Yesterday
Today and
Tomorrow
HIOM ('AI.IFOIIMA
Waldo Kobmsrt. V, N. Ilawkius
Dd F, K. Bhoro, rosldoute of Hol
1 Hater, Calif., arrived Id Klamath
rails laat plghl to look Into busi
ness affaire fur the Kurt Klamath
Meadows oompany and extensive
holdings la Klamath county.
IMI.LtrTH MAILED
Final ballots for tha election of
dlraetors, Klamath county chamber
o( commerce, will ba niallml today,
according to Lynn P. Habln, execu
tlYt eecratsry.
"Tha polls will close on Tuesday
evening. May 11 and wa hopa that
every mom bar of the chamber will
have bis ballot Iti by that Unit,"
atated Babln yostorday.
MILDINGH (JO IT
Permits aggregating $3300 ware
Issued from tha offlca of Lam L.
flaghagen, city .rlark. yesterday (o
seven who will build this month.
Tha following wars lasuad: W. R.
, Anderson,' MOO garage on Kaat
VfJ-rw, atraat; F. Dickey, 11300
houJe on ML Wbltnay atraat; E. 8.
Hideout, 1400 garage on C re (cent
avenue;, Loaura E. Nord. 3190 gar
a(a on Ml. Whitney atraat; R. C.
Hatalnia. 11000 houea on Martin
street; W. B. Hbaonon, 7 wood
abed on Preacntt- street; A. A,
Swllie, 379 porch on Vina street.
FATHKK HICK
fleorga Reverson, affiliated with
Houston and Jester, left on the
noon stage yeaterdsy for MrLeod
North Dakota, called there by the
aarloua Illness of hie aged father,
Lars Beverson.
Although tha elderly man had
never visited In Klamath Falls the
many friends of Beverson wish his
father a speedy recovery.
NEW CHAHKH Ul.ll
.- Henry Burke Was ewaidvd the
ccntract to tear down the old Kerns
building on tba corner ot Blxtb and
Klamath atreeta, according to B. E.
Kama, one of tba owners, yester
day. ' "The old frame building will bo
torn down within two weeks, we
hope, and then plane for our new
building will ba seriously consider
ed, aald Kerns. '.It Is the plans
of my brother, O. 0. Kerns, and
myaeir. to erect a, four story build
ing to be used as either an hotel or
rooming house. There may be a
few office rooms and the lower
finer will be ranted out as floor
apace."
rilONK OKrKl.MX
J. F. Lowrle, general plant man
ager of tha Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company with head
quarters in Beattle, W. U. Moore,
division superintendent of plant, F.
R. Woodard. superintendent of
maintenance and E. W. Gardner,
I outalde plant engineer from Port
land, spent yesterday In lha city In
the interest of lha tolophone com
pany.
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C Aft HON CITY,' Nov., May .
(United Newel Guadalupe Acosta,
Elko slayer, has escaped death In
the lethal gaa chamber. A jury
Thursday decided that Acoata was
Insane. Ha had been aentenced to 1
dle in the state prison here, but
Instead will be imprisoned for life
Acosta's Insanity took the form
that he waa a aplrit and that lethal
gas would not barm him.
COMING UP
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 6.
Walter Weatherford. 38, sprained
his leg and received a small scratch
hla face whon he fell 66 feet
from a hoisting tower to tho ground.
Pack Your' Troubles
in a Washbag
Rolled rlothea represent drud
gery if yon wash them yourself.
But It we launder them, we take
the drudgory with ua and never
return It.
We have many aarvrles to of
fer. Hough-dry, walwaah, flat
pieces Ironed, and others that a
call will bring you full Informa
tion on.
Troy Laundry
Phone M6
The I
Vol. 3, No. 117. Price Five
One More Sword
Is Beaten Into
Home Plowshare
Battling the grasshopper Invasion
In Iba Tula lake raln fields. County
Agent C. A. Henderson and Cox
Brothers have adopted methods em
ployed by tha hordes of (lermsny In
Kranre lha flama thrower.
