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Henderson States 1 945 Season One Of Rapid Changes In Agriculture By C. A. HENDERSON Klamath County Agricultural Agant The season of 1845 has been a ... - MnnlcaelK nr fremient $ ind rapid changes at least as ar as agriculture is concerncu. The aarlv soring was dry and tuirly mild resulting in comple tion of much early spring work nd early plantings. This dry fnnHiiinn was followed by ex tremely heavy rains in May, hranltlnff all DreviOUS TjreClDitB- tion marks for that month. This Interrupted planting, particular ly of potatoes, ana causea many rrnn complications during the season. A large part of the po tato crop was piantea exiremely late and that part which was planted before the rains was covorolv retarded bv the heavy moisture. A survey of the condi tion of the potato crop made Dy the Klamath Potato Growers' , Association in early August indi cated a decrease of 20 m yieia from the Drevious year, mis es- timate of decreased production was just about - borne out by yields at harvest time. Cold, wet weather was fol lowed by consistently hot weath er until late in September, a condition favorable for insect Hevelnnment. - Growing conditions in the fall were excellent, with the first killing frost not occuring until killing frost not occurring until doubtedly helped tremendously in securing reasonable produc tion of potatoes, clover, alfalfa and grain. Weather Cood Harvest weather was good and contributed to a reasonably good harvest season, notwithstanding acute labor shortages. Mexicans, prisoners of war, and occupants of farm labor camps established at Malin and Tulelake provided a major portion of the needed farm labor in addition to that available on farms. By Novem ber first nearly all of the potato and onion crop were under cov er without serious loss due to weather conditions. The rainy May weather was of great importance to the live stock industry, as ranges were particularly dry and it looked like an acute summer teed snort age. The heavy May rains pro vided excellent pasture on all spring, summer, and fall ranges. Throughout the district, as a re sult, livestock did particularly well. Increased insect troubles de veloped in certain areas, requir ing considerable cooperative poisoning by the land owners, county, state, and federal gov ernments. A thorough poison job was not possible, and as a result a heavy grasshopper in festation in certain areas can be expected in 1946. . Turkeys Excellent The season seemed particular ly favorable for turkeys, and while the number was smaller than a year ago, the quality was excellent. Incomplete estimates indicate a turkey crop, of ap proximately 30,000 marketable birds. Some increase in poultry production was also experi- enced.. food and laoor costs were particularly high, thereby reducing promts. The dairy industry showed a little tendency to recover and make up for some of the ground lost due to price regulations dur ing the war period. Throughout the war dairymen found it diffi cult to compete with other types of fanning in the face of low price ceilings and high costs of leed, labor, and equipment. An encouraging item, however, was that many dairymen were sav ing heifers so that they could again get back into dairy pro duction when economic condi tions should warrent it. All-Tun High The potato acreage reached an all-time high, estimated at z.ouo , acres in the district. However, decreased yields would indicate that shipments wouia naroiy reach those of 1944, when the acreage was slightly under 26.000 acres. A bumper cron of alsike clover seed was harvested and sold at ceiling prices throughout the It ' season. The Klamath district if now produces in the neighbor t . hood of 10 of the. nation's al- :i sike crop, and the seed produced i i . here commands : the . highest s ; price in ine nation. , Heavy seedings of this crop j were made in late summer and i early fall, . insuring a much ' greater acreage for. harvest in : j 1946. Other small seeds, such as i blue grass, ; bent grass, red clo- ver, aiiaua, ana otner miscellan v eous small seeds added to the ! " seed crop income. .. i . Grain acreage was large and ! . yields ; generally : . were good. Much of the barley was of brew ing quality, insuring premium prices. 