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MJSDFOKD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1933.
No. 101.
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Day's 'News
By FRANK JENKINS.
THE department of agriculture, on
July I. estimate tho potato crop
ot the United Statea at 808,423,000
bushels.
This compares with a total yield ot
asT.R7fl.000 bushels In 1933, snd a five-
year average yield of 357.0O0.O0U
bushels.
That la to say, potato production in
. tTnitrf Rt.nts aa a whole 1
HEAVILY DOWN thla year.
TNFAVORABLE weather, of course
J la the cause. Potato acreage in
the United States la down relatively
little, being estimated at 8,323,000 aa
compared with a five-year average oi
3,313,000.
The condition of the potato crop
n jiv 1. however, Is estimated at
only 72.3100 being regarded as aver
age.
Thus we have another example oi
the fact that mere acreage reduction
doesn't necessarily mean crop reduc
tion. What happens In the way oi
total crop yield depends wholly upon
the weather.
SO MUCH for the United Statea as
a whole. Let ua take a look now
,t the Klamath Basin. In Southern
nrhich oroduces normally
bout orie-thlrd of all the commer
elal potatoes grown In Oregon.
Whst do we find here?
BwairrA is what we find:
1 The Klamath Basin la fsclng the
largest production In lta history. The
acreage planted to potatoes la about
10,000 this year, which la within 200
acres of the largest planting oi
record;
Hut oroduction thla year la estl
mated at present .at about 1,500,000
sacks, which compares with 1,200,000
sacks in the largest year so far on
record.
mn irn-aee la somewhst below the
1 record, but because of unusually
favorable growing conditions the
, .... nnh- i eitiectlng the
lamest potato crop In Its hletory,
By an unusual piece of good for
tune, this record potato crop In the
vi.wiat.li country comes In a year
when potato production throughout
the United Statea la low.
it THAT should thBt mean In the
W way of price?
well, let's see. In 1828, the smallest
tirevlous crop In the past 15 years
.-..u-.. 919 non ooo bushels In the
MJ WUB '
United States, the price opened in
the fall at 1.50 to 2.00. and in the
following spring went all the wsy
from M.00 to S3.90.
Remember, that crop, taking the
country as a whole, was larger than
the present crop promises to be,
must be taken Into consideration
however, that conditions were gener
ally better and money more plenti
ful.
So the chances for a high price
were somewhat better.
N 1930. the next smallest crop
1 the past 15 years, total production
in the United States waa 333.O00.0OU
bushels.
In the fall of that year, the open.
Ing price In the Klamath country waa
around S1.7S. In the fall of 1930,
the depression waa Just begtnnlng to
get sctlvely under way, and the
amount of money In people'e pocketa
was beginning to decline.
So the price dropped olf later from
the opening figure.
T-aOTATO prlcea are related very
4 closely Indeed to supply.
In 1935. for example, total produce
tlon In the United Statea waa 823
000.000 bushels. Thla crop sold for
H04.000.000, or an average of Just a
little less than (2.
In 1925 total production waa 355,'
000,000 bushels, and thU crop sold
for 1601,000.000, or a Uttle leas than
the smaller crop of the year before,
Now listen to this: In the follow.
Ing year, 1927, total production In
the United Statea rose to 406,000,000
bushels, and thla much larger crop
sold for only 1317.000.000, or only
about HALF aa much aa the far
smaller crops of 1935 and 1926.
Potato prices, you see, go down ts
the supply goes up snd go up aa the
supply goes down. And do It radl
rally.
IT SEEMS probable at the preaent
moment that the potato crop will
bring something like 12.000 000 into
jCosjlqued, on Pap
JURY MEDDLING L
HEARING SET FOR
AUG.JJY JUDGE
Affidavits Show Former Pro
bation Officer's Activities
After Drawing of Jury to
Try Gordon Schermerhorn
Amos W. Walker, former deputy
sheriff and later twice named by
County Judge Earl H. Fehl as proba
tion officer, waa thla morning cited
to appear In circuit court. August 1,
at 10 a. m., and show cause why he
should not be punished for contempt
of court.
