Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, July 26, 1949, Page 2, Image 2

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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH PALLS. ORECON
TVT3DAV, JULY 6, .'cr
City Councilmen Approve
Lighting Ordinance; Air
Service Plan
The way u clearvd last nlht
for the Vum-awalted lighting of the
city's bu:ness district when cttjf
councilmen approval the lighting
ordinance alter third and llrul
rending.
The contract with Ttii California
Orecon Power company calls lor In
stalling 86 light uniu on Main from
Second in Esplanade, Klamath from
Fourth to Twelfth. Pin from
Fourth to Eleventh, Esplanade from
Main to Alameda, and Intersecting
side streets.
The cost to the city will be In
the neighborhood of 111.000 on a
10-year contract.
Mayor Robert A. Thompson ap
pointed Howard Perrin to the plan-
!u The
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aince 19W the spendert have won
cut. The politicians, naturally
enough, put two and two togeuier
and ssv that the way to be elected
Is to BS A SPENDER.
WHY do our peopie rote for the
spenders and turn the nou -
V i
lews
apenaers down? j " regards to the improvement of
I wouldn't know. the WaU street on the high school
But I SUSPECT that the same 1 hill,
odd. fuzzy mental quirk that causes I Councilman Darrell Miller felt
people to rush in by the tens of that curbs should also be installed
thousands to bet then- money on ; addition to the asphalt or con
vague, hazy numbers game where J crete paving, for which bids will
the odds are 1000 to 1 against them . be opened next Monday.
Is ropons:bie for our tendency to
tote for the spenders at every suc-
teeding ejection.
J"HE buyer of a numbers ticket
doesn't reallv expect to win.
HE JUST HOPES TO WIN.
In the same way the people who
tote for the spendera must HOPE 1 property to establish a plan
that they will somehow hit the ln ""11 met with opposition from
lecsppi or nick the magic number I Bo E.Ungson during the council
and the billions the politicians talk
about so glibly will come tumbling
cut on the floor at their feet. It
never happens, of course, but hope
springs eternal In the gamblers
bread. So peopie go on voting for
the speeders, just aa they go on
pulling the handle of the aiol
machine.
T CANT think of any other ex-1
planation ot the strange phenom-; or out solution,
enon of a hereditarily hard-headed I The treet committee will study
people that goes on year after year 1 request of Roseway drive resi
vour.g for spending policy that ; ,or installation of additional
buries them deeper every year under
growing mountain of publx debt.
Arabian Nights
Goes Into Hebrew
JERUSUALEM i-H a r u n
Rashid the Caliph of Bagdad, pow- ,
erful 8th century ruler In magic i
and sulendor. relehrstes innthn
literary renaissance this
-7 - .
Jerusalem. Joseph Rlvlin Is work
ing on the first complete Hebrew
edition of the seven hundred year
old "Arabian Nights."
The Hebrew version when com
plete Is expected to comprise 15
volumes.
3 Unit Shew!
MASTtRS of MIRTH I
MGM'i
MUIICAI
UApr TECHNICOLOR
HIT
MICKtr ameia
ROONEY-DeHAVEN
.WALTER HUSTON
FRANK MORGAN
BUTCH JENKINS
MARILYN .MAXWELL
Conrinuotig
From 1:30 f. M.
& HAYWORTHV
'Trouble in Texoi"
B, "II I ABNER" 1
Ik 'DANNY KAYE M
fT 'Money On
Your Life- jf
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Gets Okay
nlnjr commission after formal resig
nation as chairman of that body had
been received by Bert tgl.
Councilmen concurred in Pemn s
appouument.
The city dads were unanimous In
backing the fight for direct air
service from Klamath Falls to Port
land and San Francisco and assured
Klamath County Chamber of Com
merce Manager Charles R. Stark,
who appeared last night before tne
council, that he and Senator Phil
Hitchcock, who will appear at a
civil aeronauuc board hearing in
San Francisco next Monday, "count
speak tor the city of Klamath Falls"
in urging the direct air service.
