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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1925)
Mat Published Daily at I KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Associated Press Leased Wire Eighteenth Year Number fiMfi KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 102ft PRICE FIVE CENTS Mttmu a HERE'S ONE OF MYERS' SLEUTHS J. E. Cooper, "Fired" Cop, Usurping Role of Officer . Although the records of city, county and state give him no official standing, J. E. Cooper, recently dis charged from the police force on charges of associ ating with women of the Underworld, is said to be usurping the role of a peace officer and making arrests just as if he were a legally appointed officer. Cooper, according to his own statement, is working j as a prohi sleuth out of the office of Acting District At torney W. P. Myers. Nobody Claims Him Mayor Fred R Goddard today said that Cooper is in no way connected with the police force. Sheriff Burt Hawkins de nied street reports that Cooper is a deputy sheriff, either regular or special. Governor Walter M. Pierce denied that Cooper is commissioned as a special state agent. Yt, III I ho face of these denliil. Cooper In reported to hnvo nppenred nt n public dance lnitt ulght and ordered A young Klamath Kails couple off Iho floor. Ho threatened to arrest Iho young man anil wont no far a lo put lilm In an nulo rooblln, according to the younn man' story. Tho girl la a dniighler of a respected Klamnlh Kails family, and her father wan ureal ly exer cised today over tho occurrence. DUpliiy (inn Thn younn man whom Cooper es corted from Iho dnnco floor says ho aakail tho alleged offlcor by what authority ho wan attempting to make any arreat nud was told by Cooper that It waa none of bin hualneaa. Cooper, ho says, flashed n gun but did not dlaplay a alar. Blnce ho haa become an "opera tive" under tho guldnnco of tho act ing dlalrlct attorney, Cooper la re ported to hnvo taken part In ono or more raldn and to hnvo made several arrealn, nltlioiiRh court honso clrclea nro plainly puzzled In trying lo do tormlno whero hn gnla IiIh nuthorlty. Allhough tho acting dlntrlct attor ney can employ pontons for liquor lnvoatlgnllona, It la anld ho ennnot give them commlaaiona of Any kind and cannot clolho thorn with author ity to aervo oa ponco officers. COI'CO OPKIt'lALH II Kit K Pnul 11. McKeu, generul miin ngur of tho C'nllfornlit Oregon I'owor compnny, nnd J. II. Thomp son nro In tho city lodny on busl noaa connected with their corporation. Cost of Living Greater in Oregon Now Than One Year Ago, Records Show SALEM, Ore., Juno 11. Mutorlul i Increases In tho cost of living In tho past 12 months nro shown In n comparison of prices which tho stnte will havo to pay for Us. sup plies nt this time with tho prices pnld n year ngo, Tho moat radical Increnso In noted In tho price of bacon, which shows n gain of morn limit 100 per font, from $15 por 100 pounds n yenr ago, to $30. DO on thn present bids, llnrtl wheat flour which was ' pur chased by the stalo liiHt year nt $5.24 por harrol Is now quoted nt $7.40 por barrel, although this last figure roprosentH a slight docronso (a tho prlco ovor tho six months State Man Will Watch Roads Here Traffic Officers Issue Warnings to Drivers Announcement thill Ktuto Traffic Officer V, A. Fouler hud been permanently assigned to duly In IIiIh section wna ninde hern yosler ilny. Officer Kimtttr, nccoiiipniiled by Truffle Hergeiiiit Karl II. Hotis tnn of llend, arrived yesterday and before knocking off for the eve ning hud niudn three arrests, tluorgn liurkee, charged with operullng ui it it to while Intoxicated, wan arrested on Klxtli hi ret . Ilia enne hits not been aet for hearing. (). V. Hill, charged with lining Chevrolet Decline plain) on n t'ndll luc truck, was fined 12:1.51) when arraigned before Justice HmiHiiki-r. Clyde leitl, who also appeared be fore Justice Hiinnukcr, puld 113. fill on u speeding charge. Poster will specialize on genernl (ruffle work and bin territory will Include purla of both Lake nml Kin in mil counlleH. Until HoiiHton nnd Poster empha sised that nrreata would be limdu for apecdlng, fur using Improper llcenao plnlea and for operating a car with llcenao plutc obstructed by butnpera. Until license plutea inuat be in pluln wight and they mital be read able, according to tho officers. Chautauqua Not Coming In 1926 Is Outlook Now Thnt Klamath Kalis would not be Included on the l'J26 Chaulau- uua circuit wax regarded ua likely hero today following a meeting held yeaterdny at tho White l'ellcan hotel at which little: action waa taken. Guarantors of the attraction this ner.ton were foxcwl'to dig Into their pocket lo in like up the deficit in' citrred by reason of small attend' nnce. About 25 per cent of theao guar antorn wero aald to be In favor of slgliiiug up for another senson. No ncllon waa taken, however. It