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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1931)
issuing Today's News Today II Hi nawa of Hi KUmalh llailn, fur nished dally li)' pot; l I correspondent nd competent alaff of local reporters. Na tional, alum ami wnrlil news by Aesorlutod I'raaa ami Hulled I'raaa leased wlrne, Final City Edition Ilarald subscriber who fall lo recolv thalr papra by a: SO p. u. ara requested le ral lha Ilarald bualuaaa of Ilia, Phone IKOO, and paper will lia sent at one by ap elul carrier. ELI Trice Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOV. 6, 1931 Nu ber6M9 rnnrn mm (ft rfDrin A IKJUIKJ a - - - - .mV Lo- Editorials on th Day's News liy FRANK JKNKINH TJKHK la an tilrart from ye ; terday ' markat nawa from Chlraio: "la runaway markat. prlra look lha bit Id llialr taalb today aid raced beyond word galna for every on of th coun try'a cereal." ' Wheat, fur aumpla, climbed to point mora than II eanU abor th price ruling a month ago. Thl la gain of approximately ona-lhlrd. a . a IN Portland, eaah wheat, whlrh mean what aold right now. la around TO canla. December whaat, whlrh maana' whet aold for delivery In Dcmbr. hit lt cnta yeaterdsy. May whaat aold at th top In Portland for 714 cent. Th fart that future price ara hlghar than praaant dellvory price Indlrataa that In th Judg ment of ahrrwd man condltlona la th whrat market ar going to get bailor, rather than wore, a a a "RAIN expert In Cblrago, whlrh la th primary grain market of Ihla country. ailmat that In th paat week 1121. 00.. 000 haa boen added to th value of th wheat remaining In farm era' hands.' That meana quit an Improve ment In lb farm outlook In the abort period of aeven dare, a a e w. art. J. O. Kelly, publlaher of th Walla Walla Bulletin, wa a vlaltor In Klamath Fade yesterday, atopptng briefly on bla way ts California. Ilia farallght d ap with a atlifled amll when th subject of wheat price waa mentioned. - Walla Walla la th center of on of th great wheat dlatrlrla of th Northweat, and newapaper publlahera. jrou know, ar 'de pendent for a living upon the prosperity of their cnmmunltlea. Wheat dlatrlru haven't been wildly proaperoua In recent yeara. e e e "AT th price quoted In today'a market reporta." Mr. Kelly aald lo thl writer yeaterday, "wheat In the Walla Walla coun try moat b selling llt'.l above to cent. "At th low point. THIHTT CENTS waa all our farmer could get tor their crop." e e e THAT u 10 th trlr 0( wheat on the farm In the Walla Walla country haa doubled (Continued On Pag rival PORTLAND, Or., Nov. . (VP) One aurvey party already la In th field, and three other wlU be aent out aa aoon aa they can b organised, for th purpose. of making a Drellmlnary aurvey of the Willamette river. looking toward ultimate calanliatlon of the aurvey stream. Major O. U. Kuenli, district engineer, aald today th aurvey will extend from Eugene to the Roe Inland bridge In Portland, and will be concluded In five montha. Investigations will be marie at l.t and 0-foot depths. Katlmatea of th war depart ment, received In Portland today reveal that a 6-foot channel, 76 feet wide, from Eugene to Salem would coatithout 114,000,000. A 4-foot channel would coat $17,- 000,000. . unr h a in n NEW YORK, Nov. . (fit America march maeatro jonn Philip Bouea celebrated hla 77th birthday annlveraary today. War Rumors Responsible For Commodity Rise, Is" Claim NEW YORK, Nov. J. (P) "War and rumora of war" In th far east, some Wall Street author It lea aay, aro apparently roapon alhle for tho recent rise In aome commodlllea. Other flnnnctnfa who profosa to know their llusaln and their orient si'O no major conflict In that part of tho world In the near future, and attribute tho buoyancy of whent, silver and oil to natural, peaceful and mora fundamental causes. The wnr theorlea cite th vlgor oua upturn of commodities price Juat preceding th cataclyam of BIDS ON LAKE LEASES OPEN 11EIEM9 55,000 Acres Involved; Opening to Be at Bu reau Office. $29,000 Is Alloted for Pumping Plant at Dike, Railway. fllds for leasee on 25.00H acre of land on Tula Lake will be opened at the reclamation offlre at 0:W o'rlo k the morn ing of November l, according to an