The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, September 22, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text"Jin . iity Library Publtohod Duily at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" Eighteenth Year Number FIGHTER OREGON TRUNK LINE ENDORSED'? Chamber 01 Commerce Railroad Committee Approves Extension Railroad from Bend to Klamath Falls Approved Want S. P. Forced to Build Modoc Northern if Hill Lines Kept Out Months of deliberation and research brought forth this noon the first positive statement of policy from the rail road committee of the chamber of commerce as to what stand the Klamath county chamber of commerce should take in the railroad controversy between the Northern lines and the Southern Pacific. The committee recommended that the chamber en dorse the entrance of the Northern lines in Klamath county and that the chamber also endorse the Southern Pacific nroffram. In event the interstate commerce commission refused j the Northern lines entrance into the Klamath terri tory on the ground that there was not sufficient tonnage to justify the extension, the committee would have .the thamber recommend to the commission that the South ern liclfl.- lie forced lii go ihruiiK'i Willi their program nit I ttM III lir tlfUlur tfto B. I. tt forced In tl Mriirl I'll" lino Huulli from Kletnet! vail tin- ukIi Merrill. Cornell. ' canned Willi III" N. f. O. '" Al turna, Calif. Tho report uf US vommitloo wai read tills MOD at a mooting o( Wa directors ol the chemoet end uyer brief discussion fss tabled until a called meeting when lbs directum will hav nil"1 opportunity i" dlicu-.. the report ui length. The report VTU road by W. fi. .Smith, chairman of Hi" rslleoed c.ni jnlttoc. Ii was dtVLWn up list nlghl ftor mail' bUWl of dlspUMlon unl debate over the wording of U !" r' -port, Tho report t the fkttrosd "" mlltoo, In full, fellows; Your committee appelated to study the trtuipWUtren needs o! Kiuiuuth couniy, sod boiiiK toque od to, report buck to you the resttil of audi hi iily, herewith submits for ivuiir consideration (tots fend recom- mendetlona rotative t furjther rail road construction in Klemslb coun- ly. Your comMlttec has 'held num erous meetings, at which time trans portatlon problems affecting this diauui Ware ibeen caretuUy dlseusii ad'. Conferences have alio beep hold with the tollorwlni parties! Oregon Public Service Commission KifficluU; Northern Woes' Officials) nail Southern Ptfettlo officiate! ; for tho piirpoau of ttbtalnthg Uiolr views, Kurlhornioro, wo have OOltocUVOly and tadlvldualto obtained data worii Klamath agriculture Interests; lum- 1ior Interests, and oilers. Geogreplile LOcn'uon KhmaH'.i cinnty, Willi Klamath Fnlln I'lie iMiunty soul, h located In tho extreme southern psrt of the fltnto or Oregon, with mi aVeraue nltltiudo of about 4, iino root, it fe v county with an area f approximate ly 7300 square miles, with' large natural resources. The rd ourros of thia district embrace the Ifoltuwfngi (approximately Ho!oo0,000,00fl feel of pine llnilier: 'fertile p: uliictlvo lands nii iti'out im.uoo aeon u. dar Irrigation; an ample supply of .' (l,(. Wo liKiitrlil it Irrlga.lon water; excellent water ; SOU the tract. We DOURlll U nheda which proWct the supply of SeVM&l years ago witli in wntor far domestic uhps; nnmOTOMB tehtitins of placing a mill power niton; and aconlo put-doors Uhrg S0111C time ill the f VI- piny frouwi WMion unnnui u v jiareo wun an on ui" i-uciiiu owi"-. Klamath Kails hi a city. OStlmat ted In July of this year, to htivo a population of 10,000 paople, la (Continued on l'nge Five) Ml? Kurobut Mil!:: REPORT OE ANY SALE IS General Manager of Long Bell Company Spikes Unauthorized Rumor NO NEGOTIATIONS ON Forest Lumber Company is Not Dickering for Pur chase of Klamath Pine LONGVIEW, Wash., Sept. 22. (AP) Discussing a report current in Klamath Falls that the Long-Bell Lumber company was nego tiating with the Forest Lum ber company, of Kansas City, for the sale of a tract of two billion feet of pine timber in the Klamath In dian reservation, J. D. Ten? nant, vice president and general manager of the Long-Hell Lumber company, said today : "Representatives of the White interests of Kansas City, controlling the Forest Lumber company, have been looking over the Long-Bell holdings in the Klamath In dian reservation on their own account, but no negoti ations are under way for the sale of the tract, and pros pecta of a sale are remote