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KLAMATH PALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, J!)2",
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County Agent Henderson
Brings Back .Favorable
Reports from Valley
MANY COMING HERE
Cheap Water, Cheap and
Fertile Land arc Draw
ing Cards of County
ai ictmt 2no formats of tat fan
ki Owtnt Villi..... bsr ladleataa
tbuli prclorciii c loi Klmituin coun
ty ovor uny oiinr agricultural SOO"
(Ion ol ilia fjMt mill Uloaa !lou
fuuncm have lllf M illed C A Rifld
rnoii lliui I hey will BTakf I partonal
lUHpioll'ii of nil fminlnx tactioni
of Kluinulll count) llh i in view of
Hunting horn If Hi" fuvor.ibUi ii'ii uu
of tha Klamata country provt true.
County Agent Henderson return
ii lust nlttlit from Owctin (alley
attar ababaes of unci woafB. ii"
won tanl to tbo touthttn Colli ruin
vallr !) l'i" county COOrl for IbO
pnrpoot of latofaatlng in rltlsoiii in
tin. farming mui livestock pxMslbll-mi-.,
in Klsnfuth oouaty,
Inton Ion i bV uto
Mr. HctmlerHoii InturvlcivKil corin
of fmullli'K In illffnrciii ncitloni of
llm liirsii v.ill'.y, IbrOUfb whlcli
tlm ()in river flown. Willi tin
rogptirutlon of tht lumil of ku;iim.
vlnori of lOyo, OOUOty, U county
liKflit, tllo Uulni.:i no li of IIImIi i)i
mnl t ba county aobobl supsrlntond
OWEN
I
FAVOR KLAMATH
SETTLEMENT
oat, in- wim flvta Uia opportunity otl enantpur, was arrastad wia bor
npprourhiiiR tlm Dw. im farmsn u.ii """I Bhargod With lusptolori of bornf-
.i i a ri'lll imlliln mil ti or niomoli.f I ' ''I" K"in. lulii ny.
but as s iniiiH.' roprosantatlvo uu
xIoiim to bring sbont rautubl bonotll
to On. paoplo of t ic Owans vuiioy
ami llic pmiplt' of Kl.immli hy por
miuillnif do. ftumeM 10 tnbm 10
Pita ttoaabntf
In mlklm; lo thf ttrmofa, Mr.
Hontli'rnon fournl that i!i'i' were
fivo raaioni why Klaraaih aounu
wiih proforreil lo other necllonit.
Thay ure:
l Crop of Klantth me turgtiy
lite mitite iu raUod iii Owan i valla)
2 Altli"ii,;li (he Kr 'Willi! ;ton
of Kiamath in slightly ihorlai than
111 tile noil them villiej. tha ollmatlfl
conditions and tha nltltnda an sp
broxlatataly the aarac,
3 Coit oi wutnr for irrigation of
crop Ih very low In Klamath Sgrl
cuiiuriii fo.-u-iiifi couii.irei i- ,
fmmiiiK sactlons iii CoIKbritla,
0 uXgrloulutral mini yaluon in
Klamath hava not boon Intiatodi thus
allowing bba tafmsra to tattle In
the Klamath cbuhtry for u fbaaon
ii hie original outraj ol capital,
6 Tho onliloor llfi' of Klmnutii,
Mirh aa duck sbootlngi nahlng and
dadlr bunting.
Mi) Sell Oul
Avproxlmatolty '2ou tarmon in
VHl Bishop, tb( tntoSI ferlll,, illver-
iiifiiiii arming district in the vftlloy,
llllVO tOld "111 lo the illy of Lot
Angolas for $10 mi abra, Thatd
uo tarmon occupy about 800,000
ncrOH of land 1( I" from tills com
m uu 1 1 y that Mr. Haadaraon was
Ri'tioteti with moHt snbhuilasm and
it Ih axpaatad thut thaso farmars
will ba the flrHl lo move norlli-
wafd to tho Klamath country,
"Tills In the most fel l lie and he n
tluvolopeil Ht'it Ion of the vnlloy"
Mr. llcniliM'Hoii -siihl tml.iy. "The
tdrmars bavd holy bay, thalr com,
mini their herd of dairy cow. Otio
fiirmer hn.t one of tin. three Nnesl
htlfers in the United simes. Those
pdOple bold me thai Klamath, lookod
bhd bast lO them mid Unit it tOon
ns they not their money from toi
AngeloS, Unit thoy would Journey
(Continued on i'iiko i:ikIi()
"I'm Not Insane," Cries
Russell Scott Now That
He Has Escaped Gallows
CHICAGO, Aug. 7. (P) Hussell f
Seott, Hnved from IhO gallows by a
Jury'H verdict last nighl finding him J
Insane, todav In Ills cell declared he ;
was Hlllle.
