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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1952)
iraft lb 1 , 4 vr.j mm w !uTbc Br FRANK JENKINS Good news from Korea: U.K. Illert hava rounded out tlx straight days ol atcppcd-un war taro with coininum.nt Jeta. Our pllou a hot down another red Jet Ihla inurnlng, to bring the sixdny total to l. NO American planes were lost In aerial combat durum the week. That's good newa because It mean thai our pllola are better than tho commie pilot. Don't let all this talk ol mechanical var iant tool you. Il'a atlll the MAN BEHIND THE MACHINE Uial counla. Wlilte-halred old Syngmsn Rheo, who haa Just been reelected presl dcnl of Korea, gats a flat salary ol ixioo a your aomowhnt Jons lhan janitor MOT In the U.S.A. But there are perquisites. He vela a rent-free homo and a RICE ra don. And (a aliin that the Koreans are rapKllv Icnrnlnit American ways) he acta a TAX-FREE! expenae ac count that approximately equal! hia flat aalary. More bit shot peraonal newa: Tho Duke of Windsor's health became a matter of conleclure cur ly today when a doctor for the British roval family left London bv nlane lo attend the duke in Inly, where he la enjoying the ara.ton on hi yacht. What'a the matter with him? Apparently It waa "aomelhlng he el." Anyway, the Italian doctor who haa been treating him eava Una morning the Illness waa "no more than a minor alomach dis order," and adds that the duke has Just eaten a steak with a hearty annetllo. The ruyal physician flying down from London will at least net a Mediterranean vacation out of It. Question: Where does the Duke of Wind sor gel hla Income? As I recall It, It cornea from properly Inherited from hla ancev tors. Where did they Ret It? Oh, hhurksl They not It In the way all klnm Ret It, Thcv took It away I rum somebody else. That brings Up fnt King Fnrouk ecuin. He wasn't Just kidding when he told the reporters (at a session In a big luxury hotel In the Isle of Capri the other day) that he Isn't so well off as he used to be. II appears that among other trifles lie owned A thiku or all, lilt; FARM LAND IN EGYPT. Land la peculiar. It la bulky and permanent. You can't carry It with you In a suitcase when you have (Continued on Page Three) Oregon Ace Said Missing EUOENE lA MnJ. Felix Asia, one or Oregon's lending Jet pilots, Is missing lit Korea but when he went down he said he hnd plenty of altitude and would parachute. His wife here got that word Sat urday In a letter from Col. Harri son R. Thyng, commander of tho 4th Interceptor Wing. Mrs. Asia had been notified ear lier that her husband hnd failed to return from a combat mission on Aug. 1. That same word went to his parents who live at Ln Ornnde. Then enme the letter which she said gave her hope that he was at worst a prisoner. She said the colonel's letter re potted that MaJ. Asia holder ol the sliver star for Rallantry, the distinguished flying cross with clusters, the air medal and the brnnse star was on a routine sweep when they ran Into combat and other pilots snw MnJ. Asia's plnno take direct hits and stnrt down. They did not see him Jump, the colonel snld, but the radio mes sage was reassuring, He was ovor enemy territory at tho time. With Mrs. Asia hero are the , rouple's chlldron, Terry, 8, and Mcirllce, 4'j, Build The Basin No. 4 How to Be Ridiculous With One Quick Guess Br WALLACE MYKRS Want to make a monkey out of yourself? If you're an average cltlren of the Klamath Country It will be simple: Just hazard a guess as lo how much tho tourist trade means to Uie Basin's business volume. Now hear tills: the state of Ore- Ron last year drew 900.000 out-of-state cars and the visitors made cash reKlstera Jangle to the mer ry, merry tune of (784 million. Whereas the Klamath Basin holds Neveral of Oregon's top tourist at tractions, It'a a sale bet thnl Bn-tln enioved a lion's tliare of the 1784 minion. Take Crater Lake for Instance. From Mny 1 through Dept. 30 last year, the nntlonal park drew 88, 4118 ears. The,. U. B. Interior Do- partment's Park Service estimates that each cur meant 107, W In trade In this area. CRKOIT Of the park's four entrances, the Klamath Country can easily claim credit for the viMtors passing through the South. East and North entrances. Medlnrd. of course, gets credit for the West entrance. All of which means that Klam ath's shore of tho Crater Lake business total was In the close neighborhood of 62.416 cars and 13, 374.376 of Uie visitors' money. Now mind you this Is only for the summer senson at one of Klam ath's tourist attractions. Barnes Files For Council James M. (Jimmy) Bumcs, a Klamath Fulls native son, today became the first candidate for a city council post for the Nov. 4 city election. Burnca Is 36. will be mnklng his first step In elective politics, seek ing the Ward 3 (Mills Addition) council post now held by Mark Smilli. Smith has not said whether he will also be a candidate. He Is serving by appolntmont, and the ,mf . 