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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1929
Number 7224
O Pages
Today
Noughts We've
Been Thinking
Famous HulUI'iKlf'T and
Idol of Kountl-Up Pa
trims Will Spend Kent
of I. if i' in I'riHon Buf
falo Vernon Couldn't
WitliKlnnd Clamour of
I 'ii hi ic Adulation.
At Laid, ('onKfi'w Kecog
ni.t'. Merit of Thief
Valley Kenorvoir and
Will Hull d Irrigation
Project When Com.
plctod, Citizens Should
Kroct Monument to
Name of Nick Sinnott.
t-By BRUCE DENNIS
"D l'K PALO" Vernun, formerly
of Pendleton, was sentenced
lo two Ufa terms In prlion (or
wrm-klng railroad paeaenger
train and robbing Its paseengera.
Who la "Dutfato" Vernon?
Thoia who rlilted the Pendle
ton Roundup a lew yeara ago
will remember lilio the groat
attraction. 11 waa on of the
1 1 ret to "bulldog" a ateor. lo
thla rtaulo rola ha contributed
to tha refinement ot human na
ture. Steeped In esotlsm nnd
Ignorance thla well muecled and
mall brained gladiator (nrnlahed
"nlrtalnment" lor Ihe niasaus
aa ha took Ihrm be-k lo Koman
dura when bull atreugth waa
wor; ' Ipped and applauded,
e e
nl'T the mighty, Vernon failed
to know that In such epot
lighl work where applause la ui
la lab aa Col imbia rltrer aaud on
a wind day. the principal dolug
the performing ran last but a
ery brlof lime. Public laato
dmanda new facra In tha arena
lo lako a chance with death.
80, when "lluffalo" Vernon
did hie laat ateer roping trow
an automobile bla alar Logan to
alnk. lie attended tha Roudup
but somehow youngor men rode
1I10 bucking csyuses, . youugor
men did tha btill-dogglng. and
"lluflalo" waa a haa-brrtt, Jut
aa John Spain became a baa-tim-u
and Sundown Jackaoti touud
tha curtain (ailing around him.
All were alara of tha quarter
mile arena; all were swelled with
bursting pride; all wer rtctured
on tha (ronl pages --nut not for
long.
Then tha world loat "Buffalo"
Vernon, lie) could not hold nta
pl.ee In the aun. Tha great
and muarular Vernon had to re
tire lo tha "stioks" there to give
eihtbltlnna to tha cowboya and
lo tell them how great ha once
waa when ha tront-pagad the
Roundup apelal edltlona.
e e e
A DASTARDLY" deed waa coro
, milted In Bouthern California
hen aplkua were pulled caualng
a train wreck by aomeona who
robbed tha paaaengera. Tho
country waa ahorked at auch
cowardly work. Another elmlUr
happening occurred In W: 'mlng.
Bleuthhound Ed Wood, lor . ra
tha aecret aery Ice man of the
I'nloii laltic railroad, hung both
Crimea on "Buffalo" Vernon.
Wood 1. ight him In Oklahoma
Iters Vvruou waa si 111 "btick
arojltig" In a small way. Cali
fornia claimed tha prleoner. Why
that atato did not hnng him for
the rrlruo, wo do not know, but
ha haa bean put away for llfu
ill llllNNi
This ctoaea Ilia career o( the
fope whlrlcr, tha outlaw horaa
rltlor, tha stoer-bulldogger who
for a brlof time could not walk
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Aunt Het
Ar ft Pure minded, but
any woman that alwaya atnpa
Into a car with tha same foot
first Is dnln' It because her
other ankle la the boat one."
. c. c.
PLAN GIN
TO
All Railroad of Land
Allocated Into 19
Major Systems.
GROUPING INCLUDES
CANADIAN SYSTEMS
tlii.iiiiKton HyMrm hkrlutlrri from
Wrttrrn Group and I'trd
IUaU vt Krtrat H)tm;
O.lirr Uratcrn MnM Hrnd
Indlflduiil Rlrni In Miwl
ItiKtanrrt,
NEW YORK. Dec. 21 (A
P) Dowf Jones & Co., in a
copyrighted despatch from
its Washington bureau to.
day, states that the inter
state commerce commis
sion's railroad consolidation
plan has been completed,
allocating the country's rail
way properties into 19
mojor systems, comprising
five systems in tho cast,
based upon the present four
trunk lino systems, and an
additional system, the nu
cleus of which would be
the Wabash. Official pub
lication of the plan is ex
pected within a few days.
