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FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1954 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE THRU BASIN BRIEFS H I li From Bay Arn Mr. and Mrs, Jack Mulhall of San Francisco are house guests of Or. and Mrs. Richard h. Currin, 1435 Esplanade. Home Mr. and Mrs, Fred Bueck returned Srom a trip to Chicago in time to spend the holidays at their home in Bonanza. Betty Champagne 527 North i Eighth, leaves Saturday evening for ' Long Beach, Calif., for about two ' and a half weeks. Receptionist Inez Iversen, 4525 Clinton, is serving as receptionist at the Herald and News during (he absence of Betty Champagne. f At Moftingr Hharles Woodhouse is in Chicago this week attending i Phi Delta Kappa, professional fra- i ternlty for men in education. The f council Is the legislative and policy, f making body of the organization f. -which has nearly 60,000 members, i He is acting as a delegate from ' th Rata Tnt.a Piplri chaDter located ' at SOC. He is expected to return 4 to Klamath rails on ju. i. ? Mrs. 'William Walker will enter 7, tain the Merrill Library Club Thursday,' Jan. -i, wsieaa ui buh. Tom ChatDurn or., as was pre iMnneitf annminnprl. Rettv Jane Kev- ser will review "Cry the Beloved Country." Mrs. Murray Howard ' nr,A Mr, Mnv TTartlernde will he ' co-hostesses at the 2 p.m. meet ing. James H. Cearlcy 2225 Garden, ; will undergo surgery Monday, Jan. ' 4 in Veterans Hospital, Portland. i His wife will accompany him and - remain with him in Portland. Friends may write Cearley in care , j of the hospital, Portland. Visltinr Mr. and Mrs. Tom : Powers, Springfield, are spending the New Years holidays hers with . relatives. Ill at Home Fred Glover has . ' been reported ill at his home at dent, was a lucky winner in the Oregonlan sponsored Roto Riches contest. The Ellis' now reside at 1834 S.E. 37th, In Portland. Shonolnr Mr. and Mis. Dirk Sohn, both teachers in the Bonanza High school, were shopping fn Klamath Falls, Thursday. Here for Holidays Mr. and Mrs. Tom Milne, former 1 Klamath Falls residents, drove over from Medford Thursday evening to spend New Years with friends and relatives. Farm Picture During 1953 One Of Ups And Downs As Prices, Incomes Fluctuate By OVID A. MARTIN WASHINGTON lf The year 1953 showed that the modern farm er, like his brother of the past, still has his financial ups and downs despite government efforts to hold things on an even keel. Grandfather Frost Faces Criticism From Russian Children Over Toy Quality By RICHARD KASISCHKE MOSCOW P) Old Grandfather Frost is getting some pretty strict orders these days. He's being told to pack mama dolls that really say mama and boys' games that won't fall apart when he makes his gift-bearing rounds in Russia on New Year's Day. Grandfather Frost is the Soviet version of Santa Claus. He arrives a week before Christmas in the Soviet Union, which is observed Jan. 7 in accord with the old Ju lian calendar used by the Russian Orthodox Church. But day after tomorrow millions of Soviet children will gather around fir trees to receive gifts 224 High. Winner Mrs. Francis (Agnes) Ellis, former Klamath Falls resi- BlyCub Pack Meets ' BLY Bly Cub Pack No. 19 held i lts regular meeting Dec. 17 at 1 pm. in the high school science ' room. The meeting was called to ) order by Cub Master Emil John- (. son. f Community singing was-held, with Mr. chance leading the group. I Mrs. Louise Branham played the i piano and Mrs. Gerry Chace the 's violin. The cubs decorated the If Christmas t r e e w i t h decorations 1 made in their dens, i Dvrlng the business meeting, ' Friendship Fund was ex ' as a project to gain mon sKpreaa Boy scout organ . cub brought penny le tree for the fund, put on by the cubs, y Gerry Chace, sang louse Top" and ''Jin Oen 2, led by Louise :ted and sang "Frosty n," assisted by their Paul Melsness. Den 3, .'He Johnson, had a riddle ed by their den chief, ise. were made as follows: nens, wolf badge and rrow: Olen Hill, assis- stripe; Gary Patzke, s; Gordon Tucker, wolf gold and wolf silver rrow and three wolf 's; Carl Pool, bear .