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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1928
Number 6378
City Edition
The Old Home Paper
1ST STATE
DIVIDENDS
TO BE PAID
Final Liquidation of De
funct Bank Will
- Occur Saturday
SAVINGS RECOVERY
TOTAL 89 PER CENT
Total . Recovery on f 'omnirerUl
Drpoalta I Sa.7 Per Oat, An-
Buaarrmrnl Today ot II. I
Orom, Urputy HUttt llwik fcs
mlnrri (Itprk To lie Mailed.
raymont of the final divi
dends on commercial and
savings deposits of the First
State and Savings bank, do-
fund, will be made Satur
day, it was announced to
day by Roy L. Orem, depu
ty state bank examiner, in
charge of liquidation of th
affairs of the bankrupt con
cern. Tbli payment will wind up the
all and one half year liquidation
which haa been aucceaafully car
ried out under the direction of
the alate banking department.
When commercial and savings
depoallora receive tbelr final
checka they will "hare recovered
St cent on the dotlar on savings
deposits and ftl.T rente on the
dollar on commercial depoalta.
' The dividend Saturday will ba
It.T cenla on the dollar on com'
menial and II per cant on aav
f- (Continued on pass arc) "
WEALTHY STOCK
MAN
SUICIDES
PORTLAND. Ore., July J. 171
Frank W. Ilurke. It, retired
stock man and member of the
Arlington Club here, leaped to
hla death, early today from the
Broadway bridge. The harbor
patrol Recovered the body at 4
o'cloc k p. m.
. An eipenalve new sedan was
abandnued on the center of the
bridge. The bridge tender heard
a aplash and found the car and
Bnrke's hat wheu he reached the
draw apan.
' Papers found on tha body were
addressed In the Arlington Club,
.but Durkn resided at an eaclualve
"apartment houae hers.
Burke la said to have been
wealth and to have had exten
sive land holdings In eaatern Ore
gon. He spent much of hla time
traveling. )
HOLD A. FRICKE
: ON CHARGE OF
RECKLESSNESS
Charged with rerkloas driving
Axel Frtoke of Tennsnt was ar
rested last night by city officers
on South Sixth whera It Is al
leged ba crashed Into a car be'
longing- lo Jim Beck.
After posting a ball of ISO,
Frlcke waa released. . Hla trial
haa been set for Thursday morn
Ing at It o'clock.
Poor Pa
"Our daughter Hotly can
make anything alto's done ap
pear so harmless that I feol
sorter ashamed of myself for
gottln', after her about It." -
A",,v,) "LP
SAYS H
NEW YORK. July S. UI
Publicity In one of the moot ef
fective means of curbing crime,
In ths belief of J. P, Hanton,
dlatrlrt attorney of New York.
In an Interview marking the
sorond anniversary of the so
called "llaumes Lawa." Ilia atrln
lent criminal cede of Now York
atata. Hanton seemed mora In
clined to credit newspaper cam
paigns with tha reduction of
crime than he did the llaumna
lawa.
District attorneys of three oth
er boroughs of Greater New York,
strongly pralaed the Ilauinee
code. '
"Crime comee oflon In wavaa,"
(Continued on pace all)
T
TO OIL ROAD
The requnat recently aubmltted
to the Oregon State Highway
I'nmmlulon by the chamber of
commerce, aaklng that the Crater
Lake highway between Fort Kla
math and the Crater Lake park
boundary ba oiled, haa been de
nied by the commission, accord
Ing to word received by Earl C.
Keynolda, secretary, from Hoy
DENY
HEflUES
A. Klein, state highway engineer, again. A life aavlng crew re
The request waa declined by malned In readlneaa to go to the
the commlaalnn on account of the 'aasistsnre of Captain K. D. W.
uncertainty of funda. The Initia
tive lirenee fee bill which baa
been filed, If voted In November,
will greatly curtail the revenue
and until that time It Is neces
sary that tha commlaalon adhere
strictly to tha maintenance bud
gel to avoid overruns, according
to Mr. Klein.!
