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ly FRANK JKNKINR
About livt minute ago (these
words wore written about nild
morning) I Imiipt'iircl to glance nut
window. Whut I snw Illfi
VOl.TKD mo. It didn't Innt much
noio thiin live mliiutcn, but while
It wan going on It would have
passed III North Dukotu lur a bill
nurd. I stepped to tin window nd
Hosed Urn VcncUun bllnd, then
dived buck Into the current of the
news. Thlii dlpnlch, dulcd at Bun
Francisco, wan Iho flrnl to cutch
my eye:
"Hull ii ml motor truffle over the
Sierra Nevudii was hnlted lodny
hv a bllraird Hint hurled highways
mid trucks under huge mniindn of
mow FOlllt PERSONS
DIED IN THE BTOKM
bllunrd oulcklv cloned High-
witvfi 4U, Ml mid Blale-395
Kit the Hecond lime thin yenr. the
HP's iiinln iruiiiicontlnentnl line
'.through Donner I'dm was tempo
rarily abandoned.
"Rescuer bnttled through 30 to
r0-loot deen nnowslldcs towurd n
loduo In Mono counly where 138
guests nd employees were, snow
bound." And no on, d Infinitum, ad
nauseam.
Do you know wlmt dny till M
11' the llitli dny of Miirch and
tomorrow will be the 50ih and the
next dny will be the 21st. Count
ing leap yrnr and such, BPR1NO
oucurr to beoin on about
Tim 20th DAY OF MARCH I
A year alio we were well Into
summer by till time.
Buck to the teletype again. My
eye fell on thin Item;
"HOT STORY UPCOMINO ON
BIO BURPRIHK OP THE YEAR.
SWALLOWS FAIL TO RETURN
TO CAPIHTRANO."
I'll nay thin for the awallown.
They're amarler than I gave them
credit for.
To heck with the weather. Lel'a
gel on wllh the new. Thin one
click off the wire from New York:
"Here'n the new spring lint cre
ation for lndy nupportcr of Gen
ernl Elsenhower:
"A light blue faille pillbox beret
with red faille pining and a red
ribbon cocknde on the left front,
decorated wllh an "I Like Ike"
button.
It SOUNDS loathsome.
Now doesn't II, men?
Are you familiar with Alexander
Pope Essay on Mnn? If ao,
you'll recall thin atnnr.a:
"Vice In a mounter of ao fright
ful mien
"An to be hated needs but to
be aeen;
. "Yet aeen toordft, familiar with
I her face,
"We flrnt endure, then pity, then
EMBRACE."
I suppose It workn the same
way (no fnr an Uie men are con
cerned) wllh the ladlen' millinery
especially the hats that bloom In
the spring, tra la. When first de
scribed In the fashion dispatcher
they sound like something culled
out of Milton's Paradise Lost, or
De Qulncey's Confessions of an
Opium Eater. Or perhaps the
sbomlnntlons of just a plain, or
dinary nightmare.
But
Oh, shucksl You know what hap
pens. First we tolerate 'em. Then,
niter a measure of time hns
elapsed, they get to looking CHIC!
Mavbe It will be that wny with
the Ike beret.
Aha! The teletype, after spend
ing the early morning hours on
the weather, finally gels around
lo the political newn which todny
centers In Minnesota.
In the Minnesota primary, Fav
orite Son Stassen. whose name
WAS on the ballot, has a total as
Ihls Is written of 110.735 and Elsen
bower, whose name WASN'T on
the printed ballot and had to be
WRITTEN IN by his admirers and
Minpnrtera, has 98,6101
Tnft has 21,(34 write-ins.
On the Democratic side. NO
Presidential candidate names
were printed, so the Democratic
voters In Minnesota also had to re
sort to write-ins to show their pref
erences. Kcfnuver has 17,480 as this la
written.
TRUMAN has 3.1211
In Key West, Democratic Nation
al Chairman McKlnney tells news
1 men, after conferring with the
r President, that TRUMAN MAY
NOT RUN IF A SATISFACTORY
TRUCE IS REACHED IN KOREA.
Also he may not run If many
more primaries show tin like New
Hampshire and Minnesota.
Cross "Spike" Off Your
List For Adoption; He's
Really Happy Where He Is
llin name Isn't Spike and he doesn't need a home . . .
We're talking about the picture of that dog on tlie front page
of yesterday's Herald and News, The picture showed a dog peer
ing wistfully through a fence. Beneath the picture, the dog was
Identified as a poor, homeless animal looking for a home.
