The Klamath news., June 28, 1925, Page 1, Image 1

THE KLA&MTH NEWS
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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 1925.
Price Five Cento
ORTHWEST ROCKED BY QUAKE
JOIN ASS'N.
Ill
of 13,000 Head
Wed on Orderly
Uet System
Hading cattlemen of
Uitv. owning over u,.
L cattle met with II. M.
Uir; of the ramornia
luoclallon ana mwii
utllt. a director In the
L reiterday afternoon at
Lf of Kim men and fol-
uplanallon of the move-
Ij, tutting officials every
Klamath rancher signed
moclauon.
HI local rancher elgn-
Mii Hi whereby they
Loll their beat cattle off
L between now and Nov-
II awaited to aall br tn
i tiiraby obviating tha
r-cnrsdrd market rondl
kt tram tha growers shov-
Wrt Mpply on tha market
Jtat I.. Berkley. II.
aar. Coas. Draw, J. D.
i L Illch. Hubert
t. Chorpenlng. Frank
Tiatuy Lend and Cat-
br by Hark William. O.
a Gln and P. L.
I.Jm lbebove who Join-
dilution yesterday W.
Talr laka ranchar, and
kra of tha Fort Klamath
taaptijr ara already llet-
atabers of tha aeso-
t strong booatara for tha
Bartering movement.
at IH e .bald at Tort
ladiy whan a dojen
kan owning six or oliht
aula ara eireeted to
WItlon haadad by 8ec-
h.1 la expected to make
to tha upper Wll-
rinr early thla . week
ffort will ba made to
Bill Kltrldge In tha aaao-
KltrldKo la the blggeat
l-i la tha Klamath coun-
iiif over 4,vv bead.
the Fort Klamath meet-
piy. a masting will be held
a Tueaday afternoon, whore
aora new mambara ara ex
it alca with tour or five
Bora rattle. Aaanmlng that
ft of the rancher.! fall Into
t the new marketing plan
m ywterday, approximately
"tUt will come under the
mtrketlnc regulatlms
TMr.
' rorher expressed It yes.
TW looks like our only
. t have been cheated vut
rei for years by thla hap-
nrHMInx ayitem and orga-
ad an orderly marketlnx
fwh u thla la our only sal-
ibtrwlse we must all give
tltoit."
Southern Pacific
Adding Sleeper To
K. F.-Frisco Train
New Service To Start June
30 and Continue Long
At Traffic Permit!
Pullman sleeping tar aervlce from
Ban Franclaro to Klamath Falla will
be Inaugurated next Tueaday, and
will continue to operate aa long aa
bualneaa permit,, arcordlng to an
announrement released by the South
ern 1'aclflc railroad to Andrew (.'oi
lier, preatdeul of the local chamber
of commerce
Diaconllnuanre of the obaervatlon
parlor car will be effected with the
addition of Dm Pullman alneper.
According to the Houthern Pacific
announcement. Klamuih patrona of
tha roail prclnrred aleeper aervlce,
bnd the chanxe waa effected to meet
with their wlrhea. The Pullman will
lie attached to the train arriving
here aho'rtly after 7 p. m. and leav
ing at 10:30 a. m.
tv I
w'-UiaF , . THii i wnni 1 1 , mi .m i gjaii l j wwifl M gws . . xt
6 Distinct Shocks
Rock Part Of Ore;
Montana Hit Hard
MEN AFTER
VING INSPECTOR
OINTMENT HERE
clt may reatilt In the city
Holiday nlaht when the
h l appointment of a city
Kpector comes up for action
fllclent men have been
"t for the nnat. Nlckell and
Nlckoll la man of
'"Ms experience. He waa
'i by the Warren Conatruc
'ny until two yeara ago
"Mvered his relatione with
company. Olienchaln haa
Mvlng ilnapoctor In Klam-
tor some vonra and la com.
V tor reannnlnimani
f"l tvenlv dlvlitsit nit it la
'Peculation tn will
p'Jted,
Join the
Klamath Newt '
Sociability Tour
T Lava Bed.
TODAY
LS Your Neighbor
Your County
CRATER PARK
OPENED TODAY
Impossible To Make Rim
Road Trip On Account
Of Heavy Snow
Cara preparing to leave today for
Crater lake will not be able to
take the Rim road trip., according
to Mra. Walter Weat. who returned
yeaterday afternoon from the lake,
where aha waa accompanied by Mr.
and Mra. Harry Pelts. Mra. II. H.
