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KLAMATH FALLS
"An Empire Awakening"
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESD" Y, NOVEMBER 17, 1925
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THE
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UPLIFTER
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Editor
TlleMluys, Hill III (llijn
t Poor
Ttie Home
namtatoiiv
There's i in tali lawn
tor aawapapor Mun will mwu
look On tftt Nnrlou-t nlili of life; One
thai will probe deeply lino com
munity problems and offer llio bout
poMlblu Kolut itn . Wn'vn wallvil
patiently for Iho olhur imperii in
innko u (.hi. bill I hoy 'vd fulleii by
Iho Wiottlilcv Thoy hco only htininr.
Thoy touch your problcinu mid
initio only on the Hurfucn. They're
loo ladylike, to put It plainly.
That'll why tho Klninulh Ipllfmr
toilay mukoii It bow to uu eager
tiubllc. Ypu want iioiiioiIiIiik Dm)
will linprovo tho public mind; npnix-
thiiiK i hui win ko damn through top
ngcn a a worth-whllo undei taking.
The Klamath Upllftor In born of
noeMtity, It in not u dour-step
waif. Hi) odltor In u charter mom
bar of the "1.1ft Up" club, t-iut nohlo
opsniilintlon of crooked tlbOWl and
paroh4 tonguea.
If you expect to net a until ..in
of thin nownpapor you nilKht Jimt tt
wall close the paiten. Life In too
nnrloun to wate many moment i iti
frivolity. If that all you want,
don't nubacrlhn lo toe KUiinath
Upllftnr. Wa have a great publl'
duty to perform, nod although nt
would bn proud lo have you kiiu.y
the Identity of the editor, u a in in
ter of pcmonal and public conven
ience and nocinoilty we have de
cided to keep It u necret. It'n a
long, cold winter minimi, and he
sides our Inaurunce policy han I inn
since lupaud.
(UVK 'KM I.
if tho Northern t.lnei Rot frisky
Olro 'em l.
Il(.-sllng anyhody'ii rlaky,
aivo 'om ti.
We don't want 'eni comln' down
To our peaceful little town,
80 we'll rot em lo ,. brown
And K've ini I..
If Die farmeri: unk for Juittlco,
Glvo 'om 1,.
lxi I 'om go (lid they'll sure bum in.
Olve 'cm li.
Let's stand up fjr Work and Mead.
Copco-Hoclemntlon Krecd;
Lot tho farmers so to seed,
And 'Klvo 'em I..
It someone nip the poor K. 1'.
(live 'om I..
Make 'em ko and climb a trao,
Ulvu 'om L.
Don't tliono hunyhodlea know
Wo don't want this town to grow?
So lot's sit and watch It go
Htrnlghl to Li
I'AUK Mlt. IIAI.SKiKIt
Have you heard Hie latest Kuril
Joke?
No, but I've soon It.
A UOLDK.N THOUGHT
FOK TODAY
If your neighbor ainltes you on
tho right cheek, kick him on the
shins.
WHO'H ta il.TY?
I'rohl Officer Colo Judge, your
lionor, IhlH lady wan wearing noth
ing but a airing of pearl bends when
wo pinched bur on commercial
street.
"Judge" Kondnll And what col
or were the bonds, officer?
' Prohl Officer Colo 'Kr, I didn't
notice ,'aui.i , i , mi ' ,y 1 ''
oixmmv aim HATH i
"Men Killed Wlillo Trying to
Bare Mntlier-ln-ldHv." i '
Served him right.
Irllh lewl Lit CI'"' H"
"Miurshfleld Mini Almost Wind
From J'olsoned Moonshine."
Lot him try some of Kliunnth'H
brand and he'll never soo dayllshl
again,
"Authorities unnblc to diurikhc
Title l,nk Duck Malady"
If thoy aviinl something I. nigh, to I
them try to find bill what's wrong
ivllh lOltte of tho lame ducks around
the court house.
"KlnnlsUl Hunk llefiisc to Ac
ept, County Checks."
