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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tribunf' Bsllr Twmty.thlid Yeu MEDFORD, ORKCSOX, SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 3928. No. 38. Today SNOW UPON By Arthur Briibm j Ql 00001110 Railroad Rajahs. 10 Billions in Sight. Dangerous Scrapping. Archimedes and Jo. ' (Copyright, 1927. by New York Evening Journal. Inc.) i Eastern rnilronds, with gov ernment's permission and the public's blessing, will combine various systems int oone big System, mnltiijg possible great er efficiency and greater econ omies. Freight will not be hauled over mountains when it might go along level ground. And employes will cease wast ing time trying to divert freight to their railroad from goiJfc other railroad. 1 Some railroad presidents may not like it. The Indian rajahs didn't like being united under British control. But they were reconciled when they found thTmselves just as proespcrous us ever and much safer. I Walter Parker, who knows, tells the foreign trade eoonve;i tion at Houston that tbis coun try will some day do a business b! ten billions a year with our Latin-American neighbors on the south. 1 Uncle Sam has the Millions for building up the trade, but to get it and keep it we should imitate British and Germany. They send young men to learn the methods of foreign coun tries. To reply on "go-getter," high-power salesmanship is sil- ly. Also we ought to select our consuls for what, they ... know !mt business in foreign coun tries not for what they knew fcbout polities at home. t In Ohio, where coal miners tire striking, Prosecutor Paul y. Waddell is quoted as fol lows: "We have had to imi tate some of Russia's methods jniid forget what we learned in school about the constitution, j In other words, according to .the public prosecutor, it has (been necessary to "scrap free speech guarantees." If you lot men talk they will do what Vou don't wont. The simplest .thing is ot prevent them talk- ing'- That was done in Russia long fore Bolshevism took charge. lie czars, in the long run, und that it didn't pay. Mine owners may learn, eventually, that writers of the constitution knew what was good for this country. They were not Bolshcviki; far from ! it, and included conservative ' rich men. Mention to 1,000,000 Amer icans nt random three names, Archimedes, Descartes, Joe Waleott, and they will know . Joe Wolcott for every one no- quainted with the other two. Thirty years ago Joe Wol- ' eott had crowds following him. Jfe was called "the giant kill er," "Ihe I'.arbados demon," ''the Rlaek Cyclone," and the wclterwiopht. champion of the World. The greatest heavy jveights had to think up pood excuses for not meeting him. Xmv Joe AVoleott, a shrunk en, round-shouldered, small sized colored mail, dressed in n porter's uniform, opens the side door of a theater in New York to let the audience out when the show is over. , His show is over. ' Less profitable, but better on the whole, to be Archimedes ChlcflKo's crime commlslnn name three Judges of the crim inal court, accusing them of be in;? In partnership with criminals and supplying unpleasantly con ducing proof. , O (Continued on Paga Four) O DLUOOUVO OF Oil ! ' - i : Floods In the Lowlands! Frost In The Highlands I Wind and Rain Lash! Atlantic States Damage ; to Fruit May Mount to j Millions. ! ; ATLANTA, ttn., Apitl 2S. () ', After tspreadlng destruction by j ! rain, flood and storm in the low j j lands, the elements turned their ! I Hiry today to the southern hills I ! and highlands where record low i j temperatures and heavy snowfalls! j followed in the wake of hlnh j winds. ! The Cumberland and Shenan-' doah valleys in Maryland and, Vlr-1 Kina were drifted with snow,? crys- j tals of which contrasted strangely with the pink of apple blossoms, while Ashevllle, N. C, with the mercury at 29, wore a suow blan- j ket and was the coldest city in j the south. I With weather bureau forecasts for frost in the whole region as fur soulh as central Florida, grave fearH were held tonight for Iruit I orchards, lender growing crops and gardens. Four deaths in Florida from yes terday's storms had brought the total deaths to ten in three states, since the floods and storms began early in the week. Many persons have been injured. satiii ffi'nlnt nd v": I chee livers in Georgia, and along the Apalachicola and Choclawee I rivers where several thousand per-! sons have evacuated