Pccombor 81, 1041
THIS EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
PAGE SEVEN
Klamath Tax Collections Top $2,000,000 In 1941
MONEY ROLLS
SETTING
IP
It win Hood yrnr for the Inx
collector or n busy year, at any
rate.
For tax collections In Klamath
county In 1041 totaled $2,043,.
IIS, 25, which li just about 110
par emit of tha tutnl of tho cur
rent roll for tht year.
Furthermore, It wi the first
time In history tax collection! In
the county hive aggregated more
than 13,000,000.
The figures are from County
Treasurer Chot Lsngslet, who
explained that collection of de
linquent taxes, along with cur
rent taxes, mndn It possible to
report total collnctlom well In
excess of the amount of tha 1041
roll.
Ai the year came to an end,
current roll collections rcachnd
$1,44.1,084 02, which 1 about 82
,cr cant of the total on thin yrar'i
roll $1.73l,B04.:i2.
Delinquent tax collection
were heavy In the past year.
Treasurer Langslcl said they
reached a figure representing 33
per cent of the current roll.
Thin table from Langslet's of
flee shows the actual collections
made In the year, and It It Item
ized to show the ate of the de
linquent taxta collected:
Year Amount
102.1 $ 2S.35
1020 222.33
1927... 1,441 50
1028 - 2,243.86
1020 4,772.74
1030 13.370.24
11131 13.034.00
1032 .. 84,851.31
1033 45.800.03
1034 43.883.06
1035 30.600.85
1036 80.415.02
1037 44,025.28
1038-30 70,248.50
1039-40 107,845.40
1040-41 1.443,684 82
1041-33 17.187.86
Total 2.045,1 15.25
Personal property collt-cllons.
'41 Big Year
For Dr. Stork
In Klamath
Ai thla year of 1041 rolls to
finish, little change hoi
coma about In the blrth-dcath
ratei. Lait year, 1040, after
360 dayi of new happenings,
a total of 023 births added to
tho "lomethlng new" column.
Ai for the old man with tha
lickle, 33d deathi were ac
counted for.
Now at tho beginning of this
new 1042, looking back on the
year Juit finished, and tha
statistics totaled up, very little
difference cun be teen. As for
' the births, the stork only trans
ported 013 bundles, just 10 less
than In '40. Deaths decreased
to 343, just 13 less than lost
year.
These figures Include all the
county except Malln and Chil
oquin which have yet to re
ceive lists for the month of
December.
Statistically speaking the
birth rate margin was about 3
to 1.
nin
HFB
Traffic Lights Outstanding
1941 Event for City Police
Stop and go traffic signals,
balls, fines and forfeitures, co
operation of police with the na
tional defenso set up beforo and
after this country's declaration
of war, checking on traffic vio
lators, pooping toms and "B and
E'l," mndo up the checker-board
..report which Is the year-end
statement of tho Klamath Fnlls
city police department.
Frank Hamin, chief of pollca,
considered the Installation of the
city's traffic, signal system tht
outstanding event of tho year as
far as tho Olty and his depart
ment Is concerned. Tha lights
went Into effect In December
after many months of planning
on tha part of city and state of
ficials. Balls, fines and forfeitures for
the year 1941, totaled $13,809.35,
(not), ns compared to $15,178.39
for 1040. A total of 1220 reports
wore filed and attended to, com
pared with 1187 reports for the
year 1040.
Tharo were no cases of mur
der or non-negllgont manslaught
er, no cases of manslaughter by
negligence, and not one case of
rape during tho past year, Chief
Hamm stated. There were 12
. cases of robbory and hold-up,
three of aggravated assault, 88
cases of burglary which is "B
te E" In the vernacular of the
police department, and 60 cases
of larceny tver the $80 mark.
Death Comes in 1941 to Many of
Klamath's Prominent Residents
Scores of well known Klam
ath residents, men and women
who had made their homes In
this section of southern Oregon
for many yeurs, some of them
for their entire life time, passed
uway during 1041.
The namei of those who con
tributed much to history of this
county are given below. Includ
ing the date of their death and
the number of years they lived
in tho Klamath area.
January
Roy Ephram Woolever, Janu
ary 2, 13 years.
