Published Daily at . KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" Celebrate With Us JULY 4TH, 5TH, 8TH ' "A rip, rarin' rodeo'! . ... Member of the Associated Press Seventeenth YearNo. 7244. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1924. PRICE, FIVE CENTS . STATE BACKING IN FOREST FIRE PLANS ASSURED Movement Launched Here ls Supported by Oregon Chamber ' That lbs . "atop Forest Fire 4-moclutlon 1 promoted here tlirouttli Hit Klunjiith touuly chamber of commerce sud urged iu a statu-whlu Movement h taken hold through nut tbe slate ikI will undoubtedly lie a W success. Is indicium) by tliu rsaponse received. ' Tbo atate ehamlivr of commerce l tack of (lit plap nod aiitlvo efforts are uuilvr way in have each of the local cliumbcrn of Ihn statu organize Uplta of flit uesoclutlon. flovvruor Walter itf. Pierce hu scut word to tho Klaiuatlt chamber that hi t urging the press of tlio state to -courage tbe association movement and bo will alo declare "Stop Forest Fires" period t the requet of tlio chamber. Hlalo Chuuilx-r Active. .'. Tlio following cominiinlcatlan has iieeo received by W. O. Hinllh, clmlr muo at tbo committee in chiirgo of tbo organization here, from A. B. Dudley, execullvo manager of the plats okauiber: Mr. Wl O. Smith, Chairman. Onlra.1 Committee, Htop Forettt Flros Association, Klamath Falls, Oregon. My Lead Mr. Htnlth: . ' Vour Kilogram and letters regard ing tbo "STOP FOREST FIllKh WfiBK" have boon given most care ful consideration, and Mr. Case is devoting practically all of bli time Jo tba preparation of material ao that tba publicity may be developed . and followed dally In (he press. :,W are otnitag a lausr to the Kef) tttHH "ot M Chamber . of Com mere requesting them, to personally Interview tbelr local newspaper and have aulclss appear In the pre. We hare ' conferred personally with tba head of the various de partmenta of tba Federal Oovernment and Stat Forcatry; alio with the timber organization), and tire to eelvrog tnoat hearty co-operation. ' I bad a long talk with the Gov ernor thU morning and bo will Il eus a proclamation tomorrow desig nating June 80th to July 14th an "STOP FOREST FIRES WEEKS." IVpoiiM Appreciate ' Officers and members of tbo Klam ath county chamber who hare been active In the promotion of the "Slop Forest FlTeV' aeeoctalion are grati fied at the hearty co-operation re ceived fnm various parts of the atate in response to the appeal of the local chain Nr. INDIAN BOY GOING TO PORTLAND WITH fc DEP.UTY. MARSHALL r -. To take to Portland Porry John, who la bound over to tlio federal grand Jury on the chargo of assault with a dangerous weapon, and to at tend to other government business. Deputy Marshal 0. C. Wells, of the United States Department of Jut tloe arrived In Klamath Falls last alight from Portland. . Perry John is accused of shooting Ma brother through the eye follow ing as altercation that took place on Saturday afternoon, June 9, at their home In the flycau Valley. " Weill stated that the Central auto service car drlvon by Mart Frieby, wbss he wa arrested here on tbe charge of possesion and transporta tion of liquor, had been confiscated by order of the United Htntea um rlot Attorney's office, and would -ho sold by the government In the naar future, i '- Welle left thla morning for Lake view where be will officiate at the Sale of a, confiscated ear. SNOW HOLDS UP V RIM ROAD USE Tbe Tlin road around Prater Ltiloo will not 'be open to travel until Bun day, Juno 20, It was announced to day by Superintendent C. (. Thorn son of Crater iLake National Park. : Jt Vu expected to linvo linrt the jcenio roadway open by thla coming Aunday and announcomont to that effeot has been pnlntod. The unex pected snowfall of this wook, flow ever, necessitated the removal of tlio nrew from the rim road to keep open lower roads to the lako Itself. 