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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
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EiKhUicnth Year Number 507.1
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER JO, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DEPUTIES PROBE
PISTOL DUEL II
IT
Water, Whiskey or Woman
Believed Cause of "Bad
Lands" Shooting
MEN BITTER ENEMIES
Cattle Ranch Foreman and
Former Employe Dead
Following Gun Battle
han BHRJlABDlNO, Calif'., Nov,
10. (AD Water, whiskey or ii
uttiimn probably figured pi-nmlnenl-)y
In '' "ii. "I i i t . shooting I"
whli'li Hill Itublnnuii aid Mat Hurt
wero Kill.. I Inst Nunilii) "I UoVora
mciK Holm, mi bwlalod waterlog
place enM tf here nml llOSf lln
Nevada line.
Huch was the bullet or sheriff's
depuili , who today OODtjDUOd their
Invvnt ticntlun at thu suit fight on
UM theory that It Was another one
of Uumm lui laod an occstloqsJly
remind nuiliorlllmi that thu cU
mild days of the west have not van
ished In that section riorlh W4Mt of
Nsodts known IS Hie IVMptb
rongc.
Two-Guu .Man
Itoblnson was foreman of thu
Hock Springs Catllo company whl'h
controls most of tho water biles
on the muse: IlurtH wan a former
employe of tho company, n "two
gun" man Imported from AHona
nix yoars ago to help wage iwM on
catllo rustlers who were torrorlt
I ii K the country.
It ws two years SCO Hint Hind,
lost hi Job with tho Hock tfpring"
outfit, and since then, Investigators
allege, he hai been suspected of a
connection with various liquor
trouble! In tho district.
Had MOOd
Robinson camo to tho district
several months mo, heraldcl an a
mini who "wouldn't una Ills hool
for running." Had blood butiuon
him and llurlii noon wan evident, ac
cording to deputies, pnd thu thoory
tentatively accepted In that (ho two
men mat to settle some quarrel
over water right on tho range, or
over liquor transactions or ovur a
woman. A womun l reported to
hove accompanied Hurts vn his one
way trip to Oovornmoiu Holo.
Two Killed In
Auto Crashes
PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. 10. (P)
Mrs. l. R, (ion fijsd at a Hospital
today from Internal Injuries rocolv
ed when n runaway automobile run
Into her husbands machine which
ytan purged on Urooklyn street.
Mrs. Lillian (P. Newton was killed
almost Instantly yesterday whim an
automobile In which she win riding
as n guiiHt Wetlt Into a dltoh on tho
Hase Lino road.
Forger to Serve
Term in Prison
KUQKNK, Ore., Nov. 10. Loyal
Rmery, who entered n plea of guilty
in circuit court here Saturday 'on n
charge of forgery, was today sentenc
ed to servo n term of three years in
tho state penitentiary. Sentence wi.s
pronounced by Judge H. F. Hklp-wortlfl
DESEF
COUNTHY
Grim Reaper Defeated
no New Babies Arrive
rive In Klmiinth
Births Exceed Deaths
An old man, bent anil haggard,
wielding, n aharp-bladod ucytho iva
turnod hack during October by u
long nngulnr and rnthor comical
nppe.irlii : stork.
All of which Is Ihu symbolic man
ner In which to loll the story ol
how births exceeded deaths In H la ni
nth county during tho month of
October.
That fila In the" county health 01
(leg which bears tho title "vital
Witness Flays
Air Policy Of
Both Branches
Captain Oldys Strong
Colonel Mitchell
Witness
WAHIIINUTnN. Nov, HI UVi
The government's til r policies both Si
home und In fur-off American pos-
suasions woru naiied today in do
funss Lustlnony before tbu Mitchell
eohrl muiilnl.
Oaptaln Robert Oldyi i. lbs air
service, oailod to support Colonel
Slllihi'H's charge or near I reasonable
disregard of national interests in avi
Hi ion, di.ciari.il he bad in iu potto
ion a li tter written by thd Ameri
can minister to ; tin I m I u In I!i2'l,
warning of a scheme by "nll. ii In
tsrests" to establish u foothold in
r. nirnl America near the I'luintua
cnnnl.
The minister, the witness Mid, un
successfully urged the Washington
government to establish an nlr mull
terviie in I'niinil America. Actual
presentation of the letter In evidence
delayed
locuoni
by objections from the prosecution.
