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Eighteenth Year
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KLAMATH PALLS, OREGON, TUESDAJY, SEPTEMBER, 29. 1025
PRICE FIVE CENTS
LOCAL GIRL IS
WINNER IN HER
MAIDEN EFFORT
Christine Murduck, now At
torney at Bakerfield,
Defends Mexican
CLIENT IS ACQUITTED
Two Feminine lawyers clash
in Superior Court
Veterans Watch Duel
.Minn Chrlitlm Murdoch, bora sad
n-n ruil In Klmnulli. CStDO through
Willi flyliiK Colon III lirr Mrsi MUM SI
to lawyer In Hp- courts of California.
Aiiniiiii'ii in Hip har ihi'i luromor,
following h9r graduation from stun
ford inn school, Mlu Murdook lefi
here nbotjt two tnonth ko to hang
out bar "shingle" ni Baktnflold,
In superior court (hero i Ih other
Any In- htiiidhd the dofonsc fur a
luwiy Meal can, obsriod nidi rtcolV'
Ion lolen properly. And ufler ilw
Jurors Imd listened lo I In- pica of
I lie young Klu inn th i:lrl, tli prompt
ly sooultted her client.
a iiAKi-miit'tii newspaper lolls of
tiiu trini in the following Risnner
'Two young girls, wllb bobbed heir
and bobbed frockSi representing lbs
grave inajngly of lbs law " llconsod
attorneys, fuel today ss proseeutor.
anil dofcosc in n legal battle over
lbs liberty of Psblo garssura, Mex-
lean, charged Willi IiuvIiik rooolrod
stolen property from Antonio Rivera,
Folsom roiivli-t. Tbe Irlul wir- , on
dud, -J today li for" Judge I W. Ma
hon. preetdloi pnrlsl of Department
No. .1 of tin' superior rourt lure, who
gam the Jurors tbelr final Instruc
tions at noon.
Minn Arllno II. Covins, late grnd
lialo of t In law dcpurluiciit of tin
University of ( allfornlu, repreaoDted
the slate ss deputy district sttomoy,
mim Cbrlstlnc Hurdock, graduated
from the Btspford law ichool thin
year, u ppen rod lor Pablo .'lariuurii iih
(iiifuniift counsel.
Cannes I irmtr
During tin' harliiK today the court
room thrown Into an uproar
when Antonio Itlvcru. burglar from
Kolnom. called n n witness ilurliiK
tbc trial) snouted from fas rear end
of the ebamber while Offioer '. D,
Mhancr of the Simla Fe was testifying-.
While he was on the witness stand
for iho detonso of Bsrasnrs, nlrore,
the convict, hiiUI that In wait "heiilen
III Mm fgee till he ai hliu k In tile
ayet and Ilia tooth hind." lie claimed
1 1 "ill limed on Pago Pi TO)
Surprising Majority Is Rolled
Up In Favor Of Oregon Trunk
Coming To Klamath From Bend
Only Thee Opposed to Northern Lines, While
583 Say They Want Extension Great
Interest Being Shown in Poll
Taken by Evening Herald
l-'or Oregon Trunk
AkiiIu"! Oregon Trunk
,h:i
a
Ballots conUnuO to floek Into the
Herald offlee expresnliiK the deter
mination of Klamath eounly rent-
dentH to do overythlug possible to
ward it ill I n R the Oregon Trunk In
ItH ilcternilnatlon to hulld the Bend-
Kinniaiii extension,
111 spile of the effort or Siutlh-
orn Pacific preH agents and paVtl-
Miir,. the people of .Mnlln want the
Oregon Trunk. A group of liiilloU
more than tOO In numlier, Ottme In
from Muiin HiIh morning. It was
repotted Hint Htlll othora will ho
received from thai pan ot the coun
Railroad Ballot
Vote ( ) I want the Oregon Trunk
Vote ( ) Keep the Oregon Trunk out
To the Interstate Commerce Commission:
I herewith submit my opinion of the present
Central Oregon rail controversy.
