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InlvciMiy Library Kligclli', Olctfim - -', BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER B ARC AINS Published Daily at i KLAMATH FALLS ; "An Empire Awakening"; Associated Prets Leased Wire "PRICE FIVE CENTS Seventeenth Year No. 7448 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, FER 19, 1925 Shoe Sttifwptt Uncensorei Observations ' THK KL.VMATII Kilt , (A ooruiil nlory) ChnpMr Three After hla ROOD fight Willi tlto mualclatt ' tint Klnmath Kid rolled jilmaolf .a I'KI.I.KTT out of bull 1)11 HHAM, then hud u I'OltTKH brush of( hi clot lira before ho mont to aea hla TIIUKI.OVK. "DARLING." ho aald lis ho DREW bur cluiin tu him, "If you will only tio iiilrie I will luku you un n CltKWH to Ilia CONGO, and uliio promise that I will hover apeuk a CltOviH word. "My oot , IHtlo HI'1 ARM AN," Hhu cooed, "will you r jiiiImi. f amy homo ouch IvNlllHTJ "For ir yuu, -don't,' I'll knock i ho btkkkin out ' or you," . . . ' "Yi, h promised, "mid I'll buy you un tco eroa n KOI IN m' else luku ' you for a RIOF.OUT to Ihu MII.I.H." '.- Then tha Kluinttlli Kid BKTZKIt down on Ilia llip un Him g.ivo him a . KKKBKB on the Hl. And thli 'chapter and Junt as ho planted a -kiwi' on lit'HN. ' , (To bn continued It's (totting tougunr). ' ' -l-Hor'a a iBlomnm Tcvdvod by V.NCKN80RBD OIIHKIIVATION8 10 day from Linn Nosmllh. ho In aid- 'Ing the liw mnkort '51 Halcm. ; More It bit ' "Moral cloonAip cmi row proceed, it Uua my whole-hearted atipport. llootlttiKera huvo nicked '""K enough. Toll Hurt Hawkins I will confer with hlm'on my arrival hams. Cold woa.tb.er may hav Its abort eommga but It ahu h:illi In good polnla, ono Klumath clllaan remark-, ed Ihu other day mid 'thereupon en tered Into dlar.ourno as folloa: "Have yon nollred how chtir Link river haa boon du lug tho -winter, and do you know why? Wi.ll. Kla n ath luho la ahullow, vary,-shallow In aomo plaoea. During tho lumner tail and spring, tha wind rw.ilpa down onto the wutar.. churntnK It up ao much that mud l coimtnnlly coming to tho surface. Kvcry winter tha lako frecaoi :u'r and' tho wmu . ennno roach tho water. Iie'n'i-o tho mud . aotelea and bunco tho clear v f walor -0f "llio VnVtf outlet. Link Hjor '"arid of Ita eatenalon. Klamath 'river'. ' With aprlng, a muddy torrent comes .down Link river and tlnla Klamath , river n greenish brown for, miles down ibe alroam." , (i "What's tho' manor, Wallert Can't you answer tho iiuoatlona?" Wnltor Tlmma, young aon of Wll ' .llam Tlmma nod sixth grade pupil of Hlvoraldo aehool, acrnlchcd hla fuitay black hald and ahook lili hood. , , "I'm llinitwy Mllihiilh Wiittcn burgh, I ctn't flguro cut how u thpoll tho canal botweon Atlantic o'.hoan and P'llilflr othoim." After tho roat ,or tha pupils hud bnndod In tholr nooKruphy tint papora llltlo' Walter -waa Mill put- illng. Finally ho huuved a ilsli of rollof,. licked tho end. of hla pencil und laborloualy vvnto 4wn it word. "Horo It Ith, tojehnr.' I think I thpolt It right thlth thnn." Tho boy had hardly atepped out of IBoToom when Mra, Wnttunbui' plcktd up hln tnat paper. Suddenly aim alopped mi (I atarted I:iuk1iIiik. . Til la Is what alio reud: Queatlon Willi la t'lio cannl that ' connects tho Atlantic ocein with t ic Pacific ocean? 