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By FRANK JENKINS
As this is written, a dispatch
has just come over the wires
from Washington "revealing"
that OWYHEE, the name given
to Idaho's southwest county, to
a range of mountains and to a
river that flows out of Idaho into
Oregon, where it furnishes irriga
tion water for a rich agricultural
area in Oregon's Malheur coun
ty, is derived from the earliest
spelling of Hawaii, our nations
youngest state.
The dispatch goes on to say
f that the story was "disclosed" in
Washington the other day in a re
port from the office of H. Max
Hanson, Idaho administrator
lor the Farmers Home Adminis
tration, to Idaho's Senator Frank
Church, who relayed it on to
Senator Daniel K. Inouye, who is
a good Democrat from Hawaii.
According to Hanson's report,
the name of the natives of the
Sandwich (Hawaiian I Islands was
originally rendered from phonet
ics, into English as OWYHEE
that being the nearest anyone
could come to the sounds made
by the natives when they pro
nounced it.
Since the Sandwich Islands!
were an early, though rather out:
of the way, stop-over point for
food and water for English ves
sels headed for the Northwest
Coast of North America, it
was natural for some of these Ha
waiian natives to be picked up
and brought along.
Many of these "Owyhees"
joined trapping parties into the
interior, and in the early 1800's;
three of them were lost m what
the Hanson report describes as
the watersheds of a large un
named river and were presumed
to have been killed by the In
dians. The river where this oc
curred, the report says, was
named, in their memory, the
Owyhee River.
The Hanson report concludes
by noting that Island missionar
ies later changed OWYHEE to
HAWAII and adds that "nowhere
else docs the old spelling survive
except to designate the moun
tains and the river in South
west Idaho and Malheur county,
Oregon."
Well, it's interesting.
But Mr. Hanson is a little pre
vious in assuming that his report
is the first to bring all these facts
into the focus of history. Oregon's
Lewis (Tarn) McArthur beat himi
to it by nearly half a century.
In his Oregon Geographic
Names, he says:
"On Saturday, February 18,
1826, Peter Skene Ogdcn. then on
his second expedition into the
Snake River country, 'reached
Sandwich Island River, so called,
owing to two of them murdered
by Snake Indians in 1819.' There
seems to be no doubt that the
Owyhee River was named for
these Hawaiians, for on June
15 of the same year Ogden uses
the word OWYHEE. The name
OWYHEE was generally used a
century ago for Hawaii.
"The first sailing vessel that
came into the Columbia River
-after the Astor Venture was the
' American bark OWYHEE. Owy
hee River drains' a large area in
Oregon and Western Idaho, and
there are other geographic Tea-
tures bearing the name, derived
from the name of the river. There
is also a community of OWYHEE
near the mouth of the Owyhee
river and also an Owyhee Ridge
m Malheur county. -
One can't help wondering how
' much news was conveyed to Sen
ator Church of Idaho and Senator
Inouye of Hawaii by these re
searchers of Farmers Home Ad
ministration researcher Hanson.
Senator Church is a graduate of
Stanford. He served during the
war with Military Intelligence in
China, Burma and India. He un
doubtedly knows his way around
Senator Inouye was born in Ha-i
waii; he has an A.B. degree from
the University of Hawaii and a
J.D. degree from George Wash
ington University: He is a retired
captain in the U.S. Army. It is
rather probable that he won't be
much surprised to learn of the
origin of the name Hawaii.
And, by the way, this whole
story of the origin of the name
Hawaii is carried in detail by
the World Book Encyclopedia.
But, at any rale, it seems to
have been news to 'Bureaucrat
Hanson.
By the way
Whence came the name Sand
wich Islands?
They were so named by Cap
lain James Cook for his friend
Lord Montagu, Earl of Sandwich
who is presumed to have been
the first to put a slice of meat
between two slices of bread and
cat it from his fingers.
Klamath
Coldest
NEW YORK (UPH - The U.S.
