The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942, July 02, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE KLAMATH NEWS United Neva and United Pr$s$ Telegraph Services 3, Jo. 195 'Svery Morning Except Monday) KLAMATH FALLS, ORE.; THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1925. Price Five Cent j. F s Bigger And & r Rodeo Is On 30 p.m. Today Oraw Mounts Last Night: Riggs ;n Fares Forth From Bucking aa ii e ; vi it Ti:. rv- inciany upening iviaiiiuui Dig I : I Cowboys Compete tor Buck i buckuroos, hailing from the mcRquite of Texas the bitter root of Montana, and the nage brush -ro California and Nevada, gathered at the Bly rodeo ur. i in the Hart building luxt night and drew lots for lanes to ride forty-two of the worst outluw horses in the I norOwetit. and at 1 :30 Hharp this afternoon at the fair ids nigge Schonchin, Indian rider of Sprnguo river, ted on "Dixon" will dart out of the "bucking chute, ng Klamaf-'l greatest rodeo. Owing to I neceuity of limiting tho bucking numbers big pro' ' i crowded with other rodeo and racing events, 21 rii .11 be permitted to try their skill in the pre- tomorrow, the opener of three big days of t whirlwind action. On the following day bly be at least 30 more riders to try out, as iring the bucking contest does not close until , and 21 more ore already signed up. .Then m thl. 1 i J comes the semi-finuls and finals, where three will fce picked as winners of the $1,000.00 of prize ly for V: t championship of the northwest. Bigger and Better t" e greatest number of contestants in the history of Klam 'eoe insure the keenest competition of record here, and ' X show ever staged in southern Oregon, according to , dictions of! local rodeo fans. Accounting for the spirit--petltfo this year, it has been pointed out that the total mc"7 Tared In various events of the next three days total I 3, which Is $1,500 more than last year's total try I I r - rrow i I galaxy of stars who take part tomorrow, the audience, will receive their first introduction to y of Prineville, champion cowgirl of the world, t relay string and her own Roman race team. alh t roa a Itr. i Bern Trlckey In (ha ladles' h Is a new event on ma, will appear an- favorite and llke r to Klamuht, Miss , "Whirlwind Aunle." 'jy A Venture ri t joys are already on- m il;r roping rnntoit i l on of tho prettiest event ! 'so J ' Tm. Hcaldea the - .r v I be bull dogging-, ' cow ' Iking contest, bull ,i , ng and trick rld- bu tome riding, and of t. . t complete racing ami la i . history of the lo rack. s relay race between the ey and Bid Steele strings for vomen's championship and tho i relay between tileulo, Silver Trlckey strings will be two of sost sensational evonta on the all program. Tho chariot race i Dally Olvan and Oene -s of fourponles each t VS grandHtand to Its there wllrbe a new nalh racing fans, where the Stoele, vt team of two thunder down tho sd Tun with their hipping thoir SHOOTING MANIAC AT LARGE IN PORTLAND PORTLAND, July 1. (United News) Sa wed-off automatic shot guns loaded with buckshot, tear bombs and revolvers In the hands of police fighting a supposedly In sane man caused terror In the Lau rel hotel. Second street, Wednes day night. Unions of shots were fired, which lodged In window casings, and plas ter and shattered sevorul windows, fourteen bullet holes were found In and about one window. Tho crazed man was bollnved to bo T. 11. Ulghtson, about SO years old, Junltor of the hotel for the last Ihreo months. A tier emptying his revolver at his wife and police with out making a hit, he escaped to the street making use of his Inti mate knowledge of the hotel. fa k oma . I each m k oa the , Ins Tidsn. its to still greater efforts. I rodeo directors announce the .'will start right on the mln tt J : this afternoon, and th hole three hours pro . there) - '11 be no waits or de l Res 1 seats are on sule filthy i ' stationery store. K. ad et! nt rs I hod 1IOMK . George Humphrey, visit from their son, of Los Angelos, who the near future to h with his parents I Frances Humphrey. New System For Parking Cars At Rodeo Grounds To Be In Effect Today R. E. Bradbury of the county fair board announces a now system for auto parking at the fair grounds during the three days rodeo which Is expected to expedite the move ment In and out of private cars, busees and jitneys. All cars will drive In the main entrance keeping to hte right and halting to discharge passengers near the end of the grandstand, where the ticket booth will be located. Cars to be parked will be driven either to the right or the left Into large parking spaces. Cars leaving will take the