The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, October 14, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextPublished Daily at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" dim ituntmn t BUY AT HOME; LOCAL MERCHANTS CAN GIVE YOU BETTER BARGAINS Associated Pre Leased Wire EiKlitccntli Year NuiiiIht f('fl KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OOTOHKK M, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS ADS FOR CITY SOIL COMMITTEE SEES 'DRAWBACKS OF LOWER LIE Expert Claim Land not Suitable for Close Set tlement, in Report IS FREE FROM ALKALI Marsh Soils Open to Seri ous Fore Hazard; Land Held Remarkable 1 WAHIflNGTON. Oil. II Thou- sands of acre, of pout land i be destroyed hy fire, i onic con. oiitriitlon ' cit iiim h iiikiiii inn! tba londanay or crops to Bxbauit Quickly th plant 14 n,(. pjnq Troo. food cootalnod In much ol tho soil, were some of Um drawbacks to uk- PORBBS field. Pittsburgh. Oct, rlniUunil development in the lower ' H.- A downpour f rain winshml ou; Klniiiuih lake region of Oregon ami the novrnth and ! 1 I i ' k ga of California cited hy a COtttBlltOi of I In wo;IJ SO rial today between thrcv noil exports which hu hand- Washington and Plttsl.J-.'i. Commls cd l(a report fo the rvi'lamallon tiu- sloticr Landls called off Ifie con reiui of the department of Die Inter- test after a ntcady downpour had lor. drenched the field and a Koo.l The "oil expert who made the In- ,.hare of Ihe orOIWd had left. voi.tigaiiun at lower Klamath Inelud- (ltmmi ,,:in,i delayed bl od It. I., Powers of Ihe Oregon , x ,,,.,.,, , , . , my unrXnlntf perlmeni station. O. A. C. Charlim ,mnhlP ,,, ,,, lnnn, P. Hhaw of the California Station and k (j, ,n() ulV ()Vl(.uj Mncy II. Laphamof the l ain I ISiat.s ,,.irtH f DMam, ,,uog. department of agriculture. Tbo con- j ,lr(, Mfl (,y wnH 0Vlmll ,. cltnlonu they drow were that tbo 1 ja landH of tbo lalte hed worn or little, fa rr) uimnM fa.t asrltnltnral .i.e. .hat the ...le landH I uliiu (!(JmIlllBU,, ,n,.r-, fltclMoil on the north and Mtt slds or lbs L, m JKh0Mtf( ,. Va lake bed wero of fair agricultural ,.,.,. , , wV,,,.k Ula .. value and probably would warrant tillinr, M (hi R.1mP 0Bj Ihe coat of reclamation while t ,om- acUl ,.vAr). Iinill;lM of lb. oast .Ida had a hlaher alkali , f 0(ccUon but (0 conlpnt and probably would not ear. . . 4 . , I iire'iv well drenched so rar as oc- ry the cih.I of OtTSlOpmont and that ' , ' , , i iipanU or the blcaohera and et- Ihe lam ti or i lie lirecon dralmiK'' dm- , . , , , , , , ... ijed i.i:H of ilm RraiidMl ind were tr et wire bolni deVidoped with roa ; ' , ., (ncrncd. lionali e UMiiirnllce of -mi.e nn thi' .... ,. Z AlthotiK h I wan a dliiapiiolnlmen! pen noil and a probability of failure , ,u , . , , , I ' fani. I Ills posllictneinent. the on Ihe Manlier nren of lake bed. ' . . lairKe I nllN 1'uvored "The tulfl landH are nol OOMtdorOd unliable for closa lottlomonl," say the joint report, "Farm iiiiIIh should Consist of HO lo .'IL'H or tnoie ncroi The pbsllblHU of developliiK nn nd- oQuato supply of lood wntor for Block and dollle.ltlc line would IlllVe lo be domonattstod. Dultdlnas and Structural would have tO be placed on pllas and as home iltat tba ntarsbsa would not be attraqUre. Road con atructlon win he difficult ami ax ponalve. The marsh soils in" Inflsm inahle and open to sarlOUB lire bur urd." it wai aatl ms tod thai those iamb WOtlld Junllfy ii cost of K.ii mi acre for reclltmntlon. Incliidlna; Irrigation, OrainnKe, land proparatlon and seodi Inj. The directors of the Klamath drainage district reported thai tbore were 2'i!."i aoras planted to crops within the district, of which 1 ,r. acres worn In potatoes, 10 acres In sucnr 1 Is and lb" remainder In grain, The balance of Ihe pent land, except' Inc some 111)00 ncreu In the Oklahoma ami Bhpopy creek districts, was nid to be without. voKclntlnn or covered ny WOODS, una inoiuueo some ,, ncrt'M' Soil I'ounil Unnsunl The soil of the hike bed was found to be deoldgdiy unnsital. consisting of gelatinous colloidal clay to a depth or 2 1 lo 30 Inches, wllh enormous water holding