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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1953)
I FRIDAY, AUGUST 28. 1953 . RUTH KING Woman! Editor , This nnH That About Women "It s A ' IF YOUR RONES "CRICK" when vaur ihrubherv leave trickles of drivina mountain trails with onlv a "Wo" for a side-kick, don't apply for the job of forest fire laakout. for onlv a staunch Ona of thB kUmath Cauntrv's most interestina women is Alice Hamilton of Klamath Falls. who since 1942 has spent her summers in a swaying, weaving, wind-whipped, fire tower, atop some high mountain in Southern Oregon. .: : ' ; ' 1 , , This astonishing native of our nook in our state, smiles as she fells that she s 70 years old Thij astonishing native of our nook in our ttata, smiles at she she's the 4'youngest" 70 to ever" trip lightly up the ladder mds practically every waking moment from early , spring until oke signs across the forest, who knows by dust signs, the way but spends imnVA tinnc l... .;! rlmiri Ar'.fi whather the dav will be sunnv from M.miltiMi wat barn at mother was one-half Klamath the tribe of which she is ustly .( l;. i;r. L. 4onnrt an the From this union probably came her heritage to enjoy the greatness of Nature, her love of wildlife, her fearlessness. - , Few women of ANY age would face the m ght alone in a wilderness of trees, miles from ....-,; J Rut Alice Hamilton takes it all in stride. If porcupines come seeking ..u .u. tk.m wu with shoots on trips alone each fall x: il.i ku. ,n (a h.r where huckleberries grow because, since she was seven years old she has NfVER misled ONE summer on Huckleberry Mountain where the wild things vie with humans for the ripened fruit. Long ago she drove the winding way in a horse-drawn buckboard, today she steers her covered pickup to the camp ground where pickers charge $1 a gallon for the purple berries. Time was . . when the fruit was brought DOWN the mountain for 50c a gallon and the bucket filled to the brim for that pittance. , . She knows where the wild celery grows for seasoning and where the fish bite in the cool streams below the willows .... how to skin and hang her kill and cook venison steaks oyer an PeShe'rkeeps an hour by hour record of the movement of trains, of planes, of wind velocity, clouds, visibility, haie. temperatures and a radio log, down to the last minute detail, for the 0reAlicerHamiiton knows the pot holes that pit the great marsh where cattle range . . the breathless majesty of storms, the peace pf winter, the thrill of learning, the memory of un- amShVhaulVhi'r own water to the fire tower, chops her own firewood . . asks no help from any man . . do you envy her7 - ' ' ' ' Ike Commends DENVER UB President Elsen hower has in effect congratulated Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi or Iran on the royalist overthrow of the government of deposed Prime Minister Mossadegh. The summer White House Thurs day made public an Eisenhower message to the Shah which took no note of the young Iranian mon arch's bid for financial aid from any government Russia Included willing to contribute. But it was phrased in terms which did nothing to rule out the possibility of United States aid. , The President's message said. "In the spirit of friendliness Which has always been the basis for the relations of our two coun tries, I offer you my sincere felici tations on the occasion of your Announcinq the fall opening of the - - - KLAMATH KINDERGARTEN end the NORMA DEAN DANCE STUDIO Studio open for enrollments on " September 4th and 5th from 10 o.m. 'til 4 p.m. CLASS BEGINS SEPTEMBER 8th 211 EAST MAIN ST. for complete Information Phone 3672 or 2-3596 Woman's World" vou climb the cellar stairs oersoiration down your backbone and you're "skeered" of heart can fill the bill. Kino with a bit of Dure American ancestry in her veins. Her and Mrs. Hamilton enjoys the proud. Her Scotch tather was famous Fairchi Id Ranch of early her trusty aun . . she keeos her . . she has bagged elk and beer, orawess . . she knows that there Shah On Coup happy return (from exile) to your country and my continuing good wishes for every success in your efforts to promote the prosperity of your people and to preserve the independence of Iran." White House Press Secretary, W. Wayne Martin ARMSTRONG PABCO LINOLEUM Colors and Patterns for oil rooms GUARANTEED to PLEASE Terms to your needs 1945 South th Street Phone 8370 and the thought ot a bear In tells that she s 70 years old to 'the iny cranny where she mid-October watching for of cattle on the meadow,- and dawn to dark. privileges of the members of Lewis Allen who spent years days at Dorris larder full of venison she counting up seven bruins on her are four kinds of huckleberries, James C. Hagerty said the mes sage was sent to the Shah "several davs ago" through the 17. S. am bassador to Iran, Loy Henderson. Hagerty added that word it had been delivered was received by Elsenhower Wednesday. SniATERLKilk comes to f I ' (I OU conamer ha' 1 EASY TO OPEN EASY TO CLOSE- no fu no must tafe, lure rOMal KOM TOUR eetw in mm puti mam 0 HERALD AMD NEWS.' KLAMATH TA LIS. ORBOON Will . U J krV I trt Y' ,4 I LJ.