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The Klamath' News
Another "News"
Feature
Tlio Wednesday Food Pago.
Menus and Touted Recipes.
Anything to Sell
or Trade?
A News Want Ad Will
Do the Trick.
United News and United Press Telegraph Services
Vol. 3, No. 74. (Every Morning Except Monday)
Till C I AKC I JIMS
I ILL LmlL LfiHUil
OPEN FOR GRAIN
LEASFSJEB. 24TH
Over 56,000 Acres
Are Available
YIELD LAST YEAR FAIR
All Land Best Adapted to
Grain Growing Muit
Be Cultivated
lllda will ho upouod February 24,
tor It-aura of 862 lota containing
G fl .76 3 aT' of government owned
Tula Lake land, culled "tlio breud
basket of Klumulll county," It "
announced yestordsy by Herbert U.
Newoll, superintendent of ttia rec
lamatlon eervlre.
It I atuled that many fanner ,
are planning to bid on leuaa tula
season, baaing expectatlone of re
turn on the reaulta of the luat
year a barvrat.
The yield during 1925 on the
eaiue land waa: barley. 185.0110
buahrta: oata. 1JH.000 buahela;
rye. S.000 buahela: wheat. 122,
000 1-uahola. In addition there waa
leaned land uaed for buy. grain and
pasturage. ,
According to the terma of the
apeciflratlona there ia no limit to
the number of lota Unit may bv
wanted to any one peraun.
All land mutt ho cultivated thai
In thn opinion of the superintendent
hi more adapted to cultivation than
grating. Llvcatook will not bo per
I milled to run nt large on any of
the land Iraaod between April I,
and October 15, without written
permlaalon of the auiierliitendent.
lllda of leaa than $40 a lot will
not he ronaldered. Map (if the
"broad bnsket" mny bo hn for
25 'cent each, or Inapected ut the
poat office throughout tho rimnty.
McCamant Loses
in Judge Fight
WASHINGTON. Keli. 9 (United
Newa) Prcaldcnt Coolldge la to he
Informed that no real hnpo can be
held nut for the confirmation of
Wallace McCamant aa Judgn of the
United Stalea circuit court of ap
peal, and will have tho choice irf
withdrawing Met iinmnt'a name or of
marching up to receive another lap
from tho aenale.
Thl I tho Interpretation placed
Upon devolopmenla Tuesday.
First it uui lenrnuil that n care
ful aurvey of tho aenato of tho
Judiciary committee ahowa It holds
a majority ngftliiBt McCamant. Thla
la tho comuiltloo whlcli heard the
Judge testify In his own defenae,
and I charged with the duty of re
porting whether ho should or should
not be confirmed. ,
Tho frlnntl of McCamant have
felt that he la stronger before thla
commlttoo than before the aenato,
and If they cannot avrtire fuvorable
action in committee they havo vir
tually luat tho fight.
"I wish I had
time to"
How often do you wish you
hod time to do things that the
work of your house keeps you
from ever "gettinK round to?"
Why not use our "Rough
Dry" Hervice? Everything
washed and dried, and flat
work ironed only the lighter
piece left for you to iron
when you havo time.
TROY
LAUNDRY
Phone 656
FAN FLAMES OF
itACIAL HATRED
Muitolini to Reply to Pres
ident of Germany In
, Senate Today
HOMK, Feb. - ITnllfd Newa)
Premier Muuolliil will riptind hla
Indictment of Germuny In the ,n-j
ate Wcdnc.diiy. The premier's
..,.. h ttii- timuNwiii bo in reply!
to Foreign Minister Htroacmiinn of
Germany, who Tuc.du.. replied luj
Mnasollnra apeoch of Saturday, j
Fnrelgu Mlnlaler Hlresoman '
curn.l and aatlrlral by turn In bl!
reply to Muaaolliil In Iho rclchatug. j
Miuaiillnl wu acting In rontrudlc-1
tlon to llm lirarno aplrll. Htriwinun;
anld, and lio emphatically denied
Hint Germany hud dcalgna on llren
nvr paa, tlio Alplna guto In Italy,
wlilrh Duly gained uIoiik with a
portion of Tyrol aa apolla of war.
