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KI WHJALLS, QUE., WEDNESDAY, MAY 20. I92S. Price Five Cent.
Official Paper of City
o) KLAMATH FALLS
r
ahorn Backing !Leg'0" Post To
ets Applause Of ! S
k n tv i i -"
Lot. directors! .
TRAHORN ROAD:
UGHT OUT BY S, P.
er Road Builder Gives Official and
curate History of 0. C. E. Problems; ''Z?JX
tints Out That Feeders Will Bring K.;
Big Railroad Center; Explains Scope
New S. I Trunk Line East.
Member Absorbed
Malin Meeting: Charter
To Be Applied For; MayjFormer
iiiuanu nssociauon
PLEA ON WHITE
SLAVE CHARGES
A firm foundation was laid at
lay for formation nf
Ml of tlje American!
Legion. An enthusiastic meeting
us 11 e 1 1 1 , following which 11 new
members applied for membership
The nhmirpilon of these, new men
will permit I lie poxt to obtain a
charter, which
at once.
Klamath Indian
Supt Who Deserted Fam
ily For Girl To Be Sen
tenced In Portland Monday
S. P. Announces
Officially Its
Gigantic Plans
Financial Burden Lifted j
From Strahorn Shoulders
By S. P. Aid; Situation;
Here Is Altered I
Battle Of
Railroads
Giant
Breaks
Following la a telegram released
yesterday by President Rproule of
the Southern Pacific railroad, lay
ing Its cards on the table, and ready
to go ahead with Us proposed plans
Sam as Boon ag tne interstate commerce
ailroacl tenter, not merely a way station on u main
I. tin- forecast of Hubert E. Stranorn, of the O. C. & E.
last niKlit. in addressing the directors of the Klamath
of commerce, following announcement of the South-
PORTLAND, May 19. De
ua uppneo ior,n,erl ns f,nal effort t)J
1.. I). Hegan was appointed lelnJ l)ostPonemcnt of his trial on acomnilsslon grants them
porary chairman of the committee j wnile Slave charge, H. G. Wil-1 "San Francisco, May 19, 1925.
to go ahead with plana, and Joe tS0H, former superintendent ofi "Southern Pacific company an-
(.'umpe vice t'hulriuan. the Klamath Indian reserva-l """ices through Its president.
The entire membership of the u this aft8rnooB surprised Mr' RprUle' that "ts
legion post will be composed ofl- . . 4.441. L have been made with Mr. Charles
homesteaders living south of the ' "names oy ap- Moran. Dresldent of the Nevada.
Baker of Klamath
Agency Will Speak
On Memorial Day
Greatest Tribute In K.
History To Be Paid In
Memory Departed Men of
Service
At the American, Lesion meeting,
last night It was roported 'that
Fred A. Baker, superintendent of
the Klamath Indlun Agency and
a veteran of the Spanish-American
war. would make an uudress at
ihn Link river bridge on
when given a charter, will come changing his previous plea to'
under laiirornia jurisdiction. Ac- thatof guilty. Judge Bean an
cordlng to legion men in the Tule ,,j n,4
, , , ... , , , . Inounced that sentence would
Lake region, the American Legion si, .
far-luc h' uuuuutcu jiexi ivionoay.
In the meantime his bail of
$5,000 will stand.
i'ic-O. (.'. & K. deal, whereby the S. I. practically con-. Oregon line and the legion post.j pearing with his attorney andi California-Oregon railway to aid
hum's road. Spokane attained its prosperity through
in a dozen small feeders into its territory, ,aod Klam-
ls stands on the threshold of the same condition, Mr.
commented. While he could not state definitely at
Mr. Strahorn indicated that building of the Modoc
ti from Klamath Falls into California timber country
ime as a result of the alignment with the S. P.
ry member of the chamber of commerce board of dl-
?re"ted the telegram of Southern Pacific President
enthusiastically, and' Mr. Strahorn was applauded
lusly during -his talk. ' '
accurate and official review of the Strahorn railroad s
s was spoken by Mr. Strahorn as follows:
ouD'tliiR n note of trl
aid to homesteaders Is more
reaching than the Homesteaders' as
sociation. They will decide later as
to whether the Homesteaders' as
sociation shall be disorganized,. '
NEW WESTSIDE
TO BE SETTLED
the eastern Oregon roun-
jMiectlon'' with the' stnte-
I'resltient t.proule of the
Pacific being made public
feel that I should recall
ry correcting some mis
being circulated In re-
iho UrcKuu.. California
!a. at Hie solicitation of
rumiminitlea of central
visited this district, estl
Pcni)al tonnage, , Bad
with conipletn surveys and
t coil of the rail lines
1 rfmiminred that thhy'
milt Inexpensively lb nerve
n-uoushly. but that under
prevailing such construr
I Ire piiHsllile only with
Istunie from Interests to
''d. The city of Klamath
l. and was frankly told.
