FRIDAY, JANUARY 6. 1956
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
PAGE FIVK
Me
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Prison
Lesseim
By PAIL V. HARVEV JK
eAUEM CM You cion't read
nn.cn kuoui me Oregon Stale Pcnl
tentiRiy ay more. It Is ercaphw
ine ntaaiinjs because Waidea
Clarence T. Gladden and his stait
have quieted the place down, and
we Keeping uie men locxea up.
umuig iujo. only six men es
caped. All were tru-slies who
wonted away.
That Is the lowest number ol
essapes that I can remember. Con-
ui'si u will; me 45 escapes in 1952
the year before Gladden took over.
There were 38 In l&SJ and onlv
seven in 1954. '
Gladden doern't take anv credit
for that reco.d. He gives it all to
the prison -clasoilicaUon commit
tee, which is headed by L. R.
Barne3, deputy warden in charge
ot individual treatment.
The classification committee de
cides everything about what a
prisoneF must do in prison. If he
needs education, he Roe3 to school.
II he needs to learo a trade, he
lakes vocational training.
It also decides the ticslish ques
tion as to how much cusioilv a
prisoner needs. II it maxes a mis
take in giving a prisoner minimum
. custody, the man escapes. So the
committee has to be ngnt almos
all of the time.
! The fact that only six minimum
custody men, or trusties, walked
awiy last year Is evidence that
ine committee is doing well
Besides Barnes, the members of
Ihe committee are the deputy war-
acn in cnarge ol mass treatment:
Ihe two chaplains, the psychiatrist.
me supervisor 01 clussiliration,
and the educational director.
"We haven't had anybody break
out for a long time," Gladden
says, "we hear lots of rumors,
but none of them have panned out.
"Bui, we have a lot of men who
are thinking all the time about
ways to get out. So we'll have
tome attempts some time. In the
meantime, all our officers and
6ian must stay on the alert.
when a man escapes, he can
have up to 10 years added to his
eentence. Until recently, the judges
have been adding a year,-to the
terms 01 escapees,
But lately, some of the escapees
nave oeen gelling an extra 13
months or two years, and Gladden
thinks this Is a good idea.
Gladden has tightened the secur
ity of the prison lately.
There now are strict rules that
won't let prisoners stand idle in
the prison yard. There used to be
hundreds.
When I walked through the
grounds last week with oladaen.
I saw only one Idle prisoner on the
grounds. Gladden took care of him
quickly, putting the man back to
work.
Another security measure is the
new arsenal tower, located in the
middle of the driveway in front
of the administration building.
Anybody used io be able to walk
into the administration building.
Eut not now. The tower , guard
stops everyone "and "questions him
before letting him proceed to the
main building.
Yes, things are milch different
now than they were in April, 1953,
when Gladden came out of retire
ment to bring order oui of chaos
at tne prison.
At that time, Gladden said It
would take him about three years
t get, the institution operating the
way ne wanieu u 10 run.
' He worked 16 hours a day, and
drove his men hard. Many em
ployes were replaced. Discipline
was restored among the inmates
and employes. The food was Im
proved Rreally. And the inmates
were given a wide chosce of vo
cational training, as well as edu
cation through the college level.
Now Gladden is pretty well satis-
fled. , -.
"We still have man? things I'd 1
lli.e to do," he says, "but I feel
now that the Oregon .penitentiary
is as good as any. in the United
glatcs." v
Spud Growers
To Elect
The aiuiual meeting of the Klam
ath Potato Growers Association
will be held at 1:30 p.m. Mondaj
ut the -Men ill recreatlep hall.
The major item of business will
be the eiecnon of president, vice'
president and three members - of
the board of directors. The direc
tors will be chosen from the Ken
ley. Poe Valley and Malin districts.
The present board Includes Fred
Mueller, Bcnania, president: Bob
Petiick. Merrill, vice president;
Paul Falrclo, Klamath Falls: Ron
ny Whitlach, Henley: Willia.n Tu-
bach, Poe Valley, and S. M
Streeler, Malin.