1 he hay crop was of good quality but the total was slieht. ly less than normal, due to ex pansion of other crops. Major Problems - Major problems met by farm operators during the year were labor, marketing, and - equip ment, iviariceung presented many difficulties resulting from sales being based on ceilings and the ceilings being removed. iviany contracts were canceled, creating much uncertainty. Price supports proved of con- siueraoie neip in staolllzing the ptuaio mai-Kei, loans Being made for this purpose in late crop areas. : It is doubtful whether the to tal sales value of all agricultural products will eaual that of the banner year of 1944. It is gen erally estimated that the 194S season win ran snort two or three million dollars. The all time high reached in 1944 was neany 25 million dollars. VUltino Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Wilhelm and children are in Klamath Falls visiting with ao auaintances. They will be at the Willard hotel and at the horns of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bruce. 1985 Manzanita. during their stay here. Wilhelm, for merly assistant store manager for Montgomery Ward here, is now Pacific coast merchandise manager of sporting goods' and camera supplies. To Tacoma Margaret Watts, local USO staff assistant, left this morning for Tacoma, Wash., where she will spend the next two weeks assisting the salva tion Army USO there. The sud den rush of newly-returned vet erans in Tacoma has necessi tated a demand for more help at that city's USO. To Meet Wednesday The Townsend auxiliary will meet January 2 at the home of Mrs, Mary Martin, 2200 Wantland, for a potlucK luncheon and election of officers at l p. m. All mem bers are asked to be present Club Meeting Townsend club will meet this Tuesday at 8 p. m., 500 N. 9th, for its regular busi ness session and card party. Re- iresnments will oe served. Visiting In Chii Mrs. Har old T. Franey, 720 Mt. Whitney, is visiting her mother in Chico, cant., lor a tew days. Boy Wounded By Gunshot John Shadduck, 15, of 10231 Main street, was wounded in the hand and foot Saturday nieht bv what he told police was an acci dental oiscnaree of a .22-cal. rifle at his home Saturday night. The boy told investigating po lice w ne naa loaned ine rifle to Forrest Hilton. 1221 Home. .several days ago and that Hilton returned the weapon and hid it under the bathtub of the ShnH. duck apartment some time Thursday. ..Then about 7:20 Saturday night. Shadduck said, he n in the bathroom and noticed the rffle under the tub. He stooped to pick it up and saw it was loaded. . While he was dragging the gun out from under the tub it Went off and the slug went through the ball of his right hand, then through his right heel and into the door casing about 10 inches from the floor. A doctor was summoned to dress the bov's wound anH iv him a tetanus shot. The police were called into the affair when military policemen said they heard shots coming from the rear of the White House rooms and a patrolman went to investigate. - He reported that he heard three shots as he was going down the alley behind the building and that he saw three boys on the back porch of the rooming house by the light of his flashlight. They ran into the house - when me Deam picked them up. Community Meet To Discuss YWCA Plans A community-wide meeting has been called for 6:30 p. m. Thursday for a discussion of the proposal for a YWCA in Klam ath fans. Ruth Lois Hill of San Francis co, an official of the national or ganization, will be here for the dinner meeting. All interested local women have been asked to attend. T UunUll T V Haw son of Mr and Mrs. J. J. Pex of 2036 Vine, home on vacation from San Mateo, Calif., is in the Hillside hospital where he re cently was operated on for ap pendicitis. He returned last month from Honolulu where he had been for several months. An other son, Richard W. Pcx, has received Ms army discharge after two years in the European theater of war, and is again em ployed by the southern Pacific rauroaa. A ttura son, James, radio technician 2c, cabled Christmas greetings to his family from japan. Condition Same The condi tion of young Larry Poole, sort of Mr. and Mrs. Carrol Poole who was injured when he struck a freight train at the Homedale crossing Saturday afternoon, was reported unchanged at Klamath Valley hospital late this after noon. The youngster was criti cally injured about the head when he rode his bicycle into a middle car loaded with logs which was moving at