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WKATIIKIt.
OUKtiON: Generully fair tonight
and Hiitiirdny tint cloudy near th
coast. Not much change In tem
perature. Humidity somewhat be
low normal In Interior. Urn II
variable wind. -
SO
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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1927
Number 6072
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SACRIFICES
' OFFERED 10
VOLCANOES
Three Cones Belch
Forth Stream of
Lava in Hawaii
IIILO,
July 8.
Island of Hawaii,
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milo wido Hatcmaumau pit of
Kilauea, the largest active
volcano in the world, early to
day contained a lake of molten
lava a hundred acres in extent
into which three erupting
cones played their flow of
fiery liquid rock.
Mpllr I In- fnct Hint I'cli. Hie
HuHallim ti'liitnw goddem, l plnlg
l. iiicurillii. to native lii)tlilig),
never la M-ml a lava flow aero
llllo, unlive mdilittl of the luwif
anil lis vlelnlly oiiillnunl lu ct
tlii lr offering iu lu-r. t Fruiii their
plan's or uhM-rvatlon under Hit Irer.
fern buck from tlio barren rlg of
Hip (ill tin) mllMirnl lu Iturl food
and Ohelo urrrlea Into Ihe mollen
Hum.
TliroiiKlioul t hi (lay terrific sea
blunt carrying sulphur fume drov
spectator from lli odg of lit nil
and rlouds drifted toward III
desert
The coincidence of the absence of I
Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar. volcnnologut
who has devoted most of his life lo
studying moods when the eruption
began Just before dawn yesterday,
was a topic of rotntnon comment.
Dr. Juggnr. who Is now In Alaska,
wliirn he went last April, was .n
New York In I9!l al Ihv lime of the
eruption of that year, and al the
Insi previous outbreak he was lu Hie
orient.
I.snt year Dr. Jaggar hud planned
a trip from the Islands when the
Hixipuloa flow started from Mnuna
I, on. roiiipuulou volcano lo Kolulu.
Thu native Hawaiian declare that
I'elo, the goddess, likes Dr. Juggnr
and uses this means of keeping him
al his observation house above tho
Hub mnuuiau pit.
ITCKF.TT If...l
Changing his pha In guilty, .M uti
le)' Puckeit, lugging contractor, wns
fined by Justice W. II. Hume
on the charge of conducting a log
ging operation without making pro
per prorlslun for fighting fires.
I
FLASHES
MOVIK I IIODI ( l it IX Tltol Itl.i:
1. OS ,l(il:i.KH, .Inly H, AP) The city prow-cut or ittinounceil Imlay
he vcnuhl file n conipliilul cliiirKliiaT usury ukhIiinI Cecil II, Do Mttlo, mll
lioiuiiri iiiollou plcliii-i producer and luinker for nlleinil mrt Ichmt Ion
lu Ion n iiols flic leriiinnclnii the rolbiHiil hilliin Petroleum roi-Mmlliii.
(ioYCIINOH'H CAII HIT
Hi:.M'TI,i:. July H, (Al') A. W. (iiol.ilil subl to m a proiiiliienl
IH'imIiici iiiiiii from (iiicn;tu. un held In Jnll on nil otcn rhnrffe hen
lodny, followhiK it collision lHlveiu his iiiiloinohili mid one occiipbil
liv :ioverniir Kohiinl II. Hurtley, hi wife mid ibiUKliler mill iicvirul
Kiiesl Inn iiliilit.
( (XMT.M I-; TAI.MAIXiK To l'H.K DIYOIICK HI IT
I .OS AMiKI.KH; July 8, (Al') The KMinilncr nys Constunce Till
inmlKe, fltiii slur, mice illsiippoliitiil In foirluu mun'liiKe, will fib
sull for 11 tlUiirci soon iiKniiiNt Cnptniii Alustiilr Mackintosh, formerly
of tin Hi It Mi iiiiiiv nnil :t imtlve .if Hcotliinil.
l.l CH'I'ot K I'HKH.IIT HATI S Itlllll CUD
NPOK.WK, Wni.li., July H, ( Al) I'reliilit rnte on livestock ship
hmI from Ciiion Pacific brunch Hue In Orcfiuu lo Spoknut welt re
lucetl l'Jl& per ei'iil liNlay, lo eiiinllM. rati on stii-h slilpinent 1o
'ortliind.
