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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1928)
Una I City Edition WK.ATHKIl OREGON Kilr lu east and cloudy In west portion with 11k hi rain near the coast tonight and , Tuesday, normal temperature and bmldlty. Moderate aouth to west wlnda on the coe-t. The Old Home Paper lllr I lull Associated Press and United Press Telegraph Service Herald Advertisers Appreciate Your Trade hirl Pu- haal Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1928 Number 6359 " mil i mm civ m rin rui LAI mmm mm. LOST CREW OF ITALIA in Personnel of Dirigible is Divided Into Two Parties BREAKING ELOES OF 'ICE DRIFTING FAST rwlhlllly of One Part of w Being Hrnarnlrl From Othrr I'art Arp. Imminent: lladlaa-tta-porta llrow Weaker nail KHM . Kmllii.in Itualir Aid. KINGS BAY, Spltzburgcn. June 11. (AP) Sufe after a perilous landing in the Arctic sea In the partially " Wrecked dirigible Italia, the ; Crew of the Nobile north DANGER nnU alrahin wm hIIM iniln c,mD Including bunk houe- poie airsnip wan nun in foQk hou((( comTO,,.ry do; gravcttt danger today as ex peditions by lund, air and sea got under way to bring them out of the frozen wanton north of Spitsbergen .an speedily as possible. Speed wa I ho watchword of the reacuera, for every moment loat meant an Increaaa In the dsuger that tha eighteen men of "tihe dirigible adrift on -breaking lea floea. might be carried Into , mora Inaccaaalble regions or In to the open aaa. 1 ' Divided Into two parllna and carrying two of their number who were. Injured whan the airship came down upon the Ire after! the gondnli bad snapped off, the men of Ihe Italia today were alowly aeeklng to reach North east Land, the nearest body at land to the point at which ht , omalgia came uown alter ner brilliant voyage to the North Tole more than two weeks ago. While a groat tide ot hope and relief had eurged through the crow of the base ahtp Cltta IH Mllano last week when radio - contact wlih Ihe long m lining (Continued on page S) Moving pictures, depicting many of the hen my epota of'tho Klamath country will anon be flashed on the stiver acreon 'of many ot the eaut's moat popular theatres, with the completion ot film work hy the Southern ' I'a rlflo expected within tha next 30 days. , L. Mime and S. Edwards ot San Francisco, Southern Pacific photographers, arrived In tho city thla morning and this after noon were busy taking scenes of the loglng Industries and on their tour anapplB,g any number of . (Continued on page. 4) Poor Pa "I wasn't worried about my keys. I Just phoned Mn about 'cm to sorter patch up that quarrel we had this niornln." IIS G. V' r "VEY ' ' Great Norther. now In tha field on Hi of IloDd. and la rlfo aa to thoir purpose add to tlm suspense, la tha Pi., enre at Bond of a member of a prominent Portland contracting firm' that liaa worked previously for I ho lllll Inter!. When tha Orent Northern, sev eral monlha ago, atarted Ita en terprlaa of building aouth from lend In Klamath Kalla It found that by Incorporating- tha Hhov-lln-lllxon liiKKlna; road Into Ita rail Una it could aave ronaider able time In completing the twin linn of aloel into the rich Klam ath basin. It uaed the. logging roau uir eeeri muim .u lend, then atarted on wholly new (Contlnuad on pace S) With construction of the new legging line well under way I ISHAW .BERTRAM BUILDING CAMP nrojerl whlrh wl'l entail the --nd with erection o' a new lo- j turtment and tha like, active on - - eratlon cf the Shaw-Bertram I Lumber company In their new I timber unit In northern Klamath will be under way In July. In fact fellers will be put Id work 1 on the timber aland Ilia latter part ot this month. Ihe trunk line of the new Sfiaw-nertram logging line con nects with the Haulhurn 1'aclflr mala lino at Chemult. It projects about 3 It mllea Into (he heart of the Corral Hprlnga unit and the former Soper-Wheeler unit, which together, aggregate In the n.l.hhnrhon.1 nf f CO 000.0.01) Lt 0v,r ,,,, of spurs leading from both aides of the main line will be con structed. The present Shaw-Bertram Lumber company camp ia cn ihe Solomon liutte unit. Prepare- ton(l MaK m to move the ramp to the new site which (Continued on page 4) XKM.HMiK Wll.l. l.K.AVK. OX VACATION TOXUJHT WASIIIN'OTON. June II. 4 (AP) President Coolldge will depart for hla aummer 4 vacation tonight soon after he concludes hla address to the semi-annual bualneea meeting ot the government. Plans for Ihe denarture. a projerl whlrn wl'l entail meipriies in me iniro ana mi hbj .yln. ot ,,uut 21 mllea of steel! of the alxteenth annual Oregon 4 hold In abeyance becauae of noon but the last forum of the Mrs. Coolldge't Indlsposl- eMaummer months was that of last lion, were made definite Wednesday when members of the late today nhen It was de- I Program of Work committee elded she would be able to 4 I made reports of work outlined undertake the Journey to' for the coming year. 4 Wisconsin. 