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dent Eisenhower's State of
lion Message. I think, leaves
let clear and sharp and del-
the minds ol all who gave
te than casual and fleeting
It. That fact is this: He is
kre and dedicated mlddle-of-
Ider.
is what he said he was go-
be, and that is what he IS.
late of the Union lessage
no doubt of it.
lelieves there is GOOD In
of the inno""!1-" of the
leal. So dc . do most of
Loughtful, uhoiased, open-
people I have talked with
he past coupla of decades.
kin deny, fop 'example, that
fis good in social security?
knout all the centuries of
we have a written record,
too old to work and earn a
lod has been a grisly terror
as hung over most of man-
hnperiect as its admlnistra-
is been, social security nas
lot of the gnmness out ol
kcient and awful fear.
is unemployment insur-
Ivbo would do away with it.
k he could? I wouldn't,
uiout the centuries the fear
Ig one's job and seeing one's
go cold and hungry has
men's minds and cast a
over their brighter hours.
hployment insurance has
fciperfectly administered, and
have been too many cases
It has been permitted to de
te into a racket. But It has
to make life brighter and
for millions of honest peo-
there Is the modern concept
times of emergency and
and misfortune we are no
going to let people STARVE.
IREN'T going to. You know
(now It. Every person who
es a reasoning mind knows
United States of America,
has simply grown past the
bid heartless time when such
could be permitted.
Ident Eisenhower, as a sin
fcd dedicated middle-of-the-(
charts a course in his
aj that is midway between
esses and the extravagances
f New Deal and the Fair
fed the hard-boiled each tor
t and the devil take the
jst philosophy of the extreme
tng conservatives. ,
-,is what '-his-. . State- of the
Message says to Us in clear
Jnilstakeable language.
message leaves both partisan
hpubUoans . and partisan Demo-
ata confused and uncertain. They
n't know quite what to think of
It la too New Deallsh for the
Irtisaa Republicans and not New
kalian enough for the partisan
nocrats. .. -
I; Understand President Eisen
wi philosophy, you must un
i -nd his background. He start-
nl-ra good mind. He was edu-
d to be a professional soldier.
Wen Point, he was taught to
""a" first and always HIS
BimlRY'S WELFARE. His
pa. i( has stayed with him. In
t ad, his country's welfare is
'-.' FIRST. He gives little
I to pure partisan, advant-
fls President Eisenhower's
Mind. It helps to explain
Jtesident Eisenhower IS.
Tule Grower
Members To
Hold Meet
Potato growers in this area are
holding two meetings on Monday,
Jan. 11. In addition to the annual
meeting of the Klamath Potato
Growers, to start at 1:30 p.m. in the
Recreation Hall at Merrill, the
Tulelake Growers Assn., has
.scheduled an all-day meeting, start
ing at 10 a.m. at the association of
fice at Tulelake.
The Klamath group has set up
a Preliminarv nrivorticinir an
motion program under the state
law which established the Oregon
prisons help
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situations. Let's make one
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Price Five Cents U Pace . KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1951 Telephone 8111 No. 2734
RAY ANDREWS, , executive
vice president and manager
of : the Portland office of
Botsford, Constantina &
. Gardner, will ipealc to pota
to growers at Tulelake and
Merrill Monday afternoon.
Potato Commission, and the Ini
tial report of the advertising com
mittee will be heard at the Mon
day meeting at Merrill.
The Tulelake growers will hold
a meeting on seed certification at
the morning sessions; the potato
committee will meet for lunch at
the Sportsman's Hotel at noon; dis
cuss USDA proposals on grade
changes in the afternoon and hear
H. W. Pirtle. of the bureau of
markets, California State Dep-
partment of Agriculture, explain
the mechanics of setting up an ad
vertising and promotion program
for the group under tne new Cali
fornia enabling act. - - ' , v .
At the invitation of both groups,
Ray .Andrews of Portland' - will
speak on "The Merchandising and
Advertising of Idaho Potatoes,"
to explain to the growers of the
Klamath Basin what can be done
in merchandising and advertising
of this commodity.
Andrews has been identified with
the advertising, promotion and
merchandising of Idaho potatoes
since the inception of their long
range program in 1937. His office
is associated with the Cline Ad
vertising Service in Boise which
handles contact work on the ac
count, but the creation and pro
duction of the Idaho advertising
is done under Andrews' direction
at the Portland office.
