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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1927
Number 6057
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3D VENIRE
CALLED IN
WAY TRIAL
Difficulty Experienced
Seclcting Jury ..
in Case
Try at they might, counsel
for defense and slate prosecu
tora, could not up to early thia
afternoon aoloct the jury in the
re-trial of George Frank Way,
Prineville aheep operator,
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. w . ,vu ilia sibj ni vi
Timothy, T. Murphy, Klamath
aheep man.
With Horn tcnliiltir Jurora In
the not, Judge. J. I'. Campbell Max
fitri'ft! in mil at third Nrfnl venire
tills afternoon ami tltt Irlnl n
aitjoumnl while deputy sheriffs
Miiurrsl llm atrerta for Inli-siurn.
I'rlnrlpal dlfflrulty encountered In
securing Jumra waa tha wide knowl
edge of the rase In Klamath. Many
of the tentative Jurors admitted 'but
thry had a knowledge of Ilia
esse, either directly or Indirectly.
t.'p lo 1 p. m . tha ntate had exert
ed four of lla six peremptory rh.il
lengas and tha defenao had exerted
seven of Ita It.
Way waa ronvlrtrd of manalattgh
ter In rnnneetlon with tha rune In the
fall of I01.V Hie raae waa aipeall.
the appeal sustained and remanded
lo the circuit rourt for re-trlnl. In
bla questioning of Jurora. N. (I. Wal
lace, Way'a attorney, naked each
Juror whether or not the verdict of
the former Jury would prejudice
I he in agalnat the defendant.
Indications Ihla afternoon were
that tho Jury would bo aolected bv
lata today and that tho trial would
li under way before adjournment
thla afternoon or th flrat thing In
tha morning.
Puckett Arrested by
State Fire Marshal
romplnlnt charging Mnnley Pue-
kelt, prominent Klamath logging j
rnntractor, with conducting a logging
operation without aufftclent tiro
fighting equipment, waa filed lata ,
yealerdny by Krank M. Hooker, j
deputy atatn ("ire mirahnl. assigned
to Ihe Klamath basin.
The arreat fnllowa an Inveatlga-!
Hon conducted last Katurduy by :
Hooker. I
FLASHES
. . . VltlMOi:itS Ml'TINV
I..slXJ, Midi., June III. (API Three hundred nnd Iwrntyn-lulil
prlsoiicrK In the alnte M-iillenllry mine hero mutinied loilny, ovrrMv
crcd fourtii'n guarda nnd blocked the cmkcs. It wna niiiiouncnl from
the wnrili'H'a office this iifli'mmin.
WKATIIKIt CONDITIONS l-UKVKXT Kl.HillT
XKW YOHK, June Ul. (API Tnklnn; off for Krinire of the four,
nun rn-w of I he iiioiioilnni "Amerlrn" w ill lie Impossible either to
nigbl or tomorrow inoriiliig; nnd prrsint ntniospherlc conilllloiis ilo not
look fmornhle for a lioi-off any time loinoirow. Jus, II. klnihiill, weather
hiirrnu nicleoroltiftlst, iinnoiinreil tiMlny.
Oil. HCANDAI. IIUKAkH OCT IN I.. A.
MM ANt.KI.KM, Juno 'Jtt. (AP) Dr. K. J. I.lnckley, city prosecutor,
liiformrd the city council today Hint more than IKMl crlinliinl com.
plnluts liivolvhiK soiiio of the hlKKcM business men nnd lendlnit clll'iia
of I os Angeles, would he Issued by his office In connection with the
Julian Petroleum slock ariindiil.
DH AI TKKMONTH AltltlVK
IOCIIT HOCHi:, J A( KSIIWII.I.K, June at. (AP) Kny nnd Hoy
De Aiilreiuoiil, (lunged, with their brother Hugh, whose fnte nova
lo the Jury this nrtenioon, with the Hlsklyou tunnel holdup anil lour
tiers, in l ived this illuming; nt the county Jit II In custody of Hherlff
Jcnnlng" '""I lo"fnl inspeelora.