Further reasons whlrh led lo
the decision given by the com
mlaalon In tha matter, were dua
to tha worn condition of tha sur-
I facing on large part of the
ken alia. H. - The -drainage la
most nnfavorabla and tha com
mlaalon would anticipate com
plete failure of an oiled surface
during tha spring breakup. A
light oil surface would lead to
unfavorable comment on the part
of tourlata on account of their
cars being splsshed with oil, with
the result that reaort owners and
operators particularly would be
aubjoct to many complaints.
NEW HIGH MARK
IS SET AT N. Y.
CLEARING HOUSE
NKW tOUK. July J. un All
records were broken at tha New
York clearing house today In the
money value of checks hsndled in
a single day. The total reached
11.411.000,000 whlrh ' compared
with he prevloua high record of
12.33. 000.000 on April I last.
CALL BKKOKK 7 P. M.
KOIt KVKMNfl HKhVtl.II
' In event subscribers do
not receive their pspers, they
a are requested by the clrru-
a latlon department of the a
Evening Herald to call tha
Herald at or 177 before
a 7 p. m. A delivery boy Is
a retained op until 7 p. m.
a lo deliver papers whlrh bsve a
a not been left by the regular a
a carrier. To ensure securing a
a the paper,, tha subscriber a
a must call before 7 p. m.
Hoover Feels Wet-Dry
Issue Over
WASHINGTON, July 3. (AP),
There ara Indications' that Sec
retary Hoover Intends to stress
other Issues than prohibition In
the early days ot hla campaign
tor tha presidency.
At his headquarters here, occa
sion has been taken to deplore
the placing ot any emphasis upon
the wet-dry question at this time
and predictions have been made
that the nominee, while declar
ing for, strict enforcement, will
not at any early data specifically
oppose tha stand ot Governor
Smith for fundamental changes
l In the provisions ot tho prohibi
tion laws.
Whatover he may say on this
sub Joe t in his spooch accepting
the nomination has not yot boen
put Into words and, his friends
say, will not ba for many days.
Hit duties at bead of tha com
A MS
S
ROCKS
HARBOR
Light Cruiser Is Guided
By Wrong Buoy in
Halifax Harbor
ALL BUT SO LEAVE
VESSEL ON SHOALS
Hhlp Mrindlng Away on Korke
Can Not be Halvarl Hay six-
' prrta) Acrlili'Rt Orrnra aa llrlt
leh Hhlp la Hllppliig Hlowly
Through llwvy Fug In Harbor.
HALIFAX. N. 8.. July 1. A
!). The British light cruleer
Dauntleaa waa rapidly breaking
up on Tribune Shoals Inalde the
harbor entrance today, abandon
ad by all but her commander and
a akeleton crew of officers and
men. It waa feared aha would
be a total loaa.
Salvage experts aald It waa on-
likely toe Tease! could be floated
MacPberaon and hla SO men
If
danger threatened.
The cruiser, testing her way
Into the barbor through a donae
fog yealerday afternoon, evidently
mistook Thrum Cap buoy tor
tha ono marking the fair way up
(Continued on page six) -
FORGE GIRL TO
SEATTLE. Wash.. July t. (A
P). Forced lo swallow a vial of
polaon by two men who had at
tacked her. Miss Swanee Quene
moen. !J. was reported to be
dying In a hospital here early to
day. -
The girl hysterically told of
being kldnsped by two men aa
she alighted from a street car In
a Seattle auburb about midnight,
of being . attacked, and of hav
ing a bottle of arid forced down
her throat. The burning poison
! splashed on her face, . deeply
searing her flesh.
Bhe was thrown from the ma
chine In which aha waa kidnaped
a few blocks aistant.
BUMPER WHEAT
CROP FORESEEN
TOPEKA. Kaa.. July J. (UP).
The summer's first heat wave,
supplanting a siege of rainy wea
ther In the "wheat belt." today
sent hundreds of farmer Into
the wheat fields and Increased
proa peels- for a bumper crop.
