The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, August 21, 1940, Image 7

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Newspaper Page Text'Aupwt 21, 1010 THE NEWS AND THE HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS, ORE. PAGE SEVEN DEADLINE SET AUGUST 31 TD INSURE lEAT C'lnnInK rlii 1 1 for winter wlimt liniwrm to nuikr iiiIm iiIioii fur it II rink iiiMii.inrr on iiit'ir Jitll rrop Ik Aumint 'A I Huh year, ho (hp I It I If tlmn n-iniilnn for Orrfiun whrjil uruwrri to obtain thin prott't'llftn. w.irns N. ('. Don iiMmhi, Hbili' AAA rxrnitivt of flivr. 'I 'In- AiiKU?.t ;i I rlfi.ttiiK datn lit uniform tin oiiKli'Hit Ihr country t h In yt-ar and no iippU citllonn or pi rinltun pnyiiicntH will br accfplcd afhT that (late rvrn thoujilt Ihr nop may not 4l)t planted id Dial tunc. Krdcral wlicul c rop m.Miiancf bun hern jiuuiinK in popularity throuKli'iut thi' ruiti'i n ( )r'K"i whrat KHtwin M-clton. and i.h thin year bciuti t.ikni bym imhv wcMorn UrrKfin Kiowi'in, in rordlnif to ripoit.-i rc-civi(l at tho statu offirr. Applications ntny hi nimfr at nny county of fice, where tin transaction ran br completed promptly. Mori and inorr unnvrrs now ronnldrr It ood hii-ilnes to pir tret their wheat crnju with an Inmiranco contract in order to be mirr of omr wheat to Bell every year, juty.s Ioiiahlson. All thr care In t)w world will not prevent dfhlrtK tlon of the crop fit tlint'N through hazards beyond the control of thr grower. Hager HAGEll The ilrss brothers finished threshing grnin on the Uruce (laths ninth IMumlny. L. Mills linil son wi-ro thresh ing their gram Tuesday. Don Vuli-nline of lioi.se, Ida , visited lust week with Tom Jluldwlu here. Jo Ann Tnicy from Sncra mento viMted .it the lliililwln ranch one day lust week. Pete and II I a I n e Hays of Klumuth Falls were helping Tom Hess Tuesday. Cieorgr. Orvillo and Hulph Kohler wero helping thresh at the Mills runch Tuesday. Jim Wliltelino untl (laughter from near Keno bruught Dill Wagoner here to get his team Monday. Wayne Corothers of Klamath Falls was a business cuiler In Hugcr Saturday. Forest IIi jj and wife arc call ing on old friends hero now, having arrived from linker, Saturday. Tom Baldwin Is helping Joe Lleblug stack grain. Sigfried Rohwcr helped Tab Gober shock hay Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Troy Cornet of F.urrka, Kas., and nephew and wife arrived here to visit Mrs. Cornet's brothers, C. W. Luther and Raymond Tarwalcr, last week. They moved Into the Jlomcriale district Monday. Langell Valley Marilyn Dearborn and Charles Dearborn are enjoying a vacation at Diamond lake with their aunt and uncle, Mr, and Mrs. Ora Johnson. C, B. Rrown spent a few days Inst week with his sister and family, the John MeKnlls. Waller Smith and daughter Mary and son Dick visited a few days with rrlntives at Live Oak. Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jones and fnmily are rejoicing over the arrlvnl of little Elinor Margaret, who was born August 0 at Hillside hospital. John Miller, Ed Miller and Miss Madge Fitzhiigh were Sun day dinner guests of Mr. and 10 DAYS TO THE- OR83JT Sail from Vancouver direct to Yokohama in 10 record days by lux urious Empress liners ...then on to China and the Philippines. Ap proved for United States citizens. For sailing dates, round trip fares and all informal ion con sult your own travel agent, or L(lMmfiHVadiic M6S.W. Ilmnilwiiy, i'orilnnil llll. (1M7 Fllli n-'Mn Battle for Britain Seen as jlmportant Air By DEVON FRANCIS Aitoclatcd Prvii Aviation Editor It become incrm.HinKly P parent, an H-riiuiiiy k violent air offensive aKalnl Cinal Hiltaln'H .timid citadel (frown In Inten nlty, that more than tho rx Intencu of Kiijilioul nn an Indr peiidenl poll tit a I entity m at nlakir. 'i'hif battle In KiifflUh nklon In Jut an much a laboratory purr tent of Ihr efficacy of air power an It h a trjil of liritlnh nlreiiKlh In renu.t the blltkrie, Whatever the result, the re pcrciihfdnim will be world wide. A (it.