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FRONTLINE VISIT Lt. Gen. James Van Fleet (left) visits
the 40tli National Guard Division headquarters somewhere
along tho front in Korea. Showing the general around are
MaJ. Gen. Hudelscn, 40lh commander (center) and Brig.
Gen. Willard Wyman, commanding officer of the IX Corps.
Nolo tho flag in background at half mast in honor of King
George VI.
Yonna and Swan Lake
I Water Rights Curbed
ny hale 8CAiinnoi (iii
Tho Slate Engineer's office hns
l i iiiirti unit hi ma innuiiiiip ut
1 ? permits (or tine ol underground
fi water ef Yonnn Valley mid Swim
' Luke Valley lur irrigation,
t. ' Charles E. Blrlcklln, State En
r plnccr, announced that no iimir
. underground water right in those
fi , regions will be approved unlil n
I Nlucly of tlio supply ol Uip water Is
: 1'OllipHUCd.
At present, by lornl estimate.
ny FRANK JP.NKINH
In Culifnrnlii. where these words
me written, there nre two sub-
UiTJic .
1 1111
4 .'
J Jerla ol mnjor convcrnatlon ram-
; lull nnd politics.
As to the first, water Is running
out of California's enrs. In the
nnrlli, every little crrfk Is a rush
ing lllllo river. Water stiuids In
every low plncc In the flallands.
Going Into Sacramento, the Yolo
by-pasa looks like Snn Francisco
buy. And so on nil down through
Uip Hun Jonnuin Vulley. Tliere H
wnier everywhere you look.
South of tho Tchaehnpl, tho molv
fure u.n'1 so nppnrenl to tho eye,
nllhough they've hnd rainfall thnt
In any other recent your would
have seemed staggering. In many
prla of the Southland, the prcclpl
tnllon so lur In this current stream
yenr hns reached 18 Inches. Rivers
I hut have, been dry so long Unit
their dusty beds have come to be
accepted as tho regular thing are
now currying Rood-sized flows of
water inward tho aca.
Tho ancient tale about the guy
who became so bored with life
that, he Is alleged to have said,
he would have Jumped Into the
Los Angeles river and ended It
all If he hadn't hated to pet his
new suit alt over dust wouldn't
get even a chuckle this year, for
water Is actually flowing In the
bed of It.
Up In the Santa Clara valley,
where water has been a burning
subject for many, many long dry
years, the water table Is beginning
to rise rapidly. It Is asserted on
good authority that It Is already
l& back to halt the normal height of
.E -.V.-.. kk n l.,ln11 ,,,.
garden" as normal, and Is .still rl.v
lug which is causing the smiles
on Uie faces of pump Irrigations
to spread clear around behind
their ears.
Old timers, questioned on the
subject of current rainfall, shrug
their shoulders deprecallngly and
aver that nhucksl this Isn't any
thing at all. Why, they say, you
should have seen It when lt really
used to rain down here.
They relate thot away back In
1016 there was n rain that really
wa a rain. One of tho main
bridges on the Santa Ana river,
they chortle, was so thoroughly
."ashed out In a minor cloudburst
. lat no single trace of It was ever
seen again. Searching parties wcro
sent out to look for the wreckage,
but no dice. Not so much as A
splinter of It was ever found,
Thcv then go on to tell you that
tho same year, over In the up
per end of the Imperial valley, 20
miles oi raurona true nuncim
the same fate. Not even the rails
turned up. They are supposed
to have been burled In the sand
washed down by the BWlrllng wa
ters, I hope thnt story Is told over
and over and over agnln down here
this winter. We'll remind them of It
If as nnd when they start making
sheep eyes at OUR water.
As to the political tnlk, lt Is nil
on the Presldcntinl side, so fnr.
Thcro Is plenty of lt. Bo fnr, at
least In the plnccs where I've lis
tened, It Is free from rnncor. It
Is lnigcly on tho Republican side,
ns lt seems to be tnken for grunt
ed thnt Truman will either run
himself or will dlctnte his succes
sor. There Is nlmoslno tnlk AOAINST
any of the four Republicans whose
candidacies have been more or
less formally launched. Thnt Is to
sny, people tell rather freely why
tly nto for whomever thoy are
for, but nprond no poison about
the others. You henr lt widely snld
thnt nny one of tho four would
mnko a good President.
