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KLAMATH FALLS, OR EG ON,-WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1927.
Twentieth Year Number 5963.
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Elsewhere In this issue is
reprinted the official tworn
statement of former mayor,
Fred R. Goddard.Tjefore the
commission's hearing" when
railroad matter were crys
taliztng in this section.
It will be noficed hat
Fred R. Goddard went to the
heart of the Strahorn mat
ter; that he did not mince
.words, nor did he fail to im
press the commission with
Klamath Falls' just claim on
the $300,000 which this city
put into the frail railroad
that was to "unbottle the
great Klamath Basin."
When he was told that
everything he said was un
der oath, with apparent de
sire to weaken him, Goddard
replied he was aware of that
fact and what he had to say
was the truth. His state
ment went into the records
and stands there today.
Goddard knew, as all of us
know, that the time to make
a stand for the city's $300.
000 was when the rules of
the game were being laid
out. and it was his hope that
the fight for the city would
be followed by personal
representation of some able
man before the" Interstate
Commerce Commission. He
realized that a municipality's
interest even though that
interest is costing Fifty Dol
lars a day in interest is li
able to be overlooked in the
big moves on the railroad
board. He realised that it
would be very easy for the
railroad that buys the Stra
horn to leave this city "sit
. in" with its dehorned, dena
tured and ineffective $300,
000 worth of bonds indefin
itely. He also knew that in
terest on that bond issue
keeps constantly running
and when the end of forty
years comes the principal
will be to pay.
For these reasons Fred R.
Goddard, when mayor of this
city, journeyed to the seat of
this city, journeyed to the
the hearing and recorded his
fight for this community.
Earthquake Shock
Felt In California
nRAWLBY, Cillf.. Feb. JJ.-r
(P) A aharp earthquake wan
frit here and at other Imperial
Valley towns at 6 o'clock thin
morning. No llamas hna been
reported.
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Late News Flashes j
innn p-i,i.,rr, - .- ...
roilTLAXI), Ore., Feb. Uit. ( W') Nix wiiMiigr racaneil
tho train tU'iip at Medronl during thia nwk'i Btorm by unIiiii
aolllliboiinrt mall liiliea. II. It. Kvnim, In chnrgo of I lie local
ofriw "f tho Pacific C'oaat Air Trnaii-t rompniiy, anld inoet
of llirm were carried to Him Kriinrl.ro, hut other wci-e Iniidcil
nt Vnkn, t nllfoinlii, Wliero tliey could tnko the trnln nffivln.
ii i,
' llltlTAIV AXXOVKI AT IHSHIA
l,ONIOV, Feb. UH. (AP) Tho nrlllah cnhlnH, It In under
, Mood, linn decided to aond an rniplmtli'iilly wonliil mite to Soviet
Itnaala concerning ntl-lliillh iinpiigiiniln which It haa lieeti
rhnrgeit la being dlaaemlnnli-d by the Nnvh-ta thniiiKliout the llrll
, rmitlre.
AI'I'I.H HIIII'MKVrS I.M'ltK.lMK
IflltTI-ANII, )rr., h, 2:l.( AP) Rvport or liovoil npplei
from the lulled Nliitea are ahoning n ateady Incnvwo from
year to year na fun'glli muiilrli'a become iioro fiiiiillinr Willi the
choice fruit from the Piiclflo iinrihwml.
Ht'inilTTKO TO Jl ltY
TANTOV, Ohio,' feh. !! AP) The fnto of lien Itmlner,
ludlrled for (lie murder of lon It. Mi'llolt, ('union nlltnr, wua
pliiciil In the linnila nf tho Jury nt JO: 1,1 n. in. today.
