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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1922)
-ff-lT "V."1 ,v It" V, 't Se lEwntng Herald I. . NEWS OF THE WORLQ BY THE V ASSOCIATED TRESS J WEATHER FORECAST TOMIIMT AMI I'MMAV, lAllt COOU'lt I'HIIMV Member of the Associated Press. riflientli Vinr. No llil;l7 PRICB FIVM KLAMATH 1'AI.LH, OHKflON, iih ithit.u, .11 m: i, f-m. PRINEVILLE IS SWEPT BY FIRE - - p half business ! sel;tionf!AzeD: ; LOSS 510010 . . . i 1 Moit of Large Buildings in' Ruins; Four Volunteer I Firemen Injured HKNI). June 1. Half of Prini'villo'H business section was destroyed bv fire which started at midniuht, causini; damaue estimated at 100, 000. The flames were checked bv dynamiting early today. The volunteer fire de partment was powerless to control the flames in the face of a hiuh wind. The fire stalled in an old school house, and the au thorities thouu'ht it was of incendiwv oriuin. When the fire was finally checked most of Prineville's I unrest btuldiuus lav in smokiue; ruins. Pour volunteer fire fiuht crs, UJeonre McPall. Jack Haines, William Wesley and John Wachtler, were In hired. Wachtler was crushed bv a fallinjr roof, "1 remained unconscious today. ("race Wilson, a tele phone operator, staved at her post callintr for help from outside towns until the exchanire burned. All that was saved from the postoffice was the reg istered mail and a bunch of keys. The, Prineville hotel loss was $100,000. the postoffice S2r.,000. H. W. Lnkin, hard-, ware. SfiO.OOO. Cornett & Co., J irenerul merchandise, $50.(100: Cvms Jewelry Co.. $10,000: J. A. Stein, elothintr. $15,000; the Des chutes Power Co. $25,000; Telephone Co., $15,000; Prineville bakery, 15,000; and Citv Meat Market, il 5,000. Other losses var ied from $1,000 to $10,000. All) NKAK KAHT ItKl.ll' Klghtoi'ii sacks of clotliliiR havo boon shipped from this city for thti Near l.ust llollof, according to tho Hi'V. A. I.. Ulcn of tlm Presbyterian church, which won mod ii reculv Iiik Hlntloii wlille collection wan In progress. I'MKIOItH IIIVOItCK UI'IIKI.II UAIIH0N CITY, Nov., Juno 1 Miiry I'lckfiinl'H dlvnrco from Owen .Monro wan upheld yenlcrday hy tho HiiiHoino court. WKATIIlUt I'llOIIAIUMTICS Thu Cyi'lu-murmugriiph nt ITiulur- wood's riiuiiiiiicy Iiuh registered ii very Htuinly burn nu'rlo vrosnuro iliiriim tho limi 21 Iuiiiih ulthotiKh tho tendency ului-o noon tmliiy Ih down ward. A continuation of tho worm wuvu limy bo expected ami coiulltloiiH nro fiivorulilo for n ihumleiMtorm. forociiHt for next 24 hours I'tirtliilly elomly, continued wuriii, with brink wIihIb. i Tho TycoM recording thorinoiiietei' registered muxlmum uiul nilnlnmm lomporatiirod toiluy as follews: High - 88 Low - r7 Warmest tiny of tho Benson, Itoad Jug tukon nt 2 . m, I Nominated I Ml IKleti (lrlmts, Knoxvllls, I'd., hupt to b tlio first woman In tlio Itxlalaturo ot l'liiniylvanla, nil ufTrnj(o bulwark. Htio's ro ctlvrd tho O. O. 1. nomination In utrorus Itcpublkan dUtrlct. BABY HEIRESS TO ASK THAT FATHER BE MADE GUARDIAN Miillillde MiCnntilik IVrlik Vol In Sull (or I:iiiiim; lti'liiin In lliniii' In ClilwiXo riiK Aco. June. I licciiiiin: nt llii IjiI iiiiiiiiimiI not In nail for i:uri)). ii h hi luiil iilllionuriMl kIio would. .Muthllilo .MU'urmlrk ramo Iiiiiiio fiiiin Now York loduy to t.iko side wliii lnr father In whut him threatened In grow Into ii court Imttlo over her inarrluKu to Mix Out. KIh rhllnc iniutur, ! ,MIk MrCormlik touluhl w,m i pUiinlm: lo appear In probate court , mill toll JiuIk" Horner Hint . him ' HanlH her futlior. II irolil V. 