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llalliif timid watera aurcail an evrr-wlilrnliii nail, nf ileatruciliin
(over III I'eclllr Northwest today, brliiiing declaration of a atate or
.emergency by Washington' (iuv. Mun 4', Wallrrn. himllar action out
' planned by Idaho' iov. !. A. Iloliln.
I Khl-clad Washington nutliiiml mmnlMiiin Jolnrd Hie buttle
agalnal the area's worm artica til spring torrent In 64 ycal. UnlU from
Ilia Canadian to Oregon bunlrra were mdcrcd Inln anion.
In llrlllali Columbia. Ilir Canadian mllltla wa mulilllird In aid the
welling number of refugee In the rich Kraacr rlvrr vallry frnm Ha
muu III mar Vanrouirrr, II. ('., lo Aiaaalt, 13 mllea lo Ihe raal.
Canadian naval crall fought through titer tlcurU-chokcd river tg
evacuate hundred (if homeless H-tnn laolitlrd III Agassis, Mission mid
liewdncy.
Hald Disaster
Th alluallon In Kaalern Waalilniiiin. Northern Orrion, Nortlirm
lilaho, tVcatrrn Montana and llrltUli Columbia waa drarrllird by Ilia
tied Croaa aa a "rrilnnal dlaaalrr."
Death amounted to 16 and damage to crop and property grew
by uncounted million.
Primary rail and highway route ellhor were closed or disrupted,
and morn worn threatened linurly.
A new railroad llo.up occurred early today ut Kllrnsburg, In Ccnl nil
Washington. The, last Iruck nf the tall car of the Northern Pacific's
eaatbound North Coaat Limited left the tracks nt a weakened culvert.
The train proceeded aflcr dctarhliiK the illaublcd car. However, It
played havoc with rail achedulr. Tito N. l. wratboutid Limited and
.uge
and
a local passenger train worn tied up. Northern Pacific official! said
repair could be made In a few houra.
At Iraat two Ureal Northern tranacontlnenlal Limited alao were
held up at Hie arene. The (treat Northern atarted uainf the N. P. line
yeaterdav when Wenatchre river flood water roae around Ita own trees
lo Ihf north, near Monitor. . ''
Hoad Damaged
The Great Northern reported today that the water had i
Ita roudbed at Monitor and the condition waa growing o
driver were being dispatched from Seattle and So-' ,
around the undermined track for 600 or more feet. -Ol-O
Meanwhile, all rail connection between ' ,i;r,A ' wada
Nouthweatern Krlllih Columbia were broken o
Col. O. K. Walsh, the army Portland G," ,mecr, estimated
the total IIikkI coat in the Columbia river baa.y .ne would run to at
lral ClU.OOO.ooo.
Tliouaand of additional refugees fled their homea along trlbutarle
of the muhty Columbia and It iteadlly rlalng ruah to the ocean. Other
endangered by the rampaging Kootenai river In Northern Idaho aban
doned belonging and made their way to higher ground and safety.
Omlnou Note
All omlnou new note In the disastrous flood waa the announce
ment thru the water may Uy above flood stage for more tlinn a
month.
That' would menu that at leant a few thousand would be homeless
for a long period. The laat great flood of 1894 continued for 61 day.
The only bright spot In the picture waa the report that the Hnake
river la expected lo rrrat till afternoon. If It doe It might mean thai
the Columbia, Into which It flow, would ereat at somewhat Jower level
than anticipated.
Travel wan dlarupted In wide iiectlona of Weatern Canada and to
,o , 'wrr extent In Washington state. Washington's Sunset highway
' the central part of the state was cut to all but light traffic
. a bridge became almost Impasaable at Cle Elum. The transcontl
filial main line of the Great Northern railroad was cut by the
Wenalthee river near Cashmere. Traffic was being rerouted over other
tracks.
Vancouver, B. C . had only one mil link left with Eastern Canada.
Koad Closed
The main Columbia Kiver highway east out of Portland waa closed
i by floods.
