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Newspaper Page Textp is MfnMUl I n J'H r I llv HlANK JKNKIN'H IN Wlacunaln'i I'rraldimllul primary election, Hturii wlm mpiiftiriiilyi 20 of the 27 Republican delcgatei, (li-llrlnl MacArthur nulla along iu bait accolld. An tllla It written, It looks as l( Dewey inuy be 111111 owl. ANK awallow doenh'l muke a aiiin titer, mid 0110 nl uln primary docan't make a nomination, but thcae fact Unit out of tlii Wiscoti 111 voting: 1. Young men urn popular iiii'llly young men with 11 new mid mm ci 0 approach tu the prub Irma tliul litia ua. 2. Military mrn ure dill unpopular for IIRIII civil office. 3. Uld-llincra arc OU T. I Vouin lie la In yriira. Urwry la mi ulil-iiiuer In llir acme llial he hua been con nected Willi politic In the paal.i QUIl 011UU111II1111 tired In tllla crll v leal period ot our hlatory la lead rahlp III which Die public haa con fidence. Tim writer acmra LACK gfj coululriice In exIMInu leadernhlp. If Hlrii can CIIVK UH CON FIDENCE, ho la the man ul tin hour, TN Iheir mutual-aid treaty with itu"lB, Hie Hlnna apparently re tain at least the outward form of political Imleiieiidriii-e. The treaty waa algnrd luat nlullt III Miiacow, and to become edectlve nreda only ratification by the Kllinlnli parha- Dlrlll, Wuuli It. The KiiMluna may be drulinu mildly al leant for Uie Umei with Kluluutl. They muy lluvc been linpreaard by the proluundly allocked reaction In that part ot the world which allll remain tree, to their handling of Cechoalovakla. 'Hie bmueal ot all riucaliona la tiow Kuula will react to opinion in coun trtea atie doea not control. JJEVIXOI'MKNTH in Uerlln today are not encouraging. Alter their airaimely mild apcll yeaterday. the Kuuiana gel uuiih attain. Tliey aie now following Uie well-calabllahtd pattern of a atrcei-coruer atilomobilc colllaion. anarllng to ua and lite Drltlah: "It waa all your fault " They iwil that the Urltlah trauaporl plane came booming out of a cloud and amacked Into the Hiuuiian Hithlrr pilot. They don't go ao far aa to claim In woida Uial Hie Urltlah pilot did It on purpoae, but they Intimate It. ity way ot keeping Uie record clear, the Hi null aay, In an official atalrnirnt: "Visibility at the lime of the cqlllalon waa aome five mllca." pltK.SIDr.NT '1 HUMAN la aoon tu aubmll to congrcaa a l' billion idailar program ot ahlp construction eVijch will include h4 luper-tsnkcri to tint eight million dollar each. 1 Modern wara are fought largely with oil. Tankers get Uie oil from where It la to where It la needed. There were tlmea In the laal war when It looked like lack of tankera might reault In our defeat Although we hope not. and are doing our beat to prevent 11. there might be another war. ( HI'S require aleel In huge quan utiea. Steel requlrea coal. That ralara a queallun of the uimoal na tional Importance: If we can't get coal enough dug. how are we to get ateel enough tu meet our nreda In Uie coming critical yeara? PI IE coal atrike ought to be ended. 1 How? Well, maybe you know, Thla writ er doesn't. But Una It the way It ought to be ended: John Lewu ihould lay to hit min er: "Hoyi, our country li In a tough apot. Lei a forget our peace time qunrrela and DIG COAL, AS WE NKVKIl UUO COAI, HEFOKK. We're all Americana, and In tunea like these Americana can't afford to lay bark and let our country oe weakened." JKWI8. of course, clalma It l all the nicked opcratora' fault. But can you Imagine EMPl.OYKItS Handing up agalnal the public opinion thill Would be created by audi a stale- nient trom the mlnera' leader? It couldn't be done. Any employer who Hied It would be crucified. WEATHER Mat. (April . 4a Mia, erarlpllallvn latl 94 .... t.e airaam raar tm lata .7 l.aal year . . l.aa Narmal .ltt Vararaall Bnaw llarrlaa. LUST ..):.:. r -,,,1 VHU r, rVr ( KNTH ,-OSK t$ KLAMATH KAI.I.H, OKKOON, WKIlNKKOAY, APRIL 7, lOU Trlephone 8UI No. 1310 . ... . Lewis Stalls StriEte-E Big Job Russ Blame British For Plane Crash Htltl.lN, April 1 VP) The Itua alana threw the blame for Munday'a riovlet-Hrlllah plane eraah an the Hrltlah today, llrltlah offlrlala aald the Huaalan atory waa "palpably un true." A Huaalan Ihvcallgatlug luiniiils aligi chaiged the craah. In whli-h 15 died, waa canard by Urlllah viola tion of allied reguluttona. 'f'he com mlaalon aald It occurred over a H mi nimi alrixirl In Merlin and that tr llrltlah pilot failed to comply with four-power allied control council regulation! by flying over the Soviet traffic tone. No Comment Hrltlah offlrlala iwued no direct comment on the commtbAlon'a re port. They did deny a Moarow radio report which aald the air colllaion waa cauaed by a Hrltlah airliner coming dow n out of a cloud .and colliding with a Soviet fighter. The radio veralon W'aa lubaian llally the an me at the commlaaton ' report. The official Brtllan natenienl aald: "Moarow radio haa put out the atory that the Hrltlah Viking air craft rame out of a low rloud and collided with the Soviet lighter about la land. The official llrltlah view la that the true facta about the colllaion cannot be eatabllahed un- Conference Precedes Road Hearing BM -' t i 1 r-.