.11 IKiMKNT I PHKI.D
Hl.l:M, June ill, (AP) A Judgment of Wl 0,01111 gran led by the
lower court for Miilliioiiuih county lo the Xorthwest. Auto coin pan y
In lla nil It iikiiIiisI Hie Hen .Motor tar rniiipiiuy wna upheld hy the
supreme court lialiiy In nn opinion written by Justice llciin, iifflnnlng
Juilue J. .M. Itati heldcr.
MiKi:X.IK IIKiHWAV OPKXHD
HAIiKM, June III, (AP) The slate IiIkIiwiiv roiiimlssioii niinoiinrril
today that the Mcliensio I'nsa la now open to trnfflc.
HOPPHR BLIGHT
OF LAKE LANDS
UNDER CONTROL
Millions and nilllliina of dead
gr isshoppcrS" hcapi d up III amall
pllea, Jammeil together under weed
and clods,' and apread over the barn
ground aa fur aa tha eyo ran sea
lell the tale of a al range battle which
hua been waged on tha grenl Tule
hike liaaln of Modoc and Siskiyou
coiinlleii, California.
"The grasshopper pestilence I
under ronlrnl," waa the official pro
nouncement thla morning of County
Agent C. A. Henderson following all
Inspection of the Infested rel, m
yisti rday.
"Cooperation of farmers, use of
SO Ions of poison, and eyalemalliel
method of fighting the blight, are
the three contributing factors which
led lo Ihe checking of what may well
hare been one of the most serious
Insect Infestations ever experienced
In the northern California section of
the Klamath basin."
hill lj.rgo
The kill waa (rem-ndous In most
buncha. ranging from CO per rent
to So per rent. A kill of between
(til and sr. per rent wa scored on the
(Continued on page four)
LETTUCE STARTS
Seed Distributed to Farm
ers; Move Sponsored by
Chamber of Commerce.
Will k'ttuca one of the best of
Ilia raah rropa thrlra In the Kla
math country?
Through the activity of tho board
of directors of the Chamber ol
Commerce In general and J. A. Gor
don. prealdent of the First National
Hank and A. M. Collier, president of
the Klamuth Ice and Hloraga com
pany In particular, thla question will
be answered at tha rnd of the grow
llMI aeiaon.
Twelve pounds of lettuce seed pur
chased hy Mr. (iordon and Mr. ('oi
lier have arrived and will ho dis
tributed to J. II. Massey. Dairy: J.
W. Ilralt. Hummers district; Tom
Chalburn. Mslln and Charles J. Ilesa
of IMne Grove.
"Tha aeed will be planted at five
day Intervala from June IS to July
15," County Agent C. A. Henderson
explnlnrd today. "A careful check
will be milnlulned on the result a of
tha pluming In an effort to ascer
tain first the general adaptability of
the crop and second, what time of
year la best to plant."
The seed wa picked by the whole
eala lettuce firm of Bawdy and
Hunt the aame firm which planted
lettuce on the Geary ranch aeveral
year, ago. .
EXPERIMENT ON
IS
BIG FACTOR ITJ
i)
Pacific Advertising Club
Association Addressed
by Chicago Expert
POIITI.AND Ore.. June 31. (A-P)-
Xcu-MIH-r advertising; la
news. It iiuiy Im store news, but
It Is news to the nrwsiarr read
ers. Developing IbW lliouglit, I.. M.
Ilurton. advert Ulnar director of
tho Chicago Dally News, twin?
told delegates lo Hie Pacific
Coast Advertising club associa
tion convention lien tliat news.
inHr advertising; ts such m pro
minent factor In the distribution
of nierrliMndute that many maim
fjicturem mluit their anlea costs
llirougli tile use of It.
"Newspapera today are aurh an
Important factor In Ihe distribution
of merchandise." Marlon aaid. "that
manufacturers first seek the retail
era who use tha newspaper adver
tising themselves. They know, both
of them, that newspaper advertising
Is news.
