THE KLM'SATH NEWS
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to. 198. (Every Morning Except Monday)
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1925.
Price Five Centa
"ERLE WEST RESIGNS COUNCIL
mn ,-w-r .v I in Hutu pitti r i T7 1 ill ni 1j nnnnrnn rnmnr Itt . I . .
r.ANnAi is
klALLY
I INCIDENT
anedy Refuses Tp
pv'L Petition For
aing Annulment
ACS In Sinclair
X. Wyo.. July . The
t motion to re-open the
the Teapot Dome naval
lean annulment lull, was
Federal Judge T. Hlake
lata Monday.
imeeene and Owen J. Rob
il government eouneel, had
lis Sourt for a rehearlnit,
ivf ace not available dur
r sus hearing waa now
' t would substantiate
All's charge of fraud
9 In the negotiation of
' Albert B. Pall, former
i. the Interior, to Harry
r, ell magnate,
i. ee ilnalt with the al
r 'ar of 1 14 0.000 worth of
a to Pall by the Contln-
iag company. Inc., In
lalr waa aald to be In
Tee court held the evl
S If obtainable, would be
tame time Judgo Kennedy
decree dlamlialnf the an-
' In which he ruled the,
on Teapot Dome wai
Vandenberg Is
Appointed Local
Bonus Attorney
David R. Vandonburg, assistant
dlatrlct attorney for Klamath county.
waa yeaterday appointed attorney
for the bonua commission of thla
county, to aucceed J. II. Carnahan,
resigned.
The appointment cornea from the
World War Veterans' Htale Aid com
mission at Salem, which comprlaea
Governor Walter M. Pierce, Kdward
llalley, (leorge A. White, W. C. Cul
bertaon and Hecretary of State Ham
A. Koaor. Mr. Vanderburg waa
recommended locally for thla po
sition noma weeka ago. The work
can be handled In conjunction with
hla other duliea aa assistant to Act
ing District Attorney Caleb Jones.
Vandenborg caraa to Klamuth
Palla three or four montha ago.
from Portland, during which time
he haa, by hla pleasing personality,
won himself favor In local ex-service
mon'a and legal circles.
( Will Wait
ring Inspector
ads Application In
forest Grove But
icil Reluctant
j council at Ita session
liislved the wrlttan appll
W. W. Ashby or Forest
i., tor the position of pav
nr In 1S2S.
f declared In his letter
see over a number of
ully qualified him tor
He requested a salary
i Wonth and expenses to
Forest Grove to Klom-
itlng on the Ashby appll
juncllman Gofer eaid he
id Aahby as a former res
Klamath Palla and that
d the applicant had barn
1-f the Warren Construc-
r-
Cofer further declar
felt certain It would
- ate of the city to get
tor the paving lnspec-
V It were necessary to
of ,the city,
consideration of appll
ir the position was held
toe next mooting of the
nd Mine Owner
I Try Avert Strike
JC CITY, N. J July 6.
elte coal conference will
an Thursday for the die
's the demands of both
7 operators with a view to
i strike this summer.
Imperative Need.
Of Zoning Cited
No action on the sonlng proposal
was taken at the Monday night
council meeting, although Council
man Ilulslger tentatively opened the
subject. The councilman cited the
example of a hospital with a coffee
house located In the Immediate vic
inity to Illustrate the necessity of
soiling.
KLAMATH CAHLE
MEN FORM LOCAL
ASS'N THIS WEEK
Organization May Bring A
Raiting In Prices For
Klamath Cattle On Par
With Eastern Market
NEWSPAPER MAN IS
HERE PERMANENTLY
' Mr. and Mrs. Thomas It. Curran
arrived In Klamath Palls Sunday
from Lincoln, Nebraska. The couple
expect to make their pernmnent
home hero, where Mr. Curran yea
terday commenced his duties on the
editorial alaff of the Klamath News.
He was formerly with tho Inter
national Newa Service In Lincoln
and later with the Lincoln Star.
Mr. and Mrs. Curran are temporarily
making their home In the Evans
apartments.
