The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, January 25, 1928, City Edition, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextMm City Edition The Old How P"- wrath nn. OREGON: Vnsetllcil aL prob ulily mln west portion tonight nil Thursday. Moderal temper ature. Fresh southeast winds. "uS Or7??r' C",n iociated Press and United Press Telegraph Service Herald Advertisers Appreciate Your Trade Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, , WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1928 Number 62-12 mm Jl 0 u 7AW n u UU Lrvl U LINK BANK DIRECTORS IN TRIAL Charge that Northwestern National Bank Had Approved Check REVIEW STATUS WHEELER'S ON CREDO Charles A. HheiMnl Attempt to Hiiuw Trwt It Was Common Knowledge Around llnuk Tluil (Imki of I'uhlUtirr Were lie. Ing IMurtMst; Itoaolutloti llcsd In Court. i TORTLAND, Jan. 25 (A P)- Taking testimony in the triul of Emery Olmnteail and J. F. Wheeler, charged with conspiracy to violnto tha ntttionnl bank act, be gan today when the govern mont called Mark Skinner, vice president of the North western National bank, of which Olmsteitd waa presi v lent. . ' ' A feature of today' session in Introduction of check, which had, bvn deposited 111 Ihe North-' western Nailniml Hank by J. K. Wheeler. Homo of these check worn depoaltod while F.mory Olmatead. president, wsi linen t from lllo vlty and tho check were hnn to have been approv-l ed by other officer uf (ks bank I than Olmstrad. . - Approval by O I pi I 0 a d of check depended by Wheeler wa , one of the point stressed by I'nlled Stale District Attorney Neuner In outlining the tana ye tarday. Under questioning by Neuner. Skinner declared that fiio.noo waa the limit nndir tin law which could be loaned by tho Norlhweatern National Rank to ny Individual concern. With nilnutea of tho meeting . of the executive committer and ' board of director before him Skinner mimed varlnua root hods under which tho bank operated. A reaoliilton waa adopted by tha executive committee October 0, 10 34. ordering that certain note be accepted from Wheeler to cover a shortage of $3110,0110 that had been canned In hl no count by return of rhecka drawn on eaalern bank. Another resolution paaaed by ' tho board, at which time Olm atead waa preacnl, related to ill t poaltlnn of a letter from tho comptroller of the currency ro tative, to Whcolur'a alleged over draft. Cheater A. Rhophnrd, re proa entlng Olmatead, croaa-examlnod Hklner at length and endeavored to ahow that, It waa common . knowledge around tha bank thnt tho Wheeler chock were being returned, and that certain other officer ' okeyod check offered by Wheeler. A resolution waa Introduced to ahow that on July 13, 192(1, thn (Continued onliag fix) Council Again Changes . TMind; Election on 28th Vacillation of thn city council on tha question of whether or i not tho city sperlul election, orig inally let for February 2H, should he poitponed several weeks, r ime to an abrupt end last night. The city administration hold thnt so called logul hazard were noth ing more than legal mirage. The ordinance authorizing tho dale of the lection waa adopted Inst night and the dale specifically ot for February 19. '.City Attornoy A. V. Hchnnpp had raised the question Monday night of whether or not the ew or bonds, If approved, could later be set aside on a regal tech nical It y. Mr. Schaupp's position wa that ordinance SB4 provid ing legal machinery for Initiative and referendum measures wn not passed according to charter regulation, hut Wit In accord- . Rnro wllh state statute. Ills pro posal w.is to re-enact tha or dlpouce and aHorwardi retraced PORTABLE IS ERECTED: MAY START TODAY , Kreried within few week, tho Weyerhaeuser Timber company' portable mill on the llolllday mill alto, la nearly really ot turn out railroad tie for the ten-mile logging rail road. It wa announced thla morning. In fact. If It were not for a mlaalng part In the portable nilll'a motor, the lit tle plant would be la opera tion thla mornln-:, I'nlraa the nereaaary part can be aupplled through Klam ath machine concern, Jt will probably be noceaeary to end away for the artlcl. thua de laying tha atari. The Inniber plant I n nocr. aary preliminary to major op eralluu by the Wryrrhueuser Timber company In Klamath. Announcement of the exact location of the bur. plant which will