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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1949)
V n ) U & U Mum, U Mimn L . ....... Pi ' i "" " """"in ii ii unii ' '" ' ii i Br MANK JENKINM THIC news, written, prrtty tliln. NOIIODV HAS MURDERED ANYBODY. I At Iraki, at Uie inuiiirnt, no new inurdcra have gut Into Ilia newa.) No nation hu start ed shooting at another nation. Thar ar no violent ruikiisca. Ah riling tlinuiiht occurs: V.ue "tliln" new U good news. eUPPOSE everybody, all of a tud " den. started working hard, gel tint alum Willi other people, selling guoda and services at Uie lowest poaalble price oonalitrnt with a lair and reasonable prulll, aavlni up money for new autumtibilra, new houses. NEW TOOIJJ Full 1NDUH 1'KY. readme good books, rcUtlni early, sleeping aoundly, rising early, lull of vim and vigor lor tlie day a tasks. And to on. It wouldn't be very exciting. I. wouldn't make good headlines Hut alter a decade or ao ol It the world would rome around to tome thlnge aurprlaingly clue to what WE U LIKE IX) HAVE. ... T a atale convention of Active rlube In Portland, Governor Langllr, ol WaliltiUjii, waa the featured apeaker laat night. He warned hla hearera annul allow ing government to grt too much control over Uie live, ol rilirna. How dor government grt ton much rontrol over the livra ol cltlartla? Well. II work, eomrthlng like Uila: Farm prlcra get but of kiltrr. Ho government paya farmrra a bona, ur a aubsidy. or aomrUitng of Ihe sort Whereupon farmera grow Too MUCH ol aome crop and govern, mrnt bruins to tell thrm what they nut raiae or not ralae OR ELSE. Ur maybe we don't build aa many houaea aa people want or think Ihry want. Whereupon government turna In and bullda the "houaea. Govern ment (hen la In poaitlon to aay who can have a new houae and who ran t. Perhaps government, bring made up ol pollttrianj, thrn drtet minea that THOME WHO VOTE RIGHT ought to hate the beat houaea aa lor grnrratione It haa determined that thoae who vote right ought to have the postmaatet aliipa. ... WHILE It U happening It all are ma guile reasonable. But In the count ol time It reaulla In lodging too much power In too fear henda too long. Whenever that happen., trouble follow a. ... FROM JarkamivlU. Illinois, we get today on ol tlveae stories that newspaper people love becauae thry help to lighten up the general atodglneaa ol newt that may be tig mUrant but dont carry much boom. It seems that the mercury got well up In the (Ot In Jacksonville this week, and bark there In the corn belt, with the humidity and all, Uie upper Hi are oppreaaiv. Among the auffrrert waa a 8l Ber nard dog that waa too well furred lor comfort In auch a time. The Jarkaonvlll Journal, alert for human Interest In lla pagea, ran a (Continued on Pag Three) These Old Pictures Tell Transportation History of Klamath Falls Area I T-- i IN THE p,("r, RES ' " , l , J I j t' "V I ft , " i pper left: Ye old stage coach, Klamalh'e pre-rall- ? I I ' J N. 1 road link with the "outside world." Thlt view was made . ;, f ' I I ; "f I on Parker mountain west ot Klamath Falls. July l, F T-t I I . - Vw ml, on the old state road which connected Klamath ja. ! f f - s J --' l'u wl,n Pokegama at the end ol a branch line ex- - j& .'l '' "! I .'t j ,.i a tending eastward Irom the old main line of Ihe South- w V k ' S-'TTn..,.,, Ji ' " j i ern Pacllle. The atage was a Concord douhle-deck .' f f't '; , lij' 'j if..'' ' t " - . I f ' , . alsw 4.' thorough-brace, and sitting next to the driver wat fs - 0 M.f 5 P'J. ' 1 ' " " " 1 I w , Jamra R. tiarflrld, then secretary of the Interior In 11 -''.;" .1 Ta, I if" ' ,, 1 L. i i hi President Theodore Rooaevell't eabinel. CJL-1-3 L-T- ' 111 , I 1 i J , "ar,. , Lower lelt: Topsy grade freighter. Picture of John . J! 1 It ji If ; r Mr ' ' I L. Batrman and son. Ivan, on wagon Irrlghtrr that " , i 1Mmmf ... , . 7 v It t V. m PRICE flVE CENTS Posses Use Indian Tactics In Trailing Armed Fugitive In New Mexico's Badlands Ai.nruri Rgi k. n, m., July t m Peace offlrera deployed ver the mounfalna eaat of here again today In a aearrh lor an armed luglllve. Reinforced by civilian volunteers, thry Bought a man aeruard ol taking part In orvsllls. Or.