The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, March 12, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextI'nlvM-alljr Library tiifq Oregon BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Published Dully at ' KLAMATH FALLS : "An Empire Awakening" Associated Press Leased Wire Seventeenth Year No. C4G7 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH12, 19g5 PRICE FIVE CENTS T7 Tf SMI WORK A A Uncensored Observations TUB KLAMATH KID r (81111 a Cereal) Chapter Tlireo ' Thd Vlalt of I ho ):liiiu(Ii Kid anil Ills brldo at Kudu 8IM.MKHH down to n mighty brlof sup. Arriving thero.1 they found It wi Hiiuirdny, and not ' bclnn lu ft fighting maud tho Kltl decided- thoy didn't waul to stay ever tr the dunro, no they mnsa a o.uivuuunn un.i mo a bit of 3RU1IB end started ou tor Algomn. A. itirr NOHTH wind w blow ing an inuy roiiniiwu mo inn ami brought their 11KNI1Y lu a stop boor tba big 1HIU1AM aigti oppi Ita tho Daw mill. ' "You'ro nut doing ma any rAVOH8 stopping here," exclulmeJ tba brlda. "Why, thero Isn't a SOWKLL li sight. Juat CIIANE your neck and If you cun aoa any illtni o( life yOL'Na inin." ' "Wall." ha replied, "lot's hOF gat out and walk KOt'NDK I ho tuwj bit. and see If Ihura'g some soft ORAF that I can do." "Thoy o m bled arjunl fur about a MILAN A half and, thou decided to move on. . "Juat OlDUOTT . tho gas."' ex claimed th brldo at thoy bonded tnwkril Mnttn ttalnl (To'bo continued If ;y,'u can , j,' . atiud II) TIIK JIAI.I, OK SIIAMK .V." Woking tho Hull of Hlinmo fa a distinction that fomea.'to btft,fuot more than two cUlJOtij or.Kluunth ach weak,' and those win havo gain ed .entry Into tho hnllbwvl pro clncti thin far havo shown '.a re markablo aenaa or gratitude. With in a row weeks now .wo will bo noodlng another suit', or ci'lhcs. Hall or Shams will receive mid at tend to appllcatloni or clothing dealers In tils order that thov are received. Now Don't bo baahrul, Tomorrow you'll probably boo u ambling around ' ihs main dr.ig sporting a new bonnet. I lore's the whys, ;, I am nrx-dlng u liul, Mlntor Fife, i For myself, anil not for llui wife; At tils Falls Memintllo You have "litis" Hint urn Kill; Do I Ret It? Vou hvtilia my llfi'. Bpoaklng of koepniK dutos rlKlit on thu dot; Mr. and Mia. Oiear Peyton rocelVed a wlo rrom their son, Frank K, Peyton to tho effect that ho would luivo Slsso.i, (Ml. Shasta) at such and auch'a Hum lost Sunday ' morning. Ho didn't hnvo' tlmo to como to K In in j 1 It Falls, no would Pnpi and Miunmn moot him wiiore tho Ashlund-Klam-nili Folia highway moots tho Pad rio hlghwnvT Bo Pupa and Muniini Poyton hopped' In the fnmlly mnior and tore over to the Junction, nettl ing downVfor 'a lung two or throo hours wait that Is always the In ovltablo whan a lohg distuned moot ing Ilka this ono Is anchoilulcd. 1 Hi t thoy, were to bo foxod. They hud Junt wrapped the robes around their knoos and , picnic boxes,, when u.i Btoamod Frank, not rmir minute Inter! Tho rumalmlur or tho liny wna spent In true fnmlly stylo, re turning to tholr homos Into Hint evening et1ll thinking nbotit tho 'punctuality of. Frknk. Woman, Dying, Says Young Escort Gave Her Posioned Corn Whiskey . KANSAS CITY, March 12.' Charged in a dying state ment by Mrs'. Dora Gage, 72, of Atchison, Kan., with" having given her poison so that he could collect insurance policies which she had assigned to him, Roy M. Turner, 25, was being held here today for investigation. - Mrs. Gage died at a hospital yesterday shortly after she had been found in her hotel room, writhing n pain on the floor. Turner, an Atchison real estate dealer, who came to Kansas City yesterday with Mrs. Gage, was in the room when hotel employes forced an entrance, v Before her death the woman asserted that Turner gave her a bottle which he told her contained corn whiskey. Ms, ..Gage was immediately stricken... . '; . ' . i Construction of Homes Is Held Greatest in History of Klamath Falls RECORDS ARE CITED l' to Matvh 10, Coat, of Dwelling llullt lli'ro Rcnt-lim Tutnl or 0141,2.111 Home building in Klam ath Fall during the first two months of 1925 has no precedent in the history of the city for the months of January and February. More smaller homes are being built than during the first two months of 1924. Residence construction is largely concentrated in In dustrial addition. These facts and more are the result of close check of records . at the- - city- reord ers office on1 building ac tivities, in,, Klamath . Falls. 