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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1925)
THE KLAMATH NEWS United News and United Press Telegraph Services mm Inerous ri-ports ting at full ca- lonanzu country months. Dcp- c ami Money- surprise 'coup' tanch, ono una it of iionan.ii, with a 15-gal-esterdny. by Mike Pud vu the only lrinco when the Ma." Mike i j i i. nowcvi-r, irnunly. moon anil was "8- kins Stays All Mex. Camp; W Unbroken e Ihree wore sniKrhtl"1"1- M Kvlllen... y that Ihey had mllOII whirl, l,l r't0 l'i"lr belief thai rPonll,i0 for 10 M Utile uUd ,,, """it Mm iifi.v... lh"t Hawkins con- " the case. V tho dtslrl,.! n. f'Mly Uuceil,, .1..11.1. fl responsible d on r "go Two) l last "'filing. maln.lformatl" N QUENTIN iath News Guarantees Special KNflC(KIamathAlways r qtii i Had Strife, Lven U 0 1 III Til T .nkv.11nr.mro ! Pioneer Editor, A Son Of J Klamath, Sect Empire : Now Awakened FIRST CO. ASSESSOR I Linkville A Divided City , Housing "Bunchtown" And "Stringtown" A Hon of Klamath came home yesterday, after an absence of 41 year. And a score of old pioneers 'of the Klainalh counlry went back I to their youth their yesterdays ' Illicit)' is small.! ' v' '7V v v I declare that a,,i.v, ,i.,,h 'i-n. .,.1 if mc of thl I renew acquaintances. ' The Indians' supplied to are now peaceful, Ihe sheep mid bootleKlfers, cH'Irmen bare passed as the one Rnnanjn much ln" "nly "'duslry of I Mo Kluniutu; rniinlry. It Is a new era. That Tho! was empire has awakened. 1U U1HTUUIIK iha wuy ,e 'nl Vlrclula edilor, ono time Klamath rmvlmy saw the new Klamath. First I'ounly Assessor Mr. t'lurk runic huro In 1X77. while III In was still a srt of Lake He was Klanialh's first ( tolirt IlilUHC county asseosor. lie left Klnmaih JJltyjliil tiend-l Then there was no Klainalh Kails. "00, which will'1"11 ,no v,l'S' t Linkvillo wai a anii .,. I !f;Hr affair divided Into Iwo - W - ' 'tile ramps. Tho nun living In I "llunchlowu" and Ihe other In ; "StrliiRtuwp " the dividing line lie- ' Ing about where tho News office I now la, as uearly as Mr. Clurk cauj, I determine, j I .1 Warlike Villain- ! Lending nut from tho warlike vil lage wero numerous trails, since' ! replaced with surfaced highway.! The only thought of Irrigation , i represented by a tiny ditch which, somo of llin Hlrlngtown residents ! (lug to bring water to their gar-1 'dens. What are now grout grain fields wero only sago brush plains. iTim only ws a water power, one up tlio river owned by the I Moores. . , Traded III Redding ! As for development In oilier parts the sheriffs office of the county, Mr. Clark recalls lurching for three hauling lumber to build a house lnrr mid. uult their! for bis father near Illy, that lumber ""only after a stab-; being from the uno Mooro mill' r'r Tuesday morn-'at Linkville as tho nearest placa of which Valentino: where lumber was to bo had. (Jen-: on laborer for the Ural merchandise was hauled from c company, lost bis' Roddlna bv wason. while flour and lklna ;, .mi . !....i trnm ha limine Itlvcr " inis morning, vulley. It being mo universally lc quit or where ccp(,d ,heor,r ,hat no,1,lnB- that! ins for officers dld'k",d collld bo l,rouuccd ln Klamath, Pt be ouesiunrf The cattle man was generally '""I which Lui I.aii-U'U'ronio, although In places tho Mexican, Is held ln:ll0cl' nun ot a look '" Ueef ttnd, wool were tho only money crops of tho county. i'ojoto Kcboes Iletruyiil Mr. Clark yesterday motored up to Illy, finding a few old friends among both Indians and Whites in tho eastern part of 4ho county, with plows tearing up curjh ho hud bolloved fit only tu grow bunch grass and locomotlvo whistles dis turbing echoes sacred to tho coy oto. Today tho (Murks expect to run tliuin their Journey south and l (Continued On 1'iigo Two) UNGES HEADLONG IN CANAL; EPT. RUSHES TO SAVE DRIVER ,lci"".'