They went further in authorizing
Lawrence Slater, chairman of the , j' j-.. .. i ,,.
city airport commission, to acconi- 0,d of !li-Lo9"n0'
pany Stark and Hitchcock on the: ' " t" Oir KOTt cadets
bay city trip. j m training for six weeks ot
The council authorized the mayor ; Hamilton oir force base. Ham
to contact the bureau of reclama- ... r i ii j i
tlon re.rri,m, fl.vvl MtOn. Calif. Howard IS Ottend-
t ih r.n.l n.j, u,. .,. r...
sMn tr wh.r. ,. k-,,
i
"'STun'climen .iso deride .
tact the county court m an attempt I
to work out a plan whereby the !
city and county could share costs 1
of fixing Wa.-hburn Way, where the!
winters weather caused consider
able damage to the enure length
of Washburn's roadbed. !
Iu other street improvement mat- i
ters. the cuy fathers will contact ;
1 the Klamath school district board i
j Councilmen felt that addition of
curbs to the task would be neces
sary, and that the school district
may be willing to share the cost cf
the Job.
A ciau.se In the warrant deed
from the city to Eiiingson s mill for I
purchaje of dog pound and ceme-1
session.
ine clause, prohibiting selling,
leasing or renting the property
without permission of the city, was
Included to prevent the establish
ment of any "objectionable indus
try" on the site, councilmen said.
The upshot of the discussion was
agreement to call a session of City
Attorney Henry Perkins. Ellingson s
orney and the Judiciary commit-
lighting from Oregon avenue to the
ww oi rtoseway.
George Clark. Yellow Cab own
er. was given approval by the coun
cil for an additional cab stand at
Sixth and Main near Hisbs Cloth
ing store.
McCulloch. Balsiger. West-Hitch-
cock. Juckel.nd and L,mbd wbl
milled bids for sale of . pickup
,...i. . 7 pica-up
Mu "r ue in tne citys street
The street deoarrmnt
iu announce award of the bid
far study.
Some Used Cars
Are Too Used
CTNCI.NNATT. O. o s e p h
uecxer aeciaed he wouldn't buy
car ne inspected. When
he took hold of the handle to open
a aoor. ne wound up In i hos
pital. The door fell off and hit his
left foot.
Market Deify 'Af 2 t. M.
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Tule Chamber
Directors To
Be Installed
TULELAKE, July 3 Installa
tion of five new directors of the
chamber oi commerce at uie an-1 up by police Just south of Cres
nual dinner this Pridsy night will nt
mark the close of a successful year I Kalers ambulance moved the
for the retiring members of the
boara.
la? review this week, the cham-
ber office disclosed that a number
of projects have been accompitsneo.
topped by aponsorlng the first U.S
bureau of reclamation homestead
drawing to be held here and the '
first visit of the Siskiyou county
ooara oi supervisors wiutu wu ar-
ranged by the chamber. !
Tnree fairs were participated in
with proea on community exhibits ;
won m eacn instance, rirst P"
money waa uken at the Siskiyou
county xair. rourui piace at uie
Modoc county fair and second place
at the Merrill Potato Pesuval last
faU.
The chamber engineered repair
of the highway crossing at the
Southern Pacific tracks at Hatfield,
organized a u m m e r awimming
classes for Tulelake children at the
Malin pool and arranged transpor
tation and organised the mosquito
abatement program- this summer
and collected funds for financing I'..
It waa co-sponsor with chamber
of Ml. Shasta and Yreka in pro
posal ot a re-distrtcttng plan for
Siskiyou county: Joined the Mid
land Empire Traffic association and
has collaborated to further more
equitable freight ratea In and out of
Tulelake. particularly on pumice
tile which will give local pumice
products producers a chance to com
pete with eastern producers.
A series of letters boosting the
i Pireman s Jamboree and a PTA
j conference here were mailed and
I near last election time letters were
fnftilMl tsi all vnfrt ivtn th
recommendations made by the Cali
fornia chamber of commerce on aU
state issues. Letters discussing the
pros and cons ot the proposed
street Improvement bond Issue went
to voters.
A travel Information bureau with
literature has been established in
the chamber office and the chamber
org soiled the change in opening
and closing hours of business
houses to coincide with the rest ot
the Klamath basin during the time
that California waa on daylight
saving.
The office also announced that the :
budget last vear had been rHiu.H ;
by one tnird over that of the pre
yioua year.
Rosa Ragland la the retiring
president, and Mrs. Laura Barr is
secretary.
Dynamite Found
In KF Garage
A quantity of dynamite and caps
wag removed from a garage on
N. Sth this morning by city police 1
after the cache ot explosives was
reported by resident of the neigh
borhood. Thirty-four sticks of dynamite
and 4 electrical caps were Uken
frgn the garage and turned over to
Ployd L. Somers, contractor, for
storage.
