Published Daily at . . KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" Celebrate With U. JULY 4TH, 5TH, 6TH "A rip, rarin' rodeo" ,, Member of the Associated Press Seventeenth Year No. 7243. KLAMATH .FALLS, OREf V, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1924 PRICE, FIVE CENTS -: mJ 2,5" NETEEN AR OOTID N J1 HkJUlLi 1ST COAST OIL1 CHIEFS DISCUSS 1 REBUILD PLANS Degree of Support From Public Hat Hearing L. on Program Rebuilding or the Wonl Coast Oil a Gas Company' rig und rnsiimp. tloo of drilling operations, hullud by tba flra of Tunsduy. Iilniic upon the degree o( support and tba dis position thn publlo .iinnifosts, it was announced today by offlrlal o( Hid company, following a meeting of director lut nlKlit. "Wblla no fur tho situation ap pear food and w !mv had many effort ot financial hall)." Prcsldunt Kurla . Whtllock stated today, "we reallte that upon, the publlo atti tude depends tho outcome a spec lul meeting ot stockholders has been called. . "Although tb directors ran not luko definite action until niter the stockholder mtet ll wa the con sensus of opinion among director that Ibe projoct should be contin ued and tbat tba ant buck ui a re ult ot tba fire not be permitted to atop continuation of the drilling here,'. i ' Sleeting la Culled ' ' The stockholders will meet In tho chamber ot 'commerce Wednesday Dlgbt, June St. st 7:30 o'clock. AO atooknoldsm ot record will be noti fied to attend and It 1 expected that Uma definite plant In an at tempt to finance a new rig will fca formulated. ' Seroral itockholdora have In formed tb director that flnanolul aiilitanca will be forthcoming If plana to proceed are adopted, "la fact," the president aaya, ' "many at them have Iniletsd tbat wo loae no time In getting tho whoel In motion to ' obtain tba necessary funds. : . ' "We abali be foroed to call upon many who so far havo not boon Inclined to aid. In our attempt to prove the territory. fiuvoral -who bare holding and leases In tbo vicinity of the well may now fool tbat their help ahould bo proforrol. We hope so. Dependant to a great measure on - tbo attitude we find exist will treat tho outcome" Rebuilding la Talked ' Tentative; plana for rebuilding, a dlacusaed at tbo meeting ot the dl rector, Include arrangement thnt will prevent another such blase as tbat destroyed ' the rig. Tho bollor home, where. the fire la prnaumod to bare, started, would be rebuilt at aomi dlatsnce - from the derrick and corrugated Iron uied a a f Ire preventative; The bumc house and cook home are t!U Intact as they are some distance fjrora the rig and uiq not eaten lire.' A thorough Investigation at tho teen ot the fire 'hae strengthened the original belief that the btaie started a the result of hot ashen from ' th boiler bolng dumped on .oil aoaked ground noar the rig. NATURAL GAS WELL .' BENEFIT FOR HOME SAW LaIKB OITY, June 10. The tuuoh, Jieraldod high price of light, go end fuel mean absolutely nothing 'to Heury Nebeker oft Snlt lAks City, ior ibe lias a. natural gas .well in the rear yard ot lite bome, Drilling to a depth ot -535 foot, Nebeker enoountered enough gn to take care ot all, bl bome needs and ha has a 300-gtllon watetr '.tank for storage purposes. . Nobeker had eetlmatod tli0t tho flow from hi well Is about 24'tlmos what he can possibly itso, but in yet ibe ha made no attempt to supply other residents of hi rielghborlliood KALVERT GETS SIX s MONTHS JAIL TERM James Kalvert, c-nvlctcd '.Tuesday of patty larceny,' wa eentnaod to servo six monthn In tho Muntnomah . county jail by Olroult Judge A. h Laavltt at 10 o'olook this tnlornlng. In pawing aentenco, Judge Leavltt stated that S there appeared', to be no suitable jail in Klamath ito in carcerate county prisoners, tlinvt dur ing the June term ot court, all prls onera aentanced to, serve prison terms for county ottantA would bs sent to Bt