The citation la signed by Circuit
Judge George 7. Skip worth, upon
aiftdavlta filed by Assistant Attorney
General Ralph E. Moody, and Mrs.
Marie McClaln of thla city, wife of
George B. McClaln, a dismissed Juror
In the trial of Gordon L. Schermer
horn, convicted of ballot-theft.
Walker Reveals Acts
Tha action Is the result of reveal-
ments by Walker, while a witness for
the defense In the Schermerhorn
trial, In which he admitted a conver
sation with Mrs. McClaln, alter her
husband had been sworn as & Juror.
At the time the court questioned
Walker, and directed the district at
torney to take action. Walker on
the witness stand, said he had gone
to the McClaln home at the instiga
tion of County Judge Fehl.
Mrs. McClaln, In an affidavit, de
poses that Walker came to her home
on Saturday, July 8, and under pre
text of purchasing a place for his
brother, engaged her In conversation
and, that Walker said:
"Mr. McClaln- is on the Jury , . .
how does Mr. McClaln stand?'
Good Jilrk for Banks
The affidavit says that after ask
ing Mrs. McClaln, "did you know Mr.
Banks?", Walker further said:
. . they should have phoned Mr.
Banks to come down and the officers
should not have went to1 his castle.
The affiant said the conversation
halted then, as she concluded "Walk
er waa trying to quia me."
Later Mrs. McClaln sets forth that
she went to the county Judge's office
with her daughter, Dorotha Watklns,
and Identified Walker as the man
who had called and talked with her.
The affidavit of Mrs. McClaln, -In
full, as filed with the county clerk,
la as follows:
"I, Marie McClaln, being first duly
(Continued on Pago Seven)
POST HALTED BY
SIBERIAN FLIGHT
MOSCOW, July 1C AJ) Wiley
Poet landed at Rukhlovo, Siberia, at
2:32 p. m. today (6:32 a.m. EST.)
bad weather preventing him continu
ing on to Blagoveschensk on his
round the world flight.
Post left Irkutsk at 7 a. m. Moscow
time proposing to go to Blagove
schensk. 1000 miles to the east, and
waa sighted at three points along
the route during the day.
Shortly before reaching Rukhlovo.
the American airman was forced to
fly so low. because of weather condi
tions, that his monoplane Winnie
Mae brushed the treetops and waa
slightly damaged!
Despite the damage to his plane,
Poet made a perfect landing at
Rukhlovo.
The flier, however, waa very near
exhaustion.
Rukhlovo. where Wiley Post de
scended on account of bad weather
It a Siberian town between Chita and
Blagovenechensk. approximately 800
miles east of Irktusk and about 300
mllea northwest of Blagoveschensk
Church Must Advertise
If New Business Sought
CHICAGO, July 19. (AP) In these
daya of keen competition, the church
must lsunch a spirited advertising
csmpslgn to get "new business," the
International Walter league conven
tion waa told today.
Extensive newspaper advertising
was advocated by J. r. E. Nlckelsburg.
of New York, executive secretary of
the American Lutheran publicity bu
reau. To support his contention, he
quoted from the bible, "publish and
concesl not." and "what ye hear in
the ear, that preach ye upon the
housetops."
The church ahould use newspsper
spsce for both Items of news snd in
sert paid advertising." aald Nlckele
burg. "Why? We have more than
63.009.000 unchurched persona In
thfje United Slates. Wf can reacn
the greater number of there, sll our
lfIS&4 b2 tJU uJ)Ue ppe
"KLONDIKE KATE" WEDS MINER
i)
A romance that began In Dawson City, Y. T, when the Alaskan
gold rush waa on, resulted In the marriage at Vancouver, B. C, of
Klondike Kate" Rockwell, once tha toaat of the Yukon, and John
Matson, Alaskan gold miner, who fell In love with her In 1902, but waa
too retiring to preae ht ault. Fortune aeparated thorn until recently
he learned aha lived In Bend. Ore, (Associated Press Photo)
EN
FULL
T
The Owen-Oregon Lumber Sales
company of thla city, started opera
tions thla morning. In mill and tim
ber, and on lta railroad, employing
between 220 and 225 men for the
most part- former employees. The
plant waa originally acheduled to re
sume last Monday, but waa delayed.