Luther and K. A. Foeter.
Tha trip waa made In exception
ally good time In a Htudebaker and
according to thoae who participated
In the trip, the lake haa never
appeared more beautiful.
Danger from atrcama running
under the banka of anow waa aald
to have been encountered and the
tralla throughout the luke bank and
down to the walr are lnipashl.
due to the heavy anow. Crewa of
men are bually at work clearing
the road for tourlata which ara ex
pected In acorea today.
According to a communication
from Colonel C. Q. Thomaon, euper
Intendont of Cruter Lake National
park, the three day margin won by
crewa at work clearing the anow
wa not aided by the advont of
hot weather, but thla rather proved
an aaaot aa the heat cauaed rapid
melting In the newly cut anow and
Impoaed many drainage prouiema.
WHEELER CASE TAKES
A SENSATIONAL TURN
WASHINGTON, June 27 The
Wheolor cone took a new and en
sntlonnl turn tonight when It be
came known that the department of
Juatlce will preaent new evidence to
a Spokane. Waah. grand Jury Mon
day concerning alleged bribery of
government officiate and Senator
Whoelor, chief defendant Imued
atutement charging the dfj1"1"1
with attempting to Intimidate and
harraaa bla wuneawe.
"When wltneaaea were called oe
... tirnnkhart committee In
vestigating the department of Jus-
One of V. E. Young's big "mogul" gasoline street cars, which will be operat
ing on the streets of Klamath Falls within 30 days. This big, modernly equipped,
passenger car will accommodate 24 people. Mr. Young's company is furnishing
service to Astoria, Linnton and Boise, Idaho, at the present time and will expand
throughout the northwest in time.
Warren About Ready
On Crater Project
E. O. Wood, auperlntendent for
the Warren Construction company'a
$300,000 hard aurfuctng projection
the Medford and Klamath approach
ea to Crater lake arrived In Klam
ath Falla laat night, and announc
es that the Warren company trucks
ara here today loading equipment.
auppllea, and men to be taken to
tha first big camp to "be establish
ed at White florae. i mllea from
the Medford boundary of the park.
Relative to the time for starting
work on paving unit 36a in Klam
ath Falla compoaed of some 22
block lying south of Klamath
avenue, .Major Arnold,, local repre
sentative for Warren announces that
the foremen and extra equipment
tor the Klamath Falla paving would
arrive here the middle of this week
ready to atart operations. Outside
of the superintendents and straw
boaaea, the paving company plans to
use all local labor In their local
work.
VARIED WAYS OF
AFFORDED TODAY
ASKS PARALLEL
Federals Make Big
Liquor Confiscation
Murder of Editor May Be
Solved As Result of
Big Expose
Train and Wire Service Demoralized; Big
Rail Tunnel Caves in; Buildings Wreck-
i
ed But No Loss of Life Reported Yet
Klamath Has Ball Game As
Well A. Picnic And
Sightseeing Tour
i
People of Klamath Falls are go
ing to find varied means of en
joyment today with four different
attractions scheduled In and about
the Klamath country.
Possibly of first .Importance will
be the ball game between Klamath
Palls and Yreka. Both teams are
tied for first position and It pro
mises to be a battle to the fin
ish. With warm weather predicted,
pitching arms should be well oil
ed. Mohler and Metten will op- td to buy the cargo, was respon-
SOUTH BEND, Wash., June 27.
Federal autborltlea tonight were
seeking to apprehend members of a
liquor ring which brought a cargo
of 1600 cases of fine Scotch whiskey
and other liquors Into Wlllapa har
bor, following the seizure of the
cargd late yesterday.
Much of the liquor,, valued at ap
proxamtely 1100.000. was destroyed
today. It was found by F. A. Hasel
tine, divisional chief of the prohi
bition enforcement, and George H.
llurlburt, his assistant.
In the meantime an effort was
being made to check up here, and
iu Kelso, Wash., on the theory that
a Ilquor-runnlng ring, which intend-
veaiiKBiiiia . . .,
tlce they were hounded " JJ .
mldated and some of them. Indict
ed immediately after giving their
testimony," Wheeler said.
Train Service Stops
Because of Intense
Heat Warping Rails
of cotirho, thoro are somo
preacher, some credence must
' Uec UC. C Hulet. of Morrill,
who "turned last night J tarn 8
.In where ho attended a nor
2&SS
iiVe aesslon. declares the heat was
rii'ton-o'lhat he Yreka;
'b. ."imndone... The ra.lro.d I com
pany furnished automobiles o
Mtmuids in place of regular train
aervlce.
