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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
Associated Press Leased Wire
Seventeenth YearNo. 5478
JiL A M ATI! J A , LLS, JMtEGON- WEDNESI) A Y,M ARC H 25, 1925
PRICE " FIVE 7 "gENTS .
Uncerisored
Observations'
J . HAM, OK HI1.1MK
Ye Killtor of tho Hull of Bhniin)
hat bucn awarded with showers of
blessings, Ilurdeninu Hula, cigars
and clgarettut und now Klunclnx
aver the mixlUIno shnlt ho rind
himself out ot everything from
toothpaste to ' a compact orv tiln
wlfo. uko Ilia Drug Morel
Today io noinlnute (or lbs HulU
or Shame, unil It I Indeed an tinn
er that row In Klnmatb Kails ur
accorded, 0. C. Currln or thnt well
known eaublliihment, "Currlns for
Drugs."
For a runiMirt niy ifp lias Iiim
gone tone',
ho (the shower tno with klea
nd hugs.
Ma llko A poor fish, ,
1 mux! (tmnl liv Ii1h wish,
Iluw About. It, th,-r "(lirrlu'ii foi
Drug?"'
W strolled Into
Tha 0.,K. shoe shining
Parlor tbf n. m.
To get tha mud scraped off
Our booti,
And got more than our I
Money's worth
lo tho wy of
Information about
ruing in general.
Tbs colored boy said
. lie didn't ml nd
Shining shoes when
Dullness was good
nut wllb such aunahiny
Wsather tti Klamath Falls
Tbs lot of tha alilnor
Or shoes . '
" Is a tough ono.
"Anyway,, I'd rather
Hoe this good wnaihnr
, And not make, much
Money tbao to. see It rain
' All the .time," ;
' he.
And then ho. wont ou.. v
ir. To sjr thai the wan i
Who couldn't make '
1 llvln. ,1 hi,
n - ,f.
s Line, or work .;. '
In elibt hours ought
To set out or It
And try somethluK
Klas.
' Ho we sort or
Predict that Klamath Falls
Is aoon going to loae
' A blamed Rood sh!nor
1 or shoes !
K Ibis particular
Colored lad
Can rind an
KIgbt-bour Job ' '
Tbat will brink
' Home tho well known
' Bacon.
LEASE OIL LAND
.- WASHINGTON, March 25. A
Jeaae to mine and dispose or oil
bale on 2,610 acres or public lund
In Jackson : county, Oregon, was
awarded today by the Interior de-
iiuvuv w lug imuuiHu w ,m.i..u.
' The company' muit pay tho govern
ment a royalty or two and one hair
. ia cunt nn iihalfl nroducMI.
LATE NEWS FLASHES
CHILDREN
LONDON,' March 25.
port an amazing case of the
Goddess JKaliat Mandela
provinces.
FIVE KILLED
' PARIS, March' 25; FiVe persons 'are known to have
been killed and fifty injured when the Bordeaux-Paris
express was wrecKea near nere loaay. i ne aeaa inciuuu
Dr. Adolphe Pedebidou, senator from the upper Pyrenees.
PRISON SUPERINTENDENT APPOINTED
WASHINGTON, . March
Massachusetts was appointed
federal prisons.
RPNI1 MAN
boiler maker employed at a local saw mill, died while
being brought to town last night following an automobile
amtrianr 19. mllira from town nn the Bend-Burns hiirhwav.
