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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, MAY 15, 19M
Number 7344
'houghts We've
Been Thinking
1-1 Pages
Today
Ori'Knlan Join Ciindl
diite Cry for "Frca
Trxt Hooks." Nothing
Is "Frc." Somuone
Always I'ays.
A Fmw Political Slogans
Stand Tout of Time in
Oregon.
McKonzio rs Not an
All Year Iloute Win
tor Mftliiluiiiini'o Would
liu Ncotlli'M Expense.
Ljy BRUCE DEN MS-
EVEN so wll Informed news
paper u th Portland
Oragonlan nw Joint lh
randldalM who eram fr
fra ll books." Without wlah
Ing to wokn anything that
would npaut T candidal' plat
fnrm. or cu Oragonlnu
to feel abashed. rpttfull
rail attention I" th ''"
Oregon hae "Ire text booka"
at th present llm.
Auyon who will malia a atal
mnt to th school board that
h la unabl to bur books will
hate tha aam" furnished to biro
tree and without conl to blm.
What mora do ou want!
TIllcnK la no such a lain!
frim" In fart. Someone l
waye para. If thoaa who ecream
. iudly about "free" text
booka will but consult th
...turlntrndcnl'S offlr they
till
find that tha rpua to tha tax
payer of the alato to furnlah
"fro" t"t " ',r,B
Yet. hav thoaa who aeom to
bHtra that "Ire." tall book,
ara possible.
a a
FEW political aloiana fcav
" wlthatood tha taat of tlma
In
nr..n barauaa tny w
never fullllt.d tb.refor re
main good, muelcal jmgi
rota gelling.
On. of thoaa U "fr taxt
bonk a."
1-hi. tna may beom
important M "SUtam.nl No.
. ,nA II It Hurt H tnai win
i.. will ba for tba flrel
candidal up to docUre '.ft tha
.lr.n and hit election win
low. That la atactlr hat hap
pened when "Statement No, 1
... in i ha irullh of popularity
n wa not ao Important that
....ona anew what Statement
No 1" atood for. tha mara fact
. t . . - ..nM.it accented It
m.i,i hla election, and rejection
f tha well advertised "Blate-
No. 1" meant defeat
"Free" text booka may mean
success. Hut. what wa want to
know la how tha candidate float
inic Into otflro on auch a slogan
e.n rar deliver tha gooos
Wher ' ha "free" part? It
costs money to ran typraetllne
nmrhlnea. print and bind boom,
and tha taxpayer will pay i ba
elwaya paya lor tha -frea" alufl.
T7KW will ba disappointed oer
tha decision of the IIhway
li-nartment to tha effect that tha
Mi Kemla Taaa la not an all year
hirhwav. Certainly It la not, ana
why ahould f rent eipenaa b met
to keep It open?
Why ihonld a number of aec
ondary roadt ba kept open In
tha winter at heary coat? We
hove becoma accustomed to dolus
think roardlc of cost. The
fei-lln. that every hHhy munt
he Went onon durlnK anow etormi
la not well founded. There would
ha aa much bunlncaa don and
everyone would llv hi aliened
tim if a aood many of tha
hlihway wero anowed In and
remained that way for aorerl
Vi at a tlma.
You know tha airship 1 here
row It you really have to mke
a trip In winter when th nigs
ways ara out of buatneaa.
"Men an' women is dif
ferent an' so is young an'
old, but they all wear the
same look o' punctured
vanity when they see the
proofs o' their new photograph."
Aunt Met
Admiral Jones Disappointed With Treaty
DIFFERENT
POSSIBLE
Veteran Of Navy i 'V
Many Weak PoinU h.
Naval Agreement
PRATT SAYS PARLEY
COT GOOD RESULTS
Jonra lorrel to Icata Toat aa
ArirtMT to Amerhao IKrlfsatra
Jtarauaa of Illnra! Kipreaara
Hurprlu at Attltuiln of Admiral
Pralt, Ilagmrln( KumU
nicntally With Hint.
