The Evening herald., July 11, 1925, Page 1, Image 1

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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
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KLAMATH PALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 11, J 025
PRICE " FIVE CENTS
SOIL TILLERS
CONFIDENT OF
BUMPER
GROPS
Indications Point to Won
derful Year for Grain
Farmers
LATE RAINS BIG AID
Largest Acreage Ever Sown
to Potatoes Will be
Harvested
Fertile soil of the Klam
ath country will yield this
year one of the bigpcHt
Bumper crops in the history
of the county if present fav
orable conditions hold good
throughout the summer.
This is the opinion of
scores of farmers who have
reported their crop condi
tions and is also the opinion
of County Agent C. A. Hen
derson, who the past few
days, has been making first
hand observations of the
grain laden fields of the
Klamath basin and Tule
lake sections.
With less acreage sown to
grain in Tule lake district
than last year, forecast of
the county agent is that the
total crop will exceed Hint of liml
year. Farmers nro assured of a
good pried on wheal ami a fairly
Kood price on rye. Prl.-es on owl
nd barley will bo lower, owing to
prospect of hiiK" crops In thi'iH)
two product, the country over. I
tJrnln Hlimil up
nitrlnr Ilia tinst ten or twelve
day, flelil mwn U grain have un
dergone1 a remarkable transforma
tion, la some sections reports have
com In that tlta Rrn In had been
shooting upward two Inches n day.
As a rniiult I ho fields lira a bob of
(train swaying mid bending at lio
whim of tho wind.
With luch i-iod prospects In view,
farmers uro lacking to tin early
harvest tMs year and W3iild thin
Hldoitop the weather hazard of fall
harvesting successfully. IaxkI year,
combines woro at 111 on Tulo iiiko
grain fields 1n Into November, and
full ruins ruliiHd bo mo grain.
Owing to winter kill, the rlrxt
cutting of hay now In progress, Is
lighter than uannl. liny prices will
not bi ni high aa last year, ro
porta Indicate, although a prlro of
S12 a ton f or cliiss Al hay Rooms
fulrly assured, On liwcr grade of
hay, no Indication or tho price him
oh yet been manifested,
Potato Acreage Urcntont
Tho greatoat acreago over sown to
potatoes in Klumutli. will ho harv
ested later III the aunimor. Kstl-
Itifttea of County Agent C. A. Hon
doraon aro 'that between 15U0 and
2000 acres 'will yield potatoes, For
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Dam Breaks; 2
Children Lost
Searching Parties Seek
ing Bodies of
Victims
, OHEAT FALLS, Mont., July 11,
(IP) Senrchlng parties onrly to
day still woro aeoklng tlio bodies
of two children swept to their death
shortly beforo midnight Inst night
whon tho dam at Silver Dyko initio,
70 mlloa south of horo, gnvo way.
Mr, and Mrs. Morrill Kicker, pnr
oii Is of tho victims and one, oil er
child osonped when tho 16-lnot
wall of water and mud hurtled
down tho couluo loading Into Onr
pontor crook by climbing up tho
lido of a mass of tlubrlH which had
boon rolled up by tho flood.
Throe houses lit tho valley below
tho dam woro dostroyod, according
to tho messages,
A storo room and pumping ntn-
: tlon ownotl by tho mining oiinpnny
wnro wrecked. Two or throo oilier
houses woro' In tho path or tho
flood and tholr fnlo Is tot known
definitely. ,
Hamporod by tho dostructlon
wrought by tho flood,' soarvliors
, have boon nolo to mnku mile
progress.
Chiloquin to
Be Served by
Another Road
Surfacing of Agency
Road Will Start in
Near Future
Served now with uno macadam
road, Clillmiuln will anon liuvo anotli-
i in proved highway, In tho word
received here today from Klumnth
Agency.
Tho now Nurtured rond will bo the
Khun 11 III Agency Olilloiinln road.
which will le surfaced hy Ihn con
(rucilng firm of Htnbhlna & llocco
for approximately 110,000. Work
on the new road will start Imme
diately. .
