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Newspaper Page TextTHE KLAMATH NEWS United News and United Press Telegraph Service ;7J). (Every Morning Except Monday) KLAMATH FALLS, ORE. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1925 Price Fiv font 30 HURT DM GAS j Office Is f Hayoc ;iND BODIES iploye Hurled Jing Through Ms Window Mo.. Oct. 8. Unit ttipn digging In tint , of tho luc!odo (ids If office have found Tlctlms of the nx- netuti'd the office mown to havo been el thn tltllo lit Urn 1. Jll unai'iuutilcd dir. lid women wore In ike tUl which resulted hireling of mi amnion In ot I'nylnic WIN untomern were In the it the 1 1 mo nt i ! cx- lyrng Iholr monthly g rrl Were Injured lijr SS ' . demount rut if whi I OB of thn (runt win Lh building, was hurled he plato kI""1 window, he street. Kim sov wd Md rut mid taken to hurr "ay lh firemen hud llttf t( 1 1'" tinmen. M !. District r' I explosion In the ti. ;Ud on Ollvo street, ( wn lown district ami e ( M windows In nenr sr All Bvallatlo flro it un In tho city wan i t I mono as the flro jt blnst. which devas tleboruto nhow rcom ( B tore a bole In an ad- I the ntlernoon. It wan that &o persons, mostiy irtcal workers, wore guld lb Inilldmg liy firemen. I, of the expliKili.11 hud rkara lo the floor In the ie of tho hulhllnK anil -, woro taken to hospl lj from rule and brills n tho effect, of gas. ly found that of a Jj to he a demonstrator and light appllunceH. if" tlonnl h()dln wore basement of tho bulld D continued sosrch '. littered basement In - boil Ion of other trap mid bo found. Committee To Discuss Budget On October 22d Members To Decide Wheth er Election It Necessary To Raise Funds PIRATE SUPPORT GIVEN ALDRIDGE TAKES 2D GAME Robert E. Strahorn's Own Medford Water Story As Told Commission Bond Issue Is At Portland Rail Hearing Carried 3 to 1 On Ortulwr 22, It wu derided at a meelliiK of thn Klamuth county chool board yenlerday uflornoon. there will ho held a meeting irf I he, builxet rommlttee, at which time It j will bo determined whether or noli a spnclal election should be held to rulno money In excess of the tlx j per cent tux limitation law. Due lo a B ron 1 1 y Increased enrollment,! It la believed Unit considerable more money will be needed for the schools next year Hum was neces sary this year. Due to the fart thut the Lll.by school has been so crowded thin year, It was decided by the school board to move the Dodd's Hollow choolht;u.io to l.lhby. Tho two schools will lie combined and there will he eight iiradea. Tho budget committer It was ex plained, will bo composed of ten persona. Flvo of them will be from the school board, and the directors will choose, ftvo other men from each of the five unit In I ho county. Considerable routine business wun transacted at yesterday's meotlnK. and ninny bills were ordered paid. Those In uttendunro were Francis J. Ilowne, chairman: f'harlra Mark. Kay Loosely and lloy Nelson. Washington Defense Ragged in Pinch BUCS SWING TACTICS ERED MAIL f ED STOLEN "ll.KM, Oct. R. Hi'K reported to Ik worth I stolen here Tlinr Mie of dm most aril . truck rolihcrlcn over I AiiKi'lea. Johnson, driver of (lie .. A, Illlike, Kiiuril nml rlorfc, nliose name wan nnl, wen. knocked on. by four ImiikIHs ai-mori-blsx-k .lucks nml snweil IMS, The hiimllln then S hlg imxtiil truck Into lley nml rifled the . lory was witnessed liy tr filled with pusson S limn (liHI policemen M to truck down (be io cecnped In ii l.ii'KH riiuii vtm m TON, Oct. 8. (United fly and slightly cooler i.b a possibility nf light tbe prospect for the first iS game In tho capital coordlng to the woalhor rsenst Thnrsdny night. ior imonit for Saturday is fable, wllh promise of ?woth.or. LEGION ELECTION ON COMMANDER A WARM CONTEST Pershing And Mitchell Both Being Backed By Strong Soldier Faction OMAHA, Oct. 8. (('lilted News) With Col. Hilly Mitchell and (Sen. John J. Pershing both supported by! active groups for tho poet of na tional commander of the American Legion, Interest at tho legion con vention renters on Friday's elec tions, when the office will be filled. Tho Pershing boom was launched Thursday by tho Missouri Roga tion, which cabled the officer, now In So ii Hi America, Inviting him to accept. Ed E. Spafford of New York, and J. II. Mi'UulKK of Cleveland, are both making strong bids for tho office. Meanwhllo the controversy over the legion's stand on air forco re adjustment, reached Its climax, with the adoption of a resolution to (ho effect that tho legion was Impress ed with tho proposal to equalize tho nlr services with tho army and navy. Tho nnnio of Col. Mitchell, spon sor of tho plan, was omuiltted from the resolution .ftllil while tho Mit chell supporters wore