, KI.KtTlOX JINK 2!l '
HThTK HOfHI', HiiTcm, Or., IVh. 211.- (A P) Juno S.t hi
(lie ditto aet In a lilM lo ho pniieiitrd to the lioiino tinliiy,
for tho aiM'clnl cloctliHr on the Inrnmo lux nnd other mciiNtirci
lo lw referred In I ho people by tho leglNliiture,
' I'OI.IT, KLKITUII
I'OHTI-AXn, 'Ore,, Kelt. 2!!. (AP) lax O. Pollta of Port
' Innd, wna re-elected prralilcnt of the Oregon relnll clnthlera m
anclntlon nt the rloao of the convent Ion jiero hue yontordny.
J'nul II. (iiccn of Kugeno wna niuueil flint vlco iirealdrnl.
OREGON IS
AGAIN BACK
TO
m 3L
Railroad, Service Re
news Over Cas
cade Line
Train service over the
Cascade line was renewed
late yesterday afternoon
when slides north' of Cres
cent were cleared away re
leasing eleven trains.
One hundred feet ot new
highway near Beatty has
been seriously damaged by
heavy rains and storms, ac
cording to report.
PORTI.AMi. Orr7, Krb. 33. (A
!) Willi only light minfi.ll la
Intermittent ehovTe predicted
for tixlay. Indicating; that Hi''
will-Hi -rtHl of ralua western anl
MiuihMe-ra On-gun has evpcrl
rami In ItO years, la at an mil,
flood tlrlliit prepared to ad
vance aarv linn MMn their hold-Injta-ariiT
Imvliig tx-rit driven out
by rising waters. lUill and high.
nay trauorttlon waa returning
In nnniial ruwUttnna. Although
th Willamette river waa rlln In
ortlund. If raa fulling at up
mrrain poluia and niil of the
tributary slrcnma were returning
lo the confines uf their banks.
The Tarlflc highway wan open
throughout Oregon Inst night, II.
II. Van luwr. atale highway com
mlalaoncr aald. Several dotoura
were necessary, however, no sreat
(tamaie to hlghwas was report
ed. I.lnea Repaired.
lloth Western Union and Postal
Telegraph Companies reported
their llnea had been repaired an.l
tho Parlflc Telephone Company
Ion. distance operatora aald con
nections with San Francisco could
be made without difficulty.
The Willamette river measured
15.S above tnro, here this morn
Ins, Imt Indlratlnna that It would
not reach theis foot level fore
cant on Tuesday. It la probable,
Welle said, that the river will
reach ponlt between 14 and 17
fet by Thuraday night, but this
will not result In any aerlona dam
age, according to nnnouncemcnta
made at the weather bureau and
the harbor patrol.'
Train Hmli Hjmwrl.
Southern Pacific train -service
between Portland and the aouth
waa faat returning to normal and
ill tralna were leaving Portland
nnd pnlnta In tho aouth on ache-
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NORMA
Pomeroy Home
Washed Awav
4
By Big Flood
flow Ilia home, one-half mile
below Hogus Ittver, and ia
houxehuld effecta were destroyed
In the big flood of liogus rlv?r
and bow bla alck wife waa takfii
from the doomed dwelling in the
nick of time, waa told by Watte-
Pomerny, local contractor.
Mr. I'omero" bom la In the
Kogue Hlver valley but hla work
la here. He waa forced to move
lo Roaue river becauae hla wife
could not aland the high alti
tude pt Klamath.
T Rogue river waa between
39 and 40 feet above Ita normal
alie, nJ the Pomeroy home waa
aoept from Ita foundation.
Reclamation Commission
er Due in Portland j
Early in May
PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 2J.
0P Ir. Klwood Mead, United
Htatea commlaeioner of recla ta
rnation will be In, Oregon early
in May on a trip of reclamma
tion projecta of the Pacific
coaat, thia Information waa re
ceived by the chamber of com
merce today. Ho will bold cou
ferencea here and probably will
go to central Oregon to Inspe. t
the Dew h nice propett for wblcn
a bill haa been preasnfed to con
greaa by the Oregon delegation.
Board, Timbermen,
Will Discuss Tax
Of Pine For 1928
To dlecuaa timber taxation for
;he enaulng year and allow both
county nfftciala and timbermen to
be heard, a meeting will be held
tomorrow at the county court
houae to which all timbermen of
Klamath are Invited.
