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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1946)
BASM FARM OOTUMK GOOD FOR "'47 By C. A. HENDERSON Ktewatll Ctr Afffflallarl AflM Agricultural Highlights of 1946 Nineteen hundred and forty six found farmers of the Klamath basin again producing a maxi mum acreage of farm commodi ties needed during the. recon struction period following the war. Some of the highlights of the year were: A marked de crease in potato acreage with large increases in the alsike clover seed acreage and the Hannchen barley acreage; fur ther decreases in dairy, sheep and hogs; cattle and poultry held their gains and there was con siderable increase in suburban acreage gardens and small fruit and berry tracts. Potato acreage reached an all time high in 1945 with 28.096 acres in the Klamath basin. Pre liminary figures for 1946 indicate that this acreage was reduced to approximately 24,500 acres or Cupid Loses Out In Basin Marriages By Long Odds For every three couples who decided to get married in Klam ath county during 1946, four came to the parting of the ways via divorce court. A compilation of marriage and divorce records at the coun ty courthouse shows that there were 383 wedding licenses is sued during 1946. and 446 de crees of divorce granted in court. In 1945. a war year, there were 502 marriages and 345 di vorces. In 1944 the divorces totaled 279. CIO Lumber Workers Pay Hike Slated (Continued From Page One) new base rate in sawmills and log camps will be $1,224 an hour, and in box factories $1.20. Effect ive date will be January 1. Agreement was reached by J. E. Fadling, representing the northwest regional negotiating committee of the CIO, and C. L. Irving of the PIRC. Fadling said the plan will be presented to the membership by ballot late in January. Notice of acceptance must be received by the PIRC in January, according to the agreement. It was also agreed that the wage increase shall not be paid to employes who terminate em ployment prior to union .accept ance, unless application is made by "the terminating employe on or before February 10. Local unions and companies will de cide whether to convert the raise to piecework contracts. Fadling said 22 companies are affected, including operations at Prineville, Bend, Klamath Falls area. Rogue river valley, Mc Cloud, Redding and the Feather river country. He said that the plan, if ratified, will be applied in a number of independent op erations not represented by PIRC. He said the agreement settles negotiations to April 1.' Irving announced that the PIRC and AFL northern Califor nia council have agreed on 15 cent wage boosts for about 1500 AFL employes in the Feather river-Susanville country. Last week, negotiators agreed on the same boost for AFL employes in the Klamath basin district coun cil areas. '46 License Plates Expire Today Klamath county motorists were issued a final warning by state police Tuesday advising that 1946 license plates are void December 31, (today), and that after January 1, 1947, those without plates are subject to ar rest and citation to court. Several hundred late license applicants lined up at the license bureau Monday afternoon and a similar line was observed this less. Potato prices are averaging considerably lower and the total sales value as well as shipments should be considerably under that of 1945. Alsike clover, un der the stimulus of world-wide demand, increased from 6000 acres in 1945 to over 9000 acres in 1946 with a production Jump of from 21 million pounds to nearly four million and a sules value in 1946 approximately $1,500,000, nearly double the sales value of the 1945 crop. Barley also showed consider able increase in acreage and some increase in selling prices as well. The total 1945 acreage wus 54.500 acres while in 1946 it in creased to 56,500 acres with pro duction of about 3,100,000 bush els and a sales value of nearly $4,250,000 as compared with $3,750,000 in 1945. A large por tion of this was Hannchen barley and was in great demand by malsters for brewing purposes. Circuit Judge Dovld R. Van denberg. who presided over most of the divorce cases, gave an average of two decrees each day court was in session in 1946. Most of them came on uncon tested default cases. The judge laid the blame for the great majority of the broken homes directly to the war, whether or not either party had been in the service. A good many civilian couples some married as long as 20 or 25 years split up, the Judge said, simply because in the war years the family had more money than ever before, enough money to cause the husband or wife to begin to step out, drink and see a little night life. The majority of the divorces were in families of ex-service men. however, auicklv married .during the war years at Reno or some other city which doesn't have a three-day "cooling off" period. When the serviceman return ed home everything wasn't ex actly as he had imagined, his wife had been stepping out, he wanted to loaf a while Instead of going to work, and so the divorce court. Default divorces arc those in which only one party comes to court, generally the wife. She has a lawyer draw up a com plaint alleging that her husband didn't write to her while in the service, beat her, drank, wouldn't work or committed any of the other multitude of sins covered by cruel and in human treatment, and got the decree. Judge