Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, August 24, 1949, Page 1, Image 1

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SJieA'. wiaMsr
Hy IHANK JrSHINM
FIIKKK U I1IU new Irnm Wah
1 Union today.
Heurctery lit Defense Johnson an.
riniincee iht armed aervlcea will chop
olt Uo.onO civilian )t III a drlv tu
cut miliury spending. Ho lella
members of co:.;r;ia the nr
economy program la aimed at get
ting a dollar a worlh ol dclciu lor
every dollar emigres give.
'Ilia order goo lulu effect Im
mediately. It la expected lo re-ull
In a aaving of 300 million dollar
In Oila prraent fucel yrar and BOX)
million dollara a yaar Uiereattrr.
THE dispatch gnea un:
I "Anguished cnta came quickly
from Miiigirwnirii wliuae home dia
triiia wcia hit by ttio propuwd cut
backs. There vera suggestion thai
what Ilia aimed lurcc MllOUI.D do
1 In "weed out aofl snap, flunky
position and baby allurr."
Senator Pepiier, of Morula, aliakra
hla head In disapproval and cum--mrnta;
"Nut only are 136000 brewd
" winner loalng Uielr oba. but tlie
grocery atoro on tile corner, the
landlord and I lie merchant kill be
affected loo."
fLOOMY prediction of the ter-
rlbla ilunaa that will happen lo
iu aa a rcault of Una wove u spend
lean cemo from many ainaiora and
representative.. Republican and
Urmocrata alike. 'rom Hie com
iiiunliiea where Uuj allcctcd iinUlla
liuna are located there will conic
howU Ilka Uioaa of a wuundrd wolf.
Lverybudy will want Hie aavmga
to be made HOMEWIItKa' EUit.
PERSONALLY, 1 m pleased. I feel
aa alrongly aa I can feel about
anyUiltig Uiat uulraa our govern
ment quit apending mora than it
takea In. eo that wa can begin to
reduce our national debt Inalead
of Increasing u atradlly year after
year, w will go broke. Wa mut
keep thl atraighl In our mlnda:
Nothing alaa thai can happen to ua
can ba aa bad aa national bank
ruptcy. How do you feel about 11 T
UKRE la a auggeaUon;
II If you feel, aa I do, that we
imply MUST reduce the coat of
government even II It doea (vault In
note temporary dislocations and re
adjustment, ait down and write) to
your congressmen and your aenatora
about It. Tell them In eltnple. plain
language how you feel. Maka u
c.ear to them that you have been
, worried by all Una apending which
4 krepa ua going farther, every dan
Into debt.
The rod Lord knows they will
need all the encouragement of Uu
enrt they can get. from chamber
of commerce, from service clubi,
from civic orgamxallona of all aorta
there will come promt of the
etrongeal kind. To thousand of
good (but ahorl-aighledi people in
placea where Uiere are military In
atallatlona that will ba affected. It
will eeera that terrible calamity
la being precipitated.
Tha member of conireaa mill be
under Uia atrongeit kind of preuure
to go on (pending. If you truly be
lieve that Uie danger of continued
government expenditure for thing
that can be done without far out
weigh any poaaible. temporary bene
fit that are Involved, don't fall to
write your congreaaman and your
aenatora about It.
They will need your backing.
Hope Fading
For Tot Lost
In Forestland
McORKOOR. Minn.. Aug. 84 (PI
Hope faded fait today aa 300 Min
nesota national guardsmen moved
nto the eleventh hour of their
(arcn tor tnree-year-oia Larry
knl'man, mixing four riaya In this
awampy northern forealland.
I.t. Col. William Johnson, guard
eommander, aald that If no trace
i me ma i unravrrrg tuusy, ne
Will never be found."
I rry w awallowrd up In the
wilderness Saturday while hunting
pine cone on hla grandparenta'
farm with an older brother and "la
ter. Guardsmen and aeveral hundred
civilian volunteer have concentrat
ed their effort In a five mile area
around the farm.