Ilo churned I ! it I y waa oppressing tile
Gcrmou Inhabltunta of aoutliorn
Tyrol and auggoatcd that the League
of Nation should consider tlio quca-
tlon of oppression of wcuk minori
ties. Throughout "KtroMitiimnn re
ferred to 'Mussolini us "llurr Miut-
ollnl." Innteud of using tliu runt
oniary pr;iiilcr or excellency. It Is
not likely that thl alight will eariipc
the notice ot thn Italian dictator.
COURT EXPOSED
TO SMALLPOX
Attendants At Los Angeles!
' Court Must All Be
Vaccinated
I.OH ANCKI.KS. Kch. 9. (I'nlted'were on the lookout for man of place the reduction order In effect
News) Fear that the smallpox J his description, accompanied by alia all lakes.
death In the new county Jail heremall dark woman.
might reull in a general epidemic
of the dlaeaae caused aix auperlor j
court Judges, arnrca ot defenae and
prosecution attorney and newspa
per reporter to be hurriedly vacci
nated lute Tueaday night.
The seriousness of the situation
I attested by the secrory attend
ing tho vaccinal Ion. None of theileft behind
Um Angele evening or morning pa-!
per carried Iho Information.
It ia understood that tho aix au
perlor Judge, all of whom have
criminal court, ordered the vuerl
nation of all attorney, court at-! They had not been filled In olhcr
tendunt ami newspaper men appear-! wlae.
ing nt their hearing.
Learning of the death of a cell-
mate from smallpox forty frenzied kin congratulated tho local nffi
prlaoner In the new loiinly Jail' cor on their capture by wire, and
hero rioted nnd attempted a dee-1 aald he would send after the man
peruto Jail break lato Tunaduy. at once. Tho woman was not held.
Tho prisoner Hawed through twoi
hnra on one window of their ninth ! Clan tlSQTTllislr'lillls
floor cell and Jerked a bnrred grat
ing weighing inuo pound from the'
wall of the cell.
Tho amnllpox victim was Ccorgc
June, 17. who wa in tho detent lun
tuiiK. Willi mo tony men av.niiing j,. Chamberlain, former Oregon sen
thelr turn nt trial. . nt(ir were encnurneed tndnv hv hi
Armed gunrds quelled Iho dis
turbance lifter threatening to shoot.
The new Jail was quarantined.
New Charges Face
' State Prohi Man
William Cole, state prohibition
officer, purchased n used car from
County Judge It. II. llunnell, and
thereby hungs a lulu.
Like other used cars tho Cole pur
chase had no tools, and It needed a
lot of fixing. With a rclntlve Cole
worked over It, borrowing tools
around the auto lot. Tho relative,
according to tho story told by Colo,
put a run of grease. a hummer,
pliers, etc., In tho hack nt tho Cole
car unbeknown to Cole.
And some of them. It appears, be
longed lo a Mrs. Roy Cornell, who
ramo after them with a warrant
charging larceny, and sotting forth
tho vnluo of the tools at about $10.
She had first complained to Cole
that ho bad the tool und ho tried
In apologize and offer full restitu
tion. Indian Timber Is
Offered for Sale
WASHINGTON'. Feb. . (United
News) Secrotury Work today au
thorised snlo of approximately 118.
000,000 board foot of ripe tlmhor on
tho Klnmuth Indian reservation in
Oregon, from the Wook timber iinlt
of 7S00 acres nnd the Modoc unit
of 6000 acres. The Klamath In
dians will got the money from the
snlo, which will be conducted from
the Klnmnth Indian Agency.