Thcro Is plenty of backing In
California ns thcro should be for
Oovornor Warren, but thoro is also
n lot of outspoken talk for General
Elsenhower. Ho seems to com
mnnd, In Cnllfornla, as elsewhere,
the faith and the confidence and
tho trust of In rue numbers of peo
ple. Senator Tnft hns a large fol
lowing in nil the casunl talk one
hears. There is little mention of
Slassetli , ,
'A
there are about 00 wells In the
two valleys cither producing water
or fur which permits have been
grunted, and llic-v huve turned
sagebrush land Into some of the
must productive iillullii. grain and
rotiilo cropland in the Klamath
lliisin.
Yonna Valley particularly Is
where the development and use
ul underground water III this area
has been pioneered. 'Die first well
lor that purpose was brought In
back In 1041. on the F. M. Chains
plncc.
TOTAL A RICA
As of this week the total nren
Included In permit lur use of un
derground water In Yonna Valley
watt 7,-jii acres, and In Swan I.uke
Valley the total Is 6.101) acres.
For the past three years the
ground water division of the U.S.
Geological Burvey nnd Btrlcklln's
nlllce have been conducting investi
gations and studies of underground
water of the valleys, and data
now available Indicates that pre
cipitation each year puts Into the
ground reservoir about the amount
(or maybe less I than Is taken out
now under the existing permit.
The survey figures that two
Inches of precipitation each yenr
filters down through the soil to
reach the ground water table, nnd
that precipitation puts about 10.000
acre feet In underground storage
for Swnn Lake Vallev and about
13,000 acre feet for Yonna Volley
above the florsclly Irrigation Dis
trict. Sl'ITLIKS
Thn estimate, 'therefore, figuring
an allowance of two feel per aero
irrigated, charts the Swan Lake
water table (Including Pine Flotl
as able to supply water for 6.00C
acres, and Unit of Yonna able to
supply wuter for 6.&00 acres. Ex
isting permits already exceed Uiose
f'gurca.
These, figures, Btrlcklm points
out, are rough estimates so far,
and subject to change when more
accurate data la secured.
But bused on Uie estimate, the
Stale Engineer's oil Ice has adopt
ed a policy of approving no more
applications for appropriation of
underground water In the two areas
unless furUier studies show there
is more water available for use.
It may be that Uie valleys have
underground water sources other
than the annual local precipitation,
but In the estimates quoted above
Just the precipitation is taken into
consideration.
The decision to curtail water
rights In Yonna and Swan Lake
undoubtedly will have considerable
ollcct on the agricultural develop
ment of the areas, and that de
velopment in Uie past few years
has been phenomenal.
Very tew of the wells now oper
ating have to lilt water more than
a hundred feet, and some consid
erably less. One of the deepest
(on the Haskins place In Yonna
Valley i was put down 985 feet,
but the water rose to 43 foct. The
deepest In Swan Lake Is reported
lo be a well on the Hanklns place,
600 feet.
The water tapped by these wells
for tho most part seems . to bed
In red or black cinders or washed
gravel, nflcr passing through n
couple of lnva layers. But the Han
klns well found water In sand.
INFORMATION
Tie State Engineer's office Is
seeking ns much Information as
obtainable about wells and water
levels in tho two valleys to further
the survey, and logs are being kept
on all tho wells now working.
In the snme connection, a com
mittee composed of Arthur W. Pip
er, U.S. Geological Survey, chair
man: K. J. O'Connell, Eugene:
A. C. Yaden, Klamath Falls; Dr.
W. L. Powers. Corvnllis. and
Charles Edwards, Eugene, is also
studying underground wntcr In
view of drawing up a state-wide
underground water code. Such a
code Is In existence in Eastern
Oregon, but Uiere la none for the
Western part of the state.
Curve Quips
Bring Danger
LAS VEOAS, Nov. Wl Quips by
Comedian Ben Blue about Jane
Russoll's celebrated curves almost
caused him to bo tossed behind his
own gonl line by her hubby, Foot
bnll Stnr Bob Wntcrfleld.
Blue invited the nctrcss Bnd her
husband to be his guests at a night
spot Sunday, but during the show
singled her out for some gngs that
angered Waterflcld, quarterback
on Uie pro championship team, the
Los Angeles Rams.
One report said Waterflcld
stalked Blue after the show, grab
bed hhn by his coat lapels and
threatened to smash him to Uie
floor, but Blue and Miss Russell
later denied this. Waterflcld could
not-be reached' for comment.