1 Duo to this delay In (ho task of removing Ice front the 'upper Toad, autolsti mutt wait another week before they van enjoy the ibeauttel of a round thS'lsks joursiy, County Clubs Here Report Fine Showing Klamath Boys and Girls Display Ability at Corvallis Not content with showing their superiority M club work over tliu rent of the wliilu, the IiuacIiuII team if the Klumutli boy clubs played a combined Jomiplihio uud Jackson county club team Tuemliiy afternoon at 3:30 and won by a score. of 33 to 0, Is tlm word sent from Corvullls by County Club lender, Frank Sexton. Over 7 r, members of bo)s and girl clubs lire attendlug a two week!) courae at the. Oregon Agricultural college. Tlio eevcnloen our which left here last Katuriiity morning at 4 o'clock, arriving In Corvallis without inlsliup at eight in tlio oveulng. The long string of atitos was escorted all the way to Corvallis by HI n to Traffic Ofricer J. J. MVMuhon, While the cliutM'n were being or ganised Monday, tbo Klamath dele gation, drove to Nowport for a days vacation. Sexton wrote. They return ed Monduy evening. Tlio Klamath lejegation exceeds any other couutjM'delogallon from tbn state by about 20. Wlhen classo opened Tuesday mornlnK,,i'L kiveloped that vry boy club member 1md signbd up to take blacksinlthlng course. Tho cowboy huts worn by tho hoys and tho multi-colored neckerchief worn by tho girls ore attracting con siderable attention In Corvallis. Sex ton stated, and bonrn the rodeo In Klamath Falls on July 4 has receiv ed valuable advertising. BLUE RIBBON DOGS HAVE ANOTHER TRY TO SETTLE GRUDGE In on iiltempl no nettle a long standing . grudge, Klamath's two famous C.ermsn Police Dogs, "Bar gent" and "Wtolf", wad'od fiercely Into one nnoL' r ut Market and Elm street late yesterday and wore sav agely attempting o exterminate one another iwbon pulled apart. Tho grudge that proclpated the tight dates hack to puppyhood and thla makes tho sixth time tho two ribbon dogs have met In mortal com bat. Both C. If. Knowles. tho owner of "WW and 11. A. -Nlckeraon, the owner of "Sargent" ny that tlio two dogs do not fight except, with one another. Both dogs aro magnificent speci mens, and both placed at the Inst dog show held In Portland. '.'Sar gent" won first prlto in Amerlcau bred police dots and "Wolf camo in second. ANOTHER SECTION NOW COMPLETE ON KLAMATH HIGHWAY The ten niila section of tho Ash-lang-KIamath Falls highway from the Jackson county line to tho top of Huydon mountain Is officially com pleted today, the state highway ot tlco announced thla morning. The base course of this section of road, which was let to Hsrnow and Colby, wan completed lHt fr(ll and this spring and early summer the con tractor., huve been- laying on the top course. ', W. D. Miller, local contractor, will comple' his contract rrom iKeup to Hoyden mountain between July 15 and July 31. This section In cludes tho four nillo stretch from Spencer ranch an lliiyden mountain on which no gravel hag haen laid ns yet. When Miller's Job Is finished, trio highway will bo completed from Klamath Fulls to Ashland. CANDLER FILES FOR DIVORCE FROM WIFE ' ATLANTA. On. Juno 20. Ash (1, Candler, Sr., Atlanta capltaum, Iiiir brought, stilt for dlvorno from hU wife, Mrs. May Mtlle Candler, alleging cruelty. ' CnJidlor, irllllnnnlro fo'mdor Jif Coca Coin, company, nuirrlml Mrs, May. Little Rngln,' public steno grapher In ihn Caudler building, n year' ago. After a honeymoon trip through northern rlt Una tho capital ist installed his brldo In the palatini Candler homo, NEGRO HANGED FOR DEATH OF STUDENT ' FLORENCE, Arts., Juno 20, Wil liam B. Ward, uogro, won hanged at dawn this morning at the state prison tor the murder of Ted Oroahi Arliona Unlvmlty students, f L 1 TO ESCAPE JAIL County Prisoners on Last Day in Old Quarters Celebrate By a mern chnnco inupccllon, an other jull hreuk from the city Jul! was averted yeslerduy afternoon t' 4 o'clock by Kherlfr L. L. Low. Fire Chief Keith K. Amhroo and a number of deputies. Six of the Iron bars hud been iiuwed by a hack sntv end a hole wldo enough for u man to crawl through hud been opened. Every indication pointed . to the juil break planned for lust night. The xbnrlff and his, deputies stripped and searched every prison er In the JMI and looked In every nook and cranny In the Juil for the Itifair.tr.xtitiu MMfwl hv Win nrtuntif-l'K to set out of