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Day's Aews
By FRANK JKNKLNS
Question:
What docs one do on the days
when there isn't anything
thrilling in the news?
The answer:
One makes do with whatever
there is in the news. There is
always something interesting on
the world-ranging news wires.
For example:
The stately white oak that in
spired Joyce Kilmer to write his
world-famous poem Trees is dy
ing of old age and will soon he
cut down.
It stands on the campus of
Brunswick, New Jersey. 11 is be
iicved to be nearly 300 years old.
If so, it sprouted from an acorn
somewhere in the mid-15O0'
say about 1550, something like a
half century after Columbus dis-
covered America. H was a half!
century old when the Plymouth
colony was founded.
Pretty old?
Well, yes as oak trees go.
But it is a mere sprout in com
parison with the hoary sequoias
in the Giant Forest in Sequoia
National Park in California,
many of which are SEVERAL
THOUSAND years old.
It is now against the law to
cut any of these fabulous giants
down, but one of the largest and
oldest of them which was cut
down before the law was passed
dated back to 1305 B.C. lis age
was established by counting the
rings in its trunk.
It is believed that the General
Sherman tree in Sequoia Na
tional Park may be 3.000 to 4.000
years old. If so, it was a husky
tree when the Pyramids were
built.
But let's gel back In the Joyce mm m
Kilmer Oak. Legend has it tolTOCl1 R f V
as a boy in New Brunsw ick and I 9J m 1 1
later as a student at Rutgers in
1905-06, Kilmer used to sit under
it. It is believed that it was from
the old oak on the Rutgers cam
pus that he got his inspiration1
lor his world-famous poem,
which reads:
I think that 1 shall never see;
A poem lovely as a tree,
A tree whose hungry mouth is
prest
Against the earth's sweet flow
ing breast;
A tree that looks at God all
day
And lifts her leafy arms to
pray;
A tree that may in summer
wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has
lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like
me,
BuL only God can make a tree.
What f.f Joyce Kilmer?
He was a soldier in World War
I. His best war poem. The
Peacemaker, was written at theUnrfer the treaty. All are part of
front. Not loo long after writing; the safeguards upon which the
i;it. he was killed in action Joint Chiefs conditioned their ap
while as a sergeant of infantry prnval of the pact,
on a reconnaissance mission. The Defense Department said.
His wife Aline, daughter of the meantime, that a "bill of particu
poct Ada Foster Murray, is re-liars" on safeguards to be provid
membered as the author of sev-ied after ratification of the treaty
eral volumes of verse. Her best-was now being prepared and
perhaps Candles that;should reach Congress "in about!
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A BUSY PLACE The livestock building at the Klamath County f-airgroundt was a
beehive of activity Monday morning as youngsters took care of their intriei in the
4-H, FFA Livestock Show and Sale which rjni through Tuesday, concluding with the
Weal her
KlimaHi Falli, Tulalaka and Lthtvitw:
Ganarally fair through Tuesday, c A I
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any wind l ta u m.p.h.
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High yaar ago aa
Low yaar ago at
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mca Jan. I a. II
Mint ptriuo lair year
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Lumber Strike Messrs Final Settlement
Two Unions
Ratification
PORTLAND, Ore. il'Pli-Tlie
lengthy Pacific Northwest lum
ber strike was a step closer to
complete settlement today.
Announcement was made here
Sunday afternoon that members
of Hie International Woodworkers
of America and the Lumber and
Sawmill Workers' unions had rat-i
ified a three-year contract nego
tiated with the Big Six employ
ers Bargaining Association last
Tuesday night.
Harvey Nelson, president of the
Western States Regional Council
ot the IWA. made the announce
ment but would not disclose the
actual vote. However, he said the
proposed pact was approved by a
big majority.
Picket Lines Down
Picket lines against two struck
Big Six members plants the
U.S. Plywood Co. and St. Regis
Paper Co. were removed. Some
6,400 men were scheduled to start
returning to work at the compa
nies today.