'Well, I s'pose I'm going lo Clirs-
tnr today. Hut I'm no more Insane i
thnn uny bile of you." I
Bandits Kill '
Woman Used
As Human shield
Two Dead in Street
Battle with New
York Plice
NSW YOKK, Auk. 7. (!', A
motbor hi r in r children utod ui a
li ii m u f I shield tiy ii tobhor lb-dug In
ll hll'l if imUi'n bullets, ill dud.
mid a dttrvo dying, ui u result
of it Hpe'lnculiir Ktin fight under Iho
Ponusylviinlu mill' u I I rmlttul.
Tw youthful gmignlers were cap
tiirod, polloi saving tham fi' " u
crowd f 1100 pirooiu win iliriM
died lynching TWO others emuped.
I !( 1 1 v i. hi hum t; ifonnoborry
tod ii puiiolintiti In ii potica cur
Iiimi iiIkih attoinjppjd stop bbo
automobllo in wbteh ho four mi-
M-lit i'ii' riding. Tin1 gnng open
ml (lie, I Ii-ii n- ny (tit, 11 bullet
hi-vi'i .hi; mi artery in-ar tho heurl.
1 III' lliell HCUllercd 111 Other pj"
lo tpprotcbed. Bdwtrd Htrt, ik.
dm yUBK'l. grubbed .Mm. .Mtiry
Connolly, ss, at Ih- tapped from
hor door-way, held her In from ...
him, mill returned tbp police flro.
A in ni'Mit luli-r llm woiiiun was
mrurk mnl linn darted ""'
house Mr. COBUaHy died u
hospital md Kannobarry in not ts
pe. ted lo live. Police Oy ll.irt KllOl
0 Hi las datoetlve mnl thu woman.
Colin of rope, tlit fuel that the cur
wik hi don mill uihur evidence cou
vln i'il until'. rilloti that I. in four muii
Wirt to staga a rubber.
Altai Johnson, u 17 im old girl
clerk, wuh lator urroHtod in u Broolp
lyn ro nilti,; house us mi aaeoBipllet
of tbo Kim men. Mlehuol Guldlro,
Water Project
Passes By Big
Vote In Bend
New $600,000 Plant
Authorized at Spirit
ed Election
BRNO, Die.. Auk. 7. Hy a minor
ity of 1211 vol. . ih.' cilineiiH of Itilld
yesterday voted for the 1600,000
TutUOlO wilier project. In an effort to
heller the d riii I; Inn WBtOt of the city.
ti lootlon pollod more than 1000
rotati eonaldarod o larga total frtr
ih,- olty, the population of which in
entllllllled lit SU00.
fncoyporated in the plan in tho
purchase of the Band Water, Limit
mnl Power eompbay plant, or such
lull work it Ih mild, may ho iieceHnnry
for water usage. BavOral plants have
boon advanced for operation of the
new water workn. Considerable de.
tail wort ll in Hit til . may he neCOSSttry
hi accompllahmettl before a r t ti n 1
work is stbrtod,
Lumberjack Fights
Over Girl; Is Now
Hospital Patient
MKDKOMI). Ore.. Aug. 7. F. K.
titghttoot, a lumberjack from Weed,
I'nllf.. lien BOrtOUSly wounded at
a local hospital an the result of n
filth! with Jink Phillips, local lab
orer, said hy police lo have, center
ed over Bdlth MMey, B waitress 'it
ii restaurant bora rata lust night.
According to witnesses, Llghttoot
Started to heat lip l'llllllps when
Hie latter paid attention lo Miss
Money, mid Phillips salted an loe
pick, gOVhed his assailant III the
arm ami abdomen, ttttorwoYds nnik
Iiik bin escape, Llghtfobt I; Ok-
pe led to recover.