Signed
Address
Road To Mill
To Be Graded
Before Winter
Petitions t o County
Court For Improve
ment Successful
a ioiikIi hd rocky stretch of road
between ObUoquln and tbe Firest
Cumber coropsny ' Aaprtorg win lis
loleKated In llin iiiibI hoforo wlntiir
snows fly. II wan iluelded yenlerluy
siterno u by the count) ourl, Bid i
f'r the i:oiou will bo received sad
'.nldei"l mi October 1".
Daotohg to' grade tii rui to
the mill come an a result -jf pr-
titionn oy pblloquln merchants ami
official of the mill. Lumbar oper-
gtOr lit AJPKroU' nlatuil that they
would eitabluO a ootnplet conul
nur department at Asjujnjve which
would nerve every mill employes, un
less I le road lo Cllll mulii mas I ra
il r ive I
oint of i he. r. i .ell nr. pVudect will
spproximste i according to an
estimate hy th" county road engi
neer The ork win be started in
the middle t October and pushed
1 1 iirourgti ii i ompleUoa betore winter
Hcalber makes work Imiirnetkal.
Charge Mexican
With Burglary
Miguel Oonsgle, Mexlcen, we "-
meted lain night at Klrkr.nl on the
charge of entering the r., m of s
gueet in the Kirk hotel un i stealing
a I'ocket hook. According 1 1 tbc dls-
trle
attorney's office Hie man wan
caught leaving the room wtih the
pekelbook In IllH ioitrvnnlon. A
ehgnje f larceny win h prosfefj
iiKalnni him.
WKLli WORTH IT
l'r.iuk NakatS, fjr II yearn a
resident of this elt, left HiIh
morning on an extended rlslt
i" J ii".n sftor ni Steence of 2.1
yearn. Nhkgta Wanted t 1 keep
0 In touch with bib many friend
her.' s5 he nulisi-rllied t.i The
Evening Herald for one rear.
In flRurlii' out the extra post-
age 1 J Julian it eras f uml that
Makat nrould have to parr je.sri
p...-tuKo In addi'.l ;i to 1 u $a
for 11 yearly subscription,
"It In -well worth the $11. 31
to k'1 l ie rjinplete and it.-cur-
alo news of Klamath Kalla
while 1 am invny." he smtledi
an he lueked hU receipt away
in trls pookot, e
ty betore the end of the week.
Never before haa a newspaper
ballot in Klamath Kalis shown such
an unanimity of opinion, and even
the moat rabid partisan of the
Oregon Trunk are agreeably amased
at the results.
If you have not yet voted on the
railroad question, mark your ballot
today and either mall or Bend It to
the Herald office, vote just once,
as The Herald wants this to lie an
Impartial expression from the peo
ple. The results of the balloting
win he placed before the Interstate
commerce cb'mmleslon in Pbrtlaud
next week.
OCTOBER 28 IS;
DATE
City Council Passes Ordin
ance Authorizing Eelec
tion in Second Ward
FOUR ARE IN THE RACE
Smith, Powell, Lyle and
Mathews Will Fight it
Out; Wright Quiet
The vnrunt rhulr at the foot of
Hi" riiy council table, so Ums occu
pied by .Merle s. West of the secoad
ward, will noon he filled by an
other resident of that ward.
This wan decided last ulKhl at the
city council meeting when mi ordi
nance authorising a special elocUon
for second ward councilman to be
held on Oetoher 21, was passed, The
ordinance, facilitated hy an emer-l-ent-y
clause, panned from the first
to the third IreadlBg without any
comment from any of the connotl
nivh. Hupportera of avowed candidates
have an even month to secure votes
for their charJM. There have been
rumor and curbstone bickerings,
hut the only four caadldates who
have actually ventured into the i1k
QPen spaces' and announced their
caadldaclOS from the house tops are
',: 3, (Doe) I'owell. A. .1. I.yle. O.
n. Usthews and 01 a. Smith,
MatheWH wun the first to torn
his hut Into the rlnc He wan close
ly followed by I'owell, with Uflt
tOMlng for third place and Smith
holding the hole card. In fourth
place. Tulk of It. E. Wright, local
real eMnte man. entering the race
ban somewhat died down In Ihe
past few weeks. Mr. Wright at the
outset of the race admitted h" was
considering seriously Inking Ills
chances In the race, but later ohang
ed his mind on tho ground that
people would apparent'.' he sovern
"(1 hy Issues rather than the rnnrtt-
dutes.
