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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNEDAY, JULY 11, 1928
f Number 6384
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DISTRICTS
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Hope Expressed that New
Railroad Will Follow
Route of J Canal
MALIN MAY NOT BE
ON RAILROAD LINE i
Meant due, Two Crews of Sur
veyor Itiwlly at Work Houlli
of Klnnmlh Fulls In Inarming
(Hit Hurvcy, ami Hc-Nx-ullliK
Where Old Makes Are Mllng.
Although tentative South
ern Pacific surveys .of the
Modoc Northern" lino do not
call for the conntruction of
the line inrousn or even
within 'nevcrnl miles of Ma-ion
lin, representatives 'of three
Irrigation districts and the
town of Malin have joined
force in an attempt to per
auude the railroad concern
of the advisability of rout
Northern i
' injr ' the Modoc
... . .. i i . .
within three-eiKhtna of
I -anil ttt HmMuthwnK1nm -
nth town.
The three dlalrlrta Include th:,on. In order to give all ala 41-
( Continued on page 4)
STOCK TESTING
STARTS MONDAY
Official liiberrulnaia I rata of
Klamath llveatock will' begin next
Monday morning with the arrival
of Dr. Thompson, connected with
the fulled Stales bureau of ani
mal Induatry. Between 2100 and
1000 head of atnrk have been
algned up for teatlng and work
will ha conducted according to 1
definite arheditle.
Farmer will ba notified the
day of Dr. Thompaon'e arrival
and are urged by County Agent
V. A. Hendoraon to have their
livestock ready for t realm
meni.
Monday, Tueailay and Wediie'
day will be Injection days Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, read
ing days. .
" Six years ago. alx per rent of
tha cattle tested in Klnmath wore
found lo have tnbersuloala. 1 Ily
virtue of contaant teatlng and
weeding out of Infected rattle,
this average sank to a low point
last year of otio fourth of one
por oent. i
PUT CAT IH NAMKII '
l MIHTUKHH' WILL
WASHINGTON. July 11. (UP)
So much did Nell lleblierd love
Iter pe't cat "Iloas," that a trust
fund of $1,500 fur continued rare
. of the animal was set avilde, It
' Wns revealed here today whon her
. will was filed for probnte.
Poor Pa
, "Ma's Coiittln Norn thot's
goltln' nllninny vlalled us Inst
week, nn' shii looked so young
and happy that Ma's been
sorter bluu ovor since."
SAM A. KOZER
WILL RESIGN
SEPTEMBER
BALEM. Or.. July 1!. UP)
Ram A. Knur, one appointed
n1 twice elected secret sry of
stats, will realgn September 1
and will ho appointed alatn bud
get director. This was announced
lata yeaterday by Governor Pat
terson. Hal E. Unas of Oregon
will be appointed to eucreed
1 Koser aa secretary of atata. Thla
waa not announrcd by tha any-1
rnor, but la a certainly since
llnss. Is tha republican nominee
iiir ui ijuii-v aa warn numr wnrn
I ha waa appointed by (iovernor
Olroit In 1910.
Tba office of stole budget di
rector waa created by tha 127
legislature. Under tha act the
fixed ncr limited, but la left In
tha dlacretlon of tha governor.
At the and of thla year Mr.
Kcsnr will have been 30 years In
I alatn off irea.
ES
S
8a, f ln, Mara ronfectionery
Main and Klevenih atraet to
Mr. and Mra. T. H. aiipoii. wen
known couple of thla city waa,
made known today. Tba aloro hat
been purchaaed from Mr. and
.Mra. F. A. McKlwln.
I'lannlng a number if new fen
turea In luncheons aa well aa im
provemenla to the place. Mr. and
Mr u,,"u hone' to mak.i It onr
CONFECTIONERY
CHANG
10
(. - - - j aiuv ui me roiu. i lava ii i
jof the city. Tiieywiiyaj .iim, w with hi son iri my
111 ine i. niMmuuiiiR wiiih
'Mlrfntbm - rrow.
Mr. Abbott baa Keen emiunvea
with the atata highway commls-
lentlon to tba atora. Jih ti to
algned hla p-allRn. Mra. Ah
bolt, bookkeeper at a.ce'a for
aeveral year, will remain at Iter
preaent poaltlou for a time, later
expecting to devoia her entire
time to the ntore.