Approximately 100 persons are
expected at the Tulelake meeting,
according to Cliff Jenkins, manager
of the growers association.
Andrews will address the group
shortly after it convenes after
lunch. There are many steps to
be taken before the Tulelake group
can Inaugurate an advertising pro
gram, according to Jenkins, but the
two guest speakers will be avail
able to explain how and what can
be done in the future.
At approximately 3:30 Andrews
will speak before the Klamath
growers at Merrill.
Keith Moon
Will Head.
Merchants
With a sincere pledge to do his
utmost to carry on the organiza
tion's program at the same hluh
level as it was directed during 1053,
Keith Moon, of The Town Shop,
accepted the post of president for
1954 of the Klamath Merchants
Assn.
In turning over the gavel to the
new executive. W. A. (Pat) Pat
terson, outgoing president, : paid
tribute to his fellow workers and
officers for their outstanding sup
port during the year. He pointed
to the four projects successfully
completed as part of the group's
contribution for the year: the
Spring Opening, chalrmanned by
Walter Kennett of Miller's; the
Fourth of July observance, spear
headed by Jess House cf Model
Shoe and Keith Moon; the back
to School program in which all
members participated, and the
Christmas Opening, for which Har
old Buck of J. C. Penney Co., and
Clark Blair of . Sears, were co
chairmen. The ' slate of nominations pre
sented by Roy Murphy of Herman's
Mens Store was voted into office
by the unanimous approval of the
merchants.
Serving with Moon for the current
year will be Ron Van Orman, Van
Orman's Shoes, as vice president:
"Fireball" Jess House, as secre
tary and budget chairman, and
Eric Carlson of Underwood's Cam
era Shop as treasurer.
Members of the press and radio
were guests of the merchants!
group for a cocktail hour and
dinner at the Willard Hotel.
President Moon promised the
group a regular monthly busi
ness meeting.
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9 M
lEEN MURPHY was having a fin time playing with her
, Muff, this morning when the nine o'clock photographer
,M)ed by her home at 703 Lincoln.
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Idaho To Be
Up-
BOISE im Now that slot ma
chines are outlawed in the state,
the Idaho Allied Civic Forces in
dicated Friday that "beer prof
iteers" will be its next target.
In its monthly publication, the
Challenge, the ACF termed the
outlawing of slots "the greatest
victory of its career." The group
holds its convention in Boise next
week, and a feature will be a
"victory dinner."
It pushed the "Garden City"
case which brought the Supreme
Court's sweeping decision against
slots and similar devices last
month.
"Now that the slot machine mon
ster has taken a count as a result
of the Supreme Court knockout,
the Idaho Allied Civic Forces can
center : its campaign on the twin
survivor," the Challenge said.
It said the group would renew
Its efforts to "keep beer from
minors and from being easily ac
cessible to drivers on the high
ways." The ACF has been unsuccessful
in attempt to have city authorities
bar the sale of beer in grocery
stores in Boise, Lewiston, Twin
Falls and Emmett. -
It's time to gather up all those
old coat hangers lying on the
closet floor, and all those empty
pop bottles you've been meaning
to return for months.
Tomorrow Klamath Falls Cub
Scouts will make door to door calls
at all the houses in the city limits
to, collect wire - bangers and pop
bottles lor resale; 'Proceeds win be
added to. the March of Dimes cof.
fera to be used to help some child
walk again. '
The Cub Scouts will start their
trek at 9 a.m. Saturday, and house
wives are urged to support the
collection. Local bottling companies
and cleaning establishments are
helping in the drive by purchasing
the articles.
Anyone who Is not contacted or
who wishes to aid the Scouts may
deliver their, contributions to Coca
.Cola Bottling Co., where they will
be picked up lor resale.
The drive is under the direction
of Jack Smith, head Boy Scout
master, and is one of several spe
cial events being planned by Bob
and Tom Perkins, co-chairmen of
the special events division of the
drive.
Crater Ski
Outlook Good
Skiing Is expected to be good at
Crater Lake National Park this
weekend If good weather continues.
The warming hut will be open if
the roads are open.
There were 319 skiers In the park
over the Christmas and New Years
holiday. December had a record of
328 skiers, compared with 155 dur
ing the same month tn 1052 and 310
for December, 1951.
Three inches of new snow has
fallen during the lar,t 24 hours, It
was reported this morning by Cra
ter Lake rangers. This brings the
total to 66 inches on the ground.
