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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1948)
Ml M NlfP mm I n I ho ... Day's Jp llr HUNK JINKIMs VUDOHLAVIA, Cwchoalimikln mill ' lltiiiiiury mil coiiimiiiilai - run stales) protest the Aiiirrlinii-llril-hrciuli proposal lo give Trieste bmk lo luly. Tho illapalrhea mid thai III "t'oitiiiiuiilnta showed concern leal the Trlrale proiioiiucciiiciil Influritra Italy's April III cloiilona, In wlikil I tin comiuuiilsu hi bidding for power." Al least thrso coiiiinunlut checker players know an opposing move tor t i 10 king row when llicy nee our. TIIKY hll bmk III clim itclrrlollc t way. The Italian prlntrra ere commit-nial-led. Ho Hie cominuiilata call Uie printers out, limn Hutting down more than 1000 dally papera. Die dlapalches tell tu. I'l'he papers are obvioualy auialL Tile United Stales, , villi It Mil million people, haa be- twreii 1700 and 1800 dally newt papers.) The Idea, ol courae, It to krrp the TrlrAte urwa away Irom Uie liulluua. The commuiilal Uieory la that the more Ignorant they are the coaler you can handle 'cm. DlilNU an Aim-nun, you ay: "Mrrk, why can't the lullaua gel the urwa by Hatching lo thrir radios?" Italy, for long years bclore the war, w-aa ruled by faaclam. HasiiMii, t-oiiimunlain, nuilam, eU., are rat-keta designed lo keep the gravy (or the big aliola at the top, Radio acta coai money. In lam-govcrnrd counlrlra, the pour devlla down al the bottom tloni have much money, Bo much ol It haa to go to the big boya In the high placea that practically none la Inn fur Uie common men in the lower bracket. Duly in wlckrd. alulul. CAPITAL-IHT-KXI'IXJI TKD America do thuae of tta In the lower layera have lux urlea like radio, washing machlnra, rrfi igeralora, automobllra and Uie like. Hie reaaon the Itallaiu don'l gel the newa from their radloa l thai very few of 'em have audi thliiga. P VEN that doe.nl tell the whole atory. In kurojie. government aaw very fatly In the game thai radio waa ddiiueroua business. "Why," the lad In the top hat and the cutaway coat told each other. "If the aapa out In the atlcka llaien to free. In dependent. ay what you - plcui radio, they'll OCT, AH HMART AS WK ARE Thai will NKVKK do. Ho they made radio a government monopoly. In that w ay. thry manage lo (ontrol everyihliig that goea out over the lr wavea. and the aapa alirar only whal the govcriiinenl Hunk la good (or 'em lo know. Handling the aapa waa reduced to a aclcnce In the Old World long, lung ago. BNVWAY. watch Trirair. And watch what Russia dor about our little achrme to pull the Italians over to our aide by promising to give the Jewel of the Adriatic back to them If they vote right on election day. CO far. flUMla haa muved alnre the Trlrsle play ONLY IN IIKHI.IN. Berlin la run by what la called a "four-power council." On Ihta coun cil, we. the British, the French and the Russians are represented. We're all auppoacd to get together on everything. On Baturday the Rus una walked out of thla council, nuaalan-llcenaed Berlin newapaiiera report thai at the aame time they Invllrd ua, Uie British and the French lo'gel t ell OUT of Berlin. Thla la the point: ' llrrlln Is EAST of the line of the Kibe river. It la aurrounded by Rus aian troops. We ve expected for some time to be tossed out. It looks like l Russians are starting It now. BUT, after all, Uiat la a rather weak come-back. It doesn't look like Moscow could a fiord to let us gel away with things like promising Trieste to the Italians If they nre good boys and vote like they should. I TAKES OFF ONTARIO. Calif.. March 32 (Al Itound-the-World Pilot Bill Odom took off for Honolulu today In the Reynolds scientific plane Ex plorer on the first leg of a return flight to China (or a scientific expedition. WEATHER vui. laiarca tu se hi, aa lrailllallaii laal fl kaara Trara ailrain Mar ! gala , . S.li l.aM Mar . S.aO N.rm.l I al rifvi-aalt Snaw flarrlta. T'''VT"'''""" ' '' ' '" 'JWFJFymm'J"f U" M'.i"i.'ai " ' lmmajppgmim.'wii.mirw mum my jmmimmmmmmmi j St j ' J 2 FHK'K FIVK l.'KNTH o:-o- KLAMATH ,AV"k V -iON, MONIM Y. MAIKH 2Z, ID III tormlasGies Spring S Telephone (till No. 1296 Senate OK For GOP Tax Bill Certain 'WASHINGTON. Mrrh tt fA't The rrpu.iHrii' 94.KOO.OOO.OOO In come las.