The firm was awarded the Job
under a Hitpplimimititl contract and
papers will he signed within tho next
few days. It was reported. Willi
their equipment lined for tlio sur
facing of Iho f'hllnqulil-vVlllliimson
rlvor roud on the scene of the new
project, thu contractors will be uble
to start work Immediately.
Tho road will bo flounced by gov
ernment and county money. The
government will furnish approxi
mately 3 r, o ii for Iho work and the
county tho remainder. When com
pleted Iho road will be designated as
a county rond, whereas now It is
an Indian service roud.
Last year tho road from Klamath
Agency to Clilloiiuln was graded and
travel over tho fresh crude has been
fairly heuvy. I(enc4t In addition to
tlio surfacing there must bo repairs
of tho sub-grada and construction of
drulnugo ditches alongside tho road.
Completion of tlio t'hlloquln-Wll-
llnmson Itlver surfacing project was
completed Inst week. With tho com
pletion of tho Chlloiuln-Agency road,
C'hlloquli) will have two outlets to
Tho Dalles-California htgbwny which
will adequately serve tho heavy auto
mobile traffic to ilia reservation
town, ... . ,
This Ought To Be
Bloody G hue Eh,
What? Read This!
BERKELEY, Calif., July 11. (P)
Sir John Aduina of the University
of Loudon, doesn't know a home
run ' from a right fielder but ho
will umpire tho bnschnll game be
tween two teams of University of
California pnrfoworB today.
"Out I understand you Americana
"kill the umpire," ho protested,
when Dr. Prank Hart informed him
bo had been drafted to fill tho Im
portant position. "That's all right."
replied Hart. Last night Sir John
purc'msed two books on tho art of
umpiring.
Tho gumo tnkes place ut S o'clock
and Is n feature of tho uniur.il facul
ty frolic.
Ponzi Sentenced
As Common Thief
Get Rich Quick Promoter Or
dered to Prison For 7 to 9
Years
BOSTON, July 11. (jP) Charles
I'onitl, who on February 20 wns
found guilty on four Indictments
"charging larceny from investors in
his International postal reply cou
pon enterprlsn in 11)20, todtiy wns
ndjudgotl by Superior Court Judge
Hhtk to bo "a common and notori
ous thief," and sentenced to state's
prson for seven to nlno years.
A stay of sentence was granted
to enable l'oiir.l to go to tho su
premo court on exceptions. '
Tonal, nftor tho collnpso of Ills
"(lot rich nulck" scheme In 1980
wns arrested by federal authorities
for Illegal uso of tho malls and
sorved n term In Plymouth jntl, On
his rolotiso ho was tried1 In the
state court and finally convletod.
Ho acted as his own nttornoy nt tlio
trial, asserting that ho was unnblo
to pay for counsol. ; '
No Trace Is Found
Of Missing Girls
No Initio of either Rather or Junto
IlrudHhaw, who ran away from thoiv
parents last Tticadny night, lias boon
found according to Mrs. Ruth tlrod
land who la handling tho enso. Tho
two girls aro tho daughters of Mr,
and Mrs. A. W. HrndBhaw ,6t Lnn-
ItoU'a Valley and ran away bocatiuo
thoy could not como to Klumnth
Falls on tho Fourth of July,
E
NLAMEHf
CRATER PARK IS
OE
Diamond Lake May Also be
Included in National
Playground, He Says
PAVING STARTS TODAY
Federal Director of Nation
al Park Service Tells
of His Program
MKDl'Oltl), Ore., July 11. A pro
grain for (lie enlargement and Im
provement of ('ruler l,nke National
I'nrk wan outlined before u group of
repreciinitlve Meilfonl rltlw'im at
I 111- l:ik club here Inut niglii. by
Kleplieu A. .Mnllier, director of the
Niilloiuit Turk service, upon Ills re
turn from bin firm visit to Diamond
Luke, following an Inspection of
Crater Luke Talk.
