KLAMATH HAS BIGGEST POSTAL GAIN Visit Crater Lake Via. Ashland-Klamath Fall $1,000,000 Highway Seventeenth Year No. 7271. 800 CDUNC1L HALTS Eighth and . Main Project Held Up for Further Investigation , i'llllil'llclioll nf II lllltullllnt filling Hiutlon on KikIiiIi niiil M it I n by Hlullliig brother, wan frowned on hy majority of i hi' dly council IiihI II 1)1 III when llin iinnlirutlnii fur per mUMon to build wiim r.-ml. (.'niiuulliiiiiit W. (). Uniiih, J II, Coviirl ond W. I). CiifiT cxinowocl iiii'ini'lvi' ii n inn in fitvnr r u fill ing elation ui this iiiilnl, k'vIuh an Ihelr principal reason lluitVhn Iruf flcn ui thn InO'ritoRllim wns no heavy (but the pillillr would be on iliiliK"rii lluirnliy. After u general IhcuhmIoii mi wliiil action ulinuld hit taken. Ill" matter was r-rTi-i in I lin atrcui commit li'O fthlili will r ii port at thn next intcllng (.f ilia council what thair In vestigation ilUckuri both as to the uitvlimblllty of allowing (he permit nil tb power of the ally to deny the application. The Btallliig brother rn said to have taken thro year lease on the oorner lot frrim Thick Williams, with an option for three yearn more. The contract for build In bus IH'n let to Louis K. Porter. Club Ih-nlwl Ureiiao. ' As a follow-up of the liquor rail) romluctoi! here by itute officers laat week, iho council don ltd the Kluin--uttt Soclul club license to operate In Klamath Falls sud lusiructud Po lice Judge Lena, L. (Ingbagon to In form the head of the club thut the club must cloee Ita doors. The ques tion of granting the club perniU alon to opersto be been hauglng fire Ince March. The olub claimed, Mayor Arthur R. Wilson eald. that I hoy were a fraternal organisation and heuce out of the Jurisdiction of the city an far as granting of llconne.wa concerned. According to Mayor Wilson, a re rent decision of the stnto suproiuu court, place club of this aort under llio Jurisdiction of the oily unit It was with till decision ns a fnrtlfloo Hon that tbo council donlcd the club permission to operate. ! PrRpertjsholdar on Wilier aldn ot the uUfy. l4idlii from 1'luu street south l,o'P", feet nlong lliu now .Mc t'arthy jiuljdlng und frnm there i'umI tu Savotitb' afreet, deeded to tho city a 42 by 30 sootlan of land to the olty laat night,. They plan flu paving thn4Wa Mlpy and alan the 42 by 110 .......iJ I.'1'.'..!.. II.... ...t.lln.7- nvnvuaj ii uiuvi ii"l miiuiimiiin'n nun juoko' the turn.. Thu work will atari Immediately and will bn ftntsh- t'd bofore winter. Hotel (leu Permit. The" polios committee roporiod ' favnrnhly on allowing tho Luke ho- (Cantluuod on Pago Six! THIRD PARTY WILL LAUNCH LONG TOUR CHICAGO, July 22 Senators LnFolletln ahil Wlwolor will opon tbo thjrd llokot. uampnlRii In the ouatei'n seaboard nnd New lCnglund Hint cm, inuring Ino woHt mid roiiIIi over dlvergnnt rntitou to every stnto In thn union, Jlnprcsontutlvo John M. Nelson, National manugor ot Inn LnFnllnlle candidacy Hlutnd today, O Kf In M1 to" on Iht gams Street Unlrh man Advertised? sna Uhifh man Sold hi couldn't etfordit nills for RnV A furnilurs, flxlurrt, s&S? . m paid for trnt W u HOLD kiaooda n nt, l tsnr to OCUfc ilaaaaiaaaBaaaaMiaNiW PERMITFOR GAS TT .0 1 II" Fire Hydrants to Have Thread Standard Here Deputy State Marshals Soon Will Be In Klamath Fails l'or thn purpon,, of HliiiidurdixlliK i Ho ihruudx of thn flr hydrunla In ih In rliy In conform wilh I In- provl- f.lniia of tin1 new Hint" law ri'priwn uilvca of I Ii,, Hi ii I it flrn iniir iIiiiI'h of- (lii. will hn In Kl nil F.'ll" In III" ni-ur fiiliirn, 'Kilwlii II. Wailtii mid W, II. NVw inycr, rtliilo dnputli'H, iiim now on u Kin r of lh Houlliniu Omgnii illxlrn l mill will hit lii rn rollowlng u hIiiv iii Jiii'kannvllln and fnuii