Truck Drivers On Mean Highway Face
Temperature Ranges From Zero To 60
Below; Steel Tools Freeze To Hands
; ly MUHLIH IPENCEIt
SEATTLE, Deo, 14 (!') It's
ooltl on lln Aluaka highway thin
winter, fo cold Hint Itnnl
wre.ich will freeze to your bur
limtri and uunsen bunion are re
quired to iturt truck motor,
but li'uckri ere ptiahlnil tlirnuifh
with sorely nectwd supplies for
Almkn.
Wuy atutlons ire mirlnulnu up
aloiiK the scenic, liUOtlinllo wur
born roud (rum Bouttlo to Kulr
buiiks and Anchuriiue, but truck
ers report ahortuMo of becta.
At It'imt oiir drove for 2(1 '.lcniri
before finding- plitco to Bleep,
(lid all (hut no with lliem
ulonii the hlKbwuy, und Biisiillno
li to bo lind, at privet rnnl.iK
from 3(1 to 75 conla per ifiiilim,
An IntrlKulna atory of driving:
tint Alimku hlK.iwny win rrluteii
by three drivers, Al C, Jourdln
of Anchoriiuv, ami Clcnc ItciKue
und Kodney L. Wolff, bol'i of
r'ulrhnnka. Juurdlii I ii driver
for Aimll.i L. (Cup) Littlirop, col
orful Alimkun liualiit'ssimiii, who
sent the first convoy of trucks
to Anrhoriiiia unci bark to
Seattle uifiilti,
"Thre' no hirdmilp In drlv
liiK the Alusks iilghwiy," said
Jourdan, husky, black-haired
veteran driver, "There re Just
Inctinve.ilcnces."
Tile cold In one of them. From
Duwon Creek, typical frontlvr
town In Urltlsh Columbia, north
ward, temperature! rank from
lero to (1(1 below.
KnKUe oncountered 85 below
Kero cold near Dawtion Crevk on
November 13 last year and Jour
dl.i drove throukh 4U below zero
temperalureii on the 20th of No
vember this year.
"It raum-s trouble," re luted
Jourdln, In wmt the typical
American driver would consider
a muaterpleve nf undvralalc
mVnt. "At that tenipernture the
condenantlon In the fuel linen
freezea and the carburetor and
fuel pump freeze up. T'.inl niea.n
you have to get out end change
them."
The change must be made with
gloved banda, however, because
no mun could drive long after
toucliing a piece of ateel with
hw bare hand. Steel that cold
will freeze to tfie hand, Thcre'i
aio me prooium of atartlng a
truck that haa atood out all night
In bitter cold. Truck filled with
ntl-frerze and radiator pro
tected with Wl.lter frnnli will
wlthatand sub-zero temperaturea
on tiie move.
But to make aure the motor
win iart In the morning, bunaen
com on motor (tenter arc
placed under the hood at nlg-M
10 aeep me oil Irom congealing.
Trucker and mnlnriin
driving- the highway take their
work eerioualy. The highway
authority compoaed of Can
adian who el up rule for tha
prepared for .iy possible trou
roed, require that truck be
bl. A pare tire mint be carried
for each two Urea on the road.
In other word, a aix-wheeled
truck must carry three (pare
tire. Spare go and lubricating
oil, brake fluid, fuel pump, fan
bell apark plug and tire repair
kit Including a pump, are man
datory. Latiirop'i flratt co.ivoy went to
Anchorage throuuh Klniunt..
the United Stales-Canadian bor-
acr. tm 3031 -mile trip wa
made in 12 day. Heavy now
along the border, however, will
change the future route to go
through SweetgraK, Mont., add
lng nearly 400 mile to the trip
Carrying material which had
been lyltg on dock In Seattle
when ships itopped (ailing to
CARNIVAL
B Dick turner
In A Fast Moving
World
By EARL WHITXOCIC
Hare U a quotation for your
attention:
"One reaion whv human k.
iiiks are aiwaya
aick i because
i niejr niv never
' ; quiet and when
wi v j uq gel
quiet, they do
not know what
to do. They are
fidgety; tkiyk
want lomething
to happen
quickly' to re
lieve them nf r..i UI.1H i-
the ilmple quietude which they
ennnot bear. They are ever af
flicting themnelvea with sound.
