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A COOL NIGHT didn't bother
they slept out in the yard. They are, from left, Gerry Herman,
819 Rose Street, and Fred Grimm, 839 Rose Street. The early
morning photographer sounded reveille.
In The-
Day's lews
lly FRANK JENKINS
Weather news bad again!
Edith, filth of the. Hurricane
liners, is building up strength
about 680 miles northeast of Puerto
Rico the familiar stomping
ground of Ihe Hurricane tribe.
She is expected to continue on
n west-northwest course at about
IS mph during the next 12 hours,
with a gradual increase in size and
INTENSITY.
What-to-do-about-it department:
Somebody back East suggests
this morning that an atom bomb
he exploded inside hurricanes to
BREAK THEM UP before they
cause trouble.
The weather bureau Is cool to
the idea. It says that in compari
son with the power of a hurricane
an atom bomb is a mere fire
cracker. That is to say:
Man slill hasn't equalled nature
in his powers of destruction.
The news seems lo be running
on the screwball side this morn
. ing.
A dairy specialist at the Uni
versity of Idaho tells us that a
strange (and presumably glamor
ous) heifer, when introduced into
a dairy herd, can set off no end
of Droduction "troubles. In fact, he
sava. a newcomer to the herd is
the most frequent cause of PSY
CHOLOGICAL UPROAR . which
can cause milk and butterfat pro
duction to drop as much -a five
per cent.
He adds:
"The intrusion creates excite
ment, and this is marked by butt
ing, kicking and threatening until
the new arrival is accepted and a
new social order -is established.
The duration of the uproar de
pends on the pride and aggressive
ness of the individual cows."
' If what he says Is true, our
agricultural colleges may have to
set up a. cow psychology depart
ment.
An Arizona farmer (John Jacobs
nf Phoenix is back home alter
a tour of Russian agricultural
areas. He says Russian agricultur
al methods aren't as bad as most
of us had supposed, but Soviet
lnrm production isn't anywhere
near up to ours cither In quality
or Quantity. He anas:
"Their svstein of farming arU
Iheir planning apparently come
lrom a central headquarters, piou
ably in Moscow, and until '.hey
CREATE MOPE INCENTIVE FOR
THE PEOPLE and allow more
planning at '.he farm level it's
going to be hard tor tnem to step
un their Droduction."
What he means is that in Russia
ihe government RUNS EVERY
THING. Let's put it this way:
RimDO.se vou lived under a sys.
tern in which everything you did
-as ordered by the government
and run by the government.'
Suppose you knew the. govern
ment was going to pungie up
everv time vou went in the hole
and was goinpr to TAKE THE
SURPLUS AWAY FROM YOU
every time you did pretty well-
Would vou lie awake niprnt oe
vising cheaper and more eliicient
ways to do the joo?
I doubt it.
T'm miitp sure T wouldn't.
When I went in the hole. I'd
just .-.it back and wait lor the
government to reach Into other
people's pockets and take out the.
money to PULL ME OUT OF
THE HOLE
II Mr. Jacobs' observations arc
rccurate. that's what is happening
in Russia.
Quake Damages
Yreka Courthouse
YREKA Damage to the Sl
kiyou County Courthouse, caused
by a slight earthquake Monday
nieht, is being repaired this week.
The quake started about 7:10
p.m. and lasted three minutes, ac
cording to Walter Pollock Jr., local
amateur seismologist.
A courthouse Janitor said that
plaster fell from the ceiling ol
ihe county surveyor's office during
the tremor. The surveyor's olflce
is located in the new portion ur
ihe building w'hich was opened lor
Use late last year. .
CIVIL FORCE
BONN, Germany i The West
German government is preparing
to establish a civil defense force
of 560.000 men to protect the popu
lation from air attack in any atom
ic war.
these two tads even
Posthumous
Citation Given
YREKA A posthumous citation
for valor, honoring- Calilomia
Highway Patrol Officer William M
Chansler who was killed- in a gun
fight at Happy Camo August 27,
1954, was awarded to his wile, Eliz
abeth, this afternoon.
Announcement of the award was
made by Bernard Caldwell, com
missioner of the highway patrol.
The ceremonies were held in the
Siskiyou County superior court
room at 2 p.m. Mrs. Chansler
and her two daughters, age seven
and eight, live at Mount Shasta.