-rmany which built up It air power to of fur I Hrlthih nea power can 111 afford to have I itn offeunive unaccompanied by I any concurrent land and sea operutioiiH - niini! a cropper. Throughout thr fidl of lO.'lO, 'thr winter and tho spring, na.i airoien cruijieil over thr Knnllrh count i y.ude, from land s end to Scapo How. building up their ' "objective folders" the pic ' hires and maps which today arc Kidding them to their ob- Jrctives. Un-mtijiiiictory touch and ko raid were made by both ; .Mden J Now thr issue In clear out: I How long can the Germans I l . Mrs. Thonins lileler at Gerber dam. Mrs. Oliver Pcpplc, Mrs. El liott House and Tom were din ner gui-sts at the Lcs Leavltt home on Thursday. Friends will be sorry to hear that Robert A. Dean Is serious ly 111 at a Portland hospital. Sympathy is extended to the relatives and friends of Tom Kvlott who passed away Au gust 10 fter II brief Illness. IT AIN'T HAY LOUISVILLE. Ky. i.V) Dr. Dunuld M. liennett. l.'nlversity of Louisville physics professor, found a needle in a stack a $103 radium needle in a stack of ashes. A hospital worker misplaced the needle (used for cancer treatment). Dr. liennett was called In with a radium detect ing instrument. He poked around the grounds for two hours. When he nenred the ush pile, there was a click ing sound In his earphones. Dig ging did the rest. The Conn-Pastor fight Is post poned three weeks because of "rn In," but hinterland skeptics say: "That was no rain that was the second deluge." "hi j 0 Sllp Power Test keep It up, and how long enn thr Jlntinh take it9 Tho defrndei d arr at n dis tinct disadvantage if (be ma Icrial dauwiK" from thr raids is as heavy on thr Germans claim. On it steady flow of furl, am munition, airplanes and pilot depends this ability of the Koyal air force to maintain rrrustnncr at Its peak. And on tho Koyal air force fulls thn Job of prevention dam a He, to thr thlnifs which arr the very heart of air defense. Germany has two advantages. It has the initiative In Ihr at tack, a prize in any battle, and its own vital centers of maim facturliiK, of warplnnr concen trations, and of fuel and arrnii merit supplies are far more scattered and less vulnerable than tlio.se of the Untl.sh. Men who know air fitthtlriK Kivo the M ri t I s h an ample chance to beat off thr attacks, j despite the disadvantages un I der which they labor. At the height of yesterday i onslaught nil American, a partisan of air I power and a squadron leader I in the war of UJ14-IH, remark ed: "Thr British jfive up" Don't 'Kumble any money on it. The I party Is only starting'' The general farm tour on Thursday, August 22, will leave the fairgrounds sharply at 0 o'clock, nccording to C. A. Hcnd-1 erson, county agent. A definite schedule has been prepared and every effort will be made to keep on the schedule throughout the entire day. Many people , perhaps wul want to see one or two things on the tour and not slay with the tour throughout the day, and keeping on sched ule will enable them to do this, Henderson said. i Scheduled stops are on Shasta way, in Altamont, near Miller hill, near Pine Grove, near Hildehrand, Bonanza and near. Lone Pine. Schedules of slops for the day can be secured at the counly agent's office. Firearms ero forbidden by Nazis so Danish duelists go to It with bow and arrow In Cop enhagen. A pretty pointed af-i fair of honor. Ice-cold Coca-Cola is a quality drink the familiar drink that repre sents four generations, of experience in refreshing millions. Its clean, tin gling taste brings a delightful after sense of real refreshment. PAUSE THAT REFRESHES BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF TUB COCA-COLA CO. BY COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY Phont 5632 RAILROAD NEWS TROOP TRAINS DUE Sum' 35 speeial trains, carry ini( United Stiit"! army troops from Washington to louthcrn points. will tttirt pa is inn j through Klnmath Kails August j 22 iind contlnuo through Sep j temper 1, it