Boyfe's Column
"Merchant Prince" Sticks
ft Out In Littered Store
By HAL BOYLE
IVANHOE, N. C, (I'l Tim
"Mcrclmiil I'rlnrn uf IvuiiIhic"
runt Ilia oddest iti'iiernl tloru III
the miutli It In o ct'uwdud with
good tha ctiftloiiM-i-B cunt cuttir.
Thrre no lonifcr oven I room
Innlils lor tln owner, 77-voitr-oUl
Chiirlry Corbolt. Ilu wIIk from
Hit1 (lonl pnrch of III croMiroiicU
riiiirliiii) In till imiiiiII (ui'iiilnil
i-oinimnirty of UIIU ihtkimik. Hp
rnnUlerliig opcnlnu wiutliiT
tori).
Tluil won't be iinythlnii new
for Corbutl. An noon im one
tore overflown with uimoltl
wro ha c I u 1 1 1 1 it on piidlock
mirl tlurt mii-w In the ncuimt
viilliibln bulUllnu.
' In forty yriirn lir hu filled ii)
Hirer wrallicrhi-ulcn undent
wnodcii ntoreii with till iiiiuhiiiiI
tiirrflmndlnlnu pulley wlileli
i'mitl or liuylim noincthlMK
from every mileinun who comv
down the plko mid plllnn It
hcltnr keltur In a Juinbla on the
floor.
"Old Churloy Jiml cun't reiUI
buying," Mild nil old eunliinicr.
the prrtent tor In puckrd
from front to reur door, from
floor to mflera, with cunned
fond, nUilr brend, plowpolnln,
. grlln, nlorkliiK. eurntliiket, Milt
odu pop mid bnlU of cloth. The
locked tlnrr of other year nlio
re nioldcrlnii wildcrnciwi'it of
iinaold good.
N.r Held Salt
Corbrlt, a gniillv-ryrd man
with 'long white mouirtuchi',
won't dtariiM the reiiaon .why he
hut gone llirmigli life ucciiniuhit
Inv unmiirkrlrd inerclinndlNe. tie
lius never held 11 ile. Anked If
monl of hla Mock wouldn't apoll,
he mid dreumlly:
"I aell tomu of It. Mo.it any
body who cornea nlong want to
buy lometlilng. Yen. mr, tl'a a
fact. I keep on wiling aome
Ihinn every once In a while In the
cnpitnlliil wy. It a good In
vestment." Old (.'hurley peered Into the
clutlrred interior.
"There a couibliiution In
there of pretty near everything;
you'd want." he utiirt. Hut only
old Charley could tell where It
waa. Once four women interest
ed In antique traveled moro
than 100 unlet from Mali-lull to
we If ha had any old-faahloned
ladlea' hatpins for mile. Ha did.
Women who couldn't find
tnrkutga In the city department
torea during the war ycara
ahould have come to Charley
Corbel!. He had boxen full of
them. He atill ha the tame
..boxen, the name (toi-klngi.
; Whether ha operate at pro
fit or a loaa U hla arc ret. Un
rmarried, he Uvea alone in a
; Tented room a few yarda from
"hit atora. Hn uaed to farm him
lf but now rent! out hit to
bacco lands to tenant.
Llkad to riih
, "The fellow who ued to run
the grocery ttore here liked to
go (Klilng, h aaid. explaining
hla atari In the bualueu world
"He'd (i-nd a boy over with the
key to hla atoro and uk me to
run It for him. Ciot to 1 wua
upending mure time In hla atoro
tluin I wua on the farm, So I
untight aomn urocerlea one day
and atarted telling fur mywilf. '
Hla office It III hla aldo coat
pocket. Each new letter govt
on the liialde of tho bundle there,
and when bualnuaa la alack
Charley uiitwert the letter,
peeling them off from the out
side of the bundle.
"Yea, I give credit," he raid,
."you'd be aurprltud at the people
that don't pay up and I how thai
do aren't in any hurry."
Charley It a quiet tuippy man
unworrled by the puaauuo of
lime. He won't tell hla uge 77.
"I don't comment on that
much, one way or the other," he
aaid. I unked him for a cold
bottle of aodu pop. He fiolicd
r warm bottle off the floor.
"Ciot an Icebox there aome
place," ho aald, "but 1 haven't
been fooling much with Ice late
ly." An cnturpritlng auli-mmiii once
climbed on a barrel of niolanaea
to peer around the darkened In
terior. The rotted lop gave way
plunging the anleaman hip deep
in atlcky molaatca.
"Sorry. Kcd," tympathlzed
old Charley. "You can waxh
yourself off at the pump out
there."
Eight Escape
Dynamite Blast
THE DALLES. April 8 Ti
Sheriff Harold Sexton reported
today that Lonnle Edwurda Daw
kins, 44, was held In Jail alter a
dynamite explosion rocked the
cabin where hla divorced wife
and seven children were alrep
ins The sheriff said a aon of Daw
kins told of running out of (he
cabin and catching hla father and
holding him until officers ar
rived. Five abort fuses and dynamite
caps were found on Dawkins,
the sheriff said.
