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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1958)
IJ Cf L! 53.13 Y C2P la The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS Last week this writer was moved to write a piece pointing out. that I AS OF NOW tourist dollars aren't I hay in the economy of Southern Oregon and Far Northern Califor nia and suggesting '.hat if we ALL tackled the job in earnest we could bring about an IMMENSE increase in tourist expenditures in our area. The way to do it, we opined, is for all of us to become so familiar with our glamorous and beautiful area that when we encounter a tourist at a filling station, at a motel or hotel, at a restaurant, anywhere we happen to meet him we just won't be able to restrain ourselves from telling him ALL ABOUT IT in winged words that will carry conviction. If we all did that, we contended, tens of thousands of tourists could be influenced to spend DAYS AND DAYS in our imaginary State of Jefferson instead of whishing on through at high speed in order to get somewhere else. If that could be brought about, MILLIONS of dollars of outside money would be left here instead of the mere hun dreds of thousands that are pres ently left. This new money would spread it self out among ALL OF US. We got a raise. The raise came from Elizabeth Loosley of Fort Klamath, who sent us a little pamphlet issued some time ago by ' the people of historic Fort Klamath and the lovely Wood River valley. The pamphlet is a gem and, knowing Mrs. Loosley, we have a notion she had a finger in the preparation of it. It brings in the Hudson Bay trap pers who roamed our country a century and a quarter ago and the whiskered miners who discovered Crater Lake more than a century ago. It touches upon John C. Fre mont, that strange, meteoric char acter who flashed across our skies in the pregnant years of the nine teenth century when the Golden West was being born. It doesn't omit the cattle rustlers who plagued us in our early days. It is a' masterly job. It suggests this thought: Suppose every region of our mythical State of Jefferson which never existed as a political entity and never will, but which has lived as an imaginative concept in men's minds for more than a cen tury should issue a similar pamphlet, all of them touched by the finger of genius that lends charm to the Crater Lake - Wood River valley - Fort Klamath pamphlet here described. Suppose all of these could be pooled, so that ALL OF US COULD HAVE A COPY of each pamphlet and thus could be prepared to in doclrinate every tourist who en ters our area with the fascinating charm of this Southern Oregon Far Northern California country of ours. Tf that could be done, it wouldn't merely double the number of tour ists who stop with us (and spend money while stopping) instead of rushing on to see SOMETHING ELSE. It wouldn't merely quad ruple the number. - It would multiply it at least by ten. That would mean a lot of new dollars to be distributed among us. Our material is so RICH. There is Old Jacksonville, and Its days of old, the days of gold. There is Port Orford, once a teem ing city of 10.000 that existed to supply the gold camps of Southern Oregon and Far Northern Califor nia. There is old Scottsburg, at the head of navigation on the Umpqua. where the gold supply ships camp when Port Orford burned and once came within two votes of be coming the capital of Oregon. There are the lost mines from Roseburg south. There is Thompson's mule, that nibbled at a bunch of grass and so uncovered the rich gold deposit that started Yreka. There are the Indian battles along the gold trail that swung up through the Klam ath country and then turned south ward to Yreka. Scenery? There are the match less Trinity Alps and the fabulous beauty of the Mount Shasta area. And the wide reaches of the pur ple sage stretching on and on into Miller & Lux land of cattle tra dition. We have plenty to talk about,' Poor Little Dog Lost Its Way, Yip, Yip, Yip A little red cocker-spaniel has taken up residence on the east coast while waiting to be reclaimed by his owner. A special delivery letter was re ceived Saturday by Dr. S. M. Ker- rnn, county health officer, from Mrs. F. M. Campbell, at Green ville. South Carolina, saying that a red cocker spaniel came to her home on July 21. According to Mrs. Campbell, the dog appears lost and seems to be pining for its master. The dog carries a Klamath County license, 4461, and a rabies dog tag. Mrs. Campbell's address is 25 Taylor Street. Dr. Kerron said that he does not know her and said she must have gotten his name from a county health offi cer's directory. Corps Of Engineers Requests Basin Aid PORTLAND The Bureau of Land Management has request ed the withdrawal of 139.41 acres of public land southwest of Klam th Falls. The land is wanted by the Corps ef Engineers for a navigational Sid facility for the Klamath Falls Air Force base. rnc ita lenis m rages KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. SUNDAY, AliLlsr 3, 1938 