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"An Empire Awakening"
Associated Press Leased Wire
Eighteenth Year Number MM
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 27, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS t
TO
BE
Northern Lines Purchase
$90,000 Worth of Property
in West Klamath Falls
LINE UP LINK RIVER
W. F. Turner, Railroad
Chief Refuses to Issue
Statement
Along I ho went hunk if Link rlvor
will be bulli mi riK n Trunk ser
vice Una Itiui will r: rim t.io river
ulmvn thii ('njMO il ii in mill e.ilor
tlm lumber miliiufiirltirln i Inn In
lilio IIiIUIiiki mill I'rllnin City I
dlBlrirlH.
Tho main xUilun n the On x in I
Trunk rulliaad will bu benied on
the cliy purk property i:i miuili
itlvorsldc, providing tli.it thu prs
perty ran bo purchased widow
trouble.
These furls id nio. n became
known Saturday evening liH II"'
I Illlns uf llio first r.'c i Unit i
mtu.il n reliiiMti of Kouih Itlvorslde
property liy Iht) Northern Hues.
l'riM'Hy HoiikIiI
Involving mi expenditure f ii i
proximately $il.iniil, tlm Onion
Trunk rullroud, (lir.mnli Its intent
(I. II. lllehmonl, Inn purilnmcd a
riKht of way extendi. ig fr in Kwuuiiii
I'olnt purallcd lit S.nilli lllvorsldu
Slrfi'l. to IIiii cly park property.
Tliflto from "whom Mo Oregon
Trunk pun-tuned pinprrty were C.
It. K. lleLnp, Juhu ('leghorn, Hii(u.
Muoro, Adclu Hhermun, Allen Kloati,
David Nicholas, (Viurlim F. Uel.ap.
Mr. llllyuril, Dr. O. A. Miiy anil
Dr. ltanttnll,
From an aiithrntl- fiiurco Satur
day night Came word thai I he city
park properly hua liven tentatively
chosen is tlm slto for tlm mul:i
alullon of lliu Northern Hiiuj. Much
depend on thu purchuso of llio pro
perly from llio city.
Three Linen
From O'lo alullon, railroads would
extend In throe direct ulruetlon.
Ono road would luud up Link rlvor
to Hie in 1 1 1 h , another would lend
across Link river to tho eiiBt ldu
of Kauuiia lukn. And u third would
load from tho atutlou down tho
went aldo of tiho Inko mid Klnninlli
rlvor, to tlm Weyerhaeuser mill alto,
whore a lutvio mill will bo nulll
when the Northern flnea build Into
the Klamath territory.'
V. F. Tumor, president of ti'ie
Oregon Trunk rallrMJ, who arrived
In Klamutli Fulla yesterday, refus
ed to m like any alnlcment relative
to tho purchase of property on South
nivoraldo or the HQlocilon of a alle
for tho Million. ' '
Tinner la Hlleut
' "I can any nothing In rcginl to
the matter nt liila llimi," Mr. Tum
or aald.
That llio IIIII lines nnllclputo no
notbtick from tho lulerstnlo com
jnorco commission In tholr imivo to
build Into Kluiiiiith la rlcurly shown
by tholr purci'mso nt property oil
Houlh Hlvoralilo. ' Tho report ot the
station silo, lny to roat many rum
ora that hnvo provallod us to the lo
cation of tho depot, slnco (ho NorKi
orn Hnea rirst admitted tholr In
tention of building Into Klumalh
county.
' DISMIHSAI, HOCtillT
WASHINCITON, July 27, (A')
WiiHliliiRton uulhiirltlea naked tho
Dlstrclt of Colnntbla court today to
dismiss tlm action of Loren II. Wllt
nnr, who cliarRod achool nuthorllles
with leui'liliiK dlsroBpuct fur llio holy
lilhlo. - i '
Small ,Girl Drowns
In Swinuning Tank
HAiKIOIl, Oto July 27. KHwi'
lioth llakor, nod 10, was drownoil
In tho nitiiiclpal nulaloiiitm hero
lyostorilny. Tho hotly was discovered
by onoMior HWtmmor 'who Rlepped ui
hor tliniid In tho bottom irt t)io
plungo, i '
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SOUTH
RUE
W. A. Wiest Is
Named Deputy
Under Elliott
Local Attorney Accepts
Job Proffered
Today
V. A. Wlent, well-known lornl
utlorney. was appointed deiiuty dis
trict attorney this afternoon by K.
