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Vii!vikH Library Kiigi'iii', Oi-i'Uim Ubt IE BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Published Daily at , KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" Associated Press Leased' Wire Seventeenth Year No. 5481 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 28,1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS V Uncensored Observations There wua u strong wind yoslnr duy lu nliiro lliiin (ha sens of the word; itronK In velocity it net mroiiR In odor, (or lliu prisoners mill llov. V. K. Hobbllt wero In buck of, thn oourt homo chopping ui tlta choice collection, of mill awl il tt that th prohl sleuths and I'rahl I'up hud spent their wlnlur Kill IiitIiik. Tho exhibit wor flrl put on din play, and a an artdisl Insult to In Jury, several trusties given buttle axes and told lj go lo It. Ono of tbo prisoner, a Rood looking chup too, with vivid groon uhlrt, lookud at blit axo, guitml at the huge cop per mill and an Id, "Urothor, thl hurt ins worm than It doim you," himI with grim mien started In to nnd tho wnll worn lilt of copper In to lha Umbo of your and court reo ord. Hut tha excitement occur rod whin th wine, whiskey and rood okl Corn Moon wa poured Into tho Kround by tho trees cf iho court yard. Al tho latest, rpnr: Iho troN had grown tliroo font higher. April fool Anyway the prisoner upalalra flacked to the w'nlo-w to Rot on a ehoap drunk th,u tho wind wafted tbolr way, but they wero not alono In tholr anxiety, evoa- tho girls Id Iho abstract office put up the window a woe bit. Then tha J'rohl Sleuth throw burning matches on tho liquor that looped Into tho Kround and ' watched tho alcohol catch flame. Keg after "lt: barrel after barrel and gallon after gallon of rare liquor cleared from' tho bur veit of tbo Law. When the wind died down .later In the afternoon, tho prlaoner tore themselves away from tho bar, .sighed, and con demned the hlRb and mighty to the low and lowly (or tbo remainder of tholr day. . V It, didn't tako Miln Voat long la flock over to Pine lret thl morn- Inw.'when the fire department wa called lo the Clalarnenu homo al 813 ' Pine lrool Llka o many yousg tr who tear to the echool hoiiM window to aee the nmy red wagon go by, o dld merchant and om- ' ploye of virlou etore run lo the ceno of th fire. Kven the photo grapher from . the Liberty Thoator wa thore to get a ahot at the "con flagration" and lako the picture of unsuspecting bystander. Watch younoir, l( you film woll, you may make your fortuno, yet, all bocauso the fire department wa called to quench the flame on Pino atroot. When you woko up thl morning, after grand and glorlou prlng week, and aw the trae outsldo of the deeping porch covered with now ' and a few ahlver'ng bird, don't think you wero the only one that Spring fooled, decidedly not. For Harry Prathor, of Curr'n for Drug, I numbered mong thoe who took the season seriously and timed hi actlvltla accordingly. 1 Whothor Prathor, or "Roc" as ho I 'known, , I trying to Fool the Worn en, or trying to Fool Illnmolf Into thinking he la, hasn't boon nindo known, howover "Doe" haa a ship mont conning In tho Flrat of April, April Fool' Day. A shipment, did you got thRt, you that voted for the water wagon f But hero I whore you got your April aurprlao a little oarly, It Inn't a coso at nil, I'h ii Ford 'coupo, now wntch . "Doc" ehlno with hi Huff. Hell bo play , Ing "Me and tho Doy Frlonrt," nl right, alright. Wlhen tho light wont out lust night at the Ill-Jlnhe of the Crator take Bhrlna nhow, Frank Confor ' announced. In hi boat Senatorial voice that a belt had broken .and tho ehow would go on, na well tin the lights, when tho bolt was fixed. Homo lusty voice In tho housn 'called out Inqulsltlvoly and wnnlnd to know which 81irlnor had lost his belt, oil sympathy and roady to help. WK'Mi ALSO FAIjIi AND PAHH IT OV Anotlior thing old Nonh nilssod That might