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IT look! till morning m If peace
ha UDiiii to pot In Cltlna.
A rilMiutch from Nanking says:
"lllvul Chinese government mid
communist armies Bra ON THE
MAHCIl along tho mighty
Yangtze river today mid dailies
nnrtli of this vltul artery of
L'liltm pone threat of full-scalo
civil war."
lioth sides are accusing ooch
other of aggression (In the
language of diplomacy, "eg
gremlon" In wlnit tho other fel
low duct to you.)
TVE can't bollevo much of any-
" tiling wo hoar from China
where censorship acreom out tho
bulk of the truth nod permlU
only propaganda to filter
through. II lit of till much wo
ran he fiultn lure:
If tho common run of Chlna'a
people could have their way,
tliero would oo no civn war.
Tho trouble Ilea In the embl
tlona of RIVAL LEADERS
SEEKING I'OWEH.
W1IEN you feel like praying,
" you might try Dili one:
"Dour Cod, givo u wlto and
umelf ah leaders.
A great deal of tho GOOD
America haa accoiiipllnhcd In the
world can be laid at the door of
Washington's wle and unselfish
(eaderahlp In the critical hours
of our nation a birth.
AT his press conference thla
" morning, President Truman
rules out for thla year at least
tho proaiiect of a bllllon-dollar
loan to Kusaia. no teua a
queatlouer that ho haa no Inten-
tlun of Biking congress at thla
tension for more fund for foreign
financing, (bxlsting funria avail'
able for such a purpose ara
practically used up.)
Before we lend money to Rus
sia, we'd better bo pretty sure
what It la going to be used far,
That's what any WISE banker
wants to know beforo he makes
a loan.
ON tho troubled foreign front,
I'remicr Alclde dc Caspcrl
expresses disappointment today
In "American promises." saying
In Rome this morning that he
fears the new Itiillnn republic
will fall If Trieste la Intornullon
allied as recommended by the
four-power foreign ministers
council.
He adds:
When the Americans entered
Italy, we were told that If wo
fought beside you this and that
and tho other thing would be con
sldered In the final peace
treaties. Instead, wlialT WO
lose Trieste, an Italian city.'
a
TTALY has been unbelievably
dumb. Twice In a rfv she has
wsded into world war with
the wrong crowd. That Is the
REAL reason for her troubles.
De Gasperl Is meroly trying to
lay the blume on somebody else
which Is a very common
human falling.
Italy's griefs track straight
back to POOH LEADERSHIP-
which the Italians tamely stood
lor.
CTILL. when we wanted to pry
them loose from the Germans,
we undoubtedly DID promise the
Italians more than we could hope
to deliver.
Just as in tho Atlantic Charter
we proclaimed beautiful ideals
that we later abandoned.
WHEN an individual makes
" promises thnt he knows ho
probably won't be able to make
good on, when IN A PINCH ho
talks high idealism that he later
lorgets, no is pretty sure to for
ion confidence.
Tho nmo goes for nations,
TP vou want ntihlie confidence
r - - .
vou'd better make uood on
your promises. If, in an effort
10 win tricnus when you need
mem, you pose as a great Idealist
you'd belter HE an Idealist.
Ono can't help feeling that In
recent years America has
TALKED Idonllsm too much and
FKACTICEU It too little.
Typhoon Lashes
Chinese Harbor
HONG KONG, July 18 (P)
winns roncning a maximum
velocity of 102 miles an hou
wrcckod at least six vessels of
various sizes today as a typhoon
insnna nong riong harbor lor
threo hours,
The typhoon moved tonight to
the southwest but heavy ruins
continued in mis city. Many
cars, trucks, and Jeeps were
abnndoncd In flooded streets.
Officials snld it was too early
to cstimnte tho total damage
caused by the winds, which
rouged generally between 60
and 102 miles an hour velocity.
Fifty Nurses Needed
For Barnes Hospital
PORTLAND. Julv IB IJP -
Fifty registered nurses are need.
ed to complete the staff at
Barnes General hospital, Van
couver, Wash,, Dr. Paul I. Car
tor, manager of the Veterans'
Hospital here, snld todnv.
