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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1954)
TUESDAY, APRIL, 20, 1954 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE SEVEN 1 ?3 KF Council Confirms tier Uij.i mm An appointment by Mayor Paul Landry gat council confirmation ; .Monday uiijht after a delay of sev- IT. J. O'Harra, was appointed to he City Planning Commission ome time ago by the mayor, but he matter was tabled when gome if the council objected. Last night ' Wendell smith, who had previously Ijroiced an objection, told the coun cil he would agree to the appoint t&nent on one condition: that the mayor, as chairman of the Park i'oard (of which O'Harra Is also a tnember) would give his assur ance that all future purchases and -transactions of the Park Board would be advertised for bids. '1 Mayor Landry gave his word, 'taS O'Harra's appointment became ;lcial. . J Landry's Intention, according to llm. is to provide a coordinating iforce among the work of the Park Board. Planning Commission and 'School Board. O'Harra is a member rail three.. 1. Other business at council Includ ed a petition from property owners n upper Conger Avenue, who are asking the city to stand one hAlf the cost of an estimated $9,000 sew pge system project now under sur fey. f Grounds for their request, as ated In the petition, are that property owners on lower -conger were included in the sewage sys tem at no cost except right or way :hen the system was Installed In ; 1928. Rise In prices makes the pro ject cost about double now, and so fie city, tney say, snouia pay nan or their "oversight." J City Engineer E. A. Thomas said .the omission 01 upper conger irom he system was not an oversight; Surplus Crops '.ague lb. WASHINGTON (fl The prob lem of surplus farm crops plaguing government officials Is showing tiros of spreading, to livestock jkroducts. i Stocks of wheat, corn, and most ther grains and cotton have feached record proportions, fore JJng the government to resort to gigld production controls In an ef fort to keep .supplies from getting ut of hand. Likewise, growers fcave been producing more potatoes And some other food, crops than Ire being used. . I But in the total agricultural pic lure, ground being made to bring frop production into line with de tnands may be lost In a plleup of xcessive supplies of dairy prod ucts, meats, poultry and eggs. Despite recent Agriculture De partment action lowering dairy price supports from 90 to 75 per oent of parity, department experts are nredicting milk output this ian. nvnoari laef van,', ,nrrf leu n, J " Parity Is a legal standard for Ineasurlng farm prices declared by law to be fair to farmers to rela tion to prices they pay. Milk production last year was J22 billion pounds. The government bought the equivalent 01 12 minor, pounds of milk in the form, of but ter, cheese and dried milk be cause there was no other market for It at the support prices. ktan Starving With Big Sum In Pocket i PHILADELPHIA M James eahy, 84, collapsed on a North Philadelphia sidewalk yesterday. Physicians at Hahemann Hospital aid he was suffering from "a tevere case of malnutrition." i Later police found $1,163, mostly fti $10 bills, in the pocket of his fcalstcoast. He said he was saving the money for a "rainy day. can change your SONOTONE'S PAY-AS-YOU-HEAR PLAN ' Imhi haw economically you can operate the new oll-trantitlor sonoione. Small down payment. Easy ternn. Phon u today! S0N0T0NE "839 E. Jackson I Medford, Ore. eHflat fnr till ' ' maVt of Hearing Ms HEARING CENTER WINEMA HOTEL April 21- An Day Group Member the city has no funds allocated to such as evnmiA nA hit ,tna feel the city should have to stand U1G VOSl. f Two vears atrn the ntnt riMt. ed that sewers be Installed on upper monger to eliminate emptying into the river, and surveys have been underway since then for installs- uuii di a sewage system. If Dronertv nwnrit rin nnt vrani a right of wav. installation can be made, unless the state con demns the property, according to Council wound up the routine meeting with purchase of a bust ness coupe from Balslger Motor Co on a lrra, hlrl til tl in IB iiwl four-door sedan from Balslger on a iuw uia 01 9003.011; ana set toe date of the hearing on the proposed con demnation of certain buildings on Aiamena Avenue at juay lu. More people are buying Ford cars than any other make because they have found that Ford gives them more of the things they want and at the price they want to pay. National new car registration figures for the latest six month period available show Ford out front by thousands. TT PUBLICITY COMMITTEE MEMBERS for the forthcoming State Christian Endeavor Convention to be held here April 29 through May 2, ere left to right, Mn. Bill Kafton, Mrs. Charles Uhliq, Vance Vaupel, responsible for pictures; Rowena McDonald, chairman; ' Mn. Russell Raich. In addition to newspaper and radio announcements, a weekly news sheet is distributed to Christian Endeavor societies of the Union. I I beeheMeMB EM Qsftm CHJtmit &SSSih 055tX5X 03035 J 7 1 BALSIGER MOTOR CO. Main at Esplanade I Solons Urge WASHINGTON ( five Pa-I clflo Northwest senators appealed to Congress Monday lor more money for Columbia River Basin tlood control and power projects. A series of measures asked that 25 million dollars be added to the total earmarked In President Ei senhower's budget and bills passed by the House. The requests Included 16 million dollars tor The Dalles Dam In Oregon, 3 million for Chief Jo seph Dam In Washington, 3 '4 mil Ion to start Ice Harbor Dam In Washington, and $100,000 to start John Day Dam in Oregon and Washington. The measures were sponsored HOTELS OSBURN HOLLAND EUGENE, OBB. MEDFOHD Thoroughly Modern ' Mrs. J. K. Barley Joe Barley Jr. ... Proprietors SOURCEl R. L Pollt & Company. Registrations for period September through February. Phone 3121 More Public Power Funds by Sens, Morse (Ind-Ore), Mag- uuson (D-Wasb), J a 0 k 8 0 n (U- Wasln. Murray (D-Mont.) and Mansfield (D-Mont. . ' In sponsoring the bills, Morse commented the President's budget and the House bills did not pro vide for new multi-purpose dams in the Pacific Northwest. He said the budget figure would "require a years delay In the schedule of The Dalies and Chief Joseph Dams." ' Morse also criticized the Seattle OlIMUIl rsu for Ttf uat ComplaM Uae " J I pjtHfM W l'',kw' if - BkUaM i I .ai . m ' r I 1 Jrj ' rour bftidwia 4mim WsMtti rmm . un Umka Chamber of Commerce for Its re cent proposal that the government get out of the power business after completion 01 present projects. ' Selling the federal projects, the Oregon senator declared, would bo "fnllnurins th tin' nf TrMlriftnt Elsenhower and Secretary o( the Interior McKay. . Friendly Helpfulness To Ivwy Crowd and Pun Word's Klomofh Funeral Home Marauerlt M. Wart) nd Sons 25 High rhoiM 3334
