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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1924)
THE Klamath NEW , ; 11 . United News and United Press Telegraph Services - X . V V Vol, 1, No. 121. KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1924. Price Five Cents MOTOR COP FOR COUNTY NEEDED IS STATEHFM Klamath Kail. Ore. ' ,- , October 21, 124. Vo (he Public: I A the tacl nave mil iiwn iui-i w and correctly ant forth rela-j nre 10 the purchase by the coun- iv rourt of a new Chrysler road. li-r fur the use of the traffic of-', llrer recently appointed, and aj an iflort ha been made to, rime considerable Interest In j this matter from a political; etamlpoint. the folio wind stale-j mint In due tne puoiir; 1. The purchase of the car In iii'Htlon was made and author ized dur nK the absence of Crm mlwiiiiner Short, on Monday, Oc tober 2: h by County Judge It. H. Hnnnell and Commissioner C. I. Martin. Commissioner Short however approved the plan. I. The reanonit for the pur chase were a follow: (a I The county road were (.ravelled, and the state highways are overrun with speeder, some of wlmin are 'sober and noine of wluim are not. who are a men are to . the safety of other mo torics and who are rapidly des traying our $1,000,000 InvcHt . mcnt in road and highways. A isnV many motor truok ihroushout the county deliver atcly overload. wlib consequent ji.ni Mil The state traflr J cflcer ; a-airned to the county this J dreds ,.f mile of specdable ' r!d la tlie county. - He In supposed ' ta stick to state highways and hi the Improved market road lake care of themselves. From s-me of the recent ace'dent oc curring he really ha more than lie c;m do to handle the work on lite stale highway. r As to the elan of car pur ohased: You can't catch a speed ln Sttid..baker. Hudson or Cad ilhic with a Dodge. Ford or other mmliTale priced car, Th enper-tftH-e of I he Hlaie traffic aiiiad has been that a mnlnrrvrta lu K'x'd on paved street In town traffic but use lean on gravelled mads where a man has to carry 150 pound load moter with him " weigh up overloaded trtrcks. Rei ihe really dangerous "peed.. lake a faHt car. Tho "uiity court accordingly bought ne f.,r $1.530 not $1,700 as fpnriert. . The officer employed . Is ln atriicted to concentrate on serious violations of the law reckless driving serious overloading drunken rirlvoru onH th. lib. lt l not to use hi authority for the persecution of motorUts con nmiing themselves with due re "fd for the right of others. He he employed by the county ' Just ns long as he lives up w. his -Instructions and no longer. ihere. .was enough damage none to the Ungell valley mar l"! road by overloaded trucks Hiring lt construction 'to more tan repay the cost of maintain ; "K "'Is patrol, with the price of ! "''Mr thrown In. T'e undersigned would far ;;''"'r ihere were no necewlty ' y'!"''"1" fines for traffic 'nation.,, but aa long as we liS, th rni"' "(t. the speed una the it run ban amort. aicrk nt the urho.l. or cars ' t .. rnK fomethlreg mttt be e to control them. They are j more deadly menace on our , nter. Ice-coated roads . than j ",py are ln the summer. I Yours truly, i R. It. nUNNRliL. j C. J, MARTIN. : r,VK (OI SIXR OF j ; 'C.U. MAX ARE KILLED i ofi'h0 (J",n,, n W. P. Johnson ' kiiui "'"iixing station were Kin u.I,c,0,w 7 the car I ''fl U'll nh 4 1 ... . '",H?r wnen me car whlch they were riding was !, .k i.y a train nt a grade 1! A sixth person, the tlva . V ,,,B c"r iwt. no reia " of Johnson, was also killed. HAXAI'HONK xot mikicw, INHTItl MK.N'T IH DECISION' PAHADKNA. Calif., Oct. 24. (United Pre) The saxaphone, (Mill of many a loke. hut the jmuln.Vay of a dance orchestra none the le ban been downed t to furltier Ignominy. It In not a niual instrument. In the opin ion of the faculty of the Pasa dena blKh school. - Recently a night rlas In mimic was started at the school and the saxaphone playem applied in mfh number for lnt ruction that they were ruled out. DIVIDED TAX ISSH NEW YOrtK, Oct. 24. (Unit ed New) The transfer and dis tribution of some of America' greatest blueblood fortunes la bringing to fore a new class of BIO FORTUNES RETURNS SHOW wealthy, publication of Income , others who are more or less con tax return for 1923 revealed to- n(rted with the early history of day. John D. Ttockerfeller Sr., Klamath Kail will be in the long regarded as the world s ; party. richest man I found to have! Cars have been provided for handed down to his son the bulk an the teachers and their friend of hi huge fortune. Taxes paid i who are now listed to go. Every hy U'vkefeller Sr. are: $124.- ,ie interested i invited to join 266.47: by Junior $7,435,169.41. the party at the chamber of com Young Rorkerfeller and family nierce bulldng at 6:30 Sunday and the motor works of Henry Ford are shown by the first pub H"na income payments i ren- resent two or me greatest in- pomM ,ne p0"n'rv ,odaJv The lnA; great fortune of Vanderbllta. 