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY,
HAWKINS' flFFIPP
"nnl,l"'u UMI,,L
ma no nnnn mm
liniDo run I LAIU,
BAD CHECK MAN
ir.,m;1fl ?f fpW
Hi iittiuaui uui rtw
1)qvQ Till Pjlllfrlif
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TRAVELS WITH WOMAN
J
Left Trail of Bad Check
Thru Principal Cities
Of Willamette
I. raving a veritable trail of bud
check behind him over Oregon.
George Walker, flashily dressed pun
! artlat whoso English accent won
ronfldenro from hi victim, waa
Jailed hero last night by Sheriff Hurt
K. Hawkins and deputies on a telo-
! ifrnnlilp warrant from Iurtland.
Walker waa accompanied on n'"ierk.
trnvelH by a plain appearing little j Moorea aald that thla would per
wnuian whom ho attempted toin)t tne angler to take only a few
shield by Inflating that aho knew
nothing of hia activities. Ho ad-.
milted bit guilt freely when quea-LU(.D
Honed by Hherlff llawklna. blaming.
Ilia misfortune on hi inability lo
get work.
The aulhorltlca have trailed Walk-, properely if one ruling applied to
rr and hia companion from Junction stream flailing and one to lake fish
City, Kugene, Portland, Roseburg Ing'. but finally agreed to let the old
and other cities In Oregon. They regulataion eland for streams and
El
8 had been In Klamath Fall
about three daya. having been placed
under surveillance ahortly after
arrival. Hut he attempted to pass
no rheeka until Inst night. Then ho
cashed a $1 chock at Whitman's
drug store.. This check correspond
ed to the other check that bad been
und tho officers waited
no longer.
In hi pockets were two more
cheek, both of which had been
stamped by a check protector one
for 1.17.50 and thn other for $35..
Walker Is to tm roturned to Port
land. Chief of Pollcle L. V. Jen
UVVI VIIU1IIUV1 1UIII
Reported Betteri''
PARTLA.N1, Feb. 9. ( United
Newa) Physicians attending George
improvement, according to a special
WnsliliiRlnn dlspnlcli to tho Oregon
journal.
.MONTGOMERY IMPROVES
Ted Montgomery, who ha been
seriously III from none appendicitis
In tho Klamath Valley hospital, will
ho ablo to bo removed to his homo
this week, according to word from
Montgomery's sister last night,
I) raily Montgomery has returned
to tho Forest Lumber company camp
Tuesday morning after being called
to Klamath Falls by the serious ill
ness of his brother.
ST. VALENTINE'S DAY BRINGS
THE MEMORY OF OTHER DAYS
Do you remotiiher the first Val
entino sent to you over tho In
itial of a sweetheart, or Just a
scrawled question mark?
Sunday, February tho fourteenth,
1 St. Valentine's day. The shops
aro filled with frilly papery things,
the more sedate hits of tinted card
board with a heart hidden some
whero and a verso smnolhlng like
this:
"If I had fifty million hearts,
And all ot thorn wero mine,
I'd send thorn In this envelopo .
To you, Aly Valentine."
Fred Houston, that grim dispen
ser ot logger shirts and manly ties,
remember the first Valentine that
came his way.
"Ily golly,, tho first Valentine I
ever got told me how homely and
how onery I was and you can bet
I didn't show It to my girl. No
sir."
DIFFERENTIATE
ON LAKE TROUT
- cr;li s!-Dif-
IVIVIH w"" - - aw
Stream Fish
Portland. Feb. .9. (United
News) GruWi reducing the bag
limit on trout, changing the bunt
ing aeaimn of Chinese pheasant and
closing numeroua aninll at ream a of
the atate wore reconsidered today
) by the atate game commlMlon fol
lowing a concentration of fire from
sportsmen in many dlstrlcta.
Tho first order to Ix- reviaed waa
the una adopted at the January
meeting Belling the bag limit on
trout at 15 pound and one fifth
instead of 20 pound and one fish.
Thla provision' waa attacked by
Cheater A. Moorea. who pointed out
that reduction In bag weight on
trout penalized aportxmen from
Portland who made one-day tripa to
the Deachutea or McKenile rivera.
