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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
BUY AT HOME; LOCAL
MERCHANTS CAN GIVE
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Utter
W TO
WITH FARMERS IN
WESTERN STATES
Secretary of Interior Plans
Holding Another Scries
of Meetings
PROBLEMS ARE FACED
Says he Wants to Make Real
Opportunities for Farm
ers of the West
CHICAGO, Jiiiiii I 7. ll') Con
ferences will Imi hold ticxt week by
Secretary of tlin lulirlor Hubert
Work mid Klwood Mend, federal
reclamation cummlnHliincr, In west
ITU slates wild reference to IrrlKU
(Ion project "to leurn what oiikIiI
to bo donn In iiiuku Ihono projects
roiil opportunities for antlers nnd
to find out wlni I purt of thin work
tho status nro w 1 1 1 1 11 k to under
tiikn," t' o m m I h I o n v r Mend
wild todiiy In nn uddrc ut the City
club.
Ho recalled thut tho n-clii unit Ion
pulley, of tho niillonul government
la 33 years old nnd Hint 130. 000
llcmons h u vii found hollieii mid tho
vnluo of reclamation furinit IiitH
risen from "a I nuint nothliiK to j
l.ioo. oun, oiio with u i rup viilue in
1921 of f UO.ooo.uou.'"
Tim theory I II lit If water were
provided settlers would muni Iiiih
buon changed by the World war,
tho I'oiiiiiilioiliiner wild, mid Ihu
inuvenielit uwuy from Hie farms lu
thu cities bus developed. The lust
COWtroHS Knve lllllell llltelltlull to
reclnmntlon, I ho upeuker continued,
HlO COIlllllllleeK (HI reellilliutlon lc
Iiik of Hiii opinion Hint radical
rtiniiKC should bo liiuile In the fu
ture, nnd hold Hint the development
of any new urea should Include, i.o
led Ion of setllers. .
"Now tho soeriilury in uuthorit'd
to tlx Ihu capital Kiidjjilicr uuullfi.
cntlotis which a settlor must hiivo,"
thu commissioner said. "Congress
also considered nnd favorably re
ported n bill which would rvijulro
a proKrnni of farm duvolopiunnt an
pnrt uf thu prcpiiriitlun for suillii
miiit of onch new project. This
would embrace I lie kind of crops
to bo crown, giving settlers prac
tical ndvlco lllmut Ihelr work mid
would nlso uuthorlicu iiiuklnit nd
viincos of money In spcclul canes to
help to complete Ihu Improvement
of tho farms."
Manslaughter Is
Sought by State
NEW YORK, Juno 17. (!) Tho
slato does nut ask a moro severe
verdict than first or second du
liroo manslaiiRhtur In tho cusu of
Dorothy Porklns, charged with kil
ling ThoniiH Tumploton, Prosecutor
.McDonald announced In court today.
Love Letters Written by
"Millionaire Orphan" and
Fiancee Are Made Public.
CHICAGO, June 17. The Chicago Tribune today
printed a series of love letters written by the late young
William Nelson McClintock to his finance, Isabelle Pope.
Miss Pope yesterday completed her testimony in the trial
of Wm..D. Shepherd, charged with the murder of his
foster son, McClintock, by administering typhoid genus'
The letters were written in 1924, while McClintock
was a student at Dartmouth College, and all were ex
pressive of deep love for the girl who had, promised to
be his wife. One throws some light on the 'writer's feel
ings toward his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd
i It win written lit itiny, tuzt, in part
s follows: "I hnvont's heard from
tho folks (tho Shupliurds) In woelis.
I suppose I havo committed hoiiio
frightful honor or sonuitlilng, hut
really 1 1 can't bitlior Ij find nut
until they write., really think they
will both bu happier If they havo
their little farm or homo In Klorldn
und rtont bother about, mo, I wond-
or what thoy will havn to say vhn
1 imnnounco my .rovlsod plans for tin
euro of what properties I havo. I
don't euro much, for I am t lu.it
a lira of myjoir."
