i t
'j
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Horse Roundup
Scheduled For
County Sector
A wild home roundup, something
that In supposed to havo no out
ot style yearn ago along with the
wide opuii rango and nlx-gunn, Ik
planned for next week In the rough
country of Western Klamath Coun
ty. Jiimes M, Llnne, Bureau of
land iiiaiiuuoniant forester esti
mates Unit there are 300 or may
be 300 horses In tho urea, running
In bands.
'Die oldor stock probably woro
domesticated nulimilH belonging to
ranchers: along the Klnmnth River
In thnt urea which were allowed
to gntzo out In the hills, but the
younger animals wore born wild
end have become a nuisance.
They ronm In bnnds of 10 or 13
imiron with a ntud, end most of
llimn ere nothing but crowbnlln,
Llnne Held, unlit for work or (ind
ole uhc, They haven't been cut out
In yenrn.
The Burciiu of Lund Manage
ment end Weyerhneutier Tlnibur
Compiiny own most ol tho hind
in thnt nrcn. The region to bo
Neurchrd over for the horses In
bounded roughly by Jenny Creek
ijunt went of I'lnehurst In Jackson
County) on the went Oregon high-
V luTUe-
Bay'slews
By FRANK JKNKINH
Off again. Headed for another
meeting. I sometimes wonder If
we modern business people hnven't
gone hog-wild on thin meeting busi
ness. We tell ourselves (and, of course,
our associates) thnt we have to do
It In order to keep up with Ihe
last pace of modem business. We
rxplnln thnt In tho rat race we
call keeping a business on Its feet
and making a living we dare not
fall behind. I fear thnt nometlmes
we convev the Impression thnt It
In a terrible grind that Is wearing
us to a nhndow, but we benr up
bravely under the burden of It be
cause It In our duty to do no.
But there are dark moments
when I fnce the thought thnt may
be we're lining thene meetings
merely as an excuse to gel awny
somewhere and see a lot of nice
people,
mill -
It IS a fact that In the swiftly
progressing technology of present'
dnv Industry mnnv a tough mob
li-m la brought nearer to solution
In give and take, tell and listen
sessions In amoke-fllled rooms.
There was a lime, well within
the - memory of men not yet nr.
rived at the quilting age, when
ANY new process or new dlscov
rrv or new method In industry or
business wan something to be re.
pnrded an a dark necret and re.
tnlned at any cost within the inner
sanctum of the business establish
v ment in which -it was., discovered
I and perfected. In thane days we
went on the principle that the less
snld about such thing the better,
and In general we kept them to
ourselves.
Now we get together In meetings
and tell each other all about It.
I suppose our grandfathers must
turn in tneir graves at times.
And yet
American Industry Is progressing
faster than American Industry ever
progressed before.
What do you make of It?
T suppose nothing Is more in
grained Into the fiber of Amerlcnn
business and Industry than this
habit of getting together In "meet
ings" and convcntlonn and chewing
(hinge over with people in our own
line talklmr nhon. we call it. John
Jones hni been wrestling with
some problem in hl own particu
lar business and he has the feel
ing thnt he Isn't doing too well
with It. So he goes to a meeting
of his trade association and meets
Bam Smith, who hnn a similar
problem and the two of them hash
It over until all hours and they
both come home feeling much
better.
The odd p!t of It Is thnt In
the process of hashing It over new
-, Ideas ere olten generated In the
minds of both of them and they
' come home nnd try the new Idens
out and SOMETIMES THEY
WORK.
Here's a thought:
Our world has reached the point
where GOVERNMENT IS THE
WGOFST BUSINESS IN THE
WORLD. I can't help wondering
If It wouldn't be a good Idea If
nil of us (not lust the polltlcnns)
could get together In "meetings"
here and there nnd everywhere
nnd talk over this business of gov
ernment In the spirit In which we
hash over the problems of our
business and professions and such
In the meetings and tho conven
tions thnt havo become no large
n part of our own Amerlcnn busi
ness life.
I'll bet It would work.
I'll bet It would result In BET
TER GOVERNMENT.
There's an IP, howevor.
