1 MS ftiMS MTMB IB LA
y PRANK JENKINS . -
FOR weeks th paper hav been
full of thu "flv pr center"
business. Maybe you understand II,
end maybe you don't Let try tak
ing It apart to se what make III
wheel go around.
B FIVE-PEX-CENTER U a person,
usually a resident of Washing
ton. who will MrH to blip you
get Kimi business Irom the govern
ment If you will pay him a fx.
1h average fee hu been around
five per cent. Hence the term "flv
per center."
The business llaell sprouted out o(
the growuig complexity ol our fed
eial government In Uie New Deal
nd Ui later and lar more complex
Nrw-Deal-plus-ihe-var-olIort day.
In Uie beginning, It worked UiU
way:
r . Vou cam to Washington becaux
Jshlngluu wa (and etlll lei the
mt lorn county L Your motive
mere probably o( the beet. Maybe
1 you warned to start a radio station,
and In order to do eo you bad to
ha a guvamment permit. Maybe
you were a city or a county offi
cial and you wanted aom govern
ment money to build roade or a
new achoulhouM or city ball.
For any (or all) ol theee things,
yuu had to hav government per
mission. e
MAYBE you weren't familiar with
11 Washington waya, and when
you wer dumped down In Uie
warming aut-litU that waa and 1
Washington you wer tarrlfied by
the immorally of the mss that
cunf ron led you.
Maybe you didn't even know that
a large part of your euiigreaamen
or your senator' yob U to show you
around In WaihUMflon and put you ui live peroreure, obtaining
In touch with th people you want ; gevereel baaaaeae fee third par
to ae and generally get you onto tie fee fee, baa fast began.
the mpea. It haa been Uuly amaung
how many people don t know uiu
(Or mayb you bad a feud with
yuur coiiar man or your eenator.
Mayb you bad worked against him
In hi last campaign and felt m-
bamaeed about going around Ui
aak hat help.!
All of thea thing had a part In
the origin of thu liv-pr-cnler
buaweaa.
NYWAY. going back to you and
your buaineu In Washington,
th tun possibly cam when you
wer so tuseed and bothered and
uuMt and confused that you wer
just about ready to chuck your
shola project, whatever It wa. in
4'Je creek and taxa th plana
Jiti vem or th bu back be
and admit that you had Isvcksxl
Biuething that wa too big for you.
Then
At the psychological moment
A mouth, urban person tppd
from behind a pillar la the hotel
bbby from th cover of which be
had been ailing you up and asked
courteously it perhaps ha migbt
serve you in some small way,
PHI upshot of H waa that h
showed you around and got you
through th right door and Intro
duced you to th right people and
you got what you wanted or got a
good, logical, sensible reason why
you couldn't hav It and you paid
th guy a fe for hi service and
felt that what you paid him lor
hi help In your hour of need wa
probably about th beat money you
had ever (pent.
I rrs get thu straight about th
early flve-per-cenlers;
Their methods were generally
honest and open. In th main, thoy
merely served a guides la a track
Irs wilderness which I what
Washington waa back In those day.
A guld who get you out of th
wilderness and when you went to
go is worth hi hir.
And kt keep this ttralght:
Th government men with whom
th fiv-pr-eentT put you in
Viurh wrr AMAZ1NOLY HONEST
ANU SINCERE, they were hard
wuKed and harried and driven for
time, but when somebody got you to
them they treated you courteously
nd did their beat for you even If
iihflr beat waa only to send you on
(Continued on Pag Two)
More Wheats Lower
Price Seen for 1950
WASHINGTON, Sept. t MV-T h
aglrcultur department ssld today
wheat production In 1850 may pass
tha 1.000,000.000 bushel mark and
th price may be 10 per cent lower
than in IMS.