With the formation of a local ;
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Jective, cattlemen of the Klamath
territory will meet with reprcnent
atlvea of the California Cattli-iz-n'e
association In tho Klamath Kails,
chamber of commerce rooms. Sat
urday, July 11, at 1 p. m., according
to County Agriculturist Henderson.
The California delegates will out
line the association's plun for the
better marketing of western cattle
with the ultimate view of raining
the price of southern Oregon llve-j
stock to that of eastern centers.
During the pnBt week. II. M. Hire,
secretary of the California Cuttle
mens' association, spent three days,
In tho county, outlining vurluu
cattlemen, the marketing plan of
the association. The plan was so
favorably received that over IS.000
head of local cattle, representing ap
proximately 60 per cent of all cattle
In the district, were signed up under
this plan. Mr. It lie will attain be
present for the Saturday meeting, as
will the manager of the association.
Making Great Ifrnilwny
- Although - thla organization has
been In active operation but throe
months. It Is now marketing over 80
per cent of California's cattle, and
In addition, is selling cattle from
the neighboring stales of Arizona
and New Mexico, approximately 1,
000,000 head being signed in the
association. The purpose of the as
sociation Is to handle all cattle trib
utary to the California markets,
which Include southern Oregon,
thoreuy preventing tho flooding of
the cattle market at certain times,
with a consequent drop In prices.
The ultimate plan la to raise the
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Klamath's BIdg.
For First Half!
Of 1925 Is Big!
Indicative of the building growth J
In Klumath Palls for a period of
six months from January 1. 1925
to June 30, over the Identical per
iod In 1924, building Increased very
close to 33 1-3 per cent over lust
ycur. The grand totul for first six
months of 1525 reached $667,095.
uccondlng to figures Just compiled
by Police Judge Caghagen. This
compares with the sume period in
1924 of $440,770.
In the Strauss monthly reports
It is difficult to get an accurate es
timate from month to mouth, as
to Ju.il how building here Is pro
gressing, due to fluctuations per
month, but the six months figures
give a fairly comprehensive Idea,
May figures for building In
Oregon, Just received by the Judgo
show Klamalh Falls to bo fourth
In building among cities In the
state, with a total of $1.11.060,
Portland, Astoria and Kugeue top
plug the list with small margins.
.Marshfleld,, Salem and Med lord were
far . below Klumath Palls.
ROBBERS ESCAPE
WITH $800 FROM
ST.
Peerless Cafe Proprietor's
Rooms Robbed Of Big Sum
In Cash; Authorities Say
It's An "Inside" Job
Inefficient System Of
House Numbering Here
Is Attacked By Roberts
At lust nielli's council meet
lug. Councilman Roberts asked If
somctlng could not be flone to
straighten out the confusing
system of house numbering ' In
Kuuiinth Kalis. Judge Uaffluv
lien replied tho only feasible
plnn was to maintain a prima
nent art of blueprints upon which
each lot wns given a fixed mini
lwi Tito reror!. kept In city
hall, would be tho standard for
ilnterailnliur doubtful house num
bers. Discrepancies of this na
ture should lie eliminated In the
future. -
American Legion To
- Have Meeting Tonight
A regular meeting of the Am
erican Legion will be held tonight
at the legion headquarters In the
basement of the court house at
8 p. m. Commander Oeti re
quests the presence of every mem
ber as there will be Important
business coming tip.
I AS FAMED PICKWICK CLUB
Sapses in boston tenderloin
July 6. Tho tragic ear-
ion's all night Bohemian
I, the lit fated, "Pickwick
to an end Monday whan
third dead patron was
n Its wreckage,
iclamatlon of, the last vlc
tlre storyi brick structure,
apsed on jJuly 4th became
t of a bl'ler controversy
tate and cjty officials over
on of restonslblllty.
and courier-charges were
i effort toViulft tho blame.
lohll
tlovornor Alvin T. Fuller urdured
Attorney General, Jay It. Denton to
make a report on the legal status of
the disaster In all Its angles. State
Commissioner of Public Safety, Al
fred F. Foote, reported to the gover
nor after an Investigation that he
felt the law gave city officials
authority to have taken , Bteps to
avert the crash.
