National Potaio Letter ....
Spud Storage Losses For
- m m m j m
Most Areas Anticipated
m.. uinnltf ilnture hu not
kutarially changed during th wwk.
However, new evidence indicetee further
hrtnk In the yeer-end merchantable
loch by reason of rapid break-down in
Iran It of him Maine ehlpmenU. Theee
reporU are not yet confirmed but if
true, would Indicate the possibility of
torage louoi during the next 30 day.
May 1m nothing more than normal ex
pectancy of lomi bad bin due to ring
rot or blight, but It bean watching. In
addition, there U widespread agitation
of aggreavlve and axtenaiva dumping of
eurplua potato. If DoA repond to
uch demands and puta any conilder
oble quantity beyond the reach of com
merctal channels, the year-end supply
picture will look lUll better.
If this la done, however. It will
merely be doing now what nearly all ob.
aervera agree mutt be done sooner or
later. We can understand and sympath
ise with DoA's reluctance to dump good
potatoes in the face of world hunger,
but dumping will be less costly now
than later when sprout and rot de
velop. So there Is good argument for
doing It now when It can have a market
bentflt as well. On the other hand,
consumers have had no benefit from the
abundant supply. Many people, in and
out of the government, believe that they
should and that price support opera
tions should be geared to a policy of
making good on grower commitments
without making consumers pay twice
once In the retail price and again in the
tax bill. We do not pretend to know
what DoA will do. but we confess that
there Is no particular reason for deliber
ately permitting accumulstions of poor
stuff graded out of market shipment
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when there Is more than enough of good
quality to go around.
Demand and Marksls
I,ast week's trading shows signs of Im
provement; probably due to light ship
ments, low terminal stocks, car short
ages, and the bulge in seed shipments
to best the freight rale Increases. Mar
ket show quick response to changes In
the rate of movement as a result of
hand-to-mouth buying and empty pipe
lines. Idaho demand is reported light
turning fair, the market mostly steady,
prices a nickel to a dime higher at 5 to
10 cents over the floor. Washington
iKIIensburg onlyt reports the demand
very slow, the market generally dull
and too few sales to quote.
Term Ins) reports are sketchy, but
show Chicago with a slow demand, the
market a little stronger for large Idaho,
about steady for others. New York
ruled dull but with some new strength
for Easterns and new slock slightly
weaker to , dull. Atlanta ruled steady.
Boston, dull but firming; Detroit, mostly
about steadv with pecks unsettled; Min
neapolis, dull; Philadelphia, old mostly
about steadj- with some weakness, new
weaker to dull. San Francisco ruled
barelv steady with Klamath Russets
bringing mostly M.00 to $3.13: a range
narrower than last week with the top
down a dime.
Thing We Hear
DoA tells us growers participating tn
the loan program can pack large sties
and retain price support on pick-outs.
l' Inches up. After all. spuds meeting
requirements of U. S. No. 1 are sttll in
grcde even if some have been removed
Much gossip about what congress will
do about Steagall price support: maybe
lower the percentage of parity; maybe
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let price find Its level and subsidise
eligible growers: maybe a combination.
Most of the talk Is just that. We have
heard nothing we cn rely on as an in
dicator, nor has DoA given any sign of
what. If anything, it will propose. But
you ran count on a thorough examina
tion of the whole problem, and changes
of some kind and degree. If traditional
political thinking prevails. Iheie will he
greater emphasis on marketing and les
on acreage and production. Tills is good,
within limits. Marketing refinement can
go far, but there is no proof It can cope
with runaway acreage.
