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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APR"TTT"29, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BAFFLING CASE
MYSTIFIES
POLICE
. Pair of Eye Classes and
Woman's Shoe Only
Clews to Murder
iAHV, Inrl., .A 1 1 ail. A pair of
eye gliuuH for h iiiIiI.IIk ng.il iiiiiii,
u woninii'. (ify hiitilr li ft kIiui' mill
u chart or lii'r !( h ,Trc (ln ki )i
hold today liy imllioi Ii lo Inti'Mlgut.
I lip death or mi i.iil.lciilirii'd Klrl
nliiHMi (IIhiiiimiiIiiiimI, bin ikmI mill
hltllct rlildlod Imily Mii rmniil Hun
tiny near 41irNteri.ui.
A twulti:ily llllll lllllllllll of the
mynlcry binned inlliily iin ihi
Rliuutnt, like lluil of lln slaying, of
lloliby Frank liy .Nullum lipoid
null lUelinrd l.oiii nn roimlilcred
by officials III n li'iiiilliy (.lufcri'ii..'
liwt iiUtlit. T1ii "lino lili mil simp
burned off wiim fiuniil by u )Killre
ituic nlMiul SMIII f.-et from I In- spot
whrm Iho body win found.
. Thn lion followed n trull to n
mail swamp a short dlstunou whom
authorities hollnvn Iho in IxHlitfc b'K.i
find right arm of din girl iiiIkIK bo
round when Iho luka In pumped dry,
Tracing or any dental wurk done
on her tooth i started when the
clmrt or tlm girl's mouili wus mudu.
. A partial Identification of tliK
boily as that or the wife of a (iary
rallroad empl.iyo wan unet when It i
"MM learned that n li-tlnr - wuh re
enlvod Irani hor from Purina, Ills.,
Monday,
llnr bimbanJ who Imn ticrn held
for quoitlonltiK wj rolrun'il.
IS
Capital Stock Increased and
Warehouse , Site
Purchased
n.inowed activity of the farm bu.
reau cooperative rxchiiniio of Klum
ath county, and a nenerul reorgnnl
xatlon of I'.io bureau In order to
project a dnvalopmenl In lln work
In Klamath, wn announced hit .
yoaterday nftsrnnon by ,'auuty
Agent C. A. Hundertnn.
Of tho concrela alepa taken to
at innif ! hen Ihi, Avi'llunVii thn mini
Important aro tho Increase of the !
capltnl alack from $5000 to $ 'JO, 000;
tho .leaning of tho old .Mason Khr
man warchouno on Spring stroci;
purclinso of property adjoining the
warehouao for the purpose of build
ing other bureau warehouses as tiio
oxchango oxpauded.
The cooperative oxchango will be
a aervlco orgnnliatlon fur the Klum.
ath firmer. It will ho tho medium
through which farm products will
be markotcd ' and the warehouse
will bo utlllxod forx'tho purpose of
storing products until sold. In
addition to lis marketing nvork, tho
oxchango will ulno bo n supply
agency for seed and other agricul
tural facilities, Any furnittr desir
ing to Join t'iiu exchunge may ih ho
without lukltig out a fnnn hurouii
moniborahlp, It was nnnotincod. 1)1
1 rectors of tho now orgiinliutbit
luivo hot. been soloctud.
TRIAL POSTPONED
TILL FRIDAY, 2 P. M.
Although trial if v. II. Todd ond
William MoCampboll on tho chnrgo
of possession of Intoxicating lltittor,
was sot for today, tho tilisence of
tho principal witness of tho' Btuto,
lod to a further coiitlniinnco of
tho caso until Friday at 2 l- m.,
Justice of tho Pence It. 10. Huusiiker.
announced todtiy. Tho witness is
J. J. McMnhon, stalo truffle Ottlc -
' o,r, who with Fred Snyder miulo Iho
urrost.
Second trial of Mr. and Mrs. E. T,
McQnoon, charged with iiossosslon
of Intoxicating liquor Is sot for Sat
urday morning at 10 o'clock. Tho
first trial of Mr, and Mrs, McQiioon
ondod In a hung Jury.' I
COAST LI'IAGIM MCOItKH'
At T.,iwllnti,t i. Vnl'linll R.
At Souttlo 0: Oakland 5.
At Sun Frnnclsco 171 Suit t.ltkB 7;
At Los Angeles 8;' Suornmoilto 1.
