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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
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D0UGLA5W0MAN
BITTEN 3 TIE
E
Mrs. James Martin, Home
steader, Recovering To
day in Hospital
COURAGE IS DISPLAYED
Cuts Let; With Penknife and
Walks Long Distance
to Summon Help
llOKKIU'ltli, Or.-., .It TJt.
Mtn. .lumen .Mai'llti win. Iti'iHiichl l
tilt lurnl lioMpltiil today Hurri'iing
fmm t-iilltt'MiiiiHt. bite. Mr. Martin,
iiIiIiihikIi lilllen lliM'e (inn's tut Oh
r(, will iriover, pit) allium. Hlitlcd,
otvlnu lnr lift to lift- Kt'fjit pre
euro of inlntl tintl t'ottruut In (mil
iltK Itf'l4 ttU'll CUM', i
Mm. Martin's IiiimIiuiiiI In u rull
rtm.l brnktimiin working out' of
Ktmt.liiiri;, mill fh him been r.
I it k ou tlm IP lioiiii'sti'itil, liitiii.'il
llllollt 30 I 1 1 i-K west ttf Itnni'lilirg In
nit Isolated t! lull lil In Hit. Tyee
vicinity.
While out utter tin. town vector
ttuy evening Hltt f.iii.i.l on it large
rtttlliT, whir b wnippcd Iti.'lf nrottntl
her rlislit Ifu mill struck her three
times linfoi'ti hlti could kick .ho
rrtullo off.
In spite of Iiit fright Mm. Mnr
tln rntiilnt'il miffliiim pri'tunco of
tnlliil lo twlnt a toiirnliit.t above
tint wound unit then wulkcd lo IV
rtibin some tllHtitnr nwuy nnd with
n pen knlf... tint only Instrument
uvnllubh', li it rnp.'fully cut tin
rlitlon tu bleed tin. wound :hor
otiRlily. Hhc then itll..:tl Cur ;t
utile to tint homo of it tit' 4lil..tt'.
fonlliiK th" river on hi'P .!'. A
physluluti i-ii 1 1 dl. n-tirhlii.v hi r
uhout midnight, nuil elm wim
hrotiKlit on t lo Hi" lioanilul at
once, vv
llor It-K l very linill.' liifm t.'il
mill hwoIIi.ii, nTiilorWTrrf- rTiy ft
lilunifti fpom tint 1'friTtit .,f II,...
mlnnn, hut iihynlriuna reported thin
morning tlmt tturtlt Ittnt Imprvo
uinnl Ik shown to umiiph Iht r
rovfry. ,
Champion Ropers
Here For Rodeo
Amttliup itttriictioii wittt itililril to
lint rotlt'U lirrt' July 2, 3 anil 4,
wlnm (.'. Shoop nntl J. W. Hlioop,
i liuiuplon ropi'rtt, Hlcnml rnntrni'ta to
umlto tliolr n tjtiii riiniti ut tttu fnlr
Rrniiiiiln.
Tito Hlioni liriitlnrH Jtttit nprlvt'il
from Cnliinry. wIiitu llicy uro wi'll
known t'Xiit rt rttprrK. Tlti'y milil
tho fumu of tho Kliimiith Knlls
Ittnli'o, nit HtiiK' il hy iIik Illy lioilco
iiHHoi'litllon, Ik Hprt'iitliiiK tlirouKlioiil
thtt wt'Ht, mill limy with moro tlinn
wllllitit to nlittw lii'I'i! (Iiii'Iiih Hit!
Ilirt'it ilityK.
TOlfill lilCK!
.
Onii of tho liiinlnlilp.t Inrl-
ln I lo Klamath Kulln liltw-
HI 111 I UK OUt lit II fll'Nt-t'lllHll
4 pout offU't In that box ronliils 4
will iiIho bo InvroiiHi'tl, It wan 4
4 nmiount'flil tntlay by I'jHitnimKy 4
4 John MiCitll. I'tiritona who now
runt boxi's urn imlictl by ' tho
poKtinnalttr t lniiilrti nboiit tho
4 now rttnlitl whltli mnrtK July
1, when tho l-irtil offl'o bu-
4 comoit it full fluilKO rluia A 4
offlro.
