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THE KLAMATH MISUNDERSTANDING
On Tuesday we called attention here to the protest filed
by the Klamath county court against a proposed exchange of
land tor timber recently put in process by The bheviin-mxon
Company and the forest service. Yesterday we commented on
the seven grounds of the protest. We had said on Tuesday that
the subject had had the benefit of comment by Malcolm Epley
in his column m the Klamath Herald and JNews. since tnen
we have found in that paper a statement of the approving
vote of the Klamath chamber of commerce, loday we want to
take up the subject as developed by Epley and the chamber
i approval.
We can best begin, perhaps, by quoting one of the Epley
columns and here it is;
Back of the county court's protest against a proposed
national forest land acquisition in Klamath county Is a seri
ous and growing concern over the extension of federal
ownership of more and more Klamath county area.
Concern over similar situations in other counties has made
federal ownership of otherwise taxable estate a matter of
widespread discussion in the west. The Klamath action will
have the effect of forcing the issue to the front and should
help bring about an understanding and, eventually, action
that will help solve the problems Involved.
We think the court is to be commended for taking this
step in the interest of Klamath county.
The proposal against which the court protests is shown in
a legal notice which has been running in The Herald and
News for several weeks. The Shevlin-Hixon people, who own
extensive stands of land in northern Klamath, in this proposi
tion offer to the forest service about 16,000 acres, in exchange
for an equal value of timber on national forest lands.
If the transaction goes through, the 16,000 acres would
go into federal ownership, and would be removed from the
tux rolls of Klamath county. Court members say that already
48,000 acres of such land has been removed from tax rolls in
this county by this process.
A point in the proposed deal that particularly Interested
the court is that the legal notice provides for permission to
Shevlin-Hixon to log timber from the land until the end of
1949, This indicates that this is not strictly cut-over land, but
Is land on which there is still taxable timber. Completion of
the deal would take this timber off the Klamath rolls.
Shrinkage of taxable valuations piles more and more taxes
on farms, surviving private timber, city property, and utilities.
They've Now Joined Up With the Enemy
Washington
Column
If you have been following this discussion you will be
quick to note that in this comment by Epley he has failed to
set forth the facts as they exist. We know him too well to
have any thought that his errors in this connection are in
tentional. We think it unfortunate, nevertheless, that the
original Klamath thinking on the subject shpuld be based on
a misconception because it means that before starting the
discussion the misunderstanding regarding the facts musj, be
cleared up.
Let it be noted, then, that the Klamath interest is. in only
8,436 acres of forest land (some already cut-over) and not
"about 16,000" as staged by Epley. It is, therefore, only these
8,436 acres that would be removed from the Klamath tax
rolls if the transaction goes through. According to the forest
service the total Klamath acreage that has been acquired by
exchange since exchanges were begun in 1922 is 52,737 of
which 1.140 acres were taken as roadside scenic strips.
Of course, the important fact is not the exact amount of
the acreage involved but what the county Would lose in taxes
if these lands go off the roll. The loss would be negligible. The
real Joss and an unavoidable one takes place when the
timber is cut. That cutting the county would never think of
protesting. Its interest, then, is in what the lands would
bring as reforestation lands which they would undoubtedly
become at an annual tax of two and a half cents per acre.
The figure, as stated here yesterday, is $210.90. That figure
represents the prospective tax loss if the exchange is made
but against it is to be set up, again as stated yesterday, the
larger return from the national forests based on the increased
acreage in the county. The figure varies with the annual forest
income but it will probably be more than $210.90 and the
county will get it all while the $210.90 must be shared with
one or more school districts.
Again, it is unfortunate that Epley fails to understand
the meaninir of the reservation of the right by the company,
protested by the court, to enter upon the lands after the ex
change and remove certain designated trees. No skulduggery,
such as is suggested by the court's fourth point listed here
yesterday, is involved. Not all the lands, as Epley realizes,
have been cut but cutting is under way on the company's and
the lrovernment's intermingled lands. Only the designnted
trees are to be cut and the reservation was made so that the
company might continue its cutting, without being a tres
passer, if the exchange went through. The company expects
to pay the taxes that become due on the trees it is cutting.
