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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1929
NUMBER 7091
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Thoughts We've
Been Thinking
Senator Stelwer Becomea
Impatient With So-calL
d Eapertt in Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Modoc County Boost
Timber Taxes. City
Must Have Bond Sink
in a- Fund.
LJj, BRUCE DENNIS
' A PPAIIENTLY Tred Stelwer Is
gottlng Into action, for at tha
meeting In Bols lha other day,
be launched an attack oa certain I
farm organisations and eeonom
tits of the department of agri
culture which he should, and
probably will, follow up with
telling the facts. Senator 811
war Is fed up. as arc the rest of
us, on a tot of governmental
atuff which serves only to pro
vide Jobs. for some one In the
department,
e
piVB head of magnificent Elk
are hanging la cold storage
waiting for th aeveral thousand
members of the "Dst People on
Earth." so boys, hurry along
and be here to anjoy the K Ik
barbecue during the state conven
tion next week.
see
VJIODOC county has Its troubles
as well as Klamath county
ever timber Usee. It will be
noticed that the Increase la Mo
doe county has been eireptlon
ally large on the timber section.
Whether th timber people will
ajutua to pay th Use there, as
they have refused to ' pay Id
Klamath county Is yet to be seen.
TN the smaller communities of
Oregon no class of men do so
much for their surrounding
neighbors as do th weekly news
paper editors. Itocently Editor
Louie Felahlem Issued a seven
section edition of th llandon
World. It showed the Coos and
furry country In th beat light
and put forth befor th world
th Industries of that section of
th stat. Editor Felahlem la
on of th real editors of th
west II Is very capable and
far too big for th community In
which h Uvea, from a business
point of view. But. nevertheless,
he loves Bandon-by-th-8ea and
therefore, th people of that sec
tion are extremely fortunate In
having him with them and having
him thoroughly satisfied to live
In that excellent but rather small
community.
"ONTARIO, Oregon, Issued $61,
000 general obligation bonds
and, Ilk Klamath Falls, found
a very poor bond market. That
city has failed to establish a
sinking fund to retire Its former
bonds and therefore It has poor
standing with bond buyers.
On thing positively necessary,
If a community Is going, to bond
Itself, It to hav a sinking fund.
It It as essential aa It la tor
th reclamation dopartmont t
th United States to put In drain
age wherever It bas Installed Ir
rigation, e e e
CCORDINO to a newspaper In
Columbia county a rock crush
(Centlnuad on Page Four)
Poor Pa
"I told Ma I bad to work
lata last night an' she called
up at I o'clock Just to mnk
sura I was at th oftlc ,11k
I said I'd be."
ACCIDENT FATAL TO WOMAN
UN
LILivJ
m CAMPS
WILL OPEN
THIS FALL
Four Ccmpaniet Make
Plan to Start Log
ging Operation!.
MILL OFFICIALS OF
BASIN REVEAL PLANS
lrllraa liny and Ewauna Dot
Company Constructing Logging
I.lnre) Bhaw-llertraui Move
t'aJtip; lrogrcas Made on Lamm
Project.
Extensions . of logging
lines and improvements in
manufacturing equipment in
many Klamath lumber mills
were revealed today in a
mid-season lumber survey
conducted by the Evening
Herald.
One lumber company will open
up a now camp on Monday while
three others are bually engaged
In conalructlng loug logging lines
Into new timber.
Th general condition of the
lumber market waa pronounced
by moat of th operator to be
"average". A atady market for
the real of the teaaon waa antici
pated. The Ewauna Box company con
(Continued on rate Ftvt)
Through a deal closed Friday
afternoon by Dal and Hosklng.
realtors, t'l beautiful country
home of . W. C. Townscnd on
Summers Lane was told to A.
U Travla o" the Klamath Xray
Laboratories. The consideration
was $13,000.
The old Townscnd placo Is one
of the show places of Klamath
county, taking In I acret of valu
able ground south of the city.
Th horn consists of 7 large
rooms.
Mr. and Mr. Travis and fam
ily will occur;' their new horn
on Monday.