The presont law permlla fisher
men to take 30 flah, or not to ex
coed 40 pounda and one (lull In one
week. The commission at Its last
aealon cut the weight limit to 15
pound In one day or 30 pounda In a
(H, where they were running large
BM, e agreed, however, that
a reduction ahould be made on
a),e fishing. The commiaalon ex-
preaaeU doubt -whether warden
would be able to cnerk fish bags
ELLIOTT OFFERED
CHAMBER'S HELP
Directors Endorse- Plan
District Attorney to
Clean Up County
of
If blx business cannot be run!
lawfully then we'd better quit big
business."
In quoting- Theodore Roosevelt.
E. L. Elliott, district attorney, yes-
.1 terday laid hare the plans outlined
-by the district attorney's office for
tho coming year. Elliott was the
i chief speaker at noon before the
board ot directors of tho chamber
of commerce.
Elliott pleaded for suppression of
vice in pool halls, bettor Jury serv-
I Ice, the cashing of spurious or bad
hecks, and mainly for assistance In
t getting at the source of tho liquor
: supply instead of ut the "hip-pocket"
law breaker
"Often I havo aaked that a drunk
bo put to bed In a rooming house
Instead of thrown in the county
jal. It Is tho source of liquor sup
piy tnat wo want. The man that
brings It into Klamath Falls and
Klamath county by tho carload. That
is tho man we want to got.
The chamber hear'.lly endorsed
the stand taken by Elliott and
passed a resolution of support.
a letter, requesting tnat a com
mittee of tho Ashland chamber of
commorco meet with local men in
discussion of the Information bureau
to be established at the Junction of
the Klamath Falls-Ashland highway,
(Contlnneit on Page Two)
Judge J.em L. Gaghagcn. tapped
his pencil on tho glass topped of
ficial desk nnd "Hmni-d."
"Condom it. I'd Just about for
gotten about Valentine day. Next1
Sunday, too. I haven't sent a Val-!
inline since they quit printing those1
ugly ones that told the truth. By
golly, that reminds me."
Hint of Rnmiinro j
And tho Judge unlocked a small
door In his paper Uttered desk!
and brought forth 'nto tho daylight j
n little crayon colored Dutch paper j
doll. It. was made by a little girl In !
1S92. Maybo Iho Judge didn't mean j
all ho aald about blatant lovo niee-l
sages.
Away down In the heart of the 1
movlo villain, Frank Hagnoy, there:
Is a soft spot. Anyway he was
discovered In a hook shop picking
out a most sentimental verse to
(Continued On Tagn Two)
FEB. 10, 1926
M.A.MANN GUILTYi
OF ASSAULT UPON
LOCAL ATTORNEY
Findings of Justice
Court Jury of 4
LEGAL LIGHTS ATTEND
Former District Attorneys
All Give Evidence Or
Attend Trial
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A rerdict of guilty waa returned j
by a Jury of four men In Justice R.(
a Fmmitc. rmirt veaterday against t
Martin A. Mann, natatorium proprle-j
tor. on a charge of assault on the
neron of Edward B. Ashurat, at-
lorney
Aside from the plaintiffs clawed
face the feature of the trial was
.i . .1.. ...jij.ii
me " -
lor tne omce oi aIirici nw.;
several deputlea and aa well several
district attorneys of the past and
present. About the only deputy, !
formerly so, who did not ahow on
the scene was Caleb Jones. And he
bad his bead out of a doorway down
the street to learn how things went.
Just what waa the attraction Is
a matter of some doubt. Justice
Emmltt had promised to make At
torney Renner and Vandenberg.
counsel for the defense, preserve the
peace and dignity of the court. And
he did to some extent.
Watch Wlest.
nut the law givers may have been
drawn by tho opportunity to watch
Deputy District Attorney Billy
Wlest, and Plaintiff Ashurst, both
candidates for the office ot district
attorney, work side by side. It was
the duty ot Wlest to present the evl
dence nt the plaintiff.