BY RATTLESNAK
Condemned Man Prefers to
Die at Once Rather Than
Have Surgeon Save Life
CIIICAflO, Juno 22. Iliiinaid
(runt, feurrul of thn hiiiigman's
nooHti, refused today to permit phy
nlclniiH lo. perform nil .opcrulltm In
the hope of Having his life, mid died
110 mlmilen Inter. Ho wnn slabbed
flvo times Saturday by Wallop
Kftiuser, onco Hoinjonced with (Irani
tn hang, but later granted n new
tplul.
Grunt was very weak from the
wounds in his neck nntl chest mid
lihyslclniiH nt I ho house of coppcc
tlon hospital Insisted on n blood
triniBf uslon. , .
"I'll ho (load In n III tie while If
you'll lot mo iilonii," mi Id the
Yotindod prisoner, "so why jiro-
I .
Call Holiday
on July 16th
Decides Against Proo
.. lamation for Elks'
Session
HAf.K.M. pi'., Juno 22. Governor
I'leric today ilceldml, iiiitwUhHtmid
Iiik mi iiM'iil from Elks (irguulr.ii
Uiiiih nil ovi.p III.' slute, not to pro-
rlaliii u linlliliiy on July 1C, (ho duti) j
of t In. lutpiiilt. of 1Ih tiullonul Klks
.i.titf.iiill.m In t'i. rtlii.nl Tin. tf.iv. !
rnop sent n Intler lu ll.'n S. Fisher,
of Mitrlifl.ill, pri.itld.'iil of tlm stale
elks iiitsotiulltifi.
".My (Imt luiilnutlttu" says, th.)
i.ovuriiop "wus to grunt your r iii:hI .
jinn my duly us governor ii.'iiiiiikik
jilii.t I iiiinit servo tho bent Interests !
if I li.. ...itlm n.inlili, .if ltw. ufiifn
,. ,...., i,, .,.,.. i..,ii.i,,
i Ik it serious mutter to tln.i bitHln.itot
lut'TohlH of til... titut.i. It iit.-itnH fln
ii n i-lit I Itiiin to many institutions,
mills ttiiil fnrtoiies, If tioucd, suffer
Iomk. Iliiiikn cloiiiiil for it day iiiviin
I it 1 1 ' r in jit Ion t of t'lt'uraiirim nntl niilih
aiiiioyiiiii'o to p'Kulnr iintrons. An
nxlriiorilluiiry liollilny ittti It tin tliln
proHciilii Ht'rloiiH illfrirultli'8 to the
tn rin I nt: nuil xi.u k liili'ri'HlH of tho
Hiato In tint ritri. of tttot-k, -ropit nntl
fruit liiinvMi., Tint rloitliiK down of
tn 1 1 1 h unil fitriorli'H uloii.i for ouit
xtrti linlliliiy woiil.l r.'Hull In a Iohh
of not It'itn than u mllllttn tlnlliirtt to
tb.'lp ownt-pii.'
Death Claims
Senator Ladd
North.. Dakota . Solon
Succumbs Early
Today
.., IIAl.TI.MDIti:, Jtiuu 22. (I--Scna-lor
Kilwln Fn-niiiiit l.n.lil of North
Oakotti ill. '.I lii'li' at 1U:20 n. in, to-
tlay.
A compllrittlon of kliluoy troitblo,
hlth took on ai.Milo turn for tho
wopni; ilurliiK tht nl;ht. inun il il.'ittli
nt n httftpltiil. TlitiHi. nt ltlK btitl.tlilti
hittl Kivon tii liopo. IIIh H.'orotnry,
IIoiikIiih J. Mt Artlinr, wn cnllril hur
rlfilly front 'at.hlitKlon.
