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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1958)
U OF OtZZr.i LI5HA.1Y C3i? la Hmh Dafs flews By FRANK JENKINS As this is written, the U.S. con gress is in the midst of a wild rush for adjournment. The basic purpose in Washington in these hectic days seems to be to set the political situation up in such a way! that everybody who is running for reelection will be able to say to every voter he canvasses: "LOOK WHAT WE GOT YOU OUT OF UNCLE SAM'S TREAS URY!" As politics, it's good argument. As ECONOMICS, it's different. Where does the money come from to fill Uncle Sam's treasure house? Why. IT COMES OUT OF YOUR POCKET AND THE POCKETS OF 170-ODD MILLION OTHER PEO PLE. That's the long and the short of It. But Let's quit panning the congress. It has its foibles. In campaign years, its members are stricken by a strange summer madness that we call election fever. In the grip of this malady, they do ab turd things. But our congress isn't all bad. There is the Klamath reservation bill that passed both houses in these final days of the biennial dervish dance. It is a good piece of legislation. Considered nation ally, it didn't have much vote getting appeal. - What happened was that the members of the con gress were brought to realization of the fact that it was SOUND and should be enacted. So, after hearing the arguments pro and con, they went ahead and enact ed it. We musn't get too cynical about our government. It has Hs laults. But we wouldn't trade it for any other form of government on earth. Why is the Klamath reservation bill a good billr Well, it lays down rules that if followed undeviatingly will result in keeping trees growing perpet ually over a large area in this re gion. Trees produce FIBER. They produce it economically. Fiber is a tremendously important raw ma terial. Out of it countless products can be made. If, here in Southern Oregon and Far Northern California, there is to be large development of indus tries based on fiber (with their re sulting large payrolls) we must provide assurance that the supply of fiber here will be perpetual. In dustry isn't going to invest tens of millions (perhaps nunareas ot mil lions) of dollars in a region ir which there is doubt of the PER MANENCE of the raw material supply. I We nut up a'hard and sue cessful ' battle to KEEP OUR WATER. We must now make equally sure that we will KEEP OUR TREES GROWING. In the development of our area, we must follow the sound princi ple of first things first. Our first job is to establish here a LARGE pulp and paper products Industry. Our next job must be to follow the pulp and paper products in dustry With a WOOD (JHEMISIK Industry. The wood chemistry industry will utilize what we now call the WASTE PRODUCTS of the pulp and paper industry. Thus one hand will wash the other. Can it be done? The head of the wood chemistry division of the F o r e s t Products Laboratory at Madison Wisconsin says that within a generation the wood chemistry industry will equal the petroleum chemistry industry Petroleum chemistry is now one of the nation s leading industries. Here is an interesting thought: When petroleum is all pumped out of the ground IT'S ALL PUMPED OUT. There isn't any more. Wood grows from the ground. It is a CROP. There will ALWAYS be more wood if we are wise and prov ident enough to KEEP ENOUGH TREES GROWING. i r SALES CONTEST TROPHIES were presented to Klamath Falls employes of the Oregon St'ele Motor Association following e July membership drive. Judy Louvier holds the of . lice trophy won for enrolling 109 new members, highest among six Class B offices, Medford, Bend, Coos Bay, Pendleton, Astoria end Klamath Falls. Carl Madison holds his ward as top talesman in Class B offices. J. Elmo Russell, left, state teles manager, pre sented the awards; at right It Dick Daviion, salesman in the Klamath Falls territory. hlimMMIIMIIl1lMBWMyHHMWMMMIIII1MWMMMtHIMWMHMMMWWHMWMIHMl'1MM II Price Ten Cents 64 Panes Taxes On All County Go Up This Year Tax millage rates the little numbers that become dollars when tax bills are mailed out are higher in . Klamath County this year. This means that taxes will be higher. - The increases will be felt all over the county, with no ex ceptions. v The reason, County Assessor Clyde (Hap) Caldwell said, is be cause we re spending more money. Every one of 'the 23 districts of one kind or another entitled to levy taxes raised its budget for the 1958- 59 fiscal year. "We cannot continually spend more money and expect lower