t ilu nml It eagerly . . . ,i, iii.n's
. in day. commeinoi nuns -
mainly. As n result '"...' ,, ,,iier8 who
r subscribed bv private " ' ' " ' ,.. .... ,-
, ! l0qt the r ivcs Ul sea n. '
tut terminals, for which """ . ,
,r. 11 ...... .... .....vice of their country.
"in. mm, lino, ma . , I'uss wnere uu 1110
Proceed, f h bond Issue! The exercises at the hruiM ' ,nJpa are usei wlthln the corporate
fli iniiirllinlliins by my-' precede the pnraue irom
"fi't'd in miles of the street to the fine iree 1 rolller I'twldes
avie n. ,.,U(M1S ap. Memorial day. where the main ex- commltee3 for arawIng up
"I t" I. this city line ercises will be held. It has been proRram of work and the
frnis r.ill.iwItiK to the t.ropoHed Umt Klamath school chl -, .mml,,ee for the new year
''"hfiirnia n Knainrn It all. ! it ren tnkn a prominent part In . ,, ,,,1 .ills coming week.
I . .... .1... i-,ni. i e"" -
y, iiixm mi or in,, in- ihn exercises miring i"e ......
11 would be eiei.ili.l in hiln (). V. Applegate and his
'. nu.l every effortj bearer, reprosenllng the Indlun war
"'im In licud if co-on- vets will lead the paruuo mm
i'nniiiiMi.,1 iiiin.l.ui k nisled by Dr. (i. A. New-
1. Thn .........
......in 10 wuicu gome
'Wise w uiilil en eoui..,i . I . '. .... E,nuh.Amer-
. .- i,egioniui res hi.o "r"
w"h the ciiiiininiihleH. . nro exnecled to
1. uu " .
man t tKe 1 v
It limn normlls. the
Memor-
At the weekly luncheon of the
directors of the chamber of com
merce yesterday a committee was
appointed to work out a solution
F. ! for the building at the city connec
tion with the new west side high
way. E. I). Mall was named chair
man, and he will be assisted by E.
H. Balsiger and Jim Kerns.
Primary problems for the Klam
ath's .chambers work for the com
ing fear,, was dlscuaaed ana con
siderable emphasis was placed on
the establishment of street signs
all over the tity, the improvement
of the roads and streets entering
the city, and the establishment of
an Independent road district within:
the city limits. The latter sugges-
tlon was offered some time ago by
E. H. Ilalsiger who pointed out that
this system had proven of great
advantage to the city of Grants
Pass where all the municipal road
limits.
color
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him
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lnv''"tllli.
He Chaplin, famous
Paid the cltv
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HJ 11 coilin lif.mlu ffor 01 ll.n
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Work, " T""10 Pro rata
Nitifti. ' ' ree of
, ""' lllt tllrnnel, .1..
FITS
according to President A. M. Col
lier, who presided ni me uirenui
g today for the first time
since the chamber election.
E. It. Hall reported on tile Stop
Forest Fires association campaign,
stating that a concerted effort la
being made to enlist the co-operation
of the Slate of Washington.
Mnhn and California In the all-
hilne club drum and ()rpg()n movement.
to leave renorted at the meeung
the Bend chamber 01 coiu-
liad Issued iin urgent inw-
Intlou for Klamntli to return ...
visit of the Dend chamber which
put on a forum program here last
summer. Local members will make
the trip to the trip to the north
ern city for a return visit probably
during the month of June accord-
to tho expression of tne mem-
turn out to
In the parud
Crater Lake
I- ..r.w w i cn 1ni.11
for Los Angel, Bhrlno conven on
,1,0 same day. that ..rRltlnn
of musicians will take a .r..n.ln. nl
place In the Memorial day Hue UP
here.
that
merco
CHAPLIN WIN
NUT
LOS A Nil ELKS. May 19 ,- ''""
Hcreen ' i""
InL.ill 1KISSW- lllg
low nec'Kcu hits
,i,...i,e nine
arrangements
no, ..,,.1 1 -llin Clllll.l..L.O
precise-! trousers," tries uui..,. - the chamber annual meeting
-.loppy" "hoes. Tiio co n , ,t , Wnlte pecan
Into his own when b vv , May h reported that
Judge Hurner Tuesday Issue, a res j n - Campbell would be the
training
peaker for tho occasion
and that
nrrlnr furllldlling
Amador from further use u. , ; for the meeting were
name Charles Aplln and the CUap 1 eB.,ng ,al,factorlly.
lln nike-p. '
An eleventh hour request for
a several months', continuance
of the trial was denied Wilson
by Judge Bean after Assist
ant United Stated Attorney
Stearns showed that postpone
ment and delays had kept the
case from going to trial for
too long a time. ' !
