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A decade ago, or thereabouts.
delegation Irom the chambers of
commerce ol Klamath Falls, Lake
view and Alturas took 'off for Las
Vega to represent our communi
iea at a big Civil Aeronautics
Board hearing. At this hearing, an
examiner for the CAB was to con
sider proposals for a lather ex
tensive reshutfle of air transport
routes in the West.
Our Klamath Basin delegation
made two major requests at Las
Vegas in behalf of our communi
ties: 1: A feeder route from Klamath
Fills to Reno, with slops at Al
turas and Smanville.
2. A feeder xoute Irom Klamath
salls to Boise, with stops at Lake
view and Emus.
We argued that this great In
ferior Basin is a region of vast
distances, that in the world of the
future rapid transport will be need
ed If its towns and cities are to
maintain necessary business and
social contact with each other, and
that such & system oi feeder air
lines would be useful to the big
through lines, both air and ground,
by concentrating passengers and,
light freight and express at con
venient points.
Our arguments were listened to
with courteous attention and it was
generally conceded that they were
economically sound. But we faded
to set what we went after. I sup
pp we were ahead of our time.
Well
A lot of water has gone under
fhe bridge since that bearing at
Las Vegas.
Air transport has grown Im
mensely and the smaller cities
have come into the air picture.
Recognizing the soundness of the
idea sketched at Las Vegas by
the Klamath Basin delegation a
decade ago. West Coast Airlines
has just filed an application with
the Civil Aeronautics Board to ex
tend service from Klamath Falls to
Reno, from Klamath Falls to Boise,
with stops at Lakeview and Burns,
end from Boise to Reno, with a
top at Winnemucca.
It is to be regretted that the
Reno leg- does not include a stop
at Alturas, but I can't help thinking-
the economics of the situation
will call for sucli at slop laier.
Thus, after many years the basic
needs of this vast Interior area
have been recognized by an able
and competent feeder airline op
erator. It is greatly to be hoped
that the CAB will recognize the
economic importance to this region
of the extensions that have been
asked by West Coast and will giant
the 'application.- -
Meanwhile
A decade after the Las Vegas
hearing
United Air Lines has asked per
mission to discontinue ils service
to Klamath Falls, and it is to be
presumed that its request will be
granted. That could be regarded
as unfortunate for this city, but I
ion't think it is. Already, West
Coast Is providing service to Port
land by way of Medford, Roseburg,
Coos Bay, Eugene and Corvallis.
Connecting air service to California
and the north is readily available
t Medford.
It seems reasonable that when
United drops its service to Klam
ath Falls West Coast will be per
mitted to give direct service from
here to Portland, with a stop at
the Redmond-Bend airport and per
haps a stop at The Dalles.
It seems equally reasonable that
when United quits here Southwest
Airways will be permitted to come
into the Klamath, picture with di
rect service to San Francisco and
intermediate California cities.
If and when that comes about.
Klamath will become the hub ol
a wheel of feeder airline routes
whose spokes w ill lead out in every
direction. That will be highly de
sirable as was clearly recog
nised in this area a decade ago
when this picture of a splderweb of
leeder airlines, with Klamath as its
center, was lirst envisioned and
presented at Las Vegas.
The value to Klamath of such a
network of feeder lines needs no
explanation here. This city is al
ready a distributive center of con
siderable importance. In the mod
ern world, speed of delivery of liKht
merchandise of all sorts, machine
Darts, etc.. is essential to success
ful distribution. A network of feed
er airlines will speed delivery from
here fabulously.
I think the value of such a sys
tem will be equally great in all
the surrounding area. Business is
J, two-way street. It flows in boih
directions. It is Just as Important
to GET merchandise quickly as to
DISPATCH merchandise quickly.
In a country of vast open spaces,
muck transport Is valuable to
EVERYBODY.
Teenage Dance
Set For Friday
A back-to-school teenage dance
has been rescheduled lor next
Friday night at the armory.
The danre. sponsored by the
city recreation depariment. pre
viously had been set for S?turday
night. Music will be supplied by
the Starhahters. throuch the coop
eration of American Federation of
Musicians.
Tor dance is on"n to ihe public
jnd free of charge.
BIRTHDAY
BLOMFONTFIN. South Africa IV.
VM Maria Fredericks Mare ob
served her 100th birthday Satur
day by counting up her defend
ants They totalled 253 11 child
ren 88 grandchildren. 118 great
grandchildren and 40 great great
grandchildren. Scores of them
w present help her celebrate.