- lallbrrak. aui torn an urgiary a i tan , poet rrire. Hherllf John A. Flaska Identified him aa William Hilly i Haynea, allat Illll Hready, about 30. Tlie grim manhunt drama started In Albuqurrque late Thuraday when Haynea gave city and county olflcera the allp In a shot-punctured chase through Albuquerque atreeu. Their night time game of hlde-and-rrk on occasion waa at 100 ml Ira an hour speeds. It moved Into the Manaan anoun lalnt CS or St mllra eaat alCrr the plark Cadillac drive by Haynea waa found abandoned near the romrau nllv el I.Mihm about daylight. llall biindrrd olflcera wrre in aa the bunt throughout yealerday. Court Upholds Mindszenty Sentence BUDAPEST. Hungary. July Hungary'a hlgheat court confirmed Joaef Cardinal Mindurnty'i life priaon term for treaaon today but aald he ahould have been aentenred to death. The apiiealt court prealdrnt de clared "there la not the alighteal doubt" that tit atubbornly antl cnmmuniat Roman Catholic primate aliould have been executed. But, he ruled, the raa "lout It. original Importance with Ihe arrrt and sentencing ol Uie cardtnal.tltc protle, the Catholic miwi, calmed down and the abominable cooae queiicea ol Uia caa died away " Although Cardinal Mindaaen'.y had appealed to the national coun. il of people.' court to reduce the life term Imposed laat February, Proae- cutor Gyula Elapl renewed hit plea for Ihe death srntetKe. He called the life sentence too i light for the M-year-old cardinal, i ho pleaded "partly guilty" to treaaon. eaplonage and b!a-- -'-. ! currency dealings In a trial last ' Prbruary. i (unronllrmrd reports rrarhlng Oermany recently said Uie Cardinal had been tranalerred from hla Hungarian priaon cell to a hospital lor the Insane ) r . Home proceeded on loot and horse bark when rorky terrain furred them to Irave radluequlpprd ears. Bloodhounds brought from the stale priaon at Santa Pe wrre put on the trail after Haynea appeared at mld-mornlng to drmand water at the farm ol Prdro Lucrro. But the hounds found Uie ground too dry and the weather too hot. Thereafter eirirrrs Crsrhrd Ihe luglllve Indian alyle. with Mlate Po llre Chief Hubert Hraalry aa chief tracker. At Ihe home of a farmer named llrrrrra thry learned a rifle and blanket had hern atolrn. lis. nlng out thry quickly rediscovered Ihe now familiar tracks. At Una point several of the search era exrhangrd whlAtlea to attract attention of diatant comrade. Two hundred yards along the trail Her reras rifle and blanket were lying on the ground. Footprints ol lite fugitive Ihrrr Irugthrnrd to nine I re l apart. Indicating he Wat run ning lull tilt. "I don't believe we were more than 10 minutes behind him here.'' Bra ley said. By this Ume II was about 4 .. Thereafter, circling and quartering, trackers pursued thru quarry p hill and down dale. By nlghtlall. when darkneaa forced rhem to stop, Ihry had tallowed him abottt nine mllra en laot. The trail led almost bark t the Lurer larm. Roadblocks about the remote area were matntainrd overnight, and the sranh waa resumed early today. Agrnta ol Ihe led era! burea f Investigation, atale police tram other diatrlrts. and ahrrtfr'a drpuUet from this and adjoining counties were parUrlpaUng. T handle heavy Halarday traffic. odd elly police men were called back home. They wrre replace by volunteers from Ihe civil defense organisation here, railed out at the request t Mherll! Masks. $500 Fine Meted For Doe Killing Three Lane county men were Jolted UOO each In Gilchrist Jus tic court yesterday on charge of kilting dors and wanton waste of deer meat. They were Joseph John Hllger. 42. of route a box 371, Eugene. Peter Ritthalrr. 46. 2U 8. 47th. Springfield, and Norman Leon Sage. 33. 257 8. 