Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, February 19, 1959, Image 4

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Herald and news., February 19, 1959, Image 4

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1959)

Prev Page of 24 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.6 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 24 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextMARKETS dm FINANCE Stocks WALL STREET NEW YORK i APi Steels, mo tori and selected issues led the way to a moderate general im provement In the stock market late this afternoon. Trading picked up as prices rose. Volume for the day was esti mated at 3.VO.0O0 shares com pared with 3.190.0iiO Tuesday. General Tire and Colgate-Palmolive were up about 3 apiece Eastman Kodak gained ahout 2 White Motor was up about 3. Studebaker-Packard gained about a point and Divco-Wayne a fraction. Thiokol wiped out an early 5 point loss and traded about un changed. Lukens and Youngstoun Sheet rose more than a point each. Jones A Laughlin and I S Steel were about a point to the good. American Motors advanced close to a point. Fractional gains were shown by Chrysler and Ford. General Motors erased a small loss and traded about unchanged. Lorillard and Johns-Manville were other stocks with gains reaching beyond a point. Merck and purer dropped more than a point apiece. American Can was another loser in this range. Fractional lovtes were posted forlFeeders. 16 00-16 35. Goodrich. Woolworth. Anaconda. Sheep: Fat Lambs. Good, heavy, Kennecott, General Electric.! 16 25-17.00; Feeder Lambs. Good Standard Oil 'New Jerscyi and' American Cyanamide. U.S. government bonds firm. NEW YORK STOCKS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Admiral Corporation Alaska Juneau Allied Chemical Allis Chalmers Alcoa American Airlines American Can American Cyanamide American Motors American Smelting American Tel 4 Tel American Tobacco American Viscose Anaconda Copper Armco Steel Atchison Railroad Bendix Aviation Bethlehem Steel Boeing Airplane Company Borden Co. Borg Warner Burroughs Corp. California Packing Canadian Pacific Caterpillar Tractor Cclanese Corporation Chrysler Corporation Cities Service Consolidated Copper Consolidated Edison Continental Can Crown Zellerhach Curtisi Wright Douglas Aircraft Dow Chemical du Pont de Nemours Eastman Kodak El Paso NO Emerson Radio Firestone Tire Ford Motor General Dynamics General Electric General Foods General Motors Georgia Pac. Cp. Goodyear Tire Great Northern Great West. Sugar Idaho Power Illinois Central International Nickel International Paper International TIT Johns Manville Kaiser Aluminum Kennecott Copper Libby, McNeill k Libby Lockheed Aircraft Loew s Incorporated Montgomery Ward National Cash Reg. New York Central Northern Pacific Pacific Gas & Electric Pacific Tel Tel Pan American Airways. Penney (J.C.I Co. Pennsylvania Railroad Pepsi Cola Co. Philco Corp. Phillips Pet. Polaroid Puget Sound P 4 L Radio Corp. of Amer. Rayonier Incorporated Republic Sleel Reynolds Metals Richfield Oil Safeway Stores Inc. St. Regis Scott Paper Company Sears Roebuck k Co. Shell Oil Co. Sinclair Oil Socnny Mobil Oil Southern Pacific Sperry Rand Standard Oil California .Standard Oil N J. Studebaker Packard Sunray Sunshine Mining Swift k Company Texaco Thompson Products Transamerica Corpor Twentieth Century Fox Union Oil Company Union Pacilic United Airlines United Aircralt United Corporation United States Plywood United States Steel Walgreen Stores Warner Pictures Western Auto Supply Western Union Tel. Weslinghouse Air Brake Westinghouse Electric Woolworth Company 18 4 99S 27 H 81 28 46 ' 47 , 34 52 238 H 97 H 42 69 'k 68 ' 28 4 71 52 40 i 73 4i 39i 38 55 i 30 ' 88 29 k 54 H 59 20 H 63 H 53 4 55 i 30 ?b 51 i 80 V, 210 'i 146 1 37 ! 15 Vi 137 53 i 60 l' 78 77 45 'k 69 124 54 29 47 52 91 119 4 57 39 107 13 29 22 41 72 'i 26 50 63 163 28 109 ( 16', 29 25 49 106 34 H 46 22 70 69 98 39 ' 44 4 76 W 44 79 i 62 ' 45 '"! 