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SEASON 10
OPEN
Ideal Conditions for Bait
Fishing Exist, Accord
ing to Reports
With high water condi
tions prevailing in most
Klamath streams, trout sea-
'rni
Mm
son in Klamath county
opens Wednesday, April 15.
Reports., concerning the
condition , of streams nre
that anglers must depend
upon bait and spoon for suc
cessful lures. Melting snow
in the mountains has roiled
several streams to a certain
extent, making conditions
ideal for bait fishing. Hy
fishing will not be at its best
till the middle of May- and
early June.
The best strqams for
early spring fishing are con
ceded to be Klamath river
below the Keno power
house and Williamson river
below Chiloquin. It is to the
rlftlci of these two rivers thin
Klamath .uporlsmon oro exported to
flock for their firm banket full thU
ycur.
Lnwi ennctud at to Inst uoislon
Of the loglslnturo muka It nocessa'y
for womon 13 tiivo fishing Il.-onars.
Also the .inio law Increase! tlio ll
enso lee 'for boys unci it IS yonri
from $1.50 to U. Il3.vovor, these
, two law do not go Into effect till
Jlay 27. According to (ho county
clerk'i offlco toduy, bnys may
purchaso licences boloro May 27 at
11. GO that will carry them through
tho fishing season,, despite til
change In laws.
Tho following Hlioumn will ho
closed all or part of tho (lulling hoi
: on, acrovdliiK tj giuno regulations
JkhiiocI for 1924:
"8oven Mllo creok closed from
Its conflnenca Willi Weed cuuul to
a point on said creek where Short
crook iflowo Into sumo Spencer
crook cIoboiI (rom Uuck luko to the
mouth of milil crook. Wood rlvor
closod from November 30 to follow
ing Juno 15 of ouch year, also
tributaries of mild Wood rlvor.
Klu in Uli rlvor closed for a distance
of 4000 foot holnw Jind 2000 fo.it
nbovo the mouth of Hponcor creek,
from November .10 to the following
Juno 19 of encli your,"
SPORTSMEN MEETING
DATE' IS POSTPONED
Tho monthly meeting of tho Kluin.
tilh SportHmon Association, achedul'
od for till" ovonlng In tho chamber
of corflinorro, has boon poHlponod
un! 11 one week from toduy, April 20,
It wait unnounced by I he chamber
of convmorco, Much Important busi
ness (iwnltB lo tin ntt ended ,to,
Among other mnltors Unit will ho
tulton up will bo tlia iitre;iniH In
which trout, from Klnmttt.lt luitcliov
us will bo jilnnlotl this ycur, -
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FARMERS
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Reclamation Service Pro
ject Manager Upheld in
Irrigation Case
WASHINGTON. April 13. The
Nniiipa and .Merldluu Irrigation dis
trict of Idaho lost In the supreme
court lodjy In Iih fight to prevent
th llnlse project muiiiignr of the
federal rerlumutlon service from u
semilug ugulnt It charge fur tlio
reclamation of swamp lands.
'I'hii Irrlxatlon district .contnn led
that under Us contract with the gov-
runient It wan not required u pay
my part of Din expcnuo Incident, to
the rrc'miintlbn of land wlik-'i hat
been renderi-il jinainpy by seepage
of water from the Irrigation project.
Thn government Undated that such
reclamation ui a proper charge
igalnil the district -ndnr Itii con.
irai t to pay for "oporitlon an I
iialntenoaTo" ( tho project. The
lower federal court decided In
vor of t"io gjvernnieut. Thin do-
i Ulon toduy wan affirmed by the
upremo court.
CHARTER CHANGE
IS NECESSARY FOR
LIGHT IMPROVEMENT
I'ntll the people of Klamath Kail
amend thlr city charter ao that Im
provement cl i-tt r 'i could he irc-olcl
tor the eHiabllshment of a Htreet
lighting Improvement illr.lrirt, Kla.u
alh F.iIIh mum worry along with Its
present Unhung system, according 13
umnonocemcnt from tho chamber-of
colilinen-e
With tho city bonded tip to limit
prescribed by law, the only other
plausible agency by which tho light
ing Improvement of the city could be
consummated wua through the crea
tion of nil Improvement district,
similar to a street Improvement dis
trict. As a result, work on this phase
of municipal Improvement remains
at status quo.
MISS JOHNSTON WEDS
FRANK MILLS SUNDAY
With a quiet but beautiful cere
mony. Miss Jennio Johnato.t and
Prank Mill were innrrlr-1 ut 8 a. m.
Easter morning at the homo of the
bride's parents, Mr, and Airs, J, C.
