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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
Member of the Associated Press
Seventeenth Year No. 7269
KLAMATH FALLS OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 19,. 1924.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
IOU0R
LAW
SENTENCES
TO
JURY CONVICTS
WALT TANK5LEY
-IN LIQUOR CASE
Only One Ballot Taken In
Trial That Has Many
,. Unique Angles
Waltor Tsokaloy, kid of George
Tenkaley. pruhlblllun agent whose
whoroabouta rn unknown to offl
coro, waa convicted lute ymlerdny
nftoiuouti on u cliurjio of liquor
pcaaoaslun ou t lin first ballot by
Jury Hilling in dm circuit court
uorv.
Tils ce was it ulq utt in I he court
auuula of lhl county In Hint Frank
I.. Mum, n Homey for the defense, aid
nui oiuimna tentative jurors, cllil uul
make an opening suilomoiil, illd not
examine Huy witoewuw on behalf of
tbe defense, una did not make any
closing urKiiniuut. Tbj Main did
nut make any opening atutninunt.
Tankalov wu assorted an Jiiun i
ut Flmt and Klamath avenue In posa-'
union nt 20 gallon of alleged liquor,
Testimony .showed that shortly
after hid arrest ' Ilia father (I,
W. Tauksluy. state prohibition offi
cer, appeared from behind a lumber
pile In Ilia Arkley Lumber yard and
hastening up to the party of raid
Ins offlci.ru staled thai ha had usort
hia aon to aoll liquor to a bootlegger
in oraer mat iib iiuint rnako an ar
rent. Young TanKalov waa placed un
dor arreat and anvoral daya later waa
indicted by tlie grand Jury.
ROCK CREEK ROUTE
CLOSED TO TRAFFIC
Pure Bred Hogs
Are Brought to
Klamath Farms
Drove of 1000 Is Planned
For Demonstration
Ranch Here
Ninety bead ot pure bred hogs (be
first shipment of a drove ot 1000 that
will bo brought to tho J. H. Kolly
demonstration furm In the Bonania
district have been nurchased from
tho Otoy ranch neur Dorrla, .Calif.
The hog will be bred at the 160
arre Kolly ranch a a part of tho
demonstration plan launched by the
Klunnilli Dairy Cow und MoK com
pany receutly organized here.
The hoga will be thoroughly In
apectod Prior to bringing Hid drove
over tho alute lino from California.
Dr. O. O. Prentice, Klamath county
viiierniirlun, will have charge of tli'o
Inspection of the shlmncnt.
A herd of puro bred Jersey dulry
rows haulso been purchased by the
eompany In tha development of thn
program, arranged for betliir stock
In Klumulh county. ; -
to
FOREST IMF !
Mart lamnaign
Here in August
S CONTROLLED
WHEELER TAKES
PLACE AS iT
E, IS BELIEF
Fire Situation Improved
But Precautions Are
Not Relaxed
Klamath Falls Vets Plan
To Assist jn jState
Memberships
ampalgn for
Membership
o Legion's
at their
coo
The now Rock Creek road Is not
yet open to motor traffic officiate In
the county aurveyor'a office an
nounced today.
"Nor will It be open for acveru
mouths to come," ond . englnoer
alated. "Dur1ni,tlio past fow woea
more navo ijeon scores of autoa that
have drlvou out on the road and at
tompted to got through ito Itock
Crook. All have been forced to turn
btck, . N
"In addition there Is dungur to
motorists who drive on the road
Considerable bleating is balng car
ried on where J. Mills is working
an forco account 18 miles from
Klamutb Falls and the danger from
falling rocka U great."