W1 SHEPHERD
T- CHICAGO, March 25.
that the arguments On the
; Li. oiicptlciu. viturucu wiui
, William! N. McClintock, by
require the remainder of the
IVhkk X
f III L-lil I1L.L. I V
l iifiiiiirn nr
TilMliLll Ul
TITLE
Foul and Poor Shooting
Bring Defeat to Local
Team in Cup Game
' Kouls and inability to shoot
baskets led lo tho defeat last night
of Klamulb County high wh.iul b
.Morrill hUh school, 16 lo 10, for
tha rhamplonihlp ot Do Klimath
county basket ball luaguu. Tho
tuam from southern Klumath led the
lo.-al quintet from tbo atari, rorglng
into tho load' with a basket during
the firm few jjilnutv of play. '
Twehro consetullve failures to
invert point from free throws
.pnllml disaster to K. C. II. S. Two
asr players of the local team, Doan
,:ickloy and Dale Soule, were dls-
. mod from uo gunie when the
(.orckoepur notified tho rotoreo that
xiur personal 'fouls bad been made
iy each playor. lluth plaora w,
Uken from the game In the laii
ba;t. "
Couldn't "tonvrrt
Tbo Klamilb Kails team at
tempted four baakets -to - Sim rill's
ono throughout the first tbroo
quarters. Inability to convert ban-
kets from eaiy distance brought do-
fral ti tho local flvo. '
Morrill played a clean, hoaJy and
cool game. Out-clnmoJ In paaslng
thny confined their playing t) do-
fonalvo tictlcs till an oponlng allowed
and thon a ftv quick passes usual
ly, resulted In a basket.
At the end of tbo first hair Mor
rill .lud, Z to 3. At tho beginning
of thn rirst hall Klamath Falls toie
Inlj their oppononts In desperation
and the .back board of the Morrill
baskot wa shot at from ever angle.
but always tho ball would bound
hack without dropping through Uo
baakel,
MirrUI Oris "up
,. Had Klamath Falls won, thoy
would have been entitled to koop
the Glover cup, by vlMuo of hav
lug won tho county tltlo tor three
suscmbIvo jeara. The Morrill team
now have charge or tho cup for tbo
ensuing ye-ir.
UoU'oen 450 and 475 attondod
tho game. Just before tho gsmo
at'arted, J. a. Darling, principal of
the KlnmatCi County high school,
publicly thanked tho Pelican Com
munlty club for klndneia In allow.
lng tho uso or the floor. Dar
ling explained that tho uso ot tbo
floor was an exception which win
granted owing to the fact that tho
gamo was for tbo championship.
I.AXE riOXKKK DIES
EUGENE, Ore., March 25. Ansel
Homonway, 84, a resident of Lane
county for tho pant 72 years, died nt
hla home here today.
SACRIFICED
Dispatches from Calcutta re
sacrifice of children to the
near jabaiapu in tne centra
IN WRECK
25. Luther C. White of
today as superintendent of
KlI.I.F.n
STILL TRYING
Prospects at noon todaywere
question Of bail for . William
uio iiiuiuct uj. iito o.usuci oun
typhoid inoculation, - would
day. : y-;,,', . r:..'
SCHOOLS GIVEN '
NEW APPARATUS ;
FOR RECREATION
Youugntors in tho rural public
schqols will have a lot of new play
ground equipment for tbolr games
before and after school hours,
County Hupnrlntendcnt Fred roter
son said 'today.
He has dual complotod Installing
ow wlngaat Olene anJ Malln. as
well b giant atrldus at llonloy.ila-
lln and Hhvuta View. Similar equip
ment will bo added to tbo play
grounds of other rural schools dur
ing thn next two wovka, ho sold.
Tie cqulpmoat Is nil standardized
no that brok'un parti can be easily
and quU'kly replaced.
MOTHER KILLER
Dorothy Ellingson Carried
Unconscious Into Ante
Room of Court
8 AN FRANCISCO, March 25.
Dorothy Ellington, the girl who kill
ed her niDihor rather than stay homo
from Jut -parly, fell In a faint
flat on the stone corridor as court
was adjourned for noon at today'a
aeaalon or her murdor trial.
The girl, doatbly palo, a crumpled.
fcrloro- figure, was carried Into an
anto-oom ot tbo court Her rather
and court attendants worked over
her ooveral mlnutos bofore sho
showed signs or animation.
