f
City Edition
The Old Home Paper
TIIF. WEATHER
OREGON: Fnlr, cart, increas
ing cloudiness wt portion to
night ind Thursday, cooler tut
portion with local front tonight.
. Modernte ensSrrly wlndi on th
coast.
Associated Press and United Press Telegraph Service
Herald Advertisers Appreciate Your Trade
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AFRIL 25, 1928
Number 6320
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Price Five Ceiu "v,
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TAKES LIFE
Floyd Bennett, North Pole'
Flyer, Succumbs in
Quebec
I irDrrjroi o d I M e
LINDBERGH BRINGS
SERUM TO PATIENT
Wn Hllirkcn Willi- I 'nltlllulllitlllK
nr a ATnn
urHViHiun
nn Air llrllif rr-llll.ii lo i (.;,,,,y , U,,urlt
to Aid of Three (nrmjin Ft-rj The trial, on thn first indict
mi fJrecnrly Island; Wu Com- nienl la sit for Monday. May It.
pun tin of llynl. I ",,n J'"1" Sklpworth of Eugene
, . named hy thn supremo court a
QL'ERKC. Quo.. April 25. '
(Af) Floyd Dennett, who i
jsenneii, wno innnnnirrnn nr
,NortRh- HPRflPR IFTflR OF
nder Itlchltrd J IIILIUII Ul
llew over the
with Comma
K. Hyrtl died nt 10:50 it. m
today from double pneu-
moiiia. !
Ilenoett'a death mine while!
hla wife waa neur blni. here(
a patlrnt In the aama hoapiial ''
with tonlllil. Ilia cloi.et man
friend. Commander II) rd. wii'
nlao there, havlnx cancelled all
. . i
euKaneinenia anil runlieii nre n
anon a nennett onuiiion w-. , . , A man compaii
came aerluua. I jon
folonel Charlea A. I.lndhnmh j A youth who r:tlatered lnt
waa alao In Wuelme, harlnx flown I niKt,l a T. J. LoftV waa aniiKhl'
here from New York laat nlxht I n, acurnl rlayer or 8hlr. K.
rarri'lnr ll.nnjiiminiam hiim ! ..... . . a a
- - - j ii r U I 1 11 II 11 w mi urn win. i . 1 1 r
are the north polo filer- life. xt f,r r,hed fi..m the hotel af
llenneit waa brought lo the ltr ,(, ,,,min. niao were wanl
Jeffery Halo hrmpllal by airplane I ,.( f(,r queatloe'nit. -
from Lake HI. A I ilea Sunday at- I
l.T lie I n stricken while rim
mandlng an air etpediilnn to the
relief cf the hi ru nil rii Irans-At-lantlc
filer' on Greenly itland.
itenneit nnderlook this relief
npedltlnn with Her nt tlalchen.
althouah both of them had to
leave sick beds to do so. After
llennett's cold turned Into pneu
monia, he bad lo drop fr.liu
the expedition. Ilalrhen pushed
tn without him.
Ileiinett'a condition became In
creasingly serious aa the days
and hour passed and at 10
o'clock I 111 morning, specialists
brought here lo lend him from
New York announced that every
thing waa in vain and that ho was
dying. Fifty ml miles later he
passed away.
GLOBETROTTER
NOW IN BERLIN
IlEUI.IN. April 25. (,T Ity
li k I 111 Mollsul. Jnpn nes, w ho is
raring ngalnst time and a fel
low countryman, Tolrhlro Arakl.
In a gloho circling conti-st In
opposite direction, reached Iter
I In at 9:21 a. m. today. lie
, came from Moacow,
CHF.nilornO, France. April
26. (4") Tolchlro Arakl, eastward
bound competitor in tho JIJI
Shlinpo glove encircling contest,
landed from thn Acqullanln V
day. Ho was due lo I'arla I. vie
this afternoon and will continue
on to llerlln tomorrow.
