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Newspaper Page TextML mm ii ra iam IMar 411 MID, ri.HflLlUn M l agma Ha air m Mir U ' ,. 11.11 N.rm.l 10.1 1 rarai'Mll lir tainr ana Frl- PRICK riVK CKNTH u The ww ... .- ? . v IIIII 41 Br HtANK JHNK1NH 'ItKHIDKNT TRUMAN, 1111111111 the 400 million dollar Urcrk-Turk aid bill till nioriilnii, comment to , llin reporter!: "Thin I mi Important alrp In the building of peine . . . It uffcra pruof that Uie U. H. will make a viguruu rllurt to help create Ue condition ot peace . . . The condition ol pence include the nullity ol nation to maintain order mid Independence mul to upiHirl Ihemtclvca econoiu idly." ... WHAT the United Bute HOPES lo do la to drmoiutfale to tlit Oreelu and Uie Turku, mid to their neighbor In Uie Balkan who will be looking on, Uiat Iree enterprise, which include freedom '" dividual. I a belter way ot life than cominimUiu, under which the I dividual ha to knuckle down to the tale. , . , TDK beat thing we can do along that line U to make It apparent In all the world BY OUR ACCOM Pl.IHHMKNTH HKRK AT HOME r.M. enierurlne America u happy, eflliienl and aatllled with u way ol 111. , Our most competent obaervcr art pretty well agreed that Russia U counting heavily on a breakdown ot our system, tullowed by a record hr.niinv drnreulon. which will create the condition of hopeleaaneae and d!Hllulunmeni in which .- niunlam Uirlvra. A happy, aallatled, ettlcenl Amer ica will do more than atum bomb to head oil communism. SI'KAKINO of wrapoiia. a dliPtch from Honolulu ti-IUi u till morn ing that WOO ton ot pouon go that ; been tored at Bchotlcld Bar. r,ck aro to bo (hipped back to the jiiainland to o convert That a new way to beat twordi Into plowhare. TJOIBON go u a grtaly weaiwn lhal r more or lea flwled. The Ger man mulled their Unit urprle uae of it hi World War 1. Among oUier mlahana. the wind changed and blew the green death ill w chlorine an i back onto their own troop, ih. raauiiiiii confusion save the lirltlth and French time to develop defentoa, Including ga musas. Poison ga wa outlawed after World War I. but MUCH MORE IMPORTANT Oian outlawing It wa the fact that It I tricky and tin dependable at best a when the wind changed and blew It back onto the German who tint used It.) - Much a wo might Ilka to. ws cen t give the conacience of Uie world much credit for tho relatively little ue that ha been made of poison ga a a weapon of war. WE'D like to Uilnk, ot courac. that " what happened In the caae of poiion ga will happen In Uio case of atomic warfare. Unfortunately, Uie situation are not parallel, You can drop an atom bomb from a long-range airplane without much Immedlute danger that It will blow back Into your own face. Alio atomlo warfare ot ters the hone of knocking an enemy entirely out beforo he can hit back. mat nope win aiway tempi con scienceless aggressor. t PROM poison gas to DDT Is an easy 1 step. . Over In Idaho today, (hey are starting to drop DDT from planes on 350.000 acres of timber Infested with tussock moth. The tussock moth Is a bug, DDT kills some kinds of bugs (not earwigs, un fortunately; they seem to thrive on lt. - But fish and birds live on bugs. Wo like fish and birds especially fish, which give ua a good excuse lo quit work and go off to piny. Tho excuse Is thut FISH Allli FOOD. When we quit work and. go fishing, we bring back succulent nourishment for the whole family. Theoretically, that I. Any cynical wife will tell you that all the fish lier husband ever brought back she could put In her eye. Ho. you see. there is a fly In the DDT ointment. JT Is a strange mid complicated 1 world. A lot of wisdom and (Continued an Paia a, Caluma I) Girl tiiim Gulls Pour Into Cricket Infested Ordnance Area ORDNANCE. Ore, May 22 (II Hcuguns, which snvca tho Mormon settlers' crops In Utah a century ago, Jollied today In a battle over a 600- s(uare-mlle aroa against the newest Mormon cricket intostutloii. The crickets, advancing along a 12-mllo front today, were at the southern corner of the Ordnance ammunition depot and extondlng a mile Into Morrow county to the west. The gulls, hundreds upon hun dreds of them, wheeled through the air and dropped down to teed on the InsooUi. Old tlmors say that once or twice In tho last 30 years groups of gulls unmooring up lo 20 or 30 nave bi'cn seen In this norlhoastcrn Ore gon area, but today's mass flight Is i unprecedented. In 1848 gulls saved tho crops near the Great Salt lake and a memorial whs orcctcd to them In Salt Lake City. U'i'oy E. Fuller, assistant county KLAMATH Crowd Gathers At Midnight Crash fir u line of the oecapant of this on the highway north of the city Students