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Newspaper Page TextOMMENTS by GEORGE T. CALLISON Manager KLAMATH COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMUCI A statement not infrequently heard these days to the effect that 1960 was a sub par year for Klamath County immediately raises the question, "What do you mean by par?" There is no denying, of course. that when all the figures have been analyzed, 1960 will rate as a somewhat less successful year Klamath Growers To Meet Klamath Potato Growers Associ- for business, generally, than 1959, although exceptions are not diffi cult to find in Klamath Falls and elsewhere in the Northwest. But everyone will agree that 1959 was an unusually good year, and so perhaps 19i8, or an average of the last few years might provide a more accurate figure for "par. Bank debits a pretty accurate barometer of business conditions totaled just under ,374 million dollars for 19M) in Klamath Falls. While this is 29 million less than 1959, it is also 100 million more than 1953 and '54, 67 mil lions more than 1957, seven mil lions more than 1958, and 48 mil- lions higher than the average of the last seven years! In other ivuern . dti i-.i mm eemrm kuuoshs joint disposition umt, iw nor season with uh ctoj siuoh ewwuoKS euwunvi houses tkfu p-r ?o. no xmus bt C!iraoiirfiujro.j.i potato ccmna, p.o. box 7m, nana, euxn mm nc. li 12 JSi 1M '. Kts River I. By Crrtrri Rail Truck Tet.l 3 Gradaat U. S. 1 U. S. 2 U. S. Cca'l. KUad Total r Varlati Rada KMttl Ruaaata Kikad Total wji am Cm 53S3 7SM 9124 TO! 2201 JJ0J uo a17 Ztt17 59 109(0 195 6 u5 sST 1Y5TJ i555s 7 174 111.7 ( Exnort FOOl Pl-Ql!lllT-) Starch Llvaatoek Faa-l Totil tion holds its annual meeting atwords w)jle our'19fi0 bank debj(s the Recreation Hall in Merrill at 1:30 Monday afternoon, Jan. 9. The association will elect new directors for the Klamath Falls, Merrill and Bonanza districts and choose new officers from the new board. Holdover directors are James Ottoman, Malin; Duane Black man, Poe Valley; and Paul Fair clo, Henley. Troy Quails and Louis Lyon are members of the Advertising Committee. j The meeting will hear reports covering activities of the Oregonj Potato Commission and the Na tional Potato Council. Market News Service, Malin La bor Camp operation, Klamath Ex periment Station potato projects, Potato Marketing Order, alsike clover problems and potato proc essing are other matters of busi 171 1 177 00 n 31.0 1670 (400 2 292 55 0) 1UJ 101 its! oLi 190 n 2951 U7 (i0 54S lsi$ 10ol5 1.1025 (7U) 141 24 UU. 359 3409 ?2tf (290 U925 lJl 2320 i5tS 211 54 15224 lulT2 (45.) 21055 17240 3239 21 23v!j 610 18 M 2099 -24 237S3 (5i0 5614 244 692 1545 2J44 3999 34oO 539 210 ii2 4jj9 2A9 1771 304 53)2 3455 1937 ' Silo" J999 ZK? 5JtT 4634 269 1647 6T55 (750 2155 201 943 3W9" (77) W35 1254 304 1415 IK? 53U (7bO (7K) 18100 1068 21H9 (55') 36 1 1228 4158 1895 (440 6 U 6 16 21-J (250 363 8?0 U93 (23X) U70 22 US7 jr (240 (20 7521 18998 18292 37231 42148 8713 5192 4W 7J1 8t70 8443 )4492 42644 j5j2 ii072 22J 152J2 Uls7 sei 53? 877 5 9199 40595 48275 1647 1229 9924 10045 4810 3229 55ol 3315 liTJI lJosT 58wJ 64W 10431 9263 17634 16430 4446 4126 8450 9805 355 2o 32309 38379 , m 295 IT23T W?f 58564 64V09 (79) (800 (6) (661) 1376 1674 2037 2140 38 33 21324 1370$ 153$ 854 425 5789 1122 liii 11054 113 40H0 373 367U. 33327 (2U) (20t) (40() (340 19312 17400 97275 982H 3Al)jnants to non-ltia atoca eut-latj. HtRALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore. Sunday, January I, 19(1 PAGE 54 County's Tax Collection Hits $4 Million Klamath County taxes are 83 per cent collected. Sheriff Murray Reappraisal Job Nearly Finished, Says Caldwell TU VU,...L 8" 1.. A .,U.. IL- la t . Britlon. county tax collector, saidL, """""" y 'egiuaiure dui prog. ., , jOffice is almost finished with .nicss has been erratic throughout