(l unoccounlahly, was mndo for Ihe missing man. ""ted duwn .ini..!hut it later developed, through in- from eve witnesses that ' cour t . I tho car was unoccupied when ! Hals ed hoail"l Efforts were being made lnt mt ,lulon canal.1 night to removo the car from the it, tf n hy "oiiiB un-jcanul. Its owner's immo could not r s M m"n to he learned. There was no curb- "it th i nl into ing or ronre niong iiib Th!.r KLAMATH FALLS. ORE.. THHRXnAV aiu:itt on mor WIRE FLASHES I'r'ATII TOLL It K M II KS ill KI'IIT, It. I.. Aug. It) (I'niii'ii i)Ki, at (i,.,,,! ninl marly :U oilier duiiKcmusly liurmil, as a result of the fjil nl rtilulnii iiIhiiimI tin. r(unlnii slcutiii-r Mii.klnuc here lair Tuc. day, Ihe disaster Wcdm-sdny night IcMuili-ly culcn-d l ie list of I lie worst raluslmplif n the history uf Xcw F.iiglatid. Man) of lif Injured, It feared, could not survive the all hut fatal eff.-rU of thr Mining Mia mi Inhaled during a blind rush to mil l), which . fi)lliW)il Un burst ing of I he boiler. KPOIITM WHITKIt IIIKS U.VCIN.VITI W illiam A. I'hel on, widely known Mirti writer, who Inn been on the staff of llw Times-Star for Ihe lat 1.1 years. llleil at Ills lllillle Itriglit's flihcuM. I'iielon was one of tile first men to detect something wrong III the world aeries scandal of 111 10. and his arraignment of the black listed luerN was some thing of a classic. ItusCIlt NLAVKIt Til tll.l;l IIOKKIUIK;, II has been lenrnisl by local authorities that llM' llilnl of the (iororth brothers, known as t.corgc llrnwn. wbfi msterlously dlsiippeared from the Vlkton dislrlit prior to the fatnl shooting of Itis brollier. Have, by liepuiy Kd (irubbs. sH'iit last Mi, j"!,' llday JligJil al A uvlel In. Cot- age tirove. IIAMIITH (,KT S 10,00(1 SAX ITtAXCISt'tl Holding two Hiam-n and a boy prisoners In niiiillier room, three bandits Wed nesday afternoon looted the down- .... Ii.u.iln' ki.u., of Mrs. Anna I.. hlUrln, of I...K. worth of The robbers escaped In an nil loliiohlle, firing several shots Into a crowd id pursuers, nlu liaslily abandoned the 'r.insc. ;it;.XTit: w.Mt loan ItO.MK Xegotlutlons for a MOO, ood.OUO lesa I" the Italian gov ernment by the Sluiwmut corpor ation of lloston ure nearly com plete, according to a report whirl, circulated In financial cinli-s Wed nesday. STKA.MKK AliltK XICW YOltK fire of mi known origin, which broke out on the steamship President Adiiins f Hie Dollar line In pom nero late VViMlm-sdny, did more than S.10.000 damage imtoiv h nai extinguished after a two-hour bat lie by liiml and wider fliv-fiBhtluK I forces. XI DK POISON IVV KAXSAS flTV Pantless Pall, the naked inun, has Im-cii rudely fouled by nature. Sportively oltircd In P'r of patent leutlicr brognus and a natty straw derby, nolhlng else, the sntyr of the sylvan dolls of Swope purk, who biw eluded siiin s of armed searcher for n week. Is nursing seven- disc of poisoned Ivy. ASKS SI THUMB PKXALTY MM AXUKLKS "Tlio "Inlo will demand tlwt ho hang." Tli.-so words flmndcred dlrcrtly til Dr. Tbomns W. Vouti, on trial chargnl with slaying Ills wealthy young wife, with iwhul gas mid m-nUnH bo,l' U' . cement cistern, nuido tho dimiiiii llro dentist crlngo for the flint lime during Ills trliil. (illtL IH O AMK H H LOGX K fieri in'l" Hdcrlo uihkI iinture.ll' IndljtnMiit over . 1.. tit lli-l- col- It. I be newspaper si." ! lapse and fnl'iiro after a nlno hour battle with tho K.u.lis.1 enn n . Sho lnls th "'' ,,ep und 'lf" " " " hi t unexplained tears ma-lo or Lit. Nlio do"" rt rP""0 .he romplotcnrss of the roi which ended hor gnllnnt -Uu, RIOT IS , 7 IS FAIALLYiNews Insures MITf CRASH MYSTERY Details Unknown In Cas Ite Of John Andrews In ! , I Local Hospital : i; Au clement of niyitery surrouuds ll, u .,,,.. i.t m n,,.n .1.1..' ... v. ,,., .au, cbi IJ lllin morning, lay at the boint of death . L , .... iln tho Klamath 0eral hospital. I Tho man, whose