their homes, j The road bed weakened by the j torrential rains, a Central of . Georgia passenger train was de railed by n landslide at Hatcher's ! Station. Gai, today, resulting in ; injuries to four persons. i Serious damages from flood and J storm were reported from Georgia where the Stuilla river Is on n I rampage and threatening several i bridges near the city. ! Aiuila irrnwprn in VIvirinIa honed1 the snow blanket would shelter the fruit and blooms but were nppre- hensive lest temperatures fail to rise and heavy frost come. - High winds disrupted communi cations throughout the south, many places being virtually iso lated today. Eastern Mason-DiNon line Rlates were (liKsiiv; out from n belated winter blizzard today which de scended upon fruit trees in full bloom, drove plowmen from their fields, blocked railways and high ways and tore down telephone and telegraph wires. In the far south the flood men nee continoed with the apprehen sion that the storms to the, north would dangerously swell the livers. In parts of Pennsylvania lour-, teen inches ni snow ten ami me , gale swept it Into drifts six feet I jt0!it typing team, Salem sec-1 deep. The snow covered most afond; Ashland, third; Dallas, Myrtle Pennsylvania and West Virginia PolIU corvallis, honorable men and lawe sections of Kentucky, Uon I Maryland and Virginia. Ametcur division -Orpha Word-i Along the seaboard the snow on Newberg, second; Rcsford changed to rain, driven by a north- udlson, Kugene, third, caster from the Atluntlr. . Kovlca division Alice .liuen The steamer South Shore broke : nnKi Kgene, second- Peneva away from a tug and was driven volkmar, Myrtle Point, third. asnore at Alianiic i-liy yesieruuy after three men were lost trying to launch a life boat, and In tho shelter of New York harbor, three were swept from a municipal fer ry and one was lost. A schooner was reported sunk off the Delaware breakwater. The weather prevented the lire-1 men fliers from flying from Wash- j Ington to New York, forcing down i the relief plane which set out for ; them after bringing them from ! Canada to New York the day be-; fore. j Several Pennsylvania, West Vlr-1 VortKST OIIOVB, Ore., April glnia and Maryland towns were ; :s. Corvallis high triumph without telegraph or telephone 1 ed in the fifth annual high school service and the Associated Press music tournament which closed to wns forced to broadcast news from ' night nt I'aelfic university and Pittsburg to several papers In the throe stales. Damage by frost to fruit trees, it was feared, would mount Into the millions. FOR THIS IEK'1 RAN FRANCISCO. April 28 (A) The weather outlook for the week beginning April 2ft was an-; nounred here today by the I nit- ed States weather bureau os ons. Fr western stains-The outlook is Hir nur we.iiaer m v auiuriiiu and Nevada nnd occasionally tin-! settled to the northward with wet j spells in Washington and the i norftern parts of Oregon and Id-1 aho. Temperature frequently below normal over the plateau section. and about normal elsewhere. ON 25,000-MILE Snapshot as party of flyers prepared to take off from Fresno, Cal., on a 25,000-mile jaunt over Mexico and South America. Left, Fresno Stephenson, flight chief, and Jimmy Angel, pilot, right. Be low, the plane. ASHLAND GIRL WINS FIRST AS !E TYPIST Eugene Wins State Trophy; In 0. A. C. Contest Salem Second, and Ash-! land Third ' Accuracy; Honors Go to Corvallis. - j CORVALLIS, Ore., April 28., (P) Eugene high school today re-j tallied the state trophy cup j awarded the best typing team. In, the state, t.v tjiklni? first nlaco i y 'in the sixth annual state high ! school contest sponsored by th-j ! commercial training department ,llrenll ot fisheries was intro Or0nS","h S""6 C,"?e.',. wJn"c"1 "'" 'V Chairman White the individual novice champion- ,.h..n ,h. sis words ! a minute. She won a trip to the! 