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KLAMATH FALliS
"An Empire Awakening"
Associated Press Leased Wire
Eighteenth Year No. 5515
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1025
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CALIFORNIA
FARMERS
HERE
Sam Head Returns From
Owens Valley With Six f
Men to Inspect Valley
Truo I) irnirii of m muni
whii n tin 1 1 1 o I will I.iiii,:.'II' villi-,
Jiiiu'liorn In lori'lla, Sim I. Head
him returned from Owciu villi),
Cullfortiln, Willi nix of I ho mini
prominent i nudum itrnt f.irmnfs ot
tlml district.
Thu ran liur urn C, N. linn, A
ft, DitvUmi, T. 1'. tlhuniate. C :-trtv
Ituwit, A Ma liudlo 'jml I. V. Jl
no. An n remit of tho wiii.t f.Kht
Willi Lou AttKtv effYUIs, llii.
(armor lttiiltiuU their Ijieuilnim m
moving; from Owen villi?', Sum
Head, a furmnr n' i'iI m uf that
section of California, huikii tint
fuunil on oii annuity for the farm
urn In tho fiimotia l,iiiigcU' vallej.
ji.nl 1 it i Iti i( n inoeUtiit In Iiritlln
prntnUed to alKii up for lO.noo acre
If ho could obuln mi option o.i the
la Mil In thu niU;n,' Till was
Urnntnil lilm mul H.M.I l.'ft f: r
Owens vntlny, whom ho In :ortiiJ
furmr In tlid propiic'.tlaii. lly car,
It'll toy Uuitd, fix dinner nrrlve.,1 In
Klamath Falls Inst night.
Tlioy left for LingoU's Vnl.'.-y llila
momliijt. where ttuty hiiu.ii t en
tire ilny. They arc nut expwte:!
luck until lulu totilg'it. Imrlnji ihv'.r
trip they will look lino v i .' pj.,
Hllilo phixe of tlio proposition alut
return t their homes anil lep-rt
nil ,.Ai--H("!t'aai . bi !.; mil.' VHIM1
may bo their future homo. and the
fiitiiru h.mm of numerous inhi
dhtiiadisfloil f r nTf uf r. f won i
vullAy district.
TO MNIT II KICI-:
Kjiii IKiuo VUllur in ( ll) Willi
Itrottior For Month
, J. J. Ottoman of Han Diego ar
rived In thn I'lly to spend Ilia rom
Iiik month 'With hi brother, F. J.
Ottoman of I In- First Niillon.il bank.
Tim visitor Ik nil offlc'al of the
Pacific Telephone nnil Telegraph
onmpiiny of Son UU'H.'j.
Jixui itK !.,vei:
Initial rlixliil Kvnit of (iVonp Mimt
rtlHTI'lliflll
Momliorn t.t tlio ' Jlnkom" cliih.
nn orgnnlijtlon cf tlio employes of
thn Klmt Nutlon.il Hunk, untiirtiiln
oil with nn I ii t p rti 1 1 n k iluucliiK party
in tlio White Pollcun hotel hint ii!j$hi
for n InrKo number of frluniln. The
punch howl wan pnn!dil nvor iy
Mrn. Gortruilo Monro. Minn liuth
lJuilaoy wits hontonB for tho curly
hours nf tho cvoiiIiik ml Hid other
KlrU of tho com mil ten served ahatit
tho rotuna, '
LATE NEWS FLASHES
Army Flier Killed
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 7. Major Carl C. Bene
diet, United States'' army, was killed at Langley field
here this afternoon when lie lost control of an SIO-5
airplane ho was flying and crashed 500 feet.
Murder Suspected
DENVER, May 7. Disinterment of the body of C. II.
Blank, real .estate operator, who was supposed to have
died February 3 last and to have been buried February 7,
was ordered by District Attorney Cline today as the in
, ception of an exhaustive investigation into the death. '
Killed in Race Riot
' 'ELDORADO, Ark., May 7. One negro was killed and
eight white men Were wounded, two seriously, in a fight
between white and negro oil field workers near here last
night after a demand had been made that the negroes
bo discharged. More than 100 shots were fired. - An
investigation into the affray was started by the sheriff
today.