same was ho-, jji hn Andrews, apparently was in Jurcd ' In an automobile accident near Klamath Kalis. Early this ! morning Dr. A. J. Lyle, superintend- Wednesday of I clu "' "'" n"1!""" and other at ' tendants wero unable to furnish , any details concerning tho crash. I . Internal InjuricN ' Anilrows, a colored man, was ! suffering from severs internal in juries and a wrenched neck. The upper abdomen was badly crush- ; ed. nurses iiaid. t : Late lat night pnlro said they ' had no record of the automobile accident in which Andrews was said to have figured, and sheriff's depu ties, called from their beds, said Ihey had received no report. Night attendants at tho hospital were un able to ;vay what Individuals hrnugbt Itjo man to tho Institu tion. ' ; ; - : . 'idlUoi'--4JI10ral- - ' During tho course of the evening, it was raid, two women telephoned the hospital. Olio of them asked concerning tho condition of a "Mr. Johnson" and the other inquired about "Mr. Jackson." When told that no patients by thoso names wero being cared for, tho women lM - l;'ncd that they were Interest-' il in a "colored man." Little hopo was held for tho man's recovery. Ho Is about 21 j years of ago. 1 DISASTROUS FIRE THREATENS CALIF. FINE T1MBERLAND LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19. (United News) Three crews of fil'C fighters, totaling 250 j association Is a system of free tow-j the Dorothy Elllngson case. Wednea mpn. wprp rushed from Los'tng and emergency road service fori day, defense Attorney Walter Mc- Angeles to the forest fire zone north of Pasadena late Wed nesday mgni. I The fire, fanned by a strong! breeze, has already devastated ? nnn nerps nf fine timberlandJ"" roaU8 ,ne nQ ' and is rapidly progressing tnrougn IircoreaKS to ine wooded slopes of the Sierra Madra mountains, wnicn act as watersheds for foothill cit ies und towns. Scores of private mountain homes and camping resorls, thousands of acres of viiluaMo timber land, and many human lives wore being men aced as the firo sought outlet through ginnllrr nrroyos und can yons. ' ' Two tlioiisnnd acros of valuable timber land and watershed had boon burned before midnight Wednesday, and the flumes wero still far from being under control. AUGUST BUILDING SLUMPING IN K. So fur Ibis month, tho clly of Klamath Fulls has fallen down ill Its building activities Municipal Judge Lcm Regretfully, Gaghagcn admitted as much yester day. The figures, of ccurse, are com parative. At this time In August of Inst year, the city had expended 1403,000 for new structures. So far this month only 1110,000 has been put Into new buildings. vj iw J. fV lt!lj Train To Weed Train To Weed;The Pelicans i eamrNeeas i When the Pelican ball team fares J forth to Weed to lock horn In what' l predicted to bo the deadliest bat- 1110 of southern Oregon and northern! California - baeuall hisiory, :. will not make Its one game pennant bat- j tie without the reverbratlng cheers : of rooters from ihe iiume -own. 1 The shrill whistle of the Klamath , abb special win ue neara ai ine - , ,,, t . a . L . .Southern Pacific' depot at 9:30 j n'clnelr finnrinv mnrnln'r n n H It vlll In. a- a hnna In It'- n,,v Inua .nil i gain, If thcro aren't at least; 200 howling Klamath baseball fans. There may bo 400 or C00, or more. Last night a hundred tickets had been sold. Wednesday was the "dead line." At least 200 signers had to he signed by last night, so that the Southern Pacific could ur- garage or tho Klamath Nowb. Let's range for a special train crew. j glvo tho Pelicans a birthright to The Southern Pacific graciously! victory! It will tacilate matters if permitted a day of grace. The Klam- everyone desiring 'o make the ez ath News did the rest. The fol-icursion will make known their In lowing wire was sent with perm Is-! tentlons today. sion of tho local baseball manage-1 Arrangements