Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, June 25, 1949, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPACt TWO HIRALD AND NIWJ, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 14 MARKETS and FINANCIAL DAMAGE REPORT HITS GRAINS CHICAOO, Jun SS (TV-An agriculture department atatement that damage to wheat In Ih Routhweat haa not been large writ tin bmd cereal lower on the board of trad today. Wheat unk about a cent from th pmlous cloae aftr opening up strong on a burst of buyui. Other grain also tended lower, lutna In the Midwest were ex pected to be beneficial to corn, tn addition, rain dealers aald they had purchased mora than 10.000 biuhela of the train on a to-arrlva basis. In all pita, there waa a food deal of week-end aellinf on the part of lonr. Wheat rlosed 1V1T lower. July 1M'-15. corn waa l'.-lH lower, July SUl's-S, oata were S-S lower, July S"v. rye was I to l lower, July eoybeans were t to 1 rent lower. July ti:-133, and lard waa t to ( centa a hundred pound lower, July $11.13. Wheat Open Huh Low Close July 1WS-10O 100 1S 1M',-H5 Kept. 1.01-1.01 S 101S 1 M 1MH-1M Dec. 1.01-1.01 10S-, 10O' 100'.-', March IMS 1 117lt 17 Livestock Price Steady CHICAOO, June ( Hon vera quoted at 118 " to $5100 In the uiual dull week-end clean-up t-ada today. Cattle and sheep also held steady. Hogs advanced this week, follow ing two weeks of declining prlcea. Producera cut marketings sharply, a move which waa partly responsi ble for the strength. Another Item giving hogs support waa an advance of 11.00 to (3 00 In major wholesale pork Items. Top price for live hogs was 122 00. Most sections of the rattle market also advanced this week, although common to medium grass steers and heifers met a narrow outlet while bulla declined. Most grain-fed steers and heifers advanced SO centa to SI .50. Top was 12S.00. The advance tn slaughter cattle waa not reflected in atockers and feeders, which drop ped M centa to $1 00. Starvation supplies, only about 15 per cent of year ago, arrived tn the sheep section this week. This forced email local killers to compete for the fat lamb crop and prices gained 2 00 to S3 00. Top for choice native lambs was 118 00. NEW BOARD MEMBER Vern Owens, nomed to post ot First Ffderol Sovings. McDonald Is OnlyCandidate For Labor Job KTFOENE. June 25 Pi J. D. Mc Donald. Portland, will probably head the State Federation of Labor an other year. McDonald waa' tha only person nominated for president at the close of the annual state ATL convention here yesterday. The election will' be by mall. Tha 400 delegate renominated all their other officers without opposi tion, too: Mildred Oianlni, Portland, first nee president: C. W. Jones. Portland, aecond vice president: J. T. Marr, Portland, executive aec-retary. The federation defeated a motion w hich would have opposed construc tion of the Pelton dam on the De arhute river. The delegates Invited the CIO and the International Aa andatlon of Machinist back Into the APL fold. La Grande waa chosen as site for the 1950 convention over Klamath Palls, Bend and Eugene. The convention nominated to tha state executive board M. E. Steele. Portland, district 1: Ell McConkey. Astoria, district 2: J. A. Boehrtnger, Salem, district 1: Ray Mclnnla and Ollva Steward. Eugene, district 4 Joseph OUeU and Tom Crulkshank Cooa Bay. district 5: C. D. Long' Klamath Palls, district : J. L. Rosa, Bend, district 7; Vema Coffinberry Pendleton: Roy White. Hermlston, and W. I. Herman. La Grande, dis tort I: Clifford Robblns, Oregon C"T. district 9: and Don Btansell Medford. district 10. Crowd Jams OTI During Graduation A large crowd of Klamath Falls people gathered In the Oregon Technical institute theatre Friday night to witness the first annual commencement exercises of the big school. Filty-seven of the school's 