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Seventeenth Year No. 7440
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5 Observations
THK KLAMATH KID
' (A cereal story)
Chapter Onu
The Klumntli Kid MtTtitchi'd li U
tousled HKAIJ v ho looked ut Ilia
bright null this film uprlnji morning
unit nlioulnd :
"By HKCTOIt, II liln't guln' to
ruin no MOH, mi I guess I'll no down
unit huvo a swim."
Ha miyliiK. h" wont In it ilp
J'OOI.B on tho other altliwif Ilia (nil
NOEL which wim clean Out of light
whore nobody could (Mil.K nt him
nnd thoro disported like u MERKV
MA.V. Ho took hl 1IATIIIA.NY till It up
tho I'IKi:, atuhblng his FOOT hi on
la, STONE. After hu hnd crawled
through a coupln of (IATK8 on the
NORTH Bldo of town nnd crossed
Iwo moro IHIODKS In ItlXKAUI)
time ha stnppnd In rm beside n
Bi-onuir.
"Bless my fiOl'I.K." ho exclaimed,
"I'd llk to have a boiilo of GORDON.
A guy ain't WIUOIIT who will go In
swimming on a W'INTKIIH duy.
Then ho wont I'I'I' to hi room In
the BAKNHTAULB whvro ho hud
throo FULQt'Alt T7,
310IU).
(To hu ron(lnud
wo're mill allvo).
hid under n
tomorr jw If
THK IXXX)Kr KKLLKIl
i VNCBNUOKKD OBSERVATIONS
ask a' dully quoitlon, nnd then
goon out like gontlomin nnd guts
the answers. The fact thul tho In
terviews are Imaginary Is'nl any
thing In our young llvei, . ft
TMUy'a .yuwtloii ,
'Who. In your- oplntnri. 'Is toe
groatasl man In the world!"
TwW'i AWMvein (
' Hurt llawklnn Lloyd Low.
Lloyd Low Burt .Hawkins.
W. P. Myera-r-Modonty forbids au
nnawor.
Morlo Weal The councilman
from tho third ward.
. Archie Wlshnrd R. K. Bradbury,
without a doubt,
t)ol Kuykendnll E. J. Murray.
After a nice long alumber 'noath
the Icy od. Klamtth paved atroota
crawled out of tholr hlbornntory to
great the aun yostcrdny afternoon
nnd also to mnko their npnlogy to
Klamath cltlsoos for having boen
Abaont for ao long. Tho brown
quilts that envoloped tho paved
atroota wore dissolved Into a muddy
alream by tho wulor wngon and bid
tholr lout adtou aa lliay chined each
other Into the gutter and cavortod
and caprlced on tholr hnppy wny
clown Klamath rlvor to the aen. "Ita
rather cold, don't you think?" ro
niarked Main atreet to Klnmnth avo
nue. 'You're darn right 11 la," ro-.
plied Klamath avonue hunching Ita
back and shivering. "Why didn't
that old I root commissioner lot us
aluep a little whllo longer. I was
having a perfectly delightful drenm
nboul atreota In henvon, whero It
ralnod mud nil tho tlmo nnd whore
thoro wera no water wngons to clous
us off."
"Can this be tho city hull I sco
boforo me, with tho hnndlo batoro
my hand" quoth Morris Johnson ivs
his Ford sedan llko a "looping bubo
In a touthorod bed, gontly siattlod
Into a mud hola In front of tho mun
icipal building." ;
. Lator.
"Ho there!" halloed tho drlvor ot
the wrecking; car, firmly nilrad In
a rut. "Aro "you tho guy that wunt
od a tow?"
'Yen, yen, yen '.' answorod John
son, "Do you think 'you will nrrlvo
soma time bofore tho paving crc-w
arrives?"
Thereupon ensiiod n gnmo ot pu.th
n-long and finally with it disgruntl
ed, snort the towing cur bid tho rut
'fnrowell and with nnothor snort
Jiossed Johnson's car out ot (he rrt.
(Hldlt. nolo: It is hold by those
who know and know and know thn.
tho yonr 191(8 will see tho city h ill
gracod with pavod strools.j
Hore's one thoy'ra tolling on Hill
(D&nong up uround the court houso.