"It doean't seem possible that he
could be alive." Col. Johnson said.
AIR BUMNENH VP
PORTLAND. Aug. 34 Ml United
Air Lines' business on flights out
nf Portland waa up 6.1 per cent In
the first six months this year over
the same period last year.
Spellman Sips
Tea With
HYDE PARK, N. Y., Aug. 34 (
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt revealed
today that Francis Cardinal Spell
man paid her a friendly visit here
Friday.
YeMerdsy Mrs. Roosevelt resumed
her discussion of federal aid to edu
cation In her newspaper column,
"My Dsy," somewhat modifying
her vlewa on free transportation of
atudenla to private achool. Today
in her column ah mentioned tha
prelate's visit to the Roosevelt fam
ily estate.
A month ago Cardinal flprllman,
Roman Catholic archbishop of
New York, attacked Mrs. Roose
velt's view an the ecperallon of
RIC E FIVE CENTS 1 " KLAMATH . L ..COON. WKIINKHDAY. Al'Cil'HT Z4, IM Telephone gilt Ne. 061
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Fins Bkd(w Mathn $ FmesU
Blazes Out
Of Control
In 3 States
Bv The Aaaorlaled Preaa
Faat-nioving firea whlplaahed new
area of the nations forest Uday.
l-lamea were reported aut el
eonlrol In at leaal three etalea.
In oilier areaa flree were etlll
burning but had been rherked.
rire has blackened more than
40.000 acre of national foreal land
In Idaho. California and Montana
alone o far thia month. Tlie fire
condition ate considered Uie moat
critical in the past drcadr.
Tlie Idaho a national foreata. an
aerial survey allowed flrea had
gained 2uoo acrea In the laat two
daya. The flames have blackened
17.000 acres In uie state.
Wind up to 40 mile an hour sent
a forest tire In Uia Black Hills ol
' tfllAMTA FIRE Ol T
The Hheep Well flre-flghtlng
force waa reduced to patrol atatua
today aa quiet came to tha long
perimeter el the 1 oa-acr fire In
the hhasu and Modoc naUonal
foreata and the Lava Bede anenat
ment. At ML llebrea ranger atatloo
fire-fighlera were relaoeed sat
paid off. Tbey were braaght eol
af tha hill la batches ml tt or
U. and the last graup oaaao la
)t before aeaa today. About
le axaa wire aaed la the baltl
agalaat the want foeeat and braaa
biaao In thia area that year.
tanks etlll rsaa I reaa the eairaeet
amaoldered, bat feeeslera aald tha
altaaUaa waa bettered sale with
no ehaaeo of aaother aaUareaau
ralralllng WIN ranunae far aeearal
daya against an r easergearlea.
atouUi Dakota out of sootniL. Xtom
flamee awept out of Uie hlila Into
tha plalna country.
All available men and equipment
were massed between the fire front
and Uie town of Tlllord. 8. D.
la California, la biggest of II
week-end flrea flared oat of con
trol oa three aides Ute yeeteeday
la Mlantslana national fereet.
Uinda whipped the flamea aeroea
fire llnea.
All other California flrea were re
ported checked or completely con
trolled. Lyle P. Wall, chlrf of the U. 8.
forest service, aald In Washington
that more Ulan 40.000 acre of na
Uonal foreal land In Idaho, Cali
fornia and Montana have been
burned so far Uila month.
Losses In timber, wsler shed,
wild life and recreational value
have been treaaendoua, he added,
hliteea sam, moat of three aara
rhuUala. have died in the paat
three weeks while ItghUng the
flrea.
In Idaho. Payette and Boise na
tional foreat and a portion of tha
Sawtooth forest have been closed to
vacationers because of the hazard
ous conditions.
The Black Hills fire twept over
1000 acrea In leaa Uian 12 hour.
More Uian too men were flghung
li. No Injurlea were reported but
15 men were caught lu a gully by
a auddeu shift of the flamea. All
escaped.
