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Till1: six-ctucular voting In Nebraska,
following lint aucclacular vullnu
III Wiacunsiii. i)wirt Insure the
humiliation and election ul llaruld
,K, Slowon as President uf the Ulillrd
Wales. Hut II dues establish pielty
clearly what Hid general run uf co
In thin country mini. To tlmt
extent, II lays tlnwn Ilio Hum Uml
will bo followed fruin here oil out III
the Pieslrlrulliil campaign of 1II4IJ.
HM disclosed by Wisconsin mid
Nebraska, American III the nu
lire fed up Willi the old political
leadership mid Die old ixilltlcnl
method. Till) old ways Imvr got us
nowhere ext-cpl into a mess.
Wo want lo net somewhere tlmt li
worth gelling to.
'laaarn young and 81NCKHK
arrtiia lo offer trie kind of leadership
tliat will get ui there.
Tlial I about lilt slat of II, aa thlt
writer are II.
UMTCII It. If Uial la Ihc way
peuple in Hill country really
frrl, Huucni allowing 111 Wisconsin
nd Nebraska Un'l Just a fluke.
It l a ground swell.
Uround awrlU are like the wavra
of the ocean. They leach a long
way.
IN the background ol everything III
1 llirae days la Itiusla. illusala wa
111 the mliuU of the people In Wla
coiuiii and Nebraska when Uiey went
lo the primary polla and voted for a
young I""" whu aeenu lo have ail
intelligent program lor Handing up
amlnl Russia and Uio alave way
of lite that Russia rcprcacnta.)
Huwia admlu a Hiking today in
Die Italian campaign. She TURNS
UuWN the prHJMil from our aide
fiial the cily of Trleaw be given back
to the Italians.
If EEP till Trieale business (and 111
airalcgy behind III straight- In
your thinking.
Trlcala waa created a "free" city
by Hie Italian peace treaty, which
waa ngned by 31 nallaiu. INCLUD
ING RUSSIA. Wo haven't been
quite ao braali about Trieste ai Ulc
day-to-day dlapatchea have aug
grated. We i meaning Uie United
Slates, llrltaln and France l didn't
Just propose on our own to cancel
incite a status aa a free city and
turn II back to Italy.
WK I'KOI'OHKU TO RUSSIA
THAT THIS UE DONE-wlth Ru
ala'a coiiaciiI.
The lluulaiu have now rrttued to
have anytlilng to do with It.
Thus, you aee. the ONUS Of HE
rUHAL haa brcn put on Kuaala.
TT'B an old political trick. In ihli
country and lo a aomewhul lean
extent in France and Brluin wo
are famllur wllh all Ihcue vote
getting trlcka. In our country, for
example, Uio President prouoaca
aniiietlilng he know congrcaa won't
atand for. Mnybe he lan't greatly
Intereiled 111 It lilumclf. What ho
really wnnU la lo PU'l' THE Kbit on
congreaa. til worka Just aa often Ui
other way around.)
Anyway, we tried thla alralcgy on
Ituuia, and It worked, ttunaia re
1 lines lo play, and ao alio puta her
aelf III Hie position of denying lo Uio
Italian tomcUiIng thry WBllt.
Bo far aa we are concerned, thai
a la far better than actually atlcmpl
1 lug lo give Theme to Ituly on our
own. We could havo got into a lot
' 7 trouble II wo had tackled It from
that angle.
THERE'S another Interesting tale
from RtiMla today. They have
their UOOTLEUOINQ troubles
there.
The Presidium of the Supreme
Soviet (which la aa high up aa they
get In the Soviet system) publishes
a decreo authorising sentences of
from one to two years for making
bootleg liquor lor home use and up
to seven years lor making It FOR
SALE.
We've been led to think that notli
Ing like, that ever happens In Ku
aia, It Isn't true. Russians have all
the human Inlllngs,
Bradley Up
To Ask For
12 Divisions
WAHHINHTON, April 14 11'.
An army ground force of 12 regular
rimibat divisions waa recommended
loilay by irnrral Omar N. Hradlrr
aa Itie amallrat the nation can aafe
It afford.
The chief of staff said the 12 di
visions should be barked up by all
more from the national guard and
organised reaervea.
