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ill Business Review CANADA 1r By Floyd L Wynne L W WONT Csl MINN. . ttS5n NDAK- Du!i PAGE -A HKRALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ok. Sunday, March 19, 1961 .ll(Hr V 5. DAK. f ft CALIF Oenr ori ! Grond. .Jxj. I 1 . 'I M W.tt.m Rwv. " I UX"' I Mnitinfitf IV ' cST W Colorado , I- 1 KonNLUV- I 1 1 Action "6 ffl ! I r BllllDWMl Cityf"0" ? NTHin I I 1 1 1 nTi (TTT. 77TT1 1 " - . rueb la i I mtimiimi'iiii i .o-- . iasi s" mo. i r GREAT NORTHERN NORTHERN PACIFIC CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY I1TA u fn, . - MlZ. Colorado ond a Southorn Rwy. ' OKLA. To Gofvtiton L ARK. IlL '" g Newsmep IF APPROVAL IS GRANTED, three of the nation's largest railroads will be joined into one super road. It would have 24,728 miles of track longest in the U.S. and cover 17 states. The Great Northern, the Northern Pacific and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy I Burling- ton Route) are the main roads involved in the merger, with several smaller systems also involved. The plan is before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The local facilities of the Great Northern would be involved in any such merger. Chamber Manager Issues Warning . Homeowners In this area were 'warned today by George T. Cal ;)ison, manager of the Klamath ; to be on guara against a viciuun ; scheme that Is prevalent today the model re-sidtne. Job racket. Althouen wis scneme may vic timize homeowners regardless of i nnnAs It 1. Hurl Pll. lnrly reprehensible, Calllson stated, because it frequently works a severe hardship on those who can least afford to suffer any fi nancial loss. - The chamber manager empha sized that although the vast ma jority of firms engaged In home repair and maintenance wqrk are reputable businessmen, a small shady element In this field op erates one o the cosmesc, as well as one of the slickest, rack. Co-ops Plan Monday Meet LaPlNE Henry Alderman of Portlshd. editor of "Rurallte," will, bo the featured speaker at the annual meeting of Mldstatc EledHc Cooperative here Mon day, March 20. The session will Be gin at 10:30 a.m. in the taPlnc School gymnasium. Sneaking briefly about the oper ations of their cooperatives will be managers of five neighboring cooperatives. C. J. Hunter of Al teas. John Norlin, Redmond; Bob Cole, Burns; Glenn' Sffwyer of Eugene and Eric, Johnson, The Dalles, will represent tnelr etec trie utilities. George M. Larimer, manager, will report on the cooperative's progress during the past year. Other business will Include the election of three directors to rep resent Silver Lake and LaPine communities. Guests representing REA will include Albert A. Leo, vibration1 specialist; William J. Hnuck, en ginccr, and Steward Hamilton field representative. Telephone field representative for REA Cliff Goctting of Davis, Calif., Harold Clark, telephone division head of operations, and Jonel Hill, Ore gon Public Utilities commission er, will be visitors. Special Invl tations to former directors of Midstato's board have received affirmative replies. "Ruralite" provides news and editorial comments for rural elec tric systems in Oregon, Wash' ington, Idaho and Montana. The LnPine Home Extension TTnit will sprvA a frM nAAn luncheon for the cooperative mem. bers and their friends. eta to which the public falls vie tim. The promoters of this scheme are itinerants who usually ap proach a homeowner with the yarn that they are just coming into the neighborhood and would like to use their home as a mod el to demonstrate to others what a fine home re-siding job they do. According to the National Better Business Bureau, with which the chamber is affiliated, these promoters offer $50 or $100 as commission on every subse quent sale made in the area, and a bonus for every customer the victim recommends. The homeowner Is led to be lieve that the cost of the job will thereby be liquidated in short or der. Victims learn to their sor row that everyone is given the same sales pitch, the price stipu lated generally is higher than the prevailing costs for such work, the work is apt to be sub standard, oral promises are not kept, and that the commissions and bonuses are a myth. Their obligation to pay, however, is set forth in a signed contract, which contains none of the salesman s misrepresentations. "Perpetrators of this scheme, Calllson stated, "usually select homos which obviously require re-siding. Since the owners of such homes frequently are lack ing in funds, they are obliged to take out loans, or mortgage their homes. (Thus, the .costs which may run as high as sev eral thousand dollars victimize those who can least afford it. . "Homeowners can avoid being! victimized on a re-siding job, or on other home repair work," the chamber manager concluded, "ifl they will heed the following guide." 