4 No definite date for the first '. Mrs. Cool Id go's condition I forum of the fall has been set, 4 was reported as not serious. ( however It Is expected to bo held 44e ')' 4).e e In early Septomber. v , Aerial Stunts Success; Second Display Planned Plunging Into spare for 600 feet and then bringing up with a Jerk as her parachute opened and slowly and gracefully let her down the remaining 1500 feet that waa the feature of tho aerial attint program yeaterday after noon staged before a huge crowd with Myrtle Jarboe. parachute Jumper, . and Big Smith, aerlel dare dovll, the chief performers. It was estimated that approxi mately 3000 peoplo witnessed Uio series of daring performances. Smith one of the most fnmotts stunt masters In the nation hung on tho undercarriage of Ihe speeding Kaglerock plane piloted by Frank Krammor, by his knees with hla hands outstretched to wards tho ground. Then he at tached a 12-foot laddor and hung onto this precarious vohlilo by his toes 'at 1600 root In tho air. Tha ladder' that Smith used wis the same naori by the late Lnck lonr, until his donth . during a al)int at Los Angolos, was rec ognliod as the lending aerial stunt master In the world. Next Sunday Smith one! Miss K. F. TEAM WINNER ON SUNDAY Captures State Title on Closing Day of State Trap Shoot TROEH AND VEATCH ....... CARRY HIGH HONORS I National Amateur Champion X Out Hanlrnlirm and Kcan-y In Heranil Half or Htale Xlngles Krrnt; It red llunnrr-up In UouMra Malrh. Collertlrely, the Klamath Gun club carried off the honora yes terday: but Individually. Port land won tha blc money alid prliea In tha third and laat day trapahoot conducted at the Klam- atn oun ciuo irouncia. Th. Klamath club, captured tha team ahoot for Klamath Falla. Thoy vera hardly preasedlfell victim to the lure presented during; the competition. Hut It waa the great ahootlng of Frank Troeh, world's champion amateur shot, on the final day of the ahoot when he waa being closely proved by Kverett Hardenhrook, Klamnth Kalla. that waa the out standing feature. Attar being tied by Harden brook In the 2uu bird state sin gles champlonahlpi both, Troeh and Hardenhrook had ahot 100 atralgbl on 8 a t u r d a y Troeh chalked up 99 out ot a poaalhle 100 In the laat half of the event while hla adversary shattered 96. In fact. J. W. Seavey, of Eugene, barely nosed out Har denhrook for second place with a total acore ot 197. Seavoy also captured the state (Continued on page 4) FORUM LUNCHES ABANDONED FOR SUMMER TIME Throughout the anmmer months the regular weekly forum luncheons have been abandoued according to announcement made from the office of Earl C. Rey nolda. secretary of the chamber of commerce. The regular directors lunch eons will be held each Tueaday 1 Jarhoe. aided by other talent from California, plan to stage a "congress of dare devils" at the county fair grounds. Automobile races and motor cycle races, two automobiles crashing together at 46 miles an hour with drivers of each leaping off a few seconds before they crash, parachute Jumping, air plane atunt flying everything In fact that haa the eloment of death and danger In It. "We plan to get Jimmy Young, tho world'a champion parachute Jumper, whose record of a two mllo fall tor Ihe army has yet to be excelled," said Smith. ''We want local talent, a girl who has the nerve to take a chance. It will be a big feature and a big attractions at the fair grounds. I will hang to the un dercarriage of tho plane by my foot and the girl will hang onto a pnlr of silk stockings which I will hold In a sort nt a braco. It's worked out In every town wo've been to. Tha stunt would be staged about 1500 feet above the gronjtd." . Farmers Benefit By Heavy Precipitation Early Sunday Morn Juat how many thoueand dol lara the quarter Inch of rainfall early Sunday morning meant to Klamath farmer would be diffi cult to compute but