tax- es," Caldwell said. "If we demand the service, we must pay for.it.' How large this payment will be depends upon where you live. A property owner in Klamath Falls, for example, will be billed at a rate of 130.4 mills this (1958-59) tax year. That's an increase from 127.4 mills a year ago. Translated into money, this means a bill of $130.40 for each $1,000 of assessed valuation, com pared with $127.40 per $1,000 last year. If the property inside the city is valued at $2,000, the tax bill will be up $6 from last year. The sharpest increase in tax lev ies was made by the city of Chilo quin, which more than doubled its tax rate from 10.4 mills last year to 21.2 mills this year. Other tax districts affecting Chiloquin the county, and county elementary and high schools also raised taxes. The net result means a total in crease of almost $20 per $1,000 for a Chiloquin property owner, based on a total levy of 83.2 mills this year, up from 63.8 mills last year. Caldwell noted that every tax dis trict raised its budget, but not all 23 raised levies. Nineteen of them did, one (the Poe Valley Park Dis trict) remained the same, and four lowered levies. The four were Klamath Union High School Dis trict, the cities of Bonanza and Merrill, and the Wiard Park Dis trict. , However, no taxpayer can expect to escape an Increase. This, is cause no property owner pays tax es to less than three taxing dis tricts such as fire, park, school and cemetery districts,, and the county Jtself and some pay tax es levied by six different districts. The county levy itself went up from 19.8 mills last year to 23.7 mills this year. A major factor. Caldwell said, was the three-mill county road levy, which will ex pire this year, unless again ap proved by voters. ' Caldwell also noted that the city elementary school levy was in creased 1.7 mills and the county elementary school levy was up 1.8 Senaie Agrees To Vote On House Farm Bill Monday WASHINGTON (AP) Yielding to pressure for new farm legisla tion before Congress adjourns, the Senate reversed1 itself Saturday and agreed to end an eleventh hour deadlock over a new House farm bill. By voice vote, the Senate went along with a recommendation of its Agriculture Committee that it vote next week, possibly Monday, on the controversial House meas ure. Senate passage would send it to the White House. Sen. Allen J. Ellender (D-La), Agriculture Committee chairman, indicated belief the Senate will ap prove the bill, passed by the House earlier . this week under strong pressure from cotton and rice interests. KLAMATH Property In mills, but the Klamath Union High School levy was down 2.6 mills, the largest decrease. Here is a comparison of taxes per $1,000 valuation in some of the county's more populated areas, with this year's tax rate shown first: City of Klamath Falls: $130.40 per $1,000 this year; $127.40 per $1,000 last year. South Suburban Area (general lyA $81.10: compared with $78.90 Bonanza: $91.90; $84.00. Chilo quin: $83.20; $63.80. Malin: $102.90; $92.40. Merrill: $90.20; $81.90. Caldwell said a complete sched- ule of new tax rates may be seen at his office. His staff has begun computing individual bills for every taxpayer in the county a tre mendous job that may require two months or more Senate Group Looks For Missing Loot WASHINGTON (AP) Senate rackets probers said Saturday an elusive trail of evidence stops just short of solving the mystery of the missing $300,000 Greenlease kid nap ransom money. The Special Senate Investigating Committee headed by Sen. John L. McClellan (D-Ark) is collab orating with the FBI in efforts to close the gap, described as narrow but baffling. McClellan and Robert F. Ken nedy, committee counsel, said they plan to explore the story as far as they can in public hearings over the coming weeks. They hinted that fresh evidence about the ransom has turned up in their investigations of gangland figures they accuse of conniving in labor rackets with Jame R Hoffa. international president of bo-iihe Teamsters Union. -' Hoffa's name has not figured in the ransom mystery probe. "There is a gap we have been unable to close," McClellan told a reporter in discussing the ransom phase. He indicated it is not wide, but he declii.ert to go further. Kennedy told newsmen in a sep arate interview it may be impos sible to bring out in the public hearings all that the committee has learned. "There are two witnesses from which we have received informa tion," Kennedy said cryptically. "One we cannot use. One, there is a question whether we can." The Senate