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New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
Tourist Has No Kick
Yet He Complains

Generally the complaints Of regular
tourists again over-charging sound rather
greedy to us. Suppose charges for for
eigners are triple, or even multiplied by
five. Why, at ten times the amount they
would still be less than at homel We
refuse 10 complain, although as pauper
travellers, not speculating and not buying
up the country, we have felt justified In
buying opera tickets through the Ger
mans and in not parading our nationality.
What our course would be If we had
the regular tourist money supply is a
matter Of happy conjecture. Certainly we
should have more fun than the tourists
have. II Nberally inclined we might ar
range with the vegetable restaurants to
have free opera aud theater tickets given
away with meals, SO that the Germans
most able to appreciate could attend once
in a while. II Interested only in ourselves
and in getting the most for the least we
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
SrUiss Prices Made
Them Hustle Back

To-day or tomorrow the caprice' . :,
mark may not bother us much On
will be TO readjust ourselves 70 ne Ano.
lean dollar, which never has stFi'sl =.
from normal. Our misgiyings Az =
stronger for having a hint Of what u y,
be like. We went into Switzerland =
in that land Of sound money the p'.a
fairly took our breath away, 50 that w.
out having a single meal we seampe,
back over the border into this country
vacillating yaIuta.
Won't il be awful then, we say one !. I
the other. 70 pay for hash in Chilcs :
cost of six complete roast goose dl''s !.
here? What a harshness It VII oe "
as much for being pushed by the 1'a .
a platform guard into the jam o.
way train and so be transported W..
blocks. as now we must pay for az - q
ride half way across Germany,
not hurt to hand over for f'A
and to Jersey City at that, as
for a radiant steamboat trip up "
tied Rhine? vi
The prospect staggers us. hao
ter hurry home at once and &c.
il or ask a hundred friends eaen
us a dollar for Christmas, to enaOs : : !,
abide here in shameful idleness y
other yearl ~
Pull us back to normally, ou' ,
wallow of imitation, ere we lose y "a
the old axioms that two plus I've "a
four, that a straight line is the "a,
distance, that X is an unknown y
that II you save your pennies ~
as rich, II you live long enough ~
d. Rockefeller-or no, it's hen''
now. s,r
In conclusion then We wish u"1- 4,
would help stabilize European n'0n.' Ia
thus force us TO come home les. ~ " :,
forge. ourselves and return WIZ ,,..t,r' -.
that we can afford 10 summer IN : ~,
winter in Staten Island and 'eS'
Harlem the rest Of the year.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
Getting Marks for Dollars
A Pleasant SDdp

OF all mercantile transactions about
the pleasantest of all, to US who funds at
home were so meager that we had diff
Guilty in finding a bank which would safe
guard them for us, is TO walk up 10 the
counter OF a Berlin bank and ask clerk
how many marks he will give us for a
dollar. So many thousands Of marks, the
clerk says, and reaches out eagerly for
the bill, which thereupon we thrust back
into our pocket with the remark that we
can get more across the street and we
don't need any more for a month, anyhow.
To Americans accustomed to be bluffed
by most any old bank clerk, or by a young
one, it is a real joy TO see how humble a
bank can become. There are signs on the
doors; I'VE cannot change a ten thousand
mark bill" That's less than five dollars.
Why, we could change that ourselves.
OF course the banks admission does not
mean that there is not five dollars in the
vault, but 70 persons chronically afraid
Of banks it is nice to think that it does.
The fact is that there has been such
shortage Of small money that the banks
could not get enough, and have had TO
lower their dignity and the dignity Of.
money as well. by issuing post cards.
whereon it is stated, by means Of a rubber
stamp, that some day they can be ex-
changed for something a little more like
real currency.
In the eyes Of the average German the
American dollar mark has more dignity
than the most pompous German banker,
Groups stand in front Of speculators' ex-
change shops staring long at single Ipeci-
mems Of dollar bills in the window and
ignoring the thick wads Of German bills,
each figured in the thousands. To such a
degree is the dollar mark regarded rs the
Unerring brand Of reliability that some
Germans are being taken in by II.
Except for US a restaurant proprietor
might have accepted a ten-dollar bill Of
the Confederate States Of America. We
saw him holding 10 up TO the light ar try
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
Dodging Expense in Mark-Down German