Wet fields were delaying the
cutting of the grain In sections
but a few days more of hot July
sun will permit the harvest to be
In full swing. Already the hnm
of the binder Is heard In many
Kansaa fields, and many com
bines ara expected to be In use In
southern Kansas Thursday.
Emphasized
merce department have drawn
Mr. Hoovers attention temporar
ily from the preparation of ' his
acceptance address. Tha depart
ments budget tor the fiscal year
1931-1930 has takon Its place
and In consoquence Interviews
with departmental officials have
displaced axtendod political con
forences.
, However, Carmt .Thompson
who led the fight against Hoover
In the Ohio primaries, dropped In
yesterday to pledge his support
and predict that the commorce
secretary would carry his state
In the Novomber election. -
Some uncertainty as to the
time Mr. Hoover will leave th
capital to present his resignation
to President Coolidge and rocelve
formal notification ot his nomlna
tlon has arisen and the task of
making arrangements tor the trip
SWALLOW ACID
baa been temporarily postponed
Cost Of Line South
ToBeApproximately
Four Million Dollars
Figuratively apeaklng, Klam
ath today resembles the day lab
orer who has unexpectedly In
herited a fortune.' That the
Modoc Northern railroad hoped
for, prayed for and worked for
la definitely and finally aaaured
after 10 yeara of waiting, seems
incomprehensible to Klamath
Falls bualneaa men and Klamath
mill operators.
Construction of the - Modoc
Northern will mean the placing
of the fifth spoke of the railroad
wheel of south central Oregon, of
willed Klamath Falla la the bub.
The Caacade line north and south
provldea two apokes, the Great
Northern) railroad, a third, and
the O. C. A E. railroad now
being attended Zt ml lea from
Bpragua Illver to Bly the fourth
hub.
Aalde from the fact that tha
Izaack Walton League Chapter
Formed By Klamath Sportsmen
Pledged to do all lo their power
to protect and perpetuate - the
game and fish life of the United
8tates, and to oppose any com
mercial or Industrial moves tend
ing to dealroy tiah and game, a
group of prominent eportamen
last night formed a chapter of
the Itaack Walton league In Kla
math Falla.
' The Ideals of the league ara
purely altruistic and Its purpose
la. to disseminata IU belief a by
extending Its membership and by
conducting a campaign of educa
tional publicity.
Walter Waggoner, Klamath
TODAY'S..,
RESULTS
American: R ' H K
Boston ISO
Philadelphia ....r 4 TVS
Russell, P. Blmmona and Hof
man; Buah and Cochrane.
National:
Philadelphia
IS
Boston .........
Ring. Wllloughby. 'Walsh. Mil -
ler and Leraln. Scbulte: Brandt.
Holllngsworth, Greenfield and
Taylor.
FRENCH PILOT
LOST ON COAST
OF CAPE JUBY
CASA BI.ANCA, Morocco, July
3. AP). French airmen were
aearchlng the fog covered deeert
coast south ot Cape Juby today
for Pilot Relne who bas been lost
alnce Saturday when he left Da
kar, carrying South . American
mail destined for Paris.
The region In whlrh the search
la being conducted la the same
where Relne was once forced
down and held tor ransom tor
ten days by hostile tribesmen.
ONE KILLED AS
FIRE DESTROYS
TANK OF GAS
SYRACUSE, N. Y.. July 3, (P)
One man was burned to death
and eight storage tanka contain
ing 100.000 gallons ot gaaoline
and 10,000 gallons of high grade
oil were destroyed early today
when- a spectacular fire followed
an explosion on the Sun Oil com
pany property on tha north side
of this city.
CONDITION OF
BANKS SOUGHT
BY OFFICIALS
WASHINGTON, July S. (AP)
The comptroller ot the cur
rency today Issued a call tor the
Condition ot all national banks
at the close ot business on June
30, 1938.