HEARING IN DEATH
CASE WILL BE SET
W. M. Johnson and Wlllluui Slov
ors charged with nieiMlaughter In
connection with the death of Frank
Drown ut' Croacoiil. thn ovonlug of
July 4, will be given a hearing In
Justice court boforo Juatlca ot tho
Poaco It. A, Emmltt to dotormlno
whother thorn Is sufficient ovldmico
to hind tho two men over to tha
grnnd jury. 'Johnson nnd Slovo
havo been held In tho county Jail
since .their ar'roat on July 5 by Sher
iff D. L. Low,
Tho caso of state vs. Bnydur und
lluttorflnld, charged with possession
of llinior, will open In Justice court
on Thursday July 24.
TWO BANK BANDITS
ESCAPE AT OSWEGO
PORTLAND, July ID. Two un
iiiuuliud men at noon today locked tho
cnnlilpr, hiinkkuapor, nnd a woinnn
customer In tho vault of tho hank of
Oswego, ut Oswego, umi oucuped lu
an niitnmobllo with $15,000.
POULTRY RAISERS
TO OPEN MEETING
V Invitations 'for thn second annual
poultrynicn's convention to bo held
at tha Oregon Agricultural collage
nt Corviillis July 23 to 23 havo been
received here. ' A big program of In
teresting mid vnliinhln dnmniiHtrn
Hons In addition to lectures by ex
ports In poultry raising has Ime'n mi
nounncd for the .three dny session,
Tho unniiHi nleetlon of officers of tho
Oregon I'oultrymim'a association
will he held I he second dnv of the
convention. ,
GERMAN LOAN WILL
PROTECT INVESTOR
LONDON, Julv m.-Tho commlttoo
of thn In to in I llo it conforenuo lii churgo
of niinctlons lu l.hn event of Oer
miuiy's ilnfniilt under tlie Dnwes
UL FOR U. S.
Kll I Ffl RY ilflnRc!oMSH
l I LLLU U I I 111 (J U tl ' "on h hfal dangotro3usPou"
Klamath Falls post of the Amer
ican Legion will do Itsfebere In the
j ' ! statewide membersbl j campaign
which Is hoped will lling the na
A record of two roDoerutlvo ,iuv ' tional MacNIder trophy to Orecon.
I without the report of a fire In Klam- according to H. K. Gets, com-
ui luuuiy is toe statement of the; rounder of the local post and
M-mf nee' Today. " 1 7,"" D""1 f the
All the fir.. .i.h... ... .."" cunty.
under control and no new blazes have ' In effort to seire the cov.
hfen located In the past 48 houra," : ,!,-"' Hanford MacNId
la the report. - j Trophy for Oregon,
minoiiKu io Doner or watchful- Kin ('..mmIva i,ii
tt::!tri2'- ' t Saturday.
Is now. under control here, the for-1 at'e"lel to InnuBurate a statewide
out protective officials state. ; membership drive from August 1st
A report recelyd at the local forest 'o August 10th. During these ten
office from State Forester. F. A. I'days, the 118 Legion Posts In the
Klllott states that a total of 306 the state will have their committees
00
of the fires were reported as of In-; , "V Worla Wr wI, hav0 re"
cendiary brlgin. Thee fires Include ne,ved an honorable discharge for
only those under the Jurisdiction of I War Service.
the state aad not those sDotted In I Oregon huH ulreiidi- ini-mimoir i.u
the national forest districts. I memhershlii t ,Ph irr.tr
number of I strength than that during the whole
illar period nf .
preaeul aea-1 , . ' lor",
one. I.ttut I """" !' aiuwng me siaies in
TO LAFOLLETTE
OREGON CHERRIES
TO BE BARRED BY
CALIFORNIA RULE
SACRAMENTO, July 19. Effec
tive July 21, all cherries grown in
Oregon except those from The Dalles
and Milton-Freewater. sections, will
be denied entry Into California. Tbe
embargo la announced by tbe state
department of agriculture as the re
sult of finding during tbe. past few
days cherry fruit fly In a number or
cherry shipments from' Oregon.