Th department aaia this may
enmi la pass even with acreage al
lotmenta In fore for th tint time
sine 1942,
However, on th 1960 prlc o u t
look th department based It fig.
urea on assumptions that are vir
tually certain to be changed by con
gressional revision ot th farm
price support law,
Moreover, th prlc forecast was
based In part on an assumption that
there will be a decline tn tha prices
nf things farmers buy, which would
mesn a lowering of tha parity In
rlrxes on which prlc support ar
based. This assumption, of course,
depends on general economio level
year from now.
Th department's long look ahead
wa embodied In th annual "out
look Issue" of It monthly bulletin
"Th Wheat Situation." It sized up
the situation about Ilk this:
1. Th wheat price rapport level
r-it year, under existing law, might
rsnga If.M and 11.11 a bushel. But
this esllmsl Is under th oa-ealled
miCK FIVE CENTS l-Joi V jATH rAI.La, OHKtiON, A 1 1 RIMY, br.PTEMHEsl 1. 1 Telephone 1111 l soie
Spue! Prke Supports Ihreutmei
Vaughan's
Recall To
Stand Seen
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1 (
Two aenat republican Investlgst-
trig flv percenter aald today they
I p I MaJ. Oen. Harry H.
Vaughen't recall for questioning on
new evident being dug up.
Vawghaa, Fraaionl Trwmaa' mili
tary aide, adenreat a rlgarea
two-day esamlnatloa by the Inves
tigating eaasmitlea earlier tbl
week. The bearing aew are la re
eae piceably far a men lb ar as.
Senator McCarthy (R-Wu) told
reporter that he feel ur
Vaughua will be asked to uk the
spotlighted wltnr chelr again, and
Senator Mundt IR-HOI termed his
reappraranc "very probable."
Bolh based their etotraseala a
new lead belsg ran wa by earn
mute taveslgators. TLey aald the
area Inte the aeUvlllee at the eapl-
Th commit lee is trying to learn
the extant of any Influence exerted
by th flv percenters on lop gov
ernment official.
entirely new rases ar be
ing aweeied ap by tie wearing ka
ea eaasaallle iseabers. Moadt said.
He fareaaat that befar the bear
lag ar eiaeed It will be deasaai
Irs led that the Inflame racket la
Washington la greets tbaa eipect
eV" He also predicted that subsequent
hearings will show other Ins lances
of 'persons using While House con
tacts to advance their Interests."
Motorists
Yarhed To
Drive Safely
TrsfflO official issued stern
warning today as holiday traffic ; aeaaaaded that Jehasea farnlsh an
poured over th hlghw.ys of South- asedlately a report ea all lb trip
em Oregon and Northern Calltor-1 asade by tap adaslaavtratlaa people
nla. i ia military craft, with aa aceaaat
Th week-end began Inauspicious-1 af ,j u,, ripcaoe mvalved. j
I '-..,.n":..wL'"u.J "r'-.A.r'
Z, Z Z TO a "ri o nKhla by Prealdent
IidfT- .T2uk " wJ'Trunuut. Vic. Preaident Brkley
resident of Elms. Wash, was killed
when the car In which ah was
riding collided with another car be
tween Oakrldge and Willamette
City In Lane county. No on else
eerloualy hurt.
Two fatal crashes occurred near
Oregon City.
Vif e Charges
Gang Attack
TAVARES. Ha, SepL 1 (" A
young whit farm wife told an all
whit Jury yesterday that four Ne
groes beat her husband Insensible
then raped her at gun point.
Th 17-year-old girl pointed out
three defendants Waller Irvtn. 22:
Samuel Shepherd. 22, and Charles
Oreenle. IS to a circuit court Ju
ry. They are charged with rap.
Th fourth accused Negro, Er
nest Thomas, ws killed by a poss
In northwest Florida several week
ago.
Aiken farm price support taw, and
eangreaa Is expected ta write a new
farm price support law for ISM he
far It adjourn thl fall. Th pres
ent support price n wheat to ll.5
a bushel.
t. If 73.90 to acres ar planted
to wheat next year and yield are
average, a erep ef about l,l,o,
eo bushel weald be produced. Th
production forecast tor 1949 la
1.11I.U9.9M baabrla.
