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Vol. 3, No. 111. (Every Morning Except Monday)
KLAMATH FALLS. ORE., FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1926
Price Five Cents
Gity Plan
Origin Is
In Budget
Mayor's Committee
On Funds Favors
Move for Manager
Charter Change
R. W. HARWOOD
Citizen of Klamath Fa I In
were electrified with the good
newa that tho mayor's budget
committee had recommended
a committalon-manager form of
government when the commit
tee made iU report taut Nov
ember. A new hope for a
more efficient, lens wasteful
form of government dawned.
It waa the beginning of the
local history of the move
ment for an Improved form
of government for Klamath
Falls. Coming an it did, on
the cvo of a great develop
ment and prosperity for every
one the recommendations of
the budget committee for the
new government had general
approval.
Tho recommendation of the
mayor's committee waa as
follows:
Mr should awaken to hr (art
that Klamnlh Kail la dratlnnt to
be a rlty of Important. The time
la tr when wo ahouhl plan am!
build for the future. .
Klamath Kail, la a gW.fMlO.Oim
corporation, jet ml-r our pwevnt
Syatcm, thr. entire tnannep'incnt of
Ha va anil extremely intricate
business ha a to be handled aa a
able Issue to tho prlvalo InUffwte
of lla official..
Thla la due entirely to the aye.
trm under which wo are, operating
nd full credit ahoutd lie given
thone who are ao unarlflshly sarri-
flrlng their time' and rnrrtrlea for
the public welfare, but If we are
to build a rliy here,' auch aa we all
dealer, we should plan arlenllflcally
nd systematically ao that our ex
pendlturr today will not be waated
tomorrow, but may be uaed for the
rnmplrllun of a part or a perman
ent plan
We urgently recommend the rare,
ful atudv and consideration of the
city manager form of government
(Continued on Page rive) .
PINE ACREAGE-
CHANGES HANDS
Three hundred and twenty acrea
of virgin plno, located In Klam
ath county, changed handa recent
ly, according to deeda filed yester
day In the county clerk'a office.
Matt Clark of Portland, timber
r, broker, purchased 160 acrea of pine
v from James Noble of Shanghai,
China, Tha land la located In the
Hlldunrand country and described
a in township 38, south range 12.
Another deed recorded waa that
of the Algoma Lumber company,
which bought 160 acroa of pine from
N. D. Oinabarh. The timber to
near Upper Klamath lake, known
aa the Swan precinct and deacrlbed
aa aecllon 31, township 36, south
range 8.
Consideration of both sales were
withheld. .
If you're, "Run Down"
Rest Up
As homa maker and housekeeper
you don't have much chance for
vacations. And It's no wonder that
ometlmos you're i tired and "run
- down." Hut you can have a per
manent vacation from the hardest
of your household duties the week
ly wash. Our VRough Dry" ser
vlce washes and dries everything.
T Irons the flat work and the price
. Is Indeed moderate. Let our repre
aentntlve call, nnd start, your "rest
ing up"' today, t
Troy Laundry
Phone 65fl
Righto, Cowboy,
Bathers Sent
Home All Wet
Two maids and man aswlm
mlng want yaaiarday morning and
came homa "all wal."
In tha old ranal they Improved
the warm April morning to break
tha lea. ao to apeak, for their flrat
wlm of the on. And down near
Hie llannnn ranch, where a rickety
old diving board la nailed to the
irrigation bridge Ihey apent an hour
lu the atream which carrlea wealth
lo tha farmer of Klamath county.
The man, and not eo.uiany men
have thla trick, dova cleanly Into
the water. The' glrta. aqueal by
squeal and Inrh by Inch waded down
ihe bank, until flrat one foot and
then two shining: whlto feet clip
ped nd In they fell, tngother bub
bling and apluahlng and gasping.
Hut then It waa over, or rather
under that dreaded flrat wetting.
More than half a yaar had alld by
Inca the cool green water had laved
thalr wiggling arma and lega.