MIUMB.0Sje.tt S1I( , Improvement of Telephone Line Planned Additional Work Will Be Under Way Soon In , Klamath Construction of mi additional cir cuit lint wi on Kluniutli Full mid Kono mid tbo rearrangement und improve- in nt of crcultH between Kono und I'lmiliurKi la the most recent addi tion to the 1U24 Improvement pro gram of tbo Pacific Tolephono und Telegraph company in Klnmatli, U tho word brought from Portland by local .Miiiiuk'T It. K. Trego. Tho new circuit and rou r run Be lli en t, Ih l if increase tbo efficiency of not only focul culK but ulso those by In ilk' distuiiev. t'uder tho present arrangement, long distance cnlU aro often dlvcrieii Uo mllv of tile regular i onto by a- of Weed. Work on till Improvement will be larteil miiiHi time curly In tlio fall. At thn pranent time, the local division l buxy on other Improvement work and will not bo able to' bundle the work .mtll thnt time. CRATER TRAVEL E Over 4000 People Already ' This Season Have Seen Lake's Beauties Travel Into Crater Lako National Park continue unprocudonted for thbj pro-season period. Up to 7 p. ui. Juno lfi, 1,413 automobile bearing 4,228 pcoplo had visited Crater Lake Oregon wan In tbo lend but Cali fornia wan rapidly closing tho Rap, coming in rapidly increasing num ber. , Proving that America is already on wheals for tho mimmer, 1'nrk records show that aiitomohllos benr Ing tho lic-ena of 32 statna havo al ready entered Crater Luke. Thoao Iticludo cili'n from points as distant oa .Mulne, Vermont, Now Yorlc, Washington, D. C, and Tcxna. Hawaii Is ulroady In evidence; also the Canadian provinces. Tho Klamath and Mcdford en trances are ruuulng neck and neck; Klamath landing by 209. lUm Road Upon Hoon. It Is expected that tho Rim Road a SG-mlla highway circling tho crest ot tho crater will Wo vomplotely clcarod ot snow by Sunday, June 12, a month curlier than any previous opening. The Lodge L preparing to entor taln guests July 1, possibly a llttlo aonor. Doat service on the lake will commence not later than July 1. All camp grounds are open. At thn Kim Camp Around tho shower bulbs aro in use, firewood available, and mld-oasoii conditions prevalent. Iilonl Outdoor Conditions. Wonther conditions romnlti Idonli sparkling clear daye and 'throe blanket' nights, Wild tlowors have blossomed oarly, great gardens form ing lovoly carpots on the forest floor. Small iw4ld life Is In the usual abnndunco: and their larger brotliron are more numerous than usual. The door especially seom to havo pros pered during tho mild winter, bands ot tour and five bolng not unknown sights. Elj havo boon soon uear the Klamath border; envoral lenr hlvo betln stn along llje ' Park rondp, tWQ'Wltll cubs. v ' ESCAPE PLANS ARE . FOILED AT PRISON RAl.KM1, Juno 10. Plftoon con victs In tho alnto prison, Including tlvo who participated In the recent break over tho wall thn morning of March 28, were tills morning thrown jntn the Will pen tor mute keeping, following fnmtratlon last night ot pinna for a wholesale dollvory, by Prison oftlolals, . ' Preparations for the escape under wny threo weeks nr a month, Includ ed construction .by convicta of threo chambers within a huge pile of cord wood Insldo tbo wall and start ot a tunnel from the larger ot these chamber underneatr the north wall t lb srlion ysra, DENTED MOWED AS SPEAKER BY KLAMATH G. 0. P. County Committee Passes Resolutions Endorsing Representative Recommendations that rteprosan Intlvn Denton O. Durdlck of Red mond be Molnctod as speaker of the next house of tho Oregon legisla ture wcru formtilutod nt tho meet ing of tho Klamath. County Repub lican Central committeo held lust night at which time all vacancies on llio com in It ten were . also filled. Louis K. PorlW i-halrman, pre sided, - - , , Tho following Is '.be conclusloi. of the resolution pasMd:i Ro It Rosolved, That the Klam ath County Republican