53 i, 51 14 2 8 "4 Nl 29, 40 44 4 37 35 53 90 i, 75 36 Potatoes SAN FRANCISCO il'PI FSMN'S Potatoes: Russets U.S. 1 5-8 ounce mini mum Klamath 3 65-3.85. U.S. IA '2-Inch minimum Idaho 3 25; Ions whites U.S. I 5-oonc minimum Kern County 85-i 13. LOS ANGELES (UPI-KS.MNS-No Oregon potato sales. Arrivals, rail 4. Livestock KLAMATH FALLS LIVESTOCK Al'CTIaA MARKET Feb. 17, 1959 Receipt: Cattle 410. Hogs 83. Sheep 16. Compared last Tuesday cows steady: feeder cattle weaker on short supply: stock cows in good demand: weaner calves steady. Fed Heifers: Good-choice 25.10 25 90: Sid.. 22 40-23.M). Cows: Std . 20 5O-21O0: Cmc!.. 19.60-2A 50; Utility. 17 00-20 40. Cut. tcrs. 14.OO-17.0O. Bulls: L'tility and Cmc!., 22.60- 23 90: feeders. 20 80-22.10. Veal Calves: Good-Choice, 30 75- 3170: Baby Calves Beef. 47-51: iiui.Meiiis, n v. uuicis, n. uu per head. Stockers and Feeders: Steers. Medium-Good. 700-900 lbs.. 24 50- 25.10 : 500 lbs.. 27.00-27.50; Hoi- steins 22.00-22.90. Heifers. Good. 24 80-25 10; Common-Medium. 23.-30-24 75. Steer Calves. Good-Choice. 400-4S0 lbs., 31.00-32.10. Heifer Calves. Good. 78 head 121: Medium-Good. 27 00-30.40. Feeder Cows 1625-18.25: Slock Cows, Medium Good. 166-217 per head: 16 cows with 12 calves 221. Hogs: U.S. 1 k 2 '180-220 lbs ). 16 80-18 00; Sows. 13 50-14 40; Wea- 'ner Pigs. 7 50 11 50 Per head; 16 10: Ewes. Slaughter, 5 10-6 35. Reported by Ray Petersen, county extension agent. CHICAGO (AP 'I'SDAl Hogs 9.500: butchers as much as 25 lower: 2-3 mixed grade 190-225 Ih hutrhers 15.tO.I5 7.t- a 'pw lnt mostly 3s around 220 lbs down to 15.25: several hundred 1-2 mixed grade 190-220 lbs 15 75 16 00: a few101 heroin ana cocaine. lots mostly Is also 16 00: and a rew lots closely sorted mostly Is 16.00-16.15 : 20 head lot Is 200 lbs 16 25: mixed 2-3 230-270 lbs 15 00 15.50: a few mostly 3s 240-2bO lbs as low as 15 00: and a few 1-2 230 lbs to 15 65; mixed 2-3 280-310 lbs 14.50-15.00; heavier weights scarce: mixed grade 350-400 lb sows 13 75-14.25: a few head around 300-330 lbs to 14 50 most 400-5.50 lbs 12.75-13.75. Cattle 13.000: calves 100: slaugh ter steers mostly 50 to 75 lower: around a half a dozen loads prime 990-1.400 lbs. steers 30.75 31.00; a load or so held above 31.00: bulk choice and prime 26 00 30.50: high choice under 1.200 lbs up to 29 00: prime 1.500 lbs 29.00: mixed choice and prime aroimd 1.450 Ins 27.50: good 24 00 2C.50: load lot mixed good tnd choice 25.75; standard 22.50-24.50; a load of mostly prime 1.025 lb heifers 28.75: high choice 900 lbs 28.50; a load of choice and prime 100 lbs 28 00: most aood and choice 24.00 27 50: utility, standard and low aood 19.50-23.75: utility and commercial cows 17 50-20 00; canner and cutters 15 50-18 50: utility and commercial bulls 2.1.00 - 26 00: a few good vealers 32.00- 34.00; utility and standard 21.00 32 00: culls down to 15 00: no stock cr and feeder sales of consequence. Sheep 5.00O: slaughter lambs weak to 25 lower: several loads good and choice 100-105 lb shorn slaughter lambs with fall and summer pells 17.75-18.25; cull to choice slaughter ewes 6 00-8.00. PORTLAND AP (USDA - Cattle salable 300: includes equiv alent of two loads fed steers, two loads heifers, load feeder steers: balance mostly cows; trade un even; led steers and neiiers mod- eratly active, steady-weak; cows active, fully steady; two truck lots high good-low choice 1056 & 1092 lb led steers 27 110. lightly sorted at 26.00 ; 36 head Rood 752 lb fed heilers 2550: eight head standard out at 24 00: utility cows J8 00-20.00: canners and cutters mostly 1500 17.00. Holstcin cutlers to 17 50 ; 60 head good-choice 911 923 lb feeder steers mi-SB .50. Calves salable 75; trade active, vealers strong to 1.00 higher; rhniro vpAlprc .13 00.36 00 nne high choice 36.50: good vealers 29 00-32 00: standard 24 00-28 00; lew good stock steer calves 27 00- 30 00; couple choice 32 00. Hogs salable 350: butchers and sows steady-weak: No. 1-2 190-2211 lb butchers 18.75-19 IK); mostly 2-3s 180-2:15 lb butchers 17.50 - 18 50. largely 18. IX) and above: small lot 240-285 lb butchers 16 00-17 00; mixed grade 3UH-530 lb sows 13 00 1600. mostly 1.V00 and below. Sheep salable 300: all classes steady; good-choice, mostly good. 98113 Hi woolod slaughter lambs 17.00-17.50; consignment utilily low good 80 lb lambs 16 25; cull- good slaughter ewes 4 00-9 00 : small lot mostly good 7095 lb (eerier lambs I6 0O-I6 50 GRAINS PORTLAND (API r0i)rw j grains. 