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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, JAN. 16, 1932
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BUREAU SAYS
1 Wtoi Winter Came to Klamath Falls in Good Old Los Angeles Style pQQT jjf gMQUU
Days News
ly HI.WK JfcMtl.NH
III al Taruma. Ilia bllit bid
der on a road trading Job
la given tha contract whan li
prumUee lo employ aa many man
ai poaalble and uaa NO modarn
machinery.
Thai la all rlihl aa a tetupo
rarjr expedient. If Iba practlca
abould bmomi parmananl. It
would ba rulnoua.
a a a
pllNOt'8 to tha taxpayer, you
ak? In a moaaura, yea;
but rulnoua MOHT OF ALL lo
tha working man, who la tha
daya whan all common labor
waa dona with brawny arma and
Irong barka received from
eenta lo a dollar a day and only
began to receive fair llrlng
aagaa aa machinery began lo
rrma Into ganaral uaa.
a a a
" AL" HMITII. "Jimmy" Cox
and dlgnlflad. high-hat
John W. Darn, to whom no ona
ever thought of applying a nick
aame.'ell Demorrala and all for
mar randldataa for President,
apaak at tha annual Jarkaon Day
'banquet In Washington.
Borrowing a abort, crlap word
from Mae Eplay, who wrllaa tha
haadllnaa In thla nowapapar and
ao haa constant need for abort.
rrUp worda. thay "flayad" tha
policies of President Hoover,
blaming him for everything that
la trnulillng ua at tba present
moment.
a a a
rV tha way, do you reckon they
would have given, If asked,
a candid and truthful anawor to
thla rheerful confcealon:
"How much HKTTKIl would
condltlona hate been right now
If Al Hmitb bad baea elected
I'realdent Inalaad of Hooter?"
a e a
ylllH writer, who la a republl
can and ei pacta lo Tola for
Hoover because ba believes
Hoover haa dona a good Job un
der difficult condltlona, make
thla confession:
Tha world won't coma to en
and, nor will tha return of proa,
parity ba Indefinitely delayed. If
Iba Democrats win tha election
next fall.
a e a
A I'OHTLAND woman. Waiting
In Berkeley, goei to
movla and puta down har puraa
containing $1600 worth of Jewel
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IS
Al Melhaae, wall known real
dent of thla city, who waa serl
oualy Injured In an auto accident
near Redding, Calif., Thurailay
afternoon, waa atltl unconacloua
today, according to word receiv
ed by relatlvea. Npeclellnts have
been called from Kan Franclaco
to aid In tha case, It waa learned.
Dr. A. A. Soule waa aummoned
to Redding on account of tha
accident, and left Friday evo
nlng. Mr a. Melhaae uatalned a
fractured hip and minor Injurlea
and la alao confined lo tha hos
pital. John Melhaaa who waa
driving tha car waa only slightly
Injured.
Pendleton Cuts
River Channel
PENDLKTON. Ora., Jan. If.
(IP) Work of digging a 8200-foot
channel for tha Umatilla river
channel through Pendleton aa a
flood relief measura waa com
pleted by a dredger craw hera last
night. Tha city spent approxi
mately 19000 clearing the chan
nel of trees, strengthening tha
levea guarding tha city and dig
ging tha channel,
Tha operations ara expected to
broatly reduca the flood menace.
Satisfaction , . . .
Mrs. Maria Sham
hart, 111S llpham
St., Inserted this ad
S tlmea at a cost of
only He:
Dairy Cowa For
Bale. Ph. A04-M.
Mrs. Bhamhart aald
"I vni very well
satisfied with the
HI8UI.TS."
You, ton, will ba
eotlsflnd If you use
thg Classified.
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RIVER
PUN
IS FEASIBLE
Columbia Development Is
Favored in Reclamation
Expert's Report
Reports Made to Wilbur
Outlined Details
of Project
WASHINGTON. Jan. If. (AP)
The bureau of reclamation re
ported lo Secretary Wilbur to
day that tha propoaed Columbia
basin project la feaelble.
Tba plan outlined by tba
bureau calls for a ISO-foot dam
arrosa the Columbia river north
of tha tiraud Coulee reaervolr
which will ralaa the water sur
face 17a feet abovo tha usual
low water mark.