He testified before the house
aimed aervlrea committee on a
draft hill which would boost the
aimy'a total strength from 043.000
men (o 783.000.
Takes Issue
Bradley, who commanded In Eu
rope the largest American armies
of history, took bum with testimony
glten yesterday by Air Secretary
Symington.
In rennnnse to questions, Syming
ton said he regarda an air force
of 10 cnmhal grouiw aa more Im
portant to the nation's aecurlty
than universal training.
"There la no relationship be
tween the 1-group program and
I'MT." Ilrariler aald. "The alterna
tive ts I'MT Is not It groups. 171
grnupa, or 1000 ffroupa.
"The alternative to UMT If we are
to have the barest type of aecurlty
la a standing army big enough to
carrr the army portion of a war
burden for one vear until moblllra-
ton ran be effected. Thla would
require at least 35 divisions Initially,
or about l,VMooo men. and would
cost manv billions annually."
As Bradley testified, congreulon
al backers of the 70-group plan
predicted honne anuroval of an ad
ditional annroprlatlon of more than
41 000 000,000 to get the plan start
Hi at nine.
Bradlev aald Hie artnv "haa be
come primarily an administrative
rather than a mllltarv force" and
has only about M.ooo combat
tioopa.
Even IS divisions, he continued,
"would be essentially a stnpeop,
one-shot artnv. a plut In the dike
until we rallied sufficient and ef
fective reserve."
Colma Elections
Run Into Snag
COLMA, Calif., April 14 T)
They had to call off the city cleo
tion yesterday all the ballot dis
appeared. Governor Warren snld lie will not
another dale. Until then the two
candidate for a city council seat
Peter Hursl and John Newton will
Just have to wait.
The ballots disappeared a few
minutes beforo the polls were to
have opened. City Clerk Ed Welsen
berger went lo Redwood City, the
county seat, to get the official regis
' ter listing the 130 qualified voters.
When ha returned, the ballot had
disappeared from hi office, he told
Police Chief Joseph Reynolds.
Three Injured
In Smash-Up
A head-on collision between a
gravel laden county dump truck
and a sedan on the Spring Lake
road ahortly after 1 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon sent Ulree persons to
Klamath Valley hospital.
State police were called to In
valtgate Uio crash which they aald
occurred at an Intersection of two
roads. Tile Injured were Andrew O.
Jackson, route 3 box MML driver of
the sedan, and his two passengers,
Kenneth R, Moore, 38, and Moore'
three-year-old stepson, Jimmy Eng
bloom. All are from Midland.
Jackson remained In Klamath
Valley hospital Wednesday with
face and chest Injuries. Moore and
Jimmy were released late Tuesday
afternoon following treatment for
cula.
Samuel Olive Long, 31, 3830 Bris
tol, driver of Uie county dump truck,
waa uninjured. Both the truck and
sedan were badly damaged.
The Injured were moved to the
hospital here by Professional Am
bulance service.
Investigating officers said that a
charge would be filed against Jack
son In Justice court, probably that
of failure to drive on the right side
of the highway.
Klamath-Reno
Bus Added
An additional dally schedule be
tween Klamath Palls and Reno was
Inaugurated today by Pacific Grey
hound Lines.
A new round trip run was started,
Increasing the service to three sched
ules dally, or three times the service
provided by the Oregon, California
and Nevada Suites whon It was op
erating over thla route.
Ross Ashley, the superintendent
for the arcyhotind division between
Klamath Falls and Bishop, ex
plained that two of Uio thrco sched
ules serving Klamath Falls, Reno
and Intermediate point are operat
ing through to Los Angeles, provid
ing the first direct, through service
to California along Uio route via
Reno.
The new schedule between Klam
ath and Reno Is a local service.
Times of Uio new schedule:
Southbound Lv. Klamath Falls
10:16 a. m., arrive Alturas 1:30 p. m.
(daylight savings time) and arrive
Reno 7:30 p. m.