-rultliig bill hradrd fur rrruln tU3Ri In the rnalfl lute iodmy. Th ballutlns waa dup to iUrl ( 5 p.m., (l:HTl an nil rrmalnliiK mriHlmrnlK, lltrn on the bill lUrlf, OOP luIrni prcillrtwl ciumHli tlrtntHrrutJi would Join thcin Ui roll up ft two-thud nmjorlty for Uia ntriuiurr. I Ami tlrinot-ruLii oppowd to the Oil) m;rw(i llml would hupiwu. Jlut runic oppnuctilA liwuird u two-third1 miiiHln could not bn iitttlntntnt'd aKuliint the veto the rr puhticuiiit kjty thry cxju'ct. It would hnvp to l-ir both thr wrmtr wild houeiu ovcrrldr I'rcMdrnt Tru innnV dtMipprcunl. lor IIIKh llowrvT. rcpublU'nn hoiA lliitt a vrto cou.d br killed rnnuliird hlifh. It was pn'- inlr wordn by the party newpjit (.-'.inert to Ux reduction, Henator MitrM el Orruii. He told a reporter: "Overriding ft vrto I Hi the baK." TI.e Oi.'V uptimlkin nti thu point got null fintJicr fchot in the arm ovrr Uie vcrit-end ! i Heavy Rains Create Flood In Chicago Suburb 1L tw if o" S -, V. a,v 'lAMavl . awer ' I i Youth Hurt In Running Road Block By The Aaaoclated Press Eight persons were feared dead and property damage climbed Into the hundreds of thousands of dol lars today as the Pacific Northwest recovered from Hunday's spring gale. The eight possible victims were occupants of an air force C-47 plane which ranished en route to Portland from Fairfield-Huisun Air base in California. Search for the big plane, which last radioed it was 2S miles north of Portland, centered today In the Mount St Helens area. Elsewhere along the widespread storm front, the lashing winds and driving rain left a 52-foot luxury cruiser drifting helplessly off the mouth of the Columbia river, rip ped two barges from a tow by the cannery tender Maurine Greer, and whipped up heavy seas that aided a derelict mine to elude a coast guard cutter 45 miles off Wiilapa harbor. Skiers Marooned About 100 skiers were marooned at Mount Baker lodge when a snow slide blocked the only road from the area. Highway depart ment crews expected to clear the road by morning. Three unoccupied family cot tages were destroyed at Ross dam as tons of snow slid down on a' construction camp for the second t'.me in little more than a month. Donations continue to straggle In ' the lead In the contest between the Two garages were smashed and foi the Klamath county Red Crass , luo counties W'lh 62 per cent of its j three homes damaged in Seattle drive. Early this morning, Red ' quota. ;cs earth, soaked by more than two i Class headquarters reported a to-j Among new names on the list of ; inches of rain In S4 hours, roared aV" . " r.t J' 9 W .". Donations Trickle In As RC Drive Hits 36 Per Cent Aa aern from the air. thia portion of Male, III., a suburb of C'hirago, resembles a lake following heavy II rame when Chairman Knulaon r'n h'ch laolatrd many homes In the residential section along with many others in low-lying areas. (K-Mlnn.l of the hollar waa and I . meana commlttr forecast that the house would accept the senate's H.BM.JOflOOO figure without even the usual conference. The nuusr un February 2 pasaed a bill to cut taxes to.MXl.ooo ooo The vole waa to I'-'O, a Iwo-thlrda margin with some to spare. Hrnnte rri.ublluitia huve contend ed the hnusM figure would have lo be Mired lo win enough Oeuiocrutic voles on a veto teal. Knutaoii's v. II- A wild ride through a road block linmiesji tugo along on thla Indicated Baturday night ended for six Tule- the houe would ratify the senate jlukc youths , when the car .struck the bill tnmoiidw and lllp the docu- irallroad tracas near Hatfield, hit mnll. truig and skidded to a slop. Don Wecnmnn. 21. driver of the !rnr, Is in Hillside hospital with iiniken Iclt Irg above the knee and ;a fractured left collarbone. west Coast Guard Misses Mine In Sea Hunt l: of 114.000. M per cent of the to- tul goal. Jackson county Is far tn mem to Mr. Truman's desk. Cleveland Zoo it By Flood CLEVELAND. March 23 Tor rential rains which flooded thou- I The young men were found shoot - lug geese out ol season on the rul ioff road between Merrill and Tule j lake aboil'. 