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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1930)
Wednesday, Aiifrunt fl, 1930 PAGE BIGHT THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON SLAYING AND PILLAGING Plunder and - Murder Jhejr Sweep Through Hunn ' Province rContlnuwJ Irani Od) . Uhrpatrne continued to UU o( communist deprVlon throutb out tha Yanst vll:'. Itaporta from wldelv atpnitaled areas In Hunan liupvh, KUngsi and Fu klan province said numerous red bandi numbering iwn few hun dred to 10.000, plllaaad towns nd spread terror, virtual! unop. posad. . 1 ' Whereabout Of msny foreign ars. moitly mlsslnrie. who hv varuated these. r", was on known hero. It ww 'eared mty hv fallen lni the lndi of the red". ' , ... Forelcnor wer Vvln klo klanK, Klansjl province. In great number, fearing an ; attack by 10, 000 . red reported advancing upon t ha city from the west. Horn Small Village Between Kiukisng and Hankow, llong the Yankeio. communists looted and- burned many mall Tlilsites. apparently 'seeking to frighten- peaaauts lnt Joining their force. Uneasiness continued at high pitch ' in tha trt-cltle. Hankow. Wuchkng and Hanyang. Red ware reported planning to attack Hankowj and volunteer defence force wero being formed there by Chlne and foreigner. North of Hankow rede extorted money and supplies from helpless farmer. : Capture of Nanchang, Ktangsl capital, by communlt were re ported a matter of hour In foreign wtrele dlpatche. eonlderd re liable and cnservatlva. Red horde almot lurronnded the city, and were greatly auperlor to defend ing troop In number and equip ment.' advice atated. Cliff Dunn Gets Firt New Member State Convention . Delegates to Be Chosen Thursday Selection of lb delegate to attend the B. P. O. E. atata con vention, which will be held In Portland from Auguat 11th to 13th, will be made at a meeting Thursday erenlng, according to a recent announcement mad by C. II. Underwood, deputy grand exalted ruler for Oregon aouth. Registration for the convention haa already opened at the Elk temple In Portland and will re main open all week. An elab orate three day program haa been arranged. An essential fea ture of the gathering la that only memhera of the order who have registered, i regardless of their (tatua aa official Indue dele gsrfea, alternate or visitors, will be presented with complimentary ticket lo the varlou activities. IVljip In Charter. The convention will he in charge of Perry O. ' Ie Lap of Klamath Palls, president of the Oregon Slate Elks association. Tuesday haa been set aside for the annual Klks frolic at Jantten beech, and this will be followed by a business meeting and a street parade. Other hlch liaJits of the convention which are promised visitors Includo a concert by the United State Sev enth Infantry band, and a mu nicipal band concert In Laurel hurst park and the Klks "niid nlte" frolic. CUM UPSETS T HEAR NG . To C. A.' Dnnn. prominent con tractor of the city, and member of the board of director of the cham ber of commerce, goe the distinc tion of being tbe first one to se cure a new member under the plan outlined by T. W. Deliell. director In charge of membership, and Leslie Peyton, membership chairman. Mr. Dnnn yesterday secured tbe membership of R. D. Klier. agency supervisor of the Aetna Life Insurance company. Bank. By securing this member ship tbe "note" that Mr. Dunn signed will be paid. . When asked about the member ahlp plan Mr. Peyton stated that fifteen members of the chamber of commerce had already signed the i "note" pledging one new member. These "notes" are pay able within thirty days, and twenty-five additional member have been requested to sign "notes" and are expected to return tbe in within tbe next tew days. MOE AND BUBB FAVOR CHARTER - That a large number ot the business men of this city are In favor ol adopting the city-manager form of government, outlined in the new charter, which will eome up before the people at the special election on August 12, Is evidenced by interview secured today from C. M. Bubb. ot tbe American National bank and pres ident ot the Klamath chamber of commerce, and Henry N. Moe. prominent merchant, i "It haa been, my Idea for the past tlx years that Klamath Fall has outlived the old charter and hi been