Well, a we nld: the dog wasn't Spike and he doesn't need a
home. The dog In the picture wan Pal, whose master I Cpl.
William Neubert, Jr., son of Poundmaater William Nrubrrt. The
corporal's parents are caring for his dog while the corporal Is In
Korea.
The whole thing started when Herald and News Thotographer
Don Kettler was assigned to get a stray dog picture at the county
pound the other dny.
At the pound, Kettler found a man whom he "took for the
poundmaater. Ho wasn't. But In talking to the man, Kettler some
how got the Idea that Pal was Spike and that he needed a home.
Just how this belief was arrived at may always be a mystery . . ,
When Mm. Neubert, wife of the poundmaster, phoned this
morning and told of the mistake, Kettler vanished from the HAN
news room with arms and legs flailing like a berserk helicopter
and screaming snme gibberish about being "double-crossed",
Mrs. Neubert says that she was kept busy answering the phone
until midnight last night . . . That persons called In "from all
over the county" to offer "poor Spike" a home.
They do have homeless dog at the pound If you're Interested
i But please don't try and adopt ral (alias Spike).
I'rlce Five t'ents16 Fair
Volcano iursts
Eisenhower Scores Heavy
Minnesota Write-in Vote
To Press Toward Victory
By The Associated Press
An astonishing show of write-In
strength In the Minnesota Primary
added considerable weight Wednes
day to Gen. Elsenhower's stuture
In the light for the Republican
nomination for Pretldcnt.
Elsenhower, whose name wan
not on the Minnesota ballot, wits
wllhln 12,000 votes of fnvorltc-non
cnndldnU! Harold E. Stasscn with
about 1.000 precincts still be be
tubulated.
More and more, the race for
the OOP nomination appeared to
be nurrowlng to a duel between
Elsenhower and Men. Tnft of Ohio.
FIltKWOHKS
There were political fireworks on
the Democratic front, too.
Frank E. McKlnney, Democratic
Battered Band
Of Swallows On
Time At Mission
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.
11 A flight of swallows showing
the effects of a battle agnlnst ralp
and wind, arrived at Mission Ban
Juan Caplstrano a few hours be
hind schedule Wednesday morn
ing. About 150 birds were In the first
group and others In bands or 20
to 30 kept arriving throughout the
morning.
Usually they come swooping In
wllh a merry chatter about dawn
of St. Joseph's day. March 19, to
dispossess the swifts which have
tnken over their nests during the
winter's absence.
Wednesday although tattered,
they took up the fight.
Fr. Vincent Lloyd-Russell aald
routs for the swallow had been
sighted over the mission during
the weekend.
Jap Treaty
Debate On
WASHINGTON W The Senate
resumed debate Wednesday on
ratification of the Japanese peace
treaty with majority leader Mc
Farland (D.-Arli.), calling for
sjieedv approval.
McFarlnnd told the Sennte "hist
ory may some day evaluate this
treaty as one oi me grent Docu
ments In humanity's progress."
He said quick ratification would
give the lie to Soviet charges of
"American Imperialism" In Uie far
east.
And, he said, the action would
prove that "freedom, not despot
Ism, Is the American wny."
Senate approval of the 'treaty
was generally expected Wednesday
or Thursday but a series of "re
servations" proposed by Republi
can Bens, Jcnner of Indiana and
Margaret Chase Smith of Maine
still were to be disposed of.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls
and vicinity and Northern Calif
ornia. Brief periods with few snow
flurries. Low tonight 18,' high to
morrow 38.
High yentcrday 34
Low last night .................. 18
Preclp March 18 48
Precip since Oct. 1 14.00
Snme period last year 12.58
Normal for period 8.86
(Additional Weather en Page 4)
UW G
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WKDNKHIMY, MARCH 19, 10SZ
national chnlrmnn, told newsmen
alter conferring with President
Truman ut Key Went, Fla., that
Truman may not run for re
election If a "satisfactory" truco
In reached In Korea.
Ho -said tile situation in Korea
Is "paramount" In Truman's mind
In any decision about hi political
future.
McKlnney said, too, that If Tru
man doesn't run, he won't try to
hnndplck the Democratic nominee.
Ho snid Uie President would favor
un "open" convention.
JI'IIILANT
Eisenhower backers were jubil
ant over the General's showing in
Minnesota. Sen. Duff R. - Pa.,)
.mi id the Minnesota voting "demon
strates beyond any question that
the people want Kisennower.