Weather Bureau said the nation's
lowest temperature lor this morn
ing was recqrded at Klamath
Falls, Ore. '21 degrees.
Weather
Klamath Fillt, Tulalaka and Lakaviaw
Partly cloudy and tiltia warmar today,
tonight and Monday, ctuncts ol a aw
snow tlurnti today. H, today an low
tomgtil liia. High Monday M. Nortn
woiltrly winds ! m-a.a.
High Saturday 31
Low Saturday morning
High yaar ago . SJ
Low yaar ago u
Precia. oait 14 noun .04
Sinco Jan. I a.Sf
Samo poriod last yaar 4.33
Laos Ms Control IPIain Of Jars
WIN SAFETY AWARDS Employes of Pacific Power
and Light's Klamath Falls district celebrated 220,000
man-hours without a disabling injury at a banquet Friday
night at Reames Country Club. Recipients of the plaque
awards on behalf of the PPL crews are, left to right,
Nixon Asks
U.S. Support
Of Exiles
WASHINGTON (UPIl - Former
Vice President Richard M. Nixon
Salurday advocated a "funda
mental change" in U.S. policy
toward Cuba to provide open sup
port for refugee forces trying to
overthrow the Communist regime.
He also urged a presidential
proclamation, backed by a con
grcssionai resolution, to assert
that the United States would do
whatever is necessary to. "f.o r c e
the removal of the Soviet beatii
head" in Cuba.
Speaking to the American So
ciety of Newspaper Editors, Nixon
expressed a belief that the exer
cise of minimum power, com
bined with political and economic
pressure, might make it unneces
sary ever to resort to a blockade
military invasion to turn
out the Fidel Castro regime.
Nixon made these proposals
both in a prepared speech and in
response to questions at the
annual meeting of the editors,
who Friday heard President Ken
nedy.
Nixon also fielded some political
questions. While avoiding any en
dorsement of a 1964 candidate for
the Republican presidential nom
ination, he expressed the belief
that the "strongest ticket" would
include both Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller of New Yprk and Sen.
Barry Goldwater of Arizona
"Certainly if Lyndon (Vice
President Lyndon B. Johnson)
and Jack (President Kennedy)
can get together, Barry and Nel
son can do so," he said.
U.S.' Urges
Laos Action
WASHINGTON (UPD - The
United States Saturday urged the
three nations charged with policing
the Laotian peace agreement to
try to check the peril stemming
from new Communist military
operations there.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk
held individual meetings this
afternoon with the envoys of In
dia, Poland and Canada the
countries designated under last
year's Geneva accords to see that
the pact was kept.
This w as one of two steps order
ed by President Kennedy alter an
hour-long meeting on Laos with
his National Security Council.
Senate 'Variations'
SALEM i L'PD - The major
money raisin? program of the
House Tax Committee appeared
headed for "variations" in the
Senate Saturday after sweeping
surprisingly through the House
Friday.
Senate Tax Committee Chairman
Boyd Ovcrhulse, D-Madras. said
he expected the Senate would put
"quite a few variations" in the
$33 million modified net receipts
income lax bill, which passed the
House 42-18 in an unexpectedly
strong victory for the House Tax
Committee.
And he said the Senate cart a
reluctant eye on Die 4-cent a
Price 15 Cent 52 Pages
Safety Record Set
By PPL Employes
Employes of Pacific Power and
Light Company's Klamath Falls
district celebrated a safety rec
ord of nearly one-quarter of a
million man hours worked with
out a time-loss accident Friday
night at a combined safely din
ner and awards night.
Representatives
from Several
local labor, civic
auu uiuusii lai
organizations attended the event
In nffni- fnnm-Qtnlniinne In lr.
district employes for their out-
jading safety achievement.,
'Among the honors prnseutei'
last night was the State Industrial
Accident Commission award, ac
cepted by Sam Ritchey, Klamath
Falls district manager, from Sam
Brown, local representative of
SIAC.
