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Jazz Girl Now
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Murder Trial
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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, MAY 2L7l2o7"
Official Paper of City
of KLAMATH FALLS
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MED AGAINST
CAL-ORE POWER -
Patrolman Is
Discharged By
Mayor Goddard
Price Five Cents
CLOUDBURSTS
CENTRAL OREGON
Returni Verdict In 3
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Sensational Trial
MA. K".. May SoFormer
r Jonathan M. Davis, tried
,M of soliciting a brlba for
for Walter Grundy, a con
ker, VH vimliraieu in inv
hundreds of thousands of
UK nlKht wn"B Jury.
Let hour' deliberation, found
tullty
nils the "grind old gover-
rstor or Hi nana., airi
hid entered rombit and
gnurathed and victorious
Ibli time not a pollllral
Ll flli '"r hi. frecdum.
Lew they would do It, the
rlBillcaled me and removed
nil of disgrace from my
tod from my political roc-
loruiT governor .aid.
intli .M.illle. tha wife of
Hood ni'arby. Tear
her eyei and streamed down
She smiled happily. Bob.
latu choked bur voice.
HriOllonal Trial
li might," in all abe
erti fiMMiiMMl on her hue
fco wii shaking hand with
of the Jury, and thanking
il. lb mom aeniatloaal In
of Kansa.. conaumed a
ipiM-irtcally charged
plrlnj lo it'll a pardon to
Ibrouxli A. O. Oswald,
itlorn..y, for 12600.
the trial, ii'Hilmony tondod
that Hat Is ua roprvnguted
leK'd in K"liiillonH by by
't-r;fn. fnrini-r Mute bunk
.iter, w lio Oswald testified.
governor was to receive
(Girl's New Defen.e Is That
Boy Partner In Her Wild
Night Life Was The Real Ft K'"th Meadows Asks
Murderer Settlement For Damage
! Done To Big Tract
Argraves Refuses To Resign
When Mayor Charges Him
INUNDATE FARMS
Owens Men Are
Enthused Over
Klamath Land
With Incompetence;
Be Council Hearing
May
BAN rRANt'jHL'Q, May 20. Dor-I . "
othy KlllBtaon. the girl who killed! Suit win drought In the clrn.it
her mother became of narantal nh. court reiter. hv ,h trt '.. - -
Jact.oa. to a jan-fined life, w.ll bs'.lh Meadow, company for 500 000 Wr i0'"4r4
brought here from the Napa itite ; Malnst the California-Oregon Powerl re"K"tloD "W for. and when
hoapllat to nand trial on murder 1 company, alleging that bv norin.!""" Hi" hi kaiw of
charge.. I water In Klamath lake durln. th
Ir. J. M. Scanland. auperlntend-1 n,ontha of May and early June, the
ent of the Napa Inatltutlon filed a ('op'' had Inundated from 4000 to
report wlih the dlatrlct attorney'! 5000 " of the Klamath Mead
offlce lata Wedneaduy In which he ow" ,and. d rendered It uaelcaa to
declared that clone ubierratlon had Production.'
convinced a naff of allenlata that! The Ft. Klamath Meadow com. ,lred tbe m0T Dad 'nu) to T:
Dorothy wai aane. ' pany owni over 27.000 acrea that "' reque.t you to mention nothing
Murder proceeding agalnat the border on the northern end of Klam-! ,D lne Paper about my firing Ar-
Iglrl following her roofeaalon to theatn According to D. V. Kuy-
killlng were dropped after a lunacy ' kendall. representing the California
hearing had reunited In an Insanity 0ren i'ower company, aettlementa
verdict and commitment to tba I h,8 ln made with every other
Napa hoapllal. District Attorney ! ,and owner In the affected country.
Jack Argravea, city patrolman.
wa aummoned Into tha office of
no reason for resigning, the patrol
man waa fired without any further
notice by the mayor.
When asked by The Newi for a
statement of why Argravea waa
Matthew Brady announced that Dr.
Scanland'. report Insured the con
tinuance of the state'a murder cao.
An Indication of the girl .lay
The Copra, according to Kuykendall.
agreed to dyke tbe portion sub
jected to luundation, but thia the
Kt, Kluiuatb concern refused to ner.
er'. defenae came when It waa made!1"11, dHcl"n to "' 500..
known that Don.thy had renounced!040- Accordln Kuykendall. the
her confeaaion and that abe now
original purchase price of the land
In. tati the crime wa. committed by'" ,15 " whlch hM oot Deen
one of her playmates In night life
developed, while the damage, asked
named Jamea Umarr. P acre.