The Long-Bell Lumber com UiftViti In m&kinir no effort to lypg I.MOXAItl) COXFINJM) T( HOMH It. Leonard is confined to his homo with a icvero nttnelt of totl ulllttt!. ' PENDING TIMBER DENIED KLAMATH FALLS, SOUGHT E BEATS T City Council Fails to Act on Mayor's Veto and Issue Automatically Expires BEATEN THIRD TJME Oregon California and East ern Must Start in at Be ginning Once More Robert E. Strahorn, for the third time, nu; A go back to the starting place again. Three times has he secured the support of the city coun cil for the Sixth street ex clusive crossing grant and three times has the mayor's veto ..,. fllu ,innnl tt.T - - r- " the move. Last night was ; j-v IT time. The Oregon Cahfor - nia and Eastern railroad had petitioned for an exten- sion, it would have been a Virtual admisjii that tho street crossing was all right as far as the interests of tho city wero cmcernol. Tho OOUCotl granted Iho time ex tension bUl Mayor Qbddsrd vetoed the grant and last night tho v un ci! fulled bo act on the vetj. T.iis alienee placed Strahorn back t i where 'he was about eigv.t months ago when he first tasked the council f.ir an exclusive gratit across Sixth utrect. BetOfe the matter can he brought Up Hgein before the council, it must be introduced through anothet reso lution and brouafJt up In the regular way before the OOUKSil, FIND NO TRACE OF MISSING MAN STRAHORN C OS 1 GRAN I OQT IM Wnnn5!nl Spencer creek, under the direc Lual lly wuwa Itlon and financing o( the Klamath No trace had been found by :! o'clock this afternoon of Martin Owensby. Merrill rancher, 60 years old. who has been missing In the wilds of Huckleberry mountain since last Wednesday. Searching parties left for the mountain last night pre pared to hunt through the densely wooded country for the remainder of the week In an effort to find some trace of the missing man. According to Owennby's aged mother, he went into the mountain country last Wednesday in search of a missing horse. When he failed to return by Wednesday the mother procured the assistance of a group of Indians, who searched (be country nil day without success. The In diana, howover. found Owensby's horse, with his rifle tied to the saddle. Tho county court late yesterday authorized tho expenditure of for the purchase of food for the searching party which left last night. Included III this posse were A. C. Stearns. Und and William Oyer, l.eo and Max llartlerodo. 1,000,000 Blaze Sweeps Tia Juana san D1RG0, Calif., sept. 22. (pj Flames storting in the Vernon club In Tia Juana, early this morn ing, swept through an entire block (hat Included some of the best known resorts In the border city, causing a loss that business men of tho town estimated would total nearly si.ooo.ouu. Associated Press Leased Wire OUEtJON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER, 22, 1926 Bandits Fail In Attempt To Hold Up Clerk Employe of Roseburg Hotel Scares Off Robbers ItOSKIiritO. 0r.-.. Sept, 22, An attempt to hold up the nicht clerk, V. J. Tliompnon. at the Crand hou l I In thiH elly early this mornlnn failed when the clerk decked behind the ! counter and fired a shot throuuh llho grille. Thompson told police : officers that two men entered the lobby about 4:30 this morning and I asked for room. An he started to register them, he hald, he noticed one of the men fumbling In hla hip pocket, and saw blm drawing a revolver. The ham mer of the weapon caught in the man's pocket, giving the clerk time to duck behind th" counter and elio his own gun in un open draw er. Thpttpeon reached up ami fired lillndlv. breaking the Elass i:i the grille. ' The two men then ran outside 1 iiml (Irt-ilicd MfftV in a Ford roime. tlii) offioors ware informed. De the third scrlpUons of the two im?n were I' UT.iai)IU'i I O -Hii! nui'lil ;iHU nuiiiii j ,, 1(s,llr, j j . Beetle CcHTlpS I In County To Be Open Soon Wawkey Tract And Spencer Creek Stand To Be Controlled Hundreds of thousands of tiny Insects which each year burrow their way Into the soft bnrk of the pine tree, will be assailed by two pine beetle control crews that will be es tablished next week In sections most seriously Infested by the beetle. One crew of K men will be work ing on a unit between Aspen lake I Forest Protective association. ...tin,, nf tlmtiA land itf over BOOO acres, known as the Waw key tract, will be the objective of another beetle camp of 15 men. The control project Is being financed by C, C. Wawkey. owner of the timber, who