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w EATIIER FACTS H ERALD SERVICE rflltKt'AHT Oregoni Italna west l snow eaet. Halulalli hours ending II p.m. Thura... .on Heaaon tu data . . 04 1 normal JHI I Mi year to data V.HU TKMP. Mln. last nltit, HV Dial. Wad., B4 Herald subscribes who (all to rerelva their pa pan by 0:80 p. m. ana requested to call the Herald baalneae off Ira, pboaa I IKK), aad a pape will be arnt at once by apnrlal carrier. Price Five CenU KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, DEC. 10, 1931 Number 6740 Ml mm 0 UVJ mm Editorials on tht Day's News lly PRANK JENKINS yllia column today la an luler A Tl.w wltb Dm Wright If row doa't know who te Wrliht I. you bar mUa'ed something out o( your life something vary much worth while. K you happen to bo a lover of tha Oreion out doors. o J-eB WRIGHT to ilxty rears old, and looks to ba consid erably under forty. As to bow bo bai managed It, Ilili writer can only r that tha greater part ot hU ilxty yaara baa baas apant la tba great out door country of Oreion and that daring every waking minute of tbla lima ba baa tonnd aomethlng to bo keenly Intonated In. There) la so better way than tbat to keep ea looking about bait aa old aa yon really are. e e e -r see." ba aald to thla writer yealerday, "that you've been talking ap not only protection bat propagation of tba beaver aa aieana of atorlng ap water la the gouthera Oregon country. -You're on tba right track. Keep on wltb It." e e e "A WAY bark la 1U0. which bow aeema like a long time ago, I apent considerable time around tba Bvcaa and Chewancan marshes, aad thero was plenty of old bearer algn. Including bearer dama that bad not yet boon destroyed. "Thero waa plenty of water In thnae marahea ia thoaa days, be came tha bearer, wltb their dams, wars holding tha winter water aad letting It drain oft alowly. Instead of rnahlag out qutrk, aa la tha case slnro tha bearer have been destroyed." e e e "fwJEARLT everybody east of the mountains knows, or knows of. Leo Fried nnd Henry Hshn, of the old Prlnevllle Land nnd Livestock company. "I worked for them bark In the nineties, whea they bad eight or ten thouaand acres of their wa under fence and grased over a veil area of open range. "They wouldn't let ANYBODY trap a beaver anywhere la the country whera they were operat ing. They knew too well what tba beaver doea In tha way of atorlng water." e e e TN thla atata, tha beaver was protected tor years, and then baa year tha legislature, misled by people who claimed damage to orchards and gardens, opened season on them. "That waa a great calamity. Beaver, especially In Eastern and .Southern Oregon, are ao valuable that tha state could well afford to pay double tor any damage they might do to trees, and In addltloa pay trappers flOO tor very beaver they LET LIVE. "Tha big need ot Eastern and (Continued on Page Eight) Williams Says Gaining on County Commissioner Charles ft. Williams, secretary of the Association of Counties of the Western Stains, returned from Washington, D. C, Monday night and todaor expressed tbe opinion that tha work of the association In presenting claims of counties having Indian reaervatlona with in t heir boundaries la gaining bead way. Williams represented tha en tire association of states at the bearing before tha aenata aub-commlttee on Indian affairs whloh took evidence from No vember 14 to December t. Commissioner Rhoados, Assis tant Commissioner Bcnttorgood, and Lewis Cramptnn, chief ooun eel for the department of the Interior, were present at all the aesslona ot the committee and presented the Indian bureau's aide ot tha case, Tha bureau attempted to point out that counties having reser vations bare received money from tha reservations that off sets tha claims for loss of taxes on non-taxable Indian lands, law nforcoment and school expenses and highway development costs. The association contended that other taxpayera spend as much monev or more than Mie Indians V do and yet tholr property la tsx able and thoy pay for law en forcement, highway work ana achools. Thero were