1 ,:.t'i ' voting In Ward 8 will be for a half-term, two years. Jim Kaler was elected councilmnn from that ward In 1050. resigned Inst Winter and Smith was appointed to serve until this general election. Jimmy Barnes served ln the Army Air Force during World War II, nnd for the past several years has operated the Farmers Sand nnd Ornvcl Compnny. He Is mar ried nnd lives nt 111 Sheldon. Ho Is the son of Mnrlon Barnes, who for ninny yenrs wns a popular law enforcement officer here as game warden, ncrgennt of State Police and deputy sheriff, Barnes snld his aim In filing for the council post wns to ninke n sincere effort for efficient city government. As of todnv there were no candi dates for councilman of Ward 1 and Wnrd 4. r ' : ru 'if :'"f' , ' ' it:,- : IV. , , ' r' if JIMMY BARNES Turn to hunting and tuning and chew this one over: the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that In 1050 anglers and nlmrods shelled out a whopping 834 million In the Basin. Bearing In mind that we have cited only two of several tourist and recreation attractions offered In Uie Basin, vou should begin to sen something ol Uie tremendous value of our visitors. We haven't even mentioned such other attractions as Uie Lava Beds Natlonul Monumont, Lake o' tne Woods... Upper Klamath and the several other lukes and streams. NelUier hsve we considered the Klamath Basin Roundup and the growing number of showplace ranches. ' CLINCH! R Bv wa of. nulling' the clincher on Ihla thing, let us now realise that so far as visitors are con cerned, we haven't even scratched the surface of what should be one of our biggest attractions . , . win ter sports. We have several good tkl runs now and the potcnUul for plenty more. Think about that as you also Hunk how a remote Idaho ski slope drew Into one of the world's top winter snorts attractions . . . Sun Vallev. Think too about the great resort possibilities of Upper Klam ath Lake. The Klamath Courfly Chamber of Commerce Is well aware of all this. And the chamber Is doing everything within Its too-llmlted power lo promote our tourist and recreation business. in this little niece, we've merely given the subject a very light once over. It will be well worth your while to visit the chamber and look at the overall picture yourself. We think vou'U readily agree that Klamath's plav areas aren't mere playthings in a business sense . . They represent a vital part of our business volume. And they could easily mean a great deal more. Police Mull Rape Charge Authorities nre still mulling over whether to flic n rnpe chnrge against Patrick Mullen, M-yenr-old transient who Is held In Uie City Jail for vagrancy. Mullen Is accused by a 17-year-old Rlrl, an escapee from the Fair view Home ncBr Salem, of raping her Thursdny night nenr a railroad spur off 8. 6th. Fulrvlcw Home Is an Institution I for mentally deficient persons. mo Kin is held ln the local Juvenile Home. I Frnncls Mathews, who investi gated the ruts storv. snld today ho believed the was telling the truth, but Mullen has denied it and offered nn alibi for his time that night. District Attorney Frank Alderson said today ho had talked with the Rlrl nnd that sho sticks to her story that she was attacked.' He snld he .would havo a talk with Mullen beloro determining wheth er the criminal charge is to be filed. Mullen Is serving 30 days In the cltv lockup for vagrancy. He ad mitted coming Into Klamath Falls on a freight train after being re leased from the Merced, Calif., mil enrller this week. The girl escaped from the stnte Institution and enme lo Klamath Fells Thursdny. She met Mullen at the bus depot nnd he bought a mcnl for her when she told him Mie hadn't cnlen for two days. Her home Is In Brooks, Ore. JORDAN GETS U.S. AID . AMMAN, Jordan W The- Jor dnnlnn government and the United State Point Four Administration have signed an agreement cover ing the development of Jordan's water resources, Irrigation nnd pastures. The United States will contribute 8459.6U nnd Jordan 8107,365. If 1 Prlc Fire Ceato II Pages KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST , ma Telephone 8111 No. 2892 Allied Jets Knock Down More Migs By WILLIAM C. BARNARD SEOUL. Korea I The U.S. Filth Air Force said American Sabre Jet pilots shot down another Communist MJO Saturday the 19th In six straight days of smashing victories against tho Russian-built Jets. The Air Force also triumphant ly announced prior to Saturday's lurlous jet battle over North Ko rea that not a single Allied plane was lost In aerial combat Uie past week. However, four were lost lo enemy ground fire and four to un reported causs. American Sabres damaged 19 Communist Jets. Swift Allied fighter-bombers Sat urday . maintained