"Uncle Joe" CelebratcB
1 DANVILLE, Til., May 7.-"Uncle Joe" Cannon, for
mer speaker of the House of Representatives, was 89
years old today. He spent the day quietly with his
family, reading the hundreds of telegrams and letters
that came, to him ; from all sections of the country. ; He
enjoyed a visit this morning from' Lieutenant Jack Hard
ing, world flier, who was here today. ; .U; '
SHRIMPS MAY GO
ON BIG "SOUSE"
AT GOLDEN GATE
HAN I'KAN'f'lHt (), May 7. '--If tin;
itlirliiipn In III. i luwur end of ri.i.i
Ki'iiiivlbiMi liii'rlsn up In lliolr might
In liiu next to ilii) unit it.) battlo
nllh liiu sea Hon and llio porpolwi
if (!iu harbor oiitiunt'ii tlio i:iii;ihii;ij
Will III) llWflll. limit Wl'l'l) CO!HJlft-
il l.il.ty for (urninx Uih lowi-r i;ti:l
of i!in liny Inl.) oiii- l:irgn dikI ux
piui.lvo lilnhlmll Willi Dm ilMtnm
tloii of liijiiir noijciiri'4 IiuvIiik o
liil of SAiio.iiuu, Tlm llnmir l-l i
In; (iiiliri'il Inl, , iiliniKh li'iilliiK lii'.D
t!n ln.vi'r Imy whi'iu Hut (ilirjinp lunhi
noil n ii 1 1 1 1 ii iha,;l;i urn loiati'd.
CQUFJTERFEITING
FflSWS
ST
Nearly Fifty Persona Under
Arrest in Gigantic
Fraud Plot
WAsllIXCiTOX, Slay 7. fine of
t (cri'iiti-nt coiiiipli'iieii'M for llii
eotiiili'i-ri'llinu if p;iverniiH'nt m'
ch rll !' ever illseiivei eil ix lU'elureil
hy ))eel'el pet'iee offlehilii here to
he involviil lit (he toilletoiDiit. n(
HI ritfMliui-'ti yenieriliiy of elht
uteii on e::iiiiii'i'fi'lilii chitrue.x.
lictwDDii 4(1 unit .111 perionn nrn
iiniler arrest In throe ntnl'-a on
ritarai'ii of hnvliiK iHanufneiuro'l
ami (llilrll.'iiieil f.iko war mvliiRi
nn i in;) j ii nd rweniiu nlilp Hlimpi.
Trial cf the l!eceil iai.rii la u
lituri In Chlcno next week,
. . tViltuiiL, .viircin !in.- ' eauturod
fake Hiuinpt wlih a f i.' . valuy of
Htirt.ouo n.Kl aReiiU In Chicago
liavn tieiited several of I lie counter
lelUtm oukllu.
llt'uiliUariiis hero have been n.!
vlsal that coiifiuil.H) havn hnen
ohlal.ieil In ten cr eleven enneit.
Secret nervli'0 ntllelaU wild t:itlvy
tlio RUHR hail built up a res mrpeful
dlatrlliutlnx orcnnfxnlinii liy whlrli
tlio jlampn we.-i) iiised nlan-f
t!i:oili;h fiiends of the gangsters
and eashed at pfilofflrei.
Mo-.t tf the illstrlliutlnR win done
thrcuith he.idituarU i n In Olevelnnd
and rittshtirgh.
KERNS INTERESTS '
ACQUIRE PROPERTY
. "Heed lo a lirgo tra?t of land
boiween Klnmuth Kalis and Keno
snil 'lying; udjaeont to t'io Klaninlh
river, bus been Riven t.i tho II. K.
Kerns Interost.i b)Bherlff Hurt K.
Hawkins followlnn foreeliuitro of
niortKiiRim held l t'io Kerns In
terests on fhii property iiKiilnst tho
Klaninlh Uvo.'taek company, tho
Sin KranelBro Cattlo Uoan company,
ir. (). Chvnlhnm nnd J. S. Wnlch.
Tho In ml. nceordlnK to deeds, rep
ronents n titnl valunllin of $1G8,-8SI).
