PACE TWO
Noronic Fire
Toll Figure
May Be Cut
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Th known dead pulled from the
flame-swept S6. Noronic stood at
121 today as divers (roped below
the sunken decks of the charred
cruise ship In search of M passen
gers (till reported missing.
Red Cross of tlclBla expressed the
belief Uut many of those unaccount
ed for after the panic-spreading
blase Saturday had tone to their
homea without reporting their sur
vtval. Canadian authorities had
feared the death toll might reach
305.
Hop that first death estimates
might have been high rose when
dlvera reported yesterday they had
not found the "50 or 60" bodies fire
men said they bellevod were mop
ed in the burned-out cabin. The
ahlp settled to the bottom of her
dock (Up after the early morning
blaze. -
Three charred forma were taken
out of the submerged cabins last
night, bringing the known dead in
an emergency morgue to 131.
Grief la Unea
Long Unea of grief-stricken rela
tives sought, meanwhile, to make '
identifications among the blackened
corpses laid out In an improvised'
morgue, formerly used a an exhi-
bitlon building.
All Toronto was deeply stirred by
the catastrophe. Volunteers toiled,
laboriously at the task of Identity-!
ing the dead, ministering to the in
jured and consoling the stricken
relative.
Three Investigation into the dis
astrous fire have been opened.
So far the only cause advanced
for the tragedy was from K. R. Mar
shall, president of the Canada
Steamship Line, owners of the 6905
ton Noronic
Cigaret Cans?
Me said the blaze may have start
ed In a cabin from a lighted ci
garet Capt. William Taylor, 65-year -old
master of the vessel, who was
burned during the rescue work, told
from hi bed how he had passed
through "C deck where the fire
originated, only a few minutes be
fore without seeing a trace of fire.
Cow Kicked; Man
In Hospital
TULELAKC Sept 19 The Tule
lake ambulance was called at 13:30
Sunday to the home of Calvin Dock
ery. 17, on the Poe VaL- road near
Malin to remove turn to Klamath
Valley hospital.
Oockery wa Injured aome time
ago when hi knee wa shattered
by a kick from a cow. The Injury
became painful and he wa moved
to Klamath Fall tor treatment.
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AN INTERESTING TRIP TO TOKETEE FALLS was made early Monday morning when rep
resentatives of Klamath Falls' women organizations were guests of Mrs. Croce Wells of The
California Oregon Power company. Le't to right, Mrs. Paul Buck, Eleanora Weatherford,
Mrs. Vincent Lawler, Mrs. Otto Vitus, Mrs. Stephen Sobo, and Mrs. Wells.
Six Injured
In Wreck At
Lake 0' Woods
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ford by Tom Neeley, co-owner of
Lake o' the Woods resort. Mrs. Nee
ley received a leg fracture In addi
tion to facial cuts, her daughter
Daxlene suffered a painful scalp
wound and the other children also
were badly cut about the face and
rands.
Read Blacked
Mrs. Neeley wa operating a De
Soto suburban, the Tjolker youth a
193? Pontiae aeadan. The cars held
up traffic on the road and it was
necessary to travel around the west
side of the lake In an effort to reach
O r. Swedenborg, summer home
owner living on the east aide.
The Neeley family lives at Lake
mrr season and In Medford during
o' the Woods resort dunng the sum
the winter months.
Young Addlngton 1 an employe
of Pinnacle Packing house No 2. in
Medford, and TJolker is a farmer
near Rogue river.
State police here investigated the
head-on.
Frolics End
Men Named
End men for the Lions Pun Frol
ic minstrel routine have been se
lected, and rehearsals for the Sep
tember 37, 26 and 39 show are going
full blast.
In the minstrel act a end men
are Perry Carle. Linn Howard. Bob
Henry. Van Molllson. Allen Abner
and Bob Veatch, with Roy Pre mo.
interlocutor.
Lloyd Derby has organized a Fun
Frolic band for the variety show.
Members are Fred Battts. Russell
Saunders. Fred Floetke. Ski Solins
ky. Bob Fisher. Jack Pearson. Joe
Gentry. Bill Chilcote. Hal Eitrelm.