5 p.m. Saturday. When I approached by State Oume Warden William Hovsen and Federal Game- j Hiring Hall "Row Sticks amis of home and disrupted trans- man U.urott, they drove away. It portatlon and iHtwer service here caused flood damage estimated to day at about $100,000 al Cleveland's MM. Hupl. I.011I11 Zlttello of Brookslde park said eagles, vultures, ostriches, wolvrs and raccoons perished In flooded compounds. Zoo employes worked through the night to remove animals to higher ground. Zoo Superintendent Klclcher Rey nolds had to rescue one of his em ployes, too Itobert Muttlln who fell Into 16 feel of water In Big creek while trying to save animals from the high witter. Weatherman George Aiidrus said 2.78 Inches of rain fell In a 24-hour period ending early today. KlaimtlTFaiisTn Safety Bracket SALEM. March 32 l II Uend, Klamath Falls and Mcdford are the only Oregon cltlex of more than 10.000 population which had no traffic fatalities In 1047. II was the second straight year that Bend gained the distinction, sulci Secretary of Stale Earl T. Newbry, The number of traffic fatalities In cities last year was down 29 per cent from 1040. while the figure for rural areas was down 2 per cent. was rrixirtwl. Qarretl sent Ills car SAN FRANCISCO. March 22 tP Leaders of CIO longshoremen and clerks renewed today their demand that the present hiring hall system be written Into a new coastwise longshore agroemcnt. Eighty delegates from Pacific across the road to head off the 1946 i Coast locals ol the clerks and of sedan driven bv Woodman, who Is ! the International Longshoremen's said to luve Bone around the block, i "d Warehousemen's union voted Going at n high rate of speed, the car hit il-c trucks near Hatfield nt the siding, airutk a mall truck and skidded rlKiiu 80 yards. Gerald Wilson. Cahlornla sure highway pa trolman. Investicnted the acctdent and WixkIiliii was brought to Klum math Falls by Tulelnke ambulance. Woodman was fined $100 In Tule lnke city police court In August. 1947, for a hll r.nd run accident. Maxi mum sememe for his latest offense la I MO and six mouths' Imprison, ment nn.l ludelmltc misimmisIoh of driver's lucnse, according to Cali fornia law Wth Woodmiin Saturday night were his brother James. Ted and Harry Cro vford Jnmea Brlghtflcld and Dm wood Ditllle. here over the week-end to begin immediate negotiations for renewal of the contract that expires June 15. Preservation of the hiring hall will be the chief point, the union said. Other demands were not reported but fhey can be negotiated or arbi trated if agreement is reached on hiring, a spokesman Indicated. A representative of the Waterfront Euipluyers association said the WEA was willing to retain the hall system but wnnt.s the hiring hall dispatcher to be an Impartial third party. He Is a member of the ILWU under the present agreement. Rancher Hurt By Falling Machinery George Cross. 25-year-old Tule lake grain rancher. La In Hillside hospital for treatment of a crushed foot, received lute lust week when machinery skidded off a truck and hit him. Cross did lint go to the hospital for Immediate treatment but was admitted Sunday. Cross has ranched In the Tule lake country for several years. Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Third War Not Too Far In Future Says WASHINGTON, March 22 (P) Chairman Eaton (R.