Hurricane Howls
Off Carolina
MIAMI, PI.. Aug. 34 IIVA small
but vlcloua tropical hurricane raged
off the coast of North Carolina to
day as a new storm gathered
eirength north of Puerto Rico, a
thousand miles away.
Square black and red hurricane
warning flags flapped along a 45
mlle stretch of the desolate upper
Carolina capes from Manteo to
Cap Lookout.
The Diamond ShraU lightship. 10
mnra on tape us 1 1 eras, radioed V,
waa In the thick of "Harry a hurrl
cane." "Mind eatlmaled a( IIS knots
(about IM mllea per hour), Mraa
mountainous. Hope anchor will
hold." the lightship messaged.
'Friendly'
Mrs. Roosevelt
church and state. lie accused her
of "antl-Cathollo bias" and view
"unworthy of an American moth
er" for her writings on Ihe Bardrn
bill for federal achool aid.
Miss Mnlvlna Thompson, Mrs.
Roosevelt's secretary, said the Car
dinal atnpped at Hyde Park on a
trip to dedicate a Cathollo chapel
at Peeksklll.
"The cardinal stopped bj In hla
own car," Miss Thompson said. "He
had a monslgnor with him, and he
met Mrs. Rooaevelt,
"She offered him soma Iced teg,
and he took a little." The cardinal
stayed about 4.1 minutes. It was Just
a friendly conversaUon,"
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AA-IAA WHITE SHEEP is being groomed by Dole Willioms, left, and his brother Henry
for entry in the 1 4th onnuol Rotary junior livestock show, next Sundoy, Monday ond Tues
day. The boys, sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Willioms, are members of the Henley sheep
club which last year took the Rotary sweepstake award for the club making the best showing.
Former Pastor I
Seeks Wizard
Post In Klan
MONTGOMERY. Ala.. Aug. 24 OP)
A flery-tonfued, lllvrr-maned for- '
mer BapUst minister reached out
today for new power aa the nation's '
Imperial emperor of the Knights of
Uie Ku Klux Klan.
Lycurgua Bplnks, who recently de- !
scribed himself a the "fightingest
buck private in the rear ranks of
the Klan." has been enthroned to
lead an ambitious new union of the
robed order. The group haa Invited
other Klana throughout the naUon
to Join Uielr organisation.
Bplnks, 64, waa selected by Ku
Kluxers from six states to hes'd
their combined order.
Robed and awaked, about se
Klaa leaders from Alabama, Mis
sissippi. Missouri. Arkansas, Ten
niaan and Louisiana met yester
day In private In a Montgomery
hotel room. Only Splnka area bar
faced.
They met within a few blocks of
the at ate rapltol where legislators
recently enacted a law banning
masks or hoods In public.
Sports
Bulletins
RI MS BEAT CARDS
BROOKLYN, Aug. 34 iP Don
Newcombe shut out the St. Louis
Cardinals today for hla 13th victory
of the season, contributing a three
ran double In the eighth to give the
Brooklyn Dodgers a 6-0 triumph.
Thia cut the Cardinals' National
league lead to a single game.
R H E
St. Loula 000 000 000-0 S 1
Brooklyn 001 101 03x 6 11 0
Braale, Martin 7: and Oaragl
ola; Newcombe and Campanella.
NATIONAL I.EAC.t E
Pittsburgh 000 003 003 S 1
Boston 310 300 Olx 10 0
Chambers. Sewell (S, Humbert
Hi and McCullough; Spahn and
Livingston. .
Chicago 000 001 0303 T 0
New York . 001 300 llx-t 13 0
Adklns, Chipman til and Burgess;
Jonea and Westrum.
AMERICAN LEAOL'E
Philadelphia ...000 100 0336 11 0
Chicago 000 000 000 1 3
Fowler and Astroth: Oumpcrt,
Surkont ttl and Malone,
t'L'BAN QUITS
CALAIS, France, Aug. 34 141
Jose Cortlnas, Cuban swimmer, gave
up today on his second attempt lo
swim the English channel after bat
tling the chilly water for nine hours
and 30 minutes.
