rucember 30, 1944
MI
warasuames lake
Spotlight in 1944;
Basin Men Honored
By LOIS
Wr takes the front page
t(ore
Air ......... .-....
..i ..inrd icorn ol Pum a
met mcdul, incse navo noon
hmno bv men overscus fight-
wherever the United Slutcs
J1
Mm.v nf these awnrdii luvc
U.,, niado posthumously, To
these men who will not re
Turn stands monument on
Iho courthouse liiwn that thosu
.who p by m,y remember with
reverence (he sacrifice nindo by
lhOSC yollIlK luiuiria, hiiuih, iiib-
Jliic", Scobccs nnd merchant
f ToThe bent of our ability, The
HeriKI iiowd uao tuinimcti
SI 01 IJ1C11 WdW llVW UGQII
iiuh lii action, those who have
Itttn listed as missing In action,
"ind Ihora who are prisoners of
,ivir since January 1, 1044. If
there Is on orror In this report.
ws sincerely regret that It has
Ven mude. In many casea the
orllinal status of a man was re
ported to this pnpor, but when a
thingo was made the proper In
formation was not received. This
ificn. is our nuiior run;
Killed In Action
Lt. John Paul Sevclk, USA.
J Pvt. Victor Fcldner. USMC.
pvt. iionn opciicc, UDIII..
Pvt. Clarence W. Luce. USA.
' John Russell Fielder, cox-
tiwain, uoii.
i TSgt. Douglas M. Elder,
USA.
! Harry A. Wlechmann, CSF,
iSssuees.
AC Wesley D. Premo, USA.
' T'Snt. Theodore bclialt. USA.
, Wesley Sylvester Davis Jr.,
USA.
LI. Jack P. Laird, USA.
Glen Fields, USN.
SSii. John W. DeMllle, USA.
John T. Watts. ARM 1c. USN.
B'Sgt. Orvllla Cermlchuel,
USA.
2nd Lt. Charlta H. Simon,
:U8A.
; lit. Lt. Donald r. Turner,
USA.
Eugene Garrett, Merchant Ma
rine. Pvt. William r. Murray, USA.
SsL Albert Werner, USA.
S6gt. Alex Sundberg. USA.
2nd Lt. Bill Behorn, USA.
Melvln Brown, USA.
PFC Chad Reld Hartley,
USMC.
Reginald Grlser, USN.
SSgt, Clarence L. Anderson,
USA.
Joe Francis R o o ( n e r, MM,
USN.
Chnrles Marplo, USMC.
, Sgt. Tyrus Rlstlne, USA.
. SSjt. Alfred D. Giles, USA.
PFC Oscar Andrews, USMC.
Theo Van Meter, AOMlc,
yPvt. Arthur W. Bergqulst,
Corn. Rollo B. Cheyne, USMC.
PFC Tony Degerlamoe, USA.
Pvt. Walter A. Bulck, USA.
Pvt. Ned Mosa. USA.
Pvt. Robert Shadduck. USA.
James Orland McKeehan,
BMSc, US coast guard.
Zo.1 dully ere reference, to the ninny honor which h,.?. T1n '
Sed upon Klnmuth county's ouuo 11.01 , m.Ton , bt?"
,l,e mino '-. sas
IV i Morula tlrnnvn Ktni-a rtnl. t
Changing Times Bring Many
Service Men to Klamath,
Plus Women in Uniforms
Old timers In these parts can
remember when navy man was
fellow that stepped off the
triln en route from San Dlcgo to
onmerton, and marine uni
form was seen only on Armistice
Day on Carl K. Cook.
But times hnvo changed and
Klamath Falls has become a
hrce-way military Installation
with the Marine Barracks
iDraw nv Ann BuA... it..
town, the Klamath naval air ta
:ui o ino south, and Just over
n California line the military
"rd ot Camp Tulelnke,
Hundreds nf
J icncrous sprinkling of WAVES
no few of tho Women' Army
wrns, now rub elbows with the
flvlllan population, all this with
'M execution of Camp Tulelake,
Jjvlng find its inception sinco
-""uj mil,
...Bluejackets started nrrlvinir In
S'im;'h Falls ns personnel Ht
Chen to tho Klamath naval air
lillon which waa offlclnlly
commissioned Saturday, Febru-
Bk. w"n unidr. L, rl. Mc
Jr!0 ? the aklpper. Ho waa
Bi,n,VWAy?S nrrlved with com
f Jllon of facilities for them and
W have entered Into tho social
- ui me community.
ii ?l !on n,tc' ll'c lr lHn
c.i)fmlc,r ,wuy "nt the wn 8C
of n.vvetL ' "c" J tno PrC!en.
