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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1928
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C. CURTIS
GETS GREAT
RECEPTION
Popular Kanaan Greeted
'by Old Friend of Sun
flower State
DERIVES INTO HOME
COMMUNTY QUIETLY
"Mwllrlne" Made Hair (Vnlury
Ago by Indian 4irandiiMlbrr l
Nomine Provra (Jootl; Mte
Held: "llmk lit Wlilln .Vnrm
lore, My Hoy."
TOPKKA. Kan., June 16,
(A. I'.) Medicine made a
half century ago by his Kaw
Indian kin again proved
"good" for Senator Charles I
CurtiH and today he rested
at hiit home here after an
enthusiastic celebration of
his triumph at the repub
lican national convention,
Surrounded by lila friends, the
Kansas senatur laat night re
ceived the congratulations o(
thouaanda on hla eelorllon aa 1
running mala for Herbert lloov-
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; PLAY MEDFORD
,
The Pelican baseball loam will
Journey to Medford tomorrow
where they meut the Medford
Merchants In an Oregon-Callfor-Bla
league game at the Jackson
county (air grounds diamond In
the afternoon.
Klamath, off to a bad atart
thla season, hue lost three gamea,
and are going to Medford tumor
row ,di'lermlned to avenge the
defeat handed them by tho val
ley team In the opening name.
In lha other league game,
Weed and Duuamulr will claah
In the Inner rlty.
G. N. OFFICIAL
CITY VISITOR
f
Paying an official vlalt to
Klamath Falle, M. C. Ryram. na
tion Inspector of the Great North
ern, with headquarters In Hpo
kane. arrived In the rlty lout
venlng. Mr. Ilyrnm expeela to
lie here for eevernl dnya center
ing with Clreat Northern officials
of thla city. Ha la a gucat at
tha hotel lllsbce while here.
lOHF,H IHAMOMM,
LOS ANGKLKS, June 1,0. (V.
P) Lose of diamonds vaiued at
f 14,6 45 waa reported to police
today by Mrs. Klolse Cronewell.
8he lost them from her purse
somewhere In Hollywood, Mrs.
Cromwell anld.
Poor Pa
'Bella's daughter hasn't got
a beau right now, m Delia's
aendln' her away on week-end
vlslla so It won't he noticed ao
much." , ' i
Eh,. RNERS
ETED
A aample
Ity will be given
Chlloquln to 2f0 Net.
wanlana who will pane
Klamath Folia on a Sou- n
Pacific, train bound for the an
nual convention of the Klwanla
International at Seattle.
Two perlnl Iralna bearing the
clvle. club delegations will atop
over In Chlloquln for two houra
and will be met by a delegation
of 30 Chlloquln business men.
The Klwanlana will troop Into
the Chlloquln community hall
where they will be given food and
will Helen to apoeches of wel
come. After the community hall
program, an cld-llroek Indian war
dnnre will be ataged "In Iho main
street of the reeervatlon town by
membera pf tha Klamath tribe.
Hounding out the two-hour pro
gram, the Klwanlana will be tsk
on on abort automobile trlpa to
I'liie lildge to Inspect the Forosl
Lumber company mill In opera
tion, and to Klamalh Agency,
to are how the affaire of the
Klamalh Indian reservation are
administered..
Mayor Hesalg. of Chlloquln.
will be In charge of tha welcom
ing delegation.
A feature of tha affair will be
the distribution of hundreds of
aouvenlr pine blocks with the In
scription thereon: "Chlloquln
Pine indue." s
SUPER-SERVICE
With tha opening of the Supor
Service station on , Main and
Tenth street thla morning, an
other modern building has been
completed at a coal of more
than 1 20.000. W. Paul Johnson,
for more than 10 years owner
of tha valuable' property, has
erected the structure which takes
In a apace of 28x146 teet. form
ing an L ahape on the lot.
Thomas Fisher, building con
tractor had charge of the build
ing. Drake testing, rcllnlng of
brakes, greaalng and other ser
vice found at euper-ervlr sta
tions will be given patrons.
Lewla Frank of CleElum.
