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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1947)
Hatfield Plant Handling 200 Tons Of Basin Spuds Daily In Making Starch By RUTH KINO TULKLAKK, March 27 The syrup on your hut cuke tomor row morning nii'.v not twste I Ik" ' Netted Cii'iu poliilo, hut there In mlulity strong possibility . tluit thi' basic Ingredient, glu ' roan, originated In Kliiniuth Unslii 'Inter patch. " With the Introduction of thu , new Northwest Cheniuigy Co operative lit llutfleld thin m-uson which In bundling approximately .,200 loin of potatoes per fluy for . processing Into slnrcli, fniiniln- . lion for iiIucom', fanners unit : .others urn learning thul the low- ly apud limy linn (..'Intlcrellu and ..become Ihe sweetening In your bottle of pop, thr topplnu on your biikury bun or even n base for the incillclne thul cure your aches and puliin. Illtl'l'l'.lt In diverting cull pota toes hum I hi) dump ht'iip Into 'usable product stui'tcd here during tin wur yi'iim und farm Ni of tlio basin houKlit nlock In V tho Northwest (Jliciiiurgy co operative totiillnii mini' Hum I (10.000. Miichlncry win hlppd here from u government starch plunl In Mississippi, uhiiudoiii'd utter "being used one wi-i'k. Other euiilpinent lump from other T purls of thr country and engi neers from the mother cooeru tivo at Weiiulchee, Wuah., went .to work to build the nucleus Of a now business enterprise In -thin area in a potato cellur at ; Hatfield bought from Ci W. Oa- j born and Snua, I ulflukf. itonioiiciing oi tin cciiur lor tin' manufacture of starch was followed by construction of a large two-story, tile and coiierele LEGAL NOTICE I I f f HIM IN THK (MHt'l'IT I'Ol'BT Or TUB J"" HTATK Or Ofir.OON IN AND fOH THK COUNTY or KLAMATH THK MATTKtt ir THK ADOPTION , or WIU.IAM I'ATHlt'K C'ONLIW and a- KAHf.N E1.A1NK CONLIN. Minor (htlilitit. - IN Til, NAME Of THK STATE Of CrftfcclON, .1 TO W II. 1.1 AM HOl'KTON CONI.IN. . (JHCmNU, You hrali dlad lu t "trnd appear lii ltt Circuit CtHirt uf Ilia -ejiats or Ortfn. in aitt fur the Count -ftf KUmilh, m Ilia Circuit Court riM.ni In City of Klamath rail Rial of "T)rfon, on fUturday. lha lath day of Xnril. I Ml, 10 o clock A M- of I hat , day, than and titer to ih rauaa. If -- any ymi hava. why a darrv of ihle - tour! ahould not l niatla and vn triad harvln. pemtiMllng Ota iltrptiun of Wll i I Urn Pair Ira (..ml In and Karan Klein ..C'nnlln, minor rhlldrvn. ty l-tr Hanry A I tear and llaulah Citing nm Allr, filtionara In tha a nova antltlnd ma liar - Thla rltallon la avrvad unon you by uhllratlnn punuinr in n ordar of lh .1 nf Ida atMtva vnlltlad court mad and antarad hrin on Iht lOlh day of iJdarrh. IK4T. . WITNKnH my hand and Mai of th "-Circuit Court of tha Slala of Oragnn. "In and for lh County uf Klamath, Ihli f tha I0(h day of M.t. h. 1947 CHAR r DrI.AP. Clark IT By Nadlna Walkar. Uaputy. v a to rt: a j 10-No KIRBY Vacuum Cleaners Lifetime Guarantee Free Demonstration Telephone 9200 building thul will Iioum' the mjulpmrnt for proiciinliig Kin cone nrxt wuon. Thn plant lieri' In the only one In either Cnllfornlu or Oreifou. Two arc owrathi In Wimh liiKton at Wenatchce and Ellen burg. Starch only l being produced here thin year. Thin product, nllll inolut enough to mould in the bund, in uhlpped by upeciul truck to the plant at wcniitchcc to be converted Into giucoac. Sliced in eimenllul In moving the dump March and Ininxt'oi tulion by rail In not mitlHfuclory. Fif teen itona of nturcli leaven here dully. The production nf aturch in aluillur to the refining of nugur from bee tx. ..Thr opcriitlnn ws Introduced by J. Llfnzyc from I'oliuid und llir exclunlvr rlghln lo the proeenii In the United State are now owned oy me Nortliwcut Chcniurgy. Mr, Lll..vc In ntlll connultiuit for the coinpuiiy. There In aporoxliiiutely one Ion of ntureh in eight tonn of oolntoen und the volume of tub- rrn hnndled lo produce 15 tonn of the finished product la little nhort of ninuntninoun. While the trip through the factory In a bit oderoun, it in an Interenting experience. eneciiil Iv to growera who during the life of the potato Induatry In thu baniu, have mien truck load of Inferior gradea of polatova rot ting after paying out cold canh to grow them. Now the rilacarda bring the grower (10 per ton. Kven frozen polatoen can be utilized if they reach the fac tory at the thawing point. Thr potutoea, dumped Into an