TRUCK DRIVER
AGAIN IN JAIL
-JVDFOnn, Ore.. July 11. lP)
F. L. Swleher of Klamath Falla.
exonerated a week ago for the
death benealb tha wheola of a
truck of a youth known only by
tha aurname of "Young." and
whoee body la held peudlng the
j location of relallvea, waa re-
'arrested yeaterday for
arrested yesterday for leaving the
at a to while under bond, for fur
ther Investigation of the case.
G. O. P. CHOICE
; TO VISIT CAL
WASHINGTON. July 11. (AP)
Herbert Hoover, republican
presidential nominee, will spend
two days and a night with Preal.
dent Conlldge at nrule. Wis.
whllo enroule to hla hdma at
Pu1o Alto. Calif., where he will
be formally notified of hla nom
ination on August 11.
G. N. Pamphlet Tells Of
Opportunities In Basin
Invaluable advert Ising of Kla
math Falls, lha KlamatH basin
i and Crater laka, Is contained In
the latest Illustrated pamphlet
Issued i by I ho (Ireat Northern
railroad company and distributed
In prlnclpnl ollles of the nation.
One entire pago Is devoted to
an article and pictures of Kin
math Falls; pictures and an ar
tlclo of Crnler loko occupy an
other entire page.
According to Harold M. Rims,
executive assistant of tho (Irent
Northern rnllroad. In charge of
publicity, 100,000 copies of the
pamphlet will ba distributed In
tho United Stales. ' , ,;
"Most of the copies will find
tholr way Into the hands of east
erners who are contemplating a
visit to-the northwest or who
hnve manifested some Interest In
Its business opportunities," Mr.
81ms writes.
SLAYER OF
YOUNG
BOY
REPENTANT
Willim
Jeffries Sched
uled to Plead Guilty
to Manslaughter
ITC AD CSV PATt-ITR Orrlin rolld: ln f"ct- mon ,han that. t
r CAK SJt rnl I1E.IV Jr for (n cruet Lake-Diamond j
BOY CAUSED FLIGHT
DlMllct Attorney's Office- Hecnrra
Kvldenre Tending to Kliv that
Driver of Death Car n Kliim
nth lUm.l Hal Itern Drinking
llcavllj. '
MKDFOKI), Ore.. July 11, Wi
William Jeffrlea. keeper of a
roadalde aervlra atatlon on the
Aahland-Klamath Falla highway,
and driver of the pecdlug auto
niohlle that killed Henry West.
12, conaclence-atrlcken . and full
of remorae, declared in Ills cell
In the county Jail lual night That
fear of the dead yonth'a father
Impelled him In flee Munduv af
ternoon f Mowing the tragedy.
"After the accident 1 alnpped
aud returned," Jeffrlea told Dla
tiict Attorney Newton ( Chaney.
"I aaw the little buy lying by the
aide of the road. 1 knew if I
arms, somebody would gel kill
ed."
Jeffries asserte there had .been
trouble between him and West
and threata had been hurled.
Evidence abduced by tha au
thorities show that Jeffrlea, be
tel by domestic, bualneea and
neighborhood troubles, 'bad taken
lo liquor to drown his worries.
The prisoner I scheduled to
appear In the circuit court today
and enter a plea of guilty to in
voluntary manalaughler, the pen
alty for which Is not less than
one year, nor more than fifteen
yeara In state prison and a fine
not to exceed 15, ouo.
A coronora Inquest Into the
(Continued on page 41
FEDERAL PRQHI
BOAT FIRES ON
WRONG PERSON
nUFFALO. N. V., July, 10. (TJ
P.I Frank (1. Ralrhle,- owner
of the motor yacht ticker, said
today ha would seek Immediate
satisfaction from high coast guard
authorities In Washington -as a
rwult rf the Incident Sunday
when hla yacht ' was tired upon
by a count guard cutter.
"Promiscuous shooting" at
boata plying .Lake Erie and On
tario by coast guardsmen who
wore alleged not to have known
whether the bonis were rum run
ners, was denounced by Kalchle.
He said he would attempt to
force officials to .warn the
guards against shooting without
proper Investigation.
1
The following article waa writ
ten about Klamath Falls:
"Klamath Falla is a modern,
attractive city In the center of a
vast area - In southern' Oregon
noted for Its scenic beauty and
Its productiveness. It Is reached
by a new line ot tha Great North
ern Jlnll way extending south, ap
proximately 140 miles from Bend,
Oregon,
"Tho great forests of southern
Oregon make Klamath Fulla es
sentially a lumbering city, but
the surrounding country Is rich
In agricultural resources and It
Is well known as the playground
of -soul hern, Oregon., Hero one
may enjoy camping, hunting, fish
ing, swimming, boating, mountain
climbing, motoring and golfing.
