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His Albany Dcmocrut llrrnld
paya:
"Frank Jcuklim In his Day's
Nnwit column miyit he In linmeitkoly
tmprctutcd Willi the Mntnncnt of
Hcimlor KlUMiell ol Georgia (when
ho announced Ills candidacy lor
I ho Demoorutle nomlnutlun (or
1'rrnldcnll Ihul he believes In Ihe
tircalctl practicable degree of lo
cnl self-government.
"No wonder Frank Is Impressed.
An he polnu out, Russell linn put
hln linger on the thing that In the
pant couple of decades hnn led un
lurthiMtl iiNtrnv Mom the American
wny o( llle nn the FoundliiK I'alh
era envisioned It."
The Democrnt-llernld adda:
"HuhhcII Is a Democrat, from the
Deep Bouth, nnd nrobuhly Frank
Jenkins nn a Itnpunlli-aii won't vote
lor him In November. But none
the lens Runnell hnn given exprcn
nlon to a point of view Unit leiutrrn
In bolh parties cim't nllord to lone
nlilht of. The New Deal hnn moved
the government further end further
Iroin the people, with the rather
hupelenn acqulcncence of the people.
"More mid mfire there In it tend
ency to turn to ihe national govern
nient for whntever we wnnt done.
State nnd local rlRhts havft nlro
phled. nig government at Wash
ington him collared nil Ihe loose
tnx money until stale nnd lonil
governments lire finding It harder
nnd hnrder to Ret Uie cftnh to enrry
on ndeQuntely the regional end
locnl phanca of Kovernment."
I'm not no sure nbout the Democrat-Herald's
ntnteinent thnt come
November I won't vole for Senator
Runaell.
I MIGHT.
Movbe not thin November. Tack
1 lntr first things flrnt, It neemn lm
probnble nt thin moment thnt Sena
tor Ruiwrll, Routherner, enn be
nnmlnnted by the Demorrntlr par
ly, which In DIVIDED SHARPLY
on Norlh-Bnulh linen. An of now.
nt least. Ihe Northern wing of the
1riv holds the edge In voting
power.
It COULD he Hint fnclnir In"
of power to the Rcpubllcana Ihe
Democrat at their convention
might COMPROMISE on Senator
Russell an a cnndldute, but It neemn
utterly lmpofilble to me thnt they
could ro o fnr an to nominate
Kennlor Runiell on ft STATES
RIGHTS platform.
Hut
It DOES neem to me that brlng
InR Uie bulk of our Kovernment
hack to the ntnle houses, the court
hou-ica and the city hall In already
TIIK BIGGEST ISSUE THAT
FACES THE AMERICAN PEO
PLE. How else are we ever to have
economy In government?
When Rovernmenl la Immense
- and sprawling; and far, far away,
how are we ever to control It?
' But, If we can get It back so clone
to un that we can look over IU
shoulder and blow down Its neck,
we CAN control It.
Here In OreRon, we have a splen
did exnmplo of what hanpens when
tlm bulk of Rovernment In moved
off Into remote outer space.
In the IB ycara from 1033 to
11)51. the federal Rovernment COL
LECTED In OreRon (In taxen) the
agronomical sum of 13.731.465 204..
.01 (approximately two and three
quarter billions of dollars.) In the
same It yearn, It RETURNED to
Oregon the sum of $71)4, 581. 1M.
That In to say, for each dollar
we've sent to Wnhlimton In these
18 years, we've got two bits back.
I'm more than a little disappoint
ed that SO FAR no Republican
candldale for Uie presidential nom
ination has even mentioned thin
Iwiue. which to me seems fundu
mentnl In Ihe situation thnt faces
us. I'm Impressed by the fact
a Southern Democrat has men
tioned It prominently.
Let's look facts frankly In the
face. Senator Russell has raised
aRaln the Issue of states rights.
But, as he has raised It, It Isn't
a SECTIONAL Issue. It concerns
us ALL whether we live In the
North or In the South. When Jef
ferson raised the Issue of states
rights he rained It not as a South
erner but an an American who
wanted government kept clone
enough to the people lo enable
the people to CONTROL their gov
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WARM WEATHER the past few days brought flood conditions to the Wocus area. Above
are homes almost surrounded by water from the quick snow thaw.