Captain Oldys also quoted at
length from Hie aviation report pre
sented In Iff! by the l.nsnlter board
of army officers, conlnlnlr. reconi
mendatiOOS for nlr defense of the
I'hllllpiues and Hawaii, which the
witness snld had been approved by
the secretary of war, but never car
ried Into effect. This report, he said,
described the situation In the air
Mirvlce as "unfortuntU und criti
cal." City Engineer
Quits; Darley
Gets Position
Eugene Henry Leaves
Services of the
City
Eugene B. Henry resigned as city
euglneer Inst night, to toko effect
November IT.
Charles T, Itarloy. his associate in
the firm of Jenson, Henry nnd llar
ley, Was appointed to succeed him.
Kllglblllty of Mr. Hunry to be city
englneor was recently Questioned by
thu Stile board of engineering ex
aminers, on Hie ground Hint Mr. Hen
ry was not ii registered engineer.
.Shoals of legal complexities faced
the city, because of the questionable
light In which the paring bonds
were throwh, due to Mr. Henry's
reputed ineligibility.
Nb comment either front the coun
cil, thu mayor or the resigned engin
eer was forthcoming. H had appar
ently all been settled.
However, it became known last
night Hint the resignation and ap
pointment were but steps in clear
up possible legal entnnglem nla.
in name, c. T. Darley will be the
city engineer, and Ills seal as a reg
istered engineer will appear on all
I plans and specifications culling for
olty Improyemflhts, Bui In practice,
II Is known that Mr. Henry will
continue to discharge the duties or
city engineer.
STILL AT LIBERTY
WALLA WALLA, Wnsll.. Nov. 10,
- Although two days and a half have
elapsed sl'ncu the Sensational escape
of frank Holmes, Ward Daniels and
iHrnesl Browning from the state pen-
j Itentlary early Sunday morning, and
gnurds, aided by deputy sheriffs,
have combed tho entire vicinity, none
of tho trio hud boou captured up
I to 1 o'clock this nfturuoon.
.
County;
Hut III KiliKh'nIN Held
Htntistlcs" revealed todny t'lut din
ing October nut less than ;!!) buhles
wero bem to proud pnronts. It hlso
shows tho oven ftVoro startling fad
I thul there wero hut 13 deaths In
It he county during tho anmo month
nnd In Ihe sumo county.
111'. .11. 3. Newsom, medical direc
tor of thn Klamath county honllh
unit, Is iioiw trying to forecast lvlnm
4th 'I population n tlocade hence, bns
ing hla computation on tho throe
births to 'ouo 'do'iUh ratio,
ships
FULL OE LIQUOR
Rum Runners Arrive Out
side limit with big Cargo
of Holiday Booze
OTHERS ARE COMING
All Points AlonK Atlantic
r- d r"M :4 -
V.II.IM IVCUUIL -'ii I iiiii'-,.
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Liquor vessels
NKW VtlHK, Nov. 10, (P
fourteen ships Lbe rum row Beet
Juive reappeared off the New Vork
oust laden with holiday drinks.
New luetics hnve been evolved to
meet nny repetition of ihe coast
guard blockade of lust summer that
drove away the vessels snchofed
I lie re The new flotilla does not an
chor: w hen const guard Vessels make
their appearance tbe liquor Armada
takes to Its heels until coast guard
vessels run out of fuel and have to
go to port for replenishment. Husl-
nesa goes on during iholr absence.
skipper.i returning from thn sou
report Hint not only bus the group
off New York grown to 14 In num
ber, but that four vesnels are hovcr
Ing near Boston, and others farther
south.
Murder Trial
Is Under Way
Hyman Huntley Faces
Jury in Mud ford
Court
HBDFORD, Ore.. Nov. 10. Tes
timony In the trlol of Hymun Ilunt
loy, 5S, charged with first degreo
murder, began In the circuit court
today, after Herl II. Smith of Ash
land had been selected to fill Hie
Vacancy caused by the illness of A.
R. Hrowu of Aahht&d. Huntley is ac
cused of mortally stubbing ills bro-Iher-ln-lnw,
Jesse Uibbs. 18, In a
quarrel on the night of September
2. over thu alleged attentions paid
by Olbbe to Mrs. Ihuitley.
I'p to noon today, four witnesses.
City Policemen Joe Cave, Leggltt and
SUhderman, add Sheriff Jennings,
had testified to the surrender of
Huntley, following the fatal affray,
nnd conditions nt the Huntley homo.
The courtroom at the morning
scrbIoii whs packed. Including a num
ber from Donjilns and Coos counties,
friends of the defendant and of
(ilbbs.