The strike in Oregon. Washing-
Air Chief
Endorses
WASHINGTON (UPI) Gen
Curtis E. LeMav told the Senatel
today that from a military stand
point, the limited nuciear test
ban contained "net disadvantag
es" to the United States.
The Air Force chief of staff
said, however, these were offset
by "political advantages" if prop
er safeguards were maintained.
LeMay and the nation's other
three military chiefs endorsed the
treaty with some concern about
Russia's "big bomb" lead but ap-
parcntly were satisfied that
future safeguards would be pro
vided. LeMay, Air Force chief wlw
did most of the testifying, told
senators of three committees that
most government officials more
less" agree with the Joint
Chiefs of Staff that the treaty
must be accompanied by safe
guards against Soviet test cheat
ing. Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, Army
chief of staff, reminded the law
makers that President Kennedy:
had stated that nuclear labora
tories and underground testing
would be maintained as part of an
active development program
la week. I
Prire Ten Cents 12 Pages
Announce
Of Contract
ton. Northern California and Mon
tana began when the
struck the firms June 5.
Other members of the Big Six
ale Weyerhaeuser, Crown-Zeller-
bach, International Paper and
Rayonier. They had not been
struck.
Nelson said announcement of a
referendum vote by union mem
bers on a contract negotiated last
Thursday with the 196-member
Timber Operators Council Em
ployers Bargaining Association
would be made Aug. 27. The pro
posed pact is expected to be ap
provedby a big margin.
Karl Glos, executive vice pres
ident of the TOC, said in Seattle
Saturday that the wage increases1
included in the contracts this
year would result in lumber
prices being increased. He also
said the competitive situation of
U.S. producers would suffer in
comparison to that of Canadian
producers.
Glos said that the wace in
creases could raise lumber prices
by $3 per 1,000 board feet in
three years.
Montana Strike Ends
a sirme against St. Rccis at
Linby, Mont., ended Saturday
night when LSW members voted
to accept the contract reached
last Tuesday night.
The vote paved the wav for an
early return to work in the woods
and mill operations of the J. Neils
Lumber Co., a division of St. Re
gis. Some 1.000 men were idled
by the strike at. Libby.
A strike against Menasha Plv-
wood Corp. at North Bend, Ore.,
also ended Sunday when mem
bers of LSW local 663 ratified a
wage agreement.
Maintenance workers relumed
to work this morning and about
4oO others are scheduled to go
oacK to tne plant and woods oper
ations after their vacation ends
Sept. 2. They had been on strike
since July 31.
Still unsettled is a strike against
the big U.S. Plywood plant at
Anderson, Calif., where 600 men
are out oi work. Local issues
have been blamed for holding up
settlement there.
Fires Burn
Brush Land
By United Press International
Two large fires were racing out
of control in the grass and sage
brush land of Eastern Oregon to
day. The largest had burned about
3.000 acres some 25 miles north
of Vale by mid-morning, accord
ing to Kenneth Burkholder of the
Bureau of Land Management in
Portland.
He said about 130 men. aided
by trucks, other heavy equipment
and a helicopter were battling to
save a number of ranch buildings
in the area
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON',
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COUNTY NETS $359,247.34
Jim Stoop (centerl end Jim
County Commissioner Frank Ganong Friday afternoon in the Klamath County Court.
The check, to go into the general fund, represents the county's share of O&C land
grant timber sales, 50 per cent of which is divided among 18 Eastern Oregon coun-
Ties, ine cnecK was nana carried trom Madtord by the two
Judging At Fair Highlights
Year For 4-H, FFA Youths
By RUTH KING i The first day's judging on live-ithe sheep and swine divisions.
