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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1925
Price Five Cento
;ns ARE
APPEAR
; .ton
Southern Pacific Pprtland-Klamath Falls-New York Proposed Main Line
KLAMATH COUNTY WITNESSES HOLD
STRONG SUPPORT FOR S. P. PROGRAM
Official Attacks Shevlin-Hixon Proposed
Building Plans for District; Sale of Hold-
. ings Are Cited to Support Testimony
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Jeuths
FLAYED
1 Criticized
id Tactics
f War
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largest per
under tha whls--I
about to bo
1 a trial on Oct.
tha government's
i their prohibition
ods.
"Ion wolf" of th
i prohibition enforce
16 1 two of hla aides,
ra ' it. 19. according
a 1 Monday, lo ap
I Ml grand Jury.
Bta will unfold a
it ho they rams to
oath ago, announced
I "saloon men" and
aaata to open Peoria's
l dispensary lo ba
Ida rim'a pjarr."
r whlHkoy, beer
a- laced with thu
f gentry, of lh
' fholesnlera were
tba rear door of
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all during tha
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rrday and charged
1 Ith Intent to kill.
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meagre informa
: ' Acting Justice of
Kendall late last
assaulted Howard
aim with a bag In
ed rocka. Beaver.
; In hla akull. laat
I Klamath Valley
the alleged at
I to local officers
Kendall aald, that
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lan at the lumber
f Fisher suddenly
lookhouae and, ac
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Seaver without
to be arraigned
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If the plans of the Southern Pacific railway are carried out, sorie day transcontinental trains will be pull
inn through Klamath FallH enroute for New York city and the Atlantic seaboard, while others will be pass
ing through this city enroute to San Francisco. Instead of a city situated at the end of a branch line, it will
be a city divisional point for a great transcontinental system of railways, with all the advantages that a
main line railway can give to a city. -
Portland will be but an eleven hour ride. Passengers for New York and the east will just step n the
through trains here. This, while a great essential to the progress of a city, will be small compared to the great
commercial advantages of trade which the proposed rail route will mean to Klamath Falls and the great
basin surrounding it.
BUSINESS FAVORS SOUTHERN LINE
Northern Roads Incapable of Competing;' With Natron
Cut-Off, Declares Freight Agent, While Stated
Earnings Are Held Exaggerated
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BULLET PIERCED!hine?!op?!iB.yIPlRATECREW :B.HF0R M
HAT OF HUNTER
Klamath Falls Man Has Close
Call With Death Due to
Careleaa Shooting
E Young, aald to ba a Klamath
Falla mochanlc, narrowly earaped
death Sunday when, while hunting,
he waa ahot through the cap by an
unidentified hunler.
Had the bullet varied a half an
Inch, Young probably would have
been Instantly killed.
Young, according lo hla alory to
J. It. lloaler, of tha Kinuko, waa
hunting near the county line bet
ween Klamath Falla and Ashland.
Ho waa about a nillo from the high
way. Suddenly, according to hla alory.
he ralaed from a stopping poaluro
and. Instantly, a bullet whined
through two lapa of a fairly tight
fitting cap which he wore.
To warn the hunler that he waa
firing at a man, ralhor than a deer.
Young shouted. Immediately, he
eaya. the man atarted to run. Not
knowing whether ho had wounded
Young, the unidentified person took
lo hla heola.
Outraged, because ha folt that the
man ahould at leaat have Investi
gated and. It necessary, offered
some aaslatanco, Young tired ahota
at the retreating flguro, according
to tha atory he told Boalcr. None of
tho bulleta atruck him, however.
Young, who could not bo located
last night, la aald lo be employed
In a local garage.
Officers, Has 10 Gals
of Moon, Costs $500
Jack Miller, well known local
character. . waa atopped while he
waa driving hla car Sunday. Which
would have been all right, except
that he waa atopped by State Pro
hibition Officer Mchrldo and that
Mcllrlde aearched hla car. Which
would have been all right except,
according to McRrlde, he .found
about 10 gallona of Intoxicating li
quor In the Miller machine.