Excellent hotels In Klnmath Falla
provide first-class accommoda
tions for both vacationist and
. (Continued oa paga six) '
East Section Of Rim
Road Open; Klamath
Entrance Way Leads
A flood of tourlat cara held or out of tba park alnca tba
back alnca tha opening of tha opening day.
season by anow drifu, waa r-' According to official figures re
leaaed today on the eaat auction leaaed by Colonel Thompaan to
ot tire Crater Lake rim road, ac- day, S.035 automobiles pisaad
cording to long dtalance telephone ! through the aoutb entrance, aaven
message thla morning from Col-, miles north of Fort Klamath,
onel C. O. Thorn paon. auperln- ' H have passed through tba
tendent of Crater Lake park.' j Medford entrance, and 1111
For tha f irat time thla aeaaon ' through the Band Creek entrance
tourlata can enjoy a part of thai
Lake road, leading from Crater
rim, la alaa open.
Bnow drifu and alldef continue
to bold back the opening of the
wet section of the beautiful road lot the park auperintendent of
circumventing Crater Lake. 1 100.000 visitor during the 1918
For the flrat time In the hla-1 aeaaon appeara to be a safe aur
tory of tha Crater Lake National j mlae. The Crater Lake lodge Is
park, tha Klamath entrance to enjoying the. moat prosperoua
the, national park la leading In 'early aeaaon business since H waa
number of cars which pasaed Into ! established.
Klamath Officers
Down Fleeing
Cooperation of Klamath offi
cers was largely, responsible for
the senaatlonal rapture of Wil
liam Jtffrles. Mountain View gas
station operator, whose ear, driv
en at high speed, ran down and
killed Henry West, aged 13. on
the Ashland-Klamath Falls high,
way late Monday atieraopn,
Sheriff Hurt liawKinn, Deputy
Kherlff Ixuis Mueller and State
Prohibition Agent Arkerroan j for 20 miles arrived at Fall
promptly responded to a'call fori Crock, lata Monday evening, told
aid from Jackson county autbort-ta workman that he had burned
Ilea. j out a bearing In his Csr and waa
Shortly after 'the fatal acct-, walking to Hornbrook tor help,
dent, Jeffries, armed with a , (Continued on paga 4),
SISKIYOU HIT
YMEKA. Cal., July 11. (AP)
An undetermined number of cat
tle waa lost and 6.000 acres of
lush range grass and rnnge land
waa burned over1 by a two-day
fire before It was brought under
control today. . Mere than 100
fire fighters were recruited to
combat the blase that cut a awath
seven miles long and three miles
wide In the Dogus mountain dis
trict. - 1
AIUIAXOKMKNT OK O.
IIKOWV 8KT AHEAD
Arraignment ana ' hearing of
0. W. Drown, Chiloquln. on the
charge of obtaining money under
. . , J
falsa pretenses by Issuing a bad
check to the Shaw-MarKea Sta
tionery . c o m p a n y of Klamath
Falls, has been deferred for sev
eral days. Accordlae to Justtc
of the Peace W. n. Barnes the
matter might be adjusted be
tween the defendant and the com
plaining witness.
Breakfast in
BY RANGE FIRE
'r-rNj v i
When a 'group of Los Angeles real estate men met the other
day. one of-the features of their program waa a breakfast In the
clouds ubuard cne of the great now Los Augoles-San Francisco
tr liners. The realtor covered lol ot reaj estate.
to the lake.
The Sand Creek
aaleway to the national park waa
reported by Colonel Thompsoi
to be In excellent condition.
baa recently been improved.
The tide of tourlata contlnnea
to riae, and daily the prediction
Help Trail
Slayer of Youth
rifle fled into the pine woods.
Kivo . boars . later tha . .officers
picked up tlio trail through the
woods.' One group of officers
waa ordered to follow tbe tra'l.
another officer waa Instructed to
go to tha Ren Frayne cabin snd
lhe Klamath officers were saat
3u llornbrook. : .
It developed that Jeffries, af-
iter wandering through the woods
TODAY'S
RESULTS
' American, second game
Chicago j i
Philadelphia 1
10
Faher and Crouse; Eurnsba-x,
Orwoll and Perklna.. Foxx.
National: ' , '
Ilrooklyn - .' S 1
Cincinnati 3 t
Doak and Gooch; Jabl-nowakl.
