PACE SIX
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
Tragedy Marks Headlines
As Klamath Region Passes
Through Big News Year
(Continued from Pago One)
The Evans apartment house at
loth and Main burned on the morn
ing of February 16, taking: lives of
Jive persons Mrs. William Loren
ren, Sydney Evans, Mrs. Oolda Har
ney, and Mr. and Mrs. George
Peastcr. From the standpoint of
human toll, It was the worst local
lire since the Houston opera house
blaze of September 1, 1920, when
14 persons lost their lives.
Just a week after the Evans
apartment fire, news of another
tragedy broke on the community.
In a takeoff from the local airport,
an amphibious plane piloted by Tex
Rankin, one of the nation's best
known stunt pilots, lost power and
after striking a power line toppled
into a suburban garden. Rankin,
Cy Wallan and Jack Elle. the latter
local automobile dealers, were killed
Instantly. Bus Thompson, fourth
member of the party, escaped with
Injuries.
High prices made big news
throughout the year, here as every
where in the U. S. The inflationary
spiral not only boomed the cost of
living and wage levels, but it also
sent prices on two major local com
modities lumber and grain into
the stratosphere. The barley sale
this fall held local attention as
prices climbed to a peak of $5.12 'a,
and the total value of the crop was
estimated at $12,500,000.
Hirh Prices
A shrinking regional log supply
combined with the general economic
situation saw stumpage prices go
beyond anything ever dreamed ofj
before. The record was set In Oc-
tober when Klamath Lumber and :
Box company bid $27.76 per thou
sand on a block of reservation tim
ber. The timber situation was fur-
their featured by the aggressive i at Crater lake.
activities of the Klamath Lake I 15 Klamath Lake Moulding corn
Moulding company, which acquired j pany bought 50.000.000 feet Umpqua
the old Big Lakes plant and ex-1 forest timber,
panded logging activities for local! 20 Judy Katherine Hill, 11
manufacturing Into the Diamond j months, killed by accidental shot-
lake region of the Umpqua Na- j
tional forest.
A major story that held sustained
Interest through the summer months
was the controversy over liquidation
of the Indian reservation, which
brought a panel of United States
senators here for a hearing. After
sessions in Klamath Falls and at the
agency the committee adjourned to
ponder its findings, with new legis
lation on the issue yet to be de
vised. The issue has split the mem
bership of the tribe, and both sides
will be represented in Washington
at the coming session of congress.
A story that was regionally sen
sationa! was that of Little Miss X
Mary Jane Medlin a tiny girl who
was found, brutally beaten, behind
a dance hall at Weed. Subsequently
the tot's mother and her common
law husband were punished for mis
treating and abandoning the little
lrl.
Escapee Shot
Ranking as story No. 7 of the
year was the shooting of an escaping
prisoner by Deputy Sheriff Marion
J. Barnes in front of the courthouse
February 3. The prisoner, Donald
Gordon Roberts, was dropped dead
with a single shot. A coroner's jury
and the grand jury later absolved
Barnes of any wrong-doing in the
tase.
Klamath made a successful fight
ki 1947 to save the Marine Barracks
plant for constructive peacetime
use. The battle went to the legis
lature, where, after a series of ups
and downs, the appropriation went
through to finance the Oregon Vo
cational school at the Barracks. The
school, directed by Winston Purvine,
is now going strong.
Ninth story in public interest was
the gun battle which local officers
waged with a couple of San Quentin
escapees in the eul-de-sac at the
end of Jefferson street adjoining
the canal, the night of March 31.
One convict was captured and the
other escaped to stage a series of
ear thefts before being taken in
Arkansas.
Sports news breaks into the "big
ten" this time, by virtue of the
unusual circumstances that elim
inated two Klamath teams from
the state championship football
series. Both Klamath Falls and
Henley teams got Into the late series
In the A and B competition, re
spectively. But Klamath Falls lost
out In the quarter-finals after tying
AFTER
INVENTORY
NEEDLEPOINT Good assortment , Off!
TAPESTRY YARN ,kein 27c
SCOTCH AIR KITS reduced Vs
Only 6 left-yarn for a sweater and material for skirt.
ALL STAMPED GOODS priced to clear
SLIGHT REDUCTION ON SHELLCRAFT SHELLS.