have roused his Ire Ho novor had to atop tho rk And ohnngo a bloomln' tiro. , Macon (0a.) Tolegrnphi Old Nonh roally ployed In luck, With the ark, but didn't know II; . It never-laokod for gnsollno .And no ono had to tow It. ... MIml (Fin.) Tribune Another troublo old Nonh mlssod, Hla Joy, no one can dim It,. Ho did hot have to keop hli ark, Outside the twolVe mile limit, ' Houston fjex.) Post-Dispateh, U. P. UNABLE 10 PAY IS CLAIM Argument Over Road Odcll Closes in Wash ington, D. C. to WASHINGTON', Miin-I, 1!H. Hull romls vtouuil up twlny Ix-fiiie llir lulcintitto rinmiiriM coiuiiiIjmIoii ( licit lll'KUIIII'Ilt lit llplMMlllllll lo till' ili-liiiiiul of Ilic Mtfll of Oiejion llml inoro Hum .il(l mlleti if new Hues hit riiiinli'ui'tt'il IIiihiikIi Iim rriilrul nml 1'iihH in portion. . After brief i-i'JoliiilerM by nUoi-m-) ri'priwnl Inn the Hlulf mill Inriit'llin lulrrmK-il, the li..un wna liiki-n iinilrr connlil- "rntlon by the roiumlilnii. A. O. Hpencer, goneral solicitor for the Union Pacific, doclared the Orrxnn-WfatOiiiiRton rtallrond and Vnvlgnllon company, the Union Pacl fe'e suh''i!nry whlih would bo obllg d to undcrtuko a lurgv portlun of hi oxpnndUuro wa In no flnanclnl .in dlt Ion to nsamno tho burden. 'That corporation now has $11. n00,000 of accumulated dof'clt on noorallona,'' ho ad. "The country ' extensive IhrJuKb which theao lino ro projocted but the extension ii a mutter of ombarrassment to the rnllroids which must serve It. It Is well to mm ex bo r that 36,000.000 ncres of the total aroa of Oregon are owned by tho United 8tatca govern ment tin-1 millions of this total are marked In yellow on the map the high desert country. "I think the Union Pacific I well enough known In tho west so that theao gentlemen even would admit that Its directors -would sot hesltalo to put up the fll.02O.QO0 nacessnry to construct tho oast and west line If they could see tho traffic In sight to maintain It. Hut tharo Isn't any uch tonnage." ' Chairman Atchison suggested that with tho line built across cen tral Oregon to tap the timber re serves on tho .western slope, mo Union Pacific could count on mak ing Joint rates to attract timber for movement eastward. Mr. Spencer rejolnod that tho timber mllle on tho western slope wore nlronJy loent cd on Southern Pacific linea and thnt tha corporation would have no difficulty In retaining tho haul for their own ayaloma. "The Union Pacific would hnvo apont tll.OOO.OOO Is order to put a line acroas." ho sld "where could alt on tho side of a mountain and watch tho trnff'c go by on the rails of Ha crfhipotltors." noilllKIl rONVICTKD PORTLAND, Ore., March 28. Frederick Magulre was convicted to day of robbing a postal sub-station SHRINEHS PLAY TO FULL HOUSE Hi-Jinks Said to Be Clever est Bit of Amateur Work Seen in City Wllh tho opening of the bugl corps of tho Crater Luke Shrlno club, the Hl-JInks put on by Hlllah tern pie of tho MyBtlc Shrlno, was a sue cess from start to finish, when the Scandinavian hall iwn packed lo full capacity lust nlgM, playing to an onthusliMtlc audience. Every iiunvbor wns repeatedly on cored mid especially enthused was tho uudlenco over .the -presentation of old time aongs In n rovlow with Harold Ueil. lx molody maids nnd a group of othors portraying the chiirnetort of old llmo songs. Frank Confer, Johnny Houston and Minn mull Lindsay brought down th houso with a ulg-llmn vnudovlll act and Miss Alyco Hansen nnd Orln Uoborta put across a' clover bit of "wop" Inlorprotaflon with all tho fixings, Including bandanna nnd tho accordion. Tho flnnlo of the bIkaw put tha finished touch on tho entlro production, 'tho curtain closing one of tho most euccoTaful of Klamath . Falls nchlovemonts along a thoiitrlcnl lino. Tho houso hold nvoro than GOO persons, and rumor had H' that, if nocoasnry, th lli-Jlnks would bo ropoalod In Mnlln. Three Inches Of Snow Falls During Night Lulled Into security by wurm balmy spring