. g a ' rvftiuuui,, JUiy uaiuomia
vcuiwiai ""wi nwuu ban on Oregon.' cherries lias little ef-
Offers of .Third
Party Group 1
WASHINGTON, July 1 Senator
feet on this years crop, as shipments
are about over.
DAWES SENDS WORD
TO ALLIES' SESSION
JUSTICE TAKES
DECIDED
STAND
VOLATO
Longer Jail Terms Urged
On Court by "Higher
Officials', ' '
t nvnnv T.ai- t a 'ri... .un.v .... -
Burton K. TMieeler. of KosUni.1 -... l. 1:, i, t J "re ana now tbt
eDre,rcrmC,t?eTrd.nVohu
eriy conimuiee, iooay announcea nis oeraoi cans deration ar nn-' uoortprf f .hn r,.. u i
acceptance or isecond place on the Lnw . r ffnrt. , ,, , i Pmi,r V .
r."..-. "tj::.,"Ji..y,:AT konw n our efforts to point outlEmmltt in a round Uble dlscuaalon
id oV LaFollette 1 the Prcttcal economic and com-jof the prohiblUon law this morning
Although he previously had de-i"!?" "'n"e bal of future cooper-; following the sentence of P l Wllk
clared he would not accept. Wheeler atlon ei"e th a'"ea ad Oer- "" " W , f,ine, "f f for
iiquur.
um
lawyer
special state
dared he would not accept. Wheeler at,on .P""? '"e a'Uen a?d , Ger: , P ? , . , 26,? 1
yielded and reversed his decision af- Charles O. Dawes declared P"'88'0" f intoxicating y llqu
tor he had been urged to do so by ,n message to his fellow members) Other members of the syhiposlt
LaFolIctte and several of hie prln-l of the first experts committee, made I weJe 1L an.nln' luc.a' 'a3
LaFolIctte and several of hie prln
clpal advisors.
"I am Democrat, but not a Wall
Street Democrat," said Wheeler in
a letter accepting tbe nomination.
"Tbe Democratic party," he contin
ued, had "wantonly abandoned an
opportunity for great public service"
and both it and the Republican partv
had "ignored the call of unorganized j p a Dipc ODDCD Kirvr
ir,llllnn vhr. an vlotim. of itrpaonl IV11C3 UtVLfCA. 11U1
economic disorders."
mi hi in lodav hv Owen n Ynnnr ant E. I. Klllott,
The message was In reply to onel pr9?S?ai.?T' .
ot felicitation sent to the vice-pres-l ",gnI, ,a,lons', Justlc Kmmltt
identlal nominee of the Renublican i ont'"!le: 1 receive word from hlgh-
Dowes" report.
Persians Attack . Carriage
Containing Two
Americans
I season only 59 forest fires were re
j ported compared with 306 this vear
so ir, ine slute forester etatea.
Report Is UHtctl.
The following la the report of
(he state forester:
.ee than one-fourth acre, 'CO
WASH I NOTON, July 19,A 'fuea's
ngo to tho atat0 department ' from
American Minister ' Kornfeld at
Tehorun, Porala. aald Vice Consul
Hubert Imbrlo died from shock yea
torduy afternoon after having been
brutally beaten and kicked bv a mob.
lint brie and Molin Seymour, alo
American, had stopped their carriage
to watch a religious demoustrutluii
In the city and were rushed by the
mob who mistook them for members
of a sect known as HhIihIs. against
which the demonstration was direct
ed. Seymour's condition U sn ser
ious he has been unable to mak nnv
etatement.
the Union.
County membership chairmen
hove been appolnted'for each coun
ty to assist Legion Post officials In
making arrangements for the
drive. Fred K. Kiddle of Island
from one-fourth acre to ten acres, j f'r. who was retired as State
110; tnore than ten acres, 136. This
yeas), ft covered a toml area of
Jii.iiiiii acres.