Northbound Lv. Reno I a. m ar
rive Alturas 1:13 p. m. IDS) and ar
rive Klamath Fall 3:1S p. m.
i
- Win in
Inauguration of a truck schedule operation to Lakevlew starting at
I p. m. Tuesday brought the city on the eaat into the orbit of Herald and
Sewa delivery of "today' paper today." The first bundlea were belng
loadrd on an Arrow Transit track at the rear door of the newspaper
plant when thla picture waa taken. Jerry Morgan (right), Herald and
News mailer, la handing a bundle to Dan C'roa of Arrow Transit, while
Jack Llnman (left), ono of the truck line operators, watches to aee that
everything starts smoothly. A special early edition Is printed to catch
the truck for lakevlew. which heretofore ha received Its Herald and
News ooplea Uio day after publication.
Lewis Pleads Innocent
Of Contempt At Hearing
WASHINGTON. April 14 (v
John L. Lewis and Uie United
M jo Workers today pleaded inno
cent of contempt of court in the
coal strike.
Their formal plea of "not guilty"
waa made after District Judge T.
Alan Ooldsborough overruled a
motion by Welly K. Hopkins. Lewis'
attorney, to dismiss Ilia contempt
citation.
Fourteen minutes before the
trial hour. Lewis walked into the
court room accompanied by eight
attorneys and several United Mine
Workers officials.
The bushy-browed UMW leader
took a scat at the long counsel
table some 30 feet In front of
Judge Ooldsborough bench.
Lewis waa dressed In his usual
somber grey. He glanced sullenly
Fire Razes
Laramie Site
LARAMIE, Wyo.. April 14 ifl"! A
fast spreading fire crackled through
an entire business block early todny
In the downtown section of Laramie,
site of the University of Wyoming.
Fifteen of 30 structure were un
officially reported destroyed by
flames discovered about 3 a. m. The
flames were reported under control
three hour after they were discov
ered In the four-story brick W. H.
Holliday building.
Fire departments sped to Laramie
from Cheyenne. Rawlins and Fort
Francis E. Warren, in Wyoming,
and Fort Collins, Colo., to help over
whelmed Laramie firemen and vol
unteers battle Uie blase.
Troop from Fort Warren. 50
mllrs east of here at Cheyenne,
national guard members and Wyo
ming university ROTC student
were pressed Into service to prevent
looting.
I about the courtroom as Uie Judge's
entrance waa awnnca.
Hopkins cited the telegrams
Lewis sent to Idle miners Monday
telling Uiem to go back to work.
He argued they showed Lewis
had compiled with a court order
served April S to call off the
strike.
Lewis has Insisted that he never
called a strike that it was a
"voluntary cessation" of work.
Immediately after Lewis pleaded
"not guilty," the government began
presenting evidence.
Government lawyers gave out a
list of six witnesses, some of them
obviously designed to show Uie ser
iousness of tile coal strtko during
the last four weeks.
Two of the witnesses subpoenaed
were John Owens, secretary-treasurer
of the UMW. and William L.
P. Burke, secretary to trustees of
the miners' welfare fund.
The walkout was the result of a
dispute over payment of pensions
from the welfare fund. The fund
comes from a 10 cents a ton roy
alty on coal mined.
Thieves Loot
Union Office
PORTLAND. April 14 (i The
AFL Plumbers' union office was
robbed of sftOO late yesterday by
two gunmen who switched from
work lo dress clothes beforo leaving
the office.
Union Business Agent Lawrence
P. Dticber and Financial Secretary
Walter Simon were bound and
gagged. They summoned police
after working loose and breaking
through a door the gunmen had
locked as they left.
Police said the union officers re
ported ono man entered the offlco
and pulled a revolver. Hi masked
companion then came In. They
looted the open safe, containing
dues collections, then gagged the
victims. The two men stepped to
an outside office to change from
work clothes to business suits and
departed, discarding th work
clothe In the union office.
Connecticut
Official Out
WASHINGTON. April 14 11
President Truman today ordered
the removal of Frank W. Kraemer
as collector of Internal revenue for
Connecticut.
Presidential Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross told reporters that
Kraemer was convicted recently of
violating the Hatch act In connec
tion with Uie collection of political
campaign contributions.
Ross added that Kraemer's re
moval was recommended to Mr.
Truman by Secretary of the Treas
ury Snyder.
' No announcement was made
about a successor to Kraemer.