the cross ing. Home From ETO Capt. George M. Epperson, recently returning from Europe on the Queen Mary, is in town now with his wife from Los Angeles. The captain's ..father. Arthur B. Epperson, met them in Sacra mento. They will visit for two weeks before going on to Corval- lis. capt. Epperson is now in the officers reserve and will at tend Oregon State college to study for his degree. Friendly Circle The Friend ly Circle will meet Wednesday at the home of Mrs. H. S. Stone of 2204 Darrow, and Fannie Goddard and Kathryn Billings will be the hostesses. Luncheon will be served at 12:30 p. m. Return Home Mr. and Mrs Ludvig Peterson returned to their home in Prineville Satur day after spending Christmas with their daughter and family, mr. ana Airs. Lane warren. VFW Auxiliary There will be a regular meeting of the aux iliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Thursday at 8 p. m., in the imrary ciuDroom. Rebekah Lodge Prosperity iteDexan looge win install oiti cers at the meeting Thursday evening in ine iuui nan. The Club Purchased By Lewis Witter Lewis Witter has purchased The Club at Bly from Verna and Rudy Ashbaugh it was announc ed this week. The Club features a bar and dancing and bowling. Witter, who has returned from 47 months' duty in the navy, as sumed management of the Bly establishment New Year's Eve. No Meeting Boeue Dale. president of the Klamath Falls Realtors announced there will be no meeting this Wednesday, Jan uary 2. 2 Cars Damaged In Collision Two cars were extensively damaged this morning in a col lision at the dangerous Eberlein Division intersection but no one was injured, police reported. Lloyd s. butt. Vi, Southern Pacific district agent residing at 509 Eldorado, was driving west on Eberlein when his automobile collided with a machine driven by Gilbert Bruce. 45. of route 3. coming south on Division. Stitt reported that he was going about 20 miles an hour and that the other machine was going about 35. Both cars had to be hauled in by a wrecker. Lecture Slated At Fremont Auditorium John S. Sammons, C. S., of Chicago, will lecture tonight at 8 o'clock at the Fremont school auditorium on "Christian Sci ence; a Religion orWorks." The lecture will be delivered under the sponsorship of the - First Church of Christ Scientist of Klamath Falls, and admission will be free. The public is in vited to attend. Mr. Sammons Is a member of the board of lectureship of the Mother Church, the first Church of Christ Scientist, of Boston. AUSSIES CELEBRATE SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 31 (P) More than 150,000 sun lov ing Australians today celebrated the last day of 1945 by basking in tne ou-aegree weather on the Sydney beaches. Arriving In United States By Associated Press Robert S. ' Mundlin. 8gt., Boardman avenue, Klamath Falls, arriving on Wharton due in San Francisco Decem ber 31. Jay W. North, SSgt.. Klamath Falls, arriving on Thomas Pago due in New York January 1, Klamath's Dig Local News Stones For 7945 Reflect Shift From War To Peace Railroad Operations Resumed . (Continued from Page One) was weakened first by high wa ter and again by the debris car ried on the crest of the flood waters. Traffic was first moved over the Springfield span at 3 a. m. Monday, S. P. officiuls here said. -Answers Call The Herald and News and the state highway department an swered numerous calls today as stranded holiday visitors check ed on road conditions. No travel to valley points north was pos sible out of Klamath Falls ex- mnt hv wnv nf PArtlnnd. The south Santiam was closed by f.r,?f ' slides and several secondary hiL'hwavs were closed. Flood waters wore receding throughout the state today and the Pacific highway cast was opened at HarrisDurg ana jei- fcrson but one-way traffic was ordered for trucks. The Pacific highway west was open but the Albanv-Corvallis road was closed by high water as were the Cor- vaius east sine ana misunvuie ferry roads. The Coos Bay-Rose-burg highway was opened to two-way traffic this weekend and the Umpqua stretch was open to one-way traffic a t raraaise creek. Travel throuchout the state, with the exception of slide areas, was expected to be nor mal by New Year s way, tne com mission roDorted. Although higher temperatures were reported throughout tnis section of the state and no new snow fell in mountain areas, roads leading out of Klamath Falls were said to be in icy