Chansler was killed in a gun bat
tle with Ivan Wesley Lacey who had
terrorized patrons of the Crab
Shack in Happy Camp in an effort
to locate his estranged wife. Lacey
had shot Edith Barney, a waitress,
before Chansler arrived. After lin
ing up the rest of the restaurant
staff and patrons along one wall, he
ilea tnrougn the back door.
As Chansler was sivlnc aid to
the injured woman, Lacey returned
to the restaurant. Face to lace.
Chansler told Lacey to drop his
weapon. Instead, Lacey fired three
shots, one mttuig Chansler in the
stomach. As the patrolman fell, he
fired once, hitting Lacey in the
heart.
Jumpers Used
In Fire Fight
YREKA Four smoke jumpers
were dropped nilo the Jacobs Lao
der area near Happy Camp Tues
day morning after a lookout re
ported smoke in the area. The
fire was still burning Wednesday,
according to Lee Morlord, Klam-
atn National Forest fire dispatcher
The Jacobs Ladder area, which
was burned over in a lightning
fire last June 9 anil 10, Is in ex
tremely rough terrain. Moilord
said Ihe previous fire had dried
jut the area, causing leaves to
fall and increasing the lire hazard.
Moriord reported that a helicop
ter stationed at Etna was sent to
fight a fire in Trinity. County about
17 miles soutu of Callahan in Sis
kiyou Couniy. Eight, smoke Jump
ers were dropped Monday and the
helicopter is being used to terry
in replacements.
The Klamath National Fcrest
this week sent two sector teams
to aid in fighting a fire in San
Gabriel Canyon in the Angeles
National Forest. Teams lrom Hap
py Camp and Mt. Hebron district;
were also sent to the Southern Cal
ifornia blaze.
Tule School
Job To Begin
YREKA Construction of the
first unit of the new Tulelake High
School will begin as soon as legal
requirements are met, which is
expected in two weeks, according
to trustees of the Siskiyou Joint
Union High School district.
Last week the oor.rd accc-Mcd
the lew bid of S1R8.C.00 submitted
by Louis Kowoiowskl of Madras
for construction of eight classroom
units at a new site adjacent to
the Tulelake Fairtrounds.
The district recently received
25 acres of land from the federal
government for the Tulelake
school. Money of the new school
will come from the district build
ing fund and not from herd sales
or state aid. the trustees stated.
At a meeting of the trustees
last week. Jiire E. efurley, district
superintendent, recommended that
the board file application lor state
aid a soon as possible as a new
assessment currently being carried
out will raise The assessed valua
tion of the district and thus it.i
bondinsr capacity. To be elidible
for state aid. the district must b
bonded to its limit.
The trustees indicated that they
will file an application for state
approval of the district's building
program. Voters of- the district
recently approved a 2.407.(KXJ bond
issue and voted to accept M million
fn state aid. Before thi aid is
wailable. the state must approve
building plans.
It was indicated that the plan
submitted to the state would onlv
include hitrh schools. If junior hieh
?chools were , dcidd upon, then
an amerded anphcation wduld b
filed. The state is in favor of
junior high schools. Hurley told
. the board.
though
1ft m anfe H
Price Five Cents 30 Paget ' -KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1955 Telephone Sill No. J1S
Airman Schmidt, Wife Call
Off Divorce; Hold Reunion
PORTLAND l.fl A surprise
reconciliation pin Airman Daniel
Schmidt and his wile Una on a
belated honeymoon Thursday and
wiped out his plans for a divorce.
She came here Wednesday after
he had talked with ber by tele
phone at her hideout near San
Jose, Calif. And their reunion, said
by a neighoor. "was something
wonderful to see."
They promptly went into seclu
sion and were reported to be at an
Oregon beach resort.
Schmidt was released from a
Red Chinese prison last month to
learn -his wife said she had thought
him dead and had married another
man. ' BIn ' California, where he
spent three weeks trying to un
tangle his problem. Schmidt filed
for divorce and asked custody of
their small son.
NEIGHBOR QUOTED
But, said the neighbor, "He
loved her and she loved him and
they never had a chance to get
together. Since he got back they
had only seen each other across a
desk with' a lawyer present. You
Crippled Ship
Reaches Port
BROAD BAY, Outer Hebrides
Islands W The crippled British
freighter Argobeam reached port
in these north Scottish islands
Thursday, crowning with success
her captain'3 courageous decision
not to abandon his ship as a
drifting prize on the high seas.