Help On Newspaper Hy NEWT THORNTON Fourteen arnlor members of Uie KUHH newspspcr staff received Uielr first real newspaper exper ience today as thev moved Into The Herald and News lor a aay oi won with the staff of the local dally. I'll, students, assumed to the newspaper Dillon 111 which Uiey are Interested, irauea various mem bers of The Herald and News staff throughout the day and attempted to pick up any and all Information they could obtain. The advertising, society, photography, news-writing and news-edlllng deparunenls of Uie paper were covered by Uie high school group. Newsiwper hopefuls Included In Uie group were Betty Clelg, Bar bara Mclntee, Newt Thornton, Shir ley Dulton. Laura Coles, Joyce Sample. Andy Moore. Mary Ann Mills, Jody Bonnet, DoroUiy Col lier, Yvolta Bweet. Anna Johnson, and Katharine Newman. Grain Yield Faces Cut SPOKANE, Wash.. May 22 i4" The wheat crop on hundreds of thousands of acres In the Pacific Northwest reached a critical stage today as a result of a dry, early spring. Oraln dealers reported that while rains In the next few days could make fair to good crops, yields al ready had been cut on thousand of acres. In mnnv areas, they snld every day without rain will mean a pro portionate reduction in yields. Hardest hit, they reported, are the western part of Washington state's Big Rend country and NorUi-Cen- tral Oregon. The weaUier' bureau held some hopes for showers In Uie Washington-Idaho district In a few days but In Oregon no rain was In sight and high temperatures were expected. Astoria Fights Parking Question ASTORIA, May 22 lift Astoria Is torn between cleanliness and tour ists. The cltv council, complaining that the street couldn't be cleaned when all filled tip with cars, proposed S3 fines for motorists who park nil night on downtown streets. But the chamber of commerce complained that tourists, with no Place else to pnrK. would be dis couraged from staying In the town, agent in charge of the fight against the crickets, said the critical stage has not yet been reached. While mi grating, as they are now, they do not completely denude the areas through which they pass. In 10 days to two weeks the mating season start, they stop to lay eggs, and evory blade of vegetation is con sumed. Mayor Lennder Quiring of nearby Hormlston todny telephoned Gov. Earl Sncll for stato aid before that stugo Is reached. A delegation Is ex pectod to urge the Umatilla county court today to appropriate funds. Meanwhile, a poisoned sawdust and bran mixture Is being spread throughout the area by blowors op erating from trucks. The baiting crows, Fuller said, are attempting to separate tho males, In the vanguard, from the females at the rear of the migration, to delay the mating sea son until poison and the gulls do their work. i FAIXB, OREGON, Tlll'ItNDAV, MAV 23, 1647 ii ii ii h II UJ u J aedan la In Hillside hospital with shortly after 12 o'clock laat night. Hogsback Mountain Work On Sign Halts Temporarily Progress on the "Keep Oregon Orrcn" ilgn on Hogback mountain the K of which was started this wek by the Air Scout under the di rection of Bill Morrow, will be halt ed until after the Modoc Boy Scout Rendezvous. The Air Scout will finish the K and other troops directed by Mor row will complete Uie sign accord ing to present plana . All scout from Uie six and one half counties In the Modoc council are Invited to the Rendezvous which will be held at Camp Abbot over the Memorial Day holiday, May 30 Five Killed In Plane Crash DAYTON, O., May 22 P Five persons were killed and two others were Inlured todav when a four- englned army transport plane from wngni neio craaned and exploded In a field about four miles east of Dayton. Names of the dead were with held pending notification ot rela tive. A witness said the plane aoneared to be In trouble as It swooped low. Seconds later. Uie plane tilted on Its side and plowed Into a ditch, then hurUcd Into a wheat stubble field. ' An exnloston turned Uie nlsne Into a mass of flames. Wrisht field officials sulci in. plane, containing military person nel, was on a routine lest flight. REC Program Opens June 16 Date for the opening of the cltv' summer recreaUon program has been set for June 16. Samuel H. Smith, recreation director, an nounced today. ActlvlUes will close on August 23. The swimming Instruction nro. gram at Uie Klamth Union hiuh school pool, as well as sports and nnnacraii, activities will begin on Uiat date. On week-day afternoons. instruction win oe given to school children, and In Uie evenlnes and on week-ends the pool will be open for public swimming for both adults and children. Recreation centers will be set tip at four