probably bo alert ed thla year whether on the Mutton aite or the llollldny l(e I expected from Weyer haeuaer offlclala in the near ,'ulilro. v P. O. OFFICIAL WILL ADDRESS SERVICE CLUB Member of the Itotary club of till city will have the opportun li y of hearing KC- Clement, rocognlied aa one of the oldest employe In the poaial eorvlce at the regular meeting on Friday noon, February 21. Member of the club have been attempting to bring .Mr. Clemenia to the city for om time and he ha accepted an Invitation to be a guuet of the club on lht above date. Mr. Clements ha been coming to Klamath Kail for more lhau 20 year and I thoroughly fam iliar with thl aectlon of Oregon. It la th rou ch hla effort that much of the data on Klamath county ha been turned Into Waahlngton. I). C. for the pro posed new federal building. KI.KH IIAXCK TOMtiflT A dancing' party for Klka and their lady Irlenda will be given at Klka Temple tonight, the first party for Klka alone since New Year'a eve. A aerlea of Klka aoclul affair have been definite ly outlined for the remnlnder of the winter and spring month. Vlaltlng Klka In Klamath Kullo are cordially Invited. .HM Allot Ml KTCItKVr NOT rilllMi OKl'KNSK BALEM. Ore., Jan. 25. Wl -The charge that he pine- ed hla arm around one of 4 tha girl pupil of Varrlah Junior high school while ac- rompanying her home la not sutflvjent reuse for ahrog- ration of the teaching con- tract of H. K. Illee. the ttalora school board waa In- formed by City Huperlntend- cut tloorga Hug last night. Rice Is an Instructor In mathematics. Me waa dls- tnlaaed by II. K. Durham, principal of the school after the above mentioned Incl- dent. Superintendent Hug aald t h a t "contract with teachers cannot be broken except In caaesf groas neg- llgenre of duty or Immoral ) ronduet. the council' steps In legal pre liminaries preceding the sewer bond election an Initiative meas ure. - Mr. Schnupp explained that op position against tha sewer bond wa , manifest In many section and that ordinance G54 might bo tn entering wedge In an Attempt to overthrow the bond Issue, If ratified. Long dlsrtisKlon Inst night fin ally convinced Mr. Hrhnupp and Ihe council that uch a contin gency was very remote. Mayor Walters pointed out the neces sity bf having the Issue settled In order to get an early start on the project It tha rotor ao vole. Proponents ot tho civil service system in municipal government were forced to swallow their dis appointment. If the election hnd been postponed, they would have boon able to get their measure (Continued on pa i) HA L RUM VIOLATORS T Cretin Taken Before Ex- . m. ' ! Officio Maglitrate Plead Guiltv 1 f NO Tltn "WlNi OUT nV Pound trout booked and landed beat waa chatting agreeably: no ntl InKUWn JJ I DI hr j.;0 Cordon of 1'ortland. won ; body dreamed that 60 yard be PROHIS CATCHES ,11 ,in,t Pr'n In the Field and hind the alowly moving craft a Mnlllng OfflcT Alitnl ufv Hlicrlff lul .. I -. . - . Ctilef of Police Ambrow mid, '! i.ii ... t i iHi.. ' A. M. Tnnlue In Kerb uf Quick Itnbl Ijim XlKlil. After aulklns their nrer for week, federal prohibition "off I-j In the Held and Stream niaga- cere aided by county and rity.zine. , officers,' swooped down upon re-1 Here Is the account of the puled notorious liquor dlspen- landing of the great trout. 1 arte of Klamath Kail last night and arrested 11 men on 1927 Gordon was -fishing. Idly . various charge ranging from Ihelfrcm a boat In the Odessa reg- state charge of selling liquor to Ion Pelican bay on the north- the more serious count of con-i western aide cf I'pper lake. HI splracy to violate the prohibition Uw. i fully planned rdlng to ar- The raid waa care and executed according raurementa previously made. The officers Instead of moving in a body from one suspected boot legging center to another, di vided their force and struck at a number of "Jolnla" at, the same lime. Piat experience In .which tho word wa llaihed out that the "prohls were knockln' 'em over" Impelled this precautionary move. Jack O'llrlen, taganne street. F. M. Oodson. M. M. Dunlap and M. Power. Ksst Main street: ('. A. Mcl.eery. said to be an apart ment houao manager, and Ceorge Waltermlre who waa O'Brien's partner, were all accused of be ing Involved la a widespread liquor conspiracy plot. Chances of conspiracy to violate the federal prohibition law were filed agulnat ail six and bond of I2&U0 was set for each by Celled Slates Commissioner Pert C. Thomas this morning. O'llrlen and Mr lery were released thl morn ing under bond. The remainder of the sextet were held in the county Jail pending the outcome of a preliminary hearing before the federal magistrate. Instead of taking prisoners held on state charges before Jus ( Continued on page aixV 'li t; IS WASHINGTON. Jan. 25. (Jn . Senator Curtla of Kansas, who la ' a candidate for the republican presidential nomination, derlared today for a plank In the next ' party platform pledging atrlct en- '. fnrrement cf the prohibition lnw.