- TRAVELERS . . . Mrs. E. E. Kilpatrick, Merrill, lower left, ores! dent of the Oregon-home economics extension. council and other delegates from the stato wave their greeting enroute to Toronto and the Triennial : conference of the Associated Country Women of the World. Accompanying her, from the top, are, Mrs. Lee Holliday, Klamath Falls; Mrs. Edgar Leming, center left, Cornelius, Mrs. Paul Weiser, Eugene, and Mrs. Florence Lynds, Corvallis. Women from many parts of the globe worked toward International understanding during the conference which closed August 23. Mrs. Kilpatrick and Mrs. Holliday are now traveling through New England and the East. Roseburg Attorney's Wife Kidnaped At Gunpoint MEDFORD Wl The attractive wife of a Roseburg attorney tola police here Wednesday nigni oi being kidnaped at gunpoint. The driver of the car In which she was found was Jailed without charge. Thursday morning, officials at Roseburg said they awaited the signing of a complaint before mov ing against the Jailed man, William Frank Corey, 34. Mrs. William Jones, whose hus- honrl riefenrieri CoreV successfully from a burglary charge last spring, was in the car with Corey when a police road block halted it. She told of being cowed by Corey and said he fired a pistol shot once, to show her he meant what he said. There was a bullet noie in the car door. Police 'flirt. r-Lvle Perkins said that state police got a phone cal! from a waitress at Shady cove cafe earlv Wednesday evening. sayine a woman in a car called out that she was being kidnaped, The waitress gave the car's de scription. Less than an hour later the car was halted here. Perkins - said Corey who has soent 17 of his 34 years in police custody, was Jailed and Mrs. Jones told this story: ' Wednesday Corey forced her at gunpoint to enter his car and he started to drive south out of town. She protested she could not leave her daughter, Tamara, 7. and they drove back ana got we cnua v the Jones home. She tried several times, sne said, to attract attention to her plight but failed. Then, pleading that her daughter was not well, Corey drove to within a few blocks of the Jones home where the child was let out and told to play with friends. She said she was forced to go to her bank where she cashed a check for ' $1,800 and again was fearful of any display which might have attracted attention. Then they drove out of town Complete lint oi muilcal Instrument kyl morgan pirtot Tour bildwln deiler 1D35 Main it vi vi '" "'. Eli lif iM Mh: ftlu i X rl'i i PtiOAf I iftt:n.tmr,i?f. I 50 south on Highway 09 and turned off to Shady Cove where at the Shack Cafe she got word to a waitress, asking help. . District Attorney Robert Btults said at Roseburg that he awaited a complaint by Jones or Mrs. Jones before sending a sheriff's deputy to Medford for Corey. Solon's Son In The Army INDIANAPOLIS IJPI John V. Beamer Jr., 24, whose draft board resigned with a charge that his congressman father used influence to get him deferred, is in the Armv now. - Beamer was lnauctea Wednes day, along with seven other young men from Wabash County, in a group of 35. gar This year's school students will provide: at least two Presidents of the United States, hundreds of U. S. Senators and State Governors, thousands of U. S. Congressmen, Stato Assemblymen, Judges, Generals, Industrialists; millions of Artists, Writers, Teachers, Businessmen, Merchants, Workers all the good citizens of every rank who will make up our America! WHERE IS THE STARTING LINE OF THIS RACE FOR FAME AND FORTUNE? Right HERE, IN THIS STORE, WTIH THE BEST , ' SCHOOL SUPPLIES biniiuis riLLias amine T A butts COME IN COMPOSITION SOOS9 -GET TEXT BOOKS Voight's PIONEER OFFICE SUPPLY 629 MAIN PHONE 7412 bed sooss sums EVERGREEN GARDENERS IN ACTION at Wiard Park where this oroup of women is planting an iris garden. The corner, raised above the level of park will be tilled with choice iris. Here,. (I to r) Verona Dahler, 3738 Bisbee; Esther Daulton, 4331 Bisbee; Alma Uppendahl, 4305 Bis. bee; Alma Garrison, 2958 Hope and Pearl Harsoy, 4525 Bisbee. Mrs. Garrison is general chair man for the oroiect. . ' ' Garden Tips By E. G. GARDENER The next time California tries n move Crater Lake over the bor der, I would like to recommend that they hire the memoers oi me r. green Garden Club to do the Job. I could guarantee a good quick competent removal at very little cost and an assurance that the Job would be a thing of beauty when cnmDleted. ' The members of the Evergreen filuh took on a Job only a little amaller in scone when they under took to establish a specimen gar don of iris at Wiard Park. One of the main alms oi me ciuo m w promote local interest in iris "u in Ani-mirncrA rneir manunK. Trla dn unusually wen nere, ue- w neiiuv f re of insect or dl- color possessed by no oiner iiower excepting the gladlola. . nv siabllshine the Wiard Park rarden with over a hundred dif ferent varieties of named iris, the olnh hnnaa to build UD Uie puduc Interest to the point where Klam ath Falls Is as synonymous with Iris s Grants Pass wnn ! Hini.a'Ai. Portland is with roses. Th Harden is some fifty by eighty feet in area, being built up above the general level of the park. .Future plans call for a background of evergreen trees to run along the north and west sides to act a a mdbnwk and frost shelter for the Iris, ffli iris are not particularly tender, but they do need protection from;-the wind. - . ON YOUR MARK- Iris are already .In the giound and it is anticipated that more will be added. Donations, have already been received from R. M. Coo- ley of Sllverton, Ore., a well-known grower and hybridizer of Iris; from Mrs. Dorra England, of Prai rie City, another iris enthusiast: from Mrs. Eva Brownell whose own beautiful collection can be seen on the Keno Road; and from Mrs. E. O. Patrick of 4691 Cannon Avenue. The planting and planning of the garden was done by the women themselves, with rakes and hoes, shovels and trowels, with sacks of bone meal and sprinkling cans of water, the various women of the club have been working for the past several days in laying out the plan oi tne garden ana in doing the ac tual planting. Much ot the work has been under the direct supervision of Mrs, Ray Garrison, 2958 Hope Street, who is the Community Pro ject Chairman of the Evergreen Club. 1 '' Bang Norland Phone 2-2515. Fire Insurance DREWS' Boyswear Shop PRESENTS -'. 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