HERALD TO NOT
PUBLISH ON 4TH
In line with a long eatablished
precedent and In cooperation with
tho Klamath Typographical Un
ion, ine a-veninB iinraia win nui
publish tomorrow, the Fourth of
July.
'
original survey would be adhered
to for the moat part, that the
line will be 7 miles In length,
and that work will start "Imme
diately" no further word. could
be obtained from the Southern
Pacific company regarding their
project.
, It Is believed, however, that
the project will be undertaken
from both ends, one construction
crew working out of Altnrae, and
tha other out of Klamath Falla.
Cost of the project will approxi
mate four million dollars. It la
understood.
- Construction of the line from
Klamsth Falls south to Black's
canyon. In Modoc county, will not
entail difficult construction. For
the moat part the project will
necessitate only throwing up a
fine grade and will not require
(Continued on page 41
Falls druggist, was named tem
porary president, and Nate Otter-
beln, newapaperman, was selected
temporary secretary.
v Either the chapter will be
come affiliated with the Klamath
8portamen'e association, . or the
two organisations will become as
one depending on whether or
not the personnel of the sports
men's group will be willing to
loin the league.
Following are the charter mem
bers of tha Klamath chapter:
, M. J. Barnea. 6SS Jefferson
St.: R. E. Deweese. SIS Eldo-
t Continued nn pajra atzl
BUSINESS- PLAN
Klamath Falls will hsve, a
business and professional direct
ory printed dally In a condensed
way oa one page of the local
papers It plans materialise aa
outlined. The purpose ot this
director Is to convenience all
1 classes ot people In a trade terrt
tory of Klamath raits seating
Information along the linea rep
resented In every live town.
Thousands of papers are being
sent East, to prospective settlers
In this section or the country
every year. The papers as pub
lished at present do not disclose
that Klamath Falla has a -fine
class ot business and professional
men.
Do you have any doctors or
lawyers In your town? ,1s there
a bank In the townT How about
schools and churches? are some
of the questions frequently asked
by those writing. A directory
such aa published in the live
towns of Oregon la the index that
telle the atory. The small cost
to each firm or professional man
is believed to be Insignificant
compared to the results that
conld be obtained through a
proper directory.
James Jordan and Ted Jordan,
two reliable young men of the
local newspaper staff, are be
ginning today to make a canvass
among the firms and profession
al men ot Klamath Falla In an
effort to formulate such, a di
rectory.
POOR WEATHER
IS FORECASTED
PORTLAND, Ore., July 3, OP)
Unsettled weather tonight and
tomorrow with occasional light
rain, waa forecast today Tor the
Portland area by Edward L.
Wells, government meteorologist.
Little change In. temperature was
expected. '
For Oregon and Washington
unsettled conditions were tore
cast, with showers tonight and
tomorrow with continued mild
temperature and high humidity.
Scattered light rains and un
favorable weather for the drying
of hay was predicted tor the Wil
lamette Valley tor tomorrow and
Thursday.
lire rut Buys Paper.
OMAHA, Neb., July 3. (AP)
Sale ot the Omaha Bee-News
to William Randolph Hearst waa
announced today by Nelaon B.
i Updike
publisher ot the news-
DIRECTORY
OR
IPPr.
4TH
JULY FETE
UNDER WAY
Gr&nd Pacific S o k o 1
Festival Opens in -Klamath
Today
SPECIAL TRAIN OF
VISITORS ARRIVE
Unveiling of Ktatoe In Prague,
Cwcho-HlovakU Will be CYle
brated In fkratbern Klamath
Community Tomorrow; Inter
esting Program Arranged.
The Grand Paclfie Sokol fes
tival In which sons and daugh
ters ot Csecbo-Slovakia ao
American citizens gather each
year to enjoy a three-day cele
bration, opened 4oday In- Malln
following the arrival' this morn
ing at g o'clock of a special train
bearing lit from Willamette val
ley. Portland, and points north.
The visitors were met at the
train by a fleet of automobiles,
and were motored to Malin where
the enterprising little community
hss prepared an engrossing pro
gram for the ensuing three daya.
