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PAGE 2 A HERALD AND NRJVS. Klamath Falls. Ore. Sundav, Varch "!$,"T96(f Business News By FLORENCE JENKINS TUxedo 2-5517 Is (he new number for the Klamath County Clerk's office . . . there are now two tele phones in that office and the old number has been disconnnuea, ac cording to Charlie DvLap. county clerk. Recent contract awards by base procurement office, 408th Fighter Group. Kingsley field ... to Charles W. Kerr Construction Co, Me. 3. Box 288. on low bid of $2,926.85, for modification of base dispensary, Bids. No. 123, Kings lev Field: Inv. No. B0-2II ... to Man Jose Steel Co., 2472 Willam cite Ave., Eugene, on low bid of $11,115, for construction of security fencing at Kingsley Field: Inv No. 60-30 ... to Klamath Cubic T.V.. 239 Main St., Klamath Falls, on low bid of $5H5.80 for proper alignment and electrical connec tions for the master TV antenna svstem at Falcon Heights: Inv No. 60-31. The Modoc and Siskiyou County ASC offices have been advised that the final date for filing an appli cation for a 1960 Durum Wheat Allotment is March 15. Bids will be opened at 2:30 p.m. March 31, by the Yreka High School District, in Yreka, Cal for construction of a 720 square foot general shop building for use by Ft, Jones High School stu dents . . plans and specifica (ions available from the architect, Howard R. Pcrrln, 1415 Esplanade, Klamath Falls. Elton H. (Tommy) Thompson recently received the Salem First Citizen plaque for 1939. . . , Ladd fc Bush vice president, he was honored for his services to the community, ranging through school district and county and city budget committee work. Red Cross, Chamber of Commerce, Sa lem General Hospital, 4-11. etc. . . . he was manager of the U.S. Na tional Bank of Portland's Klam ath Falls branch back a few years before Lester C. (Wield succeed ed Bill llucglns in that position . . . they say he almost missed attending the banquet at Salem which honored him, as he was planning to leave early for a three ' week vacation and only at the last minute decided to slay over for the chamber's annual event. Directors of Oregon Trucking Associations, Inc., at a meeting In "Portland, voted to support a May primary ballot measure to In crease salaries of Oregon legisla tors to $2,100 per year (or $4,200 for the biennium) from (lie pres ent rale of $1,200 for the bien nium . . . the board set a dead line of ' April 1 for entries Into the OTA's annual "Driver of the Year" award and voted to partici pate with the Oregon Junior Cham ber of Commerce in sponsorship of the I960 Tcen-Ago Roadco in June. o Vest Coast Airlines has request ed the CAB to consolidate WCA's roule application to extend service south from Boise and Salt Lake City to Las Vegas ... a pre hearing conference in the last of a long series of area cases has been set for 10 a.m., March 22. in Washington, D.C., before exam iner Joseph L. Fltzmaurlcc. . . . West Coast pointed out that If the company's present certificate is mended by the CAB as request ed, Spokane and other Inland Empire cities would receive direct single-carrier service to Las Ve gas. 0 Investments In the stale of Ore gon by Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co., Milwaukee, at year end 1959 reached $1 million, the com pany reports this week . . . this represents a gain of $1.4 million over the year previous figure . . . the Oregon investments include more than $14 million in mort gage loan and real estate invest ments and more than $26 million in stocks, bonds and other securi ties of Oregon industrialist and governmental units . . . the 103- year-old company, sixth largest the nation, has been doing business In Oregon since 1867. -0r- Williuin Kennedy, chairman of the governing board, State Depart ment of Geology and Mineral In dustries, has called a meeting of KlamaUl rail, Oregon Serving Southern Oregon and Northern California ubHahed dally except Saturday by outhero Oregon PuDltehlni Company Main at Ktplanade Phone TUxedo -lll FRANK JENKINS, editor BOX JENKINS. Managing Editor FLOYD WYNNE. CUT Editor littered aa eecond elate matiar at the noat offlre at KlamaUl Fall!. Oreaon. on Auguit 20. lsog. under act of Congreee, March S, IRT9. Sacondlaea postage paid at Klamath Falla. Oregon, tnd at additional mailing nffloea. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Carrier 1 Month I SO Month. , S t no 1 Year , 1 Mall In Advance- O 1 Month I I 90 Monthe I VI 1 Year SIS no 9 Carrier and Dealers Week daya copy so Sundayi, copy lOe UNITED PRESS tNTERNATIONAt. ASSOCIATED PRESS AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Sjubecribora not receiving delivery of their Herairand Newe, pleaee phone ?uxeao a-BTll Before P MT) After V P M.. phone Maurice MLtor. Clr- the board for 9 a.m., March 16 in room 1069, Slate Office Bldg., Portland . . . members include Harold Banta, Baker, and Les R. Child, Grants Pass ... the meeting is open to the public. Retail sales of Dodge passcn ger cars during the first 10 days of February were the highest for any 10-day period since July, 1957, according to M, C. Patterson uoage general manager . , . since Oct. 9, 1959, the 1960 model in (reduction dale, a total of 89.544 Dodge tars have been sold, an increase of 95.3 per cent of the same period of 19.58-59, he said. April 3 starts National Library Week ... on that day, 10 small public libraries (serving popula tion areas under 25,000) will re ccive cash grants under the Dor othy Canfield Fisher Library Award program for 1960 , applications had been received by Russell Tliacher, award director, Book-of-thc-Month Club, 354 Hud son St., New York 14, N.Y. . . Western winners included libraries at Casa Grande, Arizona: Lewis ton, Idaho: Whitefish, Montana: Elko, Nevada, and Doming. New Mexico . . . awards are $5,000 for top place and nine $1,000 awards . . . rules for entry may be had by writing Thacher. 0 George W. Mclntyre, president of First Federal Savings & Loan Assn. of Klamath Falls, has been appointed to the 1960 constitution committee of the United States Savings & Loan League ... an nouncement came from W. O. Du Vall. Atlanta, Georgia, president of the league which is the nation wide trade organization of the sav ings and loan business and repre sents more than 4.700 savings as sociations and cooperative banks . the major responsibility of the constitution committee is to keep the basic charter and by laws of the league up-to-date. Sales of Hartfield Stores, Inc., for February totaled $1,367,498. a 10 per cent increase in sales over the same month last year, ac cording to Leo Hartfield, presi dent of the national ladies ready to wear clothing chain. Carroll B, Mills has purchased the Second Street Grocery, 615 No. nd, from Tom Smith ... no change in the name of the busi ness is contemplated , . . store hours are from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m six days a week. O Stale Farm Mutual ended 1959 with an 11.9 per cent share of, the nation's private passenger car insurance market and with earned premiums for the year' in excess of $400 million, according to local agents Stanley B, Brooks and Wil liam N. Goen. 631 So. 8th St . . . the company's wholly-owned af filiates, State Farm Fire and Cas ualty and Stale Farm Life, also showed solid gains for the year . home offices of the three State Farm companies (which in cludes Slale Farm Life Insurance Co.) are in Bloomington, III. o Metropolitan Information Serv ice reports that the U.S. and Can ada each recorded large popula tion gains during 1959. . . . 2.900,- 000 for the U.S. and 400.000 for Canada . . . the increase brought the total population of the 50 slates, including members of the Armed Forces overseas, to 179, 250,000 at the end of the year , , the nation has added more than 27.5 million people since the 1950 census. . . . Canada has added almost .1.7 million since Ihe 1951 census to raise the total for that country to 17,682.000. IF vim never Morion PICTURE IMY0UR UFEYOII must SEE OlITllEBEACli WATCH FOR THE DATE ESQUIRE Oregon Food Plan. Inc., Is now a member of the "Gold Shield" National Food Service program which reaches from coast to coast according to Robert Srhrorder, lo cal manager , . , local offices are at 401 So. 6th... general of fices are in Eugene. Georgia-Pacific Alaska Co. Ivts made substantial expenditures in connection with the proposed Ju neau Unit pulp mill enterprise, according to Vernor M, Schenck, Equitable