'Mc cormick, milllniialro id-uil of tho liitortutloiial llarroktcr roinpuiiy.' In bo lu'r, iitianllan. ' I Mn Killllt. ItockofullOrMtl'iir mirk, who rucently. illvorcoi! McCor- mirk on Rroumlc'. of ilcWtlon, hint. obtiilnoit a cent l onlr roepeniiu: tho prnroriftuifiwhlfh uoro'thoiiKht to have mnilu MrCormlck MathlhloV Riinrilliin. At tho tlmo of tho ill vorco, MnthlMc cliosn In iituy with her father unil tho ctninlluiMhlp prnrooilhiRit worn thmiRlit to clear iiwny u loi;iil olKtMcIo In her mar rl:u;o to Onor IJuilor tho HwIha law, It wuk ox plalnoil, I ho connont of both par enlH Ih norfHHary lo the m:irrlii-,i of n minor. .Mr. .MrCormlck was nalil to bo nnullrrnbly 'ippoei to tho imirrltiKo, while .MrCormlck wan nalil In favor It iim it lam roort If II provoil almolutely OKsentlnl to hU ilaiiKhlcr'.s happlno-a, Tho nbJoclloiiH of both worn Haiti to renter In tho disparity of akim holwoou Oner, who wiih kiiIiI lo bo nt least t, nnil Malhllile, who U Just 17 yoarn old. HART AIDS CHILDREN I'lioKruiiiul ('oiumlllio Ii PrONontoil With Check Mr V.tU Interest lu child welfare In thin city wiih expressed In substantial form by II. II. Hart ot Hart Druth ers, Sacramento, tnduy, when' ho presented tho playground commit too of tho chamber ot commorco with ii check for !&0.) Tho chock wuh turned oyer to Mm, Ackley, chairman ut thu commjttco. Tho gift ramo iih it Hiirprlso, uh Hurt had not been Hollclted. Ills Interest wiih aroused, howover, when tho playground matter was brought up nt tho chamber of commerce forum Wednesday noon, RADIO AIDS SHERIFF Local Kxpei lmen(e. (let Ikicilp Hun of Stolen Autoiuobllo Itadlii Ih nmkliiK thu lot of tho criminal moro luuurdOUH than ovor. Arthur ami ltlchard Peck, local ox porlmoiilurtt In wlrolosB, got thuir roculvlng not rlggoil up yoatorduy, mid tho flrat ineaHago thoy lieuiil wuh ii Hhorlfl'u description of a Btolun mitomohllo, hrotulcustod prob ably from Wiling. Montunu, over tho northwest, uskliiK nil offfcors to bo on tho lookout for tho cur unil occupant, . OBsssiiiiiBbtai '-yif- BssH MBsTsTsKSIk Vuwx, BsiiH BBBBa tij Br BSRH ssV ibsbbbbt '' LBSBBSBBBSV OF 2 DISTRICTS Several Hundred Acres of Grain Destroyed; Steps ! Taken to Check Evil KtoM Id minim! u crannlirppef phiRiio In I be Tule l.ike mid Keim dlilrli'ln, whore fovitiiI hunilrril arroM of rnilii rrom nro ri'i'orloil to have been ilenroyed, wen In ken I bin afternoon nt n lucollnu of tho ronnty iiiurt mid ii ihuinlier of roinmerco rommltieo. Tim meetliiK rraulloil from rnin plalnlH of r.incberH In the two dU trlrtN. lu pnlnti'it iut thut unlemi mimethlnK wiih doiin to lieck tho menace a mTloun fliiiuiclal Iok van lertaln In bo utiffend A ihainber of commorcu commltli'o examined thu InfoHtvil iiroiin thin forenoon. Comity Jiidcn lliimioll Informed the inmmftlt-o that a rot oh Iiik fund hail been created fir tho purposo of flRhtliiK Iho pliiKUo mid Ithal tho county court would work wllli tho chamber and Iho farmorH toward that end. Heretofore tho count) afirlcultur bit Iiuh handled thin work, but a that oft hit hi not been filled tduro lli.. n.lletllitlim ilf I! II TIllllllUH It lit expected n Icmporary iippoliilmcnl JII be madw for that purpose m FIREMEN SHOW SPEED Ilia,. Iii Ki'IIiiku iurliii-uH llrlnir lleparHnrnl In', ItiMtiril Tlmo runt Mork in .injwerliiK un alarm wiih exhibited abot 3 Ifi lliU after