"The question Is," he added "are
the Republican polltlcan going to
give the people the man tncy
want?" '
There were other significant de
velopments politically. These In
eluded:
I. President Truman withdrew
from the June 3 California Prim
ary. Backers of Ben. Kefauvcr of
Tennessee hulled this move as sig
nificant. They said It showed a realisation
on Truman's part that "rank and
flic" Democrats In California are
In favor of Kcfauver for the Pres
idential nominntlon.
KASY VICTORY
2. Ben. Humphrey scored easily
In the Democratic primary In Min
nesota to gain control of that
state's . 28 convention delegates.
Kefauvcr, whose name was not on
the ballot, was running far behind.
Truman got even, fewer write-In
votes. Humphrey says he Is not
a serious contender for the nom
ination. 3. Humphrey, demonstrating his
conviction that Truman will not
seek . reelection, announced form
ation of a "fair deal" voting bloc
in the Northern slates to back a
Democratic candidate other than
Truman for the nomination. Some
mentioned Oov. Stevenson of Illi
nois as a possibility.
4. Taft and Stasscn stepped up
their campaigns of the April 1
Wisconsin primary. Oov. Warren of
California, also entered In that pri
mary, was expected in Wisconsin
Thursday.
WAKttKN HIT
5. A move was begun In Wiscon
sin to knock Warren's name off
the ballot. Lenders of the drive
said many Warren backers "In
truth and in fact are not affiliated
with the Republican party."
6. North Carolina Republicans
completed selection of delegates to
the GOP convention with conflict
ing clnlms of the results. Taft back
ers claimed 18 of the 26 delegates.
Elsenhower supporters said Taft
has only 10 and that Elsenhower
has 10, too. An Associated Press
poll listed 13 for Taft, six for El
senhower and seven not committed.
Most of the Interest, however,
centered in Minnesota where re
turns from 2,733 of the state's 3.
769 precincts, listed these results:
THF. VOTE
Republican: Stassen 110,735; El
senhower 98,616; Taft 21.534; Ar-,
Ihur Slcttcdnhl 19,075; Warren 4,
685: MacArthur 1,383.
Democrats: Humphrey 88,486;
Kefauvcr 17.489; Truman 3.121.
The only names on the ballot were
Stassen and Slettednhl on the Re
publican side and Humphrey on the
Democratic.
Slcttcdnhl Is a St. Louis attor
ney. He said he favors MncArthur
with Tnft his second choice.
Eisenshowcr's strong showing In
Minnesota follows by a week his
solid victory over Tnft In the New
Hnmpshlre primary,
Taft Is regarded in Wisconsin
ns the leading candidate In number
of prospective delegates and his
managers any the state's April 1
vote will he n key test.
NO WRITE-INS
Wisconsin lnw prohibits write
in votes. Since Eisenhower's name
Is not on the Wisconsin ballot,
there will be no chance of his
duplicating his Minnesota showing.
Eisenhower kept up with Min
nesota returns at his Paris head
quarters but mnde no comment.
In- Eau, Clnlre, Wise., Toft de
clined a full comment on the Min
nesota vote but snid. "I requested
not to hnve a write-in vote for
me In Mlntvsp, "
In La Crosse, Wise., Stassen snid
he wan pier-., w'l-h the vote and
"surprised Sen. Tnft Is running
n wenk ns ha Is
Tourney
llcsults
Cleveland 69
McMinnville 57
Hillsboro . 54
Astoria 40
Marshfield 71
Scappoose . 61
Central Catholic .. 75
The Dalles 64
1 &k l
LORENZ
heads the Advance Gift di
vision of the Klamath Red
Cross drive. Advance Gifts,
with a quota of $2,500, has
collected $1,709. Six divi
sions are working toward a
$25,000 goal for the year.
Timber Sale
Draws Eye
Of Solon
WASHINGTON l.fl The dis
nuted sale of Indian-owned timber-
lands in Oregon may be Investi
gated by still another agency.
Ttia Miiiaa Mvaalad Tiianfte.il V'W n
(above) I
Rep. Ellsworth (R-Ore) Introduced II!?8 'r?m- the pla"e
- ' . u-r'nlhrted bv Gnn-Mrtore. commander
a resuiuuun traiuiiK lur piuuc
of the tlmberlnnd sale by the
House Interior and Insular Affairs
Committee
The sale already Is being investi
gated by the Interior Department
and the Justice Department. A
civil action contesting the sale also
is under way in a Portland probate
court.