"Tha manufacturers' salesmen
who are calling upon the retailers'
of our country today place aa much '
alresa upon their employers' adrrr-'
tialngi schedule In the local news-I
paper aa they do upon the quality )
and outstanding vlrtuea of the mer-
rhandlse Itself." j
Advrrtiscra l,radira.
"The most casual review of the j
advertising colninns of any daily!
newspaper will reveal. Ilnrlon
pointed out.' "that tha leading and
most aggressive man n fact urera of
merchandise today are likewise Ih i
leading newspaper advertisers.
"To them, newspaper advertising
(Continued On Page Eight)
OF
OOCTORJEFUSEO
Council Plans on Increasing;
Dairy Inspection Work
Immediately
Ilcfualng to accept the resignation
of Dr. K. D. Lamb as city dnlry In- j
aprclor, the city council last night
tentatively decided to take atepa to j
enlarge the dairy Inspection force In
order to perpetuate the work.
Dr. Lamb, In a brief letter, stated
thnl there did not appear to be suf
ficient city funds to continue tha.
work and thnt he did mil desire to
he placed In a position of responsi
bility for disease under such an
existing situation. The matter waa
referred to the finance committee.
Proposal of Councilman' Van
Camp to have Mlehtn atreet from tha
city limits to Oregon avenue oiled
hy the atatn highway oiling crew
now at work near Fort Klamath, waa
favorably considered, and retorred
to the street committee.
A delegation headed by Oeorge
Mett successfully pleaded for speed
In covering preliminary details for
the macadamizing of Martin atreet.
The project waa referred to the city
engineer for preliminary plana and
specifications.
The city council decided to use
concrete pipe on the south Sixth
street sewer. City engineer Zumwalt
had recommended vitrified pipe but
members of the council took the
position that home Industry should
be patronised.
Mr. Zumwalt, while not opposing
concrete, aaid that In his opinion
vitrified pipe was less susceptible, to
the action nt alkali water than con
crete, and that he waa Impelled to
recommend vitrified because he felt
It wna "safer." 1
LOXU CUOSHIXO
PLYMOUTH. Knglnnd, June 21.
(A) Taking nbnnt 10 times aa long
as Llndy In Ihe crossing. Captain
Thos. Drake has arrived here from
Charleston, S. C. He also Is travel
ing nlone, but In a SB foot Ketch.
Cnllke Ihe Lone Kaglo, however,
Cnptnlu Drake got hli regular sleep.
ADVERTISING
MERCHAND
RESIGNATION
j KAROOK INDIAN
NEARS END OF
480 MILE RACE
fin A NTH PASS, Ore.. June 21.
(API. Mad Hull. Karook Indian1 OP inil fl I fl fl " fl
runner of the Oregon Cavemen nljL Hill H II IIKr
the Itedwoqd highway marathon' I IT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 III 1 1 1 1 1 1
passed through Patrick's creek. e2ul l,UUM u aU u -u
mllea from hie goal, at 6:05 this'
. .... i . k . KT CI r a...
morning, Intent upon reaching tha
finish at Cranta Pass early thla eve -
mng. Kiying 'ioud. another K-
rook entry of the Cavemen waa at
Patrick's Creek at 8:45, apparent
ly losing ground to the leader. Me
llka. the nearest Zunl competitor,
left Crescent' City at 7:10 a. m. and
had not reached Patrlrk'a creek at
o'rlock. Patrlrk'a creek la 25
mllea from Crescent City.
Karook Indiana from the llnpiy
Camp section of the Klamath river
have arrived In Crania Paaa In
large numbere to witness the com
pletion of tho race. Mad Hull'a fa
mily la here, firm In the belief that
the young Karook will come In far
ahead of any of bla rivals. Today
the Indiana were keeping
large
crowds at the bulletin boarda am us-
ed by playing their gamea on the
lawn of the chamber of commerce.