Trlrphone TU 4-8111 No. 614H : ' : ; r- tmms&ssrzsi . esses rssrr: r 11 i r m . jsa r&tfn - BOTULISM, DREAD DISEASE OF DUCKS in the hot weather seasons, has been marked in the Klamath and Tulelake basins during the last seigo of hot weather, according to recent reports. While not yet of the magnitude of past outbreaks, all personnel are keeping a sharp eye out for all possible control measures in an attempt to lick the outbreak before the northern flights arrive in the area. Crews are working now, picking up the sick ducks (botulism is found on exposed mud banks as the water levels recede, thus allowing fertile conditions) and treating them at the Tulelake station. The top picture here shows the laboratory in the background and 9 Transient Laborers Die PRINCETON. Calif. (AP) A station wagon loaded with a fami ly of 11 transient prune pickers ran off the Princeton ferry Satur day and plunged into the Sacra mento River, drowning nine peo ple. Eight bodies were recovered. The family had arrived Friday from Oregon. A 2-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl were rescued by Louis Lchmkuhl, an off-duty ferry operator. Bodies recovered were those of Mrs. Santos Garcia. 52, daughter Mrs. Christina Aguilar, 32; Mrs. Aguilac's husband, Fortino, 35. two of their eons, Pepe, 3, and Fortino Jr., 4 and three of their daughters, Tina 5, Christina, 6, and Maria, 13. The body of Margaret Aguilar, 14, was not found. Mrs. Garcia's 14-y e a r-old daughter, Tony, was saved along with the 2-year-old son of the Aguilar couple, Mickey. The car drifted 50 feet off the end of the ferry before it sank eyewitnesses reported. PRAYER DAY WASHINGTON (AP)- President Elsenhower Saturday set aside Wednesday, Oct. l, as a National Day of Prayer. He asked citizens of all faiths to join in praying lor the nation ana tor mankind .... . . .. -. : Ir !&V,: Aide Says Ike Will Submit Series Of Peace Proposals WASHINGTON (AP) - A highi government official said Saturday President Eisenhower will submit a scries of concrete proposals for peace in the Middle East to any U.N. summit conference. This official, who declined to be quoted by name, said frankly he was seeking to counter published stories that the administration ap parently would enter a summit session of the United Nations Se- Pair Killed, One Hurt In Mishap CHEMULT Two Vople were killed and one seriously injured as the result of an automobile ac cident one-half mile north of here on Highway 97 about 5 p.m. Sat urday. State Police identified the dead as Mrs. Olive S. Driscoll of Win ston, Connecticut and Mrs. Elean or Anne Cushman of Portland. Injured was Mrs. Driscoll's hus band. Arthur, driver of the other vehicle, who was taken to the Bend Hospital, by Peace Ambu lance of Klamath Falls. Investigating officers said that Mrs. Cushman's northbound car skidded on the wet pavement into the southbound lane and was struck by the Driscoll car. No citations were Issued. - curity Council bankrupt of ideas for solving the crisis. "There is some confusion in a lot of peoples' minds," the inform ant told reporters. "There have been some stories that we would not propose anything at the meet ing. We expect the United States will have a series of concrete and constructive proposals and that these will be made by the Presi dent." These proposals, the official said, are now being worked on and will be ready if and when a conference is held, even if it be gins as early as Aug. 12, the date saggested in U.b. and British notes to the Soviet Union. He said the U.S. proposals will not be dis closed in advance. Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles are making plans for summit talks on the assumption they will begin within a few weeks. Some top officials, however, think that the Aug. 12 da'.e may prove to be a week too soon for the completion of arrangements. They also think the site more likely will be Geneva than New York. Administration leaders under stand that Congress probably will not adjourn on Aug. 9 but may run as much as a week longer That would complicate any plan by Eisenhower to be away from Washington as early as Aug. 12. Many session-end bills require his attention after adjournment. the large, watur-filled pen in the foreground. After treatment the bird are placed in the pen until such time as they are sufficiently recovered to' fly over the high fence and wend their way to freedom on their own. Lower left, Biologist Rod Stone is shown injecting a crippled bird with serum after the helpless bird was picked up. The lower right picture shows the interior of the lab with ducks awaiting treatment and others in wire fieni where they are under observation prior to being released into the reeing pen. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls end vicinity: Fair Sunday and Monday with night and morning cloudiness, clearing partially In the afternoons and evenings through Monday. Pos sible thunderstorms Sunday night. Highs both days 75-85. High yesterday 81 Low last night 56 Pilot Planning Work Return PENDLETON. Ore. (AP)-Cant. Marion iPat) Boling, the air line pilot who landed here Friday with a new light plane long-distance solo record, slept in Sat urday morning but said he's going back to work Tuesday. The 43-year-old Boling will leave Pendleton with his wife and son and fly as a commercial airlines passenger to his home in Palo Alto, Calif. Boling said he plans to take to the air again Tuesday for his regu lar job, flying the transcontinental route out of San Francisco for United Air Lines. He enjoyed a leisurely breakfast at a hotel Saturday morning and later was feted at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon. A parade, quickly organized by residents ol this ranching community who had not expected Boling to arrive here, was canceled to allow him more sleep. A?sCsV Blast Shakes Brazil Army Ammo Depot RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) A huge army munitions dump exploded 18 miles from here early Saturday. The army said no one was killed and few were hurt. The hurried evacuation of an estimated 30,000 persons in an ad joining housing area was credited with saving hundreds of lives. The army announced soldiers and fire fighters had extinguished the last embers of a fire that raged all day after four hours of artillery shell blasts that began at 11 p.m. rrid.iy. With the danger of new explo sions past, rescuers were able to move into tne tnree-mile destruc tion zone, where it had been feared many persons might have been trapped. Soldiers worked quickly to move out residents as the lire from one dump spread toward a larger one. Shortly after a series of blasts blamed on spontaneous comhus Hon rocked a wide area, radio sta tions appealed for blood donors and ambulances, saving thousands were trapped In the area. The army said none of the few injured was harmed seriously cnougn to ncea nospitai care. Atlas Missile Thunders Aloft On Success ful Try Into Outer Atmosphere CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (API The fully powered Atlas Inter continental ballistic missile thun dered aloft Saturday on its first successful test journey through space. The 100-ton, three-engine rocket was the mightiest war weapon ever launched by the free world The spectacular shoot boosted U.S. ICBM prestige and offset dismal failure July 19 when the first three-engine Atlas blew up in tne sky. The Atlas blasted aloft at 5:16 p.m. (EST), propelled by twin booster rockets and a mam sus tainer engine burning at full throttle. A blast of orange flames and an ear-splitting roar heralded the missile s takeoff. The missile climbed straight up. accelerating rapidly for some 50 seconds, then it pitched over to a more level course nnd darted to ward the southeast on the start of a 15,000-mile per hour flight through space. The Air Force announced five minutes later that preliminary in Idaho Prison Farm Escapee Captured After Wild Chase PENDLETON, Ore. (AP)-An escapee from the Idaho State Prison farm was captured near here Saturday afternoon after a 45-minute chase through two towns and ranchland roads. The prisoner, James Finas Ai ken. 30, finally surrendered when confronted by a state policeman with a gun in Athena, 17 miles northeast of here. Before that, police said, he abandoned a stolen car, took an other, forced a Portland woman to give him her clothes and led lawmen in a hectic chase. Police said this is what happened: Aiken escaped from the Agle Island State Prison near Boise about 10 a.m. Saturday. He was first discovered at 11:45 a.m. in the area east of Pendleton in a stolen car with a stolen shotgun The escapee eluded pursuing state police by taking a side road near Emigrant him, 20 miles east of here. He woke a Portland woman Loma Mae Jones, 31, who was' sleeping in' 'her car on the roadside and told her, "I don't want to hurt you but I'm hot and I've got to have another car. He dragged the woman from her car, donned her clothes and Divorcee Admits Shooting Of Drug Company Official INDIANAPOLIS (AP)-A pretty divorcee told detectives Saturday she fired the shots that killed a handsome drug company execu tive but said, "I was just going to scare him. You don't shoot the person you love." Capt. Michael Smiley said Mrs. Minnie B. (Connie) Nicholas, 42, emerged from a poison-induced coma and talked to detectives, telling them the wealthy drug ex ecutive had gotten her the pills she used to poison herself as a remedy for frequent headaches she had been having. Mrs. Nicholas emerged from the coma about 60 hours after Forrest leel, 54, was killed upon leaving the apartment of a newer girl friend, 29-ycar-old Laura L. Mow rcr. The divorcee told how she waited in TecL's car for about three or four hours until he left the apartment of the other woman, and shot him because "he started pushing me around and hit me." Detectives quoted Mrs. Nicholas as saying Tcel, who had been pay ing the rent for her apartment the past three years, had promised to marry her in 1961. She said they had often taken trips together and