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today's Roundup
5 By MALCOLM EPLEY
lyLAMATH basin people need to develop a
more definite understanding with the reo
ff lamation service as regards the extension of
m irrigated agriculture in this
f area.
2 While we have all indulged
m in a great deal of tall talk
2 about the possibilities of bring
" ing huge areas of land into
J irrigation, and it is true the
potentialities are great, we
JJ must face the fact that the
m immediate postwar projects of
the reclamation service In
Z elude only a relatively small
development on the Klamath
P project and a lot of big jobs
w eisewnere.
Z It takes a long time to get these plans into
jj the actual work stage. There are surveys to be
Z made, and many problems to be worked out.
s It is time to get started,
t? ..
Meeting Proposed
1 jr A E think high officials of the reclamation
Z W bureau should be asked here for a con-
ference with the civic and agricultural leader
i, ship of the basin, a meeting at which local
- aspirations can be presented and some definite
., program worked out. We should not depend
- on catching reclamation officials on hurried
trips through here, or on mail communications.
f The Klamath basin agricultural community
is blessed with a great deal of Individual enter
vprise. We do not believe that anywhere are
Z there farmers with more vision and practical
- ability to make the most of resources available.
2 The tremendous agricultural strides that have
been made here in the last two decades testify
2 to that.
" But irrigated agriculture extension requires
Z collective effort and cooperation of the gov-
crnment service in developing water use. We
Z have important dealings with the reclamation
bureau if we are to go ahead along the lines
talked about so much since the recent diversion
r squabble directed attention to the need for full
J use of water resources.
We should get the reclamation bureau offi
cials here and talk turkey with them.
7 Ceremony
A LITTLE ceremony was held here.last night
t- over a box of candy.
Z The sweets were mailed last October by Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Hamaker to Staff Sergeant
Haarby Bechen of this city, who was then in
Europe. . .
, They were intended for Bechen's Christmas,
but they didn't get to him. Subsequently, he
went to a German prison camp, and the candy
came back. The Hamakers saved it. Yesterday
Sgt. Bechen, home on furlough, visited them at
their home here and the box was opened,
i The candy was a bit dry and rancid, but
Sgt. Bechen remarked that in the German
prison camp, where he virtually starved for
two months, it would have been terrific.
'News Behind The News
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, July 17 No secret meet
ings with the military were held by the
Woodrum house committee which urged what
it called "a broad policy of universal military
training."
i No special information concerning difficulties
ahead of this nation was privately passed to the
committee by the war department which has
Tourists Drive Through
Snow Banks To Crater Park
i "When will the lake be blue?"
j This and similar questions are
now bombarding superinten
dents and raneers as visitors fil
ter Into Crater Lake national
park in a lively percentage of
pre-war lourisi seasons.
The ODenine of the road
through the park to Diamond
laKe was narcuy completed De
fore it was in use. Several cars
arriving too early were turned
back and others virtually fol
lowed the snowpiows.
Saturday traffic . found the
road through 15-foot snowbanks
at some places and strewn with
boulders from landslides at oth
ers, but passable all the way.
The road around the lake is alf-,
open.
Although the hewn-rock lodge
on the crater's rim is closed for
the duration, and cabins in rim
village are not available until
victory, visitors may make use
of the campgrounds overlooking
the lake if they bring all their
own equipment, including food.
Much of the 1945 traffic to the
park is from military installa
tions nearby, with buses provid
ed to transport personnel from
bases in Klamath Falls and Tule
lake. ' '
The 1906-foot-deep lake, cup
ped in the crater of an old vol
cano, is not always the violent
blue it is pictured, park attend
A GEM of
There was an old Gal named Blue
Who said "I don't think I look thirty, do you?"
The guy said with a tmilt, ,
NO, not for my pile.
But I bet by gosh you used to.
Face Powder, 25c to. $1.00
From Doc and Idella's Drug Store
. Phone 8466
been promoting
MALCOLM KPUEY
Managing Kauor
Falls. Oregon, by in
Publishing Company.
noitorflcfi of Klamath
hearings.