The device as It has been per
fected for hopper warfare, consist
of a fuel tank containing crude oil,
which la forced Into connectad bur
ner plpea by compression generated
with a gasoline engine. The appar
alua la mounted on an ordinary
farm wagon, whlrb may be drawn
bark and forth across an Infested
area. Three men oan operate this
domeatlrated "flammen worfer,"
one man wlih a nossla on either
side of lha rig and another engin
eer and teamster combined.
Cox Brothers, who are well
known Merrill ranrbars, hare built
lha moat effective flame thrower
ao far, and It haa been proven en
tirely practical. Work on another
machine. Is under way. Tha Cox
Brothers outfit can cover around 33
acres of ground In eight hours,
or :
tour acrea per hour.
When the hoppera are In the,
crawling stage the burner la said to
be 100 per cent effective.
Library Club
Dance Ushers
Spring Along
Klamath Falls ushers In the
spring season formally with mem
bers of the Woman'a Library club
hostesses at their first annual aprlng
dance In tha White Pelican hotel
tonight.
Aa an added feature to the even
ing, Mlaa Allra Hansen and Mlsa
Addle Jenkins will dance the St.
Lonla hop. A Charleston exhibition
will be given by Mlaa Jenkins and
Miss Evelyn Berkley.
Mrs. W. O. Hmllh and Mrs. Wil
liam Duncan have bean busy dee.
orating tha ballroom with lovely
spring flowers. Mrs. Horace Bridge
ford and Mrs. H, R. Harrison will
dispense "pop" at the door.
Other committees Include:
Ticket committee Mrs.' Francis
Olds, Mrs. Charles J. Martin, Mlaa
Miriam Martin, Mrs. Fred Cofer.
Mrs. Harden Carter. Mra. Robert
Sloan. Mra. C. R. Lucaa, Mrs. Steve
(Continued en Page Two)
Two-Bit Gang Is
Out of Coin, and
Much in Hoosegow
The "Two Bit gang" fame of
which waa spreading may have run
out of pocket money yesterday when
the Klamath police made the first
move tovard breaking up its mon-
led clrclo by taking Into custody
a. bunch of youngsters ranging In
age from nine to thirteen years.
They are suspected ot a consid
erable lint of petit larcenies and
other misdeeda.
t One bov Is thoucht to havA ttass-
d two bad checks and sondlng him
to the state Industrial training
home In Salem may be considered.
Their troublesome activities have
extendod c-vor four months, It Is
hollared. I
The "Two Bits" Idoa la said to
have arisen when the members arbi
trarily fixed that aum as the low-
out price to be accepted by any
one of thorn for any single stolen
article.
WORK STARTED ON
NEW COUNTRY CLUB
Ground was broken yesterday tor
the building ot the . new - Keames
Golf and Country Club house to bo
located near the Klamath-Ashland
highway about throe miles west of
the this city. -.
The building ' la to La designed
along ruatlc lines and will have a
floor space ot 34x48 fL The pre
sent plans are for Ha completion
In 60 days. The completed club
house will contain every facility
for the comfort and convenience of
the membership ot the golf club
which numhora 100 at the present
time.
DK.MOI.AY TRAVEL
Zed Barnes, Arthur Moore and
Nnlban MrMullen loft yesterday tor
LaOrande, where the boya will at
tend the annual state conclave of
the order of UeMolay sot for May
7-8.
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UJMA
United Newt
Cents
Two Cities
City Manager ; Plan
(Atlralloa has bcon railed to tin-
fart that the for ewnilcs of the
ounimUslon-manmcr form of g")f
rrnmrat for Klamath Kalla havr
txrn passing tint word that this plan
has bri g a failure in Clnrlnnatl nd
(Irvrland. Ohio. Tha last word of
fact aa to both thrs rltlra and
tliclr nianag-r forms of government
Is printed In a current number of
the Literary Dlgrat, and this news.
puper haa been requested to reprint
tho article.)
