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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1925
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lAK.I lass. Oct. 6. Wllh a
Ota (or sabslanllnl selilrmenl
H lltll'l Irrigated lands, trurk
iraeral aeeord al Iho fifteenth
I smsIob or tho Oregon Irrl
m eoBgrasa, which opened burr
f, TU gives an answer In Ilia
(problem confronting the Klnm
eountry that of land develop
I. Even federal aid, ever an
consideration al Irrigation
rBCM IB wsstorn state. b
In the background by the con-
C strewing by all authorities
eryfag Beed or finding means
i aacesaafnl entry of seniors.
Tan Xrwllall
reaaoa ' for the state body
Been a determined plrld on
.ant fro tin customary con-
k.loa of Saw projects wna a
raoogn' ton of the fart Ibat
y ' -nh percentage of far
1 1. th Ha to and federal re
Bat . Srojorts had failed,
'that t kad fnllod miserably
Blfllmtia uf their dreams, and
hopes of IrrlKatlonlsts of tlu
i la "making (ho desert bloom
la roaa." So. with fifteen years
Hicceaaful development of th
rona Irrlfalltin project back of
Coat! axl on i'age Two)
County Schools
Budget Is Held
Much Too Small
Outstanding Figures in Rail Hearing
Increase Needed May Ex
ceed 6' i, Making Special
Election Necessary
In all probability' the county
school budget for next year will
he considered by Iho Klumath roun
ly school board when It hold lt
regular nxlon In the courthouse
next Thursday afternoon.
Tim budget for thin year, II wus
said, wua $H I.O'iO. und thin. It was
further p luted out, will be eu
llrcly Inadequate for next year. It
waa held likely that Iho Inrrio
needed will b In nrna of the nix
per rent lux limitation law, and
thut an election will bp necessary to
ralso Ilia money.
Increases have teen noted In all
the rurnl schools and ttreat quau
I It leu of new supplies have uerea
sarlly been furnlhed by Superin
tendent Peterson.
During Ibe last week of October
an official census of Iho county
schools will bo held, and until
then. It wua mild, It la Impossible
to estimate tbo lucreuiifl In at
tendance over thut of lust year.
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Plans Outlined
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Truce Declared in
Ship Board Fights
Shown above nro three outntamJinr figureg of the great
railway hearing now on in Portland, and in which Klamath
Falls is vitally interented. From left to right: Halph Budd,
prcsidunl of the Great Northern und Hill lines, contending for
joint user clause with the Southern Pacific; Charles D. Ma
haffie, director and counsel on rail development for the inter
slate commerce commission, and William Sproule, president
of the Southern Pacific.
Oilier rullwuy oflclaU nrrlvlnr , couniiol fr.r tbo Northern group;
iluiltiK dm wrek-eud to attend thaUseorca V.'. Ilonchko. chief engl
heurlnx are: V. I. Krnney, vlcoinoer. and J. II. Oyer, generul man
prehldetit In charso of truffle for' user of the Southern Pacific; Ben
the ;reul Northern; J. O. Wocd-c. l)ey, li.jal chief counsel for the
worth, vice proxldent In charito of ( Southern 1'aclfic; Yi,lll"n Sproule.
Irafric tor lao Northern Pacific; prenident, and Tulil Shoup. vice
W. K. Turner, provident of '.he S. I preaident of tho Kpu'.hern Pacific.
P. S. and Oregon Trunk, and K. i Hohert K. S'.rahoro. prrildent of
W. Pl kurd. genvrul frelxht agent the OrcKcn, :aIlforn!a & Kualcrn
fur tho latter line, t'harlen Hurt, railroad line. '
Program To Establish Zones
And Cooperation Chief
Issues At Meeting
M f KoI Creates
iln-r i On Long Hill
I
M t ""ELKS. Oet. B. (Unlt-
, tavernl pedealrlnna nar
f id being crushed to
I If. hugo telephone cable
L Wt Jag aoveral tonn. alart
! mat race down a street here
Isr. f-
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Miot,.; wnicn waa located at i
of ateep hill, aturted on I
ourso when rain wanhed
x- beneath It.
xrnrw eacnpea were re-
K. v apool rrnahed Into a
ia, Blocks from In alart-
t
WASIIISGTON. Oct. S. A tem
porary truce In tba fight hetwoen
certain memhera of the shipping
hoard an, Admiral Leigh ('. Pal
mer, president of the emergency
fleet corporation apparently has
been culled, giving President Cool
Idge further lima to dotormluo b!a
course.