UMT Action
Blasted By
Churchmen
WASHfNOTON (f,siahing at
cks on universal military trc'
tucks
lug uy leaders of church g
leu unairnuin Kuwiell, D-r
Uie Senate Armed Bervlc, JKm.
mlttee ns ho put It "franlf
2led" Wedncsduy.
Most church witnesses bitterly
assail the proposal to compel 18
year olds to take six months' basic
military training but nny they are
willing lo go along with tho Se
lective service draft for several
more years.
HOPE
Russell Is a sponsor of the UMT
measure. He hopes It eventually
cun replace the draft by building
up a vast reservoir of trained man
power In the reserves.
The committee chairman told
several witnesses Tuesday he could
not understand why lliey support
the dralt and oppose UMT.
He noted that the drufl Is under
complete military control, that It
takes men down to 18 2 lor two
years actual duly that may In
clude combat and then puts them
in the reserve for another six
years.
On the other hand, Russell said
UMT would be carefully super
vised by a flve-mnn commission.
under civilian control, would re
quire only mx months' service in
itially and this under special safe
guards for morals and welfare. 1
HKAItlNtiS
Public hearings on UMT contin
ue Wednesday with spokesmen for
several veterans organizations ex
pected to support UMT.
Borne oi tne witnesses in oppos
ing UMT Tuesday struck out at
government leaders, Uie Pentagon
and the Congress.
Mrs. Branson Gilbert Mcllwee,
a Winchester, Va., grandmother,
testified that President Truman
and Secretary of State Achesou
"should be behind bars."
"You senators should Impeach
President Truman and remove Sec
retary Achcson." she said, adding
that Gen. MncArthur should be ap
pointed President.
POW Exchange
MUNSAN. Korea Wl Allied ne
gotiators Wednesday accepted a 60
dny limit on exchanging prisoners
and offered to compromise their
demands for supervising a Korean
truce.
The Communists had proposed
the 60-day limit. The exchange pe
riod is to start when an armistice
is signed. The agreement does not
touch the key question ol voluntary
repatriation.
The United Nations Command,
holding 133,000 prisoners, bad want
ed 30 days more than was allowed
the Reds to complete the exchange.
Tne Kcds list only H.asa men in
Red POW camps.
Allied staff officers negotiating
details for supervising a truce of
fered a two-point compromise:
If Communists agree to rotating
40,000 troops a month in addition
to men on temporary leave, tne Al
lies will drop two demands the
Reds oppose.
One of these would ioroid smil
ing troops during a truce In a man
ner that could constitute an of
fensive thrent. Tile oUier would re
quire weekly reports on the loca
tion of nil major military units.
Reds orlglnnlly agreed to rotnt
ing 8.000 men monthly. They have
incrensed this to 30.000. Allies orlg
lnnlly asked 15.000 including men
on rest and recuperation leave to
Japan.
Alpine Snow
Deaths Mount
VIENNA, Austrln W Austria's
four dav death toll from alpine
avalanches mounted to 26 Wednes-
dnv. Lntest victims were three
children nnd n British skier.
The bodies of the three children,
two boys aged 4 and 6 and a 12-
vear-old girl, were dug out of the
snow at Lcutasch, northwest of
Innsbruck.
They were trapped In their home
when a huge avalanche roared
down 5,500 foot high Gchrenspitze
Mountnln.
The British skier, Albert Thomas
Hnrgreave, was killed at Obcr-gurg-
Two compnnlons, also British,
were buried but were rescued.
Police said tho three went for a
ski tour on the Muthspltze Moun
tain despite warnings of danger
from avalanches. .
New snows were causing the
nvalnnchcs. Communications in the
mountnln a reus wns virtually at a
standstill. International trains were
running up to seven hours late,
some places.
Weather
FORECAST: Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California-
Fair through Thursday. High Wed
nesday 41. Low Wednesday night
15. High Thursday 45.
High temp yesterday 30
i.ow last night e
Precipitation Feb. 12 .02
Since Oct. 1 11.48
Normal for period 7.31
Same period last yr ...11,71
(Additional Weather en Page 4)
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prce ju Pates KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1952 Telephone 8111 No. 2739
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Charles II. DcBolt and Sgt. Glen LaMeres. (Back row, left
to right) 1st Lt. William Tyccr, 1st. Lt. Jack E. Smith and
1st Lt. Walter Risse..
