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Newspaper Page Text- ' ' "" 1 ' ......... - ,. ... ... .. ............ 1 i ... ,,, . .; v . I . . . . . , ' ' ii n i im rv n r nnnnnO L o n i n M S V K (I nA :. : : : : -. UttiA icwa 69 HtWf iiP fi ill ill ill x)ininiiiii ill ii?viitiininrnt By FRANK JENKINS Let's discuss for a lew minutes today the subject of cotton. No cotton is grown in Southern Ore con or far Northern California. So we nave no direct interest in n other than as taxpayers. Bui, it offers an interesting example of what happens under a system of guaranteed high prices REGARD LESS OF SUPPLY AND The department of agriculture has Just announced its latest esti mate of the 19M cotton crop. 1 indicates production this year of 13,920,000 bales. When that is added to our present surplus of 11,121,000 bales it brings the present supply up to just over 25 million oaies I Domestic and export markets are expected to take not more than 13 million bales. So we can count . tip on our lingers that when the 1955 cotton crop is harvested we will have on hand approximately two years supply. How about acreage reduction to hold down the surplus? That is an interesting subject in itself. -Under this year's program, cotton acreage was reduced to the smallest level in more than 15 years. The permitted acreage this year was 14 per cent under la permitted acreage last year. . But The department of agriculture's estimate Indicates in spue oi tha 14 per cent reduction in acre age that 'his year's harvested cotton crop will be two per cent ABOVE last year s Harvested crop. How come? , The answer lies in increased ef ficiency on the part of the cotton v Brewers. This year's estimate in clicates an average yieia per acre of 405 pounds. Last year's cotton .crop averaged 341 pounds per acre. and it broke all previous recoros. Cotton growers have been pouring on the fertilizer. They have been using better machinery. They have been using better .insect control methods. i . The result of all this bas been an average increase in production per acre that more than offsets the 14 per cent reduction in cotton acreage. The NET result of it has been another huge addition to the cotton surplus. Where is all this new cotton comir.tr from? Is It coming from the Old South? The answer, by and large, is NO. A lot of it is coming lrom new cotton lands in western Texas. New Mexico. Arizona and oaniornia Most of this new cotton land it IRRIGATED. It is Irrigated largely from wells. These wells are draw ing on UNDERGROUND water storage, which has been accumu lating for centuries. This water to irrigate cotton is being pumped out faster than the underground reservoirs are being replenished. That !s to sav: If this goes on, the time will come when the underground res ervoirs will be drained and when water is no longer available for them the land that has no other source cf water than wells that tap the underground reservoirs will go back to desert. All to produce a crop that is be ing grown for sale to the govern ment at guaianteed high prices IN THE FACE OF A STEADILY ACCUMULATING SURPLUS. The big- question: When will it all end? And what will happen when it does end? BUILDING PLANS PALERMO, Sicily lift Italy's maior electric industries have an iiounced plans to build a big nu clear energy plant somewhere in southern Italy. VUlAr.'i J...-"...-!' WVk V'N. t. ; l-"V.-tf-.- AUTUMN LEAVES are falling in Klamath Falls as this ? o'clock Saturday morning shot by Herald and News photographer Don KeHler shows. Jackie Keaton, III I Oregon, and Judy Howard, 1801 Oregon paused in their play for the cameraman. 11 ( wvr (p) (g Price Ten Cents 34 Paget te-; ft Jlw- 3 snow aooHK jr-v . " r V H to SHOOT" ijf T " - - ' ' V; Ik. Ji ' K - THESE PLYWOOD SILHOUETTES showing the relative tiie of the leqal mow goose (left) and the protected .whistling swan (right) were the brainchild of Johnnie Johnson, reserve patrol man in the Lower Lake area, a couple of years ago, and are being mounted again this year in, prominent positions in order to warn gunners against killing swans. The idea won Johnson the Fish and Wildlife Service Incentive Awards Committee prize of $300 and has helped ma terially in cutting down en the kill of the big birds. Late Major Grid Scores Boise College 50 Oregon Tech 0 Oregon 21 California 0 College Of Pacific 13 Oregon State 7 Auburn 14 Georgia Tech 12 Maryland 25 North Carolina 7 Southern Cal. 33 Wisconsin 21 Washington State 9 Idaho 0 UCLA 21 Stanford 13 Baylor 13 Washington 7 Michigan State 21 Notre Dame 7 KLAMATH CAVE!" Those listed below have given $100 or more to the Tnlted Fund durini the Advance Gifts period now under way. By dolnsr so, they qualify for membership tn the Order of Leaders and Build ers of the Basin, a select (roup that is expected to take an active part in the future in the Mew pfs rlod of economic development of the Klamath Basin that Is just beginnmf. 