- Ho also announced hi .opposi tion to the states determlng whnt alcohol content should be permitted and sold he was agnlnst repeal of either the ISth amendment or the' Volstead act. CANDIDATE ARDENT HI views were stnted In n let- J. Brooks prcpored today to re-'the Fox studio here, will be mar-, was Issued a permit to erect a 'lor to Senator Hornh cf Idaho, j turn home, more confident than r,i month The brlde-to- ' .000 . home. Other permits who Is questioning all republlcnn ever of the tiny craft's ability.,, " , , . ,. 1 which brought up the totul for presidential candidates on ' tho Ho said he would make another I"8' rctu"lnK 'or om0 llme the month were mostly for re- wet and dry Issue. i attempt to reach tho Florida clty 'o confirm or deny rumors preva- van ,0 homes. "As you arp a former citizen as soon a weather permits. lent In tho film colony, thnt she : Iiesplte the feet this month of Kansas," Curtis wrote, "I have Itrcoks planned to break his wn engaged to Hawkes, finally dnds the permits unusually low. I no doubt yon recall my record ! return trip with an overnight, , , . .....', due to the continued cold weath- as prosecuting nttorney for'slop In Washington. nU(l8 11 ,orm", """""" nf,er. bright prospects are held for I Shawnee county, Kansas, from After encountering "terrible,"'9 betrothal yesterday. i the coming spring months, when ; 1 S S to 18S9. . i weather" all tho way down from' The date of the ceremony was 'a number of homes nd business I "P believe In meeting the -Is- Petroit and struggling to fly hl', for February 23 and will be blocks are scheduled to be built. io .quarely and am heartily In baby ship across the last remain- per(ormpd ot Miss. Astor s borne . . ' miir in inn hi liny eiuoi ciiik. an of ritir tun-it nnd I nm nntinH'ii lo the ropfMil of tlio lSlh amend- intent or thn Volntpad act.M i ' SIJSPFrT HANCS 'SELF IN JAIL . CHAHLERTOIV, W. Va.. Jan. 2fc !) Wise Bailey. SO. aliarg - I en wim killing his mother anil step-father, Mr. nnd Mr. Enoch Tolllrer, hanged himself In the j county Jail today., . Tho murders occurred In the 1 Tolllver homo at Plerpont, West IVIrlirfnin Inst Ileceliiber 211 llnll. ley escaped. (In wa arrested In Ashland, Ky.. nnd brought tit Charleston Inst night by a stnte policeman. . , Biggest Rainbow in U. S. for 1927 Taken From Klamath Lake I'pper Klamath lake famous throughout the nation aa a haunt jfor the i biggest rainbow trout I that awlm I again bunking In L " -- warm ,ow of '" P- "city., ' Announcement ai made yr- terdny that 20 and one-half ream i-unnaning company a an- nual flnhlng ronteat. In other orda, ao far riled and ; , r - in .rnum aacertaln. tier don' trout wu the largent rain bow caught In the 4 atate of the nation during 1927. Mr. (Jordon will receive ti valu able prlie. Ills atory of the land ing of the leviathan of Klamath lake will aoon I'pper ' appear On a warm summer day In 'Friendly Criticism of City ' Given by Bishop Remington Members of the Chamber ofiber of Commerce member that Commerce Kornm heard Hlshop flaunt u Kails never would William P.' nemlngton, head of amount to three whoop In a the Kaaiern Oregon Kpiei-opal , rainbarrel, figuratively speaking, rilorean, todiy nt the noon hour, until the desire for homes exlet- The bishop Is here on regit-, ed. Ihe support of the achools lar trip of Inspection of - hla ! and churches increased and the church arid la always a very wel- j fight for morality Intensified, come visitor to Klamath Falls, i Pointing to the community Itev. J. Henry Thomas, rector i chest work which Her. Mr. Thom of St. Paul's church, presided aa , a lias so ably conducted here, chairman and Introduced, the ; the bishop said, "I am paying I hlshop who was Inclined to lay bire