Ellsworth said the lands, held
in trust by the United States, have
been sold to "other Indians or
non-Indians at a fraction of their
reasonable value."
He charged in his resolution that
Bureau of Indian Affairs officials
"were either grossly negligent in
the performance of their duties or
knowingly permitted or encour
aged transactions violating the
trust imposed by the law."
Meantime in Portland, the Port
land Trust Bank, conservator of
lands formerly held by two In
dians, Jasper Grant and Harold
Thornton, asked that timber cut
ting be halted on that land until
Uie suit is decided.
Grant and Thornton sold their
lands in Curry County, Ore., for
$135,000. The Bureau of Indian
Affairs approved the sale. Since
then timber buyers have offered
$300,000 for the land.
Following an investigation of the
sale by the Department of Interior,
two officials of the Portland Indian
Affairs Bureau office were put on
annual leave.
Later the Justice Department
asked the federal district attorney
at Portland- to bring suit to void
the sale.
Nearly a million board feet of
timber already has been cut on
the disputed lands. Tuesday's ac
tion by the PorUand Trust Bank,
which will be argued Monday in
federal court, is an effort to halt
further cutting.
Local Army
Men Home
TULELAKE Members of the
420th Engineers Aviation Topo
graphical Detachment, all Tule
Inke men with the excepUon of Sgt.
Victor D. Lowther. Klamath Falls
are home on leave.
Of the 14 original group called
Inst June 10 from the Klamath
Bnsln, nine are left.
The detachment is slated for
service in the Far Enst. An ad
vance party leaves early In April,
the remainder the last of the same
month.
The detachment commanded by
1st Lieut. John F. Burke was first
.stationed at Fort Huachuaca. Ariz.,
for engineer training. December 5
Uiev were moved to Fort Scott.
near San Francisco and February
a they went lo camp Bcnie to pre
pare for -overseas service.
Members 01 tne unit in aacution
to Lieut. Burke nre PFO Sperry
W. Craig, PFO LeRoy Crowell,
Cpl. Harvey A. Greenback, Cpl.
WiUinm Stlnson, Cpl. Douglas D,
Wnlden, Cpl. Thomas S. Decker,
all of Tulelake, and Sgt. Victor D.
Lowther, Klamath Falls.
MORE DEPURGED
TOKYO W The Japanese gov
ernment Wednesday dcptirged 760
nillitnrv and political flRures bar
red from public life since World
War II as punishment for various
war offenses.
Telephone 8111
No.2169
Ocean Boils
As Inferno
Cuts Loose
By FRANK L. WHITE
MANILA I A submarine vol
cano, coming to life after a 90
year sleep, pushed a moving mass
of volcanic rock 250 feet above the
surface of the Pacific ocean
Wednesday 315 miles north of Ma
nila,
The turbulent pile of rocks en
compassed an area of at least five
.icrcH. For 15 acres around it the
ocean boiled and bubbled like a
witch's brew.
A 10.000-Ioot column of smoke
and sulphrous steam towered
Huge black boulders, some of
hem five stories high, were turn
jlcd about.
nKKDLE POINT
Otf to one side of the growing,
crater-shnperi island, a needle
pointed black rock stuck starkly.
The rock and the island both ap
peared to be surrounded by break
ing surf.
But as s C-47 plane piloted by
Ma). Gen Ernest Moore circled
to within 200 feet of the surface
it became apparent the white wa
ter was the ocean boiling from con
tact with the hot rocks.
The new volcano island Is ap
pearing at almost the Identical spot
where almost a century ago an
undersea eruption created Didlcas
Rocks and pushed them 700 feet
above the surface. That eruption
lasted lour years, ending 92 years
ago.
HIBOK ERUPTS
The submarine activity resumed
as Hibok Hlbok volcano in the
Central Philippines threatened to
burst Into flames again. Hibok Hi
bok klUed more than 800 Filipinos
in December.
The new ocean volcano was dis
covered Sunday by Capt. J. J.
Phillppsen of Portland, Ore., mas-
jter of the freighter Brightstar. "
me ursi ciose inspection was
piloted by Guar Moore, commander
oi tne u.b. utn Air f orce
Murder Trial
Hits Snag
CRESCENT CITY, Calif. Ml
Efforts to complete a jury to try
two McMinnville, Ore., brothers
on a murder charge continued here
Wednesday.