Rosa Barnett Thomas, Janu
ary 2, 30 years.
Churles Allen Rlghtmler,
January 2, 13 years.
David E. Hltson, January 3, 14
years.
Anna Scott Webster, January
6, 21 years.
Edward Frlsble G o d d a r d,
Jonuary 6, 12 years.
Lena Kirk Duvnll, January
11, 51 years, life.
Joseph Godows Sr., January
12. 73 yeurs, life.
Clnrn Edith Ream, January
13, 23 years.
Clarence Vincent Shultz, Janu
ary 13, 38 years.
Charles Victor Nelson, Janu
ary 10, 42 years.
Fred Milton Young, January
17. 43 years.
Robert Jewell Eaton, January
17, 30 years.
James Samuel Bailey, Janu
ary 21, 21 years.
Clydo Bradley, January 21, 52
years.
Sergeant K. Brown, January
28, 65 years, life.
William Crawford, January
28, 70 years, life.
Christopher Columbus Hayes,
January 20, 33 years.
February
Merrill M. Sellers, February
I, 17 years.
Hazel Emlllne Grlder, Febru
ary 8. 16 years.
Jeanette Stafford, February 9,
10 years.
Jerome George N a w m a n,
February 9, 16 year.
Columbus Bowman, February
II, 31 years.
William Henry Hadley, Febru
ary 22, 35 years.
Jefferson D. Riddle, February
24, 74 years, life.
March
Charles Milton Adams, March
1, 34 years.
Margaret Bella Evans, March
2, 13 years.
James Bona, March 8, 18
years.
Use George, March 8, 73 years,
life.
Ira Mathew Coleman, died at
Fort Stevens, Wash.
Fay Ben Mitchell, March 10,
45 years, life.
John Bcal, March 11, 18 years.
Minnlo Elizabeth F 1 a c k u s,
March 14, 54 years.
Cyrus Burton Brown, March
15, 36 years.
Christina Hallett, March 19,
11 years.
Alexander Scmple Hotckln,
March 19, 31 years.
Philip Erickson, March 22, 16
years.
Alice Leona Spink, March 23,
38 years.
Cornelius K. Webber, March
26, 33 years.
Abnar McNalr, March 26, 16
years.
Marjorle Helen S 1 s e m o r e,
March 20, 11 years.
There were 281 cases of burglary
under $50, and auto thefts totaled
132.
Total number of persons ar
rested, 2958, as compared with
2063 for the preceding year.
There were 1243 automobile ac
cidents and six traffic deaths
chalked up for tho year as com
pared to 37 Injuries and four
deaths last year. This year's
deaths Included flvo Indians who
died when their car plunged in
the canal, and one young boy
cyclist who struck a car.
Other assaults, 8; forgery and
counterfeiting, 9; embezzlement
and fraud, 7; stolen property, 4;
concealed weapons, 5; sex of
fenses, 1; offenses against family
and children, 2; liquor violations,
50; drunkenness, 1820; disorder
ly conduct, 176; vagrancy, 416;
drunken driving, 47; violation
road and driving laws, 189; vio
lation parking regulations, 1218;
traffic laws, 138; hold for In
vestigation, 2; suicide, 3; prowl
ers and peeping toms, 31; other
offenses not above, 22.
Tha year did not vary exceed
ingly In reports of other years,
some offenses wore greater this
year than last, and some offenses
last year totaled more than this,
Hamm observed. There were 295
more persons arrested this year
than last, and automobile acci
dents this year were more than
double that of 1940.
Seme
a
1
Service to tha community and
to his friends was written of
Gaorge James Walton, for 30
years a rasidant of this city,
who died suddenly on June 17,
Mr. Walton spent tht greater
part of his life In northern Call-
fornla and southern Oregon and
many mourned his passing.
April
Lewis Nathaniel Haines, April
1, 33 years.
Winnie Lynn Hector, April 3,
31 years.
William LcRoy Welch, April 3.
56 years.
Lee Snipes, April 7, 87 years,
life.
Franklin D. Miles, April 13,
32 years.
Bessie Ellen Seaver, April 13,
21 years.
Mary Josephine Dtlinty,
April 10, 13 years.