1 Anawor Alimentary canal. IINCKNHORKI) OIISKKVATIONS uxiiln aubmlta t lis renduni tho repllea to u quontlon of grout mom out to tlilH community. Dcsptlo Ihn fnct that tho unawera to the nuoHtlon nro moro cr lean hypothetical, t hoy nro none tho loaa true, tin IM tho odltora of thin column a id hirtn KlruiiK or lynohod, tho quoiitlons and nnawoi-H will ho conllmiod to ba pub llnhed nlnioal dully. TODAY'S QUK8TI0M Do You Plnu fo Rntcr Pnllllia Again? TODAY'S AN8W.EI1 .; Krod Morloy Yea, whon rtogB run ' ,. VOto. .. ', ' ; Clnronca Underwood Yon, iwh.in , lifinnnoH gro.w hri apple Ircra, ,W.,A. Wloat Yes,. When llrowor. , gooa back to achool touch 'ng. C. C. Crowor Yoa, "when I gut imorrlod. Kay Morrla When tho man with the fowost 'nte la elected. Klngor, Klngor,' Whose got the Flngor! Til la In tho little gnmo t Hoy . aoem to be playing among tha bora nt Mjilln.- Anil when that la not In . alylo tho boya engngo In the gunllu aport or "RwnlloW tho K-ir." Kara ov ' Flngora notwithstanding, iwmo , iniglllatlv acout ought ,to look thl Morrill and Mulln calmtry ovor, with n vlow of anlectlng aomo good box ing nvaterlnl. If tho chnwlng pro nonaltloa of aomo of tho loadcra In r flatlo omhrOKlloa could ho ovorld dnn, ono of tho l.lakoy family or Homo of tholr henchman should bo able to graco a prise ring with biioi. ' ' coxa, ' " '' ' , '' ' . COPGO EXPECTS BIGGER DEMAND FOR YEAR 1325 Moro Industrial and Home Conumer Are . . Predicted Count ruction program of tho Cali fornia Oregon I'ower company t'.ila year will ho principally devoted to mooting liu-roiiBod dununds frJin In dti'.trlul planiN and homo cunaum ora, J ihn "HI lo dlvlnlon mtinagor of ill ii rampnny, ami iiinccd tod-jy. I'robubly duo lo.tho fiut lat a lOuti.Oiiii program wus liiltlntud and put through last )'r In Kliimitli county the home offhu does not N'.ito.i.plnto u lury.ii conalructl m program In Klajuiith thla year, the Cjpcj official aald. Thu power company looks for a largo Increase In tho Industrial de mand for power this yojr. Al naily evidence of this lnorojno .li pitteiil,, Mr. . Iloylo pointed out,' A sub-atntlon will be Inatulled at thu Chlhijuiit I.uinbfr company which will aerve tho bx factory and mill with power. When tho nnw bx luctory of the Blmw-Hcrlrain plant und the -Nino Ilrothur4 mill just ioiiiIi of tfrwn nro complotud, they will be vloi'iriried anil two aub alullciia will bo built to iraiiHfor the poAer to the plants. I'Iiiiim fur l'uir It h HID Impv of thu pjur com pany t) hit m the Khuutii View und Mulln Irrigation dlslrlru wll'l pow- er'. Aa aoon ,a the bonds for tho dlitrlcta aro ' aold. II Is expected that 'negotiation will bo mu.lo .f n uoO craepowori, luter to be InVrus nl u 10VU hora. wt-r as dem ind nMtilfeated. T.ie prjj'irt .)il!d moin tho c.inalructloil of a power lino through the Irrlguilon project. Th J power would ba used princi pally for water pumping purposes. Two lateral lino oxioualon have own recently completed In tho Tulc lake district which will oervo ten fsnrrtira of thai . region. , Another project coinplutud thla yoir was u poer i lli0' oxtonalon ' south . from Mulln to rho W. C. Daltnu riuch on tho Orugon-t'nllfornla border. , To C'nntlnui' DioIkIiik Tho power company will -eontlnud Ita . work of drudging channela In Klntnaih Inko unih excavating log punda for in II I n sHunted on tho Ink--. ahoro. Mr. Iloylo said. At present (he dredger la under repairs. Work on log ponds will bo largely con fined to excavating ponds for the Algoma Lumber, company jh the l.umm s mill The business during Junuary 192B has lucroascd approximately 10 per cont over tho corresponding month of 1024, It wus estimated. This Is a!tl to bo a normal Inereaio In bus iness. Whether or nol tho now Cou lter uvonuo plum will bo sufficient to carry the .Increased load of the summer can not bo predicted. If nol, n largo restrvo of power Is ever nt 'innd from . n powor lino from Copco 'on Lower Klamath rlvor. CLUB LEADER IS HEARD AT LUNCH Club work In Klamath county was the subject of a talk nt today's mooting of tho Klwunls club b Frank