-r- . : "- " .;-- ' ',1'' ' J I FFA Confab To Open Here On Thursday OltKOON VOCATIONAL SCHOOL April 7 About BOO meinbera of the Oregon rut 11 re Farmera of America are exjiected to be on hand for the group'a atate conference Thuraduy Ihrutigh Saturday at the Oregon Vocational achool campua. Advance regiatratlon ahuwi 585 namri of thiate planning to attend from polnta around the atate, and It 11 exjiectrd that aeveral more will come. Executive board acsslona have been held thla week, but the major meeting! will begin Thursday. Initial leaalon will be at ::I0 a.m., Thuraday, In the campua theutre, where Mayor Ed Oatendorf will give the official welcoming addrcu. Wln aton l. Purvltie, OV8 director, will explain the baatc operation of the vocational achool. Attending will be Ralph 8. Mor gan, at ate FFA advlior and auto atiiiervlnor of vocational agricultural training, Maurice C. Buchunnn, act ing executive aecretary, nnd Elmer Sullivan. Buchanan and Hulllvnn are aAalatnt aupervlaora In voca tional agricultural training. All are from Salem. Reporla trom the atate advlaor and other official! will be heard at Thuraday morning's meeting. Crop Judging, farm niaungcnient. home farm project and state farm en' degree! will be feattired during the afternoon. Judging will be both for Indtvldunli and chapters. Meeting will continue Friday and Saturday with ipcclnl event! planned for euch day. Next Monday's atate highway Interim committee hearing In Klamath Falls prompted a conference of I-ake and Klamath county people at Lakevlrw Tuesday. The picture above shows Jack Briscoe, left, T. B. Walters, renter, and Jim Ogle talking It over, Briscoe will present the Lake brief and Walters will present the dlacuaaion of the Klamath chamber-county court brief on primary highways. They are talking It over with Jim Ogle, who Is new president of the Lake county chamber. s Klamath-Lake Map Plans For Inierim Group Meet LAKEVIEW. April 7-Flnal plana were ihaped hare Tuesday for Lake and Klamatli Joint representations before the state legislative Interim committee which will hold a hearing In Klamath Falli Monday, April 12. Hcpreseutatlves of the Kin main county court and the Klamath chamber of commerce roudi and highways committee met with Uie Lake county court and chamber of ficials tor a final dlacuaslon ot their brlrts. which have been prepared In coordination and In general Will advocate the same principles. Jack lhiacoe will dlacuu Uie Lake brief before the Interim committee, and T. B. Wallers, chairman of the Klamath chamber committee on roads, will outline the Klamath viewpoint. In addition to these reprcaeutAtlons, the representative! of granges, elites, and others In the two counties will be heard at the hearing In the courthouse at Klam ath Kalis. Jack Mayne, manager of the Lake county chamber, will act as mod erator for the iwo-county presenta tions. The Lake county brief embraces views of the court, chamber, munic ipalities of Lakevlew and Paisley, Lake county Pomona grange, and Lake county farm bureau. The briefs contain an outline of major and secondary highway work proposed for the two counties, and a discussion of revenue problems. The roups have agreed that Uiey favor additional revenue for road work. If necessary, through limited liHTpa.srs In gasoline taxes, auto reg istration fees and driver examina tion fees. They are opposed to a proicrty tux on autos and general obligation bonds for roads. Wnlly Hector, Klamath county engineer, has also prepared a gen- Smashing Victory For Stassen In Wisconsin Threat To MacArthur In Presidential Race MILWAUKEE, April 7 Ift A aniaahing victory by Harold P.. Stitaaen proinialug him upwards of 20 of Wiaroualn'a 27 )!' national convention votes threatened today to puah (len. Douglas MacArthur out of the presidential rare. Btiisscn held fast to late -count lrnds some so big the result no longer was In doubt and some slim In a score of the 'J7 delegate con tests Involved In yesterday's prim ary. His candldatea slaved off with a rally In mid-day tabulations a chal lenge of two MacArthur aspirants to move Into the circle of aeven at lurge delegates where Ktassen'a slate lias led almost from the first. Top MacArthur With 2(111) of the state's 3KIR pre rlncLs reported, the lowest mnn on the Stussrn slatn of seven widened his vote nun itln over the top man on MiicAithiir's slate to 10(13. The lobulation, which Included .1110 of 5711 precincts In Milwaukee comity where MarArtliur's dele gates ran well, gave the top Stassen at-large delegate, Walter . Kohlrr L Jr., 102,007 votes, 'The low Rtftssen candidate, Cleoigti Greeley, had 1(1(1.11(13 votes This compared wllh 107,000 chalked tip by Fred R. Zimmerman, leading MacArthur candidate. 