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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1925)
Published Dully at KLAMATH FALLS "An Empire Awakening" Eighteenth Year--Number "TED" LEWIS THER BONOS CERTIFIED FOR LOCAL PROJECT Governor Pierce and State Securities Commission Back Farmers FOR DRAINAGE WORK Lower Klamath Lake Re clamation Receives Real Encouragement In answer to n rocont request from tbo boaril of supervisors o( (hii Kltmsth drainage district, Stale, Kn Klnuur Itlica Luper linn Just- notified the officials of tho distrki that the statu securities commission stands rvsdy to cortlfy I7&.O00.OU worth of additions! bonds of the district which sre to b used to finani- tho construction work necessary 'or tho yvar 1926. In spanking of tho action of tho statu securities commission, Mr. BotselwBbMnsr, president o tin dis trict, said: "Wf are bringing In this wonder ful body of land fur ngrlrulti.ral per poses under thu most trying Irouiu stsnres, and In vlw or the (ulsn and misleading reports regarding Hi" soli conditions hy W. I.. Klnley, singe (nil commliislnncr, tho action Hit tho slatn securities commission In Indeed gratifying to tho farmer of tbo Klamath drainage district. Thorough Investigation "Tho certification of the bonds of a drainage or irrigation district by the state of Oregon Is only n- j commendi'd after a most IhorotiKh and tochnlcal Investigation by the I governor, state treasurer, attorney i general, statu engineer and the su perintendent of hanks, who comprise the state securities commission. "The organisation ami all legal proceedings, the financial condition, tho engineering plans for reclamation and tho fertility and productivity of tho soil are all Investigated with painstaking care, so that there may bo no question as to the socurlty for tho bonds upon which tho commis sion Is placing tho stamp of approv al by the state of Oregon, making thorn nvallahlo for trust fund Invest ments. "It soems strange Indeed that one man of tho typo of V. I,. Klnloy, who, as near an wo can find out, has do voted most of his time in tho state of Oregon to wildcat schemes and untried theories, iitould, as state gnmo commissioner, take it upon him self to oppose and tear down by un fair methods whit the five control ling departments of the stale of Ore gon hnve built up after years of In vestigation and effort. Cooperation Pleasing "We know the bunlnesn men and pooplo of Klamath county at large will approclnte thin cooperation and loyalty on tho part of the state se curities commlnslon In the reclama tion of these lands. While wo hnve had to meet tho most trying and un called for opposition in our work onj FUR tho part of somo of tho heads of the United Stales reclamation service, and n few agitators, such as W. It. Flnloy, wo hava thu ntatn of Oregon back of mi and are slowly but surely bringing this great body of land un der cultivation and placing It upon ' tho tax rolls of this county, and milk ing It available for hundreds ot homuseukers In tho future. And we might say at this time that thu pub lic land Included In tho lower Klam ath lako bod originally belonged to tho stnto and wns only coded to tho Unltud Status reclamation service (or reclamation and agricultural pur poses by the act of the Oregon leg islature of 1000. Therefore, we feel that tho state of Oregon still boh'- troin these public lands unless they nro uned for reclamation and agricul tural purpoHon, Mull Product ho "An to the productivity of tho noil Continued ou I'ngo Two) University Library ttuuens. O region 5607 Condition Of Frank Pecholt Is Improving State Agent McMills Makes Statement Today The condition t)f Frank Poeholl. suffering in u local hospital with a fractured nkull, was reported to be Improving this morning by the at tondlng physician. I'ocholt wuu Injur ed a wVok ago .Saturday night on Spring street when he was struck down by a heavy neduu. W. M. Mr.Mllls, special mate agent, who, with two other slate officers, hud slopped I'echoll a few minutes before the accident, gave tho name of the man who Is nuid to have driven the car which struck Pecholt. "The man who drove the automo bile gave bin name us Ilert SchulU" Mr.Mllls ..id. "and the man with