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Newspaper Page TextBy FRANK JENKINS On Its front page the other day, the Herald and News printed a 'picture o( a check changing hands. Over, the years, we have printed many such pictures so many. in fact, that our newsroom has come to frown on them In a mild sort of way. In the dally life of an American community, no transac tion Is more common than a check passing from one hand to another. : In our profession, you know, there is a shibboleth to the effect that when a dog bites a man it Jsn't news but when a man bites a dog it's hot stuff. Hits man-bites dog dogma is akin to the proverb: "VARIETY, is the spice of life." Both arise out of the fundament al human fact that when a man's wife feeds him precisely the same dinner menu seven days in a row he is apt to display signs of bore dom. Our news room leans to the be lief that this principle applies in the case of pictures. They "ain't ,sood," it thinks, when there is Uodriuch sameness about them . But this particular picture was little different. Among other '. things, it dramatized a fact in our ' modern economy and our mod- . ern politics that deserves more - intelligent thought than it is get ting. The good-looking, well-tailored . gentleman who was handing over the check was Tom Mccarry, aus- ,'trict freight and passenger agent 'of the Southern Pacific Company. .The ruggedly handsome recipient ' was "Red" Britton, the typically Western sheriff of our own typical ly Western Klamath county. The check was written for the "rather considerable sum of $472, 283.98. . -' It represented the Southern Pacific company's property taxes in 'Klamath county for the period of one year, '.: Hee's the tiolitical point: "V. Stippose the GOVERNMENT -earned the railroads as many advocate. Well, in that event THERE .- WOULD HAVE BEEN NO TAX - CHECK FOR KLAMATH COUN TY. . . There is a lot of fancy talk 'these day- about the government doing ev;ythlng for everybody ... But i ' ' onVTCBNMENT PAYS NO LO- : CAT. TAXES. .,- It leaves that for EVERYBODY . ELSE to do. One more word about this ceck: It was for I472.2B3.sb. -mat. is shade under HALF A MILLION dollars. Half a million dollars add ed to the taxes they already pay would be quite an item to the lax payers of Klamath county. Keen this in mind: If the Southern Pacific Company hadn't paid it, the rest of us would had to pungle up the difference. . That's what government owner ship of the railroads would mean to Klamath, county. , It's what government ownership of ANYTHING means to ANY county. Late Major Grid Scores Lower Columbia 39 Oregon Tech 18 Pittsburgh 26 West Virginia 7 Stanford 44 Oregon 7 Oregon State California 14 16 UCLA 19 Washington 17 Texas Christian 47 Texas 20 Illinois 17 xWisconsin 14 Ohio State 20 Iowa 10 Maryland 25 Clemson 12 Princeton 13 Yale 0 , Navy 47 Columbia 0 Notre Dome 27 North Carolina 7 Michigan State 42 Minnesota 14 Nebraska 37 Colorado 20 : : ,ggrtw?-' ' - " , ' V-f 1 I Price 10 cents iZ Page . . i . . KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1955 Telephone 1111 No, mi Earth Slide Claims Two In Quebec NICOLET. Que. Wl An earth fllde swept part of the Catholic Bishops palace, a seminary, two homes and a garage into the Nico- let River Saturday. Two persons wore reported killed and a teach ing brother was missing Saturday nignt. Bishop Albertus Martin and his staff were reported to have es caped just before the landslide ripped through the palace and dropped part of it into the water. The cause of the slide was not known immediately. It was specu lated, however, that the presence of heavy road-building macninery on the riverside road may cave been a contributing factor. The buildings had stood on top of a steep river bank. One of the collapsed homes caught file in shallow water and a bridge on the riverside road was damaged. Councilman E. E. Mercier of tlv nearby village of St. Gregoire said searchers told him they recovered two bodies and believed another person was killed. Rescue workers said a mass of earth 800 x 200 feet in area slid into the river along with an ad joining park area 150 feet frontage. Nicoiet is a larm aud commer cial town of 3.751 people, about mid way between Quebec and Mont real. Councilman