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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1925)
Ml rubliHhod Daily at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Associated Press Leased Wire Eifliloontli Year Nuiiibtir 557(5 KLAMATH WALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS "9 BRAD SI BE E Girls Who Ran Away From Sheep Camp Located in Rooming House WERE TOO LONESOME Work of Sheep Herding in ', Tule Lake too Much for Adventuresome Girls PORTLAND, Ore., July 17. -Junio and Esther Brad haw, aged 14 and 12, daughters of A. W. Brad shaw, sheepman of the Tule Lake district in Klamath county, who disappeared from their sheep camp sev eral days ago, were located in a Portland rooming house late yesterday. They are now in the custody of the Women's protective divi sion. Klamath officials came to Portland after I. W. Rhodes former employe on the Bradshaw ranch confessed to aiding the girls make their "way out of the Tule Lake district. They claim they ran away because their father kept them in the de solate sheep camp, and that Rhodes had helped them at their request. "We're .tired vt living In lh open" J ii iln told vrflclnl, "Ilia old lent leaked. Tho wilier was Uwful unil full or nlkuli iiinl we Inul lo rum' ll about MiO yards. Tho country I desert. II guts awfully hot In I In" day tlmo unil tfmro lnu'l a Ire to inlM,. Thoit It got" t;lil nt nlw'it. ll) nil". Hull I' ll "At ii'-ghl tho coyotes came around mid howled. Wo two girls' IukUi'I slept t.t n whole night while wo woro will there. Vu wore Ju.it ihu re 1 lo death. "Von, ntr, you sulil It whim you asked It wo weren't gypsies. That's till wo mo. Wo luivo tour brothers mill .throo olilor sisters, but Ihoy've till HcuUorivl uilil wo Into glfls uro Clio only ones li'fl wllh ilml ml inn. Wo never wont to school very much. Wo were too busy moving iitvunil. WiiiiIiiI n t1inmi "Wo JuM got Hied of It. lend nml tloserls mid ulkiill mid i '"! camps, mul thoiiisht (hut wo wiiulcl ci imi to Portland unil find u Job working 4u Homo oiia'H house. Wu timmed n chuiico to livo In h. ri'iil house, wllli n nn.'f over our IhiiiiIb, mid liuli'i lulm nnd Rim mid electric lights mid other things. Wo want to lio wlilto girls; rial gyimlcs." Tho Wrls willl lio roturuoil .to Klumnlh county today. Thu discovery of llin glrlH In riirlliinil yuHlorduy bonrB out tho iiowh story In Tho llornlil yonlor duy nfloriioon In which , It wim Hlul.nl tho Klrla woro known lo hu In bldliiK IIhti) mid would bo found jimt iik mmn us tho ox-oniplnyo, Itboilim, dlri'cliMl offliorH to tholr bldliiK pliicu. Adj utant General Is Sick With Flu HAI.EM, Ore, July 17. Adju tnul (lonoriil (loorRO A. Whllo In III lit bin homo horo with lnfltiii!r.ii. PliyHlcliiim ordorml dimoriil Whllo Id boil Huvornl ilny iiro, but ho In Blstod on rimiulnliiR lit hlH offico until yoHtorilny wlmn bin coiidlllon bociimo Hurt) Hint bo was coinpollcil to tuko to' Ills bod. ' Ills piori-hhb Is roportod Hiillsfuctory. 4 I'M 'Mt; HI'MIAV . ,4 . , JijIiii S. Iloikor, (l,uvro!imiiii from CiillfoTivln. will dollvor nil. Important moamiKo lo lirlmi- tlionlsls mud fH'nivOTs Rpuornlly tho big community iilnwlj ilo bo hold un tho lliiltoiiv much, 8 iiitloa smith wf Malln next f?un- dny. Tho Mulln fur mom ilinvo oxluinloil mi Invlliilli.n ovory- bodiy lln tho oaiinly lo nllond. A bimobnll Bimio will ba ono of tho afloirnwon foutii'res. ttttttt t t t t t FOUND WLL HUM First Gun in Half Million Suit Is Fired Argument Over Com plaint of Fort Klam ath Meadows Co. Flint Hklrinluli In Win hulf mlllliMi ilnll.ir diiuingo suit against tho Cali fornia Oregon l"ownr coiitpuny 'by t ho l'irl Kliimiilb .Minnliiwi com If.my, opened IIiIh iifliiinixin ut 2 p. in. 'In circuit court before Judge A. I,, Lotivlll. Tho iirgiiiiioii was over a rontoii llun on I'lu I Kilt i tlio power compuuy tliut tho cumptalnt ot 'ho rVirt Kluiiiiilli Meadows compuiiy nhiMilil l)i) in imI u miiro di'tlulKi. 