It Is th plan of Mr. Travis
to remodel the horn in th near
future and to erect another home
on tbs pro. orty which will be
occuple'i by his parents, who plan
to com west to reside perman
ently. Mr. and Mrs. Townsend will
lake the former home of Mr.
and Mrs. Travla on California
Avenue where thoy plan to reside
Indefinitely.
I G. TOWNSEND
HOI IS SOLD
Battle of Man Against
Motor Declared Draw
CULVER CITY. Cal., July IS,
(AP) Th epoch-making endur-
unc tost of ten and a quarter
lays between Pltoti Loren W.
Monde.ll and ltoland B. Rein
hart nnd their Wright whirlwind
motor today had been declared
a draw.
A fouled tall group which
threatened disaster, forced the
filer to land their Buhl Airs-
rttn at 1:13.01 p. m yesterday
attar tit houra 41 minutes tt
seconds In th air.
Debrl which collected on the
ktablllier of their pltne, couplod
with a blow from th hatch
Annual State Elks ConventionDpens In Klamath
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RAILROADS
FORCED TO
MEET RENT
Frsnk Utiles, Swsn lake ranch
er, defied two railroads for four
houra yealerday and finally won
bla point.
The O. C. ft E. railroad. Joint
ly owned by tb Great Northern
and Southern Paclfle lines, hsd
maintained a apur across Stile's
land In tb 8wan lake country.
Yesterday a O. C. ft E. loco
motive and track crew started to
tear up the tlea and rails and
remove the line.
As tbey worked bsck towards
tb main line hey suddenly no
ticed a car parked acroas th
line. It was Stile's machine and
ita owner refused to more It
until th railroad paid htm rent
'or the spur line.
Pleading and argument! by
rail official! were of no avail.
The district attorney wat con
sulted, but he refused to take
part la tb controversy and
pointed out that the spur waa on
Stiles' property and that he was
fre to drive hit car wherever
he wanted on his own land.
Hours passed and th locomo
tive remained. ,
But as the 'day closed, titer
cam an order from the head of
fice to pay Stiles. Triumphantly
the determined rancher removed
hit machine and went away.
III!
MILWAUKEE, July IS. (AP)
James M. Doran, United States
prohibition commissioner, has or
dered Milwaukee brewers to dis
continue th manufacture of "II
per rent" malt tonics. Brewers
spoke of tb order today as th
most severe blow to the Industry
since passage of the 18th amend
ment, Th order, delivered through
E. C. Yellowley, prohibition en
forcement chief at Chicago, stat
ed that effective Immediately
malt tonics must contain a min
imum of IS per cent solids de
rived from malt, and not more
than two per cent alcohol by
volume.
The IS per cent product, the
order decreed, must be bottled
and distributed under the same
restrictions as now govern the
"II por cont."
GRASS BURNED
TO FORESTALL
SERIOUS FIRE
Burning of sag brush and
dead grass north of Klamath
Falls, stretching over a vast acre
age from th Al Graham place
to Hot 8prings Addition was
started thla morning.
Keith Ambrose, chief of the
firs department with seven men
started the flro this morning
which will be under control at
all times.
"It will take several dsvs In
burn th vast waste," Chief Am
brose stated this morning.
cover which wn torn from th
cabin of th Angeleno, all but
forced th endurance craft out of
control, abruptly ending lta un
precedented flight befor either
pilot or motor had given any
Indication of Quitting.
At th pair climbed stiffly
out of their plane, a haggard
tort of tmlls on their bewhlsker
d, oil spattered faces, their Upt
tpok praises for th - motor
which would not quit and pro
tested tha turn of tat that had
declined them tha opportunity
to test their prowess In a fight
(Continued nn Page Five)
U PLK ON
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KENO FIRE
Wind Sweeps Flames up
Round Mountain Into
Heavy Timber.
CREWS ARE UNABLE
TO CHECK FLAMES
Srrlous Danugs to Timber Btantla
of Wcyrrhaeoser Timber Com
pany Inevitable - Aa Strong
Wind Fans Flames; Hope for
RereMlon of Wind Daring
Mgtit.
The Keno forest tire which
has been burning for the past
four days, wat completely ont of
control this afternoon and sweep
Ing up the elopes of Round moun
tain Into virgin timber stands.
Th sltustton was declared to be
very serious.