capacity run King from ins lo ,r,uo per cent. The grant dlfv floulty of ttdotjttgte dralhago, tillage nnd Irrigntlou on soil of tills charitc Over UhpsS HoWa Hint gife not tor Wag cited, however, as the chief COnsploUIOUBl'y posted with l.he sign renRon why permanent agricultural "No Hunt Inn. Keep Out," leluakl chid tlevelopnient Is "an exoaodlngly r,o- fcttntors may he seen steadily tfotl mote possibility." The nitrogen and i dliiR. gii carried Ih Hie crook ol organic mutter In the soil Is also Mho nrni, tomorrow ill .'ruing, quickly used lip, I fdr I nun row Is tits loponlnig day The marsh or tue lands conslsl of Of the Rlamnlh Chinese Phoasanl u layer or decomposed pent between season and II will .remain open for 20 ahd to Inches thick, rcisllng on 17 days. The limit, game wardofls OOllOldnl clay slmllRt tO thai exposed emphasised I 'day lg four birds lu in the lake licit . from two to four one week, aii four or tho birds foot. deep. Surface Irrigation Is dlf- fnnfcf I"' roosters but only two can flcult bocaulo of the porous, spongy 1 bo hens. pharaitaT of the son and its uneven The closing day of ubo lOaion lo (Coilt Inned nn enro Two) ,J tot(rd,nj'4 Octobej; :il, World Series Is Halted By Terrific Rain Final Game to be Play ed at Pittsburgh Tomorrow Klamath rani wore dlsap- f"""M w """ " heavy dOWOpOUr of ruin hud , hi -I p ii nM.i-u .'I li" Iln nl game t Uu baatbnH tlnn- sic. Hut wlu:i weather per- mltttsg i ' game will I"- iUii od tomorrow The it"r.iM ,iin continue Its liiitly ill Din Pipo ','r,' tOnWrfOW, starling prom- All.: ... II I L- .... If M .1 A 1 ' ' ', . . ! wnii t nil tba play-by-play dope . ii I ho hit tsmo, l in the crowd nil- f.ll l ' I lln l" urs nn na a benefit to the iar pll'dicra if both teams, Walter Joiminn and Vic Aldililce. Theso Owe inoun 1 bb(i eneh VlOtorloUS twice no oTu ' III the aeries had been Slated to lea I the final (utile H-diiy In spite of Ih i ahorl period of reHl. Now, lfiwevcr. If the wealher per mits play t rmOrWw, Klaoacer Mani i will be able to Rend Johnson to the tiox with three days' rest, as much as Ihe had botwecn his tlrst two vlctoilei over the IMrates. Aldrldne. jwbO won the flfih name r r iMiuburRii Mondatr ta Washing" lob, WlOUld be able to pitch to morrow with two days Interval. Eo J. Murray Is Loser In Suit MEIDFORD, Ore.. Oct, It, -Judge Wolverton. (n fedora) courl here this afternoon ordered Ihe Jury to re turn a verdict agalnal D, .1. Murray, editor ot the Klamath llernld, ami in favor of Uu- defendants, former oOun- y lf ,,.,,,, who Wl,n, ,,, hy Mnrrf(J for $25,780 for miillclous proSecu 'tion. conspiraey lo proiieeute, ami ar n,M wthou, probable cause. fneasani oeason Opens in Morning POSSE HUNTING YOUNG ICC Eureka Slaying Mystery at New Angle With Beauty Specialist Missing iCOMPANION IS SLAIN Henry Sweet Found Dead in Auto Pair Were Re ported on Hunting Trip IM ItKK.t, Calif., (in. I I. Mis Ciirtiien Wagner, IH, I'ero dale beftuty shop proprietor, missing since the bullet punc tured body of Henry Stveel wie found beside bis automobile, was beioK llUntOd lodii)' by poises In die hilts of foil,' conn- ties on (be nurtbent tlnllforiibi coast . The motive ror SweeCn death was not known lo UJS auihorllles. Tbe only purpose of tba ncarch for Miss Wiiriot was bagad on the belief that lc was kidnaped after Swoct wan hbot. Itofty In Auto Sw. . t was foimd beside Ills park Od automobile In front of n ranch house near Portuna, a town south of here. IteportH obtained by the authorities said that .Miss Wasnor wua n Comtntnion Of Sweet on a hunting trip to the mountains which startud on bun Thur"day. other persons who Joined in the huntliiK expedition have not been named by the aheriff. The search at daybreak today was based on the hope that Miss Wag nor might be found nllve, but fears axpratagd that she might bo the victim of th.' supposed abductors' bullet. Miss Wanner was neon hro on Friday night. She visited a beauty parlor hero und had n triOUd dress her hair. She dlseussed the hunt ing trip and snid she was goitr; villi Sweet and a married couple. CATCH BURGLAR RED HANDED AND THEN FREE HIM Crescent