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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
jSlnhtwnth Year Number fiMG
Post Office
Merrill Meeting Urges Hill Lines to Enter County j
BOTH RAILROADS ASKED
TO BUILD AT ROUSING
MEETING LAST EVENING
Southern Pacific Supporters Predominate, But
Not One Voice Protests Against Hill Invita
tion When Resolution Is Put to a Vote
It was hard to tell last night whether one was in
Klamath Falls or Merrill when the railroad meeting was
called to order by Rev. C. C. Hulet. In the Klamath
Falls delegation were few representatives for the Hill
lines, while those supporting the stand of the Southern
Pacific were great in number and strong in applause.
The Southern Pacific end of the argument was presented
by R. C. Groesbeck and R. H. Strahorn, the former speak
ing for one hour and fifteen minutes and the latter for
one hour and a half. The outstanding feature of their
talks was their failure to tell what the people wanted
to know when the Modoc Northern would be built, or
whether it would ever be built.
Mr. Groesbeck painted a picture of the capitalist that
would satisfy the most exacting demands of the
holders of the purse strings,... He urged that ca)
ital be invited to come and. that it be treated hand
somely, but ho evidently had
menial reservation fur the 1 1 1 1 1 lines,
lor tho "hull" Ills argument wn
that Iho prowent rallr-ind system
should bo palled on Iho back mill
liat slipped In !io fin e.
About l'mmlMn
Ho explained 111 dclull Hint iu II
rouda are cjutrolled by tlui Inter
state Comniorco Commission, and
why and how, (ur Iho purpose of
allowing that Iho Modoc Northern
could not bo built uiilll permission
wan given; and pormissl.ui could
uot bo secured until niilflclonl tun
iiuro was ahown lo earn five and
Ihroo-quurtcr per cent on tho In
voatmunt, which ho oatliuutod at
140,001) por mil'). Ho mild Ihn
Southern Pacific never promised U
build Iho Modoc Northern If It hud
Jt would do ao "for tho Southern
Pacific alwtiya keeps lu promise."
Henry Anderson, mayor of Mer
rill followed Mr. Oroosboek aid
luted that ho did not euro who
built tho railroad, ho they aecurcd
una, a sentiment which clearly mid
.concisely expressed Iho -sontlmouts
of tho pooplo f Merrill.
II. IS. Ilrndbury told tho meeting
of tho uttltudo of tho Klum.ith
Irrigation district, of which ho Is
president, and A. M. Thomas tinted
tho people to pssn resolution In
vltlng the Hill Hues to e.imo lo
Klnmath Palls,
HI in horn Hpcnk
Jt. 10. , Strahorn entered Into a
carufully prepared statement ..!
In K tho railroad situation covering
tho period during which ho Tins
been operating In this section. He
advocated tho exclusion of tho HIM
lines, for the remon they would
divide the traffic now being handl
ed by tho Southern Pacific On thl.
point ho sought to show that thore
would bq no ndvnntugo In the mat
tor of rates null that no new mnrlo
Well! Well! It Looks as
Though There Might Be a
White House Wedding Soon
N10W YOHK, Juno 12, (AP) A
Hartford dispatch In today's New
York Times says: "John Coolldge,
tho president's son Is tho guest of
Clovurnor Jonathan Trumhall of Con
necticut. Ho baa been nt the gov
ernor's homo for three days.
Tho nroRldont'R son met Jean
Trumbull, the governor' daughter
ots would bo opened up aside from
those now reached by tho Southern
Pacific and lis connections.
He slated tluU ho nover promls
eil lo build tho rntlroud to lleuil.
but that he simply stated that he
would dJ tho bed he could In th'.s
direction. Ho pointed oat that only
:0 per co:it of tho lumber produced
In tli I a region goes east, iho other
70 per rent going lo the California
market. "How?" he osked. "ore you
going 'J build up new mills without
tearing down tho old ones, You
must not forget thai Iho mills you
havo here have pioneered tills terri
tory. They have given us thu pay
roll we are so proud lo boast about.
Lot large operators color this terri
tory and It 1h sure lo bring about
a hlKgcr over-prodiicllon thun wo
now hnvo and result In dlas'or t
tho mills now hero."