The dlatrlct attorney branda this n otDer ft. Klam
Hatement aa "an Arabian Nlght'a
tale." Lamarr will be nought for
queatlonlng.
Domthy DrlLirJitod
"Dorothy heraelf hailed tb deel-
tloa with delight, reminding nur.ei
that .he had fouxhl agalnat tbe In-
aanity hearing when It wa. bolng
conducted.
"I'm not crazy," .he had .cream
ed In court a ulieniata sought to
prove her menially
Any one who aaye I'm rraiy
ath concern In their comnlalnt.
charge that during the growing aea
son, when livestock should have been
grating on the Inundated land... the
lake water, backed up by tbe Copco
dam on Link river, overflowed Into
tbe Ft. Klamath concern 'a land, de
tracting from It. fertility and doing
considerable damage to dykee on-
by the Ft. Klamath company.
According to Kuykendall the
unbalanced. ' CoK' "!n!ed t0 Lulld ,n d)'lIe, 40
la a! 81 higher, at tbelr own ex-
, ienae. to prevent the Inflow of wa-
grave.. The man 1. Incompetent,
and I fired him. Ai a man I like
him, but as an officer he doean't
fit. You are requested not to men
tion this In the paper."
It was rumored that there would
be startling revelation, about tbe
police department wltbln the next
few days, and that Argravea' reason
for not resigning the police force at
the mayor', request wa. that he
might present hi. case to the council
and demand that an investigation
be made.
Asked last night by a representa
tlve of The New. for a statement,
Argravea answered that be had no
comment to make on the case at
tbi. time.
. Aigravea baa bees on the police
force alnoe the. first of the year,
having been hired by former Chief
of Police Powell
liar "
Throughout the trial she opposed ,luo ",e M' company a
alienist, retained for her. Thia at- uu'
tltude breaklna: out auasmodlcally ! A erond claim of the Ft. Klam-
be (IVti.raou) I100U."!,,, fur,HI nd .obblngs and abusive ath company is that the Copco has
language, undoubtedly .wayed thea' '" lowered the natural stage
Jury which adjudged her Insane.
Dorothy I to be discharged from
the Napa hoipltal Thursday and wlil
ba formally charged wl" murder
upon her return here.
buuicht the pardon.
Hed liruiuly offer waa re
rtly after the Kansas City.
nil-Post trapped Ruaaell
i tt gnvernor's aon. In the
Hag a pardon to Fred W.
paroled banker. The
r printed an expose, which
If the furinur governor'.
f o, hours before Davis' auc-
lien S. Paulen., wa. lu
ll. . . .
T General ( B. , OrltfUh
tale's closing argument,
ft the cnnvlctlon of Davl.
P to end cilrniDtion In Dub-
SCHOOL TERM CLOSES
AT FT. KLAMATH; 50
CHILDREN GRADUATE
The Fort Klamath acbools closed
tbelr term for 1924 Tuesday of this
woek and the 60 grade and high
school students who have attended
this year, arranged for a big pic
nic to be held on Seven Mile creek
yestreday, but owing to the heavy
rain of the past two days the pic
nic wa. postponed to the first fa
vorable weather. probably next
week.
The Fort Klamath schools have
made an exceptionally good record
during the past year and seven stu
dent, wore graduated from the high
school. Klamath people were Intro
duced to the sdiool children of the
Fort In a very effective manner on
the occasion of the recent chamber
til ou , nf n..n. m ara pnrAVAIl tHD there.
I --.lit- ui nia sons,"' ............. -. iniorview th
WW IMIiman a pardon, when the Wood river studon.s put p ores, and to th
nell m u, . . .. .. - .nJ nivl,.t for the chant, on this proposition.
"weeping Ik-uinl
I'tt'i en., was built around
o srandnl, the proaeru-
nptlnn to estubliah Davis'
oerely n,e agent for bla
of wltnesHe. were called
tne "ate and the defense.
'hem Ciinn A lvi a
"""let. who testified the
f r proniiai-d him a pardon
"M fur pursiiaillng Pullman
pardon.
M Davis, tesilfylng In his
enteriil a awceplng do-
'b ItatpV iilleimlli.na snH
of the lake and seriously Impaired
navigation. Both claims ask a pay
meat by the Copco to tha Ft. Klam
ath company of $250,000 each.
The suit will come up tor hearing
sometime next month. It wa. Indi
cated. t ,
UNION MEN HERE
At the regular meeting of the
Central Labor Cnlon last night, a
reception committee was appointed
to meet with the general representa
tive and new organiier from state
headquartera. who will arrive in
Klamath Falls early this coming
week.
