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with uww flurrUa to morning.
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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
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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
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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
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JOOVt
- 56V,
. 12S
26 ' 4
. 204
41
. 32
- 43
. 49
- 65
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. 83
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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
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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
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estimate gladly . . Phone 4168
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$-5150
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CHRISTMAS DINNER with all the
trimmin', prepared as only the "Bill
iards" cant Service is rapid . . . food
TOPS" . . . Prices are "RIGHT".
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Other meats served lo your
individual wishes ... if you
to desire.
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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.
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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)
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