The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942, July 29, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextRid IS) THE KLMIATH NEWS 7 ( Every Morning Except Monday) United Hew, and United Pro, Telegraph Service, D. flDUP fS'Jay Upton Will IDiih sTs-va aOv. Y til lU "Reliable Renorf Dl III Was Generally Under.tood Upton Would Not Run Against Patterson IIKNI), July 28 United New. I Unless I ha unfurnm-n happen. Jay II. I'ploq, prldnl of iim ,(b0 Hn. DRIVER to hve been the frame-up, William bdell. was "clu "P Kht at the pomi 01 I fur on Itirm, and at present , ..i...i- ivhlln "rrgiin legislature ,tic revolver, while (h fin(r1 () the Odell bun line, rounUe. wm be -.,,,,. the IJUae uruuicm. governor on (na republican tlrkel. of approximately Thle Information was obtained from ash and American ; Pliable source In Bend, fplon a noma town, louay. Returning from Port Orford. where ha attended tha- Mala conven- Spanlah war veteran. relurtant In talk politic. U. L. Patteraon, war horae of slate pollili a. and Upton am clone friends. It haa been amorally understood, and for thla raaaon II waa aurmlacd. that tha rantral Oregon aenator would not llatan to tha appeal of hla friend If Patterson announced . hla candidacy for governor. I - KLAMAT" FAIXS' 0RE- WEDNESDAY. JULY M ' " " Ill RESOURCES CAUSE NATIONAL PROBES OIL Grand Jury May Give Important Reports Today An Important Indictment la to be returned by tha grand Jury thla morning at 11 o'clock In the report uf their findings after a two-day amnion, according to ruinora In court house circlea yesterday. The grand Jury haa been In foe ret aeaalon for the past two daya, and while they will not be able to complete their work, the big angle of the aeaalon'a Inveatlgatlon la aald In tin rnmnlalail vn 1 1 .. . v .. of the wggeat ;: : t r. . Country. Oil Resources Will Be Exhauated In 10 Yeara Expert WASHINGTON. July za. (United New) (iovKrnment eiperta from wveral departments here are buck ling down to one country i , . . land the gov.rnment-lhat of ... " " -" report Ing the dwindling oil aupp.le.. which!".. " ' """" rtificatcH. ridinsr in the taxi, .. .mi- r ...I l JieiVllie v-mv, .inn of Hi Lme to dark place ;i-p,on ( Clay glowed down, Id with a .45 jump- running board and I know you have a now ahell out or I'll brains out.' The t in the car and or- Uriver to keep going. rove us down Main the hold-up told me a warning cry he d lite in the back neat lie searched me from ttora; even my Hhoos fee off." er' DUippeara Ing' to Ule. the unquestionably in It "The Uxi driver bant protests, which I am sure. The ook ail the taxi ley, iouevcr. . But uested to be driven riffs office the taxi lied, going Heveral of hia way and driv- When I went into is office he di.snn- HunsakerBack From Springs; Is Improved Juallce of the Peace R. K. Hun aker. who haa been recuperating at tlia Turner hot aprlnga, near Illy, waa brought to Klamath Fall yea tvrday. A alight Improvement In hla condition la reported, all hough tha Juatlca la unable ( aaaume hla dtitlea of office aa yet. Jack McAuliffe Is Back In Hospital 1 Lon Burke mudo a Isearch of local hotel morning, and aluo I authorities at Weufl Pford to Kuanl tho intercept the hol.l ' oeevea the hold -n n pe had a much larger man he actually li,l l'r. the taxi driver, murned to the taxi " and Main ,,n i I ... -i iwtliis mornintr. tllA MAH ... 1 men unuer sus- I Just released from Penitentiary sever 1 K0, after servino- ntence for stealing nTuMAXTr:!) Doughty Klamath Cattleman Suffers Relapse And Is Returned Here aome geologlata have predicted, will be eihaiMU'd In 10 ycara at tho preaent rate of development. Thla problem Involvea not only the futue gaaoline to run the automo bllea of the United BUtee, hut oil to fire the nuvy'a enaiiiea and to supply numeroua Induatrlal needa. Working under the direction of Prealdent Coolldge'a oil board, theae eaperta bava Juat completed the flrat phaaa of their eahauatlra Inquiry, gathering tha facta, and will begin to formulate concluilona for coo greaa, which alao will Include recom I mendatlona for preventing another Tea -Pot dome eplaode. In aniwer to queatlonnalrea from the board, num bera of oil rorporatlona, englneera