The other timber will go .off the rolls, as stated by Epley,
anyway. .
This discussion is dragging itself out regrettably but we
think it important to get the facts corioitly presented. To
morrow we shall try to conclude what we have to say on the
subject.
When the Russians take Buda they will gut rid of the pests.
Mofhs Fly Out When French
Embassy Opens, Says Scribe
By Peter "Kelson
(NBA Staff Correspondent)
Hard hitting, progressive Gov.
Ellis Arnall of Georgia Is sched
uled to come to Washington Jan.
to argue in person a petition
that the U. S. Supreme Court ac
cept original jurisdiction over a
suit the State of Gedrgla proa)
Doses to bring against li north
ern and eight southern railway
systems, charging conspiracy
through the Southern Krelent as
sociation of Atlanta to fix freight
rates which are unfair to Georgia
and its citizens.
The spectacle of a governor
arguing before the highest court
of the land on behalf of the peo
ple of his state is unprecedented,
but the case is important and of
general interest for a number.' of
other reasons: '
Cases in which the Supreme
Court accepts original jurisdiction
before a lower court has taken
action upon them are extremely
rare.
If the Supreme Court accepts
jurisdiction and hears the case,
its decision may well break new
ground in deciding the place of a
state in the national economy and
the state's rights In protecting Its
citizens.
In hearing evidence on whether
it will accept jurisdiction the Su
preme Court must necessarily
hear evidence on the case itself
and in making Its decision the
court Will determine the law ap
plying in tne department of jus
tices pending suit on behalf of
the federal government against
me western Association of Kail
roads, charging 47 lines with con
spiracy to fix rates and suppress
technological development.
So important is the Georgia
ease to the federal government
that on Dec. 23 the department
of Justice Is scheduled to file with
the Supreme Court a brief seek
ing permission to enter the -case
as a friend of the court. Granting
of tills request mieht mean that
Attorney General Francis Biddlo
would argue the case as joint
counsel with Governor Arnall.
Development of the case Is, how
ever, entirely Governor Arnall's
idea as la'thc plan to petition the
Supreme Court to accept original
jurisdiction.
All the legal aspects of this suit
are too complicated for the lav
man to understand. Over-simplifying
the basis of the suit is that
the state of Georgia, its ports, lis
commerce and its citizens are dis
criminated against and injured by
freight rates arbitrarily deter
mined by the Southern Freight
association.
As an example, it is cited that
By Frederick C. Othnmn
(United Tress Staff Correspondent)
Washington, Dec. 28 lU'i Chip
munks, squirrels, moths and a
dalmation coach hound with one
eve blue and the other brown
made it touch-and-go for a while,
but the crisis has passed and I
can report today that Ambassador
Henri Bonnet is settled comfort
ably in the French embassy.
He nearly didn't make it. He
nearly didn't have any embassy.
The hungry fauna of Washington
nearly chewed the place down.
The new ambassador, who got
here from Paris Christmas day
and who dropped by the state de
partment yesterday with his cre
dentials to prove he was no phon
ey, has a mouthpiece with a
French accent. The mouthpiece
told me that all was well inside
the vast stone embassy on Kalo
rama road. The moths are gone,
the chipmunks have been locked
Out, the cockeyed coach hound
disappeared with the fall of Vichy,
the damage has been repaired and
the joint has been aired.
The mouthpiece said further
more that the French government
has the highest regard for the
Swiss government and isn't go
ing to sue because of no moth
proofing. The French never did
intend to sue. Everybody loves
everybody and how those reports
got into print the mouthpiece does
not know.
The trouble seems to be that
the Vichy government had an am
bassador here, Gaston Henri-Have,
and you know those Vichyites. Al
so he was a bachelor and you
know bachelors. More interested
in their stomachs, than in the
parlor drapes.
This Henri-Haye never squirted
moth proofing on anything. He
gave his coach hound with the
varigatcd eyes the run of the
house and when the squirrels
came down the chimneys and the
chipmunks leaped the window
sills, he thought it was funny.