None was Injured In the blast
although Mrs. Dawkins and an
infant son, sleeping within two
feet of the point where the dyna
mite oxploded, were ahowercd
with splinters.
Girl Scout
News
TRANSPORTATION NEWS
Mrs. ft. J. Sunnier, parent
neighborhood chairman for the
Shiistu neighborhood, culled a
meeting of Cilrl Scout leaders at
her home last Thursday, April
3 at 2:11(1 p. m, Tliu ultenduncn
was excellent with representa
tive present from all of the
three troops now organized and
tho two truops being processed.
Mrs. Thomas (.'. Talker, acting
executive director, wua present.
The training meeting was very
inforiuul mid centered ubuut the
problem and discussion method.
The Cilrl Scout neighborhood It
holding a tea for mothers, ut the
Sliustu school this week ut 2:30
The public relations committee
with lira. Hurry Todd, chairman,
will arrango for a speuker.
The nomination membership
committee with Hazel Morrison
us chairman, and Mrs. II. S
Stone mid Mrs. L. A. Murphy,
members, met at the Girl Scout
office, Monday, April 7, ut 1
p. in. to plan committee work.
Mrs. T. C. Parker, executive di
rector, attended the meeting.
A meeting of the training com
mittee with Mrs. Cieorgu Con
drey, chairman, is planned for
Friday, April 11 at 1:30 ut the
Girl Scout office.
The Greut Northern announc
ed lasl week that the GN, along
with 44 other leading railroads,
is offering travelers a new
service fur the purchase of rail,
parlor mid sleeping car tickets
on a charge-it plan. Truvclers
using this service will curry Just
one credit curd which will be
honored by nil participating rail
roads for any travel originating
on their respective lines.
Any company or Individual,
with proper credit rating, can
use tliis service, for a minimum
churge-lt of $1. There will be
no deposit requirement nor serv
ice charge It was announced.
The Great Northern added that
It will olso honor credit curds
for o minimum of $1 In iti
dining cart.
r
Aimed ut reducing heavy eco
nomic waste caused by damage
or loss to freight in transit,
which In the United Stales total
ed about SOS, 000.000 during
1040. shippers and receivers of
freight throughout Oregon will
Join the regional shippers ad
visory board of the nation In
staging the eleventh annual
finished its work for nutrition
budges and shull soon begin
working for first aid badges.
A meeting of the representa
tive of the established camp
committee with members of the
Camp Fire camp committee will
be held at the chamber of com
merce, April 8 at 7:30 p. ni.
The Council wlsnes to public
ly thank the several Interested
citizens who have already of
fered to assist in some capacity
in our organization. And to
other citizens who would like
to express a similar interest we
shall welcome a telephone call,
number 4S4I, or an office call
at 412 Main street after making
an appointment.
Troop 1, of the Pelican neigh
borhood, with Mrs. Lois B. Lind.
Mrs. M. L. Wilson and Mrs.
Eurle Potter, leaders, hut Just
Many of the troops planned
hikes or picnics for their meet
ing during spring vacation.
Brownie Scout Troop 2, of
Malin held a regular business
meeting at the grade school with
12 girls present. The girls fin
ished working on their Easter
cards and then played garnet. Re
freshments were also served.
The leaders of this troops are
Mr. Irene Frcitag and Mrs,
Teddy Stevens.
AMVETS 8 o'clock KC Hall.
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"Perfect Shipping" campuign
during April.
The nutionul cumpoign is also
sponsored by the Association of
American Railroad and accord
ing to F. C. Nelson, freight truf
fle manager for Southern Pa
cific, Portland, all carriers, ship
pers and receivers will intensify
their -fforts to Improve the
lacking, marking, loading and
handling of all classes uf freight.
The April Issue of "The
Freighter," muguzlne for Con
solidated Frelghtway employes,
devotes 12 pages to the annual
safety and service award din
ners, and featured prominently
in the list and pictures of award
winners Is Leonard A. Denny of
Klamath Falls. Denny was
awarded a gold watch at the din
ner In Eugene for 10 years of
service, over 637.925 mile of
driving, without an accident.
The April 1 1 1 u e of "The
Freighter," by the way, is the
first since the end of the war.
Mrs. G. E. Bellant, wife of a
GN conductor, was in town over
the week-end visiting. The Bel
lantt are now living in the val
ley. WASHINGTON, April 8 UP)
The transcontinental freight
bureau filed with the Interstate
commerce commission today a
proposed schedule revising coast-to-coast
railroad freight rates up
wa rd.
The schedule will be used in
working out a solution of com
petitive rate issues between rail
and water carriers. The Inter
coastal Steamship Freight as
sociation filed similar proposed
revisions in water transporta
tion rates between the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts yesterday.
The railroads proposed rate
Increases of 4 to IS cents per
100 pound on some 100 classi
fications of freight Included can
ned goods, aluminum, coffee,
drugs and chemicals.
The shipllncs suggested their
rates be boosted 3 to 70 cents a
hundred, to maintain the water
rail competitive relationship.