Mercier said search ers told him the recovered bodies were those of a baby and Mrs. Bolsvert. The missing man was one of 10 religious brothers living at the scminaiy. . The town's Catholic Church ap peared also to be in danger of toppling into the liver. ; The pootoffice and a bank, both near the river, were ordered closed because it was feared a possible luriher slide would take them The buildings that were toppled down the bunk were crushed and broken. Some were reduced to splinters.. Trees' and ,L.;4oas,,oneri uuiuinuone wei(svepL aiunir in inc slide. Tl,e auto came to rest in the rivtr with the top above wat er. The occupants are believed to have escaped. Timber Group To Be Heard When two congressional commit tees open a one-day hearing here Tuesday to determine the impact Lnf government timber policies on me economy of the Klamath Ba sin, the Industrial Forestry Associ ation will be represented by a group of experts. The hearing In the Veterans Memorial building will be conducted by Senator Richard Neuberger, Oregon: Senator George Malone. Nevada, and congressmen Earl Chudoff, Pennsylvania: Robert H. Mollahan, West Virginia: Charles Jonas, North Carolina, and Clare Hofiman, Michigan. Robert Hancock, public relations director for the Industrial Fores try Association, which represents lorest-owiiers. loggers and wood users, said the organization will give .ill possible assistance to the congressional investigators.' 'Our memoers, ' Hancock ex plained, "not only manage their own forests for permanent opera- lion but buy some timber from the national forests. Therefore, we are interested In seeing govern ment forests under the best possi ble management." A strong dclegption of Klamath Indian Reservation leaders elso plans to testify at the hearing. Representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and other civic organi sations also will be heard. West Renews Mid - GENEVA -iiW The U n 1 1 e d States and Britain Satuiday won French agreement for swilt and; vigorous Western action against' ed: any slaty thpl starts a new war in! France served notice she has re lhe Middle Ea.vt. 1 1 limed thlpmc.it of unfilled arms Inlormcd sources said France ac - cepted American and Briton pro posals for putting '"em into tne hree countries isjo pieage to guard tlie peace of Ule Middle East. Tne proposals envisage tne pos ible Imposition of diplomatic, eco- i.omlc and certain military sanc- lions, bRcked if neccsaiy by air:eral major arms contracts con and naval blockading action.' eluded some time ago with Egypt, against an aagre-'sor. The equipment she intends to send Secretary ol State John Foster, Dulles and Foreign Secretary Ha-ready have paid include aircraft rold MacMlllan. alter a 90-mlnute : and two destroyers now being re meeting with Roland drt M.irjEcrlc ; frlted. of Franc, were said also to have! Britain is planning to siipply new rgrcea to coordinate their policies more closely in Mideastcrn affairs. , Zh ha lha ftimmnn aim nt ousting Kremlin influence from the area. De Margerle sat in tlie ab- sence of Foreign Miniver AnUhne Plnay. who was in Paris lor t vl'r.1 Assembly session. The' move to coordinate Western policies came as the tempo of the V: V, mm . mt. i 1 t A UNITED FUND-RED CROSS "VICTORY BROADCAST" Friday night. ended with a final report of $120,000 and a prediction of $9,000 to corns through' cleanup operations. Originating from the offices of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., the program was aired over both KFJI and KFLW. Plans for the program were made by a committee including (from left! Wing Commander Bob Beach, emcee Ben Kerns, KFJI Manager Alan Abner and KFLW Manager Harold "Bud" Chandler. Ike Takes Up Putter Again j . WASHINGTON (in President Eisenhower got in a little putting on a White House green Saturday for the first time since his Sept. 24 heart attack. And he made plans to open an office next week in downtown. Gettysburg, Pa., , pear his farm. . . , ' TneTresldent'weht out onto fli'e green on the south lawn of tne mansion shortly after aides report ed him "feeling fine" on this first full day back at the White House. Tlie aides said the chief execu tive putted only a couple of times, then sat in a chair in the yard for more than an hour soaking