It would work ONLY If we got
together and talked things over in
. lelllgently nnd open-mindedly, n.q
we tnlk over our business prob
lems In conventions nnd the like
with people In our own lino.
When wn get together and talk
rver politics, we assemble in PAR
TISAN meetings nnd what we tnlk
about mostly Is how to got our
Vgnng Into power. Thnt doesn't do
, much to Improve government
'whose chief defects arise out of
' the ITCH FOR POWER uncoupled
with a sense of responsibility and
' duty.
Game Licenses
Totaled 411,501
PORTLAND Wl-The Stale Game
Commission Saturday reported the
sale In 1061 of 411,601 hunting and
fishing licenses.
That's a license for one out of
. every four residents of the state,
'y the Commission said.
V- Besides hunting nnd fishing li
censes, 27,103 elk tnRs and 170,667
deer tags wore sold to bring reve
nue from this source to $2,346,726.
wny 66 on the north, Klnmnth Riv
er on the east and the California
gtnlc line on the south,
A enmp In to be net up at the
Wurd ranch and rldern probnbly
will be In the hills for most of
next week,
Louie IIohnIk, who liven on the
river Just over the Cullfornla lino,
In In charge of the bucknroon un
dertaking the roundup, and eoverul
ranchers of the Klnmnth River
area are to take part,
Animals flushed out of the brush
hills and forests are to be corralled
at the Ward much and then trucked
to Klnmalh Fulls.
George Murtln of Klamnlh Falls
livestock buyer, has contracted for
the animals after they are cor
ralled, and they'll probably wind
up an chicken feed.
Any horses of private ownership
running with the wild ones can be
claimed for $20 at the Ward ranch
and others probably could be
bought from Martin.
Llnne said he discouraged any
one trying to got to the ranch,
however, nn the road Is very bad
this time of the year because ol
niiow and mud.
Spud Men
Report
High Offer
Black market offers have been
made on the local polnto market,
itlinululed by a- growing potnto
shortage In Cnllfornln's market
ing areas.
Severul Klamath Basin shippers
hnve been approached by what
they cull "outside operators" who
have offered "cash on the side" to
get potatoes for the spud-starved
market.
According to Klamath shipper
George Burger, nn offer ot tl per
sack over the delivered celling at
the Onkland market was made him
In the California market.
Other shippers reported "side
cash" offers of a flat 1200 per
carload of potatoes.
The shady operations have
sparked protests from Klamath
snippers who feel their standing In
ihe eyes ot local growers will be
Jeopardized,
There were local rumors also
thnt Klamath potatoes were being
sold on the California markets as
Idaho potatoes. Idaho's spuds were
Riven a 20-cent premium over
other Western russets because, the
OPS said, Idaho had a poor crop.
"Local dealers," according to
Wnlter P. Lnssett. a co-onrtner in
Klamath Potato Distributor, "feel
a responsibility when lining up
f rowers for business, The parties
nvolved don't realise the serious
ness of the situation."
Bane celling prices as set by the
Office of Price Stabilisation for
this area on No. 1 two-inch mini
mum potatoes are (3.86 loaded on
the cars, less 30 cents for sacks
when furnished by tho buyer.
In event the grower bills and
chips the cars himself, he also gets
a six-cent transit risk.
CHECKING REPORTS
A group of Office of Price Sta
bilization enforcement officers
were reported In the basin area
earlier this week checking on re
ported violations of OPS regula
tions, v
According to local dealers, illegal
offers have been made all along
the spud processing line, with of
fers of free sacks (which usually
sell at 30 cents each), free storing
and the cash-on-slde deals topping
the list.
And there have been some ru
mors that such offers have been
accepted In this area.
According to OPS regulations
concerning the spud ceilings, any
person violating a provision of the
regulation is subject to the crim
inal penalties, civil enforcement
action nnd suits for treble dam
ages provided by the Defense Pro
duction Act of I860,
According to Lassett. Burger and
Wesley McKalg, the OPS regula
tions are clear enough,
"People are trying to misinter
pret Instead of Interpret," the
dealers asserted. "They are trying
to find loopholes to get around
controls for their own personal
gain. '
LIKE, OR ELSE
"We may not like the way the
OPS order is written, but we have
to live up to It or suffor the con-
squenccs. If we can't buy as the
regulations are written, we'll have
to close our doors."
