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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.
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"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.
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ATTRACTIVE SURROUNDINGS Redwood exterior and fireplace make interesting
spo for ligninq on the dotted line for a lot at Frontier Guest Ranch. Family living.
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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.
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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
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-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
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1425 South 6th . . . Catty Wampus Across From G.N. Depot . . . Klamath Falls, Oregon