that It did mean, figuratively apeaklng. eaah j extreme eaatern aectlona of the In the pocket, la the firm conrtc- county, no precipitation to apeak lion of agricultural antborlUoa cf 'at waa rapored. the Klamath, basin. . . The ralnatorm came at a cru- After a alroac north wind ofielal time. For evert elx weeks aome 12 houra duration late Sat-;Klamatb baa had hardly a drop urday, the rain auddenly began of rain. Dry farma were being to fall at 4 a. m. Sunday. Boca hard bit, anmmer rangea were It developed Into a ateady, berry setting ao dry that llrestockmen downpour mat eoaaea tne rangea; were drawing oft their cattle andiron- ourt Fight Won by Irea and farm landa of the Klamajh j sheep -to run them In irrigated! , ,,. -. un... basin and proved a great aid to dry farmera. were becoming tinder dry, In- So far aa Klamath Falla waa creasing the fire hazard, .and concerned, the official weather even the irrigated farms wanted bureau record at tha Southern i a bit of natural precipitation to Pac.flc freight office. showed 'top oft their crops. ,. Huge Trout Landed from Cold Water of Pelican Bay Sunday A titan of the watera of Peli can bay, a veritable leviathan. by R. W. Browning, Klamath Falla real eatata man. yeaterday afternoon at 4 oclock. The trout, one of the biggest caught in Klamath thla aeasoif', weighed 1 5 pounds and, aocodlng to wit nesses, staged one of the strong est fights ever put up by a rain bow from Pelican Bay. , Browning waa trolling with a u plug Along the east short ot Pell- can bay near the mouth ot Crys-! a number of huge trout this ; last New Year'a eve In what waa tal creewk The day waa dark and year. Fifteen and one-half pounds then called the "Smoke," on Main the wind high. It was hard to is the record to date and with j street between Fourth and Fifth manage the boat under such clr- the season yet. early It la be-: streets. Barnes had been se cumstancea. ' Illeved possible that the famous (cured for a few hours by A. D. Suddenly tha big trout struck ' record established by Dr. Sykes, 1 Lambert to serve behind the and Rrownlna'a llxht fir rod be nt double aa tho reel screech ed, and shrieked. Unlike many of the bigger trout of the upper lake, this fish put up a running fight, seldom sulking. For 46 TODAY'S RESULTS National: St. LoulS S 10 0 Boston - 1 3 Alexander and 'Wilson; Green field. Robertson, Mills and Tay lor. National: Pittsburgh 46 Philadelphia - C T 1 Hill and Smith; Ring, Sweet land and Davis. National: Cincinnati 7 14 0 New York 5 9 1 Kolp, Rlxey and Plclnlch; Al drldge, Chaplin, Walker and C'Farrell, Hogan. " National: Chicago .'. 3 7 3 Brooklyn 1(3 Bush and Hartnett; McWoeney, Ehrhardt and Henllne. American: , . R. II. E. Philadelphia 1.4 t ' 0 Detroit '....-!; 3 S '2 Batterlea Orwoll and Coch rane; Glbaon, Vangllder and Woodall. - American: R. H. E. New York 1 4 0 Chicago 6 18 1 Battories: Pennock, Johnson and Urabowskl; Blankonshlp and Krcuse, , STORK SCORES HEAVY IN MAY Another decided victory was scored by tho elongated and long-billed stork over the grim reaper during the month of May, records at the county health of fice revealed today. During the 31 days of May there were 36 births and 14 deaths, a ration of over 2Vs births to every death. .13 nf 'an inch of rain. How ever, ceratln unofficial recorda kept by prominent ranchera a bowed u high aa .60 of an Inch. .The rain waa not general, how- r. Ia the extreme weatern and pastures, the forests of Klamath " " I Ham Barnes waa reversed. They minutes he hammered, and ran ; had appealed from convictions in and thrashed in a vain endeavor the federal court at Portland, to loose himself from the sharp and painful object that kept pull- Banes waa convicted by a Ing at hla mouth. '' - United States district court Jury ' At times It seemed that the ; in Medfcrd on two counts one fight would outwit the man. par-iof possession of intoxicating' II ticularly when the finny mon-1 quor and the other of maintain ster Aide a bee line for tule or ; ing a nuisance, sunken logs. But as minutes An appeal was taken to ' the succeeded minutes, hla rusbea be-: United Statea district court ot ap iime shorter and slower and fin-; peals where the verdict ot the ,-rty he floated to the surface dead, v 1'ellcan bay baa been yielding a trout which weighed 24 Hi pounds, may yet be beaten in the cold watera ot thla arm of upper Klamath lake. Browning's front measured 33 Inches. SESSION TODAY Once again the Klamath coun ty grand Jury haa been called in to aeasloa to consider whether or not indlctmenta shall be re turned against varloua persona who are either formally charged with crimen or against whom the prosecuting attorney la contem plating charges. The lnqulsator tal body went Into session this morning and will not adjourn until It haa disposed of all pend ing business. 