fcPACE TWO
II HELD
AFTER ALLEGED
E BATTLE
i.'; One Mexican railroad laborer
was In the Klamath Valley hos
' pital with serious stab wounds
Wednesday and his alleged as
sailant, a fellow worker, was in
the county jail as the result of
what sheriff's officers said was
a brawl originating over a $1
loan and a bottle of wine.
1 Preciliano Padilla, section
hand, was awaiting an operation
Wednesday which may deter
t mine whether or not he loses
the sight of his left eye, badly
mutilated by a knife wound. He
, also received knife cuts in the
.'; chest and abdomen.
Cresencia D. Aguirre, another
" Mexican railroad worker, was in
jail on charges of assault with
a dangerous weapon. A third
Mexican section hand, Felipe
Guisar, was assessed a fine of
,l$lfl Wednesday morning on a
litharge of disorderly conduct.
, .According to sheriff's officers
fjie trio were at the Southern
Pacific section house near Mer
.rill at the time of the fight,
which occurred late Sunday af
ijternoon. .jtV Officers said Guisar borrowed
. '$1 from Aguirre, and a bottle of
",4Vine was purchased. During the
course ox a siesia wrucn iuuuw
ij . , .tji
Sped between the two over the'
tloan, A fight started, according I
to officers, whereupon Padilla;
attempted to intervene on .the
fcide of Felipe. At this point
ASuirre allegedly drew a knife
and repaid Padilla for entering
the dispute with several serious
, flashes. A club was also said
to nave Deen oranoisned.
1 Sheriff Lloyd Low, who ar
rested Aguirre, said the latter
admitted using the knife but
claims that he did so in self de
fense. BEDFORD LINEMAN
FALLS AGAINST
1 1 .000 VOLT LINE
GRANTS PASS,' Aug. 7 (VP)
Herbert, Nekenson, California
Ogoh Power company line
man, Was severely burned Tues
d"iy afternoon when he fell in
ontsct with a line charged with
rjfj.OOO volts of electricity at the
jpark street substation near here,
ejtenson, unmarried, is a mem-
sper or a construction crew witn
jjhj?adquarters at Medford work-
ftrg on the substation changes
rTeeessary to energiie a new
'-fSttSO.OOO line from Medford to
;jJrantg Pass.
"'W.'J. Moyer local manager,
Sid Nekenson was working on
f pole with another employe on
' th ground watching his moves
as 'a safety measure. A hook
iilnV Nekenson's climbing gear
lauctdenly broke out of the pole
,nd swung him around into the
lofctically cut off the electricity
ftfs It surged through his body
i-to a ground rod. He fell to a
'3ight standard which held him
suspended by his safety belt.
'-Bfi After first aid treatment he
was rushed to the county hos
pital. .. Estimates show that one of
every 10 jobs in the United States
ifprovided by motor trucks.
'I1. .
TOO LATE
:' TO CLASSIFY
I TOR : SALE Glass-tonned riis-
:f-tJlay case, large electric fan.
- -good condition. Cheap. Hous-pf-Aan't
Beauty Shop, North 8th
ry! fcSt.. 8-8
'VACANT 18TH Comfortable
3-room apartment. $35. Adults.
"g 413 Alameda. Phone 3869. 8-9
Cicely FURNISHED 3-room
fc ' apt., five blocks from Main.
Adults only. Also 5-room mo
I' dern house. Inquire Mrs.
Short, clerk's office, or 625
?' No. 8th after 6 p. m. 8-7
WANTED Non-union barber.
2325 So. 6th. 8-8
iSFJOR SALE Large pressure
Scanner, price $7. Phone 4559
.7. ."iter 10 a. m. 8-7 '
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IE
SAVES
Summer garments can be
shades . . . resulting in
wear. Three day service
DIAL
few Method
CLEAIVEIIS
1453 ESPLANADE
One Will
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One of th. attractive young
"ill b. picked to rule as Queen
o-h"""'
Madge nannoia ana eiarose opauiain mu kuin
Virginia Bays, shown below.
Thotoj by Getty's, Lakeview.
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the flames threatened to engulf
the town of Fort BidwelJ. Dan
ger to the town was believed
passed, according to reports re
ceived, here from Alturas, Calif..