Investigation this morning did not
reveal where the explosives came
from or how they came to be left
in the garage.
Three Grass Fires
Put Out Here
Three grass fires were iuii1rl
extinguished this morning by the j
oiy lire Department.
The first was at Klamath and
Commercial, the second in rh too
block of St. Prancls. and the third
i at California and Upham.
NO OO
BROCKTON, Mass.. July 28 (
81xty-nlne-year-old John Stevens of
Auburn, N. Y who claimed ? per
cent of married women have boy
friends," was denied a divorce today
The wealthy department store
owner sought to divorce hla 48-year,
old Plymouth bride of 11 months on
charge she married him "for his
money and was cold and Indiffer
ent." FATAMTP
PORTLAND. July 28 OP) A
two-car collision on Mount Hood
loop highway east of here was fatal
yesterday to a Minnesota woman.
Five other were Injured.
Dead wa Mrs. Karen Nordllen,
78, Minneapolis, who had been visit
ing a son, Berger, In Portland. He
was driving and hi wife, a grand
child and another son were In
jured. The driver of the second
ear wa Walter H. Tylor, Olendale,
Calif. ...
Wild Driver
Leads Cops
On Chase
A 15 year - old Ollchrlst boy.
frightened after being involved III
two accldenta Monday evening, waa
apprehended by state police yea.
terday after a chase through the
back roads of the Uilchnst area.
Tw o persons w ere In Hired at a
result ot one of the accidents, and
the boy, Charles Dean Luclit. has
been charged with driving tth no
operators license and failure to
stop at the acene of an accident.
State police report that Ihe first
accident happened at I OS p m.
An automobile driven bv Albert
Bono ot San Pedro. Calif , was
southbound Just entering Ollchrlst.
Young l.ucht was entering the
highway from a side road and had
stopped for an approarhlng ear
but suddenly pulled out, hitting
Bonos car broadside.
Investigating police said the Jolt
was with such force that the Bono
utomobile spun around twice be- I
I fore coming to a stop. The two
! passenger m Bono s car. his wife,
Lillian, and hrr mother. Flora
I Hunt, also of San Pedro, rr
j both pinned ltuicle the car tor
some time .
I Pottc said that youii Lucht.
I apparently badly frightened, drove
I on down the htuhway as far aa
the main Ot.chr.5t mill road where
' he met a tine of mill worker" rara
j leaving for home a the plant
closed for the day. As he turned
i onto the road l.ucht tdexiped a
car dmen by J. H. Haner, mill
j employe.
Lucht still continued on through
! various back roads, and was picked
injured women to Klamath
Valley hospital. Mrs. Hurst was
jui,rliw from t shoulder Injury
lnd MrJ- g,,, tTom cnt hurts.
, Krr , dolng wtU to
i d,y. I
. v i .... , . u . .... r, . i
, fure ,0 op ,t the acene of
. Kd,nti ,d in addition, the!
jj-yearid la charged with hav- I
mg n0 operator s Ucense. I
Also nu ,,th,r John Lucht. Is
charged with allowing an unll-
cenced minor to drive. The boy
u mlone , lh, clr.
Thief Draws
7-Year Term
Nineteen-year-old Bruce Corwin. ling and comedy acta presented by A" """"e 'rom " trial park
transienl from Los Angeles, waa en ig members of Pal. Inc.. Portland ln' rlnr ln, " 'T cotters with
route to Salem today to start serv- ' boys' club Sunday afternoon. no 0,':i,l" purrhase these me.
Ing a seven-year term in the Oregon I The boys gave their two-hour show l ,nd ,h ,rUI Permd.
state prison. , on the lawn at Moore park. It was ; ,ci,r d,d' h,v bn '" 'he
He was sentenced by Ctrcutt Court the second given here The first waa Plausibility of buying new meters to
Judge David R. Vandenberg yes- halt. hour presentation before "1'" 'hroughoul the city. It Is
terdsy after- pleading guilty to a : game time at Oem stadium Batur- ,n Prrwr" meters have resulted
charge ot burglary. Corwin broke I dav night. I ln hu" fmenclal loos to the my
into a Spring street apartment early I There was no charge for either 1 du"n Ihe winter montha because
in July and stole a quantity of ' show, however, some donations were 1r" lr, ,n'm Bln mit
clothing. ! gum the boys which will be added ord'r'
He was uken to Salem oy Deputy m Irie clubs' treasury All expenses eonltmn In paying for the
Sheriff Murray Biitton. i o( u, tnp from Portland and living I1'"''" project. II IV) will be sliced
Richard Bartelle Witham. 35. came eioensea while here were paid by . 'rom ,n' Pr'h meter fund to
Into court yesterday to plead guilty
to the unusual charge of possession
of a false Instrument with Intent to
pass the same as true, two lorgeo
checks, for 10O and l,5. ereiciu0 tour around Oregon
found In hla possession.