Jail. Their search was rewarded by the dlHcovery of scvernl back saws. In view of tho escape and at tempted Jail breaks during tho past month, tho sheriff leclded to con duct a thorough Inupccllon yester day afternoon In order to check mato any utlompt by tho prisoners to make a last desparato try at escape before being moved to their new (tiiirlers. . As tbo result of tho resolution passod unanimously by tho city council at their lost meeting, Mon day night, all county prisoners muKt bo removed from the city lull by tomorrow night. Tho resolution stipulated that wit'iln five days from the tlmo it was approved by tbn council, nil county prisoners must be tnkon from tbe Jail. Construction of nn. lro door nt the cntranco of tbe top -floor of the courthouso la In progress. Sheriff, Low stated today, that at least (wo and possibly tbreo guards would be nccosaary to keep the prisoners from making a success ful break from the court house Jail. Seattle Driver Takes Two First in Medford Contests MJSDFORD, Juno 20. Results of auto racca hero were: Six-lap race Rom of Seattle driving lluttera Spocial, first, five minutes, ten sec ondu. Walker driving Maxwell, sec ond, Crlgsby driving iRoof, . third. Ton-lap race, Ross first, nine minu tes, 35 seconds. Lott, driving Beav er, second, Rhoades, driving Front enac, third., Tnvonty-inp race, Ross, first, 21 minutes and 21 3-5 seconds, Rhoades, second, 'Bluuie driving Es sex, third. Track Is one and u-s-elghth miles. There were twelve en tries from Oregon, Washington and California, among cars forced out by engine troubles was that of Wlalker, fast Medford driver In tho second race, when a eloso second. Lemon of Klamath Falls failed to quality In the tryout. STATE UNIVERSITY DRIVE PROGRESSES iln the Interest of tho Alumni campaign of the University of Ore gon, K. P. ITny and W. C. Balkan nro bore from Eugene to confer with John lliHtnn, chairmen of the Klnm aiUi county rommliunn, and' lother graduates of thn ntato university, "Tho cumpalgn Is going flno throughout th,i stnto and every coun ty will undoubtedly rnio Iho nuota not," l tho report ot the visiting unl veiwlty moil. Many pledges nro being turned 'In by Klamath county graduates and former students ami it la expected that this county will nlso" roncli Its gonl, Is the report. FEDERAL ROAD MAN IS COUNTY VISITOR On a general inspection or hlgn nvays, A. F. Morris, connected with tho United States iBuitiau ot public roads, arrived in Klamnth Falls from Portland .yostordny wtternoon end left thla morning for Lnkevlow. At frequent lutnrvnls tho bureau of pnh llo roads, sonde a representative to Klamath to look over all atate high way which tho federal government hat subsldireO, .. INMATES IK FINA ATTEiP ROSS IS WINNER IN MOTOR RACES Extension of j Dl ' J Planned Here 'Classes Will Be Slated For Other Parts of City Extension of tho Klamath Falln playground syitcm to Include super vised play nt tho Milla, Fslrvlew, and Hot Springs ground will start next Mondny when tho first play clan will he held nt the Mills, school from T to 9 p. m. Miss Ruth M. Dixon, supervisor In charge the playground work here, announces that the courthouse ground Is now open. Tlli) hours e:h day with the exception of Sunday are from 1 to S o'clock In tbe afternoon and from 7 to 9 In the evening. "Tim extension of the playground claries to 4he other three grounds selected .will be of benefit to many children who reside In those districts and find It rather far to attend the. class nt tho downtown playground," MIm Dixon said. Thn schedule provides for a clam at the MIIJs school Monday (Tvenlng. Falrvlew school Wednesday evening and at the Hot Springs grounds Fri day evening. New equipment hns been ordered for the' playground in the Hot fipringH district and this is expected to be here soon and will be installed. While Miss Dixon Is on duty three evenings n week ac the other grounds. volunteer supervisors will :vc charge of the work ot iho coui .se grounds. Is tho announcement! Although no definite aW-ge-menu have been mads it is believed that Parent-Teachers association may tako chargo of tho