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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. ORECON
NETTED GEMS
LEAD SPUDS
FOR TAGGING
-MEM
WOMEN IN
SERVICE
vs.-.
Netted Gorh potatoes led all
varieties of potatoes entered for
certification in Klamath county
in 1943, there being 1013 acres
out of 1559. total. White Rose
was second with 414 acres en
tered. Other varieties included
96 acres of Burbanks, three
acres of Bliss Triumph, and one
acre of Red Mcciure.
Practically all the White Rose
and Burbank seed produced in
Klamath county is shipped into
the Stockton and Shafter areas
of California. Last year, 99,174
sacks of White Rose seed and
8300 sacks of Burbanks . were
shipped from Klamath county to
those areas. The demand for
White Rose seed grown in Klam
ath county was much greater
than the production. From all
indications at the present time,
there will be about-a -25 per
cent increase ' in White Rose
acreage this year.
Netted Gems are the most
popular variety of potatoes
grown in una uuuni.
sacks of certified . Gems were
taeeed last rear and most of the
seed was sold locally, which in
dicates a demand for good seed
and an increase of certified acre
age and- better quality of com
mercial stock.
.A large amount of the Netted
Gem seed eligible for tagging
was not tagged, as it was plant
ed for production of commercial-
potatoes. A large quantity
of the certified Gems were sold
on the commercial market as
many buyers were late in mak
ing their demands for certified
seed known and growers wanted
to get rid of their potatoes.
There appeared to be a short
age of . certified . Gems in the
county this spring as many buy
ers were trying to locate seed
and the seed growers had clean
ed up their stock by moving it
into commercial channels. -
i More and more growers- are
finding that it pays to use good
seed, the . county agent's office
asserts. Seed is good only when
it is practically free of disease,
since disease is the primary
reasons for lower yield and
quality. Almost invariably ex
periment station reports of certi
fied versus non-certified seed
snow the better seed to be. the
top yielder by 10 to 50 per cent
Some local growers say they get
from 50 to 125 sacks more mar
ketable potatoes per acre with
certified seed. Experiment sta
tion records show that certified
seed is producing a higher per
centage of No. Is.
There are over 50 diseases and
troubles of potatoes. Many of
these can be seen only in the
vines, while the potatoes are
growing. Therefore, n selec
tion of seed is absolutely un
reliable, as diseases such as mild
and rugose mosaic, net necrosis
and other virus diseases cannot
be recognized in the tubers.
The virus diseases alone will
reduce potato yields from 20 to
40 per cent. Certified seed grow
ers carry on a rigid roguing pro
gram to prevent spread of dis
eases and to remove diseased
plants from the fields.
' June 30th is the closing date
for receiving applications for
certification at the county
agent's office in the. Federal
building. Ail growers who plan
to certify potatoes, alfalfa, grain
or clovers must get their appli
cations on file at the .county
agent's office by that time. Ap
plications are available at the
office or they will be mailed to
growers upon request. A tag
. taken from a sack of seed which
has been planted , by the grower
for certification must accom
pany the. application. :
Freight Cars Tie
Up Traffic '.
PORTLAND, June 16 OP)
Two cars at the end of a Pepco
freight train were derailed to
day on Portland's east side,
snarling busy morning traffic
around the crowded Hawthorne
bridge. .
Pepco officials said no one
was injured. The train was en
route from the East Portland
yards to the Spokane Portland
ana Seattle yard.
To a Telegrapher
.
If you're an experienced Tele.
grapher (Morse), your services
were never so vitally needed as
now. were at southern Pacific,
we are trying to do almost the
impossime rolling war . trains,
troop trains, ammunition, tanks.
jeeps, guns in tremendous num
bers . all for the Pacific of
fensive. As a telegrapher,, you
could help us keep these trains
rolling, keep the spear aimed at
Japan. Your work would : be
perhaps out in one of the sta
tions, perhaps In this area. But
wherever it is, it would be of
utmost importance. We believe
you will like working for S. P.
. v . like our people , . . like the
friendly spirit of this Western
railroad., . New, higher wages.
Railroad pass privileges. Fine
pension plan; Medical, services.
And above all, a fine job with
a permanent company. Come in
and have a talk with us.
. See or writ Trainmaster,
S. P. Station, Xlamaih Fills,
or your aaareit S.P. Agent.
