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PAGE TOUR HERAJJ) AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON TWCSDAY, MAY 2fi, 1054 STOCKS WALI, STREET NEW YORK Ul Gelling diffi- cultlea beset the stock market Tuesday end it declined with prices around their lows la the 1st afternoon. The fall wasn't particularly se vere, but some losses extended to between 1 and I joints. Gains were small except in special suua lions. Except for brief flurries of sell ing, trading extended to dlmlsh aa prices needed, and business esme to an estimated total of J.lOO.noO shares. That compares with 3.130, 000 shares traded Monday in .a mixed marcei. CHICAGO GRAIN CHICAGO w Soybeans moved up smartly en the board of trade Tuesday wmie outer ceresu main tained a firm tone. Dealings ex panded a little from Monday's slow rate. Demand entered soybeans on news the Agriculture Department had given un Its plans to dispose of butter at cheap prices, and at a financial loss, to domestic con sumers. This removed a threat of increased competition between butter and oleomargarine. In addition, brokers said, soy beans were due for a technical rally, particularly the July con tract, n nas suuerea snarp losses in recent weeks. There appeared to be a little demand for other cereals based on increasing Inter national tensions. Wheat -closed tt-Vi lower. July 1M-IM ?; corn y,-i higher. July IM y-: oats uncnangeo to a higher, July 70 !i: rye U-H higher. July 1.01 V4; soybeans i to li higher, July Ul K-1.S3. and lard 1J to 27 cents a hundred pounds ugher, July 16.77. WHEAT Open High lew Close Jly l.M S I! 1.96 H 1.96 Sep 1.08 3.00 Yt 1.98 IM, Dee J 03 S.04 H 103 V, S.0S Mar l.M i J.08 7 0S ft 2.04 PORTLAND GRAIN PORTLAND W No coarse trains. Wheat (bid) to arrive market, basis No. 1 bulk, delivered coast: Soft White J .30 v.: Soft White (ex cluding Rex) 3.30 Hi; White Club J.Jo tt- Bard Red Winter: Ordinary 3.10 H; 10 per cent 3 30 hi- Hard Red Baart: Ordinary 930 J ;10 per cent 2.30 J. Car receipts: wheat 73; barley S: flour i; corn l; oau 1: mill feed 10.- Solons Check Army Athletes WASHINGTON Hi' Bouse in vestigators are awaiting, an Army report on Billy Martin, former New York Yankees second base man who says that because of his athletio prowess he has received treatment "more severe than that of my fellow soldiers." Chairman Hess (R-Ohio or a Bouse armed services subcommit tee said Monday he has asked Sec retary of the. Army Stevens to check whether Martin has been subjected to discrimination. The subcommittee earlier this month probed reports the Army was coddling ctar athletes. Martin was one of 10 sports stars involved in its investigation. Replying to a subcommittee in vitation to testify, Martin wrote Bess that he wanted "to make certain facts pertaining to my Ar my duty clear to you and the committee." Be said he didn't want the letter "Interpreted as a com plaint or bellyaching" but contend ed that: "Since my induction into the Ar my on March t, 1964; I have re ceived no preferential treatment whatsoever. Quite to the contrary my treatment has in fact on oc casions seemed to be more .severe than that of my fellow soldiers." Martin wrote that be was barred from trying out for a post base ball team at Ft. Ord, Calif., and had fewer off-post passes while in training camp "because I was an ex-New York ball player." ; OBITUARY ; EAT Sadit T. Bray, 71, native of BUeli Rivtr rUi. Wiaconatn. rMirjemt of Bo nama. for 3 yours, died In Bonanza Mar 34. Survivor lncluda: four aoni, Harry of Bonanza, Thotnaf of Eagle Point, Waltar of Suthcrlin, and Gcorgt of Aahland: daughter!, Mra. Nellie Sim moni of Bonanza, Mn, Alice Nelson of ration, Nevada and Mn. Evelyn An drew of Eagle Point; ten, Mn. Volte Boggs of Bonanza; Mr. Jen ft Thomas of Pocatclla, Idaho; Mr. Ivy Coomb of Thatcher, Idaho, and Mrs. Ida Axtell of Grenada, California; alto 31 ' grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and two ftep-grandchtldren. Funeral eervteg Thnraday. 