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414 Give Red
Cross Blood
Yesterday, the second In a two
day run of the Red Cross blood
mobile here, duplicated Monday in
its take of blood 207 pints.
The total collection, scheduled to
cover both January and 'February!
blood quotas, totaled 414 pints of
blood, and fell short or the goal
of 225 pints set for each day.
The mobile blood unit could not
complete Its January schedule here
oecause of bad weather.
According to Mrs. Virginia Dixon.
executive secretary of the Red
Cross' Klamath County Chapter,
many early appointments were can
celled for this week's donations be
cause of the flu.
Donors from throughout the basin
area, including many from Tule-
lake, offered blood at the armory.
Tax Return
Errors High
A sampling of returns made by
the State Tax Commission Indicates
Uiat maybe as many as 80 per cent
of the personal property taxpayers
in Klamath County are making in
correct reports, according to an
nouncement today oy Otis Meisxer,
Klnmath County Assessor.
In particular, some reporting
merchandise stock-in-trade for tax
ation r.re not reporting the full
value of their property for this
year's assessment, lie said.
Reports are supposed to show 100
per cent value of the personal pro
perty, but Uie Tax Commission
sampling of returns has showed a
varintion of from the full 100 per
cent down to 4 per cent of true
value.
Mctsker urges every taxpayer
who has filed a faulty or Incor
rect personal property return to get
nn amended one In before the
March 2 deadline.
The lnw requires every person,
firm cnrnorntlon or nssocintlon
owning or having possession of tax
able personal property 10 mime
return, with an affidavit of .affir
mation of its truthfulness.
The law also provides a $10 a
dav fine for failure to mnke a re
turn with Intent to evade taxation,
nnd prosecution for perjury for in
tentional fnlslllcation of a return.
Taft Denies
Morse Pact
BieATrr.ii! Wn Sen. Robert A.
Taft, R-Ohio, has denied that he
promised to help Sen. Wayne
Morse. R-Ore., get a seat on the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tec.
"T nAwpr mnde nnv such com
mitment to Senator, Morse," Toft
said when questioned at a news
conference here Tuesday.
Mnrse. when he wns nttemptlng
to get the post created by the denth
or Sen. Artnur vannenuem,
Mich., snld Taft hnd onco agreed
to help him get lt.
The post went to another senator.
" ftARDKN CLUB
MERRILL A special dnte has
been set lor the February meet
inn of the Lost River Garden Club,
Friday afternoon, Feb. 22, at the
home of Mrs. Dale West. Mrs.
Walter Fotheringham will be the
co-hostess. Francis Smith of Klanv
ath Falls will glvo an outside denv
onstratlon of pruning, and all mem
bcrs are urged to attend.
1st I.t flprald Pierce. Set.
City Limit Extension
Next on Radio Forum
Pak Tickets
'On the House'
Most everyone who has gotten
a meter ticket for overtime park
ing has dreamed of Uie day he or
she could take it to the Police
Station and tear it up In front of
the desk officer.
Well, that dream has come true
for 17 Klamathitcs who paid over
Ume citations yesterday.
And those 17 can thank Abra
ham Lincoln for having his birth
day on Feb. 12.
Apparently forgetting yesterday
was a legal holiday, the Police
Department yesterday Issued some
75 overtime parking tickets.
Seventeen persons dutifully went
to the police station yesterday and
paid their parking fines.
now, soys Mayor boo inompson,
those people have a free ticket
coming "on the house" , . Next
time they get a ticket, they won't
have to pay a fine.
Those who received tickets yes
terday and still have them should
take or mail them to the police
station at once so the tickets can
be cancelled.
Three Jailed
For Vagrancy
Two women nnd a man, arrested
by City Police Monday, on vag
rancy charges, each got 30-day jail
terms in Municipal Court this
morning.
They were Identified by Police
as Evelyn Mne Walker, 23, and
Dorothy L. Sceman, 18, both from
Kenton, Ore., and Ray Thomas
Yon, 27, Holly Hotel.
Officers said the vagrancy charg
es arose from abortive attempts
by the two women to pass a check
at J.u. Penney Co.
Police said the women admitted
attempting to pass a check, and
had disposed of it when they were
unsuccessful.
The women and Yon had come
here over Uie weekend from Port
land with two runaway Juvenile
boys they met in Portland.