'vulnnnl meet In ncramento One hundred and fifty contest-' ants from 36 schools took part in tho contest t in AcUei-mim nf Pnt-vji l n tnr.u flrsl place in accuracy' wilh ;ii Fisheries laboratories Alaska j published In this paper hereafter. rt'ord of 57 15 and one error, j ffiO.OOO; Washington state $100, -i The principal work of the Med Caroline I.etl'ermayer. Oregon.000- f"r'l station has been to furnish City took first in the amateur' Purchase ( and repairs of the information for the nlr mall and division. The Corvallis team won ac - curacy honors with a team aver-j age of 5.6 errors. Eugene and iJanas wcre second and third other placements were STATE TITLE IN j was declared winner of the Grand Sweepstakes of the tournament. Second place went to Franklin high. Portland. aid Salem high took third place. Oregon City was fourth. Kir.vt place for piano was awarded to Carolyn Haberleck Tillamook. First for violin nolo No. 1. went to Howard Halbert, Corvallis, and first for violin No. to Kugene high school. Kulaine Cox, Franklin, won first for girls high voice. First for boys' hitfh voire was awarded to Harold AVlteraft, Turner high school. Lucille Cimmings, re ceived first for girls low voice, and Merwin Dant !enson (I'ort- land) first for boys' low voice. j Sweepstakes in thf class A fol-jwent to Franklin high of Portland nnn in cms n, 10 j-orsi rovp. Tomer Mh n in .h ei.. f. iiepari mi'ni, in the pianoforte Tillamook placed first with Hilverton sec- ond and Salem third. Franklin wns second In violin No. 1. nnd University high (Ku- gene) third. In violin-No. 2. Corvallis high wu nccond anil Solum third, FLIGHT SOUTH 1 ! BILL PROPOSES $35,000 TO BUY ROGUE Construction and Mainten- ance Program By U. S.!;i;;1;'.i.0';,)hw"'s SUition' 1,1 : Bureau Calls for Cultural Plants Over Five Year Penod Measure Now In Committee. WASHINGTON', April 2S. (P) revised bill to provide a five 5 far construction and maintenance urogram for the United States ! of the merchant marine and fish- ei'les committee. "- inu measure, ucsisiuneu iu m- corporate additional cultnrul es - tablishments specified stations to established during tho five I years. Included in the stations tor liins it wouitl uuinorizc: I Rogue river sub-station In Ore uogue river suo-siiiiioii in ii- ! Bon. .io.u"". Herond year authorizations: Purchase of Mill Creek station I in c auiiii nut, ?-u,uuu. 1'urcnaso and repair or nine White Salmon station, Washing- Ion, 126,000. :E THREATENS SUIT NKW VOIiK, April 28. IP) Max inn Cates Dempsey, claiming to be the first wife of Jack emp sey, former heavyweight champ Ion, said today that she had re ta (tied counsel to bring action to et aside the divorce decree grant ed Dempaey in 1H1D in Salt J,uke City more than four yearn before he married Kstelle Taylor, screen actress. She said the grounds will be that the pa pern In the d-orce j action were served on her in Weln, Nov., on February 1, l!tl!t, and Mrs. Amnmla R. Invanhoe, form that an interlocutory decree was er well known eastern Oregon edu entered only three days later. She ! calor and who was nult well said she and Dempsey were mar- ! known In Medford through fre ' rled in Farmington, Utah, on Ocio- I ber 9, lfllfl, when she was twenty anl Dempsey was 21 years old. MOCN'T VF.KNON. Wash., April 28. Damage estimated at ap - proximately $100,000 was caused here early today when fire wiped out sfx buildings and partially de - Htroyed several others. Including two garages. In the main businet-H section of the city. OHKOflN CITV, Ore.. Apr. 27. fP) Plunged inio the Willamette river near Jennings Lodge Ittc yes terday when a rowboont filled with water, Earl Simons, 40, was drown ed. Pay York was rescued. The piow of the boat was pulled under water as tho men, who were fish- it, ft. a ..n t - i. . to pull In a heavy anchor. WAKH1NC.TOV Anrll ? HPf.rfft Iv.mhne, lulled Htnles navy Commissioner Jefferson Meyers ' "rfi"''. n"w "tatluncd In the 1 of the United Ktates Hhipping Phlllnlnes. are tinmed as trustees f I board, has left Wnshlngton for"' ,he l.y'ton Ivanhoe will j ' Portland, Ore., to attend lo tho.'" remembered here us the sec-t formal transfer to private owner- retarv to I'eul li. Mi-Ken when shlp of the first group of the ""' l'r was general manager of , shipping board's west coast cargo 11,0 California Oregon Power com- ! 'vessel recently sold. P"ny. j v - O - lEXPANSiON OF ! jLOCAL WEATHER STATION NEARS i i New and Broader Forecast Service Inaugurated About May 1 In Same Classification as Larger Cities Needs of Avi-! ation Met. I.. Waller J)Ickr meteorologist, ' In charge f the local L'. S. ! ! eatlier Ilureau office, announces !that additional daily weather in-1 formation would ho available for; publication in the .Mall Tribune; in the jnear future. The work of; !lhe loon I office has been greatly 1 exiian.lf. 1 during the past few. I montli4 and It Is now In the; .same classification as the offices' , in many n( ihe larger cities. ! the ' new service. mentioned' above, 'will Include the local slat" forecasts, mitre local weather data than has appeared in the past, anil telegraphic reports from a number of other stations thru-! out the western half of the eoun-. try. The, plan followed In many; of the large cities will be follow-) ed so far as practicable. It will; begin ns soon as the necessary! blanks are received. probably May 1. or shortly after that date. A brief history of the .Medford! Weather liureuu office is of in-1 terest. A special observer's stu-1 tion , was maintained, In connec tion with the county agent's of fice, from .March 1911 to Junol 192,7. Beginning with July 1112 7. 