-N.J.i of the house foreign affairs committee snld today the possibility of a third world war "Is not very remote," Eaton was asking the house rules committee to send to the homo floor quickly legislation for $U.20A, 0(10,000 worth of economic and mili tary aid to Western Europe, China, Greece and Turkey. A Utile earlier, the foreign affairs rommltteo had formally reported the bill. It said In a report to the house that "the very survival of the United States" Is at stake In the piTsont program to stop communism and help Europe recover economi cally. In other foreign aid acllons: The senate foreign relations com mittee recommended 4(W.ooo,ooO Tor aid to China for 12 months. Of this, $100,00(1,000 could bo used for military supplies. The admlnlslra Hon had asked $070,000,000 econnmlo lid for China for 10 months. Tho house appropriations com Mlllno recommended an emergency Irani of $(10,000,000 In Austria, Franco and Italy. This would be for slstancc "will do something to re use while the European recovery program Is being set tip. Even before the house rules com mittee session, there was an Infor mal understanding that the big foreign aid bill would come up to morrow. Leaders predicted passage by next week. The rules committee decides when a bill la to be con sidered by the house. Eaton told the rules committee members the world is coming to a cross-roads. He said he did not know whether the decision as to which road It will take will be made through armed conflict, "but the possibility Is not very remote." He said: "Sooner, or Inter, slavery and freedom will stand face to face tn this world for a decision of who will rule." In Grcoco and Turkey, ho added, "wo certainly are facing a challcngo from which It la impossible, for lis to rctrenl," Hop, Cox iD.-Gn.) asked whether Eaton's committee has any assur ance that countries getting the as sist force with force "The predominant sentiment of my committee." Eaton replied, "Is thai nil this aid Is essentially mili tary aid against an eventual t -tempt to conquer the world. In Its report the foreign affairs committee recommended speedy ac tion. The committee also asked the ad ministration for Inside facts on the cold war with communism, n in vlled Secretary of Slate Marshall nnd Secretary of Defense Forrestal to appear Inter today. Senator Bridges iR.-N. H.) told a reporter that the committee hopes to find out "If nnd when wc Intend to fight." Dr. Karl Coinplon told the com mittee that universal training would give the tuition "a stockpile of time" In an era when an enemy can strike with "devastating quickness." Compton was chalrmnn of the presidential commission which Inst year tinnnlmotisly recommended universal military training. He Is president of Mnssnchusctts Institute of Technology. Girl Puts Men To Shame When Bull Blocks Road BARNSTABLE. Mass.. March 22 M A 13-yenr-old girl caused con siderable blushing among full grown men yesterday when a bel ligerent bull, accompanied by a cow and a calf, tied up traffic on route 6 for a half hour. The bull and his family strolled onto the heavily-travelled high way and refused to move despite the shouts nnd honklngs of Irate motorists. Some drivers attempted to start a roundup, but they quickly re turned to their automobiles when the bull began snorting and rais ing his hoof. Cars wore lined up ' a mile in each direction before little Dolly Van Du?.cn, 13, came to tho rescue. She rode her horse up to the bull nnd dismounted. Waving her arms in the bull's face, she yelled "Scat." The bull, the cow and calf marched off and bewildered mo torists continued on their way. 100 per cent contributors are the following: Sixth Street exchange Rudy's' Men's -shop Balsiger Oil company Jean's Coffee shop LaPolnte's Bnckes and Daggett insurance The Mecca Used Car exchange Union Oil company Loggers and Contractors Machin tr? company Bell Machinery company McAtee clintc Fremont school Conger school Mills school Quality Delicatessen Wilson Title and Abstract Howard Barnhiscl agency Klamath Potato distributors T. B. Watters. Insurance Better Book and Bible house Rlckys Dr. Harry F. Stone office Cascade -Mercantile Lamble and Moen Jew-el and Gift shop Columbian Optical company Louie's Loan office Beard Real Estate Wlard Chicken stile 'Idelln's market Snrt's restaurant Alexander and Young garage Klamath Animal haspital Altamont grocery Buckner office A: store machine St. Francis market Slsth Street Farm service Swan Lake Moulding company down a West Seattle bluff. Mind and rain were blamed for settlnr off two explosions In oil switches at a North Seattle powder station, catting off power for boon throughout the University and .North