While the wild creatures werei
gnawing on the Louis XV furni
ture, M. Henri-Haye was on the
long distance telephone making a
deal as ambassador to sequester
all the champagne, brandy, claret
and burgundy aboard the French!
liner Normandie. He installed this
first class drinking liquor in the
cellars of the embassy months I
before the Normandie capsized
and presumably some of it re
mains there.
Henri-Haye, in any events, was
enjoying life and not worrying
about moths when he suddenly
found himself Interned In a vil
lage in Pennsylvania. He got out
of that embassy in a hurry. Didn't
even lock the windows.
The Swiss took over, somebody
draped the furniture with dust
covers, and for nearly two years
the French embassy housed no
living thing except those that
flew, gnawed, and crept down
chimneys.
Last fall, as you doubtless re
member, the Vichy government
scrammed. The new government
rushed Henri Hoppenot from
Martinique to take over the em
bassy as chief of missions until
the boys could pick another am
bassador. When Mme. Hoppenot
opened the front door, tch-tch-tch.
Nevaire had the madame seen
such a mess.
She swatted moths and called
in exterminators. She sent the
furniture out to bo recovered and
the tapestries to be mended. She
redecorated the entire place and
barely in time, at that. All is
hunky-dbry now and everybody,
except maybe me, would prefer to
forget M. Henri-Haye.
Whatever happened to M. Henri
and his hound, nobody seems to
know. They both got back to
France. Then, like the moths
they vanished, too.
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the freight rate from Alton, 111.,
to Savannah, Ga., is $2.39 per 100
pounds while from Alton to Bal
timore, Md., six miles farther by
rail, the rate Is $1.69 per 100
pounds. This in esnence is the
time-honored issue of southern
rail rate discrimination.
A decision in Governor Arnall's
case might go a long way towards
getting it settled and, at the same
time, settling the economic future
of the south.
Bend's Yesterdays
Tumalo, come to Bend on busi
ness. Mr. and Mrs. ft. E. Sawyer of
Silver Lake, visit Bond friends.
Pr. and Mis. J. S. Grahlman re
turn from a trip to Portland.
BKND MUX IIONOKKIr
Two Bend men, Jack F. Burpee
and Stanley G. Scott, are listed as
single qualifiers In the Northern
Life Insurance company s Tower
club, It was nnnptinced here today.
Pictures ol the Bend men appear
In the company's publication,
"Aurora Borealis", publialied In
Seattle, Wash.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
(Dec. 28, 1929)
(I'rom The Hullstln Filer.)
A tree, 4t7 years old, Is felled
in Drake park to remove it as a
hazard.
C. E. Slricklin, assistant state
engineer and John Cunningham,
Portland consulting engineer, ar
rive in Bend en route to Crane
prairie to Inspect the dam as a
preliminary to granting Irrigation
districts permission to stoic water
there.
Paul Hosmcr. president of the V1NI TOPPLES TUEE
Skylincrs, reports that a new fail Wind which reached a vcltx'itv
of snow will make the organiza- of 18 to 2n miles an hour last
tlon s lonoggan slide near Sisters night, toppled a tree across the
excellent for the coming Sunday, street at the corner of East Sixth
In Redmond, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Unci Crwnwnod, police reported
Floyd return to their home from today. No other damage was re
tne road camp near Lopinc. ported, officers said.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Dacey, 7W L .
Broadway, announce that they The burl palm nut of Brazil mnv
WW name d il dauel iter, lrn hecom an important source of
pec. 22, Mary kheth. tbW oil; this palm is botanic-ally
Mr. and Mis. Jess Hatter oV Dlplothemlum candesceus.
La pine
Laplne, Dec. 28 (Special) The
Christmas program given by the
school Friday evening 23 was well
attended regardless of the snow
anil wind. The program was as
follows: Christmas carols by all;
Christmas symbols by children
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for Christmas, high school ;
"Night Before Christmas," Wan
da Freeman; duet, "O Holy
Night," Jarris Bliss and Audery
Freeman; pageant "The Holy
Night, by high school.
Marvin Russell, Glavis Rcid and
Louise Shields are visiting at the
home of L,. B. Shields.