RORINHON-RELLOIHR
NEW YORK. Aug, 34 Welter
weight Champion Ray Robinson
weighed In at ISa'i pounds today
for his 10-round non-title bout with
Steve Bcllolse at Yankee stadium
tonight. Bcllolse scaled 1M.
School Days
Edition
Becond end third sections of
today s edition, -end part of tha
first section, are devoted to newg
and pictures about the schools of
ih.. two-atam ngMn It'a Iho
annual Behoof -Deye edition at
Th Herald and sNews. and Its
appearance mean that achool
days are Just around the corner.
The School Day edition run
heavily to merchandltlng Infor
mation for achool kids and their
parents, supplied by business
houses.
Senate Denies
House Request
For Vacation
Bt LLF.T1N
WASHINGTON. Aug.
til
14
The senate refased today t giv
lu consent to a proposed ti-dsy
house vacation.
WASHINOTON. Aug. 34 iS" The
house voted today to take a 3J-dav
holiday, starting Friday and ending
at noon September 31.
There wer only a few scattered
and laughing "noes" aa the recess
resolution shot through on a voice
vote. f
It now goes to the senate, which
must approve It before the house
can officially start ita vacation.
Senate approval waa expected
promptly, even though that chamber
haa no plans for a recess and the
resolution appllea only to Uie house.
'GOP' Collector
Not Authorized
A slick stranger has been con
tacting republicans around town for
the past several days, collecting
money he says will go Into the
OOP war chest.
The collection or any col
lection of funda for Ihe parlr J rut
new la unauthorised. Repub
lican Central Committee Chair
man Wyatt Padgett aald.
The stranger apparently has
fsmlllarlred himself with the work
lugs of the parly organization here
and reportedly haa not contacted
any of the party regular, sub
stantial contributors who would be
apt to spot the collection aa a
phoney.
His gimmick I to take "dona
tions" of any amount, and In re
turn promise a subscription to some
magaxlne or other publication sup
posedly Issued by the parly. For
identification and authenticity he
exhlbita photostatic copies of checks
supposedly given him by prominent
republicans In other part of the
country,
The solicitation for funda ha
been aneeesful In at leaat one In
atane and probably mor here,
Padgett aald.
Padgett said that anyone con
tacted by the swindler should In
form the sheriff's offlc Immediate
ly. I
Federal School
Aid Bill Jam
Attack Fails
WASHINGTON. Aug. 34 oTV-An
eleventh-hour attempt to blast
loose tha aid-to-education logjam
In the house labor commute col
lapsed for lack of support today.
A drmaeratie revolt I fare
Chairman Leeinski ID-Mich.) to
call together the committee far
acUen an compromise legislation,
fixated ant when the rebels failed
to round Bp a majority neceaaary
for a formal call by the chairman.
A determined boycott waa staged
by republican members. They were
joined by Chairman Leslnskt and
other committee democrats who are
opposed to stepping Into the school
aid controversy at this session.
Federal aid to education haa been
stymied in the house by Catholic
objections to bans luralnst the use
of federal funds for such services
as school
achool.
buses In non-public
County Jail
Occupancy 25
Five prisoners were added to the
county Jail roster during the past
34 hours, bringing the total occu
pancy of the lockup now to 25.
One, Roy Harrison Bird, wa
booked for felony. The 65-year-old
Tulelake resident waa arrested
by Deputy Sheriff Marion Barnes
yesterday afternoon on a charge of
obtaining money by false pretenses.
He supposedly gave Hal Oelger,
business agent of the IWA-CIO,
10 bad check. Bird la held In lieu of
S5O0 ball.
Three youths were booked for In
vestigation after being picked up at
the Southern Pacific yards. They
are Howard Ledbetter, 17, and Rich
ard Stringer, 17, both of Vancouver,
Wash., and Rel Jack. 16. Indian
from Eugene.
