Purchase Of Courthouse 1
Fnr lie Ac Htv Hall 1
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Marine League Commandant Stops In Klamath
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Suggested As "Idea"
A buprpkUod that the city of
Klamath Fall undertake purchase
of the county oourtnotise lor use as
a city hull waa mnrie tentatively by
Mayor Ed Ostc.xdorf at last night's
city council meeting.
Explaining that It was "only a
thought" at prenent, the mayor mid
that the county might rwt a build
ing on an adjacent block, thus plac
ing all governmental buildings here
lh one large civic center.
He added that the present city
hall lot could be sold, as he already
had a buyer for it.
The mayor said the plan had been
turning over In his mind for some
time, but did not urge that any
thing be done Immediately on It.
"It's something we might be think
ing about," he ventured.
A small land rush was In the
offing this week as the common
council decided to release for sale
the lot at Radcllffe and Division
which has been withheld for a long
time pending th wt'w of a new
fire station in Mills addition. Due
to the numerous requests received
by the city asking to buv the lot
when it Is released. It will be sold
by sealed bid. Bids will be opened
at council meetln? Mav 12.
Lots Withheld
At the same time they released
SYNOPSIS OF ANNUAL STATEMENT
For tho Year Ended December 31, 1046
ot the
ST. FAVL FIRE MARINE IN51 HANCE
COMPANY
of St. Paul. In the State of Minnesota.
. made .to the Insurance Commissioner of
the Slate of Oregon, pursuant to law:
Inrente
Nt -premiums received S27.714.423.7fi
Total interest, dividends and
real estate income 2.S48. 194.75
Income from other sources 7S2.au6.S3
Total income 314J.a25.37
DUbersements
Net amount paid for losse..JI1.969SS0 8
Loss adjustment expcnsea. 53S.245.S9
Underwriting expenses .... . 10.544.583.41
Dividends paid to stock
holders 'cash $1,500,000.00;
stock, nonet
Dividends paid or .credited
to policyholders
All other expenditures in
cluding investment ex
penses SS6.M5.Mi
1. 600.000.00
ttone
8S2.022.93
Total disbursements . 623,542.404.41
Admitted Assets
Value of real estate owned . -
(market valuel . 1.031,052.46
Loans on mortgages and
collateral, ate .190.116.99
Value of b o n d I owned
'amortized! , 32,(93,630.02
Value of .steeks .owned
market value).. .. . . 2747J3 IS
Cash in banks and on hand 463.416.36
Premiums in course of col- .
lection written since Sep-
temper 30. 1946 .... 476,406.29
Interest and rents due and '
accrued 332.301.SS
Other assets (t.etl 1,327.142.42
Total admitted assets $71 .249.007.37
Liabilities. Surplus and Otner'YBne'r
Total unpaid claims $ 7,394.694.80
Estimated loss adjustment
expense for unpaid claims 130.000.00
Total unearned premiums... 20.105.180.48
AU other liabilities ., . 3.303.473.37
Total liabilities, except
capital 30J33.348.S3
Capital paid up ... ..$10,000,000.00
Unassigned funds isurplusl 30316,258.74
Surplus as regards policy
holders . $40,316,258.74
Total $-11,249,607.37
Business In Oregon fer the Year
Net premiums received.-..- 273.125.02
Net losses paid 116.906.12
Dividends paid or credited
to policyholders..... None
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the lot they have been holding, thn
council members placed on the
witnncin list two lots at Bnasta way
and Mitchell upon which the new
lire station win be set up, aocoro
ing to present plans. . . . ,
aino Oarnini's imnie came l.e
fore the council on two occasions
last" night. First tlte council-re
ferred to a verbal agreement made
by Carnini. before he opened' his
drive-Ui at S. 6th and E. Main, in
which he promised to barricade)
driveway leading from his place in
to an alley to the east of his plaoe.
it was pointed out oy uounciunan
Wendell Smith that so far tills hi-.d
not been done. He favored makiixg
Carnini live up to the agreeme..t
within 30 davs or- revoke his pei
mlt. He pointed out that not only
was me driveway oeing used, creak
ing a hazardous traffla condition,
but cars at the drive-in were park
ing on and over the sidewalk in
direct violation of the law.
Later, Walter Snlsbery. city build
ing inspector, criticised Carnini as
the business manager of the Sons
of Italy basebal nine. Salsbcry
stated that the Sons were not liv
ing up to their agreement with the
city to build up Recreation park
firoperly in return for the use of
he park three days per week. He
slated specifically that the Sons
were usiug shoddy materials in
their construction, that no repairs
had been made to existing facilities
except for the rerooflng of the
grandstand, which he said was done
onlv at his ow.il insistence. The
matter was referred to the recrea
tion committee with the orders that
the work be carried out according
to the agreement.
