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EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
S.durdav, Dutwaibui' LP) iWft
Issued Daily, except Sunday, by The He raid Publishing
Coiupauy. Office : 1,19 N. Eighth Street, kl.nn.uii pafljj, Oregon,
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E. J. MURRAY .., Publisher
V. Hi Pl-RKIXS News EdHpJ
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Palls, Oregon, muler act of Match , 187ft
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T'.e Evening Herald is the official paper of Klamath County.
Saturday, December 19, 1925
STATE PROPERTY
IS
VALUES JUMP
OFFICII!!
1118
JUSTIFICATION OF BETRAYAL ATTEMPTED
The Klamath News is in sore straits in its efforts to
build up an alibi for its attempted betrayal of Klamath
county into the hands of the Southern Pacific. In ltsj
issue of today it seeks to twist an isolated statement in I
his paper as giving its a clean bill of health. The at-
;empt is so labored as to be amusing. It still has the I
impudence, however, to restate its stand in favor of de-
livering this territory over to the railroad monopoly of j
the Southern Pacific companv. However, one of these i
days the .$500 a week ansrel will get tired helping it
along the devious paths it is traversine, and then there cept for 20 miles at Blalock, the entire distance between
will be no need for an alibi, "for circumstances are not i The Dalles and Pendleton. This 20 mile stretch, which
what they were in Klamath," to quote a phyase from the I was the finest unoiied macadam road in the division, was
left as an experiment, ana its ruiigii comuuun in mm
On Coach m Wochter (ricbtl anil Captain V. T. Smith. Itai-v ml Up.
io mold together a Mnil l'InfTi. r"Z i
. ProeMCtt SttUl io bo vxcepuoimlty W'UfW - """
" n," , for the coming campaign; A suceeful court yew
M'SlS. to.se. lb. 2au.trx.Ui. Harvard football M .
editorial of our more or less esteemed contemporary.
A HINT FOR KLAMATH
"Oiled macadam wins" observes the Dalles Chronicle
in an editorial commenting on the policy of extending
oiled surfaces which has been adopted by the state
highway commission. The commission's oiling program
is of special interest to Klamath Falls in view of the
many macadam' roads extending from this city, repair
and upkeep of which has assumed the proportions of a
serious problem.
"Oiled macadam has proved itself, to such an extent
that the state highway commission at its last meeting
voted to provide for an additional 110 miles of this type
of surfacing next year in this division. This, added to
the 85 miles of macadam road oiled this year, will make
a total of 195 miles of oiled macadam in eastern Oregon
by next summer.
'The 'outrage' which sundry eastern Oregon motor
ists and city officials protested against last spring when
the highway department was placing from 57 to 135
barrels ot oil per mile on tne uoiumDia ruver mgnway
between here and Pendleton, has proved a blessing.
The same communities which were loud in complaints
when the oil was being spread are now equally vocifer
ous in praise of the new type road.
' "No one can travel over the oiled section of the high
way between here and Pendleton and not be convinced
of the success of the process. This road, in mid-December,
is still virtually as good as pavement, after a sea
son's travel which was unusually heavy. The number
of cars going over the road from here to Pendleton was
greater than the Portland-Astoria total, as revealed by
a highway department traffic census. In addition, there
was the tremendously heavy roundup travel.
"The oiled macadam stood up perfectly, the only ex
ception being at intersections where horse drawn wagons
loaded with wheat crossed. The steel tired wagon
wheels cut the macadam, which was repaired as soon
as wheat hauling was over and is now as good as ever.
"Oiled macadam in eastern Oregon was first tried at
Big Eddy in the spring of 1923, when government offi
cials complained of the dust blowing from the road
into the houses of Celilo canal maintenance engineers.'
Then the local highway office had no equipment for
putting down the oil and an old sprinkling cart belong
ing to the city was borrowed. So successful was the
experiment that the highway was next oiled from the
Deschutes river to Biggs, using about 60 barrels of oil to
the mile. Then, this spring, the highway was oiled, ex-
summer uroved a decided contrast to the smooth sur
face of the oiled road on both sides of it.
"Oiled macadam does not make a road. The road
first must be built and permitted to settle for a year or
so. That is why new sections of The Dalles-California
and Sherman high ways are not yet on the oiling pro
gram. After the roadbed has settled, however, the oil
makes a perfect surface which, properly maintained, (lis-
integrates only tnrougn me expanding aim cuuiiucung
processes of winter. Thus it is necessary to reou to
certain extent each soring, although the amount neces
sary to- put the road in good condition again is only a
tliira oi tne initial coaung.