1. Take your timet Don't rush into any important home im provement Job. 2. Beware of the salesman who represents at the outset that your home is desired as a model and promises a commission for each sales lead or sale in the area, and who states, or Implies," that such commissions will defray sub stantially all of the cost of the job. 3. Deal only with firms whose dependability and reliability are known to you, or which you have established through intelligent in quiry. 4. Get several estimates from reliable local firms and make sure that you understand exactly what each bid Includes and what work is excluded. Weyerhaeuser Tells Plans For New Plant TACOMA Plans for a major expansion of Weyerhaeuser Corn- pany I Technical Center at Long view were announced today by Norton CJapp, Weyerhaeuser pres ident. Construction, starting about May 1, will increase floor space of the research center by 80 per cent. Clapp said expansion will re lieve overcrowding and provide facilities for more efficient hand ling of a work load which has Increased steadily with growth of the company. , Since establishing the center in 1041, Weyerhaeuser has pur sued a program of improving manufacturing processes," Clapp said, "we think the expansion will help materially in, advancing a program of technology to meet future needs of the company, Selective construction bids will be called about April 1. The prot ect, scheduled for completion in September, will involve adding 25,330 square feet and remodeling 10,000 square feet of existing quarters for laboratory, office and library space. 5. Get the names of several others in or near your home town who have done business with the contractoc selected and find out from them whether their experience was satisfactory or otherwise. Don't rely on written testimonials. 6. Make sure that the sales man you are dealing with repre sents the company you think he docs, and that the firm handles the brand, or brands, claimed by the salesman. 7. Read and understand the contract before you sign and keep a copy of it. 8. Make sure that the sales rep resentations made to you are set forth in substance in the con tract. If they are not, don't sign it. 9. Wait until the job is in fact complete before signing a com pletion contract. ' 10. Understand the specific terms and conditions of any guar antee that is given and be sure that they are incorporated in the contract. Beware of any impli cation that because a loan is in sured by a governmental agency, the agency guarantees material and workmanship. Strike Threat Brewing For Heavy Construction Oregon may be facing a repe tition of the costly, nine-week-long heavy construction labor dispute of 1058. a spokesman for the As sociated General Contractors warned Thursday. In a bulletin to the AGC mem bership, A. 11. "Bill" Harding, manager of the Portland chapter, revealed that negotiations between the AGC and Hoisting and Port able Engineers, Local 701, had been submitted to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Serv ice. Harding said the employers were discouraged at the total lack of sincerity on the part of the union negotiators. The AGC contract with Local 701 which covers about 6,000 workers will expire March 31, The present agreement Involves an estimated half-billion dollar's worth of construction work and 30,000 construction employes. Included among projects which could be affected by the dispute are the John Day Dam, a sub stantial amount of primary and secondary road work throughout the state, the Portland-Hilton Ho tel and virtually every major in- sr. it: -f. rr-rM i EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT was busily at work at the Merrill Lak.vi.w junction last week when the photographer snapped this olctu-e. Work is progressing on the site for a new operations building for the Don Potter Machinery Company of Klamath Falls and Tulslake, Potter is completing plans for construction of large building hers to handle hit Klamath Falls operation. duatrial building Job In Oregon and 514 counties of southwest Washington. The AGC spokesman said that negotiations with the engineers have been underway for the past sixty days. "Absolutely no progress has been made either In the negotia tions or