It seemed to
gram which
partments and
Member Audit
Bureau Circulation
cational groups,
societies, and
against it.
six members
women a miracle is wrought.
a
Favors All
EPLEY
ants tell visitors, as its color de
pends upon atmospheric condi
tions. It is bottomless as some
believe. It is always beautiful
wnetner veiled in mysterious
grey smoke-haze or sparkling
under the sun, with the Phantom
Ship riding at anchor near the
shore, and unique Wizard island
with its own cratered peak.
The object of national parks is
to keep sections of forests and
wooded areas lust as nature in
tended, untouched by the hand
of man, which explains why
thousands of dead whit frooa
killed by insect infestation
years ago. still stand in th nark
area ghostly sentinels among
ine living green.
Buildings are all in keeninc
wiiu uie surroundings, con
structed of native rock and tim
ber. Road signs and warning
signs painted on slabs of trees
retaining the bark preserve the
rustic atmosphere.
Animals native to the area
roam at will with no restricting
bars and cages and mav be seen
anytime, anywhere. Wildflowers
carpet the hillsides.
farK rangers will direct visi
tors to the most interesting spots
during their stay. Supt. E. P.
Leavitt and Assistant Supt.
Thomas C. Parker of Crater Lake
national park, extend a cordial
welcome to all visitors.
THOUGHT -
Tuatday. July 17. 194S
the youth draft. Specifically,
no Inside scare over Russia inspired the com'
mlttee,
a a
Woodrum Mystery
NONSEQUENTLY, considerable perplexity
has developed as to how and why it wont
contrary to the weight of evidence in its own
vote 16 to 0 in favor of a pro
none of its hearing witnesses
endorsed, except the army, navy, state de
the U. S. chamber of commerce,
against the popular opposition of national edu
both major national labor or
ganizations, two of the three national lurm
organizations, as well as the usual peace
women a groups.
To make the mystery more possible, one
member of the committee says he has received
only two letters from his district in favor of
the youth draft, while he has a bushel of mail
When congressmen go 16 to 0 (the remaining
abstained or wanted to delay
action but did not vote against the report
directly) in favor of something opposed by
their constituents and the most powerful lob
bies in Washington labor, farmer, education,
THIS one seems to come within the realm of
magic political magic. It should have
been entitled "How to Be a Politician in One
Easy Lesson." Caught between the army and
the lobbies, the committee favored both op
posite courses in moderation, of course.
Committee Chairman Woodrum tossed all the
hot potato evidence he had amassed, into the
air, then caught and came forward with some
conglomeration which steamed in the head
lines. Actually it is cold potato salad. His pride
in it did not leap even to ordinary bounds
as he did not even have it printed in the con
gressional record which prints all congressional
thoughts for the asking.
Upon close inspection you will find the re
port did not endorse the war department pro
gram but was worded to sound as if it did, by
approving "the principle" and "the broad
policy" yet undefined.
Among members of the Woodrum committee
is Representative James W. Wadsworth, of New
York, who is supposed to have seen to the
wording. He wants to draft all youth of 18
or thereabouts for a year in the army.
Talking around with the committeemen, you
will find many favor a democratic substitute
such as advocated by the Veterans of Foreign
Wars for training boys in schools, without in
terrupting their education, expanding the na
tional guard and reserves systems, and summer
camps. The report did not oppose this, ex
cepting it seemed to want the youths drafted
for it,
..,
VFW Program
THE Veterans of Foreign Wars program, fol
lowing the lines outlined in this column
since last September, now rates the best chance
of adoption by congress in the end without a
draft but only after more magic and semantics.
Next will come a report from the house mili
tary affairs committee and this may recom
mend drafting, as the military totalitarian are
in the majority there also.
But on the floor of the senate and house
today, a majority for a youth draft would be
hard to find. Compulsion for home and school
training without a national draft is the obvious
compromise.
The army has never come forward with a
specific outline of what it intended to do with
the young men if it gets control of them for a
year (no one mentions the young women any
more and I assume they have been dropped
from the army training program.)
But retired officers who are going around
the country whipping up sentiment in Ameri
can Legion posts advocate something like this:
Nine weeks' basic training (bunk-making, setting-up
exercises, etc.); nine weeks of special
ists training in various of the 4000 specialist
categories in the army; 13 weeks of small units
training, working in squads, companies and
battalions; 13 weeks of combat training and the
final eight weeks in maneuvers.
There would be no refresher courses.
Even so, the program still calls for a regu
lar army and navy and a national guard con
siderably larger than pre-war.