Cheer up, b'fiys, wo know, JuhI
TO START PROBE
OF ENGINEER ON
y
Overbearing attitude of fed
erul Employe Brings
Rcientment
IS GIVING TROUBLE
Contractor's assistant Whips
Autocratic Surveyor in
Fist Fight
BnNautretk aulocniny, as user
clued over tbe -construction work on
The ImIIck California highway, ban
nearly reunited In mob rule and Iran
edy on the stretch of road between
the Klair.ulli county Hue and Hcnd.
One of the resident snfloasrs in
charge of n portion of this con
Hlructlon work and representing lbs
bureau of public roads, bos become
0 regular martinet, with ibe renult
that even the laborers on the Job
hove absorbed Hie nplrlt of rescnt
iue.ni that han permeated the entire
pemoline! connected with Ihe oper
atlonn. The charge Inn been made thai
the contrni'tor bun found It Impossible
to Hoeuro the neci-nnary stakes lo
carry on bin work and baa bison
lorceil to move bin crow buck and
forth time and again, until InstSSd
of sinking. protu on bin contract,
be will net heavy lonn. The arbi
trary attitude of one of the govern
ment representative remitted In u
tint fight In which. -It In said, Hie
contractor's engineer engaged, re
nulling In Die federal man being cur
ried to bin cabin, tin another occa
sion a riot wan narrowly averted and
the renult of the whole proceeding In
Unit ncar-noarehy rolgim.
Invent (gallon On
Finally the situation reached a
point where the authorities at Wnsh
Ington were forded to give It ome
intention, mid It In understood thai
a complete Investigation la lo he
made.
line of the aggravating conditions
connected with thin construction
work, brought about by the arbitrary
attitude of the engineer In charge
for the government, bus been ( be
long continued, rloKlng of the hlgh
wny to travel, after the bane material
WSJ laid. It In rncOgBlsod among en
gineer that reasonable travel over
the bane nerves in pack It and thus
Its serviceability In Improved. In thin
Instance, the traveling public has
been rofnpotlad iii us.- a detour, the
Condition of which v an abominable.
All tppn,t to open the highway to
travel bafaro It final completion
fell upon deaf ciiri.
Asserts Farmers
Should Organize
M'lTCHRLtt, s. l.. Nov. 17. (Pi
- America's gravest problem today
In "unfortuosta mid unprofitable
agrlcttltnre" und organization alone
Is the key to the solution of the
problem, declared c. s. Barrett,
president of the farmers' union, in
opening the national convention her.,
today.
"Our duly." ho suld, "Is to or
gantu, train and control this giant
for In order that ll will function as
a great blessing to mankind."
W. C. T. U. ELECTS
Brooklyn Woman Chosen Pres
ident of National Temper
ance Organization
IIKTHOIT, Mich , Nov. t .'. --.n')--Mrs.
Kiln A. Hoole of UrOpklytl, N. Y..
format vice president of the nntion-
ni WomorCa Christian, Temperance
t'nlon und prominent elilh no.uan
and KitCfrage womnu, Whs chosen
president of the nutloilil H nihil lv
tinnnlmour, vole of tho Mnt annual
con vep Hon today,
STEAL LIBERTY BONDS
I, os Angeles Man Itopni'ls .11100,111111
Then In Ills Hotel nt
I'liNiitleiia
I'ASAIIK.NA, CJnJIt., Nov, 17,- (I'l
Theft of )10'00OO In Liberty
bonds and $Sou In currency was ro
potied lo Casadenu police today
by John II. Unborn, wealthy l.os
Angeles business man, who Is It
jjuosl n tho hotel iMnrjIntid here,
SURVEY
Farmers Seek
Exclusion Of
Water Charges
Directors1 to Examine
1700 Acres of Dis
trict Land
Claims for ogclualpn or water
charges by Bona to furmern of tbo
Klumuih Irrigation dlnirhi will be
Investigated tomorrow by It B.
Bradbury, presldenl of ihu district,
and K. C, "l,um" Short, a inemb.-i
of the board of directors.
The laud Included In the lo claims
approximates 1 700 a -res and was
excluded from water payments lunt
yeur by the tax board of SOballU
tlorf Mill u different njBtein of exclu
nluii wll prevail ibis year, .Mr. Hrad
bury explained, ibis morning. In
stead of eicl'udlng tho land out
right from payVontii, the 170U ucrm
will br classified under the system
Introduced by the land classifica
tion hoard lent spring.