121 graduates were present to personally receive certificates of achievement from State Vocational Director O. I. Paulson. Speakers and Instructors who Hout n,d lv" generously of his First Federal Names Owens For Board Oeorge W. Mclntyre. president of the First Federal Savings and Loan ! association, announced today the Ivurd nf ritrrrnr had eWled Vern Owena a member of the board. No Owens takes the place of Olen Hout. Bu who resigned some timi ago when i Service he moved to California. Hout waa a charter member of I CI the board. Mclntyre atated that LOST rlSnGriTlCin Oregon Tech Poo To Open Monday On Full Schedule The big Oregon Tech pool, recently revamped so that children ma? awlm there aa well as adulta, will officially open Monday, June 17. and operate through the summer months on a seven-day per week schedule. Hour will be from 1 to 10 p. m.. dally, tor public awlmmlng. In connection with the city recreation departments program, swimming lessons will also be offered at the OTI plunge, but the pool will be open for both Instruction and public swimming at the same time. Th plunge Is considered large enough to accommodate both. Prlcea for regular swimming are 15 centa for students under 11, 15 centa for those over 11, and 60 cents for adulta. A fee of 10 cent per day will cover transportation and Instruction for children taking afternoon swimming lessons. A bus will transport youngstera to the pool during the afternoon. Instruction will be available for beelnners. lm.miHi.t.. .4. tranced swimmers, however, everyone la urged to take advantage of th pool whether or not instruction la desired. Lessons are being conducted according to American Red Cross swimming standards, and all Instructor and guarda are trained In the Red Cross water safety program. All children taking afternoon swimming lessons will meet the bus at the courthouse. The bus will run between the pool and courthouse ,.',iy,w?"h 1,0 Mln "' ""P- rhlMreri will register at th pool and will be given a slip showing which claaa they are to take and tha bua tlmee. Parents are asked to check th schedule carefully and aend their children to the class they prefer. There will be no bus service after p. m. Instructors will make any necessary adjust men Is In classes Rue Leave, Court He. 1 1:00 1:00 1.00 I 1:00 300 1O0 4:00 4:00 SWIMMING INSTRUCTION 8 HUM Afternoon Time 1:10-1:15 1:30-1:15 1:30-1:15 1:30-1:15 1:30-4:15 1:30-4:15 4:30-5:15 4.30-5:15 7:30-1:30 7:30-8:30 1:30-1:30 Da M-W-P T-Th-P M-W-P T-Th-P M-W-P T-Th-F M-W-P T-Th-P M-W T-Th T-Th Omp yra. 10-11 yra. - yra. 10-11 yra. A up -U yr. 11 yra. as up 1-11 yra. A up 16 yra. es up Evening 1 yra. at up Adult Adult flaa Beginners Reginners Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate Swim Intermediate 8wlm Swimmers Jr. Life Saving Sr. Life Saving Beginners Intermediate graduated students were seated on the flower-decked theatre atage. with graduate seated In front ot th audience aection. OTI Director Winston D. Purvtne presided for the evening. Com mencement speaker waa Dr. Reg Putnam, stale superintendent of public Instruction. Harry Bolvin, i Oregon member 01 the atat board of edu- uwens cation, spoke on th aims ot the Stat board. Connie Hunt, accompanied by Robert Stevens, opened the program nut ine star spangled Banner. Th Invocation and benediction wer given by Rev. David F. Bar net 1 Jr. Earlier In th day Senator Phil Hitchcock spoke on the step ot Earl Snell Memorial hall in a ipe- Turns Up Safe time and efforts tn the yr pa.it i-irt tPtaa hak m-niiM hat arTaaat 1 v m i aw A he the offlcera and directors of th. ! L H"l- elderly Klamath association. j '" ""Wnt contractor, waa re- ported lost In tha Silver lake coun- Owens ha been prominent In the , trT lMt ht ,nd located un buslnesa life of the community since 1 ,hl. 1829 when he