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KLAMATH NEW
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Vol. 1, No. 123.
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1924.
Price Five Cents
II FACTOR
I ELECTION
IF CONTINUES
CHAMPIONSHIP HELT
ij DISPLAY AT K. K. K.
. The Piuitflc Cojut middle
weight wrestling champion)) lr
-lt which wae awarded to It,
santa Singh September 28, 1921
4 Han Kranc'sco ta on exhibition
In the window of the Klamath
Klolhlng Kompany More. Thin
belt will be contented for by
Henry Burke when he nippta
Singh on the mat at Moose hall
Tuesday even inc. November 4.
ts (Imt severe storm of the
Munty la"' Kimday evening htw
,d on to be followed almorf
liifclately y another f which
B1y he even more wr.
..t:nff to reoorts from the
torn. town i he Indication are
thl the western eioe oi um ruun
iry will be storm awept for aome
tka.
The Aahland Klamath KalU
raid l practically tree of snow
ltd U In excellent traveling run
dlilon. The road north to Bend
h sot In uch good ehape, being
opto but very difficult to Ret
of r, " . . ' -
At Skookum there in foot of
now and about the name at
Crew-eat. The northern part of
tlx county where the railroad
coMiruction l underway U How
Indlcatlon of being now-tound
oon. thniiKh tunnel work will
probably continue all winter.
The road to lakevlew I free
o( mow but In wet and slippery.
A day of nunxhlne will put It In
food condition.
U the storms continue oven
flection day the vote In- tins
county will be very materially re
duced and a heavy enow-fall in
U Odll and Crescent neighbor
knod between no and elect ion
ny turn the tide for aome can
didate In thin county a n large
iworn-ln vote ha been counted
on from the construction camp
and thin will not come out agalnit
I great depth of anow. ..
$40,000 FIRE
IN WEST KELSO,
DEATHS FEARED
CONSERVATIVES
IN CONTROL
OVER ENGLAND
VAUDEVILLE FOR
CAMPAIGN WORK
LATEST EFFORTS
HAY KLAMATH GREATEST
OF X. V. CATTLE COUNTRIES
1)NDON. Oct. SO. 4 a. m.
(United News) Fomrcr Premier
Stanley Baldwin and the eonser
vative party hM ben returned
to power and election returna up
to 3:30 tbl morning Indicate
that Baldwin will have a major
ity adequate In site to win con
trol of the houe of common.
The liberaJa are apparently
swamped in a aea of conservative
rote.
The count at 3:30 thie morn
ing ahow the different parlies
will be represented In parliament
a follows: Conservative 163:
Laibor 77; Liberal 23: mae
nehdent 3: Constitutionalists
and Comraunbtu 1. .
JUST COMMON
MUD CAUSE OF
- DEER'S DEATH
Fire Starling In Cafe Sweep un
To Adjoining Building
Including Hotel
BEND. Ore., Oct. 29. (Unit
ed News) Not poisonous mud.
hut Just- plain ordinary mud is
the cause of the strange malady
which has resulted in the death
of hundreds of deer In south central-Oregon,
according to Wil
l'lm !!an!cv. aage of Harney
WASHINGTON. D. C Oct. 29.
(United News) The charge
that theatrical publicity, Includ
ing "cracks and gags" on the
vaudeville stage had been offer
ed for sale to the La Pollette
fnrPH for ISO. 000 bv the nay-:
ment to a theatrical agency, was
laid before senate committee in
yet;gatlng campaign funds. WU
ton anlner. Washington news
paperman and supporter of La
Fniiettp. lpxtifipd mat a repre
sentative of the McCutcheon Cur
aton syndicate told him that bis
company was prepared to "sell
political publicity ana wouiu
rather eive it to La Pollette than
the two old parties." Gardner
said he refused and suggested
that the syndicate try to sell to
the republican committee.
ACTORS AXI ACTRESSES
AT BREAKFAST PARTY
WASHINGTON. D. C, Oct. 29
PiwdHlee's breakfast party at
White House for a group of ac
tors and actresses waa aired to
day when the senate campaign
fund invprttieatine committee re
sumed its work. ' Rhlnelander
Waldo, of Garrison, N. Y., testi
fied that he arranged for the
party with Bascom Sletnp, and
that he paid $1,297 for railroad
expense and meals for the ac
tors and actresses. He said the
president didn't know he was
paying the expenses.
THEY'RE JUST
AS GOOD AS
ELECTED NOW
Tom Rodger of Swift & Com
pany s buying department at
Union Stockyard at Portland and
I. I). Bodine, a commission man
from the stockyards were here
yesterday looking up cattle for
purchase. Thy are enthusiastic
over the possibilities of this sec
tion as a livestock country say
ing It if", the greater stock coun
try In the northwest. "
TANKER BURNS
-
r
MEMBERS CREW
STILL MISSING
MARTINEZ, Calif.' Oct. 29.
