The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942, May 19, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextL.to4 Circulation Over 2oUU DAILY THE KLAMATH NEWS Official Paper of City oj KLAMATH FALLS ' - u cniteg rress telegraph Services " (Every Morning Except Monday) KIAMATH FAU& QRR. TiTnAv ,v . .. . - - . -. . ' ' r rICTH PITH UHI nstniiio 1QJ ffl FOR NEW K.F. RRARY IN Electric ChairinmPUYnF ror id Year uia Grandma Slayer TH Never Die In The Hot Seat" Sv Nr.v I mA Acton Deferred By Who Says Friend. Will 1 D.-Jinff A i C Iff ouncu " oave mm Close Checkng . I POTTSVIM.K. I'... May U. (or tha city of Klamath Shifting uneasily from op fool to of Library "u ua wiw any- i7. u us were receiving a paren- SENIOR CLASS K. II. S. TONIGHT GanongExposesllNfRFJISFnBill Ku3 WES OPPOSED B FEDERATION - uauj sirs opened si the regular of the rlly council laat (id out ol ten bidden tbe .tlooal Hank of Klmilll (be firm or A. II. waae- Welli nd Dicker of Port- bpearcd lo be close conlest- thi highest offer. U bonds which are to be 11.000 denominations, tbe katlonal Hank of Klamath (red a premium of $22.00 Lund with Interest at t. akrman offered a premium 6Sc per thousand, but on hand be offered to take aeven yeara of (lie total i c"VB,,pr " "lrnos to serve notice Installments muclu out nt!or PP"I to "" supreme court ,i.r.t. which would amount r,,r ,rl111 Immediately after ,lnKa of k Interest on'JUU", " " Ko1'" remanded the boy ill iiia rnnniv nriyitn over a period or aeven ' " Wakeman'a bid for the laat UI rebuke. William Cavalier, 15 yeara old. was sentenced today to deatb In the electric chair for killing hia grandmother. There wss no more dlaplay of emotion than a slight twltchlnic of hla lianda, which grasped a gray felt bat. The youth a Handling all-footer deaplte hit yeara Kuieil ateudlly at the floor. "I will never die in the hot aeat." be told photoKTuphera before whom he poaud after the aenteuce bad been paaaed. "I huve friends who will aave me." It waa these "frlenda" who caused Graduating Class To Give Farewell Play At The Pine Tree Boy; Not Clouds of Pol itical Strife Bring Klam ath's Dist, Attorney Back Klamath Community Clubs To File A Protest To Washington I. C C Thare'a a real treat. In atore for lovera of entertainment when the aenlor claaa of the Klamath Falle blab achool preaenta Ui farewell play at the Pine Tree theatre tonight. The play la entitled: "The Charm School," and the caat follow: Aualln Revana Hugh Kerwln An automobile ealeainan with tdeaa, which David McKemle Frank Upp A law student, considers Imprac tical, though Ueorge lloyd Charles Mack An expert accountant, la willing to Co opernte, and also Jim Kimpklna Max Newsom and will be Frank Falkner. According Tim Klinpklns Harold Diiteman ' to Hill, the boy has shown an apt! Hcada and scads of ah! staff has been spoken la muffled tones around the court house and law offices for the paet week. What It BUI Oanong doing down here? .. Hundreds of Information volunteers who claimed they bad the low' down on the dis trict attorney's presence, said there was nothing to It. "Bill Is lust down here to settle a muddled up political scrap." But the real facts' leaked out yes terday, when Bill became the proud daddy of a healthy I 1-2 pound blue eyed baby boy, who school mams will some day address as Frank. I unless there are tw6 Franks in the! The Klamath Federated Com munlty Clubs, mouthpiece of far mers of the Klamath country, has gone on record as firmly opposing any Increase In long haul western freight rates, insofar as they affect agricultural products, and will pro- test such an Increase to the Inter state commerce commission. Upon Instructions of the organiza tion's board of directors, who went on record against the rate Increases Lynn P. Sabin, secretary of the or ganization yesterday wrote James A. Ford, secretary of - the Federated Railroad Rate commission at Spo lira was for fi, the same Flrit National's. torllaul l inn ('loan Lit closest bid was offered Western llond and Murt- kpany, of Portland, through k Tllton bank, the prem- Ihe 1 10(10 units being tint these bidders demanded lrt from the city, which rod their offer down par. Other bidders who be city practically par for lolareet offering were: Itannelorb A Company, of Freeman. Hmlth a Camp, land; Kerrls t llurdgroves. d; lllyeth 4 Winters, of The Lumberman's Trust of Portland, and the Am Uonal Hank, of