. "Outside labor employed In flght
iug and suppressing -the fires cost
approximately 4:10.000. not Including
the salaries ot tli0 300 wardens and
patrolmen employed regularly by the
state forester and private associa
tions. Damage to logging equipment,
logs merchantable Timber aand act
Hera' homes has been estimated at
1100,000.
"A segregation ot the causes of
the fires follow:
"Incendiarism 74. smoklnr 62.
slashing 37. miscellaneous 37. camn-
ere 20, lightning 21, hold-over fires'!
18, unknown 14. logglna 11. loco
motives 8, hunters 4, and berry pick
ers 3. One tire orlglnuted from a
broken transmission line."
FARM EDITOR HERE
TO VISIT KLAMATH
commauder of tbeorganlsation at
the -Portland State': Convention last
Juno, has been made chairman of
the drive. He will be assisted by
Harry jf. Nelson, retiring State Ad
jutant ot the American Legion.
SALE OF BOTTLING
WORKS UNDER WAY
It I can find some good western
furm publication for anln I will pur
chase It and Mettle down In the
west," UKsorted John 15. Pickett.
former managing editor ot the
Country l.lcnlleman muguzliie, who
with his family Is touring through
Negotiations for the purchase of
the WTiite Pelican .Mineral SDrinno
com puny of this city by the Klamath
ice and Xold Storage company are
under way und it ia expected that
the deal will be completed by Mon
day, according to announcement
mime this afternoon.
The mineral snriuKS coiiinanv
which was established here about
HIGHWAY REPORT Kobert'soTonTl'j.owe...'''' '
HAS NO PHANrFS Announcement Is made that for
rVi t r. 1 , T,, "e Present plena are that the mln
DURING THE WEEK Ural springs bottling works on
bpring street will be operated by the
now owners but that the future
management is to consolidate the
plnirt with that ot the ice and cold
storage company.
Air. Powell will remain with the
bottling company under the new own
ership; lg the announcement.
DKTROIT. Mich., July 19. LaFol
lette's campaign is endorsed by the
United Brotherhood of- Maintenance
of Way Employees and Railway Shop
laborers.
SPOKANE, July 1. Kara Meek
er, pioneer, announced he would fight
ljiKollette. taking tbe stump for
Coolidge and Dawes.
MORE TIMBER LAND
ADDED TO HOLDING
Blocking up hie timber holdings in
the eastern part ot the couuty in or
der to have a solid unit, Chester L.
Hovey acquired another small tract
of timber yesterday from Miss Nellie
Ward. The trait, approximately
160 acres, was sold to Hovey for
)2S50. It Is located in section It,
township 37 south range 14. .
FOR WHOLE COUNTY
'Wording of the emergency order
from the state livestock board with
regard to the muzzling or tying p of
dogs ia ambiguous according to
County Agent C. A. Henderson.
"While tbe order on the face ot It
appears to Include : the whole ot
Klamath county, in reality It takes
in only Klamath Indian reservation.
Dogs owned by Klamath, residents
living outside the reservation will
not be required to muzzle their dogs."
WOMAN IS WlftNER"
IN GOLF CONTESTS
SUPPOSED KILLER
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Condition of state highways
throughout Southern end Centrul
Oregon remains substantially un
changed from lust week according to
the weekly road reports received hero
today by the locul elate highway of
fice. As Is the caso during th hot
Klamath couuty. .Mr. Pickett ro-j ",,mmer months when there Is no
ecnlly resigned his position with the
Oirtfs 'Publishing :omjany which
pntH out the Country Goiitlomun, and
is touring the west.
I llko tho west aud would like to
muko my homo out hero. 1 have
no particular locality In mind, as It
all looks good t omo."
Mr. Plckott talked over tha west
ern agricultural situation with Coun
ty Agent C. A,' Henderson and F. IL.
Dullard, sluta county agent louder.
le la recognized as nun of thn fore
most uuthorltlus on'nutlonal fiirtn
problems In tho United States."
5 KILLED AS AUTO
DROPS INTO RIVER
IIUICNA VISTA, Colo., Julv 19.