In a aenae the meeting la on
unofficial gathering of the board
ot equallraMon, the body which
heara and adjuata all proteata on
taxation that artae each year.
Aa the board ran only meet In
the fall of the year, tomorrow
meeting ran not be official.
Devaney Retires
After 38 Years
S i .
Michael Devaney, well known
reatdent ot Jloaeburg. haa retired
fr,om hia aorrlcee with the South
ern Parlflc after aerrlng more
thjn 38 yeara. Ilia name 'a
known to practically every rail
road man on the coaat, especial
ly hna throughout Oregon.
Mr. Devaney will realde In thia
city with aon-ln-law and daught
er, Mr. and Mra. Henry Valentine
Joyaux. ,
Clubber Murders.
Woman In Detroit
DETROIT.. Feb. txM
Identity of a clubber who killed
Mm. (irni'o Loomla, 54, last
night while her two . children
alrpt In an upalnlra bedroom was
aought todny. The woman's
huDliiind, Dr. Frank It. . I.oomh,
aald the' attack occurred while
he wna gone for a abort walk.
Tha body whs found on tho
floor of a aun room, near a
blood ktnlned Helton. A pane nf
glnaa In a window near the not
ice wna broken.' '
Ayers Will Have
Hearing Tomorrow
K. Q. Ayers, former local ga
rage man, charged with larceny
by bailee, will be given a pre
liminary hearing tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock It was an
nounced todny by Justice of
tho I'eaco W. B. Humes.
Ayers was brought bnck from
Sun Franrlsco whero he had
been arrested by San Franlscn
authorities.' Ho Is represented
by W. A. Wlest.
IAD WILL
VISIT OREGON
S. P. Tied Up By Storm
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It4-newed atorm coiiditiona cm
railroad traffic In M-vcral dlreitinn.. ThU nictun. .h i
Khoo-fly" track built around a
lino through lllue t anyon.
Residents Are j
Marooned For
Over Two
Days
Marooned for a period of more
than 63 hours on account oi'wm tlcka, have put in their first
the heavy slides In the vicinity
of Wycopee and Mcrreartle
Springs. A. J. Lyle, ('. H. t'n
derwood and E. A. Dunham re
turned home Tuesday from Tori
land, arriving on the evcnlntt
train which reached here around
S:1S.
The slide about two mil-
above Wyconep covered '.more
than one hundred feet of th-
track. the slide running frot-i
five to eight feet In depth. Tbc
southbounds. train waa stopped
within ISO of the slide wher
it remained for twenty-four
hours. A ditcher from Eueen"
cleared this wreck and the train
waa taken back to Oakrldge. A
second slide occurred In the vi
cinity of McCreadle. -
The train was Jammed with
paesengers, those rrom bugeao
being picked up for Monday and
Tuesday. The passengers suf
fered very liltlo discomfort, ac
cording to Mr. I.yle, other than
becoming weary with travel.
Kntertalnmeiit
Despite the fact we were
marooned we had plenty of en
tertainment for the Pine Tree
vaudeville acta were along wita
ua and helped to pass many Ion
hours In a pleasant manner,"
Mr. Lyle said. 1
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Wood Ticks Make
First Appearance
t, wan Lake, Report
(STia To Tho Herald)
SWAN LAKE. Ore.. Feb. 23.
Wood tlcka. sometimes known us
appearance In Klamath at Swan
lake.
The minute insect whose bites
ire annoying and on rare occa
lons, fatal, are swarming the hill
ldes that are free from snow.
Ilite of a certain species of tick
causes spotted fever, from which
few recover. Several fatalitl-s
,ave resulted in the- past thive
yeara In Klamath.
Post Office Is .
Loaded -By Late
Mail Deliveries
Despite the heavy In-rush of
mall at the local post office last
evening, caused-by the delay In
train . arrivals throughout this
section, all mall was delivered
by the carriers this afternoon,
according to assistant postmas
ter R. L. Griffith.