15-day Coast delivery shipment, bulk. U)ats. No 2. 38-lh white 52 00-54 00 Rat-lev. No 2. 45 lb R W. 51 00 Corn. No 2. K Y sh p t 55 50 56 00 Wheat (hid to ame market. basis No 1 bulk delivered oast- 4 1 Soft While '04 59',sift White i hard applicable! 2 04 White Club Hard Red Winter: .mi ,P . , 12 per cent 47 I Hard White R.i.irt unquoted ' ""'"". survey 29 I Car reeipts. Wheat 8. barley ;l'am "P- 24:26: Hour 10; orn 7; oals 1; null I ' 34 ifeed $. Funerals 33 I J SCIIROKDKR Potato Shipments ' Seasons 19.7-58 1958-59 rtally Trurk Ore. IJ 18 Dally Rail Ore. t Dally Truck ( al. 12 II Dally Rail Cal. $ 1$ Dally Tnlal ORE. CAL. 29 Monthly Total tot 347 Season Total 3987 3.147 IMXERSIO.N (Spec. A) 774 149$ if ow Uf 'Aide Ban SILVER LAKE Jack Gillette, lengineer for the Fort Rock-Silver ' I air Ril r'An&rvatistn flittr-ir-l wll ass,st Maurice Benson of the Redmond SCS office with snow survey work in Central Oregon February 18-20 and 24-26. Gillette has vtorked extensively on snow survey the past two years and last year attended a special snow survey training conference at Jackson Hole. Wyoming. Everett Green, work unit con servationist for the district, is at tending the statewide conference for conservationists held at Gear hart February 17-20. Of special in terest to Green is a panel on the ".Responsibilities in the Small Watershed Program." Grand Jury Indicts 17 In Crackdown SAX FRANCISCO IUP! - Sev enteen persons were indicted by a federal grand jury and another arrested Wednesday in a crack down on a Coast-wide narcotics ring which had once ordered the underworld slaying of an informer A 21 -count indictment for nar colics conspiracy stated that two! of the ring's leaders paid for thelceived less publicity. slaying of a Portland man who had informed on another ring mem - ber. Col. George White, district su pervisor of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, said the ring had oper- ated early 1957. distributing about four m'llion dollars worth Assistant U. S. Attorney Fred E. Watson said agents had evi dence that Sylvester Jackson of Portland was killed last year on orders from the ring after his tes timony helped convict Clarence Criss, 41, .on narcotics charges. The indictment said that two of the ringleaders paid 1.000 each (or the slaying. Criss. also indict- ls serving a semence ai .Mc Neil island, wash., lederal peni tentiary. Named as the alleged leader of the operation was LcRoy Jeffer son, 37, of Portland, now in jail in Los. Angeles on another charge. Others indicted were from Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. The ring was charged with ped dling 50 pounds of heroin, valued on the illegal market at $80,000. since it began operations. Watson said most of the heroin came from New York, while the cocaine was smuggled in from Mexico lne rln member arresled Wed nesoay out not indicted was Iden titled as Sharminade C. Ayo, 21. ;ot Oakland, who allegedly was 1 carrying 5'j ounces of heroin when picked up. Others named in the indictment included: William Catlett. 37. Pa tricia Ann Johnson. 26. Clark Ele gan. 33 and Gerald Elegan. 36. all of Oakland: Fred Jones, 30. Richard Smith, Lou Jones 25. and Ernest "Duke" Arnold. 36. all of Portland: Bciihelma Nolan. 