I These were the place where the heaviest new evacuation of homea
I was taking place:
j Vancouver. Wash. MOO person moved out of the Fruit Valley
housing project west or the city.
Yakima, Wash. Several hundred families, many victims of panic,
quit their homes In lowland districts near Yakima. Breaks In dikes were
rumored but all were minor and quickly repilred. A score of private
homes and cabins were damaged. A church and two packing plants
were Isolated.
North Central Washington The town of Twlsp In the op per Methow
vallry or North Central Washington was partially evacuated.
aser valley In British Columbia Hundreds of atranded were being
rescued by navy ships, barges and flood-rescue trains.
I Bonntrs Ferry, Ida. Business district reported wort hit with water
two feet deep In the streets. All stores have water In them. New dike
breaks in the vicinity of the city boosted the total of rich farm land
flooded to 30.000 acres.
Kennewlck. Wash. Businesses and homes flooded along Avenue 0
main thoroughfare In a low-lying section were being evacuated.
Kl.sc here, there were these developments:
Army engineers removed pumps and transformers from flooded
McNary dam, under construction on the Columbia river near Umatilla,
Ore.
Thousands of workers struggled to build dikes to keep water out
of many cities. Among these waa the atomic city of Richland, housing a
large share of the permanent employes of the Uanford atomic energy.
plant.
Portland's Morrison street bridge was closed, the draw being opened
to permit river travel, as water reached the operating motors. Radio
station KPDQ was to go off the air tonight. Its transmitter Is on low
ground In South Portland. .
The Evergreen highway in Vancouver was closed by a rush of water
through underpasses in the dike-like railroad bed back of the Kaiser
I shipyard. The concrete was undermined for hundreds of ieet and huge
cnunks or it broke orr. Traffic was re-routed over the old highway
through Vancouver barracks. The shipyard, on stand-by basis, waa
floodrd and three-fourths of Pearson airfield was under water.
Traffic continued to move over the threatened section of the Ever-
j green highway at Underwood and the Pacific highway at Kalama, the
I slate patrol reported.
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Dart lews
By MIANK JKNKINH
BriOOKl.YN has Jual completed a
, new kind of school building. It
will house a Junior high, and n
described aa Die city firm post
war school.
It Is equipped with a lelevlalon
receiver. It has PM radio, with a
loudaiieaker In each room. Theu'
are Jukeboxes In the gyiniutalum
and there Is a miulc room with
IMXJO worth of liutrunienis. Includ
ing six plmnisiraph. 'Hie nc
building, with Its equipment, will
coot two and a half million dollars.
The press service correfiiKjiiden'.
who tells about it Una morning
couldn't help adding: "Tlila la one
school Ih kids won't want burned
down."
IIS the description of thu futur
amlo school wss clicking off the
wires, there was an odd aiiectacle
juit uuwiiic una nuipi a uiiiiv will
flow, It was a wagon, drawn by a
tram of draft horses with heavy
harness. In the wsgon was a walk
ing plow. The plow looked like It
would turn about a 14-inch furrow.
Using such equipment, a husky
man. ruing at a m. to feed, curry
and harness his tram tsud cles.i
ul the harm, resting his horar.
whenever they became tired, taking
jan hour u an hour and a half off
at noon to unhitch, feed, get back lo
the field and hitch up again, quil
ting early enough at mglil to un
hitch, gel back to the barn, un
harness, feed, bed down and other
wise service 111 animals, could plow
somewhere around t'i acres In a
day maybe three If he were husky
and competent hlinaelf and had a
husky team,
.
WJMPARE tltts outfit with a mod
em tractor, pulling gang plows
behind It and maybe a disc, and a
harrow behind the plows. Remem
ber that the operator of such a
machine stroll out III the morning
after breakfast, cranks It up and
works without pauses tor ren until
lunch, goes back after lunch and
grinds away until dark and If so
Inclined, and badly pushed by the
weather, goes back after dinner 'or
supper. If you prefer the oldrr
rashioned name tor lite evening
meal i, nuns on the lights and plow
ail night.
