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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1927)
TOE EVEN1NO ' HERALD KLAMATH TALIS, OREGOM THIRTY SKI: EXPERTS AWAIT GUN AT FORT KLAMATH r' Monilny, Fel).'21, 192" BEST SKI TALENT IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST TO RACE TOMORROW VUt of entrants and their experience, listed; . Over thirty participants will be Ready when starting gun cracks ' Ski experts, the best in the Pacific northwest an 1 northern California, wilt be lined up tomorrow morning icady for the starter's gun. . - From California, from all parts of Oregon and from Washington, have come contestants who wilt strain every muscle, every tendon, and their last ounce of wilt power and nervous energy towards the honor of being first. A complete list of the entries was announced today by the arrangement committee of the ski race. Exactly thirty will be on hand. following ta the Ut of atrlo: Vmu I Good. Andy Verstoi gigantic Norwe gian, and . lumber pller well know on the coast, came to Kism-. Ill County from Wisconsin where he haa competed successfully In many skiing svsnis and especial ly la the Jumping contests. An dy broke both ankle In landing from a leap of Ml feat, several yeara ago. but la not crippled ft n estent that be will not ran the; big contest on Feb. J I. Chuck Zttmbrum, Fort Klsra mh: for many years a resident of Klamath county and alwaya act ive In out door aporta aad alh- lei lea. Zumbrum followa (he wooda la aummer aa a timber wotbar and til winter ipenda bta time Is I ha mountains aa k trap- pr and of course la constantly on akla than. Ilia flnn physical con dition together with hla act Ire training secured wbllo running lila long trap tlnra near Ft. Klam ath, will add much to bla chance of winning the rare. -. '', ' . , Kmall Ital fiu.' ' ' Arthpr I'cckham. Port Klam ath: 2 yeara old and one of the ntnalleet entranta la nature, weighing only 140 potinda, came to III la country from Grand Rap Ida, Mich., a few yeara ago. I'eek ham la employed at climbing pole for the Klamath Tel. and Tel. Co, and apenda much lime In winter on akla aa hunter, trap per aad guide. I'eckham hie a wonderful pair of aery atrong legs derelnped from yeaia of skiing and climbing polea and la expect ed to make aome of tho really big Swedes, Norweglana. and Scandinavians get tip aad hump to keep ahead of him. lUrry C. Francla. Klamath Agency: A young man coming re cently from Idaho lo thla rmcr . ration la employed by the Ferret ! Dept.. of the ladlan Bervlra at thla Agency. . Franrla ta the fa vorllof of all of the Govt., em ployee and la being backed by them la llp ekl under the first prlie In the forthcoming event. He la airlctly,an not of doora mau and haa competed auceeaatully la akllng eventa In Idaho before coming to Klamath. Osll NcNett, Clara. Valli.i an old bead In the art of akllng and haa apept ona week here In ac tive training before the rare. Krkkl Hylvanna. Portland: Mr. RULES, REGULATIONS OF SKI RACE ARE LIBERAL ' I. The eotirae of thla race will follow the Crator Lake highway to Crater Lake Lodge and return, conteatanta will b required to keep within 6ne half mile of thla rouraa. . Any advantngeoua dolour known to the Hare Committee within the halt mile limit will be flagged for the benefit of tho conteatanta, 3. Each conlealant upon ar rival at Crater Lake Lodge will ' be required to reglaler with the attendant'' In charge before starting the return trip. ' 4. The race will start prompt ly at 8 o'clock a. m. Tuoadny, ' February it, 193T. . 5. The start will he made from The Fort Klamath Com munity Hall," or If snow con ditions prohibit,' from the near est snow line on the course, t. Any alyle, make, pattern, or length of ski may he nsed an 1 any footwear, clothing, ski har ness, or brakes In the form of straps or ropes msy be used. 7. Contestants will not be al lowed to exchange skis on lbs ;. trip, nrt,lll make the .entire yurlu'on Vaf anmo skis, Hylvanne la very Intereated In the kl race aud bat Inquired If ho course will be over canyona, gui nea and ravines. Judging from questions, naked In hla lettera he la an old timer on akla aad has- competed In many eventa. The race committee la expecting Mr. Bylvaane to abow up here in a few daya to commence active training. Old Heads. Curia Koatol and Neta Skjeraat, fiend. Ore.: both of theae men from llend and believed to be old trtenda will compete