The story goes that his wlfo was
visiting In another part of tho alato
when tho ilnto of tholr woddlng nn
nlvorsnry arrived. i
Fearful that William might for
got tho Important dale, Mrs. Gaming
sent him tho following wlroi
"Do you kllnw m-ltot dny this Is?"
That was hll. And Hill, ImmorHod
In some weighty lognl questions tnlo
graphed thin roply: '
' . "Thursday." ', ; ', : ; ' '
MAW, HEAD SPLIT, BEUEffiP DBll
WtfB
MORAL MM HF.RF. HMffl ii Is ;
3 Councilmen Balk
Mayors Efforts
Begin Cleanup Here
West, Cofer and
Session Refuse to Back Mayor and
Chief of Police in Decency Program
Members of the city council police committee have
blocked, for the time being,
Fred R, Goddard and Chief
give Klamath Falls a moral
at the council meeting last night when the council granted
licenses to a number of hotels and card rooms over the
vehement protest of the police chief.
Only one license was refused by the council, this being
the Ray hotel. And it took excerpts of court records
detailing immoral conditions of & most, revolting char
acter before the council would follow the recommenda
lions of the police, chief with reference to this alleged
bieedinir nlace of vice and crime. ' .'-' -
It was revealed during the
Loucks a week earlier had met with the police committee
and recommended that licenses of other hotels and estab-
lishjnents be refused. These included the Claremont
hotel, the Arcade pool room,
Springs hotel and the -Country
.UWOIt 18 AI'l'l,Allr.l
Several (linns during tho
council uiontlng last night the
nudlenrn applauded wildly
when Muyor tioddiird announc
ed that he would clcun up
Klumnih Fulls whether tho
council liked It or not. Tho tem
per of tho coinmuiitty was
plainly shown by tho frequent
demonstrations.
"I propone, to mnko this
town clean enough so thnt
your wife or mlr.o cun wnlk
ulong tho streets without be
ing subjected to Insults," as
serted the mayor. "I'vn prom
Isod a clean town nnd I'll keep
tho promise If 1 have to do It
sliiKle-hnnded."
HKAItlXtJS CONTIXIKU
WASIIINC.TOX. Fob. 17. The
aonuto nnd house agricultural com
mittees were callod to continue
hearings today on tho framing ot
Icglsliftlou bnscd on tho recommen
dations of tho President's agricul
ture confcrenco.
VUltK MM, AI'IMMJVKI)
WIASIHNOTON, Feb. 17. After
adding J2,000,000, tho sonnto conf
morco commlttoo today approved
tho rivors and hiirhors bill HUthor's
Ing total cxpondlturo of more than
$10,000,000 for construction', re
palr and presorvnttnn work through
out tho country.
Autoist Who Went to
Sleep on Track Must
Pay Damage to S. P.
SAM FRANCISCO, Fob. 17. Hugo
Jnmleson of Snn Mateo may pny the
Southern Pitclfle company $07.73
for tonrltig tho pilot frpm a steam
locomotive, Justice of tho Peace
Wobor awarded the railroad that
amount yoatordny.
Testimony showod that Jnmlosco
pnrkod his machine on tho rnllrona
trucks and composed himself for a
quiet nnp.
Tho court chldod iho dofondiint
for his cnrulosHiioss in fulling asloop
on Iho railroad trucks.
The crow-ot tho trnln tostltled
Hint I hoy hiwl boon forced to uwukon
Jnmlnson attor the lncnmntlvo hart
carried him 90 foot. JnmloHon was
uiilnjurodi'
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY,
to
Stuckey in Heated
at least, efforts of Mayor
of Police Harry Loucks to
cleansing. This was revealed
stormy session that Chief
the Glenn hotel, the Hot
club,
Dm tho police committee, consist
Ing of Councilmen West, Cofer. and
Stuckey, refused to accede to the
demnnds of tho police chief and
Uiese places were granted licenses I
Inst night.
Several times during tho session I
Muyor Gaililard and Chief Loucks
took l?uo with the councilmen, and
the mayor with more or less vehem
ence, declared thnt if necessary he
would bring abatement proceedings
HBnlnst aomo of thcBe places In order
to closo them.