has become worried over the Inroads made in his holdings by the destructive beetle. The Wawkey tract is located on the forested slope In the northern Klamath basin near the boundary of Crater National forest. Tho same method of controlling the pest as has been used in tho past three years, will continue this year. The infected tree will be felled, the bark stripped Slid theh. piled up olose to Iho trunk of the Hoc and burned, The only known method of control- ling the Insect is lo take udvunlgae of its habit of colony bunching to - gether on one small stand of trees. liKFT TODAY J. II. Miner who has been here for the past two months left on this morning train for Cuperlina, Calif. LOCAL FI'UITIVE IIKl.lt Kl'UF.N'K. Ore.. Sept. 22. Harold Harvey, of Klamath Falls, tvus arrested by the po- lice here lyoaterday on a war- rani charging him with lar- 0 cony lot all nutoni'ibilo a! Klam- alb Falls. The car Is "alleged lo have been stolen Sunday 4 nlgjht. literals FOR s INST Secretary Testified that its Maintenance is Essential to Department IS PART OF FABRIC Sea Fighters Need Own Air Service to work Hand in Hand With Vessels WASHINGTON. Sept. 22. Main tainance of the navy air service organization In substantially Its present form was advocated today by Secretary Wilbur before the president's air board. Called as the first witness of the day by the board, which yesterday inquired into the policy of the war department and the army air ser-( vice. Mr. Wilbur emphatically op posed creation of department of national defense. Bach a step, he declared, would be a well nigh j Irreparable mistake., Can Solve Problem "Air forces." he asserted, "form j an essential part of the fabric of the navy itself and its administra tion and its organization like other administrative Internal to the navy will, if unmolested by outside forces, be solved with the same efficiency! and with the same happy results as has been obtained in similar problems in the past." The secretary likewise expressed opposition to establishment to the naval air service as the corpsana logus to tho marine corps and de clared against a single air service, maintained for national defense, but not under the army or navy. A Vital Element The navy, he said, requires its own air force as "a vital element of a naval battle. adding that an independent air service would move from the naval commander that unity of command in time of battle, and that uniformity of train ing In time of peace, which every war has proved to be essential lo victory." Woman Is Hurt By Auto Today Mrs. Kmma Bovfn, a resident of Willow street, was severely bruised shortly before ;! p. m. today when she was struck at the intersection of Sixth and Klamath avenue by a coupe said to have been driven by Mrs. .lames Ltnil of Ibis city. Her condition was not sufficiently serious to warrant hospital treatment and I ghe was taken to her home shortly 'alter the accident. j Mrs. Llnal swore lo a complaint j charging John Karnell. well known (resident of Ibis city, with abusive land profane language. Mrs. Linzi I charges thai Farnoll sworo at her abusively following the accident. , According to witnesses the ncci- (dent was unavoidable. Mrs. Bovtn j when struck clung to the radiator! , until tho car stopped. Lettuce Growers Estimate 40 Cars Will Be Shipped j, ( - j Win n the last head is plucked and crated. HI carloads of lettuce will ' have been shipped rrom the 90 acres j seeded lo lettuce this year by the wholesale lettuce 'firm of Sawdy and I Hunt, according to word received I here today. II A ATTACK MURDER ui Miiing . Weed 3 Weeks Ago Siskiyou County Authorities Seek Boxer Who Fought Here During Summer Pal Is Reported to Have Confessed WEED, Cal., Sept. 22. Joe Coffman, well known Pacific coast lightweight boxer, is being sought as a murder su3pect here. A charge of first degree mur der has been filed against the young pugilist, and a de scription of him has been forwarded to peace officers throughout the west. Coffman is alleged to have participated in the mur der of an unknown logger here about three weeks ago. The logger was lured into a barn owned bv Dr. W. E. Tebbe. for the purpose cf j death. Two persons are new in jail at Yreka charged jointly with Coffman with the crime. They are Oscar Schuler and a woman giving t:e name of gfiS EXPANSION i SHENANDOAH CAUSE OF CRASH New Testimony Offered To day at Inquiry in Wreck of Big Dirigible OFFICERS ON STAND Farmers Also Tell Their Im