KLAMATH
POSTMASTER AT
CRESCENT HELD
SHORT OF FUNDS
.mi;ifoui, on-., A;mii si
I'oMjiI liiipiTlui (J. K, Hiiuum !'
liiiin1 to .Mcilfiird lo-iny nttvr n
til in KlmiifOH t'tiiiiKy, ulitw lu
unlcriMl ihi ri'iiiuviil of JNM iiinaivr
F. M, t Irnvm of Vwriil. him I
iijiiuimI ii fiiiiHiriit'' MmtntiiNlir to
lulu lilt pliiii,
Intvi-M, H In mjiIiI, wnm wrl In
IiIm iicriiiiiilM mill IiIm rum will In
limnulit Wtorv it fr1trii Kniiid J Hi')'
In I'ort limit ttvxt wri'k.
In wlilltloii (i I'titM'tft if iiiUiip
lroirhitiiiii of public fumU, Cktm-M
In i'Iiiii'UimI With liuoflrtfKJlig jiii'I
Im'Iiik iiituxlratisl hi a iiltlt- ,pliMi
urn nllnic to file official.
E
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I
City Council Has Special
Meeting With President
of Transit Company
Dlnaltrentnonts over certain iaui
of Ilia ordlimut'e Hint would k!vo la
the Aitorla Tritnnll rauip.iuv fran-
china to tiperato munlclpjl bu lino
In Klamath h'ulla were Ironed out
ul an Infovmiil mci'tlng -J t o city
ciuncll l.ft night.
W.'K, Toung. prenMont of the
inn-It company, agreed to defend
h uity In ovent of any damage
actloj urltliig frJin tho ''operation of
the buiiea In Klumulh Kn'.U. It vaa
nl.) ngreed thul l'io.000 Insurance
himld cover tho lluhlllty of tho Ims
comji.ioy. ,-.
Tho council oxorcliod H prorogn
llvo In tho routing of the bus lino
by making certain BUggnstlnn. to
which Mr. Young agreed. Mr. Young
did not wunl to operate 'liln bu'ics
atrasii the river In South lllverslde.
Tho council asked him to Incorpo
rate tli.it (ectlon Into his routing
ylem.
It is tho Intention of tho council
that the northorly, cnsierly. 'woitcr
ly and nouthorly cxtremo ends of
i town bo tapped and with this ob-
ijuctlve In mind they prevailed upen
Mr. Young to muko certain
changes. (
' Tentatlvo routes will bo from
South Hlver.ldo east abng Main
lr"l't- i3 Pl,l;U '' ol,nor T:,lri1 or
Ko ii rill street, whure tho route
would mako a loop up pjst tho
high school, back to Main street
and out Main struct to Kaplnnndo,
terminating on l'nclflc Terrace. Tho
socand roulo will bo from Shlp
plngton, through tho center of town
and nut Sixth street to tho city
HailK
nislnnce to Dorrls, California
from Klamath Falls will bo mater
ially shorlenod, when Iho Mhllnnd
Htnto lino road Is complotod. Work
on the grading of tho county road
siiuted yesterday, when tho county
drodgur with two 'men In chnrgo was
put to work on tho project. .
Two shifts will iiperato tho dred
ger whllo tho preliminary groining
Is In progress. When the grading
Is completed the ronil will be re
dressed, smoothed mid put In shape
,for (ravel. Tho road may bo sur
faced during tho suiumor.
Tho Btuto lino road Is routes! In a
southwesterly direction, from Mid
land, by way of Worden. Tho road
j nniollcully cuts In hulf tho distnnco
! " imuiiuu runs 10 women
Tho proscnt routo from this city to
Wbttlrn la by way of ' Reno. Tho
rontl Joins with tho Dorrls rond no:ir
WorJen,
I.AHT DAY
According to Lynn Subln of- tho
chnmher of commoroo, no ballots
will bo received nflur today for tho
primary iiomlniitlon of directors for
the your of 1025. Figures compiled
yiistni'iliiv show Hint ' innrn ihnn
hulf of thn membership hnvo re
sponded nnd ' liavo cast their b.tl
10(8 i
BUS RANG IS
AGRLEMENTS
ARE IRONED OU
START GRADING
0 DORR S
OD
POLICE SEEKING
J
Former Klamath Falls Of
ficer Believed Aide of
Escaping Woman
ONES IN
0
ll(l.)l) IllVKIt. Or.-.. April a.-jwl
HIKl.a) lu IbU vl. li.lty ar,. Ih-Iiir
...., ...r .... u... ... .......
llrlrii Jtnlr. yoiiiiK Ih'Ii.i iiiiitron.
