THE KLAMATH NEWS
175. (Every Morning Except Mondavi' "
NDGRAVEL
BE BUILT
Acres High
and and Gravel
Even Higher Than
and Discovered
of acres of Hand
apparently in the
id was formerly the
river, huaueen dis
cing the S. P. rail
Ibart Hiding, a short
ibove Lamm's mill,
the next two weeks
ortvr, local contrite
ten up an extensive
honetherwith bunk
ading facilities for
t wholesale car ship.
Clamnth Falls.
His of thin sand and
bn a building mater
oint and a test of
locks made from it.
been completed' by
mwalt, registered en
according to Zum
mination, the new
of building mater
leven better than the
Shasta sand. Zum
rt shows the Lobar!
basaltic in charac
and hard grained,
loss from washing
er cent, showing an
email silt content.
iMr report on the
cement blocks made
bart unit roads as fol-
rqueltes wero made from
hed Hand, washed land.
and for (ho purpose of
tensll strength tests.
ade from one part co-
hroe part Band. Iiy
h batch mixed with the
at of water and each
o tamo length of time
"r being to have each
arly Identical as possible.
each wore cured one day
t cloths and thereafter
r. and wore broken at
t T, H, and 21 days.
ashed sand averaged ap-
20 per cent stronger
ha.ua sand and your un-
nd approximately 10 por
Mr than Mt. Shasta.' I
and against Mt. Shasta
the latter li a reedg-
dard. No attempt was
lIgn the strongest brlc-
would time pormlt the
various mixtures.
Portion of your pit con-
that you have a largo
""id and aravel. which
"function, will make a
dans concrete. I would
hesitancy In specifying
uch work as sidewalks,
nd curbs."
lnR to Porter nn invest
or 110.000 will be made
opening the new pit. a
hl-llne dredger will be
'"ting thousand to the
hlch will bn a csnaoltv
1 200 yards. All sand
anhed and screened be-
"t. The maximum csd-
ho Plant will be eluht
Shipments will start
eeka.
Indians Reveal
Mysterious Cave
For First Time
Uld Modoc Guides Consent
To Reveal Lair Between
Bloody Point And Clear
Lake To Historian
For the first time in history
the white man will see and
learn of the mysterious Modoc
Indian cave on the old immi
grant road . between Bloody
roint and Clear Lake. An
derson Faithful and Jeff Rid
dle, Modoc Indians, have at
last consented to reveal the
whereabouts and permit ex
ploration of this historical cave
in which the Modocs, in the
history -making pioneer days,
hid themselves, and, at the
crucial moment, when immi
grant trains were passing near
the secret lair, would swoop
down on a surprise attack
against the whites.
Following these depredations the
Indiana retreated to this secret care
which was a safe hiding place from
troops who were sure to follow
massacre of whites.
The trip will be made the lat
ter part of this week by Captain
Applesnle and Professor, head of
the department of history at Ore
gon Agricultural college. Definite
Instructions as to the dny and hour
of setting forth on the expedition
will be given out by Captain Apple.
gate and (bo noted Oregon historian
at the chamber forum today.
Historic Point
Owing to the tact that tho rave
tans never been visited souvenir
hunters are expected in great num
bors to collect arrow heat's and
other Indian relira that are likely
to be discovered. Whether any
one but the captuln and professor
are permitted to enter this senti
mental old Indian lair, however, de
pends upon how the Modocs feel
bout It- ,
The guides will lend tho caravan
eff the mnln Malin llleber highway
Just below Bloody Point where an
entire train of Immigrants with
the exception of one man was mas
sacred by the Indians in 1853.
Turning northwesterly Iho route
will lead along the tline-dimnied
Immigrant trail . which originally
led to old Fort Hull, on me
Snake rlvor in Idaho, via Fort
nidwell and tho Fnndungo Pass.
However, the dlstunce from the
main highway Is not great, tho hid
den cave being In the vicinity oi
Clear lake securely hidden among
broken lava ridges and denso
brush.
United News and United Press Telegraph Services
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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1925.
Price Five Centa
OltK. SCHOOL IIK.XK IH.SAI'I'KAIW
HILLSBORO, June B. Harry
Johnson, who has been conducting
the Oregon mllltnry school at
Orenco, disappeared . more thnn a
week ago. leaving his pupils with
out, care and a trail of bad checks
and tradesmen's bills behind him.
Johnson has been conducting the
school on lnnd belonging to mem
bers of his family and had 40 pu
pils from various parts of the north
west. Ho is said to have owed more
then $3,000 to a Bethany merchant,
and other accounts in Portland, and
various towns In Washington
county. His wlfo and small son
went with him. it is believed, to
Vancouver. D. C. .