D. Gilbert and Kyle Morgan.
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Mrs.Kittredge
Heads County
GOP Women
Mrs. Oscar Klttredge was named
chairman of the Klamath county
unit, Oregon Council of Republican
Women, at a luncheon Saturday in
the Willard hotel. Mrs. Klttredge re
place Mrs. William DeCew, re-
! signed, who Is now making her
f home in Portland.
Mrs. Stephen Sabo was elected to
the vice chairmanship of the
council, and named trustee was
Mrs. Don Kenyon.
The council presented Mrs. De
Cew with a gift as she opened the
' meeting.
Speakers Included Mrs. Mar
. shall K. Cornett. Mrs. Oeorg T.
! Gerlinger of Portland. Mrs. Har
old B. Peterson o t Dallas, and
Margie Bullard of Young Republi
can. Mrs. Oerlinger and Mrs. Pet
erson spent the week-end here and
attended the republican "report"
sessions Saturday.
H. V. Conger,
Medford, Dead
Friends have learned of the death
of Hemerley W. Conger, S3, Med
ford funeral director, in that city
Sunday night.
Mr. Conger was well-known
throughout the state. He cam to
Portland In 1901 and worked In fu
neral homes In Portland. Salem and
Albany from 1915 to 1920.
He moved to Medford 39 years
! ago and started the Conger Funeral
home there. Later, Carlos Morris
j became his partner, and the name
, of the funeral chapel became the
t Conger-Morris funeral home.
Mr. Conger was a past president
I of the Oregon 8tate Funeral Direc
tors association, was a member of
I the Medford chamber of commerce,
' the Lions, Eagles, Elks, Masons,
Hillah temple of the Shrine, IOOF.
and Knight of Pythias.
Funeral service will be held
Wednesday at 1 p m. from the Conger-Morris
chapel. The Maaone will
be In charge.
Burvlvors are his wife, Mabel
Conger and a sister. Mrs. Minnie
Robinson of Ashland. A daughter,
Beatrice, preceded him In death.
Let's Go Fishing
On Loke Mead!
LAS VEOA8. Nev, Sept. It (1
Fishing waa extra good today In
Lake Mead.
Ray Ryan, Evanavllle Ind oil
msn. took a deck nap aboard a lake
cruiser. A circular gust of wind or
"dustdevll" neatlv plucked nine one
hundred dollar bills out of his pant
pocket and scattered them on the
lake.
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Drunk Driving
Charges Land
Four In Jail
Four persons accused of drunk
driving were Jailed here over tne
week-end, three at the county lock
up and one In the city Jail.
In municipal court this morning
Marvin O. Edd. 3713 Altamont,
pleaded guilty and wa sentenced o
SO daya in Jail plus a 1100 fine. Po
lice aald It waa his second convic
tion in the local court, the other
coming in 1941.
Elmer Louden. JS. a Chiloqutn
Indian, was brought to the county
Jail from Chiloquln to serve a 30
day sentence on the charge.' He waa
also fined SIM M yesterday in Wood
River Justice court.
Johnny Benny Kellywood. a 31-year-old
Arizona Indian, waa arrest
ed by state police Sunday night at
Chiloquln and probably will be
turned over to Portland authorities
for proseeution- on a bad check
count.
Karl Durfee. 39. of route 3. waa
arrested by stale police Sunday
afternoon on highway 66, he second
time In six months Durfee had been
Jailed her on a drunk driving
charge.
State Forester
Rogers Dead
SALEM. Ore, Sept 19 JP Ore
gon Stat Forester Nelson Rogers.
it. died last night in a Salem hos
pital where he hsd been a patient
since April II. Death waa attri
buted to cancer.
He had been state forester since
1940.
Rogers' state service began In the
tax commission office. He later
shifted to the forestry department,
became a deputy and then chief
forester.
Mrs, Mary R. Hogue's
Death Reported
Word was received here today of
the death of Mrs. Mary R. Hogue.
former Klamath Falls resident, who
died September 16 at the age of tl
year In Berkeley, Calif.
