Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, December 20, 1955, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCOdP 0 OP 03SG0N LIBRART EUGENE, ORE. D1 V mmm MAINTAINING A GRADE point average that must consistent ly hover around 1.5 is a difficult chore, but these Klamath Union High students have not only been able to remain in the . charmed circle, but have also been elected as officers of this year's National Honor Society, Klamath Union High Chapter. Grouped with adviser Orpha Hudson (left) are (left to right I In The- Day's lews Bv FRANK JENKINS Interesting news in these days when the politicians are going all out to make farmers feel sorry lor themselves: In the first ten months of 1955, Oregon's over-all agricultural rev enue was $309,956,000. This com pares with over-all agricultural revenue of S3O5,381,00O for the cor. responding period of 1954. That is a gain of $4,575,000. The figures were announced this morning by the U.S. department of agriculture. The announcement adds that 17 other states showed a gain in over-all agricultural rev enue. It is true that in 1955 farm prices have slipped off in Oregon and elsewhere. Bui In Oregon and 17 niha, etntu! ffrn.s.1 total vield has been inci easca enough to bring In more gross total income. How come? rko.. am.m,iV "'masOiKS. '1,111 chinery is one of them. Modern innchlnery enaoies uie unnu m increase his total production. Fer tilizer is another reason. Inlelli pent use of fertilizer enables the farmer to increase nis total pio duction. So do better farming methods better crop varieties, etc. There is another reason for the situation in this particular year. ? nnnaora f.-mM thp itpnfl rtllient of agriculture's report that 1955 r.as been wnai. we uu ,,. Tntal rrnn m-oduction over the country as a whole has almost equauea me hii-uinc iciuiu made in 1948. It is considerably above the yields of any of the last six years. That is to say, growing condi tions have been generally lavora ble. In total agricultural production, that is highly important. Let's cite an example: In the 20 years oi the Klamath county 4-H potato growing contest. AVERAGE gross production by the winners has been 439.8 sacks per acre. But in 1940 Paul Fairclo of Henley soared up to a fabulous gross total yield of 625 SACKS PER ACRE nearly 200 sacks above the 20-ycar nverago. He employed skill and good methods in growing his crop, of course.. But he must have been aided by good growing conditions My memory of thai year falls me. but it MUST have been a good growing year to produce a cropN that far above the average. To justify the use of the word "fabulous" in describing Paul's 1940 crop. I'd like to cite a com parison. I don't remember the exact year, but It was well ahead of 1940. As I recall it. Zuckeiman Bros conducted an experiment in that season down in the San Joa quin delta whose purpose was to find out how large a tonnage of potatoes could be grown on an acre of rich ground. They narrowed the Intel val be tween rows, in order to get more rows in an acre. They poured on the fertilizer without regard to dollar economics. They used all the watir Justified by experience atrain without regard io dollar re turns. As I remember it tthe writ-1 Ipn r.-nrH IM-.'t available at the momen.i their gross total yield was around 1140 bushels from an acre of ground. It was a wofld record. Reducing sacks to bushels. Paul Fairclo's 1940 yield was about 1040 bushels or Just under the world record established in a non-commercial experiment designed to achieve maximum production at any c.'st. Paul used strictly com meicial methods, with- standard width of rows, standard use of fertiliser, water, etc. Among other things, his record is j a t.ibute to the richness of Kl?m- nin I5F.MH MJll. Dill IIP IIIUJ, u r i o-eu coiiAiacrttpiy iieipcu bwj growing yeai. At any'rate, Oregon and 17 other states have apparently had good growing season this year and with the help of a good growing year they have been able to increase