Another loiter about the .t id
l i in a lu purt read: "Hwoothunrt, it
will bo so vury wonderful to mvo
you wearing my ring nnd oveiyino
with full knowjodgu" of tho fact uf
tf lovo nnd .Intention I" mnrry .is
S. P. Manager
Here Visits
Natron Work
Dyer and Party Arrive
Last Night in Pri
vate Car
Oil what In declared nioroly lo lie
u routine trip of Inspection, (!. M.
Dyer, general muniiKur of Ihu on
lli'u Houl lur ii I'uelflc. system, ar
rived hure Ittnt night In Ills prlvutu
cur.
lid w.is ii room pn li I I'll by W. .M.
Junkie, uMHlHtmit engineer in chumo
if maintenance of way ovor thu cu
tlru system,
Dyer, acconipunlcd by other H.
I'. officials, loft IliU morning by
aula fur Kirk, where nn Inspection
of work nil tlin Niitron cutoff nil)
bu iim.lo. Ho will return lulu tlili
evening.
.Members of Dyer's staff lodny do
el I no J to llH'UHa tho rumor Ihn ti 1
prosenco hero won duo In Inloudod
new rull construction' or tliul Ills
visit hud iinyihliiK to do with tho
status of tho Strahorn llnu.
LaFollette's
Condition Bad
Members of
Family
Alarmed Over His
Sickness
WASHINGTON. Juno 17. fI'i
Incrcufccd concern over Ihu condi
tion of Senator LnFollcito, who Is
I fihtlng u severe cold with compll
I cuttons nt his homo hern was np
! parent lodny nmoiiK thoeu In ul
j telidiiiicii.
A sliitcmeiit Issued nl Ills officii
expressed hopo for recovery but snld
bis condition hud becoino somcwhut
more serious. Member of the family
declined to udd to tho nnnouuco
meiil. but It v.iis understood that
lifter O' turn for tho belter llo bud
taken to A lit lied uguln.
Tho statement from his office
snld: "Senator LnFollctto'K physl
clnu stntcd today that although bis
condition wns somewhat moro sorl
oiih Hum before, ho wn moro than
holding his own nnd that there was
every hope for ultlmuto recovery."
Stone's Successor
Selected by Board
William B. Prenter is Named
President of the Locomo
. tive Engineers
CLKVKLAND. Ohio. Juno 17.
(!) Tho advisory board of the
ItroHierhond of Locomotive Engi
neers met hero today und selected
William II. rrunlner, Cleveland, to
succeed Warren S. Stono as presi
dent of nil lilollierliood iirllvitles,
effecllvo immediately. Mr. Stono
died last Friday.
soon us wo can. You know darling,
I will really consider it wonderful
If wo dont up nnd gut married next
ssmmor."
Other loll era which Miss l'opo
wroto to "Hill" woro mutlo public,
by tho defense. Olio road In pn.t
as follows: "My nearest: Threp-onii,
two, throo-lelters Hum you today,
Oh, how .happy 1 nm to havo such
n wondorful, faithful hoy In lovo
with mo. Whnlovor hiivo 1 done to
deserve you.,
i "It Is so wonderful and thousht-
: fill of you to think of mo, nnd ro-
member 1 urn feeling flno right now.
O. M. W., of II. and havo an Idea
Hint I will bo O.K. I will koop you
woll Informed us to my health, dour,
nnd will bo extromely careful."
OF
ITS COMPLETION
Neither Side Wants to Stand
Sponsor for Alleged Ac
complice, Faiman
ARGUMENT IS HEARD
Judge Lynch May Call Man
.. Who Said he Planned
Death of Orphan
CHICAGO, Juno 17. (1'J Tin;
prosecution appealed to Judge
Tboinns J. Lynch to cull Churlos C.
Kit i in a ii lis n witness for examina
tion by both sides. Hubert K. Crown,
stales attorney, refusing to vouch
for Kiiimnn.