Virtually under control early
this morning, th conflagration
got away from fir fighter wben
the strong wind of early after
noon started. Hug columns of
smoke and flames were clearly
visible In Klamath Falls.
Estimate of loss could not be
ascertained this afternoon from
officials of the Klamath Forest
Protective association. Unless
this blase and th Algoma Lum
ber company fir are controlled
lata today. It la quite likely that
a call will be Issued tor volun
teers. It this measure Is not suc
cessful, state authorities will con
script men for the purpose. The
fires are said to be the most
t Continued on Pat Five)
BREAK OUT
OF CONTROL
Last Minute News
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ONE DROWN
MISSION HILL COUNTRY
CLUB. Kansas City, July 13. (A
P) Gilbert Carter, Nevada, Mo.,
lmil Don Mue, Portland, Ore., one
down when finished ll.e
14th nolo of the afternoon finals
round In Uie western amateur
golf tournament. The Mlsaourlan
played a beautiful stymie for the
niii after ha had won the 13th to
square tha match. Moe bad
started tho afternon play seven
up on Carter.
PP.IC S JUMP
PENDLETON, Ore., July 18.
(AP) Wheat price took a :car
here along with Jumps In othri
sect Ions todny and the high mark
of SI. 13 waa noted. Fully 2
pe cent of the 1020 crop haa been
contracted and more Is selling
dally. To have a quarter of tin'
1,500,000 bushel new crop sold
at this time of tho year Is con
sidered .exceptional.
NEGROES TOLD TO LEAVE
NORTH ATTK, Neb., Jul)
13, (AP) A mob that gathered
here this afternoon ordered all
negroes to leave North l'lntte
after Edward Green a police, was
shot and killed by Louts Beclman
a negro, whom he waa trying to
arrest for a minor offense. The
negro shot and killed himself
after police hnd trapped him In
a house,
CITED FOR CONTEMPT
CLEVELAND, July 13, (AP)
The Cleveland Press and four
of Its executives wero cited for
contempt ot court today by Com
mon Pleaa Judge Fredrick P.
Walther because of an editorial In
the paper Thursday criticising the
Jurist for an Injunction he grant
ed operator of fie Thistledown
track.
PLANES ON
WAY OVER
SEA TODAY
STEAMSHIP CHK8EPEAKE,
July IS, (AP) (By wireless to
th Associated Press, via Steam
ship Albertlc) 1:11 p. m. to
2:10 p. m., Greenwich meridian
time, waa In wireless communi
cation with th Polish airplane.
Cava our position and weather
by request.
Heard French airplane wire
leas American ateamer Daven
port In our vicinity 1:3! p. m.,
didn't eight either airplane.
Position 1:11 p. m., Green
wich meridian time, position 43.
14 north; west. Wind east
northeast 5. Overcast. Visibil
ity moderate. Barometer 30.13,
falllnv.
(Signed) Tyreell,, master.
Th steamship Chesapeake at
tb time that she heard both the
French and Polish planea by
wireless waa aeveral hundred
mllea due north of Cap Flnls
terre, Spain, and about 440 miles
west of th French coast.
From previous report! of both
th French and Polish planet It
would appear that tb Cheea-
.-. (Cantlnued on Pats give) '
PATH OF FIRE
A group of cabina at Shady
Pine, north of Pelican City, were
again In serious danger of being
destroyed this afternoon" as
flames of tb hug forest fire
north ot Klamath Falls worked
down a mountain gap towards
The Dalles-Calltornla highway.
These structures were saved
from destruction last night by
herculean efforts of .fir fight
ers. Fir fighters were striv
ing this afternoon to hold the
flames In cheek but, in the
face of th strong wind, their
efforts were ineffectual.
RUTH GETS 10th
CHICAGO, July 13, (AP)
Babe Ruth hit his nineteenth
home run In the fifth inning of
the second Yankee-White Sox
game here todoy with Earl Combs
on base. Muckaln was in the box.
KING "ICK
LONDON, July 13, (AP) The
Sunday Express will say tomor
row: "King Ceorge is to undergo
an operation Monday for the
draining and treatment of the
abscess In his right side. His
general heal.h haa improved."
