The Evening herald., September 19, 1923, Page 1, Image 1

Equal Righta, Equal
Justice, are the Twin
Pillars of Democracy
A Million a Month '"
Is Klamath County's
Industrial Payroll .
Member of the AaMclated Prat
hi'H'iil wuil h Voar. u. 70IIAI
KLAMATH PALM, ORUGOM, WEDNKHDAY, 8KPT. 10, IMA,
FRIO nvi GBNtN
FOREST PIS
STILL RAGING
CALIFORNIA
Fighters Are Making Head
way, But Situation Still
Not Under Control
SAN FRANCISCO Bopt. 19.
Forasta and brutli fire lu central
California, extending uoarly 100
miles In ' a halt circle from Marin
county to Laytonvlllo, In northarn
Moudoclno county, wcro at I It roaring
today, if tor daatroylng tit lost threo
towni, scorea of ranch buildings and
many highway and railroad bridge.
Tho damaia will run Into million.
Tlio backbone of the fir Una waa
broken In Sonoma county, wliu (lie
checking of the flamee In tho Rua
alan rlvor region and Sonoma val
)oy, but the wlnd-daahed flamoa were
till aweeplm between the hill tape,
dividing Mendocino and Lake coun
tlea. I
Marin Towns Thrnurncd
At southorn extremity of the aono,
fire on the Bollnas ridge of Mount
Tamalpali In Marin county, roared
down Into the Alpine, lake district
woit of Palrfai, threatening to sweep
the northern alopea of the moun
tain and Imperiling the lowna of
Corla Madera, Larkspur. Chapman
and i Kentfleld, 'High ichool boye
and aoldlera jqtned the flro tighten
to check this blaie. '
SACRAMENTO. 8epl. JO. Word
from the Eldorado national forent
today said that the Whaler crock
fire had been tiirnirtl bark by shift
Irk wlnda. .
- Th.tda-;-Danoma county- coa
flegraUona, which have been rag
ing Id the Sonoma valley, (luerne
vllle, OeyaerTllle, and Dry creek reg
lona were reported by Ktre Warden
.aughlln to be under control. In
formation received hero atated that
(he work of rehabilitation would be
atartrd at Royca Spring nt nre.
Holiemlau (lrvc Escapes
Tho Uohemlan club of 8an Fran
cisco waa aald to bo tho leader In tho
rehabilitation plana. Ilohomla grove,
nno of finest groups of rodwoods In
the atate, although, menaced by tire,
escaped Injury. , , . 4
Fifteen highway bridge between
Santa Hoaa and Olon Kllen worn doa
troyed by fire. Workmen wcro re
ported engagad today In rebuilding
1D0 feet of truatlo along tho North-w-e.itorn
Pacific railway which burn
ed out anveral dny ago, nnd It wna
Ijopod traffic could bo resumed by
noxt Saturday.
Tho homea of llnrvoy M. Toy,
chairman of tho state highway com
mission, and Duffy Lewis, malinger
of tho Salt l.nko club of tho Pacific
conat baseball league, worn I'M
troyoil. PORTLAND, Hipl. 10. Five hun
dred mnn oro flglitlng a flro in the
timber noor ' Cochrane, bejweon
Portlanil and Tllliimnnk, Hevon
lirldRcn worn liuriind on thn priiprrly
(if iw C. IT, Whorler Timber com
pnny. Tho wind nlilfloil toilny, aid
ing I ha tighten).
TAXPAYERS TO TALK
PROPOSED CHANGES
TOMORROW NIGHT
Meeting (Jailed Ily Ansi'mmr
1'oiiiIhih To lln Well
. At tended
V1'
If all who huva proiulxoil to Ml
tend tho meeting at ' the city hall
tomorrow evening to cnnalder tho
tux ciuoHtlon nro thnrn, W. T. Lkiv
nniieiiaor, will fuco a large uudlnnco
when .ho expounda hla thuory of
higher valuation anil lower rnli-H
Tlio meeting I called for 7:!lfl.
Miimhnra of tax-flxhiR IjoiIIi'h and
taxpayers, to tho number of Oft or
mora have heml invited to altnul.