II-.., " "IIU WOlllUll Ull llio
J hi wor.k started on the Ma-
Cik lracK" wl'h Brcnnnn and
awarded tho Initial con
ha 1 of l.B0.700. Since then
uL?,n!.tnictln flguro has
i&d , ? s.3n.000 and this,
w2E5 wllh tho nBvy Installation
ffi. co,"t 8,353,000, consll
K wblo sum which has
m ,peiU 00 1119 tw Plnt
KimrV?c"r, l!HrtC(' pouring Into
from "lh r""8 111 lnte May fresh
&in0ni ,nl 4nty in tho South
ni? !'?.' Slnc thet time eontln-
" nvB continued to arrive as
ffi y completed their stay
Wnla a? 8,1,PPccl out to other
Pints, FomiBl mmmlnlnnlnl nt
U fdav 'J,Hckt0l P'"" on Sat-
1 1 nr i
STEWART
thcuo dnyi , i,u, .., .
w,., L,rur clusters n Iru nf ih
H.nH. , . "' . "r" me
Hlll TurpIn, USA.
USA r",nk Arllu" Cm
USA'.'' W"llt'r Jl AmbWl.
?.nd,u:, .""bert T. Leslie, USA
tapl. Khlc Hobcr, USA
Ronald K. Patterson, USN.
poA,,he, Bunn, A1, corrc.
nul' ri0ytl T; 1Jlrw'n. USMC
Pvt. Leonard J, Hocrth. USA.
'.lmiT,M: . USA.
1 fC Gene I. Kostlck, USMC
Lt. James D. Ncndel, USA
USA Uwrcnco - OrKfln,
LJ' Robert Bunnell, USA.
I'bK . Claud Pollock. USA.
V,UVcrnon Mtlhews,
! John 0. Urooka, USMC.
1.8 ,Allrln Chaney, USA.
Lt. Emll Potucck, USA.
E C, ,t,ltm' USA.
Sif A.,' ,1?",nl"n. SlCi USN.
Richard Hclbcr. F2c. USN.
Prlsonart nf W
2nd Lt. Stephen G. Nason,
Lt. Alvln A. Could, USA.
Sift. Stanley Eiell, USA.
USA " Prter D Clemcn
'SSiit, Bob Rltchcy, USA.
TSgt. Dale Flnley, USA.
TSgt. Jock Pntzke, USA.
Lt. John Rnffctto, USA.
SSgt. Lewis Pohll, USA. ,
2nd Lt. Rovce E. Smith USA
2nd Lt. James E. Barlow.
Clil. Dan Ellis. USA
S.'Sgt. Don D. Zumwalt. USA.
Cant. Lynn L. Moore, USA.
SKgt. Ralph Gustnvson, USA.
iTiiuitmi oricy, uaA.
Mining In Action
1st Lt. Harry Johnson, USA.
Pvt. J. C. Crahh. USA
USf.1 Ger8C Bl Rn'nvl.
SSgt. Duane A. Caasldy,
1st Lt. Robert Puckett, USA.
Miiisir
Cupid was in top place In
Klamath Falls durlnc the venr
of 1044, according to records at
tho Klnmnth county courthouse
There were 370 marriage licenses
issued at me county cierK s or
flee, In contrast to 297 divorce
decrees granted.
There was a decided decline
In the number of marriage It
censes Issued after tho three-day
period was enforced in K.anv
ath county several years ago,
However, the Drcsence of mill'
tary personnel during the last
two years nas ncunuciy uppea
the little man with the bow and
arrow to top position again.
mal ceremony on the parade
grounds.
Col. B. Dubel was Ihe com
manding officer at the time of
tho commissioning, succeeded In
November by Col. George O.
Van Orden.
There was no gradual accept
ance of service men. As a whole
the town turned out to live up to
Klamath's reputation as an nos
pita'ile place to live. Officers
and enlisted men found friends
among Klamathltes who were
wbki:, IVJ illiUVY .IIHH ...V u...... j
side. Much of this was due to the
program instituted ny me i-om-m
a n d o s who have since dis
banded. With the coming of USO an
enlarged program of hospitality
was arranged for the enlisted
of the planned program was the
presenco oi some ouuu uni
formed people who filled the
ABl. .Innl ITCH tn nnnarllv nvpp
the Christmas liolldays. The
same situation will probably ex
ist over New Year's for those
who may be spending another
holiday away from home.
