Traffic Increase Noted
On Klamath Basin Roads
Vehicular traffic along five rur
al and urban highways in Klam
ath County during December re
vealed increases compared with
traffic for the same month of the
previous year, according to the
Oregon Stale Highway Depart
ment. The maximum amount of traf
fic noted at one of tht five check
ing stations was counted near
Met nil. w here 1.9H1 vehicles were,
checked compared to 1.9 (nr De
cember. 1961. Next in order were
Midland, 1962. 1.R45, 19H1, 1.598
Chemult. we. 1.3R4, 1961. 1.367
Realty. 1962. 456: 1961, 417. Fort
Klamath 1962. 283: 1961. 2.1(1.
The greatest rate of traffic in
crease noted among the five
checking stations was at Fort
Klamalh. which regis'ered an 18 1
per cent increase for last Decem
ber compared lo the same month
for the following year.
Following Fort Klamath in traf
fic increases by percentage were
Chemult. 6.9 per cent: Midland.
3.9; Beatty, .1.1, and Merrill, 2 5.
Elsewhere in the stale, the traf
fic pattern was similar to thai
in Klamath County.
Rural highway traffic in Decem
ber increased 10.2 pr cent for the
month, while urban traffic in
creased 5.9 per cent compared to
December, 1961, Comparing the
past two years. 1962 had an in
crease of 8 5 per cent on rural
highways and an increase of 4 4
per cent on urban highways.
The roules which showed the
greatest increases during the year
were Interstate 5, Interstate MX,
US 97, and US 101 The travel
generated by the World's Fair 9t
Seattle was credited with a major
role in the past year's increi.se of
traffic, in addition to the begin
ning of a mild winter which mad"
driving less hazardous to motor
ists. The maximum daily traffic on
I he slate's highw ays in December
occurred on Dec. 22. the Satur
day before Christmas.
Of 35 people killed on the state's
highways during the month, seven
lost their lives in the county, the
report revealed.
Wednesday, February 1J, ISM
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Boy Scout Membership Reaches All- Time High
On its 53rd anniversary observed
Feb. 7 to 13, the Boy Scouts of
America announced it attained an
all-lime high in membership on
Dec. 31 with an active member
ship of 5.322.1B7 boys and leaders
according to Dr. fieorge D. Mas
sey, president of the Modoc Area
Council.
Since its founding S3 years ago
on Friday, Feb. 8. tne Boy Scouts
of America has seen a total of
3rt.0j8.8M boys and leaders identi
lied with scouting.
The Modoc Area Council was
recognized by officials of Region
11, which consists of the five
Northwest stales, for being the
leading council in the Stale of
Oregon at the annual meeting of
council presidents, commissioners,
and scout executives of the re
gion at Portland on Jan. 12. The
award, a large engraved silver
Uay, was presented to Dr. Mas-sev.
The Modoc Area Council con
sists of live counties in Oregon
and one and one half counties in
Calilornia and is chartered to
make the scouting piogj'am avail
able to all boys between the ages
of 8 and 18 wilhin Ibis area
The council is divided for admin
istrative purposes inlo four dis.
tricls.
The northernmost district, Fre
mont, consists of Deschutes. Jef
lerson and Crook counties. Klam
alh District is composed of Klam
atr County plus the eastern por
tion of Siskiyou County in Calitor
nia. The Lake District consists of
Lake County and the Fit River
District is Modoc County in Cali
fornia. The service center for the coun
cil is located in Klamalh Falls in
its own building provided by the
generosity of scouters and inter
ested citizens from throughout the
entire council. A full-lime profes
sional staff of four executives is
employed by the council lo assisl
the thousand volunteer leaders in
Crop Damages
Hit $9 Million
CORVALLIS (UPI - Deer.
moles, gophers, coyotes, g r o und
squirrels and other pests caused
about $! million worth of damage
lo Oregon crops last year, accord-
ng lo estimates made by Oregon
Slale University county extension
agents.
Ten counties surveyed reported
deer as the number one pests.
They caused $1.5 million damage
in five of the to counties.
County agents listed 34 nuisance
animals in all including rats,
English sparrows, dogs, foxes,
wood rats, rohins, sapsuckers and
porcupines.
providing the scouting program.
Boyd Karrcr, a veteran of near
ly five years as a professional
stouter, gives leadership to the
M units and 1.3U0 boy meirbers
of the Fremont District. His resi
dence is in Bend.
dale Slaley, with nearly four
years professional service serves
Ihe Klamalh District and its 60
units and l.fiOO members. The
third district executive is Dan
Hitchcock, newly employed and
presently in attendance at the Na
tional Training School for profes
sional leaders at Mendham, N'.J
After his return about Feb. 25,
he will serve the Lake and Pit
River Districts with their lfi
units and 350 members. He will
live in Klamath Kails and have
additional responsibilities in the
Klamalh District.
Providing the leadership for Ihe
staff of district executives and
serving the executive board and
operating committees of the coun
cil is Hie scout executive, Dick
Lamb of Klamath Falls.
At the close of 1DC2, the Modoc
Area Council was serving 32 per
cent of all the boys between the
ages of a and 18. This places the
Modoc Area Council in Ihe top 20
per cent of all of the Boy Scout
Councils in America in its abil
ity to serve boys. It is also in
the top 50 per cent in numbers
of boys camping and advancing
in rank.
On Dec. 31 there were 1.705 Cub
Scouts in 51 Cub packs. 1,346 Boy
Scouts in 53 Boy Scout troops, and
278 Explorers in 22 Explorer
units, for a total of 3,329 bovs in
12B scouting units.
Study Slated
On Land Use
MOUNT SHASTA - Work will
begin soon on a land use plan
for the cily of Mount Shasta, and
maps of the land use survey for
the city will be ready at the end
of the week. According to the
planning commission chairman,
William Letcher, the commission
members will meet with profes
sional planning consultants dur
ing Ihe latter part of March to
begin the work.
Advisory committees composed
of interested and qualified per
sons are being named to work
with the planners in working out
a comprehensive zoning schedule
for the area.
The planning commission mel
on Feb, 5, discussed the survey,
and renewed two use permits, one
for Erna Bean Ceramic Studio
and one for Darlene Dance Studio,
both in residential areas. They
denied renewal of a variance per
mit granted to George Stott for a
three-residence dwelling on Spring
Street. ,
The variance had been granted
with the understanding that a
screen planting to hide the build
ing from the new freeway be
planted, and it has not been done.
If it is not done within fiO days,
the owner will be required to
move the building.
Guard Kills
5 Children
KINCSPORT, Tenn. I PI'- A
plant guard shot and killed his five
children today and then turned the
gun on himself. He left a suicide
note saying his wife had run away,
wilh anoiher man.
Officers found the nole in Ihe
home of D. C. Pierson. 34. when
neighborhood child discovered
the bodies of Pierson and hi
children.
The nole read:
"My wife run off with a man
and left me the kids. They are
sick ond crying for their mother.
I love Ihem so much I cannot lot
them suffer and grow up in ai
broken home and go throu;h life
being mistreated. They will go to
heaven and may (iod help me and
my wile. Please print this in the
paper. It might help someone."
Pierson, a plant guard at the
huge Tennessee Eastman chemi
cal plant here, started a week's
vacation Sunday. Neighbors said
his wife was "out of the stale."
The bodies of his children.
Kathy. 13; Richard. 10; Diana. 5;
Jackie. .1: and Tommy. 2. were
found in four beds in two bed
rooms in the modest home. They
had been killed with a shotgun
Pierson s body also was found in
the home.
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