Edward Bisbee, April 10, 15
years.
Bertha Atkins, April 27, 16
years.
Mattle Alice Wiley. April 27
11 years.
Edna Duffy George, April 30,
38 years, life.
Theodore McKinley Walker,
April 30, 40 years, life.
Thomas G. Smith, April 30,
49 years, life.
Gertrude Barkley Duffy, April
30, 30 years, life.
May
James Alva King, May 1, 23
years.
Anna Green, May 3, 35 years.
Robert Wren Hamblet, Moy 4,
21 years.
Lawrence Bruce Simpson,
May 6, 18 years.
Benjamin Franklin Schmeck,
May 7, 18 years.
Emma Jackson Hoches, May
7, 85 years, life.
Archie Langlots, May 15, 10
years.
John Jehu Parker, May 23, 33
years.
Nannie May Cantrall, May 27,
42 years.
Loyd Malcolm Cox, May 28,
20 years.
Edward Bagby, May 31, 38
years.
Catherine Davis, May 31, 20
years.
June
Mamie B. Crume, June 2, 17
years,
William Anderson, June 3, 22
years.
Bartholomew Dunlca, June 7,
25 years.
Arthur Murry Morgan, June
8, 11 years.
Isabella H. Clark, June 19, 17
years.
George James Walton, June 17,
30 years.
Nettie M. Adams, June 18, 30
years.
Carrie Louisa Tipton, June 23,
15 yoars.
Patrick George Ryan, June 24,
24 years.
Arthur G. Young, June 26, 14
years.
Andrew W. Ysndon, June 30,
12 years.
July
Emellne McQee, July 1, 11
years.
Lenora Ktmmel, July 1, 30
years.
Bertrum William Gooch, July
2, 15 years.
Maude K. Eaton, July ft, 33
years.
Charles Francis McGilllvray,
July 8, 12 years.
Fred August Janssen, July 8,
61 years.
William Daniel Talbot, July
8, 26 years.
Dora Jano Keller, July 10,, 13
years.
Henry Porter King, July 10,
20 years.
Joseph Tazak, July 11, 38
yeara.
Antonltta Rosetta Galarneau,
July 12, 66 years.
John Mlchaelson, July 14, 23
years.
William Edward Patterson,
July 21, 40 years.
Glonn Walter Blickenstaff,
July 23, 10 years.
Margaret Jane Abel, July 26,
10 yeara.
Andrew J. Jonas, July 26, 34
years.
August
Carl August Johanson, August
3, 18 years.
Frank Ankeny, August 6, 40
yean.
Frank Robert Matt, August 8,
83 years.
Frank Charlie Klabiuba, Aug
ust 8, 32 years.
Anna Bell Moore, August 12,
23 years.
Erich Arthur Jergens, August
13, 13 years.
Atta G. DeLap, August 15, 32
years.
Ernest Werdermann, August
17, 31 yean.
Johanna Mary McKay, August
23, 22 years.
George Thomas Ingram, Aug
ust 23, 13 years.
Floyd Archie Wilson, August
27, 38 years, life.
September
Henry J. Gorden, September
I, 41 years.
James Alexander Thompson,
September 2, 35 years.
William John Brelthaupt, Sep
tember 3, 11 years.
Blanche Petrasek, September
S, 30 years.
Rose Allison Payne, Septem
ber 7, 30 years .
Charles Frel, September 9, 12
yean.
Pearl McLendson, September
II, 20 years.
William George Wilson, Sep
tember 13, 56 years.
Adolph Werdermann, Septem
ber 16, 18 years.
Fred Danitl Bryant, Septem
ber IB, 18 years.
Samuel Harvey Keller, Sep
tember 17, 14 years.
Dr. Sam Watah, September 18
106 years, life.
Sam Fleener, September 32,
70 years.
Isabella Wilson Anderson, Sep
tember 22, 17 yean.
Margaret Julia Ambrose, Sep
tember 23, 32 years.
Emma Leona Gorden, Septem
ber 28, 43 years.
Frederick Godfried Ha gel
stein, September 30, 44 years.
October
John E. Janssen, October 3,
53 yean.
Marie Zaragoza Rodriquez,
October 10, 16 yean.