Clarence Oodowa. 30 - year - old
Beatty Indian, was brought In yes
terday from Justice court In Bly to
serve out a $-0 drunk fine.
Retired AP Editor
Dies In Tocomo
TACOMA, Aug. 34 "P Edward
F. Nelson, 6, veteran Associated
Press editor who retired from the
San Francisco bureau in September,
1046, died here yesterday.
Nelson was visiting hi mother,
Mrs. Amanda An. He died of a
heart attack after a trip to the
railroad staUon to buy hla tickets
to return to his San Mateo, Calif.,
home.
He was Associated Press corres
pondent in Portland, from 1920 to
1328 when he went to Denver, as
news editor. He later transferred
to Kansas City and then to San
Francisco In 1038. .
GOOD TRKE REED
PORTLAND, Aug. 34 Seed
crops for commercially Important
tree species are better than average
thia year, the U. 8. forest service
reported today.
WEATHER
Klaaalh Valla aeg Vlalsllr relr
ua Terar. Slk kalk
Sara 11. Lew Usll S le t.
Mas. '. a . -..IS ana..... a
rraclaltallae laat l haare ee
Defense Cuts
Off 135,000
Civilian Jobs
WASHINOTON. Aug. 34 IIP)
Secretary of Defense Johnson an
nounced today the armed services
will chop off 135.000 civilian Jobs
In his drive to slash military spend
ing. Anguished eric came quickly
from congreasmen whose home
diatrirta were hit by the proposed
cutbacks. There were suggestions
that the armed far re instead,
weed eat "soft snaps, flunky posi
tions and baby sillers."
Johnson told a gathering of the
lawmakers at the Pentagon that
the economy program la aimed at
getting "a dollar's worth of defense
for every dollar congress gives."
"It goes back to my conviction
not to tolerate a defense WPA."
Johnson declared.
Senator Pepper ID-Fla.) agreed
there ahonldn't be a defense WPA.
bat he said be doean't waul to
aee a WPA elsewhere." He told
Johnson rhst not only are IU.
breadwinners I eel a g their Jobs
"bat the grocery a tore on the ear
ner . the landlords and merchant
will be affected, too."
Cutbacks at Individual Installa
tions drew sharp protest from
Republican Senator Know land and
DemocraUc Rep. Doyle of California,
Rep. 8llr.es (D-Fla.t and others.
But Johnson also got support.
Senator Ferguson R-Mich.) aald
he agree fully with th move.
"It la time." Ferguson added, "to
call a halt In military apending."
Senator Hunt IR-Wyo.i, and Rep.
Boykln (D-Aia.) also expreased ap
proval.
Navy Installations wer the
hardest hit In the civilian cat,
Ibey were awdersd to red ore by
9.ar Ihe army by 41.H and air
fare IU..
Thia program, going Into effect
Immediately, will result in an esti
mated saving of t300.000.000 In the
current fiscal year ending next June
30. Then It I calculated to bring a
saving of 500 000.000 a year there
after. City, County
Firemen Join
In Fire Fight
City and suburban firemen work
ed cooperatively Tuesday after
noon to extinguish a fire in a
gasoline storage shed In the 1SO0
block on Shasta way. I
Five drums of gasoline were !
stored In a shed behind the Russell
Charlton home, and two exploded '
before firemen were able to control
the blaze. Damage was confined to
the shed. Cause of the fire la not
known.
This was the first time both de
partments worked on the same fire.
Although It was actualy in the sub
urban lire department's district, Ute
blaze was sufficiently close to the
federal housing project which Is
under city fire protection to war
rant help from the city department.
At 7:15 last night, suburban fire
men went to the B. Custer home.
3438 Shasta way where a flue tire
broke out. It was controlled before
doing more than slight damage to
the wall behind the stove.