I'Mrupi'il from mi auto In wlili'li tth I
nil Ih'Iiik lak.-n to Hiilcm, uli.'tv
ulii- nu to wrr m wnt.'iiro III the
stale liiiliitrlal IhmiI for girls.
The iscape ocvurrcd hero yester
day when the auto In which Mrs.
11 1 ii ir was traveling In custody of
District Attorney M J ire of Ilend,
and Mrs. Kthel V. Johnson, an of
ficer of tho Woman's Protective
lluronu, slopped lit a filling sta
tion. Chnngc t'nrn
T'.io woman boarded a car which
topped Immediately behind Moore's
car and It dr ive off at a rapid rate
of speod which s'jun put It out of
sight. The car born n California
llccnso. A-r.-766. It was last heard
of traveling at a high speed on the
west side orchard road.
KuKHt Jones
District Attorney Mooro said he
believed tho car -was driven by a
firmer Klamath Kalis policeman
named Jones.
Mrs. Ill u I r was sentenced to tho
state school following conviction of
possession of Intaxicatlng liquor.
The ex-pollcemun named In the
frog.ilng dlsnatch Is believed 'here
to bo Dob Jones,' who was on the
fori- lust fall. Jones wai fired in
1 police shake-up lata lust fall ou
charges which were dot made pub
lie. It was Indicated they had to do
with liquor violations.
I titus reported today that Jones
hud been In Ilend recently and was
supposed to ' hnvo been In some
tVoublo there a few days ago.
I1EUI.IX, April 29. Germany's
foreign policy will not be changed,
Dr. Hons Luther, tho Gorman chnn
cellor dcclnred emphatically today
In an address before tho annual
congress of tho league for German
Industry and commerce
This declaration Is understood al
so to reflect the viewpoint of President-elect
Von Hindenburg, with
whom tho Chancellor conferred yes
terday. Whllo Dr. Luther did not refer to
tho rccont election, It is generally
understood he spoko with n full au
thority of Hindenburg and the
groups prompting tho Hold mar
shal's candidacy.
GRANGER SPEAKS AT
CHAMBER LUNCHEON
"In tho midst of friends of the
fcrost," as C. M. Grnngor, district
forester for tho northwest, Includ.
lug Alaska, put It. National Forest
week was observed at tho forum
luncheon of Iho chamber of com
merce today noon.
Especially did Granger stress tho
reforestation plan which ha'4 been
put boforo tliubor ctttlera for tho
past tow years. No more mills ac
cording to Granger, arc needed In
this fcction as tho over cut Is at
present troniondous and unless ono
tree Is roplacod for a tree removed,
within 40 yoai'9' tlmo Klamath
county will be davold of ono of her
main Industries, timber cutting nod
production.
Frank Confer cntortnlnod with
scvoral vocal numbers nnd Johnny
Houston's orchestra played during
tho luncheon. . Jack Kimball pre
sided at too meeting.
11KGIX XKW HT.YGK 111 X
tterkattl Auto .Service Institutes
Southbound Service to ltoilillng, Oil.
KfCcctlvo Tuesday, tho 'Uocknrd
Auto Sorvlco instituted n stngo ser
vice from Klamath Falls to Retkllng.
Stngos leave hero ovory morning nt
7:f)0 o'clock nnd mnkn connection
at Hoddlng with singes hound tor
Sacramento, 8an Francisco nnd othor
aoulhorn points. ' " ' 1
NOT TO CHANGE
FOREIGN POLICY
SUGAR BEET MEN
SATISFIED WITH
KLAMATH GROWTH j
Favorably Impersaed with Hie con
ilitlonK In Iho growth of Iho sugar
beet Industry In Klainuth county,
following an Interesting survey of
the work In tho southern portion of
tho distric t yesterday. .C. A. Hamil
ton on'l A'. M. Colston returned
nou t h after visiting here.
In company with Robert Oldo
meyer and C. A. Henderson, county
agent, Hamilton and Gelston spent
1 yostorduy Inspecting the land. They
Bp(!nd W, lllna , Macdoel
, am( Woe(, lh(,y bUo haye
r boc, nereHtH bL.(oro r(.turn
sugar beet
i lug to Hamilton City, California.