He will be taken to tho Chester
asylum for the criminally insane.
BOOtl added thai "The fight Is Just
beginning." lie still luslsled thut hi
wus Innocent of murder of which he
wan convicted mid Hint that would he
proved eventually and ho would be
freed.
SCOTT
J
.1!
Slayer of Joseph Maurer Or
dered to state Asylum
by Verdict
WILL NOT BE HANGED
"Cell Shock" Plea Wins for
Man Twice Snatched
from Trap of Gallows
OHJCAOO, Aut. 7. iff) In 'an
ibtona aayium Inataad it on the
null iwa, Boston scott. trttwhlle
Canadian tiovtocltr, will expiate in-!
iiiurder of a drug clerk In a holdup.
"Cell shuck" IfiHunlty resulting
from tineas months in Jull mid
llm oidful of two nurrow etcapOlS
fr.,m tho PO0tt wu ""' verdict
of u Jury lusl nlKht In a an!ly tent
which saved him.
Dramatic irfajthl Knds
The Jury finding und Scott'i
nmovai in tha ObeStar Asylum 10-
ijy mdtd a tight for life that prob
ably wuh tie moat datperate in
c.iok county crlmUiM tnrJa(s, Sev
en ballot and I Irao bourn and forty
nUnutat dallbaroocn wore nocatsarj
before the Jury Igroed.
jrjyfl UmtO Since Joseph Maurer
WOI killed In a drUK ti'.ore opposite
the city bull In April. 1924, Scott
has fined death. Within Iho last
three weekn, a tow bourn before tho
tlrJIh march, Scott wuh saved once
o.. I week's reprieve and again by
n Stay "f execution issued ut tWO
o'.lock in the mornni by Judge
Joseph David on u petition dts.lur
Ing him insutie.
Kin I Pncos Death
Had ho been f und suno. Judge
Duvid would have Imposed u death
.sentence once more. Kven in the
asylum Bootl fuce.i death on tho
.jfsllowu nliouid lu rur b found lo
have regained ill sanity.
Warned tgalait a domonttrojUon
spectators and principals llntoncd
to the verdict with a drmnnllc sil
ence. Scott's eyes never left tho slip
of paper the Jury foreman passed
10 u ballff. who gave It to the clerk.
Mm motttb twitched and he fldigeted
lie was hurried away by guardv
1 1 1m relatives heard the verdict with
expressiotiH of eluoti:ll. His wife.
Catherine, whose antiiing efforts
brought funds utter the defense
fight left the family penniless, lean
ed forward In attitude of prayer.
H.s mother srepl Mid his aged and
crippled father, Tin. mas, on whose
sixty third birthday Scott wa.t son
ten ed, stayed closo lo his soli.
Milter Happy
"Thank Cod flit; the verdict."
the father said later. "That's what
I lie poor boy need;; -to he sent down
thoro."
"I knew It would happen." the
wife said. "I have worked mid
(Continued on Pago Pour)
Trusty Walks
Back to "Pen"
Floyd Hall Sorry He
Made Getaway From
Prison
k.u.k.m. Ore., Aug. jf. Floyd Hall,
a trusty who escaped from the State
prison Wednesday evening while ut
work on the lawns, today voluntarily
returned, mid said that he come back
been use he was sorry ho had vio
lated the trust placed in him. Hall
was sent up from Umatilla county to
serve six yerns for Oasault with in
tonl lo kill, mid has served halt his
time. Out of consideration for Hull's
voluntary return. Warden DalrympJe
said lie would be allowed to continue
ns a trusty. Hull said lie went us far
as Sherwood, Washington county, mid
rend the account of his escape in
I'orllmid newspapers yesterday.
Negro Is Lynched
By Missouri Mob
BQCCBLStOR SPR1NOS, Mo.. Aug.
7. (P) Miller Mitchell, held In Jail
here for an alleged assault lust bight
on a WhttO girl, was lynched by a
mob of about 500 persons here late
today. The mob look Mllehell from
tho Jail i n ravine about a quarter
of a tulle from town where ho was
hanged to a treo.