MITCHELL TELLS
WHAT HE THINKS
OF AIR SERVICE
Washington; pept it. Ot)
polohel William Mitchell today re
aumed his onslaught against the na
tion's air policies bofore President
Coollthjfe's luvrettgattng hoard.
To the click of cameras and fhuih-
inK of photographic apparatus, the
former assistant chief of the army
Sir service, began his testimony first
asking thai he ho sworn. He had
spread bofore him a largo map of
I he world and two aides carried vol
uminous documentary exhibits.
Tho hoard declined lo place him
under oath and assured him his tes
timony would he given Credence,
Colonel Mitchell had nine papers
he desired to read, all "instructive"
except one. which was "destructive,"
and which he sold he would not read
if the hoard objected,
Vessel Reported
Afire in Channel
London, sept, id. a report to
Lloyd's shipping agency from St.
Catherines POlhi, near Southampton,
says Ihe British cargo steamer Lon
don Mariner, which sailed from New
York. Soptombor, in. for London. Is
afire lu the English channel and is
asking for assistance.
Spink Loses in
Property Action
li. I'. Spink wus wrong when he
Insisted that C. L. Orlffln hnd not
paid him enough for a lot In West
Chtloquln which Ortffln purchased
several years ago.
This was yesterday's judgment of
Judge Leavltt. who signed Ihe find
ing of facts lust bight. Orlffln set
forth Hint he had paid Spink for
the lot part lu money and part In
labor.
Spink sold Orlffln Ihe properly
at an gUOtlOn .sale. Spin k is justice
of the peine in Ohlldtltttn.
HIulMli Vt'Alt IIKI'AltT.MIONT
WASHINGTON, Sept, 8D.-(p)
The policy forming body Of tho war
dopnrtmont was blamed for handi
caps placed on army service today
by Ltoittonuut Colonel Benjamin i.
I'Vnilols,
ELECTION
FDR OUNUN
"All Or None"
Is Council's !
Stand On Park!
Budget Committee Ap
pointed La&t Night;
Meet Wednesday
"All or Done!"
Thin curt expression of the city
council hist. Ujght explains its atti
tude on the sale t Kivorsldo park.
Faced with the necessity of sell-
Ing the park property Immediately,
the illy council look preliminary
stepH to this e.Pd hut expressed tho
opinion that "all of the property
or none," should he sold.
"What would he the use of selling
one strip of land for railroad pur
poses und leave tbe other for a
park? It wouldn't he worth any
thing." Councilman Cofor remarked.
Legal papers will soon ho trnns
SCribed and oilier steps will h" tak
en to consummate tin- purchase of
tho city park property, tho city
council authorized. Itufus Moore
suhmltted his formal proposition of
donating to tho city so acft i ol
land for a city park providing the
city gave to him 5 10,000 for liU
reservation rirbt-. on certain lota
adjacent to Riverside park,
lludfcet Committee
Appointment of a hudget com
mittee wus muife last night. In
addition to members of tbe council,
tills committee Is composed of J. A.
Gordon, Prod (Hover, W. O. Smith.
A. M. Collier, M. S. West, and K.
M. Chllcote. The ten men will
iiie.-t Wednesday night to organize
and discuss woys and means of com
ing to conclusions In regard to fl
ouncing the city for the next year.
When Councilman Charley Itoh-
rls told of a small hoy staggering
down the street under the weight of
a heavy sign, the councilman unani
mously supported uu ordinance pre
venting men or hoys carrying signs
in Klamath Fulls.
BUY!