USO is not. however, entirely
rcfponslblo for the entertain
ment of men at the center as va-
working in the big room, and In-
oivifluais nave piira up many
hmim nf norvllllf. cheCKlllff and
cooking for the center.
The senior hostesses who no
10 much for the men seldom re.
celvn credit for their long hours
f ...nWIW ...nrlr ThrV minihr
a groiui of 2fl0 women who work
behind the scenes tor me mon
part washing dishes, preparing
coffco and sandwiches,
Behind tho scenes and guld
Ing USO In Us policies and serv
Ices is tho operating committee.
...LI.1. I a cnlf.r'tnH Drniin of
local people, Including Clarence
Humble, chairman; Lynn Roy
rroft, vice-chairman; Mr;. Vera
m, .... no T.t iTnl. VOm
Austin, Ma). Henry Fane and Lt.
Al lltimpiiries.
Junior hostesses assist at the
m. . 1 1... J iU Aannm At. til ft
Marino Barracks, air atat Ion and
at camp tuiei"Rj
done much toward he welai
Sfueceii p of the service men
program
Against a Wintry Sky
' ' ' ' , '" - "' "f
' . k ii
si kt- 11 v I
tit 'vffiaMvi V Al
m if4!!'
Stands this shaft as a memorial to Klamath county man who
have paid the suprtma sacrifice since December 7, 1941, the day
of the Ptarl Harbor attack. It bears the legend, "We here highly
reiolva that than dead shall not have died In vain", from
Lincoln's Gettysburg address. An eternel light burns at the base
of the shaft ..; ....
Klamath Basin Farmers End
Year of Outstanding Food
Production, Break Records
By J. R. MeCAMBRIDGE,
Assistant County Agent
Farmers of the Klamath basin
have just finished another year
of outstanding food production,
with potatoes reaching an all
time record of 26,000 acres pro-
ritti-lntf 12nnn rnrinnris. which is
an increase of 2748 cars over
1043. At the present lime buuu
nt notatnoc nt thn 1044 rron
have been shipped, which is
xnree-iourtns oi wie ioihi piuuu.
tion and 25 per cent above nor
mal shipments at this time of
year. Tho state department of
agriculture records show that
shipments have reached as high
as 130 cars a day, with a daily
average shipment of 65 cars.
This Is tho heaviest and fastest
movement of potatoes ever seen
going to market from the Klam
ath basin. Generally, throughout
the basin the quality or percent
age of U. S. No. 1 has been
slightly lower than the 1043
crop. This was due primarily to
the cold unfavorable spring of
1044.
Cattle, in general, throughout
the entire area have been de
creased. This means that cattle
going to market during the 1044
season were about 5 per cent
greater thBn in 1043, leaving a
lower inventory of January 1,
1945, than January 1, 1044. This
Increased marketing is in line
with the national, stato and
county goals as It was necessary
to bring livestock numbers in
balance with the feed supply.
This season also saw a heavy
marketing of hogs. The sheep
population in the Klamath basin
has been reduced approximately
30 per cent to somewhere around
40,000 head remaining in the
county at the end of the year. A
small reduction was asked for
in sheep numbers but it is felt by
some agricultural people that
this decline Is a little too rapid
Maei Demands
Poultrymen also met their de
mands for holding about the
samo production 1,800,000 doien
eggs and 450,000 pounds of poul-
l Knli.ff nrnriiirnrl. TlirkeV
production was slightly lower.
witn appro jiimnii nuu.uvv
pounds of turkey meat going to
market. .
Grain growers did not rcacli
their 1043 record-breaking pro
ductlon of 4,250,000 bushels.
tui. ...n ,l nrlmarilv In the se-
4IIID n p mmw i ----
vere spring irosts and adverse
weatner conumuno. ,,
were reseeded but all-told the
grain crop was fair, with barley
r..lrt tliftn nntft and W 10t.
