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Eighteenth Year Number 554 1
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, -1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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Hill Interests Buy
160 Acres of Land
From C. W. Eberlein
Property Which Southern Pacific Has Been
Trying to Get Is Sold to Rival Company in
Big Rail Battle Strategical Position Now
Occupied by Northern Road S. P. Hemmed
in Completely Deed Filed This Morning
Answer to the demands of those who have
been asking for some evidence that the Oregon
Trunk was coming to this city was given at 9
o'clock this morning, when a deed from the En
terprise Land and Investment company to the
Oregon Trunk railroad company was placed
on file in the C3ur?ty clerk's office in this city.
The deed calls for 160 acres of land, the prop
erty transferred lying immediately west of the
point where the Strahorn railroad crosses the
Southern Pacific. They paid approximately
$140,000 for the land-.
The filing of ths deed will come as a surprise
to the Southern Pacific, for it has been angling
for a piece of this property ever since the an
nouncement was made i thatr the Hill lines
planned coming to this city. It will come as
a surprise to those who have been claiming that
the coming of the Hill lines was all talk and
urging the people of the county to stand by what
they already had and not go into strange pas
tures after something they were not likely to get.
LARGER THAN S. P. HOLDINGS
The acreage purchased by the Oregon Trunk
is nearly three times that now owned by the
Southern Pacific, and is indicative of the ex
tensive plans for development in this territory
that must be contemplated by the Hill lines.
Immediately , following the announcement
that the Hill lines intended to come to Klamath
Falls, the Southern Pacific opened negotiations
for the purchase of thirteen acres from off the
north end of this tract. Instead of coming direct,
emmissaries were sent and in this a tactical
blunder was made! Charles Wood Eoerlein, who
owned the property just sold, has maintained a
policy of refusing to sell small tracts in this
particular territory. Possessed of a large vision,
believing that sooner or later other railroads
were coming or that the one now here would
require larger holdings, he has so laid out the
property, and disposed of his holdings as to
make, it possible for it to be fully developed by
any other railroad entering this city without
being held up by any property owner who might
ask unreasonable prices for his property. Not
knowing that it was the Southern Pacific, he re
fused to dispose of any acreage until he knew
to whom it was going and to what use it would
be put. Before this information was forthcoming
representatives of the Oregon Trunk ap
proached Mr, Eberlein, and in a very brief time
negotiations had progressed to a point where it
was assured of the land it wanted. For the pur
pose of making the transfer, Mr. and Mrs.
Eberlein went to Portland last Saturday and the
deeds were executed Thursday and forwarded
$p this city for filing. 'ontiinim u rngo i-vm-).
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Malin Farmers
Will Hold Big
Mass Meeting
Be I aken ' Up at
2:30 Tomorrow
FLASHES!
Charles Wood Eberlein
His foresight has made it possible for The Oregon Trunk
Railroad to enter Klamath Falls and become available
to the manufacturing plants within its territory.
(Spociiil to The Hi-ruliI)
MALIN, Ore., Juno 6. Last-mln-utu
efforts of the Southern. Pacific
to head off enthusiasm lor the big
meeting here tomorrow afternoon
met with small success here yester- S
day when S. P.' officials Including
C. A. Hlnshaw, R. B. Strahorn and
K. C. Inghram. publicity man, met
with groups of Malin citizens and
urged them to support tho Southern
Pacific In their railroad fight. Prom
ise of a branch line to the Malin
country was the lure offered.
But the Southern Pacific promises
were received Jiere with about aa
much interest as the Strahorn prom
ises, and the visit only served to
create still more interest in the ma .13
meeting tomorrow, when resolution?
will be adopted urging united sup
port to the Hill lined in their fight
ta enter the Klamath territory.
Several speakers-will explain the
railroad situation from .sett-MSi
and resolutions will be ad-opted
pledging the support of the farmers
of this section to the Hill lines. In
addition to the list' of speakers
made ,public earlier in the week,
R. E. Bradbury, chairman of the
Klamath Irrigation district, also
will give his views of the present
rail battle. ,
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Map showing the location of the Oregon Trunk terminal grounds, where the shops
and yafds will be located, the Johnson site, where it is believed the Shcvlin-Hixon
plant will be, located j and the Weyerhaeuser mill site.
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AXTO., Jumr . (A.I'.)
Civil war ws declared hvre todny.
ticili-ral Vnu II.hI-.MIu, com
itiiiiidcr In t-lilrf or the Yunanczc
firt mm), controlling all of tin'
city or Canton, announced lie would
uhii hostilities against the Kiiom
llilK (IVopIrs) ..party. ;. Troops
quartered on the island of Honun.
Fighting Is iniinlnent.
RELIEF KM KIW START
HORTEX, ( lirisllanlafjon, Xor
way, Jiiue 0. (A.P.) TIip Aor
wcKlan Koverninent'H expedition
which mill rj- to locate Cnptaln
Roald Amundsen his fellow
polar- flleM by keeping an air
plane wntrli along the nlgo of Hie
riclil left the navy yard licre today
In fine, weather for Kings Hay,
SpltzlK-rgen.