11 eun.. Bo name. Ward'a Klamath Funeral Home in charge of the arrengeinenU. funeraTnotice i LTTLg ' funeral eervkas lor Darld Leltor I-ytle, St. who died hrt May 13. Ml tike place from the chattel of Ward's Kianuui ruiMcal Home, tat High at, en Wedneedar. Hay SS, at 3:00 p.m., tha tUv. D. L. ProeU of tin Peace Manorial PrebrHrien church olllcla tlnff. Commitment service ana ester mant in Klamath Memorial Park. TERRORIST HARRAKECH, French Morocco Ml A terrorist tossed a graniie at some soldiers in a crowd Tues day and wounded M persons. WINNING for McCOLLUM LUMBER OPEN HOUSE DOOR PRIZES ARE POSTED IN THE WINDOW ' ScMirk Siith at IcstMoln 1 3 CHICAGO LIVESTOCK CHIOAOO 11 Producers un loaded another large run of hogs on the llvsstock market Tuesday and prices broke J cents to 11.00 or more. Butchers sank to moo to 837.00 although several loards command ed 821.35 to 631.80. Buyers paid 817.80 to 823.00 for sows. A few loads of high choice to low prime steers brought 8M.15 to 825.25. Most good and choice steera and yearlings moved at $19.50 to $34.00. Spring lambs sold 50 cents to M.00 lower lhan in Monday's early trade, good to mostly choice na tive types going at 834.S0 to 827.50. Salable receipts were estimated at 11.000 bogs. 6.000 cattle, 40 calves and 1,000 sheep. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND OR (USDA) Cattle salable 360; market rather flow but mostly steady; truck lots choice 1.033-1.187 lb fed steers 34.U-3S.00; hall load choice 1.071 lbs late Monday 35.50; choice heif ers Monday 33.00; cutter-utility grades Tuesday 13.50-1100; canner and cutter cows mostly 10.00-13.CO; heavy cutters 13.50; light shells down to 8.00 and below; utility commercial cows 13.00-15 50; util ity-commercial cows 13.00-15.60: utility commercial bulls 15.00- 17.50: heavy bulls to 18.35. Calves salable 50: market fairly active, about steady: good-choice vealers 30.00-34.00: odd head 35.00; utility-commercial calves, vealers 13.00-19.03; good 573 lb stock calves Hogs salable 300; market rather slow-, around 35 cents lower; choice 180-335 lbs 29.00-50; heavier weights 26.50-37.50; choice 325450 10 SOWS 31.00-34.50. Sheep salable 400; holdover ITS; market slow, weak to SO cents lower than early Monday: choice- prime spring lambs 23.50-34.00 good-choice grades 23.00-50; one ot sb is spring leeoer lamoa li.uo; good-choice No. 3 pelt old crop lambs 17.00-18.00; tew yearlings sorted out at 16.00; utility lambs 13.00-14.00: good-choice slauchter ewes 4.00-4.00; culls down to 3.00. Market will oe closed May 31 Ochoco Timber Sale Reported PRINEVILLE I The Ochoco Lumber Co. of Prineville bought 45 million feet of ponderosa pine timber from the Ochoco National Forest Monday for 843.25 a thou sand board feet. The timber, appraised at. 823.85 a thousand feet, is located about 50 miles east of here. It will be brought to Prineville for milling. ' The sale, at oral auction, was the first of any major size this year. Two others are expected later. t ' The highest price ever paid for Ponderosa pine in a sale here was 851 a. thousand feet hi 1950. Drunk Driving Charge Filed Homer H. Daniel. 63-year-old night watchman, arrested by state police on a driving while - intoxi cated charge, was at liberty Tues day under 8400 bail. When Daniel was arraigned be fore District Judge D. Z. Van Vac- tor, Defense Attorney P. K. Puekett asked for additional time to decide whether his client will ask for a Jury trial. Danie lis scheduled to enter a plea to the charge oh Wed nesday. Girl Held For Check Charge A 14-year-old girl was held In the county Juvenile home Tuesday alter she was alleged to hare cashed a bogus 910 check in a Klamath Falls grocery store. According to County Juvenile Of ficer Faye Blackmer, the girl said she needed spending money. She was arrested by Mra. Blackmer after she had been located by city police. POTATOES CHICAGO POTATOES ' CHICAGO I Potatoes: Arrl vals 92; on track 343; total U.S. shipments 662: supplies moderate: demand fairly slow; market barely steady; Colorado red Mcciures 82.76; Alabama 'round reds 84.00; Arizona round reds 84.40: Califor nia long whites 84.40-60; Louisiana rouna reus nn. CHAIR'S Memorial Chapel rUNIRAl SIRVtCH . Ot ALL INCOMB NON-0IN0MINATIONAI HRVIN AU RIUON( Klamath Fall 14M NUMBERS Civil Defense Alert Planned Civil Defense leadera mapped plans for the nation-wide practice alert scheduled tor June 14 and It at a luncheon meeting Monday at Jen-Ed's. The practice alert will also Include Canada. Present at the meeting were Joe LaClalr, Klamath County Civil De fense director; Olto Smith, recent ly appointed assistant director and deputy director in charge of plans and operations: A. V. McVey. re cently appointed deputy director 'in charge of administration. Warden service, which has been dormant for several years, will be reactivated with a skeleton crew soon, the leaders announced. Plans are being made to seAre names ot home nurses and first alders tor the files. Anyone inter ested In taking part In Civil De fense under these two headings is asked to phone Virginia Dixon, 6188; Natalia Relchenberg, 3841, or the American Red Cross. 