CITY MANAGER
FORUM UPHELD,
CLEVELAND, April 25. (AP)
An amendment to tho . city
charter which would have abol
ished city manager government
wa defeated yesterday hy 2.78J
vote. It wa sponsored by Harry
1.. Davla. Thif vote: For Ihe
(intendment, 41,0.15; against,
41.7s.
Poor Pa
"Mn' uneasy ulniit our
daughter' baby. lie' not
strong nn' they'rn going tn
visit, tho oilier grandma where
ho won't get the right kind of
attention,"
E N. C.
j,Y ON 10
Mv. H COUNTS
MEDFOItl), April 21. MO
I The special grand Jury yesterday
j reuirunii inn noun inuai inuici
menu iKitliixt District Alt irnry
; Newton C. Chancv, alleging lar-
ccny of public fund.
The Indlctiu-nla rnver.a period
i between July 2 '.I. I fin. and Jun
I unry 31. l2ft and thn sums vary
from $182 60 to 1710,
I A prnvlouit single Indlctmant
I n't iirnd two work ago alleged
! Hint larrnny of 1310.
Thn prosecutor. ho la a ran
jdldata for rnliilon at thn May
ptlinnrela, entered plea of not
K""ly lo rit''U ,,"",'""',nt
wa read.' Ho woa represented
Attorney George M. ItolH-rt.
torney J. N. Johnson cf Grant
I Pus, and altiln Hennlnp II I.
Ihe presiding Judge.
iiMwpi 1 1 1 I rin irirlll'K uown i-'o, iieacn ut more
II 1 1 1 1 I i II I L II 'L:iaD " hnur- -,,,h"rt
mi iri fill i rii1'"1 m"in thr'" ,'",t iri ,n hu
I I U LL lllLLLU 'Stun Rlarkhawk SM:lal and wa
j apprnhlng the grandstand oa
CHICAGO. Aorll y:.. IA1 the fourth when hl cur appeared
I lav Id Khlr. 62. proprietor of Ihe.'o hit a aofl spot In the mind, it I
Paradise Arma hot.-l cn Wash-1
liiKton houleirard ahot dead
In the holel lohliy early today
,r
guest who lhn fled wiib
PORTLAND BAND
ri a " m
l.L.AmJl n rALLJ
The War Novelty orrnestra.
one ot tile leaning six-piece oano i busband to M hospital and be- sjivousett primaries of yester-, clement weather, building permit
In Portland, will play Wedne- clnl mor, hysterical wCicn doc-1 day had atn-nglhened the hand hnd reached the total .of 160,
day and Haturday night while (oni pronoiinrel him dend. of Secretary Hoover and Cover-; sio.00. according to figures com-
Jark llowrlng and his orchestra Lockhart had been coming cut j nor Smith of .New York as con- pii at the office of Police
are In Lakevlew. ;on h(1 hearh for the past several lenders for the republican ond judge Lcra Gaghagen today.
The group of Portland musl-' (Continued on page 8) democrullc president candidates. The permit of Drew and 8tew-
rlnn are reported lo bo excep-j Hoover, In the face of a hitter ar( to remodel the property on
lloualty goral. Their execution of . . 'contest, captured a majority of Man anil Eighth mounted this
modern dance music haa placed ; II II I H fl I II Inlll I the 61 delegates from Ohio. Ills to,at permit of 125,000 be-
them In Ihe front rank of Port-' K n H III I T 111 11 If 1 1 managers claim he will have the ln llu,uo1 on Monday. II. R.
land dance music circles. ! U 1 1 LI 1 1 Ll I llILL support at Kansas City of more pPrrn K tbe architect.
!
nt'HiiAMi ru n iifx ,
wi win: r.i itii.i.HT
ON' INSI IIAM'K POLICY !
