The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, August 21, 1929, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textr THE WEATHER OREGON: Unsattlsd tonight and Thursday, probably rata northwtat portion, cooltr to tha aait and aonth portlona Taure day. Moderate westerly winds oa tha coaat. City Edition The Old Home Paper Associated Press and United Press Telegraph Service Herald Advertisers Appreciate Your Trade Trice Fivo Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1929 Number 7123 IM1 nnnr IM1 uv uuvuuvuu JUVl Thoughts We've A Been Thinking Few Man Hav) the Vital ity at 75 Yaara of A( That C. C. Low Poa eeasee. Sheepmen Prop erly Organised Could Eaert Wida Influence on Many Commoditiea. Alaatian Dog Prohibit ed by Law From Enter ing Auatralia. When I Spring Lamb Not Spring Lamb? -Tiy BRUCE DENNIS1 CEW men In Klamath have tha vitality at 7 years of at that C, C. Low potseatet. Soma nay doubt hit afa but we want to rite to a point of peraonal privilege and atale that Mr. Low la Jual aa o'd aa ha clalma to ba. (or under tha data ot February SI. tharo la a clipping In our postettlon addraaaad to tha dltor of tha flat rranclteo Chronicle which aaya: "8lr: Regarding a lattar to tha adltor ot tha Chronicle from John B. Brger of Bteg. California aa to who won the newspaper race after the hanging of Captain Jack. "Tha government offarad 1300 to tha flrat man to tak tha nawa to outalde communication. ' A young man named "Ky" or "Kl" Matthawa carried a maasage from Fort Klamath to Ashland. Ore gon, to the telegraph office and waa tha flrat maaaangar to de llrar the maaaaga. "J. W. Manning and M. Obeu cbaln carrlad tha nawa to Jack onTllla, Oregon, But thay arrived I. tor than Matthawa. Tonng Matthawa had aararal haad of aaddle horses takan from differ ent polnta oa the mountain paat the foot of ML McLaughlin, known than aa ML Tltt "I waa praaant and taw tha four Indiana banged and aaw tha maaaangar lear the Fort when tha hanging took place. Tha date waa October 3rd, 1873, at cloven o'clock a. m. Soma ot tha Malih- .a "y ratlde now at Kagle Point, Oregon." C. C. Low. a a a nrllVB It can ba aeen from Mr. Low'a lattar to the editor of the Fan Franelico Chronicle that ha la go tprlng chicken and that ha baa probably the full 75 yoart on bla haad that he clalma. Thlt. however la no draw back to a man of hit Tltallty. He la one of tha moat vigorous men In tha Talley today; ha hai a keen In tellect and la a splendid cltlien. a a a tvtITII proper organltatlon ahaep man of the country could htro quite an Influence not only upon their own product but up on commoditiea which they all uta. Recently the llveatock acalaa Inat-llad at Alturaa were purchased through the courteey of the railroad there but thay ware bought from, tbe California Wool Cl.rowere aatoclatlon. In that taction of California tha ahtop men take' part In alraott all the trantactlona and confer ences, ' - , a a a On continuing relative to ahaep It might be of Intereat to note that ahoep ateallng on a acale which denotaa ayatomatlc policy, probably with the aid ot a motor truck, la cautlng great concern in Auatralia. a a a ALSO that the Alaatian dog (German police dog) la pro hibited by law from entorlng Aci"rlla. It la now propoacd by ahaep men to hare a law patt ed requiring the aterllliatlon of all Alcatlan dogs, which are the Gorman police dogt. ' The Ger man polloe dogt are enld to erota with the wild Auatrallan dingo tmlllar to the coyote ot thlt ot thla country) and cauta great havoc to tbe sheop flocka In tha Australian country. a a e JF It should be observed that the German police dog cute up tha aama kind of enpora In thla country there would be a con eral death penalty put on the (Continued en Page Four). PAVED ROAD INITIAL JOB IN KLAMATH Engineers Designing Span For Canal Beyond AltamonL COUNTY NOW HAS 308 MILES HIGHWAY Largo Crmv of Mrs. oa Job Lay ing Coarrrta Pavement Prom tliy Llmlla Out One or the Main Travelled Hlghwaya From Klamath Kalis. The .first hard surface road ever built In Klamath county is being laid just south of Klamath Falls on The Dalles-California high way. The W. D. Miller Construction company has a large force of men at work laying a stretch of 3 81-100 miles of concrete pavement from the city lim its to the junction of The Dalles-California and the Lakeview highways. The first unit of the pav ing is going down at the rate of about one-fourth of a mile a day. This is a ten foot strip which will be laid the entire distance and then the