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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1963)
f- -nriri. riw, j$ : . . . II t , , 1 Upper Klamath Lakers Find Resort Advancing PAGE 4-A ! HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath fall. Or CHANGING THE GUARD Patrolmen back their iqusd ears out of the parking lot in tha raar of the city police station to take their eight hour shift patrolling the city streets. A new squad of men goes on duty every eight hours, at 8 a.m., 4 p.m. and midnight. Chief Howard prefers the squad car system to the foot patrol because one man can cover so much more territory when mobile. Better Protection, More Efficiency In 1962 Police Department Progress ny KLTII KING Not too many years ago the keptics said "it couldn't be done. Today, those who oft repeated that no one in his "right mind" would build a home on the West Side of Upper Klamath Lake, must admit they erred. Today, scattered among the pines and the firs, many hidden from sight of travelers between Klamath Falls and l-ake of the Woods. Klamath Falls and Rocky Point Resort, are dozens of homes . summer homes and year 'round homes . . . homes thai have cost their owners from $2,500 to J 13.000. built by folks who wanted the quiet of the woods. the nearness of water, chipmunks among the pine needles and a camp robber looking lor a handout. In the ' old days ' a few silver fox farms dotted open spaces in the limber. llarnman Lodge. Point Comfort. Lake of the Woods, and Rocky Point were havens for thel Kew travelers who wanted to view the beauties of the Upper Klam ath Lake country ... the only road, unpaved. missed the trees and stumps, meandering through the timber, a forest ranger kept an eye on visitors and fires, fish ing was great, and deer raided cabbage patches of the early set tlers. P.leven years ago Harold J. By GEORGE ALOTRICO The Klamath Falls Police De partment moved ahead in several w ays in 192 to provide better po lice protection for residents and more efficient operations at t h e station house. "Major crimes in the city de creased over 12 per cent in I2 compared to 11)61, Charles How ard, chief of police, said. In cit ies of this size over the nation there was an average increase of eight per cent in major crime In the first nine months of 1962, an FRI report shows. Lesser offenses also decreased In Klamath Falls. The number of cases cleared, 77 per cent, showed the same percentage as in 1961. Chief Howard attributes some of the crime prevention success in 19,2 to the smooth operation of the patrol car system. The more efficient operation of the station was due to three changes made during the year. These changes involved the operation of the new jail kitchen, moving the office of Ray How ard, juvenile officer, from city hall to the police stalion, and uniforming all persons jailed with prisoner coveraltf. Ray Howard can work more ef ficiently now that the police rec ords are right at his elbow. He now receives word of juvenile crimes immediately because he is work ing in the same building with the patrolmen. "The traffic between the city hall and the station wasted time, but there are no delays now," Howard said. "The escape prob lem with trusty lalmrers has all hut been eliminated now that the trusties are outfitted in coveralls," Chief Howard said. The use of trusties eliminates hiring cMra help for a great num ber of duties In the city and re sults in a saving of taxpayers' money. In ltK2 tnutim worked a total of .1.7U9 man hours. Trusties Gets 80,0 00,000 "ThankYouV." were used last year in the kitch en making the operation more eco nomical. Cook Oliver W. Holmes super vises their work cleaning dishes, cutting meat, peeling potatoes and bringing food to the other prison ers. House trusties do janitor and gardening work in and around the jail, city hall and the city library. Trusties also work for the street and recreation departments, at the sewage plant, airport, dog pound, stadium, P.P.C. range and with the fire and engineering depart ments. The bulk of the trusty man hours was divided among duties around the jail and in the street and recreation departments in 19R2. The cost of meals for prisoners plummeted since the new $6. 