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SHERIFF JACK FRANEY
Sheriff Jack Franey, 52,
Dies Suddenly
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Day's lews
' Hv FRANK JENKINS
As a (Irunintlc Incident of tills
"worst storm In SO yearn " as the
IjIit press service nave been can
inn It, the Southern Pacific' crack
streamliner City at Ban Francisco,
lust word In modern ground trana-
porallon, Is trapped In the now
in the high Sierra.
Art Hoppe. reporter, and Ken
neih McLaughlin, cameraman, of
the Chronicle - slslf have Jul
reached the marooned train alter
a trek on ski. Hoppe reports
"Tlie engine U burled in the
anow, and the oara atond like aome
permanent strung-out settlement ol
burled cabins A single
dark tunnel in the anow marks the
entrance to the baggage car and
as we entered musty, sour odor
of stale breath, heating fumes and
com looa nit us
"It was cold In most of the cars
and everyone was wearing all the
ciotnes ne coma pne on . ,
'I he 27 passengers who suffered
nausea and diarrhea from backed'
tip butane fumes - were getting
along well in tneir more comfor
table quarters aboard the room
ells ear."
I Hugged?
! It certainly U as we of the com
fortable, well ordered, abundant-in-material-thlnga
modern world
know .ruggednaai. , . . ... ..
But
This present-day luxury stream
liner Is stalled at the summit of
Oonner pass, at or very nesr the
spot where the Ill-fated Donner
parly finally bogged down In the
snow after going as fsr as they
could go.
Privation?
We cell It that In these dsvs.
But there Is FOOD on the train
roid, to be sure but even cold
food will sustain life. And more
Is on the way. Behind powerful
engines equipped with rotary snow
plows, with good road bed under
weir neeis.
Modern communications carried
word of the stalled train's plight
simosi instantaneously, ana neip
was started wiwout ociay.
The -Donner party bogged down
In holes In the snow ronched by
tunnels slartllngly like that which
Art Hoppe describes. They bund'
led themselves In sll the cothes
they hsd. They ate their remaining
animals as long as the animals
lasted.
Then -When
everv other scran of food
was gone, BOMB OF THEM ATK
HOME DF THE BODIES OF
THEIR OWN DEAD.
It was Just thnt stnrk and grim
back in tnose days.
Word got across the Sierra 1o
the settlements In California. NOT
by radio or by wire. By men on
foot. Men Of the parly who re
mined the strength to travel.' When
help eventually got back, It was
the rescuers who were sickened
and not by the fumes of bottled
gsi.
They were sickened by the AW
FUL sights they saw In those holes
In the snow that held all that was
left of ;the Donner pnrty, ,
There were survivors a pitiful
few. Nearly all of thorn were not
over the Sierra's summit to the
Warm settlement In the valleys.
Borne of these survivors lived to
be among the ablest and most use
ful of early California's people.
It wss thus that tho West was
built. . . -
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Thcrfc arc people who tell us the
enrly pioneers HAD IT EASY
free land, game In the hills, gold
In Ihe, gulches tho life ot Riley,
Ratal . . . ,
Tell the next person who springs
that one on you to go down to the
city library and read up on 'the
Donner party.
Grand Master Of
IOOF Visits Here .
George Lyons, Portland, Grand
Master I of Oregon Oddfellows, Is
visiting1 IOOF chapters. In. Klamath
County j this week. ;.,-.
Lyons, snd Herbert Munsell,
Klamath Falls, Grand Junior War
den of the r00F Grand Encamp
ment, visited; the Bonanza lodgo
Monday the Klamath' Falls lodge
yesterday and are to visit th6 Mer
rill chapter tonight. - , !
Several Klamath- Falls Wlo-o
members have been accompanying
the visiting officials.
' ' DIRECTOR
SALEM lift- Dr. G, Herbert
Smith, Willamette University presi
dent, will continue as director of
Inn Association of American Col
leges, , , . , i :,i, , . ;
On Tuesday
Sheriff Jack Franey. one of the
most widely known and bent loved
men In Klamath County, died un
expectedly at Klamath Vullcy
hospital last night. He was 52
years old.
Franey had been admitted to the
nospuui about lu:3U a.m. yesterday
for observation and Inter In the
duy underwent surgery lor an no
domlnal obstruction.
He died shortly before 10 p.m.
Tho body was taken to Ward's
Funeral Home and funeral
rsiigements are to be announced
later.
Franey was born at Plymouth,
Wise., Feb. 18. 1899. He came
West in the early 1U20S and worked
as a surveyor In Montana and
North Dakota for a time and then
came to Klumth county In 1924,
doing survey work for the South
ern Pacific at Kirk.