Ho further polnlea out that new
railroads will not lnsuro bettor tor
vice nor nioro cars, and poinicl to
Yakima anil other paints whore
common user did not produro th.i
results sought to bo attained by
competition.
Touching on tho Moilor Northern,.
ho slated that If the people could
show him tho business ho would
build tho lino.
The Jlcsoliilloti ,
Following Is tho two resolutions
! adopted:
Whereas: There Is In this lin
mediate vicinity considerably over
i Inn.nnn iwrn of ferliln land, ft nnrl
of thu Klamath-Cnllfornla fednrnl
reclamation project, now under lr
rlgatlon, Just coming under Irrlga
Hon or that may ho easily put tin
dor Irrigation, with ample , water
supply, capable of producing great
quantities of foodstuffs, and,
Whereas: Tho ' production of
crops, tho development or tho land
(Colli Iniiod On PaKo Six)
on the way to tho presidential In
auguration on March 4, when tho
governor's party and young tioolldgo
Irnvolod lu Iho Bnme Pullman car.
Miss Trumhnii Is a student ut
Mount llolynko whllo Coolldgn Is an
under-grudiiato lit Amherst, only a
few miles dlstnnt. They hnvo seen
each other several limes alnco then.
at
L
IS STATE
T. Ellis Myers, 17, Gets
Commission From
Pierce
Although it is declared by
attorneys to be wholly ille
gal, Klamath county has the
youngest peace officer, or
pseudo-peace officer in the
United States. This doubt
ful honor falls upon the
shoulders of T. Ellis Myers,
17-year-old son of Acting
District "Attorney W.V P
Myers. : .
According to W. A. Del-
zell, private secretary to
Governor Walter M. Pierce,
the state's chief executive
has issued a special state
agent's - commission to the
17-year-old Klamath school
boy. '
On what theory the gover
nor acted, however, is a
mystery to local attorneys,
who say tho stata constitution ex
pressly prohibits tho uppolntmont
or election of any minor to a pub
lic office of any kind.'
(lot It May -M
Word from Mr. DoUell Is to Iho
effect thai Iho commission was given
to tho Myers boy on Muy 2ti, al
though what llttlo Information is
available from tho records of the
acting district attorney's disburse
ment of the prohibition fund show
that tha boy received sums of mon
ey for services in April, or several
weeks bef.iro ho become possessor
of the doubtful commission.
The .Myers lad curries a big spec
tul state agent's star about with
him and proudly displays It during
tho course of a mid. It has also
been alleged that Iho boy, appar
ently under the guidance of his
fuller, has been sent to suspected
-place In nn effort tj purchase
lhiuor, and thus obtain evidence
iiRalnst bootleggers or suspected'
bootleggers.
Tho work of guarding tho prohi
bition law Is being carried on by
the district attorney by tho employ
ment of his 17-year-old boy, togeth
er with J. U." Cooper, discharged
pollcoiniin, who has no legal still
ing in au offlcors, according to city,
county and state nuthirltles.
tilIT HOSl'IS.M. S1TK
WASHINGTON, June 12 (A.I)
Tho veterans' bureau today ac
copled a site for R $1,000,000 vet
erans' hospital on Mnniunm hill,
Portland, Oro.
Portland Grocer
Wounds Burglar
- " , i- -i ,
POItTl.ANl), Ore., Juno 12. Wil
liam Klnsoll, a grocer, whose Btoro
has boon robbed threo times lately,
early loday fired n shotgun tot n
hurglnf' who broke Into tho place.
Tho intruder fled, wounded. Kin
noil hud been slooplng In the rear
ot tho stowi recently, to walch.
AGENT
Associated Press Leased Wire
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1925
Klamath
"Lost Cave"
Familiar to
People Here
Exploration Party Be
lieved Victim
of Hoax
That an error haB been mado In
designating a cave entered yester
day as "Lost Cave" In the conten
tion of J. I). Howard and other
local men familiar with conditions
In the lava bed and adjacent ter
ritory.
A party led by Professor J II.
Horner of O. A. C. and Captain O.