"It was a regular Happy Hooli
gan stunt." Roberts said with u
chuckles "The little fellow stopped
nn the Miet t 10 talk to some one
und as he swung the sign around
iie biffed somo woman. Then in
turning toward the unfortunate wo
man to find out what damage hud
been dune, he biffed a man. Poor
kid. he didn't know what it was
Ci about. "
IteTore the new post office (quar
ters on Ninth street between Main
and Klamath, there will be no park
ing, it was decided last night when
nn ordinance to that' effect was
passed by the council.
Elastic 1'iiw
To meet the peculiarities of the
weather, the city council was forced
to conceive a certain ordinance us
clastic as n rubber band, nnd to
stretch nnd twist it to fit the cir
cumstances. The Ordinance Is one
which prevents the use of Ice cnlks
on the shoes of horses until Novem
ber 1. With a visitation of cold
iveather already this fall, teamsters
have asked the council to allow the
ice calks Immediately as their horses
ore slipping on the hard pavement
Wo Itmvaa agreed around the council
table to ignore the ordinance as long
as the cold weather continued.
Bonanza Farmer Is
Judged Not Insane
Hen Crapser, elderly farmer of
Bonansa, was adjudged not Insane
by County Judge It. H. Bunnell at
un insanity hearing held yesterday
afternoon in the county court house.
Complaint against Crapser that he
was Insane was signed by his wife,
Mrs. Nettle Crapser.
Unanimous opinion of doctors
who examined Crapser was to the
effect that the farmer was In full
possession of all his faculties.
. HERALD IS IjAXE
The Bvening Herald was late
last evening because of dlffi-
e culty wlih our press. Saturday
night our pressman, Eklward
DerVan, SUStalaed severe injur-
ies. compelling bis confine-
mnt to the hospital, where
Dre, bletsche and Burdbardl are
diolug everything possible to
save his right hand. Lack of
skilled attention to our press
caused difficulties that only
tfhe considerate help ot Mr.
Powell, pressman for ihe
morning paper, 'finally enabled
ns to complete our run. it Is
hoped thai there will he no re-
eurren e of our troubles.
ASSESSORS ARE
WARNING
BY GOV. PIERCE
Assessment of Personal Pro
perty and Estate Will be
Demanded by Him
LETTERS ARE MAILED
i
Oregon Exc 'live Notifies
County Otis v.fi he Will
Start Something
KALF.M, Ore., Sept. 20. Gover
nor Pierre today made public a letter
to the assessors of the state warning
thetn thai at the assessors' meeting
to he held in Saiem in the near fu
ture, the governor, as chairman of
the state tax commission, will ask
them if they have complied with the
law requiring the assessment of per
sonal estato and personal property.
Inasmuch as tho assessments appear
already to have been made state and
county officials here say the gov
ernor's letter Is probably too late
to bring any results. Whether per
sonal property Is being assessed gen
erally by the assessors of the slate
In a question that could not he an
swered here today.
The governor quotes "a prominent
and well-informed banker In the
state of Oregon, of opposite politi
cal faith, who. Oovornor fierce says,
recently said to him:
"Within a very short time there
will be practically no value left in
City or rarm properly unless there
is a more equitable distribution of
taxes. The present syrtera of collect
ing principally from land all the
money necessary for maintenance of
schools and government simply
means the tonflscation ot all value
there-ln."
PUTS DAMPER 01
FAIR OFFICIALS
Attendance at Salem Expo
sition Will bs Cut Down
by Stormy Weather
HORSE SHOW STARTS
McMinnville Legion Post
Wins First in Fife and
Drum Competition
SALEM, Ore.. Sept. 29. With
four tontcivJers In the field, tho
drum a-id bugle corps of the He
Minnville pjst of the American L
glon won first award in the compe
tition at the state fair stadium las!
nisr'.it. Porlluud placed second and
Eugene third. Hood River failed to
get Into the money. All prlies iwere
In cash, The Salem .irgunUatlon ai
the lion did not idompete.
While the Sheridan post did not
enter tlie competition it hud a band
on the grounds, the only legion bund
In the state, which furnished ntoai:
in the grandstand and atsewhete
throughout the day.