Hamilton i the founder of Hamil
ton City, and is also u member of
Iho board of directors of the Sac
ramento Valley rfugar licet com
pany which Is playing such an active
part In the beet project In Klamath
county. i
MOVIEPLAYERS
Marie Prevost Cut by Fly
ing Glass Engineer
Killed in Crash
L08 ANGELES, April 23. One
dead and 35 Injured are listed on
a casualty list of the wrecked Santa
Fe truln last night. 20 miles north
of San Diego, as published today by
tho Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railway officers here. , In addition
four persons woto roportcd Injured
whose names at 9:30 o'clock this
morning were not learned by the
tompnny oftlrJnls. . Joliu Vurboys,
engineer, Los Angeles, was killed.
The locomotlvo and five cars went
over tho grado.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.? April 29
Four motion picture players and n
property mun were injured and $10,
000 of motion picture-pquipmcnt
was destroyed In the wreck of the
Snnta Fe train last night near San
Diego, it was announced here today
at Warner Brother's studio from
which a party of 22 was on the
train.
Mnrlo Trovost, . Louise Fatendn,
Kenneth Harlan and Walter Long,
players, were cut by glass and
bruised, and Bob Webb, property
man, was burned In attempting to
savo Engineer Jphn Warboys, it was
announced.
PUBLIC RECREATION
COMMITTEE TO MEET
TOMORROW EVENING
A meeting of the Public Recrea
tion committee will be held at the
City Hall tomorrow night at 7:30.
Tho membership of the board con
sists of Dr. G. A. Massey, Rev.
Arthur Rice, Councilman C. I. Rob
erts, Mrs. Harry Ackley, and Mayor
F. R. Godd.ird. With the exception
of tho mnyor, tho membership of
this committee is tho same as lust
year, and was reappointed Intact on
uccount of the excellent work It did
last year.
Pooplo Interested In public recrea
tion nro cordially Invited to the
meeting.
YANK VINDICATED
BY SWIFT JUSTICE
OF SWEDEN COURT
BORAS, Sweden, Apr. 29. Full
redress for unjust imprisonment has
been accorded by the highest Swed
ish Judicial authorities to nn Am
erlc.ui eltlson, Chnrloj Winter of
Moot head, Minn., who, armed with
a power of attorney, came horo In
October 1923 to collect an "Inher-
Itanco tor n client.
On tho accusation of n rival claim
ant, a woman resident, who charg
od that his power of attorney was
a torgory, Winter was arrested and
kopt confined for 15 days. As soon
ns the gemtlnoness of fie client's
signature was established he wai
Immediately roleased and the chan
cellor of Justice himself took action
against his accuser and hor attor
ney. ,.
Ml'.KTlXCl POSTPOXKD
1 Tho Koilron club which was to
moot Thursday evening has 'been In
definitely postponed. 1
WRECK
APARTMENT
FIRE
BRINGS DEATH
Two Men and Two Girls
Trapped in Early Morn
ing Blaze in Portland
I'OHTMM), April 1MI. Four per-
sons were killed nml one other tvus
injured, prolinbly fatally in a fire
which early tob.y swept the Hend
ricks Apartments here.
Tile .lead: Miss (lorn Short, 20,
trailresM. t
Miss Hernlce FrazaVr, employe of
I.ipmun and Wolfe rompan-, aliout
-O years old. -
K. Hullivan, .15 year old laborer.
Mr. Ijiwr, TO, and blind. The
Injured: Mrs.- Lnwr, perluips fnt.i
ly. Trie flumes swept through the
frame building' nnd the forty per
sons who occupied the 40 apart
ments fled to the street In what at
tire they were able to don.
Ilodics Found
The flames broke out shortly af
ter 3 a. m. and Yaged for more than
an hour before firemen 'were able to
enter the building and search for
the bodies which were found hud
iled In the rooms. The bodies of
Miss Short and Miss Frazler were
found in their rooms where they
apparently had been trapped. The
body of Mr. Lowr also was discov
ered in his room.
Mrs. Larwr managed to make her
escape from the building, but not
before she had sustained burns,
which attending physicians feared
might prove fatal. Mr. Lawr was
blind and apparently had been un
able to find his way from the burn
ing building.