Dorothy Jean Anderson, Oc
tober 10, 12 years.
Edwin Vincent Andenon, Oc
tober 11, 19 years.
Lewis William McGahey, Oc
tober 13, ll years.
Patrick Mailey, October 14,
13 yean.
Edgar Lewis Furber, October
15, 31 yeara.
Llllie Ann Myers, October 16
34 years.
Minerva Ellen Pruner, Octo
ber 19, 12 yeara.
Albert Roy Springer, Octo
ber 19, 23 years.
Frank C. Cress, October 19,
18 years.
Charlotte Elizabeth Putir
baugh, October 25, 11 years.
Mary Artella Martin, October
25, 13 years.
Otto Buseas, October 25, SO
yeara.
Marian May Holliday, Octo
ber 26, 20 years.
Frederick Clayton Donovan,
October 27, 11 years.
Harry Albert Prather, October
28, 11 years.
Leon Henry Crapo Jr., Octo
ber 28, 14 years.
Marie Etta Russell, October
29, 11 yean.
November
WUhelmina Hesler Allen, No
vember 2, 22 years.
Ivan Covington, November 3,
la yean.
Arthur James Goodrich, No
vember B, 13 yean.
Adeline Henry, November 3,
87 yeara, Ufa.
Laura Ada Walker, November
9, 23 year.
George Otto, November 11,
40 years.
William Jennings Bryan Daw
son, November 21, 20 years.
Frederick Edward Page, No
vember 22, 28 years.
William Thomas Garrett, No
vember 23, 40 years.
Albert Lewis Durant, Novem
ber 25. 31 years.
John Henry Willhoeft, Novem
ber 25, 37 years.
Effle Sabre Cassell, November
29, 12 years.
December
James Brosnan, December S,
13 years,
Rosetta Bowman, December T,
31 years.
George Washington Maxwell,
December 11, 48 years.
Frances Minerva Vaughn, De
cember 11, 17 years.
Joseph Llndsey Fotherlnghsm,
December 13, 30 years,
Peter Einar Fryxell, Decem
ber 16, IS years.
Domlnlco Delia Costa, Decem
ber 16, 17 years.
Inez Althea Robertson, Decem
ber 19, 35 years.
William Turner Jackson, Da-
KF BUILD NG
SETBACK
IN OLD YEAR
Building In Klamath Falls suf
fered a severe setback after
years of intense activity in this
field, and at the end of 1941 the
12 months' period was shy
$297,458 of 1940's total, accord
ing to Harold Franey, city build
ing Inspector.
Lack of materials, lack of
skilled workmen who have en
tered defense industries, Increase
in costs of both material and la
bor, and the turn from commer
cial and residential peacetime
construction to the channels of
national defense, are given as a
few of the reasons for the very
definite building slump.
Building permits totaled 489
in 1941, and 899 In 1940, or a
loss of 110 permits, Franey
stated.
Biggest decrease was In the
construction of business build
ings. Total for the year 1941,
was added up to $82,265, as com
pared to last year's figure of
$312,415. This was a loss of
$230,150. Likewise new resi
dence construction fell with a
loud thud. In 1941 there were
76 homes underway at a cost of
$267,630, as compared with
1940's figures of 127 permits to
taling $438,153, or a minus of
$170,303.
Remodeling In the residential
field held up fairly well with a
total for the past year of $70,405,
as compared to the 1940 figure
of $77,346. In the business book,
remodeling figures this year
were more than last, Franey
stated, as $99,687 was spent in
1940 putting new faces on old
buildings, and in 1040 owners
spent $79,337.
Following is the building re
port in table form as submitted
by Franey as he totaled his 1941
books:
Reeldecee. M
R raided cel. remodel .
Bunnell, new
Business, remodel
GtrMet, privt
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76.4OS.0O
1
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1
9
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St.M5.00
U.OB7.00
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11.000.00
t.000.00
I. WO 00
S3. MO. 00
737.00
e, noo.oo
1.000.00
ltt.OO
l.o:s on
17.000. 00
t.teS.OO
MO.OO
T.000.00
50.00
OO.OO
T.000.00
cnarenet ,
Chorchrs. remodel
industrial, remodel
Industrial, new
Awarats
Lodl-t, Temple. School, I
HoominiBouse
Shed
Potr Fuels
Duplexes
Gts T-nka ,
Pltlform Stilt .