Lucas and Hargrave. Plcinlcb.,
DRIVER OF CAR
TO PLEA TODAY
Plea of Joe Kelly, "the mall
box leveller", will be heard this
' afternoon in Justice court by Jua-
' . I A ,k. P..M R .RirDM.
ties of the Peace W. B. Barnes.
Kelly, according to the aherlft'a
office, drove hla car Into a clus
ter ot mall boxes on south Sixth
street and knocked over nine.
James Hilton, deputy sheriff,
the arresting officer, said that
the man waa apparently intoxi
cated. the Clouds
T
10
K. F. COURT
Emile Egert Seeks to Pre
vent Construction of
East Route , s
COUNTY COMMISSION
FREELY CRITICISED
I'nfalr Method Vsed by Certain
Parties la Farm District to
Persuade County Court to Lo
cate Road on Most Kxpenslve
Route, Hays Complaint.
A bitter road fight that has
simmered ln Yonna valley for
-several months, broke Into circuit
court today with tha filing of a
suit by Em lie Egert seeking to
enjoin the Klamath eonnty court
from constructing a 11-mile coun
ty read on the so called East
side route." .
Egert, a prominent fanner of
that section and an ardent spon
sor of tha "west-aide route
seeks an Immediate temporary
Injunction and later a permanent
Injunction against tha east side
route. He Is represented by. the
firm of Manning, McCotl3eh and
Drlscoll. .... -- v ... .
Egert sets" Totlh in hla ccm
plaint that following tba passage
of the $500,000 county road
(Continued on paga 4)
MOTHER GIVES
LIFE IN VAIN
FOR HER SON
j REDDINO. Calif., July 11. (U.
'p.) The treacherous waters of
(Trinity river today gave up the
bodies of Jack Flske, nine, and
his' mother. Mra. Haxel Flske of
Sacramento, who waa droWned ln.
a vain attempt to aave her boy..
Jack waa caught ln a whirl
pool of tha river and when ha
went down bta mother went Into
the water after him. '
CHAMBERLAIN
BURIED TQDAY
' WASHINGTON. D. C, July 11.
(AP) Former Senator George
E. Chamberlain of Oregon, who
guided tha senate military af
faire committee through the
World war, was buried today
with military honors in the Ar
lington national cemetery. He
died at hla apartment here Mon
day:
Tha funeral procession was
met at Arlington gates by a khaki
clad escort ot two full Infantry
squards. a color guard and a tir
ing party.
Funeral services at the Ward
man Park hotel preceded burial
at Arlington. The Rev. W. H. T.
Squires of ' Norfolk, Vs., offi
ciated at the services.
AD
FGH
CARRIED
Senator Hall And Ward
Irvine Visit Klamath
Senator Charles Hal, ot Coos
and Curry counties, and Ward
Irvine, assistant editor of tha
Portland Journal, arrived In Kla
math Falls Tuesday evening. Sen
ator Hall has just completed one
of the largest mergers In the
telephone world that has been
consummated tor many years. He
has put together an independent
comoan ' which' has purchased
nracticallr all of the good tnde-
! pendent properties on the coast,
Including tha Klamath and Lake
eountlea long distance lines and
exchanges In several ot the towns.
The financing of thla undertak
ing, which ran Into large figures,
was a' task, tha success of which
places Senator Hall high up In
tho scale of financiers ot the
west.
' Mr. Irvine will take a ' few
days rest In the Klamath Basin
to revive from the dally grind
EXTENSION OF 1
ROAD PLANNED
BY W. P. LINE
SAN FRANCISCO. July ' 11.
(CP). Announcement was made
bore last nlgbt that tba Western
Pacific railroad will construct
174 miles of railroad from San
Francisco to Nile and from Nile
garden, 11 mile from Stockton,
to Bakerafleld by way of Fresno.
Cost of tha Improvements will
be approximately $13,600,000, It
waa said.
Officials of tba road said an
application had been sent to the
Interstate Commerce commission
for permission to carry out the
program, which, will ' affect 10
counties of central California. ,
Activities of the Western Paci
fic railroad In extending their
system ln California are looked
on with Interest by close observ
ers of tbe Klamath railroad situa
tion. .
Arthur Cnrtlss Jamea, who con
: : (Continued on paga alx)
T.R.
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PORTLAND. Ore.. July 11. (A.