"Corrupt and contented," was the
epithet applied to a great Pennsyl
vanla city In tha heyday of muck
raking. But Cincinnati, ao tha pa
pers of tha city are now remarking
la "reformed and contented. f To
insure against corruption tba clll
sens adopted the' pon-partlaan city
manager plan of government, and
the new reform administration took
.1. ..... ,k. .... .1th
everybody. In Cincinnati apparently I
contented.- At leant such la tba bur-
- ... of ,h . from th(. newspa-
pera and tha outgoing and Incoming
office holders. After so bitter a
political fight, editors find it paae
tng atrange that the tnambors ot the
old administration ahould dine the
members of tba new. with. mutual
passing of compliments and kind
words. ..... . - .
The new mayor praises his prede
cessor aa a "faithful public servant."
Clarence O. Sherrlll. whom the
mayor appoints as Cincinnati's first
city manager, opens his regime with
the peaceful statement: " If. during
192 I find It necessary to do dis
agreeable things, I hop to do them
In a kindly and gracious way with
out malice and without leaving a
sting." "If the applause that greet
Late Packing
Snow" Is Hope
of Foresters
"If there la eight Inches of anow
at Diamond lake then a lot of my
troubles are over," atated Carl B.
Neal, forest supervisor of the I'mp
t)ua national,foroat, who leavea thla
morning for Diamond lake. He will
be accompanied on the Inspection
tour by Bert C. Thomas, United
States commissioner,
Neal spent last night in the city
arranging tor the trip. Hla home Is
In Roseburg.
According to Js'eal the foreat
ranger and a rrew of men mushed
into Diamond lake the early part ot
the week from Roseburg. to atart
summer work In the forests.
"Conditions In the forests ot Ore
gon would be battered exceedingly
If there waa more anow to keep the
Interior damp," aatd Neal. "Thla
word that anow has fallen heavily
at Diamond lake la certainly en
couraging."
CHILL POSTPONES
MAY DAY FESTIVAL
Tho May day exercises schedulod
for thla afternoon on the Klamath
county high achool campus will be
postponed until next Tuesday, owing
to the present Inclement weather.
was tha announcement' of Principal
Jackson last Bight. a
The exercises to be held Tuesday
attornoon at 3:30 will consist of
the crowning of the queen, winding
of the May pole, and the dances.
The big dance In the evening In
honor ot the queen will also be
postponed until Tuesday night fol
lowing -the high achool exercises.
VERDI LUMBER IS
SWEPT, BY FLAMES
RENO. Nev., May 6. (United
News) Flames wero being brought!
under control Thursday night at I
Verdi, on the California border,
weet of here, after 15 buildings had
teen wiped "out by a fire which
burned throughout the day. i -
A schoolhouss, 13 resldenrea and
the mill ot the Verdi Lumber com
pany were destroyed. The origin
ot the fire has not been determined.
A strong westerly wind made the
work of the fire flghtera hasard
otts. Most of. the houses rated were
small one-story structures. , Offi
cials of the lumber company have
made no estimate of the rtamsge.
1
and United Press TeUgruph
KLAMATH FALLS. ORE., FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1926
Fay()r
ed Colonel Sherrlll when ha waa in
ducted .Into office, la aa Indication
that bla selection Is popular with
tba peoplev It la evident that from
tba very 'begin tn g he baa won their
hearts.'t. aaya '' the Cincinnati En
quirer. '
Goodwill
The good" win with which the new
non-partisan government entered
upon Ita duties at- the turn of the
year seems an omen of good to the
Cincinnati Post, sn earnest advocate
of tha change ot government. Prevl.
Ous changes were alwaya marked by
bltterneaa, aaya thla paper, and ware
accompanied by wholesale dismissals
of employee, bat now "though a
revolutionary change haa taken
place In the) form of government and
In the personal ot tha elected offi
cials thereof; bualneas at the city
hall goes o as usual, oo changes
whatever having been saade In tba
hired working personnel of the gov-
ernment";
nd civic organizations
one another" to extend
vie. with
greetlnga to the new ' councflmen.
mayor and city manager..