Council members declared that
tho chief ot police should produce
evidence of wrong doing In .these
various hotels and pool rooms- bo
fore asking the council to vcvoku
licenses, but Chief Loucks retorted
thnt it is coiiflnon knowledge that
laws are being flagrantly violated In.
many hotels and card rooms ot the,
city.
The outbreak lust night between
tho council nnd police chief has
boon brewing tor several woeks and
was known to bo Inevitable by those
In touch with city affairs.
I'pon taking office as mayor, Dr.
(loililard named Z. J. Powell aa chief
at pollco, and then announced him
self for a moral and social cleanup
of the city. With full support ot
Iho muyor, ox-Chlof Powell went to
work, nnd by directing Jiis activity
toward tho wealthy nnd Influential
owners ot proporty" who allowed
their places to be used for dons ot
vice, ho mndc rnpld strides In
cleaning up'the city. At the same
tlmo he aroused tho enmity ot many
mon of mq'ro or loss prominence
locally, i , . ,
Powoll roslgnod two weeks ngo,
giving press ot personal business as
tho cause, hut those closo In touch
with civic matters sny his, resigna
tion wns brought nbout by the un
friendly attltudo of the police com
mittee to his efforts toward clean
ing out tho moral leeches who in
fest Klnmnlh Falls.
It Is known Hint IPowcll recom
mondcil tho revocation of the snmo
llronnos as did his successor, Chlot
Loucks. If Is also known thnt tho
three members of tho pollco com
mittee declined to follow his recom
mendations. As n consoquonco, It
Is snld that Powell roslgnod rather
than becomo omhrollod in a. contro
versy with tho council. ;
When Loucks wns nppolntod
Mayor Ooddnrd gave him the snino
Instructions nn had boon Riven
Powoll, nnd ns his first slop to
ward honoring morn), conditions,
' (Continued On Pago Two)
Associated Press Leased Wire
Taylor's Sentence 15 Years
With Thousand-Dollar Fine
John Taylor, confessed member of the band of bandits
that held up and murdered
ing of Jarfuary 4, was sentenced to serve fifteen years in j
the penitentiary and lined $iuuu oy juage a. j. i,eaviu
at 1 :30 o'clock this afternoon.
Disregarding the recommendation of leniency of the
district attorney's office, Judge Leavitt sentenced Taylor
the limit allowed for the charge of manslaughter, and
added thereto a fine of $1000.
Plow Forecasts
Spring Opening
On County Farms
Sun may shino, robins may come
and crocuses may bloom but the
bona fide forecast of spring Is noth
ing more or leu than the unimagina
tive plow.
When the fanner begins his spring
ploughing. It Is a definite assurance
that the cold cloudy w'-ntry daya are
behind us and that spring Is before
US. , . ,. - U:,.. -.-,.
. Out Langoll Valley way the farm
ers aro preparing for spring plow
ing, Francis J. Bowne, chairman of
the county Bchool board, said this
morning. Mr. Bowne Is a rancher
of Bonanza.
Some ranchers are luckier than
others, Mr. Bowne said. In that their
land In on higher frround' and of
more sandy soil. The water has
drained off of such land leaving the
ground In good condition for plow
ing. . "
Down through the Klnmnth basin.
between Klamath Falls and Malln.
many ranchers are already plowing,
according to reports. In many
places though, the ground Is too
soaked with moisture for successful
plowing.
Predictions are thnt aprlr.g plow
ing will be under way on all farms
within a week or tea. days.
F
Body to Lie in Stat
fot
of Bringing Remains
From Cave Continues"
ti a
CAVE CITY, ICy., Feb.
HASTEN
PLANS
FOR
BURIAL OF
COLLINS
U
body of Floyd Collins wi 1 bo let conrlned , tne penl,ent,ary of
In hi, "So state of Oregon for fifteen years
services will be held this j.wi thnt you pay to. the state of
nt tho mouth "t tho shnn .wh eh Oregon a fine ot 1Q00,"
dug to rescue him, but In vain, mjs -
aged father, Lee Collins consented I
to the arrangement after Dr. Wll- OOMVLAIXT DENIED
Ham Hailett of Chicago bad nimsen
examined Collins
and pronouncea
dead.