a slepped-up pace against Communist supply and troop targets In North Korea. Pilots reported 38 buildings de stroyed and four damaged In a fiery bomb, rocket and Jellied gaso line attack on four Haeju Peninsu la troop concentrations, near the 38th parallel. TWICE LOST The U. S. Eighth Army reported Allied troops twice lost an ad vance position to artillery-support ed Chinese troops east of panmun Jom, site of Uie truce talks. An overslte enemy platoon won the hill before dawn. Plane-supported Allied soldiers retook It In mid-morning but lost It before noon. Chinese artillery fired 4.000 shells in support of the Red force. Lt. Heber M. Butler. Garland, Utah, was credited with shooting down the Communist Jet in a 10- minula battle between lour baores and four MIOS. -Considering that the win-loses ratio of Sabre Jets usually runs about B-i over the stressing Mius, the past six days possibly have been the most successful of the war for U.N. fighter pilots. The top U.N. air commander ln Korea, Lt. Gen. Glenn O. Barcus. attributed the high toll of Red planes to an enemy gesture of de fiance. . EXPOSE FIGHTERS "During the past week," he said, "the enemy chose to expose his fighters more than usual. He also took the liberty of coming far south on a few occasions. This ges ture cost him is migs destroyed and 19 damaged without Uie con solation of a single victory." On Uie ground, Uie Army dis closed a bold foray which a U.S. Eighth Army tank and mlantry team made Into enemy territory on the central front an Invasion which wss met by a remarkable 3.000 rounds of Communist mor tar and artillery fire. The Eighth Army armored raid ers struck a Red position southeast of Pyongyong early Friday and a bloody battle raged for four hours and 15 minutes. Seventy-nine, enemy were killed or woundrd, 11 bunkers were blown clean ol Reds; six communication trenches were knocked out of op eration. There was no report of Allied casualties and the Army made no report as to wheUicr all tanks re turned. Seldom have the Reds lav ished so much artillery and mortar In a single operation. Alderson New Klamath DA Frank Alderson, 36 years old and out of law school little more than a year, Is Klamath County's new district attorney. He was notified by Gov. Doug Ins McKay that he Is appointed to serve out the remainder of this year. Alderson came here just aDout three weeks ago to become dep uty under District Attorney D. E. Van Vactor. Then last week Van Vactor resigned to become Judge of the District Court, leaving the Job of prosecuting attorney vacant. The County Court recommended to Gov. McKay that Alderson be appointed to fill out the unexpired portion of Van Vector's term. Alderson said ne win circulate petitions to have his name placed on the ballot for election to the Job this Nov. 4. as an Independent candidate. He Is a Republican, but If he goes on the ballot by petition he will have to run as an inde pendent. With Van Vactor withdrawing from the ballot he had won both the Republican and Democratic nominations at the May 16 pri mariesthere are no candidates on the ballot at all, as matters stand now. However, M. S. (Nick) Carter, former district Judge, has petitions out to place his name on the ballot as an independent candidate, but the filing hasn't been made. The deadline Is Aug. 34. Alderson was graduated from the University of Oregon law school ln June. 1951, and before coming here worked for an abstract firm lo Grants Pass. il- HERE FOR THE ANNIVERSARY section was Sen. Guy Cordon Campbell, both Weyerhaeuser Death Claims KF Pioneer Benjamin Cnsner Stout, 75, a resi dent ,ol Uie Klamath country since 1881, died late yesterday morning at Uie age of 75 at his home at 1025 Addison. He was born ln Carlton. Mo., Oct. 28, 1876, and came westward by train with his parents to Red ding, where his mother died in 1881. That year his father, John Stout, brought Uie family to Klam ath Basin where he bought the Crystal Springs ranch from a BENJAMIN C. STOUT brother who had previously home steaded it. At that time Klamath Falls was still known as Llnkville. He was raised at Crystal Springs, and later drove stnge for the Weaverville to Redding route, from Hornbrook to Pokegnmn and from Beswlck to Klamnth Falls over the treacherous Topsy Grade. Stout worked for the California Oregon Power Company for a num ber of years, and retired some time ago. Survivors Include the widow. Edith J. (Sally); n dnuahter, Mrs. W. E. (Rnmonni Carter; Two grandsons, John Cnrter, Klamath rails and Vincent carter, Kose- burg; a sister, Mrs. Mary E. Land, Yreka; one great grandson and several nieces and nephews. stout was well known tnrougnoui this country as ranch foreman for the Churchill Brothers Syndicate of San Francisco. For them he oper ated the JF Ranch, Lennox Ranch and Dry Lake Ranch a few of their chain of ranches