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IN FARM
RAISE
Authority
Data
fFORE I.C.C.
2Scc I" rtict
'jht Raises
73 v
Mo.. Jan. 10-
to role Increase 10
.mmudlllrs Hi"
nurh luu than In
im Senator K. K.
,1 Kan.. Ill
i.Tce rommlMio
City lBimjr.
itni-as against
Increase In freight
MlulsnlDDl. which
ve asked. Senator
thai for III" len
average Irlc paid
w!i-al ii SO rvula
Int. shire Hi" war i1"
in 11.01 a bushel an
ut 25 per cent.
,ti (in wheal Iron)
IvcHoii, whlrh I" lo
wliest ratitii has In
rent." hi' said
justification fur tlil
Ihe fnrmrr la pay-
roportlon lo what he
bell declared wheat
kroilurt on whlrh I lie
farmer la placed at
by (rrlgli rates.
lout Iho N41 mi
ld. "Uia average
it Larned waa 19.05
jlage price last year
lluw ran (hp rom
n Increase In rates
Jacksonville, for In-
r rrnt. aa ha hern
price of the pro-
nly fnur per reut?
nre 191 thn prim
that year and last
also registered nn
against present
California farmers.
luu. California and
treat alfalfa atatea
ihy California, far-
Ihave its alfalfa hay
Atlantic aeabonrd
Id8hl rate paid by
pther three atatea.
ponder If. the com-
o net their vlow-
latei on their pro-
"Csntral Kanaaa
f" r paying the
!' to Chicago that
n California polnta
10 central hum I
nd from L, Ang.
I quaintly are chari.
able rote fr , gno
Jndlng nn nnrson-
i.too mile haul."
America,, !.,; of
will send . .Mean-
'n district roufer-
rd, February it If
I ha last regular
runswick
fcat rope,
'" an absolutely
1 yintrument may,
electrical features.
lie "Loii.i Hiifuikiw1
rail In,
It does from vmir
ellmlnalua thn need
'lea for your radio
no us demonstrate
for Drugs
ma
Falls. Oro.
Main.
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EX-CITY EDITOR
IN BANDIT HUNT
McDonald, Reporter on Sac
ramento Be With Police
Car . In Fight
Tha Hacramento Ilea of Tuesday
evening, January 19, carries a lurid
description of the pursuit aud torrid
battle between Sacramento officers
and the four desperadoea who were
shot down following thn hold-up
of the Kosevllle bank .
Of Interest to Klamath Falls peo
ple la the mention of J. W. McDon
ald, former city editor of Ihe Klam
ath News, now a reporter on tho
Sacramento Ilea, who occupied a
rear sest In the police car which
first met up with Ihe fleeing rob
bers. Tha following la the lead to
Ihe Ilea account of the adventure:
"Zing! a bullet splashed against
Ihe windshield and flattened out.
Two hundred feet ahead an auto
mobile from which come tiny wisps
of smoke, rareened from side to
side. Now and then It lurched as
though the ear were going to plunge
from tha road, and then It would
right Itself, etc."
CHILL ATTITUDE
GREETS MEXICO
State Department Takes
Explanation of Land Law
With Grain Salt
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10 (United
News) This government Is uncon
vinced by Ihe defense of the Mexi
can embassy here.
Also there is some coolness al the
stale department over the fact that
diplomatic courtesies were overlook
ed by the Mexlcana In Issuing a
press statement before making offi
cial reply to Ihe state department
whlrh aenl a formal note nn the
land laws January 9.
"The position of this government
has been and sllll la that Ihe so
called lund and petroleum laws con
tain provln.ons which are plainly re
troactive and confiscatory In their
effect upon property rights hereto
fore legally acquired and held by
American cltltena In Mexico under
prior existing Mexican laws." Secre
tary Kellogg said. "This position
whlrh does not In any sense que
lion Mexico's sovereign right to leg-
folate on her domestic conrerna has
been made perfectly clear in the
most frank and friendly terms lo the
Mexican government, both formally
and Informally. Our last note on
this subject waa delivered to Ihe
Mexican minister of. foreign affairs,
January 9. In the absence of auy
reply lo that note, I am not dis
posed at this time to make any far
ther public comment."