A power piant the dam would
contain an Installation of lur
blnea and generatora of 1,100,
000 horsepower capacity.
Two llama Planned
A dam would ba built at eacb
end of the Grand Coulee to form
the brand Coulee reservoir about
21 miles long.
Pluo-llnea loading from tha Co
lumbia river dam would ba run
to the north end of the propoaed
reaervolr.
An Irrigation distribution eye
lem would center upon a main
caual extending from the eouth
and of the propoaed reaervolr
for II miles from which point
It would branch Into tha main
west canal and tha main oaat
canal.
The maximum estimated In
vestment lu the combined power
and Irrigation project up to Ike
time when power revenuea would
be aufflrlent to reduce the In
vestment waa set al 1160.000,-
000.
Ilaeed on lha abaorptloa of
OO.uoo kilowatts of continuous
power In It years, with prices
of I It mills per kilowatt boara
for firm power, of II per acre
per year for aecondary power
used for Irrigation pumping, and
land aettlement at tha rata of
10.000 acrea per year, tha rev
enue from power waa eatlmated
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Assassination of
Portugese Leader
Held Plot Object
LISBON". Portugal. Jan. If. W)
Two hundred peraons. Includ
ing a number of low ranking
army officers, wera arrested to
day In connection with what waa
described aa a plot to aasaaslnate
President Carmona and hla min
uter of finance.
A former prleat named Fuarec
waa aald to ba tha leader of the
plot. Ha waa ona of thoae ar
rested. Police aald they bad found blm
In tha home of a high govern
ment official talking about plana
to kill tha president and Antonio
llllvelra Balaiar, tha finance min
ister. Police also salted a number of
documents from which they
took tha names of most of the
others who wera arrested.
Crane Company May
Put On Second Shift
The Crana Lumber company
at Illy la contemplating putting
on a night ahltt at their portable
mill aa aoon as warmer weather
arrives. It waa reported Satur
day. Five trucks ara now hauling
logs for the company, Vernon
Moore, of the Balslger Motor
company, reports. The mill has
a rapacity of about 15,000 feet
a day and employes 15 men.
H itch-Hiker Dies
In Auto Accident
8ALK.M, Jan. If. (IP) Shortly
after he caught a ride at Aurora
last night Joseph B. Ituckel, t7,
Salem resident, waa killed when
the automobile In which ha was
riding akldded on the slippery
pavement. The car, driven by C.
F. Doana of Salem, crashed Into
tha hank a mile south of Hub
bard. Eckener Is Given
Aviation Honors
PARIS, Jan. If, (IP) Dr. Hugo
Kckner, commander of the giant
(lerman dirigible Oraf Zeppelin,
was awarded the 1931 medal of
the International Aeronautlo Fed
eration todny.
The medal for 1990 was award
ed to General Halo Balbo, Italian
air minister and noted filer.
PAiNTun diks
VKNICK, Italy. Jan, If. (IP)
Arthur Cullender, the American
pointer, tiled hero last night. Ha
was born In Huston
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HIVE WORD BATTLE
Senators Argue Wet, Dry
Question Before Large
Gallery at Capital
WASHINGTON. Jan. If. IIP)
Senators Sheppard and Tydlngs
debated prohibition again today
In the senate, wltn the former
saying there will ba "no com
promise" by the drya.
The occasion waa Iba twelfth
anniversary of the eighteenth
amendment. For two hours
Sheppard, the democrat, from
Texaa, who was co-author of
tha amendment, extolled tba re
sults under It.
Upon completion of his speech,
tha antl-prohlhltlon viewpoint
waa given by Tydlnga. a Mary
land democrat.
Crowded galleries beard the
debate.
Real Temperance) Seen
Tydlnga said If the 18th amend
ment had not been adopted and
the statea been allowed to solve
tha problem "today there would
be few localltlea where liquor
waa sold Illegally and the great
bulk of tha country would enjoy
a real temperance and a real
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THREAT 111 NIT
PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. If. (P)
Jay 8. Molttner. sentenced to
Iwo years In prison In connection
with the failure of tha Gtiardlnn
Building and Loan association
here under his management, to
day told police an unidentified
man, a former depositor of the
company, entered his home early
thla morning and threatened him
with a revolver.