Kraemer was convicted April 7
b a U. S. district court Jury at
New Haven. Conn., of unlawfully
collecting democratic campaign
funds from Internal revenue em
ployes In 1946.
The Jury recommended "extreme
leniency." Judge Carroll C. Hlncks,
Imposing a fine of $1000, said Krae
mer's offense was "not one Involv
ing moral turpitude," and added:
"It appears to me quite reason
able to believe the temper of the
times Is not one of strict punctilious
observance of the mandates of congress."
Youth Shot
In Leg By
Watchman
A 19-year-old Indian youtfi, Ralph !
Weiaer of Hprague Kiver. waa j
wounded and his companion was
also thought to have been ahot dur
ing an attempted burglary of Pete
and Babe's tavern at Bonanza early
Wednesday morning, '
Welter Is In Klamath Valley boa
plUI where a bullet from a M
calibre Iver Johnson revolver was
removed from his right thigh. His
condition waa reported good.
Ill the meantime, slate police,
sheriff's officers and special Indian
police, had converged on the little
town of Bonanza and had sent out
their patrols searching for Welser's
companion. More than one other
man may be Implicated.
Welser was shot by Riley Comer,
about 50. who waa awakened about
4:36 a. m. by Uie sound of prowlers
at the rear of the tavern located
next door to the Bonanza drug store
on the main street of the town.
Comer said he lay quietly and
heard someone start using a bit and
brace. For IS minutes the work con
tinued until a hole was made large
enough for a hand to slip through
and release the door bolt.
There wa a board nailed across
the bottom of the door, and this wa
kicked off by the men.
Fired At Both
As the pair entered, Comer sat up
and fired at both.
The pair fled to a car parked in
front of the tavern. Comer was ol
the opinion that a third person was
in the machine with the motor running.
"The machine made a terrible
noise. It roared off toward Dairy,'
Comer said.
"A short' time later Comer rot in
touch with Pete Bray, tavern opera
tor. Bray came to the tavern and
within a few minute young Weiser
appeared. He was suffering from a
bullet wound in the right leg a few
Inches below the groin. Bray con
tacted authorities In Klamath Falls
and wa advised to turn Weiser over
to Constable Jack Kelly.
Kelly and Bray then moved the
wounded Indian youth to Klamath
Valley hospital. He was admitted a
few minutes after 8 o'clock and
went Immediately Into surgery.
A hat. thought to ha e been Wel
ser's, and the brace and bit used to
bore the hole, were abandoned as
the men made their hasty exit from
the scene.
Comer Is a Bonanza carpenter. He
has been sleeping at the tavern,
doubling as night watchman at the
place, which is also a restaurant
Pete and Babe's place was formerly
known as Pop Bray's, but Is now run
by Pop's son, Pete.
Comer is reportedly an excellent
shot He is said to have remarked
that a bigger gun would have done
a better Job.
In the meantime, a 1948 Dodge
pick-up owned by Mrs. W. J. Run
nels of Sprague River was reported
by Rollo Moore of the U. S. forest
service as stolen. This machine was
recovered in Sprague River later
Wednesday morning.
Officers refused to comment on
whether or not the pick-up plaved
any part In the attempted burglary.
Harold E. Htaaaen, at laat report.
a-as well In the lead In .Nebraska's
"free for all" primary election.
jPair Named In
Elk Theft
Charge of larceny have been
placed against Vernon Roy Brown.
33, and his father-in-law, Andrew
James Lewis, 41, both of whom have
confessed stealing two quarters of
elk meat and a quarter of beef from
a looa locker at Chet Bartons Poe
valley ranch late In March.
Brown admlttea the theft to offi
cers Monday night, and Tuesday
Lewis made his statement saying he
wa with Brown In the theft.
Both were arraigned in Justice
court late Tuesday and waived pre
liminary neanng. They are held in
the county jail in lieu of 83500 ball
each.
A 81000 reward offered by Barton
In connection with the robbery will
be paid, state police said, and o rob-
ably split three ways. Names of the
persons eligible for the reward were
not disclosed.
Bend Fells Tree
566 Years Old
BEND. April 14 lPV-A landmark
pine- tree felled In mldtown Bend
was found today to havo been here
566 years.