Klamath To Check Up wept The First National 1. Wukemun were de- of the running nni the file was Instructed to re certified checks to the financial instltutlona which Itted them with their of-. . two high bids, owing 'ataer complicated Interest Portland firms, will be t to the cent and the fude by d,e council to the realizes the most dol man ,), clly ThlJ offered by the local bank "nan are prnclically $1000 the whole (50.000 block than nnv of the other iihinltied last night. Cavalier shot hla grandmother seven times for the purpose of rob bing her of $58. The murder oc curred last September 6. COUNCIL SILENT ON MAYOR'S VETO The veto of Mayor C.oddard to the O. C. K. Sixth street cross ing was read to the council at their Madge Kent Who toll not, and have never ser iously considered spinning. Homer Johns Vernon ChrlBty Is the guardian of Klsle Henedottl Ooruldine Mara The president of the senior class, at a school presided over by Miss Hays Katherlne Walton Who la loved and feared by all who know her. Including her sec retary Miss Curtis Alice Kas Who Is always trying to think well of the senior class, consisting of Sally Boyd Alice- Miller Muriel Doughty Dehlla Hawkins Ethel Rpelvln Mildred Taber Alei Mercler ...Agnes 8ly Lillian Stafford Virginia Tickle ... Gertrude Moak same class. If that la the case It kane to learn Just when the question will come before the Interstate com merce commission at Washington to decide so that a formal protest by the Klamath organization may be tudo for the law. In that he has a powerful pair of lungs with which, to make a final argument. Bill says filed with the commission. id A. 'he. pen jUmp Grounds k Lift Up Club ln boforc the city council on behalf of his clients, 'o open a regular gosh own cabaret In Klamath L. Mars, local attorney. Pinch of humor and a wash 10 an otherwise ilreh - I" tUy governing body. I h ' Just raring to Mtever license fo hnn. M cabaret would re- k0 ordlnnrv hriNh hnnan vmi F"1' ut a nlace b.ni ih. p'Mt men enn congregate "ant opry" one night, bng Imnnimentnl stuff tni In tact, a varlinterl nf nlitht of the week l,h nil ibix ..,t I'tould order Ice cold fizzy! I In" "mi"r ono-half of of course. "? eem,,l at loss to f"d h ,, I. ,, nny 111 the .,,,. r whatever. "seted ti,.,, 1 1 ... lnBttni inure wan Ih, rnattor , ... "I cn,,,i ArR. . aA.i. ' " n I n DM uraii r'l ornln.... . . " lout h.i """" o ue adopt- "'J. Tim ... . . . flrn.rt . """tor ai I'hun.i, x. "ll('0 com ins regular meeting last night, and fol- Preceding "The Charm School," lowing the reading no action or com- will be a prologue In the form of a ment was offered by the council- pautomlne, tyifying. the trials and men, thus falling - to override the veto, the last attempt of the Stru horn lnlereata to cross to their terminals without common user clause, has gone by the boards. It. E. Koon, snnitary engineer uf the firm of Stevens & Koon of Port laud, was present at the meeting, and offered the city a concrete proposition for Investigating and planning a comprehensive sewer system for the city. With regard to cost, Koon'a plan culled for the payment qt. $1,000 following a pre liminary report, and 5 per cent of the cost of installation of the com plete system. No definite action was taken by the council, as It was apparent that there were three or four other aanitary engineers who were active bidders for the city Job. A resolution wus passed empower ing the city to order new sidewalks constructed where necessary, and a long Hat of offending property own ers, who have defective walks at thla time, was read. young Frank's argument has been going on six hours continuously, and is of the opinion that after all, it's not the final argument. Asked If he was going to resign Oanong had this to say: "I am leaving for the veterans' hospital again, probably next Thurs day. When I get back I expect to have another report on my con dition. If the report is favorable I may be back on the Job by next September; if the report is un favorable and the doctors tell me t will have to remain there under care for any long period of . time I shall resign. It woild be an In justice to the dtsfrloV attorney's of fice and to myself to keep up the responsibility of the office, without pay, and with my restoration to complete health in a short time doubtful. KNOWLES ARRESTS 5 ON TRAFFIC RULINGS Five fell victims to County Traf- Gov. Pierce Will Stand Pat On Death Sentence PORTLAND, May IS. A final appeal to the governor will be made Thursday by a group of Portland persons opposed to capital punish ment in an effort to prevent the f c officer R. E. Knowles for traf- hanglng of Arthur Covell and L. 