Moltiner, out on ball, said the
man demanded tha money he said
ha lost In the collapse of the
association. Moltiner and hla
wife and children were In tha
house.
Mrs. Moltsner satd the man
left after her husband had talked
to him for 15 minutes.
Many at Great
Jobless Event
PITTSBURGH. Jan. If. (P
Tens of thousands of Jobless and
their family thronged to Pitt
stadium today for the greatest
unemployment rally In the clty'a
history.
The meeting was arragned by
Father James R. Cox, "shepherd
of the poor." who last week led
an "army" of 15,000 to Washing
ton to ask congress and the pres
ident for work.
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Mouth of Noisy
Boy Taped Shut;
Mother Protests
EVANSTON. III., Jan. It.
(& Tha bualneaa of taping a
small boy's month shut to
keep blm quiet In school has
turned out to ba a tempest In
a teapot, so far aa school au
thorities ara concerned.
"I see) no reaaon for all this
fuss." said Fred Nichols. 85-year-old
auperlntendent of tha
school district. In commenting
on tha complaint of Mrs.
Ralph Watts, who protested
that Mlsa Vivian Heuss, sec
ond grade teacher, used adhes
ive tape to close tha mouth of
her small son. Wlllard.
Thla method," aald the su
perintendent, "la both aanltary
and affective. It la also harm
lees." PORTLAND. Jan. It (IP) Carl
C. Donaugh, chairman of tha
democratic state central commit
tee, returned to Portland today
from Washington, D. C, enthusi
astic over the Roosevelt-for-presi-dent
movement. Donaugh attend
ed the meeting of the national
committee.
Governor Franklin Roosevelt Is
too far out In the load to be bead
ed off by any "stopping" move
ment that might be undertaken.
Donaugh said. He believes the
governor will go to the Chicago
convention with more than a ma
jority of tha delegates, and that
he will be given the two-thirds
vote neceasary to nominate. Just
as soon aa the usual favorite son
courtesies ara In the record and
out of the way.
Officer at Bend
Refuses To Move
BEND, Ora., Jan. If. (IP)
Rather than accept an ordered
transfer to St. Helens. 8ergeant
Charles Devln of the state police
submitted hit resignation to Su
perintendent Pray and accepted
appointment of the Bend police
force. Devln was for six years a
Central Oregon law enforcement
officer with tha trafflo division
and state police.
Last Man Club's
Last Man Is III
C1IAMRKRLAIN, 8. D.. Jan.
If, (IP) Tha last man of tha Last
Man oaib la III.
Charles Lockwood, 89, only
survivor of the civil war veterans
group. Is suffering from a leg
blood-clot. Physicians said his
condition wan not crltlcnl, but
thnt he would remain In bed a
few months,
1 01
ENTREE DF U. S.
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Aggressive Campaign Is
Planned; Wickersham
Is Speaker
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. If. (JP)
A resolution calling for an ag
gressive campaign for the en
trance of the United Statea Into
tha League of Nations waa adopt
ed today by tha League of Na
tions association.
Tha resolution. Introduced by
Clark M. Elchelherger. of Chicago,
executive secretary of tha mid
west office of the association,
stated the body welcomed the
challenge of lta president, George
W. Wickersham In an address
last night at the annual banquet.
Wickersham urged the associa
tion to take the aggressive.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. If. (IP)
George W. Wickersham regards
efforts to keep the United States
out of the League of Nations
aa an "unpatriotic move" to de
prive thla country of the nsa of
the great mechanism for peace
ever devised.
Wickersham. who headed Pres
ident Hoover's law enforcement
commission, addressed the League
of Nations association in an
nual convention last night.
Gillenwaters To
Speak at Church
On Sunday Night
District Attorney T. R. Gillen
waters will speak at the Method
1st church Sunday evening, Janu
ary 17, at 7:30 o'clock on "The
Effects of the Use of Narcotics
In Producing Criminals."
Thla la tha third address In
the special aeries arranged by
the pastor, Rev. Melville T. Wire.
