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PAGE KOUR HERALD ANT) NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1958 "Is the speed limit the same Search Spreads For Youth Wanted For Killing Five EL CAJON, Calif. (UPI) A manhunt for a 16-year-old boy, be lieved to have murdered a mother and her lour children, spread to day throughout the Southwest. Carl Edcr, of Irondequoit, N.Y., who was befriended by the fam ily, fled Friday shortly before Mrs. Lois Pcndergast, 37, was found by her husband fatally shot in the hallway of their home. The couple's four children, three boys and a girl aged 2 to 9, were found in other parts of the house and an adjoining garage with their throats cut. Two of the chil dren had been disemboweled. Thomas Peudurgast, 39, the hus band and father, said Sunday aft er undergoing a seven and a half hour lie detector test that he planned to devote his life to church and youth welfare work. Yule Honors To Be Given YREKA Under the joint spon sorship of the Yreka Chamber of Commerce and California-Oregon Power Company, prizes will again be awarded this year in the Yreka Christmas decoration contest in the amount of $UiO. Harry Crebbin, secretary for the Yreka Chamber of Commerce, an nounced Thursday that lour prizes win do awaraeo lor tne nest dec oration in tho residential classifi cation, amounting to $115, and three prizes totaling $-15, for the winning downtown or commercial decorations. As explained by Crebbin, "any homo, church or house trailer is eligible in the residential catego ry," and he said that the entries could consist of just a decoration on a door, roof, in a window or yard, or could be a combination of all. Judging will be based on the general all-over beauty, or what catches the attention of the public. In the commercial classification Crebbin stated that consideration of the judges will be on the gener al appearance of a store front and the decorations on the Christmas trees, which have been attached to the parking meters in front of the store. All decorations must he in place by Tuesday night. December 23. when judging will take place by a secret committee of the Yreka Garden Club. Individual prizes have been set up as follows: residential first, $50; second, $35; third, $20; fourth, $10. Commercial, first, $25; second, $15; third, $5. BOY DIES HUNTER. Utah (AP) - M. B. Peterson stepped into the frigid dawn outside his home and found his 2-year-old son Zachary frozen to death on the lawn. The family was unawaro tho boy had left the house. The temperature had dipped to 22 degrees during the night. T-i hi t " ' 1 ,73"W, "Alfred would just lov m in this -it'i his favorite prieet" for horses as for cans?" I The aircraft plant worker's lie detector test results were being evaluated, findings will be known sometime late today or Tuesday. Police Chief Joseph O'Connors said. "It is only fair to clear this man to strengthen our case against the other (Eder), OCon nors said. The police chief said Ponder- gast's statements while being questioned with the polygraph were consistent with what he told us before. "I wanted the lie detector test," Pendergast said after the ordeal. I believe in lie detectors. It is my witness next to the Lord. Cars were checked at the near by Mexican border for Eder Koadblocks were manned at points along highways. Weather Table United Press Temperatures 24 hours ending Albuquerque Atlanta Bakcrsfield Boise Boston Brownsville Chicago Denver International and rainfall for at 4 a.m. ' High Low Rain 49 28 37 BO 43 29 46 13 38 22 78 11 39 73 19 18 84 ,77 7 48 32 . 74 22 73 24 72 51 68 44 81 68 ' 40 29 68 85 71 28 22 52 25 26 .01 42 -5 .02 22 7 .01 46 -8 18 37 -1 8 61 73 .27 -7 .03 30 28 .08 56 ' 9 48 42 17 42 23 i 55 54 34 23 39 38 48 21 Detroit El Centro Fairbanks Fort Worth Fresno Helena Kansas City Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis New Orleans New York. Oakland Oklahoma Phoenix City Pittsburgh Red Bluff Reno Sacramento Salt Lake City San Diego San Francisco Seattle Spokane Stockton Thermal Tucson Washington Ex-Radio Man's Last Rites Set PALO ALTO. Calif. (API- Fu neral services will be held today lor Bertrand Silen, 58-year-old for mer radio man in the Far East whose glib postwar comeback won him the Headlincrs Award. Silen, owner-manager of a radio station and NBC correspondent in Manila, was bombed off the air early in 1942 while describing a Japanese air raid. After V-J Pay he began his first broadcast ; "This is Ber Silen. As I was saying when I was so rude ly interrupted ..." SAM DIXON