Sullivan died as the' result of In
juries sustained It-hen he leaped
from the fourth floiir of the build
ing and mlnsci a net which firemen
had spread to save him after he
had been trapped with no chance of
escape. ,
AUTO STALLED NEAR
CITY JAIL; POLICE
DISCOVER BIG STILL
WALLA WALLA, Wash., April
29. When an old battered auto
mobile became stalled In an alley
near the police station here last
night, police officers offering their
assistance in starting the machine
discovered it to contain a complete
copper still and a quantity of pruno
mash. The occupants of the car,
Dan Anderson. Jack Sabin, and Rns
Restraino were arrested.
Prizes to Be Awarded
Pupils Entering Ex
cellent Products
to
An exhibition the middle of May.
showing the work accomplished by
the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth grades
of Klamath Falls public schools is
being planned by Miss Olive Wilson,
domestic ar,t teacher and Russell
Kidder, 111 charge of the manual
training section in the boy work.
The exhibition will be shown in the
Central school building and prizes
for work done will be awarded.
The list cf donors will be given
later, as well as those entering into
tho work. The girls displays will
Include gowns, pajamas, lingerie,
towels, dresses and otioer articles
made by them, during the past year
when they were given six weeks
courses In the work.
Boys' work will Include tho flis
piny of tnbourottes, tables, lamp
blls03
magazine racks, foot stools
! and. smaller articles made in tho
shop work.
Girls nnd hoys of the Sixth grades
of tho city schools are now receiv
ing Instructions In . manual nrtin
Ing and domestic art. In Miss "Wil
son's class the girls are hemming
towels, the first sewing work ever
down by them. Lator they will do
slgn and execute aprons nnd caps
whip't they will wear when study
ing domestic science next year. The
domestic science room In Central
school was given to the second
grade , due to need of room.1. Tho
new school building plans' Include
a room tor both -domestic sclonce
an durt, " ' ' .' "'
T
STUDENTS ILL
EXHIBIT WORK
KLAMATH LAD IS
GIVEN CHANCE IN
WORLD BY LEGION
.A lad of Klamath, aon of a sol
dier killed in the World war, will
be sived from a boyhojil of wan
dering and given his chance In the
world' through the he3eflcenc3 of the
Oregon legion, at t e Instance of th'j
local legion post, It became -knon
today.
The boy, who is 13 years of age,
was sent from Klamath Falls to the
ileaverton home by the local p?Jt.
Unable to get along at the Beiver
ton heme and being A. W. O. L. on
several occasions, the case was
brought to the attention of J. Val
llant, state service officer for the
Amerl-an Legion.
What to do with the unfortunate
boy was the question which was to
be solved. Valliant, after com
munication witi W. R. Canton,
service officer of the local legion
post, decldad to have the boy sent
to the Oregon Military camp at
Hlllsboro at the expense of the state
legion. At the 'school the boy will be
given military training and will be
put through high school.
S
A careful survey of all possible
candidates for the position o'. prin
cipal of the Klamath county high
school ended Ia(st night with tho of
ficial announcement of the ' hiring
of Paul T. Jackson of Olympla,
Wash. Mr. Jackson will succeed J.
G. Darling;"" present' principal? wlSb'
the KlamatCi county high school
board failed to reelect at a meeting
last month. '
Mr. Jackson, -who is 2" years old,
Is assistant principal of the Olympla
high school, which has an enroll
ment of 800. He Is a graduate of
Linfield college, McMlnnville. and
later took post graduate work at
the University . of Washington.
The new principal will come to
Klamath highly recommended by
educational leaders of both Oregon
and Va?'aington.
Announcement was also made
last night that an athletic director
had been tentatively named for
the high school for next year. The
name of the new director was with,
held pending the approval of the
new' principal.
Miss Alice Thurston, former
mathematics teacher, was elected to
teach at the 'high school next school
year. During the past year Miss
Thurston has been teaching in Eu
gene. Miss Mauda Carleton 'Was re
elected as school librarian and Al
len Stansby a's Janitor of the school.
Resignations were accepted from
Howard Wines, commercial teacher;
Avard Whitman, history teacher,
and Miss Donna Mack. Mr. Wines
has accepted a teaching position In
California. Mr. Whitman will take
a position as principal of a public
school at P'ooenlx, Jackson county.
Miss Mack takes a' leave of absence
for one year.
CANAL BREAK DOES
DAMAGE TO HIGHWAY
Top surfacing of a section of 150
feet of The Dalles-California high
way, eight miles south of Klamath
Falls, was washed away by the flood
which was precipitated by the break
yesterday morning in the main irri
gation canal. Damage to tho road
will approximate $300.