toward a settlement," Harding reported, "and in the face of apparent union unwilling ness to even begin to 'approach the contract issues, the AGC felt it had no recourse except to submit the negotiations to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service." .The AGC. he said, was ready to meet with conciliators immed iately, "but the union has said that it will not be available at least until March 13 to continue talks." In contrast to the situation wltn the engineers, Harding said, were negotiations with the laborers, which were recently concluded, and with the Teamsters which,! the AGC representative said, were making "good" progress. "The AGC desired to conclude the agreement prior to the expira tion date. In view of the fact that Oregon is listed as an area of critical unemployment, and with the Federal government emphasiz ing the need for stepped-up heavy construction, a repetition of the 1958 dispute would be a needless disaster of major proportions." Cal-Pac Earnings Show 1960 Increase SAN FRANCISCO (AP - Cali fornia-Pacific Utilities Co. Wed nesday reported revenue from all sources rose to $1216.539 in 1960 from $11,340,112 in 1959. Net earn ings, after taxes, were $1,168,376 and $1,064,564 In the respective years. The company has budgeted $3.- 315,000 for improvements this year. This will include bringing natural gas to Klamath Falls by connecting with the Pacific Gas k Electric Co. California-Alberta pipeline, now under construction. California-Pacific operates elec trical service in California, Ore gon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Ari zona and Wyoming. It has natural gas service and telephone service in California, Oregon and Nevada. and water systems in California and Nevada. It owns a 90-mile transmission line from Hoover Dam. - Merge Plan Given Okay At Meeting Near unanimous approval of the merger of the California Oregon Power Company into Pacific Pow er it Light Company was regis tered by stockholders of the two firms at special meetings held Tuesday in Medford. A. S. Cummins, president of Copco, announced in Mcdtord that 99.4 per cent of the common and 97.7 per cent of th! preferred shares represented at that com pany's meeting were voted in fa vor of the merger proposal. Prox ies were received by Copco from 92.5 per cent of the outstanding shares of Its common stock and 94.3 per cent of the outstanding shares of its preferred stock. Cummins said the sweeping vote cast by Copco shareholders indicated confidence in the fair ness of the -exchange offer and faith in the long range benefits to result, from the merging of two strong, neighboring utilities." At the Pacific Power & Light stockholders meeting m Portland, as.b per cent ot the common share votes and 99.6 per cent of the preferred share votes were cast in favor of the merger, re ported Paul B. McKee. chairman of the board. The company's 94.4 per cent ot outstanding common and 87 per cent of its preferred shares were represented at the meeting. It is gratifying that such an overwhelming majority of the 60,. 000 stockholders of the two com panies have endorsed the idea of consolidating the Pacific and Cop co systems," said McKee. In addition to the favorable stockholders action, McKee noted that approvals must also be ob tained from state resulatorv ,au- thorities and the Federal Power Commission before the merger can become effective. JOHN HOUSTON Local Man Attends Conference John Houston of 1954 Manzanita Street will take part in a lead ership conference to be held by The Equitablei Life Assurance So ciety of the U.S. at Bal Harbour, Fla., March 19-22. Houston is a member of Equitablc's H. P Drake Agency, Portland. At the meeting the company's outstanding representatives from all over the country will confer with Equitable officers and "hold discussions on advanced profes sional insurance services. Sub jects will include personal estate planning, business insurance and employe benefit plans. Norge Tells Of New Model J. W. Kerns, dealers for Norge Home Appliances, has just re ceived word and are proud to an nounce that the world's first ther moelectric refrigerator-freezer for commercial sale was shown by Norge Division of Borgc-Warner Corporation in New York City, March I. The Sheraton Corporation of America placed an order for 500 of the units with no mechanical compressor for Installation in the hew Sliernlon:Chlcago Hotel due to open in May. Judson S. Sayre, Norge chair man, and Robert L. Moore, chair man of the 58-hotel chain called the development a major engineer