1 The possibility was voiced bv Rrp. Miller (It.-Nrh.) In Washington that MacArthur, now leading In only seven of the 20 dlslrlrt contests, might quit. Miller, who campaigned In Wis consin for the general, told re porters: "MacArthur may see fit. In view of the slap In the face, to with draw." Light Vote Blamed Lansing Ilovt, who heads the na tional MacArthur clubs, Issued a statement here blaming the gen eral's poor showing on a light vote III the delegate contests. Hoyt, who seemed likely to be elected as a MacArthur delegate, said the general "would have won" If ha hud made, a personal appear ance In the state. From Minneapolis, Blasscn gave further Rroitntls tor speculation that MiicArtliur might not wish lo con tlnuo In the national contest. The former Minnesota governor, thanking friends for supporting him, expressed "sincere regret that the action of a group of citlscna In entering the name of a great gen eral, Douglas MacArthur, In the primary, made It necessary for me t he In a position of rivalry on the ballot." He suld ho has " very high per sonal regard for this distinguished leader of our armed forces." This was Interpreted In some quarters as a bid for the support of MiicArlhurs delegates, If the gen eral steps out. In the Wisconsin district delegate contest where two are picked In each district. Stassen had won 6 delegates and led In seven other races. Among Leaders By the nature of his Wisconsin showing, Htaasen climbed up among the COP presidential leaders again after having been almost belled into the vice presidential class by Pew ey'a six to two delegate victory over him In New Hampshire last month. The Stn.Hsrn surgo gave added color Ui his claims of having won majorities of the Iowa and Maine republican delegations in recent conventions In those two states. But Stassen fares a new, nnd per haps more vigorous, test In next Tuesday's Nebraska prlmnry. There ho and six other OOP hopefuls Including Dcwoy and MacArthur will bid for popular support. He will fare Senator Robert A, Taft of Ohio In that contest tor the first time. Taft winds up an In perion campaign there today. - rial discussion of Klamath county's road problem. He will read it at the hearing. " . . The conference was held here In the county court room, through most of the morning and afternoon Tues day. The visitors were guests of Uie Lakevlew people for lunch at the Elks club, and were entertained in the home of County Judge and Mrs. J. R, Hecltman. Attending from Klamath Falls were Manager Charles Stark. Roads Committee Director Malcolm Epley. and Roads Committee Chairman Walters of the chamber of com merce: County Judge U. E. Reeder, County Engineer Hector, and County Clerk C. F. DeLap' The Klamath visitors also attend ed the annual meeting ot the Lake count chamber Monday evening. Walters and Epley were delayed by a minor accident which occurred near the foot of Antelope canyon. The car. with Epley driving, slid off the Icy road into a barrow pit, but there was no damage and no injuries. Marine Fliers Lost At Sea PEARL HARBOR, April 7 OP. Planes, submarines, destroyers and small boats failed to find four marine fliers missing after night fighter maneuvers at sea. Officers directing the Monday night maneuvers had ordered one plane to Intercept the other. In the darkness. They watched the pro gress of both plane on a radar scope: and the two spots on the scope seemed to merge as though colliding then vanished. Marine headquarters said the pilot were MaJ. Stanley R. Bailey, Brownsville Junction, Me., and Lt. Kenneth L. Barnes, Harrison, O. Names of the two others missing were not reported. Thlrly-two planes, six submarines, two destroyers and various small craft combed the area, 38 miles off Barber's Point, all day yesterday. Statehood For Alaska Backed WASHINGTON. April 7 ( Leg islation granting statehood to Alaska as unanimously approved today by the house public lands committee. The bill, as finally approved, elimi nated state recognition of tribal rights of Indians, Aleut and Eski mo and granted the proposed state an additional million acres of land bringing the total lt will get to 43, 000.000. The bill now must go before the house rules committee for clearance for house action. It was reported, however, that