Tulelake Captain
To Stay With Unit
TULELAKE Capt. Don Rei
ben, wounded in action in Aus
tria on April 30 while serving
with the 44th division, U. S.
army, is not returning to the
United States with his unit, ac
cording to word received by his
wife here.
Capt. Reiben suffered a skull
fracture when the building in
which he and others were locat
ed was bombed. He is at present
stationed at Rhetms, France.
During his service in Europe, he
was awarded both the Silver and
Bronze Stars for heroic assist
ance to wounded while under
fire.
Our men in uniform are de
pending upon Oregon for part of
their food supply. Back our
country and our armed forces
one hundred Der cent. Let's all
do our part to keep fire from the
farms, fields and forests of Ore
gon. Help Keep Oregon Green.
Half-Wool
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From tha Klamath Republican
July 13. 1905
A. H. Naftzger has obtained a
franchise to build a street rail
way in Klamath Falls.
Get a bum cigar? Not at the
City Drug store.
Mrs. C. A. Sherlock of Lake-
view spent a few days here visit
ing friends.
Wise. Orem and Maxwell have
started a new sawmill near
Keno.
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From the Klamath Herald
July 17. 1935
A grass fire has covered be
tween 2000 and 3000 acres near
Bonanza.
Fishing conditions are cood in
Lake county. ,
SEES 135 PERMITS
Between January 1 and June
30 this year, 195 building per
mits involving work valued at
$208,326.50 were approved by
Klamath Falls city council, ac
cording to reports of A. W.
Downs, city building inspector.
The greatest monthly number
of permits during the past six
months were approved in May
when 41 were issued. January
construction topped all other
months, amounting to $54,745
value.
Types of construction, num
ber of permits and total estimat
ed value for each month are as
follows: January, 18 pei-mits,
value $54,745; five ' business
buildings remodeled; 11 residen
tial buildings remodeled and re
paired; 1 new residence; 1 new
church.
P.hm.ra nawnlla .rail, a
$24,825; 8 business buildings re
modeled and repaired; 25 resi
dences remodeled and repaired;
1 new resience. March, 26 per
mits, value $25,998; 1 new busi
ness building, 3 remodeled; 4
new non-residential buildings, 2
remodeled (SO and Teen-age); 16
residences remodeled.
April, 36 permits, value $29,
326,50; 1 new business building.
13 remodeled; 2 new residence
garages; 13 residences remodel
ed;- 1 temporary construction of
fice; 4 poster panels. May, 41
permits, value $41,760.50; 1 new
Dusiness Dunning, i; remodeled;
3 new residences, 19 remodeled;
1 residence garage and 1 wood
shed; 3 poster panels.
June, 40 permits, value $31,
671.50;' 1 new business building,
14 remodeled; 2 new residences,
21 remodeled; 2 residence gar
ages. Friendly
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GREETS NEWSMEN
By JAMES MARLOW
WASHINGTON. July 17 WV
As plain as an old shoe, the new
secretary of labor Lewis B.
Schwellenbach sat down in a
tan wind-breaker Jacket like
soldiers wear and humbly set a
precedent.
(At least newsmen who have
covered Washington for 30 jtears
never remember a member of
the cabinet doing anything like
it before.)
Schwellenbach called an off-thc-record
press conference, sat
down with the newsmen whose
beat is the labor department, and
asked them simply: x
What do you think I can do
to improve the department?
He's been busy trying to re
organize the department since
he took ofXice July 1 when Presi
dent Truman appointed him. He
quit a federal district judgeship
in the state of Washington to
take the Job. He had quit the
U. S. senate in 1940 to be a fed
eral Judge.
He has to work with the news
men. They re the men who in
the years ahead will praise him,
or criticize him for the Job he
does, i Unpretentious, dressed in
tho wlndbreaker, wearing horn
rimmed classes the 50-ycar-old
secretary asked the question.
Frankly he was trying to pick
the newsmen's brains. He want
ed to find out what they thought
could be done to Improve the
department which Labor Sec
retary Frances FerKins Deiore
him had headed many years un
der President Roosevelt.
The answers were not very
profound. One newsman thought
this might be done, another
thought something else. There
didn't seem to be any general
agreement on reorganization or
policy.