iliiya, Klumuth citliens were stiirtleil lust n'ght whon the skies opened forth and proclpllatod brief but heavy snow which when It hud finally ceased, measured a bit over three Inches. Snow 1.1 Mirth Is net an unusual occurrence for KUiimtii. n. ft. Smith, hdrographer of the local uronu of reclamation auld thl morning, after consulting his rec ords. Tho snow last night was preced ed 1y a misty rainfall, reminiscent f oronn mist. A ulrop In Iho lem- porutuio to 28 degree obov lero, brought a grailuul change from- ruin to slush and from slush to bona- fldo snow. IIKND, Ore, Murch 28. A Unlit sk'ft of snow fell during the night here but disappeared shortly after he sun camo out.' Clear skies gave promise of g3od weather end the temporatura wa higher than It has been for several mornings Just re cently. IS DE Completion of The Dalles- California Highway Now Certainty rOItTLAND, Ore.,-' March 28. Completion of The Dalles-California h'ghway, the John Day highway and iho rtooovelt coast highway through Curry county In 1926 was decided nn. h. !hn .tale hlirhwa. commls- Mon at the session whfch closed late yesterday A number of projects wero order-' ed advertised for the meeting April ;3 including: Klamath county Dly hill section .... . on Klamath Faiis-t-aKoviow nign- way, grading nlno mllos. Survey. ordered from Lakovlew on othor actions nf Jhn hlEhwav not built. Tho Dnllcs-Callfornla highway, from Deachutos county line to Crea- ccnt grading. Lnko courty. Summer Ijike sec tion, o'ght miles of surfacing. .. Douglas county. Pacific highway. nnvlng approached to Robert A. Hoo:h bridgo. near Winchester. TELFPHONE SYSTEM BEING CHECKED UP IN KLAMATH COUNTY The transmission features of tho Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company's local and long dUUnoc linos are being checked up this week by L. W. Rosj nnd C. Andrews, en gineer from tho division office nt Portland. "EvorytiMng that con cerns the oloctrlcnl efficiency of thu telephono circuit li being gone over wllh a flne-toof.! comb, but 90 fur practically everything hao boon found in good order," F. K. Dunn, tho local manager, said to day. "ThoBO engineering tost tiro merely supplemental lo tboso mnrto ovory day. by our local fprcos," he explained, "but nro vory usoful In detecting ovon -slight variations from tho standard specifications which ore In uso on the Dell sys tem all over tho country." During tholr slay 'horo tho engi neers will bavo mado toils at Dly, Bonanza, Morrill, Dairy nnd Dorrls In addition. to the entlro local plant, Including nlno prlvnto branch ex changes. ADMIRAL RE-BURIED Hpiinlvli War Vctr-rnn Now Anions America's Noted lh'iul Rests WASHINGTON, March 28. Momorles of Spantsh-Aniorlcnn war days crowded In today on tho oc casion of tho romovnl of the body of Admiral Qenrgo Dowoy, hero of Manila Bay, from It resting place of nearly elgot years In Arlington comotory to the Bethlehem chapel of Washington oathedral to' reposo thoro with othor noted doad. 0 BUILDING CIQED UPON mm holds INSIDE TRACK ON JOB, REPORT Former High School Prin cipal Favored to Suc ceed J. G. Darling According to u persistent rrport In rourt houso c!il, ('. It. llou nian, former principal of Klanulli county IiIkIi arliool, Is klatetl to urciol Jauu.' ti. Darling, whoso rt i lccll'iil was refused by the county kcIiuuI biHiril at a spri-lnl niTlIng llili week. . ' Sirs, Twylft 'Vet guson, who wiu silccceU.-d lif't ' fall as- county ml-jM-rliilcndi'iil by Krol' l'eterson, Is ulo said t be iingHi'ic tor the place, but ncccrdlng fa tlin lu-bt liiforniuticn, Ilotviniiii in wild to linvo the Inside truck nt the present time. Street reparU to the effect thai Pounv Riinerlntendent Peterson was i In hn plnvatpd In Ihn hlfi-h school prlnclpalsblp were vehemently de nied by school board memben. Hevcral Application Ittxelved After quitting as principal' of the h.gi nchpjl, . isjwmon moved to C)illJ(u:u. where ho purchaaed sioro in which Cotut Coinmlajloner Martin is Interested. Later Marllu and bis associates bought Bowman out and ho moved to Medford last fall, where be Is now residing. Jt was reported hy school board members that several applications have been - received for tbo high rciool prlnclpalihlp, but tho names of the applicants were sot given. It Is understood, however. ' Hut llowman Is one of them and moeL3 with the most favor among the board members -, Xo Petition Ilocclvetl AHhoueh iiomcthlnz over . 