pressions of Disaster and What Caused it Sept. 22. ; -that there! LAKE lifltST, N. J.. A new bit of testimony- cells before the airship Shenandoah broke up was given today before i tl)e naTa committee investigating the loss of the ship. Lieutenant Thomas S. Hendley, communication officer, testified that he was awakened by the pressure of a gas cell on his face and like- wise by the unusual angle at which the ship was, riding. Previously testimony had been that this time the Shenandoah was above her pres- sure height that is. where the in side pressure of gas equalled the outside pressure of the air. Not Excessive Gas Before Lieutenant Hendley was called. Lieutenant Charles E. Bauch, watch officer on duty at the tine.1, declared inspection some time be fore the accident showed that the gas pressure wtts not excessive. Both Lieutenants Hendley and Bauch, as well as Lieutenant Koland C. Mayr, construction officer on board, agreed with other witnesses that the breakup occurred when the ship's nose was suddenly tilted up during a second rapid ascent. Stories as told by civilian eye witnesses to the special' investigat ing naval board were summarized to the court by Commander Jacob B. Klein, president of that board. Ho said the two most Intelligent of these witnesses agreed that the ship broke at the bottom. Others, less intelligent. Commander Klein said, agreed that the craft "humped up" and broke at the top. The special board was told by some farriers near the scene of tho wreck Hint the wind was the strongest they had ever experienced. Commander Klein said it appeared that the wind was coming from all directions at once. Nono of the witnesses saw nny j lightning near the ship, Commander Klein added, and theru was no uvl- dence that there w as any fire of , any kind before, at the tlnln of, or after the craft bruku ui. BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS PRICE FIVE CENTS "' Logger in robbery, and was choked to I Mabel Ar int. T':e Arant woman is j believed to have come here from ; Klamath Falls with Coffman. I Faced with the chain of evidence j which has been weaved about him. I Schuler has broken down and con- fessej his part in the Krime, It ibeeame ka-.rn badaff. He- named J je Coffman as the other member ot the hold-up parly, and insists that It wsls Coffman who choked the loaje," to death. i'al "Squeals" By reason of his complete con fession. :t is understood he.e that Schuler has promised t.i turn state's evidence against Coffman, and that he will be granted some form ot Im munity in the event that Ocffman l.i captured and convicted. Al'J lough every effort has been made to llentlfy the murder victim. hij identity still remains a mysler;' with officers of Siskiyou county, A picture of Coffman in his fight- togs has been procured by Sheriff Calkins and has been mailed 'to sheriffs throuebout Callforata. : Oregon. Washington and lda- j. Ho is known to have been at Rose- ' burg, Oregon, about a week ago but ( since then officers have lost Ul I trail. j Charge Kept Quiet j YltEKA. Ca!.. Sept. 22. Wnfle admitting that a murder cha:ge has ( been filed against Coffman, i.-oanti officials here are reluctant lv give out ;v:.y inf-rmation a:ncernlng the youn pogiltit, whj is said to be involved in the murder of an un known logger at Weed last month. The two reputed accomplices are in t '.e i Mtnty jail here 'and It Is un derstood that Oscar Sd-iuler has made a complete confession to Sheriff Calkins. 1' has been known here for the past two (weeks that Coffman Witii being sjutfut as one of the murder sttspocts but all news of hta alleged participation In the brutal crime was withheld In order to permit, authorities tj w irk unhampered In baetr efforts to locate him. J':e C'offmin. noouaad of lOe brut al Weed murder last month, Is well known In Klamath Falls, having en gaged in aeyeral lioxlng bonta here last spring and summer. Coffman was in Klamath Falls fir mor" than two monthj and built up quite a following among local boxing fans. In ihls first bout here Ciffmni knocked out Jack Crlm, Indian light weight. Then he took on the tough Joonnio Carlson and put tliiat aspir ing flghler away by K. O. route. Ho lost in a roturn boil wttfi Crlm on the reservation. Just before he left here Coffman told some of hi" friends that he baa been married, and the woman who left hern with him and who li now Iheld as one of the accomplices at Yreka Is believed here lo have been posing as his wile.