might charter a motor car and h,
handy. Every time the mark feI.t|
hundred we should quickly buy ku,i,
thousand or so, and before priu (
vaneed drive around town purda-|
tickets, clothes, antiques, kodak Fl
typewriter ribbons, meal tickets arl /,
haps a few houses at $3.50 apiece.
It is easier TO imagine ourselves ues
than to foresee the Germans readj.rr
their sense Of buying values II eva \
mark recovers from lis present ug
tiny fraction Of a penny, to the bQn'
above twenty cents. It will be espc
difficult for the rising generation. N|
dren born during or just prior to h q
reached years Of impression at Al
when black bread was almost a M
Peace came, and with il returned II
and candy, an ecstatic revelation b "A
-dren who had not known Of Their a
enee. Now the children Of parents / !
dustry, where wages keep pace VITA 4
change, are used to laying down n,
so to 100 marks for a piece Of eandI
small portion Of ice cream. Aecusirll
10 think and buy in terms Of hrndrsts
marks, it win not be easy for them d
preciate the value Of the marx whei
proper value returns. They must q
learn what is a pfennig, which he91
disdain to-day.
Thanks be that readjastmenl to TIE p
sibly normal of tomorrow is not our p
sonal concern. Rather may We cal, n
and be merry to-day in a restaurant ~
retains the sign "Dinner Two Mans
the door but charges $50 marks ~
subscription" to ten dinners, makng
just over a penny for a lavish meal 70
exchange parasites. Sitting idly n :
pleasant place, with flowers on he "
a parrot that wishes US GuteH Abslt .
three white cats asleep by the ssee
look out upon crowds Of intelligeri z
cient people hurrying home from . .
days work to plain food that Their =
scarcely pays for.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10

age 10 Germany, nevertheless the price
Of foreign stamp here, twenty marks,
is four-ffths the price Of ticket to a
concert by the Philharmonic orchestra,
the Dresden String Quartet or any indi-
vidual artist or group highly renowned.
German music, the best thing in Ger
many, is now the cheapest thing. II costs
twenty marks to ride by ttamway to the
concert, sixteen marks to check hat and
overcoat compulsory and twenty marks
for a program, but only twenty-five marks
for a seat That's under half cent, one
hundredth Of what was the least expen-
sive seat in Carnegie Hall when we de-
parted from New York.
A number Of German musiciahs and
artists are now on their way to the States,
which gives us another reason for being
joyful. At a penny a concert we are
hearing in Berlin, in special farewell pro-
grams, artists whom our friends in New
York will be paying at least o2e hundred
times as muen TO hear. Another pleasant
thing is that despite exchange conditions
many foreigners Of note, especially Rus
slams, are coming TO Germany. Fritz
Kreisler, the violinist who has passed so
much Of his musical life in America, has
played to us here for a penny a seat.
Opera is more variable. In Berlin for
eigners are charged five times the regular
price, and in Munich il is ten times as
much. To prove German citizenship a
ticket buyer must show a police regis
tration card bearing his picture. There
fore we have German acquaintance buy
our tickets fer us. However, there are
plenty Of excellent performances without
extra charge for foreigners.
Most inconsistent are the museum
charges Why should the Alte Pinakothek,
Of Munich, charge foreigner 200 marks
except on Sunday and the Dresden
Zwinger, which has the Sistine Madonna
and is a more splendid collection Of mas
terpieces, charge nothing three days in the
week and only marks on the other days?
And why the generosity Of the Kaiser
Friedrich Museum in Berlin, the most su-
perbly arranged collection in the world?
Free it is, three days a week, 10 marks on
the other days, nothing extra for for
eigners.
Allowing for extra charges sightseeing
and museum-going are still dirt cheap,
and they are the most worth while of all
pursuits for tourists, because the things
most worth while in Europe are the art
collections which America has not yet
succeeded in buying up. Almost the only
exception to the general cheapness Of
is the Kaiser's Palace at
Potsdam. To 90 through that costs
200 marks, or cents, and ii is not worth
il. Prior to the war the glamour of
royalty caused American writer's 10 de-
scribe this palace as magnificent, hand
some, splendid, but now, the glamour
gone, only tourist whose taste is wofully
bad can fail to see that the rooms are
either hideous or gaudy and that the
famous shell room where the family gath
cred at Christmas time must have made
even Santa Claus dyspeptie.
Tourist Has No Kick
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
Enough Isn't Sufficient
For a Foreigner