The saga began last Friday when
the Argobeam, her engine room
Hooded and listing to port, flashed
nn SOS. She was 300 miles from
land and wallowing in an Atlantic
gale.
Members of the llouhderlng
ship's crow jumped into the churn
ing seas all but Capt. George
Watson and First Mate' Kelinclh
Seaman an? were picked up by
the passing Swedish liner Kings
holm. - ,
The captaii and his male stood
by their 7.133;ton vessel for 60 har
rowing houri until the tugs Sal
veda and Metinda III arrived.
Their brave" vigil prevented the
Argobeam becoming a prize of
the sta that could be claimed by
any passerby as salvage.
India To Provide
Rhesus Monkeys
WASHINGTON VP) India has
agreed to provide the United
States with ail the Rhesus mon
keys it needs for medical research
and polio vaccine production dur
ing the next 10 months. The gov
ernment announced yeslerday a
new import agreement extending
to June 30, 1055, and subject to
renewal.
WEARY FIRE FIGHTERS ere hoping they finally have this for.
est blaze in the Deming Creek area near Bly under control for
good. If hat been burning since Monday morning and hat now
covered over 2,500 acres. The flames jumped control lines
I again Wednesday afternoon and covered another 60 acres on
I the north side of Gearhart Mountain when 20 mile an hour
i winds threw sparks (or mites. The Bly Ranger District station
can't settle anything that way.
The neighbor Mrs. Robert i
Thomas said arrangements for
Una's trip here were completed
shortly alter Schmidt arrived here
Monday to visit his mother, Mrs.
Ray Peters.
Late Wednesday afternoon Mrs.
Thomas and Mrs. Peters' husband
went to the Portland airport to
meet Una. They missed her,
though, when her plane from Cali
fornia was early, and she reached
the' Peter; home, in a modest auto
court, by cab.
Mrs. Peters said her son and
Una embraced as she got out of
the cab, then entered the home
arm in arm.
LEFT HOME -"
l-'our hours later they left and
Mrs. Peters said she did not know
where they had ;gone nor when
they would return. '
Una had brought the couple's
2'Vyear-old son. Danny Jr., with
her. r-nd he remained here in Mrs.
Peters' care.
Alford Fine, the man Una said
she married when she thought
Schmidt dead in the Chinese prison
camp, is "out o( the picture." the
couple said. Schmidt said bclore
leaving Wednesday night that his
attorney, Howard P. Welch at Sac
ramento had told him everything
had been taken care of. And at
Red Bluff, where the divorce was
filed, the county clerk said the fact
of reunion voided the suit.
Mrs. Peters said she didn't know
where they had gone but "they are
a couple of happy kids."
Schmidt, member of a B29 orew
in the Korean War. spent 3i
years In-a Chinese prison ftlter his
plane was shot down in the Yalu
River area.
He now is on a 20-day furlough.
Flood Relief
Forum Slated
United Fund and Red Cross
board members will act Thursday
night on a program for Klamath
County's "war against disaster"
the flood 'relief operations in New
England. -
The public is Invited lo attend
the meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the
pRrlorsfof the First Presbyterian
Church, when the county's response
to the needs in disaster affected
areas will be decided.
To date no quota has been set
foi this community, but Wednes
day, the Red Cross chairman, E.
Roland Harrlman. raised his dis
aster fund goal from five to eight
million dollars.
In joint meetings of the boards
this week representatives of both
United Fund and Red Cross, which
will conduct a joint campaign in
October, expressed themselves un
officially in favor of setting a goal
for Klamath County for flood re
lief and putting the rcgulnr fund
drive machinery in operation ear
ly to meet the need.
Hew Storm
Af E. Coast
iff The year's'
MIAMI. Fla
fifth hurricane, Edith, spun omin
ously over the open Atlantic Thurs
day and one of the top storm
warning ex p e r t s predicted its
winds would have a force of 125
miles an hour or better by Satur
day,
Gordon Dunn, chief storm fore
caster in the Weather Bureau's
hurricane center here, said Edith's
winds at present were about 80
miles an hour. She was centered
Thursday morning 580 miles north
east of Puerto Rico.
