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Newspaper Page TextPAGE 4 A HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, 'OREGON- " SONDAY, JUNE 14. 1959 7ater Level Rise Noted FORT ROCK-Water levels In the Fort Rock Basin arc still ru ms; over most of the area, accord lug to William Bartholomew. geol egist from the office of Lewis A Stanley, state engineer. Bartholomew and Jack Sceva took well (measurements recently In the annual spring check and found the average gain to be ap proximately five tenths of a toot. Some wells had slight gains while others indicated almost a foot over measurements taken last October.' Bartholomew stated. Only m one area was decline evident, with only one well in the area measured at the time. The "Pacific Northwest Water Resources Summary," printed monthly by the U.S. Geological Survey, included month end ground-water levels in 20 key wells. The May issue shows meas urements at The Poplas well. 12 miles southeast of Fort Rock, con tinuing at an all time high. This Is the principal observation well for the basin, with 24 years of record. Geologist Bartholomew points out. "It appears that we are still In the so called wet cycle with the regional water table still ris ing. How long into the future this condition will continue we do not know, perhaps for many years to come. Past records have shown that a water level decline took place in the For Rock Basin between 1924 and 1932. The total drop in water level was about four feet. "Since 1947 the water level In the Fort Rock Basin has been ris ing to present high levels, six and one half feet above the 1947 measurement. It is expected that at some future time water levels will attain their highest point and then begin a gradual decline to lower levels. "For the1 present and immediate future we have an encouraging ground water situation in the Fort Rock Basin. A complete tabulation of all (round water rights in the Fort Rock Basin it planned for the fall, according to Bartholomew. Flower Show Set August 1 Educational displays will play an important part during the two day Klamath District Garden Club Centennial Flower Show on August 1-2. Theme of the show will be Heritage of a Century and the show, to be held in the exhibit building at the fairgrounds prom ises, according to those in charge, to be one of the most ambitious ver attempted. A (display of trees native to this area in Oregon is to be arranged through the cooperation of the Na tional Park Service, the Cascade Chapter of the Society of Amer ican Foresters and Harry J. Mar shall, Klamath Falls, unit forester for the Timber Management Divi sion of the Oregon State Board of Forestry, and local logging out fits. The pretentious display will be arranged by representatives of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company. Puckett and Scherer and' the U.S. Forest Service. Fourteen species. Western yew, western white pine, sugar pine, whitebark pine, ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine. Kngclmann spruce, western hemlock, mountain hem lock, Douglas fir, white fir, Shasta red fir, incesne cedar, western and samples of commer cial wood products sold on the market will complete the display. Attendants will be on duty dur ing the two days to answer ques tions of the public. Hours for the show will be 10 a.m. to p.m. on Saturday. Au gust 1, and 12:30 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, August 2. Nine clubs. Alturas. Tulelake. Bonanza. Malin, Northside. Juni per. Evergreen, Ml. Lakl and Klamath Falls will sponsor the accreditee: snow. Mrs. Crystel Cheyne is general chairman. Swim Lesson Classes Set Three hundred and three chil dren from, the Newell and Tule lake communities have enrolled for Red Cross swimming lessons at the Malin pool, according to an nouncement received from Mrs. Katherine Lilian), water aafety chairman of tht Tulelake Branch of the Red Cross. Classes will begin Monday. June IS. and bus service will be pro vided from both Newell and Tule lake for all enrolled. Mrs. Lillard states that children not already enrolled can purchase swim tick ets at the Malm pool Monday. Mrs. Mildred Miller and Mrs. Mary Heddington will