'fic violations Sunday. V. Peare, scheduled for Friday. j Frank Munley, operating a car Oor. Pierce Is known to be in- without a license and fnlllng to dim cllned not to Interfere with the Las fined $13.50. Frank Munley death sentences. found misusing dealers' plates drew Covell, a crippled astrologer, was a like fine. Three speeders. Oliver aentenced to die for the murder . Davis. A. Brearcltr ana i. '' will be iinoo ioinun " - ceptlon of Murx. who plead guilty and paid a $13.60 penalty yester day morning. tribulations encountered by the stu dents of the high school more es peclully the staff of the annual In getting out this year's number otiBOY BADLY HURT IN "HI Hodeo." the brightest, best and; ffi i icirvM 17iTij DIIC most beautiful year book yet Issued U-JLK1UN WI1H BUa by the local high school. The students aimed high this year and planned many new features and (tnnrtmenta The publication Is replete with splendid colored in- sorts, views of local points, of which everyone Is proud, pictures of scores of students, and as an historical volume it has priceless alue. This year', number of El Rodeo Is truly the .acme of perfection and reflects great redlt on those responsible "for Its appearance. While advertisers were generous in support of this most worthy cause the sale of the books themselves has not met with the success ex pected. Each copy of El Rodeo represents an expenditure of near $4.00, and the price asked is but 1.60 per copy. There are a number of these beautiful books yet to be sold, and the public should assist in this cause. , ,h tire " "nld he rather Dl'w dump of his hia Blstre-in-law, Mrs. bva Covell. He said he rend the fate nt hla victim In tllH Stars, which told him to slay her. I TRAFFIC OFFICER KNOWLES GETS RAISE IN SALARY FOR GOOD WORK . . i fminiv .Indira i.' . tltlfwl in nn inrrrunc:, - County Traffic Officer k. ' "., Knowlos was granted nn Increase n1()ton t0 fines collected from $160 to $176 monthly by th(' j through Knowles' arrests, at least county court yesterday for the ef- $i.noO have been collected from per flctaht way in which he has handled sons e-'.n" 'rucks or car. on traffic violations, and sr,t a-W Zl Tt . this year. Know- In addU.on t the le. has brought In traffic violators nes Kno which have paid In fines a sun. ..v J" " , $1,600. "I guess an of leer I coffor9. makes that kind of showing If oiiing Roy Stevenson, residing in Mills addition, was seriously Injured Sun day evening when the motorcycle which he was driving, crashed Into a big Reckard bus standing lu tiont of the Reckard garage on South Sixth street.' The bus, which was standing still' at the time of the ac cidenf, waa practically unharmed The . motorcycle was practically de molished, and Stevenson pinned un der it. He received severe scalp wounds and a gash In the head. Just how the accident occurred Is unexplainable. The bus had been standing at the spot where the ac cident occurred for fully a minute, and it was still sufficiently light for Stevenson to see the bus, according to witnesses. Many Roads Petition The request for an increase in rail rates was made several months ago to the Interstate commerce com mission. It was signed by 17 trunk railroads, operating from the Pa cific coast eastward. In the pe tition It waa declared that low rates was largely responsible for the Chi cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul going into the hands of the receiver. The railroads claim, they are los ing traffic steadily. One reason cited is the diversion of freight through the Panama canal. They base their claims for Increased rates on the price of labor and high taxes. Lindsey . Slsemoxe. of Pt. Klam- atlC U. E. Reeder, of Merrill; H. J. Ticknor of Langell Valley, and Lynn P. Sabin, took an active stand against the increased rail rates. Big Chiloquin Road Contract Let To K.F.Co. Stebbine and Rocco Lowest Bidders On Improvement Project; Completed In Sixty Days ' After a long deliberation lasting all afternoon, and ending after the county court reconvened laat night Stebblns and Rocco, Klamatb Falls road builders were awarded the contract for surfacing, gravelling and macadamizing the 