the defocls of Klamath and speak in a very direct, although a friendly, manner. lie frowned upon the reputation which he claimed this city has acquired for lawlessness and crime, ex - pressed a belief that proper sup port wa not being given the law enforcement officer and drifted Into gener.it ttack upon the crime wave of the na tion ahowlng by magazine figure thnt crime Is not a paying tnstl- Itutlnn In dollars and cents. The bishop found considerable fault with the home, situation In this city asserting that home f i-' functions, i nauclng here wa nothing less1 He closed hla address by as I th.sti. usury and that the incen- i aurlng the audience that 'there itlr4 to build homes did not seem I was aomething greater In the 'tovexhu. Ills Indictment of the world than the dollar sign and -yeop!e who In the past apparent- ii' came nere to maae money ana lisve waa severe. AnoLher rebuke he paaaed up- tin the, citlzeary was the lark of Interest tnken by parents In the school. He assured the Cham- WEATHER STOPS FUGHTTO, BE MARRIED ASHEVILLE, N. C. Jan. 2S (An Forced down here bv.... .. . ... . stormy weather on hi attempted : non-stop I"t roll-Miami flight In I the Ford "Flivver" plnne. Hurry ins riu UI llie mue mime, uiuiiu- luin llrnnkit hrnueht thn tilnno down on a hill in Aaherlllo inn- orb shortly at 4:30 o'clork yen - I rtH ii v ft ir ti rxrxn llaavv hnnrl wind and Ice forming on the , wing at high altitude and fog JT' 01 "7 him to the ground, he ali forced aid. i . . ! REDDINU ROAD TO PARK, REDDING, Onllf., Jon. 25. ( A. fluter-state commerce commission j during the Spanish-American war. P. I .Appointing a committee to for tho construction of the cress-1 He wns American charge, d'af devtse means of raising . funds, ! stntn railroad from Odell to fairs In Guatemala In 190S nnd Redding business men yesterday i took the first step to carry out! pi uw to build a proposed Ked - ding to , Lassen uuUoutil park highway. . tackle waa light and hi lure was "u 11 w "round noon: the lake wo quiet ana nun, appar- Not only that, but the boat wa, loaded with Gordon's companion. jThey Included Mr. and Mr. E. Thomas. William (Sanong hnd ser-i eral children. Everybody in the long, nine ana swill lorm una lawung in behind, attracted by the craty zlg-aagglng, the pir- ouettes. the flashes and dlpa and rlHes of a baas plug. Suddenly Cordon felt a strike; It was more like a blow, he af terwards said. The long line be hind the boat was as taut, aa a piano airing: (iordon'a reel began to alng and then scream In a shrill wild err. Inside the boat Ganong and Mr. and Mrs. The mas sensed by the sngler'a attitude that here 'was no ordinary front. They were silent, except for a few low words of raujlon. The children omitted iquesjs of delight aa the light t Continued on page 2) the salary of your community 1 chest director. This city gets olf I with no expense for Mr. Thomas' work whereas If you had to hire ; an executive secretary you woujd , pay from $3,000 to 14.1100 per ! yeor." He then explained that the work Mr. Thomas has done for the community chest was on time that the church paid him for, and that thswUishop is pay ! ing portion of that amount. This, the bishop did not object ' er but he did register a com- plaint on the astonishment which : prevailed when the church asked ifor. donations for some of its , that Klamath Falls would never come into ner own uiue vim i home, the church and the school i were made the cornerstones upon which to build In the same' man' ner that other communities nave i done. 1 !5 HOLLYWOOD. Calif.. Jan. i ' ' ' ie,u..i - - ,,on P'f'u actress and Kenneth. Hnwkes, production supervisor at I ore. a ! ROGUE CHAMBER SUPPORTS rily-)! ' t RAIL PROJECTS MEDFORD, Jan. 25. (P) The director of the Med ford rhamber of commerce last night voted to support the Oregon public service commission In its plea to the i Crane. The body also voted Its support to the construction of' a 1 proposed Modoc Northern rail - way front Klamath. Falls to Al - 'turai. ,.,, NOTED ACTRESS DEVIL DOGS OCCUPYING REBEL E0R1 Stronghold Which Had , Been Considered Im .' pregnable it Taken . . SAND NO BELIEVED NOT DEAD; WOUNDED One Thousand Marine Marching Into Rebel Infested DUtrirt Determined to Htamp Out trnre and for All Outbreaks In War Torn Republic. MANAGUA. Nicaragua. Jan. 23 (API American marines were