Other parts of the meeting will
include a discussion of recent de
velopments by Dr. Ray Ross. Ore
gon State College plant pathologist.
ana Jack Ross, OSC farm crops
specialist, and a discussion of the
advertising program for Klamath
potatoes.
Figure
Growth
Quoted Wrong
Dr. Harold Erickson, Oregon
Slata Health Oflicer, Salem, was
r-uoted in the Sunday Oregonian,
January 1, as listing the popula
tion growth of Klamath Falls since
1950 as .09 per cent.
According to R. Frank Tucker,
manager of the Klamath County
Chamber of Commerce, this figure
is a contradiction since Erickson's
office in 1954 gave Klamath Falls'
growth as 4.8 per cent. Tucker
suggests that the figure of .09 per
cent represents a transposition and
that it should have read 9.0 per
cent.
Tucker based this figure on an
increase of 5 per cent in the resi
dential customers of the California
Oregon Power Company and an
Increase in school enrollment In
the city schools of 9.4 per cent.
Also the county school system has
shown an increase of 8.2 per cent
The Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph Company has shown a boost
of 20 per cent ill telephone hook-ups
in the metropolitan area during
this period.
Mrs. Lela Woods, operaior of the
welcome wagon in the metropolitan
area, reported visiting 1.100 new
families from January 16 to De
cember 20. 1955 There has been
an average of 20 new babies a
week, the majority of whose par
ents came from out of stale due
to the increase in employment.
Tucker reports that employment
has been making a gradual in
crease until April. 1955 when there
was a sharp increase due to con
struction at the Klamath Falls jet
base.
Fowl Inventory
To Be Taken
The annual winter inventory of
migratory ducks and geese on a
national scale will get under way
January 3 through January 16 ac
cording to Chet Kebbe, chief of wa
terfowl, Oregon Game Commission.
More than 2,200 state and fed.
eral waterfowl specialists will make
the count using 146 airplanes for
aerial surveys in addition to motor
vehicles used on the ground. Every
known waterfowl wintering area
from southern Canada to Yucatan
in southern Mexico will he covered
in the survey. .
Here in Oregon such places as
the Klamath Basin,' the Columbia
and Snake river basins, the Wil
lamette Valley, Sauvles Island, and
other areas where waterfowl soend
the winter will be included in the
count. Field agents of the Oregon
Game Commission will participate
in me inventory.
The survey is of considerable val
ue in showing the distribution of
wintering waterfowl and particular ly
shifts in distribution resulting
from major changes in land and
water management. Also, valuable
information is obtained regarding
the actual number of birds pres
ent in certain areas and Nort
America as a whole. .
This is the eighth such survey
which 'can be considered as com
paring with the counts of previous
years, nie surveys are run on a
large scale, and by covering the
whole continent in a 2-week period
an accurate count of population
numbers is obtained' with little
chance of birds being counted
twice.
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United Air Line President Predicts Good Flying Year
TRAINS WEM HALTED for iever.1 days in the Yuba City,
California, area, whan flood water from the Feather River
undermined right of wayi. Don Kettler, Herald and News pho
tographer, obtained the above picture of the stretch of track
twisted out of shape by the flood.'
THE SEVEN. CLEVER COOKERS
Our fourth meeting was held
Monday, November 28,' at the
home of our leader, Mrs. Ernest
Gray, at 7 p.m. president, Martha
Cantrall called the meeting to ord
er, with the two pledges and the
singing of America, which we have
voted to make our . regular pro
cedure. .,
Roll call by secretary. Sue
George, was the naming of a
vegetable that grows underground.
Next meeting we are to name a
leafy vcgetaole. , Minutes of the
last meeting were read, and ap
proved. We had one visitor, Janice
Cartwrlght, who was a houseguest
of Mrs, Gray,. ,
Our leader, gave us an outline
of our projects for future imeet,
ings, . and we voted to have our
last meeting on her birthday,
which will be- December 28.- We
will meet In the afternoon, ! as
there is no school that day. Meet-1
ing time will be 2 to i. . . .