Wash., eiperlenced In thla line
of wcrk will be manager ot the
atatlon. Mr. . Frank recently
movod hla wife and children here
from the north and have taken
a home on North Ninth street.
Two Hed Crown pumps have
been Installed which carry more
than 1000 gallons In reserve.
The atatlon employea eight
men. ' - '
APPOINT HENRY
WATER MASTER
RAl.KM. Ore.. June 16. (AP)
K. II. Henry of Klamath Falls
waa today appointed by State
F.uglneer Luper aa water master
for Klamath county. He la Kla
math county engineer and will
work tha two offices together. He
succeeds C. T. Darling, resigned.
STATION
OPENS
Noted Educator -Will ,
Speak At Convention
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Tho moat noted woman speakor
to ever visit Klamath Falls will
appear before the tmbllo on the
evening of Tuesday, June 26 at
tha Fremont auditorium when
Dr. Aurnlla Itlnhurdt, president
of Mills collego In California,
speaks. Dr. Rlnhartlt will he
among the distinguished visitors
In the rlty attending tho Oregon
Federated Clubs Convention which
convenes here June 35 to 26.
Dr. Klnhardt Is an Interna
tionally noted scholar, teacher
and speaker, and for several
years prior to going to Mills
college waa a professor In the
University of Oregon.
With the passing of Mrs. Mills
of Mills college It waa one of
her last requests that Dr. Rln
hardt lake up her unfinished
work at Mills and carry It on.
This she baa done In a most cap
able manner and li admired and
CITY WINS
1
FREES
IN PARADES
Takes Firit In Merryk
hana Friday, and Floral
Thursday
FLOAT DECORATED
BY O. ' R. MOELLER
I Klamalh Kails lYIi-brutre Ik-but
In Portland Koan Festival by
Hrorlng Two Ulna; Itarrly
oard Out In Moral Parade
HwroMtake Prize.
Net rontent wlih winning first
prise In the cities' division of
the floral parade Thursday,
Klamath Falls won first prise In
the first division of the Merryk
hana parade -yesterday at the
Portland rose festival.
Decorated and driven by O. II,
Monitor Klamath Falls florist, tha
Klamath float acored derisive vic
tories In both paradea. It was
the first time that Klamath ever
entered a Portland rose festival.
The float that won first prise
In the floral parade waa named
"Klamath Sunshine" and sun
shine It waa. from tha aunshlny
smllea ot "Miss Klamath" and
her three malda to the five floral
suns on the car, two In the
back, one one each aide and one
In the front. In' the tonneau of
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WEATHER STILL
CHECKS FLIGHT
8T. JOHNS. N. r., June 16. P)
The two American air expedi
tions quartered In New Foundland
anxiously aranned weather re
ports tcday In the hope that con
dition would warrant a take off
for Europe before night.
They had little but hopes upon
which to go however. Dr. James
II. Kimball, United Statea weath
er bureau matoorologlst at New
York bad. warned both Miss
Amelia EaThart and Miss Mabel
Roll, who are heading the two
flights, that unfavorable condi
tions In nild-Atlnntlc might con
tinue for several days.
Mlaa Earhart, her pilot, Wllmer
Stultt and navigator Ldu Gor
don have definitely decided to
head their big plane, the Friend
ship, for Ireland when they take
off from Trepaiwey, where they
aro walling favorable weather.
MIsa Mabel Boll who la at Har-
I nor Grace with her two pilots
Oliver l.e Houtllor and Arthur
Arglea, awaiting to starling the
trans-Atlantic plane Columbia
again acrosa the Atlantic waa
undecided aa to when they would
alart their (light.
loved' by all who know ger.
In tha March Issue of the Wo
man's Home Companion an ar
ticle appeared by Dr. Itlnhurdt
on "Freedom of Young People
of Today." Title article halt- re
ceived unlimited praise from
many of the leading tnagatlncs
as well as the leading news-
1 papers of the country.v Many of
the editors took the opportunity
to make mention ot the article
In the editorial columns.
The membera of the Klamalh
Falls Library club (eel highly
complimented to have received
tho honor of a visit from Dr.
Rlnhardt. The lecture which Dr.
