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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
March 10. 1943
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Managing Editor
Today's Roundup News Behind the News
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LIQUOR consumer hereabouts apparently
thought the rationing order meant the
aupply wa running low, and they have started
a run on the state store that has the help
fc . . down there Just about ex
hausted.
Fact of the matter is, there
are huge quantities of liquor
on hand here. Variety is not
what it used to be, but the
quantity is up there. The fel
low who fails to go down to
the store within the next 13
minutes will still get his when
he arrives.
Because of the scare, a lot
of consumers are going to buy
the full weekly ration for the first week or
two. The liquor commission expected that,
and made the remark that it hoped no one
would feel under obligation to take the full
allowance. Purchases probably will taper off
after the first flurry.
Record of individual purchases is made on a
rationing card issued to permit holders. Weekly
allowances do not accumulate if not taken; how
ever, if there develops a general practice of
Individual purchasers taking each full weekly
allowance as it comes along, more strict ration
ing might be adopted. For such a practice
would probably result in increased purchasing,
rather than the decrease intended in the ration
ing program.
Tax Action at Last
WHAT with both state and federal legisla
tive bodies struggling with income tax
revision issues, and everybody getting ready to
pay off, the whole situation has been pretty
confusing to the casual newspaper reader. At
last, the state lawmakers have reached a de
cision, and if Governor Snell signs the bill,
that problem will be concluded so far as Oregon
is concerned.
In final form, the state measure calls for a .
reduction of taxes payable next year to the
extent of about 35 per cent. That is a sub
stantial cut, but it should be fully understood
by all taxpayers that it does NOT apply on
the taxes payable this year.
We are in accord with the decision not to at
tempt a reduction on the 1942 taxes, which are
to be paid in 1943. To make such a cut would
have required a refund to all taxpayers, and
the administrative and technical problem in
volved, in such a procedure would have been
terrific. Furthermore, to tinker with the tax
rates on last year's earnings, after the year is
over, would have set an unsound precedent.
One measure that does affect the payments
of this year's taxes, passed this week by the
legislature, provides for quarterly payments,
and changes the first payment date from' April
1 to April 15. That is all right. It will afford
a little breathing spell after that blow we are
going to get when we plunk down those federal
taxes March 15.
'
Veteran Lawyer Passes
DEATH Tuesday took W. P. Myers, a veteran
lawyer of Klamath Falls, who had a colorful
career in criminal law in this section of Oregon.
Mr. Myers practiced law in Central Oregon
for 16 years before coming to Klamath Falls in
1923. He was the first district attorney in
Jefferson county. In the 16 years he resided
in Central Oregon, he had the distinction of
either defending or prosecuting every murder
case inea in urooK, Jetterson or Deschutes
counties.
Two noted cases in which he participated
were those against Ollie Blowers, charged with
murdering a Mexican at Miller's marsh, and
Mable Nichols, who killed Robert Greer at
Summit stage station. He defended both
women, and both of them were acquitted.
Mr. Myers was active in a number of prom
inent criminal cases in Klamath county. He
was an able lawyer, a good fellow, and he
possessed a swell sense of humor. We liked
W. P. Myers.
Honor System
OPA is waking up to the fact that the public,
put on its honor, is likely to do a good job
of self-enforcement of regulations which it be
lieves are necessary and fully understands.
"Make it as easy as possible, so long as the
objective is attained," is the policy promulgated
by Prentiss Brown, who succeeded Leon Hen
derson as OPA chief.
Brown said that positive enforcement meas
ures must be used with criminals but they are
not necessary with the general public.
If the "honor system" works out in the mat
ters of pleasure driving, for instance, it may
be attempted on other OPA programs.
We think OPA should struggle against the
temptation of its petty officials to adopt an
officious, overbearing attitude toward the pub
lic. Thousands of additional offices have been
created In OPA, and these new office-holders
are likely to get big Ideas if a curb is not
put on them.
Inasmuch as they are dealing generally with
citizens who have lived law-abiding lives, they
can arouse a lot of animosiiy if they become
mean and overbearing. They should remember
they are the servants of the public,
Locally, we believe a good start has been
made both in the local war price and rationing
board and in the district office by officials who '
realize their true relationship with the public.
We hope this continues.
,
The Klamath Falls Lions club has under
taken the job of keeping Klamath Falls clean-up-conscious
this spring. The Lions do not plan
any single intensive campaign for a week or so,
but Instead hope to keep a general clean-up pro
gram going throughout the spring months. It's
a worthy program and.it needs lion-like vigor
to put it across.