exit most convenient either east or west of the main en trance. EMENT OF FIRE PREVENTION )S HERE SHOWS BIG RESULTS t. t' Fulls fire dopart- for ti. Hrst six months of Is runs t far ahead of the srful showing made by Chief rose's department tor tho first of Itii. the first six months of 1924 insurance' loss was 123,748 t a total of Insurance at risk Ung to $.199,205, This would 4 ft capita loss of $2.94, t ; Chief Ambrose, is it six months of 1926 1 lurance loss has been 1 1 1' out of a total In surance at rink of tlC2,TS0. This would figure a per capita loss so far this year of only $1.04. In tho first half of 1924 there wore 83 calls and this year 24. Chief Ambrose attributes the bet ter showing this yenr to enforcing fire prevention methods through out (lie city and the enlistment of the property owners and cltliens to the Importance of guarding against tires. Chief Ambrose states that facta gathered by him on all fires show that 80 of the biases are the result of carelessness. OFFICIAL PROGRAM Seventh Annual Rodeo, Klamath Falls, Oregon, July 2,3,' 4, 1925. July S, IMS. Racing Program Rare No. 1 M-Mlle, Frre for All I'urw SUM). 1st, S7S 2nd, $25. Owner Lorena Trlckey It. L. King R. II. Maley ' Dure k Carl ' Cook man Uuber Horn Doc Hayes Patches Ronnie Olrl Meteor Maid Carl ("urn -Princess Joe Day Hare No. 4-Mlln Inillal Rare. Free for all Indians. Indian ownm and Indian riders. Wliuirr first money to drop out racli day. I'une SAO 1st fJM; Mod SIS. Kldrr Lorena Trlckey Manuel Morris Officer Fecard Gober Rldrr Jonah Coplin Petard John Homo Owner Virginia Dare Jonah (lray Kagle I'olton John Princess Cookmaa Hoyal Prince Wright Klwood Wilson Ballle Ureene ft Short Cut Dice Crane , Rare No. 8 Ijulirs' Relay finer SOOO 1st tOO; 2nd -JtHi. Lorena Trlckey string Bid Steele string Ram No. 4 Chariot Rare, ,1-duy event, lt-nille lurw) SiiOO 1st SIM; 2nd S.10 Driver, I). O. Cilran Dhlas Olvan team of Bly K. B. Henry team of Ktamath Falls Dmer, K. H. Henry Rai No. 5 K-nillr. Fn-e-for-all Parse S200; 1st l(Wt; 2nd VM. I H -mile, S rlunges of horses, S day event. Purse Hlder Lorena Trlckey Klder, Whirlwind Annie Horse Owner I Rider Lorena Trlckey Lorena Trlckey - Trlckey Meteor Maid " Maley Morris Patches King Cool Bonnie Olrl ' King Oseols Dorr ft Csrl , Officer Koysl Prince Wright Moore Klwood Wilson Lady Williams (lober Gober Trick Hiding by Lorena Trlckey Rare No. O Roman rare, S-day event I'une S4AO 1st SHOO; Home Owner Rider Rrlngo ft Camelso Trlckey Trlckey Little Girl ft Jsds Silvers Silvers Nick Carter ft Dollie lloyt Sid Steele Steele Men's Relay Race, 2 miles. Purse fOOO 1st S400; 2nd $200. Trlckey string Rider, Trlckey Silvers string Rider, Slivers Steele string Rider, 8teele 1 Rodeo Program Contest Event No. 1 Bare-bark Riding, Horses and Bulls. S3. 00 per Mount. riders have preference In this event. 8-day event. Event No. 2 Hirer Roping Contest, 8-day event. Purse SI 50. 1st $100; 2nd $SO. Kntranre SIO, half to be added to purse, half to be divided In day money,' split 0O percent and 40 per cent. Entries . Entries W. V. Berklns . .. . Boss HtcuardsOB, -Bob Lewis Everett Hickman Al Oosa Mack Jackson Mitch McCulley Cyrus Shoop Entries ! ' w. Jesse Shoop r' -B. T. Olran D. G. Glvan , Rig Schonchin L. J. Horton Event No. S Cowboy Milking Contest. Purse $15 each day. 1st $10; 2nd $3. Event No. 4 Hull-dogging. Purse $10 per fall. Event No. 5 Trlrk Roping fnntef. Purse $75. Event No. 6 Clowning; Contest. Pumo $75. Lorena Trlckey Exhibition Ride on Rucking Horse Event No. 7 Cowboy Burkina: Contest for the Championship of the World. Purse $IOOO. 1st $500; 2nd $300; 8rd $200. No. Entries Horse No. 21 Bluncall Jack Jan 21 .... O. D. Bulla Chuck Wagon 6 11 Lee Horner Ram Singer 11 13 Rig Schonchin Tommy 29 10 Pat McCnrty Dixon 1 15 W. D. Sutton Cotton Belly 16 .... Al Goes Screwdriver 14 18 Mickey Sullivan J. Prank 18 IS Jack Crim Black Demon 19 1 Rlx Shepard Dirty Shirt 7 34 Mack McCully Malln 24 17 Boss Richardson Nellie Bly 17 60 Toy Brown Round Mountln 20 .... Tom Lewis Whiskers 40 22 Oliver Necktie Last Chance 4 S3 Mark Jackson McAdoo . 