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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1924)
.' . ' Self-Appointed "Reformers" Rapped by State Agents Now in Klama& " Published Dailr at jr Visit Crater Lake Via. Ashland-Klamath Falls $1,000,000 Highway KLAMATH FALLS,! .' "An Empire Awakening" Member of the Associated Press Seventeenth Year No. 72(18. ' KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS Dry Wok Mmntnsg, titer. TANKSLEYSR Stockmen of STATE IS ASKED TO ALLOW HERD OF CATTLE HERE 6000 Head from California May Be. Brought Into Klamath County That C. II. llock. Cuyfornla di meter i)f agriculture, hue requested (iovnrhor Waller Plorco for por tu Ixolon to allow O.ooo calllu In Hindi) on county lo lie iiiuvl'iI Inlo Krauiath ruuniy for-jmaluruiio pur- - pone In lb word recelvod hero late 4 thin afternoon, Ilocbn united that , Hid forest fires had liurni.il off rtitiKo land In Hlsklyou and tltnt lumturo land was nt it pn'iiiluin. . Commenting on thn rcqueni Juf .Mr. Hocke, County Agent ('."A. Henderson hiiIiI Into this nftornoon: "I iloubl reiy much, nud In fact, positively know that there la not sufficient range limit In Klamath fn .six tliuimanii additional cuttle. There might perhaps h rnnm for A curtain percentage of thin nuni inr,'lnt li Would take an 'in wit I rut Ion 1" l piurrnlno that, "A far s Ibe hoof and mouth disease angle to tho proposed Im portation, It Ik my opinion that If all lh caltln In i mint Ion urn from ' Hlsklyoti county t tint there would he no dausor of Infection of Kliim ath cot tin with tbo disease. "So It materialises down to a ' quealloii of available putiire." When Oovornor Pierce asked tlr. I.ytla's opinion on "the iucliou ln replied substantially the aamv ad Mr. HendoMon. Dr. Lytle bus IcTi for' Klamath lo Investigate . thn acreage of pasture laud In Klamath for the California eaitle. SALEM. July. 18. Thn "lute ot Orogon baa boon asked by Califor nia to glvo succor to soou head ot California cattle whose ranges bavo teen btiruod by Hloklyou uiouiitain forest f iron. Oovornor 1'leroe ro colvod a telegram from C. H. Hocke, 'California diroctor ot agri culture, asking permission to move 0,000' bond across tbo stato lino luto Oregon for pasturage. Since tbo tool and mouth disease lias not appeared north of fltoekton It fat , betluvod thora la no danger from tbo dis ease. Orogon of (Idols bavo nnt yet noted upon ; tbo request. , - . Oovornor pluroo nuked Ur. Lytlo, stato velorluiirlun, If liu thought Houtborn Orogon could pasture Cal ifornia ratlin and received an ans wer In the negntlvo. nr. I.ytlo lotl today for Klamuth Falls In Investi gate the amount of pasture nvtill able. Dr. Lytlo atatoil his belief tbnt pnsturo nvallahlo would bo abort boeauso ot lnck of rain this season, Oovornor Pierre has nmu . i asked Wllllnm- Dnlton, Mnmnth (si. mHm nnd other miscellaneous Fnlls banker and cattleman, as totUrtictes. from tho Slsson store the bis views on the situation, but ns yot has received no roply. ROCK AT ALGOMA WILL BE BLASTED . Tito rock In the rond at Algoma Is dnnmod. 1 - , , ' This wits made known today nl Iho notary Club wbon J. A. Hordon,. Hot ill y ounimltlO'.u'UiMintnod to take up tho murintlon with .authorities, statod that C. C, ttellny, division en gineer for tha state highway coininla alnn, hud Informed him that tho ob struct lott would be blasted out .hV coming wlhlor. ' : Tbn rock hnj been looked upon nn n'tnennco to travol safely and re cently W. 10. I .ii in in or thn I .a in m Lumber (itinipniiy, fostered a move mom before Iho Holury Club lo have ' Ibn stiiiin removed. . . . Tlin WOl'k Will llll lll'lll vf'.l until lbs close of til tourist aeuson asjutter which final action will bo blasting Will be necessary to ramove 1 taken uend la seeking the Tumalo II, . . South Call for Aid; Pasture Wanted Fumigation of Cars at Border Now Abolished Washington State Stations Are All Closed, Is Word Received All fumigation Hlulimis botwooii Wunhliigtoii and On-Koii bavo boon closed by tbo former stato and mo torists may cross tbo boundary without restriction la th report re ceived by iho Klamuth county chamber of commoren from tbo Scuttle vbuiiibur. Although the Oregon stations j buvu 'beun closed for some time : Washington retained the border , nuuranttlin anil many Inquiries have i been md (here by visitors no w'ore on their north. Thn following Is tho communica tion .rocelved from tho Seattle chamber: "The Stato of Washington has 10 abandoned the fumigation stations which have been operating at tho border llno bolweon Oregon and Washington on account of the hoof and mouth disease. 