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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1958)
SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1958 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE 3-D Forest Fires Are Reduced Forest fires were held to a record low of 83.400 nationwide in 1957, dipping below the 100,000 inark for the first time since rec ords have been kept, according to .the Wildlife Management Institute. Figures compiled by Uie u.a. Forest Service show last year's record compares with 143.000 for est fires in MM and 200,800 10 years ago. The area burned was I almost halved, dropping from THOUSANDS OF TULIPS scatter a riot of colors among the trees, in low places and in high places, about the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard von Berthelsdorf. Colors range from pure white to almost black. Many bloom among grass coverage which helps conserve moisture since there is no way of irrigating the informal garden. Chipmunks have car ried some of the bulbs far beyond the boundaries of the home grounds where they grow against clumps of manza nita and snow brush. Mrs. Von Berthelsdorf enjoys these blossoms close bv a corner win-- THREE CHILDREN, a son and two daughters, come home frequently to the gracious rooms where old etchings and oil paintings by a daughter, Dresden china, sterling and pewter, candlelight and damask make charming surround ings in the big home. There are works of Keats, Dumas, the old German masters of the written word among many volumes on the bookshelves by the native rock fireplace . . . Grieg and Schubert and Brahms are bywords in the house hold where both a piano and 100-year organ are used fre quently. Ceilings are beamed in all rooms and this part of the actual building program called for ingenuity to swing the heavy timbers overhead into place. This scene looks through the dining room to living room from the den and in 1957. Fires burned 23K. million acres 10 years ago. I Much credit for the excellent ..... !c rl.ta In Ilia A nrinjin nillw iic. Three programs that were commenaea mr ciemms ,uuu awareness of the destructive na- nf fnroct Time wnrf tllA Smokey Bear campaign sponsored ly ine r oi est ot.-i vitc miiu State Foresters under the leader- U; nf Ilia Arloarl icitllT Cnillirtl Keep Green programs conducted by torest industries ana me simo, and the Southern Forest Fire Con ference sponsored in New Orleans two years ago by the American Forestry Association. ' ira ). mr si'tw COVER BOX Photographer Don Kettler found ample material for pictures on recent visit to ranch home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard von Berthelsdorf, in Swan Valley. The home Is in natural woodland setting. The ranch is 25 miles from Klamath Falls. Attention Ranchers Canvas Dams Cooper Treated, No Mildew, Ail Si'im in Stock, S'x7' Thru 9 .15' White Roll Canvas 5' one! 6' Width! Loweit Pricoit ARMY STORE 3J0 So. 6th . h. 4-206 KITCHEN CABINETS Base cabinets for the storage of towels, table cloths, place mats and other kitchen linens arc now being made by some wood kitchen cabinet manufacturers. The units. which fit in naturally with other base cabinets, have a series of deep, sliding drawers, concealed behind a full-lengvh door. Farmers! Ranchers! Stockmen! ' SEE JUCK for Your Truck! Juckclaad Truck Solet ond Sttvic ' Tout International Dealer 11th Klamath Ph. 2-2581 LAND WAS CLEARED of trees and leveled b hand for buildings at Trail's End. Left rear is the garage and woodshed with rock an J cement walls built by the couple. A charm ing small guest house, eoiily furnished, is above the garage, reached by wide cement steps. Chokecherry bushes in full bloom along the walkway promise jar, of tart tell on pantry shelves next winter. Worn out wheelbarrows and a flock of shovels, dulled by use, are proof that no power machinery lurks in the bushes. Every b.t of work has been done by the Von Berthelsdorfs using only hand tools. Trail's End Is Product Of (Contniued from Page 2 D) children. A letter to her parents on the dire need of the people, brought immediate results. A flow of food, clothing, drugs. hospital supplies and bedding, be gan moving overseas to German families in the American occupied zone of the country. Hundreds of parcels were sent, to the land dev astated bv war. Postage alone ex ceeded $1,000. The humanitarian work was linanced through t h e sale of produce from Trail s End Mollv von Berthelsdorf dressed thousands of frying chickens in those years after the war. often working far into the nigm to prop erly care for the birds because there was no ice except for the family ice box. ATTENTION FARMERS WE NOW HAVE COMPLETE STOCKS OF Anhydrous Ammonia and Aqua Ammonia The thousand acres have been cut to 100, and no longer arc hun dreds of chicks raised each year. The big pantry, a luxury unknown to apartment and modern home dwellers, is stocked with home - preserved foods . . . the wicks of the oil lamps arc trimmed, a violin lies in its open case atop the pi ano, a black bear rug nuzzles the fireplace hearth ... a new treatise on osvcholoirv on a table by a window is marked at a special nnssaae. new crass near the door step draws deer from the fringe of the limber, the road winds left thrnuah the one valley from High way 66. past a windmill lazily Equipment both! for Application of And from that effort came rec ognition to her husband who had bought, packed and shipped t h c goods abroad, the Gallant Title, the Cross of the Order of Merit, to Hcrr Richard von Berthelsdorf, Landwirt (landholder! from the President of the Federal Kcpuo lie of Germany. The beribboned Cross of Merit mid its accompanying printed cita tion, came as an 80th birthday surprise to Richard von Berthels dorf. He was located through his nnlv son. Dr. Siegfried von Berth elsdorf. who served with the Amer-i ican forces during the -war as a I: .1. I Tha hnnnrlid AmUrimtl ,Ani in Qnniilo to nrrent drawing water for Hereford the award in an impressive cere- a pasture and there is a welcome rnnnv iwaimitt ai liana With complete WE CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF Dry's and Insecticides ' For Information Call Mr. Everett Lynom, Sales Representative Phone Tulcloke 7-1961 Norcal Cot Co. Jen MtFoll Ph. Tule. 7-2611 ' Ph. Bonanu 2231 Klamoth Gas Co. Al Konjille Ph. TO 2-24J1 Ph. Newell 4-214 Basin Chemical Co. Tulcloke, California