up the warm autumn sun. So far as Is known Saturday was the first time he had a golf club in his hands since Sept. 23, the day before his heart attack. He was accompanied Saturday by his son. Army Maj. John S. Elsenhower, who also got jn a bit of golf prac tice. After trying a couple of strokes, the President sat and watched John. Long range photographs taken during the afternoon showed the president witn a ciud cocicca over his right shoulder. But presidential associates said the President ap narently was just getting the "feel" of the club that he actually hit no long or middle-range shots. Press Secretary James C. Hag- erty announced that the President and Mrs. Elsenhower will drive on Monday to their country home on the edRe of Gettysburg, where there will be a quiet observance of the first lady's 59th birthday, Elsenhower, who checked out of a Denver hospital Friday after sev en weeks of convalescence from & heart attack, plans to spend about six weeks building up his strength at his farm. But the Whit House made it clear that at Gettysburg the doc tors plan to permit a steady but gradual increase in the President's governmental activity. Elsenhower's Gettysburg office will be on the first floor of the post office, in the postmaster's quarters, and he probably rill meet his first official visitors there Tuesday morning. I East-West arms race In the Middle r East seemed to heighten. These developments were report- ; orders including Jet fighters to ord Eg) gypt. which also Is taking in mll- :taiy supplies from the Soviet bloc. France and Red Poland, accord ing tn tnfrirmnntji here, are ne gotiating w ith Syria for new arms I contracts. Britain also intend to fulllll rev- along-for which the Egyptians si- r.rmor to Jordan and Iraq -both technically at war with Israel. 1 THm tTnltl Btala Ik xllll k-bHv i to consider a new llxi of defensive armaments which Israel claims she ; i.eeds to offset the Red supplies Cyprus. Inluiniuiils said they would Thiee Koreans convicd of lead lion Inr in to her bitterest Arab be available to back up any de-ilnr a group ol terrorists to at 1 inemy ESvpi. the British andtsslon the Wecrn powers mien'.! lark a Taruu new-paper weir French are still ready to :ell some - limited arms supplies to Israel, too. -) r -( ri --t K.- SHOOTING HOURS OREGON November OPEN 6:24 13 CLOSE 4:48 . November 14 OPEN CLOSE 6:25, 4:47 CALIFORNIA November 13 OPEN CLOSE 6:22 4:47 November 14 OPEN CLOSE 6:22 4:47 Crater Reports Coldest Night Friday night was the coldest night j so far this year at Crater Lake, National Park with a low of dc- grces reported by the ranger sta - tion. Temperature had raised t0 10 degrees by 8 a.m. Salurdry ano 11 inches of new snow had fallen overnight, bringing the total on tin grouna to 12 inches. It was still snowing in the park Saturday afternoon, with a light, powdery sncw falling. Highway 62 through the park was reported very slippery and abrasive snow tread tiros or chains were advised. The road from Annie Springs to the rim was closed Saturday fore noon but was expected to be opened later Saturday or by Sun day morning. The rangers eject ed the warming hut to be open over the weekend. East Vow Dulles, Mnc.Mlllnn and I)e Mnrg- erle decided Saturday against send ing any new weapons to Middle Eastern countries without firs', consulting each other. Tnat, they believe, will enable them more effectively to live up to one part of their 1950 declara tion which binds thsm to try to maintain an even balance between Israel and her Arab adversaries. The Western three In 1950 pledged to act both "within ano out-slde the United Nations" against rny Middle Eastern aggressor na - tier. i NBC broadcast a dispatch from It now presumably Is tne West t ; Robert Llndlrv. Its Buenos Aires intention to tell tl.e Arabs end' leporier. wing: "The new itovcrn Jews the three-power declaration : mpnt m Alpniln, , Bbout lo .ndou')tedlv will be a.vokcd agains- , r hH ,itr,AY ,,Pn, P,M. rny augrcs.