'P'X.' ii t X l lilt' ril t lila ufliiril;.n In the flint chnpior of many lilmt will romu be f tro tho duiiiiigo suit Ugalnsl tho power company In terminated. Tho Fort Klaimith Meadow o;m pmiy bases 1 1 iluliu for dniiiaKc mi tho alleged diliiKiKi! clone In 1 1 h lunil In thu Kor Klinniilli country by bhe coiitnil of Iho waters of Klum'ilh Uko by Urn iwnr oiupuny dinii lit Ihu 6cad of Mnk river. llcmiun Itiloger of Hun Francis-re nnd I). V. Kiiykohdull w.'.ll represent thu pnor cfiuipuiiy whllo On rgu F. TroiKlwoll of Hnn Frunclno will rep. rtwent UUo Fort Kluiiiiilli Meadows oompiiny. Government to Widen Road to Park Boundary Work to Be Undertaken This Summer -by Road Crew Tmvol over tho IiIkIiwiiv lo Crnlor Inku from Kort Kliininlb to llin Hoiilluirn boundnry of lliu pnrk will bo fnolllliili'il by n rood wldcii' I nir- project ." wlili h will " lio under- tnkim by I he burcnil of public roiuin, nonlliiR to nnnouiicomont todny by II. D. dinner, initintoniinco vnRi novr for tho burmiu. Monoy which Is now nvnlliihlo will bo iillllncd for IIiIh work. Mr Fnrincr wild. Tho rond will be widened four feet on ouch side nnd tin mirfuclnit which Is now on Iho rond will bo Bpreud to cover tho wldonliiK. "Inasmuch ns I here is now un vlKlil-llich surfuyliiK on tho rond Ihero Is hurdly nny need In spread' Iiik nny moro rock on tho road," Mr. Kurmer explained; Thu work will bo stnrted nnd completed Ibis summer. It will Include three unci onu-hnir iv.ISs of IiIkIiwii.v mid will mnko 'ho road a slnndiird lilRliway, nilcqiinta to setvo Hie heavy travel to I nner lake. Mr. Karnior was nrcoMp.iuioil by .1. K. Cameron, resident I'luilncer who Is representlnu the govern motifs Interest 111 tho two Kradiim and BiirfucliiK projects now n pro KIvhs on Tho Diilloi.-Ciilifoiiila 'lish way north of iiiind' creek. The problem ill rond lo'iv.ri.'c.tlon of tho 2 7 -m 1 1 ii Hiirfacliiit iiml An'd Iiik project now under way. U lo find rock which enn ba utilized us i Kood binder, Mr. Cameron sulil. On the southern out! of tho project in rock Is hauled on uu uveniBO of nine miles. With llio complo'.lon of th i ion tracts, Tho Dalles-Cnlifornliv IiIrIi way will bo completed to n poln flvo miles north of Corral spi-lnus It Is oxpeeled tl)al tho lT-mlln contrnct will bo completed by tho first ot next year mid that thu ten in lie project will bo finished by Iho mlildlo of next summer. Small Town Wiped Out By Big Blaze Fire of Unknown Origin De stroys Most of Bingen, Wash., Early Today WHITE SALMON, Wash., July .17. (!') Kirn of unknown orlitl early today destroyod a consider able part or ningon, Wash., tw and a half nillos oust, nt horo. Itnllil Inics destroyed nro W. (!. Henry general niorchnncllse; Tilth's .cafo. Oasklll rostaiirnnt and I,nrocquo rosldencn nnd n number of small d'wollliiKs. Despornlo work on tho part o Iho voluntnor flrrt departmonl saved tho town from further destruction No osll in nte of Iho loss has lieu niii)ouncec, WLL BE HOI OP BIG hompson Interests of Salt Lake Said to Be Planning Huge Project SEEK RIGHT OF WAY irst Step Said to be Small Railroad to Mine at Happy Camp Canyon What Is derlareil hern to be tho first step toward the construction f n KlKuntlc: smelter lit Jluriibrook, ul.. wus taken ut Yreka this week hen J. K. Sexton, former prosldctit f Ihu Kureka-Niivailii' railroad. filed an application wllh tlio 81b klyoii county supervisors for a right f way from I lorn brook lo Iluppy .'amp iiIiidk Iho Klamath river. AcconlliiK to iiiitliKiitlc In Co mill ion received hero from Hall l,uko. Sexlon ls represciuliiK tile Thomp son Interests of Knit Lake. This company Is declared to be eciually i powerltil mid wealthy as tho tiKKeiihoIni IntoriiHls; Much l.ullll ItnllKlH