Johnston. Miss Johnston was given
away by her futher, her later, MUs
Anni Mao Johnston, attending lier.
Mr. Mills was) attended by Frank
Bell. KollTivving the ceremony a
woddlng breakfast was sorved to
more than 40 gucsu, many of them
from out of town, Mr. and Mrs.
Mills left ifor a .short wedding trip
to Sacramento and other aCllfornla
tr.wiu. Mrs. Mills Is a member of
tho faculty cf tho lllvorglde school
CARTER'S CONDITION
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
Condition of K. J. Carter, struck
and slightly Injured yesterday after
noon hy a local unto stugo at a
point on Tho Dnlles-C'allfornlu high
way. Just south of the Williamson
Klver brldgo, shows steady improve
nient uccordlng to reports today
from tho hospital.
litis passongers stated that the
local auto staga was travelling So
miles an hour toward Klamath Falls
and that Carter, leading Hovornl
horses wns proceeding toward Chilo
quin, whon the accident occurred.
Although severely shnken tip, not
ono of tho ten passengors on thn bus
was Injured by tho fulling phiim
that covered them when tho crash
occurred.
SAND CREEK HILL
OPEN TO TRAFFIC
for tho first time alnco snow bo
gun to fly last fall, tho Snn'.l Crook
hill section of The Dalles-Cal-'fornln
highway Is officially opon to nuto
mnhlla truffle, nnglnuers nf tho ntnto
highway department announced this
morning. ,
Stages from hero to Bond urn
making tho drive from Klnmath
Foils to lJeiul in nlno hours. It wns
Hinted that hiiniirda In drlvliiB over
I ho snow covered section ot rom
and, been ollmlunted.;
LOSE F GH
SPRING VACATION
IN CITY SCHOOLS
IN EFFECT TODAY
Willi llio primped itt ill least fnui
ilayn of troll l flxhlrst the loner )uiil I
of IIiJm week , sellout clilldren of
Kliunnlli I'd llii rlly wlioulx Imlay are
enjoying the flint iloy of spi-ini; vaia.
Him. The yaiallun will Inxl for one
HiH-k- Hi liiMil IH l renuiiK'il once
ngiilit on Mjmdny iienl.
The vocation I (unfilled In city
mIiooIm, t'ouiily schools Mill con
tinue M'wIiiiih lliroiiulioiil die nvi'k,
but It Ik iiiiici-IkkI that lliey will
4'Iom? for Milliliter vnciition In-fore tlip
city wrlioolN.
.Mils. (i.WtltKTT IHKMISKKI)
. At 0 preliminary hearing thin af
ternoon before Justico of tho Peace
R. K. liuiKuker, Mr..ll. (iarrett van
foutftl not guilty of poanesalon of o
till. ' '
EGG ROLLING IS
WASHINGTON, April 13.
Frolicking youngsters abandoned to
the Joys of. Kaster egg rolling wore
again cvet lords of tho Wilte Hiuse
domain today. C'uitim so had It.
with t'lo one Interruption of tin
war niy. almost as long na the
presidential homo ha flood on .ii.i
crest of sloping lawn.i.
Easter M'nday this year falls on
the seventeenth birrhdny annivers
ary of Calvin Coolldge Jr., who died
last summer. Proildent and Mrs.
Coolldge, hnwovcr accepted the oc
casion for welcoming Uo city's chil
dren to the annual event Just as
warmly at they did a year ago.
IKI'I TV 1,1-1 VKS Hill I'OltTUVXn
Ftntlier InveslUintloii of IV-ntli or
I 'red JnckMiii to lie .Mnde
Interest of federal authorities In
Portland on 'tho strnngo death of
Fred Jackson. Klamath Indian, In
Chiloquin March 15. called W. P.
Myers, deputy district attorney to
Portland yesterdny where he will
confer with federal attorneys on the
question. Both county and federal
authorities will conduct a further in
vestigation Into tho Juckson death,
tho deputy district attorney said.
The deputy's family drove him to
Ashland, where he caught a train to
Portland.
RESERVE OFFICERS
WILL GIVE DANCE
Officers Reserve club cf Klamath
will be lusts at a dance for club
members, their wives and others to
whom Invitations will bo extended,
nt the Whllo Pellcim hotel May 1, It
was Madded Saturday night by the
exacutlve committee of the club, A
commlttoe .was appointed to handle
tho urrangfcmonts for tho dunce.
Plans were formulated to Interest
young men in tho Cltlien'B Military
training camp nt Camp Lewis, Wash
ington. A one-rcol motion picture
will hi) displayed nt a local theater
showing tho nature of tho training
provided by ,tho government during
tho early summer months.