Tho board hold a lengthy session
Monday during which there waa dis
cussion of Palmer, but no action
wus taken lowurd forcing his res
ignation. Itef.iro the meeting cue
member of the board predicted that
a resolution demanding the resig
nation of the fleet corporation head
would bo presented.
Judge Says $13 and
Accused Has Just 13
COUNCIL SELECTS PRISONER MAY BE
POLLING BOOTHS, CALLED TO STAND
IN WARDCONTESTj IN ELLIOTT CASE
Judrea and Clerk for Special Morton Hanson Now Serving
Election to Fill Vacant Federal Priaon Terra, May
Seat Are Named j Appear for State
, TESCOUP
aaollbi fould Force All
rorkers v Join Up With
Faeist Movement
yn Oct, S. Premlerr Ilenllo
mi nai executed a hoi.i
compel Italy's workers to
members or Iho fascist
ottgh which he governs
T unhampered by pnrlln
Hralnt of nuy kind. The
if fiisclani prolost Iho
wtlon na approaching
to an attorn pt to in-
B niiroement concluded
teen the IndtiRlrlullsIs
V Iho fuiclet confedor
Inck shirt lender bus
lolliiwlng situation:
-ThB i jtiornl nnsoolallon of
try rat. (nlzca tho fascist cor
iiona n4 their nfflllntHil oran-
tlons as tho exclusive represen-
Ot tke working rlnsses.
rhe fascist ennrederntlr.n roc-
-S lb association ns tho ex-
rapresontatlvo of Industry.
.11 present ahnn commltloes
totnatlcnlly Bttpprvaaed mid
notions nsmttmcd by tho lo-
t Unions.
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ted tb
The possession of (1.1 dollars did
not prove unlucky for J. M. Walk
er, who lives In Klamath Fulls,
when he was arraigned In Justice
court yesterduy, before Judge Ed
Kendall.
Walker, charged with parking on
Tho Dulles- California highway by
Cruiuly Traffic Officer Knowles, en
tered a plea of guilty.
"Thirteen dollars." unnoumr-d
Judko Kendall.
And tho unlieky number of silver
pieces clinked down on tho Judlclul
desk.
O. F. Travis, of Midland also
wns arrested by Officer Knowles
Sunday and was cited lo appear
before Kendall. lie wna charged
with speeding.
K.KillT CIIOI.KIIA DKATIIH
MANILA, Oct. 5. ( I'nlled News)
Klght cholern deaths and 14 now
casra of the d'seuse have been ro
pcrted In tho I. ml 4S hour'.'
Tho Manila health bureau Mon
day announce, 1 n program of Btreel
lectures In which Inlinhilanla will
bo urged to take atrlct prncnnl'otia
nKnlnst spread of Mu epldeni.
Polling places for votors of the
second ward who. on October 28,
will mark their ballots tt deter
mine a successor to M. S. West,
resigned alderman, were designated
by the city council by ordinance at
Its regular meeting held last night.
Judges and clerks to serve at the
election also wero named. A pet
ition, signed by 202 residents of
Klamath Falls, setting forth that
the condition of the city cem
etery Is "deplorable " and asking
thnt a fund of f2000 be set aside
In next year'a bttdgt for IM main
tenance, wns referred to the budget
committee. Scores of bills were or
dered paid, and a good deal of rou
tine business was transacted.