Frank Bash, Copco division
manager for the power company,
presented the company's Gold
Award to Dale Jefferson, line su
perintendent, and Keith King
Klamath Safety Committee chair
man, who accepted on Ifehalf of
the employes they represent.
A special Silver Award was also
presented by Bash to C. A. Boy
den and George Wright, Tulelake
Safety Committee chairman, in
Truck Crash
Kills Woman
Mrs. Josephine Parsley of Lew-
iston, Idaho, was killed in a two
vehicle collision on U.S. Highway
97 about 15 miles south of Klam
ath Falls Friday.
Her husband, Finas, 69, was
critically injured.
Their car collided with a truck
towing a house trailer driven
by Woodrow Monk, 46, Thermal,
Calif. The driver of the truck
was not 'injured.
According to state police, . the
truck and house trailer jack-
knifed on a slick stretch of road
while northbound near Dorris di
rectly into the path of the south
bound pHssenger vehicle driven
by Parsley. He was taken to
Klamath Valley Hospital by Peace
Ambulance.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Par
sley is survived by two sons
William' of Plattsburg, N.Y., and
Eugene of Davis, Calif., and one
daughter. Bertyn Smolinsky of
Weippc, Idaho. There are no rel
atives in the Klamath Falls area
:
package. $15 million cigarette tax
bill which, After an earlier defeat,
cleared thcfllouse Friday 39-21.
The House also passed Friday
a companion bill to save the state
$9 million in contested bank taxes.
It was a stunning climax to the
House committee's session long
toil to create a program to raise
some $66 million in needed new
revenue; The session's biggest
problem.
Already passed by the Huusc
and in the Senate is Hie third part
of the triangle income- cigarette
"one-shot revenue program. The
one-shot bill would speed up em
ployers' turnover of monthly with
aTmnttrti Tilt .!, 1 in.inSi fo-mi.iiiii-Tiiif"--r om'irii lali
Bruce Hall, Elwood Hedberg, Ed Crandall, Sam Ritchey,
Keith King, Chuck Perry, George Wright, Chuck Boyden
and H. E. Seideman. Boyden and Wright are from the
Tulelake safety committee.
recognition of their local areas';
contribution to the safety mark.'
Another Silver Award was pre
sented to Elwood Hedberg, power
superintendent, for the power de
partment employes in the John
C. Boyle plant, West Side plant
f Klamath Falk Wlamall, Folic
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1'dW-e,
Other company officials who at
tended the banquet, from oi't of
town were Hank Hurlbut, assist
ant personnel manager; Bob
Mocnch, engineer; Blair Babcock
employment manager, all of Port
land; Bob Smith, administrative
assistant to Bash; Claude Hag
gard, Copco division safely di
rector and Don Rutter, Copco div
ision saiety engineer.
Sub Debris
Said Burned
PORTSMOUTH, N. H. (UPD
A chemist told a naval court of
inquiry Saturday that debris, ap
parently trom the sunken sub
marine Thresher's nuclear re
actor shield, was charred in "a
rush of flame."
Fred L. Downs, a chemist cm-
ployed at the Portsmouth Naval
Shipyard where the Thresher was
built, testified about tests he
made on new debris recovered in
the Atlantic where the suhma-
rine sank April 10 with a loss of
129 men.
The debris included a chunk of
charred plastic about one foot
square and one inch thick which
Downs said was from the nuclear
reactor shield of a submarine of
the Thresher class.
Downs said he tested the plastic
for impact, tear effect and com
pression but was unable to de
termine how the edges were torn,
broken or burned.
"There was a rush of flame
against it, causing a charring ef
fect," Downs said. He offered no
theory as to the origin or extent
of the flame.
