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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1946)
V National Potato Letter Five Big Spud Shippers Facing Hard Assignment KLAMATH BASIN Carload Potato Shipments (Figures from State-Federal Inspector Ross Aubrey) Heavy January 1 potato stocks mean that the five big shippers- Maine, Red River valley, Nebras ka Colorado and Idaho will liave to move a total of some thing over 800 cars daily from now through April to get stored stocks moved. Looks like a tough assignment, because current car supplies are inadequate, ana tne bulge of seed shipments must be added to table stock shipments in late February and March. acea siocks top an recoias, with over 33 million bushels of certified and more than 9 million of war-approved, a total of a lit tic less than 42.1 million bushels, This is close to 10 per cent of the . total potato crop enough to , plant about 2,474,000 acres, near ly tne enure mio acreage goal, so we needn't be concerned about having to use poor seed this year. Also, this high quality seed may raise yields again in 1946, if the weather allows. Movement Shipments advanced nicely during the Dast week, to a total of 6245 cars, a daily average of 1041 cars. This is the first time since the end of December, sec ond since tne end of October, that the weekly movement has gone over 6000 cars. Important increases were in uotoraao, Idaho. Maine and Oregon. Nebraska fell off 123 cars. Other states make up a net gain of 482 cars. This brings the net short fall in the 18 late surplus states down to about 4800 cars. Nearly all areas continue to be affected by car shortage, but the Red River valley probably is in worst shape. Red River needs 225 cars or better daily during the next two months to stay out of trouble. Last week's average was only 131 cars daily, and was the best week since October. Total for the entire Red River Valley area is only 167 cars be hind last year to this date, but the combined crop for the two states is 6.8 million bushels, or about 6000 cars larger. Some other areas are similarly affect ed, but cars generally are easier. Demand. Markets, and Prices Markets are not quite as active as a week ago. Demand ranges from very slow to moderate, markets weak or weaker to slightly stronger. Maine, demand has been moderate, market slightly stronger, price a dime under to a dime over ex-ceiling. Idaho, demand is slow, market weaker, price nickel under floor compared to an ex-ceiling level a week ago. This probably is ac counted for by heavy shipments, about double those of late De cember. North Dakota continues de mand very slow, market dull, too few sales to establish market. Last 'quoted price was 15 to 20 cents under floor. Colorado, de mand is slow, market weak, price aoout at floor for un washed stock. Wisconsin, re ports demand slow, market slightly weaker, price dime under floor but volume too small for dependable quotation, Micmgan, demand is slow, mar ket dull, price at floor Upstate jMew xoric reports demand slow, market about steady, price 15 cents over ex-ceiling. Florida, demand has continued moderate, market about steady, price prac tically unchanged from a week ago at $2.67 per 50-lb. sack, washed. At the terminals. New York Is reported dull on old stock and new alike. Chicago has slow de mand and a weak market for both new and old. Atlanta is re ported steady for old, weaker and then steadying for new. Bos ton reports steady market for old, no new supplies; Detroit, dull and unsettled for all stock; Minneapolis, dull on old. slieht ly weaker on new. Philadelphia has been dull all around. San Francisco reports a dull market. with LCL wholesale prices of Klamath basin stock bringing $3.50 to $3.75 at last available report. Draggy markets really are the rule right now, with buy ers wonting on a hand-to-mouth basis in spite of car shortages evidently doubtful of the future. Price Support Activities No change is reported in slow deliveries for starch. Probably Canada's dip into Maine's supply of B-size has something to do with this situation, although bullish shipper attitude probably would have inspired holding for better-than-support price and fac tories would not have received Friesen-Welman