Janunry 4, 1032
THE EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH FALtS. OREGON
PAGE SEVEN
BOOTLEG OAS
BECOMES 016
MONEY MAKER
PHOENIX, Aril., Jan. I, CU.fi
Th bootlegging of (iillii In
Arliona bit become a uillllun dol
lar Industry It was dUclosed to
day at special alius of tin
Arliona legislature.
Curtailing Hi artlvltle of
thos who smussls gasollua Into
th slat from California I on ot
tin major problem of Ilia Ion.
During dlecueelon of a measure
designed to out "teeth" Into Ilia
tax law II waa eatlinntud tha atale
la losing uo,viio annuallr.
Mini IMra
If tha atata la losing lIOO.Ooo,
II waa pointed out, lha total value
ot III llllrlt motor car fuel ex
reeda on million dnllara. The
la i fit ran la pr atallon I leee
than on third th retail prlr and
countlaa rrlv huaky aliar of
th rvnu.
Thar waa Iroubl with geo
Una bootlegger vn when Arls
ona and California gas lax lawa
war aluillar. It became agiravat
ad a year ago whan Arliona an
rtad a five cant tai, th Calif
ornia UI remaining at Ihr
casta.
Two (Tianetele
Th rarkat fullowa two (anaral
channel. Thar ara thoaa who
vad both tha Arliona and Col
Iforula tax. amuggllng th gas
olln Into this atata at fir rvuts
a gallon less than th averai
wholeeals prlr. other par tha
California tat and alio tha fluid
acrote lb Una tha aarlni two
ranta a gallon.
Smuggling gaenlln la general
tbronirhout tha nation, dua to raa
lax compilcattona. It htta Arliona
wttb mora than oaual fore b.
rana all Kaaoltna muat ha Import
ed from lla nelihbor, California, a
leading oil atata.
Hhlpiard II Train
Gaaollna eblpped by train may
ba checked easily. Hut moat of It
coma by trnrk and am la for
xport to othar atataa. Tracing th
gaaollna after It lata Into Arliona
la an almoat Impoaatbla laak. for
Inatanr, aaanlln for aiport doe
not pay a California tax and much
of It aftor balm Imported to
Arliona I " ported" ogaln. but
finally la ratalled In both atata In
violation ot aale tai lawa.
EE
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MT. BTERI.INO, Kr , Jan. t.
ICHI A Kentucky circuit court
India. Hnr H. ITewlll. of
Montiomary county, ruled from
fcla bench lata Saturday that ba
cant of alleged llb ioua attltnda
of a nawapapar adltor, no repre
entatlra of that pa par arer could
alt In hla court.
Th ruling ram on a ilmpl
motion for elaboration ot an ef
fldarlt fltad aialnat John T.
Moutnux, ataff correspondent ot
th KnoiTllla, Tann., New-8en-tlnal,
who la under ordara ot
Judge Prwwltt to ahow rauae
Monday night why ba ahould
not b parmanantly barred from
hla court. .
Judg Prewltt, orer-rullng the
motion of Moutom'a connae! for
th cipanded affidavit, vigorous
ly scored tha Newa-fteiitlnel's
odltorlaa comment upon tha
court atnry of tha Harlan county
mln riot murder caaea.
Holding up a copy ot tha Newe
ftentlne! whlrb commented upon
th court's action against Mout
ou, Judgo I'rewltt read from tha
ditorlal aa follows:
"As long aa our courts permit
themselves to b a stag fur th
tirades of polltlrsl and aortal
prejudtr. they will not obtain
tha full confldonr of thoaa who
Cellar In even-handed Justice."
Th court dropped th paper,
looked down upon Mouloux'a t
tornaya atandlng directly In front
of him at th bench and said:
"That Is a libelous aa can ba."
ROBBERY SUSPECTS
TAKEN III FRESNO
FRESNO. Calif.. Jan. 4, (UR)
Herbert Vincent, tH, and bis
lt-ycar-old son, Gordon, both of
Hnnford, war arrested lute to
day by Deputy Rherllt John Kord
of Trasno, as th men who held
np th First National bank nf
Caruthers and neaped with
14,041 Thursday.
Ford also arrested two othar
Dion as accomplices ot tha ban
dits. Sheriff Overholt refined
to reveal their Identity.
They were Identified by a wit
seas whoa Identity was kept se
cret, aborlff'a officers reported.
Th suspects are th father
and brother ot Clifford and Har
old Vlncnt, under sentence at
Folsom prison for the robbery of
the Strath more and Mnrdwlck
banks a year ago.
' I.l'CKY ACCiltKNT
Phoenicians ara said to have
com upon glass making whon
the crow of a Phoenician vesael
landed on a Palostln river bunk
to prepare food. No rocks wore
avnllahl so tha seaman usd
lump of soda from their cargo
to support tbelr cooking utensils.
