Cooperative
Indian Land
Proposed By Rep. Horan
WASHINGTON. Jan S tPt
Plans for a cooperative program
of cutting forests on Indian
lands in the Pacific northwest
were announced today by Rep.
Horan (R-Wash.)
Indian service officials, the
legislator raid, have already con
ferred with the forest seivice,
which has decided to send repre
sentatives to the Indian forests
to plan the program for sus
tained yields.
By law the government agen
cies are permitted to make long
term agreements with private in
dustry to provide for logging,
selective cutting of forests and
reforestation,
Horan said the first resrrva-
Reefer Cars
Now Available
The acute shortage of refriger
ator cars, felt by basin growers
around the first of December, has
eased off in the last week accord
ing to Ross Aubrey, inspector
for the state department of agri
culture. Aubrey stated that at the
present time the farmers are hav
ing little difficulty due to lack
of reefer cars. Aubrey said the
surplus of cars was due to the
fact that cold weather has ham
pered loading to some extent and
he pointed out that though no
more cats were arriving than be
fore, less cars were being sent
out, thereby creating a fairly
good backlog of cars.
Aubrey said that farmers
should not expect the over-all
shortage of cars to be alleviated
for some time. Much of the equip
ment is pre-war and is rapidly
wearing out. Very few cars are
being manufactured to take their
place. There is a possibility that
another shortage in this area
will take place, he said, especial
ly if a streak of warm weather
allows more loadings to be made.
7orld Var II
Bonus Planned
WASHmfiTOH -I.n- 4 m :
A Dili to pay all World War II
veterans a bonus of $4 per day
for home . service and $5 for
every day overseas was ready
' today for introduction by Rep.
Page (D-Ga.)
Page also planned measures to
make terminal leave of enlisted
personnel payable in cash March
1$ and to raise the salary limits
for veterans participating in the
government's on-the-job training
program.
World War I veterans were
paid a bonus of $1 daily for home
service and $1.25 for overseas
duty, but Page declared that
civilian wages were higher dur
ing World War II and that the
cost of living was up tremendous
ly now.
As drafted, the bill covers all
personnel.. The World War I
bonus was paid only to those be
low the grade of major.
Revised Tax Trimming Bill
Offered To Congress Today
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3 (IPi A
tax-trimming bill calling for a
20 per cent cut in income taxes
on the first $300,000 of indi
vidual incomes was offered today
by Rep. Knutson (R-Minn.).
The prospective republican
chairman of the house ways and
means committee modified his
bill at the last minute before in
troduction at the noon opening of
congress. Instead of a flat 20
per cent cut across the board all
individual income tax brackets,
Knutson recommended: .
1. A 20 per cent cut on the
first $300,000 of income.
2. A 10.5 per cent reduction
on that portion of income ex
ceeding $300,000.
Internal revenue bureau figures
for 1943 the last year available
showed that just over 600 per
sons in the United States had a
gross income above $300,000
that year.
Knutson said In a statement:
"The 'reduction of the tox at-
Cutting Of
Timber Plan
tion to be surveyed under the
plan probabjy would be the Col
vllle Indian reservation.
Horan said he had discussed
the matter with E. Morgan
Prycc, division director of the
Indian service in the Pucific
northwest, WalRor W. Wcohlke.
chief of the resources bruueh of
the service, and John II. Prov
ince, assistant Indian commis
sioner. They, he added. In turn con
ferred with Ira Mason, of the
forest service, to lay the ground
work for extending the coopera
tive plan to the Indian reserva
tions. '
"We need the cooperative plan
instituted on our Indian reserva
tions to prevent ruin of our for
ests," Horan said. "Under the
law permitting the cooperation
with private Industry the service
can allot certain lands to tlie
operators under long term con
tracts. They will provide that
the operators follow selective
logging, provide for reforesta
tion and thus create a sustained
yield project where trees can al
ways be cropped."