James K. Owen, general manager
of the company, returned this mom
ma- from Portland. Owen said tint
the riant for tho present, waa opera'
ting under an eight hour schedule.
with the minimum wage acale of 3Vj
cents per hour as fixed by the 4-L's,
an organization of lumber employers
and employees.
The plant will operate under the
National Recovery act. The commis
sion Is meeting in Washington, D. O.,
tomorrow to consider the lumber
code. Manager Owen said It Is ex
pected, that the wagea will be slight
ly higher. He said that definite word
was expected in a week on the wage
scale and hours, and that the com
pany would abide by them, aa will
other Pacific Coast mills.
Operation of the plant will fur
nish work and wages for heals of
many families In thla city, and the
Butte Palls district, center of the
logging operations. It will also re
move a considerable strain from the
relief needs of the county next win
ter. One of the chief objects of the
National Recovery act, la to eliminate
the dole, and distribution of food.
The lumber market like all other
industries, has shown marked Im
provement the past 60 days, after
three yeara stagnation. The local lum
ber altu&tlon la aided by the fact that
lumber yarda In the mid-west and
southwest states nave allowed their
stocks to become depleted snd are now
buying on a rising market.
Operation of the Owen-Oregon
plant, la the flrat visible local effect
of the revival program of Prealdent
Roosevelt.
FEAR FOR O'CONNELL
MOUNTS WITH HOURS
ALBANY. N. Y.. July 19. (AP)
District Attorney John T. Delaney
said today he waa Becoming fearful
that John J. O'Connell Jr., kidnaped
13 days ago. would not be returned
to his family. Delaney added that
"the time limit for the boy's safety
has about been reached."
"The church haa a message of Im
portance for these men, women and
children. Just now, In these dsya of
nit problems and much confusion,
the church can offer the one and
only sate cure for the Ills ot the world,
the gospel of Jesus Christ."
For a long time church circles were
prejudiced sgalnst advertising, aald
Nlckelsburg In an Interview, regard
ing It aa slightly unethical and un
dignified. "I have seen auccessful business
men men who realised the vslue of
proclaiming the merits of their pro
ducts and did not hesitate to Include
In their annua budgela large
amounts for advertising." he aald.
'These same men I have seen alt in
church councils and quibble over
pending tlO for advertising purposes.
Fortunately, that attitude la swiftly
disappearing.
"The business world know, UM
Uuf of. advertising.''
HEAVIEST TRAFFIC
BY
GRANTS PASS, July 19 (AP)
Maintaining Its position aa the busiest
strip of highway In southern Oregon,
the stretch of Pacific highway pave
ment south of Granta Pass to the
Redwood Highway Junction had a
total travel of 3843 vehicles moving
In both directions last Saturday In a
16-hour period, according to tabula
tion Just completed In the resident
maintenance engineer office bere.
The next busiest point in the south
ern Oregon sector was one a mile
aouth of Medford on the Pacific high
way which totaled 2850 vehicles of all
descriptions during the same hours.
Both checks ahowed Increases from
those a month ago, taken on June 16.
The Paclflo and Redwood highways,
compared at the Grants .Pass Junc
tion, showed 1625 vehicles In the Red
wood count against 1660 on the Pa
cific, the traffic into Grants Pass
being somewhat more than the total
of both due to additional traffic from
the Murphy secondary highway, It
was aald.
For through traffic, the count
showed 830 vehicles on the Redwood
highway at Cavea City, 712 on the
Paclfle highway at Stageroad Pass
north of Wolf Creek, and 665 vehicles
on the Pacific south of the Klamath
Palla Junction.