WASHINGTON. May 13
(AP) Two grey-haired ad
mirals of the American
navy with upwards of a half
century of duttinguiahod
service behind him, dis
agreed pointedly today over
the mcrita of the naval
treaty of London.
Sounding the first note of
protest from any official
quarter, Roar Admiral IU-
ary P. Jones, long an out
standing figure among navy
men, told the senate foreign
relations committee that he
not only dinagreed with
many of tho decisions of
tho London conference but
thought a different settle
ment would have becu en
tirely possible.
I'ratt t'omiiirnde I'act.
At th aame time Admiral Wil
liam V. Pratt, commander of th
Initio fleet, waa advlalns the
enate naval committee that the
treaty aulted him. that he
satisllcd to havo fewer elKht
Inch gun crtttaors thau tba navy
tirnvloimly had caked and that
In any raao th American drle-
(Contlnucd on Pag Twelve)
L
I.AKEVIEW, May 15, (Special)
on the ev of the primary
election, Cornell atrength ahowa
a heavy lucreane nere. t no pre
diction la freely made that Cor
nell will carry lke county, with
Joseph a atrong aecoud and Not-
blud third. -
Summer Camp For
Scouts Arranged
Bcout executive O. T. lloovor
annotincea that th dote of tha
Hoy Stout aummer camp has been
net to open July S- and cloaa
August I. Tl - rn nip Is at Lake
o" tho Woods and arrnngementa
art being made to erect the alx
cuhlns donated by th varloua
clubs of Klamath Falls. Money
for the Rotary csbln Is already
In the ban' a d the others iinva
promised to havo tho ftin. ready
In time t . atart the work so mat
the cuhlns limy bo- completed
iIitIiib- tho aummer.
Mr. Hoover will visit Metlford
(IiIh evehltm and lay th camp
plans before llimh llankln, su
pm-vlsor of the forest.
mm
flKE COUNTY
FOR C0R8ETT
Lewis, Clark Began Trek
To West 126 Years Today
PORTLAND. May 15, (AP)
Unforgettable history was In th
making 126 years ago today, as a
party of 27 men, under the com
mand of Captain Merrlwenther
Lewis and Lieutenant William
Clark forged ahead Into tho Rocky
Mountain wilderness on an explor
ation trip of what was then the
Louisiana Purchase.
Order of Jefferson
Acting under orders of Prosl
ilout Jeffortpn, th courogaoui
House Honors Its
Dead in Special
Memorial Service
WASHINGTON, May 15. (A
P) Th houaa rpre.entallvea
today honored ed.
With bow tha mem
bera atood in memory
of It f .leaauea and
Ihrea no have dli'd
the 1 ilia. The aenate
ha' ao Ita member
).'S.;-vS . call of tho drad bv
.'. .ire more the duty of
' V' a Tyler Pace, clerk of the
4 ben, aa tha moment of alienee
sea declared and ended, the
voire of the widow of an Ore
ton rcprenenlatlve, Mr. Nh'holaa
J. filnnolt, almlnc "Chrlat Went
I p Into the llllla." echoed
Ihroujh the hlitorle chamber.
Hie Invoratlon waa delivered
by th Iter. Jamea Khera Mont
gomery, houne rhaplaln.
Later, there wera brief mem
orial addreanea hy repreaentatlvee
Crowther, New York, and Mon
tague, Virginia.
L
OF
Jerry O'Callaghan, Aged
38, Hurt as Engine
Jumps Track
Jerry O'Callaghan. aged SI.
waa fatally Injured about 11:00
a. m. Wedneaday morning at th
Pelican Bay bogging camp near
Dir. when th ukIu lendir up
on which ho waa rldlnf Jumped
th trae pitching- CrXBliaghan
off. and ptuulnf hint under the
tndvr.