con dition and caution was urged Freezing temperatures on Sun mountain resulted in a coat of ice over that stretch and this same condition was reported over Quartz mountain to Lake- view, ana tne oreensprings highway to Ashland. Crews were sanding as quicxiy as possiDie. Klamath folks got tneir bun- day papers from the north in a round-about way yesterday The papers were shipped by rail to rat. snasia ana were men picked up by a truck and dis patched by the Southern Pacific here. Tickets were being sold at the bf depot on the regular scneauie, tne agent reported, and no new slides hampered antici pated normal movement along tne fine. - 47 Violent Deaths Listed in Klamath County In '45 Chinchilla breeding in the United States began In 1923. Violent deaths In Klamath county took another surge up ward in 1945, according to the annual report of Coroner George H.. Adler, with 47 . such deaths reported for the year, against 40 for last year and only 29 in lata, There were three homicides and seven suicides in the county aunng io, compared to two killings and eight suicides last year. . . Accidental deaths totaled 37. including 11 bv drownine and three resulting from auto-train wrecks. Those three were killed in the Hager crossing smashup early in November. Amnnf the drownings were two marines who sailed off into Crescent lake and were never located, a sailor drowned in Geary canal and another in the canal here in town. Ten persons in the county died as a result of automobile ac cidents -and one naval aviator died in a plane crash. Here is the complete report: Natural causes 38 Suicides 7 ' Shooting '.. 4 Poison 1 ' Cutting 1 Strangulation 1 Homicides 3 Shooting 2 Slugging 1 . Accidental 37 Lumbering ....3 Farming 1 Auto-Train 3 : Train 1 Conflagration 2 Plane crash 1 ' Suffocation . 1 Strangulation 1 , Drowning 11 Poison 1 ' Shock 1 ' Auto accidents .....10 In the deaths listed as from natural causes the great majority were attributable to heart ail ments', one to cancer, one to chronic alcoholism and one to acute alcoholism. By The Associated Press Flood crest of the swollen Wil lamette river neared Portland and the lower valley today (Mon dav) as waters receded from tin- per valley towns and farmlands luunuaiea ine past lour aays. More tnan luuu families were preparing to return to homes in tne lo mile long area between Eugene and Salem where water levels surged as much as eight and ten feet above flood stage and overflowed hundreds of thousands of acres of the val ley s rich farmlands. Albany and Corvallls were on limited electric power today af- bci mica wuuieu iiiiu me swirl ing Willamette. Cottage Grove and - Springfield were without power for sawmills and other industries. Power companies es- umatea it wouia oe a week De- fore service would be restored to normal in the flood-soaked valley too Moused More than 100 rjerson were housed at the Corvallis USO cen ter and Federated church Satur day and Sunday and workers es timated at least zuu otner fam ilies in that vicinity had dou bled up with friends. Toll of dead and missine rose to seven today with recovery of xne Doay oi naymona ti. Hill, 26, Drain, formerly of Yakima, from his car in flooded Elk creek. The search started when tracks leading off the highway were seen, irate of four mem bers of the John A. Mitehell family, Portland, was still un known, xneir empty car was found, 48 miles south of Eugene wnere oaii creeK flooded the nignway. The Rev. Neil J, Barnes, former Coos Bav mln. ister. and Harold B. Lvonn fail. ed to reappear when their boat overturned Saturday in the Coos river. ; Skiing Party Held At Sun Mountain Sun Mountain was the scene of the second USO skiing party held December 30. Approximate ly 60 junior hostesses and ma rines and their wives were taken there in buses furnished by the Marine Barracks. : Steaks and coffee were cooked over an open grill in the after noon. All skiing equipment was furnished by the Marine Bar racks. ' The USO staff hODes to make the skiing trips a weekly affair during tne remainder of the win- OBITUARIES CIIABI.ES FBANKMN )1,F,NW Charles Franklin CJlenn, Infant son of Mr, and Mrs, John D. Glenn of this city, passed away Sunday, December 30, 1049, at 12:19 a. m. Besides his parents, little Charles is survived by a brother, Jimmy Allen Glenn of Klamath Falls, his grandparents, Mrs, Jessie Starr of Tule lake, Calif., and C. F. Stringer