"Starting today." said Mr. Mather,
"the paving of the roads In Crater
National Park begins, and with the
expenditure of (2.19,000 this season,
will mark the disappearance of dusty
roads in the park and the construc
tion of a system of paved highways
wide enough for two-way traffic,
which will he a great boon for tho
motor tourist.
(iood Itoads AHurel
"Work has been started simul
taneously at the Medford and Klam
ath entrances, and with the good
roads already constructed to the
park borders by tho state and coun
ties, Crater I.nko by Ihn close of the
season will liuvo one of the best sys
terns of permanent highways of any
national park In tho country.
"I was Very favorably impreBsed
with Diamond Lake and the country
surrounding it. and it is my plan to
have, Ihlarea iujHpdod, in., tho j.rk
area. , Wo do not Intend to fight the
forest servlco over thla matter," but
work in cooperation with them. A
committee has been recently formed
In Washington to pass upon prob
lems of thlH sort. , ' i
For The Tourists r
"I hnvo every confidence the mat
ter will be settled satisfactorily to
both tho pnrk, forest services, as
well aa to Iho people of Oregon. I
want Orator National park to bo n
hotter balanced park, a pnrk which
ill hold tho tourist longer, and give
him more opportunity for recrontton
and sight-Booing. I believe this is
what tlio people want."
Mr. Mather left Immediately after
tho meeting for California,
Analysis Of Body
Being Made Today
Death Probe Into Mrs. White
Case Shifts From Seattle
to Portland
PORTLAND, Ore, July 11. (P)
The investigation into tho death
of Mrs. Crawford Whlto nt Seattle.
formerly Miss Vlolotto Hegmnn of
Astoria, shifted today from Astoria
to Portland, when vital organs
taken from tho body exhumed nt
Oceanvlew cemetery Inst night were
brought hero by Sheriff II. J. SIubIi
or and plnced in the hands of K.
It. W. Harding, a chemist, for nu-
nlysls.
Tho purpose of the analysts la to
ascertain If poison had been ad
ministered to Mrs. Whlto before her
denth In Senttlo August 20, 1923,
Mrs, Whlto's death had been at
tributed to a shot In the head, hut
relatives bold the theory that alio
nctually met death by poisoning
and that alio was shot in tho head
later to nittko It appear ft case of
sulcldo.
It la expected tlio chemical an-
alyals Will ho coniploted by tho
middle of next ivoek.
Floyd Hall Found
Guilty Of Murder
Convict Who Made Thrilling
Escape Must Hang For
Police Slaying I
SACIUMENTO, Calif., July 11
(P) Tho Jury In tho case of Floyd
Hall, slayer and bandit, returned
to tho court room this morning
after bolng out for 20 hours with
a' verdict of guilty of mnrdor In tho
first degree without recommendn-
tlon which mennH that ho will bo
I sentenced to tiling.
PLAN
MATHER
Expert Urges
Repairing of
Span at Keno
Accident Certain Un
less Bridge Truss
Is Fixed
Unless the county court spends
I ISO )p repair the Keno bridge, and
spend It iopii, there will be an acci
dent on Ihl span that would likely
result in wrious consequences. '
This Ift.'ihn rinding, announced to
day, of C. i5. McC'ullough, state
brldgo engineer, and his chief as
sistant, O, K. I'uxton, who examined
Iho structure across Klamath rlvor
yesterday.
"Concrete support of a truss on
the bridge has chipped and crumbled
away nntlj the truss has no sup
port, and Is Just hanging in the
air," tho bridge engineer explained.
"I'nder a heavy load, the bridge at
this point will eventually drop and
might cauau u serious accident. .