LEADSTO ARHE
,IS. SHEPHERD
GIVE
SE
THDUT Bd
Accused Accsssory in Mc
Clinlcck Case to Post
$5000 Tomorrow
CIIK.'.UIO, May 7. .Mrs. Julio
I-lliephi rd,. named us uec'ussry of
her husband, William I). Shepherd,
III tlio nllexe.l iilaylim lif tlii-lr ward,
Wllllem Nelsiiii .MnVHnloek. mIK
llonalrii crphan, was 'at liberty to
day on her own re,ruKui.anee after
suiri'nderlM'4 last liii:ht.
Her releasn peudlK grand Jury
iielluy on Ifi.nou bondu was promis
ed lunutrrow ..morning by Judge
Jaeob irjpklns before whom she up
pi.nrod. flitH then, ho Ktoyed snr
vlce of the eoroner's mittimus from
which she fled Tuesday nigh! after
llio eoroner's Jury hil l recommend
ed that she bo held as u:i accessory
In the deaths of' young McCllntotk
last fall unit iff his mother, 10 years
Ult.1.
Xo Protest
No opposition la her release, on
her own word or on bond was rais
ed by itober U. Crowo, state's at
torney, who strenuously resisted ef
forts to release Shepherd, now In
Jull pointing Irlul M;iy IK.
There Is ni evlden:o that I have
as stiilo's attorney thut cun cause
:no lo opposo hall In this case, the
prosecutor sai l.
J.'or tJ:o first time sloco his ar
rest several weeks ago. .Shepherd
wan taken from his cell to.convorso
with his wife after arrangements f jr
her husband hail been made.
I'ose l-'or Plitnres
They coirersed for 13 minutes
iirglng each other to remain firm
nnil trust tn dlvl-io nld. Tho' w ull
ed as they posed for cnnieniiueii.
Hut Mrs. Shepherd, described as
n "I.ady .M.ictieth," by Judge Harry
Olson who instigated tho Investi
gation, cf tho deaths, sobbed us she
left. . v.
She termed the Jury's action and
that of Judge Olson as persecution.
L
Grants Pass Men Purchase
Timber and Plan for
Immediate Operations
(Special t.) Tho Herald)
I.AKMVIKW, Ore., May 7. Im
mediate constru tloti of a now saw
mill with 40.000 dally capacity. h.ti
boon announced hero by lidgertou
and Ad nm of Ornnts Pass, vli; h ive
Just .completed tlio purchase of 10,
UOO.OOO feet of timber from .Wllllun)
ii. Gibson. Tho timber is loctileit
In thu t'raiii) Lake section.
T'.'.e w'.J timber operator J also
will seek to purchase another 20,
OflO.000 feet of timber from the tor
oat reserve, they announced.
Tho men loft hero yesterday for
AKiuas, whero tlu-y will purchase
marliliiery and other mill oiiuip-
ment. They expect to get tlio mill
In operation as quickly its possible
in order la mako a good cut dur
ing tho present year.
BEET DRILLS ARE
DUE HERE FRIDAY
Seven drills, will bo' distributed
tomorrow among sugar beet farm
ers of Klamath, It was announce:!
today by County Agent C. A. Hen-
fler.ion,' upon receipt Vt Information
III ut the drills furnlnhod by tho Sac
V.imoiito Suriu' 'company .would ur-
rlvo In Klamnth Kails tomorrow.
Stigiu'.hoot seed, arrived sovoral
tl a -ta ngo niitV has been dUtrlbutod
among tho farmorn who have de
cided to glvo sugar boot raising n
ti Inl In tho Klum.-illi basin country.
It Is understood that another ship
ment of drills will bo sent to Kliun
ath 111 tho tioitr future t.)i' tho u.'o
of Klamath (armors.
I.KAVK I'Olt IIO.MK
(iiiliits l'nss Iteslileiits lSetiiiu Al'lee
t ( . Vlsllliip: III City
Mrs, Clarence Wlitotroiit mid Mrs.
