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PAGE SIX HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore, Fridav, January 22, I960 PRANK JENKINS Editor BILL JENKINS Managing Editor FLOYD WYNNE City Editor MAURICE MILLER Circulation Mgr Ph. TU 4-4752 Entered as second class matter at the post office at Klamath Falls. Ore., on August 20. 1906, under act o( Congress. March 8. 1879 SERVICES: ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Serving Southern Oregon And Northern California Subscription Rates CARRIER I MONTH $ 1.50 6 MONTHS $ 9.00 I YEAR $18.00 MAIL I MONTH 1.50 6 MONTHS . 8.50 I YEAR $15.00 i By BILL JENKINS I suppose it is a sign of a mea and lowly character but I musi admit that I couldn't entirely squelch a feeling of inward glee when news began to filter through earlier this week about Portland and the valley areas being clob bercd with a sizeable snow storm Over the years I have had as much business to transact in the Portland area as the average man and besides that we have a lot of friends who live up thataway. So trips to that area have been fre quent. And on almost all of them we have had to sit patiently and listen to people ask us how we manage to live up there in all that snow and cold. "Klamath rails they say, "isn't that the place where it gets so cold in the winter and the snow lays on the yards un til June?" Well, from all the reports that I have been able to gather this one storm up there dumped more snow on Portland and surrounding areas than we have had on the pertinent comments after Wednes day's dinner meeting. "Let's suppose, he said, "that 200 million board feet of this available timber volume ultimate ly finds its way into the Klamath Basin, "For every 1,000 board feet of limber processed in a community approximately $45 of a direct pay- roll is generated. The 200 million board feet would then produce payroll dividend of $45 times 200 million, or $9 million. The $9 mil lion would turn over many times via retail stores in Klamath Falls and could make the difference be twecn a highly prosperous and an economically static communuy "In addition to the $9 million, the county gels 25 per cent of the forest service timber sale re ceipts as In-Iicu payment and 50 ner cent of the OiC (Oregon ana California) receipts. An additional 25 per cent of the O&C monies designated by law as being re lurnable to the county, is rein vested in access road development of O&C lands, This is an invest j u... , vi.,u Fall fnr nieni in me luime 01 u. i giuumi .., ..,.,... . . h . states." the 'association forester asserts. He foresees no "feast now famine later" situation. a sood many winters. Talked to Dick. Eimers up there on Tuesday and he told us that he had measured four feet of snow drifted up against his carport that morning. He lives in one of. those plush suburban develop ments out the other side of Beav erton. I haven't had a four-foot drift in any of my various driveways here since the winlcr of 1936-37. Of course 1 realize that it is dangerous to gloat. We'll prob ably get our fair share of winter before the season is over (Spring Is not due until March 21) and I'll have to swallow these words. But I'm going to go ahead and say 'em anyhow. If I have to eat crow later I'll do It with as much relish as I can muster at the time. As a mere matter ot idle curi osity I wonder if the service sta tions over in the valley are still telling out-of-staters that the Wil lamette Pass Is Impassable from October on? I finally got tired of asking them and quit but several years ago used to play a game when over that way. Headed north I would cross the pass and then slop in a service station in the valley and innocently ask how the road was over the Willamette. Almost in . variably I got the answer that there was a heavy snow pack, chains were mandatory and I would do well to travel southward via Highway 99. This when I had just come over the hill on bare pavement all the way. Well, I guess that such is life. Despite our greatly improved com munications system it is still dif ficult to find out how the roads are from here to there. Remember the screams of an guish that went up around these parts last fall when the Westsidc Bypass was opened? There were scores of gloomy predictions that every truck down the hill would promptly skid, bust through traf fic on Main and then plunge into Ewauna Lake. Well, this winter has been as slick I'oadwise as any we've had in a long time and so far wo have skid number one to come One car went through the guard rail, but only because his brakes failed. I guess that is one coffin cor ner that didn't turn out to be so bad after all. The allowable culs on govern ment-owned land are now on wild or partially wild