Tho potato- shipping Industry
here grew up with the potato In
dustry and dealers point out they
hnve large Investments in ware
houses, equipment and supplies
hero.
The dealers pointed out thnt
growers should check with OPS of
ficials before making any sales
above the base price. 'That, they
say, Is for their own protection.
In the Daytime, Yet?
Rounded Necklines Are Word
Direct from
PARIS. ITI Even daytime suits
rounded out to show the shoulders
In tho new Bnlenctngn collection.
Mermaid sheaths with little fish
tail trains are whnt Balenclaga
thinks women should wear In the
evening. Many have all-over scale
like embroidery of false diamonds
and pearls, to out-gllttci' any fish
in the sea.
The waist-hugging front unbelterl
back Introduced last season by
Balonclaga Is developed further in
his new collection. It even turns
up In an evening coat and evenlns
suit.
Another popular Jacket Is a new
'bush shirt" model unbelted, with
saddle-bag pockets and shirt oollar
and rovers, Besides these and the
cut-out neckline varloty, there are
i n
fries Five Cents
It Pages
STUDENTS AT KLAMATH UNION HIGH again were considered outstanding in statewide art competition, winning two
outstanding awards and a number of Gold Key awards. Left to right, front row, Shannon Oldham, who submitted the
outstanding portfolio in the state; Doris Campbell, Jane Darton, Sally McMahQn,tBjcark.er. Back row, Richard Rein
holtz, the instructor; Dennis Toddr Jim. Morris, Roger Long, Ronald Jenson and Wayne Angel. Sally McMahon won the
outstanding silk. screen award."' .: - , ; .; .' : ''jU-w-'-i
Homage Paid
To George VI
SANDRINOHAM. En. IB
Humble villagers filed through
their hushed country church Satur
day to pay last homage to the
man they called Squire King
George VI.
Farmers, carpenters, woodsmen
and servants sorrowfully stopped
before the candle-lit bier to look
for the last time on the coffin of
their sovereign and friend.
Inside the big mansion nearby,
where the king was born and where
he died, Queen Elizabeth II pro
claimed throughout the land Friday
as the new ruler - of the British
realm remained closeted in deep
mourning with her mother and
sister and others of the royal fam
ily The new queen's flag flew high
over Sandrlngham House. It was
raised there Friday when finally
she reunited with her bereaved fam
lly after first performing the first
heavy and solemn duties of her
queenly station. Her father's stand
ard, which had flown over the man
sion until his quiet death in sleep
Wednesday, now covers his oaken
coffin.
Tlie body of the fallen monarch
lay In the nave of the little gray-
stone 16th century church of St.
Mary Magdalene, 200 ynrds down
a winding garden path over which
it had been, carried last night in
the eerie moonlight from the big
resiaence.
A village policeman stood guard
at the Iron gates near the chapel.
Only the 300 odd villagers whom
he could recognize as the king's
own workers were admitted. Dur
ing tho morning, mainly the wives
came,
Weather
FORECAST: Klamath Falls and
vicinity, cloudy Saturday night and
Sunday with occasional light rain
Sunday. High Sunday 61, low to
night 26. Northern California, in
creasing cloudiness Sunday,
High Friday 38
Low last night 18
Paris Designer
connriess, cull less Jackets with a
stripped bare look. Most have fair
ly wide, three quarters length
sleeves.
Ruffles, fringes, stoics and capes
run through the collection like a
theme. So do yokes and cape ef-1
fects. Dresses are high walsted,
some with a ribbon tied around Just
under the bust to raise echoes of
Grecian or dlrectolre styles.
