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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1954)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1054 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE THIRTEEN SP Officials Transferred Appointment of B. S. Quayle as general passenger agent (or the Southern Pacific at Portland, e( lective October 1, was announced here today by D. J. Russell, presi dent of the railroad. Quayle is to succeed J. H. Fru ett Jr., who will advance to the position of passenger traffic man ager for Southern Pacific at Ifis Angeles, Russell said. With Southern Pacific since 1926. Quayle is now special assistant to C. E. Peterson, vice president in charge, of system passenger traf fic, at the railroad's Snn Francis co headquarters. In this position he is in charge of passenger train service matters, a post he has held since 1949. Starting with the railroad in a clerical position in the company's executive department at San Fran cisco, Quayle transferred to the passenger traffic department after two years. He advanced? through various positions first at Oakland, California, and then at the gen eral passenger department in San Francisco. Pruett has been the railroad's top passenger officer at Portland since 1949. He joined Southern Pa cific in 1927 as a clerk at El Paso on the railroad's lines in Texas and Louisiana. Later he was ticket clerk at San Antonio and Houston, city passenger agent at St. Louis and district passenger agent at Boston In 1943 Pruett was appointed dis trict passencer agent to assist in handling military traffic on the Monterey Peninsula in California, and the following year took the July, 1947, until his appointment to same position at Palo Alto. From Portland, he was special assistant to Vice President Peterson. Green forests provide Jobs, homes, water, and recreation. Burned forests provide - nothing. Prevent forest fires. Keep Oregon green! wjrr f J 19 rfrz -;ah- (rtiP mill Klil t L L -. L ....... iL. Q.-snK C!ra Hdnarlmanr't Adninmant A 9IVUI DUIklinv OT pumice one nww muu inw Luiiniifca i vr. ........ . - ....., There is still a good deal of gear to be added, but the volunteer unit is rapidly filling its needs and can give excellent protection for their area. Burma, Japanese Discuss Damages TOKYO UV-The top Burma-Japan reparations negotiators met In their second session today and reportedly began point by point discussions of proposals made by both nations. Neither side would reveal the amount' of war damage to be paid by Japan in the two proposals. An informed source said the total in the Japanese offer is close to 100 million dollars mostly in goods and services. The source said, how ever, that Japan r so anxious to settle the Burma reparations ques tion she mav go higher, if the increase is held to technical aid. The same source said Burma Is asking about $200,000,000. Sf eelheed Access Told Access for steelhead angling at the lower end of the Deschutes River, although limited, is possible again this year according to the Oregon State Game Commission. Through the cooperation of land- Women Of Moose Plan Sale , Wilma Starbuck, social service chairman. Women of the Moose, Chapter 467, asks all co-workers to save rummage for the Women of the Moose rummage sale. Date of the sale has not been set definitely but it is planned to hold It some time in October. sfrtf KVtSTMENT CO - Knaps ft rtli HERE IS THE PLACE TO COME AND FINANCE YOUR NEW TRAILER HOME YOUR NEW OR USED CAR EASY TO MAKE payments wrfwr AVAeroPABt: roup cas, MAKE QUICK CASH LOANS ON AUTO, FURNITURE AND NOTE. (Combination furniture and auto loans up to $2500). MAKE YOUR PAYMENTS ON YOUR CAR FROM YOUR CAR FREE PARKING "CHECK with CHUCK" MOTOR INVESTMENT CO. Phcne 3325 - 531 So. 6th Sr. S-241 M-275 owners and lessees, access is again assured In the Kloan area and also at the mouth of the river on tlie Sherman County side. Stiles on the Miller property will reduce damage by anglers cross ing fences. Steelhead anglers are warned that parking area at the mouth of the river may be more limited than last year because of highway and railroad relocation. Steelhead fishing on the Des chutes is growing In importance; the game commission is making every effort to improve and provide access for anglers. SP To Bui Freight Cars PORTLAND Authorization for acquisition of another 1,500 large size railroad box cars was an nounced in Portland today by Pres ident D. J. Russell of Southern Pa. cific Company, following a meet ing here of the Company's board of directors. The cars, will be built in the railroad's own shops, he said. Announcement of this large new authorization for freight' equipment comes just as the first cars on a Baptist Group Plans Meeting The annual meeting of the Klam ath Baptist WMU Association will be held at the First Baptist Church, Dorris, Tuesday, August 24, begin ning at 10:30 a.m. Officers for the new year will be elected, reports of the past year will be given. Rev. Fred Tedrick, pastor of the host church, will Rive the devotional message. Mrs. Sylvia Wilson, pres ident of the State WMU of Oregon Washington, and Mrs. Roland P. Hood, executive secretary of the Oregon-Washington WMU, will be present to lead conferences and give reports on the WMU Confer ence recently held at Clorietta, New Mexico. Potluck lunch will be served at noon. It is hoped that a great num ber of the women and young peo ple of the churches of the Klam ath Association will be present. previous order for 1,250 box cars are starting to roll off Southern Pacific's shop assembly line. Addition of these 2,750 cars now authorized or under construction will raise to 25.400 the number of new box cars acquired by South ern Paclfio since the end of World War II. Russell said, and will bring the total number of all types of new freight train cars to almost 43,000. Most of the box cars now being built, or authorized, will have doors that are 15 feet wide. They are especially in demand for the easy loading of lumber. , Southern Pacific's postwar ex penditures for equipment purchase, including todays authorization, have now risen to more than J524,. 000.000, it was stated. This im- half of the cost of 10,500 new re provement program has included frigerator cars for the jointly freight and streamlined passenger owned Pacific Fruit Express Corn cars, diesel locomotives and BP'S pany. DANCE-ARMORY SATURDAY NITE - AUGUST 21st Bobby Champion and his Melody Wranglers DANCING 9 till 1 1.00 Person Tax Incl. Largest ttock lead tar mike pianoi 1b hls part of lb Veil. Rent r Bplnet no. 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Campfires left to. burn themselves J out are one of the prime causes of forest fires ... and forest fires, are rapidly blackening your country! 1 1 Last year, 20 million acres of America's : wooded land "went ; up; in smoke. Think that overt'$M& ;: V And think this over;. Those fires lost year cost the nation over one billion dollars. And that, of .course, means v money t-out: of , your pocket. - " y-v.'Can forest fires be stopped?. You bet they can. - Nine out of ten are started by people .v. people like you and your neighbors. So be careful . . . extra careful with match es, smokes, campfires,: rubbish fires, any fire. : Be sure that every flame every spark is dead out. Help stop Oregon's most shameful waste. Please! Keep Oregon Green! This message is made possible by the Advertising Council end the Klamath County Keep Oregon Green Committee, end is brought to you as e public service by ELDORADO LUMBER CO. 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