I'lto Hc-mitor watt rbnst'loint mnl In
full to in lint ll it of bin f . t l 1 1 1 1 i i a lib
hit..' an hint nielli.
SEVERAL FOREST
FIRES REPORTED
Lightning Reported as Cause
of Blazes in the Crescent
Country
HKN'll, llrti., Juno 22. A nunibur
of forost fli'i'H riiiiHt'd hy IIkIiIiiIiik
liavtt liotin ri'iiorlnd lo tint lorul fnp
OHlry offlro Hlnro Saluriluy. Nono
of tbi'Ho In KttrloUB mid most of thi'tn
nr lu tho OroHrent dlntiirt, nroord
hiK lo Kort'iilry offlt'laltt. Ono Is In
tho HlntorK tllHtrlrt mnl ono In tint
Fort ltork tllHtrlrt. Tho itumbor was
placed at ten by offirlaln this mm ti
ll! K.
A cool wind yoKtordny with cloudy
Kklt'H mudo tho day Krom Iosk warm
than prt'vhniK nlthniiKh tho tompnrn
(tit poachtMl 92 or tfu degrees hlRh
er thmi tho proi'loiiH neasons reroril.
Tho nlKht wan cooler than In sev
eral ilnytt, tint merrury ilrop'pliiK to
r.2.
long my life when It's going lo ho
taken from me anyway'.'"
Dr. Flunk Jlrku pleaded but
Grunt's ,1'ealstunco did not weaken.
A half hour lnler the prisoner died.
(Inuil, who always Insisted he
was Innocent and that Krauser
alotin wiih guilty of the killing of
rollsemiin Kill pit Sunders In a hold
up In 1922, probably would have
been pardoned or his senleneo com
muted to life imprisonment had
Krausep escaped tho gallows nt hie
second ttlal, which was set recently
for this week. Tho supremo court
had allowed Krauser a retPlal, hut
denied a second healing for Grunt.
T
NERAL
OF LAFOLLETTE
No Pomp or Ceremony Not
ed at Final Obsequies
Held at Madison
PICTURED AS PROPHET
Minister Says he Was Al
ways Fighting for Com
mon People
MADIKON, Win,. Juno 22. Sr
vlr.'ii of fxlriiut'i nyinpllrlty uttumloil
till, burial of Sniintnr Itobrrt Murlon
l.al'iillrlti'.
Allhnnpli from tint inoiii'Tit hi it
ftiiicnil trttlii nrrlvi'tl Iiito IuhI Hut
unlay from Wi'.HliinKlon. tho fttato
IiiiiI rbilint''t I. In hotly for Its own,
thorn wan not III I: K of pomp or coro
inoiiy In llit'Htt, I ho lHt honorn that
It nilijlit luntlir.
Tlmt wan an tlm Bonator lilinm'lf
lllltl WlKll'.'tl.
To frli iiiln of a llfi tlmc wan Klvon
I In.' mnl l.'thlt of ronvi yluK tho hotly
to mtiirliiiiry lu IiIb nntlvo mill ut a
point ororlooklni; a broad bloc luki;
b.'Kltltt whit It lit' wari bom and came
to man's CKtiito.
Many otlmrK with whom bo hail
luborotl ho lonj; In tint Ftntu nntl tho
nation w-ro guth.'rod from far and
nrar to do bomiiKit nt bin blfp.
Tho rxpuimlvi' rotunda of the mait
hIvo (Unto niplliil wht'Po yi-mrrduy
ItlH body lay In Htuto watt the phtcit
of tho burial funoral norvlro. That
jtorvlro wuh urranKt'd nil follows:
Hymn, "Xt'iircr my (ioil lo tln:o,"
.MoKi hiirl and .Mannirhoir t bortm.
Kunornl nortnon lir, A. K. llay
ilon ttf ('hlt-apo.