Central Committee, in meeting assembled this 1 Sib day ot June, 1S24, does hereby endorso and urgo the selao tlon of Hon. Denton Q. Murdlck for tho speakership of tho House of Representatives of Oregon, to pre side during the Thirtythird Session or the Oregon State Legislature for the ensuing term. Experience I Asset . The resolution passed contain referenco to the power and Influ ence ot Mr. Burdlck in tbe shaping ot Oregon legislation during the past six terms in which he has served In the lower house. "He is the oldest and most,, experienced member to be eiectoaTo the honsr ot representatives In tho coming aosalon and one ot the most out glaodlng figures In past sesaions." the resolution reads. "Xlr. Durdlck' record is one of great achievement. through lls tireless effort, inexhaisltblo energy and unfailing devotion to our Dis trict ho has rendorod Invaluable ervlce to Klamath . County, the (Continued on Page Eight) RACE TRACK READY FOR EVENTS TO BE HELD NEXT SUNDAY Plans aro shading up woll for tho evrtos of rucen to be held nt the county fair grounds next Sunday and a string ot 22 horses aro now on the ground, la tho word of the manage ment of the program. A big crow ha beeu at work on tba track tor tho past three weeks and It Is In tho bost ot sliapo tor tho contests. The -grandstand Is aUo being fixed up In preparation for tho annual Rodoo next month. The horses now hero will also take part In tho big celebration as well us on the racing enrd of five ovontg to be held Sunday, Is the announcement. Tho first race Sunday will start at 2 o'clock. Over $1000 Is being spent 1u pre paring the track, grandstand and grounds for the Rodeo, the promoters report. HIGHWAY BIDS ARE ASKED ON PROJECT On Juno 20, bids w: be oponea befuro the stale highway commis sion at Portland for the construction of n.nlne mllo section ot road on the Prlnevllle-Lakovlew highway the lo cal state highway office announced this morning. The stretch ot road to bo graded and surfaced starts 10 ntilos north ot Paisley and runs along the west shoro ot Summer . Lake to within seven miles ot Summer Lake post office. 1 This, according to stnto highway officials, will take out tho roughost part nt tho vond. . Tho section of highway Is known as Ilia Chalk CI Iff -Iluuter Hill section. JAP SITUATION IS TO REMAIN AS NOW TOKIO, Unno 10. Jnpaheno oftl olals In receipt ot tho American re ply to the protest against the ex clusion measure, do not contemplate another protest, lit Li Indicated, but they may send another communica tion to leave the Issue In such sjntiw thnt It can bo taken up agnlu under more propitious circumstances, Lead ers reallie It I futile to try to alter tbo situation until after th Amerl oio tliotlanai Massey Tells His Policies About School New Director Declares He Will Work for Their , Interests "I am under pledgo to nobody and will ant at a member of the bourd v ih olio Interest In view, tbo wel- ! tare of tho schools of Klamath ' .'ulU." wus the statement mado this noon by Dr. (!. A. Massey, recently elected febool director, to the Kl wanla club today. Dr. Mflfiney mas asked to speak a few words about the sensational school election hut Monday which resulted In tbe flection of he and Mrs. Edna, Chambers to replace Fred Fleet and C. R. DeLap' on the board, f - ' ! i, The principal speaker at the KI- waul luncheon waa tbe Rev. J. u . ttryant who took as his tbeme, the "Building of Solomon's temple," as a fitting recognition of the Kiwanis moito, "Wo Build." . Tho Rov. Mr. Bryant brought out thp tact that the building of Solo mon temple represented the build ing up ot the nations of the world. However, he pointed out, Solomon's temple was not complete, and we must recognize that mankind must continue the building of tbe temple both as to the material and spiritual welfare. Bail of $500 Set in Liquor Possession Case wBy Court Walter Tanksley, indieiod by the gland jury on tho charge of pos- m'xslon of 20 gallons of Intoxicating' liuuor. plead not guilty before Cir cuit Judge A. L. Learltt this morn Ing. Mall was set nt $51)0. Tanksley was returned to Jail.