The proaent Ryalmn prnducea t
rnto liiut frlKhteiiH pnaalhln IiivohI
or, any Lee. HlRher vuliintlon
and a lower rale would crento no
nrealer burden on the IndlvliliiAl
taxpayer, but would ' encourage. In
vontment. "" Other nnglo yf taxu
ilon will bo dlaetiHaed,
h FRIEND OF GREECE
A if !?im$fe. I
-KVfcjtrW4.4&J
King Alcnxndcr of Jugo-Hlnvla la
n factor In the (irac-ro-Itiilliin quur
rcl. Ilia sympullilc tiro tvltli
Orcoce,
Commission -Davis Calls
Citizens To Aid in Form'
ing New Policy
WIA 8 1 1 1 NO TON, D. C, Sept. 19.
The formation of a act finding com-
mlmlon to Invetllgute the whole
ayatom of government method of
rcilclmlng arid and amt-arid land
by1 arrlgatlon lias been announced
by Secretary of Interior Work.
Invltatlona were aent to aevon clt-
Ixcna of national reputation and
prominence Baking them to aorve aa
mombert of the commlaalon and
conduct an Intensive study of the
problem which la chnraoterlicd aa
ono of "national concorn." Thla la
In furtherance of a policy Institu
ted lost April
Tho secretary of the Interior ln
outlining tho reclamation situation
(lecture that "It I generally ro
porlod that relatively few of the or
iginal tetllcra on projects now re
main on them us water usora." He
also cites the fact that "ono hun
dred thirty-four million of govern
ment money luivo- been expended"
for reclamation inul but "four I con
million hnvo boon returned" whllo
'six millions are .duo and unpuld."
t'oinnililee MmilK-rs
Tlioso Invited lo aervo on the
commlSHlon Include: Julius Durnc.
preldtnl, United Htutes chamber
of commerco, WjisIiIiikIoii, D. C;
Oscar K. Uruilfute, prcildent, Am
erican farm bureau federation.
Xcnin, Ohio; Junios It, -Cnrfleld,
fnrmnr aceretnry of tlio Interior,
Cleveliind, Ohio: Klwood Mend, eng-
Incrr and author of work on irri
gation and recliiina'.lliin, IloTkiley,
Cnllfornln; Former (Joverniir Thnrn
a K. Campliell of Arixoua, Phoenix,
Arlr.onii; Former (iovernor David W,
I )n v In of Idaho, coiiiinlieilnner of
reclnmnllon: Dr. John A. W Id lane,
former president of etnlu university
and mule agricultural college of
tri'ii h. Suit I.ako City.
The conimlsiilnii, iiccordlhi; lo Ilie
plane, will he furnished with lult-
ahlu office In Ilio dnimrlmont of tho
InlArlor bulldliiK and nil, nceoaanry
dn la, Informntlon and n:islUnco
REGLAMATIDN
INQUIRY BOARD
IS ORGANIZED
Riven the members, by thn bureau of
roclaniutlDii In Ihnlr Investigation.
Tho Itivl ttit Ion aent hy the secre
tary of the Interior is us follows:
PlllIIIM'S OlItlllKHl
"The piirpesn (if thl letter
Is to Invite you In serve with six
other men having national con
fidence, on a fact finding com
mission, to ninlio an exiensivn
study of the policy, application
and operation of government
methods of reclaiming arid
lands hy Irrigation, which has
bni'oiiin a milliter of natlnual
concern.
"It Id Konornlly reported thai
relatively few of the original
set Hers on projects now remain
on them ns water users. One
hundred thirty-four million of
government money hnvo been
1 expended. Four! con millions
have been wlnrned nnd six mil-
(Continued on l'nijoICItlit) ,
RAROING
DIED
IS
CRITIC'S GRARGE
Pearson's Editor Says Death
Was "Crime of Medical
Stupidity"
BAN KIIANC13CO, Sopt. 19. Ad
vance proof of an artlclo in the Oc
tober I'caraou'a wocklynagailnc, by
Aloxandar Murky, tho editor charg
ing that atupidlty on tho part of tho
attending physlcluna permitted Pres
ident Harding' death, have been re
ceived bore. Ilopubllcatlon of par:
of tho artlclo In local papers have
created a lcnsatlon In medical clr
eloa, and among laymen as well,
Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, president
of Btanford University and head of
ths American Medical association,
una of the fiva doctors la attendance
upon President Harding, refused to
inak a alatemont regarding Mrky
ehargo that the death of the preal
dent was a 'rime of radical atu
pidlty." ' j
Dr. C. M. Coop.', anothor of the
flvo, alao decllnrd to comment on
ths article. The '.her three doctors
who attended the president in hia
lau Illness were Dr C. E. Sawyer,
a homeopath: hi personal physi
cian. Dr. J. T. Dnone of the navy,
and Dr. Hubert Work, tocrctary of
tho Interior.