MALLON
By PAXIL MALLON
WASHINGTON. March 10 The OPA has
solved the problem of getting around its
own unfair fuel oil rationing formula.
Without admitting or cor
recting Its mistake, it adopted
the policy of the thrifty Fin
nish housewife in an old world
fairy tale. When she discov
ered that the blanket she had
bought to keep her husband
warm covered him only down
to his knees, she immediately
decided to cut a two-foot strip
from the top of the blanket
and sew it to the bottom.
"That," she said, "will make
It longer."
The college men who devised the fuel form
ula, soon found it was Inadequate to heat the
nation through the winter, so they moved up,
Irom time to time, the date of validity of each
of the five coupons.
On March 3, with nearly one-fourth of the
heating season left, they advanced the date for
use of the last coupon, No. 5, to March 7, 8,
and 11, in the various zones. This was the
coupon which was supposed to be used from
mid-April to next September 30, largely for hot
water heating.
Their device has actually increased the form
ula allotments for the winter about one-fifth in
general, but they have now reached the end of
the blanket. No more coupons are left to run
until September 30. Public discovery of the
error is at hand.
To ward off that discovery, the OPA has
now come forward with an announcement that
it intends to be more generous. Not by a
single phrase admitting it made an error, it now
invites "householders who face hardships" to
get more coupons from their local rationing
boards.
In an entirely different tone than last Decem
ber, when it was cracking down "on the nation,
the OPA now promises wide discretion to local
boards. Its formula, which refused to let the
local boards allow for heating servants' quarters,
or for hot water, and which did not take into
consideration the cubic heating footage or the
wide variety of efficiency in heating systems, is
apparently to be forgotten at long last.
You can get more oil if you prove that what
you have is insufficient and that you are other
wise unable to meet your problem.
No effort is to be made to recapture oil
from many who received too much under the
unfair formula, but a benign policy is promised.
An order has even been issued allowing addi
tional coupons for the ill and infirm without
getting certificates of approval from their
plumbers which were required up to March 5.
Best War News ,
THE best of all war news has been lost, in
I the shuffle of more dramatic announce
ments from the battlefronts. We are now turn-
ing out more planes a month than Hitler has
altogether spread around all the theatres of war
in Europe.
War Under-Secretary Patterson announced
that we produced 5000 planes in January, of
which 65 per cent were fighting planes, and
he moved the figures up to 5500 for February.
This means we produced 3575 combat planes
last month.
No current official estimate has placed Hit
ler's total air strength higher than 5000 planes,
and his production rate is known to be declin
ing. He passed the peak last year. Our's is
approaching.
If we cannot win the war swiftly with such
air superiority, there will be something radical
ly wrong with other parts of our effort.
Manpower Policy
A FINNISH blanket policy also seems to have
been adopted by the war manpower com
mission. Its draft bureau has taken the middle
aged males of 38 to 44 back Into threatening
classifications, for the professed purpose of in
spiring them to go to work on the farms, and
that very same day. The army divulged plans
to release 546,000 of this same over-age class
for reasons of physical unfitness. '
The government thus is at one time releas
ing an over-age group for physical unfitness,
and threatening to take in more of the same
physically unfit class in an effort to force them
to go out and do work which calls for even
greater physical fitness than the army farm
ing. This looks like an effort to enlarge the man
power blanket by cutting a piece out of the
center and tacking it on the sides.
Evidence dug up by congressional committees
indicates 75 per cent of the men who have left
the farms have gone into high salaried war de
fense Industry.
A check made upon one Texas project shows
that of the 5000 men, mostly farmers; em
ployed in camp construction, only 25 or 30 went
back to their farms when the job was over,
The others had a taste of high salaries and
mainly sought the Pacific coast in airplane fac
tories. ..
Bonds for Taxes
FINANCIAL officers here are lobklng gkep-
tically at the mounting piles of war bonds
being turned In by workers who say they need
the cash to meet their March 15 income tax
payments.
The treasury makes no money and the war
effort is hurt rather than helped when a citizen
must cash a treasury bond to pay a tax to the
treasury with its own money. Any taxpayer
who wants to help win the war will pay from
his own cash.
SIDE GLANCES
cow, iw rt nu ii.ret we. t. n ia u. . nr. art.