HELD
NSANE Of
CCO
Father Killed
By Son; Youth
Gives Self
Methodist Preacher in
Iowa U Victim of
Murder
I'AKKKItSl'.t 8;, lowu, Aug. 7.
1 1,1', Warren Vagflf rrrjurf, 17. today
confessed lie shot mid killed his
father, Hev. It. j. Vaadprroort,
Mothodlst Episcopal minister, hire
lam night. Janus Mitchell, i i -f'arkernburg
marshal, itn'nnunced to-
ThS r.lltl alro odiplUod, the
marnbal nlild. lhat hi- shot and
v.-omid'-d hhi mother when sin. ap
peared in the doorway of the pas
tor's room, uppurently to investi
gate the hIioi Dim killed her hus
band. Then In- followed her into
the bedroom mid shot ber again.
Tlie boy gave no explanation for
the shouting. A coroner's inquest
in being held.
Mrs. Vandervoorfs only words
nine she wrov-found ubuut 2:30 a.m.
In the bed to which he had drugged
herself after lb.- shooting, which
look place in tin hallway several
foot away, fcav boon a moaned:
"Warren, tit' did it. be did It."
Young VandOrvoort was tuken into
custody at Heinbcek, Iowa, about
2 a. m.. ufter a Iteinbeck physician
had found him In the Vandervoort
automobile, which hud gone off
the slippery highway, about two
miles from town.
Original Cost
Of Park Small
City Paid $11,750.00;
Wants $62,000.00
from O. T.
With tha purchase of tho city park
on South Riverside now the partt
morfrit issue in the titnnic fight be
tween the Northern lines and the
Southern Pacific, the question has
frequently been asked, how much
did the illy pay for the park?
In 1020, the city purchased
tracts of land In Wi st Klamath Falls
from John Cleghorn, Charles Bold
Win, BlChord Hammond. Charles De
hap and Hi; f ns Moore.
This acreage combined, amounted
to approximately eight acres and is
now what is called the Riverside
park.
The purchase price of the park
was (11,750. That was five years
ago and since then the city has ex
pended in improvements, between
SS,000 mid $7,000. which included
the pluming of trees, construction of
a tennis court, filling in of marshy
sections of the property and ot!y?r
Improvements necessary to bring the
lund from a very unsightly piece, to
its present attractive status.
For this same piece of land the
Oregon Trunk line has offered $1S.
000 In cash or $SO0O in cash plus
four acres in Hot Springs addition,
which could be used for a city park
In lieu of the Riverside parw.
The Park board lias announced
that its price is $7500 an acre, based
on tho average sale price of other
land sold to (he Oregon Trunk on
south Riverside.
Thus on the one hand the Oregon
Trunk orfers flS.000 for the eight
acres while the park board retaliates
with the statement thut the sale
price of the property is $02,000.
Decision of the Oregon Trunk will
lie made next Tuesday night nt a
meeting of the city park hoard.
Eugene Restaurant
Victim Of Robbers
BUOBNE, Ore., Aug. 7. (P) The
Towne Bhoppe, local restaurant, Wns
tillered and robbed of $75 In cash
lust night, it was reported to the
police this morning. The invader
entered through the back, cutting
a screen, and broke open the eash
register. The robbery occurred some
time between 1 and 4:30 a. m.
The robbery was the second in
as many nights, tho Elks lodge safe
having b e e n blown Wednesday
night, and approximately $200 tuk-
BBTUHNING TO N'EHRASk.V
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas n. Ciirrln
who have been making this thalr
Mltta lor some time, loft this after
no. in for Lincoln, Nebraska lo ro-
jslde.
NORTHERN LINES
in r nruir. nr
UpjblVL riLVItYV ur
' SB at at st swom a am on ta a.
KLAMA H PLANS
Answer to I. C. C. Question
naire heceived by Oregon
Commission Today
NEW PLANTS EXPECTED
tjf "
Chief Support Will be from
New Industries, is Prom
ise of Railroad
SAI.EM. Ore, Aut. 7. --Transportation
conditions in control und
soul hern Oregon, from the point of
views of the Oregon Trunk Rail
wuy und which ure the basis of its
application to the Interstate Cm
morot Commission for a certifi
cate of public convenience und
necessity for the extension of its
system from Ilend into Klamath
county, ure set out in the Oregon
Trunk's answer to n questlotiaire
by the Interstate commission. A
copy of the commission's replys to
the question;! , : has been received
by the Oregon Public Service Com
mission. Tho questionaire states that all
kinds of transportation will be car
ried on by the line, and that while
it s net yet possible to state where
station will be located It Is likely
lhat stations will be established at
l.aPine. Crescent, Skookum, Reatty,
Bonanza. Olene and Klamath Falls.