outside hopper from trucka are flouted into thr building through a cement trough filled with water for the firm of numeroun hatha. From thin alage on the opera lion In a lengthy one of grinding, ahnking, wanning, nettling and purification. Involving two floorn of heavy machinery, huge mrtnl vain, aplnnera that work on tho Mime principle an the apin dry waahlng machine in your kitchen and endleaa moving belts and conveyera. Thousand ot gallium of the potato liquid which have punned through crusher In ntirred In huge churn like villi. Sulphuric acid In added to facilitate net tling of the aturch and the acrid amell of the chemical hangn over the plant. The fiulnhed alarrh la not pure white but han a graylnh tinge and contains 33 per cent mois ture. Operations in the glucone fac tory which will bo readv in time for next year's crOp will be mill more complicated because here the liquid' starch molecules will 1 be broken down Into dextrose, 1 the augur in glucone, undrr ter rific atram prrnnure. Starch , produced here next year will not i be spun drybut will be pumped lo the second unit of the factory for Immediate conversion. Thin action in the sunie as dame niiture'n" work when alomiich flulda breuk down nlurehun Into easily digested augurs. Thu process Is only a Jump or two behind the actual production or sugar from pota toes, a system thul in yet too conlly for commercializing, Oluconc produced from potu toea in coinpuruble to well known nyrups and Is mild lo bo better tliun thul produced from corn. fJemund for the sweetening which has only been nwnu Inctured In tills country for a few years fur exceeds the out put. None Is as yet being ex ported. This plant will be able to handle 'JW tonn of potatoes per day at peak capacity and will operate the clock around with three shifts of 33 men being employed. .When finished It will he one of the best on the went coast. Ofllciuls expect the total cost lo reuch SilUtJ.UUU. One full years operation cun return the Initial cost of the plunt to this area through sal vage or potutoen. Thirty-three board members drawn from all the 'Northwest C'hcniiirgy cooperatives elect five or seven directors who lire responsible for working out problems of the business, Heorc senting thin biinln are Bryant willliimn, Klamath Fnlln: E. L l.emlcr, Merrill; Chester J. Main and Chester Slonccypher, Tulelakr. C. . Hicc is malinger of the local plunt; Itonuld Smith Is field man; Carl I.esklncn, plant superintendent; Otis Thompson, plant malinger, R. P. Miller, chief chemist and Huford Sparks is second chemist. Officials here expect to utilize all of the cull potatoes in the basin this year. JleAaM and Neutl Tulelake Growers Discuss Summer Wages, Irrigation AT LAST! A GEARED QUALITY GARDEN TRACTOR WITH ONE YEAR FACTORY GUARANTEE IMMIDIATI DELIVERY CHECK THESE OUTSTANDING FEATURES llrllcal resr transmlsslan anil. Na sprockets na hsln drive. I h.p. Wisconsin Motor. Powerful. S h.p. trans mitted to wheels. New Deparlar and Tim ken bearings throughout. Power take-off. o Heary-daty attachments, o One year guarantee. Mighty Man is one or the few garden trsctora built for long, efficient, and economical heavy duly, Willi an all-bail-bearlng, aealed Hellral Jtar traniinliilon unit and floating power axlea . . . trouble-free rom aprockcta and chain drives. With a 3 h.p. Wiaconaln engine and high mechanical efficiency, Mlulity Man la powerful enuuRh to do all light tractor Joha. With the one year factory guarantee Mlihty Man tractor la the molt economical, efficient garden tractor buy on the market. Bee it at your dealer'a now . . . aak for a demon stration. FACTORY IUILT HEAVY-DUTY ATTACHMENTS ma Riding Attachment li PLOW (with replaceable plowshare) rrtoNT CULTIVATOR IfT REAR CULTIVATOR SET LAWN ROLLER GRADER BLADE MOWER-TYPE IIICM CULTIVAT ING WHEELS SICKLE BAR ntSC HARROW II blade) sriKETOOTH HARROW 8PRINOTOOTH HARROW CATTRACK WHEELS Manufactured By Farm Equipment Division Marin Iron Works, Inc. Tacoma, Washington BROWN EQUIPMENT CO. Klamath rails, Oregon Handball Meet Opens In North; Titlist Tops SPOKANE, Murch 27 i,Vi Siuglrs Titlist Al Stubbs of thr Washington Athletic club and the double team of John Cebu la and Bill Bealty of Multnomah Athletic club, Portland, were given top seeding In the three day Pacific northwest amateur Invitational handball tourna ment which opened here today. Other sccdings: Singles Walter Pearson, Ore