Hilbolt Hi'oxlu loft tlio oarly part of
tho wuok for their homes In (iriinln
Vnss.. Whllo in tho city they woro
lionso guests of Mrs. Curl 1lno
tt'Ottt ot Klumntli Falls. ' '
RELEA
LAKEV1EW WIL
GETNEWNULL
OREGON WAR VET
MADE BODYGUARD
, FOR PRESIDENT
l!END, -Ore., May 7. Thomas
Tweet, Civil War veteran and Itend
pioneer has been named n member
of 1'resldent (.'ooIIiIkc's honorary
body guard In connection with tho
observation of the anniversary of
the First Not weglan settlement In
America, which will be held In Min
neapolis the first Week In Juno. Mr.
Tweet did m:t expect to be ablo to
attend , but yisierday It was an
nounced that he had arranged to
make llio trip. '
Tweot enllslid In June. 1S61 lif
ter tho first battle of null Run and
served throughout the war. He was
ono of the firm of fite'dl and Tweet,
who operand the first sow mill in
Hind. r
ITER RIGHTS
TO IE SETTLED
State Engineer Announces
Hearing at BIy Hall,
June 24
Feuds, controversies and conflict
ing rights to the waters of Spraguo
river or Its tributaries TviU be aired
on June 21 before State Engineer
R'-iei Lup:r, In an effort ta settle
onco and 'jr ail the quotlon o!
water tights in the fertile valley ol
Eastern. ICloma-.a, it wu anaou,nce.l
today, '-'".'', .-''.".;;
Mr. Lupw will conduct a hearins;
In I)! hall nt woic-J all claimants
will produce proof of their cljlni to
water. Further hearings will be con
dueled at Salem from June 29 to
July 28. It Is thehepe of the en
gineering department to come to
3onie decision .on the question, by
this summer.
The move of te state engineering
depJttnie.it was actuated by a Uns
drawn out fight last year among
Illy rniKhers, when scarcity of water
in Spraguo river brought the ques
tion cf water risau to a head. Sev
eral ranchers of the valley guarded
their water rlfhts by armed force,
there were several arrests nindo and
a number of cases filed in the Cir
cuit court. Judge A. L. I.e.ivitt. when
tho question of settling tho water
rights came before him, declined to
make any decision In the' matter,
taking the position that it was the
province of the stato engineering
department or tlia stato lan.l board
to deckle site'a problexs. ,
Some of the water rights extend
back iu far as ISt'ft. so cilled
riparian or priority rights. Other
rights have the official stamp of the
government.
TIMBER RIGHTS
Yamsay Land and Cattle
Company, Sells Right to t
Cut Timber Holdings
Six million toot of pine timber on
CiO acres ot land 'owned l y tho
Yamsay Lund and' C.tltlo company
was sold yesterday to Prentice
Puckott, Klamath logging; contrac
tor, for a cttisUtortiUvn. ' approxi
mating $ 1 0,000. Dee I of thu pur
chase was file J.. Into yosterday
afternoon.
Tho timber is located in the
Yamsay country between the
Rprnguo mid Williamson rivers. It
is understood that Mr. Puckott
bought the timber -tu a.l Investment,
depending on future railroad de
velopment In that , section t.) en
hance the valuo of tho timber. At
tills time the timber is too far from
a railroad for successful logging.
Tho tract Is located In .section 2
n, O. .'Williams is prealdont of the
ot township 34 south, range 9 east
Yiimsiiy l.atul and Cattle company
add U. I Padd)c, secretary." ,
The,, dead stipulated' that Mr.
Puckott purchased merely tho. right
to e.ut the timber not tho land
proper, . . (
PRAGUE RIVER
PUCKETTBUYS
BURG'S
ELECTION HELD
TO BE ILLEGAL
German Socialists Protest
Allege Intimidation
Was Employed
IlKUUN, May 7.-OWcial pro
test has been entered by the Soc
ialist against the validity of tho
oler.tion of Field .Marshal von Hin
deuburg as president of Germany.
Tile Socialists charge many Irregu
larities and demand that the elec
tion be declared "old.
This action, however. Ioes not
seem to worry the Nationalists, who
say it will be difficult to prove that
the circumstances were such to ef
fect the result of the vite in which
Von Hindenburg received a plural
ity S02. 311.
