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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1956)
A TITFSDAY. MARCH 13. 1958 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE FIVE ECiamafh Falls Air Pollution Report Studied By Council The problem of "Black Snow." the fallout of burned cinders or sawdust which has plagued down town Klamath Falls and adjacent residential districts lor many years, was discussed at Monday night's meeting of the City Coun cil. Richard E. Hatchard. chief of the air pollution section ot the Oregon Air Pollution Autnority. re- ported that the air pollution office has had several fixed gravity sam-i pling stations located ui Klam ath Falls since 1953. One such station on the roof of the J. c. Fer.ney Co. building at Eighth and Main streets shows a fal'out of from 10 to 51 unit tons per square mile per month. Hatch ' aid said that the fallout in tile area from the Willard Hotel to South Sixth Street rr.mht have a fallout rate of from 100 to 200 unit tons. FALLOl'T The air pollution expert said that the authority considers a fallout of from 20 to 35 unit tons per square mile per month as a 'nuisance con dition lor that area. A .preliminary study of fallout coming from two lumber mills in the immediate Klamath Falls area, the Ellingson Lumber Co. and Mo doc Lumber Co., and the Consum ers Heating Co. steam heating plant has been made, stated Hatch ard. The air pollution encineer said that the Ellingson mill was far enough away from downtown Klamath Falls for its fallout of un- SF Scientist Plans Speech Dr. Milton Silverman, science editor ot the San Francisco Chron icle and contributor to the Satur day Evening Post, will address the Klamath Falls Knife and Fork Club Wednesday in the W 1 1 1 a r d Hotel. The dinner meeting at which Club President George El liott will preside, is scheduled at 6:45 p.m.. Dr. Silverman was the first sci entist to report on the atom- smashing cyclotron, radio active' treatment of cancer and plutoni um. He wrote an article for the Saturday Evening Post on Zircon ium, used by surgeons j to cover brain tissue. , During , World War II, Dr. ' Sil verman did research and liaison work on such military projects as submarine warfare, rockets and amphibians for the Ofiice of Sci entific Research and Development. In 1941, ths San Francisco sci entist went lo South America at the request of the National Re search Council to report sources for strategic drugs and minerals sought in. Colombia, Peru and oth er countries. Dr. Silverman's topic here will be "Medicine and the Changing World.' burned hog fuel or sawdust to be negligible. He said that the Modoc mm nus nu-.ue immc tnanges ui cue ournmg oi nog mei ana saw-: dust which preclude its fallout1 from af fee tins the downtown area very much. This mill is currently constructing a blow-pipe system to convey iis sawdust to the Consum ers Heating Co. storage pile. The null burns very little slabs and other wood waste now, Hatchard said. PLANT Hatchard indicated that a large part of the fallout noticed in the immediate area of the heating plant has been coming from that plant. The unburned material that is discharged from a steam heating plant burning bog fuel can be stopped by the use of cinder col lection equipment, Hatchard said The installation of this equipment may hinge on the economic prob lems involved, he indicated. Hatch ard did not say what the cost of such machinery might be for a plant the size of the Consumers plant. The Oregon Air Pollution Author ity, created bv a 1951 s'.atute, en courages local action in settling local air pollution problems, the air pollution engineer said. The authority provides engineering ad vice and( assistance to municipali ties in solving such problems. Harry Glesin, president of the Klamath Merchant's Association, asked the council for action to solve the problem of air pollution in the city. MELTING Mi'.yor Paul Landry said mem bers of the city council would meet with the management of the heat ing firm Tuesday to discuss pos sible solutions to the fallout prob lem. In further business, Mayor Lan dry announced the appointment of nine Klamath Falls residents to a committee to study a possible city manager- plan lor Klamath Falls. It is not exoected that this com mittee will have a report on the manager plan before late this year. Acceptance of the plan will mean numerous changes in the city's charter, it was indicated. Members of the committee are: R. H. Tisdale. S. I. Ritchie, the Rev. Leo Horner. John Howard, C. D. Long, William Ganong Jr. Robert Chilcote, R. B. Zimmer man and E. S. Robinson, chairman. The council awarded a b.d to the Jim Olson Motor Co. lor a dump truck for use by the city street department. The net low bid was for f6.821.33. POLICE CAltS f Bids for two new four-door se dans for use by the police depart ment were opened by Police Judge Frank Blackmer. Balsiger Motor Co. offered a net bid of (2.550 alter trade in for both cars. Cunningham and Rickey bid 14 182.10: Ducan and Mest bid $2. 