To finish Uie picture, compare
this gadget loaded, modernistic
Brooklyn school plant with the little
red schoolhouse Dial used lo stand
In a corner of Die cornfield.
UTE know by observation and ex
perience that the results of
modern gadget farming are good.
Working with power equipment, our
furmera fed the world all throug:i
the war and are feeding moat of tho
world still. Without such modern
day farming, our side would proba
bly have lost Uie war. Without It
now, we would be pretty certain to
lose Uie peace. If Russia could
krep the rest of Uie world hungry
long enough, communism would fol
low as naturally as day follows
night.
OW da we know thai modern
schooling, with modernistic gad
get-equipped school plants, Isn't
providing results as far stiierlor lo
those produced by the little red
schoolhouse, wlU) Its one room, as
s-re being produced by modern
farming with Its power machinery?
Question tome of these kids that
are bring turned out by our high
schools. If you're over -0 yeors of
age, you'll be surprised. You'll cynl-
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Western Powers Win XdU War'
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MEMORIAL DAY
WEEK-END
HATI'HIIAV
t p. m. Dance at airport
hangar.
HI'N'DAY
I noon. Klamath Progress
Days' exposition, airport.
1 p. m. Air show, airport.
MONDAY
t 30 a. m. Brrvlrea for navy
dead at Link river bridge, fol
lowed by services at the me
morial shaft and Llnkvllle ceme
tery. 10 a. m. Klamath Progress
Dsys' exposition, airport.
1 p. m. Klamath Progress
Days' air show, airport.
Jewish Soldiers Remove Jerusalem Dead During Truce
Nimitz Says
Strong US To
Keep Peace
SEATTLE. May im ir Uie
United Slates stays strong. Pleet Ad
rnlral Chester W. Nimlix believes Uie
world may ace 100 years ol peace In
stend ol another destructive war.
Hie wsr-limr commander-in-chief
of the navy In Ute Pacific told a
news conference yesterday he was
voicing only his personal opinion.
Hut. he said, no nation has the
Industrial capacity to wage war.
Nlmltx. here to present a navy
league charter to Uie Seattle coun
cil, doubted that any devastating at
tacks would come over the north
pole In the predictable future ta
turn Seattle and the NorUiwest Into
another "pearl harbor."
He advised, however, that ade
quate defenses be built In Alaska
where Uie cost In time and lives
to expel the Japanese trom Its outer
fringes was so great In the last war.
The white-halted former rlncpac
said that no country would have
enough atomic bombs In the fore
seeable future to use them as ex
ttavagantly aa other weapons. He
aatd prntMble targets would be on
land rather than ships at sea.
The Younasters
Go For School
NEW YORK. May 29 tfpt Ilere'J
one school the kids won't want
burned down.
It's Stephen Decatur Junior high
In Brooklyn, Uie city first post
war school.
The (2.600.000 plant Is equipped
Willi a television receiver, an. FM
radio with loudspeaker In each
room. Jukeboxes In the gymnasium
and a music room with (SOOO worth
of Instruments, Including six phono
graphs. The new school soon will be ready
for the youngsters.
Packinghouse Workers Vote To
Return; Chrysler Strike Ends
By The Associated Press
Two strike were written off the
book today the Chryaler corpora
tion walkout In the automobile In
dustry and lite packinghouse work
era dispute at Waterloo, la,
Chrysler's 75.000 CIO United Auto
Worker settled their 17-day strike
Friday for a straight 13-cent an
hour wage Increase. This was two
renla more than the raise given
three days earlier to 32A.0O0 General
Motors employes who had threat
ened to walk out. .
The Chrysler tettlemenl gave
Workers lea Ulan half of the .10
rents hourly they demanded when
they left their Job In 1 plant In
Michigan, Indiana and California.
May 12, . However, the union later
brought II demand down to 17
cents hourly Juat before (fling on
slrlke.
The wngc boost brings the Chrys
ler hourly wage to (l.ft.1. The rate,
r Oeneral Motors Is 11.(11. but this
mti Id go higher when OM makes Ita
first quarterly cost of living ad
justment In September.