1 the duties of the special observer were taken over by the Airways Station, established bv i). M. Little, previously of Itblca, New1" vor. Mr. i.mie sen. to I Medford to establish the Pilot 1 "When he assumed the duties! of the former special observer, ' nn assistant was :issinnod to hisj office, UwiKht J.. natulan of Med-j i ford being appointed to tho posi- ;'. m October of last year, .Mr. l .tit le was asuiKned to the weatWi Juiuiaji. .f hi ii frost nervico , in California, with Kloyd IJ. J Voung. Ho wuh relived by Mr.' Dick, who came hero from Kt. j I.ou1h, Mo. i During the spring season. Mi'. ! Vouiiff makfH his AVashlnRton Oretfon fruit I-frost headquarters in tho Medford Weather Bureau of ficeH. Arrange men t worn recently completed whereby U has become possible for tho local office to be j iui -niMiieu wuii leieKrnpnic reports jfrnm a number of other weather! I bureau stations. These ore used to prepare a weather map for I forecast purposes, and for pre- (paring part ot tno dala to be omer piiois stopping nere. j no service has opporently been nign- ly HurrcMfjful, fiH wns indicated by the fculiMfactlon over the Munition on tho part of nome "Washington, D. C. offirialH who recently niado a survey of the Pnelfie nlrwayn. When interviewed, one of theao officials indicated that the work and facilities for Increased ser vice of the Medford weather liu reuu office would he expanded to meet the growing requirements of aviation. At the present time the office is capable of meeting all the local needs. Those Me1 ford people who are looking to the future. howA'er, can Bee that expansion, and Increase in the personnel will probably he necessary before many months. ipient visits In the past to M ed fnrri to her son I-ytton Ivanhoe, and his three motherless minor children, whom the father placed in three good Medford homes as 1 paying bonrders, even before he ,.ft about IS months ago to locate 'jn Kj( de Janeiro, UrnvM. left an ,1H,!l)e f $o,000 In stocks and 1 bonds, and about $;tooo in cash. The wm f j,.H (vanhoe, who was 74 years old anil who died In Portland, April 13th- last, huh admitted lo probate In Porlt;ind j l;it week.. The West. Const Nut- ' h.lial hunk was named as execulol. . Medford people will be pleased to know that the beneficiaries In Ihe ) will Include the three gnindchll- dienon .Medford. Mrs. Ivanhoe's two sons, I.ytton ' Ivanhoe. now In llrazll, and 1'nr- Radio Weather ! p -1 ; A'- v 3 Increasing; use of radio for communication is having an ap preciable effect on weather on land and scu, according to Cap tain W. II, Parker, of nn ocean liner plying between New York and French and English ports. The captain blnmes radio for the violence of gales, high scus and freak weather conditions, saying that tho electrical waves form a network of conflicting forces. HELD jACCIDENT Singleton Died From Rifle Bullet In Chest Es tranged Wife, Hysterical Had Visited Scene a Few Hours Before. KOSKIirnu, Ore.. April 28. A) That Krmal Singleton, 37, of Oak Creek, whu.se body was found at the homo of his father, "W. ti. Singleton, today, wuh, killed thru the accidental dischargo of hid own rifle, was tho thoory held uy officei-H late today, following an investigation of bis death. Tho body was found 100 yards from the house in the woodtt where Singh-ton had been c tilling trceH. Death was caused by a wound from a .25 calibre r if lo which was found besiilo tho bady. The bullet struck bo breast bono and was deflected Into tho heart, Tho man's breast waa ualy burned by powder. 