doing things In more or less of a temporary manner," Mr. Moe stated today. "No -plans hare been laid out to take care of business aa the growth of the city warrants. The new charter outlines a more mod ern method tor handling a busi ness epterprise of this kind, No person' who has studied the situa tion carefully can help but admit that the right thing for ns to do Is .Xo-adopt the now charter," he concluded. ' "I am going to vote Just the way the committee recommended. A I fine committee was selected, studied the proposal, and knew lust what they were doing. They recommend the city-manager form of government, and I am all for It." was the statement Issued by B. M. 3ubb. ORDER REDMEN CONVENES SOON (Continued from Page Owe) In g between Ninth 'and Tenth on Main street, the farmer location of the bowling alley. The K ea rn n will have the honor ot open tnr th new hall. ' All business and social-sessions will be held there. Great Incohnee Coming r.,ia) tnenhnee. Harry CUtb- rlell of Portunouthv Virginia will h the most dlsunicuisaeo. visitor at tbat time and will preside over business sessions. Leaving here after the convention he will go to Santa Cms, Calif., where the Rrdmen ot California will ' hold their great- council. FHvard O'Connor of Spokane. who I great senior sagamore for n-il of the United States, will also be among the official visitor dpring tne inree dav session. Atl of tbe great abler of Ore gon will be In attendance at the Oregon convention. rorahonta ST T1. nMnlnr ilkT. AUCUSt 14. will be designated as Pocahontas Dav, when the Great j-ocanonias of California. Mr. Ailesn Re vlll be here to Install a local connciL The degree team of McClond. Calif., under tne leadership of the ureal ouaro ci h. tvimm. Mr. Ruth Hughe. will assist ber In thl work. Al ready close to 50 memeers tor tbe local Pocahontas organisa tion have algned np. Many others are expected. Mayor Give Welcome The official opening ot the Redmen' convention will be marked with a business session on Friday morning. Aug. 5. In .v.. .nnr.nMnn hall. A welcom ing address will be given by Mavor T. B.' Watt era. At 1:30 p. m. Friday the Mem orial services. ritualistic cere mony, will be held. At 2 p. m. the regular busi ness session will convene again. Thi, win hj, followed by a ban quet to be held at o'clock Fri day evening In tne reiicaa Grille. Begnnlng at g:30 the same evening a dance, honoring the great chiefs ot Oregon, will be held at the headquarters. Saturday morning, Aug. 16. will be opened with a business session. At 1:30 raising of the great chiefs by the Great Incoh nee Harry Cuthriell will be held. The convention will be closed with a Grand Ball, Saturday evening in the dance halL Dele gates will return to their homes on Sunday. Local officers of the Improved Order of Redmen are as follow: Rsrhem. Nnble H. Cantor: senior avamnr Mf . Arnetl: funlor sagamore, PanI Winters; pro phet. Frank Corey; must ot re cords. William Coro-ran; keeper of wampum, Mr. Beares ana trustee, W. C. MacRe. (Continued trom Pag One) alleged radical newspaper, presid ed over the gang. This brougut Edwin McKcnsle, attorney ot 1111 lings, Ut his feet without glvlug Cunha an opportunity to explaiu. Cunha also said Hillings ad mitted to him he had omy told "part of his story" ot the bomb ings, which kilted toil persons and lujured forty. This brought the demand from McKcnsle that Billings oe brought to court Immediately from Kolsom prison to hear and answer the testimony. Chief Justice Waste announced that aerlous doubt had arisen as to the authority ot the court' to bring tlillings here and that the court and wllnoaxes may go to Kolsom prison to hear the pris oner. The Justice said because of the chance of escape and the respon sibility It would throw on Kolsom offirlsls the court may be forced to go to Kolsom. Cunha also charged Bllllnga lived In the same rooming house operated by the hi roe landlady as the McNamara brothers, convicted ut bombing the Los Anitele Times building twenty years apo. After tholr arrest for the bomb ing the McNamara brother offer ed the alibi they had lived In a San Francisco rooming house at the time. They later pleaned guilty to the bombing. Cunha said be had documentary evidence to present to the jutlcea. He waa expected to