Klamath muat adopt the parallel
parking system before It will be
possible to put the big 20 passen
ger gaa street cars 4n operation here,
according to W. E. Young, who waa
recently granted a 15 year franchise
to operate In this city.
Mr. Young arrived here yesterday
and will remain until Tuesday, and
during this etay will make all pre
liminary arrangements for starting
the cross-city c lines In about lour
weeks' time. One of the cara for
Klamath it on the paint rack In
Portlund receiving Us final coat of
nalnt. according to Young, and an
other car will be painted within the
next ten days. The third car Is
not yet completely built.
Mr. Young is now operating street
car lines In Astoria, Linton. Port
land to Dunthorpe, a suburb near
Oswego lake, Boise, Idaho, and be
aides Klamath Falla i negotiating
to atart line in Walla Walla,
Washington. v
Otto Loreni of the Lorcns uo. is
a local stock holder in the new
Klamath street car lines. The
Klamath lines will run from Shlp-
pinton to the city llmlta near the
fair grounds, and from Hot Springs
addition to the western city lim
its on South Riverside. Tne iare
will be 10 centa and transfers will
be given from one line to the other
without (tfMHlnnal cost to the pas
sengers.
FATHER OF COOLIDGE
AGAIN SERIOUSLY ILL
pose each other, unless the Yrekans
decide on either Edy and Cunning
ham early today.
The Sportsmen's picnic near the
Crooked Creek hatchery should
draw a large crowd of Klamath
sportsmen and their friends. Plenty
of f lah will be provided, and ex
pert cooka will be on hand to pre
pare the big trout.
The Klamath , News Soclallblllty
Tour, covering about 100 miles of
some of the most scenic and his
toric points in the Klamath county
and Modoc county, California is ex
pected to draw quite a crowd of
sightseers. '
This tour Is the first of a series
to be headed by the Klamath News
for the purpose of acquainting
Klamath people with the scenic and
historic points In their own coun
ty and adjacent country. Captain
O. C. Applegate, only surviving of
ficer of the Modoc war will act as
guide on the trip today, and will
explain In detail the circumstances
of various Indian battles as the
party visits these scenes. Among
those places to be visited will be
Bloody Point, Indian helroglyphlcs,
and the mammoth and Ice caves.
The party will leave the News
office at 9 o'clock this morning.
Those wishing to go are urged to
bring a lunch with them, as there
will be no place 1o ent along the
way. It will also be a good idea
for those making the trip to carry
a water supply.
A limited number of those hav
ing no means of transportation
will be cherefully accomodated.
Another center of attraction will
be the Indian convention at Wlul-
Kse, on me itfli-C.tl2f.ua!.i
way. There will be auto races,
dancing 'and bathing here and a
large crowd can be accomodated.
8WAMPSCOTT, Mass., June 27.
Col. John Coolldge, father of the
president; Is seriously til at his home
in Plymouth, Vt., according to a
message received by President Cool
idge here lats this afternoon.
The president Immediately dls
patched Ma. J. F. Conpal, his per-
sible for the death of Thomas Dov-
ery, Kelso editor, slain last week.
BUTTE, June 27. United Press) The entire north
weat mountain district was shaken tonight by earthquakes
of more or Ssas serious proportion which came in six dis
tinct shocks. i
The disturbances apparently centered on Montana, ' al
though reports of quakes were received from parts of Wy
oming, Idaho, and Oregon.
Aa an aftermath of the earthquake the big railroad
tunnel of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, near Lom
bard, caved in. No trains were in the tunnel at the time.
Conisderable damage was done to buildings and rail
road property.
At White Sulphur Springs the courthouse, jail and
pool hall were completely wrecked. ; . 1
Falling of two towers and the demolishing of an un
occupied cottage in the quarters for women was reported
from the state insane asylum at Warm Springs ... , .
The town of Willow Creek was set . afire. South of
Three Forks damage was heaviest. Several school build
ings and churches throughout the Gallatin valley were des
troyed. !'-- t ' i at
Diminishing in strength, tremors occurred throughout the '
state at hourly intervals, the sixth coming at 10:45 p. m. .
Cities all over Montana and parts of Wyoming, Idaho,
and Oregon felt -the quakes at different times during1 the
evening.' .
