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.
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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.
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Stockmen! '
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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
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