An old cowboy, riding along the
ranal bank, checked bla horae. Ril
ling on Ihe brown nag he puahed
bark hla gray and battered Btetaon
0d erratrhed hla bead. With one
eya half hut, but .eeelng much
mora than he appeared, he thought
thinga over. Apparently the horae
thought too, for ha ihook hla head,
witched hla tail and wanted to be
on hla way. Queer humane go in
the water in April.
"Say." drawled tha cowboy, "thla
ain't dog daya. (letter get out of
that or tha torm'll get you wetter'n
all gel out."
Numbering of
Streets Makes
Woe for Office
Postmaster John MrCall is wor
ried. Ha la wondering If tha City of
Klamath Falls waa really aerloua
about renumbering houaea on Ita
streets, or If It waa only Joking.
Yeatertlay he asked Assistant city
.Clerk Kalkitrlaa Llndaey . about It.
And Miss Llndsey spoke to John
MiCall a mouthful!. Like this:
"The man went around once, cov
ering tha entire city, and asking
people If he might not number their
houses at fifty centa per. A lot of
folks were not at home, apparently.
Itut don't worry, Mr. Mct'all. May
!ey will be along very aoon now.
The man la going around again.
When he doea he will leave a call
ing card, inviting those who have
not their houses numbered to come
in and see the Judge "
. It was further explained that a 16
fine might be necusary to cash the
Judge's calling card, all of which
may be avoided If people will call
at tha city clerk'a otflcn.
Postmaster Mcl'all remarked that
an Intensive campaign seema neces
sary. Too many people think that
friends and relatives living In Klam
ath rails have one address Gen-
oral Delivery. And that if a few
pay a fine for getting their houae
forcibly numbered they might recall
the number.
Portland Rises to
FlyingFjeld Need
PORTLAND, April it. (United
News) Spurred on by a threat to
eliminate Portland as a stopping
place for the coastwise air mall sur
face, the city has acquired a flying
field, not only for air mall planes,
but for olher flying machines.
An implied threat In a letter
from Washington, received here
Wcrinosday, criticised Portland for
larking a felld. The new field con
sists of 81 acres with 3000 foot
frontsge on the Willamette river.
Mrs. Remington. An Interesting
use the land by fluy W. Talbot,
president of tha Portland Gaa ft
Coke company.
KIMBALL FLIES
FIRE WARNING
With the proaent Indications of a
long dry summer. Jack Kimball,
head of the Klamath Forest Protec
tive association. Is already begin
ning to preach the gospel of "Be
careful with firs In the Woods."
While there Is little real dan
ger at the presont time, a week or
so more of droughty weather might
bring about conditions approach-
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Ilia 1110 uniiK"! nwKDi nimnoii -
Idea, anyway It la well to be care
ful with fire In Iheforests at any
time, It Is a good habit to develop.
' ' ' T.KKS HOARD JOIt
8A1.UM. April 80. (United
News) Henry Crawford of this city
Thursday formally accepted the ap
pointment ns a member of the state
fnlr board, offered to him by Gov
ernor Walter Pierce last week. He
succeeds Wayno Stuart of Albnny on
the board. .
Big Lakes
Begins On
New Tract
Box Firm Starting
New Logging Idea
On Sprague Slope
Within thraa waeka the Dig
Lakes Uoi company will atart ex
tensive Jogging operations In the
Clement and Kennedy tract of In
dian timber located on the O. C.
ft K. railroad on tha Sprague River
lope.
Preparations for this newest
woods development In Klamath
county has necesaltated a big outlay
on the part of tha lumber company
at thla tlmo, according to Harry
Meaanar, woods superintendent,
who waa In from the camp last
night. Approximately seven mllea
of loggln' road will aoon ba com
pleted out from the Strahorn road
Into the tract. The Big Lakes com
rany baa Just purchased a new
mechanical loader, a new Bhay
logging engine, and a half dozen
caterpillar Iractora to be used In
the lorglng operations there.
A woods crew of around 10 mea
will be employed at the new camp
and when the work gels well under
way, Measner expecta to roll 160.000
feet of logs per day Into the Lake
Ewauna mill pond.
