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PAGE FOUR THE EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH PALLS, OREGON Mnrch 17, 1048 Mt netting $eraUi ntAKK JRtfK.Nt MALCOLM KPLKT r.!ttor . Mntftn Editor .Published rwy tUroooa eteept tfun.ley bj Tht Herein" PuMuhtni OompeBj at Bplniie nn rini nirrria. nrioinin tens, ore foil. . "RKRALD PUHUMHIKO COMPANY, lhlUhft Knitted M.itcond cUu matter it the poitoffiM of Klamitfc Pallt, Ore,, do August 10, iwe unarr an 01 congress,, mircn . . . . . Member of The Assorted Prau TH AsioeUted Prtti li icluiUely n(HM to the an of rvpub.1cj.ttoa of til ot diinttcfaea credited: to It or not olttervlet credited in this piper, an 4 Uo tht kvl puDilinca Herein., u ngnu or rtpumranoi or special qispeirnft art tiso rMrvru. STy JrAU L i iAL LUIS On. Month Ttirw Mootha . Ona V' - HEMBEH AUDIT Rl'RKAU Of rlRCULATlOX Drim.rod bj crnor in CI 17 , -TS t.ia til Month. Ona Vat HAIL HATKS FAVARLI IN ADVANCE . tun . to Klkmath, Laka, alodoa and Suktj-ou Oonattet !. . - e.00 Brpra.fnl.a- Kattonally hj . WMl-HOMIdaj UO.. IOC Sal rmdx, Haw Tort, Detroit, Uattl, Chlnco. rortliad. Loa Ancrlaa, 8U Ixxitt, Vancouver. R. C. Ooploa of Tha Neva and U.rald. loarthi-r o-lth eompirto Information about tho Klanatd Falla otarkat, raaj ba obUlnrd tat tha aaataa at an Uiaaa otfwoe SIDE GLANCES State Line and Gas Rationing A HILE it is difficult to forecast tht? effects ktf gnso. yV line rationing on the community, one thing clear at this time is that Klamath rails ana Laxeview snoum not be included in the northwest rationing . area. . That bothersome state line has done it again to us. - -Justification for northwest rationing lies in the fact that northwest areas are supplied by tankers, and the tanker situation is becoming an increasing problem. But Klamath Falls and Lakeview for some time have been getting gasoline by railroad from California and hot from the tanker supplies through Portland. For prac-- tical purposes, therefore, they should not be included in the rationing area. . .. - They were placed in that area because the state line puts them in Oregon instead of California. There' is no rationing south or the state line, out m iuamatn ana Lane counties, north of the state line, there is to be rationing, even though the same transportation conditions exist as in the case of the northern California areas. Here is another quirk in the situation: 70 per cent of the gasoline deliveries from the Merrill distribution point (in Oregon) are over the line in California, where there is no rationing. The distributor, in Oregon, must 'operate on a. restncted basis, delivering gasoline for unrestricted sale in California. . If some government bureau were induced to. look at the realties, of the situation, Klamath would not get gaso line rationing under the proposed set-up. But the chances of- that are- not good - as long as the state Ime is shown on the map. - v.- -. t - - i Fife Levy Questions . . . , ,T 1 CEVERAL persons, participating in a discussion at the w city council meeting Monday night on the proposed special continuing fire levy, expressed the opinion that we levy oiiuuiu ue pui on me oauot ur let tne people decide" and then the council would riot:. be blamed if the additional funds are not provided for th'eTire. department. "f. However, there is something to 'be'saidyfor offering a? moderate proposal that has a good Tcftance'ofipassage, rather than one that is so stiff it is turned dowiThat is particularly true if there is a real need of theneyjtbr me lire department. Better to get it a mode rattr scun- to All tl.l . 1 Al it- . it. . . -i : , . wt umi uecu, ranier uia.n nouiing at an as wouia-jwuie case if the stiff er proposal were beaten. " iii.'s.?i'v The special committee which looked into the physical condition of the fire department's equipment and brought in recommendations for doubling the annual taxes for this department did a thorough- job. It is a most trust worthy committee, and there is ria question that it would be desirable to irive the department all that i nrnnnspH if the people are willing to assume' tha added taxes at Wis time. Ihe department .does need stepping up in equip ment and manpower-. '4 1 One advantage that the present' proposal has it that it would divide the. support, of the department between a? special levy and a budgeted amount. Council and bud get committee, therefore, could reduce the department's