I
fl
KOKKIiritG, Ore, April
26. Ml Mr. M. A. Moor
man, who.4e husband, a
former resident of Rose,
burg, killed himself at Kl
here today, and was given
the news of her husband'
ilenili. Mrs. Moorman had
slnrted on nil aulnmohilo
trip to Itosehurg and Drain
to visit friends. Soon after
her departure, according lo
Information received here
Mr. Moorman went from
their home at Tucson lo
hotel in Kl Paso and thero 4y
took hi life, leaving mile
4
""" ,h' " "inc-
Ing himself Ihnl hi wlfo
Paso. Texas. In order that ;. .bandon their hope of "an. will have Ihe support ot
his family might collect his Murr,y Uay , ,h(. all but a few of Pennsylvania s
life Insurance was located , j , -01)0pane Bremen and 1 delegate votes, and before the
last nigh. a. Yuma. Arlxoiu,. , ,.,,,; balloting Is over w 11 the
according lo word received , .,.. , , ii.(i votes of nt least 40 of Iho 4
might rolled hi Insurance, o'llrergen In the hope that the ro-
which II Is understood am- I conditioned trnns-Alliinllc plnno
mints tn $0,000. could ronliniio It flight lo Its
original destination, New York.
Maniacal Husband Kills
Wife and Two Children
VANCOl'VEH. Wnnh., April
25. M1 Slark, unreasoning mud-
ness, or mnnlncnl, dellhornto In-j
tent, today stood, forth a the
only explanation of Iho hrulul
tragedy Hint, yesierduy wiped out
a fumllv of four oersons. Their
hend crushed hy a halrhnt.
their throats slushed. Mr. Amn-
Mil Send, her riaiixhler, Hutu,
11 nnd her son, AUred, 4, were,
f.iind dead In their home Hi
mile from hero Into yesterdny.
Near Iho houso wero found frag- j
mrnts of thn body ot Tobias
Henil, hnahaial and fniher. a
, rifle blast of 20 stick of dynn-
. mltn had torn him Into hit.
! Tho coroner said Sentl hnd
beaten nnd slashed hla family ot
threo In dealb and then had
rhoson to dlo himself by dyna-
! file.
i! flRKHART
H II I HI Ni f',uV'W-;
lILLLU 111 f "V ;:-'- '
Reekie.. Automobile Rac- fl )
er Die. on Way to ' - X--
Ho.pital ' 4 t M-vve'tJ
CAR STRIKES SOFT
SAND; TURNS OVER
Wlfo WltneaM-a Trnulr Knd of
liirln KMMlalcr na He Al
tetupia In Ht New World'
llrconl; llrlvrr rnriiiM'louN
W hen OowiN Uracil Wreck.
DAYTONA IIKAfll. Fla.. April
2S Ml Frank ljo khart, notej
f"-rr,"
lzt
rrntr..l if hi. ma. hlne while
turned endwise several time.
j leaped high Into V'e air an I made
ieveral barrel roll before land-
lag.
I.jcnbart wan thrown out face
downwjrd UKin tile naud.
(ipivtatnr fou id him breath-
hit heavily anl bleeding profu -1
y aiiout ne mnuift ana neau. ne
rushed lo the hospital
hut was
'dead when he arrlvel.
He wa pronounced deid At
8:. tli a. m . 16 minute aller the
iarcldunt. Mr. Lock iart was one
uif the 200 spectators Iu the stand
who witnessed Ihe aecldenl. Rie
C!wo"srnolig ihorlrTo reach her
haubMl's side. 8he became h -
terlcul aa she waa Disced in
the
namr ailtolnobllo which took her
nr
nr
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I AKK STK AGNKS, Quebec.
April 25. tlly Canadian Press)
Messages received today from
tho marooned trana-Atlanllc fll-,
'cr on Greenly
lulitnil ntnlil
caused
tiy Bernt Ilalrhen.
Tho mossago was received hero ;
at 11 o'clock and at Hint time:
Iho filer had not hopped off.
The plane In which Ihey will ;
come here Is the one flown here '
from Detroit by Ilalrhen and
Floyd Bennett. It I tho official
New York relief plane and Ihe
flight
wns sponsored hy
the
North American Newspaper Al-
llanro nnd tho New York World.