announcement from Sup erintendent II. K. Ileyden Fri day. The term of the leaw will be live yeera from January 1, IDJl. The announcement was authorised, according to iliyd-n. by a telegram from the llureau of Reclamation at Washlngluu. I. C. Of the total SS.000 acre to be offered for lease 40.000 Is pure ly agricultural, and 18.000 acres non-agricultural. About 2.0ng arrea of the aarlrullural land Ilea below the dike and may b Irrigated with drainage water that la pumped over Into the ump. There la no rharg tor drainage water. To HalM Plant With the announcement of the opening of the leases, according to Harden, la a further announce ment from Washington of an al lotment of approximately t:. 000 for lha building of a pump ing plant with two :S aecotid feel pumpa, at the Junction of the main dike wllh th Greut Northern railway obankment one mile weet of HtronKbultl. ana ir ..iwi.lni tin a dlitrlbMing canal from th plant to the auulh aide of the lake. Th coat of th nnmiilng plant la exilniatrd at tli.uuo. while the canal construe Hon la estimated at 114. o0. About IJ.oeo acrea of the leased land Ilea hov the niae. and will eventually b opened for horoeetrad entry. Approxi mately l.Ouo acrea repreeent pasture land ahove me oiae which la not aultahle for farming. Iloth the 11.000 and l.o0 acre tracta ar susceptible of imita tion from present canals. Harden elated, when the rapacity of theae ranala la not taken un bv homa- ateadera. To provide this Irri gation, however, lessees will be compelled to build tneir own lateral eyeleme to connect with canala aa they ar now con structed. Homo lJnd Rough Irrigation water, when avail able, la furnished under present' public order at 60 rents an acre foot, or at a cost or anoui ai.au an acre for full Irrigation. Thla water la not available to leaaeea noon demand, however, Hayden aald. Approximately 11.400 acrea available for lenses la mammal land, mostly high and rough. A portion of thla area, could, how ever, be Irrigated by pumping. Haydcn slated. Child of Two Is Burned To Death In Blazing Barn MARSHFIF.LD. Nov. (. (AP) Srotty Williams. 1 yeara old. burned lo death last mgnt in a fir whlrh destroyed the barn on the ranch of hla parenta, Mr. and Mra. Tully Wllllnma near Handnn. Th lad had been play ing with matches in th hay mow. A 8-year-old alatar, play ing with him. attempted to bring help but th boy waa dead when the parent arrived. There are nlno other children in too Iain lly whlrh, police aald, la In deatltuta circumstance. TWO KILLER- WACO, Tel., Nov. , (IP) Ed Orkander, 24, and J, It. I.nn raster, St, wore killed at Kaat Waco airport today whan th airplane In which they wore fly' Ing crashed. 1914. They aay Mia present ac tion of wheat In particular la aomawhat similar lo the pre-war movement. They argued that Rua ala, one of th world' greatest producers of wheat and oil. would he nnnble to export three com- modules if aha wera engaged In a war, Tim same theorists also view the "boom" In bar silver quota tions as an Indication that the CMnrse, who aro among the wil iest of all sliver trailers, are buy- Ing the metal for future delivery In large nuantltloa In the belief (Contlnuod on Fag Eight), Japanese Win Second Fight In 48 Hours (My h AmM-toto-d I'rmi) Advanrlnc Juphtimm forc-Hi In Munrhurln wr rrpurtM to bav bftitttM. rhlnwsi irmy tmlnjr tiar AKftnrh, Manrhiir.a, for th MM-ond llrp within in hour, rmi I In th -C'htnuHA and coniolt dutln thlr poaltlon on tha friiiKo of the ItuaNlaii ione of ln flucnra thira. Tha Tokyo KovarnmanC race!- d another nnta from tba A mr- Iran Rorvrntnant, praiumably a prntMt atalnut tha renewed boa 1 11 It !, hut Its contanta wera hIt accrt. I'lilnit Irolrt CalHnit upon tha Inaxua of na llntia to atop tha "Inrpitdtarjr a tlvltr" of Japan tha Chlnaa del- eaatton at ienVA aald If tha Nanking arm tea continued to r fue to rmilat "wa will aoon be pushed nut of our own country." ArlMlde Hriand, chairman of tha leaau council, called a apa rial metlna of that body In Parla .November 17, to deal with tha Itnatlon, The round I previously hud called upon Japan to with draw Ha troopa from Manchuria by Novamhar 16. In Muirow the eiacutlve dl-reji-tnrata of the lmematlonal rommunliit part oaked Ita mem hera lo aupport tba "Chlneaa pro htarlet" agalnal Japan and warned (hat war aifalnit China waa "a atrp toward war axatokt aorlet Jluela." CltlnrM It lamed Mukdtin rrjort to tha London Dally Slall blura! tha Chtneia for the firwt clanh at tho Nonnl river brldre Wednmday and a- (Continued od Taite Two) K. I. D. PETITION Operating ' Expenses . Local Office Cut ' by$S,4G2.6S. of The budicet levy for the Klam ath Irrigation dintrlrt for the cnmlni year baa been cut 42. in on oxrailni eipnw-a for the offlre atone.