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A SPOTLIGHT WAS TURNED on Klamath County Indian prob
lems by an Oregon Legislative Interim Committee which
opened public hearings in the Klamath County Library Thurs
day morning. Many federal, state and county officials were'
slated to testify before the committee. Members of the com
mittee are shown listening to testimony from Mrs. Altha
The 1
Day's Jeivs
By i'KAXK JENKINS
As mentioned here before, the
underlying philosophy of the Cali
fornia state park system is to
make more easily available to the
people of a slate that is growing
more rapidly than any other state
of the Union, whose cities arc
spreading out over the surround
ing' countryside at a rate that is
jiothintr less than amazing, the ma
jesty and the beauty o( the great
outdoors.
It is an inspiring1 philosophy. It
a REASONABLE philosophy.
The beauties of nature have an
tmHftins quaiiiy. They tend to
raise man up out of his pettier
moods. Who can stand beside a
rushing, clear river cr a placid
lake or in the presence of a shin
snowpeak or in the awesome
sbnriows of a redwood forest, with
the sunshine filtering down througli
the mighty trees without thinking
better thoughts and planning bet
ter deeds? t
Few of us, indeed.
But
Man is a strange animal.
For example:
In the heart of the lovely Hum
boldt Redwoods state park, there
is a new and shiny plaque com
memorating the gift of a million
dollars by John B. Rockefeller to
the Sifye the Redwoods League,
whone elfoi towim"'er been responsi
ble in a large way for the preser
vation of so many thousands of
acres of these magnificent trees
for the enjoyment ot future gen
erations. Tie reason for the new and
fhiny plaque is that a year or so
aco sonic character with a high
power cci rillc stood in front of the
old plaque, there in the shadow o.r
these spirit-uplifting giants, and
mx it so full of holes that if
looked more hke a colander than
a commemorative Inscription.
The pattern oi the bullet holes
indicated that he wasn't even using
ii for a target to sharpen up hie
marksmanship. He was just DE
STROYING bGinething.
Here's another one for the book:
Not too long ago, a party oi
people camped for the nUht in
cue of '.nese paiks in the heart
of the 8 rent outdoor.!. They bought
a standard package oi luel at tht
park headquarters and with it they
cooked their evening meal. As the
shades ol night iell, they wanted
the cheering light of a fire as
nlio doesn't, out in the big woods.
but tht-y didn't want to buy any
morp fuel. So they took axes and
nent over to the building thai
houses the shower baths for the
um of the public and chopped
down a couple ol th? pui -uuons
and used ihe wieckagc to replen
ish their fiie.
It takct nil kind1- of people to
make a world.
In Mendocino county, sown of
the heavier crouih.t of redwoods.
there is & linv ureik beside Hiyh
v,iiy 101. I is a pleasant hulc
ic'ilc running between creeu
b.tnk. Beside it Is a soda spiinc
People brina lemons there to make
lemonade villi this nature's bounty
of pj'.ikims vatci. For all I know,
they may bring !irevatr to make
h.':hbalb, 'out that is beside the
poir.t.
The point is that beiween 'the
crek and the loi.d there is a lhtle
ih't beneath a spreading tree an
UlC'l Aa;. mcic stopping place. The
ruhbish ant. il.e litter in the li 1 11
Hat are jad enough, but when you
look over the br.nk. down toward
the creek, you iret the lull jolt.
It lb a mass ot discarded paper,
melon rlr.d.v chicken bones, paper
cat tons and ever; thing that people
throw oy.
People, t.i'en as a xhole, arc
WONDERFUL.
Put there arc sUanye and in
comprehensible individuals among
General Clarifies
KF Base Rumor
PORTLAND The Air Foice
does not plan to move s fiKhter
imerceptor squadron from Port
land to Klamath Falls, a rumored
recently. MaJ. Gen. Rov Henry
The commander of the Western
Air T-V . . .'
iri.icii.-fc rune stu nrw unit
will be yet up to man the Klamaih
Falls ba,se when the base is ready
for e, probat)!;-- next spring.