be given the opportunity to do this when court resumed at 3 p. m. HOOVER AIDED IN PRIMARIES (Contlnoed from Page One) - vis, democrat, who will run against him In November. The Kansas house delegation won their nominations. The record ot misfortune to those democrat who have been assailed for opposition or luke warm support to Smith In the 1S2S campaign had another chap ter added in Virginia. Thomas 0. Burch attacked Representative John Whithead on his attitude to ward Smith, and defeated him for the nomination in the Fifth district. Howard Smith, who failed to get approval of the Virginia anti- saloon league, won the democratic nomination over State Senator Frank Ball, who had league en dorsement. In the Eighth district. James Ellwood Jones, coal op erator, waa far ahead in tbe race for tbe republican senatorial nom ination in West Virginia. Prohi bition was not a dominant issue In the campaign, but one ot tbe can didates was Benjamin L. Rosen bloom, who urged modification ot the Volstead act. Rosenliloom ran second. In Missouri the entire house delegation, ten 'republicans and six democrats, were renominated. The vote was light. WESTOVER HAS ' RAPID GROWTH Continued on Page Eight) garage attached, on Buona Vista avenue, and M. M. Gyger a It room bungalow with double ga rage on Albermarle Terrace. Saturday saw the completion ot the rocking ot Cumberland Road, the 60-foot boulevard lead ing to Kesterson's mill. A. H. Hickman, manager for Westover Terraces states that the oiling ot the road will be started as soon as water main extensions across tbe road are made. . The rapidity of the develop ment of the Westover districts. Just a short distance from the city on the Ashland highway, shows that In a short time the west side of the river will be one of Klamath's main residential sections. Growth Shown In Ten Years "I thoughts We've Seen Thinking (Continued from Page One) b a navigable stream. Whan the Great Northern desired a bridge across the Klamath river a "draw" waa neceaaary but lu the Southern Pacific' rase the bridge It sought waa above all possible river transportation. Jim Stewart representing the atato of Oregon luspected the proposed site for a bridge and Immediately gave the state a consent, and uo doubt Jims recommendation to the War Department helped clear tbe matter quickly. Anyway, tha red tape ha been wound up and the S. P. can proceed with a big Improvement program that la ot great benefit to tbl city. ACTIVITY SEEN IN MANY LINES (Continued from Tag Five) Portland, wa leased for three years to I Sygel of Seattle, who has opened up a modern Jewelry store. A modem five-room stucco hour on Pershing way was sold to H. T. Newton of this city, who expects to make his home there. Another four-room house on Pershing way wus sold to Mr. and Mrs. Folklns. who have remodeled the house and expect to move In this week. A four-room house on Oregon avenue was sold to John Conques- good, an employe ot tbe Big Lakes Box company. A large level tot tn Hot Springs addition owned hy A. C. Weed, waa sold to a building contractor who expects to start construction on a modern five-room house at once. A 50x150 foot business lot on South Sixth street owned by Ag nes Skelton. wa gold a few days bio. Tha purchaser plans to erect a mode-n store building some time In the near future. A brick store building 5xso feet, with four-room apartment connecting, which ha Just been completed by D. Frailer on South Sixth street, has been leased to Chaa. Brlggs, who Intends to open a modern public market about the tenth ot thla month. A large space, covering the lull fifth floor of the Ninth and Main wing ot the Oregon Hank building. waa leased to the Kesterson Lum ber company. A modern five-room home at 3340 Vine street waa old to Har vev Ayres of the Ayres Tire and Service Station on Main street. The new owner moved In last Monday. KLAMATH FALLS FUTURE BRIGHT (Continued from Page rive) rushed, and the granite blocks are being placed. It has been announced that Oregon granite is being used wherever possible on the new Federal building, Klamath's dream building which la mate rializing after so many years of hopeful waiting. Many beautiful new home have been constructed this sum mer.' More than ever before, the home and business houses