wan learned from I tho Southern Pacific offices here Wednesday. The troops ore from various points In Arizona, California and Nevada, and have been north for several weeks at Fort Lewis, Wash., for summer ma neuvers. Women of the Southern Pa Iclfie club, organized here late in July, will meet Friday aftor ! noon at 2 o'clock, at the home 1 of Mrs. T. R. Skillinglon, 211 I North Tenth street, to make plans for winter activities. Of llicers of the SP club Include I Tom Fantc, president; Floyd Wilkes, vice president; C. J. VanUuker, secretary, and Mrs. Alda Kemp, treasurer. Tho bridge crew of some 14 men has been transferred from the OC&E to the main line of the Great Northern. The crew has been working all tho way from Klamath Falls to Bly, iilnce mid-May. Joe Sexton, son of Frank Sex ton, GN chief clerk, has been employed this summer as time keeper on the extra gang work ing in the Sprague River dis trict. Young Sexton will re turn late in September to con tinue his studies at Oregon State college, Corvallis. EMBARRASSING QUESTION KANSAS CITY (A') Kansas City's first experience In an old fashioned town hall meeting, where the administration and citizens exchange views, took an unexpected twist. After Mayor John T. Gage and City Manager L. P. Cook ingham spoke on aims and ac complishments of their adminis tration, the audience was invit ed to submit questions and did. Nine out of 10 Inquiring citi zens wanted to know "why hasn't the city given me a Job?" Willkie supporters are reported soliciting funds by chain letter. Just one way a gent can be linked with politics. Silver Lake Fire Recalls Christmas Tragedy in 1 894 By LOIS M. SMALL SILVER I.AKK When fire starting In a tool shed behind Oscar I'urrcin'i service station Sunday threatened to explode a 200 ku! I on gasoline tank, many feared half the town would burn and old-timers recalled a trage dy of 18(14 when 43 persons lost their lives here in a Christmas eve fire. Parrein, however, braved the flames licking only 10 feet from the tank and continually doused pump and tank with buckets of water until the danger was past. The burned service Btation Is Just across tho Fremont high way from the scene of the 1894 disaster, and across a narrow street In another direction stands Silver Lake's first hotel, a va cant and decrepit building known as the "Beehive." To this build ing the injured vere tarried for medical aid on that long-ago night of terror and despair when no home in the community was without dead or injured. Noth ing but the lack of wind Sun day prevented spread of the fire tffm I ftSk hi fil Therm I P (W m. B M. m W V . K t' If y V . .V . mL. M. B W Wito''w -.'. I I 1 111 II ill I 1 133 So. 8th Dial 5188 I to the huge, tinder-dry Beehive. The Christmas eve fire was one of the worst tragedies that ever visited an Oregon town. Pioneer settlers from miles around gathered to celebrate Christmas with a tree and pro gram. Trapped by flames when an oil lamp exploded In the hall above F. M. Christian's store, 40 persons perished. Tnree more later died of Injuries. Within the last 25 years as I many Silver Lake buildings i have burned, among them the I historic Chrisman hotel and an I other hotel, two stores, two res taurants, a schoo'liouse, the Sil ver Lake Leader building and ! several smaller buildings. Parrein, who lived alone In his service station building, has been In business here 30 years, keeping pace with the times, first as a blacksmith, tnen a ga rage man and finally a service station proprietor. He carried no insurance on his property. Loss was estimated at $500. bvrrran r:i?rra I S TKY IT Lj Ton AY lfylMs.'i$ ' Enjoyed straight or la f$fcslM'W: super-smooth cocktails ii mMvi! I or ta" dr,nk thU 'Wt- '(!i&ki:i I stilled" Jin stays, "rich . f$H .tothela8t','p-" Br immAkk&s i Seagram's King Arthur Distilled London Dry Gin. 90 Proof. Distilled from tOO Grain Neutral Spirits. Seagram- Distillers Corp., Executive Offices: New Yen f.t m i i j a mvl r 665 Spring St.