Bldg., Portland, who handles publicity for the concern . . , it has purchased a 75-acre mill site on Douglas Island and a complete .500-ton per day mill has been designed . , , plans for logging the 7.5 billion board foot limber unit have been underway for some time. . . . Georgia Pacific engineers arc also survey ing the possibility of a complete integrated unit at Juneau includ ing a large sawmill which would make chips available for the pro posed pulp and paper mill and a chemical plant to utilize the waste from both the sawmill and paper mill. . . . July 1, 1961, is the final date for Georgia-Pacific Alas ka Co. to qualify for the tinai award of the Juneau pulp limber unit and the schedule calls for a plant to be in operation on or prior to July 1, 1964. 0 Gene's is the new name of the men's and boys' wear store at 6ih and Main streets, it is announced by Gene Favell, owner, who pur chased last year the interest of Don Anderson, his partner in the business ... the business has con tinucd to be known as Don's, aft cr the Andersons moved to Cali fornia, until the recent official name change. Carl Hagel, a resident of Klam ath Falls for the last 16 years and for five and one-half years office manager at Klamath Disposal, Inc., has joined Jack's Color Chip. owned by Jack Neipp, in the Town It Country shopping center . Ihe addition of a salesman marks an expansion move at this retail outlet for Glidden Paint's full line of products. Portland General Eleclric Com pany's annual meoling will be held at 2 p.m., April 20, . in Portland. -0- New York Life Ins. Co. received record high premiums totaling $625,502,034 in 1959 compared with $590,421,841 in 1958, according to B. M. Downic, general manager . the largest amount' of pre mium income, $.i39.09l.6l.i, came from more than 4.7 million owners of individual policies. 0 The first local public showing of a documentary firm on Oregon's state operated mental hospitals will be today at 1:30 p.m. over KOTI-TV ... it will show facilities and programs for older patients at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem and brief camera trips through the Eastern Oregon Slate Hospital in Pendleton and Mid Columbia Home in The Dalles . . . the programs are sponsored hy the Oregon State Board of Control, pro duced by Bob Rlchtcr, Salem co ordinator of state government pro grams and filmed by William C. Rush, Corvallis cinemalographer with Ihe Department of Visual In struction. The March 1 deadline on the numbering of boats in Oregon has been extended until April 1 cording to word from Ihe Slate Marine Board the April 1 deadline becomes effective also in California, Washington and Idaho, the release said. 0 SAe wAm i Mr There never teas a woman like... Horo'lQ thtpttt OtBirdot you hlvon't h. nyoll S a SK1 Friday, 'April 1, is the dale of the spring conference of Califor nia State Chamber of Commerce, Sacramento Valley CouncjJ, at Ho tel senator, Sacramento . . . lunch eon speaker will be William j, Bird, vice president, John Hancock Ins. Co., San Francisco. -0 White Satin Sugar, Oregon's own sugar, is conducting a "Magic Su gar Bowl" contest which will end on April 14 . . . the contest sup plemcnts While Satin's newspaper advertising ... 45 weekly prizes and 20 grand prizes are offered . . , grand prize is a $3,600 Oregon maae uasis Uream swimming pool, completely equipped and in stalled ... get your entry blanks at your favorite Klamath Basin grocer. Walt T. Mclntyre, Mclntyre Travel Service, flew to Portland last week to see United Air Lines' Jetarama show and take a cour tesy flight in UAL's new DCS Jet. . .Mrs. Walt Mclntyre attended a cocktail and dinner party at Ho tel Multnomah at which Air France announced its over-the-Pole serv ice from Los Angeles to Paris to start on April 2. 