Rluhardt will deliver at Fremont
auditorium, like all other meet
ings of the convention, will bo
open to the public.
. Miss Betty Ramshy and How
ard Graham will appear on the
program that eveulng. ,
Charles
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Charlea. Curtis, popular Kansan. waa nominated the republican ran-
dldate for vice-president yesterday at the republican national con
vention in Kansaa City, Mo. The huge vjte accorded Curtis
practically unanimous testifies
nation.
;
Snnrtsmpn Will
Annual Trout Fry Tomorrow
An event for which Klamath
Is famous, the annual fish fry of
the Klamath Sportsmen's associa
tion, will be held tomorrow after
noon at 1:30 o'clock at the
Crooked Creek hatchery. II miles
north of Klamth Falls .on The
Dalles-California highway.
With several hundred pounds
of delectable Klamath trout ready
(or the frying pans, and with
scores of Klamath sportsmen
planning to attend the trout ban
quet, officials of the association
are planning to take care of aev
eral hundred guests.
Members ot the sportsmen's
TODAY'S
RESULTS
' ' National: ' ' ' . ' ;
Pittsburgh ... 0 9 1
New York .T. 4 12 0
Kremer and Smith; Benton and
Hogsn.
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National:
Chicago ! 7 7 0
Boston , 0 4 3
- n'.uke and Hartnett; Brandt
and Taylor.
National:
Cincinnati 7 13 4
Philadelphia 10 17 1
Rixey, Jablonowskl, Edwards
and Plclnlch; Miller, Sweetland,
Wllloughhy and Leraln.
I National
R. H. E.
6 12 0
St. Loul
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rles Shcrdel
Rrookly
5 10 1
Batteries-
and Wilson:
Moss, Petty, .McW'eeney, Elliott
and Deberry, Henllno. (10 in
nlpgs.) National: R. H. E.
Cincinnati l n l
Philadelphia 3 7 1
Biittorlca Kolp and Ilargrave;
Ferguson and Davis.
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American: R. v II. E.
Washington v 1 3 " 4
Detroit i 4 5 1
Batteries Hadley, Brown and
Kenna; Carroll and Woodall.
American: R. II. E.
Boston 10 16 2
Chicago 6 7 1
Batteries Morris and Hevlng.
Berry; Blsnkenshlp, Connally.
Cog and Crouse, McCurdy,
Curtis
fit-
to his popularity throughout the
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author at '1
association pay no admittance fee,
and the only 4hing expected of
non-members Is that they Join
a transaction which entails the
. expenditure ot $1 and which!
glvea the new member free sd
; mlttance to the fish feed, the
Iduck .feed ad tha venison fed.
The aute game commission Is
expected to be represented at the
I oanquei, put just now many
; game commissioners will arrive
, had not been determined this '
afternoon. Governor I. L. Patter-
i son who had been Invited to at
tend, sent his regrets, explaining i
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Chicago.
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FILES ARTICLES
Articles of . Incorporation for
the First Church ot Christ, Sci
entist, were filed yesterday In
the county clerk's office.
Purposo of the recently estab
lished church the articles state.
"to study the bible and the prac- i
tire and promulgation ot the
Christian religion as Interpreted
and taught by Mary Baker Eddy
In her textbook. "Science and
Health with a key to the Scrip
tures," and other writings by the
same author. 1
The five trustees In charge of
the administration of the church
are Mrs. Stella Mang. Mrs. Alice
! Peyton,. Mrs. N. A. Ward, Mrs.
J Thomas J. Melton and II. E. Kos
' knmp.
I ALL STARS TO
I MEET PELICANS
Tho Klamath Sporting Goods
All-Star baseball team will cross
bats with the strong Pelican Bay
Lumber company nine tomorrow
afternoon on the Pelican Bay
' baseball diamond.
The Al-Slara, who took the
i place ot the National Guard team
when they dropped out ot the
i Timber League waa organised by
."Dad" Lawson and son Rex. of
the sporting goods store. The lat
ter acts as playing manager.
"I have a good bunch ot young
I ball players," Rex stated this at-
ternoon, "and we are out to beat
' Pelican Bay tomorrow."