not enthusias tic, tho nnti-Mltchcll faction choerod loudly. Tho rosolutlon, drafted by Reed I. nml Is, r Mitchell supporter, was a compromise between the pro-Mitchell (CoiiIIiiiiimI On I'lifin Two) Covie's Sore Back Leads To Bunting Assault But Homers Win Game FOItllKS KIKI.D, I'lTTHIilirtClH, Oct. 8. The Pirates dispelled the antique baseball adage that pitch ing Is half of any ball game, as they errned tho world series by beating the Senators. S to 2, Thurs day. Fielding support given Vic Alilrldgc, and lack of support given Hlanley Covelenklc, W'as the dif ference. True, Aldrldgo displayed the stout heart In I he pinches, but tho support he received on such occas ions and throughout tho game was marvelous. Thno Huocancors twlco fared a situation with tho bases filled and no outs. Kaon time they defended tho home plate, wllh witty, brllll.int fielding. True, "Klkl" Cuyler's homer gave the Pirates their margin In tho 8th Inning, hut Rddln Moore, who scored the winning run ahead of him, was placed on first through an error by Itoger Pecklnpaiigh. On three occasions, (inorge flrnn- tham, who la playing tho game of his life on first base, for Iho Pir ates, turned In great amps of bad throws. In tho fourth Inninx (ilenn Wright raced far into left field to rob (loose (lonlin nf a single, and J. Harris followed" with a long single. It meant something In the story of the game. In tho same inning Ilnruhart took Hlucgo's loop ing drlvn over his left shoulder, while on a dead run. This gnmo had ouo unfortunate Incident, which may injuro Wash ington's chance In the remaining games. Ooalo Uluege, brilliant third baseman, was beancd on tho top of the head by Aldrldgn on a high In side pitch. He will bo hark In tomorrow's game at Washington, tho attending (Coin limed on Page Seven) President Of Oregon, California And Eastern 'Tells Story Of Exhaustive Battle To Overcome Financial Difficulties Of Road I'OIITLAND, Oet. 8. (Special) Pnnillollng of existing and project ed Oregon, California tc Eastern lines for 77 'miles, as proposed by the Oregon Trunk railway, Is tin Klamath Falls to Portland and the Puget Bound cities, and serve the southern portion of Bummer lake valley and Paisley, only forty-two miles to the north. The northern City Hall Project Also Goes Over The Top On Ballot j Changing County Seat and Deschutes Hallway company at Bend, the Southern Pacific line at Klamath rails, and the Oregon Short 1,'ne branch at Crane. Mass meetings were held at T.end. Lake view, Silver lake and Burns, and later at Portland. Mr. Strahorn fi nally placing engineering forces In the field, and the O. C. A K. being organized In 1915. In the promo tional work that followed, said Mr. Strahorn, "I hae kept In close touch with tho Hill and Harrlmnn Inter ests, and was proceeding with their cordial assent, but with no promise of assistance from either. Our sur veys were adjusted to best serve the most productive zones, especially the TWO DEATHS MAR AIRPLANE RACES Pilot Is Killed As Machine Crashes While Viiitor Dies Of Apoplexy necessary, and will surely work the portion of the Bummer lake valley ruin of the O. C. K. without com pensating advantages to the district. This was the testimony of Robert K. Strahorn, president of the O. C. & K , before Director of Finance Chas. D. Mahaffte, to the I. C. C. bore today. The O. C. ft E. can serve the Sycan, Williamson and Sprague river district better than could the proposed Oregon Trunk line, for the reason that the products will un questionably find their logical mar kets In California and the south, and to tho mlddlewest and east, rather than to the north, Mr. Stra horn pointed out. "However, as a Portland connec tion," said tho witness, "we can serve all tho country better via the Southern Pacific short Natron cut off lino (ban It can bo served by the roundabout Oregon Trunk branch." In this connection, he said, "a comparison of distances shows that the Oregon Trunk proposed route will be approximately 75 milcB longer from Sprague river to Port land than the Oregon California & Kastern via (Kiamalh Falls and the Southern Pacific Natron cut-off. Likewise this short high class Nat ron line, being approximately 113 miles shorter from Klamath Falls lo Portland than the Orer.on Trunk survey via Bend, would seem to render tho Oregon Trunk useless and unnecessary as a through Port land line. Its Justification for du plicating my linoa must tiien rest upon Its expected eastern business. It Is estimated rhal not over 100, 000,000 feet of lur goes eaat n our best years from the whole Klam ath country. (JTant that even with its far Inferior marketing territory, and much smaller distributing sys tem than tho Southern Pacific