Trial ot the rase presented many
difficult legal knots for the attor
neys, deputies and district attor
neys to untie. The defendant
.claimed that he had been persecuted
and a volume of divorce proceed
Ings were entered into. Former Dis
trict Attorney John Irwld was a wit
ness. So. also, was former District
Attorney W. P. Myers. Former Dis
trict Attorney C. C. Brower took
notes throughout tho trial. District
Attorney E. L. Elliott put in an ap
pearance, but did not get Into the
melee.
Attorney Renner took the stand to
testify that his client did not strike
tho first blow as related by the
plaintiff.
The. four men who did duty on
the Jury were James Ryan, F. W.
Abbey. W. Templar and William
Mesner.
Mann will be sentenced this morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
U. S. Court Indian
Case of Interest
Twenty Klamath county Indians
are vastly Interested In a case ar
gued yesterday before Federal Judge
Dean at Portland. It having to do
with tholr rights to obtain patents
to grazing or timber lands, accord
ing to Attorney Edward B. Ashurst
who Is represom:ng tnera in the
matter.
Tho local Indiuns mado their so
lection ot lands back In 1906, allot
menta having been mado by tho gov
ernment representatives. The de
partment of the interior now seeks
to withdraw the allotments on the
grounds that tho land is more valu
able as timber than grazing land.
HOY SCOIT 1'ORIM TODAY.
Today is the sixteenth an
niversary of Scouting and tho
regular 12:15 chamber ot
commerce forum will be turned
over to the Klamath Boy
Scouts to conduct the session
and put on Scout exhibitions
ot various kinds.
Parents of Hoy Scouts aro e-e
perlally Invited to attend this
Interesting meeting. Who will
preside and the details ot the
Scout forum are a deep secret
known only to the boys them
selves as they have, the entire
arrangement in their hands.
All members and visitors are
requested to attend.
MAN CONVINCED
GETS INSURANCE
Finds News Accident In
surance Covers Be
ing Struck
There waa an argument yesterday
about The Newa insurance policy.
A man came In and told A. E.
La Dieu that the policy would not
cover the victim of an accident
such aa had been reported In The
Newa yesterday mornisg. A man
had been atruck down and Injured
while walking on the highway and
had brought auit for a sum In the
neighborhood of $8000.
Here': the Identical language of
the poliify:
"Contlnnental " Life Insurance
company hereby does lnaure against
death ortlhialiillty resulting direct
ly through external, violent and ac-
-1.1 . 1 .1 ....I.UaJ Km Itia
insured In he manner following:
"By being atruck or knocked
down or run over while In or on a
public highway, by any antomouue,
or any vehicle propelled by steam,
cable, electricity, naptha, gasoline.
horse, compressed air, or liquid
power.
Incidentally, the man who said
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,a man hurt while walking along
highway took out a policy,
nvmriTtriTi
CHASE OFFERED
t tti
North Carolina Man Con
sidering Oregon U.
Presidency
EUGENE, Ore.. Feb. . Dr.
Harry Woodburn Chase, president of
the University of North Carolina was
tendered an offer to become presi
dent of the University of Oregon,
following a special meeting ot the
board of regents of the university
held here Tuesday
Dr. Chase ia In Eugene, arriving I
late M -ndBy evening, on a mission tar?
cuanecfion with his consideration rJaen.t n favor of the buifUIng of the '
the presidency in succession to the road from tn0 end -of the pave- .
late Prince L. Campbell, and thement on Congo a- nue to the pro-i
regents immediately went into execu- oridge site 110 yard below
tive session, In which they
unanimously in favor of Dr. Chase.
His Immediate acceptance was not
forthcoming, however, and he was
granted two weeks' time, at his own
request. In which to consider the
proposition, anl compose his an
swer. VIOLENCE OPENS
IN STRIKE AREA
Miners March on Washer
ies and Demand That
They Close Up
SCRANTON. Pa., Feb. 9. (Unit
ed News) Further outbreaks
among striking miners to prevent
the operation ot washeries are feared
in tho next 24 hours, and county of
ficials and city police are preparing
to deal with new emergencies.