It carried npnro pari to the
The tragedy toik pluce a few
hours after dawn, hut It went
undiscovered until near evening,
A neighbor woman, searching for
a row. came upon the mangled
leg of Sent! In a wooded pa-
lure. She hurried to hi house
I nnd found It locked. Officer
wero summoned . Vhey crashed
the door and within, Ihey
found the victims,
Her head crushed, her throat
terribly in ut llntccl hy knife
slushes, tho body ot Senll's
i daughter was found In tho pan
try of tho house, Sho hnd been I
preparing hreiik'aat. In a tlnyl
bedroom, Iho Utile boy was dead
hi skull crushed and his'
throat slashed. Tho mother suf-1
fered similar wounii. Her body j
was found In a shuJ at tho rear !
cf thu liouso.
ABANDONED
I !. ,i.flnnln, tee hnd
That Flying Irishman
Li - - f' '
. ' ' - v. y
'.'V, - . ' w -"-., . -
'.' :
The "flying Irishman" of Ihe Mremen's crew. this. The hardships
of his flight across the rrean, his stay at bleak tireenly Island, and
his nerve-wracking hop vp .Murray Hay. Quebec,, with Duke Schiller
llHK An! .r.ull Ihnl Iri.h rtn Imm (Ku UbIap !..... Pit.
nlaurl.e when ibis NBA photo
' WASHINGTON. April 25
To all appearances, the voting In
j the Ohio. Pennsylvania and Mas-
i than a scoro of Massachusetts del
egation of SS. They hope, on
!the showdown, to land the 79 un
1 Instructed delegates from Penn-
Isylvania whs will be headed by
Secretary Mellon.
I From tho Smllh camp comes
'the prediction that at Houston
the Now York governor will have
I n r AiannuriiHsiMis uvirnaut'ii
:"h votes buck of him lo a
delegates representing
WOMAN KILLED
IN AUTO CRASH
CHOWC1UI.I.A.
Calif., . April
F. Sanders,
i 25. M'l Mrs. li
was killed and her hnshand was
seriously Injured hero yesterday
when nn automobile driven by
Dr. K. S. Porter, of Med ford.
Ore., crushed Into the ono oper
ated by Sunders. Mr. Porter
suffered a broken rlh and two
gmnd children of the Sunders
wero bruised. Both car were
wrecked.
ELKS TO STAGE
DANCE TONIGHT
Standing out as ono of the
most delightful social functions
of the season for Elks, Is the
liiiiUKiiral Bull scheduled for to
night at the Elks Temple. The
dance will be slriclly Informal
and an Invitation to visiting Elks
'is extended by the Klamath Falls
lodge.
I Tho Jack Bowrlng orchestra
j '"' provldo tho dunce music
j trom nine o'clock until midnight.
MOTHER PROSTRATED.
LAKE GKOIMIK. N. Y April
25. (AIM Mr. Himrlelln Ben
nett, mother of Floyd Bennett,
wa prostrated with grief today
when she learned of her sons
death In a Ouehec hospital,
'Ho was my only hope and I
have nothing more to live for."
sho sobbed. She expressed a
wish thnt tlio noted nvlalor'u
body might be brought home for
burial.
iinnwrn praitii unnn nrniniTP
in ur . n m r n 1 1 rrmv n
.ww waaiii Ullll l ll til lllk kllllll I y
1 STAND FlRMLRMIluNT RAP DLY.
vino.
was taken.
Wlth but five davs remaining
in !he month of April, the great-
er part of which baa been In-1
t.evl V. Vrtlinn
granted
a permit to erect three modern
dwellings, each to cost J4.000 Indian had been taken to the
on Tuesday. The residences will mortuary of Earl Whltlock. Kla
be built In H3l Springs. math county coroner, at 3:00
A permit for the remodelling o'clock In the morning and, with
cf the Anchor hotel waa granted j various offic?rs. had spent more
on Tuesday. 'A large store than half an hour In a room
room In tho building will be; with the corpse of the murdered
turnod Into hotel rooms, the per-'ian, according to tho testimony,
mit calling for 21 modern Dewey Tells Story,
sleeping rooms. The remodelling I Dewey said he was in Klam
will c:st In tho neighborhood ofjath Fai: when Davis was
'".200.