- gold and two silver onald Johnson, wolf. gold and wolf silver il Melsness, den chief ds Foil ie Try Wash, to ' - convict's Hate Group To Aid Indians SALEM Wl Gov. Paul L. Pat terson, Thursday appointed a com mittee to help the Klamath Indians prepare for their freedom. A bill will go to Congress next month to remove the Klamaths from federal supervision. Members of the committee are are: Mrs. Loa Howard Mason, state public welfare administrator; state Forester George Spaur, State Ag riculture Director e. L. Peterson, State Engineer Charles Stricklin: A. Harvey Wright. State Depart ment of Education; Asst. Atty. wolf von otterstedt; Forest Cooper Lakeview. of the Association of Oregon Counties; and Dr. L. S. Cressman. head of the anthropol ogy department of the University of Oregon. "It will be the responsibility of this representative group of state agencies to aid and counsel the Klamaths while they are formula ting a withdrawal plan in order to minimize the risks and obstacles in herent in this difficult situation,' Gov. Patterson said. He -added that the committee members are those state officials who would be most concerned with the various phases of the pro blem.. . - . '' It will prepare enabling legisla tion for the Legislature, if this is needed. and sweets. The- grownups ex change gifts too and this year the cry is for quality goods. Premier Georgi Malenkov's gov ernment has promised more and better consumer goods. Letter col umns of Soviet newspapers disclose that the Russian consumer wants to see this reflected in better-made gifts now that holiday buying is in tun swing. A parent who bought a doll for his daughter had tills indignant comment: "The instructions said that this doll could walk, roll its eyes and say 'mama.' The doll looks very nice if you ignore the fact that its wig is made of rags and cotton waste glued to the head, instead of hair. Neither we nor our child could make the doll walk. On the second day the doll was completely paralyzed. Despite careful handling the right arm fell off. Then, while- trying to make the doll work, something broke In side and instead of saying 'mama' it only made hoarse sounds, why do tney put out such bad toys? Other letters complained about flimsy table games whose parts did not match and children's shoes that fell apart when exposed to rainy weather. Moscow newspapers complained also about the cost of the toys. A doll's chair cost 22 rubies as much as a chair for grownups. The Mos cow Research Institute on Toys came up with a toy kitchen with a real sink, water in the tap, wash ing machine, meat grinder, pots and pans. But the cost was 1,500 rubles nearly as much as a real kitchen for a real family would cost. (The ruble is quoted officially at four to the U. S. dollar. But 1,500 rubles would amount to more than two months' salary of an ord inary factory worker.) the total volume being close to the record set in 1952. Yet farm prices declined nearly per cent during the year. Farm income dropped 7 per cent. The resulting reduction in farm buying power contributed directly to small er purchases of farm machinery, equipment and other non-farm pro ducts. Likewise, farm land values de clined and farm debts increased These developments brought complaints from fanners and their leaoers. and predictions in some quarters that a new agricultural depression was just around the cor ner. All this happened despite the fact that the government had broad farm price support . programs Shooting Ends In Fatality SEATTLE Wl A Coastguards- man identified as Morris Butler, about 28. was fatally shot during a disturbance early Friday at the China Pheasant, a night spot south ot Seattle, snerilf's Detective Jack Appel said. Witnesses reported Seattle Police Officer Marvin Bagley, who was on duty at the resort, had ordered Butler and a companion to stop interfering with a floor show and a scuffle followed, Appel said. Bagley's gun was taken from him, the witnesses said. He then got another from another Seattle officer on duty at the club and ordered Butler to surrender his gun. Shots Were exchanged, Appel quoted witnesses " as saying, and Butler was fatally wounded. Ten persons at the resort came to the sheriff's office and gave statements about the shooting, Mpei said. anest Man Ves Family te for the "Meanest per- " could well be the thief :ix o'clock this morning irts of milk from the 9 Vandergrift. ung children will not he loss of the milk, their mother Mrs. s, who stated that it s that irked her, but ho took the moo ill behind. I vS After l In Hold ' Wl A 70-foot steel log raft sank in the east of here Thur: 'engine room explo- Hanson and Ross ckband. stepped to her tug that came ift was pushed in where it settled. to drydocit Mon- oneration. A major cause of the agricultur al setback which had its Begin ning in 1952 was a sharp reduc tion in exports of agricultural com modities. Foreign sales, which reached a record peak directly aft er World War II, declined nearly 30 per cent. As a consequence, supplies which otherwise would have moved over seas became surpluses that de. pressed prices. Most of these extra supplies were stored under govern ment price support programs. By the end of the year