200 high echool pupil were reported yesterday on having aigned a peti tion to the Bch-jol board, urging the retention of Principal Darling, the Det'"n re,aclled "J8 s,-h' ""' otncr Petition was said to bo la circulation among the high ho-.. faculty on behalf of Darnng, ou. whether or not.lt Is to be presented , 1 hard could not be learneu. 8p appeal oi lae stu- cni ior a reeoosmeriiion oi Tn elln o'o . Hlamlnanl hv lha iSnanl - ... " oi dliector have lei it oj known that tho Darling case Is a I dead Issuo with tuem and the not reconsider their dismissal act! in co matter .what pressure might be brought t? bear. F LOGAL IN TO Twenty-One Farmers and Business Men to Enter tain Washington Party Twonty-throo rancher and busi ness men of Klamath county have been appointed to serve as a com mittee to arrange for tho entertain ment of Secretary of tho Interior Hu bert Work asd his party which Is ox pocted to arrive In Klamath Falls on tho ovening of April 6 or 7. The committee will meot on Wednes day at 4:30 to perfect plans for tho mooting. Tho suggestion tor entortalnment comes from Col. C. G. Thomson of Medford,, superintendent of Crater Lako National park, and H. D. Ncwoll, project manager of tho reclamation sorvloo of Klamath county. H. D. Mortensoa will moet In tho chamber to confor with the committee- and to suggest plans. Tho Washington party also Includes- Stephen A. Mather of the" National Parks buroan and Dr. El wood Mead, who will bo Interested In reclamation end Irrigation pro jects In Klamath county.'.. Th030 who will serve on tho committee are II. D. Mortonson, chairman; R. C. OroesbecK, W. C, Dalton, Judge R. H. Bunnell, Il.i E. Bradbury, E. M. Bubb, E. M. Ham mond, C. A. Ilondorson, R. E. Crego, A. M. Colllor, E. B. Hull, J. A. Cordon, H. N. Moo. H. D. Newoll, H. J. Tlcknor, Ui E. Reed r. tlr-'F. M. Trout. W. O. Smith. Frod A. Baker, Elmer Moore, Orant Nelson, P. E. Thayer nnd Col. C. 0. i Thomson, ,- NAME GROUP U 0 V S TORS Copco Worker Is Killed In Friendly Bout (Hpcclnl to The Herald) ' YflKKA, March. 28. Following an inter-amp wrestling match at Copco Thursday night, K. F. Murphy dropped dead und a coroners Inquest has been ordered ' for tomorrow. Murphy's body wa brought here lust night, covered with bruises and, tho skull Is possibly fractured. Murphy went to Copco on the night of his death as wrestling representa tive lir Camp 2, on the constrnct'on wcrk and he lost to a man named Lambert. He dressed and started to walk back to tbo camp with friends when he collapsed, dying within a few minutes. No Information wns obtained through the Klamath offices of the California Oregon Power company tsday In regard to the Identity of either E. F. Murphy or a man named Lambert who entered In a wrestling matcb at Yreka Thursday night, re sulting In tho death of Murphy. DISAPPEARING ACT STAGED BY LIGHTS Klamath Falls' lights did a dis appearing act four or five times last night due to a rtort circuit on the high power , line between hero and Copco. The short circuit iwaa caused by a couple of brokea In sulators. A3 soon as tie power could be transferred to one of the local plants, the tights twinkled on again and service was resumed without Interruption. - MEEK HOME BURNS j "rm House Soar Bend Goes fp In - Flames Last Xlght BEND, Ore., ,, Marci 28. Fire yesterday completely destroyed the firm borne of William Meek, 15 miles from Bend on the old Sisters road. The family, which