. AAltOX HAPIItO HAPPY
MAMKATOOX, NiiNk., July H, (AP) Deep Milbriictlon at Hit re
ported w ll Iwl i i ill of nltiick linn to on tin Jens through Henry Ford's
Denrhorii Inilt'pc nilctif, mis i'iresseil hero IimIii.v by Auron Suplro of
ClilriiKOi ulio stnteil Hint neRol hit Ions for the seltleim-nt of the ijtl.lMin,.
IIIIO libel i nil HuiiiK Peril cif In proK ess,
II NF.dltO
I I. (HID
w t) ..t, .luiy , Al')
H, ( AP)
ilronneil til, I'nii lliirii tinliiv when
being leliiincil lo their homes ut
KLAMATH BASIN
ADVERTISED BY
EASTERN RADIO
"Klniiiulh business mu niny iml
rrnllne II, but Hit) name and fuuiti
of the Klamath Imsln and Crater
lake Is l.i' I iik curried an I lie air In '
oitm or ilia most prominent radio
stations Ihrpughout Ilia mil."
This was Ihii roiutni'iit yesterday
of Prank Q. Treadway, bead of III.) .
Houlhurn Pacific. News Bureau d-1
pertinent, who, with II. K. Kelly. I
manager of devolopment. Is spending
sevorul days here on an Inspection
trl. !
"Wii aro naturally plnyliiK mi
Cralir luk In llio nasi," Mr. Trrad-1
war roiilinui'd, "and In thai conuce
llon Kluma'h Falls and Hi" grein
Kluinuili basin comes lu for Us share.
"General piisscngcr oltrnts of III)
mi, wv'.'ii uisiruiieu 117 me rsr-
rinlvd llnlisrllili.nl In lv. fall.. i.l
Crater lake and this solon over
radio whenever possible."
RWFFNFY MAY RF
U II LLllL I II III I UL
CHARGED TODAY
Reckless Driving Complaint;
Will be Filed by State
Traffic Officer
K. C. Sweeney, Oli'lie merchant,
will be formally charged this after
noon or tomorrow morning; with
reckless driving In connection l h
the auto accldeut iragi-dy 'eilnoi- j
day morning In which Hubert Hhsw. i
l'l. Crescent City, was Instantly
killed 20 miles west of Klamath Falls
on the Ashland-Klamath Kails high-
jway at 'hair pin" curve, Htals Traff'e
I Officer Walter A. Foster said this
morning following a conference wlih
District Attorney W, M. Duncan.
Determination of authorities to
prosecute the Oleno merchant fol
lows the verdict of the rorotier'a Jury
al an Inquest held over Hhow's death
at the Karl Whlllock Funeral homo
last night. The Jury held that evi
dence showed that Sweeney had
driven recklessly.
Tom Ducey. Shaw's companion,
held tint Sweeney was responsible
for the accident In that he had forc
ed their cur over the side of tlio cm
bunk incut.
"I'ersnnni l of the coroner's Jury is
ns follows: Leslie lingers, foreman;
('. K. Itllcy. A. II. Collins, J. I. John
stone, S. It. Itedkey anil L. K. Alex
ander. lll.AMKS ITI'I'V
NKW YOUK. July 8, (A') Martha
Musou. Htugo dancer was fined $i
lor leaving her car on a street seven
hour. Her excuso wa that her
darling Chow puppy chewed n clgar-
letlo stub and became frightfully 111.
lllil't'dl'.IOH DKOWNKI
l.lrvi'tl nejro floiMl refiiKi'es wen
Clrvi'ti ni'Kco flood
I lie flat bi.ul iliion which Ihev were
Woodsltlo nntl Melville ovcltui llfd.