An Innovation to be tried by the
Dig Lake, logging operations la
expected to prove an Improvement
over the ordinary ayatem. The logs
will be bucked out and loaded- on
the ears In- 33 foot lengths Instead
of 16 feet. Aa they are pulled up
the slip from the pond st the mill,
a steam cut-off saw will cut them
In half at the lop of tha slip. This
system, according to Measner will
cat the handling operation Into
half and ahould . reduce logging
costs. - "
Work la now progressing rapidly
on the new rnad and the construc
tion of aome 36 cablna and a cook
house at tha new camp is also un
der way.
Permits Jump
as Buildings
Are Projected
Klamath Falls building permits
took aaother skyward Jump yester
day when a total of 316.690 in per
mits was Issued from the oftlcSj
of I .em L. Gaghagen. city clerk.
Of the aeven permits, five . are
for homes of the better type, the
other two permits for sddltion to
present property. .
George W. Mclntyre of the Flrat
National bank will build a 34000
home on Lincoln atreet the per
mlta revealed. R. E. Wattenburg
will erect the home for Mclntyre.
Glenn Jester of Houston and Jes
ter, will build a 36000 borne on
Huron atreet In Hot Springs addi
tion, one of Klamath Falls' choice
residential diatricta.
D. P. Llghtfoot will build a
33000 bouse on Harriman street
and Mrs. R. McCllntock la planning
a house on Tactile Terrace to cost
In the neighborhood of 33100. Other
permits were Issued to Mrs. Martin
tor a 860 garage on Oregon avenue
and to Eva Johnson tor a 330 ad
dition to a home on California.
KIDDIES DRAW FOR
HEALTH DAY SHOW
Several hundred posters, sub
mitted by students of the five grade
schools In Klamath Falls, have
been distributed In ths show win
dows of buslnesa houses In the city
advertising Child Health Day, to
day. ,
From each school a prise pos
ter was chosen snd ths following
children deserve honorable mention
for their handicraft; Rowland Ul
rlch. Riverside school, eighth
trade; Allen Jones, Pelican City
school, seventh grade; Melvln Seeg
er. Mills school, fifth grade; Rex
Hamaker and Frank Fleet. Fremont
school, fifth grade; Katharine Hor
belt, Falrvlew school, fifth grade.
Each child received one dollar.
Mrs. Arthur Grubb and Mrs. D.
V. Kuykendsll, members of the
Klamath County Health association
snd Miss Vera Houston, treasurer,
were Judges of the contest.
At three o'clock this afternoon
children will form a parade at Fre
mont school and march through the
streets carrying posters and ban
ners. Following the parade there
will be a tag sale handled by the
pupils of . various schools, . Gifts
will he used for child health work
In Klamath.
They Only Do
This Far Away
Never Near By
FRESNO. Cel., April If. (Unit
ed Newa) Whta Prank fallen telle
bla next flak story ha will be greet
ed by a chorus o." chuckles and
skeptical remarks.
Cullen had tha reputation here of
being a fisherman par excellence.
He had been preaanted with numer
ous trophies Inscribed with rec
ords of hugs fish he bad caught. But
hla frlenda feel now that hla secret
baa been exposed.
Neighbors, desiring to weigh a
baby, called upon Cullen to accom
modate them with aome scales. The
angler responded with tha scales be
used In weighing bis fish. ,
Although a physician bad declar
ed the new arrival waa of ordinary
lie and weighed about nine pounds,
Cullena apparatus showed tha
weight to be 35 pounds.
He May Use
Buzz Drill
on Winners
Nearly In the proportion of a mob,
about thirty-five people besieged
the doors of O. J. Johnson, dentlat,
In ths Winters building yesterdsy
morning. In an endeavor to be first
at the door and thus gain a fifty do!
lar prise offered for the first arrival
by Johnson. Two people arriving at
the same moment In the persons of
Miss Mary Zacblrla of 736 Oak
atreet, and Mrs.; Cora Walters of I
Main atreet. It was decided to di
vide the prise money equally.
Dr. Johnson arrived from Med
ford Monday and opened his dentis
try offices In the Winters building
yesterday. He practiced dentistry
successfully for five yeara In Med
ford, and moved to Klamath Falls
because he considers the buslnesa
prospects of. the elt st the present
time the. best of sny city lu Ore
gon. Johnson Is sccompanled by his
wife and three children.