and connec.ons. it could secure half of this, tills is less than it haul3 out of Bend, which falls to make Its Bend line profitable. . Then, while hauling ISO miles to Bend for nothing, If not on through business in any direction. I appeal where Is the Justification for this murder ous paralleling of my proposed lines, and crucifying my existing mileage merely as a local logging road? Kven this function would not Jus tify, for it Is performed for many MEDFORD, Oct. 8. By a vote of nearly 3 to 1 here yesterday, Medford carried Its 1975.000 water bond Issue, the affirmative vote totalling 1144 for, aa against 458 negative. The city hall-conntjr court house can be served from Silver lake, only 18 miles to the south." Mr. Strahorn reviewed at length IhA hlllnrV nt ttlA l.(l,ll hi. line, based principally upon lnvlta-1 proJect carrle1 bjr 4 Tote of 1270 Hons and offers of eupport f rom j to 343 or lnt to 1. communities Interested In the dob- As to the 13 Issues brought up sible connection of the Oregon Trunk ! in the election everything carried. Medford in carrying out Its wa ter project will brtng Its supply a distance of 31 miles from the Big Butte Springs. An analysis of this water tested recently showed that It la given a higher rating than the Bull Run water which supplies the city of Portland. In the matter of erection of the Medford city ball In which the city stipulates with the county that It will turn the building over to the latter authorities, provided the county seat la transfered from Jacksonville to Medford. the issue 0. C. E. TO BUILD WITHIN 3 VEARS IF S. P. IS UPHELD -i, ,;-.;. 4 . s Strahorn Continues Rail History . FEARS PARALLEL LINE Nevada Commissioner Sup ports Noroth-South Road Through K. F. By j. w. Mcdonald (Staff Correspondent of The Klamath News) PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 8. If the southern railroads win their case In the fight over the Klamath basin, the O. C. E. railroad will build 159 miles of road within three years, expending $4,500,000, stated Rob ert Strahorn, president of the O. C. E. at the hearing before Charles Mahaffle of the interstate commerce commission. Tracks of the Oregon Trunk, If that line was permitted to build, carried, backed by all civic orga- tlmber. but with special regard for! nidations. Ashland also agrees to - Paraue. .e w. v. through line features, for at that j the transfer of the county seat. j miles, never more than six miles time we did not take seriously the I The carrying of the city hall pro-;,waJ, be declared, quiescent Natron line, which later ' ject practically means that the I "Do yon think the Weyerhaeuser upset all our through line theories." county will call an election next Original plans, tho witness said, j May ln order that the Tolce of the Ft-u.u c r position to change the county gov- rontemplated Initial seventy-five mile unit from Bend south, tn tin the hllltnn nr more feet of timber Ju e.t and ernment Beat. south of the Paulina mountains, serve Fort Rock ard Bilker Lake valleys, and from Silver ' - open up tho great forest are . . :i.imed lately" south and west of that ppint. but late In November, 1 was. attending a .large. ra'., meeting at Bendspol' fne ' Central Oregon Development league, a delegation was sent from Klamath Falls to persuade me to go there. From the moment It was demonstrated that the project might become a success, lumbermen at Bend began to oppose It. This op- w fc Costin $4,000,000 To nosttlon srew so nrnnnnnrorf nml an I T w ' stimulated the persistent appeals from Klamath Falls for me to trans fer my activities to that point, that on August 18, 1916, at a meeting of 400 leading people there, I an swered their insistent request as to what the community must do to as- S.P. S CUTOFF CONTRACT ON BLACK BUTTE mill, proposed if the Oregon Trunk bnilds should be sacrificed in the interests of your program?" asked Charles Hart, attorney fcr the Northern roads. . . "A large mill development at Klamath Falls, would be distinctly, injurious," replied Strahorn. He maintained that development would take place too rapidly, to the In Jury of established businesses.. Southern Pacific interests opened their determined drive tcday to re tain exclusive control of south and central Oregon, when their chief ally, Robert E. Strahorn. president and organizer of the Q. C.E. rail way line appeared bofnre "Chartes (Continued On Port' Two Be Finished With That Of Natron Line PORTLAND, Oct. 8. The Inter state commerce commission today . i.u.i.uut.j muni uu iu an-1 sure construction from that end as authorized the Southorn Pacific cora- Sixteen Planes Fail to Find Lost Pilol PJTTSHtllHill, Oct. 8. (Cnlted News I Tho long l etirch