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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1949)
PACE TWO HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON MONDAY, OCT. 24. U9 Potato Show Drew Crowds This Year MERRILL The 13th annual po tato festival la a thing the past, but It waa highlighted by th finest Indian summer weather possible, a pietty queen and attendants, the visit of Oregon's governor. Doug McKay, an excellent football game and a smooth rolling program cul minated In a big dance Saturday night. The big free barbecue attracted hundreds throughout the basin area and those In the carving and serving detail reported that 9600 persons vara fed within a couple of hours on Saturday starting at 13 30 p.m. AU Served Plate were piled high with bar becued beef and hot baked Netted Gem aquas, and all that sought re freshment were served. Both Governor and Mrs. McKay were present for the barbecue and met many of the festival visitors. A tour of exhibits was msde by the governor and his lady before they left at mid-aftemoon for Cottage Orovt where yesterday the governor pose at the dedication of Dorena dam. IS Awards Thirty-five awards, given by mer chants, were presented to exhibit visitors during Saturday afternoon. The prize for the best decorated Window went to Reeves Hardware and Electric. There were a number of well done windows dedicated to the spud festival. Judges observed. Members of the big Klamath Basin Potato festival committee expressed appreciation to the pub lic and to the contributors for the success of the show w hich attracted several thousands to Merrill during the two-day fete. Halloween Folk Dance at OTI OTI The folk dsnrlng club, un der the direction of Ellen Smith, will present a Halloween dance Wed nesday, at g p. m. In the guest house. - The women w ill wear cottons and the men may use jeans or GI ger menu. Old fashioned and modern dancea will prevail. Refreshments will be served. Albany Group Seeks To Save Old Pumper ALBANY. Ore.. Oct 24 ( CIU rens here are getting up a head of ateam over the fire department's decision to Junk an ancient steam operated pumper. Prank N. Wood, a former volun teer whose father and other pioneer citizens bought the vehicle In H75. have protested. The tire department gave the relic to a civic stadium auction fund for sale. Wood and oth ers hope to retrieve It by pooling their funds for lis purchase. j: NABBED SALEM. Oct. 24 iP State po lice arrested 3347 persona during September for violating motor ve hicle laws, and they warned (043 others for the same offenses. DOORS OPEN 4 i a a- jue-.TZ 'iiiiti AHITE SAVAGES -V-it M I DOORS OPEN :3 AFJfhring Mad and TThunderinf True 1 ..when QuntretT'i Catrilbsl MmHiimi the Crest Plata ION Color Cartoon "HotlyooJ Snapshots" Novelty and New Trees, Shrubs To Be Planted In Parkway Plsntlng of trees and shrubs will begin this week on the Kit Canon parkway. Mrs. W. P. Myers of the Lakeshore Gardens nursery said to day. Most of the holes for the trees have already been dug to facili Ute planting. With luck. Mrs. Mvers hope to get the tree in before a bad freeze so that planting will not be delayed. A freeze after trees and shrub are once planted will not affect them, she said. Variety Oregon Kraoe. anruce m.niu and chinkapin, along with many oth er native uregon typea will be planted. Crested wheat has been planted on the upper end of the parkway but three acres on the town end will be left until spring when lawn will be put In. Please! Coo Deration from tha nnhli l . asked particularly on the upper end iiere crested w neat nas oeen plant ed. There have been some cases of bicycles and even cars being driven over the parkway. People are asked to keep off the planted area. All plantings for the parkway have been ordered. Mrs. Myers said. The section to be planted In lawn next spring la where the city plans Its recreation area. Women Voters Meet Called Mrs. Paul Buck, president of th League of Women Voters, hss an nounced a meeting to be held Wed nesday. October 26. beginning a t 1:30. in the Pelican party room, at which time observance of the birthdate of the League of Nations will be held. It Is planned by the League to dis-cuss-ex-Presldent Hoover s report to congress during the year ahead, var ious phases to be taken from up time to time. This report sums up the common thinking of the com mission on the basic organization problems of the executive branch as they relate to efficiency, economy and improved administrative man agement. The league believes that all wom en should be Interested In improv ing ttf ef f lency and economy o f government and for that reason hope many women whether mem bers of the League or not will avail themselves of the opportunity to hear and be heard on these sub jects. Should the women of the com munity prove sufficiently Interest ed Mrs. Buck will organize a atudy group which can report back to the chapter from time to time. 1 I i in I Pi li i mi H mi i am iiuwmh e i i ii n i ji n i n i- l"v. p I . J I v.'