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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1921)
um & i Qa.A VY iEutmuiQ Iterate 44 CIomm Ad Will Do It v Today1 s jVsmm Tmdmy Member of the Associated Press. Kfawnlh Ycwv No. BOTH. KLAMATH KALLH, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 1H, 1121 prick nva cam mv LOWER RATES KNOT BEFQRE1922 Proposed Rate Reduc tion Will Mean Dif ference of $65,000 Yearly on Local Branch. HA0KAMKNTO. July 1. IHnrl lon lu th case of complaint by Oregon shippers against clas rates Irom Central California point i to tbe Klsmath Vallor district, heard by Clyde II. Altcblion of tba inter state eamtnarre commission, la not expected before the closo of the year, according to word received here by Hacramanto shipper from Ban Francisco. Complalnantii and Inlcrrenori were Riven until September 1, and the defendant!) until October I, to present their brlefi. Any other In terested parly may file an late ai October SO. ' The Boulhern Pacific company mb. milled a wrw schedule of class rate between Ban Kranclieo and Kla math Fall and balwoan Portland and Klamath Fall, Tba latter rain between two Oregon point It In leratatn because of tbo fact (bat the route l via Weed, Cat. Thli proponed tariff an itatrd to rei resent a reduction of 20 per cent from the rate offered by the com pany at Iho hearing of the caso In Portland 11 January. Tbli reduc tion will amount to loss In r enue of f 66,000 a-yoar on the Kla math branch, J M. Mulcbay, trsf flc eipert of the Houthern Facldc, ' declared. Aa Intervennr In tbo rain, the California alatn railroad communion maintained that the California ratei fixed by thn commission In 1917 were Juit and reasonable per ae, and wero made without relation to rate from Portland to tho iame territory. The point wan urgod that tho . ahortnr distance and lea moun talnoui haul gavo tho California ahlpper a natural advantage, not to be overcame by attompted rate equaiuy. Tni position waa sup ported by Ihe traffic representative of thit Ban Francisco, Oakland, Sac ramento and Ktocklon chambora of commerce. ' Woman Driver Has Close Escape When Car Goes in River Mr. II. C. Jackson, who driven a Scrlpps-Doath lourlnK car met with an unusual experience Inst night when ahe attempted lo turn tho car around on Iho narrow highway near thn California Oregon Power com pany Link river dam, Mr. Jackson cnrnfully gaugod tho dUtanco sho had lo turn In and wa almost about 'when with no wnrnlng wKatevor, the car lped down an 8 foot embankmont Into Link River and was covered with water. Mr. Jackson wan ablo by crawling over a door and grasping tho top of the car to roach tho bank without Injury to herself. A passing driver of a Mack truck assisted In thn recovery of Iho auto and when tho Hcrlpps-Ilooth was again on dry land, n draining of tho carburotor and a llttlo tinkorinrr with the electrical parts, madn it jiosslblo for Mrs. Jackson 'to return to tho city under tho cor'H own powor. Outsldo of iwottlng tho car from top to bottom and the unexpected bath to tho driv er, no damage watt dnno and Mr. "Jackson Is happy ovor tho outcomo of an accident that might nave resulted In her death." Bho had driven tho car lea athan 200 mile and has boon In posaeaslon of It les than two wcokw. d Mrs. Brumfield Says Body is Husband's ROSianima, July 18. Aftor care ful Hoarch n flngor print of Dr. Drum field, missing dentist whb found on an electrical fixture In his office. Mm. Brumfield requested tho body In tho morgue bo burled as that of her hus band. Two friend of Dennis Russell yesterday Identified tha body Rus. Hi)'! toPnRft Of twiltt4 (Of Bllli CM Report on Naval War Record Divided; Sims Upheld by Majority WASHINGTON, July 18. Thn ma Jorlty and minority report of Iho Annate naval commltteo, which In vostlgntcd Knar Admiral film's charge against tho American Naval Administration during the war, wo published today, Tho Kepubllcans declared that Se cretary Daniels' policy during tho early stuges of the war wan "self defensive, nonagrcsslvn and non helpful, while the Democrats upheld Daniels, Maying his policy was vindi cated by the "uniform success of our operations," and wan deserving of the "Hearty commendation of this committee and of tbo American peo ple. The majority report aeverely scor ed Daniel, ei-prosldent Wilson