- I). Richard, Sydney Thrlault, and II. J. Dennis charged Jointly by threo indictments ot stealing two horses and larceny in a house, plead not guilty to each indictment . L. C. Stnrr, charged wtih larceny by bailee plead not guilty. His cash buil was reduced to $230. Peto Sullivan, charged with ar son In tho night time, was arraign ed before the court and the indict ment read. Time for his plea was set at Friday morning at 10 o'clock OIL STATION TO BE OPENED AT SPRING To open up the Standard oil sta liou ut Anna Creek, R. A. Sharon, one ot the head men ot the service sta tion department ot the Standard Oil company, passed through town yes terday accompanied by hie wife. The mild winter which caused the park to be accessible thla month has brought oibotit ti flood ot tourists that bus mado It necessary for tho Stand ard Oil company to opou up the sta. tion much earlier than las year. LOCAL BOY ABOARD WARSHIP MISSISSIPPI Waldo Knight, a Klamath Fails boy, was ou the battleship Mississippi at the time of the turret explosion last Thursday that took the lives of 4S officers and enlisted men. Knight was not injured In tho blast us he was at another pnrt ot the ship at the time of the accident . Word of the safotj of Knight was received here In a wlro from the commander ot the Mississippi. TENNIS GAMES ARE , TAKEN BY BRITISH WIMiBLBDON. England, Juno 10. Miss Helen Wills, Amorlcan womnn tennis champion, waa dofentod In ntralght ppIs today by Miss Kathleen MelCnue, ranking British womnn player 0-2, 6-2, In the British vorsus American woman' team match. Tbe victory gave the British team tour victories and th m&lou, HERD ATTACKED SAID STEERS DEAD Rabies Believed Caused by Bite of Predatory Animals Eight steers of the HcgelHtcin hcnl of cuttle In SpruKiie river val ley are dead from rabies, as a re sult, it is thought, nt bites from a mad coyote. The deaths of the 'cat tle were reported to thn county agent's office yesterday and a trap per will soon be sent out in tbe valley to protect the Interests of tho cattlemen by trapping the mad coyotes. A mad coyoto was killed yester day near Fort Klamath and It is thought that this coyote might have been the animal that caused the death of the ejght Hogclsteln steerd. The place whero It was killed is 10 to 15 miles west of where the steers were found dead. i The biting of cattle by mad coy otes Is unusual, according to Coun ty Agent C. A. Henderson. Last year no cattle were reported into the county agent's office as dying from rabies, although it was pointed out, that otten cattle are found dead and the cause of -their death undeterm ined. An outbreak ot rabies among the coyotes is unusual this early in the year,', authorities stato. Last year the two outstanding cases ot rabie3 were when it- woman wan bit, by a mad coyote and recDvered after treatment and when another woman wbo was attacked by one of tbe crazed animals near Algoma, killed It with a pitch fork, after being bitten several times. STAGE OVERTURNS AND 2 PASSENGERS SUSTAIN INJURIES R. Galembieusky and Mrs. Sophie F.gli are suffering at the Klamath General hospital from minor injuries sustained in a wreck ot the Central Auto Service Bend stags two miles north ot Fort Klamath at 10:45 this morning. The two injured per sona were passengers on the stage und were bound for Bend wben the wreck occurred. i According to the Central Auto Service, n limb in the road caught in the steering apparatus and caused the steering wheel to lock. The stage went off the grade and turned over once. Roy Humlin. driver of the stage, stated that at tho time ot the accident the car was being, driven at 20 miles