XL r1- 1
its 14 Pairs "
Price Five Cents 14 I'aira
Killer, 3
Companions
Try Break
8ALEM W) John O. PliiMin.
the notorious killer and escape ar
tist, failed to make It Wednesday
night In another escape attempt
with three olher prlfioucrs,
Tliey ran Into trouble sawing
Ihelr way lo the roof of the ncgre
uatlon ward at the Oregon prison.
and an 11:46 p.m. check of cells
caught them before tliey could get
away.
Sirens sounded Just as they broke
through to the roof, and Plnson
nnd two others run meekly back
lo Ihelr cells. The fourth limn, the
also notorious Duprce Poc, wa
nnlibed hiding on the roof.
Warden VlrRll O'Mnlley said
none ollered any violence. Alter
Investigation he told this story of
the escape try:
Plnson, now 34: Poe, who la 54;
Richard M. Moore. 46; and Allen
D. Brunllcld. 37. got a hucksuw
blade and used It to cut a loot-long
inetnl haat from the door of each
of the four cells. They made wood,
en blocks to look like tllo hasps
and put them In place
Some time In the evening they
left their cells. Bwed through two
other doors to reach a corridor
and there sawed through an over
head ventilator.
Just as they pushed Poe through
to the roof, uie sirens sounded
The check of ceils nad msciosca
they were missing.
They had a number of sheets
tied together with a grappling hook
at one end for use In gelling over
the prison' wall.
Plnson. Bruntlel.l and Poe are
convicted killers. They are KervlnR
life terms, aa Is Moore, who whs
convicted of being ft habitual cri
minal ftfler a series of armed rob
beries Plnson ' once escaped success
fully. Ha and Poe have been In
volved In other tries at the prison.
No Moves In
Madden Case
No new developments were re
ported bv the district attorney's
office today In the cane of 19-year-old
Jerry Oscar Madden, charged
with receiving and concealing stol
en property.
Madden wan arrested Tuesday
afternoon by Cllv Police. Hln ap
prehension brought to light a series
of burglaries and shoplifting cases
said carried on by a group ol
youths aged 10 to 14 years.
In District Court Wedncsdnv af
ternoon Madden waived prelimin
ary henrlng on the charge. He Is
held In the County Jail under (2500
ball.
Weather
FORECAST Increasing cloud
Ineaa tomorrow. Low tonight 28,
high tomorrow 64,
High yesterday .... 53
Low last night 24
Preclp yesterday 0
Preclp. since Oct. I 14.09
Same period last year 12.58
Normal for- period 9.16
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KLAMATH FAM . THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 195 Telephone sill No. 2776
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CARLOS YOWL, well known Klamath farmer inventor, has announced the invention of
his new "Spring Bringer Onner". This contraption, says Yowl, can make the difference
between a .good farm year and a bad one. Determined that this one won't be a bad one,
Carlos went to work last night. This morning he came up with the above machine. The
"Yowl Spring Bringer Onner" is not dangerous to human beings yet. Two dogs and a
gray squirrel disappeared, though, shortly after being seen in the neighborhood.
Driver Smacks
Guard Rail
'That sharp curve at Main and
Riverside Sts. caught another un-
wury motorist about 2 a.m. this
morning and the City Street De
partment Is fixing the guard rail
again today.
Earl Halrlsen. 31, Gibson. Cnllf.,
told Municipal Judge Robert Elder
he tried to round the curve at 40
miles an hour but didn't quite
make It. Hnlrlscn's car was de
clared a total wreck by City Po
lice. In court Halrlsen wan ordered
to pay $25 for violation of the basic
rule and 55 for not having an oper
ator's license. He had spent the
night In jail In preference to put
ting up $30 ball.
MORE PAROLES GRANTED
TOKYO Ifl Occnpntlon forces
Thursday granted paroles to 18
more Jnpanese convicted as war
criminals. The Allied Command
had paroled or reduced sentences
of 1,140 war criminals.
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Radioactive Material May
Aid fa Crop
SALT LAKE CITY Wl Use of
radioactive material was suggested
Wednesday as a means of making
rapid and accurate tests of the
effectiveness of Insect killing
sprays.
The project was outlined by Dr.