The tree, which started to grow
some 100 years before Columbus dis
covered the continent, was dropped
to make room for a quonset hut that
will be quarters for a local unit of
the national gunrd.
48-Mile Wind
Whips Klamath
Hats and coat tails were flying
today as a 48-mlle-an-hour wind
whipped through Klamath Falls.
The wind reached its peak at 9:55
a. m. when the CAA weather sta
tion reported 48. By 11 a. m., the
wind had subsided to 3g.
Today's peak- Is the strongest
wind in this area since two years
ago. according to CAA records.
when it reached 53 miles an hour.
Cloudy -skier-and possible showers
were predicted for Uie Klamath
country tonight but the weather
man aays that Thursday will be
fair.
Wins Put Lid
On Devey For
Second Time
By JACK BKIX
OMAHA, April 14 P Tlreleaa Harold t Htaaaen lifted himself
Into the top rank of republican presidential candidate today with a
weeping victory In Nebraska' OOP primary.
Ills clear-cut win clubbed Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York
Into political submission for the second week In a row, Dewey waa
shut out In the April Wisconsin primary when Htaaaen won 19 of the
state's 27 nominating votes.
The former Minnesota governor' victory bashed the prestlga of
Senator Robert A. Taft. It built new fires under the a"od-man-but
can't-wln Uieory that has dogged a '
the Taft campaign. I.
Tallahassee
Cut Off By
Rising Water
CINCINNATI, April 14 CPl A
five-state Ohio river valley area to
day wa the focal point of wide
spread spring floods which also
(pilled into some Florida and North
Dakota lowlands.
Experiencing it first major flood
since March, 1945, the serpentine
Ohio wa 19 feet above flood stage
some areas ana rising steadily
DEATHS
SEOUL, April 14 (ft Korean po
lice today received a report that
1 women and five men drowned
April 9 off Korea's west coast when
a gale capsized a wooden fishing
boat.
Stassen Up
For Big Vote
WASHINGTON. April 14. Wl
Senator McCarthy (R-Wis.) said
today that if Harold E. Stassen wins
the Oregon primary May 21 he does
not see "how the party leaders at
the republican national convention
can turn Stassen down" for the
presidential nomination.
Commenting to reporters on Stas
sen "s win in the Nebraska primary,
McCarthy said:
"The Nebraska result after the
Wisconsin victory gives a clear pic
ture of who the people want a the
presidential nominee."
McCarthy went around to collect
$1 bets from six senators, whom he
declined to name. They bet him ho
could not name Uie order in which
six of the seven entrants in the
Nebraska primary would place.
McCarthy picked all seven in the
exact order in which they ran.
Japanese Whalers
Pray For Whales
TOKYO. April 14 (P) Japanese
whalers chanted in a Buddhist
temple today for the souls of the
1321 big mammals caught last
winter.
"They are not Just cold fish," ex
plained one weather-beaten old
whaler. "Their souls must be con
soled and rest In Nirvana because
they are mammals and a kin to us."
It all but snuffed out the dying
hopes of Oen. Douglas MacArtnur's
supporters.
But it left intact the darkhorao
poaslbllitiea of Senator Arthur Van.
denbe. -, secure in fourth place In
a race be spurned.
The count in yesterday's free-
for-all primary from 1521 of the
state's 2024 precincts was: Stassen
58.520; Dewey 44.818; Taft 15.079;
Vandenberg, 5789; MacArthur 4956;
Oov. Earl Warren of California
1290. and House Speaker Joseph
Martin 606.
Along with his victory in the free-
for-all popularity contest, Stassen
appeared likely to wrao un as a 41st
birthday present the first-ballot sup
port at the Philadelphia convention
of at least 13 of the state's 15 delegates.
One t npledrrd
On the basis of incomplete returns.
Dewey had a chance to get one dele
gate and another possible winner
was unpledged.
Of the 13 who said they would vote
for the primary winner on the first
nominating test at the national con.
ventlon, five also pledged to support
him aa long aa he haa a chance for
the nomination. The delegates are
not bound by the popular vote In
the primary.
Charles Reed. Omaha attorney and
Nebraska manager of Vandenberg's
unsuccessful presidential camiiaign
in 1940. was leading the list of' can
didates running in state-wide race
for seven of the 15 delegate post.