IHT" will ii ' l.uknvluw. . The alntn law riiiiHrrn thai ull fir,. llyilruulM of tho atatn hiivc u aIiiiIIiii lliri'Hil In ordur thut 'lw isihii of n liirno ronfliiKriillno (hut aid rnulil he Mill from nllior nltli-a. Th- luw wun advocateit follnwlnx thn Iiik fire ul Anlorla when the Portland flrn dc parlment aent to tbn aid f Aatnriii wu hampered uy thn fact that Hie hoait couplings would iiint fit 1 he threads of the Astoria liydrauis. Thore la no cost to city In thn change a fundi aro provided tor the work by the insurance .compan ies ot the state. -"Nosrly loo munlolpaMMeae-vt atatn have already bad the hydrant threads changed and there are phniit 120 more yet to be visited by I ho deputy flrn marshals. In order that thn molorml will be uunble to miss them and park too clorte. Fire f'hlef Kotih K. Ambrose has had all thn flro hydrants in Klamath Falls palntod a hissing bright rod which - cannot ho over looked. Thn work- wo cnniploioil Sunday. 2 MEN BOUND OVER FOR BROWN'S DEATH Wllllum Bluvcrs mid V. M. John son were hound over to tho grand Jury for further Invouilgatlun on tho churito of nmnslnughter In con nnnlion with thu ileuili of Krunk llrnwn at crescent,' July 4, by Jua lUn of iho Pen co H. A. Kmmltt nt 3 p. m. loduy. Bond was sot lit 1600. glovers and Jnhusun ' wore ar rested fln.lho sama night' ot nrown'n doulh. Thny nro vhargod with having struck ' llrown nnd brought about a homhorrnga of the bruin, which doctors tostltied at the In quest, was the direct cause of death. Thn nltogod tight botwotm Drown unci fllovors and Johnson In said to have tukon pluco betoro a barber shop nt Crescent, about 9 o'clock In thn evening ot July 4. , Slovera and Johnson have been hold In Jail alnco Ibolr arrest by Sheriff I., h. " Low and Deputy Shi'ilff I.. S, Slllnry. Doth men wero omplnyod In tbo railroad const ruc tion, work on the S. P. Klamath Lakes routn near Croscent. COURT GRANTS TWO PLEAS FOR DIVORCE Two dlvorco decrees wore ifrunl od Into .yeslorduy uftomuoii, by Cir cuit Judge A. U I.oiivltt. ., Pearl Pal mer; wus griiuled a divorce from U, I). 1'nlmor. In Addition Iho jlneroo stlpiiliitod thut Ihn dofenduni pay Mi's. 'Palmer $ :t 5 n month fur the support of herself und two minor children. " Curl wybsler Wur grantnd o dl vorco from Rllon Webster. ' Moth c'linee were docldcd on from testimony sublnltted by flrant M Hnymond who actod us roferco In both cases. TRIO IS ARRESTED FOR INTOXICATION Throe men were nrrenteclf last night nn the oily atresia for bolng In .nn Intoxlooted condition. They were Charles Anderson, Ralph Bur chain nnd Oscar Anderson. All thrnoiwero flnni $20. .. Httrcham plonddd nnt gltHty but 'when testi mony brought out tliat ho hnd tnkon mono lib nit two drinks; Police Judge r.om ll tiaahaaen cnnoludod that he .was ffullty and iflnei: him the sbssl 1VJ1 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, til Ml II w KLAMATH FALLS Delegation; Will Attend Meeting at Altur 'n Tomorrow Km in ii i h lill will semi a I'liin iliitlon lo Allui'us InliiiilTow tu nil'"! Willi Dim iiilvisury hoard of tint Cull furiuu HUH" Highway CiiiuiiiIhhIoii in roforoncn In u rond pniKruiii which ll is Imp", will PMiilt in routine a lillthwny in iiiiiiii'cl wilh Iho Ori'Son unit now ililiux ut Mulln. Thil bourd of illioclnrs of tan Kluiu nil County Chumhor of Com mora tndiiy took nciiiiii on tho mullor whi'ii loltors nnd tolograma eunt to VV. I'. Diilmn liv F. Aulilo, viii pii'iil"iit cif iho Moiluc County, Calif. IJ'Vnloiiiient Honrd wer mad and thn need of a di-logutlnn from here wim polntod out. Anting l'r-lil"iit U. c. (iroeshock miiui'd hurt null aa u clialrrruin of a ciimmllt! lo attond iho Alturas m'ttotfng ar.il lute today Mr. Hall was obtaining promlsoa Trom a