German artillery firo Is tough,
but it's not Koini: to stop the
American infantry soldier when
he has a job -to do, according to
Corporal Dcnzil B. Conway, in
fantryman, who has returned to
the United States under the
army's rotation plan after 17
months of fighting hi Africa,
Sicily and Italy.
- And Corporal Conway, whose
mother, Mrs. Effio Conway, now
lives at 1435-Worden in Klam
ath Falls, speaks with some au
thority on the subject of enemy
shelling. For he wears the
army's Silver Star award which
he .earned by aiding wounded
comrades under heavy artillery
fire in Sicily, and the Purple
Heart as a result of wounds sul-
fered from the same type of
enemyfire in. Italy. .
A mortar squad leader with a
unit of the American 3d infan
try division, Corporal Conway
last saw action on the bitterly
contested allied beachhead at
Anzio. Telling of the action in
Sicily when he won the Silver
Star, he said:
I did just what any infantry
soldier would be expected to
do .... I was at"my observation
post directing mortar fire when
artillery- shells cut our com
munications wire. .
I started back to splice the
wire and I ran onto one of our
machine gun sections that had
been badly hit. I did what I
could to help the men there,
although the shells kept falling.
Then . I finally found medics to
nuce care of them and went
back to work -on the wire. I
had to splice wire three times
that day under heavy artillery
fire."
Corporal Conwav was hit in
the hand and lee bv artillerv
fragments - near Venafro, Italv.
The same shell, he said, killed
three of his comrades.
He expects to snenrf his fur
lough with . his . mother, who
lives with his sister, Mrs. Juan-
na need, at the Worden avenue
address.
' MAX.TN RtHVintl Lifiiildnonf
Iola Haley, serving in. the U. S.
rmy nurses corps as a dietician
at Kennedy general hospital,
Memphis. Tenn.. is home on a
15-day leave with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Perry Haley.
Lieutenant Haley flew from
Memphis to San Francisco on
an army bomber that was be
ing ferried to the west coast.
wnue nere sne is spending a
few days in Portland with
friends.
Shu has 1 n c t r-nm nl t a
course in dehydration of food
in preparation for overseas
training at Fort Benning, Ga.
Miss Haley has been in the
service for a year and graduat
ed prior to joining from Ore
gon State.
; KENO Private Carl Morgan
is visiting at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Murl
Morgan,, who reside on the
Spencer place. Morgan is ex
pected to leave about June 15
and will go to Colorado for
training with the ski trooos.
Carl lived in the Keno com
munity for a number of years
before entering the army. Pri
vate Morgan's wife is with her
husband and expects to go to
eoiorado . with him. . .
THREE BRANCHES . The
army, navy and Seabees were
the three branches of the serv
ice chosen by sons of Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. Howard, 3531 S. 6th.
F 1c James E. "Bud" Howard,
27, is now in North Africa with
a U. S. army air corps glider
division. Bob is officially known
as Sit 3c R. C. Howard. 28.
formerly with Copco here, and.
now stationed in the mid-Pacific
with the Seabees. Mrs.
Howard and daughter Marilyn
are with her parents in Vallejo
for the duration. Raymond has
just returned from two years
duty with the marines in the
South Pacific and on his arrival
in San Diego telephoned his
parents that he would be on
his way to Klamath Falls be
fore long.
PROMOTED Word has been
received here that Arthur (Bud)
Martin, yeoman 1c,. has been
firomoted to chief yeoman. Bud
s serving somewhere in , the
Pacific. Young ' Martin was
raised in Klamath Falls. He
graduated from KUHS with the
class of 1940. He is the son of.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Martin now
living in Salem, but who were
residents of this city for many
years.
Place-Name Expert Tells
Of "Klamath Falls' Origin"
One of the most photographed
girls in England, Miss Betty
Spurting, has had her smile in
sured for $5000.
(Editor's Note: The following
article is from the Western Pa
cific railroad magazine, "The
Headlight," and is one of a
scries of place-name histories
appearing in that periodical
from the pen of Mr. Brown.
The article followed correspond
ence between Mr. Brown and
Mr. Lewis A. McArthur, Port
land, whose revised edition of
"Oregon Geographic Names"
will appear soon. Mr.' Brown
also corresponded with The Her
ald and News regarding this
matter, as will be seen from the
article, which is copyrighted by
Mr. Brown.)
EARLY
NEWS by
LOWELL
THOMAS
7:15 p.m.
D0H1EE-MUTUU
Standard of California
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.