Witham was arrested by city 1
police after he allegedly tried to
cash the checks, representing him-
sell to oe naroia o. Anaerson oi
the Portland police department.
On July 21 Witham reported to
city police that his pocket waa
picked on Main street and some
1210 ln cash and 1100 In travelers
checks taken from his wallet-
Czechs Still Carry
kl ms: CeesmnstI fnrrl
r
P R A O U E iPi Although liv-
Ing under the hammer and sickle ,
of eommunWt government since ,
Febniary 1M. Csechs are still car-
rying official Ident.tlcation cards ,
which bear the stamp ot the Nail
swsstika.
But they now have an official
promise that by the end of 1150
the last of these will have been
Junked and replaced. Alter that
date all identification papers with
the Oerman-Ciech text and he j
Swastika Insignia will be Invalid.
tl'Xl'RT
PRINEVILL1S. July 28 lP A
heated, outdoor swimming pool It
by 31 feet has been completed by
R P. McRea. ex-mayor, at his home
Other residents, contemplating the
Hollywood touch, say they may fol
low with pools of their own.
The only comparable pool In the
area la at the headquartera of Hay
creek ranch some 20 mile west of
here.
RODIEH POI ND
COOS BAY, July 28 iP The
bodl' ' Dn Anderson, 28. and hu
son, Jimmy, 11, were recovered yes-
terday from Garrison lake after a
boat waa found In which the family
dog waa alone.
Friends aald the boy, who was
clad In swim trunks, may have been
In trouble and the father leaped In
to attempt a rescue. The aearch
began Sunday.
j 5 Min. from Town L
1PIHI1LCO
:UHLIG'S!
1026 Main
Phone 5512
CARNIVAL
'mmmlliwilf.nannwt I
"I wi thinkln. Chief, Kiit
socialized medicine setup!
City Dads Put Arm On
Parking Meters, Plan To
Pay Lighting Plan Expense
Nickels and pennies dropped In
the city n parking metera will
pay for the huae hunting nrolect
uiat will give Klamath Palls' busi
ness district that "new look."
This Is the ambitious plan cooked
up by the city council and budget
committee during budget confer
ences for the ItHS-KM fiscal year.
The cash balance In the parking
meter fund at the end of the last
fiscal year, July 1, was ll.44S7.
Pal Show
Draws Good
Crowd Here
A crowd of eoo people gathered to
Wstrh sis svhlhilinn nl kiitnf lumh.
j ,h Klamath Palls lodge of the Loval
Order of Moose.
V.Hn,,. If .w... InH... Ihrmiflhnllt
tn4 ,ut4 nlv, sponsored the boys'
p.j, inc., u an outstanding type
0f youth club, started by a Portland
poiCMn,n who recognised the need
for , puct and activities to keep
young boys off the streets.
Plague Back
In Calcutta
CALCUTTA PliffUK hu rt
Jotned the rnui of the many n
dfmic diA&Afl of Catcutu titer an
I rVaana if at? trt t smeir
lh ,M .' H .. H,.fh,
dunnf ,n, WM.k, tnj JuW
31 ut ln UrUd ,y
kllle1 M f JM eMM
. moorua cases.
Calcutta waa free from plague
since 10. In 1DM. about 80,000
were reported to have died of
plague ln Calcutta alone.
Garden Clllb To
Visit At Lake
TULELAKE. Calif.. July 28 Tule.
lake Oarden club members have
been Invited to be guests of Mrs.
Chester J. Main and Mrs. French
Johnson at their summer home at
Crescent lake the first week of
August.
Anyone wishing ta go or desiring
further Information la asked to call
Mrs. Marvin Thomas.
Use Ihe Want Ada for quick ResulUI
F.seellent styles
NOW
In hard finish
ww:.: A A 75
Value np toJLVm
178 Included. TfTT
RUDY'S
Refrigerators
Freeieri
mm
By Dick Turner
H4rf t. 'J
where would we fit Into thli
The dockers bring Into the city
cotters In the neighborhood of IsuuO
monthly.