and eM'rta have auhmitted all typea of data. Some few companies amall concerna, declined to co-operate. Their namea will bt made known when a general Mat l published In the near future. Working Toward Solullou Later, probably In October, a pub lic hearing will be held here, at which heada of large oil companlea will be aaked to give their vlewa re garding aolullon of preaent problems facing tha Industry. The problem aa tha government aea It, la briefly thla: There la a great waste In oil pro duction today. ' There la tremendous over-produc lion The oil companlea Ihemaelrea, the people who buy, will suffer in the long run, and a condition la de veloping which may mean aerloua trouble for the future. Much (Ml Wasted Kahauatlon of thla country's oil HUppliea would mean dependence FINAL PLANS FORiNorthern Lines NEW K. F. CHURCH MADE LAST NIGHT P Huyl r. Mela Ft decree tranted a divorce ' In circuit M. Wagner of divorce ylrday. J,mi Kellv .n. A .rday a char(e f '"h lime thla We Judae r.,..K .hoM ilo did. Kelly of tin .- . . ""' old not mv ih. fi-. P'obahlv .. res Steal Whole 1 in Medford Jack McAuliffe, well known cattle man of the Klumalh country. t returned to local haHpllul yemer- upon Imports, from foreign nations, day. following a relapso In hl ran-' which would create a situation very dltlon reuniting from being over-j similar to the critical rubber altua come by nionlaidn poison fumes, nn today, brought about by the from hla car while on the way to iirltlsh monopoly Thla would In l.ukevlcw aevernl months ago, as crease the price of oil and gasoline, well aa Injuries austnlned while res- Investigation by government ex culng hla flood-atrlckeu rallle from: porta haa disclosed that in a wild the Sacramento river last winter, j scramble to get oil to tho surface. McAuliffe waa well on the way to, there hua been reckless extravagance recovery last week und hla condition. In method. Wolla are opened in it waa believed, warranted his re movnl to hla place near Fort Klam ath. The rclapao yeaterday, how ever, necessitated hla being returned to a hospital. PREMIUM LIST FOR COUNTY FAIR IS OUT Itnr- public P' My 28.-W. H. ""-"I-Slon,... , ,,n"r i"Blle ,i . i" cniin,n "I jZ ..;,vn ' Haraur'T"?- In "' ''y an. ,1 ,' urrt ,h" h. he ,,..??" nn" ce ... . w " I ' of the Kln1 In bright now gown of varla- gated ornnge, green, blue and pink, the new premium Hat for the Klam ath county fair ia off the press and ready for distribution from the of fice of the fair board, room D, In the basement of the court house. About 700 copies nro being mailed to tha Hat of farmers, hut anyone desiring extra copies or that copies be mailed to friends outside the county, mny ' leave tholr names at offlro of the hoard, who ore al- waya glad to send out thla attractive littlo booklet Differing from other years, the premium list carrlea the advertise ments of soma 710 local firms and bualheaa concerna, occupying the op posite fiagoe from tho prlto awards, rules and regulations, etc., through out Its 72 pages. Through the courtesy of the Jnck aon county fair board and Medford chamber of commerce, aomi fifty copies will go for distribution lo dlscrlmlnately, with no thought of the future. Under the present meth ods, only about one-third of the oil In a well is being taken out, the rest Is left and the well abandoned. This other two-thirds will have to be taken out later, through pressure muchlnery. The government will try to find out it It ia not best to develop each well fully without intermission. Beaten Unconscious By Detectives For Pickford Confession LOS ANGELES, July 28. That detectives beat them into Insensi bility in- order to obtain a "kid naping plot" confession from them were the charges hurled In court late Tuesday by two of the three men charged with a conspiracy to kidnap Mary Pickford. The accusations came after tho defenso managed to pluce Claude A. Itokomb on the' aland. Holcomb testified that when he refused to "confess" detectives) kicked and beat hlir until ho became unconacloua. Charles Z. tSevena declared ho U.S. AMBASSADOR!: TO JAPAN DEAD Edgar ' Bancroft Suddenly Stricken While At Summer Resort TOKIO, July28(Unlted Newa) Edgar A. Bancroft, the