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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. .