Horan said tint before any In
dian land could be allotted to
private operators a public hear
ing would have to be held and
the opinion of all interested
parties would bo taken into con
sideration. Ice Skating
Starts Soon
The moorage at the foot of
Moore park and adjacent to Up
per Klamath lake, will be flood
ed sometime late today, Friday,
and will probably be ready for
skating this week-end if con
tinued cold prevails.
Bert Stott, Moore park care
taker, is in charge of the flood
ing operations and recreation
authorities have recommended
the pond as a safe place for
children to skate. Skating on
other parts of the lake is dis
couraged. Various ponds around town
were being used for skating al
though the heavy coat of ice is
partially covered with a light
snowfall. Quite a few youngsters
have been using the government
canal for skating. Durwood Fos
ter, in charge of clearing the
moorage site, said announcement
as to skating -conditions at that
point would be made in Satur
day night's The .Herald and
News. '
Visitor Gets Fine
For Illegal Park
B. I. Freeman of Wren, Ore.,
passing through Klamath Falls
yesterday 'afternoon, stopped off
to get a bite to eat but in doing
so cut across Main street to glide
into a parking place on the left
side of the street.
In addition to his meal, the
stop cost him $2.50 for tow
charges when police pulled his
car into the station and another
$2.50 to settle a traffic ticket.
Five cars were towed In yes
terday for impronor parking in
various parts of the city.
tributable to that part of the
income of taxpayers which is In
excess of $300,000 is reduced by
10.5 per cent."
In general, he added, "Incomes
above $300,000 are unearned."
In its final form, thai repub
lican bill also would grant an
added advantage to taxpayers
over 65 years old, giving each
person in that age group an ad
ditional exemption of $500, mak
ing a total exemption of $1000.
Knutson's statement said:
"Applicable to the entire cal
endar year 1947, the measure
will provide a 20 per cent re
duction in the Individual income
tax payable under existing law
on incomes up to and slightly in
excess of $300,000.
' "The group which receives the
full 20 per cent reduction In
cludes the worker, the earner,
and those who utilize their in
comes in production, expansion
and employment."
Senate Menu
Impartial
WASHINGTON, Jan. S OP)
The senate's famed restaurant
bowed Impartially to republi
can and democratic states
alike today as congress con
vened. The foot u rod luncheon, at
65 cents, Included;
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Nip May Get
Scholarship
TOKYO, Jan. 3 m A Jup
anese who once "wanted to kill
as many Americans as possible"
today eagerly awaits an oppor
tunity to use an American
scholarship established by the
parents of a GI killed by a Jap
anese on Luzon.
Robert Yukimasa Nlshiyama,
22, said "I want to try my best
to repay" Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Johnston of Downlngtown,
Pa., who established the scholar
ship at Lafayette college, Easton,
Pa. Their son. Pvt. Robert S.
Johnstone, had asked that his
$100,000 GI insurance be used
for such a good will cause if he
were killed.
Tho mild mannered, bashful
Nlshiyama is superintending
Japanese workers building a
U. s. army hall and air force of
ficers club. He was In his third
year at a foreign language col
lege in Tokyo when he volun
teered for the Kamikaze corps.
Scheduled to make his first Ka
mikaze flight in October, 1945.
he was very happy, he said, when
war ended in August that year.
M'Comb Estate
Valued $17,500
The estate of Miss Mary Mc
Comb, who died December 21 as
the result of a gunshot wound
Inflicted by Donald F. Yancey,
has been tentatively appraised at
$17,500, according to a probate
filed by the attorney for the
heirs, Henry Perk Inn.
Her half-brother, David N. Me
Comb of Henley, has been ap
pointed administrator of the es
tate, and the appraisers are
Fred E. Fleet. Lloyd L. Porter
and George W. Mclntyre.
No will has been found and
the probate assumes that Miss
McComb died intestate Her law
ful heirs arc a brother, Allan W.
McComb, of Marysville, Tenn.,
and David McComb.
Her estate includes her home
at 1635 Crescent, valued at
$8000, and personal property
and savings amounting to an esti
mated $9500.