Tuesday the entire panel of 75
veniremen was exhausted and only
11 Jurors selected.
The brothers, Robert Jones, 20,
and Richard Jones, 28, are accused
of the Jan. 26 holdup slaying of
Felix Molini, 58. They were cap
tured a lew hours after the slay
ing at nearby Brookings, Ore.
Robert has pleaded Innocent and
Richard Innocent by reason of In
sanity. Superior Judge - Samuel Flnley
Tuesday turned down for a second
time a defense request that the
trial be held in another city. He
said he would call every citizen in
Crescent City for Jury duty before
permltUng the trial to be moved.
Plane Kills
Two Golfers
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. HI Two
women golfers were killed Wednes
day by a Navy plane which crash
landed on Timuquana golf course.
The two women were identmeo.
Mrs. Bradv Johnson, prominent
Jacksonville golfer and wife of
an official of the Dinsmore Dairies,
and Mrs. William Dempsey, wife
of a Jacksonville contractor.
The plnne wns a Corsair fighter.
Its forced landing did not injure
the pilot, who was not immediately
identified.
The Tlmunnnna club is next to
the Nnval Air Station about 10
miles south of Jacksonville.
a n. weller. who lives on Timu
quana road and was playing on the
course, was an eye witness to the
accident. , .
woiw snid the engine was dead
and he hadn't heard the plane com
ing down. He said a caddy, stand
ing about 10 yards from the two
women was unnuri.
The nlane cut down both golfers.
"I'vo seen two wars, but I never
saw anything so ghastly." Weller
said.
Go Ahead And
Make It A Race
ST. PAUL, Minn, (to "I've got
to have my ballot back." the wom
an Insisted. "I've made a terrible
mlstnkc."
Election Judges In the Minnesota
presidential primary told her It
couldn't be done.
"Oh my," she muttered on her
way out. "I Just voted for myself
for president."
I1KENEY NAMED
OTTAWA W A. D. P. HeeneV
wns named Canada's ambassador
and reoresentatlve on the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization Coun
cil Wednesday. Hecney has been
undersecretary or siaie ior r,xw
nal Affairs. -
ON THEIR WAY TO WORK
Northcutt, 505 S. 8th, who is
Girls office, and her sister - in
Delaware, who works at the
Republicans See Bright
Outlook For State
Prospects are pretty bright, at
least in Oregon, for the Republl
cans this year.
mat was the Information passed
along by Robert Elliott of Med-
ford, state GOP chairman, speak
ing at a public gathering spon
sored by the Young Republicans
Club, last night at the Winema.
Oregon is inherently a Republi
can stale, and Elliott cited a lack
of opposition by the Democrats for
many state and local olllces as a
sure sign of weakness and uncer
tainty among the Demos.
Of the 17 places open in the
State Senate, Elliott said, the Re
publicans have good candidates out
for all of them, several unopposed
by Democrats; of the 60 seats in
RC Reports
sum
, . .
Drive
Laos
9
Mrs.
urarge uwis nraiaeiumi
Division of the Klamath Red Cross
funds drive has taken over first
place in the quota race between
the drive started Marcn l.
The Residential workers over
hauled the Advance Gifts group
who had been in first place since
the drive startedc March 1.
Yesterday's collections put Res
idential at the 69 per cent mark.
with $1,727 of its $2,500 quota col
lected. Advance outs, directed oy
Wes Lorenz, with $1,709 of its $2,500
quota was a close second with 68
per cent
O. K. Puckett's Industry Division
is in third place, with 63 per cent.
The other three divisions traU
thus: Special Groups, Carrol Howe
and John Heyden. 57 per cent;
Business, Roy Murphy,, 35 per
cent; and Rural, Herb Pollard and
Jim Emmons, 8 per cent.
Yesterday s fund turn-ins edged
the county drive up to 43 per cent
of its $25,000 goal.
Safecrackers
Pull Big Job
SALEM lib A state highway
crew, working with acetylene
torches, broke into the State Land
Board's vault at 3 a.m. Wednesday
after 10 hours of work.
The vault, containing six million
dollars in securities and mortgages
was accidentally shut Tuesday
while a mechanic had the time
clock off.
When the vault is shut without
the clock on it. the onlv wav to
get in is oy arming.
EXAMS
neai estate examinations were
scheduled to get underway at the
nuiara at i:ju mis aiiernoon.