GOOtl Attcntlunec
Judges of the competitive events
were AI Slrpa of Corvallls, M.iy r
T un Riles unci Oscar Steeltmnimer.
of Salem.
Attendance yesterday Is estimated
at nliout ii.uoo, and vfas ezceede ;
hy t'he uiiiuber of persons who en
tered ihe grounds .n Sunday when
a half RdmlSSloQ was charged.
Today, broke rai.iy and cold,
throwing a daatSer on the h.ipes and
enthusiasm of state fair offi'iuls.
and outtlng d 'wu the prospects of a
latigS attendance.
The thousand lfho attend the
Oregon State fair nialnl' 'fjr the
pight horse show which Is feature.!
ouch nig-U except Monday will have
their first t'lrllls at the opening pro
gram tonight. The entire Pu-lflc
OOSSt will Slgain be represented In
the entries,
Many Bntrtes
Jamba McCleavB, the populsV Can
hdt&n, who is a veteran liooster for
the horse show In Salem. Is 4lerc
again with his siring. The Portland
limit dub is well represented end
t ie Welch Hi ihers of Calgary ar
rived yesterday. Oiaor entries are
111 from Oregun und CaliloniiH,
DRIZZUNG
R N
Chamber Stand
On Rail Issue
Being Settled
l)lr.UvH ttf (lie
Klamiith
t'OtUltj JuiiiiImt of i m 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
itt BiSO o'clock thf-H afternoon
f-titlnrsi'd ;i resolution iulroi1ti('l
l It. K. 'rego vrlwrcbf (bo
Chamber would uutUttnkf lo
ffttHteni (o tlu i ut erst itt om
nicrcfl -oniinlssioit stand of
the Mrit nit urni nutl lumbering
clemenU In Klnnmtli county on
tin KlntiiJitli i-ullrotitl hit nation.
The fiction of Hi" cliiiiubri
flit ' tors u III l-' jilart'd In i i
tin membotilifn of (in- chamber
for approval or disapproval.
Italhits will be tnailf-d to rvi-ry
member tomorrow, direct or
stntt-d. The t-t-Molution on tin
railroad question dispose, so
far us I lie directors an con
cerned, of the HiuintM'r'H stand
on the railroad question.
The cllDJlber aho sent u tel
egram to tlte puhlir service com
mission protesting against the?
huUddiK of the t'rane-Otlell ex
tension. Directors of the chamber of
commerce were In sc-ssion be
hind closed dopes tJUs alternoon
In uu attempt to come to some
agreement on vrbal stand the
(liamher should take on the
Klamath railroad Situation.
The meeting was precipitated
hy a resolution jut roducod hy
DirCCtor it. K. Crego, in which
the cIiuiuImm would go on record
before the inti-rstute commerce
Coram lssion us favoring the p'i--itiou
of the lumbermen and tin
farmers towanl the railroad
question. Discussion centered
about Mr. Crego's resolution and
the resolution on the railroad
question submitted to the cham
ber directors last Tuesilay noon
by the railroad committee.
Itesidents of Alturas and Modoc
county want to defeat the plans of
the Oregon public service commis
sion in its Crane - Odell railroad
proposal, and Frank McArthur, who
appeared as spokesman for the Modoc
Improvement association, appeared
before the chamber of commerce di
rectors today noon and urged support
of that organization in getting a line
through the Tule lake country to Al
turas for an eastern connection.
"The Crane - Odell extension wouhj
leave us both off the map." he chnl-
longed.
P. M. Trout, who resides at Malin.
said a main line through the Tule
lake country was most needed.
"We want a railroad, but we don't
give a damn who builds it." he sulci.
Rev. C. C. Unlet. Merrill resident
who will move shortly to Myrtle
I'oint. said he had been accused or
being a spokesman for the Southern
Paflcic and he thought he might us
well admit it. Ho then said the peo-
plo of Malin endorse the Southern
Pacific program for its promised
line through that section to connect
up with eastern connections.
Mayor Anderson of Merrill said:
"We are for the Southern Pacific.