noon when a hot flatlron falllliK hi a woodbox canned a Jlato In tho kitch en of Mm i:dnti KoIIokk'h apart motit In Iho KelleA npnrtiiioutn. M3 I'lno Within thr.l uiluutei after tho alarm wax turned "n. It wits cttlma led. tho firemen trlil n lino of hose In tho building. - "This mih an oxlviltlou of circled nenH nitch an Ih li'e canto of most flrcH," Tiro Ciller Ambrono .lld "WoqiIIioxoh mid lift flatlroiis nro the 1'iiumi of many Iomoh each your. Tho Iiihh wan OKtlmmod a: . fill y covered by Inmirnnrc. IN THE CONFERENCE BUSINESS IS SPREADING FAST vVa . vaS iTELL HER I'LL BE lATe i A VV ?A '-x 7X V wnner as i've a Ml-t r Z&r c 'PZTJ these sox. ive' v-itf'' SfriJ V r-J liv CONFERENCfi OF ) "CQOW jSr: It-X!i Hbbv i "fie ruvpen'S'l v-vvt TKe D8essMAwe0 i5PV J0 ' V " Cg f J: m h- V r i.- . w kl-)3 ( V'T. a pish V 7 Kjp '? T r ftJh- ", J - AMUNDSEN'S POLAR EXPEDITION DUE TO LEAVE ON SATURDAY ('impli-lit Meleiologlnil Ilcpii1 Will lb' rinxlKil Hi WiihIiIiik- In, i Dully liy Wlirlro-4 HCATTI.C, Wniih . Juno 1 A now P'Klon. tonned a erltnblo ntor- j iikii batlory of Htormn anil ralnm. j will bo opened to lnventlKallnn by I'ncln SaniH weather man when Captain lloiiald AmiinilMon'H Aiftlc nrlontlflr expedition boi;liin lt lonK oanUard drift with tho Polar Ice pack Saturday. Compliito molooro liiKlinl roporlH. Inc'luillnr. tempera tiiri-n. barometric prendre mid wind ntid moliliiro data, will bo flimlicil to WnahliiRton dally by wlrolen for tho benefit of the foro lantern, thn explorer announced. Captuln Amundsen, who In pur unnnlly nupervlxlnr: tho outfitting of hi iihlp, tho Mntiiln. for Iho five, year Arctic drift ,lat week reluc tantly parted with hl Karden of raei and flowurn. tratuplanted to tho Mntiilo two yearn ur0 from a bleak bit of the farthest north co.i-t of AhIu, anil which, ultb'jUKh they have withstood temperature of from 60 lo 70 dPRreo below zero. hae thriven and Rrown larR er. Tim Riirden" will bo cnl to Norway, there to await tho return of the expedition from tre polar fastnei.se. OutfltlliiK of thu .Maude In prac tically complete and thu easel pre pared to Mil from .Seattle Juno 1. on Iho first stretch of tho vuyuRe. Captain Amundsen wan much en cournRcil a few day iiru to receive from Nome, Alaska, .word that tho whiter linn been tna-mlldett In more than twenty years, InsurltiK him u paisjRo free from leu to U'raiiKoll Island, off tho Siberian coast. There the escl will "freeze In" with iho eastward drifting pack. When tho .Maude sails from Seat tle, member of tho expedition will bo Rarbed In tho clothing ordinarily worn In tho mld-latltudes. At WraiiKell island they will bo out fitted with rompleto sets of fur clnthltiK. mailo during the past win ter by Charles Carpendane, lono SI berlan trader, with whom Captain Amundsen placed tho order more than a year iiro. MAitKirr itr.roitT I'OItTI.ANI). Juno I. Cuttlo and) hogs weak, idioep steady Krrr nnil ; biiltor firm. ' I'OltTl.AND, Juno 1.