their Briv; arririilim-al income over last year. I Weyerhaeuser IW Union Accept New Company Pact PORTLAND If Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. CIO ' International Woodworker employes accemed a new contract by a margin of more than 9 to 1. the balloting commit tee reported Tuesday. It includes company-paid pension plan, one of the first In the industry. The committee said. too. that the plywood section of the union had also accepted a new contract. The Weyerhaeuser settlement, Snow Vehicle Gets Showing BOISE. Idaho Ml A vehicle that "screws" its way over deep snow is scheduled to show its stuff Saturday al Wallowa, . Ore. The machine called a "spiral track snow tractor" Is likely to revolutionize military'' tactics - In the aiclic, the-IdaJao MilUafy -Dt.v trict says. '' It ' was Invented by Leonard Ferguson of Wallowa and financed by M. Sgt. Junior Carper of the IMD in Boise. Most snow-traveling vehicles uti lize tank-type tractor treads, which distribute the weight of the vehicle and tend to keep it on top of the snow. But. Carper says, tread ve hicles will stall in snow more than five feet deep something the "snow-screw", won't do. Instead of tracks, the vehicle Is mounted on two revolving drums. Each of these is 11 feet long and 30 Inches in diameter. Welded to' the drums are spirallng cleats which make each cylinder look like a giant screw. The drums are mounted parallel to the direction of travel. Then, as they revolve toward each other, they "screw" the vehicle forward. The IMD says an experimental model weighing 2.600 pounds has operated at maximum efficiency in snow more than five feet deep. It travels 12 miles an hour and can climb a 20 per cent grade. Ferguson says'. Because Uie drums are hollow, the vehicle will float on water. On snow, the drums sink about six inches below the snow's surface. S5T $S?Zf? " "THAT'S WHAT I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS" was obviously the thought that was running through young Esten Hansen's mind when Herald and News photographer snapped him at the Payleis Drug Store Tuesday morning, Esten, four-years-old, is th son of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Brouillard, 2013 Whita Avenue. Bruce Henry, treasurer, Roger Bennett, vice president, Carolyn Plymale, president, and Sonja Baxter, secretary. The group is inspecting librarian Roy Tidwell's globe for a geographical area on the planet covered in a recent current event assignment. Miss Hudson is senior English instructor at KUHS. Photo by Dwayne Prather. covering some 7.000 men in Ore gon 'and Washington milts, is retro active to Dec. 1. It is a package of money and benefits which the union values at 22 ' cents an hour. The company ' has announced no cash value for the fringe benefits. Tills is the Weyerhaeuser settle ment, one of the series proposed by various employer groups well in advance of the spring contract expiration: A pay Increase of 4 per cent for all employes, a company-paid pension plan which be comes effective June 1. 1957: re duction of 200 hours in the require ment for vacations: improved holi day clause; expiration date of June 1, 1958 with wage reopening June 1, 1957. The union estimates the 4'j per cent pay increase at. 9 cents an nour, on an inausiry-witie average. The committee said 92 per cent of votes cast favored acceptance. The plywood settlement extends the contract to April, 1957. calls for more pay. Job classification in creases and a re-evo hMon- pro 'gram lor all Jobs' hi itnV-indusliy.' The union puts a value of 10 cents an hour on this package. SHOOTING HOURS OREGON ' December 21 OPEN CLOSE 7:01 4:37 CALIFORNIA December 21 OPEN CLOSE 7:02 4:37 Workers Give Israel Gifts ! NEW YORK The Inlernation : al Ladies Garment Workers Union ; has pledged. $1,100,000 for projects j in Israel, a gift which union Presi j dent David Dubinsky believes to I be the largest in labor history. I Dubinsky announced yesterday the union will give one million dollars in lour