Ministers Will All
Gather at Banquet
To eniDhaslie the Importance of
the churcboa to the community and
to celebrate the opening of the
new St. Paul's Episcopal church,
public dinner of tha leading cltlions
of the community will be held in
the White Pelican next Monday
night. Samo l to ho under tho
auspices of Iho ministerial asso
clallon. ' "Nelthor dollars nor denomina
tionally will ho discussed." roads
the letter of Invitation aeht out
yesterday by J. llenTy Thomas,
rector of St. Paul's.
There will bo a program of ex
rollent music, and three, Ihroe only,
brief, bright speeches, the Invita
tions further promise.
"With aiieh. nn appeal, and aitch
a promise coming straight from a
mlnlslor, who would Teslst It." aald
the recipient of one Invitation.
The affair l novel In the church
history of Klamath county. Mlnla-
ters of nil croeds aro ttnuorsiooa
Id Imvo given the P"l'e dinner
1helr Indorsement, and to have pro
mised their participation.
TOO MICH OVMUIKAO.
LOS ANdKI.KS. Jan. 20. (Unit
ed Newsl-Colonc! It. K. Frllli. dry
head for southern California, will
have lo cut hl prohibition force 20
per cent hcenW his ngrntH nro nol
arresting enough violator lo pny for
tho expeitdlltiroa of hi" office.
Hlnrn hnvr, been running 20 per
cent below upkeep. Frith .aid. and
that he would five flvo men When
mnnoy I. vtln1.lo through fines
Ihey will get Ihelr Jobs back.
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1926
MNS I1F I M
SWOOP DOWN ON
Chicago Killer
Finally Taken
Is
CAUGHT AT ST. LOUIS
Stolen Car Is Sold Los
Angeles Detective
Seeking Him
CHICAGO. Jan. 20. (United
News) Manacled, but houghty,
Martin J. Durkln. tha two gun man,
whoso spectacular escapes from the
law have cost the Uvea of throe
men, ia back again in tbe city where a
ha received hla first lessons In M
bold banditry, and murder.
The Iron door of a Jail cell baa
clicked 1-ehlnd him, and before
nightfall Thursday legal marhlnory
will have been set In motion lo
rush him to the gallows.
Clinging to Durkln' arm as the
dapper young desperado and hla I
raptors alighted from a crack train
from Kt. (Louis late Wednesday
night, was his bride, the 18 year-old
Cornell, HI., girl, whom he mar
ried aoverul weeks ago In East St.
Louis. '
Durkln and his lH yeur-old bride
were captured in a stateroom as
Ihelr train entered Ihe elation at St.
Louis. Mo., Wednesday noon from
Dallas. Toxaa. The attack was too
sudden and too overwhelming for
this Houdlnl of gunmen.
t'uahlo to Shoot
There was not time for Ihe shoot
ing "sheik" to get any one of the
three guns that bung under his
coat into action, and strong arma
aelxed his bride before she could
draw the Utile automatic from her
puree.
"You've got me." Durkln walled.
"I didn't have a chance."
The man who has shot his way
out of more Chicago police trap
than any other has earned a name
for himself In the mlddlewest that
Is almost as terrifying aa mat oi
the notorious Tommy O'Connor.
Durkln shot and kill' Shanahan
when the latter attempted to ar
rest him In a garage here on a
charge of transporting stolon pro
perty. Ho la credited with two othor
I police killings In similar encount
ers.
Flayed Lone Hand
Durkln. the debonair, had no s
(Continued oa rage Two)
California Badly
Needs 'Snowmaker'
LAKE ARROWHEAD. Cal.. Jan.
0. A reputation and a fortuno
awalta Charles Hatfield. Cnllfornla'a
r.inmsker." If he can produce a
snowstorm out of his bag of tricks.
The chamber of commerce of this
high altltudo roaort wired tho raln
mnifop Wednesday, asking If ho
could mako snow.
The rosort reports the lightest
fall of snow In years.
Shippington Home
Destroyed by Fire!