That location .placed Its center
about 1.500 miles southeast of Mi
ami and the same distance south
southeast of Cape Hatteras. N.C.
"Edith is a smaller, more con
centrated storm than either Con
nie or Diane." said Dunn.
PROBABLE DIRECTION
"Conditions are such that Edith
probably will move in a westerly
direction either northwest or west
northwest for the next two days,
at least. That's the same old route
that Connie and Diane followed.
Edith will require a lot of close
watching."
The storm's forward movement
was about 13 miles an hour. Gales
extended outward 150 miles to the
north and east and 50 miles to the
south and west of the center.
Connie brought damaging winds
and heavy -rams earlier this month
to the CaroUnas, Virginia and
Pennsylvania, blowing out in Can
ada.
Diane followed last week. It
caused the heaviest floods on rec
ord in Pennsylvania,1 New Jersey,
New York and parts of New Eng
laud, end left '.more, than H5 dead
and damage estimated at a billion
dollais.
WEATHER WATCHED
Weathermen had been watching
an easterly wave well lo the east
oi Puerto Rico for several days
but it was not until the. Air Force
plane flew into the area yesterday
that forecasters knew another po
tential killer was on the way
"Not too much Is known about
it. now." said storm forecaster
Cecil Gentry. "Wb will know
more about, its path and speed
when we get more observations."
In the extreme eastern gulf nf
Mexico, a weak easterly wave was
moving very slowlv, it crest west
of a line between Havana and
Key West.
This easterly wave a band of
bad weather moving from enst to
west had winds of lo to 15 m.p.h.
and stronger in showers, the Mi
ami Weather Bureau ?aid. So lar
i has shown no Mv.ns of developing
into a tropical storm.
flliii.t
of Fremont National Forest laid that over 150 men worked all
last night on new control lines. This photo was taken on the
south side of the fire from a Piper Cub flown by Ned Putnam,
logging contractor, at an altitude ef about 7,000 feet. Put
nam and Herb Hadley, district forest service supervisor, went
up this morning to survey the area. Numerous spot fires were
found over the north-end control lines.
I0? f"65
sieDuuamg jod
WASHINGTON The Army i
r-i.iiiucers inursaay esumaiea
flood damage in Northeastern
states at SI. 600.000. 000 and sa.td
the area face3 "one of the big
gest, louchest flood rehabilitation
jobs since the one Noah faced
ftUer lhtf Kreat lood oI bibIical
Ll. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis. chief
of engineers, made the statement
after a personal inspection of the
disaster areas. He said the "loss
of life and the utter destruction
we snw had a most appalling ef-
:cci upon us.
Sturgis said "no one can esti
mate" what will be. required to
put the flood-stricken areas back
on their feet again."
He said his preliminary esti
mate" of the physical damage will
"undoubtedly have to be revised
in two or three weeks" after the
engineer have completed their
nirvev of the devastation.
MASSIVE EFFORT
The government Is already
throwing money and manpower in
to the. six-state area in a massive
rehabilitation effort which could
cost more than 100 million dollars.
Fire Damages
Tulelake Store
TULELAKE' Fire from mi the order -authorWti.g the emer-over-heated
motor in the air con- xency program. He also approved
ditioning unit on the roof ol Earl's
Market, caused an estimated $500!
damage lo the roof and uuesti-
mated smoke damage to the in
terior of the food market, drug
btore and solt drink fountain.
The store is closed 'today for
insurance estimates but business
in expected to resume Friday.
Clit; Jones, Klamath Fnlls-AUuv-
as driver for Fluhrer's Bakery, re-
ported - the blaxe to the fire de-
partment. Both city ' and rural
enuipment answered the call at
a m. .; c, -
Earl Ager, owner of the building,
said today that the early discov
pry of the. blaze probably saved
major fire.
The grocery, mea-; market and
produce department, are leased
lrom Acer by J. Oiacomini ol
unuoquin. uwners 01 me nrug ae-
partment are Paul Thomas a nr.
Cecil Martin.
A .second blaze at the same time
destroyed a .sheep ahed on the
lohn Kelleher ranch, two and one
half miles northwest of town.
Weather
rOKKCAST Klamath Falls and
vii-inily: Fair and enul Friday.