Neither ships nor rail pro
posed any changes In current
schedules on such heavy cargoes
at Iron, steel and lumber.
SP Trainmaster W. C. Hughes
state that cattle shipments to
the basin are increasing at the
spring and summer feeding
ground open up. 300 to 400 car
loads of livestock are expected
in the next few weeks he said.
Lorgest shippers are the ZX
ranch and Kittrcdge Interests.
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Three out of four American! K"1 marine palntt. Btktllt
farms grow corn. I Spar varnish. Schubtrt't.
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THEN
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Tht CnnrlhAHit Is Nap One ninrk
Dawn lh Mtraet From Our Offliia.
ie Telerotone
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This telephone strike seriously affects public welfare and se
curity. In our opinion, it's unnecessary and just doesn't make
sense.
We believe that. the public interest comes first We do not
believe that it is in the public interest to grant union demands
which would add an average of $45 a year to your telephone bill.
Telephone employees are well paid. That's the way we want
it. It is to the advantage of our customers and our employees
that wage rates be all that can be reasonably justified. We could
not, however, justify to our customers, agreement to union de
mands which would add $100,000,000 each year to the cost of
service.
Since collective bargaining discussions began in February we
did all we could to avert a work stoppage. We offered to renew
the liberal contracts under which employees were working. The
unions refused. Then, in recognition that the public interest comes
first and to attempt to prevent a disastrous work stoppage, we of
fered to arbitrate the basic issue of wages. But the unions again
refused and a strike is the result.
We are keeping our arbitration offer open. We recognize the
seriousness of a strike, but, feel it is better in the long run to bear
the burden of a work stoppage until agreement can be reached that
fully reflects the interests of telephone users as well as those of
employees. A settlement on any other . basis would be unfair to
those who pay the bill.
The Public Interest Must Come First
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Phone 7755
Open Letter ?o the
Bus Eliding Public
OF KLAMATH FALLS
Most people are in sympathy with the working man and would like
to see them have the best wage and working conditions possible, and
most people are sympathetic with the Labor Unions that are required
to strike in order to obtain these conditions.
The Klamath Falls Central Labor Union has placed the Klamath
Bus Company on the Official Unfair List, upon the request of Motor
Coach Employees Local Union No. 1055 after due investigation of the
complaints of the Local Union. , , .
Perhaps an explanation of the causes which have led up to this
action would acquaint the Public more on the subject. In May 1945,
Local 1055 and the Klamath Bus Company signed agreements covering
the hours, wages and working conditions of the Drivers on the com
pany's busses; among these were a 51-hour work week, and because of
War conditions generally,, the local union granted the Company the
option of working more than 8 hours per day without overtime rates.
Also contained in this agreement was a "Maintenance of Membership"
clause which provided that the Company deduct the dues and forward
to the Union. This clause was violated very shortly after the signing of
the Agreement but because of the large number of workers employed
on our War Projects, who depended on the Bus Company for transpor
tation, no action was taken by the Union.
The Company coerced the men into dropping their membership by
threatening to cut back to a 40-hour week, this making it unusually
hard for them to get by on the hourly rate as agreed upon. The men
' naturally preferred to work long hours because from their point of view
it was necessary to earn every dollar possible in spite of the fact that
it was ruining general conditions throughout the area. The Government
and all its political subdivisions have declared that 40 hours per week
should be long enough for any worker and has "provided that overtime
for all time worked in excess of 40 hours be paid. The Klamath-Bus
Company insisted upon 51 ho ure before any overtime should be paid.
When the Union Representative requested the Company to pay the
same rate and work the same hours as prevailed in other cities and
towns of a comparable size, the request was rejected. When pressed for
action the Company stated that if an Agreement was reached it must
be by the workmen who were all suspended from the Union for non
payment of dues and subject to penalties. The Company again refused :
to acknowledge its responsibility under the Agreement to maintain j
membership for its workers, but fired the only remaining member In ,
good standing of the Union. Today the entire crew are being recognized
as "Strikebreakers" and are going through picket lines, the Union hav
ing placed special fines against these men. Pickets have been placed at
various loading stations throughout the city and all members and
friends of Labor have been requested to stay off the busses until suclT
time as the Company is willing to comply with the same general condi
tions as prevail in other cities. '
Local Union 1055, Motor Coach Employees, have filed Unfair j
Labor practices against the Company on two separate accounts and i
these cases are now pending before the National Labor Relations Board.
Accordingly the. Klamath Falls Central Labor Union In its investi-
gation has determined that the Klamath Bus Company, through its vio- '.
lations of their Agreement with the Motor Coach Employees Union
1055 did become unfair to the Labor Movement and we again urge our
members and sympathizers to remain off the Klamath Bus Company s
properties until such time as the Company will live up to their Agree
ment. . ' ' '
Arrangements can be made by those having no personal transpor
tation, with any one of the Taxi Cab Companies for regular pick-up ?
mornings and evenings wherein the fare can be divided between several
riders, five for the price of one. All Taxi Drivers are members of the !
A. F. of L. Teamsters Union. - '
Klamath Falls Central Labor Union