reversal ended a new stalemate reached Friday when the House flatly rejected Senate demands for compromise talks The House took that stand after Ellender's committee voted against the bill and called for Senate-House talks to shape it more in line with a Senate farm meas ure endorsed by Secretary of Ag riculture Benson. Benson, however, indicated he would accept the House version thus assuring its approval by Pres ident Eisenhower if the Senate passes it. Rnlh thA Unneo finri Kanata hillc contain provisions to prevent sharp acreage cuts in cotton and rice planting due to go into effect next year unless Congress passes a new larm program. FALLS, OREGON. SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 195S RlSS&tSil CSl SMI:.!? - - - - & "DONALD IS THE NAME, SIR!" This Shorthorn it being groomed for the annual Klam ath Junior Livestock Show and Fair opening today at the Klamath County Fairgrounds. Animals are being judged, starting at 8:30 a.m. and continuing during the day. At halter is owner, John Roberts, who hat boen in 4-H Club work since he was a wee lad. Don Breithaupt, left-,. has been railing another shorthorn alongside Roberts', The livestock show -end fair which, includes 4-H Club and Future Farmer exhibitors will continue August 17, 18 end 19, concluding w'th the annual sale of prime (,bef, twine and .sheep in the- live stock ana at 6:30 p.m. on the last day.-- '' 1 ' ' " ' -' 4-H, FFA Livestock Show Climaxes Months Of Work The climax of many months of planning, feeding, grooming, weigh ing and wondering will come this week for boys and girls, 4-H Club and Future Farmers of America, when they halter their animals and lead them to stalls in the barns at the Klamath County Fairgrounds or into the livestock sales arena to trade them for cash of the realm. Goal of the lone drawn out pro gram of care is the annual 4-H and FFA Livestock Show and Sale opening today and continuing un til the last fat animal goes under the hammer on Tuesday night. Others m 4-H Club work have been' diligent in raising gardens, rabbits, poultry, flowers, in home making, pursuits, in preparing ex hibits of entomology specimens, and forestry exhibits. Combined, the work of the many young exhibitors adds up to a su per exhibit of effort. The public is invited to view the animals in the clean barns and the other ex hibits to be placed in the live stock arena during the three day event. Homomaking demonstra tions will be in the exhibit build ing. Skill in judging livestock, horse- rnanship, herdsmanship, the demon- strations in the exhibit building in the preservation of food, outdoor cookery and other contests are scheduled. Francis Skinner, Klamath Coun ty 4-H Club agent, has released the final list of livestock entries as follows: dairy, 47; sheep, breeding and market, 178; beef, breeding and market, 1O0; swine, breeding and market, 68; horses. 47; poul - Senate Okays Modified Social Security Bill WASHINGTON (AP) - The Sen ate late Saturday passed the so cial security liberalization bill aft er trjmming the increased public assistance program in an eiion to avert a veto by President Eis enhower. The bill now goes back to the House which passed it 375-2 July 31. Seme senators said they under- stood the House would accept it without any conference commit- tee meeting. Its chief feature is a 7 per cent increase in social security insur - ance benefits. Payroll taxes would be raised by a bigger amount than necessary to pay for the Immediate new insur ance benefits. The tax boost is de signed in part to insure the long range soundness of the social se curity system. The bill as it passed the House also increased federal grants to the states for the four public as-! ance checks carrying Increases to sistance programs by 2X8 million! go out In most sUitei prior to No dollars. These programs are for tember elections U the bill be tas needy, the aged, blind, andlcomei law. Iry, 2; rabbits, 15: outdoor cook ery, 15: vegetable gardens, 30; flower gardens, 25; food preserva tion, 20: entomology, 3, and for estry exhibits, 2. Don Peterson, farm adviser .of Merced, California, will judge beef and swine. Karl Wipper, Turner, Oregon, sheep breeder, will judge sheep; Don Anderson.