They keep covering the fore
ground of their live with a
network of Incident and cir
cumstances, thu obscuring ' the
greatest remedy In all the
world agalnat the world, and
that 1 simple quiet."
A good bit of thinking, don't
you agree? And who an id it
and ' when? Why those sound
thoughts were voiced by one
Paracelsus, one of the fathers
of medicine, more than 400
year ago.
So, you see neither people
nor their bade need have
changed much In the -last four
centurio. Nor the remedy for
a great many of their illsthe
healing medicine of quiet the
trange, deep, ageless calm of
Nature.
Noxt Tuesday Mr. Whitlock
of the Earl Whitlock Funeral
Home will eemment on "Christ-
.
we 1. m Bf y n art
& 9 ' i
Mary O'BrUn
were also dls-
"Thanka for dgnallng, pal I had no Idea ahe wu a
gold digger!"
Alaska during the maritime
strike, LaKirop convoy made
lt first stop at Spokane, then
cleared the border at Kings
gate. Normally about 30 minute
l rvqulrel for cooperative Can
adian custom offlcluls to ac
cept a bond on the cargo, a
figure equal to the amount of
duly which would be amessed If
the cargo were bound for Can
adian point.
The convoy, composed of six
21-ton trucks owned by Lathrop
aiid Harry Hoyt, Anchorage bus
inessman, made Edmonton on the
third duy and then (topped next
at Dawson Creek, terminus of
the Alberta Northern railroad.
Krom thut point on It averaged
about 300 mile per day.
The truckers found gasoline
available about every 100 miles
at little way station which
sprang up about a year ago and
have multiplied since. Lodging,
when It can be found, costs from
$1 to $2 50 per duy, but Jourdln
drove 28 hours before he could
find a vacancy sign. Food Is
good, but no meat is available
on Tuesdays and Frlduys.
"There's a tremendous amount
of scenery," said Kogge, "but
after driving a few days you get
tired of scenery. The speed lim
it, fixed by the control author
ity, Is 35 miles an hour but you
must slow down to five miles
an hour across bridges, there
are a good many hills, many of
which start Just at the opposite
side of a bridge."
Neither Jourdln nor Rogge
believe trucking will lake Die
place of ships in moving heavy
goods to Alaska. The cost Is pro
hibitive, except under unusual
circumstances such as at present
when goods must be had at any
cost.
"It will be a great thing for
tourists, though, said Jourdln.
There is more scenery than you
ever saw before."
And for the tourist or truck-
who gets into serious me
chanical tiouble you can always
ask for help, or directions, from
the Huyal Northwest Mounted
police.
"Only along the highway It's
the some with the motility as it
is with police in the United
State s, concluded Jourdln.
"When you don't want them
they're everywhere. When you
do, you can t find them.
German Plane
Story Told
BOSTON. Dec.' 18 ll A re-
port that German airplane
flew over American cities along
the Atlantic seaboard, including
Boston and New York, during
the war was made yesterday by
the former commander of an
American photographic recon.
nals.iance squadron.
Richard S. Leghorn of Win.
Chester, who held the rank of
Lieutenant Colonel, told a group
of optical scientists, that docu
ments found after the German
surrender claimed a modified
Fockc Wulf "200" flew the re-
conalsnance trip over the At
lantic seaboard In 1943.
Sneaking at ceremonies mark
lng the opening of the Boston
university army air forces op
tical research laboratory, Leg
horn said that the flight of the
dcrmnn plane originated at w
airfield In France.
By MARY O'BHIEM
Tunn r'nFit.n eminf-il mem
ber met today, Monday, to up-
nrtlnt htiurtl fif mircniM nn an
advisory committee thut would
work with t.ie
nresent board
of teachers
and adults.