(iranta Paaa ta preparing a real
welcome tonight. Cavemen are to
I Continued On Page Eight)
OF S. P. AGENTS
One Hundred Ticket Sell
ers to be Guests of Klam
ath Sunday Morning
To sell Klamath country to more
loan one nunoren lirget setters oi
the Southern Pacific from the Puget
Sound district, who will be guests
of the city for two hours next Sun
day morning will be the dutlea of
members of the Chamber of Com
merce. With the purpose of their visit lo
learn of the wonders of this section
the northern visitors will arrive here
on a apeeial train Sunday morning
at nine o'clock and will be guests of
the Chamber of Commerce unt!l
their departure at eleven.
At the directors luncheon thla
noon It waa decided to meet the
visitors and take them to the Cham
ber of Commerce where C. A. Hen
derson will deliver a ten minute
talk on the future of Klamath coun
ty as a farming community.
Merle West will outline the lum
ber tonnage of this cotinly and tell
the history of The Bwauna Box
company, recognised aa the largest
pine box lumber manufacturing con
cern In the world today.
An Informal reception will he
tendered the visitors who will then
be taken for a motor ride around the
city before returning to their pull
mans which will pull out for Port
land at eleven o'clock.
A committee composed of Dill
Lee, Lynn Sabln and J. J. Miller was
named to arrange for cars to meet
the visitors on Sunday morning. It
Is thought that 35 or more rara will
be needed.
Sand Creek Hill
Reopened Today
To Auto Traffic
Fort Klamath Junction Sand
Creek section of The Dalles-California
highway, closed for ten daya dur
ing oiling operations, waa reopened
thla morning hy order of C. C. Seeley,
resident engineer of the state high
way department. During the clos
ure, traffic bound for Sand Creek,
Crescent, and points north, waa forc
ed to take a long detour starting
from Klamath Agenry, through Kirk
nnd Joining the highway a short dis
tance north of Sand Creek.
A short detour from Crook.vl
creek to Kort Klamath Junction bv
wiy of the old Kort Klamath road
was put Into effect this morning
while oiling operations are In pro
gress from the Junction aouth to
ward Williamson river bridge.
IlKPOKT MUSKS' TOMH KOt'XD
JKIU'SAI.R.M, June 21, (PI Dis
covery on Mt. Ncbo of the location
of Moses' tomb and of the former
resting place of tho Ark, Is reported
by a Herman explorer arriving from
that section.
PLAN
GREET NG
ATTORNEYS
AS TRIAL
Neuner
Flays De Autre-
J , . f
"ont s Lawyers; Case to
iio 10 jury ioaay
Vll. 1. K. Ore., June lit, (.IP) The
fate of Hugh Dr Aufrrmont,
rliargrd wild the murder of
ClMrlcaO. (Coyle) Johnson during
IIm hlsklyou tunnel holdup, drew
clotM-r to the Jury thla morulna;
when at noon l ulled Htatesi Dis
trict Attorney Xruner approached
the dime In Ihe flnnl agrument for
UK slate. 'Ihe instructions ul
Hi- rourt will tlu-n stand alone
lielween him and the lellbnlloos
of his pe-ra.
The fiery prosecutor once turned.
his face livid, upon Defense Attorney
Collier, and ahouted: "Why did you
Put in a self-declaration?"
"Ilecause It waa teatifled to."
answered Collier.
Neuner then aprang before At
torney Newbury, and ahouted: "And
you aaid 'we were baaing an In
ference upon an Inference.' "
"Talk to the Jury, not to me."
snapped Newbury. "I'll talk to
you outside."
"See You Outside"
"I'll talk to you Inside." shouted
Neuner. "where I like to talk to you,
and I'll talk outaide to you."
The court calmed the rising storm.
The charge of the defense that the
evidence waa framed, nettled Neuner
and he constantly left his train of
argument to hurl words et defense
counsel, i . . - --
The government official bitterly
flayed the defenae contention of "a
frame-up" and what be held was
"an appeal to prejudice."