Gl HOPES!
President Ralph Budd
Is
Anxious to Extend Line
Into Klamath County
PORTLAND, Oro., April 13.
Hope that tho peoplo Of Oregon nnd
the I. C. C. will npprovo the exten
sion of his company's lino from
Uond to Klnmnth Falls was ex
pressed by Ralph Budd. president
ot tho Great Northern railway In
a statement Issttod hero todny.
Ho dorlurod that tho development
of tho Northwestern st.itna, through
which tho Great Northern operates,
will call for nil Increasing amount
ot Oregon timber. Ho added that a
now nprthorn outlet would provo of
groat benotll to tlio Klamath Falls
oilntry,
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ENJOYED BT
CHILDREN
GET NEW ROAD
EVEN
HERALD
ALMOST WINS
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Local
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Newspaper TosserS (
Lacked Only 11 Run.
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to Tfe the Score
fled ties, white shirts, white duck
trousers and whim tennis shout
failed to disconcert the fla:iy nltrj
of the Medford Half-Tribune yestcr
duy afternoon and the beautiful hut
dumb baseball team of the Kl.imalh
Falls Evening Herald was decisively
beaten by the close score of 17 to
6. The game was played on th.j
Medford high school grounds.
Tho total gladiatora were cheered
to tho echo by a huge crowd of
Klamath rooters totalling 10. Al
though not gracing the diamond
wlti their prKnce, telegrams were
received from Merle West, D. V.
Kuykendall, Jcai attorney; Herbert
I). Newell, project manager of the
reclamation project; K. W. Vnnnlca
of tbo i'olden Hule, and others
sympathctlo to Uio Herald policies,
expressing tho Hope that the local
team would cmcrgo vklorlous from
tho fray.
IProbably tho npst remarkable
play of tho entire game was when
short op Otto Ellis of The liorald
didn't quite tninage to dodo a oot
liner. In throwing up his glove to
protect his face the ball struck bis
mlt and stuck tiere.
"Wild" Dill Perkins scintillated
lth three strike outs and two
singles, one of wlil:h ended sadly
when tho fast left fielder tried to
stretch it inn a double.
"Truck Horao!" Bill Desaler, de-
BALL CAM
spito hU gray hairs, connected withjthe, tieA Wm l0 a tree. They tien
the pill moro consistently than any dr0Te off In the machine.
of ol yqjingero-orkers. .. L The bandit robbed Pelereon -or
Joxk Anthony, speedy second ! everything "but. his knife. He man
baseman, upset the dope shea three j agN, to work this ollt oI ha p;cket
times when, in fading away frooi i and cut hit thongs with Mf. " He
the plate as the ball came whistling ,!lcn iked to Petaluma. 10 miles
over, bis bat accidentally met tho distant, where he notified the po-hall-
j it;e. One of the men had a pistol,
Eddie Dervan, pitcher, manifested petercn said.
slight Irritation with opposing plny-
era several times and, trying to lU'I.lXG IS M.lK .
crown them " with tho ball, sue- WASHINGTON, April 13.-Com-cccdcd.
pulsory arbitration la Industrial dls-
Closo count of tho 799 balls pille!1 is unc'anstliutional, tho sa
thrown nt Xcal Stewart disclosed vreme C3Urt held today,
that 747 found their tray to tho I
backstop bohiud tho snappy llttlo'
catcher. i
Paul Bunyan. alias Howard Win-1
nard, swung a plae trco at tho pill
so hard that the pill turned around
before reaching the plate and tied
to right 'field. Paul didn't stop till
he reached second b.ise.
Jack Qwlnn, lanky .first baseman,
reminded one of a preacher but
didn't talk like one when the balls
went through his band like flour
through a sifter.
George Rowe, veteran outfielder,
wns hit so hard on the center of
his head In practice that he was In
capacitated. The blow, while no
fatal, will seriously Impair his play
ing for several weeks to come.
Al Raymond led the cheering sec
tion for the Herald.
Tho game opened with an Easter
bnskct full of runs for the Mall
Tribune which ended In a total of
six before , the sun shone once
ngaln.
Undnunted, the Klamath team,
after .watching tholr cracked third
basemna, MnUrkey, Ignomlniously
strike out, batted In a single tally.
And so the game soo-sawed to a
close the Klumuth toam seeing O
nnd tho Medfcrd team sawing about
throe to tho Inning.
Following the cose contest, tho
Mnll-Trlhuno players took too Her
ald staff through tho Trtbuno news
paper plunl.