Barnes General is scheduled
1o open August 1 as an annex
to the Portland hospital, with
tao patients to bo admitted
CIO Selects
Jack Kroll
To Run PAC
WASHINGTON, July 18 VP)
The CIO announced today the
selection of Jack Kroll as ad
ministrative head of the CIO
political action committee, with
top level policy vested In a five
man executive bdard. '
This setup would replace the
one-man control of PAC activi
ties which prevailed under the
lalo Sidney llillman.
Kroll, 61, who has been Hill
man's asslstunt on ClO-PAC, will
handle day-to-day supervision
and direction of CIO-PAC work.
CIO President Philip Murray
muuo loduy s announcement
alter tho pmn had been ra III led
at a closed door meeting ol tnu
CIO executive board.
In recognition of its responsi
bilities In tho Held of political
action," Murray told reporters,
'the CIO has decided to tntciuflly
its work in tills Held and to en
large the aparatua lor conduct
ing political action work."
Board Hamad
Tho five-man executive board.
named to shape CIO-PAC pol
iclos, cunslsls of the secretary
treasurers of four CIO unions
plus Kroll, a vice president of
the CIO Amalgamated Clothing
Workers union. Kroll will be
executivo board chairman.
The CIO political action com
mittee Itself was enlarged from
to li member with Murray
and CIO Secretary-Treasurer
James li. Carey Included among
the new members.
Under the old setup Murray
had been only ex-oflicio chair
man of the group. He said to
day til a I hia membership on the
commltteo should not be taken to
mean that he will have any
closer relationship with CIO-PAC
wan Heretofore.
Some CIO leaders, Murray
said, had suggested that he take
over CIO-PAC Icadershln him
self, but he asserted that the
burden of other duties" In the
CIO prevented this.
Kroll for the last 23 years has
lived in Cincinnati where ho is
manager of tho Joint board of
tne Amalgamated Clothing
Workers (CIO). As a vice Dresi-
dent of that union, he was long
associated with Hillmaii. its
president.
Russia Denies
Grab Protests
LONDON. July 18 Rus
sia has rejected United States
and British representations on
seizure of Austrian property for
reparations, a high authority
said today.
In lensthv note handed the
Austrian government, the Sov
iet occupation authorities in
Austria were said to have made
it plain that there is no change
In their recent position in re
gard to seizure of $22,000,000
worth of Austrian industrial
plants and other property con
fiscated by the Germans follow
ing the anchlusa in 1938.
The text of the note was not
available in London but its es
sential points were known to
authoritative sources, which
said It disagreed with almost
every point set forth In Ameri
can and British representations.
The controversy arose 4uly 6
when tho Soviet- command in
Austria announced the property
In eastern Austria had passed
into Soviet ownership along
with all other "German exter
nal assets" in the Russian zone.
The United States disputed
this interpretation In the allied
council, asserting that property
forcibly confiscated by the Ger
mans after 1938 could not be
classified as German under the
Potsdam agrccmont.
Government-Granted Pact
Gives Lewis New Toehold
WASHINGTON, July 18 P)
A government -granted wage
agreement covering 138 mine
supervisors gave John L. Lewis
a new toehold today in the soft
coal Industry.
It means that Lewis and his
United Mine Workers (AFL)
have won the first contract
specifying supervisors' wages
and working conditions ever ne
gotiated In the industry's his
tory. Mine owners for years have
resisted oil attempts to enter In
to union contracts applicable to
supervisors on the contention
that supervisors represent man
agement. In recent weeks the operators
sought unsuccessfully to re
strain tho government from en
tering into such an agreement.
The mines still" are under feder
al ownership as a result of the
seizure order which grew out of
the two-month bituminous strike
this spring.
The agreement signed by
Secretary of the Interior J. A.
Kmg and Adm. Ben C. Morecll,
coal- mines administrator, stipu
lates that it Is to be effective
only for the period of govern
ment possession and Is to be
voided in event the courts
should hold the government
acted improperly.
However, the coal Industry
PRICE V
Hoe Balks
Rankin Move
On Atom Bill
WASHINGTON. July 18 (P)
Opponents of the administra
tion's atomic energy control bill
today lost the first round of
their fight to kill the legislation.
By a standing volo of 131 to
102, the house defeated a mo
tion by Rap. John E. Rankin
(D-Mixs.) to slrlko nut tho bill's
enacting clause. This action
would have killed the measure.