Five uernotis were killed last night
when an automobile ' broke through
bridge and dropped fiO feet Into
thn Arkansas river.
Tho dead aro lUyrau Tipton. 36.
Miss Ruth Skoels. 2fl, Hilly Tipton
10, Catherine Tipton S. and Jjick
son Tipton 6, all of Florence, Colo.
Ttiny , wore driving to viBlt rola
tlvos at tiuetio Vista. Mrs, Tlnton.
wife und mother, is dungarously In-1
.lured. , An Infant escaped unhurt.
The Afother und bnbv wnro thrown
lour of the car. Mm. Tipton said
radius rod broke when tho party
ws Hearing Bounu Vista. The hus-,
band was driving. Tho rod was re-
palved with wire and tho accident
nppeued n short time afterward. . .
moisture on the rood to act as
binder, the rod beds ore consider
ably broken down.
Tho local stntu hlghwuy ortice,
not having sufficient finances to
sprinkle all the highways In -the
county, aro now experimenting with
it grade of clay and will in the near
future plok out the worst nillo of
road on Tho Dallee-Callfornla high
way between here and Morrill ond
opt end this clay on the surface to see
whother It will furnish the needed
hinder.
AMERICAN TENNIS
TEAM TAKES SETS
GOVERNMENT DATA
ON REALTY READY
WASHINGTON, July 18. The fed
eral government has $1,542,655 -511.81
invested in real rpoperty, it
has been found by the Federal Real
Estulo Uourd named by tho Budget
Uureau to appraise tha holdings.
The public domain aand the na
tional parks are not Included in the
appraisal.
MINE CREW FORCED
;TO QUIT BY; UNION
WILBUR, Oklu., July 19. One
hundred miners went to work at the
Dengnun and Mct'onnoll coal shaft.
here today und nil immedlato pros
pects of a threatened repetition ot
OLYMPIC STADIUM, COI.OMBIM,
Franco, July 19. Miss Helen Wills,
und Mrs. George Welehtmiin. Amur.
lean pair, won the "women's doubles j "'o disorders that occurred yester
chnmpionshlp In tho Olympic lnwu I la,v ,lt ,,,B Kulninlu mine t Cam
tcnnls ronipetltlolH, defeating Miss 1 1,r'u seemed dissipated, According to
Kathleen McKflne and Mrs. Phvllls ' Shorlft Purks, who w'lh five deputies
Cnvell In the finals, 7-5, 8-6, ' guarded the shaft.
A team ot I .MeALKSTER, Oklu.. July 19.
defeated a : About 100 miners, most ot them arm-
PORTLAND, July 19. Oliver
Cameron is In a hospital suffering
from the effects of an attempt at sul
cide'by Jumping into the river from
a bridge, showed little interest when
informed today that W. A Gay, whom
ho supposed he killed in 1902 in Ala
bama, was still alive.
HEAD NURSE COMES
TO HOSPITAL HERE
To replace Miss Evangeline Har
rison who took a position as nurse
ut the Community hospital in Ash
land, Miss Sanderson of St. Paul,
Minn., arrived last night to take
over the duties of head nurse at the
Klamath Valley hospital. Miss San
derson comes to Klamath with a
wide experience In hospital work of
other localities.
SUSPECT HELD FOR
SISKIYOU MURDERS
DAVENPORT, Iowa, July 19. The
police released the man arrested as
the DeAutremont suspect
LONDON, July 19. -
United States tuthletes
British team by seven events In three,
in a post Olympic tournament today.
BOARD OF CONTROL
OF BEETLES MEETS
For the first time In over threo
months, tho board of control of the
plus bottle warfare met vesterdav
fernoou In the office of F. P. Keeii,
i associate entomologist and chairman
SPECIAL ATTORNEY.. V-!?' k0"1,1'' Pre8BI,t l " moot-
NAMED IN CLATSOP I thn Klamath Forest Protective Auno.
