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
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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.
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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
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