Co. 1715 Main Phone 7043 PLUMBING - and HEATING General Repair Work on Plumbing and Heating Friesen-Welman Co. J. E. Friesen N. A. Welman BACKACHE, LEG PAINS MAY BE DANGER SIGN Of Tired Kidney If baekache and leff pains are mtlctoffyoa : jnlserable.don't Just complain and do nothing about them. Natu re may be warning you thaa . your kidneys need attention. ThekidneysaroNature'schiefwayof taking excels aeids and poisonous waste out of the : blood. They help most people pass about a pints a dny. ' If the 16 miles of kidney tubes and HHere : don'twork well, poisonous wastematterstars in the blood. Thesepolsonsmayatartnagging ' backaches, rheumatic pains, leg pains, loss of - pep and energy, getting up nights, swelling r pumness underthe eyes, headaches and distl neM.Kretiuentorscantypasaa'-eswlUisinarU : irurandburningsometiraesshowstliereisBome. thing wrong with your kidneys or bladder Don't watt! Ask your druggist for Doan'a - Pills, a stimulant diuretic used successfully by millions for'Over 40 years. Doan's give h.nnv Ivllrf and will helD the IS miles of kidney tubee flush out poisonous Wast from I tne Mooa. ost iwaa'i run. them anyway. - No other manu facturing activity is reported. Canadian exports have slowed but still are moving, with the total to Canada approaching 4000 cars. The French deal is practically at a standstill on ac count of lack of cars, but UoDA takings last week were about 96 cars lor all purposes, including relief, compared with 33 cars the week before. If cars ease up, shippers can expect tills figure to be maintained or increased. French loadings now are at Beaumont, Texas, instead of Bal timore which should provide quicker turn-around and better use of cars which can be reload ed immediately with citrus and winter vegetables without long movement of empties. Car Supply Recent order of AAR car pool manager, designed to put 250 empties daily into the Red River valley has not been wnony ei fective because of weather and operating difficulties. Supply seems to be imnrovinE. however. and there is some reason to be lieve further improvement will come soon. There is much offi cial palavering on this problem, not limited to spuds by any means. Real solution lies in ef ficient use and ton-grade cooper ation of industry, carriers and car companies, and above all in hurry-up repair of bad-order cars and construction of new ones to replace some of the bat tered-up equipment now causing losses in transit. Miscellany We wonder how much weight to give industry comments that the 1946 late spud acreage is due for an increase in face of the BAE crop estimate of 5 per cent reduction in 18 late states. Indus try comments were not so ac. curate in 1944 and 1945. BAE wasn't on the nose, but had the direction rignt. We understand that at least one southwestern railroad has agreed to settle claims for losses due to transit delays on 100 per cent basis, retroactive to August 15. 1945. This is good news for shippers, as other roads no doubt will fall in line. Attend your state and county potato meetings, fairs, shows and meetings. When people assemble, they argue; and when they argue, ideas are bom and im provement is a sure result. Grading and packaging are on every agenda, with much em phasis on Dre-Daekine. Most worthwhile comment heard re cently is that the farmers best customer is the housewife and she doesn't buy in carload lots. Group Protests Sustained Yield - EUGENE, Feb. 8 (IP) The Western Association of Lumber men and Loggers reported today it has filed a protest with Secre tary of Interior Ickes against de tails of the proposal to reorgan ize Oregon and California revest ed lands into sustained yield units. In a statement, the association of small mill and logging opera tors of Lane and Douglas coun ties, blamed the O & C adminis tration with fostering a mon opoly for big lumber firms. It declared the existence of i over-mature timber in the huge tracts resulted from failure of the land officials to release the timber to small operators. The association said most of the area's sawmills will be closed within three years if the practice continues and if the government approves the existing O & C program. ' ( Season 1M9-4T Season 1M3-4S, Month 1 . ,A o-.. Jan. to Season January p. J,rS.,.t0 .g". PUr ' 1 1 1 87T7 ? .. "" ., ' SI 31 MQ, s , Q 72 mi n "" M" 4 37 89 7 jUia 5 31 130 ; MM 7 M '"", Z 0 130 JJjJg 80 403 mil ' 100 3 41W . MM S 41 JOa Tl 47 MM 9 38 S38 TO47 m SUBS iiii 4S aae ns 73 3T 3743 U ' 31 317 80 717 8K33 12 30 347 M 783 88S1 13 0 3" ,1M ' 1 39 38 0 BOM 15 40 433 St) 17 033 18 JO 443 ?253 60 77 03 30 473 ' n8 87 1044 D130 la 33 SQ3 33 101)7 W3 19 M S37 f34 . 