Sexti;n. "In speaking to thla club," suld tho speaker, "I u"lorstand tint 1 am talking lo an orgnnliutloii tli.it has for lf motto, 'Wo Hulld.' That is mini i am trying to un in Klam ath county, except that while tho Klwanla club Is Interested In build ing lujitarlal things, my work him to do wtl'h the building of boya and girls." Mr. Sexton extended Ills thanks to tho business me:) of this clty who by offering prises nt tho lust county fair, mudo 11 poslblo for about 13 young people to attend tho siimmor school af Corvnllls to tiu hold In Septomboi' of this year. Klamath Falls Girl, Now Eastern Actress, Refuses "Naughty" Play , Miss Helen MncKoll.tr has given notlco to hor Binge, manager that sho will not tako purl In n naughty play, bo says tha HoUon Post, which rnneMnd friends of Mlsa MacKollar III Klumuth Kails today. . i MIhh MacKolliir is tho .daughter of Mrs, Wlllam Siindhnm. 1019 lOm'l street,, of this city mid made an extanslvo visit In Klamath Falls Inst yoar, when sho and her hus band spent several weeks ai .guests In Cwitor l.iiko p.irk.. Whlla In tho city t ho wns also a guest at tho ohiimbcr of commerco and spoka nti H jorum liinchoon or tlmt body, : ' Neuner Named U. S. Attorney, Says Dispatch I'OllTbANI), Ore, Feb. IV. A apeclul dlapntch to the Portland Telegram from . Washington today says: "Senators McN'ury and Stauflcld today In writing joined In a recom mendation to tho president that ho appoint UeorgoN'ounrr, Jr., of Rose- burg, 1,'nlteil Htntea District Attor ney for Oregon. It is sale that the preuldent will approve In tho recom mendation and aend In Kounor'a nomination to tho aenuto this week. A favorable report by the annate Judiciary commltlvo and xpeody con fl;mnlloii by the Hi-nuta uru expect ed to follow." ; RANGERS BRING IN MANY PELTS OF OLENE CATS According to reports received from Illy. W. C. I'ankey and Kd Wlcgoll have entered In u bob cat klllltiK contest and Pankey has nine to his credit whlla Wlngell notches hbi cats off n't 13.. Hanging throughout the Oleno district,' We gull reports a largo number of the inlmnla unci thu atorkmen of that dirlrlct nrn particularly desirous of giitllnij rid of the cats before the lambing acuaon to prevent any Ions to their flocks. " Junius ixtdnrnys of Alguuu Ik not to ho nuld'ino and has brought In tlinjo palls far a atartor. Uedomys killed thu nnliuuln on I ho 2nd, Uth and 1 4 tli of February. A bounty of thref dollars per pelt lsecolved by the rnngers. . . FEDERATED BOARD TO MEET MARCH 7 Mombcra f tho Fodiratcd Hoard will n-.oal ugalu on March 7, In chamber of , commerco rooms, nc. cording to deoislons reached yostur day at tho first mootlnj; of tho gToup. Mombira of .tho Hoard nro raulo up f roni'OHoiHJitlvos . of. Ao various Various . sections ' throughout tho county and final perfection of the organisation w II be couipleteil at this mooting. Thla Is tho flrat tlmo ,' board' of Ihh kind hna been trlrd lit any aoc Hon of Hit) coast, the problem bo. Ing moat iinlquo In Its oxecullnn Vurlotia aect'ona trroiighout tho county which ore represented on the bmnl art aiming to raako a succesa of Ihn- board ao that other sootlons of tho country will follow tho plan act down, by Klnninlh communities. DAVIS INITIATED INTO ELKS' LODGE Membors of . the Klks lodgo Of K.lamith Falls, lyijoyed a clnm reed. Initiation ami short program last n'ght In tho Klks temple when they Initiated Cliiudo II. Davis Into the order. ' Vaudevllln artists from the I'lnc Troo program woro obtained and ihero was on especially good ottend nnco from lodges outside of tho city. BAKER RECOVERING FROM LEG-INJURY J. I. Iluker, woods foreman for Iho Algomn Lumber company wua out