On this date last year there were
87 inches of snow on the ground.
The south and west roads are
open to the rim. Chains are re
quired from Annie Springs to the
rim. ,
The ranger station also reported
six inches of snow on the ground
at Oregou Caves. Chains are not
required.
. Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vlcinitv: Partly cloudy Frida;
night, Increasing cloudiness Sat
urday with snow flurries at night.
High Saturday 38, low Friday night
25.
High yesterday
Low last night .
Precip last 24 hours ..
Slnre Oct. 1 . ...
Normal for period
Same period last year
THE GAVEL PASSED from W. A. Patterson, outgoing president, to Keith Moon, new president
of the Klamath Merchants Association, at the group's annual meeting Thursday evening at
the Willard Motel. In the picture, from left, Mrs. Patterson, "Pat" Patterson, Mrs. Moon and
the new president.
Cubs To Aid
Dimes Drive
Traffic Committee Comes
Up With Truck Route Plan
Warner Canyon
Skiing "Good"
LAKE VIEW Ski conditions are
"good," according to Don Peters,
district forester ranger, at Warner
Canyon.
The report as of Thursday o
p.m. had the temperature 30,
withjhe barometer steady and tne
sky overcast. The snow was wind
packed and damp, 15 inches deep.
Peters said the highway from
Lakeview to the ski site was dry.
The tow and snack bar will be
open Saturday and Sunday, subject
to any change over Friday night
The Cross Town Traffic Commit
tee came up with a neat package
of recommendations, agreed upon
and definite, ready for City Council
action in the near future. The com
mittee met Thursday night to dis
cuss traffic movement, including a
truck route, viaduct, by-pass and
one way streets, and off-street
narkinsr. . .
''Coordination of the entire traffic
movement' plan will depend, hoW'
ever, on State Highway Engineer
Ri H. Baldock's answer to Mayor
Paul Landry's proposed change in
the truck route.
The truck route, as proposid by
Landry and the Cross Town Traffic
Committee, will start in the vicin
ity of Copeland Lumber Yards on
Main, go diagonally to 3rd, south
on 3rd to Plum, north on Plum to
ORk, to Spring and connecting
with Highway 97 north.
The committee further recom
mends that a measure be placed
on the ballot for the May 1954 elec
tion authorizing a bond issue to
raise money for the truck route.
The new truck route proposal
will eliminate crossing Veterans
Memorial Park, which was not in
cluded in the State Highway Com
mission plans. Mayor Landry ex
pects Baldock's reply on this by
Jan. 25.
The Cross Town Traffic Commit
tee's endorsement of an entire
highway plan for traffic in Klam
ath Falls comprises in addition to
the truck route, building a viaduct
over the South 6th railroad tracks:
establishment of one-way traffic,
preferably on 5th and 6th in
stead of on 6th and 7th, one
wav traffic on Klamath Ave. and
Main: and definite establishment of
a West Side By-pass and acquisi
tion of strategic property tor
that purpose.
Reason for the suggestion of
one-way on 5th and 6th instead of
6th and 7th is the congested traf
fic condition, already existing in the
Bqst Offlce ren, the - committee
stated.
If for any reason the proposed
truck route does ncc become a real.
lty, the committee recommends
that one-way traffic on Main and
Klamath be deferred until provt
sion has been made for construe
lion of a truck by-pass or comple-
tion of the West Side By-pass.
A recommendation on the possi
bility of off-street parking was also
included in the package of pro
posals. The committee voted for
urging the City Council to Institute
proceedings, at the earliest pos
sible date, to create an off-street
parking district in the downtown
(Continued on page 4)
. KLAMATH BASIN
POTATO SHIPMENTS
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KF Growers
Slate Meet
On Monday
The annual meeting of the Klam
ath Potato Growers Assn., as set
by its constitution and by-laws, will
be held Monday, Jan. 11.
Starting at 1:30 p.m., the group
will meet at the Recreation Hail
in Merrill and hopes to adjourn by
late afternoon. .
Among important items of busi
ness will be the election of direc
tors to iill the positions of the
three directors whose terms are
expiring. Outgoing members on
the board are President Leland
Cheyne, Henley; Earl Wilson Ma
lin, and Paul Breithaupt, Pop Val
ley. Board members who are serving
for another year are Scott Warren.
Klamath Falls; Troy Quails, Mer
rill and Fred Mueller, Bonanza.