LUMBER OPERATORS
SHOW APPRECIATION
. Appreciation ot the efforts ot the
kiamath comity chamber-of com-
morco in promoting (ho stop Forest
imotir.s tno stop t'oixist
tion, wns received tciay
n w.thlZtafwm
r iro ASMociiiLi
by tho secret!
" "
S. R. Black, aecrotnry of tho Cull -
fornia Forest Protective Association.
Mr; innek cniiod nttontion to the
response of the I'. Lorlllnrd co.n
puny, Amolrcnn Tobacco Co., R. J.
Reynolds and John Ilollman Co. to
tho movement by Including in each
package 10 ftobacco froth tholr re
spective, plants, a warning to all
smokers to wnteh catvfttlly to dis
position of lighted clgnrcttos nnd
watches la tlio torostq.
KLAMATH INDIANS
ATTEND TRIAL OF
ALLEGED SLAYER
(K)M'ifiil lo Thn lli-roiil)
YKKK.t, -l.. April :. Vrkn's
ilinpler from It's early history nlien
iloeim of linll.iim from Hie lower
(;""'"" ii , w-i t wi
j Hie trlii I of riinrtrr IVpM-r, Khun-
; atli n ilMnn in, w'nli h opens here lhl
niorniiig.
Tepjier In rliarKCl U'itli the mur
der of Willy Hairy near Ten Itor,
near the western boundary if Klokl
jou January IH. Harry wnw tiil
bed In a drunken bitttvl ami bled to
death before u physirian could ri-ocli
the Ixolnlcd scene.
J. 1'. .McN'iunura nnd James M.
Allen, who have rhai(-o of the tf
fense, aniiouiiced thla mornlue; that
IVpper would plead self defeiwe to
JuMlry the net.. Pepper's ifo nml
two Iwliicn were nmong Hie Inter
ested spictulors this mornln-f when
the trial opened. ,
FUGITIVES ROB
THENFLEE
SAX RAFAEL. Cal., April 13.
Twa men believed to be Floyd Hull
and Joe Tanko, escaped murderer
from San Quentin state prison. helJ
up Nels Peterson, while he was
driving iionie in anU Rosa last
night, bound and gagged him and
then carried him ia tho car along
a crowded highway to Novato, 25
miles south of Sinta Ra. .where
AUTQIST
AMD
LATE NEWS FLASHES
GAME BOARD ELECTS
PORTLAND, Ore., April 13. Harold Clifford of
Grant county was today elected, chairman of the state
game commission to succeed I. N. Fleishner of Portland.
Albany Boy Killed
ALBANY, Ore., April 13.-Two-year-old Robert
RchimmelDfennim? died at a local hospital this morning
lifrom the effects of injuries
automobile ran over nis aDaomen.
Rail Extension Planned
WASHINGTON, April 13. The Longview, Portland
Northern Railroad applied to the Interstate Commerce
commission today for permission to issue $500,000 in
common stock and $3,250,000 in 10-year six per cent
bonds. The funds will go into the construction of 30
miles of railroad in Cowlitz and Lewis counties in Wash
ington state. "
Murder Suspect Held
CHICAGO, April 13. Mi's. Anna Cunningham, whose
husband and four of their children died after brief ill
nesses within six years, Was taken into custody today at
the county hospital by two police sergeants and a matron
from Gary, Ind., and taken back there for detention pend
ing further investigation of the mysterious deaths.
Auto Victim Dies
PORTLAND. Ore.. April 13. Paul Caneveri, 45, died
at a hospital today from
when he was struck by an
a driving rain along East
j fi driving lillli HlOIlg JiitlSl
i jjjjjjj hey would arrest F.
wh- who was alleged
iii. v. r .
Wnicn nil wiitveu.
1
Russian
SEATTLE, April 13. Raissa Pogonovskaya, 20-year-old
Russian immigrant girl, died here today from poison
taken eleven days ago when she was refused admission
to the United States. George De Timofeev; a San Fran
cisco street car motormanformerly a Russian naval of
ficer, who was engaged to the girl in Moscow five years
ago, was at the bedside. - ' ; ' ' . ' l. ;. , .
STATE TROOPER
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Rookie, on furlough, Tries
Hi-Jacking and Gets
Shot in Back
HAY SHORE, N. V April 13
A brief adventure Jft hl-jackias by
a state trooper rookie on furlough
resulted In his being held under!
military arrest today after being
Kerlously wounded In the back by I
gunmen or ine oooiutgger ne sougnc
1
i
to rob. His fellow trjopers, acting
upon tho clew furnished by bis
escapade, made arald lat sight in i
which flaO.OOO worth of liquor w.n
seized.