27 26 Skinney Jackson Wild Cat '23 34 Owen Riddle - Stilts 34 26 Christman George Aeroplane 22 33 Chas. Hood Get Right - 2 .... Dean George Sharkey 30 TO BE BUILT IN CITY Stucco Style Garages At Cost of $12,000 To Be Built By Swanson A steam shovel will begin opera tlons this morning on a site at Fifth and Pine streets which will contain within tew months 16 stucco garages, which will be erect ed so as to face each other In a court ahaped arrangement. The new Individual garage Idea will be a novel and serviceable as well as attractive system for car storage. The average cost per garage will be around $700 or a total cost of the 16 of noarly $12,000. Each Individual garage will be equipped with electrle lighting and Yale pad locks will be furnished renters. An auto service station Is In cluded In present plans, at the cor ner of Fifth and Pine. The new garage systom Is being built by J, E. Swanson, of the Swan son barber shop. W. D, Miller Con struction company Is doing the con struction work. Dust To Dawn Air Service, Chicago To N. Y. Started New Era In Development Of Air Transportation Is Seen By Dawes CHICAGO, July 1. The dusk to dawn air mall service between Chi cago and New York was Inaugurated here Wednesday at 7:46 p. m., when a heavy metal plane, loaded with mall that New York will read at breakfast left Maywood field. The plane piloted by Shirley Short, a veteran of the air mall service sailed along Its baecon-llt airway Just 46 minutes ahead of what will be the future schedule. Hence, when It reaches Cleveland It await the arrival from Maywood of other planes, making . the journey. Pilot Short took the evening wind ahead of schedule tor the benefit of the cltliens of Cleveland In order that their new municipal landing field there may be opened at a com paratively early hour, . . . The other flyers were sent away at 9:40 p, rh by Col. Paul Hender son, '"postmastor general of the air." Groat crowds flooded the sli ver lit flying field as the planes were sont off In their historic flight. Vice-President Charles O. (Continued oa Page Two) - June Building Sets Record For Year in K. F. With $221,660 According to fig-urea compiled by the police Judge yesterday the month of June is the leading month for building; prrmlla for 102A, with a total of $221,000. There were 01 applications for new buildings totaling; $214,800 and 82 applications for alterations of old buildings totaling $0,HoO. June 1024 was $20,700 behind the present month with- a total of $104,ir0O, divided Into $l2v OHA for new buildings and $ 273 for alterations. KLAMATH LEGAL IS Klamath Bar Association Is Formally Organized For First Time In 10 Years At Last Night's Session Realizing the need of better un derstanding and more cooperation In the Klamath legal protseslon, the Klamath County Bar association was officially formed last night In the county court room. A constitu tion and by-laws were adopted and C. M. O'Neil elected president; Wil liam Marx, first vice president and C. C. Brower, Edward B. Asburst second and third vice presidents respectively. W. A. Wlest was elected secretary and treasurer and J. C. Rutnlc his assistant. Klamath lawyers are now orga nized for the first time In 10 years. They will meet once a month, the last Tuesday in each month. The next meeting -will be July 28. There were 15 members of the le gal profession present at last night's meeting, but at a meeting held last month, practically the whole legal profession heartily endorsed plans for the newly formed local bar as soclatlon. NOISE OF STEAM SHOVEL ALREADY AUDIBLE IN S B. Marines Arrive In Santa Barbara To Patrol City During Reconstruction ; Quake Insurance Outfits Do Rushing Business SANTA BARBARA, July 1. (United News) Four companies of United Statea marines arrived on a special train from San Diego tonight to preserve order during the recon struction of quake-torn Santa Bar bara. The soldiers, 225 In number, will patrol the debris covered streets of the quake zone until the last vestige of wreckage has been re moved and the actual rebuilding ' program. gets under way. Santa Barbara echoed with the noise and crash of steam shovels and falling walls througbont the day and night. Wrecking crews were Completing the work of level ling the rows of atructures dam aged by the disastrous earthquake. which caused 130,000,000 In dam age and took a toll of IS lives. Crowds of tourists were admit ted through the city for the first time today. Fascinated by the a access Ion of earth tremors in Santa Barbara aince early Monday morn ing they parked their machines on the fringe of the .quake sons and viewed the ruins. Police and military ordered them on. at the point of bayonets or re volver when necessary. Santa Bar bara, world noted for Its hospital ity, is not ready yet to welcome visitors to the city. ' SPECIAL POLICE TO v KEEP ORDERLY RODEO A number of special officers to serve during the Lure days rodeo went on duty last night, according to city authorities. At the start of the rodeo activity some weeks ago Ross Finley. manager, called on the council aad stated that the Rodeo association would pay what ever extra officers were needed to keep order at