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AGE EIGHT HbRALD AND NtWS,. KLAMATH PALLS. ORtGON FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1948 More Land, More Power On List For Northwest Areas As Future Growth Planned By VERS HAi r.HI.AND Ar Special Washington Service WASHINGTON. M-y 14 (IP Wanted by the Pacific Northwest, not later than 1960: A. 1,900,000 additional arrei of land lo provide for inereaaed pop ulation. B. Doublinr of power produc tion. C. Tlmer-cultlnr on a luitainrd yield basis. These. snys Assistant Secretary of tha Interior C. Oirard Davidson, are among the major wants of the Co lumbia river basin states, as out lined by Interior's Pacific Northwest coordinating committee. Davidson asked the committee to autrey the region's development needs for the next six to 12 years "Not from a cost standpoint but solely to determine what should be done to enable Northwest economy to keep psre with population fTOWlh." Draft Plan The committee drafted a plan which was considered by Interior bu reau chiefs lust week, and now is Wheat Council Need Told PENDLETON, Ore., May 14 (IP) The Northwest urgently needs a wheat council to cope with pro ducers' problems, E. J. Bell, adminis trator of the Oregon wheat commis sion, said Thursday. He pointed out in an interview that the Eastern Oregon Wheat league suggested the council at Its meeting In December. 1946. but nothing definite had been done. Earlier this week at LaGrande Eell told the chamber of commerce agricultural committee that among problems before producers are dis criminatory freight rates, decreas ing consumption of wheat as food, uncertain export markets and the need for developing better varieties of wheat. If growers, dealers, millers and others Interested In the wheat prob lems of Oregon, Washington. North ern Idaho and possibly Western Montana would form such a council, steps toward solution of the prob lems could be taken, he said. Bell estimated the annual budget of audi a council at $300,000. Catholic Church Buys Knapp Home PORTLAND, May 14 (ffv-Purchase of the historic Knapp home here by Cathedral parish of the Catholic church was reported Thurs day. Built In 1862, it was an early-day ahow place of the city with Intri cately carved woodwork. Much of the woodwork and fixtures was brought around the horn. Its cost at the time it was built was said to have been $90,000. It occupies a full block in the northwest section of the city across the street from the cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The Rev. Charles M. Smith, par ish pastor, said several plans for its use were under consideration, in cluding possibility of a youth cen ter, but nothing had been deter mined definitely. Turn those no-longer-usea articles Into cash nowl Herald and News Want Ad are Inexpensive and bring quick result. being studied by regional men. Ulti mately aiiitruur 00.1 rvu y jirug is to present the program to congress. In general, Davidson told report ers, the program brings out these points: llnxnn'i nnntilallnn alnu ID1R haa Increased 39 per cent. Washington's u per cent, compared to an aver age national increase of only 9 per cent The Pacifie Northwest's pop ulation, now about 4.S00.0O0. may reach 5.000.000 or 5.500.000 by I960. The Nnrt hu-t'x imn mratr match this Increase, should be ex panded by the equivalent of 1.900. 000 acres. This can be done only through reseeding and other prac tices to bring 120.000.000 acres of grazing land into more productive use. Power Need Power production In the North west, now 3.000.00 kilowatts a vear. should be 6.000.000 kilowatts bv'1953 to keep pace with demand. The re gion already has an annual power shortage of 92.000 kilowatts. At the current rate oi aara construction. uie snortage Is estimated to reach 150.000 kilowatt. npvr. veur ctta - 000 In 1950 and 515.000 In 1951. MOary dam power, coming In In 1952. should redur h niu.iul yearly shortage to 250.000 kilo- uniy an expedited construc tion program rould eliminate that shortage by 1953. Oregon has one-fourth the na tion's timber, and private owners are cuttimr tree. at fmip tim. .v.. tree-growing rate. Sustained-yield uimiatiemeni oi 80.000.000 acres of public and private forest lands is listed as essential. Obsolete Maps ToDoeranhir mona - i , 1 .... . v u.nuini as an essential In area ri.v.im.. In the Northwest 73 per cent of trie area is unmapped or has obsolete maps, and more than 40 per cent has no tODOCTanhi inn af alt it.. -. 