drive the school buses to provide transpor tation for children enrolled: both drivers hold Red Cross first aid certificates. Miss Pat Schwahen land will be the chaperon on the bus. The Tulelake Branch budgets 4O0 annually to cover cost of gaso line, and driver and chaperon sal aries as a community service to enable all children in the branch territory to avail themselves of the opportunity la learn to swim. Bus es are furnished by the area's rnnoi system. All personnel at the Mali pool have bees trained bv the Red Cross and are authorised to Issue certificates for nir rest ful completion of the training courses- Anyone having questions about entering I he courses may contact Mrs. Lillard, Tulelake 7 1022. at Robert Glen Chidester Law Degree Due KF Lad Robert Glenn Chidester of Klam ath Falls was graduated June 7 from Willamette University s Co lege of Law. He received an LLB degree. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Chidester of 2721 Alta mont Drive. He was graduated third highest in the class of 28. In addition, if Chidester passes his Oregon Stale Bar examination. he will qualify for a commission as first lieutenant in the Army and a post with th Judge Advo cate oenerars corps. Chidester received a bachelor of arts degree from Willamette L'ni versity in 1957. He is a member of the Order of the Purple, law hon orary. Delta Thcta Phi Legal Fra tcrnity. He will receive from the fraternity, a scholarship key and certificate. He is also a member of Mamath Falls Elks Lodge. Fairgrounds Has Fountain MOTAr,t:FTh Mnnlaa.i. n. deo Grounds now has a drinking fountain. rnnclrilr-tftH raremlu h.. members of the Willow Creek 4VH Club as a community project. me group met at the Montague RodeO Srnundc nn WAHnctav a. ning, June 10, and with the direc tion oi several aauus, completed the project. The fountain was first cemented and the youngsters then built up around it with rocks, ar ranging it so that tykes as well as adults can drink frnm it .Am fortably. The Willow Creek Club is going to hold a food sale Saturday, June 13 at 10 a.m. In Schock's old gro cery store building, to raise funds to pay for the materials used in the project. Those participating in the pro ject included farnlln U... ...... n ol Petersen. John Petersen. ' Judy Svlva and ArHv- .Indin nii i 'he Willow Creek aYea.' Members present irom Hornbrook Were Pen ny Barnham. Jerry Elmore and " nciie nniiien. jmiss wnitten is a contestant inr l,,;A n i-.. ... .... uu,,,u, IIUUCU Queen of the eighth annual Junior Rodeo and Barbecue to be held at Montague Sunday. June 21. autts present to oversee and as sist the young people were Aage Petersen. Mrs. Vera riimni i-. i. Fowler. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Silva and Mr. and Mrs. Keith Sev ern. Science Tutor Named Judge RU.K&rll Ppntjrllv aonae.l .! rnce tparhrr at High School for the past seven years, is among ion science teach ers IhrOUchnilt Iha mlinn mltJ to review efforts by the American institute oi Biological Sciences to reorganiie biology courses for sec ondary schools. As a reviewer. Pengelly will rrlt iciie sample material prepared this summer and next fall by the AIBS staff. The courses will h limMt .t approximately the loth grade lev-, el. The AIBS is filming of movies to be integrated with in-iures in empnasize contempor ary biology and In present it in a more advanced manner than has been customary. , The courses will consist of 120 basic lecture-demonstration films lasting 30 minutes each The films will deal with cell biology, micro biology, and the biologies of multi cellular plants, multicellular ani mals, reproduction, growth and development, genetics, diversity of nlanta. diversity nf ni mal -aIJ ogy and machinery of change. me iik is employing nearly 100 nmfesanrs of hinlntyv nl k;i ocv learners frnm iim.-.