E
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MERGER
BEFORE I. G. G.1"
Great Northern Pacific
Be Name Of Com
bined Syttem
To
WASHIM.'TON, July 8.
i'lirmnl niillcNlbin was mailt to
llie tnlcritliilf' Commerce t'om
iiiImIoii tiMluy for approval of Hie
pn.Jict to roiinollilnle the orfli
em Pacific and (ircnt Northern
Itiilli-oml.
The compli'le plan which has
been drawn up and approved by
stockholders and of fliers of the two
roads, provides for creation of a
new company, the Great Northern
Pacific, under Ibe laws of Delaware.
irhEvJE;
!"ou stock. 2.479.H6U shorn
I'nder this plan lh corporation
II
co lu
res of
which would be exchanged for the
outstanding slock of Hie Northern
'Pacific Hiillro.il and MSU.9M
shares. of w hich would be exchanged
I for outstanding stock of the (ireal
Northern Compiny.
Heeurlflc INMMltcd.
I Most of tint securities of the en
listing companies already have been
deposited with committees In prep
aration for the contemplated ex-
bstige.
The new (ireat Northern Pacific '
Company's plan also lucludes lease j
of the Spokane, Portland, and Seat-'
He lUllroud, which Is now owned
n common by the Northern Paclfl,
and (ireat Northern. While
(Continued On Page Klght)
the
Manufacturing Position
Mot Favorable in
Months; Price Quoted
HOSTON. July 8. (Pi The Com
mercial llttllelln tomorrow will say:
"There I a broader demand for
wool and price arc generally firm
er, though not quotably dearer, ex
cept for a few descriptions. The
tendency of the market, however. Is
leflnltelv ncnln.it the buyer. Prices
In the west aro fully firm, with Of-'
mand sternly.
"i.l.in I,,.. ,,i.nc,l with nrlcos
approximately five percent dearer
on the average than the close of;
Ihe previous series. All foreign
markets nre strong, with an u ti
ward tendency.
"Tho manufacturing position Is
I ha most favorable It has been for
months, with more or less general
htu'lng In mediate quantities.,
"Mohair li steady with demand
still slow."
The Commercial Bulletin will
publish the following quotation
tomorrow : '
Scoured html: Oregon
Dregoti: Flue and
K. M. staple 1.05
lo 1.07; fine and
F M clothing 90 to PS.
M.ilinlrs: Orlclnsl line avernuo 12
months. Oregon 00 to 95.
Residence Tract
Will be Opened
C.. J-ilf -..
Another homeslto on I'pper KIs-
math, Luke will be opened Sunday
according lo announcement today by
It. P. Oliver, owner, and (I. A. Hell-1
man, ngetil, for On Klla homo-
RRBADFR Mil
IFOR WOOL SEEN!
sites. ; agency for Tho Chevrolet In Kl-
Thl new homesltn lies about n ninth county. Is retiring from hitsl
inllo n ml a half beyond the newness, with hla present plana inde
Fremont
highwny
bridge on the lloek Creek
mid overlooking KluliKith
I. like.
Mr. Oliver has sot aside a tract of
ground for a community park, and
Is also Installing hi own witter sys
tem for the owners of these sites.
Tho luko at thl point affords
boating, swimming and fishing dl-j
versions, and wuh Ihe completion of
the Itock Creek hlghwiy this yenr. Mrs. Locke, wife of tho new own-1 with her In order that that-organl-: tative. Charles F. DvLap. Prevail
good roads will he "provldedjorof the company will Join her hus- notions could curry on work for tho i Ing price wa 30 cent s pound,
throughout tho year. , band within the near future, 'war vets, 1 j The Boston company monopoliied
AUTO TRAFFIC
STOPPED OVER
CANAL BRIDGE
Willi a serious accident Imminent
lung as II remains open, Hie city
iiglneer's office today took prelim
inary steps lo clone the Main street
brldiiu crossing the government
rnnul at the east city limits.