yearly installments for a 200-bed hospital near Beer sheba in tho Ncgev. Two other immediate payments of $50,000 each will go to complete a sports stadium at Haifa and to replace out-worn equipment at the Inter national Trade School there. Dubinsky said he expects union locals and Joint boards, represent ing 440,000 workers In the united States arid Canada,, to provide about half of the money from their treasuries. The . rest is to come from voluntary contributions by union members. : - - - J Girl -Wax 55 First Steps WEST ORANGE. N.J. The little blonde girl toddled slowly to ward the gaily decorated Christ mas tree her first steps with her artificial legs. And with these steps, the future looked brighter for 2-year-old Cynthia Ann Inman of Sherman, Texas, who was born without arms or legs. The. lesson in learning how to use the artificial limbs was a special present for Cindy, as she is called, and for her mother, Mrs, Vlda Inman, 31. At most. Cindy took only four or five steps at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation here yesterday. But it was enough for a start, and enough to spark the hope that she won't grow up helpless. The people of Sherman have the gratitude of Mrs. Inman for their contributions to a "See Cindy Walk" fund. This is Cindy's fourth trip to the Institute. She'll return with her mother when Cindy is 31 2 io be fitted for artificial arms by the rehabilitation experts. Mrs. Inman said she was ' an xious for her husband. Lloyd, a power company lineman, to see the progress made by Cindy. K Straits Bids Revealed Tentative bids for calendar yer 1956 on land in lease area "K" tKlamath Straiisi were announceo Monday by J. Pitts Ehnjie. man ager of the Klamath Falls oiflce of the U. S. Bureau it Reclama tion. Tlie high bidders were Abe L. Boehm for lot number three. 480 acres. S3.427.20: Verlend L. Huff, lot eisht. .180 acres. 3 871: Let ter C. Urbach. lot 12. 290 acres. $1,509 and Michael D. Robinettr, lot 13. 380 acres. $2,117. The UfeBR oflicesa:d that fina' awards are subject to the high bidder .submitting an accepUblr statement of face within 14 da-; aftf.r the bid opening. This .-statement must show his plans lor fi nancing and operating the leae. rOPEC AST Klam?th FalU and vicinity: Mostly cloudy with jihow-j en thrmiph UcrinedRV. Hi eh 4?. ' Lov Tucidiiv night 3.. High yeiterdaT . . ,"ft Low ni?ht . .11 Procip. Iat !4 han . .71 Precipe invc Oci. 1 .M Same period laM year - l.J Normal (or period .. J.fl" Stores Open To aid Christmas shoppers all the downtown stores of Klamath Falls will remain open through Saturday until 9 p.m., arrording to an announcement from the Klamath Merchant Association. KLAMATH frica Fi Cents If agea Sixth Street Viaduct Bids Told f 'I AMII I llllft W WHlsl W . . PORTLAND '.fl The stale: proximately 3.930 acres of pas Highway Commission Tuesday re-! ture, farm and timbered land, ceived three bids for a grade sep- The bid opening will be public uration on South Sixth Si. In Klam- at.i raiii with cucii of ut:i run uing clcoe io a million dollars. Toe upp.uem iow oiie:' was by Tom Llllebo of Reeiisporv at 1889,- win, me ugiuct, were oruig ana-1 1,-.,1 mn n .... I.. ... -. ' ..m.m hi.u ncc iu uc pi carmru Kb the afternoon session for possible aware. NEXT LOW Next low was Kuckeubel'g Con- 3trucuon Co., Portland, 935,4SO, allowed by Rogers Construction : Co.. Portland, S942.278. I The project Is for an 836-foot steel and concrete grade separa tion carrying the Klamath Falls Lakeview Highway over the South ern Pacific Railroad tracks on South sixth Si. A condemnation suit has been filed to get title to some of the I property and speed construction. : Defendant hi the suit is the Cra- lih&c mticiiiiieiv ifUiuDHJlY. which owns land al the downtown end of the proposed underpass. Stanley Miller, president of the company, said he haa received no notliicaiion that the suit has been ; filed, and said he would withhold comment until later The suit was filed in Klamath Falls Monday. i In