number to lake up tlio delegation. It was slated ut Ihs hoard meeting that Al-tirnilras-'ngreed with the Cellfornin emnmlselon to a highway unit ending at Aden and according' to Mr. Daltou this situation works admirably for Klamath "County nnd a connection with the Malln tormina!. .trisa firuco Millguto and Police Judge I.. I., linghugon appeared be fore the board with an announce ment that Ur. Csppj ot the state hruird of health will be In this city on August g and at a Joint mooting of civic bodies will present a plan for u county health unit. A committee composed of Ii. M. Dubb and Jack Kerns was mimed to procure au vnnoe data and comparative coat flR urivi on the proposal. , The question of road signR wus il ism -pel a report made that a num ber of arrows marking the route to Crntuc l.ako would soon ho posted within Iho city limits. Co-nporatlon wit Ii the forest serv ice lu sharing the cost 'of a road extension at Sugnr Pine Mountain lo the nnllos-Callforhia Highway (Continued on Page 5) T E County Board Takes Action To Accomodate Modoc Point District (Irnwih of the settlement nil. Lamm's mill hail Impelled the comity Mflionl hoard In authorize the mov ing of tho school house at Modoc Pnlnl n mllu closer In the mill. The mill noil lenient on the Dulles Cali fornia highway tins ncen grnduully growing and tho board fo.lt. that the IiohI Interests ot tho, public would bo served It the Hohool building would be located elosor lo a oen I or f population. No nr ranRomeiits havo as yet been mada tnr the moving, nor has a,ny suitable slln yet been located, A committee trom the boat'd re ported favofnbly on the construct ion work In progrons on the two now school Houses, at Lorella and Lone Poo valloy and the addition to thn Mnlln school. Tho regular monthly bills were allowed. Present at the meeting wore, n, W. Tower, chairman, C. It. nowmnn, George Offleld, Char les Mack, County superintendent ot schools Mrs. Twyla Ferguson nnd County School Clerk'Fred Peterson. ' neslgnntlon of Mrs, ' Eva! Adams who' taught at Clalo school near Morrill nnd Mrs, , Delia H. Nichols who was 'the toaohor at. Algomn iphaol wars ggospteij by thi boar. COMMITTEE FOB ROAQSWNEO SCHOOL A MILL ORDER D MOVED Member of the Associated ED) IN Huckleberries Are Ready for Year's Harvest j Good Crop Is Promised I in Klamath Patches, i Is Report ' Klumulh county's annual huckle berry crop la fast ripening und will sunn bn ready for the gathering. Is Hie roport sent by S. C. Hamaker who bus Hpent many Hummers soiirVhlng out. thu berries and has ii fund of Information on the sub ject. Mr. Ilnipakor nnw at Huckle berry moulitnin, Hie center of the berry patches "f th county, states (lint eight families lire now camped at the mountain and ure gathering berries enough for camp use. There will be. a fairly large crop I bin rear and expectations are that a big invasion of the berry hunters! will be under way during tne coming week-end. The Huckleberry mountain pulchss are In among the green timber and tbere has been ho fire In that section this, year to barm the crop. Is the report received here. ' McNARY TQ VISIT , KLAMATH COUNTY EARLY IN AUGUST I'nltcci States Senator Chan. L. McNary who is spending tbe summer ut Ills farm near Salem, Marlon county, Oregon, will visit Klamath County this summer. ' The dates ot the Senator's visit here have not been fully determined upon. Senator McNary wired Linn V. Nesmith today from Salem as fol lows: "Have not had time to ma ture any plans tor visiting In various parts ot the state to study condition that may need my attenion in Con gress. It may be that 1 will noi visit Klamath until tho irrigation congress meets in Septeuiber, as 1 did when It met in Vale Inst year. I greatly