t It Is ulna believed hero Unit the recent bin land purchases In Slskl- ou county' by the Cullfornlu City and Caiiuiry l-am! com puny of Kan Francisco woro miulo as a forerun ner to tho smeller development which Id projected there. This bolcl Iuk company reienlly purchused the ruinous llornbrook Tiincb mid other properties in that suction. The Thompson inlorvstK nro known to bo neuotlatliiK with the ullfornlu-OrcKon I'ower company for tho ftiriiinbliiK of sufficient power lo opcriKo the smelter whou it Is built at llornliriKik. It Is .tin- lerslood Hint I he ' contemplated ruction of nnotlior power jilant on lie uiir Itoiiuo river by tho Call fornia horvxtn Pownr company Is being planned na u result ot tin Droleelod consiriKtlon of the smelter. (Ciilllllllletl oil I'UK" Klv) Australian Loan Will Be Financed J. P, Morgan and Company to Float $75,000 Bonds, is Decision NEW VOltK. July 17. W) Flotation of n S75.UOO.OUU loua for tho commonwealth of Aualrallli watr announced today by J. 1'. Morgan & Co. Public: offering of 30-yonr & per com gold bonds will bo made In tho New York ninrket next Mon day at a prlco of US 1-2. 'Simultane ous offering of D. 000. 000 pounds sterling of the sumo stock will be in ii lie to London. Train Hits Auto; Five Are Killed California Family Nearly Wip ed Out in Tragedy at Billings, Mont. ; nil.I.lNOS. Mont., July' 17. (P) i'lvo members of a Santa Rosa, Cullf., family of eight woro In stantly killed, another was fatally Injured and a seventh seriously hurt when an east bound Burlington train crashed li)to a sedan at a grade crossing ono mllo west ot Illllliig8 early today, MKIMTIIY AT 1)3 Even straw hats woro almost Iijo wnriil for li'io lavotago :lt- len to wear today unilor n sun whiuau hot rays lifted tho mer- enry Do 85 nt 2 p. in. thin afternoon. ' Although It was four de-x groea oaoler 'than yestorday Klamntih Main Stroetors could not toll tho dlfforonco In tho boat. Tho day broke with ovony liullnitlon pointing to n di ot- ter day thian yesterday. Ttho night had boon toriibly stifling nnd alio early morning still warm. Hut ns hour succeeded hour, It soon became apparent 0 Uhnt In tho miornliig und early ntloriroon lit leant, the mer- cur, wuxiild Hot climb mp bo the 100 mark, nor oven equal Iho mark lot yestorday. . lb SMELTER Library Bonds Are Approved; Election Legal Objections Withdrawn by Portland Attor neys Yesterday Any shadow Una iiiIk'H have been placed on tho legality uf the bond election last full when voters mi- Aiiorlzcd tlio jtsuuir u of $50,000 fur llio conttni'cllou Mf a 6:ty library. hii boon oblltenitecl, according tv.' won:! rocclved yestorday by City Attorney J. H. Carnuhan from the Portland legal f'm of Teal, Wln firco, Ji)hnsn & .MrCulhich: The tiw states that notices of the election must ,lxt publUhcd in t'o consecutive publications jf ti'le city newupapcr. One notice was publish ed In tho Evening Herald , on a Saturday und ninthcr on Monday. Observing Iho dates, und not realiz ing Una tho Intervening day 'was a Sunday line legal firm state! li'at on tho face of the situation another elect k m would have to be held. However when Mr. Carnahau cx plained that owing f tho Inter vening dajr IX'kV); a Sunday, tiat the noil -e wiut publJihorl In twj con-Bc-utlvo publications of tho Evening Herald. The loltor vilhdrawiiix uny ciiics- tion on tho uu(lcc it election Is us follows: Mr. J. H. Curna''iun, Crity Attornoy, Klamutlh, Falls, Ore. Dear Sir: Your letter, July 11, 1!I23, relative tj tho tipkiKo render ed by us to tbc Klmt Nutl'Jiial . bank of your city, -w-horeln wo ducUncd l pH)VO aproposcd . Issue iA. 50,000 library bonds of your city, has been received. I'pon obsef ration of the sucniing fuilure to comply with tlio piMvlsfnD of section 11- of ordinance 5f4 we wrote crar opinion and dicf nt further pro- .: coed with flSur xninhialioii of the transcript. However your IcUer than satisfied us on the point conveyed by our opinion land we are glad Do withdraw the same. Will yju lliorefure, have bio transcript tthow that the ller ulil H-as and is not published on Sundays und arrmigo wJlh the bank to return 'the trans cript to us for further exum luiitl'.Q. Wo, are niallin; the bank copy of this loiter. Very Trully Yours, Teal, Wlnfreo, Johnson . & M.