Installed foday on the alope of El Chlpote mountain, the strong hold which the rebel general Augustlno Sandlno ronaidered Impregnable. Thla was the sec ond rebel besdquarters to fall before the marine advance In which Sandlno Is believed by ma rine to have fceen wounded. The Sandlno headquarters at Quila.l wa seized by marines on January IS after a battle In wblrh five marines were killed. Sandlno then withdrew to El Chl pote and entrenched himself on the mountains. Seeking to verify report that Sandlno had been killed In the encounter marine planes flew over Kl Chlpote. last. week. They noted no activity there, only signs of death and evacuation being evident. Yesterday, Major Archibald Young, commander of the ma rines in the affected section, ad vised headquarters that a col umn of marines had established itself on the. slopes of Kl Chl pote. Patrols operating in the vi cinity have killed between six and ten rebels In the past few days but the region Itself has been extremely quiet recently. Colonel Louis Mason Gullrk, in command of operation, said It waa fairly well established that Sandlno was 'wounded in the raid on January 14. It was not however seriously. Latest advices were that San dlno bad a small group of fol lowers with him. The main body of rebels is understood to have (Continued on page 3) The long apeU. of cold weather. which has persistently held on through the month of January Is responsible for building per mits dropping off. With but six days remaining for tho month of January, a total ot (13,300 In permits had been issued up until today at the office cf Police Judge Lent Gaghagen. ' A permit to N. T.' McCoy to erect a $5,000 home at 1940 , Portland avenue In riot Springs ; tna iar(test permit Issued so , far this month. Ralph Nelson Kl V J ll I ' V ; .GRANDSON DEAD PAItlS, Jan. 15. (fP) Alger- ; nnn Kdward Snrtnrla. emndsnn '?' J? i home at St. Grant, died at his Nailare last week and . funeral services were held there Friday. . Sartoris who wa the son of Nellie Grants Jcne. was born in Washington and served aa an aide to General Fltshugb Lee, i resigned in 1909 because of 111 health During the world war : he served In the French foreign ,leKljn. In recent year he spent uot of tjla tiin in rraace. SHIP CATTLE, SHEEP SOUTH TO BAY CITY In memory of Southern Pac ific freight officials of Klam ath, the shipment yesterday of livestock to the Allan & Hons meat concern of San Kranrisco, was the largest January livestock export In the history of Klamath. Fifteen ears laden with prime cattle and IS care of fat sheep were pulled out of the Midland llveatcrk corrals by a puffing 8. P. locomotive and are today neailng their destination. ' The- livestock will be butchered In the near future and placed on the cen tral California market. The cattle and sheep were brsught from Klamath ranch ers by John Allan, represent ative of the prominent bay city meat concern. The con cern holds Its livestock In Klamath long after purchased. When market condltfcna are propitious, as many sheep and cattle as can be bandied are shipped to the bay city. By following this system the big meat coocern can always be assured their meat is in prime condition. MRS. HOLLOW AY NOW DIRECTOR SCHOOL MUSIC , Mrs. .Ruth Akers.Hollowar, a popular'and prominent young mo- : sirian of Klamath Falls, wa yes- : terday afternoon appointed suc cessor to Mia Evelyn Applegate. formerly supervisor of music in the eity schools. - Mrs. Ilolloway will take op her music work in the. early part of February a a .substitute su pervisor to fill the unexpired term of Miss Applegate who, left for San Francisco to accept a po sition in the city schools. Since coming to Klamath Falls Mrs. Holloway has taken an ac tive part In musical circles and is director of the First Presby terian church choir. Since the organization of the Klamath Ora torio Society Mrs. Holloway has given much of her time to this work. It will be remembered that she aroused favorable com ment in the Atwater Kent radio contest which was held in Port land several months ago. UM.GKR KII.I.KD. SALEM. Ore.. Jan. 25. (AP) Richard Imlah. 