Post Office Safe
Blown by Robbers
SHKRIDAN, Ore., Nov. 10. IJP)
The safe in the post office iwas
blown open hero at MSG O'clook this
mo nil mi; umi aluhough there wan n
large amount of cash In, Ihe strong
box tho three yeggmen were fright
ened away before they had an op
portunity 10 gather up their spoils.
Hearing tho explosion H, 1'. Kar
stbu, a merchant who was sloeplng
la his store opposite the post office,
looked out tho wind ..v and shouted
at tho trio. Ono of the men fired
a bullet through Hie window just
above Karstcn's head. As they rau
tho men scattered. The left their
tools behind.
ADMITS SHE HAS
COLORED BLOOD
WHITK PLAINS, N. Y.. Nov. 10,
(P) Counsel for Mrs, Alice Jones
nhihelandor', now being suotl fir
nnhulriioYit of hor marrlngo to Loon
ard Kip lthlnelnnder, on the grounds
01' fraudulent representation of her
race, today admitted In open comt
Unit their client had some colored
blood.
Pierce Pardons
Lane Bootlegger
SALKM, Ore., Nov, 10. A re
prieve was issued by Governor Ploroo
yoBtorduy lo Kriiiik OpitS, a prohi
bition law violator in tho Litno
! ooUnty jail. The reprieve relieves
Opltz of paying a fine ol $80(1 tint
was nssossod ngttlnst him by tho
ciiurl In iidillllun t;i serving six
! month:! lh j.ill.' Ho has completed
jtho Jail sontenco,'
m NEW YORK
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS November
eleven is net aside as Arm
igtic Day throughout the
Nation, marjvim.'' the ces
sation of hostilities in the
great World War, and
WHEREAS it is cus
tomary to observe that
day by entering into fes
tivities of : patriotic
nature
THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED, that we, the
Mayor, and Common
Council of the City of
Klamath Falls do recom
mend and Urge that all
places of business in this
city close on November
eleven, nineteen hundred
twenty five, at twelve
noon and remain closed
for the balance of the day
and that the citizens of
this city observe Armis
tice Day in the most be
fitting manner.
Fred R. Goddard,
Mayor,
Chas. I. Roberts,
F. H. Cofer,
E. H. Balsiger,
E. C. Stuckey,
Z. J. Powell.
Heavy Vote Is
Cast Today By
County Farmers
An exceptionally heavy vote, one
which may break all previous re
cords of the Klamath Irrigation dis
trict water usern' elections, in belnK
cast today in tho election of two di
rectors lor the irrigation district
board, according to reports from Ma-
lln und .Merrill received early this !
afternoon. 6ixty per cent of the tot- j
era in Malln had cast their vote up .
to 3 o'clock. At Merrill a large ma-'
joilty of the water users had voted, j
Residents of Olene precinct will
probably vote 1U0, according to re
ports received. Twonty-five votes had
been cast in the small precinct. At
.Ml. Lkkl precinct. 31 voles hud been
enst. with the majority of tho votes
of that district yet to he cast.
Canned Heat
Drinkers On
Bread, Water
Klnmuth's "canned, heat" nui
sances are taking the (trend ahd
wnti-r cine in the eit.v jail to
day. Anil tills slmjlo but effec
tive diet will la- continued in
definitely, ec until Ihe motley
crew of "red noses" decide to
I'll it enough.
The sorry crew of derelicts
who get drunk on canned heat
Wero rotinded up over the week
end nfter numerous complaints
were made of their "mooching"
operations nhrng Main street.
Heretofore they have lieen left
in the hooacRim until they bo
beivii up and ueiv then escdrtetl
to the city llnllta anil told to
keep gdtpjg.
Hut like Hie fabled hail penny,
they always came back.
Vcstcrilnj ihe police rounded
them up again nml tiletl a dii-
felvnt. cure. The canneil Ileal
artists weii' put to work on the
streets. Hut they wouldn't work.
So they were returned to Jail
nml the bread ami water diet
started today.
Hi. Ah soon as they agree to call
off the "strike" anil do a little
reaj work, they'll be given some
thing more substantial.
liKST VK POHGKT
, WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. (IV)
A cossntlon of governmental,
Industrial, commercial and
business 'activities f ir a brief
spaco nt 11 o'clock tomorrow
In observance of Armistice Day
0 was recommended to thci conn-
try today by President OooN
lldge.
BIG TAX SLUSH
IS AUTHOR IZED
BY G0MM1TTEE
Levy on Automobiles Will
be Greatly Reduced Dur
ing Coming Year
OTHFRS ANNOI INPFD
Cigars may cost Less, House
Ways and Means Com
mittee Decides
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. IP)
Reduction of the automobile taxes
and repeal of many of the ipteial
levies was voted today by tho hou.ie
ways and meaus committee.