allotment in thes future by cutting the-budgeted amount. A straight eight-mill levy, as was proposed at first, would bb an inelastic and continuing maximum burden on the taxpayers. ' v V' . ' It is not possible, of course, to know for sure how people will react, but it is unlikely they are willing to vote the 4-mill additional levy. But carrying out the idea of letting them decide everything,', as was suggested in the discussion, the council might put alternate proposals on the ballot, and' let the voters decide whether and how far the city should go in. spending additional funds for the fire department. V Olene OLENE Weekend visitors t the O. L. Brown home were Miss Mary Walker of Ashland and Mrs. Ivan Pankey and son Ivan Lee of Sprague River. Miss Harriett Bruner has ac cepted a position with the Cra ter Lake Box company at Sprague River. Mr. and Mrs. George Ander son are at present visiting at the George Belling home. They were . here from Lakeview for a week end visit but due to illness of Anderson they were unable- to return to Lakeview as planned. His many friends will be glad to know be is showing improve ment. ' , . . , Mrs. Curtis Gebhart transact ed business in Klamath Falls Saturday. Lee McMullen, Charles A. Henderson and Stewart Balsiger were guests of Lost River grange on Wednesday evening. Moving pictures of the flying corps, cav-1 airy and county production agen cies were shown. These were greeted with much enthusiasm and the grange extended a vote of thanks to these gentlemen- for their contribution to a pleasant and educational evening. . . v Mrs. Henrietta Lyon of Ma in! spent Saturday and Sunday as-the" houseguest of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Barnes. RENO LICENSES RENO, March 16 (UP) Mar riege licenses Issued here includ ed: -Edward Wiggins, 45, and Audry M. 'Johnston, 29, both Klamath ; Falls; Elm Orville Bailey, .26, Central Point, and Margaret Bpere, 23, Medford.- It seems that too many Amer icans need a - good belt before they'll buckle down. , v - "the average lift of a coin Is' years. That's what it gets ior iraveung so fast. t-atlt Todt V n Lara warn i!v New. Ml"n0 ton B0lT ro?4 -J WASHINGTON, March 17 -. Mr.. Roosevelt has written tht 48 state governors seeking a 40-mile national speed limit to' Save-tires. Motorists will no doubt voluntarily impose one on mrmsrives' immediately so no redeemable rubber will, be lost. But the president should also have written a more caus tic letter to one of his own gov ernment departments, which, it now appear-, is a great if not the greatest waster of rubber in tho- entire country. A tire rationing board in cen tral Ohio was astonished when a trailer-hauler came in a few days back and testified that the trailer homes of defense work ers all through the country had been furnished tires by the fed eral government and these precious tires were still on the stationary buffet houses, stand ing and rotting around the fac tories. The applicant said he hauled trailers from a Michigan manu facturer to Baltimore. These were occupied by workers at an airplane factory. All he had hauled there were left stand ing on tires, he told the tire board. 0 0 0 INVESTIGATION A member of the board wrote me the circumstances and, up on investigation. I discovered the following facts: About 2791 trailers were quartered by the federal gov ernment' in approximately 50 camps established through the country up to February 1, and most of these trailers apparent ly still have tires on them. A majority of them have been set ting around in use since last summer and fall. ' The trailer project started last-June under auspices of the farm security administration of the agriculture department. The project had "nothing to do with agriculture, but the department had some experience in hand ling migrating farmhands that way. Recently the national housing agency took over the project in accordance with Mr, Roosevelt s general reorganiza tion order of several weeks ago. The project calls for 8483 more trailers immediately and NHA is -adopting a program , eoptv tiav ma a-vici. twe t. h atq u. a. f at. QfT; t- IT "You put two whole spoons of sugar in your tea! Futher says that's the same as sabotage 1" tween two ot these contentions. If they had to buy 400 new Urcs since rationing started January 1, as they say, then they cer tainly have not taken many tires for this purpose off trail ers already placed. They should