Present plsns call for whacking
11500 out of the cash balance In Ihe
clocking fund at the end of each
year and a 110 000 chunk annually
from the estimated revenue from
Ihm nAibtiia tti.l.r. In n. f ... II..
; lighting task. 1
,. The lighting project, authorlra- i
lion for which was okaved by enun- '
I ell action Monday night, will rnst
: about 1110.000. to be paid over a
10-year span.
Of the meters now bringing In
revenue to th city. SM are still the '
: original type put In early In 1M7
) and which proved Inadequate to
! withstand the winter s blasts. ' .
i Thirteen meters from Uiree com- '
! panlea are now on trial In the city,
j with S3 extras due to be Installed
on ,rul b"u lrom ,outln tom-
I PnV Shortly.
",nd ln " hr !h
i P"''a iramc signal at wain
i nd Pplanade.
vis'iii-iai iranic costs .so comes 1
from the parking meter fund I
Those nickels and pennies add up. 1
NOW
The DeSoto Carry-All icdon, a 4 door ledan that can be transformed
In moment into spacious utility car, con now ba seen at Burnett
Motors, So. 6th and Walnut. The rear seat of this sedan can be
quickly 'and easily folded down to the floor, providing nearly eight
feet of cargo space stretching all the way from the back of the front
seat to the rear deck lid. It is described as the perfect vehicle for
business men, salesmen, farmers, sportsmen, suburban residents, va
cationists ond all thosa people who travel a lot.
Delivered in Klamath Falls .
for $2645.40
See This All-Purpose
Practical Car TODAY at
So.
6th and Walnut
Appraisal
On Schools
Report Heard
Appraisal reports on school build
ings In both city school districts
were read at the regular meeting of
the school board last night.
lite new appraisals showed that
there la an Increase In the value nf
school buildings In both districts. A
program of additional Insurance
coverage la now under study.
Other Items of business were Ihe
Conger school cafeteria, Ihe fair
view boiler room, and the home ero.
nomlca room at Klamath I'nlon
high school.
The eon 1 1 act fur the general con
struction of Conger school went to
the Brosterhoua Construction com
pany with a hiil nf aiviin ot, aii...
bid W-ss rvrlvnl I lilKMI a . - !
contract waa given for the stainless
steel work In the cafeteria. The eon.
tract was awarded In Ihe Ring Hheet
Metal company with a bid of
l-'diw M. one other bid w aa received
at 1.1450.
Rids will be (ailed for the Pair
view boiler room and the home ero.
nomlca room In the nest few days.
Sabotage In
Poland Gains
WROCLAW, Poland ' Eco.
nomic sabotage, most ot It appar
ently centering In lnriulrle ofier
aled in former Pattern German
lands, seem to be on the Increase
In Poland.
Arrests and trials of thine ac
cused of sabotage are frequent. A
casual check of arrests reiMirted by
HoliKli new'spapera since January I
showed 1M persons hsd landed In
' Jail. Many ot thee Included direct.
ors or vice-directoes ot industrial
' P',u-
I '
I Mitfnlrat I anvsi
" " 9 "
! Buildinq Bor
;
IXJRTMl'ND. Germane m-An-H'communist
construction workers
were asked to made a Greek In
scription on a new building here.
Biu they refused.
They mistook the Oreck letters
for Russian.
OlD
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AIUILIUIXIUI
AeiitucAi lUii.skeg
-ABlenJ
A Gentleman's Whiskey from Kenluckr
N.lionsl Llubllm I'loA Car, N. Y.
ON DISPLAY!
Rv. Anderson To
Visit Klamath
Rev. Charles Anderson nf Pelt a,
la . will be In Klamath Palls for a I
brief visit with his brother, Rev. D. 1
II Anderson, and to conduct the
regular Wednesday evening service
at the latlera church, the Klamath
temple.
Hie service will begin at V4S pm.
and will feature nmslral selections
bv the three sons of Charles Ander
son, whose wile and family will be
here with him.
DIM
PORTLAND, July M tJT James
Henry Cause II. a, a founder nf three
Oregon and Portland automobile
associations and editor of the Au
tomotive News of the Taclflc North,
west, died today.
He had been a leader In the In
dustry slnre leaving the employ nf
the Oregonlan, where he was auln.
mobile editor. He founded the Uade
Journal In Hit).
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