5(10 facility was constructed in The operation began in Septem ber and tlie average cost of meals dropped from 59 cents to 14 8 cents for the last (our months of 1I The average cost in l2 (the first full year of operation i was 16.6 cents. Prior to September 1961 meals and forth from a nearby residence to the jail bringing the meals to fellow prisoners. Chief Howard is particularly pleased with the operation of the patrol car system, adopted four years ago. "The car compared to the foot patrol system is 15 to 20 per cent more expensive, but each patrol man's efficiency is multiplied at least 100 times when he is in a patrol car," the chief said. The city is divided into four beats and there are three to five cars out at all times. The force has a total of six patrol cars', one detective and one juvenile car. One city beat covers the area of town north of Pine Street and a second covers the Hot Springs and Mills additions. The third stretches from Pine Street to the railroad and the fourth is the downtown beat. A sergeant's car is usually "running wild" and there are times when two vehicles will pa trol the downtown area. "Any car can answer a call in any section of town and this is what makes the system hard to bcaf," Howard said. Fish of Las Venas formed Fron tier Guest Ranch, Inc., and opened some of his 83 acres to settlement as a village. He had bought the land as a "retreat" for his fam ily but there were those eager for sub-division who wanted in on the ground floor." A small creek, once called Jones Creek, now named Pitt Creek, comes down from the hills and runs to the lake. In the Vil lage Square there are eight homes, Frank's Country Store, the "Tract Office" and the lodge including a lounge and restaurant. Later Bob Sloan of Klamath Falls opened up land at Harri- man and Mr. and Mrs. A & 1 Mickey) Wampler sold land at Odessa. There are now 46 attractive homes, built of many substances, some on named "streets ' among the trees. Owners are from as far away as F'ort hnox, Kentucky, New Or leans. Chicago, Montana and Los Angeles and other ' far away places." The Klamath Basin is well represented. The trek they say, has just started to this part of Oregon and there are those with vision who can sec in the not too distant future many more homes on the West Side as more and more land hun gry men and women find out about the wide open spaces in Klamath County. Home grown, owned ....faxed tK vV3 . . . Htraux ht .fnnrf up tn h nuntii in the fijjht s flinst Cnm munim. Nhe in the huht with 1 1m l-'n-e World's nnt powerful wtNipn . . . truth, HO, 1)00,000 onoe-frt people in F.n.iern Kurnp. give thanks everv day for that truth coming through tn them without fait from th. 2A transmitters of Kmlin Free Kuror. The broadcasts bring hop sml ntrength tn the captive Miple i.f Poland. Crechoalo. tnkiM, Hungary, Huljrana, and Itiirimnia. Here is Communism's weak ppnt. Hera manv powerful I ttiwinn divisions a re tied down. I lera Radio Frea K.urop acta as one of the Fraa World 'a ma jor wefiporta in th. cold war. Iturtio Krt. Europe iasuppnrt ed hv priva t. ; Amencs n eit i ens. Your help la urgently naedod. "A criminal can keep track of were purchased on a contract ba- a foot patrolman easily, but spec'- tis and the trusties went bark 'illation as to the w hereabouts of1 a squad car Is very chancy business," he said. In order to improve the capa bilities of the members of the force, a number of conferences and training programs are attend ed by individual patrolmen each year. These schools are in excess of the regular in-service classes on subjects such as traffic acci dent investigation, interrogation of suspects and w itnesses, courtroom behavior and report writing. Ih 1962 two men attended a two- day stale police academy session; four men attended a two-day su pervisory training course, two men attended a three-day Western States Safe Burglary Conference, three attended tlie three-day Ore gon Association of City Police Of ficers Convention, and eight went through a cine-day practical pistol and comhal instruction course. The city patrolmen are not only busy on their duly hours but are also active civically on off duty time. The local police sponsor such activities as hunter safety and bike safely classes, and little league and bantam league base ball. Members n( the force are of ten asked to speak before B o v Scout groups and address high school students on the dangers of misbehavior. 