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KLAMATH FALLS ;
"An Empire Awakening"
.Associated Press Leased Wire
Eighteenth Year No. G511
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
1
IN BALL LEAGUE
Boys' Team and Girls' Nine
Each Victorious; Two
Cups to Be Awarded
' Henley IiIkIi school today stmJt
wluner or two 1025 liaclmll titles
iintl dm two (lip that go with the
titles.
By lh (tofcat of Merrill high
nrhool yesterday ojliirnoon tlinj
Henley He hoot won tlm cliuinpliiii-1
hip of tlio Klamath count'; high
school baseball lougno.
Ttio Henley girls' bnsuball team,
by suffering only one defeat, won
tlio enp fir tlm championship of
I lit) Klamath county III nil school
girls' ball league.
' Onlx, one defeat wan chalk's) up
against tlio Urn ley I.h, unit thut
wui it tlm hum! of tin .Klamath
county high school tcum this week,
iu nn extra Inning game. Toe win
ning team ha n Tocord of five vic
tories anil ona defeat,
K. C. II. H. HitoimI
Klamath county IiIkIi school
stands In second pluee In the
league, with four victories nuil
two defeats. Tint local team wan
defeated, once by llcnle and once
(by Malln.
.Malln, with an nvoraito of .500
Tier cent, stood third In the league,
and Merrill. with ' defca'ii
chalked up against her, held down
thu cellar.
' Jackson Pitches
In the final game with Merrill
excellent pitching Id' Juckion of
llealoy, nupported by fust fle'.dlnis
and heavy batting, resulted In the
overwhelming defeat of Morrill.
Tha only run gained by Merrill wa
through errors. " A wulk In ' the
sixth inning, a stolen bane, a punned
, bull and a boot got lha onlyMor-
. rlll man Into humo. Merrill, mudu
put two hit off of Jackson, and
tha llontay pitcher truck out II.
KlgoT, who delivered for Merrill,
truck out five, but allowed 21
safeties.
I M. N.nh coarhoS t'.io Henley
boya to victory nftor victory. , ilv
taught them tha finer points of
the gamo, base stealing, hit ni)d run
plays, double steals, delayed steals
und aquoeia plays, and It wai
through the use of tlieie plays that
Uonkv was able to win CJiislilcntly
throughout tha season.
SPECIAL ADDITION
OF SISKIYOU NEWS
PROVES SUCCESS
A fund of Information, graphical
ly supported by Intorostlnc pictures,
Is contained In tho special addition
of tho Siskiyou News of Yroka
which was Issued on Thursday, April
30. Tho paper covers every angle
of tho BIsklyouTind Klamath llusln
bringing forth tho Industrial pos
nihilities, tho great attractions to
tho tourist and tha lumber Indus,
try. Tho Issuo carries three sec
tlons. Tho first section Is regular
nows section; tho second and tho
third section rovlew tha .Industrial
and agricultural possibilities of tho
county.
GOLF EXPERT TO
Klamath Residents to Drive,
to Medford Sunday
Morning '
. . Articles of Incorporation woro til
ed In Salem, for tho Klamath coun
ty golf and country 'Club, according
to word rocolved today. Hoods of
tho organisation woro busy collect
ing moniborsltlp fees which will
bring the club tuto actual being In
Klamath county..
Tomorrow It. !K. Wright, James
Magtilro Sr., and Charles I. Koborls
will loavo In tho early morning for
Medford, whoro they will confer
with II. Chnndlor Kgun, l'uclflc
coast golf champion, on tho mutter
of golf link plans with .which Kgnn
in most familiar. At ono Unto Kpan
was national wmntottr champion and
his knowledge ot tho groon will ho
of vltnl Importnnco when a golf
course Is Jnstnllod . In Klamath
While In Modford tho throo Will cn-
' ioy nn nftornoon of golf'ns woll. ,
HENLEY WINS
1
HPS
DISCUSS
PLANS
City Park Board
Revived; Work Is
Planned for 1925
After lillicrniitlng. for several
months. Ilia city park bourd met lust
lllithl lill.l tentatively outlined Im
provements of tint city parks, which
If adopted will be the IiIkkohI stride
for better city parks taken In
KIiiiiiikIi for several yearn.