playground work at (he Mills, Fairview and Hot Springs grounds la order that Abe schedulo may be- extended in more than one evening a week. . RECLAMATION MEN OF OREGON CALLED TO GATHER JULY 1 . nERKELEY, Calif., June 20. Dr. Elwood Mead, chief ot the government reclamation service, . announced here today he had .' called a meeting ot Oregon irri gation and reclamation interests at Portland July 1 to consider ; tho present- and! proposed pro-. Jecls. The Umatilla irrigation project now being completed, will bo considered, ho s&id. BOOK CIRCULATION AT LIBRARY OPENS On Monday, Juno 23. tfto quaran tine on books from tho city library that was enacted by order of City Health Officer Dr. K. D. Lamb will bo lifted according- to Miss Hawkins City librarian. The quarantine was placed to prevent tho spread of scar lot fever gernid. While no books iwere allowed to be taken from the library the public was allowed to como and read the books In the library. The quarantine has been In effect for two weeks. ROY TANKSLEY HELD GUILTY OF CHARGE Roy Tanksley, serving a 100-day sentence for possession ot two moon shine stills, was found guilty ot possession ot deer meat out of sen sou by Jutice of tho Peace R. A. Era mitt at 4 p. m. yesterday. Justice Emmlit fined Tanksley 125 iiu costs. Tanksley has not yet paid the fine but assured thn Judge that It would be paid tomorrow. iWitnessea for the mule were Deputy Onme Warden Marlon Barnes end Sheriff L. 1,. Low. Tho only witness on behult of the detouse was Mrs. Walter Tanksley. HERALD WANT AD GETS 19 ANSWERS .Seventeen letters anil two tele grams In answer to one eliiscl fieil ml In Tlio Evening Horahl. Thnt was the vespimse nlvott J !ss Htilley r Hilt, I'nllfornla, ivhn wanted a couk, And his ad nppenred but once. Classified advertising in The Evening: Hernld - hns n value" inniiy natrons nro ovei'looklntt. Tho cost Is low and the return is great. Based nn four' renders to a copy, ten thousand persona each lay peruse the columns nt Tho Evening Hernld. Xo advertising medium in southern Oregon - cau compare in coverage and economy ot cost. DARK HORSE IS SEEN PROWLING DOUHBON CAi Favorite Sons Mentioned As Possibilities At Session NEW YORK, June 20. Democrat ic politicians figuring the actual and potential strength of leading candi dates, found the task complicated by the arrival of favorite sons and dark horjss. Two separate movements to groin John W. Davis, of West Virgin ia, former ambassador to Great Brit ain, developed in Washington and Chicago were growing stronger here after Davis let It be known ho is in a receptive nioodv Managers for Cieorgc S. Silver, governor of New Jersey. Carter Class of Virginia, Os car Inderwood of Alabama and J amen H. Cox of Ohio, have opened head quarters. Work on tho platform is started by Homer S. Cuinmings. Generally conceded main test of strength between McAdoo and Smith .will be on questions ot the Ku KIux Klan, League of Nations and prohi- r'Mon. NEW YORK, Juno 20. The scan dal In administration of government affair an disclosed by the senate in vestigation occupies a dominant placo in the tentative draft ot tbe Democratic platform. Tbe foreign relations plank as it shapes up after conferences anion leadcra reaffirms In general the .foreign policies of 4ho Democratic party as they have tieen paid down over a period of years, and severely assails the policies ot the present administration,. The world ourt liiank as It stands. illrect! accu the Republican party-of equivocation and declares it is attempting to lift bodily a cardinal Democratic policy by advocating membership In the court. Wlayne B. Wheeler, asserted in .a' formal statement that a wet plank would hare no 1 more sb,ow here than at Cleveland. BALTIMORE, June 20. A copy righted dispatch from a correspond ent at New York to the 'Baltimore Sun todoy says "Woodrow Wllson.'s last political wiilD and teslamcnV is to be laid by u group of his fol lowers before the resolutions com mittee for tbe Democratic platform. The memorandum advocates straight forward membership ot the United States in the League of Nations, and abandonment of