Heat of th fir fused tha beach
sand and soda, forming trans
parent mass.
PHKFF.lt V. 8. (Illi
Although they ara much closer
to Russian nil fields, Finland and
th llaltto Stales Import most ot
their petroleum and Its products
from tha United Blntos.
Cotton consumption for the
three months ending October 81
was 1,8(1,000 bales as compared
with 1,188,000 bales during the
same period In 1830. World
consumption ot American cotton
In October wsa 1,037,000 bnles,
aa compared with 882,000 bales
In September and 8(1,000 baloa
la Ootober, 1880,
Flood Fails
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nualnaaa aa usual daaplt th flood waa tit attitude ot W. K.
Tata, Humnsr, Miss., grorsr, when a toot of water covered th firal
floor of his store. Cnatomers walked on planks to boy food. Tste
la ebown at th right In th pk'.ur above. The flood at Bumaer la
higher than It waa In It7.
HOOVER ASKED FOR
MtrrAIaO, N. Y . J-n. I. (UP)
A group of roIlM tudeot
prprr4 a petition to !'rMttIi.t
Hoover today rcuMtlng that an
AtuprkaQ coltga buy b appoint
f4 lnmb4r of th Cnva
cltiariuamuut cotnmlulon.
Tha group pluntiad tha patlttun
la acrortl wUtt tha optatuo of tfet
gataa to Iba atudmit vtuotwr
movement, who yesterday Toted
unanlmoulr to ak tba prealdpnt
to and one of their ovn a amber
to Gennva.
Completa dtnarmamant vaa
favored br larga majority of
tha aludenta, who also voted
galnat compnltory military
training fa college. Th atadenta
agreed that aa Individual "who
haa renounced war baa tha light
to rfuaa to participate Is war,
Editorials on News
(Continued from Pag One)
latiog East, ar beginning to say
dismally:
"We bsv Invented about
everything ther Is to b Invant-
d. Human progress ha gon
aa far as It can."
Probably tha gam kind of
people, bark la dim, prehistoric
amy, war saying th aim
thing a generation or ao after
the us ot fir had bean discov
ered. e a a
TTJONT forget thl fact:
ELECTRICITY was present
la th world at th Urn when
soma prehistoric msa with a
brain a little better than that of
his fellows discovered hoar to
turn FIRE to human uses.
Discovery ot electricity and
how to turn It to human uses
bad to wait until aame brain
GOOD E.NOIT.H cam along,
a a
TfB don't know, la thla sup
poiedly advanced, at, what
vastly Important principles may
be lying all around ns, undis
covered and even unsuspected as
yet, Just as electricity aa un
discovered and unsuspected la th
long age when man waa applying
th newly discovered uses ot fire
to hla comfort and bit progress,
a a a
VV7K are Inclined to think ot
eloctrlrlly a perhaps th
most revolutionary discovery
ver made. Put Is It T
Probably not, Th taming of
fir and Ita application to hu
man uses probably wrought great
er changes In human Ufa than
hav been brought about by
electricity.
e a e
ClllE, for example, made It poa
slbls tor human beings to
emigrate from tha tropica Into
th colder but mora widely pro
ductive regions ot th etrth. It
mad poMlhlo th cooking of
food. Instead ot eating It raw.
Fir brought about tha dis
covery ot metals through soma
prehistoric man's building of his
cooking flra on copper ore and
observing th red metal that ran
forth and cooled, and then
TIIINKINO about how h could
turn thla discovery to his own
benefit.
Thus broni supplanted pollsh
sd stone for the making ot Im
plements. Later on came iron and Us
tempering Into ateel all th pro
duct ot active and Inquiring
minds.
e e e
CO don't listen to tha soured
and discouraged ones who ara
telling ns that everything has
been Invented that can he: that
human progreia has gona aa far
at It can go.
It isn't true. Human pro
gress, In all probability, hasn't
oven made a good atart ret.
Carnegie Steel company has re
called 8,600 employes to It
Braddook mill.
To Halt Work
4 . "' " ,
Three Men Held
On Murder Count
HOl'STON. Teiaa. Jan. 4. (U.fO
Tare man were being bald
her today for Hut Hprlnn,
Ark., authorities on chsra that I
V"".. ml,Jd,m, Pr!",C;.. .R7,i
Austin, 87, mllllonalr Victoria,
Tea , In Keptenibr. 1828.
Th Hire ar W. 0. (Sbllo)
ftrhivner. southwestern gangster;
A. N. (Uuddrl Jeukiua, Houston,
nd W. F. Martin, oil man of
Humble, Texas. Scbrlvner Is
charged her with murdering
Martina dsughted and son-in-law,
C. A. and Jan Jones.
A slot marhin aella otred pa
per umbrella in Heriln.