Precinct No. 2. It was decided,
will cast Its ballots at Kpperaon's
radio ahop. 208 Main street. Pre
cinct No. S will vote al the c.iurt
house, and precinct No. 4 will
make known Its choice at Iho Davis
Furniture company, 124 North Sov
( Coiitlltuiit oil lngc Two)
I
Morton Hans:n, alias W'hltey
huller, now serving time In the fed
. ernl prison for auto thefts, at Mc-
I Nell Inland may appear as a wit
! ness for the state In tho trial of E.
i L. Elliott, dis:rlot attorney charged
i with malfeasance of office.
Communications to thia effect
were received In tho city yesterday
i rum araen einen k. Archer of
the United States penitentiary on
McNeil's Island.
According to Archer If Hanson
Is allowed to be brought to Klam
ath Falls to oppear In the case It
will be necessary to have two arm
ed gunrds with him constantly as
he has mado several attempts to
escapo from the' island.
Warn Vomica Agent
During the time when Elliott
served oa special prohibition pros
ecutor fT Klamath county, Hanson
was In bis employ as prohibition
agent. His record in Klamath coun
ay has been ahady and be has been
suspected for soino time as the al
(ContlntHHl on Page Two)
Telegrams Correct False
Rumors On Alturas Line
Interstate Commerce Commission's Secretary Wires Local
Chamber Of Commerce Correct Data On Application
Of Southern Pacific Railway Interests
Pirates Forced to
Turn Down $500,000
PITTSIH'lttllt, Oct, II. The
PIIInIiui'hIi l'lruf mw compelled'
to return flnilO.IMM) o dlsun
Imlnled funs for whom there
wore no llrkota for the world ser
lea, Harney Dreyfus", the club's
president nniioinicnl Monday
nlglil. Thousands of persons nro
aiTkliiK the precious paste himnlx
from shm ulnlois who bnvo allur
ed n reel u I ii nniotint. of llicni.
In order lo corrert conflicting and misleading rumors which have
npponrcd from time to time during tho past week regarding' the filing of
j applications by the Southern Pacific Interests for Iho construction of the
Klnmnlh-Alturns line, Iho Klnmnlh chamber of commerce wired tho Inter
state commerce cofnmlsslon at Washington,' D. C, for a report on
this matter.
Yesterday thn chamber of commerco received Iho following reply,
signed by Iho official secretory of the Interstate commerce commission
al Washington. I). ('., roneerulng the application.
Tho telegram la ns follows:
Washington, D. I'., Oct. 5, 192B.
Chamber of Commerce,
Klninalh Fulls, Oregon,
Central Pacific railway company application for certificate
of public convenience, and necessity for extension from Cornell
to Alturas In Modoc county. California filed with this commission
on October second.
MeCilNTY, Secretary.
Further confirmation was also received In n telegram received hero
from Charles 1. Mnhufflc's Washington offico, as follows:
Washington, D. C, Oct. 5, 11)25. ,
Central Pacific hns filed application to construct from
Cornoll to point nt or near Alturas, Calif. Finance docket, 6111.
CIIAULKM I). MAIIAFFIU, Director.
Determined that, if organized ef
fort counta for aught, posterity
will find Klamath Falls a far more
attractive city than It now la.
Seven women, encouraged by the
local Rotary club and the chamber
of commerce, met at the county
treasurer's office yesterday after
noon aud made definite plena for
encouraging local residents In plant
ing uniform treea along the various
streets of the city.
The women plan to lone the city,
and to urge all dwellers to coon-crate-with
them. The residents of
each street are to determine what
typo of treoa they prefer, and F. T.
Farley, a nurseryman. Ia aaid to
havo agreed to assist in the plant
ing should bis services La desired.
The trees, which are to be bought
In large quantities, can be bought
through the chamber of commerce
at a price not to exceed $1.60
each, it was explained.
Actual : work of planting, the
women hope, will be underway by
October 15 and completed In one
month. Elms, maples and lindens
are said to be favored by many
persons' Interested In the move.
Miss Vera Houston served as
chairman of the meeting yesterday
afternoon. Others on the commlt-
son. Mrs. H. N. Moe, Mrs. Jack
Kimball and Miss Clara Calkins.