him wan named Codwell. The car bore a license number 126-288. Ore gon license." Itecordn In tho sheriff's office re veal Hint the car bearing the license number 126-2SR is a Hudson model owned by H R Man in of Klamnth Falls. Mc.Mllls corroborated the story of Pechotl'ii Injury and bin subsequent urrvut. given uut Saturday by Spe cial State Agent Cole. Uu character ized any rumor that state officers bad struck Pecholt on the head with a nap, as false. Revenue Bill Is Introduced This Morning Slash in Taxes is Pro posed in First Measure WASIIINtiTON. Dec. 7. (JP) The new revenue hill, proposing n nlnshlng of 32r.. 7.1H. 000 in tuxes unrlng the next calendar year and providing relief for virtually, every ftVOrSble taxpayer wan reported to the hOUIO today as tho first legisla tive business presented to the now congress, In presenting the report of the ways nnd menus committee which dratted the measure during a seven weeks pro-consross session, Chair man Greet) sorvod notice that he would ask thu house in take It up tomorrow under the plan to sond It to the senate before II:. end id the eCOnd WOOlt of the session, A saving of Sl'K' 170,000 to In come taxpayers on taxes payable next your Is the principal relief pro posed by the hill and leaders of both the limine nnd nenate have net March 1 us the goal for enactment of tho tnessuro Into law no that this bene fit may be taken advantage of In the nnvlncut of first installments of ,!,. Itw.r,,,,., ,v flu.. UstaIi IK Tho bill flits tho normal tax rate from two to one and ono hn)f per cent on the rirsl 11000 of taxable Income, from four to t bred" per cent on the noX'. $4000 and from 0 to 5 per emit on tho remainder ot the Income. YVhllo cutting the maximum j nnrlnx scale from 4 0 to 20 tiro.- re I ductljns on other brackets tit the graduated surtax rcalo which startn at cne per cent on 110.000. arc made only on 'hose Involving Incomes of M" 000 i ud over. Coolidge Leaves For White House CllICAOO, Doc. 7. (P) Presi dent Coolidge nfter addressing the American Farm Bureau federation here left Chicago early thin after noon on u trnin scheduled to reach Washington tomorrow In time to de liver tils mensage to congress. All along we ha.'o had the high cost of living nnd now wo face tho high cost of glvluj. Eumtig KLAMATH FALLS, If PTATT IL JIHILO HIS IDEA ABOUT GRAZING LEASES Secretary of Agriculture Makes Public Annual Report to President WILL HELP SETTLERS Department Policy Has Re sulted in Many Range' Permits Being Given WASHINGTON. D. C Dec. 7. P) Proper utilization of the pub lic range Is one of the outntandlng recommendations of Secretary Jor dina of the department of agricul ture. In his annual report as made public today. The secretary criticized the policy of permitting the public domnin to bo sporadically occupied by home steaders In holdings of uniform size with Ifttlc reference to the capacity of such bolder to maintain a family except as determined by the Inex perienced settler. "Furthermore, allowing unappro priated and unreserved landn of the public domain to be used an graz ing commons has greatly Increased the instability of tbo livestock in dustry of the west," states the re port. Following are his recommenda tions concerning grazing leases and federal aid roads: During the lant year the view point han been expressed hy repre sentatives of tho range-livestock In diiKtry that the Htatun of grazing as a permanent and desirable use of the national forests should he de fined by legislation nnd not loft, ns at present, to the exclusive con trol of the Department of Agricul ture through administrative regu lations. Thirty-one thousand live stock owners range approximately 1,800,000 cattle and 6,600,000 sheep In the national forests for varying portions of the year. These repre sent about 20 per ceni of the cattle nnd 28 per cent of the sheep la the 11 Western StntcH. nnd with their dependent range Investments con stitute an important part of thu eco nomic structure which the national forests should sustain. No provis ion for grazing in the national for ests han been made by Congress nnd the use of their ranges han been developed entlroly under regulations of tho Secretary of Agriculture. Al though having tho