Miller yesterday entered a plea
of guilty .before Justk-e of the
Peace Ed Kendall and waa ordered
to pay a flno of $500.
WOMAN CAUSE OF
'LEGGERS ARREST
HTKIcri.K JACK FALL!)
FORT WOIITH, Texaa, Oct. 11.
Dan Singer, 30, Olendlve, Mont.,
steeple Jack, fell 186 foot to hla
death from the top of a amoke stack
here Mondny.
Marked $5 Bill Is Used
Securing Evidence for
Priaoner'a Arrest
In
It remained for a woman. Sirs.
Axtol Ekwall, wire of a well-known
local man, to arrest the alleged
moonahlnlng activities of Jim Flan
nery at the Hancock houae. at the
corner of Oak and Seventh streets.
. Incidentally, Mrs. Ekwall proved
the marked IS bill to be aa effec
tive aa tha Carrie Nation hatchet.
Sunday Axtol EKwoll, employed
by a local box factory, waa arrested
by State Prohibition Officer M
Bride and waa charged with driv
ing while under tha Influence of
liquor. Mr. Ekwell did not con
fide to police his source of liquor
aupply, but Mrs. Ekwall did.
Mra. Ekwell waa willing to co
operate wth officers. She aald she
waa disgusted with those who dis
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DEPUTY SHERIFF SCRATCHES HIS HEAD BEHIND
LEFT EAR AND STARTS PAINTING STANDING
ROOM ONLY AS WARNING TO LAW VIOLATORS
Tnko It straight from Deputy which stands between them and
Sheriff Jim Hilton, tho realdonta of
Klamath county simply must dis
continue tholr habit of violating
federal, state and county laws.
In other words Deputy Sheriff
Hilton, who has charge of the big
key to which Inmates of the coun
ty jail would like' access, was busy
yesterday scratching his head be
hind the left ear and .wondering
what the morrow will bring forth.
Jim has all the prisoners he
wants, In fact Jim tins more than
he wants. At no time In the hls
story of Klamath county have there
been more prlsonera on the third
floor. At one tlmo. In the past,
there wore as many, Hilton said.
Tlilfty-ono alleged law violator
are now behind the big steel door
freedom, It was said. With state,
county and special offlcars busy,
It was predicted last night that a
Jail attendance record may be ex
pected within a few hours.
The men are In for various al
leged offenses, a preponderance be
ing charged with having fractur
ed the prohibition laws. These
comprise persons who are accused
of owning stills, operating stills,
driving while drunk, possessing li
quor, selling liquor, and ao forth,
"Something's gotta bo done about
It," Jim declared last night, "or
I'm going to have to hang out the
'standing room only' sign. Mind
you, onr hostelry alms to accom
modate what Patrons It ran, but
there's a limit."
STILL IN RUNNING
Aldridge Win 2nd Game of
Series Against Solon
By, 6-3 Score 1
GRIFFITH JjTilflUM.. WASHING
TON, Oct. 11. Victor Aldrldge la a
model world aeriea pitching hero.
He Is at his best under fire.
Victor's gameness Inspired the
Pittsburgh I'lratea to action In real
championship form both times he
faced the Senators, and they won
both of his two games. Hla 6 to 1
victory Monday put the Pirates back
In the running for the world'a
championship.
Aa In his first triumph of the
serlea, Aldrldge again bested Stan
ley Coveleakle, veteran aplt-ball
pitcher, and the American league's
leading pitcher for the past season.
While he was equal to the task In
the pinches. Covey waa wild, plac
ing four of the alx batters who
scored for the Bucanneers on first
with bases on balls.
One of the three runs Washington
gathered off Aldrldge waa Joe Har
ris' third homer of the aeries, an
other long drive Into the left field
bleachers. Joe has now tied the
record held jointly by Goose OosIIl
hla slugging team mat and Babe
Ruth, for hitting home runa In one
serlea.