Lots of folks are wondering about the
194? acreage goals In light of UMtt final
crop estimate. As we recall, we figured
that total V. S. goal acreage would pro
duce the needs of the country at a very
conservative Meld of about 140 bushels
per acre. Yields In IMS were IM
bushels, then a new record. In IMA the
almost Impossible figure of 1H4 bushels
was reached. Yields would have to be
cut nearly a fourth from 194 to keep
the crop at the requirement level. Head
scratchcrs want to know If a drop to
140 bushels is likely, and If not. what
good U the t947 goal? We don't know
what to expect of the weather, but It
has been too goood too long. At the
same lime, the shift towards high-yielding
areas probably will continue. Yield
probably will drop, but not by 44
hufthels. Obvious conclusion is that the
goal la too big, but only time wtlt tell.
WORTH IT!
LESTER, Pa.. Jan. 10 (AW
A robbery at Lester grammar
school netted a ttiief only $3
but it meant a one-day holiday
for the 250 pupils.
Police ordered the school
closed after the thief made off
with milk money and Junior
Red Cross contributions yester
day in order to preserve finger
prints and conduct an investigation.
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Police Hunt
Two Army Men
Slate police wero scurchlng to
day for two young army men
who are said to have spent
Christmas furloughs In Klamath
Falls from Fort Lewis, Wash.
The two arc suspected ot taking
a 1937 Plymouth- coach from
Maupin and abandoning the car
on the Marine Barracks road,
the machine wrecked and strip
ped ot its radio and repair equip
ment. Officers said two 20-year-old
soldiers were in Mau
pin and attempted to get
money through Western Union
to continue their trip south. In
the meantime a - car owned by
Mrs. Donnie Duus of Maupin
was broken into and a purse con
taining about $3 in cash and a
flashlight taken. The light was
found in the abandoned car, of
ficers reported. Police asked
that anyone having Information
on two men answering the above
description, contact them at
headquarters or phone 4211. The
car was traced to the owner.
Kex"M. anodgrass, Maupin rest
dent.
VT IS UOKKIHA OUT 1 IMTC
Ot OOOB SOUO ROUND, BUT
1HlOb. MOU6 OV- MVS
llilill
By MARY O'BRIEN
Conference basketball games
get under way tonight when the
Pels play Ashland on Pelican
court. Tied in
A'lth the bas
ketball spirit
was today's 30
minute pep as
sembly. The
fellow who
thought up the
proceed i n gs
was Chairman
Evan Dixon. A
Hawaiian hula
diversion act
was staged by
George Jones
and Stan
Smith. Vocal
Mary O'Brien
ists were Bud Sclby and the
vocal team of Patty Meyers and
Darlene Knowlcs. Spaced some
where In here on the program
was another diversion act, this
time by Bud brown, coach
Wayne Scott gavo a short talk
on the basketball outlook and
the yell squad led several yells.
Five girls dressed in red sweaters
and whte shorts- made up an
imaginary Pel team.
...
This semester's five top speak
ers now taking beginning speech
will be chosen In another three
weeks and will then be entered
in a contest at the Toastmasters
club. On January 29 an Inter
class speech contest will be held.
One speaker will be chosen from
each of the seven spech classes
taught by Walt Eschebeck and
Howard Holt. Preliminary Inter
class speaking will be held at KU
to reduce the seven first chosen
to the top five. The above plan
will be put Into action every
semester from now on.
.
With both yesterday's and to
day's activity periods either de
leted or reserved for an assembly.
club meetings have been held at
noon or postponed. The Latin
club met yesterday noon, and
Script and Mike and Girls Ski
club held their meetings this
noon.
School Bus
Delivery Slow
The three new school buses
badly needed and on order for
the county school system, will
not arrive for some time to
come, according to word re
ceived by the school board from
the bus manufacturing com
pany. The school board met yester
day in the Veterans Memorial
building.
Harold Ashley, superinten
dent of county schools, said that
the bus company had informed
him that lis production was cur
tailed by shortages of materials
and that the chance of getting
new buses or repair parts is
worse now than during the war.
The current carpenter strike
has virtually halted work on the
new Bonanza elementary school
wing and gymnasium, Ashley
said. The construction is about
75 per cent completed, and the
gymnasium may be put into use
before the end of this school
year.
