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By FRANK JENKINS
SAN KHANC'ISCO Tim Bay
district la calming duwn a
IIIIIh from llio wur peak.
Fur example:
Cuming In tho other night, thin
writer ciiiinled IS VACANCY
hIKiik ut iniitiir cuiiips between
Vulli'Ju nml Herkcley.
Thut la something.
V
F you tiro well enough "d
lioll'l Itlllllliucr, mi linn nu w"
deprive aumubody flue of a room,
yoii can even get a roof over
your head In downtown Sun
Kriiiiclncii onictlnie.H.
At eertiiln hour of the day,
von can net INSIDK a Hlreet cur.
il you arc aumcDiIng of an exhi
bitionist, you can occasionally
atlraet a taxi driver's attention
and get him lo stop and take you
There la even a rumor on Hie
street lo the effect thai ono of
these worthies thanked a
turner when dropping him at his
destination the older day.
THESE are minor dcvclop
meiitii, bul In their way they
are aiunif icnut like the find
robin, or the flrirt crocus. They
herald the coming of a change.
THROUGHOUT most of our
history, these signals of the
Impending end of a boom have
been omlnnua. Seeing tliem, wo
have shivered faintly with dread.
Il ha been as If someone walked
over our grave.
Thin time It ' a little dlffer-
. ttf. ..niMif frit tin with
the economy of scarcity. We aro
crowing weary oi iinviua i
for the privtleKo of exchanging
money for things.
We aro getting a fulnt Inkling
. .1... ........ t ii-niti Hint neriofla of
unit pi. (IS when there In
I'l.KNTY of everything, are the
real perliid of proi)erity.
Thai THINGS, nol MONEY,
constitute wealth.
EJATING Is still something of a
' problem In Sun Francisco.
Unless, that Is. you are merely
srrking to salo your hiuiKor. In
Dial event, you cun Ko otil to one
of the maim production bean,
erics, where the food will be ren-
. . i i . ......I .n.l.,rfillv nminfl.
SOIlBOiy (liun, ui"-..." v -
ant, not too long In coming to
your table and the check will be
somethlnil less than the latest
guess al the loiai ui uiu iimh"-
V0'- ...
TX Sun Francisco, however, one
1 seldom does that. The Idea
here Is to ko out to one of lHh
places. (THE pluces are apt to
bo down on Fisherman s wharf,
. . .1.- , ( nt Tnln.
or oui arouno mo iw - t
graph hill. Contrary lo most
other cities, there won I be much
In the way of bright lights and
glitter. San Franciscans still
Cllllg lO llie noivv-
FOOD is what one goes out to
find inni luiiuuiiutiiii. -
C llenuil.l ,
. . .i -- . vnii'm tlll
almost certain to havo to wall.
I. .....a Infilr hull
wiuie you wiin. . "
grlly ul the lucky devils who got
there, earner inuii you. m.
erlcr vou look, the longer they
eat. Even after llio bill comes,
they'll glance "P and see you
wun your in....... ,
over your nccauo .
gue licking- your lips w h antl-
n. i .i.n.. ... II II. nit nf
clpanon inni iii.-i. "... ", v
sometliliiK else they could have
eaten and unuwi i. i"
script. , .
rjUT. eventually, a table will
I . - .M..l.. II la mil. nf
neconii t-ui...'' ;
the Immutable laws of nature
that there IS a limn m wn
bi put In the human stomach.
When thBt limit arrives, some
body w II gei oui mi" n v y
. . . . vnn Mnl D. t nufi
wnereui"i, vw
Iv and as deliberately as the rav-
e'nous state of your appetite will
i permit, and the hungrier the
,4 waiting Hue looks the more de
V llclous the food will tnsto and
the longer you will linger over
As has often been remarked,
human naiurc is lunuj,
Stockman Against
OPA Extension
JVASllINCiTON, April 19 (IP)
Rep. Stockman (R-Ore.), who
vnled aualnst OPA In the house,
said he was opposed to any ex
tension of the net.
"I voted nttalnst it on general
principles," Stockman said. 'In
nw onlnion the OPA is rcsponsl
bio for shortages we have had to
.w. in thl. enuntrv because if
vou take the profit incentive
away from a producer, mere is
no reason for him to produce.
"In the past I favored the prin
ciple of price control, oui admin
istration by OPA has dsetroyed
the aim of the inw, ne con
eluded.