of Co manche, Calif. The remains rest at Ward's Klamath Funeral home, 023 High. Funeral announcement will be made later, JOHN ALEXANDER RICE John Alexander Rice, a native of South Park, Colo.', passed away In Klamath Falls, Ore,, Sunday, Decem ber 30, at the age of 70 years 3 months and 20 days following an extended ill ness, Mr. Rice had been a resident of Oregon, for 29 years. The remains are at the Earl Whluock Funeral home. (Continued from Page One) not yet concluded, as all charges have not yet been cleared. A story that accented the eco nomic future of the Klamath area was the fight that Klamath and other nearby communities staged when It was learned the army engineers were consider- 5Ing a plan to divert Klam ath basin water to the Cen tral Valleys project of Califor nia. At this writing, it appears Klamath and its associates have at least temporarily won this battle. It did much to awaken interest in Klamath's future as an agricultural area. Another local development that won national If not inter national attention was the an nouncement that the Klamath Marine Barracks, set up as a tropical disease installation for the murine corps, had been so 6 successful it had disposed of filarlasis as a major med ical problem in the marine For this outstanding achievement, Capt. Lowell T. Coggcshall, the navy medical chief at the Barracks, was awarded the Gorgas medal for exceptional medical service to the armed forces. Klamath had a housing short age all year. It was bad in the early part of the year because of the presence of military peo ple and construction workers. End of the war did not alleviate 7 the shortage, because serv ice men began coming home and there continued an excess of demand over supply of quar ters. Government housing proj ects here provided a part of. this story, as did OPA rent control. A major civic achievement of the year was announcement that Klamath had won a veter ans' hospital, to be constructed early in the postwar period. a This was a job done largely by the chamber of com merce, which also nas Decn fighting to get through airline service for this city, the latter project in cooperation with the city airport commission. The war period was compara tively free of fatal accidents, but once pcuce came, serious traffic mishaps again plunged mto headline status. Three per sons were killed in a train-car A crash at Hager one of the ' worst local accidents In his tory and the Incident brought about state action to give oao cd protection at that dangerous crossing tnrougn signal insuma-tions. Those first nine stories Illus trate human struggles, triumphs and problems. The tenth gives some hint of how puny man finds himself in comparison with the forces of nature, it is based on reports that strange disturbances have occurred In Crater lake, Klamath county's in scenic wonder. Several I " witnesses saw clouds of steam over the lake and other phenomena that indicated tne possibility of a resumption of volcanic action there. Whether any such thing has happened is not yet known, and scientific investigations have been launch ed But . the verv suspicion of volcanic activity at the lake made a news story of national scientific interest, and we re giving this incident a place in nnr hi local stories of 1945. There were many other inter esting events of the year. Here with is presenieu a suincwnm hriefer than usual monthly res ume nrenareH with the assist ance of Lois otewan ana rui Haines of The Herald and News editorial staff: January 3 nPA rharees eight Klam ath Falls restaurants, one meat wholesaler, and one meat retail er with selling and obtaining ra tioned meats without red points. 4 Preliminary hearing Degins in Heuvel case. 4 E..E. Hamprick nameo rec reation head. 8 John Sandmcyer named outstanding young man of year at Jaycee meet. 11 S10.000 damages awarded Dale Davis in $50,000 auto acci dent damage suit against M. P. Lavenik. 13 Ewine death surrounded by mystery. Man found with bul let wounds in head and body be side Weed highway. 18 50-unit housing project for Klamath Falls approved by 24 March of Dimes basket ball game slated between Ma rines and Shannon's. 26 Engineers release prelim inary details of Klamath water diversion study. 27 Search launched for Earl Heuvel. Chief flees from arrest ing officers. , February; 1 CaDt. Denton J. Rees res cued from prison camp at Luzon in daring raid. a Heuvel fans to appear in court. 