The follow ing projects' wore sug
gested: tiruillng of Itlvorslde park,
In order to have the grounds
union li enough for a huseliull dia
mond and general athletic field for
boys and girls; Instulllnk equip-
unit In Hut Kprtngs park and
spreudlug sand nn the park grounds
where needed; hiring of u care
taker whoso business It would be to
keep nil city pirks In good condi
tion. All the suggestions brought fnv-
orahlu reactions from tha board.
t'lty Kttglneer 1". II. Henry was
asked to get estimates on (ho cost
of thu grading of Itiversldo park
and other work which was contemp
lated nn other parks. Tha board
passed a resolution unanimously de
ciding to furry on the work of form
er mombors who huvn resigned.
The board will meet next Thurs
day and maka a personal Inspection
of .all city parks of the city and
see at first hand the needs of Iho
city purka. Friday night . public
meeting will be held In the council
chambers of Iho city council nt
whi.'h flnnl, action on improvements
will be, made.
It developed that the park boots!
hud approximately K,oao available.
All manner of tlio board wero pre
sort except Itufus Moore,
Senator Stanfield Reports
of Work Done for State
in Appropriations
I'OItTI.ANI), Ore.. May 2. I'nlt
cd Stutos Senator ltobort N. Stun'
field who nrrivod hero today from
Washington, said thai Oregon will
receive almost 110,000,000 for use
In tho present year as a. result of
appropriations mado by congress at
the Inst session. Among theso be
listed:
Federal aid highways, I2,3r9.
330. Forest roads and trails, 1 1 ,C 87.-
Itocmma,tton, $2,621,000,
ltlvers and harbors, 1 1,400, 600.
Improvements at Crater I-ake,
30.700.
'Roads at Crater Lake, 1 83,000.
"In addition," ho said, "congress
authorised tho construction of rec
lamation projorts In Oregon totalling
$32,000,000 and also authorized the
expenditure of $180,000 on Tilla
mook bay, $74,000 for dredging the
shoals In tha Sluslnw river and an
annual maintenance ot $20,000 for
this strcnm,
"Congress also authorised the
survey and a report on tho follow
ing projects: Yaqulna Hay and en
trance; Port Orford Harbor, Sklpa-
l n:m channel, Cons Hay: Colti'mbln
rlvor abovo and below Kahuna with
view to providing ship channel to
wharves' nt Knlumu; Columbia riv
er and Idwor Wlllumotto rivers hn-
tween Portland and tha sen, with
view to deepening and widening
clrannol,' nnd Columbia river from
Tonguo Point bnsa nt AHtorln to tho
month of tho rlvor. The cost of
theso surveys to ho paid out of n
general fund provldod for Btich pur-1
pnsoi 1
MERRILL PASTOR TO
ATTEND CONVENTION
Itev. C. C. Hulot of Morrill, pns
lor of tho Proabylorliin church, will
lenvo Monday for Portland whoro
ho will attend tho sluto Sunday
school convention holng hold thoro
nil next 'woek. On his wny north,
Itev. Unlet will visit In Medford,
Corvallls, Monmouth nnd Albany
whero ho will bo Interested In mnt
ters pertaining to tho cliuiqh. Ac.
cording to' Itov. Hulot thoro will bo
no other dalogato sent from Kliim
'nth county, although tho work in
this sootlon Is oxccodlngly hoavy
OREGON SECURES
MANY
MILLIONS
FROM CONGRESS
THERE'LL BE
ANOTHER FISH
STORY MONDAY
. i
Whot'.ier ;i was t:ia stirring talo
Hint "Cup" Heed had to tell after
he returned from Ills succcsHful fish
hunt on Hprague Itiver below Chilo
(uln or whether they had Just sot
Hnilday link In to gn and get 'em, will
not b leer tied until Monday morn
ing, for the number of Klamath
fishermen who have signified their
Intentions of going to Hpragua
Itiver to fish exceeds largely the
amount who are planning to go to
tho old stamping grounds at Keno.
Among tha purlins who are on
their w-ay at dawn will be C. B. Cur
rln, n Houston. Hurry Meaner and
Frank Carlson, the latter to bo tho
guest of honor while spending the
week-end from Portland.