ICUWIi'ft, ... w.-..- -
The season experienced some
changes tor tno ocm-i mm wiw
, u. mnK. nnnnrnllv. the
jur u.u v,
, .nI.i,i,.m.v cnniilv was Im
proved, with more machinery be
ing made avauaoie anu kuiu
off ration, but supply Is still not
...ftin. in mf.pt. Mm tremen
dous demand. Again, old ma
chines nave oeen m u
production picture much longer
than usual. Mechanically minded
" I...,. Krtrtii rnhllllrilntf
thoso niachlnes as well as build
ing new ones trom wm unva.
m n . - V. I . 1.1.1
rrDciviii . . ,
i .f.iai- mimher of notato
harvester! andae kera have
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALL5, OREGON
been built and used tn this dis
trict. After all is said and done,
the basin farmers have met their
machinery problems of re-building,
building new machines, bor
rowing and trading equipment,
doing custom work for one an
other, and working long hours.
Thus, the basin crops have been
grown and harvested during the
normal period.
Local labor was not as olentl
Jul this year as more and more
of the basin's young farmers are
In the armed forces and tne itin.
crant workers were not of pre.
war quality. However, the har
vest would not have been com
pleted had it not been for the ex
cellent harvest weather through
out September and October, plus
the fact that over 50 per cent
more Mexican nationals were
used and the help provided by
school, children, non-farm people
of the basin, prisoners of war,
and men from the local marine,
navy and army bases. To harvest
tnis years crops, over iou,uuu
man-days were required.
Improvements Made
During these years of tremen
dous high-gear farm production,
farmers of this county are look
ing ahead on a long-time agricul
tural .program. There has been a
great Increase in land-levelling
and solid building practices in
general, spurred on ny tne Dene
fits derived under the agricul
tural conservation urogram. A
total of 60,102 cubic yards of re
organized irrigation ditches
were constructed, levelling was
done on about aouu acres, n.tvi
lineal feet of drain dltcnes con
structed and 10,060 feet of 24
inch cement Dice used in reor
ganization of irrigation and
drainage systems. Most growers
are holdine their cropping pro
gram in balance by keeping at
least JU per cent oi weir acre
age in legume crops or growing
and turning under green manure
crops.
Approximately 1000 acres of
green manure crops were lurnea
under this year. Nineteen hun
dred and forty-four saw the
Klamath experimental area ex
tended into a full-fledged exper
iment station, with experiments
to Include some land on Lower
Klamath lake and also some of
the higher producing soil on the
Klamath project. ,
Increases Planned
An agricultural advisory com
mittee has been formed to give
accurate and unbiased agricul
tural information to returning
veterans of World War i inter
ested in agriculture. All of these
things indicato that the fanners
ot this area are looKing ana plan
ning ahead and 1045 will be an
other year of Increased food pro
duction. Our government is ask-
ini the farmers for an increase
In some crops, such as five per
cent in hay, 125 per cent in Aus
trian peas, iju per cent in com
mon rve urass seed, and all cos-
ilhla nf seeds of alfalfa, alslke
clover, ladino clover and red
clover, Slight increases m mux,
oats and com are asked for; and
the same-production maintained
as In 1844 of milk cows on farms,
chickens to be raised, turkeya.
DEATH TAKES
KLAHUTHITES
DURING YEAR
As the months rolled up to
close the year of 1944, they
brought death to manv Klamatn
county pioneers, as well as men
and women who had lived here
a lesser time but who had taken
jneir piace in tne civic and social
life of the community.
It is always a sad task to com
pile tne names ot those beloved
among their fellow townsmen.
With tie assists nrt. nf Unr,i-.
and Wnitlock's tuneral homes,
i.iwe lunuwt a ii5i oi men auu
women who passed during lim
and whose residence heie ex
tended beyond a period of lu
years:
JANUARY
Mary I. Lung, Jamei W. HUton.
y.C Heiiimoud. William K. Moid?
Maie May Cone. srl E. WalKer, May
C. (.lark, rtulh v. hum, Maria Lmun
Hedrlck. Bum B.cmtroin Vara ArcJJ
glnjliam, Snlrley Ann Cnaia, Etna I
Beatrice Power.. Ullian May lii"
grlcka, Cerlrucle . Ccuaqut, tnarle. il.
Muaurof' U"'h" u foMrttop, Jarao.
William Henry 1nompon, Margaret
Iiaac IJuvalj. Hicham Jama. Maioncy.
fl IWfirie. Vallen W. Hutcnln., Bert.fa
WaUh Taylor, Cora Bella Bmllh. Danlei
Wat.on. John M. Clemen., Bird a.
Lopiley, Iiaao Weiley Hernnglon, Li-
Sallllnalon, Ollva A. Kict, Ariin
Arthur Adam. Oswald M. Hector, Henry
T. D. Lohmeyer, Martina Audrey Lane,
Sadonta fio.il. rum R. Wirtt, Paul
Lambert, Chanel Owen Well., Albert c.