other half of the road will be laid. The concrete has to cure for 21 days be fore tho road can be open ed to travel. "In cutting the time down to 11 days, wa are beating tha aver age lime allowed for curing," aald J. II. Neef, engineer In charge of construction. "Thla haa been ao eompllthed by rigid adherence to tbe Portland Cement aatoclatlon formula, which falls for a little ttlffer mixture than that ated on other Joht." -eof Supervise Mr.Nevt pertonally supervisee the measuring and weighing ot the Ingredlenta at the mixing plant. The exact content la de termined that will permit the opening of the road within a cer tain period. From this mixing piant the dry concrete la hauled by fait moving trucks to the com- IContlnuatf on Pace Clsht) BE WASHINGTON. Au. i. fAP Oeorga Neuner, an attorney of roriinna. Ore., and Haveth Man, United Slates district ilinmn Clnclnttl, ere being prominently mentioned In connection with the office of assistant atto.ney gen eral In charge of prohibition en forcement recently vacated by Mabel Walker Wlllerbrandt. Both men have been highly recom mended on their recorda aa lawv. era --d prosocntors. President Hoover from the first wat . light an nppM-'.'u with such a record for the Im portant Justice department post. No decisions has been definitely made aa yet. GEORGE NEiER If mi to Would Renew Friendship Made on the Battlefield ATLANTA, Aug. 11. (AP) It a drummerboy who wore the gray In the war between the etttot reade this, or he receives the word, It probably will mean a friendship enduring through the remaining years tor him and a blue clad boy who met aa foea In the tOs on a southern battlefield. Postmaster E. K. Large, haa received a lotter from W. D. Chrlstman ot Qlouster, Ohio, the Union soldier, asking that he help locate the gray drummerboy to whose llpa he preasad his canteen REMAINS FOUND ON PAVEMENT PHILADELPHIA, Aug. II, (A P) Colonel Waller T. Bradley, wealthy coal magnate, clad only In underwear, leaped or fell to Instant death today from his apartment on the thirteenth floor of the Warwick bote) at 17t and Locust atresia. Tha police expressed the belief that be had committed suicide, after trying vainly to get aoma sleep. A screen, police, said bad been removed from tha window from which he fell. Henry 8. Martin, president of the coal firm which beara the colonel's name, aald the colonel, who waa 74 years old had been In III health for aome time and bit eyesight bsd been falling. Mrs. Bradley and a daughter ware believed to bo at tha Brad ley borne In the Vent-or aectlon of Atlantic .City, N. J. PLANE FULLS; AVIATOR SAFE BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. SI. (A pj The endurance monoplane San rranclscan lay at the bottom ot Ban Frandeco bay today, and Its pilot, Donald Templeman, former army aviator, who bad sought to sat a record for re fueling endurance flying, waa re covering from the effects ot the plunge which ended his undertak ing laat night. Apparently fatigued. Temple- man mlaludged bla distance from the (round -aa he raa -aircllng Mills field In the asth hour of his flight. .The craft atruck aa electrlo transmission line and fell Into the bay. a few feet from shore. Templeman swam out, un hurt. Ha waa taken to a hospital for examination to make aura ha had suffered no 111 affects. The flight ended at t: 47 p. m.. IS hours and 18 mlnutea after his take-off. He had planned to atay In tha air 40 hours to act a record for aolo endurance refuel ing flights. No official mark haa been aet for thla kind ot flying but at least one solo flier baa remained longer In tbe air than did Templeman, and without re fueling. Herbert J. Fahy recent ly remained aloft It hourt, St mlnutea and It seconds at Lot Angeles, wlhout taking fuel In flight. Templeman'a plane waa equip ped with a special funnel device for refueling which permitted the pilot to remain at the controla while the refuelera replenished the gas tank. USED CAR LOT . OPENED TODAY A modern used car lot. where cash will be paid for cere waa opened today on Seventh and uak streets by J. Ross Leslie ot the Chrysler agency. Several anlendld hnva made today, according to Mr. Leans, experienced automobile man. DRUNKEN DRIVER FOUND GUILTY Found guilty ot driving in automobile while Intoxicated, J. O. Booker waa fined $100 or SO daya In the city Jail when brought up before Police Judge U. 8. Ballentlna thla morning. Booker waa arrestc late yes terday afternoon by Keith Am brose, chief ot police. Unable to pay the tine Book' er waa aentenced to Jail to serve out the term. as the latter lay wounded at the Battle ot Atlanta July 11, 1865. "It would do' my soul good to hear from that boy," the northern veteran said. Disavowing any malice tor soldiers of tbe con' federacy, he wishes to become tha southerner's friend. "As well as I can remember there came a lull In the battle," the letter recounted. "I heard htm cry out. 