force of law, these may he modified or revoked in the discretion of the department. Hence many stockmen desire legis lation thnt will fix the Hiatus of grazing with reasonable deflnite ncsH. an the production and utiliza tion of timber are now safeguarded ami authorised by nets of Congress. Although Congress has never en acted legislation dealing with graz ing in the national forests, tile de partment has always recognized fornge as one of their Important re sources. Under Its general nulhor lty "to regulate tho occupancy nnd uso ot tho national forests." a com plete scheme of grazing administra tion has been built up by admin istrative regulation. The first ob ject of Its policy has boon to pro vide for the fullest and most per manent uso of the ninety mid million acres of forage-hearing land In the national forest? and thnt Is con sistent with the preservation of tho forage Itself and with the protection of the timber, water, and, other re sourced' that must be safeguarded. Reductions In the number ot live stock pastured and other adjust ments of range use have' been made from time to time to prevent over grazing nnd to avoid Injury to other resources. No other policy would have been consistent with tho es Hcutlnl purposes for which I ho na tional forenls were created; but this has not prevented a large and COntlnUbUS uso ot the ranges with a minimum of disruption In tho local livestock Industry. Tho department (Continued OU l'ngo SOYCll .11 Associated Press Leased Wire OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1025 MAKES Gun Explodes; Hunter's Hand Hurt Saturday , HS-I - Trigger C a t c h e s in Wire Fence And Discharges Gun A barbed wire fen e, and a loaded gun nearly resulted In the fatal Injury laic Saturday afternoon of Lloyd Popple of Langcii valley. For tune decreed, however, that only his right hand should be injure! Pcpple, a resldeni uf Langell val ley, was hunting geese near Lorella. Late Saturday afternoon he came onto a barbed wire fence. He lean ed his loaded gun against tbe wire and crawled under, 0 rasping hold of the barrel he attempted 10 pull the gun through the fence. The trigger caught on a barb on the wire and the pressur- against it dis charged the gun. The charge of shot mangled a part t tbe hand holding the gun. Pcpple was brought id Klamath Kails Saturday nlghl and taken to the Klamath Qeaerul hospital. Hcs7 pltal authorities today rep:rtcd hla j condition good and said there would be little chanco of Pcpple lOHing his hand. Pelican City School Closes For Ten Days Parents of Children Are Granted Request By Dr. Newsom Pelican City public school was closed this morning for ten days by Dr. G.' S. Newsom, medlhil di rector of the Klamath County Health Unit, at the request of parents of pupils who. because of the outbreak of spinal meningitis, feared for the safety of their children. Every pupil of the school will, however, appear at school every morning at 9 o'clock nnd prophy laxes, consisting of spraying through the nose, will bo administered. Decision to close "the school came after a conference of parents with Dr. Newsom. A supplementary diagnosis by the attending physician In the one case of meningitis that has broken out in the school discloses that it is meningitis complication of pneu monia, and while very serious to the patient In not as infections .is tho disease in lis njost malignant form. Roseburg Man Is Hurt in Smashup WOODBUKN. Ore., Dec. '.(IP) Douglas Walle of Hosoburg Is in a local hospital with a broken leg nnd a severe Bcalp wound received yesterdny when an unto driven by Charles, S. llonline, also of Hose burg, plunged over a grade ono mile north of this place, j Here's Real OOO One ot Klamath's lowii-.iiMntois Last Year Sends ST Check Helps Community Chest Last your when Christmas time rolled 'round, IhorjB nvas a man nnd his family who were In dlro poverty. Thoy needed help ajid needed it badly. They were without food, without wood, nnd tho .vjungsters (lid nut have sufficient clothing. The Conimunlly Chest helped this family; helped them over the' rough spots during tho winter months. Came spring and tho man and his flock moved to another part of tho stnto where u Job was walling. 