1 The eitlement, which extended
the company's contract until Aug
ust, lO.tO, left only the Ford Motor
company of the Industry' big three
yet to settle with the HAW In the
union's third postwar wage drive.
Ford two weeks ago asked for a
pay cut, contending Its raff were
higher than those at Its two princi
pal competitor. Till claim was
disputed by both OM and Chrysler,
The annual cost of the new
Chrysler settlement was estimated
by the union at (2.1.700.000. The
company sold II Inst SOOO ran and
trucks a day during the slrlke and
that Idle worker lost (900,000 dally,
CIO United Packinghouse Work
orn voted Frldav night, to relnrn to
their Jobs at tho Rath Packing
company In Waterloo, Ia In a act
lliment which hnd company and
union officials dlflnrlng sharply,
The union claimed It members
voted In return "under the old eon
tract agreement with the company,
amended only on the wage Issue."
A company spokesman, however,
said the company had "cancelled
Ihc old contract May S on account
of union strike violations"
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Three Jewish soldiers, one wearing a gas mask, and another holding his noae, remove an Arab corpse
from the wreckage of a building In the Kalamon district of Jerusalem during a 48-hour truce in the
lighting between Arab and Jew for control of the district ricture made by Associated Cress Staff Pho
tographer James Pringle.
Wallace Hiis Mundt Bill,
Atom Policy Toward Reds
WASHINGTON, May iPt
Henry A. Wallace told senators
Uxlay that "We can't have peace
with Russia If we' approach Russia
with the atom bomb In one hand
and Uie Mundt bill In the other."
Wallace referred to the Mundt
Nlxon anll-coinmunl.it bill already
passed by the house by an over
whelming vote.
Attacking the measure vigorous
ly. Wallace told Uie senate Judiciary
committee It represents "A declar
ation of war on Ute rights of free
speech and free assembly In Uie
United States."
Clad In a double-breasted gray
suit, dull red tie and white shirt,
Wallace arrived eight minutes lute
to testify at the hearing. Putting
on gold-rlinmed spectacles, he took
a half hour to read his 3000 word
statement, In an almost nasal mon
tone. A large crowd overflowed the
room and spilled out Into corri
dors, curious to see and hear the
former vice president who Is a
third party candidate for presi
dent. F.xcept for applause by some
when Wallace entered and brief
outbursts of laURhtcr the audience
was orderly.
When Wallace finished the sena
tors put but few questions to him.
He remarked that he Is a be
liever In "old-fashioned American
ism." He emphasised his opposition
ta the law dealing with communism.
Then Wallace noted that Asso
ciate Justice William O. Douglas
of the supreme court haa said
there are less than 100,000 com
munists in Uie country.
In answer to questions by Chair
man Wiley tR-Wls.l, Wallace said
Uie government now has ample
laws to deal with any subversive
acts and he hopes It never has
laws that aim at Ideas or "thought
control."
Shortly before Wallace testified.
Socialist Norman' Thomas told Uie
committee that the "third party"
supporting Henry Wallace for pres
ident Is controlled to a large extent
by communists.
Thomas, presidential candidate
of the socialists, also Is opposed to
the Mundt-Nlxon bill.
Thomas, after criticising the
measure already approved by the
house, was asked by Senator East
land ID-Miss.):
"Do you think the third party
supporting Mr. Wallace Is control
led by communists?"
"Yes It Is to a large extent,"
Thomas replied quickly and then
said he had better explain this.
Thomas said Wallace Is not a
communist and the majority of his
enthusiastic supporters are not but
the Wallace movement Is "Influ
enced by well-trained and very
well-disciplined communists."
Pirate Game Is
Confusion Cause
LOS ANGELES. May 20 (PtEx
cited callers told the navy that
Chinese pirates, or something, were
off Los Angeles harbor.
"She's got a machine gun mounted
on her stern 1" one man reported.
The navy and the coast guard
quickly prepared for anything yes
terday as the Canadian freighter.
Lakeside, arrived with a cargo of
war scrap material from the Orient
to refuel en route to Baltimore, Md.