'Soldier, won't you give me a drink?' I asked my captain If I could' fall out ot ranks and (Continued oa Page Bight) Crossed Continent Twice Without Landing They started out to make a rafuellnc In mld-alr along tbe way. 'Spokane Bun Ood," the sesqul-wlnged country flight. TODAY'S RESULTS NATIONAL .NEW YORK. Aug. SI. (AP) Charlie Root easily held the New York Giants In check today while the Chicago Cube pounded three pitchers and woa their final ap pearance ot the season here, to 1. Cuyler and Stephenson bit home runs for the Cubs. Tbe score: R. Chicago t New York S H. X. 14 1 10 1 Taylor; Batterlea: Root and Benton, Maya, Judd and O'Far rell. Flrat game: Cincinnati 15 0 Boaton 7 11 0 Kolp. Ehrhardt and Sukeforlh; Cunningham and Spohrtr. Second game. R. H. E. Cincinnati t 17 1 Boaton 7 11 1 Batterlea: Donohne, May and Goocb; Jonea, Selbold and Spohr er, dowdy. son; Dudley and Piclnlch. AMERICA Washington Cleveland Batterlea: Brown, and Tate; Ferrell and Myatt. 1 4 I 1 7 t Marberry ' Bewail, HAS GASSED TWICE PENDLETON, Ore., Aug. 11. (AP) Melvln Hanlon. gas com pany employe, was aaved from death by fumes Tusday by Jobs Adams, a fellow employe, while they wero engaged In cleaning gaa mains. Today Adama enter ed tbe aama manhole and waa overcome by fumea again. He waa quickly revived. R. H. E. St. Louis 0 t t Brooklyn 17 8 Batterlea: Mitchell and Wil Last Minute News APPEAL BROADCAST WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. (AP) Admiral Charlea F. Hughes, chief ot naval operations, today broad cast an appeal to all merchant vessols In the North Atlantlo to maintain a lookout for the lost Swiss aviators, Oscar Kaesar and Kurt Luescher. ; BENT HOME TODAY . BT. LOUIS, Aug. 11. (AP) Orovor Cleveland Alexander, vet eran St. Louts Cardinal hurlor, who recently broke training, was sent to his home at St. Paul, Neb., today tor the remainder of the season at full pay. He was not auspanded. PERFECT SCORE. VANDALIA TRAP SHOOTING GROUNDS, Dayton, O., Aug. 11. (AP) Earl Donobue, .of uttunv wa, Iowa, had a perfect score on S00 trapshoot targets here to day and retained hla profession al clay target championship of North America. non-atop trip flight from Spokane, Nick Mamer, left, and Art Walker, right, are eo-pllota ot the Buhl plane, snown Deiow, - PORTLAND. Aug. 11. (API- Brotherly rivalry enured Into the Portland-to-Cleveland air race to day- whea Dick Rankin, Portland aviator, and brother ot Tex Ran kin, prominent Oregon filer, of ficially became the tenth contest ant In the derby which starts Friday morning from Swan is land. Tha ninth entry In the derby waa Lieut. Bev Clark, Portland, who bad done considerable flying up and down tbe Pacific coaat. Four other out of state con testants probably will enter the race before entries close tomor row, race committee members aald today. Probably tbe outstanding avia tor In the group ao tar to enter is Charlea W. (Speed) Holman, Chicago, who baa set many speed recorda for typea ot planee he haa flown. Clarence F. Bates. Milwaukee, Wis., landed his Waco plana on Swan Island late yesterday ready to take off Friday morning whan the aviators will ba released at one minute intervals. Stops will be made en route at Missoula, Mont., Billings. Mont.. Bismark, N. D., St. Paul, Milwaukee and thence to Cleveland. alex McMillan BEING SOUGHT V Seeking the whereabouts ot his brother, Alex McMillan, Archie McDonald appealed to The Eve ning Herald today to aid In the aearch. Mr. McDonald came here from one knowing of his brother's one knowing ot hla brothera whereabouts get In . touch with him In ' care of general delivery here or 1833, 103 Are, Oakland, CaL , , , GARDINER GETS MILL PORTLAND, Aug. 11. .