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City Edition
1111 l
Price Five Centa
snap- land
TO
Agent of Northern
Line Operate Ef
ficiently Oregon Trunk railroad
will enter Klamath Falls '
by way of tha Link river I
canyon.,. It will leave the j
Southern Pacific main
line at Pelican City, will
cross the Dalles-Califor
nia highway by an over
head crossing, will pats
by the south tide of Peli
can City school, will span
Link river. near Its head
and will come down the
.west bank of the stream
to its properties in South
Riverside city park.
This is clearly Indicated in
wholesale purchases of pro
perty in Pelican City. Klam
ath lake and Buena Vista ad
ditions during the past week.
Although identity of the
purchasers Is not known, ac
cording to information re
ceived by the Evening Her
ald, the purchasers of the
land are agents of the North
ern lines.
The nam of two agent It via
U-arncd, In Murk.
Thrwe agent, It wa learned
thin afternoon, have either
bought outright or have u(lu
on a strip of land from three In
fi.ur block wide mending from '
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FORD-SAPIRO 0
OPENS
WAY
CANYON
Late News Flashes
I IIKIUtY KOI' liVMAIiKD
FJ'dKM), Ore., April U I AP The cherry crop of eoutlicra
l.ane roomy was damagi-d to I lie evtcnl of approximately OO per
rent, according lo '. W. ttieward, eoumy fruit Inspector, who made
a rurvry of the southern Lane lerrllori' yesterday and till morning.
. U).l LIMIT 1N HKAHKII . 1
I. A UIIAMfK, Ore., April HI (Al" Tho loml limit on Ihe Old
llregnn Trnll highway between I .a Ornnilc nnd Pendleton waa today
Increased friu U.MMI immiiln to IO,IHH pnuniln, arrunlliiR to Oacar
Cutler, of ttio local lilKhway office.
' IIATKH IK TI'.WKL C ASK IX VKSTKIATtHt
MKIIItmit, Ort, April Ul (Al' DUtrlct Attorney Newton V.
I'haney of Jarkaon county, tiMlay nniiounml the apHilnlment of
IV-rl u, llntra. aaaoclalr. nlllor nf the lloM-bura: N'ewa Hevlew, aa aie
rial InrcNtlKfttor on lila Muff during; the trial of Hugh lc Autrcmoiit.
KK1.I.V IIKI.II ltKMI4)HIIII,K
' I.OH AN'fiM.KH, April HI (Al) The coroner' Jury lnvell.
galliig lite ileatli of Hay ll,n iiioml, uclor, following n flit fight with
I'aul Kelly, arrcen Juvenile .toilay returned a venllct that lUiMllond
met III dentil mm tho rinult of an encounter with Kelly and with
the Inller the MKKmuior,
i ' . f fliANK t'HAHIIKN: TWO KII.I.KD
' XKW l"OHT M:WH, V.. April Ul ( Al') Klrhnnl W. Krm.l-.on
of lloi-tiin and Wilbur K. Illiiglinin of New York, were killed totlny
vtlien their aeapbiuea rrwilieil Into ('benienke Ibiy lictwfcn Ihe Kip-
rap and Wllluughliy Mpll, TlM-lr IhmIIc were reeoverwl two liouni
arterwninhi.
1'llOHT DAMAOKH WIIKAT
l'KNDI,KTO', Oit April III (.At) Itamaitc to t'matllln coun
ty wheat will not lie known for n day or ao following Ihe aevere
cold of Turwlity night When the tnerenry coied lo IH und 10
d.'itivc. ' ., 1 . ,
I KDKIt VI, OI I H'KKH TO IIK l. VK.HTKi ATKD
WAHIIlX(iTON, April Ul (Al') An liivextlRi.tlon Into the n
tlvllle of federal nfflrer In Arlwinn will ho made hy the Civil Her
vcc CoinnilaNlnii, iroliahly illirlng the mil.
iiir:Ki,i:v ki:i i huh i'ukmit
l'tKTI.AM, Ore., Aptll III (Al) Dmliirlng Hint Mime i.nlmnl
remiurcr kIiiiuIiI Im prewHTed In llielr original atate, t'olnnel W, II.