Our demonstration . was vegeta
ble. salad, and recipes were copied
for other kinds of vegetable sal-,
ads. Our next meeting; will- be on :
potatoes, uur nomework will . ne
making two kinds of salad, twice.
. . Sue George, Newe Reporter'
Our demonstration for this meet
ing was lyonnaise potatoes.
. See George,' News Reporter
Prospects for new record traffic
highs in 1936. bum for the sche
tin led airline industry as a whole
and for his company, are seen by
w. A. Patterson, president of Unit
ed Air. Lines,
ni . year-end review, Mr. Pat
lemon said the Industry might be
expected to show traffic gains of
anotner l to IS per cent over the
record-breaking volumes of 1953.
And for United Air Lines, he pre-
oicieq an increase of around 13
to 18 per cent.
Mr. Patterson said he believed
there would be a higher average
level of economic activity in 1950
than in 16m: that intercity com
mon carrier travel would keep pace
wun the increase in general busi
ness activity, and that the volume
ot air travel would increase at a
more rapid rale than that of in
tercity travel as a whole.
United Air Lines, he said, should
show Increases of 18 to 18 per cent
in revenue-, passenger miles, 20 to
25 per cent, ' In cargo ton miles
and 3 to 5 per cent in mail ton
miles for the new year as com
pared with 1955. Factors, he said,
will include the normal growth ot
tra.'fic - between cities on Uniied's
Main Line, additions to Unltcd's
fleet and aggressive merchandis
ing.
Currently United is operating 176
four-engine and twin-engine air
craft. In 1956, the company will
take delivery on 17 more four-
enrine planes. Including five DC-6A
Cargoliner.4 which will enable thr
company to nearly double its pres
ent all-cargo lift., ...
United has 251 million dollars
worth of new alicralt on order
175 million, dollars lor 30 DC-8 jet
slrliners and 76 million dollars
for 44 Douglas piston-engine air
craft which will accommodate
growth until the jeta arrive.
- Results ior 1955, with December
estimated, recorded substantial
gains In all. categories of traffic
4 billion revenue passenger miles,
up 20 per cent; 63,300,000 cargo ton
miles, up 19 per. ecu'., and 2b,
330.000 mail ton mills, up 11 per
cent. Mere than 3,500,000 revenue
passengers were carried for a It
per cent increase over the 1951
record. The anlns were accomp
lished with an increase of 20 per
cent hi revenue ton miles and IS
cruising speeds of 550-575 miles an
nour ana wnicn win reauce present
travel limes by about So per cent.
First deliveries will be made early
In 1959.
On many fronts, the company
moved to further Improve Its facili
ties aloft and on 'the ground, to
increase lis pasoeimcr-cariro serv
ices and to strengthen its route
system.
A 4 million dollar program was
launched early in the year to In
stall C-bar.d weather mapping ra
dar in nil the company's Mainlin-
ers. New electronic devices . to
speed ud the bundling of reserva
tions and ticketing were Installed
In cities along the system. A 0
million dollar expansion' ol the
company's maintenance base at
San Francisco was announced as
were plans for new facilities at the
New York and Chicago interna
tional airports.
Under a Civil Aeronautics Board
decision lHtc In Ihe year. Pitts
burgh and Kansas City were added
as new cities on United's system,
to bring the total to 82. Also as
Uie result of CAB actions, non-
ftup service was inaugurated be
tween the Pacific Northwest anc
Chicago and United was authorized
to resume service at the Caliiornia
f New 'services and faster sched
ules . were the order of Uie year.
Nonstop DC-7 flights between New
York ana both San Francisco and
Los Angeles highlighted schedules
which meant more and better adv
ice for communities along the
company's 13, 250-mile system. Air
coach service was expanded to the
point where il accounted for 33'.?
p?r cent of revenue- passenger
miles. Meanwhile, as a new econo
my feature, United instituted air
coach excursion fares of only 180
each way on round-trip flights be
tween major Atlantic and Pacific
Coast cities. . - J
United initiated new interline
agreements with a number of for
eign lines, resumed an equipment
-interchange with Branti'f between
Ihe Southwest and Paoific North
west and gave many cities along
its system their first through inter
national air freight rates under an
agreement with Air Express Inter
national. Through a reserved air
freight system, the company pro
vlded shippers with improved, ex
pedited service. . . ...