P.) Ted Jackson. Klamath In
dian, and former. University of
Southern California student, took
tbe stand ln hla own defense to
day ln the. jury trial in which
the government , would, convict
him. ot tha fatal assault upon hla
counsin, Jasper . Turner Jackson
during a drunken brawl. The
cousin died April IS, . - r
The government charges that
when young ' Jackson drank he
waa under the Illusion Jasper
killed his brother, and continual
ly tortured him.
On tha witness stand today,
Ted Jackson admitted ba tied his
cousin to a tree with wire, bnt
said the tying episode waa to
keep his cousin from going after
more, money ' when he was In
toxicated. BANDITS TAKEN
BY U. S. FORCE
WASHINGTON. D. C. July 11.
(AP) The surrender of -a total
of 18( "confessed" Nicaraguan
bandits, to United States marine
forces at Ocotal. - was reported
today to the navy department.
A report of Rear Admiral Da
vid F. Sellers, commander ot the
apecial, service squadron ln Nica
raguan waters, made public by
tha navy department, said that
120 of the bandits gave them
selves up on July 7 and request
ed amnesty. Sixty-six more ban
dits surrendered July . They
were unarmed, the report added.
Rl'TH LAMS OCT
4 THIRTY-THIRD HOMER
4 NEW YORK. July 11. (JP)
Babe Ruth hit hla thirty-
third home run of the sea-
aon In tha seventh Inning of
tha second Tiger-Yankee
game here today. Gibson 4
was pitching and tha bases
4) were empty. -
of Portland newspaper work
(where he Is forced to listen to
those who want George Baker
tor mayor and therefore alng his
praises to the editor, and those
who do not want George, tor
mayor who do not overlook tell
ing the editor why Buker should
not win. , . . .
"We came down to meet old
trlenda and relax a little." aald
Senatcr Hall, "and also to got
this Klamath Falls growing virus
in our blood. I will say that this
city Is doing more for Oregon In
furnishing tha remainder ot the
state a tonic and an inspiration,
than tha people here realise.
Everywhere I go I hear the same
tine tribute to Klamath Falla as
the growing city, and It Is re
freshing to coma down and learn
at first hand that all the good
things
;tma."
said about tbe city, are
JG
S VERS QN
THREE MEN
SIGHTED ON
ICEFLOES
Daring Russian Soviet
Flyer Identifies Lost
Trio Today
METEREOLOGIST AND
2 COMPANIONS SEEN
Chukhnovtky ' Bmhlenly ' Comre
Onto. Struggling . Members ot
Helta's Crew While on Reco
naisance Flight; Rescue Ship
Rejoices. ""
MOSCOW, July 11, (AP)
Virtually given up 1 for
dead, three men of the ill
fated N o b i I e expedition,
have been discovered alive
cn the ice packs to the
west of Cape Platen, north
of-Northeast Land.
-They are Dr. Finn Malmgren,'
8wediea ' meteorologist. - Captain
Alberto Mariano, pilot of the
dirigible' Italia, and Captain Fll-
ippo Eappl, navigator. They have
been tramping over the' Ice from
near -Fcyu blastf tor 43 dvm.--Tbe
Russian airman Chuknnov.
skv. wke took off- from tha la
breaker Kras'slri today sighted tha
wayfarers from afar. Abont tha
same time tha castaways saw tha
plane and two of them-waved
frantically . with tattered : flags.
Tha third was lying down.v
Ctrdesl Five Times,
Chukhnovsky circled over them
five- times, seeking a landing' but
was forced to reiarn to the Krns
sln. ' He returned to the ma
rooned men this afternoon.
They are located at about
(Continued on paga alx)
f 1
20
CLEANCOUflTY
An earnest desire to "clean p"
conditions which he believed to
exist- In Klamath, has been ex
pressed by George Neuner, Uni
ted States District Attorney, ac
cording to a Portland newspaper
article. Neuner aald that several
killings on the Klamath Indian
reservation had been . canned by
liqnor, and that a general "clean.
house" movement wss In order.
The article state that Neuaer
has Initiated hla . campaign by
the arrest ot 17 Klamath men
and women on various federal
charges. Many additional arrests
are expected and a number of
conspiracy cases are known to
be In tba offing.
Francis E. Marsh, deputy Unl
tedd Statea district attorney, will
represent the government at a
preliminary hearings ot a num
ber ot the cases which open July
17 ln Klamath Falla before Uni
ted States Commissioner Bert C.
Thomas. . - k - ;
Aunt Het
"When t call on a woman
I take plenty of tlmt to rnb
my ahoes on the mat so sbeT
have a decent chance to snatch
things oft tha floor - an'
straighten up."
NEUflER WOULD