, ,.. ir ...j .... .t. ...... .
S3 far this month '.
were granted up to
noon.
permits
this after-
31
COLUMBUS. 0 April 25. (T)
Complete returns today trom
the enly close district in the
state showed that Secretnry Hoov
er would have 31 cf Ohio' 61
delegates at the Kansas City con
vention. The commerce secretary cap-
",rd ,he eTen d,!l,,l''!,
large by wide margin. Antl-i
Hoover delegates, o r I g I n a 1 1 y I
pledged to tho Into Senator Frank)
11. Willis were elected In 10 dls-i
tricts. giving the opposition- a
total ot 20 delegate.!. I
For a while today It looked as
If llcover might rid! up one of
tho two delegatea from the tenth j
district, but report from all pre-!
cincts made Loth the Willis dele-!
gates winners.
REFUGEES TELL
OF SLAUGHTER
OF THOUSANDS
HANKOW, China. April 25.
(AIM Refugee reaching Han
kow today told appalling stories
ot the sacking ot Kingmrn. a
lily of 6110.000 Inhabitant about
1 4 mile northwest ot Hankow,
HOOVER
HAS
OHIO DELEGATES
by huiiillt who are stated loithe remains," explained Mr. Joy-' Spraguo River by a relative and
huvo slaughtered at least 6,000 'aux. "So I bave concluded (t j brought Into the lumber cummun
nicn, women aud children. 'boat to swear In the Jury nowlty by a cousin.
DAVIS CASE
NEAR S JURYI
LATE TODAY
Confession of Alleged
Indian Slayer Admitted
by Judge Bean
i IMPORTANT POINT
LOST BY DEFENSE
1 W. P. Jlyerx. Attorney for De
fendant .Mnkea 8lron(t Itut In
effective Kfcht to Keep Alleged
Admlarlon of Cullt of Itavi
From llelnR Introduced na Kvl
tlenci. PORTLAND. Ore., April 25.
(AP) With all testimony taken
and with but the final argument
of the government yet to come, I
the murder charge agalnxt Or-1
jrllle Oavl. Klamath Indian on!
itrial in Feder.il Judge Dean's I
jcourt. Is expert! d 10 reaci t ie1
I Jury late today. j
favi g charged with having !
j killed another Indian. Lawrence !
wnn a uoume bitted ae. aa the!aRe on the devastated Isthmus
climax of a New Year's bout that
lasted nntll January 2.
After a bitter fight by W. P.
Myers, defense attorney, a con-
, I I .... . i . . r I
.v-Bn.vu IIIHII,- 1, I'll I II. IU W. V .
Dewey, special government agent i
was admitted by Judge nean asi
evidence I
eviaence. I
; "Would yon teach the modern I Athens, wnere tne sea rose to a, - ' - - "
'red man that white men do as'ereat he'ht nd then suddenly .Southern Pacific railroads but
the primitive Indiana, and torture
thelr victims?" asked Myers, as
:he told of tjie confession being
obtained at 3 a. m. after Davis,at 2:30 a. m. caused a eertaln ""'7U l" "uli"a on
had been forced to examine the! amount t panic among the In-,"tT1"'tlon c0, nl possible In-
wounds in Walker head. ! habitants. Other- shocks were "refwd revenue; which would be
, . - ifnt al '-oriolh last night. These l""3"111 hy the.extenslor.. .;....
