r
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.
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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1929
Number 7123
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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