47th, Springfield. Judge Ray Oehlerlrh fined each JO0 and suspended 15-day Jail sentences. They were arrested by state police. The men pleaded guilty .to killing two does at Bear flat and leaving the carcasses there. OKKGON, HA'II RDAV. Welcoming Ceremonies Set For Advent Of Daylighter Due To Arrive Here Sunday Appropriate lromlnr prormt have bt-rn mmn$t4 tm mark the tnUfural runt mt ihf MouUirrn Pari fie MhaaU lUyllfhla both north and aouthbound when Ihry pull Into Ihe Klamath Palli Ullon timorrow. The Muthbound lUrarnHnfr from Pvrtlantf will b the firat to arrive. It arrive at 2:13 p. m. and pulls out ef the lat.on at 2:22. The fltreamHner from Han I'ranrlar will make a 1-9-mlnuto topover from 4:31 to 4:41 p .m. On hand to offtfUlly grert the Initial runs of the twe train will be C. B. Hall. Klamith County chamber of eommerr prrtUrfrnt. Ktato ttrnalor Phil Hilxhrork wilt alto make a brief wrlromlnf addreaa during both train atop. On the aouth bound train arrival. dJcnitariea of the Portland chamber of commerce and pouibly ne or two state officials will be Introduced. If Ume permits. The drlrgallon of Portland chamber member expected on the southbound train will be In lite neighborhood of li. The? will mert with the ban I'ranclaro chamber Monday morning. The two 15-car HhasU lsWihU. coating 5.to.o0o and powered by tee horsepower engines, having completed their exhibit ten show ing preparatory to launching dally srrvlco between Portland and Han r'raneHro. IVtlb trains will start slmuluneoukly, one from Portland and the other from Kan Franrtseo, at T:t5 a. and arrival at both terminals la scheduled for 11:15 p. m. ' C laude Peterson, Houthern Pacific vice president, who firat con ceived the Idea of the daylight trains, will be aboard the southbound train with bis serretary, Joe flat art. Other scheduled to make the trip south Include lewis J. RaJna. vice president of Candy Products corporation; II. R. William. HP station service superintendent; Cmmelt FHrpalrkk. HP bnlletin editor; Norman Butler, HP photographer; Frank Branch Riley, Oregon lecturer and attorney; William Taenia n. editor of Eugene Register Ctttard; Arthur B. Wallace, Oregon Journal national advertising manager! Eddie Weinbaum. manager Portland retail trade bureau; Mayor Bob F.lfstroai of Halem; t. V. Hums, (Standard OU manager; and H. C. Carr, manager of I'nlted Grocery Inc. Small Fire Controlled PI re reported In timber near Keno I at 10 M a. m. Saturday waa under ' control by 11:17 a. m. Two lookouts reported the tire simultaneously to Klamath Forest 1 Protective association. Peak butu octet. -'lookout got Ui communlcatKm - fli..:u6uctler- . . . . , , government Investigators also ar , through lirst and Chase mountain . inurd lookout was waiting until the line was open to report It. In the mean time two phone calls from passing motorists were received, and mo torist drove Into headquarters with the news. One crew with one pump waa di, patched to the scene as soon aa the newt was received, and the fire Just beyond the Brimming Cup restau rant at Keuo wat reported "trailed." or under control Just IS minutes later. The crew stayed to "mop up" and no estimate ol the damage. I acreage burned or cause of the lire haa been made. I pper left: Ye old stage coach, Klamalh'e pre-rall-road link with the "outside world." Thia view was made on Parkrr mountain west ot Klamath Falls. July ID, 1M1, on the old state road which connected Klamath Falls with Pokrgama at the end ot a branch line ex tending eastward from the old main line ol the South ern Farifle, The stage was a Concord douhle-deck thorough-brace, and sitting next to the drivrr was Jamra R, tiarflrld, thrn secretary of the Interior In President Theodore Roosevelt's eabinel. Lower lelt: Topsy grade freighter. Picture of John L. Batrman and son. Ivan, on wagon Irrlghtrr that brought supplies to Klamath Kails from th old 8. P. line via the Klamath river canyon. Taken In IM4 or 105. I pper right: The great day was May 19, 190D, whrn the Southern Farifle ran Its first train Into Klamath Falls, A great crowd gathered, coming on horseback. In hiiRgiea and wagons and lew ears, Picture taken at about the present depot site. In succeeding years this line waa extended north to a connection with Fugrne and became, on August 7, l!)'Jt, the Southern rarllle main line. Lower right: About the lime Ihe railroad was built Into Klamath In ItHIt), a horae-rar was Installed