Schultt, William Byron Spencer.
MARCH
Emanuel Sander, Alma Viola Merrill.
George E. Com.lock. Harel B. Firey.
Kalle David, Norman L Mucelmari,
Frederick W. Bertram. Olaf E. Noren,
Erick E. Berg, Ted Smith. Zmma Derra.
Loula A. Brannan, Ollva Amanda Cray,
Stanley Ray Badkey.
APRIL
Henry Hettler, Kraneea P. Moss,
Maude J. Doege, Annie E. Stcen Kidd,
Mary I. Bowman, Nick S. Sladln, Stephen
M. Gurney, Stonewall Jackson. Callle
Allen. Neli P. Napier, Ada May Thomp
son. Emma M. Lljhlfoot, J. Floyd King.
Harry Duffy. Nellie Elizabeth Smltn,
Albert Langer.
MAT
Henry J. O'Brien, James E. Swansen,
Anlca L. Anderson. Leah Morgan Smith.
Napoleon Hamel. Jackson F. Kimball,
Elsie E. Stearns. Chrlstman George.
Charles Shulmlre, Patricia S. Cooper,
John Roberts Canoy, Robert Benjamin
Spencer, Gladys M. E. Lofdahl, James
Riley, Levi Walker.
JUNE
Anna B. Pollvka, 'tomasso A. Ambro
gettt. Jessie Blanche Momyer.' Joseph
Truchon. Bessie B. Dunbar. John Calvin
Rutenlc. Herbert LeRoy Wood. Frank
John Grimm. Francis West, Gerald Dean
HoUhouaer, Watktn Davis, Ersklna Beat.
JULY
Joseph Newton White. Stanley R.
Berry, Donald Angus McDonald, Donald
Lamont Wicker. Lee Otto Smith. John
w. Cabler. Abe Captain. Bessla May
Thompson, Bella Wauh. Zllsa W. Long,
Jennie Agnes Patterson, JusUne O.
Schmor, Ava M. Barnes. Mary E. Matt,
Maylen T. Prince. '
AUGUST
Carl A. Marenall. John R. Hershber-
Ser, Jackson S. Horton, Magda Terrell.
,my Loretta Zumbrun. Oscar Baker
Bunch, Tlburclo Juan' Soto, Henry Er
nest New. James Marshal Duncan.
SEPTEMBER
James Oscar Harney. VlnkO' Matin,
Mary Margaret Caldwell. George Hiram
Fenlon. Ellen Brown, Augusta Eckstein.
William Shields, Sallle Jackson, General
rrancie Mahan. Minnie Myrtle Griffin,
Thomas P. Michael, Clna MeUlda Brook
field. Jennie Maude raus, William H.
McPherren.
OCTOBER.
William P. Nleman, Edward Daniel
Briscoe. Gloria Bertha Johanson, Joseph
Ivan Beard, Walter Floyd Culten, John
Wesley Parent. Hannah Elizabeth
Crank. John Spolek. George Klncald,
Alfonso Marlon Crystal, Harel A.
Roney. -NOVEMBER
Mable Irene Madsen, Maggie ChllOQuln.
Flora Aggie Brown. Georgo Dcnulu
Grizzle, Ernest Buck. Thomas Hall Allen,
Margaret Agnes Peck. Cain Schonchln.
Lena B. Logan, Carl George Ruff,
Michael Rueck. Ethel May Rowden.
Mabel E. Fowler. Otto George Barft.
Charles Sherman Waldrlp. James Wash
ington Jackson. Sarah Alice McCormlclc
DECEMBER
Scott Hartford Barbour. Charles' A.
Carlson. Henry Asahel Tablot. Anna
John, Edwin A." Lucas. John Bruikey.
Edna Inez Ackley. Mary Eugenia Owen.
Wllltem Thomas Osbom. Dorothy Glad 8
Anders. Arthur Rlsley, Rosemary Jacit.
son Merrltt. Ima Myrtle Schultt. Georgia
Emetine Patterson.
DIM
The stork was far ahead of the
"grim reaper" in the race of
1044, according to the local
health unit in Klamath Falls.
The monthly tabulation of
births and deaths for the entire
year is as follows:
Births Deaths
January 70 39
February 86 38
March 66 33
April , 71 2T
May ; 85 25
June 73 27
July 75 ' . 30
August 85 37
September 78 26
October 83 33
November 68 24
December 15 41 23
Total JB81 362
STORK RACE
DELTA, Colo., Dee. 30 (VP)
Answering a call from a woman
expecting a baby. Dr. R. A. Un
derwood drove his car into the
wrong yard.