and Itear Admiral Ilenson, former chief of operations. The minority report defended thorn. The cbargo of unnecessary cost of live and money was declared by the minority report lo be "monstrous" and without foundation. The minority aid Blmn failed lo produce any evi dence to sustain hi charge. I DIl IN POE HIEf A meeting of the director of the Lost rtlver Mlnlnic ana Prospecting company wa held this morning and a numbor of moves which will, ll Is hoped, havn a beneficial effect upon thn development of tho mineral and nil resources of this roilllty. One of thn first anions taken by ithi board of director wa tho In creasing of tho capital stock of tho original company from $5,000 to $100,000, share at a par value of $100 each. Application was mada to the secretary- of tato for Immediate Increase. Ono of the most Important action taken In reference to tho development of oil In Poo Valley wastbo Instruc tions given to Capt. J. W. fllemnn to nccept tho offer of a driller, who has two rigs, a standard and Btar, to come hero and bogln oporatlons upon a site to bo chosen by a reputable geologist. Tho geologist also has been notified to como at once and locato the proper place and this mattor wn taken care of by Capt. Siemens. Tho original proposition made In tbo company by thl driller mas a soon aa a te was secured by a geologist, the rig would be moved hore and thn land drilled upon a C0-60 bails, all expense to bp borne by tho drill er. The original company started ope rations on a small scalo In Poo Valloy sovoral years ago but tboro was no systematic drilling as the outfit used was a small ono operated by a gas engine and the drilling an,dono by Inexperienced drlllors. However, It was asserted, by the men, engaged up on thn Job, thut oil ovidenccs wore found at tho depth of M0 fcot. A limited amount of money provenUd continuation of operations, after n string of tool wore lost at a depth of 600 foot. This pioneering In Poo Vulley and tho evidences found led tho directors to bollovo that Poo Valley contaluod oil and In the Increase of capitalize tliatlon mado today, this section can bo thoroughly probed with sultablo machinery. Ovor 6,000 acres havo boen loased In this valloy. If there Is no failure on tho part of either the geologist or tho driller, it Is said that wltntn tllirty days Poo Valley may be the scene of tho oil drilling activity. bekr to dismiss forkclohurk suit Attorney John Irwin has filed a special motion In tho caso of the First National bank against a, u. Ilamakor. Melissa M. llamaker and O. J. Hawkorson whornin tho de fendants aro threatonod with a foreclosure of n mortgage, amount ing to $11,000 and costs. Tho opo- clnl motion -will sook to squash tho sorvlco upon defendant Hawkorson, alletinc- that the original summons was Impsrfsct. Inasmuch as It fall ad to itatt rsildsnce or poitofflut fldrfit Qf (tot plilntlnV Ktornlt. iwwwwwwwmf KEEP EVERY POSSIBLE DOLLAR IN KLAMATH What I tho mattrr with Klamath? Wlint I tlm reason It I not rd. 'ponding nsi quickly an other Miction of tlm nation to thn clmngo for the boiler? Is It because wo haven't n mllllon-A-inonth pa) roll llko wo had last evir? I It because everything 1 not at tlm top notch? I It because no lionmt effort I not being mailn to get back to pre-war baftta? No. Thn trouble cannot ln laid at tlie door of any or U of tbeee caiur. Kvrry other community hH fared Iheso same condition and aro solving them Just an wo aro solving them. Those other conimunltlea Are getting Into their stride, while wa are lagging. The case must he local and tlm remedy for It mnxt be fouad at homo. Wo limn lieforo na list of remlltiinrit, sent through ono channel to well-known mall order heuses: during the month of June, the Iota! of which I BHjuft.ift. What staggering figure It would be If you could e thn total sent through tbn bank and postofflrc of the county and thn xprrH office here! Wo know Ilin cry will go up "Mat wo can buy It cheaper!" Perhapx ou lac, hut how much? (lo on rti-lnalvanm haul nt homo and then nii how much jou ran save by winding nwuv, Put your home mer chant and manufacturer on exactly house and them will be mo neotnalty nut there I it bigger and better rrawin for buying at home. It keeps your dollar In circulation here. It finds v home market for home pro duct. It art eniDlormeot for the peopln