End districts. AU of Sedro Woolley was with- I out power for seven minutes yes terday aa winds blew down power lines. A third of the city waa with out power for two hours Storm warnings were changed to small craft warnings at 10 a. m. today for fresh to strong south west winds at all Washington sta tions and south on the Oregon coast to Cape Blanco. Snow fell In several sections of Portland this morning, but did not last. The Sunday storm dumped an average of 1.25 inches of rain on the Willamette valley, tore down trees and wires, and dis rupted electric service in scattered areas. The heavy rainfall sent a num ber of Oregon coastal streams be yond flood stage, and covered the Oregon Coast highway with six in ches of water north of Tillamook. Cars were still going through, however. MAJOR JOHN B. HAKDINI, Early Use Of Atomic Power Held Possible AMES, Iowa, March 22 (VP) Com merclad use of atomic energy "In the not distant future" was forecast today by Earl O. Shrev. president of the U. S. chamber of commerce. Shreve said atomic scientists be lieve the first use will be in sta tionary power plants and ship pro pulsion. In an address prepared for Iowa Slate college's 60th birthday anni versary, Shreve said: "Atomic energy released by a com plete fission of a pound of fission able material is equivalent to that energy released by the burning of 1500 tons of coal. In terms of dollars and cents, a pound of atomic energy would today cost about $6000. Coal in the amount to produce equal energy would have to be purchased at $4 a ton. A major advantage oX atomic propulsion, therefore, would be that of storage and refueling." Eventually, Shreve said, it might be possible for a ship using atomic energy for propulsion to travel 40 times around the world without refueling. Folsom Dam Action Asked WASHINGTON, March 22 i.i Secretory of Interior Krug asked congress today to re-authorize Fol som dam in California as a mul tiple purpose project to provide I for flood control. Irrigation and power development. Tile dam Is authorized at pres ent only as n flood control pro ject under the army engineers. Boy Swallows Pin At Movie CHESTER, Pa., March 22 oP- Ten-year-old Francis Davis chewed nt a three-inch pin from his Palm Sunday boulonnler ns he watched the herors thunder across the screen In a wild west movie. As rnngcrs chased the Inst of the rednion, Francis gulped. Down went the pin. The Ind was taken to Chovaller Jackson Bronchoscoplc clinic at Temple university. Doctors ex amined him, found, he was In no Immediate dnngcr nnd sent him homo yesterday. They hope tho pin will pass through his body naturally. Local Option Grog Proposal Up RAMENTO, Calif., March 22 IPl Callfornlnns will vote on a local option liquor proposal nt the gen eral election next November. The secrctnry of state announced today the proposal's petitioners had obtained sufficient signatures. Should the constitutional amend ment carry, liquor licenses issued would have to have the approval of local governmental authorities and cities and counties would have the right to forbid sales. Late Spud Bulletin SAN FRANCISCO. March 22 (At (USDAi Potatoes, old stock, 2 bro ken, 16 unbroken cars on track: arrivals, Cnll'ornln I, Oregon 7, Idaho 6. Nevada 3 Minnesota 4: new stock. 1 cat on track; arrivals, Flor ida 1: market steady: Klamath Rus sets No. 1-A 5.50: Deschutes 5.75; Idaho 9 40. LOS ANGELES, March 22 W) (USDAI Potatoes: 17 broken, 61 unbroken ccrs on track; arrivals, Idaho 13, Minnesota 1, Florida 2, Oregon S, California 9; 4 enrs ar rived by truck; Idaho Russets No. 1-A 5.20-40, Homestead Meeting Set Plans lor the next homestead drawing will be brought up at a meeting cf bureau of reclamation officials on Match 30, It was an nounced today Representatives of veterans' or ganizations anr others Interested in veterans' welfare, are invited to attend the meeting which will be held at ' p.m. at the recreation hall, U. S. bui'estu of reclamation. Rec ommendations for procedure of the next draw Ing will be brought up. A. D. Harvey. In charge of the home stead