y- giant reappraisal nrocram which the state. . The nmnlni Of $5,288,658.96 certified for col- will equalize the county tax bui -praisal in Klamath County was lection by Assessor Clyde R. cl -n. Assessor Clvde R. ( Hap i begun in July, 1959, and is sched. llapl Caldwell, 4,3!)6,4!!8.38 had Caldwell said Friday. luled to be completed bv July l.nAn U.. I. 1 m..l M'l.. l . I r ' un vumiucu uy utiii. i. iaA nit- jiiuiciin was auinonzcn.iiH)!. payments were discounled to pco-!" " pic who paid before the Nov. 15 hunMn DM,LC ertififJd itd thlOMnta erlv w rnrort.m Crtm iom a rats lnfOMnleia. 'Any lota conUln hirii prctNitiia t). i. 1 U.3, 2 fird9 XnoXuiuA chips, c inning, tfiinf flour and all tvpts lthdrtl products Lota contain lewar parconta of U.3 1 M U.3. 2 rrd or fail to aMt M.O. fraah aurkat raq'iiraawnta. Xncludaa divaraion to llvoatoek faed. far uatt ad uaad for planting within axaa, ate. NEAR MEDFORD showed a seven per cent dip from 19o9, they were our largest in his tory with the exception of 1959. And, despite the declines of 1954, 57 and 60, the general trend is upward at an average rate of 14 million dollars a year. As for other indices of econom ic growth, the number of electri city, water and telephone cus- tomers which have been increas ing ctpaHilv nvpr ttiA VAnrc hit all-time high figures in 1960. As "udl uisungmsncri hervice Award a result of an exceptionally heavy!ulnner- sponsored by the Keser- MEDFOitD (AP) A December noslal re-einls wnnMlvaUon Junlor Chamber of Com- ed man. wrapped in a ...mv, V.1U in- ncm auuiiu), uowing robe and witn sandals on sultmg psychologist, came to the Jin. il. ai p.m. ai Lnuoquin h s fppt s r par mo nut nm raves on his mountainside farm north- deadline, so Treasurer Eva Cook actually received $4,271,013.52 HtTltf iplH Plftn from the sheriff. ,M,M,M ' ,M" The sheriff said interest will beluL, 'AP' - ,Cov- Malk -computed on one-fourth of the un-;"a f,c!d f nws?1 ,01U rc""vcJ n.irf h,in,.. rfii.,pi ivc is,i,,c institutions from the Board Mrs. Esther Newell, chief deputy tax collector, is in charge of the sheriff's tax office. She said col lections have been "about normal." JCs Slate Chiloquin Honor Event CH1I.0QU1N - The fifth an- Recluse Family Flees Troubled World To Out-OUhe-Way Farm Masonic Hall. Tickets are on sale at Ron'si Drugs and Kircher's Hardware and from Javcecs for the crab teed which again will be pre-iof safoty for his famiiy. pared by members of the Order of the Eastern Star, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Bob Woods. Picking Plant Lists Totals A total of birds processed by i Mallard Duck and Goose Plant, SprinE and Oak streets, was released late Friday by Mar garet Knoll, operator. . She reported that she had picked 3,063 ducks, 1,313 geese of which 290 were honkers, 161 pheasants and some par tridges and quail Jor a total of 4546 birds processed this huntingj teason. She compares mis wnn mu tatj n svstcm , , ,lan ri birds processed last year, a drop quate ptt.ei. suppyi as wen a for the current season of l,566present and potential recreational up the year at approximately $431,000, another record. None of this is intended to ig nore nor draw attention awav from the fact that the number of jobless in Klamath County is high er than it has been for some time, or that there have been more than the usual number of H'intai- nlncurnc " It ic ininminA rather, to call attention to the '"V no llcKe,s W1" 06 8010 fact that while 1960 turned out to a' 1 , . be sub-1959. it probably shouldn't! Pr', Cl,1( . Roblinso'. unty be considered sub par in light ofisch0l superintendent. dl be the fact the long-range trend bi1?tlJ spoakf a"d Jolln Plouf c nwarH rip if ...Kcnriho ( " 1,1 master uf ceremonies. In the theory that you are what you think, it's another way of stating Johnny Mercer's musical plea to "accentuate the