first came to the city I h"n"d..'"1)r thU mornl- A radio report from the Klamath Forest Protective association's sta tion at Bear flat said that Hula had turned up this morning, apparently 1929 when he first came to the city as sales manager for the California Power company. In 1945 resigned from the power company and entered business for himself. Since then he ha operated the Cascade Home Furnishings company. He has taken an active Interest tn chamber of commerce work, la a past president ot the or ganization, is an active member of the Lions club and a past president of that group. During the war he waa an active worker in the many $50 Min imum For Pensions Met PORTLAND. June 15 11 Th stat public welfare commission to- Iday had officially established the SM minimum for old age pensions I but It had to cut child assistance to do lu The 160 minimum will go into effect July 1. But the commission, which met her yesterday, aald It would h Heavy Water Use Lowers KF Pressure Water users In Hie southeast sub' uros of Klamalh Falla ar being asked by the California Oregon Power company to cooperate In re rtrlrtlona placed on the use of water for Irrigating and sprinkling during the summer months. An Unexpectedly heavy use of wa trr for Irrigation and sprinkling curing a two-day period In mid June caused a serious drop In pres sure In a widespread area east of the city limits. Copro Manager B. I Hllrhry aald, necessitating the re striction. The decision to restrict water us In the area was made with th ap proval of the public utilities com missioner. The plan Is to permit sprinkling on the odd numbered side of streets on odd numbered calendar davs and on Uie even numbered side of streets en even numbered calendar davs Similar restrictions have been rlaced In effect by other water ays terns. Rltrhrv said, and have nroved of greater benefit to customers by maintaining reasonable pressures. The system of wells at the Conger avenue pumping station haa not been overtaxed. Rltchey said, and there la adequate water at th aotire. Reason for restrictions In th southeast suburbs Is the need for isrger pipe lines leading more dl tectly Into the area. Construction work on enlarging the lines is planned for the near future. Rltchey ultra. having spent the night In the open. 10 rduc '! to dependent children j u ce. iner ar not, corn- He was fishing on Buck .creek about 15 miles southwest of the 8Uver lake ranger atatlon with W B. Hunt, also of Klamath Falls, and presumably became separated from hit companion aa darkness closed In. Lake Fairgrounds To Be Revamped LAKEVTEW. June 15 A contract 1 from relief rolls. mia&ioners aald, enough funds to do otherw lse. The budget for th 1949-51 bl enniuxn waa set at lt.a7.84 well abov th f41.lU.000 allocated for tn current two-year period. Th commission reported a sharp drop In general relief laat month from tiOJOll to 5371137. Th de crease waa attributed to th rul removing able-bodied alngl men government bond drives. Owens Is coal dedicatory service which waa a ! l1"' Oregon Stat eoliege part ot th day a festivities on th cJM lwr campus. Six buildings on th cam- Mclntyr In making th aa- pus - r.- b nsmca 111 memory 01 atat , v w, iwva acuou I or construction or an addition to Old age pension official and others prominent In i t'ed that the board In de- 1 the fairgrounds exhibit building has . mained about level the establishment and recognition curing th 1 per cent per annum 1 been let by the county talr board ' vloua month. 