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Close Checkng
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(or tha city of Klamath Shifting uneasily from op fool to
of Library "u ua wiw any-
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SENIOR CLASS
K. II. S. TONIGHT
GanongExposesllNfRFJISFnBill
Ku3 WES OPPOSED
B FEDERATION
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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
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lout h.i """" o ue adopt-
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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. " '