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SATURDAY, DKC. 24. 1040 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE THREE 1 fyMfc WEATHER W EAT II fell IMtr4. mth ikf - KLAMATH rALL AND VICIN ITY VarUbU cloudinfM with uww flurrUa to morning. t ImtUic ami cold Iviilglti. Muu 4my Ulr wlUi mUirid ctoud.it. High Utdmj Hi law lnihl 10; big U WUTKNN OHWiON Partly rloudr today with law Mllrtl ahuwi Main Ml v.lijr. enow In itMMiitalna. rir lunlm, Im-iMKlnfl riuudii. ftkiwUr wtlh Uht r. nuriharn put turn tV ftartiiKtn ur vvntng mm Ml twlmt today and luniglii. IhalM twin dav CI to U low luntalit lu H. NnrUwrly winds 9U lo W utilat an hour oH uuaal th( mornlttf , darraaalng today and lonitfhi. baraina to auuittarly la to lift nllM an hour Hunlay. KABTEHN OMKUON Partly floudy with aallrmt l.hl anw hvwar to day, riaarliig tonight Mur.4t.tr (r but with lncralP rliHl CVdar to day and tonlahl Highs both da XI to 4j. low tonight gvnarally 10 to JO but w aam in hlitiar vallaya. Daeraaaing Wind Iwnifht. .... i NOHTHMtN CAI.irOHNIA-ralr to day. Imight and Sunday, praradad by raw (hnwtn ihU morning n alrtmMj north roaat Culdar lunar and tonight Nofihwaaiarly to norlliarly wind la tn 15 mil an hour off eoait. dlmlnlah- AM AXD VKIN.TY rrll clmidr llh ahnw.r. Ind.r. Atarln lonlghl. aundar fair In nv.rn. m. bwrnmln partly cloudy In alter Hiah lxlay 4: low lonlghl J. high Sunday T. Operation Bettr Jeennrlle Orlachkowsky. daughter of Mr. and Mm. A. U Orlschliowaky, 30 Alla mont, ha relumed horn from Klamath Vallry hospital after an appendectomy. Vacation Joy Kent, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ulenn Kent. 737 Pacific Terrace, arrived lant week b plan from Chicago, when he li attending the Chicago Conserve lory of Music. From Portland Qua Hanilund of Portland la her for Uie holldaya with hu family at 7lh and Lincoln. Post Office Rushes Late Deliveries Ws expect to have all parcel poat delivered by tonight Post master Burt t. Hawklna told re porter today. Houra of overtime work are re aponalble. he explained. Tlie (lark ing off of Incoming dellverlea aa the holiday approachea and extra houra put In by delivery men and clerka have enabled poaul officiate to clear moat of the packages. One window at the poat office will remain open until i p. m. today. Perron with delivery recelpta may sail for packaiea. All other wlndowa -till be closed. ' Cloaed Monday The poat office will be cloaed all day Monday, and Poatmaater Haw klna asked that no one phone to Inquire about packaiea. Special de llverlea will be mad aa uaual and normal operation! will return Ture day. Hawklna aald he wUhrd to ex pre hla appreciation to the public tor the cooperation liven during the pre-srason ruah and to thank all poatal employe tor their diligent work. LEE Born at Klamath Valley hoapllal, Klamain Fall, Ore., De cember 23, 194.9, to Mr, and Mr. Bobby Lee. 4441 Hnmedale. a boy. Weight: 7 pounda 4'i ounce. PIERCE Born at Klamath Val ley hoapltal, Klamath rail. Ore, December 33. 11)49. to Mr. and Mr. William Pierce. Keno. Ore, a boy. Weight: I pound 4 ounce. BUCKINGHAM Born at Klam ath Valley horpltal. Klamath Fall. Or., December 24, 1848. to Mr. and Mr. Anthony Buckingham. Keno, Ore, a boy. Weight: 6 pound 8 ounce. Only Smoke; No Fire, No Damage City firemen were called to Safe way atore on Bouth 6th chortly after 7 o clock lat nlr.lil, but tne smono Droved to be only burning boxe at tended by ttore employe. No other fire wu reported and no damage recorded. (loee North Dave Underbill, night man at Tin Herald and New, lell late Friday tor Vancouver, B. C, to pend Ilia Clirlatnui holiday with hi parent, Mr. and Mr. Hu hI H. Uiidcrhill. II will fly from Portland to Vancouver and return. Mr. and Mr. Aaron Boo of KrXW are alan spending the holiday In Portland. Holiday Vlaltor Mary Loulae and Marlann Brxum are home tor the Chruuua holiday from the Unt veralty of Orrgun and alao their aUter and huaband, Mr. and Mr Harold lltsacll are hrre for C'hrlst nma from Richmond, Calif. The glrla are dauglitrr of Mr. and Mr. Frank Sexton of Klverald atreet. Home for fhrlatm R o n a I d Frledrlrh, on of Mr. and Mr. K. L, Frledrtch, 3M0 Orernsprlnga, ha arrived home for the Chrutmaa hoi. Iday. Ronald I In the navy at tending air eontrolniaii' nchool at the naval air latlon, Olathe, Kan. from Portland Mr. and Mr. Oeorge Long are here upending the holiday with their parent, Mr. and Mr. Lawrence Cada and Mr. Eluebrth Long, both of thta City. Mr. Long 1 tho former Lola Cada. In lllllalde Lawrence K. Plielp. 