RoomlngBouse. remodel .
Buildings Demolished
ftwf structure.
Rescue Mission. S-l. Array-
(S SltSS.SS9.00
Butldlot Permit (or December, 1M1:
Residence, new
S .000.00
Residences, remodel .
Business, nev .
Business, remodel
Oersses, prime
Industrial, remodel
S.J10.0O
4.100.
t.500.00
400.00
100.00
TOTALS .
tt s i7.Jio.oo
Biggest permit of the year
went to Fred Heilbronner and
E. S. Robinson, for the construc
tion of the $18,000 Wadhams
company warehouse at Elm and
M-rkat streets.
Second largest went to J. A.
Whltaker for the construction of
a grocery and apartment, $16,-
000, at Twelfth street and Klam
ath avenue.
Other permits which rated
high for the year included the
Greyhound bus depot at Klam
ath and Eleventh, $15,000: Don-
old Sloan, two duplex buildings
on California avenue, $11,000;
Lucas Furniture company re
modeling Job, $10,000; Rescue
mission on Owens street, $3000;
Pelican theatre remodeling lob
$10,000; Lombard Motors garage
addition. South stxtn, souuu;
Porter-Collier building on Main
between Tenth and Eleventh
streets, $8000; Black and White
service station remodeling lob,
$8000; Klamath Medical Clinic
addition, $7000; J. L. hicks- res
idence, Pacific Terrace, $8000;
Moose lodge remodeling job on
Pine between Tenth and Elev
enth streets, $5000; Rickys
Jewelry company remodeling
Job, Main at Seventh streets,
$6000.
Cupid Slipped
As Divorces
Top Marriages
Dan Cupid slipped back
with every step he took Into
Klamath county in 1941, with
two more divorces than there
were marriages recorded.
Marriages for tht
totaled 213 and divorcee 315.
The spirit of good will pre
railed In December, howtvtr.
with 17 marriages evtr 16
divorces.
cember 19, 89 years, life.
Laura Goudie Bunnell, De
cember 23, 39 years.
Arthur Roy Thrash, December
38, 11 year.
Grace Sampey, December 26,
12 years.
The above names were sup
plied to Tha Herald and News
through the courtesy of the Earl
Whitlock Funeral home and
Ward's Klamath Funeral home,
Called
"4
Kennell-EUis
Nannie May Cantrall, be
loved matron and mother of a
large family, was among the
pioneer residents of Klamath
county called during the past
year. Mrs. Cantrall died at her
home May 27, following a resi
dence of mora than 42 years.
WELFARE CASE
BUT COSTS UP
Better employment conditions
and speeding up of social secur
ity programs in 1041 contributed
to a sharp decline in the number
of cases receiving general assist
ance from the county public
welfare commission. The ave
rage cost of maintaining the pro
gram rose, however, due to the
increased amount paid out for
medical care.
The increase in medical ex
penses was attributed to the lar
ger number of persons applying
for "medical only" care, and not
to any rise in medical costs, ac
cording to Mrs. Karl Urquhart,
welfare head. Some cases of un
usually long hospitalizations
and the increasing number of
people being referred to the com
mission for medical aid were
contributing factors, she said.
"Also," Mrs. Urquhart said.
"in 1940 we had a staff physi
cian, which enabled a more ade
quate control of medical costs
than can be obtained under the
fee schedule used in 1941."
Living Costs Up
Average expenses for main
taining the social security pro
gram remained about static, a
comparison of figures reveals.
These programs represent per
sons who are not employable,
and better employment condi
tions are not reflected in this
group. Actually. Mrs. Urquhart
said, expenses may increase dur
ing 1942, due to the rising cost
of living.
A comparison of 1940-41 fig
ures follows: general assistance
in 1940: average cases per
month, 162; average amount paid
per month, $4043.07; average
case cost per month, $24.96; ave
rage amount paid for medical
care per month, $727.28 (18 per
cent of total amount.)