I.. Klllotl. who liKcomea district ut
lorney of Klu ni ii t Ii county on Au
mini 1.
Mr. Kl lint t iiiinnuurcd the ap
pointment fill In w In i brief ranter
eiiei with the eoniity (-ourt, In
whielt the cniuiitliedonors endorsed
the Knlcctlnu uf I hi Hew district
ultorney In bo.
Mr. Wlent will iiiiauiiin hla duties
us deputy roui:iitr,r on Align! 1.
Ho la :i'J yearn oil. la inarrleil and
la tlit) ruthor of four rhlldren. Ho!
Iiiih been practicing law In Klumalh !
Full for flvu ycara. DurliiK ll"-' !
j ear , of 1 !22 and half t'io year j
11i2J, ho occupied a pokIHol as j
deputy prosecui'i u:uler Dlitricl :
Attorney c. ('. Ilrower. Ho resinn
ed III (he middle of tho year and a
h irt time later accepted a pjaltlou
ai aporlal euuniM!l for the county
iiiiiii. Mr. WIcBt's dutlea In that
iainnlty weio for the mit part tax,,
tnrei -loBuro innticra. Mr. Vlet Is
;ii III 'jreupled In this capacity.
I'tlor 1 1 hla coming to K liim.it h
Fulls Mr. Wlent lived In Sulcm. Ho
sniduated In 1907 from lh Mon-j
mouth normal school und 'n )'.M7j
whs a member of tho" Rraduatlnt! j
elaB-of tho Wllllametio I'nlverslty. I
Ho Bt lulled law In l',o office f Chief)
Jitstlro of llio Hupreme Court Frank
A. Mo'iro In the years 1915 nnd
1910. DurliiK the years 101S lilul
1919 ho was deputy clerk ot the
stale supremo court.
Of all the mi men mentioned III
connection with the appointment of
a now deputv', I lie name of Mr.
Wleal's wna heard the leant. Monro
llio appointment cornea as a com
plete surprise In Klamath lefiii cir
cles. ALIENS REFUSED
ADMISSION HERE
Mother And Son Enroute to
Hillsboro, Oregon From
Germany, Are Halted
NKW YOHK, July 27.- -11') A
mother und Bon who salted from
llambiirR, (lornmny, to join relatives
In lllllahoro, Ore., though possess
Ihk but 121 with which to flnnnco
the trnus-contlnontal trip today
wore retimed admission to the
United Stutes by Federal Judgo
Hand becauso their pusnportn bore
traudiilout vlsna. They aro Mrs.
Marlon Kchulhoft and Iter son, Her
mann. DIGAMY CHARGED
AGAINST COUPLE
VANCOUVKU, Wash., July 27.
Oeorgo I.nnKlniul and Mrs. l.yle
Robinson, wero put Into tho Clnrko
county Jail today to face n charge
of unlorlng Into n bigamous mar
rlago. LniiKland Is foreman of tho
Mncltijll-riilno Voneor plnnt here
und Mrs. Robinson, who has boon
known hero bIiico their marriage In
April us Mrs. Utuglnml, is tin em
ploye of I lie plujlt.
According to the complaint tiled
ngaliiHt tho couple, Mrs. Ilohliison
wnB mnrrloiMo t'linrles Itoblnson In
St. l'nul nhout 10 years ngo. .Mr,
and Mrs. Kohinson lived hero about
two years.
A warrant for tho nrrcat of
I ,n ii Kin ml and Mrs. ttohlnmin was
sworn out lust week. About Iho
Hiiuio time tho couplu went to Se
ll I lie. When returning last night
they worj tnken oft llio train nt
Kelso by Cowlitz county officials al
the reiiuimt ot ('Invito county sher
iff nnd brought to Vancouver this
morning,
VIMITIMI liltOTHDIl
J. M. Tlngluy who Is mulling n
tour ot tho counlry from his homo
nl I.ns Mnllnns, Oiillforiiln, Is visit
ing hero with W..I,. Tlngloy, popu
larly known us "our own IIIII."