Barber Refuses to Ap pear Against Prowler as Complainant .Gee. no! 1 don't want to prose cute tin' poof devil. I've got my sniff buck and that's all I COM bout. Let him go and gel out." With a shrug of his shoulders a barber at Croscont walked away from District Attorney E 1.. BUIotl who urged Unit the robber be held und prosecuted. "Ho yon mean to say that now you have the man In custody you refuse to complain against him'.'" District Attorney Elliott wanted to know. ".lust that." the barber affirmed. All of which is epilogue. Tho facts of the case are that the only barber shop in Ihe little Bettlj- menl or crescent was entered early Monday morning. The robber mad-' loo much noise and the burlier and friends caught him red-baaned ih ihe net of stealing barber equipment to the value of approximately $50. Attorney Blllott remarked. "The man refused to complain ngalnst the robber, so we turned him lose." The bnrglar was placed under ar rest nuil then released when the burlier, whose niime the district attorney's office did nol know. iv fUBQd to prosecute. "There was nothing that could he done about the matter," pistricl Attorney Elliott remarked, yesterday. "The man refused to complain ngalnst the robber, so we I urnod him lose." Ah coincidence would have ;t. District Atlorboy Elliott was In Crescent at the time rbpresehtlqg th.' siatu ni a preliminary hoarlng before Justice of tbo Pence K. M. t'lonves, II MURDER Seek Missing Road Employe Near Crescent Gerald Purnbron Dis appears From Work Mysteriously No sane, healthy road construe, lion vorker would my; t.-riously h ; appear from Ihe Job w ithout Huyinc "Adlos" to his friends or even call- : lug for n large, fat check duf- hlin. 'and for Hint reason friends of der ail! Purnbron. road worker in north ern Klamath, are sparing no orrort I In locating Prnnbron, w ho railed to put In nn appearance at work lust j Monday. ! The slierirr'a office was notified by i lonit distance phone yesterday aflor j noon by A. K. Oulllckson. who re , -sides In the upper marsh country, to endeavor to locate the mlssinr ; man. ' I'urnhron has been workinK on a grubbing and clearing job In northern l-'.lamath. uecording to word received here today. He w'as u quiet sort, and well liked by bis co-workers and in plovers. When ho tailed to pat in ; an appearance his friends InVeeMgat , eil und it was round that tho man had disappeared, without rhyme or rengon. No further word had been re .reived from northern Klamath today, j According to Gullickson the man's description is na follows: 42 years of j ago. light hair, blue eyes, peaked ; lace, light cap, blue jumper, pair or 1 tan Bttglisb shoes. Davis Becomes War Secretary Chief Justice Taft Ad ministers Oath of Office WASHINGTON. Oct. II DWlght E. Dart of Missouri w.is sworn in today as secretary of wa -. I Chlcr Justice Win. Howar.l Tart, a j former secretary of war. adminii- tered Ihe Oath and John Weeks, rjs ' tiring secretary of war. stood by. I Tho chief of staff of the army, I Major General John 1.. nines, his : assistants und chiefs of war depnrl- ment hureuus, witnessed tho cor.i- i mpny. Mr. Weeks remained in Wushlni; , ton over-night, delaying his return j to Huston in order to witness the induction of his successor into of j flee. Mr. and Mrs. Weeks will ' leave for Massachusetts tonight. Young Footpads Take Money from Peter Sconchin Peter Sconchin. aged Klamath In ; dinn. and prominently identified i with the historic Modoc war. U broke today. Two heartless and youthful toot pade are $ 1 1 0 richer. All as n result of a vicious rob bery staged last night on the corn 'r of Second und Oak by two young i men a short man and a tall one ; who "frisked" the Indian war veter an of all that remained of his S200 government check. Sconehin was on his way to his camp, a few blocks . south, where his wife was waiting for him. No trace of the sneak thiol's could be located by police or the sheriff'.! office this morning. Three Are Killed in Wreck of Train WHEELING, V. Va.. Oct. 14. Thv.v train mon were killed and up wards of a store of person wero Injured whan a Southbound passen ger