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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1949)
w 0) o) By MANIC JENKINS N this newspaper today you will rend that Hercules Power Com pany of Wilmington, Delaware, hu bought a considerable part ol 111 old Ewauna Uii Company property, mid on Uit ilte thiu acquired will build a pilot plant TO STUDY THE CMEMIUTKY OF WESTKKN WOODS. That may be the mint Impnrunl Indiutrlal development In the re run hutury ol tlie Klamath country. By "recent." I mean the last dec arte, or maybe the last decade and half I It could be the moet Im portant devrlopnirnt In our entire history. . CO far, we hava been manufatiur UK I lie bulk of our original virgin Umber atand Into rough ,jmber. Ily 'lv methods, we have been Helling azimuth (eneral average ol about ten man-yrara of employment out r of earh million tret. A "man-year'' l one year of employment for one man. That la to aay. In the pant, each million feet has provided one year of employment for about ten men. By the processes of chemical utlll nation of our timber itand, me ran gel MOHE MAN-YEARS OK V'M-PI-OYMKNT out of earh million fret. THIS la the point: By gelling more man-yrara of employment out of each million fret of timber harvested, our remaining aland ran be made to provide more employment than we got out of our original huge timber resourre. That In why today'! announce, nirut can easily be the most Impnr lant Industrial development In our history. THERE are some pnlnla In con nectwn with today' announce n'ent that nerd to be thoroughly Understood. On of them la the term PII.OT PLANT. In modern Industrial research, you tint go ai far a you ran In the laboratory. Laboratory research U amall-arale research. It la carried out on a tent-lube acale. When, by the use of laboratory method!, you hava developed facta and processes that aeem to you to hava commercial promise, the first thing you muirt know I before Invent ing large Btima of money I la whether these processr can be carried out profitably on a COMMERCIAL acale. That U where the pilot plant romea 111. A pilot plant la a step midway between the laboratory and the factory. Ita purrxw la to prove the commercial feasibility of the Na1raa developed In Jht laboratory. t ET8 get down to bras tacks. Today'g announcement la not rif Immerue IMMEDIATE Impor tance. It doean't mean that men and mechlnee will begin to pour Into town tomorrow morning to atari a vast construction protect. Actual construction of the pilot plant I not expected to get under way before next spring. Over the winter, the equipment It will con tain will be manufactured In the Continued on Page Ten) Missing Man's Body Found MT. BHA8TA-The body of Joaeph Nlzsa, ML Shasta Pine Manufactur ing company employ who was re ported missing three weeks ago, waa found late Saturday In the company mlllpond. John Kim advised authorities early In October that hla brother waa m timing but no trace waa re ported. John Nlsxa la a Mt. (Shasta ahoe repair shop operator. An Investigation la being made. The body Is at Noble's chapel, ' A hums Youth UJjf in Bhy tbhin Boy Admits Knifing Of Infant ALTUItAS A M-year-did youth is held in tlie Modoc county jail, mid his 18-nioiith-oltI nephew hail a 50-60 chance to survive a deep butcher knife wound in tlm abdomen which author ities here any tlie !oy ad mittedly Inflicted on the child Saturday. Held is Dale Jcmiintis, a fifth K''der in the A Huron schools, and in Alturaa General hos pital! la little Thomas Jess Right Hour, son of Jens Rightnour, con struction employe. Modus Bherlff Olynne Johnson said the boy admitted stabbing the youngster to Probation Officer Buck Server. No f'harge No charge has been levied against Dal and It la probable thai he will be turned over to Juvenile au thorities. Officers first learned of the brutal attack from the mother who found the child missing Baturday while she was washing It was about 10 o clock in the murtilug. An Immediate search was launched but it was nut until 10 o'clock Baturday night thai the child was found, unconscious and badly bleeding. In a haystack on th Swiff brother ranch about one half mile from when the Rightnour family lives at the Brass Rail cabins on Ihe north edge of town. Found The baby was found by it dis traught father and the manager ol the cabins. Before the Infant waa found, how ever, authorities had picked up Dal at Davis Creek. 246 miles from Al lures. He had hitchhiked to that point, he told Deputy Bherlff Joe lies. The butcher knife, said to be the weapon which inflicted th ab dominal wound, waa also found about one mile away. The knife was Identified aa one owned by the Rightnour family. Dale had been living with hi uncle and- aunt, comuvs.lo. Aluiraa about five month ago when Right nour got Job with a highway crew operating between Alturaa and Cedarvillr. 