ing breakthrough, opening a whole new era In refrigeration. Moore indicated that Sheraton - would also install thermoelectric refrig erators in the new Sheraton Lincoln Hotel at Houston, due to open in the spring of 1962. This system of new refrigerator- freezer has no mechanical com pressor or refrigerant fluid, bull instead uses an application of dis similar metals to obtain the ther moelectric cooling. Sayre said this new refrigera-1 tor-freezer is the forerunner. of a home refrigerator wjthout mechan'j ical compressor or refrigerant fluid. Firm Says I960 Sales Set Record With the highest sales volume and paper production in company history, Crown Zcllerbach Corpor ation s general level of business continued to move Upward during 1960, it was announced recently. Reed O. Hunt, company presi dent, said in the firm's' annual report that both sales and earn ings advanced at a higher rate during the first three quarters of 1960, but that the decline in eco nomic activity felt during the fourth quarter reduced to some extent the average gain for the year as a whole. Crown Zcllerbach's 1960 earn ings of $40,076,000, of $2.81 per share, and its sales of $553,711,000, an all-time high, were announced earlier this year. Production of paper and paper- board was also moderately ahead of the previous year, surpassing 1.8 million tons for the first time, Lumber production of 214 million board feet exceeded the amount cut in 1959 by 19 per cent. Plywood production declined eight per cent from 1959 levels, primarily due, to weakness in home construction during part of the year.- Expenditures for plant improve ments during 1960 were $39,039,000, compared with $31,014,000 the pre vious year. During 1960, Crown Zellerbach completed two new oroauction laciiuies ana siariea work on a third. f""" i mm " W . m TTr??!!aiTj. M 1 1 '".',.,""".5 " y i;r !s- ' 'i . Tir- 7 --'-if : ' -in 'mni uj I mi mi CARL SCHUBERT has just oponed his new gun service at' 607 Klamath Avenue. In business here for the past 40 years, Schubert previously had sporting goods and gun service stores at the corner of Eiqhth and Main and later at the present KC Paint Store sita. Schubert is shown here with a stack of' 170 Weaver Scopes which he has installed during the 1959 and I960 seasons. His special ty is scope mounting, optical equipment for boresighting, gun repairing and gun servicing. Campbell Named Dealer For Oliver Corporation Station Wagon Campaign Opens This week the Ford dealers of Southern Oregon, Northern Cali fornia and Western Nevada will kick off their big spring station wagon sales drive. Merchandis ing and advertising plans will be coordinated between the Ford Division of the Ford Motor Com pany and the San Jose District Ford Dealers' Advertising Associ ation. ' The 170 Ford dealers in the as sociation's' marketing area sold a record 13,458 station wagons in I960. Mike Balsiger, of Balsiger Mo tor Corrtpany. said "the prospects are excellent again this spring for a strong wagon market, and with our expanded line of wagons, we expect a good sales year." Newspapers will be the back, bone of the Ford station wagon advertising campaign, utilizing every Ford dealer's local news paper throughout the three sate area. . Campbell Equipment Company. 7209 South Sixth Street, has been appointed as a new Oliver agricul tural equipment dealer by Oliver Corporation, it was announced by Donald W. Koegle. vice president- marketing of the Chicago company. Campbell Equipment, owned by Irwin E. Campbell of Route 2. will handle sales, parts, and serv ice for the Klamath Falls and Tu lelake areas for the complete line of Oliver wheel and crawler farm tractors, harvesting and tillage equipment, and other farm ma chinery -and implements, Koegle announced.. An experienced farm equipment dealer and farmer, Campbell also owns and operates the Pine Grove Pellet Mill. The new Oliver deal er is a board member of the Klamath Irrigation fcislrict. Campbell said that a factor In his joining the Oliver organization is the company's long record otl experience (112 years) combined with its aggressive new outlook under its new 41-year-old presi dent, Samuel W. White Jr. "Oliv er is on the move in its develop ment, , selling, and servicing of farm equipment and its recently- introduced new 1800 and 1900 tractors, which have set new horsepower, drawbar pull, and fuel economy records in nationally-recognized tests, are exam ples of its progress." In announcing Campbell's selec tion, Koegle said Oliver is in proc ess of improving and expanding