the government Invested in these supplies and the amount promised to climb past the five-billion-mark before the 1954 crops were harvested. The farm situation was compli cated also by a severe drought that plagued farmers in parts of the Midwest, Southwest, South and Far West. Because of poor pastures and feed grain crops, many farm ers in these areas were forced to dump beef animals on the market. The result was a further depres sion of cattle prices. The year also brought in a change of national administrations and a new secretary of agricul ture. Ezra Taft Benson, the new farm chief, started out by telling farm ers that existing federal farm pro grams were not good enough to keep them prosperous. He also said the programs would eventually put producers under complete control of government, Benson, a leader In the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints (Mormon), declared existing pro grams, particularly price support measures, tended to price farm products out of foreign and domes tic markets, create surpluses and bring on undesirable production controls. The secretary called upon far mers to develop "self-help" pro grams that would reduce govern ment's role. Benson's ideas ran into bitter criticism from some farm leaders and congressmen, including some members of his own Republican Party. Some of his critics demand ed that he resign. The basic point of controversy was the level of farm price sup ports. Benson said they were too high. He indicated favor for a flexible system under which sup ports would be high In times of shortages to encourage production and low in times pf surpluses to discourage production. With backing of President Eisen hower and with the help of an 18-member Agricultural Advisory Commission of farm educators and leaders, Benson set to work draft ing a new farm program for pre sentation to Congress early in 1954. Meanwhile, the House Agricul ture Committee started doing some work of its own. It made that it called "grass roots" tours through farming areas to get producers views on farm programs. Committee members reported that farmers as a whole opposed Benson's ideas of lowering price supports. Thus the year ended with pros pects of a sharp debate over farm legislation during the 1954 session of Congress. The results may have far-reaching influence on efforts of Rerfub licans to win enough seats in the 1954 election to continue control of Congress. Meanwhile, Benson was required by law to impose broader produc tion controls on farmers than vOTi invoked in any previous slnfJ year, -ine controls were aesigne to keeD sumlunnK from o-ettlnr onl larger. Lj Another development was- Beit son's decision to abolish seven r gional offices of the department' Soil Conservation Service, ttiniaifj up a controversy that was likehr U be carried over Into the 1964 M!ej sion of Congress.. uj i ; Cwauk f 1 Jk. ''?' CooalMa HU ' t-'i nui i ' . ?, nor bnldwtp I III J" B( SAVE during our Storewide DECEMBER Clearance LUCAS FURNITURE Bus Hearing To Be Held PORTLAND" m A meeting; will be held here Monday to try to work out a plan under which Tuala- tin.Valley stages would resume op eration of buses to residential areas southwest of here. The stage company discontinued its runs midnight New Year's Eve. saying it could no longer afford to operate at a loss. Its license ex pired Thursday. Charles H. Heltze, state public utilities commissioner, will conduct the meeting Monday. E. G. Lar son, secretary-treasurer of the stage company, said the firm would resume operation of its 20 buses "if some workable plan could be devised' to make "even a slight profit." Larson said the company has been losing money for five years. He added that fare increases, for which the firm originally had planned to ask, are "only part of the company's problems." Judge Vetoes Power Suit PORTLAND Wl A suit against power company surcharges has been dismissed by Circuit Judge G. F. Skipworth in Lane County, a Portland attorney said here Thursday. It was a suit against the Moun tain States Power Co. Still pending are Portland suits against two oth er power firms. Attorney Walter Evans said he was notified Thursday of the suit dismissal. Evans represented three Lane County householders, who asked return of $580,000 in sur charges and an injunction against future surcharges. The power company levied sur charges, ranging up to 20 per cent of the monthly bill, for several months in 1952. The company said the surcharges were needed to cov er costs of steam production in a low-water period. Evans said Judge Skipworth ruled his court could not. take Juris diction. 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