Also to be elected at this time
are members of the marketing
agreement control committee to
replace those members whose
terms expire July 1, 1954. Hereto
fore, this election has been held
later in the calendar year.
Those members of the marketing
agreement control committee
whose terms expire July 1 are:
Grower member, John Short, Hen
ley; alternate, William Cheyne,
Henley; Handler member, Clayton
Reber, Malin, and alternate, Wal
ter Lassett, Klamath Falls..
Tentative proposals from the
USDA on grade changes in pota
toes, one of which proposes a 2
inch instead of lYa-inch minimum
for If. S. No. I grade, will be dis
cussed by the growers.
A report will be heard from the
advertising committee which was
appointed at the special meeting
of the directors and the steering
committee which was held Dec. 21.
The committee was instructed to
draw up . a sustained, long-range
advertising program which could
be a cooperative .project including
the Tulelake growers and those ot
Central Oregoq. . .rtu-
County Agent Walter Jendrze
jewskl announces that Kay An
drews of Portland, exeoutlve vice
president of Botsford, Constantino
& Gardner Advertising, has ac
cepted the group's invitation to
speak during the afternoon follow
ing his talk before the Tulelake
Grower's meeting. His subject
there will be "The Merchandising
and Advertising of Idaho Pota
toes." He and his office have been
closely associated with' the Idaho
picture since the inception of a con
certed advertising program for
Idaho .potatoes.
. Andrews Is expected to appear on
the program at approximately 3:30
p.m. He is making the trip from
Portland for the purpose of appear
ing before the two groups of potato
growers.
Attempted
Holdup Ends
In Shooting
Police officers answering a call
to a rooming house at Spring and
Elm shortly before noon today ran
into a pair of armed gunmen and
in the ensuing fracas shot one of
them to death.
A colored maid at the estab
lishment told police in a frenzied
call that she had - answered a call
to the door and been faced with
the two armed men. They forced
her into the kitchen, tied her with
ropes and then went upstairs. She
managed to work free from her
bonds, slipped out the back door
and ion to the neighboring Klam
ath Mlllwork and Supply company,
where she placed the call to the
police.
Officers Jim O'Neill and Carl
Jennings responded to the call,
where 'Jennings entered the front
of the building while O'Neill took
the back door. As O'Neill entered
he saw one of the gunmen wheel,
gun in hand, toward Jennings and
fired, fatally wounding the man.
The dead man was identified from
papers on his person as Edwin
Coyle, 8812 20th NE, Seattle.
The gunman's accomplice, stand
ing on the steps, dropped his gun
and surrendered. He was lodged in
the city jail, where he gave the
name of Raymond J. Bodinet, 31,
of 5816 SE 11th Avenue, Portland.
A report from 'Lakeview yester
day stated that two armed men
had staged a rooming house hold
up in that city, but the two cases
have not definitely been linked.
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Farm Proposal
Draws Fire
WASHINGTON MV-Dark storm
clouds massed on the Capitol Hill
horizon today for a major feature .
of the new farm program Presi
dent Eisenhower will present to
Congress on Monday,
The President said in his mes
sage on the state of the union
yesterday that he woilld propose
that future farm program be built
on tne principle of uexmie price
guarantees.
Of more than 50 Congress mem
bers who commented, only two
senators gave the flexible price
idea warm verbal support. Some
were noncommittal; mora voiced
opposition. !
Sen. Aiken (B-Vt), chairman ot
the Senate Agriculture" Committee, '
said Eisenhower wants "to get a
farm program on a sound, long
range basis and away from em
ergency treatment." That was' a
reference to the wartime origin of
the present fixed level price props
for major commodities.
'Aiken predicted eventual approv
al of the administration program.
Sen. Clinton Anderson.. (D-NM),
former secretary of agriculture,
said in a separate interview that
most farmers want to get' away
from rigid price supports and the
rigid controls which accompany
them,
On the other hand, Sen. East
land (D-Mlss) said the flexible
price support proposal already is
as "dead as a doornail." Sen.
Clements (D-KY) predicted it "will
encounter very rough weatner."
BEACHCOMBERS
TILLAMOOK Wl Beachcombers
came out in force this week as the
recent series of storms uncovered
wreckage of the Norwegian schoon
er Emily Reed, which ran aground
in 1908.
The vessel had brass fittings.
Beachcombers picked up many of
them.
TO RUN
EUGENE lB E. J. Evans, an
official of the CIO Woodworkers
Union, is the first to announce can
didacy for tlie Legislature from
Lane County.