-Culloch. Scientific Testimony Exclud ed Trial is Halted Over Weed-End COURT ROOM. DAYTOX, Tenn., July 17. (,P) Judge John T. Rniilston announced this morning that ho had decided to exclude sci entific testimony from the trial of John T. Scopes. The decision was regarded as hav ing a vital' bearing on the length of the trial. Yesterday was devoted entirely to argument on the ques tion of competency of expert testi mony. After Judge John T. Rniilston had excluded scientific testimony in the Scopes case, court was ad journed until Monday morning. Tho Intervening time is to be spell by counsel for the detenso In pre paring statements for the record ot what their witnesses would have testified had they been permitted to tako tho witness stand. Jtidgo Raulston's decision to ex clude tho experts from tho witness stand developed sharp clashes be tween Arthur G. Hays nnd Judge Rniilston and Clarence Dnrrow In the court. Although court was In session only 30 minutes, thu judgo giving his decision nt 0:51 a. m., it was stormy. After defense attorneys bad raised their voices In vehement protest to tho court's ruling another argument developed on tho question ot week-end recess. The defense inslatod on this step, while tho state protostcd. Tho court finally ruled for Iho halt In the proceed ings, ' If EI SCOPES CASE BYMDNDAY FIVE KILLED IN TERRIFIC RAIN ST(f IS Ii EAST Buildings Unro6fed, Crops Are Ruined and Other Damage is Wrought BRIDGES WASHED OUT Lightning Brings Death to Two Tidal Waves Re ported on Ontorio NKW YOltK, July 17, OP; Ter rific electrical and rain storms have taken a toll of five lives, uprooted trees unroofed buildings In many towns, dcsLicjyed crops and cropped wire service In the east. In Wheeling, W. Va., two men were drowned when rain descended Ith torrential force late yesterday. sweeping out small bridges and un dermining roads. Kllliil by Lightning A Pittsburgh man was about to tune In his radio when a bolt ot lightning struck his aerial and killed him. Ligiitnlng also killed a farmer in Ogtloasburg, N. Y. A man at Aiiltsville. Ontario, plunged blindly Into the storm with his coat over his head for protection was killed by a motorist. Lightning struck the heart ot Mount Gretna, Pa., an encampment of national guardsmen and stunned and burned several men. A deluge followed the lightning and swamped the camp. Tidal Waves Tidal waves were reported along thu shop; of Lake Ontario, from Charlotte to Forest Lawn. The water receded as much as forty feet and rushed back. Tllore than a score of buildings were unroofed at Riverside, N. J. The galo demolished the orchards in this--vicinity in. the Heart of New Jersey's peach nd apple territory. Thousands of the- fruit trees were flattened. The loss was estimated nt between $200,000 and $300,000. Refuses To Admit . Will For Probate Chicago Probate Judge Claims Undue Influence on Wm. McClintock CHICAGO. July 17. (VP) Basing his decision on "a presumption of unduo influence," Probate Judge Horner today refused to admit the will of William Nelson McClintock to probate. Joining forces with cousins who are seeking to prevent admission to probate of tho will, Miss Isabellc Pope, fiance ot the millionaire youth, charged through her attor neys today that tho document was the result of "a criminal conspiracy between William Darling Shepherd, and others." Shepherd, principal benefWlary under