Tho defense strenuously resisted
tills eleventh hour move, mid tho
matter wits argued lu heated man
ner. Prosecutor Crowe argued Hint
It was nut unusual for a court to
call n witness who hud testimony
for which neither sldo would vouch.
Tho defense maintained Hint Fal
iiian bad been In custody of tho
prosecution for a lonK period, had
Hindu detailed statements to the
slato and his name hud been on tho
list of state wIluesscH furnished by
tho defense. 1
Judge Lynch indicated he would
tall Kul mu n, al I Iiiiii k Ii tlio defense
continued to urgim.
Tho mutter was taken Into tho
I Judicial chambers after lu minutes
I of whispered argument in front of
I thu bench out uf earshot of the
1 Jury. Indications were that It
j would rouqlru thu remainder of tho
: court suasion, at least, for a de
cision on the disputed point nnd
that Fulinnn would nut bo called
tothe stand today.
Juvenile Work
to Be Changed
Judge Lindsey Predicts
Better Era for
Youths
DKNVKK. Colo., Juno 17. (A")
Tlio piuslng vf thu present methods
of lmndlluH crime, through cither
criminal courts for adults or juvuti
llo courts for children wiia prodlctod
as a tittiiro chungo In sjclcly by
Judgo Hen II. Llndicy, nationally
kiuwci juvenile Jurist of Denver, In
all addrc'S today before tho National
con for unco of social work.
"Those courts will bo supplanted
by Institutions of Iiuiiuiu welfare"
he declared.
"Neither Juries nor Judges nt
present aro educated or equipped to
deal with problems of children de
linquency ur adult crimes," Judge
Lindsey euld, "and tills work will
bo doiiu by skilled specialists who
huvo been trained lu psychology,
biology and sociology through Insti
tutions of human relations and wel
fare." Injured Deputy
Getting Better
Ed Kendall's Condition Re
ported Satisfactory at
Local Hospital
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Condition of Deputy Sheriff Kit
Kendall, recovering In a local hos
pital from bullet wounds received
In n gun buttle with Kd Fuller,
Charles Fuller nnd Jim Ilurko, was
suld today to bu satisfactory. Al
though ho passed a restless night,
his condition Is regardoU as favor
ablu by hospital attaches.
Iturko and tho Fullers nro today
tho Bubjuct of Iniiuiry on tho pnrt
of local officers, who bellovo that
thoy huvo a criminal rucord behind
them.
Burko's foot, punctured by n bul
let from Kendall's gun, la suld not
to. bo healing nn woll us wns nt first
exported, llo Is under guard at thu
Klumuth Valley hospital-
lSKACII SI'ITZItKIUiKX
KINC.S HAY, Spitsbergen, Juno
17. (l") Tho Norwegian nlrmen
who nro to senrch for tho missing
nmundsen-F.llsworth polnr expedi
tion, arrived hern nt 11:35 o'clock
this morning from Advent buy.
Wireless niossiigcs wore exchanged
botwoou tho two planes during tho
trip. .
PROSECUTION
HEPOEBfl
HEMS
Crater Lake
Paving Will
Start July
Warren Company
Begin Work First
of Month
to
Paving uf bdth the Kluiuulb Falls
and Med ford entrances to Crater
Luke National park will start by
July 1, accord I nt; to announcement
today by William B. Arnold, supcr
Intendent of tho Warren Construc
tion company.
Tho Wurren compuny submitted
thu lowest bid to thu foci oral 1) ur
ea u uf public roads, and announce
ment Hint It bad been given the con
tract was received by Mr. Arnold
lust night. Tho work will upproxl-
nialo $200,000. ?
'Wo will Blurt work on both the
Klumnth and .Med ford eutrujices
simultaneously," ho suld today.
"The work will bu pushed with all
possible speed, and will bo com
pleted, if possible, to Anna Creek
Sprlnss during Hie proses t sum
mer."
The pavlnii within tho park Is
about 20 miles in length. The' gov
ernment will provide good detours
over tho stretches of highway which
are being paved, and tourists to thu
purk will not be Inconvenienced dur
ing the summer months.