Mich Fridjy 75; low TliuAday
nieht 38.
High yesterday ...BO
Low last niRhl ....36
I'rrt-lp. last 21 hours ..... ... .. 0
Shire Oct. I 7.00
Same period lust year It. fiS
Normal for period ..12.56
) i
F'd .
dince noan
Wllh advance approval of con
gressional leaders. President El
senhower ordered into effect yes
terday an over-all plan for using
funds and resources already avail-
aoie to numerous government
agencies. They will look to Con
gress for reimbursement next
year.
NO SESSION'
"This means a special session of
unngress will not be necessary
rrponea James C. Hagerty, While i
Huu.se press secretary, as he out-1
uneo ine sieps already taken or
planned.
The Red Cross, meantime, boost
ed Its disaster appeal goal from
five million to eight million dollars
as it faced growing reports of
damage.
It said at least 102 homes were
demolished and more than 14,000
heavily damaged by last week's
flood. Its latest count showed
10.563 families homeless and de
pendent on charity for survival.
E. Roland Harrlman, national
Red Cross chairman, said the
"needs continue to grow in the
-BULLETIN-
DENY ICR IP- President Elien
hower Thursday approved a pro
gram providing up to 900 million
dollars in federal loans lo repair or
replace defense plants damaged In
the Northeastern floods.
The President signed an execu-
a tax amortization speedup lor
plants covered by the program,
Eisenhower's action came after
two days of tludy of the problem
ny inc. wniie llouae. the OHice ol
Defense MoMliiatlon, the Civil De
fense Administration and the Jus
tice Department.
Under the President's , order,
loan aid vill he available to de
fense and dcfenite-Bupportlni: plants
In the flood areaa In eaaea where
ywmmerclal loans on . reasonable
i terms ar mrt- available
The hum program la apart from
uie inn million dollar fund the gov
- eminent hits made available for
mood rehabilitation work. Thta
money need not be repayed.
disaster affected areas." and urged
chapters throuKhout the countrv to
consider as "rock bottom" the
fund goals assigned them earlier.
GIFTS DELUGED
The agency reported "virtually a
deluge of gifts" to its disaster fund
had followed appeals by Cisen
hower Rnd other officials, but
stressed that the need Is growing.
Eisenhower made a new appeal
yesterday, saying donors 'shouldn't
wait to be asked by the Hed Cross
but "should seize the opportunity
to force upon them more than they
can use."
Five more bodies of flood vie
thus were recovered yesterday In
Hartford, Conn., and large num
bers of persons still were un
accounted for In Pennsylvania and
Connecticut. That threatened to
raise still higher the storm's death
loll, which was revised downward
slightly yesterday lo a new figure
of no.
n.OOl) DAMAGE -
Not even a good guess was
available of the lolal over-all
mntcriul damage from the rains
and floods which Hurricane Diane
brought on last week.
Elsenhower approved the gov
ernment relief program In a brief
Washington stopover en route from
Philadelphia, where he addressed
the American Bar Assn., to his
vacation headquarters In Donver.
The White House put no celling
on the cost figure, but indicated
the Army Engineers alone have up
to 100 million dollars that can be
diverted to Hood relief. The engi
neers will huiidle the bulk of the
direct work removing debris,
clearing and patching bridges and
highways, and repairing other
damage to public property.
Eureka Area
Fire Rages
F.UHEKA IUP)-A Clew of 4001
ir.-light.Ts, including 100 convicu; rroor,p, t0 provlde for eonsolida
from San Quentln Prison, today n( .,,,,-.1 i.nris ln Clackamas
li-ittled a furious forest lire raging
out of control in Six Rivers Nation
nl Forest, 40 miles northeast ol
here.
Nine bulldozers, mx larac tank
trucks and a helicopter were dis
latch?d to the area as MM winds
whipped the flames, which had
burned tome 800 acre, of viigmj
All losing operations in the
area closed down and the coir
panics put their men and equip
ment to iiatllln; the names, whlcn
were apparently touched olf by a
blsstlng operation.
The Forest Service said the lire
imnv br controlled todBV.
Meanwhile another 100 men weie
I battling annllirr forest fire ln Ta-
hoe KHtlnnnl Forest near Oranlte
ivlllc, Nevada Cojn'y, where 6O0
ar-rs had ben dev.roved.