Hymn "Ahldo with mo," Mottc
hart and Mnnuiu-holr chnruB,
"Amorlra" with tho rlioruK load
liiK tint uudlt'iirtt.
Throughout tho bourn 'tlmt tho
VMy lity lii Hiitto, ii Klonily iHiYTThToT
pcoplo piiHKftl In riivoroiit norvico.
Sonitor LuPollt'tto was described
ns "Tho itinhituled prophet hf n now
(t'ottlltiliril oil I'liuc Si.v) '
Girl Sentenced
To Penitentiary
Dorothy Perkins Must ' Pay
Penalty for Killing Her
Former Suitor
XKW YOHK. Juno 22. ,V) From
five to fifteen years confinement in
Auburn prh'on was tho sentence im-
; posed today upon Dorothy Perkins,
Ichnpgod with killing Thomus Templo
Iton. Jersey I'lty war veteran nnd
I her suitor.
I The girl uppoared entirely compos-
etl as Judge Mclntyre delivered the
scitteiiro nntl lattir walked steadily
from the court room.
"1 feel very sorry for you," thn
Judge said. "1 don't want to utld
any more anguish to what you havo
already suffered. Hut you did a
heliioiis wrong: you havo led a very
bad life fop ono so very young."
Although ninny letters have been
received concerning the caso, ho said,
not ono of them suggested the gipt
should bo let off without punish
ment. DISABLED VETS
HOLD ANNUAL
MEET TODAY
OMAHA, June 22.-- Ilatlle-
iscni'red "buddies" of tho World war
met In O in nh u today for the fifth
national convention of the Dis
abled American Velepnns.
Today's Initial session compiised
lnrgely of , prayer nnd tribute to
their ftiinier coninules a prayer
nnd tvlbiitu that wus slgnulized by
a period of silence during which
theve was a simultaneous placing of
1). A. V, wreaths upon the tombs
of "Unkiionw soldier" at Arlington.
Home, London, Finis nnd Brussels.
With this liihiito of silence,
broken hy the singing ut "Taps" nnd
"Tho Stnr Spangled llannep" by
Mine. Siinintanu-llelnk, famous
singer, herself a gold star wnr
mother, the disabled veterans hrn.nl
messages of felicitation and on
courageinetit fpom President Cool
Itlge, Vlco President Dawes, Gen
eral Pershing, Marshal Foch nnd
others. None of these dlgnltniies
w as nhle to ill lend the convention
and sent . tholr messages of good
will hy telegraph mid mnll. '
UIE
SERVICE
MARKSEU
Huge Crowd
at Langell
Celebration
Barbecue Draws Many;
Events Well
Handled
' ?
A crwil, iiiliiiutuil at itpprox!-
uiiiluly 2f,ti 1 1 0 people, yesterday cele
brated with p';ple of l.anKoll Valley
at ono o,,tK mit ucccii:tful barbe
cues ever iti In Southern Orcgun.
Tho ovffet, coitimeinorailnK the
Ki'iuiliiK if water on part of the
pr tji'ft lunr,')car and celebrating the
addition of more acrej to the project
tli Ih year, watt well-managed from
tttnrt to flnmh. Kvcnti were pulled
off on ncheilule time uaii from the
tlmo the flmt platter of burbecued
meat wan served to thaimo the
lust hnttcF tan out In the baeb.ill
gumu Hii it'.jire no Idle mamc-ats.
.Manaueieiit of the affair wa In
tho hand of J. T. I'erklnj, Klam
ath KhIIh IjuhIih.m man.
Jinmedliliely folloiylnn ' tho attack
on the burbecued meat, an attack
which resulted In a completo wreck
of a touple of steers, two pigs and
mine nheep, the uthlctfc piogram
began.
Al Shock and Kddic Sic wart boxed
three fal rounds to a draw. Four
snappy nurtiim followed, al the end
of wlili Abie Gordon and Italic
Lighlfoul Were awarded a draw.
H:ith boy. experienced tighten, were
ItamiMred by the lack of ropes, the
smullneini of the ring mid lite fact
that theie was na resin on hand.
