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IN YVKFK uun,m11 JIM"
a'rLJtN YEAR LhASFJ
.. FOR BUREAU SHE
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1926
Price Five Cents
PLAN TO REMOVE
60 DEAD CATTLE
Foreman of Fort Klamath
Meadows Co. Ranch
Starts Task
I
sired
c
ELESS
COUNTY
FACING
OFFICERS
SUIT FOR
fcone
Silo
About S day. l ""k." . I Ull UUElIi.'lU JUL1 The carcasses of about fclxty head
nuhl Itolierl K Hlinliorn ywirr.lny. of cattle owned by the Ft. Klam-
wh-n ankcd when a ileclnlou from i " lath Meadowa compuuy, which mired
lh lnir:t- i"nih-rr oiiiriM.binj If I p 1 -OAA f 'aiiii died at th upper end of
might be txpifiil, a.l'llni: "My 1 IIvlIllS 1 dill tplOUU lUlj Klamath luke are to be removed at
,n,i u aliou.1 an good an anyone: 1 Icp nf 1 inH 1 once, according to report reaching
jk. v ...u..v. i)r K i Newsom, county heaitn
"Th romiulnaimi at.nreclulcn 1 lit i ! officer
Importance of the cane boforn It, In
which all Klamath county In Inter
filed, " Htrahorn continued. "No
ilnubl It l making every effort to
arrive at an earl) dccln'on In order
UNLAWFUL
ACTION
clwj'a.'
Man Held 3 Months
Without Trial
WILL INSTALL EXHIBIT
work may lint
Effort to Be Made At Once
To Divert Tourists Via
Klamath Falls
IS FINALLY LIBERATED
Dr. Nowsom haa been In confer
ence with W. C. Hacklcr, foreman of
the Meaduwa company, and reporta
inai liacKier in uiukidk every enuii If I
to remove the en'reaaaea and burn I E. L. Elliott, Burt HaWKinS,
that development
under way.
"No one known Jut.1 when the de
! v'Ulon will be forthcoming, hut we
i i
,hlnk word wm t n... wiinin , Klomath fBmy,n Bpe.luI . d,.,c.
'rki." i .....a. u.. .........
.istrtlay. ' tnuoa on ounau u. tnu nuumnu
. ,.,..t.. .t wt lOrrnon Tuurmi iiurrnu yesieriw
W Al IVL oUiNo 1IN
look
be liie i
KlAlimlb
INtUl-tl'll
re Ha. l
o t'hre-
rll
the it'
ll. II'H
aunt ail-
Iftupet'led
iulk bla
v vtnttd
lie a
Mil the
it Oter-
,li'kn tn
wit At
MlhUy.
4 la arrl-
l.-c'l.e of
jp W lull -
Now lle'n
hiVt bin
U enillMV
drnlrahle
today, it-
I'll till
ha no
He In
ml. will
i
e"JH num.
v II.
or
nation
ronunls
"iiu:y leal
Vetierday
ii nun. und
'!iwa man.
pie rniiimla-
Kalln pro.
l invent ign
ore, and
'oailructlnn
' Klamnth
Krtlrular-
"on of the
to upend
'fating the
county.
"l arc dl-
Into fields
fbh Hcrcona
lied linmeill-
Kll.
"lied Press)
mlcil writer.
murry a hul-
a domestic.
fraiiec mart-
m (tlll'lntr n
HUSH TO REACH
Los Angeles Gets Temper
ature Up to 90 De
grees Saturday
I.OH ANCKI.K. Keb. 27. -(t'nlt-ed
l'roal Thouanda of Southern
Callfornlnnn denerlcd their homes!
and office Saturday afternoon and
trekked to the beaches for relief
from he mlilwlnter heat wave, grip
ping: thla region.
Teniperature rone lo an average
of kt to !" degree In I.OH Allgil
and other cltien of the Ciillfnrnln
oiitblund. the balmiest r'ebruary
weather In yearn.
The beaclicn were lined with
week-end vlHora. many of them In
t.aiblna nll enloylng cool plungea
In the tail I f . Ileucll lllgllWuyH
Jammed With autoinobllen. imt of
them ocean bound.
Kuilro fauillle-i embarked 111 their
innchnna ir weekn nd vlnlta at the
nceiin.lde. augge.llve of the mldniiin
nier poiiulurlly of the nurf renortn.