The debris also included a pad
of silky tilling which gives life
jackets buoyancy, a piece of
borated polyethylene, a type of
foam plastic, and tiny pieces oi
plastic. I
Expected In House-Approved Tax Measures
holding payments to the state to
bring in an extra $12 million be
fore the end of the 1963-65 bien
nium. Overhulse noted if Uie Senate
rejects either the cigarette tax or
the one-shot bill, it could necessi
tate drastic changes in the income
tax bill.'
Party Llnri Crossed
The House passed the big tax
bills on mixed party votes. The
action also was a victory for Gov
Mark Hatfield, who proposed a
more severe net receipts income
tax and a cigarette tax to balance
his $405 million proposed budget.
The income tax bill would tax
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON.
Nine Drown
As Fishjng
Boat Tilts
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (UPH-
Nine members of a mountain
family heading for an island fish
fry drowned early Saturday when
meir leaky, lislune boat was
swamped in the backwaters of the
Tennessee River, and they pan
icked. f
Two others in the boat, Charles
Caves, 18, and his 10-year-old
brother Jimmy, managed ki
nuke it to .safety. The mishap
occurred sl.jrily alter midnight.
The victims were identified as
Mrs. Violet Caves, 37; John
Caves, 2; Charlotte Caves, 12;
Mrs. Olla Mae Pructt Caves, 15
Mona Caves, 8; Billy Caves, 7
Rebecca June Caves, 5; Monica
Lynn Caves, 3. and Mrs. Ola
Pruett, 45, a relative.
The family, which lives at
Duncan Crossroads a tiny com
munity in the foothills of the
Appalachians near the Alabama
Tennessee line had started out
Friday night for Starkey Island,
where a relative owns a home.
They had planned to spend the
weekend fishing and then cele
brate with a cookoul.
CRATERS OF THE MOON
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at Ferguson elementary School who helped coordinate the Mamam county acnooi
District Science Fair, display one of the projects which took gold medal honors at the
regional fair at Ferguson, April 16, 17 and 18. The project, entitled "The Moon its
Craters, Seas, Mountains and Lakes," was entered in the intermediate division by
Ferguson student, Lee McCallister
for the first time some low brack
et earners. It also would Increase
taxes for those now paying, but
by eliminating the federal income
tax deduction from Oregon taxes,
It would make possible a forgive
ness at the federal tax level that
would offset a good part of the
state increase.
The income tax bill applies lo
persons earning over $500. It
would apply a net one per cent
tax to income below $15,000 and
one and one half per cent to in
come above $15,000. On the net
tax feature, there would not be
any deductions or credits.
It also includes a graduated In
SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1963
Neutralists
Pulled Out
Of Airport
VIENTIANE, Laos lUPU-Com
munist Pathet Lao troops have
driven neutralist Gen. Kong Le
from his airport stronghold on the
Plain of Jars and are in position
to crush him completely, military
sources reported Saturday.
The sources said Kong Le's men
withdrew to the village of Man
Phanh, about six miles northwest
of the airport, and began digging
in for a .possible new attack by
(he Pathet Lao. However, the
Pathet Lao did not immediately
follow up their advantage, the re
ports said.
Fighting also was reported to
have flared at Vang Vijng, an im
portant road junction only 50
miles north of Vientiane. The vil
lage, on the main road from Vien
tiane to the royal capital of Luang
Prabang, has been held jointly by
neutralist and Pathet Lao forces.
Military observers said Commu
nist artillery had turned Kong
Le's airfield into a rubble-strewn
no-man's land. Neutralists had
held out there against overwhelm
ing odds after retreating from
nearby Phong Savang, one of
Kong Le's last major strongholds.
The observers said Kong Le still
held a "sizeable" area of the
plain but that the Communists
had overwhelming superiority in
manpower and artillery and could
sweep his forces from the plain
at any time. This would give the
Pathet Lao control of two-thirds
of Laos.
Neutralist Premier Prince Sou-
vanna Phouma announced plans
Saturday f o r another peace
making visit to the Plain of Jars
if he rf reives. permission from
his half-brother, Red Prince Sou
phanouvong, leader of the Pathet
Lao.