22, resident of Marion county, was killed yes terday while driving logs on the Willnmette river. He was swept into the river when struck by a log. Imlah was unmarried. COW I'PSKTS PAIL MAX I.OSKS SPKKCII . REDOING, Calif.. Jan. 25. (Pl W hen Mrs. O'Leary's 4V now famous cow kicked over a lamp. It started the great Chicago blaze, but when the row owned by Hal Shearln. rancher living near here, kicked over a pail ot milk, Shearln's excitement was so 4 great that he broke a blood vessel In his head and ha not been able to express hlmelf since. Physicians attending the rancher here declare the case is one of the most unl- que in their experience. Shearln still has the power of speech, and apparently knows what he wants to say, but he is unable to say it. to) ' , a ' - . Highest State Highway Kept Open; Heavy Snow With the highest point on any ' Oregon state highway as the bat tle ground namely, the Sand ; Creek mountain summit of Tho i Dniles-California highway, 4 4 miles north of Klamath Falls and seven, mile north of Fort Klamath junction state highway i maintenance crew are carrying I on their annual fight to keep the tate highway open between Bend and Klamath Fall. Last night maintenance men stationed at Sand Creek, Just be ' yond the summit, fought It out again with the winter king and ' desplto an la-lneh fall ot snow i at the summit, kept ' the slate ! thoroughfaro open Even the ! Rend-Klamalh Fall stages came i through on ttme. . Sand Creek summit, a afore- , said. I tho highest point of any j state highway ill Oregon. It Is higher than Mt. Hood loop hlgh- way which, boast at Us bjjheat "FOX" NEAT AND QUIET AT OPENING William Edward Hickman " Slayer of Girl, Enters Court Today .. COURT ROOM PACKED TO TOTAL CAPACITY, Brother of ISefendnut Occupies) Heat Near 'onfeseil Killer; Mother anil Father Not Pres ent When Trial of Their Hon Open In lo Angeles. : HALL OF JUSTICE, Los Angeles, Jan. 25, (A.?.) -The trial of Wiliiam Ed ward Hickman, kidnaper killer of little Marian Park er, after, opening; at 9:30 o'clock' today, and being in session 40 minutes, was ad journed to two o'clock this afternoon. The action was taken to allow Superior Judge Carlo Hardy ami District Attorney Asa Keyes op portunity to consider and the court to. ru'euni,n. o defense exception .taken to Judge Hardy sitting in the rase on the groano. ot bias -and prejudice. The district attorney rendered the opinion that the document failed to establish the asserted bias and prejudice, that It wa not ao affidavit of fact and that it should be overruled. Judge Hardy in announcing the adjournment - to afternoon, declared the court wa not btaaeil nor prejudiced, but delayed rul ing on the exception. Hickman was dressed In neat blue serge suit and notice able by his wavy blr.ck half which had been slicked back. on the sides with a shiny effect. He sat Just back of the counsel table, a deputy sheriff at his right and his chief attorney, Je rome Walsh of Kansas City at Bis left and a bit front at the long table. Hickman turned hla head slightly to right and left during the 40 minutes lull but otherwise snt quietly. The defendant's brother, Al fred Hickman of Kansas City, wa the only member of the fam ily present. ' 1 Mrs. Kva Hickman, the mother, also of Kansas City, and the . father. Thomas Hickman of Kl Paso, Texas, came here for the trial, but were not present at the opening session. . The defense attorneys an nounced the arrival here of their twochlef witnesses, former Chief ot Police Charles Kdward of Kan sas City and Dr. H. P. Routh ot Tula. Okla. While Hickman was a ward of the Juvenile court last sum mer, he was paroled in Captain Edwards' charge after leaving Los Angeles for Kansas City. Dr. Routh was family physician to the Hlckmans for several year. The defense counsel declared (Continued on page six) .. point, 4675 feet: It I higher 'than Hayden mountain with ,4S.'i5 feet, and Is somewhat hlgh 'er than the Oregon Trail over the Rlue mountaina and the Mo '. Kenzle highway, now closed be cause of snow. j Since tte opening of winter, between ten and eleven feet of snow has fallen, and not once ha the road been closed. !at season, with a henvler snowfall : to contend with and with not a good equipment, the' road wa closed for a short time. Resident stnte highway offi cials advise motorists lo exerc,) caution and to use chalna on tne steep mountain grades on tho ' Ashland-Klamath Falls highway ,and on The Dallea-Callfornla ; highway. Althongh 1 Inches of snow fell on Hand Creek mountain hist night, only few Inches fell nt tlio summit at Haydan mountain.