CROCHET THREAD Large balls, all colors 25e
EZ-DUZ-IT Crochet frames special 89e
The easy way to crochet!
ODD LOT YARNS Enough to make a garment. ..
priced to cleor!
BEGINNERS KNITTING KITS
and Weavingcraft Kits, Reg. $1.50 Now $1.15
SEQUINS AND PURSE MATERIALS REDUCED!
Many other Hems loo numerous to mention . . . shop and save I
Thanking you for your patronage and
Wishing You a Happy New Year!
The Dalles 13-13. tving the first
downs 8-8. but falling behhid In
yardage. Henley went to the B
league finals, tying the score 12-12
with Amity, but losing on first
downs, 14 to 9. Klamath Falls bas
kctball team went Into the state
final game at Eugene last winter,
and the Chlloquin team got into the
B championship series, losing its
first tournament game.
BijEgest Year
That's the first ten as the staff
of The Herald and News has picked
them. It was probably the biggest
all-around news year In the history
of the present management of The
Herald and News, if not for all time.
A number of other stones made a
bid for a place on the list. Including
the Tulelake homesteaders malting
good and the new homestead open
ing, the police brutality trial in
circuit court, the successful Com
munity Chest drive, and fatal auto
mobile accidents which went to 17
for the year. j
,r" " 1 ,
year, with outstanding stories cal-
endared and the "big ten" flagged
with appropriate numbers:
O January
5 Donald F. Yancey gets life im
prisonment for murder of County
Librarian Mary McComb.
6 Carpenters and painters strike.
8 Craft unionists return to work
with pay raise.
9 Figures show Klamath Falls.
Klamath county and high school
district out of debt, other public cor
porations approaching debt-free
status.
10 R.irhnra FvAncelm Strict;
land 15 nUed on near
Midland to become first 1947 traffic
fatality victim in county.
14 Seventeen families snowed in
gun oiasi ai wocus.
1 Tommy Spencer, 2't, dies in
Tulelake cabin fire.
23 George Wallace White. 25.
truck driver, killed in Sun mountain
crash.
25 Parking meter operation
starts.
27 Armed bandits stick up Ore
gon Food store.
28- r-Luverne Hunt. 26. killed in
Willamette pass highway smashup.
30 Jack Kyle Perry held for at
tacking girl near Dorris. t later got
life imprisonment.)
O February
3 Deputy Sheriff M. J.
7
Barnes shoots Donald Gordon
Roberts in attempted break for
freedom at courthouse. 4 Barnes
later cleared by coroner's and
grand juries.)
8 Joseph Johnson. 26, killed by
auto near Beatty.
11 Potato growers ask new potato
grade to help market crop.
15 Chiloquin Panthers win county
basketball league title.
Daske
2
16 Evans apartment fire
kills 5.
1 Local laundries struck by
AFL unionists.
21 Klamath woman learns
tan coat, given for Europe
needy, was sold to Tennessee woman
by New York mall order house.
Dy Ne
3
23 Tex Rankin, famed avi
ator; Jack Elle and Cy Wal
lan, local automobile dealers.
killed in plane crackup In
Klamath Falls suburbs.
25 Final announcement of
Tulelake homestead winners
made.
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! State education boards accept
Mai Int Barracks lor scIhhiI.
O March
1 United Suites mics for veterans
hospital site back of Hot Springs.
J Smith Cox, accident Injury vic
tim. Injured second time when am
bulance turns over. iHe died March
4 Pelicans win district basketball
i championship.
-Robert Walker. Merrill, itiunrd
! outtnlin young man in civic work
' m lw8-
i 11 Sam Smith named recreation
"o nere.
11 Shuck Brothers warehouse at
Merrill has $30,000 fire,
13 Leland Cheyne refuses Tule
lake homestead.
13 Four residents of Lakcvirw
drown tn Goose lake.
14 Siskiyou freeholders sign pro
posed charter, which was later de
feated. 1 Pelicans defeated by Marsh
field. 51-49 to lose state hoop title
at Eugene.
18 American Box company at
Chlloquin closes down.
33 Harry Wright and Harold
Wright. Klamath Indians, die In
Modoc Poiut fire.