delegates present from eight atatea In addition to COUNTY SHARE OF STATE TAX IS GIVEN COT Klamath Levy Now Down to 19.4 Mills; 5.7 Mill Reduction. $136,000 Budgeted For This Item; Peterson Is Praised. County Clerk C. R. DeLap and County Aeaeaeor W. T. Lea to day received word from she state la i eommlealoa tbat only 171,' 14l.1o wa ill be required to be raised by taxation la Klamath county for atate purpoaee this coming yesr and last monagr 111 be retained by the county for the benefit of tba eleojau lary echoole. Since 111. too bad been bud geted for atata purposes too amount to ba raised in tne coun ty by taxation thla coming year will be Its. lDl.se leas than an tlclpated allowing a tax levy of It 4 mills or a fraction over, which will be a drop of approil matsly I T mllla from last year's levy of 15.1 mills. Taxpayers Hcarflt. A reduction of lllf.S10.it from tha amount ralaed by tax. atlun laat rear la allowed mak' Ina It nereaaary to raise only 1711. 70. It tor this coming year on a county valuation of $37,- 4KI.447.tl for the year 1I which la i.l.70.4l leaa ctiaa the eaaeaeed valuation for ! Taxpayers will receive tne benefit of a 7 mills drop on the 1.11 per oast lowered valu ations, allowing them a suastao- llal tax redaction tor sountr and atata purposes. The letter received by County Clerk DeLap follows: Dear Mr. DeLsp: "It appears the amount of tha atata tax apportioned to Klam- sth county this mono tor isii requirements will no I7s.its.iv. Tbls amount represents your county's shsre ot the two-mill elementary school tax and will be retained tor tha benefit ot roar local elementary ecboola. (Continued on rage ) HITLER1SM DEALT BERLIN. Dee. 19. (AP) Germany's Moderate Prsss today declared, with emphasis, that Chancellor Helnrlch Rruenlng who clamped the Iron rule ot a duumvirate on the country yes terday, had given hltlerlsm a de cided, and perhaps, decisive blow by bis latest radio apeecb ana decrees. Two days ot meditation, mean while, on the decree Issued by President von Hlndenhurg Tues dsy night, brought home to tha German people the fact that two men. the Chancellor and Br. Earl Ooardeler, whom ba made "price dictator," now rule tha country, economically aa wall aa politic ally. Counties Indian Claim many congreaamsn and senators from wsstern ststes Interested In the claims agalnat the gov ernment. No definite flgurea ot monies received by Klamath county were presented at tha hearing, Wil liams states, but the bureau at tempted to show that tha dls burscmena to tribal members In this counter offsets the . money spent by tha county and the taxea lost, N6 explanation of why school expenses ot Indian children are not paid by the government was given except lack ot federal funds, Williams declares. Congressmen Butler, Oregon; Dlsnoy, Oklahoma; French, Ida ho, and Colton, Utah, spoke be fore the committee In favor ot the claims of tha counties In tholr atatee. The full support of Senators McNary and Ktelwer ot Oregon Congressmsn Butler, Oregon, and all aenatora and congressmen from Interested states waa given to tha association In Ita work "Not a senator or reri'eaentattve of Interested atatea fulled to give his support to 'the movement, and I saw as many aa time would allow," Williams atatea. The aenata sub-committee will report to tha senate committee on Indian affairs and bills will he drawn for ' presentation to congress of tha recommendations ot the committee and suh-com-. (Continued on Page Flvo) War Debt Urged by Hoover in Congress Message Winner Jane Addams, founder of Hull bouse and one of Amerl.a'a moat Illustrious women, who, wltb Nicholas Murray Butler haa been awarded the Nobel peace prlxe for 1131. GE CRIME COST 15 FELT Iff ALL Niles Speaker at Forum; Gives State Police Objectives. "Tha crime bill ot tbla nation la fifteen billion dollars per year. Hecauae of thla tremandoua crime bill, every article purchased by every person In this country costs from IS to 10 per cent more then It would cost It It were sot for crime." This significant slatsment was made to the chamber of com merce tornm held at the