60 Homes Built From Jan. 1 to March 10 of this year GO homes were built in Klamath Falls."! he total investment included in this building was approxi mately $81,239. A decided lucronao ovor tho cor responding period cr 19 jn Is noted with tho qu-Jtatlon of Iho following figure! for that porlod; 43 Uimoa orocted at a totul coat of $68,970; 20 of tho horaoa wore built ut a coat ot under $1000; 14 were built at a coal or under $500, and 23 at a coat or $1000 or ovor. Average Coat :innm . w;lllo building activities, par ticularly In regard to the orcctlng of lumea. nro on llio Incroaao, still tho grade or homos la. not ua g.od as -licit or lnitl year. Tho uvornge i'Q-t or' each hiimo put'up in Klnm nth during the tlrst two months n nd n hnlr or 1924 was $1007. Tho mvorngu caal during the cor responding months of 1325 Is $1304.' Or.llie CO ho, lies built In Klnmnth Fulls during the past .two months and a hair, 30 cost $1000 or over to put up, and 30 cost under $1000 to mulld. TwoMy ropreitentod nn In vestment, each ot $300 or under. Probably the most striking deduc tion glenned from the building rec ords la the, growth or Industrial ad dition ua a ro.'ldnnco section. Dur ing the flint two months and a luilf or 1024, not a homo was built In that Hoellon. 'During the snmo por lod or l2."i, 13 homes wore bull! In tho (llstrlet. However, records dlaeloaa that the 'bulldlnga built In that addition, nro cr tho cmnllor typo ao common In 'Klnmnth Falls. (Coin hilled Oil Piigo Five) OFFICIALS T Secretary of Interior Work and Aide to Come to Klamath Shortly "I'orrrrn Unit lie" lu llio roclnma tlun norlil villi nrrlvo In Klnmat,li I'll I In April H In llio persons ut Has n'lnry of llio Inlfrlor Work anil Coininlaaloii'-r of Hiilmnntloii ICV ood Mwiile, nccordlng to word ro-ct-lvrU lioro twlny from Washington tiy local Icrlgiillon officials. The purpnao of tbo visit Is to In spect the Klnmnth -project and Inter view tho officials of the d.'str'.ct. In. rinding the board o( dlroctors, rela tive to tho work that Is boing done hero, It was said. decretory Work and Mr. Moade will leave, WUshlngton about March 20 fir California. Thoy will come north rrom Ca'lfornla ard visit tbo Klamath lrr!;nt'on project on April 8. From here they will leave for Novfida. I' tall and Washington for general Inspection of reclamation projects. - ,'Fram Washington Mr. Work will valt Irrigation projects In eastern OicgoD. Including tho Owyhee and Vale project. In Malheur county. ! Oregon.. By that time. It la expsctod that aomo preliminary work win havo been Blurted on tbo two pro jects. - SIMONS TAJCE3 OATH New Acting l"realdMit Of ;eruion ll4'iublle Assuinea Ncnr Duties At llerlln Todny BEftLIN. March 12. Dr. Walter j Simons took tho oath today as act ing president or the German repub lic to tuccood tho late Frledortcu 7'bert. L'ke Herr Eberl. Dr. Simons hi' m. Ro,i- did nut add the "o which Is left optional n the oath as ! prearrlbed by the constitution. The ceremony took placo In the Kolchetag and tho oath was admin istered by the Reichstag president, i Hurr Locbo. Club Entertained By Theatre Owners at Kiwanis Lunch , llmrry Poole of the Liberty thealro was the main apcakor at tho lunch eon held today noon In chamber ot oommorco rooms by members or Kin nui til Falls Ktwanls. Poola used as his subject' Iho "Troubles or a Thenlro Man" and discussed fully tho type of pictures which ho had 'obtained to be 'shown