CE FOR TEN KLAMATH YOUTHS
JET SOLDIER TRAINING ON PAY
Thrilling History of Famdus Old U. S. S. Oregon Is
Recalled As Battleship Makes It Last Sea Voyage
V
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t ' & 'ft
lUtTnlv. AaMj Sj,,IU
S. P. Starts Survey
Modoc Northern
Main Route Today
New Location To Travel Down Through
Heart of Tule Country Leaving No Ag
ricultural Land More Than Six Miles
From Railway; Malin Survey Completed
U. S. S. Oregon, One Time Pride Of The Navy Is
Making hast Voyage Down The Ooast To Anchor
In Portland As A Time Honored Famous Relic
PORTLAND, June 9. Somewhere which have outlived their useful
on the Pacific the obsolete, but fa
mous battleship Orogon is proudly
making its farewell voyage to this (
port, to be berthed In the Wllamettel
river, to be honored for ages to
come like that of the old revolu
tionary war hulk, the Constitution,
which has been one of the historic
points of Interest at' the Boston
navy yard for years.
The Oregon cleared from the
Bremerton navy yard this morning,
lashed fast to a powerful navy tug.
The grlzclod old sea voteran had
begun her last voyage.
It will be a short voyage, and the
Oregon, for the first time in her his
tory, will traverse outside waters
without stoam in her boilers. How
ever, a regular navy crew is aboard,
commanded by Capt. Kobcrt T. Mea
ner. Tho old Oregon's Journey will
take her from Bremerton, down
through Puget Sound and out
through the Straits of Juan de Fuca,
down the coast to the Columbia
river, up that stream to the mouth
of the Willamette river, thence on
the Willamette to Portland, where
she will be turned over to the state
of Oregon.
The ono-tlme prido of the navy
will thon be decommissioned for tho
Inst time and puss from ownership
of the government, a gift to the
stato which is so proud of the ves
sel's record that it won't pormit her
to go me way oi omur uuj ouipaj
ness to the scrap-pile or ' to the
bottom of the . sea with bombs in
her vitals.
The history of the Oregon Is filled
with thrills. That part of it which
was made in the Spanish-American
war forms an Important page In
American history. On the night that
the Maine was blown up In Havana
harbor, the Oregon was In drydock
at the navy yard here. The next
morning orders I came for the vessel
to steam as soon as possiblo for
the east coast with a cargo of am
munition. On March 9 the Oregon
left Puget Sound and two days later,
record time In those days, was .at
San Francisco. At no time on the
voyage was the Oregon's speed less
than sixteen knots.
Ten days later the Oregon, under
command of Capt. Charles E. Clark,
sailed on her famous trip around
the horn. On. April 18 the vessel
encountered a fierce storm in the
Straits of Magellan, but the next
day, victor over the elements, anchor
was dropped off Sandy Point while
a brief survey of the storm damage
was made. Upon arrival at Rie de
Janlcro on April 30 the news was
received that war against Spain had
been declared. The Oregon roachod
Florida on May 26, after having out-
ships, the Vizcayir and the Chrlsto
bal Colon, Is In every child's history.
The Oregon's active service In
the twenty years following Is not so
well known, but the vessel remained
on duty throughout the World war,
thus rounding out a life of active
service much longer than that us
ually allotted to navy ships.
A Permanent Relic
The ship was launched October
26, 1893, but the Oregon was not
accepted by the navy until June 26,
1896,' when she was turned over
completely equipped, the most mod
ern fighting ship In the world at
that timo. s ' . ,
The Oregon's arrival in Portland
and her acceptance by the city and
state will be a part of Portland's
annual rose festival. As the Oregon
goes to' Portland she will be as
nearly as possible as she was when
in full commission, except that her
boilers and engines have been placed
permanently out of use. It Is the
plan of the state of Oregon to main
tain the vessel at Portland as the
state's greatest historical relic. To
that end a permanent maintenance
fund has been established by the
state. '
A coincidence in connection with
the sailing of the Oregon today is
that her commander. Captain Men-
maneuvered some of Spain's best ner, when a midshipman out of the
fighting ships on the run up the naval academy, sailed from China
east coast. 'or Brooklyn, Now York, on the
Then came the war itself. The, Oregon, June 9. 1900, which was
Oregon's destruction of two enemy 25 years ago today.
U. S. MARINES ARE
LANDED IN CHINA
ortimlty Is afforded 10
Wutns. between the ages
" to learn to fl ir. S.
rrUr and rift., .nj if
rni the Cltlxen's Military
"amp for ,. ....
"' ss given a. enmmlnlnn
H" artlUory re8ervo force,,
v inert vcain., .. v
'D WlOfl Bout, mhn 1. In
tegram from Col. C.