..'i-' '- ' - "r - " ' " ......... A LOAD OF GRAIN slid off o big flatbed truck shortly ofter 8:15 this morning as the ma chin turned off the canal bridge crossing Esplanode. It was a field day for the birds, who soon were pecking at the spilled grain on the pavement. Soon ofter the accident a second truck oppeared to reload the socks. The truck wos Klamath bound. Conger PTA Board Meets Tomorrow An executive board meeting of officers and chairmen of Conger PTA, Tuesday at 1:30 pm. In the teachers' room at Conger school. Important business of the board. Including the budget and money raising projects, will be discussed. A regular PTA meeting Is sched uled for November 16. Por a few pennies per rd you can advertise to thousands through a Want-Ad I Phone 8111. ir 4 HE IUSTS THE UNDERWOrUO FOR A BLONDE TORCH SINGER! HUMPHREY mm tr-w mj' ' lUUftUl J62; Extra Walt Disney's Pa Perdlnand The Bull" ' mi - .sasaTV-VwasMAsv Iff flevruvf iV- raj. , ilftMNIEST pdUREOf H(UFE! friend Inna- a HAL WALLIS alitw. Of MN VJnu ' VIWA LYNN 1 rAil aa. aa. ...a. aw -A-. . IXfH MARTIN-JERRlErVIS Dna Gaerg Menkall 0111116 3 Prospectors Pour Into Alaska After Yukon Gold Strike (Continued from Page 1 who have had no time to stake out their own claims. As soon as tney finish blazing their markers, clsim holders are moving their tents onto their claims. Hence, Alaska's newest I town Is stretcning steadily along tne ' South river shore In a long thin line ! of canvas shelters. 'Yukon Stoves' I Old timers, of which there are ' many here! brought along Yukon i stoves five gallon cans wun draft vents for burning wood along with , sleeping bsgs, tools and grub. Their shelters are comiortable gathering! places for prospectors wno are talk- j Ing hourly of one subject gold. ' Others who came equipped only with sleeping bags are not so com fortable in the chill nignt air. Each man la entitled to two claims of SO acres each. Staking a claim consist merely of blazing the tour corners and marking the claimant's name and the post num ber on each blaze. Claims Identified Claims are being designated here by name or number, the number usually running in sequence. Those electing to name their s use such names aa "May Ann'' or "Chief Luke." the latter being the claim neld by the chief of the native vil large at Port Yukon. My claim was tne 20th along the river but designated aa "Number , One South Chief Luke." Looking around. It appears there . Is no definite type ot man who ans- ; wers the flail ot gold. Here on the; edge of the Arctic circle are gath- ered a group of bearded, agile men wearing lumberjack boots, coon skin cap and representing everr I profession from airplane pilot to 1 tile setter. They are bound together ; by the common hope of quick easy riches. Quiet-spoken Clifton Carrol, whose discovery touched off the me lt, summed up the thoughts of many men when he said: "I don't know how good this Is. Nobody does yet. I know we found gold In the fishwheel. I know what I hope we find in the ground." Hungary Hangs Four Officers BUDAPEST. HUNOARY. Oct. 3 ' LI. Oen. Oyorgy Palfly, one. Sailor Killed In Bus Wreck PAOLI. Pa, Oct. 24 A Grey hound bus and a tractor-trailer un), chl of tn, Hunrl.n ,rmv l0,:,d!Vth "000JPol "d;' of ""i j and three other high military meh collided a mile and a half west of r, h,ntd todav pil(lv h(d ... "--.-' -.... - convicted of treason against injuring Jl others I communtst-led government. OlallC 1SU11W lurillaliru HIV UrU Pea If IV ant fLf a. t executed with htm, Tulelake Has Goat, Antelope Controversy TULKLAKB-Is It goat or an telnpef Several Tulelake folks would like to know. This Is th story: Three men, Roy Oreen, Sllss Kan gas and Riley Nevlni. who gave their addresses aa Klamath Palls, were picked up Friday alteriioon by Game Warden William Knvsten aa they attempted to sell a hlndquar ter of meat, covered with hide, that they assured prospective customers waa antelope. Charged Since the antelope season haa long been closed, the three were charged with lllrgal possession and taken before Police Judge Victoria Thaler. She gave Oreen six rionihs In the county clink at Yreka and Kangaa and Nevlns got sentences of four monihs each. They are headed for Yreka today. Now. ahortly after th three were found roaming around town with the suspected meat, Carl Polk, who a few davs before had sold hla goat to Ogle I). Davis, missed the animal from Its tether on vacant lot. He supposed Davis had called for the animal but Investigation proved that th nanny had disappeared In thin air. She Is at 1 11 missing. Stymie Warden Rnvsten says the hind quarter, crudely harked from the rarrasa, la antelope. The goat's owner says the hair la Identical with that of his missing critter and the men won't tell. KUHSGrid Workers Get Rest With all the home gamea on the Klamath Union high school football scliedul completed, the band; I'ep Peppers, and drill narralora. who all had a part In th eacellent half time entertainment at fiv home games this season, ran relax until neat year. La Mar Jensen, band leader, la in charge of the half-time drills, as sisted bv Jack Knowlea, also uf the music department. Jensen