The Caves highway had 314 ma
chines against 292 machines on the
Crater lake and Diamond lake high
ways together.
E
PORTLAND, July 19. (AP) A
queen bee, whooping down Yamhill
street at the head of a group forma
tion of her stinging subjects, threw
Portland's public market district In
to distinct disorder here at the
height of the late afternoon traffic,
Retailers excited by Vie wholesale,
Shoppers sought shelter. Motorists
sped to- safety cones. And then the
police came led by Patrolman Ernest
Seftzlnger. He surveyed the scene,
consulted with the queen bee In that
mysterious manner known only to
apiarists, and soon had the entire
swarm buzzing In a box. Only a few
Incidental casualties wero reported.
SWIFT TA1LSPIN
CHICAGO, July 19. (AP) Severe
setbacka of more than IS cents a
bushel In wheat prices took place
late today, with 3 cents drop In corn.
3 cents In oats, 0 cents In rye and 6
cents in barley.
Pit observers said the breaks In
values were largely the result of re
adjustment of accounts after nine
days of Incessant speculative buying
by the general public which disre
garded marketing conditions and the
relation of cash grain to futures. The
markets snapped under the strain of
overbought conditions.
NEW Y0RKS0L0NS
WILL PLAN RELIEF
ALBANY. N. Y July 19. Ft JoV-
emor Herbert H. Lehman issued
p"Oclsmatlon today calling the New
York Ietslature Into extraordinary
ftf'ston net Wednesday primarily for
fhs nnrnriM rtf h1ntno Nar Yrirlr UttV
'rsi otv unemployment relic uocu.
MIGRATING QUEEN
WAGE BOOSTING,
PLANJNDORSED
Special Industrial Advisory
Board Agrees to Changes
Up to Roosevelt for
Final ' Approval Soon
WASHINGTON. July 19. ;n
Hugh S. Johnson, Industrial ad
ministrator, said late today he
expected to have the new general,
voluntary code for minimum
wages and limited working hours
ready for President Roosevelt's
approval within 24 hours;
WASHINGTON. July 19 The
special Industrial advisory board
composed of cabinet members today
formally endorsed the plans of Hugh
S. Johnson, recovery administrator,
for a campaign to bring all Industry
snd business quickly Into wage-rais
ing and hour-llmltlng voluntary
agreements.
Changes In procedure from the
plans originally drawn were suggest
ed by Attorney Oeneral Cummlngs
and Secretary Wallace.
The board decided these should be
made and Oeneral Johnson set about
revising the forms by which subscrib
ing firms will come under the gen
eral limit.
To Roosevelt Soon
After this he wlM tak them direct
to President Roosevelt for his final
approval.
The chief executive had Indicated
that he would rely chiefly on John
son's judgment as to what la needed
to make the recovery campaign sue
cesxful.
The board's approval was made
known In a short and cryptic state
ment by Secretary Roper, Us chair
man. "Certain procedure and forma for
carrying out that procedure," said
the- statement, "were given -careful
consideration and were approved sub
ject to some minor changes suggest
ed by tho department of justice and
the secretary of agriculture.
"The forms with the suggested
changes are In the possession of Oen
eral Johnson and will be given out
by him."
function Needed
Johnson confirmed that thle refer
red to the blanket code program, but
warned that It had to have formal
presidential sanction before the pro
gram could proceed.
He has Indicated that separate
types of agreement have been drawn
up for manufacturing Industries,
business and trade organizations.
These agreements are to be in ef
fect temporarily until the mora de
liberate process of passing upon and
promulgation individual codes for
each line of business can be carried
out.
Johnson's hope Is thst the blanket
plan will give an Immediate huge lift
to the purchasing power of the coun
try's working masses so as to absorb
a sustained largo Industrial produc
tion and keep up with the advance
In price levels.
TAKES RAP AT RED
PORTLAND. Ore., July 19. (p)
Communists who wanted a permit to
parade were given a vigorous verbal
slap In the city council chambers to
day by Portland's1 youthful mayor.