HAI.EM, July 19. At the request
elation, W. IC, Brown, supervisor of
ithe Fremont 'National forcwit Mr
schome, today unanimously agreed of Clutsop county citizens the gov- Hownrlh, bond of the Indian forest
to Insuro Investor In the loan to .ernor Inle vestordav Appointed A. W.I service and Mr. Keen representing
(lormnny of priority oil nil Oorinan Norblad, . Of '. Astoria, special prose- j tho government. Thn plnn beetle
rosourcos In thn event of Gornrany's cltlar of prohibition violation cases In post here is now practically eradi
nwatilt. . I Clatsop county, I entail.
ed today overpowered guards at the
Ka 1 1 n in mines at Cumbria, without
apparent violent, and forced a non
union mine crew to leave the work
WRONG PHONE CALL
CAUSES EXCITEMENT
DAVENPORT. Iowa, July 19.
Threo men. one of whom is declared
to he Roy Dentremont, alleged Sis
kiyou train holdup, were arrested
here today. i
party by. fellow members of the I , , i!!, ,"IB,ence
committee which drew up the " ,',1 T .1..?"""" I,D0,H,
"Oh, yes. Judge, I agree with you,"
nr. Manning interrupted, "but sure
ly vou are not going to make that
an iron clad rule and fine the man
who is caught with one quart of
liquor on his person as much as the
man with five, gallons or the man
on first offense as much a, hardened
offenders.. I ''"V;- -,' ',
"No, a don't,', think the Judge
means that,"- Mr. Elliott opined, en
tering the discussion'. "What he
means isf this. and co.vect me if I
am wrong Judge, (hat the scale of
penalties will be raised a certain per
cent. That is, a man charged with
possession ot a quart ot maanshine
would.be fined more than he is now
... J but not as much as it he were caught
iu possession of live or ten- gal- ,
Ions. - ,
"Yes that ig right," Judge Km
mltt said, "but here is another angle
to the situaion. .The Jail siattion
hi Klamath county requires that
many prisoners be sent to the Mul
tnomah county lor incarceration, the
county to be billed for the prisoners
board and room and passage both
ways. -
' "Well obviously:' It would not. bo
worth while to send, a prisoner to
Multnomah county for Just thirty. So
I might Just as well fay at this time
that when Jail sentences will be 1m- '
posed in tbe future, there is strong
probability that the majority pf them
will be over thirty days..
Taking all he glaoue himself, V
Wilkersou who with R. Nye and J.
Molkey were charged with possess
ion of liquor, pleaded guilty, this '
morning and was fined $250. Wllk
erson explained, to Justice Emmltt
that Nye and ittirikey were not con
nected in thn riiisdeuieunor at all:
and that he was solely guilty. The
three men wore arrested in, a road
house six miles from Klamath Falls. .
. PORTLAND. July 19. Mrs. L. W.
Palmer, of Oregon City, successfully
defended her title -as state woman
champion golfer today, oeteatlng Miss
Eleanor Brodie, ot Portland, In the
final at the tournament today.
Dr. O. F. Willing was eleven up
on A. G. Kyle in the first 18 holes
r 1 Dm finlll tiraCrn Da,A KamntAn
1 ahio at noon.
RAINS SLOW WHEAT
HARVEST OF STATE
PENDLETON. Julv 19. A light
rainfall last night will slow up har
vestiag in this county tor a day or
two, according to grain men. (Harvest
Is on in full swing in tbe wheat belt,
and a decided spirit of optimism pre
vails among tho growers due to in
creased prices gUfered for wheat.'
Despite strong bids, there is little
wheat being sold, as farmers are
holding. , .
PRICES ON BUTTER
AT PORTLAND RISE
PORTLAND, July 19. A two
cent advance in butter and butter
fat effective Monday, is announced
today. Print butter will be 42 V4,
churning cream 39 cents.