Such, continue the Poet.- "are
the effects of the spirit ot non-par
tixanahlp that has taken hold of tba
public, the new government, and
even of the officials of the old gov
ernment who were seen to reak
bread with the new; never before
have the people of tha city been ao
well united In support of an admin
iatratlon." The 8crlpps-Howard pa-
per briefly recalls how Cincinnati
warned over' Its 'new leaf:
"When at length Cincinnati de
termined to reform ' it . reformed
from the roota up.. It tore out the
old form ot politician government
and In Ita place established a gov-
( Continued on page 4)
Stab Rumor Is
Boiled Bowir -to
Drunk and Fine
Dame rumor created no little ex
citement on the atreeta yesterday
when abe had white youth subbed
and near death at tha hands of an
Infuriated Chiloquln Indian woman.
The gabby dame even named the
youth Clarence Dixon, and hla my
thical assailant Mud-Faced Ethel.
But It wasn't so.
Communication with Judge R. C.
Spink ot Chiloquln, gave the basis
for the atory aa a, fine of 375 Im
posed In his court on Dixon for
drnnkenneaa and disturbing the
peace. .
He aatd the rumor rose from
Dixon's remarkable ability to dis
turb the peace of Chiloquln. and
that of number ot the Indian
women. . '
Necks Risked in
Necking Defense
By School Editor
FOREST .GROVE. May 6.
(United News) Three Pacific uni
versity students are missing from
their classes Thursday, two being
permanently barred, and tba third
auspeaded tor a week.
Publication ot an article "In De
fonse of Necking." In the Pacific
University Index, led to drastic ac
tion by, university authorities.
Virgil Lilly, Forest Grove, editor,
and Webster Wierts, Ashland, man-
ager, were expelled and Homer
Deck, assistant editor, was dropped
for a week.
All copies of tba paper were con
fiscated, and In future all matter
published must be approved by tbe
department of Journalism before
publication. The edition suppressed
was allowed to go out after the ob
jectionable article had been elimin
ated. . .
Paul ' Menegat haa been chosen
editor to succeed Lily, and Lester
Hlgby succeeded Wierts aa man
ager. Clifford Rowe waa named In
place ot Homer Deck, aa assistant
editor.
AT VOIR BOOK
CHICAGO, May . The atork
still makes direct deliveries to Tl
per cent ot American farm Jiomes
According to a survey ot farm life
by a local agricultural association
In the last five years only 39 per
cent ot the country'a rural babies
were horn In hospitals.
TH N
Services
This Hurts Me
and Dad Really I
Means It Here
LOS ANGELES, May ((United
News) How father dlsd as tha
result of spanking, bis sen waa tbe
unaaual story besrd by a coroner's
jury Investigating the death of
Anions Bucchico, 45.
Buechico, It waa revealed Thurs
day, bad lately been released from
a hospital, where be had been oper
ated on for Internal injuries. On
bla arrival borne from tbe Institu
tion be found fault with his son,
and soundly spanked him. Tbe ex
ertion tore open tbe wound and
blood poisoning set in. ,
He died Thursday.
Building Code
For Klamath's
Growth Is Need
Klamath trades people, builders.
and material men are now determ
ined that a modern building code
must be adopted for this city. This
waa tbe edict of a big group of tbe
representatives of tbe various unions
and architects who met with the
city council in a special meeting at
the city hall laat night.
It waa agreed laat night that the
big problem now is to draw np a
code patterned after other cities,
which would be suitable and work
able under local conditions. Tbe
full membership of the council waa
present and agreed to co-operate
with tbe tradesmen in putting over
the desired measure when it la prop
erly drawn.
A general meeting will be held
next Thursday night in tbe council
rooms, attended by all builders, ar
chitects and material men, and at
this meeting it is planned to name
a committee for tbe formulating ot
a Klamath building code.
Those present last - nlghf besides
the councilman and mayor, were
Q. W. Branson, ' president ot ' the
joint trades council. William Bond,
secretary of the lathers' anion; H.
F. Hatton, secretary of the carpen
lers' union; Herb Watts of tbe ex
ecutive board of the plumbers'
union. Ernie Phillips, member of
the carpenters' union; Tom Westfall,
contractor; W.'R. Anderson ot the
sheet metal workers; C. D. Long,
business agent of the building trades
council: C. 8. Cose boom, architect;
Iran D. Smith, architect.