Home Details Oppoewl
W ASHINGTON, Dec. XI, (AP)
The flrat congreaalonal reac
tion to the plana ot the Inler
aute commerce commission on
railroad consolidation came today
In declaration ot opposition to
details ot the plan from two
senators from tha west.
Consolidation of the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific
railroada as propaaed In the plan
would bo a "great calamity" for
the northwest, Senator Wheeler,
democrat, Montana, aaaerted.
Krrlght Not Helped
Presenting the commission's re
port for incorporation In the
congreaalonal record, Wheeler
aald that the two nortbwealern
llura were competing roada and
be added be would rigorously
oppose any attempt lo link them
into a single system.
Senator I'lttman. democrat,
Kerada, also opposed the unifi
cation of the Northern Pacific
and. Ihe Great Northern aaylng
It would afford no reduction In
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Slick Pavement
And Heavy Fog
Bane To Drivers
Slippery payemeut and fog,
combined with taat drlrlug, con
stitutes a bad combination. There
were saversi minor accidents Fri
day night and thla morning. In
cluding cars In ditches, csrs that
had skidded against eurblngs, and
arcn cars thai had turned oyer.
Accidents were reported from
Altamont. with no one Injured,
and from Pelican City, aa well as
In the city limits.
Probably the most serloua crash
occurred this morning about 7:30.
(lane llaiinrd, coming down the
Nlulh street hill towsrd Lincoln
at high speed, attempted to stop
the car at Lincoln street. It Is said,
whon his car skidded. Another
car behind Husiard's also skid
ded, with the result that buth
cars crashed Into eurblngs on op
posite sides ot Ninth street, lias
sard 'a cur turned over, and' was
completely demolished. The other
car. whose drlrer Is unknown,
sul fared a broken wheel. Hag
tard was taken from under his
car, unconscious, and removed to
Ihe Klamath Valley; hospital,
where It was discovered that he
had sttsi.ilncd only superficial In
juries and shock.
lluitard ts employed by the
Lorens company.
Taylor Murder Mystery
May Be Near Solution
BAN FRANCISCO, Doc. 21, (A
P) The San Francisco Call-Bul-Intln
today Quoted Former Gov
ornor Frlond W. Richardson as
saying that he had proof that a
motion picture aotress murdered
William Desmond Taylor, one ot
Hollywood's most famous direct
ors, mysteriously shot In 1922.
Prisoner Know Facta
After golfg Into the history ot
bis differences and sharp ex
Oregon Rooster
Travels De Luxe
To Italian Port
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dir. 21
(AP) A sheaf of correspond
ence In tha office of lienors!
Steamship Corporation here to
day haa to do with the book
ing of a passage (or one white
Leghorn rooater from Corval
Ha, Ore., to Ouoa, Italy.
A aprtlal coop haa been con
structed (or the Oregon (owl
snd a special supply ot food
haa been atored ai the rooater
will not have to fall hack on
aallors' hardlark and ahlp's
biscuit.
SPEAKS
Great Northern Head
Says Line Will Be
Benefitted.
ST. PAUL. Minn., Dec. 21. (A
P) Ralph Budd. president of
the Great Northern railway. In
a atatement today on the Inter
state , commerce commission's
railroad grouping plan, ssld It
"seems to foreshadow a decision
la the unification application of
the Great Northern-Northern Pa
cific railway which will Impose
as a condition of that unification
aale ot the Burlington atock
owned by the two northern
lines."
Mr. Budd said the two north
ern 1 1 nee owa 7 per cent of the
common stock of the Burlington
railway. Tha northern llnea
have presented evidence at the
Interstate commerce commission
bearing lo show that a saving of
110,000,000 In operating expenses
would be effected under their
plan. The unification, however,
was opposed by the Chicago, Mil
waukee. St. Paul and Pacific
railroad.
Charles Donnelly, president of
the Northern Pacific, also believ
ed the proposed consolidations
foreshadowed an unfavorable de
cision on the northern lines'
plan hut be declined to comment
farther until seeing the text ot
the commission's report. -
Miss Pebbles Is
Bride of Dr. Lucas
Mies Georgia Pebblea became
Ihe bride ot Dr. Clifford K. Lu
caa at a ceremony performed
thla afternoon at 1 o'clock at the
home of Mra. Paul Evans la the
Evana apartments.
Georgia has been employed In
the office ot the Evening Herald
and Klamath News tor the past
year In the circulation daitrt
ment and haa made many
trlenda In tha office ' and
throughout the city since she
has been here. She haa been In
Klamath Falls tor a little more
tban a year, coming here from
California.