As he was backing out. the car
pot stuck in the snow. Dr. Un
derwood thrust his foot out the
open door to give the car a boost
and It struck a gate post, break
ing his leg.
Another doctor won the race
with the stork.
sheep on farms, potatoes, barley
and peas for processing. Slight
decreases are asked for in wheat,
rye and sows to farrow n ext
spring. Decrease is also asked for
In cattle and calves on farms by
January 1, 1946, hens on farms
March 1. 1945, In dry peas up
to 40 per cent, and also In most
vegetable seeds.
The Klamath basin farmers
have always met or exceeded
production goals set up for them
and 1045 will no doubt see rep
etition of this all-out effort to do
their part to further the winning
ot the war.
STORK BEATS
11 REAPER'
Klamath Hits Peak
In Business in '44,
Local Bankers Say
By C. C. BLOHM
Manager, U. B. National Bank
A brief summary of conditions
In the Klamath Basin at the close
of 1044 again emphasizes how
fortunately we are situated so
cially, economically, and from a
climatic standpoint.
Agriculture has again realized
a very profitable and successful
year. Despite some unfavorable
weather conditions, the harvest
was, in general, gratifying. The
future seems to hold greater de
velopment of our agriculture
both as to additional acres, more
Intensive farming, and still more
Improvement of quality of our
farm products.
The timber situation, as pic
tured by the forestry people re
cently, Is not at all optimistic,
but demonstrates clearly that
immediate steps should be taken
toward making more extensive
use of the remaining stand of
timber if we are to realize the
maximum economic results from
this great natural resource.
. The more forward-thinking
timber people envision a greater
remanufacture of the log in this
vicinity creating additional pay
rolls of high-quality workmen
and producing the greatest
amount of payroll dollars per
tree felled. This would not only
include cut-up plants, but would
also Include manufacturing
plants in the plastic field where
waste materials may be profit
ably used.
Human Element
The human clement in our
community may well be termed
a great asset and the possibilities
of its development should not be
overlooked. These developments
would lie in the direction of better-educational
facilities as well
as providing various institutions
for the advancement of the so
cial status of our population,
such as a more progressive
school program, a community
center or a YMCA, and enlarged
church, activities. These institu
tions and facilities can only be
made available through the gen
erosity o our citizens in the way
of contributions or through gen
eral tax levies. A very great re
sponsibility will rest upon this
community towaras tne tun de
velopment of its young men and
women after the war is over and
our loyal veterans have re
turned. We are now carrying a heavy
tax load and if we are to be able
to provide for additional levies
in the future and at the same
time leave our tax structure so
that it will not be a barrier to
private enterprise and initiative,
it may call for thorough cooper
ation of all tax levying bodies
so. that the more Important tunc
tions of government and future
development might be provided
for in order ot tneir importance,
financial Gains
Much has been done by far-
seeing citizens in providing a
program for bond reduction and
if in the future tax levying bod
ies, in the absence of city or
county management, could coop
erate to hold the overall tax bur
den to a reasonable point and al
locate the amounts derived from
taxation to the institutions and
activities in line with their eco'
nomic and social importance
rather than from a sectional de
sire or political expediency
standpoint it would seem that an
additional forward step would
have been taken.
Upon plans such as these will
depend the general future char
acteristics of the population of
this area and these characteris
tics will either be outstanding as
to high quality or otherwise to
the degree that the community
will provide.
By nature we are richly en
dowed. The management of
these resources seems to be our
challenge.
ODT Abandons Hope
For Higher Speeds
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30 m
The increasingly critical tire
shortage has caused ODT to
abandon all thought of relaxing
tho so-called national 35-mlle-
an-hour speed limit for highway
travel,
Recently consideration had
been given to proposals to lift
the limit, possibly to 45 miles
an nour, it was learned tociay,
but all suggestions for modifi
cations now are out the window,
for the immediate future at
least.
Tests have shown the 35-mile
limit has been observed only
spottlngly in the past. It was
established oy tne onice ot de
fense transportation In October,
1942, as a means of conserving
tires.
The only major modification
has been to permit trucks carry
ing vital war supplies to travel
faster by flying an emergency
pennant.