In tho city and why. KiUertnlnmenl from the Pine Tree thoatro wns thoroughly enjoyed Including several or' the members or the revuo and n comody thrown upon an- Improvised screen. A pust presidents pin waa presented U .Wllltlain A. Wlest. last year's Klwanls prosldcnt by Dr. O. A. Mns toy, presiding otflecr. -. AMKXI1MKNT PASSKI) IP , DKS MOINES, Mar. 12. The pro the fodor.H constitution will i not posed child , lubor amendment to como bofore tho Iowa legislation this session.: Tho house today adopted a , conatltutlonal nmondmont com mittee report recommending Inde finite postponement. Tho action Is final. 1 , , , Red Bluff D. A. R. to - e Mark Historic Modoc War Points According to a recent communica tion roeolved by Captain O. C. Applcgnto from officials -cf . tho Daughters of tho American Revolu tion of Rett Bluff, California, the chapter. is. anxious to mark historic spots ot tho Modoc wnr. The man ner of tholr markings hns not boon doeldort , upon, however, tho group will visit In tho city during Iho sum mer and probably :innkp decision, at tllftt, ymjl, : :, ;X - "' '' . HIGH ILL NSPEC D 5TRIG Friday, March 13th, Coming; Take It Easy De careful which sldo ot tho bed you hCD out of tomorrow morning. and ir by chance yon happen lo put ! a sock on Ina'de out. for goodness ! sakes don't change It, for tomorrow ! Is FTlday tho Thirteenth, full of ' dark, dump, mystic hours; Friday ; the Tlilrtceuth! la February there was such a Fri day; ihero Is one In this month or- eorpso on ier front porch for March; thero is ono agnjn In Nov- j "' r. C'1"'" oa, Yreka ember. Three In ono year! I school girl, called quits and brought There is not a person living who'"ult f" dlv,orce Bga,",8t her does not declare up ard dwn that Bert' hcrB '.P"1 court..' thero Is something tangiblo In the sll wllnl the custody of their myBtorrous number "13'". . On Fri- Infant daughter, $35 a month Sun day the Thirteenth! sailors are serl- . Por- money, $50 attorneys fees and oualy worried, thf-y expect storms, tn restoration of her maiden name, squalls ar.d whatnots. 'In churches Clara Blgelow. ; tho day Is fixed as a diy of sorrow. . . ! . Friday the Thirteenth has been con demned and can never, as long as time Is time, regain Its place among respoc' jblo days of the year. Friday and jlnck Cats;' Winds that bowl ar.d shutters that squeak la- a eerie w.'nd. Watch'.' your atep tomorrow and see that you do not walk under any unsuspecting ladders propped against the side walk; above all don't spill salt' on the. table cloth, if you do throw it over jour left shoulder quickly. There was , a boaut't,ul moon la- B'8,ht- ,nere probably be a wonderful one tonight, but take caution In looking at it -and be sure you find It over your right shoulder, not your left. . " ) ' Vrf,iv th t.1 -.Aoriih. . ia hoo out the right a'da of vour hod! " ' WHEELER TRIAL SET Cliarpe Against Montana Vnltcd ' States Sonntor WIU lie Heard Ou April 10th t.. . .. . . GREAT FALLS. Mont., March 12. . , . , The case of the United States .against Senator Burton K. Wheeler ' Montana, charged In grand Jury , I,. I. ,. . , ntercst, af ter his election as United States senator, was set down by Judge C. N. Pray th's morning for trial In the United States court hero April 10. S FAIR IS SALEM, Ore., Mnrrh 12. An nouncing as their purpose the stag ing of a world's fair, in Portland Is 1930, a group of 97 Portland mon have formed u corporation cnpltulli cd at $10,000,000 and the articles were filed yesterday with tho state corporation departments The first three names on tho list vof incor porators aro 11. 