MTnitod Nbws) Several mem
hers of the crew of the AJden An
derson, an oil tanker of the As
sociated Oil companies, are be
lieved to have burned to death
!n an explosion and tire which
Bwpot the wharves and vessel
late tonight. An explosion oc
iirr,i while the vessel was un
inatin. rriuiA nil. ' The wharves
collapsed and'the crew was forced
overboard. It : reported that
several are missing. The fire was
still burning at a late hour tonight.
SERIES CALLED
OFF BECAUSE OF
RAINY SEASON
FORUM LUNCH
KELSO. Oct. 29. (United
Newal Kire early today swept
through a part of West Kelso,
fanned by high winds and did
HO.Ofto damage before the fire
M brought under control. The
lire started In the Longvlew Cafe
Lli Co huUdlng. An automo
bile registered to W.A. Slagel.
Portland, was burned where
Pod In the . street , near the
t Kelso hotel; It is consld
wd possible that one or more
Jrons m;'y have been burned to
MANY LISTEN v
TO SPEAKER OF ;
PROGRESSIVES
eoliti. was P'hP th largest
gathering held In'Klnm-
LU Bl'll II.. it.
L, i ,," ,nw campaign was the
Folletie-Wheeler .meeting at
Seand
ffipn """"i auu men ana wo-
noanrf'. , "vr,t" .merlins i
Mnavlan hall Tuesday eve
"m when Aiha.t i iu.. ' i
I
Pniu. ? who ' nephew of
John. la,M ' Senator Hiram
joknaon of Calflornla. Is a force
Peak,: d drew forth re-
Mlc i," '"" i rum - nis nuui
of hi. .l 8)(,nt ,h Brter part
l'i Jk," bwr,,,nK t0'he l
of h. f hl" haren the faults
th. reP""can leaders and of
! At ii, ln Mr. .
wiliii! c,08e of the address a
camJ;lK'Je lo,a expense, of the
(
'Jdeni' mllh' formor Klamath
iMt m.V. UTO In lTam rortiann
" "r builneM and pleasure.
SRATTLE. Wash.. Oct. 29.
The series between St. Paul has
been called off on - account of
continued rains. . -
I'AX-AMERICAX PETROLEUM
COM PA XV XOT PROFITABLE
Ann nlv
Lack of wter, itaniey oie".
caued the deer to seek moisture
In whatever form tney can ei
It Mud In the drled-up water
holes is about the wettest thing
n.ki. . n ik. Hr have been
tempted to eat It. with faul ef
fect, according to Hanley.
Hanley has founa tne .-an.-
u -r a.- all throuen ine lorenm
of Harney county, overtaken by a
thirsty deatn.
I'KUM AM JACKSON
, , SUE 4UHJK LANDIS
Mtl.WAUKEE. Wis., Oct. 29.
Commissioner K. M. Landis,
high chief of baseball, wmjm.
named defendant in a suit f?d
."I" ... "Hannv") Pelsch
litre iui . - .
and Joe Jackson, memb.'rs of the
Chicago "Black sox. V.n
covery of money the ousted ban
players claim Is due them as
their share of the "second place
money of the izu seasou.
-J? ..ni noj -iaim that Lan-
ine ujii it - - . ,
dls "refused and neglected to
pay the oustea omamiuc." -
money wnicn, unf -y
approximately $800 apiece.
..i-uni-if van. TEACHERS
I k B'ta ----- . . .
AND ITrKB u..vw.""
Principal pTr. Bennett called
maotinr of tne
a ien i uuie v - , .
. . --j ... nnminf and at
nova yesieruu
the same time Miss Donna Mack
asked all the glrla'to a tend .
meet n in ner room. i"
Keanof the girl.
lng of proper respect to the up
per classmen and the teachers
was discussed. '
MALIN WINS SOCCER
GAME FROM KLAMATH
There was a soccer game at
Malln Wednesday afternoon be
tween Klamath county high
..v i ... M.tin at Malln. The
gam was again In MaUn'e facor,
with a cora w j w v.
. ThP nolltlcs.l sW if a t Ion 1n
Klamath county has at last got
ten down to the nnten tigm.
Ahnnt thn onlv contests which
win nm hfore the voters Tues-
lay is that between Underwood
and Short for county commission
er and between Smith and God-
tnr mavor of Klamatn Fans
" Air other local olf ices can be
counted on as frlled say the wise
ones,, though no one lias atatea
tnr -nrtain who will be the next
..'o( to rf thp neace for this
township. There are four in the
field and the betiting aoes noi in
A-ata. thn leader in the race.
' . Th. ronn.hl cans ad'mit tifat
Ijow leads for sheriff while the
jnmvn' modestly assert tnat
It's all over with Hawkins as
good as elected. '
Of course If you are a-faithful
fniiu.sr nf the O. O. P. you
know that Brower is not only
district attorney now out -win
.no ia hp That's settled.
But if you Incline toward the
party represented by the donkey
you know uanong is
a thi! time it's un to Un
derwood and Short and Smith
and Goddara to aeep mo
works burning.