elementary schools In the city, Mills, Pelican. Fremont' and Roosevelt. Instruftors will be on hand to supervise work and play. Smith hopes to arrange for spe cial programs when parents and friends of the youngsters may see their accomplishments. , The general summer set-up Is an enlargement over lost year s pro ject. Anyone Interested In assisting with supervision of activities moy contact Smith nt his office In the olty hall. Poison Gas To Be Shipped HONOLULU, May 22 111 The Star-Bulletin said today 8000 tons of poison gas stored at Schofleld bar racks' would bo shipped by army transport in the next few weeks lo tho West coast to be converted Into cleaning solvent. The paper said the gas, stored In large cylinders, would be sent to Bremerton, Wash., for processing. It. added that 600 tons ot gas unsafe for shipment becauso the containers wore deteriorated might be dumped at sea, nu miles oil Oniui. The army public relations office denied any gas would be dumped at sea but declined comment on the re ported shipment to Bremerton. The newspaper said the gas Included Lewisite and other deadly gases. rn On Highway 1 i, is-, 4 4 critical Injuries following the crash Critically hurt 1 Dorothy Dial, 17. and 31. and June 1. Arrangement re belne made tor over 600 scouts. Arjacent facilities are available for parents of scouts who may care to send the wek-end fishing. The counties represented In the council are Klamath, Deschutes, Crook, Jefferson, Lake and Modoc and part of Siskiyou In California. Tho camp a, ill be supervised by seven sunior soout unit who will do the Judging, observaUon and man agement. Awards and ratings for patrols on the efficiency of their camps will be made at Uie conclusion of the Ren dezvous. The Bend chamber of commerce Is cooperating with Uie program and special Bend events will be featured at both camp fires. Material for overseas scouUng will be brought in to the Friday night camp fire. This material, shipped to scouting units overseas, consists of uniforms, packs, sleeping bags, flashlight and com passes and so forUi. New Man To Join GN Staff The Klamath division of Oreat Northern will experience a change In superintendents next week. It was announced today, when Frank V. Perclval takes over the reins from Thomas A. Jerrow, who leaves for Grand Forks. N. D., to bc-om" " lntendent of Uie Dakota division. T. F. Dixon, operations vice presi dent far the line, made the an nouncement. Perclval has been assistant super intendent of the Spokane division since 1943. with headquarters in Seattle. He has been with Uie road since 1905 when he started as a clerk. He served in World War I and was trainmaster at Minneapolis from 1930 to 1934. Jerrow has been superintendent here since January, 1945, coming here from the Spokane division. Bikini Men Get Checkup WASHINGTON. May 22 The navy announced today that a com plete blood count has been ordered for nil men still in Venice who took part In the Bikini atom bomb tests last year. - , The order was described by a bu reau of medicine ofticer as a "rou Une followup." Between 35,000 and 40,000 navy men were In the vicinity when two atom bombs were exploded July 1 and 25 In the Pacific last year. Most of Uiem were due for dis charge at that time and the navy does not know how many stlU are In service. An official snld no ill effects from the atom bomb tests have been found and declared there Is no cause for alarm. . ....... Herald To Start Carrier Routes In an attempt to give as many of our subscribers as possible afternoon delivery, The Herald and News Is starting an after noon route lo Keno, Dorrls, War den, Midland and the surround ing territory on mall route one. Any subscriber In this territory wishing to change his delivery from mall to Carrier service should call or write the Herald office. Anyone living In Dorrls uin have on-the-porch delivery ly contacting the delivery boy, llmmle Snell, In back of the Dorrls theatre or The Herald-News, (Telephone till) No. 1$4$ tHlD Car Plunges Off Road, Overturns A 17-year-old girl 1 In Ilillalde hospital In a erIUeal condition, her two companions are In the Klamath county Jail and a fourth passenger in the car wa being sought today following an accident hortly after midnight last night two miles south of the Keatcraon road JuncUon on highway 97. DoroUiy Dial, 17, ha multiple fracture ot Uie pelvis, crlUcal in ternal Uijurie and I suffering from shock according to the attending physician. She is Uie daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace M. Wolcott. 219 N. 7th, and employed In Uie dental office of Dr. D. D. Haven. In Jail 1 In Uie Klamath county Jail are Harold Crawford Jr.. 26, 411 S. Bur kelt, Stockton. Calif., driver of the car. and Gordon David Wauon, 21. 