19i3 Auburn, ra moved from hli home to Hlllalde hoapltal early till morning for treatment of a heart condition. He waa reported aa aome what unproved later thta morning. Ham Rosemary Ward, daugh ter of Mr. and Mr. Clarence Ward, Kit High, la home for the holiday from Monmouth where "he Is a Junior at Oregon College of Educa tion. Collet Dance The Rotary club aponaored dance for itudrnla home from college will be Wednesday evening In the Willard hotel. 8 ports clothing I the dreaa for tills free dance. From Portland Lou Mueller, son Of Mrs. Helen Mueller, arrived last night from Portland where he Is employed with the United State National bank. From Han I'ranrlara Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fey are here spending sev eral daya with Mrs. Fey' parent. Dr. and Mr. J. II. Carter. MJ8 8. th To Halem Conrad Lohoefer of The Herald and New ataff left early today for Salrm to rpend the holiday with friends. Moos Ritual A practice will be held at 7 30 pm. Tuesday In the Moos hall and all officer and escorts are urged to attend. Death Claims Capt. Starbird LAKEVIEW Capl. Wlnfleld D. Starbird, lumberman In Lake coun ty from about IK!, to about 1935. and a trading Northwest authority on mill construction for many year, died In Portland Sunday. December 18. according to a tele gram received Tuesday by Ray E. Harlan. Captain Starbird was about 80 years of age. Funeral service will be held at 11 a. m. Thursday, December 22, from the conservatory chapel of the A. J. Rose and Son mortuary In Portland. Harlan' telegram was from C. D. Casey of Brattle, son-in-law of Captain 8tarblrd. Firm Founded Captain Starbird served with the 20th engineer In the first World War. He came to Lake county about IBM and established the Lake County Pine Lumber company on Crooked creek. He operated this firm as principal owner until It was dissolved due to the depres sion. About 1932 he founded the Lakevlew Pine Lumber company with a sawmill at Mill flat, and a re-manufacturlng plant In Lake view. The Lakevlew plant Is now the Lakevlew Manufacturing com pany. Captain Starbird operated tills firm until he left Lake county about 1935 or '36. Since that time he has been In Portland designing mill machinery, and he ha been In charge of the construction of some mills. His fume a a sawmill authority was wide In the North west, and about 1924 he built the huge mill of the West Fir Lumber company at West Fir. " Merry Chrltlmai and Vjjfe K Very Happy N.w Y.or... . may oth and every day of It Vx Jf b wl,h i ! hrl V lr5PAULA.LEEU I SUN LIFE Or CANADA Dinner Meeting For Logistical Btaff rectloiis of the 310th Logls Ileal Training Division will hold their final trailing period of 1949'at the Log Cabin on Tuesday, Decem ber 27, 1949. The training period will be pre ceded by a dinner at (:30 p. m. for all members ol the division In the Klamath twain. Plans for IVA0 and progress In 1949 will be discussed at the meet ing. Colonel 1 noma Uunn, com maiidlng offlier, Uranta Paaa, will be the prior, pal speaker. Colonel Ounn will make tlie presentation ot letters of commendation to mem bers of the dl viiion and to civilians who have amused the work of the division In In- past year. Also pres ent will be Colonel Clifford Lovejoy, chief of staff of tlie division from Medford and LI. Col. Carl P, Drg ner Jr, Ol for tlie division from Bend. Lt. Col. Oeorge W. Hlllls, deputy chief of staff of the division, Klamath Falls will act as master of ceremonies. Reserve personnel who are not member of tn division or not on the regular training list, and who wish to atuind the dinner and training period should advise one of the following; Cnptain Wallace Lar kin, Lt. BUI Mcshofsky or M-Bgt. Howard Coldrrn, telephone 4790. Merrill Cubs Finish Yule Toy Project MERRILL Merrill Cub Scout Pack 7 haa completed the project of repairing and painting toys and turned them over to the volunteer fire department for distribution. The cube wish to extend sincere thanks to those who donsted toys for the project. Proceeds from the movie which the Bcouu sponsored December 10 will be used to purchase flags and oUier equipment