For foreigners, especially Americans, il
is quite the other way. Ridiculously low
as prices are now, through exchange, an
American Is led 10 hold back even this
little because the chances are that the
mark will depreciate further and prices
be still lower tomorrow, although they
may be marked higher. This is bound to
continue so long as prices are dominated
by exchange. If the mark were TO fall no
farther prices might keep on rising from
various causes, but under present condi-
tions the value Of any commodity in terms
Of marks depends almost entirely upon the
value Of the mark in terms Of dollars, or,
to be more accurate, upon the value Of
the mark in terms Of our copper cents.
Coneretely this principle has worked
out for us in ways most absurd. The
price of a meal was doubled two weeks
ago in the figures on the bill, but for us
it was 25 per cent cheaper because we
had just bought four times as many marks
for a dollar as before. Our room rent
was suddenly raised by tax Of rs per
cent on foreigners, but. the new rate Of
exchange considerably more than covered
it and also compensated for the rise in
car fares.
There are, II is true, certain commodl-
ties Of import whose prices correspond
closely to fluctuations in exchange, so that
il one observes price tags in the windows
regularly he can follow the exchange
without reading the papers. Certain Of
the large stores having such goods on dis
play must have TO employ special clerks
TO do nothing but change tags. Prices
change so abruptly that one can imagine
a clerk in the act Of changing a figure
from 10000 marks" to 2,O00"-while
the customer waits-being interrupted by
a breathless messenger from the Office,
who cries out: Hold on, make that
10000"
The imported chocolate bar makes the
best price barometer. Reading the win
dows of chocolate is like scrutinizing a
stock exchange board. A bar of chocolate.
Viz hAAiN SthAhS aDuiudullg III every SUD-
way station and corner stand In New York
City, is an article Of real luxury here, for
although in American money bar retail
ing for 10 cents in America costs only
two cents here, the price relatively is
very high.
For the price Of chocolate, two cents
at present, one can buy a full meal Of
soup, meat and vegetables in any reason
able restaurant. The German price list
is all twisted out Of the normal. For one
four-sheet copy Of a Paris newspaper,
printed in English one can subscribe for
two weeks to a German newspaper, pur-
chase several standard books, we'll bound,
or be transported by rail for one hundred
miles. German postage TO America is
only one-tenth the cost Of American post-
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-01

community has attended a certain
junction docs not detract from the
amount OF interest that Is shown
when the event appears In print In
the local paper. The more the indi.
viduol knows about an event, the
greater Is his interest, In that he IL
anxious to see II others have seen
the event In the same manner that
he saw Il.
Everything Is grist Tor the news.
paperman's mill--goinRs and COM
ings, births aud deaths. All are
treated, not as philosopher might
treat them, deivlng into the past aud
forecastlng the probable future, but
simply in cold and mpersounl
manner as mn event OF the hour. and
as such. legitimate news.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-01

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The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-01
THANKSGIVING