(AP) W. L. Nedernoed, ot the Gardiner Mill and Lumber company and tho Umpqua Pulp and Paper com pany, announced here today that resumption ot the lumber activity at the' town ot Gardiner on the Umpqua river would be started hy erection of a new pulp mill, acquisition ot the Gardiner mill and 800,000,000 feet ot standing timber representing an Invest ment of 13,000,000. Nederhoed Is vice-president of the Umpqua Pulp and Paper com pany. FRACTURED WRIST . . NEW YORK. Aug. 11, (AP) When the league leading Chicago Cuba appeared to close their torlos with the New York Glanta today It waa revealed that Charley Grimm, .their atar first baseman, had Buffered a frac tured left wrist In yesterday's game. BROTHERS IN RACEEVENTS Wash., to New York and return. woicn uey cnose lor tneir croaa- THREE MINERS OVERCOME BY GAS IN IDAHO MURRAY, Idaho, Aug. 11. (A P) The bodlea ot three miners overcome by timber gaa In the Cedar Creek Mining and Develop ment company mine aoutheast ot here, were taken from the mine by rcacue crews from tha ecla mine" at Mullan,- if -was veported early today. The three men, Ruaaell Lee, 11, mine foreman; W. N. Welch, 35, outalde forman, and Harold Matthewa, 18, a laborer, descend' ed to the 1.600-foot level yester day morning to Inspect it for gaa, believed to have been generated by burning timbers Ignited by a blacksmith fire. A search for them waa atarted when they did not appear for lunch. Three other miners, George Reese, Elmer Hall and William LHeake, reached tbe lethal cham ber, but were forced out before they discovered their fellow work ers. Reese collapsed after he had helped hla two eompanlona to the surface. He waa In a hospital today, but it waa believed he would recover. The bodlea were found early last night by rescue crews aum moned from the Hecla mine at Mullan. nearby. PHOENIX NINE TO PLAY HERE Strengthened by the addition ot Frank Chester, burly Medford catcher last year, the Mac Mabo ney on c;nd. the Phoenix base ball team Is holding regular prac tlcea In preparation for Its game at Klamath Flls and "le round up series with Lakeview Septem ber 1 and S. Phoenix expects to play the Falls team to a standstill Sunday and carry off the honors. Klam- ,.s . oec-, playing class B ball consistently and aho-M give the valley nine bad dreams. For the Lakeview aeries, Man ager Bishop expects 'to take three pitchers along, Pete Montgomery and Bill Cutter, Glendale twirler, both right handers, and Art Schoenl, left hander. - After a layoff since last year, Chestr- showed np to practice with the Phoenix team last week and demonstrated hla batting eyo by slamming a few pitches Into the race track territory. Bishop may sign up an Ashland player or two to br'ig In on the Lakeview trip to be sure that the Buck- arooa get competition. Zep's Menu Caviar And Maccaroons TOKYO, Aug. 11, (AP) Be fore starting her Pacific flight the Graf ' Zeppelin's stores were enlarged In Japan by to quarts of champagne and a like quantity ot wines, besides a plentiful sup nly of whiskey and liquors. No beer was atocked here, the Q rat Zeppelin preferring to carry her own brew around the world. The alrshlp'a menu Is like that ot a first class hotel. Including everything from caviar to maco roons and the Japan delicacy suklyakL DIRIGIBLE IS SAVIOR OF PLANES LAKEHCR8T. N. J.. Aug. SI. (AP) Tbe United States nary dirigible Los Angeles returned to I Ita bangar today after a ten and I half hour flight over central New Jersey. While In night tbe dirigible practiced picking np and releas ing an aeroplane. The plane, piloted by Lieut. A. W. Gordon of the nary waa caught by a wire I bung from tbe stern ot the Los Angeles, which connected with a book on top of the plane. Flying at tha aama speed as I that of the Los Angeles the pilot I brought hla plana into position. unuer me aiern oi me great air-1 ship and swung the hook on his wing Into tha U ahaped wire at tachment. The propeller ot the plane waa continued in motion to prevent tbe tall from dripping. This difficulty will be surmounted by attaching another hook to the tall of the plane and another yoke further back on tbe dirigi ble, it was explained. After flying together tor sev eral mlnutea the plane waa cnt loose from the airship as the pilot drew the hook from the yoke and swnng bla craft to ward tbe ground. The test was made in accord ance with Lieutenant-Commander Herbert V. Wiley, project to de velop the scheme until aa many as six planea can be carried at oa time. He recently annonneed his intention ot taking the Los Angeles np at every opportunity to make more experiments. mrsEiiT NEW YORK. Aug. 11. (AP) Although 48 hours had passed since tbe Swiss fliers, Kseser and L-cher, aet ont from Portugal to span ,va Atlantic, ao report of them had been heard up to 10 a. m. The two aviators were the youngest and least experienced ever to attempt tbe dangerous crossing, which although made once by the German plane Bre men has