division. USBR. said. It Is noMed that public notices of the drawing may be Issued in July, Harvey said. Land in the next drawing lies south of Malln plus that on the Coppock bay "panhandle" and some adjacent to thtt In the last home stead drawing. Million Dollar Rain Forecast SAN FRANCISCO, March 22 IIP) A storm 1000 miles at sea today promised a "million dollar" rain to all of Northern California tonight or tomorrow. The weather bureau predicted winds of gale force from Pt. Arena 100 miles north of here to Cope Blanco, Ore. Willamette Span Bids Due In April SALEM, March 22 (At The state highway commission said today it would open bids April 20 on con struction of a bridge across the Willamette river nt Independence. The bridge, to cost $900,000. would replace the present ferry route. The state would pay half the cost, and Marlon and Polk counties would split the other half. It would be 2214 feet long. Five Brazilians Die In Crash RIO DE JANEIRO, March 22 i A' Five Brazilian crewmen were found dead today in the wreckage o.' a B-25 bomber being delivered tn BraziL The plane was one of four Mitch ells being flown here for the Brazil ian air force from San Antonio, Texas. It crashed near the mouth of the Gurupl river, 156 miles east of Belem. Some 68 other American made military planes previously had reached Brazil safely. Ex-Klamath Man Pilot Of Plane KEI.80, Wash., March 21 WW A widespread aerial aearch la under way today for a missing C-47 with eight men aboard. Eleven plane took off from Port land, Ore., to trace the route the plane Is believed to have taken yes terday and to search the country east of Vacolt in the Davla peak area and near Trontdale, Ore. The celling in the Kelso area waa reported as only 1000 feet. Yacolt is about 20 miles south of Mount St. Helens, 9671-foot snow- Major John ft. Hardlnr. 2S. pilot of the missing C-47. Is the son of Mrs. C. B. ILettle) Harding of Port land and the late "Cart" Harding, former Great Northern official here. Major Harding's wife is the former Margaret Horton. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rae G. Horton, former residents now living in Eu reka. They have one young daugh ter, Jonnie. Major Harding waa graduated from Klam.ith Union high school, played football on the Pelican team, attended Pacific University and the University of Oregon. He served ov erseas 19 months dming the war and entered the regular army 'a Rome, in August. 1946. Mrs. Hard hv and Jonnie are living at the Falrfleld-Soisan base in California. Mrs. Harding, mother of the ma jor, was at the Portland air base waiting for her son when word wae learned that the plane waa overdue. Dr. Ziegler of Portland, father of Capt. Frederick J. Ziegler Jr 26, also on the missing plane, was at the airport. Capt Ziegler also at tended the University of Oregon, His parents live in Portland, Red Cross Aids Tornado Victims The American Red Cross Is mov ing immedlalaely into tornado-de-vistated areas of the Sout. Midwest and East, according to word receiv e! by the Klamath county chapter of the Red Cross today. An immediate allotment of $250. 01 0 was made by the Red Cross for aiding victims In Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Ohio. Volunteers and first aid as well as money were mo bilized by the Red Cross tmmediate 1;' after the disaster broke. covered peak, near which the big plane was believed to have been last . seen. The C-47, en route from Fairfield Suisun (Calif.) air base to Portland, was last heard from at 1:07 p. m. (PST) yesterday. Its pilot is Major John B. Harding, formerly of Kla math Falls. A message said the plane was 25 miles north of Portland and making a procedure turn for an instrument landing. Davis peak ia between 1 and 15 miles northeast of Woodland in the Lewis river country. Two separata reports from residents of that area told of hearing a loud dap of thun der sometime between. 