1. Domestic eemampllea will re
main near 70.so,so bushels annu
ally and eiporta may total 40.,
M bushels. This woald mesa aa In
rn In th wheat carryover er
surplus.
"Under thea conditions.' th re
port aald, "prices would be expect
ed to average about th support lev
1." Wheat now la selling gt farm
price considerably below the 11.95
a bushel support level. Fenners can
get th support prlc by putting
their wheat in storsge, but thorn
now sailing outright ar reported to
be receiving on th average about
179.
Th department said th national
aoreag allotment of 68.000,000
acres for the 1850 crop, announced
July 14, will be Increased as a re
sult nf rerent congressional artlnn.
I -: -,:-f .
L- N &i
GOLDEN HARVEST Crain like this it flowiing info every elevator in the orea ond much
it now being shipped out ot the barley harvest in the Klamath basin moves toward comple
tion. The grain this morning was reported selling at $3.25 a hundred pounds for No. 1
grode. Picture shows young Loren Preheim exomining barley spilling from a truck into a
conveyor hopper ot Pacific Supply Cooperative.
Solons Angry;
Free Plane
Rides Denied
WASHINGTON, Sept. S T)
Hoc re la ry of Defense Johnson re
fusal to fly senators around the
world In a military plan backfired
today with a senatorial Inquiry Into
free flight for administration offi
cials. Senaloe Planer Tbaoaaa (D-Oala.)
SpeclflcaUy. Thomas wanu the
and Johnson himself, among other
officials who fly.
Yesterday Johnson wrote Thom
as that a gvwap of sens tors, plaa
Blnf a flying trip to Kara, aad
oet areund th world, eaald save
the military ap t S2S,M by riding
ordinary commercial airline. He
said h didn't want to compete, pet
at hint about tbe earrent econo
my drive bt esngreaa end said be
ssdea, that th military Just didn't
hav tha plane ta spare.
Today Thomas blasted back.
If corutreasmen "who make th
policies for government and pro
vide th fund to keep It a going
concern" must lid th private air
lines, Thomas said It might be a
good Idea for th towntown gov
ernment leaders to do the same
thing.
Earlier there wa w-mlght-ps-a-law
reaction at the ca pilot
Sports
Bulletins
SWIMS CHANNEL
DOVER, Eng. Hept. I
Fernand da Moulin, 24-year-old
Belgian swimmer, conquered the
English ehsnnet tonight,
TOE WIN'S AMATEt'R
ROCHESTER, N. V, Hept. I
(TV-Charles t o af Oklahoma
City, crashed Rufus King af
Wichita Falls. Tex II and I
ta win th I', 8. amateur golf
championship.
nr.noNA wins bendix
CLEVELAND, Sept. 1 v-Jo
Debona. whs file far fan aad
aella Hollywood real estate for a
living, won tha Bendix era
country race for propellor plane
today.
DODGERS LOSE
NF.W YORK. SepL 1 (Pi Lefty
Mont Kennedy Jolted the pen
nant hope af th Brooklyn
Dodger today aa ha pitched th
New York Olanta to a 9-1 triumph
over tha contending Dodger.
TANKS WIN
WASHINGTON. Sept, I m
AMI Reynolds earn ap with hi
beat game of the season today
aa he pitched th American
league' front-running New York
Yankee to a -9 three-hit tri
umph aver th toll-end Waahlnf
len )entor.
No Paper
Monday
The Herald and News will not
publish an ediuon on Monday,
Labor Day. and the newspapers
buslnaa office will be dosed
bungs y and Monday.
Next ediuon will appear Tues
day ftfurnoon.
Radio ataUon KPLW will
mainuin news coverage from
the newspapers editorial rooms
over th holiday period.
Grade School
Enrollments
Show Decline
Enrollment for th beginning of
the achool year In the Klamath
J?"l C.'i! d! fJh"U. HfhUy
lower this year than starting en
rollment for a comparable date
last year. However. KUmath Union:
high school first day registration !
figures give tn Increase in achool,
population.