New Scout Leaders
Get Outdoor Tests
The leadership and training com
mittee, composed of Oeorge Walton.
A. A. McDonald and Lloyd Ryan,
meeting at the scout office last eve
ning planned an outdoor meeting for
all the men who recently completed
the scout leaders' training course.
To enable the men to get certificates
for the work done during the train
ing course Is necessary for them to
complete at least three hours of out
side work. The committee Is meet
ing at the power house on Klamath
river, near Keno 8unday to aelect a
spot for the meeting. It Is plan
ned to have the meeting 8unday aft
ernoon. May S.
HOPPERS HOP AND
READ, THEY STOP
County Agent Henderson has been
credited with a statement that the
grasshopper scourge Is again
threatening In the Malln section.
with a amall acreage on the W. c
Dalton ranch somewhat Infected.
' This first Indication of the ap
pearance of the pests will probably
result In the county agent taking
Immediate action to get the situa
tion under control.
Last year a report that the hop
pers wera devastating tha whole Ma
tin valley was broadcast and subse
quent Investigation proved that the
Infestation was far from ths alarm
ing conditions ss quoted In certain
newspaper accounts.
KLAMATH COUNTY
GETS ROAD HELP
PORTLAND, April 29. (United
Newa) Grading and surfacing proj
ects upon which proposals, were re
ceived Thursday by ths state high
way commission included surfacing
13.75 miles of Bly-Mountaln-Beatty
section of Klamath Falls-Lakevlew
highway, Klamath county.
C'KLLAH 8C1HNT1HT
KANSAS CITY. Mo., April 89.
(United News) When they found
Daniel Vanderburgh busy In his
cellar with the hops and the hootch
It availed him nothing to Insist that
he was scientist conducting ex
periments In the mysteries of ag
ing alcoholic distillate. Arrested
and Indicted Vanderburgh declared
he would stick to his story and
plead not guilty.
JI'AX I.KWI8 IX BAD
Juan Lewis, charged with theft
of government property, will ap
pear before United States Commis
sioner Bert C. Thomas at 3:30. p. m.
Saturday.
Lewis Is alleged to have stolen
tires, tubes and a rim from a car
belonging to the National Park service.
Owner For
Timber In
Bid Known
Dorris Man Backer
Winner On Indian
Tract Appears
From information which leaked
cut yesterday, local tlmbermen
have concluded that I. E. K ester-
son of Dorria, was the real par
chaser of. tha Modoc Point Indian
timber unit which waa sold osten
sibly to W. O. Robinson of Grants
Pass on Wednesdsy afternoon.
It Is believed now that this high
priced stumpage will be logged
down ths sleep bluff In ths vicinity
of La mm 'a mill and loaded on the
cars, to be shipped to the new Kes
terson mill at Dorria, which start
ed up. only a few weeks ago. With
tha freight added to an exceedingly
heavy logging cost, the logs from the
Modoc unit will be plenty high,
according ' to Klamath county lum
bermen. Kesterson'a new mill cuts around
70.000 feet per day and It la gen
erally known that his timber hold
ings around his Old mill site at
Topsy are becomingly limited, big
timber Interests holding most of
the great timber area in that sec
tion, snd they have abown an un
willingness to dispose of a part of
their holdings to Kesterson.
Honors Fall
to Graduates
in Big Class
To Mies Edna Dunbar and Arthur
Moore, seniors of Klamath county
high school, fall the honors of vale
dictorian and salutatorian or ths
craduatlng class of .1936. It was
made known yesterday. ...
Graduating exercises will be held
May 26, one of the -largest classes
sent from the high school will re
ceive diplomas. The majority have
signified their Intention of continu
ing their education in state colleges,
a few will Uke post graduate
courses.
i Another mile post In graduating
work ts the sermon which will be
given by Rev. J. Henry Thomss of
St. Psul's Episcopal church in the
new Christian church. 8unday. May
33. It is anticipated that every
member ot the ministerial associa
tion will take part in the services.