tor the park. Steve Popp. N. M. Garrison and John Bell were the lucky winner of turkeys donated for the occasion. The boy with to thank the Odd fellow for the use of the hall and the Moose lodge tor chairs used at the show. Dinner Meeting The next pack meeting will be held December 29 at 0:10 pm. In the casement of the Oddfellows hall. A potlurk dinner will be served, and each Scout I asked to bring table service. Parents are urged to be present as each cub receive credit for hla parent' attendance. Lake County rarian " Tlie Klamath ecunty library board today announced the resignation of Eleanor Davl and the appointment of Evelyn L. Cooper, Lake county librarian, a head of the Klamath Pall library. Miss Davie, vho haa been here for several years, submitted her resig nation, effective January 1. LAKEVIEW Evelyn L. Cooper, Lake county librarian since Novem. ber 1948, has accepted an appoint ment aa Klamath county librarian. The time it which Miss Cooper will take the new position la not yet definite. It will depend somewhat on employment of a successor for the Lake county position and also It mill depend on the length of time it will lake Ml: Cooper to file her final report lure with the Lake county library board. Mis Cooper accepted the new position Saturday, December 17, tn a meeting with the Klamath county board. The lo-al board I now en deavoring to locale a succcessor. In the time she has been with the Lake county llbiary, Miss Cooper ha succeeded In expanding the serv ice to a great extent. A complete account ot the service now available will be Included lr her final report when it 1 submitted. MARKETS and FINANCIAL STOCK AVERAGES Compiled by The Associated Pre ISeeembrr 21 Mind. IS Rails IS MIL Mattocks Net Chang unch. unch. A 2 A .1 Friday 100 4 39 0 43 4-H 71J-H Prevlou day 100 5 39 0 43 3 71.1 Week ago 100.2 39 0 43.1 71.0 Month ago 99M 36 0 42 5 ti l Year ago 992 39 2 39.0 Ml GRAIN TRADING LIGHT TODAY CHICAGO. Dec. 23 WV-Grain drifted along In quiet dealings on the board of trade today. It waa a typical pre-holiday market. For most of the session the tendency wu for feed grain to show a slight gain and wheat to show a slight loss. Toward the dose, how ever, wheat made up Its lost ground. Wheat doted H-'4 higher, March IJ.lS-'i. com waa S to 1 cent higher, March I1J1-1J2. oats were S-1. higher, March 13. rye waa U-l'i higher. May $1,434-, soybeans were higher, March t2Jl'i, and lard was 17 to 33 cent a hundred pound lower, January 810.47 Wheat- March May July Sept, . Open 2.18'4 2.13'-2.12 1.94 'i 12 Ti High 218'i 2.12 IMS 1.83'i Low 2.17S 2.114 l2'i 12! Close 2.184.-H 2.121 1J3H-14 IM, Drunk Driving Outbreak in LA L08 ANGELES. Dee. 24 WO-Pre-Clirlstmaa partying landed more than 200 motorist In Jail on drunk driving charges In the Lo Ana ties area hut night and today. The California highway patrol re ported that drunk arrest, being more than last year. Indicate an Increase In the number of accidents. In this city, police) booked 108 persons. Including several women, on drunk driving charges. Fewer Oregon Hens But More Eggs PORTLAND. Dec, 24 There weren't a many hens In Oregon last month, but they tried harder, and the result was a record num ber ol eggs. The department ot agriculture said the number of hens was down from an average 3.010.000 to 2.846. 000. Their record achievement: II J to 11.7 eggs per hen. Lucky Delay Foils Thieves NEW YORK. Dec. 24 fPI The bookkeeper rushed into the Bloch Metal Stamping company In Brook lyn with the 1500 payroll. "Sorry lo be so late," he apolo gised. "The bank was Jammed. Chrlstmaa you know." "What a pity." said hla bos. Ben jamin Bloch. "You missed all the cxritement." Two gunmen had preceded the bookkeeper. They held everyone prisoner at pistol point, and waited for the bookkeeper and the payroll to show. After 15 minute, however, they lost patience, took 8100 from Bloch, and left. Mayor's Recall Action Slated EUGENE. Dec. 24 Ml Recall charges against Mayor B. P. Larson of Springfield will be filed In the Springfield city hall in early Janu ary, a spokesman of the Good Gov ernment league aald Friday. W. 8. Burt, league chairman, in dicated that formal recall charges would not be filed with the city re corder until after January 1. He declared that members of the Oood Government league felt that It was no longer