DROWNED
ROSK1URG, Ore, July 13, (A
P) Clifford Shinn, 10, son of
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Shlnn, Rose
burg, was drowned today while
playing in the south Umpqua
river near his home. The boy
was unablo to swim but waded
out on a lodge of rock projecting
Into the river and fell Into a deep
hole. BUI Gawler, boy scout,
dove for the b 'y until It waa
located.
equipped for a almllnr test and
la expected to take the air next
week.
HOP OFF
ST. LOUIS, July 18, (AP)
A specially equipped Curtis
Robin monoplane took off at La-bert-St.
Louis field at 7:10 a. m.
today for a refueling endurance
teat on the air cooled challenger
engine. A second plana is being
WT"" RACE
ARLINGTON PARK, Chicago,
July 13, (AP) Bine Larkrpur,
winner ot the Belmont Park
stakes, won the rtOO.000 Ameri
can classic by five lengths, this
afternoon, with 40,000 viewing
Uie rare for three year old supre
macy ot the national.
Falls Wednesday;
CABINS ARE IN
. . .
IS. GREEN
STRUCK BY
CAR FRIDAY
Aged Lo Angele Man
Driver of Death Ma
chine in Roteburg.
MAN NOT HELD FOR
ACCIDENT; REMAINS
Woman Survived by Two Little
Children; Husband Leave for
Roseburg on Receipt of Sad
News Last Night; Reside at
223 East Main Street.
ROSEBURG. July 18. (AP)
Mrs. Austin Green, 23, of Klam
ath Falls, died In a hospital here
last night aa a result of Injuries
she-auftesrd when she waa bit
by an automobile driven by Hugh
Carr, 70, of Los Angeles.
Mrs. Green hsd been visiting
at the horn ot her parents, Mr,
and Mrs. R. R. Davidson, In Dtl
lard, and was crossing the high
way from the store when sh
was struck by the machine.
Carr was not held by authorities,
but voluntarily remained here
pending an Investigation.
The Green family reside at 225
East Main street, a horn which
they recently purchased, accord'
ing to an Investigation made
this morning by Keith Ambrose,
chief ot police.
Mr. Green left for tha north.
Immediately upon receipt of the
sad news last night.
Beside her husband, Austin
Green, Mrs. Green leaves two
small children, on two years of
age and another three months.
besides her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. R. Davidson ot Dillard,
Oregon, to mourn her passing.
SAWDUST. PEAT
BLAZE FOUGHT
Another firs which broke out
at 2:45 In the peat and sawdust
land beyond Shaw-Bertram' Lum
ber company south of the city
was being tanned by a heavy
wind, which was spreading the
flames toward th lake.
Southern Paclfle men aided
employee o t Shaw-Bertram 1 a
fighting tha flames which had
spread over several acres ot
ground when The Herald went to
press.
With th wind fanning th
flames towards the city, it was
expected th blaze would die
down as It reached marsh land.
Reports fro mShaw-Bertram
gave assurance that th mill was
In no danger.
Huge Building Program
Under Way in Alturas
ALTURAS, Cal.. July IS. (Spe
cial) Building developments to
taling an expenditure ranging
upward to $5,000,000 are under
way here. New railroad connec
tion tnd th erection ot a huge
sawmill at this point are respon
sible tor much ot the activity.
August 1 will see th prac
tical completion of the Modoc
Northern, a link In the Southern
Paclfto line giving rail connec
tion! with Klamath Fall! and th
country to th north.
Southward th transcontinental
rout taps the east-west Una of
tke Southern Pacitlo at rernley
Thousands of -"Bills" Will Attend
...
RAILS WILL
BE JOINED
MONDAY
(By C. G. CAMPBELL)
ALTURAS. Cal., July 13. (AP)
Ralls on the Southern Pacific's
new railroad from Klamath Falls
to Alturas, a OS-mil project,
will be connected a mil north of
Hackamor lake In northern Cal
ifornia Monday.
Between (.000 and S.O00 yards
ot grading and track laying re
mains to be done before tb two
lines of steel are Joined.
Tha connecting of steel will
mean the virtual completion of a
5,500,000 ralload which gives
Klamath and Oregon a direct
line east. Th railroad will b
In operation August 1.