It waa planned to arrange a big
open meeting and entertainment at
an early duto, to which the general
public, and particularly the business
men of the town, will be Invited.
At last night', meeting a com
mittee was appointed to search out
.. I i ararmantit In the local
caravan trip mere. uiw-" -
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AID JO KLAMATH
WAS HEAVV RAIN
Caught Sugar Beet Seed In
Time To Do A World Of
Good; Dry Land Farmers
. Have A God Send
"fll ram.. i hini .ni. i.,m l on a minstrel and playlet for the
fit being i rapped while mak- entertainment of the visitors, which
j" a Topeka hntnl. wa. greatly appreciated.
TOTANTS ARE WORKING HARD
0 WIN BIG CIRCULATION PRIZES
from eonieatnnin .hnw
r wiirkliiK ,r, l0 h6
2 ' l"nera the big
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le"Horv i
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Coni., - .
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"1 "-Hali, territory In
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Contestant., watch for the pub
lished .landing shown In the paper
every day. If you do nt head the
list, work a 111 tie harder and Rd
up on top. It only takes n
subscriptions to put anyone of I he
contestants at tho head of the
Show your friends your Htandltii! ami
.... n,m to heln you by giving ""
nlior lo (...t youritliolr .tibacrlptioii payment for as
"Hestanu livlni In n.ll..nr a I hue as possible.
Subscribers. If you nre in arn...-.
iD r nnvmcnt to some con-
I..I.I.I. It will help them nnil you
.u ..me credit as you
will Rt:. " " -
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The
plumbers, musicians, and bnker. are
all holding evening meetings uus
week, and the electrical workers and
plasterer, have been advised to
stand by.
It was pointed out at last night a
meeting that a general organliatlon
campaign is now In order, and citi
zens of Klnmuth will be naked to
co-operate with home labor at this
time.
Fred Fletcher Is
Daddy Of New Babe
Close friends of Attorney Fred
Fletcher are accusing ...... ..... announced yesterday his resignation
news, prooiiiiiy . ; . - .
The heavy rain which fell Tues
day night and Wednesday may
prove to be a million dollar ben
efit to Klamath county farms, ac
cording to agricultural author
ities, particularly E. N. Combs
and M. H. Oldemeyer, of the
Sacramento Valley Sugar com
pany, who have been supervising
the planting of Klamath's 600
acre beet crop the past ten days.
A large part of the local acre
age ha. been planted, according to
tbe beet authorities and the re
cent heavy warm rain was made
to order to sprout the new crop.
The beet men take the position
that the benefit should not be
figured for this year's limited
acreage alone, but they feel that
good result, from this year's
test crop will mean the adopting
of large scale beet growing here
as a profitable and major Klam
ath county Industry.
Outside of the beet grower, the
farmers who are most benefited
are the dry land tiller, who are
practically guaranteed a bumper
crop of grain by a heavy precipi
tation coming the latter part of
May or early In June. Last year
the dry land farmer, suffered
a total loss from their farming
operation, owing to the protract
ed drouth which started practical
ly in April and continued until
early winter.
C'.XItXAHAX ltKNKJNH
J. H. Carnahan, local attorney.
run on
from the World War State Aid com
mission, which position he ha. held
inn up Important
with tho Idea of escaping
. .. ..... n..l.Aai
-iwo-ior uu veaterday for the past four year..
Information leaked out yesterday
. I a in ma
that Fletchor na. a
Pressure of personal business wa.
,., (.'given by Carnahan a. 'his reason
''""liTrtal Kr.."'" resigning. No announcement of
lTZL -d o .. r to ... local attorney
m. kid Fred Is happy and the ha. been forthcoming from twiem
liber la getting along mighty fine. headqu.r.er..
K. F. Has .80 Of An Inch;
Drouth Stricken Ore.
Farmers Jubilant
BEND, May 20. Gathering In
Madras today, Jefferson county
farmers, drouth stricken for years,
celebrated the rain which will mean
bumper wheat crop, this year.
While their land. were being
drenched the owner, .trolled about
tha street, hatles. and coatess, en
joying the soaking too.
A cloudburst on McKay creek
flooded several farm., rolled bould
er, down hlU .idea and forced the
family of Jess Evans to flee to the
second-story of their home for safe
ty. Tbe rain waa general In Crook
county as well as In all other, parts
of central Oregon.
By 2 o'clock this afternoon tbe
precipitation In Bend since last
night measured one and one-half
Inches.