8 Tule lake land scheduled for postwar availability. ' 9 Potato shipments break all records. 12 USO grants approval for remodeling arcade center. 12 650 Japanese aliens re moved from Tulelake WRA cen ter bound for internment camp. 12 Lt. Col. Verne Austin, commanding officer at ,Camp Tulelake, leaves for new com mand in Arizona. , 12 Early morning fire burns El Padre to ground. 13 Pro Japan societies at Tulelake segregation center raid ed py internal security police. 14 Six Klamath Falls cafes penalized with suspension orders. 20 Grand jury report asks drug clamn. Davie cleared nf Ewing death. 20 Basin snnkee.men rlo-nrou. Iy oppose water diversion at hearing. (All Indications are that this scheme has been stopped, at least temporarily), March 10 Marines' Now Zealand brides arrive In Klamath Foils, 10 Mitchell Pnliio weds navy nurso. Winner of ConKresstonnl Medal of Honor married at Reno. 12 Cpl. T. C. Clipperton USMC killed in wreck. 13 Coach Marble Cook re signs position. 14---S1500 proposed for Teen Ago club. 14 "Ma" Sunday visits Klam ath. 1? Harold Manning, trapper, missing four days, 17 Wind lashes area, power disrupted, 22 High timber production to uo maintained 26 Oscar Campbell dies from burns, 28 Federal court to convene here. April 6 City-county Jail commis sion minted, 6 Cut on Modoc forest land to exceed 50 million feet. 10 French to head KUHS basketball. 12 Roosevelt dies. FDR pass es at warm Springs, Ca. 17 Schaupp proposes Klam ath routo for interregional road shorter, cheaper, 19 Five Injured In car crash; angler drowns. 20 Another navy Installation eyed for Klamath Falls. Matter bciore house appropriations committee. 25 Sisemore named to head C of C. 27 Elimination of Sun Moun tain grade planned for postwar. 27 Defective magazines blamed for delinquency by flu ent stick-up girl. 30 Sncll views military In stallations, 30 Veteran killed In car, train crash. 20-year-old sailor Killed when car hits UN train Monday, Sao. 81. IMS HERALD AND NEWS TOUH May racks pro s, and it Is 1 A. L. Marshal!,, promi nent Oleno farmer, passes. 2 U. S. solicitor advisos re jecting claim of local property holders for flood damago in south suburbs. 7 Klamath quietly greets news of enemy's surrender In Europe. 9 Cmdr. Phil Haynes suc ceeds Cmdr. R. R. Darron as air station chief. 1 2 Controversy develops over naming of interregional highway, as between Pacific highway south of Eugene to Weed, and Klamath route. State highway commission votes for Pacific route. 19 S urvlvori of .Carrier Franklin disaster arrive at KNAS. 19 Two marines drown In Crescent lake. 24 Some 3400 acres of Tule lake farm land yielded to water because of wet spring. 29 Herald and News reveals that filarlasis is written off as marine medical problem as re- suit ot Marine Barrack gram. 31 Censorship lifts, announced that a Jap balloon bomb caused the death of six persons near Bly on May 5. June 8 Earl Heuvel reported held in Arkansas jail. 13 C. S. Robertson, First Federal president, dies. 15 Three Incendiary fires re ported on Klamath Indian reser vation. 21 Reclamation service an nounces investigation of possibil ity of increasing size of Lost river diversion channel. 22 County-city jail measure approved in special election. 25 B lanche Schonchln named queen of rodeo. July 2 Lt. Leonard Swenson, USNR, killed in naval air station plane crash. 3 Fire destroys part of Bratton Packing plant. 3-4-5 Buckaroo Days cele bration. 6 Weyerhaeuser announces it is taking down its burner. 7 Seventh War Loan over top. 9 Three drown at nearby lakes. 18 CAB examiner recom mends against Klamath main air line; local fight to get line any how gets underway. 23 Col. George Van Orden leaves Marine Barracks com manding officer post, August 2 AttemDt to auash Heuvel indictments quashed in court. " 3 Col. Charles Brooks be comes barracks commanding of ficer. 7 CIO strike starts In Klam ath lumbering operations. iu faui Angsteaa name a KUHS football coach. 14 Klamath celebrates as Japs quit the war in the Pacific. 13 itaipn -f lee, Klamath In dian, shoots and kills Eueene Mccume at Chiloquin, 17 Lifting of censorship re veals Jap balloon sighted here in January gave u. s, its first complete story of wafted wea pon. 29 Marine Barracks named separation center for northwqst marines. 30 iWar department an nounced Sgt. William Dlntcr of Tulelake was killed on the day of the Doollttle raid April 18, 31 Ration books show coun ty's population to be 44,001. . 