for tho first tlmo yesterday afternoon, following a six weeks sclgo In tho hospll'.il wlicro he-received treatment for a broken leg, sustained when a locomotive crane which ho was operating tipped over. Thn engine struck a wire sending a high voltage through the machine, llukor Jumped from tho locomotive, nurrowly escaping with his life. Others standing noar wore unin sured although tho danger w.ir made grouter by tho explosion of the boiler In tho machine. In Veins removed from tho hospital to his home In Algoma, nakor contracted pleurisy, loalng 28 pounds lurlng tho alrknoBB. . According to the Tost several theatrical producers hnve been reaching for tho limit of candor or vnlgurlty on the Now York stage this seison nnd this weok, Just ns thay woro nil beginning to' think tboro was no limit nt all, Al M. Woods -reached It In n.pluy cnllod "The Good Dud Woman." , MI4S MacKellnr, star of the piece, I has given notice that she Is walking nut of tho role ot "Klloen Dono van," tho woman of tha streets, nt tho'oml ot 'flve dys whan she road press reviews ot tho jiltijr. CAMP UN TO FREE FARM! Squirrels to Be Objective of Poisoning Operations With the first Sign of spring has CDmu the aunuul problem of grass-h-ippor und rodent control In Klam ath county,- County Agent C. A. Henderson said today. Ground Niliilrrela have put lq- the'r appear ance already and an goo.ii as tho ground Is sufficiently dry, grasshop per egg beds can bo located. Within ten days, poisoning opera tions ugulnst ground cn,u!rre!s will be Mancc, Mr. , Henderson said. Last year, over 3O0.U0U squirrels wcri killed throughout the length und breadtb -I the county. ' Tho grasshopper menace Ut year a reduced to a minimum by ploughing Ihu egg beIs of the posl'lenl Insect und by using u burner to combat the hord'13 of insects utter they had hatched. . .Many GVound Squlrrclx Kvldcnce of ground squirrels Is quite' 'Ijatcnt at the county fair grounds, whoro ono observer apotted if of the rodents in a short time early this week. A rigid campaign against tho animal will be started Poisoning methods have proved very successful. It Is estimated that about 40 squirrels wero killed last year to the pound of poison. Tho rodent must ho fought to the last ditch," Mr. Henderson pointed out. "If no effort to con trol Ihn advance cf tho llltlo beast was made, they would In lime make farming an Impossibility in the Klamath basin country. Tho mere fact that over 300.000 went killed last year Is sufficient proif to de moratrato tho "seriousness of tho menace, If not controlled. Jack Itakblts Krwrr "Tbey eat all vegetation around thoin and undermine fields with holes they dig for tholr homes. ' Klamath la not cursed with the ravagos of tho Joclt rabbit, as are other sections of, eastern Oregon Fw-.complainbi Save been turned Into the cousty agent's office about rabbits be'ng a nuisance to farmers. Several years ego tho rabbit -pest In tho Olcne. district necessitated government trapper devoting several months to poisoning rabbits, Mr. Henderson recalled. At that time about 15.000 woro killed which Bcrv. cd to relievo the BltuatUin In the Oleno secllcn. Gloria Swanson Now Better After Being Operated on Tuesday PARIS, Feb. 19. I'nlosa compli cations act In. tlloriu Swanson. mot on picture star, is out of danger, her doctors said todny. Operated on Tucfduy night, sho is progressing favorably and may be able to leave tho hospital within a week. . Marquis Do Lo-J Fulalso - do la Coudray, her husband, was cheered by reports from the bedside, nr.d said ho hoped they would bo able to leavo for Now York on March 4. Sho is said to have nnrroAVly C3r enped nciite peritonitis, thc opera tion being performed Just In time. WOMAN MISSIONARY KILLED IN WRECK OF PICKWICK STAGE HKD.DlNti. Calif..' Feb. 19. A woman killed last evening In the wreck of n I'lrkwlck' stage near Dunsmulr wn identified today ha Mrs. George Hansen, On, of Shang hai, China, u missionary.