Price Ten Cents 32 Pates
arzwmtm turix
THE OLD SWIMMIN' HOLE was never better on a hot day
than Klamath's new pool. At least that seems to be the opinion
of the throngs of youngsters who have been jamming the big
Woman Hurt
In Smashup
A San Jose, California woman
was in serious condition at Klam
ath Valley Hospital Saturday night
after she was injured in a three
car crash three-quarters of a mile
north of Collier Park.
The victim was Mrs. Patricia
Bittick. She was taken to the hos
pital by a passing truck driver,
According lo state police, the ac
cident happened at 5:30 a.m. Satur
day A car driven by Robert Bit
tick, husband of the injured woman,
went out of control and overturned,
Dust obscured the scene and a
car driven by Marion Llnde, Port
Angeles Washington, smashed into
the Bittick car. The Linde car also
hit an automobilf driven by Rich
ard Owens, Portland.
Polf.ce said the accident was un
avoidable and no citations were
issued. None of the other persons
involved were injured.
Logging Spur To
Be Built On OC&E
SPRAGUE RIVER The South
ern Oregon Construction Company,
under contract to the OC&E Rail
road, ha's started to build a 2,000
foot spur here. It will be used for
logging logs by J. M. Fisher when
he begins logging operations on
Fuego Mountain about September
1.
The company has six men work-
in? here, all commuting irom;cnants ana ousinessmen repsrx no
Klamath Foils. The crew expects letup in the influx of uranium
to complete the job in about a i hunters, with sleeping space at a
week. premium.
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READY FOR THE DAY'S RUN this morning when the 9 o'clock
photographer stopped by the Southern Pacific depot were
braltemen P. A. Peterson, left, of 2001 Altamont end A. J.
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Missing Boy Found Safe
After 44 Hours In Wilds
LONG VIEW, Wash. I A sun
burned snre footed but mighty hap
py 12-year-old boy was reunited
with his thankful parents at the
Spirit Lake Ranger station at noon
Saturday. -
Dennis Lloyd, the Boy Scout,
missing for 44 hours in the rugged
Grizzly Greek area near Mt. St.
Helens before being found Satur-
Lake Uranium
Word Awaited
LAKEVIEW tm Two partners
were hoping Saturday for word
that ore from a mining claim near
here contained valuable uranium.
Sam Lookholder, Columbus, Ohio,
said he and Elmo Angclc of Lake-
view came upon a deposit of prom
ising ore while prospecting in the
hills 13 miles northeast of here.
The claim, filed as the Marty K-I,
is near other finds made earlier,
including the Lucky Lass strike.
Ore samples from these earlier
claims, tested at the U. S. Bureau
of Mines laboratory jn Albany.
Ore., showed probable commercial
uranium content. Lookholder sen;
his ore there.
He said his sister. Mrs. Naomi
Jacobson of Lakeview, urged him
lo come here to prospect. Mer-
Spaded
SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 195S
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pool all summer, particularly
toward the top. .
day,- said he was plenty scared
when he realized he was lost
Thursday morning.
His - fear subsided when he
reached Grizzly Creek because he
said he knew from Boy Scout train
ing that he should follow the
stream out.
He followed the Grizzly to the
Green River sleeping the first night
in a noilow log and the second
night In an abandoned mine where
he found sleeping bags and prunes.
Dennis said he found an un
manned guard station Thursday
out he could not operate the phone
which had been switched off.
Dennis had Just started down the
trail from the mine when he mei
his rescuer,, James. Ray and Wil
liam Kratenstein, U. S. Forest
Service timber sale officers who
naa nntea 10 miles Into the area
from Randle.
The boy was greeted bv his par
ents at Ihe ranger station as ho
rode down Ihe trail on a horse pro
vided by ihe pack team that went
to meet Dennis and the rescuers
after word was received that he
had been found.
Tornado Hits
County Fair
HASTINGS. Mich lft A small
tornado struck the Barry County
Fairgrounds Saturday, wrecking
the midway minutes after the
afternoon program ended. Depart
ing crowds toot shelter . in fair
buildings.
James Hudgel, 22. of Lebanon
Ohio, a' carnival worker, was in
jured seriouslv when the twister
picked him up and whirled him
into a concession stand wh;ch col
lapsed. The tornado levelled 14 of K
ft and;, along the midway and
damaged permanent fan build
ings. Fair officials estimated the
damage at $8,000.
Check Cashing Leads To
Dismissal Of One Juror
Trial of a damage hCUoh against
the American Forest Products Cor
poration of Lakeview, hit a snag
in federal court here Saturday
when it was revealed (hat Ihe man
ager of thp defendant companv
cashed a personal check for one o!
the Jurors.
