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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1936)
PAf E EIGHT WOOL SEASON THE EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON June 13, 1030 111 TO 01 ' The aheap shearing season In Klamath end Lake counties now pant Its peak, with grower wearing broad smiles In antici pation of the best Income for their crops In years. ' It is esu mated that Klamath and Lake counties' sheep men will receive close to a million and a half dol lars for lambs and wool alone, Estimates made by Lee McMullen of the Klamath Pro dnctlon Credit association, and Victor Johnson, Lake county ag ricultural agent, reveal the roi lowing startling figures which show a substantial Increase over recent lean years: For Klamatn county from sale of lambs, louo ' 000: from sale of wool, $390 000; total, $890,000, For Lake county irom saies oi mm, 1184.00: from sale of wool, I3S6.000: total. 1580,000. Grand total for Klamath and Lake counties. 11,470.000. Estimate Conservative These estimates are based on conservative figures, allowing an average of seven cents per pound for lambs, and 16 cents i per pound for wool, whereas many growers have received ' eight and nine cents for lambs , and as high as SI cents tor woou ComnaraUTely tew sales et wnnl have been made to date, , since many growers are taking advantage at the (0-day tree atorar provided by toe souin rn Pacific, the Great Northern and the Consolidated Truck lines, which enables them to wait price developments. Moat Wool Goes East The bulk of the wool crop from this section will be dis posed of to eastern markets sucb , as Adams and Leland, and . Draper 4b Co. of Boston. Among tbe chief western buyers are the . Pendleton Woolen Mills, the . 'Woolen Mills at Salem, Webb and Son of Portland, and the Sacramento wool company. Moisture Improve Bang The aheep camps are a bnss mt activity aa crewa of snearera move from place to place. About IS slipping outfits are operating In Klamath county this season. It Is expected that by the end of June practically all of the aheep population wiu nave reun mulshed their winter woolens. The "sheep barbera" receive bout 17 i cents per head for clipping ewe and twice that tor bucks, averaging about two ana "half to three minute per fleece. Power-driven clippers are now standard equipment. When, the shearers have fin- - Ished with a fleece. It Is tied 1 with heavy cord and thrown Into special wool sacks measuring lrht feet In length and welgh- ' Ing approximately S00 pounds when full. ' Each sack as well as each newly clipped sheep Is stamped with the owner's brand -. an oil bas stain usually be- ' Insr used. An unusually wet spring has resulted in excellent range feed for aheep this year, making the average condition of the sheep ' and wool crop higher than It has been for years. The federal de partment of agriculture reported ' that the lamb crop in Klamath county Increased IS per cent over last year.. Elks Will Hold Flag Ceremonies ' The Elks' annual flag day x . erelses will be held on the steps of the lodge temple, Third and ' Main streets, Monday evening, June 15, It waa announced by Robert Thompson, who Is in charge of the event. Burt K. Snyder of Lakevlew will deliver the principal address. Snyder is a past deputy grand . exalted ruler of the Elks, and present president of the Shasta Cascade Wonderlsnd association. The Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution, the national guard, American Legion drum corps, and Sea Scouts will par - tlclpate In the ceremonies. The public Is invited, Thompson said. The time Is 7:30 p. m. Monday. SATURDAY NITE and you'll miss a lot if you don't visit CALIF ' Tavern O &ay Crowds O Good Drinks O Good Music O Good Food Open Daily II A. M. No Minors ' Allowed Weed-Klamath Hi-Way Their Wool's in the Bag Now This picture was .taken during sheen-shearing onerntlnna on the flour ranoh north of town Friday afternoon. It shows a flock of newly-shorn shesp, and the big bags that are holding their wool. Note the brand on tho back of the sheen in the foreground. This week's estimates are that the wool and lamb crops will bring nearly a million and a halt dollars to Klamath and Lake county stock men. (Herald-News Photo-Engraving). Republican Platform Displeases Veterans OGDEN, Utah, June IS, (UP) The 193S republican party plat form is unacceptable to Amer ica's war veterans because It Ig nores the subject of combatting the "red menace," James E Van Zandt, national commander ot the Veterans ot Foreign Wars, said Friday. Van Zandt atopped over here between trains en route from Michigan to San Bernardino, Cal. The United States has ahout 4 por cent ot the world's registra tion ot diesal-drivon vehicles. W10HI5ITS LAKEVIEW MONDAY LAKBVIEW, Ore., Governor Charles H. Martin, the three members ot the state highway commission, S,am Baldoek, state highway engineer, together with members ot tho engineering start of the bureau of public roiula, will arrive In Lakovluw Monday eve ning on tholr Inspection trip of the lU'iio-susanville-Allura Luke view highway, bolter known as the Throo Plugs hlk'hwny; The party will be met at tho Navnilu-Uull-Imnltt Hue Monday morning by a delegation from - the Susanvllle chamber of commerce, who will escort the Oregoutana to Susan ville for lunch. The Alturna cham ber ot commerce will welcome the delegation as it passes through Alturas, and will accompany the governor and his party to Lake view, whore a banquet will bo served by the Lake county cham ber of commerce that night. A delegation of IS members of the Duma chamber of commorce will arrive in Lakevlew Monday after noon for the purpose of escorting (he governor aud (he commission to Burns. E. A. Fclscli, B. K. Snyder and C. J. Gillette consti tute the committee In charge of welcoming and entertaining the distinguished guests. . XKW MILL sunnLl, tmii. a now mm bor mill, expected to have a capac-' Ity of 30,000 or more rent pur shirt,' la being built Just north went ot Burnoy, for Carl Phelps ot Weed. Thomas W. Phsnoiar ot Fall niver Mills Is superintend' Ing ereotlon ot the plant, A vast supply ot timber Is near at hand, on (he east slopes of Burney mountain, - , Hard Luck Familiar To Condon Citizens CONDON, Ore., June 13, (UP) Dr. and Mrs. L. L. Taylor, Olex. would like to. shake the family's hard-luck jinx. Two years ago both were In jured In an automobile accident. Two months ago tholr sun, Itoy, surtorod a badly Injured hand In a motorcycle accident. A week later their daughter, Grace, suffered a compound pel vic fracture In an auto wreck. This week they took their son-in-law to Hot Springs to re cuperate front a nervous break down. 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