- dairy spe cialist, Oregon State College, dairy animals; Al Haselbacher, Lake county extension agent, vegeta bles; Mrs. Will Blackman, Henley, and Mrs. George Houck, Klamath Falls, flowers. Exhibitors and their animals will pass before the grandstand during the invitational barbecue for exhib itors, their parents, buyers. Rotary committees, and guests. Entry to the grandstand for the barbecue is by ticket only. Exhibitors will be fed before the grand entry. The auction sale in the pavilion will start at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday with Bob Rhodes, Klamath Falls auc tioneer, crying the sale. The Army Really Put The Lid On KILLEEN, Tex. (AP) The Army reached new heights in blocking information this week while Oklahoma's 45th National Guard Division was training at nearby Ft. Hood. A newsman sought to telephone the division's public information officer, whose job is to talk with reporters. But the telephone operator at rt. Hood mtormed the newsman: "Sorry, but that number is re 'stricted.' disabled and dependent children This led the administration to send word to the Capitol that the measure would be vetoed. Eisen hower has been urging that the federal government cut back, and not increase, lis share of the as sistance programs. i The Senate chopped this increase down to 197 million. Sen. George A. Smathers (D-Fla). who spon sored the two floor amendments I to reduce the public assistance cost, said he was sure that their j adoption would prevent a veto, I WASHINGTON (AP) If (be new i Social Security bill becomes law, recipients of public assistance should get increased checks In most slates prior to the November elections, Sen. Ruisell Long (D-La.) won acceptance of a last-minute change that would permit assist- Telephone TU 4-H 1 1 1 No. 6i:2 ft.-.--,- Weather FORECAST Klamath' Falls and vicinity: Partly cloudy with after noon and evening thunderstorms. Highs 80-85. High yesterday 83 Low last night .- 62 Guns Bark In I Red Legation BERN. Switzerland (AP) Two young Hungarian refugees fought a half-hour gun battle in Commu nist Hungary's Legation Saturday. Police called it a desperate at tempt to seize legation documents. One or the men, Sander Nagy, 22, a laborer, was wounded criti cally by members ot the legation staff. He was not expected to live. The other, a plumber's appren tice Endre Papp, 21, was cap tured without a fight by steel helmetcd Swiss police who had en tered the legation armed with tear gas and submachineguns. Both refugees fled to Switzerland alter the Soviet army had crushed the anti-Russian revolt in Hungary in 1956. Five other Hungarian refugees were arrested outside the lega lion, but questioning has not clari lied whether they were working with the intruders. ) 4 .-r j ID liiL -.1. ZV ' "5 , I i ' i it -ri-" HUGE SEWER PIPES, 36 inehet in diameter, era ttacked along Washburn Way prepar atory to conifruetion of a 2,273-foot interceptor tewer line for the South Suburban Sanitary District. The line should be completed in 30 to 45 days, much of the system will be in use by mid-October, and the complete tyttem should be completed by Sep tember, 1959. Lee Hoffman Inc. it contractor for the project, expected to eott approxU mately $1,600,000. i r v Air Force Set To Shoot The Moon' CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) The preliminary countdown for launching of the first United States moon rocket began- Satur day, indicating that the spectac ular shot will be attempted early Sunday. Douglas Aircraft Co. techni cians reported to the blockhouse late in the afternoon to start the lengthy checkout that leads up to the crucial zero hour. The weather station at Patrick Air Force Base forecast partly cloudy conditions Sunday. Hurri cane Cleo was too lar out to sea to have any effect on the firing, of ficials said. There still was no official an nouncement on when the launch ingthe most ambitious venture in man's bid to conquer space was due. But observers expected the try to be made shortly after dawn. There still was no official an nouncement on when the critical zero hour was due. but indications were that it might be soon. The moon probe vehicle. CAB Probes Plane Crash, Fatal To 23 NANTUCKET. Mass. (AP) Civil Aeronautics Board officers began an investigation Saturday of New England's worst airplane disaster in which 23 persons mostly New Yorkers vacation- bound lost their lives in a North east airliner crash. Twenty-two were killed outright, and another man, Don Breswick of New York City, died later of injuries in Massachusetts General Hospital. Eleven persons were hurt, some burned seriously, The twin-engine Convair crashed in fog shortly before Friday mid night after cutting through tree tops about 300 yards from this summer resort s airfield. The plane, flight No. 258. left New York at 10:30 p. m. EDT and made the nonstop trip to Nantuck et in normal