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LIJI AND
EDUCATION TO
ITCH FUNDS
iAJ.F.M, Or., (UO Exarcla
ot Ingenuity to mak tha pro
verbial dollar roll a lllll farth
er I th big task confronting
Oregon's library and educational
heads for 1831.
"Last year saw libraries
throughout th atata swampad as
never before," Btat Librarian
Harriet C. Long laid. "Almost
every letter 1 reelved tells of
greatly tni-reased tin iilatioa sod
reading room demands,
"Although moat libraries bsv
not hsd their appropriations ap
preciably curtailed neverthelaes
librarians will b bard put to
aatlsty tha larger reading public.
"A moat atrlklng rhans In
reader demanda mad Itself felt
la 181. Many persons Bow
unemployed hav made sa of
library farlllitea to Inrraaae
knowledge of Ihvlr jobs. A tre
mendous Interest In national and
International probiema also was
evlnred during the past year.
Hooka shipped from the stst
library during th It month
numbered soin 182,009 vol
umes." State Superintendent of Public
Instruction C. A. Howard Is also
of the belief that th "better tor
leas" problem wilt absorb Ore
gon's durators.
"Almoat two-thirds of th 1S8
small high school la the state
,ho((1 , low.r1s p putt ro,
' operation laat year. Th slat
cost
department of eduratlon will
cuntlnu work to further reduce
coats In tbea schools and Im
prove th educational servic at
th sam tlm.
"itacorda ahow that whereaa
high schools ot 200 students or
more operated at a coat of some
1140 per pupil, schools of 76
pupils or leas averaged more
than II S at b'ttinnlng' of last
year. Tboa that hav mad
recommended change araraged
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a (41 par pupil coat dacrtas
laat year."
Another problem of the year
involve ravlaloa ot tour Is
elementary arithmetic and high
a'biMil English, two of the moat
Important atudlea In all currlcu
lums, Howard predicted.
T
The majority of nnlverally and
college atudaat who hav spent
th holidays In Klamath Fails
and have bean the Inspiration
for a round ot social affairs dur
ing the past two weeks, left Sun
day to resum their school work.
Those who hav returnsd to th
I.'nlrraltr ot Oregon ar
Thomas and Ceorge Maeeey. sons
of Dr. and Mrs. . A. Maasey;
is li hard lingua, sob of Mr. and
Mrs. N. II. Hogu ot Merrill;
Maryallen Bradford, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bradford;
Mla Helen Jones, dsurhter of
Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Jones; Alexis
I.vle. daughter ot Mrs. A. J. Lyle;
Helen ilhiv, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Salve; Bianco
O'.Vefll, daughter or Mr. and
Mrs. M. C. O'Neill; Kenton Ha
maker, son ot Mr. and Mr.
rnt llamsker; Hubert Tot
ten, aoa of Mr. and Mrs. John
Totlen: Eleanor English, Don
Knowle. Katherln Pope, daugh
ter ot Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Pop;
Harry W liner, Harry Spragae,
Mshr Reymers and Richard Ho
bustelll. Keturntng to Oregon Btat col
leg at Corvallts ar Helen Hun
ter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
F. Hill Hunter and Mis Nadln
Q'Ptahertr, daughter ot Mr. and
Mrs. John O Flaherty.
Oilier students who ara at
tending California and other out-of-state
schools, will remain in
Klamath Fail two or three days
longer.
FAR EA.ST I.E.. Del
During th first halt at ltU
th Far East supplied th I'nitetf
State with 88 per cent of Its
raw jute, 48 per cent of Its raw
silk and crude rubber, 70 per
cent of tti tea and 40 per cent of
Ita can augar.
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Klamath Empire News
Bieber Citizens Take Steps To
Deal With Menace Of Flames
BIEBER, Calif. Btbr, a'
town of a few hundred popula
tion that haa suffered fire dsm
sg of txo.otii! In laat than thru
weeks ot last month and a third
of a million within th memory
of preaant Inhabitants, la deter
mined to mend Its ways In deal
ing with th menace ot flam
among It wooden buildings.
Fir protection, both Imm
dlat and permanent, la th goal
of a movamaot that was launch
ed at a rltliena' meeting Wed
nesday night attended by about
40 property owners and business
people, Th meeting wa bald
ia Odd Fellows halt, erected a
the Chalk Ford general store In
178, whoa scorched outside
walls and cracked front window
testified to it narrow sacs pes
from being consumed in the firee
of December ( and laat Sunday
morning.