24. and Leon T. Graves, 33. both of Los Angeles: LeRoy Lemons, 32, Seattle: three unidentified men. two believed to be in New York and one in Chicago, and an uni dentified Mexican woman in Mex ico. Watson said most of the deliver ies were made in Portland and the narcotics redistributed for sale in several West Coast cities. He said the murder was disclosed dur ing the latter part of the four month investigation. Witnesses can he produced to testify that Jeffcr son and Catlett ordered the mur der of Jackson, he said. Weed BPW Club Finishes Survey - w0 Business Professional Women's Club has completed a survey this week of ,he ""'d " " cooperation nanonwioe survey oi trai lie signing practices. Mrs. Gladys Riley, local heaflh and safety chairman for the club, conducted the survey with the as sistance ol Mrs. Hazel Cates and Mrs. Emeline Ganim. club presi dent and vice president. The survey is in line with an educational research undertaken by the BPW Foundation in cooper ation with the National Federation of BPW. The project was made possible I !', ",l '""d received by the .leoeraiion irom Automotive Sale- sj r euei alerting Federation and is dedicated to g drivers of autos to the need for uniformity in road signs practices and educating and famil- iianzing every citizen wnn the need One cause ol the increasing num- ler of accidents is believed to be .inlamihar tralfic signs. The purpose of the nation-wide survey is to establish national uni formity of basic traffic signs sha)cs. color, and legends and to in a 4i-iiiir uiumerupica si-iiiic oi sii;ns inai are a vnai part of the highway svstem. I I .. . I I 1.11 sun-i aim niKoway sins Uoniorm to the county, state and Mrs. Thelma Schroedor. 37. a resident of Klamath Falls and Tulelake tor 30 years, died in Tracy. Calitnrma. February 17. I'9 With Mr. Schroeder. who served lor many years as an em ploye of the U S Bureau of Recla mation, she left here ahout two years ago She u survived by the widower. Clarence. Tracv: one sun. Kenneth Allen. US Army miary 18 fined Francis Carl Wilson Oklahoma, one daughter. Mrs. o Mount Shasta. $300 or 60 days netty anaers ot Kosehurg ru- neral services took place today hehniary 19. at 10 30 am in Tracy. 'iSTlTcfi KLAMATH FALLS. OREGO DuoCCiT iffy Selection Seen Friday VENTURA. Calif. L'PI Mrs. : Elizabeth Duncan, 54, accused of n..m.Mi,. th. m'rH r i... nr.onant ,H;.hi.r.in.l!w ,,. to court today to witness the drawn out struggle of selecting a jury to try her for her life. There was hope a jury would be selected by late today or Friday. The grandmotherly appearing Santa Barbara. Calif., matron has watched with interest since open ing of the trial Monday while .a panel of 150 prospective jurors was questioned on whether they believe she hired two ex-convicu to kill her son s wife, Olga, 30, last Nov. 17. Many members of the unusually large panel which by the end of Wednesday had dwindled to 86 ad mitted they believed her guilty and were excused. Mrs. Duncan has been pictured as being so jealous of her son. Frank, 30. an attorney, that she paid to have his wife of six months killed. Two times S. Ward Sullivan. Mrs. Duncan's lawyer, has at tempted to have the trial moved from Ventura County to another location where the case had re- Sullivan said he planned to 1 move for another change of venue before start of testimony in the case in which Mrs. Duncan is ac cused of offering $6,000 to Luis Moya, 22, and Augustine Baldo- nauu, to. to mil uiga. Both men have admitted luring the attractive Canadian born nurse from her Santa Barbara apart ment and then beating and stran gling her and burying her near here. They both face trial April. Radio Fund Gets Contributions WEED Two contributions, one for $10 and one for $25. have been received to assist payment of the two-way radio installed last year m the Weed community ambu lance. The initial cost of the radio equipment was $185. Individual contributions by fire men of the International Paper Company at Weed, made up the recent $25 sum. The firemen, off duty hours are