Basin Pioneer Dead At 82 Sam Dixon, 82, Klamath County pioneer, resident since 1890. died at Hillside Hospital December 19 following a brief illness. He had been in failing health in recent months. Mr. Dixon, a native of Auck land, New Zealand, was born Feb ruary 18, 1876. and came to the U.S. and to Klamath Falls, then Linkville, when he was 14 years old. He was married in Linkville to Florence B. Galbreath June 10, 1896. Mrs. Dixon lost her life in an automobile accident a few years ago. For many years he farmed in the Henley district, part of that time with his son Clyde Dixon. Mr. Dixon was a member of Klam ath Temple. He first settled on the present Glenn Dehhnger ranch and went to school at Olcne. Survivors include his sons, Clyde and Bill Dixon, Klamath Falls; daughter, Mrs. Elsie Owens, this city; 10 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from the Klamath Temple, Tues day. December 18, at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev. Harry Strachan. pas- lor of Klamath Temple, and Dr. E. M. Causey, pastor of the first Baptist Church, officiating. Final rites and interment will be in Klamath Memorial Park with O'Hair's Memorial Chapel in charge. Active pallbearers will be Ray Morris, Lonnie Sehorn, Jess Man- gum, Ray Jones, Roy WarnerT Ev erett Guthrie. Honorary will be Charles Drew, Harry Kinney, Jess Book, Earl Hamaker, Charles De Lap, Henry Grimes, Dorris Rancher's Petition Denied DORRIS The district court of appeals last weel: denieo a petition by Jessie Lee Harrington, rancher of Dorris, charged with grand theft, that he was held on insuffi cient evidence and deprived of his constitutional rights. Harrington, secretary - treasurer of the Butte Valley Cattlemen's Association, charged with taking cattle belonging to Mrs. Mary Noakes of Macdoel had, through Yreka attorney, Mark Brawman, claimed evidence produced during a preliminary examination was in sufficient to establish "a reason able and probable" cause for the crime committed.- The court of appeals also held Hint Harrington's allegation that hcJ was deprived of his constitutional rights through not being able to call witnesses was void of merit. The court concluded by asserting there was "reasonable and prob able cause to believe the petition cr the perpetrator of said offense.' Reckless Driving Jails Soldier, 18 An 18-year-old soldier from Ft. Lewis, Washington, was jailed Sat urday night on charges of reckless driving and of being a minor in possession of liquor, following a rear-on collision at the intersection of South Sixth and Hope streets, State police report that the car driven by Lawrence D. Duell, 6021st Replacement Company, H. Lewis, was going at a high rate of speed north on Hope when the car ap parently stopped at the Sixth Street intersection. According to police. tho Duell car hit the other vehicle and knocked it against a tree on the other side of Sjxth Street. 88 feet away, Both cars were considerably damaged, but neither Duell nor Robert E. Sims, IB, 3917 sum mers Lane, driver of the other ve hicle, was injured. LIGHTS STOLEN Someone in the area must have needed some outdoor Christmas lights, as 15 were stolen from the residence of Krcd Hadlock, 4224 Lavcrnc Street, last night. Had lock and his family had strung the lights along the eaves of their house on Sunday and when they awakened this morning noticed 15 ot the bulbs were gone. Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery Stops ltcn K. T.rk. K. T. 9pui For the flrst time science has forjnd a new healing auMance with tht ailon Ishine ability to shrink hemor rhoid!, atop itching, and relieve pain without surgery. , In taw after taw, while gently rel evint pain, artual reduction (shrinkage) took place. Mot amaingo( all-retolu were ao thorour aat autTerere made SP Pays First Files Letter Of Protest YREKA The first half of $137,- 139.11 tax payment, levied against the Southern Pacific Company by the County of Siskiyou, was paid last week in the amount of $72,- 135.17, accompanied by a letter of protest from the railroad's tax commissioner, F. B. Magruder. Magruder stated that the tax is based on an assessment that is 'void, illegal and constructively fraudulent." A similar communi cation was posted to the city of Dorris, protesting payment of $416.