positive." It would be difficult, indeed, to lnb- ol,AnJ i .. i . . - , T.."i .,i. m.. n . n i i see continued growth and prog- .. r"T, '" ; vi.V.iu- tlon award to a citizen, either n jii jMuuiuiii bulimy. He have everything in our favor . . .iman "J ver yea,s of abundant water, unlimited timber,3 also ? maHe' . rpsnurrps anpvppllpnl pa,w,,.l mv Ullman Starts Own Program WASHINGTON, DC-Congress. man AI Ullman of Oregon's Sec ond District launched his own leg islative program for the 87th Con gross with the introduction of five bills at the first session. In the field of education, the Baker lawmaker renewed his pro- "This does not mean a raise in taxes," Caldwell said. "It is merely a plan to keep property appraised at current market val ue." He said the purpose of the program is to provide for an equitable distribution of the tax load. After tlic reappraisal is com pleted, the assessor's office will re-evaluate property once each, six years. Caldwell said this will insure that appraisals will be kept up to date. of Control drew support todav from House Sneaker Robert B. Duncan, D-Mcdford. Duncan arrived here today to prepare for- his second term as: speaker and said- "Basically, the lovernor is on the rieht track in this government reorganization plan." Duncan said he voted in the n:icf Iti'A ,n,,ii, I. l l:..u ,. Board of Control, and still felt theu "T ' "h"T "'T a"y ,5mn8 10 , fill It) thPIt I 1 Itilmc f rnn mmi take them to Lot 2, Block 29, or contact A. L. Schmidt, fire chief. May Burn Trees MALIN Mayor Leonard Petrik same way. m I tcill-.iVM Ills IflU-l (,,, . , , posal for a program of federal su". ,n mc 1 K0Pala a"a . 1 u,,tlumo assistance for the eslablishmcnt!,e,;,ons "far Lake liticaca. 700 nines suuincasi 01 L,ima. beard-1 Denver, onetime San Diego Statohim three months to get those heavy tollcge student, and later a eon- two cleaned out for us. J . i jm Rocue River Valley six months . " ,l"K'u" "u"""rtl " a expansion oi community jun-. hco A weird comnellina voice lllc- He says " is a simple one:,""' colleges. In agriculture he in sent him in quest of just such I "Merely following the Ten Com mandments." But is has led him into unorthodox ways. He SLIDE KILLS In LIMA. Peru I API Landslides killed 16 persons Friday, injured 4 and destroyed 6 homes when torrential rains loosened the rockv MOVING? CaH TU 2-S2S2 NORTH AMItlCAN VAN LINES east of here. He contemplates lite ana its a place as he lound, he says, meaning and prepares a place sheltered by mountains on three Dallas Purcell, 4?, native of Taxpayers Reminded Of March 3 addition to the distinguished serv ice award to a young man un-j Penalties will be assessed fol der 35, awards will be made to the outstanding young farmer and to individual Jaycees for service to the organization i the lust lime tins year against county property owners who fail lo rplurn their pprsonnl Drooertv blanks on time, Ray Brackman, personal properly supervisor for. the assessor's ollice, said Friday. The blanks, to be filled out by property owners in commercial sides, remote from people and things, a haven in a troubled world. There is no telephone link with neighbors. Kerosene lamps pro vide light. Heat comes from a wood range. An outside hand pump and a spring that bub bles, up near the house provide water. The road to the farmhouse winds upward, rutted and steep, for three miles from the nearest highway. There is solitude for quiet thought and meditation on reli gion. The modern world docs en croach, however. His wife drives troduced two measures, one to broaden the marketing agree ments nrocram bv nrnvirlinp foi ls a ... ;."..:.. r ... .1. vegetarian and once lived for an ,. . 