Wenlher offlciula predict the
balmv te m pent I urea will prevail un-
ii i i,.v n.i lennt and there was
no let up In the bench rimh.
them.
When the front went out of the
ground the cattle were unable to ex
tricate themaelvea from the soften
ed niarah. Ratlmatea of the numbor
of cattle dead run between 30 nnd
70 head.
HlRiidtip a ten year leuno of the
A. I. Holm property at the nnuth
..rn ii of the function- of' the
I Klamath. Kalln-Aahland hlghwuy,
paid $1800 10 the llelma ihen the
1 1 u'lin conntimmated and re
turned lant night without having.
vlnlted- Anbland.
Tho delegation wen headed by
ft ('. (iroenbeck. director of the
chamber of commerce, who acted
a. legal advlnor. With him were
(leorge Walton. Lynn I". Sabin,
chamber aecretary. and Hen H.
Stevenaon.
t..mhnra nf the delegation paid
the hlghcal trihulo to the public
...iriiedneea of Mr. and Mra. Helm
lo ugren fully with, tho plana as
formulated by the bureuu. Both
of them appreciate the enhance
ni of their properly value by
reunon of the entahllnhmcnt of the
bureau, and gave the delegation a
...-I-vaMlnritnV W'hcn H
WUrm wrnm .
GRANDFATHER
E. X. Kendall and Store
Man Are Named
IS
SLAIN FOR GOLD
Two Youths Beat Old Man
To Death Steal Cash,
Then Burn Body
Three county officials unlawfully
held John Iwla. laborer, nearly
three monlha In the county jail. It
... ,.iih in a civil suit filed on
hhnif of Lewla In the '. Klamath
enimtv circuit court by . .William
Mr hla attorney. Damages to
taling S5362 are aBked Jointly of
'the defendants.
District Attorney E. L. Elliott,
uhoriff Hurt E. Hawkins and for-
mne netlne lustice of the peace, b.
v Kendall, together with Angelo
iw.-hi atore keeper, are made de-
fendanta in the ault.
I.ewln was jailed November 24
on complaint of Bocchl, but the com-
niaini was never sworn to. accora
lng to Attorney Marx. He was re
leased February 19, without having
TOM DIXON IS
NOW INSURED
County Road Master Will
Be Protected From
Future Wrecks
Tnm Dixon, county roadmaater,
was given a warm welcome In The
News Inaurance department yester
day. it irti congratulated on hla hap
py escape from an accident at the
tllvlh at rent M irnnit crossing, where
hi. inin haa twice been wrecked
by an engine, a pen wa put In hla
band and he went out feeling mucn
safer with one of the well known
tt sn insurance policies.
"I'd like lo know can't you in
sure those engines against hitting
me?" he asked, smiling broadly.
Well, now " began A. E. La Dleu
innurance department manager
But Dixon was on hla way out
Sixth street.
DEADLY ELECTRIC
SHOCK FATAL TO
ROBERT KESSLER
Pelican Bay Electric-;
. vara . r ' '
lan Hits wire
FOUND BY WATCHMAN
City Pulmotor Rushed to
Scene By rre Uept.
.. Is Ineffectual
CAHSON, N. D., Feb. 27.
(United Press) Goaded into n
murderous frenzy by visions of an
dlred been given a trial or p.Um.nary ex
111 " 1 " "
were i arrived to undertake tho lease.
PORTLAND LOTS
CO TO OIL MAN
Millionaire of California
Makes Huge Invest
ment In City
FORK
inliTI.An. Feb. 27. Tnlted
rreas) HH"h lAoA- n,llllon-
nlre oil operator of Lon Angeles an
nounced laic today the purchaso of
2. 000. 000 worth of property noui-
Ingn in the eanl man
Portland. Thla l '"O
aldo real estate transaction In th
history of the city.
The purchase Included an elghl
acre Industrial .He nor Knlon
nnd approximately 900 lots. t will
he Improved at once, according to
, 1.....1 Ho rontnmiilnles tho crec-
' - . nnn eni theatre, a mar-
t on oi . . .
. . .ii ..ml a first clnsa ho
, at an enllm.Ued cost of
nrtft nrtn.
Lloyd Is the discoverer oi u
' ..Illnrnb. and
Ventura oil Hems m ..- --
,, wealth Is estlma.eu
000,000.