the ambulance drivers. The ambulance, which was originally donated to the com munity by the Mallory Chevrolet Company, has been adequately equipped by voluntary contribu tions from residents throughout Siskiyou County and the surround ing area. The radio installation has proved very beneficial to the efficient op eration of the ambulance, giving direct communication with other agencies engaged in the existing emergency or when the ambulance is called to scene of fire or ac cident. Contributions may still be made through the office of the Weed Clinic which is handling the ac counting for the ambulance opera tion. PTA NEWS KELLY CREEK NEW PINE CREEK - Richard Hyatt of Lakeview spoke on or ganizing Boy Scouts at the Thurs day meeting of the Kelly Creek PTA. Hyatt also exhibited a film on scouting. A canvass of the New Pine Creek area is being conducted to see how many boys are eligible and desire to join a troop. Two cubs packs were formed in the area about two months ago. The newly organized Cub Scouts meet each Friday. On Friday. February 13. they met at the home of their den mother. Mrs. Flor ence Butler, and the project was making foot scrapers. Rodney Grant Jr. was host to the group. Mrs. Opal Butler is the other den mother. Practice for the PTA play was to have been held following the business meeting but all members of the cast were not able to be present. Mrs. Elizabeth Madison, president of the local PTA, had omitted the Founders' Day pro gram in order to have play prac tice. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Florence Butler, Mrs. Shir ley Thompson and Mrs. Madi son. GRANGE NEWS FORT ROCK FORT ROCK-The highlight of the February grange session Sat urday was the lecturer's program led by Mrs Owen Pitcher. The Centennial theme was carried out through a program featuring his torical milestones in the state's development. The report from the white ele phant party showi-d a profit of $52 75 for the grange treasury. Edwin A, Eskelin announced that signs to be imprinted with names of ranchers or ranch names will soon he available lor sale through the grange. C.IRI. SCOUT HOSTESSES McCI.OUD - Girl Scout Troop 246. McCloud. were hostesses to Ihe seventh and eighth grade Boy Scouts in honor of scout week re cently They met in the elcmen tary school gym for an evening of dancing and refreshments Chap erones for the affair were Mr and Mrs. Leonard Nicolas and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Nelson. FIM'D MOUNT SHASTA Judicial Dis iric! Judge John Kinstry. Febru in ml The defendant was con victed of supplying minors with alcoholic beverages The offense was commuted February 7. Electioo Board Members Chose WEED The Weed Union Ele mentary School Board of Trustees, at the regular board meeting Thursday night, February 12. at the school, appointed toe official election board for the May 19 school election. Mrs. Ever Baldo was named inspector and Mrs. Dorothy Cunningham and Mrs. anirisy acanse win serve judges. Two board members will be elected on the May slate with the terms of John Booth and Michael Klepach expiring. The repeated and controversial discussion regarding how often re port cards should be issued from the Weed school was tabled with out a decision on the recommen dation of Leno Lenzi, Weed Un ion Elementary School superin tendent. Lenzi asked the board to give more time to forming plans for use of the Weed High School buildings, being replaced by a new plant and expected to be avail able to the elementary school. The anticipated need of the fa cilities will present a change in the W'UE curriculum and school program and must be considered now, Lenzi emphasized. No change could be made in the report cards this year he said, and further stu dy can be made before a deci sion is set. Lenzi stressed the effective re sults of the parent-teacher confer ences now in practice at the school which will be extended to the upper grades next