Dale W. Jenkins, of the Chemical
Corps medical laboratories at
the Army Chemical Center In
Maryland.
He spoke at the annual conven-
Daylight Time
Battle Opens
PORTLAND Ifl The contro
versy over daylight saving time Is
on In Oregon again.
The Oregon Broadcasters Asso
ciation asked Governor McKay
Wednesday to put daylight time
into effect In the state again this
year.
The broadcasters said that be
sides co-ordinating radio programs
with East Coast broadcasts, It also
would save power for defense in
dustries. The broadcasters said In a state
ment that an average of 100.000
kilowatt hours of "peaking power"
would be saved dollv, according
lo Bonneville Administration estimates.
Neahkahnie, Mountain Of
Holes, Guards Mythical Spanish Gold
ASTORIA Ml A fortune estl.
mated at more than $250,000 has
been poured Into Neahkahnie
Mountain, known as the "Moun
tain of a Thousand Holes."
Neahkahnie, legendary burying
ground of Spanish gold, has never
given up a peso to scores of for
tune seekers who have riddled the
mountain with holes In a 90-ycnr
period.
Three men Mllo Merrill. Har
vey Tuttlo and Charles Pike
have devoted their lives to hunting
for bullion said to have been burled
in the Pacific promontory after a
Spanish galleon was sunk off the
coast.
Barney Lucas of Genrhnrt. who
purchased the mountain In 1945 for
a possible real estate development,
estimates that a quarter of a mil
lion dollars has been spent digging
for gold there since the Civil War.
Lucns said that he had Intended
to keep treasure seekers out of
the area when he bought it. but
relented after Merrill's touching
appeal.
Merrill, - a native of Nehalem,
i - -
Spraying Test
tion of the American Mosquito Con
trol Association.
Dr. Jenkins described experi
ments he and J. M. Davis of the
Forest Insect Laboratory at Belts
ville. Md.. made at the Armv
Chemical Center.
They used a small auantitv of
radioactive gold in a solution Which
was sprayed aerially over a test
plot.
Gelger counters then were used
to show the distribution of the
radioactive material.
"The use of a radioisotope tracer
presents several advantages over
the dye tracer method," Dr. Jen-
Kins said.
"It Is possible to assess the re
sults of airplane spraying within
a few minutes. It can be measured
in the field rapidly and relatively
accurately without resorting to
panels and time-consuming chem
ical analyses In the laboratory.
"It is possible to move a Gel
ger counter over the surface of a
leaf and determine immediately
whether It is covered effectively
with spray."
Dr. Jenkins estimated that only
one-tenth the time would be needed
for checking the coverage of a
spray with the radioactive tracer
method as Is required in the com
mon dye tracer method;
The scientist said that the testing
method could be used efficiently
by fruit and vegetable growers to
check on the effectiveness of thelr
spraylng activity.
said he had started hunting for
the gold as a child and spent his
entire life digging In an area 200
feet wide nnd 500 feet long for a
17th century chest of gold he be
lieved to be in the area.
Indian legends about the hidden
fortune are responsible for the
search.
Lucas said one well-financed
crew went to the mountain four
summers ago, bought a bulldozer,
erected a power plant and wound
up spending $25,000 without find
ing gold.
One shaft was driven down 40
feet, but nothing more exciting
than clay covered chunks of basalt
was found.
One early and persistent digger
was a surveyor named Smith, said
to be the grandson of Chief Con
comly who welcomed Lewis and
Clark to the region. He delivered
a speech on the Indian legend be
fore the Oregon Historical Society
In 1899.
His son, Pat Smith, grew up and
died looking for the burled gold.
Pat found an Indian woman who
knew the legend, but she would
Government
On Fence;
YSB Upset
By NORMAN WALKER
WASHINGTON I Chairman
Nathan P. Feinsinger of the Wage
Stabilization Board told reporters
"Hell no" Thursday when asked If
Delense Moblllzer Charles E. Wil
son has asked the WSB to reduce
thi steel case.
He had Just left a meeting witn
Wilson, who has said the WSB's
settlement plan, calling lor ft 17 h
cent wage boost, was a serious
threat to anti-inflation efforts.
Wilson also talked with Econom
lc Stabilizer Roger Putnam and
Price Stabilizer tills Arnaii.
