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t t Utopian Group in Klamath Falls Proclaims 'State of Jefferson' 1 2 MrnrnuD. ?WTribuni SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1959 Klamath Falls - Formation cf "The State of Jefferson" -a "state of mind" encompass ing citizers or southern Ore gon and tur northern Califor nia with Klamath Falls as its "capital," was announced here Friday. The action by the Klamath Citizens committee marks the first concrete 'determination to form such a state in more than 100 years. The new "state" is formed of those citizens "whose minds seek a semblance of Utopia above and beyond the confines of the present great states of Oregon and Califor nia." the committee said. Frank Jenkins, publisher and editor of the Klamath Falls Herald and News, and president of Southern Oregon Newspapers, Inc., was "draft ed as first governor." Telegrams Delivered Telegrams were delivered to U.S. Senator Richard Neu berger, at Washington, D. C, and State Senator Harry D. Boivin, at Salem, enlisting their support and efforts in behalf of the new "state." The telegrams read, in part, that the "committee feels it is fitting and proper that Klam ath Falls be the capital of the new State of Jefferson by rea son of its being the last fron tier of the Old West in Ore gon and because of its unique J philosophy of optimism which is resulting in an unprecedent- l ed upsurge of economic pros perity." It further stated, "Practical purposes of the formation of this idealistic State of Jeffer son include increasing aware- HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS Station KWIN 1400 K.C Idaho Escapees Caught by Posse Murphy, Idaho - (LTD - An Owyhee county sheriff's posse y e s t e r day recaptured two prisoners - one a fugitive from Oregon State Peniten tiary - who escaped from the county jail here Friday. The two, Robert R. Matt son, 31, alias Robert E. Nel son, and Edmond Lee Bender, 18, were flushed out of hiding in the remote Castle Creek area between Grandview and Oreana in Owyhee county. Dogs were used by the posse to help track the escapees. The fugitives were brought back to the jail here. Mattson, sheriff's deputies said, escaped from Oregon State Prison at Salem last July and was seized at Grand view about a week ago. He was being held for Oregon authorities when he broke out. Bender, described as a full blooded Indian, was being held for violation of proba tion on a felony check charge. k ' 'A SPEAK EFFECTIVELY See how you can develop POISE, CONFIDENCE, ABILITY TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE CDCP MEETINGS rncc No Cost No Obligation OF THE INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS DALE CARNEGIE COURSE DALE CARNEGIE Author of "How to Win Friends and Influence People" "How to Stop Worrying and Start Irving" Effective Speaking, Human Relations, Memory Training MONDAY, MAY 11, 7 P.M. ROOM B, YMCA, MEDFORD . Available to Oregon State Veterans Under Educational Benefits FOR INFORMATION CALL JACK TRAVIS, HOTEL MEDFORD, SPring 2-6151 Presented exclusively by NORTHWEST SCHOOL OF COMMERCE 709 S.W. Salmon Portland, Oregon ness of the importance of re taining all water rights now existing in the area; retention of Crater Lake National park in Klamath county, and the establishment of the Klamath Kurbstone Kowpokes as the official militia of the State of Jefferson. Free Travel "It is agreed in this move that no travel restrictions shall be imposed in the State of Jefferson during the Ore gon Centennial observance, but that all cooperation be given to visitors to the end that their stay shall be longer in the State of Jefferson and Oregon." The committee noted that the state was first mentioned in the 1850s when gold pro vided the bulk of the wealth of southern Oregon and north ern California. It received its name "Jefferson' 'in the 1930s when the movement sprang up again to direct attention to the neglect by the federal and state highway agencies of roads in the general area of Crescent City, Calif. Prior to a recent treaty be tween Oregon and California concerning water rights, the committee noted, the flurry over creation of a new state again arose. 'A State of Mind' Jenkins, in his first decree as governor of the State of Jefferson, said "It is a state of mind. The State of Jeffer son is bounded by the imagi nations of its citizens. If the people of the State of Jeffer son truly imagine their state to be the most perfect state in all the universe why, it is the most perfect state in all the universe. "Let's have no controversies over where our capital is to be. The capital of the State of Jefferson is in the hearts of its people." Uninsured Driver Measure Passed Salem - CPD - The House Friday concurred in Senate amendments to the uninsured motorist bill and sent it to the governor for signature. The Senate amended the bill to exclude truck drivers covered by workmens' compensation. I Otherwise, the bill provides that insurance companies must write into their policies clauses protecting motorists from injury caused by drivers who have no insurance or who are driving stolen or out-of-state cars. A motion to appoint a con ference committee to explore the bill further failed. Gov. Mark Hatfield came out for the uninsured motor ist clause in his inaugural ad dress. Ex - Gov. Robert D'. Holmes had favored a com pulsory insurance program. Pioneers Repulse Pottawatomie Party With Drawn Pistols Rossville, Kan. -UPD- A war I the day was Serpa, who was Salem-fUPD-A motion to re- party composed of 11 Potta- caugnt m 82-degree weather turn the state tax commis watomie Indian bravesjdressed in longjohns and : sion's S6,995.871 budget