Committee Chairman Allen in-Ill.) was In favor ot grant ing a rule for bringing the bill up on tho floor at an early date. MUMPS SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 7 tP) S. B. Johnson ot San Antonio, who will be 100 year ot age July 38, to day is recovering from n malady which often befalls persons of more youthful years. His Illness was diagnosed is the mumps. Boards Talk Pay, Coaches 8alar? scale for teachers and coaches 'Sere sHited for considera tion of high and elementary school boards here Wednesday. An informal meeting was sched uled at noon by the high school board a report on the general state levels of basketball and football coach salaries, preliminary to as signment of men to these duUe here. Arnold Gralapp. superinten dent, said that Klamath's past scales have been "competitive" and the board wants to know what con stitutes competitive pay for the next year. The football coaching job at the high school ha been declared va cant by the board. The basketball position has not come before the board for consideration. Wayne Scott, basketball coach for several years, has said he will not coach tn 1948-49. but Gralapp said he ho no resignation from Scott. I Members of the budget commit tee will probably meet with the board of both high and elementary districts tonight for a discussion of teacher salary scale. Court To HearUMW Plea Monday WASHINGTON, April 1 !P) John L. Lewis today asked a fed eral court to throw out an order re quiring him to end the coal strike. The court set Monday for a hearing on the plea. Judge T. Alan Goldsborougn. who fined Lewis for contempt in a 1946 strike, received the petition and set the date for the hearing. Goldsborough's office said his ac tion automatically holds up the ef fect of the temporary restraining order against the 24-day-old strike The Justice department had been planning to ask a contempt citation against Lewis and his United Mine Workers for ignoring the order. The quesUon whether the department would proceed, In view of Golds borough's action, was not immedi ately answered. Lewis' lawyers had asked for a hearing Friday. Delay Ordered But Goldsborough put It off until 10 a. m. (EST) Monday. On that day also Goldsborough is scheduled, to hear the government's request for a preliminary injunction to replace the restraining order, which expires Tuesday. The Lewi motion challenged the validity of the national emergency provision of the Taft-Hartley act. under which the anti-strike order was issued last Saturday. "Violation of the miners' right to stop work and freedom from in voluntary servitude is explicit in the court's direction that the union shall order the miners to return to their employment," the Lewu mo tion said. . Ivadrled: . r "Since Uie court may not legally commit the union members employ ed in bituminous coal fields to in voluntary servitude, it may not legally effectuate such result through it mandatory order that defendants accomplish such status for the union's members." The order by Justice Matthew P. McGuire directed the union to end the strike, and Lewis and mine op erators to negotiate setUement of the pension dispute that touched off the walkout March 15. Prospects of union-operator talks to end the strike apparently had vanished, however. Before going Into court, UMW At torney Harrison Combs had notified the justice department of his intention. Mystery Skiers Pose Problem CASCADE SUMMIT. April 7 Jack Meissners mother, Mrs. Flor ence Adklson. and other Summitlte are puxzled over reports that Jack ts accompanied by three other skiers on the final lap of his 300-mile skt trek to Crater lake. Everyone at Cascade Summit knows that Bob Pfeiffer, CAP pilot and photogra pher, went as far as Diamond peak with Meissner the first day to film some scenery and returned the next day to Uie Arikison home, where he shoveled four feet of snow off of 59 steps. Also the resident all know that Don Temple is at school m Oakrldge dally and Gilbert Bisseil is vacationing tn Eugene, Since Bob Pfeiffer has kept the telephone line busy making plans with Mrs. Adklson about parcels to drop to Jack at Diamond lake, all concerned would like to know who the mysterious extra skiers are. One humorous person remarked that lt could be Bob, Donny and Gilbert were with Jack In spirit, if not in flesh. Superstition Works For Once OOLDSBORO, N. C April 7 fP Judge J. Paul Friatelle sentenced Brantley Rase to 18 year Imprison ment on a series of felony count. "Your Honor," said Rose, "I'm superstitious. I would rather have that sentence 13 years or even 14 years than 13." The judge changed It to 13. FISHING ENDS ASTORIA, Ore., April 7 (Tl Five days of record-breaking dogfish shark