come to be regarded aa sr'-'-'-t b- aviators. Kaeser waa but 21 years old Luescher 21. Both began flying la 1927. Their plane was a French made Farman with a single 230 horsepower mo ton a type of prov ed worth. " Luescher, the navi gator, confessed upo- leaving Lisbon his knowledge of tbe mar'--r's aclence was limited but said he had handled a sextant and kn- something of maklnx calculations and expected to get by. The plane carried no radio, but was equipped with a rubbsr life boat, rubber lifesaving belts, and an appartus for distilling sen wrter. Te plane ltaelf prob ably could not remain afloat long. If forced down. Dr. Jamea H. Kimball, meteor- ol--' .at ''"a New York weather hnramu. -Id the overcast akiea and the heavy toga probably pre 8e.4 r-rloua problem for the Inerrerlenced Luescher. PORTLAND ASKS ZEP PAY VISIT PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 11. (A P) Raymond B. Wilcox, presi dent of the Portland chamber of commerce, today cabled Dr, Hrgo Eckner, commander ot tne round the world Graf Zeppelin, Inviting him to pay an aerial visit to this city and Oregon. - Previous news dispatches Indi cated the Zeppelin would reach America either In Alaska . or Seattle and sail down the coast to Los Angeles. Includes The food was packed In special metal containers stored In "dry Ice. The dinner menu for to morrow will Include pate de fole- gras, aardlnss, consomme, chick- entente, asparagus, vegetables, salad. Ice cream and fruit. In addition tbe Zeppelin will carry "Iron ratlona for emer gency but the paasengers are con fident these will not be needed. NEW YORK. Aug. 11, (AP) Such part ot the liquor placed (Continued ea Pag Eight) OCEAN US OPPONENTS IPJ1G BIG FORCES Numerous Clashes . Re ported In Vicinity of . Manchuli. JAPAN THOUGHT TO FAVOR SOVIET MOVE Observers Think Japanese - Ara After Special Fishing CVnu-es tons In ftrtara for ' Hela Given Rusalans. Opposed, t Intervention of Powers. , , SHANGHAI, Auk. 21. (AP) The Nationalist gov ernment semi-official Ta-chung- News Agency today issued a despatch under a Harbin date line saying: "Although no major .de velopments have taken place on the Manchurian frontier during the past two days, both China and Rus sia are quietly preparing for war." . Martial Law Declared ' The Chines authorities , de clared martial-law throughout tha entire length ot the Chinese Eat em railway as a result of "Ufa creasing gravity of the situa tion as well as because of a num ber of incidents along the raU way such aa the derailing oC trains and the recurrence of sab otage by both Ruaaians and the Chlneae communists. The dispatch added that tha Klrln provincial government had ordered two artillery brigades to proceed to the eastern border of Klrln province to oppose alleged raids by Russian troops. Tele phone communications from Har bin to the eaat have been Inter rupted and communist agitators are believed guilty. .The official nationalist News tCoailnueO oa Pax El(kt) GRATER LAKE Crater Lake continues to be. the most popular place In south ern Oregon for week end visitors and the number of enthnalaata who hike down to tha shore Una Is constantly reaching new -proportions. Another new record was set on Sundr- when 111 p-:'e ridi the trip. Several resting places have been constructed at points along tha trail where the touriat may stop and enjoy tbe majestic re flections ot the multicolored crat er walls in the calm water ot the lake. Trail-side notes, describing tha geological features of Interest sbout the rim, as well aa tha forest trees, flowers and birds, h 4 fc.n prepared by the Educa tional Division, under the super vision ot E. U. Homnth, acting-" nark nato list, and placed la container along the trail. A foot or on horseback, tha easy grade and tbe Inspiring views of the lake, make the Crater wall trail on of tha "things to be done" while at Crater Lake national park. During the week, ".ITS per sons In 1.19S ct checked Into the, park, boosting the total for the season to 11.(11 persona in 15..109 c-rs. Last year 7T, til persons had visited the park np to the corres ponding dat 'Some 10 years ago, a new re cord for th season had be established with 1.000 visitor. Ten years ago Interest waa added by the first trip around th rim road. Averaging a wseklr attendanea ot lFiO rnP'e th Community Hons at th rim has lived ap to Ita name this season In being tho sting plac for visitors. Here, old friendships are re newed and new on are made, a the guest sit around the bug fireplace, - MANY VISIT