- according to the board of dtrtctore. AHhoush final ftrurea on the budiot have not hen an noun ceil due to the fart that the board la In conatatit communication with the aecretary of the Inter lor and the bureau of reclama tion on the propoaed postpone ment of operation and mainten ance charm due the govern ment, the bud net for office ei panaea haa been compiled. If the poatpotiement of chargea la allowed. It will make a ma terial difference In ameaamenta per acre that mut be paid by water uaera In the dltrlct, and the final ft urea cannot be made (Continued on Tase KthO Klamath Spike to Go Way of Elephant Tusko "Klamalb'a Oolden Rplke la on aale to the Highest Didder" reada a Msn In the window of th cham her of rommerce Ind btvslde the sign reala a gilded railroad aplke and many souvenir aplkea. The (Irent Northern and West' ern I'aclfla rnllroads have de clined the offer of the Klamath chamber to provide a golden spike for tho relebrallon at Illebnr Tneariay anylng that the Oroville Rotary rlub spike waa accepted a year ago. A Guthrie nnd company, con tractors for the Great Northern hiwo had aottvenlr aplkea made to aell at the chamber of commerce for 25 cents, lied taha on the aplke aay "Souvenir Last Spike. G. N.-W. P. Railroads" and on th reverse aide "llleher, Califor nia November 10, 1331. Marshfield Not To Play Klamath Team Mar.ilitlcld high school today notified Klamath Union high school offlrlala that their ached ule la flllod and they will be unable to play Klamath Union high on November to or 11. Klamath Union high accepted n reported challenge sent out by the undefeated Marahfleld high school teum and telegraphed the acceptance- asking for a game th week end of November 20 or XI to be played here. Flier Killed In Chute Jump Try NII.KS. Mich., Nov. 6, tm Merrill Lambert! 24, Chicago waa killed today when he attempted a parachute lump from the plane he. waa testing over the Nllea municipal airport. Ho apparent ly struck a part of the plane aa he Jumped and,-stunned, did not opon the parachute. chain pies REACT, THEN Violent Break of Bull Market Followed by Steady Gains. Portland Has Season High ; Chicago Leads Back from Break. (lly The Asaoriated Preea) Th upward trend In grain prlre waa checked only tempor arily by a lever drop early In today's aeaalona on th world markets. In the United State tha rallle that followed, carried con tracts to net galna for the day; other world market made back much of their loasea. Liverpool, where th break started, closed early without the brnellt of tli late bullish en thusiasm, at loaee of from 1 to IW cent for th wheat future. Chlrauxo Lead Chicago led th way tack to higher price wllh net galna of V, to IS for wheat: S lo Id cent for corn. Moat of th net galna at Min neapolis and Kantae City were fractional, although December wheal at 7' cents at Minnea polis wa a cent higher than yes terday. Cash Durum wheat aold at Duluth abov on dollar for th first time In almost two years. Th outside future on both No. I and No. I Amber Durum was Ilo. Winnipeg mad up moat of tta early losae. wheal closing from I cent lower to unchanged. f "Tili-ago lrlcr Kport CHICAGO, Nov. 6. (H Grain parted to freab galna In th last fear minute of ' trading today, after a gradual recovery from the moat violent break of the present bull market. Wheat contract closed from H lo IS centa higher than yea terday, hut thee figure told lit tle of the dramatic story of the day'a battle. Krom the shire drop at th atnrt of th aeaaion. th deferred deliveries were edged higher and higher by a hord of email order, croealng th borderline to score net gains for the day only In the last few (Continued on Tag Eight) PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. 