WEDNESDAY, DKCEMBER 21, 1955
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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J THE ANNUAL ELK'S CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY was held Sunday afternoon
I ory. Shown passing out the bags of candy and nuts is Stan Ezell. The big armory was I
.. wi j, gnunii aain uui uio uayi ui vanuy anu iiuii is laii lkm, i no ui armory was uawncu mm
J" children who enjoyed the festivities- which included several numbers by the EIVs band under the
J direction of Ray Bigger.' Santa Claus was In attendance at the party and heard many requests
from -the children.
United States Has More
Jhan Half World's Phones
With one telephone, on the aver
age, for every three persons, the
United States had more than half
of the world's 94.fi million tele
pnoncs on January 1, 1955.
This information was released in
Oregon this week by the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph Company
from figures compiled by Ameri
can Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany in is'unnup.l survey. "Tele
phone Statistics of the World." It
takes a year to compile the reoorl.
The stale'of Oregon. Pacific Tele,
phone offices in Portland indicate,
was right in line with the national
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Open Every Niqht Till 9 P.M.
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average. At the first of the year,
the population of the ttnte was
Just about 1.662,680 persons. The
telephone population Pacific com-
i pair- and independent companies
combined was 536,576.
. PcX Te'siirota'ii 1954 growth
in Oregon, in number, of telephone
instruments installed was about 4.4
per cent from 416.564 to 435.238.
j About. 5.3 million telephones were
added throughout the world during
I the same 12 months.
1 The company's growth in Ore
' gon. through November of this
year has been even greater. The
leather sole,
i in the arm-
birthrate of new telephones jumped
to 6.1 per cent In November Pa
cific Telephone had 461.959 tele
phones installed through the state,
as compared with 435,238 on Jan
uary 1, 1955.
Locally, telephone growth has
also been -rood, according to Pa
cific Telephone Manager Howard
J. Austin. In' the Klamath Falls
area the number of telephones has
Increased 6.2 per cent the best year
from 11,902 to 12,643.
" Telephones by towns In the Klam
ath Palls area through November
of this year were: Klamath Palls,
12.579 and Bly. 64.
Despite telephone growth loral.
l.v, and throughout the nation. Ice
land has replaced the United States
as the second talkingest nation in
the world, American Telephone's
annual report Indicates.
Canada, with 417 conversations
per person, is in first place for the
third consecutive year. Iceland Is
nex. wiMi 304, and the United
States, 393 per capita.
Countries In the world Included
in the "more than a million tele
phones'' list mew In 12. during the
report'period. as The Netherlands
instal'sd its dne-milllonth telephone
in 1964.
Leading the list Is the United
Kingdom, Canada, German Federal
Republic, France, Japan, Sweden,
Italy. A'isireMa, Switzerland. Ar
gentina and The Netherlands.
Telephone se-vice in the United
States is supplied by some 4,800
private companies. In Oregon, be
sides Pacific Telephone, there
are 69 independent telephone com
panies. Tho-e companies as of today, are
supplying telephone service to
about 72 per cent of the 47.4 mil
lion households- in the United
States. ,.
Latest statistics put out by the
Bell System show there are cur-,
rently 99 million telephones in the
world, and that 95.1 million can
be connected with the Bell System.
So any person, with a telephone
connected in the Bell System, has
a possibility of 95.099,999 other
telephone numbers to call, if he
had the time and the inclination.
Stever Charged
For Drunkenness
LAKE VIEW Charged with being
drunk on a public hichway. Rob
ert R. Stever. 35, Lakeview, was
"ei:tpnced with 50 days In Jail and
fined S100 plus court charges bv
Justice of the Peace Tom Farrell
on December 16.
Stever was taken to Rockv Butte
Jail Monday by Sheriff Thomas
Elliott. He will serve his sentence
there. -..
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Agriculture Department
Estimates Potato Crop
WASHINGTON The Agricul
ture Department, In a final report
for tiie year, Monday e?''T'ed
this year's potato crop at 381.631,-
00(1 bushel"-.
This estimate Is well below the
10 year average o! 401,146 000
bushels, and represents a drop
over the estimate oublishcd Ifl "-.
month. That estimate was 383,771
bushels, f ast yeir's final estimate
was 355, 031.000 bushels.
The barley e.-op was .set at
380 939,000 bushels, compared with
last month's e? tlr.ia e o.' 388., Ml.
000 bushels and last year's final
Jau Orphans
To Visit U.S.
TOKYO (UPi An airlines
spokesman said today that five
Japane-2 - American orphnns be
tween 4'2 and eight years old will
be rble to spend Christinas with
their new foster parents In the
United Slates after all. Two oth
ers, both two, will have to wait
however.
A spokesman for a commercial
airline exm-essed concern yester
day that the children would not be
able to make it "home for Christ
mas" because of regulations
against minors traveling alone.
He said then mat the children
would not be accepted by domest
ic airlines in the United States un
less accompanied.
But today, the spokesman said
that arrangements were worked
out with an airlines to take the ,
children to the!' new American
parents; "J don't know what was
worked out, but they are going,"
he said.
Leaving Wednesday will be Ta
eko. 6, adopted by Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Moses, Venice, 111.: Rumi,
5, adoRted by Mr. and Mrs. Zen-
nis M. Smith, Ctncinra-ti. Ohio, and
Htroni, 4i, adopted by Mr. and
Mrs. Elbert S. ; Smith. Youngs
town. Ohio.'