Ltut firefighters were fearful
that aj wind would spring up to
reneW thei danger. Many deer
and &Kttle were said to liave been
destrtyed.
. YMn, at lha Mcan-atinn firp '
on. the east side of the ridge near i
Barclay springs, crossed the res-
ervation boundary Tuesday umi-ii s . in ; Range feed good,
night and covered about 500 j ataniiskll Fields j Lanc oounty (Eugene) Har
acres of land logged by the Al- pALMER. Alaska, Aug. 7 P) j vesting of beans and beets at
goma Lumber company. Within The worid's newest pioneer jpeak. Picking of peas will be
the reservation about 700 acres iwomcn wjves Df the Matan- i completed this week Crab ap-
were blackened. Some valuable k vallev farmers worked ! Ples and Gravenstein apples on
timber was destroyed in the Kes
terson Lumber company's Ante
lope valley unit.
Agency officials were fearful
that if the wind switched to the
southwest the flames would be
fanned into new stands of good
timber. Wednesday's humidity
stood at 20, with the tempera
ture at 88.
Started from Slash
Fire Dispatcher Victor Sisson !
reported by telephone from the ;
Agency that the blaze started i
from a slash fire about 1 p. m.
Tuesday. The smoke was first;
spotted by Rufus Hicks of thei
Modoc Point lookout. i
Men and equipment were:
rushed to the fire from Kester-
son, Algoma and Chiloquin lum
ber company crews. Harry Kal
ander, Agency fire chief, and
George Kephart, forest super
visor, were in charge.
Sisson said the fire traveled
in a southeasterly direction
along the east side of the ridge
two or three miles from Barclay
springs. The flames cut a swath
across the corner of the reser
vation, through land logged by
Kesterson and into Algoma Lum
ber company holdings. Most of
the area burned was cutover
land but late last night the
flames passed the reserva
tion boundary and were eating
into the virgin timber beyond.
Lines Burned Out
Telephone lines were burned !
out but firefighters were having
success with portable radios. I
Klamath Forest Protective as-!
sociation officials said Tuesdav
night that the Long lake blaze I
had been brought under con-l
dyed in the new FALL
many more months of
if desired.
4471 i
THE
lie Chosen
Lake county girls shown aboT.
of the Lakeview Roundup to
'
trol after covering 100 acres
of cutover land.
A barn and other buildings,
one of them housing an auto
mobile, were destroyed by the
th! jumped in o:mary croP mons showed
A noantUv of ,rr,Ra,('d corn mak",! '':-
. A quantity ot , . rowtn w.ith the situation
flames before tl
nearby timber.
hay in the barn was burned i and
ine Bum was ieii t t-.rv ui
charred metal.
About 30 KFPA
men were
placed on this fire.
Agency officials also reported
a one-acre lightning fire on Fu
ego mountain, northeast of Ca
lamus butte, but this blaze was
quickly brought under control.
The fire haard reached an
acute stage following a violent
but short-lived lightning storm
which hit the basin at 4 a. m.
Tuesday.
.
in tha finlrie IaHdv lilro ninnaar.
of another generation. i
The women took to the fields i
and to driving trucks and
working in the valley cannery
when the first pea harvest
in the government sponsored
Matanuska colony ripened while
many of the men were busy on
outside jobs. The women pitch
ed in to garner peas from 25
acres, so that the working men
m'gnl retain the J 0 b s mtt
which they hope to earn enough
casn to meet fal1 payments on
their farms.
Wire Tapping
(Iknvofi tts
Catch Columnists
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UP)
Action to spike any "fifth col
umn" activity affecting the na
tional defense emerged on co
ordinated fronts yesterday,
The house led the wav bv nass-
ing a bill authorizing G-men to'
tap wires In tracking down spies
saboteurs, traitors and violators
of the neutrality laws. The mea
sure, approved by voice vote,
now goes to the senate where '
early approval is expected.
Shortly afterwards, represent
atives of 45 states unanimously
adopted a program proposed by
President Roosevelt to block for
eign tampering with national de-1
fense and were told to "go home
and sweat blood" to get It ln
operation,
RENO LICENSE
RENO, Ncv Aug. 7 (UP)
Marriage licenses issued here
'nciuaco jess r. noiBn, n, ana
June McGroth, 40, both of Klam-
atn rails, ure.