Wlllard hotel at noon Thursday by Cap tain Harry Mies, asslstsnt super- Intendent of the Oregon state po lice. "The purpose of the stato po lice." esld Csptsln Nlles. Is to as sist locsl authorities not to tske away from them any authority whatever. "Our Instructions are to give the man under arrest the benefit of every reasonable doubt: to show every reaaonable courtesy to the man nnder arrest. But If courtesy, and reasonable conslder stlon are not appreciated, we aim to have officers who are physic ally tit to use whatever force may be neceisary for the enforcement of the law." Tha ststa police force. Captain Nlles told the members of the chamber forum, la particularly determined to enforce effectively two laws the drunken driver law and the gasoline cowboy law. Already, he ssld, there haa been a decrease of 6 per cent since (Continued on Page 1) BUTLER HID NIVTOBX, Dec. 10. U.R Two famous Americans, one a veteran woman social worker and the other a brilliant college pres ident, today won the Nobel peace prise for 1931 In recognition ot their lifelong ettorta against war. Mlsa Jana Addams, founder of Hull House and regarded by many as this country's most Il lustrious woman, and Dr. Nich olas Murray Butler, president of Columbia university and leader of liberal .thought In politics and education, were named by tha Nobel committee of tne Nor wegian parliament to ahara the award which la worth approxi mately 140,950. In the history of tha annual Nobel prises which data back to 1901. Mlsa Addama la tne aoo- ond woman to be recognised tor her work In behalf ot pacifism. In 1906 the peace prise was given to Baroness, Von Suttner of Austria. Wounded Officer's Condition Serious LA GRAN OK, Ore., Dec. 10, OP) The condition of Amos Helms, slate poltreman, ahot last October by two youths whom he sought to on Button, continued critical today, Relatives have arrived at his bad- side. Dr. Joseph F. Woods of Port land arrived br plana last night to confer with Dr. C. 8. Moore and Dr. C. K. Branner, the otli oer'e physicians. Revision WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. (AP) I'realdunt Hoover recorded himself today In favor of scaling down war debts, temporarily at least, and at onca stirred dissent in cong-eea. There was every prospect. however, tbst the moratorium propoaal wblcb ba forwarded would win both senate and bouss spprovsl. This msy not coma be fore next Tuesdsy, whsn the next debt psymsnts are due, but that technicality la not expected to causa trouble. Senstor Borah axpraaaed bis opposition to dsbta revlalon. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (AP) Much of President Hoover's domestic economic program now seems destlnsd for ulllinsta ap proval In congress, although a tedious period ot thorough In vestigation, la ahead. Thla proapect does not extend neceesarlly to all bla economic proposals, nor to tba tax Increase plsa which mast ran a gauntlet of tremendous opposition by the democratic forces, tha republican Independents of tba aenata and others. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. UP) president Hoover asked con re-is todsy to open the wsy for further war debta revision, sav ing It was required in the "eco nomic emergency. Thla view waa embodied In a meassge submitting bis mora torium proposal for ratification before next Tuesday, when the European paymenta again fall due. Congresslonsl leaders at once ssld the consideration which they sant to give the moratorium made aucb quick action Impos sible. There was Bo prospect of tha 1 proposal ' being rejected, how ever, despite the senste fight against It by Johnson of Cali fornia. His resolution for Inquiry In to the amounta ot foreign se curities In this country waa adopted without a debate even while a messenger stood In the aisle bearing the preaident'a rec ommendations. Tbe president asked congress to revive the foreign debts com mission, which funded the amounts owed to this country several yeara ago. He aald It was evident the nations could not psv all they owed "pending full recovery In their economic life." Meanwhile, the