4135. Anyone Interested who hss not been framed for home nursing or first aid will be given training. They are asked to contact the same three numbers. . Weather Northern California Cloudy Tuesday night with a few sprinkles. Clearing Wednesday. Winds west erly to southwesterly. 8-18 miles an hour Tuesday night. Baker and Vicinity Consider able cloudiness with a few show ers and cooler through Wednesday. Highs . 62-67 Wednesday. Lows Tuesday night iS-aO. Klamath Falls and Vicinity Considerable cloudinesr. with scat tered showers through Wednesday. High 62. Low Tuesday night 35. Grants Pass and Vicinity Con siderable cloudiness with occasion al showers through Wednesday. High 67 Wednesday, Low Tuesday night 43. Western Oregon Mostly cloudy with showers through Wednesday, continued cool. Lows Tuesday night 48-50. Winds off coast south erly 5-15 miles an hour. Eastern Oregon Mostly cloudy with showers through Wednesday. High Wednesday 60-70; low Tues day night 38-45. Five-day outlook for Western Oregon A few showers through early Wednesday and again over the- weekend. Terapenires aver aging below normal Daytime highs in the 60s through Wednes day, then will climb to about 70 by Friday. Night-time lows mostly In the 40s. Five-day outluk for Eastern Oregon Scattered showers through Thursday, total amount .1 to .2 of an inch. Below normal temperatures with rising trend about Friday. Afternoon highs in 60s, rising to 70s by weekend. Mln imums 35-45. By THE ASSOCIATED PEESS 24 kewa to 4:30 a.m. Twaeaay ' . Max. Mln. Prep. Baker 83 3 .01 Bend 65 34 T Eugene 61 4 T Klamath Falls 65 35 Lakevlew 76 37 .16 Medferd 67 48 .13 Newport 87 45 .06 North Bend 57 47 .16 Ontario 89 52 Pendleton 75 45 .01 Portland Airport 63 48 .04 Rose burg 61 46 .04 Salem 61 ' 45 .01 Boise 48 53 46 45 56 66 62 46 45 44 Chicago 57 66 76 Denver Eureka Los Angeles New York Red Bluff San Francisco Seattle Spokane 60 62 79 .01 JO FTWAL Deceits Marilyn lUmaay from Samuel Y. nameey. Dorle Mae Cohan from Idward A. CONGRATULATIONS HART SCHATOR 69s0' From Our Dtwnsttlrt BOYSWEAR SHOP Suits far tha Grtaw CraaJuafa tot ONI IUTTON ROLL ALL 9150 WOOL GRIY FANNIL " rTennnVt Saiaakweeves Setiee Orfcere frem J4.l Alee sleeks end skirts tar Ike grade dmiS 1 t ' I LIE OHMART, preiident of the Oregon Aiioclition of Real Eilate Boards, Salem, will be In Klamath Foil Wed netday, to be principal speeder at a chamber of commerce luncheon at noon, and tha local realty board's annual model homes and as say conteif awards banquet, to be held, Wedneidey even ing, at the Willard Hotel, be ginning at 6:30 p.m. KF Realtors Plan Banquet The Klamath Board of Realtors have canceled their regular Wed nesday noon luncheon In favor of a banquet to be held In. the eve ning. This la the seventh annual model homes and essay awards dinner to be held at the Willard Hotel Wednesday evening. May 26, at 6:30 p.m. Cash . prises will be awarded the winners and all stu dents participating and their parents will be guests of the Board. Special guests lor the evening will be Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ohnisrt, Mr, and Mrs. Ragnor Johnson. Sa lem, and Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Treece, Portland. Lee Ohmart, present member of the state legis lature and a tax expert will speak at the regular chamber of com merce luncheon at 12 noon Wed nesday at the Wlnema Hotel. He has served on three inter-legisU-ture committees: twice on the In terim taxation committee and cur rently as a member of the inter state cooperation interim commit tee. Ragnor Johnson is the new real estate commissioner appointed by Governor Paul Patterson,, upon the retirement of AI crose, April l. Taylor Treece Is the secretary of the state Board of Realtors with of fices in Portland. Howard Batnhlsel, local realtor, baa been chairman of the project since its beginning seven years ago. The public is Invited to the ban quet and to view the excellent ex hibits of the model homes now on display in the Pine Orove room of the WUlard Hotel. MUNICIPAL COiaT Jamea Lincoln GUleeala, vagrancy. 