S u g g e Hons
were drawn
uu In a sub-
committee
meeting F r i-
duy wmi Alice
Howard assist
ing the stu
dent committee.
Plans for the
coming Christ
mas nurtv on
ll,.r..U-.r O'i
cussed. Special invitations will
be sent out the first of this ween
to those adults wvio have donated
time i.rnirt nnrl eouioment to tic
club during its existence. All
purents ore issueo an invimuun
to attend the open house that
nlifht. Club rooms will be dec
orated in the holiday theme.
Only student couples will uc al
lowed al me party, uins ore iu
......... to.,t Hn.KuM nnA heels'.
boys are to wear dress slacks.
rt - i... Ik. nhUAl,u ttnnll-
any are a onowuuii yuw.i uuu
pnnrt This veur's choice for
queen Is Lynden King. Lynden
and her court will be honored at
the DeMoloy Snowball on Janu
ary 31. The affair is exclusive
to DeMolays and their date. The
four princesses chosen were Car
men L,ee jone. mary u orjcu,
and Mary Lou Case.
A change in Kratcr staff posi
tions ha now made Newt Thor-
ton the new editor of we publl-
cation. A threatened paper
shortage, which would have af
fected the number of editions put
out this next semcBter, iios been
eased and Kratcr plans for the
eight-page Christmas edition and
t.ie following issues are going
ahead on a normal basis.
Student Congress held a regu
lar meeting in activity period
today. General business includ
ed a talk by Mrs. Frank Peyton
on the Parents and Patrons
membership drive to begin
after the first of Kie year.
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$11,683 Net
Income For
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The Oregon, California and
Eastern railroad, which lie en
tirely within Klamath county,
earned a net Income of $11,683
in 1943, according to a report
just released by George Flagg,
state public utilities commission
er. Flagg' report show tiie rail
road had operating revenues of
$282,010 In 1043, and total oper
ating expenses of 202, 160. Rev
enues dropped far below the
$406,058 reported for 1944, but
expenses also were drastically
cut resulting in a balance for
1943, whereas in 1944 t!ie com
pany was in the red $107.
Revenue freight carried (In
tons) wa broken down as fol
lows: Agricultural products .... 26,351
Animals and products .... 7,313
Products of mines 260
Products of forests 762,641
Manufactures, etc 8,446
Less than carload lots .. 30
Scotland Yard
Gets Blast Threat
LONDON, Dec. It VP) A
spokesman for Scotland Yard
reported that two threats to
blow up the world famous
police center had been made
Saturday,
The threats, the spokesman
said, were made by a man with
a deep voice who called at mid
night and again this morning.
The caller, he reported, said
Scotland Yard and the marble
arch at the entrance to Hyde
Park would be blasted.
The Yard immediately streng
thened it own guard and dis
patched extra police to the
marble arch area,
The spokesman would not say
whether the caller gave reasons
for the threats.
BIIAI.D NEW). Klsmslk Fans, Or. MONDAY, Dm. 1 MIS, Tan bm
the red $4946 at the end of 1945.
In 1944, it had a balance of $89.
Klamath Northern carried 23,
577 tons of forest products and
806 tons of mining products.
This road is 10.37 miles long.
Total 803,241
The OC&E runs from Klam
ath Falls to Bly. It is jointly
owned by the Southern Pacific
and Great Northern. This road
is 65.4 miles long.
Another all-Klamat'.i county
railroad is the Klamath North
ern, which operates from the
Gilclirist Lumber company's
plant at Gilchrist to the main
railroad line.
Klamath Northern had operat
ing revenues of $18,518 in 1945,
and operating expenses of $20,
630. Its income balance was in
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PORTLAND. Dec. 15 (fl -Plans
to operate a "turkey ex
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chicks from Oregon to mid-west
center were reported today by
Robert L. Rubottom, 23-ycar-old
air corps veteran.
The McMinnvllle pilot said he
had purchased a surplus military
airplane and also would haul
fruit and fresh seafood In season.'
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