Rankin, who yesterday told
the hojse there are spies now
at tho Oak Ridge, Tcnn., atomic
plant, declared In support of his
motion that world pence should
be secured before "we begin to
Hive away the weapons. . . "
He contended tiiat the legis
lation, proposing creation of a
five-man control commission,
would result in leakage of the
atom bomb secret to other na
tions. Chairman May (D-Ky.) or the
military committee opposed
Rank-in's move, calling on the
house to at least consider the
legislation and then chango It if
it wanted to.
Immediately after Rankin's
motion fnllcd. Rep. Short (R-
Mo.) moved to send the measure
back to the military committee,
which would have had the ef
fect of pigeon-holing it until
next year. Short's motion lost
107 to 50.
Plan Underway
On New County
PENDLETON. July 18 un
commercial clubs or tour uma-
tllla county and two Morrow
county towns are launching a
campaign to form a new county,
named after the late Senator
Charles McNary. In the vicinity
of McNary dam, W. R. Nugent
of Umatilla announced- loduy.
Nunent aald Umatilla. Itcrm-
Islon. Stanfleld and Echo In
Umatilla county and Boardman
and lrrluon In Morrow county
are starting tabulation of their
assessed
valuation, aimed at
forming
the nation's youngest
county.
"These towns feel mat tney
are not getting much In return
for their tart money." Nugent
said. "We have been partic
ularly neglected in coin road
development and school pro
grams."
It was this neglect and vastly
different Interests from the sur
rounding wheat country in pres
ent counties which prompted the
campaign, he said, pointing out
mat the area or tne proposed
county will include irrigated
lands growing a wide array of
diversified crops.
He said a "kick-off" meeting
or campaign leaders will be
held sometime next week.
Hammond Injured
By Kicking Horse
James Hammond, 24, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hammond of
Merrill, suffered a deep gash
over tho eye and other head in
juries when he was kicked by a
horse at the Willow Creek ranch
cast of Dorrls early this morning.
Young Hammond, recently re
turned from duty with the army,
is at Klamath Valley hospital.
He was admitted at 10 a. m. His
condition Is not considered ser
ious. views as Inevitable that Lewis
will Insist on the operators' ac
cepting, once they resume own
ership, all the terms and condi
tions which existed during gov
ernment seizure.
The agreement announced
lust night applies only to the
136 supervisors at four mines of
the Jones and Laughltn Steel
corporation In western Pennsyl
vania, the Vesta No, 4, S and 6
and the Slmimopln mine at
California, Pa.
Tho national labor relations
board ruled several months ago
that tho United Clerical, Tech
nical and Supervisory Employes
union of UMW's district 50 was
tho proper bargaining agent for
these employes. J. & L. resist
ed the decision and moved to
contest it in the courts.
J. & L. supervisors covcr"d
In tho pact were granted a $1.83
daily pay boost plus a $25 in
crease in vacation pay. Krug
and Morecll signed two other
agreements covering clerical
and technical employes of
J. & L. and the Industrial Col
lieries corporation, Johnstown,
Pa., a subsidiary of Bethlehem
bieol. Tnese workers were
given the same 184-cent hourly
increase granted Lewis coal
miners under an earlier government-union
agreement.
KLAMATH
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Gtorge Godard. assistant pressman at The Ha raid and Naws plant, laanad against th press to
day while the stall photographer throw the lights on his elegant whisker crop which ho hopes to
have to his waist before tho Centonnial oaaaant whiskerino contest doses. Officially, the contest
gou under way Monday, and detail el th whU kerino . doal wil
Ceoiga Juitcoulda't, wnitl -. .). k,i i- -
Legion Elects
Paul Otterbein
Paul Otterbein of Klamath
Falls, was elected district com
mander of District No. 4, at the
American Legion convention
which ended in Portland late
Wednesday. Vice commander
of the district which embraces
this area, is Harry Pinkerton
of Mcdford.
Also of vital interest to this
area was the resolution made
at the state meet, urging delay
in disposal of the Marine Bar
racks by the war assets admin
istration. In a rush to clean up the
business, delegates voted unan
imously for all resolutions seek
ing aid for World War II vet
erans. The convention was returned
to Portland for August 14, 13
and 16. 1947.