Explanation: Grinning crewmen
said that, to relieve monotony at
sea, they had mounted an old. rusty
Japanese machine gun and played
"bang -bang."
Tax Bill Lost
In Wild Shuffle
PORTLAND, May 29 lP) A
tax measure, which county officials
think got lost In the presidential
shuffle, will be voted on all over
again this summer.
Multnomah county commissioners
decided to call another election on
the $1,750,000 levy which voters re
jected by a heavy majority In last
week's primary. The new election
was tentatively set for July 9.
Officials based their decision on
the hope that voters were too' en
grossed by the Dewey-Stassen con
test to notice what the levy was
about. Without the money, needed
to make up a budget deficit, county
activities would be drastically cur
tailed, officials said.
Marshall
Says End
Not In Sight
WASHINGTON", May 2 MV-The
western powers are winning the cold
war with Russia but the end is not
yet In sight.
That appeared today as the main
theme of Secretary of Slate Mar
shall's newest report on American
foreign policy. i
Marshall's views were expressed
last night before the general fed
eration of women's clubs at Port
land, Ore. It was his first full length
address since the Russian "peace
offensive" opener almost three weeks
ago.
Firmness Needed
The secretary dealt at length with
that development. But he stressed
that peace prospects depend mainly
on a continued western policy of
firmness with the Soviet Union a
policy which he said may be threat
ened from two siles:
1. The strong and Impatient desire
of people everywhere for a return
lo "normal conditions" may lead the
west Into a Soviet false-peace trap
baited with propaganda.
2. Americans may engage in some
"thoughUeas or spasmodic action"
which could damage the confidence
or other peoples uneasy enough at j
best in the reliability of the I'nited i
States as a world leader.
Marshall bluntly called the Soviet
pence moves "a cynical propaganda
campaign to offset a sincere effort
on our part to establish a basis for
profitable negotiations and agree
ments leading to a stabilization of
the world situation."
Support Asked
But he said he thought American
progress toward that end since the
first of the year has been "excellent"
and "history making." He called for
continued support of this nation's
"firm" policy toward Russia, saying
that "only such a firm and deter
mined course can save the situation
for the democracies."
Two developments bear out Mar
shall's report of excellent progress:
The enactment of the European re
covery program and the gradual
growth of European relatlonshins
into what might become a true west
ern European union.
Marshall's speech was character
ised particularly by a defense of
his handling of the Russian peace
campaign.
The secretary said the desires of
people lor peaceful conditions pro
duce "strong resentment of any
statement or lack of action that
appears contrary to the fulfillment
of that desire." But he said such
emotions "must not lead us into
111 advised and trustful actions
which hasard the future of this
country."
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Mrs. M-irr Holt holds her little
brother, Wayne Gibson. 2, after
pnllinr him from the path of
train near Ashwood, Tenn. Wayne's
foot was e a a h t in the switch
(left), but she yanked him free
Just before the train reached him.
Milk Price ;
To Be Boosted
Ten Per Cent
Housewives will grumble about It
but they'll pay nevertheless.
A new milk price order effective
June 1, boosts Klamath producer
prices 10 per cent.
That means that consumer prices
here will Jump one cent. A quart of
milk will now cost 20 cent.
Percy Murray of the Klamath
Falls creamery, said today that pro
ducer price are tapped two cents.
but that only one cent Is being
passed on to the consumer, dairy
operators absorbing the other one
cent.
Producer levels will be the amine
aa Portland' beginning June 1, but
Portland is now payinr 19 cent per
quart. An increase to 20 cents there
is expected immediately. Medford
consumers are paying 21 cents and
Grants Pass, 22 cents.
' The order, Issued by Agriculture
Director E. L. Peterson, split the
present 3-2 to 4.3 per cent butterfat
range on standard milk Into two
classifications. The lowest priced
milk will nave a 3.S ;er cent butter,
fat top limit, Similar order were
issued recenUy for fire other in
state markets.
Klamath producers will receive
(1.15 a pound butterfat plus (1.4
a hundredweight of milk. Instead of
the former (L32 a pound butterfat.
