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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1959)
corp. GSN.SSF, AMD D02TOEN?S 0IV EUaSSE0HE3. Ia Tk- Day's lews Bjr FRANK JENKINS From the Ashland Tidings: The On-to-Oregon Cavalcade, ' following the historic pioneer trail, is encountering some of the hard hips of the early day traveler. Two members of the wagon train company have become Ul. A Sheridan (Ore.) woman had to leave the train because of an asth matic condition. Weaver Clark of Hillsboro, oldest member of the group, suffered from tick fever, but is able to continue. While members of the group can ,. be transported quickly to modern medical facilities if the need rises, some of their experiences indicate the hazards of travel a century ago. . That calls up memories. Many years ago,' not far from Bend on the highway to Burns, there was a pathetic little cross, furrounded by a pathetic little . fence. The wood of the cross was aged and weathered, as was the wood of the fence. Somehow it ai teemed to speak, and speak elo quently, of tragedy tragedy and pathos. I wondered aboui.it whenever I '"jlssed it It must have a story, "n just couldn't help .having a lory. Eventually, the story was told to me by a Mr. Busknell. who was a member of what is known ia pioneer tradition as the Lost Wagon Train, which chose the route across Central Oregon and crossed the Cascades by what was later known as the Old Mili tary Road, which led past Summit lake to the headwaters of the South Fork of the Willamette. This is the story he told: in the train was a young woman a young mother. Somewhere in the vicinity of old Fort Hall, she fell ill. There were . no doctors In the train or ANYWHERE in (he wide West within reach. Sha grew weaker and weaker. But she was sustained by a flam ing hope the hope that before the dark angel of death overtook her the might reach the green valleys of Oregon and see her family set tled in the' Promised Land. In the slow course of ox team travel, the train reached the love ly meadows of the upper Des chutes, at what came to be known ' among its members as Farewell Rend, from which the town of Bend takes its name. ------ The young mother was ailing fast. The members of the train ' knew she couldn't live much long er. So they made camp. There were two reasons for pausing in their journey. One was to pasture their stock, which was gaunted by long miles of desert travel on the lush -, grass of Farewell Bend. The other was to wait for the inevitable in the case of the young mother, whose courage and resolution to live to the journey's nd had so endeared her to them II. . - The 'end wasn't long in coming. They gave her a simple funeral, landing there in the high desert. their heads bared and tears (reaming down their sun-tanned and weatherbeaten checks. For iter, it was Farewell Bend indeed farewell to her hope of a new home in the green valleys of the land of the setting sun. They laid her -away beneath Juniper tree, and over her grave carefully protected by rocks to fend off the scavenging coyotes they erected a simple Httle cross and around it they built a crude fence. Then, sadly, they took op their journey again. That, as Mr. Bushnell told it to me in his late 80's his voice breaking a bit and moisture well ing up in his eyes after ail the years is the tale. The little cross and the little fence that un til a decade or so ago could be teen beside the Bend-Burns bigh- S-ay may not have been hers. But it could have been. 1 suppose there are hardships tn the wagon train that is retrac ing the route of the Great Migra tion that built our West. But there were grimmer hard ihips in those long-ago days when the West was young. "HOWDY MRDNERi Welcome to the Tallest Town in Oregon" is the greeting visitors reeelve upon entering lakeview. The two signs put up recently ere ! advertise the aiioti ef this area, t Milan Air Crash Undergoes Probe MILAN, Italy API An ar mored car regiment and hundreds of police Saturday sealed off a three-mile lone of scatttered wreckage that may hold the secret behind the crash of a U.S. airliner in a furious summer thunderstorm. All 68 persons aboard were killed. Witnesses said they saw light ning strike the four-engine con stellation Friday. Aviation ex perts said it was more likely that the Chicago-bound Trans World Airline plane was shaken to pieces by the violence of the storm. Some people on the ground said Meeting Set To Discuss OEA Letter Most directors of Klamath Un ion High School District are con cerned 'but not surprised or wor ried about a censure they re ceived Wednesday from the Ore gon Education Association. They will hold a special public meeting Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria to discuss the letter they received from Richard Barss, OEA consultant. Barss said he and another observer, Harold Dishaw, who attended two recent board meetings, are