Salem, officials of the right i of way department of the Highway commission said that the suit will clear the way for the project, rath er than delay It. ACQUIRE LAND This, they said, Is because con tractors cannot go ahead on a pro ject until the land has either been acquired or is under a condemna tion suit. Filing of the suit, they said, will allow the projeot to con tinue as planned. At the end of tne 1 trial of- the suit, the Jury will de tannine', the amount t be paid for wo v"U. iney saio;" ( -. Accnraing to t'ia complaint filed in Klamath Falls, a total of t.M acres of land Is Involved. Bide on another Klamath County project were opened Monday. The apparent low bidder on a project to illuminate the intersection of the Willamette Pass and the Dalles- California highways (State 58 and u.o. ti was tne steecx Electric Company. The bid was $8,047. Arctic Air Bridge Set AUCKLAND. New Zealand I Tivo U.S. Navy planes, flying non-1 stop 2.200 miles from New Zea land's South Island, were believed today to have established the first air bridge between this country and Antarctica. Latest reports Indicated the planes, two Nepttines with the Navy's antarctic expedition, land ed safely on frozen McMurdo Sound, a channel between Ross Island and Victoria Land on the antarctic continent. Two Skymatera belonging to the expedition, , which fs headed by Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd. were expected to reach McMurdo Sound late tonight. Four other planes attempting the hop were forced back by strong headwinds. All landed safely near Dunedin. The strong winds cut the fuel re serve of all four to the danger poln'. All eight planes took off today after Rear Adm. George J. Dufek. leader of the advance parly, re ported weather prospects excellent and the Ross Sea landing strip ready. : ' Because there are no landing points beween New Zealand ana the Rons Sea. seven ship were spaced 250 miles apart along the flight route to assist the planes. Extension Agents Return From Meet OilklAl.s of thf Klamath County exren-ion agent's office have re cently returned from the annual extension acents' conference a Corvnlln. Al th three-day meeting la.-tt week, agents from the stale heard tit? cushions of the various - broad policies which will eovern fheir work during the coming; yar. : Tiioe a i1 ending Iron. Klamath Palls we.'e Charle Henderson, Ray O. Pcer-ep, Wall Jendrzejew.iki, Fiftncii skinner. Hope Holbrook and Mary McConnell. Merrill Auxiliary Group Holds Parry MRPIIL - Th" VFW and 1'f juxiIitv held a Chr."m. nrrtr HS'u-day at the Merrill Recreation H.'l for children of members. Part of the program . pro vided bv youngsters, Including Christmas Mines by Diane and Cheryl West. Committee In charge of the part was Lonnie Ratllif. Mprlon Knox. Norma Wilson snd Bertha Mc- FALLS, ORKtiON, TIIKSDAV, DKCKMBKR 20, 1955 Telephone 8111 Forty Parcels Land Offered The Klamath Agency office of the Bureau of Indian Atiairs an nounced that 40 parcels of Indian land will be offered for sale by sealed bid on January 13. Bids "Ul he received until 2 p.m., the opening time, on that date. The land for sale consists of ap- and bidders, or their designated ' Kiwanis Club To Install New officers . of the . Klamath p.n. Kiwanls Club will be Installed on Januarv 7 a, a dinner-dance for members and their wives, to be held at the Willard Hotel In stalling officer will be LI. Gover nor E. Ronald Rice. Division 15. Pa cific Northwest Kiwanis District, Meaford. Officers are Stanley Miller, pies ;nent: Greer Drew, vice president. Bert ' Thomas, secretary-treasurer! Member.t of the board of director ;Dsle Kewilt, George Proolor, Frank Drew. George Dugan. Gene Fav- ell. Dr. Harry Fredricks and Dick! nallao'.iftt' Willard Ward. Klamath Falls, aj past lieutenant governor of Din- trir.t la. is nlAiimno- drvanaemenis with In i.f'Uir rPtirT-iT nri. j committees. -u. ..: ...n u. ...,..! iul ladies Venture Club Holds Meeting Klamath Falls Venture C 1 u b ! able" vote, by