Dr. Lucaa la a local chiro
practor and has been here tor a
number r( yeara, practicing tor
a while In the Underwood build
ing and later uiuvlug to Dorrla,
Calif., where he resided for a
short time. He rocently sold his
practice here to Dr. C. B. Cassei.
The young couple left Imme
diately following the ceremony
tor Agnes, Oregon, where they
will visit Dr. Lucaa' mother, ami
then will return to Klamath
Falle (or a short tune. Their
plans for the future are Indefin
ite. Both parties to the anion have
a host of friends througbont the
city who wlrh thra happiness.
Three Die When
Fire Burns Home
ELKHORN, Wis., Doc. 21 (A
P) Three members of the Carey
housohotd were burned to death
last night while three mllos away,
other members ot tha family
Joined lo alnging carols at a
school house Christmas party.
Patsy Carer, S. and Mabel, 7.
with their grandfather, Henry
Snowenberg, 63, were alone In
the Isolated farmhouse. The
houao was In tlamea when a
neighbor spread the alarm.
The bodies were found amid
debris In the basement Into which
they hsd boon plunged when the
floors burned away.
changes ot statements as governor
with Asa Koys, thou district at
torney ot Los Angoles county,
Richardson said that "about that
time I heard that a prisoner In
Folsom knew much about the
murder of the motion picture di
rector." Richardson said that he Investi
gated the case, the Call-Bulletin
statea, and finally went to Los An
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Wet
If the laundry came home n II. tie damp that day, houaewlves of
Trebafod. England, could be thankful that they got It at all. For
atreeta there as In many other British cities snd towns ran deep
with water when rivers, awollen from weeka of heavy rainfall, left
tholr banks. This picture, showing a laundry cart atruggling down
an Inundated thoroughfare, lndiratee the depth ot the floods which
swept RhondtU Valley communities, driving hundreds of families
from tbelr homes.
WHEAT TAKES
Intervention of Grain
Corporation Thought
Responsible.
CHICAGO, Dec. 21. (AP)
Wheat prices responded buoyant
ly today to the Intervention ot the
Farmers National Grain corpora
tion In behalf ot better price lev
els, and gained iA to itte a
buahel above yesterday's finish.
The big co-operative's bid of 114 c
above current cash prices after
the market closed yesterday bad
an ameliorating effect on trading
both here and abroad.
Final quotations today were:
December wheat, 11.1114; March,
S1.27M to I1.27U: Msy, 11.10
to 11.20, and July, J1.J1 to
1.117a. .
Gains Fpor Cents
Gains of four centa were mark
ed up at the outset, Liverpool
having reacted favoraly to the
Grain corporatlona announce
ments, snd after a dull period at
mld-eeston another rally brought
prices at the finish to the top or
near the top for the day. Closing
yesterday about a cent below the
(arm board'a loan level for wheat,
the market ended today four cents
over the fixed value.
FAIR SITE SELECTED
CHICAGO, Dec 21. (AP)
The first group ot buildings for
the 1232 Chicago world's fair
will Impose their majestic beauty
along tha ahoree ot lake Michi
gan between 18th . and S9th
streets, the architectural 'com
mission haa announced.
flff.-Ha.u.vioneeR hotei. maVi
viuctwes' a ouesi who wuu
6rRMaNaTo.H9 a, oiS
.1'
V'MOWWO TUP VITAL .. V
IM TUM SH 0P KIM COMPETITION
Stttawe W AKb 6lRl$, WHO. THW.
WEI eMlCATlON.ttB.SfCtMny,
'"nuwt n STUtXMT FlUS)
VllTVOUT ttIM,SMAM.IUg
WMfTW Visit Au itlf
"to tttOtte AM UiUtATIOM.'
SHARP UPTURN
I v f I :l e-s
FEW men In Oregon have a wider or mors pleasant state acquaintance than Bert Hall. In fact
his acualntance la more than state, it is a P years he operated the White Pelican hotel he w
as host to hundreds ot leading men. Later asaclflc coaat acquaintance tor during the many
owner and manager ot the Hall hotel he retained tha close pornonal contacts with these people.
Bert Hall la one of the faithful civic workers in the city and devotes much time to the welfare of
this community. One ot the worthiest ot hobbles belongs to htm, tor his hobby Is to help chil
dren finish school. Lately he has made excellent provisions for this commendable work and out
of hli entire life's work he no doubt gets more pleasure out ot his effort to assist the young people
than any ot his other undertakings.