10 Easter Bunnies
Miss Feast Chance
LA GRANDE, April 19 (P)
Ten white Easier bunnies missed
tho chiinco of any rabbit's llfo
tlmo last night when pnrta of
j their pen In a Ln Grande florist's
I window beenmo dislodged and
opened tho way for such a feast
as only a flower shop could pro
vide. Auglo Sperling, shop proprlo
tor, reported that not a single
rabbit' hopped down from tho
window for a nlbblo at his Easier
display.
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FARM raftWE UTS M
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Local Fliers
Agree To Run
City Airport
ri, nlr iTviee nneriitors. who hud UM'd the Klamath
Fulls airiMirl until civlllun planes were ordered off the field Wed
nesday, Jointly agreed yesterday afternoon to assume the expenso
of operation of the port under a lease from the city, If the city
will accept such a proposal.
Phil Hitchcock, representing llio niers, saici inai nicy wouia
also put up a performance bund If required by the city and
would make the leuso subject lo IM-hour cancellation so that the
city can tuke over immediately
operation of the llein.
This pruposal will probably
Coal Clash
End Aim Of
Labor Chief
By Th AitoclaUd Prut
bach today planned a new effort clearing tho civilian planes
to settle the nation'a major labor fm tho airport was that the
dispute, the ID-day stoppage of navy, under the setup then, had
400,000 soft coal miners. the responsibility for the civil
He announced In Washington being done but had
he wmi ri eniifiT ai-iiiirnte v Mini.
day or Tuesday with Juhn L.
Lewis, president of the AFL
Unlted Mine Workers, and with
coal mine operators. Tho secre
tary acknowledged that "wo
haven't made much progress this
week" toward settlement of the
coal strike.
Lewis and his ' negotiating
committee walked out of confer
ence with the operators April
10, and yesterday the operators
announced they were going to
their home cities but would re
turn to Washington at Schwcl
lenbach's call.
Idle Incraat
Meantime the number of
workers mude Idle by the coal
strike in related industries in
creased and steel and automobile
production slumped.
Another gloomy phase of the
labor disputes situation was the
possibility of a nationwide rail
road strike.
A strike by more than 200,
000 engineers and trainmen,
originally called for March 11
but postponed pending a study of
union demands for wage In
creases, is barred, by terms of
the railway labor act, until May
10.
Man Dies After
Fight With Ref
NEW YORK. April 19 !
David S. Corcoran. 58-y.ar old
Imporiar. died todav from in
jurlta racaivad. oolica aaid.
during a atraat flqht early ihia
morning in Fifth avanua with
Arthur Donovan. 54. nation
ally known prist flqht raferea.
Corcoran succumbed at
Roosavalt hospital shortly after
U p. m. At about tha same
time Donovan was released In
$2500 ball on a felonioua as
sault charge.
Tha charge was made
against Donovan before Cor
coran dlad. At the arraign
ment, Assistant District Attor
ney Karl Grabow aaid a man
slaughter charge would be pre
ferred If Corcoran died.
Vast Throngs
In Trek To Mount Calvary
JERUSALEM, April 19 (T
Vast throngs of pilgrims, some
carrying crosses, walked along
the Vio Dolorosa from Pilate's
palace to Mount Calvary today
as the Holy Land held Good Fri
day services commemorating the
last hours and crucifixion of
Christ.
Despite tension caused by a
paralyzing strike of 50,000 civil
workers and the prolonged con
flict between Jews and Arabs,
one of tho largest crowds In re
cent years pressed through the
dingy, cobblestoned streets of
Jerusalem's old cily.
Pilate's palace, where the pil
grimages began, now is n Roman
Catholic convent, Tho Church of
Iho Holy Sepulcher stands at
tho other end of the Via Dolor
osa, on Golgotha, where Christ
died on the cross.
The Passion services began
last night, with rites ln tho Gar
den of Gethsemane commemor
ating the final hours of prayer
by Jesus and his betrayal by
Judas.
Earlier, I h s ancient riles o f
Maundy Thursday wcro held,
whenever it decides to assume
be put before the city council
Hand airport commission next
Mouduy night at the rcgulur
7:30 p. m. council meeting
The civilian fliers were or
dered off the field by the navy
Wednesday after the city hud
failed lo sign an operation per
mit tendered by the navy. Lt.
Comdr. S. A. Congdon, who is
sued the order moving the fli
ers, was acting on orders from
the navy department.
The planes were moved out
Wednesday and are now being
kept at Wordcn and in vacant
fields.
