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The Klamath News
The Klamath News
Official Paper, City of Klam
ath Falls; Official Paper,
County of Klamath.
Two Sections
Ten Pages
CnfeJ Mriw anJ Vnited Prea Telegraph Services
Vol. 3, No. 144 Price Five
Murdered Man Known
as C. C. Smith Was
Resident of Malin
Body Found Near Fortuna, California, Is Positive
ly Identified Through Photograph in Sheriff
Hawkins' Office It Believed to Have Had
. Money on person at Time of Death
The finding of a terribly mutilated body of a middle
fd man in northern California, near the email town of
Fortune, on May 18, which caused state-wide search for
identification, ended yesterday in Klamath Falls when old
resident of the county positively identified the photos of
the corps in the sheriff's office yesterday as that of C. C.
Smith, old prospector and rancher of Malin and Merrill.
guiltb wan further
Identified by I
California authorities a lha Inmnl
or ot complicated mining machinery.
type ot photograph film and a
ono-row corn-binder.
According to the story of K. X.
Kendall, deputy sheriff, who m
In Karelia ahurlly after the body
was found, and who has been high
ly Inatrnntental In obtaining evid
ence and wltnouea to Identify the
renialna, the man wee killed by an
unknown person about May It.
Ha had been nabbed around
heart five tlmea with a blunt
the !
In-'
trument. the Jugular vein waa erver
ed and the head mashed tn pulp.
Woman Make IHn-overy
Four day after the murder a, a
woman, member of a fishing party
near fortuna. stumbled onto the
gruesome find when she climbed
over two' large redwood trees. The
body had been placed between the
trees anj then a log rolled over It.
Apparently the log had rolled sway.
. Realdetila near the aceno ot the
(baallX dud did not know the
names of two men. who toog up )K,nor,i , d ! suggestions
land near rlutuu..,TUy had como ih, w, offcr ,tlould )rov benofl
Ihere aeveral weka previously In a I,... t0 lho uu,.rglh f io west.
track which carried their camping
ontflt. The name pf the man with
Smith and believed to have been
murdered, and ths license on the
car and other Information, has not
bean learned by Kureka officials.
A casual remark dropped by
Smith to ona of his nelgbbora that
he had "come from the Klamath
country", caused the aherlff's office
Hers to search the entire county
concerning the stranger. Ilia pic
ture, preaented to realdenta of
Malin snd Merrill, caused him to be
positively Idontltled aa C. C. Smith,
who had ranched there oft and on
for the past ZS years.
Hmlth Had Hls'ler
It haa been learnod that Smith
had a alstcr, but her name or
whereabouta are not known by
California or Klamath authorities.
Tho story told In Kureka con
cerns a prohnblo fight to tho death
over n strip of land diss than 60
feet wido which Hmlth clulmod was
his.
After tho murdor, every trace
of Identification waa stripped from
the person of the dead man and
not a cent waa found In hla pockets.
That tho old prospector and Inven
tor had money la known to Klamath
county rosldenta.
haa been traced
Smith's history
up from Eureka
and Fortuna to Talent and from
Talent to Merrill and Malin.
No trace has been found of the
man who murdered C. C. Smith.
WKATHKIl
Oregon:
moderate
(ionorolly
northwest
fair: light to
winds.
Pack Your Troubles
in a Washbag
Spilod clothes represent drud
gory if you wash them your
self. ' But if we launder them
we take the drudgery with us
and never return it.
We have many services to of
fer Rough-dry, wet-wash,
flat piatces ironed and others
that a call will bring you full;
Information on.
Troy Laundry
Phone 656
Cents
C. of C. Forum
Civic Student
Paul Clagstone
Is Western Manager of U. S.
Chamber) Just Back from
Washington, D. C.
The forum of the Klamath Kails
chamber of commerce la going to
prove an Interesting place this noon
when the weekly luncheon Is served,
end the headquarters of the organ-
, Uailon promise to le the mecca for
large number of membera.
Paul flagstone, manager of the
Western Division of the Untied
States chamber of commerce, with
headnuaricra In San Frsncisco. will
be present at the meeting, and will
be the principal speaker of the day.
Mr. Clugstone haa pusl returned
from Washington. I). C where he
enlightened himself on matters in
Ho has a message of cheer to Im
part to the people of this city, and
It will be well worth the time of
nny member ot the local chamber
to be proaent. Mr. Clagstone ia
known aa a doep thinker and
sound - student, snd ss an orator
ranks high.
Baby Elks Will
Be Born in This
City Thursday
Tho antlvrod herd ot thla city
will be Increased by olght or ten
tomorrow night
following tho In
being carried out
Illation program
by tho Klamath Falls lodgo of;
Klks.
Tho birth of theso baby Klks will
begin taking plaro at 8 o'clock, and
in viow of the. promlnenro ot some
of tho candidates, tho membera of
the lodge who have, a habit of
nevor missing anything worthwhile
have made It known that they are
going to be present and foot tor
the degreo team that la said to be
tho fastest within the entire Ore-
i0" Jurisdiction.
This will be tho last Initiation
to be held In this city until after
the summer vacation. During July.
August and September meetings of
tho local lodge will only be held
on the second Thursday of each
tvonth.