; Another l.i;i In r fizhlcr were on
their wjiy lrom Sierra Army Ord
inance D.-poi at Hcrlong, and from
iFotsom Piiion.
Cutter Firm
Cleared By
U.S; Report
' WASHINGTON I The govern,
ment Thursday blamed the Cutter
polio vaccine Incident on "funds,
menial weaknesses" In Its own
now-discarded safety testing pro
cedures. It said new standards provida
"adequate safeguards" against In
fective amounts of live virus again
being injected Into healthy chil
dren. The Public Health Service reoort
on a four-months Investigation said
rome lots of Cutter vaccine con
tained live virus and caused polio
but that scientists were unable to
determine the exact reasons why
the live virus was present.
It in effect cleared the Berkeley,
Calif., concern of negligence.
LIVE VIRUS
As to what might have accounted
for Ihe presence ol Ihe live virus,
the service said available data sug
gests this combination of factors:
1. Failure to sufficiently Inacti
vate live virus used in the manu
facturing process.
1. Failure to detect the presence
of live virus in the finished vac
cine. Use of vaoclne produced by th
uuner L,aooratoriea was halted on
April 27 after development of polio
in some children inoculated with It
raised questions as to its safety.
Later, the entire national inocu-
lation program was stopped tem
porarily while new production
standards were developed. ,
CUTTER VACCINE "
The Health Service eatlmated'
401,000 children were vaccinated
with the Cutter product before Out.
ter vaccine was withheld lrom
further use.
It said 70 of these Dersons de
veloped polio within 90 davs. An
additional 90 cases of polio resulted
witmn 19 days from household con
tacts of persons who received Cut
ter vaccine.
There were 17 lots of Cutter vae
elne which went into use. The
Health Service aaid the incidence
of disease among individuals re
ceiving vaccine from 11 of these
lots wa "not higher than could oe
expected" but that it was htghe
among the six other lots.,
VIRUS ISOLATED :
"Type 1 poliomyelitis virus was
Isolated from three of the six. loin
of vacolno by Public Health Serv
ice or other laboratories." it eald.
In an earlier section, the renort
.'aid that prior to the adoption of
the new standards, "liiadecftiacy of
Inaotlvatlon was not unusual in the
experience of several of the manu
facturers. In addition, there were
then fundamental weaknesses In
the safety testing procedures which
failed to assure what is now be
lieved to be a satisfactory degree
of sensitivity."
NEWS CONFERENCE '.'
Surgeon General Leonard Scheela
held a news conference In connec
tion with the release of the report.
In a general observation, he aaid
early evidence Indicates the polio
vaccination program is beginning
to show beneficial results, even
where only one shot of the suggest
ed three has been given.
Arthur Beckley, vice president of .
Cutter, said in response to a ques
tion that his company Intends to
continue manufacturing Salk vac
cine. He said It has not as yet
applied for release of any of the
vaccine It now has on hand.
Timber Swap
Plan Reported
PORTLAND W Two federal
agenclpa are about ready lo tx
change a half million acres of
Western Oregon timbcrland, The
Orcfrontan reported Thursday,
According to tne newspaper the
U. 9. Forest Service and the Bu
reau of Land Management are
near an appraisal agreement for
art even swap.
The trade would he possible un
der a bill passed by Congress last
year in an effort to consolidate fed
eral holdings and make more tim
ber accessible to cutting for mills.
' The land Involved Is In national
forest. Much of it is part of Rome
2 million acres of Oregon k Call
lornia land grants administered by
the BLM.
The big gest pieces to be ex
changed are In Josephine and
Jackson counties and in the Slskl-
irnu fnrl nf mtlhuetrn flrnffin
, nrt f ,h -,-. I,
Coumv ln nor,hwestern Oregon, to
provide more timber for four Mo
Inlla sawmills. Those plants have
brfn slowed by a log shortage. -The
agreement would have to be
approvrd by the 18 Western Ore
con O & C counties, which receive
Qkc
Basin Records
Low Temperature
A temperature drop brought
tome frost damage to parts of
Klamath Basin last night. Klam
ath Falls reported a low of 36 and
the Klamath Experimental farm
leported a low. of 33.
Lower Klamath had s low of
with some damage reported.
Merrill reported a low of 33,