This morning at t:25. an over
heated stove at 3444 Kane was cause
for a call to the suburban depart
ment. Firemen stayed until the.
stove calmed down, and no tire I
broke out.
100-Year-Old Vet
Off To Reunion
PORTLAND. Aug. 34 iV-Orand
Army of The Republic commander-ln-chlef,
Theodore A. Penland.
leaves tonight for what Is expected
to be the final encampment of the
Union veterans.
Oregon daughters and sons o f
Union veterans have chartered a
special car to send a record dele
gation of the affiliated groups to
the naUonal assembly In Indianap
olis. Penland waa 100 years old Janu
ary 33. He expects only four other
Civil War veterana at the encamp
ment. There are 18 living members
of the O. A. R.
Truck Overturns;
No Injuries
A loaded lumber truck belonging
to the Lilly and Valentine log haul
ing firm overturned early this morn
ing In the town of Sprague River.
There were no injuries.
Reports from Bprague River said
that lumber ripping off the truck
tore down a fence and knocked
down small trees.
The truck waa hauling from the
American Box company mill.
'Rebels' Of Four
States Ousted
By Committee
WASHINOTON, Aug. 34 '-ft The democratic national conimltte
today ousted atatea right members
pi and South Carolina.
Aa expected. William M. Bone jr. waa elected aaUanal chairman,
atleceedlng Senator J. Howard McOrath lO-R l.l
The committee, Involved In a hot, lor.g-standlng fsmily row over
the desertion last year of state rlghters. shouted It approval of rec
ommendation (or punishment handed down by a credentials committee.
Th party purge wa executed
The committee decided, also by
HELD Chief of Police Lester
M. iserthut of Fort Wayne,
IndV, ond Sheriff Harold S.
Zeis of Allen county, Ind.,
said that Franklin Click
(above), 30-year -old celery
farm worker hod confessed to
the slayings of three Fort
Wayne women who figured in
the case of Ralph Lobough,
now under death sentence.
The officers said Click has
confessed to slayings of Wil-
helmina Haoga, Anna Kuzeff
and Phyllis Comine.
10 Million
Feet Klamath
Timber Sold
Ten million of the 14 million feet
of allowable timber cut in the
Klamath forest service district was
sold last year. The allowed cut for
any one year, according to the forest
service here, is 14 million feet of
logs In the entire district. This fig
ure Is lso the total growth expected
per year.
A five-year contract was mad
two years ago with th Modoc Lum
ber company tor the entire Umber
cut. However, it the company I
unable to cut the 14 million feet in
one year, the remainder may be
contracted to another company.
This la not always done, however,
since six months to a year is usually
required for processing of a sale and
often the knowledge of the amount
of timber which will be cut I not
available in time for sale processing.
Round-Up Crowds
Jam Pendleton
PENDLETON. Aug. 34 iP) This
western town was Jammed with col
orfully clad cowpokes both genu
ine and drug store variety today as
the 38th annual roundup got under
way with fair skies and mild late
August temperatures.
Restaurant trade was heavier
than usual on opening day indicat
ing a greater crowd, largely swelled
by tourists who in previous Septem
ber shows weren't here because of
sending Johnny and Mary to
school.
Clark New Chief
Of Field Forces
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (.
Gen. Mark W. Clark, one of the
top generals In the last war. I the
new chief of army field forces.
Army Secretary Gray announced
today that Clark, now sixth army
commander at San Francisco, will
succeed Gen. Jacob Devera who la
retiring in September after 44 year
on active duty.
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer.
now deputy chief of staff for plans
and operations, la going to Cali
fornia to take over the sixth army.
'Walking Man
Here; '6 Or
Mill City's 64-year-old walking
man. not the least abashed by his
recent 14-mile defeat at the hooves
of a Lebanon ranch horse, atlll
want a challenge from Klamath
Falls.
In a letter to The Herald and
News this morning, Paul A. Bmlth
flings down Uie gauntlet again and
offers "something new In walking
races."-
He aayi he I willing t tak an
alx r eight hoi aee on at a time,
presumably In ne-hour strolling
sprint.