-or who scM.'uMv llout.t'rirnt hnntull d)Mim.arcd and the Lniu-d Nations arm.stire , Sui,lcmP Cmm ,n() ,ne C,0. Th United States and Billain h ' ., in Ih fa Uari ltn n n Ylrttoit also has a fire brigade miillarv :orc, including paratroopers. In lake to halt, or shorten, new light- i Jig. ' Final UF-RC Report Given Klamath County's Operation Fair Share tne 1956 United Fund Red Cross diiw scored a coiv dltlonal victory Friday night when Wing Commander Bob Beacn an nounced a total report of H20,O00 at the cldse of the' "Victory complelo coveraijc of certain areas which, have not reported full par ticipation, Is imminent. He ?aid nqiiadrnn leaders had pledged themselves to complete contracts In their divisions, j "When their - work is nmsnea. he taruct will be reached," Beach ald. Reports are pending in a lew residential arens. business cate gories and some county commun ities. Beach said. "We will continue to work toward raising the full $129. 627 goal In a cleanup operation from the areas that have not com pleted all of their contracts. I With Increased youth programs, services to the Air Force person nel, and the extension of YMCA to the OTI campus, the $129,627 goal represents pared-down needs. During the broadcast, various squadron leaders were Interviewed nnd names v.-ere read ol lirms whose employes have mane out standing contributions thiough the payroll deduction plan. The bior-dcast originated In tne offices of the Pacific Telephone jand Telegraph Cnnipnnv and was nlred over both KFJI and KFLW. Bincce was urn Reins. New Crisis Hits Argentina BUENOS AIRES W A split In Argentina's post-Peron government touched oil widespread reports Saturday nigh! that a crisis threat ens the provisional .regime. Tlie crisis came less than eight weeks after the dictatorship of Junn D. Peron was overthrown. Illnh army officers were report ed conferring Saturday night at lhe 1st Infantry regiment head quarters, at the Campo de Mayo and In the Army Ministry, Inform ants - said another meeting was held at the Navy Ministry. Provisional President Eduardo Lonardl was said to be at the 1st Infantry headquarters for some un announced reason. Hundreds of demonstrators marched down the Avenue de Mnyo shouting against "Nazis," The division in the young govern ment apparently is between right wing nationalists and middle road era. Lnnardl dropped attorney Eduar do Busso Raturdny as his minist er of Justice and Inlerlor. The move was regaidrd by auuiorita- j (ivR obaervera as a victory lor jRoinnll ct,oiic Influence: :o. IC'TKM TAtGU, South Korea if) i entenccd faturday to ilx to eight I months imprisonment. . Envoys G ive Arms Pledge Talks In UN GENEVA Wl Russia and the western, powers revived the "spirit of Geneva" Saturday with an ex change of promises to carry on their disarmament negotiations in the United Nations and seek a global end to war. The Big Four foreign ministers expressed these common disarma ment viewpoints in a session dedi cated to finding a hopeful closing communique for a conference all but wrecked by East-West dif ferences: 1. Not only atomic war as Rus sia first suggested but all kinds of war for aggression should be outlawed. 2. Not only the amount of atom ic weapons, but of all kinds of weapons should be reduced. 3. All atomic powers-should con tinue the search for scientific tech niques which would enable a se cure international control to be es tablished on atomic weapons. 4. The United Nations disarma ment subcommittee, which includes the Big Four powers plus Canada, is the proper body to pursue the whole disarmament problem, pend ing another foreign ministers con ference expected to be held next spring. 5. Both Russia and the West want a broad program of disarmament; though they are as yet in disa greement on the first step. 6. Both the Eisenhower plan for "open skies" . and the Bulganln plan for reciprocal ground control posts in key centers are not dead, despite Initial rejection in the dis armament debate here. Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov, obviously aware that the Eisenhower plan still appeals to peace-hungry millions around the world, modified Saturday his form-; erty bitter objections. ' - "The Soviet delegation under cer tain conditions," he said, "poltlv(. ly reacts to the U.Sm-oposal for I alv.acC0(nat,ssnitp4 . antl 'exchange '1 of "military blueprints.!'