the 'fareicial" pol icy of unofficial observation. -L TICKETS READ! McDonald of Illinois Is Presidental Nominee of Party ST. PAUL, June 20. Tht national committeo of the National Farmer Labor party organized today follow- (ing adjournment ot the convention into yesterday utter adopting a plat form and nominating Duncan Mc Donald, ot Illinois for president and Wiilllam Bouck, of Washington state for vIce-preBident. The communists who ruled the convention control the nutlonul committeo. McDonald's candidacy Is to be pressed only In the event tuat Sena tor LaFollette refuses the commun ist's endorsement. The senator pre viously had repudiated the St. Paul convention. Platform adopted in cludes planks favoring Tecognitlou of Soviet Russia;, nationalization ot large Industries with participation In mnnngement by workers; government owner ship of luniks; public owner ship of rullrouds and marketing In stitutions!; compensation for unem ployed and employment of unemploy ed on public works, and federal mluimnm'wage law tor all works. GREER ACQUITTED IN SHOOTING CASE BUT IS ARRESTED AGAIN LOS ANGELES, Juno 20. Horace Ureor, was acquitted' late yesterday of shooting Dines. He was Imme diately arrested on a charge ot vio lating the prohibition law, FARMER A Pat Hartigan of the Films Falls Asleep Klamath Tonsorial Artist Disrupts Program of Movie People ' v Wlu-n Put liartlgun, villun mid heavy in tho Wurm-r Brothers' inovin contingent how producing u Kln-Tiii-TIn picture here, fell iwleep In a Klumutli l-'alU barber's Hiair yesterday little did he dream of the grii-f lctim-d to ensue. lint when he awoke and found , his carefully minted three weeks growth of beard had been neatly anil thoroughly removed un absolutely ementlal part of liis "make-up," old mother i-nrtli nearly fell in twain. "Goodlieavens, mini, what have you done? You've sure gummed up the works for me," thundered the shorn nctor. "I only wanted a hair trim." ilcfore Hurtigan had walkca a block he was met by Director -Sinclair., ftuicluir staggered, nearly fell through a plate glass window, then fastened a dead eye glare on Ids heavy. "For the love ot oil above and below where' your beard?" vrr. - the director's demand. .lArtigam was dumb. With . )by thumb he pointed back to the barber shop. "Ho did it; he did it," was all the vlliian could say. And now tho "close-ups" must wale until another covering emerges. Anyone with ajcood hair growing recipe should send it to Hartigan. Charges of Bank Banditry Are Unfounded, It Verdict MOUNT VERNON, June 20. Charges that Dave W. Nadeau, Rus sell R. Evans, Lawrence H. iLee and Warren L. Ridley, u.11 ot Tacoma held up the Citizens State Bank, ot Anacortes. April 14, when 18,000 was stolen, are to be dismissed. Deputy Prosecuting Hodge, announc ed that inveUSigation -proved tnai their alibi was true. A. C. Brumlester, ot Tacoma, at torney for the tour men, said he had known for some days that the charg es, which were tiled after the sud den arrest of the four men, three of whom have substantial business connections, would be withdrawn. "But," he added "I expect something more than that." COUNTY BUILDING STARTS ON WAY TO ITS NEW LOCATION Over an Improvised track yester day afternoon the old county court house, in three hours, wag moved 100 feet towards its new resting place at the northeast corner ot Fourth and Walnut streets. By Tuesday, ac cording to O. Peyton, now the own er ot the building, the structure will bo resting on Its new site. The mo3t difficult part of tho moving Job, that ot moving the building arcoss the street intersec tion ot Klamath and Fourth streets from the northwest corner to the southeast corner, is yet to come.