MIks Hllngaon was fairly com
posed when the was brought in and
court convoned. Examination of
talesmen procooded. ,
IlKCKlVWi I'lCTl'HE i
George Walton .la Itv, rocetpt. of a
picture shown on tha N. D. A. ser
vice : sheet sent to newspapers,
wherein his daughter Beatrice Wal
ton, a woll know Klamath Falls
girl. Is depicted as assisting in the
Arbor Day" celebration ot tbo CoU
logs or the Pacific. The picture al
so Includes sovoral oluor students
ncd Dr. Tully W. Knowlcs, president
or tho college. The Institute recent
ly moved from Sun Jose to Stockton,
California.
OFFERS PRIZES
California Concern Encour
ages Sugar Beets in
Klamath County
The Sacranionto Vtalley Sugar
company shows Its stand to promote
end encourage the raising of sugar
beets o a commercial scale In tbe
Klamath Basin, . in a letter recolv
od by the OSunty Fair Board this
morning. Thoy stnto "wo will offer
$95.00 In prises as follows 1st
prise $15.00, 2nd prls'o $7.00 and
3rd prlto $3.00. I would like to
see tho rirst prise large enough to
make It an )ncentlvo for strong com
petition. "Our Mr.., OWomoyer (resident
tield representative or tho company)
will give you iny assistance In the
matter and will see there Is a largo
display and wo. will try nnd have a
display from tho factory showing the
process of sugar manufacture Show
ing the seed,, boots, thick and thin
Julcb, raw sugar, refined sugar, beet
pulp nnd molasses refuso, and If
possible will have somo ono attend
It and explain tho procoss of manu
facture. ' ' ' .
"I . would suggest that none be
allg'blo to entor this contest unless
thoy have contracted at least five
acros ot beots with us for this year.
Yours vory truly, !
Sacramento Vnlloy Sugar Contpnny,
By (Signed) E. U. Combs,' Supt. of
-:, 1 . : . Agriculture."
Mr.' Oldemoyor hOB already slgn-
od up moro than a scaYe ot farmers
tor tho necessary flvo acres pinking
thorn ollglbln to compoto at tho
County Fair for tho Sacramonlo Val
ley Sugar company's special awards
and Intercut In this crop Is running
high, Insuring snmo. koon compotl
tlon at tho Fair. ' .
Support nnd Interest In tho fair
seem to bo stronger than ever' be
fore nnd without exception firms.
nnd individuals upproached for do
nnlloa ot special awards Incident to
their particular line of business hnvo
rospouded, most tfouoroualy,
SWOONS AGAIN
UG COMPANY
Lang' Reunion's
WillBeHeld
InRoseJCity
Mrs. Lulu Lang, indicted
today by the federal grand
jury in Portland on a charge
of attempting to destroy
public records, .will be
joined by her son, Millard
Lang, who was bound over
to ' the federal grand jury
today by, United States
Commissioner Bert C.
Thomas on a charge of in
traduction of intoxicating
liquor onto an Indian reser
vation." ' ' .,
' Lang was unable to meet the
(1500 bind aol hi the commissioner
and ' will be takeu to Portland on
the 1 p. m. stage today by: C. C
Wells, deputy United States mar
shal. Twd other Indian boys, who
wero charged jointly with Lang on
the liquor count, have not been ap
prehended following tholr . escape
from the county jail Sunday night.
They are Silas Barclay and Louis
Knight. , - ' -The
grand Jury baa not yot acted
on tbe Reynold Mose caso, accord
ing to advices received today from
Portland. Mose Is held . under
charge ' or forging ' tbe name or
Fred A. , Baker, superintendent of
tbe Klamath Indian reservation, to
a check .which . Mose cashed In
ChUoquln. .. ' ..
T
T;
Sheriff Makes Urgent Re-
auest for TaxDavers to
Meet Obligations
Although there Is approximately
$500,000 due In the first Install
ment ot KUmath county taxes by
April 6, not more than $50,000 has
been received to date, according to
announcement today at tbe office of
Sheriff Burt Hawkins. '
Tbe sheriff makes an urgent re
quest that all persons who .wish tax
statements apply' tor them at once
In order to avoid the last minute
rush on April 6.