American ambassador to Japan, died today. Mr. Bancroft had been 111 of In testinal trouble for aome time, but recently had been reported to be Improving. A rest waa preacribed by hla phyaicians, who believed he would recover under these con ditions. ' The Japanese foreign office de clared Itself to be "tremendously shocked" by Bancroft's death, and officials remarked the esteem In which the American ambassador waa held, because of his work In ce menting Japanese-American friend ship. V Bancroft died at K&ruliawa, a summer reaort, where he had gone to rest. He had been there only a few daya when hla lost Illness at tacked him, as he was playing a round of golf. Bids Submitted For Million Dollar State Roads Improvements PORTLAND, July 28. Contrac tors submitted proposals to the state highway commission today for work, the cost of which will approximate $1,250,000. Awards will be an nounced Wednesday The chief project on which bids were opened waa tho grading of 23 miles of the Rooaevelt highway in Curry county, between Chetco and Burnt Hill. Thla ia very heavy con struction, und the cost of grading, it is estimated, will approach 11,000, 000. The project la divided Into four units. , For the entire four unite there were ten bidders, of which Bauer and Bauer seemed to be tho lowest. In addition eight blda were submitted for Individual units. Another Koosevelt highway Job on which bids were opened waa the Kocky-Sllett section In Lincoln county, for which there were eight bidders. Portland Architects' Plans Accepted For Edifice On ,8th And Jefferson . Final plans for the new Klamath Falls Episcopal church were made last night when Bishop William P. Remington of Pendleton, who la In the city, called a meeting of the building committee. Plana from the archltecta, Law rence and Holford of Portland, were orougm to Kiamam Kalis and ac cepted by the committee. The church khen completed will cost near the sum of 12,000. The corner of Eighth and Jefferson streets will be the alte of the new edifice, which will be one of the most complete of the smaller churches In aouthern Oregon. Although the Eplacopal church Is not of tha oldeat in Klamath Falls, it is one of the atrongeat, and the work haa been made In rapid strides since Its foundation. v Looking; For Pastor Rev. Oliver Riley of North Da kota, who was expected to fill the vacancy left by Rev. Meryweather, haa been kept in the east, and Bis hop Remington Is now negotiating with others to take the Klamath Falls work. Bids will be called for from local contractors as soon as definite spec ifications are returned to Klamath Falls, and work started in the very near future In order to have the church tn completion for the holidays. Ozzy West's Claim For Fees Sustained SALEM, July 28. (United News) The claim of Oswald West, Port land attorney, against Coos county for 819, 685. 88 for services render ed In connection with the passage of a bill by congress la sustained by the Oregon supreme court In an opinion by Justice Bean and handed down by the court this morning. The claim of West covered his services in the interest of a bill through which Coos county collected from the federal government a total In Difficulties Over Park Site No Definite Action Taken By Park Board; Park Sites Are Scarce No definite action on the sale of Riverside park to the Oregon Trunk Una, for uae as a passenger depot site, waa taken by the park com missioners at their meeting last night. A committee of three waa appointed to consider possible al ternative park altea, and will report Its flndlnga next Tuesday evening. O. B. Richmond, land agent of the Oregon Trunk, presented the rail road's case. He told the park board that the railroad had acquired prop erty adjoining the city park for Its right-of-way and waa prepared to pay a reasonable and equitable price for the purchase of the park prop erty. Rufus Moore, dean of the park commissioners, observed at this Junc ture that park aitea within the city limits were not plentiful? No Other Park Site "Would .the park board rather have cash for the park or another park site donated by the railroad?" asTted Richmond, "That would depend upon where the proposed park is located