Wilson, former superintendent of
the Klamath Indian reservation and
one time general superintendent of
all the reservations In the north
west was charged with transporta
tion with Arketa V. R. Lldsley on
three trips, one from Washington,
D. C, and to Portland' and two
between Portland and Seattle. The
defendant who lives at Roseburg Is
married and has four children.
. He Is said by the government to
have practically deserted his fam
ily while carrying on his relations
with the Lldsley woman. -
State Land Board
Agent To Address
Forum This Noon
Arthur Foster, lnliil settlement
agent for the Oregon state land
bounl, will he the speaker tills
noon at the chamber of commerce
forum, anil every business 1111111 of
Klilliuith Kails who Is lllt'restel
In the building up nml progress of
Klmnath county should be In at
tendance. Through the efforts of the state
land board lust year there were
7(10 families interested In Oregon
to the extent that they became
residents and citizens not a one
of these families cume to Klumalli
county. I ntil a very few weeks
njro, when Sir. Foster wns asked
concerning the resources of this
county, did ho learn of the vast
potential possibilities of this In
land empire, when through Ms
own Initiative lie visited here nnd
made a tour of inspection. He is
now an enthusiast ic booster for
this, ns well as other parts of the
state. And his message today Is
directed lo those In the county
who desire to sec Klnnmtli conio
Into Its own.
Kvery business man 1ms tho
future of this wonderful county at
heart, and no doubt there will bo
a big turnout. Don't let anything
keep yon from being at the cham
ber of commerce forum luncheon
today at noon nnd hearing what
Mr. Foster hns to say.
him In securing the money needed
to carry out his plan of changing
that road from narrow gauge to
standard gauge.
"The arrangement Is, of course,,
subject to the approval of the In
terstate commerce commission. If
approved, it will give the South
ern . Pacific : a substantial interest
in. the. Nevada-California -Oregon
railway, which will be rebuilt as
a broad gauge line under South
ern Pacific auspice's. . Its distance
is 165 miles, between -Lakeview,
Oregon, and Wendekj California,,
where It , connects,? i 8. ntile ': easti
of Susanvllle, with the Fernley
branch of ;the-Southern' Pacific
"Mr. Sproule announces at the
same time that Southern Pacific
company has completed negotia
tions with Mr. R. E, Strahorn,
president of Oregon, California
and Eastern railway company,
under which funds will be ad
vanced to Mr. Strahorn to aid in
the construction of the line of his
company from Klamath Falls,
Oregon, to connection with the
Nevada-California-Oregoa railway.
"This will likewise require the
approval of - the interstate om-.
merce commission and, if approv
ed, will give the Southern Pacific
a substantial stock interest in the
Oregon, California and Eastern
railway, which now extends 40
miles from point of connection
with Southern Pacific at Klam
ath Falls easterly to Sprague
River, Oregon.
"The completion of the Oregon
California and Eastern, which is
a standard gauge line, will pro
vide a new artery through south
ern and central Oregon for
through traffic between Oregon
and the eastern states.
"Application will be made In
due course for permission nnd
authority to put these plans Into
effect.
"These transactions are in ac
cord with the general policy of
the Southern Pacific company,
which looks to the development of
the territory it serves, as already
shown by the transportation fa
cilities it has provided in Ore
gon and those now under con
struction, to which these new ad
ditions come in natural sequence."
With Hotbed Here
Klamath May Be on Main Line of Trunk
Road Running East and West, Through
Short Cut of 413 Miles on S. P. Line To
the East; N. C. 0. To Be Broad-Gauged;
City's Investment "Is Good As Gold,"
Through New Status.
Sporadic rumblings of a gigantic railroad war, with
something far more significant than possession of southern
and eastern Oregon, but with Klamath Falls as the hot-bed
of contention, broke into the roar of an impending battle of
giants when Robert E. Strahorn announced to the world before
a special meeting of the chamber of commerce board of di
rectors last night that the Southern Pacific had taken under
its wing two infant railroads the Oregon, California aad
Eastern, and . the Nevada, California and Oregon, two small
but powerful factors in the railroad possession situation.