1138 Pine. Both remained in Uie Jail at an early hour this afternoon and state police said that charges of being drunk on a public highway were lodeed against the pair and a second charge of driving while un der Uie influence of Intoxicating liquor against Crawford. Investiga Uon of the accident la continuing. State police were called to the scene at 12:2t a. m. and reported that the ear, apparenUy traveling at a high rate of a peed, left the left aide of the highway and overturned four or five times, throwing tho oc cupants clear of the machine, which burat Into flame. Mis Dial, found lying some 20 feet from Uie burning car, was pulled away as fire spread into the grass. Mrs. Mary Haielbaker, rout 1 bnx 1039. In. front of whose home the tar came to a stop, played her garden hose On the car and grass and officers believe that her work may have prevented Miss Dial from burns. When Crawford was arrested by officers he was crawling away from Uie scene in Uie borrow pit along side Uie highway. Police laid he wa In a drunken condition. A second girl Is thought to have been in the ear but police said she disappeared before their arrival. Neither Miss Dial nor the two youths held In Jail would provide officer with information regarding the fourth occupant. It fat understood the party had been in Northern California and were en route to Klamath Fall at the time. The car, a 1941 Chrysler four-door sedan, was completely destroyed. It was registered to young Crawford. Group Seeks Service List The Klamath County War Me morial committee, In session Wed nesday night In the city hall, Is sued a list of names of Klamath veterans ot whom the group is anxious to obtain service records from friends or families prior to Memorial Day. Anvone having such Information Is asked to contact Mrs. Vincent Lawler, Underwood building or tele phone 9297, prior to Memorial Day, May 30. The men are Doyle Eugene Graham, Gilbert WesUey Hatfield, Joseph E. Reeder, . Robert Lee Smith, tlus Riecke, Arthur R. Side bottom, William Edgar Simons, Harold E. Brown, Robert Bunnell, Allen Foulk, and James W. Burns. Plans for adding names to the memorial shaft on the courthouse lawn, were discussed by the com mittee at tne Wednesday nignt ses. slon. Steel Strike Ban Ordered ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, May 22 W) A two-year ban on strikes or dered by United Steelworkers President Philip Murray paved Uie way today toward what he said would be uninterrupted production in the naUon's steel Industry and an "opportunity for stabilising our country's Internal economic af fairs." Murray, holding down the dual role of United 8teelworkers presi dent and head of the parent CIO, Issued the no-strlke order last night In a letter approved by the union's 41-man board of directors at their biennial meeting here. Murray said the no-strlke rule was "vital to preserve the Integri ty" of the recently-concluded two vear wage agreement which he described as "one of Uie most no table achievements in the annals of our nation's collective bargain ing history." , TURKEY HATCH DOWN PORTLAND, May 22 (IP) Twenty eight per cent fewer turkeys were hatched in Oregon last month than In April, 1947, the U. S. department of agriculture reported today. - Turkey production this year Is expected to be even lower than last year's reduced crop. High feed cost and cries uncertainty were blamed. -L I R. C. "Lam" Short, 49, prominent Klamath county resident, died at his home late Wednesday night following a heart attack. R. C. Short Death Told t . R. C. "Lum" Short, 69. for the past 63 years a prominent Klamath county farmer, died at his home at Uie Crystal Springs-MerrtU highway junction at ii:t p. m. Wednesday following a heart attack with which he wa stricken at 6 o'clock yester day afternoon. Mr. Short had been In good health and had Just come In from the garden where he had been Irrigating during the day. Mr. Short was bom In Ivylog, Union county, Georgia, October 7, 1877, and when seven years of age came west with his parents, John A. and Clementine Short, his two brothers, Burrell W and Samuel P., and sister, Mary. The -Shorts setUed In Eugene and then crossed Uie mountains to Llnkrjlle, arriving here September 21, 1884, where Uie elder Short took up a homestead near the present Memll-Lakeview JuncUon. In 1901, "Lum" Short acquired Uie ranch on the Merrill highway where he lived until his passing. In 1902, he was married to Inez Turner ot Klamath county. To this union were born three sons, Floyd D Jerry A., and John A.; three daughters, Blanche (Slaughter), Frances (Hll yard) and Bonnie (Flnchum). All survive and are making their homes In Uie Klamath area. .Mr. Short parent preceded him m aeaui, nis lauier in tne mother In 1932. His brother Samuel died at Uie age of 36 during Uie uuiuenza epidemic oi 1918. During Mr. Short's lifetime he wa extremely active in school affairs, served for 10 years a clerk of Uie Henley school board and was always an Interested patron of Uie school For a time he was Klamath county road supervisor. In addiUon to his wife and children, 18 grandchildren also survive. Final rites for the well known rancher, who leaves a host of friends to mourn his passing, will be an nounced later by Uie Earl WhlUock Funeral home. Mrs. Truman Still Critical GRANDVIEW. Mo, May 22 (IP) President Truman said today there was "no perceptible change" In his w-year-oio motners condition. Despite the optimism of his per sonal physician who savs the elderlv patient has a chance for recovery. uie president s usual cneeriui smiles were missing during the brief aud ience. The president said his mother had a "reasonably good night" in her new oscillating bed, out uiat sne was "a litUe restless this morning." Some members of Mr. Truman's party raised Uie possibility of hi re turn to Washington within a few days if Mrs. Martha E. Truman can continue Uie slow improvement not ed by Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham since a setback Sunday. rne president gave no indication that he shared General Graham's optimism. He showed the effect of the strain. Shuter Trial In Second Day In Its second day at circuit court is Uie trial of Richard Carl Shuter of Crescent, Indicted for malicious destruction of property. Deputy District Attorney J. Hawkins Napier is putting several state's witnesses on the stand to tell of a shooting fray almost a year ago during which Shuter is accused of tiring several pistol shot into an automobile. The incident occurred in July of last year, and Shuter has been free on $1500 ball since that Ume. A. C. Yaden is defending him. A trial Jury was chosen late yes terday afternoon, after Uie regular panel had been exhausted and six men of a special venire summoned to court. Members of the jury hearing the case are: L. B. Wright, R. L. Button. Harvey Taylor, Homer Garich, B. K. Teed, CurUs Stockstlll, Matt Ftnnlgan, Ray Ledbetter, Frank L. Evans, O. L. Brown, R. P. Lein and William N. Newton. Airplane Skids Into Cemetery BUTTE, Mont, May 22 (IP) A Northwest Airlines airplane carry ing 15 passengers skidded on a wet runway and bounced Into a ceme tery bordering Uie Butte airport to day. The plane was damaged but none of the passengers or crew members was hurt, the airline reported. The plane was en route from Portland, Ore, to Billings, Mont. Strike Said To Be Improbable For Six Months WASHINGTON. May It W Five big onion prepared today to bargain oat their demand on the railroad under procedure which will delay any strike showdown for perhaps !x months. A. F. Whitney, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, told reporters: L Tho railroad labor organlaaUone feel thry nave a legal right to call a "quickie" atrike any time after 8 on day but do not plan to do anything of the sort. He believes hi union and four other allied with It will agree . to "atari from cratch'' under the time-consuming railway labor act in their new negotiation for change In 44 working rule. 2. He think thla should result In "a aetUement or a breakdown of negotiations by November V Whitney' statement at a com- a bined dinner and new conference last night Jibed with the stand of Alvanley Johnston, who said the same thing in Cleveland regarding hi Brotherhood of LocomoUve En gineers. Twenty other rail union will follow these legal procedure a a matter of course. Some Doubt There had been some doubt In the case of the trainmen and en gineers, growing out of their 48 hour strike a year ago this week. At that Ume the two union had gone through all the steps required under Uie law, had taken atrike votes, and gone on strike May 23. The atrike wa broken by Presi dent Truman when he threatened to use Uie army to enforce hi terms, which were: a pay raise ot l&'i cent an hour, but no changes in working rule for one year. The year ends Sunday. May 25. The trainmen and engineer have never cancelled the atrike rotes, and they took the position Uiat when the year was up, they had a night to pick up where they left on. Jury Finds Slayer Guilty HOOD RIVER. Ore, May 22 P A first degree murder verdict carry ing a recommendation of life Im prisonment was returned late last night against John Omar Pinson for Uie gun slaying of Oregon State Of ficer Delmond