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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1934)
PAGE EIGHT THE EVETTNG HERALD, KLAMATH FALI& OREGON February 21, 1934 NDIANS SS PRICE PROPOSAL OF L UIERIN (Continued from Page One) ran between' $3 and $4 per thousand, while toe average be fore revision was ' about $5.8S. The companies affected are the Forost Lumber company,' Chllo aula Lumbor company, -Ewauna Box company, Big Lakes Box company, Shaw-Bertram Lumber company. Crater Lake Lumber company and Kosterson Lumber company. These seven companies hold 13 contracts, Including about 1,800,000,000 feet of tlni-' bor and extending for a period of about 15 years. The readjustment removes one of the chief obstacles to profit able timber operations In the area, and stumpage payments to the Indians under the contracts will run around $700,000 a year, provided NKA quotas per mit cutting according to con templated schedule. The agree ment provides that prices -can be raised when conditions warrant Tuesday's action is regarded as of vital Importance to the In dians and to the business Interests- of this area. ' Crawford Helps Indians The original contracts were entered Into from 1922 on, and when the depression hit In 1929 and 1930,. the rigid stumpage price schedule became what was described by timbermen as a pro hibitory burden upon the com panies. There was no means of adjust ing the prices except by congres sional action, and in August, 1933, a bill was passed by con gress permitlng the modification of the contracts. Superintendent Wade Crawford of the reserva tion was Instrumental in having a provision Included that the Indians themselves mast consent, in general council, to any modi fication. Heretofore, snch nego tiations have been carried on by the department. Since August ' 16. a timber committee of the Klamath In dians has been meeting with the lumbermen. On the Indian com mittee, selected by tbe general council, are Selden Kirk, chair man; Charles Hood, secretary; Dice Crane, Boyd Jackson, Tom my Lang, Jessie Lee Kirk, Ida Crawford, Wimmle Foster and .Eddie Cookman. Officers ot the council are Selden Kirk and Boyd Jackson. , Representing timber interests was a committee of three, in cluding Royal Shaw, J. F. Dag gett and Huntington Taylor, who acted as spokesman. Immediately upon passage of the bill last Bummer, the lumber men offered a proposal. The In dians came forth with a counter proposal, and the government's representatives proposed a com promise which was finally acted a Don favorably by all concerned. Robert Marshall, chief ot for estry for the Indian department, came by plana to be present at tbe conference, and will remain here for several days. Marshall paid tribute to Crawford's ad. ministration of the affairs of tbe reservation. The forestry chief took an active part in assisting the negotiations to a satisfactory conclusion . ... Prince May Wed Actress : (Continued from Page One) discourage the marriage. He was reluctant to comment, bat it was learned that Scotland Yard was called upon for help when he bad been nnable to find the ' couple himself. Word that Prince Sigvard had been , disowned by the Swedish royal family came in the brief Stockholm statement last night. , which said: Prince Sigvard . arrived at London recently and there made preparations to marry a woman of German nationality, The prince took this step against the expressed will of the king and tbe crown prince." Jury For Wynekoop Case Being Seated CHICAGO. Feb. 20. (UP) Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop watched with a show of interest today while eight youthfnl jurors were seated to hear her second trial , on charges of murdering her daughter-in-law, Rbeta. The state and defense attor neys accepted two panels of four Jurors each In a burst of speed at the morning session, then spent three tedious afternoon tours without an additional juror being seated. Landing In Pago-Pago, which Is American soil, an American must surrender his passport just as in entering a foreign country and must put up 2100 as a guar antee of good behavior. In France In 1457 a sow was hanged for murder and her six pigs were prosecuted as accom plices in France. ii Funerals Guadalupe Sornno . Friends are respectfully Invit ed to attend the funeral services for the late Oaudalupe Serano to be held Thursday morning February 22, 1984, at Sacred Heart church where a requiem mass will be celebrated for the ropo-.o of his soul commencing at :iu n. m. with the Rev. F, L. Gelu officiating. Interment will take place In Mt, Calvary Mem' orlnl Park. Arrangements are tinder the direction of tbe Earl Whltluck Funeral ' ome ot this city. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY WANTED Qood hula skirt, ' cheap. 