Af,er announcing completion of
the deal Lloyd said:
j careful study
or pJfTcou; c,s and my
Hint IjOS iiiH"" '
Innliill Kvlilhlt
Plana will he developed lmmed
lutcly by the chamber of commerce
, Install a permanent Klamath
county exhll.lt In Hie commodious
hotel building at the highway
Junction. Every available means
' . k. ....inrtaken to acquaint
Will , .
ns the scenic, agrlcul-
tral and other resources of Klam
.ih tniintV.
" m . J...
i..nrtIon of tho highway
v 1 . . ' . ....rii.,. who have
niany or iio-m -
. j.t the opportunities of-
. county because
rerca " . ,
they have not been apprised of its
adages. The K.nm.i.h .coun y
chamber of commerce ""
w,de,y complimented on Its eu o -prlse
,n effecting
bed tho body and then attempted to
hide their crime by fire, they ad
mitted to police today.
One of tho youths was a grand
son of the 72-year-old victim.
The youths, Aman Horst and
William Stoller, both confessed
..i. -fior hour of Questioning ty
police and state penitentiary aumor-
T.-u Mnr.nM the Oiner tot
llief. vvu w...
the actual er'"
amlnatton. it Is alleged. Bocchl
charged that Lewla had given him
a forged check and tttls cnarge ap
pears 'against him on the Jail rec
ord. . -
" Sun It y Examined.
During the course of the man's
confinement ho was taken before
h eonntv court and examined for
bis sanity by Drs. E. C. Newsom
and H . I.. Stewart, but they vouno
BEARS WIN IN
FINAL CONTEST
Oreson Pushes California
To Limit to Win the
Final Game
OAKLAND, Calif., ( -Feb. 27.
riTnlied Press) The University erf
California tasketbaU team took iU
econd atralght game from the uni
versity of Oregon here tonight 2
to 23, and won the conference
championship.
The game, however, was in doubt
vntn the last whistle blew. At
half time, the score was California
12, Oregon 11, the contestants ep-j
arated by but a single point.
Five minutes before the end of
the game California and Oregon
were tied at 23 points eacn. me
northerners bad staged some des
perate playing to overcome the one
point lead of the Bruins in the first
half. . ... -
few minutes
Robert B. Kessler. 3$, chief .elec
trician of the Pelican Bar Lumber
company, was electrocuted shortly
after t o'clock last night while re
pairing the pony carriage at th
mill. He had come in contact wita
the deadly 440 volt current which,
according to experts, haa reaulted
in a high percentage ot fatalities.
Checking in at 6 o'clock, K easier
went to work on the electrically
driven carriage.- When found . a
short time later by the watchman
he was lying prone, his testing ant
kiHa him. . The ciaYftrat haO
passed from hla right middle fto
ger on which was a small bllater,
and burned Its way out tnrougn
the inside of his left thumb, hav
ing passed through hto body., Death
was instanteous, it is believed.
Call lor Pulmotor .
a eii for the pulmotor was sent
h, Klamath Falls fire depart- .
ment and Chief Keith Ambrose.
Blatant chief O. R. Bienn ana v
Boggs made a fast run to reuca
City. - Before the arrival oi we on .
truck Dr. E. D. .LamD maa new.
called to the scene, and It was
nrt for the nulmotor. - Mem-
ru on II wn.
"8 is on a
nbout ns
'"'o monot-
' ho need
out?!) Dry
"II the
voi'k iron
t rt'llHnn.
V'peop.; dally w, be told
of Klamath county s m
sources.
Dr. Chase Gives
His Answer won.
M -..I ....i.lon of Dr. Hurry
Unlvernily of Norm "" . J
. .. . i. will accept the presi
:"T he ' 'vernl.y of Oregon
t'irrh w'ithhe... until Monday U
I "me known today. wa a te.e-
pnrtment, a scno..
Chase.
of. Dr.
.. . .itiriNr. T.OMING
BACK FROM HOSPITAL
oiniie w-aa iri the habit of car
rying a considerable amount of
money, sewed i ' ,ni.nl! ot hla
work coat, according to the con
fession. Monday the two boys went
to his home, while, other members
of tho Stoller family were away
and immediately started beating
the aged man. "o Pleaded with
them to stop, even oiier.iiB
part of his money. The heating
continued until the old man was
dead.