year, as his opinion being better for the student, teacher and parent than added report cards. "Too many report cards often creates too much pressure on a child by par ents," Lenzi said. Mike Belcastro. board member, not satisfied with the present nine week reporting period, has held out for a shorter period, four. five, or six weeks for the cards is suance. The Weed Union Elementary I School now has 21 classrooms and the enrollment expected for next term will need three rooms for each grade first through the sev enth. Four additional classrooms will be needed. The board approved the form presented by W. E. Roberts. Sis kiyou County superintendent of schools, for in lieu transportation of Tennant students to attend .Mt. Hebron and Dorris schools. The board formally wrote in pol icies of student discipline and ma ternity leave for teachers, adopt ed at the January meeting. All board members, John Booth, Max Layton. Harold Cedros. Kle pach and Belcastro were present. Visitors were Arthur Fish and Bruce Friend, teacher representa tives and Mrs. Virginia Barcaglia, president of the Weed Parent Teacher Association, and Roberts. Top Jury Picked By Modoc County ALTURAS Names of those who will serve on the 1959 grand jury for Modoc County were re cently drawn by Judge A. Kesner Wylie, presiding judge of the Mo doc County Superior Court. The 40 Modoc County resi dents whose names were drawn are Mrs. Patricia Conwell. Mrs. Grace Street. Nelson H. Monroe. F. C. Olds, Virgil Pratt, Louis F. Cockrell, L. H. Monchamp, Benny Apecechea. Pete Laxague. Mrs. Margaret Huffman, Ray Brennan. E. W. Berryessa. Mrs. Hazel Dorris, Mrs. Minnie E. Wil son. Hildur Larson, Paul Rodgers. Lyle Cook. Carrol Hight, Herbert Hayes. Percy B. Harris. Karol F. Woodward. Stephen Wistos. Delbert Fitzpatrick. Pete Weber, N. G. Mathews. Mervin Toney. Ray Golden. Ethel McKen ney, Waldo Warrens, Charles No lan. C. Donald Kerr. Perry Sutton. Paul Christy, Jack Powers. Rob ert F. Brooks, John Massolti. Mrs. Agnes Wall. Gridy Henderson. B. A. Chace and Mrs. Neva Lowell. California Weather United Press International San Francisco Bay Area: Partly cloudy with a few showers likely today: rain tonight and early Fri day but clearing Friday aflernoon- :h today 56-62. low tonight 44- 49: southwest winds 8-15 m p h. '.oday becoming northwest Friday. Mt. Shasta-Siskivou area: Occa sional snow today, tonight and Friday with snow level lowering to about 2.000 feet Friday: little change in temperature. Sacramento alley: Scattered showers today, tonight and early Friday but clearing Friday after noon: litile change in tempera ture: hich both davs 52-60. low tonight 4047: southerly winds 10- 20 m p h. today becoming north west late r ridav. Northwestern California: Show ers today, tonicht and Fridnv but clearing late Friday: little change in temperature; high today and low tonight at Ukiah 57 and 44: Santa Rosa 61 and 43: Napa 60 and 46: coastal winds south 12- 25 m p h. becoming northwest Friday APEX World's Most Powerful Home Cleaner! APIX Stmto-Cltonar 150" Model SS02. Ktf. 16 9$ 1,7 God Houfck tMr. made ay QQ' An. Rtf. 139 95 APIX, Model 551, Rot. If 9$ Apt, Modtl $539 Now Only 122 $. 9th TU 4-71 3 DEAN'S t.Z jm . .... tm Ktinfe? Sf cry Tops Program weather.' 44 members and guests attended the Siskivou Ccjn'.i- Hi - torical Society meeting at the county miiseum in i reka on Sat urday a Iter noon. February 14. with vice president. Floyd Merrill, olficiating in the absence of the president, J. M. "Jude" White of Weed. Merrill, speaker for the after noon, spoke on the old murder story of Fred Skcen, which oc curred in Butte Valley in October, 1923. Merrill related how the crime was committed by Wil liam hard. 17, a.id Ronald Erno. 23. who had arrived in the county irom Los Angeles. They were stay ing at the ranch, and one night while Skeen was asleep they crept into his bedroom and shot him. After tearing the place up, they