6 Vi miles of road that Harts on the Dalles-Cali fornia highway near Williamson river and ends in Chiloquin. In 60 days, one of the most exten sively used roads in the county and at present one of the worst roads will be as good as tbe best, accord ing to Stebblns and Rocco who will start 15 cen at work today on tbe road. Tbe bid of Stebblns and Rocco was $14,140 for the screened con struction, which was the (me chos en, and $20,355 tor crushed con struction. Others bids were: Dunn and Baker, $17,250 and $20,125; H. F. Vicory. $16,000 and $18,000 tor acreenea ana crushed, res pectively. Ed Propst submitted a bid of $18,400 for crushed con struction, falling to bid on tbe screen. CARNIVAL CARS TO NEXT STAND Sheriff Releases Big Train After 48 Hours Delay; Mars May Sue PRINEVILLE EDITOR VISITS IN KLAMATH R. H. Jonas, publisher and editor of the Central Oregonian at Prine ville. was In Klamath Falls yester day visiting his old friend, Fred Peterson, county superintendent of schools. Prineville Is making great plans for a royal reception of legion aires In Prineville, where , .the le gion station convention wiji be, held June 25, 26 and 27, according to Mr;. Jonas. .. - . ... , , Seven Scarlet Fever Cases Here Last Week Scarlet fever Is becoming preval ent In Klamath Falls, as evinced lay out the 60 days In county jail. by the seven cases reported at the county health unit offices last week. Three new cases of chicken pox were added to the total two weeks ago of 16. Wife of Principal Street Is Operated On For Appendicitis GENERAL MILES WILL BE BURIED IN HONOR . WASHINGTON, May 18. Gen. Nelson A. Miles will be followed to his final resting place In Arling ton cemetery Tuesday by the presi dent of the United States, nine com manders, whose names have been written In history, briak young men from every brunch of the service and a handful of broken veterans hn fnllnu-ert the famous leader in dltion waa said to be favorable at hi. hrllllant career. the hospital late last night. All military honors will be ac corded soldier who won his spurs as a youngster in the civil war, con quered the Indians in the west and in his later years commandered the army In the Spanish-American war. Mrs. A. E. Street, wife of the principal of Malin high school, un derwent an operation for appendic itis and other complications yester day morning. Mrs. Street's con- Franey Resigns As Street Commissioner Tim resignation of J, K. Franey, for several months city street commissioner, was road before the city council Inst night, anil wlillo no comment whs forthcoming from the roiincllincn In ncccptlnR the resignation, It was expressed pretty generally outside the meet ing that Finney has been n first class commissioner. "I am going over to tho Con crete Pipe company," Franey ex plained, "I hnvo a better job from an advancement standpoint, al though I certainly regret leaving the service of the city." FIRE DESTROYS TOWN TAMPICO, Mex., May 18. Fire has destroyed Zacamixtle, a town of 3,000 persons, near here. Thirty-eight big carnival ear disappeared over the horizon, at dusk with anything but fond mem ories of Klamath Falls authorities who held their show up for 48 hours over an alleged Judgment of $2,042 obtained by Donald Stick, ney, an alleged reform school pri soner tome years ago, who had bis wrist sprained on a merry-go-round while a show, not the present 8napp Brothers Carnival company, but one controlled by William R. Snapp was playing in Salem. According to officials of the carnival, and records filed here, William R. Snapp owns nothing in the carnival but bis suit case and cane. Sheriff Releases The occasion for Sheriff Hawkins releasing the big train was proof submitted by the carnival officials that the show was really owned by the Wortham Show company and the Snapp company waa merely leasing the cars. A dining car alone remained of the long carnival train and county officials are reported to be ser iously considering making It a free lunch counter tor all court house employes. Get the carnivals" Is the slogan of all these hick towns said one carnival official. "This much we can prove. In the first place it wasn't the 6dpt jrotlini Carnival Company who injured the boy. W held an open day for boy prisoners' of the reform school at Salem. They were' given free" rffleS." "The' boy ' was slightly Injured and we settled with the superintendent of the re form school