After ripping open the coat ano.
stealing approximately $3000 8to i
ler'e body was thrown on to a led
and kerosene was poured on the
body, -rovers, also saturatea
oil. were piled about it. The boys
ignited the keroeene-eoaked bed
clothing and fled.
When the members of the fam
ily returned homo they found the
room in flames.
Later young Stroller and Horst
were arrested for wine selling, and
they were suspected of the murder.
n iin ntarted tnen anu
ed with the confession today.
ttinn .tolen from oionei
found hidden In young
homo.
Senate Exonerates
Atrv fienl. Sarcent
hy Very Slim Vote
WASHINGTON
Pross) By
ami n t. - -- '
imr etAuetfcCs W tifeanity!" un. - the
county court remanded him to the
custody of the aherlff.
Someone believed that he had
been bound over to the grand Jury
on the check charge for a pencilled
entry to this effecet appears oppo--ma.
his name on the Jail register.
Tho grand Jury has met twice, but
r.o,iu was flreotten. apparently.
The complaint sets forth that Boc-
M in renoonslble for having lllea
ho emnnlalnt before Kendall. Dis
trict Attorney Elliott is named for
havinir asked for the warrant and
failing to bring tho action" to trial.
Kendall Is cited for having failet
t hi.l the hearing. Sheriff Haw
kins is held liable for having held
I ..I. m.lnwfllllv without a com
mltment.
been brilliant in the game thus far
forged ahead. California's winning
rally started with a difficult shot
by Milton Butts.
that narrow margin of six
nnlntn California was again declared
conference winner for the third con
secutive year.
I tigs a"
, Angeles nirning ,the fir
Portland stand out above "'" Klama.h Kali".
as places In which ' m
eslnle." ,
...nir. former district
V"1""" " ' in ro
of iviuuii" -
firm week in marc.. .
alturney
The
was
Horat's
.llhwtMi iltytiTl.-
But In thoso last few minutes! 0r the Callfornia-Orego,Pow
OUlA-lkMti .mnnv'-laO WOXW Called, -
The Schaeffer method practiced
by the power company employees .to
resuscitate electrocuted persona was
..h Anil later the pulmotor was
.!.... ,ithAiit rAAtnrinrr eigne ' of
aijiicu " -.
CALM PREVAS
IN RUM TRIALS
Judge Leavitt Has Several
Petitions and Writs
Under Advisement
tRY
Shrine Honors
Dr. E. U. Jonnsun
07. (Special)
POUTLANP, Kfh.
r.r I.V II. Jiuiiin"
i ... o.t.H.
Kulls bn " . shrine
I Al Ivllilt'i 'i
T.-.il1illl(1. f,,r
lo nn nnnonncenie."
trlotts Polcnl""'
Tho selecium . ,,,.,! by
of tho nntlrlni? .
Dr. .loin."""' on ' " (lf
shrluo. The n nn.-. - (,
rJH dur M ".Bl.w of rt
nn pcrnonnl ri nr ttor, per
ontulo MetcM " , ,
tnlnlng l ' "'' ,,..,
Klamath Fs ',lfl,rlp1.
Klamnth
led a rujiili
t
1926. ncconling
mutln by H'-
Mclsclinn.
..
, renin.
ner
. behulf "f
Inly of
l,n lo nel
Klumutn raim. . n
Thl, .."""- w..
Ih '' ,v h where Clanong has
Walla. Wash., wl ,
heeii a patient in in'
;1;';;rpie '-;arrthe
N menllon was made n
llonlth inu-rovenu-nt o Oanongi(!ii
lo letter sent to Wend
.JtLholtalu-'-n"-1 h.
hcnlih materially-
!,. being Injured'
1,1 Ml""-
Tho two
enrs of the pa"en-
" ..lied while two
7 l"e ,rack'
engines nnd two
Feb. 27. (Unit-
ed Pross) uy c""0
the senme -
oy General Sargent ot charge, of
procrastination and lack of
faith In the recent department of
........ invt.,eatlon of the Alum
inum Company of America.
This action was taken Friday d,
rejection of he Walsh report as
tTcllma of an acrid debate in
which personall'lns figured .on-
splcuously.
Tho vole against the Walsh re
port was 36 to 33. Two flemo-
Bruce of Binrymu..
republic...- Tho insurgent to
"T JOted with the demo-
punio""
crats.