took his hat, overcoat and belt, climbed into Skeen's car, and drove back to Los Angeles. There they were apprehended, arrested and returned to Siskiyou County to stand trial for the murder of Skeen. Both were convicted, with William Hard given a life sen tence, and Erno was hung. No motive for the killing was ever determined. Prior to his talk. Merrill' con ducted the business session at which time various standing com mittee reports were given. Frank Hcrzog. current curator of the museum, reported that the lent collections of oictures. one from his family, the second was the Pollock collection. Several of these photographs are to be used in the forthcoming Siskiyou Pio neer and Yearbook. Fred Meamber Jr., who was ap pointed program chairman for the March meeting, announced that the speaker on March 14 will be W. H. Hutchinson, better known to TV viewers as "Old Hutch,'' who has appeared both on radio and television with his stories of the Old West. Speaker, writer and book reviewer on Western Amer ica for the San Francisco Chron icle. "Old Hutch," will regale members at the March 14 meeting with some of his tavored western tales. He is from Chico. The afternoon's activities were closed with the serving of refresh ments by junior hostesses. Donna Meamber and Beverly Sutherlin. Two Autoists Escape Hurts MOUNT SHASTA-Two Washing Ion State autoists had similar en counters wilh snow plows recent ly during a snow storm, and came off with almost similar results. Little property damage was re corded in either case with no cita tion in one, and in the other, the driver was cited for attempting to pass when unsafe to do so. No injuries were sustained in either case. The first driver. Ernest M. Gra ham. 34. Monroe. Washington, tried to pass a snow plow driven by Hilman Salinas of Mount Shasta. The blade of the plow struck an ice pack at the time of passing, and threw the big machine into the car. No citation was issued. On the same date James A. Jen sen. 25. Seattle, tried to pass a plow outside of Dunsmuir city lim its that was being operated by Al bert L. Short of Mount Shasta. The same thing occurred, with no injuries to persons, and but lit tle property damage. Jensen was cited for attempting to pass when unsafe to do so. Weather Table United Presi International Temperatures and rainfall for 24 hours ending at 4 a m. High Low Rain Albuquerque 55 31 Atlanta 32 Rakersfield 66 49 Boise 46 39 .09 Boston 38 25 .68 Brownsville 88 56 Chicago 24 5 Denver 31 23 Detroit 27 2 El Centro 72 56 Fairbanks 17 5 Fort Worth 53 32 Fresno 64 49 .19 Helena 16 7 .01 Kansas City 29 12 Los Angeles 66 48 .09 Miami 86 72 Minneapolis 10 -10 New Orleans 78 39 New York 47 24 Oakland 59 48 .54 Oklahoma City 37 22 Phoenix 65 45 Pittsburgh 39 .07 Red Bluff Reno 48 29 Sacramento 56 45 17 Salt Lake City 49 35 .01 San Diego 66 58 San Francisco 58 50 23 Seattle 46 39 .48' Spokane 25 23 .19 Stockton 59 45 .19 Thermal 74 56 Tucson 68 46 I Washington 48 22 69" 38" 3 1 -Yr. GuarorMMd Repoin on O'l mokes, no matter how old. Ports, boQ, filters in ttockl p SCOUT NEWS Dl'SSMllR Fred Koschnick the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe F. Koschnick of Dunsmuir, became an Eagle Scout recently. This honor was bestowed on mm a recgmtion, d'nner ' ?ti,,An' !"""1' Parish Hall in Mount Shas- ta attended by his parents, friends, fellow Scouts and Scouters of the Shasta-Silvertip District. Del Prenter. vice president of the Crater Lake Council, was in char;se of the ceremonies and af ter citing the requirements lor Eagle rank encouraged Fred to continue to use these qualities in his approach to adult lite. Fred was also presented wilh his three year scout pin and his three year perfect attendance pin. His brother, Joe, was given a two year scout pin and a two year perfect attendance pin. Scouters honored at the dinner which was an observance of Scout Week included J. Lachenmyer of Dunsmuir and Les Kyle of