Kmall Outlay '
"It would mean an expenditure
of not over 150 to repair the
bridge. ' Just a few dollara worth
of concrete' to build up the sup
port until the brldgo is resting on
It will do the Job. Something
should be done and that soon and
when I return to Salem I shall
write the court a letter setting forth
the reasons why action should be
lukon." ,
Mr. McCiillough explained that
In caBca of old county bridges be
ing used 'by state hlglfways, that
tho state 'highway commission, has
felt that the county should maintain
the structures. 1
"Of couiko, when tho state builds
a bridge, it maintains the bridge,''
be remarked. l
Mr. Paxton, who has been going
Into tho location of the itock Creek
bridge .expressed himself aa favor
ing a brlitcu ., across Link river
above the Copco dam., if. any bridge
la to be built t all. He pointed out
the engineering 'pazards that would
arise with ' the , construction ' Of a
span below the dam. i 1
The two men were intown od a
brief visit of inspection of bridges.
This morhing, Just, before their de
parture for' Prinevillc, they, in
spected tho Link ltiver bridge.1 1
Nine Indictments
Returned By Jury
Pickwick Club Tragedy July 3,
Results in Secret In
vestigation HOSTON, July 11. VP) Nine
secret indictments were returned
today by the grand jury which
aluce Monday has been hearing evi
dence relative to tho collapse of
the Pickwick club building July 4,
with a loss of 44 lives. After the
indictments had been returned to
Judge LummiiB in Suffolk superior
court If was announced that tne
nnmea of the defendants would
be made public until Monday.
not
Spain Joins With
France In Warfare
TARIS, July 11 (JP) Tho French
and Spanish governments have ar
ranged toi coordinate their military
operations mgninst Abd-Kl-Krim's
Hifflan tribesmen. The Spunlsli ef
fort will bo on a rather small scale.
It Is understood, but nevertheless it
Is expected to have real effect.
'nVie Kronen' war ministry has de
cided to transfer three divisions of
colonial troops, now in Wio Ruhr
and Frniiro to Morocco. Generr.1
Stnlslntia Nnnlin, will hnve about
100,000 men nt ills disposal when
he takos charge July 18.
("HAMHKlt MK1CTS WITH
COl'UT
To discuss tho feasibility of
sending C. A. Henderson, coun-
ly agent, to Owens Valley for
tho purpose of urging the peo-
plo of Hint district to como to
Klamath and settle in Langell's
valloy, a committee of the chnni-
ber of commorco wore mooting
late this afternoon with tho
county court. At least one
member of the court Is known
to bo bnvornble to tho plan of
sending Henderson south, Tlio
idea found Its birth nt a lunch-
oon of the chamber of com-
morco this week. It Is hoped
to socuro, sutflclont funds to
finance tho trip from tho
county court.
MONKEY
L TO START
MONDAY MORNING
Scopes Case Put Over Today
; After Jury is Chosen
'. in Quick Time
EXPERTS TO TESTIFY
Prosecutor Says Only One
Thing at Issue and De
cries Publicity
DAYTON, Tenn.. July 11. (Jp)
With the first preliminary steps
cleared away, including the selec
tion of a Jury, counsel for both
the defense and prosecution in tho
Scopes evolution case today planned
conferences to consider tho next
move In the game of legal chess.
No session of tho trial was sched
uled today, tho defense having
asked for a day to consider angles
of its case. . .
The Jury is composed of nine
farmers, one school teacher and
farmer combined, one fruit grower
and one shipping clerk. Only one Is
not a church member.
Defense Confers
With Indications of a battle In
the offing, the defense meeting was
to determine upon what grounds It
would base its plea for admlsaion
Into the evidence the testimony of
experts, scientific and religious
lines, ""'witli the announced intention
of attempting to show that the
theory of evolution does not con
flict with the biblical account of
creation.
While they were seeking a firm
basis for their contention that
such testimony would be relevant,
prosecution attorneys were draw
ing up their battle linos to with
stand 'the expected" atttack.
Indications today were that they
would attempt to have thla testi
mony Introduced as a matter for
the Information of the presiding
Judge, to bo dealt with afterwards
as he sees fit.