Many of the larger -corporate and
Individual taxpayers are now moli
ng In requests for their statements.
but they probably wlH not mall their
checks until the last day or two be
fore the time limit tor the f'.rst In
stallment expires. .
An extra force or clerks is now
employed in tbe tax collecting de
partment or tbo sherirti office.
making up and mailing the tax
statements, but it taxpayers delay
making their requests, the office
may become swamped during tho
last few days and be unable to get
tbe statements ready before April 6.
TWO LAWS VIOLATED
Bunking Department - Finds That
In Moving Thoy Break
Statutes
SALEM, Ore., March 26. Dis
covery has been made hero that tho
state banking department In moving
from Salem to Portland, has vio
lated not only the present law fix
ing the location ot the- department,
but also the new banking corde act
which was patsed by tho 1925 leg
islature and which will be .effective
May 28. Tho banking department
wns transferred yesterday from tho
auto house to the Honry building
In Portland. :'. '
ACCIDENT FATAL
rtrnuty Parlor Owner Killed In Ao
. cldellt nt UiitMcRround ;';'
Wnshliigtnn ''
VANCOlIVERi Wash., March 25.
Mrs. Margaret ltider, 28, who op
erated ' a beauty. shop nt Cnmax,
Wash., died at a hospital horo" early
today from lnjiirlos suf fared In an
auto accident nn the Battleground
hfgftwny about- midnight. The . car
In which Bhe w.ts riding plunged
Into a ditch when V. P. Kunson, 27,
who iwas. driving, was . blinded by
bright lights ot a passing car..
D
ON
YBY6TH
DFNEX
MONTR
RURAL SCHOOLS
ARE HARD HIT
BY INFLUENZA
'Several of the rural schools hive
been hard hit by tha flu epidemic
which has spread ' through ' the
county during the past few weeks.
At ChUoquln, nearly 75 per cent of
the pupils have been absent because
of the flu, while Merrill also was
among those whose ranks ware b id
ly depleted because of the epidemic.
The Merrill high school had nearly
60 per cent of tbe pupils out at one
time, according to County Superin
tendent Fred Peterson.
Other schools where the flu epl
domlc has made serious Inroads Into'
tbe attendance were at Libs? and
Maiin. ;. ;
BETTER HOIS
Little Symphony Orchestra
Entertains at Chamber
of Commerce
H. It Pen-In of fJe firm of. Pa -rln
and Coieboom, was the speaker
at tbe chamber-of commerce forum
luncheon today, when be -chose as
his subject, "Better Homes." Pic
tures, cuts and clippings ot good
home Arrangement were in evidence
both In tbe dining room and in tbe
pffUe. Tbe address was exception.
any interesting, rerrin stressing an
points from the purchase of land
for .'the homes to the manner, in
which they are financed. '
T. P. Henderson of the member
ship committee spoke briefly on the
work ' of the group and the new
members Which tbey had obtained.
.. In the Interest of the Ooldea Wat
coffee, .which 'waif furnished through
the courtesy of Closet A Devejs, A.
It. BrWiear" 'of Rogue 'Rltar'Tipoto
tor a time on the history ' of edriec.
its use and source. ; Tnetalk was
especially Instructive and "thorough
ly appreciated. ' ' i ;
through tbe 'courtesy ot the Lit
tle Symphony ordestra and Hirr,
Eorel, ' the dliector, mu'UC tor the
hour wis enjoyed. The quintet com
posed of Harry Borel, Louis Stein,
Katberln Walton, . Betty RamsOj
and Mike Casper entertained with
fie following numbers: "Berceuse."
Frlml; Intermezzo, "Kikl," by Sa.
vano; "Serenade," by Plerne. ?