Weed. Both were given 15 year veteran pins. Both wore their Silver Beaver awards previously presented for outstanding Scout service. Both Fred and Joe" are members o! Troop 91 in Dunsmuir led for a number of years by Ivan Young. Young resigned as scoutmaster this fall and Jeff Hawkins, another Eagle Scout, has been serving as the troop's leader pro-tern. Glen Wallace of Dunsmuir has recently accepted the job of scoutmaster. Flag Slated For Ski Bowl DUNSMUIR A presentation of a United States flag to the Mt. Shasta Ski Bowl will be made Sun day afternoon at the Ski Bowl lodge by members of Epps Post and Unit, American Legion. The flag to fly over this high establishment in Southern Siski you County is a gilt of Clara Scherrer of Dunsmuir in mem ory of her brother, Walter Scher rer, a veteran of World War I. The Scherrer family are Dunsmuir pioneers. The Siskiyou County High School band is slated to play for the pres- entation ceremonies. Bill diCris - tina, lodge manager, has notified the post and unit members. Frank Castro, post commander: R. M. Capovilla. adjutant; and Harry French are planning (he presentation. At a recent meeting of the post and unit. Miss Scherrer and Mrs. Gladys Wilson became members of the .unit. SEEING IS BELIEVING!! . . . Coming direct from RECORD BREAKING crowds in Alaska and Hawaii . . . - READ WHAT CRITICS SAY -"ELECTRIFYING" DAILY NEWS, Ketchecon, Aloiko "TERRIFIC WAS THE WORD" DAILY BUREAU, Juntau, Alaska CHAIR-EDGE EXCITEMENT" ST. JOHN EVENING TIMES "HILARIOUS, MUST BE SEEN" HONOLULU STAR-BULLETIN Tomorrow - 8:15 ALSO SAT. NIGHT and SUN. MATINEE (2:30) "Acclaimed by Press, Radio and Television as one of the greatest showmen of our times!" ipSM"?.TcO.El IVItRV"" I 1 o 1 HYIHAlll A lllf 1 SEE? "Mast Hypnosis" 20-25 Voluntesrt Hypno fuod t ana time! SIP Whm moat Marityn Manra anal flvia fr. awran, tmoir r Has smoking V sftsprjatl fnMH0 HnnMi. Tlis is It a very ssl partial a? trfmt VM wtl M dsirti the sa Pbaaaajanal oaW riananf Ska" fear rr4atBa ia RlaMaff felM R0Oya. Ja ot6 vaa) dPruWTt 7fc m. -a siea7 & -JMycBiifH' Uf oyAYWXb aa M t s . 2 tfsiiMaaf TarT llaW LtC eftnf. gg.TVra.flO ie ipi March teet FORT ROCK The sixth annual meeting of the Fort Rock-Silver Lake Soil Conservation District is scheduled for Tuesday. March J, at the Fort Rock Grange Hall. The session will be called to order at 10 a m. by chairman, Lawrence Iverson of Silver Lake. Irvin D. Nicholas of Portland, state soil conservationist, will speak on "Creative Imagination in Conservation." Kessler Cannon, manager of a radio station in Bend has been invited to speak. 'A highlight of the morning pro gram will be the annual speaking contest between pupils of the Fort Rock and Silver Lake elementary schools, with three contestant from each school. Their topic is "Range and Pasture Conserva tion." Oris Rudd. Lake County exten sion agent, will be moderator for a panel discussion on "Livestock Feeding." Local ranchers will be panel members Supervisors serving the district in addition to Iverson are Merritt Parks, vice chairman: Edwin Es' kelin. Owen Pitcher and Bob More, house of Fort Rock and Dan Schu,' macher and tsion porter of SiN ver Lake. Mrs. Schumacher serves as secretary. Soil Conservation Service per sonnel for the district are Ever ett Green, work unit conservation ist, and Jack Gillette, engineer. A potluck dinner is scheduled for noon and all are invited to take part as well as bring food items for the dinner. EVEREST & JENNINGS WHEEL CHAIRS end WALKERS Hnit Atdt for Ih Handltapni c,n.diiv tOB,tructd ,n1 con,rolled. ,crelt a Jennings folding Wheel Chairs (nd Wilkers inipire complete confidence in the uier. two ol rotny fine Everest & Jen nings aids for the handicapped. Autfcrli4 Oaatnr Rentols and Sales Currin's 9th t Main for drugs Ph. TU 2-347S lOOOREWARD YOU CAN ROVI ' ' kvpMMi during 2 hour ' 1 - - - ..... - 'i . r "i " ' ' ' ' t -. ... ...v- - X': . v . . ' ' w ; ;