being believed that better results would be obtained by waiting until Inter In (hu aenann. Rainbows Striking In Crystal Creek Rainbow trout nro now rlalng to Iho fly In Crystal crook, near Rocky Point, according to A. It. Ronnor. who whipped tho at ream yeaterdny. Aa proof of tho good fly flatting there, ho returned with alx big trout na n reault of Ills afternoon' sport Tho trout are Ktrlking thn March brown and tho Illuo bolt lo flies hot ler tlinn the othera, aald Mr. Homier PLASTERERS GO OUT ON STRIKE NEW YOKK, Juno 11. (A H.) A plnatorors strike nffectlng $75,' 000,000 construction by tho (leorgo K. Fuller, company, Thompson 8tar reft company and , the Long Aero Engineering and Construction com pnny In Chlrngo, Detroit, Wnshlng' tint, Toronto and New York was nn noiincod today by the officials ot the Jntornatlonal PlnstorB Union. porlod from '$7.80 lnat December. Soft wheat flour has Jumped from $4.45 n barrel last year to $5.85 nt this tlmo. Hnm which wna quoted at $!!!!. 25 por 100 pounds a year ngo Is now up to $27.20. Com pound I aril haa Increased from $10 In $12.80 nnd pure lard from $10.50 lo $17.80. Coffee, which was quoted nt 22 l-.lo lust yenr Is now up lo 31 l-2c. Ilodttced prices nro quoted only In n few In stnneiiH, notably In tho prlco of sugar, which has slumped from $7.05 por 100 pounds n yenr ngo to $(1.15 nt this tlmo. Fresh hoof Is nlso n llltlo chonpor ut $7.20 per 100 pottndH n compnrod to $0.80 a year ngo, ROSE CUT ON IN SHEPHERD THIAL GETS UNDER If State's Attorney Starts His Opening Statement to Twelve Jurors MISS POPE IS PRESENT Fiance of Millionaire Orph an Interested Spectator in Court Room C'lllCAHO. J ii.i)i 11 (A. !'.) Strenuous effort by the dcfeino to huve Judge Thomas J. Lynch limit he opening aiateinent of ItJbcrt K. rowe, alnie'a attorney, opened the riul of William Darling Shepherd, win faced u Jury charged with fat ally administering typhoid germ, to Ills foster ann, William Nelson Mc- Cllnlock. When court opened 35 minutes after tho hour act, William Scott Stewart, cMef of defense counsel ought U have tho stale's outline of Its case stripped of any refer ence ti the death of Mrs'. Emma Nelson McCllntOvk and Dr. Oscar Olson, or autopsies over them, but Mr. Crowe successfully resisted the dofenso whh to limit him. Judge Lynch ruled that It WijuM be im proper to object If the sue sough! to introduco anything not allied with tho douth of young McCllntock ti.it allied with what hud been charged by Judge Harry Olson was a plot by Shepherd to obtain tho McClln tock $1.0110.000 estato by slaying those who stood, between him and It. Peculiar Statement The defendant, his wife, who sat across tho aisle fr Jm him and near by spectatara turned startled eyes upjn young Mr. Stewart when at coa pilot In his argument, 'he suld: llul. Judge, we do not want the Jury to Iujur anything I hoy- should not hear. Instructions to them to remove It from their minds then would do no good. It would be In their minds Ilka the blood on our hands." Me did not elaborate on or ex plain tho statement nud It waa ap parently misapplied figure of speech. Miss Isabella Popn who awaited with a ninrrlngo license to wed young McCllntock when he lasyed Into his last coma, appeared In the court room for the first time. Sli.i was accompanied by her attorney, John II. S. Lee. After the witnesses had beon ex cluded from tho court room and tho Jury recalled upon campletlon of Iho arguments, State's attorney began his opening statement In a low, conversational voice that rould not bo heard a dozen feet away. Al Smith Will Not Seek Office Again New York Governor Reported Retiring to Write for Newspapers SYRACUSE, N. Y Juno 11. (A. P.) (lovernor Alfred K. Smith will refuao to run for governor or United States senator and retire from politics nt tho end of his pres ent tnrm, nccordlng .to an Albany dispatch published by tho Syracuse Horold today. Tho Hornld says It Is understood that tho governor received and will accept an- offer of !i0,000 a year from tho Now York World to write on political nnd humanitarian topics. Fish Commission Will Have Audit Accountant Employed to Scru tinize Accounts for the Past Four Years rOHTLiVND, Juno 11. -An audit of Iho books of tho fish commission for tho four years slnco It has been sepnrnlo from tho game commission la to ho mndo by John Y. Richard 3on, nn accountant, engaged ns a result t motion otfeved nt n mooting yostorilny by A. 0, Heals ot Tillamook, ono of tho new commis sioners, who sttcceodod P. P, Kan dull,'' Ulchardson anld that la a pro llmlnnry lnspoctlon ho had found several accounts that woro not Item Izcd, Star Chamber Session Is On A star chamber ses sion of the railroad committee of the cham ber of commerce was being held this after noon with Southern Pa cific officials. Report ers were barred from the meeting. It was indicated by committee ; m e m bers