1 , ..,jj , ,, . , , auii-viiiciiis, aim oiiu 10 auiliuiizc extended period on nothing butuu j , r i ml. u: i- j j. the donation of surplus agricultur al commodities to penal institu tions. Authorizing legislation for milk. His robe and sandals are symbols of a life of simplicity. He says he is not seckinc alii.. Mot n,., ui: ,; religious following and he doesn't cct in Bakcr county was intra volunteer his thoughts about his duccd by Ullman. and also in the own beliefs. f iold of natural resources, he pro- He is content in the isolation posed the creation of a Youth of his mountain farm. Conservation Corps. RANGE READY BULL SALE THURSDAY. JANUARY 26, 1:00 P.M. Klamath County Fairgrounds 32 Horned Harctordi, 18 Pelted H.ralordl S Aberdeen Angus, I Shorthorn Sitfad tor quality. Good brooding condition. Sponiorod by Klamath Cattleman's Assn. PO Box 231 Klomath Falls. Ore. Phono TU 4-8151 birds. : However, she also pointed out ..that the first few weeks of the , season were running higher than the previous year until the first 'big storm hit the area. After the slormi it virtually closed down, the said. facilities second to none. In addi tion to these unexcelled natural resources are those human re sources that are of Incalculable worth . '. . progressive city and county government, excellent schools and community services, 1 ,.. f i uius a kuuu supply oi men anu; rr. ; ; Thi. Pmna,pH WpnliPallv wilh ,m r,iili Lj T , . "rc,uu5 e"uus "P'ong com the way the season went, accord- .untanly give of their time, tal- have lng to hunting enthusiasts. Youths Attend Church Party ; SUMMER LAKE-High school , youths from St. Luke's Episco pal Church, Lakeview, joined lo cal teenagers in a party at the .Churci of Our Savior, Sunday, 'Jan. 1. ; The young people pulled taffy, danced, played games and sang. ' A prayer service closed the eve ning activities ents and ideas toward the achieve ment of community goals. The combination is hard to beat. Shelton Rites Held Saturday McCLOUD Funeral services were held for Ira J. Shelton, 60, a native of Texas, at the Mount Shasta Chapel, Jan. 7 at 10 a.m. Burial was in the Mount Shasta Memorial Cemetery. He had been a resident of Mc Cloud since 1948. He died Jan. 2, after a lengthy illness. Surviving are the widow, Ber- munity service. Chester Jack, who was partic ularly active in sports for young people and in the volunteer fire department here, was named the third winner. Last year's winner was Luther Sherier, a city coun oil member who headed the vol untecr firemen and has been ac tive with the Chiloquin Bowmen. The young farmer award went first to Bob Doak, then, in suc ceeding years, to Gordan Givan, Dale Willims and to Irwin Crume. Hie PTA award has been given one year less than the other two. Joseph Jackson was the first winner, Wayne Collins the sec ond, and Mrs. Gerald Wolff, last year s winner. They were mailed out Wednes day. "In the past, we extremely lenient," Brackman said, "but this year a five per cent penally will be added to late returns." In the event no return is filed within a reason able period, Brackman said an arbitrary assessment will be made "using the best information available." People with questions about the property owners' blanks are in vited to contact Brackman Die assessor's office. The Rev. Hal Hargreaves, pas-tha, McCloud; a son, Willy, Los tor of both churches, sponsored Angeles: father, Charlie bliellon, the affair. He was assisted byjSan Diego: sister, Mrs. Violet Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. James Ahlstand. Mineral. Wash., and a Foster. brother Virgil, Tulsa. California Lawmakers Open Session Quickly SACRAMENTO UPI Th e at a savings of $6 million a year: leeislature set a hot pace in theiMcCarthy: Same bill but broad- first week of its 1961 session. cned to include medicines and Controversial bills dealing withlmedical-dental devices, saving taxes, narcotics, crime, elections, taxpayers $17 million: Tcale: Ex labor, agriculture, the death pen alty, motorists and old age pen