Offield Seen
As Winner in
School Vote
232 Votes to Reber's
128 in Incomplete
Count
(i. W. Offield was today appar
ently well ahead of his opponent,
John Heber, In the county school
election, according to returns from
15 olit of 60' precincts filed In the
office of . County School Supcrin
teudent Peterson.
Heber 8 count at noon today was
115. while Offield hud 232
corded. Heber's name was written
In on tho ballot In tho Malln dis
tricts.
Tho contest between these two
wns tho only ' feature of tho elec-
Hon. Charles Mack, Hay I.ooslcy
and Hoy Nelson were elcctod with
out opposition.
It is not believed that the 15
niulning precincts will alter the
totals materially.
There were only four candidates
for the four positions ns director.
Not Guilty,
Is Plea of
Frank Way
Klamath Stockman Ar
' raigned This
Morning
Frank Way. prominent Klninafli
stockman charged with flrst-degreo
mtlrder in connection with the kill
ing of Timothy Murphy during an
alleged dispute over a black sheep,
this morning pleaded not guilty
when arraigned before Circuit Jutlgo
A. L. Leuvltt.
Tho courtroom wns practically
empty when Way appeared. Ho wns
accompanied by his attorney, C. F.
Stone. Horace Manning, special
prosecutor employed by relatives of
Timothy Murphy, wns ulso In court
Way showed no emotion during
thu reading of tho indictment and
suonied to tnko tho entire proceeding
us a matter of course.
AITOISTS, ATTKXTIOX
Duo to tho fact that thu
bridge at .Munino (lam has tul-
leu down, It will bo nocossury
4 for nil th iso attending tho big
Barbocuo nt Langell Valley
next Sunday to lako tho South
road- If, by mlstuke, t'.io north
road Is taken, tho traveler can
reach tho barbecue by taking
the highway that rosaos tho
valley west of Lorelln. Do not
pass Lorollu IC you tako the
north road, for If you do you
will have to return ns r-m can-
4 not cross tho bridge at tho
iluni. Walch for tho signs.
thoy will point the way to tlio
llarbe'uu.
M1LUN SAILS
FROM 80ST0N TO
SEEK
High Officials Bid Explor
ers Bon Voyage as They
Steam Out of Harbor
NAVY GUNS SALUTE
Steamer Peary Heads North
From Charleston to
Search Arctic Seas
HOSTON, Juno 17. The Arctic
expedition of Lieut. Commander
Donald It. Muc.Millun sailedsfrom the
navy yard at Charlcstown shortly
after noon today In the steamer
Peary, bound for WIscasset, Maine.
From WIscasset tho Peary and the
schooner P.owdoin will sail on Mac-
Millao's ninth voyage Into the north.
The big guns on tho navy craft
thundered farewell as tho little
steamer slipped away on the first
leg of the trip beyond tho arctic
circle. A navy band on the pier
played "Auld Lang Sync." The crowd
which had crammed its way into tho
navy yard cheered. Tho harbor
echoed with the shrieks of marine
whistles as craft at anchor joined
in the parting tribute.
Overhead, as the Peary passed on
its way to sea, a dozen hydro-air-planes
circled.
.MacMlllan in outlining tho ob
jects of hli1 expedition, asserted that
if Amundsen. Norwegian arctic cx
plurr. believed lost on his flight to
tho north polo, had not been found
when tho American expedition reach
ed Elah, Greenland, ho would under
take his rescue. Amundsen, he said,
will run out of food tomorrow.
Governor Fuller, assistant secre
tary of tho navy Theodore D. Robin
son, Mayor Curley and others were
gathered at tho navy yard to wish
tho expedition bon voyage.
List of Dead
Mounts to 42
Over 35 Persons Badly
Injured in Train
Wreck
NEW YORK. Juno 17 () The
death toll hnd mounted to 4 2 today
as a result of tho wreck of a Dela
ware. Lackawanna & Western spe
cial tourist train at Rockport Sag,
X. J., 60 miles west of here. Esti
mates of the injured varied from
threo dozen to four dozen and tho
cases of at least one dozen were
considered serious.
