Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, July 05, 1949, Page 2, Image 2

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    TUESDAY, JULY 5. 14
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PACE TWO
I luge Crowds
Jam 3-Day
Rodeo Here
(CoiiU'iutd tram Pss On
on nd plaudits of in spprecUtivt
crowd Monday. In addition to Ann
Curry's tock hors win, Marcella
Ervln, up on Basil Brown'i entry,
whipped Into tint place in the
flutrter-mtle gallop for cold-blooded
nor. Place and ihow went to
L. J. McKlnnon and Dusty Rhodet
tn Monday'i track race.
Doe Helms and Joe McAuliffe split
flint and second money In the beat
reined eowhors competition, an
other local event.
Jack Conlln and Leonard Johiuon
trailed In that order.
Whiskey Bill Emerson of Vina,
Calif, and his trick horse, Rowdy
Dow, drew laugha from the rodeo
throng an ad three shows.
Riding groups that drew "ohs and
shi" from the crowd were posse
from Siskiyou county stalling their
famous night drill Saturday; Yam
hill county, the hardest-riding
fioup, according to plaudits of the
crowd; the colorful Jackson and Jo
sephine county horse posses, and
the Medford Trail Riders, who rode
all the way from Medford to display
their quadrille talent.
The Uarrrster and the Talisman,
famous palominos owned by Jim
lagan of Reseda, Calif., delighted
the crowd with their beanty and
shew savvy during the three-day
performance.
Roy Rogers, famous movie cow
boy, although unable to make the
trip to Klamath Falls, nonetheless
Biade a welcome donation to the
roundup show, sponsored by the
' Klamath Sheriffs posse, when he
sent Trainer Glen Randall to put
Trigger Jr. the Liberty hone and
the well-known Red Pony through
their paces.
Trigger's intricate dance steps
wed the huge crowd.
The weatherman was kind this
fear, and all three shows were
staged In perfect rodeo weather.
Saturday's show under the fair
ground arcs was well received By the
spectators and many said "I wish
they'd have all three performances
vnder the lights."
Only two injuries marred the
show. Ken Jonea of Sonoma, Calif,
waa gored by a bull late Saturday
night after the regular perform,
nee. He was rushed to the Hillside
hospital for treatment of facial and
bead cut and est released Sunday
morning.
The cheering crowd was suddenly
hushed late in the Sunday show
when Felix Cooper, renowned clown
nd bullfighter, was trapped by a
vicious Brahma near the grandstand
' fence and gored for full two min
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500 pairs of shoes in every smart spring and summer
style. Now sharply reduced. Such famous names as Laird
Schober, Mademoiselle, Penaljo, Gold Cross, and many
others. Shop early and save at least 50.
Regularly
10.95 io 18.95
Regularly
7.95 to 10.95
utes before pick-up riders cams to
his rescue.
Cooper waa wheeled from the
arena by Kaler's ambulance and.
treated behind the stands. He suf
fered painful body bruises but made
aa appearance Monday although
not In the role of bullfighting. Pete
Gale took over to pinch hit for Fells
the remainder of the Sunday show
and Monday.
About 50 Klamath youngsters are
the proud owners of fine calves aftet
tnre scramble were held. The boys
chased the critters Saturday night
and Monday afternoon and the girls
had their day Sunday afternoon.
Reno Browne, Monogram picture
starlet, was well received during her
two-dsy appearance here with her
palomino horse. Major. She retunied
to southern California Sunday night
after appearing in both the kids'
Farade, the Saturday and 8undsy
grand entries at the fatrgmmds,
theatres. Cal-Ore and other events
The biggest hit In the parade for
Klamath youngster Saturday waa
the grand sweepstakes winners, two.
vrar-old Jean Dae Blspham, who
rode In a decorated buggy, towed by
her brothers, Joe, (, and Dick. t.
utfittee with white uniforms and
carrying drums.
The small fry trio also appeared
by popular demand in the colorful
Fourth of July horse parade.
The Klamath Sheriff's posse re
ceived high praise for a roundup
extravagant described as "Klam
ath's best yet."
Buckaroo talent wasn't missing
either. Top cowboys of the country
vere on hand to display riding and
roping thrills during the boou-and-spurs
show.
Bud Benlley, veteran rodeo an
Mutineer with z years behind the
mike, kept the crowd Informed of
events as they took place en the
track and In the arena.
Jim Mlllerick and Olen Tyler fur
nished the excellent bucking stock
for the show.