EOfl
SALE
1330 MAIN
NEWS AND THE HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS.
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Two drunken driving eases, a
reckless driving charge. 10
drunks and two vags occupied
the time of Police Judge l-eign
jAckerman Wednesday
Thclms Hood. Chiloquln In -
dian. entered a plea of not
guiltv to a charge of drunken I
driving, and asked for counsel
Time for her hearing has not
been set. Another charge, op
erating a motor vehicle with li
cense suspended, was filed
against her.
Ernest Barney. Beatty Indian,
was assessed a fine of $100 and
a jail sentence of 30 days was
suspended on payment of the
fine. He was arrested on
drunken driving charge Augi
5 after running into a ditch
a road near Klamath Falls
When first arraigned he took
time to plead, then entered a
plea of not guilty, and finally,
on the advice of his counsel,
changed his plea to guilty
Jess Lee, Shasta way, was
i fined S25, the fine being sus
pended, on a charge of reckless
He was assessed a fine
driving
of $5 for no operator's license.
T
PORTLAND, Aug. 7
Harvest and threshing pro -
gressed more rapidly with the
return of dry weather in Ore-
gon this week.
The weather bureau s sum-
j no,- unfavorabIe ln the unirrigat.
ed fields.
Bartlett pear picking began
in Jackson county with satisfac
tory yields. Peaches were re-
por(cd plen(iful and many early
apples gathered. Nuts are thrlv
ing and late fruit, with the ex-
ception of Willamette valley
prunes, are developing well.
Range feed js ample ln most
areas and cattle and lambs are
going to market In good condi
tions. Reports by counties included:
Marion county (Detroit) ,
marKd
Josephine county (Wolf Creek)
tveryimng is very nry.
Jackson county (Medford)
GOUR
EARS
I DRUNKEN
DRIVER
GASES
Picking of Bartlett pears start- WOrk here Wednesday on the
ed. Corn making excellent t frst field Inspection for small
growth; shortage of irrigation SCcds and potatoes. It was made
water causing some concern. I known at the county agent's of
Umatilla county (Pilot Rock) , fice. The survey was started
Most farmers report wheat
yield better than expected.
Some seeding being done of fal
low land.
Union county (Starkey) High
ranges still in excellent condi
tion; livestock good.
Baker county (Baxer - VanClcavei Bly, 0re., a boy.
Harvest progressing satisfactory Welght: 7 pound,, i ounce.
iiy-
Klamath county (Klamath , VEATCH Bom at the Klam
Falls) High mountain ranges lath fvBu.v hosnital. Klamath
8ci'
Irrigated pastures excel
lent. Potatoes doing well; some
early potatoes shipped.
Lake county (Lakeview) Sec
ond cutting of alfalfa underway.
nd"l ul P "IS' "
There is enough material (oil
shales, coal and petroleum) to
provide enough gasoline at the
present rate of consumption for
2000 years.
Model Airplane Contest!
6 Foot Gasoline Engine
Powered Models
Will Fly In Inter-Clty Meet With Medford at
Dry Lake Similar. 9 a. in.
3 Miles North of Dorris on Highway 97
Thrilling to Watch
Poole's Bicycle Store
222 S. 7th
1!KI STUDEKAKEIl
PnESIDENT CRUISING SEDAN
Finished In beautiful dove grey, Interior rich broadcloth like
new, equipped with over-drive, hill holder, new puncture-proof
tires, radio and heater. Driven very little, therefore motor and
general mechanical condition beyond question. Terms and
trade to suit your convenience.
Showing and demonstration without obligation, and attractively
priced,
at
M A HJ
-AMATH'S OLDEST AUTOMOBILE
OPEN EVENINQ8
CITY BRIEFS
Food Sale Daughters of Job
will hold a cooked food sale
Saturday, August 10, at Chet
Smith's Shoe and Sportswear
store All tho girls are requested
by Marlyce Erlaiulson, the hon
ored queen of the bethel, to
b,rlng their food to the store by
10 o'clock Saturday morning.
study Club The Independent i
'c..... nii, ...ill m-i t Mooru
k Thurdav with Mrs. Kath -
niiiin, hostess. Members
!,,, mpot ,.3 m, v tt,0
1 home of Nonl) Hall. 015 East
Main street, for transportation.