1 , . . i . mau needed from the geological survev are records on stream flow, ground water and other tnrtnr The Vnrthvt mm. i . n food production 40 pel' cent and Its recreational facilities 60 per cent bv i.isiTO as an important aid In this reirard: The rfh aw. aHuii. serviced proposed $20,000,000 10-vear program for rahak!lital..a. - V. lnmbia river fisheries. Davidson said the fisheries pro gram involves clearing the Colum bia's tributaries, .below Bonneville dam. of rocks, debris and obsolete dams that block the spawning runs of salmon. It alSO involve, ha ca v.. . s traction of a number of hatcheries. The service received $1,000,000 this year as a starter. The development program also provides measures to: Make Tha an ruvi Tni.n. .v- - Northwest economically Independ- Increased raw materials produc tion by 50 per cent, through devel opment of low-grade ores with the aid of cheap electric power. Be my guest "This Is Your FBI KFLW, 8:30 tonight. John Houston. CARNIVAL By Dick Turner I 7 mz$wC j ELOCUTION J TMt nMNt, 'f xeAiwd . Xi ' v i v ' " .r i e im it net stsviti. ir r W ra u a eT. en 7y "The Strangler here has got an important bout coming up and I figured you could help him he don't groan right!" Senior Scouts Hold Party At Klamath YMCA Building The Klamath County YMCA was the scene Tuesday of a Senior Scout party attended by 40 young people representing three Senior Scout units in the Klamath basin. The young men, their dates and leaders enjoyed an evening of dancing, bil liards and ping-pong under the leadership of their own committee, consisting of a representative from each unit. On the committee were Morris Weakley of Explorer post 108. Jim Pinnlnger Jr., Stewart Oliver of Sea Scout ship No. 100, and Carl Rajnus of Senior Outfit No. 133 of Malin. Rev. Glen Morton, leader of Sen ior Outfit 133 of Malin. Harold B. Ashley, post advisor of Explorer post 108. and Bill Peterson, skipper of Sea Scout ship 100 were present With their resnective groups. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Lamott represented the Boy Scout council. Refreshments were served throughout the evening and were furnished cooperatively by each senior unit taking part. The group was Invited to come lo the council's summer camp on Cres cent lake for a sailing party and picnic sometime during the regular camp season or Immediately after ward.. Scout Executive Bob Lamott Indicated that the council has two large lightning class sailboats, one small sailboat, five canoes and a fleet of 13 rowboats and offered the entire "fleet" to the senior group and their friends. This will be the next combined senior social event and will probably Include seniors from Bend as well, according to Lamott. A committee Boyle's Column The Fuller Brush Man Is Still Ringing Doorbells if! NEW YORK. (AV-"If you push enough doorbells you'll sell enough bi uahrs." That Is the simple sales formula on which Alfred C. Fuller, the original Fuller brush nuui, has built a gigantic house-to-house business. Fuller, now 63, sinned In the basement of his sister-in-law's house In 1905. He made the brushes on a $15 sccond-huiid machine In the afternoon and evening, peddled the in the next morn ing. He doesn't have to push doorbells him self anymore. He's so wealthy he doesn't even have to answer the door htm- lf u H a n Fuller brush HVI.E man rings his doorbell to try to sell him a brush. But this vear some 1000 Fuller brush men across the nation will- push approximately 43.750.IH10 door bells to sell housewives nearly $30, 000,000 worth of brushes. Familiar Fliure Today Hie Fuller brush man has become a familiar figure on the American doorstep. Red SKrltnn has Just made a movie about him ant' the Saturday Evening Pivst featured him this week In one of Its "Men at Work" series. What's he like this door-to-door salesman who has taken the place of the oldtlme Itinerant peddler and knocks more often than the post man? Hie brush company recently polled some of lis 7000 dealers and came up with this picture: The average Fuller brush man Is 40 years old. has a high school edu- of Senior Scouts will arrange the picnic. FIRST CHOICE OF MILLIONS U:IiHtilM:JlI. Let's Concentrate on One Good Candidate VOTE 67X Karl Dehlinger for Sheriff Dtillarcr-fr-Shtrlff Clak, J. P. Multhrw. Ste.-Trtas. CENTURY Forced Warm Air HEATING SYSTEM Conversion Lo-Hiboy Furnace ' Cut Heating Costs As Much' As 15 to 50 WESTERN OIL & BURNER CO. 1825 So. 6th Phone 3873 cation, sets his ow'n hours, earns 170 a week. He has been married 13' years, has a boy and a girl, owns a 8 H -room house and a low-priced car 7' years old with o'J.