J The move followed an Investlga
i Hon by Assistant City Knglneer
! frank St. Howard,
j "The brldic Is absolutely dunger
jous." Mr. Howard commented. "Tha
i main support baa given away and an
I auto accident tragedy la Inevltablu
unless the span I repaired."
j Th city engineer's office plan
lo erect a barrier on Hie city side of
Hie span the bridge Is located Just
without the city limits and will
advise the county court that proper
steps should be Immediately taken
to repair the structure.
JUDGE TO BIND
ODER C.
Alleged Cattle Thief Given
Hearing in Justice Court;
Is Under Bond
"I have decided to bind over
Charles Walker to the grand Jury. :
for further Investigation on the
chirge of stealing a cow from A. ,
.Minn Is. I believe the case warrants
a further probe. This action will
be taken this afternoon." )
ThUi wa the announcement this j
morning ot jweiice.oi me i --i . -El.
Ilarnes. following s bearing ' In
Justice court yesterday morning Ojhd
; afternoon. " .
Walker, a resident of Heatty, is
suspected with being Implicated In
cattle rustling ring In Sprague Klver
valley and Identified with wholesale
ivestork thefts in that district.
Ho I charged with having stolen
cow owned by A. Minnie. The corr
was tethered Just outside Justice
conrt and waa Identified by state
witnesses.
District Attorney W. M. Duncaa.
handling the case for the state,
iinrcil Ihnl Wnlker be bound over to
the grand Jury under $1500 bond,!
holding that the evidence was auffl-1
clent to warrant a further. Investi
gation. Walker told officer that he had j
purchased the co
from A. Vinson.
Vinson, on the stand as a state's
witness, repudiated Walker's alleg.i-
tlon saying that while he had fo'1
Wnlker livestock that the cow
question was" not Implicated
Mlnnl positively
cow ns his properly.
identified Ihe
Through a deal Just brought to
close,' W. It. Locke of Yakima, Wash-
In, ton. has become the owner of the
I., o. Arens i nevroiet Agency, wnicn
I will he known hereafter
'""'''O Motor Company.
as Tiie
, .nr. i.ocse comes io iviaiiiiu
Falls from .Washington, where lor
more than So years he tins been es
tablished In the hardware business.
I The deal, considered one ot the
i largest transacted In this city In
many months Involved something In
hhorhood of $35,000.00 and i
WALKER
AUTO AGENCY IS
SOLD BY ARENS
one of the most proittatiie nusines
local Ions in local automobile circle. Mrs. liosemnry Good, connected ,
Final closing of the deal has been'Hh the National Red Cross, and'
pending for several months. ..appointed executive secretary of 1
Mr. Arens. who for more than lx 1 1'ed Cros work in Klamath county,
and one-half years has had tho! has arrived to take over her wprlt
finite. For the present he plnns
to take hla family and enjoy a much
needed rest on the tipper I'mpqua
river.
"It Is my Intention to carry on
the business In the same capable
, manner which Mr. Arens ha done)
'and there will he no changes In the:
stuff," Mr. Locke stated this after-'
! noon.
FORD IB JENSITTb
E PEACE;
IS
Dearborn
' Longer .
Independent No
Will Attack
Race, Statement
XKW YOltK, July . (.M)
Tlimuuli Arthur IVrMnr,
MtttriiM'iit wu iiiJi1 public to
i.j.jr quoting Hnry Font m tmy
In K hr IihiI nlfrn hU IK-arbont
lmlMiMlitit tu (JbM-ontinur per
niMiirntly all rliJn huttllf lo
flic Jcttinh pcoplr. TIm utate-
mit any Injury tlir urtlrli niny
linvc rutiMwl,
The announcfment win mde at
Mr. Kord'n requent, nuid Mr, BrU
hanf. who quulen Mr. Ford an ar-
I Ing
"This statement Is made on my
own Initiative and wholly In the In
terest of right and Justice and In
accordance with what I regard a
my solemn duty as a man and as a
cltlsen."
Mr. Itrlsbane asserts that on be
half ot Wm. Itandolph Hearst, pub
lisher of the American, he offered
Mr. Ford 81.000.000, for the Dear
born Independent.