This will be the first large event
held In the new church. - -
The high school glee club is act
ively preparing tor the services and
with the use of the new pipe or
gan the baccalaureate service la
scheduled to be one of beauty.
Car Thief Off
to Begin Term
of Three Years
J. C. Frailer, sentenced to three
yeara in the state penitentiary tor
stealing an automobile belonging to
Jack Kimball from ths Posplsil Mo
tor company, left yesterday for Sa
lem In custody of Sheriff Burt Haw
kins.
Frailer was sentenced Thursday
morning by Judge A. L. Leavltt in
the circuit court. He had entered a
plea of guilty. '.
Federal Officer McCreadle and
Pierce also left on the morning
stage wltn Hawkins and Frailer.
They have been called as witnesses
to appear In liquor trials In Med'
ford and Seattle. Both plan return.
Ing to Klamath Immediately after
the trials are ended.
, BITKR IS BITTEN
PORTLAND. April 19. (United
Ciews) C. J. McKnlght, tor four
years a federal prohibition agent,
was sentenced to six months In Jail
and fined 31000 Thursday when he
pleaded guilty to liquor charges be
fore Federal Judge Bean.
The hearing took place In the
courtroom, where McKnlght had ap
peared so often as a witness. He was
one ot the moat active of all dry
officers operating In Oregon.
CITY GATHERS
One hundred and forty dollars
clinked Into the city treasury yes
terday after three violators of the
liquor law entered pleas ot guilty.
Later Harold Anderson paid a tine
of 8100 for driving while Intoxi
cated on a publio highway. Joe
Raymond paid a fine ot 120 tor be
ing drunk, as did Arthur Ander
Clerk Clears
Date Goddard
Took Charter
Learning yesterday that a publi
cation which he Is not In the habit
cf reading had accuaed him of not
submitting to the mayor a copy of
Ordinance No. 761, passed by the
city council calling for a submis
sion of the commission-manager
charter to the voters on May 21st.
and thua failing in his official duty
snd otherwise being wilfully and
woefully negligent much to the
public detriment and so forth. City
Clerk Lem L. Gaghagen was mild
ly stirred to remonstrance. He's
too used to It to get excited.
"The mayor was . given a ' copy
of this ordinance on ths 14th of
April, Just two days after It was
passed by tbs city council. Any
claim on hla part of not having re
ceived a copy until a considerably
later date Is ridiculous," remarked
Judge Gaghagen.
The recorda of the city clerk's
office show that the mayor signed
ordinances 749. 760, and 761 on
April 14 th. The mayor had prev
iously Indicated that he might not
algn the new charter ordinance.
No. 763. and wanted to look It
over, so the city clerk had a certi
fied copy of It ready for him. At
the time of signing the three other
ordinances he placed the original
of No. 762, the new charter ordi
nance. In his pocket. Mr. Gaghagen
told him that he could uke a cer
tified copy of it. but not the or
iginal, and it waa on thla data the
mayor got hla copy ot the ordi
nance which he vetoed 13 days
later. ,
A casual reading of the present
city charter, a leading attorney of
the city pointed out yeaterday, re
veals that the mayor Is given no
power to veto -ordinances, excepting
those carrying money appropria
tions. Aa the aubmiasion of a new
charter hi , purely a referendum
measure containing no appropria
tion whatever, it ts clearly beyond
the scope, of the mayor's veto. So
the question whether the mayor re
ceived his copy at the proper time.
U really one largely of academic
and-humorous Interest.
Managers in
Cities South
Save and Pay
- C. J. McDonald of Loa Angeles,
In chsrge of children's work as
sponsored by tha Los Angeles
Times, was a visitor in Klamath
Falls yesterday and took occasion
to boost highly ths commission
manager plan ot government as
proposed for Klamath Falls.
"I am most familiar with the
plan as it haa worked out In Long
Beach," ' said MoDonald. "It was
taken up there tour years ago. at a
time when the citiiena ot that thriv
ing new city had almost d Is paired
of putting over greatly needed har
bor Improvements for Long Beach.
With the appointment ot a capable
city manager hla energies were at
once directed toward straightening
out the difficulty with the result
that Long Beach got a quarter ot a
million dollars from - the govern.
ment in a very short time for the
development ot their harbor."