the will of his foster son, offered the testament for probate several days ago. Miss Pope, whose marriage to Mc Clintock was prevented by the boy's sudden death last wlntor, was re cipient ot an $S,000 annuity under the will. WASHINGTON, . July: 17. (P) General Pershing left Washington this nfternoon for South '. Aino'c to nttend the first meeting of the Tncini-Arcia plebiscite commis.i'on, ot which he 1b head. His official party will sail from Key West Sun day. ' VKTKKA.VS HKXKK1T The women's Community Club ot Chlloqukn, the Klam- th Agency Civic Club and toe Civic Club lot Fort .Klumath will t-oiiiMiie lo give a d'ance on Suturdny nigi:ir, .July lStlt. 1925. tor tho benefit ot the American Leg'.io,n EnOtiwment Fund and Doernbecker HMspIt- 1. Tickets for the dance are One Dollar Idies Kree. " A buffet supper, prepared lxy the woman of the throe clubs wtil bo served at a uranilniil iKutrge ot 50c. The use of tho Community Hull ait Fort Klumath lias, been 'generously donated by the own- ers, Messrs J. H. Houston, Josse Slemlui and Gus Pnge. Houston's Orchestra will fur- lvli ih the. music; ft ft f f t Convention of Elks' Lodge Is Nearing Close Final Revelry to Be Held on Streets Tonight PORTLAND, -Ore., July 17. The sixty-first grand lodge reunion of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was brought to a close hero , today. Many delegations left last evening following the huge ElkJ parade in which .'approximately ! 20, 000 persons took part, and others were departing this morning. The remaining delegates were for the most part enjoying highway trips, climbing Mount Hood, or par ticipating In a golf tournament at Gearhart, Ore. Tonight will see the final revelry of the visitors and by tomorrow the city will come teetering back to normalcy after one of the Jolllcst weeks In Its history. "Portland may have he Elks' convention the next time she wants It," said retiring Grand Exalted Ruier John C. Price in discussing tbe success of the convention just ended, and other Elk officials agree with him. Charles ll. Grakelow' ot Phila delphia, grand esquire of tho order, was presented by Exalted Ruler Mil ton It. Klcppcr of tho Portland lodge, with a fishing rod. each joint of which Is engraved with an Elk Inscription. ' One Dead and Three Injured Fighting Fire Forest Guards Trapped by Blaze Near ... . Priest River v PRIEST RIVER, Idaho, July 17. An unidentified forest fire fight er is missing and perhaps dead and two others are in a hospital here, seriously burned, - following the trapping of a crew of seven by flames at Lamb creek, thirty miles north ot here, yesterday afternoon Eniil Lambert of Spokane and Luke Krikor ot Seattle, suffering from burns ail over their bodies, walked IS miles after they had escaped the flames - and were brought here. Lambert was said to be in grave condition. When the flames surrounded the crew, Lambert hurdled the blaze and escaped. Krikor gave up, lying with his hands over his face- await ing death. ' . When the flames had nearly reached him he leaped to his feet and dashed to safety. Four ot the other members of the crew were not seriously burned. Traffic Census Shows Heaviest Travel Recorded Even the most exaggerated esti mates ct ti'ie amount ot travel to and from Klamntn. Fallj on the Dalles-California Ihighivay between Pelican City and Ibis city, missed the total by 350 vehicles. It became known today wljcn the state high way office (announced tho result of a traffic census held yesterday. Number of vehicles counted as they passed to and frtim Klamath Falls, was 1350. The number of Oregon eais was far. In tho lead 'tvith 852, while tho number of foreign cars wau 262. Tfte census serves ito show the In creased travel aver Klamath high ways this year wv:r lust. Before Oho . census was taken, state engi neers esMnmted that It would