Yesterday afternoon and last
night, the highway In tw'0 sections
wus inundated. Traffic was not Im
peded Inst night owing to lights be
ing placed at spots which guided the
motorist through the section of roaid
nffectcd by tho flood.
Repair work on tho canal is now
in progress. The same section of
road dauiaged by the first break
thlB year, April 20, was washed tut
by yesterday's break. Cause of the
break was given out as pocket goph
ers that undermined tho banks of
tho canal. ,
1MK IX KXIMAKtlO.V
MALDKN. Mass., April 29. The
dcuth list from an explosion which
wreckcid part ot tho plant of tho
Boston Rubbor Shoe company today
'may reach throe, 'Officials announc
ed. Two employes are missing and
a tlilivMs dying at a hospital.
OLYMPIA MAN IS
NAMED HEAD OF
KLAMATH
POLITICS SAID
TO ENTER INTO
GUARD WRANGLE
'... .. K
Resolution Favoring Com
pany Here Withdrawn !'
at Post Session ;:'t
Klamath pan of the American.
Legion does not want a national'
guird company In Klamath Falls.
It showed Its feeling last nfght at a
meeting of the legion in the base.
ment of the county court bouse
when a motion to withdraw' the tm- ,
olution . Indorsing the movement
was passed wit' lout a dissenting
voice. ' ' . ""
Politics Is said to have been re
sponsible for the death knell oi the
national guard company, aj far. as
the local legion post was concerned.
It was considered a slap at Adju
tant General George White, against
whom some legion members havo a
grudge. , .
The background of politics, wblc'j
is claimed to have been the moving
factor In the 'decision on the. .Na
tional Guard movement. Is a7 fol
lows: '; '
White Voted Wrong ' '
Garret Van Riper, deputy sheriff,,
and H. ' E. Gets,, adjutant of Ue
pest, were candidates for roe post of
appraiser of state, bonus loans. A
reputed agreement between mem
bers of the veterans' board at Salem
was to the . effect that George
White, ' a member' of the board,
would vote for Cetx, ' who had". se
cured the :" legion indorsement.
White's vote, at one time, wohlil
have swnng the Job to dew. When
the board met. White vote or
Van Riper. His action .incensed
memberj.of ..the -po supporthi '
Oete.aiid'rthe repudiation of tho
resolution for a national guard com
pany, fcj.JieW .tOignvebeen a 'blbw -directed
at White. ,..- -
tp to Officers ' i - -
Whother or not the Officers: Ra.
serve club, will take up the nation
al guard movement that the leglen
.passed up is now the quos.Ion which
is uppermost In the minds of men
eager to see the company estab
lished in this city. It Is known that
several prominent members of the
club favor the proposition.' '
Plan3 were laid last night for a
Memorial day service to be held the
day following Memorial day, May:
31. The plan calls for a cooperative
service to which nil churches- and j
the general public would be Jn
vitcd. . j -. . .
PISTOL BATTLE
Nevada Men Fight It Out
Following Quarrel Over, ,
a Woman y-Vl
SALT LAKE CITY,. Utah, April
29. Bob Emmett and Sheldon Chal
mers fought a pJstol duel liSst night'
nt Ely, Nevada, that resulted In the
death of both, it was learned-here
today. The men are said to. have
been drinking and they quarreled '
over' a woman of a notorious resort.
1 The tragedy becn.no known here '
when Ely authorities began a search
for Mrs. Emmett and her three
children, said to live In Salt Lake,
City. Chalmers Is said to leave. 'a,
widow and several ' children some-,
where In southern Utah. 1 . '
PARK BOARD MEETS
FRIDAY EVENING AT
7:30 IN CITY HALL
A mqeting of the Park Hoard will
be held-at the city hall FrIJay even
ing at 7:30. The membership1 of
the park board consists of .Will
Baldwin, secretary; C' H. Under
wood, Rutus Moore, Roy Durbln, O.
D. Matthews, Mayor F. R. Goddurd,
and City Engineer E. B. Henry, i-.
Roy Durbln and O. D. Williams
were appointed recently to fill thn
pluces of W. A. Delzoll and Prank
Ward. '' . ' . ,: '
.Mr'
OKATOIIH CHOHKX ' ."'
. EUGENE, Ore., April 20. -nondlt
McCrosky and Ralph Bailer, both of
Salem wero tho University of Ore
gon orators .picked last night to
represent Oregon In two of the most
important oratorical contcstirof Ihe
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