"Con you come to my birthday party, Jnck? We can't
have ice crenm or enke this year, and Mother snys you
don't have to bring any gifts unless you're so generous
that you insist!"
Rationing
Calendar
RATION BOOK NO 2
March 1-15 Boards will
mail books to persons who
registered February 25, but
did not receive books. New
applications accepted March
15.
March 1 Rationing of
canned, frozen and dried
fruits, canned and frozen veg
etables, dried soups, beans,
lentils and peas, began.
RATION BOOK NO 1
March 1-15 Boards will
not accept applications for
book No. 1 during this period.
SUGAR
March 15 Stamp No. 11.
war ration book No. l.igood
for three pounds, expires at
midnight. Stamp No. 12 good
for five pounds, March 16
May 31 inclusive.
COFFEE v
March 21 Stamp No. 25,
war ration book No. 1 of book,
holders 14 years of age or
over, good for 1 pound of cof
fee, expires at midnight.
GASOLINE
March 21 No. 4 stamps,
each good for four gallons, ex
pire at midnight.
TIRES
March 31 Cars with "A"
books must have tires inspect
ed before this date. Same
basic rules as for passenger
cars apply to motorcycle "D"
books.
SHOES
June 15 Stamp No. 17,
war ration book 1, valid for
purchase of one pair of shoes,
expires at midnight. Family
stamps are interchangeable.
CANNED MEATS, FISH
Retail, wholesale sales sus
pended until further notice.
COMMERCIAL
REGISTRATION
March 1 to 10 Restaurants
and boarding houses must sign
up for point stamps.
All institutional users are
requested to phone the ration
board for an appointment to
register, to save time.
Institutional users must
provide the rationing board
with food Inventories as of
February 28.
Sergeant York
Another of those famous Yorks
turns up in uniform, this time
in the WAAC. She's Leader
(Sergeant) Jennie York, 22, a
niece of the World War I hero,
and is training at Daytona
Beech, -
Klamath Student
Called to Active
Duty From Reserve
CORVALLIS, March 10 m
Seventy-eight more Oregon State
college students who are mem'
bers of the enlisted reserve corps
of the army have been called to
active duty, it was announced to
day.
Included were: Rudolph W.
Berwald, Banks; James W. Car
son, Salem; Edwin G. Helnonen,
Amity; James D. Lauderbach,
Estacada; Russell D. Reese, Pend-
leton; Vernon E. Sheldon, Salem:
Richard T. Sinclair, Klamath
Falls; Gordon B. Wallace, Leb
anon.
Cable Cars Run
Again After Two
Day Wage Dispute
SAN FRANCISCO, March 10
OP) -Cable cars of the California
Street Railway company were
back In service, on San Francis
co's steepest hills today, with 112
platform men back on the Job
after a two-day layoff in a wage
dispute.
Lawrence Lydick of the reg
ional war labor board announced
last night the grlpmen and con
ductors had agreed to return to
work under prevailing wage
scales while the WLB takes their
appeal for more money under
advisement.
Hager
Corporal John .Hess arrived
home last weekend from Port
land. ' v ,
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Hess ar
rived Friday evening from Love
lock, Nov., to store their things.
They have sold their trailer
house and the new owner moved
in Saturday.
Mrs. Vivian Davis, a former
resident here, leaves Wednesday
for Los Angeles, Calif., for a
short visit with Pvt. George Da
vis, who was recently transfer
red there from Pecos, Tex.
Ed Poppe, who was recently
discharged frpm the army at
Sheppard field, Tex., was a visi
tor in this community last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Pounds have
been making repairs on the prop
erty they recently purchased.
Robert Kohler was a visitor
here last weekend.
Douglas Kohler is confined to
his home with a very bad cold.
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned has been ap
pointed Administrator of the
Estate of Louis D. App, Deceased,
by the Circuit Court of the State
of Oregon for Klamath County,
and has qualified. All persons
having claims against said
Estate are notified to present
the same to me with proper
vouchers at the office of Wm.
Kuykendall, Pine Tree Building,
Klamath Falls, Oregon, within
six months from February 17,
1943.