employes of Alex members were entertained . at a .antler-Stewart Lumber Compnny, Christmas Dartu Tnursdav evanlmr. I Prlnevllle. with only 10 dissenting December 16,' at the home of Mary ,h ana incrc&A.'ytfiuncr, -rHiB pine street.. . - . . , ., Guesls . aang CHiislnias carols ! employes of the Meniora corpora mid ware served 1'ofro.i.imcnts from I Hon. the snack bar at one end of the Other lumber operations in the room. Later In the ovenlng they ; area where the recommendation Is opened gifts from their Soroptlmist sponsors. In attendance were Vera Powell, j Mr. Vivian Owens and Mrs. Era. est Mullls, Sorontimist advisers to the Venture Club; Mrs. Robert Riggs, btie Seaholm. Jan Alexan- der, Pearl Chapman, Barbara How. ard. Mrs. Robert Dover!. Mrs. Art Altorfcr, Dona Horton, Mrs. Clay ton H-nnon. Doralyn Parian, Ellen Murphy, . Barbara Mauch, club members and Mrs. Edmond Mahan and Kathleen Oallaghcr. 771 SHOPPING LSUdays LEFT r Hlp Fight TB , L.Buy Christmas SaVs - J O m 1 5 t M rWnritM rAUtrt, 2611 bcott Mreat, kneeled to adjust he trimmings on th family Christmas tree this morning when th ? o'clock photographer cam by. Norma is th daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Pauph. No. 3357 Of Indian For Sale representatives, may be present at the opening. The bids will be awarded to the highest responsible bidder comply ing with the conditions or the in vitation for bids, provided his bid is reasonable and It Is to the in terest of the Indian owner and the United States to accept It. If the winning bidder Is not present at the opening he will be notified at the earliest possible date. The Indian Bureau Area Direc tor reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any in formality in bids received when ever such rejection or waiver is in the Interest of the Indian owner or the United Slates. Tlie government appraisals of the property offered for sale are con fidential and will not be made avail able prior to the sale. For any further information, or for copies of the bid advertise ments, contact the office of A. W. Oailbraith, superintendent. Klam ath Indian Agency, Klamath Agen cy, Oregon. Union Accepts Yage Proposal The recent wage Uicrease recom-( datlon of an Employe Com- - Workers. AiTL, Is tinclinir accept- emnlover action has plnced the1 Uraduated increase In effect at Tygh Valley Medford, Prlnevllle and Hlncs. in Oregon, and at Weed and Redding in California. C. L. Irving, PIRC managing vice president, says reports have reached his office that most local unions are ratifying the recommen-' datlon by "generally overwhelming votes." The proposal was ap- oroved bv a "92 per cent favor. j vot.es. In the lg Weed pineal , union ; at Long-ecu iuinuer iuiujJHny, nu 1 without vote against 11 oy piani I accepted and in effect are iygn Valley Lumber Company. Tygh j Valley, the Edward Hlnes Lumber I Co nlant. Hines. and the B k D Lumber Company, Redding. Meet' ine are nrrnived ihrouhoiit 'he 'week before Christmas al var lous other operations, according to Irving. Langell Valley Slates Program LANGFT.L VALLEY The com munity Christmas tree and pro Brain will be held the evening of December 23. starting at 8 p.m. Candv and troa's will be con tributed by Mrs. Bob Brett's 4-H class, the nnsell Valley Cut Ups. The girls made a set of dish towels for the Bonanza Won. ens Club Li brary benefit bazaar as one pro ject and a dnnce held the eve ninp of December 17 provided funds for the Christmas treats. The class also made a Santa Claus suit of red corduroy nd white fur for the annual Christmas program. aim U.S; Clerics Cross Border InHongKong HONG KONG im Dr. and Mrs. Homer V. ' Bradshaw, American medical missionaries in Chine lor nearly 20 years and prisoners at the. Communists for nearly five, crossed the Hong Kong border to freedom Tuesday. 