"One big advantage of oiled macadam in eastern
Oregon is that resurfacing every three or four years is
unnecessary. Resurfacing is an expensive process, lhc
15 miles between The Dalles and the Deschutes river
had been resurfaced twice before oil was placed on it.
"Maintenance of oiled macadam is cstimattd by en
gineers to be 25 per cent less than for ordinary macad
am. This feature, coupled with the fact that resurfacing
is necessary every few years, makes the oiled road fat
the more economical of the two in addition to being
better for traiiic. It also has been proved that the inter
est bn paving alone will pay the cost of building anci
maintaining oiled macadam roads.
THERE IS
NO
ICH H SOU
I TO
m
MOV
ED
To Our New Location
Corner 9th St. and Klamath Ave.
Corner 9th St. & Klamath Ave.
New Building
New Equipment
Same Old Faces
BALSIGER MOTOR CO.
Authorized Ford Dealers
ERVE LIFETIME
Has 47 Days of Freedom;
Comes Back Through
Fear of Officers
ALLEGED PALS JAILED
Trial Judge Says in His Be
lief Youth is Innocent or
Crime Charged
CHESTER, II!., Doc. IS. IP)
Ira I). Perry, Jr., son of a Chicago
manufacturer, wan hack in the pen
itentiary today after 4 7 days of
freedom, on parole, from a life sen
tence for murder.
Fearful of being killed by detec
lives hunting him on old Indict
mentw gand afraid of possible ven-
geance by five youths sentenced with
him, he nought and obtained incar-
Wood
BI.1OOK8 Our biockwood la
ample for the prosjnt. Wc aro
taking part off the yards.
I)KV 8L4B Our dry slab is
not entirely dry, It Is good for
the heater, but not for the
cook stove.
MM 11 WOOD Is first class dry
limbs and tree tops. It Is
dauy wood for heater, furnaco
or fireplace.
COAL Sure, we have coal.
Lump coal, beat ou the market.
SERVICE Jut t a little behind
with deliveries. Order early.
Wood Conl & Fuel Oil
PEYTON & CO.
"WOOD TO BUIIN"
601 Main Phone 535
ceratlon in the Statevlllu prison here
rather than the Joliet penitentiary
to which he was originally ent
three years ago.
Paroled to Iowa after his release
Perry was returned to prison tin
der arrangements made by hi
father with Judge Chauncey H
Jenkins, doctor of the state d
paitment of welfare. Judge Jenkins
characterized the entire affair as n
"Chicago coopers' Roman holiday,
as the 2u-year-old prisoner was
started for Statevllle last night af
ter making charges in Judge Jen-
!: ins' Springfield office thnt third
degree methods had forced his con
fession of the murder.
Perry declared that be was starv
ed and beaten by Chicago detectives
after his arrest eleven months af
tor the murder. Once, he said, they
forced him to drink a gallon of
water without stopping and threat
oncd to throw him from the third
story window and announce that
he had committed suicide after con
fessing.
Ili.i lather, who urged him to con-
fens to escape further III treatment
added to his son's story.
Judge Jenkins asserted his be
lief In Perry's Innocence. He said
the miCiods used in obtaining his
confession were "as diabolical ib
the Ingenuity of a policeman could
contrive."
Perry's father started for him
with Illinois parole officials Sunday
night. They went to Dos Moines
and learned he hud fled to St. Louis.
Leaving a message for the father in
St. Louis, young Perry went to Han
nibal, Mo., where he was found. Ills
(Surrender to state parole -officers
at Qulncy followed yesterday morning.
ASKS ACTION
WAHIIIN'OTON. Dec. 19. (IP) De
mand that President Coolldge tuke
some action In the emergency re
0 suiting from the anthracite strike
was mado In the house tioday by
Uepic -i-ntatlvo Black, democrat, of
New York.
SCl'LPTOH DUOS
OXFORD, Eng., Dec. 19. (p)
Bir William Humo Thornycroft, one
i of England!) best known sculptors,
died today following an operation.
Tweniyfive Million Increase
to go on Tax Rolls This
Year, Announced
SAl.E.M, Die . Dm-. 19. 0))- ThV
tissues meat .rjll of Oregm for tpS5.