8100 and SO Sara. 4 Dave gadabarl. drunk, 823 ar U'.i daya. .i4.ia- .I'MIsih I nry health, ml, comfort one hMpitot.n nit nleoaant turrounoinai. Cemoleterf Fumuhed Sleeping and HouMKeepma Cabina, with all modem foclmiai. leeTMmieai 4 mu Banal Pel KaaeaaW4rtatJaal1 AfttaffPlt, M we fit Man CtUBOM 4XtM VAftM SATHS Aft wwHisaf fee tntmm, lines, tele free Meet. Hise, k it toe t "tout Health It Our Bmtfm" IW tawithiaf eeal tmttrmmfUm AeMreeQ BnaeeBelaefow MletjOfOt SOartSasU Kfe lr AtPOOOg Or. Herwien Wealer, Director Chireprectk Phytic ten to th Clots of '54 It start tt look your very . beat far tht big occanioa it smart eu-ochattrog tula frm, DREWS MtMtort. CURLEE and CRICKETEER Graduation Suits AN wool flatiMh, thee gabtr fiitei. Hen-el fiNtth worsted1!, greys, tanSf cbtrcoal tostt eVawM, Matt. ... $45 5950 MARX SUITS 79" I Q Sites Manstore Council Discusses Armory, Condemnation Problems City Council spotlight concen trated on the aeven weeks old condemnation battle Monday night and played briefly on the proposed National Guard armory. Council took another atep lowarda possible solution of the problem of unsightly, dilapidated buildings in town. It instructed City Attorney Henry Perkins and Building In apeotor Vera SchorUen to draw ui an ordinance requiring property owners who move houses to supply thr building inspector with a list of things to be done, and a bond obligating themselves to complete the work to conform with the city building code, ,' The suggestion followed a report from a council committee, which recommended that the three buildings on Wendllng, and the building to the rear of the Ala meda Street house, lacing the alley on Paclflo Terrace, be condemend. The buildings are owned by Mra. J. O. Dlvens. Action on the building hv (he rear of the AlamedV property was de- Fire Causes Power Outage An electrical blackout, that dark ened the Pine Orove, Yalta Oar dens, and Enterprise districts south of the city limits, Poe Valley. Ian gell Valley, Bonanza, Dairy, Olene, Sprague River and Bly for ap proximately 48 minutes last night was caused by a fire atop a power pole at Hager, south of town. Rain and a eracked Innulstnr, combined to put a crew of Cali fornia Oregon Power linemen to work to repair the damage. The break was en the 66,000 volt trans mission line that served the big area. The pole, burning brightly against the night sky, attracted numerous motorists on the Mer rill Highway. The damaged Up was cut oil by the crew. Monty Discovered In Old Magazine WILMINGTON. N.C. I The battered old safe had been stand ing In a corner In police head quarters here for two weeks part of the evidence In a robbery case. Inside had been found a few per sonal papers and a detective story magaslne. The robbers had taken the remainder of the contents. Officer J. 8. Smith Idly picked up the old magaslne and began leafing through II. Out dropped 8800 in bills possibly a remnant of the 82,000 taken In the robbery. The magaslne Inside Detective. yrirj U-0 Poivor layed until council checks to de termine whether or not a moving permit was Issued for the structure to be moved to Its present site. II there waa not, Mra. Divans may be required lo remove It. Oh the Wendllng Street build ings, an ordinance WIH be drawn up specifying what must be done to bring the buildings up to a sale condition. The owner may either remove them, repair them, or coun cil will advertise for blda for their removal. Residents or the Alameda area, who started the condemnation ball rolling, were at council to urge ac tion, Mayor Paul Landry reminded council and visitors that "when lawa become confiscatory, they violate the constitution and Jus tice." ' Landry also pointed out that some yeara -ago, council refused a per mit to move the buildings lo Mrs. Dlvens, Later, council received a letter from Troy Cook assuring the city the buildings would be fixed up, and requesting a permit to move them. It waa granted. Then Cook severod connections and the buildings revurled to Mrs. Dlvens. When condemnation concluded for the evening, council turned Its attention to the proposed National Guard armory for Klamath. Mayor Paul Landry