- Sho was traveling with her husband, who was slightly injured liijtho wreck. The other injured pipscngors lind recov ered sufficiently tod-iy' to permit them to continue on their Journey. .; Post Office at Ruch" Robbed of Stamps and ' Large Amount of Cash MEDFORD Ore., Feb. 19. Sev eral hundred dcllnrs In cash and stamps wero taken .from the posi oftlco at Ruch, 12 mllos southwest of Medford, last night by, un known persona who broke Into the building by prying the front door iopen with an Ice pick. Tio theft by Postmaster C. M. Ruch. who was discovered early, this morning Immediately notified tho sheriff's oftlco In Jacksonville and post office authorities In Modfoid. Shor irr Jennings ami a postortlco In spector nro now nt Ruch, but their Investigation Is snld to ibo proceed ing slowly .beciiuso In splto 'Of !t'ho muddy conditions suroiinillng the building no foot Irncks wero left either on the floor or the porch ot tth8 post Office, m OF RODENT CHOP Meeker to Join WildWestShow Early in April BKATTLK, Wash., Feb. 19. Ksra Meeker, 04, Orogun trail blazer and pioneer of Washington. announced here last njght he had signed a contract with J. C. Miller. former proprietor of a wild "west, show, to Join a new traveling "llcl west company uchedulod to leavo Oklahoma City April 22 for a tcur of the United States and Canada. The contract provides that Mr. Meeker drive -an ox team similar to one In whlca he and bis bride. crossed the plains to the Oregon country miny Tears ago. Mr. Meeker said he Intended be fore leaving Seattle In April ti cumpalgn for-tho photographing of he route of tho Old Oregon Trail from the air by the army aviation, service. Last year Mr. Meeker flsw from. Vancouver, Wash., to Washington. D. C. In an airplane piloted by Lieute'nant Oakley O. Kelly, army aviator who figured In the 1921 non-stop transcontinental flight.- Local Taxi Man Acquitted of Charge of Assaulting'. N. E. Dennis . Charges of assaulting N. EX Dennis -with intent to' kill were dis missed against Bill Bonfleld, taxi operator, by Justico of tha Peace Hunsaker today. Tho alleged assault took place In a local rooming bouse operated by Dennis and came as a climax to 111. feeling which bid existed between tbo two inch fcr eomo time. Justice Hunsaker, who has been sick since tho first of the year, hoard' testimony in the case at his home the first of the weok, and an nounced his decision today. Wil liam Marx appeared as. the attorney for Bonfleld'. -- " ' . ";'' ' WOUXD WAIVE KEKS ; WASHINGTON. Feb. ;1S. Tho secretary of tbe Interior would bo authorised lo waive all fees durlnr 1925 for graziwg on public lands under, a joint resolution adopted today by the senate. " Trio of Youths Who Stole . to Get Food. Are Sent to Prison MBDFOBD. Ore., Feb. 19. Rob ert Duke, Roland Eastwood aud Stevo J. Elak. who plead guilty to robbing the Union Oil station at Ashland last month, wero sentenced to long prison terms late yestorday afternoon by Circuit Judge C. M. Thomas. Eastwood, acuaed- of being the man behind the pistol In the hold up, was given fifteen years; Elak, who superintended the crime, re ceived a vten-yenr sentence and Duff, a boy In his early twenties and who admitted he look the money from the station till, was sentenced to five years. ' Hunger was given by tho trio aa the motive for tho crimo, and all told the court that their first move Mowing tho robbery was to