His telegram was sent to the
leftist stronghold of Khang Khay
where Souphanouvong has been
for the past several days.
A communique issued by Sou-
vanna's office said the decision
to go to the plain was taken in a
meeting between Souvanna, the
British and Soviet ambassadors
and officials of the International
Control Commission. No date was
set.
It said Souvanna cabled Sou
phanouvong seeking his views on
when and how to go and the pos
sible dangers.
Malcolm East and
narid
come lax with percentages rang
ing from one lo six per cent.
Although eliminating the federal
income tax deduction, it increases
the state standard deduction from
live to 10 per cent. Medical, chari
table and other deductions beyond
that could be ilemizcd.
Instead of Ihe present $000 ex
emption for each dependent, a flat
$22 credit for each dependent
would be sustained from the final
tax bill.
Tax Structure Reform
House Tax Committee Chairman
Richard Eymann, D-Marcola, and
member Victor Atiych, R-Bcavcr
ton, t-aid the bill would reform
Telephone-
j' - V-.-Trr- -
PRISON RIOT SCENE This aerial photo of the
Westminster. B. C shows prisoners herd.d into exercise yard at upper right after
riot in domed building at upper left. Tha riot lupf-irted three convicts who held a
guard hostage in windowless auditorium, left center, for 14 hours, finally releasing
him unharmed after their request for transfer to other institutions was granted.
UPI Telephofo
Guard Held At Knife
As Canadian Convicts
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.
(UPIl Canadian federal prison
authorities agreed today to trans
fer three prison rioters from the
Federal Penitentiary here to save
the life of a prison guard the trio
held as hostage at knifepoint for
more than 12 hours.
The agreement was announced
by Jack Webster, a radio com
mentator who acted as intermedi
ary between the prisoners and
authorities at the request of the
rioters. The unnamed guard.
bound to a chair with copper
wire, had Deen Held wiui three
Kennedy Praises Papal
Message !n
BOSTON (UPD President
Kennedy Saturday warmly
praised the encyclical of Pope
John XXIII and said it indicated
the "language of progress . and
peace" is finally crossing the
barriers of sect and creed.
The President flew ncre to
speak at ceremonies marking the
100th anniversary of Boston Col
lege, a Jesuit institution. He re
turned immediately alter de
livering his address which was
L,
Millei
two science teachers
County
and simplify Oregon's income tax
structure, pick up new taxpayers,
keep money in Oregon now going
lo the lederal government, and
give flexibility for the future.
It will pay for services for
which you have been voting and
(lie people have been asking," Ey
mann told the House.
Rep. Joe Rogers, R Independ
ence, a sales tax advocate, said
only $2 million of the new money
would como Irom new taxpayers.
The cigarette lax hill, as before,
was termed a "selective sules
tax."
Hep. John Mosscr, R-Beavcrton,
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sharp six-inch blades pressed to
his throat.
Websler worked out an agree
ment with the commissioner of
penitentiaries whereby the guard
would be released by rioter Nel
son B. Wood after prison author
ities took the other two rioters,
Giard Casey and Wayne L. Carl
son, to the airport for transfer
and returned with assurances that
they had been put on a plane.
The commentator said Wood
would then be put on a plane
lor transfer, too.
The three men tried to break
out of the penitentiary Friday
Boston Talk
marred by an outburst from a
spectator.
The man, identified as Josef
Mlot-Mroz, waved a sign which
demanded freedom for Poland
and "captive nations." The Pres
ident ignored the man who was
hauled away by police.
The President was met at the
airport by House Speaker John
W. McCormack, Gov. Endicott
Peabody and a number of local
officials.
Large crowds cheered as he
rode through tho streets, and in
the Brighton section the Presi
dent ordered his limousine to stop
in front of the convent of Uie
Sisters of St. Joseph, where he
stepped out and greeted a num
ber of nuns.