In addition to having both
leca eruahed. OTallaghan waa
hsrt lKternally. The Injured
waa mined to th town of
Illy on a apeeder. where h waa
met by Dr. Paul W. Sharp, with
a nuraa and ambulance.
Iga Amputated
O'Callaghan wa apeedlly taken
to the lllllaldo hospital In this
city, wher It was found necee-
ary to amputate Dotn i
man sank rapidly, and dli'd this
morning at 1(1:30 a. m..
Ho Is atirvlved by a wire and
two sonJ. who hava been at Pa
cific Pallsadea for aome time.
Th widow waa reached by tele
gram Wednosdoy evening, and Is
expected to arrive In Klamath
Falle tonight or Friday.
Hammond Sending
Hampshire Rams to
Sacramento Sale
E. R. Hammond, of the Merrill
country. Is shipping 61 head of
pure bred Hntnpshlr rnms to
Sacramento for the annual ram
aale. which Is to be held In that
city on May IS and :u.
"Gene" Hammond has made
practice of sending his fine stock
to this annus! rale for several
years past. The Hammond sheep
ranch I" rerognlted as on of tho
flneet In the country. It boasts
a flno blue grans range upon
which the sheep thrive and
fatten.
D. E. Alexnndor Is also send
ing a Hno bunch of Homuoy
rams to tho sale. Alexander Is
one of the most prominent stork
men In tho county. His Aberdeen-Angus
cattle havo carried
away many a ribbon. He also
goes In for breeding dogs, as
well as cattle and sheep, snd
has the only Snmoyede kennel
In this part of tho country.
It)l.l,l.; PLACK CIIAMiKI).
Residents of tho Shlpplngton
district aro atked to obsorvo a
rhauge made In the polling plnco
lor Precinct No. 2:1. All votors
north of the government canal
and west of Tunnel St. will vote
at the It. H. Yancey residence
Instead of Klnmuth Lumber &
Uox Co. hotel.
band,-which biased a trail for
thousands of thriving communi
ties which sprang up from out of
th donse and trackless forests,
ascended tho Missouri river to its
source. Aided by the stout-hearted
Indian maiden, Sacnjnwea, the
party pushed on into the rocky
mountain country, where game
was scarce and the going hard.
Here they stood on top of the
great divide, casing down on the
.(Continued on Page Twelve)
DIES
NJURIES
Mi
m BISHOP
Liberated On Political
Count, Cannon Facet
Another Trial
FORMAL CHARGE TO
BE PRESENTED SOON
Eplecoparjr Committee Debate
For Hlx Honra Over ItUhop'a
FlnanrUl Actltitlea and Kalla
To Clear Him of Charg. Maya
He'll Mnks ' Klalement at
Proper Time. .
DALLAS. Tex.. May 15
(AP) Exonerated of
charges of undue political
activity in the 1923 cam
paign, Bishop James Can
non, Jr., of Washington,
D. C. today still faced com
plaints signed by more than
a score of delegates to the
general conference, Metho
dist Episcopal Church,
South, that he speculated
on tho stock market., 'v
Debate blx Hours
Nearly alx boura of deliberation
by the Episcopacy committee yes
terday failed to clear Bishop Can
non of the apeculatlon allegation.
For three hours In tha afternoon,
and forty-five minutes at ntght.
Cannon was on the witness atand.
much of the time, he waa known
to have apent reading papers, pre
sumably In reply to the photo
static documenta presented by
Judge O. T. FlUhugh of Memphis,
purporting to bo records of his
stoi-k market transactions.
After Bishop Cannon left the
(Continued on Pace Twelve)
Sergeant Drowns
In Plane Accident
HONOLULU. May IS. (AP
Staff Sergeant Joe Becker, station
ed at Luke field, near here, lost
hla lit o In the forced landing of an
army bombing plan In the ocean
channel between th Islands of
Maul and. Hawaii yesterday.
Ten other man of the army and
navy air service were saved by
other planes and surface vessels.