Tomorrow the program will be
featured by celebrating the un
veiling of a statue ot Wood row
Wilson in Prague, Cxecho-81o-vskla.
Later the visitors will be
taken on automobile tours around
the Klamath basin to show the
agricultural assets ot the Klam
ath country and to possibly In
terest the visitors in settling In
the Klamath country. . . ..." .
ANGLER NEEDS "
MOST OF DAY
TO LAND FISH
MONTAUK. L- I.. July 3. (UP)
Oliver C. Grinnell, president ot
the Montsuk swordftsh club, to
day landed the largest broadblll
swordfish ever caught with rod
and reel on the Atlantic coast.
It was believed the fish would
weigh about 300 pounds and It
took a seven hour battle to land
It.
Grinne!! sighted the broadblll
ten miles offshore and the strike
came at 8:30 a. m. After a ter
rific battle It was maneuvered to
the side ot the boat at 3:15 p. m.
WEST DISPLAYS
FIGHT SPIRIT
SALEM. Ore., July 3. (AP
Oswald West ot Portland came
to Salem yesterday and person
ally requested Secretary of State
Koxer to aend to Clem Shaver,
democratic national committee
chairman, a certified copy of
Weat'a election aa democratic na
tional committeeman for Oregon.
The indication is that West will
not relinquish his right to sit as
a member of the national com
mittee.
The fight against west by some
members of the Oregon delega
tion at the Houston convention
resulted from West's pre-election
opposition to Al Smith as can
didate tor president.
District To
MAN
On School Bond Issue
l i
Onco more the question (.of
contracting an Indebtedness , ot
$105,000 for the purpose ot rais
ing funds with which to - erect
the proposed Hot Springs Ele
mentary school and building an
addition to Falrvlew school will
be submitted to the voters of
this city, according to a decision
reached by the board ot directors
of school district one, Monday
evening.
This action was decided upon
in order to save time. In view of
the fact that Teal, Wlnfree. Mc
culloch and Shuler. Portland
bond attorneys, have withheld
their approving opinion on the
transcript ot proceedings recently
sent them.
Some technical ' legal points
have been raised In connection
with tha disbursement of funds
on thesa two proposed school Im
LION ATTACKS
16-YEAR OLD
"YOUTH IN BED
PASADENA, Cel., July 3. (CP)
A mountain Hon roamed Into
the camp where William Zuetell,
IS, lay sleeping, mauled the
youth, licked hla face and started
to gnaw bis bead when driven
away, according to a story told
here today by the youth and two
older companions.
Zuetell waa In camp with Ken-
yon Devore and Glenn Moore, a
forest fire lookout on San Gab
riel peak.
Before they went to sleep, the
Hon was heard to cry, but no
fear was felt.
Zuetell wss awakened by the
hot breath of the beast, ha said,
and was too frightened to move.
(Continued on page alx) '
OFFICES TO BE
City and county offices, banks,
the post office and all ether busi
ness houses ot Klamath Falls
will be closed tomorrow, the
Fourth ot July.-
Wlth rather unsettled weather.
many people were undecided as
to just how to spend the day.
That tha city of Klamath Falls
will be well represented at the
three days celebration at Malln
was Indicated today. Many oth
ers declared their Intentions of
going to Chiloquin to attend the
celebration. Others will pick out
some favorite resort to spend the
day fishing and boating.
A number of parties have been
planned for the surrounding re
sorts, many of the Klamath Falls
oeanle expecting to leave the
city this evening.
NAME OF MAIN
NEWS CHANGED
Effective today. Tha Main News
company on Main and Sixth street
will be known as Cunning's Book
and Stationery company, accord
ing to announcement made thia
morning by George Cunning, the
owner.
"The reason for thethsnge
cornea In the fact that we are
handling a complete line of office
supplies, books and stationery as
well as gifts and art novelties-
Mr. Cunning stated this morning.
The- Main News company might
Infer that we handle Just a com
plete Una ot newspapers."