fishing ended yesterday when gusty winds drove the 30 drag boat Into port, In the five days fishermen landed about half the total ot dogfish shark livers a was delivered In all of last year. Marysville Hit By Fire MARYSVILLE. Calif., April 7 UPi A pre-dawn fire of undetermined origin wiped out an entire city block of downtown Marysville today de stroyed a lumber yard, a church, plumbing store and four two-story dwellings. No one was injured. Property damage was estimated between $500,000 and $1,000,000. Fanned by a strong wind, the fire spread rapidly from the lumber yard of the Diamond Match com pany and within 15 minutes en gulfed the entire block. The First Christian church ad jacent to the lumber yard recently completed an annex. Firemen from Marysville and nearby Yuba City battled the blaze four hours before bringing It under control. Intense heat cracked windows across the street and caused resi dents to flee with valuables. Hard Coal Miners Tie-Up Spreads POTTSVILLE, Pa.. April 7 m The sympathy walkout of anthra cite miners spread over Eastern Pennsylvania today, bringing the number of Idle to at least 24.500. Twenty -six collieries were shut down by the stoppage which United Mine Workers officials said appar ently was In support of striking bituminous coal diggers. The rich Pennsylvania hard coal fields emplov approximately 80.000 men to produce nearly all of the anthracite used for domestic purposes. Paul G. Hoffman (above). South Bend, Ind., automobile manufac turer, haa been nominated for the pout of administrator of the multi billion dollar European reeovery program. Hoffman In As ERP Chief WASHINGTON. April 7 WV-The senate foreign relations committee voted 13 to 0 today to approve Uie nomination of Paul o. Hoffman to administer the multi-billion dollar foreign aid program. Chairman Vandenberg (R-Mlch.) told reporters he will ask the senate to confirm Hoffman's nomination riRht away. Hoffman, president of the Stude baker corporation, was selected late yesterday by President Truman to ac minister the $5300.000.000 West ern European recovery program. Before the committee acted, mem bers questioned Hoffman behind closed doors for approximately an hour and a half. Emerging from the meeting, the 56-year-old auto manufacturer told reporters: "They asked me a lot of questions and I tried to answer them. Farrell Estate Hits $159,285 PORTLAND. April 7 iTh- An estate of $159,385 was left by Robert S. Farrell Jr., Oregon secretary of state killed with Oov. Earl Snell In a plane crash last fall. Inventory of the estate, filed In probate court, listed Industrial stocks, an undivided one-half In terest In the Chinook Investment company, and other asset. Heirs are the widow and two minor daughters. V. AFL To Talk Log Pay Boost Negotiators of the AFL lumber and sawmill workers union will meet Friday morning with the Pine Industrial Relations committee to start talks regarding a possible wage increase to bring AFL lumber wages to the level reached by the IwA CIO yesterday. The IWA has been granted i 12'i-cent hourly pay Increase, sub ject to ratification by union mem bers and employers. The raise brings the minimum pay in the In dustry to $1.42 '4 an hour for saw mill and logging work and $1.40 for box factory and prefabrication env ployment. A slight differential In the pay of fir workers and pine workers still exists. IWA lir unions last week received a 12'i-cent boost to make the minimum fir wage $1.45. The AFL lumber and sawmill workers received a 7 hi -cent increase effective January 1. but contracts hove been reopened fn view of the increase granted the IWA. Tulana Farm Owners Take On Holdings Bale af The California Oregon Power company's Williamson river ranch, comprising nearly 8000 acres. to Tulana Farma, was disclosed here) today and ranks as one of the big, geat land transactions In this area) In many years. The change in ownership of the property will Inaugurate a private. reclamation development of around 6000 acres, adding that to the pro ductive area of the Klamath basin. ' Consideration In the big deal is understood to be around a quarter ot a million dollars. The Copco ranch lies near US 97 north on both sides of the William son river, which runs into the east side of Upper Klamath lake near iu north end. The ranch land has been In the hands of the power company for over a quarter ot a century, having been acquired In connection with Copco s operations on the lake. , Much Swamp Although it was once virtually en tirely within dikes, thousands ot acres of Copco ranch have been permitted to go back into natural swamp state In recent years. At present, only about 1100 acres art being fanned under lease. , Tulana Farms, a