Mail for boxes and general de
livery has also been sorted and
the local office la once more back
to normal. '
Word from Ashland last eve
ning told ot the southbound ma I
being taken as far as Hornbroon
by motor from which point it
connected with the southbound
train.
The Curse He Can't Shake
Man Perishes
In Waters Of i
Klamath River!
YltKKA, Calif., Keb. 2U.
(AP) Hi-arch waa begun
late ei.nl' for tile boily,
of i. H. Wine, carrtaker
at the Vorton Camp, be-llevi-d
lo have been burlnl
or pulil Into Klamath
river by a landxlide during
Hundaya atorm.
Reporta from weati-ra
HIkI)Ou county eald the
country alone; the Klamath
river waa a vast lake.
Shanghai Panic
Is Threatened;
May Loot City
SHANGHAI, Feb. 23. VP) '
Near panic prevailed In the na
tive quarters of Shanghai today
aa deserters and stragglers from
the broken army ot Marshal Sun
Cbuan-Fang continued to arrive
in Increasing numbers and ru
mors arose that they were plan-
nmg wholesale looting of the
prlre city.
French authorities strengthen
ed the defenses about their con
cesslonr which yesterday waa
bombarded by a Chinese warsh'p
which had deserted Marshal Sun's
cause and one over to the Can
tonese. .
Mills Addition
Man Hauls 110
Cars From Mud
The recent storms, have made
business for O. W. Wilshire,
drayman in Mills Addition, who
to date haa pulled 110 autos out
of mud holes. Hie power is one
big horse. Only two' women
drivers have been stalled.
American Boy.
NEW YORK, Feb. 23 The son
of the author of "Main Street" Is
to be a typical American, he's 12
and so far bas passed most - of
his lire abroad. And so Mrs. Sin
clair Lewis is remaining In Hew
York during the winter to be
near the boy, who is. being edu
cated in New Eng.. while novelist
is at literary work In old England.
"We both want him to grow op s
healthy, typical American boy,"
said Mrs. Lewis.
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BEFOBEJ.C.C.
Telegram From Evening
Herald Brings Imme
diate Action
WASHINGTON', D. C. Feb. 23
Editor Evening Herald, Klam
ath Falls. Oregon: Your night
letter received. Have conferred
iwltn Interstate Commerce Com
missioner .Altcbtson and he re
quested to give him copy of
your telegram for conaideration,
,(8Igned) N. J. SINNOTT,
Member of Congreea.
The above telegram reached
the- Evening Herald early today
and Is In reply to the following
night letter aent by this news
paper to Congressman Blnnott
yesterday: 1
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. Feb.
22. Hon N. J. Sinnott. Hoose
' Representatives. Washington,
D. C. Request you urge Inter
state Commerce Commission ord
er repayment to Klamath Falls
of three hundred thousand dol
lars advanced to aid In construc
tion Strahorn line.' with inter
est from date of Investment.
Strahorn and other stockholders
getting six hundred thousand
dollars from Southern Pacific
on sale of Strahorn line which,
no doubt representa large pro
fit to them. Klamath Falls at
least entitled return same time
three hundred thousand advanced
with Interest, Money advanced
by this town built first nnit
Strahorn line and without ad
vance railroad could not have
been built. Klamath Falls pay
ing Interest fifty dollars per day
on three hundred- thousand ad
vanced and unless money return
ed community faces serious fi
nancial problem with heavy ex
isting debt and many other need
ed public improvements. Believe
ft matter presented by yon In
terstate Commerce Commission
will recognize justice Klamath
Falls' claim and iwlll impose as'
condition that whatever railroad
system takes Strahorn line shall
repay this city three1" hundred
thousand with interest. Com
munity will deeply be grateful
to you for this service.