oat. The men, on a pretext of buy ing gasoline, entered tho stnthro and at tho point at a gun held up the operator and rifled the cah reg ister of between M and J5, Charles Evans Hughes Is Offered Job That Pays $30,000 a Year CHICAGO, Feb. 19. Charles Evans Hughes, secretary cf statoi may have waiting for him when he retires March 4 a more lucrativo position. He has been urged as the head of tho International Council of Re ligious Education In its .flmnclul ami organization work at $00,000 annual salary. ' J. L. Kraft, treasurer of the council, meeting horo to discuss financial problems, made the pro posal, c JKWKli THKKT HTAUKD . CHICAGO, Feb. 19. A specially constructed vest containing ",$20,000 in Jewels of tho J. Mllhonlng Jew elry company,- foiled to baffle four robbers. In an-automobile who kid nnpod tho 17 year old moaaongar, W. R. Bandot. w.ho wore the vest After rdbblng lilm of tho Jewalry they tossed him out of their car BONFIELD CASE:: IS DISMISSED Hi CIGARETTES IS Legislature Still in Financial Snarl, With Friday the Last Day STATU HOCflB. Salem, Ore.. Feb. 19 Tho legislature haa not yet ex tricated Itself Trom the state's fin ancial snarl, although tomorrow Is normally the Inst day of tho cession. To meet Uio financial emergency the presiding offfc.?rs of tho two houses and other leiders have prac tically decide! that the session must levy upon the people an additional one mill tax levy abovo the 1.9 milt Hvy by tho ' tax commission lost December. Tbo ways and means committee, and the- governor are still sticking to the'r .plan for i cigarette tax, and may ejtccd It to Include cigars. A 20 per, cent Instead of a 10 pt cent tax on cigarettes is nwir talked. Tho reason tor this Is to get away from the proposed Increase in the Insurance tax. A delegation of Insur ance m?n appeared beiore the com mittee last night and protested against the increase la a way that swayed the committee. Also the committee will stand for a cosmetic tax and an additional corporation tax. , The normal school question was again thresh over acd Senator Dunn's bill to rehabilitate the Ash land normal Is still hanging In the balance. OREGON MERCHANTS RE-ELECT OFFICERS FOR CURRENT YEAR PLAN EUGENE. Ore.. Feb. 19. Eugene J js the exact truth. It may b.0 was chosen late yesterday afternoon, inJJ fW in hmld as the 1926 convention city of th.il'aia. - maeea, mat in MUIIU "regon Retail Merchants Assocla- mg the Oregon lITinK tQ " ' ; , N Bend, the Northern X lines The convention delegates re-elect- .. ' , ... . .1. .i,.ir rpwent 1. Thomas of realized that this construc- Marshfleld and O. F, Tite. ot Port- tin put them Ul Contact land. secretarjiA Other officer are: !bWhi irri'm'ntP timher re- '" W. F. Kennedy. of Oorvallls, .flmjWWS.W'JW'S Vice president; J. C Mann or Med-, sources Ul uuu icjiun, aim, ford, aeeond vice president and M. 0f Cuurse, it WSS their PUr L. Crout of Portland, treaaurcr. uaan VoiV nam fflJ ANNUAL BANQUET OF ROTARY WILL BE GIVEN TUESDAY r Rotarians, their wives and guesta will gather together Tuesday evening at the White Pelican hotel for tho annual banquet of the Rotary club. cordon Hart, president ot he c.nnii Piu nmnrv club, his boon procured as the principal speaker of the program. C. A. Henderson, county agent, jjj j Jg uncertain, wll be the principal speaker at tho Yv"1 K k1S' Rotary cIud tomorrow noon at which because there IS, 1 DeHeve,; time he - will outline in detail tho gome division ; of : sentiment Tk'L1! ZnlL:ot: among the.leadert of.&aC CLUB ORGANIZED AT LAMM'S MILL Considerable enthusiasm tua been shown at Lamms Mill nt Modoc Point, with the recent organization of a homo cooking club, organized' under the directions of Frauk Sex- . 