The total enrollment In grade one
through eight la 117 for registra
tion day, September 2. a drop of
20 pupils from last years' figure of
1W7. KUHS registration figure
show 1208 compared to last year's
11M.
All schools stsrt September for
regular clswes. Klamath Union
high school will open at t:30, Fre
mont Junior high at 1:40 and all
grade schools st ( a m.
Meyers Trying
To Get Out
WASHINGTON Sept. 1 ll
Bennett E. Meyers the one-time
major general ousted from the ar
my and sent to prison In 194ft was
understood today to have made a
new bid for early release from cus
tody. Hi attorney asked aboat re
ports that Meyer had suggested a
compromise settlement af th gov
ernment' 9H7.0O9 Income fax claim
against him said there have been
"some discussions" with the Justice
department n lb subject.
Both the Justice department and
the Internal revenue bureau declin
ed official comment.
Th former air fore purchasing
officer la now serving a 20 month
to five year term at Lorton (Va.)
federal reformatory. Th sentence
was Imposed after his conviction of
inducing an associate to commit
perjury before a rnt committee
which Investigated the general'
private wartlm bualness activities.
BULLETIN-
HP BRAKEMAN KILLED
DI NSMLIR. SepL S Kenneth
C. Orcutt, 21, Southern Psclfe
Rrkemnlaa, waa killed this morn
ing a mile north of Hornbrook.
Deputy Coroner Daniel Olrdner
aid Orcutt body ws cut In Iwa
by tha freight The trainmen
had stopped at Hornbrook and
missed Orcutt, then went back
and found his body. He waa a
resident of Dunsmulr and wa
employed b yth HF there sine
194. Orcutt leave three chil
dren and hi parent In Old
well. Ida. .
S3.25 Barley
Price Holds;
Probable Top
For th fifth consecutive dev.
buyers report a top price of t33A
a hundred pound being paid for
No. I Hannchen malting barley, al
though sales up to ti 3i have been
reported.
Tbe pries thla season started al
aboat KM, aad bavers aay It has
apparently reached Its peak.
The 13.23 Is for grain delivered
and loaded on car for shipment,
O rowers with storage facilities com
mand a higher figure for ral
montni Korsie.
.! .,"7. Z.ZlT.li
barley crop ta already harvested.
making lac seasoa a boat It daya
artier tbaa asaal, and asarh la be
ing shipped awl lthagb bo vers
- JelK. ,hMl mM Mil-
rolT cars U ve th. trai. l.
Prices on wheat, oat and teed
l"1 vtn tao "P0""1
'oaJr-
Pope Exhorts
Poles To
Oppose Reds
CASTEL OANDOLFO, SepL i OP)
Pope Pius XII appealed to the
20.000,000 Catholic, in communist -
governed Poland today to defend
the church with all their might
The psnlitf old Poland did net
regsln Its freedom with the end af
. . . . . .
uie r. annmo, n.
practice ox rrns i"w " owr
made even mere difficulL"
The pope addressed a letter to
Polish bishops urging bold action
and condemning violations of re
ligious right by the Polish state.
Til letter was sent Thursdsy on
the tenth anniversary of the Ger
man invasion of Poland which
touched off World War II. It was
published today In L'Osservatore
Romano, th Vatican newspaper.
Poland, which Is mor than 90
per cent Catholic hss been spared
many of t h harsher communist
blow dealth against the church In
other Iron curtain countries. Th
pope's letter gave rise to specula
tion that Polish communis l may
be readying a new move against
th church ther.
Good Weather
Predicted
For Week-End
SEATTLE. SepL 1 "f The
weather man predicted "fair
and warmer" today as Northwest
resident beaded aut for their
Labor Day week-end abetrvance
the summer last three -day
holiday.