appreciate the support given me in Klamath county and will soon thank the people there In person. Shall advise you ot my coming in time for you to make all arrangements for my stuy there." Senator McNary is thoroughly fam iliar with this county and his visit hero will be in the nature pt an outing to spend his tlmo resting and enjoying the lakes and beautiful re sorta rather than delivering address es In various parts of the couuty and going over the same things that ho has seen before. It Is expected that Senator McNary will be here between August (.l8t and liith. INDICTMENTS ARE DROPPED IN CASE Following their sentence to one yenr each in the etulo penitentiary and threo mouths In the county Jail, indictments ugolust Sydnoyl Ther lault, H. J. Dennis and D. Richards charging them with stealing twd horses on the night ot their escape from the city Jail May 14, were dKT missed by Circuit Judge A. L. Loavltt yesterday upon motion of District Attorney Brower. The three men were tried ou one horse r.teullng churgo but th( trial ended with a hung Jury, - FATHER OF FRANKS BOY WILL TESTIFY CHICAGO, July 22 Jacob Franls father ot the murder -victim, will be the first wltneas tomorrow, at tho hearing to determine the punishment nt Leopold and Loeb. States Attor ney Crowe will make nn opening xtntument auggestlng the death pen alty demanded by the state. THE WEATHER The Cyclo-Storniagraph nt Under ' wood's Pharmacy shows a slightly downward trend to barometric pressure- this afternoon. Higher temper atures will probably prevail, wltb brisk winds tonight. . Forecast for next 24 hours! ,' Fair nnd warmer. " The Tycos recording thermometer registered maximum and ' minimum iomperatures today na follows: High .... 80 tlOW itHMlMllltHHlMt" . 4t PERCENTAGE Press JULY 22, 1924 NEARTULE LAKE Farmers Declare Fodder j Is Sufficient for Sis kiyou Cattle Thut tbere will bu sufficient fod der fur California herds of cattle in tbe Tule Lake district In the near future after the grain harvest. Is the declaration of ranchers ot that Heel Ion in commenting on tbe re quest of California stockmen that 6,000 head of cattle be allowed to come into Klamath connly for pas turage. '.Much of the grain which can not be taken up In tbe combines during Ihe harvest could be cut and slacked and provide sufficient winter feed for a large number of cattle" Is the report ot W. C. Griffith, rancher of the' Tule lake district, here today. As the Tule lake fields are over the line' In California there would be no restrictions concerning the bringing of the herds across tbe I state line such as were brought out following tbe recent request ot California" stockmen that a, herd of 6000 be allowed to be brought Into Klamath county for pasturage from the forest fire swept sections of Siskiyou county. Several thousand acres would be available tor pasturage tor cattle after the grain Is cut. Tbe cutting Is expected to be under way by tbe first of the month. Pasturage after the groin harvest has been (Continued on Page 2) T ' . SET BT YOUTHS Buildings Are Endangered By Blaze Believed Incendiary Two fires, ' thought to bo ot in cendiary origin, seriously endangered the Klamath News and adjoining building on tho alley between Fifth and Sixth streets between Kliimath avenue and Main street, the Robert son's Taniale house between Eighth and Ninth streets on the same alley way. The first fire, which was a number of biasing crato boxes was reported in at 8:30. The blaze was extinguished In a few minutes and the fire department returned to the fire station. Hardly five minutes after their return a second alarm was turned and a sec ond tire, identical with the first, was found blazing behind the Robertson Tamalo bouse. According to