SLEUTHS UNPOPULAR
W1ASHINGTON, March 25. Coast
guardsmen, by their increased vigil
ance against rum smuggling are In
curring an unpopularity among the
townsfolk at points along the Atlan
tic coast -that hi a number ot coses
has been carried to the point of a
death threat, according to reports
reaching coast guard headquarters
here. The most recent ot these dis
quieting notices was received by Cap
tain Warner of the Montauk Point,
Now York, station.- Under the words,
"please iwatch your step its youT
turn next,'1 was a rudely sketched
skull and cross bones. '
THIEVES CAUGHT
Wall Street Wolves Are ' Charged
With Stealing From Boys '
NEW YORK, March 26. Tba ar
rest of six men today as members
ot gangs that havo preyed on Wall
Street bond and brokerage houses
tor months revealed that the bands
employed sllght-ot-hind experts tc
steal socurltlej from messenger boys
In crowded trains and elevators, the
pollco said. ' '
Tho men are charged spectflcall.
with the t'bett ot $66,000 belonging
to four firms in the Wall Street dis
trlet and are suspected of stealing
a total ot more than S200.000. The
messengor boys Tiavo been absolved
of blame And securities valued a
$60,000 havo been recovered.
BELCHES BROADSIDE
WoiiclwhU Display or Nntional
, Xnvnl Defenso Being Malta
Aboard 11. .8. . Concord, off Kah
Pedro.' Cat.,' MirJh 26. The flips
powerful ot America's floating sea
fortrosse.i, 11 dreadnoughts, today
belched forth a deluge of flame, and
stoel unllko anything ever ' bofore
loosed upon the Pacific ocean. for
six minutes the great battle, fleet
rent the air with uppalllng vibra
tions In Its annual force . practice,
simulating a terrific naval battlo.
FORUM SUBJECT
Indignant Indians Seek
Order Forbidding Whites
IFrom Fishing or Hunting
Reprisal Sought, Following Conviction of
Purcell and Moore on Charge of Kill
ing Elk; Tribal Council to Meet
Angered at what they term a "miscarriaee of justice"
in the Leonard Moore and Ed Purcell case, a movement
is under way among Indians of the Klamath reservation
to deny all white people the privilege of fishing," hunting
A . . i i
or trapping on reservation grouna, according 10 autnenuc
advices received here today.
A special meeting of the
be called the latter part of this week or the first part of
next to consider the question, according to Charles S.
tiood, one of the leaders of
The tribal council will be
bidding white people to fish
reservation, to hunt bear, ducks, deer or any other wild
animal or to trap fur bearing animals' on the reservation .
That the council will look favorably upon the reprisal
measure is confidently expected by Mr. Hood, who, , with
William Crawford of Chiloquin, has interviewed a num?.
ber of tribal councilmen on the matter. ' "
-777 . Hoore-PurccB Ca -.
DEPUTY DISTRICT , The case which has aroused tho
ATTORNEY ARRIVES'
IN KLAMATH FALLS
David R. Vandenberg, who was
recently ' appointed deputy district .
attorney for Klamath county, arrlv-
aA hup. JnriAw In tAltA OVnr hi BV
work under Acting Dtstrlat Attorney
W.. P. "Myers. . Mr. VJndenberg
osmea from' Portland, where ba'.has ,
H9 was racoitrjfnded for the t
by D.'strlct Attorney Stanley Myers
ha. fttanlav. Mvera
of Multnomah county.
W. P. Myers Is now serving as
acting district attorney indefinitely
during the absence of District. Attor-
nev WJIl'nm P. Gocong, who is now
undergoing treatment In a veterans'
hospital at Walla Wlalla. s ;.
en-ad DCrTC I -
BRING GOOD PROFIT .
With more -than 260 acres of ,
land in the Klamath valley signed
up by farmers and ranchers anxlons
to produce sugar beets, the crop
should yield more than 260 cara
this - year, ' according to Robert
Oldemeyer,' the representative . of.
the Sacramento Valley Sugar com
pany. .....'.-' . . .' 'a , . ; j
Machinery has been furnished
the farmers In need of equipment
and one dollar' ot the cost ot ship
ping the beets to the factory. The
beet seed, which Is imported from
Germany. Is also given to the farm-
rs auq uouucwu wiiu iub i.iui .
counts. The company la doing all
in its power to make the industry.