Gordon slipped several times follow
ing wilil swings which failed ta
land.
Henry llurke. weakened by a ru
retit operation which catt'ed him t)
life 12 pounds, devoted IS minutes
to ilc in n itpating that ho was the
superior' of Al Kleining lu a fast
wrostllnit match. ' f
(('oi'liitiitil mi rK l'"our)
.Crazecf Man Creates Reign Of
. Terror; Makes Two Attempts To
End His Life At Yreka Today
(Special In The lliralil)
YKKKA, Calif.. June 22. Cli
maxing a week's aimless wandering
without food in the Humbug uioun-j
tuin region. C'hurles Higgins, nged
4 2, Oakland carpenter nnd reputed,
scion of n prominent .Massachusetts'
fnmlly, created a reign of terror in !
Yreka late yesterday and Is near!
death's door here in the general
hospital us the result of two at- j
tucks on his own life. t
Higgins first appeared in Yreka I
nt tho home -of City Marshal
Charles Doggett. Doggett was sleep- j
Ing lifter working all night and hlsi
wife mid children fled nt the sight!
of tlte man who screamed as ho
broke in the door. The family fled
to neighbors for aid and Doggett
was awakened. He attempted to
hold lite man hut the latter fled
several blocks til the lobby of the
leading hotel here,' where ho cre
ated another scene. Doggett and
Deputy Sheriff Samuel ' Mngoffey
Pneumonia Claims
Two Victims Here
Prnnnionin claimed two lives In
Klamath Falls yesterday.
Hubert Flnley, aged 49. suc
cumbed at a local hospital after a
brief Illness. lie had boon cm
ployed at the logging ennip of the
Hwuunu Box company. He
leaves two sisters living ut Grants
Puss. The funeral will be held at
10::lt) tomorrow morning from the
Whit lurk liinpel.
LaVerno Paul Cnrtwiigbt, aged
2 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. H.
Cartwtiglit, died yesterday morning
from pneumonia following n short
Illness. Funeral services will be
held lit ll o'clock tomorrow morn
ing from the Sacred Heart church.
litOM l'OKTI.AXI)
Mr. and Mrs. Stanton 1. I.aphnm
and small son arrived In Klamath
Falls Saturday evening from Port
land to spend several days visiting
with friends nntl relatives. The-Lap-hams
drovo 'down tho Columbia
highway toaBrlggs, from there to
lleud, and from Bend to Klamath
Falls by wny of Crescent mid Odell,
where they enjoyed some flno fish
ing. Mr. 1 .a iltn in Is chief Inspector
for the Ford Motor company's as
sembling plant in Portland.
m ATTAGK
IS FEATURE DF
E
Defense Witnesses Attempt
to Discredit Testimony
of Star Witness
WOMAN GIVES VERSION
Mrs. Luella Ruhbell Says
She Would not Believe
'Doctor on Oath
CHICAfiO. June 22. W) The
defohso In the William . D. Shep
herd murder trial today further at
tacked the testimony and character
of mates' star witness, Charles C.
Kaimun.
Mrs. Luella Ithubell, for - two
months business manager of Fai
man's school, the National Univer
sity of Sciences, tostlflcd Kho would
not believe Fulman on oath, that
sho never saw a letter from Shep
herd to Fulman, although she kept
the files, and that she never had
seen Shepherd at Falmnn's school.
Kaiman testified Shepherd wrote
'a letter inquiring about a course
Ifn criminal bacteriology, obtained
typhoid germs and wus instructed
how to use them to slay "Billy"
Mit'Iintoik. his millionaire foster
son, who had made' a will in which
Shepherd was named chief bene
i ficiapy.
j Dr. John Fischer, head of the
Fischer laboratories, was the next
witness, qualifying as an expert
j bacteriologist.
i In technical language ho testl
J fled Shepherd lacked the scientific
I knowledge to propagate and care
for the germs Faimnn said he gave
tho accused man until tho opportu
nity for slaying young McCllntock
arrived. He Bald Fuimun's reputa
tion for, veracity was very bad.
placed him under restraint and
locked him in a .cell ut the county
jail, where three hours later ho was
found in a semi-conscious condition
his throat slashed from ear tu ear
with a safety razor blade he had
found.