N. C. O. TO BE STANDARDIZED,
' Mr. Strahorn read before the chamber directors m tele
gram received yesterday morning from President Sproule of
xl e .1 n e- . . i . - r r .. r
me uuincrn raciuc . . a . anuDSTemciai inieresv wmra Biecuss
control, has been acquired in the N. C. O., which runs from
Lakeview to Wendel, Calif. The line is at present a narrow
gauge road, but will be standardized at once by the Southern
Pacific. The arrangement with the 'Strahorn line is somewhat
of a big brother agreement, whereby the Southern Pacific will
advance funds to Mr. Strahorn so that he may carry on the
plans of extension for his road the O. C. & E.) But the
Southern Pacific will, in reality, control the O. C." & E.
The O. C. & E. will be extended to a connection with the
N.' C. O., perhaps at Lakeview along the surveys Strahorn
has already practically completed.
SHORT CUT FOR S. P. TRUNK LINE
This arrangement will bring the Southern Pacific to Lake-"'
view rrom iviamain rails, out it win do more man mac ic
will provide, as soon as the line south from Lakeview is broad
gauged, a new Southern Pacific route to the east, jl3 miles,
shorter ' than by present trackage, with , easier grades and
curves, and eliminates two mountain ranges, the Siskiyou and
Sierra Nevada, from the path of Southern Pacific trains.
The salient feature of the Southern Pacific's action as
announced last night, insofar as Klamath Falls is. directly
concerned is, that instead of having a battle with the Strahorn
lines for a right-of-way, the Northern Pacific and Great Nor
thern, joint owners of the Oregon Trunk, will now find the
Southern Pacific system standing beside the Strahorn road,
plans of extension for his road (the O. C. & E.) But the
assisting them in their railroad extension.
"The action of the Southern Pacific in financially back
ing the O. C. & E. should dispel any existing doubt as to the
precarious condition of the railroad's bonds, invested by the
city of Klamath Falls to the extent of $300,000," Strahorn
declared last night. "They are as good as gold."
PKKMIKIl'M MOTHER 1IE9
LONDON, May 19. Mrs. Alfred
Baldwin, mother of Premier Stan
ley M. Baldwins, died today.
fixed by President Turner,
said to bo about $120,000.
WOMAX KILLED
It is
G. COZAD RECOVERS A
STOLEN CAR IN KIRK of the Spokane, Portland and Seat
tie railroad
Constable Gerry Cosad recovered
a "stolen Maxwell sedan at Kirk
yesterday which had passed through
the hands of several local Innocent
purchasers. The car originally
came from the Medford country
where the Crater Lake Automotive
company obtained it through a
trade. The car was purchased from
the Crater Lake Co. by E. Zelmer,
of Kirk. Zelmer will probably be
able to recover from the firm from
whom he bought the car and they
in turn will hold the party who
made the original trade in Med-ford.
Northern Line Buys Insane Jail Breaker
Big Bus Equipment At Bend Leads Cops
No Life Of Reilly
PORTLAND. May 19. Purchase
of the equipment and 15 stages ofj BEND, May 19. Ray David, In-
the Columbia Stages Inc.. operated 1 Bane, one of the three escapes from
over the Columbia river ' highway ; the Deschutes county Jail' Mon-
... o.u ,i .:iaj night led Bend police a merry
between Astoria, Seaside and way
. CUttSe II11S U.UIIIIIIK, IBMJIHK LU ue
a i-1 . , , , , , . .
erate a locomotive anu iockidk uiiu-
polnla was announced Tuesday
ternoon by W. P. Turner, president
self in a mall car from which he
was dislodged.
Davis with W, J. Nehrlng and
Though the definite price was not:Piy Ryan, serving terms on crlm-
inai cnarges, escupeu uner
Ing through cell bars and through
bars of an outer window. The aper
tures made were so small that the
men are believed to have found It
KENDALLVILLE, Ind., May 19 , necessary to disrobe In order to
Mrs. Benjamin Jones, 66, reported reach freedom. Two other prison
to be from Los Angeles, was killed ers remained In jail.
Tuesday afternoon when the auto-i
mobile .In which she was riding!
SHOWERS CHECK FIIIK
with her husband, turned over near
here. Jones escaped with slight
Injuries. The couple were return
ing home from an eastern trip.
THOMPSON FALLS, Mont., May
19. Showers aided a crew of E0
men to extinguish a fire in the cab.
Inet national forest first fire of tba
season In this district.