A group ot Southern Paclfle
and N. C. O. railroad offic
ials and a representation from
Alturas, Cal., will be present
wben the steel rails are Joined.
They Include George W. Bosch ke,
chief engineer of th Southern
(Continued oa Pace Flva)
Officials of the Crater lake
national park notified the Klam
ath County Chamber of Com
merce that the rim road would
be open to travel tomorrow.
Superintendent E. C. Sollnsky
has a crew of men putting th
finishing touches on tha road to
day In order that it may be
traveled tomorrow. While the
road Is narrow and rough in
places and careful driving must
be observed there will be no
trouble encountered In making
this scenic drive.
Tourists n.ay now reach Dia
mond lake either by going In th
south entrance, past . the lodge
and around the rim road or by
going through the east entrance
and th rim road to th Dia
mond lake road. In speaking
ot the east entrance road Chief
Ranger Godfrey said 'This Is one
of the finest pieces of road In
the park and has Just recently
been completed from The Dalles
California highway to Lost creek.
From Lost creek to park head
quarters on the rim road there
are eight miles ot road that Is
a little rough. However we
expect to put the grader over
this during the coming . week
and hop Jo, have it In excellent
shape before .another week
passes."
Reports Indicate that the trav
el has bean heavy at the park
and officials are looking for a
big year during the 1929 season.
TRIO ARE CHARGED
ON LICTOR COUNTS
Eugene Carplo, Lily Carplo and
Carolina Robles were today
charged by federal officers with
possession, sal and transporta
tion of liquor. They were arrest
ed near Beatty by reservation
officers. Their cases were sche
duled to be take- before United
Statea Commissioner Bert C.
Thomas.
giving this city direct rail access
to th big market cities In the
bay region aa well as all the
major buying centers from Ogden
east.
As a result ot all this assured
cheaper transportation and aug
menting of payrolls, few cities
outside ot Klamath Falls are
seeing th great strides in pro
gress, that Alturas Is now enjoy
ing. Th Pickering Lumber com
pany mill It now nearlng comple
tion, on and one-half mile wast
ot th city limits. It Is ot con
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Blaze Breaks Out in Al
goma Lumber Yard
This Afternoon.
FLAMES JUMP ROAD
AND MENACE YARD
Crews Work Frantically to Pre
vent Algoma Lumber Company
From Going up In Flames;
Fire Is Out of Control a High
Wind Strikes This Afternoon.
The Algoma Lumber com
pany, 12 mile north of this
city, wat in clanger of com
plete destruction by fire at
the huge forett fire, fanned
by a strong southwesterly
breeze, worked down a can
yon towards the plant. Sev
eral timet, flame jumped
The Dalles-California high
way and ignited the . dry
grass near the lumber yard.
Lumber workmen patrolled the
yard and mill and extinguished
each flame aa It broke out. A
grass fir ' was burn rig .Id ' the
vicinity of the Algoma school
house, Just across the road from
the yard. A mountain pass
which opened out onto the school
was a seething mass of ' smuke
and flames. The conflagration
was completely out of control
and heavy timber loss was sus
tained. . .
The strong wind which started
shortly before noon brought a
serious crisis In the fire fight
ing. ' The fir got away from
th 200 and some odd men fight
ing the flames and raced up
tContlnuad on Para Five)
ROAD PROJECT
Assurance that the Bonanix
Lorenx mill road connecting th
farm community with the Klam
ath ralls-Lakeview .highway
would be constructed late this
summer or early In the fall, wss
given today by County Judge
Goddard, following the recsipt by
the CO' nty of 123,000 from th
state for its share of tha Klam
ath market road construction
program
"This means that tha Klamath
surfacing Job would be advertised
and let by the state highway com
mission," said Judge Goddard.
"The state will let Us Dairy
Lorent mill Jo', and we felt If
th market road Job were let in
the same contract, it could b
constructed at lower cost."
Th county official went on to
as. that at least a base cours ot
rock would 1 laid on tha new
market roa dthls fall, assuring a
good highway. The road waa
graded last fall I the Dunn and
Baker Construction company.
Aunt Het
"Amy pretends she's my
friend, but she served that
sticky stuff at the Aid So
ciety meetln' knowln' good an'
well my upper plate would
stick an' pull lose when I
bit It."
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