It was a bit nippy at the fair- stock resulted in the tagging of
grounds Monday morning as the
second day of the 28th annual 4-H
and Future Farmers of America
Junior Livestock Show and Fall
rair got under way beneath a
sunny sky.;
There w as a medley of squeals
and grunts, bleats and bawls, as
more than 400 head of prime live
stock were fed, watered, sheared.
washed, combed, trimmed.
milked, blocked, and led to the
judging arena or bedded down to
await a turn before the judges.
It's worth an early morning trip
to the fairgrounds and a tramp
through the livestock barns to
witness the industry, the compe
tence, the expectancy of the hun
dreds of boys and girls w ho take
part in these fairs.
Most of them are larm reared.
few live on acreages in the
city's suburbs, some raise their
animals on a single lot, but re
gardless of home - place or age.
they have one goal, to raise a fine
animal and to have that animal
score high enough to win a trophy
or a ribbon or honorable mention
during the three days of the jun
ior fair
Supporting these young exhibi
tors are their parents, many of
them right in there pitching, en
couraging and watching ... the
club and chapter leaders and jun
ior leaders who give hundreds of
hours of time to bringing club
activities to a high standard.
There are the boys and girls
nhose interests lie in gardening
and forestry and entomology and
other 4-H Club work whose ex
hibits are equally important to
the success of the fair. Their work
is also on exhibit at the fairgrounds.
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auction sale Tuesday night. In these views, at left, a panoramic shot shows the var
ious activities around the pens. Center view, Leith Johnson, Matin Beef Club, tugs her
entry along as Stan Johnson looks on. Far right, the wjihup area was one of the
MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1963
Representatives of the
Harrison, present a check in
gran( anti reserve champions in
Annual Living Costs
KF Families
Families in Klamath Fa I Island other forms of health insur
spent an average of S3.5I0 for
current living expenditures
I960, Max D. Kossoris, western
regional director of the U.S. De
partment of Labor's Bureau of
Labor Statistics reported when
he released one of the advance
reports from the bureau's sur
vey of Consumer Expenditures in;
1960-61.
Ill addition. Klamath Falls fam
ilies made gifts and contributions
of $223 and put $253 into various
types of life insurance and re
tirement funds. They averaged
SS68 in income and other person
al taxes and had an average in
crease in savings during the
year of $162.
The combined share of the three
basic categories of living expen
dilures was slightly more than
half of the total current con
sumption expenditures of Klam
ath Falls families in 1960. Food
represented about 23.9 per cent
of total expenditures, shelter (in
cluding fuel and electricity) 17.6
per cent and clothing about 10.0
per cent.
Medical care accounted for 5.7
per cent of the average expendi
tures. About one-quarter of the
medical expenses was for premi
ums for hospitalization, surgery
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Bureau of Land Management,
the amount of $359,247.36 to
BUM representatives.
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$5,510
ance, which was carried by three
out of every four families.
Eighty six per cent of the fam
ilies in the survey were automo
bile owners who spent 15.9 per,
cent of their total expenditures on
their cars,
The advance report on which
this information is based is one
of the first in a scries that will
ultimately cover 66 metropolitan
areas and smaller urban places
where the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics obtained detailed expendi
ture information from represent
ative families and single con
sumers for 1960-61. The surveys
were conducted primarily to ob
tain data for use in revising the
Consumer Price Index but will be
widely used in formulating eco
nomic and social policy and in
marketing and academic re
search programs.
Advance reports similar lo that
for Klamath Falls are now avail
able for Gallup, Los Angeles, San
Francisco and Seattle in t h e
West, and for 24 cities in other
parts of the U.S. Copies of the
Klamath Falls report, as well as
for the other areas surveyed, mav
be obtained from the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, 630 Sansome
Street, Room 802, San Francisco
11, Calif.
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Went her
AGRICULTURAL FORECAST
wirn iimptriurt a in tit below witonil.
Highs n ta 5 and lows U la 4. Nt
precipitation. Slowly improving drying
coitdiliont. Haymt and field work out
look ood to txcilltnt. Eight-inch toil
l,mMrturt
Death Toll
Reaches 12
In Oregon
By United Press International
Twelve persons lost their lives
in accidents in Oregon during the
weekend. Ten died in traflic and
two drowned.