- Wheat I l IH, 11.21. BOY KILLS HIS EMPLOYER, SELF w DISPUTE McMinnvillc Farm Scene of Double Tragedy; Note Found on Body .McMINNVJM.i:, Juno 1. Gerald I. Israel, :u;ei 18, nhot and killed hbt employer. Krbd Lc-bold, CO, and then killed hj nisei f last, night on thu Lcbold place at thu head of Muddy valley, elR.b.t.' rn'llen west of McMinnvillc. A"-afciie over waRes was reported to ijmin only troublo between them. Tho youth left u note addressed to his brother, which wax found on hi body. The noto read: ' Lloyd, 1 urn iiorry, 1 cannot tay hero any longer. You need not look for my rmnlns, for my career will bo black from now on. So Reed bye. ticrald." FORD REJECTS OFFER Mum i Simula J.'ounlcr i'rupjU I Vol Wiitlifiulorj- WASIIINOTO.V. Juno 1 Henry Ford's reply to' tho counter proposal drafted by houso military commlttco for thu development of Musclo Shoals wa presented today to thu comnilt-4 leo by J. W. W.orthlngton, Ford rep rvwvntativv. ord' answer definite ly rejected tho 'pro.lslou In tho com mlttco filan (dlmlnutinK the stenm plant nt CiorR.ij! Alabama, declaring II necessary ful tho economical op nation ot the jribclu Shoals proper ties. 'If my revlsA offer for OorKHK Is rejected, then ffmust understand ac ceptance of mjfe offer for Musclo Shoals uh a whe and not Impart Is refused," nalil Tho letter m JMI'OltTAXT MVKTINfl I .O. O. Friday evening. Juno 2, Klamath Lodge No. isi I. O. O. P.. will meet In regular session In tho east hall of I. O. ;0. F. temple. Tho (Irani! Lodge 'legates will make their report nthls time, and other important matters nro to come be fore vtho lodge. A good attendance is desired for this reason, so mako arrangements to bo there. Hero fv , When bandits soarded a nock? 4 Tilind train mar Tucson. AMW Harry Stuwart. express meutn-pr.V, opened fire, killed one, wounded aa .other and forced tba rest to flw. TOURIST BUREAU IS OPENED IN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TODAY Genrral Maiurcer to lie Here With in Few Pay to Assbt Plaa In liupniti Auto Crimp The Oregon Tourist and Informa tion bureau U opening up a branch office In tho chamber of commerce today, which will be In operation for the benefit of tourlnts until tho latter part ot October, or possibly until November. ' ;J S. U. iMttccnfzritsral-AMiaSVr. of tho state bureau, will bo lu hero within a fci'days to assist In get ting the buaau established, and al ready a number of maps of Idaho, Oregon amW California havo been received. . number ot signs di recting tourists to tho tourists head quartern wlft bo placed within tho next week find tho tourist camp ground wilt ulso undergo further Improvements be foro the heavy tourist hcason begins. Tho chamber ot commcrco will havo charge of the camp ground this season and a caretaker will be employed within a few days. Ap plications should be made cither to tho secretary or to C. I. Uobertif, chairman ot the committee. POLICY "HANDS OFF" American legion Commander Says Honm Is I'niblom ut Conj-niis MINNEAPOLIS. Juno 1. The American Legion lias adopted a "bands " policy toward bonus legislation in congress, Han ford MacNIder, national commander of tho legion, said Memorial day. Service men will get a bonus, it Is most certain, tho legion com mander declared. Hut tho enact ment ot an adjusted compensation bill, ho asserted, will not bo tho re sult ot any ngitatlon by tho Amer ican legion. "Tho bonug 1 tho child ot con gress, not of tho American legion," he said. "It Is their problem; not ours. It hag been inado to appear, porhaps, that the bonus Is belnc urged by tho American legion un der threats. That is not truo. So far as I know, no post of tho Amer ican legion hag wired congressmen urging the passage of th'o bonus bill." MINISTER HITS KLAN Methodist l'rviu-lior Sajs Members Should Withdraw From Church m.KKl-.I.Kr, Juno I. "No om can consistently bo a member ot tho Methodist church and belong to tho Ku Klux Klan. "I would rather thut thuy with draw from tho