He moved to Klamath Falls In
1924, worked in engineering and
also on the City Police force.
Franey was elected Sheriff of
Klamath County In 1048. the win.
ner of race that had seen 19
candidates for the office In the prl
marles. He had been deputy under
Sheriff Lloyd Low for about 13
years.
He wss married to Miss Csrollne
O'Neill In 1022 at Forsyth. Mont.
They made their home here at
2030 Fremont St. There were no
children.
Survivors include the widow; his
mother. Mrs. Frances Franey at
Plymouth: four brothers, Harold of
aridity, Calif., Claire of San Fran
cisco. Kenneth of Milwaukee. Wise.
and Charles of Plymouth: and two
sisters, Mrs. Marian roaci. Mil
waukee, and, Mrs.- Alice Horal,
Chilton. Wise.
Franey was a member of Bscred
Heart parish, of the Amerloan Le
gion. Elks, Sheriff's Posse and
many other fraternal and social
organizations.
Under Oregon law, the Klamath
County Court has the duty of ap
pointing a successor to Sherilf
Jsek Franey.
The person appointed will serve
out this year, until Jan. i, una,
and the office of Sherilf will be
filled by election next November.
Pay Phone
Rate Hiked
Nickel telCDhone calls are going
the way of nickel cups of coffee
and nickel cigars to a dime.
Next Monday Pav phones In Ore'
gon will cost 10 cents under pro
visions of a rate Increase granted
the Pacific Telephone and Tele.
graph Company.
The mechanical switchover on
the boxes is now being made on
about 200 pav stations under the
Jurisdiction of the Klamath Falls
office of the company, so that in
stead ot taking one five-cent plere
for a local call they will operate
only with a dime, or two nickels.
Other authorized rate incroases
are to be effective March 1, and
are still being worked out, accord
ing to Chuck Seavy, local phone
company manager.
Thieves Steal
Meat, Pass Cash
QUINCY Mass. Ml Thieves
who broke Into a ment market
during the night were after some
thing more precious than money.
Owner Hnrry Dreyfus listed to
police as stolen:
BO lbs of top-of-thc-round steak.
' 10 lbs of bacon.
Six pounds of baloney.
A cold cut loaf, and a string of
pork.
Dreyfus said an undetermined
amount of money wns left intact
in the cash register.
9 G'dodi Sfiidal
JEFF PARSONS, 2058 Par
sons St., operator of a Main
St. barber shop, is today's
special, ..... .. ...
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Price Five Cents 14 Pages
Bright Future n
OutlincJeakers
Annual Chamber Meeting
A full house at the Wlllard Ban
quel hall last night heard Hlllnian
Lucddemann and Edgar w. Bmitn
outline a distinctly bright future
for the Klamath country.
The occasion was the annual
dinner meeting of the Junior and
Senior Chambers of Commerce.
and Lucddemann and Smith are
considered experts In industry and
Industrial promotion.
Lueddemann Is vice president of
the Pope and Talbot interests, and
Smith, rancher and stockman. Is
president of the Portland Chamber
Train Still
Trapped In
Donner Pass
BAN FRANCISCO m Passen
gers on the snow-trapped stream
liner City of San Francisco, high
In Ihe Slerrn, are on short rations,
bundled against the cold, but un
complaining about spending their
third night aboard, the Chronicle
reported Wednesday in a copy
righted dispatch from the train.
The Chronicle's Art Hoppe' and
Photographer Kenneth McLaugh
lin, after a- 2'i hour trip on skis,
reached the marooned Southern
Pacific train in Donner Pass at
4:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Hoppe reported: -"The
train is intact. Its passen
gers are on short rations, but
they're bundled up against the
cold, their morale Is high and they
are uot complaining about the pros
pect of another night before rescue.
"We found the train 200 feet
beyond a short tunnel. The engine
Is burled In. the snow and tlie
cars stand like some permanent
strung-out settlement ot ourica
cabins. .
"A single' dark tunnel- In the
snow marked the entrance loathe
baggage car and' as- we entered
a musty, sour odor of stale breath,
heating fumes and cold food hit
us.
"It was dark In the tunnel, dark
In the baggage car and dark in
the other baggage cars beyond.
Only an occasional red lantern
glimmered as we groped toward
the passenger cars.
"In tho first coach, we found
the passengers, their feci wrapped
In torn Blrcets, huddled on lacing
seats.