Evans, a Democrat who lives In
the Fall Creek area south of here.
said Thursday night he will seek
election to the House.
Bert Stoh Credited With Most Of Moore Park
Improvements, And Further Work On Schedule
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PORTLAND lit! A bank vice
president, Clifford E. Zollinger,
was appointed Thursday night to
the Portland school board, succeed
ing Allan Rinehart, who died of a
heart seizure last week.
MRS. ELSIE SIEMENS, native
of Klamath Falls and in pub
lic office here for 30 yean
has filed on the Republican
ticket for the office of Klam
ath County treasurer. Mrs.
Siemens is the daughter of a
sheriff, the lata Charles Low
and sister of Lloyd Low, ex
sheriff of this county. She
served also while in office
under two other sheriffs, the
late Jack Franty and Sher
iff Murray Britton. She lives
at 1112 Eldorado with har
- mother, Mfa Cherle Low. - -
By PATI O'CONNOR
A step toward further efficien
cy in the development of Klamath
Falls parks is the recent appoint
ment of Bert Stott as Moore Park
superintendent. By releasing him
from the tremendous job of admin
istering all the parks in the city,
the park board's move will make
possible development of the many
potentialities of Klamath Falls'
leading park. -
Stott came to Klamath Falls tn
1930, and began his work - for
Moore Park April 1. 1937. Two
years later he moved into the
park, headquarters as chief care
taker. His record since then has
shown development of increasing
acres as parcel by parcel the orig
inal 120 acres grew to more than
300.
Modern restrooms have been con
structed in the picnic area, but
work for the future remains smce
the interiors still must have finish
ing touches.
The lighting system has been
changed to a three-way system so
that the picnic area may be lighted
in three separate areas to accom
modate large, moderate or small
parties. Two plug-ins provide elec
tricity for public address systems.
Lights on the double tennis court
shine on crowds of young and not
so young piayers, who make use
of these facilities day and night,
summer and fall.
Moore Park is the only place In
Klamath Falls where local children
may visit the zoo, and although
many of the larger animals were
disposed of during the war (due to
the meat shortage), Stott plans to
enlarge this phase of the park when
money Is available for stronger
pens.
Animals now at the park Include
badgers, raccoons, coyote, three
bears (and Stott Informs us that
due to intercrossing between black
and brown bears, one. can't pre
dict the color of the animals
until they shed; one year they are
brown, the next year black.) There
are antelope, four varieties of
deer, the black tail, English fel
low, mule deer and Japanese deer.
Superintendent Stott Is looking
forward to getting new pheasants
lor the park, since several . were
lost a few years ago in a bad snow
storm. There are, however, some
pheasants, peacocks, wild geese,
wild Mallards, Honkers, (the large
variety of the goose family). Run
ning free in the park are many
gray squirrels, California blue jays,
Canada Jays, chickadees and gros
beaks. About February the gros
beaks come In Hocks of three or
four hundred. Food for the birds
Is provided at the park.
The days are busy for Stott.
Every day in the winter the pens
have to be de-iced, warm water
nut in mornlnes and afternoons. All
the picnic tables must be kept in
good repair, painted, ana wasnea
every day in summer. Rest rooms
are cleaned two and three times
a day; ashes and' garbage must
be removed. There is grass to cut,
shrubs to keep trimmed and in
shape, and watering to De aone,
eight hours a day in summer. '
Future projects In the park in
clude planting of bigger and bet
ter flower gardens, enlargement
ol the skating rink, construction of
a boat dock at the launching point
north of the highway.
If and when water Is piped to
the west hill overlooking Upper
Klamath Lake, fireplaces win be
built for picnickers. As it Is, fire
places are hazardous, but scats
have been Installed under the big
juniper and a road built where peo
ple may take cold luncnes ana
have a bird's eye view of the lake.
"This Is the park I have always
wanted to develop," Stott says.
"It 1 the beat park; it attracts
far more people than any other one
park, and I think it has been neg
lected.". The park board's recent
decision to have Stott give his un
divided attention to Moore Park
will certainly be a contributing fac
tor to its future growth and development.
Smii , i irteiw-lif
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BERT STOTT, Moore Park superintendent, pauses tn his daily
round for a visit with Queenia, his pet coyote. Queenie is iust
on of the many attention-getters at the park, but possibly a
favorita, and she seems to love itl
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