Tho train curried 1S2 (lerman-
Amcricnns, mostly from Chicago.
They were bound for lloboken, N.
J., to embark on tho liner Republic
to visit tho fulherlnud from which
they hud cmlgratod years ago. Only
SO sailed on tho Republic, yosterday,
Fire Prevention
Is Forum Topic
Willi forest firo prevention
his topic, K. H. Mall was today
chief speaker nt tho forum lunch
con held in tho chamber of com
merce club rooms.
Ho emphasized the fuct that thu
move to prevent forost fires was
moro In the nature of un aid to
tho general public than to the tim
ber owners, calling attention to the
fuct thut the payroll developed in
manufacturing lumber amounted to
much moro than thu valuo of tho
timber Itself.
Credit for originating tho Stop
Forest Fires association and pro
viding it with n ri.ii mo was given
by Mr. Hall to Luther W. . Rood,
former Klamath Falls newspaper
man.
JINKERSCLUB
SWIMS TONIGHT
Girls of tho "Jlnkers Club" ot
tho First National bank, officially
opened their season of out door
sports, by leaving late this after
noon for 1'ppor Lako whore they
will enjoy their first swimming party
ot thu seuson,
Tho girls ot the club Include:
Misses Henrietta Haas, Inez Jonklns,
Ruin Lindsey, Sybil Bu inner, Kutli
ryn Dodey, Joophlno t'pp anil Stel
la Slezer,
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Reception for
Rail Officials
Will Be Large
Entire County to Be
Represented Sat
urday Night
Itcsidents of every section of the
county will be here Saturday nigM
to attend tho big public 'oieptim
by the Hill and Northern Line offi
cials at tho White Pelican hotel, ac
cording to word reaching mniiiers
of the general reception comniitte-;.
The railroad officials, 25 in num
ber, will arrive In the city s!ir:;y
before noon Saturday and will de
vote a major portion of the Jay to
an inspection of the proposed routes
of the new line In this territory.
The people generally will be In
vited to meet the officials at the
reception that night, at which time
some of the plans of the Hill line!
will be voiced by President Ralph
Budd of the Great Northern and
President Donnelly of the Northern
Pacific.
Jail Breakers
Go to Prison
Must Serve Time Fol
lowing Plea of Guilty
at Yreka ,
(Special to Tho Herald)
YREKA, Cal., Juno 17. Less than
twenty four hours after they had
attempted to break jail with a spoon
and a flat Iron, James Anderson, Vic
tor Delfero and Fred Mostert were
sentenced to Indeterminate terms at
San Quentln and Folsom here late
yesterday and this morning they
started under guard for their re
spective destinations. Delfero was
sent to Folsom. on account of his
extensive prison record at Portland,
Oregon, whlletho others wentto
San Quentln. Delforo and Mostert
were sentenced for the theft of an
automobile here, and Anderson for
robbing hotel rooms at Dunsmuir.
They pleaded guilty to the respec
tive charges to avoid a charge of
attempting to break jail.
Cheaper Carfare
For Portland Is
Urged By Women
SALEM, Ore., June 17. That
the city of Portland be required to
purchase the city street railway
system at a valuation fixed by the
public service commission, that
fares be fixed at 5 cents with trans
fer privileges, and that tho deficit
at tho end of each year be met by
general taxation, aro asked by H.
D. Wagnon of Portland in a peti
tion of intervention In tho case of
the housewives' council of Portland
against tho Portland Railway. Light
and Power company. The commis
sion is to hear the case in Port
land June 23. The housewives'
council demands that fares be reduced.
Klamath Woman Gets Big
Offer for Property She
Bought When Young Girl
A touch of romance in the
the City of Detroit, Michigan,
itu louiiitj aiiu icuucu wiiu it ciu jiiiiiicuoc xui muio ivi
one who has been a resident Here for many years.