In Klamath county a success and U
placing OHemeyer. In the district '
to supervise the production until
tho first crop Is success! ully -
handled. Oldemeyer will also have
charge of the McDoe.l and Gazelle
districts.
EXAMINER APl'OINTED
SALEM, Ore., March 26. Gov
ernor Pierce has TeanDOinted P. I.
Marshall of Portland as a member
or tho state board or barber examln-
Tapered Trousers and Flaming
Collars to Predominate m Fall
CHCAGO, March 25. Tapering trousers", w6rn wilh
suspendere. bright and vivid collars and suits so designed
as to establish the illusion of extreme height in the wearer
will mark next fall's styles for men, according1 to advance
models displayed at a style show here, sponsored; by
leading clothing manufacturers. . v f ' , . H r.j1
Use of suspenders will bring out' the. extra height il
lusion, it-was said. . ' -V'vi ."'!; .
1- ' I . LONDON. March . tS. Brighter
COUNTIES
COOPERATE
. BBATLE, Wash., March 25. Co
operation of. Grant, Benton and
Yakima counties, to build a road to
rlost Rapids, where construction
lot a $100,000,000 hydro-electric pro
ject ' (Deluding farming ' commodities
Is to commence. In the autumn,..was
agreed upon yesterday, .
tubal council Will probably
the movement. .... ' "
asked to issue an order for
in any of the streams on the
,re of the Indians was ,th convle-
tl0,n onarhd Mao" d
cell on- the charge of shooting elh -
animal which . protected, by
state law. List rnorth, tha .two.
Indian boys were arrested and two
dead elk . taken as evidence 'to: be
1th".t,rl1,
At the trlaL . ihc two, Indians
claimed tbat bcrh-elK were. hot. on
"the " reseratfotli' "'thit'" one tiled
1 fTT?!!'
'"""-' ..-'.,.-.
Just outside i 'the reservation ' but
from the '.-effects of a sh6t ffrod
- within the reservation.'
' ; .,' ': Treaty .Ciiycs .Rlglit . ' !
According to the -treaty between
the Indians and the t'nlted States
govern-ment, tho Indians era allow-.
ted to kill game or fish- on the res-
ervatlon.at anv time of year. Oil
,),. k..t. thn ... uii..n TrullanB
in the eUc case.
They held that
even though they did take one 'elk
from outside tbe reservation, that
the animal was- fatally wounded
within the reservation boundaries
which ' precluded any prosecution
for' hunting out of season 'or kill-,
lng an animal protected by state
law. ...;' . ..'.-', '-..-' v
The Justice court Jury which sat
in Judgment at the Purcell and
Moore trial, took Just one minute to
return a verdict ot guilty agninst
the two young men. Just'ce of the
Peace R. E. Hunsaker Imposed tbe
,," " ,... .,, h
which Included a Jalt sentence and
' .'' ' "
Baker Doesn t ow.
. Fred A. Baker, superintendent of
the ' Klamath : Indian reservation,
. stated that he had heard nothing ot
the , white exclusion movement oa
the reservation-, either directly ;or
indirectly. Mr. Baker has Just re
turned from a 10 day business trip
to Portland. , ' . . ;
Indians sponsoring the movement
claim they represent a majority of
"e Indian population on tbe resr
ervatloih ' They say that the conylo-
( Continued on Fftgo Eight) , -
!collors ln articles for men's wekr,
.especially in ine cravat ime, re
promised tor the comlhg summer.
Stripes . also will : bo popular, qot
only 'in neck' weaf - but for shlrfs,
handkerchiefs, sweators, totki. and
Handkerchiefs tot men are ta be
smaller and will, match. t:ie tie bu'
not necessarily the socks.
' , tit -r-''1