6. (J-) Sought sine last Nov. 7 In connection with a train holdup at Nobel, Calif.. Jamea "California Eddie" Stewart. It, alleged slay er, waa arrested by Portland nolle lu.st night. Police declare he la wanted In Bradley Beach, N. I., for the alaylng of George Danielson, (7 a hank messenger, who waa kill ed In 198 by a gang of payroll bandits. Stewart, also known as James Sergeant, waa picked up last night a a vagrant but later waa Identified at police headquarter. 11 waa ordered held for federal post office Inspectors st San Francisco. He waa non-commital but said he had been living In seclusion h r about three months. l'ollce declare Stewart Is the hut member of a gang of five bandits who held up the South ern Pacific train at Nobel and robbed the mail clerk. The lead er of the band, Frank Kills, waa ahot lo death while attempting to escape. Hia widow, Ellen Ellis, I now -serving a 1 0-year prison sentence at Salem In con nection with th robbery. The other two robbers, E. R. Sherwood and Charles Berta, ar In prison. WEATHER Th Cyrlo - Stormagraph at Underwood's Pharmacy ahowa but slight changes In barometric condltlona during the last 24 hours and more pleasant weather la Indicated. ' Th Tyco recording thermo meter rcgletered maximum and minimum temperature today a follows: High 65 Low 35 Forecast tor next 24 hour: Generally fnlr with moderate temperatures. Oregon: Unsettled tonight and Saturday probably with rains In north and weat portions cooler In tho Interior Saturday; moderate to fresh southerly wind off- ahnre; Sunday probably unsettled with rains In northern portion. PLUNGE AHEAD Where New Extension Join3 Western mmm C- ,.'. ' . Alii ,--.'- ' ' NFWv j,''?', ' ', ' ' . UhlW i . .. . urn f - . ' - C7 f Ta; V2 i I t'l:!i .i'-.ra".M.:i f ft !a..j.a atai .-i - 't Junction of th new Great th Weatern Paclfic'a main tin lb Great Northern a through ahowa new transcontinental and by 20tt mile of new railway. Uudd, president of th Great largest individual stockholder In ing factor in th Weatern Pacific, November 10 linking the new ral la Bcaumarher, rbairnian of th executive committee of th Western Pacific. . . .... r- Prominent Railroad Men To Leave St.Paul Prominent Great Northern 'and Western Pacific railroad com pany official! are to leave St. Paul. Minn, tonight ' on' a iDeclal train for Klamath Falls where Hotel Wlllard Monday night and Bieber, California, a year ago a pirtureequ cow town, where the two railroads will be joined Tues day afternoon completing th 200-mile Keddie. Calif, to Klamath Falla extension and giving th Pacific coast its second transcon tinental competitive line. Five apecial train from Klam ath Fall. Reno. Salt Lake City. San Francisco and McClond will carry clttiens It Bieber Tuesday for the golden aplke driving cere mony when Arthur Curtlsa, chair man of th board of directors of the Western Pacific, largest sin gle stockholder In th Great Northern railway company and owner of th controlling Interest In tie Western Pacific, assisted by President Ralph Budd of the Great Northern, and President Harry Adams of th Western Pa cific will drive a golden spike presented fir the occasion by the Oroville, Calif., Rotary club. - - Th Klamath Falls train will leave the Great Northern depot on South Sixth street at 8 a. m. Tuesday, arriving at Bieber at noon, will leave Bieber at 3 p. m. (Continued on Page Two) Burned Bills Last Resource Of Poor Family, Revealed Unable to check her tears, a woman entered the poatofflce Friday morning carrying a part ly burned purs In an out stretched hand. She wanted to get two new five dollar hills for 'one which was nothing but a burned piece of paper and another which bad burned nearly as bad. Some all ver money and the bills were In the purse and had not been touched since being burned. She explained that ah placed her purs on the oven door of her stove. One of her two child ren hut th oven door. It's all tba money wa have" she sobbed, "and my husband Is out of work and wa have the two children." Postal authorities were nnable to exchange the bills and the woman waa aent to a bank, to