Xoiv System
Under ibis system, land on Iho
district Is placed under nix differ
ent classes, designated an class one
to nix. respectively, .and which
comes under classes five und sis la
excluded from any water payments;
under clans four, n small percentage
of the maximum water charge Is ns
S eased, und progressively higher
charges In classes three and two.
I. and coming Undtr OJSSS one carries
lb., full wator charge.
Mr. Short and Mr. Bradbury will
Inspect the land and determine
whether or not the lund In abBo
lutely unproductive or. whether It
could be placed under oalnnlflcutlnnn
of four, three or two. Their find
ings will be reported nt a meeting
of the board of directors next Sat
urday when final decision will b'
mad - on laud exclusion.
No new application for exclusion
from water chargen hnve been re
ceived, Mr. Hrudbury Buld. The lund
which In being considered now in
the same that wun excluded last
year
farmers demanding relief from
water charges set forth In their ap
plications Hint their land In Unpro
ductive for one of the following
reasons: alkali, viuter logged, lack
of water anil poor soli.
It. C. "Uum" Short was sworn in
to office yesterday an director of
the district and nssuined his, new
office yesterday afternoon.
Worker Given
Full Damages
For Injuries
Supreme Court Orders
-The Payment of
$2500
SALEM, Ore.. Nov. 17. The su
preme court today in an Opinion
written by Justice Holt, affirmed ;i
Jury verdict In Judge Itobert Tuck
er's, court In Mpttnomnh county,
where u Judgment of 18500 was
awarded Clifford Voshall against
the Northern Pacific Terminal Com
pany. V'oshull alleged that while he was
employed by the company to polish
brass trimmings in Pullman und
observation cars the company fur
nished blm u. preparation to use on
the trimmings which was poison
ous hut did not inform him of Its
poisonous lint a re. As n result he
alleges that he breathed its tilin.'s
and absorbed the preparation Into
his synlem with the result that he
was internally, . injured.
TIMBER IS SOLD
Eleven Million Feet Auctioned
By Government to High
est Bidders
rOUTI-ANO. Qre., Nov, 17.--'(P)
-More than 11.1100,00(1 feet of
timber wits sold lo tho highest bid
ders yesterday at the United Stales
land office here, lor a total Of 412.
1711. ,'12, The buyers. locatlottH of
the limber and amounts paid follow:
J. H. Keith, Marlon COUttty, $4.-
1)58.70; K J. Shetraan, Washington
county! (8, 84. TO; J. s. Voiz, Mnit
hdfnBh county. H, 796. 68, and U
Adams, Clackamas county, 11. 072.-
Jfc ' .'!.'" . ',' dana
SAILORS
Oil
AS BOAT UPSETS
IN ICY ITERS
Only one Aboard small Cut
ter Able to Swim to Shore
After Capsizing'
STRIKE HEAVY SQUALL
One by One, Unfortunate
Seamen Lose Holds and
Sink to Death
HHELB17B.NE, X. s., Xov. 17,
(A. P.) The bodies i.r nil llu
American must guanlsmrn at
tached to the miter MoitHI,
who were drowned in tin- storm
tossed iviilers of Shclluinie har
bor tyst IllRllt, were recovered
nlonjg the shore today.
RHELBURNB. N. B.. Nov. 17.
Ml Eight men possibly nine orl
the crew of tbe United States coast
guard cutter Morrill were drowned
In the harbor here early last night
when a sail boat In which they were
reluming to the . cutter after leave
on ahorc. rapslsed during a heavy
blow and in turbulent water.
Only one man in the boat was
saved, lie Is C. Taylor, engineer, sec
ond clasH, who swam ashore through
the Icy waters after the boat had
drifted close In to the rocks.
TO pee Drowned
Those known to have perished are:
Warrant Paymaster Kingsbury.
Warrant Boatswain Lungen.
Coxswain I. J. Brnckett.
Chief Yeoman H McCurdo.
Chief Hontswaln's Mate J. It. Shea.
Cabin Steward H. I). Wilson.
Seaman Saullsak.
Seaman Diver.