General assistance in 1941:
average cases per month, 146;
average amount paid per month,
$3773.83; average case cost per
month, $25.85; average amount
paid for medical care per month,
$1054.30 (28 per cent of total.)
Old age assistance in 1940
average cases per month, 241;
average amount paid per month,
$5366.33; average case cost per
month, $22.27.
Old age assistance in 1941
average cases per month, 244;
average amount paid per month,
$5390.82; average case cost per
month. $22.09.
Aid to dependent children In
1940: average cases per month,
33 families and 85 children; ave
rage amount paid per month,
$1339.83; average case cost per
month. $40.38.
Aid to dependent children In
1941: average cases per month,
26 families and 72 children; aver
age amount paid per month,
$1223.18: average case cost per
month, $47.05.
Aid to the blind In 1940: aver
age cases per month, 4; average
amount paid per month, $113.00;
average case cost per month,
$28.25.
Aid to the blind in 1941: aver
age cases per month, 2; average
amount paid per month, $44.73;
averaqe case cost per month
$22.37.
Mixed English
A dialect English consisting of
Cockney, African and Oxford is
heard more in Colon, Panama,
than Is Spanish. This English is
spoken by Negroes brought from
the West Indies originally to help
build the canal.
It Is possible to manufacture
sheets of copper 120,000 of an
inch thick.
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DEDUCED
Organizing
By Labor Develops ,
Much News in 1941
By BOB LEONARD ,
Labor's organizational drive in the Klamath basin.
No. 7 in the "Big Ten" news developments of 1941, pro-;
vided the year's press columns with six strikes, a con-;
tinuous flow of National Labor Relations board hearings,'
elections, and certifications, and a running account of
unionism's most successful 12 months in the history of
the region. ;
Nearly 6000 Klamath area workers joined the ranks
of organized labor in 1941, They came in groups of from;
35 to 1200, making little news and big news as they',
marched. They came peaceably and in strife.
Their strife made sensational news. Their gradual
strides made "inside" news until viewed as a whole when
the impact came in summation.
First big labor news broke on A .
March 4 when 75 employes of
the Kalplne Plywood company
struck in a CIO layoff which
was to ultimately end in an AFL
victory, meantime halting pro
duction for 29 days and holding
up a number of defense orders.
Counter Charges
Counter charges by CIO and
company spokesmen occupied
galleys of press space through
all of March. On March 27, the
AFL claimed a majority at Kal
plne. On March 28, the Klam
ath County chamber of com
merce petitioned the NLRB for
an election to settle the dispute.
On April 2, the plant was re
opened as a number of employes
passed CIO picket lines. Then,
on April 22, CIO pickets disap
peared from the mill. A 11
hour AFL strike on May 7 re
sulted in the AFL recognized
by Kalpine as the collective bar
gaining agent for all employes.
Meantime, on April 16, union
electricians struck for higher
wages. Eight days later they
returned to work under a com
promise agreement.
On May 14, a threatened bar
ber strike was averted when
master barbers agreed to boost
haircut prices from 50 to 65
cents.
A dispute developed on June
2 over a demand for pay in
creases for culinary workers.
Four days later the AFL culin
ary alliance voted strike action.
On Saturday, June 7, all but one
outstanding contract was signed
and a strike was called at the
J. J. Newberry lunch counter
which was to continue most of
the summer. The strife was
eventually concluded with New
berry acceptance of the alliance
scale.
Chil oquin Strike
The second lumber strike of
1941 started July 15 when over
200 mill and woods workers of
the Chil oquin Lumber company
failed to go to work upon a
breakdown in negotiations be
tween the International Wood
workers of America (CIO). On
August 11, the shutdown ended
with a compromise agreement.
A one-day strike by members
of the Allied Heavy Construction
craft over contractual difficul
ties on municipal airport con
struction work was patched up
on August 31.
The last and largest labor shut
down of 1941 began at Weed,
Calif., on October 20 as 1200
employes of the Long-Bell Lum
ber company struck for higher
wages, a vacation with pay, and
union shop. As the stoppage
extended through November and
into December, the situation in
Weed grew tense. A department
of labor arbitration board failed
to arrive at a settlement.