C. Applegalo entered the cave yes
terday under the assumption that
they had been led to the famous
"Lost Cuve" of tho Modoc war, sup
posedly kept a secret from white
men since 1S93.
Day beforu, yesterday this same
cavo was entered by J. D. Howard,
who had visited It many times
previously and who placed a small
monument at Its mouth to mark it.
: This morning tfoward called upon.
Photographer Pcasley. who accom
panied the party. Peasley Informed
Howard that ho had. seen the
monument-erected by the latter.
"The cave in question has been
entered by ninny Klamath Kails
residents ami is no secret," Howard
said.
"Its entrance is only CO feel from
the Clear Lake road and 1 am of
tho opinion thut either an error
has been inn do or someone is try
ing to play n practical joko upon
members of Iho purty who made the
exploration yesterday."
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Two Buildings
to Be Erected
New Garage and
Printing Shop to
Be Built
(irnuiiri was broken today for
two local Im.shiess houses, which
will be erected within the next HO
days. On the rumor of lltli and
Ivlaumtli, a rouctvic Riirnge will be
erected for W. Templar, the build
hid to be nil by toil feet. W. 1).
Miller, local contractor. Is in charge
of coiiNtrurtion.
Within the m t :U) days, Drum
mend's Priming company will oc-
cupy the brick sirclure upon whlrli
work was slarled today. The build
ing, will tie 117 by VI nnd will be
located on Fourth, between Main
mill I'iiie, Kraiik Waiil Is in charge
of the building.
KVTIIIK t'OCXTY GKTS
, 1,N;KI,I. IXV1TATIOX
'
The I.niigell Valley Commun
ity Club cordially extend an In
vitation to nil Community or
ganizations In Klamnth county
to ho present ut tho l.angoll
Valley Harbeeuo to he held In
I.iingell Valley on Sunday, Juno
21st. celebrating the . com pic-
lion of the I.niigell Valley Ir-
rlgatlon Project.
. Sincerely,
I.nugell Valley Community Club
tl T. P. KEI.LEH.
(TflB
II V II
Agency
YEGGS M AKEjExtensive Operators
WRECK OF
SAFE
Robbers Fail to Enter
Strong Box Cash
Gun, Shells Taken
Safe robbers made an un
successful effort to break
open the post office safe at
Klamath Agency some time
last night, but apparently
were frightened away be
fore they had completed
their work.
Drills, files, a sledge and
other tools of the safe-
wrecking fraternity were
scattered about the floor as
though they had been drop
ptuUn, a hurried flight ; ..
A post orrice inspector ar
rived at the Agency from
Medford this afternoon and
is now seeking clews, in
cluding finger-prints and
other possible bits of evi
dence. The inspector is be
ing assisted by Inspectors
under Fred A. Baker, sup
erintendent of the reserva
tion. The robbers almost com
pletely wrecked the cash
register, but obtained only
$3 in small change which it
contained, mey also swie a snui-
gun and several boxes of shells, as
well as knives and other articles of
merchandise from tho store, In which
the post office is housed.
l'rnbc KtarU
The robbery was dlscjvored at
about 7 o'clock this morning by
Orvlllo Elliott, posiniasier ana ou -
cr of tile general merchandise store.
Wrlgat immediately got into com
munication with Superintendent
Daker.
Entrance had been gained by
cutting pane of glass in a window
at the rear of the. store building. A
ladder had then been employed to
enter through the opened window,
which stands about 12 feet from the
ground.
I'laco in Shambles
Tho place was In shambles when
the store was openod this moraing.
The wrecked till was on the floor,
articles of merchandise were scat
tered about, while the combination
knob had been hammered from the
safe.
After gaining entrance, the yeggs
j ha(, UIlIocked tho tvonl Uoor ot lhe
building and had tied a strong ropo
about. tho safe. It Is belioved they
had planned to move the safe Into
a waiting autJ or truck and carry
it to some saie hiding place to
complete tho wreckage and rob
bery. Daylight llieaks
Just wluit frightened them aw y
was not known to the . reserva'.ljn
authorities this afternoon, as ime
could be found who heard suspici
ous noises -about the place during
tho night. It wus. thought possible
thut tho robbers had worked t the
safe until ilawn bogan to streak
lurojs the eastern sky, and hal
left only when they realized that
daylight would spoil their chances
to complete the robbery.