the night ebow grounds at the lake front on Klam ath avenue and Payne alley. Special Rights To U. S. In China May Be Stopped K. F.MAY LAND '26 C1VENTI OF STATE LABOR Local Officials Will Ask City Council To Help; Delegates Chosen An Intensive drive will be made by the Central Labor Union of this city to land the 1924 convention of the Oregon State Federation of Labor for Klamath Falls, It was announced yesterday by local union officials. The average state dele gation for thla convention in pat years has been around 600. At next week's regular meeting a resolution will be drafted and presented to the city council, ask ing cooperation of the city In land ing the convention here next year. At the local meeting of the Cen tral Labor Union held last night Secretary E. F. Duffy was elected to attend the convention which will be held this year at Marshfield. C. D. Long, will also be sent to the Marshfield convention by the local carpenters as well as Charles Mc Millan of tho Culinary Alliance. With these three prominent labor officials pulling for Klamath Falls the convention Is likely to be swung, according to ocal officials. WASHINGTON, July 1. The United States is seeking to pro mote a conference of the powers on China primarily for the aboli tion cf special privileges enjoyed by foreigners which are the object of criticism by Chinese during the curreul dUniideia- TO MAKE FIBST TRIP Mrs. Florence Holbrook, property owner of Klamath Fails, is in the city from her home in Berkeley, bound and very much determined to take her first trip to Crater Lake. Mrs. Holbrook was born In Ore gon and lived the major portion of her lite In this state.. Never, as! eagerly as she wished It,' was a chance presented whereby she could j make a trip to Crater Lake. Now t Mrs. Holbrook says, the years thatj have past must make up for them-i selves as she Is bound for the lake this week. ' NEW ' YORK, July 1. (United News)-r-Insurance- companies her have been flooded with requests for "earthquake protection" as result ot the Santa ftarbaral laa star . The owners . ot the Woolwortk building, tallest structure In' New York city have applied for $5, 000,000 insurance against quakes, it is understood and the Equitable building is Insured for 12,000,000 against destruction by earth tre mors. - " i Owners ot the Equitable also have taken out $4,000,000 tornado Insurance. Some large insurance concerns report receiving applications ' for earthquake Insurance by telegraph from Boston, Baltimore, Portland, Ore., and Seattle. One application also was received from New Orleans, it was said. The Reams building In Salt Lake City was insured for $360,000 Wednesday. Portland Steamer Is Helpless Near River PORTLAND. July 1. The mar ine station ot the Federal Telegraph company was advised Wednesday nlgbt that the steamer Wlllpolo en route to Pudget Sound from Balti more had lost her propeller a bo at two miles west of Nortbhead at the entrance to the Columbia river. The message intercepted by the marine station wae directed to other ships nearby which were expected to stand by if needed. , Japs Postpone Protest ! Against U. S. Exclusion TOKYO. July 1. Meetings In ob servance of "Humiliation Day" were cancelled here Wednesday, out ot sympathy with the victims of the Santa Barbara earthquake. Instead of holding demonstrations the pro moters of the holiday sent a mes sage of sympathy to Santa Barbara. "Humiliation Day" was plsnned as a protest against the American congressional act which excluded Japanese from the United States. D0HEN Y STORY THAT U. S. SECRETLY PREPARED FOR JAP WAR IS DENIED WASHINGTON, July 1. (United News) The story ot E. L. Doheny that leases of oil reserve in Cali fornia he secured from the govern ment were kept secret because of a "war scare" in 1921 was branded as "a smoke screen" and otherwise ridiculed by Atlee Pomerene, a spe cial itovcrnment counsel In the oil (H1SC8. Doheny further declared in a copyrighted Interview with the New 'ork Times, that the Washington arms conference had been called to prevent threatened hostilities In the Pacific and that ths leases were kept secret so that foreign delega tions to the conference might not jknow that Hie Uulted Slates was I engaged In warlike preparations. Scouting this story Pomerene , cited dates to show that ths lease wore signed seversl months attsr i lie arms contreence treaties had Uv.ert drawn u!, and even after they had been ratified by the senate and 'that It waa on November 30, 1911, while the arms conference waa In full swing, that the. little "black ag" containing $100,000 was sent by Doheny to Fall. ; I (Continued On Page Two)