Billings, Anaconda, Missoula, Livingston, Great Falls,
Boseman and Helena, all experienced the tremblors in suf
ficient strength to shake windows and dishes . and " knock
pictures from their hangings. . . "
Ths earthquakes apparently centered in the region be- '
tween Lombard and Harlowton, east of here, on the Chi
cago, Milwalkee and St. Paul railroad. . 'i .
Telephone and telegraph lines went down in the affected
area. Rock slides on the Northern Pacific tracks near Lombard
stalled one train, while another train on the Milwaukee route
was similarly held up. . . . "
The crack limited trains Olympian and Columbian, : on
the Milwaukee lines, were in the earthquake zone, and were
cut off from communication. "
Kidnaper Of Wealthy .
Woman Is Captured
SAN FIUNCISCO. June 27. Ttua-
ttell Crawford sought aa the alleged
"master mind" behind the fake kid
naping and extortion plot against
Daniel C. Jack ling, copper magnate.
sonal physician, to Plymouth, to was arrested late today at Redwood
attend hi) father. city.
COP MANY PRIZES
Delegation Of 71 Return
From Special Training
At Corvallis
Frank Sexton with his 71 Klam
ath county club kids returned from
Corvallis last night, where the
youngsters have enjoyed a summer
short course, at O. A. C.
Klamath sent the largest delega
tion to thl session of any section
In the state, according to Sexton,
and the -local boys and girls made
the best all around showing of any
other .county In Oregon. A South
ern Pacific motion picture opera
tor accompanied the local children
and will broadcast films of the var
ious activities of the club boys snd
girls at the Corvallis session.
Local business men with their
cars met the Klamath delegation
at Ashland where they left their
special train yesterday afternoon,
and brought them 'back to Klam
ath Falls.
The following Klamath girls walk
ed away with prizes at the school:
Bonnie Short, 12 years old, first
In bread making. .
Beryl Short, 12 years old, third In
bread making. . .
Vlrlglnla Peyton, 14 years old,
second In Judging sewing.
Charlotte Hesslg, 12 years old,
first in Judging sewing.
Mary S. Evlck, 11 years old, third
In Judging sewing.
Aliens Taylor. 14 years old, third
In Judging baking.
Edith Scott, 13 years old, aecond
In Judging baking.
Bernlce Dawson, 17 years old
third in judging sewing.
BAKER, Ore., June 27. Earthquake tremors were re-
! ported here at 5:25 p. m., Pacific standard time.
The shocks were of but a few seconds durations. Several
electric clocks were reported put out of commission. Dishes
rattled on shelves, but no damage was done.
SEATTLE, June 27. Earthquake shocks of an intensity
apparently almost as severe as those which rocked Japan' in
1922, were recorded by the University of Washington seis
mograph this evening, according to Prof. Sheldon L. Glover,
associate in geology, who made a reading of the instrument
The earth shocks began approximately at 5 :30 p. m.,
Prof. Glover said the seismograph indicated, and continued
at intervals for some time.
WASHINGTON, June 27. An extremely severe earth
quake shock was recorded on the. Georgetown university seis
mograph tonight
Father Thorndorff, seismograph expert was not in at
tendance at the instrument at the time, and was awakened to
analyze the record.
CHEYENNE, June 27. A second avalanche toppled into
the Gros Ventre river at about 5 o'clock p. m., (mountain
time) today, according to reports carried overland from
the scene.
Today's avalanche was smaller than the first, the mes
sage said, being confined to a half square mile of earth. 'It
fell into the valley at the head of the lake formed by Tuesday's
slide, and again effectually dammed the Gros Ventre.
Earthquake shocks of a mild form were felt here simul
taneously with the slide. . t
FRISCO AVIATOR ,
MAKES LONG TRIP
Studebaker Stolen From .
In Front of McCarthy ,
SAN FRANCISCO, June 27.
Lieut. William Sweeley, Crlssy field
commander, tonight completed a
round-trip flight from San Fran-
tlsco bay to Salt Lake City, arriving
here shortly after 6:65 p. m.
. The return trip was made against
heavy winds, requiring SB minutes
more for completion than did the
eastward flight.
The round-trip was made in 14
hours. 25 minutes, well under the
lt-hour schedule.
A case of either rather bold thiev
ery or promiscuous borrowing of Sa
automobile, was reported to tha po
lice last night by Claud H. Davis
of tha Davia Furniture Co., who
made known to the officers that his
tpecial six Studebaker, license num
ber 128-884, waa driven sway from
the curb In front of ths McCarthy
building about 8 o'clock yesterday
evening. , '
No trace ot the car bad been re
ported np to a lata hour last nighty