run lover 1000 tins for. too 12 Hour period..':-.' Klamath Falls Boy Found At Dunsmuir Another Klamath youth found tho parental roof a bit too confining and wandered away lo try It on his Own. ;"' ' : . The 'youth Is Siegfried Vonber holsdort of 1810 Melrose street, who got as far as - Dunsmuir on his world jaunt. There he was picked up by Chief of Police John H. Young. Tho Dunsmuir official wired Chief Loticks to notify the lad's parents. He will be detained until they send for film", ELLIOTT TO BE NEWPROSECUTUH FIRST OF Local Attorney Named by Governor Pierce to Suc ceed William Ganong TENDER MADE TODAY D " . , ormer County frohi Direc- tor Will Take Over New Duties on August 1 E. L. Elliott will became district attorney of Klamath county on August 1, to serve - . out the unexpired term or District Attorney William Ganong. whose resignation was received by Governor Pierce yesterday. ' : The appointment was proffered Mr. Elliott in a telegram from Governor Pierce this morning, and an answering telegram ; an nounced Mr. Elliott's accept ance of the proffer. ' The newly appointed dis trict attorney said he would not name his appointment of an assistant for several days, or shortly before he is o take over the office. He said he wanted to give the matter careful attention be fore arriving at a decision. ' "When it bujame known that Ganong had 'definitely , decided t resign,1 it was generally felt In leg al circles here thtit Mr. Elliott would get .the Job by reason of tho fact that be lis a close personal friend of Oivernar Pierce. . Wheev Ganong thought of ireslgning earlier 'ln: Die year Governor Plorce niado known his Intention of appointing Mr. El-' lloti to the o'ftce. , ' Once CM Attorney Mr. Elliott has been engaged hi tho practice of law bore ataco 191D. He served for a short .time as city attorney a number ot years ag:i, Und for 18 months, pulor to the flrstot this year,- was spoclal prosecuwr for Klamath county in all ppihlUI tlon ibises. He .retired then by Ws own request following the cloct.cn of Mr. Ganong as district atb-irneyv The appointment ct Mr. Elliott lio t'Je office will make the iourt.'i titular head in the. of flee sir.ee Jan. 1. Following the departure ut Mr. GUnong for Walla Wai:, where lae enteied a veterans' houpttal, W. .P. Myers, deputy, became acting dis trict attorney. Myers later, resign ed und Caleb Jones was appointed Lading tt'atrict attorney, and is noiw serving ll that capacity. Although nothing has boon sale! as, to possible changes, R Is u'X po Ueved fiat neither Mr. Junes itr David Vandenburg, deputy, will ro maln In the dl'rtrlct attorney's lat tice alter Uie firsi or une moui.i. ( : Exchange of Telcgiailis "' Following Is the telegram jro ceived b.- Mr. Elliott from tho gov- ernor: App-llntiuent as .district at-, tornoy of Klamauj.- county -oK fective Au. 1, to fill vacancy' cnusol by Gunong'a .roelgnaltoti is ,ten:lcred you. , Will you jc cept? ' , ' WUUer M. ISorco, GovoriVJr. To this tulogram Mr. " KM' U re plied as tallows:" ' , ' ' ' Your petsonal Tetiuest ut Medford and In your :wlro port similes mo to accept your 'jffor Our friendi here also vony pcr-J , slstenl that 1 tuke di'.elrlot at torney's office. Will be iroad' to lake ptflce Aug. 1. Think : you.-- '"' ''' ' - '. '. ' ...'-, ' Mr. Elliott willl not sorvle out tbe full term of Mr. Ganong as distrrjct attorney but ' will serve until tlio next general election In- 1929. Caleb Jones, acting district at torney, when asked what Ihu thought ot the appointment replied: r "Well I can't say that I was sur prised. It idooa not o:mo as nny blow to be. I will work right along In the lattice until Mr. Elllult confes to llake things over, and thai will retire." - , VltOM HOL'TH K. A. Tbrallkllf of fian KranoUlo registered at the hotel White Pll can Ohls afternoop, .. . ; , IT