MRS. FDR VISITS
KATMUNDU, Nepal Wl Mrs.
Franklin D, Roosevelt arrived here
Wednesday for a one day visit to
this Himalayan kingdom.
Modoc, Siskiyou Supervisors To Meet
Together To Talk Hospital, ! arm Unit
TULELAKE Modoc and SIskyou
county Boards of Supervisors are
scheduled to meet jointly here for
the first time tomorrow In an ef
fort to solve two problems requir
ing action.
The fate of the Tulelake farm
advisory office and a proposed
$350,000 16-bed hospital hang on
the decisions of the two boards.
The morning session, beginning
at 10 a. m. in the Legion Hull,
will consider the possibility of Mo
doc and Siskiyou splitting the bill
on (he farm advisor's office.
Present aFrm Advisor Ken Bag
hott estimates his office would
cost the counties $2,500 each to
maintain its operation for one yenr.
That includes equipment mainte
nance, an automobile and secre
tery. The advisor's salary is paid
by the state.
Baghott reports his office has re
ceived 1235 personal calls by farm
this morning were Vida Mae
secretary at the Camp Fire
- law, Louella Northcutt, 3113
Merchants Credit Association.
Party
i the House of Representatives to be
filled this year, the Republicans
have candidates for 58. likewise
many unopposed: and over half of
the District Attorneys in the state
will be Republicans, elected with
out opposition.
The elements of a successful
campaign, Elliott declared, are
goal candidates and a good party
organization. The Republicans have
tne good candidates for practical
ly every spot on the ballot ... the
organization is something that has
to be built up as the campaign
progresses.
Elliott discussed at some length
practical politics, precinct work.
presidential primaries and party
conventions,
State Sen. Phil Hitchcock, also
addressing the Young Republicans.
delved into history to show one
Jwie ol thought, that our present
rjoivilizatlon Is going the Way of 20
i previous civilizations the world
The word "Integrity" In govern
ment has become a mockery, he
! saia, out it isn i just tnat president
. Truman is a dishonest man sur
rounded by dishonest persons
the dishonesty permeates every
strata of society.
The point of beginning. If things
are to be changed, is within our
selves Hitchcock said: II we be
lieve in democracy we must be
lieve the individual is the most im
portant element, and build ud the
responsibility of able people for
covernmental leadership.
Hitchcock declared that the lack
of intesritv is within the people.
not within uie government, rne
nlace to start rebuilding respon
sible government is on me local
level, by making city ano county
governments responsible for their
duties and authority first; then go
on to the state ano national levels.
As for his own candidacy for re-
eleetinn tn the state Senate (Hitch
cock is unopposed), he said it is
unfortunate that the people have
no choice of whom to vote for.
There should be. Hitchcock said.
competition for every public office,
chuck Johnson, president of the
Young Republicans Club, conduct
ed last night's meeting, first in a
series of public forums on political
subjects to be sponsored Dy tne
cluo.
Snow Blankets
High Passes
kst.ttm im Travel on Oregon's
mountain roads and in Central
Oregon was hazardous Wednesday
because of new snow, Uie State
Highway Commission said.
The commission recommended
that chains be carried in these
areas:
rvwernment Camo. Timherline,
Warm Springs Junction, Union
Creek. Siskiyous, Santiam
Pass,
Falls,
Willamette Pass. Klamath
Blv. Keno Austin and Seneca.
AH other points reported either
bare pavement or sanded snow.
ers, 1423 phone calls. He nas made
550 personal calls on farmers dur
ing the past lD-montns, ne says.
The work undertaken by his of
fice, the advisor pointed out, is de
cided upon by the farmers them
selves. An annual meeting of five
commodity departments run by the
farmers lay out the year's work
for the office.
The office was opened In Febru
ary, 1950, and has been run by
state funds since then. Unless the
two counties offer it support, the
farm office will close July 1 or
before.
The consideration of the hospital
is slated to begin at 1 P m. in
the Legion Hall. The proposed plan
was originated by Modoc Supervi
sor Jim Stearns, and apparently
Modoc's board is backing It,
Under the present plan each
county would put up $60,000 -Jor
initial expense of the building,
Railroads
Halt Travel
Over Passes
BAN FRANCISCO Wl Rail and
motor trafflo over the Sierra N
vada between California and Ne
vada was halted Wednesday by a
blizzard that burled highways and
traces unaer nuge mounds of snow.