1 lis widow was in noseburg when told of tho accident, and became hysterica). She recover ed sufficiently to tell officers that she had gone, to the farm this morning to secure so mo of her clothing, furniture nnd other ar Heles. While there her husband was in good spirits, she said, and helped tier load the articles Into tho automobile. Ho later, how ever, refused to talk to her, sho said. Singleton apparently went Into the woodH Immediately after hla wife left. Ho was a niemher of the Glide llodent I'est club and carried his rifle with him con stantly in order to kill siulrrc!n and birds for tho community pent eradication rout est, Tho body was brought to llose burg lato today. E JKl-fiKNH. Ore., April 28. (A') Portland high schools won ten first places anil Vancouver. Wash., high si hool won Iwo first places In Hie twelve events In Ihe annual state hli;li school relay carnival on llayward field today. HetiHon Tech of Portland won three first places. Grant and Franklin of Portland and Van couver each two and shln'ton, Jefferson and Lincoln high schools of Portland, each one. Only three former records for Ihe state carnvlal reninln stand ing. Heven records were broken, one tied and records wcre set In two new oventa. RANCH TRAGEDY NEAR ROSEBURG BRUADCAST CALIFORNIA RECEPTION TO FLYERS New York Welcome to Bre men Crew Over Network Monday Morning K. G. 0. Serve Oregon Ter ritoryAviators Rest Be- fore Official Greeting. POltTr.AN'n, Ore., April 28. (A1) Tho celebration in connection wilh the welcome In New York City Monday of tho Oormnn Irlsh crew of tho trnns-Atlnntlc piano llremen, will be carried in to tho west by radio. Tho ceremony in New York will .start at ":.10 Pacific standard lime and will cnntlntlo until 9:30 a. in. It will bo carried over tho national network of fitatlons, and will he broadcast In San Francisco, i'orthmd and Henttlo. Oregon territory will be served through KUW. NKW YORK, April 28. (fP) The crew of the trans-Atlantic montiplano Itremen arrived here by train Into today after having paid honor to the memory of Floyd Bennett at IiIh grave In Arlington national cemetery at Washington. The filers were met by city officials nnd prominent aviators and escorted through a cheering crowd to cars which took them to the ltit Carlton hotel where they will stay until their official welcome to tho city Monday. The pilgrimage was tho sole activity of the Atlantic conquer ors during their short stay in the capital. At once their spoken thoughts were of returning to New York and tho advisability of flying in tho unfavorable weather was discussed by them for three hours. It was then de cided to make the Now - York trip by train and they loft short ly after one o'clock. Tho departure was without knowledge that both tho senate and house had shortly boforo passed separate bills to authorize their decoration with tho disting uished flying cross by President Coolidgo. Their intention. -a8 an nounced by Uaron Von Huonfeld was to return here by plane from New York next Wednesday to pay respects, to the president; and It was considered likely that the awards will havo been authorized by that time and would bo con ferred. Meanwhile an enthusiastic re ception will engage them In tho metropolis. Miss Herta Junkern, a friend who accompanied tho fliers to Arlington and placed a wreath of greens on Flayd Bennett's grave, talked by telephone io Now York with CJrover Whalen in chargo of the reception for Mayor Walker before taking the train this afternoon. Their formal roceptlon In Wash ington will include a visit to tho tomb of tho xinknown soldier in Arlington; luncheon at the White House; a dinner In their honor by Ambassador Von Prittwltz of Germany and Minister Hmiddy of Ireland and other functions. KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., April S. (!) Ilruco Dennis, owner and publisher of the Klnnyith Morn ln. News nnd the Klamath Kvo nlng Herald, announced tonight that he would not be a candidate for the Republican nomination to congross from the Second district to fill I ho Slnnott vncancy, and asked all of his friends In the dis trict to Htipixirt Robert W. Saw yer, editor of the Hend Unlletin nnd present highway commissioner for the place. "For several dnya sentiment for Mr. Sawyer has been growing In Harney, Malheur, Lake, Deschutes, Crook, .lofferson anil Klamath countloH," salt! Mr. Dennis, "which convinces me that he Is the man who can be nominated and elected In fill Slnnott' place. 