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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1928
Number 6146
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ENDORSED
BY PETITION:
County Judge F. R. God
dard "Nominate Chi I- .
Man
oqum
SHORT DESIRES TIME
THINK OVER MATTER
t'uaniy t'omiiilaalimi'r Kxil'
In m-li'iinlr Ihal llcpro-
acnls Km in Ciiiiniy anil
Wtlliu Tlmn ' Inn-alltfiilc
Juallfli Minna nml Mhrr I'nn
illilnlr. Although nominated by
County J u d it e Goddurd,
Charles William, promi
nent hu.sini'Mii mun of Chilo
1 ii in. wan not uppointcd thin
morning to fill for three
monthft the vacancy ocean
ioncd by tho reriiKnation of
Horace Dunlup. County
Commiiixioner Rurrcll Short
declined to second tho nom
ination until ho hud hud
more time 'lo investigate
tho mutter.
A Urn petition recommend
ing Ilia apiKiliil inonl if Williams
waa submitted to I ho county court
thin morning hy a delegation
from tha uorthi'rn part at the
county, i
Judgo Goddard prumptly nomi
nated In Chlloquln ri'tnll lum
ber dealer.
I :lll in IhhIiiiiii Short demurred.
Ho explained thut ho wanted
lima to Investigate.
Pressed hy Arthur PrinuU ot
Chlluqiiln to rnmu to a decision
hy IUW afternoon at tho latest
(Continued on paga 41
IDE M LUKE
Dealing her record of la.t year
hy 12 mlnuten, Mr, ttho Nlchola
Hwatn acroaa l.ukn O' thu Wood",
a dlalanrr of two . nillca. In 68
in I n u ton flat thin pn'it week.
HerHuae of the luii'ntwi of thn
acaaoii. when tho water takca on
an aliu:nt frigid tiiniueruture, thla
rvcnrd la conaldnrcil unuauul. i
l.aat year whvn Mra. Nicholt
made the awiui acroaa the lake,
friend . remained on the ahure
wailing for her to complete the
awlm. (the atepped from the wa
ters rented and ready to muke
the awlm again.
Mr. and Mra. Niihola have one
nf tha flneat nummcr home on
tho lake and each year Mra. Nlrh
ala remalna at the reanrt until
lute full, when amw forcea her
lo return to tha city.
Poor Pa
"In my dny poaple hnted tho
levll an' debt, but now they're
gntlln' to be on friendly terma
with both of em."
RECORD
WAi: .RS' HAT
IN RING FOR
RE-ELECTION
Mayor Thomas II. Waltera,
Kluinath Falls realtor, and for
Ihe pant two years mayor, today
furmully announced hla candidacy
fur re-election.
Muyor Wattera la thn flrat to
loan hla hat Intri tho rlty politi
cal rang.
Ilia announcement follows:
"Two yaara ego when I con
sented to become a randldata for
Mayor, I had a proa""!" pro
Irani fur Ilia city ullled In my
tnluil, with the, definite ulijm t In
view nt, a I v I ti at thn people of Kla
math Full a qualiiliss udmlulslra
tlon. With lh help of tha coun
rll and olhor offl.er of tho rlty,
have at least made a begin
ning, hut thara are many Im
provements to be mado and many
thing to bo done to plate our
rlty on a par with other almllar
aUi'd I'ltlna.
"I find that two years haa not
been a auirii'lutit period In whlh
to complete my proitram aa I oaw
It. In view of I lila fart and the
lualaieni-e of my friend, I hava
concluded lo aitaln allow my
name to b placed before the
people fur tlila office. I may aay
that while I realise I 'tiara not
been able lo please all of lha
people, I hava dune my du'.lra aa
I hava aeen It and have plarrd
no favorite. In rear the public
deslrca, to continue theae aame
policies fur another two yeara, I
feel that I ran continue lo five
the aama irrvlre and I ahall ap
preciate theupport that mny lie
given ma."