have th exchange mads. Speculation Light In Turkey Market PORTLAND, Nov. (. (AP) But little speculative Interest la apparent In the turkey market comment In the trade revealed today. Local sales of dressed turkeys by wholesalers have been lim ited during the past 24 hours with a generally lower price tendency. Sales are no higher than 28c lb. for fancy young toma with hens not above 25c, No. 2 birds are around 20c lb. Arrivals to date have been of good Qualit V , ft ja I n y k i n n . III. J? ,) j I -.mt , in i - a I a- Northern - Western Pacific link with t Keddie. Calif., which will give route to th Golden Gate. Mao coaat - wl route which ar created Below ar left to right): Ralph Northern; Arthur Curtis James, th Great Norther and controll who will drive the golden aplke of th two eystema: and T. M. ... For Ceremony they will attend a banquet at tha SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Nov. . (VP) Representative Harry M. Wuribarh. republican, died In a hospital her at 2:20 o'clock this morning as a result of complira tlona following an operation for appendicitis. Wurihach s horn waa In Se guin. He represented the Elev enth Texas Congressional district. In which San Antonio is located. He was the only republican mem ber of congrea from Texas. WASHINGTON. Nov. , () The death of Representative Wurtbach, only republican mem ber of the ouse .from Texas, strengthened the probability of democratic organization of the house next month. With the Texan's passing, the ltne-up today atood; Democrats 217, republicans 214, farmer-la bor 1. vacancies 3. One of these vacancies, caused by the death of Representative Ackerman. republican. New Jer sey, will be filled before congress convene, but It Is hardly possible for Texas to hold a apecial elec tion and aend another republican to Washington before December 7, the convening date. Even this would leave the re publican one short of a tie with the democrats, and the latter are hoping for victory In New Jersey. A. Harry Moore, democratic governor-elect, bad a plurality of 10. 000 In Arkerman'a district In last Tuesday's election, whereas ack ermnn's lent plurality waa around 26,000. Hawley Leaves for Washington, D. C. SALEM. Nor. , ( W. C. Hawley, congressman from Ore gon, will leave her today for Washington, D. C, to attend the coming session of congress. Haw ley ' will preside at th Repub lican caucus which he called for Monday, November SO, on week before th opening of congrea. While the meeting of the cau cus waa called primarily to select a sneaker for the house to suc ceed Nicholas Longworth, the re cent elections Indicate that selec tion may b left to the Demo cratic party. However, Hawley said, the caucus will nam It party candidate, and orgaalsa for I Jh aeesaott Pacific's Main Line i- 'Sa. 4 at ' i' r- ... mm Toll of Seven Claimed in Disaster on U. S. Ships. SAN rEDRO. Calif.. Nov. ( (AP) Death took two more men today from th list of those Injured la a aeries of accidents Involving the United State navy along th Pacific coast yester day, bringing the number of 'dead to seven. - Clarence E. Swift, seaman, died on th hospital chip Relief, anchored In the harbor her, the fifth fatality of an accident on the U. 8. S. Colorado, which re sulted from the explosion of an anti-aircraft gun. Two officer and another eeamaa ar dying. Five other, lea seriously hurt, probably will recover. Drop Gum Base The second death today waa that of J. J. Plumber, chief petty officer on the U. 8. 8. Maryland, who uceumbed to In juries received when a seaman operating a gun became con fused and dropped the giant base of the weapon upon Plummer, who wa Handing In th gun pit A third accident occurred at San Diego when - an airplane flown by Lieut. Commander O. W. Erlckaon plunged - off the deck of the aircraft carrier, U. S. S. Saratoga, killing tba pilot. DEAD: J. J. Plumber, chief petty ofll-er. U. S. 8. Maryland. Clarence E. Swift, seaman. U. 8. 