gon State college. No. 2, and Dick McKay, University of Washington, No. 3. Doubles Bruce Lumken and Bob Lnbow, WAC. No. 2, and John Wanner and John Metcalfe, Portland fire department. No. 3. Last Of Stored Grain Shipped Out TULELAKE. Much 27 All grains stored lust full in local elevators and in warehouses at the former Japanese center at Newell have been moved to mar ket, according to Clifford Wood, munugcr of the Tulelake Grow ers. Little of the grain crop was moved out at harvest time Inst fall due to the shortage of cars. TULELAKE, March 27 The 1047 early season farm wage scale. Irrigation, tile problem of obtaining better seed barley and better potuto marketing prac tices were issues brought up ut the March meeting of the Tule lake (Jrowcrs held Monday night In the Sportsman's hotel. Out-of-town speakers were A. E. Webb of Annhaeuscr-Uusch and Cris P. Bemis, sccretury of the potato division of the U. S. Fresh Fruit and Vegetable association. The meeting followed a 6:30 o' clock dinner. The growers recommended a spring and summer wage scale Identical with the 1946 scale for farm iubor, 75 cents per hour to be puid for weeding, hoeing, thinning and other hand work' und 1 per hour for irrigating and for truck and tractor drivers. Scale for the harvest season will be .recommended Inter. Water will be mudc available this spring by the reclamation service as soon as operation and maintenance costs have been puid by farmers, and water will probably be in the canals by April 1. The unseusonul warm wcuther with little moisture makes early irrigation impera tive lor legume crops. Some pre irrigatlon before cropping is also anticipated, growers announced. E. A. Webb of Ar.nnaeuser Busch stressed the importance of better barley seed grading and Inspection for the protection of both grower and buyer. No de cision was reached on the grad ing of seed here this fall but urowers will buy an improved seed slock from Oregon State college next fall. Research into the future of the potato industry, the per cap ita consumption of vegetables other than potatoes following an Intensive advertising program on the merits of tomatoes, spinach, celery and citrus fruits and the fact that the Klamath basin rates among the 10 top po tato producing areas in the U. S. were all discussed by Cris P. Bemli, secretary of the potato division of the U. S. Fresh Fruit and Vegetable association. Bemis stated that the U. S. department of agriculture is carrying on a research program slanted to the use of potatoes for other purposes than food. He stated also that the 1848 bumper potato crop was raised on a smullcr acreage than in other years, indicating that growers ure using improved culture methods. C. W. Fensler, representing the Sprcckies Sugar company, asked that.all growers who plan to plant sugar beets, sign con tracts by April 8. There will be no restrictions on beets raised on the new homesteads or on land leased from the reclamation ser vice this year. Vet's Mail Bag Ai a eervlce to veteran. In the com munity thle newepaper will publUh a weekly column of newe brlefe from the veierene admlnutrallon. ror further Information, veterane eoAUId contact or wrlie their neareat VA contact office at KlamaCn alla. Northwest Vets Reverse National GI Loan Trend Reversing a national trend in which requests for GI loans have hit the lowest level since last April, northwest veterans re ceived 2124 guaranteed or in sured loans during February, compared to 1883 approved dur ing January, the veterans admin istration reports. By the end of February, 23,566 northwest veterans had received loans totaling $108, 210.891. Veterans wanting GI loans should go directly to a bank, savings and loan association or other lending agency, the VA says. The VA is responsible only for certifying the veteran's eli gibility and for guaranteeing or insuring payment to lending agencies, in case of default, up i to a maximum of SO per cent of ' the total. : Questions Of Tha Week I Q. I recently lost my job and I can't meet the payments on my GI home loan. Am I entitled to readjustment allowance provid ed by tho GI bill? A. Your home loan has no bearing on your right to unem ployment compensation. Apply at your state unemployment ser vice for a readjustment allow ance. Q. May I arrange for the vet erans administration to deduct my national service life insur ance premiums from the disa bility compensation