for Chas. Ames, crnrk pilol of thn air mall service, who has been nilsHlng for a week, has produced no clues which may lend to hla discovery. Reports coming from Sharon, Pa, that Amos' body was found at Ilnr rlHVllio, wore denied late today by J. II. Morrison. Jr., mayor of the latter town. Slxloon airplanes, engngod tn tho sonrrh, turned back tonight, thus closing tho seventh day's unsuccess ful senrch. VIOLATION DII'I'ICCLT BKRKKLKY, Cnllf., Oct. 8. Vlolntlon of prohibition laws Is a difficult procedure for but. 12 por cent of the 800 University of Cali fornia students who answered a questionnaire tin tho subject. MITCHELL, FIELD, L. I., Oct. 8. (t'nltod News) Another life was given for spool In tho air Thurs day, and a sorlously Injured air pilot may Increase the toll by one more, owing to a cras'.i which mar red tho first event of the national air races. Another death was In directly charged to tho races when Joseph Wulfors, a spectator, suc cumhor to apoplexy Induced by ex citement, at tho aerial capers of tho fliers. A gay holiday crowd foreign dip lomats and military representatives In their brilliant uniforms, high government officials, and army and navy heads, society resplendent In its colorful fall plumngo was on tho field na the crnsh came. It was during thn flrat lap of tho firnt rncc thnt n homo made plane fell, killing tho passenger, Harry Ilurnelll of Hartford, Conn., and Injuring tho pilot, Clarence D. Cham berlain of llnsbrouch Heights, N. J. Shortly afterwards the pall of tragedy which hung ovor tho stands was deepened by the report Inter found to bo tintruo, that a pinna had fallen In flames somo distance from tho field. But soon comody followed tragedy nnd the great crowd was laughing nt trick pianos crazlly camouflaged ln tho air. Cnpt. Henri Lemallre, one of the two French pilots In the mnln event for the Liberty motor builders' trophy, showed his heels to his com (t'olitlillieil on Page Two) miles Bouth of Bond now by other logging roads, and for many miles north and northeast of the Natron lino by still other logging roads to within a dozen miles of the terri tory in dispute along our William son river line. We agree that there is no material agricultural tonnage on their proposed line, and the es tablished fact that tho market for Klamath basin products of this kind la south and east, foreclosos any encouragement for the slightest Jus tification in traffic of this kind." Strahorn further pointed out that "the Oregon, California & Eastern project was first on the ground. "We are there at Sprague river, ln the heart of tho disputed territory, and with tho projected lines under the present application, answering every present nnd future need, and giving all the service that pays. With our would-be competitors 140 miles from Sprngue river, we can In fnr shorter tlmo, and at only a fraction of their proposed outlay, serve tho country far better than their plan suggests. "Sliver hike, (n northern Lake county, whose county seat is Lake view, Is tho real entrepot of cen tral Oregon, and our Silver lake line, with its Williamson rlvor branch, nerds access to both Lake vlew and Klnmath Falls, because the market for at least 75 por cent of Its products, being lumber, cattle, ohecp nnd wool, Is to tho south and east. It Is designed to tnko plnco of our originally planned Sliver Inkc-Lnkovlew lino through Sunimor Inko valley, on which the limited farming ousiness wns the only sub stantial renource to offset the much more Important timber traffic on the more westerly line, nnd with much less construction mnko one line answer for both Klamath nnd Lakevlew connections, Instead of the two orlginnliy planned. Tho Lake- view lino, running through the Sprngue river valley, can only hope to pay It allowed all the business of thnt valley, and whatever timber traffic may renter Into, from the forests bordering on the north and south. And if it ta fed hy the Silver Inke line from the north at Lako- vtew, it will ronaeot with the Ne vada, California, Oregon, affording a short route for all of southeastern Oregon nnd northern California vln fnr as Sprague river, 40 miles north. Thus developed the 1300.000 con- trlbutlon by that city, as authorized by a vote of approximately 1200 to 100, and tho guarantee of this 40 miles of right of way from Upper Klamath lake through the city to Sprague river, and terminals in tho city in such location and area as I should specify; also a definite under standing that the city would give such franchises as would be re quired. Only about ono-half of this right of way was furnished. The terminal fund likewise fell short In the same proportion, compelling me to Tonka lin hnth nf lhea HnfiMta and