E. Rondeau. The Jury, given the case at 4:30 p. m., returned to Uie court room six and a half hours later. The court announced sentence would be pro nounced Saturday at 10 a. m. A life term 1 mandatory under the verdict. ...Pinson -had laid earlier on the witness stand he "guessed" he fired the shot that killed Rondeau the night of April 25. The Pasco, Wash, electrician was captured at Ord nance. Ore, Uie next day by posse officer while he rode an eastbound freight train. The parent of the 28-year-old de fendant sat in Uie courtroom yes terday during the closing argument. The widow of Uie slain ofticer also wa present. Lynch Mob Acquitted GREENVILLE. S. C, May 23 (IP) Twenty-eight white men were ac quitted at their mass murder trial last night of charges that they lynched a 23-year-old negro. The verdict were returned last night in Greenville county's stif ling courtroom after a nine-day trial unprecedented in southern his tory. The state had demanded con viction but not death against the alleged murderers of Willie Earle, who was taken from Pickens county Jail before dawn February 17 and lynched in reprisal for the stabbing of a white taxi driver. Agents of the federal bureau of Investigation and local and state police moved quickly into Uie case and within 24 hour had incriminat ing statements from self-acknowledged members of Uie mob. Eventu ally, 26 defendant signed unsworn statements, admitting to police that they had helped take the negro to an old slaughter pen where he was bludgeoned, slashed and shot to death. 4f n j-'."i ' a, V HKi SauMi Nine o'Clock Special today 1 the beautiful Siberian elm tree oa the north aide of the post office bonding, pictured here with Jidy Bonnet, left, and Mary Ann Mill, member of the KUHS Journal n elan visiting The Herald-New. The beauty of the tree I kept In act, by careful, Intelligent pruning. The atery on the pranlng I tarried to this Inn An nmffil 11. ' . i ' CountyHolds Budget In 6 Per Cent By topping reserves and calling the road levy, the county court and budget committee have worked oat a 1947-48 county budget that i within the per cent limitation, they announced yesterday after seven days of intensive work on tho next year' financial layout. The grand total to be raised by taxation is OT6J86.3, a compared with 163549.82 but year. Com plete detail of the budget will be published for taxpayer acrutiny In The Herald and New next week, and the budget hearing will prob ably be held on Jane 18. The new budget has an Item of 867,000 for the city-county Jail, and the decision to provide this addi tional appropriation wa one of tho factor Uiat made It difficult for Uie committee to get Uie budget within Uie constitutional limitation. Previously. Uie county had raised 100,000 for the Jail. The city' contribution to the Jail cost is now set at $82,000. and the county' tie? .000. That make a total of $259,000 allotted for thl purpose, which is $109,000 more than wa originally intended for Uie JalL Program Held TJp County official and budgeteers agreed that this I a huge sum to go into the Jail, but said Uiat the construction program will be held up to await a decline in building cost. Having Uie money available will make It possible to move quick ly when that happens, they said. Originally, It wa planned to spend only $150,000 on the dual purpose Jail, but building costs have risen so rapidly in recent years that Uie additional money was budgeted. The budget committee reported that the original budget estimate a presented to It this year ran tCaatient oa Par II. Calama S4 Crickets May Invade Basjn By JODY BENNET and MARY ANN MILLS Klamath county ranchers were warned today Uiat the Mormon cricket invasion, now sweeping East ern Oregon in the Hermlston reg ion, may be expected here later on in the season. Grasshoppers simi lar to Uie Mormon cricket have al ready attacked the Fort Klamath area, according to C. A. Henderson, Klamath county agricultural agent. Eight thousand pounds of sod ium fluor-sUlcate mixture, flown here today from Uie bureau ot en tomology in Pendleton at the re quest of Uie agent will be spread tomorrow Friday, on the D. O. "Buck" Williams ranch In the Kirk area to Uie north. Poison mixing stations are already being, set up at Uie Klamath Agency and In Klam ath Falls in an effort to combat Uie anticipated invasion which in Uie Eastern Oregon section has strip ped the fields of all green vegeta tion. If an epidemic does occur in Klamath county it will probably be mild in comparison to the Eastern Oregon attack. Previous epidemic reported in past years in Uie Bly region have not been too severe. . . 4 ( "ft I 1 Trln ii ii " Vrt T " ' r..J.,. .