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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 102ft
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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
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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
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"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
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