59-58 Chance Medical authorities said 1IUI Thomas haa a 50-60 chance to sur vive the deep knife wound. The child waa lightly clad when found and was given Immediate care at the Alturaa Orneral hoaplul. Tlie mother, who waa near collapse before her child waa located, waa also under medical care. Modoc county authorities said Dale had been In Juvenile' custody prior to Ihe alleged act on Saturday. When picked up at Davis Creek, the boy denied any knowledge of the stabbing but later gave a statement to the probation officer. Coffee Prices Up Again . PRICE PIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER II, IMI Telephone 8111 No. til i rit II i VI .r"-V.rasSPttia Hercules Firm Locating New Industry Here The Hercules Powder company, a chemical firm with headquarters in Wilmington, Del., has bought a part of the old Kwauna Box property and will construct a pilot plant there to further the study of the chemistry of western woods. Announcement of the purchase was made jointly today by R. R. Macartney, general manager of Weyer haeuser Timber company at Klamath Falls, and A. E. Forster, a director of Hercules. Weyerhaeuser bought tht sprawling E w a u n a plant Old Ewauna Site Will Hum Again Ewauna Box company' old plant on 8. :h had been a Klamath Palls Institution and a valuable pavroll source since 1812 until It sale to Weyerhaeuser Timber company last year, and a new type of operation will open up on the site next sum mer. The Ewauna site haa been pur chased by the Hercules Powder company to be used a a pilot plant for chemical manufacture research. Founded 1912 C. B. Crlalcr and Charles McGow an organized Ewauna Box company and built the plant on S. 6th In 1912. A few years later McOowan sold his interest to Claude Daggett and Fred Schallock. In IS 17, after a fire, the company built what at the time was the second largest box factory in the United States. In 1920 the sawmill was built, and It was expanded to three-band aize in 1926. with rapacity of 150.000 board feet a shift. In 1928 Ewauna broke production records by sawing 9S.000.000 feet of lumber In a year. Idle At the time of Its sale to Weyer haeuser, the company waa owned principally by the heirs of Schallock, Daggett and Crisler. The plant has been Idle since early this year. SITE OF NEW PLANT This oir view of the old Ewauna Box compony shows; the acreage purchased by Hercules Powder company for the location of o pilot plont to deal with possible commercial manufacture of chemicals from western woods. The line from the top of the picture running down berweerv'the lumber piles shows the lakeshore area purchased by Her cules, ond the cross shows where the pilot P.lontjtsj Jsbe situateL.The Hercules company bought the property from Weyerhoevrjer Tlmber&VrirxjrV'Sorrie of the buildings m the picture will be used ond other will be torn down. Weedl .Mm Chilled punting Stettinius, Former State Head, Dies GREENWICH. Conn.. Oct. 31 iPi Edward R. Stettinius Jr., wartime head of lend-lease and V. 8. sec retary of state when the United Na tions came into being, died today at t V. - -r. - nf , a cicw runs, J i .-i-,oiiee The white-haired, handsome Stet- prlcrs resumed their upward trend today, with quotations tor future deliveries advancing Ihe dally limit or two cents a pound shortly after the market opened. 'Veep' Wins Widow's a Hand; Marriage Set ST. LOU18. Oct. 31 (At Vice President Alben W. Berkley, who has scored many successes In a long political career, has also proved himself lucky In love. Mrs. Carleton 8. Hadley, the comely young widow whom he courted diligently for nearly four months, announced last night that the two would be married here Novem ber 18. The announcement was made In formally In the presence of a few friends and newspapermen In Mrs. Hadley' apartment as the vice president stood by smiling, Simple Wedding details were not made public. Friend expected the cere mony would be a simple one and would be performed In one of the local Methodist churches. Both the 11-year-old Kentucklan and his 38-year-old bride-to-be are member of that faith. The wedding announcement, set for 7 p. m., was delayed nearly 30 minutes while the Veep, as he likes to be called, put through a phone call to President Trumnn at Wnsh 1 tig ton. The president seemed "pleased and happy" at the news, Berkley reported. Baxklry Yield Tlie former senntor then turned to those present and said chivalrous ly: "The vice president yields, shall we aay to the senator from Missouri." Mrs. Hadley, with ryes sparkling, aid simply; "The vice president and I are going to be married on the 18th' of November. The plans will be announced later." I menus) uivu rusiivu up tv iwi- gratulate the couple, while photog raphers' bulbs flashed, "I certainly deserve to be con gratulated," Berkley commented. "I regard myself as greatly honor ed by the announcement Mrs. Had ley has Just made." 1 Bnrkley and Mra. Hadley met lest July 8 while she was visiting Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Clifford In Washington. Clifford Is a presidenti al aide. The two were Introduced during