Temperature win range from
tt-7 degree along the Wash
ington and Northern Oregon
coasta to an up-to-101 degree
predlrlien for Southern Oregon
valley.
Chief Claims
Farmers Not
Cooperating
' WASH1NOTON. Sept. 1 Ivfv-Sec-retary
ot Agriculture Brannan told
congress today that he plan to
remove government price support
from Irish potatoes unless farmer
acre to control markeUng and
production.
. The farm cabinet member wrote
'"halrmaa Elmer Tbeaaa (D-OkU.)
T hi plan la jerk aat the price
prae la order "la void wast aad
t the gareramenl."
Brannan's letter noted, as an ex
ample, that growers of California
early potatoes, which are marketed
between April 1 and July 15, had
rejected a proposed federal mar
keting agreement in a referendum
the last 10 day of June.
These Burketlng agreement and
rdera asaally operate ao a state
ar area basis. Befar beeaeaiag ef
fective they mast be approved by
twa-third af tbe fi
dacer. lader them th aaality aad
aaantlty t predacta seat to
ket are reg-aUtrd la aa affect ta
get farmers a gaad aaarket price.
If thai fan th gaveraascat stem
la aad bays the prod act at sap-
Brannas slid he Intends to deny
government price supports to the
California early pots iocs next year
and In subsequent years, unless po
tato growers there accept the mar
keting and planting controls.
But In doing so, he took no no
tice of a compromise flexible price
: support bill now pending before
ine senile-, iv wouia continue gov-
eminent price supports for Irish
1 pots loo near existing levels.
0C8E Strike
Front Quiet;
Pickets Out
There wa a Little train activity
yesterday and last night on the
, m CMonix
I Esstern railroad but aU waa quiet
Kxi'y- the sixth day of a strike on
th so-mile Klamath Falls-to-Bly
road.
Na aware developments are ex
ported aatil at least Taeaday. after
tbe Labor Day bslidara.
The OCAS was struck Mondsy
morning when all 13 of lis train
service employes quit to back up
a dispute between the Order of
Railway Conductors and OC&E
owners. Th road Is Jointly owned
by Southern Pacific and Oreat
Northern but currently hi being
managed by ON.
Yesterday a crew of non-operating
ON employe took a locomotive
on the OC&E to move several
loaded csrs from a moulding com
pany siding, bring in some cars of
grain from Dairy and take some
empties out on the line.
Csrs token off the OCAtE were
i brought out to a tranaier
"n mt0 tne yard to be
up tnto a shipment
G. W. Lanre. vice president of
j the Order RaUway Conductors,
I ' th, rUrd atto-pta t.
more tbe ear over Into tbe CN
Ju4 CN possibly woald be pick
eted aad th strike coald pread
to that read.
Yesterday the picket line estab
lished by struck OC&E workers
moved with th cars to the trans
fer track.
Th picket line probably will b
continued over the holiday.
Lame, from Eageae, aald na
move had been made toward set
tlement af the dispute, either by
the anion or the carrier.
Th dispute regards, claim for
pay, a claim for compensation for
an Injured worker and a request
for a rest period clause addition
to th contract between th con
ductors and th railroad.
Plane Crashes
Two Killed
FAIRFIELD, Calif., Sept. 1 (At
A pilot and hi co-pilot tried to
land crippled C-2 "Hying box
car on a marsn Ann wrr aincu
lste last night after tlx other had
parachuted to safety.
The giant air fore plan crashed
In flames.
Two ot th survivors were crew
men and four wer passengers,
Names of the two killed were not
released.
Th plan was en rout from
Lowry air base in Denver to the
naval air station at Alsmeda, Calif.
It crashed about .10 miles from I'J
destination.
Federal Agents
Draw Bead On
City's Hoodlums
IOS ANGELES, Sept. 1 Wr The federal government I girding for
an all-out offensive against Los Angeles gangsters.
V. S. Attorney James M. Carter gave warning 1 the anderwarM
thai be has asked far assignment eg al least M treasury agenta la mere
agslnst assbetera by way ef the income tax laws.