with each other In the big conteat. Feb. 12. Neither of theae men have done any akllng tn recent yeara but are old beara at the buatneaa and both think that they can put themaelve tn ahape (o win the flrat money. ' . Manfred Aacobson, McCloud. Calif.: The people of McC'olud, Calif., are depending on the ptoweaa of Manfred Jacobaon ti Journey up here and bring homo the bacon tn the ahape of the flrat prlia of tXSO.Ott lo be paid to the winner of thla race. Otto Jeitineee. Medford: Mr. Jeldncaa will repreavnl Mvdford In the coming event and haa re act red hotel accommodatlona hern for the night of tho 21al. Ho haa had aome training rerentlv and la In good form. Thlnka that he ran arlae from a good aleep here and make the run to the Lodge and return ahead of all other conteatanta. Ilig Maa. Wm. Faaa. Klamath Falla: a great Irlg huaky weighing In the nelKhhoihuod of ZOO pounda made the trip to Fori Klamath to enter In the ekl race yraterdav. From the iooke of Mr. Faua he will Bol bo left behind for the ant of parer, and If he ran de velop any apeed he wiil an rely aland a good chance of getting within tho money. W, Nurdqnlnt, Klamath Falla: Haa been in American only a few yeara. Mr. Nordquiat waa cham pion of the Swedish Army, and waa undefeated In akllng raeea and other akl conteata. Compet ed aureesafully with champion from the Navy and Marlnea . of Sweden. John Halo, ktamath. Falla: (Continued on I'age 8vvcn.) S. Either one tor two poles may be used, . Any contestant rendering assistance to an opponent shall be disqualified from winning the race. ' 10. Any contestant receiving aid or assistance from any pr son other than an Official ol the Race Committee will be dH qualified from winning the rac 11. Any Intentional Intrrfer ence with the progress of n contestant shall be Judged a foul, and any contestant an Interfer ing In. any manner with an on pnnent ahall be disqualified from winning the rare. 12. Failure of a contestant to 'comply with the rules shall disqualify from winning the rare 13. The Judges of this raw will judge all features of the rare In accordance with the rules and any decisions rendered by them shall be final. 14. This Is In he absolutely a free for all rare with no entrance fees, , 15. Knlry honks rnised at 'i o'clock p. m. February IS, 1037. 14. . Matul skis will he barred. Ideal Weather For Event Is Latest Report "Conditions urif ideal for the Hkl race." " Thla waa tho ch" ry word voic ed by Tony ''astid, secrclury of I lie) Fort Klamath i run in 11 11 t v club, over long t!:t ibco wire to day. "It rained rut und d yester duy." Castnl said, "but lust night. It turned cold and Ihnre la a thick dual on the snow.ttmt will make the surface Jut right. "We're all buny up here gul ling ready fur the blKseat event Hint ever lilt thla country, lle memiM r, he aurn and tr-n 'em thai everybody l invited to rum,' Speed! Speed! Here b how the ekllera will lk aa tlley awliur lnt tle timmf i i I Ac alrelcli at Kurt Klamath tonmtiand row nifflit. Crater lake ImlRe, ebovp, Is tocnted Ice and Snow Defied By Shimmy Queen :v:' V:-; I 1 .;..' - IT. L Cnld? Not Rl nil, If you jtre 1.. mii ii i i --aaar-ssaaasaanp years, and1 In Toronto recently much "hut air," Did site prove They Don't Mind This,Portage ti, lJ tf K.C.H.S. Students Will Witness Race Much lo the satisfaction of slu-i dents. Klama.h County high school will be dismissed Tuesday enibllng many to a:tend the aki race held at Fort Klamath tomo'- row. . . The students will take advent- age of the enticing winter-sports by toborannlng and enjoying thij other mnaos of entertainment durtng the exciting moments when ail mill be waiting for the I fn AAAmm J7,. returna for the nationally-knowp AOdreSStOTUm ski event. j Those pUnnlng on attending j John H. Piper. reKional acout are: Esther Veatchv Lorraine ' ecHtSve for the Pacific north Jlordoff. Ullber: Fleet, Kay Mnr- ! ,Mt aeellon. will address the i doff. Zed flames. Jack Oriell. 'chamber of commerce forum Glen Fieida. Melrfn Kngle and William Smith. ' ' HclKmls Im-. Mrliool clillilrrn lliroogli ttut Kkttnath county ta the" city ami county schools wilt olnxTve tomorrow. Washing, ton's blrthiUy, which lia brt-n ilerUml a holiday. With thi aiinuanrrniciit .