Skirt fullness here as in nearly
every other Paris house this spring
begins at the hip. Balenclaga
shows both gathered and pleated
models but fullness is only mod
crate. There are still a few harem
skirts such as Balenclaga started
several seaons ago,
Balenolaga was the last major
house to show,
KLAMATH FALLS, ORKGON,
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Ike Supporters
Ruise the Roof
By The Associated Press
Fifteen thousand noisy Elsenhow-
er-for-Presldent backers from six
Booked
For Assault
Two Modoc Point men, Henry
Mendoza, 27, and Luciano N, Mon
toya. 27. are held at the City Jail
for investigation of assault with a
dangerous weapon.
They were arrested on complaint
of two Indians, Roland Jackson
and Larson Jackson of Beatty.
The . Indians . told officers Men
doza leveled a rifle at them from
his oar at 9th and Klamath about
9:16 p.m. Friday and said he was
going to shoot them.
Police found a .22, calibre Win
chester rifle in Mendoza's car
when they stopped it. Officers
said there was one shell in the
chamber -of the gun and nine In
the magazine.
Mendoza was booked on assault
with a dangerous weapon and Mon
toya with being an accessory to
assault with a dangerous weapon.
Police said the . Jacksons were
supposed to sign a complaint
against the Mexicans, but had not
done so late this morning.
Soldiers Jump
Into Jungle
SINGAPORE Ml British para
troopers jumped into a rain-swept
Malayan Jungle clearing Saturday
in a daring attack against a sus
pected Communist stronghold near
ihe Thailand border.
Fifty-seven picked Jumpers made
the raid, first paratroop operation
against the terrorists in five years
of fighting. They did It to nip a
reported Communist propaganda
move declaration of a Red state
in Malaya.
"This is better than walklnir."
snld MnJ. Alastalr McGregor
shortly before he led troopers of
a special air service regiment in
a. leap goo feet above tne treetops.
The first radio message, 40 min
utes after the Jump, reported "no
opposition everything okay."
From the air there were no signs
of movement, except that of the
paratroopers, wading through rice
paddies- and untangling khaki
cnutes irom -ine wees. :
The exact location of the com
bined Army-RAF operation was,
kept ' seoret because two other
squadrons of the S. A. 8., known
as Malayan scouts, and police of
a jungle company were closing In
on the Isolated area, . The Reds
were believed to have fled when
the seven planes began circling the
valley. j
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1952
states whooped it up for the gen
eral Friday night in New York's
Madison Square Garden.
The crowd fell short of the hoped
for capacity total of 18,500 but
Senator Lodge (R-Mass), manager
of the Eisenhower campaign,
beamingly called this first big ral
ly of the 1952 campaign a suc
cess. "Usually we have to work to
fill the garden at the end of a
campaign," he said. "Now we're
doing It at the beginning with
our man 3.000 miles away," he
said, adding:
"This is without precedent."
The delegations were from Tex
as, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Virginia,
Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.
They chanted "We want Ike" and
joined in staging a revised vert-ion
of Irving Berlin's hit song,
'They like Ike."
Berlin and Songster Ethel Mer
man were on hand to plug the tune.
They were among a shining array
of name stars of stage, screen and
public.
Elsenhower wasn't there. But the
rally was broadcast to France,
where the general maintains his
headquarters near Paris.
Master of Ceremonies Tex Mc
Crary announced that the next ser
ies of Eisenhower rallies will be
held in Fort Worth, Tex. .
Meanwhile, bnckers of both El
senhower and Senator Taft of Ohio
were reported annoved that for-
'mer Gov. Harold E. Stassen of
Minnesota was iiv. a Republican
race that now looks like one pri
marily between their candidates.
Jack Bell, Associated Press poli
tical expert, wrote that Taft back
ers were looking askance at Stas-
sen's challenging tne senator m nis
home state of Ohio and forcing
him to run In states where he had
not planned to such as Illinois
and West Virginia.
On the other hand, Bell wrote,
Elsenhqwer supporters are an
noyed with Stassen for leaving his
name in the March 11 New Hamp
shire primary nnd for attempting
to keep Minnesota's convention
vote.
Bell said one of Stassen's main
hopes Is to emerge as a compro
mise candidate.
Bombed City
Gets Supplies
TOKYO Ifl The Air Force has
sent tents, mobile kitchens and re
.lief supplies to the village of Kane
ko.' near fTokyo,' where a bomb
loaded B-29 bomber crashed and
exploded Thursday night.