VISITS COUNTY
Concerned over the duck dl
eaan altuatlon and offering his
cooperation and that of the elate
game rommlaalon In aid In the
control of the malady. Harold
Clifford, alata game 'warden baa
returned from an Inapectiun of
tlm Kliuatiim In Tule lake.
"The dleeane appear In be con
fined uliiioal entirely lo Tule
luke In northern California,"
aid Mr. (Ilffoid. "There haa
been very little ot It, apparently.
Ill Klamath.
"It la not a dlaraae confined
lo thla country alone but la
known In other diatrlcta, particu
larly In Ihe Hear lllver ntarahee
of i'lnh.
"If they did aacerteln Ihe
caueo, thero la' tome doubt it
ther coiiPl control It,"
Mr. Clifford aald t lint gov.
eminent etpurt were Invcafigut
lug proper methoila pf acrcening
irrlgiillon 'dltrbea . and that an
electric device, had been Invotiled
which would he very anliafaciory.
"While I do. not bellevs that
recurring flrna in vnrioua aec
tioua nf the I'oaat ahould be
blunted on deer huntera, I do
think that nlinroda ahould he
upprlaed of Ihe aerioua fire duiw
Ker nnd ahould exerclae cauliin
ill the wooda."
Alleging duaerllou aa grounda
for aull. Fred K. Davla haa In
atltitted nn action for divorce
from ' t'eleata Dnvla whom he
married May 8. 19!.l. J. II. Ilacon
In DavbT attorney.
Other divorce aulta brought in
cluded Joaephlne I'owera from
Dewey I o w e r a; and Kline ('.
Urandea from Herbert (I. Ilrnn-ilea.
STATE WARDEN
Tired Feet Held Cause
Of Domestic Difficulty
Hy W. V. Ml'I.I.IVAX
t'nltiil Press Hluff Com'HMiiilcnl
CHICAGO, Sept. 22 (I'P)
lllatne yourself, not Ihe wife, for
your fallen arches, flat feet or
Inflamed iflilns. J. II. He Is advised
husbands today, quoting from Ihe
j findings of orthopedic Burgeon,
j And tired feet of the "tired
business man" often are respon
sible for the constant grouch that
causes domestic dissension nnd
'divorce, he added, In ait address
to shoe manufacturers.
"This is literally a generation
of lenderfeel," Sels said. "Ninety
per eonl of Americans hare foot
i troubles and only about third
MAUN MAN!
NEAR DEATH
FRDIUI MIT
I IIVill VI IU I
J. L. Petrutka Attempts
Suicide on Lonely
Rogue Road
'SMALL CHANCE FOR
! RECOVERY IS GIVEN
HoapHal Authorities (iivr I'roni
Incnt Klamnili Farmer Kindl
ing 1mm-e fur Life; If Hr
Itm overs, High! ul Ouc Kye
Will Iw lmt, lt.M,rt.
MKDKOHO. Ore.. Bi-pt. 12
(AIM I. Petruaka, of Malln.
Klamath county, waa In a hoe
pltnl here today in a prprarloua
condition from a rlfie bullet fired
Into hla face by hla own band
with eulcldal Intent. He waa
found about midnight, lying be
aide an aut parked on McAn
drewa road. Itealdenta of the dla
Irlrt, rouaed hy two ahola. called
authorlliea. Petruaka. a man of
powerful phyaligie, had a fight
ing chance for life, tliouKh he
will luae Ihe eight of one eye.
J'etruaka left a farewell note,
I written In a Slavic language, and
lliu ahcrlff'a office haa been Un
jable 13 read Ita contenta. lnli-aa
, an Interpreter la located here to
day the hitter' will lie aent to
Portland for translation.