Th federal prosecutor said treasury agents, if assigned here, will ,
"go after millions of dollars" handled by hoodlums. Carter Indicated
Uiat special attention will be paid to horse race bookmaktng revenue.
In Disking a statement yeaterdsy. Carter said that the Ouarantea
Finance company, bookmaking set-up. Is an example of Income tag
matters thst need Immediate gov-
John Law Nabs
Elbow Driving
Bottle Juggler
ROSEBIRG. Kept. S P
Sgt. Lyle Harrell ef the stale
police reported here today that
a patrolman InveatigaUng "er
ratic" driving by Jamea Taylor
Butler. S -V E. Rodney street,
rertland. abaervrd that Roller
waa driving bat sedan with hi
elbow wbil aoarlnf 11 aid
from a battle lata a glass.
Batter waa bashed a a charge
draakea d r I v I a g and waa
scheduled far hut Ice court ar
raignasent later today, 8gC Har
reil said.
Sergeant Held
On Yartime
Treason Count
NEW YORK. Sept. 1 -Hand-
" -Tcr-oW John David Pro-
voo Just discharged from eight
years in the army waa in Jail to
day on charges of betraying his
country to Japan during wartime.
Aa ex-sergeaat, rrovoe allegedly
vol aa leered bis msihaa t Jsaa
aca military i msadas after sua
raptor oa Carregidsr ta 1143.
Federal authorities said ha work
ed for th wartime enemy for three
year ss a propagandist, an In
quisitor of American prisoners and
in other role.
His arrest yesterday on a trea
son warrant. Just a fear minutes
latter be had shed his army (inl
torm, spparenUy surprised him.
."This as tbe first I've- heard
thla," ba aald.
Th maximum penalty for trea
son in time of war is death.
An Investigation of Provoo'a case
had been under way off-end -on
ever since the war's end. The FBI
launched a new Inquiry a year ago.
Th tall, dark-haired Provoo,
native of California and a one-time
student of Oriental philosophy, al.
legedly worked with "Tokyo Rose'
j in broadcasting Japanese propa
iganda to U. S. troop.
At the tiase Com laid fefl to
Japan, ae auegeauy e nance treat
bat I. 8. army aniferea to tbe i
robe af a Buddhist priest, booing
by this mean to carry fever af
the Japanese.
Provoo was arraigned yesterday
before U. 8. commissioner Edward
V. . McDonald.
FBI agents permitted him to
send a telegram u hi father. J.
F. Provoo, at Sausallto, Calif, near
San Francisco, before taking him
to the federal house ot detention.
Senate Sets
Speed Record
WASHINGTON. SepL 1 WV-The
senate set an all-time record for
speed today by meeting and re
cessing in about 15 seconds.
Only four senators wer in tne
chamber for the token aeaoion. It
waa aver an quickly that aa one
kepi aa exact tins check.
Senator Hayden iD-Arii.l, pre
siding in place of Vice President
Berkley, had a clerk read the brief
agreement made hut Wednesday
night to give the senators a vaca
tion until next Wednesday.
Then Hayden banged tbe gavel
and It wss sll over.
It was the only senste session
In recent years without an open
ing prayer.
Elliott Scorns Demo
Heads A her His Scalp
PORTLAND, Sept. S ( Marion
LeRoy (Mike) Elliott promised to
day to tight for his office) as sheriff
of Multnomah county even "if I
have to go to the supreme court."
Elliott's office waa threatened In
two actions:
I- A recall movement.
t- A request by the ass a wha
wroto EllkHt 111. bond that
the bend b cancelled.
It was the latter that worried El
liott. Earlier he expressed confl
dene he would win In ny recall
election. Without a bond, though, he
could not hold office.
Tbe sua who wrote th bond, and
new requested cancellation, wa de
mocrat Walter J. Pearaoa, alate
treasurer. The banding eampany,
the Maryland Casually company,
took hla recommendation tinder con
sideration. Na action waa expected
before Tuesday.