PLANE SPRAYS TREES
Innovation at .Monroe I'rovrs
Kiicrcss; ()( Acres Arc
Treated '
Big
CORVAIJ.tA. Ore.. May 2. Dust
lag an orchard by airplane was suc
cessfully demonstrated hero yester
dny when machines under tlio direc
tion of Lieutenant Oakley 0. Kelly,
executive officer of tho 321st obser
vation squadron, treated approxi
mately 00 acres of tho 120 aero
applo orchard operated by D. W.
Johnson, manager of tho Oregon
Apple company, near Monroo.
INDICT TAXI MAN
Allilteil Mayer of 'lloniUome Hons'
Musi Stand Trial
PORTLAND. Ore., May 2. W. K.
.Smith, tnxl driver, accused of
shooting "Handsome Hans" Fagor
lle, police agent, in the course of a
liquor raid tho night of February
IT, was' Indicted by tie' county
grand Jury today. 1 - '
Fugerllo, who 1 still iu tho hos
pital, lingered between life und
death for several weeks as the re
sult of tha wounds. Ho wm shot In
tho lungs. It Is now believed that
he will rccovor. .
News Flashes
JIOSI'ITAI, O.N FIIIK
WALLA WALLA, Wash., "Slay S.
Klro nt the Wnlln Wnlln iHwpital,
t tlirce-story ,oKleii ntmrturc, dis
covered about iS-.StO o'clock tills
afternoon. In threatening ilestrnc-
tlon of the entire biilldiiiK. It Is not
jet knonu whether all the patients
have been reniovrd.
THItKK Ml'RDKHKU
SEATTLK, Wash.,' May 2. Kddle
Millidolff, ISO years old, tiled Uxlav
from Hie efforts of. a shooting affray
111 a hotel here lNt nlnlit In which
Norn Itcyiiolds, 30, iinil Hubert Ful
ton, .t, ii rai-il iHMini eiM.iloyo also
were killed. Lawrence Mlgdon, U4-ywr-old
lilacksiuUh, Is ' Iit'lnK lu-lil.
lNVKSTIOATIOX DIIOI'I'KI)
LOS ANtiKLKS, May 2. Investi
gation of the dentil of Mrs. W. tl.
IhilH'Ock, wealthy widow, whose
liru'Mll nnd battered body was found
In her npnrtnient. house here Inst
Tuesday, has been dropped by police
with tlio nnnoiiiirement that they
jverc convinced it was not n rase of
murder.
DOMINICAN 1IKAI) 1)1 KM
NKW VOllK. May 2. Woiil was
received hero of the death In Itmnr
this morning of the Most Itev. Luis
Thelssllng, muster-general ot the
Dominican order, nnd head .of the
order throUKliout Iho world.
KLVXt K HTAIIIIKI)
OAKLAND, Calif., May 2.
Philip Medina, IIU,' of Fresno, was
stabbed to death liciv today In a
quarrel with t'onsiielo Hollies, also
i;f Fresno, believed to he a former
flnneee.
(IAMB IS OFF
EftiKNE, Ore,, May 2. The
t'nlvorslty of Orcgon-WUInmotte
university lmschull game, scheduled
for tills afternoon on tho local field
has been cancelled, nreorillng to
Jnck Jtcneflcl, gi'ndiinto ninnii)ier
of Oregon. A iiilsiindot'slnndlng
tho schedule caused Indefinite post
ponciiient of both Wlhunotto games,
SMALL CHILD
DROWNS IN
LAKE
James West, Son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter West
Is Dead
James West, five-year-old
son of. Mr. and Mrs. Walter
West of South Riverside,
was drowned this afternoon
shortly after 2 p. m. in Lake
Ewanua, where he was play
ing with boy companion;.
A young friend saw him
fall into the water and ob
tained assistance. One half
hour after the little boy fell
in the body was found and
rushed to the Klamath Gen
eral hospital, where all
agencies of resuscitation
were employed to bring him
back to life, but to no avail.