She wa the widow of Charles
Cheater Hogue who lived here In
the early daya of the Klamath rec
lamation project and waa one of Ita
officials. He also served on the
school board during his residence.
The fsmily left for the south
around 1913.
Mrs. Hogue wa the slater of the
late Associate Justice Percy R.
Kelly of the Oregon supreme court.
Survivors Include three children,
Charlea F. Hogue of Honolulu. Faye
Hogue of Berkeley, and Hortense
Polivka of San Francisco, all well
known here.
Man Hospitalized
After Wreck
Clarence Louden, a, employe of
the Lukey Poe valley ranch, waa
admitted to Klamath Valley hospi
tal Sunday night for treatment of
slight Injuries received in an auto
mobile mishap on the Poe valley
road.
He waa brought to the hospital by
ess Davidson, another ranch em
ploye. Earlier In the day Louden
had been stopped by city police on
suspicion of drunk driving and re
leased after being given an Intoxi
cation test. He posted IS ball for
driving without an operator li
cense. Tree Breaks, Kills
3-Year-Old Boy
MEDFORD, Sept. It MV-A 3-yeer-old
boy wa fatally Injured
yesterday a he sat on a log with
hi brother, watchirj men set a
log-Jammer.
A tree to which the men had put
a line broke off, and toppled on the
log. Benny Nork, 7, scrambled to
safety, and Douglas Nork, 3, waa
killed.
The boys had gone Into ths woods
ner their home at Shady Cove,
with their father.
He waa the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Benjsmln F. Nork.
Evergreen Club
Meets Monday
The Evergreen Oarden club will
meet Monday night In the Altnmont
Junior high school gymnasium at t
o'clock.
Direction will be given on the
making- of corsage nd those at
tending are asked to bring their
own blossoms. Wire and other nec
eaasry materials will be furnished.
Scout Heads
Meet, Plan
'50 Jamboree
Twenty Boy Scout officials from
Klamath Falls, Prineville, Red
mond. Bend, Lakevtew and Alturaa
met yesterday In the Klamath
Medical Clinic In a hug pow
wow, with the laying of Initial
plans for the toett Jamborees
plan for the 1950 Jamboree the
main order of business.
The Crusade Jamboree will be
held June 39-July at Valley
Forge. Pa., and plana are lo send
upwards nf SO Boy Scouts from the
four-district Modoc area to the
educational outing.
Chet Hamaker, head of the Jam
boree committee, named Bill Ely
and Harold Ashley of Klamath
Falls and Leo Herbrlng of Bend
on the Jamboree commltee. Hamak
er will appoint four additional
memhera soon.
The organisation and extension
commltee, of which Ted Durmenl
la area head, also met with the
executive board, aa did the finance
group, headed by Arnold Qralapp.
J. T. McDonald of Lakevlew was
elected to trusteeship replacing the
late Ernest Fetach. Lakevlew, thus
filling a vacancy that has existed
since Fetsch's desth more than a
year agu.
In other business before the. ex
ecutive board. Floyd A. Boyd of
Tulelake and O. C. Lorens of
Klamath Falls were named to the
board.
District organisation and exten
sion chairmen present for the con
fab 8unday were Bob Johnson.
Fremont district, and Al Longe,
Klamath district.
The Boy Scout area office will
be moved from the Oreer building
to 1111 Walnut, It waa decided al
the meeting. The move la scheduled
for September 30 and the new site
will offer 100 square feet more
office space and Improved parking
facilities .
Dr. F. Cecil Adams, council pres
ident, waa In charge of the board
meeting.
Death Claims
Pioneer Gard
Van Riper.74
PinOT 71
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Death cam late Saturday night i ay. near Butt creek. ur. announcement saic in. si
to a well known Klamath county The trophy u also the first deer tor year-old monarch la suffering from
pioneer. Oardner Prtngle Van Rl- i ,n huntress. No weight waa regie- Increased shortness of breath, wear-
per. 74. Death wa attributed to a ' "red. I '" and cough.
heart ailment.