Higgins was rushed to the hospi
tal and this morning he again at
tempted suicide by twisting a towel
around his throat when his at
tendants left his room for a minute.
When his condition was discovered,
Higgins stuged a desperate fight,
smashing furniture nnd upsetting
beds, and chairs before ho wus over
powered ami the towel cut from his
throat. Higgins left two notes in
which ho disclaims any responsi
bility for any serious offense which
he seoms to beliovo that ho is being
accused of. One of the notes was
uddiessed to Brother William at
742 21st street, Oakland. He muy
recover.
5 Arraigned
Men to Plead
on Wednesday
Charles Fuller Facing
- Three Serious
Charges
Charles Puller, Kd Fuller, Jim
! Burke, it. Ware nnd T. M. Owens,
all Indicted by tho grand Jury, this
morning wero arraigned heforo Cir
cuit Judge A. h, Leuvltt. All chose
to await the statutory time allowed
and will plead Wednesday morning
at 1U o'clock. 1
Charles Fuller, Kd Fuller and
Jim Burke arc chniged with assault
with intent to, 1:111 and with being
nrmed with a dangerous weapon.
All were Implicated tn a gun buttle
In which Kd Kendall, deputy sher
iff, was dangerously wounded.
Churles Fuller is charged separ
ately with carrying concealed
weapons.
T. M. Owens Is charged with a
statutory offense and T. JL Owen
U charged with assault with a dan
gerous weapon,
SHEPHERD S
Five Die From
Poisoning in
Radium Plant
Deaths in "Butterfly
House Probed by
Authorities
NEW YORK, June 22. (VP)
Deaths from poison In a lead plant
which caused iti victims to have
hallucinations of seeing butterflk'-i
have Just been revealed in New-
Jersey fatalities among workers who
use radium paint on watch dials.
Coincident with Inquiries Into five
deaths and numerous cases of ill
nrs In the plant of tha United
States Radium corporation, Orange,
N. J., has developed that Tetra Ethyl
lead poisoning killed eighteen per
sons In IS months and made 300
others seriously ill at the deep
water plant of the E. I. Dupom
company. The plant, now closed
made tetra ethyl lead and treatend
gasoline with Jt. -,, .
The compound is usea In manu
facturlng "Antiknock" gasoline, the
sale of whlsh has been stopped Jn
several state pending; federal in
vestigation Into effects on pedestri
ans who breath motor exhaust gases.
Some have called the plant the
"house of butterflies." Victims hare
been known to pause while at work,
gaze Intently Int-j spice and sudden
ly leap Into l'.ie air clutching "but
terflies" which are not there to be
seen. '
A number of scientists believe
that the radium at range were caus
ed by mesothorium, a substance
used in luminlous paint and having
raido activitiy twenty times as in
tense as that of radium.
Belongings Burned
.vTn Apartment Fire
Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Dix Lose
Effects EJectric, Iron
Cause of Blaze - '
.,i . -.s' -- ,:A 1 i 'iir,-.,fg- Ut
To return from au outing last
evening and find they had no home,
was the experience of Mr. and Mrs.
I!. N. Dix, whose apartment was
cDmpletcly ruined by fire last even
ing about nine o'clock, caused by
an electric iron being left burning
from about noon time yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dix and baby left
the apartment shortly after noon to
spend the day at Wlui'ske and upon
returning learned f tho fire, which
completely destroyed all their fur
niture and personal belongings.
About the only thing saved was the
silverware. .
Today the unfortunate people
w'ere attempting to find a home or
apartment, being forced to live at a
local hotel until they locate a place.