The tax on all grades ol cigars
was Tedueed and thn levy on al:o
hot was cut In half.
Other taxes which the committee
would repeal nro those on Jewelry,
camera lcnsei, photograph films and
plates, fire arms and ammunition,
smoker's articles, coin operating ma
chines, works of art nnd Mah Jongg
sets.
Theatre. Tax
No change was made in the tuxen
on admissions and dues, although
tbe committee voted to exempt legi
timate theaters housing tbe spoken
drama from the admission tax if the
treasury deems it advisable.
The following occupational taxes,
which apply on proprietors, ' were
repealed:
JJrokers, including pawn brokers,
ship and custom house brokers; bil
liard rooms and bowling alleys,
shooting gallerle3, riding academies,
autos for hire, tobacoo manufactur
ers and yachts and motor boats.
Narcotics Tax
It was also agreed to reduce from
$3 to tl the annual tax on physic
ians who dispense narcotics and to
out from 50 cents to 25 cents the
tax on each deed or conveyance
amounting to J500.
The total amount of revenue
which the government would lose as
a result of the changes would
amount to slightly more than $100.
000,000 annually. Chairman Green
said, and would wipe from the sta
tute virtually every so-called nuis
ance tax.
Many of the levies which the
committee voted to repeal yielded
less revenue annually than it cost
the government to collect taxes, said
Chairman Greon.
Council Refuses
To Pay Cost for
Mounted Officer
If stray horses trample all over
your lawn from now on, just call up
your favorite councilman nnd tell
him your troubles. He may be able
to help you. And then again, maybe
he Can't do a thing.
All of which means .that the city
council Inst night turned down n
chance to have a mounted policeman
round up all sO-ay animals for the
low cost of $ 1 per day.
Councilman l'owe.11 put a motion
asking the council to authorize $1
daily for a horse and saddle, which
one of the patrolmen offered to get
and use in this work.
But the motion "died a' horning."
Nobody would second it. It would cost
too much money, some of them
thought.
WILL OPEN BIDS
Decision on Constuction of Ash
land Normal School to
Be Made Soon
SALKM, Oie.. Nov. 10.- !':1. tor
Ihe construction of the new south
ern Oregon norma1 school at As.i-
l.nnl will be opened , at a moetln
of the baord of resents in Salem bp
Thursday (ot this i.eek. It is
thought the building will be com
pleted by January 1. 1927. The
cost will be aliout $1 75,000. appro
priated by tho 1925 legislature.
ILLINOIS BANKS
TO CLOSE EARLY
CHICAGO, Nov. 10, Some Illin
ois bunks nre closing at the noon
hour and others art hour earlier -in
the af.tornodn, to rqduce robory
hazards, it was disclosed today. Tin'
protective department of tho Illinois
Hunkers' ii.ssoelp.tlon has recommend
ed the rule to its members,
Klamath Folks
Will Celebrate
Armistice Daylj
Varied Program Offer
ed People of The
City
Klumath Fulls will imuxo tomor
row, November 11, in memory J
I 'hat date on whiih ihe World War
I came to a close, November 11, l$t$
ArmiBtiie day, tomorrow
mark th" seventh anniversary of
tbe end of the war. In which the
t'nlted States Joined hands with
other great powers to control the
rising menace of Prussian imper
ialism. At the last state legislature.
Armistice day was declared a state
legal holiday and in accordance
with that statute, all hanks in
Klamath must close, all schools wi:l
close and no legal business can be
transacted at the county court houce
or city hall, both of which Willi
also be closed for tbe day.
Most of Klamath Falls' business
houses are planning to close their
doors for the day at noon tomor
row. Owing to the fact that Armis
tice day is not a national legal
holiday, the post office and the
Reclamation Seryice offices will re
main open throughout the day.
So far as appropriate festivities
to recognize the occasion are con
cerned, the American Legion post
is, as it always has been and al
ways will be, the moving factor.
Tonigiit the legion is sponsoring
two dances, one at the Scandinavian
hall and the other at Altamont
dance pavilion.
Tomorrow at 1 p. m. an impres
sive ceremony, at which the cor
ner stone of the new American
Legion Memorial building will be
laid, is to be held by the legion.
Two o'clock the referee's whistle
will start the football game be-
tween Klamath county high school
and Alturas high school, which will
be held on the fair grounds field.