PLAN STUDIED
Wilson apparently was trying to
work out some plan to help settle
the steel labor dispute. A strike of
Philip Murray's more than 650,000
CIO Steelworkers in the basic steel
industry Is scheduled for April S
Arnhall left Wilson's office 40
minutes after FeUuinger. As re
porters followed him down the cor
ridor, linng questions, he replied:
No comment ... no comment
. . . no comment ..."
Wilson declined a request of pho
tographers that they be permitted
to take pictures of the meetings.
When the request was placed, the
cameramen naa assumea a Joint,
tour-man meeting still was scned
uled. Wilson switched from the Joint
meeting pian 10 me series ol sepa
rate. Individual talks.
A spokesman for Wilson's Office
of Defense Mobilization refused to
confirm or deny that he plans to
keep hands off the steel wage dis
pute for the present in hopes of
progress In union-manaeempnt ne
gotiations which started Wednes
day in Pittsburgh, and resumed
inur&uay.
The situtation was such that 11
SVMI flnWBVMl nnnkU . Ik.. .lw
President Truman due back from
mis rwnui vacation late Thurs
day, someone in the mobuization
hierarchy may quit soon.
One thing appeared certain: That
the Steelworkers union will get
nowhere in negotiations with steel
firms until the administration
makes up its mind.
The companies said they'll need
price boosts of $12-a-ton if they
grant the WSB - recommended
terms.
Transamerica
Gets The Axe
WASHINGTON 111 - The Feder
al Reserve Board voted 3 to 2
Thursday to order a breakup of
the Transamerica Corporation's big
banking empire in five western
states.
The majority found that the cor
poration which controls seven
billion dollars in bonk deposits and
half the bank loans in California,
Oregon, nevaaa, Washington and
Arizona tends to "lessen com
petition and restrain commerce "
In a minority dissent, James K.
Vardaman, Jr., said the record
falls to warrant or sustain" such
a conclusion. Further. Vardaman
cnargea, ine Doard's hearing offi
cer In the case "arbitrarily and un-
lairiy aiscriminated against Trans
america." Board member Oliver S. Powell
Joined Vardaman In the dissent.
'Chairman William M. Martin Jr.,
M.S. Szymczak and R. M. Evans,
the hearing officer, made un the
majority.
Transamerica was built un over
a period of many years by the
late A. P. Giannini.
INCORPORATE
SALEM I Articles of incor
poration Thursday:
Pass Creek SawmlU, Inc., Drain.
$25,000 capital stock. Incorporated
by P. L. McMahon, P. Y. Wllmot
and O. F. Vondcrheit.
A Thousand
not tell him anything.
Lucas said that in order to tret
the secret. Pat Smith married the
Indian, and soon was feverishly
digging holes in the area his wife
designated.
After long digging. Smith brought
Charles Pike into the hunt as a
partner. Pike is still a present
member ol the trio seeking tne
gold.
After Smith died. Pike induced
Merrill and Tuttle to loin him.
Lucas said that Pat Smith made
a trip to Spain to search archives
for information on the treasure
ship, reported lost on the West
Coast while running between
America and Manila.
The date 1630 Is on a rock, but
Lucas doubts Its authenticity-. In
fact he's skeptical about the whole
legend.
He thinks the mountain that now
has over a thousand holes contains
no treasure.
But Just In case. Lucas has a
contract with diggers that he gets
25 per cent of any weaitn louna on
nis property,
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NO. 1 DREAM GIRL
Combat correspondents of
the First Marine Air Wing
in Korea, whose stories are
often censored; but whose
dreams cannot be scrutin
ized, have,-' voted Motion
Picture Actress Mary
Castle (above) their No. 1
Dream Girl."
Stores Draw
Beer Rebukes
The alcoholic beverage licenses
of two local grocery stores have
been ordered suspended for short
periods by the Oregon Liquor Con
trol Commission.
The license of Erma A. GeRue,
oDerator of Fremont Grocery. 18
Nevada, is to be susoended for 30
days beginning April 1, for selling
beer to ft minor.
That suspension also is to re
main in effect until a new license
is okayed by the Liquor Commis
sion bearing the names of all per
sons naving a iiuttimiui unci cab
in the business.
The present license was in Mrs.