Other officers serving with
the new commander are: Jack
Maris. Roseburg, of the Suther-
lln-Onklnnd post, vice com
mander; Thomas Stoughton,
Portland, reelected finance of
ficer: Lt. Col. George Monval-
liu Bailey, S. J.. Pendleton.
chaplain.
Resolutions seeking aid to
veterans urged: relaxing of
state loan laws so veterans may
borrow to repair homes and
farms or to stock or re-stock
ranches, instead of only for pur
chase of homes, or farms: in
creasing of loans from $3000 to
$6000: transfer of home and
farm appraisal from state land
lord to the director of veterans'
affairs: inclusion of veterans on
the state apprenticeship coun
cils; reorganization of surplus
war property sale procedures.
Seattle Records
Quakes In Sea
SEATTLE. July 18 (iP) Two
strong submarine earthquakes
rocked the ocean floor about
800 miles from here at 10:11
fast"
m. and 10:20 p. m. (PST)
night, Prof. George E.
Goodspccd,- University of Wash
ington seismologist, reported to
day. "They were so severe that
had they occurred inland the
damage would have been con
siderable," he said.
The shocks persisted with di
minished intensity for 43 min
utes and "probably" centered
In a well-known submarine
fault off the California-Oregon
border, he said. However, they
might have been off the north
cm tip of Vancouver island and
checks witn untitornia seismolo
gists will aid in locating their
source, he added.
The shocks were recorded on
tho Fordham university seismo
graph in New York City and
were described there as "quite
severe.!'
FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY,
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Dynamite Supplies Moved
From Market Street Site
Explosives described by Fire
Chief Keith K. Ambrose as
sufficient to blast out every
window in Klamath Falls,
were moved from a Market
street commercial plant this
week at request of the chief.
A large quantity of dynamite
at the Klamath Concrete Pipe
company plant, 805 Market,
was stored contrary to city
ordinance, the chief said, and
when he explained the danger
to company officials, they
willingly cooperated and moved
the supply within an hour to
their magazine on tne Jieno
highway.
At least 573 pounds of 4U per
Air Inaugural
Plans Talked
Plans for opening festivities
with the inauguration of United
Air Lines' four-daily flights into
Klamath Falls on August 1, were
under discussion this afternoon
at the Klamath County chamber
of commerce.
Here from Portland is Tom
Blanchard, traveling traffic rep
resentative of United Air Lines,
and with W. T. Mclntyre. station
agent, the two met with com
mittee members to discuss in
augural plans from the commu
nity standpoint.
Blanchard announced today
that this city will have direct
service to Spokane and other
Inland Empire cities when Uni
ted comes in here. Announce
ment of other flights out of
Klamath Falls will be published
in the near future, Mclntyre
said. Those interested in the
Spokane contact, were advised
that that city will be only- five
and one-half hours away on a
through Mainliner passenger and
cargo flight leaving here at mid
morning. Intermediate cities on
the route will include Salem,
Portland and Pendleton. The
flight will leave Klamath Falls
at 10:11 a. m reaching Salem at
11:48 a. m., Portland at 12:19
a. m., Pendleton at 2:12 p. m.,
and Suokane at 3:38 p. m.
Bulletin
WASHINGTON, July 18 )
Senate conferees on OPA re
jected today a proposal by house
members for a compromise tnat
would have removed tho senato
ban on any further price ceil
ings for meat, milk, eggs and
other foods.
Senator Taft (R-Ol and Chair
man Sponsa (D-Ky) of the housa
banking committee Jointly an
nounced thet house members had
offered, and the senate members
promptly rejected, tho compro
mise proposaK
JULY 18. 194S
(Telephone
Whiskerino!
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. announced at that time.
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cent dynamite, 50 pounds of 50
per cent dynamite, 1075 pounds
of black blasting powder and
22,075 electric dynamite caps
were in the company buildings.
Chief Ambrose indicated that
no-- special protective measure
had been taken in storing the
explosives.- In fact, he said, in
several of the buildings, where
the dynamite was stored, repair
work and welding were being
done.
The dynamite is retailed by
the Klamath Concrete Pipe
company, handling Du Pont ex
plosives for this area. The com
pany is subject to government
inspection and had satisfied
federal requirements, officials
said today. Floyd Summers,
owner, said he was not aware
of the city ordinance and had
been keeping a limited supply
on hand for customers. The com
pany has a magazine on the
Lee Holliday ranch, five miles
from town, but delivery charges
are around $2.50, which as Sum
mers pointed out, is expensive
lor someone ' wishing a few
sticks of dynamite.
