FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1954
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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BASIN BRIEFS H
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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
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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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