here lnatead of furnlslitng emplnymnnt for tlie men In distant trie llniinMnl rtsourcrs of the county, it doc away Willi the constant ne cessity for the luinlui rolling In their loan, for If your dollar go Into the bank It Incrcaacvi tlielr depoalta and automaticnlly Inereiute their loanlnit caDorltv. If iou are a borrower from one of the local lutnlu. every tine ou aend dollar oat of thn county you bring Just that much closer the date for thn payment of your loan and make It Just that much mora difficult lo borrow money. Take Inventory today of yonr oK lour UMiney in Kent out of the couni) be lowered or entirely eliminated. ) aro going to become part ofn iiinllliilloiiK anil iniiUMtncii. -i not. every Iho oliyVct of iletetoptng thU count). ono penny or your money mat run no lumrd lo tiio licttcrment ox con ditions hero will leave Ihe county. Tliat you aro going to urge till pot. lev on lour friend, tour neighbor and the bu!ncmi men of tlie county. I'lmt.-liuit and all the time be for will Help Mart ll out or lite rut tnat OIIKUON AGRICULTURAL, COI I.EOE. CORVALLIS. July 11- Bevenleon to 20,000 pound ot pop- pormlnt oil from plant grown In central Oregon this year, Is the es- tlmato by Dean Adolph Zleflo of the school of pharmacy, who is spending part of his vacation In tho Interest ot tho Oregon Peppermint Growers Cooperative association. Blnco July 1, Dean Zleflo has been working near 11 rooks, Coburg, Now here, and other points Instructing the formers rolstlvo to approved mothods ot planting and cultivating peppermint plants. He expects to supervise all harvesting and distil lation of all peppermint plants grown In central Oregon this year. "Tbo average price of oil last year was $6.26 per pound," said Doan Zleflo. "Should this price bo offered this year, peppormlnt will bo tho most profitable crop farm ers could ralso . From all Indica tions, tho yield of peppermint oil will bo greator this year than last bocauso of tbo fact that tho season has boon almost ideal for pepper mint culture." Experiments are being conduct ed In tho school ot pharmacy on prossuro distillation, as well as tho offect ot certain woods or the qual ity of oil ot poppermlnt. The Mint Orowors' association is plan ning to roflno Its raw oil, and In order that the refining process may bo undor tho supervision ot tho faculty ot tho school ot pharmacy, tho plant may bo located In Corral Us, points out Dean Zleflo. Whllo tho Klamath county mint crop Is Just getting a good start, it is probablo that tho production this year In Klamath county will oqual tho ontlro Wllllameito yield. Moro than 300 acres of lusty plants uro mnklim fmo progress on thn Cnlodonln iv.v.ih. 8hould tho ylold He 60 po'judi, per aero, the niarnli would produce 15,000 pounds of oil. With a 60 pound yield there would bo 18,000 pounds, oqualllng tho ontlro Wllllamotte production. Sixty pounds per aero Is not an ex orbitant ylold. On ospoclully fav orable arena 80 pounds ot oil Is sometimes produced. Make that illln 1nllar u-nrk! THil It In tlm bank. TOMMY OlIlllONH WIMi MKKT (UUPKNTIKIt IN OOTOMKII. NKW YORK, July 18. Tommy Gibbons of 8t. Paul iwas today match ed to meat Qeorgsa Carpsntlsr In Ootobsr for tba world'! Hfbt hsgyy; WfllM OaMRpioatblp, OREBON MINT CHOP ILL BE BIG THIS YEAR thn name hasl n tho mall order lu aend awny for our needs. clUe. It stop the constant drain on - nillluroN. Bee what perconUo of una se ir unit percentage cannot Make resolution that from now on movement to build up Klamath county uouor you spend will lie spent Willi That )ou are going to ace that nut Klamath county and everything that it nan dropped into. Investigating the Need of Water " Charge Suspension Harry Holgato, district counsel for the United States reclamation service, and A. N. Ilurch, former manager of the.Orland, Cal project, aro hero making Investigation In connection with the request of local project wat er users for suspension of water charges until farm finance are read Justed to lower market. ' Mr. Ilurch resigned from tho-reclamation service several months ago, but Is acting under special ap pointment In this Investigation. Sov oral projects havo asked similar sus spnslon ot charges and tho mattor Is bolng gono Into thoroughly by tin department. No ruling has yet been rccolved upon tho petition for suspension for