not have needed mum more than 400 tires for their shuttle pool the past two months. A speed limit might well be set for NHA to get those tires off those trailers in good weath er and bad. whereby r: the "Steel undercar riages, wheels and tires will be returned to the factory for other vehicles as soon as they are delivered at camps. o o o FSA ON DEFENSE FSA, defending itself, says it has bought only 400 new tires in the last 60 days to get this delivery pool started and no new tires are now being bought. although haulers, like the man in central Ohio, are "probably getting priorities" for tires on the trucks or towing vehicles they use. Although FSA says it is jack ing up its trailers now and re moving tires as fast as possible, its own claims show it has not done much. They mention two or three factors holding them back: Funds for. this particular work have only recently be come available. It "takes time" to get contracts from local firms to build sawhorses and furnish concrete blocks, etc. The 'work can be done only in good weather like building construc tion (although there have been few days this winter when con crete could not be poured in the latitude of Baltimore If you must have concrete to re move a.tire). But they trip themselves be- CHOULISH GRAFT A ghoulish legal racket upon relatives of war victims has been reported to authorities and is being investigated. Some un identified parties are supposed to be circulating letters to "the next of kin" of those killed In action, promising for a small fee to represent them legally In their claims against the. government. No one needs legal represen tation in this kind of a "claim against the government. The law is clear, and the war and navy departments eagerly coop erate. Any "next of kin" would be foolish to throw money away in this apparentljg.gJega) gran. .- -What - authorities want to know is' how the racketeers get an appreciable number of names of casualties and their next of kin. Neither war nor navy de partments publish casualty lists. Nearest relative is generally no tified by wire or letter, and sometimes this relative notifies the local paper. A clipping serv ice might possibly collect number of these local items, and sell them to shysters. It is conceivable also that leaks may have occurred in Washington, although the personnel handling this business in both army and navy was specially ehosen. Courthouse Records MONDAY Dismissal Home Owner's Loan corpora tion versus S. Meade Badger and Irma M. Badger. Suit dismissed on motion of plaintiff. H. D. Bo, vin, attorney for plaintiff. . Justice Court Emil Norman Johnson. Viola tion of basic rule. Fined $29, $5 of which was suspended. Nick Wallace Harrison Driving while under the influ ence of Intoxicating liquor. $100 fine and 10 days in the county Jail. Committed for 60 days In lieu of fine.'. Ira Benton Morris. No warn ing device. Fined $5.50.- Cletas Vincent LaValla. No operator's license. Fined $5.50. Johnnie Vee Dunegan. No op erator's license. Fined $5.50. Truett J. Modisett. No oper ator's license. Fined $7. John Ira McEntlre. Improper tail light. Fined $5.50. Douglas Ken neth Wilson Driving while under the influ ence of intoxicating liquor Fined $100 and sentenced to 10 days in the county jail Lylo Edward Pfciffcr. No windshield swipe and no vehicle license. Fined $7. George Edgar Jackson. No motor vehicle license. Fined $5.50. H. D. Mackcy. Forgery. Waiv ed preliminary hearing. Bond set at $1000 cash or $2000 prop erty. Committed to county jail -Revilo Mnhlcr. Vagrancy. Sen tonced to 30 days in the county jail. ' J Tolling The Editor Lttttra 9rmii hrt ittuti not mora Ihin tM word in IwiBth, mutl ba writ ten Ivjublr on ONI iioi ot h mii only, end dumi ba lUftacl. Oonlilbullana to Mo ml nit (hat ,rul, ra Mtrnily oma ON WEYERHAEUSER VOTE KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., (To inq editor; An item appearing In Tho Herald .March S, .1042, titled "Unions Sqimbblu 'Qver Results of NLRB Election." W do not know where your paper oomini'tt mis artlelo nor do we care. But wo do feel tho actual facts wero misconstrued In such u manner as to confuse tho nver- ago reader. Inasmuch as tho fiunrr com piled by tho bnllotlnu committee show a definite win for tho 1WA CIO. ' The ballots counted wero na follows: 1WA-CIO, 96: AFL C and J, 42; neither, 45; chal lenged, 14; void, 1. Seven of these chnllenued votes wero IWA-CI0 nnd seven were AFL, and