PACt 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
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10-11 yra.
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10-11 yra. A up
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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.
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