Fire Chief Keith K. Ambrose, three boys started the sec ond fire and it is thought the first also. In both -cases frame buildings nn the alley were seriously menaiced ns a strong north wind caught the flumes and scattered the sparks. REPUBLICANS ARE READY FOR DRIVE WASHINGTON. July 22. Having determined on tho outstanding tea- lures ot the Republican campaign organization. Notional chairman Duller and his a) '.as today turned to consideration ot plans tor a nation wide campaign. Butler declared tin Republican presidential contest would be carried into every section MANY DEAD IN WAR RAGING IN BRAZIL WASHINGTON, July 22. Three thousand civilians are reported, to have been killed hnd Injured In fighting at Sao Paulo between Bra glllnn federal and revolutionary forces, No Amerloan .victims are reportsu. 'rsm PASTURAGE T wm Postal Gain in Klamath Shows Best for State Increase of 43 Per Cent Is Highest of Any Oregon Office Klamath Falls during the month of M4y this year showed a higher per centage of gain In postal receipts over a similar period of last year than any other city of the state, according to a compilation of postal receipts of Oregon received by the local chamber ot commerce. The Klamath Falls office shows an Increase ot 43 per cent in Hay 1924, over May 1923. The following figures on postal receipts tor va'Sous Oregon cities have been compiled showing tbe per centage of increase in May of 1924 over May of last year: Albany, 6.5 per cent; Ashland, 6.6 per cunt; Astoria, 3.4 per eent; Baker, 2.6 per cent; Bend, 4 per cent; Bonanza, as per cent; CorvallLs u. per eent; Coqullle, 40 per cent: '.-alias, 8.7 per cant; Eugene, 16.9 per eent; Gardiner, 40 per cent; Gold Beach, 11 per cent; Gresham, 38 per cent; HillaboTO, 8 per cent; Klamath Falls. 43 per cent; La Grande, 1.8 per cent; Lebanon, S per cent; McMinn Tllle, 21 per cent; afarshtlald, 11 per cent; Newberg, 30 per cant; North Bend,. 21 per cent; Oregon City;-31 per cent; Portland, 8.37 per cent; Rainier, 30 4er eent; Roseburg, 14 per cent; Salem, 12 per cent; Silver ton, 13.6? per cent; Springfield, 16 per cent: The Dalles, 17 per cent; Warrenton, 14 per cent. . . TWO NEW i TEACHERS NAMED AT CENTRAL Turn imv tnanhara were elected to the staff of the Central school at the meeting ot the school board last evening. Miss Anna Johnston . who recently returned from Hawaii will teach the second grade -tatlng the nine nt Ari Ruth M. Dixon, resign ed. Miss June Dunlap ot Central Point -who for the past two years nas hppn tAaehlnir at. Albanv Will teach tbe first grade at tbe Central school here -tilling the vacancy as a result nf the vAalrnatinm nf Eleanor Robin- son who resigned recently to accept a position in tne1 roruana scuoois. Miu niTnn wh- has been a teacher here for the past three years has ac cepted a position teacning ai me uus AnvnloB achnnln ! . AFtaA Johnston. formerly wag a teacher in the schools here before going to Hawaii wnere she has been teaching tor the post three years. Misjs Johnston recently returned to tho (United States. GERMAN LOAN PLAN TALKED BY ALLIES LONDON. July', 22. The guar antee provided. lor safeguarding the German loan which it is proposed to launch for the Dawes reparation plan, were tbe chief topics ot dis cussion among delegates of the in' teraUIed conference today. Dslcussions . between tbe financial delegates of the conference .and British and American bankers wno aro being relied upon 'to take up the bulk of thn proposed S200,noo,nnu loan, wore continued today, LONDON, July 22.