Gillenwaters will specially em
phasise tha danger of the use of
merihuana or Indian hemp and
will give a history of Its use.
citing specific lnstancea of crimes
committed under Its Influence
lta use In this locality and what
la being done to prohibit It.
The public haa little knowledge
of the danger of this narcotic, ac
cording to Gillenwaters. and no
Idea at all of lta prevalence.
Young Roosevelt,
Miss Donner Wed
BYRN MAWR, Pa., Jan. It.
(IP) Miss Ellxabeth Browning
Donner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William H. Donner of Villnnova,
becomes tha bride today of Elliott
Roosevelt, second son of Gover
nor and Mrs. Franklin D, Roose
velt of New York.
Many persons prominent In so
cial circles of New York. Phila
delphia and other rltlea were In
vited to the wedding In the
Church of the Redeemer.
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May King
These pictures of Klamath Falls homes, taken during a heavy
frost and light snow, ahow especially well nature's adornment of
the treea. Cpper left la the T. O. Parker boma at Pine and Seventh
streets; upper right, Robert Claya and W. O. Smith boma oa Conger
avenue: lower, W. O. Smith home.
Homestead Awards
On Tule Lake are
Listed by Hayden
67 Ex-Soldiers Win Out
In Competition for "
Land -
Announcement of fT tentative
awards of homesteads In the Tule
Lake area were made Saturday
by B. E. Hayden. superintendent
of the Klamath reclamation d re
ject.
The 17 ex-service men
were selected from 1SS applicants
tor the allotments.
The applicants appeared be
fore the examining board, com
posed of Superintendent B. B.
Hayden, Leslie Rogers. local
banker. County Agent C. A. Hen
derson and Oscar Hammer, Tule
Lake rancher, for four oral ex
aminations of qualifications. They
were graded 35 points eacb upon
capital and farming experience,
and 15 polnta each upon char
acter and Industry
May File Appeal
Unsuccessful applicants, or
those dissatisfied with the tenta
tive awards, are allowed a period
In which to file an appeal with
the secretary of the interior.
The appeals will be considered,
casea Investigated and final an
nouncements made at a latter
date. Superintendent Hayden an
nounced. If no appeals are tiled
however, the decision of the local
board ara final. Although ap
peals have been filed with the
secretary ot the Interior in the
past, the local board has never
yet been reversed in any ot lu
decisions. Hayden declared.
Applications for the homestead
units were opened at the local
reclamation office on November
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WASHINGTON. Jan. If. (IP)
The two billion dollar reconstruc
tion bill met a stumbling block in
the senate today when Senator
Blaine. Republican. Wisconsin,
prevented It from being sent to
an immediate conference with tbe
house.
Blaine took advanUge ot a par
liamentary tangle to prevent
speedy action contemplated by
leaders to complete congressional
approval of the measure.
He objected to a request by
Senator Walcott, republican. Con
necticut, that tbe measure passed
by the senate be substituted for
the separate one passed yester
day by the house.
No Word Here On
Federal Aid Plan
The Klamath county court has
not yet received confirmation ot
a report that the state ot Oregon
mny be reimbursed by the feder
al government for the amount
of money spent In hiring labor
to Improve The Dallea-Callfornla
highway as an unemployment re
lief measure.
J tins country conn, in coopera
I tlon with the Oregon state hlgh-
wny cuiiiuiianiun una utcu woik-
ing for the past three montha to
secure the endorsement of the
U. 8. Bureau of Public Roads in
order to secure federal aid.
RESCUE OF FLOOD
Battered Boats Ply About
In Mississippi Region
Saving Marooned
GLENDORA. Mlsa.. Jan. It.
(AP) Weary relief workers
risked their owa safety in bat
tered boats today in efforta to
rescue thousands ot marooned
people la the flooded Tlppo
basin.
Tbua far no loss ot life haa
been reported but this was due
in many Instances to the daring i
of the rescuers, who hastened to
remove acorea from housetops'
which are gradually being sub
merged. Water waa rising today in the
Tlppo basin because of three
breaka In the levee system last
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BIDS QNHEADGATE
Bids were opened Friday by
the United States reclamation
service for a beadgate to be
placed on the south bank of tbe
Lost River diversion channel.