Mr. Van Riper died al It pro. at
hi home, 3237 Orchard. He Is sur
vived by his wife. Angia, and sev-
eral nephews and nieces Including '
Garrett K. Van Riper of this city .
and Mrs. Oscar Campbell of Lorella.
Final rites will be held from Whit- j
lock Memorial chapel Wednesday at !
3 30 p.m. with vault Interment in
Klamath Memorial park. Masons
will conduct grawslde services.
Mr.. Van Riper was bom May 3.
It7t, one of five children of pioneer
homesteaders. Mr. and Mrs. Oarrrtt
B. Van Riper on the Seven Springs
ranch In Poe valley, now known as
the Preuer ranch. Mr. Van Riper
wa the last of hu Immediate fami
ly. On January t. 196. he waa mar
ried to the former Angia Mullin,
member of a pioneer Rogue River
valley family living In Ashland. The
Van Ripers moved to Klamath Falls
In ISOf, and "Oard" and hla broth
er, the late Oarrett K. Van Riper,
established a grocery business at
the present Main street location of
Castleberry's Drug. Later they
moved to the comer of 6th and
Main, where Rudy' Men store I
! now located.
Some time later. Mr. Van Riper
ana Byron Hardenbrook established
the Pioneer Tobacco company which
they sold In the 30 s to Robert A.
Thompson. Mr. Van Riper retired
from active business In 1936.
Kitchen Damaged
By Paraffin Fire
The kitchen of the Ralph Brlsbon
home. 3904 Reclsmstlon. wa dam
aged from flame caused when par
affin on the range caught fire at
I 30 a. m. today.
The small blase waa extinguished
by the time the city fire department
arrived. Firemen said damsge wa
to are area around the range. In
cluding a window sash, curtain
and Venetian blind.
Employment Office
Closed Saturdays
The Oregon State employment
service office will be closed all day
Saturday, starting October 1. Mana
ger Jack Almeter announced today.
Harvest placement will be han
dled when necessary Saturday and
Sunday mornings, Almeter said, but
no other business would be trans
acted. The locsl office has also opened
a farm labor office In Merrill for
the first time In several year for
the convenience of farmer seeking
harvest labor.
W. H. Anderson, Merrill, 1 in
charge of the new office. The num
ber to call 1 Merrill 1001.
Exchange Club Meet
Tomorrow Noon
The regular meeting of ths Ex
change club on Tuesday at the Wl
nema hotel I lted for 13 o'clock
noon with Jack Elliott chairman of
the day.
There will be a program following
luncheon.
SCHOOL HEADS MEET
SALEM, Sept. It (Pi The an
nual conference of Oregon school
administrator will be held her
October 17 and 16. About too prin
cipal and superintendent wlU at
tend. U 5 Min. from Town U
Dig Birthday
Celebration
For 'Ruth9
LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Sept. 19 tjfi
An elephant and an estimated 1J.0O0
persona al cake together yester
day. The throng showed up at the
Little Rock soo to give Ruth, the
elephant, a birthday party.
Ruth waa permitted to go off her
strict diet to taste the first piece
of cake eight by seven feet square,
five (pet tall and welshing about
(00 pounds. Then youngsters and
adults alike filed by tor their
pieces.
Ruth who had been given a spe
cie! bath, pedlrure (polished toe
nails! and singe for the occasion
provided the entertainment. She
went through a routine of tricks she
learned In a circus year ago.
Ruth 1 36 years old.
Lucas Buys
Slough Bldg.
For $30,000
wv.....uru .mm re
the 81ough building. Around 1904.
and until the building waa moved
to give way to the present suur-
tur. waa occupied by the late Ed
Bodge tailor
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rem.i Xr. J Z? Z
remain as office space. There U
no way effects the operation of
hla East Main street business.
The transaction between Lucas
and Mr. W. 8. Slough waa han
dled bv R. H. Dunbar, realtor.
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Broaterhou Construction com- 1 Beach, Wssh.. and sister, Mrs. Itll
pany will start remodeling the ' da Manson of Sweden,
structure soon under plans drawn Mr I arson was a native of Tra
by Hewitt, Morrison and Howard. ' nos, Sweden. He was- a member of
architect. the Klamath Falls aerie of the
Tulelake Woman
Gets Her Buck
TULELAKE, Sept It Mr. Cls
tua Birtwutle, wife of a lttl home
steader waa the first feminine
huntftr tn twin In a hurk this vear.