Only One Ixsuo
The only issue. Attorney General
Stewart said last night, la whether
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Reason for West's Resignation
Froni Council Seen; Believe It
Is Plan to Put Over Franchise
With Councilman Against Strahorn Permit Out,
Remaining Members Can Put Over Grant
Despits Executive Veto, Says Rumor
If Dame Rumor is correct, the secret of the recent
resignation of Merle West is out. It has to do with the
granting to the Strahorn line the right to cross Sixth
street, without insisting upon the common user provision.
As the stoiy goes, considerable pressure has been
brought to bear on West to get him to change his at
titude on this point. For the past few weeks the South
ern Pacific has been "dickering" with the lumbermen of
the district to secure their support in the fight it" is
makiner to keen the Hill lines out. One of the in
ducements offered was the elimination of the switching
charge of five dollars a car that is now charged on all
cars of logs or lumber transferred from the Strahorn
line to the S. P.
For some reason unknown generally, the Southern
Pacific attaches great importance to the Sixth street per
mit and since it was impossible to secure it with West
and Cofer opposed, appeal was made
to the S. tP. Irion ds among the
lumbermen to help in converting
West to tho plan of granting the
right. to cross Sixth street without
the common user provision, it was
known th'at AVest bitterly resented
tho five dollar per car switching
charge and tr.ils .was used as tho
fulcrum of all arguments. But West
remained adamant, stating that he
could not make a 'fool of himself
by voting for the permit aftor
steadfastly voting against It 'when
It wUs before the counir!l. .
Situation Cleared:
AVhothor or not it was suggested
that the situation could be cleared
hy his resignation from the council
is not known. At tiny ,rnto,. his re
signation has cloared tho situation,
so far as the Slxbi street permit la
concerned, lor with West put,, tho
votes of tho throe 'members of tho
council who voted for the permit
would bo sufficient to pass 'it over
tho mayor's veto, and it la 'under
stood that that is what will be dune.
Pre-Marriage
Enthusiasm Is
Arrest Cause
Louis Hoagland Speeds
Over Highway to
Future Wife
Enthusiasm over his forthcoming
marriage and anxiety to be with
fila future wife were tho two emo
tions which led to tho arrest yes
terday of Ixuis Hoagland en the
Ashland-KEimath. Falls highway for
speeding between 55 and 60 miles
an Jiour.
"It took me about elgjit miles to
catch up with Hoagland" was the
report of State Traffic Officer W.
A. Foster. "When I stopped him
he said that lie was hurrjlng to
Ashland to meet h!a future wife and
that If I didn't believe him, he
could look at the marriage license
b)k in toe court ihoii.fo. So I let
him go till Monday."
Mr. Hdjgland who is a local auto-!
mobile man. will be welded tonight
to JIIss Ethel Nelson who taught
in the public schools for two yeara.
The coufle will be married in
Glendule, Calif., today, it is under
stood, and will make their home in
Klamath Falls.
American Woman Is
Injured In France
PARIS, Sarf it. (VP) Mrs.
Hugh C. Wallace, wife of the for
mer American ambassador to
France, was seriously bruised and
cut on the face and bead this after
noon when her auto ws struck by
a car of the Uruguayan, minister.
She was taken to the American hos
pital where he condition was pro
nounced "serious but not danger
ous." .
PINCHOT : ISSUES
FOREST WARNING
DENVER. Colo., July 11. (JP)
Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania
in a formal statement issued to the
press here today warned tho west
that an "attempt to dismember the
United States forest service is now
being prepared at Washington."
The prograsl is to have the ieso
lutten Introduced ac the nexr meet
ing of toe council, pass It and let
It go up to Ule mayor for tho veto
that Is sure to greet it. Then the
following session it will be passed
over the mayor's veto, thus accom
plishing the purpose for which the
Southern Paclfis has, been striving.