Student Flier Alive
After Odd Crack-Up
WENATCHEE, Dec. 30 ()
Lady Luck rode with Trances
Williams of Manson yesterday
afternoon, when the Piper cub
seaplane she was flying crashed
into the 110,000-volt power lino
which crosses Lake Chelan at
Lucerne, flipped over on Its
back, and quickly sank until
only the pontoons remained on
too the water.
The 18-year-old student flyer
luckily was able to force the
cabin door open and clamber
atop one ot tne pontoons, wnere
she waited for a shivering five
minutes until her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Robert Williams, rescued
her in another seaplan
By MITCHELL TILLOTSON
Manager, First National Bank
There i littlo nnnhi u.n u
fore final figures arc available,
that 11144 was thi all. limn
year for business in Klnmnth
County.
Industry was probably below
some previous years in point of
unit volume of production, but in
dollar volume of payroll, the
luiuuur ousiness was still near
an all-time high.
Crop yields were high and
heavy early shipments of the
1944 crop of grain, potatoes and
hay udded voiumt of Income be.
fore the old year ended, making
this a peak year for farm dollars.
All of which was heavily aug
mented, of course, by govern
ment expenditures for military'
construction approximating $4,-
Just as an indication of growth
in VOllim nf huclnno k-laM.ll.
county subscribed in war bonds
during 1B44 about 250 per cent
Of total hanlr rienncile nt th
county for the year 1934. And
uun mis iu-year period, bank
deposits for the county have
grOWn at a nacp at lr.net r,,.al
to, if not greater, than the rate
ui isrowin ior uregon and for the
country . as a whole.
Some Inflation
As a result, farm lanrl tulna.
and residential property values
have experienced some inflation
more or less in line with infla
tion in commodity prices.
However, on the basis of ac
tual sales, farm land values have
not risen as much here as the
rise reDorted for manv Mho,, op
tions of the country. It may be
to note, nowever, that cau
tion IS hpinP llt-O-Arl hi. h. n
o tiic MC
partment of agriculture, federal
housing administration, and
many other government as well
as private agencies with refer
ence to investments of this char
acter until such time as prices
may become more stable,
No Slackening
Looking fnruarri in IQit U I.
impossible, to foresee any slack-
ciiuib oi uiQusmai. commercial
or agricultural activity for the
nc. is mon.ns unless an early
end of the European war should
immedlatplv affoM. . i:...
prices. It is possible that mill-
less dollars locally, but this
could be largely offset by itv
Creased nonnlatinr. tn nit., a-afti
tary esteWshent. '
- i aPPe,?rs that agricultural
goals will not be materially
changed, and certainly lumber
mills will be asked to produce as
r. M vuiHpie iaDor supply
will permit.
Any long range view of the lo
cal emnnmv MnnnC -I-. t
j M.CUVUS a
long range program of post-war
j V wu-n, intensive
, ""eaoy is oemg done
alone these lintv: hut a. tv, .......
nears an' end this work must
nacmainjr db expapaea and di
rected toward those lines of bus
iness and industry which appear
nnssihln nt 9m..i.ii:
territory.
VIOLENT DEATH
TOLL SURGES
TO 0L0 LEVEL
Violent death went back to
pre-war levels. In Klamath
ly in 1044, with 40 such deaths
reported as against 29 in 1943
it is shown in the annual re!
port of Dr. George Harold Ad.
ior, coroner, .natural death In
vestigations by the coroner also
showed a gain from 30 to 38.
Tive of the violent, deaths
were strictly ot a military na
ture, beine the results of arrl.
dents to airplanes of the Klam
atn naval air station. These were
accidents that occurred in Klam
atn county only, and do not in
clude plane deaths In Lake, Mo
doc and Siskivou counties
where other planes from the
navy station crashed.
Suicide took an unusually
heavy toll here in 1944. The
total was eight, as compared
tviiu jivu in ivta,
Auto accident toll, which de
clined during the early years of
the war period, rose again in
1944. The total was 12, as com
pared with three in 1943.
Here is the coroner's com
plete report for 1944:
Natural causes 38
Suicides
Shooting , , 5
Hanging
Homicides 2
Stabbing and beating 1
Beating 1
Accidental causes 30
Conflagration 1
Fall I
Gunshot wound 1
Drowning 1
Farming 1
Industrial (lumber) 4
Motorcycle 1
Train 3
Automobiles 12
Airplane 5
B-24 Bomber Crashes,
10 Crew Members Die
MERIDIAN, Idaho, Dee. 30 W)
A B-24 bomber from Gowen
army air field crashed . and
burned near here last night,
killing 10 crew members, Col,
John R. Kane, commandant of
the base at Boise, said.