"n which the i i levies tor 19;:t!
will ii" bused, is mi Increase of 126,
850.S.S2.3O. ovor llui roll for last
your, according to the summary
which iwiis todlkf oompleted by the
state mi department, The tread
total this year Is $ 1.US4, 5:17. 61S. 111.
of which 929,is:i. ill 1.2o Is the
total of the summary of the sever-!
al counties as equalised hy t o
tvunty boards of equalisation and 1
$158, 053,707. 71 Is the totul usous- j
scd property of public service qof
poratlonl :is equalised and upper I
Honied hy the stuto tax commission. M
The grjnd total last year m
81,068, 880, TS8.6a, of which S910.-I
186,780.3.1 was the county figure:
and 1148.464,848.18 the utility com
puny figures.
The Increase this year In the
counb) rolls Is 818,068, 110t88 and
In the utility figures 16,668,761.43,
On the new c unity rods tnp vari
ous totals making Up the whole
are: Tlllublo lands, tU64.49i;.&!5:
tlmticrhiniis tlt.C94.0&2; mm til
lable lands. 186.086,748; improve
ments ou deeded or patented lands,
$39.."ti3,D97; town and city lots,
8206. 6S0, 619; Improvements on
land not deeded or patented. $1,-
6.ia,S20: railroads under construe-i
Hon, logging roads and rolling st.u k
11,015,140; boats and niuchiaery.
819,099.792; merchandise and stock
III trade 147.712.616; form Imple
ments, motor vehicle:., etc.. $.,,7s:
864; money, notos and accounts
$17,968.3-17; shares of si : k. $14.
IK.M9.20; hotel and office furnl
ture. $4,573,710; horses and male),
$5,869,855;' ,-nttle, 412.423,320;
cheep and goats, $8,330,720; swine
0159,454; dogs. $146,003; Deal 7!i
9SS; miscellaneous $374.$ 19.
The totals milking up the grand
total utility assessments roll In the
terms of apportioned value are:
railroad companies, union lUtUon
and depot companies. $95. 305, 973. S9
car companies $ 1,839,070.50; elec
tric, and street railway companies,
water, g.is and electric companies,
i 1 1,417,706.38; express companies
$33I,4S7.76: telegraph companies,
1, 882, 818. 88; iclepbuno companies
$11,607,480.11'.
In the cjunty figures doorcases
aro shown in the assessed valuations
placed vti timber lunds, non tillable
lands, merchandise, shares of stock,
horsos. mules, cuttle, swine and
4ogs. In tile utility figures decreas-
es shown In exprqxs companies only.
if
COMPARISON
io the moii who have fully realized lhc im
poi'tance of looking their ' best. They have
Icai'iicd the advantage of service assured in
tailor made clothes, the choice of worthy t'ab
ncs and the satisfying knowledge that their
lothes are measured and cut to fit with exact
ness the peculiarities of their form. They are
conscious of their benefit in securing seasonal
fabrics, Impressive patterns ami latest styles,
lhey can accept the full fashion or have it con
served to their taste.
ill" .' Important fm mis nf
appearance mrrles their
Considerations above the
omparlsons of ready-made
elothei and thUy select with
idnfidtmee the tailored suits
Of choice,
Dross Well
A?h1 SlK.TCt.-tl
J. A. Goldsmith
Dpstain Suite S08 winters Bldg,
Merchant Tailor
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Santa Claus Admits Defeat
Beaten at His Own Game
.NO POOIt IX VKKHA
Yioka occupies the distinction of
hclng perhaps the only town or
city In California without uny really
poor persons In its midst.
This was brought to light at tho
last meeting of the Lions' club here
iwhcn the matter of donations l
the poor came iip for discussion.
"There Is nobody here who Is suf
fering or who is dostltuto," declar
ed a member.
'Thai Is a fact," spoko up an
other. "I have learned that much
We are disposing of our stock of used cars at
gift prices, and are determined to start the new
year with a clean slate. Our business is selling
new cars and we can't be bothered with the used
ones. We have Fords, Overland ami Chevrolets,
all in good condition. Come in and look them
over, name your own terms, make it easy on
yourself. If you are contemplating the purchase
of a good used car for business, pleasure or any
other use we know we can please you, if we
can't you are hopeless.
Overland -Knight Sales Co.
4th and Klamath Phono 899
Willys-Knight and Overland Fine Motor Cars.
In fraternal work. It .ins beon Im-jed our alms. Memory does not
ppsilble to dispense donatl ins. Thooo j bng ta mind n case of any rosldem
that wo have trlod to help In that i accepting charity."
way, bollovlng that they might be Others present concurred, o the
noody, have with some show of matter of aid wus dropped. Slskl-
prlde returned our gifts and refu-i- you News,
A Valuable
Christmas
Gift
For Every
Boy and Girl
Present your children with one of
our beautiful bank books. It will
please as well as act as an incentive
to save throughout life'
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Klamnth Falls
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