directs the band activities, and his ar raiutementa for the Pep Peppers ar relayed by Kay Johnson, Pep Pepper drill chairman. Major 1 Rnnny Sterling waa Ilia drum major who marched at the front nf band with bark atralght and head high. Kven the talent of the English department were employed for the aucreasful performances at half time. Corliss Mayfleld, In collabora tion with the music department, wrot the narration for the drills, and discoursed while th bind and Pep Peppera were In action. Hhe was Introduced by Irene Bullald. Local Young People Attend Ashland Meet A large delegation nf young people from Klamath Palls attended a III-V and Trl-lll-Y officers and advisors training con f err tic held at Soul hem Oregon college, Ashland, Sunday. Oeneral asaembllea and special gicup meetings place emphasis on the Idrala of the rlubs, "To create, maintain and extend throughout the school and community high standards of Christian character." Krlimlril Kpeaka Ken H. Schmidt, -etlred general srrretary nf the Medford YMCA, spoke on "Chrmllnn Emphasis In the Hl-Y. Trl-lll-Y Programs." The keynote addresa, "Loyalty to Ideals," was given by V'arren Le-gla, Hl-Y advisor from Medford. One nf the delegates, Mary Jean Cochrane, has been elected by the Klamath Palls groups In be a can didate for district representative to th forthcoming national Hl-Y, Trl-Hl-Y conference the lS-year-old sailor who waa return ing to the cruiser Roanok from hia home In Uniontown, Pa. Bela Knrondy. were convicted OTI Drama Club Presents Skit OTI The Drama club made an other presentation to the atudent body, October 21. Elmer White and Ir. HofDl'tol Merl Minter broadcast over radio. " . ':.. at the treason trial of Laszlo Ralk, former No. 2 communist and for eign minister. Rajk and two others were executed October 15. An army colonel and a police colonel went to the gallows with Palffy and Korondy. Father, Son Stil station OTI. much to the amuse-1 ment of the audience. Tne students approved with much applause and expressed a desire to be entertained regularly by this group. Por a lew pennies per word you can advertise to-thousands through a Want-Adt Phone 1111. 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It'tTakt.tm-tXm-Jrlp Timt at Ihti Monty-Saving Mail Thr Ar N Uwr Firn I RENO HAN FRANCISCO El'RGKA I.OH ANOEI.r.8 SAN DIF.CiO PHOENIX EUGENE PORTLAND tj Plus Federal Tas Bar liisag Trie Tlrtrli . , . lavs MS a getara Trlpl 1. K. Iirra S44 Klsaislk Fksai S1I i.tS . 4.15 .75 11.40 1S.B4 . 2.40 I rji oTZtia. ft i 1 j r. a Both Pred Moaa and his son. Lar ry. 11. are still In Klamath Valley hospital under treatment for severe Injuries received In an automobile accident two weeks ago. Hospital attendants reported to day that Larry Is showing slight Im provement, however Moss's con dition remains unchanged. Three Chosen For OSC Choir Two Klamath rails and one Lake view atudent were chosen for the Oregon State college a cappella choir from the membership ot the OSC mens gl club and madrigal club. It was announced by Robert Walls, head of the music depart ment and choir director. The choir la preparing tor several Christmas programs , Including a broadcast over KOAC and The Mea alah In contunrtlon with the college chorus on December 4. Ruthe Huston of Klamath Palls I listed aa a second soprano In the a cappella choir and Colleen Cres well aa first alto. Both were promi nent In KUHS music. Prom Lake- I view la listed Helen Briscoe, also a . first alto. Oct. Three Dead Navy Pilots Identified LITCHFIELD PARK. Aria. 24 1-41 Search nartlea have rernv. ered the bodies of three navy fighter plane pilots who were killed Wed nesday when their ships hit a mountain during a anowstorm. Lt. Cnmdr. Marvin Hart, execu tive officer of the Litchfield Park naval air facllltv. said all three had been Identified. They were presumed killed upon Impart when the three P4U Corsalra crashed. The pilnta were Lt. ijgl George A. Heckler. Portsmouth. Vs.: Ens. James T. Pllgreen. Bhreveport. I , and Ens. John E. Laurence Jr., Omaberk, Tex. Wreckage was discovered In the mountains about 10 miles north of Superior, Arts. Municipal Court Oren Campbell, drunk and rtls. ordrrlv. Pine 135 or 12 ' days. Psul Peterson, drunk and dls- oirterlv. Pine 125 or 12 't nays Hnrold Attrberry, failure to yiell right of wav. Pine IS Norman R llrattabo, no operator license. Forfeit 15 ball. Alfred M. Nebrker. disorderly conduct. Posted lift ball. Einar Ocatvang, drunk. Pine 110 or g daya. llenrv O Casaldy. drunk. Ben teitce. 0 dsya sujcnded to leave tr.wn. Onfr Onnaales, drunk. Ssntnr, 30 days. Weslev Brown, drunk. Pin lit or 7S days. Peter Pesrlotta, drunk. Sentence, 30 days. Jerry E. Ralkar. drunk. Pine, 110 and 30 days' probation. IVimie Bwensen, drunk. Pine 110 or ft days. Jack O. McDonald, drunk. Plead nm gmltv. Mildred Chocktoot, drunk. Pin 110 or t daya. Winter la here and yon ean aave : ztv on your fuel bills If yea Insu late!! Kee aa about our Pour In and Blanket INM I.ATION . . . DRAKE LUMBER CO 114 Spring. i Phone Ml. 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