- 90. The action was seen by L. D. :'Babe) Taylor, Siskiyou County assessor, as the first step toward a court test ot the ways and means of assessing utilities compared with other California properties. A similar action had been taken by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company at the town of Pinole, Contra Costa County, California, and the utilities are acting in con cert. Taylor stated that if this action is successful, "it will break the taxpayer (taxpayers other than utilities), by adding more to their share of the property tax load. The protest of the railroad was based upon legal and constitution al requirements for tax equaliza tion in California, and the conten tion that its railroad property (as distinct from land holdings) is be ing assessed at 50 per cent of value by the public utilities commission while county assessors like Taylor, are assessing other property at an average of only 23.7 of value. If. Siskiyou Country refuses to give the Southern Pacific $72,135.- 17 of its money back, it would re sult in a suit by the company try ing to force such payment, accord ing to Tavlor. The action is in conjunction with a statewide controversy on meth ods of assessment. According to county assessors the State Board of Equalization is not assessing the Obituaries GREENE Graveside services were held Monday. December 15, in Holy Cross Cemetery, San Mateo, for Mrs. Margaret May Greene, 67, a resident of Klamath County for 30 years who died December 10. Mrs Greene, a registered nurse, was a native of County Galway, Ireland. She was a member of Sacred Heart Parish and of the Catholic Daugh ters. With her husband, she lived for many years in the Henley district before moving to Sebastapol, Call lornia, where Mr. Greene died a few years ago. Mrs. Greene re turned here to make her home at 1638 Division Street. Survivore include two brothers, Patrick and Simon Ruane, both of County Galway, Ireland; five sis Icrs. Kathleen Fahy Attymon, Nora Teresa Lally, Maureen Doyle, all of County Galway, Ireland, Delia Donahue, New York City, and Rose N. Ruane. Oakland. California, who came to Klamath Falls to be with her sister. Recitation of the Holy Rosary was at Ward's Klamath Funeral Home. December 12. Funeral serv ices took place December 13 from Sacred Heart Church when a Re quiem Mass was said for the re pose of her soul. Monsignor r. r. Casey of Sacred Heart Church offi ciated. A second Rosary was recit ed in San Francisco Sunday night, December 14. LINDHORST E. A. Lindhorst, 50, a native of Linn. Missouri, and a resident of Great Falls, Montana, died here December 13. He is survived by the widow Irene of Great Falls. O'Hair's Memorial Chapel will for ward the body to Great Falls for services and interment. Mr. Lind horst, employed by the Great Northern Railway, died at Hillside Hospiial following a heart attack. Woman Given One Year Term Ethel Mae Lugo, 28-year-old Chil nauin resident who was found guil ty on a charge of assault and bat tery bv a circuit courr, jury lasi week, was sentenced to one year in Oregon State Penitentiary Mon day morning. Miss Lugo's attorney. H. F. Smith, told Circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg, before sentence was passed, that his client should not bear full responsibility for the fight in which she was involved with two other women, on July 1. lie said that Miss Lugo had no previous involvement on a crimi nal charge on ncr record, aunougn the others taking part in the fight had. He also asked the court to ai low the time Miss Lugo had al r?cdy spent in jail to count against her sentence. Judge Vandenberg in sentencing Miss Lugo, specified that he had deducted approximately six months the time she has spent in the county jail from the sentence he would otherwise have passed. O Newspaper SPOT ADS are inexpensive repeated dH; Ut Keiieves ram astonlshtnr statements liVe "PtVea nave ceasea to re a prooiem; The secret is a new healing suh aiance ( Bio-Dyne ) discovery of a world-famous research institute. This substance is now available in ppotifo-y or oialmeat cw ander the name Ptwoftea H. At your druggist, asonev oacs guaranta- Hts. V. . Tt- Ot. - Half Tax; utilities at 50 per cent, of value. hut at a figure less than that. On the other hand, the state board maintains the county assessors are failing to understand their meth ods. According to Taylor, the protest against Siskiyou County taxation can be disproved on one basis the board of equalization had found his assessments to average 25.1 per cent of market value of property instead of the 23.7 state average upon which the railroad based its protest. County taxes also paid by the Southern Pacific Land Company were not protested, the first half amounting to $47,349.59. The land, unlike the railroad facilities, is lo cally assessed at