KAHO.MKTLIt LOW. -
The Cyclo-Storroagraph at
Underwood's Pbaroncy shows
a continuance of th low pres
sure, that has prevailed tor the
last ' ten days. But slight
change In weather conditions
is indicated.
Th Tycoe recording ther
mometer registered maximum
and minimum temperatures to
day as follows:
High 60, low SS.
Forecast for next 24 hours:
Generally' fair with moderate
temperatures.
sxuv .nr u-irLririj ir -
UNION PAPKIt SOLIt.
LA GRANDE. Ore., May 15.
(AP) George Sclblrd, dean of
eastern Oregou newspaper edi
tors, today announced the sale
ot tho Weekly Republican at
Union, Ore., to Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Lewis ot Gohlttold, Nev.
Sclbird started newsraper work
In IStiO In Bloomlngton, 111. He
will retire.
AtiEU MAN SUICIDKS.
BAKER. Ore., May 15. (AP)
L. M. Vandewater, 86, Baker,
ended his life last night at the
homa'ot his son by shooting him
self In the head. Despondency
is believed to have caused the
suicide, officials said. He for
merly resided at Walla Walla,
Wash.
MAT CHANGE TIME
LA GRANDE, Ore.. Mny 15, (A
P) A decision Is expocted tonight
on whether La Grande will adopt
daylight saving time. La Grande
Is on the edgo ot the Pacific- time
belt.
mm
Last . Minute News
Secretary Hyde
Sets Precedent
For Fishermen
PORT ARTHUR. Tex.. May
II, (AP) It looka difficult
for any flrherman In tha cabi
net to beat thla. Arthur M.
Hyde, aerretary of agriculture
hooked a ahark. t feet I
Inrbea long. After It had been
pulled out on a dork there
aoon were eight aharka. The
ahark had children.
BLY READY FOR
E
Horses From Tia Juana
Entered for Annual
Sports Event
With several atrlngs of horses
already on. the apot. and one ar
riving direct from Tla Juana to
day. Bly la In tha throes of prep
aration for the three-day racing
event, which begins In that city
Friday, and continue through
Saturday and Sunday.
Special . programs are coming
hot oft the press, restaurant own-
era ara stowing away supplies and
folding vast quantities or paper
napkins, so that all hungry guesta
may b accommodated, while bar
hera are honing their rasora ready
to trim up the daahlng cowboy.
Uaaebedl Scheduled
A baseball game Is scheduled
for each morning of the three-day
meet, and each afternoon horse
races, the real feature of the cele-
(Contlnued on Page Twelve)
Patrick Swayne .
,' Dies at Medford
Th many friends of the late
Patrick Francis Swayne win re
gret to hear of his passing ax-ay
early Satnrday morning at his
Medford home. ,
Mr. Swayne was born In Queen's
county, Ireland, January 6. 1862,
and came to America at the age
of 21. He settled in the Apple
gate district, and lived there for
37 years. He lived In Klamath
county for about two years, and
while here, be was employed by
the California Oregon Power com
pany. Mr. Swayne was owner of
one of the largest ranches on the
Applegate river, and was one of
the largest stock rangers in Jack
son county.
He Buffered a paralytlo stroke
last March, and has been ill ever
since. Mr. Swayne was bnrled
from the Catholic church of Med
ford. He leaves to mourn him.
a wife and five daughters.
S. A. War Veterans
Benefit by Bill
WASHINGTON, May 1$, (AP)
Approximately 114.000 veterans
of the war with Spain, the Phil
ippine insurrection and the China
Relief expedition will be benefit
ted under the Robtnson-Knutson
bill, which has just received final
congressional approval.
The total cost ot the measure,
which went to the-White House
today, has been estimated at ? 11.
712.440. Outstanding among Its features
are provision tor higher rate ot
pension tor veterans who served
ninety days in the two engage
ments and expedition, or those
who served less than ninety days
and were distinguished tor disa
bility incurred in line of duty.
ru'irs'i - ! - mmmr
FLY KAIL HEARING.