WAR IN CHINA
SEEMS NEARER
TO CONCLUSION
DRAWS MANY
TO HEAR TALKS
T"h a fArnm ' Inn'hpnn of the
chamber yesterday was one of the
llvest and best attended meet-.
inrs of that orKanization held in
many weeks, being the first of
the- menvhersnip contest meetings ,
and one at which the questions
which will be on the ballot next
Tuesday were discussed.
. The library bond iisue was ex-
ntainsil from an ' alf irmative
viewpoint by Mrs. J. K. Kimball
while Attorney- w. A. wiest.
stated some--of the reasons advo
cated by opponents of the pro
position. .
The county road bond issue,
calling for 9125.000 was handled
by W.. A. Wlest speaking in the
affirmative. This road issue is so
popular that no opposition has '
developed and following the. dis
cussion by Wiest those present
voted unanimously to support
the bond issue. '
The Oleomargarine bill, . the
Income tax measure and the
: workman's compensation 1 e w
r handled bv the reading of
extracts from the arguments la
the Instructions to voters which
is Issued by the etate of Oregon.
Tho enlertainnipnt was fur- :
nlshed by the high school quar
tet consisting oi uari lancy.
Harry Moiatore, Harry feuz ana
Vernnn - f!hrtatv: V-.MiflS BettV-.
Ramsby accompanied the singers
on the piano.
GAS PRICE IS
CUT TWO CENTS
ON THIS COAST
I.OS ANGELES. Calif.. Oct. 29
(United News) Admission
LhaL the Pau-Aiuericau fetrol-
oiim comnanv did not make a
profit on the construction or tne
naval ntorafe facilities at Pearl
Harbor, Honolulu, . was wrung
from Admiral Lutner k. uregory
chief of the naval bureau of
-ard.s and docks, in a cross exam
ination today in the suit to can
cel the Elk Hills contracts.
JUNIOR CARNIVAL WILL
FURNISH FUX TONIGHT
Thn Junior Carnival will be
hold this evening at the Scandi
navian hall. After such attrac
tions as Snasmooof. the wild
man, Madame Imam, the fortune
miipr. and the liv.ine skeleton
there will be dancing. All high
school students and their, par
ents Are invited to come. The
Junior Carnival is an annual
event given by the Junior class
DIME NOVEL WRITER "
OK FAME PASSES ON
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 29.
(United News) Eugene R
swvii. pn-aiithor with John R
Coryel Of approximately 1,000
Mima nnvds" inclulne the fa
mous "Nick Carter" series, died
at home here today, age 78.
PERSIA GETS V. S. V
NOTE OF PROTEST
OSAKA. Oct. 29. (United
Newl))A Chili army still fight
lag In the north despite the coup
d'etat at Pekln. was decisive de
feated by Manchurlans who cap
tured Lamcho today, according to
Mukden dlHp.atioheis. Yuan Chi
Jo. leader of Anfu clubhand
i.i ironprallssmo of military
forces holding Pekln. has entered
the capital after accepting Wu
pel Fus desire of peaceful aolu
tion of conflict, according to
Teln Tsln advice,
t rwrkriXT rvr ' on Tho Amsv.
lean legation naa nanaeu me rer
slan government a note protest
nar ne.iinat the tara.ness in Dun
Ishing the slayers of Vice. Con
sul Imbris.
STIPULATED RlUR
EVACUATIONS MADE
PARIS, Oct. 29. France and
natekinn tndav notified the repar
ation convmisrflln that the Ruhr
and other evacuations required
by the Dawes plan have been
completed. . . . . .
Reduction Started By ' Standard
. Js followed isv oilier
Big Companies ' , '
PORTLAND' Ore.. Oct. 29.
(United News) .Following the
price cut of the Standard Oil
company, Union, Shell. . Associa
ted and General Petroleum com
panies the retail price of gas in
Portland ia 16: cents, plus , three
cents .tax. . The Lubricating Oil
company and . the Independent,
announced a 15 cent rate. .
Tho Innnt Standard Oil stations;
reduced the retail price of "gas to
24 cents Tuesday morning as per
instructions previously received
but other' concern's stations here
failed to get the word and held
to 26 cents during the day. The
Western Union and long distance
phone lines being down u was
rmnosslble to get In touch with
headquarters. All concerns re
duced to 24 cents yesteraay.
BOMB WRECKS
SLEEPING CAR
AND KILLS SIX
Peter Veregln, loukliolor Agent
For I'olonlMt'on, .-inionK iiiono
Killed By Explosion
VANCOUVER. B. C.. Oc. 29.
1Tnlod Nam) Pptpr Vereeln
head of Donkhobor colony In
British Columbia" and one oi tne
greatest immigration colonlaer
In . thia fonnlv; . wa killed bv a
ibonrb early today wUlle on board
a Canadian Pacific train enroute
from Nelson to Vancouver. Five
other persons with Veregin In the
sleeping car were also killed and
11 badly Injured. At first It was
bel'eved that the acetylene tanka
under the car had exploded and
that thla caused the accident,
tout Investigation , showed tb-u
the car had been wrecked by
tome human agency