City Hall Repair
With the coming of spring and
the warm weather. the usual sug
gestion that . something be done
about fixing-up the city hall was
made bv Councilman A. P. Con
drev. Condrev remarked particular
ly "at the roof, which had leaked
on htm several times when he first
attended council meeting last De
cember. Building Inspector Salsbery
was asked to look the roof over and
make an estimate of the cost of fix
ing it. .... .
He was also asked to affix hand
rails to the stairs in the building to
conform with the state law.
Two nroriceed imurovement units
came before the attention of the
council also. A,. P. flora. 2453 Apple
gate, arose at the meeting to rep
resent property owners- on Apple
gate between. Mildhell and Wash
burn way. He told the couiie l that
the property owners have collected
thau$150 for preliminary survey
of the street, but that there are two
lots on the street that have
promised to -nay and havent. He
asked the council What the other
property owiters.could do to see that
the owners of the vacant lots paid
their share or. tne paving- costs,
was- told bv; City; Attorney Henry
Darin that thes promise was not
binding as there was nothing In
Writing. He -added that there was
nothing the city could do to assure
uie payment. ,
Lowell n- xvaup. i vc -
tlon. appeared before tne council
with the petition oi tne yiuinj
owners on Keciamauon
Mitchell and wasnourn $or aui im
provement unit Tne petition con
tained 18 names, all but two of the
r-nn-rv nwners along the - street.
according to Kaup. He said that
there were two vacant lots on their
street, one owned by a church and
the -other by a. "man named Fra
zler." He added that "Frazier" had
come out definitely against the Im
provement. He wanted to know what
could be done in the matter, and
was told that either the other prop
erty owners could make, up "Fra
zler's" payment, or if they couldn t
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Joseph Alt-area, national commandant of the Marine Corps league, has eoffee at midnight with Martin
Putnam, left, and James Barrett, local members of the league. Alvarea stopped In Klamath Falls Sunday
night between plane and train on his way to Oakland. Calif. These members of the Crater Lake detach
ment discussed the services merger bill with Alvarn while he was here.
and he wouldn't, they could make
"Frazier" a very unpopular man in
the neighborhood. The council ac
cepted the petition and moved that
the city engineer prepare for a pre
liminary survey.
It was alleged also that Frazier
had a sidewalk In front of his place
that was not only In a bad state of
disrepair, but even hazardous. The
council instructed the street com
mittee and the city engineer to in
vestigate and take any necessary
action.
Photo Permit Asked
Otis Leach of Portland arose In
the meeting to ask the council for
permission to take pictures of people
on the sidewalks. He explained that
his man would take pictures of
persons walking along the sidewalk.
hand them a ticket as they passed
by, and if the person wished to pur
chase a picture, he would send the
ticket and money In to the com
pany. He explained that his man
had worked for a short time last
Saturday until stopped by the po
lice for not having a hawker's li
cense, and pointed out that he had
not been required to have a license
in. either Bend or Salem. Besides,
he claimed, he was not selling any
thing on the street, only giving a
ticket for use at the option of the
individual. Councilman Paul O.
Landry asked the council if a hawk
er's license was required of every
sale made in the streets. "If I ask
a man to buy a car on the street, do
i neea a nawxers license ne
asked. He was told that he did.
It U stoD half of Klamath Falls
from talking on the street then," he
commented. The picture taking
matter was referred to the police
co remittee for action.
A letter was received from - an
Ernest Hitter. reDresentinsr thn trav
eling national parks exhibit, asking
for permission to exhibit in Klam
ath Fails the first part of June. The
matter was referred to the police
committee.
An offer was received frnm Psv
Byrnes, to purchase an old Junked
road roller owned by the city for
75. Councilman Angus Newton re
marked that he ought to be paid
w m.c i. awny. ne aoaea mat
there was a lot more lunk that
ought to be gotten rid of. Byrnes
offer was accepted.
Thompson Named
The mayor announced the ap
pointment of Elton Thompson of
the First National bank to a seat
on the budget committee. It was
approved by the council.
Also the mayor said that he
wished to reappoint Vern Moore and
Orvllle Hamilton to their posts as
the city's members on the Joint city
county Jail committee. The former
two year term of the men will ex
pire shortly.
Nine of the city's parking meters
will be changed from one hour to
two hour meters according to a
motion of the council. It authorized
the exchange of nine meters now
registering only one hour for nine
meters which would register two
hours. The exchange will cost the
city $5 per meter.
The council also approved the re
quest of the Klaruaui Falls naval
electronics warfare company to
lease the former administration
building at the naval air station.
The lease had already passed the
approval of the airport committee.
Councilman Condrey recommend
ed that the unpaved portion of Di
vision street which was graded by
the city last week, be oiled to keep
down the dust. The recommenda
tion was accepted.
An ordinance providing for the
paving and improvement of 7th
street between Oak and Plum to
be known as Improvement unit
number 83 was passed by the coun
cil for a third and final leading last
night
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