on loral alrreta by the Klamath Land and Transportation rompany. It transported people Irom the depot down Main street to Conger, and thrn out California avenue to point near th present Conger school. The old ear, a source of Innumerable ttorlea and Jokes, passed out ol operation about 11)11. Pictures show the ear, sometimes railed the Llnkvllle trolley, on the muddy Main street of those days. brought supplies to Klamath talis from Ih old . r. WF,r'r"T t ' r "f .! v II xl" ' I P JIXY 9, If 4 Flying Disc Men To Hold Confab ALEXANDRIA, la, July iPi Have you seen flying saucer? If ao, you are Invited to a con vention. - The young men s buslnesa club announced yesterctiy It Is planning cuiitcuiiuii ior persons au over the nation' who have teen the discs. It'll give tbcm a chance to compare Dues w ere thia week. reported her twice WINNER NEW YORK. July (i Pales tinian won the (&6.100 Empire City handicap today at Jamaica tor his flr.1 vlclorsr over Cnoi heir an parent to the three-year-old cham- ploashlp. Reveille waa second, and Capot third. Jockey Eddie Arcaro sent Isidore Bleber's colt to the front near the head ol the stretch in the mile and three-sixteenths run. The Ume waa 1:5715. I' - fer--r."' W CAT Mr ft KUfwalh tail, ant) tlcinllv: rlr ! wil. AltriB cm ' ) lb t.M-tf. Pair m4r riraaa tarn a I .tf .at alna tha,rirea tm ( - la rip f- CanMaa! f. HifH a M: iw f- ifM 1; higlt Mlar M, Hu. 'Jtilr V Mil. ... M rrciiuia Ul 14 Trirpbon gill No. 2922 Middle West Gets Break In Heat Wave By The Associated Pre lair and pleasant weather much cooler and driermoved into the middH west today, breaking the summer' most oppressive heat wave. No relief waa In sight for the re mainder of the heat belt covering S Ihe eastern two-thirds of the nation. The weather bureau said of cooler air bad moved In from the Pacific in the laat few day, overspreading the entire northwest part of the country. It will move Into the Great lakes region tomor- The northeastern states, scorched by a si-day drought the worst in many years "will warm up slightly In the next 24 to 4 hours and humidity will Increase." the weather bureau predicted. Drought conditions In the north eastern states appeared more seri ous. There stere no signs of heavy rains to help the parched crops. In southern New England. New York and New Jersey crops has suffered millions of dollars damage after seven weeks of rainless weather. Proposals have been made to de clare Massachusetts and New Jersey disaster areas. " Gov. Paul A Drvrr in Buaton yesterday said that the 44-day drought In Massachusetts Is i crushing the top and the car Dr(Xluc,r 'v.me 189 companies em "the worst since 1913 and possibly j bounced back Into the water and' ployin S00000 ' Involved In cur the worst In the state t hutory." j rested on its wheel. I u"u Insisted pension dlscus- Crpa ar Mighted and in many Evans came out a window, twam ,lon w" out oI If'sUon till ease a complete failure, Dever told ' to shore and caught a ride back to yrtr' newsmen, adding: -Vte lace a seri- Tulelake. He la a brother of Mm. ! And "bl '"'" which usually anwMar .i looorr crop, .vi an i market garden report almost total hna. In Trenton. X. J the V. 8. dr- artment f agrirwltare eoanril fee e Jersey said It would ask Bran naa t declare tb stale a disaster area. The drought area extends from Southern New Jersey's truck crop j lands up through the dames and farms ol New York stat and over almost ail ol southern New Englana. Fridav Hottest Day Of Year Friday was the hottest day so fir this year aa Klamath Falls (weltered In 80-degree heat In the afternoon. The mercury hit 90 at about 4:3b p.m. The reading surpassed the previ ous high of U recorded by CAA on I Jun A U:30 pjn, today. Satur aJr- " temperature was . but : breeze wat beginning to come up ! nd the sky was clouding over. ; The week-end forecast Is fur cloudy skies with possible thunder showers, for Klamath Falls and vicinity. v 1 I 1 I I r SI . . r.mma' m - )T . . 