sioners flooded the desks of both Senate and Assembly in the open ing days of the session. empts church social meals from fore March 3, Brackman said ODerationy. must he returned to; In Inu-n In stum in a Kinipr- repons inai preparations are be- the assessor's office on or be- market. Their teenage dauehtcr. nig naiiuii-u uv a laige numucr of members. John Heilbronner was the first winner of the DSA for his efforts at getting the Jaycees organized in this area, his Boy Scout and church work, as well as other1 activities. Second winner was Hi rnto Zakoji. head of the Indian education office here for his nu a junior in high school at Cen tral Point, goes to parties and dances. been, And Purcell sometimes breaks out in the vernacular. "I thought I was nuts,',' he said in telling of hearing a strange voice in 1958 that advised him to "go to a hidden place of safety and pre pare a safe place for my family." Once, several years before, he broke with tradition. He had been a consulting psychologist in Los Anceles for 10 years, he says. atiwhpn snHrlpnlv "T pot tired of listening to other people's prob lems and I quit." He started doing the housework and his wife got a job. "I loved it," he says. Then came the voice. j Purcell says he got in louchi SACRAMENTO (tlPli A lpuis.lwith government olticials and dis- lative committee has warned that j cussed how his own program for misunderstanding could seriously i isolation and safely migm nave Current Rules On Chemicals Said Adequate hamper the effective use of agri cultural chemicals in California. The Assembly Interim Commit tee on Public Health reported to the legislature Thursday that cur rent laws are adequate to protect the public from chemical residues on its food. But it said "stringent legal re strictions and public resistance togo beyond that but neighboring Desalinization Called Answer To Water Issue WASHINGTON (UPI) - The ultimate solution to water disputes between California and Utah lies in the desalinization of seawater, according lo Sen. Frank E. Moss scmblyman W. Byron Rumford. D-Berkclcy, said the use of agri cultural chemicals is worth "nun- general benefit. He will not say just who he talked with nor to what degree he found them in terested. But on his mountain farm, so sleep it has slight if any crop potential, he is experimenting wilh storage of various grains and equipment. He declines to (D-Utahl. Moss said Thursday he was co- sponsoring a bill intended to hur ry up a program for making sea-year" in agriculture and insect water usable lor cooking and in-.conlrol. farmers say he has bought quan titics of corn, wheat and oats He believes this is the way to assure food for survivors of what ever disaster is to come. Purcell said he chose his 160 acre farm because mountains shelter it on the north, south and west, the presumed directions dreds of millions of dollars pcrjfrom which winds might carry the proper utilization of agricul tural chemicals may seriously hamper adequate research and de velopment of pesticides by industry." The committee, headed by As- dustrial use by providing loans to communities to build developmen ts tavps- ljirkel: Permits de-ftal desalting plants ducting cigarette taxes from state I The bill was passed by the Sen- income tax; Marks: .Sets up ala'e last year, but died in sinnlp-anpnrv collector of taxes. IHouse. Both houses started a three-day Lunardi-Hegland: Permits cxemp- The Senator said his stale would -weekend Saturday auer ininwuc- inc a total of 218 bills, constitu-; tional amendments and resolu . ,, , , ,. tions from taxes or last writeotls ncneui lnuiiecuy noin uie ucsann on fallout or bomb s h e 1 1 e r s jization of water in California be- Francis: Establishes orocedmelcause ootn Slates depend on ine It recommended thai the legis lature conduct a continuing study to keep up with changes in