Taylor was citiausted and nearly
crazed by his experience and the loss
of bis shipmate.';. He gave tbe names
of the men who. one by one, he hnd
seen lose, their bold on tbe upturned
craft and drop to their deaths intu
the cold wuter nmld the darkness of
night. The last man to take his ueath
plunge slipped off the 2C tool CTrtfl
Just at Taylor started his swim from
the bulk to the shore.
The Morrill, which is bound fur
Boston from Detroit, whore sue is
to take up a post In the prolnidtion
enforcement fleet, was at anchor off
dandy Point, five miles distant from
Sbelburne. After n day ashore, I lie
sailors went aboard the nail boat
Hquall start-
All went well nritil. about two and
a half miles had been covered. Then
a stiuull sent ttii' bout on her beam's
end. Later she toppled over side
wise. Tbe seamen worked Strenuously
to cut the rigging and right (he boat
but the craft capsiieo.
it was 0:;in o'clock when the ac
cident occurred. And it was ll o'clock
when the drifting cruft had reached
a point fifty yards off, shore from
w-hlcli Taylor made his swim to
safety. After attracting aid and re
ceiving medical attention, Taylor re
vealed the disaster.-.
When the men had -been thrown
into the wuter, five reached the slip
pery keel on the upturned cruft and
clung to It. tit hers hold on to the
edges of the boat. Waves constantly
swept the boat, tine by one. Taylor's
inatea lost their holds and disappear
ed in Ibe darkness. No bodies had
been, recovered early toilav.
a
ri:i tiKWis .KH.i i i.
, Ted Lewis, prnprletor of tli
agtortOOS "Tiiree Mllo House'
wjia fined f;!d" nod sent, to jail
. fOjf lit) diiys follnyrlnR his plea
of snilty this alternoori hefore
Justice of tile I'eace K, X. Ken-
a dajtl.
vJ.ewls pleaded guilty to the
qharge, of sale of intoxicatini;
llojUor, He wa- arrested mid-
nl(ht Batnrday, when an 1111-
known federal asent and spee-
In! state ugenl (alight him in
the net of making a sale of
moonshine liquor; Two Bill-
0 Ions and a half of moonshine a
vire confiscaietl. O
Lewis formerly conducted the
Two Mile house on (he Ash-
Inhd-Klsmath Kails highway.
aaaaaaaaaa
Ni;v VOKK The greataai aid to
civilisation in east Vtricn Is made In
Detroit, in Hie opinion of ltev. II. A.
It, Philip, a returning missionary.
Election Brings One Death And
Bitter Feud In Kentucky Hills
National Guard Troops Start Out to Capture
c i ci . wu d : ij :
jupimscu uiayci mio is xjqi i iloucu in
Little Bank - Rival Factions Are
Heavily Armed
HAZARD, Ky., Nov. 17. (AP) Leaving here at six
a. m. with 24 men, Captain James W. Wooten, 149th in-
fantry, Kentucky national guard, is expected to arrive
late today at Hayden, seat of Leslie county, in the moun-
tain hinterland of Kentucky, to which no roads lead, to
disperse a mob reported to be seeking the slayer of
Sheriff Joe Morgan, killed Saturday.
Dave Steel, accused of the slaying, is reported to be
barricaded in the Citizens Bank at Havden. while friends
of the dead man march up
;
Red-Headed
Kid Is Not
In Love Now
r C' ' - 'a . .
Ni;V YOHK, ov. 17. .
(A.P.) Red liufml, frccklr
fjircd Horr -Jackson, the Jani
tor! boy f 112 yi'ar old Xatha
lfa Cranr's internationally fnm
otis poem, protests thnt ho 1111
In love wiili Itrooklyn's child
MMta, but tho follows have
boon kidding him ahout.
"Vou wore the fathrr of my
do!N, my- huHbund, 1 hupikmc
tho tooni sang f Itogor, when
he was nine, shr tvns Iialf m.st
ight.
"Said I was lit lovo with hor,
didn't it," said Hogcr whon
askftl ulniut thf poom.
'Kvorybody was klddln mo
about It. Goch, it usol to got
my goat."
Ho says ho doesn't play with
girls any more.