Reed pledged first ballot support to
the primary winner.
These convention delegates were
elected in a primary that saw the
democrats choose a 12-rote delega
Uon and give President Truman a
pat on the back.
Mr. Truman, running upopposed,
polled 24.099 vote in 1114 precinct
in the democratic popularity con
test Senator O'Mahoney D-Wyo.),
running solo for vice presidential en
dorsement fell behind with 18,266
votes in 1043 precincts.
Renominated
Republicans renominated Senator
Kenneth Wherry, acting GOP sen
ate leader, and Oov. Val Peterson.
Democrats gave a long lead to for
mer Rep. Terry Carpenter for their
senatorial nomination. Frank Sor
rell was unopposed for the demo
cratic gubernatorial nomination.
But it waa Stassen. the untiring
young fellow from Minnesota, who
rode off with the political glory in
a state where he himself had thought
the outcome ao doubtful he made
only cautious pre-vote predictions of
victory.
The total vote in the primary
seemed unlikely to exceed 310.000,
with republicans casting about 160,-
000 ballots and democrats 50.000.
Stassen sent the republican organ
ization headed by Senator Hugh
Butler (R-Neb.) down to it worst
defeat
Taft, supported by the Butler
group, never had a chance.
Poor Showing
Taft's poor showing here may af
fect the outcome of the May 4 Ohio
primary, where Stassen I trying to
take some of the state's 53 dele
gates away from the Ohioan.
The former Minnesota governor
planned to resume campaigning in
Ohio tomorrow with appearance at
Hiram college and at Youngs town.
Dewey and Stassen meet head-on
in the May 21 Oregon primary. A
loss for Dewey there like those In
Wisconsin and Nebraska would put
the New York governor almost
wholly out of the presidenUal race.
But with a number of delegates
already in his camp, Dewey still
might have a heavy hand in naming
the nominee.
Fred Seaton, Stassen' Nebraska
campaign manager, said Uie voters
here had "Joined Wisconsin and
Minnesota In supporting a pro
gressive, frank candidate who will
lead Uie republican party to victory
in the election of November, 1948.
in
throughout the 500-mile stretch.
Tributaries went over their banks
uirougnout the watershed.
Florida state capital. Tallahassee,
wa Isolated from peninsular Flor
ida except by air or round-about
routes through Southern Oeoreia.
Branford, Fla. waa hardest hit when
the meandering Suwannee river left
It banks. There were no renorta at
flood deaths or Injuries.
Families Evacuated
An estimated 1000 I amines wera
evacuated in the Ohio river area
Kentucky. Pennsylvania, West Vir
ginia, Indiana and Ohio. Nearly 100
lauuuea were lorced from their
homes In Grand Forks. N. D. anri
nearby East Grand Forks, Minn..
when the Red river crested at 40.70
feet, 1X70 feet above flood level.
National guardsmen dynamited ice
jams there to save bridges. Grand
Forks' power plant wa out of order
Ked Cross disaster work era uirf
thousands In the Ohio valley would
be homeless unless streams crest
wif Uy. River expert refused to pro-
am a crest until near-continuous
rains, now In their third day, coma
so a nail.
National guard unita were alerted
at Marietta. O:, Parkersburg, W. Va.
and JeffersonvUle, New Albany and
Evansvllle, Ind.
At Washington, Red Cross eastern
area headquarters announced it was
sending 20 disaster worker to area
facing major flood threats.
The army and coast guard sent
com, blanket and additional work
er. '
AFL Loggers
Get Pay Boost
A wage setUement of S cents an
hour increase wa made Tuesday
with Northern California AFL lum
ber and sawmill workers by the
Pine Industrial relations committee,
finishing current contract negotia
tions with AFL unions in the Ore
gon and Northern California pine
industry.
C. L. Irving of PIRC said that
Tuesday's Increase meant higher
pay for probably 2000 workers in
the Feather river, Susanville, West
wood. Alturas and Canby areas, and
i retroacUve to April 1.
Minimum wage in the industry
now is $1.421i an hour for sawmill
and logging, 81.40 for box factory
work. The same setUement wa
made here last week to the Klam
ath Basin district council, AFL.