besides the parents consisted of five chil dren raaglng In age from 2 to 11 years, lost all personal belongings and all furniture except the kitchen stove and dining room table. The origin of the fire Is unkonwn. M'CLOUD LOGGER IS KILLED BY FALLING LIMB; SKULL BROKEN YREKA, March 28. While put ting an undercut In a pl:e tree near Camp One yesterday, 30 miles east of McCloud, Qlovanl Maria Amo- del, aged 29, was Instantly, killed -when a l.mb, elx inches In .diameter and 20 feet long, broke from the tree and struck him on the head. He d'ed from multiple fractures of the skull. He was an employe of the McCloud Lumber company. - MAN CHARGED WITH THEFT IS ARRESTED C. L. Noonor, wanted here tor tha alleged theft of furniture, Is under arrest at Chlco, Cal., accord ing to word received today by Con stable Garry Cozad, woo traced the mis3lng man. Nooner's arrest was sought b his brother-ln-law, T. C. Craig, who swore to a complaint charging him with taking some of Craig's house hold furniture and selling it. Craig and Nooner had been living together here. Cozad expects to go to Chlco the first of the week to return Nooner for trial. MAKES ANXVAL VISIT Mrs. Irn .lolinson Itrturns to Home In Cvracont, Illinois Mrs. Ira Johnson left Klamath Falls yesterday afternoon tor he home In Crescent, 111., after spend ing some time In the city on her annual visit, looking lnfc property- Intorests. While hero Mrs. Johnson wns the houso guest of Mrs. Wil bur Jones, who is a couiln of her time visiting with friends on rela husband. Mrs. Johnson spent some lives' In Los Angeles nnd Long Bene!), before returning east. 'ARCHBISHOP IIJi PORTLAND, Ore., March 28. Archbishop . Alexander Christie, aged 75, of the Cathollo nrch dlo- cose of Oregon City, was roported In serious condition today at a local hospital, WATER RIGHTS IN COUNT, ARE GHT BY S. P. Railroad Would Use Water From Trapper Creek and Cold Creek SALEM, Ore., March 28. The Central Pac'flc Railway company has. applied, to the state engineer ing department for authority to ap propriate water fr3.il an unnamed creek for railroad a-J domestic sup ply In I-ane county at a cost of 000; also to- rthe appropriation of water from Trapper creek for the same purpose In Klamath county at a cost of $6000; also for the ap propriation of water from an un named creek for railroad purposes and domestic supply In Klamath county at a cost of 113.000. Other applications Include: Central Pacific railway company of Portland, water fros Cold creek. for railroad and domestic purposes In Klamath county, at a cost of 5000. ( Southern Pac'flc company of Portland, wa'er from an nnamod creek tor leo-txotlve fai railroad purposes In Lane county, at a cost of $1,000. . . - ; MONEY ARRIVES' FOR PAYMENT OF TIMBER Money has arrived for the pay ment to the Indians of the Klam ath reservation for the sale of their timber lands, and all Indians will receive their ?100 checks, starting next Tuesday, according to an nouncement today by - Fred A. Baker, superintendent of the In- Payments will total approximately $160,000, ald Mr.' Baker. The checks are now being made" out at the agency office.' It will take sev eral days to distribute tiem nnwng the Indians. RECEIVES MESSAGE Prominent Oregon Mason Dead In Ashland, According to Word The death ot Charles W. Nlmnv of Ashland, promient Oregon Mason was made known today b? a cow munlcatlon received by E. E. Mage' grand commander of Knights Tsro pirn of Oregon, wha ree'ved t1 message last alght. N'lmms wa . past potent Ue of Hl.lah Temple u the Mystlo S'arlne. Commander Ma gee and many other prominent Ma ons f.om Klamath Faua aie e. pecting to attend, too funeral o. ,'imms, .lch will be hold Sandj afternoon in Ashland. ' . PRINCE EMBARKS . LONDON. March 28. The Prince if Vale3 left tor. Portsmouth on he roal train this morning to em bark upon the battle cruiser Re pulse for South Africa and SouU America. - L Girls Play Swift Basebal on Malin Diamond Yes terday Afternoon With a final score ot 8-1 In favc ot Henley, tho Malin baseball nlm went down to 'defeat last night tu the first game of the Klamutn county league when Henley and Malin high schools claa'.ied on th Malin diamond. Malln's slnglo.