49 K3M S37 33 KH0 31 87 394 403 HQS Ml aa 7 601 J5 "43 mi 5 87 788 i 1387 ""M " 29 737 43 1338 ' " 7 814 73 33 1381 8487 8 37 871 liso 33 1414 9330 0 871 7630 40 1454 9360 jj 37 908 7667 ' 3 1437 9363 . 46 934 7713 17 1474 9380 48 1003 7761 20 14S4 SHOO 33 1033 7794 H 33 1337 9633 January Poiato Shipments From Basin 1035 Carloads January potato shipments from the Klamath basin reached 1035 carloads, indicating partial relief from the serious refrigera tor car shortage that has ham pered movement of spuds this season. Shipments for the season to date now total 8665 carloads. January shipments went to market from 35 shipping points in the basin. Malin, usually one of the heaviest shipping points, was behind this month due to short age of cars and only shipped 57 carloads. Points of heaviest ship ments were Tulelake with 162 carloads: Hatfield with 119, Mer rill, 103; Klamath Falls, 84; Stu- kel. 51; Malone, 52; Hager, 46; Dairy, 45. At the present rate of snip ping however it looks now as though storage bins will still contain potatoes in May when they should be empty. Klamath basin shipping points include Adams Point, Airport, Chiloquin, Dairy, Dalton, Deh linger, Dorris, Gem, Hager, Hat field, Henley, Homestead, Hos ley, Kalina, Klamath Falls, Lost River, Macdoel, Malin, Malone, Merrill, Midland, McKendree, Modoc Point, Staley, Olene, Pine Grove, Spring Lake, Stone- bridge, Stronghold, Stukel, Swan Lake, Texum, Tulelake, Tuber, wocus. Lakeview shipped seven, eight and nine carloads in November, December and January, respec tively. Main markets for Klam ath potatoes are Sacramento, San Francisco and other bay cit ies and Los Angeles. OPA Sues Former Night Club Owners PORTLAND, Feb. 5 UP) An OPA enforcement suit asking treble damages totaling $69, 949.32 has been filed in federal court against the former owners of the Club New Yorker here. The OPA suit against J. N. McPhee and Jack Mitchell charged that between Feb. 1, 1945 and Dec. 15, 1945 the club's customers were asked to pay cover charges not authorized by OPA. The federal agency asserted the club asked a weekday cover charge of 95 cents per person and a Saturday charge of $1.20 per person during the period, al though the charges were never filed with OPA. IlUiie Staf SKI TOGS Antlenen-Thotnpion. Gerber Bro. Ski .Accessories SUGARMAN'S th and Mala Pioneer Dies in Poe Valley Mrs. Cornelius K. Webber, 72. since 1908 a resident of Morrill and Poo valley, died at t:tD p. in, Moudtiy ut thu homo of her son, Clarence, in Poo valley. She hud been ill for four years, Mrs. Webber's husbund died March 2(1, 1041, She was born Maggie S. Medium near Morris, 111., August 6, 1873. She mar ried Mr. Webber January 1, 1889, at Big Springs, Neb., and the two moved to Gilroy, Culif., immediately after their mar riage. After living in Suuta Cruz, Mr, unci Mrs. Webber decided to move to Oregon und first settled in Merrill, where they bought a ranch und six months later purchased 200 ucres in Poo valley, later add ing another 80' acres to their property. Mr. Webber embarked in the grain und cattle business. He also owned timber acreage at the time of his death. The pioneer resident leaves a wide circle of friends to mourn her passing. Final rites will be held from Whltlock's chapel at 1:30 p. m. Thursday with In terment in the family plot at Bcdficld cemetery, Poe valley, Wollan To Handle Kaiser-Frazer Car The Wullan Motor company will handle the new Kaiser unci Frazer automobiles here, ac cording to Cy Wallnn of the locnl firm. The company will build salesrooms and offices at 531 South 6th as soon as weather permits, and will handle the Frazer tractor and Rototiller in addition to the cars. No definite date for the first showing of the new cars has been set, Wollun said. The Wallan company is also authorized dealers for Taylor