4 J n 1 A am Sunday, February !4, jug 1 - " 4 X .1-1 I , i 1 ,-.-jBICihl; f rr , fcajflMM-- "--4 t ATTRACTIVE SURROUNDINGS Redwood exterior and fireplace make interesting spo for ligninq on the dotted line for a lot at Frontier Guest Ranch. Family living. i I iL. 1I-.IJ I C;U X.milw ara in rr. quarters ror me naium i y I ' '"-'f Ik " - - t u . -. RUSTIC Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Roufs, Klamath Falls, are owners of "Roufs Roost," tucked away behind a rail fence. TB Tesfs Start Monday In Lake County Schools RETREAT? After Harold J. IPopI Fish, right, of Lai Vegas bought 83 acres of land on the west side of Upper Klamath Lake for his family retreat, the world moved in and beqqed for land. Some of the acres were tub divided for homes near the juncti'on of the Rocky Point and Lake of the Woods highways, and the Frontier Guest Ranch was started. Left, Bert Graham who once played iiq league baseball with Casey Stengle at $175 per month. LAKEV1EW The Lake County Health Department, in conjunc tion with the. Lake County Tu berculosis and Health Association, is beginning a county-wide TB tine testing program of all school children who have signed paren tal consent slips on Feb. 23. ac cording tn Dr Paul fi. Kliewer, Iiko County health nfliccr. The program will in done throughout the county by Mrs. Ruth McKinney. county health nurse, and Mrs. Hetty Elliott, who will act as secretary. The TB lines are in the health oflice now in the courthouse and are paid for by supMrt of the Christmas Seal campaign in the county. When the pronram is com pleted some time in April, some l.BM children may have been skin tested. This tine method re places the old patch skin test and the intradermal skin lest. This method is being used in Oregon counties on a state-wide basis and compares favorably w ith the intradermal method nationally. Your "Get Well" flowers let them know you core. Phono Nybock's Flower Foi'r. AH Grocery Speciolt from Loir Thurs. ad Good Thru Wednesday Coachello White Grapefruit 20111 Klamath Red 50 98' S. 6th Store Open Today MARKET BASKET 9th and Pine So. 6lh ond Shoito Way 1918 H 1 1963 OF PROGRESS in the KLAMATH BASIN Home grown, owned ....faxed f ""1 r. i t I . ' y: 1 T ..J.JLJl.lU.li...,- , THj'il, PE0PLEQ r- PEOPLES ' mmmm T T 1 mm IF" vnii run tdv . , . vou ll M proud you Mood uptorwrontd. iw help, fin tnrt yourttfo Radio Free Europe Fund AjffcM ra'i CmUl VH M CaMHll f. O h Mewnt Verrton. N. Y. in Mci rvfflfiAn 7" This Fall will meirk 45 years Ihat we of Peoples Warehouse have enjoyed fhe privilege of living and servinq our friends in fhe Klamath Basin. These have been good years. We are very grateful. From fhe days of storing potatoes and other farm crops . . . from providing feed for "hayburners" in horse logging days . . . from days of being in the burlap bag business . . . from those days there have been many changes. Our motto still is, "If storable, we store it," and since then we have concen trated on the Storing and Moving of Furniture and Household Goods in local and long distance service. Keeping pace with the times we use the latest storage method PALLET VAULTS. To make our service complete nationwide and world wide we became 0 n fm 1 h iniM eftfi oWiiiiirii hn ,um . ' i t 'v V.::.- n Ul PEOPtES : "-.T- .1 . . .. ' a i. c. D.i k (...: i ci r m " -lyciiis iui ucmii) iviunny anu jiuiayc v-o. over 13 years ago. Uur men are court eous, experienced movers aiming to make your move a pleasant occasion not a painful experience. We personally guarantee satisfaction on every move we make or made by Bekins on our order. May the people of Peoples serve you, in Klamath the good place to live. ' ' P.S. Please express your appreciation and confidence in the Klamath Basin by supporting the new Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital fund drive. Yours "Since 1918" PcopfcS Warehouse, J)nc. WARREN BENNET, President PIOPLIS fZfUl line. 1425 South 6th . . . Catty Wampus Across From G.N. Depot . . . Klamath Falls, Oregon