In reply to a question as to what
common earrier service the above
I named places have already, the an
swer states: That Skookum has the
Southern Pacific, that v Olene has
the Oregon, California and Eastern,
that Klamath Falls has the Oregon,
California and Eastern and the
Southern Pacific, while LaPine,
Crescent, Ucatty and Bonanza have
r,n common carrier service and thut
these range from eight lo 34 miles
from places that do have rail
way service.
In reply to a questlonaire asking
the names of other common carriers
with which the proposed Oregon
Trunk line will connect, and the
proposed points of track connection,
the answer states that "Tho pro
posed line will reach Skookum
tPuunina) on the line of the South
ern Pacfic company, and Klamath
Falls now served by Southern Pa
cific company and Oregon, Califor
nia und Eustern, at. both places
Connection can be made."
The answer goes into detail re
lative to the topography and re
sources of the country. The approx
imate area to be served, it says,
is 12,000 square miles and its
population about 14.000. Timber
land is given at 3,532,142 acres,
pasture land approximately 50 per
cent of the entire area, or 3.S40.
000 acres, and land under culti
vation about 101.031 acres,
industries Reviewed
further, concerning Industries,
the answer mentions logging and
(Continued From Pago Four)
Schwartz Case
Still Mystery
Former Fresno Man
Now Sought as Pos
sible Victim
MARTINEZ, Calif., Aug. 7. (P)
An anonymous telephone call to the
police authorities today advised
them "It they will find -out what
has become of Theodore White, for
merly of Fresno, you will know who
the dead man in the Pacific Cellulos
laboratory mystery is."
A street address given by the
informant in Berkeley, Calif., was
visited and no one was found who
professed to know either Whito or
anything about a telephone cull. The
man who telephoned said that White
had an appointment vvith Charles
Henry Schwartz, Chemist of the com
pany for whom the police are look
ing despite claims of tho wife thai
he perished in an explositon in the
Celluloz laboratory u week ng i
yesterdny, 24 hours before the time
of the explosion. He sutd that
Wltlto until n tow woekB ugo was
employed as n chemist hy some
scientific ice cream compuny of
Fresno and had been forced to find
some other employment when Hint
company reused business.
Judge Leavitt
Negotiates For
Outside Jurist
Writes to Three Judges
in Ohter Parts of
the State
Negotiations have been entered
Into by Circuit Judge LeaVitf with
three circuit judges of Oregon for
'he purpose of securng a Jurist to
OccnnjjflU bench during the trial of
IiistrfcT Attorney Elliott, rhurged
with malfeasance and negligence in
office.
Judge Leavitt, who is disqualified
because of an affidavit of prejudice
filed against him, declined to give
out the names of the Judges he
has communicated with, until he
has hturd from litem. It is his hope
to secure the promise of one of the
Judges Tn the neur future in order
that further pluns for the trial of
Elliott could be made.
Aa the circuit court is now ad
journed during August, according to
court rules, it would he impossible
to try the case before September 1.
Judge t.ouvitt said recently that the
Elliott rase would not come to trial
until the latter part of September
or the first part of October.
II Kill WAV TO OPK.V
SALEM. Ore.. Aug. 7. The state
highway department announced to
day that the Pacific highway between
Harrisburg and Junction City, which
has been closed on account of pav
ing operations, will be open to travel
Saturday August 8. A free county
ferry is in operation across the Wil
lamette river at Horrisburg.
Rotary Would
Drop Tails'
Off City Name
. A. Gordon's Sugges
tion Meets With
Approval
The 'Falls' of Klamath Falls may
be a thing of the past in a short
time if the concerted action of the
Rotary club to abolish the misnomer
is any criterion of the general feel
ing of the town.