Two other Oregon residents died
in out-of-state traffic accidents.
Thomas McGrath. 13, Beaver
ton, was killed in a two-car colli
sion on the Wilsonvillc - Hubbard
Highway near Aurora Sundav
afternoon. Three other persons
were injured.
Anthony Naglich, 4", Portland,
was killed when he leaped in
front of a moving car on State
Highway 213 near Portland early
Sunday. State Police called it a
suicide.
Mrs. Martha Gcelan, 63. Auro
ra, drowned in a small lake
across tlie Willamette River from
Ncwberg early Sunday. Her body
was recovered.
Traffic accidents Saturday took
six lives in the state.
Jimmy Holliday, 9, Rose Lodge,
was killed when he was struck
by a pickup truck on State High
way 18 near his home in Lincoln
County, and Iva Ludwick, 58,
Stayton, died m a two-car acci
dent on State Highway 22 near
Slayton.
James Moulton, 40, Vcneta, was
killed in a one-car crash on Slate
Highway 126, 10 miles east of
Springfield. David Coursey, 26
Eugene,- lost his life when his
motorcycle collided with a car at
a Eugene intersection.
Sirs. Helen Krochek, 54, and
her son. Robert, 22, both of Spo
kane, were killed in a two-car,
head-on collision on Interstate i
about 20 miles south of Roseburg.
Willie Lown. 41, Keno, drowned
in Link River at Klamath
Falls while attempting to rescue
11-ycar-old Stephen Michols Satur
day afternoon. The boy was taken
to safety by Lown's son, Robert.
Mrs. htta Aphis, 48, Springfield,
died in a one-car crash on U.S.
Highway 30 west of Rawlins,
Wyo., Saturday night. Her hus
band. Earl, 53, and son, Bobby.
30, also were in (he vehicle but
were not injured.
East Germans
Hold Americans
BERLIN 'UPD - East German
police held four Americans, in
cluding a girl, for two hours at
gunpoint Saturday when they
were on a tour of East Berlin.
They were picked up without ex
planation and released without be
ing interrogated, one of them re
ported today.
It was believed they were ar
rested merely because they were
near the border when disorder
was feared because it was the
anniversary of the death of a ref
ugee considered a martyr to the
wall.
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busiest spots of all at animals were scrubbed and brushed in anticipation of the
iudging that was to follow, Monday's schedule included judging and showmanship. A
Rotary. sponsored barbecue will precede the auction sale Tuesday night.
Go vernment Summons
Union, Management
WASHINGTON (LPD - Rail
Union and management negotia
tors were summoned lo a show
down meeting today in a govern
ment effort lo break the impasse
over ground rules for settling
their long dispute.
Assistant Labor Secretary
James J. Reynolds said he was
calling attorneys for both sides to
an alternoon session to seek
agreement on procedure for sub-
milting the key issues to arbitra
tion. Both the railroads and the
unions have agreed to submit the
two main issues size of train
crews and firemen's jobs to
binding arbitration. But the unions
insist on negotiating secondary
issues before arbitration begins.
One source said there also
might be disagreement over the
scope of the issues to be arbi
trated. The unions have indicated
they want to narrow problems
that the proposed six-man arbitra
tion board would decide.
Attorneys for the five rail op
erating unions were drafting their
version of the arbitration agree
ment, including a timetable for
settling all issues. A spokesman
said the draft might be completed
today.
The agreement on Labor Secre
tary Willard Wirtz arbitration
Tito Reveals
He'll Visit
U.S. In Fall
BELGRADE (UPI) Yugoslav
President Josip Broz Tito said to
day he hopes lo meet President
Kennedy in the United Slates tins
all.
Gov. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown
of California told UPt after a 40-
minute meoling with Tito that the
Yugoslav leader said he thinks he
will attend the United Nations
General Assembly session in New
York this fall. .