train on tho lYnnsylvanin rail road was Wrecked about hull' n mile north of the Warwood depot at 3 oYlot:k this nftornoon. A spread In the rails is said to have niusod tho nrridnnt, H FATEiKlamath Falls Mavnr TO REACH JURY BY LUTE TODAY Trial of convict slayer comes to Close With Argu ments now under way IN FEAR OF THEIR LIVES Defense Seeks to Establish Justification for Oaring Penitentiary Break SALEM, Ore. Oct. H. Th'roo questions of law, srbntlg from mo tions of counsel, were to bo decided upon by Judge Percy Koily in tho Tom Murray murder trial early today before arguments before the pury were begun by the attorneys. The last witnesses to testify iu the case were heard yesterday. District Attorney John II. Carson i moved yesterday that all tcstlmony Introduccd lo indicate that Murray 11 insane and all toatimony introduced to indicate that conditions at the prison were such that the bloody break of Murray, Jones, WIUos' and Kelly was in tho nature of self de fense, he "stricken from the records. Will It. King, counsel for Murray, moved that all testimony offered hy the state designed to show conspiracy on the part of the four convicts be ..liii'k'.n. Thefe were thy three poims to be decided by the court early to day. Appear for Defense Mrs. Charles Newman and her son Leslie Newman of New Kra, the home where the three surviving convicts spent a day during their flight, were on the stand for the defense yester day, testifying that the behavior of the convicts at that time was gentle manly. H. M. Rowley, formerly guard at (he prisom-testified to throw doubt on tho sanity of "Tripper Bill" Hin ton, another guard, whose mind Rowley said, seemed to dwell on tho question whether a guard was jus fied in shooting a convict at any time other than when a break was in progress. Rowley said he quit the prison job as a result of his being found aosent without leave, which, Rowley said, was due to a misunder standing as to change fn guard shifts. In Constant !Var Murray himself was recalled to the stand and said he believed Hinton was crazy. The testimony was intro duced to show that tho convicts lived in fear of their lives. Morrhy identified merrawannna. ,Ho a quantity of said that some convicts were put into the bull pen for smoking it and some were not. "Guards have seen-me smoke it." he said, "ami I never went to the bull pen for it." City Manager Is Advocated A city manager for Klamath Falls This innovation in ihe face of a wonderful development of Klamath, j would be a practical move for Klam-1 nth Falls. Professor Irving K. Vlh- fng, president of the state chamber of: eoust guard forces, commerce. declared before the Colonel Simmons lias set up head rhniubtfr forum this noon. quarters at Tampa with 'branch Otr With the word "Klamath" on the; rices at .Miami. Jacksonville and lips of nil in the west, und with u marvelous development in sight here, it would behoove all Klamath people to side-step all petty bickerings uml small Issues and to step forward in unison toward a goal ot develop ment and progress, vd out. Air. Vlniug point-i PVTHIAN8 i;l,K T KCtiKNE, Ore., Oct. 14. -Robert P. Lytic, ol Vale, wus today elected igraiul chancellor or the grand lodno lot tho Knights of Pythlus, domain ot Oregon. Ho Is Dormer vice chnnwltWi n c..,.l d VT Made 10 Rights and Investments of Citizens of Klamath Falls Find Champion at Rail Hearing; Inquiry Ends at Noon Today PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 14. (Special) Demand that Robert E. Strahorn and the company which rent, leases or purchases his Oregon, California and Eastern rail road be compelled to repay to the city of Klamath Falls ihe $300,000 in bonds voted for the line, together with interest on that sum and the $65,000 given the road in a terminal site was made to the interstate commerce com mission late yesterday by Fred R. Goddard, mayor of Klamath Fails. The Klamath Falls executive appeared as a witness for the Oregon public service to protect the interests of the people of Klamath Falls in the maze of rail manipu lations now being carried on by the rival rail lines. S TO SOUTH COAST Lured