Ho disngrees With Kdwin
Mnrkhiim as to NathaU.t'?. h!&
i.
"(iiH'," he said aftor l.dkiug
with bor, "Xa'ty's about a Timji
tailor than sho usmI lo h Irt
tlor too: wo plnyi d toifcthor a
lot. 1 didn't know sho v-roto
IHM-try thon, Imt I hot shn couid
tliough. She's smart."
Jolson Denies
Negress' Story
Alice Rhinelander Did
Not Flirt With
Him
WIHTK 1'I.AINS. X. V., N'ov. 17.
(P) Al Jolson, black, face come
dian, took tho witness stand today
at the trial of Leonard Kip Rhlne
lander's annulment suit 'against his
wife, Alice Beatrice litllnelnndcr,
part negress, and dvnied that he
had ever seen her at a summer re
sort in 1932, as she had reported
in a letter to Khinelander.
Jolson took the stand in the midst
of cross-examination of young
Ithinelander at the request of Isaac
N. Mills, the plaintiff's attorney.
Jolson denied that he had been In
Paul Smith's. New York. In the
Adriondak mountains. tt the time
that Alice wrote Leonard site had
met him and found him "some flirt
with tlie girls."
COST OF RUNNING
COUNTY PROBLEM
BEFORE SIX MEN
i miotjet onurtiitee meets in
Session to Solve Finances
This Afternoon
Six u,,,-lW,one.M .be co.it.-':
ty eourl -hWsV This ;,hen,oon to
besln u unwind the knotty lilt
complex pniMem,- at 'how much''
in'oney will i. tak.' to viui the county
tor 1!I2I1'. They compose the county
budget committee, three members of
the county court and three Klamath
cili.etls selected by the court.
The committee Is composed of
County ..ludKe it. II. Bunnell! Coun
ty Commissioners. Charles Martin
and Burrell short, John' Boyle, Al
Marshall aiid .1 O. Ilamaker. Only, ItKVtH.T S'l'AltTS
a Keneral discussion or the counly's , HKIRI'T, Syria. Nov. 17 ()
rtaanotki situation will mark the A definite revolutionary htovemeal
first meeting. The eommlttee will appears t be developing from t)p
fainllia.ize itself with last year's hilherto sporadic eiillireaks ttialtlst
liiKlKct. with the rinnneinl needs of the French. The Druse leaders ac
next year and ot the tax limitations I cUae the French authorities ot trr
tlial nuist.be considered, Jug 10 toineiit a rellflOIIS ar,
and down the streets, equally
wel! armed, uttering t.ireats ot res-I
1
gcancc If they capture Steel. Tho
slayer .would surrender, it is -l' Frain property at Topsy will
.-lared. If he felt he would be given I pass to the ownership of the
protection, but fears he would '" California Oregon Power
Into the hands of the msb. ,., i; .
,, , , .... . company, according to con-
The slajing Is said to have been i , . . . . , .? .
the outcome of an election for the j "dential information that
successor of the man slain. Morgan's j has come to the Evening
wife having been defeatad by 1 two Herald from reliable sour-
TOte!' ces. With the purchase of
fiherlff Killed t jon
"Look me square In the eye,' .ii i i i
Morgan is said to have greeted WlH De taken towards the
Steel Saturday. The shooting commencement of work on
lowing immediately. They had the construction of another
come to talk over differences In re-1 gigantic power plant On the
fhrd ,t3 ft,he, TSri mTT ,a5! Klamath river by Copco.
the sheriff fell, his feudist faction . .
began arming, Steel partisans im- I he Site at 1 opsy has long
mediately following suit. been recognized as one of
steel, accused of the siaj iijg. ;s : the ideal spots on the entire
an influential lumberman of eastern j Jength Df the Klamath river
Kentucky Morgan's .wife ran to j f ,ac;n f f
succeed him out was defeated bv , , T . , ,
her repuilcaa opponent Reeves by j hydro-electric planU that
twro votes, and Steel, as one of the I will eventually dot this
precinct election officers who re- j stream from Keno to the
fused to count a number of votes . ocean. The one obstacle to
for Mrs Morgan on the ground that I uch ftn enterpr;,e at J,
the ballots were spoiled, was c.arg-1 ' . . k ' P
ed by the candidate's husband wlthi0011" has been Ie frain
illegally causing her defeat. He was property. Realizing the full
.preparing to contest the election value of his holdings, Mr.