Mr- Birtwutle killed her 4-polnt
buck on the opening day of the
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Spreadeagle
Shoot Field
Klamath Falls city po"m,n
won all the hardware put up yes
terday during a pistol shoot at
Ashland In which law officers from
all over Southern Oregon partici
pated. The shoot waa staged on a new
range built for us of the Ashland
police department. Events Included
rapid and alow fir with both 21
caliber and heavier service pistols.
Klamath Palls shooters took all
right prises. Jim Brown won three
first, Bud Adklns won a first In
rapid fire and two seconds: Jack
Ttlman and Oscar Oerleve lied for
the last remaining second place
In rapid fir.
Ashland merchant served a bar
becue for the es contestant and
Colonel Walerbury acted aa range
master to keep the shoot moving.
E. T. Larson
Died Today
j Ernest Theodore Larson. M. a
! resioent tiiamam rana lor me
died alter a few days
j Monday,
i ,ronh,d ""Jl n 'mploy
tn Weyerhaeuser Timber ton-
i pany for the past few veers and be-
' tlmT ... with B.l.l.er
, MoIof
Maudle. of IfHl Mark, two daugh
lers, Mrs. Charles Foster Jr. o f
Lakevlew and Mrs. Hsrry Lehlrh ol
John Day; two sons, Ernest T. Jr.
of Chicago, and Rodnev of Klsms:h
rails; a brother, Axel of Long
; Fraternal Order or Eagle.
Funeral arrangement will be an
i nounced by Ward i Klamath Funer
al home.
C.I HTAF NOT WELL
STOCKHOLM. Sept. It .-Klng
Ousuf V of Sweden todsv can-
eA luritiu mf f-iii h.-.tt. i..
scheduled participation m lomor-
row traditional royal moose hunt.
f?jgli coticc
always tasks bctfr
and EDVARD5 is
always
MONDAY, SEPT. 19, 194?
Two Couples
Nabbed After.
Car Theft
Two young men tnd two teen-age
girls . ere taken Into police custody
here early Sunday morning after
thelt of a car from 4th an 4
Main, and the men may be prose
cuted for violation of the Mann act.
City police Identified the two a t
Ray Morris, 31, of Jeanetta, Ark,
and Ciena Arthur Miller, 33. Kel.
Ingg. Id., both believed by police
to be es-convlct.
The girls, both IT year old and
both from Kellogg, Ida., were
placed in Juvenile custody.
Miller was caught by a city pa
trolman In the art of stealing a II
celiac plat Irom a car parked In
the Rose Motor company lot, and
on questioning admitted he waa tak
ing Ui license u put on a ear
stolen earlier and I 1 1 parked
around the corner on tin.
Xeokeul Pealed'
He also aald Morris had been act
Ing as hu "lookout" while he wa
lilting the license pistes, and told
polar he and Morris had been stay
ing at a Main street hotel with two
girls.
The girls were taken Into custody
at the ho'el and admitted they had
reguterrd al the hotel with the twi
men, coming from Kellg with
them through Washington and Into
Oregon.
Morru eluded officers at the ho
tel but wa located later In the
Southern Pacific yards where he re
portedly restated arreat and had to
be brought out at gunpoint.
He and Miller were placed In the
county Jail, booked for car theft and
conutbultng to the delinquency ol a
minor. The automobile thev admit
tedly stole wsa owned bv Margaret
Ann Leppert, 1004 Biamark.
Ford Vorkers
Talk Strike
DETROIT. Sept. It (,! The
CIO-im:ted Auto Wnrkera today
gav the Ford Motor company the
equivalent nf a 10-day stnse notice.
Unless the penslon-lnsuranre-wag
dispute la settled by Septem
ber It. said the union, the Ford
UAW contract automatically will
be terminated.
This wss Interpreted by both
company and union sources a the
equivalent of a airta notice.
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