that if the newspapers were permitted to at tend ; the f meeting the Southern Pacific offici als might hesitate to say things which they is ... . r would want to say lr they knew that it would -. U 1 r iiui rcatii me cars ui the public. -. ! TULE LAKE WHEAT IN FINE SHAPE Crop May Exceed Half Million Bushels, Is Opinion Klamam county wealth this year will be augmented by an estimated crop at leant 500.000 bushels of wheat from the Tu'.e Lage basin, ac cording to tho estimate of County Agent C. A. Henderson, whs yester day made a survey of conditions on tho west side of the lake. Despite a smaller acreage, crop conditions In tho' lake are so un usual at this time of year as to warrant tho statement that a bis yield might be expected, Henderson said. He brought back several wheat samples from the west side of the lake. Some of the samples were headed out nnd some were over two feet In length. "1 am not siylng positively that a crop of 000,000 bushels will be harvested," Henderson said. With continued favorable con ditions, however, such a yield should bo easily harvested. The wheat la In much better condition than last year. Last year at this time much of tho wheat had. been drought stricken. This year all of the wheat is in unusually fine condition and none of the patches show killed patches as they did last year." Henderson is today making a survey of conditions on tho cast side of tho lake, where grasshoppers proved n troublesome menace last year. The west aide of tho lake Is as yot unaffected by the pests. TUXNF.l, WORKER FIXF.l) PORTLAND, Ore.. June 11. John Scheyer, tunnel worker -c-n tho Natron cut-off, pleaded guilty to day to possession of liquor and was fined $250 by Federal Judge Uenn. Forest Guards Start Patrols Lookouts Stationed To day on Walker Mountain BEND, Ore., Juno 11. Tho first forest lookout for tho 1925 sea son in tho Deschutes national for est went on' duty todny nt the Walker Mountain station. This Is mora tlinn n month Inter than the first lookout sent out in 19 24, nc cordlng to H. L. Plumb, supervisor of the forost. Unusually heavy snow. during the last winter has reduced tho fire haiard especially In tho higher re gions this season so thnt a lookout might not bo required nt tho Walk er mountain station even now ex cept for tho unusiinl railroad nnd highway construction wovk being dono In that vicinity Just now, Plumb says. A lookout will bo sent to Black lltttlo station within n few days nnd bocattso tho low country Is rapidly drying out ono will bo sta tlonod nt Pins mountain within a short tlmo. L5 Presidents, 'Great Northern Oregon Trunk and Nor thern Pacific Due TO HOLD RECEPTION Will Meet Public Informally at White Pelican Hotel, Says Message A party of Hill line officials will be here on the night of June 20th and will give a public reception at tho White Pelican hotel, to which all persons, without discrimination, will be- invited. This Is the word received today In a telegram to C. W, Bbcrleln from Charles H. Carey, attorney for the Hill lines. Tho telegram reads: Portland, Oregon, Juno 11, 1023. W. Klx-rleln. Klnmotli Fulls, Oregon. I I expert to reach Klamath Fulls the evening of June 20th with party which mill Include presidents of the Great North ern, Northern Pnclflc and Orc gon Trunk and various officials. There will be a public reception ut the While Pelican hotel at 8:30 to ll:0 p. in. at which the public is invited without dis crimination and without formal Invitations. Please old me in having this meeting free to everybody and strictly infonial. rilAKLF.S H. CARF.V. Enlistments Will Be Big Feature Of Defense Day Plans - r - "TO RTL AND; Ore?; June- 11. i One day enlistments will be a fea turo of National defense day In Oregon, it was decided by a com mittee appoined by Governor Pierce. Tho commltee, which met here last night, will leave to the mayor's committee of each city the question of holding parades and local cele brations. RANK IS ItOllltFI) INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Juno 11. Tho Sixtenth Street bank here was held up by two men and $4300 In currency was taken. Lakeview To Vote For New Schools Question of Erecting Two New Buildings Will be Decided Next Monday (Special to The Herald) LAKEVIEW, June 11. Lakeview will go to the polls Monday after noon and vote on a proposal to con struct two now grade schools to cost between $10,000 and $12,000 each. It Is proposed to construct one on the north side of the city and the other on the south side; They would then house all of the grade pupils In tho city. The school board has procured ono site and has taken an option on city property for tho other. If the buildings are authorized tho high school building then would bo used exclusively for high school students. Because ot crowded conditions now prevailing in the schools several grnde classes are taught In the high school building. Many