"The passengers told us of their
high regard for the train crewmen
who battled the snow to mane mem
comfortable, of the untiring ef
fnri nf 4nlunteer nurses and doc
tors, of their own determination
to keep their spirits high wnue
rescuers fought to reach them.
"It was cold in most of tlie cars
and everyone was wearing all the
clothes ho could pile on extra
trousers, sweaters, hats and scar
ves. "The 27 passengers who suffered
nausea and diarrhea lrom backed
up butane fumes were getting
along well In their more comlor-
table quarters aboard the roomette
car."
Some reports said at least 60
persons wore sickened by . the
funics. '
KPCA Meet
Set Jan. 26
Unsettled conditions in the agri
cultural Industry have'madc the
annual meeting of the Klamath
Production Credit Association,
scheduled for Jan. 28 at. the Ar
mory, one of the more important
conventions In the organization's
18 year existence, Secy.-Trcas. Lee
McMullcn said today.
Notices were sent into tlie mail
yesterday announcing the annual
stockholder's meeting, one of the
larger farm events ol the Klamath
Basin.
Bill Kittrcdge Is president of the
group, and has been for the past
18 years.
Two directors win be elected to
fill expired positions: present di
rectors are E.i M. Hammond and
A. R. Campbell,
Tlie meeting will begin with a
registration nt 11 a.m. Jan. 26,
and an Ed Miller Smorgasbord has
been scheduled for 11:45.
Paul Matson, president of the
Intermediate Credit Bank of Spo
kane, will be principal speaker.
The meeting la a husband and-
wife affair, McMullcn announced,
and Is the third one since the out
fit became farmer-owned.
Stickers will be available to stock
holders and guests at registra
tion which will allow free parking
in downtown; Klamath raits
throughout' the day.
It Was Worse In
'Good Old Days'
SAN FRANCISCO -ITI Storm
weary Calfomlans had this solace
Wednesday it was far worse In
the "good old days."
In the 1889-90 winter, 13 trains,
with 900 passengers, were snow
bound In the Sierras.
As many as 3.300 men shoveled
now from the tracks,
It took the railroads almost a
month to restore normal- service.
KLAMATH FALLS,
ot Commerce as well as something
of an authority on world affairs.
Lueddemann s talk stressed the
ned of this area and the Worth
west for harnessing "Its two great
wastes water and wood."
Columbia River development,
the lumberman said, is of utmost
importance to the Northwest, 'Ihe
dams now operating, under con-
ktruction or authorized by Congress
potentially will give this area a
sixth of Uie nation's electrical pow
er, the equivalent of 20 Bonne
ville. '
Utilization of wood wastes, Lued-
demamrsald, can make the North
west the chemical center of the
nation. He brought with him sam
ples of materials that are being
made now out of rotten or waste
wood cellulose, nylon, paper, pa
perboard, hardbourd. stock food,
ulcohol derivatives and plaillcs.
The lumber Industry, he de
clared, Is beginning to wake up.
Within tlie next lew years it will
be going the packing industry one
belter.
That Industry, he said, is re
puted to use everything but the
squeal . . . the lumber indus
try will be using everything, in
cluding the bark.
Smith pointed out the benefits
of an active Chamber of Com
merce and the type of coopera
tive effort that organization can
give a town In progressing Indus
trially. He declared that Chamber
of Commerce contributions are a
most important investment for any
Industry and profession.
Most of Smith's talk concerned
world affairs and be prophesied
that Ihe very best this country
can look forward to is 10 more
years of world tension and stren
uous preparedness at home.
Dick Maquire, KFJI manager,
acted as master ot ceremonies for
Ihe meeting, introducing the speak
ers as well as the new officers
of the two chambers Jim Kerns
Jr., president of tlie senior group,
and Art Treibwasser, new ptesi
dent of the Jaycces. .. . -
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L Alva Lewis
Dies At 72
L. Alva Lewis. 72. resident of
Klamath Falls for 69 years, died
at the family home last night, 615
Washburn Way following a linger
ing illness.
During his lifetime he, wss close
L. Alva Lewis
ly assoalated with public service
in this tounty and throughout the
state. ('
He served as Klamath countv's
youngejt treasurer was emploved
on the; old Klamath Falls Republi
can as a typesetter, owned one of
the first lewelrv stores here, served
as a u.s. game warden and Depu
ty U.S. Marshal In his early life,
fillerf other resoonsible nubile no-
sitions, farmed and was probaby
besl) known for his unfailing inter
est in grange work. In addition
to Offices in subordinate granges
he served as master of Pomona
Klamath County Orange for two
terms.