1 and 2 p. m. Sunday. Ralph Sanger, Kelso coordinator for the . Washington aeronautic board, said be' would take off by plane to search the Davis peak area as soon as the weather condition become favorable. Flare Found The Oregon national guard re ceived a parachute flare today which a Troutdale. Ore., resident said he saw dropped at 2:30 p. m. Sunday. The flare was unmarked and the national guard was unable to tell if it belonged to the missing plane. The national guard and civil air patrol at Portland hoped to get planes off during the morning to search the Troutdale area. Trout dale is on the Columbia river east of Portland. Lt. Cmdr. R. W. Finley. Is leader of a mobile coast guard search party, which is participating. The Fairfield-Suisun base listed the following men as aboard the missing plane: Major John B. Harding, pilot, whose wife, Mrs. Margaret H. Hard ing, lives at Fairfield-Suisun; Capt William H. Tillery, wife, Mrs. Alice K. Tillery, Fairfield, Calif. Capt. Wiley A. Garber, wife. Mn. Geraldlne Garber, Oakland, Calif. Capt. Frederick J. Ziegler, wife, (Continued on Page 3) Harold D. Mortenson Passes Away In San Francisco Home Harold D. Mortenson, 67, proml- i strictly lor the outside trade, in nent Klamath Falls Industrialist and civic leader for nearly 40 years, died last night at San Francisco. The long-time president of Pelican Bay Lumber company had been In the bay city for several months, suffering from illness. He had been In a hospital until recently, but passed away at his residence in San Francisco. He Is survived by his wife, Jose phine, who was with him at the time of his death. His sister, Mrs. Craw ford May of Santa Barbara, Calif., also survives. Private family funeral services will be held in San Francisco tomorrow. Mr. Mortenson had retired from business activity here. Only recently, announcement was made of the sale of Pelican Pine Manufacturing company, of which he was a major owner, and which was successor to the Pelican Bay Lumber company. Born in Fayette, Mo., Mr. Morten son came west in 1901 to take grad uate studies at Stanford university. He was the son of Jacob Mortenson, a large lumber operator of the early days in the Wisconsin country. Jacob Mortenson died in 1927. Mr. Mortenson built and operated a major industry here. He came to Klamath Falls In 1910, Just after the railroad was extended to this city. He organized the Pelican Bay Lumber company, and contracted for a large body of timber west of Upper Klamath lake near Pelican bay. In 1911, his company built a com plete and strictly modern sawmill on the upper lake at what Is now Pelican City. It was the first mill In Klamath county with a band head saw and shotgun carriage, and lt was the first mill to saw lumber 1914, the mill burned and a new one was built. In 1918, another fire de stroyed the mill, and this time the first completely electrified mill in the country was constructed by Mor tenson. It was Klamath biggest mill until 1926. Pelican Bay has been described aa the largest purchaser of timber un der government contracts, both for est service and Indian service in the entire West. (From W. E. Lamm'i "Lumbering in Klamath.") Mr. Mortenson took an active part In the community life. He was a leader in Red Cross and bond drives In World War I. In 1922 he was gen eral chairman of a huge pageant representing the history of the area from the creation of Crater lake. He brought In a Hollywood script writer and made lt one of the big gest things of the kind ever at tempted here. He was president of the Klamath County chamber of commerce In 1924-25, president ol Rotary, an organize- of the Resmes Oolf and Country club. An outstanding recent contribu tion was his wooden gift box pro gram during World War II. He manufactured and distributed, with out charge, more than 60,000 wooden boxes, complete with twine and postal Instructions, for shipment of gift boxes to service men. It wai one of the biggest Individual contri butions to "service lor service men" in Oregon, He had recently presented two gifts of old-time log equipment for the logging museum In Collier state park, in honor of the late J. O, Johnston, who was hut logging superintendent from the beginning of Pelican bay operations until hla retirement,