L. B. HOPKINS,
Administrator. 1
F 17-24; M 3-10 No. 189
Telling
The Editor
Letter printed here mint not b more
then Mt wort In length, mut bt writ
ten Ui'blr on ONI DDI or the paper
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STRICTLY BUSINESS
Br MeFeatteri
ABOUT LIQUOR
BONANZA, Ore., (To tha Edi
tor) This talk about liquor ra
tioning makos mo tired and dls
gustod. I am not a hldo bound prohibi
tionist, I do not object to a hot
toddy, night and morning, which
is good for ait old person, sick or
well. But you will find 00 per
cent of the doctors suy you can
get along without It.
I have no liquor permit and
have no whlskoy, I'll live, too.
While this war is on, liquor
should bo rationed pretty severe
ly. When a man comes to a dentist
and wants un aching molur ex
tracted and has no money, but
has a bottle of "snops" In his
pocket which ho paid cash for.
he Is the kind who should be ra
tioned to do without entirely.
Dft. W. P. TAB Ell.
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From the Klamath Republican
March 12. 1903
Today. J. F. Goellcr sold his
lots and house on Main street
to Gcorgo D. Grizzle, who will
occupy it with his marble works.
J, A. Anthony of New Pine
Creek Is building an electric
lighting system for Lakevlcw,
whether the town wants him to
or not.
Allan McDonald, a native of
Scotland, died at his home In
Langell valley, aged 77 years.
.AZu ' 3U'llfaa
"Ht'i a tUilgnfjr lor Hnoltum minuloturr."
Payne Indian Ariifacis
Prominently Mentioned in
Carnegie Institute Book
From th Klamath Naws
March 10, 1933
A Voice of the Peoplo organi
zation has been set up here, with
W. P. Hannon as chairman.
a
Local meat prices have gone
up about 10 per cent.
Members of the Winter Danc
ing club will attend a St. Put-
rick's donee at the Wlllard Sat
urday night.
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice Is hereby given that
tha undersigned has been duly
appointed administratrix of the
estate of Henry F. Telle, de
ceased, by the Circuit Court of
the State of Oregon, for Klam
ath County, and all persons hv
Ing claims against said estate are
hereby notified to present same
to said administratrix at the of
fice of R. C. Groesbeck, Lawyer,
First Federal Savings and Loan
Buildfng, Klamath Falls, Ore
gon, within six months from the
dato of this notice.
Dated; February 24, 1843.
GERTRUDE E. TOLLE,
Administratrix of the Estate of
Henry F. Tolle. Deceased.
F. 24; M. 3-10-17-24 No. 192.
NOTICE OF SALE
No. 6550-E
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE, STATE OF OREGON
FOR KLAMATH COUNTY.
PORTLAND MORTGAGE CO.,
a corporation,
Plaintiff,
vs.
W. D. KELSO and THELMA G.
KELSO, husband and wife
(Record Owners) and DRAKE
LUMBER COMPANY, a cor
poration, Defendants.
By virtue of an execution,
Judgment order, decree and order
of sale issued out of the above
entitled court in the abovo en
titled cause and to me directed,
dated the 13th day of February,
1943. upon a judgment and de
cree rendered and entered In said
court on the 11th day of Feb
ruary, 1943, In favor of Port
land Mortgage Co., a corporation,
plaintiff, and against W. D. Kolso
and Thelma G. Kelso, husband
and wife, defendants, and each
of them, for the ilim of
$2142.38 with Interest thereon
from March 25, 1042 at the rate
of 61 per annum; the further
sum of $180.00 attorney fees; the
further sum of $6.00 searching
records, and Its costs and dis
bursements heroin taxed in the
sum of $22.65 and costs of and
upon this writ, commanding me
to make sale of the following
described real property, situate
in Klamath County, State of
Oregon: '
Lot numbered 707, In
Block numbered 120, of
MILLS ADDITION to the
City of Klamath Falls, Klam
ath County, Oregon.
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue
of said .execution, judgment or
der, decree and order of sale and
in compliance with the com
mands of this writ I wilt on. the
25th day of March, 1943 at 10:00
o'clock a. m. at the Front En
trance of the County Courthouse,
in Klamath Falls, Klamath
County, Oregon, sell at public
auction subject to redemption, to
the highest bidder for cash in
hand, all tho right, title, Interest
which all and each of tho de
fendants In the abovo entitled
suit had on the 25 111 day of
January, 1040, or since that date
had In or to the above described
real property, or any part there
of, to satisfy said execution,
Judgment order and decree, in
,tereat, costs and accruing costs.
Dated this 23rd day of Feb
ruary.' Dale of first publication Feb
ruary 24th, 1043.