-. , ' Lake Uranium Owners Listed GRAND JUNCTION. Colo, in Colorado and Texas interests are developing Oregon's Lakcview uranium strike. Vance and Dr. Garth Thornburg of Grand Junction, reported Fri day, that they hold a quarter Inter est In the development. They listed the other owners as Clint Murchi son, Sid Richardson and Ferry Bass, Texas oil opera ton. The Thornburgs and the Texa.', interests also are developing the Los Ocho mining properties In Sauuache County, Colo. The Lakevlew Mining Co., which has been operating the Oregon de velopment, has invested $9,(KK1 In the mine to date. Three carloads of ore have been shipped from the property to the Vitro plant si Salt Lake City, the Thornburgs said. They added that the firm hopes to find sullicitnt ore to erect a uranium mill at the Oregon site. A minimum of 150.000 tons of ore is required, they said. v- ;""5r izifF Vf-t: - -Jsjwvl..j . -e.T "i?' j'Ai M l . - ROOM WIELDER Robert Green hit the tidewelk early Satur day morning following the niqht't mow. Robert it the ton of Mrt. Eva Green, proprietor of the Cottage Cafe, 202 North Fourth. , Freezing Weather Kills five Persons By THK ASSOCIATED rRESS A sub-freezing mass of cold air, winter's first onslaught, clung like a mantle to a totally unprepared Faciflo Northwest Saturday, At least five deaths were attri buted to the weather and the stormy Pacific claimed the 128 foot tuna, clipper Ocean Pride off Oregon's Cape Lookout. The Ocean Pride's 13 crewmen were removed safely. The cold front, sweeping in from the North Pacific, sent the mer cury skidding from Oregon to British Columbia Friday. The weatherman warned more was on the way. Tlie mass of cold air was fol lowed by gale winds which whipped up mountainous waves on the Pa cific, the Strii it of Juan de Fuca and Pugct Sound. Bclliugliaiii, Wash., recorded winds up to 80 miles an hour Fri day. Vancouver, B.C.. was lashed by 71 m. p h. winds. Ferry service on Puget Sound was disrupted by winds of 60 miles an hour. The Coast Guard at Seattle re ported that many small boats were torn loose from their moorings on Pugct Sound. Fifty small boats were set adrift in the Vancouver. B.C.I harbor alone. The Ocean Pride, limping toward port some 30 miles off Cape Look out in the company of the Coast Guard cutter Yocona. suddenly plunged to the bottom. The Yocona took her crewmen aboard. Along with the Sun Dlrgo-owncd Hubcap Thief Strikes In KF Twenty four hubcaps were taken afternoon and-evenlng of Veterans T ".L",, n h 6 T ' n, iri.m.ih w.ii- nnlir. lrll14 lhe coldest in the 64 years today. Most of the hubcaps were taken during the hours of darkness, but at least one set was taken In the middle of the afternoon, according to the police report. At lhe sairy' time, police said that It was difficult to identify hubcap when It Is found because manufacturers do not put any numbers on tliem. They said that If autoisis were to put some form or permanent marking on tne n- ",rlrK?-': "'.'"'l " smo m moil .miuvniis, nireis WOUUJ iiuiui.i mo V-.ui.m- ?-SHSL. - Cm" llAfan hp liiftullflr-ri' '' A-'rl lh' now HW c(0K'Cirhh'ot be identified and it la difficult to build a case against the thief, in vestlgutois said. . ' ' Modern hubcaps are expensive, and make an attractive; target for thieves, police said, and anytnlng which can be done to the caps to make them less attractive would be an aid In cutting down these thetts. Persons who had cups takem over the holiday were Mrs. R. J. Kraft, 504 Jelferson Street, lour caps: Lester C. Offlcld. 423 North Seventh Street, four caps; W. H. Colton. 104 High Street, two cups: Al Longe, 309 Washington, four caps: Jim Wilson, 2.120 Orchard, four caps; C. J. Hall, 522 Pacllic Terrace, four caps, and Louie Mogallanes. 614 North. Third Street, two caps. . Wcatlior FORKCAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Mostly cloudy with occa sional snow beginning before noon Sunday, rlrarlng partially with scattered flurrlea Sunday night and Monday. Continued cold. High both days 18-10. Low Sunday night aero to 15 above. Illth yesterday . Low last night boat, some 180 tons of fish were lost. There was no estimate on the worth- of the ship or her cargo. The Yocono headed for Astoria. An elk hunter. RalDh T. Kulil. 