3. Dlaeslng, B. S. Jcssolyn and A. B.' Manley. Tho rnlr will be known us the Pacific American. International Exposition'. Relating to financing tho tulr, the articles say: "The buslrioss ot this corporation shall bo conducted with out profit to itsolPor Its monvhors and at tho time ot making those articles or Incorporuthfn this cor poration possesses rto money or prop erty whatever, and tho source or Its Income shall bo trom gifts,- dona tions, subscriptions,- contributions, admissions, concession rhargos, and from loans, as well as trom appro priations trcni municipalities, states nnd nations." DEATH TAKES LEADER Dr. Sun Yt Sen, Powerful FUniro In Clilneso Affairs'! Succumbs ' i To Cancer PlClNO, March IS. Dr. Sun Yat Son, upon whoso bond the -Munchur-lan dynasty fixed n prlco of $200, 000 when Dr. Sun-was campaigning fnr tlin republic In China, died here .this , mornlOS,.. fi'am...fla,ni!er..,of the Ijyor. Uo wns 09 yonra olij, .. .y . HI PLANNED Wife Would Stand for 'Most Anything . But Finally Gave Up . (Hicclal to The Herald) YRKKA, Calif.,' March 12. She mlxscd her mother's birthday party becauso her husband refused to let attond, she put- the tent where husband wanted It when they .wont camping, she rubbed her shin an smucu wncn ner nusoano men ed her there, but when he let hla ouaia kill her pet cat and then left FLU EPIDEMIC S No Cause for Alarm, Say County Health Officials,' Having Investigated . A widespread epidemic I. mnu- m'u "nr " . .j-nouuiwuM.- complications, has. Klamath ; county in Its grin accordine to reports from the county health office and the Kmmath Indian reservation-. The disease Is hardly more serious than sovere attack of la grippe. Dr. O. s' Newsom, county health doctor said today. ' - '. Owing to susceptibility of Indians . . .k .'.., t. . demic on the reservation is being ,h. .,,. , , - H. fl.m AgeBCy recelTed today. Not Mly navo there been no deaths out no case ot pneumonic complications has been reported, according to the in formation derived from government employes at the Agency. No Serious Cases In Klamath Falls, no eerlcus cases have boon reported to the county health office. The epidemic is mere ly a continuation, of an influenza epidemic on - the Atlantic seaboard two weeks ago, Dr.'N'ewsom said. "The epidemic spreads with amaz tg raptdltyY' tho health officer said," and f am convinced that the trouble wo are having here is direct ly attributable to the epidemic n .the east." In point ot fact, the dls- ease ij nothing more than tho old tasnioncci in grippe. Avoid Kissing "During tho course of the cpldom Ic the public should reallco tho dangers of transmission ot tho dis ease through tho use of the com mon drinking cup, , roller towels, kissing, droplet, infections, hand kerchiefs, pipes, toys, soda water glasses,' spoons and other articles ot Rimllar nature. Public places should be well venMlaled and tho poople who aro sick should avoid places whero large numbers ot peplo aro congrogatod." - Former Employe of Stage Line Given Two Years in "Pen" B1CND, Ore., March 12.-J. C. Bon nctt, tormorly bookkeeper lor tho Centrul Oregon Stage company was today sentoncod to two years In the pcnltcntinry by Judge T. K. J. Duf fy following conviction on a charge of larceny by bailee. Dennett was arrested In Seattle nfter he left Bond suddenly during the absence ot the company' manager, George Duke. When Duke returned he discovered tho, combination ot the enfe had been chnngod nnd ho notified the sheriff. Two other churgoa against Dennett, one or thorn Inrceny by enit--bejslenipnt Uve Uoou held In aboy- liG INDIAN FIFING WATCHED WARREN'S il E President Coolidge Re-Sub- mits ' ' Nomination . for ' . Attorney General AV.VSHI.VCTO.V, March 12. l'reid dent Coolidgo threw dovrn the gauntlet to his opponents in the ans oto today by Again submit ting the nomination of Charles B. U'arrcn to bo Attorney General. The republican leaders previous ly! had advised Mr. Coolidge that the situation appeared hopeless, bat with Mr. Warren's . arrival here, there was a stiffening of republican lines and a careful canvass of the outlook during the long talk with the President, Senator Butler and decision the nominee resolved in a that confirmation wonld be possible by a narrow margin. GOt SUNS includes almost the whole democrat- "M5ai