pesti cides and the possible need for the law revision, and further research by the University of California or an independent agency to keep up with the need for safety precau tions The report said that California tions in the opening four days of for tax assessor to disqualifyjColorado River for much of theirUscs about one-fifth of all agricul ii, from exemption dis ova persons : aici . . Mainr measures already in the Hesland: Requires public utilities! "L'lah has long differed with hopper included radioactive fallout. And it is more than 20 miles from any defense installation which might be a tar get. ' The caves are nis storenouscs. Purcell estimates there are about 36 of them, some running back into the mountain wall about 75 feet. Their origin is obscure but they are choked with debris now except for two that Purcell has cleared out The caves were so filled with earth and rock, he says, it took Crime: Francis: Tightens ami nhv laws: Regan: Two districts selline cas or electricity California over the division of the to pay in lieu taxes to school Colorado waters between the low districts: Belotti: Orders state In er and upper basin slates," he .nciiiniinna1 omriii inents deal-'nav n icu taxes lo counties tor sain. me real solution io ine imr with ranital minishment. onclnropcrtv acquired for beaches or problem, however, is to work to- .n aiiw aholitinn bill, the otherinarks. Igether on alternative means of abolishing the death penalty ex- Welfare: Hawkins: Repeals pro-providing California with the wa ..rrf for thnsp convicted twice ofihibition acainst aged aid if re-tcr she needs." mnrHor nr those who killed while cipicnt owns property valued at Moss, a member of the National in cusdy; Pattee: Setting up a more than So.oon: Burton: Ir.-iWaler Resources Committee, said tate grand jury to investigate, creases maximum supplemental the office of saline water has done executive branches of govern- old age grant to $165 a month a good job with funds allotted to ment: McMillan: Another capital ;but does not chance basic ceiling punishment measure, this one a of $115: Burton: Liberalizes rcla-four-vc?r moratorium exceptinc tives' responsibility in aged aid. kidnap-killers, persons who kill Labor: Collier: Grants unem hu in custody and twice-con-1 ployment insurance to persons di vided murderers; Regan: Pro- gaged in occupational retraining; hihits judges from commenting onlc Wilson' Permits hospital or piilt or innocence after cases go employes of institutions to bar- In juries: KUpalnck: Hcalin oi-;gain coiiecuvciy. it, hut that Die program Is "too slow," COAST DEFENSE licer must make annual inspec tions of .'alls and report to super visors or councilmcn Agriculture: Lunardi DAMASCUS, Syria I API-Iraq's army chief of staff and military governor general, Maj. Gen. Ah met Salch Abdi, said in a broad- Orders cast Friday Iraq has built Its first counly assessors to assess farm: naval base "to defend the coun property on the basis of use in- Taxes: Rumford: Exempts pre- stead of on what it would bring cription drugs from talei taxes. as a residential iubdivision. try's southern coasts." The occa sion for his speech was the Iraq army's 40th anniversary, Wll rtl 1 -la!. if I n 'jt ii i (l"Sjfi ftfrnrfJ ! y-, i - i Penney's 5 t fA " ' 5, fL I V I I W! 4 ttZX-jjXp Thousands of yards of new spring ffiWfls j 8yk fabrics from leading fabric mills . . . -A li Look Vha i -o I iX Wll II IVJIl v ,:: .'.aT m i i. mm a. m arf hi I UU will buy I v I Penney's exclusive for Springtime '61! Delightful colors, f ygn. ; 100 cotton, line dry sonforized, creose resistant. Buy ' Regulated Cotton Our nationally famous beauties in delicate feminine spring prints. Beautiful, yet so easy to care for. Wash 'n wear, little or no ironing. 100 cotton sanforized, .width 36. 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