ln this country. Ask A Silly Question . . . ANADARKO. Okla. Ml When a group of youngsters trooped Into his Jewelery store to buy a birth day present for mother, Ted Led better suggested earrings. It would be a fine Rift if your mother's ears are pierced," he said. The youths didn't understand and Ledbettcr patiently asked: Do her ears have holes In them?" How do you think she hears?" was the reply. ill) lete obiervance of He establishment of the first tree farm in this (center), chatting with Ralph Macartney (left), and Hugh local officials. - Cordon Declares Forests Need Private O wnership , KLAMATH FALLS Keynoted by Sen. Guy Cordon's strong plea for private timberland ownership. Uie 10th anniversary of tree farming in the western pine forests of Uie United States was observed near here today at a simple woodland ceremony. Several hundred persons, includ ing seven eastern congressmen aud a score of prominent western lumbermen, heard Cordon declare that private woodland owners must have Uie opportunity to hold and manage their properties. "It is not ln the puouc interest. he said, "thai all forest land be in public ownership. It is not in the public interest even to have a pre ponderance of forest land in public ownership. Yet there are some who ieel onlv government ownership wiu solve our forestry problems. I know them to be wrong." Soeaklng from a rustic rostrum on the Weyerhaeuser Timber Com pany's 500.000-acre tree larm. es tablished a decade ago as tne nrsi Tree Farm in Uie 12-state western pine region, Uie Oregon senator lauded Oregon leadership in Uie development of forestry legislation in the U.S. Senate. That leadership, ne said, pro vided basic legislation like Uie Clarke-McNary act. the McSwee-nev-McNary act and others. "These laws laid the groundwork :or co operative forestry effort, mnkmg possible forestry lor the tuture on private lands. "America's forest problem is of necessity a cooperative problem be cause of the complex ownersnip pat tern." Cordon said. "In Oregon roughly half of the timoerlanos nre publlclv owned, the rest ore owned by companies, partnerships and individuals- Forest management prob lems are alike, whether the land is owned by the public or by an Klamath Gets Racing Money Although horse and dog racing Is something Klamath County doesn't have, the county Is to receive 88, 644.45 from that source in the next few days. The money Is Klamath County's share of at 8685,194.07 fund built up from pnri-mutuel betting taxes, as of Aug. 7. Ench county ln the state Is to get $8,644.45, and in addition $269. 194.07 goes into the state's general fund. The Klamath Basin Roundup As soclaUon, sponsoring the rodeo here each year, is to get $5,000. and nine other lairs and expositions else where in the state also receive sizable cuts Irom the state's race track income. A similar distribution of money will be made in October following the state fair, at which pari-mutuel betting Is conducted. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity and Northern California: Variable clouds with afternoon and evening thunder storms through Sunday; high Sunday 85; low Sat urday night 50. High yesterday ....-.. 87 Low last night ....-.-49 '(Additional Weather on page S) I" 3s W i-Tsz ' . ' individual. None of the forest ene mies such as lire, insects and di sease recognizes any property line. Senator McNarv saw these prob lems in their true light and laid the foundation tor the cooperative approach in solving them." Commending the efforts of pri vate landowners, large and small, who engage in the business of tim ber growing. Cordon said. "These Tree Farmers are doing something for themselves, something intrinsi cally good for the country, and it's being done without a dash to uie public treasury for help. I hope the idea spreads." A. J. Glassow of Bend, general manger of Uie Brooks-Scanlon Lum ber Company which operates a 146.000-acre tree farm, traced the history of western pine tree farm ing. From its humble beginning, he said, the program has spread now to 34 states. As of the first of July, there were 3697 tree farms in America, covering nearly 2b mil lion acres of private land. The Western Pine region. Glas sow reported, has 375 certified tree farms in ten states and they total over 5 million acres. "Ten years ago, when this first western nine tree farm was cer tified." the former president of Uie National Lumber Manufacturers as sociation said, "the idea mat we could perpetuate Uie lumber indus try by growing new tree crops as we went along was fairly new. We faced many serious problems and we didn't have many of the answers. "Now, after a decade of tree farm progress in the Western Pine region, we walk more sure-footedly on the path toward timber per manence. We know more about tree growth. We know more about how to manage the woods for continuous