Will Attend - Big Mass Meeting Rail Parley at Merrill Tonight Promises to be Interest ing Affair , From all indications a monster crowd will bo present tonight when tho people of Merrill stago a rail road mass meeting at their com munity hall. Farmora from every part of the Merrill section will bo present. Officials of .both tho Hill and Southern Pacific linos have ' been nskod to attend tho meeting . nnd place their arguments before t the people. It Is expected thnt one) or more resolutions will bo presented for ndoptlou. . TO ARRIVE HERE LATE NEXT WEEK Malm Great Farmers Aid Trunk In Rail Fight President W. F. Turner Sends Telegram Stating Action at Mass Meeting Will Be of Big Benefit Shoup Denies Statement Action taken at the railroad mass meeting at Malin last Sunday will aid materially in getting the Hill line access to the Klamath country, it was revealed in a telegram received today by A. M. Thomas, secretary of the Farmers' Society of Tule Lake, from W. F. Turner, president of the Oregon Trunk railroad. The telegram follows: Portland, Oregon, June 10, 1925 A. M. Thomas, Klamath Falls, Oregon. Oregon Trunk veiy much appreciates expressions of good will voted by citizens at mass meeting at Malin. We feel that entire district tributary to or in vicinity of Klamath Falls will more rapidly and completely develop by having railroad connection through our lines and are glad to welcome assist- ance from all farming and industrial oreranizations. We believe that our line will create new business sufficient to justify their construction and not merely draw existing business from competitors. , W. F. TURNER. Positive denial that there exists anv Dromise. direct or implied, on the part of the Southern Pacific that it would build the Modoc Northern was made last night by Paul Shoup in a telegram to J. J. Miller, local rep resentative of the railroad company. The telegram ia an answer to the story in the Herald of June. 9, to the eriect tnat a stipulation had been entered into at the time the ownership of the Centi-alTacific was disposed ot. the statement was made in The Herald on what it presumed to be competent and reliable authority.- A further, investigation is now.aindei;;.vay,fpr;th6.pvirpo.,e of ascertaining the basis upon which the original state ment rested and vhen this information is secured it will be passed on to the readers of this paper for . what it is worth. . r . - ! ' The telegram from Mr.' Shoup is as follows: ' San Francisco, June 10, 1925 J. J. Miller. Any statement to the effect that at the Southern Pacific-Central Pacific merger hearing any one on behalf of the Southern Pacific company , entered , into sitpulation or promised directly or indirectly to build the Modoc Northern '. within 2 years, four - - months, or any other time after that hearing or after a decision might be rendered in favor of the South ern Pacific is absolutely in error. The only state ment made on behalf of the company with respect ' to that situation was by its chairman, Mr. Kruttsch- nitt at the hearing shown on Page 38 of his printed testimony reading as follows: " : Q Mr. Kruttschnitt, are you familial" with a line -proposed from Klamath Fills to some point con necting with the Central Pacific at Susanville or Westwood? ' ' ' '' - 1 Yes. . .......... :. ...... Q It is within the plans of the Southern Pacific .. to build that line? , A The surveys and studies for that line Afrere ; made a number of years ago and it is one of the. pro- jects that is in the company's archives now, for use sometime in the future. We did build from the ,. Central Pacific up to Susanville at Westwood be cause there was a large mill, Red River Lumber company's mill, that was located at Westweed, to . ; open up a veiy large tract of timber, and that line is doing a veiy satisf actoiy business in lumber and in between Westwood and Klamath Falls or between Susanville and Klamath Falls, that does not seem, at the present time to warrant the expense of complet ing that line, but I do not mean to say that it is abandoned, or put in the discard. We have a com- '" plete survey there, and my recollection is we have v'' at some critical points acquired some right of way. PAUL SHOUP. THE MEETING AT There is an apparent attempt on the part of someone to develop strife between Merrill and Malin over the railroad question. We can see which side might be benefited by a split. We can also see who might be seriously injured. Merrill and Malin have no difference that should be permitted to develop, into a quan-el. Our advice is for both of them to work together for every thing that may be of benefit to that end of the qounty. In this railroad question there is just one sensible course for Merrill : Don't permit any personal axes to be ground at the meeting tonight. Confine it to the disrv (Continued on Page 6) . ' . ' Prove Oregon To MERRILL TONIGHT