per hour. i The car was not seriously dam' aged. JURY FINDS DENNIS GUILTY OF CHARGE "Guilty as charged 'in the indict ment." was. the verdict of the Jury In the case ot state vs. H. J. Dennis charged with stealing goods from the Connolly Harness shop on Ninth and MUin. The verdict was return ed by the jury t 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon after they had deliberated for one hour and forty minutes. Sentence ot Dennis has been de ferred until he pleads to threo other indictments. He is charged on two of the indictments with larceny of a horso and on the third with larceny in a house. Tho alleged confession made by Dennis to Chief ot Police George Humphrey was disallowed by Circuit Judge A. L. Leavltt.on tho ground that Humphrey stated that the con fession va3 not given voluntarily. ASSASSIN THROWS BOMB AT GOVERNOR CANTON". June 19. Three men were killed when an unidentified armed ussr.asln throw a bomb among guestd at a reception last night at the Victoria hotel in Shamen, the for eign qn.irtor, to kill Governor Gen oral Mlirlin of Frhch Indo-Chlnn. Tho bomb thrower escaped. THREE MEN KILLED AS TRAINS COLLIDE ATLANTA, Ga Juno 10. Three men were killed In a collision ot a passenger train and a freight train ntar Adairivlll, Georgia, today, BY COYOTE U. S. to Round Up LW. W. in Coast Area SAN FRANCISCO. July 19. iioundup or members of the Indus World in Washington, Oregon. Cali fornia, Nevada, and Arlzon i is ordered by the department of justice because of alleged ac tivity f the organization in bpreailing the foot -wl mouth dis ease in California and illegally aid ing a general boycott of California goods, Grove L. Fiuli, assistant United States district attorney an nounced today. Infe'ted dogs were used .to spread infection over a large area. Fink said. Two are un der arrest. E 12 Inches Reported Fall In Crater Area in Two Days A snow fall of 12 Inches at Crater Lake Tuesday night and Wednesday morning caused park officials to clase tbe road to the Tim at Anna Creek until tbe snow can be cleared Uway was the Teport of tourists re turning from the lake yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Phil T. Laugenour and Mar. an Mrs; A-.ti.- Bttsaay. tonrista from California, returned lost night from Anna Creek end reported tbe park beautiful. . The .party walked from Anna creek to the rim and said on their return that all descriptions ot the lake could not approximate tbe reality as it iwas yesterday, in a frame of white snow. PROPERTY OWNERS ENTER AGREEMENT WITH COPCO FIRM Four agreements with ten persons owning property along the shore of Upper Klamath lake were consum mated yesterday by the California Oregon Power company whereby the power company was granted the priv ilege of raising and lowering the water level of the lake between the levels of 41JT to 4142.3 feet above Gea level. The orgeements were reached with Kate Crowley, Dennis Crawley, Betsy Effiuan, John -K. liftman, Grace Barney, Lev,i IBarney, Tommy Te cumseh, Bellett Lobert, Flora Lobert, and Jennie Clinton. As the property in question Is all In the Klamath In dian reservation, the agreements were approved by Superlntenaum Fred A. Baker of the reservation. In addition to granting privilege to raise and lower the water, the agreement stipulated that property holders should waive all claim ot damage against tbe company that might result to their land, canals, ditches, crops, dikes, etc., as a result ot the water being raised or lowered within the prescribed levels. However, It was stated, tho prop erty holders are not hound to over look damage done to property If the water level of the lake falls balir.v 4137 or roaches above 4142.3." COURT DISMISSED UNTIL TOMORROW In order to allow . the sheriff ample time to subpoena five c.lt zcns to serve on the Jury panel, Circuit Judge A..L. Leuvltt dismissed court this morning