(Continued On Page Eight)
Plans for Klamath
Weed Connection to
Be Discussed Soon
SAX t-HAXClSttl, June 21, (.11')
-Ntute Senator J. J. Murphy of
tteetl, Calir., announce! yesterday,
after a tour of Ihe northern Califor
nia counties, tlutt plana for a paved
highway from the Pacific htghw-ay
at Wrel to Klamath Falls, Ore.,
would he diarusaetl at a conference
to be Itch! In Sacramento, July 20.
The object Is to provide a direct
motor route to the Klamnlh region
In conjunction with the fft-egon
highway.
j The Coffee Shoppe
Opens at Willardi
With the formal opening of The
Coffee Shoppe located In The Wll
lard hotel today, Klamath Falls raa
boast one of the most modern and
up-to-date eating places in the
state.
An impromptu affair, to which
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dillon Invited a
few friend, last evening, marked the
first gathering In the new shoppe.
A chicken dinner was served the
guests who were Invited to dine
with Mr. and Mrs. Dillon at six
o'rlock.
The shoppe not only afford, locil
people a splendid place to eat, but
guest, at the hotel are finding it
moat convenient to eat In the same
building as they are stopping.
FISH IIAIT
An enterprising Detroit man,
ever looking; for an opportunity,
has seen or Ihlnka lie area
where ho can turn Klamath
basin's grnsKhopprr infestation 6
into a RtMMl thing: for himself,
Writing; County Aavnt A.
Henderson, this opportunist ha.
announced thnt he would like to "
use several hnrrela of groan-
hopera aa a hrenllnn; stock for
fish bait.
"There la an opport unity In
tlmt line, nnd I understand from
press illspntchea that you have
qulto a few of the Inserts In the
Tule lake region," the Isaark
Wnltonlte snlilt "(Junto me a
price on grajwdioppera."
Just wbnt the county agent
whoae days have been devoted
almost aolely to the irrasshoppcr
menace wrote to the Detroit
gvnlh-mnn, was not announced.
1
INTEREST HIGH
IN CONTEST OF
.!,'
2 NEWSPAPERS
merest waa stirred yea-
-"day by the announce
" H"l""e P
wherein four fine, try
j biles and other awarda
given.
n. ....
ncement of The
prize content
costly automo-
are to be
The four aatomobiiea.
together
with costly
!jrd, ,
radio aeta and cash
are to lie awarded ahortly
i after August 27 to the men and
'women who accumulate the great
jest number of votes between now
and then. There la no cost what
ever in competing for the prizes. It
requlrea only votes to win. Those
votes may be obtained by securing
subscriptions to The Klamath News
and Evening Herald among friends
and acquaintancea lo apare time.
r mi ui-iaiis os me oner togemer
wnn illustrations or tne automobiles
and other awarda, appear In the
page advertisement elsewhere in
this Issue.
Valuable Antoa On List
Heading the long list la a f 1.515
Bulck Sedan. It will become the
possession of the man or woman who
arbievea the highest vote standing
by the end of the campaign. The
second highest candidate is to have
a SI. 005 Chrysler "50": Sedan.
(Continued On Page Eight)
Charlotte Anita Whitney
Wins .Seven-Year Fight to
" Avoid Prison Term "
SACRAMENTO, Jnne 21.
-Charlotte Anita Whitney,
(AP)
grey
haired social worker yesterday won
her seven-year fight to avoid a
term- in San Quentln prison, 'ollow-
.. ,,
Ing conviction of syndicalism.
A pardon, issued last night ly
Governor C. C. Young, removed
the convict stigma which had grown
more and more menacing as court
after court refused her plea dur
ing the long legal battle which
SOGAL WORKER
IS EXONERATED
only ended In the federal supreme j year old bahy, Jackie Hugh
court. I ,:aPr To Tnlk '
, ... vi i . .v.! The twins were eager for the op-
In explaining hi. reason, for the ' uk
pardon, xonng aeniea mat .wws
Whitney could be classed
a. a
"criminal," despite her violation
cf the criminal syndicalism act.