Sachiko, 8. whose foster parents
are Mr. and Mrs. Ben Stog, San
Bernardino, Calif., and Tomoto. 7,
adopted by Mr. and Mrs. W. Tur
ner, Rayne, La., will leave Fri
day. Cattlemen Meet
To Discuss Soil
CORVALLIS 11 The Oregon
Cattlemen's Assn. met here Tues
day with other fnrm organisations
to discuss the proposed soil bank
program.
The plan, which has been en
dorsed by several groups, calls for
payments to farmers for taking
surplus acreage out of oroductlon.
The Eisenhower administration Is
expected to propose the plan at
the next- session of Congress.
Invited to the meeting here were
the Oregon Farm Bureau Federa
tion, the Grange, Farmers Union.
Wheat Qrowers League, Seed
Growers League, Feed and Seed
Dealers Assn., Dalrymens Assn.,
Wool jGrowers Assn., Western Ore
gon Livestock Assn., and the Ore
gon Potato Commission.
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estimate of 370,502.000 bushels. The
10 year average is 266.918,000 bush
elr. In the figures, as reported by
the Associated Press, there was
no breakdown given as to area.
The department esiininer1 its
year's wheat crop at 938.159,000
bushels and the corii crop at
3.184.836.000 bushels.
The wheat estimate Is 22,631.000
bushels more than lust month's
forecast of 915.5J3.000 bushes and
compares with the government's
goal of about 870.000,000 bushel-:.
A revised estimate put last year's
wheat crop at 984.846.000 busTls
and the 10-year average at 1,164,-
073.000 bushels.
The corn estimate is 1.995,000
bushels more than the dcrtitrt
ment's November forecast of 3,
18J.870.OOO bushels and compares
with the government's production
go-1 of 3.000.000.000 buihe'".
The wheat estimate Included
705,312.000 bushels of winter wheat
compared with 804.349,000 last year
and 867.390.000 lor the 10-year av
erage, and 232,784.000 bushels of
spring wheat compared with 180,
497,000 last year and -286.683,000
for the 10-year average.
The spring wheat crop was bro
ken down further with 20.599,000
bushels of durum wheal compared
with 5.124.000 last year and 33.
432,000 for the 10-year average,
and 212.188.000 bushels of spring
wheat other than durum compared
with 175.373.000 inst yesr and 253,
251.000 for the 10-year average.
The production of otlier crops
tills year compared with last
month's estimate, last year's re
vised estimate and the 10-year av
erage, respectively, included:
Oats 1.575,736,000 bushels for fi
nal report: 1,636.030.000 v last
month: 1,497,045.000 last year and
1.323,321,000 for 'the 10-year aver
age.
Barley 390.969.000 bushels: 388,.
551,000; 370.502,000 and 266,918.
000. Flaxseed 40.638.000 bushels; 42.
9B5.0O3; 40.808.00U and 35.898.000.
All hay 109.697,000 tons; 109.908,.
000: 104,987,00.1 and 102.199.00?.
Dry 'peas 2,793.000 bags; 2.833,-
000; 3,491.000 and 4.764.
Sweet potatoes 38.406.000 bush
els; 36.101.000 ; 30,131.000 and 46,-
951.000.
Sugar beets 12.498.000 tons; 12,
474.000; 14.082,000 and 10,431,000.
Hops 36,874,000 pounds; 37,108,
000: 43,477.000 and S3.621.0C5.
Apples (commercial) 105.293,000
bushels; 104.813.000; 109,854,000
and 106,402.000.
Peaches 51,291,000, bushels: 60 -539.000;
61.310,000 and 68.767,000.
Pears 30.511,000 bushels: 30.143,
000: 30,434.000 and 30,950,000.
Grapes 3.174.000 tons; 3,133.000;
2,569.000 and 2.925,000.
Cherries 268,000 tons; 270,000;
206,000 and 211.000.
Apricots 268.000 tons; 258,000;
155.000 and 234,000.
Cranberries 1.035.000 barrels; 1,
049,000; 1,018,000 and 839,000.
CHItlSTMAS PROGRAM '
LAKEVIEW The Lakeview
Methodic Sunday School will ore
sent a Christmas program tonight
at 7:30 p.m. in the church. Re
freshments will be served In the
basement following the program.
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BILL RAJNUS JR., 16, of Ma-
lin, won third prize in hit age
group in the record book divi
sion of the third annual Ki
wanis 4-H potato project. The
award was presented last
week at the Kiwanis club
awards banquet.
Court Records '
KLAMATH KA1.I.H
MUML'trAL t'OVRT
Clark Almon Glit. drunk. "25 or ll'a
da.va.
Haymortd Jackson. M or 23 dayi.
rrrrmmi pmlth. drunk. 20 days.
Capron Lyle Ball, drunk. S23 .forfeit
ed. Clarence J. lleaton. Illegal reverse
turn. 95 forfeited.
Robert S. Little, no retriltralion vial
ble. 3 forfeited. .
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SALEM Standard Insurance
Co., Portland, Monday won a con
tract to provide mortgage cancel
lation life Insurance for veterans
who have farm and home loans
made by the State Department of
Veterans Affairs.
Harry S. Dorman, state finance
and administration director, said
the veteran borrowers can get the
Insurance for only 28 cents per
month on each 81.000 of Insurance.
The amount of Insurance would be
the amount of the unpaid balance
on each veteran's mortgage.
If the veteran died, his nearest
survivor would receive the home,
mortgage-free.
Fourteen insurance companies
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THURSDAY - DECEMBER 22 ND
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