until 9 o'clock, tomor row morning. The judge Issued a special venire calling the live Jurors to serve. ; . The trial In progress at the time ot tho exhaustion ot the panel was State vs. Wallace, charged with non support, ail RATES OPPOSITION GROUP AT HEARING WALLA WIALLA, June 19. With R. W. Smith, president of the Astoria Flour Mills, as first witness, the In terveners in favor of abolishing the 10 per cent differential enjoyed by Portland over Puget Sound ports, opened their case before tho Inter- stats commerce commission exam iner today, SNOW AT PARK OLD CRLORINE AIDS i ORATORY OVERA POLITICAL IR :'..-..' : I ...... , I ., ' . . :' i ' . 'f Filibuster .' Leads ''td.".'JNew Methods to . Help .. Legislation , ' PROVIDENCE, D.'I,, June 1 .- Chlorine gas was let loose in the senate chamber today after that body bad been in session since Tuesday afternoon. Factions tbat have pre-. vented an adjournment agreed to aa hour's recess in order to clear the gas from the chamber. .... Three .co publican senators, and one Democrat . were overcome by gas and treats by physicians. Wthen the senate re convened a physician reported -u found 19 Republican senators .unfit to return to the chamber 'because of gas poisoning. - . J ' . .- An hour and a halt after the gas was discovered the physician . an-' nounced that four - senators moat severely IU, were out ot danger.' . Lieutenant Governor Toupln, psjle and nauseated, mounted the rostrum and announced the senate would pro- ' ceed with business. . The four strick en senator were not In their places. Governor Flynn declared he was "going to tbe bottom of, thla. and tind out who did it." - - ,v- The Democratic . ailnority ' lt (he. senate has been conducting fila buster adjournment in an effort to force the Republicans to pass an alp-' propriatlon measure (which lha bn pending sine. February.' i.; OoraoV Flynn, who appeared in the chamber shortly after tbe ga was discovered; declared the attempt had apparently been made to suffocate Lieutenant Governor Toupln.' . ' ' HARNESS STORE IS ' DESTROYED BY. FIRE Only a miracle saved the Diamond Tira shop at 70S Sixth street from being destroyed in the fire that gnt ted the shoe and harness shop . ot W. H. Pipp at 703 South Slxth, l:30 this morning. The two buildings have a common wall and the Dia mond tire shop Is a frame structure, similar to the harness shop. . "It is to the fire department un der the supervision of Fi.'o,. Chief Keith K. Ambrose that w) owe the safety of our building, O. A. Smith, one ot the owners, said today. "I can't see yet how the building wits saved. ' v '.V The interior of the building was a mass ot flames when tho fire de partment arrived. When It was evi dent thnt the harness shop could nut be saved, Ambrose directed the enei- gy of the force -to the saving a of the tire shop. , .' - ' i ."?. CUMMINS AFFAIR MEXICO CITV, June 19. Pro ceeding of the Mexican government to expel Herbert M. Cummins, Brit ish diplomatic agent, .were ordered stopped today by President Obregon, after he learned 'Great Britain bad ordered Cummin's withdrawal toraor- 6 DEAD WHEN AUTO k WRECKED BY TRAIN TOLEDO, June 19. Sis wero kitt ed today when an lnterurban car demolished an automobile near Genoa, two men, two women and two children were victims.'", V V -' nr Art a vn iMfiiocn VVf IN WAKE OF STORM DICKINSON, N. D.( June 1. two dead, and five injured und a property loss ot halt a million il tba result of a tornado In thk; section late yesterday. ;. ; j . '., THE WEATHER i The cyclo-Stormagraph at, V'n)lr wond's Pharmacy show that the barometric pressure ha moved into higher ground and pleasant wsather I indioatad. I ' " , Forecast for nt 84 boars:' Fair, probably warmer. The Tyco recording thermometer registered maximum and minimum temperature today af follows! ' ' High ..:..- .'........i.,'....J TO . LOW .....M-.M II , f