CAVE CITY, Ky Feb. 17. Re
vealed, but not recovered, the body
of Floyd Collins today still wns
lying In tho natural tomb which has
been his for more thnn 17 days.
Without warning, the root envod
In yesterday afternoon and It was
announced officially' thnt Collins
had been found "nppnrently AtaA."
Snddened by the renllsntlon that
tholr long struggle with tlio in
scrutable forcos ot nnturo had
fulled, Insofar ns rescuing Collins
nllvo, tho sappers continued to toll
fn Into tho nlght timbering nnd
oxcnviUIng In the eight foot beyond
whore their Interal struck the
original avenue. ; ' .
Will Amputate
Collins' foot probably will remain
forever in tho spot where thoy were
pinioned by n 'falling boulik-r 'lS
dnys ngo. Tho perilous task' of
finding the body being accomp
lished, H. T. Cnrmlchnol, In charge
of the rescue work, wns unwilling
to further 'riak tho lives of tho
minors In removing tho hnuldor,
(Continued on Pago Three) '
FEB. 17, 1925
Oscar Erickson on the morn
Taylor was visibly affected b7 the
scathing remarks directed at him by
Judge A. L. Leavitt and could not
bring himself to make a brief state
ment In connection with 'lie crime
that he had previously planned. His
wife, quietly crying, and hli small,
curly beaded daughter, sitting round
eyed and solemn, were In the court
room at the tlmo iontoncu was pro
nounced.
Speaking on behalf o Tailor. Dis
trict Attorney William Ganong
"Through th-i tiitiniony t,f the
defendant. Taylor, we werc able to
convict two of the members ot the
bandit gang an.l send them to the
penitentiary. Hid the " defendant
not testified f r the state , there
"would not have'bMu a r.hanre of
convicting the other two men., The
district attorney's oftico considers
Taylor the leait guilty of all the
men connected ' wltU tbe crime.
Taylor was not promised any len
iency by tbe district attorney's of
fice because he testified on behalf
of. the state. For tbe reasons cited,
I feel disposed to recommend len
iency In the sentence ot the de
fendant. Judge Leavitt addressed Taylor
as follows
"Defendant Taylor: You stand
before the bar of tho court con
victed, by your volnntary plea, ot
the crime ot manslaughter.
"The court has Riven careful con
sideration to your testimony given
upon the trial ot your co-defendants
and to nil the circumstances sur
rounding the withdrawal ot your
original plea of 'not guilty' and the
entering ot your plea of 'guilty of
manslaughter.' From such consider
ation it appears to the satisfaction
of the conrt that, while there is a
very considerable latitude allowed
tho court In determining tho extent
of the penalty to be imposed In any
given case, the facts and circum
stances surrounding you as you
stnnd before the bar ot this conrt
preclude any further leniency- in
your case, if exact justice is to be
: lne ns between yourself and so-
cletyi which you have grossly
I wronged, and as between yourself
and your co-defendants.
i
' ' 11 ls ,ne sentence of the law and
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. A gen
ernl denial of the complaint recent
ly made against Federal Trade com
mission has been filed with the com
mission, by the Michigan Sugar com
pany of which Charles B. Wlarren
wns nn offlclnl when ho was nomi
nated by President Coolldge to be
Attorney General.
H. E. Gctz, ex-comnmndor of tho
KliHiinth post, American Loglon,
probably will bo chosen ns a mem
ber of the Klaimiith county board of
appraisers under tho soldiers' bonus
act, according to word received here
today from Salem. ' Got has tho
support ot Speaker Denton. G. Bur
dlck and other InflueMlnl members
of tho legislature, and it ls expect
ed that his appointment will be
forthcoming at the next mooting ot
tho veterans' commission, '
GET DORS 0
FO
Victim ot
By Ranch Worker
GusYorden, Employe
Declared tolHave Wielded Hay Knife
Fo 1 ! o w i n g Argument About Work
Whether or not Yorden made a confession to th
deputy district attorney could not be learned as that of
ficial refused to make any comment He took the poiJ
tion that it was none of the public's business at this time
and excused himself by saying he thought it would be
too hard to procure a jury should the full facts of the
case become known. -.,'.-J ,-1 ' -ti;:-
His skull split open from a heavy blow by a hay knife
John Coleman,, well-known Klamath rancher, lies at the
Klamath General hospital seriously injured following ail
altercation this morning with an employe on the' Coleman
ranch, declared by authorities to be Ous xoraeiur-:y- .