108. Klamath Falls Creamery 109. Mrs. J. A. Kincaid 110. L'nilcd Siatcb National Bank 111. G. C. Lorenz J 12. California Oregon 'Power Co. 113. Berk's Morning Fresh Bakery 114. Asphalt Paving: Co. 115. W. C. Lore in 116. International Woodworkers of America, (Local b-li CIO 117, Dr. T. V. Farley 118. Dr. Dun B. Rice COUNTY BASIN BUILDERS 10. William Cunningham 11. Jack McAuliffe Andrews Quits Revenue Post RICHMOND. Va. (.ft T. Cole man Andrews Saturday confirmed the widespread reports he is quit ting as commissioner of internal revenue. The 56-year-old "Virginia Demo crat who took the top tax collector post In the Eisenhower administra tion in 1953 wnen the Revenue Service was under criticism for laxnesj and favoritism said he felt the Washington job he undertook has now been completed. Weather rORKC AST Klamath Falls andhandilljj 0lK ines jor oUendcrs. vicinity: Fair wilh little change in temperature bunuay and Monday. High both days, 6S-76. Low Sun day night. 35-45, except 28 In the high valleys. High yesterday ..M Low last night 45 I . . , AUTO'TrUCK CrOSPl nw&w Injures KF Man James h. Lovcii. 46. of un wi - ard Street, received minor injur - les last night on South Sixth Ulrcet vhen the cir he was driving col- llded with an empty logging truer:. State polici said the truck, op- erated bv William Worley. 37 West Lowell street, stopped for traffic and Lovell plowed into the truck) from behind. Lovell la btinn treated at Klamath Valley Hospital. the Fire Destroys Lakeview Home LAKFVIE.W Fire of undeter mined origin destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dulloie, five miles south of Lakeview Friday, Mr. and Mrs. DuBose were at tending a theater'. '.'ttLakevlew at the time the flames' ea. dis covered by a neighbor. Mn Wv P. Ptran9. she summoned other neighbors but attempts to quell tlu. fire were (utile The dwelling burned lo the ground and all of the contents of the four-Bedroom house e.a lost. FALLS. OREGON. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16. 1955 Swan Saving Drive Starts In Klamath Br BILIi JENKINS The drive In rut. rirm-n.the need less slaughter of whistling swans! has been .stepped, up. by-grfme' n I iorcemeiit and o'.her agencies this year with the goal m siuht oil narrowing down the 53 known kills of last year and the towering total of 125 in 1951. Most of the loss 'Can be attri buted to out-of-area hunters who sre not familiar with the huecior about $i",5 per acre, and leave white birds, although there Is lit tie excuse for any hunter to mis take a 20 pound bird with a six foot wingspread for a five pound snow goofe whose wings will sel dom scale three feet. On top ol that a swan Is all white except for his beak and feet. A snow goose has distinct black marks on tne trailing edije of his wing tips. An idea of Johnnie Johnson's last year has paid off well in his. goose and swan sitnoueiics tnai are placed at strategic points around the reserve area in the Lower Klamath and Tule areas. These plywood profiles are life size and made to scale with clear labeling so that hungers shomd have no trouble in identllylng their biras. It might also help II thr gunner remembers that a swan has a much slower wing beat as compared to the scaitcr-braincd snow goose. Hunters are also urged not to shoot at exceptionally small snow teese. These may prove to be Ross's geese which are fully pro tected. Swans, noted not only for their frrcat size and beauty lii flight but alc lor the llutelike tone of thcir musical call, use almost all water areas of the Basin, not Just those areas around the state line. Enforcement officials have been cooperative in the past in trying tn hnlh pritirtr hnntr- fltirl in Fines last year nvsrascd a bit over 5100. Maximum pennlty under fedcrnl rules lor killing a swan is s"00, which Is nr?!tv expensive I meat even for we.il'hicjt of .