Circumstances of the
tragedy could not be learned
beyond the fact that the
child slipped off a dock
into the water on the west
side of the lake and could
not reach shore. Deputy
sheriffs and physicians
joined in the effort to find
the boy' body in the murky
waters ofvLake Ewauna.
The Utaedy to the West
family follows a -similar be
reavement to the family of
several t months ago when
another son died, following
a short illness.
At 3:30 p. m. hospital au
thorities reported that there
was no chance to bring the
child back to life. -
TAXI
AVTO DKALKIt IS FIXEO
nOSEUUKG, Ore., May 2. Rich
ard Horn, Medford auto dealer, was
fined $100 In tho local justice court
last night following his trial before
a Jiyy on the charge of reckless
driving. - i
Crimes of Tanko and Hall
Are Lesson
TANKO
S ACR AM F.NTO, Culit., May 2.
Governor Richardson tod Issued
a statement, declaring that tho
crlmcj of Joe Tanko and Floyd
Hill, escaped fan Quentin convicts
nnd murderers, should provo a valu
able lesson to sob sisters, whose In-
tlucBco caused tho San Mateo coun
ty jury to give tho slayers of tho city
marshal of San Ilruna life impris
onment rather than tho. death pen
alty. Tnd governor's statement. Issued
In connection with his official an
nouncement ot $500 reward offered
by 'him for tho capture of Ha'.l nnd
Tanko, de.id or alive, Is as follow:
"Joe Tanko and Floyd Hull com
mitted a rold-hloodod murdor In
San Mntco county, tho city marshal
of San Brnno apprehended them
for violating a truftls rulo and fol
lowed them on a motorcycle and
tried to stop them,,
evidence Spilled
IN JUSTICE fcpURT
BY CONSTABLE
A strange odor of something
familiar pormeated the court house
and particularly the court room.
The crowd attending the McQueen
trial Increased. All because Garry
(,'07.al spilled the evidence!
The E. T. McQueen trial was in
progress, with Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Queen chJrsed wiUi possession of
liquor. The evidence, consisting of
three whiskey glasses, a bottle of
alleged gin. an alleged bottle of
"moon" and a silver traiy had been
Introduced and recognized by the
state. Garry Cozad was requested
to carry It upstairs In the deputy
d.'slrict attorney's office for safe
keeping.
Quite often had Cond been In
trusted with liquor, bat at this
moment with a crowd watching him
In his role of porter, he was slight
ly flustratcd. The bottle of Gordon
gin tipped on the unsteady tray.
The beer bottle of moonshine sway
el to meet it, and the whiskey
glasses clinked merrily. Gary was
becoming panicky and reached up
to save the bottle ot Gordon. His
other bind failed Mm and silver
tray, glosses, Gordon ' gin, moon
shine and all toppled on the floor
of sedate Justice ot the Peace Hun
Baker's court. The witnesses tit
tereJ, the audience laughed out
loud, Hunsaker smiled and the Jury
looked down to the floor. All be
cause Garry spilled the evidence!
And tho trial went on!
Cottage Grove Man
Makes Good Threat
Of Drowning Self
EUGENE, Ore., May 2.-The body
ct .Morton . Calvin. Ttobbins ot; CoiS
tage Grove was found yesterday
morning In Mosby creek,; about ; a
mile from his old home. The body
was found by his two sons, George
and Chester.'- He hs j been missing
since early Wednesday" morning.
Robins had been despondent for
some time, according to relatives.
He had suffered an attack of flu,
and his illness was ascribed as tho
cause." ;'
, According to the members ot tho
family, he had remarked before ho
left home that the place where be
ended his lite wonld be a "tine place
to Jump Into tho creek", from a
t large flat rock.
He had wrapped a
wire Tope about his waist several
times, and fastened large rock
I to It.
to Sob Sisters
. "These criminals ran the marshal
Into the curb so ho toil oft his
motorcycle and broke' his leg. Then
theso two young criminals stopped
Jholt car nnd went back and Bhot
tho officer In cold blood.
"Tho JuiV, owing to tho sob sis
ter Influences, gavo-. them llfo lin
prlsonmcnt. ;
"If society is to bo protected
against murderers the law must bo
rigidly enforced. It Is particularly
Important every criminal who mur
ders a police officer should bo
severely dealt with, as these officers
are simply representing the majeitif
of tho state. When a criminal at
tacks an officer he Is in effect de
fying tho stnto.