OIL
PARLEY DIVIDED
Britsh Ambassador Leaves
for London With Revised
Concession Terms
FIRST DAY'S SESSION BRINGS
CROSS FIRE ON OREGON TRUNK
Testimony Adduced Shows Intent of Hill
Lines Were to Parallel Those of
Southern Pacific in State
(By t. W. McDOXALD) I
Klaff Currcfipondcnt Klamath News
PORTLAND, Sept. 6. Plunging
at the very outset Into the vitals of,
what promises to be the most stub-j
born of any legal railroad battle!
since tba Interstate commerce com
mission came into existence a bat
tle for the awakening empire, the
Klamath basin opened here this
morning. Launching a terrific of
fensive, with their own witnesses
on tho stand, the northern lines
built a railroad today from Bend
to Klamath Falls.
The constructive wotk for the!
northern lines, however, was met!
by the glint of the sharp bayonet1
of legal minds of the Southern Pa
cific and when Charles D. Mahaffle,
director of the bearing, and a mem-:
ber of the Interstate commerce com-!
mission, called the hearing to a,
close after dusk and darkness In
tervened this evening, the counter
offensive of the Southern Pacific
bad torn gaping wounds into the'
ambitions of the northern lines to
penetrate southern and central i
Oregon.
. T. Claims Heard j
.'Instead cf debating the Oregon.)
California & Eastern railway ex-i
tension ' application, the Oregon j
Trunk took precedence, and through-i
In ure Mrs. W. iO.Smttn J'.
Howard Perrin, Mrs. Twyla Fergu
CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. 5.
Anglo-Turkish negotiations to set
tle the vexing problem of Mosul
and Its oil may open soon, accord
ing to the newspapers here, which
assert ttat H. C. Lindsay, tte Bri
tish ambassador soon will depart
for London bearing new Turkish
proposals regarding the disputed
territory.
It Is sugogsted that the negotiations
would bo semi-official.
The September mooting of the
league's council had tho Mosul
question before it. but the uncom
promlstng a'.l'fido ot tho. British
and Turks moved tbe o. ncll to
deposit, the sitillng quns'.lou in the
handiest spot, which happened to
be the "league court. The council
requested the court to paw upon
certain legal aspects of the c.-?e. It
was said oi the time that this move
wns to ;rovlde the two Interested
parties when nn 'opportunity to
get together for a settlement. Both
Britain and Turkey claim tbo vila
yet ot Miaul. Tho British claim
Is in the namo of tho kingdom of
Iraq, which Britain protests under
a league of nations mandate. Mosul
la believed to include a
oil field.
of evidence was presented by that'
railroad to show cause for coming j
Into tba territory, stamped by tbe
Southern Pacific as theirs by right!
ot occupation. All applications for
extensions are to be- considered a8
one case. Any road may Intervene
In any application.
Any predictions as to the outcome
of the rail battle are impossible'
after the first day of the hearing.
However, the Southern Pacific Is.
conceded to have 'gained several
strong pednts in their fight to keep;
out the northern lines.
Lines Parallel
In the first place, they forced
the Oregon Trunk executives ' and
engineers to come out and admit
that their surveys paralleled both
the Natron cut-off and the O. C. &
E. the former for a length of 40
miles and the latter for about 60.
In other words. 90 miles of the 178
mile survey of tba northern linea
from Bend to Klamath Falls Is ad
jacent and paralleling at a distance
from 14 to miles, the Southern
Pacific and Strahorn roada.
On the face of thia testimony by
northern lines, it Is a foregone con
clusion by officials on both sides,
that the northern lines. If tbey coma
south, will not enter Klamath Falls
on their own private line. They
will ' be 'granted common user with
the Southern Pacific. Ralph Budd,
president of the Great Northern,
even declared himself In favor of a
common user part way over the
Natron cut-off, or part way over the .
Strahorn road. Southern Pacific
officials are going to oppose thia
common user, tooth and nail." The
Southern Pacific-Northern Una com
mon user Is a new angle in the
situation.