Ilreeley, rlilef t'nlleil Htnle foreatiq-, lina rrfueil n pmill for con
MrnitbW of . .cnble Wny to Uw.khi of Muauit Ikml,
University Library Cornp
Cugene, Ortron
SUCCESSFUL RANCHER ON EVERY EIGHTY ACRES OF LAND MEANS PROSPERITY FOR ALL
The Old
FAMILIES ARE
MAROONED BY
HUGE FLOODS
1.ITTI.K ROCK. Ark., April XI
iim Hundred of Camilla re
maining In flooded area In thl
suction will be drowned unless
they ar rescued In lh next few
baura, Ihe Utile llork chapter of
Iho American Kod Croaa aald to
day In iMiilhg au appeal (or
boata and life aavera.
I.ITTI.r! KOCK, Ark.. April 2!
0T) Tba aoulh half of the
Missouri Prl(lr bridge arr.n 111
Arkansaa rrrr bi'ra wa awrpl
away ly the current early today,
carrying with II Iralna of earn
loaded with rork wblrh . hnd
been run on It In an attempt lo
lipid tbo elrurlura down.
MKMPIIIH. Tenn.. April 21
(Al Death, famine and peatl
lenro rode (tulfward today ou the
aver-lurrcaslng lids of the great
eal flood In lh history of the
Mlaalulppl Valley.
Thousanda of equara mile of
fertllo aoll lay Inundated.' Dam
ago to property had already
reached an unentlmated figure
In the million dollara. 'Thou
aand of persona, drlien from
their homoa by watera, wero auf-
ferlng for food, clothing and
heller. bll other) who had
braved tho flood lo alay In their
bomva, bad perished.
' Keren alaloa Arkanaaa, ' Mle-
aonrl, llllnola, Kentucky, Mis
leslppl, Tenneano and Louisiana
were battling agalnat tha en
rroarhmrnta of th river. Texa
waa receiving a quantity of t
tor from trlbutarlea.
McKeever Trial
Held Tomorrow
Trial of J. K. McKeever.
charged with operating a car
recklessly on Ihe Chlloquln
Wllllantaon river marked road,
will open tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock In junllce, court before
Juatlco of Iho Ptaca W. 11.
Ilarnea.
McKeever , haa pleaded not
guilty an.l demand a Jury trial.
Ho waa arretted by Deputy Shcr
irt l Mueller and Federal Pro
hibitum Officer I.. O. 8hlrley,
who hnl.l that MoKeever by hi
reckle driving, forced thorn
oft the road. 1
.
Home Pacer
KLAMATH
BEL
FEAR FELT FOR
LOCAL COUPLE
Mr. and Mrs. Nichols Fail
to Return From Snow
. Shoe Thek to Lake
Fear that coiue minim p
might have befallen lr. ami
Mr. K. I.. Vkliola of till city, I
It aearrh parly waa being or-
gaiilattl llila aflermMm by I'. ,
II. 1'iwlerwiMHl, local drugjctal.
and prealdeut of Ihe Ijike of
Hie Wood Awoclalloa, and
I 'rent Ice I'urkHI.
Mr. and Mr. Nlchola l. ft Ui'
Thursday for Lake of Ibe
Wooda with i. O. Cone, raretakerl
al Ihe laka. They were to have I
returned to Klamath Fall Mon
day. Three daya have panned and no
word haa been ' received frantj
Iho coupla. No toli phone com-
mnalcatlon 'are available.
Frlind and relative of Ihe
well known coupla feel certain
that ', they would not have cx-i
tended ' their atay unlcaa torn'
emergency forced tho move, '
Trom rwffTs Six' feet cf nor
Ilea at Ibe rreit of tha CaMade. ,
near which tht lummer reaort U,
located. I
Tha trip wa made on anowj
ahoea.
Underwood and Puckett will
Iry to reach tua Pellcaa Day
Hanger' atatlon this afternoon
and enllt tha aid of the' ranger.
(Continued on page four.)
SlPLAIi
TO ALTERRDUTE
Paxton, Calif., U Hub of
Great Railroad
. Fight to Be '
,
Ilig lliluga ro dulag.
Every day In every way the
mtlook for K'.anialh grows bet
r and boiler.
The later! Information to come
trickling out-tf lha Fouulalu of
railroad wisdom I tho report
that Iho big coniasl for auprcm
ley, for claiming now dominion,
for developing Ilia great hlnter
and I the probability of ' the
Southern Pacific, switching It
plans aa to location of t ie South
enr tormlnu of Iho Modoc
Northern.