Reason for the navy's action
"i mn kiim.
As fur as liability Is con
cerncd, Hitchcock said, all civ
ilian planes aro covered by lia
bility and fire insurance and
tho pilots were willing, to have
the hangar covered by fire in
surance If necessary,
Tho city has had no money
budgeted for: operation of the
port and therefore has been un
able to take over the field.
Housing Drive
At Standstill
WASHINGTON. April 19 (VP)
The administration's drive to
provide 2,700,000 new homes
this year and next stalled on
dead center today without hope
o( action lor al least 12 days.
Frantic efforts to work out
a last minute compromise of
senatc-houso differences before
representatives began their
Easter recess failed despite two
sessions yesterday In the Cap
itol ottices or Majority deader
Bnrkley (D-Ky.)
Barklcy finally told the sen
ate it was "most unfortunate"
that the veterans housing meas
ure had not been cleared.
The senate passed tho emer
gency housing measure on April
10, writing into it two pro
visions the house had omitted.
One calls for $600,000,000 in
subsidies to break bottlenecks
in construction materials, the
other guarantees manufacturers
a market for up to 200,000 pre
fabricated houses.
"House conferees were un
willing to take anything deal
ing with subsidies back theer."
Senator Capchart (R-Ind.) told
a reporter, adding:
"Senator Barkley could have
called this conference more
than a week ago. He apparent
ly forgot about it until tho last
day. If there is any blame it
belongs on the shoulders of ad
ministration leaders. If the
conference had been called
promptly we could have settled
things one way or another."
Of Pilgrims
with various sects rcenacting
their interpretation of the events
of "The Last Supper."
Eastern sects of Christianity
held services marked by colorful
pageantry.
The unusually large number
of pilgrims was attributed to the
fact that the eastern observances
of the western and eastern Chris
tian faiths coincide this year.
Christian services were held by
at least a dozen sects in modern
languages, in Latin and in the
nearly forgotten tongues of the
ancient Egyptians and Phrygi
ans. Meanwhile, Jews celebrated
tile Passover and Moslems ob
served Nebl Musa. Authorities
were alert for possible outbreaks
of violence. Arab Legionnaires
armed with rifles passed among
the celebrants.
Civilian workers staged a
three-hour walkout yesterday In
sympathy with the 50,000 gov
ernment, railroad and postal
system employes who are strik
ing for higher pay. The strikers
swelled the throngs of colorfully
dressed celebrants.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. FRIDAY. APRIL 19. 1946
'Happy' Surveys Quads
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A ooat named "Happy" looka
ding. 4, (loft) and David Atharton. 7. holds the quadruplet kids
born to her on the El-Fre Nubian farm in Ebaneier. N. Y. Mrs.
Elisabeth Pfeil, the farm's owner said the quads were the first
bora on the farm in the eight years she has raised goats.
(AP Wirephoto)
Civilian Aviation Helps
Save tives Of 2 KF Tots
Civilian aviation has prob
ably saved the lives of two
Klamath Falls tots, children of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jump who
were seriously ill with whoop
ing cough this week.
The babies, one about three
years old and the other three
months old, were under the
care of Dr. Marvin Nerseth and
were not responding properly
to treatment.
The doctor, an ex-army medi
cal officer who has made stud
ies of high-altitude treatment
for bronchial ailments, suggest
ed that the children be taken
Probe Begins
In Mine Blast
McCOY, Va April 19 OP)
Grief stunned McCoy prepared
funeral rites today for 12 of its
residents while state and federal
mine inspectors began an investi
gation of the deep level ex
plosion in a mine of the Great
Valley Anthracite Coal corpora
tion. Virtually every family in this
tiny community whose main live
lihood is derived from mining,
was affected directly or indirect
ly by the disaster. The twelve
who died in the smoke and flame
6000 feet from the surface were
all married men and left 50 or
more children among their sur
vivors. They will be buried this
evening.
Forty-six other miners were
able to escape from the depths
of the mine, in many instances
having ' to fight their way
through choking fumes and
smoko before reaching the mine
entrance. The shaft runs a half
mile under the bed of New river.
Members of the rescue squad
said that all but one of the 12
men were killed instantly. The
twelfth man, Paul Price, died
soon after reaching a hospital at
nearby Kacllorcl.
Eye-witnesses to the explosion
described it as "terrific."