" t Port ir-U
that there I. room for
rifl youth, i-
u u xiib i rain-
ish ." hlhh '' June
July 19. TSe youth.
will receive regular army pay while
l the camp and will be equipped
free of charge. The last few day.
ct training will bo dovoUed to tar
get practice at which each boy win
be permitted to fire between 100
and 200 rounds of ammunition in
the big mortara and on the rifle,
range. .,..,
Those wlBhlng to avail mv-----
mtnnrtiiniiy ' w
LONDON, June 9. (United
Newt) American marine
have landed at Honan island
to protect Christian college
and the foreign residents', ac
cording to a dispatch to the
Daily Express from Hong
Kong.
Serious fighting for Canton
has begun between the Can
tonese and Yunnanese forces,
the dispatch adds. Two hun
dred casualties are reported.
The Yunnanese have appeal
ed to the foreign consuls to
send warships to end the fight.
The Yunnanese accomplished tne
'sinking of a Cantonese gunboat by
bribing the crew of anotner gun
boat in the enemy navy to fire at
Its companion vessel.
Honan Island 1b In the Poarl river,
across from the city of Canton.
Christian college, an American mis
sionary institution, is on the island.
The four Americans shot by Chinese
earlier In the day were "attempting
to cross from the Island to Canton.
of this
DRV AUKXTH W) TO M'HOOIj
CHICAOO. June 9. A school for
dry agents has been opened here In
act
nlnndld
1 , .j well as i the ornces oi Aioen n. uiuyu,
rOU?d,,l.t,:lmrenor at once to ! inf pr.hll.Ulon director. The stu-
dents meet weesiy ana are tuugni
how to raid a blind pig, Jump bars
well sslthe offices of Albert H. Uoyd
Z 'LZm. at the county, health
unit, in
V.t OT1UAI KB
20.
h., mirt house or to
. ho in the
R. Olds. Entrants mui -
and all the other tricks of the pro
fession. . ,
Merrill May Form
A Community Club
Tomorrow Evening
Beside the important railroad
situation discussion which is com
ing up before a mass meeting oi
Merrill citizens tomorrow night at
the Merrill community hall, an
other question will be .taken up.
Rev. C. C. Hulet', of Merrill, an
nounced last night. That question
will be the formation of a com
munity club thore.
The community hall, which seats
between 600 and 700 people has
been comploted for over a month,
bui no community club has been
formed.
"Merrill wants to taka an ac
tive -part in Klamath county, af
fairs," said Rev. Hulet last night.
"Of course we are represented on
the Klamath County Federated
Clubs board, but we cannot take a
real active part, and strive to ac
complish what the people of Mer
rill want nearly so successfully
without a community club."
Formation of the community club
organisation at Merrill comes at a
time when Beatty, Kirk, Bly and
other Klamath county towns are
seriously discussing similar organisations.
TKACHKRH VISIT
Miss Winnie Orlizle and Miss
Hnsel Shaver of Modoc Point are
visiting In the city for some time,
arriving late yesterday afternoon.
Miss Orlnle nnd . Miss Shaver are
teachers of the Modoc Point school
during .the winter season,
TWO HIGH SCHOOL
KIDS TRY SUIC'DE
WELLESLEY, Mass., June
9. (United News) Priscilla
Amidon, 16-y ear-old Wellesley
high school student is dead,
and Sterling Mills, 18, is in a
critical condition at the New
ton hospital, following an ap
parent attempt to take their
own lives late today in a strip
of woods near Wellsley farms,
about a mile from here.
Unconscious, and with two
bullet wounds in her head, the
girl was found after young
Mills, seriously wounded "him
self, had crawled about a
hundred yards to a road and
attracted the attention of a
state patrolman.
The girl was taken to the Newton
hospital, where she died shortly
after 7 p. m. Mills, who also was
taken to the hospital late tonight,
was reported in a critical condition
from a bullet wound In tho left
temple.
According to the story police have
pieced together,
Another important development in the railway situation
in Klamath takes places this morning when a party of South
ern Pacific engineers, who have been locating the new line
from Merrill to Malin, will start on re-location of the Modoc
Northern main line on the short route leading from Merrill,
diagonally across the old bed of Tule lake.
The Malin-Merrill survey was completed yesterday, ac- '
cording to Engineer Clark, in charge of the surveys. The new
line will be surveyed by the same crew which has, been work
ing on the Malin route.
Quick Action Spoils
Fire Bug's Attempt
To Arson Ice House
Efforts, of a ' Klamath "fire
bug" to send the oW Cantrcll
Ice house located in tho margla
of tho lake near Shippington, up
In flames lost night failed when
the Klnmath Fulls fire depart
ment, after a fast run to the
scene nipped tho fire in fho bud.
According to Chief Ambrose, a.
pllo of waste and .brush was
found In a heap of ruins about
the center of where Iho fire hwl
began to make headway.