church than belong to that organization, for they nro no credit to tho church. "Those are my publio atutomcnU on tho question." Thlg U tho declaration ot lllshop Adnu W. Leonard ot Ilorkoloy, head ot tho Methodist Episcopal church, when asked as tu his attitude on members ot tho congregations ot his church, following his denuncia tion ot the Ku Klux Klan In an ad dress at Coloma, I1 mini i T Early Operations of Entir Plant Planned; Extend ' Logginf Railroad Operations ot th6 Modoc Lum ber company began today with tho opening of ono logging camp nnil jitaftlnK of construction' ot tho log ging road which wilt peifotrato -' mlli.a Into tho timber when com pleted, according to- 3. O. Oold- thwalto, president of tho company, whoso reorganization plang nro now complete. As fast at men can bo obtained other logging camps will be opened until flva or six are operating. Lat er on It is planned to r erect dry kilns, permitting the operation ot the big plant throughout the win ter. The aawmtll will aave a capacity ot 300,000 In two shifts. N When a full crew Is on the ground for tho summcr'tf operation It Is estimated that between roo and COO men will be employed. The crews will bo Increased front now on as rapidly as ponVhlo. The mill will operation a 10 hour basis and tie limn nine hours, with a basic wagoot, o ,.2-.....tfh-...J,-'--. -VM!-T. EUUlg (ll. ,UU.. One "hundred wen are now on hand. It was said. NEW RESORT TO OPEN C. C. Merrill Establishes lea Cmc, Colon)- in Modoc -Ufa Beds A new resort, at the ontranco to an unique scenic region, will bo opened Saturday -when tho Dcarfoot Ice Caves colony, established by G. G. Merrill, will rccelvo Its first vis itors. Merrill states that ho has cottage and tent accommodations for about ,40 peoplo at present, with a dlnlnj room In connection. Tho resoit will bo opened Saturday night with a dance, a largo dancing platform being one ot tho recreational fea tures. A four-piece orchestra will fur nish music for tho danco, and at Intervals Sunday. A chlckon din ner will bo served at noou Sunday, and In the afternoon nit who wish will havo opportunity to cxploro tho far-famed caves of tho region under direction ot skilled guides. FOREST FIRES DYING 8ublilcnro ot Wind Urlngu IteUrf in On-j-ou nml Wnshlngtoa l'OHTLAND, Juno 1. Timber fires In Oregon and Washington, fanned to destructive proportions by a brisk breezo yestorday, wcro Reported loss menacing early today owing to a subsldcnco ot tho wind. No further damage was reported this morning near Corbett, whero A school houso and several home wore burned yesterday. JOHN CLA11K PASSES After a long Illness, John Clark, -19, 1022 McKlnloy streot, passed away at 1:30 yestorday afternoon, Death was caused by caucer. Ho bad been a resident of Klamath county slnco 1919, and was a plas torer. For tho past sevon months he had been confined to bed, Sur viving aro Mrs. Clark, tour daugh ters and a sou:' Mrs, Lowe, 'Keno sha. Wisconsin; Mrs. Willard, Mrs. Diet, Margaret and John B. Clark, all ot this city. Interment will be ut Mt. Calvary cemetery at 9 o'clock Friday morning, WAIl.MK.ST WAY OK HKASO.V With tho thermometer registering 88 at 2 o'clock, today proved to be tho warmest ot this season. This dosplto partial cloudlnoss and brisk winds. Underwood's' Cyclo-Btom-t Mi UMBER nniiDiuv pihd RESUMES agrapU predicts continued warn-;'. ' weather. The maxlmua -Ubhmi;- i ii , ' turo a year ago odar;waa7i i . ', ' 4 rv7A 'V , r.i': "' ,JH. .