Louie Slewart. former pitcher
of the local high school. Univer
sity ot Oregon, and Ashland Nor-
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mnl Is slated
jAI-Stars.
to start tor the
G. HP. IS
CRITICISED
BY NORRIS
Nebraakan Indicts Stand
of Republican Party
in Statement
CONVENTION ACTION
ON FARMS DECRIED
Senator Bitterly Attacks Senator
Feaa, Mabel M'lllebnuHH, Senav
. tor Ktuoot, William S., Van-,
liaarom Hlrmp anil Irvine L.I
Lenroot.
WASHINGTON, June 16. (AP)
Dissatiatled with the republi
can platform and with the party
nominee. Senator Norrla, repub
lican, Nebraska, in a statement
today declared that the action of
the republican convention at Kan
sas City "will be a sad disap
pointment to every progressive
dtixen In the United States."
"A direct slap" had been given
the farmers at Kansas City, be
said.
Beginning with Senator Fess,
Ohio, Senator Norris made at
tacks on Mabel Walker Wllle-
brandt, assistant attorney gener
al," Senator Smoot of Utah, chair
man of the platform committee,
William S. Vare, Bascom Slemp
and Irvine L. Lenroot, former
senator from Wisconsin.
"Senator Fees, the keynoter ot
the convention, defended Daugh
erty on the floor of the senate,"
he said, and opposed the Investi
gation. .
"Mabel. Walker Wlllebrandt,
chairman ot the Important com
mittee on credentials the com
mittee that was careful to seat
all the hfoover delegates from the
solid south -while she was assis
tant attorney general ot the Uni
ted Statea want to New York to
testify In behalf ot Daugherty.
"Senator Smoot, who was chair
man of the platform committee
and waa one ot Hoorer'a lieuten
ants, waa disclosed In the oil in
vestigation to have gone secretly
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PORTLAND MEN
SEEK TO FORM
WORKERS PARTY
SALKM, Ore., June 16. (AP)
S. P. Fo'.en and Floyd Ramp
of Portland are the moving spir
its In an effort to form a new
political party in Oregon, to be
known as the Workers' Commun
ist Party. Tho new party, if or
ganised, expects to nominate can
didates to be voted on In the No
vember election. Petition forms
were tiled with the secretary of
state today, ahowlng Folen as
chairman and Ramp aa secretary.
For the party to be recognised
the law requires a petition of
five percent of the electoraten
any district where It la proposed
to organise.
Only 16V2 Per
Sustained
(
What Is . believed to be a
world's record In low percentage
j loss In the . trout egg take at
j Diamond lake, was established by
j the egg taking crew at Diamond
i lake hatchery. It was announced
; today by Mark T. Howard, Kla
math Falls, a member, of the
; crew.
According to Howard the toss
was 16JV per cent. Under con
Jjlttiona surrounding natural prop-
agatlon of . teout, the loss haa
; been estimated by authorities to
I be In the neighborhood ot 80
I per cent.
j In round numbers 16,700,000
trout eggs were taken at the
ihatchery and 7,686 female trout
' spawned.
' "Apparently the day ot the
EDWARD LOTT
SENTENCED TO
PRISON TERM
I Edward Lott, Klamath Indian,
was sentenced to serve five years
In the state penitentiary this
I morning following hla plea of
! guilty to the charge of aaaault
with dangeroua weapon. He
withdrew hla plea of guilty to
'the original Indictment of as
sault with Intent to kill and
pleaded guilty to assault with a
dangeroua weapon.
. Lott was Indicted on the
charge of attacking Adele Wil
liams, a Klamath Indian maid.
Tom Collins was sentenced to
six months In the county Jail
following, hie plea of guilty to
the charge of assault and bat
'tery. Both sentences were pro
mounced In circuit court by Cir
cuit Judge A. L. Leavltt .