The new pricing basis will give pro
ducers J6-57 a hundredweight oat
4-5 per cent bases, compared with
((.94 under the present system.
Building In
May Gains
May has been the best month for
building activity in the city since
February. 1947, according to records
of City Building Inspector Walter
Salsbery.
Tally for this month is (239.64S.
Boosting the total evaluation were
three major Jobs: construction of a
motel at Main and Conger for Keith
Cobo, (70.000: Carter's market on
Esplanade, (37.000. and the Kimball.
Glass company building on Oak
street at (17.000.
Comparative totals this year and
1947 follow:
1947
January ( 23.985
February 250.004
March 135.251
April 68354
May 239.646
1948
(110.487
92563
118.024
123.115
46.231
Total
..... (524,025
(094,240
Used Car Men Lay
Off Buying Today
CLEVELAND. May 29 (PI A
Cleveland automobile auctioneer to
day reported used car dealers here
suddenly have adopted a "not buy
ing" policy because of current high
prices on nearly new autos.
R. K. Patton. who conducted the
weekly sale yesterday for the Cleve
land auto Auction company, de
clared afterwards:
"Where we sold a 1947 model last
week for (1775, we couldn't get
(1400 yesterday. In fact, we couldn't
get (1400 for a 1948 model. It all
happened In the last two days."
Flood Slows
r j A:i: "."
rower uurpur
PORTLAND, Ore., May 29 W)
Clocks began running- slow in parts
of the Pacific Northwest today as a
flood-caused power shortage reached
th "critical" stage.
Flood waters of the Columbia river
have cut power production of the
Bonneville-Grand Coulee system 30
per cent, the Bonneville adminis
tration said.
Engineers said the situation
would get worse as the flood ap
proaches, the predicted Tuesday
crest
Private power firms said closure
of Industries by the rising waters
might ease the load somewhat, but
feared that the addition of electric
motors to pump out basements and
diking districts would offset this.
A meeting of the power pool
emergency committee was called to
survey available power and means
of reducing the load.
The Bonneville administration
mM - A, n.,, wa. A AAA
kilowatts from a maximum capacity
of 1.700.000. and will be down 450,
000 kilowatts by Tuesday. The
shortage will continue as long as'
waters remain nign.
Flood Cost To
Top $30 Million
PORTLAND. May 29 MP) Cost
of the flood in the Columbia basin
will be at least (30,000.000, Col. O. E.
Walsh, Portland district engineer,
estimated today.
He said this was a minimum esti
mate on both direct and indirect
losses including post-flood clean-up,
and might soar much higher as a
result of future developments.
Supervisor Contests Enliven Interest In Primary
Voting In Siskiyou, Modoc Counties On Tuesday
Vfltitt a no a i m '
YREKA, May 28 An increase of
over 2000 registered voters in Sis
kiyou county gave credence to the
expressions heard around here to
day that Siskiyou voting will be
heavier than In years at the Cali
fornia state primary on Tuesday,
June 1,
Almost all of Blsklyou county's
15,374 registered voters are expected
to go to the 75 polling places, some
of which are In isolated dlrlrlcts
and travel Is restricted to horback.
Registration for tho Juno 4, 1948
primaries was 13.008, but total regis
tration this primary Is 2000 heavier.
In the 1046 primaries, voting reached
only 811(17.
Hottest point In the county pol
itics Is the election of supervisors
In two of the three districts in which
supervisors are to be named. The
chairman of tho board, W. T. Davi
son of Fort Jones, la unopposed In
his district and his vote will be
merely token.
ALTURAS, May 29 Contests
In three supervisor districts en
liven local Interest in Tuesday's
primary election In Modoc county.
Dr. E. F. Auble, Incumbent,
who Is widely known In Northern
California and Soutliern Oregon,
has two hard-working opponents
this time. They are Charles Fit-.
Patrick, Alturas merchant, and
John O. Cummlngs, rancher. This
Is in the fourth district.