871.10 and Parker Ponliac's bid was for $3,414.80. The bids were referred to the police committee for study. A. D. Fitzgerald bid $2,221 for the construction of bleachers at the municipal swimming pool. Hol land Sheet Metal offered a bid of $2,355 for the job. The bids were relerred to the recreation commit tee for study. Carlson Mattress Co. was award ed a bid for 23 mattresses for us? by the fire department. The bid was for 4667. KIKE AGREEMENT Two civilian fire fighting officials from the U S. Air Force detach ment at the municipal airport pre sented a mutual agreement tor fire control and protection with the Klamath Falls Fire Department. The council deferred action on the agreement pending further' study. Mayor Landry read a letter to the council from Lt. Col. J. W. Etter, chief, operations branch ot the air installations office, USAF Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Col. Ettcr's letter said that the ac ceptance of movement of the old wooden hanger at the municipal airport will be accomplished on March 20- This will allow ' oartial use of the building by the city at that time. Col. Etter said. Dial Telephones Set For Lake LAKEVIEW As scheduled, dial telephones will b In use her and in Paisley on Sunday. March 18. The West Coast Telephone Com pany Is completing its S2M.0OO re vamping project for this area and tne conversion oi more man I Am telephones from manual to dial will be completed by March 18 with new directories to be deliv ered this week, announces A. M Denio, manager of the Lakeview district for the telephone company. All Lakeview telephone numbers will be chanced to Whitehall 7 fol lowed by tour other numerals. Paisley will have Whitehall 4 numbers. Reduced Locd Limit Ordered The Orccon Slale Highway De partment has ordered a reduced load limit on a section of Highway 395 between Lakeview and Burns. The hiqhway section is from Val ley Falls to the junction of 395 With U.S. Highway No. 20. The weight limit will be effec tive Thursday. March 15 at 8 a.m. The weight limits will be 11.000 pounds for single- axle trucks and 20.000 for tandem-axle trucks with a maximum gross of 36.000 pounds. ASK FOR PURE-PAK BRAND WIENERS LUNCH MEATS TOP QUALITY Locally Made, from Impacted Meats Unconditionally Guaranteed! At your local food store Merrill P-P Elect Storey MERRILL Clovls Storey was elected president of the Parents and Patrons Association at the election meeting held last week in the grade school. More than 135 persons attended and children were entertained with movies shown In the gym by Mickey Walker. Other officers (or the- year will bt Curley Wilson, first vice presi dent; Alomo Hodges, second vice president: Lucky Felt, treasurer arid Bill Lehr secretary. Members of the nominating committee were Mary Fox, Vivian Cunningham. Jean Moore and Phyllis Rankin. Parents and friends were given Weed Control Meet Planned A meeting on weed control will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in room 203 of the Federal Building in Klamath Falls. Harold Schief erstein, county weed control spe cialist, announced today. The meeting is one of a state wide series for highway mainten ance workers, commercial weed control men and others who are Interested In weed control, Schief ersteln said that the main purpose of the meeting will be to bring I those attending up to date on the ! safe use of herbicides. Speaking at the all-day meeting will be specialists from Oregon State College, the State Highway Department and the State Depart ment of Agriculture. Ray Kelso of the State Department of Agri culture will give the examination for persons desiring to obtain com mercial spray operators licenses. Questions in the examination will be covered in the morning session, Schiefersteln said. CROWDS ARE ACCLAIMING Now Playing At KATHRYN AY 97 CLUB 1 You'll Enjoy This h" TALENTED ENTERTAINER fr "JJ In Her First h M APPEARANCE IN THE BASIN . . . t ; lj 'J Dining Dancing Entertainment- U a conducted tour of the classrooms by Principal William Kurtt. Mrs. Kurtt reported on the recent Little White House Conference on Edu cation held in Klamath Falls. The film. "Know Your Heart,". Ing office. was shown." Dr. F. X. Trotmaa answered questions following the showing. The next meeting will be htl4 on April S with the new slate Uk- f Fill l . " I go1, ; JLt 7 O .0 sSrar & 1 a ra 3 n I Penetrating relief from pain " . of arthritis and rheumatism nililiiii)i M ill ilh, W W DEEP HEAT NEW MENTHOLATUM RUB - gets right to where it hurts! DEEP HEAT. 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