craft airplanes in this area. Former Lady Mendl Regains Citizenship LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5 (IP) American citizenship has been restored to the wife of the re tired English diplomat, Sir Charles Mendl. Lady Elsie Mendl renounced her title when a federal court reinstated the citizenship she lost in 1926 when she married the Britisher. Now she is simply Mrs. Elsie Dcwolf Mendl. Siromberg-C itlion Radios. Derby's Music Co. Flashes Of Life PRECAUTION LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5 (IV) Police heard a department Ntoi'o wus putting 200 pairs of nyltin hose on sale so they sent two riot curs just In case. They reported: 800 women, no casualties, und no more nylons, TELL IT TO THE MARINES EMPORIA, Kus., Feb 8 II') William 11. Stakes of Kmporla, a marine veteran of Guadalcanal, isn't sure how his leulherneck buddies are going to feel about this: He has enlisted In the army. COALS TO NEWCASTLE ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 5 Mi Jack Fly, a salesman for an elec trical supply company, has been assigned a now territory sell ing refrigerators to Eskimos. "It gets cold In St. Paul, too," said Flv as he prepared to take over his Alaska sales territory, "and pcoplo here buy refrigerators." Youths Gather Ammunition SEATTLE, Feb. 5 (l1) Police Cupt. George Kimball said last nlKht about 20 youths already have been arrested und that num ber may rise to 30 In a few days, as Juveniles were apprehended after gathering ammunition trophies from Seattle city dumps and beaches. The ammunition apparently has reached the dumps via pri vate gnrbage cans from soldiers who, about to be discharged, have discarded various typos of bullets and shells they originally intended to take home. Throe boys questioned yester day, ranging from 11 to 13 years of age, turned over to police a large quantity of .30 caliber ma chine gun shells, some flares, a Very pistol, a navy spotlight, two ammunition cases and even a bottle of blood plasma they said they found washed up on n beach on Seattle's Elliot bay waterfront. TRAFFIC FATALITY PORTLAND. Feb. 5 OP) I Death of Felix J. Portin, 80. struck by an auto as he walked across a street here last night, was the city's fourth traffic fa-' tality this year, police reported today. Tuesday, Fab. 8, I94B HERALD AND NEWS SIX Slayer Dies On Gallows WALLA WALLA, Feb. B (I') Wootlrow Wilson "Whltey" Clark, convicted hatchet slayer of two women and it man, died on the gallows of the stato peni tentiary horu early today, Tho trap was sprung at 12:00 u, m PST, anil ho was pro minuted dead 14 minutes later, lie was convicted March 111. 1044, of the halchol slaylngs of sign painter T. P. Dillon, 38, and his wife, 34, und the rnpo of Mrs. Jane Staples, 20, a third hatchet victim, at Spokane. Several Spokane people ap pealed to Governor Mon C. Willi gron to take notion to halt the execution but he said yostcrdav ho did not consider It the duty of n governor to interfere with court processes. Clark's execution climaxed a long fight against his death on the gallows. Ho previously up pealed to the state and U. S. su preme courts. Both denied his appeals. Mill Employes Will Vote Bargain Agent SPRINGFIELD, Ore,, Fob. 5 (!') Employes of the Spring field Plywood corporation here will vote In a collective bargain ing election soon after February 25, AFL officials reported today. The national labor relations board granted the election on an AFL petition filed 'after In or. union strlfo closed the plant last July and August. The CIO Ply wood and Veneer Workerg novr hold the contract. Healthful f Fresh Churned! 1 Fresh Churned Buttermilk WE DELIVER RAYMOND DAIRY Bearing Bronze Bars 0 CompltUlr ma chlntd sara about 50 of machining tlmt and 25 of pur chased mttal as com pared with rough east bars. Available from stock In many slits, both solid and tubular. Ask for Catalog. KLAMATH MACHINE & LOCOMOTIVE WORKS MILL SUPPLY DEPT. Klamath Falls. Oregon Phone 1141 ear w r ar- w w Y'U find ttt Sally Uttlnd munition n trrrj pmhn KOTHMOOK We cater to those that demand the very best In insurance. Hans Norland Agency. 123 N. 6th St. Siromberg-C a r I s o n Radios. Derby's Music Co. 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