forest, the tim ber grown by nature and God," he said. "These forests, under management, undoubtedly will in crease sunstnnuaiiy so lar as their annual allowable cut is con cerned. This," he maintains. has been proved by the man aged forests of Washington, south eastern United States and the beautifully managed forests of Europe." Timber Sale By FLORENCE JENKINS Government agencies have granted an accelerated timber sales program to provide a sup ply of available sawtimber for Klamalh Basin operators until 1962 when timber from t lie Klam ath Indian reservation is expected to go on the market. The availability of timber for sale does not guarantee that local mills will get the contracts, of course, but a fixed volume in ex cess of 270 million board feet of accessible timber will be up for competitive bidding. Competition is expected to be mighty keen "A bloody battle" was the term used by Vondis Miller, forest su pervisor of the Umpqua National Forest, speaking of several of the areas accessible to nearly all of the Southern Oregon mills. There will be other national for est and Bureau of Land Manage ment timber up for sale, of course, but the four national for ests and the BLM estimate that 276 million board lect of the total offered for bid can be hauled to the east into the Klamalh Basin. Wayne Gaskins, forester (or Western Forest Industries Associ ation, the group instrumental in bringing together representatives of all Of the agencies to present the whole picture, made several oli'p Protection Klamath Falls (To the Editor) My letter refers to Floyd Wynne's editorial in your publica tion on January 13, 1960. First, I wish to commend Floyd Wynne on his editorial in an cf fort to bring to light the problem ot police protection lor the subur ban areas 15,000 to 20,000 peo ple. Most of us gripe and chip our leelh, rather than attempt to rem edy these problems, or even find out if they exist. I merely wonder u this prob lem can be properly analyzed or solved with a simple statement by the two gentlemen in charge the two police agencies re sponsible. Sgt. Bruce Lattin, of the Oregon State Police, reportedly stated, 'The strength of the patrols vary depending upen the times and days. After 2 a.m. the patrols are lightened since most of the area is inactive." They certainly are To the extent that there isn't any patrolling. One officer remains on duty to receive telephone calls and operate the police radio. It is rumored that the local State Police office is expecting addi tional men. These men will proh- bly fill in for troopers off duly under the newly initialed five-day work schedule. With the troopers that are available, Sgt. Lattin has probably scheduled them to the best advantage. Nevertheless, most burglars operate during the early morning hours. Sheriff Britlon reportedly staled that he and his deputies arc on call 24 hours a day. That's very true. All policemen arc on call 2-1 hours a day. Off-duty police men of all departments spend many hours in court, on invest! Rations, and on man-hunts, but l.'w burglars and assault artists remain at the crime scene while a deputy sheriff tumbles out of his bed, slips into his cowboy suit, and drives to a trouble spot. Neither will active criminals, pro fessionals and young hoods be lound the following day waiting at home for a warrant to be served on them and accepting com plaint calls is not exactly carry ing out a complete investigation Criminals apprehended in t h act, or en route to and from the crime scene, save Ihe people tax money from the time consuming ar.d very costly, investigations These investigations, coupled with (he cost of internment waiting for trial and the expense of prosecu lion, may in some instances run into the thousands. Britton is also reported to havi stated he would desire another deputy for the suburban area but felt the County Budget Board probably would not sanction the additional help. I may be wetter than a wash cloth, but it appears to me that since Mr. Britton 's office is the hief law enforcement agency in the county and declared so by tale statute, shouldn t he then have cars out on patrol as other counties in Oregon do? Think back, how often, day or night, has anyone seen the friendly sher iff's cars actually patrolling? Britton's present annual budget is $142,807.00, as published in the June 5, 1959, Herald and News Let's be realistic and look at a few facts. He has 14 deputies and persons to handle the tax de partmcnt and office. Most labor n and around the jail, I should hope, is handled by prisoners who ould welcome Ihe activity. Com pare this with our city police de- artmcnt which operates with 34 police personnel and four other employes. They also operate a jail, and have 8 patrols