"The various departments of the
city were immediately put on an
Improved basis. The gaa company
which was operated as an unfair
monopoly was forced to sell out
to the city at 26 less price thsn
they had demanded before the city
manager took hold. 1
"At Pasadena the conditions were
much the same snd citltens from
that city who are Informed on con
ditions there are loud In "their
praise ot the system."
"It would be the best possible
move for Klamath Falls," McDonald
concluded.
STOLEN SEDAN IS
FOUND; TIRES GONE
A new aedan, tha property of
John Conquorgood of Algoma, waa
stolen on the streets of Klamath
Falls Wednesday night, driven one
mile out from ths city limits and
stripped ot alt Its five tires and
extras. ,
The abandoned car waa found by
officer Brown ot the city .police
force. .
NICE COOL JAIL, ,
SO WHY PAY FINE
According to Attorney Win. Marx,
his client Charles Gasklll, who was
recently assessed $500 by the ted
eral court In Portland tor Klamath
liquor operations, will not pay one
cent ot his tine or any court coats
electing to lay out In Jail what
ever time la necessary to square
his accounts with the government
Cattlemen
Fight Raw
Rustlings
Bold Crowds Steal
And Slaughter In
Two States.
' War on the . boldest ot cattls
rustlers, whose activities during tha
past three months have cost Klam
ath and Lake county cattla raisers
thouaands of dollars, haa been de
clared by officials ot these districts.
This became known through, tha
sheriff's office yesterday. . .
During the past three months ap
parently organised banda of cattla
thieves working from Bend as far
south as Alturas, have been killing
beef cattle, butchering In tha fialda
and aelling tha meat In southern
markets.
Yesterday B. A. Prlday, sheriff ot
Lake county, and Arthur D. Hay.
district attorney, returned to Lake
view after conferring with Klamath
officials. Although Prlday did sot
comment on his mission hers. It wsa
learned that he Journeyed to Klam
ath to enlist the aid of officers
hers. - t
"These cattle rustlers are not par
ticular where they strike." wsa
heard in the aheriff'a office yester
dsy. "Soon after they appear la
Bend's cattle country, they snow us
in Alturks. Thousanda of dollars
have been lost there by the theft ot
valuable livestock. Lately rustier
hsve been particularly bad In tha
Lakeview country and in Klamath
aa well. Thla office has been work
ing since January on the problem
which still remains unsolved." ' "
Another district,' where big herds
of cattle are run during summer
months, is the Summer Lake coun
try. Cattle raisers ot 8ummer Lake
district have stood heavy losses dur-,
ing March and April at the hands' of
cattle thieves.
Although not widely discussed tha
thieving operations are exasperating
cattlemen. District officers have
been asked to help throughout
Klamath and Lake counties to atop
the theft and butchering of cattla.
REVISED PHONE :
BOOK COMING OUT
E. S. Higgins. division supervisor
ot directors of tha Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company, with head
quarters in Portland, left. the city
yesterday after spending several
daya in Klamath Falls conferring
with F. Ray Duan. local manager
regarding the revision of the local
telephone directory.
The classified business section of
the directory will be completely re
arranged to make It easier for tha
public to find where an article or
service can be purchaeed. This
chsnge will conform with all tha tel
ephone directories in ths United
States. , . .
The local directory will go to
press the first ot Juna and will ba
ready for delivery by July 1.
MASTER SPORT
SEEKS SPORTS
' Members ot the Klamath County
Snnrtamon'. ..l.l. V. I
. B w v.nv.uu HUH UI
nntinlshed membership books, are
asked to turn In all names so far
signed to C. S. Currln. This waa
the order Issued yesterday by Nata
Otterbetn, president ot the associa
tion, who is anxious to get the com
plete ftt in order to make a roster
ot membership.
The
Romance of Silk
Showing the production of silk
In Japan and the making of silk
cloth by Beldlng Bros, and '
Jackie Coogan in
"Old Clothes"
A comedy with . pathos which
shows there Is good In old clothes
as well as fine clothes. ... ;. ;
Tonight .
Center ot Shopping DlatrM.