The Northern California settle
ment was signed by Roy Walker,
representing the union, and Irving,
representing operator.
KILLED
CORVALLIS, April 14 (PV-Ansel
Sells. 32, Alsea, a choker setter at
the George Sawyer Logging com
pany operation west of Alsea waa
killed yesterday when a cable
snapped and struck hi head.
Heavy Vote Highlights California Voting; Tie Shows
Up In Dorris For City Clerk, Fausset Out In Tulelake
DORRIS, April 14 Dorris voters
marched to the polls here Tuesday
and cast one of Uie heaviest votes
in the history of the town.
Issues and council posts were set
tled but there was still a question
Wednesday as to who would take
over the duties of the city clerk.
Mervyn Robinson, incumbent, and
Oladys Tolbert, former Dorris post
master, were tied with 134 votes
each. The third candidate, John
Edwards, principal of Butte Valley
high school, drew 83 votes.
Joseph Correia of Yreka, city at
torney for Dorris, said today that
he had not been asked by the city
to settle the election. It ts thought,
however, that after an official can
vass is made, a run-off election may
be held. The other possibility Is by
vole of the new council.
The $20,000 bond issue providing
for Improvement and enlargement
of the Dorris water work was ap
proved 301 to 42.
On the other hand, voters turned
down the proposed $18,000 measure
for a new fire hall and equipment.
The vote was 164, yes: 140, no. It
was necessary for a two-thirds ma
jority for passage.
The four councllmen seeking re
election were returned by a com
fortable margin.
Archie Mllllgan polled 203 votes;
Bart Ooldbar, 190; Barney Kelton,
168 The three sought re-election
to the two-year term. Defeated
were W. J. Evans, 111; Ed Viets, 140;
Les Chase, (write-in), 101.
Marshall Hamilton, incumbent,
was retained for the four-year term
with 189 votes. He defeated Mur
ray Marshall, 118.
City Treasurer Freda Webster
was unopposed. She polled 295
vote.
A total of 348 votes were cast out
of a registration of 492.
TULELAKE, April 14 Mayor
Ralph Fausett was removed from
the city family in yesterday' mu
nicipal .election here, losing by a 193
to 80 vote count to Bernard Boyd
for the short-term city council of
fice. The city council will elect a mayor
from among themselves In their
next council meeting, as according
to California municipal law.
The race lor the four-year long
term city council office saw LeRoy
Coyner and Dick Moore, incumbent,
take decisive victories with 192 and
141 votes respectively. Other candi
dates and their tallies for the four
year term included Charles Card,
90; Don Potter, 93, and Antonio
Coata, 18.
Council holdover, Al Porter and
William Siegler, have two years re
maining in each of their terms.
There were two write-in on the
ballot, both for the position of city
treasurer.
Stella Wotzka won that race with
99 votes, closely followed by Lynette
White with 93.
The heaviest vote In year was
cost yesterday, with 297 ballot
dropped, as compared to the 1946
election total of 186.
ALTURAS, April 14 More than
50 per cent of Alturas' registered
voters went to poll In Tuesday'
city election and two city council
men, seeking re-election, were re
turned to their posts. Three coun-
ell seats were open.
Leo Gloster, Incumbent, polled
377 votes; Joe Surmier, 303; Phil
lip Ooulden, Incumbent, 294. Harry
Plnneo received 246 votes. Gloster,
Surmier and Goulden will take of
fice at the next regular meeting of
the city fathers.
Ed Elliott, city clerk, wa un
opposed for re-election. He polled
375 votes.
There were 466 votes cast out of
a possible 800 In Tuesday' election
held at the city hall.
YREKA, April 14 Isidore Rlffcl
and Adair Wilson, Incumbent, wera
returned to the Yreka city council
at the Tuesday city election. They
defeated their opponent, Maurice
Dailev, for the two council seats.
Rlffel polled 385 votes; Wilson,
354: Dnllcy, 220.
City Clerk Katheryn Brown polled
464 votes and City Treasurer Ernest
Johnson, 467. Neither wa opposed.
Voting wa fairly light. The city
clerk reported a total of 466 out of
a registration of 1660.