"No. J won't sell It." be quotes j
Mr. Ford as replying. "But I'm go
ing to make it a house organ and i
I am going to stop absolutely every- I
thlug that could possibly cause com-1
plaint or hurt tho feelings ot any
body." Mr. Ford's statement follows
part:
(Continued On Page Klght)
in
EVENS OUSTED
AS PR0H1
George Alexander, Hills-'
boro, Appointed Success
or; Political Move
SAI.KM. Ore., July 8, (A) The re
moval of Wm. S. Levens. state pro- ,
hlbltlon commissioner, and the ap- !
nolntment of George Alexander of
ll lilt, boro, a hi successor, were an
nounced today at the office of Gov
ernor Patterson. A formal resig
nation, it is understood will be re
reived from I.cve but thla will be
.1 h. -..,.,. , th. .nv.r..r Tho
i chnnge I effective July 15.
Livens has Invited Alexander
to
coma to Salem prior to that date
and acquaint himself with the work
of the department with the assis
tance of Levens.
The change la admittedly political.
a democratic appointee ot former
Cover nor Pierce simply being asked
to step out and give way to a re- j
I publican successor. Levens was '
'.appointed early in 19!5 after an in-'
vestlgntlon of the prohibition de
I partment by a specially appointed
rommtttee of the legislature. He is '
S . trfkflllr.d with hnvlnff enmhed nut the '
! snarls In the denartment and has1
on()u(.,(,(j llle 0(ire j cooperation
wtn th(, sileriffa and
he sheriff and district attor
neys of Ihe state. He moved the
I administrative offices ot the depart-
mollt frol Portland to Salem.
Representative of
Red Cross Arrives
To Take Over Work
111 this district
Mrs. Good will devote her full
time to handling Ked Cross work in
the Klamath country. She is now
located at the hotel Wlllard but
will Inter ho located In her own of-
jflce.
1 "Klamath ha responded to call
of Ked Cross, particularly ' durlni
the Mississippi flood crisis." Mr
Good commented,
The lied Cros representative ask'
ed that air ex-service men register
DECLAR
HENRY
HEAD
I AID TO STATE
i
POKTI.ANI). Ore., July . (V) -
"Construction of the extension of
, the Oregon Trunk south from Ilend
to Klamath Kalis by the Great
Northern will bring our line In clos
er touch with Oregon's development
and hen-after we will he much
more Intimately Identified with the
affairs of this state."
The statement wis made today by
llalph lludil. president of the Oreal
Northern after his return to Port
land after a trip over the proposed
route of the Oregon Trunk exten
sion with other officials of bis com
pany. "When the Oregon Trunk exten
tenslon Is completed we will have
a line running almost entlrelr
through the state from north to
south." said President Iludd. "We
expect many big developments lo
(Continued On Page Eight)
CUTTLE 1SIBS
W. C. Dalton, Pioneer Live
stock Operctor, Sees Pros
' perity In Business
That the cattle business is com
ing back strong and the period of
depression Is over, waa the message
of Bill Dalton, pioneer stockmin
and banker ot the Klamath ' Basin,
today In an address at the Rotary
club luncheon.
, Mr. Dal too reviewed the cattle
Industry from the earliest history of
the went, showing how the cowboy
with his herd had been the trail
hlaier. only to be followed by his
5C1K
more timid brother the man whi Cnrdy home which waa completely
tills the soil. I destroyed by fire of undetermined
Tracing the price, from the early ! origin early thla niornlng. The
nineties down to the present, the ody wa, found under the bed.
speaker showed how the high Neighbors aroused by the fire, re
point had been reached and then I sw Alrln McCurdy. thr,
the decline, proving that this year husband, outside the house dressed
the price Is advancing and the stock "" ' trousers, shoe and under-
rattle are becoming
less
and less
In numbers.