-.ports- i men. , i A little common sense and a little le speed on the trtggei will result not only in savit.g the big birds but might save the gunner ,rw hundred dollars plus a tup j to the local court ivperpnon rair snare If" P.ii. Winnriu. rninr "InUOWS Vivid reminders of Klamath County's lair share of support for 3ome 26 youth, health and welfare I agencies will be placed on the windows of downtown stores Mon day night. The special events group of Op eration Fair Share will paint with" red water colors the Unit ed fund symbol on stoic window In a "paint the to,vn red" pro gram M-tnday. Main Street merchant-! may. however. " rail the L'nr.ed Fund ofllcr to rei'-trr their 'rn.up-.tj; for omission from the program. -BULLETIN-. NEW VORK iPi A man identified only at Alexia Mlnaew a reported early Hundar hy police headquarters to have been shut to death In the Park Avenue headquarters of Ihe Soviet dele gation lo the United Nation. Toliee aald the shot apparently n self Inflicted. Margaret Goes Into Hiding, Talks With Queen Via Phone BINFIELD. El-gland Lfl Prin cess Margaret and Group Capl Peter Townsend lost themselves Saturoay in the English country side. With millions of Britons expect ing their engagement announce ment soon, the pretty 25-year-old pni'cess ur.d the 40-year-olrt hero of the Br.itlc of Britain hid them selves away at a secluded man sion screened from the eyes oi hundreds of p'.iotogiapheis, report ers nna the just plain curious. The princess talked by telephone Landowners Oppose Tule, Federal Pact Division Two landowners of the Tulclake Irrlgnlion District ex pressed general support of the op position to the proposed contract for repayment or construction charges for the Tulclake project. The opposition, offered by Dis trict Director Paul Tschirky. Is di rected at the U.S. Bureau of Rec lamation. District members met Friday night to discuss the latest dralt of the, repayment contract the filth draft prepared in little more than a yenr. Th.. nrnnnsed routine! ni-nvlne for transfer to the district of the! IV talks to discuss the implications operation and maintenance of 1' Margarcl-Towuscnd wedding. works and properties of the Tule- lake Irrigation District. It pt - o - a nnvmpnl. h th MKtrlrl nl M, b44. 100 and 585 per acre for pub- lie lands to be homcsteaded in the future. iiv fiiiii-.c rinv ' 'm.. . ... -.."-.. .... .. i lie iiiHiu uujcuiiuii lu wie uuii- i i. ,k. ,1.1 . u...i t .i..i agreement lend to retard home - ; steading, which Is favored by the eommumiy. ' jObiectors mnintatn that U tends to discourage hoihestendlng silica it provides lor income irom lease lands which can be credited to the di?n-icl and reduce the $35 per acre payment. , A possible solution, thev said, is to pay ihe government s2,31!0,7.fu, the construction charges of land i to be homc-tteaded up to the sec- J retary ot th2 Interior, j This amount would mean a nav - ment ol about $1.37 per acre per year iui w yi-ius. nuy ittnoc - enue coming dup to the district un - dcr the Fact Finder Act of li):(4 n .i, .nmnnH.Hn,,. Art M loin or the Appiopriattons Act of lfltO would be credited lo the district wnen tne uniica oiaics is pam m full. GET 30 PER C ENT The present proposed contract which would become etfective Jan- "ary 1. 1957, provides that the dl trlcl would receive $30,000 or 30 per cent oi the net lease revenues dtirlnz the 40 year payout period, Forty years are allowed for lands presently In the district and for any additional lands homc - slciilcd In the district from the time thev are Included. With the exception of this and other minor objections, the con tract Is acceptable. Tschirky said Several landowners at the meet ing expressed a hope for addition al public meetings to discuss the proposed contract. ft . 