1 Harvey Darst, Incumbent, also
has opposition In the first dis
trict. Paul Robinson, cattleman,
Is In the race there, In the third
district, George Perkins, Incum
bent, faces a contest with Harry
C. Grlzei and Lawrence L. Smith,
the latter an ex-forest ranger of
Willow Ranch.
California's county officer elec
tions are non-partisan. Unless
one gets. a majority In the pri
mary, the two highest run It off
at the general election In the fall.
But In supervisorial district No. 1,
the Incumbent, Gordon Jacobs of
Hombrook, is opposed by George
Yost of Tulelake and James C. Stev
enson of Macdoel, both well known
In their communities.
In district No. 2, the incumbent,
T. Rodney Douglas of Mt. Shasta,
Is not a candidate. Seeking this
post however are four Siskiyou
county men who are scrambling for
votes. They are Edward C. Baker
and W. E. Barr of Mt. Shasta, and
Hugh C. Corwln and F. F, Kohl
baker of Dunsmulr.
In addition, 21 have failed as
candidates for tho 15 freeholders'
positions. The 15 who receive the
highest number of votes will be
given the Job of drawing up a pro
posed form of charger government
for Siskiyou county. The charter
will be voted on at the general elec
tion In November If it is ready for
presentation at that time. Other
wise, there will be a special election
called at a later date.
Freeholders' candidates are Leon
M. Allen, Eugene V. Anderson, Don
ald V. Bank, William A. Barr, Fred
P. Browne, Frank M. Duggan. Wil
liam J. Evans, Harold Kane, George
E. Luttrell, Francis W. Martin, John
Maszlnl, John D. Morgan, Clarence
K. Motschenbacher, Vayne O. Ral
ston, Robert B. Reynolds, Aaron I.
Rose, L. D. "Babe" Taylor, Charles
W. Thompson, Carl F. Tuttle Sr.,
Frank L. Weamer and William H.
Weltkamp,
Congressional representatives are
also expected to bring close atten
tion of eounty voters.
In nearly every instance, mem
bers of both repuy.can end demo
cratic central committees are up for
election. In a few cases, no candi
dates have filed and write-ins will
be necessary,
Jesse Kirk Ordered Bound
Over For Grand Jury Probe
Jesse Lee Kirk, prominent Klam
ath Indian leader from Beatty, waa
ordered bound over for federal grand
Jury action on a charge of murder
after a preliminary hearing before
V. S. Commissioner Bert C. Thomas
Friday afternoon.
Kirk is accused of fatally injuring
his wife, 34-year-old Violet Lynch
Kirk, at their home May 15. She
died In a local hospital two days
later and Kirk was arrested the
same day.
He has admitted beating his wife
with his fists and a poker.
During the hearing, a signed state
ment made by Kirk to a lederal
bureau of investigation officer was
admitted as evidence. Kirk said In
the statement that he became en
raged when he came home and
found his wife had been drinking
heavily and neglecting their small
children.
He said he beat her with his fists
nnd a poker but that afterwards
his wife was all right but com
plained of "being sore."
The statement was brought Into
the hearing at the insistence of J.
C. OSNeill, Kirk's attorney, after the
prosecution had rested its presenta
tion.
Assistant U. S. Attorney Floyd D.
Hamilton represented the govern
ment for the hearing.
Earlier In the day, Dr. George H.
Adler had testified that Mrs. Kirk
told him just prior to her death,
that her husband had beaten her
but she "didn't want to do anything:
to him" or "didn't want to prosecute
him."
Dr. Adler said that the woman's
death resulted from' hemorrhage,
many "puncture" wounds and brain
concussion. He said his autopsy
showed no sign of alcohol addiction.
Neither the prosecution nor de
tense gave any opening or closing;
arguments, although Attorney O'Neill
said that he would question whether
Kirk should be held for murder or
for some lesser charge, presumably
manslaughter.
Commissioner Thomas said there
had been no evidence presented ta
Indicate a lesser crime and that he
would order Kirk held for murder.
Kirk Is kept in the Klamath
county Jail but probably will be
moved to Medford or Portland to a
federally approved lockup next
week. No ball Is allowed.