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Indian Welfare
Discussed At
By LVLE DOWNING
A sweeping1 Investigation
Klamath County welfare problems
resulting from Federal Public Law
587 which provides for termination
of federal Jurisdiction over the
Klamath Indian Reservation was
launched here Thursday by an
Oregon Interim Legislative Com
mittee. Hearings to -which federal, state
and county officials have been
summoned to testify concerning
Indian affairs opened at 9 a.m.
in the Klamath County Library.
The legislative committee In
cludes: Representative Leon S.
Rumors Keep
London Agog
LONDON (UPV Duty called
Princess Margaret again today.
And for the second day, Group
Capt, Peter Townsend went horse
back riding at Epsom. They had
not seen each other since Tuesday
night,.,. , . ; ,
Bul'lh'cfe was enough imder
surface activity to keep romantic
Britons speculating about the prog
ress of their courtship.
Prime Minister Anthony Eden
called his attorney general from a
courtroom appearance, apparently
to give urgent advice to' the Cabi
net. It immediately was specu
lated that the advice ml3.1t have
to do with legal steps necessary ii
Margaret does decide- she will
override opposition Iroin church
rind family and marry Townsend.
"I have been sent for and
required immediately. Attorney
General Sir Reginald Mar.ningham
Buller said, breaking oif m iie
middle of a legal argument he was
niRkine lor the crown before the
Queen's Bench Court.
Then the attorney general hus
tled lrom the law-courts through
rain straight to No. 10 Downum
Street and entered the Cabinet
session.
The Rev. C. O. Rhodes, editor of
the Church of England newspaper,
wrote in a dispatch for the United
Press that the church itself is di
vided on whether a divorced per-;
son. such a. v, Townsend, might re- j
marry. $ 1
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THREE MILLS SCHOOL STUDENTS were on their way to
school thij morninq when the ? o'clock photographer stopped
them. They ere, left to right, Gary Burrell, 138 South Eldorado,
second grader; Susanna Akint, second grader, 136 South Eldo
rado; and Sherry Burrcll, seventh grader, 138 South Eldorado.
Urquhart, Klamath County welfare director; members of the
committee, seated left to right, are: Senator Francis Siegler,
Corvallis; Representative Leon S. Davis, Hillsboro, chairman;
Representative Gust Anderson, Portland ,and Representative
Jean L. Lewis, Portland. The hearings will end Friday afternoon.
Davis, Hillsboro, chairman; Sena
I tor Francis Ziegler. Corvallis; Rcp-
Of i rrtspntfltivf Jfan T.pu-is. Pnrtlmiri
Senator Donald R. Husband. Eu-1
gene, and Representative Gust An-!
acrson. Portland. Anderson is also
secretary of the Portland Central
Labor Council.
First witness called was Fred
Peterson, chairman of the Klam
ath County Welfare Commission.
He told the committee it will be
necessary for the Mute to increase
its contribution to Klamath County
welfare.
Peterson added that the' -welfare
load this county will have to carry
as a result of liquidation of the
reservation will depend largely on
how well the former Indian wjrds
of the government handle their
funds.
Mrs. Altha Urquhart, Klamath
County welfare director, was next
called to outline problems created
by the termination law.
Mrs. Urquhart emphasized that
Indians have never been excluded
from assistance by her department.
However, she added, prior to De
cember, 1953, no Indian assistance
was given because the Indians had
better resources than provided by
public standard;. -
" AccordingTrf?Sfrqtii1iai,t, Ihe
welfare picture changed in the
county in December, 1953 when
GAVE!59
Those listed lictow have siven
SI 00 or more to the I nited Fund
during the Advance Gifts period
notv under way. By dome so,
they qualify for membership in
the Order of Leaders and Build
erg of the Basin, a select group
that is expected to tahe an active
part in the future in the new pe
riod f economic development of
the Klamath Basin that is just
bcfjinniiif.
1H4. StHnsfiler and O'Neill Whole
salers l(J5. ticorgp P. Davis
166. R. It. Macartney
COUNTY BASIN BUILDERS
Hi. Mr. and Mrs. Scth lUxon
11. Gilchrist Lumber Co.
18. V. W. Gilchrist
19. Johnson Stock ( .
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roblems
Hearing
jurisdiction over Indians was
sumed by the circuit court,
that time the state accepted
5-ponsibiliiy tor 20 Indian children
in foster homes.