The matter came to the fire
department s attention when
Hoy Howe, fire department in
spector, heard about it while
making a check of fire hazards
on Main street The dynamite
was taken to the magazine by
the company as soon as it was
brought to their attention
. Chief Ambrose mentioned
the matter before the city coun
cil Monday night and suggested
that the ' city ordinance be
amended so that no explosives
can be kept in the city. At that
time the council did not take
any definite action until the
state regulations could be ex
amined. Baseball Scores
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Brooklyn ......1. : 2 8
Cincinnati 4
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Higbe, Herring (3). Lombard!
(7) and Anderson. Edwards (7)
Heusser and Meuller.
Boston 9 13 1
Chicago 3 6 0
Lee and O'Dea, Mas! (5); Pas-
scau, Meer (2), Olsen (3), Bauer
(6), Fleming (8) and McCullough
Scheffing (8).
New York 3 12 1
Pittsburgh 7 12 . (
Koslo and Lombard!, Warren
(8); Bahr,.Roe (2), Lanning (7)
and Lopez.
AMERICAN
Cleveland 7 8
Philadelphia 3 8
Webber, Gromek (6) and He-
gan; Christopher, t lores (2) and
nosar. e
Chicago 2
Boston 3
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Papish. Rigney (1) and Hayes
Harris, Kllngcr (7) and H. Wag
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WEATHER NEWS
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Six Die As
Blast Rocks
Resort Town
ONSET, Mass., July 18 (P)
A gas explosion rocked the
center of this crowded Buzzards
bay resort today and official re
ports placed the dead at six,
with the possibility that others
were buried in the wreckage.
All the dead lived in Onset.
Upwards of 23 were injured.
some seriously.
Four buildings, housing a
spa, gift shop and sea food
restaurant were damaged in the
blast at the height of the noon
luncheon rush in eating and
dining places.
The state fire marshal in Bos
ton said he had been informed
by an inspector on the scene
that six were killed. Wareham
police who cover the village of
Onset, also said six were known
to be dead.
Restaurant Destroyed
Police of the town of Ware
bam, of which Onset is a vil
lage, said four persons were
known to be dead and that 18
to 20 persons were injured in
the blast which destroyed
Christy's restaurant and dam
aged surrounding buildings.
Names of dead and injured
were not immediately available.
Tobey hospital reported that
two persons injured in the ex
plosion were dead on arrival
and that 18 to 20 others were
brought there for treatment.
Every ambulance within 35
miles radius was called.
The Onset fire department
reported the fire that followed
the blast had been extinguished
but said "we may be digging all
night long." .
Yangtze Move
Menaces China
NANKING, July 18 (-IP) Rival
Chinese government and com
munist armies were on the march
along the mighty Yangtse river
today and clashes north of this
vital artery of China posed a
threat of full-scale civil war. -Gen.
Chou En-lai. leader of the
community delegation in Nan
king, charged the government
with "aggressions" and told a
press conference "local conflicts
are blossoming rapidly into civil
war."
Peng Hsuen-pei. minister of
information, denied this and as
serted that communist armies
instead were marching from the
north upon the Yangtze, along
whose bahks lie Nanking and the
great port ot snangnai. .
General Marshall, special U.
S. envoy, flew to the summer
capital at Kuling to confer with
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
and presumably gave him the
latest account of the deteriorat
ing situation.
There was an ominous quiet
in Manchuria, but from reports
pouring in little remained in
China proper of last January's
cease-fire agreement which Mar
shall hoped to use as a founda
tion for a permanent peace.
Chou said fighting now was
concentrated north of Shanghai
and northeast of Nanking in
northern Kiangsu province, the
strategic Shantung on the sea
board farther north, in northern
Hupeh. which embraces Peiping
and Tientsin, and south Shansi,
just west of Hupeh.
County To Hike Valuations
And Cut Property Tax Rate
By Halo Scarbrough
(Ed Note: This is the first of
a series of articles to acquaint
Klamath county residents with
the assessed valuation increase.)
The assessed valuation of prop
erty in Klamath county is going
to be raised 25 per cent, straight
across the board, this fall, so
one night soon a landowner with
a piece of ground worth $1000
in the tax assessor's office is
going to go to bed with that fig
ure in mind and wake up the
next morning to find that his
land then is worth $1250.