flying time. The dead (included: Gordon Dean. 52, former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission; Har vey schwamm, 53, prominent wall street banker and chairman of the American Trust. Co.; bd John S. Pearson of Manhattan, an execu tive of the American International Underwriters Corp., an insurance llrm. ' , Seven of the more seriously burned were, flown to Boston for treatment at Massachusetts Gen eral Hospital. Five others are in Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Airport officials said the plane held back in New York because of heavy air traffic was coming in lor landing about 11:30 p.m. using instruments because of t heavy fog that had sprung up sud denly. Conciliators In Teamster Strike Will Map Strategy SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Gov ernment conciliators will meet here Monday in a strategy con ference before they meet with labor and management at . San Diego Wednesday in an attempt to end the six-day Teamster strike lockout in 11 Western states. Arthur C. Viat, regional director of the Federal Mediation and Con ciliation Service, said he called the strategy session to brief med iators George Hillenbrand and Ralph Patterson of San Francis co, and Stephen Halligan of Den ver. Both union and management leaders appeared optimistic that a settlement will be reached. Both Einar Mohn, president of the Western Conference of Team sters, and Robert Cutler, chair man of the employer's 11 Western Hi I u v- iTiV mighty three -stage Thor-Able rocket, still was under wraps in its huge red and white service tower. Its immense size, dominating the cape skyline, left little doubt that this was the missile that the Air Force hopes will carry a satel lite to an orbit around the moon. The hopes of a complete succesi on the first try were very dim however, because of the complex problem- in celestial mechanics! involved. - The missile experts figure it is a 10-1 chance that the satellite will plop into a planned orbit some 10.- ooo to 50.000 miles from the moon. They probably will be quite satis- - ilea it tne missile s three stages perform satisfactorily and nothing more. Activity around the Thor-Able gantry service tower was stepped up during the day. Cocoa Beach, the missile town adjacent to the sprawling Air Force test area, also was bustling as thousands of tourists poured in. "No vacancy" signs were ev erywhere. If the initial blastoff toward space is successful, the world will have to wait 2'i days for an an nouncement on the results. The rocket must reach unprecedented speeds of 25.000 m.p.h. to escape the earth's gravity pull. The Pentagon has announced that the optimum days to shoot the moon this month are Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. This is be cause of the moon's close proxim ity to earth about 221,000 miles. On each day, the Air Force will be limited further by a bracket of minutes in which to launch the missile. If the Thor-Able Is not launched during the optimum period the shoot probably will be postponed until next month. Construction , Strike Seems ' To Be Ending By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Work on Oregon's 400 million dollars worth of heavy construc tion projects is expected to be almost at normal levels Monday, - Members of the Klamath Falli local of. -the Operating Engineers' Union were to vote Saturday on the proposed contract agreement with the Associated General Con tractors, i The official "reports of votes from other union locals In the state have not yet been released, except at Portland, where the engineers voted overwhelmingly in favor of the AGC offer. It was apparent, however, that other locals followed the lead of the Portland members. Workers have been drifting back to proj ects since the Portland vote Wednesday night. states policy committee, said their groups would attend the San Die go meeting. But Cutler, who Is In EI Paso. Texas, said the employers are firm in their demand to get away from what they call whlpsaw tech niques where local unions in dif ferent areas compete for higher wage increases, lie said a group agreement must be reached. Meanwhile a one day strike by Teamsters Local 70 here against three large food store chains was settled Saturday after marathon negotiations. Drivers for Lucky, Hagstrom and Safeway Stores went back to work after the union membership ratified a negotiated one-year contract providing a $2 daily wage increase, pushing it to $22.44, plus some 20 fringe ben efits worth about $3 per day more. . A A -V 1 1 Mfi'U; J