01 the place of vocational training " on an account as to nnniger and Watkina. Klamath in education. payment r with th pr- Th six buildings ar Earl Snell Memorial hall. Robert S. Farrell Jr. Memorial hall. Marshall Cornett Memorial hall. D. E. Nlckerson Me morial hall. Ben T. Osborne Memo rial hall and Ray Sineral Memorial halL 1 or June 30th, haa paid dividends Fall construction firm. It waa an ; semi annuaUy consistently since lu . nounced Monday by C. W. -Jim" j organisation In 1934. jogie. chairman of th fair board. I Other member of th board of Th addition la to be sufficiency j director of First Federal Savings ' completed for use at the 1949 fair 1 are Alfred D. Collier. Fred H. Hell-1 next September 1, 4 and . It will bronner. C. A Henderson. D. D. be 53 4 bv 05 feet in use oith ,n. Bridges Bail Held At $5000 BAN FRANCISCO, June 15 fan Harry Bridges will remain at liberty on 55000 ball and the government will not press Its demand for a bail Increase to tlo.OOu. government at torneys aald yesterday . Th CIO longshore chieftain Is tinder Indictment by a federal grand Jury on charges of perjury and con spiracy. He la accused of swearing fnlsely he wa not a communist at the time of his naturalization In 1945. Thursday, Bridges sought per mission to attend a labor confer ence In France. His request was denied. At that time, government attorneys demanded the higher ball figure. But. yesterday, a government spokesman said the Instructions from Washington under which the higher bail wa demanded had been garbled In transit. Actually, the apokesman aald. the government In tended to ask the higher ball only In the event Bridges waa riven per mission to go abroad. Oakland Firm Wins Contract For Line Work LAKEVTEW. June 15 A bid bv Del Monte Electric company of Oakland. Calif., for construction of HI miles of single and three phase power line tn Lake county has been accepted by the directors of the Surprise Valley Electrification cor poration at Alturas. This was the third bid opening for the RE A power project which would Increase from single phase to three phase the power service to Paisley and extend power service to 8ummer lake and Into the Wamer valley. The first opening, about three months ago. had but a single bid and was turned down at REA national headquarters. The aecond opening, about two months ago. re- reived four bids In which Del Monte w as low. but this bid was rejected at wasmngton as being too high. Del Montes present bid of I255. 2"!5 haa been forwarded to Washing ton for approval. Reeder. Henry Semon. A. V. Moore, Percy Murray and George Mclntyre. KILLED EUOENE. June 35 VP A tree which he waa falling killed Cleo Parmer. Veneta logger, near Vida yesterday. He waa employed by the Blue Mountain Lumber com- pric of th exhibit building addl Pwn. tlon la about 111.000. atruction aimilar to that of the present ouiioings: concrete floor, asbestos ah ingle exterior, with built in booths. Pinnigrr and Wataon ar now here constructing the new grand stand at the roundup grounds. It wa announced that th contract Safe Crackers Are Too Intelligent ATLANTA. June 15 iPV Georgia Tech today had been given a short course in safe engineering. Th lesson waa administered by a couple of y eg (imen who broke Into a ' burglar proof" vault and mad off with 53800 tn cash, check and war bond. To add Insult to Injury tha aafe- It tank a Inrkamlfh fmtr hmir. In broad davlight yesterday to get It cpen again. Guardsmen Take Training During their first week at nation al guard camn in Yakima. Wash :he nearly 1500 officers and men of aaa unlta In Washington and Ore gon wer busy making ramp. uuimimrn 01 me 7.12nd AAA gun battalion commanded by Lt. Col Charlra Delsman from Southern Oregon. Including battery B from Klamath Falls, under command ot Capt. Clifford Sanders, are partici pating In firing at sleeves towed by planea. This I one of the activities of the camp now operating. The planes ar flown across open aage trash hills and valleys. Ninety and 130 mm. anti-aircraft guns are booming on the Yakima firing range as the field trainlna camp goes Into Its second and final ! week. I