and what quality of soil there was in the tract," declared Baldwin. Roy Durbin then suggested Modoc park as the alternate site for a city park, but O. D. Matthews pointed out that the soil in Modoc park was poor, and that there was no body of water nearby. Matthews de clared that In his. .opinion a park without a lake or river was of little value. - . i a. f - Richmond' suggested that aa ar tificial lake might be made, as has been done In Portland, but the aug- sbbuuu met -no entnuslastic re 8p6nse. The park commissioners then In quired if It might not be possible to retain it frontage on Lake Ewauna for park purposes; turning over enough land to the railroad for a right-of-way. Need All of Park Richmond declared his instruc tions were to acquire all of River side park. He alss pointed out that a city park, flanked by a railroad track, would not be a desirable rec reation Center. Richmond,. on behalf of the Ore- SUGAR CONCERN IS INTERESTED IN K. F. Success Of Experiments In Sugar Beets Here Spurs Calif. Co. To Action of I4S2.141.58 In taxes costs. In terest and penally from the sale of:gon Trunk, requested the committee speedily aa possible, and Little Sparrow Shuts Off City Water Supply LINCOLN, Neb., July 28. Poor Judgment on the part of a small sparrow disabled the entire city wa ter aiipply for thirty minutes Mon day. Flying In a window at the muni cipal pumping station, the little bird alighted on the main terminal switch which controls the electrical pumps of the water supply. The bird's head came In contact with one switch of the terminal and lta tail touched tho other. The con- was beaten until he ,bled from thoitnct canw, by (he Dlrd b,cw Qut n nose and mouth Court waa hurriedly adjourned following the prosecuting attorney's uproar which grootod the tlnns. each of these factors, whllo tho Am-; pr.t,;Ljt:on Has Caused ann V.llnn.l r. .1 1 1 .... n I " w I . ....... r Decrease in narcotics - tl. I- , ..ill 1. I n I lCl.lt"B generous supply for distribution. The various divisions of the prem ium Hat itcem with Interesting epec- lnt prises, which nlwnys tend stimulate keen competition and make for ' good natured rivalry among neighbor exhibitors, J SAN FRANCISCO, July 28. The popular Idea that prohibition haa resulted In an Increased use of nar cotics Is erroneous, according to Dr. Rupert Blue, assistant surgean gen eral of tho United States Public Health Service. the fuses in the plant. It required thirty minutes to restore service. Tho bird was electrocuted. Evelyn Neabit Vicl'm Of Big Jewel Robbery ATLANTIC CITY. July 28. Evelyn Nesblt, wrmer wlfo of Harry K. Thaw lost $1,000 In Jowelery and clothing early Tuesday, when' a hurglar entered her apartment while she waa dancing in a beach front cabaret, according to the pol ice. timber on lands acquired by the United Statea from Southern Ore gon company In Coos county. The amount of West's claim rep resents an amount agreed upon by the county court of Coos county. The services covered by the claim were performed in 1913 and 1919. When West presented his claim to the commlssfoners of Coos county in 1920, it was disallowed except for the amount of $1,000. which he refused to accept, bringing suit to collect the entire amount, which be won in the circuit court for Lane county, and from which decree Coos county had appealed to the supreme court. 74,000 Miners Walkout In Saar Valley Strike BERLIN, July 28. U. N. Indus try In the Saar valley haa been par alysed by action of 74,000 miners, who struck Monday. A sympathy strike by metal workers has brought all Industrial activity In that region to a standstill The mines and private property in the strike area are being protected from possible violence by troopa of the army of occupation. Tanks, heavily armed, and prepared for in atant uae, are guarding the pit heada against the strikers. '' to act next Tuesday was set as the date for the return of the committee's report. Jumps From Car As Flames Burst William Sargent Sustains Broken Leg And Car Burns In Ditch William Sargent, of Tillamook, while on his way to Bend from Klamath Falls, yesterday, sustained a broken leg and other injuries, when, while driving, he Jumped from his car aa