Wilkins likely
Abandons Plane
Hunt for Pole
FAIRBANKS. Alaska, May (.
(United News) The Detroit Are-
tic expedition faces possible aband
onment ot Ita polar project, aa a
result ot the party's newest mis
fortune.
When Captain George H. Wil
kins; and Pilot Elelson attempted
to take oft for Point Barrow Thurs
day In the monoplane Alaskan,
the machine rose a few feet from
tbe ground, ataggered unsteadily a
moment and then dropped back to
earth, wrecking a wing and landing
gear In the fall. . .
The expedition'a other monoplane,
the three engined Detrolter, had
been declared Impracticable earlier
In the week, and plana to use It
In the flight over unexplored areas
about the north pole had been
abandoned..
Inspection ot the. wrecked Alas
kan ahowed that It may be Im
possible to repair the damage. .In
dropping back to the ground the
plane atruck a hole In tbe uneven
landing field; causing It to tip to
one side. The speed at which the
Alaskan was traveling made the
Impact great enough to ahove the
landing gear up through the right
wing, tearing a huge hole In the
fabric.
TWO TIMES SAME
PLACE IS FOOLISH
Fire which broke out tor the sec-
ond time, in tour daya at the city
reservoir building at Fifth and
Grant street, ' called out the local
department age In at five o'clock yes
terday evening.
The roof blase,' which had been
caused by sparks from a stationery
engine used In excavating nearby,
waa quickly brnugh under control
by the firemen. The same engine,
owing to lack ot a spark arrester,
was responsible for the fire here on
Monday.
XltrpnuiTT OK ORE 1-33-11
LIBRARY " "
(Every
Heavy Booted
Winter Kicks
Sweet Spring
Klamath Falls, after basking two
months In unprecedented snnshlne,
shivered under spring garments yes
terday and shook out the heavy
overcoats. Klamath Falls was not
be only portion of the county to
suffer, for reports brought Into the
city yesterday told of anow storms
from Crater lake to Langell valley.
.Diamond lake, fisherman's para
dise, will be closed to all but most
ardent sportsmen for weeks. Fol
lowing three days of cold weather.
eight Inches of snow now banka
around tbe lake, and the roadway
In many places Is blocked.
Another report came from the
caretaker of Crater lake lodge, John
Maben, who aald 10 inches of anow
had fallen thla week and continued
flurries were banking the anow In
drifts around the lodge.
Cruel Jimmy" Johnston, superin
tendent of logging for Pelican Bay
Lumber company, reported the
cam pa under a three-fnch blanket.
J. A. Gordon reported two Inches
of anow at Fort Klamath. Another
section of tbe county to snffer waa
tbe Langell valley district, where
six inches of snow waa reported In
places. Including the well know
Gross ranch.
"Thla cold weather, if It doesn't
do anything else, killed the hoppers
In Tule lake." aald W. C. Dalton of
Ha.' . '; ; '
Long Braids Win
Artist's Choice of
American Beauty
NEW YORK. - May ; . (United
News) Old fashioned woman a
crowning glory long, flowing, flax.
en hair la more glorious than
ever. Miss Louise Clerc has been
choaen by. Ernest Linnekamp, -the
Viennese painter, as the fifteenth
representative of American beauty,
whom he wilt Immortalise on can.
vac, demonstrated this today.' " '
Besides being the possessor ' of
silver and tawny aheen locks; Miss
Clerc la a working girl, with lake
blue eyes, a rippling emlle and
cupid'a bow ruby lips..
For two and a half years Prof.
LInnenkamp went from coast to
Coaat, combing the 'sticks, mingling
with the social elite In search ot 15
American beauties. He returned to
New York a few days ago with 14
selected.
Three hundred girls- presented
themselves for the artist's approval
during the week, when he saw Miss
Clerc bis quest waa finished.
Mlaa Clerc la 13 years old, five
feet six inches tall, weighs 137
pounda and. of course waahea dishes
at home. Her hair and skirts reach
below her knees.