'superintendent J-. P.-Wsiia some h"MSontdi" and TorsSre iltbwn -toftinie today. Each party or group he"n. distributed - among i member of family so that no nne I'aiu iiupi- niuiia muivHuiin i .he commatixrin fortunes once eld by the heads of these house. J. P. Morgan paid only $98,613. IKIIliMND OFFICE . NOT rrni.isni.vfl LIST PORTLAND, Oct. 24. (Unit ed News) Pending explicit in structions from Washington the Internal revenue office for Ore gon refused to make puMio a list of federal Income taxea paid In Oregon. TAX FIUt-RES PRINTED AT PRMHHERH RISK WASHINGTON. D. C. Oct. 24. (United News) Pending a final decision as to whether It Is legal to publish legal Income tax .figures the dopartment of Jus tice today warned publishers that If they r'nt Mich data they do so at their own responsibility. CIVIC ItODY DIRECTORS WILL MEET NOV. 12 Directors and heads of. com mittees from the chambers of. commerce of Grants Pass. Med-j ford. Ashland. Bend. Lakvlew. . Malin and Ungell valley will meet here November 12 for the purpose of a discussion of the different common problems of the communities represented by these bodies. The topics of dls-. IciiHsion given different repre- senta'llivoa will, in tneir awns sion, help to bring to the atten tion all Interested what a per- n oue to the community be-. cause of his election to the cham- her of commerce ooara oi uirec tors. ' j ONTARIO WILL CONTINUE TO BE TEMPERATE OTTAWA. Ont.. Oct. 24. (United News) The province of Ontario retrained dry by a ma jority expected to reacn i.v when tho returns from all of the m ihn. ! outlying rural dls rM are tabu- iniod The vole stooa lonay n the continuance of the temper ance act. 491.200 and for the sale rf liquor under governmental control 450,000. BATTLEFIELDS OF MODOC W TO BE VISITED Off to the battlefield of the Modoc war, statr.ing tomorrow morning about 6:30 will be .a party composed of 'the high school and grade teacher of Klamath Fall and many of their friend. With the Indications for a per 1t day the party will be large and the ouxlng promisee to be one of the pleasantest in which the teachers of this city have taken part. Captain O. C. Applegate will, in an Informal manner, delineate tne event or more than 50 years ago which made thla ground his toric and which insured the safe ty of the settlers of the Klamath Bwin. In the party will be the mother of Dr. A. A. Soule, who was res rued from the Indians at Bloody Point away back in the sixties, morning. If possible bring a car but if not come anyway be cause there will be available room. To be sure of seats it "Is well to communicate with City wan furnish their own lunch as the trip will take the. greater run ui inc uaj .uu " eating place on the route. CLARK SPEAKS AT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OCT. 25 A non-nolitel lecture will he delivered at the Episcopal church Sunday evening by Hon. A. E. Clark of Portland who ta In Klamath county as a republican campaign apeaker. Clark's subject for the address at the Episcopal church Sunday evening will be "The Constitu tion." The lecture will be given at 7:30 and Rev. T. A. Mery weather. rector of the church. In vites everyone, regardless of creed or belief, to come and hear Clark talk. DEER STORY GETS MEDAL FOR SEASON Wouldnt it get your goat? We'll say It would If. after killing a blackball deer which weighed well over 300 pounds and. having hung him well up In a big pine tree and retired to peaceful slum bers, the weight of the deer pulled the tree down and waked you up ' Then the next day, after having breakfasted off deer liver and crisp bacon', to go oit Jor another fat buck and to start back and never find the place where the 300 pounder hangs, even after four days hunt by four hunt- Yes, you'll agree It would get a herd of goats. Well, Rill Houston, Ed. Rodge, Rob Hunsaker and Judge Kuykendall were hunt inn In the Jenny creek region during the past week and that's Just what they Ray happened to them. Bill killed the doer so the story goes, but Klamath folk who welcomed the quartet home last night are wearing a suspicious smile. k NOCK-DOW X HOTEL HEADY. TO SHIP TO FROZEN NORTH OAKLAND. Oct. '24. (United Press) A full-fledged hotel has been made ready here for ship ment to the frozen north, where It will be assembled at Nome and made ready to receive and house the traveler of the snowy wastes.! The hotel is complete from the clerk's legder to the furnishing of the top floor bedrooms, and will be carried to Its destination in two vessels. FRANCE SHAKEN BY DIPLOMATIC mat e shakenp sirvce the Revola-r Hun nan ijcch auuumiwu, " teen legations have received new chiefs under an order Just issued and Jules Jusserand, United States ambassador, U sup planted by Georges