Marvin Jackson of Florence Is
spending his vacation with his
mother Mrs. Vic Fern.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander and
Bernard, were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Vic Fern Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Wanlsley and Mr.
and Mrs. Posey and family were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Warseback Sunday.
Marian Holmes is spending
few days in Shevlin visiting at the
home of Charles Coftman
Harold Still who has been sta
tioned at Bremerton, Wash., is
from the primary grades; duet
"Away in the Manger," by Lester1 home visiting his family.
Stell and Kenneth Freeman; dl-1 Word was received .recently
alogue, "Who Stole the Candy," that Glen Miltenberger has been
oy Aicene Jackson, u-ster still prompted to tne rank ot sergeant
and Danny James, Intermediate
grades; Christmas customs, by
intermediates; song "I'll Be Home
Andv Bromley Is in Eugene this
wek at the bedside of his mother
who Is seriously ill.
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Miss Ruth Dorrell of Portland
spent Christmas with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Dorrell.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Candle and
family recently from Arkansas
moved to Lapine last week.
Mr. and Mrs. DuLone of Port
land spent Christmas at the home
of Mrs. DuLong's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Fay Howard.
John Hunter who injured his
knee sometime back went to
Portland for treatments. His
brother Bob who lives near Port
land brought him home for a short
visit. They returned to Portland
Sunday night.
Virginia Mae Peterson is spend
ing her holidays at home with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Peterson.
Carl Powell and sons went to
Eugene Tuesday.
Jack Parker spent Christmas in
Prlneville at the home of his
nephew, Welburn Parker.
J. C. Johnson went to Eugene
Tuesday to spend his vacation
making improvements on his
farm near there.
Dan Monroe of Mitchell spent
a few davs with his dauehter,
Mrs. Billy James last week. Mr.
and Mrs. Billy James and boys re
turned to Mitchell with him Sun
day and spent Christmas at the
home of her parents.
In 1941 when Dr. Best -was ill
for part of the session, Cornett
thought he had his reapportion
ment bill "on ice." But the day it
was up for a vote Senator Best
returned to the session, took the
floor against it, and when the
vote was taken Cornett's bill lost
by a considerable margin. Sen.
Rex Ellis of Pendleton also op
posed the bill, and when it comes
to playing the political game in
the senate it isn't safe to sell Ellis
short. a
Dr. Best was another senator
who was a good hand in legisla
tive poker. Things In which he
was interested he usually had
good success with, and he was
always Interested In matters con
cerning the wheat country and
medicine and health especially.
He will be missed when the sen
ate is called to order next month,
for he was held in general affection.
Venezuela expended over $2,000.
000 during the 1932-42 period for
radio apparatus constructed in the
United States.
CARS IN COLLISION
Both cars were damaged, but
there were no personal injuries,
when automobiles collided late
yesterday at the intersection of
McKay street and Riverside drive,
police reports stated today. The
machines were driven by Archie
Gene Lellan, Bend, and Mrs. Lee
Ogdon, 305 Riverfront, officers
stated.
MUST QUALIFY WITH FISTS
With the Third Engineer Spe
cial Brigade, Somewhere in the
Southwest Pacific (IP Realism is
the keynote in the Papuan infan
try battalion, where the "tough
est guy" the native who can lick
every other man in his unit auto
matically becomes sergeant-major.
Sergeant-majors, at any time,
may be challenged by aspiring
corporals.
500TII CROSSING FOR ATC
Presque Isle, Me. (IP) The Air
Transport Command recently
made Its 500th Atlantic crossing
between Maine and England.
Tower Starting Tonight
Others Say . . .
REAPPORTIONMENT?
(Salem Statesman)
The resignation of Dr. J. A.
Best, veteran senator from Uma
tilla county, -has the politicians
over the divide stirred up a bit.
The Umatilla 'county court will
appoint a successor; but the stir
now is whether Senator Marshall
Cornett will be able to obtain a
reapportionment which he at
tempt in 1941 to give the Klamath
county additional representation
in the senate at the expense of
Umatilla-Union-Morrow Counties.
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