Fraud CIuiikinI
Thn Socialist, paper VorwacrtB
cites as evidence, either of intimida
tion or fraud, the fact that the Na
tionalists after tho election, pub
lished a list of localities in which
every vote was recorded for Von
Hindenburg. It is inconceivable,
the paper says, that in a country
politically disunited, all the rotes in
several localities should have gone
for one man.
The Socialists assert 'that the
electors in numerous rural districts
were coerced into voting for the
FiId Marshal because transparent
Instead of opaque envelopes were
used , thus permitting the election
officials to see which way the bal
lots were cast.' , ;
Ask Injunction
The protest in a form of a plea
for an injunction alleges that in-flenr-
ls; being- exerted upon the
election committee to plan, before
May 22. for Von Hindenburg s. In
auguration, as the commission Is
thus not afforded sufficient time to
canvass tho. returns.
Agitation also continues over the
issue whether the 'Republican flag
shall be retained, or the old blue's,,
white and red re-adopted.
LIBRARY PLUS
Councilman Says Building
to Be iri Readiness
Dec. 1, 1925
"Klamath Falls' public library
should bo completed by December.!,
1025," said Coucllman Charles I.
Roberts this morning following the
council meeting last night in tho
city hall, when the couuctlmen net
to discuss the plaas and speeifica
ti ms for the new public library
wilc'a will be another ot Klatoata
Falls' assets in the near future.
Architects Cos'eboom and Mav.-h
presented plans and specifications
to the council body and no t'.afinite
action was taken over tho propose;!
plans due to several points wherein
no actual decisions could ho mad?.
It is tho probable plan ot tho ceiui
cil to seek outside plans fr.rn the
library commission In Portlaud'and
otlmr sources, in crdor to comply
wltU the desires of the stata library
commission in Salem.
Honda-, have been advertlsa.l for
tho past 'thirty days end should be
comipeted By .July 1, isaid Roberts.
Ulds will bo opened at that timo,
depending on the actions of tho
architects and the satisfaction ot
plans submitted. The actual' con
struction wil take place around the
first of August. Some bids have been
submitted to the council, although
tluv.huve not been opened,
Trio lnndjf to bo U3ed for the li
brary Is the former property of the
late Honrletta Molhase, whose heirs
deeded tho land on tho corner of
Fifth and Klamath streets to tho
city to bo used as a library site.
i.Mit:ovix(
Mrs. Coell Cress, who Is showing
steady Improvement . In thn KiUrai
ath Falls hospital is recovering from
an operation for - peritonitis accord
ing to word received from the hos
pital this afternoon. Mrs. Cross'
parents. Mr. and Mrs. D. it. Warner
of Gnin'la ' Pnss liavo boon. .visiting
)''..'.. ...
wllh hot' In tho city for the pust
tew- days.
NOT COMPLETED
Burlington Line Said
To Be Buying Up Right
Of Way Toward Eureka
'''.. : '- ' v'N' . .;
Gigantic Extension From Reno, Via Klamath
Falls, to West Coast Held Projected Fam-
ous Ranch at Hornbrook Purchased
(Special to The Evening Herald) -
YREKA, Calif., May 7. To establish Eureka as; the
western terimnus for a gigantic extension of transconti
nental railroad lines from
Hombrook to Eureka, there
western Pacific company's line to San Francisco, 5,240
acres have been purchased in Siskiyou county in recent
months for the Klamath river right-of-way to the coast,
at a cost of approximately a quarter million dollars, it
canie to light here today. Behind the scenes is said to be
the Hill interests and the
Natron cut-off of the bouthem Pacific company., into
Klamath Falls fade into insignificance.
Just completed is the transfer of thousands of acre3 of
the Meyer Realty company's holdings along Klamath
river, between HornDrooK
SURFACING JOB
T&START SOON
' i. '
County Court Advertises for
Buls on Chiloqum Road
P,y June 1, the "first load o( sur
facing rock qp the Chiloquin-Wil-liamson
river roail will be laid, it
became known yesterday when the
county court advertised for bids on
the project. Bids will be received
by the court on May IS. -.
The project is 15 V mibos long ex
tending from the Williamson river
bridge . to the town of Chiloquin.
Clearing, grubbing and grading of
the road has been completed and
ihe surfacing will complete the
work.