Since that time, the welfare dl-!in Siskiyou Count v would be made ( with agricultural progress, artic
lector explained, her agency hasjfrom the Kkmath River between jularly in the potato industry hi
given assistance to 198 Indians and ! Keno, Ore, and Klamath Falls, the Redmond-Madras district for
incurred an overall expenditure of ore. many years, was owner of the
&10.904.39. The welfare unit oper-j The compact would estabibh m Deschutes Grain and Seed Com
ates on 70 per cent state funds and: system ot pi iorit.es for water use. pany for 20 years before it waa
30 per cent county funds.
After Mrs. Urquhart finished her
statement, Martin N. B. Holm, as
sistant area director for the Bu
reau of Indian Affairs. Portland,
was called to testify. He furnished
statistical information pertaining
to the Klamath Tribe which Indi
cated when the liquidation is com
pleted that each Indian on the
tribal rolls will receive approxi
mately &30.000 for his share in
the tribal assets.
Holm said the tribal holdings
comprise 867,000 acres ot which
745. COO acres is timberland and
122.000 acres have grazing and
other values. Of the timberland:
592.000 acres have commercial
value and 153.000 acres are listed
as beinp non-commercial. The
commercial timber includes 111,000
acres of.. virgin unoul and.tlic, bx-I-ance
is eul.over land.- -
The federal official also fold the
cominillce that there are about
lainiiics on the reservation av-
eniHint; four members each. The
average income of these families
he said was S4.000 a year includ
ing per capita payments. He said J
tiis income compares favorably i
with the income of non-Indian fam
ilies in this area. j
Holm also slated that 3. per
cent ot the members of the Klam
ath Tribe are able to make a liv
ing without per capita payments;
20 per cent need some assistance
lrom per capita allowances and
45 per cent of the tribesman de
pend entirely on per capiia pay
ments lor iheir livelihood.
Before Hie session got under
way. Chairman Davis explained
(lie purpose oi the hearings wa-.
lo provide the interim committee
wnh inlormaiion on Indian prob
lems so it would be in a position
to make recommendations at the
next session of the legislature.
Other olfichrts walling lo testify
before the committee were: Cir
cuit Jiicipe David R. Vaildenberg.
Di.Mi-icl Attorney Richard Beesley.
County Juvenile Ofiicer P'ranci
Mathews and many other state,
county and ledcral representative-.
The hearinc; are .-.chedulcd to
terminate Friday alternoon.
Indian Bureau
Usis Ctewes
W ASIIINOIOW '.It Ilidll.il Com-tni.s.-ioii'ji-
Glenn I.. Emmons Wcd-
iiosdny iimounced new
'iiciH.i !'or tnc oil it i.i lr. oi
ainn Bmt.au.
1 he chaniis, ettce'lve
air;
avium
the In-
Jov,
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lOtulCi! Of tjl!1
Hnnitiji. Aiini:
1'CrtUtlnmn.
tipcrim
Miiine.-otn Aucacy
. will become i'Upcr-
intfntifr.t t P.nr Ridpe, S. 1). The
IMne P. ia .if? job hn;- bern vacant
Mute Bf::iiinmi llcifel was promol
rd 10 yu .. an rtiur at Al)ndcrn.
IJ . in Auu.-l.
, , 'c::ci-..ll "A' . P.tiint i . supenn
. .,.(!, oi Kl..niaili A'irnc... Ore.,
Hill i' pii:c Ki u.im.in al Bcnndjl.
Alhni V. Ctiilbraith. M.pei intend'
cut o; IiL .inll.i AfidH. . Dulc'. N.
M . will iuccttu Palmer at Klam
iitli C'ni Robert. -on. m.j)ci intfndfnt of
Rorij..d A4 nt'. 6. D , will re
il irp (jitlt)i i.nh at JiCiii illn.