Thirteen men aboard the B-29
and four villagers were killed, and
14 houses, were destroyed.
Trucklonds of coal, clothing and
blankets ' were distributed among
Japanese whose ' homes were
wrecked, - '
Telephone 8111
No. 2738
Police Jail
Girl Shadow
Shadowing high school girls
around town especially when one
of them is a policeman's daughter
doesn't pay.
Sam Weeks, 32-year-old Negro,
550 Broad, found that out in Mu
nicipal Court this morning. He was.
sentenced to 50 days in the city
Jail and ordered to pay a $100
fine.
Weeks was arrested shortly be
fore 9 p.m. Friday at 2nd and
Main, and charged with disorderly
conduct.
The girls involved said Weeks
had been following them in a car
around town. They got the license
number of Week's car and regis
tered a complaint at the Police
Station.
Shortly afterwards a prowl car
spotted Week's car at 6th and
Main, followed it to 2nd, and
Stopped it.
Police said Weeks would give no
reason for following the girls in
his car.
Heavy Fine
Levied Driver
Two four-month County Jail
terms to run concurrently and
tines totaling $1,010 were "thrown
at Earl Troy Thomas, 36-year-old
Janitor of 3093 Lodi.
Thomas was arrested by State
Police Feb. 6, on charge of driv
ing while his license was revoked.
June 28, 1951, he was arrested
and convicted on driving while in.
tcxicated. The charge involved an
accident with another car
At the time Thomas was put on
two years probation by District
Court and ordered to pay $1,000
line;
The court today Indicated
Thomas failed to follow terms of
his probation.
He was given four months jail
time and $60 fine on the license
revocation charge and four months
nnd $950 fine on revocation of his
probation.
Hein Given Up
AtOgdenJail
OGDEN, Utah Ml A young
man looking for a bed was told by
ponce ne couldn't sleep in the jail
because it was full.
But ' the man, Robert Hein, 20,
found a bed for the night anyway
and In Jail. He told the desk
sergeant Friday that he was want
ed in Oregon for escaping from a
penitentiary road gang. Hein is be
lieved to be from Klamath Falls
OUTSTANDING
CORVALLIS W Norman Goetze
of Cornelius, Is the outstanding ag
riculture senior on the Oregon
State College campus. He was se
lected by a. student-faculty com
mittee. He will be honored at a
banquet-Feb, 14,
Lawmen Here
Run to
Heft
Klamath County may not
have the best Sheriff's force in
the West (the subject Is open
for discussion), but It undoubt
edly has one of the heftiest.
The three officers, Sheriff
Red Brltton, Deputy Alton Short
and Deputy Dal Reed, have a
combined weight (by their own
figures) of 670 pounds. '
Short stands 6-4 and weighs
215 pounds; Reed is 6-3 and
admits to 230 pounds. Sheriff
Brltton stands 6-2 and weighs
235.
Reed, Incidentally, although
appointed a deputy doesn't start
work until Monday. He Is fin
ishing up his stint with the State
Police.
U.N. Okays
Treaty
Dickering
MUNSAN, Korea Wl The Unit
ed Nations accepted Saturday a
Communist proposal to begin ne
gotiating a Korean settlement with
in three months after an armistice
but rejected a Red suggestion that
the talks cover Far Eastern ques
tions beyond Korea.
The Allies endorsed two-thirds
of a Red-proposed three-point agen
da for a high level conference, but
told the Communists they would
discuss no Asian question other
than that of Korea.
The TJ.N. Command agreed to
discuss (1) withdrawal of foreign
troops from Korea; (2 peaceful
settlement? of the Korean contro
versy and (3) other Korean-questions
related to peace.
The first two points were pro
posed by the Reds last Wednesday.
Ihe Communists also suegested
that tne high-level comerence set
tle "other problems hi Asia re
lated to the Korean question." Pre
sumably this could Include such
thorny subjects as Formosa. -
In reonrasin the third DOftnVthe
U.N. would limit debate to prob
lems connected directly with tne
Korean conflict.