OT Uie OneVUn Ic membership of the senate and a Hixon ., company " mset ' in group of republican insurgents, also .i ' . . , . set out to reorganize its strength In, ?' City, to take final ac suoh a way as to again block senate tion on ' their - extensive approval it A. indicated that the Klainath county , timber president s decision might result la j . . , . . . lengthening ' the special . session of the eenate, which the leaders had hoped to end on Saturday. . , .; Upon Ita re-submlssion the War- ten' nominatioq, will have to travel : ficials of; thij company:' as thersguiar eouoiiirpusb,tht. judlc- Jwefj aj the Shevlin. Careen lary committee, . which includes- . , ' .v. a,aiong Its members some of the lead-' er rX Clark company are ing opponents of confiraiation. ' speedinsr westward with There wJU be many opponents to Interpose delays. . . . . President Coolidge 13 understood to have left it to Mr. Warren to de cide whether his name should again be submitted. . , E Mrs. Lena Hackett Accepts Position as Fourth Grade Instructress As proof of the decided growth of Klamath Falls and suburbs Is the recent employment ot Mrs. Lena Hackett who will teach the Fourth grade of 'the Mills school ott Mon- ,1... ......... t.. AnH.i;Hw .... ment mnde'today by Superintendent J. P. Wells. Sa crowded has the schoo' become that it . wn found necessary to take some of the bur den from tho shoulders or other teachers and pupils wero advanced to another room under the tutelage of Mrs. Hackett. ' , . Mrs. Hackett is well known In Klamath Falls, having formerly taught in- tho Pelican Bay school, resigning due to' 111 health! She came to the. city' from l.n Grande six yours ago and has been Interest ed In school work a major portion ot that time. . She is a graduate of Oregon State Normal school at Mon mouth and a former University of Oregon student. ' ' ' MPLOY TEACHFR IN MILLS SCHOD Medford Boy Saves Money To See Basketball Game; Thugs Take It MEDFORD, Ore., March 12. William Archer, a stu-, dent in the MecTord high school, had saved money earned as a caddj .it the Medford Golf club1 for several months so he coulu attend the basketball tournament at Salem. This morning he arose early and started to walk to the station to catch the early train, north. On West Main street he was offered a ride by two young men, in an automobile, but refused, whereupon the young men jumped from the car, one of them pointed a revolver at his head while the other took his pocketbook containing $11, and drove rapidly away. Young Archer has a tfew dollars left in his pockets but .not, enough -to. makq the trip. . n . ' FINAL PLANS ARE TD BE MM Shevlin-Hixon Officials to - Hold Meeting Here Week From Friday ' WORK STARTS. SOON Announcement of Definite Policy Expected .to Follow Conference of Lumber Operators Definite . plans - for the construction of their Klam- ath saw milL.will be Out lined March 20 when high projects. From authentic sources it was learned today that of Klamath Falls as their terminus... The,, operators from the Minneapolis of fice will be joined by of ficials from the Bend office and together they will come on to this city for their projected conference. Locally this is taken to mean that the company will announce the site of ; its Klamath saw mill, and will s.et a date for the beginning of its ' operations in this county. It is the. generally accepted belief that the S. O. Johnson site . will be purchased for the saw mill.' Plans All Ready That all plans and speci fications tor the saw mill n.ave beeh Completed IS De- lieved to be a certainty. The fact that millwrights now employed on construction work for the Shevlin-Hixon ' interests at McCloud, Cal., have. been ordered to report here within a week shows that the actual construction work will proceed immedi ately. ' . . . "rlV;: . Public announcement ; of company plans in Klamath county is expected to: fol low . the meeting ' of the Shevlin-Hixon officials.,