But, when tax paying time
comes, the boost will not make
any difference in the amount of
money paid for the right to own
the land, because the millage
rate of taxes will be reduced in
a percentage to correspond with
the raise in valuation.
In other words, this change
is just on the books in the office
of the county tax assessor and
the state tax commission, and the
taxpayer will not be nicked for
anv more monev for the new
assessed valuation of his prop
erty than he was for the old
assessment.
Take the $1000 valuation for
example:
Proceedings
Against May
Meet Delay
WASHINGTON, July 18 UP)
The senate war investigating
committee reported today that
it haa uncovered "new evi
dence" in its war profits In
quiry into a midwest munition!
combine.
The "new evidence" delayed
a committee decision on what
steps it might take In hailing
Chairman May (D-Ky.) of tho
house military committee be-
WASHINGTON. July 18
Mrs. Eleanor Hall, a witnssa
in senate's war profits in
quiry, said today she had
been given police protection
after receiving "mysterious
telephone calls" last night.
Mrs. Hall testified yester
day before tho senato war In
vestigating committee about
operations of the Washington
office of a midweatern muni
tions firm which formerly
employed her as a secrets -y.
fore it for a public explanation
of his activities in connection
with the combine.
The committee met for more
than an hour behind closed
doors for a "general discussion"
of possible steps. ,
Two written invitations al
ready have been sent to him by
Chairman Mead (D-N. Y.) to ap
pear "voluntarily." But he has
laid down conditions for that
appearance among them the
right to cross examine witnesses
and summon records which
the committee has refused to ac
cept. , . .
Front Darned
May has acknowledged that
he aided the Illinois industrial
combine during the war years.
but has insisted that aid was for
the war effort alone, and has
denied that he profited person
ally.
Yesterday the committee
heard testimony that he one
asked an official of the com
bine: "What about that $3000?"
At the close of today s execu
tive session, Francis Flanagan
of committee counsel announced
the discovery of the new evi
dence, but flatly refused to dis
close to reporters even an "ink
ling" of its nature or who' it
involved.
He acknowledged that it
might involve the reopening of
public hearings.
- Mead, who brought public
hearings to a tumultuous end
yesterday, said the committee
also will decide what action to
take on the non-appearance of
Murray Garsson. Garsson was
one of the promoters of the Erie
Basin Metal Products company
of Elgin, 111., and Batavia Metal
Products company of Batavia,
111., leading companies in the
munitions setup.
Lawyers View
Degnan Scene
CHICAGO, July 18 m
William Heirens' attorneys ex-
amined the scene of the kidnap
slavine of Suzanne Degnan to
day, indicating preparations for
a possible court detense oi ineir
client on that charge.
Published reports that a deal
still was in the making whereby
Heirens would confess formally
to three slayings in return .for
the state's recommendation for
a life sentence instead of the
electric chair were discounted
today by the Herald-American
which said:
"All horse trading for a pre
trial settlement of the fate of
William Heirens, the schizo
phrenic murder suspect, was
abandoned today and opposing
counsel began preparing for a
judge and jury trial."
State's Attorney William J.
Tuohy and Heirens' ; lawyers
would not comment on reports
a "deal" ever was suggested or
considered.
Based on the 1945-48 levy for
the city of Klamath Falls, the
tax was 94 mills, or $94 for a
$1000 assessed valuation. The
new valuation will be $1ZS0,
one-fourth more, but the tax levy
will be corresponding dropped to
75.2 mills, and bring in $94 on
the $1250.
Reason for the boost In prop
erty valuation, as explained by
tax authorities, is that Klamath
county's property for a long time
past has held a very low assess-
ed valuation a ratio of 36 to an
average of 50 for the state and
that just tends to make the prop .
erty in this county look like It S -not
worth very much.
This 25 per cent boost, to be
apportioned equally to all assess
able property In the county, is -designed
to place Klamath's val
uation ratio on a more equitable
footing with the other counties
in the state.
Both the city council and the
county court have requested that
the assessed valuation of the
county be increased, and this
change has been worked out by
Newt Nelson, tax assessor, and
Arthur A.' Selander, chief ap-
praisal engineer of the state tax
commission.
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