The Allies also insisted that South
Korea be eiven a voice in the
peace talks. The Communists Ig
nored President Syngman Rhee's
government.
The U.N. proposal would bring
the question of a unified Korea
under an independent, democratic
government before the high level
post-armistice conference.
This was the first time Kojean
unification has come up during the
long truce negotiations.
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy pre
sented the Allied counter-proposal
during a 10-minute plenary session
at Panmunjom. North Korean Gen.
Nam II asked time to study it.
Another full dress meeting was
scheduled for 10 a.m. Sunday 5
p.m. PST Saturday.
The U.N. communique said
changes made in the Communist
proposal were "only those essential
to bring the original proposal Into
conformity with the U.N. Command
views or to provide additional clar
ity." The truce supervision meeting
lasted 32 fruitless minutes. The Al
lies and Reds again failed to get
together on the number of troops
each side could rotate per month,
and the number of ports of entry
that should be open for inspection.
The nrisoner exchange meeting
lasted three hours and 30 minutes
and some progress was reported
on minor points.
IN TOWN FROM Malin to do some shopping (window shop,
ping, they said) were Nada Derry.and Ruth Douglas.
Employes
Suspected
Of Bribes
' By WILLIAM F. ARBOOA8T
WASHINGTON I A congres
sional committee said today "an '
excessive number" of veterans ad-
ministration employes accepted
"bribes, gifts, unusual loans, gra-'
tuitles, services and ownership In
schools" In connection with edu
cational programs under the Ol
Bill of Rights.-
The committee, a special House .
group headed by Rep. Teague (D
Tex), made its comments In a
lengthy report which recommend
ed writing of a new law to. ex- .
tend educational benefits to veter
ans of the Korean conflict. , , '"
It has been Investigating; the
World War II GI progam since
early last year.
- Among , its conclusions were
these:
1. For several years, new schools
started after 1D44 were permitted
to levy ' unreasonable and exces
sive charges" which the govern
ment paid.
2. Some schools falsified cost
data and attendance records,' over
charged for books and tools and
billed the VA for students not en
rolled. 3. At the college level, the train
ing program "has been carried out
successfully."
4. Many veterans tooK courses
for the obvious Durpose of secur
ing . subsistence payments rather '
than a bona fide interest in train
ing." .
5. "A minority of veterans have -
conspired" to obtain benefits "to
which they were not-entitled and-,
"engaged extensively in the prac-"
tice of selling or pawning the tools
issued them for training purposes"
at government cost. ;..
(. The Veterans Administration
did not exercise adequate control'
over "Irresponsible veterans."
7. A majority of states have car
ried out effective approval pro
grams but there has been "seri
ous failure in some states, parti
cularly Pennsylvania.".
8. Many. VA employes owned in
terest - in or derived profit from
schools under contract with the-
VA.
9. Many institutions "in all fields
of education took advantage e .
the lack of regulation and super-
vision to adopt unreasonable sup
ply requirements and excessive
charge practices."
10. A majooity of the 1 Vi mil
lion - veterans who availed them
selves of VA training benefited
from the program. ... -
The committee said that while,
the program has been of great
benefit to millions - of veterans,
"there is - no doubt that, hundreds
of millions of dollars have been
frittered away on worthless train
ing," and "graft and waste . .
plagued the program."
The committee cited a case In
which a school had a supplier bill
it for sets of tools for $16.95 each -when
the tools actually cost the
school $5.60. .
Investigations by the committee
and by the VA itself, the report
said, "disclosed major irregulari
ties on the part of one or more
vocational rehabilitation and edu
cation officials or employes" in VA
regional offices at Nashville, De
troit, Miami, Jackson, Miss., Wash
ington, D.C., Boston, San Antonio,
Chicago and Waco.
LOST LICENSES
SALEM Hfl State officials re
ported Saturday that 217 Oregon
motorists lost driving licenses last
month for reckless driving and '
drunkenness. Another 19 lost theirs y
for failure to report an accident .
and 11 more for violation ot the d
basic rule. All told, there were 2,--783
traffic violations in the month,
a slight Increase from December. .
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