A special picture will be shown at
the Pine Tree theater at two per
formances tomorrow night, 7 p. m.
and 9 p. m. Following the movies,
the Armistice day celebration, will
wind up with dancing at Altamont
and the Scandinavian hall.
GET MURDER JURY
Man Who Killed Portland Man
in Melon Patch Is Put
On Trial
Mc.MINNVILLE, Ore.. Nov. 10.
(jp) As court recessed at noon today
the jury had been selected to try J.
F. Trent. McMinnville farmer, charg
ed with second degree murder for 1
the slaying of George O. Hamblin
of Portland and the serious wounding
of the latter's father, F. K. Hamblin.
Trent, it is charged, killed young
Hamblin and wounded tho father on
ihe night of September 26, when he
believed them to be robbing his
watermelon patch.
SEEK TO MURDER
RUMANIAN RULER
VIENNA, Nov.. 10. (VP) A com
munist attempt to assassinate King
Ferdinand of Rumania has Ween
thwarted.
Lying in wait at a ejuntry inn
for the king to return from hunting,
a baud of communistB was capture I
by trb.ips after repulsing gendarmes
with tovolvers and hand grenade)
3 estorday.
Advices today from GaUtz, Ru
mania, describe t' e affair.
One soldier and ono
were wounded.
gendarmo
:
Grave Yard
l-apllui s of Hang
Wander Over
Horses Trample Plots
Llnkvllle ..cemetery was inuvdo 1
yesterday by a band of stray rango
horses. Honvy hoots trampled over
graves iwhore prominent residents of
Klamath are laid In their last rest
ing place, and, Ihe h r.ies sunn
stumped down what Utile evidence
there was care of tho plots.
There was a reason of course,
why the liorsea wanJered into the
PALLS
OF POPULATION
Present Number Estimated
at Over 10,000 Within
City Boundaries
560 INCREASE IS NOTED
Transient Pouulatinn Reliv
ed to be Particularly
Large in City
An estimated gain of 560 in popu
lation during the past four months is
the latest testimonnl to the rapid
growth of Klamath Kails.
This gain In population beenme
known today with tho nnnouncn
ment by P. Hny Dunn, resident mah
ager of the telephone company, that
since the last telephone book was
Issued June 20, .112 new telephones
have been installed in homes within
the boundaries of the city.
Long experience and the law of
averages have shown that one tele
phone denotes five people. Multiply
ing the increase in telephones by
five, the figure of 660 is reached.
Specifically: The number of tele
phones in Klamath Falls June 20
was 1813: on October 20. 1925; in
crease, 112.
Again milling the five persons to
one telephone ratio, the population
in Klamath Falls is shown to be
near the 10.000 mark, or to be exact
Just 9625.
The one-to-five ratio is declared
to be too low for Klamath Falls, by
citizens in close touch with the
growth of the community. They point
to the transient population, which
while here does not utllle phone
service of private telephones, and of
hundreds of working people in the
small homes, whose financial condi
tion precludes having tolephtraea.
From whatever angle it Is viewed,
the present population of Klamath
Falls is declared to be In excess of
10000.
Chest Workers
Meet Tonight
Christmas chest workers will gath
er at the chamber of commerce quar
ters at 8 o'clock tonight to perfect
the organization for Christinas char
ity work this year. Delegates have
been asked to attend from ail civic,
fraternal' and religious organizations
of the city.
Committees will be appointed and
thu plan of procedure outlined tor
the work to be carried on during
the Christmas holidays.
QUAKE IS RECORDED
Severe Shock 50OO Miles from Xeiv
Vork Repotted by Seis
mograph NKW YORK. Nov. 10. (P)
One of the most severe earthquakes
of the year was recorded today on the
seismograph at Ford ham university.
I The exact distance of the disturb
ance could not be given, but experts
of the nlverstty said It centered more
than five thousands miles from New
York.
HONOR BLIND MEDIC
CHICAGO, Nov. 10. (P) Blind
for 59 of his 71 years but dospite
the handicap a winner of a placo ns
an authority on heart an.1 lung
diseases. Dr. Robert H. Ilabcock.
noted Chicog) specialist, tonight
will be honored by 150 of his col-
leagues. He has practiced here for
42 years.
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Disturbed
Lust Renting Places of Citizens
city cemetery, Iho same reason a
prowlor walks Into unlocked hause.
Tlfb remetory was not even enclosed
nvlth n fence, hence there wjs noth
ing to stop thorn coming or going.
Police wero called by rosldifhs
living near the cemetery. The po
lice Informed tho county coroner
and in due time thu horses weie
driven away.
KLAMATH
HOWS INCREASE