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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1956)
' THURSDAY. JANUARY 19. 1956 HERALD AND NKWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON ' PACK riVB www t r 1 LI M I Pi. - I " 9 3 . Tr- XI I l. i il II I RESTING A LITTLE before shoveling more snow is G. C. Palmer of Chemult, shown in front of the bus station which the Palmers operate. Palmer pioneered and helped build Chemult. THE PALMERS AT HOME, G. C. and his wife, Nellie, of Che mult. Among the first residents, they built their home before there was a town, a paved highway or railroad connections. fG. C.1 And Nellie Reminisce About Past In Chemult By HOPE N.' BRADER I CHEMULT Among the inter esting people to know In Klamath Basin country are Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Palmer of Chemult, "O. C." and Kellie. as they are known to every one north and south on Highway 97. The Palmers came to Chemult in 1927, bought 40 acres and settled down to make a new home and build a town. At that time the railroad went only as far north as Skookum, but the Southern Paclllc Company had already named the new townsite "Chemult" which meant "Wife Die" in the Indian language. Thev were not strangers to the vicinity, having operated the Cres cent Lake Resort from 1921 until moving here, and before that they lived at Bend where Palmer worked m logging camps for the Shevlin-Hixon Logging Company. Mrs. Palmer is tv native Oregon Ian, born Nellie LivenROod in Yam hill on October 30, 1884. She spent her childhood days in the Oregon coast country and moved with her family to Newberg where, in 1906, she met her future husband. G. C. Palmer, who was born in Hudson, ' Michigan, on February 21, 1883, V did not overlook the many charm ing wavs that have continued to make Mrs. Palmer so lovaDie, aim they were married in 1907 in the BaDtist Church at MCAiinnvini! settling down in their first home Fall Citv. west of Dallas. Homesteading had lust opened up in this country when, in 1913, 'G. C." took up homestead in Lake County near Fort Rock and hie tinf nnrt four-vear-old son, Cecil, there. It was a happy life In Fort rock, wnn emnuoinai". ywng people on almost every 160 aeres and evervone full of hope to "make good." Worship, com munity literary society, dances and neighborly visiting rams up ic community social life. As time went on it became ap-.,-ant that. it. u'mild not be TX3- sible for the homesteaders who de- , pended on dry farming to maw living, so gradually, one by one, they were forced to move away, leaving only the cattle men. With the moving went the young n.im0r in ttnnd where he first worked at the camp at the head of Lava Island near me now iam ous Lava Butte. He can still lo cate stumps of trees he felled there. From Bend they went to Crescent Lake and then to Chemult, where they settled down to stay. Those were building years. In 1927 the hithway was oiled as far as Bend, and shortly thereafter it followed the rail grade over the mountain to connect with Eugene. The following year the first school was built which was used until 1942; the rail line connected at Crescent Lake; a new depot and houses for telegraphers built short ly thereafter: the Chemult Hotel was built, and the post office moved to Chemult from Beaver Marsh. Also in 192g Palmer put down the first successful well behind the site of the present Chemult Hotel which had a force pump and for yearn supplied all the water used in Chemult. Adequate water sup ply has always been a problem in Ohemult, and the Palmers now have one of the new drilled wells that were put down successfully last year in the area, a far cry from their first days when water had to be carried from Corral Springs by wagon. Mrs. Palmer became agent for the Greyhound and Trailways bus lines in 1947. and her friendly smile is known to all the drivers and thousands of passengers she had sold tickets to and helped in one way or another. The Palmers are the backbone of this little town that they built and have kept alive all these years, and to know Uiem is to love them. Speech Tickets Now On Sale Paul Buck, of Klamath Falls, chairman of the Klamath County Democratic Central Committee, has bean appointed a member of the annual Jefferson-Jackson din ner committee by Dave Shaw, Gold Beach attorney, who is gen eral chairman of the aftair. The $25 a plate dinner which will be held in Portland, Febru ary 11, features Adlai E. Steven son, candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination and will be a money raising affair for the Ore gon party. Buck . announced today that he has received tickets for the ban quet which will be held in Port land in the Columbia Athletic ciud and that he has appointed a local committee to work on ticket sales with him. Buck states that SO per cent of the net proceeds from tickets sold in Klamath County or used by Klamath County residents will be returned to the Democratic Cen tral Committee here. This is the first time, the county chairman said, that the party has been able to make this kind of financial di vision and he anticipates that it will stimulate the Democratic county organization here to par ticipate actively in the dinner. CANDIDACY FILED SALEM Uft State Rep. Joe Rogers, Independence Democrat, filed his candidacy for reelection Wednesday. He represents Polk County. Grangers Okay Scout Meeting TUI.ELAKE Tulelake grangers meeting for a potluck supper and business meeting on January 12. voted in favor of use of the grange hall the evening of February 7 and all day on February 8 for an area meeting of Modoc Girl Scouts. It was also voted to sponsor a series of public card parties on Thursday, February 2, February 23 and March 23. All proceeds will go to a fund for improvement of the grange hall, T-Sgt. J. B. Shrum. Klamath Falls, sector sergeant, Ground Ob server Corps, showed films and speke on the need for reactivation of the GOC In Tulelake. Allison Osborn, Tulelake was in charge of the corps during the days it was active here. Police Arrest KF Bellhop George Amos McClain, 43-year-old ex-convict, who is reported to have worked his way' up from bell hop to bookkeeper in the Willard Hotel and then absconded with Si, 000 i-i cash, has been apprehend ed in Philadelphia. Sheriff Murray Britton was notU fied late yesterday that McClain was apprehended by Philadelphia police on a fugitive warrant from Klimath Falls. Later. John J. Klly. Philadel phia detective chief, Informed Dep uty Sheriff Dale Mattoon. who launched a nation-wide search for McClain last- May. that the al leged thief had signed a waiver of cMradltion. Shcrilf Erltton said a deputy sheriff will leeve here within the next M hours to take McClain into custody. The allcccd embezler disap peared from Klamath Falls on May 31, lor, after working the previous night at the Willard. A few hours niter he went off duty the los of the money was dis covered. County Jail records show that McClain was sentenced to 13 years in Oregon state Prison from Jack son eounty in 193 lor assault and and In 1948 was returned to the I He was finally discharged (root tha robbery, He was parolled in 1944 1 penitentiary as a parole violator. I prison in 1951. JIMTSOX NAMKI) TULELAKE M. E. (Old Jame son h?.s been named to head the Tulelake Roiary Club-sponsored March of Dimes fund drive that will continue through January. As sisting Jameson will be Kenneth Clarke, o. E. Pederson and Clif ford Jenkins. 'ViHH 0LYWIA GK0CEBV Your Friendly Grocery Store OPEN FOR BUSINESS AGAIN AT THE ; NEW LOCATION - 2123 Holly St. between Easr Main and Martin Sfs., close to Lucas Furniture Store and Jack's Drive-in . We appreciate your patronaqe . . . both old customers and new." Our prices will be the best! Our new location will save you money . on" high quality merchandise; nothing but the best fancy Imported and domestic qroceriet. Our official Grand Opening will be later . when the weather permits. Thanks a million times to the people of Klamath Falls and Klamath County for previous support and hoping to continue for the future progress of the Olympic Grocery and the city of Klamath Falls. Gust Lampropulos, . Pioneer Grocerman NEW ADDRESS GIVEN DALLAS I Hotelman Conrad N. 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