3a 1 Siskiyou Fire Controlled ORANTS PASS. July ( lP With lira lines lalrly well established, the Southwest Ore.on tnrest blaze which : etends Irom O'Brien In Oregon Into Calllornla'a Del Norte county. is considered under control barring weather or othrr upsets. That was the verdict today of H. C. Obye. Blkklyou forest service supervisor who returned this morn ing from the fire area. A swath a quarter of a mile wide and over two miles long hat been burned. The area Is extremely I rugged and there are no homes or i Installations Involved. Obye said. I Crewt totaling 175 men have been on the lire lines most ol the time I tlnce late Thursday. Four state for j est service men from the Kerby ta I lion auffered minor burns when f temporarily pocketed and farced to i make their ny through burning ' brush. They were Warden Joe Moe. Ralph Kolkow, Emerald Giles and Glenn Smith. Car Hurtles Into Canal, Driver Okay Major James Evans. A AH. miracu- louMy escaped without serious injury early this morning when his car . , .V. i runway ana aiyeq Into the main diversion canal below Henley. He suffered a scratch on his fore-'. head and shock. State police satd Evans apparently went to sleep at the wheel about 4:38 a.m. His car traveled along the shoulder ol th. rod i, ly missed bridge over the canal and nlunied Into ih. o.e, . .... The mr,mIIn, . i 1. Dodie sedan inio ih. e.n.i k.i, Malcolm E. roster of Tulelake, ana was being transferred Irom an a:r neia in Salt Lake City to one In Washington, Redding Veneer Plant Burns ' REDDING. Calif.. July iJv-Th I "TU.7; T " . . p 1 damage eatlmaied r atTisZri mgnt vratenman were burned slight- , ly. About 35 firemen fought the blsze. The loss included 100.000 feet of logs and 10 carloads of crate and j tops. Georee Notley It principal owner of the mill. GOOD VIEW FOREST GROVE. July 9 P) The J H. Busch family hat an unex pected view from their living room. A swarm of yellow Jackets built it nest against the living room window, the pane forming one tide of the nest. The Busches can watch yellow jacket life from behind the safety of the glass. 1 til 1- ! Union Says No To Only Offer Hade PITTSm itr.il. July fJV-A na tionwide ateel strike may begin en week from today although ne seg ment at the Industry I ready to g along partially on the CIO I nlled Hteelworkera' drmanda lor pen- Inland Hleel Corp., ol Chicago, which employs about lt.OOO. epenrd the door on the pension isau. laat night. The slrclworkers promptly closed It. Philip Murray, president of both the CIO and the sleelworkera, dldn t comment on Inland's offer. How ever, another union spokesman said the proposal was "Inadequate" and declared it will be rejected Monday. Murray Is believed willing to go down the line on hla demand for pennons for the men who make s'ecl. He hasn't said what amount he desire but the spokesman who termed Inland's offer Inadequate said the union wants 150 monthly pensions. Murray BHrnt Murray has maintained his usual llght-llpped silence on last how mttr-H tf . ID. Inp, mam k. mtm n- ui. i,,..- , .1 ! b,,,, ,lnce tht tni ot Worid war ; jj nd now nverege 91.05 hourly. T,le ,, nlrllci ulk, , ,, ,a , knoU D. Wr ttmmr ,M rrfirsal to discuss the pension Issue. The situation in a nutshell: t Bnlj( , . b I ,h, l, ?!,! ""P thh wr II ' Murray served notice I .. . ."T. : ! . "urrav supuiatea ne wanted to ! about Derision. U. 8. Steel ; rP- M "nCT leading basic ateel ! piicrii ior me uiausiry. ' turn,d down ' Increase pro- : ornniie -no. j .,,i,,nK nsimai eosia. tne steel ; rawpanie aald. made wag boaeta ! Impasaible. They sis. cited Ih falling demand far sterL The per ) ating rate has sltunped Irss IM per I eent of theoretical rapacity In mid- March t so estimated 15 to ti per cent this week. 1 Murray had this answer: Steel "P' reported Urge profits In Seamen See "Bonus" Need San Francisco, July t JPy Th Sailors Union of the Pacific (AFLI said today it has asked for an "attack bonus" for members salllni ships in Oriental waters where they are In "danger of attack " The SUP said the request was made because It was "becoming an increasing hazard to the lives of the union's members who sail ships in that area." Some meetings have been held with ship operators on the subject. I the SUP said. 1 a at 3