Waitress Slayer
Gets Gas Chamber
JEFFERSON CITY, Jan. 10 (Hi
Van Lee Ramsey, a negro, died
quickly and quietly early today
in the Missouri state penitenti
ary's lethal gas chamber for the
butcher knife slaying of a young
St. Louis waitress.
Miss Lena Davidson, a 19-year-old
waitress, was brutally killed
May 1, 1945, when she tried to
defend herself from a robber.
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Forest Head's
Death Told
Jack F, Campbell, supervisor
of the f i-emoul national forest
from 1031 to 1IKI4 and well
known locally, died at Reno,
Nevada, on December 24. 1940.
Masonic funeral services wero
held at Fmlcy s mortuary, Port
land, on December 28.
Campbell started wurklng for
the forest service in 11)17 as
ranger on the Siskiyou nutlnnal
forest and worked on the Wil
lamette, Rainier and Deschutes
forests before coming to Lake
view in 1931. In 1:I4 he left to
become regional fire chief fo:
the forest servtco at Portland.
In 19U9 he was made associate
director ot the Now England for
est emergency project at Boston,
Mass. He Inter worked In Wash
ington, D. C, and on the emer
gency rubber projoct at Salinas,
Calif. While supervlNor of tho
Fremont, Campbell Initiated the
large CCC program and tho first
major road construction work on
tho forest. It was during his re
gime that tho Cox Creek and
several other largo fires oc
curred on the forest and it was
largely because of the excellent
manner In which ho handled
these that he was promoted to
the regional fire Job at Portland,
New Stamps
Tear Easily
A noticeable "tearlblllty" of
postage stamps has led to Inquiry
of postal authorities. No data has
been received at the Klnmath
Falls post office from the U. S.
post office department regarding
a thinner type stock being used.
Russell L. Griffith, assistant
postmaster, stated that the post
office staff had discussed the
matter and drawn the conclusion
that postage stamps may be
printed on a lighter type stock
now due to the paper shortage,
or the perforations dividing the
stamps are not as sharp and do
not tear with tho usual facility.
No notice of any change in ma
terial used has been given out,
he said.
Whether the perforations or
the paper is different, stamps to
day do not stand up under the
rugged ripping apart that pcoplo
have become accustomed to giv
ing them. They must bo carefully
held now when being separated
or the stamps will tear.
Hillah Temple
Election Held
Paul D. Green. Eugene, was
elected potentate nt the annual
election of officers of Hillah
temple, Ancient Arabia Order,
Nobles of the Mystic'Shrlnc,
held last week in Ashland. Green
replaces Marshall E, Cornctt,
past potentate.
Others elected were Earl T.
Ncwbry, Ashland, chief rabban;
Oscar F. Kittrcdge, Adcl, as
sistant rabban; H. H. Mayberry,
Ashland, oriental guide: George
W, Dunn, Ashland, treasurer; R.
E. Dctrick, Ashland, recorder;
Arthur F. Lcavltt, Med ford, first
ceremonial mauler; Eugene H.
Tardy, Grants Pass, second cere
monial master; L. C. Taylor,
Medford, master; John E. Blair,
Lukcview, orator: Robert A.
Thompson. Klamath Falls, cap
tain of the guard; Ralph E.
Sweeney, Medford, trustee, and
William J. Wallace, Ashland,
outer guard.
Representatives to the Im
perial council session at Atlantic
City, N. J., are Illustrious Poten
tate Paul Green, Piwt Potentate
Marshall E. Cornett, Chief Rob
ban Earl T. Ncwbry, and Rajah
Kenneth P. Lawrence.
Paper Carrier
Hurt In Fall
Gene Wallace Milligan, 13, i
3202 Crosby, The Herald and
News carrier, suffered a pain
ful injury to his leg when he
slipped on an icy road January
7 at 5:30 p. m., while riding his
bicycle. Young Milligan, eighth
grader at Altamont Junior high,
has recovered from his hurts.