96, of Tacoma. died when a wind- - toppled tree fell on the trailer in which he was sleeping 30 miles west of Yakima, off the White Pass Highway. Leter Monett. a companion also from Tacoma, es caped. Traffic accidents claimed the lives of John Downle, 16, Seattle; Merlyn Plumb, 23, Greenacres (Spokane County); and Mike J. Malickl, 52. Seattle. Downle died when tlie Jeep in which he was riding overturned In snow east of Enumclaw. Two others in the skiing party escaped serious injury. Plumb was killed when in an' auto-truck crash on an ice-slick highway in the Spokane Valley. Malickl lost his life when tiie car In which he and two other men were riding skidded out of control and plunged into the Tye River five miles east of Skyko mish. The others escaped but Ma lickl was trapped in the car. In Oregon, Rollo F. Axley, 61, of Portland, was listed as an in direct victim of the weather. He died of a heart attack as he put chains on his car at Government Camp near Mt. Hood. SEATTLE TEMPERATURE Seattle had a midday tempera ture reading of 19 Friday, the low- " est ever recorded for Nov. 11. At 6:30 a.m. Saturday and mercury dipped to 14 above at the Seattle Tacoma Airport, a record Novem ber low for the Seattle area. The previous low was 16 above set back in 1899. The Saturday plght forecast for the Seattle-Tacoma area is for a minimum of 14 to 18 again. Aberdeen reported an official low temperature of 17 In the early of weather records there for No vember. - A heart ' attack death was at tributed indirectly to the weather at Port Orchard. James Edward Johnson, 61. collapsed and died while attempting to anchor a board which had been blown loose from the side of a house. At least two houses In the Bre merton area were hit- by falling trees. No one was Injured. Belltngham..wtth its high winds contributing to the discomfiture ol 1 nttltwnn MmrfMl W 11 Wrl- dRV. ttm.V -MA rln hAM k 14. Several British Col im bl potnftr-'repoWed Buh-iscro tcrhper. mc icauiuKQ. .: .v. v PATTERN PREVAHL8 The' pattern prevailed through-. out the Pacific Northwest. , , . . The Weather Bureau in Seattle held hope early Saturday for a warming trend In Western Wash ington and Western Oregon Sun day. But more snow was expected late Saturday. Temperatures west of the Cas cades were expected to rante from 25 In the extreme northwest portion of Washington to 32 In Western Oregon. The low Satur day night for the same area was expected to range from IS to 24. East of the Cascades, the fore cast was for a low of 21 in East ern Washington and 26 in Eastern Oregon. Nighttime temperatures were expected to range between 9 to 15 in Eastern Washington and 0-15 In Eastern Oregon. Snow was expected to fn'.l !n both states east of the Cascades Saturday and Sunday, with possi ble rain showers In Eastern Wash ington. Chains, were required on all cross-Cascade passes still open. The Washington State Patrol, fear ing snow Saturday or Sunday, ap pealed to motorists to stay off the roads unless absolutely necessary. Man Missing In Snowstorm DENVER A near blizzard snowstorm swept over sections of Montana, Wyoming and Northern Colorado Satuiday. One man was reported missing. Two young Montana mothers, lost overnight in subzero temperatures, were found alive by searchers on snow-blanketed Cabinet Mountain, 20 miles south of Llbby, Mont. Etui Danslzen. 45, was reported missing in snow-covered Moun tain County In Wyoming. The Montana women, lost from a hunting party, were Mrs. Wil liam Thomson, 21. and Mrs. Don Thomson. 22. of Llbby. They failed to meet their husbands at the car Friday afternoon alter a day of hunting. Sheriff Ray Frost orgiinlzrd searching party which grew to 80 men Saturday. The women were rushed to a hospital. There was no immediate report on their condi tion or details of how they sur vived the night. Cut Bank, Mont., was tlie cold est spot in the United States Sat urday, hitting a low of 22 degrees below eero at 9 a.m. Unionvllle, near the slate capital city of Hel ena, reported 18 degrees below, while Helena was only 8 degrees warmer. A 20 m. ph. wind in near rem temperatures added to the discom fort of spectators at the Montana equate cnampionsnip prep t lootoau game at missouia. 8nowfalls up to 16 Inches were reported. The Wyoming capital of Cheyenne had a blanket of seven Inches. Nearly a foot fell in the Olacler National Park area and at Fraser, Colo., resort where Presi dent Elsenhower has done consid erable trout fishing.