J. A. Gordon, president of the
First National bank, at the weekly
luncheon of the civic club this noon,
pointed out the contradictions in the
name Klamath Falls and advocated
that the 'Falls' of Klamath be
dropped and that the town be desig
nated Just as 'Klamath.'
"In the first place there are no
falls, and every tourist that comes
to this city wants to know where
they are." Mr. Gordon said. "Well,
the falls aren't, as we all know."
"Then again, they say that Klam
ath Falls is to be the Spokane of
Oregon. Spokane had a 'Falls' tacked
onto it in the early days and it was
abolished when the town began to
grow."
By unanimous vote the Rotary
club decided to prepare a resolution
advocating that the 'Falls' of Klam
ath be dropped from the name of the
city.
Sawmill Crew Save
Selves In Daring
Ride Through Fire
BELLINGHAM, Wash.. Aug. 7. (VP)
A lcrew of men were forced to
drive u locomotive a quarter of a
mile through a solid wall of fire
and over four wooden bridges, one
of which was ablaze, to save them
selves from death when the Lyman
Timber company plant 20 nille3
south of here was destroyed by a
forest fire last night.
Gaghagen Talks In Sleep;
Says "Two Bucks, Please,"
To Local Stage Operator
Although a God Fearing man.
Police Judge Gaghagen Is wonder
ing today whether or not the con
science of some people goes too
far.
For, Becure In tho fastness of
sleop, tho Judge was suddenly awak
ened by Clydo Walsh late last
night. Welsh, who operates a freight
Corey Raps
S.P. Rail
Plans
Public Service Head
Says Numerous Routes
Not Permanent
"All of the surveys for
projected branch lines of the
Southern Pacific in Klam
ath county are nothing more
than logging railroads, tem
porary affairs at best They
will play no part in the
permanent development of
Klamath county. The real
development, founded on
far-sighted permanency is
that projected by the Ore
gon Trunk, which propose
to tap the agricultural cen
ters as well as the timber
resources."
This was the succint sum
ming up of the Klamath rail
situation today by H. H.
Corey, chairman of the Ore
gon public service commis
sion, prior to his departure
for an inspection trip over
the entire survey route of
the Oregon Trunk between
Klamath Falls and Bend.
With other officials of the
commission, Mr. Corey has
just completed a four-day
inspection of the Southern
Pacific and Strahorn survey
routes:
Heal Itullder
"If the interstate commerce com
mission permits t'ac Oregon Trunk
lo build, whl.'h I think it will, it
means real development for this
section and the entire state," con
tinued Mr. Corey. "The line It
seeks to build not only takes care
of the timber resources, but it like
wise taps the rich agricultural sec
tions. It is not a 25-year railroad
program, but a permanent construe,'
tion."
Mr. C;rey chuckled at the action
of the 14 Klamath lumbermen WOO
blossomed forth with a signed state
ment on behalf of the Southern Pa
cllic. To him it was immensely
amusing.
"What else could : on expect from
a gtoup of men who are at tho
mercy of one railroad at the pre
sent time?" he inquired. "The whole
thing is plainly apparent. Pressure
J was brought to bear on them and
' there was nothing left for them to
! d ) but to sign."
The public servl.e commission bis
I ficials will devote two days to t'w'.v
' inspection trip between here und
' Uend. and will return to Salem the
last of the week by auto over the
McKonzie river puss.
Falls from Roof;
r. ec true yT-v-t-i I ll rr
lflK. J nil... i,iviiii:i
THE DALLES. Ore. Aug. 7. W)
Harry A. Lamb, 40, died in a local
hospital curly today as a result
lot injuries received when he fel
! from too root of a dwelling he was
aiding in shingling. Both arms
I u-aro ttrnbpll his back WHS brdkeftV
1 and he suffered Internal Injuries;
'The accident occurred yesterday
'morning. He came to The Dalles. A,
year ago, working as a carpenter.
'A brother, Charles E. Lamb, lives
'at Swan, Wash., and sister, Mr.'
I A. J. Carey at Devon, Cans. .'
stage to Lnkevlew, had been ur
rested on a minor truffle violation
by City Patrolman Patterson, and'
anxious to get away early in tho
morning concluded that he had bet
ter pay hie fine right away.
Ho did. The judgo muttered In
a sleep-sodden voice "12 pletso,.
nnd Walsh went on his way.