'Ther are now absolutely no In spoctlona or fumigations rcnulrcd of any typo- of automobile traveler, who was tho only one affected by previous quarantine;, Motorist can rlv all the way from the California line to Urillsh Columbia without being subjected to any delay or any fumigation. "In view of tbe erroneous nud exjggoruted reports, which bavo gone the rounds about the fumiga tion nl the Washington line, we would be pleased to have you ad vIho those peeking Information that all fumigation Hindoos Sn Washing ton have ceased 'to operate. "There have never boon nuy fum igation station at the DritlBb Col umbia line. To go from Washington into British Columbia one does not have to have a passport, does nnt have to glvo any bond, does not have to pay any 'tax or mako any deposit on bis automobile." . SHERIFF IS ASKED TO AID IN SEARCH OF STORE THIEVES Mercantile atores at Hill and His son, Uallf., were "cleaned out" luat night by a hand ot four thieves ac cording to long distance Information rocelved thin morning by Sheriff L. L, Low fromllie alsklyou county sheriff's office. Tbo alsklyou nherirf requested Sheriff Low to he on the lookout for thn robbers In Klam ath. . It Is thought thill the robberies were committed by tbo hiiiuo gung as both towns are on tho kuuio road uud approximately an hour's drive from uacb olher. . Among the uiilclos taken from the iSleson store wore 14 suits. 1 18 shirts, i fom. jjuira hIiocs, a numbor of eapn, robbers took largo numbor of guns uud a large quantity ot Jewelry. The Slsson storo Is owned by a man named Slim Warrens. . According"' lb the Siskiyou sheriff four men were souu loitering about the Slsson store In u "suspicious man ner ehorlly before the store closed up.' It Is thought that tito first rob bery nccttrrod at midnight and tbe Recond about 1 a. m. BEND TO EXCHANGE RIGHTS FOR WATER HALEM, July 18. Tho elate desert land bolt rd late yostorday agieed to a plan whereby llftitd would oxchango' water rlgbta in tho Deschutes river for rlgbta as Tu malo creek held by the Tumuln Ir rigation piojoct, Hlale lCnglnncr Lit' per was dlrecled to Inspect Iho Hllitutlnn and report to tho board. water tor a ouy suppiy. DISAPPEAR! SPRAGUE RIVER Damttge Suit for $13,100 Is Filed, Adding Another Chapter to Affair Another chapter In the Spraisui? Itlver Valley wutor rlKhls fight Is ' In It in t eel In the circuit court by Iler i tha Hell administratrix who bus lirouuht a damage suit for (1.1,100 against the Xutlonul Surety company, a. 8. Coihht, O. W. Morgan, W, It. CninplKil, W. W. Kinloy, Nancy A. niiley, Iannis crtier an, j, p. iic Auliffee. Mrs. Ilcll alleges that tbo' do frndnnts were plnlnllffc In a peti tion for an Injunction to restrain her and others from using tbo waters' ot tbo Spraguo Itlver for her crops; that on May 31, tbo county Judge Issued an Injunction Jn compliance with the request. That sin obeyed the In junction and. .was without the use of wntor for nine doya tint II Judge A. I,. I.cuvllt . iIIhuoIvoiI tho Injunc tion on Juno 11: tiint her crops were materially Injured thereby. Mr. Bull stated that with the wator sIim wag entitled to sbe would bnve bud this a ymir a crop of tint) Ions (if buy. Hut the cutting off of the supply of the wutor ror mm. ilnv. she sluice, that xhe lost 4MI lolls of bay which ul (IX per acre aggregated nil alleged hum of (S. mi. Silo eluliiin that hn itefenduiits ure liable for thin amount because they lirniir.li! the suit for injunction uud when tbo circuit court held It invalid they biii'iiiiie llsble for the dumuKe In curred. In addition Mrs. Hell brlug.s eull for tlii undertaking or bond ot $5000 tiled by (lu ili f onduulA in this case .vlieo they were plaintiffs lu tbe in junction suit Sho -ulloges thai in- as much us tbe Injunction was prov ed to be invalid-that they must for feit the bend to tbe plaintiff. I.nko R. Walker and Leonard J. Woodruff brought suit against the sumo defendants in the . Bell case for tho recovery ot $500 which thoy al io god was spent tor attorney tees lu their attempt to nullity the Injunc tion issued by County Judge H. H. Bunnell. . .. ; ; - W OVERTURNS Ted McMullen in Critical Condition As Result of Accident 'led MeCnllen, connected with the Anna iiitgs Lumbor company. Is at the Klnntath