of Klamath are being built for beauty a , well as durability. Trees are being planted, and grounds landscapod. Parka and playgrounds have been laid out. and developed, and the city Is changing trom a nondescript col lection ot homes and business building to an attractive metrop olis situated on many hills, over looking Lake Ewauns, and the Klamath river, with blue moun tains In the distance. Famous Pastor . Dies in South (Contlnoed from Page One) Dirtrlct of Columbia In the ten years was 17.018.9599. the larg est numeral growth of any de cade In Its history. (Continued from Pace One) hood In Los Angeles In 1889, being assigned four years later to take charge ot San Carlos Catholic church In Monterey and the famous Carmel misstoes Father Meatres lannch a cam paign ta restore the historic edi fices of Monterey and CaTmcl. his work receiving recognition from Spain when be was award ed the dscoration ot Royal Order of Isabella by King Alfonso XIII of Spain. ' ' SOMB DIRECTOR OFTEf N&ED A LITTLE 0lR6CTN( THEMSELVES .'i. . our experienced electrical direction la a service of powerful Satisfaction , . . O n r electrical assistance make homes and hearts lighter. Home Owners! . Builders! Consult electrical contrac tor who are SAKE: .. THE ELECTRIC SHOP ' " OAR.CELON S MAIN PMONC127 KLAMATH FALLS. ORZQON L9UUUUVS .i . it At Every Soda Fountain .'V and Pool Hall. Klamath Ice & Storage Co. The Home of All Bottled Drinks Phone 58 Canada Dry White Rock Cliquot on LOOKS DISCOURAGING (Continued from Page One) and late truck are beyond recov ery. Heavy Damage to Corn Much ot the corn crop In Ohio, Illinois. Indiana and loa has been ruined. In the corn growing states Wisconsin alone has had sufficient moisture lu some sec tions. Much deterioration has been reported lu flat fields be cause of dry weather. lik'O and cotton improved In Louisiana and parts of Texas, but the northern two-thirds ot the lat ter state (till need rain badly. Kales In Oklahoma were loo light to be of material bsneflt, and shower In Arkansas were scat tered, Coudltlon In the Atlantic state were much more favorable, and crop progress waa generally good. 1 lie study by rreslrieul Hoover nd government agencies on means to aid the drought stricken sections continued today with a report expected Monduy. Local showers occurred during the past X hours In tha wide drought area, but no prospect was seen today by the weather bureau tor any general rain for the neat several days. FAVELL-UTLEY SELLS ACREAGE (Continued from Fag Five) opened for sale In June. Many people are buying acreage because , it has all city convenience. uch ' a city water and light, school bus service, telephones and grav elled street, but no assessments ' or building restrictions or high taxes. Several new home are under construction and being hurried lo completion la the new Altamont Third add'llon, according to the Favell-ltley Realty company, who are the exclusive agents for the tracts. Thomas Phlllpson. builder, i built a clever four-room home and sold It before It was completed, to ; Ned Metcalf of the Gohtea Rule store. Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Harrison 1 are Just completing a modem five room, bungalow type, home at the corner of Altatuotit drive and Fifth avenus. ' B. C. Schulll I Just starting a new six-room home of th aetn I Kngllsh type home at the coruer ot Fifth aveuue and Second street, and plana to have It finished In three or four weeks. II Is also planning to bavs the yard lu lawu and shrubbery. J. 8. Jenkins, recently of Boise, Idaho, haa purchased an acre tract on Altamont drive, and la plan ning to go Into the chicken busi ness. He haa erected a small home and Is now working on bis chicken honsn. MttlllM NIIOI i w ii.im.H W linn ryllnders used rsgrluJ Ing, wbn anything gel out of alltgntnsut, when the repairing of pail of any kind of machin ery require linmsdlat and ex part attention bear lu mind that our machine shop and Us uu usual facilities are at your serv ice. W are prepared to do your work at our shop or w will go to your plant and put thing right, ou the spot. 3 2n CHALLENGE To The Voters Charter Committee) A PUBLIC DEBATE If There Is Anything Good In the Proposed Charter Defend It. 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