The beadgate will permit the
nse of the diversion channel for
carrying irrigation water from
the Klamath river to Lost river
for use in the Tule Lake area.
It will also permit the operation
of the A canal at a lower level
than last year and will lessen
the naxard of the bank. caving
in. The approximate estimated
cost ot the headcate is II". "00.
Bidders were Charles D. With
ers. $2670.40: Karl D. Gentry.
$3426: M. W. Cherry. $3646:
McGrath-Bayan and Maddox,
$417f; Dunn and Baker. $4659.
Bids will be awarded and the
contract signed In 10 days.
LATE
WASHINGTON, Jan. ie. (AP) The navy deportment to con.
sldertng a request from naval men In Hawaii that the fleet man
euvers be cnt short to permit them to protect their f am: Ilea.
HELSINGKORS, Finland, Jan. 18. (AP) Government control
ot Importation, manufacture and aale of Intoxlratlna; beveragea
through an intermediate company In hich the government would
hold the controlling Interest is provided for In the ministry's prohi
bition repeal bill to be considered at special session of the diet
Inesday.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. (AP) The senate Immigration com
mittee today favorably reported the Harris bill extending th
quota restrictions to Immigration from Mexico.
WASHINGTON', Jan. 18. (AP) The nomination of Governor
Theodore Roosevelt of Porto Rico, to be governor-general of the
Philippines waa approved today by the senate territories committee.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. (AP) Secretary Htlmaon aald today
the publication of such correaondence aa that between the atate
department nntl lta Colombian legation relating to loan to that
country would make "impossible the adequate and effective con
tluct" of foreign relations.
FALLS IN CITY
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Auto Travel Difficult But
Keeps Moving On
Streets
Weed Cut-Off Only Road
Blocked and Expected
To Be Open By Night
Klamath Falls awoke thla
morning to find Itself burled
under It Inchea of dry, fluffy
anow, and tbe feathery flakes
continued to fall until more than
a foot of anow lay oa the ground
after noon. In spite ot the heavy
fall, all mala highways were kept
open to travel except tha Weed
cut-off. which waa expected to
be open by night.
Many an automobile waa suit
ed in tha family garage until
father manned the anow shovel
and dug out. and all day long
motorlaU had great difficulty In
pulling away front curbs and
fighting their way out of now
banks.
Snow Is Dry
Unused muscles of bualneaa
men and householders alike wera
exercised to the limit in clear
ing away deep anow, and piling
It to the side of walks.
Although tha snow which fell
Friday night and all day Satur
day waa dry, moisture content
registered more than one-half an
Inch up until noon, according to
reporu from tbe U. S. reclama
tion bareau.
The weather man reported
the barometer on an apgrade
early Saturday afternoon, but ha
continued to predict unsettled
weather as the menu for Sunday
with alight chance for clear
ing. The forecast for the state of
Oregon waa also for nnaettled
weather with probable local
snowa In tbe east portion and
local anowa and rains In tha
western portion for tonight and
Sunday. Not much change In
temperatures, with moderate
west to northwest wlnda off
shore. Temperature Moderate
Temperatures In Klamath Falls
were moderate Saturday with a
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U. S. Weather
Situation Is
In Odd State
By Associated Freava
Bureau experts In all sections
continued to scratch heads in
pusslement today and delve into
yellowish records seeking some
precedent for the ducka and
drakes caperings of freakish
weather.
A complete reversal ot condi
tions gave the west coast almost
freezing weather, while the At
lantic seaboard was enjoying pre
mature spring, with temperaturea
np to 77.
In some parts of Callfsrnla six
Inchea of snow and cold weather
were recorded, threatening citrua
fruits, but In New York spring
apparel was in order. Even the
oldest can't remember anything
to compare with it. All records
have gone by the board.
In Arizona there was heavy
snowfall and government planes
dropped food to marooned In
dians. In the south ralna swelled
rivers and threatened river ports.
The Tallabatrhie was or a ram
page. The Mississippi waa on a
rampane near the delta, imperil
ing levees.
Colder temperatures In the
Fast were predicted for later to
day, with the mercury acheduled
to drop as much as 30 degrees. In
the Went It was expected relief
would be in sight by tha early
part of next week.
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