The boys, now In juvenile cus
tody, had taken off from Seattle
and were bound for California
when they met the trio in Port
land. The youths are being held till
their parents come here from Seat
Ue to claim them.
Taft Oregon
Visit Brief
PORTLAND liTI Sen. Robert
A. Tnft of Ohio snld Wedncsdny
thnt brief nppenrances In Portland
and Pendleton likely will be the
only campaigning he will do In Ore
gon for the Republican presidential
nomination.
The Senator did not close the
door completely on another Oregon
appearance:
"If my friends file my name In
ihe primary," he said, "I will con
fer with them before deciding final
ly -upon a campaign."
krf'
By WALLACE MYERS
Next Monday evening's Build
Ihe Basin toning offered by. Uie
Herald nnd News and its radio
station. KFLW, throws the pub
licity spotlight on a subject of top
importance and interest . . . The
topic for discussion is "Should
Klamath Falls corporate limits be
extended to include principal sub-
uros, uiereoy increasing uie city
population by some 10.000 people?"
Because of Uie many facets of
the subject, unusual care is being
exercised in the selection of a panel
Persons are being invited primar
ily on the qualifications of geo
graphy and specialized knowledge.
The panel is to be evenly divided
between suburbanites and city rest
dents; and an attempt is Facing
made to have persons wh can
talk with authority on such perti
nent matters as schools, sanita
tion, taxes, insurance, municipal
facilities and psychology.
MOOT POINT
The last point, psychology, ap
pears strange but it could be a
very important factor in enlarg'
ing the city s population.
The 1950 census showed Klam
ath Falls to have an official count
of 15.815 residents, a decrease
from 1940's total of 16.496. On the
lecord, it appeared the city was
one of the very few municipalities
in Uie Northwest that had lost pop
ulation in that 10-year period. Such
an announcement must have had
a depressing effect on many and
could understandably cause poten
tial new business to shie away
from the city.
However, a few persons who
have studied the matter, are aware
oi the fact that Uie city has only
been a victim ol a suburban move
ment . . . that the purchasing and
labor power is still here but many
residents have moved outside the
city limits.
For instance, the official census
listed the Altamont district alone
as having n population of 9,419,
making it Oregon's largest unin
corporated area.
The addition of 10.000 people to
Klamath Falls would make the city
the state's fourth largest, follow
ing Portland, Salem and Eugene
in thnt order. At present, Klam
ath Fulls Is rated sixth, behind
both Medford (17,305) and Corval
lls (16,207). The additional 10.000
would show Klamath Falls at about
26.000. far ahead of Medford and
Corvallis.
On the record thnt would look
good and should hnve a healthy
psychological value,
OPPOSITION
But there are no doubt many
suburbanites strongly against be
ing inside the city limits. A popular
objection will probably be that lt
will be more expensive because of
city taxes. However, it could be
lhat insurance rates and the press
ing demand for additional munici
pal facilities in the suburbs would
more than offset city tax expenses.
That's what the Mdnday evening
forum will attempt to explore . . .
lhat and the many more angles
of the subject.
Broadcast time, as usual, will be
0:30 until 9:30 or 10 p.m., ns the
public requests.
STINGING REBUKE
ROME Wl Pro-Fascist students
during a lecture at Rome Univer
sity by Prof. Umberto Calosso. The
classroom emptied quickly. Calos
so, who spoke for Italy from BBC
studios in London during World
War II. hns been under attack by
pro-Fascist students for some time.
Late last month he was smeared
with red paint while leaving the
university.
Reds Prowl
As Korean
Air Warms
SEOUL, Korea Wl A light
touch of spring hit Korea's Eastern
front Wednesday along with prob
uig Communist Infantrymen.
The mild weather was continuing
and a thaw was starting.
A Red company of about 160
men pounded an Allied advance
position west of the Mundung val
ley on the Eastern Front for 10
hours Tuesday night and Wednes
day morning.
The Allies withdrew on order
about dawn but reoccupied the
position four hours later against
no opposition and found 12 Com
munist dead.
NO ATTACK
Allied troops spotted about 200
Reds in the Mundung valley, but
the Communists did not attack. In
the same area Tuesday U.N. sold
iers killed 96 Reds and wounded
130.
U.S. Fifth Air Force warplanes
cut Communist rail lines in 35
places Wednesday morning. Pilots
also reported destruction of two
locomotives and one Red anti-aircraft
position.