0 Bob Mest, of Dugan-Mest Chev rolet and Dugan-Mest Marina, at tended the San Francisco Boat Show last week to see the latest in boating equipment being of fered this season. Water Deposit Collection DORRIS The Dorris City Coun cil, at its regular meeting Mon day. night, discussed collection of deposits from new water users. Councilmen Norman Meek and Richard Fenwick were instructed to draw up a form of amendment to the present water ordinance which would govern new water user accounts, turn-on fees and deposits. It was decided that Frank Gold bar and John McGinnis would do a rough leveling job on 23 50-foot city owned lots in two blocks in the north end of town. This is to make the lots more at tractive to prospective buyers. Improvements to the city dump will also be included In the Job which, Mayor Bob Edgar said, is not to exceed $500. City Clerk Virginia Hamilton was instructed to contact officials "DENNIS THE MENACE '0O l TllY0 WHAT TO WEAR Starts hi tpicM kind 0 Htll , , . men wtnt to htr Ihty tinnttl, lovins htr mi Me wilking bliniMM Mo e Jungftf line L - NIGim MBDOT.-AWOIIMlilUW JUUEN Du"&ViER .K&'KtTZ I l-rt M Ml-k M re.l M l teW -k tKTUtSlO O alfjV. Be 'f-'frnitniui f i mL 1 f.x --'.t r t " - kf GENE FAVELL, owner and operator of the men's and boys' wear store at the corner of Sixth and Main streets, is shown giving final approval to the two big new signs on his store. Officially, the store's name is Gene's. The name change was decided upon some time after Favell purchased the interest of his partner, Don Anderson, who has moved with his family to California. in Drain, Oregon, seeking in for mation on cost and problems en countered in installing their sew age system. Mrs. Hamilton is to write also to the State Water Pollution Board requesting infor mation for available funds toward a sewage system for Dorris. The council approved a resolu tion accepting a deed for property from the Siskiyou Union High School District. The original deed to the old Butte Valley High School, which burned years ago and now the site of the Dorris City Park, granted many years ago, has been lost and never re corded. Council approved a resolution of a master agreement for budgeting and for the expenditure of the en gincering allocation of $1,000 (or city streets. Mrs. Anna Dodson and Mrs. J. M. Sundkvist were WHEM OU TAKE A 6ATH? TODAY! Continuous Today From 12:43 if ir I I IfiiT-n I . tFFl- z r 1 1 "'- S - - Discussed By appointed election officers for Ward 2 and Mrs. Irene Todorovic and Mrs. Lillie Mclntyre to Ward 1. They will serve as election offi cers in the April 12 municipal elec tion. The council set the second Mon day in May as the date to confer with Lynn Roberts, Yreka, civil defense coordinator, to draw up an operational plan of a civil defense system for Dorris. It adopted a Cities Deficiencies Street Report as calculated by John McGinnis and Police Chief Byard Kelly. The report is re quired by California Division of Highways. Mrs. Hamilton read a letter from Siskiyou County Sheriff Al Cottar expressing his desire to meet with the board to discuss the change of the county's police radio system. The change was forced by Ihe radio communica tions system due to the fact that the Federal Communications Com mission has decreed that the Bell Telephone Company shall discon tinue maintenance on police ra dio systems by February, 1961, Cottar said. The sheriff said he would like a meeting with the board con cerning its continued participation in the county police radio system. Sheriff Cottar said the change is DEAD GIVEAWAY BUFFALO, N.Y. (UPI) - Police had a very helpful clue in a re cent case involving a two-car hit and run accident, The sought-after auto left its front license plate at the scene. Houywoow WEWEsr corny team fee 't-1 gn n Suppostn' you war the draftee in the world what would you do? Ftarur Times: "Th Rookie 3:10 . :45 10:25 "Kina Richard'' 1:15 4:50 8:30 ALWAYS - Nkft Companion Fcotur MIGHTY STORY OF UlCHARD THE LION-HEARTEDI 1 Recreation Group To Meet; Complete Nominees Slate . WEED Representatives for Ihe Mount Shasta Siskiyou Rec reation Association will meet at the Y Cafe in Weed Friday night, March 18, to complete the slate of nominees for the general meeting set for April 1, and to formulate a program and policies. Preparations for the April 1 gen eral meeting began at the initial meeting held Friday at the Y Cafe here with first nominations made for the board of directors. The limit of directors was not set as only nominations were made. Sixteen leaders attended the meeting last week working out the original setup with Bob Rogers Mount Shasta, as temporary chair man. The