1HraUi GETS AFTER Opening Ceremonies Held at Noon, with Republicans Taking Seats LOTS OF LEGISLATION AH Big Problems of Nation Considered in Bills Ready for Hopper WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. (JP) Congress came back into session to day after Its longest recess in years. With the opening ceremonies at noon, the big republican majorities rolled up In the Coolidge landslide of 1921, took the saddle In both senate and house but kept a weather eye on the democrats and Insurgents who again were threatening a coali tion against some of the pet pro jects of the administration. With almost a mid-scsslon mo mentum the house put the new tax reduction bill at tho head of its calendar and prepared to go to work at once. Senate Is Slow Meantime the senate, after its customary manner was organizing leisurely pad putting off its deci sion regnrdfng tho recognition to be given republican insurgents on Its big committees. In the house that issue had been settled by the open revolt of the Wisconsin delegation against the party slate of house officials. But even without their help the republican organization had votes to spare for election to the speaker ship of Nicholas Longworth of Ohio, son-in-law of Theodore Roosevelt, and republican floor leader in the last session. Many Hills Pro po soil Introduction' of bills was not in order in the senate during Its brief session but hundreds of legislative proposals were showered down on tho desk of the clerk of the house. Among them wore suggested so lutions for most of the major issues now before the country, including the problem of prohibition. Representative Hill, republican, Maryland, proposed in a formal res olution to dispose of the prohibition question by repealing the 18th amendment. The three women mem bers of the house nil were on the floor when the session opened, Mrs. Rogers of Massachusetts anil Mrs. Knhn of California on the re publican side, and Mrs. Norton of New Jersey with the democrats. Rudyard Kipling Slowly Improves BUIIWASH, Sussex, England. Dec. 7. (iP) Rudyard Kipling passed another good night. His strength was being maintained this morning nnd the lung condition was the same as yesterday. The noted author is sut foring from bronchial pneumonia. Gratitude! So far us tho Klamath Palls Com munity Chest wns concerned their iiiimo was but a memory. dust the other day there cume to tho Community Cheu n letter. Within it wa8ta $5 bill, "Lust year when 1 wn.i down and out, you helped me'," the letter reads. "I know tho ronl good you are doing. I am sending this nf foiing to help some other unfortun nto family, f know what It moans to bo down and out.'' com T II RECESS in ESCAPE Clifford And Warden Differ On Lower Lake Game Officials Arrive For Inspection Last Night What effect would any action of the state game commission have on the proposed re-tloodlng of lower Klamath lake? State (lame Warden E. F. Aver ilt "Little effect. If any." Harold Clifford, chairman of the state game commission. "It would have a very material effect." These were the respective and di vided opinions of the two state game officials who arrived here last night for the purpose of making an inspec tion of the lower Klamath lake land. Their announced purpose in conduct ing the field tour was to ascertain whether or not it would be justifiable to re-flood a portion of lower Klam ath lake for the purpose of establish ing a game bird preserve. Mr. Averill and Mr. Clifford Sire hriefi.- interviewed at the Hall ho tel this morning. 'Whatever action is taken by the state game commissioti, it will bear no more weight than an expression of opinion," Mr. Averill said. "I can not see where the commission would do much either for or against reflood ing." "Vell," cut in Chairman Clifford. "What are we dawn here fer? 1 don't agree with you. Our action will have a very material effect on the lake project." Mr. Averill went on to explain the stand of the state game officials and the commission on the proposed bird preserve. "It has never been our idea 'that the entire lake should be retloodd," he said. "We felt that there was a large area of that land which could never be of any use for farming, but which, if reflooded, would be inval uable as a