S7 Policeman Vern Wagner found
guilty of assault with dangerous
weapon. iHe later was paroled.)
39 Part of Evans building ruins
falls in high wind.
proves budget for Marine Barracks
vocational school, and legislature
later approved this recommendation.
9
31 Two San Quentin es
capees shoot it out with police
on Jefferson street dead-end
one taken, other escapes to be
captured .May 5 in Arkansas.
O April
7 Telephone strikers start picket- j
ing here. j
9 $5600 total purse announced for !
July 4 Rodeo. j
Jl 1946 agricultural income an-!
nounced at record high of $29,129.-1
000. I
13 Teacher pay increased. '
19 Pumice mining rush on at 1
Chemult.
25 Mrs. Harlan Bosworth named '
woman of year here.
30 Newt Nelson resigns as asses- i
sor.
Q May
2 City Policeman Paul Robertson
has battle with bandit on Midland
road.
11 Three convicts escape Goose
lake prison camp.
11 William Henry Nagel, Port
land preacher, arrested in Indecent
exposure case; later convicted and ,
sentenced to two years; case now
on appeal. j
13 School budgets pass by w ide .
margins.
16 Telephone strike ends.
21 $150,000 fire razes Alturas
apartment and tavern.
22 County holds budget within
6 per cent limitation.
24 Klamath Indians stage peti
tion battle: one group demands
removal of Supt. B. G. Courtwright. j
8
24 Leonard Callier and;
Harold Hadley lost on Odell !
lake. i
26 George Evans killed in
collision south of Tulelake. i
M Winston Purvine named
head of Oregon Vocational school,
about to open.
29 City shows 46 per cent tax cut.
. O June
3 Potato shipments for year to
date hit 11.703 carloads.
6 Roland Hicks nabbed while
leaving Chiloquin hide-out and held
in shooting of Eveland Chiloquin.
He was later cleared.
12 Vandals cause destruction in
Ltnkville cemetery.
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you win
financial
security
Liberal earnings, which
we pay regularly, will
help mightily in your
quest for financial
independence.
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ALOAN ASSOCIATION
' 540 MAIN
613-Herbcrt 11. Hull killed
in reservation hunting acci
dent. IS Mary Jane Mnllln, i.
found beaten behind dance
hall at Weed. At firsl uni
dentified, the little girl was later
found tu have been abused by her
mother, Airs. Louise Mcilltu, and
Hush tiilretith, who were sentenced
at (iranls l'ass.
16--Lavlcre Lelscr, student pilot,
reaches safety alter being last and
forced down at Add, Lake county.
If Town of Shevlln In northern
Klamath county moves to new site.
il Alvln Anderson drowns In
Fish lake.
18 Johnny Enrlght. stage driver,
delivers baby at Crrs-Del. He later
did II again.
SI Boy drowns in Lost river at
Merrill.
21 Auti-liquidationists on reser
vation vote to oust Wade Crawford
and June Poltras from tribal posi
tions. 27 Klinnuth people begin seeing
"Hying saucers."
28 Joy Jones mimed Miss Klam
ath Falls.
30 Tulelake homesteaders start
fight for roads. Later they won out.
July
1 Half-year economic outlook for ,
1947 described as very good. !
2 Mrs. Enos Heikshan killed on j
lodging road near Chiloquin bridge, i
3 Lack of funds brings virtual i
halt to basin land-water survey.
4 Rodeo and parade.
6 Mrs. Maxinc Elliott Alexander
killed in Fort Klnmath auto acci
dent. 7 Archibald McDernnd drowned
at Lake o' the Woods.
14 Police school opens at OVS.
16 James Francis Morton. 2.
drowns ill irrigation ditch on Shasta
way.
19 Francis Lambert of Portland
named chief white tall of Order of j
Antelope. I
21 Six-hour railroad strike.
23 Highway commission finds ,
north entrance bids too high. j
24 Two killed in Susanville hotel
fire.
25 Harry Jerry Ambers auto
crash victim on Algoma hill and
William P. Parr killed on highway i
No 97 south.
29 Joe L. Alvarado. 27, victim of j
Merrill auto accident. '
31 Big Lakes Box company plant
sold to Klamath Lake Moulding Co. '
Q August
2 Ralph Newman drowns
in
Thompson's reservoir.