This key city of south-central
Oregon, distributing and mar
keting point for rich lumbering,
agricultural, cattle and sheep
raising areas, is of especial in
terest to the Western Pacific be
cause the Great Northern Rail
way's line extends south from
Klamath Falls to Bicbcr, Calif.,
there connecting with the West
ern Pacific's extension north
from Keddic, station on tho
main line in the Feather River
canyon. Our Mr. Robert R. Tay
lor is the Western Pacific's am
bassador in this territory, being
general agent with headquarters
at Klamath Falls.
For down-to-date Information
regarding the origin of the
name Klamath, we are Indebted
to Mr. Lewis A. McArthur of
Portland. Ore., who has made
available to us galley-proofs of
the revised edition of "Oregon
Geographic Names." soon to be
published by the Oregon Histor
ical society, under "Klamath
County," created October 17,
1892, by the Oregon legislature.
Mr. McArthur writes:
"Klamath county, taken from
Luko county, us tt existed at
that .time, 'was namud for the
tribe of Indians culled Klamath
by tho while settlers, The first
appcaranca of the nnino as far
us t lie compiler, knows, is In a
letter from Peter Skene Oiidon,
dated Burnt River, July 1, 1820.
which refers to tho 'Clumiultt
County.' Sco.Mcrk's Fur Trade
and Empire, pugo 274. On Oc
tober 5. 1826, David Douglas
wrote of looking into the coun
try called, 'Clumlle' by the na
tives who Inhabited tt. Ogdcn,
who used the form 'Clummittc'
on November 5, 1828, reached
the headwaters of tho Klamath
drainage on November 27 of
that year, but Indicates that Mc
Kay and McDonald, of his party,
had been there before.
"The theory has been advonc
cd that the name originated
with the French words- "clalr
metis,' meaning light mist,
which frequently lies above Up
per Klamath lake. Tho trouble
with this notion is that the
French stylo would be 'metis
clulr,' and if these words mean
anything, they mean a . light
colored naltbreod. However that
may be, both Indiuns and white
men used the name at an eorly
day, the former for the lakes
and tho latter for tho Indians.
The name may be a corruption
of Mnkluks."
Mr. McArthur follows with
references to early journals and
historical writings from which
we learn that Klamath was var
iously spelled: Clcmmat, Clam
ath, Klamnc. Klamct, Clemet,
Tlamath, Climnth, and Athln
mct. He adds that the Klamath
Indians, classed as a Lutuamiun
tribe, living about Upper Klum
ath lake, also on Williamson
and Spraguc rivers, called
them!clve.i Eukshlknl or Auk
Hill, "tho people of the lake,"
Klnmnth Falls, us Mr. Mc
Arthur says, is situated at the
fulls of Link River where that
stream flows Into Lnko Ewuimn,
tho pluco having boon orlginully
known as Llukvillo, Ho nays
that the Klamath Indian iiuinn
for tho place was Yokuluiiu or
Iuiuum, which referred to tho
peculiar blowing backward of
tho wuturs of Link river dining
strong south winds, tho Klam
ath name for tho fnlls being
Tiwlshkenl, or rush of fulling
waters phicc. Mr. McArthur
says that the town of Linkville,
forerunner of Klamath Kails,
was founded by George Nourse
In 1867.
From corrospondiMK'o w 1 1 h
MR. MALCOLM KI'LEY, man
aging editor of tho Klamath
Falls Herald-News, and from
his column headed "Today's
Round-Up" wo learn that the
Klamath County Star In its
Issue of April 10, lllftl. record
ed tho fact that Mr. Ira Los
kurd. local citizen, suggested
the chanuc of name from Link
ville to Klamath Falls.
"Klamath Falls." suys Mr.
Enley, "enmo from the presence
of rapids or low falls, In Link
river, which runs through the
town and which Is sometimes
culled "tho shortest river In tho
world.' The falls lire really Just
rushing wutor and sometimes
strangers, visiting here,, ask to :
see "1'ho Fulls,' and are dtonn- j
pointed when told they really ;
do not exist. A dam nt the
head of Link river now con-;
trols the flow of the water.
"This river Is also Interesting j
because a south wind, bucking i
up the waters of Upper Klam-!
ath lake from its head, used to
cause the river virtually to go
dry. Dnm control has climln-;
ated this phenomenon."
Under the sub-head "French '
Origin?" Mr. Epley said In a
recent publication oi his col
umn: .