Tn.u.j in Plrnt- Clerks and
carriers of the Klamath Fulls
postoffice have been Invited to
ottend a picnic at Union Creek
Sunday, August 25, sponsored
bv the Clerks and Carriers or-
ganization at Medford.
Office to Close The office of
the state tax commission
will:
commission Is asked to call at the
courthouse before Friday noon
Business Visitor James P.
Cooley, manager of tho eleventh
civil service district, with head
minrtcrs at Seattle, Wash., was
a business visitor In luaniaiu
" Wednesday.
Two Bikes Stolen Bicycles!
belonging to John Foster, 321 1
North Sixth street, and Ray
Cooper, 1801 Last street, havei
been stolen, it was reported by
city police.
Complaint Made Stella
Bowne, 313 High street, filed a
complaint with city police that
a wood sawing outfit has been
creating undue noise late Into
, ,ho ni,,,i in her neinhborhood.
Ladles Aid The Ladies Aid
0( ,,e First Covenant church will
hold an all-hostess meeting Fri-
jday 7:4S p. m.
t bring somethi
j m.n..
All are asked
ng for refresh-
Ewauna Lodge Ewauna lodge
! Nn 002 will meet Thursday at
8 p. m. in the KC hall. Offi
cers and drill team ate asked to
wear formals.
Flying Club Meeting Flying
club No. 3 will hold a meeting
Thursday evening at 7:30 at the
Snyder Motor company.
Soroptimlsts A meeting for
transaction of monthly business
will be held by the Soroptimist
club at the Willard hotel Thurs
day noon.
On Vacation Russell Griffith,
assistant postmaster, is spending
the week on vacation.
SURVEY FINISHED
G. R. Hyslop, head of the
farm croDS department at .Ore-
gon state college, completed his
last week.
VITAL STATISTICS
VANCLEAVE Born at the
Klamath Valley hospital, Klam
ath Falls, Ore., Sunday, July
91 mjn in Mp anri Mn Rill
Falls, Ore., Saturday, August 3,
1940, to Mr, and Mrs. Don
Vcatch, Pelican Bay camp,
Chiloquln, a boy. Weight: 5
pounds, 10 ounces.
CODER Born at the Klam
ath Valley hospital, Klamath
Falls, Ore., Tuesday, August fl,
to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Coder.
4729 Freda street, Klamath
Falls, a boy. Weight: 7 pounds.
Dial 5520
G IE M
DEALER
PHONE 5151
" close for the year here soon. It
, was announced Wednesday. Any -
,?"ione having business with tho
ORE.
BRITISH DENY
ITALIANS YET
(Continued from Pugo Ono)
n,- nriiii, i,- ni
iMersa Malri.h. on the Mediter.
,- coast.
Temperatures of 113 and 120
degrees are usual In the day
time.
Marshal Rodolfo
Cirar.laui,
1 Mussolini's commander in Lili -
ACROSS
i yn. will have to transport alllJO DEMONSTRATE
j his water over dusty Hulls til-, . . .
most devoid of cover and suli-; A I LUUAL olUKL
Jcct to the attacks of the Hoy. 1 1
ir force and motorized Hrilish E'ry lleotliam. eher and lai-
land units. The British forces
(are composed of hardy fighting
;,, ,omc of t,e cn,pirc most
famous regiments, who have
been trained (or years in the
1 desert warfare.
I The British would have a
line of oases to fall back upon.
The naval blockade ol the
Libyan coast Is asserted by the
British already to have prevent
ed much needed supply ships
from getting through I rum Italy,
while the Koyal air force has
. been subjecting linui.mis bases
Bl Tl,brueh. Hardia and Dcrr.a
lo aimosi utiiiy amicus.
SftlliO Itllllflillg
.....
AlndklHI
JUNEAU, Alaska. Aug. 7 M'
The Alaska home Paul Satko en
visioned three years ago when
he began construction of his
strange ark in Richmond, V.i .
was m the process of construc
tion today.
Satko filed application for a
homestead of 122 acres of river
bottom 27 miles north of here.
He purchased a $30 automobile
and plans dally trips to the
land to cut down trees and
build a home.
His family of eight continue
to live aboard the crudely-built
ark which brought them here
from Tacoma, Wash., after a
colorful voyage.