He played a prominent part in
me development ol me soutn Sub
urban area and was active in or
ganisation of the Suburban fire de
partment.
He is survived by two daugh
ters. Mrs. Elva Brovlcs. of this
city, Mrs. Vivian Pozar Oakrldge,
Ore., two sons, Fred and Austin
Lewis. Klamath Falls: a brother.
Leon Lewis, Ashland, Ore.: also
nine grandchildren.
rne oooy is at wards Funeral
Home and funeral arrangements
will be announced later.
The story of his life will appear
in Thursday's paper.
Gifts Honor
Birth Of Child
CAIRO. Egypt Wl In honor
of the birth of an heir. Kino- Fa.
rouk decreed that gifts of 10 pounds
or $28.70 be given to each child
born In Egypt Wednesday.
The decree also granted $88,100
for relief of "martyrs who fell In
the Canal Zone" or were wounded
-fighting the British. . .
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OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 111.12
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Bob Smith
Outstanding
Young Man
Bob Smith, registrar at Oregon
Technical Institute, was Klamath
County's outstanding young man of
1951.
His selection by a special com
mittee of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce was announced at the
Chamber banquet , at the Wlllard
last night, - . . .
Smith was the outgoing president
of the Jaycees, serving the 1951
term, and was also active in such
community works as tlie Community
Chest. Red Cross Blood Bank and
in bringing tlie Horace Heidt youth
opportunity. Show here. ; .',
He Is 33 years old, a graduate;
of the University of Oregon and
an Army veteran, of the Pacific
area during World War II, H? has
been at Oregon Tech since before
the school was officially , opened
about five years. . -f: - -'. ,. i
Smith and his wife Saverina
have two daughters, Mary Cather-,
ine 3. and Donna Marie, 1. . - -
Presentation of- the honor .was
made by Darrell Miller, 1950 win
ner of the distinguished , service
award. . .-. , '"
Smith made some presentations
on Ills own. also. He gave "key
man" awards to George Proctor,
Duane Baker and . Gale Osborne
for their assistance to him during
his term as Jaycee president.
OPS Out Of
Spud Forum
District Director Carl C.
Donaugh Portland Office of Price
Stabilization, has turned down an
invitation to participate In the
Herald and News-KFLW "Build the
Basin" radio program on a- topic
covering farm economy of, the
basin.
The program would have neces
sarily included discussion off. the
potato price ceiling and rollback,
i Donaugh said his office had re
eelved notices that Oregon and
Idaho growers wore petitioning the
OPS for a reconsideration and re
view of the potato situation, and
until their cases are presented in
Washington, he said he felt his of
fice could not participate In the:
broadcast at present but may aU
a later date.. -
- The program was to have beer)
held Monday., .
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FEATURED AT LAST NIGHT'S Chamber of Commerce
banquet were (top) the speakers, Hillman Lueddemann and
Edgar Smith, both of Portland, shown with Mrs. Dick
Maguire.. (Middle photo) Darrell Miller presents the Jaycee
distinguished service award to Bob Smith, and ' (lower
photo) Jim Kerns Jr., new Chamber of Commerce presi-:
dent, receives the congratulations of Arthur Rickbeil, 1951,"
president.
Inflammable
Test Show Garb To B e Highly Volatile
Flaming death or painful lnlurv
may be hanging in your closet or
resting on your back.
If you have a long-napped rayon
like sweater or Jacket, particularly
one labeled "Esquire Exclusive
Sportswear," it may be highly in
flammable. i Hang the garment on a line out
side the house arid test it with a
match. Be careful for it may go
up in flames In a matter of sec
onds. If you don't have a safe
place to test the garment, take it
tp the City Fire Department.
'A set of brushed rayon sweaters,
labeled "Esquire Exclusive Sports
wear," and treated - with acetate,
was checked yesterday by Fire
Chief Roy Rowe at the fire sta
tion. Within 35 seconds, a coat-
tvpe sweater was a flaring torch.
Intense heat crumbled it to ashes
an about a minute.
a vest type oi sweater blazed up
No. 2715
Sweaters Show
Into nothingness in the same man
ner.
Both articles were brought to the
fire station by A. W. Ruff, 1242
Owens St., a conductor for the
Southern Pacific.
He read about them in yester
day's Oregonian. -
Ruff said he got the sweaters
from his daughter in Las Vegas
Nev. She bought them from a ped
dler in Las Vegas or Salt Lake
City Utah, Ruff said. .