Or:'!uin Hohnr . pmxiRin oificer
of .hf At)f ni en hi 'a oilier, v. ill
h rlriautd to Rosebud a-t actinjf
upei uiLeMdrnt
( OMMl NIsT RltO.MX AST
TOKYO i' Pripn,, Rydlo said
Ih'i: i'iv C'oniniii'ii.i Chme.-e
"vn!llii'r'?r" lorrr ecrmarkrd
lor Miii,i..w.tl fiom Noith Korea,
tia r e rctui tird to China . Pciping
sptid hm month thit Red China,
uo.ld p. ill out 5ix diviMor, ap-,
proximately &C.00O men, this
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KLAMATH KA1.I.S, CRKUON,
Price Five Cent 3 Pages
Boards Okay
Final Water
Pact Draft
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (UP A
final draft o. an Interstate compact I
establishing a priority system for
sllocaiion of Ih5 watcis of fhei
Klamath Balii was adopted late
yesteroay by a joint commission.
"It is a good, workable com
pact,'' Bert Phillips, chairman ol
! the California Klamath River Com
mission, and Nelson Reed, chair.
mar. of the Oregon Commission,
said. . .
The contpany was designed to
provide, water for :iOO.OOO acres ol
potentialiy irrigable lana outside
the Klamath Protect of the Bureau
of Reclamation. Some 200.000 acres
were in California's Siskiyou Coim-, member cf Ihe Oregon Potato
tv tnd the remainder in Oregon. Commission ar.d well-known ranch
Th; two chairmen said the com " of Central Oregon, will be
"pact provic-.es allocation of water,Kesi spoaKei at tnc annual Klam
,e;on the basis of three acre feet of th Basin Potato Festival banquet
water per acre of land per year,
Tile diversion for the Butte Vallev
First priority was given domestic j sold to ihe Paciitc Supply Cooper
fend municipal use. Irrigation wasiative now .operating in the Klam-
second; recreation, third; Indus -
tiial, fourth; power, fifth; and alljTulelake.
other beneficial uses were given
sixth prisruy .
Allocation of tne water would be
miner the control of a permanent
seven-member Klamath Commis-
ion. Tne commission would con-
sist of the Male engineers of each
stale, Uvo
each state.
commissioners from'
and a non-voting fcd -
eral representative.
Upon his return to Klamath Falls
Reed said that the group also pre
pared the text of a letter to the
California Oregon Power Company
outlining their Interpretation of ihe
letter written to the commissions
by Codco guaranteeing non-project
Irrigation water right priorities.
- Tne- text of 'Ihe letlor was with
held pending Copco's answer.
The original lcticr was designed
fo reassure members of fhe com
missions that there would be suf
ficient.' water for Irrigation of land
outside of the Klamath Reclama
tion Project.
California commissioners al a
lomt meeting of the commissions
in Klamath Tails last week Hull
cnted they felt that the power
company should rewrite lis lelter
because It contained "ambiguities."
This, Copco vice president and gen
eral manager John C. Boyle re
fused to do. saying the letter was
a "matter of public record."
Boyle and Ihe commissioners
agreed lhat the commissions would
write a letter lo Copco outlining
their interpretation, and that Ihe
power company would then indi
cate whether or not the commis
sion interpretation coincided with
the company Interpretation.
Fair Share
Report Given
Operation Fair Share was Ml .
407.70 toward its target of l'.'!l,027
followlnc tiv Thursday noon
United Fund-Red Crors report
meeiinc at Ihe Wineina Hotel.
Diiriiit the nieeliii'. Mi's. F.url
Sheridan. pi'L'-ld. nt ol the Kluiii
aih Cntmty tjllit.'d FMno Hoard,
de 1'i'beu the ivoi: ol Orevon
Cues', a'.-.-'icies In Portland v.hii'h
she vMted nt her own rspense
las Atri!:-.
Mr... t-lio.-iJui rel-lid .evci'al
iiH'.!tlriil'. v.hk-i oeeuv ui.lly and
even hou'.'h' in Ihe I'hllri eare
ufiicki sc. v:d b." United Fund
which pinphasl.n the needs ml
lillcd by iialnrd and nli.nleel
worUrr.i with rhr supnort ol state
wide con:iibutions Ihrouiih Unl'ed
J'Vnti.