Brown said he asked Tito if he
hopes to meet Kennedy then. He
auoted Tilo as replying, "Yes, I
hope to see the President."
'But it will not be the first
time I have met him," Tito said,
I met President Kennedy when
he came here in the early 1950's
with Sen. (Owen) Brewster (for
mer Republican senator from
Maine) and Sen. Wayne Morse
D-Orc.)."
Tito Praises Pope
Brown quoted Tito also as prais
ing Pope Paul VI.
"We have very good relations
with the Vatican. Tlie Pope is for
peace and so arc we," Tito told
Brown.
Tlie California governor, on a
long European tour, told Tito he
came to Yugoslavia from Italy
where he received a medallion
from the Pope in Vatican City.
Brown, a Roman Catholic,
quoted Tilo, born a Roman Cath
olic but now an atheist, as saying,
"I also have received a medal
from the Pope."
Brown said he asked Tilo if
"we can expect a better interna
tional understanding."
"World Situation Good"
Tito, according lo Brown', re
plied, "Yes, the world situation is
good but we can still do much
to improve our relations.
Brown said Tito talked politely
and in general terms about Yugo
slav concern over possible U. S.
dropping of "most favored na
tion" trade status for Yugoslavia,
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plan was the first breakthrough
in the four-year-old deadlock over
imposition of new work rules that
would eliminate 32,000 firemen's
jobs.
But management sources said
the clash over procedures could
upset the arbitration plan and re
new tlie threat of a nationwide
rail strike on Aug. 29. Both sides
previously had agreed to hold off
any strike action until that date.
Wirtz said tlie new dispute was
'obviously a critical one." He
urged both tlie unions and car
riers to come to an immediate
understanding on procedures.
Rescuers
iners
HAZLETO.V, Pa. (UPD-Three
coal miners, trapped more than
300 feet down a mine shaft for
six days and nearly given up for
lost, were contacted through an
air hole Sunday night and report
ed in good condition.
Police said rescuers shouted In
tlie men through a hole six inches
in diameter. One of tlie trapped
men said two of the miners were
unhurt while the third was injured
slightly. The hole was drilled Sun
day in a last-ditch effort lo find
them.
Authorities at the Fcllin Coal
Co. mine, which is about three
miles from here, were expected
to boro a hole 28 inches in diam
eter today in an effort to drag
the men out of the shaft. They
plan to slip steel pipe casing in
ine noie alter it is bored and then
lower ropes and straps to the
miners.
'This rescue operation still is
going to be a rough one," police
said. Before any attempt to bring
the men up a microphone to re
cord their remarks, as well' as
food, water and ftlankeLs, proba'
bly will be lowered to fhem.
The three involved were Daft'd
Fellin, 48, who operated the mine
with his brother, Joseph; Louis
Bove, 42. Pattersonville, and Hen
ry Throne, 28, Hazlelon.
Sunk Years Go
Tlicy were working deen in tlie
old shaft, which police said was
sunk many years ago, when the
thundering cave-in occurred last
t uosdny.
Police here said the unidentified
miner wlio was contacted report
ed that ho and his two compan
ions heard the roar of the cave-in
in time to jump from tlie main
shaft to a gangway stemming
from it.
The collapse, apparently caused
when wooden beams shoring up
ine walls and ceiling of the shaft
gave way, clogged a 100-fbot-long
section in the middle of the mine
with coal and rocks.
Authorities said tlie space in
which tlie men were trapped was
located about 331 feet from the
entrance of the steeply sloping
shaft, which is 380 feet Jong.
Hope Almost Gone
Weary rescuers had atmost lost
h-jpe of finding them. Accumula-'
lions of gas, which had hampered
rescue operations, made officials
pessimistic that tlie three would
be found alive.
By the end of tlie week, federal
and slate officials indicated they
felt there was little chance of res
cuing them. Several officials sug
gested filling in the pit.
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