a cruise downuhe Potomac. Mrs. Hndley's husband, who died In 1048 at the age of 42, was general counsel for the Wabash Railroad company, She has two daughters, Jane, 14. and Anne, 17, who Is a student at Sophie Newcomb college, New Orleans. Secretary Bhe Is now employed In a secre tarial capacity at the Wabash tiead qunrtera here. Barklcy Is a widower. His wile, whom he marrlrd In 1903, died in 11)47 In Washington. There were three children, David M. Bnrkley. Mrs. Max Trill It and Mrs. Douglas MacArthur II, wife of a nephew of the general. The nation's No. a democrat crossed party lines In his selection of a bride because Mrs, Hadley Is or waa known a a republi can. In 1940 she worked at Wendell Wllkle's campaign headquarter here. Unlus, who a t 37 became board Bethlehem, CIO Steel Agreement Believed Reached CLEVELAND, Oct. 31 lP) A trlke-settllng agreement between Bethlehem Steel company and Philip Murray' CIO steel workers was reported to have been reached today, granting workers $100 free monthly pensions. The reported agreement Is expected to be consummated by Murray and representatives of the Bethlehem company second largest steel producer before a news confer- a ence late today. FDWARD STETTIM18 chairman of the U. S. Bterl corpora tion, was his country's first U. N. delegate. He waa named rector of the University of Virginia after leav ing the U. N. post in 1946. Sister Death came at 7:30 a. tn. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Juan Trlppe here. Mrs. Trlppe 1 Stettinius' sis ter. Her husband is head of Pan- : American world airways. I A rich man's son, Stettinius went Into government service and short- : ly became administrator of the too,- i 000,000.000 iBi lend-lease program! that played a major role in the final I defeat of Nazi dermany. . . I Unconscious The former cabinet member's secretary said members of the household found Stettinius uncon scious In bed this morning. He died i soon after a physician arrived at ; the house. Stettinius had suffered from a heart condition since last spring, hi secretary said. His wife and her mother, Mr. W. J. Wallace, were with him when he died. The reported terms include em ploye contributions of 2' cents an hour toward social Insurance and hospitalisation. That amount would be matched by the company, mak ing a five-cent program. The new pension plan, persons close to the situation said, would cost the company approximately nine cents an hour per worker. Recommended The steel fact-finding board recommended that the industry set up free pensions costing six cents an hour and a social Insur ance program costing four cents an hour as the basis for negotiat ing a settlement of the steel dis pute. Murray accepted but the In dustry balked at the non-contributory feature of the proposal. Bethlehem haa had tor 25 years a pension plan to which its em ployes were not required to con tribute. The 100-dollar pensions would Bang- Shooting Hours November 1 - Openi 8:1 a. m. Close: 3:57 p. m. be paid to 65-year-old employes with 25 years service. A minimum of 885 a month would be provided for those with 20 years service and $60 for 15-year men, It was re ported. Bethlehem e m p 1 o y es 80.000 workers in plants throughout the country. Monthly the company produces I an estimated 1.100.000 tons of In gots and castings, equivalent of 800.000 net tons of steel products. City Prepares For Halloween Parties, Fun Klamath Falls citizens were seen in tlie grocery stores and sweet shops today stocking up on Hallo- i ween 'goodies' which will be dealt 1 out tonight as the witches and gob- Una call In all neighborhoods to play , their famous "trick or treat" game. Merchants report treats of all kinds being sold. Everything from candies, cookies, fruits, and nuts have been purchased for the cele bration tonight. While the children are tricking or being treated around town, they are also invited to various parties to help celebrate the traditional Hallo ween. The city recreation depart ment Is cooperating with PTA's of all schools and with service clubs with plans and necessary materials. All parties will be held in the respective school gyms. Children ar Invited to come in costume. The place, the time, and the club as slsting the parties are: Conger 7 to t p.m. Marine Corps league. (Continued on Pag J) , Fourth Duck Season Death In Klamath The Klamath basin fourth duck, hunter, fatality since the season opened eight days ago, was reported here late Saturday afternoon with the death of 53-year-old Jack C. Hand, long time Weed resident. . Hand was hunting with his young son. Jack C. Hand Jr, and Bill Hoffman of MU Shasta, in the Lower Klamath lake country Satur day. The men had wound up their hunting and were taking equipment from the boat when Hand Is said to have picked up his shotgun by the barrel. Fatal Shot The gun exploded and Hand re ceived the full blast In the right side. His companions Immediately carried him to the car. some 50 feet away, but