't 1 r W-mM f. ..Mt.JJ,'W AN APPEAL for donaltoni Is Ihe United Fund wet ipelled out if helttime during Friday't Football game between Klamath Union High School and Mtdtsrd High. Shown it the KUHS No. 3303 with licr sister, Queen EUtubcth, during the day but no word of what was said became public. The Queen is at Balmoral. Scotland and is due In London Tuesoay. Margaret and Townser.d arr'ved at O-roomcd AUanoay Lodge Fri- aev nigra as the weekend suests cl Mr.i. John Lyceit Wills, cousin uf tne prtnc? and one o tilt couple's most intimate iiienas. . . And. if the orlncess' cod-dauuh- ter, l-yeiu-ola Marilyn Wills, has', her facts straight the princess hardly moved outside since sue sot inert. "She has ben sitting in front of .he fire," said blonde Marilyn, daughter of MaJ. and Mrs. Wills. "Sometimes she rushes upstairs. "She hasn't gone outside," Mari lyn confided through a picket fence. "But she . looks happy all the same." , Townsend, a horse lover, ven tured into 'the autumn outdoors early Saturday morning to rake a j-hort ride on a racehorse named Juliet Jones. He looked happy, too, but told reporters: "I still can't tell you anything about my future plans.'' Once the quiet weekend Is over. I Margaret and Townsend lace ai lateful lortnijht. Tuesday, Queen Elizabeth Is due to confer with Prime Minister Eden. Wednesday Princess Mar gaict and the rest of the Immedi-I ate royul family dine with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Eden has called two Cabinet meetings one Tuesday and one ! Thursday plus a round of all-par Some usually well-Informed pco- 1 pie believe tmt before an engage- mpnl rrtulft hA n"nflimrirt Mfll-frav Telephone 8111 et woulu have to renounce herisources leaked secret imouinwu rights of succession to ihe throne, j to Communist China during the I That would require parliamentary 1 Korean War. . - action when Parliament recon- fmlleR was asked whether Brit- venes Oct. 25. . ' : ! The archb shoo. Dr. Gcolfrev Fiher. In spiritual leader of the I Churoh of England. His public ill- liumiices litt innui; il lciirhi iiv 'MargaJst and Townsend could not I have a lullscale royal wedding In an Anglican church. Reclamation Bids Opened 1 ti,,i.- nnniwi Tinirftau nt jelled Tiuirsda ' , h( puh!lc works office. 13lh Naval ? TK cyqSep.., Wlth-reference to Maclean lainath Falls and and Burgess. The State Depatt District, Seattle 1 setllltiiz the Kli Tulclake project of iiccs of the U.S. , jjuleau of Reclamation. Low bidder was J, C. Watts Con- , company. Po.tland, with bid of $423, i22. Tlie only otner bidder wus Donald M. Drake, Portland, with a bid of $469,000. The construction of 16 building!, is Involved In moving the Klam ath Falls project office and ware house from tho municipal airport to a new location and the consoli dation of Ihe Newell and Tulclake 'offices and shops at new loca- tion In 'tutelage, The oillce ot Howard R. Pcrrin. local architect, drew plans for the new structures. Work Is expected lo start Immediately, previous deadline for the removal nf the warehouse facilities was November 1 and for the bureau project of llccs In Klamath Falls was De cember 1. lWli Mli.il ,1, W -Wlw Near-Hurricane Leaves 21 Dead, Heavy Damage NEW YORK I Five North eastern states watched rivers swelling steadily to flood stage Saturday night for the second time In two months. . - Connecticut, which suffered mil lions in damage and It deaths in the August floods caused by Hurri cane Dune, again caught the brunt of the heavy two-day drenching. Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania also got a llooo-producing dosage of rain Many towns which were literally torn apart In August again saw the high waters sweeping through the streets and tearing down the temporary bridges and road re pairs that had been made so pain fully. STATE OF EMERGENCY Deaths In flood-connected acci dents reached 31. Wlnsted. Conn., was declared In o state of emergency. So were Naugatuck Stamford and Dan- uurv. Ellenville. N. Y., one of the focal points ol flood damage In thai state two nnntljs aeo, had water in the streets two feet deep and was cut oil from surrounding towns. Some residents were evacu ated from their homes and were housed and fed by the Red Cross. High ildes and lashing, gale loree winds threatened many coastal points. ' The winds died lute Saturday, but the steady, drumming down pour continued. Many main high ways were closed. Including most of the Menitt Parkway, the wain Dulles Asked About Leaks To Chinese WASHINGTON Wi Senate In- . .i.ir. sotm-rtv osked Secre. . .... rvit. tf h hurt anvt ia., ui , n.tM.u information on whether Br U sh llsh Embassy sources In Petptiui , -- . , i.i.. hniant have assured Red China that U S. forces would not strike threat ened towns all along; its bynnd"the Yalu River Into Man- course. , . cnuria I At Waterlrjvy the river wiped The' inouirv came in V lettertit o bridgfes. -one ot.