Wash
UNIVERSITY
til
McEwan's Contract
Short by ' Action
Of Council.
cut
EUGENE. Dec. 21. (AP) The
University of Oregon will start Im
mediately in queat ols JootbaU
coach to replace Captain John J.
MoEwnn, whoae contract was ter
minated by the action ot tho exec
utive council at a special meeting
Karl W. Ontbink. executive sec
retary ot the university, said to
day. It possible a coach will be ob
tained on a professional basis,
which means he will work on the
same basis as a college professor.
It Is believed that the three ss-1
slstsnt coaches at Oregon, Prink
Callison. freshman coaoh; Billy
Reinhart, varsity backfleld coach,
and Gene Shields, varsity line, will
be considered along with other
available mentors.
Dr. Clarence Spears ot Minne
sota and Dr. Jack WUce, former
Ohio State coach, have been men
tioned prominently aa available
material when Washington was
In search of a coach. An effort
will he made to secure a coach
before February 1.
EUGENE GRAPPLER VLS
EUGENE, Ore.. Dec 21, (AP)
George Wildcat Pete, 154, Eu
gene, defeated Henry Jones, ISO,
Provo, Utah, two falls ont ot
three In the main event of the
wrestling card here last night.
Jones won the first fall in It
minutes but Pete won the second
In 21 minutes and the third In
18 minutes.
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GRANGE HAS
OBJECTIONS
TO BUDGET
Fomona Council Enter
Protest at Hearing
Of Tax Board.
SAYS ESTABLISHING
VALUES TOO COSTLY
Argue Against Bringing in State
'(Tax Commission to Assist in
Fixing Valuations, Claiming
Such Action Bete Bad Prece
dent In Prolonging Unequal
Val nations.
A protest on the county
budget for 1930 was entered
at the hearing held today at
the office of the county
court, by the Klamath coun
ty Pomona Grange Council,
through R. E. High, the pres
ident of the organization,
The . protest, giving three
reasons' for the action, read
as follows:
List Objections.
1. We object to any more
county money being spent to
value Klamath county property
other than that spent In the or
dinary court ot business by the
sweaaor's office, until the $90,-
000 to 1100,000 spent in sour
ing a proper timber cruise is re
turned ot benefit to the ta-?ay-ers
by the use ot the cruise.
2. We do not believe that
there is any need for bringing
In the state tax commission into
the county at the present time.
We do believe that all the coun
ty needs Is an assessor that will
ascertain tho true value ot prop
erty without regard to who own
It or what class ot property it a
snd then use the sam' ratio of
tax value to ascertain value on
all property..
The levying board will hear
any protests which any taxpayer
wishes to offer, on the proposed
budget for 1930, which has been
drawn after more than a week's
deliberation. The 28(8.20.30 is
the total tax that must be raised
by taxxtlon after deducting esti
mated balances on band In all
funds as ot December 31. 19I,
(C" tinned on rase five)
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Short Skirts For
Health Advocated
By Noted Doctor
CHICAGO, Dec. 21, (AP)
Short skirts for health, on so
leas authority than Dr. Hugh
. Cummlncs, bead ot the
United S'atea public health
service, speaking here: and
girls shouldn't diet.
The mortality rate among
young girls has Increaed sharp
ly In recent years. Dr. Cum
mlngs said, snd he attributed
it to "the diet erase" which
he called "both silly snd dan
gerous." As for skirts, they should
not be worn lower than the
knees, the surgeon general
said.
WTl
ACTED WISELY
'
Inspectors Exonerate
Man Who Beached
Burning Vessel.
SEATTLE, Dec. 21, (AP)
Captain Eric Strandonisa of tha
steamer Skagway used good Judg
ment in toe beaching of his burn
ing vessel near Cane Flatterv last
Monday, Steamboat Inspectors
Donald 8. Ames and Thomas Short
said here today when making
known the results of their inves
tigation of the wreck. The inspec
tors exonerated the captain of the
wrecked vessel from all blame j
tor the accident la their decision.
Master Responsible
The master of a shin mnnn.
slble for the property under his
care ana the lives of his officers
and crew, and Captain Btrand
qulst followed what he telleved to
be the safest coarse, the inspect
ors ruled.
Accusations that the captain
ignored counsel of bis nrrir
crew and beaded for the rooks af
ter being told he could make Neah
bay. three miles away, were held
groundless by Ames and Short.
bkasrway Total Loss
The Skagwav Ilea a tntat
a short dtsUnce from Cape Flat
tery.
With her cargo a he waa valued
at approximately 1150,000. Be
cause of the rocky shore and the
heavy surf, as well as the flames
which ate at her cargo for aev
eral days. It waa Impossible to sal
vage the freight or vessel.