Secretary of 8tato, Fredrlc W.
Cook, In a bristling statemnt, char
acterised attempts to divert resp
onsibility to his office as "ridiculous
and dastardly."
Five Sharp Quakes
In SB. Yesterday
SWT A llAlin.UU, t'ulif., July
0. (I'nltrd News) Five shurp
rartliiUukcN rocked 'Hunt Bar
lmra anew Monday uftcrnoon.
Jult settled on ench occuslon be
fore excited men and - women
could reach the streets.
Three shocks came between 2
p. in. and 2:10. Two others fol
lowed In quick succession tit 4 :2!t.
Stole traffic officers, who bad
been on patrol duty here, were
ordered to Munteclto, i a suburb,
following reports tlmt the town
was bring over-run with hoboes,
driven from Sonta ltnrbiiru.
A score of these knights of the
road have ulrcaily been put to
work cleaning mortar from bricks
loosened from ruined buildings.
Nearly $800 in cash and checks
were secured by a robber or robbers,
who entered the rooms of Zlss Alax,
proprietor of the Peerless cafe, be
tween the hours of 8 and 11 p. m.,
Sunday night. Entrance was gained
to the Alax re ints, which are lo
cated upstairs over the cafe, by
climbing a flight of stairs In the
rear of the building, and entering
through the back door. Mrs. Alax
and her two nephews were attend
ing a Bhow at that time, and the
robbery was not discovered until
their return.
The cafe was open for business at
the time, but the robber or robbers
created no disturbance. The money
was hidden In a closet, and the
thieves apparently pried open the
door with a sharp instrument,
lloom Topsy-Turvy
Everything in the rooms waa In
disorder. Suit cases bad been forced
open; drawers pulled out, and their
contents . thrown upon the floor;
mattresses torn off the beds, and
every possible hiding place for
money -or valuables had been Inves
tigated by the marauders' In their
systematic search -
.Seven hundred. dollars of the loot
represented holiday receipts of the
Peerless cafe. In addition to the
cafo money, two children's banks,
containing approximately $25 each,
were taken by the robbers, and a
purse with $22, belonging to Mrs.
Alax, was Btolen from a suit case.
Take Children's' Ilank
One of the children's banks. Is
sued by the Vancouver National
bank, was constructed, in the form
of a liberty bell, and the other bank,
in tho Iorm of a book, was issued
by the First National bank of Klam
( Continued on Pasn Two)
Vets Of Foreign
WarsOrganizing
Chapter In K.F.
Requirements have practically
been completed here for the orga
nization of a local chapter of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, an ex
servicemen's organization, following
similar lines as the American .Leg
Ion. Requirements for membership
differ from that of the Legion in
that those who served only In a for
eign country In war time are eligi
ble to loin the organization.
Twenty signatures have been ob
tained which Is enough to obtain a
charter and according to word re
ceived here yesterday the Klamath
Falls post bsd been tentatively ac
cepted .by the organization's head
quarters.
Membership in the American Leg
Ion does not bar a prospective mem
ber into the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. A meeting is scheduled for
tonight at the American Legion
headquarters for completion of the
organization's plans.
VET
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ASHLAND'S NEW $250,000 HOTEL LITHIA SPRINGS
l ass Km T2i ?ra Tii tt
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SMALL HOSPITAL
WILL BE ERECTED
Construction Of Filling
Station On Main And
Spring' Held Up
t Avong-building permits granted
by the city council Inst evening were
the following: v 1
A request by Dr. A. A. Soule for
permission to construct a brick and
concrete building 44x80 feet, two
stories in height, to be used as a
twelve-room office treatment and
hospital. The structure, to be erect
ed at an approximate cost of $10.
000. will be located on the Williams
addition, facing Main street.
An application by -the California
Oicruu Tower company, for ap
proval of proposed general Improve
ments In a number of its compan
ies, at an expenditure of $59,525.
Among the projected Improvements
are $15,000 worth of repair wen-k
upon the Shaw-Bertram; $7,500
upon the Ewauna dry kilns; $5,800
for the Ewauna Box company, and
$6,500 for the Shasta View Lumber
company.