-them from Cnalrman Eastland tD-MIss' opened only three days ago. of Ihe Senate Internal Security threatened a third and. moved onto subcommittee. ry land. Eastland astced 15 specific quos-l Far to the north, waters of Lake Hons, most of then, involving Brit- Sadawga rose to within a foot of ish diplomats Ouy Burgess ma'mr Uonalri Maclean who disappeared (of tiny Whltlngam. Vt prepared ;n May 19al from meir ioreign oi r.rr lob.-.. Thev since have been reported behind the Iron Curtain, most recently In Russia. Pasllands letler followed up a, jgeneral iiauirv ne sent uunesi i ""'V1. p y' ,..T,m hw nni VTi. pi-hI term3. apparently did not sai- Isly Eautland. In hli new letter, the Mississippi Democrat said testimony given be - lore his subcommittee last yeal by Oen. James A. Van Fleet, re- tired, former 8th Army command er in Korea. "Indicates that some! assurance was given Ihe Chinese I Communists that American forces would rot cross the Yalu River ln event of the Chinese Cominunlr.l armies invading Korea, and that, these sssuianees may have come through 'some embassy sources ln Pelplng.' " Maclean was head of Ihe Anicri-l can division ol the British F'orelpn' Olllco. Burgess had been second secretary of Ihe British Embassy '.n Washington In 1050. Before that, he was in the Foreign Ofllces Far; East section. I 4 T, if r band, malting Ihe initialt U.F. in an effort lo dramatire tha appeal. Final icore -ai 13-13 attar a Pelican pan play eon neeted with four $econdi remaining in Ihe game. traffic route between New York and New England. Better weather was forecast for Sunday, except for some drizzle over Southern Connecticut and Rhode Island. The New York City forecast was rain the rest of the night and Sunday. Ihe floods of Aug. is were more violent, and sudden, hut many Con necticut residents said they were not as bad as the floods that have been building up over the last two days. - , MAIN STREET OUT Winslead's main street was com pletely ripped out for more than a mile by the la it flood. It had been replaced by fill. Saturday night the Mad River was within two or three teet of racing down the main street again and taking all with It. At dozens of points In the Naug atuck River valley and elsewhere. temporary Army bridges, that had been thrown across to replace bridges lost In the August havoc, were swept away once more or declared unsafe. Hundreds of families were evac uated from homes In low lying areas. Some shore residents had to flee inland because of abnormal ly high tides. A branch line of Ihe New Haven Railroad to Pittsfleld, Mass., was blocked by floods. Passengers were taken by bus to Danbury, and put aboard New York-bound trains there. The railroad's main line that follows the coast was threatened but trains were still running- at a late hour. At Catnptown, Pa., a small dam one mile north of the town began to give way. Tile 300 residents had been urged to stay up all night and be ready to get out quickly If It burst. They were finally ordered evacuated, alont with residents of nearby Wyaluslng. ELLEN8BURG HIT Ellensburg, N. Y one of New York's nattiest hit towns in Au gust, again had water two feet deep swirling through its principal street. At Fltchhurg-. Mass., the Nashua 1 River overflowed and threatened a warehouse filled with one million dollars worth of lrozen foodr . Bi.BHtr. m... In the Berkshtres again was iso lated. 'Temporary repairs to Its htgnways, ruined by the .August flood, washed out. , rtnnnArtlriil.'R Nnlio-.itirlr Ptvr - .u. B...,. ine nas.tua mvur spn.eu uvc. at Fltchburg. Mass., at a point where a million dollars worth of frozen food is stored In a ware house. - ( , From all over New England were reports of flooded oads. ruined bridges, washouts f "n disrupted rallro.id operations. . . ww Tho ttnvm Innlr llvs It-ntn New .1 Jersey inlo Canada, mcstly in j highway accidents. Eleclrosutlons ,(l.om jlnfj wir(!s and drownings accnuted for the others. The dentn jSl was: SHOOTING HOURS CALIFORNIA October 14 OPEN CLOSE 5:47 5:25 October 17 OPEN CLOSE 5:47 5:25 , f. ' . ..j.