Daeschner. PACIFIC FLEET AT SAN PEDRO FOR NAVY DAY RAN- PEDRO, CatX, Oct. 4. - (Unileff Press tne , racnic fleets in port here for winter maneuvers, is shining itself up for the celebration of navy day. October 27. when thousands of, visitors are expected to board the vessels. Every" ship of the fleet will be at anchor navy day, visitors in spection will be welcomed, ship bands will play ana every man, figuratively speaking, will be at his post, for no shore leave will be granted. Each craft so equip ped will be illuminated at night, adding color to tne spectacle. The West Virginia, newest and finest of the nation's bigger ships, is expected to reach here in time for the celebration and Is expected to attract most of the attention. Airplanes will play a prominent part, flying over the fleet and the city, dropping leaf lets boosting the - navy, while orators will dilate upon- the mag nificence of our naval strength and the need for still stronger sinew of peace. Other Pacific coast cities will pJay their part in the navy's day. Warships will be at anchor in practically every port, most of them destroyers and cruisers. The main line ships will stay here. CONFERENCE OF .. S S. WORKERS HERE SUNDAY County Religious Education Meet Preceded by Rnsket Lunch Sunday P. M. The Klamath County Council of religious education will have tts county meeting at .the Metho dist church, corner Tenth and High, tomorrow afternoon, be' ginning at one o clock with a basket lunch. The regular meeting of the conference for religious, educa tlonat' work will start at 2:30 at the Methodist church continuing during the afternoon. In tho evening at 6:30 there will be a young peopples meet- Ing tt the Christian church at which Mrs. Jean M. Johnson, state secretary of religious edu cation will speak. Union services will be held in the evening at the Preibyter'an church, the address to be made by -Dr. Milliken, Baptist field worker. ORDERS GIVEN MARSHALL FENG HOLDING PEKING TO STOP WAR PEKIN, Oc7. 24. (United News) -"Greatest crime of mod em time. wa the Intrlcne that 'caused the present War In north ern China" Marshall Feng Yuh Hsiang, famed christian general whose 10 000 fighting men held the capital today, said in a Unit ed Press interview after hw coup d'etat, "leaders of China have decided that war must end for all. That's why we have acted and seized city." Marshal Feng ; has not driven President Tsao Kun from Peking, as it was er roneously reported. The presl- Ident Is still in the place and s JAPS TO SEXD ARMY V TO NORTH OF CHINA OSAKA, Oct. 24. (United New) The Japanese cabinet decided today to send a batallion trom Port Arthur to the north -.)f China to protect Japanese resi dents, owing to the changed situ ation caused by tho entrv of Feng Yu Hsiang into Pekin. Warships are also to be sent. FOOTBALL ON -COASTTTODAY KEEN FIGHTS Mighty Rattles of Hour to Have Important Rearing on Con - ferenco CliampioiiNhlps SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 34. (United Press) Mighty battles are scheduled today for the Pa cific coast gridinon, with prac tically every content having an important bearing on three con ference championships. Stanford university is taking on a more or less easy opponent in Idaho at Palo Alto. Neither Stanford nor Idaho have lived UP to what was expected of them. but the Cards have made more of a show so far than have the Pan handlers. . California meets Washington Skate at Berkeley in the first hard game the Bruins have gone Into this year, and their, first conference contest. The choos- -Ing favors California. . but the score Bhould be close. Nevada and U. S. C. tangle at Los Angeles, and the Trojans are easy favorites. Nevada has a srame team, bu its no match tor the Los Angeles lads. Washing ton and Oregon Aggies meet In what should be one of the best games of the day, with Washing ton conceded a good margin ot victory. Washington has been winning by impressive scores, and the Aggies have not been doing ro well, although their showing against IT. S. C. last Sat urday was a decided Improve ment. " . Oregon goes out of the big con ference to settle a Pacific north west conference dispute with Whitman, and with the stuff she puled at Stanford last Saturday, the lemon and yellow should be an easy winner. Occidental goes up against U. C. Southern Branch and Pomona and Redlunds fight it out In two Important southern California conference contests. Montana, smarting from the overwhelming defeat administer ed by Washington, is staying within the wide open spices and settling a question of stale su- premacy with the School of Mines. The Washington ; and Oregon Aggies game serve a double pur pose, as it eliminate sa game on both the Pacific conference and Pacific northwest conference schedule. It Is the only- game of the day where a two-confer ence race Is involved.