state depart ment disclosed receipt ot formal notification from the French government of Its position that reparations revision must be ae (Continued on Page Five) 111 SENATE HOLDS WASHINGTON. Dec 10. (JP Consideration of r. compromise candidate to replace George H. Moses of New Hampshire aa the republican choice for president pro tempore of the senate waa started late toaay. Three dvi of voting ended with ehlrteen western republl- cana atlll holding the senate In a deadlock and a president pro temnore nnelected. As the hell sounded lor so journment over the week-end the democrats atlll were stand ing sollrilv behind Kev Plttman of Nevada, their candidate, and the regular group of republicans formed an unfaltering coruon about Moses. Begin Reading It Saturday lerru and Joan By CLEO LUCAS Here's the story of a young man and cirl who had the most divine ecstasy within their reach love that wag is tender and tweet and beautiful. Read about what they did with it I (!IC evening JjcralU USB JAPAN E Both Nations Qualify Their Approval With Reservations. Nanking Government To Insist on Withdrawal of Japanese. PARIS. Dec 10, OP) Japan and China today accepted the League of Nations resolution on the dispute In Manchuria. Both acceptances were with reservations. Kenklchl Yoshlsawa reserved the right to take measures against bsadita In Manchuria. Dr. Alfred Sxe stipulated tbat China reserv srsd "any and all rlghu, remedies snd Jurldielal positions" to which It Is entitled under the league cov enant and nnder trestles to which It la a party. Withdrawal Wanted "China understands and ex pects," aald Dr. Sie. "that the commlaslon of Inquiry .In Man churia will make Ita first duty to Inquire Into and report wltb reo ommendatlona on the withdrawal of Japanese forces. If such with drawal baa not been completed when the commission trrivea on the ground." With acceptance by Japan and China endorsement of the resolu tion became unanimous. It also has been approved by United States Ambasssdor Dawes. This srrangement calls for cea (Contlnaed on Page 1) SIW MISIER ALL KLAMATH AREA 12 Inches Reported On Sun Mountain; Roads Ope en to Travel Snow flurries, which began early Thursday morning, contin ued throughout the day, turning the streets of Klsmsth Falls to puddles of slush, and making driving batardous. Tne local office ot tbe atate highway department reported It Inches of snow on the summit of Sun mountain on The Dalles California highway between here and Bend. Snowplows -were at work, and the road is In good con dition, but motorists are advised to include tire chalna In their traveling equipment, according to the tourist bureau of the local chamber ot commerce. Four lnchea of anow tell on Hayden mountain on the Ashland- Klamath Falls highwsy. but much lighter tells were reported esst of here, with only two and one- half Inches falling at Chemult, and only a trace recorded at oth er polnta. PORTLAND, Dec. 10, OPV Snow and rain visited Oregon last night. Snow and tower tempera tures were reported at points In Eastern Oregon, Southern Oregon and Eastern Washington, while rain waa general on the coast from Eureka to Vancouver, B. C. Light flurries of snow fell In the Portlsnd Heights during the night, melting as they fell. Rain and lower temperatures were forecast for Western Oregon to day and tonight, with still lower temperatures expected Friday ana Friday night. Bend had a temperature ot ZS and snow today. Snow was fall ing at Medford. Baker had a minimum ot 10. and fine anow waa falling. Burna waa one of the coldest placea In the atate. with a minimum ot 14 degrees. goothwest storm warnings were up at all Oregon and Wash ington coast stations. A depres sion ot considerable Intensity was laat night reported moving south ward from the McKenxle basin, accompanied by thick weather and rain. ACCEPT LEAGU PEACE ACTION HARD WINTER RECALLED Great Snow Began Just 41 yeara ago, on Decem ber 10. Inhabitants ot Klamath Falls awoke to find not two Indhes ot snow, but two feet, according to Judge A. L. Leav Itt, a pioneer. That winter ot 188)-t0 was . tha hardest aver experienced In the Klamath coun try. Snow that fell on December 10, 1889 waa Increased by sub sequent storms until no fences were In sight. Klamath Falls, then known aa Llnkville, and Klamath county ware complete. 