4 1IOHTON, April 28. UP) Mrs. Helen Tufts Ualllo, direct de scendant of a revolutionary hero and leader of an Insurgent group wfthln tho Daughter of the American Revolution, today faced tho necessity of defending herself against formal charges designed to censuro her and suspend or oust her from thnt organization. WASHINGTON, April 2S. M" Award of the distinguished flying cross to the crew of tho firemen and to &.fi French and Italian avi ators who have flown to this coun try was voted today by tho sennte In a bill sent to the house. Previ ously the house had voted to so decorate tho crow ot the Premiu. VOTE REAL SMITH TEST Triumph Over Reed and Walsh Tuesday Would Cinch Nomination Hoover Keeps G. 0. P. Lead With Lowden Dis- puting Granted Golden State Delegates. WASHINGTON, April 28. VP) The political spotlight has shift ed from mlddlewest Ohio to the southwest whore he California primaries of Tuesday will bring Into competition at the polls three ot tho democratic presidential can didates Smith of New York. Heed of Missouri and Walsh of Montana. Just as Ohio furnished the first definite line of the pre-convention campaign on the running ability ot Herbert Hoover, the voting In California is looked to as a real test for the three democrat ic contenders. There supporters of Smith are seeking a triumph, contending victory would make the New York governor's nomination inevitable. With Just as much energy, hla political foea are endeavoring to stop him, to give the governor who is out far ahead in the num ber of convention delegates lined up to date a setback that would give impetus to the building uvi of a block of delegates sufficient In sizo to prevent his nomination at Houston. Tho passing of April finds the Kansas City convention only sil weeks nway with the Houston meeting two weeks further re moved, of the 1,089 republican delegates 797 have been chosen while 644 of the 1.100 democrats convention votes have been en trusted to delegates. ...... . . . f . On the basis -of actual selec tions Hoover has 867 Instructed nnd claimed delegates with his opponent, disputing his hold on 158 of that number. ' lwdon continues as runner-up with 230, of which his foes re fuso to concedo him 60. In tho democratic lineup Smith, who picked up another big batch of delegates during the pant week has 4 lis instructed and claimed delegates to his credit. With 70 of them undor dlsputo from rival camps. Itced, the runner-up, has his home state delegation of 36 and his managers are claiming an additional 81 of tho delegate already selected, claims that need's rivals do not hesitate to challenge. Tho mark the democrats are shooting nt Is 738 V4, the number required for a nomination at Hous ton. Tho total needed at Kansas City is r46, or half tho convention delegates. , Moth Hoover and Smith made showings in the Ohio primaries that bolstered tho hope of their supporters. They also fared well In Massachusetts, the Smith man agers later claiming the entire hay state delegation ot 30. with the Hoover force predicting the commerce secretary would have .17 of tho 39 delegate from the state, a claim that was Immediate ly challenged by hla foes. In Pennsylvania unlnstructed delegation were selected. Hoover' capture of 31 ot Ohio's 61 delegates wag hailed by hi followers as going a long way toward carrying him near the nomination. Some have been so optimistic as to contend It prac tlcully clinches things for the secretary while others In his camp, more cautious were Inclined to' wait for the Indiana prlmarle on May 8 and several important state conventions before making sweeping claims, California Is Hoover's home state. Ho has no opposition In Tuesday's primary and will walk off with 29 convention votes from that Btate, , In making their calculations of convention strength, the Hoover manager have been counting strongly on getting uncontested delegate from a number of states like Oregon, Maryland and New Jersey as well as California where tho commerce secretary has had next to no opposition. PENDLETON, Ore., ASrll !8 (P) About a million pounds of un sold wool remains In the hand at growers in this county, the largest amount of any county In the state, according to local wool authorities. ' Orower are declining to contract their crop In advance. of shearing operation, preferring to take take chances with a raise on the eastern markets, SALKM, Ore., April 28. &) A- ! tomcy (lenoral Van Winkle, after conferring with members of the , Oregon delegation In Washington recently, says It will probably be Impossible for congress at this ses sion to take any action on the bill involving a contract between the government and the California Ore gon Power company In Klamath county. ...