to charged the On-To-Oregon j buckskin clothes. ; the Ways and Means commit- wagon train Friday but Wag-! The train pulled into the tee lost DV a are two votes Tax Commission Loses in Senate Budget Block by Two Votes Driver Training Surplus Bill Passes Salem-(UPD-A bill returning surplus money from the high school driver training pro gram to the highway depart ment for other uses passed the House Friday and went to the Senate. Rep. Clarence Barton (D- Coquille) said there would be a $1,130,000 carry-over from the program which should be put to use. The driver training pro gram started in 1958 with funds from drivers' licenses. Rep. John Goss (R-Portland) maintained that the money should remain for . schools rather than be returned to the highway department. onmaster Tex Serpa and ! city park here late Friday to Scout Gail Carnine sucessful-! spend the night. ly repulsed the raiders. The party, dressed in color ful war paint and costume, swooped down on the train as it pulled into the school yard at Silver Lake. Kan., a small community near here. Coincidentally, the school children had been let out of classes moments before to watch the raid. Defensive Circle Serpa and Carnine quickly pulled the Conestoga wagons into a defensive circle and charged into the braves' midst with drawn pistols and scat tered them in four directions. The only near-casualty of HILTS PTA Installs Officers The breath of a normal is usually germ free but the acts of coughing or sneezing or even speaking can spread germs quickly and over a con siderable distance. mm CABINE Own and enjoy a Genuine -BIG 66 T SINK New -Sensationally LOW PRICE! 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It was voted to buy flowers for the graduating class and suggest ed that the Scout leaders se lect a neighborhood chair man. A motion was approved that the school picnic be held at Twin Plunges June 4. The following program was presented: Songs, poems and folk dances by the first and second grades; announcer was Donna White; a playlet en titled, "The Laughing Prin cess," by members of the third and fourth grades; a dance, boogie ballet by Car- leen De Clerck and Janet Ca- vin, and a piano solo by David Simmen. Announcer was Gail Gould. Hostesses were Mrs. M. E. Barron, Mrs. Doug Whittaker and Mrs. Al Simmen. Mrs. Elizabeth Maguire re turned home Monday after spending several days visit ing Mr. and Mrs. William Kleaver, students at Chico State college in Chico. The fifth and sixth grades- visited the L. G. Robertson ranch near Hornbrook April 14 where they saw a Mynah bird, a monkey and a parrot. Transportation was furnished by Mrs. Robert Trinca, Mrs. Gino Trinca, Mrs. M. E. Bar ron and their teacher, Mrs. L. E. Jeter. Mr. and Mrs. James Cain and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Victor Van de Weghe and family celebrated the belated birthdays of Mr. and Mrs. Louie Oakley at the Oakley home in Ashland Sunday. Al so present were Oakley's children, Terry, Robbie and Paddy Ann. , Mrs. Vern Burns and child ren and Mrs. John Shaw at tended funeral services for Diane Baker held in Ashland last week. She was the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Baker. Mrs. Anna Salliday of Sa lem is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Fox and daughters. She is Mrs. Fox's mother. Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Ham ilton and children were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Barlow and fam ily of Trail and Mrs. Leone Flescher and children of Ashland. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vieira and daughters, Sharon and Karen, vacationed several days last week in Sacramento. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Wat son and children of Shafter, Calif., have purchased the Mt. Crest ranch and are living in the large ranch house on the property. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Lee and family, who were managing the ranch for the former owners, will continue to live there until school is out. Mr. and Mrs. Ozzie Bern heisel visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nor man Bernheisel and family in Happy Camp. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Good win and daughters visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orvil Green and daughter Jeri in Medford. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ayris visited friends here Thursday. Karl Schmid, a teletype operator at the Distant Early Warning station at Point Bar row, Alaska, visited the ele mentary school on Monday, April 20. He spoke on life in Alaska, telling the children about the only true Eskimo village left in Alaska which is located near Point Barrow, and how the Eskimo people lived on things they could get from the land and the sea. The language spoken by the people is neither written or in sign language, but is hand ed down orally from father to son, and will, no doubt, in years to come, be a lost lan guage. This is the only town near Point Barrow, he said. At the station temperatures this winter dropped to 47 de grees below zero and Schmid said this is mild as last win ter it dropped to 60 degrees below zero. The equipment is under the cover of a plastic dome similar to the one at Twin Plunges, to keep it from freezing. The only recreation is movies, books and maga zines. These men are hired for just three year hitches, due to the long periods of isolation and loneliness. Schmid is on vacation after spending a year and a half at Point Barrow and was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Fenton and family. He is a former Chico State col lege student and a classmate of both Fenton and Aristeo Oldest in Kansas