Judge James Alger Fee di.-1 loll by Judur Fee why Morehouse
mi&sed Uie Juror. Robert Moie.ina(l been excused.
house. Lake County rancher, when
opposing counsel stipulated the
trial could proceed without him.
According to Information given
Judge Fee by court ofllclals, More
house and A. J. Callahan, resi
dent manager of the Lakeview
lumber firm, met in front of the
courthouse Friday evening and en
gaged In a casual conversation.
Neiihrr knew the other had any
connection with lie trial.
Morehouse. Identified himsel!
and said he warned to cash a
check. Callahan, who knew More
house by name Hut had never be
fore met him. cashed the ranch
er's check for 130. The check-cashing
Incident was reported to Judge
Fee.
The ca,e en trial Involved V.U
lard J, Williams, Lakeview logger.
Telephone 8111
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Road Funds
Tentative
YREKA State Senator Ran.
dolph Collier (R-Vrekal onorted to
lne wsiyoir county poard ot Su
ycrvlaiira Tuesday thai the forest
nigmvay prog-amming body has
tentatively agreed to recommend
that $:J80,000 he spent for repair
and extension of the Everett Me
morial Highway up the slope ol
Mt. Shasta from the city of Mount
Ehasta,
Expansion of the highway would
open up Mt. Shasta as year
around recreation area.
The road would go up the moun
tain for about 14 miles. Supervisors
stated that they felt improvements
would attract tourists from all
parts of California and Oregon.
The board had passed a reso
lution on June 21 committing the
county to spend $60,000 on the
road providing that governmental
agencies would spend the money
to improve the road.
The county would also be re
sponsible lor snow removal on the
lower five miles of the highway.
Collier emphasized that the pro
posal was only tentative at the
present time, and that represen
tatives of the board must meet with ,
representatives of governmental ;
agencies in Sacramento to make ;
final plans.
The board authorized Supervis
ors Clint Jackson (Edgewoodi, W.
A. Ban (Mount Shasta j and Don,
Avery Etna to attend the meet
in k. Other agencies involved are.
the stale Division of Highways,
the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
and the U.S. Forest Service.
Bill Tupper In
Bronc Lineup
SPRAGUE RIVER Bill Tupper
is hone from the Cheyenne. Wy
oming. Frontier Davs rodeo in
which he placed fourth In the bronc
riding diviMon.
Mrs. Tupper accoiiip-ihicd bun.
Thy combinrd lite Irlp with a
I Iwo-wreks vara I Ic n.
an employe of the forest products
company, who was seeking 15.000
damages for injuries suMrreti in a
woods accident. Latt Saturday the
Jury returnrd a verdict favoring
the coinpiuiy.
After Ihe verdict had been read.
t the 11 jurors who returned It were
"I talked to Mi'. Morrhouse In
my chambers," Judge Fee said.
"I am certain he acted innocently
and had no wrong intention. He
told me he had not discussed the
incident Willi other members ol the
jury. It is all over and the rea
son I am telling you this is be
cause I don't want you lo think
there was -anything mysterious
about it."
Morehoiir. who was in Ihe
cnurtrooni. was aLkrd by Judge
Fee if he wanted lo make a state
ment. The rsncher said he wft
sorry II he .caused Ihe courl any
tiouole.
!" the damage suit, the lumber
firm wis represented by Attorney
Richard Maxwell of Klamath
Fails. The legal firm of Bailey and
Lezak Portland, represented th
plaintiff.
Briton Held
lii Murder Of
Wife; Baby
LONDON (tf A quiet spoken
fchnolmaster, son of the late chief
of Scotland Yard's crack murder
squad, was charged Saturday with
bludgeoning his wife and baby
daughter lo death. Police said he
admitted the double killing.
The accused man is Frederick
James Chapman. 32. His father,
Chief Detective Superintendent Wil
liam Chapman, bo&sed all Brit
ain's biggest murder hunts until his
death two weeks ago.
Chapman stood Impassive in the
dock ax a suburban Magistrates'
Court as his father's closest friend,
Detective Supt, Philip Buruey.
testified a it a i its i him. He and the
accused man walked together as
chief mourners at the elder Chap
man's cremation.
Burncy told at the preliminary
hearing of finding the mutilated
bodies of 30-ycar-old Mrs. Irene
Grace Chapman and her year-old
daughter Corinne in a bath
room at the chapman's new house
in Orpington, a prosperous suburb.
He .said Cl ipman admitted the
killings witn tVse words:
"I used the Kaminer. I hit the
baby about three times. I think
Z hit Irene twice. Then I turned
ihi water on in the bath."