1 Newcomers in S '' "S' 'K n.J ' - Nl 1 V - A . 1 Prominent among the nation s new senators who are now entering upon their new lobe at Washington are tha above: 1. Mrs. Hattle Caraway, democrat, ot Arkansas, named to succeed her late husband; 2. Marcos A. Coolidge, democrat, of Massachusetts, no relation to Calvin Coolidge despite 'the similarity In name; S. J. Ham Lewis, democrat, of Illinois, who defeated Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormlck, republican nominee; 4. Cordell Hull ot Tennessee, for mer chairman ot the Democratic National Committee; (. L. J. Dickinson, republican, ot Iowa, long i.Joalah W. Bailey, democrat, of veteran Senator F. at. Simmons of Mary, Who Owned Little Lamb of Verse, Passes On LONDON. Dec. 10. OP) Mary Hughes, who many yeara ago bad a little lamb that followed her to school, haa followed tbe little lamb In death. Mary waa 90 and old and blind and lame before aha passed on at her homo at Worthing. But she continued to tell her story of bow she was the Mary whose little lsmb In the nursery rhyme bees me known around the world to children ot three or tour generations. "Billy." the lamb, died many years ago ot course. Mary, however, her friends said, continued to old age and death with a heart aa young and merry aa whea the fleecy white lamb followed her to school that day, over 80 yeara ago. G N. WILL BUILD HI The Great Northern company haa received railway permla- ston from tbe atate land board to constrnct a spur track from the O. N. bridge over .the Klam ath river, aouth ot thla city, to connect with their Una near the Shaw-Bertram mill, according to word received here today. The atate has Jurisdiction of the landa in lake and river beds and the permission of the state was necessary aa the T spur track la to be over water when it leaves the present bridge, pass over accretion lands and then join the main line ot the Great Northern aouth. Great Northern officials here have received no word regard ing Tba matters so tar but Super intendent T. F. Dixon atatea that he understands that a treesel would have to be constructed, a ahort fill made and about one- fourth ot a mile of track laid. The T will eliminate the ne cessity . of backing engines and trains onto the main line from the present line off the bridge which curvea northward. Just. 42 Years Ago ly Isolated tor 10 days, with no In-coming or out-going mall or messages. . Fuel became very acarce. and practically all bay and feed was exhausted by February 1, 1880. Great numbers ot cattle and horses perished in the snow from exposure and starvation. Preceding the hard winter ot 1S8J-90, tha worat weather In Che memory ot the white man occurred In 1881-83, when the cattle Industry was completely kwlped oat. the Senate prominent In tbe lower house North Carolina, who defeated the tbat atate. Pair, Held in Killing, Hung and Then Shot to Death. LEWISBURG, W. Va.. Dee. 10. (JPi Two negroes were taken from the Greenbrier county jail here early today and lynched by an organised mob ot about (0 men. Thar were hung, almost nude, from the cross arm ot a tele phone pole on the Midland Trail, and then, before death could come by strangulation, volley after volley ot shots were tired Into their bodies. Held In Killing. The two, Tom Jackson. IS, and George Banka, 27. had been arrested November zi. at Les lie, W. Va., la connection with the killing of Constable Joseph Myles and Jack Brown, a com panion, who had gone to a -ne gro dance at Leslie to order the dancers to ba more quiet. They had left the d-nce nail when they were shot down wlch a shotgun. Mylea died Instantly but Brown lived for a ahort time. The mob came to the jail In automobiles abont 1 o'clock. The cars were driven quietly around the square on which the jail is located with their llghta dimmed and their license plates removed