"I sincerely hope that tho crim
inal exploits of theso two young
murderers'1 'Will bo a; warning to
kind hearted " but" misguided aob
sisters,"
I HALL
Klamath Dairies
Are Criticised
By State Deputy
.M:Jorlt(y or Klamath dairies are
lax in respecting toad an. I sanita
tion regulations, Dr. K. I). Uml),
deputy state dairy and food com
ailHsIjner, declared ticlay In an
nouncing a general cheek up of ail
dairies In the county.
"Owing to difficulty in obtaining
an assistant, dairy Inspections have
been discontinued since last Janu-
a.'," he said. "City Patrolman Ar-
graves has been appointed by the
council ka my assistant and now t ie
dairy Inspection work can be carried
on efficiently.
"There are between 25 and 30
small dairies ot one and two cows
that deliver milk within the clt7
without having the necessary per
mit from the clt council. Starting
next Wednesday, these dairies who
oave not complied with the ordin
ance will be forced to stop deliver
ing milk until they obtain tho
license." '
Starting next week all tho larger
dairies will be Inspected by Inspec
tor Argraves and Travelling Deputy
State Dairy and Food Commlssicner
Applegate will accompany Argravei
on' his trip in ordor to break him
Into tae work.
, The dairies will be rated by the
inspector as in the past and the
rating published in the newspaper
each month. ' -
DAIRYMAN SUES
DUNN AND BAKER
; , FOR ROAD ROCK
That .valuable;, rock' for "highway
use was taken from his . property
east of Klamath Falls on the. Ashland-Klamath
Falls highway. Is the
contention . of C. IU Holllday who
Drought salt Tor the recovery - of
$3,&1M7 from the contracting firai
of Dunn'&'ji'a'ker. ;
. Holliday . who' is - a well known
datrj-man. 'fa represented in the clvfl
case by W. P. Myers, acting district-attorney
and -in charge ot all
work of tho district attorney's of
fice ' during tho convalescence of
William Ganong in Walla Walla.
The dairyman claims that Dunn
& Baker took 1434.5 yards of rocks
from his property, which nt 15 cents
per yard wonld equal $3,815.17!
WEATHER TO BE FAIR
Oregon and Washington to Ha'.e
Sunshine During Ensuing Week
SAN' FRANCISCO, May :. The
weather outlook for the week be
ginning Miy 3 was announced here
todc by the United States weather
bureau as follows:
For California, Oregon and
Washington: Generally fair
.weather, with normal temperature,
except that considerable 'cloudiness
and local rains are likely along the
Washington and Oregon coast.
ARE ALL BOYS
Biggest Graduating Classes
. in History to Be Sent .
From Klamath Schools
Ono ' of the most remarkable
senior clasies in Klamath county
will be graduated In two weeks from
the Malln high . school, tho entire
clnss ot five being boys. This, ac
cording to Rev. C. C. Unlet of Mer
rill, is the first time to his
knowlodge that the entire class was
made up of boys.
Onty two weeks remain ot the
school your ot the spring ot 1925,
In a fortnight tho boys and girls
now spending eight hours In the
school rooms will bo employed on
tho ranches and farms, many will
spend vacations in the south and
forget tor a -time their studies until
the bell, rings them back again in
Soptember. ' '
'Henley high school, Morrill high
school nnd Mulln high school are
graduating the largest senior classes
(tkut have been sent from those threo
ilgh schools of southern Klamath
county. Tho 'vear has been a most
successful one, according to many
of the high school , teachors who
have pent the day In the city, In
the athletic results as well a the
.finish ot studies coinploiod by tho
boys ant) girls. . '
H
1
liPJIIG.fi1."
IN MOVEMENT TO
BUILD NEW ROAD
Board of Directors' Unani
mously Favors Extension
to. Klamath Falls n , i
OlITiaND, Ore., May 2. Offic
ial action was token jiKterduy In
.New York by the director of tho
Northern Pacific RAllwny company
townrtU extruding; tno Oregon
Trunk linllway from Ucnd to Klam
ath Falls and on to it connection
with the Western Pacific In North-
(Mi California according to advlcea
rrcebred by official of h Northern
l"ncirtc, th Oregon Trunk nnd thn
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Hull
way here late yesterday. . Y .