he either expired at that time or shortly after. The death Is attributed to Siskiyou coun ty in California. Hand was rushed to Merrill by his hunting companions, but Dr. F. E. Trotman said he had been dead a short time. The body was brought to Ward's here. Hand has been working since January, 1944, In the cutting depart ment of Long Bell Lumber company at Weed. He leaves his wife, Cecil, and their son Jack. UP Officials Move Cars At The Dalles THE DALLES. Ore, Oct 31 m Five empty boxcars were on a riverfront dock spur today, waiting loading work to resume in the five-week-old canned pineapple dispute. Union Pacific railroad officials climbed into a shifting engine cab Saturday to spot the five cars on the track and pull away five load ed cars that Brotherhood trainmen earlier had refused to handle. A freight train later picked up the cars and hauled them to Port land. There they were transferred to the Southern Pacific and sent southward to San Jose, Calif., can neries. Warnings Police were Investigating rock weighted warning notes tossed on the porches of railroad workers last week. The notes said "Hands off the strikes. Stay out of strikebound area. 'You recognise ghost picket line or you won't want us to call on you again." The reference to a ghost picket line referred to a court order pro hibiting CIO longshore picketing. The pineapple was brought here by barge from Hawaii's strike-bound waterfront last month. just a year ago. The property being taken over by Hercules covers approximately 75 acres, the power house, railroad sidings, water tower, fire lines and a number of small buildings. Negotiations had been underway for four months. 108 Employes Hercules will take possession of the property this winter but lis plant probably will not be put Into opera tion until next summer. The pilot plant Is expected to employ around 100 persons, from a third to a half of them skilled technicians from the Hercules organization. As many per sons as possible will be employed locally. In the chemical Industry, "a pilot plant Is a small, more or leu ex perimental plant designed to steer the way for a full-sized manufact uring operation. It will be the first of It type in the west and may point to an eventual mammoth new devel opment In the western lumber In d us try. The company has been ex perimenting with western pine for several years to unearth chemical potentialities of pine and Its labora tory work has been encouraging enough to warrant a heavy expendi ture of money here in the pine country to carry the study further. Heavy Blew The discontinuance of lumber op erations by Ewauna a year age struck a heavy blow at the lumber payroll in this area and Weyerhaeu ser, rather than dismantling the plant entirely and wiping It oft the map, has been particularly Interest ed In getting some sort of operation going there again. Toward this end Weyerhaeuser representatives have been assisting; , in ita study of western woods and making available to the chemical company equipment and data oa operating conditions, economic sta tistic and the like. , T.: .. . t Research -Hercules has been conducting re search on western woods for the past two years at Wilmington," For ster said, "and the research con vinced the company that only by' operating a larger-sized pilot plant would It be possible to team an swers for many problems the lab oratory research had found." "Western woods contain a num- ber of Interesting organic chemi cals." Macartney said, "some wltn potential commercial value. The on ly way a company can learn wheth er it can make a chemical economi cally is to set up a smsil plant and try it out." . Equipment' Buildings on the Ewauna sit .KiK mril Tin, K- lit ft hV HeTCUleS probably will be dismantled and the grounds cleared mis winter, ana much equipment to be used In the. plant will have to be manufactured. Suite the planned plant Is the only one of Its type. Hercules men are having to develop and make their own equipment. ' Forster said that, depending on the result 01 tne ruamaui ran 'pilot plant research. Hercules may Tequire in me luiure suusushmm manufacturing facilities here in the jwest. Warning Leave Fire Hydrants Alone! City firemen reported two fire hydrants turned on last night by Halloween pranksters. The dan ger of this Is called to the atten tion of the public firemen said, because by opening some hy drants pressure on all remaining hydrants In the city Is lowered, Thus the fire departments art under a severe handicap to con trol or extinguish fire anywhere In the city or suburban area. The fire department asks the cooperation of the public to make this HaUoween a happy one, but also a safe one, and not place the city under any fire hazard. Meet the People " 3 . yJy I IT'S A COMPLICATED business, this job of operating the) telephone system but Lyle Steers knows whot he'i doing evert though the general public would be amazed ot the maze of wires ond gadgets needed for this kind ot work,