Fire Mars
Clean Record
The U. S. forest service's clear rec
ord of no fires over the Fourth of
July week-end was broken Tuesday
when fire was spotted on Dead In- .
dian road near Lake o' the Woods. 1 1 flharif f thrill
Only small space had been!fcM''"1" WUII
burned over when it was discovered i Efks lUtsrA EiistJe
and brought under control by Der-irw' mOlC rUnUS
sonnel from headquarters at the
lake, with the use of pump. Only
40 feet away, however, was a very
hazardous area with fallen logs and
other Inflammable debris in line
rlth a reproduction thicket.
The fire had evidently broken out
from s smouldering campflre which
hadn't been properly stamped out.
It was reported by a motorist '
10:30 a. m.
READY
ASTORIA. July S (J There are
only 173 days to Christmas, so the
Astoria chamber of commerce is
getting ready.
The chamber voted to buy decora
tion for the yule season. To make
i certain the town gets an early start
in the future, the chamber also
voted to set up the purchase pro
' gi am on a five-year basis.
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All Shoes Arc From La Pointe'i Regular Slock.
Every Pair Nationally Advertised'.
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4- SHOE SALON
Three Lives
Lost In State
Over Holiday
By The Associated Press
Firecracker Injuries, swim mini
sjid traffic mishaps were mixed in
with the Fourth of July week-end
celebrations through Oregon.
Three lives were claimed in auto
mobile accident on the crowded
highways of the state over the long
holiday week-end.
One Portland lad suffered an eye
injury caused when flrecracked
exploded in a bottle. Near tragedy
was averted east of Portland when
15-year-old Robert Mastrude res
cued Lucille Joyce Brlngle, 13, from
drowning in the Sandy river.
Dead in the, highway mishaps
were two teen-agers. Wsyne A.
Teeter, 1. and Cecl! C. McQee. IS.
both of Albany, who were burned
to death when their car overturned,
and two-month-old James L. Gard
ner of Burns. The child died when
a tire blow-out overturned his par
ents' car 80 miles east of Bend.
Plumbing Gear
Theft Reported
A pickup truckload of plumbing
and heating material was stolen last
night from a toolshed at the Peter
son school building site on Bristol
avenue.
Tile material was owned by the
G. C. Motley Plumbing company,
which Is working on the school job.
otate police investigated and re
ported that the loot consisted of a
thousand feet of three-quarter-inch
copper pipe in 20-foot lengths. 8S
threaded adapters, some 40 brass
valves, four pounds of silver solder,
a jar of silver solder flux, several
copper roof lashings, 600 pounds of
lead in five-pound cakes, and
half-Inch electric drill.
The material was valued at about
a thousand dollars.
LONDON, July S MV-The labor
government made a surprise request
to parliament today for 31.338.894
pounds 184,350,576) more spending
money.
The supplementary budget esti
mates came three months after the
chancellor of the exchequer. Sir
Stafford Cripps, In a "hard labor"
budget speech, called for whop
ping 3.826.000.000 pounds (S1S.304.
000.000) to run the country until
next March 31.
Today's added requests surprised
members of the house of commons
who recalled that Cripps' budget
speech had warned that only In
"special cases, such as major charges
of policy,' would supplementary
estimates' be submitted? -
Most of the new estimates were
earmarked for use in British col
onies. n a rm tesvn a vsrm,
NOW
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NEWLY INSTALLED presi
dent of the American Legion
auxiliary, Klamath Falls post
8, is Mrs. Charlotte M.
Hotchkiss. She took office on
June 21. Other new officers
of the auxiliary ore Mrs. Edna
Bancroft, vice president; Mrs.
Ciarice Norbeck, second vice
president, and Mrs. Julia
Williams, secretary-treasurer.
Arrest Clears
Up $700 Theft
A S700 burglary Sunday night or
Monday moraine was reported
cleared up late today with therrest
of two men, as yet unidentified, in
Redding.
8tate police received word from
Redding that two men arrested
there had admitted the burglary.
A trallerhouse at Klamath Auto
court, owned by Louie Risttck. was
entered and a green metal box con
taining 1700, a good portion of it in
rilver, was taken sometime before
noon Monday.- Rlstlck is a conces
sion operator at the carnival now
in town.
Stiff Jolt For
Drunk Driving
SARK. Channel Islands, July 5 CP)
The Island of Sark, where autos are
banned by law, had its first drunken
driving case in history today.
An outraged judge ordered the
defendant's drinks cut off until Au-.
gust 1, 1951.