Hard White wheat is 11.36; West
ern Red wheat $1.26. .
Livestock is steady. Eggs weak,
a fraction lower, firsts 25, 26, hen
neries 26 to 27 M: cents. Butter
firm, firsts S7Vi cents. Butterfat
firm.
TWO BOYS CHARGED
FOR DEATH THREAT
POSTAL PACKAGES
TO BE SENT BACK
Because many people fall to, meet
the charges the local post office ot-
ficiuls must ship buck but ween 40 "nd
JO t. O. D. packages eaoh week. The
packages ar held In thw post office
for thirty days. Thau' if tho person .
to whom they are sent does not pay
the charges all that ia loft to do is
return them to the sender."; ' Ytmter-'
day afternoon in. the local postofflce
the weekly clenn-up wu progressing
and approximately 50 packages were
being prepared for their retura
Journey. ; i ' '
PflRVr.AVn T..lv 10 Ta.-n
eleven-yeur old boys were arrested I BONUS FORMS WILL
today charged with writing two
loiters demanding money from the
recipients under death threats.
AGKU MAX IS SUICIDE.
FUNERAL OF WHITE
WILL BE TOMORROW
Three culls over the "for flies
only" telephone' kept the local fire I
department at fever pitch yesterday.
The calls were from locnl residents
who desired to obtain fire permits.
The only time the "for fires num
ber should be used. Fire Chief Keith
IC. Ambrose pointed out. Is when
there Is a fire. Tho fire phone Is
124. For ordinary use the commer
cial number ef 47 should be usod.
Funeral services for) Ted White
who died here Thursday will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
at the Whitlock chapel. It was at
first nrranged to have the body sent
to Torrlngton, Conn., for buriul but
interment will take place here In
stead, according to unuouucenient ot
officers of the Knights ot Pythias
lodge who have charge of the services.
SECOND SUIT FILED
TO ABOLISH BOARD
SALEM, July 19. A second mun
daiuus proceeding was filed today in
tho supreme court uxalnst Secretary
of State Kozer, by supporters ot a
movement to abolish the public serv
ice commission.
LON ANGELES. July 19. F. W.
Helwig, 80, retired city treasurer ot
Lincoln, Nebr., was found dead to
day on the floor of a light well ulne
stories beneath the window of his
room In a downtown hotel. A note
in the room indicated ho committed
suicide by Jumping from the win
dow. He had been In ill health. . . .
CAMP LEWIS HAS F1HKS.
SEATTLE, July 19. The authori
ties of Tacoma and Camp Lewis are
seeking firebug blamed for series
of incendiary tires at Camp Lewis
Including one destroying tho war de
partment theuter in Green Park, with
a loss ot $30,000.
BE GIVEN TO VETS
Only about hult of tliu-totul num
ber of world war veterans fn Klamath
county huve, obtained tho appiicutlou
blanks for the federal bonus and
Klamath Falls post of tho American
Leglun will hold another ihocitlug
Monduy evening at tlie court house
to distribute the forms.' It is esti
mated thut there are about 85U vats
eligible for the bonus In this couu
ty and the Legion officials are urg
ing that they come and obluln tliu
blanks. : .
SlAX DIES IN RIVKK.
NKAVBERG, Ore., July 19. Mar
vin Garland, 27, farmer at Rex, Wua
drowned in the Fernwood river last
night in attempting to save the lives
of his sister end brother and a young
woman who went beyond their depth temperatures today as follows
while swimming. The girls wore High Itk
saved by others.. . bow
THE WKATHKH '
The Cyclo-Htormagranh at Under
wood's PhMi mucy registered - a very
even ' bnromutrlc -pressure
. ' during
the last 4S hours
and a flan day Is
probable tomorrow.
Forecast for next
24 hours:
Fair with moder
ate temperatures.
Tho Tyco record
ing thermometer
registered , maxi
mum n,i minimum