- it .... colleges throughout Ihe nation as consultants. Carlton's Martrtss e Uphetihwy Cenaeny 2405 U. rit TU 4-4510 REST I OF YOUR J "T LIFE' J Carlson UI"C. sio COIL Guaranteed 7 Years! I LIFE INSURANCE WEEK, statewide, from June 15 to 21, was made official in Klamath Falls last week by a proclama tion signed by Mayor Lawrence Slater. The other men are, from left, Merlin Bleak, president of the Klamath Basin Life Underwriters' Association, and Fred Sterkey, chairman of the local Life Insurance Week Committee. A state convention is set for Medford June 19 and 20. Stock Report Decline; Widest Drop Since May 7 By ELMER C. WALZER NEW YORK (UPI I Stocks lost 22 cents 'a share during the past week after suffering their widest decline since May 7 on Monday and registering their best gain since Nov. 27, 1957 on Wednesday. Trading steadily declined until on Friday Ihe volume had fallen to a new low since Sept. a. The week's total of 15,468.114 shares. daily average of 3.093.81(3 shares, was - above last week s 14, 785,757 shares for a daily aver age of 2.957,151 shares. The net result of the week's gyrations as measured by the averages amounted to a 2 SB point loss in the industrials which fin ished the week at 627.4 and of 0.96 to 163.02 in the rails Utilities closed at 86.54 off 0.97 and 65 stocks 211.04 off 1.21. At Friday's close the industrial average was down 16.37 points or 2.5 per cent frqm its high set on May 29. Rails were off 6.65 points or 3.9 per cent from their high which was made on May 22. Utilities showed a loss of 8.16 points or 8.6 per cent from their top set no March 18. The 65-stock loss of 5.SW or 2 8 per cent was made Irom a high set May 29 The decline on Monday amount ing to 8.36 points in the . indus trials rellected last week s weak ness and left the market vulner able for another setback of 4 points in the average on Tuesday The market had begun lo rally Tuesday with the industrial aver age at 613.11 mtraday. I hat rally generated a rise on Tuesday that sent the average up 9.55 points and lifted rails 2.32 points. Analysts .said it started exactly where the chartists had anticipated. By Thursday about hall of the market s loss on Ihe movement had been restored. Then new sel ling developed, also in line with expectations and true to form. This dip was accompanied by dull turnover, a favorable factor in the eyes of Ihe hulls. Obituaries DIRSCHL Mabel Dirschl. 52, died here June 13. She was a native of Endrrlin. North Dakota, and a resident of this community for the past 30 years. She is survived bv two sons. Bob and Raymond, both of this city; two daughters. F.ve- lyn Carlson and Vivian Flnetke. both of this city: three brothers. Ray Severson of Los Angeles. Nor man Severson of Everett, Wash ington, Melvin Severson of Knder- lin; three sisters, Mrs. Clara Han son of Remidji, Minnesota. Mrs. D. B. Clahaugh of Swanville. Min nesota. Mrs. C. S. Everest of Ink- ster, Michigan Mrs. Dirschl was a member of The Klamath Luther an Church, and Guardian Neighbor of The Neighbors of Th Wood craft. Funeral services will take place from The Klamath Lutheran Church on Tuesday June 16. at 2 p m.. with the Rev. LeRdy Redal officiating. Concluding services with vault entombment will fol low in Klamath Memorial Park. Ward's Klamath Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. YOUR NEIGHBOR'S POLIO SHOTS WILL NOT PROTECT YOU! Folio isn't licked! In fact, cases of paralytic polio-the worst kind-increased slightly in 1958 over 1957 among those not vaccinated ! The 1959 Polio season Is getting nearer and nearer,., and millions of Americana have not had onf shots I What shout you and your family? Remember-polio strikee all agee. Play safe. See tout doctor or health department now , , , before It'a too late. & DON'T TAKE A CHANCE tjt2 TAKE YOUR POLIO SHOTS! fNll H)M HH im tiym vit r Afo'twe CnanJ a: ik4 mHW Aixtnt etM tmnmn Business npuc rnntinii-'1 - dtice highly favorable reports on rill inausirv rsnmo vmn that the 0nvprnmnr. mn,- in have the interest ceiling on gov ernment bonds eliminated was bearish and at least provided an rxril0 Fne callinrt ctnlrm A I .... A oiuvns, iimj there were deadlocks again at Ge- m-va ana in tne steel wage ne gotiations. On Friday ivhnn tha aaI ers gave their president sanction io siriKe.it necessary to win a vvace agreement enmj, .. accumulated steels and their strengtn gave the market a lift for a lime. But volume failed to develop and the list fell of its own weight, closing with tiny losses in me major groups.. Funeral LILLY Funeral services