warded to Washington by the Klam ath district directors several week ago. Sister of Local Residents Passes Word has been received in this city of the death In tbo University hospital In San Francisco, last Thurs day, of Mrs. Allle Woltors, an old' time resident of Talent, Ore. Mrs, Wolters was a sister ot Mrs. I,. F, WlllltU and Russell A. Alford, of this city. Sho visited hero at various times for many years, and mado many friends who will bo pained to learn ot her death. Mrs. Woltors had boon HI slnco December and was taken to San Francisco nbout two weeks ago, wboro an operation porformer In the hope that her life might bo prolong ed. Tho funeral vhb hold In Medford yesterday afternoon. Besides her aged parents who resldo in Talent, and tbo brotbor nnd slBtor who reside here, Mrs. Wolters Is survived by n brother In Medford, a daughter, Mrs. James Pellet, and a son, Chester Wolters, both residents ot Tnlont. Mrs. Wol ters husband died nbout olght years ago. Phone Rate Case Rehearing Opens SALEM. July 18. Tho rohoarlng ot the telephono rate case opened today with attorneys representing numorous municipalities that are seeking a return to tho rate scalo or foctlve botoro March 1, in attondanco Telophoflo company attornoys questioned tho public service com mission's right to grant u rehearing. Attorney Tomllnson, representing Portland, contonded it had the right Nofther tho city of Klamath Falls inor the chambor ot commerco Is rep resented at tho hearing, Inquiry today .developed. p WHATHER REPORT OR&tapfyr-Teolihf noil Thpridar, fair, Pennsylvania State Prison Fired During Riot; Six Injured PITTflllURaif,. July 18. An out break of prisoners In tho western penitentiary hero today wus followed by a flro which destroyed ten factory buildings within tbo enclosurn. City policemen and deputy sheriffs armed with rifles and riot guns rein forced tho guards who held the pris oners at bay while the firemen fought the flame. A poep through one of tho gates ihowed Pittsburgh detectives with drawn revolver facing a groat crowd of prisoners In the yard. The men ap peared to be In, great terror of tho flame raging behind tbenvt Many prisoners- confined In cells shaltored thn glass In the windows antr- shrieked for help. The crowd could hear the cries and groans of tho Imprisoned men. Six person were Injured., Governor. Sproul has asked tho sUt police to guard the prison tonight. . FIBST INNING, BHL TBIAL CHICAGO, July 18. With a Jurr selected, after two weeks of offort during which" nearly 600 talesmen were examined, tho defenso and prosecution today started tho first "Inning" of tho trial of seven for mer White Sox players and four al i nmMn. charred with con spiracy to permit Cincinnati to tho 1819 world's sorloa irom ioi cago. The Investigation Into alleged enmhllnc. bribery and game throw ing In major league baseball was opened officially Inr September, 1950. when Judge JCharlos A. Mc Donald, chief Justice ct tho crlra- i '.. I .-..-.. .hirnal thj. fnf.1: COtl!l ty" grand Jury with "logklns; - nVl reports which had come to nib at tention concerning flxol rames. The grand Jury investigation hleh followed proved the most son- satlonal In the sports' history. It finally resulted In the Indlctmont ot eight members of the world's champions Chicago White Box, two former major leaguo players, two aileced gamblers and n former world champion puglllit oa c.narges that tey had conspire I icr me Whlto Box to throw the 1313 world ssrlss to the Cincinnati Reds, anJ ihnt iomi White 8ox players ac cepted bribes ranging as high as $10,000 to deliberately lose game In that series. When tbo coso was called to trial nn March 17. 1921. however, It appeared that the sensational ex pose would develop into mo great est leeal fiasco on record. Tho stato. charging Jlhat its witnesses had been corrupted, dclBrca " M not readr to prosocuto, and wnon Judce William E. Dever refused a postponmont, State's Attorney Rob ert E. Crowe declared that mero was "no game" nnd dropped tho cases against seven ot tho players. Judgo Dover took tbo others oft tho court call . The action of tho state, however, oroved to bo a boomerang fur, In stead of marking the end ot tho scandal, It proved really to bo the beginning. A tow days later n new grand Jury Investigation was start ed. Unliko tho first one, which