The petition of A. B. Major and
J. D. Patterson for authorization to
construct a $3,000 filling station on
the corner of Main and Spring
streets was held up until plans and
specifications were fully submitted
for the council's consideration.
Fireman on Train
Shot Dead in Cab
FARIBAULT, Minn., July 6.
Without a shout or Indication
whence the bullet came, Frank Hud
son, a fireman on a Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul train, died in his
cab, with a rifle bullet through his
head.
The man dropped, wounded as
the train waa speeding toward Fari
bault. Engineer Jerry McGraw, noted
that steam was getting low, and
turned to speak to the fireman. Hud
son was wavering weakly on his
feet and tell to the floor plates.
When the engineer reached down to
him he was dead.
Special City Election May
Come In 30 Days; Council
Thunderstruck When Brief
Message Read, Without
An Explanation By West
Consternatioa mingled with
regret Ust night when, like a
bolt from the clear sky, the
resignation of Councilman
Merle S. West was read to tho
city council at regular meeting.
No explanation was gleaned
from the brief message read
by Police Judge Gaghageni
"I hereby tender my resig
nation councilman to take
effect immediately.
(Signed) "Merle West."
Councilmen were dumb
founded. Silence reigned for
fully two minutes. Finally a
motion was made by Council
man Cofer that the resigna
tion be accepted. Councilman
Stuckey seconded the motion.
Fully another moment of in
tense silence elapsed. Finally
one of the councilmen asked t
"What would happen' if ' we
did not accept the resignation
of West?'!- , J. .... i -
"It is only common courtesy
that you should accept," re
plied Judge Gaghagen. ' ."Fur
thermore, there will have to be
a special election to elect an
other man to replace Mr.
West, and should you not ac
cept the resignation,, it would
be a sort of hang-fire affair.
The people would not know
whether to vote to put West
back into office or just 'what
to do." ,
Finally the resignation was
unanimously accepted.
At his home last night West
refused to comment on his
resignation. "I am sorry, but
that is the only statement I can
give at the present time, that
embodied in my formal resig
nation." City officials stood almost as
a unit' last night in expressing
their regret at losing as val
uable a man as West. West
was generally conceded to be
the best financier in the city
council, and a man whoso hon
esty and integrity was never
questioned. He was' serving
his fifth consecutive year on
the city governing body when
his resignation came last night.
BETTER STREETS IS ,
BISMARCK ST. PLEA
The petition of Bismarck street
residents for the laying of a cinder
surface on that street, was referred
to the street committee by the city
council at Its meeting' last night.
The plea stated the street Is used
as s main thoroughfare and that
during the winter and rainy weather
It is Impassable to travel.
COLORED GEN'MAN ACQUITTED FOR
CHASING DARKIE IN SELF-DEFENSE
Ashland takes a great forward j every reason In the world to bellevolmore rapidly than any other district
step In progress with the opening that southern Oregon is somotlme.l In the stute."
of this new hotel the Lithla within the near future.' to he thol With the coming of the rall-Sprlngs--conccdcd
to bo the finest playground of the Pacific coast, i! roads Klamath Falls will not be
In southern Oregon. R. W. Price, am sure that we-of southern Ore-jlong In matching if not out-match-Its
manager. In the formal dedicu- gon havo good reason to believe i ing a hotel of this beauty and mag
tlon last week declared: "I have that southern Oregon will dgvelopnlflcence. J
After spending sixty-two days in
the county Jail on s charge of as
sault with Intent to kill, Joe Daniels,
colored, of Klamath Falls, was ac
quitted by the trial Jury after a half
hour of deliberation yesterday after
noon. Daniels survived s cross-examination
by Acting District Attorney
Jones with great distinction.
When Jones asked him It he had
shot at Harry Brown, another negro,
Daniels replied with simple direct,
ness:
"Yes, we separated."
Daniels also admitted he had
chased Brown, firing s revolver si
he pursued him, 1ut explained his
war-like conduct by telling the court
he shot "in self-defense." i
Daniels' gunnery was not so good,
and Brown was not injnured In the
"shooting."