After a. bitter contest between rwere aeeomoanled bT a violent!. To a Herald reporter IMs morn-
e..n.i ih. .nmm.n
hv i.,i.H,.ei .. ..M.,r.
against Orville Davis, Klamath town of Amuri Lamal. but noi"' ' "a
Indian, the written confession ! casualties were reported. .nearly complete, and that he Is
he signed on the night follow- Shock were also felt thjnow ascertaining Information re
Ing the murder of Lawrence morning at Lamal, at the bead i gar,'""g r,nts P' way.
Walker, fellow Klamath ludian.tof the gulf of that name, and on! T he matter will be referred
at the latters home near Beattylthe Island of Poros. A British.10 the ri-ot director for ae
on January 2. 'squadron arrived at Corinth and tlon and,of t0"r" 1 dont kno
The introduction of the ronfe- commenced to distribute food 'hat ctlon bo taken- tallS
in ... .h hi-hii.hi f .h.i.nH hinnkei. reni. i.v.rii Mr- Logue. However. It Is cer-
second day of the Jury trial In
Federal Judge Bean's court.
The confession was made to O.
C. Dewey,
special agent of the
I department of Justice, after the
brought Iu. having surrendered!
. lo a uepuiy at tieatue. He In-
terviewea Davis and was told a
, . , , , .
!t0ry,f dr.l"kl" ow on the;
"' """'i - i"e ii -
r.B!
- "'-- ..nii.tr
and Davis, with w.ikee rfr0-i-
..... t p,
a Iriiir.. T.-..I.. 11 l -
- w Mtt. ia tun ivis nn-
linK hiru over the head with an
tax. ine two, alonfc lth a num -
' ber of other Indiana, had been
l -1 - 1- 1 1
!.,.":".: x ""': l".."0..". ""."?. z
".... ..iv .HKiii, iue
lestimony has shown.
(Continued on page 8)
Find Acute Alcoholism
Causes Indian's Deaths
Death cf Jasper Turner. Klam- for that purpose so that,' In case !
ath Indian, was Induced by acute of a different angle turning up,
ali holism. I the body would not have to be
This was the pronouncement disinterred."
last night hy Deputy Comity Cor-1 Tho edit fercnt angle" was re
oner Henry Joyaux following a ported to be braise found on the
post mortem conducted by a well face, chest and arms of Turner''
known Klamath Full physician, body which. It waa admitted.
Two gashes in the back of the might have been a contributing
head did not even penetrate to cause of death,
tho skull and an Investigation In the meantime D. Daring,
revealed that the skull was in- Ted Jackson and Archie Bark
'' ley are being held In Jail on an
Execs of alcohol was found open chnTge pending Investiga
te be the actual death cause, It tlon hy District Attorney W. M.
was announced. ' Duncan and Deputy District At-
Despile the findings of the ' torneys Harry Bolvln and T. R.
autopsy, Mr. Joyaux said today Gillenwatters. Mr. Dunran de
that a coroner's Jury would be voted the day to conducting an
sworn In and would be taken to . investigation In Sprague River,
view the body. No Inquest will'. Turner had been on a three
be held unless thero are further! day drinking party with Jack
developments. . son. Daring and Barkley. He
'A coroner' Jury must view
ORDER S. P. TO i
INSTALL BELL i
AT CROSSING
Within 80 day th Soul hern
Pacific railroad moat Install an
automatic safety derlce at the
Main street croasinK eonalstlnir of;
t a bell, a awlnicing arm and flash-
InK light.
This I imbalance. Is the deel-1
slon handed down today by the
state public enrke commission
following a hearing; In Klamath
Falls held hera recently.
The city council of Klamath
Fall had petitioned the commit
slon to order the railroad com
pany to Install some sort of me
chanical device at the crossing
to protect the large Tolume of
traffic at that point. At a hear
ing before Commissioner II. II.
Corey, various points both pro
and con wero set forth by tho
city and railroad company.
The hell, alternately flashing
light and the swinging - arm.
will give both vlsul and auditory i
(warning cf approaching trains.!