No Flood Threat
Seen In Oregon
PORTLAND, April 19 (P) ,
Although ' abnormally high lev
els are predicted for northwest
rivers including the Columbia,
no flood threat is expected in
the Willamette basin, the army
engineers paid today.
Hydrologist Clarence Pcdcr
son reported that the Willa
mette river overflows its banks
when melted snow and heavy
rain combine. Inland tributaries
of the Columbia, however, get
much of their runoff from snow,
he said.
This season, rain and melt
ing snow are not likely to com
bine In so great a quantity that
a flood would result, Pcdcrson
said. The Willamette reached
flood stage after this date only
in June, 1033, he reported.
on proudly while Barry Red
up in a plane to an altitude of
12,000 feet and kept lor an
hour.
Cliff Hogue. local pilot, flew
the Waco cabin plane with the
children. Dr. C. V. Rugh, Mrs.
Jump and a nurse climbed to
12,000 feet and stayed aloft an
hour. Dr. Nerseth was unable
to make the flight.
Oxygen bottles were taken
along for emergency but were
not needed. The babies slept
through the first part of the
flight but woke up, coughed and
vomited in the higher altitude.
The younger child, the more
seriously ill of the two, began
to show marked improvement
two hours after the flight and
now, some 36 hours later, both
are recovering speedily. The
flight was made Wednesday.
This is the first known time
such a mercy mission has been
flown by a civilian pilot al
though Dr. Nerseth experi
mented with similar flights
while in the army.
Court-Martial
Friction Bared
LONDON, April 19 (PI Col.
Buhl Moore of Savannah, Ga.,
was disqualified today as presi
dent of the U. S. court-martial
hearing charges that military
prisoners were mistreated at the
Lichfield detention camp.
The six other members ot the
panel voted that Moore be dis
qualified after the colonel him
self had asked that his fitness be
challenged by the prosecution
the defense, or both for cause.
The cause, in his own words,
was that he had concluded
."neither the defendant nor the
government can get full justice '
from the court 'as it is now con
stituted." He said there was fric
tion between himself and Mai
Benito Gaguine, the law member
of the court.
Staff Sgt. James M. Jones of
Muskogee, Okla., is the defend
ant on trial. He is one of 10 en
listed guards and eight officers
who have been accused of mis
treating or conspiring to mistreat
American soldiers Imprisoned at
Licnneici.
Infant Son Of
KF Couple Dies
Melvin George McCollum, in
fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Mel
vin McCollum, 1139 Crescent,
was found dead In his crib at
Hillside hospital early Friday
morning, the child's death prob
ably caused by the inhalation
of regurgitated milk.
' The baby was born April 13,
and was lust one week old.
Melvtn McCollum is in Seattle
but is expected here immediate
ly. This was the McCollum's
first child. He was also the
grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
George McCollum, well known
Klamath residents. Final rites
will b announced by Whit-lock's.
WEATHER NEWS
April l
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Agriculture
In Basin At
$25,776,661
(See complete table Pag 8)
Klamath basin agricultural
Income hit an all-time high of
125,776,661 in 1S45.
That was disclosed today by
County Agent C. A. Henderson
as he completed his annual an
alysis of yearly crop and live
stock: returns in tnis area.
The 1945 return was nearly a
million dollars over the figure
for 1944, which was a record to
that date. A comparison shows
that crops gained from S18,
277.900 in 1944 to $19,046,561
in 1945, while livestock returns
mounted from $6,539,000 to ?6,-
730,100.
Potatoes Drop Off
Potatoes, the basin's biggest
and most publicized crop, drop
ped off over a quarter of a mil
lion dollars. The potato return
in 1U45 was set at S9.929.672,
as compared with $10,256,400
in 1944. Although there was a
larger acreage of potatoes in
1945, weather conditions cut the
yield per acre.
Small seed production con
tinued to gain. In 1944. small
seeds returned $768,000, while
last year me total mounted to
$945,942, showing Klamath's
small seeds in the million dol
lar class.
Grain Gains
Henderson estimated the 1945
return from hay at $2,169,858,
and that from grain $4,954,016.
The 1944 grain figure was $4,-
IQl nnn- .. i -- '
In the livestock department.
the county agent found that 60,
000 head of beef had a value
for the year of $4,059,500. Big
gest figure was $1,960,000 from
the sale of 14,000 head of fat
steers at $140 each.