Failed In Diagnosis
Marky, author of numerous arti
cles attacking the medical profes
sion, severely criticises the treatment
administered the President during
his .fatal Illness In San Francisco,'
and chargos, , among . other ... things,
that the doctors failed In diagnosing
his trouble and, Marky charges, "in
plain words, they-wcrtf actually, If
not unwittingly, feeding President
Harding tq. death.
Murky suys that the President
"was In the prime of hia life, and,
because of the flagrancy of the case,
It ought to be made known to the
world lu the moat emphatic terms
that a fractional bit of common
sonsa could have saved his life with
Uttlo difficulty."
Powerful Medical Trust .
The author states that "la laying
the death of President Harding at
(rmtlnued on Page Eight)
HAMPSHIRE EXPECTS
TO FINISH 30 MILE
GRADE NOVEMBER 15
'Hliovlng Work Along As Fast
Possible," Bnys Contractor
John Hampshlro, railroad con
tractor of Grants Pass, who has
tho contract for the construction
of thox now Klaniilh lakes route
from Crescent to Kirk, nrrlvcd In
Klamath Falls last nlgjjt.
"I would rather await a later
date lo givo out much Information
ti III,, rmiulrtinl Inn " nfnlnfl Ttnmli-
shire. "Wo aro shoving things
along as fast as possible und Just
as fast' as tho Southern Pacific com
pany sends up material we are usinir
It. Within the noxt 10 dnys wo
expuct between 16 and 20 cnrloads
of material and uliuut that many
carloads have born received al
ready". Hampshlro declared thut he had
reasouuhlu ussurunro thut the grad
ing for his stratch of rond will be
finished by November 15 or a short
tlmo thereafter. During tlio winter
months tho grade will sottlo and
next spring tho tracks will be luld.
Hampshlro will bo back and forth
between till city nnd Kirk until
Saturday when bo will return to
Grants Tass.
50,000 SEE PARK
Twelve Days Only Remain Vntll
( "inter l.nM Season Closes
Tho visitor's registration at
Crater lako park reached rifl.00')
yesU-fday, against il.1,011 last year
Twelve days moro sees tho close
of tho park season. Hungers hnvo
been taken off thn west and south
nntrancoH, und Ihoso entering by
tluwo routes nro being registered ul
Anna Springs eiinip. The registrar
at tho east outrnnco Is si 111 on duty.
HEEDLESSLY
ll.i TDK HKH.lLll OONK
TO 'I'M K HOW-WOWS? HEAD
'mil story axu hue
Well, we' don't go a far a
lo say tlio duga r, e ad In
the Herald, but even o Mr.
lrulif rtcdVorcd heP lost Uu
toll bull ddg,' "flobble," by one
Ihtertloh of an ad In the "Saw
Today" department of ' thl
paper,
Tho paper wa acarcoly off
the press when Mrs,. Drehr"
waa Informed ovcr the phono
whore ahe could recover Bob- 4
bio, ' The finder of. the dog
cald he read the ad last night 4
Just aa ho alway reads all of
I hem.
PETTY GASES
Problem of Getting Litiga
tion Disposed Of Baf
fles Everyone
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. The
Supreme Court la making no mater
ial progress ln clearing Its docket
Wlicn It meets October 1 to begin
lta next term it will find substan
tially as many casea awaiting con
sideration aa a year ago.