Vandenberg says that in those cases he knows that both parties want a di vorce, and the allegations in the complaint actually amount to nothing. He listens while a few perfunctory answers are given to an attorney's questions, then says: "You may have the decree." Year's End To Be Festive Occasion Paper hats, tin horns and noisemakers will be on hand to help Klamath folk welcome 1947 in fine fashion tonight at dances and many other festive affairs planned for New Year's Eve. Wednesday, New Year's Day, will mark the end of the winter holiday season when stores, banks, the post office, court house, liquor store, libraries and city . hall will close. The day will also be a holiday for The Herald and News staff with no paper being published. Drunk Driving Warning Issued Police Chief Orvllle Hamil ton, expecting a good deal of jubilation over the advent of the New Year tonight, says that the police department is not go ing to deal leniently with drink ing drivers. He warned drinkers to do their traveling afoot, by bus or taxicab, but to stay out from under the wheel of an auto lest they greet 1947 from the city hall drunk tank. American railroads use an nually more than 6,000 tons of weed killers on rights-of-way. OUter major crops showed little change from previous years with tho alfalfa, onion, wheat, oat and rye acreage about holding their own. Tho lower Income from the 1946 crop of potatoes will perhaps be offset by increased returns from alsiko clover, bar ley and other grain crops. Dairy production continued ,to decrease throughout tho year and estimates of those people connected with the industry in dicate Unit the all-time high of 8000 dairy cows in the Klamath basin has been reduced over two thirds and that now approxi mately 2000 milking cows only arc left. Beef cattle continued to hold their own with favorable prices and good summer feeding conditions. Other matters of great Interest to agriculture in the Klamath basin was the construction of the cooperative starch-glucose plant at Hatfield financed by potato Political Figure LiNU Circuit Judge David Raymond Vandenberg, first Judge of the Klamath county circuit court to ha reelected to the bench, was the central political figure In the county this past year. The November campaign In which Judge Vandenberg defeated District Attorney Clarence Humble, gave sett to an ether wise uneventful election. Jap Island Plan Proposed WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 ) Creation of a United Stales "ter ritory of the Pacific" or some similar type of civil administra tion to govern cx-Japa:icsc mandated islands, was recom mended today by Rep, Mansfield (D-Mont.). Mansfield, who accompanied a house naval affairs subcommit tee on a recent inspection of the islands, told a reporter that he will introduce legislation for this purpose in the coming congrens. He said that in his opinion the mandated islands should be ad ministered by the United States "only because what we paid for in blood and in money and in uncertainty must never be allow ed to happen again, and one way of securing peace In the Pacific is for this country to maintain undisputed control of all the is lands in the Caroline, Marshall! and Marianas groups." MB Transfer To State By WAA Told (Continued from Page One) tors, dishes and similar equip ment, Oscar I. Paulson, state voca tional director, said that he hopes to have the school here in operation "In a few weeks," and that the legislature would be asked to appropriate money for its operation. He had hoped to have the school in operation by tomor row, but the final release by the WAA was slower in coming than expected. Paulson estimates that 7500 to 10,000 war veterans and other students will attend the Klamath school within the next 10 years. Basin Potato Shipments In Carloads 1946 1945 Dev. 30 38 1 Dec. to Date 882 892 Season to Date .. .5434 6302 growers of the Klamath basin; tho opening of 86 additional homestead units In the Tulelako district; survey of agricultural possibilities now being under taken by tho bureau of reclama tion ana Increasing land values. The starch-glucose plunt at Hut field should be In operation about January 1, and should be of considerable assistance to potato growers by converting culls and low grude potatoes to starch and glucose and thereby Improving marketing conditions. Tho bureau of reclamation survey of agricultural lands In the Klamath basin should pro vide excellent information as to future agricultural development in the basin. Preliminary reports so fur made Indicate that less than half of the highly produc tive lands of the Klumuth basin are now In full production. The opening of the Tulelake home Coming Year Of Readjustment In Basin Br MITCHELL TILLOTSON Manager, First National Bank Klanuilh county hus Just com pleted the lurgcst yeur In Its business history. This Is Indicat ed by ulinost every business in dex available including bunk deposits, post office receipts, bank debits, water, electric and telephone connections, volume of retail trude and number of new businesses established. At tho present time indica tions are that 1947 should bo a good business year. However the coming year ap pears to be one of business re- Gale Force Winds Rake California LOS ANGELES. Dec. 31 f Gales as high as 64 miles an hour, raking most of southern Califor nia in a surprise year-end freak of weather, left two men