tly algna and the few worda he
waa able lo utter, Petruaka told
the sheriff that he fired the ahota
and that he, alone, waa respon
sible. He conveyed the Informa
tion that he had fired three ahota
from the 3X-6S rifle with bla foot
and that two ot tho ahota missed
(Continued on paga 4)
YANKS IN 4TH
! CHICAOO. Sept. 22 (API
i Young Henry Johnson pitched for
the Yankees today aa the champs
(battled fr the odd game in three
'ngalnal the White Sox. Alphonse
T ho in a a, uviully tinf irtunato
jogainat New York, opposed the
i Hugmen. '
i The White Sox finally broke
through Johnson in the fourth,
! when four runs were aeoronj Cl-
sell'a triple, Mosul's alnRluj .and
passes 13 Thomas and Shires gave
tho Sox cne run and loft the
l bases filled with two out. Key-
noldn' Texas league double clean
led the sacks and brought He:m
luch to Johuaon'a rescue. He
forced Metsler to hoist harm-
leaaly lo Combs. I Neljher aide
threatened in the fifth.
Contract for tho surfacing of
four miles of Ihe Miller Island
road will be let this afternoon
hy Ihe county court. The pro
ject will also Include some grad
ing. of them real lie tho nature of
their trouble. Fallen arches are
grounds for exemption during tho
nr nnd soon they mny he grounds
for divorce.
"Ill-shod feel cuttsed grouches,
the start of many domestic rights.
This Is n warning nit only to
husbands hut lo wives, as femi
nine grouches are cuttsed In tho
same manner.
"Foot troubles were practically
unknown forty years am. Ihe
speaker explained, as in those
days our feet did not pound hard
pavements rnnstnnjly and people
did - not change suddenly from
(Cnutlncil on fago Kouy)
t
C BO
LEADS
Announce Plans for
New Business Block
On Eighth and Main
With the breaklni of around
oa Monday morning on the cor-.;
nrr of Main and, Kluhth, build-
In of tlm new ID5.0UU two-atory
i mlnlorced roucrnte liuildlnc. to
' Lmj the bunuOt The Uoldnil Kule
atore, will be umln'r way. t
I'lana for I he bulldlnx. while
not completed by Howard H. Per-
rin, Drchllvcl. are fur enourb
aliinc to aaaurn Klamath Kalla
of auotlivr modi rn, claim A build-
Inrt.
While but two etorlea will be
irrvrtrd at the preornt with a
full concrete hancment. the plana
are dealiurd for a five atory
at ruct e.
: The hulldiux will huve a front
'aice of 05 by 100 fret, frontinf
iNorthcott's Mother Willing : - ;
To Assume All Murder Blame j
nrEnSIDK. Calif.. Sept. 22.
(AIM A mother love ao lntenae
that it plotted murder and as
sumed Ihe blame at the behest
of a son s degenerate whims to
day stood revealed by a husband
and grandson aa the background
of murder Indictments against
Mra. Louisa Northcott and 21-yeor-old
Gordon Stuart Northcott.
To tout boya the youth s e cur
ing brought dealh. sometimes by
an axe. again hy a gun, but each
time Ihe sous desires aroused
hla mnther'a affection tor him
and led her to take a band In taj
executiona, Ranford Clark, 1.
the grandson, and Cyrus O.
Northcott. the husband, told Riv
erside county authorlliea last
night.
Mr. Northcott'a affection "al
most amounted to insanity" for
Uordou. her huaband told author
ities, while young Clark outlined
the gruesome killing of Waiter
Collins, nine-year-old I.os An
LEAGUE LEADERl
i
POLO GKOUNpS. NEW YORK. I
Sept. 22. (AP) The New York
Glauts tightened the Natfonul .
League race today by beating
the St. Louia Cardinals 8 to 6
before a roaring crowd ot 40,000.
The victory cut tho Cardinals'
lead to a single game. . j
It waa the second triumph of
the Giants In tho crucial three J
game aeriea aud makes it a keen
er fight than ever for the flag. '
each club having eight games to
pluy. The sensational relief
pitching of young Karl Huhbell.
product of Oklahoma and Texas. I
saved the game for tho' Giants
after the Cardinals knocked Kred
Kltislmmons from the box In the'
fifth Inning. An error by Douth-,
II. St. Louis centerfielder, on!
Lintlstrom's sharp single In the.
seventh Inning, gave the Giants'
Ihe winning margin. ;
PORTLAND NINE
MAY PLAY IN
KLAMATH FALLS
Klumath Falls baseball fans
may see the Portland Heavers
and the Ilend Eagles In action on I
! tho Klamath Falls diamond on'
i Saturday. Oi'Ulier 6. While no;
I definite announcement could be j
' made today hy local fans. It is I
j understood the chance to see the !
two teams In action here Is good, j
, The Portland nine, on Its way
to Ilend to play the Eagles, after
ending the Pacific Coast league
seasju In Oakland on October 4,
j will pass thrcttgh Klnmath Falls
son uctooer a.