| our hearts are now filled with the
joys or Thanksgiving.
Our praises to lTcavcn wen sings
Lots Ect all the good from tho iitc
We are living
By Ioyfully thanking our King.
The bounty Of Gol may be had for
the taking,
His blessings We meet on tho way.
We should be moro grateful, the
dark way fnrsnkiag.
Give thanks that we're living to.
day.
We thank thee In accents OF Joy
and of singing,
Wen voice no complaint ull the
year.
Hut be like the tcndrli. that winds
upward clinrlnC.
with faith tina, It's master ~ near
Let's grow In the spirit this thanks.
giving season.
And cease To remember the past.
Ani praise God the Father. whose
wisdom and reason.
Has EIycn of his boundlosa re-.
past.
Thanksgiving Is mighty. It's strength
IN like lcnyca,
II helps keep our hearts pure and
clean.
Remember the loaf And give thanks
unto Heaven.
Where Joy ana not sadness is .cca.
when Jesus the hungry five thous.
aad was feeding.
Not once did he voice a complaint:
But. rather looked up. and with
words intcrccdinR.
lie shared. lest the multitude
faint
The spirit OF praise Is the talent
least spoken.
Yet. swlags ON the gates OF Coda
love.
Twas praise that o'creamc. and gave
judah the token.
And blessings that ralncd from
above.
Thanksgiving Is really thanks for
our living,
Believe said the Master OF all
Tho Psalmist too. learned that tho
voice OF Thanksgiving.
E'ca whispered. would govern the
fall
Then enter the spirit Of this. our
Thanksgiving.
Removing the beam from our eyes
Thanksgiving Is really but thanks
for living.
And such. will Gods blessings
prize.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-01
Nothing Left

A girl had gone to dinner In New
York with her steady. The young
man noticed a speck of what appear
ed to be lint on her shoulder. When
she wasn't looking he attempted 10
knock II off with his finger After
several attempts he took hold Of the
fleecy stuff and when he seemed 10
have all OF 1t threy the wad under
the table. That night the girl told
her mother that she had perfectly
lovely time. But" she added. II
have been lying here in bed. moth
er. wondering what has become Of
my union suit"
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-01
The Dtlirr Things

II am delighted to hear Of your
success on tho school baseball to1m.
Harold said his aunt. but you
must remember that there are other
things In llfc besides baseball"
"ioa, ! know there ID" replied tho
yonngstcr. hut you see. aunt. I'm
too llght Ter football or rowing"
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-01
BIRTH RECORD

coLLIER-At klamath Falls. 325
Candy street. to Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred d. Collier, November 20.
boy. Weight. eight pounds:
named Richard Mccormack.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-01
Personal Mention

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hanna spent
yesterday with friends In Malin,
W. u Demo left ON the morning
traia for san Diego whcrc he cS.
poets to make his future home.
W, ". pankey was m town yCStcr.
day from lorella. lie was accom-.
panied hy William Dcvaul
Alfred L. Payne. former resident
OF this city, Is hcrc tranSacting bus.
incss lie expects to remain In Rlam.
ath Falls 10 days or two weeks,
Horace q. Bolton. who has been
here from Portland transoCtinE bust.
ness for the past ten days. left this
morning fer the south.
W. =. Harris II here Tor few
days business visit from Roseburr.
where he conducts the Douglas
County Abstract office
Mrs Allen Jones left this morn.
Ing for San Francisco where she cS.
poets to spend the next few months
with relatives and friends
a marriage license was issued
Wednesday afternoon to waldon J.
TerrIon and Miss Dorothy May Lux.
both Of this city.
Mrs. Ross Finley was passenger
on the morning train bound for
Portland whore she will visit for
several weeks before goInE on south
for the winter.
Wednesday night the Warren con
structiCn company cl, Bcd down it,
local plan, for the winter and large
group OF employees left that aight by
car for headquarters In Portland.
]. NJ. Bruce aad W. c. Brophy,
both OF Seattle. arrived here last
night and are stopping at the White
Pelican hotel. They are railroad
men.
Miss Bernardo. Harmon left this
morning for Sacramento. California.
TO mako her home. Miss Harmon,
who Is employed ny the Standard OIL
has beea transferred 10 the
office OF that concern.
Mr.. ani Mrs. II. A. Callughan ar.
rived here Wednesday and will make
their home In klamath Falls Tor
The next month. Callaghan. who was
Pacific agent here at one
Time will act as telegrapher nt the /
station during his stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ, l.. Weddcl are |
planning to leave soon In their car
'"r Dunsmuir. Oakland and sa' I
Francisco on an extended vacation. |
weddcl is an employe Of the South J
,rn Pacific.
Howard Boarrs spent Thanksgly.
ng in town with friends. returning /
10 Copco this morning where he Is
Employed by the California Oregon
Power company. Bearrs was en-
'loyed during the building OF the .
ink river dam last summer.
w. l.. Rodney was passenger on
he morning train bound for Sacra.
nento and Los Angeles after several
lays spent In Klamath Falls on bus.
ness. Rodney was In the city over
! year ago and during his visit this
week was pleasantly surprised at the
Improvement in business conditions.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-01
Letters from The People
MAIiN PEOPLE DECLARE
NEED or MODOC NoRTUER