for George Hen ry Lilly, 86. who died here June 11. will take place from the Chanel of Ward s Klamath Funeral Home on Monday, June 15. at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Ron Hall of The Immanuel Baptist Church officiat ing. Concluding services and inter ment will follow in Klamath Me morial Park. CALLEND1NE Charles Callendine, 78, native of Columbus. Ohio, resident of Tule lake. died on Thursday in the Vet erans Hospital at Roseburg. He nao neen in tailing health for sev eral years. He was a veteran of the Spanish American War, came to Klamath Falls in 1926 and in 1932 homesteaded in the Tulelake area where he continued to make his home until his final illness. He is survived by his widow. Chris tine. Funeral services will be held from Ihe Veterans Hospital in Roseburg at 1 p.m. on Monday. ATTEND EXERCISES MOUNT SHASTA Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Montgomery attended com mencement exercises at Chico State College Friday. June 5. where their son. James was award-1 ed a bachelor's degree. He was also named, with 15 other school graduates, to the list of Who's Who among college and univer sity graduates of America. The young man is a product of Mount Shasta schools, completing here in 1955. A sister, Arlene. also a Mount Shasta graduate, is a stu dent nurse at Merrill School of Nursing in Oakland. She attended the Chico graduation with her par- ems. SQUARE DANCE MOUNT SHASTA Chick Har- lison of Yrrka will conduct square dancing at Ihe Mount Shasta City Park on Thursday evenings. June 18 and 25. These are under aus pices of Ihe Mount Shasta Recre ational District. All experienced square or folk dancers are invit ed. A new style in calling and dancing is being taught. JOI.LY NEIGHBORS Jolly Neighbors will meet on Tuesday. June 16. at 8 p.m. at Ihe home of Mrs. Morris Jorde. 6.13 Uphain Street. Cohostess will be Mrs. Harriet Newman. Old Letter By Pioneer Reveals 1846 Hardships By RUTH KING During this Centennial year many of tnoe whose ancestry is linked with the intrepid men and women who marked the overland trail from East to West, have searched old- trunks and family Bibles for bits of interesting, poignant historical data that rare ly gets into print. Mrs. Frances Kiger. member of a pioneer family, has a letter writ ten by the great great grandmoth er of her sons, Kenneth and Estin. both of Klamath 'County, in 1846 to relatives left in Ohio. The writer, Anna Maria King was the wife of Stephen King at the time this letter was written After his death she married Sol King who made his home for many years near Corvallis where he served several terms as sheriff of Benton County. The letter follows: Luckiamute Valley. Oregon April 1, 1816 Dear Mother, Brothers and Sis ters: After traveling six months we arrived at Lynntin on the Willam ette November the 1st. We had beautiful weather all the way. no rain of any account. We got along finely until we came to Fort Boi sen within three or four miles of Lynntin when along came a man by the name of Meeks. who said he could take us a new route across the Cascade Mountains to the Willamette River, in 20 days so a large company of one hun dred and fifty or two hundred wagons left the old road to fol low the new road and traveled tor two months over sand, rocks, hills and anything else but good roads. Two-thirds of the immi grants ran out of provisions and had to live on beef but as it hap icned we had plenty of flour and oacon to last us through. But vorse than all this, sickness and death attended us the rest of the way. I wrote to you at Fort Larimie thai the whooping cough and mea sles went through our camp, and after we took the new route a slow lingering fever prevailed. Out of Chambers. Nortons. Johns and our family, none escaped except Solomon and myself.' But listen to he deaths: Sally Chambers. John King and his' wife, their little daughter Electa,, and their babe a son 9 months old. and Dulancy ivonons sister are gone. Mr. A. Fuller lost his wife and daugh ter Tobitha. Eight of our two fam ilies have gone to their long homes. Stephen was taken with the fever at Fort Boisen: he had not been well since we left Ohio, but was now taken worse. He was sick for 3 months, we did not exceDt him io nve tor a long time, was afraid he had consumption, hut he Is now well and hearty, gcttine fat everv day. and he weighs as much as wnen ne came over the Mts. as for myself I was never heartier in my lire since I left Missouri I have not had even one sick dav The rest of our parly are getting wen ana naray now, I believe. Those that went the old rnaH ml through six weeks before us. with no sicxness at all. Upwards of fif ty died on the new route. The Indians did not disturb us any, except to steal horses.