He seemed very eager to do
whatever could be done to get
the labor department's story
across to the public, to keep the
public informed on what was
happening and what could be
expected.
He listened to the suggestions,
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MARINE VISITS
HOMETOWN ON
RECRUIT TOUR
"By now Klamuth Falls should
be fully marine-conscious," sulci
sgt. swan li. swunson, recruit
ing officer for tho mni'lnn corps,
who visited liis homo town on
recruiting duty,
Sgt. Swanson Is a former car
rier lor tho llorakl and News,
and a graduate of KUHS. Ho Is
stationed at tho murmo corns re
crultiiig and Induction station,
Portland, ami is at present on a
recruiting tour ol southern Oro
gon. Enlisting In the U. S. marine
corps in 1942 at tho Kluniath
Falls station, tho scrgcuut has
dccii in active coinoal ul uumiul
canal. Tarawu. Snlpan and Tin
Ian. Many of his oversens bud
dies stationed at trie Barracks
during tho past eight months
have told him of tho welcome
which is typically Klamath
Falls.
Seventeen-year-olds mav now
enlist in the U. S, marine corps
for four years, or In the marine
corps for the duration of emer
gency and, or war.
"Watchlni! civilians become
marines in seven weeks is one
way to feel absolutely certain
that Americans can outfight any.
tiling on earth." Sit. Swanson
said. "This war Is still on and
will continue to bo until we get
sufficient men to wloe out the
Japs!"
Young men are needed now
to replace veterans with months
of service in the Pacific, who
have done their share and are
entitled to come home. Women
between the ages of 20 and 38
who arc interested In Joining
this great fighting outfit are also
being accepted now to "weor
the green of the' woman ma
rine.'' Interested applicants may ob
tain full Information by. writing
to 208 New U. S. Courthouse,
Portland 8, Ore.
Linn County Must
Stretch Income
ALBANY, July 17 (IT) The
Linn county publle welfare de
partment today pondered how to
stretch an estimated $375,000
1945-40 Income to cover a $430,
000 need,
Mrs. Ruth Cotter, administra
tor, said the county's welfare
needs had swollen because of
higher living costs, population
growth, more old-age benefici
aries, and an increase In neglect
ed or orphaned children. The
state welfare department has
lent her three workers for an
investigation of ways to ease the
strain on the county's pocket
book. '
U WEATHER
Mndy, Jnlr if, ItlJ
Max, Mln. Prccln.
Eugene ..-. HI 48 .00
Klamath Fall! 02 52 .00
Sacramento 0j M .00
North Hend M M .00
Portland o no .uo
Reno 04 .00
Kan rranclico 74 51 .00
Seattle on M Trice
Medford ' HO 34 .00
Red Bluff 103 73 .00
Oregon Scattered cloudi today, to
night and Wednesday with few scattered
howera In northeast portion today.
Moderate northwest winds off coast.
Warmer.
Northern California Clear today, to
night and Wednesday hut fog on coast.
Little chang In temperature. Moderate
northwest wind off coast.
didn't argue, made mentnl notes
and kept his own Ideas to him
self. The first results of the
reorganization now under way
may be announced In August.
Closed
Wed.-Thurs.
July IB and 19
for employees'
vacation
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600 Main
Vinegar
OUR MEN AND WOMEN
IN SERVICE
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HOME ON FUhLOUdH
Homo on a thirty-day furlough
Is Sgt. Verlon Bruiumoll, USMC,
son of Mr, and Airs. Drunk
Jumes, 30S2 Bi.ibuc. Uriimmoll
has been lit tho South Pacific and
the Philippines for the past 111
mnntlui. After ontorlng tho serv
ice, ho took Ills boot training at
Sun Dlcgo. While attending
Klamath Union high school, ho
worked for Klnmuth Mucliiiiu
and Locoinotlvo Works mid
after his graduation In 1U43 was
omployad at Montgomery Word.
When his furlough Is over, ho
will report to Kl Cvtitro,
EINARSSON GRADUATES
Tho United Slatos navy school
Music, receiving station, uiivy
yard. Washington. D. C. has an
nounced tho graduation of Gerald
r.inur.vion. who is a (ormvr resi
dent of Klamath Falls.