---Ambassador Kollog today presented a; proposal to break the deadlock in the Interallied conference on guaranteed for the German loan.' The fate of the Kel logg plan will not be known until tomorrow. . LOGGER IS INJURED IN CAMP ACCIDENT Severely Injured as the result of a log rolling over his legs and hips, W. O. Smyth, a logger who wan working in the Big Lakes logging camp near Hlldebrand was brought to Klamath Falls and taken to the Klamath General hospital tor treat ment. : While Smyth's Injuries are exceedingly painful and his hips are crushed, hospital authorities stata that he will recover and. thBt accord ing to the present Indications ha will regain thej full use ot his limbs. The acoldenit cccurrd lata yesterday at- lavhilflH ' - .1-- - - I- ' ternooa, . 6,4. . INSTATE Published Dally at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" PRICE FIVE CENTS ' LIVES ARE LOST AS 2 STEAMERS Many Aboard Boat .Struck By Tanker Off Coait' v ' Of Rhode Island .; ,: -' NEW) YORK, iltily 22. BtW' 800 and 900 passengers ot tbV steamer Boston, rammed by the tank er Swift Arrow off Point Judith R:v I., last night, were enroutc ro various ports today aboard several steamers which responded to calls for nelp.i Three persons were killed, and one' I Injured In the crash, according to' reports to the Eastern Steamship company, owner ot the Boston. Other reports put the death list as high as five. The Boston ws badly crip pled and ws In tow of a tug 'of r' Newport. The Swift Arrow Is anchor- e( off Beaver Tall, R. I. . n i-i ' "' I ARE ARRESTED Shipment of 100 Sacks 'of Sugar Arouses Interest ' ' of Sheriff One hundred sacks ot sugar de livered on July 4, led to the ar rest late yesterday , - afternoon ' ot Anienopoiis ana J. A. Anton at . a ranch 13 miles south ot Klamath - Falls and several miles southeast ot the Lost River diversion dsn. The largest bootlegging outfit ever confiscated in Klamath was brought here last night. ,.(.,.., On July 4, word was received at the sheriff's office that a large shipment of sugar was leaving town on The palles-Californla highway. Sheriff L, L. Low immediately de spatched a deputy to follow tie track. At tbe Loit River diversion dam a car passed the. sheriff's ear and stopped by tbe truck. Imme diately the truclc turned around and returned to Klamath Falls. , M v Ever since, the sheriff's ' off lee. has been attempting to locate the bootlegging center. Yesterday, after noon, Sheriff Low, aocompanled by IHT LIQUOR Deputies Lon Burke. George Dletsch, Special Agent L. B. Thayer and State Prohibition Agent' F.vV. Snyder conducted a raid on a sue pected ranch house. 1 Their ' sua- , plclon was rewarded ' by two SO gallon stills with a capacity of 126 gallons of moonshine, ,- three . Im mense vats capable. ot holding JS0O gallons of mash and all Other .neces sary equipment which goes t,o make up a modern bootlegging outfit In two of '.he vats was .' large quantity of miut and rye In a' ter- , mentlng state. Approximately '. to empty sugar sacks were . found la the chicken house nft' tbe' Tate were located, , '"" .'-.'. ' " , .,, According to Sheriff Low We two men lost their knowledge ot " the English language ft Soon as they realized ' they were under arrest. : , One of the men however asserted that he had been In Klamath two months and did not .know that tbe ' bootlegging equipment, was on the land he was renting, ,; The two men are recent arrivals trom Vallejo, Calif. Thi fcootleggHg equipment waa brought with . then. , Both are In Jail. Charges ot pos session ot a still and' operation of a itlll will be preferred against them according to tits sheriff. '.. ' LAKE COUNTY CASE VERDICTJREVERSfD SALEM, July 22. Supreme court deolalons today- inoiuoed, state oi Oregon vs. flrwln Wakefield,:, sppe lanti.'' Appeal ' trom tk county trom conviction for srl'me of adultry, Opinion given by Juitios . Cosbow reversed Judge' Bteb14r td tUs rsi Is Timsnded, ,,. , i