Earlier, the Oregon group stopped for lunch at the E. A. Wood home, 10 miles north west of Topeka. The eight- room house, built in 1826, is the oldest in Kansas and was a supply point for covered wagons as they treked west ward 100 years ago. The train planned to cover eight miles yesterday to St. Marys, where the Oregonians would spend the weekend. Twenty-one Oregon stal warts are on the train of seven covered wagons pulled by Missouri mules and horses. They are attired in the garb of the pioneers of the 1850s. Sendoff by Truman The caravan pulled out of Independence, Mo., last Sun day morning after a sendoff by honorary wagon master Harry S. Truman. Making about 20 miles daily in their push westward, the modernday pioneers ex pect to reach Independence, Ore., about the middle of August as part of Oregon's Centennial celebration. The route is over the old Oregon Trail used by , oxen-drawn wagons more than a century ago. Perez. Bluff. His home is in Red The Community club held its regular meeting Thursday, April 22. Mrs. Fred Haynes was hostess. Both canasta and pinochle were played and Mrs. H. G. Thompson held high score and Mrs. Louis Dettmar low in pinochle. In canasta, Mrs. Ozzie Bern heisel held high score and Mrs. Orville Rife low. Others playing were Mrs. Ernest Spannaus, Mrs. Frank Graves, Mrs. Walt Adams, and Mrs. Frank Ayris of Central Point. in the Senate Friday. The vote was 15-13. The motion was made by Sen. Ben Musa (D-The Dalles) who charged that the commis sion could save a million dol lars a year by adopting mod ern business methods in its departments. The budget sub sequently was approved and sent to the governor. Musa said the tax commis sion had a staff comparable to that of the internal reve nue department in Washing ton, D.C., . which processes tax returns on the federal levy and collects hundreds of other types of taxation. Short Form "The tax commission in this state .could be utilizing a short form that would save a great deal of money," Musa said. He also said that antiquat ed methods caused unneces sary expenditures of money. The commission was defend ed by Sen. Ward Cook CD Portland), a member of the ways and Means committee. Cook said that a reorganiza tion of the tax commission is underway and with two new commissioners recently instal led he thought it certain that many improved methods of op eration would be instituted. Over the past 10 years, Cook said, the Legislature has imposed new duties, other than tax collections, with the result that the tax commission is loaded with expensive dut ies that must be accomplished. Other Legislative Highlights Welfare: The House passed and sent to the Senate a bill putting the state welfare com mission under the direct con trol of the governor. Indictments: A House joint resolution providing for in dictments both by ag rand jury or by the district at torney filing an information with the circuit court passed , and S310 million from the gen the Senate with only five eral fund, votes against it. j Appointments: Senate Presi- Ways and Means: Sen. Al-; dent Walter J. Pearson an f red Corbett (D-Portland), co-1 nounced appointment of Sens. chairman of the Joint Ways and Means committee, told the Senate that while ways and means still had some appro priation bills to consider, the present outlook was for ex penditures during the next two years of between $309 Alfred Corbett (D-Portland). Carl Francis (R-Dayton) and Boyd Overhulse (D-Madras) as members of the Interstate co operation committee. Pearson is automatically a member of the committee by virtue of his office. Legislature Briefs Mrs. E. Spannaus was host ess to a Sara Coventry Jewel ry party April 21. Mrs. Vella Flaherty of McCloud is dem onstrator. Cookies and coffee were served to Mrs. Walt Adams, Mrs. Fred Haynes, Mrs. Al Simmens, Mrs. Ozzie Bernheisel, Mrs. Frank Graves and Mrs. H. G. Thompson. Mrs.. Simmens re ceived the door prize. Attending funeral services of Mrs. M. J. (Red) Noll in Lakeview Wednesday were Mr. and Mrs. Art Blanchard and Mr. and Mrs. Art Haft- man. Mr. and Mrs. Noll were former residents and Noll is employed as sawyer at the sawmill. Election of officers was held at the last meeting of the Hilts volunteer fire de partment and are president, Robert Goodwin; vice presi dent, H. G. Thompson; secre tary, Lester Chase; and treas urer, William Roush. Mrs. Joe Caston is a patient at Sacred Heart hospital where she underwent major surgery Wednesday. Salem-(DP1)-A bill by Rep. Sam Wilderman (R-Portland) giving a motorist assurance of a chance at a court appear ance when his driver's license is suspended passed the House and went to the Senate Thurs day. Wilderman said a license may be suspended arbitrarily now and that it was then too late to get court relief. Salem - (LTD - Sen. Francis Ziegler (R-Corvallis) said Fri day he would be a candidate for Senate president in 1961 if Republicans have a major ity or if there is a tie in the upper chamber between Re publicans and Democrats. Salem -(LTD- A civil rights bill passed the Senate Thurs day, it is tougher than one passed earlier by the House. The Senate bill specifically prohibits brokers and sales men from accepting any list ing with the understanding that a purchaser may be dis criminated against solely be cause of race, creed or color. The House measure would give brokers and salesmen an out by providing they could not be charged with discrim ination if the owner included a racial restriction in his listing. Home Burned To Foundations A home was burned to its foundations at 2082 College way Friday afternoon, ac cording to the Medford fire department. 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