always registered at hotels Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Tecl. "After I fired two or three limes, I got into my car and drove to a secluded spot where I took about 75 sleeping pills," Mrs. Nicholas said. Two detectives began question ing Mrs. Nicholas in General Hos pital when she regained conscious ness a few hours after the funeral for the wealthy executive. Dr. Thomas A. Hafalski reported a definite improvement in the di Summit Meet Said Hopeful UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) Delegates to the U.N. Security Council were reported hopeful Sat urday of working out an informal agreement Tuesday for a top-level meeting on the Middle East in about two weeks. They may meet Thursday, a Council delegate said, to vote of ficial decisions on time and place of a Council summit meeting, pro cedure to be followed and non- members to be invited. The diplomats gave reporters that tentative timetable as Secre tary General Dag Hammarskjold continued private consultations with the individual Council delegates. strumentation reports Indicated the flight was normal. This is the first successful flight test using both the boosters and the sustainer engines," the statement said. All indications were that the critical test ran smoothly. "We were in the money all the way, one official close to the project said. The propulsion system, which pours out more than 350,000 pounds of thrust, gives the Big A enough push to travel interconti nental range 6,325 miles. In the first eight tests that pre ceded the last violent blowup, only the boosters were used on 600 mile limited-range shots. A . silver - tipped tactical nose cone gleamed in the sun as the missile soared skyward. The cone was designed to separate in space and streak in on target while the main missile body burns up in the intense friction encountered on re-entry into the earth's atmo sphere. The 85-foot Atlas reportedly was ' fired at a distance of about 2,500 miles on this trip to test engine components. took her car and left her tied In his car beside the road. State police found her 20 minutes later and radioed Pendleton city police for assistance. Aiken sped into Pendleton on Highway 30, turned northeast on Highway 11. He was spotted by State1 Patrolman Melvin R. Hewitt in Adams turning at the Highway 11 junction toward Athena. Aiken ignored Hewitt's siren. turned down a gravel street in Athena, spun his car around and headed back toward the police car, but his car stalled, tie sur rendered with his hands in the air when Hewitt threatened to shoot. Aiken is being held in Umatilla County jail on a charge of assault and robbery with a aangerous weapon. Bail was set at $10,000. He will be arraigned Monday and tried in district court here before being released for extradition pro ceedings, police said. state ponce later said aikco took a jacket and jeans Miss Jones was wearing. Police said : she is director of christian edu cation for the Christian Churches In Oregon. Aiken was received at the Idaho penitentiary March 21, 1957, to serve a 14-year sentence for for gery in Washington County. vorcee's condition and added, "we are optimistic about a complete recovery now." Mrs. Nicholas has been In criti cal condition from the overdose of sleeping pills since she was found in her car on a secluded river bank Thursday evening, 20 hours after the shooting. 6 Drug Firms Charged With Price Fixing WASHINGTON (AP) The government Saturday charged six major drug companies with fixing the prices of wonder drugs at arbitrary, artificial, noncompeti tive and rigid levels. J he action, one of the most Im portant antimonopoly complaints ever drafted by the Federal Trade Commission, climaxed a two-year study of the antibiotics industry. Industry spokesmen . promptly denied the commission's charges. The outcome of the case could affect the medical bills of millions of Americans who, according to one estimate cited by the com mission, spent 750 million dollars on miracle drugs in 1957. According to the commission, Ihe six accused firms have an ab solute monopoly in sales of tet racycline drugs which include Au rcomycin, Terramycin and Acro mycin. The agency said the tetracy clines are the largest selling anti biotics by dollar volume. Devel oped within the last 10 years, they are called broad spectrum drugs because they attack a wide range of disease-breeding microbes. Those accused of conspiracy to monopolize the wonder drug In dustry are: BULLETIN GRANTS PASS The Market Basket. Klamath Falls Softball entry In the district playoffs, de feated Grants Pass Saturday night 4-2 In the first of a three game series. The winning run was scored In the eighth Inning, one over the regulation seven, when Roy Harris squeezed home pitcher Gayle Wood who had opened the Inning with a single. Winner of the district tourney will play In the state finals, Coos Bay, August 15. Today, both trams play a possible double header at Conger Field, wIMs Klamath needing just one wia to enter the finals. if''-