At year's end. the company had
more than 18.000 employes, some
of whom reached their 80th year
cities of Santa Barbara, Monterey of service with Uie company dur-
and Eureka. 'ing 1958
W. A. PATTERSON
per cent in available seat miles
made possible by the addition ot
new aircraft in the first half of
Uie year, i, ( i ,i . . .
Outstanding in United's progres
sive steps in 1955 was its order i
for Jetliners the first to be
placed oy any domestic airline.
More than five years of intensive
jet studies and analysis led to the
company's decision to buy the
four-engine DC-8s, which will car
ry from 112 to 140 passengers at
typewriters
adding Machines
For Sale or Rent
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Three Ranger
Transfers Told
LAKEVIEW Three transfers of
personnel of the Fremont National
Forest are announced this week by
John McDonald, Fremont super
visor.
On January 3. Bill Steers, form
erly timber management assistant
at Silver Lake, transferred to
Drews Valley as timber manage
ment assistant to fill the position
vacated by Robert L. Bjornsen
who was promoted in November to
district ranger of the Bear Sleds
Ranger District on the Wallowa-
Whitman National Forest at Wal
lowa.
Filling Steer's position at Silver
Lake will be Ed Vinoski. who was
forester in the Warner district.
Bill Knechtel, forester, transfers
from Paisley to the Warner district.
McDonald said the Paisley posi
tion will be vacant until spring
when a new junior forester will be
hired.
Installation Set
By Eastern Star
A public installation for the 1956
officers of Aloha Chapter. No. 61,
Order of the Eastern Star, will be
held Saturday evening. January 7
at the Masonic Temple. The cere
mony will begin at 8 p.m.
Elective officers to be installed
Include: Martha Powell, worthy
matron: Harold Rush, worthy pa
tron: Margaret Sheridan, associate
matron: Joy Ustick. associate pa
tron: Leona Selby secretary: Clara
Sherman, treasurer; Hazel Rhodes,
conductress and Gwendlyn, associ
ate conductress. -
All Eastern Star members and
friends are invited to attend.
THE SEVEN CLEVER COOKERS
Our fifth meeting was held Tues
day, December 13, at our leader's
home; at T p.m., with all present
except Judy Baumgart. j
The repeating of: the pledges
was followed by roll call, and the
reading of the minutes by our.
secretary. Sue George. Presldentl
Martha Cantrall was in the chair.
and carried the meeting along in
good order.
It was voted to change the meet
ing dales to the- first and third
Mondays instead of the second
and -fourth, since-. our assistant
leader, Mrs. Elsie Quinn could not
attend every time otherwise.
We voted to have a gift ex
change at our next meeting, with
a limit of 15 to 20 cents; and this
meeting will be on our leaders'
birthday, there being no school
that day.
We will hold a regular two hour
meeting, with rice as the demon
stration. Mrs. Gray gave lis a
recipe for stuffed baked potatoes,
which we all wrote down. .Each
member present told of- a- way
that they had prepared potatoes.
Martha Cantrall was hostess, and
served punch and cookies which
she had made herself. They were
delicious. The evening - concluded
with the singing of Christmas
Carols. .. . . i ' .-. '
Tentative Bid
Award Told
The tentative ' award of leases
for the calendar year in lease
areas "F" and "N" near Tule
Lake, announced J. Pitts Elmore.
manager of the Klamath Falls of
fice of the U.S. Bureau of Recla
mation. The bids were opened
Wednesday. - '
There were no bids on lots' I. 3.
and 4. Murel Long bid 83.867.24 for
804 acres in lot 6; William Kari
dra. 84,698.11. 660 acres, lot 7;
Carol E. Horsley, 8999, 240 acres,
lot 8: Steve Domen, 8438, 139
acres, lot 9; and no bid on lot 79.
Final bids are subject to the
high bidder submitting an accept
able statement of operation -within
14 days after the bid opening, show
ing his plans for financing - and
operating the lease.
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