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President W. F, Turner of
Oregon Trunk Tells why
They Want to Come
MORE DEVELOPMENT
Timber and Farming Re
sources Will be Greatly
Benefited, He Declares
CoiiiIiik of another railroad sys
tem to tho Klamutli counlry will
mean a more Kpeedy development
of tho timber' und funning re
sources of this section und provide
u Quicker und more eertuln murket
for thee and other products.
Kuril 1b the argument advanced
today by W. F. Turner, president
of tlm Ori'iton Trunk rullroud, who
arrived here ycat.-rdny on a brief j
bittilneHS trip. - i
TThat tho people of Klumuth j
Falls and the whole strelih of ter
ritory embraced In Southeastern
Oregon must be vitally Interested In
the potential development Implied
in tho proposal of the so-called j
Northern lines to enter hen-, ll
would nppear Is self-evident." de
clared Mr. Turner. "Not only does
It HlKiiIfy on tho part of tho of
ficials of the (Ireat Northern nnd
Northern Pacific u wlllliiKness to
procued with tho construction of
roads Unit will ul onco eoai mil
lions nf dollars, but there am other
nnd more Important fentig-es to be
considered. .
"What would It mean to Klam
ath Falls and vicinity to bo placed
on tho mnln lino of these two jcrcnt
transcontinental rallroada. with their
vast resources? This Is a question
full of the niont vital Importance to
every cltiten of this community, no
matter what Ills position In life.
"It would mean, among other
tliinas. that Klamath Kails nnd vi
cinity would no lontser be de
pendent upon one railroad company
for shippltii" facilities. Two j-rent
systems, new In this territory as far
na actual physical contact Is con
cerned, would bo added to the
equipment of this city nnd sur
rounding territory, to assist In
buiUHiiR up Oie district and to co
opurnto with business In making
generul conditions better.
"Of llttlo value Is tho great po
tential wealth of any region, be It
ever so rich, unless there la af
forded a means for development.
for utilization ot Its products and
tor distribution of same, (.old In
tho mines Is Just gold und nothing
more, until It Is tnken out and put
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Grocery Store
Closes Doors
This Morning
Attachment of Stock Is
Result of Business
Adversities
Il'Oiutun & l'lielps grocery storo
fulled to open tor business this
morning, owing to business ndvorsl-
tles whk-i-iulmliiatod lnt,o Saturday
In the utlachtuent by tho sherirt of
the store, following t'io filiiiK of n
suit for recovery of $2319 by tho
Wood Curtis I'roduco Co.
During tho past tow months, ,rum
ors of financial embarnssment of the
grocory sluro, havo been clrculnt'
ed. but cvon o tho closing of tho
storo caused much surprise In bus
liiciiB circles, . '
Lawrence K. t,holia, wluv wll'i
I,e).i llouslon Is the owner ot Iho
storo, said today (hat nt this time
ha '!iud no slntemunt to make.
The store lit closed ItKlefinltoly,-'
Mr. Phelps nld, "I do not know
wlinn wo will reopen or whether we
will open nt nil, I havo no state
ment (o lu'ako In regard to llio mat
tor tit (his time."
IS
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KLAMATH
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Oregon Democrats Take Steps
to Procure a Bryan Memorial
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I'ORTLANU, Ore." July .27. (P) wide. "We feel tihat the dlatiui!u!sh
A national memorial In . hon ir' of led services rendered to the counlry
Wlllluni Jennings Bryan was propos
ed hcie today nt a meeting of
Oregon democratic leaders, with Dr.
C. J. Smith, chairman of the atule
democratic central committee. A
committee of 25 with Covernor
Waller M. Pierce honorary chair
man, and Milton A. Miller. fo:mef
state senator, active chairman ,w-
named to initiate the movement
which H la Intended to make nation-
Train Crashes
Through Bridge
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., July 24.
W) Nine persons wero severely
bruised and shocked when a Penn
sylvania bridge train duo hero at
3:06 p. m., was derailed just Inside
tho city limits soon after crossing
tho drawbridge nt thoroughfare.
Nino coaches of tho twelve-coach
train wero derailed.
Believe Bad Check
Artist Steals Car
That tho man who passed a flock
ot bad checks on local merchants
Saturday night was tbo man who
stolo a . Ford roadster which was
parkod in front of a house on 411
Klamath avenue, Is tho belief of
Sheriff Hawkins who wired various
Oregon und CsvUfornln cities yestor
day to watch out for the car.