Need ot a surfaced road to Chilo
quin has been brought to the attention-of
the county court on many
occasions. Traffic census has dis
closed that the greater part of traf
fic from Willipmson river sautb to
Klamath Falls, origlntes at Chile
quin. -
PASADENA, Calif.. May
-Cor-
denlo Severance, of St. Paul, former
president of the American Bar As
sociation and lawyer ot national
reputation, is dead at his winter
ha.ue here. ,
More Fire Hydrants Held to
Be Urgent Need Within City
Fire Chief Keith Ambrose Asserts Lack of Fa
cilities Would Result in Holocaust on Windy
Day to Urge Council to Take Action
Rapid growth of certain districts within the city limits
with which installation of water , mains and hydrants
has not kept pace, has resulted in an unparalleled situa
tion which may result in a holocaust here should fire
break out in certain sections on a windy day, today de
clared Fire Chief Keith Ambrose.
Chief Ambrose is now preparing a letter to be pre
sented to the city council Monday night in which . the
seriousness of the situation wilL be set forth. "" ;
"There is not a single fire hydrant in territory bounded
by Spring, Oak and Sixth streets," Ambrose declared.
"In the whole of Industrial addition,, across the S. P.
tracks from the main section of the city,- there is only a
2-inch main and only one hydrant, - '
that In front ot Dr. Bailie's oine.' practically uneoaitrollalilo, , Tlio
In tHe entire territory formed I sltiintlon threatona not only tho
by the angle of the Shlpplngton ' houses In these unprotected district
and rellcan Bay roads there is no . but also the cntlrn residential nnil
water and of course no hydrants. ;;
"In the territory bounded ' by
Grant, Third nnd 'California avo-
nttcs there are no fire fcyurants
except 'lit the boundaries ot tho dis
tricts., ; , '". ...'.'. " : I .' '
Dundee Is Ileal
' "Ordinary small fires on a quiet
day can be hundled with chemicals,
ot course, bitt due to tho flimsy con-
VI roiiido. out uuo in inu tiiiiii) von-
struction of the-houses itt those im-
protected areas a fire that got a
good start uu a windy day would
Reno -via Klamath Falls and
to link up with the North
tentative program makes , the
and tne uaniornia uregon
Fswer company's holdings at.Copco.
from the Meyer company to tho
California City . & Country Ind
!"!cnv, a San-Francisco corpora-ti'.u.-
:he alleged holding companr
V railroad. Interests, ot a re
porter purchase price of 1115,000.
The deeds to this property have not
been recorded, but it le known that
the abstracts have been drawn and
the recording of the deeds Is but u
formality. .
The famous D. M. Horn ranch of
more than 1000 acres on the Klam
ath river, sontheast of Hornbrook,
was the first to be taken over by the
holding company and the records m
the court house here show that
while tTie deeds were signed St San
Francisco December 17, 1924, they
were not recorded here until Febru
ary 2, 1925. The estimated consid
eration was 167,000. This transfer
was followed by the holding com
pany taking over the Robert L. Fer
ral ranch at a reputed price of $45,
000, and this was followed by the
sale to the company of the Ellas
Cook ranch for the alleged price of
$10,000 and the A. It. Smith ranch
for what is said to have been twenty
thousand. The deeds for' these
transfers have been recorded here.
When the, Horn ranch was trans
ferred, Dan Beers appeared as sec
retary for the company on the pap
ers filed, and A. C. Vanderwoort as
vice-president. Beers later went to
Hornbrook and let it be known that
the ranch had been purchased by a
I syndicate of San Francisco capital
1 (Continued' On I'nRo Klght)
buslness section, for once n genarnl
fire gets under way there Is llttln
prospect : of .slopping It In shirt
." .
Chief Ambrose stilted that pros
ont mains . were laid out without
maklng ullowanco : for tho olty's
jsrowtli. Starting' with 10 and 12
lnch, they were lapored down to
t uml 2-lnr.h lrna tort nllll-'atv. Four
- --. .-. . -
J and six-Inch mains 're jiedl now
'In many sections' where thiira r
now only two-Inch mains, '.. ,,
hi
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