Thla condition is not due to lack
of effort, for no matter how fast
the court speeds up Its disposition
of esses the accumulation upon Its
docket keeps pace. The real trouble
In the opinion oftorneys practip'
lnf before the court, Is that tho
appelate Jurisdiction of the highest
tribunal is sought by many litigants
whoso controversies do not present
questions worthy of lta consideration
and who should not be permitted- to
consume Its time.
Congress Falls in Remedy
Congress has from-time to time at
tempted to s,olve the problem by
legislation, but laws are slow In
reforming human nature. Aa long
aa the court la open to those who
would use It to delay tho execution
of sentences or take a last desper
ato chance to have an adverse de
cision reversed. Its dockets will be
crowdod with cases In which an ap
peal Is asked merely to poslpono tho
Inevitable day when the prison doors
must close on tho petitioner, or
when a Judgment must be paid.;
Owing to the congestion of busl
ness a case tiled today will not be
reached by tho court argument with
In IS month unless it I included
in thut comparatively small number
advanced for hearing out of turn
Although substantially 100 more
cases wcro disposed . of last term
than In 191$, the court docketed
during that period 50 moro than In
1918, and had nt tho end of the
term undisposed of only 0 less snses
I nn" " rrespon...nK per-
I lod five year ago. The compnra
live insignificance of this inroad in
to tho accumulation of business
evident when It Is knovni that the
number of cases annually docketed
Is In excess of 1.000. -Should tho
court bo nhlo to mnlntnln tho pro
gress mndo during the ln-st five years
It will bo -) years before Its dock
ot Is cleared.
Made Matters Wiirso
It apparently was tho original In
lentlon thnt thn tlmo ot the court
would be given to the decision of
constitutional questions nnd legal
controversies of national Importance
and the establishment of precedents
In disputed features of new laws.
Hut when Congress attempted to
assist In that design by restricting
the" causes In which lower conr'.s
could grant appeals, It really opened
a now iivonuo for overcrowding.
It gave the court discretion to
Itself to dolermiiio when. It would
grant appeals In those cases In which
appeals wero not grunted hy the low
er courts, w that now ' endless
periods of time are consumed hear
ing the petitions of litigants whose
cont ent tons are round la the need to
bo of Insufficient general Importan
ce, lo warrant the supremo court In
reviewing them,
Tho court cannot dctormlna whe-
WASTE SUPREME
COURT'S TIME
TO
AIO RAILWAY
T
Chamber of Commerce
Envoy Will Arrive Friday
To Discuss Details
Portland will co-operate In Klam
atb's railway celebration, October
2 and 13, and the Portland and
state chambers of commerce an
sending Edward Welnbaum as their
Joint representative to confer with
the local, committee on details.
Welnbaum will arrive here Friday
night. He Is the head of the traf
fic and commerce department of the
Portland chamber, which la arrang
ing for the special excursion here.
The local committee Is now down
to the detail drudgery of prepara
tion. The alte tor the open air amphi
theatre at Second and Main streets,
where the pageant, "The Passing
of the Covered- Wagon, will be
presented the evening of October
12, Is being cleared of weeds and
rubbish. ,
John Goodrich, Hollywood motion
picture producer, who will direct
the pageant, has returned from
Hollywood and Is making ready for
the big local production, which will
require tbe assembly of a cast of
260 actors, and tbe mobilization of
large amount of property. Includ
ing old-tlmelpralrle schooners, stage
coaches, livestock and numerous
minor properties.
QUARTET OF "FOWL"
ASSASSINS FOILED(
IN MURDER PLOT
Four disappointed cats stood
In a ring around a spot la Leo
Houston's back yard this morn
ing, looking at the place where
a magnificent Chinese pheasant
cock had stood, and gave vent
to thelr feelings In the most
expressive terms (In the cat
vocabulary.
It sounded to Mrs. Houston,
when her attention was first ,
attracted, as if a doien chick- -ens
were In deep dispute ln the
yard. Having no chickens, and
not caring for any, she hastened
to Investigate. I
Thelr stood the gorgeous old
cock a wory eyo to port and an
other to starboard, while creep
ing upon him from tour differ
ent directions were four raven- ,
ous-looklng cats. The feather
ed monarch's crest wus ruffled
and )io was voicing loudly his
indignant protests against the
assault.