-s throughout the coun- ly are making plans to at tend tlie winter carnival aporta at Koit Klamath. i Shirley Hi -turns u. v. emney, refleral prohl - onion oincer. nas returned lt Klamath to apend several day. , her in law enforcement work. fcrred to Seat le. Shirley', dutM Have incrasu. Jackiion roiinly Klamath county have licen ' 'placed In his jurisdiction. THE FIRST GOAL the first obect tve of the sklht-s twenlv-one miles from the Fort. a A .J . A : . .4 i" r ttr V - M M S 1 lilifanai . fi the best nf hlues! she was glvin a chance to It? lrfve abave! W o- '. j 1 ! j I ' f KKI KICK I'KIZKS lm: -iV. ilmi; i()0. . anl: g.0. Kprftaf prtarx: ra'tfo art offerrd by the Ualilwln liaid- enrr company. fUmlngton ' rifle, offrreti hy the Klamath tu'.nlirare cauiptny. ea i ' JCOtlt Executive 'nwbeoa neit Wednesday noon. ,il was announced today. j A delightful propram will be presented by tocil scouts. County Offers Help On Roads Klamath will match the $(.000 raised by t-e lniia service to- ard the coiibtrtction of the . Chlioquin-Braymtlt road. j This was the assurance gives .r.,,r county court to Leroy D. j i .Arnold, superintendent of the JJilamath-l-.tdtra reservation Sat- i urdny afte.-noou Hoaever. the court declined to ,uke part ,, ,Mr jn ,no coa. Prt;n -,f ,ne Tota from ,Ioy. . poi,,, out taat 4 4... j . ence over this proposal. -i v: in tonmrrtm ' rare. ' ft Is 1 mid- - fillda Cray has suld this for prove her contention wns not , Hundreds Will Attend Great Ski Carnival lli'lwecn four and five hun dred rcstdehte of Klaaialh Falf.. plan ta Jonmny to Fort Kistmitft lomonow morning to witness nd take part In the first annn it win ter carnival of- tle Jiiaioattt country. K.'aborale pr-parutions are hir ing made by the forward looking and - progressive little community In Wood ISIver valley. Through out the diy. there will be some luing doing at eve, minute. Sleleha wilt be la readtaeaa tt the Fort to transport visitors to the toboggan slld.e some ll feet long, which la located near Fort Klamath. It Is Imposaibie to reach the slide by automobile. Map Of Course Fort) -two miles Is Hie distance lilcft contestants fn the i'ort KUmatb-fnuer lake ski race must cover In tin- pint winter sport event tonmrrovr. Tiic abV! map gives an Indication of the course ami aajacriw iwbicj. - MIST TAKE TRAIN' Kcehlents or Ih-ml who ptaat to attend the race- were iwtvl!inl by tlie state hlKllway department "f Klani- ath FalU to drive on ' The Ihillcs'allfornla highway to a point north of Saml Cr ntvuutaln and thr:r catch the south bound train to liilt. Heavy snows of the past few days have resulted tn the ctulH of the highway Kami Creek mountain for Um fln-t time this winter. IfeaHT snow plows will have the road clcnrcd within the next few lUym Trio Of Skiiers 4 Led Search Party For Lost Youths Steve Antonson. Mark Wey gnndt, and Otto llagcn of the (Juide Ski club of flood River, oc cupied the public spotlight this (winter when two young men were lost tn a biinard on Mi. Hood. The 'irlo led search party aft-ir search party In search of the two boys. Finally one. a young fel low named White, was saved. The other succumbed in the fastness of the mountain. Court Orders New Gas Pump; A 350 gasoline tank and a gas oline pump will he Installed nt the Klamath county machine shops as a result of an order to . thla effeot made lae Saturdiy by ' the county court. I The court Inaugurated a new rule whereby employes nstng gas oline In county work must s'g.i a receipt, thus doing away with the script book system". The court also announced n new ruling governing , widows pensions. - ' Denefli lurlea of pensions nnisl hereafter submit receipts on how ar f r : . e (their pension la expended, COMMUNITY CENTER ATTRACTION PACIFIC NORTHWEST Entertainment planned for hundred of vie itor; Fort Klamath Country-amyecl at new era of development " Tomorrow, a small community of 36 families, will oc cup the public spotlight not only in,Klamath, but up and down the coast. For tomorrow is the day of the much heri aided Fort Klamath-Crater Lake ski race for which that expert skiiers are anxiously awaiting the starting guft. ', Whatever the weather, whatever the outcome fi thi race, the ski race will ever exemplify the heights which 4 community may attain through a unanimity of effort.,. I Fort Klamath la a little hamlet' " ' ' i of 35 permanent families, lo- of " olr CommaaUj ;caUd In Wood river valley. a'fir na '"rnlsh a day of f wonderful tract of land eom-f for fs &f Urtatae to a -r fertile amusement and thrift meadow land. The total dodh-I Mat ion of the district is but I2S. I Xo Noticeable