Several new linea ot supplies
have' been added to tha store.
Recently, a contract waa signed
with Remington and Rand to
handle all types of office sup
plies.
Mr. and Mrs. Cunning have
had charge ot tha store tor the
past year and employ a staff otj
15 Including the news boys.
FLAPPKR VOTF. BILL a
PASSES IX ENGLAND a
a a
a LONDON. July 3. ID a
a Some 6.000.000 women In a
a Great Britain are now en- a
a titled to vote for the first a
a time. .
a The flapper vote bill a
a which extends the franchise a
a to women between the ages a
a ot II and 30, on tha same a
a terma aa men. waa given a
a royal assent In the house of a
a lords with prominent sut- a
a fragists viewing the proce-"
a dure from the strangers' a
a galleries.
Vote Again
provements, aa well as the man- j
ner ot holding the election.
In view ot the tact that .the'
ejection has to be advertised but
fifteen days. It waa decided the I
quickest and safest way around .
the objections raised was to re-,
submit the question to the peo
ple, as already considerable pre-j
llmlnary work haa been initiated
on these two Important projects. I
Waldo Miller, ot Pierce-Fair j
company, successful bidder for :
the bond Issue, bas asked that;
another election be called. In the ;
view ot the opinion taken by the I
bond attorneys. j
The election Is being called
merely for the purpose of .
strengthening the legality of the,
bonds, this making them market-:
able and saleablo at a mora at
tractive price. .
In the Evening Herald a . no-,
tice of the election will appear. '
CLOSED OPTO
PRESIDENT
1
L HELP
H.
Chief Executive Promises
to Participate in
Campaign '
HOW AID WILL BE
GIVEN NOT KNOWN
pTomlao ot Aid to Repnbliraa
Party Gives by Calvin Cool
Mge to Hubert Work, In
Charge of Hoover's Campaign!
Work Resigns,
SUPERIOR, WIS., July 3
(AP) President Coolidge
has definitely assured chair- '
man Work of the National
republican committee that
he may be relied upon to -participate
to some extent '
in the forthcoming political
campaign. ..
After four hour visit to the
summer White House yesterday,
during which. Dr. Work handed
to Mr. Coolidge his resignation ,
as secretary of the Interior, the .
republican chairman announced
that the chief executive's assur
ance, although definite, did -not ,
Indicate how or when he would
lend his aid to the republican
party. On his part Dr. Work add
ed, he had not ventured to sug
gest plans to Mr. Coolidge being
perfectly satisfied that the latter
"would do everything he could." -.
Dr. Work will, bow devot bin
entire time to managing Secre
tary Hoover's campaign and, said .
that this would be a "quiet, dig
nified, lnstruc'ive and education- '
al campaign." in which the re-publlcana-
would not descend to
personalities. The keynote ot
their activities wUl be the "per
- (Continued on page 4) . '
SPlUlElRES
OF CITY
Responding to a wire of appre
ciation from Mayor T. B. Wat
ters. William Sproule, president
ot tha Southern Pacific today ex
pressed gratification that bis con
cern could now a'nure the Klam
ath basin and the state ot Oregon '
a direct route east.
Mr. Sproules wire tollows: ,
"On behalf ot this company, I
thank you for your message to
day in expressing appreciation ot
your honor and tha city council
pertaining to our announcement
to pursue to completion tha con
struction ot our railroad line
from Klamath Falls to Altnras
which will . give Klamath Falla
and the state ot Oregon a new
and short route to and from tha
states east ot the Sierra Nevada
mountains.
(Signed) William Sproule,'
president of the Southern Pacific.
The mayors wire Is as follows:
"On hehalt of tha city ot Kla
math Falls, tha city council and
myself, I wish to express our ap
preciation of your announcement
of the early completion ot tha
Modoc Northern."
(Signed) T. B. Walters, Mayor.
Aunt Het
"The more Important a man
thinks he is. the more abused
he feela whan hla wife has a
baby an' eln't got much tin
to pot him."
HOOVER
MAYOR