JlrKSKK IN WUOXO.
SPOKANE. Wash., Feb. 27.
(United PrusO-Tho stock of Billy
Moeske. Ausfalla'a light heavy
weight wrostlln. champion, took a
decided tumble lure tonight when
,t became known thu he "ran out
on his scheduled meetl..l with John
Kllonls of Boston.
2 Oil Comnanies
Plan Big Merger
vp.V YORK. Feb. 27. (United
Newa) Negotiations are ;under
way for a merger of the Tidewater
Oil company and the Associated Oil
company if was learned.
The combination, definite an
n.,mvment of which is expected
n..i u-eek. will form one of the
largest units in the country.
Tho control ot Associated Oil
'until recently, was owned by the
Pacific Oil company, but this block
of stock was placed on ithe market
when the latter company was merg
ed with the Standard Oil company of
California. The Tidewater and As
sociated companies have carried on
a close working agreement for
some time.
Circuit Judge A. "It. Leavitt gave
the battling bottleggers, their le-
zal battery and the enforcement
league headed by Justice R. C.
Spink ot Wood River time to cooi
off yesterday, and kept under ad
vtnement the various petitions dlr-
..J ina the luStlce Of t&0
UVWU Bftu."." -
oeace.
A oetitlon asking that Justice
Spink be cited tor contempt tor his
rofoaal to obey a peremptory w.ii.
of mandamus and permit Attorney
Wm. Marx to have the record ana
appear in the George Hlland case
has been filed by Marx. Also a
notition for an order directing Spink
to transfer the Hlland case to the
Llnkville district. It Is these two
petitions that. the circuit court has
under advisement.
New Way Out
Attnt-nova vesterday saw an op
portunity for Justice Spink to Quiet
ly relieve himself ot responsiDini-y
of having accepted the S500 check
(Continued On Page two)
life. Assistance was prompt in
each Instance. The call reached
tho tire department at :45 'ocioca, -within
45 minutes ot the time Kess
ler had gone to work and other aid
Teached him shortly before. It is
thought he was found within i
to 20 minutes from the tlme ot
the fatal shock.
Th hnnv was 'taken In chargs
by County Coroner Whltlock and
an inquest will be held.
Kessler is survived by a wue.
Ethel KesBler, . and two child
ren, one ot the children being a
babv three months ' old, and two -
brothers in California.
It is the first time that the put
motor donated the city by the Am-
erican Legion has been put to prae
tlcal use.
BAHN BROUGHT BACK . j,
Lestern C. Hahn, who was arrest
ed a year ago on charges of non
support, will be sentenced Frldar
In Judge A, I Leavltt s coun
a parole Jumper, Becoming w -
announcement made yesterday.
Hahn nosted a bond or siu n-
fore Judge Leavitt as evidence ot
his good faith to support his lam-
Hn later left the state ana
was recently returned to Klamath
Falls from Los Angeles where ne
was located by local authorities.
Fire Threatens in
Newspaper Plant
Fire in the pressroom of the
Herald shortly after 1 o'clock yes
terday destroyed five 'composition
Ink rollers on the press, causing
damage estimated at $100.
A eall to the Klamath Falls fire
department after several of the
prlntors had worked frantically to
extinguish the blaze, put an end
to the fire that threatened me
whole P'nnt. Cause of the fire
was found to he a short circuit in
an electric, heater kept under the
press to warm .the ink.
WEATHKIt HEltlRT
OREGON Cloudy on coast; fair
In tho interior, not much chnngu
In temperature. Moderate west and
northwest wlnda along tho coast.
Women's New
Plan to Pave Oak
St. to the Depot
Klamath Falls may be served by
another thoroughfare to the S. P.
depot it Plans now under way In
the office ot the city engineer ma,-
torlalizo.
A petition to pave Oak street
frnm Ninth to Soring street will
be presented to the city dads In
the immediate future. Papers are
being circulated among the resi
dents of that district, according to
word from E. B. Henry.
Included in the provisions of the
netition 1 the feature ot providing
a quicker and easior way to the
an..ihern Pacific depot. It aiso
.late, that it will relievo Main
street traffic materially it the pave
ment is put in,
SMppsifs
New patent one strap with
tan and grey kid appliques
and moderate heels.
Trim patent step-in D'Orsey
buckle pump with newer and
higher heel. . ,
Center of Shopping District.
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