It I the old law of supply and
demand that Is right in the rattle
Industry and Mr. Dnllon looks for
, long period of prosperity among
the men engaged in the industry
He dwelt at some length on . Ihe
livestock resources of Klamath, call
ing attention to the China lettuce
feed in the lower luge as teea mat
has proven by demonstration to be
! the best fattener
for lambs ever
est. Tule lake,
' discovered in the
Dalton claimed, is the home of the
hog and hogs ran be matured and .
marketed there at les. expense than,
elsewhere. Touching upo i the Fort
Klamath conntry as the finisher of I
cattle where from 300 to 40f '
pounds of meat are put on an anl- I
mat In five months, he siimmarifed j
this basin as the very best for all
kinds of livestock. j
!
He spoke of the lack of breeders ;
and viewed with considerable appro- j
henslon the fact that
everyone
seems to want to feed rather than
raise cattle, a condition which ho
Insists will hare to be changed be
fore very lung. ;
The Klwunls quartet won great
prnlse from Itotarlnn toduy with
several selection. They were Invlt-
ed guest ot the Kotarians. P. O.
Landry presided.
J. Koshknd Company Purchases
583,433 Pounds Klamath Countv '
Wool; Sheep Men Gross $175,000
One of the largest individual wool
buying transactions ever negotiated
i In the Klamath basin, Involving
$175,000 and nearly 800.000 pounds
of Klamath wool, has been consum
mated and tho last of 21 cars of
' fleece will be shipped next Tuesday
from Kirk.
j The wool ha been purchased by
i J. Koshland and company, prominent
! manufacturers ot Boston. Mans.
! The wool wa bought through the
Boston concern's Klamath represent
OF
IS
Charred Body Taken
From Ruin of ' 1
Burned Home
OREGON CITY, Ore., Julr
8. (AP). That Mrs. Ethel
McCurdy of Canemah, was
murdered and the house , in
which she lived with her hus
band was set afire and burn
ed to the ground to hide thu
crime was the belief of Clack
amas county officials follow
ing an autopsy after the find
ing of the body today.
The woman's haslMBst. Alvlt lc
Curdy, flremaw employ"! "T lr
Huwley Paper Company. ar
rested this afternoon by' Sheriff
Mao, who uid a dinner of murder
would he filnl axninst hrm. He
wan suffering from sever I rat ami
burn.
The autopsy showed four deep
wounds on Mrs. McC'urdy'a heed,
say one of which could have caused
her death. aid Coroner O. A. Pac.
The wonnds bad apparently been In
flicted with a blunt instrument, one
on each side of the head, one on
top ami another at the twse'ei th .
skull. !
. Mr. McCurdy' body wa fonnl
in the smouldering mini of the Mc-
suirv.. n nuu iuu hv,hiui -
j burned, It waa stated, and he was at
tempting to re-enter tho burning
building when first een. '
When asked if hi wife had gotten
out of the house he replied that he
thought she had. neighbors report
ed. A number of articles of furni
ture were taken from the bnrnin;
building by neighbors before flame
made entrance Impossible.
The McCurdy home wa a five
wag consldere1 one of the mo,t
j ,, ,. . m. .
The McCordy, h,Te on, ,
F,ovd ,4 yf.nn old He ot
,M wUh his th ,,,
- ,he but regded nearby
. ' '
UfegOfl AVetlUC tO
ReDOired Soott
. , . ,
General repair work of Oregon
Av(,nue, ,,, ,r,fr,c rtery through
fh. nor,h Bnr.ioI. of Klamath Fall,.
i be con,ttnted immedlatoly by
the street repair department, John
I'erllngs, street commissioner, an
nounced this morning.
"The street will be scarified, blad
ed and rolled," the street commis
sioner explained. "The work will
be initiated Immediately In order to
keep the road In good condition tor
heavy tourist traffic."
the Klamath clip thl year, taking
nearly two thirds of the total ctlp
tor the Klamath country, estimated
at approximately 900,000 pound.
The wool shipments have been
leaving Klamath several rar at a
lime. .They will be unloaded, at
San Francisco and shipped by boat
to Boston by way of the Panama
canal.
Mr. DeLap, who ha occupied a
prominent position in wool buying
in Klamath for the past few years,
has been buying tip wool from wool
growers for the past twi months. '
HUSBAND
VICTIM
BE NG
0
t