check I re ceive each month? A. Yes. You may go to your VA regional office or contact of fice and fill out a form which will authorize the veterans ad ministration to make the deduc tion from your compensation check. e e Benefits to World War II Veterans And Their Dependents Domiciliary Care. Description: Full care, including medical treatment In a VA home. Re quirements: Active service dur ing war period, discharge other than dishonorable. Veterans must be unable to earn a living because of disability and must be without adequate means of support. Disability may be either HERALD NtWS, Kleeaalk relit, Ore. THURSDAY, Matca 7. ISIT, (. Thirteen service-connected or non-service-connected. . Prosthetic Appliances. Descrip tion: V A furnishes artificial limbs, orthopedic and prosthetiu appliances and provides for re pairs. Transportation furnished to place of fitting. Training giv en in use of appliances. Re- auirementa: Service connected inability requiring prosthetic appliance. Note: This is the eighth of a series of brief summaries of benefits administered by the VA under various laws for World War II veterans, their depen dents and beneficiaries. We suggest '.hat it may be useful to clip this portion of the column for future reference. Next week: Assistance to the blind and ve hicles for handicapped. In a typical residence, 44.4 per cent ot the heat is lost through roof and walls and it is to reduce this loss that both new and old homes are insulated. Crews and Equipment Now Working in Country Ready to Give Prompt Farm Service General Interior and Exterior Painting of All Kinds ROPER and ROPER rAINTIKO CONTRACTORS ISO KUmatk Aec. Fkeao tla Seed Potatoes UTAH Netted Gems o Crawford ABd7olfe TULELAKE Wesley McKoig Klamath Falls t'A mark x 1 TO 1 raa 1.. "OW Oxygen and acetylene are also available j from o NOW in the J new, easily-handled, $ j small-size cylinders. f, h BUSSMAN'S U Welding Supplies f 'i 834 Klamath Ave. STUU 1 IRRIGATION SYSTEMS iU leoV kr j. W. KERNS I 734 So. Sth Ph. 4197 I Hans Norland Fire Insurance. Phone 6060. HAND MADE SADDLES Saddle 1 Harness REPAIRING AL HARRIS SADDLE SPORT SHOP IMiliif Sdool i 8 p. m. Friday March 28 Factory Representative Will Give Instruction and Demonstrations. Farm Equipment TM Re. stalk at. -Klamath Falls, Oregaa IBmWNLIIPE Auxiliary Transmissions AND Timken Axle Assemblies Wt hov good stock of these units complete, and maintain , good stock of repair parts for these two popular units. Bring or send in the unit and let us fully recondition it for you Night work gladly in an emergency. DC . B.1ILLEGI TRUCK DIVISION 11th and Klamath Phone 7755 tjw iiiijiaseeieis"tnn, ? r rwf Ell ?! w " eJ r?2Frt" .lTas- vmmn ;m iiimmi mt tnn mmm. riiiiiiiur:iiiMfiuiiii4i-i-ieiM a The only leveler that operates All TOMATICAIXY knocks off the high places, fills in the low ones, mulches the soil, breaks clods, forms a finely pulverized seed bed as the machine moves along. a Produces smooth, even land at low leveling costs. Saves 2i of irrigating time. Saves water. Greatly increaics crop yields through perfect seed bed, even depth of planting, better germi nation and growth of plants. a Excellent DIRT MOVER with spe cie! POWER LIFT. Power lift nd blade controls operated from tractor test. (No hydraulic pumps, cylinders or connections.) a Operated with one inexperienced man and tractor. Comes in four sites to fit small wheel tractors up to large crawlers. a With their advanced engineering around the exclusive EVERSMAN principle of automatically raising and lowering the grader blade, the actual weight and length of the machine is multiplied many times as applied to cutting hard ground and distributing the dirt where needed. Science and in vention has once more overcome dtttd . weight, unmaneuverable awkward size, and high costs. In stock ready for Immediate delivery. GARRISON EQUIPMENT CO. 1948 So. 6th, Klamath Falls Tulelake, Calif. A WEST-HITCHCOCK announce that they are now exclusive agent in Klon ath, Lake, Siskiyou and Modoc Counties for General Motors Diesel Stationary Engines And that these engines are now available for delivery. The General Motors two-cycle principle makes a fine application for all irrigation, sawmill, electric power and industrial uses. This makes one more-way in which WEST-HITCHCOCK can serve you. WES t II I i-ni TCHCOCI CORPORATION 477 s. 7th St. "Geared to the Klamath Basin' Phone 7771