1 Mrs. Bradshaw appeared to be suffering from acute malnutrition and a mental breakdown. "She doesn't realize even how that she Is in free territory," the Presbyterian doctor told newsmen a half hour after an ambulance brought him and his wife to St. Teresa's HwDltal from the frontier b"'dee nn the mainland, D Brad.haw -said he himself had been subjected to slow starva tion and suffered a complete ohvsi- eal breakdown last May but Red Cross food parcels he began re ceiving the next month helped him to recover partially. FATHKlt'S FARM He added that he plana to take his wife as soon as possible to her father's farm near Pittsburgh, Fa. "If we cpji get Uis fear out of her," he said, "she will start to eat again and slowly get her physical strength back." Bradshaw la 54 years old and his wife is about the same age. The Bradshaws, natives of Pitta burgh, Pa., and medical mission aries in China since 1928, reached the border of this British crown i colony aboard the dally train from Canton. An ambulance brought -then) to a Hong Kong hospital. Newsmen were shocked by Mr. I Bvadshaw's pitiable condition as ; she turned a blank stare to their I questions. Dr. Bradshaw had been In a r.. i i .... ' ",a ow . w"n tne emergence of the Brad- i 11Il,f'. ffom behind the Bamboo . 0urtaln, 13 other Americans whom me imneae naa promisee, to tree "expeditiously" were believed stUI In Red prisons. LONG COAT Bradshaw was wearing an old OI lone coat with knitted eat. earmuffs, and pink slacks. His wife wore a thin black coat, coarse brown cotton stockings, and a iaaeq blue Chinese dress. Her face was drawn and a sickly whltt. "It'a good to bteathe the British air. again,".. anolaune .:, crossed ' Into the colony. . The ambulance look them to the hospital compound, where more than 100 newsmen and photograph ers were lined up. Mrs. Brad shaw was frightened by the photo graphers' flashbulbs and spoke in coherently about flashlnir liirhfs. The doctor said he and his wife wore separated on March J, 1951. the day after their arrest at their hospital home in Kwangtung prov-. Ince. He saw her again briefly but could not talk to her when they were brought to Canton the next January, and then did not see her for almost four years, until they were reunited two days ago. REUNION At their reunion, he continued, "she recognized me and there were tears iny her eyes. But she doesn't realiie even now that she fs in free territory. She doesn't realize anything." Dr. Bradshaw said he was not told until last October that they were accused of espionage of maintaining radio contact with sta tions In Hong Kong, Manila, Tokyo and the United States. "I took ouite a number of. rolls of movie film during my 20 years in China," he added. "This was supposed to be espionage." In 1052, he went on, the Commu nists hinted that he would be re leased fairly soon if he admitted that he was a spy posing as a missionary. . He refused to sign any such statement. . Barnabas Church Plans Program DUNSMUIR Special Christ mas services at St. Barnabas Epis copal Church will Include an 11:30 p.m. choral servfc on Christine- Eve and mornintr prayer at 11 a.m. on Chrii'.ma morninp, Rod Rnsmusen. lay reader, will con duct the services. A Sunday School program was held Inst. Sunday and a family church dinner was held Wednes day evening. December 14, by the church guild, with Mrs. Jay Smith, vice president, in charge. Dunsmuir Crews Finish Transfer - DUNSMUIR About halt of a circuit, voltage transfer from 2.400 Io 4 000 volts was completed here Sunday by a California Oregon Power Company crew which worked all day In Ihe snow and rain. Harold Baughman, local Copco manager, said completion of the $35 000 conversion job will wait until better weather prevails. Work on th? new S33.0O0 Qopco warehouse al the North Dunsmuir substation Is nearly completed and the building should b ready for occupancy early In January, Baughman said. ANNUAL PARTY FORT KLAMATH The annual Port Klamath community Christ mas tree and program will be held Frldav evening, December 33, In the Fort Klamath Community Methodist Church. It was previous ly announced for Thursday evening in tne civic improvement club- 1 house.