Gene is the son of Wallace
Milligan. He has carried papers
for the Altamont routo for some
time.
Cltr Delivsry Service. Phone
8417.
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Supervisor
FRED J. GODFREY
Godfrey Takes
Music Job
LAKEVIEW. Jan. 10-FredJ.
Godfrey arrived this week from
Texas to take over his new du
ties as school music supervisor
In tho Lukcview school system,
He replace Alvln Templer, who
resigned to enter private busi
ness In Lakovlew.
Godfrey has been teaching the
past year at Hcnldton, Okla
homa, and prior to that spent al
most four years as a personnel
director In tho navy, serving In
the Philippines, He has had 8
years of teaching In the music
field, and Is a graduate of Cen
tral Teachers college, Edmond,
Okla., with a music major, and
has attended two summer ses
sions toward his master's degree.
Ho I married and has two chil
dren. Templer, who has been music
supervisor at Lakevlew for two
and one-half years, Joined Max
Phelpis of Lakevlew In tlx- part
nership purchase of The Sports
man from Erie Bennett.
Klamath Woman
Serves In Europe
FRANKFURT, Germany
Miss Elaine W. Mock, daughter
of Mrs. Edllh McLcod of 413
High, Klamath Falls, is cur
re n 1 1 y stationed In Hoechst,
Germany, with the army ex
change service. The army ex-
chango service In the European
theater is continuing its war
time mission of providing Items
for the soldiers' use, comfort
and pleasure. It now has the
additional task of procuring
merchandise for the families of
the army of occupation.
Miss Mock formerly served
overseas with the adjutant gen
eral casualty division. She was
also a former student of Klam
ath Union high school in Klam
ath Falls.
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Clean-Up Plan
To Be Talked
Several projects for tho city
spring clcan-up program wilt be
discussed January 14 wlion the
Klamalh clean-up committee
will meet at 10 a. m. at (lie
chamber of commerce.
Proposals miido at tho last
meeting of tho committee will be
fully outlined, NIcIioIimi Long,
chairman, said today, including
encouraging school children to
assist In cleaning up school
grounds, front and back yards at
homo and vacant lots about
town. Tho committee Is investi
gating tho availability of merit
pins or badges to bo awarded to
tho children most active In ob
taining results.
Another proposal to come un
der discussion Tuesday la the
procurement of refuse cans tn he
fixed at intervals along Main
struct for rubbish which is now
being strewn along the side-
The committee headed by
Long Is composed of members
repiesrntlng local clubs and or
ganizations and Includes Benny
tlurgrss, 20-30 club; John Sand
meycr, Klamalh County Heallh
association: Warren Heimel, Ro
tary: Greer Drew, Klwunis; Paul
Angstead, Linns: Martin Put
nam, Junior chamber of com
merce; Annls Strulhers, BI'W;
Lillian Hlllts, Somptimlst; Jim
Patterson, Boy Scouts; E. A.
Thomas, city engineer.
WELL DONE
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 9 lJ'l
Firemen battling a stubborn
blain in tavern and restau
rant remembered the three
pound meat loaf they had put
In the oven at No. 0 station two
hours earlier for their Sunday
dinner.
Patrolman William Rednion
eased their worries by hurrying
to tho station and basting the
meat loaf at noon. But the din
ner wasn't rescued until Fire
man B. F. Merino was over
come by smoke and was sent
back to the station at 2 p. m.
Even so, "It was the driest
meat loaf I ever ate," Merino
said later, "I think It was over
done." Th. hiffhlv.ittti-ilnslv com
pound, guncotton, is made by
treating cotton Willi suipnria
and nitric acids.
Continuing Our
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Till Jan. 14th!
SAVE
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Stamped Goods
Yarn. Including Mylana, and
many other Items reduced In
proportion.
Save on Baby Sox Ladlsi'
Underwear.
Just Racalvad! New ihlpmant
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Stamped Goods.
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