Yorden was arrested at the Coleman farm early tfiis
afternoon by deputies from the sheriff 's office, " and,
Denutv District Attorney W. P. Mvers. A charere x)f as
sault with intent to kill will
li?w nrA ?n raca PnlomnTi
tie nreierrea. aecoiuiutr to
- .
Klamath May Lose Out
in The Dalles-Reno
and Los Angeles Road
Klamath Falls ls in danger of los
ing the highway designated as The
Dalles-Reno-Los A,ngelea highway,
according to a report submitted to
the chamber ,ot commerce directors
today by Bert Hall, chairman ot the
highway committee.
Workir quietly nd under cover,
Alturas has about succeeded in pre
vailing upon the highway association
to build the road north from Al
turas to Prlnevllle, leaving out this
section. The whole matter will be
placed before the association and
California officials In an effort to
block the Alturas attempt, It was
decided. ,
COUNTY MEN WILL
OUTLINE PROGRAM
C. A. Henderson, county agent and
Frank Sextoo, county club leader
will speak before members ot the
forum tomorrow at the chamber of
commerce luncheon when they will
outline their program for the year.
Henderson and Sexton will speak on
such vital questions as the . sugar
beet industry; planting alkali grass;
the possibility of threshing clover
seed and the organized production
of potatoes.
MIST HAXG
SALEM. Or?., Feb. 17. L. W.
Pearce, aged Coos county mountain
eer, must hang for tho murder ot
James Culver on December 27, 1922.
Women to Dominate Unless
Men Again Grow Whiskers
. ;
LONDON, Feb. 17. Young men seeking favor with
girls are advised to grow bushy whiskers, like cavemen
used to wear, Arthur Ponzonby, member of parliament,
writes in the Empire Review, contending that the modern
male is inclined to become effeminate. ' v -
"The whiskerless young men of today are dominated
by the girls, and willingly submit," writes Mr. Ponzonby.
"How the young men are dominated' is most notable
in cafes and restaurants," he wntes. V; ";'
"In the old days one would see a man enter, followed
by a girl, shy and demure. , 'f'- . . : , r,;
"Today you will see the girl stride in with an air of
mastery kand assurance, her brimless hat crushed "over her
eyes, a long cigarette holder suspended from her lips,
and behind her trots the little man. She orders the meal,
and if there is any swearing to be done at the waiter,
she will do it.
"None of the bewhiskered
would permite anything like
Published Daily at ; , ?
KLAMATH FALLS
'An Empire Awakening"
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Attack
of Wounded Manf
probably be lodged against
rlioa 'a rharcro Ctf murnAi Will
ursirtci, vuuntc.y uauuuit.
- Anrdi!i ty- nhvslclana In at- .
tendance this morning shortly after
the assault, Coleman atood three
chances out of four for recovery.
Later rapDrts from the hospital
were to the effect that-Coleman
was in a yery serious condition and
that there was serious doubt as. to
his recovery. . . . V." r
Information concerning the -attack
on Coleman . was necessarily
small, owing to the condition ot tbe
injured man. . Coleman did stats
to the district attorney's office that
Yorden bad attacked htm following
a slight misunderstanding over wrark
In ha itonn aA thA ranch. Hu said
that he had not -quarreled with the
man on a previous occasion!- ' ?
Beside the gash ' on top ot .his
neaa, .uoteman is sunenng. irom a
deep cut along the aide of his laoe,
said to . hare been Inflicted " by
Yorden. ? ',
Yorden Is 48 years old and was
empioyea on me -aairy arm con
ducted by Mrs. John Coleman.' Ha
was being questioned at lungth br
the district attorney'a office ." this
afternoon. .
Bonfield Assault Case --"
Is Under Advisement
William Bonfield, former restau
rant owner and now operating a taxi
rervlce, was brought before Justice
of the Peace R. E. Hunsaker this
morning on a charge ot assault with
a dangerous weapon. After a hear
ing tbe magistrate took the cans
under advisement and will render a
decision .within the next tew days.
, -';;;)
gentlemen of the old Bclibolt
that, would they?" '