When a young girl in the then "comparatively .small
city of Detroit, when the development of the automobile
was but a dream in the mind of Henry Ford and ' other
inventors, Mrs. Louis Schmidt, with her sister, purchased
a small piece of property far on the outskirts of thj auto
mobile metropolis. It was one of those tracts purchased
with a small payment down and smaller payments
monthly. Sickness, lock of ei
ployment nnd other causes made It
Impossible tor the one sister to
sell what small Interest s'le had In
the property to Mrs. Schmidt, who
by close economy and denying her-
solf tho little luxuries that the young
girl craves, succeeded In 1 finally
meeting nil payments nnd secur
ing a deed to the properly.
Then came the automobile boom
and with the rapid expansion of De
troit. ' In the nieantlmo the young
girl had become the wife of Louis
Schmidt. . Hearkening to the cull
of tho west, they came to Klamath
COFFEY HERE TO
EMQIOI
Oil.
Meets with Directors of the
Klamath Irrigation '
District i
MAY TAKE LONG TIME
District Secretary A. M.
Thomas Says no Chances
Will be Taken
Work nn a contract whereby Hio
Kfiilnulli Irritrullnn District will tuk
over from the I'. S. Reclamation Ser
vice trie operation ami iiiuiiitcnnnco
of the dintrict begun here today with
the arrival of R. ,1. Coffey, district
counsel for the I'. S. Reclamation
sorTlce, u-itli headquarter in Iterk-''
cley, California. ''
coifcy is today meeting with di
rectors or the district and with J. H.
Carnahan, attorney, for tho district.
Completion of tho contract, If sat
isfactory terms can be arranged with
the government, will find tho district
managing not only its own affairs;
but also providing for tho carriage
of water in its canals to other ills-
tricls tributary to the Klamuth Ir
rigation District, according to Secre
tary A. M. Thomas.
"The contract will not be rushed
througrt in a hurry", Thomas said. :
"When the last contract was pre
pared for . submission to the voters
of the district it resulted In the loss
of millions of dollars in powerlghlit
that were subsequently ceded to tlio
California Oregon Power company.
"The contract now under way will
undergo mora careful scrutiny. The
ranchers haven't much left that even
a smutl power company might de
sire, bnt even so . we mean to take
no chnnces." ' , -
ormer Klamath
Woman Dead In 4
California City
Mrs. Sophia K. Ramsby died at ;
2 o'clock this morning at the homo
it her daughter, Mrs. S. E. Martin,
in Oakland, after brief illness, t e
deceased was the widow of C. M.
Kumsby, who died In A'hland ne t ,.v
five years ago. She Is survived
he.- daughter, Mrs. Martin, and re
son, cirey Kanuuy of tnts city, tvj
brothers, Dr. W. D. Woodcock, of
Richmond, California, A. C. Wood-
ccck, Eugene; und a sister, Mm.
I Klinger, of Dufur, Oregon.' The fun
eral will be held In Ashland Friday,
burial being In the Ash'iuul ceme
tery. Mr. and Jlrs. Krnisby woro resi
dents of Klamath and 'Lake coun
ties fur Upwards of 25 years. Ot
'a kindly, generous disposition, thoy
i enjoyed a wide clr.le of friends
1 woo will be. grieved to learn ot tho
i death ot Mi l. Ramsby and will 'ex-
i tend their sincere sympathy to thu
' bereaved relatives.-'-
wonderful development of
has reached clear to Klam-
Falls and for soveral years rented
what was known as the Slstnr's
ranch on the Midland rood. Later
they purchased a farm further down
the valley. During all this tlmo the
value of the Detroit property In
creased und muny attractive offers
were refused. Finally a few day:(
ago an offer of Slufl.OliO cuine. It
was oue thu could hirdly be re
fused and with the expectation of
accepting It It condition.) are found
to Justify Its a.'.cii')tani.o, Mr. and
Mrs. Schmidt will leave In Inn morn
ing for Detroit,
Li