Tho four ossosins crept
.stealthily. They could not very
well disregard entirely the pro
tests of the king but they
meant business, they scented
breakfast, and they kept on
coming.
The Intended victim waited
until tlio murderous quartet
wOro within a few feet, with
thlr meel almost In reach of
them then ho sprung tho Joke,
(lathering his ruffled plumage
about him. he lifted his wings
und soared away abovq tho
hoads of ' the felines. They
pounced forward upon nothing
ness, while'" back upon the
hreese floated a gleeful squawk
a farewell mossugtf of
triumph from the king. . ;.
HART LOST $4190
Xo Clue Tn Bandit
Sacramento
Yet Found
1'ollro
Hy
HACKAMI2NTO. Cul., Sept. 19.
The actual amount of money stolen
from the office of Hart's I.unch, 520
Iv street, when William S. Hart, part
owner, was held up, was $4,1110.85,
Instead ot $3,1100 as was origlnnlly
reported. This sum was arrived at
In chocking over the funds of the
restaurant.
Tho police have boon nimble to
secure any tanglblo cluo to the lone
bandit who entered the restaurant
and Is onopf the coolest holdups over
staged here relioved 'Hart of Ihe
money- In broad daylight, after
which he made a successful escape
ORTLAND
CELEBRA
ITALY'S WAR CHIEF
f' 1
General Armando Dlax, ' head of
the Italian military forces, now In
the public eye because of strained
relations between bis country ami
Greece. -
s
T
Six Thousand
Visitors Got
Permits THere; 400
: In Kl
PORTLAND, Sfept. 19. A state
ment of. the registrations of motor
vehicles of other states while In
Oregon between May 24 and August
31, 1923, as compiled by Sam A
Kozer, secretary of state, show a
total of 2f?,488 cars granted vial
tore' permits during that period.
California cara, with' a registra
tion of 11,855 cars, . represented
nearly half of the registrations,
while Washington was second, with
4,843 cars, and the state ot Idaho
third, with 1,949 cars. Every state
Is represented on the registration
list with the exception of 8outh Car
olina and West Virginia and ln add!
tlo'n there have been cars from
Alaska Canada, England, Hawaii,
Old Mexico and the Republic of Pan
ama. Tho number registering from
each state follows:
Alabama, 11; Arizona, 178; Ark
ansas, 49; California, ii.soj; voi-
orado, 426; Connecticut, 29; Dela
ware, 1; Florida, 35; Georgia, 6;
Idaho, 1,949; Illinois, 432; Indi
ana, 13; Iowa, 360; Kansas, 322;
Kentucky, 22; Louisiana, 26; Maine.
7; Maryland, 10; Massachusetts, S9;
Michigan, 238; Minnesota, 309)
Mississippi, 8; Missouri, 257; Mon
tana, 576; -Nebraska, 291; Nevada,
131; New Hampshire, 4; New Jer
sey, 51; New Mexico, 28; New York.
206; North Carolina, 11; North Da
kota, 161; Ohio, 365; Oklahoma.
243; Pennsylvania. 162; -Rhode Isl
and. S; South Dakota. 17S; Tennwi
see, 1.1; Texo. 261; Utah, 200:
Vermont, 4; Virginia, 32: Washing
ton.' 4.843; Washington, D- C.,12;
Wisconsin, 197; Wyoming, 213
Alaska, .2; Canada.' 400;. England,
I; Hawaii, 17: Old Mexico, 1; Re
public of Panama. 2.
l'oilIniHl Secoiul
Tlie greatest number of registra
tions was made at Mcdford. while
Portland was second on the list,
Salem, third, and Ashland, fourth,
Ontario, being the gateway to far
eastern Oregon, registered most of
the cars coining Into tho slate from
ihnt section. A statement of the
permits Issued nt the various regis
tration stations follows:
Ashland, 3,521; A3torla, 2; Ba
ker. 51; Rend, 40; Eugene, 151:
Cold lleuch, 164; Grants Po.ss,
1.018; Klamath Falls, 407;-Med-ford,
6.027; Ontario, 2.828; Pend
leton, 1.408; Portland..4.365; Salem,
4,287; The Dalles. 554; Inspectors,
63."..