The offender John Terree was
accused of driving a tractor while
intoxicated on two occasions last
month.
The court directed the UUle Is
land's saloonkeepers to put Terree
on their blacklist for the next two
years. He also was fined ten shil
lings ($3). '
Argument Leads
To Fatal Shot
COEUR D'ALENE. Idaho. July S
() John Riddell, 40, was shot
to death early today at lake re
sort 18 miles northwest of here.
Deputy Sheriff Cliff Johnson said.
Johnson said an argument grow
ing out of July 4 party led to
the shooting.
Officers were searching through
the wooded area for a man wanted
for questioning.
Riddell was shot at Blaine resort
at Upper Twin lakes, Johnson sale
He died at 4:30 a. m. today, a half
hour after the shooting. He wa.1
shot with a 22-20 caliber rifle,
Johnson said.
Lake O' The Woods
Crowded Spot
More people spent the Fourth of
July at Lake o' the Woods this year
than during the past three. This was
the estimate of Dick Henthorne, for
est service recreation guard for the
area who tallied total of 600
persons using camp and picnic sites.
Henthorne estimated around 1800
visitors enjoyed resort facilities on
the holiday and summer home own
ers with their guests who spent the
Fourth at the lake numbered close
to 1000 persons.
Chiropodist To
Open Offices
Bernard Schiff, chiropodist who
has practiced In Pendleton and La
Orande, is opening offices here in
the Hopka building, taking over the
practice of Kenneth Garvin, who 1
leaving for Portland.
Schiff plans to open his practice
here next week. His family, wife and
three children are In La Orande.
He plans to move them over here
when the youngest Is old enough to
travel. He Is a graduate of the Illi
nois College of Chiropody and Foot
Surgery In Chicago.
'Hunter' Bags
Prey In Traffic
SPOKANE, July 5 iP) A man
was shot In the leg on downtown
street today and police questioned
another man accused of "hunting"
his victim with shotgun among
parked cars.
Jackson Morgan, 29, a Negro, was
shot in the right leg with a 13
gauge shotgtln, Detective David E.
Lamphler said.
Held on open charges for ques
tioning was Jsmes T. Palmer, also
Negro, Lamphler said.
Morgan wss shot In the knee on
the street. Then, dragging his shat
tered leg, he dodged among parked
cars with his pursuer chasing him.
The shotgun apparently jammed
before another shot could be fired,
Lamphler said.
HEAT WAVE
LISBON, Portugal, July 6 m
The heat wave took a toll of eight
lives in Portugal yesterday, five by
drowning and three by lightning. A
S'ldden heavy wind capsized two
fishing boats, but crews were rescued.
Fourth Of July Week-End
Quiet One For Klamath-
Firecracker
Tilings were pretty quiet In the
Klamath area over the week-end
with one of the most uneventful
Fourth of July holidays on record,
immarrrd by bad accidents or other
f-agedles.
City police made M arrests, In
cluding 34 drunks, five disorderly
conducts, five vagrancies, 13 traffic
violations and one fireworks ordi
nance violation.
Alva Cook, 39. received leg and
arm abrasions when she was thrown
No Trace
Of Crashed
Plane Found
No evidence was found today to
confirm suspicions that a plane had
met disastf r near Lookout butte last
night, although Al Mocabee and
Joe Steele of Klamath Air Search
and Rescue made a thorough Inves
tigation by plane.
The forest service operator on
Lookout butte reported a plane
seemingly In distress east of Crater
lake at 1:30 v m. Monday. He
searched the area with his glasses
Tuesday morning and saw what ap
peered to be a flashing object In the
rrea at 8:45 a. m. Investigations
were made on the strength of his
report but snow banks in the area
seemed to be the only cause of the
"fashing," as they were struck by
tne sun.
The lookout said that aa he
watched the plane it seemed to be
In distress. As he watched, the
lights disappeared.
There have been no report In this
section of anv plane whose flight
plans were filed, not reaching its
destination over the week-end.
Tokyo Rose Goes
On Trial Today
HAM FRANCISCO, July s un
With her life at stake, the leuendarv
Tokyo Rose of the Pacific war goes
to trial In federal court today. The
charge is treason.
Iva Ikuko Togurt DAaulno. born
In California on the Fourth of July
33 years ago, could be condemned
to death If convicted. The minimum
would be five years' Imprisonment
and a 110.000 fine.
This much Is acknowledged: She
was one of six English-speaking
Japanese on radio Tokyo's wartime
propaganda broadcasts to war-
weary American servicemen In the
Pacific.