K. Sugarman accepted n chock
from a man Snturduy night In pay
ment for a suit. Tho chock was
made out by n C. L. Wotklns and
endorsed by F. M. White. The
cheek wns for $29.30. Shortly after
Iho man left (he store, clerks nt
Sugarmnn's storo Investigated and
found tlmlho check was no good.
At olher s(ores that tho man pass
ed bad chocks on, tho nnme of I.owo
waa used.
Tho Ford car which belongs lo a.
Mr.. Drowning. Is practically new
with a license number 129S9.
Battling Siki Is
Stabbed In Brawl
NEW YORK. July 27, (r)r-Rnt:
tllng Slkl, former light heavyweight
boxing champion, slabbed . in (ho
nock In a street brawl, was reported
on the way to rapid recovery in a
hospital today. U was said ho
would bo nblo lo leave Iho hospital
In n week or so.
by William Jennings Bryan entitle
him to a national memorial, and
Oregon Is taking the initiative in
tho movement," sail Dr. Smith.
"Nothing definite as ta tho nature
o the memorial has been suggested
yet, but Tfe hope that it will be
suitable permanent recognition of
the efforts of the frroat commoner
in behalf of the felfare of the peo
ple of the country."
Autos Collide;
Three Injured
SALEM. Ore., July 27. ilrs.
Frank Knns of Reedley. Calif., was
seriously hurt when the roadster in
which she and her soh-ln-Iaw were
driving collided with a car driven
by J. W. Pease, taxi driver of this
city, on the Pacific highway four
miles north of Woodburn at 7:30
o'clock last night. Aaron Neufleld,
Mrs. Enns' son-in-lnw, escaped
without a scratch.
Pease and his wife, who was rid
ing with him, were both slightly
injured.
Ashland Girl Hurt
In Auto Collision
ltOSEUURO, Ore., July 27.'
Luella Strong, 7 year old daughter
ot Mr. and Mrs. Earl Strong of Ash
land, was badly injured near Dlllard
today, when she waa struck by an
automobile driven by Herman Marks
ot this city. Tho llttlo girl is said
to have run out from bciilhd Oier
father's icar, which wns parked be
side the road, while he was repair
ing a tire, and tM have stepped
directly in front ot Mr. Murks ma
chine. She was knocked down and
dragged about fifty feet 'sustaining
itbuisions of her face and forehead,
and a deop cat on tho right - leg
abovo the kneo. She wns taken to
Money 'hospital in (his clly. Hor par
onts wero on tho way to Myrtle
Point, whea tho accident occurred.
Three Killed In
Fall Of Airplane
' DETROIT, Mich., July 27. (PH
Throe persons wero killed here yes
terday when nn nlrplano nindo a
forced landing and caught fire. Tho
dead are: Milton Stein, 24, tho pilot;
and Mrs. Violet Fleming, 20, and
Allss Evelyn Himog, 10, pnssougers.
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Commoner Dies
i ureal
While Asleep at
of Friend in Dayton
Energy Sapped by Hard Work During Scopes
Trial-Body Lies in State Today-Burial
to Take Place at Arlington Cemetery
in National Capital
DAYTON, Tenn., July 27. William Jennings
Bryan, who many years ago as "the boy orator of the
Platte," with his "Cross of gold" speech, won a de
mocratic nomination and a lasting place before the
American public is dead. -
The end came yesterday afternoon ,while the com,
moner was sleeping here, when he came from the Scopes .
trial. Dr. Thomason and Dr. Broyles, who examined -the
body, stated death was caused by a hemorrhage of .
the brain, resulting in apoplexy he was 65 years of age. ..
Dies While Asleep .-. . :
James McCartney, family chauffeur, was ;nt by Mrs. -'
Bryan at 4 30 p. m. to wake her husband. McCartney
shook Mr.. Bryan twice in an attempt to arouse him and
then noticed he was not breathing. . Rushing to the
home of A. B. Andrews, a neighbor, the chauffeur ca'iled
for physicians,who reached the home within a few min-'
utes. After an examination,
probably had been dead. 30
arrived. :,..,:.-.it....u;
Funeral arrangements had not been completed early
today, but Mrs. Bryan indicated the body would be inter
red in Arlington cemetery, as Mr. Bryan, who was a
colonel in the Spanish-American war, several times had
expressed a desire to be buried there. ?