STRIKE GREECE
ATHENS, April 25. (AP)
necurring earthquakes In Greece
tn, morulng wrought fresh dam-
of. Corinth.
A shock at 4:04 a. m. orac-
tically destroyed the watering
resort of Kalamaki at the eastern
I . , , . . . ,
en""nce ,H ",e ur,u,u ""'
A "range phenomenon was ob -
served at Piraeus, the port of
.
QUAKES
AGAIN
I receded- sht damage was: inai at a meeting of the new
! "used to.shlpplng. ;"-d of directors of the road'
I A slight shock felt at Athena
h.n .n.l r.in .inrm T.mr
hnn cnlUn.! .t .he m.ll
Athenian banker who owns a
villa at the stricken watering
'place of Loutrakl, gave 200.000
' drachmas (12, $00) for the suf
ferers in that district.
SOUTH BEND. Wash.. April
24. (UP) Two smaU children;
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Weil-I
berg burned to death today wheni
the Wellberg home was destroyed
by fire. ,
CAPK IIIHIX FLYER
Nil K 1 HOSPITAL
.wlm, Am.. April zd.!
tAI Jimmy Ancel. aviator.
- -
who landed at the Empalmo
it aviation tieiri, on the out- i.
m of Guayamas, Sonora.
.iiexico, yesieraay, enroute -
, ii i- 1 1
i r iv v ivj iiuiu, in iu iiia i nil- p
- . . . . .
v roaa nospiiai mere, accord-
ins to a dUpatch received ;
4 today by the Herald.
Ansel Is reported suffer-
... 1
.. i. urin.ru in m.o vn
from Mexican Saturday.
!
, found unconscious near
EXTENSION
ESTIMATES
PREPARED
Possibility of O. C. & E.
Building to BIy Ad
mitted Today
PROPOSITION WILL
BE SUBMITTED SOON
Conmrurttort Coat and Polllo
llcrrnue Wilt bo Materlnl Far.
tor Detrrtnlninc . Whether or
Not Lino WU1 bo Projected
Jom Hprague River.
Another step in the con
templated constraction of a
26.42 mile extension of the
O. C. & E. railroad from its
present terminus at Sprague
River to Ely was taken this
morning by N. H. Bogue,
general manager of the rail
road, who today was engag
ed in securing data on the
Cost of the right-of-way.
j JIr Bogua, explained that defln-
"c action uad not been taken bv
.,he Joln own f th Q c &
.
V the n-ut vnrth.
u" P"' ne.naa Been in-
! ln Bogue said that estimate
of h "t of construction of the
tain that the cost of the extension
and tho potential Increased rev
enue will determine the action.
"Aa a genoral principle the 0.
C. ft E. will hope to pay Its own
;way, although the twi parent
I lines will advance' money and
equipment to meet the demands
of the busines offered. The ad
vances are added to the Invest
ment and likewise Increase the
problem ot operation. For that
reason it is desirable to have
Iconsiderable business In sight be-
l for an extension will be uoder-
itaken."
! mi- n-r.iA iri thai there
handle this season's operation
.... .... i-
rii; ii u i li i ru oui mv mo viruii-
' , ,wo eonu-emal rail-
roads was available", and- t'iat
:, wmll, 00 n0 cnance ot tne
chance ot the
The O. C.
., hnrt
r:"'- ,,lng ''
i,
C"
Is now leasing engines and
irars from tho parent lines and
limber operators and others can
be assured the.- will be taken care
jof. Improvements bn the present
- - wp
with the business.
The 26.42 mite extension has
been long anticipated. If effected
It will be a Joint project ot tho
Southern ll'aelflc and Great
Northern railroads.
i Tne Oregon, uaiuornia ana
Eastern railroad was originally
constructed by R. E. Straohrn. It
wa built to Sprague River 40
mlli'i ea;t of Klamat i Falls.
Aunt Het
"I didn't aim to have com
pany for supper, but I throw
ed a flat Iron at a stray dog
In th bark yard an' hit our
pecklud rooator." ..