General hospital In a serloiM condition aa tbo result of an uulomobile accident this -morning nnr Port Klnmuth. Mr. McMul len driving along was on bis way into Klumath Kulls and In making the turn at the gag1 station near Fort Klamath his car turned over and he was pinned underneath tbo ma chine,. Internal Injuries were SUS' stulnod and ' Into this afternoon a report from. Dr, A. J. Lylo was that tito Injured mans case was critical TAX PAYMENTS ARE SET TO AUGUST 20 SAl.KM, July 18. The stato tax commission today made a second ex tension lu tbe time allowed tor pay in mil of the second Installment ot Iho slnto Income taxes. Tho second Installment was dun Juno 20, but wng extended to July 20 because of im itation which was Instituted In the sttpvemo court. Since tbo oplulon of tbo court lias not yet been banded down It wits today deotded lo make a econd extension to August DO, ITER CASE IS AGAIN 111 COURT 0 V INJURED HEFORIRS GET SCORING STATI Prolilbition Agents Declare "Clean-Up" Hindrance in Their Work That the work of tbe state prohi bition officials Is bumpered consid erably by certain voluntary reformers who launch so-callcu "moral clean ups" without any connection what ever with the legal law enforcement machinery of the state or community. Is lbs declaration of Wjllard M. HountoB, .chief state deputy, and W. L, Prient," uperatlve of the Bonis agency, who have been tn charge ot the series of raids conducted in Klumath Falls during the past tew days. "There are a number ot those men In the Northwest at present wbo, claiming to bavo Information con cerning uiurul laxliude In a com munity, endeavor to obtain financial uuck'ug from well meaning citizens to nt- used in a.,-ao-called "clean-up cump.-.lgn", .Mr, Houston declared to-1 day. "Tb-;e men have no cuuneclion wbateter wfilt any legal Jaw enforce went divisions and ibey are stniply working on their own initiative, and in a majority of casus were ham pering the work of the leg1 authori ties. Iloili tliu atute deputy unit Ibe IPirns representative expressed ibe opinion that as a general rule these professional reformers were of no help lo tbu law enforcement officers and there woa no aid from any source wlulercr except the legal authorities of I hla county and city and the Uurus agency.". Air. Houston posi tively declared in answer to an ln ilttiry a to whether one W. A. Idtsn who recently came from California and appeared before the city.council demanding a "clean-up, wus in auy way Instrumental tu the starting of the series of raids here this iveek. "The campaign conducted in Klam ath Falls war. under the direction of Iho state prohibition enorceiiieul of ficers uud there was no aid from any source whatever except .the legal au thorities ot this county and city and tbe Burns agency," Mr. Houston pos itively declared in answer to an in- "We know nothing concerning this man and it la a mere coincidence that tie declared he was to start a clean- nn here it the city did not act at th Rme time that we launched the toes; drive, the state officer added. OREGON WHEAT HIT , HARD BY DROUGHTS CLUB LEADER SAYS "A thirty-three and a third per cent of normal wheat crop is the talk throughout Central Oregon, the wheat center ot Oregon," is tbe word brought' back by Frank Sexton utter a weok'a tour throughout Oregon ac companied by his wlfo and family. "The trouble Is water. They have really bees hard hit. ,In tact my observations throughout tho whole state have convlaced mo that Klum ath is more fortunately situated than any agricultural section In tbe state. Take Udgue River Valloy and the Willamette Valloy both are dry aa a bone, particularly the Rogue River' Valley." , Mr. Sexton drove north from Klam ath Falls by wiiy of Tbe Dallus California highway to the Colombia River highway and down the Colum bia Gorge to Portland. After n day or so in Portland returned south by way ot the Pacific highway. LUMBER FIRM SUIT DROPPED BY COURT . WASHINGTON, July 18 Tho fed eral t-otnmlsslon complaint against the Douglng Fir lCxploltatlon and Kx port company, charging an attempt to monopolise the lumber export biidtness ot the Pacific Coast, was dismissed today by the commission without prejudice, . EROU i DRY MEN i WTHJ TATE OFFICER WHO GUT PHONE EXPLAINS ACTS Action Necessary in Kaidj. Here Monday Night, Detective Avers Kxpla nation of tbe culling of telepttono wires at "Tulo Ibmm" during the ,wholesalo raid conducted Monday night waa made