014 Klamath, between . I and 8 p. m. . 2786 Trail of Death Where Prison Break Was Foiled CLstiiaai ,v nea Here Is the end of the fatal Washington State Penitentiary break Monday, in which long-term prisoners started a riot In an effort to gain freedom. Tom Woods, an alleged ringleader, fell when guards fired from the south wall, but he was only shamming. He's shown In the foreground. The other two bodies are those ., i of dead convicts. Inset is a dirk made from shears, and used to kill a guard. Cafe Becomes Hospital in Paris Riots Paris' famed Weber's cafe was converted into an emergency hospital when rioters, as shown here, were treated for wounds sustained In the Place de la Concorde demonstrations. Napkins were nBed for bandages and restaurant tables as opersting tables. Preliminary Hearing for Manning Delayed Until Next -Friday (Continued From Page one) Klamath county people and feel sure he can be given a fair trial In this county. That is all we Furthermore, we do not feel It ask and all the state should ask. would be fair to put the people of the county to the expense of paying for an outside trial, un less conditions absolutely- de mand it" - - . , Roberts and Vandenberg visit ed' Manning In his county jail cell Wednesday morning. Roberts was exnected to return to Med- ford Wednesday night or Thurs day. . noilahla renorts were, heard Wednesday, to the effect that the state is investigating the possibil ity that Manning lett nis unaer wnnri hiiiirilnir office after Horan was fatally shot and before he called the 'county Jan 10 sire hinmelf id.. The timing of the shotB is believed to be an import ant factor involved in this theory. It is also reported that the state believes It knows the sub ject of Manning's and Horan's conversation prior to tbe shoot ing, and that there has been ques tioning of Individuals believed to be In nearby rooms at the time. Defense' attorneys : reiterated their original statement that Manning has a "perfect defense" and that they do not believe the case should be "tried in the news papers.'1. ' i '. ' ' . ,; Two Turn Against Factor Kidnapers On Witness Stand CHICAGO, Feb. 20. (UP) Two more witnesses violated the first law ot the underworld In the Factor kidnaping trial today and did the hitherto almost un heard of thing of turning public ly against their former gang pals. The former gangsters who pro vided today s sensations in me trial of three touby gangsters on Elks Dance Saturday Feb. 24 ELKS TEMPLE , This ia the big: dance of the year. ; " DO NOT MISS IT, COLD KNIFES EAST COAST; MANY KILLED MOPPED If! COUNT! CIVIL IB (Continued from Page Ono) lions 'were npprovod by the local committee In regular meeting, Wednesday. None of those ap plications lncluilcd costs ot ma terials, and tho approvals woro listed as follows: Number ono, a project for bringing un to date b.irk rec ords In tho office of the clorK ot School District Number Una. Tills would require the labor of ono clerical worker tor 30 days. Number 2. K. U. II. S. project, a supploinunttil npplh'ntluii for finishing work on tho Mauua nth' U'tie field, unci employing mlill' tlon.il labor and trucks, nil mil' terlnls furnishod by tho district Number 3. Klumsth county school projoct for wrecking the old high school, and prepnrlug a site tor park purposes: about 95 men to be employed, and tho district to furnish all materials. Number 4, supplemental 1 to project No. 33, additional labor for the painting of city schools. Number 5, School District No. 1. repair of roots, painting, etc. at Fremont, Fsirvlew, Pelican, Mills and Riverside schools, em' ploying eight men. Number 6, paving the ap proaches to Link Ktvcr bridge. and grading and surfacing mis cellaneous streots. Number 7, Klamath county School District, building of I Learns About Horror of War ju iiin.im mm .' " 1,11 . , .l1 k , ii- ft.H,nVA,1 rtnmmunlRt Is shown bore being ojoeted from tbe Socialist demonstration In Madison Squsro Cordon, Now York, against Austria's Chancel lor Dollfuss, whon thousands ot Socialists and Communists , clashed. manual training building at Chll oquln, employing five mon, v.,n,l,w fl Rhnnl District NO. 1. grading of play grounds at four city schools, aincnuing V"' ect No. 41, aud providing add! tlonnl labor. The local committee Wednos .In .. .nn,Av,J ll,A rhllllBa in lO or n ahnni diHtrlet ware house from Mills to Fremont school. This project has beon approved by tho state, but had not yet neon nogun. HOUSE VOTES 258 MILLION TAX MEASURE (Continued from Page One) 4 par cent on not Incomes ot 84.000. and rauglni to 5V per cent on Incomos of over $1,000,- 000. Thoro Is a ton por cout credit for ourued Income on In comes not ovor 18,000. Pnr- tlullv tux-exunint securities are subject to surtax. . 