corporation owned by Dick and Ben Hemel and Dave and Dan Llsker, Is one ot the -biggest agricultural operators In the basin and haa extensive operation on Lower Klamath and In the Tule. lake area. The new owners will repair and build miles ot dikes and bring the entire property Into cultivation. Grain, livestock and general farm ing operations are planned. A float ing dredge is to be used in the reclamation work. The sale tt the property waa handled through the office of T. B. Watters, Klamath Falls realtor. The transaction represents a major de velopment in a movement of major basin farm operator into the upper lake district, reported some months age- Politicians Get 'Pole' Warning OKLAHOMA CITY. April 7 llPy The chamber of commerce here is trying to keep one kind of pole out of politics telephone poles. In an effort to keep the city beautiful during election year, the chamber comes up with this sug gestion to voters: Note carefully the names of candi dates who tack political posters on the poles and vote against them. 7000 Cars Of Spuds Shipped Klamath basin potato shipments have passed the 7000-carload mark. State-Federal Inspector Ross Aub mw hat mmnlaiMt his March rerjart. showing shipments at 7006 carloads to date, lasi years rauu tu was 10,909 carloads. Shipments have dropped down to a few carloads a day. Tulelake was the heaviest shipping station tn the basin this year. Some station totals in carloads: Tulelake 933; Malln, 736; Hatfield, 401; Dairy, 253; Merrill, 247; Malone, 214; Adams Point, 210. Oldster Still Picking Fights TROY, N. Y., April 7 UPl A 72-year-old man, who ended his am ateur boxing career Monday by re tiring, tangled outside the ring last night with the man he had been scheduled to fight Fred Ladd of Salem. N. Y., was to meet Mary Dwyer of Troy, nearly 30 years his Junior, last night. But the bout was canceled when Ladd announced he was retiring on the advice of physicians. Ladd and Dwyer were spectators at a professional boxing show here and got into an argument. The; were parted by police. No one was hurt. Section Foreman Freezes To Deaih On Lonely Road ' After Car Mires In Snow ALTURAS. April 7 County authorities said today that a Great Northern railroad section foreman apparently froze to death Monrtiy night on the road between Lookout and Whltchorse, about four miles from his camp at Lookout. The dead man was identified as John B. Larson, 31. His body was found In the road Tuesday. There was considerable snow Monday night Bnd the temperature dropped near xero. Larson had Just been transferred to Lookout from Bleber. Calif., Mon . day, railroad officials said, and he and a companion. Walter A. How ard, had driven back to Bleber. Re turning to Lookout Monday night, they took a little-used road. Several miles from Lookout Lar son's car skidded off the road and became mired down. Howard stayed in the car while Larson got out to go for help, starting down the road toward Lookout, Investigating officers said he either had a heart attack or dropned from exhaustion and went to sleep. Howard, who had stayed with the car, soon caught a ride In another vehicle and returned to Bleber. Lar son's frozen body was found Tues day, Larson had been employed by the Great Northern for about two and a half years, since he came out of the army. He was married and his wife Is at Lookout, He will be burled In Spokane. In addition to his wife, Larson li survived by his mother, Mrs. P. A. Larson, and a sister, Eileen, both ot Klamath Falls. The body was brought to Ward's Klamath Funeral home this afternoon. Funeral ar rangements will be announced later. The mysterious death of Fred Bailey, aged 70, whose body was found Monday floating In Pit river at Alturas, has occupied the atten tion of Modoc county officers and today District Attorney Charles Lederer said he believed Balley'l death was accidental. He said that Investigation had pointed to Bailey's being Intoxi cated and probably having a heart attack on the Pit river bridge Sun day night. He possibly fell from the bridge Into the water. Absence of water in the man's lungs seemed to Indicate he was dead before he went into the water. Bailey was unmarried and has no Immediate relatives. He was a re tired rancher. A third case being Investigated In Alturas Is that of Tom Burns, 70, who la in a hospital here not ex pected to live. Burns made a state ment to officers yesterday after noon saying that another man hart hit him In the back with board at his home west of town. That was on Friday, he said, Burns was brought to the hospital on Sunday with a fractured hip. Lederer said officers had checked the aged man's story and concluded that he probably fell down and broke hli hip.