3 Fremont sawmill al Lakeview
burns.
7 Coppock Bay homestead open
ing announced.
9 Pat Hogue fatally injured in
fall from chair.
13 Generally reduced tax i
millagc rates announced by I
assessor. '
18-22 Senate subcommittee ;
conducts hearing on Indian j
reservation liquidation issue. !
5
19 Little Yamsay Timber sold to
Ewauna Box for $20 51. a record to
that date for reservation stumpage
prices.
30 Plumbers declare strike mien- j
tion. !
Q September
2 Labor Day festivities at Tule
lake and Lakeview.
American
Legion
Regular
Meetings
1st and 3rd Tuesdays. $:0G
p. m.. Veterans Memorial
Bide 4th and Klamath.
Club Rooms
221 Main, next to Willard'
hotel. Open daily noon to
2:00 to 11:00 p. m.
For Legionnaires
and Guests
midnight except Sunday
STREET
3 -l.ivkevicw, Alturas mills sold by
Sunt Jackslck to Loyola college.
J-Archs Owen Roberta fatally
Injured In auto accident In Poe
valley.
3 -William Hill dies alter being
hit near Main and l'Jth streets.
4
& Hurley crop, siiia-hlug
all record., estimated at Mi.
500.000 value, lllghrat price
paid to Wiurm Farms at
4.I1..
6 Three polio cases re
ported here.
7 Ccdarvllle plane crash kills
pilot and girl passenger.
8 Football enthusiasts stand up
all night to get season tickets.
9 District attorney gets directive
to slop gambling.
12 Thomas Moore victim of Keno
road auto accident.
12 C'apt. Leonard Clarence Doug
las killed tn auto plunge down
Ali.oma grade bank.
U Jewel thief captured In Rogers I
Jewelry store.
16 Junior livestock show
sales
total $39,495, a new record.
Ill llutte valley Stampede.
24 Fire sweeps lulls northeast of
town.
21 Auti-hquldatlonlsl slate wins
Indian election.
o
-Police
October
Judge Huruld
Franey j
resigns.
1 Sales tax banged down in elec
tion. 9-Mrs. Christine lluxfoid killed
on Sun mountain 111 auto crash.
13 Fust tram carrying bodies of
vt tenuis from overseas goes through
here.
14 Fast office department de
clares Reno air route unnecessary.
17 -Medford football game, score
less tic.
21 Duck season opens for first
halt of split season.
22 Plumber strike ends.
25 Two Susanville youths killed
in highway crash, Wcstwood high
way.
1
27 Record bid of $27.76 bid
on Klamath Agency timber.
2K Airplaur crush at Dog
lake kills Snrll. Cornell. Far-
rell, llogue.
34 Wreckage of plane
reached by search party.
O November
I- Ralph I.. Smith Lumber com
pany buys Deschutes Lumber Co.
7 Mail jailed for locking child In
car in sub-freezing weather.
II Armistice Day.
12 Allen Bernard Arten killed tn
S. 6th street auto accident.
13 Earl Edward Culler dies fol
lowing auto accident.
13 CAB holds hearing on Snell
plane crash.
plane eras
10
16 Negro Jailed for
knifing.
21 Pelicans lose to The
Dalles on yardage In
quarter-final state title
grid game.
26 Lula Mae Easlcy. missing
Stockton waitress, tracked to Klam
ath Falls. Later found murdered.
Her companion here. Kenneth Allen
Miller, sought for killing.
29 Harry Bolvln of Klamath
Falls named to state liquor board.
PUMICE TILE
For Every
Building Need
"There is no Finer
Pumice Tile Mode."
Klamath
Pumice Tile Co.
1640 Owens Phone 4619
BOTANY TIES""
ON SALE
100
Top
Coats
LANSDOWNS
COVERTS
FLEECES
HERRINGBONES
TWEEDS
All Kises and Colors
Values to $60.00
N 3250
Now
Values to $42.50
$Q50
Now lL k
Values to $35.00
Now
y Sine 1918,
O December
3 Shade Milium Nelson Jailed for
mallreiitiurnt of dog. gels Jail sen
tence and flue.
lenco inn
10
6 Amity wins from
Henley III stale II leiuue
grid final, on flrnt down..