Joseph K. Carson.
Fred Wslker. section organizer,
wanted the permit. "Are you a believ
er in the constitution of the United
States, and are you willing to fight
to sustain your country?" Mayor Car
son asked.
Carson asked If It was proposed to
carry the American flag In the pa
rade. "If It Is necessary to get the
permit," the communist organiser re
plied.
'No man, with my permission. Is
going to use the pibi:c streets for
furthering this sort of thing Csr-
son declsred. and when Walker asked
"what would happen' If the parade
started anyhow, the mayor stated
with emphasis that "we have a chief
of police who Is sworn to eh fores the
law. it Is against the law to parade
without a permit. Z hope you grasp
wnat i mean."
ELK CREEK FORESTERS
GET BAPTISM OF FiRE
The CCC boys at the Elk Creek
camp are fighting fire today, Jmt to
find out how It is done. N. C. White,
assistant supervisor of the Rogue
River National forest, assisted by
Chief Ranger J. P. DeWItt opened
a school tn fire fighting training at
the camp Monday.
Today tralnuing had reached de
velopment to the point, where actual
flamM were provided to tst out the
ftf lighter.
BASEBALL
American
K. H. E.
St. Louis 7 13 1
Washington 8 14 3
Wells and Shea; Stewart, Thomas
and Sewcll.
R.
S
- 4
Brown,
H. B.
7 0
11 3
Moore.
Chicago
New York ....
Jones and Orube;
Devens and Dickey,
R. R. 2
Detroit 3 9 0
Philadelphia 7 13 1
Fischer. Herring and Hay worth;
Mahaffey, Earnshaw and Cochrane.
(second game) R. R. B.
Detroit 10 18 1
Philadelphia 3 10 1
Marberry, Rowe and Hayworth:
Cain, Combs, Preltas, Peterson and
Cochrane,. Mad Jeskl.
R. H.
E.
0
Cleveland H 8 14
Boston M 7 13
4
W. Perrell, Hudlln and Pytlak;
H.
Johnson, welch, Kline,
Brown, Wei-
land and R. Perrell.
Nat lonal
(First game).
New York Z 1
Pittsburgh 4
Fltzslmmons and Mancuso;
and Grace.
Brooklyn ..,......,.. 8 9.0
Cincinnati M 8 9 4
Beck. Ryan and Lopez; Johnson,
Kolp, Smith, Derringer and Lombard I
SLAYER SUSPECT
PLACED ON TRIAL
GRANTS PASS. July 10. (AP)
Proceeding rapidly and retracing vlr.
tually the same steps ot the proeecu
tlon that brought conviction here
yesterday to John Barrier, the state
in the first degree murder trial of
Harry Adolph Bowie for the killing
of State Policeman Mllo Bauoom In
troduced Its most important witnesses
today and had accepted aa evidence
the 10-page detailed statement Bowles
made to the state police admitting
complicity In their criminal undertak
ings.
So far aa the preliminary atate-
menta of both sides showed 1 this
morning, neither hsd yet any atartl
lng disclosures that would change the
story of the Barrier case. Both de
scribed Bowles as the one who sat in
Officer Baucom'a machine while the
victim walked to Barrler'a aide in the
young mens atolen car to be felled
with a bullet through the chest and
meet death an Instant later with
three more shots in the throat and
head.
Thla waa the pi""re of the crime
both youtha had given and the one
they re-enacted on the highway for
offlcera a few days after the'alaylng.
It waa testified by state polios that
Bowles declared the two had dls
cussed how best to shoot It out If
stopped, and It was agreed a bullet
In the head would be most quickly
fatal, but aa that waa a small target
first shot should reach the body
and the final shots ahould be to the'
head.
INCREASED SILVER USE
LONDON, July 19 AP The In
creased use of silver In subsidiary
coinage was agreed upon by the
world economic conference subcom
mittee on silver today In adopting a
part of Senator Key Pitt man's reso
lution. Other Important features .of the
American silver program were held
over for future action. A proposal to
regulate the world output of the
metal will await decisions by a con
ference of producers and exporters.