The residence of W. C. Burko lo-;
rated at Shippington was totally'
dostroyed by fire last night, tho loss
approximately half covered by insur-;
ance of 8700. 1
I The Burkea were away from
home when the flro broko ost and
are at a loss to understand the
origin of tho blaxe., I
The meal fire department arrived
on the acene after the fire had got
ten well under way, hut wero holp-i
less with no water avallnblo with,
which lo fight the flames. . I
1IKKAKH IKJTll ANKI.KS
Radio aerials havo brought about j
many a tumble. J. M. McDonald's
name la now addod to the lift of:
casualties. Ho was nt the hospital
yostorday with two broken nnkles. j
his Injuries having boon sustained,
whon he fell from a tree at the!
Altamont camp while Initialing a I
radio. I
bid HIS LIQUOR
Two Local Men Get Fine of
$250 for Possession
Of Moonshine
Karl Toulouse and Bob Enders,
arrested by state offleera on a
charge of possession of liquor which
they wore In the act of delivering
at a Broad atreot addresa yesterday
paid a fine of 1250 each In Jus
tice II. E. EnrmKts court, and were
allowed to depart.
nefore their departure they re
turned to tbe sheriff's office to se
cure their belongings. They asked
for permission to look at the three
gallons that had been taken out of
their hands.
"Just let me aee It If it's not
asking too much," aald Enders.
The liquor had Just been brought
from the Justice court where ll
had been exhibited aa evidence. It
was conveniently situated Just un
der tho aherlff's dosk.
"Sure, you Caa look at It." said
deputy, curiosity uppermost to
see Just what Kndors had up his
sleeve. Ha watched Enders nar-
Tlwy.
Tho bootleggers approached tbe
bottles. Ho psmed his hand over
one of them affectionately.
"That'a all.' he said. "I Juet
wanted to look at II. It was good
liquor but It's gone now."
STATE TO OFFER
BIG TIMBER UNIT
Ask $3.50 Per Thousand
For Over 28 Million
Feet In Klamath
Sealed blda O the purchase of
more than 3.000,000 feet of stand
ing timber, owned by the state, are
being called for by January 26, ac
cording to sale notices being issued
throughout the slate by the slate
land board.
State owned timber haa been
r.rtiinllv sold until there- Is but
one block of tlmberland to be of'
rred hv Ihe land board. That
block Is located In Klamath county,
between Yalnax and Bonanza.
James Stewart, former legislator
and now connected with the ataie
land board, arrived In Klamath
Falls during the past week to fur
nish Information concerning the
3000 acres of plno. Stewart la
armed with cruises, plats and other
data of Interest to lumbermon spec
ulating on the timber purchase.
No sale of the timber will be
made at less lhan the appraised
value which Is rated aa follows:
Yellow pine. 28.66S.000 feet ap
praised value 13.50 per thousand
feet; white fir 835.000 feet, apprais
ed vnluo GO cents psr thousand feet;
Incense cedar 186,000 feet, apprais
ed value 11.00 per thousand feet.
Discussion of the matter was
brought before the chamber of com
merce board of directors during
their weekly luncheon Tuesday.
The stato ia offering the timber
for sale but is not putting tho land
on the market.
says:
It a girl doesn't walk
around with her eyes on the
ground and her mind on the
lilies people think she's got a
date with the devil.
Joanna's Advrntnrp 'With
Million SI arid Hunilny In
Tlio News
What Would Yoj
Daf With a
Million Dollars?
OFFICERS STAGE
THREE FRUITFUL
Little Difficulty
Experienced
Is
PRISONERS ARE TAKEN
All Held Until $250 and
$500 Bonds Can Be
Arranged For
Slate and federal officers com
bined forces last night to 'conduct
three separate raids In' Klamath
Falla. netting 100 per cent results
on bootlegging charges.
Faye Hamilton and Frank Byron
were arrested' at 630 Eighth street.
Marlo Russell was gathered-ln to
gether with a pitcher of liquor at
432 Broad etreet. W. T. Robber
son together with his wife were
taken at the York Rooms on Main
street, a quart being taken. Evi
dence of alleged sale and posses
slon were secured at all three
places.
The raiding officers commenced
operations at 530 Eighth street.
where behind the walls of a lattice
work enclosed establishment Faye
Hamilton has been under suspicion
as a dispenser of liquor.