Neither Chapman nor the police
gave any hint oi a motive.
Police sain . earlier that Chap
man was held for questioning
after he walked into a police
station at Brighton, a South
Coast resort, and said "I have
kilted a woman and her child."
They found Mrs. Chapman, a
pretty blonde, lying in the blood-
.spattered bathroom crouched over
her baby in a protective position.
Police found a blood-stained ham
mer and lireplace poker at the
scene.
Neighbors spoke of the Chap-
mans as a friendly, happy couple.
Later investigation of the killing
will be handled by the elder
Chapman's successor, due lo be
named any day now.
Water Study
Group Named
YREKA A four-man water ad
visory board was appointed Tues'
clay by the SIsKlyou County Board
of Supervisors to study future
needs ot the county.
Supervisors said that the newly
appointed bnajd will determine the
amount nt'waler on hand and how
much will be needed to insure fu
ture growth of the county. After lis
study, the board will make reconv
mendations to the supervisors.
Those appointed to the board are
Superior Judge James M, Allen,
P. L. Lathrop of Yrcka, R. A.
Obeiiand of McCloud and Joe G.
Allen of Dorris, chairman of the
Board of Supervisors. Members
will serve no set term and will
receive no compensation.
In other water matters, tne
board-
1. rieaid a report from super
visor W. A. Ban- (Mount Shasta)
water resources meeting he
and Allen attended recently in Pla
cerville. Bnrr said .that It was
pointed out In the meeting that all
counties of origin should move to
protect their own water needs be
fore urban arras in Southern Cali
fornia took, all of the water. He
said oilier slates were taking out
of stale water, primarily from the
Colorado River, that used to go to
Southern California.
2. Grained the city of Vreka per
mission lo drill test wells on coun
ty properly near Yrcka. The city
has contracted for a series of test
wells in an etlort to alleviate a
water shortage. District Attorney
Floyd Merrill said that the wells
would remain county property, but
lhat he felt an arrangement could
be worked out which would be sat-
BOAT FOLI.OW'KI)
TOKYO ill A Russian Mlb
murine tailed a Japanese llshlng
l-oat ior 3u minutes near Ihe bo-! be a n only la days and royally
vlet Kunle Islands last Thursday. Iree to go a loi ol thmes includ
men abandoned the chase, ihe skip- ing choose a husband without tho
per said Satuiday. I Queen's consent.
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"NOW WHERE DID THAT ERASER G07" mutteri fha new aniitenr tociety editor for th
Herald and Newt, after having pounded out a somewhat "catty" description ef en of the
local tocial function!. The feline wandered in the other morning looking for a job, and purred
out tuch a tad itory the editor couldn't hold out for long. The local mice war in comultatiea)
at jMeii-time, ,-.
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Weather
FORECAST: Klamath Falls and
vicinity: Fair, with some hl(h
olouds through Sunday, Hlh Sun
day M, Low Sunday night (0,
Hlfh Saturday 14
Low Saturday night . ..58
Cool Weather
For West Seen
By THE ASSOmiFD PRESS
Cooler weather was expected in
much of Western Oregon Sunday,
after Saturday's sweltering heat,
that sent the mercury soaring to
104 degrees at The Dalle. Only
coastal areis escaped the hot
weather, with 60-degree readings
at Brookings and Newport.
In between there was nothing
veiy cool. It was 101 in Medford,
98 at Roseburg and 66 in Pendle
ton. Redmopd and Salem both had
Euueue 94 and Klamath Falls
9:1. Portland's maximum tempera
ture reached 90 degrees at the air
porr. Forecasters said a flow of ma
rine air Sunday would bring cool
sea breezes and lower tempera
tures, with further cooling likely
Monday.
Forest fire danger was expected
to be high iiv hue nor sections
Sunday, despite the lower temper
atures. Guy Johnson, regional fire
dispatcher for the U.S. Forest
Service, said in Portland no ma
jor blazes had been reported to
his office.
Transport
Study Slated
ROSEDURG W The Rosebtug
Chamber of Commerce said Sat
urday the Stanford Research Insti
tute will make a study of trans
portion In Southern Oregon.
The study will include all types
of transportation available to the
region, a chamber spokesman
said.
Meanwhile, the Roseburg News-
Review and some interested citi
zens made a "studs'" of their own.
a'hn subject was the Southern Pa-
cific's freight-passenger train
nicknamed I The Nlghtcrawler."
Last week, the train won a race
from the pony express by seven
minutes, but local researchers re
port that the ponies could have
won any other night tn the week.