was' attended by blaring of trum pets which mado all ot the testi mony nubile, tho second Inquiry yus secret. Prosldent Ban John son of thn Amorlcan league "was tho chief witness aside stato offi cials who read the testimony sub mitted at tho first hearing. UL8TER LEADER AND LLOYD GEORGE IN DEADLOCK. LpNDON, July 18. Tho Irish sit uatton has devolcped Into a virtual deadlock, between Lloyd George and Sir James Cralg, the ulster premier, according to reports from responsible quarters, and Sir James haa been given an opportunity to go to Belfast to see it anything can bo done. De Val era conferred with Lloyd George to day. MARKET REPORT PORTLAND, July 18 Cattle 35 to BO cents lower t cholco steers $6,- 76 nnd $7.25; calves one dollar high er; bogs on dollar htghor, prime light. ilXnd 114,16, low Md, wtki fgi indlmtttr firm. WHY NOT START CLEANUP WITH PUBLIC GROUND? Suppose the County Were to Set A Good Example for Private Owners Would It Help? While talk of a combined oasa- palgn against the weeds that are liberally spread over vacant loU and sidewalk parka throughoat the elty has peralsted for several vista, the weeds continue to multiply la places -whore there la still arolstere to facilitate their growth. la the more arid areas, weeds aad foxtail gross -are drying aad scattering seed for next year's crop. Some ardent spirit, whose aa hould be writ large on the reOa of good cltltenahlp, have wielded the hoe to good advantage In spets, but In comparison with the areas where the weeds aro lustily triumphant their good work to lost upon all ac cept the good observer. Sizing up the strength of the weed army It appears that aothlar ssve a mass attack of several days duration will make headway against the Invaders. And there will be plenty of weed left, eves If all residents should take part, anises some provision exists la the city ordinances to enforce Bartietpattoa by abseatee owners of etty Iota. From so large a host of aegUfeat owners It la a hard task to pick Individual whoa off ease la atera tlsgrant than their neighbors. There are a few pleesa of property whose owners seem to take prlda la keen ing them aafck aad svaa. trat taeir are tar' iavtfcla) , . , vsne asiance ta wbicb lae mm should be Interested, however, aad In which a good example might he set by tho authorities for the pri vate individual. Is the grove In the rear of the courthouse on Main street. When tho writer saw it a few days ago it was a veritable Jungle ot weeds, wood piles, dis carded lumber and limbs broken off tho trees and left lying. If the county prisoners who now subsist in Idleness, were organised a a cleanup brigade and turned loose on this lot for a day or two, It could be transformed into a past able park at practically no expense. Somo of tbo local lumber compan ies would doubtless furnish material for a few benches, and with pro per police attention to prevent It becoming a. congregation place for undesirables ,lt might be made Into a real recreation center tor the. Klamath cltlsea and the stranger within the gates. Inasmuch as It affords practical ly the only public shade In the city, It Is too bad that this grove la not utilized during tho present' warm season. And Its cleanup would set a highly desirable example for tha prlvato citizens, whoso lawns curb and back yards sadly need the at tention of tho landscape manicur ist. Three Years Hasn't Changed Opinion C. J. Mcintosh, tho O. A. C. ex tension man who described the three-fold agricultural, lumber In c; and manufacturing and transporta tion advantages ot Klamath Falls on a visit hero three years ago, breezed In- from Ashland Sunday ovening and stopped over for a visit with tho G. B. Coxard 'family on his way to Lakevlew, Tho visitor la still of the opin ion that this district has three dis tinct assets , anyone of which Is bet ter than that ot the average com munity, and that it "will make a second Spokano in a few yoara after It onco takes Its "hop off." Tho interests of country Journal ism Is also receiving a good deal of attontlon from tho college man, who has Just concluded a state wide rural servico contest In, the interests of a better service to tha rural communities. He Is going to present some ot the results unoof- psd In the contest bstore the aeetiaf oi tot itata aitoriti a. soclMlflh It ni Julr II 4 Mr .e . f-