Mis. Whitney was arrested In
November, 1919, when she de
Oakland police and
deliver-
i
1 ed a speech
on behalf of John
McHugo,
accused I. W." W. She
waa convicted of syndicalism and
the case eventually reached the
supreme court of the United States
which last May upheld her conviction.
Government Opens New Fight
Against Predatory Animals
Of Central
Omnipresent menace of predatory
animal raids on livestock In south
central and central Klamath county
both oft and on the Klamath In
dian reservation ha. led to the de
cision of the Vnlted State. Biologi
cal Surrey to run one of the longest
trap line, ever laid In predatory
animal control work In Klamath
county.
Thla was the announcement to
day of Harlan H. Gubser, govern
ment trapper, Just returned from
Portland.
"The trap line will atart at Do
nania. run through the Rly district,
north to the head of the Williamson
river In the Klamath marsh, awing
south again and, by way of Swan
lake, return to Ronanta," Gubsr
outlined.
X'early Ton of Trnpa
Almost a ton of traps will be used
In the control work. Three hun
dred and fifty of the steel clamps
will be placed and the trap line will
be regularly patrolled at frequent
Intervals.
"Coyote, are not our only prob
TWINS TALK
FREELY 10
REPORTERS
Relate Experiences' But
Decline to Discuss
Train Murders ,
PORTLAND, Ore., June 21.
(AP). Living the life of a
hunted thing, dodging about
the east to escape recognition
and arreat, maintaining aa
aloofnesa hardly in keeping
with their friend-making pro
penalties, Ray and Roy De Au
tremont, charged with Hugh,
their brother, with four bru
tal murders and the dynamit
ing of a mail ..train,., finally
fell into the hands of an ewer,
searching- government. They
told about it last night, as be
tween trains they ate and
smoked in" : the county jail.
They told of being witnesses
in Scioto county, Ohio, of
greeting the sheriff i- -of . "tho
county as they emerged 'from
the court room; of paaaing tho
bulletin board in the
I court, on which atartn w t
, them IikeileMe,
overmnt L1"
Thry told of hasty departures
' frn, ,h, , .,, ,h ... -
i niglil when on terra rioaeel . in on
their home to effect their arreat.
only to find them, flown; of
woman neighbor who told them ahe
had once been hostess for "one of
the twins," though ahe ne-vrr hart;
and of Kay'a wife. Hurl, and their
was mentioned. Then Ray looked
at Roy. Roy looked at Ray. Each ;
. shook a decisive head. "We're not
"owing any bridges until we get to
iham atsafrl IQnar "Daliaa
leave
j , . . ' ..
"This'll make a good story for ,
you If you write It properly," said
Roy, who throughout the discussion
inevitably prefaced his remark, with,
the same line. "We were witnesses
in mayor's court In Scioto county la
1925.
"Shook hand, with the sheriff
after the case was over, walked put
(Continued On Page Eight)
Klamath County
lem in Klamath county," Gubser ex
plained. . "Bob cats, while not a
numerous, are real killer, when
they once get the blood taste. On
Bob cat In Klamath baa been known
to .lay 20 sheep In one night. They
kill Just for the lust of killing. .
('ate Hold
"Strangely, the Bob cat. once he
get. the killer instinct, appears to
be unafraid. They attack with a
boldness that I. astonishing con
sidering the contemporary Idea of
the slinking feline.
"That Is one of the reason! It la
so difficult to get the cats In traps.
A coyote will pick a plausible route
of approach and follow It day In and
day out. The cat will come any
way the quickest way to get to his
quarry."
Gubser said that the ares covered
hy the long trap line Is badly In
need of control work. Because
part of the area covered Is In the
reservation, the Indian service a co
operating with the county and the
Biological survey In the control
work.