In a prepared statement Elliott
was scornful of Pearson and other
democrat who formerly supported
him.
ernment attention.
j Recently the governor's tat
1 crime cemmlaslon agent said that
Claarante Finance eampany waa
the beadaearters for a barge booh
asaking syndicate. The crime eeas
; mlssloa produce reeards at a pab
. lie atilitiea eommissiea hearing
which tbe axenta Interpreted aa
abawtng payaffa la tha thane an da
dllra to law enforeseaeat
I ageacie.
Carter also mentioned Oambler
Mickey Cohen and hi activities ss
a matter needing the attention of
government Income tax experts.
"The only solution to th gant-
iter problem Is to go Into the In
! come tax angle," said Carter. (Thla
i was the method used by the gov
ernment In moving anlnst th Al
Cspone gang In Chicago).
' "We need at least 1M men wh
ar highly specialised intelligeae)
anit operative, bat I am at thie
time recommending to th Jostle
department that at least 5 y as
signed here promptly, Carter aald.
He said that even If no criminal
cases were prosecuted "there un
doubtedly would be many civil
cases and the government probably
would collect millions of dollar
in Income taxes and penalties."
Donald Rice.
Dairy, Hurt
In Collision
Donald W. Rice. Dairy, Ore. busi
ness man was treated for facial lao
erations and bruises which he suf
fered when his ear collided with tha
rear of a grain truck owned by Earl -L.
Hitchcock of Tulelakt, Th aca. .
dent occurred on Highway 29, about
109 yards north of the Tulelax
Junction .early last evening.
State Police reported that I e
claimed be waa Minded by th san.
ad waa aat abas to Map hi ear
ta order to avoid colliding with tha
Hitchcock vehicle.
The injured man. who waa driv
ing alona In his car wss taken to
Merrill by the state police, where
he was treated by a physician. Rie
later returned to the seen ot th
ecldent.
No citation waa written by th
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Lake County
Fair Opens
On of the biggest Lake county
fairs in history opened today at
the renovated Lakeview fairgrounds.
About twice as much space is avail
able this year as in the past, and
space has been reserved for busi
ness snd Industrial displays.
Sunday will sea th start of th
20th annual, Lake county roundup.
The show, lasting Sunday and
Monday, will start at 1 p.m. Brah
ma bull riding will again be a
feature of the show but bulldoggiiuj
has been dropped.
Only amateurs may compel wh
have lived in either Lake, Klamath,
Harney, Deschutes. Modoc or Las
sen counties for one year. An in
creased roster of purses has been
offered for the show.
Youngsters will have their day
with a 12-calf scramble.
WHKAT ACREAGE
PORTLAND. Sept. 2 ( New re
gulations setting up wheat alloca
tions will be discussed by county
PMA committees at Pendleton Sept.
7. Larger wheat acreage allotment
may result for some Oregon groups,
said E. Harvey Miller, stst PMA
chairmen. .
He mentioned Stat Srnstora Jsck
Bsin and Thomas R. Mahoney, and
asked, "why the sudden clung ot
heart?"
He went en to aay. "If they ar
going to cancel my band beeaase
I still refuse ta cater to tha whlasa
af a few politicians, I will make a
teat ease ol this swuss If I hv
to go I the supreme court I da
net believe the people will tolerate
a few alleged democratic leaders
ta aut a man aut af eft lea when
i he wa elected by the majority af
j the voters ef the county."
I Meannhila Mike Da ClccO. Elli
ott friend and treasurer of tha
Oregon democratic party, dropped
Into the bacleground. A warrant
charging De Circo with harboring
a fugitive was withdrawn.
The "fugitive" ws Walter F.
Bergen wanted In Los Angeles
where he Is accused of taking hi
daughter away from his ex-wlfe.
Bergen wss arrested yesterday and
freed on g.'500 bond. Bergen said h
I would fight extradition.