Thla drlvo tied th score at two
all, and looked like the finish of
(Con tinned on Pace Five)
Highway Speeders
Glide Into Court
L. A. Barber and E. E. Mc
Clure, of Portland, were gliding
along the highway Sunday. They
were gliding at a apeed estimated
at 45 miles an hour.
Behind them glided State Traf
f la Officer Foster. Finally Foster
glided up to the lead car. He,
being of a generous disposition,
gave them each a slip of paper.
Not to be outdone tn generosity,
the two men, In turn, gave Justice
of tho Peace Ed Kendall two pieces
of paper yesterday. Each of the
poaces purported to be good for
$10 at any bank.
The pair were charged with
apeeding.
Year Jail Sentence
To Shield Daughter
KANSAS CITY. Kan.. Oct. 12.
(United . News) Rather than dis
close the whereabouts of h'a seven-year-old
daughter, Grace, Jamea A.
Hall,' a, brakeman,, la. prepared to
apend seven years in Jail.
Hall turned the child over to
friends after his wife had obtained
a divorce from him and had been
awarded custody of the girl by the
court.
When brought before the Wy
andotte county court on a charge
of contempt. Hall, who is 29 years
old, said he would not tell where
the girl was living and further
more defied anyone to find her.
"It Is a big price to pay eeven
years In Jail," he sa4d. "but Grace
deserves the right to choose be
tween her mother and myself. After
seven jreara the contempt charge
will not be valid and I can go free."
By j. w. Mcdonald
(Staff Correspondent Klamath New) I
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 12. Paul Shoap, rice president
of the Southern Pacific, gave way to a horde of Klamath
country witnesaes at the Central Oregon rail hearing today,
and will await the coming morning to go over the top
with a final thrust at the Northern line who threaten
Southern' Pacific designs on the Klamath basin. Shonp's
teitimony will be featured by information that Shevlin
Hizon doe not intend to operate a mill in Klamath Fall
and that the Shevlin interest have just recently sold a large '
portion of their Klamath timber holding to the Forest
Lumber company at Cbiloquin and will let go of what re
main before pring. . , . .''''
! 1 Winding up today' testimony
I James H. Malcahy. general freight
; agent of the Southern- Pacific, at
! tacked figures compiled by the
Northeri ;lne4. show!i their abll
Ityytt the end of the third year of
operations in Klamath to earn
$l.&fO,000. Mulcahy's figures show
ed ;jf"e most the Oregon Trunk
could? possibility hope to derive
from Klamath tonnage, even on-
der the most favorable lumber and
agricultural markets and crop con
dition would be f05.000.
Northern Roads Handicapped '
Te interstate commerce eom-
mnWon will base Ita decision tor
tb'f road's apparent ability to pay
mmiself ty aeenylng sufficient ton
nage at a reasonable freight rate.
Mulcaby pointed out. that .. th
Northern lines could not - hope to .
compete with the Natron cut-off on
Portland tonnage to ' and from
Klamath Falls. It would likewise
be Impossible for them to compete
In southern or eastern traffic, with
the 'exception of Montana, the Da
kotas and Minnesota,' ""which states
have little In common with the
Klamath country.
Transcontinental freight rate on
first class shipments from Klamath
Falls to the east will be red seed
at an average of 15 cents to the
100 pounds through the Alturaa
(Continued From Paje Two)
San Francisco Expert May Be
Engaged By City to Deal
With Sanitation
Klamath Falls will revolutionise
her sewer disposal system v during
the coming year at a cost of more
than 1250.000 If plans Bearing 1 f,,iad l0 ' extend primartiy 'on
tit te,a pemr Bf the, city couo
ell yesterday afternoon.
Clyde C. Kennedy, of San Fran
cisco, consulting engineer, in regard
to matters of city systems, will
probably be employed by the city
of Klamath Falls, to give estimates
and eewer disposal systems before j
the city fathers in order to lay def
inite plana in regard to the re
planning of the city's system.
Kennedy for the past few yeans
has been active in the work of out
lining similar systems in prominent
cities In California.