Served Drink
Federal Agent McCready and
State Officers Zimmerman and
Jones appeared at the place, but
not all at one time. A man named
Boyd bad been sent ahead to buy
a drink. The Hamilton woman waa
Induced to serve drink In one
room, her aource of supply being
secreted In another. When she
brought the drink, according to the
officers, the man who -waa getting
all the service put his back to the
door and held the woman a prlaonor
while th others broke In ot the
front door.
A man who waa present when
the officers arrived at" the Ham
ilton establishment gave his name
aa Frank Byron. He was held
fcr Investigation as an "Intimate
Inmate."
Raids on the other, establishments
fallowed In aulck order. Officers
McBTlde and McMllls participating,
Tho prisoners were helng held last
nlh until they furnished bonds
ot 250 and 8500 each.
Clothing Concern
to Honor Warrants
Announcement was mode Wednes
day from the Klamath .Klothlng
Kompany ot the fa,ct that the firm
would honor county warrant checks
In exchange for merchandise.
Seror.il weeks ago banks refused
to honor the checka from the coun
ty and many man are still holding
the checks walling to casn mem
The Klamath Klothlng Kompany,
Interested In being of assistance to
tho men who hold the warrants, has
made It possible for them to be
turned Into cash through-purchaso
of merchandise In the atoro.
Coal Shortage Is
j Hospital Menace
NEW YORK. Jan. 20. (United
Kews) After four and a hnlf hours
without beat, Bellevue hospital, the
largest Institution of Its kind In the
country, obtained 200 tons of an
thraotto coal Wednesday afternoon
as Mayor James J. Walker took per
sonal charge 6f the situation,
j The emorgency apparently la not
: past, as Bellorue dally needs be
tween 100 nnd 125 tons of coal for
proper heal. Another boatload, was
on the way hero Wednesday.
If the emergency 200 tons had
not been obtained 137? patients and
1 1500 employes faced increasing cold
i weather as night full. Thn nil Id
; weather of the day prevented suf
! ftrlng because of the lack of heat.
! Before the now lot of coal was re
I celved, hospital authorities fnrcd
the prospect of serving a cold night
meal lo the sick.
THOMSON SAYS
BE FRIENDLIER
Park Head Warns Residents
To Get Away from
Business Complex
"Know Southern Oregon, give
your facts accurately and kindly
and build up a pride In tbe friendly
country that will make this section
of tbe Pacific Coast an attraction for
tbe summer tourist."
This waa the point which Colonel
C. O. Thomson of Crater Lake Na
tional park drove borne to members
of the chamber of commerce during
the forum luncheon Wednesday
noon.
'We have developed a business
man eomplox," suited Col. Thomson.
What we need Is "collective hoi
pltallty." developed throughout Ore
gon and especially where the tour
ists meet for their aummer vaca
tion. 'Kindliness Is ono of the greatest
assets thor we can build up to make
Southern Oregon a great vacation
drawing card. There ia another
thing about which I must speak
and that la the destruction by tbe
residents of southern Oregon of
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GIRLS' SHOW IS
COMING TO TOWN
Musical Comedy Booked
For Pine Tree Theatre
On Tues. and Wed. ,
Poor tired Klamath business men
have been known to bemoan the
fact that we have no honest to good
ness musical , comedy attractions
brave enough to stray off the main
line and show their shapely limbs to
hungry ' amusement seekers here.
Then they brighten up and say,
'well after this main line Is through
next summer It .will .be different,
etc." "- 1 ' ' -- -
Now comes a startling announce
ment.' '
Next Tuesday and Wednesday
nlglit the Veta of Foreign Ware, lo
cal ex-service men's organization. Is
staging an honest to goodness musi
cal comedy at the Pine Tree the
ater. The name of the production
Is "Somebody Lied," and If that
somebody says those ten chorus girls
are not dreams and they can't sing
then that somebody lied, sure
enough.
And here Is one that will send
staid old Klamath business men on
a mad rush for tha box office fight
ing for front row perches In Harry
Poole'a amusement palace there la
one delightful scene In this "Some
body Lied" show where the chorus
breexes'in, in one piece bathing
auits. Call out Chief Loucks and
tbe mighty reserves!