Instead of heading itralght
icrns tho country from Klamath
Full to Alluru. I'kllfornla It
now being talked that the South
ern Pacific .will change II ter
minal from Alhirrt to Busnnvllle,
consldcrjlilu dlttnnev west of
Alluru. , . .
Tho meaning of till la very
plulnl With Arthur James and
tils Northern lines- now nssured
nf entranre Into Klamath Fall,
tho presumption I that "onward
(Csntlnuod cn page eight)
Colonel Visits
City; Recruiting
To Be Increased
Bo successful has Klnmnth
Falls been ' as t'nltcd Stiitoj
Army remitting atatlon that
Colonel J. I'. O'Neill, head or
recruiting work tor tho north
west, has derided u aend Ser
geant . Jennings l.owman of
Port Ian. I to aid Borgoant Com lis
In recruiting work, hare.
Colonel O'Neill, who ra a
war tlmo atanilthg of brigadier
'general, arrived In Klamath
Fall Inst nlchl lo leave Instruc
tions with Hnrgeant Conibs. Ilu
returned to Portland thin morn
ing. - ...
Bergeant Lowninn , will arrive
within Uo,tMt'tow wk..
BEGUN
lib
ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE
FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1927.
mi
local woman;
held here oh
DOPE CHARGE
I
Charged with forg'ng doctot'j
prescription to obtain narcot
and alio with forging chec
May Ahlin. long sought after by
Portland authorities. I Ix-Iiik
hold .in the city jail awii.iug the
arrival or eiicrai autuoritiea. it
wa revealed thli morning bf
Chl. f of Polli'O Keith K. Amurov).
The woman, who I aald to
have served three year In San
Quentin for highway robbery, la
a drug addict. She wa arrested
by Police Patrolman Pat Winfrey
and ha been held In the city Jai)
on an open charge for federnl
authorities.
Don McC'leod and Kdlth Worth-
Ington. aald by police to be drug
addlrta. wero fined flUO thl
morning on vagrancy charges by
Police Judge ! Lent L. tiagbageo.
Clven .the sptlpn ..of paying the
fine or leaving town, they chose
the latter.. The magistrate sus
pended Ihe fine. 1
Al Lewis, who police said was
trapped aa a go-between In a nar
cotic sale, waa fined 1109 on a
charge of vagragcg, paid hi flue
and ha loft the city. -.'
Lewi waa lured Into eu'rilT
dope for. a woman fedorar. ttnol
pigeon. ' Ho I hot a. drtgc addict.'
The aourre In pornre. -prlance
referred lo as the ''eonaeetton
of the dope Is known to police
but no arrests have-a yet been
made. . '
Federal narcotiw.agenta hare
been working In'Klnuiath Fall
for week. '
Jail Completed
By June 1st
"About June l,"Sheriff Hawk
Ins aald thla monilng in answer
to a query on what dite the new
county Jail would be opened.
"There Is still a lot of work to
do," Iho sheriff sold looking out
the window of Ihe present sher
iff office, nt the busy working
men on the building. "They
are going lo stucco the building, i
It, will look something like
Ainerk-an li-Rlon building.
FORTUNE WILL
DT
UL
TO RED SKINS
$312,000 -Payment Auth'
orized; Withold Lands
for Minors
Kliunalh Indiana in the ag
gri-gate, will rrcrlve a fortune
u Kt-ek, anil individually.'
will m-Hvc i"WI aplere. It
was announced lalo yestritlay
aftcruoon by I.. IK Araohl,
vu rlntmilmt of (lie Kbutialh
Indian rrarrrailon, rrcratly re
lumed from W'aohlnKtoa, IK ('.
The Klamath tribe. 12S0 in
numlier, will receive approxi
mately $112,000 In cash, which
will be disbursed from the Klam
ath Indian .; Agency, and Xrora
other Indian1 centers on the reser
vation, i: - -
' Hnn Timlier Halra
"rtie payment will be the first
this year from receipts from
reservation timber. Either one
(Continued on pie five.)
jr., nmy..
i , 0a -mm, i
, Qn Klamath Avenue'
Daasage of $lo0 was sustain
ed in a .'small fire In a ' house
owned1 by Dr. Day at 1124 Klam
ath -avenue at SMS a. m. t
day. ., v
Prompt service of He fire de
partment prevented a spread of
the flames. Fire was started by
a candle Vhlch set: -fire, to
oakum and paper which bad been
rapped aroifad pipes.