Chief of Police Rose of Scranton
has decided to add to his riot squad
and Sheriff Schlager is said to have
made all arrangements for the
swearing, of extra deities In case
tho situation henr,cs moe serious,
- Five hundred strikers marched on
several washeries today, forced one
to close and at another gained a
promise from the owner that he
would suspend It other washeries
are also closed. At the latter wash
ery the police, armed with riot guns,
met the marchers and kept them at
a safe distance from the plant.
No bloodshed occurred today al
though for a time the situation
seemed serious. Late this afternoon,
the crowds at all washeries wero dis
persed and extra guards were
I thrown around tho washeries.
One crowd on Its way from a
', wnshory mot n truck loaded with
coal. The truck carried a New .York
license. The strikers forced the
driver to dump the coal In the street,
' and in a few minutes the fuel had
j been carried Into homes ot Idle
: minors.
Hll.OOl l.N M.tX HIES
George Pattorson, 4 8, resident ot
; Chiloquln, died yesterday In a local
hospital from meningitis. Ho had
: been III since tho latter part ot
' December.
1 Arrangements wore being made
to ship the body to Boise, Idaho,
j for Interment. Mrs. Mary Patter
son, tho widow, will accompany
j the )hody.
Price Five Cent
REALTY OWNERS
ON CONGER WANT
WEST SIDE ROAD
Would Build Road to
New Bridge Site
ESTIMATES OBTAINED
Plans to Go Before City
Council As Soon As
Fully Completed
Upper Conger avanue property
owners confronted with the vision
of -the west aide highway crossing
Link river and connecting on to
the Shlppington road have decided
to bestir themselvea and bnlld a
surfaced highway from the proposed
bridge site down the east aide of
Link river connecting on to the
paved section of Conger avenue.
The atate highway engineer's of
fice has previously recommended
the connection by way ot Shipping
ton ag the most practical. , .
Nevertheless, according to Bar
ren Short, county commissioner,
the county court looks with favor
upon a solution of thla perplexing
road problem through this proposed
Conger avenue project. Undoubted
ly, If the Conger avenue resident
go ahead with their plans It will
put an end for all time to the
strong influences attempting to
bring the highway into the city via
Shlppington. The proposed plan
of the Conger property owners will
be a boost for Conger avenue and,
upper Main street property. It 'la
believed.
Property owners met Sunday af-
ernoon ari came to a final agree-
the dam. There are a number of
the property owners who favor
pavement, others favor a macadam
ized road.
Road Favored
Those who own land- affected
along the east side or Link river
are George Ul'rlch. 132 feet,, Fred
Heilbronner, H0 feet, Al Melhase,
265 feet, Fred Fletcher, 92 feet.
Judge A. L. Leavltt, 200 feet and
the California, Oregon Power com
pany the remainder ot the stretch
or 2S00 feet from the power house
to the proposed bridge site. It ia
understood the Power company will
cooperate fully in the proposed
road plan.
According to one of the Conger
avenue property owners tho city
engineer surveyed the land ten days
(Continued On Page "faro)
Hunsaker Still in ;
Grave Condition,
The condition ot R. E. Hunsaker
Is unchanged, according to word
from his family received at a late
hour last night.
"Mr. Hunsaker is conscious but
a few moments at a time and his
doctors pronounced his condition
the same as yesterday," stated Mrs.
Hunsaker last night from the home
of the former Klamath county offi
cial. $1 Features For
Today and Thursday
32 Inch 23c yard E and W. ging
hams In new colors and patterns;
only one sale to a customer. 4
6 yards - -...P 1
36 Inch 17c yard fine white pleach
ed Hope Muslin, limited quantity;
only one sale to a customer, d aj
l'j yards 1
phop our windows for the new
fabrics and style In
silk dresses.
la tba Canter of tha Sbopplaf
. . Dlitrict.
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