' THURSDAY. JANUARY 19. 1956
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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. Hilton yesterday got a timely
new address for the plush 16-mil-
lion-dollar 1.001-room Statler Hilton
which is being opened here this
week. The' entrance of the 20-story
structure, which covers almost an
entire block, is at 1914 Commerce
but Maygr R. L. Thornton officially
designated the' hotel's address at
1956 Commerce to coincide with
the year of the opening.
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HOLLYWOOD If Former base
ball manager Leo Durocher is out.
at least temporarily, as master of
ceremonies for the televised NBC
Comedy Hour.
A network spokesman said Du
rocher is busy wilh other com
mitments and that he had agreed
to do three shows and already has
done two.
Those two were part of a series
in which NBC hopes to capture
some of the viewing audience from
the Ed Sullivan Show on rival CBS.
However, ratings of the program's
drawing power were disappointing.
The spokesman said this Sun
day's program is planned with no
master of ceremonies, but Duroch
er, who has a 150.000-a-vear con
tract with NBC. is expected to
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