Editor, Herald:
We the undersigned. constituting
the committee on transportation for
the associated farmers OF Malin
community. have read with much in.
torres; and deep appreciation your
editorial OF the 25th instan, relative
10 the position to be taken by tho cit.
izens OF Klamath through their or
gani,ations since the sworn state.
ment cf Mr.. Julius Kruttschnitt.
president OF the board OF directors
OF the Southern Pacific railway com.
pany before the Interstate commerce
commission that the territory be-.
twcea Klamath Falls aud Westwood
is very poor and would not warrant
the building OF the Modoc Northern.
and commenting on the agricultural
possibilities OF Klamath county.
We have recently been securing
data along this line and In a petition
which We recently prepared for sub.
mission TO the interstate commerce
commission. inciudisg the affidav.
It's OF the two geatlemen in the coun-
~ probably best qualified to testify
in the premises that within five years
with proper railway facilities. the
probable potential agricultural pro.
ductIon ot the county will be sll.-
100000 per cnnum.
Whether the agricultural produc.
tlon reaches this figure or stays at
the present $4,000. 900 depends very
largely indeed On whether the Modoc
Northera Is built soon or not. In
deed. II is highly probable that with.
out proper railway facilities the pre-
sent production Will soon be dccreas-
Cd. There 70 plenty OF evidence TO
support this view.
The people OF our community have
always been doubtful OF the inten-
tions OF the officials OF the Southern
Pacific railway company as 10 rail.
way extension IL they succeeded IN |
securing a lease on the Central PacI. |
fle lines until 1884. and have favor
ed the policy OF the open door for
railroads In Klamath county. This
belief is confirmed by the statement
OF Mr.. Kruttschnitt heretofore re-
iorred 10.
Ia view OF his statement and In
view OF the fact that II has been
stated that another railway company
has promised 10 build sixty miles OF
he Modoc Northern Immediately 81
L acquired the Central Pacific lines
we believe that II IL now apparent
hat IL Is TO the best in,crcst OF every
resident OF the county that the un.
merger order OF the L. s. supreme
court as C. the association of the
Southern Pacific and Ccntrai PacIf-
e should stand ana that the Central
Pacific be morgcd with some other
han the S. T. system.
Therefore. we would ask your
chamber OF commerce II IL still be-
ieves II should adhere TO the posi-
ion II toca In fayorlng the exclusive
control OF the Ccatral Pacific by the
Pacific? u the sworn
statement OF Mr.. Kruttschnitt has
hanged the minds OF any OF the
members OF the chamber. we would
Iuggest that the proper attitude for
hose gentlemen 10 take would be to
orthwith rescind their previous ac-
ion In the matter.
Sincerely yours.
e Ii SMITH
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-01
I, LAUGH

4 laugh Is Just Ike sunghinc. n
frcshons al the day
II tips tho peak Of lIfc with llght,
and drives the clouds away.
Tho aoJl grows glad ana hears n.
and feels its courage .tToaE.
\ laugh iS Just like sunshine for
cheering folks along.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-01

Advertising pays. Try II and zee.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-01

CHRISTIAN CHURCH
HOLDS THANKSGIVING
SERVICES SUNDAY

THANKSGIVING services wcrn hold
at the Christian church sunday, with
u special proHram including readings
and music, Readings were by Miss
Eda Jclcs, Mrs, Floyd Allen and +,
y. pcllctt, Tho choir furnished up.
propriatc music. which was highly
appreciated, Tho tcNt for the Rcv,
pristnws sermon was. Things for
which we are Thankful"
Following is tho original verso by
Pellet. who writes undcr the pen
name ~ David Ellsworth.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-01
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