a presumably ratio ot value. N As the county s biggest single taxpayer, the California-Oregon Power Company paid the county earlier in the week, its $437,923.28 for the whole year, with no pro test. City's Vandals Still Operate City police are investigating five instances of vandalism which were reported to them over the week end. Mrs. Vern Hassler, 419 North Tenth Street, told police Friday morning that someone bad broken a window out of the rear of the canopy of her pickup, while it was parked in front of her resi dence the previous day. Mrs. Walter Henry, 1122 Lincoln Street, told police Saturday morn ing that a Colorado spruce tree which her family had planted three years ago by her mother's grave in Klamath Memorial Park, had been cut down the previous night. Sunday morning, Henry Sweet man. 749 North Ninth Street, told police that during the night some one had fired a BB shot at the picture window on the Prospect Street side of his home. The win dow was chipped. Also on Sunday, Emma M. Dun ham. 435 Oak. Street, reported that the front window of a house belonging to her at 1841 Manzanita Street, had been broken prior to 9 p.m. on Saturday. The most recent report, made Sunday afternoon, came from Charles Johnson, 1412V4 Crescent Avenue, who stopped by the sta tion to say that the top of his car had been dented by a rock sometime after November 27. Larceny Charge Jails KF Man Kenneth E. Ward, 35. 130 Mar tin Street, was arrested by state police Friday night on a charge of larceny from an auto, and odged in Klamath . County Jail. According to police, .one of their officers was keeping an eye on an out-of-state car which had been parked on Highway 3.-) between Klamath Falls and Merrill for sev eral days. Police say that the olticer had stopped to check the car shortly before 8 p.m. Friday. He came back by the same spot a few min utes later and found Ward, seated in his own car, nearby. Police al leged that Ward had in his posses sion property which had been in the parked car a few minutes ear lier. The glove compartment of the out-of-state car had also been forced during the policeman s ab sence, the report charges. ' DEEPER TROUBLE When state police picked up 19- year-old Gerald R. Lalo, Chiloquin Saturday night on Highway 62 they charged him with driving while intoxicated and carrying concealed weapons, and lodged him in the Chiloquin jail. Lalo got even deeper into trouble on Sunday. when the owner of the vehicle he was operating at the time of his arrest signed a warrant charging that the car had been taken with out permission, state police re port. Lalo was scheduled to be ar raigned in the court of Justice of the Peace Walter Zimmerman Monday. A PLAQUE was presented last week by John R. Browne, left, district manager of The Charles E. Hires Company, to Charles Bridges, right, bottler at Pepsi-Cola Bottling Com pany of Klamath Falls, for achieving a perfect Quality Award score during 1958. The plaque stays on the bottling company's wall and Bridges takes home the pen and pencil set which was an additional gift. Local Soft Drink Company Wins Performance Award The local Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company has won an award lor fine performance from The Charles E. Hires Company every year since 1954 when the company start- Groups Named By VFW Aux MERRILL Several committees were appoinied to plan coming events by President Marian Knox during a regular meeting of the Merrill VFW Auxiliary held Wed nesday evening, December 3, at the Merrill VFW Hall. The auxiliary Christmas party will be held Wednesday, .Decem ber 17. Bertha McKoen was ap pointed chairman and will select her committee. A $1 gift exchange will be held that evening. The New Year's Eve party com mittee includes Mr. and Mrs Ralph Swisher, Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Knox. Dorothy West and June Orem will head the entertainment com mittee for the crab feed. Randall Pope and Ivan Kandra will repre sent the VFW post. Barbara McKoen, chairman of the skating rink project, reported that, to date;' the project had been a successful one due to lots of work by the auxiliary members. Margaret Moore, hospital chair man, was given a check to pur chase Christmas gifts for Arthur Hill and other men at Camp White. Members were remind jd to send used toys to the Merrill Fire De partment for distribution on Christ mas Eve. Kay Woods was initiated into the auxiliary during the meeting. Refreshments were served by Virginia Liskey and Milly Fothcr ingham to three Malin guests and 23 attending