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THE EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH PALLS, OREGON
Mnrch 17, 1048
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ntAKK JRtfK.Nt
MALCOLM KPLKT
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. Mntftn Editor
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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.- -.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Tho roads have grouljy m
provod this week und stages
liavo been enabled to mako hot
ter time.
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Attorneys Mills and Leavltt
were at Merrill Friday on html--'
hubs In connection with the dltoh
mooting.
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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.
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Klumuth Falls Pelicans were
ousted from tho stata baikotball
tourney today by Marshflold, 40
to 25.
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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
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