Bad Check
Charge Made
Roy Landers, Cozy hotel, wits
arrested Thursday afternoon by
Deputy Sheriff Marlon Barnes
on a charge of drawing a check
with insufficient funds to cover,
and was released on $150 cash
bond. .
He is alleged to have given a
check for $25 to the Oregon
Food store on S. 6th which was
refused at the bank. Barnes also
said that Landers had given a
bad check at Macdocl,
Liucheng Falls To
Communist Army
PEIPING, Jan. 3 W) Gov
ernment troops surprised mer
rymaking communists at the
height of a New Year's celebra
tion at Tamin and captured that
southern Hopeh province town,
national reports said today.- -In
western Shantung, how
ever, the communists captured
Liucheng, a walled town they
had besieged nearly a year.
The pro-government newspaper
Shih Chich Jih Pao said the
national garrison, reduced to
1000 aided by other govern
ment troops, . escaped through
communist lines.
Another government report
conceded the loss of Uhuyen
also in Shantung, to 10,000 com
Imunlst attackers.
HSRAI.D NIWS. Klamalk ralli, Or.
Vacation Over
Students Starting Monday
Monday, Juntiary 6, the
streets will aguln be active with
the youth of the city heading
buck to the hulls ot learning.
Tho next stretch In the class
rooms will be until March 20,
when doors will close for a
brief .respite until April 6 for
spring vacation.
Tho seven city elementury
schools and KU11S will observe
the same vacation dates. No
changes huve been mude in the
city edueutlonal system, It wus
reported by the superintend
ent's office and the new term
will start with tho same teach
ing personnel.
Three new buses, on order
for the past six months, to serve
city schools, have not arrived
to date but are expected any
time now. Buses will run on the
same schedules as before Christ
mas, making the same stops and
.schools wilt commence at the
old hours.
County schools, which start
ed a week in advance of the
city,- had a one-day holiday
Soldier Held
In Baby Death
LOS ANGELES. Juii. 3 1,11
Jacob Sutton, 24, lunged at a
handcuffed soldier In a coroner's
hearing room yesterday and at
tempted to beat him after heor
ing testimony that the army
private, James Monroe Carson,
19. had admitted striking 'Sut
ton's 13-month-old babv while
caring for It December 23. The
baby. Jack Arthur Sutton, died
en route to a hospital December
24.
Satton was restrained by of
ficers and friends after Detective
George Holt testified that Car
son had admitted hitting the
baby "three or four times" be
cause It cried.
Mrs. Satton testified the baby
fell from Its crib December 24
but appeared to be unharmed.
The jury returned an open
verdict, declaring that It was un
able to decide If the death was
homicidal or accidental. Later
Carson was charged with man
slaughter In a complaint pre
pared by Deputy District At
torney Harry Borne.
Bookmobile Will
Make Last Trip
The Klamath county bookmo
bile will make Its last regular
Fort Klamath trip for the winter
January 4, Saturday. The places
served are Woe us, Shady Pino,
Modoc Point, Fort Klamath Junc
tion, Klamath Agency,
Those who have books and
cannot get them to the book van,
please mail or bring to the li
brary In Klamath Falls, officials
said. Announcement ' will be
made when services can be re
sumed. Mall service for request
ed books will take the place of
trips for junuary, February and
March.
Eisenhower Turns Down
Presidential Seat Offer
By WILBUR JENNINGS
MIAMI, Fin., Jan. 3 (A") Gen.
Dwlght D. Eisenhower In an In
terview said today that the men
tion of his numo as a presidential
candidate "Is not good for the
great organization with which I
am associated."
Eisenhower, the army's chief
of staff, made it plain that he
was thinking as a soldier of the
nation's future security to pre
vent the United States from fall
ing victim to some possible fu
ture "super-blitz."
"From the beginning of the
war, when my name has been
mentioned in connection with a
possible future political career
for me, I- have Instantly refused
to consider such a contingency,"
said the general during an inter
view at on inspection of the
army's Pratt General hospital In
suburban Coral Gables.