IIOACH DKXIKS UWOKT
NKW YORK. April 21.WP)
lies'. Dr. ,John Roach Straton.
pantor of the Calvary Baptist
Church, today denounced as "ut
terly falso" and "pure fabrica
tion" published reports Hat tho
church o( boarj deacons had
callod npen him Mo discontinue
his writing on the Snyder mur-
DISBURSED
he I dor trial for a New York news
I paper.
Ask Me Another
VI4HX DO I vHEftwee
Herald Advertisers Appreciate
MARE REFUSES .
TO LEAVE SIDE'
OF DEAD COLT
Standing over the lifeless body
of tier baby colt, a mare ' hot
Jeopardised her own life on. the
Dallea-CallfoTUla highway be
tween Klamath Falls sol Merrill.-
, . ...
An automobile strnck and kill
ed the colt. The body was thrown
to one side -of the road.
A her I law which will make
ibe owner of livestock- culpable
for his anberded rows and
Worses, will be In effect on the
Klamath .Falla-Malln section of
the hizbwar. In the near future.
Tbla law, was passed - at tbe
hut session cf the state legis
lature. Abandoned Still
Found On Ranch
Near Chiloquin
a clnmp of brush.
Hidden in
still was discovered late Tester-
?-1the.El 1l"umn "t11')
near Chlloquln by Deputy Sheriff;
Loni. Mueller and DeputJ DIs-
n .n7 .'nf -Jtl """S'-'J
".'"'"k ""' .ta. h VlC"'-
1 . l"''r-Vew""- r...
in ran waa no n ne sun..
Xr
raw mash was still apparent."
The 'still wss destroyed. No!
charces will be filed.
Banking Department
. . r c 'a "V J
. Bring OUlf OOlay
-
Another step toward liquids-
tloa ofassets of First Stale and
Ravlngsbank was taken today i
with the- filing of a milt by Frank j
C. BramTrell, atate. bonk anperln-
, alt ' Ilk 11 I .... I, I -
tor the recovery of S5400 alleged I
due dh a note. ; . -
According lo the 'complaint,
filed by A. W. Schsupp. local at
torney, Jmklns execnted the note
before tho bank closed Its doors.
Roy Orr.m. deputy state superin
tendent of banks. Is In charge of
liquidation of the banks re
sources. ' - m
Your Trade
wm
Li
0!
OUT OF
BRUTAL
ATTACK
IS
TO
Charge Pair With As
saulting 20-Year-Old
Maiden on Ranch J
A brutal ami. Imlmrribalilc
altagk against SO year iM
Indian, maiden fa chargy-d to
two while mm of Tiiloula,
,'A. .NorUcra and Wahlo Knight,
aaihcrith-a rweak-d. totlay. i
Knight and N'ordeen are held
In the county Jail awaiting a pre
liminary hearing before . Justice
of the Peace.W. B. Barnes. How
ever, Dtstrtr-t Attorney Duncan
admitted, federal authorities may
prosecute the case. '
Tbe two men are charged with
''brutal assault on the Indian girl
!whoM ,me mthorltie are
i,ki,iin. ,k a. v..h.
ranch, two mile south of Chil
-!
The tack wu M w
la"ttoa of . brawl on the
Knight ranch In which about teu
while and I.di.n. became np-
. . . . . .-ii,
-
not appeaf : In Justice court !n
I Chiloquin - yesterday. Waldo
Knight, it was reported, was.
struck down during the course of
j the evening by s blow from the
flat side of an axo. His face
.mple ,t!mony of the
blew.
(Continued on paze five.)
BEATTY PASTOR
IS NEAR DETH
Suicide Attempt May Be
Fatal to 'Klamath Co.
. : , Minister
MAIlsilFIELD. ORE.. April 21.
I (p)) Kev. P. M. Rolland. wha
took poison Mondar after his ar
I. rest here on a charge of passing
bad checks for $300 was In a
I serious condition today. He was
! taken from Jail at Coquille to
; Wesley hospital. Marshfleld. Of
; t icers reported he had signed - a
; confession of the check charge.