1 Personnel ot the Jury Includes C. II. Underwood, foreman; Har old Telford, clerk: John W. Tur ner, E. D. Truelove. T. F. Boggs, J. C. Edsall and J. D. McClelland. . Evidence on various cases waa being presented today by Dis trict Attorney W. M. Duncan and Aaststant District Attorney Harry Bolvln. ROAD OIL WDRK The state highway oiling crew is marking time today while The Dallea-Callfornia highway whlrh they have been oiling In the northern section of the county. dries ct sufficiently to allow re sumption ot work. Barring recurring rain storms, tha oiling will continue tomor mor morning. The crew Is located at Pelican logging road crossing north of Sand Creek, the supply road. It la working tram a point ten miles south of Beavor Marsh southward towards Sand Creek. The two strip oiling method will he followed allowing automobllo traffic to continue with a min imum of trouble and no detours, GRAND HOLDS HIGH COURI EXONERATES W. BARNES Verdict of U. S. District Jury Reversed by Court of Appeals CONVICTION OF RICE, LAMBERT, SUSTAINED Jkra Aiwe Following ItaJd on ' Cigar Store of Klamath Falla on Xnr Vear'a Eve in 19-.26. SAN FRANCISCO. June 11. (AP) Conviction ot A. G. Lam bert and L. D. Rice, of Klamath Falls, on charges ot possession of liquor and maintenance ot a nuisance, waa affirmed today by the United States circuit conrt ot appeals. Conviction of Wll- jjurv was reversed. 1 The raid which led up to the 'charges was held one. year, ago counter ot.tbe cigar store. It while ho waa so acting that the raid waa ataged. He ia now Justice of the peace ot Linkvllle district and boa served In that capacity since he took office January 1, 1927. BERYL BLEVENS BUILDING NEW SERVICE PLANT Construction ot new service station on the corner ot Oregon avenue and Blehn street for Beryl Bievens Is un der way and within a compara tively short time, will be in oper ation. The new station will be one of the most modern In south ern Oregon. It occupies an ad vantageous position near the northern entrance ot the city and on the section of state highway which, according to traffic cen sus, beam the heaviest load ot4 utes traffic of any section of highway in Klamath. Property for the service station was purchased through the Tri State Realty company from J. W. Wheeler. Seattle business man.. Work Progressing Fast On Grading Road East LAKEVIEW. Ore.. June 11. That all grading operations on the Lakevlew-Klamath Palls high way will be completed by Aug ust 1 was the prediction of W.' C. Elliott, contractor in charge ot the work on the Devil's Garden section, who wis here yesterday. The surfacing ot the Quarts Mountain section from the Smal ley ranch In Drews Valley to the summit will be completed by July 1. according to the plans ot Dunn and Baker who have contracted thla work. Mr. Baker ot this firm waa In Lakevlew yesterday and said that they confidently ex pected to have the first course of rock on the grade by that date. The work on the Devil's Gar den grade Is proceeding very rapidly, and Mr. Elliott expressed himself as being well satisfied with the progress which Is boinK made. Several crews In churi-o of sub-contractors are at work on various portions ot the grading operations, MEXICO'S AIR HERO WINGING WAY TO U. S. MEXICO CITY. June 11. (A. P.) Captain Emlllo Carrania. known aa MexJco'e Lindbergh, hopped from the Valbnena flying fle'.d for Washington at S:10 a. m. today to return Colonel Lindbergh's good will flight of several months ago. His plane, the Excelsior-Mexico, took the air after a run of approximately 3.000 yards, cir cled the field once and then headed for Tamplco. It carried 326 gallons of gasoline, aufflcient for a thirty-hour flight. The filer expected to reach Washington within 20 hours or between alx and eight o'clock to morrow morning. His route waa by way of Tamplco, New Or leans, Montgomery and Atlanta to Washington. E DETOUR. PLAN So that the motoring public will have a satisfactory detour during most of the period ot construction, contractors