- We nave made our claim on the Luckiamute. a western branch of Concert Set By Quartet Th ArYiha.uarfnr OnartAi fMM Pacific Lutheran CnH will appear here in sacred con cert. Wednesday. June 17. The pub lic is Invited. There will be no ad mission charee. Now on its eighth annual sum- mer-iong tour, the quartet will sing in Klamath Lutheran Church. 1175 Crescent at A n m included on Ihe program will be arrangements nf rmiii. nymns. church music classics and spirituals. In addition to the musical pro gram. Me CO lestans wi I pnn.Mi opening devotions and one will give a brief talk nn , a,.kt.n. of Christian Education. TO TRANSFER McCi.mm RftUri Tmi, MeOloud High School teacher and basketball rnarh MmnUI k 1 - sixth year at McClotid. He is to transfer to Corning High School, next term, where he will teach physical education, biology, driv ers training and be assistant foot nan coacn. Me will also coach var sity basketball and tennis. CORRECTION NOTICE: In Lucas Furniture Ad Which Read FAMOUS "RIDGEMORE" by LEES Should have been "HIGH & LOW" TWEED by LEES Ribbed Type Similar to Ridgemore pattern - CARPET PAD INSTALLATION LUCAS FURNITURE 19S C Main the Willamette, nor a days ride from the oqean and 100 miles south of the Columbia River. It is a beautiful country as far as I have seen. Every person eight een years old nolds a section by making improvements and living on it five years. They sow wheat here from October to June, and the best wheat I ever saw and plenty of it at 7S cents and tl.oi per bushel, corn 50 cents, beef 6 and 8 cents, pork 10 cents, su gar 12 -1 cents, molasses SO cents, tea 75 cents, sheeting from 16 cents to 25 cents, calico from 10 to 50 cents and salt is 1 cent a pound.- and other things according ly. Mills are plenty, no trouble about getting grinding. The water is all soft as it is in Massachuttes. Soda springs are common and fresh water springs are without number. It is now the first of April and not a particle of snow has fallen in the valley, neither have I seen a bit of ice a half inch thick this winter, but it rains nearly all winter but tnis does not hinder them from plowing and sowing wheat. There are thousands of strawberries, goose berries, blackberries, whortle berries, cur rants and other wild fruits, but no nuts except hazel and a few chest nuts. The timber is principally fir and oak. . You perhaps wish to know how I like the country, I like it well. It is an easy place to make a living. You can raise as many cat tle as you please and not cost you a cent, for the grass is green the whole winter and cattle arc as fat as if they had been stall fed Ihe whole year round. Wheat is raised without trouble and will fetch anything, the same as cash. A wagon from $100 to $150: $100 for a yoke of oxen. $50 for a cow and work will fetch anything you want from $1.00 to $1.50 a day A dollar a hundred for making rails and so on. And although 1 was opposed as anyone could be to coming if I were back there and knew what I know now I would be perfectly willing to come. The land you get is sufficient to pay you for your trouble, and if you were here, and John and Warren, each of them and your self had a claim I should like to live here. We have all got claims toining. What winter state will do for us I cannot tell. Yotl know more about that than 1 .do, The indians appear to be' very friendly, like lo have "the Bos ton's" come, as they call them. You think it is a long road, and so it is, but the worse is over when you get started. Be sure and have plenty of flour, that is the main object. Start with at least 175 or 200 pounds, and 7S pounds of bacon to the