Already the Grrnt Northern Rail
way, through llidph Build, prrwU
dent has declared its Intention of n.
vudlng tho Klamath Falls readout.
!loth the Northern Hms own iho
Spokane, Portland and Heatilo sys
tem, one nt whose svcaidlarlnt I
tho Oregon Trunk, reaching from
tho Columbia river to Bend, LW
nUlmi. , -.-i . -
News of thn dlfflct'ty of tho
Northern Pacific to join with It
alty, tho Groat Northern, In Inrad
ing tho Klamath Falls region, , wan
rocolved through a . telegram lata
yesterday from Prealdent Charlc
Donnelly, to A. D. Charlton, genera)
passmger agont. Tho messagn from
New York was to tho effect that tho
directors by unanimous vote had
authorized : the Oregon Trunk to
make application to the InteratalA
Convmeroo C'oinmbutlon for a enrtift
calo of public conveuJenco 'and
necessity to permit const ruction of
tho new line. ' " '-. , - '- : ' J
The Northern : Pacific. , directors
also ordered "that' Ininiedtato defl
nite location oii tho line be nuulo,
the message added. ' ' ,' p
. ti-..,l,oeat!onv Mwltr t '
"The locations have- been Hindu
for the southerly extension of tho
Oregon Ttunk' from lleiid.' Ono Im
to connect with tha "Southern Pa
cific's . tvugcnc-KInuiath . FaUs . rat
off nt . Crescent, which would tra
verse tho westerly border of the
great pine tfhiber tracts In that
r gion. Tho ; ether line ' would ' tx)
through tho easterly limits of this
timber. It la said that the latter
route 1i favored br the, Northern
Pat If ic-Oic.i t tNorthcrn. execuuvea,
Tho distance frern Bend to Klam
ath Falls Ih 147 miles by one 'loca
tion iuuI 100 via, Another surveyed
route, but If tho Northern lines are
permitted to connect with .tho
Southern Pacific's .cut-off at Cres
cent nnd jointly use tho .cut-off
Into Klamath Falls the distance to
build would be reduced to 83 miles.
This question, raised by. tho I'nloiL
Pacific,- is pending before tlw t In
terstate commerce commission.) f
Outalay of SO.SOO.OOA ? ''.''
The Oregon Trunk extension from
Bend to Klamath Falls wl',1 ce'iutioe
an outlay of approximately fS;50ty,-
UQO and requ re 18 mcnths to com
plete, according to W. F.-Turner,
president ct tha Spokane. Portland
and Seattle s 'stem and of Its sub
sidiary, tha Oregon Trunk. ( .
. President Turner expressed gratl- ,
ftcatlon over the announ:einent of
President Donnelly ot" the North
ern Pacific. Turner pointed ut
that the decision now to. extend tho
Oregon Trunk on to California, via
Klamath Falls, Is 'but carrlng
throtiKh the intention of Jagius,if(.
Hill that tho Great Js'orthern-Nor-thern
Pacific joint lino ultlmatply
would 'reach to San Francisco Uuy
via Bead and Klamath Falls from
the Columbia river. i
V. P. to J u In ' ., ' '
The belief still prevails nmong
railroad officials that whatever .ex
tension of tho northern lines frbm
llend south and from - Burits to
Bend will be mado Jointly with tho
Union ' Pacific. " 8om authorltlei
bavo .declared that an agreement
to this effect wai made when thu
two groups made a compact .for
joint operation of halt of tho mllo
ngo of the Oregon Trunk aid th'i
Union Pacific between the Columbia
river and Bend. It Is said' that . this
compact includes a prospective ex
tension of tho rrlneyllle road ' to
ward uena. , . , .,
j -. 1
' Fot.Ni auurv ' ' '
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May Jy
A. N. Jacobs, publisher of a maga
zine In Minneapolis . today,;, wa
round guilty on a charge of crimin
al libel. " ' '.,. . '