on the Oregon avenue paving project are concentrating on the com pletion of the Blehn street sec tion before starting on the Ore gon avenue section. Bhien street leads from the city limits to Oregon avenue. As soon aa this project Is completed Oregon avenue from Blehn street to Upham will be closed and traf fic will be diverted from Blehn street north on Oregon avenue to California avenue and thence over Third a Creel or down Con ger avenue Into the heart of the city. POSTPONE TWO BALL CONTESTS Rain was responsible for the postponing ot two gamea !n the Oregon-California baseball league yesterday. The game between Weed and Klamath Falls at Weed waa postponed: also the game scheduled between Med ford and Dunsmulr at Melford. KAIX ALSO BOON' TO FIRE FIGHTERS . Not only was the sadden and unexpected downpour of rain a boon to the farmer , a but also to the timberman. Three tires which had both- 4 ered the executive force ot the Klamath Protective as- 4 aoclatlon were completely extinguished by the quarter ot an inch ot rain which fell 4 early Sunday morning. Since the rain, no new biases have been reported. 4 However, the storm that helped Klamath ao much, was accompanied In Deach- county with. , thunder and lightning. Consequently. fire fighting forces in that section were busy today ex- tingulshlng small biases lg- 4 nited by lightning. In preparation for the surfac ing of the highway grade which was built last year between Bly ; and Beatty a bridge is now b Ing constructed across Sprague River near the old Indian C3ra4-1 tery where a rock crusher will be installed on the north side of the stream. The rock for this1 work will be taken from a cliff near the river which ia bejnj spanned for the gravel trucks, i Machinery for this work Is r ing shipped onto the Job, and It is planned to have the work un-! der way within a short time. j When these sections are com-! pleted all grade will have been constructed on the entire couno of the highway except a short; distance between the Lorens mill and Dairy, and most ot the high way will be surfaced. Assurance1 also haa been given that the ad-, dltional construction necessary toi connect Lakevlew with Klamath j Falls will be rushed as rapidly as possible- OREGON T REASHRER SILENT ON Sen. David Reed, Penn sylvania, Firt for Cool idge, Then Hoover DELEGATION ON WAY TO BIG CONVENTION Just How Secretary of Commerce Will Stand In Presidential Rare May be Determined oa How Pennsylvania Caata Her Vote in G. O. P. Convention. ST. LOUIS, June 11, (A. P.) Secretary Andrew W. Mellon, key figure of the republican national conven tion would make no state ment today as ' he passed through here on his way to Kansas City, but his close friend, Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania said:: "Coolldge if we can, and. It not, then Hoover." , . . . 8enator Reed, who was with the party but is not. a delegate, said the delegates would caucus at Kansas City tomorrow, mean while he declared, every effort 111 be made -to learn whether Mr. Coolldge Was available as a - candidate and wonld rescind bis repeated, ultimatum that he "does not choose to run." - "Pennsylvania Is loyal to Cool ldge.". said Senator Reed. ' "we will support him to the ntmost It he ia a candidate.. That la the feeling ot the delegation. Mr. Mellon haa gone on record- to that effect. . I "The first thing to be done, I tContlnaad on page 41 Major work oa two state high way resurfacing projects folding out ot Klamath Falls ia well un der way, it waa announced today by state highway officials, and the work will be completed In one., lnatan.ee by September 11. and In the other by December 1. One project Includes the resur facing ot 11 mllea ot the Ashland-Klamath Falla highway be tween Klamath Falls and Keno. This project must be . completed . by September 11. The contract Is held by the Portland firm of Slmonson and Hetty. Another project Is the resurfacing of the Klamath Falls-Merrill section ot The Dal'.es-Callfornla highway, a Job which includes 18.7 miles. W. D. Miller Construction com pany of Klamath Falls, which is the sub-contracting concern under John Hampshire, successful bid der, haa been laying rock during the past week. The project must be completed by December 1. Aunt Het "Ncne cf my folks ever was foeble-mlnded, but Anile haa to hold Cousin Ben when the magician asks for three men to come np oa the stage." CANDIDATE 0 LI II S