"I have not changed my mind.
"Tho army Is definitely non
partisan and national in charac
ter, and any talk that tends to
cloud the soundness of that fea
ture is not to the best interests
of the United States."
Asked about his possible retire
raiDAT, Jaa. . IMt. rata IM
For School
Junuary 1. Dates and length o
spring vacation are still pond
Ing and will bo announce! i
luter.
One new bus for count.
schools hus been ordered fronn
Indiana and hus been paid fo ,
It is reported. A present th 1
driver problem Is well undr I
control with more available oi I
Hpultii-i tlimn wnhirloa
Several changes In the jF"',
of county Instructors durinj tit'
holidays Includes the resigni'il
tion ot Mrs. Peggy Florin jtbl
Fnlrhuvcn and replacement bl
Wnrren Foster, Foster Is s rJ
cent graduate ot SOCE, AH
land. 1
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Nlchol. 1
Bonanza school teachers, nr ,
still receiving treatment at Mil
side hospital after an automi
bile accident suffered durln 1
Christmas vacation, In which h
received a broken leg and ah
a broken arm, H. C. Hharpt
principal, is piurn-miiiug . I
their classrooms with tho ussla
unco of substitute touchers. 1
Is expected to be about thre i
months before the Nichols mi
able to resumo their duties.
Mrs. Marlon Baron, wh
taught at Merrill grade sclux i
before Christmas, moved Int
Klamath Fulls over the nel
yeur and her place la filled b,1
Mrs. Dorothy Dehlinger. '
At Shasta school Mrs. Wlnni
fred Cluwson Is acting prlm-ipu
(luring the absence of Mlo
Fishback. Fishbaek Is out o
town due to live death ot hi
father.
In the county superintend
unt's office W. K. Perkins, whJ
started as clerk In Hcplembci
will continue In that capaclt .
Other staff members will rt
main as before, with Donmi
Morehouse, Ashland sophomonj
who helped during vacation, re J
turning to her studies at SOCK 3
Monduy will see students o
Sacred Heart academy also n i
ns. No rrgvj
will beiotil
day houda:
turning to classrooms. No
lar spring vacation w
served but a two-day
during- Holy Week Is on th
schedule. The academy wll
start summer vacation on Ma) J
30, nearly one week befon i
other city schools.
Cordon Absent
At Opening
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3 OP) -
One of Oregon' congressmei
was absent today as the owe
five took part in the opening o
the 80th session.
Senator Cordon was en rouU
hero from Roseburg, where hJ
weni lor nis aaugnier a lunera j
last week. He was expected til
arrive here Sunday.
Oregon's other senator, Wayn.
L. .Morse of Eugene, pnrtlcipate
in the opening, and followed tin
keynote struck by other repub
1 leans H promising to "place thi
welfare of the country above
partisan pontics.
The families of Reps. Angell
Ellsworth. Stockman and Nor I
bind were In the house gallcrieil
as congressmen were sworn Ini
ment, the chief of staff said.
have a job to do and I'm golnil
to do it as lonn as I am needed.' I
He looked forward to a tsurtl
day when tho United Snito
might find herself alone again I
a hostile world, as England wa
after the fall of Franco.
"Ham convinced that the worli
has got to find a way to settl
differences peacefully," said Gen I
Eisonnowcr. "Wars are emcri i
encles. They come on unexoccP
edly. In the past we've had alllc.4
and factors which gave us ampu
time to DrcDare. This holds tru"
today, but perhaps It will not li j
future years. 1
"In recognition of this we hav I
one staff in Washington wno
job It Is to deal with scientist
for the future suocr-blltz aU
These men's only job Is to com
tact tnese scientists and lean I
what may be ahead,"
The general said he hollo vo
in tho amalgamation of all mil I
tary services, but that this effort
turned out to bo a service fig
and I don t believe In scrvic I
fights." He said wars had Ao b
fought with mutual frlcrMshi i
among the various service
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