crops. "We have learned how to salvage individual old trees killed by bugs. We have made much headway at the mills In utilization not only of the pines, but of all the other woods that grow in our lorests. Aoove an, we know that industry and private initiative can do this great job that we call forestry, and do lt while keeping the lands on Uie tax rolls." William H. Stelwer of Fossil, a rancher-Tree Farmer who Is presi dent of the National Wool Growers association, spoke on tree farming as a profitable sideline venture for small woodlot owners. Tree Farm certificates were pre sented to new Oregon tree farmers by Walter S. Johnson of San Fran cisco, head of the American For est Products Corporation and pres ident of the Western Pine Associa tion which sponsored today's anni versary event. R. B. Wilson of Warm Springs, president of the Warm Springs Lumber Company and chairman of the association's Oregon forest practices committee, gave the ad dress of welcome. John Houston, prominent Klamath Falls business man, was master of ceremonies. Guests Included a touring sub committee of the House Agricultur al Committee. William S. Hill (R- Colo.), Charles B. Hoeven (R- iowa), dame i". Lino -tu-r-enni, Walter M. Mumma (R-Penn.). Har old C. Ostertag (R-N.Y.), Harold A. Patten (D-Arlz.) and John C. Helmburger, council and commit tee executive officer. At the conclusion or the cere mony, guided tours were conduct ed of the tree farm area Immed iately adjacent to the speaking stand and lunch waa served by the Weyerhaeuser company to all who attended. Campaign Started By Merchants By HALE SCARBROUGB A growing "Draft Thompson" movement was evident in town to day. A poll or prominent luamain Falls businessmen indicated that there is considerable strong back ing for a proposal to ask Mayor Bob Thompson to reconsider hla decision not to run for Uie office again, and to Ret htm. to campaign on a platform of immediate action toward Institution ol the city mana ger form of government here. When Thompson announced nis decision not to run a week ago he said thai he would certainly pe a candidate for mayor again If Klam ath Falls would go for city mana ger government. t Under that form of government a trained administrator is hired to lake over Uie day-to-day supervl-' sion of Uie operation of all city departments and functions, respon sible to the City Council, which is. the policy-making body, and leaving the mayor to be the city's official greeter and front man. LOW PAY Since the job of being mayor of Klamath Falls pays only $176 a monui, it is extremely almoin to get good men to run for Uie office.. ine amount oi work the mayor la expected to do and Uie time he is expected to put ln at the Job for 8175 a month is terrific.' Mayor Thompson said when be announced he wouldn't run again, that his decision was based only on the fact that he had neglected ms Business ne operates the Pi oneer Tobacco Company for four years wnue serving in nubile, of. fice, and Just couldn't sea his way clear to letting his business go for another four years. He is now on vacation, some where enroute to Seattle and Brit ish Columbia, and couldnt be reached lor comment on Uie "Draft Thompson" movement today. But Just before ha left on vaca tion he was approached with the proposal and said he would give' it very serious consiaerauon u it appeared a majority of people want a city manager at ar. early date. COLD EXCEPTION In past years the city manager plan of government has been rath er coldly received here, but in re cent months the past year en thusiasm for the plan has been snowballing as a public realization has grown that the city has come of age and that its operation is big business. Several organizations have al ready gone on record as favoring immediate institution of a city man ager, among them the Rotary Club, which voted overwhelmingly a few weeks ago to back that form of government. Mayor Thompson's term, ends this year and a successor Is to ba elected Nov. 4. The deadline for filing is Aug. 20 just 11 days away and as of noon today there was not a single avowed candidate for the job. Persons who have the qualifica tions for the job apparently are staying away because of the tre mendous amount of work and re sponsibility involved. Institution of the city manager form of government would neces sitate a charter change, and that would necessitate an election. It probably could not be done before next spring. WORK STARTS SALEM Ifl Construction of Ma rion County's new Courthouse was ready to begin Friday as workrflen completed the razing of the old building. The new building will be constructed on the site of the old. 90'dodiSpwaU DISTRICT JUDGE 0. E. Van Vactor hurries up the ftepi on hit way to work thii morn ing but not fast enough to escape the 9 O'clock photographer. 1 V i ll B " 1 i; '." rJ f i. r '