yesterday afternoon by W. L. Priest, con- Inected with Burns Detective Agency to R. E. Crego, local manager of the telephone company. According to Priest, one officer was holding five prisoners in an upstairs room. One prisoner, a woman, attempted to use tbe tele phone. Sbe was aided by several men, Tbe officer ' who bad been given strict orders to keep any one from using tbe phone was unsbie to cope with the situation single handed and resorting to tbe only avenue left tore the wires from the wall. i "While we bad no authorization to do Ibis, the situation required It," Mr. priest said. "We were using tbe "Tule House" as tbe local point of our raids and brought 'the prisoners there in parties after we completed raiding four homes in tbe vicinity. We wore fearful lestv"tne other bouses be tipped off over the phone, "In conducting raids ot into sort, it our wish to remain within the law, above all things. : ' -Mr.. Priest along with two other Burns men was assisted in bis raid by atutu prohibition men and Klumath deputy sheriffs. . "We were requested to ard tbe stale In making these raids" be said, "and four state men beaded by Mr. Houston were with us when the clean-up was made.", : Mr. Crego, when tbe severed wires were reported to him, t ieuijited to find out tbe cause from E. L. Elliott, special state prosecu tor. Mr. Elliott stated that ha ksw nothing ot the incident and Mr. Crego reported tbe matter to tbe head office in Portland. ,' Mr. Priest's explanation, clears the whole thing up," Mr. Crego said yesterday, "and the incident .will be dropped."- FIRE SIT REPORTED GOOD No New Blaze Is Spotted And Conditions Are . Improved The present statue of the Klamuth forest fire situation is very favor able according to Jack Kimball bead o tho Klamath Forest Protective Association offices here. "Xo new fires roportod today and all tbe rest under control or com pletely extinguished," ho said. "I attribute the few man niado fires d n r- tae this month to the 'Stop Forest Fires' movement as through that agency the public have been edu cated to the damage done , to the county a3 a whole by the destruction ot the forests and hence are more careful about where matches are thrown or how they leave their camp fires," he said, , . t . : MEDFORD, July 18. The forest service Is greatly worried over a largo fire In the WIHlow Creek district, five miles eaet of Butte Falls in logged over land. The property Is owned hf the Oregon Lumber company. The fire Is now two miles long aad headed toward the Crater National forest. REBELS IN BRAZIL ARE GAINING LEAD BUENOS AIRES, July 18. Trustworthy Information from Bra sit Indicates the rebels are gettlug tha upper hand around Sao Paulo. UATION No Permits for Camp Fires Are Granted Here Forest Office Suspends Issuance at Local Chamber No. more camp fire permit lor tbe national - forests will be Issued except 'til rough forest officials tail th arrangement whereby these per mit could be, obtained at the cham ber of commerce been suspend ed, according to orders received yes terday. The iasueing of the permits at the Klamath county chamber wan stopped yesterday. Tbe following Is tbe order receiv ed here: "Owing to the extremely high fire hazard at tbe present time, and to tbe fact that if conditions continue as they are it may be necessary to take quick action to close certain areas to all forms of travel, the authority to bene camp fire permits has been revoked from everyone ex cept Forest officers. Permits mar he obtained at the Forest Super visor's office in Medford and at the ranger stations on the Forest. They will be mailed upon request from the Medford office .If tbe following Information Is givdS. Name and ad dress ot person who will build the tire, license number ot cat that will be used by the party, location at which fire Is to be built and dates tbe party-expect -lo be at . that lo cation. "Officers of 'the Crater National Forest are not anthortoed to (arae permits for any other Forest, nor for the Crater Lake National Park. F INJURY IN FALL W. G. Hutchinson Fails . Survive Result of Accident to W. C. Hutchinson, aged 36, died at a local hospital, 6 o'clock last night following a fall of 30 feet from what remained ot the old Melbase building an Fourth and tKlanmth at 9 a. m. yesterday. The cause ot Hutchinson's death was given as a ruptured spleen and nervous shock Hutchinson was conscious up to the time of his death. . " He was a