members. STOLEN BIKE Gordon Darling, 1518 NimUz Street, reported to city police that his boy's red and white Mont gomery Ward bicycle, six months old, had been stolen during the night from Thursday to Friday. OSBORN HOTEL EUGENE. ORE. s. J. SL BbHt Je Baatf Jf. Thoroughly Modem MATERNITY FASHIONS A fin selection at low. very low prices. Dresses Tops Capri Pants Lingerie Pedal Pushers Skirts Shop tonighr and viry night till Christmas till 9 p.m. ed its awards program. This year, however, it made top position by achieving the perfect 110 per cent record in bottling Only six bottling companies in the nation were rated at 110 per cent among a total of 367 plants which bottle Hires Root Beer. Among the six were the Eugene and Chehalis, Washington, plants, giving three equal top awards in the Pacific Northwest. The record was achieved by the plant under the supervision of Charles Bridges, according to Ma rio D. Fastega and Leo J. Bocchi, co-owners of the Klamath Falls plant. Bridges has been with the firm for the last 12 years. He has been winning awards for excellence since 1950 when he took the top Nesbitt s Orange bottling produc tion award. He also won a Squirt award earlier this year. He is a graduate of Henley schools and served overseas in World War II with the Air Force. He is married and has two children. The Hires Company keeps a careful, accurate month-by-month check on quality of bottled Hires Root Beer. Not only is each plant required to send in complete sam ples of syrup mixture, carbonated water, caustic solution and bottled product, but Hires representatives pick up ln-store samples and mail in to the headquarters laboratorv periodically so there is a double check. The extra 10 per cent be yond the perfect 100 per cent for performance is awarded for promptness in -submitting samples and accurate record keeping. John R. Browne, district man ager, for The Charles E. Hires Company, came up from San Ma teo last week to make the award to Bridges, superintendent of the local Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company. The plaque brings to five the total of ouality Control awards on the wall at the bottling company. Including Six TV SETS by Christmas FREE W GIFTS Dm Every Night "Jgg Every night till Christmas Old St. Nick will pass out hundreds of boxes of animal crackers to the kiddies. Many of these boxes will contain FREE GIFT CERTIFICATES from every Town and Country Merchant . . . including 6 Portable Emerson TV sets. Inspect the box your young ster gets carefully as hundreds of dollars in mer chandise will be given away. No obligation ... nothing to buy. Meet Santa Nightly Under the Tree 7:30 till 8:30 3800 So. Sixth Study Shows Job Picture Oregon's winter, back to normal after an unusual rainless start, hat sation commission us nrst true ment pattern. November compila tions reflect a still receded econ omy, but one considerably im proved over a year ago. ment Service offices across Ore- con tallv 44.100 unemployed on De cember 1, compared to 50,600 last ployment levels, notably in trada ly on the return climb after se vere drops a year ago. Employment Service placement activities showed their annual sea sonal decrease when compared to last month. But here too there is considerable increase oyer last year. Non-agricuiturai placements to talled 3,370 this November. Though this was just slightly above No vember, 1957, it gains significance tivities occupied fewer working days this November a month of many holidays. In considering the day-to-day average, for example. this November s placements show a 15.1 per cent increase over a year ago. Most notable gains were in the construction, lumber, and trade industries, which grew by 33.3, 50.0 and 47.1 per cent respectively. ' Agricultural placements dropped to 2.357 during November, down 88 ner cent from October. The decrease is normal at the end of fall harvests and various other farm activities. COMPLETE COJRSE R Rarmnra .Te whose parents live at 1642 Cres cent Avenue, recently completed the engineer equipment mainten ance and repair course at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Barmore entered the Army in July 1958 and completed basic training at Fort Ord, California. He is a 1958 grad uate of Klamath Union High School and was formerly employed by Safeway Stores. New Iron rile Model 95 'Automatic Ironer Sir RELAXED WHILE YOU MOM Free home lnsrucsiM 20-year guarantee lew dowN paymeAf day Give her hours of leisure tlm. For Christmas give on Ironrir. We'll teach hir to iron. Merits 609 So. Sixth
