over and over again he related the details of the misadventures of the twenty preceding months. At daybreak, worn a sleep. When night uncle came lo awi Into Jeff eager dlan unda put Hoo Next morning Je Whiskey Creek went through Ulary long enough to talk f, , Applegste, who lo Ills, front gnrriea aava him 15. all t had. On he rode AM day he rude . .Night found him Irga were bleedlnt flesh. The gray poo ride at a gallop. There are some mat una ride Is pud something over II old tinier who knosl th country don't lh was light. The nonl J. Vrank Adam Jeffs mkwliin after 1 Ma people, having tJ Applegal remembers The money was from Yreka. Ths fl !i home two weeks Ui Hut, for the aatll over she pagea fori years. Jeff 'had marrlel son. The boy'su the father laid tat 1 lo get out a veil I wnrn pn his trip 10 I see how It would fll Ml onirthla Id i'I too ault. It proved drew. "Williams PstH.. Ifornls." U read. Jeff ruddle thaw menl the man it 4 hnd paid bis state f J of course. The hlsd 1 had slipped ten dolll iHitkri. money that him get a hon found It bidden In hi' Jeff sat down n (fontlnued no !' The tenchcr was giving a prac tical demonstration to the science class. Her subject for tho after noon was "Steam and Its Uses." "What have I In my hand?" nlie asked. ' "A tin can," came the answer. "Right. Is it an unlmate or In animate object?" "Inanimate," chorused tlio class. "Correct.- Now, ran any boy (ell me how, with 1Mb can. It Is possible to generate a surprising nmount of speed nnd power al most beyond control?" There came no responsive chor us from tho class thl time, how- Some Pages from U VICTOr iiKioitu coi, 1 much The discovery claims of the Norse, however, nro not baaed entirely upon quoetlonable traces of habitation left In America. The sagas form another record. These sagas were stories told by cye-w It nemos nnd handed on from father to son and so on down gener ation after generation. Naturally the sagas are a mixture of legend, trndltion and history. I'er haps they have been added to or de tracted from as Ihey were passed along. However. It was a serious offense to make a change In a snga. The sagas wero supposed to be a record of historical events up to tho time written lungungo came Into mw. Then the sagas wero collected and set down in writing with all possi. me accuracy. Sagas dealing with the discovery of America are found In written roc " '" before 1400. I linen strength for the discovery claims of tho Norse is derived from this source and Is pretty generally accepted. The leading authority of Iho sagas Is Prof. Karl Christian Itnfn. a Dan Ish scholar. He gathered mntorlnl rrom more than a score of sources nnd wroto a colossal volumo on the history roveoled by these ancient sources. Among these sagas aro several complote deecriptlons of voyages to ( r American History "uivunin America and discoveries made ther.', and a number of them make refer ences to related Incident. I'rnf. Itafn's book established to the satisfaction iff most scholars Ihe rlnlm that the Norse Viking, Krlc Ilia Ited, discovered (iroenlnnd and' that his son, l.lnf Krlcsou. otherwise known as Lief Ihe Micky, discovered America about the year lotiO. t Krlc was a man of parts, flesldos being a first-class explorer and a colonizer he seems lo have had the Instincts of a good real estate antes man. When he announced Greenland as Iho name of the blenk Island ho bad discovered, a comrade nskedf - "Why tireeiilnnd?" "' To which Krlc replied: ' "Colonists will be atlrneted here If the Innd has a good name.'" Lief Krlcson railed the land which he had discovered "Vlnlnnd." ' bo-" cause ho found grapes growing wild. Ilhndo Island and, olhor states In New England have claimed the hon-., or of having been the regions touch ed by l.lnf. There Is a statue to Krlcson In Boston. V ,' That Krlcson touched American shores Is admitted, but Just whore we do not know, I The next Installment Is about j two Illustrious women ami 1 tho first while child borll ill ' America