some of the franchises are still be "nished. lacking. The terminals, reaching to within one block of the business center, are from 1500 to 300 feet wide, and approximately 2500 feet long." The European war brought dif ficulties, and Mr. Strahorn Bald: "Close analysis of the whole situa tion convinced mo that with the entire weight of tho enterprise now resting upon Klamath Falls and myself, quicker and greater results pany to construct the Black Butte cut-oft. which will materially Im prove the grade of the southern end of tho Natron cut-off. This was brought out In the testimony of George W. Boschke, chief engineer of the Southern Pacific company, ln the southern Oregon railroad case hearing here today. Mr. Boschke said the contract was let today and that the work. In volved an expenditure of 34,000,000, and would be completed by June 30, 1926, at the same time that the rest of the Natron cut-off work will The testimony of the chief en gineer developed the tact that dis tance botween Klamath Falls and Portland over the Southern Pacific Natron cut-oft is 118.6 miles shorter than ' the proposed Oregon Trunk via Bend, and that the rise of the Natron cut-off from Klamath Falls to Portland Is 800 feet, as compared ot 1503 feet of the Oregon Trunk, Indicating the first class character could be realized from tho lessened support availably, by building north ward from thero. Moreover, It was then apparent, as now, that Califor nia and the central west wero the markets for central Oregon pro ducts. Thus a line of any length, built northward front a Southern Pacific connection, moving lumber and agricultural products sor.th wnrd, was tho logical line to build. "So construction commenced at Klnmath Falls In July, 1917, under a contract I made with tho city, to build tho Spraguo river lino to Dairy, approximately 20 miles, for Its cash contribution of 3300.000, but which, owing to rapidly mount ing costs, involved mo in an ad ditional outlay of approximately $160,000. This $300,000, furnished by the city, was to be repaid hy tho Issue of stock, or Its equivalent, with the full understanding as the contracts show, that such security should be subordinated to other se curities of tho line, and the rail road company should determine. This resulted in tho city finally ac cepting so-called Income bonds, ln lieu ot stock, which It could not legally accept. , These are 99-year bonds, bearing no Interest, but par ticipating pro-rata in stock dtvt- ( Continued On Page Two) ot the road the Southern Pacific proposes to build. The chief en gineer estimated the cost per mile between Cornell and Alturas at $79,000. Tho Oregon Trunk engineer at the (Continued on Pago Five) MURDERER PAYS FOR ALTURAS IS LINK OF NEW RAILWAY JOININGCOASTS Road of Paramount Importance CHAIRMAN TESTIFIES S. P. Program Insures North And South Line East Of Mountain Range . PORTLAND, Oct. 8. (Special) A new transcontinental railroad from Portland and the northwest to the east through Nevada would be made available by construction of the Southern Pacific's proposed line between Klamath Falls and Alturas and the broadgauglng ot the N. C. O., according to testimony of J. F. Shaughnessy, chairman of the Publle Service commission of Nevada at the I. C. C. railroad hearing here today. Sliaughnessy said this would , be ot paramount Importance as It would also give Nevada direct nc- CRIME ON GALLOWS i rcs!' ?Vttr the "ra Fcl"c .Mlliili iiu-u-i, via riUcim if FOLSOM PEN1TENTIAY, FOL SOM, Calif.. Oct. 8 (United News) Alfred Bollinger, convicted of slaying Alex Summers, with an axe near Marysvllle, early last year will die on the gallcws hero Fri day. Bollinger killed Summers while the latter slept, burying the axe In his skull. Jealousy over Mrs. Eva Bollinger Is en Id to have prompted the act. The slayer was arrested two months afterward, when the wife, unable to carry her secret longer, confessed her knowledge of the crime. She later told newspaper men thnt Bollinger was her fourth husband and that each ot her for mer mates had 1iee na murderer. new the growing industries ot Portland and Puget Sound. Shaughnessy said "tho granting of the Central Pacific-Southern Pac ific applications will also Insure tho early completion of a north and south line on the eastern slope of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada ranges from Los Angeles north to Portland, which will ho of greator Importance as a strategic lino, tn case of war." He addod, "in addition to short ening tho routo between Nevada and Portland, and In fact, ultimate ly by tho broadgauglng line chang ing and shortening of tho narrow gauge gap between Ming and Owenyo at a future dato, the pre (Continued on Pago Two)