Other similar type sweaters were
turned in to Chief Rowe by Vic
Glackus, 4319 Altamont, who
bought them from a peddler here
last fall for $0. '
Frank Book, emplove of Pade
and Holland Sheet Metal Works,
said he bought a- coat and vest
sweater combination from a peddler
who came into the company office
last fall. He paid $8 for the articles.
Book said he got rid of the sweat
Telephone 8111
Snow Piles
Deeper In
Canyon Area
"a snow continued piling tip la
Northern California today, search
continued for a Ounsmulr man who
disappeared Into, deep drifts south
on Soda Creek. Sunday afternoon.
William Dunn. Dunsmulr tail
driver, has not been heard from
since he left Dunsmulr late Bun-
day in an attempt to urn his way
through deep snow to bis summer
home on Soda Creek some five
miles from U.S. Highway 99.
Dunn operates a small ranch on
Soda Creek during the summer and
drives a taxi In Dunsmulr during
uie winter.
A caretaker. Bud Rolfe, was sup
posed to be staying at the ranch
home during the winter.
Snow in the Dunsmulr area was
approximately eight feet deep this
morning and it was still snowing.
Monday, Gene Corson tried to
reach the ranch with a bulldozer
but had to give up the trip about
a mue snort oi tne nomesite.
TRY MADE
Yesterday.- no attempt was made
to cover the remaining- mile but
today Shasta County Sheriff John
Bsbma. took - aver and directed a
group trying- to reach Dunn's
ranch.
The Herald and News corres
pondent In Dunsmulr, Pauline
Helbner, reported this morning
that tbe city had become a mass
of tunnels and ditches aa the snow
continued mounting.
Schools have been closed at both
Dunsmulr and Mt. Shasta all this
week but Mt. Shasta was trying
to open schools today.
Traffic was still moving through
Dunsmulr this morning but It was
one-way travel on most highways
and convoys were being used in
many areas. -Southern
Pacific railway lines
were still open . In the area today.
n great oeai of tne S.r.s East
West freight traffic was belne re
routed through Klamath Falls as
snow continued blocking tbe rail
ways Bierra line.
The Western Pacific, with linea
snowbound was also routing per
ishables through here for delivery
to tbe S.P. by the Great North
ern. With Utile new anow in tho tm.
mediate.' Klamath area, traffic
conditions were improving. Chains
were tun necessary on most high
ways out .'of tbe city but packed
snow and wider lanes nude trav
eling easier than it was earlier
this week.
Highway 139 was closed between
here and Alturaa but Highway 1M
to Alturas by way of Lakeview was
open. . . ... , .,
Crater Tow
Shuts Down
The Crater Lake ski tow has
been closed down for the season.
Mgr. Ed Chubb, operator of the
Knob Hill tow at the national park
for the past three winters, said this
moming he was forced to close
the tow down due to. the depth of
the snow, the road conditions and
lack of skiers.
Crater Lake officials reported
this morning 151 inches of snow
at park headquarters, with "much
more" snow at the rim.
They said that at present the
warming hut would remain open
at the Rim Village on days when
the road was open. Motorists in
the area are required to carry
chains, as they may be required
for road travel In the park at any
time.
Sabres Tangle
With Red Migs
By GEORGE A. McARTHUR
SEOUL. Korea ' 141 Out num
bered U.S. F-86 Sabre jets dam
aged two Communist MIG-16S
Wednesday In two flashing air bat
tles high over Northwest Korea.
The U.S. Fifth Air Force said
Uie first fight involved 38 Sabres
and 80 MIGs. Later, 22 F-86s bat
tled the same flight of Communist
planes. One MIG was damaged
in each battle.
Infantrymen huddled in their fox
holes as subfreezing weather cov
ered the 145-mile battlefront. Ac
tion was confined to a few small
raiding operations by the Allies
and probes by the Reds.
Any Allied losses or damage will
be reported only in a weekend
summary.
U.N. carrier-based pilots report
ed they cut rails in 96 places;
Warships pounded Communist tar
gets on both the east and west
coasts.
Up In KF,
ers when he read about them in
the paper. .
According to an arUcle In a re
cent firemen's magazine, there is
no federal law, banning interstate
shipment ot such Inflammable ma
terial. California's Health and Safely
code carries a maximum penalty
of $250 and six' months In jail for
sale of such material.
-The State of Oregon code of laws
carries no penalty for such a vio
lation according to the district at
torney's office here.
Several proprietors of cleaning
establishments around town ex
pressed alarm yesterday at what
would happen If they tried to clean
one of the sweaters.
Chief Rowe quoted them as say
bur It would be dynamite.
Rowe urged anyone having sueh
a sweater to bring it to tbe fir
station Itr exsmlnsllon,
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