- scoro came In thu second Inning through an error, earning no runs during tho game. Henley scored six rn too third in nlng. , Baltorlcs used were Jackson and Booth for Henloy; Rajnu.? and Crnl for Malin. Ton were struck out oy Jackson with Rajnus put ting 8 back on the bench. The game was closely contested with the exception ' ot the third Inning when the Malin pitcher had a bad inning. Charles Rowland, editor of the Malin il'rogresg, umpired the game. ' Tho 'girl's game ' resulted In final score ot 30 to 7 'In favor of Henley. Umpire ot this game, iwas O. A. Be-hult of . Henloy . high school. Both games .were played .In a cold wind that proved dotrl mental to not only- the players but to the crowd of fans, . HENLEiITOR N FIRST IS TURNED Application to Join Base ball League Denied at Yreka Last Night (Special to The Herald) YREKA, Cal., March 28. Klamath Falls and, Med ford were denied franchises by which they would be come members of the Siski you County baseball league, it was decided at a meeting held 'here last night Six ams will comprise the league this seasqn: Yreka, Weed, Dunsmuir, McCloud, Mt Shasta City, and a team hat will play tentatively ot Hornbrook and Hilt The tentative date for the open ing of the season was set for May 17. Fifteen games will be played. The reason given for de- ' nial of the franchise to Klamath Falls was ' heavy cost of transportation, it was reported. - - ' : 'i f SIX HORSES ARE" ; BURNED TO DEATH PORTLAND, March 28. Six noted iWses In. .winter, tralalng hero .were turned to death today when one ot he ten stall frame' build lugs' of ths Vhlte stables was razed by a flro ot undetermined origin. Three- bones were saved. .. The loss of the six hor3es Is estimated at $100.000T '. No New Development ' in" Death of Indian Re ported Today ' Wnat action, 'f aiy, will ever be akez to complete the Investigation of the foul play theory In the Fred die Jackson death at Cblloquln re- pntlv, could not be determined to day as Acting District Attorney Myers was st'U busy In the trinl of i civil case wh'ch hoa been taklilg his time tor several days. ,i'--'r- Deputy Coroner Towey said th1 mornilnif that he bad n?t yet- been- -. advised aB to when, If ever. Jack)1 son's body, will he exhumed, al KM DOWN IAGKSQN PROBE : though he expected that the offic ials would at least confer with his office beforo conducting any. post mortem examlnafon. :, ", ; Siisports Still rrrci ": ' '.Silas Barclay ,.T Ll)u Knight.. ' whom the acting district attorney i-uspeits cf foul taettcg. Are still A. W O. L. from the cnur.ty inll, from whloh they escaped early Mon day morning. Sheriff TTawkln sa'd today thnt hurt ha been -urtvlsi'd that the Ind'ans wero wanti'it lii couiieo- ; Uon with any poiwihlo mtirdur prolKi ho certainly would have Ihrawn ah ixtra guorJ about the flimsy, mske telteve nll and thus provented the scape ot the two ropiltcd Indian bootleggers.; ; . :; t -( ... In spite of tho cut bridle and the club with a knot on the end. togeth- or with the superstitions of some of the dead boy's friends, tho opinion still prevails at Chlloqultt thnt Fred die Jackson mot his . 'death In 0 drunken ride through tha street and not as the result of a fight wlU the Indians at their supposed liquor cacho In tho woods outside ot Chllo quln. -; ., '. '".' " '. ', May Have Ilecn ' Struck The one theory which -might Mill . prove feasible is that Jackson' skull was cracked In a drunken tight but that he did not become unconscious until he fell from hi horse. ... Such a theory, however, f so A far-fetched that It probably could , never , ho-, proven' tin lens tho supposed assailant' or Jackson' on fesscd. .