The Evening Herald believes
so strongly that' now is the time
to make demands for recognition
of the $300,000 which Klamath
Falls haa In the Strahorn rail
road, this newspaper in v the ab
sence of any open and avowed
work being done for the city
along this line, sent the above
telegram to Congressman Sinnott
who has ever been faithful, anxi
ous and prompt to take care of
any matters for his constituents
In his district. His reply indi
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Goddard's Stand
, Revealed By I.
In view of the fnct that such
Intense local Interest now centers
In the railroad program with
Strahorn lino In the spotlight. It
will be Interesting to all citizens
to know that Fred It. Coddnrd,
former mayor of this city, made
a trip on his own account to an-M-ur
. before the comnijsslon'a
hearing; In Portland that he
might set forth, the rights of
the people of this city.
Just now a perusal of the form
er mayor's sworn statement will
serve to refresh the memory of
older Inhabitants and give to ne
comers an idea of what this com
munity did when It bonded Itself
for $300,000 Issuing forty year
bonds In order to turn the mon
ey over to the Strahorn railroad.
Mayor (ioddard's statement to
the commission follows:
On or about Autuat 1ft. 191 I
after making careful inrestigu-l
tion of the transportation needs
ot Central Oregon and particu
larly Klamath Falls and Kla
math county, Mr. Robert B. Stra
horn proposed to tho cltlscna
of Klamath Falls, that In order
to secure adequate railroad trans
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PROBLEM
JEALOUSY
MOTIVE OF
SHOOTING
Mr. Tom Critesor
Near Death In
Hospital
GRANTS PASS, Ore.,
eb. 23. (AP). Mrs. Tom
Critesor, of Leland, is in a
critical condition in a local
hospital here today as a re
sult of a double shooting at
Leland yesterday, m which
she was injured and her hus
band killed himself. Jealousy
is attributed by neighbors as
the motive.
There was only one
ness to the tragedy,
was a daughter-in-law
This
who
was staying at the house for
a few days. ,
According to the -story told to
Sheriff W. M. Hayes, Critesor
shot two times at hla wife, miss
ing once.- He then canght and
held her and fired shot through
her body In the " region of the;
stomach after one shot had struck
her In the shoulder. ' i
Holds Wife and Shoots. '
Mrs. Critesor had left the
house for some eggs and had
started for the - chicken house.
Her husband followed her. The
daughter-in-law heard one shot
and rushed outdoors. She was
Just in time to see Mr. Critesor
grapple with his wife. He held
her, put the gun against her bodv j
and fired. ' . -
Critesor then fled. He waa
found later by the sheriff in a1
barn where he shot himself
through the right temple, the bal
let emerging from the right ear.'
Ski Race Pictures
On Display Today,
Finish of the Fort Klamath
C rater lake ski race maybe wit
nessed by any one who takes
time to pause before the dis
play window of Underwood's
drug store and view the remark
able pictures taken at the fin
ish line yeeterday afternoon by
"Doe" Cook, well known photo
grapher and head of that de
partment at Underwood's.
The pictures not only show the
finish ot the race, but plctttroi
of the first, second and third
prize winners and several snaps
of the crowd.
On O. C. &E. :
C. C Testimony
portation to Klamath Falls and
vicinity and free the citizens
from the "Exhorbltant freight
charges" of the Southern Fa
clfic, be, Robert K. Strahorn,
would build - a railroad from
Klamath Falls via Silver Lake.
Oregon to Bend, Oregon, to con
nect with the Oregon Trunk and
Union Pacific railroads, said
railroads to enter Klamath Falls
over this proposed "Independent
line" which la now known as
the Oregon, California and Em
tern. Ultimately a line was to
be built from Bend, Oregon to
Crane, Oregon, there to con
nect with the Union Pacific and
give direct connection to east
ern states over said Union Paci
fic. Another line was to be
built from Sliver Lake, Oregon
south and east to Lukevlew, Ore
gon. ' To enable Mr. Strahorn
to build this "Independent line"
he Imposed the following con
dition: -Give
To Htrnhorn
1. The citizen of Klamathj
Falls must by popular suhscrlp
tlon secure a terminal site (to
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