its dealer organization to offer improved sales, parts, and service for its complete line of farm equipment. Oliver builds its wheel farm tractors at Charles City. Ia.; harvesting equipment at Bat tle Creek,' Mich.; baling, spreader, raking and rnowing equipment at bhelbyville, 111.; and tillage imple ments at South Bend, Ind. . i S. ? ft d THIS OLo-TiME tractor lends background to the three day 40th Anniversary Carnival being planned for J. W. Kerns, 74 South, Si::th Street. Carnival dates are Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 23, 24 end 25. Jim Kerns gives the old .tractor the once-over despite the fact snow was falling. The carnival theme will be carried throughout the store with music, booths, prizes and contests featured during the three-day event. ' Kerns To Celebrate With 3-Day Carnival J. W. Kerns, 734 South Sixth Street, will celebrate its 40th an niversary with a giant three-day carnival on March 23, 24 and 25. They will remain open until 9 p.m. Thursday ana rriaay. Carnival music wui provide tnc background, along with sawdust on the floor, eight booths along the wall featuring contests in each booth with pppropriate prizes, such as free candy bars and free balloons for the chil dren. Shell Reports Donation List Free movies will be shown in the little theater at all times. Both nights will also feature free sideshows. Distributors will present factory displays and offer contests and prizes. A hog will be given away to the person guessing the cor rect weight. Entertainment will include Mothersingers on Thursday night with the crowning of a queen and king of the carnivaf. Any couple which has celebrated the 40th wedding Anniversary is eligible and can register at J. W. Kerns. On Friday Beverly Lyons, Caf ifornia Oregon Power Company home demonstrator, will give a demonstration on the new Norge washers and Whytal's will put on A donations budget of $1,578,000 a wash-and-wear fashion show, for .1961 the seventh consecutive year that donations have exceeded a million dollars was announced recently by Shell Companies Foun dation, Incorporated. The funds will be distributed to educational, charitable, religious and ppblic service organizations. The amount, one of the largest id industry and a new high for the foundation, is made possible by substantial gifts which the founda tion has received from Shell Oil Company and its subsidiaries. The largest share of the foun dation's 1961 budget, approximate ly $1,002,000, will go towards aid to education programs. Whitman College, Walla Walla, will be one of the five Northwest schools who will receive giants in the form of Shell assists. The col lege is pail of the program for furthering the professional devel opment o( college teachers at ap proximately 100 institutions. The, Shell assist, for basic sciences, consists of a $1,500 grant This money is used by the institution to help with the "little things" in professional development of col lege faculty members that are seldom covered by major grants. The program is now in its third year. Throughout the carnival, special bargains will be offered in ev ery department of the sjore. GROWS UP BIG NEW YORK (UPI) - Tobacco seeds are so tiny a tablespoon will provide enough tobacco plants for four to six acres. Paper To Carry Sanka Campaign WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The Klamath Falls Herald and News has been selected to carry the advertising campaign which marks the introduction in this area of the new blend of Instant Sanka Coffee, complete with a re designed label. Introduction of the new product locally follows extensive market ing tests which drew highly fa vorable results from panels of con sumers and food store executives. Newspaper and TV advertising will stress Instant Sanka's "whole new blend of six of the world s finest coffees gathered from the World's Great Coffee Planta tions." The new product represents 15 years of research for a supe rior tasting decaffeinated cotfee and is the result of the latest technological improvements in caf. fein removal and coffee roasting. Retaining the familiar orange color which has identified the Sanka label for the past 15 years, the new design emphasizing aro ma and flavor is the first major label change since the product was introduced in 1946. It was created by Lippincott andd Margg lies, industrial designers. Want To Be More POPULAR? SEE US FOR ALL TYPES mm We pride ourselves our dependability cn our quality work, and our service. 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