Farm Boy Treated
To Thrillinjj Ride
CAMDEX. K. J.. Dec II (AP)
Having been given an involun
tary ride of ten mile. hnin.
to the tail ot an airplane, Wil
liam uoumoe, 17-year-old farm
baud. Is In eood condirinn ,n .n
of bis thrills. He waa helping to
ooia oown tne tall when the en
gine was belno warmerf n .
he didn't let go when the' lane
soared. In fact ha held on till
the plane rot to within fi. ...
of the ground again. Then he
roiled over and over so much he
was sent to a hospital with a few
bruises. .
Victim' Families
Helped By Friends
OKLAHOMA CITY. Dec 21
Ap.) The groernment of Mex
ico has coma to the aid ot desti
tute fam!!!es or slxtv-an ni..,.
killed In a mine explosion at
McAlester Tuesday, contributing
110.000 toward the relief t.,nH
wnicn. tnrougn the aid of the ra
a to, aireaar nad reached na
tional proportions. '
The contribution from Mx
Ico, announced by H. Valdes,
Mexican consul here, brines the
fund collected through various
agencies to approximately 50,
000. ThA mnxaflffA In th. .nn
aul hera atlniilated that fnnrf
were to be applied toward relief
for famlllos ot Mexicans killed
in the disaster.
K.YFEX8IVE BOOZE
PENDLETON, Ore., Dec. 21 (A
P) A. M. Service of Baker, was
fined (1000 In justice court hore
on a charge ot possession, trans
portation ot liquor on September
19. A largo automobile belong
ing to Service waa confiscated.
Spencer Says Road Will
Fight Order to Build
The Union Paoiflo railroad will
test the validity ot the recent or
der ot the Interstate commerce
commission requiring It to build
a railroad across the state of Ore
gon from Crane to Crescent lake.
Arthur C. Spencer, solicitor tor
the Union Pactfio system In Port
land, made thla a atement yester
day. Such intimation had been
previously given by Carl R. Oray,
president ot the railroad; while in
Portland on the day the news ot
the commission's action was re
CAR FLOAT
mm
IN HUDSON
; 700 Lives Endangered
By Collision In New
York Harbor.
RIVER BOATS RUSH
TO AID OF VESSEL
Paaeengers, Somewhat Shaken
And Frightened, taken to 8a ro.
y by Harbor Craft Answering
Distress) Bixnal; Togs Pravrat
Ferrjr From Taking Water and
Sinking.
NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (A
P) Harbor craft rescue 4
700 Christmas shopper.
commuters and newly art
rived immigrants from th
ferry boat We.st Point last
night after the ferry had
been rammed and disabled
by a car float. Three per
sons suffered minor injuries.
The ferry boat was cross
ing from the foot of West
42nd street, Manhattan, to
Weehawken, N. J., directly
across the Hudson .. river.
Unlike the heavy fog which
prevailed when the liner
Fort Victoria was rammed
by the Alonquin in the lower .
bay last Wednesday the
weather was clear and visi
bility good. The ferry boat
was brilliantly lighted. '
In. midstream the car float.
which was being towed by a tug
lashed alongside of It, drove Its
prow Into the port side ot the
ferry, tearing hole through
which water poured Into the en
gine room. -
FaMengers' Startled
The paaaengera, startled by tha
tnpact, rushed from the cabins
aa tha ferry boat'a siren began
to scream distress signals.
Amid a bedlam of answering
signals, tugs and other ferry
boats converged upon the crip
pled craft. The towing tug held
the prow ot the car float in the
gash in the side of the wet-t
point, reducing the flow of water
and preventing the ferry boat
from listing.
As rapidly as they could be
maneuvered Into position, res
cue craft were lashed alorgsltle
and passengers assisted oft tha
West Point. The large electric
ferry boat Grenville Kaue took
330 persons over the stern of Ihe
West Point. A New York Centtal
tug made fast and Its crew hello
ed men and women through the
shattered windows of the dis
abled boat to safety.
' ' Work t'nder Searchlights
The rescue work was accom
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IJYYC? II U
QlJlSTMA?
ceived, but Mr. Spencer's state
ment yesterday was first positive
information.
"I do not know when we will
take our first steps toward this
end, but It should be soon," Mr.
Spencer continued. "Neither am
I certain at this tlma aa to what
form our action will take, t can
merely say that we will tost the
validity of the order."
The Interstate antnaMrca cons
mission, acting am petttton of the
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