rec ommending that the OEA Place ment Bureau refuse to recom mend candidates for placement as KUHS teachers. During the meetings Charles Carlson, assistant superintendent, lost the school principalship. Crit icism of the action has since come from residents and teachers Some say the action was not ethi cal. Board members, excepting Mrs. Margaret Sheridan who vot ed to retain Carlson, were tight- lipped about their reasons for Uie demotion at a meeting June 12. During a subsequent meeting. two of them read statements cit ing a public tack of confidence in Carlson's administration, apparent lack of discipline at the high school and other charges. Thesa members, tieorge Flit craft and Dr. James Noel, main tain that tbey acted in good faith, that their actions were for the best, and that OEA action it un fair. Dr. Noel and E. D, Hickman, chairman of the board whs ab stained from voting, said they feel the observers acted without un derstanding the situation, The de motion had been brewing for a year-OEA men attended only two meetings. Nor are they worried about se curing teachers they say. The board has seldom used the OEA Placement Bureau. Seven teachers are" needed. Arnold Gratapp, su perintendent of schools, is in Port land on recruiting mission. Hickman said he would wel come a study by the OEA. He said he believes 'miscellaneous contacts" in Klamath Falls the association says it made, must have been limited. He said he is sure the- board has no intention of violating con tracts. He added that Carlson said a year ago if he could not win the board's confidence he would not want to continue as principal. Hickman favors writing the OEA a letter of acknowledge ment and a pledge of cooperation in' any study it wants to conduct Flitcraft said he has spoken to many people who, feel that the OEA acted unfairly and who re sent out -of -county sources becom ing involved m the controversy. Dr. Noel said the OEA does not "appreciate 'our problems down here." He said the observers acted with insufficient evidence. "When this thing blows over, there is going to be more interest in schools, locally," he said. Mrs. Sheridan was more alarmed. She says "something constructive" is going to have to be done at Monday's meeting to reinforce public confidence in the board and school system. 'Pi t - V ' --4 ' f ' - Ik- ' -- i J. Ia ,' Lk.'r wWf A.WUjbiVs ttwima they heard the plane explode in the air. There was also the possi bility of mechanical failure as the cause of Italy's worst air disaster. Italian and American experts began their inquiry Saturday. In vestigators came from the U. S. and Italian government air safety agencies and TWA. As Italian dis trict attorney, Salvatore Petrucci, also was sent by the government. Until the investigation is fin ished not even the relatives of the victims will be allowed near the tangle of blackened aluminum, all that remained of the plane that plummeted into a field north of here. The plane had taken off from Malpensa Airport in this big north Italian industrial city just 17 min utes before. It flew north toward the Swiss Alps and into the storm. It was headed for Parts and then a nonstop flight to Chicago's O'Hare Airport. At least 28 passengers and 6 crew members were American. Bodies, so badly mangled that identification of most was not pos sible. Bits of the giant Constellation were scattered in a three - mile trail along the ground among the crowded villages north of Milan. The plane broke into three main pieces. The fuselage slammed in to the ground only 25 yards from a farm building where 20 mem bers of four families were hud dled out of the driving rain. A wing fell in the woods, A blazing engine sheared off a high voltage line, disrupting power over a wide area. The U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board, which dispatched Martyn Clarke, its assistant chief safety engineer, to work with Italian of ficials, has no record of any air liner blowing up in flight after be ing hit by lightning. Hoffa Story Stays Same WASHINGTON (APt Two and a half years after the Senate La bor - Management Committee be gan Investigating him, James R. Hoffa still .promises to drive rack eteers from office at his Teams ters Union. His story ft the same he'll do it In his own good time. Hoffa told the committee Friday he has the power and the authori ty to 8s ft now, but will not act until the committee ends its in vestigation. His promise drew t scornful re tort from Sen. John F, Kennedy (D-Mass. . ' I have no hope of your ever cleaning up the union, Mr.. Hoffa, Kennedy said. Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark) has charged repeatedly that Hoffa is so hemmed in by mobster allies that he couldn't clean ,up tb union if he wanted to. Lake Posts New Signs LAKEVIEW Informing visitors that they are entering the "tallest town la Oregon" are two new signs, one at the south entrance and one at the north entrance to Lakeview, The western character, who stands atop 10-foot sign, is 23 feet tali. The complete sign stands almost 40 feet higher than the 4.800 feet that makes Lakeview the town with the highest elevation, of any incorporated town on the Ore gon highway system. The signs were erected for the Lake County Chamber of Com merce by crews of the California Oregon Power Company. The illus trations show representations of the deer, antelope and "Old Per petual" geyser north of town, which is the-only perpetual spout ing geyser in America. MWWWaWMMMMlWIBMWIIIIIWillWIIMIIWWWIIWMMIIMlftWIBIBWIIIWWBBBlllilt''PlIIMlll'IWilliWI 1 Mill M M IM hl'lT i KLAMATH - Prif Tea Teats ft Pages t- -f fcrffl m j .. . , 44aWSfc-' J ' " 'r'At:-.tit! "Siite f i r i?i f."' i." i "f FOAM supplied by the Air ger ot ignition, i he accident occurred at van s Cafe and Motel at Wocui, three miiti north of Klamath Falls. Two hours after the a ccident, straining - tow trucks righted the gasoline-laden, seriously damaged truck, . ' Union Agrees WASHINGTON (API President Eisenhower urged the steel indus try and union leaders Saturday to continue negotiations without a strike. He asked that bargaining ses sions keep going until "alt of the terms and conditions of a new contract are agreed upon. Eisenhower made his sugges tion in a letter to David J. Mc Donald, president of the United Steel Workers. NEW YORK APt-The Steel- workers Union agreed Saturday to resume contract negotiations with the industry's regular bargaining team. David J. McDonald, union pres ident, said, however, "I'm not go ing to gel in another filibuster session," and said he would walk out again if the industry contin ues to refuse to grant worker con tract gains. McDonald Friday declined fur ther sessions with industry repre sentatives, saying they had been fruitless. He called for direct talks with steel company top ex ecutives, but that bid was flatly rejected. - McDonald announced this morn ing, after a meeting with the un ion's 33-man executive board, that he would go back into session with the regular industry team,! headed by U.S, Steel Corp. Vice President R. Conrad Cooper. 'But I'm not going to sit in an other filibuster session," McDon Delay Seen For Missile QUAN'TICO, Va. m Secretary of Defense Neil H. McEIroy an nounced Saturday a delay of at least 60 days in getting the Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, ready for combat. The first IBMs had been expected to be op erational by the end of this month. The defense chief was asked at a news conference if the Air Force would make the originally sched uled deadline, despite recent test difficulties with the big missile. McEIroy replied that "the initial operational date will be delayed not less than ftO days," adding! that the time could be longer. 11th Annual Shrine Circus Slated For Augusi 11 , 12 The 1959 engagement of the Shrine Circus, under the sponsor ship of the Klamath Falls Shrine Club, will mark the iith consecu tive year (or this popular event is the Klamath Basin. The circus will be presented at Klamath County Fairgrounds, on Tuesday and Wednesday, August II and 12. There will be matinee and evening performance an both days at S:1S and i 15 p.m. There it ample free parking at the fair grounds. Charlie Mack, president of Klamath Falls Shrine Club, an nounce the appointment of Lyle Kellstrom as general chairman of the Shrine Circus for the second consecutive year. Serving again as co-chairman will be Asia Miner and G, B. Brick) Leach, last year's Shrine Club president, wilt be chairman of the advisory coun cil. Poiack Bros. Circus will present the Shrine Circus agaia this year. It is the largest circus of its kind eat tb continent and tb same cir cus which annually shows ia 70 major cities throughout the U S and Canada under Sbriae sponsor ship. Joseph 0 Donne U. adnata t FALLS, OREGON, SUNDAY, t SHEU - - 1 ,jh rr r H - yir-r Hums i. Force was sprayed ever this stricken tanker to minimise dan To Resume ald said. "I'm not their case histories.' interested ia The union chief expressed hope that "industry's liaison men have some instructions from their su periors to de some real negotiat ing." McDonald said nothing has real ly happened in eight weeks of talks so far. He said the union has made settlement proposals but the industry has ottered no wage or other contract increases Present contracts expire at mid night next Tuesday with a strike; fthreatened for Wednesday. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Partly samy today chance el eveshtf skewers ia the hi!U.' High StutSfcy 74-75; lew to night 38-43. High yesterday , 7? Lew last Bight 44 Northers California Fair ex cept local let the roast during sight and moraing and afterfteoft cloudiness ever the mountains. Coastal winds northwesterly. Its miles an hour. Miss Siskiyou Winner Crowned YREKA Vicki McColIum, 1, of Pondosa, sponsored by the Me- Cloud Service Club, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Wade McCsllaiB, was chosen as Miss Siskiyou. The judging was conducted Friday eve ning m Vreka Inn. The new monarch is five feet four, weighs 1!2 pounds and r measurements are 34, 23, 34.. Her ambition is to study music. vocal and dancing. She will enter her junior year at McCloud High School in September. She was chosen from a field of nine con-l testants.' agent for Poiack Bros. Circus, will be in Klamath Falls for about twa weeks. He has assisted in setting tip headquarters for the Shrine Circus at the Klamath Auditorium, Main and Spring streets. A tele phone was installed at the end ot the week.-' . - - - Continuing the policy of the last 19 years, lea fortunate children in the Klamath Basis will be giv en an opportunity of seeing the circus. This will be accomplished FOREST FIRE ' DANGER TOOAT - KEEP OSS SON $CEt again through ticket donated by members of the Masonic fraterni ty, business firms, or sanitations and individuals. A special commit tee will handle the distribution of the tickets. . Justus Edwards, publicity direc tor for Poiack Bros,, has Just re turned from Europe, 0 Donneli fold the local group, Edwards vis ited 12 countries aed X European circuses ia the quest ef new and more spectacular acts. Interna tionally renowned Mar of the sawdust arena and wild animal act always highlight the Shrm Circus. There wiil be high tra pese, acrobatic and tumbling acts, wild animal and comedy by ail aew contingent of clowns, O'DoBoell said. . f JUNE 28, 195S Trlephwe TU Mill t -i' ...... nT Negotiations McDonald renewed an offer tei extend existing contracts for IS days with a proviso that any ne gotiated gains date back to July 1. The industry has rejected the re troactivity feature. There was no immediate time set for resumption of talks by McDonald and Cooper. The union executive board said in a statement that time is run-' ning out but a strike can stilt be averted if the industry "wtB ne gotiate on the basis of the esiss's specific proposals or make a fair proposal of its swn for settle ment." Neither McDonald or the indus try has made public any details of the union settlement proposals. McDonald said he has received a letter front c steel buyer 1b Wis consin saying that steel warehous es in that area h.ea recently boasted prices on small quantity lots of hot rolled steel. McDonald, without JieaUfying the author of the letter, quoted the buyer as writing "this is evert be fore any wage settlement a good example of tb high-handed way steel puts a aoKeeza on eur econ omy.' . .... Musician Improving SPOtfcTO, Italy, AP) Louis Armstrong's condition amtiuued to improve Saturday after bout with pneumonia. "I want to blow this Joint, the! jasx king told a -hospital attendant.! Satchmo, sat millions of fans around the world call hart, slept heavily through the Bight, Shortly1 after midnight his nurse said Ms temperature remained normal. When a nurse awakened him late Friday sight for his dose of antibiotics;, he commented to her: "I m sleeping my company off." He had many visiters Friday as he sat up in bed, pretended to play the trumpet and hummed "The Sunny Side of the Street. The raspy-voiced king of Jaa, 38, bounced back from a grave at tack of pneumonia that made doc tors fear for his life. They said his strong recovery was remarkable. KLAMATH FALLS SHI1NI CLU1 wilt ipomor the I Hh annuel Shrin Cireus m MaMtit Falis on August II eno) 12 with matinee and wif ttt Brformsncs both eayl, Charlie Mack, dub president, has named Lyle XaHstroAi, roar, at ganerai dtamneit fee Us aeteflw year. He will be assisted by Asia Miner, left, at cs-skeirmait, k4 S. i. Ilickl leech, center, lost yeaf's eiufr president who will serve ct chairmen of Ik advisory ssynciS, A, right is Joseph O'DeniteH, cdVenee of cat for Psleeh Bros, Circul which will preterit the Shrine Cirewt again the yeer, Heeduerters ere in Klamath fait Auditorium. , Long Takes Rest On Beloved Farm COVINGTON. La. IAP Uuisi-, ana Gov. Earl K. Long deserted the sanctuary of a mold south of CovingtoB Saturday and beaded for! his beloved farm sear Wumiield in northern Louisiana. Th gj.vnr.alrf eovemor. freed only Friday from a mental hospi tal at nearty MandeviUe, took off; in a black limousine for bis fa vorite haunt at WinaftrH, about 200 miles from Covir.gsos, Before leaving, iht tempestuous! long indicated he would return to Covington Sunday night. Doctors ordered him to take a complete rest, but he made no bones about wanting to visit his farm. Long went on a shapphtg spree! Friday sight and bought pttch- iork, two horse collars, a post hole digger, a hoe and staer I arm utensils. He leaded the equipment into1 the trunk ef the limousine that left the motel shortly before be drove away. The pitchfork didn't fit in the car's trunk, as the gov ernor put it on the backseat