are being made for. ! ment to the Southern Pacific at San , Francisco, yesterday noon: "Please have special train Klatn- atli rails to weed and return on 1 tracks at 9 a. m. Sunday morning, AMERICAN AUTO ASS'N TO START OFFICES IN K. F. Klamulh Kails will be Ihe next city in Oregon to bo enlisted in tho branch offjecs of the American Automobilo association, according to Ocorgo O. Brandenburg, general manager of tho Oregon Slato Motor association, and I). C. Mcllcnry, field secretary, who arrived In the city last night from Portland, for the purpose of Interesting Klamath mo torists. I "The time has coino," according j i to Brandenburg, "when Klamaiu j 'Falls should hold a space on tile I national A. A. A. map. We want 1 3D0 reliable motorists to enlist in j tho campaign in order to give Klain-! ath Falls a branch office." i Association's Scope Among the features of the Oregon its members. It maintains a legal department; where members are ac corded free legal advice in all mat- ters pertaining to the ownership aud , iy station whose so-called friends operation of an automobile. Freeof the dance halls and cafes have' maps are given members' to cover; all roads In tbe country, and last. but not least, It passed a law at the recent Besslon of the legislature whereby an association momborshlpi card will bo accepted as bail any-j wiiero in tno siaio up io ino aniouni of 125. This luw becumo effective May 26. 1925. ' ' Kliunatli Publicity j Mr. Ilrnndcnburg, who Is also! I editor of tho Oregon Motorist, of ficial publication, Is anxious to have several columns dovutcd to Klam ath In his next Issue, as being among tho now branch offices In tho state. Other branches are Kugeno, L'orval lis, Marshflcld, Mod ford. Grants Pass, Roscbtirg, Bend. Tbo Dalles and Seaside, tho latter bolng Install ed this week. Portland Is Ihe homo office. K. F. HOME IS BURGLARIZED Operatives ot the sheriff's otflco, last night woro Investigating a bur- glary which took placo at tho homo of C. K. Drandcnborg. who Urns, ot Eighth street between tho Cath-1 cite, church and the Catholic acad- emy Between 50 and 160 in cat a and currency was stolen after the house hnd been ransacked, accord ing to Mr. Brandenberg's report. QUELLE Special Ball ou;aign l oaay Klamath News Kill guarantee 200 passengers. If 200 are no on train News will make up deficit." Tlio Pelican b"!l team needs.your support at Weed Sunday. Organised only eight days before the season opened last spring, the local club. under the management and dlrec- torshlp of Fred Glover and Bert L. . . ..... vooa. nave already cincnea seconu place In the Klamath-Siskiyou lea- vmr anrl I. - , 1 .1 r-1. 1 .... . lh. I...I,. t , I. t..l...tnt Tl ' 1 i I a real pennant scare. The round trip can be made for half the original price. Tho reduc tion makos It possible to make the round trip for 14.11. Tickets can be purchased fruc Glover's jewelry store, tho Mecca, the Smoko, Acme an orchestra to accompany tho team down on tho train. It will be a great trip that excursion, both going and coming, and during the gamo. Victor Law son of Chicago News Dies CHICAGO. Aug.-18. Victor F. Lawson,. publisher of the Chi cago Daily News died at his home here Wednesday night after an Illness of two days. AcccTding to H. L. Rogers, as sistant publisher of the Daily New, Lawson's death W'as un expected. - Ho becamo sick Tues day und was ordered to his bed. Wednesday he said be felt bet ter and Insisted on getting up and working. He collapsed with out ' warning , and died at 9 o'clock. , Heartrending Plea Made for Jazz Girl SAN FRANCISCO, (United News) In Aug. . 