Nine B-29 SuperforLs bombed the
Sunchon south bypass rail bridge
Tuesday night. Three other B-21s
hit the rail yards at Samdong and
one raided the Kyomipo steel mill.
Allied fighters and bombers at
tacked 100 Red trucks Tuesday
night and destroyed 9. Pilots also
reported a string of 16 box cars
destroyed in Northwest Korea.
U.N. warships pounded road and
rail networks off the East Coast.
At Hungnam, the destroyer USS
Halsey Powell worked over rail
yards, rail and highway Junctions
and a nitrogen plant with five
inch shells.
The destroyer USS Twining fired
night and day at targets around
Wonsan.
Vandenberg,
Carter Away
Justice around Uie County Court
house is on a temporary basis this
week.
To start with. Circuit Judge
David R. Vandenberg is in Port
land for two weeks on assignments
made bv the Supreme Court for
Multnomah County circuit courts.
Ordinarily in Judge Vandenberg's
absence orders concerning Circuit
Court business are signed by Dis
trict Judge M. A. (Nick) carter.
But even that situation is on a
substitute basis, since Judge Car
ter is in Eugene attending a traffic
conference.
So Circuit court orders usually
signed by the District Judge in ab
sence of the Circuit Judge are this
week signed by the "District Judge
protemps" in absence of the Dis
trict Judge in absence of the Cir
cuit Judge.
District Judge protemps in ab
sence of Judge Carter is Ben God
.4ni.,j oHnmv fl;ncinteri with the
law lirm of xarrens ana jhuawcu.
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ON THEIR WAY to see a physician (a check-up for Fred)
this morning were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kohler, 1507 Sum
mers Lane.
All Potato
Shipments
Investigated
The Office of Price Stabilization
has investigators in the Klamath
area now and will keep them
here until the office Is satisfied
there Is no further need for on-the-spot
enforcement of OPS cell
Ing price regulations on potatoes,
Willis West, chief enforcement of
ficer of the Portland OPS district
said today.
Since the Portland office's Juris
diction extends only to the state
line, West said the Sacramento
OPS office also has Investigators
here handling the Northern Califor
nia phase of what has been termed
a black market in spuds.
West said that there have "ap
parently been some abnormal prac
tices" In connection with shipment
of potatoes from the Klamath Falls
area.
Every carload shipped out Is be
ing checked from the origin to
the destination now, he said.
SUSPICION
The "abnormal practices" are
suspected, he said, when one ship
per is able to get spuds and an
other isn't.
West said the OPS was "in the
dark as to what was going on
here but that there seemed to be
some shipments going out without
actual billing, making it difficult
to determine what price is being
paid for the potatoes.
Potatoes have been under price
ceiling since Jan. 19. February base
price here is 13.85 lor U. S. No. 1
two-inch minimum, less 30 cents
for sacks if supplied by the ship
per, and 20 cents more for washed
spuds.
Before the ceiling price was an
nounced, potatoes were going for
considerably more.
SHIPPER ONLY
The price celling is not on the
grower but on the shipper, unless
the grower happens to do bis own
shipping. The shipper is allowed
a 16 cent margin.
Suspected infringments of the
OPS regulations are at the shipper
level and on down to the market.
Most of the potatoes shipped
from here go into California mar
kets. West said the OPS Is going to
insist on regular billing for po
tatoes shipped, giving the name of
the buyer and seller, description
and price paid.
If honest records' are kept, he
declared, any violations of the ceil
ing price will show up. If honest
records aren't kept, the, Investi
gators will have to dig.
"We Intend to be fair In the In
vestigation," West said, "and we
hope the Klamath Falls situation
will clear itself up."
OTHER AREAS
He also said there had been only
a few minor complaints from the
Bend-Redmond area, also a big
spud-shipping center. Yesterday
Twin Falls, Ida., along with Klam
ath FaUs was pointed out as a
center of black market acUvities.
The OPS law provides for pos
sible Jail sentence of up to a year
and $1,000 fine for criminal and
intentional infringement of the reg
ulations, as well as recovery of
treble damages in civil action. In
correct practices could be halted
by federal court Injunction, West
said.
NEW POSTMASTERS
WASHINGTON Wl The Senate
has approved the following nomi
nations for postmasterships in Ore
gon: Arthur B. Scarseth, Camp
White; Charles W. Garlic, Glad
stone: Vella A. Harlan, McNary;
Russell F. Cooper, Sutherlin.