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Utopian Group in Klamath Falls
Proclaims 'State of Jefferson'
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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-
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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.
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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.
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Hilts - The Parent Teacher
association held its regular
meeting at the schoolhouse
April 16.
Installation of officers was
held with Mrs. Edna Barr,
president of the 25th district
PTA acting as installing officer.
Officers installed were
president, Vern Burns; vice
president, Mrs. Doug Whit-
taker; secretary, Mrs. James
Cain; treasurer, Mrs. H. G
Thompson; auditor, Robert
Preston, and historian, Victor
Van de Weghe.
Mrs. Barr spoke on the pro
gress the 19 units of the 25th
district have made on the de
velopment of a juvenile hall
to be built in Yreka. 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.
The house was vacant at
the time and is owned by
W. T. Griffay, firemen said.
The fire apparently started
under the floor and extended
up to the roof and ceiling.
Origin of the fire is unknown,
firemen said.
No damage resulted from
an overheated oil stove at 404
South Ivy st., Saturday morn
ing, firemen said. Owner and
occupant is Ivan Hayes.
Salem-ftH-The House pas
sed 54-4 and sent to the Sen
ate Thursday a bill to permit
the state to take over num
bering of recreational boats.
It also would bring Oregon
into uniformity with federal
safety and equipment require
ments and set up a state ma
rine board.
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Central American states, has
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Caribbean and the Pacific.
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