The alarm was fumed In at
10 p. m. Tile firemen waded
out through a, foot of mud and
water and succeeded in stopping
tho blaze with buckets, little
damage, resulting to the old
building. llesUles the regular
Kuunath Falls firemen a good
turnout of volunteers wero on
hand. Tho local firo boys re
ported the only Inconvenience of
Iho call was wet feet and a sev
ere bumping over the rough
Shippington road.
Rail Committee Is
Named By Chamber
To Probe Problems
At the directors' meeting of the
chamber of commerce yesterday
noon ,the following railway com
mittee was appointed to study
Klamath's railroad problems for the
ccniins year: W. Q. Smith, chair
man, W. E. Lamm, , Dr. George
Mcrryman, W. C. Dalton, and C. J.
Martin.
Dr. O. A. Masaey reported on the
work of the program committee
which is outlining the work to be
sponsored by the chamber and
stated that his committee would
complete its work this week. . It
was recommended that the matter
of garbage disposal In the city be
taken up and if It appears prac
tical to assist in the Installation of
an incinerator.
WON'T HI V ,11 Kit TKKTH
. YONKERS, N. Y., June 9. This
plaintiff has no teeth and this de
fendant- won't buy her any," ex
plained the attorney for Mrs, Mar
garet I. Ball, in outlining to the
court the cause of her divorce suit
against Harry Ball, her husband..
Asked for some details Engineer
Clark said as he understood, this
was to take the place' ot about SO
miles of the old main line, which
made a big detour around -what was
the northern and eastern lake shore
when it was originally surveyed.
This new line, he said, would run
straight through the center of the
now dried up lake' bed from the
northwest to southeast, so that no
part of that great recently reclaimed
tract of about 100,000; acres, of rich
bud would be more than six miles
from the track. 'This,-would also
serve' to shorten- the -line some six
or seven miles and save the; expense
of he heavj construction around the
original rocky points of the lake
shore, as the entire lake bed Is level -as
a floor and excavation all light'
earth work. " ' ;
There being no Southern Pacific
authorities . available, Robert , E.
Strahorn was asked by The News
whether this new move was In any
way .connected with the Malin -line
survey which he announced last
week, or was significant of probably
early construction of the . Modoc
Northern. He replied that this was
all a natural sequence ot Southern
Pacific's frequently announced policy
of taking up all deserving projects
in their territory in their regular
order, or as developments warranted.
He pointed out that this reviving of v
the Modoc Northern necessarily fol
lows the great new cross state line
to be created by completion of the
Southern Pacific Natron line, the ex- '
tension of the Oregon, California &
Eastern to Lakeview end broad
gauglng ot the Nevada California
Oregon. Also that it was somewhat
affected by ithe extension arranged
for, of tho O. C. & E. to Silver Lake.
The great outstanding feature ot the
creation of the new short transcon?
tlnental route between Portland,
Klamath Falls and the east he said,
Is the vast broadening of markets
for local products which necessarily
encourage consideration of ' railway
projects of merit which have been .
held in abeyance as not heretofore
warranted, or for some other good
reason could not be reached.
"Portland and the Puget Sound
cities will soon be able to take pro
ducts of such regions as Tule lake
in largely increasing quantities on
account of reduced cost ot trans
portation by the new ?hort route and
eastern markets not heretofore avll
able at all will do likewise," Mr.
Strahorn continued. "In a short time
this means that Modoc Northern ter
ritory generally can now make a
better bid for Southern Pacific in
terest than ever before, and that is
why it is getting It," concluded Mr.
Strahorn. . ,
NOTED OREGON HISTORIAN TO TALK
ON OREGON AND KLAMATH HISTORY
Oregon peoplu do not know their
Miss Amldson shoti history as they should, In tho opln-
herselt through the head twice with
a revolver she had obtained at her
home after, returning from school.
Ion of Dr. J. B. Horner, profes
sor of history at the Oregon Agri
cultural college at Corvallls, who
Mills, the police believe, then shot will speak at the chamlror or com
hlmseit and collapsed beside hls'merce forum this noon. Profes
companlon. Later he regained con-Jsor Horner's subject will, be "HIs
sclousness and stnggored to the road, tory of Oregon." Perhaps no man
Several notes are said to have In the state is better informed and
been found near the scene of the
shooting, but authorities refused to
disclose their contents.
can relate with such accuracy and
more vividly the Important histor
ical events of Oregon, which make
this stato ono of tho most important
historically of any In the-west.
"The Klamath country abounds
In a wealth of Indian and pioneer
tales, which every Klamath cltlfon
should know." said Prcf. Horner
yesterday. Ho will dwell upon
Klumuth history in his talk. . "You
have In the Indian maiden, Wlncma,
one of the most beautiful charac
ters In Indian history even more
so than tho famous Pocahontas,"
said Prof. Horner. ,
Washington camp by J""