Another angle on 1945 agri
cultural returns is shown in a
table of per acreage returns on
the Klamath reclamation pro
ject, prepared by the bureau of
reclamation, uere it is, lor ma
jor crops:
HAY
Alfalfa $ 70.42
Other Hay 36.91
CHAIN
Barley $ 68.05
Oats - 36.31
Rve 25.96
Wheat .. 45.83
Potatoes 338.15
Onions 613.15
Clover 130.78
Jail Doors Open
For 59 Inmates
SEATTLE, April 19 (P The
main floor of the public safety
building buzzed with activity at
7 a. m, today as 59 overtime
prisoners were released from the
city jail after a two weeks small
pox quarantine was lifted.
Released 10 at a time from the
jail on the fifth floor, they were
taken downstairs and lined up
to claim their possessions from
the police property room.
Portlanders Squirm Under Attack Over
Naming Emigrant Road Applegate Trail
Heated protests against the
use of the name "Applegate
Trail" in proposed markings of
the 1846 emigrant road through
southern Oregon were encount
ered here today by A. L. Green
wait and Walter Meacham, of
ficials of the Oregon council
of the American Pioneer Trails
association.
The Portlanders, who said
they had until today found only
friendly agreement with their
marking plans on a tour of Ore
gon points along the old emi
grant route,- squirmed under a
full-scale attack by Klamath his
torians who insisted the route
should be marked as the "South
ern Route" in the cause of his
torical accuracy.
The Klamath group, with Mrs.
Buena Stone throwing most of
the verbal grenades at the un
comfortable visitors, held that
the Oregon provisional govern
ment in 1847 passed an act to im
prove the "Southern Route" to
Oregon, thus establishing an of
ficial basis for the name "South
ern Route" and no other.
The old road, which was ex
plored in 1846 by a party of 15
men Including Jesse and Lind
say Applegate, has been - famil
iarly called the "South Road"
by Klamath people. It was op
ened in 1846 as a southern route
for emigrant trains to follow
from Fort Hall, in Idaho, to west
ern Oregon, through Nevada,
the southern parti of the Klam
Mouse Hifll
Would Lift
Price Lids
WASHINGTON, April 19 (AP) Administration chiefs
prasiad confidence today that tha
gently than tha house did, but trouble was stacking up for them
just tha same.
Their guarded optimlam was tempered by the fact that aran
if the sanat rolls up a thumping majority for continued price
control without major changes, its decision will have to ba com
promised with tha contrary action of tha house on many kay
provisions.
OPA Chief Paul Portar claims tha bill tha houia passed yaa.
tarday will require the elimination immediately after July 1 of
price ceilings on at least SO per cent of all commodities which
make up the cost of living.
On this list the price chief placed such foods as meat, milk
and all other dairy products
except Duner.
High on it. too. were coal.
shoes, rayon and woolen tex
tiles and many clothing items
made from these fabrics.
Porter, in a statement last
night, said also that the house
WASHINGTON. April 19
UP) Senator Wharry of Ne
braska, the republican whip,
told reporters today he will
make a fight to put the house
version of the OPA bill
through the senate.
Discussing the measure
which the representative
passed yatrday to giv OPA
another nine month of life,
but with sharply curtailed
powers. Wharry said:
"I bUv all tha house
amendments are right In prin
ciple but there may b some
which need to ba worked out
in more detaiL"
bill would "blow sky-high" the
ceilings on automobiles, radios,
refrigerators and most house
hold appliances.
Keynote of the administra
tion's cautious optimism in the
midst of these inflation predic
tions was sounded by Chairman
Wagner (D-N. Y.) of the senate
banking committee.
Sensible Bill
"I am sure," Wagner told re
porters, "that my committee
will come out with a very sen
sible bill. I think the senate will
be reflective, thoughtful of the
consequences."
Wagner'i committee Is con
sidering a bill which" as i
stands would extend price con
trols a year beyond June 30
without change.
This contrasts with the house
action in voting a nine months
extension minns food subsidies
and with sections requiring ceil
ing prices that will guarantee
"reasonable profit" to all manu
facturers and distributors on
every item handled.
Copper Miners
Settle Strike
By The Associated Press
- One of the bright spots on the
labor front today was the settle
ment of the 10-day strike of 3500
CIO copper miners at Butte,
Mont., who approved a contract
calling for an hourly wage hike
of 181 cents and retroactive pay
of 91 cents an hour from last
October 1.