The chief executive devoted a
part of his speech to the Pope's
encyclical which he said was a
"penetrating analysis of today s
great problems of social welfare
and human rights of disarma
ment, international order and
peace."
"That document surely shows
that on tho basis of one great
faith and its traditions there can
be developed counsel on public
affairs that is of value to all
men and women of good will,"
tho President said.
He said that a careful reading
of the encyclical showed "it
closely matches notable expres
sions of conviction and aspiration
from churchmen of other faiths
as in recent documents of the
World Council of Churches and
from outstanding world citizens
with no ecclesiastical standing."
"Wc are learning to talk the
language of progress and peace
across the barriers of sect and
creed." he said.
who once offered his own tax pro
gram, said he opposed the ciga
rette tax but was voting for it
because "we cannot afford at this
stage to have our own individual
programsi This is the program of
the committee and the House
leadership. It raises the needed
revenue.
The bank tax bill is an attempt
to shut a loophole under which
banks have protested a part of the
t) per cent corporato excuse tax
since 1957. The bill is retroactive.
Rep. Sidney Bazctt, R Grants
Pass, called it "a devious way to
win a court decision" and said it
also would hit other Institutions.
Weather
AGRICULTURAL WEATHER
AGRICULTURAL FORECAST "
Thirty tlva par cant tunthino today, Tt
par cant on Monday with slowly risina
lamaaraturas. 0nra outlook la tor
warmar tamporaturta and fair drying,
conditions for mo nsar taw days.
J'
federal penitentiary at New
Point
night after authorities had turned
down their requests for transfer.
Casey and Carlson will be moved
to St. Vincent De Paul Penitenti
ary near Montreal and Wood to
Stoney Mountain Prison in Mani
toba, the penitentiaries they had
requested.
Three hundred other inmates of
the federal penitentiary here re
fused to return to their cells in
a sympathy demonstration with
the barricaded convicts.
Warden Tom Hall said the situ
ation, was becoming "explosive."
He said tho guards armed with
tear gas had herded the majority
oi tne prisons 300 inmates into
a hall housing the kitchen and
dining room but some of the in
mates were beginning to "act up."
a . icw winnows , itad been
smashed. -
The maverick prisoners armed
with gasoline bombs seized the
guard during a bomb attack after
the evening recreation Deriod Fri
day night. They took the hostage
to tne new west wing auditorium.
Hall said three of the prisoners
had personal grievances against
the penitentiary administration.
He did not disclose what the
grievances were.
Prison officials said thev could
not rescue the guard until the 300
other inmates returned to their
cells. ,
Fifty Royal Canadian Mounted
policemen stood by armed with
rifles and tear gas. City police
men also stood ready at the
scene. .
Joint Game
Talk Slated
Problems relating to the num
bers of elk and deer harvested an
nually will be among the topics
discussed at a meeting of the
Slate Game Commission and
members o the Stato and Fed
eral Affairs Committee of. the
Oregon Senate
Sen. Harry Boivin, chairman of
the committee, said Saturday that
he had invited members of the
commission to meet with this
committee Tuesday at 2 p.m.,
at the state capitol lo discuss
the methods the commission uses
to determine the number of elk
and deer harvested each year.
Also to be discussed, Boivin said,
is the matter of accuracy of the
count, and how new programs of
counting availability of deer and
elk can be developed.
This meeting is open to the pub
lic. '
OSU Picks Two
Klamath Youths
COIWALL1S (UPD-Grant Wat
kinson, a junior from Newport,
was elected student body presi
dent ol Oregon Slate University
Friday.
George Blakely of Portland and
Anne Taylor of Creswcll were
chosen first and second vice pres
idents, respectively.
Francis Kcnyon of Klamath
Falls was elected president of the
Memorial Union. : ' ; ;
Also chosen were William Man
ning, Klamalh Falls, senior class
president; Richard Gordon, Med
ford, junior class president, and
D.nald Reed, Halfway, sophomore
class president.