Aimees Followers Solid
Behind Her in Troubles
LOfl ANGELES, July 18 (AP)
Palling to receive an answer to a
ceblegram aent to Alma Bempl Mc-Pheraon-Hutton.
leadera at Angelua
Temple broadcast a publlo appeal to
the evangelist today saying her fol
lowers stood solidly behind her and
had no wish to "meddle In your per
sonal affaira."
The message was hsnded out by
Miss Harriet A. Jordan, tha evan
gelist's lieutenant In Angelua Tem
ple. Miss Jordan, declining to disclose
th wording of a cablegram aent to
the evangelist, feared that Mra. Mc-Pheraon-Huttona
alienee might be
an Indication that she had collapsed
from "shock" over her husbanda
move for a divorce.
I ,"Qco4 Heaven, perhaps aba la un
WITH HILLES TO
Men Left Out of Hoover's
Palo Alto Parties Now in
Group Which May Be
' Anti-Hoover, Declaration
Copyright. 1933. by Taul Mallon
WASHINGTON, July 19. Former
President Hoover Is not the only one
who Is doing a Uttle sly resuscitation
work over the sleeping Republican
elephant.
Some of the men who were left out
of Mr. Hoover's Palo Alto parties are
quietly getting together themaelvs. If
you watch th door of Charles D.
HUlea' office in New York you will
soon find out who they art. One Is
most certainly Senate Minority Mo
Nary. He and Mr. HUtes are supposed
to have a pow-wow within the next
few day a.
Their conference may prove to be
far more Important than Mr. Hoover's,
There are no two smarter men in the
party. Very soon they may have what
might bee ailed an anti-Hoover group.
They will not call It that, but their
purpose is clear. t
Their plan will be shown when the
Republican national committee meets
at Chicago September 16.
Mr. Hoover's strategists wlU be sur
prised to find out then how far thla
thing has gone. They may learn Mr,
Hoover s influence is not what it used
to be.
Some of his right hand men have
shown prlvats Inclinations of being
left handed here lately. They have
their own personal careers to think
of.
Some of those personal letters Mr
Hoover sent to Washington were ad
dressed to Chsrles ' Curtis, tha x
vice president. '
You could not get. a squint at these
letters If you offered your right eye.
But If you did arrange for a look
you wluld find Mr. Hoover waa not
pleased some weeks back at the way
bis party lieutenants In oongrtss were
handling themselves. He thought they
were laying down and letting Presi
dent Roosevelt walk over them. Hs
wanted some fight shown.
The Indications are strong that Be
haa changed his mind since. Unless
he has, there will be a warm tussle
at Chicago.
(Continued on Page Six)
FAVOR REPEAL BY
By the Associated Press.)
The traditionally dry south today
watched mounting returns from Ar
kansas and Alabama definitely plac
ing these states In the repeal column.
Late tabulations In Alabama main
tained the early majority piled up In
favor of ratification of the twenty-
first (repeal amendment, and Ar
kansas was maintaining lta S to 2
ratio.
Figures from 1358 of the 3137 bal
lot boxes In Alabama showed 78.458
votes for repeal and 40,093 against
In yesterday's referendum.
Arkansas' latest count from 1183
precincts of 3046 In the state, gave
00,001 for repeal and 30,375 against.
This vote count Included the com
plete tabulation In several counties
and nearly complete returns from
many other counties.
ITALIAN AIR ARMADA
REACHES NEW YORK
FLOYD BENNETT FIELD, Nsw
York. July 19. (AP) The Italian
air armada, homeward bound, com
pleted the flrat lap of the return
Journey to Italy thla afternoon,
riving from Chicago.
conscious right now," said Mlas Jar.
dan. "Her nerve are In such a ter
rible atate, anyhow, and thla prob
ably was the last straw."
The temple, however, aeemed to be
the only point th evangelist hsd
overlooked In tha matter of came
grama. Newspapers had heard from
her and Hutton had several entreat
lea from his wife.