8. Colorado. Lieut. Ralph F. Bradford. Jr., Pontlac, 1U. (Continued on Pag Two) Play Gets Much Publicity From . . Poker, Hold-Up Dewey Powell, secretary In the district attorney' office, and Frank Humphrey, both of whom are taking parts In the play "Corporal Eagen" which eloaes tonight, took exception today to the manner In which various persona . were advertising the plav by use of th front pane of The Evening Herald of Thurs day. "Bandits Hold Up Poker Par ty" said the eight column head line and beside tha story of th bandits wa the picture of Pow ell and Humphrey with th head ing over It "Lead In Play." On merchant posted the picture and th bandit atory with th remainder of tha page cut away and offered a reward for th con viction of th pair who appear In "Corporal Eagen." LATE HOHOKKN', N. I., Nov. . (AP) The. freight terminal of th Hoboken Manufactnrera railroad and 14 box car were destroyr! today by a fire which also threatened destruction to the Holland America Liner Htatendam. WASHINGTON', Nov. . (AP) A reduction of $11.10,000.000 la Oie budget requests of various government departments to finance Uieru next fiscal year waa reported today by President Hoover. SANTA BARBARA, Cel., Nov. a. AAP) Louie Honlg, Ran Francisco, waa elected president of the Pacific Coast Association of advertising agencies today. NEW YORK. Nov. . (AP) The Hun today quoted Mayor John Murray of Klmafon, N, V., a saying he performed a Biarviaas ceremony on August 10, last, for Gloria Hwanson, film tr. mmt Michael Fanner, wealthy Irish sportsman, at the home of Dudley Field Mnloue. Mayor Murray could not aw reached for coaflrnuH tioa Immediate! ajqC g!aa afttftr awyartaV ARRESTS HE' AS AFTERMATH TO PARTY; BI Sheriff gtys 2 Tike U Hold-up Sueypeeta n 1 Ideatiffal m Hstjtxi. Officers SUB on Html for Men Who Htld Bp; ' Group Hera. Kin anew war aadsr arrears Friday aa partlelpanta la aa al leged pokar gam which waa held! up by two armed baadlta early Thursday. Tha aln wer charg ed with gambling. In eomplalnta filed by tha district attorney' of fice. Two of th ma under arraaf r Vtck Miller and Roy Hayaea, picked up Thursday night aa bandit suspects. Sheriff Lloyd Low aald that other taken a identify Miller and Hayne aa tha hold-np men identified them In stead aa partlelpanta In tha gam. Other LUted Other arrested on gambling rhargea ar Jim Orayaon, Jo Wolnovlrh, Tom Baker, "Whitey" Deeta. Vernon Burougha, Zef Burroughs, and John Do Brown. "When th boy cam meouw lng to me about having lost their money. I met them -with open arm," aald Sheriff Low, "X juat Invited 'em Into th jail and told 'em that since th bandit had taken the first mortgage oa their money, the county might aa well take aerond." Officer atarted on the hunt for bandit and gambler alike Thurs day after players reported tha hold-up. Th net was wide spread Friday morning, and th report of the bandlta arreet brought fa aeveral In th hope of retrieving some of th loat money, the aherlff aald. A fast they arrived at the aherlff office they wer haled Into jail by that officer. mill oat Hunt City police and sheriff de puties ar atill combing tha city for participants In the genre, and the search for th bandlta haa spread over the county. Thoee held on gambling charges will be arraigned In Jus tice court thl afternoon. KILLERS OF WHALE PORTLAND. Not. 7. (VP) Tha two men who harpooned Port land's one and only whal wera fined 1200 each in district court here todiy. The two, Edward O. Leesard and Joe, hla son. killed the whal which appeared In Columbia slough here on Columbus Day and which frolicked to the delight t thousands of person for a week until it sank with two harpoon In Its body. It was tha only tlma a whl had traveled 140 miles from th sea Into this fresh water harbor. The court pointed out specific ally that It the Leasards do not pay th fine they moat serve on day In jail for each 12 of the fin. Sentence was paased Immediately after Judge Mean found th de fendants guilty. The charge on which tba men were convicted was "killing a fish with a harpoon and spear." On his own motion tbe court dismiss ed th other cbsrgea, fishing with snag or gaff hooka and dlslmblng th public peace and health. Storm Warnings Given Small Boats PORTLAND, Ore., Nor. f. (P) Small craft storm warnings were up today for the mouth of the Columbia river and the Wash ington coast. Fresh to strong southerly wind were predicted tor this afternoon and tonight. NEWS