SALEM, Ore., May 15. (AP)
Acting for the interstate com
merce commissi!.. . the state pub
lic service commission will call
a hearing at Prairie City May 22
on the application of the Sump
tor Valley Railroad company tor
authority to discontinue its oper
ations from Bates to Prairie
City.
SMALLER TOWNS GAIN'.
SALEM, Ore.. Miy 15. (AP)
Census figures released here to
day give the population ot Wood
burn as 1666. Ten years ago It
was 1656. Independence, - 1243
against 1142 In 1920, and Su-t-iimlty,
214, an Increase ot 42
oter 1920.
MOTHER SLAYS FOUR
TACOMA, Wash., May 15, (AP)
Using a large butcher knife,
Mrs. Torayo Sadalrl, 30, slashed
the throats ot her three young
children and then took her own
lite by cutting her throat this
morning at her home. The dead
children are Nobuko, 9; Ayako, 7,
and Sachiko, 6,
MEETINC
Heiress to Make Royal Debut
Doris Duke, above, of New Tork City, daughter of Mrs. James
B. Duke and th late tobacco king, and said to be the world's rich
est heiress, la to be presented to King George and Queen Mary at
their London palace before she make ber bow to American society.
Miss Duke, whose' Newport debut was postponed last summer, has
been In Paris for several months. She i heiress to a fortune esti
mated at from $6.000,0t to 100,000,000.
T
FACESARREST
MARSHFIELD, Or., May 15,
(AP) An eleventh hour bomb
was tosaed- into Coos political
circles today when Frank B.
Osmond. Marshfleld chief of
police and republican candidate
for sheriff, filed an Information
In circuit court charging W. E.
Hsssler, Coqullle, editor and
publisher ot the Coos County
Courier, weekly newspaper, with
violations of the Oregon corrupt
practices law.
Hassler faces two charges con
tained in separate informations,
one of which is alleged printing
ot anonymous matter relative to
election and the other criminal
libel. Hassler was expected to
be arrested today.
The charge ot criminal libel
l. tha ontxrowth of an editorial
in hla nubllcatlon charging ir
regularities against Osmond and
urging the election of Henry
Hess, incumbent.
Local People to
Try Glider Flying
The Pelican Glider clnb which
la' being organized by a number
of local business and professional
men will soon become a reality.
Just a few more members aTe
needed before the glider can be
ordered and then Klamath Falls
ui eniov the Innovation of
glider flying which is fast be
coming the latest sport in motor
less aviation.
San Diego. California, has one
glider club that has live gilders
nmnnrst Its members which at-
firds keen competition In glider
flvlng. Anyone Interestea in
gilder flying is asked to get in
imirh with Dewey Powell at 406
Main St.. phone 2161, or Mr.
Van Buskirk ot the Klamath Fly-
ina Service at Halsiger Motor
company.
11 FIR KXrECTED
LONDON. May 15. (AD
An Oslo dispatch to the London
Dnllv Mail today says Princess
Martha expects an accoucncmeui
during the summer.
Prlneews Martha of Sweden
was married to Crown Price Olaf
ot Norway March 21, 19"
Dairy Products Exceed
Steel and Automobiles
Victor Johnson, assistant coun-
ty aKriculturlst. was the main
speaker at the Klwauis luncheon
this noon, choosing as his sub
ject. "Why Use More Dairy Pro
ducts." This talk Is the first ot
a series to be given during a na
tional campaign tor wider use of
dairy products.
Relative to the present situation
In the dairy industry. Mr. John-
son said: "Agricultural interests
ia the United SUtes ns more than
rn
l
TODAY'S MAJOR
LEAGUE SCORES
- American
Detroit at Boston; St. Louis
at New Tork postponed, rain.
i . H. R. E.
Cleveland 2 10 0
Washington 4 9 1
Hudlln and L Sewell; Jones
and Ruel.