Carey Testifies
JuJge Carey, the first witness '
called, under oatb, declared that
the Northern linea did : not intend
to go farther south than Klamath 1
Falls at this time. " Thia testimony
upset rumors that announcement ot
further southward construction from
Klamath Falls by the Northern Unas
into the California field Would come
at this hearing.
On the surface the hearing Is -being
copducted along clean and
courteous lines. Only occasionally
did feeling creep up above the sur
face. Charles A. Hart and Ben C. Dey,
attorneys respectively for the Nor
thern and Southern Pacific lines,
are conducting the battle ot minda
that is as keen and colorful as that
of the recent Darrow-Bryan debates.
(Continued .On Page Two)
Mayor Goddard
Spent 10 Minutes at
Portland Rail Quiz
KLAMATH Mi TO
rich
Klamath Officers
to Appear at Trial
PORTLAND, Oct. 5 (United I
News) Among a large Klamath
j delegation at the rail hearing Is the
Hon. Fred R. Goddard, mayor, ot
Klamath Falls. The mayor breei
ed in for the first 10 minutes of
the hearing and promptly breezed
out again. He was not seen the
remainder ot the day. Possibly
being In a big city held more
pleasures than listening to a rail
hearing. Possibly he failed to com
prehend what it was all about.
Ho wore a' bright red necktie
and collar. -
MITCHELL FAILS TO
RECEIVE SUMMONS
To appear as witnesses In the
trlul of Wllllnm McCamplmU. charg
ed with violating the federal pro-,
hIMtion law. Sheriff Burt Haw
kins. W. A. Wlest. deputy district
attorney, Justice ot the Peace Ed
Kendall, Deputy Sheriff Lon Burke
nnd Fred Snyder will leave Mam
nth Fulls early today fr Med
ford. Mi-Campbell wns arrested some
tlmo ago and charged with Hie un
lawful possosslon of a krg of whis
key. W. II. Todd, who was ar
rested at the same lime, was tried
In the locnl Jiistlco court n'I was
acquitted, i
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. (United
News) Col. William Mitchell!
marched up to the war department
Monday, epent some time In con
ference In the Inspector general's
office, aud then marched back
again, oulwardly Just as ho had
gone.
No formal charges Were present
ed to tho air officer for his recent
outburst against the war and navy
departments as Milcholl had ex
pected. Ho was Informed by Col.
G. A. Nugent, with whom he talked.
that the war department was mak-i
Ing an Investigation of bis ron-i
duct, but that no charges were
drawn up anil none could bo fur-i
nlshed nt this time.
"I don't know whether there
will be a court martini," Mitchell
volunteered aflorwurd.
Purchase of Lot Valued At
$20,000 Is Announced
By Business Men
Announcement waa made yes
terday afternoon by A. A. Bell
man of the sale of the business
corner of Eighth anil Pino which
has been sold for a sonsideration
or 82O.0O0 to Andrew Collier,
Kufus V. Moore anil Lloyd Por
ter. . Hie deed w ill be filed to
day in the office of tho county
clerk.
Believing In the advancement of '
Klamath Falls and that section of
the city, especially as having a fu
ture for Immense development, the
three business men have purchas
ed the lot, 65x102 ft., for a eonsld
atlon ot $300 per front foot. The
land is located directly In back of
the Hopka building.
Although building plans are not
definite a business block Is antici
pated In late spring.
Boys Adrift 36 Hours,
Work Craft To Shore
I.CNO BEACH, Calif.. Oct. 5.
(United News) After 3i hours
adrift at sea In a disabled cat boat,
three beys slowly worked their
craft to shore here Monday by pad-'
dllng with their hands.
The youths, Gordon and Eugene
Harding ard a friend all nnder
18 years of age, set out for a
pleasure crulso Saturday. Their
mast broke In a stiff wind, leav
ing them helpless, seven miles oft
el ore , '
More than a score of fishing
boots and private craft had been '
searching for them.