Chiloquin Church To Hear Guest CHILOQUIN. June 15 Dr ft Ravnor Smith, district superintend, ent. will be a guest of the Chiloquin Methodist church. Dr. Smith will be In the pulpit for the 11 a. m. Sunday wnrhlp service ana win giv the sermon. Youth Put On Long Probation Circuit Judge David R. Vanden cerg gave Simeon Buchanan Riddle Jr.. 18-year-o!d Indian, another chance when he appeared In court Friday afternoon on a charge of violation of probation. Judge Vandenbrrg upped hla pro bationary term from three to five yeara. The Indian boy was placed on probation tn July. 1945. when charged with participation in a bur fiary In Bonannt. He disobeyed his probationary terme recently when he waa cited for drunkenness. FLASH FLOOD LEU PACHUCA, Mexico, June IS (IPi The Red Cross aays at lent 45 persons were killed and 100 Injured by a flash flood which swept this mining town last night. Patricio Escobar Oarcla, of th Red Cross, aald he knew of no Amer icans killed although an apartment house occupied by u. S. mining per aonnel was destroyed. TOKYO. June 15 UP) Police to. day aald th casualty toll In Mon day' typhoon In Southern Japan how stood at Ml dead and 177 miss. Ing. The last previous death esti mate) wag 180. MODERN DESIGN . . . . Proved Performance la JOHN DEERE TRACTORS Midland Equipment Co. sets a.. a rases ti 0. E. Thompson Attends Meeting O. E. Thompson, Klamath Falls representative of the Aetna Life In Siirance company, left Friday for a four-day meeting of the company's "Corps of Regionnalres," In the Ho tel Del Coronado. Coronado. Calif. The "Corps of Regionnalres" la an cganlratlon of leading Aetna Life agents for meeting high salea and policy-holder servlc standards. Thl la the third year Thompson has qualified. $20 Bills Have More Chimneys Now PORTLAND, June IS MV-Have you been noticing too many chim ney on your 120 bills lately? Other people have, renorted Frank J. Kenney, agent In charge of the U. S. secret servlc her. He said th 120 bill designed by the gov ernment last November has caused scores of Inquiries from people who think It' counterfeit- Even bankera have asked, he said. The new bill ahows the whit house aa it U today: with four chim ney and the balcony. Th old bill had two chimneys. CT7. -'.." Vi 1 ii sooRr oris ii.n r. An explosive story of violent lives,,, lived dangerously! vex COLUMBIA PICTURES rtnr. Jennifer JONES- JomGARFIELD Pedro ARMENDARIZ a. JOHM HUSTON'S "Wfe "Were Strangers Gilbert KolsnJ-KimM Novorre Wolly C$ll Dovkl loni ,Km mm mum B I . . IAMII lllievA.i m as. ..... mi, nui m wtifw noMrnoa hmisiim MilUN y r.UGlt lndion Serenade (Col0f con " 3 Stooge Comedy' t. Continuous From 12:30 P. M Todav Gkir ?V:... 'A W W 'al fttuntt VI i mm FEATHERS 4.M TMlllll f . in (a) aWMC sMIMQ Ail et i.M iBSH ft l M 4A'.'. WddeeU s Greatest AIWFNTIIRF SfnrvTvr' fhamsMMs: - ' WHS. fcw I 1 klUI I llhlUU..'V ".Ts.a an i i J ul 'ii n Continuous , surrtT Cj'tT From .12:30 P.M. Vr'?T. ll 1J 1 IllltVI" .iia'ieeaegil ' ...a- sfi MADONNA of th DESERT and I LACK HILLS . ....".-r CSYt.Hf LX-A ARRtMORE lit"VffV'I Msssltmir. o' 0 HkmM wtii.r MONTH January waa called th "wolf month'' by th English mnr than I0D0 yeara ago, since during that monlh fierce wnlvea entered Ih vll lagea In search of fond. It Is estimated that thtr la suf- f li le nt roal In Ih United mates taj Inst 1IKM) yruis, and lumgli oil to last reiilury. 'flier proliably I enough motor fuel to supply glial needs fur at least lino yeara, 1 I - "s.""' V"1 in saaaw.- i p jjilLI'.iiIiltisaaiii m--.""'ti JT mmmmm The true slory of violent men... n liiclv wrainnn a aisisy m S ) -. - thp. him. nf I ! J A M.I ' $20,000,000 IX GOLD! i COLUMBIA PICTURES prsnt GLENN IDA , Hi In 1 ' ' ' af X jsni'H I1 r I ,w.v 1 Racket Busters. (Color Cartoon) Golf Masters (SjMrt sUJ) -Cklasp th. ArtaW NEWS M IMli