Lieut. J. B. Lyncb, in charge of j
the slate trooper detachment hare,!
slid that Recruit William Del-j
Jiadge while on furlough In Patch-j
ogue. Long Island, accompanied 1
three men to the unoccupied Ben
son estate of 40,000 a'crjs at Oltch
Plain, where Frank DIckerson was
caretaker and that they demanded
two a uio loads of liquor. Men hired
by bootleggers to protect their un
lawful property set upon the hi
jackers, wounding Delmadge and a
companion.
From DIckerson Place the troop
ers remored 1300 cases of liquor
from a building and destroyed 1000
cases found . in a field. DIckerson
said bis only connection with the
bootleggers was to p:ovide storage
space at 50 cents to" II a case. He
was arrested.
O. C & E. EQUIPMENT
MADE MORE COMPLETE
Increased Industrial activity alocg.
the O. C. & E. railroad and pros
pects of more in the near futuro, has
led to the' arrrvat or 32 new flat
cars, with a carrying capacity of
SO, 000 pounds, which will be nsed
in handling the additional freight,
it was announced Saturday. Other
improvements Included the construc
tion of five loading spurs, station
ed at various points along the line
adjacent to small mills. It is also
planned to install an oil burner on
the company's 70 ton locomotive. .
suffered yesterday when an
injuries suffered March 19,
auto while he was walking .in
Eighty-second street. Police
nigmy-oetuiiu olicci. l uu
G. Martin of White Salmon,
to have been driving the car
Girl Dies
Gl
PROTECTION
B! POLICE
Spring Street Business Men
Aroused by Recent
Robberies ,
As a result of a series of
safe robberies and house
burglaries in Klamath Falls
during the past week, a
committee of buginess men
along spring street will ap
pear before the cjty council .
this evening , and r ask for
better police protection in
that district. - -j . '. "
The sDark that set the ,
fire of indignation was the '
attempted robbery 1 Satur
day night of the White Peli
can iron worKs.; m. c.
Looseley, one of the owners
of the plant, immediately
following the discovery of
the attempted robbery,
Called on business men
along Spring street and re
ceived promises of their co
operation in securing better,
police protection.
Business , house , along Spring
street, consisting mostly ot ware-
bausea, lumber mills and' Industrial
plsnts, are not accorded .the police
protection that "is noeded to pro
tect inem.-ogatnst bqrjiiaries. Mr.
Looseley " said. From . oajerv-atlons
oi business men of the street, city
patrolmen seUom venture Into tae
Spring street district during the
night. .
Safe Blower at Work .
.The robber that broKo Into the
White Pelican Iron worki plant In
thought to . be the 'same man that
robbed the Kluniath Iron and Steel
Worki last week &nd stole a small
amount of money, 7 ,
Entering through the front door
with a pass key and locking the
door behind him, the robber rolled
l'.ie White Pelican Iron Works safu
frnm thp nffica Int.t Ihn ahnn Wltr't
an acetylene welding tonb. the safo
cracker attempted lo burn away
the lock. Oas feeding tho torch
was exhausted before the robber
could accomplish his task. Not
knowing how to work the device
that generated the gas, thn robber
was forced to give up. He made hli
e-cape through a rear door. '
House Kobberlcfi ' .
A nuniDer of resioence roobories
over the week-end have puzzle I
police. Ttie week-end robberies In
clude the ransacking of tho homo
of Aaron Lund on High street be
tween Flrot and second; the rob
bing of toe home ot E. T.. Anderson,
1743 .Melrose, and the robbing of
the h-me of H. C. Vochitxer, ITai
Melrose street. ;
Ooly articles ot small value wero
taken from the Vochatzer and Lund
homes. The robbers, unablo to got
Into the front part of the Anderson
home, ransacked the basement ami
atti: cf the residence but did not
steal anything so far as could bo
learned Udjy. 1
American and National
Leagues to Hear Cry
"Play Ball" Tomorrow
CHICAGO. April 13. Tomorrow
brings tho event toward which tin
attention ot baseball fundom has
been d'recteel for long winter bouim
months,, the first lap In tbe gruel
ling raco for supremo baseball hon
ors, with 16 entries starling from
Scratch. .
Although the pre-saasnn warming
up of tbe Xallunal nnd Amerlean
league clubs was marked hy a disas
ter list of casualties each club faces
the start ot tho 1925 season with
1 confidence and with predictions of a
j better' showing In till departments
ot the national game. . -
WANTED
mm
ASGENDSTHRDNE