. "Tho theory that tho name
Klamath origlnutud with tho
French words for 'light mint' is
favored by Huehttl Appleguto
Good (now Mrs, J. CJ. Swan)
Klamath historian, If for no
other than poetic reason. Her
father, the lute beloved -Captain
Oliver Cromwell Appleguto,
liked Ihn theory and Captain
Appleguto h u (I strung poetic
leunlugs , . , Whether or not
this theory Is correct, I doubt If
anyone who hud stood on n hill
top and has seen tho morning
mists rise in tho valley, Illum
ined by tho early rnys of tho
sun, will question that 'the land
of the light fog' Is u most np
proprintu and beautiful name
fur tho Klamath country."
In the foregoing, Mr. Epley
was quoting at the vloso from
the "History of Klamath Coun
ty" by Mrs. Good. The name
of George Nourse, mentioned
above, is sometimes spelled
"Nurse." Wo huve read that
the word "Mnkluks" means the
encamped people, but shall
await the appearance of Mr.
McArthur' revised edition of
Ills authoritative work on place
names for further enlighten
ment, Regiirdlng Klamath river, Mr.
McArthur any (hut tho Indian
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numo for this stream was Koho,
the generic name for river,
CnllfornluiiH uro Interested In
this name because tho Klvmulli
river flows from Luko Kwiumu,
Ore., iierus northern California
lo the i'liclflo ocean, the mouth
of the river being In Del Norte
county, There was once n Klam.
Mill county, California, but It
wns eventually divided between
Trinity and Siskiyou uounlles.
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We're Pulling Ahead In This War
At least, our men are . . . and we're
not going to lag behind.
It's time to roll up our sleeves--in fact,
to pull off our shirts, and provide the
ammunition for tomorrow's knock-out
blow!
Klamath's Quota Is $3,815,000
That's Big--But Not Too Big For Klamath
Because We're Going To
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Stah loan
If You Live
Outside Klamath Falls
THERE'S A PERSON ON THIS LIST
YOU SHOULD SEE ABOUT THE STH
WAR LOAN
ALGOMAt Ceorgo Hogelslein, choir
man; D. J. Rood, Scott Worren.
CHILOQUIN: Mrs. W. M. lorcnz,
chairman; William Morondo, Arthur
Blocklinger.
, FORT KLAMATH; Cuss Pago, choir
man; J. P, McAullffe, Tod Nicholson.
MODOC POINT: William Hcckmon,
c'hairmon; Mrs. W. E. Lamm, Evcritt
Hill.
KLAMATH AGENCY: B. C. Court
wright. chairman; Orville Elliott, Mr.
Lloyd.
DAIRY: William Bell, chairman;
Waldo Jones, Joe Horsley.
BONANZA: Fred Rueck, chairman;
C. Haley, K. I. Bold.
POE VALLEY: Mrs. Dan Llskcy, choir
man; Paul Breithaupt, Mrs. A. L, Mar
shall. . . .. . ..
LANGELL VALLEY: Lloyd Gift, choir
man; John Campbell, Malcolm Tcare.
MALIN: A. Kalina, chairman; A. E.
Street, Ray Von Meter, William Ranus,
Mrs. Perry Haley.
MERRILL: . Riley Dolap, chairman.
Dale West, supervising committee; ta
Crawford, C. W. Offiold, Ed Hammond,
W. F. Fruits, Melvin Bowman, C. L.
Hodges, Joe Steele, 0. M. Castleman,
Hugh O'Connor, C. E. Jay, Paul Lewis,
E, E. Evans, Joe Bally, Elmer Stukcl.
KENO: Lee Holliday, chairman; J. W.
Kerns, J. Kerns.
HENLEY: Porcy Dixon, chairman; U
B. Howe, A. R. Campbell. , , .
LOWER KLAMATH LAKE: Hilbert
Largent, chairman; Merlo Long, A, n.
Patterson. ,., D
BLY: H. R. Crane, chairman; W. K.
Campboll, Montle Clino,
BEATTY: Frank Schmitr, chairman,
Poto Lorenz, Ed Phlllipson.
HILDEBRAND: Jesse Drew, chair
man; Dave Bliss, C. C. Crawford.
SPRAGUE RIVER: Anna Woolford,
chairman; Mrs. Crace Reynolds, Pew
Carbough.
IVORY PINE COMPANY: George But-
ler. , ,
CHEMULT: Mrs. Brader, chairman.
-GILCHRIST: B.-W Wright, chairman,
Oro Bloy. ;. : . .
CRESCENT LAKE: Fred Hall, chair