bird reserve. Our last thought would tie to destroy any till able land. "As a matter of fact, the other members ot the commission are very anxious to make a personal inspec tion of the lower lake next spring and will probably be here at thai time." Mr. Averill and Mr. Clifford, who reside in Canyon City, were escorted through the lower lake country this morning and afternoon. The party was composed of Mr. Averill, Mr. Clifford, Deputy Game Warden Pat Daley, District Game Warden Marion J. Barnes. County Agriculturist C. A. Henderson. Don J. Zumwalt. civil engineer. John C. Boyle, division manager of the California Oregon Power company, County Assessor William T. Lee. and M. Motschen baeher, president of the Klamath drainage district. W. W. MoNealy, local business num. and A. M. Thom as, secretary ot the Klamath Irriga tion district. The party planned to eat lunch on the lower Klamath lake and to re turn to Klamath Falls in time to at tend the annual banquet of the local Sportsmen's association, which will start at tho chamber of commerce this evening at 7:30 o'clock. Rob Store And Then Set Fire ROSEBl'UG. Ore., Dec. 7. A tailoring shop owned by J. II. Horn ier was badly' damaged last night by a ire started to cover up a robbery. Thieves broke down tho roar doer of the building, and with an . tgi f bored holes nrouud the lochs of in tervening doors so that they could reach the front part of the building whore thoy stole five suits of clothes and 19 suit lengths of bolt goods. Boxes of trimmings, klndllhg and papers wore then piled up In two parts of tho frame building nnd a lire Started, Fortunately, however, tho blaze was quickly discovered and extinguished before any great amount of dumago wns done, rr- t " r " 'ir r n u'liS AjsJTi All) THE COMMUNITY CHEST; IT DESERVES YOUR WARM SUPPORT PRICE FIVE CENTS Notorious Bootlegger Is Missing Sheriff Hawkins' Hon or Prisoner Leaves C o. Hospital Ted Lewis, bootlegger, former proprietor of the no torious Two-Mile Houpe, and more recently owner of the equally infamous Three Mile House, escaped from the custody- of Sheriff Hawkins Saturday night, and was still at liberty to day. He is believed to have fled the' county in company with a woman who was un derstood to have been his wife. Deputies in the oheriff's office today attempted to "cover up" the prisoner's escape. When pressed for details, Deputy Sheriff Jo Kimsey said Lewis had wandered away for s few hours Saturday night to vis it his roadhouse but had re turned that same night. Such, however, is not the case. Lewis was still a fugi tive today, and has not been seen since dusk Saturday. At County Hospital Instead of serving his 60 day jail sentence in the county jail, Lewis was per mitted by Sheriff Hawkins to do his "bit" at the county hospital, after the prisoner's private physiqan had noti fied Dr. G. S. Newson, coun ty health officer, that Lewis was a victim of a serious and communicable malady. County jail prisoners pro tested against being incar cerated with Lewis for fear they might contra'ct the same disease. A few days after he was con victed and sentenced to Jail by E. X. Kendall, ex-acting justice of the peace, Lewis wus taken to the county hospital by deputies from tho sheriff's office. "1 told Sheriff Hawkins that I had no place to keep tho man un der lock and key, and that 1 would not he responsible for him," de clared Mrs. .Fryreur, matron ot the hospital, last night. Misplaced Faith "Oh, Ted's all right, he (n'l run away," rh? quotes the sheriff as answering her. So Lewis was given a private room at tho hospital. He was not under lack and key at any tlmo. He was allowed to go and come as ho desired about the hospital grounds, and receive callers at on.- hour of the day. Indeed, the woman wh said she was his wife, was ft fre quent visitor, and- on ono occa sion, according to reliable reports,' smuggled In two quart bottlds of gin to Lewis. These bottlMi he M (LYiiitlnuca 'On Pngc Four) AMKS OX TRIAL Arthur Ames, charged with participating In tho robbery of Larry Robinson, was on trial In circuit court this sttren on with Indications that the case would reach the Jury t imer- ' row. C. K. McCarthy, a co- V defendant, was convicted lust wnek. ,..!