National
Brooklyn at Cincinnati post
poned, wet grounds.
New York at St. Louis post
poned, cold.
Philadelphia
at Pittsburgh,
postponed rain.
Forest Service
Engineer Views
Proposed Road
Bruce B. Burnett, civil engi
neer with th United States for
est service, with headquarters in
San Francisco', Cal.. was in Kla
math Falls this morning. Mr.
Burnett entered the city by way
of Malln and Merrill, making a
recounalsanca of the proposed Ai-
turas to Malln highway.
The forest service has already
allocated money for the survey
ot this road, which is to be made
this summer. Preliminary worg
starts this week.
Mr. .Burnett spoke highly of
The Dalles-California highway In
Oregon, and Stated that bis de
partment fully realized tne im
portance of The Dallea-Callfornla
and the Weed-Klamath Falls
highways.
SHIVER IX SHORTS
HANOVER. N. H.. May 15, (A
P) The 500 Dartmouth stud
ents who yesterday inaugurated
the "shorts" style of campus
haberdashery today had dwindled
to a mere score or so of shiver
ing youths. A drop in tempera
ture to 43 degrees above sero
coupled with rain were sufficient
deterrents to the less hardy.
BANKS CLOSE FRIDAY
All banks In the city will be
closed on Friday, which is prim
ary election day. In addition to
the banks, all offices In the
Klamath county court house will
be closed.
50 per cent of all the lumbar pro
duced in the nation. The tarms ot
the nation use more steel man an
the railroads combined."
Largest Industry
"The dairy industry is the larg
est In the United States, exceeding
the steel and automobile Indus-
tr'"The value ot manufactured
j.i,. nrnitncta la based upon milk
i ... mafariala. and exceeds
(Continued on .Twelve),
ELECTORATE
ATTITUDE
APATHETIC
Appeals Of Candidates
Fail To Bring Out
Expression
ABOUT 40 PER CENT
VOTE IS PREDICTED
Race foe Governorship Oreo
shadows All Others With SU
Republicans and Four Demo
crat Seeking Nomination;
Home Interest in Democratic
Committeeman Contest.
By Associated Press
On the eve of Oregon pri
mary to nominate a gover
nor, national committeeman.
United States senator and
representatives in congress
from three districts, besides
two justices of the state su
preme court and a host of
other district and state offi
cials, the apathetic attitude
of the electorate appeared ,
to be the outstanding non
combattable issue.
When the polls throughout the
state open at 8 o'clock tomorrow
morning and eloae at 8 o'clock
the aame night, the accuracy of
previous predictions that not
more than 40 per cent of the
total Totes In ' the state would
be cast will be known. In presi
dential years the percentage ot
votea has mounted to slightly
more than 50 per cent.
Governor Race Warmest
Although the contests for the
congressional posts hare caused
considerable discussion, the raca
for governor. In which six re
publicans and four democrats, tn-
(Contlnued on Page Twelve)
CHICAGO, , May 15. (AP)
Brisk gains in price and move
active dealings went hand in
hand In the wheat market here.
This development was largely
due to the tact that Argentine
wheat shipments abroad are the
smallest In years at this season,
and that the amount ot wheat
on ocean passage to Europe irom
all countries is reduced to the
least total in nearly a quarter
century. Talk is out that It
vould not be surprising it the
United States this summer en
joyed the best export demand -,
that haa been met with tor many
seasons.
Wheat closed unsettled 3-4 to)
1 1-4 cents higher than yester
day's finish. Corn closed 1-8 to
He up; oats 1-4 to 3-8 cent
off and provisions unchanged t
5-S cent decline.
Poor Pa
"Maybe there ain't any
marryin' in heaven now,
hut thorp will be after Ma
p-eta there. She wouldn't
be haDDy anywhere un
less she could do som
matchmakin ,
I
WHEAT SHOWS
IMPROVEMENT