Four persons died In the storm.
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon O. Anderson.
formerly of Southbury, Conn., were
found asphyxiated In their stallej
and snowcovered car on Mt. Rose.
ouuuiwcsb oi xteno.
Lloyd R. Weedman, 24, of Wabek
N. D., and Marvin A. Stlnson, 47.
of San Brnardino, Calif., were
buried Monday south of Lake Crow
ley, In California's Mono county.
Four other men escaped the ava
lanche. Rescuers battled through .30 to
50-foot deep snowslldes toward
June Lake lodge In Mono county
where 125 guests, employes and
Navy seabees were snowbound.
Hundreds of other oeoDle were
temporarily Isolated at resorts and
cabins.
The storm quickly closed U.I.
Highways 40. 50 and state 395
the main trans-Sierra auto routes.
For the second time this year
the Southern Pacific's main trans
continental line through 7,100-foot
uonner pass was temporarily
abandoned.
The railroad said it expected to
get the trains moving late Wednes
day. The railroad held up its pas
senger trains at Sacramento. Calif.,
and Sparks, Nev., on either side
of the towering Slerrc.
soumern facinc oinciais said a
very heavy storm still was raging
over the Sierra at mid-morning.
In the meantime, the eastbound
City of San Francisco which was
halted at Sacramento Tuesday
night, will be detoured over the
SP line through the San Joaquin
valley over Santa Fe Lines to
Barstow, and thence Or Union
Pacific lines to Ogden.
ine easiDouna over land Limited
out of San Francisco Tuesday
morning, will be detoured over the
same route. It had been held at
Colfax over night. .
The eastbound Overland Limited
out of San Francisco Wednesday
win ue consouaaiea wnn tne east
bound Gold Coast and will leave
at 6 p.m., normal Gold Coast
departure time. Its route is un
certain.
Army To Quit
Duplication
WASHINGTON- tM The Air
Force has ordered the Alaskan Ait
Command to eliminate duplicating
facilities planned for Xlelson Air
Force Base near Fairbanks,
Alaska.
Brig. Gen. Robert E. L. Eaton,
director of Air Force legislation
and liaison, advised Rep. Norblad
(R-Ore of the order in a letter
which Uie congressman mad pub
lic Wednesday.
Noblad had complained that a
personal inspection of the Elelson
base indicated the Army and Air
Force proposed to build idenUcal
chapels, noo-commlssio&ed officers
clubs, enlisted men's clubs and
other faculties directly across the
street from each other.
e said the duplication was "a
needless burden and cost to the
taxpayers" and indicated that
little was being done to unify and
merge facilities oi the three
services.
In response, Eaton said:
"The Alaskan Air Command has
been instructed to revise this plan
and eliminate this duplication'
Farm Report
Heard Today
WASHINGTON Wl The Agri
culture Department reported Wed
nesday that farmer planting plans
uioicaieo a possioie wneat crop or
1,225,000.000 bushels and corn of
3,200,000,000 bushels this year.
These forecasts would be 238,000,
000 bushels more than the 987,474,
000 bushels of wheat produced last
year and 258,577,000 bushels more
than last year's corn crop of 2,941,
423.000. By comparlslon, wheat averaged
1,071.310,000 bushels and corn 2.
980,777,000 for the ten-year average.
The forecasts were based on
farmers' plantings plans as of
March 1 and assumed that the
yield per acre on the prospective
acreages would equal the 1941-50
average.
The government's production
goals for wheat is i,iBt,uou,ouu
bushels and for corn 3,376,000,000
I bushels. '
which would be matched by $100.-
000 in federal funds ana anotner
$100,000 from the state.
If Siskiyou county Joins Modoc
in okaying Uie proposal, Tulelakera
are hoping to see Uie hospital con
struction underway almost immedi
ately. An estimated $90,000 In taxes Is
paid each year to Siskiyou County
to help support the county hospital
at Yreka, according to Ross Rag
land. Few Tulelakers make use of
that hospital.
Modoc's new hospital is at Al
turns, some 65 miles away. Moat
hospital cases from the Basin are
sent to Klamath Falls.
Siskiyou Supervisors' Include
Chairman Oordon Jacobs, W. A,
Barr, Buck Davidson, Clinton Jack
son and Ernest Hayden.
Modoo Supervisors include Jim
Stearns, Charles Fitzpatrlck, Pete
LaFague, Paul Robinson and Law
rence Smith. , .