Classified Adi Bring Results.
PACE SEVEN
PRECIPITATION
FOR '44 DROPS
BELOW NORMAL
By R. S. HOPKINS
Witarmastar,
Klamath Falls Office
Bureau of Reclamation
Precipitation for the year 1944
was 12.27 inches, which is slight
ly below the normal of 12.98
inches for Klamath Falls. It was
the dryest year since 1939 and
was reflected in the inflow to
project reservoirs, which was
about 75 per cent of the average,
and an increase in the amount
of water diverted from the pro
ject canals.
The total amount of water In
storage in project reservoirs,
available for irrigation. Is ap
proximately 357,000 acre-feet,
which together with an average
Inflow of about 1,400,000 acre
feet, assures an ample supply of
water for all purposes during
the coming year.
The mean temperature for the
year was 47.5 or slightly below
normal, which is 47.8 for Klam
ath Falls. The hottest days of
the year were July 17 and Au
gust 27 when the thermometer
registered 94 degrees. The hot
test day in the past 39 years was
105 on July 27th of 1911.
The coldest day of the year
was January 7, when four de
grees above zero were regis
tered. This Is much warmer than
the 16 degrees below zero on De
cember 13 of 1919, the coldest
day on record for the past 40
years.
During the growing season,
April through September, two
months, May and September,
were slightly warmer than the
average, while April, June, July
and August were cooler.
During the same period, June
and July were above the aver
age in precipitation while the
remaining months were below.
The average precipitation for
the growing season is 3.69 inch
es and ip 1944 it amounted to
4.99 inches.
FOR PRIVATE
JOBS, REPORT
Building in the Klamath,
basin, which reached great pro
portions as far as military in
stallation and related work was
concerned during 1944, saw few
private jobs under way as com-'
pared to pre-war years.
Total private construction for
the past year, under, war-time
restriction, reached $96,755, or
10.3 per cent of the 1940 build
ing figure of $933,727, highest
of early pre-war years.
Alva Downs, city building in
spector, prepared the following;
comparative figures: 1941,
$636,269; 1942, $152,900; 1943,
$73,540; 1944, $96,755. By
months, with the exception of
December not yet totaled, the
private construction picture
looked like this:
January: Residences remod
eled, 4, $850; business houses
remodeled, 3, $1200; total,
$2050.
February: Residences remod
eled, 1, $250; repairs, to busi
ness houses, 3, $1200; new busi
ness houses, 2, $7300; total
$8950.
March: Residences remodeled,
5, $7250; business houses re
modeled, 5, $1475; new busi
nesses, 2, $2500; total $11,223.
April: Residences remodeled,
14, $3875; business houses re
paired, 4, $1050; new business,
1, $150P; total, $6425.
May: Residences remodeled,
24, $6730; business houses re
paired, 4, $775; total, $7525.
June: Residences remodeled,
20, $4045; business houses re
modeled, 7, $5250; total, $9295,
July: Residences remodeled,
24, $4060; business houses re
modeled, 9, $8015; total, $12,
075. '
August: Residences remod
eled, 22, $3170; business houses
remodeled, 4, $915; garages, 4,
$1300; industrial remodeling, 2,
$635; apartments remodeled, 2,
$450; gas tank, 1, $45; total,
$6515.
September: Residences re
modeled, $2903.40; business
houses remodeled, 10, $5455;
garages, 3, $550; industrial,
new, 1, $5000; total, $13,908.
October: Houses remodeled,
12, $3750; business remodeled,
4, $1650; garages, 3, $550;
chicken house, 1, $50; churches,
1, $150; new business, 1, $350;
new garages, 1, $450; remodel
apartment, 1, $750; total, $7700.
November: Residences remod
eled, 6, $3330j business houses
remodeled, 8, $2712; garages,,
1, $50; business, 1, $250; chick
en house, 1, $25; total, $6367.
December: Residences remod
eled, 9, $4370; business houses,
1, $400; total, $4770.
5 to 8 May Die In
Holiday Smashes
SALEM, Dee, 30"(P) On tho
basis of past experience, five to
eight persons will be killed in
Oregon traffic over the New
Year's weekend unless drivers
and pedestrians exercise greater
care than in the past. Secretary
of State Robert S. Farrell Jr.,
warned today, : ),.:
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