PORTLAND, May 20. With the
Willamette river at Portland stand
ing at 18.2 feet at 8 a. m., today
or 3.2 feet above flood atage, the
Columbia continued sending water
back Into the Willamette.
LEXINGTON. May 20. The cloud
buret .carried building, from tbelr
foundation, including po.tofflce and
telephone office. No casualties.
"MADRAS, - May 20. Farmer,
hippy over breaklsg at long drouth
aa rain continues. '
THE DALLES. May 20 Heaviest
May rain fall in history of Wasco,
with 1.09 inches In 24 hours.
Welcomed as assurance of abundant
crop. Little damage reported.
Foster, Of Land Settlement
Committee Explains Scope
Of Body To Advertise The
Good Points Of Oregon
Arthur Foster, land settlement
man, with the Portland chamber of
commerce, located at the Ashland
tourist gateway to Oregon, stated
at the chamber of commerce yester
day that he bad recently viaited the
Owen, valley country of aouthern
California, and that he had found
a lively interest iu Oregon landa in
that community which had been
stimulated by Sam Head, Klamath
booster, who has piloted several cars
of prospective land owner. Into tbl.
lection
The following clipping from tbe
Inyo Reg liter, an Owen, valley pub
lication ot a recent date, give, an
account of tbe feeling towards the
Klamath country that has been stim
ulated in that section:
"The Klamath Fails region, in
southern Oregon, Is receiving much
attention from Invokes who antici
pate seeking new locations. This
interest was stimulated by Sam
Head, formerly ot thl. county, and
now a prominent citizen ot the
Oregon section. Among those who
have made trip, there in the recent
past were Frank Dearborn, who has
already acquired a ranch property,
Adam Farrington. and other among
the first to respond to Head's invi
tation to investigate: George Rome,
Chaa. H. Rose, Alvin Bodla, T. P.
Shumate, A.' Sr Dennlson and M.
Monroe, who returned a few days
ago from . Klamath. An expedition
of two carloads waa to set sail this
morning, driving via Reno and Su-
sanville, and expecting to go through
In two days. Those listed for the
Journey included R, Schober, O. S.
Pitta, D. WV Rupp. C. W. Duncan,
Wm. Galloway, Ed Rose, F. L.
Minks, C. W. Johnson and O. W.
Larson. Returning pilgrims have a
CAREY OF HILL
LINES IS HERE
MORO, May 20. Rain fall n
Sherman county 1.07 lnche. since
Saturday night: over an Inch re
ported Wednesday.
great deal to say In favor of the j Inevitable.
Oregon Trunk Attorney
Says S. P. Announcement
Not As Vital As Look
Judge Charles H. Carey, chief at- '
torney for the Oregon Trunk rail
road, arrived In Klamath Falls yes
terday for a tour of inspection
around Klamath Falls today. - He
will be accompanied on the Inspec
tion by Engineer Lintner ot tha
Hill line.
Regarding tha announcement
made public Tuesday night that tha
Southern Pacific had Joined band,
with the Oregon. California and
Eastern and the Nevada-California-Oregon
railroads. Judge Carey bad
this statement" to make:
"The announcement 1. not as Im
portant aa It seem.. For some time
past it ha. been generally believed
that the Southern Pacific was In
control of the Strahorn line, and
that the granting of the request of
Mr. Strahorn'. road for terminal
privilege, in Klamath Fall, would
result in duplicating the extensive
terminal facilities already controll
ed by the Southern Pacific in the
city.
' "It may not ba so generally un
derstood, but it is a fact that the
pending application, of both the
Strahorn lines and the ' HlU lines.
before the Interstate commerce com
mission for permission to balid
trackage tributary to Klamath Falla
would soon make it necessary (or
both the Strahorn and the Southern
Pacific companies to an.wer tha
specific interrogatories propounded
by the commission, and to state
under oath the' exact relations and
understanding, between the latter
companies. They would hare to do
this within a few weeks, at moat,
and the public would have the facta
anyway. So this announcement la
simply anticipating and meeting tha
DAYTON. Wash.,. . May 20.
Heavy thunder showers benefit
crop, and range.
"It simplifies the situation very
much to hare it clearly understood
at the outset that tbe Strahorn and
Southern Pacific lines constitute but
country they visited."
Important Work
Mr. Foster delivered a talk be
fore the local chamber forum yes
terday, which was In the nature of uno ayaiem. ana noi iwo. ana mat
me stranorn application lor exten-
PRINEVILLE, May 20. Heaviest
rain tall since installation, jtf raoord
ing In.trumenjfeth.ill i Lfiln.JwtS rtf ,
ported, Tuesdarf liilbj r lojiiliiirafs
In mountains'; k'
HOOD RIVER, May 20. Heavy
rain, cause strawberry crop dam
age, but Is welcomed by orchard-
ists, Columbia near bighwater stage.