A note ol iiuinnr wrt Inje'eieil
in .he Mireltnr when .Inniei Hal
pole, 3ov Hcou, rxei'inive. Illllllled
a proini-e inr.de Weenie -Ofy and
ninde an apeaianee In hi --cout
shons ss soon as the drive hit
the sto.noo in.ul!
The noon report iin-etiui; 'vill
eoli'llule dully uivll Noveinber 1
el the Wineina Hotel, under the
dlreetion ol Wins Co.nri.in(l"r Bon
Beach who ilads Ihe drive
County P-l Teams
Get Sixth Place
Kli.m.i'li Coiiniy'H 4-H Club
stock tudvlnir te.nn. onfrrd t
tlw Paiiie Inlern:it:onal Mv-fn-k
Show nt pprth'iid Hit" "f'. ph'ft'd
'.i-;th ttmoir 54 rnmpl l!)'.' trpin.
Word oi 'li plu i-u n v reteivri
loday bv Franri.t ftkmnrr. cmint;
4-K "Ch'H l-ad'-i.
The v, lnninsr team inc luded Ro ;
nnne W ihon and Doua f'W.i 01
he Malm Bort Club i.d Anita
' Vaden ol Ihe Bonanza
B'-M Club
LeprlTs of th" Mahn Club r
Kail Wtl.son and Waynr K k. .Intiii
Hevden lead-f the Bonanza Club
The leant tudfd bcel, hottt nd
hep ano graded 10 steers lor
commetcial grade.
Tlll'RSUAV, OCTOM'.R 30, 1934
Telephone 8111
Weather
l'0i;i;CAST Klamath t ails and
viriniiy: Fair thrmich l-'rid,iy, I.nvv
Thursday nicht Ji. Ilifih I'rlday
tHi. Tult'lake low i6.
Hish yesterday l
laiw last night -T'reclp.
last 2! hour
rrcoiu. wince Oct. I
Same period last year
Normal for period
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James Short
To Address
Potato Fete
MERRILL James F. Short, Sa
lem, director. Oregon - Staic De-
I partment of Agriculture, cx-offlcio
i"1 Merrill, Friday,
October 21
-Short, uho has been identified
lath Basin at Klamath Falls and
He owned the Mile Away Ranch
nt Redmond which received recog
nition In national publications; he
developed one of the largest
herds ol purebred Shorthorns in
the state: nclced Dloneer the cer
lifted seed industry in Oregon anu
played a leading role In civic ac-
iiivtlles in the central pari of the
stale
Short served as representative
in Ihe Oregon Slate Legislature
for a time fiom tlrt? Deschutes
Lake district, served on the high
rchool.boaid of . directors at Red-
mond on the city council and the
alroort commission and functioned
on the selective service board dur
1nr World War II. He was also
f'lrrrttllent of the Oregon Soetl
League, stale-wide organization in
:n50.
He ''will be introduced at Ihe
banquet by George Milne, enicec.
for thj crowning ol Queen Lou
Ann Kandia of the loth annual
festival. Queen Lou Ann and mem
bers ol her court, princesses Judy i
Main. Tulclakc; Darlecn Daniels
Merrill: Sonya DcOrande, Henley
and Clatidctte shuck. Bonanza, wll!
enter the gvmnasium ol the Mer-.
rill grade school promptly al 7
p.m. Serving of tl-.e dinner will
immediately follow the coronation
ceremony. '
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DIGGING INTO THE SOCK to give to Operation Fair Share, Kent Perkins, young son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Perkins, 202 1 White Street, goes all-out in his support of the current United
Fund-Red Cross drive now in progress in Klamath County. Kent urged all eitiiens of the eounly
to look in their "socks" for contributions to the I9SS fund drive.
No. 3306
H. Theorell
Gets Nobel
Prize Honor
STOCKHOLM. Sweden l.fi The
1955 Nobel Prize In medicine was
awarded Thursday to Dr. Hugo
Theorell. a Swedish biochemist,
"lor his discoveries concerning Ihe
nature and mode of action of
oxidation enzymes."