when he met Steel and was killed. , JT nn neLg steadfastly refus"
One Offker QuJts Lj a offer, below that
Former Sheriff .1. Haggard re-1 i . i i i. j
signed when a band of armed men j Which he believed hlS prO-
tode into Hayden and shot up the perty to be worth, and if the
court house. ! information that the ab-
Sj far as has been learned, there
has been no bloodshed since Mor
gan's death.
Lawyer Ousted
j-j tj : come 10 nis terms,
rroni rleanngl For two years or more the
j California Oregon Power
Mrs. Lansdowne's At-'cmPany has been purchas-
torney Gets Too
Noisy
Washington. Nov. ig. ,;pi. purpose of ascertaining the
Joseph Davies. counsel' for m r.-. character of the strata be-
Margaret Itoss Lausdowne. was ; neath tne surface. ..A diam
ejected from the Shenandoah naval I j j .j, fc at work
court of inquiry today by a marine ! ,
guartl for sometime making bor-
Over objection of the court, Davies ; ings and an exact record
had insisted on appearing as coun- j J,as been prepared showing
sel for the widow of the Shenan- j j, fae encountered tts
doah s captain, and declared ho . , ,
would make' his statement regard- excavation work proceeds
less of the ruling against him. J for the great dam that is to
"You can fiue me for contempt j he placed at that point. ....
or send me to Jail." he shouted at Thig wjji make the sixth
,hAsr' Admiral Hilary p. JoneJ hydro electric plant that the
president of tho court, rapped vigor- California Oregon rower
ously for order, an assistant Judge
advoe
ate called a marine, who threw
his arm over Davies' shoulder and
led him outside the rail
Youthful Slayer
Faces Execution
NEWARK". N. J., Nov. 17. (TV- I
Harrison W. Noel, a youth who twice I
escaped from institutions for the in
s"m'
U, f "I"'
,' 7' J , " "
.Moniciair oi a negro mi unim mm
"
i trie chal
A jury which yesterday convi 'i"il
him Ot murder in the first degree,
spent an hour and 10 minutes ht
reaehinf,' a verdict.
Sentence will he pronounced next
Monday.
The death penalty is mandatory.
GOPGO TO BUILD
POWER PLANT ON
immrn ii Mmm.
MU lUHBIftSn
Completes Negotiations for
Frain Property at Topsy,
j jg jjeport
TraAJ.c adc nrriit'n
i ltKMi AKLKfcACHfcD
j Site u Declared to be Strie.
getic and Good Price is
Paid for Land
. . ... .
Just a8 8on as the tttle IS
t r J 1 ' .
rouna to De perfect, tne
streets of title for the pro-
; perty are being looked into
, is correct, it would indicate
that the California Oregon
'Power comoany has finally
. i " .
mg property and making
' exhaustive investigations in
i th- vicinitv of Todsv for the
company Will have On the
, Klamath river two in this
city, one at Keno and two
at Copco.
AGED PIONEER DIES
I First White t'lilld to be IS-" u In
Salem Passes A.i in
rortMiU
..EJ Idllii ilUI'
I prjRTI.iA'ND, Or, Nov."7'.-:-Mr ..
.Maria Campbell Smith, first white
i ehild lo lie horn In Salem, died
I
i yesterday, ul ,,,tae tnimi
i ,me ""' '
, oroiner-in,-w.-r. i. .u..-u.
SI. She had been ill two weeks.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hamil
ton Blddle, came from New York
to Oregon by sallinir around Cap
Horn In 1 snsi-4 0.
TO TAX NFAIt HKKIt
;'
WASHINOTON, Nov. 17. (A'
, a new lax ot one tenth of a
cent n gallon on cereal bever-
....... ...ad ........,.,.,,,1 1,1.1:, V 111- 0U A
house ways and means coin
A mill,.,. In llu nreiiiti'iilliiii ot .1 4
revenser bill.
t f f .t . f f $xx