Formation of a fir protection
taxing diatrict, organization of a
volunteer fire department and a
vlgllanr committee to patrol tb
town at night, negotiation with
outside Interests that hav of
fered to Inatal fir protection
water aupply ayatema, asking th
tuts to station soma of it for-st-flrw-flghtlng
equipment at Bie
ber. Incorporation of th town,
erection of flrestop walla between
existing wooden buildings, pur
chase of emergency fire-qnench-Isg
apparatus by popular sab
scriptlon if necessary thee were
some of th moves proposed.
By vote at th meeting, a cHl
xens' committee) was appointed
and instructed to Investigate the
merits ot the various proposals
and mak a report at th annual
meeting of th Big VaHey cham
ber of commerces next Wednesday
nlgbt. Th committee waa au
thorised to take what action It
thought Becesaary meanwhile for
Immediate fire protection, and to
seek commercial propoaala for
putting In waterworks. The
committee) held Ita first session
on Kew Tear' evs. Members
ar R. E. Dnnlap, storekeeper:
X,r TVVKT OIAMONO
gim Arm
1 1 ifiiffd:. HiHf!!i!!! LL s-tiasor.
T. W. Pfceoef, tarns dealer;
John Keller, manager of the
Bank of America's llleber branch;
lavid E. Aim and Oaorg Vaa
Horn, apartment and; houa own
ers. Jam H. Ryan, whs said th
state fores! service had some
highly efficient fir tracks, waa
commleeioned to try and hav
on sent to Bieber thla wlntsr.
Uran, an undertaker, lost his
hears and moat of hi parseaal
belonging is Sunday fir.
C. E. Rogers, whose plumbing
i inop burned Sunday, ottered for
! preeent ttr pratertis purpose
th ns of a litto-ffsiioa motor
pomp and pressure tank that waa
about all h eared from th
flame.
Peter (Serif, member of th
county board of supervisor for
tb Bieber district, said h would
find out th requirement (or or
ganising a fir protect io dia
trict, incorporating tbe town or
granting a waterworka tranchlae,
and gir any help h could to
carry oat th townspeople's
withe.
A list of Bieber fir leasee In
hi recollection totaling 8133,800
wa submitted by A. Smith, aa
old resident, and read at th
meeting. Among th Item war:
Ford hotel block, 820,000; echool
bouse) and hall, 810,000; fioar
mill and granary, 8(0,004; Mock
oa north aid of Main street,
840.000; south sld. 870.000;
Valley hotel, 810.000; A. Smith,
house, blacksmith shop and ware
house, 8&00; Laveatos. and
Wardwell home. 84000; cheeae
factory, 15000; Anderson barn,
titlOO; Joseph Stephenson band
ings, 87Set Evaas Jewelrr
store, 14800; December, 1821,
180,000.
It waa stated that Ben H.
Stefien. owner of tb Lakevfew,
Oregon, ga works and th An
deraon, Calif., and formerly tbe
Chlco waterworks, haa offered
to is tall is Bieber a water sys
tem adequate for Bra-fighting
It be would b granted a fran
J in,7 i I I 'a
chise) to sell water for private
as.
Silver Lake Cattle
Are Fed At Midland
MIDLAND, Or. Several thous
and head of cattle ar being fed
oa th Mnisrhanhaehtr ranch is
Sfcla section during th wlntsr
months. Most ot thee cattle be
long to Lan at Klttrldge ot Sil
ver Lake.
MIDLAND
MIDLAND. Ore. Mrs. H. B.
Largent and children, accompa
nied by Almond Gregory, spent a
few day' vacatina viaittttg with
friends and relatives at Etna aad
Fort Jones. Calif.
Miss Opal Hooper I spending
several months visiting at the
horns of her f!r, Mrs. John
Scott of Oakland. Calif.
The thousands of head ot sheep
that hav been psstafinf oa
Lower- la a hav been moved for
winter grasing to the lava beda.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Patterson
and family ar visiting relative
is Stockton for aa isdetinit time.
First License Are
Granted for 1932
Two marriage licensee were Is
sued Saturday by County Clerk
C. R. D Lap. They wer th
tint taaaed daring the leap year.
Marshall Sweet. 27, and Char
lotte R. Lndwlg. 18, both ot
Klamath Fiila, obtained th first
tic ens. They were the first cou
ple to wed in Klamath county
during 1832. Th ceremony was
performed by Justice of the
Peac Barse.
Th other license was granted
to J. E. Nanney, 47, Algoma and
DoUl Keen. 21, Klamath Fails.
Th Association of Cotton Tex
tile Merchanta reported a three
year high of unfilled ordera on
Oct. 31, representing aa increase
ot 51.7 per cent ever thoa oa
hand September 80.
By George McManua
By Martin
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