the machine burst Into flamea. The car, which waa about 30 miles north of here, when the ac cident occurred, finally stopped after running Into a ditch Passing tour ists helped to extinguish the flames, but the car waa badly damaged. Sargent'a condition waa reported as favorable at the Klamath. General hospital last night. PREMIER ORLANDO ATTACKED BY MOB ROME. July 28. Fascist mobs attacked former Premier Orlando Landing Field Is Made For Forest Fire Patrol wl,h "tlcks and Bl0U8" Bt Palermo, I today, following a speech In which EUGENE, July 28. Two emer- 0rland had ured the election of geucy landing fields, one near Oak-ant-faclt candldatea In tha mnni rldge and one eaat of the Middle j uI"1 election due August 2. , Slater, have been designated by i The- fascists attacked Orlando's Lieut. Lloyd Burnett, head of the. motor, and a frea for all fight rH army airplane forest patrol on the sulu-d. Carbineers cleared (l Pacific coast. Pilots may make J square, permitting Orlando to b5 emergency landings on theae ileitis j anven nome. cJiones and cluba high In the Caacade mountains and; were hurled at the machine enroute, be ablo to hop off again, he aald. but there were no aerious results. Klamath county may hold hos pitality for another sugar company as they did for tha Hamilton City concern during the early spring. If plans nnder way by the chamber of commerce are brought to a bead. A letter received from the Spreck les sugar Interests from the factory in Manteca, Calif., inquired Into the -rainfall records of Klamath Falls. . Keno. Olene and Bonanta, sections -which are progreaalng rapidly In the success of the new sugar beet op erations and farming. The letter waa read during tba meeting of the chamber of com merce board of directors yesterday, at noon, and received unanimous support In regard to, urging the Spreckles Interests to probe into tha Klamath country in seeking new lands from which they would be able to obtain the sugar beats. . Chamber Active According to Secretary Sabln and others, the letter will be followed by an nrgent request for represen tatives of the factory to lnapect the growth of tha beets In Klamath dis tricts. The picture which was brought into the' chamber by a Klamath rancher, depicting the splendid crop of growing, beets in, the Tule lake country was alao sent to the Spreckles Interests, In order to aid In tha object of tha chamber. The Bprecklea - company, which na .sugar producing farms In, the Hawaiian Islands, and In southern California, especially. Ia, one of the. largest sugar companies In tha world and are exceedingly Influential la the development of lands. Chamber Aids City In Putting Across Street Sign Plan Winners in the Stop Forest Fires campaign were awarded their laur els yesterday at noon, when they were guests at the chamber of com merce luncheon of .the board of di rectors. The prizes were awarded by Bert Hall, president of the or ganization. Thomas Massey received first award of $10; Hubert Totten, sec ond, $5; Nadlne O'Flaherty. third. $3; Betty Zimmerman, fourth, $1; Edward Boyd and Etta Mathis. fifth, tied, $1. George Maasey waa award. ed a special prize of $5 for effort. Members of the chamber voted $100 to aid the city of Klamath Fall8 In obtaining BtreeU sighs for toe location of streets, both In the business and residential districts. The poles will be of cedar and thoroughly creosoted. ' . . Germany Astounds World With Big Dept Payments LONDON. July 28. German? haa paid almost $1,(100,000,000 ot her war bill, according to a treaanrv announcement In the house ot commons. Reparations payments in merchan dise . and cash, distributed by the reparations commission to the end ot June amounted to approximately $800,000,000. Of this amount Great Britain received approximately $100,000,000. Butterflies Invade Whole Shasta Valley YREKA, Calif., July 28 Mo- torlsts In tho Shasta valley are being plagued hy millions of but terflies. The honry gatherers are feeding on the alfalfa crop and are o thick that automobiles mow .down ttinimnnda of them. Flat tcrn-il ttKiitnst radiators, the but torf lli-a cut off the air from the motors, thus causing engines to overheat, and consequent garage visits.