by Stories of' Liquor Orgies, Rum Row Moves to Florida Coast PROHI5 ARE ACTIVE Three Different Branches of Service Start War on Wholesale 'Leggers ATLANTA. Ga.. Oct. 11. (p Rum ron:. that moveable mart for illicit trade in forbidden beverages, is now more or less firmly estab lished in southern waters. Present activities there are so extensive it is believed that the trade includes most of those former operators who manasd to escape the sharp-shooting coast guardsmen's campaign :. break up flourishing business of Doston, New York and Atlantic City shores. Rum runners have neefpted (Iter j ally tlie admonition of t'olonel Lujcc'i i Lea of Tennessee to "come south, f ! youtiK fellow." I Horace (ireeley paraphrased from famous advice .o young men. fjurctl to Florida And they have come fleets. them. Many have been lured I Klorida by tales of riches and ot ! to of! ! an orgy of spending hy winter tour ists. Others have been driven to i Florida by I'ncle Sam's intense ef ! forts in other Southern waters. Three .branches of America's com bat service are represented iu Flor - ida by Colonel It. I. Simmons, re tired army officer, state prohibi tion administrator; Commander ! P. Unmbusch. retired navy officer, his assistant, and Captain John (i. Harry, active commander of the i'ensacola. Key West is handrjifar ters tor the coast guard. I'i'i lli'ltisli Syndicate Commander Hambrisch lias dis covered that a gigantic English run running syndicate is operating In Florida waters. In the I fleet are ships carrying syndicate's cargoes at 16,000 to 211,000 cases, valued .it $500,000 and retailed iu Florida for t3.Sa0.Otl0'. There are seven - sels. six schooners and a converted yacht, iu the fleet, which keeps its supplies replenished by fast motor boats capable of outdistancing any craft in tho coast guard service, LI PR RUNNER lib VESSELS Am De. Return runds HEARING OVKlt PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct 14. ip The hearing on applica tions for railroad development in central and southern Oregon and nothern California, which has been Sa progress here altv-'e October .". was concluded at 12:35 today when the state public service commission com pleted Its case. December 1. was set as the date when brlefJ must be in. Arguments will be oard at a time to be set later v by the Interstate commerce commission. Another important witness ifor j Klamath Falls was R. E. Bradbury. I who testified concerning the donu I tion a the terminal site for D'ao ; Strahorn line. Mr. Bradbury was ' :ie of several citizens who male a j pe.-aonal canvass of the county to I procure i ights of way and terminal facilities Cor the Strahorn line. Mayor's .Statement Mayor Goddard'a statement to the commission follows: On or about Ausust IS, 1016. after maklnj a careful Investigation of the transportation needs of Cen t:al Oregon and particularly Klam : th Falls and Klamath county, Mr. Robt. B. Strahorn proposed to the citizens of Klamath Palls, that In order to secure adequate railroad transportation to Klamath Falls aud vioinity and ifree Dae citizens from the "exhormitant freight charges" ot the Southern Pacific, he. R-obt. E. Strahoivi mould build a rullrojd from Klamath Falls via Silver Lake, Oreglou, to Bend, O epon, to con nect with the Oregon Trunk and Union Pacific railroads, said imII :oads to enter Klamath Falls over this proposed "Independent line." which is now kl.iown as the Oregon '. California & Eastern, t'ltlmutoly a line was to bo built fro-m Iiend. Oregon to Crane. Oregon, there to L'.mneet wiici the I'nSon Pacific und (Continued on page two) $200,000 FIRE SWEEPS SEATTLE SEATTLE, Oct. It. '(P) While a foi; that completely concuule.l houses and vehicles at one hundred yards lay over Paget Sound and Seattle today three .firemen were hurt In fighting a $200,000 blaze. The Zellerbach Paper company and neighboring concerns loBt heavily. SOLON NEAR ItKATH INDIANAPOLIS, InH., Dei. 1 I (P) United States Senator Samuel j M. Ralston, sufferins rrotu heart and kidney trouble, lapsed Into uncon sciousness early today, Dr. John M. Cunningham, attending physician, announced. .