The commoner had been living under a strenuous
program since he came here three weeks ago to assist in
the prosecution of John T. Scopes, found guilty of vio-.'
lating Tennessee's anti-evolution law. He appeared in:
excellent health, however, and was planning to launch a
great campaign this week in
Many Tributes
Are Given by
Noted Leaders
National Figures Mourn
Death of Great
Statesman
Vice IreHiiU'nt ltawcs: "He never
did niiytlitnx unworthy or menu. He
may have becu mistaken at times,
as we all lire but he was tiling
always to do the ritcM as he saw ll."
Senator Ashuist of Arizona: "His
superlative otatory, his frame of oak
anil his nt.Mstolic zeal brought the
Income tux, woman suffrage, pro
hibition ami direct election of sen
ators." Former Senator Hitchcock of
Nebraska: "Ho wns the greatest
moral force it Ills day. Hi' sacri
ficed his health nnd strength by the
most extraordinary exertions."
John W. Dnvis: "The example lie
set of devotion lo principle, no mat
ter nt what cost Is one his country
men may well cherish. Many of the
things he advocated In the face of
bitter opposition now are among
the accepted policies of (ho nation."
(lovcrnor Smllh ot Xew York:
"He was n vigorous American mid
even those who iliffei'cd from his
Ideas had great icgard for him,"
Clarence Harrow: "Ho was n man
of strong vonvii Huns unit iilwnys
espoused his cause Willi ability und
courage. I always respected his
sincerity and devotion."
Flllirf Knot : "He was a good and
kindly man, fairly sincere nl nil
(lines nnd very slnceie on 'mints
wherein mOst dlsagived with him."
Tho Iter. Dr. 1 V. Fetter, Xew
York Modernist: "Ho was n mighty
crusader, n sincere preacher of the
i Id school, Tho Scopes trial signed
his death warrant."
The ltev.' Dr. John Itonch 8( ral-
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Home
the doctors said Mr. Bryan
or 40 .minutes- before they
.; Hy"T&fiv: -fhi-k' .'
behalf of fundamentalism. ,!
Airs, uryan, woo nas peen an in-i
valid a number of years, bravely'
stood the shock ot her husbands un
expected death. She immediately
took c'aarge ot funeral arrangements
and received a few of the hundreds
of persons wi'io called at tho resi
dence to. express sympathy. "F m
happy that my husband died without
suffering and In peaiee," she said...)
Ills Last Words
His last words to her, as he en
tered tho room for ihis nap., werej
"I am so sleepy." '
Before he went to sleep, Sir.
Bryan autographed two books for
Judge J'jhn T. Raiilsti.e,- wao pre-,
sided at the Scopes trial. The books
were "The seven questions In dis
pute," and "In tils Image."
He wrote: "To Judge and Mrs.
John T. Raulston, Win'hester, Tenn.,
with the good wishes of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Bryan, July 24', 1925."
One ot the books was opon when
physlcianj reached the room nnd the
ink was mot dry.
After traveling over ttj Cuindred
miles Saturday and delivering
speeches at Winchester awl Jasper,
Tenn., Mr. Bwan .returned to Dayton
early yesterday morning from Chat-
tanooga where he bad spent tho
night. . ' '
IVcpailng Speech. ,
Before he left Clfattanoogu, Mr.;
Bryan Joined A. W. Lesly, owner of
tho hotel at whkh be stopped, and
soveral others tsr breakfast. . Mr.
Lesly accompanied nlm: to Dnyun
and during thu trip tho commoner
expressed his determination "to sou
the case ti'irough." Mr. Drynn show
ed no evldonco of bad health, Mr.
Lesly said, but remarked I'.mt nil
was suffering with dlabetls. Whllo
In Chattanooga, ; Mr, Bryan com
plo(e4 arrangements for publication,
ot the speech ho was to hnvo de
livered during the tclOHlnff hours of
the Scopes case, Hu wns uuvlng'.lt
printed for distribution throughout
tho country and Its delivery . wna1
to murk tho opening ot tie nalimif
wide battle against modernism pla i
ned by him, '.i i?
Although Mr. Bryan appeared in
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