Then, on Dec. 15, eight weeks
after it began, the strike ended
upon the war request of Ernest
P. Marsh, federal labor concil
iator. Final agreement on back-
to-work terms will be one of the
first labor stories of 1942.
As the march of labor coursed
its steady way through 1941,
Klamath basin woodworkers
wages were twice boosted. On
May 6, a general 5-cent per hour
Increase was announced by
Klamath sawmills, bringing the
minimum pay to 70 cents per
hour. On December 19, a gen
eral 21 -cent boost was announced
to take effect January 1. The
second announcement carried
with it a week's vacation with
pay in 1942.
The paid vacation answered a
year-long union clamor.
Claim Gains
Officials of tho Klamath Dis
trict council of the Lumber and
Sawmill Workers union (AFL)
at year's end said their 1941
record of organizing an asserted
5000 men was the best ever at
tained by any council in the
lumber industry. The ' union
claimed victory in 19 National
Labor Relations board elections
in the council's jurisdictional
area, which extends to Weed in
California and into the Rogue
River valley west of here. The
loss of four polls was admitted,
Of the 19 victories, 14 were
won in the immediate Klamath
area. Five more lay either In
the valley or in Lake county.
Fourteen collective bargaining
agreements have been signed out
Drive
of the 19 certifications, unionists
asserted. The other five are
expected to follow. :
The IWA-CIO, rival woodr
workers' union could point to
four NLRB election victories
during 1941, according to avail
able records. Over 240 men were
organized under the CIO banner.
The year of 1941 was acclaim
ed by officials of the Teamsters'
union as the most successful in
their history. Membership in
the union jumped from 136 to
over 300. Thirty-five contracts
In 12 separate work classifica
tions were signed, 20 of them
new agreements consummated in
1941.
Employes of Klamath fuel
yards, dairies, beverage con
cerns, heavy construction com
panies and grocery stores were
brought into the fold of union
representation for the first time
during the year.
Pay increases averaging 13
per cent were gained for Team
sters' union members through
negotiations. The boosts meant
an increase of approximately
$5000 per month in members'
total monthly paychecks.
According to Earl Edsall,
Teamsters' business agent, tha
majority of contracts signed with
Klamath employers during the
year provided for 40 and 48-hour
conditions with a week's vaca
tion with pay. Edsall said the
organization of 80 grocery clerks
in the last quarter of the year
was the Teamsters' outstanding
achievement.
A report issued by Joe Willis,
secretary of the AFL Building
Trades council, hailed the coun
cil's endorsement of a no-strike
resolution in the Interests of na
tional defense as the outstand
ing contribution of the group in
1941.
Willis asserted that an average
increase of 19 per cent in wages
of workers affiliated with tha
BTC was made during the year.
Working hours remained the
same, he said.
A two-month-old dispute with
P. L. Kemp, a builder, and Brat
ton's tourist cabins remained on
the BTC record as 1941 faded.
The squabble began some two
months ago over Kemp's alleged
failure to hire union labor on a
Bratton construction job.
G. C. Tatman, secretary of the
Culinary alliance, in a year-end
statement pointed to his organi
zation's successful efforts in in
creasing culinary pay during
1941. Ha said that 360 mem
bers of the alliance were bene
fitted by a general SO-cent per
day pay boost Incorporated in
the new union contracts signed
in June.
The year 1941 showed an in
crease of 535 children of school
age In Klamath county, accord
ing to county census figures re
leased through the Klamath
school district office. In the city
of Klamath Falls, there was an
increase of 37 shown.
County census figure for 1940
was 7370; for 1941, 7914. City
figure for '1940 was 4185; for
1941, 4222. These figures include
children from 4 to 19 years of
age.
ADD FISH STORIES ,
SAN PEDRO, Calif. UP)
Alert coast artillerymen at Fort
MacArthur saw two strange ob
jects resembling enemy subma
rines off shore and notified tht
officer in charge.
"Immediately the big guns
were trained," reported the
fort's ' publication, "ready to
blow the subs to Davy Jones'
locker."
But the big guns didn't speak.
Closer observation disclosed the
subs to be whales.
Replacements count for ap
proximately two-thirds of the
automobile tires sold in this
country. .