They have promised to build down
through the valley and the northern
lines have said they didn't want to
go any farther than Klamath Falls." l
It. B. Bradbury, president of the
Klamath Irrigation district, denied
that the district has opposed the;
Southern Pacific, and challenged j
statements from the Alturas delegate ;
(Continued on Page Eight)
Cole And McBride Out $10
Ituiil Victim Takes Money I tit I Officers lull To Locale it Again
Mike Ross Remains Silent
A black, thick and heavy mys
tery surrounds the favorite haunts
of prohibition sleuths today.
The one man who has the open
sesame to tho inner halls of the
mystery reposes in jail, chuckling.
He knows hut, he won't tell. Why
should he?
"Let's knock over Mike Ross to
night." suggested ono prohl sleuth
to another hist night.
"All right," answered C. F. Mor
gan, city patrolman, "ono of you
guys lend mo $10 and I will buy
some I10020 from htm."
State Prohibition Agent L. L. Mc
Bride nnd his chief assistant, Wil
liam Cole, dug deeply und produced
n crisp ten dollar bill and five dol
lars lu silver.
Morgan approached lloss In n
LIFT BODIES OF
p
I J
i'FO SEA SURFACE
J Forward End of Battery
Room of Undersea Craft
Wrecked, is Report
TWO ARE LOCATED
Work Continuing Rapidly
Under Handicaps; Div
ers Get Inside Sub
U. S. S. SUBMARINE,
New London, Sept. 29 (AP)
The forward end of the
battery room of the S-51
which was sunken Friday
night in a collision with the
steamer City of Rome is fill
ed with wreckage, the div
ers reported to the com
mander of the submarine
base today.
The divers were unable to
pass through the door of the
control room which was
open, because of the inter
ference of their heavy, cum
bersome suits with the ship's
structure.
NEW LONDON", Conn.. Sept. 29.
IJP) The body of John I.. Cilbson.
englneman first class, of Portland.
Ore., was removed from the wrecked
submarine S-fl hy divers today.
Gibson's body was the first to bo
taken from the wrecked ship and its
recovery followed the complete sus
pension of attempts to lift the craft
with wrecking ships and a concen
tration of efforts on the port of div
ers who went Into the sea to explore
the S-51.
Inside Submarine
The recovery also indicated to
those at the submarine base that the
divers us last had been successful lu
their attempt to get Inside the sub
marine. Ijist night when the seas became
too choppy for the wrecking ships to
work, the divers went down, but were
unable to get near the hatch which
they hoped to enter, because of the
strong tides which swept them off
their course through the water,
lu Battery Itoom
' Gibson's body was foubd in the
battery room, that part of the sub
marine that was rammed by the Sa
vannah line steamer City of Rome
last Friday night. The message from
Rear Admiral H. H. Christy, in com
mand of the rescue forces. Bald the
divers still were working in this
j compartment and as they ploughed
j their lead feet through tho passage
: ways of the vessel is wan expected
more bodies would be found.
Gibson's wife lives in Groton,
Conn., a suburb of New London.
No Details
The first message gave no indica
tion as to how his body was brought
io the surface. Nor did It Indicate
whether the divers had been able
to, penetrate farther into the craft
td learn whether any doors to other
compartments had been closed, thus
offering the bare possibility that
some o'f the ::! men who went down
with the ship might yet be nllve.
The hope that this might be true
(Continued on Page Two)
' llroad street dive about midnight
last night und nfter dickering for
: some time purchased a gallon ot
' green moonshine whiskey,
i McBride, Chief of Police Harry M.
Loucks, Cole and Patrolman Ilrown
were waiting nearby and at the giv
I en signal Ross was "pinched."
A careful search revealed that
i the five dollars In silver still rn
I posed In the pocket of Ross but
j strange to suy the ten dollar bill
1 bad disappeared.
I Ross was noti coiuuiltal about the
bill, lie sits 111 Jail, with a charge
ol' possession and sale of intoxicat
ing liquor bunging over him, hut
something Is tickling his ribs und
ho occasionally gives voice lo u
chuckle,
UBMAR NE GREW
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