of the car. The limousine left the motel earlier, taking the governor' sis ter, ' Mrs. Stewart Hurt, and a niece, Mary Olive Creea, ts an unknown destination, II returned about ait hour later asd waited as Long directed packing -opera tions. Long waved to reporters as he! drove away and photographers lined the opposite side of the road. After his release from the hos pital. Long remained firm ia his intention to run again (or gover nor, but said be would follow doc tors' instructions for a rest. The governor, staying at a tiny country motel here, said fee would follow the doctors' instructions. "I weolfta t hava sent lor them if I had intended otherwise," he add ed. His words Friday indicated the contrary. He talked ef renewing hit campaign tor re-election, "I thought I would have to make MO speeches nest fail to wis. but now I think 1 can do tt with too speeches.' A platoon of doctors took ever the governors routin by invita tion, baaard all contact with the! press,, aft sea essential Tisttors and all unnecessary activity. This voluntary medical treat ment may glow the tt year old governor s progress; along a trail of vengeance against Louisiana politicians the governor feels have done isim wrong. No new reprisals were announced. Long ended 27 days of confine ment is two menial hospitals at mtamersfRg Friday. The governor had the, State Hospital Board petition him to dis miss state Hospitals Director Jes se Bsnkstss and Dr. Charles Bel cher, acting superintendent of Southeast Louisiana (mesial! Hos- at MandeviUe. This action removed si! opposition to Long's! release. Mrs. Long, Sett. Rtisseti Long D-lt, Iht governor's sephew, and Dr. Arthur Long ail were ab sent tram Friday's proceedings. The, three concurred to the deci sion that resulted in Long's flight to Galveston, Tea:., for psychiatric treatment and subsequent M-day stay at John Scaly Medical Os ier. Mrs. Long also asked that the governor be committed t Mande viUe. The governor Thursday filed for! separation from Mrs. Long, whs slipped out of the state for parts! unknown Tuesday night. After getting the hsspttat board to dismiss Bankstos snd Bdrher, Long fired State Police Supt. John Nick Brows. Long apparent ly was miffed at Brows tnd state! troopers whs took part is whisk- ing him ts Mandevite. ,P, Key. as sidi political aHy ot the Lseg JamUy, took Btime'i puce. After settling a t&e motet south ef CsviBgtsn, long -r,vMd three, psychiatrists re see fctot. They or- ateelute res!, railed as end w au press centeresces and said visitors and ptams calls would is screened. Ticket Sale ForSymphony Said Lagging Local Centennial commissioners are becoming concerned because ticket sales for a performance: ef the Portland Symphony Orchestra is Mills School Auditorium Monday at I p m. are moving siowiy. The orchestra wiB be flashing its sew. young, Toscasiai-tutored conductor, Piero Brtlugs is a full repertoire. Included is the pro gram is a full performance of See thoves s Seventh Symphony, etas the overture (rem Msisrt's opera The Abduction From the Serag lio." Darius MilhasdisT -Suite. Fraaeaije, and Tscrurtfr sky's "Borneo and Juliet." It aJss carries the warm prats of Vice President Richard Naoa and many other critics. Tickets are on sale at IThlic's Electric Store, 102 Main Street: Shaffer Elect ne, 38 TS South Sixth Street, and at the chamber of commerce. 333 Mais Street. They will also be ss sal at the box office, i- The orchestra is making a swing thraagit sis Oregon cities as a Centennial feature. It to consisV ered one of the top flight sym phony orchestras is the country. it tt ts its 37th season. Beitogi, a native si Italy, b- gaa us position wrth the orches tra October St. He conducted the Oakland Symphony Orchestra for two previous years, : One reviewer recently said ef him, It is m news by sew that BeHsgE to a conductor el great precision and fin rather m thai Toscanini tradition and six ems styta has produced some very Bright, clean playing." Another said, "Bctiugi was impressive ra his clean, confident, Mv-eiy leader ship ang the public Bust him." Jet Crashes Kill Quartet . sas mtomo, ttx. ap At least four roes died as two jet planes crashed on opposite sides of San Antonio within to minute Friday sight. Firemen, able to reach the flaming wreckage only en foot, sent back word that threat per ished is as RB56 a reconnais sance bomber which hit oa top steep, rocky tU about 30 miles northwest of hen. A fourth maa died is a TS trainer which also burned after crashing one mile north of Laver ma. M mile southeast ot Sas As- tonis. The planes crashed about at miles apart. A spokesman at Homestead Air Force Base near Mismt, Fla idesfttted the T3J pilot as first U. Roy B. Owings Jr. Ha was r turning the trainer te Homestead from Oakland, Caiif. Owings Is survived by bis widow Linda and two children, Anna, 3, and Roy D. HI, His permanent address was Great Falls, S C.