operating constantly. Their budget is only .243,266.00, and $170,000.00 of this for wages. Then, let's gander and compare some estimates on the apprehen sion of felons. (Felons are viola tors of major crimes punishable by imprisonment in the State Pen itentiary.) A check with the District At torney's office revealed the follow-1 nig percentages of apprehensions. We're concerned with apprehen sions since patrolling is the im portant factor. The estimates be low do not include the numerous felons, captured by city and state patrols, wanted in other areas, nor felons apprehended by police of other Klamath County towns Neither can we include culprits already captured by police de partments in other areas and re turned to Klamath County by the sheriff s office. In 1958, city and state police apprehended approximately 76 per cent while the sheriffs depart ment apprehended approximately 24 per cent. In 1959, city and stale combined, approximately 89 per cent and the sheriff's de partment, approximately 11 p e r cent. One could also find a great difference in efficiency in the hundreds ot lesser crime appre-1 hensions, not to mention the dis tasteful but necessary .traffic ar rests. If one checked with juvenile au thorities, he would find that ap proximately 75 per cent of all ju venile delinquents arc apprehend oj by city and state police pa trols. The remaining 25 per cent arc apprehended by juvenile of ficers, Chiloquin and Merrill cily police, referrals by private citi zens and sheriff's deputies. A man doesn't have to smoke a particular brand of cigarette to think this out for himself. Arc we getting what we pay for in county police protection? Crime throughout our nation costs us 22 billion dollars a year. The cost of crime today repre sents an estimated per capita out lay of $117 per person, or $4(1 per family. For each dollar spent on education. $1.29 goes to crime For each $1 to churches, $11 goes to crime, ror each $1 of a po lice employe's salary, crime cost S18. We can't kid ourselves this tremendous drain on our wealth and peace of mind starts right here on the county level, and any one who says we don t have mum crime in Klamalh County better check the state statistics on a per caoita basis. It's disgusting: We are supposedly intelligent nnonle livinfi in a fast-growing niinrV with a hie. bright future whn are we coing to realize it's cheaper to prevent thefts and vio lence or catch it in the bud, than it is to clean up afterwards? We need better suburban cov- oraee now. Let s noi wan umu everyone in the suburban area has been burglarized of something costly or precious, in isoii one home in filleen throughout the na tion was directly affected by a major crime. If we're below av erage, it's not good. For once let's solve the prob lem. If we check around, a little deeper, I think we'll find there is Whv can't our Sheriff's office cooperate and assist the city and stale police in patrolling our sub urban area, and why can't this toopcralion and assistance be in cluded in this already tremen dous budget for the sheriiff's office? Roland S. Clark 2838 Patterson Street The Almanac By United Press International Today is Friday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of the year, with 344 more days to follow in 1960. The moon is approaching its new phase. The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter and Venus. On this day in history: On Jan. 22, 1788, the British poet Lord Byron was born. In 1901, Queen Victoria of Brit ain died in her 82nd year after ruling her nation since 1837. In 1905, Cossacks fired on 15- thousand Russians in St. Peters burg as they marched on the win ter palace to beg the Czar for better living and working condi tions. Scores were killed, and 5,000 were sent to Siberia. The day became known as "Red Sunday."- "' In 1952, the second of three air liner crashes at Elizabeth, N.J., occurred, taking 29 lives. A thought for today: Poet Lord Byron said, "On with the dance! Let joy be unconfined; no sleep' till morn." They'll Do. It Every Time . By Jimmy Hatlo If there's one thing that burns henry up.ft's wat the mechanics HE HIRES HAVE HELPERS But get a load of henrv doing a do-it-yourself job at home more help than cfty hall i i tfe MmM YhLW 1 --SSSs Girl Enters Church Unit Betty Riffey, daughter of Mr.'ren Volunteer Service program of and Mrs. Ivan Riffey, Klamath Falls, has been accepted into the March training unit of the Broth- BETTY RIFFEY the Church of the Brethren. She will be at New Windsor, Mary land. The young woman, the first in this local congregation to enter BVS, will receive only her room and board, medical care and $7.50 per month during her training. 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