Simultaneously they pulled to the curb and parked. Work With Preciston. Quietly, and almost with mill' tary precision, the men got ont of the automobiles and marched to the jail door. Jailer Wallace Flint was summoned, and as he opened the door he waa grasped br the men and bla keys taken irom him. While one group guarded Flint, another went back tnto the cell blocg and awakened Jackson and Banka. Clad only In their underclothing the pair (Continued on Page ) LATE CLARKSIllRn, W. Va Dec. 10. (AP) Harry F. Pow-ra today was convicted of the mnnler of .Mrs. Dorothy 1Tr"" Lemke, Xorthboro. Mass, divorcee. The Jury made no recommend, atlon of mercy which means the "Mall Order Romeo" must nplata the crime oa tho gallows at the atate penitentiary at Moundevtll. PESDI.ETOX. Dec. 10. (AP) Robert A. Allen, BH, of Uma tilla, waa killed today when his automobile waa atrnrk by an O. W. u a v. train at Umatilla. Rrnorta of witnesses said his automobile stalled on the tracks. WASHINGTON, Dec 10. (AP) Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, the democratic leader, today called the first meeting ot tho special democratic legislative committee to frame the party program for next Tuesday. MADRID, Dec. 10. (AP) Nlceto Alcala Zamora, a farnias'e son, waa elected first constitutional president of the Hpanlah repub lic by rote ot the naUal aaeembty tonight. IL PUDOFF. 21 III WHEN BOAT UPSETS Youth Hurled Into Icy Waters, Companion Unable to Help. Accident Occurs When Hunter Goes Out to Retrieve Ducks. Michael Pudotf. an f 1. ' waa drowned In aha Klamath river about three miles np the river irom Keno at t:ei a. m. Thurs day while bis companion on a hunting trip looked on helplessly from tha shore. Pudotf. son of Mr. and Mrs. William Pudoft ot Ban Fran cisco, lived la a bonse boat with Roy Harris and another youth. Harris and Pudoft went sooaa hunting Thursday -morning. OB their return to tbelr raWn ' boat they took a pot-shot at some ducks, wounding some whleb tell into tne river. Pudoft got Into a narrow, homo-made boat to recover them. Holds to Boat. Whea be attempted to torn the boat around he fell Into tha water aa tha boat npaeu Ha grabbed onto tha boat and pad dled toward ahore whera Hair la waa watching, powerless to help, although be tried to throw a wire to help pull Pudoft and the boat to shore. The boat raa Into Ice and almost stopped de spite Pndoff's straggle. "I'm freezing. 1 don't think I can make It." Pudotf la re ported to have shouted at Har ris. Harris encouraged him. Agala Pudoft aald ha waa frees- Ing and didn t believe bo coald make It. Just before ba aank Into tha Icy waters tha youth told Bla companion "So long." Runs to Car. Harris, who waa soaked wltb the icy water when be attempt ed to reach Pudoff, raa a mile) to a car and then went to Keno where ha telephoned for help. The Klamath Falls rtre de partment, atata police and Sher iff Low went to the scene aa well aa dtlsena of Keno and two telephone company men. Arti ficial respiration and a pun mo tor failed to bring lite back ibta tha froxen body which waa re covered from the water by O. K. Puckett ot Keno after tt bad (Continued on rage a) WASHINGTON. Dec 10, VP) Commlsaioner Elwood Mead at the reclamation bureau today pro posed that relief be granted indi vidual Irrigation projecta at tba discretion ot the secretary ot tha Interior. ' He made tha suggestion at aa Informal conference ot tha aenata Irrigation committee. Legislation framing requests of the Klamath Irrigation district for a tlve-year moratorium oa 971,000 deferred operation and maintenance chargee due the gov ernment, along with requests of other Irrigation districts, la bow being formulated by B. E. Btout meyer, district counsel tor tha United States bureau of reclama tion, according to a letter from Congressman R. R. Butler, receiv ed Thursday by A. L. Crawford, secretary of the K. L D. Butler states that Stoutmeyer has been called to Washington, D. C, to formulate relief leglnla tlon for various Irrigation dis tricts, and that this bill will be Introduced Into congress In the near future. NEWS