The government charges this in
volved eight separate act of treason,
intentional and traitorous."
The defense will contend that In
making the broadcast. Iva Toguri
acted under compulsion.
Council To Eye
Opening Of Bids
Opening of bids is the only Im
mediate business to be handled to
night when city councilmen meet
at 7:30 In the council chambers.
Bids will be opened on the paint
ing of the city hall and purchase of
an 8000-gallon tank for storage of
oil.
The lighting ordinance will not be
ready for Introduction until next
week at the earliest, It was reported.
HARVEST
ONTARIO, Ore., July S Pv-Potato
harvest crews will begin work
in? the fields here this week.
Pickers are to receive 10 cents a
sack in fields yielding over 200 sacks
and 13 cent a sack In fields yield
ing less.
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Injures Boy
from the back of a motorcycle driv
en by Perry D. Titus, 30, of Pelican
City. Th accident happened bout
11 :30 last night when John Q. Hna-
jford of 115 Oregon turned his enr
left on th at willow, and the mo
torcycle hit his car from the rear.
No one was injured except the
woman who received emergency
treatment at Klamath Valley hos
pital alter bring moved there by
Kaler's ambulance.
Nine-year-old Larry Brown was
treated Tuesday for burns about the
hand, reused by holding a flrecrack-
a fpw seconds too long after It
was lighted.
Three of the little boy's fingers
ere split open on the tins by the
Impact of the explosion. He was
treated for the burns and Injury
snd given tetanus shots.
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Brown,
parents of Larry, didn't buy him
any fireworks because of the danger.
A neighbor, however, gave the boy
rnme firecrackers and he was firing
off the last of them this morning
when the accident occurred.
Ranger Clarence Williams report-
d three small brush fires at the
south end of Aspen lake Monday
which were apparently man-made.
Williams said that each burned off
aoout a halt acre of brush and the
three fires were about a half mile
apart.
In town, the city fire department
spent a quirt week-end with only
one call, which came In about 9:35
p. m. Monday. The blase was a
small grass fire at White and Mitch
ell presumably started by fireworks,
llo damage waa done.
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lug, with the parade just ready to
start, hear (he terror-stricken cry
of "RUNAWAY?"
Probably noU Nobody In these
days 1 willing to admit being that
old.
But If you ever had been in such
a position you'd know about danger
in the raw. -A panlrky team, loose
from the driver and tearing down
street full of people, was something
to chill the marrow of the bones.
WHAT I reully think is that we're
just a little art up about the
dangers of our modem civilisation.
It's gliimorous to LIVE DANGER
OUSLY or Ui think that we do. I
have notion that' modern life la no
more dangerous, In proportion to
the number of people Involved, than
life at any other period.
Bum Check Artist
To Face Trial
ASTORIA. July 5 (II L Roy
Allcorn, accused of giving farmer
worthless check and then making
off with the farmer's daughter, will
be back here soon to face the law.
Sheriff Paul Krarnry and County
Judge Ouy Boylngton are en route
to Houston, Tex., where Allcorn was
arrested. They will bring htm back
tn answer to a charge of passing
$9675 In worthless checks.
llr Is accused of buying a new
car with a S'-iaM check and giving
Farmer E. M. Butts, Seaside,
S7000 check for his farm.
Mrs. Marguerite Marshall, the
farmer's daughter, was with Allcorn
In Houston when he waa arrested.
She had provided the tip to their
whereabout by wiring her father,
"having a wonderful time."
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Shirt Lack
Leads To Riot
In New York
N?W YORK, July t Wt Two po
licemen wers hurt, flrl was shoS
and riot call went out after
vnnlh neeled off his ihltl Hid
strolled around seaside resort laa
night naked from the waist up.
Ths two olflcers said they wr
knocked to the ground and beaten
when they tried to arrest James
Cllbbona, 19, for wearing no shirt on
the streets of Rockaway Beach,
Cjuerns.
A crowd of soms 500 persons
milled around during th Incident
and general riot alarm went out
from police headquarters.
As the crowd closed In on of ths
off lens drew Ills gun and fired
warning.
The bullet struck Dcpeiila Metro,
pole, 21, who was watching the riti
turbance from second floor hotel
room window. She waa taken to
hospital with a wound In ths left
aide of her fare.
One of the policemen, William P.
McDonald, waa takrn to th sum
nospltal with a fractured left shouU
drr and bruises of th face and
body.
Blx youths, all from IS to 20, wers
booked on charges of felonious as
sault In the case.
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