E
AT
Completely fagged out from
her three-day endurance test
drive, Bliss Myrtle Jarboe, mem
ber of the "Congress ot Dare
Devi Is Troupe,'.' brought . the
Chevrolet coupe of the Locke
Motor company to a stop In front
of Balin Furniture store this
morning after a 72-hour contin
uous drive. ,
Padlocked to the wheel' ot the
car. Miss Jarboe - started -out on
her endurance teat drive Wednes
day noon. For three daya and
three night she drove '.the streets
and roads or Klamath Falls and
environs without a minute's
sleep. She covered over 800
miles in the drive. With' her
daring a large part of her drive
was an attendant.
A Blind Bogle ournament, a
fascinating golf tourney which
not only requires skill but has
lust enough touch ot chance to
lend It spice, will be held tomor
row morning on the Reamee Golf
and Country cluB nine-hole
course, it was announced today
by Ray AInsley. coif Drofession-
al of the club.
The tournament Is open to
both men and women and en
tries will be received at anv time
during the morning. ,
WAR VETS HOPE
TO REMAIN ON
FOREST TRACT
PORTLAND. June 16. (in
Still hoolnc that some wv mi
j be 'found to permit them to re
main on the land In the Umpqua
national forest from which the
government haa ordered them, E.
H. .Best and Emory Davis were
in Jail here today. They arrived
here last night In custody ot
Deputy United . States Marshal
Cochran who arrested them this
week.
Cent Loss
At Hatchery
huge trout in Diamond lake Is
gone,' said Howard. "In years
past,. It was not exceptional to
spawn 16 and 18 pouud trout.
This year the heaviest fish we
spawned were aeven or eight
pounds and the average was
about four or five pounds.
"But there are fish there, thou
sands upon thousands ot them.
There has been no dlmunitlon In
number, but there has been In
site.
"Despite the fact that the lake
Is full of trout, the fishing, for
some reason or other, has o
been good since the season open
ed, June 1. Just why this could
be, nobody seems to know. How
ever better fishing Is anticipated
with the advent ot warmer
weather." ...
TUT
GOLFERS WILL
HOLD TOLRMliY
HUNOREDS
FAMILIES
HOMELESS
Wall Crashes Early To
day Under Tremendous
Pressure of Flood
THOUSANDS STRIVE
TO AVERT DISASTER
Small Army of , Volunteers at
Work Today to Prevent For
ther Break In Fertile Valley of
Ht. Francis River; National
Guard Helps.
" KENNETT. Mo... June 16,
(A.P.) A desperate ' fight
for homes and crops was lost
early today when- the St."
Francis river 1 e v e e, six
miles northwest of here gave
way spreading waste and
destruction over a five mile
area. . Hundreds, of -families
have been driven from
their homes.'
j . Weakened by seepa-ge which
persisted In aplte of anything
that could be done by the 3,00t
farmers, professional and" busi
ness men. who : labored ' on .' lata
the night, the teres wall1 crashed
at 1:30 this morning, the crev
asse, ISO feet' wide" at the start:
had Increased to 300 teet by S
o'clock. ..' ; . .. '.
A proclamation was Issued by
the mayor of Kennett asking all
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J, A. Hlller, Portland, presl-.
dent of the Hlller Construction
company; W. D. Horton, general
manager of the asms concern,
Thursday Inspected a beautiful
20-acre residential site, lying
alongside Hillside addltl . owned
by Dr. B. D. Johnson aud. How
ard Perrln. It Is the plan ot tha
Klamath Falls men to develop
the tract Into a tine residential
district and the Portland experts
were sought to lay out the pro
gram ot development.
Following an extensive survey
the four men decided) It was too
late thla year to begin develop
ment of the proposed restricted
residential district. Howevor, the
general plan will be worked out
thla year by a scenic engineer
and early next year actual work
will begin. Tentative plana call
tor paved streets, a water System
and a modern lighting system.
Mr. HIMer is noted in the lino
of developing residential ' dls
He developed Mock Crest and
Tewllrllger additiona to Port
land, and. In addition construct
ed the famous Oregonlan model
home. He stands high In finan
cial circles of Portland.
Aunt Het
"Jennie claims to have rel
igious, but It's a poor kind o'
religion that will set In church
an' hold a baby that's aqual
lln' so nobody can bear the
preacher.". -
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