Superintendent Hakcr said the
roscrv.itlon officials had no suspicions.
May Announce Plans
Here Late Next Week
Fred Weyerhaeuser Will Be in Klamath Falls
June 20 With'Party of HighRaif Official"
Will Start If Hill Lines Enter Territory
(Special to The Evening Herald)
PORTLAND, Ore., June 12. Public an
nouncement that the Weyerhaeuser Timber
company will begin active operations in Klam
ath county within the near future may be made '
in. Klamath Falls on June 20 by Fred Weyer
haeuser, acccrding to a report current in lumber
circles here today. 4. ' V ' ,
As a director in the Great Northern railroad,
Mr. Weyerhaeuser will accompany the party of
Northern and Hill lines officials to Klamath
Falls next weelt. It is known here that the
Weyerhaeuser;; mtcresU - are &rmou to begin -their
Klamath county operations as speedily is
possible, and they will voice this desire before
the interstate commerce commission when that
body begins its hearings into the Klamath rail
controversy.
It is understood here that the Hill and North- -ern
lines are depending largely upon the Weyer
haeuser and Shevlin-Hixon support in their plea
to the interstate commerce commission for per
mission to extend their line from Bend to Klam
ath Falls.
The announcement of the Weyerhaeuser de
sires concerning its Klamath operations has
been expected for some little time, inasmuch 1
as it is certain that it will be made during the in
terstate commerce commission hearing. :. "
The dispatch from Portland to tho
effect that Fred Weyerhaeuser
would be here a week from tomor-
rew wag confjrmea here today by
1 Jack Kimball, Weyerhaeuser repre-
sentative in Klamath county.
"Mr. Weyerhaeuser is a director
in the Great Northern railroad, but I
asldo from that, 1 attach no special j
significance to his coming here at i
this time," Mr. Kimball said. - I
Mr. Kimball has been commis
sioned by the railroad officials to
arrange for their transportation
from Ashland to Klnmath Fails and
from Klamath Falls to Bend.
Tho party will comprise the presi
dents and other high officials of the
Hill and Northern Lines, as well as
the New York directors and railroad
financiers from New York and other
eastern centers. There will be 25
in the party.
"They will arrive ut Ashland in a
special train nt 9 o'clock on tho
morning of Juno 20," said Mr. Kim
ball. "I will meet them there with
a fleet of eight motor cars and a
Blackie, White
Is Shorn of Rank and Now :
Has Detective for a Boss
WASHINGTON, June 12, (API
Illackle, coal black whllo house cut,
I hna (nmtrrtwl nfflHul rllsfnvor. and 't
has boon shorn of his rank.
Although fed plenty of choice !
scraps of food from the president's
table, Illnckio developed an appetite
tor birds and squirrels. Lately he
has done so much day and night
BUY AT HOME; LOCAL
MERCHANTS CAN GIVE
YOU BETTER BARGAINS
PRICE FIVE CENTS
baggagb auto truck and bring them
to Klamath Falls. ;
' "The party evidently will devote
most of the day to an investigation
of the projected rail routes and
timber holdings In this county, and
will stage a public reception to the
people . of Klamath county at the
White Pelican hotel that night.
They will leave early Sunday morn
ing by motor for Bond, where they
will entrain Sunday night.
Grants Pass Girl
Found In Oakland
, OAKLAND, Calif..' Juna 12. A
girl about 15 years old, who gave
her name as Irene Wlckham and her
address as 110 North Tenth Street,
Grants Pass, Oregon, was found
wandering around the streets of Em
eryville, a suburb today in a daicd
condition. She was tuken to an
emergency hospital, where she told
a nurse that she ran . away, from
home seVeral weoks ago. - 1
House Cat, ,
(prowling nrotind tho white houss
grounds looking for easy prey thut
j Mr. Coolldge decided to give him
away. , . ; . i
Today Bluckle Is in new. surround
ings at the home of a whito house
secret service man on the outskirts
ot Washington,
.
Robbed.