1 Dyuamltu nip blast
destroys building al Klam
ath (.'oneiric pipe com
pany plant.
12 Community t'luv.l campaign
rolls over $66,000 goal.
12 County asks more money from
Indians for education.
13 W. E. Lamm estate probated,
showing total $!.ll2.u(H-blggfsl In
probate history here.
13 Triplets, two gills and boy,
born here.
Id Federal aid suimlil fur ap
proach roads lo Lava Heels.
16 -Greyhound pel hinted to buy
Kliimath-Reun stage line.
16 Howard Strode swum III as
police Judge.
17 Armed man captured down
town by city officer. Larry Sherman
s he Intended lo hold up clothing
' store,
17 County-wide economic, survey
plan gains favor.
18 Enterprise tracts sold by
Charles Wood Kberleln lo local
group.
Ill - Northwest Cliellllllgv Co-op.
operator of Hatlleld starch plant,
m receivership.
20 -Tulelake grain growers invade
Wood River valley with big land
put chases.
21 Stiusuu plane. lour aboard,
lost on Ellcnsbiirg-Klamath flight.
Still missing.
24 Christmas eve sees Hun! rush
of great buying season.
28 Ralph J. Long Jr.. dies alter
struggle In upper lake ice alter re
trieving shot bird.
29 -llrllliant meteor flash startles
big area.
31 Virgil Wlnegar. a potato sort
er, killed instantly In highway wreck
near Merrill.
Accidental
Death Rate Up
NEW VORK. Jan. 1 i-Pi The
accidental death rate In the United
Stales this year climbed some 2000
lives over IU46 to abuut 1111.000 fur
a third consecutive annual peak,
the MetruiHilltan Life Insurance
cuupany says.
But surprisingly enough, death
In motor accidents declined nearly
1000 to about 33.500 III 11)47 despite
the Increase In motor traffic and
suggests, say the statisticians, that
11; t highway safety program Is more
elfectivc now.
Public, home and occupational
accidents, Iho major classes, ac
counted for the increase. The mor
tality In the home and occupation
al classes reflects the Jump In the
national birth rate and the higher
Uvel of employment, the rcort said '
The Gallup Poll
if 1 A , ..,
DR. GEORGE GALLUP
Motorists
Put $50,707
In Meters
Moloiisls have slipped $MUU7 III
IM'iinlrn and nickels Into the city's
pal king meters In less than a year.
Of the total figure, the city's rollers
have felt the clink of about $u7,4i.
with Hie balance, III the neighbor
hood of $23,217, going 10 Ilia loiu-
puny as payment fur llio meleis.
Al that rule, It should lako alioiil
another year for the docker. In be
paid off. Purchase price was
HIMM.VMI,
Paid Off
So fur, the metern have paid off
as I or as the city is concerned. From
the meter fund, the pollen depart
ment has added one traffic car and
a motorcycle lo Ha equipment. Three
truffle policemen, a collector-main-trtiaiiee
man and an office clerk
are paid from the meter money. In
addition, work pertaining lo Irallle
Is financed llirmmli the money.
Collection rqillpincnt. pulllt fur
cioss-walks anil street sign, have
been purchased through that source.
The meter ordinance provide, for
iisr o( meter money to lliiauce any
piojfct of equipment directly con
cerned with traffic control.
December High
Highest monthly tally uas lor
December when the t'lirlsiuuui shop
ping rush poured money Into the,
Pre-lnventory Clearance of
Lamps
and
Pictures
Many Marked BELOW COST for a
FRIDAY and SATURDAY Special
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THURSDAY, JAN. 1, 1941
slots. Monthly lobulation from Jan
uary 21), when Hip B'J meters wtis'
Installed, lo December 30, III last
colleellnn in 1047, Is below:
January I 111
February ... 3661
March 4011
April 4II46B4)
May 40I7.M
June 4734 .M
July 4(160
August 41101
September 4342 $0
tlcloljer 5002
November 42185(1
December 8564.50
Total $60,707.00
(utAvn vnoNAi. oddity
The planet Mars ha. two .mull
moons, each only a few mile, in
ihiimeter. The gravitational pull on
these, small bodlc. I. so .light tliul
a baseball player, living there, could
throw a baseball around the eutlis
glebe mid catch It as It returned.
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