passible far cooperation between the council and the people t long as Larson was In office. Horse for Hiccups Cure Reported PUNXSUTAWNEY. Pa, Dec. 24 IP Next time you have hiccups trv a horse. That's the advice of Frank Sal vaggio, local restaurant owner. He ays a horse cured his 21-month case of hiccups. Salvagglo. who lest 40 pounds dur ing the siege, took up horseback back riding after everything else he tried failed to halt the spasms. His doctor had recommended a sport The restauranteur says he nt riding two hours every day and the hiccups gradually disappeared. Pine Orders Show Increase PORTLAND, Dec. 24 UP) Orders for Idaho white, ponderoaa and sugar pine Increased again during the week ending December 17, the Western Pine association reported today. Comparative figure In board feet: Last Week Previous Week Year Age Order 72169.000 60329.000 50.267.000 Shipments 64X8.000 6S .028.000 58.240.000 Production HZtiOOO 64.135.000 61318.000 Stocks Hold Steady Course NEW YORK. Dee. 23 W With a show of moderate activity, the stock market held steady course today. The Totume of trading was at the rate of 1.500,000 share for the en tire day. Gains and losses were fairly well distributed throughout the list with the plus signs a little thicker. The market started out with a burst of activity that dwindled down to a moderately fast pace. Stocks moving higher tnduded U. 8. Gypsum. Pan American Air ways. Oulf OIL Western Union, Ana conda. Homes take Mining, Dow Chemical, American Woolen, Oood ear and Phllco Radio. Lower were Santa Fe, Standard Oil (NJ, Allied Chemical. American Smelting. Bethlehem Steel and Lockheed. American Can -. 103 Am Power ft Lt 15H Am Tel ft Tel 145 S Anaconda 28 Bendlx Aviation 36S Beth Steel 3l Boeing Airplane 23 Calif Packing 36 Canadian pacific' i 154 Case I .' 39 H Caterpillar 35 Chrysler ..: 6S'i Cons Vultee 10 Continental Can 36 H Crown Zellerbach 29 Curtis Wright 71 Douglas Aircraft 70 Dupont de Nem 62 General Electric 41 General Foods 47 ' General Motors 70 ' Goodvear Tire 43 Ins Harvester 27 Kennecott llbby McN ft L . Long-Bell "A" . Montgomery Ward Nash Kelvlnator ... Nat Dairy N Y Central Northern Pacific . . 50 S . 7'i . 22 . 53 -i . 15', . 38-i . 10'i . US FOR A REALLY FINE TREAT I KM1TII BILLIARDS RESTAURANT 630 MAIN SERVING SPECIALLY PREPARED TASTY ELK CHOPS and OREGON GROWN fiin Par Am Fish Psc Gas ft Elec Pae Tel ft Tel Penney J C Radio Corp Rayonler Reynolds Metals Richfield Safeway Stores Sears Roebuck Southern Pacific Standard Oil Calif Siudebaker Corp Sunshine Mining Trans-America Union Oil Calif Union Pacific United Airlines U 8 8teel Warner Bros Pic Woolworth . 14 - 334 JOOVt - 56V, . 12S 26 ' 4 . 204 41 . 32 - 43 . 49 - 65 . 26 - - 16 . 27 . 83 . 13 . 26 . 16 . 48 Seattle Cop Younded At Holdup Scene I SEATTLE. Dec. 24 0PV-A pollce j man was wounded and a holdup man waa apparently hit yesterday I afternoon In an exchange that aent bulieu spattering wildly against the ! front of tha Olympic hotel there. A trail of blood alons- tha ,1. th ing gunman cours of flight through the swank hotel lobby con tinued to lead detectives Into a blind alley today in their search for the fugitive. Blood (tain also were found in the nearby Skinner build ing, but they ended at an elevator entrance. The wounded officer was Paul Lee. 39. He wa shot In tha arm aa he surprised the gunman In a holdup attempt at the Provident Loan company, across from the boteL FeinaettU Rose The gunman had entered the loan company office with a potted Ctuiatmas poinsettla. posing aa a dellreryman. The plant concealed hi pistol. The wounded officer anrf r-.- j live J. F. Larson had been watch lng the gunman because a woman I had reported hi action in the , vicinity were suspicious. She bad seen him "easing" the office. Mrs. Enid Falconer screamed when ihe gunman showed his weapon. She aald later she recog nized him as the man who had I held up the office once before. Shot The scream brought the officers on the run. Lee and the robber fired almost at the same time. The shot that hit Lee In the arm knocked his pistol from his hand "and spun me around." The robber dashed across the street and Into th Hnt-l ikk in - shower of shot. The policemen sua uiey were nancucapped In the chase by the many mid-afternoon pedestrians In the street and hotel entry. SPUD BULLETIN BAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23 OP) (U8DA) Potatoes: 16 broken, 15 unbroken car on track; arrivals: California 3, Oregon 7, Klamath Russets No. 1-A, 3i5. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23 W) CUSDA) Potatoes: 14 broken. 11 unbroken cars on track; arrivals: Oregon 2, Idaho 3, 26 cars arrived by truck; market steady; Klamath Husseu No. 1-A 3.75. Fire Destroys Planinq Mill COOS BAY, Dee. 24 0P Flames destroyed the Coos Bay Logging company's planing mill In North Bend last night The loss was esti mated at 830.000. A short-circuit In an electric mo tor was believed to have started the fire. B. N. McKtrncn's Death Reported Word of the death of a former Klamath Falla resident waa learned here Friday with the passing of Bernard Nichols "Ben" MrKernan. 63, at Brooking. Mr. MrKernan died Thursday and remain ar at Bchroeder brothers funeral homo In Bandon. Mr. McKernan lived for more than 25 year In the Klamath district. Ka was a native of Cleveland. O. He was married to Mr. Lilllatti Cumpa of Klamath Palls In 1938. They moved to Brooking tn 1941 when they purchased bulb property In the Curry county district. In addition to the widow, a atepaon, James R. Hall of Medford and for merly ot thta city, survive. Funeral announcement will be made later. More Power For Mills By Tuesday Mills In the Klamath basin de pendent on The California Oregon Power company tor power, should be able to rrrume 8 a. m. to 12 noon operations by Tuesday, offi cials advised today. For one week a half dozen mills serviced by Copco have been asked to conserve power between these hours. There wa little Inconveni ence, power company men aald, as tnis is slack season. The mills will still comply with Copco request that they cease op eration between t and 6:30 p. m, peak load hour of the day. Berime Since December 6. the situation has become Increasingly serious as heavy demands throughout the en tire district made local operations reduced. "We hope by Tuesday that all restrictions will be off and that To ketee will be providing us with suf ficient power to get back on a normal basis ether than the 1st afternoon period," Copco advised. - LILIENTHAL HONOR WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 OT) T m Till M.h.l .14 1 I man of the atomic energy commis sion, is to receive the Phi Delta Ep silon merit sward for contributions to medicine and humanity. Dr. Meyer Stolar of Washington raid today the award will be made next Wednesday at the medical society banquet here. Portland Wheat PORTLAND, Dec. 23 -Cash grain unquoted. Cash wheat (bid): soft white 2.18; soft white (excluding Rex) 2.18; white club 2.18. Hard red winter: ordinary 2.18; 10 per cent 2.18; 11 per cent 230; 12 per cent 2.21. Hard white Baart: unquoted. Today's car receipts: wheat 36; barley 3; flour 4; corn 2; oat 5 mill feed 4. Klamath Basin Potato Shipments December 23 Month to date Season to date 1949 31 393 602 . 2391 J73 1948 12 MEET FRANK DRISCOLL HOUSEHOLD GOODS Moving Expert! Frank hat been with OK nearly 30 year. He will estimate,'' pock year good for moving or storage; in fact, rake care of all your moving problems! estimate gladly . . Phone 4168 PADDED VANS MOVING IN OREGON, WASHING TON, CALIFORNIA, OR ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD! OK TRANSFER 2 f f t f flf it . (ihAiAtmaA I The time we all treat people as we would like to be treated, and hope we can keep it up the rest of the year. S pHsk -ir 0JM If $-5150 . . . II Complete CHRISTMAS DINNER with all the trimmin', prepared as only the "Bill iards" cant Service is rapid . . . food TOPS" . . . Prices are "RIGHT". AT"- Other meats served lo your individual wishes ... if you to desire. ViMrtVWrtMl ll We have mailed to 61 eligible customers in the Suburban Area checks and credits for reduced rate released by the Rating Bureau this month. Not all Suburban residents are eligible. Call us up if you think you have been over. ' looked, whether you ore our customer or not. ' . Best wishes to all for the future. which we hope will be interesting. v - rx TT tpt "K Ti pi -vr rj a-v .t- f Mi. 1L. eWllillNi SUDjN I Ceorge E. Wood Wanda Whitmire Inez McCoy Darrell Larson Crayce Eaton Fred Johnson L E. Whitmire Edith Perry 412 Moin Street' (Next to the wreck of the Hall Hotel In Old Llnkvllle) sf: U . ..j-.. ..... : rtt 3