The same terms were agreed
upon by 3500 other copper work
ers at Anaconda Copper Mining
company mills and smelters at
Great Falls and Anaconda. They
had delayed their strike pending
mediation in the Butte dispute.
Highlight of the walkout at
Butte was the outbreak of num
erous acts of vandalism last
i weekend.
ath basin and southern Oregon
That event is to be made the
basis of a centennial celebra
tion to be held in Klamath Falls
late in the coming summer.
The Oregon council of the
Pioneer Trails association of
which Greenwalt is president
and Meacham executive secre
tary, is planning a series' of
markers at points along the
route from Salem on the north
and through Oregon. It has ar
ranged with the state highway
commission for the signs, which
will be in the shape of large
arrowheads and will carry the
name, "Applegate Trail." Signs
are planned in the Klamath
country at Klamath Falls, Keno,
Merrill, Malin and Langell val
ley, they said.
"We have nothing against the
Applegate family and we do not
wish to belittle their place in
Oregon history," said Mrs. Stone.
"But there is simply no historical
basis for calling this route the
Applegate trail."
Meacham and Greenwalt said
they had not known of the Klam
ath objection to their plan.
"We think Applegate trail has
much greater romantic appeal
than Southern route," said
Meacham.
; "Do you want romantic appeal
or historical accuracy?" asked
Mrs. Geneva Duncan, president
of the Klamath. Historical so
ciety. "We think Applagalt trail
senate will treat OPA far mora
Compromise
On Spain
Supported
NEW YORK, April 19 (VP) A
compromise proposal by Aus
tralia gained support among
delegates of the United Nations
security council today as a pos
sible solution to the controversial
Spanish question.
The proposal, submitted by
Australia Delegate W. R. Hodg
son shortly before the council
adjourned yesterday for the .
Easter holidays, calls for the ap ,
pointment of x five-man sub-r-committee
which would investi
gate the Spanish situation and,
report back by May 17.
Most of the delegates were re
luctant to commit themselves on
the Australian suggestion Imme
diately, but they generally ex
pressed interest and it was con
ceded by some to have a good
chance of being approved.
- Iran Cas Next
Before the council resumes Its
discussions of the Spanish ques
tion it will tackle again the Iran
ian case, which was interrupted
Tuesday after Secretary General
Trygve Lie submitted a surprise
: opinion that there was some
doubt as to whether the Iranian
case could legally be kept on the
agenda. -
This will be the first thing on
the council's calendar when it
reconvenes at noon PST Tuesday.
New Floor Fight
: The way was opened for a
new floor fight on the Iranian
question when the council's com
mittee of experts on rules and
procedure reported last night
that it had split, 8 to 3, with the
majority holding that the council
has full authority to keep a case
on the agenda as long as it thinks
necessary.
Demo Committee
Switches Plans
PORTLAND, Ore., April 19
lP) The democratic state cen
tral committee will meet here
June 8 to ratify a reorganization
plan adopted yesterday by the
12-man board of governors.
In a late shift from earlier
plans, the board listed the state
committee chairman as chairman
of the board but without a vote.
The committee treasurer and sec
retary likewise were given seats
at board meetings, without votes.
Original plans had called for
election of a board chairman
who would virtually have sup
planted the state committee
chairman as party leader. Pat
Ivory, Klamath Falls, had been
slated for that post.
lends itself better to publicity
purposes," said Meacham.
"Do you want publicity or
historical accuracy? asked Mar
shall Cornett, Klamath man who
is vice president of the Trans
Association council.
"Our purpose is to locate these
markers in the vicinity of
schools. We want to teach Ore
gon history to Oregon young
sters," commented Greenwalt.
"Do you want to teach Oregon
history accurately or inaccurate
ly?" asked Mrs. Duncan.
The visitor said the signs had
already been ordered and had
been designed by the highway
commission designating the Ap
plegate trail. They indicated that
it is probably too late to make
any change.
Manager Charles R. Stark of
the Klamath County chamber
of commerce said that Klamath's
attitude on the name of the trail
had been properly presented to
Meacham through correspond
ence. The Klamath group insist
ed the Trails association had act
ed hastily, without considera
tion of historical truth, or wltlw
out proper discussion of the mat
ter with local groups.
Among thoso who criticized
the. Trail association were Mrs.
Stone, Mrs. Duncan, Mrs. Ted
Case, Mrs. Ida Odell, Hal Ogle,
Charles Stark, and others.
The group Is considering lodg.
ing a protest with the highway
commission on the marking ques
tion. r
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