1.,K ln.,ln, an.t onnn- ion, Wlltlj L'luu uua.' , bh sored by Mrsv Louise Mushofr, teach er In the school. Tho group w-;tl be known as tho Lakesldo club. Those Interested In tho club are Melbourne Mushoft, Norman Krauss; Charles K. Eaton, Alma Parks. Ed Krauss. Dorothy Mushoff and Earl Jacobson. . ; SCIUM)!, I1II.L KILLKI) STATE HOUSE. Salem. Oro.. Feb.' 19. The Eddy bll calling for a chnnge in tho course cf study in high schools of the stale and sped- fvinj certain required aubjocta was Indeflnitely postponed 'by tho houso this morning. . Whomawed Off" Dave's Fihget? j Not I, Asserts , His Brother, Fred Fred Llsltey's batting average as Johnny was trying to hit '.Urn. A a "chawor" tell about f.9 per cint j JiK crowd was gathered about thorn ,, , ..11. but I had them make' Way for mo- today when Dive Llake.v a .sorted I to(J t woul(, ,'4l(8 Kre(j was Johnny Thomoson and n-t his !olll an( put inim tno c3r. Johnny, brother Fred who ma-tlcatcJ omig-ot In my way and I bll him throb of his fingers In a pleasant llttlu times. Ho fell toward me -and sot battle after the dance at Malln las, jmy flngor' in hla mouth. In aoine Saturday night. ' way or other 1 found tola finger In , Fred, according to brother Dave. ,my mouth, but when rhoy started tq was several ifeet trom him and puu us apart I let go his finger;i Thomason when tha tlngor-cheWIng but lie didn't let go of mine. Tht' contest was stagen, uuu Knew iium- log about the missing ungor until he sobered up Sunday morning. "I was called out of the dance hall by somebody who - told me Johnny was beating up on Fred," said brother pave! "I went ; out and saw a mute holding Fred while N. P. WANTS 10 BUILD SOON Rail Executive " Says Plans to Come to Klamath;: Falls Are Definite PORTLAND, Ore., Feo. 19. President Charles Ddn nelly of the Northern Psk cific railroad, in a state- -ment here today, - reaf firmed the intention of hi company, together with the Great Northern railway, to build southerly -from Bend, in central Oregon, to Klam ath Falls as soon aa the ir-' ; terstate commerce commisr don determines 'the issues in the controversy involving the construction of rail lines through interior; Oregon! Arguments in this case will be heard by the commission at Washington March 27. '; . "We have stated that: we now have under serious con sideration the construction . of a railroad which' would ireach. Klamath: Falls;' Thfo -JJUOV WVS JVCp wivw vr . cih'ties'for serving the .re gion fully abreast 01 ita de- .veiopmem. . t . . j ''The indications' at pree- .' nro ft,nf n- lumberiniy fv. Af industry jn the VlClnity. Ot KJamath JtallS Will UnoergO foe comparatively. hear V " y , , future, a Very COnSiaeraDle expansion, now soon.'ims : maustry as iu wucuiw n not expanding too rapiaiy. cARLSON s SLATED ;, .' , FOR POSTMASTER AT' ' . ppcpRV ATION". TOWN " . wlr received' thL-1 . , , nr.nv sm- u,u,ullt "u K , . .. nott by W. C. Van Emon, local at torney. Frank Carlson-'bas- beei recommended by Mr. 8lnnot( for postmaster at Chllonuln': Mr, Carl Bon if selected, would succeed Postmaster-Benson, who has handed In his resignation. . . j . ..'..,' 1 ' 1VA5T MUtlK I'll .1 STATE HOUKB, Salem, ore., reo. 19. The house this morning adopted nouso joini - , calling for a raise in pay 01 . lators from to . a uy., w change Is proposed. In a constltu- tlonal amendment to 'bo, BUbmttert to the people. 1 jtne way 11 was niewen u. ,j I n.;.M t.. M,t 111 raaflntf toward young Thompson and admits the other youth Is a, good flghtnr. But If they meet.agalh ho Indicated he would rather stand up and tlgh rather than soo who could conaum ihe grottest number oj flngora.'