Dato of last publication March
24th, 1843.
L. L. LOW,
Sheriff of Klamath County,
Oregon.
By Dora Goddard, Deputy,
P 24; M 3-10-17-24 No. 194. i
Already widely acclaimed, tho
collection of Indian artifacts
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Frank
A. Tnyno of 1344 Cullfornlu
avonue, Is given prominent men
tion in a recent book published
by the Carnegie Institution of
Washington, "Archaeological Re.
searches in the Northern Great
Basin," by L. S. Crewman, pro
fp.nor of anthropology at the
University of Oregon.
As tho . result of detailed
study and comparison, this new
archaeological volume answers
on often-asked question on the
ana of the culture of this basin.
On the basis of present evi
dence, the oldest culture in this
region Is believed to hive
existed more than 5000 years
ago, according to Dr. Cressman.
Numerous illustrations of
their collection and detailed
maps which the Paynes have
mado In connection with their
explorations are used in the
Illustrated section of the book.
In tho chapter dealing with
artifacts from Lower Klamath
lake is the following paragraph:
"Frank A. Payne of Klamath
Falls, who called our attention
to this locality, has collected
from the lake bed for 10 years
He has followed the usual
method of picking an area clean
and then, n(ter another storm,
going back to the snmn locality
where he would find moro artl
fuels exposed. Our experience
at the Laird's Hay site, where
the wind was still eroding the
old peat, Indicated that this was
a sound method of proving that
specimen were being eroded by
wind action and were not being
dropped from above after the
supporting peat had been cut
out by tho wind."
In another chapter on Massa
cre Lake cave It Is stated:
"This cove was discovered by
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Payne
of Klamath Falls In 1033 and
excavated In September 1940.
Wo are indebted to tho Vaynet
for placing their notes and col
lection at our disposal."
In a frontsploce page of ac
knowledgements, Dr. Cressman
mentions Dr. John C. Merrlem,
president emeritus of tha Car
negie Institution, who made the
archaeological work possible by
generous grunts-livuld and con
slant holp, Mr. and Mrs. Payna,
mo late joe Shirk of Klamath
county and mony others who
assisted In this work.
Agriculture Department
Plans School Lunch Refund
The federal government came
to the old of the hot lunch pro
gram In west coast schools by of
fering a seven-cent refund on
Typo A, or well balanced
lunches, or five conts on a Type
B, an auxiliary lunch, It was an
nounced Monday night at a Joint
mcotlng of tha city school
boords. Superintendent Arnold
L. Gralapp said today.
With point rotloning staring
cafeteria operators In tho face,
tho hot lunch program, which
has been highly beneficial In all
schools of the country, was
threatened with partial or entire
elimination from tho school pro
gram. Last week, through the U. S.
department of agriculture, food
distribution administration, a
plan was presented whereby al)
schools serving lunches would be
able to got a seven-cent refund
on Typo A, this money to bo
used by tho management of the
cafeteria program sorvlng as an
agency lp the purchase of neces
sary foodstuffs for ulc In the
cafeterias.
Type A lunch, as Gralapp ex
plained, Is one which includes a
well balanced tray consisting of
hot dish, bread and buttor, milk
and dessert. This will Include
meat or fresh vegetables. A
Type B lunch Is ono prepared to
augment a lunch of sandwiches
which might be brought by the
child, and would include a hot
dish and milk.
Presont rotloning system does
not allow sufficient supply of ra
tioned goods to permit the con
tinuance of tho type of lunch pro
gram now used In the Klamath
Falls schools. The high price
now required for green veget
ables would mako It Impossible
to carry on the program without
federal assistance.
Tho refund system will go In
to effect immediately, Gralapp
stated. A careful survey Is now
being mado, the superintendent
said, to assure additional sources
of food supply which moy be lo
cally grown and mado available
for lunch porgroms during tha
next school year. This may em
braco freezing, canning and dry
ing of seasonal stuffs and Parent
Teochor Bssoclotlona may be
called upon to assist tho schools
In such a progrom.
Lowell Koup, principal at
Pelican school, explained tha
provisions of tho now federal
code, and also reported on obser
vations following the Installation
of tho penny milk fund In his
school. Koup sold that students
had Immeasurably Improved In
their school work and In general
school responses following tha
establishment of tho program.
Following discussion, tho Joint
boards took action and recom
monded that the federal program
be adopted for the remainder of
the school year.
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