19. making bis ; closing argument to the Jury In Govern pleaded for a verdict of "not guilty by reason of Insanity." His description of "a girl of low - scattered and whose companions r saiety lito or gaiety bare refused a! word ot cheer," brought tears to' i the eyes of many court room spec- tators. "Nono of us can deny tho atroc- ,t. ot th() uctt ,h(J idning oi raother by her own daughter," ho,of tuo Prisonors will bo tried for !.id. . but w0 can ask you to decide! murder, prison officials said. Wed- m.r flll0 tn a splrlt or humanity.1 It IFF ItEBULS BEATEN KHZ, French Morocco French military operations tn tho Taxa sector of tho war sonc havo ended In triumph. 'Thousands of tribes men have surrendered, and tho French losses wero small. WARRANTS SWORN OUT FOR FOUR K. F. MERCHANT "DEAD BEATERS' Klamath merchants who havelW. Gouchcr, Mrs. S. L. Hudson, tursted local peoplo with varionajj. M. Coffman and Frank Bolethla merchandise to be paid tor on tho; charging fraudulent concealment or , credit, or Installment plan nro be ing mado ino - goats by a grout. number of unscrupulous buyers who "dead beat" for a living, and ac tion will be takon by tbe Merchants! Bureau with a view to remedying the situation. It was learned last j night. vvarrauia nave uvea issueu iui - Price Five Cento THRILLING CHASE IN SPEED: LAUNCH EFFECTS CAPTURE OF SIX CONVICTS SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.' 19. (United News) An attempted riotous escape from San Quen tin penitentiary Wednesday afternoon gave six convicts an exciting hour of liberty before, they were rounded up and re turned 1 their cells. " The prison is situated on San Francisco bay, The men vyho tried to get away had been working under supervision of guards, along the waterfront Acting concertedly, they . set upon G. M. Ailler, a . guard, beating him, probably fatally, on the head with a stone. Then they dragged him toward a small motor boat, which' had been unloading supplies at the prison wharf. The launch owner, threaten ed with violence, started the motor and the convicts jumped aboard, throwing Miller to the floor boards. A moment later they were headed out into, the bay. ' . I By this ; time guards 'had I spread' the '.alarm, N and .'the . j water", about " , the"-"chugging ' launch was lifted .into, spray iby whizzing bullets..- , -, - The convicts apparently had forgotten about ' the prison ' ! launch, which soon took up the chase. " Crowded with armed I men, the faster boat overha'ul j ed the fugitives rapidly and iwas about a thousand yards -j away when the convicts rcach- ed the shore'. Rifles j were j pumping a shower of lead at the desperadoes, and they de jcided to continue their flight on land. : ...;-v- Meanwhile police departments of all bay cities bad been informed of the break, and a posse of policemen -hurried aioug lb beach from Rich mond, an oil refinery center on tho iuland side of the bay. They arrlv-' ed Just as the' convicts scrambled ashore. . i Prisoners Wounded . Firing from close range, tho of ficers wounded one of the men In the arm and the others, seeing that escape was hopeless, surrendered, Miller, the kidnaped guard, was 1 found In tho abandoned boat, bis head mashed ln from tbo felons' assaults- He was taken to a Rich ln.mond hospital,' whore bis recovery was said to bo doubtful. In the convicts' wild dash for tho boat they knocked down Georgo Grayson, a guard, who suffered fractured skull ln tho moleo. If n : . I. r' n . v. 1 1 . j i ,, g ' viiuvi uiifDuu ui. miiiui uiv, all i nesday night. Aeroplane Heady io Bomb If the chaso had gone further It Is probablo that an aoroplano would havo played a large part tn tho cap ture Mcut. W. R. Bweeley, com manding officer at Crissy field, Jumped Into his piano when asked (Continued on Page Two) ' - thoft of phonographs. Tho action, In these eases was lunon uy. ln Shepherd Music House. "Recently - ,1 reduced my prlooa on victroias declared Mr. Shepherd last night. This seems to be my reward. These people bought vloirolas, paid tbo first payment and skipped with ( mv Tii-iiAjiao. t :. :r ..