An examination of many of the
applications for permits ' indicates
that tbe visitors lo the state, are
hurriedly passing through the state
with Intonion of remaining but d few
days. Others desire for a longer
privilege which our law grants. The
registration of tho cars as they come
(Continued from Tngt One)
MEDFORD LEADS
fi AUTOMOBILE
REG1
1AT1S
al
amain
IDAHO PART!
IT
-1
Latter Day Saint Group
Scouting For New Loca
tion For Farmers
High-priced' land and high-trans
portation costs are breaking Idaho;
farmers, and furnish the reason for ;
the presence here of Robert lbyev
L. A. Little. L. A. Little, Jr., O.
L. Johnson and . F. Nuffera, mem- .
bers ot a Latter Day Saint colony.,
at Welser, Idaho. They are scout
ing for a new location.
The party fa here on the volition
ot its individual, members, said
Little,. It they return with a favor
able report, however, h admitted
there la a possibility that a oolony
of Latter Day Saints may migrate
to Klamath. ...
The present visit it not to con
clude any posaibla purcbaae, ac
cording to menjbera ot the party
but to aee as much as they can of
the country, and pick out the most
favorable new location; tor those
who are forced to leave Idaho. :
Today and yesterday they visited
the Dalton ranch, and other sections
of the Malin district. -Thla after
noon they went to the Weed ranch
to look over the Klamath Meadow
company's holdings, which are In
process of sub-division - Into' small
farms, j -.',---' "Wi .':
Little said he had farmed frgm
southern Utah to Canada, . and i
thought that he - had seen grain
crops elsewhere, but the -grain yield
on Tule, lake surpassed - anything
he. had ever seen. -
He mourned the Idleness of a
mrgv part VI me nww wvtw.u r-
It is an Ideal sugar beet country,;
ho said, and '1 properlj,- -bandied' .
would "produce an enormous rev
enue. - '- ' ' ' " .-' ' . "
The Latter Day Saint - colony at -Welser
consists ot between 600 and
700 persons. Some of them must
break away, - and should a colony
be 'started here, doubtless some
would come to this county. . '-. i:
18,000 COYOTES FELL
IN 7-YEAR CAMAPIGN
6F BIOLOGICAL DEPT.
War Declared on Pests in 'Malin
Section; Klamath Has . Less '
Than Eastern Counties . . ;
been killed In the warfare waged .
by the United States Biological de-
ngrlmonl nn nredatnrv animals dur
ing tho lost seven years, said Stan- ;
ley 'O. Jewett, chief inspector for
Oregon, who has been conducting an
investigation of complaints of an ln-
prenspd number of eovotefl la-tho -
southern part ot the county.
While there are a number of coy
otes south ot Malin,' toward the lava
beds, and a number ' around tho
Laird ranch, Jewett says thnt com
pared with Lake. Malheur and Har
ney countios, Klamath Is singularly
free from tho pest.' .' . 1
As soon as competent men can be
found, two trappers will: be station
ed In Klamath eounty.-; A' campaign
of extermination wth trap, 'guns nnd
poison will be waged, -
Bounties hnvo encouraged exter
mination of Oregon Vvarmlnts,'! sstrt
Jewett,- also have enco'ur'nged 'trap
pers ln all ports of the west to ship
Skins Into Oregon, taken In other
states, and nttompt to cash them In.
This attomptcd thwarting' of - tho
liounty law has been pructlally over
come, iv : -. .. .
One claimant one. day turned In
the skin of a wolf, of a species never
found west of the Rockiej. and de
manded a bounty. ' Netedless to Bay
he was disappointed. f' ,'! i
The only wolf In Oregon, Bays the
Inspector, Is the Oo.scado wolf, whlcl
roams' the high central ranges and
takes heavy toll of dcer.-'k A hunter
has been assigned to hunt these
wolves through tho Cascades from
Mt. Pitt to Dead Indian.
BASEBALL RESULTS
American' ' League Chicago I,
Boston 2; Detroit 8.' Philadelphia 2.
National League Flronklyn II,
Chicago 1: Philadelphia .0, Cincin
nati 1.. '
COUNTY OVEH