The Rev. Pilland
ed eaTly this week
County authorities
field after he had
was arrest
by Coos
In Mnrsh
succesnfully slipped away from Deputy Ser-
Iff C. J. Taylor.
Determined to apprehend their
! charge, Sheriff Hawkins and his
I deputy hurried to Marshflold but
. by tho tlmo thoy arrived, the
'minister was already in jail.
Shortly after he was turor
' curatod. the pastor, apparently ,
I determined not face tie wjrld.
I slashed his wrists and swallowed
a poison tablet. ' 1
CRIL0Q1
III
Veteran Officer Tells Of r;
Daring Crimes In Portland
"It looks like an eastern gnne. ,
ot crook In (Portland and. Oh.
Boy! they are smooth."
Thl was t'.ie comment last
night of Cal Wells of Portland,
ve?rnn deputy Vnlted States
marshal, who arrived here yes
Icrdi.y to take Jim Flanuery In
custody.
"They know their 'stuff, and
while the series of robberies h
nzl been effected by the same
men. I believe It Is the same
gang. They operate ' along the
same lines, quickly, , smoothly
and efficiently." . ,
Wells speculated on lire the
bandits received their Inside in
formation on Ihe movement ' nf
The feather
OH BOON: Fair In east, cloudy
woat portion tonight and Krlilujr.
Light local frost In t portion,
tonight; gentle variable wind.
Twentieth Year Number 0010.
rr?inn7p.r
UuUWLljii
COM
Presiding Judge Ex
presses Regret to
. Lawyers
DETROIT, MICH, April
21 (AP) An order of mis
trial granted upon motion of
defense counsel, today ended
Aaron Sapiro's - $1,000,000
libel suit against Henry
Ford.
Judge Fred M. ltanivod or:li r.
rd Ihe Jury libtchargiil and In-
rlractrd a nibwrial be eaterrd
pon the ph-a of Htrwart Hanh-y,
heading; the Konl defense in the
ahM-Bce of Hrnotor JniiieM A.
tfavd of MbuwuH. that Mr I'otu
rroffmUri, 'k-vr'alfi Jirror - elnMrw
slxn llir Ulal (ttirCvJ al wi-eks
ago, hal granti-il . nn Interview,
the substance of which appeared
in last Tuesday's DctmH Tiuini.
Judge Clears nrcr
Judge Raymond expressly
cleared Mrs. Hoffman of aliena
tion made In series of affida
vit by Ford dutectlve and other
employes that she had discussed
a tlu.too bribe -with "Kid"
.Miller, and she had wrongly
stated she was a Qualified Juror
and asserted disbelief that Suplro
bid indulged In any misconduct
aa asserted In tbe affidavits."
Judge Raymond immediately
invited counsel for both sides In
to his private chambers to dis
cuss steps looking towards a new
trial.
Ri-grrln Action
"I am extremely loath to grant
a motion for mlstrlul," asserted
the Judgu liter William Ilcury
Gallagher, chief ot connect for
(Continued on pageruirTt,
Warrant Holders ;
Will Collect On
. . Large. Interest
If Winter cornea enn Snrlfii be
far behind? .
It can and It Is. ' ' ''
At least that Ik the way tlblil
ers of outstanding Klamath
county warrants up ti tha year
19ZU, feel about It. For not anly
will they recover tho -amount
of the warrants in full 4 as a .re
sult i.t the passage of tho 142.
000 warrant refunding bond is
sue), but also the Interest of lx
per cent ha accrued to a point
where the Interest Is half ai,'aln
as much as Iho warrant.
Assistant County Treasurer
Mra. Clara Ilouxtcn Is fiiturlug
out Interest payments In propar-
I si Ion for meeting tno warrsan.
money from stores to th hank.
In this connection tlio officer dl
cMirseil on the Olds Worimuii
and King day light rjMx-ry snii
tht morning robbery of the
Charles F. Ilerg hosiery store.
"Ther lei m to know whut the
are doing. Tie biger Ihe crowd
the better they Ilka It. for they
know only too well that a cop
Is not s.-lu ti flro at them
with hundred of people crowd
ing around. There could have
been a dosen officers at the Oli!
Wort man and King hol.l-op, '
no sensible cop would hve open
ed -fire on the stirk-np nirn."
Wells left todav fir Prtlsnil
with Klannery who is ,ield nn
federal liquor ennui,-
INTERVIEW
OF JUROR
IS CAUSE