organization's purpose is to fill the gap between the small lo cal chambers of commerce and the regional promotional groups like the Shasta-Cascade Wonder land Association. Principally it represents the whole county geo graphically and makes it represent the economy a n whole, not just hotels, motels, bars, restaurants and other concerns dealing direct ly with the tourists. Rogers, owner of the Mission Motel in Mount Shasta, said, "1 see a recreational area here sur passed by none, with hunting, fish- City Council to be made "in the very near fu ture." The city clerk was authorized to issue an invitation to Sheriff Cottar to attend the next regular meeting of the council to be held on Monday, April 4. Tax Repeal Requested AUSTIN, Tex. (AP) - Repeal of the federal withholding tax as a first step toward wiping out the federal income tax was proposed Thursday by the Texas Society, Daughters of the American Revo lution. . . Other resolutions approved ad vocated withdrawal by the United States from the United Nations, limitations on trials of cases in volving this country before the World Court, reductions in foreign aid and stricter training against communism by the armed forces. The delegates went on record as opposing federal aid to education and further opposition to civil rights measures. TREE BATHS FORT COLLINS, Colo. (UPD- Horticulturist Charles M. Drage of Colorado State University advises home owners with evergreen trees their yards to give them a weekly bath. He says this will re move dust and allow the trees to breathe." It also will reduce the possibility of insect infestation. Door Ooen 12:45 P.M. rw n n lut AND THE weAH -C-. PLENTY OF FREE PARKING ing, skiing and camping In th remote areas. Tourists are stop ping at 5 to 8 In the evening and leaving before dawn to go else where. They spend about $16 per couple per day ... but we're not, getting it because they don't stay over. We've got to all get together and promote this area." All agreed that the recreation dollar helped everyone in the coun ty, not just motels and gas sta tions. Joe Futch, Mt. Shasta Ski Bowl manager, pointed to the fact that the area needs to be built up as an all-year destination point for more than skiers. "Skiers hit Mt. Shasta first because it's closest, but that's only in winter. The board of directors should establish an overall plan for this area that will give each seasonal attraction max imum promotion." Ray Chinca, owner of the Vet erans Club in Mount Shasta, bit terly described failure to treat tourists properly. Joe Bender, Golden Spur Motel, Weed, pointed nut the need for di recting tourists to the best places. J. Morgan Jones, mayor of Duns- muir and owner of the Oak-Lo Mo rel, made a motion to form an organization and nominate direc tors . . . directors to be picked to represent all of Siskiyou County and a cross section of the econ omy. The motion specified three from each major city. Bob Rogers was named interim chairman until the board of direc tors is elected and officers select ed. Nominated were Alan McMur- ray, contractor, Aiacn James, car dealer, the third spot vacant. Yreka. Ted Fay, motelman, and Chap Wentworlh, publisher, the third spot vacant, Dunsmuir. Joe Bender, motelman, and Lou Sbarbaro, bar and restaurant, the third spot vacant, Weed. Bob Rogers, motelman, Ray Chinca, bar owner, and Barney Hoffman, department store owner, Mount Shasta. From McCloud, all three direc torships vacant, to be filled by the Service Club. . Directors at large, Joe Futch and Pat Hanratty, administrative assistant to Sen. Randolph Collier. Other directorships were dis cussed to represent Tulelake, Dor ris and the Scott Valley-Klamath River areas. The Yreka directors were or dered to prepare a list of persons to be invited to attend the next meeting, and the Mount Shasta group was, asked to develop the publicity program. It was also suggested that selec tion of a paid secretary-manager be kept in mind. County-wide harmony and coop eration was the prevailing atmos phere of the meeting. KIPPER OF THE FLAME NORTH HAVEN, Conn. (UPI1 After falling asleep while cook-' ing, Herbert Herring was smoked from his house. TODAY! Ik. 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