and Council man Don Kenyon will meet Willi the County Court Wednesday lo discuss a possible lend site for the armory. State guard officials met with city, county and local guard of ficials last Wednesday to dlsucss the armory. The city and county will be required to provide a site. It It Is lo be a strict military type armory, building funds will be sup plied by the federal government I7S per cent o( the estimated 8188.000) and state government (36 per cent). First choice of possible sit" Is a location on the corner of Shasta and Washburn Way. to the rear ol the Tower Theater. The armory is to be the first constructed In the fiscal yrsr be ginning July 1, 1965. KF Drunk Bail To Be Raised Minimum balla tor drunk and Intoxicated persons and drunk and disorderly persons will be raited 910 each beginning June 1. ac cording to an announcement from Prank Blackmer, Municipal Court judge. Drunk and intoxicated cases will pay a minimum ball of 818 rather than the present 815. Ball for drunk and disorderly cases will be hiked to 850 from the present MO. Police Judge Blackmer said the bail increases are in keeping with the trend of the times and are an attempt to curtail auch offense. Gffitjjy QiJQGO DDU tfEnGF ONLY Ball-Joint Susponoion Cu-PronJ Styling Doot Rocalo Ualuo J Doot Doal BALSIGER SUCCESSPUL CAMPAIGN REPORTS brouqh, tmllot from Dr. O. LeRoy Walter (left! and tha Rov. Dwayne Prosit when a total of $69,45 1 In cath, work and materiel pledget wai an nounced for the Peace Memorial Preibyterlan Church ex pention fund campaign. Church Holds Fund Drive The sum of 8S9.451 was mined, in rash and pledges in lite weekend drive for a 965.000 Peace M mortal Presbyterian Church expan sion fund, according lo Carl llugcl and Harold Ashley, fund campaign co-chairmen. The 109.431 figure Include- .! IM.B3 In cash on hand: H 0.513 pledged in work and inntcrlal-; llio remainder in ca-Ji plcdgas. An nouncement of the total was nindc at the report meeting Monday cvo nlng. Church officials atnted that the canvass la not complete, and Hint when all contacts are made, thrf hope the final amount will bring the total to the hoped lor 980.000. - There have been 68 canvaucra at work to cover the parish ac cording to plana dovelo;cd by Dr. O. LeRoy Walter, pastor of More- land Presbyterian Church. Hurt land, who had been asked to ditecl the campaign. First payments on the fund pledg ee are lo be made June 6, and are to continue for 36 months. Harold' Ashley Is the fund treasurer, The minister, the Rev.- Dwayne Proett, said this morning thai con struction will begin only when Hie now tentative plans aro compitteu and when the finance is available. FORD GIVES Ford ie the only car in the low-price -field that offar V-8. And the 130-hjp. . Y-block V-8 is tha moat modern V-8 , . in the entire automobilo industry, ' ' - Ball- Joint Front Sunnera- . aion ia the greateat advance in chassis design in Myeara.Itmakoinllridi'iii nndjhandlingrMier. Only Ford in iu field has it; Anajyaia of used car prices show Fords return ' greater portion of their original coat than any other car. And today, more than ever, your 6saf buy is car that will have bttt valu when it comes time to sell. Sh i btfort you buy AHY ur. Wt'n mrt you'll uth that FOjw h your sotndtst imostmtntl MOTOR CO. .(I ..." I ii I with cash In hand enough lo war- I am pimcuuie. "All ol us 111 trir church apprr clato Hie magnillarnl support given the church by mranbrrs and Irlrnds so that as we Uuk la Hie luluie we may be ol greater usefulness lo the community." tha itcv. Pruvtl said. Rain Helps Range Grass PRINEVH.LF. I A nine-week-long dry sjwll in Central Oregon man eased Miimlay night aa .1 of an Inch ol ruin tell. Ranchers aald It would help Uid lusl-urjrlng ruin, grass, but still mire rain U needed to save all die t unites. The only nTitvl'iiu preclplta'r'n In the nine week period wan snowfall, conliiin n-r .1 ol an liicn ot water, on ApiH 30. BUOY FOUND MEDPOIU) ci Th body of Leroy Vuleidlno nl lr pcci was recovered (mm the Itoguo River uvcr Iho weekend IHo m-yenr-old youth drowned M.iy 15 In fishing accident. ' I YOU: Ford'a modern string has sot the trend for the industry! Ik 'a the kind of ityling that will keep your Ford young and . attractive looking . . . this year and ia yean to com. 7lt Main rVUIn gtEiplansd Phono 3443 Phont 3121