Newspaper Headlines Seven v .,
Years Ago Told of Loyalty
of Klamath County People'
Seven years ago' today June 22,
19 IS there appeared ia the Even
ing Herald a dispatch which read:
900.000 American boys now in
France"
In an adjoining column there was
story of what the women of
Klamath county were doing for the
men who had gone to war. The
women of Merrill had made 95
shirts, 24 swelters, 15 'pairs of
socks. At Mnlln, Algoma. Henley,
Bonanza, I.orella, Fart Klamath.
Mill Addition and other towns tt
the county, the women of Klamath
were doing their bit to help win tha
war. ,;."'
In still another column was a
story of the start of the thrift stump
.campaign. . Klamath county was
eager and patriotic. It wanted to
make a record for patriotism which
would live forever in the hUtory of
I WANT TO HELP ;
AMERICA'S WAR ORPHANS
To J. A. Gordon, chairman of American
Legion war orphans' endowment campaign.
I enclose my check for . .....
I want to do my bit for the children whose
daddies did their bit. : ; , . '
Yours, in the name of humanity, (
( 1 1 'f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i "
E
T
Public Reception at White
Pelican Hotel Saturday
Attended by 500 ,
ENTHUSIASM IS SHOWN
Judge Carey and President
Donnelly Speak Briefly"
on Rail Situation :
Headed by Charles Donnelly, pre
sident of the Northern Pacific, the
party of N-trthern( Lines officials
which . visited here' Saturday ', left
Sunday morning for Bend. from
which point the party took train to
the east. ; . . 1
Outstanding of . their visit here
wai the reception given them ut tho
White Pelican hol"l. whepy men rep-
resentatlve of various communities
and organizations of the Klaiiath '
country, Saturday night paekutl the
lobby as visible-evidence of the- fact
that coming of tho Northern lines U
this section Is an event much de
sired. r' 1 . v -( f
To .Inspect yountry , .., -t
j T'.ia visitors had previously stat
ed that they wore hero more for
I the purpose of acquainting I thtm
'selve3 with condition than with. '
making any startling declarations
as to their Intentions. ;
Introduced by harles Wood Eli
crleia. chairman of the reception
committee, Charles H. Curey of
Portland, legal representative Of
the Oregon Trunk, was tho only
f.rmal speaker of the evening. 1
Carjy prefacted his address with
an cxpre-'sbn of gratlfioalbn af
Ue mariner In which tho r jrll met,
had been received. ? '
Anxious lo (.elite ! ...
L "I aavo little .to say at this ilm.o.K--Tie
t:d .-. . : " '
"We have mudo application to the
Interstate Commerce Commission for
permission to build from Bend into
Klamath Falls and until permission
is given, us we can siy little de
finitely except that we want to come
Into this section. 1 . ,
"I can assure that as soja as
this permission is granted,"" as"wo
hope it will be, uo time will bo
lost In building to Klamath Falls,
and I hope that when that tlmo
comes the same cardial reception
will be accorded us as tius been tbo
case today.",
Following the formal ' meeting,
Charles Donnelly, president of the
Northern Pacific, met with repren-
( Continued On Pace Six)
. the state. . ;. ' "' J ' ,:f
Seven years have passed.' Tha
war 13 over. But toduy tho or
phaned children of the men 'who
Idled In France are making an ap
peal. They want to be clothed and
fed and schooled and given the Sam
'chance In life ns your son and
'daughter.
The American Legion . wants '
help them. It has stortud an en
dowment fund for these orphnned
children. Klimath county Is uokol
to provide $2000. Just lot your
memory wander back through f'o
j years. Do you remember the pt dgn
j which' every American mailo to" dot
; everything possible to help win the
war? That pledge will not be ful
filled until these orphuns coma i:ito
their own. Fill cut this coup in
below and help put this drive civiir
tomorrow nlsht. ' ' ..';'"''
NORTHERN LIN
OFFICIALS MEE
KLAITH PEOPLE