carpenter, and was em ployed by August BneMBf in tee work on the Melha.e building. He has been in Klamath Falls slow De cember and resided st 10 81 Msl street. ' Hutchinson la survived by a wife Mild two children, Hazel 14, and ur ville 10, and a sister in Iowa. Funeral arrangements are being liL-l;i up peudlug.word from relatives. U. S. MERMAIDS WIN OLYMPIC SWIMMING Olympic swiuuma pool. LESTOUItKLLKS,' France, July ti. -The United States today won the women's 400-meter swimming relay, breaking the world's record in four minutes, fifty-eight, four-Iiftbs seconds. Johnny weissmuller, of the Illinois Athletlo club, today won tbe final 400-meter free style swim. Warren Kealoba ot Hawaii, won the 100-moter baok stroke final. MIbs Norton of Great . Britain, won the final 200-meter women's breast stroke event. Miss Agnes Qeraghty, of New York was second.1 OLYMPIC STADIUM, Jnljf ll Miss Helen Wills, American woman tennis champion, today reached th final round of the Olympic singles competition by defeating, Madam Oolding of France, S-2, S-l. -. OLYMPIC SWIMMINO POOL. July 18. Standings In the Olym pic swimming competition nt the end ot tbe sixth day: United States 118. Great Britain 8B; Anitralla H0f Sweden ti; France 14; Belgium IN DIES Ri nnu inniT linT- - M AhrNI Kill." PRESEflPfOli T Gone Since .Grand Juf' Adiourns: Souiht s . ... v. Witness ! j ;. W. Taaksley, &ut -sry agsgt " and father ot WU ftd Bef ? Tanksley, both lnvoIvedU-wltJt .Vhe' law over alleged relation's' '6 -.'"r! liquor statutes, cannot: bo food' by Sheriff Llojrd Low ' asd v'hlr whereabouts Is a complete mysteff to officials. ' -"' This developed ' today-' whesv subpoena in the' case of tbe' People vs. Walter Tankalfer ''' retnfirtiV,' by the sheriff on which was notodP "not to. he found in this county or' say other county." " . i: ' '. - Dtacriet Coaabed' ' Tanksley Si. " d Upp-Ma '. to : I ; th time the resent gr.Dd iary - Journed it baa been known for eos" time. Sheriff Low -baa repeatedly sent his men Into vartoue wuis .' tbe country in search of th but always they ht ' rstutae" without gaining definite knowledge o him. ' . " ' ti Aaked today if Tsakiie? : WIS wanted in connection with' -esy action by the arsa -jury DtStrtot Attorney C C:' Bfdwer 'siM he was not in joaltloa to So state tad that evus if :mm mm ment waa returned t ; touttf' X make 'the Bit"tilie. ;,'' WuteCl ia Mil Ce " " ' . Tanksley was sought ad a wltaese by the defense in the WKer Tsaks ley ease, tbe soft bavlsg beea , ar rested on a -charge of liqaor.-pos session. But two or inree te previous Roy Tanksley, another sos, s was arrested , and 'han withths possesslou ol a sMU. Jsthe - WsH Tanksley ease, 'Tanksk.y' Sr., was quoted by . tb JaeiifJ r stated he was using bie sou, , a un or baltlnr aa aUegea .boot legger aod expW4 tWA MW ' offlcera ar ssJ4 to BTB:tott4 ei yonag . Tnkslfc. , id bs ta re tained by him ' ttne xaiuaw conllscatlBB it la' preyious , District Attorney Brow ex ( UA formed this newspaper: at tbe tlrte the grand jury adjourned tbat " had sent far the elder Tanks:f to come to hU office. Tankswrs dis appearance, dates; fjonj thattl.' Stating that i.twfl( flld"iff ot prejudice from the defease aaf obs from the district attorney bearing on the case ot Mt Tanksley, w C tor delay an to-lartst wit tf orderly despatch, ol tb hustae thte court"-. CirculU','.4oS-A-' Leavitt at- 9:15b'loek this ajora' ing summarily dbnled the sj"1" calling for : another lud-to the ease and ordered fl proceed. "'' ' f j"t-.v -' - , ..valter.,Tanksley thej ; and Ul mother, Mra, MattW Tanksley.- each filed V""41..1 prejudice -alleging tbst JtrJje Ut wa prejudiced ta-'J!l1?1 ,es; and that k'r "i trial could ot ,ft1WfK Attorney C. C, Broww 0 a affidavit o behaU ct the pre tlon in which he te1,,Brt,J.ttif Levitt "la ao prejudiced' sgsta. district attorney above entitled Ma:tkat tto.Mta Oregon cannot have a talf ON partial iru - , . Following the reading otth. af. tidavlts in open J torney Brower : 0nP'Se4 taat case should not bars bsea set this time and that outer cases le said bav. been Ml time anouM br. VMS . posed ot tirst, v " , Ordtr Is U4 ' '"V ..-When he had eomsltUi to law judge Leavltt Usued-thS .foUowbtg order from the toench: "It ie satUtactorUy appalMt the oourt that thera wss a , dictmont returned . iaa4 jury of this county agslnrt Wstter Tanksley for having unlawful aos session ot IntoxlcaUag liquor, sad . (Conttnuea a fafl jrjwrl ... it'll .