PORTLAND. May 20. Eastern
Oregon storm expected to send
Willamette river to atage ot 20:6
feet by Saturday.
Over .80 ot an inch of rain has
fallen during the past 36 hours
In the Klamath country in one of
the wettest periods in the coun
ty's history for this time of year.
Dry farmers are off to a mighty
good start In the opinion of Coun
ty Agriculturist Henderson. Not
only will the rain be ot benefit to
the dry farmer but cattle and sheep
range, will reap tbe benefit, of
the bountiful rain. The rain, ex
tended along the entire coast.
an education to local members as
to the Importance ot the land set
tlement work.
Foster said the work now being
carried on wa. financed. by a (300,-
,000 appropriation -raised by the
(itj-thndj chamber; .and the working
b)ai 'a divided under three heads,
advertising, land settlement, and
marketing. LaBt year over 600
families were located on Oregon
land through this important cham
ber activity. Marion county had
slons northward from Sprague River .
are really in the interest ot ' the
Southern Pacific. So understood,'"
the question- resolve. Itself int6 it'
determination whether the vast Te-
sources of the Klamath district are"
to have an outlet to the great mar-'
kets through one railway system or
two. We believe there is enough
business for two.
"We feel that with the advent of
the Northern lines, tbe milling and
Plans Nearly Complete
For Big Chamber Annual
Arrangement. are practically-
completed for thl. year', chamber
of commerce annual meeting sched
uled for the White Pelican hotel
on the evening ot May 29th. The
general committeemen for this
year', banner meeting are: C. S.
Currln, who ha. charge of dining
room arrangement for the big ban
quet; Wm. McNealy. In charge of
the program and ticket sale, and
Fred Houston, the old reliable dec
orator and feature organizer.
Ex-governor Campbell, of Arizona,,
ha. accepted the Invitation to del
iver the principal addres. of the
evening. Tbe number that can be
taken care of 1. limited to 300 and
the charge for the dinner will be
11.60 per plate.
grabbed off the lion's .hare of set-, marketing of the timber of the dls
tlers. some 200 in all. through the'trlct be expanded, and the ag
actlvlty of the land committee 0f ' ricuUuraI Interests of the section
the Marlon county chamber. Doug-;wl" be lTen new encouragement,
las county got around 100, and 0ur access in getting forward with
Columbia county around 60. !our proJect wU1 deend ,n n0 Bm,u
Improved System degree upon the support given by
This year a new and Improved the oI Klamath Fall, and the
system Is being worked out. which !adJacent territory. We are much
the speaker felt sure would bear, gratified by the cordial expressions
even greater results, and certainly!0' tBe Pre8s and tne Pe0Dle' "nd
would be destrlbuted over a wider are hastening our surveys to find
area of the state, that Is the plan i ,eastble route8 for " railroads aa
of maintaining a representative ot000 a possible."
the land settlement branch of the ,..,,, .......
,, ... ... vi v MARRIAGE LICENSE
work at all the principal highway
gateways to the state Ashland, On- A marriage license was granted
tarlo, Portland and Umatilla. It yesterday to Owen Riddle, 19 and
is the duty of the representatives I Meda M. Brown, 28. The young
located at these entrance points to j couple will live at their home in
(Continued on Pace Mvei I Realty.
FIRE DEPARTMENT'S FAST WORK
AGAIN PROVES ITS EFFICIENCY
The tire department was called
out at 4:36 yesterday afternoon to
battle with a stubborn blaze which
broke out in a barn located near
the corner of Tenth and Grant
streets, In the rear of the home of
Attorney Frank L. Mars.
Despite the dangerous condition
of the streets, from the record rain
which fell Tuesday night and Wed
nesday, two lines of hose were play-j
ing on the flaming Interior ot the
structure within twelve minutes from
the time the call came Into head
quarters. Owing to three or four
building, located dangerously near
the scene ot the fire, the firemen
faced the task ot preventing a real
conflagration.
In advance of the arrival of the
department, someone proved himself
to be a real hero, when twelve
Rhode Island Red hens and a de
jected roo.ter were bundled to
safety from the flaming barn which
served as the home of the blooded
poultry.
The loss from the fire will prob
ably not exceed three or four hun
dred dollars, although the fire chtot
will undoubtedly recommend that
the charred structure be torn down
at an early date.
i
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(Continued on I'"8o 8)