WITH U. S. FORCES IN BEL
GIUM Stock records clerks of tho
army's largest ordnance Darts
depot In Europe maintain a
40,000-card fllo system which
enables dnpot troops to fill or
ders for automotive or tank parts
correctly and quickly.
Among the members nr the
unit Is PKC Harold L. Robertson,
533 Lincoln, Klnmntli Falls,
9 9 9
CASEY DECORATED
"For cxemulurv behavior, ef
ficiency and fidelity" to duty,
PFC Jiimcs M. Casey, 120 S.
8th, Klamath Falls, has been
awarded tho Good Conduct
Medal.
A truck driver for the Engi
neer Section of Lt. Oni. Robert
L. Elchelbergi-r's eighth army
headquarters, Leyte. P. I., Casey
was inducted March 17 1043.
He was formerly a switchman
for the Great Northern railroad.
His wife, Mrs. Grace Ca.i-y,
and daughter, Addllne, live at
the S. 8th street address.
WINS COMBAT BADGE
PFC Clifford Engclklng, hus
band of lllancho E. Engulking,
1433 Oregon, and son ot Pcnrl
E. Engclklng, 317 Pino, Klam
ath Falls, has been awarded the
Combat Infantryman's Badge for
exemplary conduct displayed
while In combat against tho Jap
anese on Luion island -in the
Philippines.
PFC Engclklng came overseas
In December 1043 and Joined the
43rd "Winged Victory" division
In' New Zealand. During 32
months overseas, the 43rd has
participated in four campaigns;
Guadalcanal, Northern Solo
mons, New Guinea, and Luzon.
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GILCHRIST BECOMES ENSIGN
Stewart J. Gilchrist, son of
F. W. Gilchrist, of Gilchrist, was
graduated from the USNR Uni
versity of Notre unme, Notro
Dame, Ind., at tho Midshipmen's
school on Monday, July 8. He
was one of approximately 730
men graduated as ensigns.
USNR, after having successfully
completing four month's train
ing as midshipmen.
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quality mesh body material has full length elastic side
sections and Is moderately boned, It's neatly finished, right
. far summer and mado to do smart things for your figure.
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133 So. 8th
Describing some nf tho things
ho has seen, Sgt. Junius Uvur
turf wrolo to tils mother and
father, Mr. and Mrs. Charllo
Ovcrturf of Honloy, that, "l'vo
really si-en sumo turriblo sights
big towns turgor than Kluni
ath Fulls Just btimbod cluur to
the ground. Muybo you reiuciiw
K,. ,ll,,u nlwuit Ht I .ii w.
went through thoro at night unci
all thoro was standing woro Jus'
DiiHcrlblng fighting In th,
"Belgium bulge," Uvorlurf salt
"Wo laid In holes for 01 lu
In tho Hurl won forest. The sno
wus two to Ihrro feet deiy
couldn't have a flru hacuusv t,
Jerries would see tho smo'
nnH Imnw IiimI whnru wo wertl
WATSON GRADUATES f
FORT KLAMATH MTf.f
Jumes A. Watson. USMC,
of Mrs. Murgiirot Watson of "
Klamath, has been lirndu
from t Ii c Curtlss Techi
Trnllif ihnnl ,,( Hfulr, M
after receiving special
training In tho repair and m
tennnco of the C-IB nlrplni
Wutson wus graduated sr'
In a class of ovnr ou men.'
Ho has served for tlneo y
overseas with the ground c
of llio air corps In the South'
clflc unci returned homo
spring.
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HOME FROM PACIFIC
Herbert Perdue, HS ML 3
Is homo from the Pacific w
zone. vm nis who aim iu
sons in Klamath rails, no lias .
14 (In y leave, after which he will
report to Seattle for further as
signment.
I'erclur, who has uvea nere
for three years with his family
was employed by a local Isnn
dry company before his enlist
ment, lie has served in most or
the ma lor campaigns of the
(e lias served In most of
South Pacific, Including Gunin,
Loyle, Iwo Jlina and Okinawa.
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Paul O. Landry
this question:
"I work in local plant
and s.veral men who 1W.
in my neighborhood rid
to and from work in my
car. paying part of my
gaiolln. oxp.ni. for th.lr
transportation. Is It true
that th now automobile
liability policy will pro
tect me av.n whit. 1 am
carrying passengers for a
charg?"
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