A week r ao. ago aanith wrote a
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from Alabama, Louisiana, Mississip
by voice vote.
voice vote, to retain Wright Morrow
as Texas national committeeman.
The credential committee proposed
unseating him.
The national com ml ilea went
along with only half of a South
Carolina compromise. It made
sore in the process that the name
of Gov. J. Htrom Thurmond. I be , "
a Ute right presidential eandi
date, came all Ita membership
rolls.
Senator Burnet Maybank waa ap
proved in his place. The compromise
worked out in South Carolina had
called for retention of Mrs. Anne A.
Agnew a national committee-
woman.
Mrs. Agnew says she voted for Uie
democratic ticket In l4g although
she was Inactive in the campaign.
nut the credentials committee ac
cused her of letting her name b
Used by "another political party."
Maybank Jumped to hla feet m
remind the national committee
that be waa elected by tha ooalh
Carolina state executive commit
tee an condition that Mrs. Agnevr
be kept oa aa committeewaman.
The retiring chairman, fjenator
McOrath. commented that the
South Carolina committee could not
direct the naUonal committee and
could merely suggest a line of action
to lt
Maybank said he was In "a rather
embarrassing position."
Later he told reporters:
"I haven't takea my aeat and I
am aot going to take my aeat, W "
wer Jointly elected. I take a
order from anybody but the atate s
committee."
McGrath was handling the gavel
for the last time at a national com
mute session. This afternoon h
become attorney general.
Shocks Rock
Isles; Cows,,
Horses Jittery '
PRINCB RUPERT, B. C Auf.
34 11 The Queen Charlotte la
lands rocked "quite distinctly" un
der new shock felt yesterday aft
ernoon, a resident of Graham la
land reported.
Mrs. Stewart Burton of M asset.
In the north of the chain, said th
periodical earthquakes which be
gan Sunday night are making farm
animal unruly.
"Horses and cows are acting ner
vously." she reported.
At Craig, Alaska, Mayor John
Sommerville and Councilman Cliff
Anderson reported Sunday's earth
quake caused damage estimated
from 110,000 to 15.000i.
Mor Shocks
SEATTLE. Aug. 34 uP Earth
tremors were recorded early today
for th fourth straight day on th
University of Washington seismo
graph. Two pre-dawn recording showed
weak tremors, but Prof. O. E.
Good peed reported three moder
ate and one strong recordings yes
terday. Professor Good speed estimated
all the latest series of quakes wer
within 600 miles of Seattle. .
Youngsters" Pet
Prize Contest,
Parade Friday
Klamath'a smallest, largest, fun
niest, oddest, and best dressed pet
are to parade Main street this Fri
day as local youngster display their
best In an effort to cop the many
l prizes offered by Klamath mer
chants.
With a limita aet oa Ihe klnda
ot pets. Judxea are expecting
everything entered In the ahow
from mice to giralfes.
The parade la scheduled to form
at the courthouse Friday morning
at 10:30, and la to start promptly at
11 o'clock. It will pass down Main
street, and terminate at the new
YMCA grounds at Eleventh and
Pine.
All participants will receive lucky
horseshoe key-chains and frr
tickets to the Hi-Ho Fun Show set
for :30 Saturday morning. All
winners will receive three gifts a
well as th special prizes.
Seeks Foe
8 Horses,' Even!
letter offering to walk-race man or
beast in Klamath county, and got
no takers. Why he is picking on
Klamath county, nobody except
Smith knows.
I p at Lebanon recently he wa
edged out by a mere matter ef
14 mllea In 7.1-mile derby (round
the Lebanon Meadow track.
The winner was "Big Red." a ix-year-old
quarterhorxe owned by
Linn county rancher Ralph Smith.
Smith earned his letter at walk
ing In 1338 when he finished Ittlt
In a Los Angcles-New York bunion
derby.