according to my figures this gives the IWACIO the nod whatever tho - NLRB may decide on tho challenged votes. Whether they bo allowed tho respectivo unions or declare! void or whether or not th NLRB will rccognlzo a protest from either union, time will tell. The- Klamath Basin district council IWA-CIO feels this should bo made clear to tho nubile. Respectfully yours, C. R. COOPER, Secretary KBDC Editor's Note Tho Herald story snld that neither union polled a majority of. the 108 votes cost, which Is evidently true. Technically, therefore, the IWA-CIO has not Won the Wev- erhacuser election. Actually, tin less tho NLRB allows thm AFL protest nnd orders another bal lot, the IWACIO cannot lose whatever may be the NLRU's findings on the 14' challenged votes. ON MUSIC SITUATION KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., (To the Editor): Wouldn't it hnve simplified things somewhat 'If tho school boards of Klamath Fails had' moved to La' Grnnde themselves Instead of trying to bring La Grande to Klamath FnlliT During this crisis wus It no ccssary to bring In such high salaried men when the schools were no doubt operating as ef- iicientiy us they will this com Intf year? Thu highly roeommomlud inn slu suporvlsor is no doubt "tops'' but wasn't our music already woll tuktm care of by tho pros ont supervisor? Aren't more children than ever before par ticipating In music hero in Klttmiith Fulls? It's true we've won no laurels In contests but is It better to plek out u tulunted fuw and go uftur alato recount tloncups and ntoduls than to give nil the overuse children a oimnco to participate? Is It true that tho new super intendent of schools told a com mlttco ot prominent business men that ho hus a thruo your contract and thut the schools will be run uccordlim to Ms own standards regardless of adverse criticism of tho citizens of Klnin nth Falls?- That he hopes to bring our schools up to tho level of tho highly efficient system that he was Instrumental in es tablishing In "La Grande"? How many other lowly Klam nth citizens have dtired even wondor about these things or hnvo wo reached the stno of a Hitler with a chosen few bur- falolng us into submitting to a dictatorship? MRS. EDNA THOMAS, A home-owner. P. S. Won't rt be "GRAND". folks, when wo all begin doing things a In La Grande? iiiSjiisl Malin Eastern Star Sponsors Public Card Party MALIN The Eastern Star Social club Is sponsoring a pub lic card party to bo held the night of Wednesday, March 25 In tho Brondwny hall. Bridge, pinochle and pitch will be In play with prizes to bo given for high, second high and low scores. Refreshment. will be served and the charge for both cards nnd refreshments is 25 cents plus tax. Farmers nro going to do their part by raising a big wheat crop. Say It with flour. From the Klsmsth lUpublloso 1 Msrch 20, 1803 , . Editorial Note: Experience nnd growing cnllghleiiment liuvon't decreased tho gullibility of people h groat deal. The nut urully croduluus man will be de ceived periodically as long as he lives, und there is always a fresh crop of unshorn suckers. It chagrins some if they are da turrad in their Inclination to be gulled. Tlioy soem to like Die experience. 0 0 0 Tho roads have grouljy m provod this week und stages liavo been enabled to mako hot ter time. 0 0 0 Attorneys Mills and Leavltt were at Merrill Friday on html--' hubs In connection with the dltoh mooting. O 0 0 From the Evening Herald March 17, 1931 George G. Griule resigned to duy as president ot the Klamath County Taxpayers league. He will run for the democratic nom ination for county Judge. ooo 4 Klumuth Falls Pelicans were ousted from tho stata baikotball tourney today by Marshflold, 40 to 25. 0 0 0 A total of $45,000 wna spent In this county for relief Jo the. period from September 15 .a. March 1. .4 Merrill Slates Band, Glee Fest MERRILL A combined band, and glee club concert will be given by Merrill high school in, its gymnasium Thursday eve ning at 8 o'clock, Murch, 0.. John Posck Is directing, the band, and will render two nunv, bers on the violin. . Estrld Gr oghty .directs the Girls . Gleo club. This concert. Is without, chargo to the public, and a good attendance Is expected. ENDS TODAY Slclaiwybittb t Ortwertro TOMORROW and THURSDAY TWO DAYS ONLY! FIRST A Real Thrill! ' i SECOND A Rollicking Comedy! HENRY GOES TO T0WM...AN0 TURNS IT UPSIDE DOWN! 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