GeRue s name only, but the Liquor
Commission determined that her
husband. Lee GeRue, also had a
financial Interest in the place. Last
Monday the city council recom
mended to the Liquor Commission
that a new license be granted the
Fremont Grocery.
The other suspension Is of the
license of Gustaf and Verna Brake
velt, operators of West Klamath
Grocery, for 10 days starting April
1.
Basis of that suspension order
was the Liquor Commission's find
ings that consumDtion of beer on
the premises had been permitted
alter hours ana mat me licensees
had lnterferred and hindered in
spectors of the Liquor Commission.
COMING HOME
SEATTLE Wl Eight Washing
ton State soldiers are among the
1.578 Army officers and men sched
uled to arrive here from the Far
East April 1 aboard the Navy
Transport Pvt. Joe P. Martinez.
They Include M-Sgt. Paul H.
Hammons. Star Route. Brewster,
and Sgt. Clarence H. Sebring, BR
1, Box 257, Port Angeles.
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9 O'Clock Special f
SHARING A SHEET of news this morning were (I to r)
Don Wells, operator of the .Medical-Dental barber shop,
and Dr. Earl Clanahan, , V
Prineville
Families
Flee Homes
By The Associated Presa
Flood waters of the Crooked Ri
ver receded temporarily Thursday
after forcing 150 families In the
Central Oregon town of Prineville
to flee their homes.
But weather experts warned that
continued warm weather could
bring a peak even higher than the
one Thursday when water four feet
deep In places swirled Into homes
In three sections of the town.
Farther east at Vale, floodwatera
dropped without causing major
damage although at least two
bridges were washed out.
Wheeler H. Ruckcr, district field
engineer for the Army Engln".ria,
arrived at Prineville from The
Dalles to direct construction of
dikes to confine the rampaging
river to Its banks.
500 EVACUATED
The evacuation of an estimated
500 to 600 persons began late
Wednesday afternoon aa transfer
nd lumber companies and the
U. S. Forest Service kept trucks
working steadily until midnight.
The entire town turned out to help
load tne Deiongings of tne flood
refugees. The gymnasium of-the
old Crooked River school was con
verted into a storage depot and the
flood victims were cared for In
the homes of other residents.
Twenty pieces of equipment. In
cluding trucks, graders and bull-
aozers, tnrew up a temporary levee
after flood waters topped a sand-
Dag ante, woric was halted wuen
the water began to recede.
Rucker and Mayor Stuart Sheik
made preparations Thursday to
continue the levee building.
HOMES FLOODED .
About 70 of the flooded homes
were in the new Riverside Village
district at the southwest edge of
town. On the northwest stfe, back
waters on Ochoco Creek, swollen
by the heavy mountain snow melt,
flooded about 65 other homes.
Although the river had drupped
10 inches Thursday, the staff of
the Ochoco National Forest said
continued warm weather could
bring a new peak. Foresters poin
ted out that the mountain snow,
which measured 40 inches in
places, contained about double the
usual water content.
RANCHES HIT
The flooding river inundated
ranch bottom lands along a 25 ml'e
stretch to the south. Damage was
not expected to be high, however.
and stock had been moved out of
danger.
Oregon Highway n- was still
olosed to the south of Prineville,
halting maU service to the area.
Nearly a dozen other roads were
closed in Central and Eastern Ore
gon as other streams, fed by the
snow runoff, rose rapidly Wednes
day. t
BRIDGE OUT ,
The Powder River washed out ft
bridge on Oregon Highway 86 be
tween Baker and Richland. Four
other Baker county roads were
closed by high water from the
Powder and North Powder.
Two farms were isolated In the
Keating area 10 miles northeast of
Baker, but were in no danger.
Livestock had been moved to high
er ground.
A bridge washout on the John
Day Highway between Mt. Vernon
and Dayville marooned a Pacific
Trailways bus temporarily Wednes
day, but it reached its destination
before nightfall.
ROADS CLOSED
The Halfway Highway was
closed by a slide east of Baker.
The State Highway Department re
ported these other roads closed:
Lakeview-Burns highway between
Alkali Station and Suntex; Central
Oregon highway between Gap
ranch and Junction with Three
Flags highway; Rome-Princeton
highway between Princeton and
Follyfarm: Frenchglen highway
south of Burns near the Nevada
line.
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