Disposal of the city's sewage has
outgrown the original laid pipes
and the main line Is much too
email for the tributaries that have
hAAn hrnnvht lo It. It la more
The court ordered him confined thn probablei accordlng to a mem-
ber of the council, that a contract
will be entered Into by the city
and Kennedy whereby the entire
city's system 1111 be worked over
Those sections of the city which
will be especially effected are Cal
ifornia avenue districts. Crescent
avenue. Including Fairvlew section
and probably large section of
Mills Addition.
It is the hope of the parties In
terested in the affair to have the
Monday' WOTlt competed by the fall of
1VZS.
until he revealed the gtrl'a where
abouts. Bodies of Yachting
Victims Recovered
PAIKIKH CUHKI
Two Klamath county dairies on
the main road of Dixon addition
were closed temporarily yesterday
by Lee Craft, sanitary officer, when
It waa found that owners ot both
dairies were operating without pro
per permits.
H. 8. Johnson and E. H. John
son are the ownera ot the closed
farms. Their hearing will come
before Police Jndgo Gaghagen, 10
a. m October IV
MELBOURNE. Fla., Oct. 12. Re
covery of the bodies of C. H. Ilusted,
Splvey, Kaa., and Frank Dris-
coll, Los Ange;es, Calif.,
night brought the number ot bodlea
recovered In the sinking of the yacht
Clara B. to 12. J. T. Salman. Wich
ita, Kas., and a Mr. Alderthon Sed
gewtck, Kaa., are still missing.
A Palm Beach aviator located the
bodlea. The men were members of
a party of 23 real estate prospectors,
guests of the Melbourne Farms com
pany, aboard the vessel which sank
In heavy weather Sunday night. -
LOCARNO, Switzerland. Oct. 12.
(United News) Germany seems
to be coming out on top at Locarno.
The country that officially admitted
defeat In the great war la believed
to have bargained so successfully
here that some ot the penalties as
sessed against her at Versailles may
be renounced In order to provide
European security.
CALL ISSUED BY HEAD AUTHORITIES FOR SOME
VOLUNTEER TO CARRY DUCK TO PORTLAND FOR
ANALYSIS TO CLEAR MYSTERY, OF DEAD BIRDS
Unable, according to law, to ship
a dead duck out of the county, and
realising the urgent need for haste,
both In the Interest of humanity
and ot the commercial Issues in
volved. County Health Officer O.
S. Newaom, has appealed to any
motorist going to Portland, ct a
volunteer this morning to call and
transport a live duck to the city
for diagnosis In an effort to de
termine why thousands Of the
game birds are sick and dying in
the vicinity of Tule lake.
Report of the ailment afflicting
th ducka have been coming In
for tun past several days. Investi
gation, by Dr. Newsom, Deputy
Game Warden Barnes and others,
ha revealed that some mysterious
ly fatal dlseise has attacked, the
game birds. Ur. Nowsom snr the
reports of thousands of duck 'lying
dead and thousands of others help
lessly ill from the effects of the
disease, unknown to local authori
ties, has been In no way exagger
ated. Dr. Newsom, declares the birds
appear to be afflicted with bctul
lnus, a deadly disease both to hu
mane as well as to the feathered
fowl.
Aside from, sending a specimen
of the ducks to Portland. the
Klamath authorities thought of
sending one t Washington, D. C.
as well, but that plan has been
abandoned, us It Is believed the
duck would be so "ding-dong" dead
(Continued On Pg Two)
Sale of Drink Costs
Woman Fine of $200
Elsie Davis sold a drink to a man
Sunday.
As a result she yesterday turned
over to Justice of the Peace Ed
Kendall 2200 the amount ot th
fine he demanded.
A man who gave his name a
James Valantils also was arrested
and charged with possession of
liquor, despite the fact that he was
represented to be a "guest" of th
place which la located on . south
Eighth street. ' Valantils, according
to State Prohibition Officer McBrlde
was in a bad." room and assisted
in getting rid of some of the whis
key. Valantils, arraigned before Ken
dall, paid a tine of 210.
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