He will receive a record Nobel
cash award equal to $36,720.85
along wllh his Nobel Insignia from
King Ouslaf VI Adolf at cere
monies here Dec. 16. The money
comes from a nine million dollar
foundation established by the will
of Alfred Nobel, Inventor of dyna
mite. The Swedish Academy of Litera
ture will choose the literary prize
winner Oct. 27. Physics and chem
istry winners will be selected by
Ihe Swedish Academy of Science
Nov. 3. A committee from Ihe
Norwegian Parliament selects the
peace prize winner.
Dr. Theorell, one of Sweden's top
biochemists, won the 1955 award
under a decision of fhe Caroline
Institute of Medicine. Earlier
ranking members of the awarding
body had indicated trial the selec
tion of Dr. Vincent du Vlgneaud
of Cornell University. New York,
was a foregone conclusion. Hie U.S.
biochemist ran a close second
last year when three other Amer
icans won the prize for their work
on polio.
The 52-year-old 8wedish scientist
devoted several decades to the
study of the enzymes, which serve
as lubricants in living organisms
by promoting chemical reactions
without being changed by them,
His. main works deal with the
nature of the so-called ."breath'
Irg," on oxidation, enzymes in the
living cell. ....
He won worldwide fame 20 years
ago by producing In pure crystal
line form Ihe so-called yellow
enzyme, which is active in tho
combustion of oxygen in living
cells.
SHOOTING HOURS
CALIFORNIA
October 20
OPEN CLOSE
3:51 5:20
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Officers Try
To Discover
Lost Clothes
CHICAGO (UPl Fifty police,
men today launched a house-by,
house, foot-by-foot search of a six.
block a;ea where they believe
three ycuutr boys were strangled.
They luiuied in garbage cans,
acant loia and alleys for clues to
the wanton murder Sunday night
ol Robert Peterson, 13. John
Echucsslcr. 13, and his 11-year-old
brother, Anion Jr.
The policemen hoped . particular
ly to find the hoys' clothing, which
had been .ripped off them, and the
tape which w.is used lo bind their
eyes aim mouths.
The boys' nude, mutilated bodies
were found Tuesday, thrown Into ft
lorcst preserve ditch like sacks of
potatoes.
The triple murder is one of the
most shocking crimes In Chicago's
history, but authorities are divided
i: bout the motive behind It,
DIFFERENT TIIF.ORIKS
Count;' officials, including
Sheriff Joseph Lohmun and Cor
oner Waller McCarron. have said
Ihe beys were probably murdered
by one of the teennged gangs that
roam the northwest side. But many
city oflicers say the motive is still
mystery and may have lis roots
in sex perversion.
A bus driver and a waitress
helped police to the conclusion that
the bovs were murdered some
place in the six-block area.
Bus driver Bruno Mencarini, 44,
was apparently the last person out
side of the killers to see the boys
alive.
He told police Wednesday night
tha'. the three boys boarded his
Milwaukee Ave. bus Sunday at
8:55 p.m. and got oif a few min
utes later. (
The waitress. Mrs. Elsie Wels
bergcr. 26. said the hoys ate a
hearty final meal between 5 and
6 p.m. at the C&L Restaurant, a
lavorlte teennged hangout. They
impressed her with their polite
ness, she said.
TOUGHS
Authorities working on the teen
Inged gang theory pointed out that
la band of voune toughs has been
i hanging out In the neighborhood.
It was theorized 'that one of the
murdolcd boys gave the hoodlums
a "smart answer" and a light
broke Milt... . .. - r
Despite Ihe widespread search
for clues, which Included 110 sol
diers Wednesday, police were yet
lo come up Willi any concreta
leads,
A stained sock and a lorn pair
of blue Jenns was found In a de
molished building near the spot
(where the ooys left Ihe bus. 'And
'witnesses rcpoiied seeing two "hot
lod" oars mid a dark blue sedan
In Robinson's Woods early Tues
day morning.
Bui Ihe slain boys' parents could
not identify the clolhing and there
was as yet no way of tracing the
suspicions cars.
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