FIRST PATIENT IN
NEW HOSPITAL WING
The first patient waa admitted
to the new wing ot the aplendld
Klamath Valley hospital yesterday,
according to the doctors in charge
of the institution. Tbe patient was
Mia Elisabeth Mueller of Sixth and
Lincoln streets, and ahe will un
dergo a major operation.
The new wing which has been
completed In part will double the
capacity, ot the Klamath Valley
hospital. . : V
PLENTY REASONS FOR
LOW PRICES IN WOOL
PORTLAND, Map . (United
News) General ralaa in the Inland
empire, eastern Oregon, according
to reports received here by lead
era ot the trade make the wool
market inactive.
There remains lack of general
trading In Oregon, Washington and
Idaho.
Advices from the east are In
clined to show some slight improve
ment In spots only. There la no
general trading anywhere.
GUN CLUBS SHOOT
IT OUT AT KENO
Best two out of three ehoots
will te determined Sunday ' when
the Klamath River Gun club meets
the Lamm Lumber Company club
on the grounds near Keno.
Lamms have had slightly the
best of two previous shiots. win
ning one by two birds out of 250 J
jno tying the other.
Klamath Is determined to take
this meet and lively sport la look
ed for all around.
Another "News"
Feature
The Wednesday Food Bage.
Menus and Tested Recipes.
Morning Except Monday)
Huge City
Reservoir
UnderWay
Increase of Supply
Assured to Water
Users of Future -U
Work started here yeaterdsy 'on
the first unit of tba I1JS.000 Cali
fornia Oregon Power company pro-
ject for tbe Increase In the capac
ity of the Klamath Falls city wa- :
ter system. '":-;:
Dunn and Baker, local contractor '
were awarded the first work on the
project which Is to he rushed to
completion. They will excavate and . .
prepare the ground for the huge
800,000 gallon central reservoir 'to
be located back of the old reser
voir, site on Ewauna height. ' Also
Dunn and Baker will Install a large '
water main ' leading front the new
reatrvoir to Conger aveaue.
Fabricated steel ba already been
shipped from the eaat for tb con
si ruction of tbe reservoir which will V
more than double the present capac
ity of all the Klamath Falls reser
voirs. Aa soon aa the' steel ar
rives and the contractor prepare
the base for tbe mammoth tank,
work on its Installation will be
taken up Immediately. .. .
Fatare Assam J - ,
Upon completion ot the. new res
ervoir Klamath Falla will have wa-
ter storage facilities of: approxl-
mately a million and' a halt gal '
ions; ....,,.- ... s. : .
Local authorities feel that thla
supply, will toe sufficient for' the
needs , of the ' city when It - has
reached population of over 30,-
000.- . . . ; .
. New addition aorlngin . . par- -
ticularly thla year, have; necessi
tated the extension ' or - existing -
mains, ana Lae prvpartua . ivr . in
stalling new ones. The need, ot
adequate tire protection In these
new districts has made the 'build
ing up of the local water system a
vitally important project at thla
time.. I:
WILLIAM HULET SET "
TO SMASH RECORDS
1 William Hulet. former Merrill
high achool student, and -winner la
1924 and 1925 ot the mile ran In
the Klamath county track meet, te
keeping np hla good work at Myrtle
Point. Oregon. . "
In practice and earlier meets he
haa been clipping the Coos county
records for mile and half mile, and
Saturday ha ia set to amaah them
again. Hope la expressed there that
he will hare a faat track and (till
day. aa rain haa been falling heav
ily. :
He Is tbe son of Rev. Charles C.
nuiei. minister ui mv r iroi- i v
byterlan church ot Myrtle .Point,
and tbe father being keenly Inter
ested la taking tbe attempt- ser
iously aa the young athlete. '
FRESH GUY :
COALVILLE, England, May (.
"The only time my husband . ha
spoke to me in. seven year .was
when, .on my birthday .four year
ago, he aald "please pasa the salt' "
testified Mrs. Jane Baxter, aulng her
husband for technical desertion.
Delineator
For May
Is here
Butterick
Quarterly
is here
Needle Art
and Transfer-
is here
KLAMATH J-ft r-
Cvnter of Shopping PtftrlH. '