Development j . . . ., iZZZ. ,"0.t' uciiivyutcut uui iu sat eve a ni iuu . ' ; " -- with ex-eepllcn of an Increase ! c w " ' , In summer tourist travel lured by scemc attract ions and the completion of The Dalles Call--fornla highway. - j "f "'"" mminf nf the hlehwav Fort! Klamath waa snowed m and tao-i listed from the outside world! !for 5 months each year. Now with a good road maintained by United States. ' U is s ui.t. developed: where the vonna man SIBC BLKie II 1 II . i.wuiua.vu j the year round and only a short i distance from the main line of 'rh Southera Pacific. Fort KUm- ath Is connected with the outside "aT iwi, sweretary ,k its worW (Fort Klamath Community 'club With transportation facilities; "i?" ' ... and handicaps removed it ts only . . . . . -, , K . . satsral that Fort Klamath and .the Wood river .seep pwc,m I other sections. The coming or highway, and "d. b"- tor ddle horses, feel thif "tk !hlf j'Hu,''1' cramped .pav lW condition, much and aince thIM Jftft place t bicesed with a long . .-Ini.. uimn and deep, snow-l"' 5 , .. . , ,.bUiim (hfsf .K(i iater SDCrU fn. Klamnth ConntV. . With that Idea In mind the, migrated across the Cas iv, vi.m.,s rommnnltv club' cades with, cattle and settled It. .nnrinr Klamath county's''" Become ins pioneer iuiu i first carnival of winter aporta. j ' f eatarins Use big ski race to I Crater Lake lodge and return. This idea of winter sport has! 1 met with such popular approval ! that the first attempt here rill be a BBce success and it la be - lieved that there is great pos-l "It has been said by men nihilities of It devolping into a experienced In cheese aitiSz tremendous project, attracting that the feed iind general rondl hundreds of visitors, from many lions hero arc Ideal tor .8wisa places and affording aa escet- Cheese making. " ' " 1 lent o: portunity to advertise to The coming of hiKhwa5Ckn4 the world reeources. Industries. 'railroads has Its pleasant an j and cpportanltSes. j jta sad aspect. ft sseaa 1 A few weeks ago when the will aee our efforts crowned with proposition of a ski race was success, -that we are alwoftg first dtcssed It waa thought IContlsaed oa Pass l$t4-.,f Ski Race Program To Keep Things' Hopping '( rl; ritOCKA.H. ' ii r f ft a. m. Start of the 44 wile skt Jce to Crater take LwUf and return. . :: ce fur all amateur skiers, three ntfle hew raeev besKf two ottt of three. Twenty minute rest periods. Two llbrat prizes. 2nd Kvent: 22-ynnt ski dash, for turtle only. prises. . Scond heat, three mile het race. Tug 01: 3nl. Kvent: Tuft of War on rency to the winning; team, " - 4th. Kvent s 2ao-yard ski rare for boy nod girts, rqnra. and under. One pitae to boy and 5th. Kvent t One half mite ners of heat race. Two UberaV ntli. Kvent: One half mile Miioir Hhoe Race. !h. Kvenl : Snow 1hm race ftth. Kvent: Mlved race: 400 yards, free for all. SOO yards on skis and nt yards on snow- shoe. Two Hberaf erfarc. . Hkl joving all during the aftkr sans. HSOV n.VTTLK. " ft, Kvent 1 Hla; snow battle .bween snow forts rep'esentlad' I'orilnnd and Kan Francisco. ' , 2ml. Kvent: snow modeling-. Llberat jsrue for thn best ' ..... , .1 image, Dancing will he In progress all during the afternoon. Transportation wilt be available to the toboggan slides alt day. Ski j' ing all during the nf Klondike Cw neve rlosea.. .,... . -, - StfiHT. tACINfc !) iiclng. I'mu-ntalkm of OF 225 for Ft- Klamath, - No th PropeatUe " h 4eepe j fart l coantr fflr wlth contestant f In the akt race comim , from tK Hon west. ' The Idea of the sk race to Crater Lake Ledge originated . . . . , , . , T U IU. HI mil VI . Ull II fl K UT7 'I. caretaker of the Lodge who It some for visitors and want 'I. Fort fstsirj Vadeveltnf 'Fort Klamath la to the rest. Oregon what the west la to - - Develop whs sb eeasuss; cn ln " ow macJiine - Prt "f the mattilne." - . , . , Bi-viierB wvauae we snow w, i ,,. . Vto"SaI anythlng-Ulu.. that ot..0..acre .. . . "The majority of oar ;ranch;- era are descendant l.om aW I pioneer families of western Ore- of east et the Caseadsav "The soli of Wood Rteer val- ley haa been pierced by wwH drills to the depth of 3 feet ! without coming In contact with t anything harder than the.;ir , face dirt. . War. sklls. 91000 In snow bank' one prlao to girl. dah for amateur. Bur a'l'Hsrf- t rises. snow shoe race for men. One prize, , for uuUes, One prise, morning programme. tetnoon programme. . prises lo winners of all events
