HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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.WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28, 1948
Farm Wage
Rates Soar
WAHMINOTON, Jan. a. ,n
Avenue hum wane inn in the
alute tit VViinlilliulnii urn now the
liluheal In the ( ulllUty, it report of
Uie bm cull ill Hiirlculliue ecnnoiiiU'a
dlacloaed today.
Farm worker. In Wuililiiiiuni mi
Mm lint ol Uila nmiiili received
uuea averuulnic 1107 a inonlli, n
liirreaae of III) from year ago, Uie
bureau aitld.
Ill C'nlllorllla, Mine fiirln wuitea
averaurd 1 00 a year mo to top tlie
nation, farm worker worn being
paid an average of 11(15 a inunth on
January I.
In Oregon, average (aim wane
Ini'inmed (mm UU a year ago to
107 Uila month,
'Hie average lor the three Parltlc
coaat etatea remained unchanged al
1114 a month compared with a na
tional avcraiio ol 101. The u New
Kmiland alulc were Hie acrond
hlgheal revlon. paying (arm workera
a month, while Inrm wage wore
lowest In Hie lour Houtll Atlantic
atatea, Kentucky, Tennraaee, Ala
bama and Mlaalulppl, averaging IUJ
a nionlii.
'J'ho bureau report allowed Dial
Washington Increuae rami mainly
from worker paid by the day.
Uiilly ralea, with board. Jumped
(lorn tt JO Ui 17.20 during the year,
while wage without board roae from
40 to in 30 a duy.
Oregon wage ratea the firal ol
t Ilia month were (143, Willi board
and 180, without board, lor (arm
worker paid by the month, and
ITU with board and without
board, for workera paid by the day.
Unsold Wheat
Holdings Vary Low
I'OUTLANO, Jan. 38 WV-Unaold
wheat holding III the Pacific North
west are al the loweil level In 13
yeara and trade groupa aald today
they would recommend no reaumn
lion ol government buying for ex
port. The federal crop reporting arrvlce
fcported holdinga January 1 in
WailUnglou, Oirgon and Idaho
were 66, (02.000 buhel. 33 per rent
below a year ago, and Jual enough
10 meet normal teed and flour need
in the region until a new crop la
harveated.
Of the total on hand, the federal
commodity corporation hold, be
tween i.ooo.ooy and 10,000,000
biuihrla for export purpose.
Crowds Flock To
See Freedom Train
KNID. Okla.. Jan. 21 o' It re
minded them of Valley forge.
Tilt Kreedom Train rolled Into
thn Northern Oklahoma wheat
center yealerday. Wim It rolled
anow, 11 driving north wind, and an
flght-drgree lemperalure.
Ilul 0130 men, women and children
walled an average two houra each
In the knife-like air to aee prccloui
document Inald Hie train. Thla
wu only 17 leu than In Oklahoma
City eight timra lamer.
Police treated nearly 20 caeea of
Iroatblle.
Meier Estate
Tops Million
PORTLAND, Jan. 3 1VP1 The
probated will of the late Mra. Mm
nle E. Meier, wiioae father-in-law
waa co-founder of the Meier and
frank company department atore
here, today Hated an eatale valued
a I 11.091,675.
A 135.000 bequeat waa made 10
1 he Portland community cheat and
the rejldue divided among helra In
three block. The estate wet,
moally in Industrial stock and
bond!, Included 13.415 aharea of
the family bualneM valued at
30.1.540.
Helra Include tliree grandchildren,
anna of Mr. and Mra. Waller Heller,
Han Pranclaco, who divide a third;
Allen E. Melr and Jane 8. Meier,
aon and daughter-in-law, Portland,
who receive a third In trust; and
anna, Allen E. Meier and Frank
Klalng Meier and wife, Clair, who
receive another third In truat.
Bleak Chicken and
Heafood Dinner
Lounge and Dancing
Open ( p. m. till I a. m.
Phone 7055
WKATIIKIt FORECAST
COLD DAYS AHEAD
l.lltle change 'til Spring
"We figure the cold . . ,
and keep you worm."
Peyton & Co.
31 YEARN OP SERVICE
STANDARD HEATING
OILS
PRESTO-LOGS
WOOD COAL
915 Market
Phono 5149
CARNIVAL
By Dick Turner
Bp1 llaM
KB
"Oh, I'm afraid I haven't a cent of money with me I
mutt have hurried out and left it at home in my husband's
troutere!"
Klamath Flying fas
By JOY BHiUH
Hhuata-Ciucade Plying bcrvtce 111
tailing the new mulll-engtnecourae
February I for all pilot holding
private Ucenae. Thoae Intereatrd
ahould call 5565 and make arrange
ment. To Portland
Dave Zumw alt and II ud tSleveiuon
flew Hleveiuoii 'a Bllnaon Ui Port
land Monday on bualiiea and re
turned the aam night. Stevenson
Uvea In Stockton. Calif.
Operation Hunahlne
Mike and Margie Houter plnu to 1
Join Uie Orcgon-lniemallonal ilr,
tour. "Operation Bunalilne." a nine-1
day flight to Mexico which atari
Kebruary 31. Tile flight Include a
three-day aiopover at Encenada and
Hermoalllo, will) aide trip to Ouay
maa on Uie Oulf of California and
other poluu.
Honolulu Arrival
Mr. and Mra. Oleuii Kent of Ihu
city arrived by United Air Line iu
Honolulu Monday. Mr. Samuel U.
Earharl and Mra. William Yale
arrived Turaday and another party
of Klamath baalu folk Including
Mra. Clara Hhaw of Klamath Kail.
Mr. and Mra. ,1. Prank Adam and
Mr. and Mra. Dale Weal and daugh
ter Sara, of Merrill, will arrive Fri
day by air.
Ground Manager
Homer J. Merchant haa been
named ualitanl general manager ol
ground aervlce for United Air Line
with headquarter al the new oper
ating baae al Denver, It waa an
nounced today
With 20 yeara of aviation behind
him hi experience Include being
manager of Uie welrn regional
traffic and dale and of eualern re
gional aalc. Nonral 11. Pader. aaaha-
ant director of trafflo and anion will
temporarily aiwume Merchant for
mer dulle.
United Air Line hax flown more
than one nnd one-quurter million
mile between the Mulnliind and
lluwiiil aincc I he aturt of acheduled
ocrutii.ni 111 Muy. 1047, UAL head
quarter reported today.
Search Program
Word from Portland received by
AMioclntrd I'reu ttate that the
search and rcacue program of the
Oregon atuto board of aeronautic
I complete except for designation
of neverul ground coordinator and
ih program I exiccted to be oper
ative curly In February.
Ilualnew Kill hi
E L. "Penny" Payne and Tom
lnhart of Lakeland Flvlng Service
Hew to Portland In the Seabee
Tuesday oil bualneA.
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COMPAR&D
(Above)
Compore the colored areas which show the extent
of some-day paper delivery in 1939 (just before
the first rural motor delivery was started) and the
extent of some-day delivery today.
In addition to providing about 70 96 coverage of
the entire Klamath Basin trading oreo, The Her
ald and News in 1948 will give same-day, con
centrated delivery to over 11,000 families.
(Below)
Comparative charts show papers delivered, and
advertising cost, in 1939 os compared with 1948.
Colored sections indicate papers delivered the
same day of publication, the balance delivered
the following morning by mail. Advertising cost
per 1000 now is less than prewar.
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