Prom mld-Atlantlc, an rout home
from Paris, the evsngellst pleaded
with th baritone singer to postpone
the divorce action until she waa phy
sically able to fsoe th ordeal.
Addressed to "David, precious hu
band." th message aald In part:
"Shock waa terrlllo following opera
tion. I need you so. Postpone plans
Listen to nobody. Ob, dearest, come
sod get me."
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FEHL HEARING TO
Judge Skipworth Named to
Sit in Case of Alleged Bal
lot Thief County Must
Pay Additional Expense
A formal order, transferring the
case of County Judge Earl H. Fenl,
charged with ballot theft was signed
tate yesterday by Circuit Judge George
P. Skipworth, following telephonlo
communications with Klamath county
authorities, and William D. Duncan,
Judge of the district, now holding
court in Portland.
The atate aupreme court alao as
signed Judge Bklpworth to hear the
trial, scheduled to start tn Klamath
Palls next Monday.
Assistant Attorney Oeneral Ralph
E. Moody, In charge of the prosecu
tion and aaslstanta will leave tomor
row. Judge Skipworth will also leave
tomorrow.
Transfer Records.
Transcripts- of the records In tha
ballot theft cases are being prepared
by tha clerk'a office, for transfer to
tha venue county.
The granting of the change of
venue will not affect the statua of
convictions returned In tne previous
trials.
Besides the ease of Fehl, the cases
of Tom L Brecheen of Ashland, only
one ot the accused never admitted to '
bonds, J. Croft, "the man in the
horse-hair coat," Oliver Martin, for
mer Klamath county realdent, and
Claude Ward, brother-in-law of L. A.
Banks, all charged and Indicted for
ballot theft, will be moved to Klnfn- .
ath county. All attorneya for the ac
cused, besides Fehl, Joined In the
change ot venue plea.
Expense on County.
All additional expense for the trial,
.by reason. of. the defense move for a
change of venue, will be borne by
Jackson county. It la eatlmated that
the coat will run from 30O0 to 3500
more thsn It held at home. , Th
county must pay fees, board and room
for all wltneaaea, besides the addi
tional costs of officials.
It la expected that a Jury will be
selected quicker, however, as Klsm
ath county realdenta have manifested
only passing Interest In the ballot
theft cases, and the turmoil out or
which they grew.
Fehl will be represented In the ac
tion by Attorneya H. Von Schmala of
Burns. A. C. Hough of Grants Pas
and T. J. Enrlght of thla city.
Open Trial Monday.
Klamath county authorities today
will call tha Jury to report for duty
next Monday morning at :30 o'clock.
Defense counsel left today for
Klamath Palls, to make ready for the
trial. .
There was quiet today at tne court
house tor the first time sine June 8,
when the ballot theft trial started.
There waa no session of th circuit
court, and only routine business was
transacted.
In th trials to data there haa
been three conviction and on ac
quittal, the latter of John Glenn of
Ashland, former county Jailer, freed
on the Fourth of July, after long fft
llberatlona. J. Arthur La Dleu, for
mer newspaper business manager;
Walter J. Jonea, mayor of Rogue River
(Continued on Pag Seven)
vVlLb
ROGER?
.says:
SANTA MONICA, Cal,'july
18. Will Hays was out to see
me yesterday, between work
ing on a movie "code" and
roping calves: (Bill doing fine
on the calves) we had a hard
day.
Jack Dempsey getting mar
ried in Nevada today. There is
n idea for Nevada. If they
could build up their marriage
industry like their divorces
what would be the matter with
guaranteeing everybody a wife
or husband after six weeks
residence.
Much interested in Wiley
Post's trip from Konigsberg,
Germany, to Moscow. Eight
years ago I made it with a Rus
sian pilot. He kept pulling the
blinds down so I couldn't see
anything. I didn't care. I was
asleep anyhow.
fCu
CUM !tlisl ty.ilwte. la
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