31 Shaw Lumber company sells Modoc holdings to Finney Logging company. September 1 Weyerhaeuser AFL mn, chlnists declare they will go back to work despite CIO picket line. a Machinists stop at picket line after confab is slatod, 3 Cross-town traffio study started by state engineers. 7 Elks give $2500 for pur chase of KUHS band uniforms. 12 AFL machinists go through ' Woyorhaousor picket lino. 13 CIO agrees to return to work on WCLC request, but mills still down. 17 Rotary -sponsored Junior livestock show slurtg. 1U Police enforce peace on Weyorhuouser road as machin ists go through. 20 All local lumber plants (teed i of strike s agreement niHclo. 24 AFL lumber strike starts, 26 Woyorhaeuser mill re sumes without union shbp and with substitute union mainte nance arrangement with modi fied escape clause. 28 Justleo department plans to take over army guarding Job at Tulelake center, October 1 Pacific Trallways bus drivers Join in strike, 2 Mrs. Lylo O. Mills, Klam ath pioneer, dies. 4 Department of justice take over WRA conter from mill, lary police. 5 JoAnne Kandra chosen queen of Merrill potato festival. uitmiruimccs reported at Crater lake. 13 Donntd Patrick Smith, re turned army airman, killed In car crasii. 10 Capt. Lowell Coggcshall awarded 1945 Gorgus medal. 17 MOM Sc Stanley Saxton, uann, kiiicu in UKinaws ty plioon. 18 Announcement made of WRA center to close February 1, 1940. 23 Charles P. Van Doren named city councilman to fill va cancy of J. J. Keller, resinned. 25 Mrs. Anna Hansen dies of injuries in automobile accident, 29 Cal-Orcgon Hereford as sociation opens sale today. 30 Klckoff breakfast for Vic tory Loan. 31 Charles Reeck, 70, lost hunter, found In Buck mountain country. November 5 Throo killed Dewey F. Tuttle. Velma Souvoll, Lucille Pollock Blshon at Hnuer cross. lug. a Frazer s market held up for third consecutive year. Po lice arrest Raymond Crumpsck er and Robert Thill. 7 First snowstorm reaps nu merous accidents. 13 First panel of 23 venire men oxnaustcd in earl Hcuvol morals trial. 14 Naval air station to be re lumed to city-county Jurisdic tion. Jury chosen In Heuvel case. 1 5 -S e r 1 o u s consideration given Klamath Falls for veter ans hospital. 16 Jack Dcmpsey appears at marine bond show, 17 Heuvel found not guilty. 20 Fire partially destroys Superior-Troy Cleaners. 26 First city traffic fatality death of Johnny Splcher. 28 Cross-town traffic scheme suggested. December 1 420 Tulelake Japs return home to Hawaii, 4 Navy Hellcat missing over Klamath area. 5 Edward M. Brown, Cali fornia hunter, seriously Injured when struck by falling honker goose. Hammer slaying of Violet Fuclctanl. 3i, reported by WRA at Tulelake. 8 Veterans hospital, assured Klamath Falls. 10 R aymond Crumpackcr tries jail break naps turnkey. Klamath county goes over top In Victory Loan. 11 Agnes Winters selected Klamath Victory queen. Robert Earl Johnson charged with assault In Lucca cafe shoot ing, Coroner's Jury falls to name slayer of Violet Sudctanl, Japa nese child. 13 Raymond Crumpacker" sentenced lo nio in state peni tentiary. 15 Bubble bursts In fabulous crap game story. 19 Seasonal low of 6 degrees registered In city. 20 Grand Jury urges "policy" on gaming here. First coasting accident when Bobby Kccsce breaks leg. 21 Japanese alien found dead under Modoc field bleachers. 24 Mrs. Henry N. Moe dies following long illness. 26 The Herald and News publishes four-page paper. Repercussions. Warm Weather Recorded In Basin In '45 Police Arrest Two KF Girls Representing themselves as Red Cross collectors to solicit money, two youngsters, - girls, 9 and 7 years old, have run afoul of the Juvenile authorities here and the oldest girl has been lo cated and sent home with a lec ture. The girls were going from house to house and even to busi ness places asking for money for the Red Cross, the juvenile officer said, and one household er became suspicious and de tained the older girl while checking with the Red Cross, Finding she was not known to the Red Cross, the juvenile office was notified. The othor youngster has not been located, The one girl said she got the idea from Red Cross talks at school and was depressed be cause her collections : hadn't amounted to much. Expected January- I Mrs. Lee Sutton has received word of the arrival of her son, First Sgt. Lewis