I Plans for a Portland-Rend J
game in Klamath Falls were dis-1
! cussed after the suggestion from'
! Portland that two games he play.
I ed in Hend, on October I and I. '
jwoa qot .approved la Dead. j
6 ANTS
WALLOP
on Muln and' Eighth atreet.
K. W. Vannice, owner of The
fioldi-n Kule atore, purchaaed the
property on Main and Klghth
early ill .Annual from W. V.
ilopka. ,
The contract for excavating of
the baneraenl bad been let to
Uiula K: Porter who will ruah
the work, hoplug; to flntah the
baaement before the atorroy
weather aeta In. .
The two atorlei of the building
will be finished aa aoon aa poa
allile. boweier, no definite time
fhae been ael, '.
j Ciimili't plana for the new
building will be ready within the
coming two weeka, H. It. Perrln,
' architect, atated today.
geles boy. 'Clark aald he too.
waa brought Into the alleged
alaying aa a measure to keep his
Ituugue quiet.
I The Collins boy fell a victim
Ion the Northcott chicken ranch
; near Wlneville. Calif., because
.he saw Gordon slay the partner
'of a miner in Nortbcoti'i cabin
tin Mint Canyon, Clark related.
-Mm, young Northcott planned
1 to shoot Collins, bnt his mother
suggested an axe because a gun
' would make "too much noise."
This course decided upon, the
' mother led her grandson and aon
I to a henhouse where three of
i-Northcotl'a victims were alleged
to hare died and been buried.
Clark said, and where young Col
' Una was sleeping. Gordon atruck
i the first blow, then o "no one
ot us can tell" Clark said Mrs.
Northcott commanded, she-forced
her grandson, to take the axe aud
crash It against Collins' head.
1 (Continued on Page Eight)
A'S FOUR TO 0
... .
DETROIT. Sept. 22. (API
Fighting to remain in the pen
nant rare, Connio .Mack sent
Rube Walberg against the Tigers
In the last game ot -the series
here today. Victor Borrell op
posed him.
The Tigers fell- upon Walberg
for four run In the opener, and
Earnshaw was found upon the
mound at the start of the second.
Stone's walk, Oehrlnger's single
and Hale's fumble of Rice's sac
rifice filled the bases In the open
er with none out. Hellraann
lifted a sacrifice fly to Haas,
scoring Stone, and McManus sin
gled Iq 'center, scoring Gehrln
ger. Rice however, waa cut down
at" third, permitting McManus to
reach, second. Hellmann then
doubled and -. Woodall singled,
scoring rleilmann.
TODAY'S
RESULTS
National: .
Chicago -0 8 0
llrooklyn t 4 6 0
Root, Malone and Hartnett;
McWeeny and Gooch.
National (first game);
Pittsburgh 9 10 2
Philadelphia 7 14 1
Grimes and Horgreaves; Mll
llgan, McGraw, Baecht, Miller
nnd I.ernln.
National (first game):
Cincinnati 4 9 0
lloslon II 10 0
Ash. Ileckman and
Greenfield and Taylor.'
American:
Washington
Cleveland
Hadloy and Rttel;
Barnhart and Myatt.
Piclnlch;
t 12
0 6
Ferrell,
DETROT LEADS
CITY LEVY
HELD NEED
ias I I P M a aa.
III
uv uwwvw
ill I I1IIHI1II
u I UJI llU
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Budget . Group Itemize
How $46,000 Special
Ttx Would be .