tor $150. Later,- when we were down in Texas they se cured a judgment from William Snapp. But William Snapp don't own this carnival company." The lrakeman highballed the engineer, the Snapp official hurried inside the train. The merry carnival party was oft for a five night stand .. Parting Shot But, the carnival officials'1 'gave ' this ,nartlng:vshat' fronV'"the' coach window: " rney wonaer wny we play "outside the city limits. We pay more for a week's stand In i small city then your motion pic ture houses pay for a 52 week all , year round license to operate. Three-hundred and fifty people In our carnival company or at least . a great portion of them ate in- your restaurants, slep in your ho tels, and shopped in your stores. And still your Blogan is 'get the car nival outfits, soak e'm." Frank Mars, local attorney tor the Snapp brothers said he was go ing to bring a heavy law suit on Sheriff Burt Hawkins and his bondsmen for holding up the show. Hawkins says: "Let 'er rip." A sheriff's jury Thursday will de cide whether the remaining dining car will be sold at auction or whether it may fly southward on an operation before a final decision the 9. P. cow trail track, thence as to her mental soundness is to the main line and up to the car- RIVERSIDE SCHOOL GETS BANNER FOR BEST ATTENDANCE Riverside was' the banner school for the best percentage of attend ance among Klamath Falls schools last month with a percentage of 97. Riverside Tad file smallest en rollment of any -Klamath Falls school, Falrvlew was second In attendance- percentage with 98.6 and an enrollment of 313J Central third with 95.9 and an enrollment of 414; Mills fourth with 94.3 and an enrollment of 315. 3 VIOLATORS OF LIQUOR LAW GET 50 DAYS IN JAIL Heavy fines were given three pos sessor! of liquor by Justice of the Peace R. E. Hunsaker yesterday. Three men, Russell White, Harry Pritchard and Claude Hoskihs. ar rested over Saturday and Sunday by sheriff's deputies, and County Trafi' fic Officer Knowles were given $100 each. All three will be Jailed for 60 days In default of fines. White, a Klamath Indian, declares he can raise the fine. The other two will DOROTHY ELLINGSON ILL WITH APPENDICITIS NAPA, Calif., May 18. Dorothy Ellingson, declared Insane and com mitted to the Napa state hospital after killing her mother, will re main at the institution here until physicians can diagnose an ailment, resembling appendicitis, with which she is suffering. Although the month of observa tion usually granted patients, has ended, Dr. J. M. Ssanland, superln tendent of the hospital, said today that Dorothy, may have to undergo reached. Dr. Seanland hopes to render his report In the case about June 1. he said. BURNER WREAKS GREAT HAVOC ON GRASSHOPPERS IN TULE LAKE WAR The grasshopper "burner" went thoroughly, after which that gas is nival at Medtord. Direct Telegraph Wire K. F. To Portland May Be Installed Shortly Into action at Title lake yesterday. Following the discovery of one bed last week, County Agent Henderson announced yesterday that within 3 ignited with the resultant death to the crop menacers. "Thus far this year we are for tunate," Henderson declared. "There days practically every known grass- has been but the one "patch dis hopper and grasshopper egg would I covered. Last year there were re be burned out. The crew within the ports from 12 different districts in next S days will cover a strip a mile and a half long and from 100 to 800 feet wide. CThe operation of the burner has been very success ful, according to Henderson. It sprinkles the gas along the ground Tule lake at the same time, with only one burner to supply the de mands. A truckload of grasshopper poison will be sent to Tule lake to morrow to take care of what tew grasshoppers outlive the tire. I A direct telegraph wire to Port land will be established by the West ern Union Telegraph company hero in the very near future if tho vol ume of business warrants It, F. C. Cole, Western Union superintendent at Seattle, notified Lynn P. Snhln, secretary of the local chamber of commerce yesterday. Cole wrote that an Investigation would be made to determine If the messages here were being delayed through their routing to San Fran cisco. He also said that It business did not warrant Installation of a direct Portland wire at this time, when the Natron cut off were com pleted, undoubtedly the direct wire would be installed. " '