person,, fetch no more beds than you want to use. start with clothing aplenty to last you one year after you get here if vou have nothing to buy wily. after you get here you will raise d entv to buy with. Start with at least four or five yoke of cattle to the wagon, young cattle, four or five years old are the best, tetcn what coffee, sugar and such things as you like, if you should be sick you need them. I write to you as though I expected you to come. I can t heln but believe you would be suitedchildren well fixed to ret a living. That is if Congress ever does anything lor uregon. it is not ike any other new country a farm to pay for-it is aireaoy paid for when you get here. You don't know how I want to see you. and if I am never to see you let me hear from you as often as pos sible. I want to know you are all getting along and what you are doing. Give my love and respects to all. We have had two weddings in our family, Rolland Chambers to Lovica King, and Amos King to Welinda Fullef. Young men have to pay five-dollars a year if they don't live on their claim. The peo ple all look hale and hearty here. We are all looking for Moses Moon and Heman Halleck this fall. Write first opportunity, and ev eryone. It has been so long since I have heard from you. From your affectionate children. Stephen and Marie King. The old organ pictured was obtained by Anna Maria King. 'Mrs. Solomon King! on a $100 butter bill owed by a lady who could not pay so gave the organ as pavment. Anna Maria '. King gave the organ lo her daughter. Lucy. Ann King Kiger. Then it was given to Fred Kiger who handed it down to Mrs. Frances Kiger. who has made her home for many vears with her son and daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ki ger. They ranch just off the Mer rill Highwav. Mrs. Frances Kiger in turn donated It to the Horner Museum. Gill Coliseum. Corvallis. ALL FOR JUST 10 66 Per Sq. yd. TU 4-3134 MRS. FRANCES KIGER, mother of Estin and Kenneth Kiger, Klamath Falls, loaned a letter to be published during Ore qon's Centennial year, . written by the great-great grand mother of her sons, Maria King. Mrs. Kiger is also an Oregon pioneer. She It the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Suit who went to the Willamette Valley In 1869 and to Summer . Lake in 1872. She has lived in Klamath County since 1919, makes her home between Klamath Falls and Merrill with her son Kenneth. .. :i , arm 'Tu A I H - r is - 1 'j. V .i -v- - THE OLD ORGAN once owned by Maria King, writer of the interesting letter on life in early Oregon, was donated t the Horner Museum, Gill Coliseum, Corvallis. It is still in perfect condition, more than 100 years after it was owned by Anna Maria King. . FIESTA SET McCLOl'D Gary Caswell, pres ident of the McCloud Community Recreation Council, today ,' an nounced that the Lumberjack Fi esta will be held Aueust 3D. 29 and 30. A showing of an aquacade win De neia each evening, other tentative feature attractions will be a rock n roll dance: opera tion of the miniatnr railrnnrl- concessions: gem and mineral show, flower show and hobby ex hibits. TR1ZE WON .ALTXTUS George McCulley. son of Mr and Mrs. George Lewis McCulley. and a student at Walla Walla College, recently received a prize of $10 for a story submitted in a contest open to college fresh men of Seventh Day Adventist in stitutions in Canada and the Unit ed Slates. Only 17 of 246 entries were considered worthy of publi cation. The manuscript will 'be pub lished in Ihe Youths' Instructor. This summer McCulley is working in ine .Modoc National Forest. Take a tip iErv ; M'K'M Driscoll & Padgett Your Insurance Agent Workman's compensation Hail-Auto-Fire ' Animal Mortality e Farm Insuranct 706 Williams Bldg . Ph. TU 4-7313 v. . S'h 1 'J CHURCH PARTY A party will be held for younf. People from all Klamath 'ni churches at the Yacht Club June ai irom to 11:30 p.m. Parent are especially invited, t Value Rate the ROCKET while we evaluate your car! By Any Measure OLDS li the value car of the Medium Price class! COME IN! DICK B. MILLER CO. OLDS-CADILLAC 7th 1 Klamath Ph. 4-4154 from the Cow Belles . . . Make Pappy Happy, Serve BEEF ON FATHER'S DAY and Every Day.