E. Wilkinson on the east coast. He is expected on the west coast New Year's Day. Lewis was with the 84th divi sion, 335th Infantry, and served in the medical corps in Germany. The year 1945 was the warm est In Klamuth basin tinea 1941, according to rocords of the U.S. bureau of reclamation, with mean temparnturo of 4B.B de grees, The yearly mean In 1941 was 49.4 dcgroui. Moan for all yours recorded was 47,8 de grees, July was the hottest month with a muxlmum temperature ot 95 degrees occurring on the 8th, 9th, 27th and 20th. There war 20 duys during the yeur when the murcury rono to 00 or above. On December 19 tho mercury sank to 6 degrees, the minimum for tho your, and there wore 146 days when it was 32 de grees or loss. Tho your wis di vided into 124 clear days, 108 partly cloudy days .and 133 cloudy, Wettstt Month Muy wus the wettest month when 4.75 Inches was rocorded, milking tho total precipitation for the calendar year 10.52 or 3.47 Inches above normal, Mean precipitation tor all yours re corded was 13.05, August was the only month In 1945 with no precipitation. There has boon 7.27 inches of precipitation recorded during the first three months of the 1ll.fR IIIJII -t ...I, Irtl, I IP1U-I01U Pill',,,, JVHI from October 1, 1945 to Septem ber 30, 1940. This is tho wottost record for tho period since 1937 when 8,10 inches were recorded. Comparison of available stor age In USBR reservoirs of Juu uiiry 1, 1944 with December 27, 1945 Is: Upper Klumuth lake, 103,300 -acre feet, 207,420 acre feet; Clear lake, 223,040, 232,- -330; Gerbor, 20,080, 42,830. To tal storage, 1044, 350,020; 1945, 482,580 aero feet. Stockman Hits Airport Delay WASHINGTON. Deo. 81 P) Long dolny before Klamath Fulls was permitted to use the navy airport thero as a civilian flying field was scored by Rep. Lowell Stockman (R-Ore.) In a latter to Secretary Forroital ot Uie navy. The city started last October 1 to get navy permission. After six weeks and no action, city of ficials appealed to Stockman. He went through the usual channels and was told tho permit would be signed last week. When lt was not signed by tho designated auy, otocKman appealed to ror rrstul, reviewing the weeks of delay, "It surety must be possible for Him luuu ,ljnnrimftni In linvs Si permit of this nature Issued , :..itt l u .....i... ti I WllllllUl DUlll UliMHB UVIMjr, Stockman wrote. "It occurs to me thot such unnecessary In action In a small mutter like the Issuing of one permit, about which there Is no nuestlon. is the very kind of thing that might ex plain our disaster at pearl Har bor." The day Forrestal received the latter, Stockman wus notified tho permit would be signed be fore nightfall, and it was. Mail Service Resumed Here; The tall-end of Incoming holt dnv mn was taken care of to day through the Klamath Full! post oliicc. Man trains iron both north and south wero da laved yesterday because ot slide) on the tracks, but scrvlco was rj turned Monday and cverythlnl was handled satisfactorily, Burl E. Hawkins, postmaster, said. Holiday mall, usually a hug headache, was munuged tnlcrl dldly this year due to tho ca operation of tho public and thj extra help hired for tno ru.ii; Most of tne nouoay neip nas Dec released today. The. 1945 volume of hoi Id n mail came close to that of 1944 although the population of tli area was greatly reduced wit the closing of military inBtalln tions here. I Very few complaints huvj bean received for missing oacA ages and damaged mail this sea son, which is unusual' due to thj large volume bundled. Tint I probably tho result. Hawklri said, of persons heeding tho ma! ing instructions published 1 time to bo of use. Tho Christmas or Santa Clati special which ran between Sal Francisco and Portland durlni the holiday rush was dlscontl ucd today, winding un the ma Ing Droaram for December anl mo year. . .- Hixon Enters Innocent Plea a pica oi innocence to cparget ot receiving and concoallng stole properly in circuit court ' thl morning and March 28 wtt id as the date of his trial. Hixon Is under indictment 1 connection with the theft ot saddle and other riding equld the W. ng cqul Eberhi ment from ranch Pedro Palato. youns Maxlca Indlctod for statutory rape, wo a tso scncouied to appear court this morning to make plea but neither he. his attorney Fred O. Small, or the interpretq ne nas retained, were present. Classified Adt Bring Rosulti 'MJtA4r!:'c'i?l;j'