1 WOMAN' ItAUI.V 1IIRT
DALLAS. Ore., June O. (A.P.)
Mrs. A. F. Sloper or Oregon City
was serioiiHly injured today when
slie jumped from a light truck
driven by her husband, when she
feared it would be lilt by a freight
train Kwitchlng on a track which
the truck was approaching. - She
struck on her head mid her tikull
win frnrtureir, nnd slie .wltexal.
oUieif Injuries. Mr. and Mrs. Hloier
have been here attending the an
nual convention , of :;lheW Oregon
stato grange.
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S. P. Says It s
Will Finally
Keep Promise
Strahorn Announces
Road to Malin and
Tule Lake '
That the Southern Pacific, driv
en to action by the threatened in
vasion of tho Northern lines, will
ultimately begin construction of
tho Modoc Northern was stated
last night at a, banquet of , tho
Merchants' Bureau by R. E.' Stra
horn, Southern Tacific rcpresenta
tivo here and president of the Ore
gon, California & Eastern.
Strahorn told the merchants that
a new survey was now in progress
under the direction of E. S. Clark,
former Harrlman engineer.
The survey, Strahorn said, has
been begun about 20 miles from
Klamath Falls, near Merrill.
Strahorn announced at the same
time that funds had been pro
vided by the Southern Pacific for
the construction of the Strahorn
road from Sprague River to Silver
Lake. .
He made no statement ns to
when the long-promised develop
ment would begin or when the sur
vey would be completed.
The Modoc Northern, if. con
structed as promised many years
ago by the Southern Pacific, would
provide rail transportation for ap
proximately 150,000 fertile acres In
tho Title Lake- basin and in the
country adjacent to Merrll and
Malin. . . , .
PROHIBITION
FUND
NOW
EMPTY
; That expenditures of the assistant
comity proftccntlng attorney for pair
poses of prohibition enforcement
have exceeded the county income
from fine and that- the fund haft '
been drafncl ,wuk revealed today lit
a cheek rV-r county records.
The i; records .': show that under
sworn statement -the assistant. -Myers,
drew 'the following sums
from the fund for May:
Madame "T", salary for May
secret work $100. QO ,
T. E. Myors, car mileage, 318
miles at 20c 03.60
T. K. Myers, salary secret,
and other work . 35. 04 ' - ',
L. D. Burk. salary April IS "
to May 15 i...-.: 100.00 ,
A. W. Stevens, car mileaRo, ? i:'
JSVi(les'"..,:.X..J; ..j..:., - i-"oo ""
t W.-Snyder ( for addition- .
af services) 50.00
Drummond . Printing Com- v
pauy . 2.50
Tlnlance 'due -from April ..r... ' 11.01
, '. ?;'''::":-:' ' . ..: .' '
' ' Total duo 444.71
Received from county .
treasurer.... r.. 301.59
Balance due, doficlt M43.12
"Madame T" 1
The identity of the mysterious
Madame "T" was declared to bo a
mystery in courthouse circles. Some
hazarded , tho supposition that she
had been employed by Myers to obv
tain evidence in liquor cases. Sho
was unknown, however,, to any of
those questioned; and It was declar
ed that she bad never' appeared as
a'w'itness' in any local liquor caso.
; The identity of T. E. Myers, re
ceiver of dome $98.60 of county
-funds. was also unknown, though
said by some to be a minor son of
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'.V Flies Into Rago . ' .-
- Myers, w'hen confronted ly a
Herald reporter, flew Into a rage
and waving his hands wildly about
disappeared into the sanctuary of his
private office, refusing to answer
any and all questions.
As he slammed- the door a wail
reached the reporter to the effect
that "have nothing for the Her
ald : let 'em get their Information
from other sources." -
A perusal of laws governing dls-
position of that part of the prohibi- .
tion fund allotted to tile district ,
attorney's office, fulls to.-show that , ,
tho stnto has aver ( made provlrfion J
for, a finnl checkup'bh the fijntJ! Jven '1
yond providing. that-in Obtaining thet ltidi
money from the county treasurer' a''
sworn statement of expenditures'-'
must be made. . ,: ' , v t- -sfj-ovl.
No provision ls.mude for the' se- t
curing of receipts tor the sums H)- ' '
pended by the tllstrlct attorney's !' '
office..
Escaped Insane Man Given
Rides By Autoists To Home
Here; Will Be Taken Back
Escaping from tho slnlo insane
asylum nt Salem last Friday, a
local man who has been confined to
tho Institution for some time return
ed to his home here lu approximate
ly three days, his journey having
been speeded by kindly motorists
who picked him up a he started his
long walk down the Pacific, highway.
E, II. Unison, suite , traveling
guard for the usyluin, arrived here
last . evening and will leave today
for Salem with his prisoner.'' ,'.
. According to Batsan (he man is
not vlolont and gave nti outward
sign of his nt mi tnl condition.
Due to the fact that the man ha
a large family on a ranch nbotiL
20 miles from Klamath Kali,, lilt
identity is withheld., . !