Titled Woinnii
Cnpturos IN'nzi
LONDON, Aug. 7 (V) A titled
English woman, Lady Buckland,
widow of Lord Buckland, and
sister-in-law of Lord Camrose,
publisher of the London Daily
Telegraph, today captured a nazi
aviator who had been roaming)
England for nine days.
Lady Buckland came upon the
airman as she motored along a
country road near Bristol.
Noting his unusual appear
ance, she questioned him and
then marched him off to the au
thorities. The German flier had
been ot large since he bailed out
of his disabled plane. The mili
tary ond the police had sought
him continuously after his plane
fell.
I can't live without liberty.
Mme. Genevieve Tabouis, French
journalist and refugee.
P IN PRICE! -
''THT bsssTV (IN orioon)
Same price as always for America's
T "t":' ? ' '"A finest cigarette proved belter for
u T&:4sWEf Qi yur nme and lhroatt
J5)r
yJi' ' National Defense T. InelarfrJ
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MODEL AIRPLANE
FANS TO ENTER
DRY LAKE TEST
Kluniath model airplane fans
will pailliipate In ami Intercity
model airplane flying content
next Sunday inmiiinii ut 0
; o'clock at Dry Lake, three miles
north of Unrris on highway t7.
i Alioul 15 entrants from Klam
'alh Kall.i are expected to lake
I part.
Some of the planes will lie
' noweled with quarter horse-
power gasoline engines, pruviii-
1 n( spcelalors with n contest that
ls thi iiilng in waien.
0,l', r contestants will be en
tered from Medford.
.,ri. uni Lirr
.tNEW I VwTxrx ntr
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N-.- '"r "rvP": l'7,,l"'r1 ",
stainless teelwae. will be at
1 " l-,'l"n s ""v """"'
, demonstrating actual waterless
cooking.
neetham will cook the food
right in the store, using only
Revere ware, and will give a.l ; missing out of Morgan I Ity. t.
vice and Instruction to all worn-j
en Interested In learning this , HAMILTON SPEAKS
revolutionary money saving and pii,.t, officer Orvllle
healthful method of c.ioklng. ac-, n)m wm (,e the principal
cording to Mrs. C'hanes tiaico , pl.llk,,r tonight Jt a meeting of
lou- in,,, international Footprint?
'association. Subject of his talk
HEAT RECORD !w,il be "Subvert ivo Activities."
,. ,, The meeting will be held t 7
Temperature ot Klamath 1-alls m he Kk ,,,,,,
continued well up In the HO s
Wednesdoy. after an official, LAMB CROP
high point was reached Tues- j . . . .
dav afternoon for the highest! PORTLAND. Aug : 7
mark for the month of July ond agricultural marketing service
f.,r in Ai.lmisI Tuesdav's
i,ii, u ,lrir,.r, suri.ass-
ing urn thing since June 24.
when the mark was II
liotics!
temperature of the year. The
forecast was for rooluuied hot
weather.
Jilt TODAY
SenRrnm'a Kind Arthur
Q'ttl Gin holda Its rich flavor
fflMr-Pffa to the lal delectable sip
I liik fW lA il niooth, you can enjoy II I
i's m lt "tral,lht- II
8eliram'i Kinj Arthur Diitilled London Dry Oln. 90 Proof. Distilled from 100
Oram Neutral Spirits. Scugrun-DiMillori Corp., Executive Ofltcca: New Yctk
August 7, 1940
THREE KILLED
(Continued from Page One)
,.rVer placed the wmn esu-
,,,ntB ,t only five miles short of
f
hurricane velocity of 7S
,rs
The two clay-old storm pushed
HIGH
WD
GROSSES GULF
gulf waters to near record
heights In the many lakes and
hays that dot the const and sent
Uiippeis and fishermen scamper
ing for refuge to courthouses,
schools and other public build- .
lugs located Inland. r"
A 12:30 a. m. (PST) weather
b BU ,t(vllK1.y ud the storm's
:,-..ter would move Inland with-
,,or
.. .n-rt.H hv winds
A' j()
to 00 miles per hour near
I lie in persons wnc .. ..... ....
estimated ine wreKon im
at 1.453.000 head today
the
lightest since
i)M and the sco
ond smallest In 10 years.
,
l-ooklng tor ll.ngailiir Turn
1 the Classified paeo.