Expended
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ISSUE UP FOR VOTE
ON NOVEMBER SIXTH
Onoral Maintenance and Opera
j Hon of City (riivrmmrnt,
Coupled With Home XecenaaiT
I Important, Xerntaltateii Spec
ial Tax 1-vy. tlojni.
Convinced that lb alx per cent
budget Increase allowed by stat
ute will not' provide sufficient
funds to meet added city main
tenance and operation expenses,
the city council will rote Mon-
day night to submit a proposal wnt j thnk. BOt what I know
to the city-electorate November 1 1 think we will be away for at
( providing for a. special levy ag- lgaat a year, and. maybe, two
gregating 4(.000, It waa an- years. Maybe even three. , And
nounced .today by Mayor T. B. aa for plans when we return', on
Walters. ' . jtbat I haven't the faintest notion
That the city barely managed n 001 bothering me."
to get through without a special
rery the past Tear was pointed'
out by the inayoK ' J
"The six per cent Jncrease, be-
i yond w hich we can not go, will
: be about $5,000," said Mayor
jWatters. '
j "There have arisen additional
expenses which we can not han
i die unless a special levy is for-
mally approved at the polls."
i Following is a list of items
which will be covered In the
clal levy: jan(j community service are the
Additional fir equipment. announced objective ot the or
13500; compiling engineering anlxatinn.
data,' and purchasing equipment flra. Daisy Windsor was elect
tor the city engineer. 14000: led president; C. D. Chorpening.
sidewalk revolving fund. $2000; secretary and treasurer; Mrs.
completing isolation hospital and George (Jhrine, chairman ot the
furnishings. 22000;' street flush- refreshments . committee; Mrs.
er, truck and sweeper, ' S 8000; George Hoffman, chairman of
flush coating streets, 10,000; the decorations committee; and
sewer construction ' and repair, : Mrs. Ben Loftsgaard. chairman
23000; repairs to heating plant of the program committee,
of ihe city hall, 21000; repairs! Tha meeting was attended by
on bridges, $2500; and mainten- over 60 residenta of the com
ance.and cleaning streets, $10,-' munity. Paul T. Jackson, prln-
000.
THREE BLAZES
With embers from two fires
yesterday still warm, three more
blazea broke out this morning
In the timber belt west of Klam
ath Falls, one in the Pokegama
district, a second near Keno and
a third on Hayden creek.
"I don't want to blame every
thing on deer hunters." said J. F.
Kimball, secretary ot the Klam
ath Forest Protective association
this afternoon, "but the fact re
mains that recurring fires in this
district give every appearance of
being caused by deer hunters."
IAGEI0DS
C. H. Underwood Will Not
Be In Race For Mayor
Clarence H. Underwood, presi
dent of the chamber of commerce
and member ot the city school
board and Union high school
board, last -night announced that
he had definitely decided to not
be a candidate for mayor ot Kla
math. His friend were earnest and
sincere for him and while they
real lied It Is a sacrifice for any
man ot affairs and ot business
to serve as mayor, they neverthe
less urged Mr. Underwood to
make that sacrifice. In the past
he has been quite active In pub-
! lie affairs and has given a great
dca ot his time to civic matters.
MARY LAUDER
TELLS PLANS
TO REPORTERS
NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (AP)
-Miss Mary Josephine Laudar,
wealthy fiance of Oene Tnnney.
waa on her way to Italy today to
marry tbe retired hea-rywelght
J champion.
With her mother and several
trinAm ,ha llil ahnrllv aftr
aniimiai lor napies swsra me
Italian liner Saturnla. "The hap
piest girl Id the world."
No definite plans for the wed
ding have been made ao far as
ah . know, ah aald, and ah
doesn't believe Gen ha com
pleted plan. "All I know Is that
I'm going to b married aoon
and, boneatly, that's enough for
Ihe present." . .