The train wag late tvory night
following last weekend s race, To-
tal tardiness was J 16 minutes, no-
cording to official 6P records for
the, first night and . unofficial ob
servations tile rest of the week.
The train was 'late 10 minutes
Monday, a half hour Tuesday, 14
nilnutes Wednesday, 20 minutes
Thursday and Friday and
min-
utes behind schedule Saturday.
The SP plans to abandon pas
senger service after Saturday
night's run despite, a State Public
utilities Commission older to tne
contrary.
. The commissioner s office was
preparing a last-minute attempt
Saturday night to get a court In
junction forcing the railroad to
continue service temporarily, until
a hearing is held.
Algerian Rebels
Hit By French
TUNIS, Tunisia P) Trench
troops pursued remnants of an so
man band of Algerian rebels Sat
urday alter killing 15 of them Fri
day In a clash inside the Tunisian
border. One soldier was killed and
eight wounded in the fight.
In Algeria, meanwhile, the reb
els atlHckcd a rural police convoy
near Balna and wounded five.
VACATION
LONDON iflt Bareheaded and
smiling happily. Princess Margar
et went lo Scotland .Saturday lo be
gin her summer vacation and eel-i-brnie
her coming of age. She will
US Soldiers
Involved In
Bayoneting
SEOUL Ifl TJ. 8. aoldlen
guarding a neutral nation! kiapec.
tlon team bayoneted three demon,
slratmg Korean army veterans
Saturday in Ptisan, Korean govern
nient sources said Sunday.
Ihe inspection team was made
up of Swedish. Swiss and Commie,
nist Creeh and Polish member!.
PROTEST
Tne three South Korean veterans
were part of a crowd o( 4.000 Join. ;
lng in nation-wide protests de- '
-landing the ouster of the KeutMl
Rations Security Commission.
The commission, which poh
the Koresn armislin, contains
Communist Ciech and Polish mem
Deis wnom tlie Republic of Korea
bitterly denounces as "Red spies."
There was no immediate confir
mation from U. S. authorities.
The source said the bayoneted
men would require three or four
weeks of treatment,
ULTIMATUM
The source also said 8omh Korea '
had sent memorandum amount,
lug lo ail ultimatum to the Neutral
Nations Commission telling inspec
tion teams to get . out of South ko
rea by Aug. 13.
A copy was seni to V. S. MaJ.
Gen. Harlan C. Parks, senior V. N.
member ot the Military Armistice
Commission Ihe top truce body
which meets periodically at Pan
inunjom. '
Parks could not be reached Im
mediately for comment. 1
The Korean source said South
Korea "would not be responsible
for what will happen after mat
daie."
The memorandum was delivered
to each national group in the four
nation commission.
CLASH,
The bayonet Injuries resulted
from a clash when the 4.000 dem
onstrators tried to break into the
neutral commission compound in
Pusan.
Such demonstrations were staged
witli government blessings at tiie
live armistice 'port" cities where
the commission maintains its In
spection teams. ,
U.S. Soldiers
Die In Korea
' SEOUL If) Ten V; S. soldltr
of the 24th Division-' wer killed
and 10 wore injured, one aorii
crash Saturday of an Artjij truck
taking them to an airport,
, 'tone mora is expected to die."
an Army source said. Two of the
injured were reported; in cntlcal
condition and fouit others seriouslv
injured with burns, cuts and brok-
eif legs suffered in the fiery acoi-
l dent. ' .' i
Names were withheld pendinej
notification of- next of kin..
Light-heartedly , anticipating a
period of rest and recreation leave
in Japan, the soldiers had piled
their baggage into the big truck
and were heading for Kimpo Air
Base. 15 miles norlhwest of Seoul.
Suddenly the- truck phir.ged
through the railing of a nnrrow
bridge and overturned. It landed
In a small stream and caught fire.
Some of the soldiers, pinned down
by the truck, apparently burned
lo death.
ElKht died at the scene of the
accident. ' One more died on the
way to Ihe hospital and a 10th at
Ihe hospitals
one man escaped Injury. He was
believed to be the driver.
-BULLETIN-
TOKYO fn An Army eoirrt
nittrtial Sunday acquitted cbeatrmt
hnlrrd .Itomoia Ahldln of It
"Cherry Blossom Lane" slaying f
her husky soldier husband. ,
AIR RK-EMJSTMENT
STUTTGART. Germany ffl
Pvl. Richard D. Swan son of Pa
ton. Iowa, rc-fnlistcd in a U.S.
Army helicopter company a mile
nbovp the earth. The ceremony took
plnre Friday during a copier
lliKht over Stuttgart.