The chorus and the cast is put
ting valient eftorta Into the re
hearsals at the Moose hall each
night. . Here is the cast, Ruth Llnd
sey, Margaret Tllley. Virginia Rich
mond, Addle Jenkins, Jack Whit
ney. Sid Herbert and W. W. Coe.
The following girls are In the
chorus, Genevieve liensley. Evelyn
Beck ley, Frances Herbert, Kaiheryn
Dudley, Stella Schrelner, Myrle Ktl
llan. Addle Jenkins, Wlnnltred Mo
drell, Evelyn Amlcke and Evelyn
Francis. In the men's chorus Is
Jack Franey, Jack Whitney, Sid Her
bert and Frank Hyde. Mary Coe Pet
erson Is director.
Road Commission
Lets New Contracts
PORTLAND, .Jan. 20. (United
News) Contracta for new highway
construction (totalling approximately
1170,000 were awarded by the Ore
gon highway commission Wednes
day. Tbe awards Included: Clatsop
county,' grading and surfacing 10
miles ot the Roosevelt highway, Mo
tor Investment company, 863,915.
Josephine county, grading seven
miles Redwood highway, E. L. Mc
Nutt, 869,325. .
Benton county, bridge over Bow
ers Slough, Albany-Corvnllls high
way. John W. Ash, 80752.
All bids for a bridge across tho
Siletx river In Lincoln county were
rejected.
NKKI) NHOK l.KATIIKK.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., Jan. 20.
Snake and lizard skins will bo
fashionable materials for women's
shoes this year. It waa declared by
delegates attending tho convention
of the Pennsylvania Shoe Retailers'
association hero.
Price Five" Cents
REV.W.E.BOBBITT
KLAMATH PASTOR
DIED WEDNESDAY
Word Received Here
Last Night
LOSS IS KEENLY FELT
Memorial Pipe Organ May
Be Placed In New
Church Here
W. E. Bobbltt. Klamath Falls
Christian church pastor. Is dead. -
The announcement reached here
from Woodland, .California, .last
night that death had taken the min
ister away from hla, big flock and
host of friends here, at around S
o'clock yesterday evening. The ex
pression which followed the an
nouncement waa that the tine new
Klamath. Christian church had lost
a pastor whose place will be moat
difficult to fill.
. Death was due to cancer.
The word was received In Klam
ath Falls Wednesday night by Dr.
Q. A. Maasey from Mrs. Bobbltt. '
According to Dr. Massey, a repre
sentative will be named from the lo
cal congregation to attend the fu
neral at Wodoland.
. Rev. Bobbitt came to Klamath
Falls the first of February. 1924.
He had been pastor In the Wood- '
land church for 15 years prior to
coming to Klamath. Broken- in
health he sought a country higher In
tbe mountains, where he might work
to regain his vigor.
' : Chose -Klamattu . . i' -
Offered practically any church
be desired on the Pacific Coaat and
a large church In Kansas City: as
well. Rev. Bobbitt chose Klamath -Falls.
. ; v ... ..
"It was around his charming per
sonality that we built the church
we have today," said Dr. Massey last
night.'
He labored in Klamath Falls un
til early id the summer ot 1925.
Poor health forced him to return to
Woodland, where 'he entered the
hospital. Specialists and physi
cians were ot no avail and hla vi
tality steadily weakened nnUl the
end came Wednesday afternoon.
"It la possible that a pipe organ
will be built In the church in mem
ory ot Rev. Robbltt." aald Dr. Mas
sey last night. "A memorial of fit
ting greatnoss for him, however, will
be placed In the building soon." f
Rev. Bobbitt Is survived by a
wife, Mrs. Lila Bobbltt. There are"
no children.
According to a wire from Mrs.
Bobbltt funeral services will be held
in the Christian church of Wood
land. Friday at 2:30 p. m.
STOKES IS SUED. . 7;',
NEW YORK. Jan. 20. The Otto
man American Development com
pany began a suit for 88.120.000
Wednesday In supreme court against
W. E. D. Stokes, millionaire club
man. The action involves the Ad
miral Colby M. Chester grants for
oil fields In Turkey.
It Is a counter claim suit growing
out of an action started by Stokes
against the oil concession company
for 85250 on four serial notes for
money Stokes alleges he advanced
the company.
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