2. Tightening or aouiicuoni tor doproolutlon mid depletion, tukon by corporations from not income. Kstlmutcd to produce 185,000.000. 9 llnvlMlnn nf thit pnnllnl snlns and loss provisions under a now system, ilesmnoa to proveiu cnii Ital losses from diminishing or dinary Incomo, and placing a levy on capital gains, (expected to roturn sau.uuu.uuv. i ImnnHltlim nf a' 35 nsr cent tax on personal holding compa nies' iindistriouiea earniu OR A AO AAA 5. ltovamplng ot tho exchange and reorganisation provisions of the Income tax law so that cor porations and Individual stock holders oannot reorganise to v.,l luxation 810.000.000, t. Dividends paid out of cor porate oarntngs made prior to March 1, 1913, are subjoct to surtaxes of sbaronoiaors AAA AAA 7 Credits for taxes paid for- .l.n .nMarnmanli hv American corporations and Individuals op- eratlnl abroad are reduced 60 por cent 15,000,000. a iiiutnliv tiiv nn eoruor atluns (or tiling oonsollduled re turns Is inoreasoa from ono iu two per cent, leaving till slngla nnriutrnlA ln at 181 nor ccllt. and Increasing the consulldalad from Ml to 1 b por cent ssu.uuu, 000. 0, Citrtallmont of partnership allowances for lossos by pormlt tlug tho duiluctlon ot losses on tho sulo ot capital assets only to tho oxlnnt ot gains from auoh sales 15,000,000. 10. Adnilnlstrntlvo ohangos In oolluellons of tho existing ons-ccntn-sallon tax on gasoline and four emits a gallon on lubricat ing oil, whereby the first innnu fnoturor shall pay the lory In stead of the second or the dis tributors $80,000,000, MlHcollnnoaus provisions of (ha bill are antlmatod to yield $24, 000,000 more. Five New Airports Approved Tuesday POKTI.AND, Ore., Fob, 80. (UP) Five now airports In acenrdonco with tho CWA agroo inont woro approved horo Into today by llasll D. Smith, super visor of airports for Oregon. The-projoots will provide work for approximately 541 mon until May 1, It was said. They Involve oxpondlturo ot $50,985. Tho fields ore situated at Grants Pass, Vernanla, Prlnovlllo, Ontario and , Madras. A WORD OF WAIININQ The depression will sooo bo over, when help will be scarce. Clean up that apartment, hotel or home. Latmrllto Cleanser cleans northing that can be droned. F. W. Van Bns kirk, HiS4 N. 11th. charges of holding John (Jake the Barber) Factor 12 days for $70,000 ransom were James Wag ner and Walter (Buck) Henrlch- sen. Wagner formerly drove a beer truck for the Touhy mobsters. Hcnrlchsen quit his job as a policeman to join the Touhy gang. Henrichsen reversed testimony given in an earlier trial and said that he was present when the ransom was collected. He said that among those present were Roger Touhy, Gus Schaefer and Albert Kator, the three men on trial. 'Continued from Page One) other car. It also became stuck. Then a tractor was hooked on to the car, and Mrs. Melller reached the hospital In time to give birth to twins'. Fifteen trains carrying s.vuu or 4.000 persons were snowbound in Connectlcat ana Knoae isiana yesterday. National guardsmen aeuverea newspapers to snow-imprisoned families In Danbury, Conn. School children ot Augusta, Me., unable to get horn to the sub urbs, spent last night In town. It looked like s Harvard-Yale day in New Haven, Conn., as stranded travelers clogged the town. Worst in 5a Tears Trainman C. D. Drake of the New Haven railroad said "It's the worst storm In my 66 years of service." The Massachusetts state house shut up shop yesterday, telling state workers to go home it tney could. A special snowplow broke a path so Gov. Ely of Massa chusetts could get to work. Halt a dozen CCC camps near North Adams, Mass., were marooned. Rural mall deliveries were sus pended or , hampered almost everywhere. Snow halted a murder trial at Freehold N. J. The prosecutor couldn't get the-e. Fifty com muters camped last night In the Mntawan, N. J., railroad station, unable to get home. For the Sake of Your Loved Ones, Learn the Truth! -SUE- 'Bureau of Missing Persons F Wards February Furniture Sale l: -if. . . I r - 1 I "i i,, "'", 'I mi 3-pc. oea vjimiT 20 .95 Coupetc f ,, If purchased separately, each, 8J7.45 i a feoruary sais weuue treat i aii m metal Bed doable deck Coil p: Spring, and comfortable Mat iress oi special aavingai . p. 'PJsjpMqJ8xM8Mst8tma I J" X&fy vtih that casual, cool, and Vmix t00: comfortable air that is so much Gray Tweed, L M'y MEN! GET YURP AT WARD S! 1 Q JS THEY'RE ONLY jHj Oj 1-229 Main Phone 884 They're all wool, of course, in the popular "Jumbo" weight. Sport style with' th'reo patch pockets on the coat. Flawlessly tailored to give' that distinctly casual' ap pearance that we so studiously. strive for. Come in today and slip into one. It's a step in the right direction for the man who would be well dressed. OTHER SUITS, including gray and tan fl annel $19.75 and $24.75. Montgomery Ward