&OO miles on the speedometer. Ha owns two radios, has been selling brushes for tour years. H i favorite hobbles are fishing, garden ing ami hunting, but he iiuiy collect sriishrlls or pictures of steamships This probably reflecta a gct-away-frcm-lt-all feeling. Some 38 per rent saw military service 38 per rent belong to a fra ternal lodge, one out of five has held a public office. Three have been mayors, three were ministers and one was a Royal Canadian mounted policeman who wearied of the horse Strang Things 81 ranee things happen to the Ful ler brush man. He has helped de liver babies, rushed stricken people to hoanltala. One saved a child strangling or! a coin by upending the baby and slapping her bottom until the coin droniied out. One was picked up bv a policeman looking for a robbery suspect. The Fuller brush man sold the con a elolhesbnish. The Fuller brush man can't bristle when a door slams In Ills face, has to try. trv again. "One superliilentlent told me I could never get Into his bulldlmt while he was alive." a Fuller brush man wrote cheerfullv, "nut he (Implied dead, so now I ran go Into the building" Many Fuller brush men go on lo bigger things. One the rompanv doesn't mention much Is t.andon C Kellogg of Westfleld. Mass. He be gan pushing doorbells for Fuller hi 1923. Two vears later he began manufacturing brushes himself. Forest Areas Set Aside PORTLAND. May 14 Ml-Twti additional forest arena tif Oregon have been set aside as "iiiiliiriil areas." Frank II, I'olsoiu. assistant regional forester, said Thuisdiiy, One of 810 acres. Is 111 the Mount Hood National forest near Ilio new Warm Hphiiiis euloff nud Is named Persia M. ltolilnson, former forest service employe who died In a Jap anese prison ramp in the Philip pines. It contains a typical Knst side Cascade mixture of I'nnilenum pine. Douglas fir, while fir and western lurch. The second Is limned for Lobsler creek wlilih Is situated In the Siskiyou National .forest. II con tains 1340 acres of Port Orchard built the business to a $3.(100.000 an nual volume by 1IM8. Kellogg sold out thrre mouths ago and reilred at 48. Now he's like Fuller doesn't even have to answer his own doorbell. white cediii' mixed with fir, western hemlock, tiiuouk and niailioiia. Folsoin snld the areas are set nslde 10 preserve bolanlial or oilier' biological values In areas, wheie utt I tn nl vegrlulloil litis been lllltlll-lurlH'd. i The iiiniidiitke plant mentioned In the HHilo la the so-called Kind peau iiiiuultake. lie my guest "This la Vour KM" KILW, M tonight. John llou. tun. Villi 1 J .11 T-1 -x r J MERRILL SATURDAY NIGHT BALDY'S BAND "JUST GOOD DANCE MUSIC" Dancing 10-2 $1.00 per porion HAVE you AN EXPLORER'S FOREHEAD? HIGH, SHARPLY CURVED FURROWS REVEAL LOVE FOR NEW EXPERIENCES. OWNER WILL RAISE AN APPRECIATE EYEBROW OVER A 'DOUBLE-RICH CREAA4 OF KENTUCKY MANHATTAN J S320 H Blended whiskey. 86 proof, 701 grain neutral spirits. Copt. 1948. Sch-nler Dill. Corp.. N Y. Friendly Helpfulness To Every Creed and Purs Ward's Klamath Funeral Home Marguerite M. Ward and Sons (25 High , Phone 2334 WMMA i 7 - LESLIt M. SCOTT STATB TREASURER "Oregon needs DEWEY" KM- 7:30 rV ). Dsmr lr rrU. CtMttv, 512 Dhut I4f.. lrtlAt1, Ralph D. Moari, Or, friff. 1 ilHMfl W WW WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND FRAME STRAIGHTENER ON ONE REAR MACHINE! v mm a m v. v m m w M mm m fSk fSV ....-" .! 1 . , ' ' V" ' m'M l i - ,.t k 1 ri-! -a 7 1,1 r -'1 ,mfj3A. J : l laT L.llLl We had the first Bear machine In Klamath Falls, and now we have the only h-arj-duty combination machine which handles frames as well as wheel alignment. Shown above Is our new Bear equipment, the Urgent made, to handle passenger cars and any size trucks or trailers. A COMPLETE department, special izlnr In wheel alignment and frame straightening. Inset shows E. V. "Al" Allen, who has been with us since 1935 as a front end specialist, who is In charge of this department. A Specialized Department for Trucks, Trailers and Passenger Cars HANDLES ANY SIZE TRUCK or TRAILER from the Smallest to the Largest. ALIGNS AND STRAIGHTENS FRAMES, FRONT AXLES, REAR AXLE HOUS INGS. 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Advertising in Hometown Daily Newspapers is seen by more than thirteen million peoplc-76 per cent of all the families in the great Western market. Yet the per family cost of in effective advertise ment in Hometown Newspaper is so surprisingly little it's like trading pennies for dollars. Oir 90 per cent of the 6,V9,000 lolnl circulation of all daily ntwspaptri in lb iltven Wtstirn Slain it confined lo tbt thy and flail Irtding tantt in which tbty m$ publiibid. J ,)silrN.w P";v,,,.ea lUlfllL rtil" i' -Tonrtn ' I Only This Hometown Daily Newspaper covers your HOMETOWN MARKET ljcralt)anii3JeU)$