- iWireu ot the telephone company, the tire alarm system and the California-Oregon Power company ore being cut and rearranged in order to allow free transit. A track will be laid on which the structma will he moved and while the building Is In the street, the Intersection will be closed by order of the city council. The court house la being moved ou about at! . rollers- four' foot In length which rest on a track of long heavy timber. A email en gine furnishes thn motivating power. YALE OARSMEN WIN IN HARVARD RACES NEW LONDON. June 20. Yale won the four-mllo varsity eight race this afternoon defeating Harvard by three lengths. REGATTA COURSE. KBW LON DON, Conn., June 20. Yale's Fresh man crew defeated the. Harvard Freshmen In the two-mils race by 4 lengths. Yale's Junior eight defeat ed Harvard Juniors by ess langlh, 4 T COM GIVEN FREEDOM ROAD AT IS T Postmaster Talks on Mail Service; Urge Better Address Practice - 'U .- . u..., Whether the huge rock In tut? ' road at Aigoma or Inspiration Point should be removed, was one ot many topics before Rotanans today at their regular meeting in the Chamber of Commerce banquet room. - ..'vx W. E. Lamm urged tbat steps h taken to have the obstruction re moved, contending' that -it was n menace to safety and aleo Impeded the view of travelers ; as (they . ap proach from the south, "; '.' Several automobile accident, he said, ' hud occurred at the rock and mora would' take place, ttotarlann generally took part in (he dlscuseion and a com mittee consisting of M(r. Lamrti.. J. A. Gordon and Cbarlea Roberts wo appointed to look into the matter. Removal costs will be ascertained and the qnestlon taken up with highway authorities' Jt was stated' by Mr. Gordon that' the Original thought was to allow the rock to re- main as a safeguard. -, ; - Postmaster Talks. '', i i' . . Postmaster John McCall address ed the club on better mailing', we- ing merchants' and patroM of;"th postofflce realize the necessity- ot placing the street address or box number on all mail matter for Klam ath Falls. ' Government' pamphlets were distributed and members aked to lake them to their desks. -; Although Klamath FnJls-da "yet a second class office It is transact ing imkr bmsinrtSi than Cd)dfoT4,' a first class office,-tbe postmaster stated. Another carrier, . .unaklos six In all, was announced as a Dear possibility. . Xlaa clark. sr now . gaged and the Increase la postal re ceipts over last year show a 43 "p cent gain. .; ::: ' ,t' An urge that.' merchants refrain from dumping their mall loose into receiving boxes when mailing quoit titles at a time, was mad by th speaker. i , . ."If this, matter twas tied In bunoiMi and brought to ihe office It would facilitate our work greatly and aid in the quicker dispatch of all mall matter,"., the postmaster declared. (. Scout Work Complimented. ' ; , Jack Kimball announced thai Boy Scouts would visit Yainix Butte next. Sunday where they will Inspect the lookout station ot the Klamath For est Protective Asssoclatlon. He ask ed for volunteers with automobiles and before the' meeting ended suc ceeded .in securing the necessary number! In announcing the trip Mr. Kimball took occasion to compli ment ;the Reverend T. A. Mery weather oh the good work he we doing In the scout movement oda said that the doctor was creating an effective organization In Klamath Falls. '. . ; ; J ' : President Bert Hall advised' all Rotarlans to be present next Friday and promised a lively program, ip SCHOOL MOVED FORiU PUPILS OF BEATTY Beatty now has a school. Te government school house, formerly located several miles west Ot Beat ty, hag been moved to Beatty and will be utilized' as a county sohool next fall. '-. : '''''"'." the structure is well adapted to the educational needs ot that eotiou. It la much larger than the average county school house, having one large room, four living rooms and apao loua ball. ... '', ' , . '." .'.'. , "....t ;a' The teachor will lire in the school house, County School i Clerk Pred Peterson said today. '- 1 ' ..... ' The moving of the building waa a community project. ' Resldeota ot that section aided the moving crew at every opportunity, . THE WEATHER Tho Cyclo-Stormagraph at Under wood's Pharmacy hi registering llgbtl downward trend In baromet- trlc preasuva this afternoon. . '. ' Forecast for- naif. 24 hours; -. : -v Partly cloudy; warmer: followed by nsssttltd wsatb sr. vf- '. : The Tyoo roodi Ins thsrmomsisr rAfftRtArarf maximum and minimum temperatures today follows;,,.; , High ....... 4 . : Law AL6DMA ROTARY OP G