Shady Approval
The Public Servlco Ocmmlsslon of
the state advised . StroAorn at the
time "he mado application for a por
mlt to cross Sixth street, together
with that for the extension of a
line into Mills, addition and up Link
rlvor canyon, that It would not be
issued unless it hud the approval of
the city council. Whether the Cam
mission will consider that such per
mission has been gained by b'10 pro
posed procruni remains to be seen.
It is certain that It 'Ae' matter Is
deferred uotll West's successor is
selected that no such permission
cJUld ho gnluod.
MURDERS TQ GET
THRILL; AVIATOR
OBJECT OF HUNT
Phillip Knapp, 27, Found
Bootlegging and Other'
Crime Too Tame
BODY IS DISCOVERED
Case Similar to Slaying of
Bobby Franks Beau
Brummel Sought ' ''
MINEOLA, N. Y., July
11. Having committed
murder to get the super
thrill of his hectic career, in
the opinion of ' authorities,
Phillip Knapp, 27 years old, .
ex-college beau brumrael, A
deserter from the army avi
ation corps and wrecker
of women's hearts, is being
sought by police. S f r
Like the murder of Bobby ,
Franks in Chicago, in which
the finding " of a pair of
glasses in a swamp led to
the intellectual slayers' cap
ture, Knapp's carelessness :
started the hunt for him.
Chooses Victim
Knapp is accused of pick
ing for his victim a modest,
trusting man, iouis ranoua,
Hempstead taxicab driver,
and father of two chld.
Searc.herstHmbdpii..,,,, .
truding fn:m the ruin's of tU ld
Camp Mills base &opltal uear.'herii
July 4 '''''
Panel dlsapnetred 2the previous'
night. Tiaf same , day Knapp liad
obtained a three days leave. .
Knapp, in a note, said he liad
made up his mind to kill because
he had exhausted every other means
to. get a "kick" out of lite. Tho
note , was found in - u'.s locker. It
wUs addressed to his father, William
W. Knapp, Syracuse, N. Y.,-engineer
and to t'-ie commandant cl his ob
servation squadron.
Knapp battled natives in tlio
Souiu American wilds. His skull J
was crushed so bsdly taut a steel,
plate w'js Inserted. He sailed tho?
South Pacific. He said he tried ,
everything thrilling, automobile jjic-
1ng, accident j and airplane crashes.
"Bootlegging proved too .tame.";
he wrote. "Anything wn welcomo
that endangered life."- " "
Atwell Slated, S j
for High Postl ;
in Elks' Lodge;
Texas Man Expetted
to Be New Graridi I
Exalted Ruler .'1 7
PORTI.AN'D, OlC. July 11,' (JP)
An announcement today from the ,
temporary grand lodge headquarters ,
hero of the Benevolent rrotcctlvo
Order of Elks sold that United)
States District Judge William IlawV
ley Atwell of tho northern district
of Texas would be tho next grand
exalted ruler of tho organization.
Judge Atwell lives at Dallasn ' i
The formal election of officers will
bo nest Friday during the closing
houi'B of the annual convention.!
Tho announcement said the election
of Judge Atwell will bo unanimous'.' '
. PORTLAND, Ore., July ll.:(JP)-
(irnnd Lodge officers of tho Benevo
lent Protective Order of Elka, Head
ed by John O. Price, Columbus','
Ohio,' grand exalted ruler, arrived
here today for the annual convon-
tlon of tho ordor which formally;
opens next Monday. Sevoral largo
delegations also were expected dur
ing' the' day. '. , ""'''.: ''
The grand officers were met h'y'an
escort of police and the Portland
police band and escorted to Grand
Lodgo headquarters, at tho Multno
mah hotel, . '-..,'- . i .
' . 1MB FHOK I'liAdl K
MOSCOW,' July 11. Forty-throo.
deaths from tho Bubonic . plagno
have been . reported - In aoutneattt
Russia since tho "outbreak ,of tun
epidemic. Inst month. I3lghtcn .com
munltlea an., the.upper and lowitr
Volga regions kavo been affected'