dead today, at least five others Injured, and tangled wreckage of trees and Christmus ornaments In many cities. Two Inmates of a hospital near San Bernardino were crushed to death beneath a falling tree For a time San Bernardino's business district was closed to traffic becaase of breaking glass and flying ornaments which had been strung above the streets. In Hollywood, a mammoth Christ mas bell blew down on Holly wood boulevard, sending lute theatre-goers scattering as It fouled a trolley wiro and show ered sparks across an intersec tion. A 50-foot lighted Christmas tree blew down in Laguna Beach. Felled power lines darkened the movie colony of Malibu for an hour. Citrus and other fruit growers said they feared some damage from scarring as the winds whipped trees wildly. The blow was expected to diminish in Intensity during to day, with a sunny, mild New Year's Day predicted for Pasa dena's Tournament of Roses and Rose Bowl football game. Sev eral floats for tho tourney were slightly damaged when a portion of the main tent blew In. Chains Advised For Crater Lake Travel Those ski fans who plan to drive to Crater Lake national park New Year's Day to enjoy winter sports were advised by radio this morning that roads were slick and icy and chains are required above Annie Spring to the rim. Skiing Is expected to be good, with 62 Inches of packed snow and a powdery covering on top. The ski trails are well packed. Minimum at the park Tuesday morning was given as 16 degrees. There are boats that have no masts but depend on soils under water to carry-,, them alone. They're called "mussel diggers, and ply along the Ohio and Ken tucky rivers, collecting tho fish from whose shells shirt button? and cheap jewelry are mad. steads focused considerable is tcrcst.on the Klamath district and resulted In Uio adding of B4 (arms to the rapidly Increasing (arming operations of this dis trict, Much good furtn land hua changed hands during the your, at prices ranging from $300 t $500 per acre, showing confi dence of purchasers in the agri cultural future of Klamath, All In all, the year 1946 has been one of considerable variety excellent prices prevailing fur some agricultural commodities and low prices for olliers and hus brought about many difficulties In chunglng over from a wur time to a peacetime basis with some problems such as farm labor showing some improve ment but with farm supplies still hard to gel and cost of operation particularly high, In fuel, Die highest on record In th Industry, To Be Period adjustment, and under such cut Unions It Is difficult to see how volume of businoM wilt continue to rise. i Vices in many lines will ton tinue well above the price levels for the curly months of IM4U. The readjustments and realign ing of price levels have already begun In many agricultural lines and undoubtedly will continue through a greater part of the coming yeur. This will undoubt edly he true quite lurgely In all soft goods lines as well us agrl cultural commodities, and, wuil no radically depressive Influ ences are upparrul at the preM-ut time, iMTiods of price readjust ment and realignment arc al ways ceoinwnled by buyer cau lion. In KlamuUi county this influ ence will be partially offset by a continuance of substantial price levels for our greatest commodity, namely lumber. However it Is generally fell Unit some softening of prices may lx experienced in lumber before the end of the yeur particularly in fir. Such cluinges however will not radically affect production programs of any mills with avail able stumpiige. Some mills may be closed due to a lack of tim ber, and it Is probable that tho volume of lumber cut In this area In 1947 may be below that of 11)46. However there In no prospect of any material decrease in production of agricultural commodities, and, in spite of price readjustments Vhich will gruduulty take place throughout the year, it Is probable that 1047 will end with about the same unit production in agricul ture and slightly lower unit pro duction in lumber than In 1946. With the general level of lumber prices much higher at the be ginning of the year, however, it would appear likely that the dollar volume of lumber pro duced would be ulinost as great In 1947 as in the previous year. Another Important factor bear, lng on general buslnew condi tions Is the fact that the general level of wages received in the territory will probably be higher per capita In 1947 than In the previous year. If this condition should be maintained through out 1947 the volume of retail trade will undoubtedly continue at high levels. This will be further encouraged by several population increases In the west and by freer flow of tourist travel. To summarize 1947 should be good to very good as a business year, but oare must be exercised In accumulation of inventory and in controlling costs of produc tion and distribution. Cautious Driving Warning Given A warning to motorists t drive carefully was Issued today, New Year's Eve, by Sgt. E. W. Tichenor of slate police. The offi cer urged all persons driving to proceed with utmost caution as a protection to themselves as well as others. Roads were slick and with minimum temperatures, highways were deemed extreme ly hazardous. With the score or more of Christmas traffic accidents still treii in4hc mind, drivers should ho aware that sensible driving is the only protection, Tichenor observed.