7 Happy i Oh, I'm the happiest
gifl In the world. Even with those
awfully complicated Italian mar
riage lawa to face I would not
change places with any girl In
tbe world today. Yea, I do feel
romantic about it. I've never
been ao thrilled In my life, be
cause, whatever happens. I'm sure
I'm going to be married."
She said that Gen would not
meet her at Naples but that,
"There's nothing strange about
that. I'll see him shortly atter
we get there anyway."
"How long will we be abroad?
l can't tel) that either. Isn't it
too delicious to know ao little
about my own wedding plans? I
i think remember, this la Just
F
Formal organisation ot the Al
goma Community club was com
nlAtoH Inat nlsht In the Alrnma
CLUB
DIED FRIDAY
spe-ichool bouse. Social betterment
'clpal of the Klamath Union high
school addressed tha group.
ROY A. MURRAY
WILL ADDRESS
FORUM LUNCH
"Hawaii" will be the subject
which Roy A. Murray will apeak
upon at the forum luncheon ot
the chamber ot commerce on
Wednesday, noon, September 16.
Mr. Murray, representative- ot
, the Matson Steamship company,
i will arrive here Wednesday morn
ing from San Francisco.
Plans outlined by the Port
land chamber of commerce for
a cruise at the islands will be
told hv Mr Murrav.
The trip will be made on the
steamship "Malalo" from Novem
ber 9 to November 27. A num
I ber of aide trlpa will be made.
On the school board he has
worked diligently and untiringly
to bring the school system up to
a high standard and provide
buildings for housing the pupils.
As president of the chambqr ot
commerce he never tired and
kept constantly In the harness
during his entire administration,
with a result that he has an out
standing record as head ot that
body. j
Sentiment Strong
Rased upon these achievement
and the further fact that har
mony In city affairs Is one ot
the all-Important features at this,
time In the clty'a growth, . tbe
(Continued oa Pag? Eighty
jOI DEATH
CAUSED BY
BIG FIRES
Two Sutes Amaaa Forces
to Combat Confla
gration V
OIL PROPERTIES IN
SOUTH , THREATENED
Water of Portlauul's Waier Sup
ply in Danger of Betas; De
airoyed by 1amea; Flrn
VtKhters Wage Hattlg Again!
Flames Last Night. i
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept
22. (AP) From Northern'
Oregon to the southern tip
of California, - the Pacifiq
coast today marshalled :
forces to combat .forest ant ;
brush fires which had ,trap ,
ped motorists, caused one
death,' severe - burns ' toi '
about a dozen men and two
Women, and turned thous
ands of acres into fl rmok
ing waste. "J-
The man killed waa Real Lane,
employe on San Francisco's Heteh .
Hetchy project, who. was one ot
four men blown up when a brush
fir Ignited gasoline in his truck, ,
near Llvermore. northern Califor
nia, and exploded the tank.
Another fire atarred about ten
mile north of Castlac Junction.
(Continued "on rase 4)
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RIDAY
The ' atmosphere of a" perfect
home greet one as they entee
the "Model Home" on Earl street
which was thrown, open, to th '
public on Friday afternoon.
The horn was designed and
built") by H. E. Roskamp- of this)
ciyt.:whQ with Miss Jane Snedl
cor, interior decorator and mem
ber of the .Woman's Library Club
greeted ' the caller throughout
th afternoon and evening of the'"
opening day. :
Once inside the entrance on
stops, th Interior Is so beautiful.
In Ita quaint Spanish style. Ev
erything la In perfect keeping, f
Th massive, but not too heavy
stone ftreplaca at th east wall
ot th living room reaches to th
ceiling. It is built of Klamath
Falls whit and blue atones. It
Is a masterpiece la Itself. ,
The walla of Spanish Trador
plaster finish with their antique
color blending are unusual bnt
moat pleasing to the eye and
most restful. The blend I dark
at th floor line, continuing to
shade oft .to th orchid celling.
These walls form a perfect hack
ground for the Spanish emhrold
(Continued on page 4)
Aunt Het
. "I hat to feel this way. 1
feel ao good I'm ashamed to
set an do nothln', an' feet so
bad 1 bat to move." . .