At the session tomorrow night
jn elaborate buffet lunch will be
a. rvcrt following tho Initiation and
a record breaking attendance Is
anticipated.
I Nailed littler Fruncls It. Olds
ati.ted la.it night that the enter
taiii'iiont committee la malnk elab
orate plans for Thursday's actlv
lt.es. FREIGHT DEPOT TO
BE RECONSTRUCTED
A flr.t class .bungalow, a freight
shed and a woodshed, will soon be
under construction In Klamath
i ral1"' ordin, to permits issued
; j umui uiiy iiuiii inv uimu in u. u,
jGaghuKen, city clerk.
Charles I. Withers will build s
i
I $.1200 house on Alameda street.
J. A. liirun was issued a permit
to construct a (3500 freight shed
In the city limits. This la part of
tho development program of tho
Southern Pacific.
Emll Clnfornaa will build a 126
woodshed.
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1926
DAD OGLE, SMOKE
CHASER, HAS VERY
EXCITING PERIOD
I'liiue bo It understood that
Mono of I he narrative whU h fol
low are nature faking;.
H. K. "Dad'1 Oicle, la aiuoko
chaser for the Klamath Furret
I'roierllvo aaaoriiitlon, and la lo
cated at Kinedenburg aprlita.
which U a very wild part of the
Mint In Klamath rouuly.
Yesterday morning lio awak
ened at the peek of day. Home,
thing waa peeking at him from
I ho window, and It wasn't said
day. Itnlber It waa a big black
Ixar, head and aliouldrra tlu-ougli
the window,
"Dad" Oalfl Ml up In bed to
look the bear rlaht In I lie ce.
The bear fell over barkwards In
getting out of the window and
away. ( gle told the rest of the
'mnoke chasers about It while
aeveral of them were on the line.
They laughed ttielr uncertainty.
Chamber
Commerce
Endorses
Program
Movement of Oregon
Solon to Secure Fed
eral Building la Ap
proved by Director!.
Directors of
lha
Klamath Falls
chamber of commerce
grow Jub-
Hint at their weekly luncheon hold
yeaterday whsu Secretary Sabln
read letters from Senator Stantleld
and Congresaman Slnnott wherelp
both assured the people of this city
that they were heartily In favor of
a federal building being given Klam
ath, and that they were using every
endeavor to have prompt action
taken In the premises.
The two Oregon solons have
placed all data at their command
before thd treasury department,
coupled wiiii statistics furnished by
the local chamber of commerce,
wherein the noeds of a federal
building are so strongly set forth,
and atress la laid upon ths econ
omy that will follow through elimi
nation of rentals for headquarters
tor government agencies.
Favor Isolation Hospital
Provision for an Isolation hos
pital was one ot tho subjects dis
cussed at the meeting of tho direc
tors. Report was submitted con
cerning the rocommcndatlona of the
city council and county commis
sioners for the cxpeidlture of $5000.
(Continued on rage Three)
Johanson Doubles
Fine to Escape
Long Jail Term
John "Alaska" Johanson yester
day sprung a new one to avoid a
60-day Jail sentence Imposed by
Justice of the Peace R. A. Emmltt,
on a liquor charge, together with a
$f00 flno, .when ho paid an addi
tional 1500 flue to escape the Jail
sentonce.
Johanson had not been committed
to Jail. He had been given a tew
days respite on a 1500 cash bond
before beginning hla sentonce.
Assistant District Attorney A. W
Schaupp seconded the motion ot W.
C. Van Emon. attorney for Johan
son. that he lis permitted to pay
a $1000 fine, Instead of the $500
fine and 60 days In Jail. The total.
including costs, was $1005.
"I guess Ihe people would rather
have tho money than he paying a
man's board In Jail," said Justice
Emmltt, "the man was not yet
committed to Jail. If I had Issued
the committment I could not have
legally changed the sentence."
The $1005 brought the total
assessments for fines on various
charges up to $1689, which Is the
best day's buslners Justice Emmltt
has done for some time. He thinks
the June totals will make a record
unless people start behaving them'
solves.
Skeletons Likely
Hide Old Secret
of Cruel Murder
Uncovered on Abandoned
Ranch of Lower Klam
ath Lake
With ths discovery of two skele
tons In shallow aand grave on an
abandoned ranch to the south of
Lower Klamath Lake by J. R. Col
line and Oeorg Ager. there la be
lieved to bare been uncovered the
ghaatly evidence of an ancient feud
In which homesteader and his' wife
were murdered. '
Collins recalls the pslr to have
lived at lha ranch about IS years
ago, according to Deputy Sheriff
K. X. Kendall, who Investigated.
Collins cannot remember their
names. .
The man bad coma to Collins, ac
cording to the story, snd offered
him ths rsnch for sale.
"Bring ths cash with you if you
want the ranch for 1 must get out
of her quick," the man la reported
to have told Collins.
Collins, according to the report,
recalla that he contemplated buying
the ranch, but learned that he must
hold no traffic with the man be
cause of a feud. He does not recall
who It waa from whom be got In
formation of the feud.
The entire matter had slipped
from hla mind until he and Ager.
a aheep man, came noon the ranch.
They were eiploiing the premises
about the mined cabin for water
when they observed a skull protrud
ing from the aand close to the
cabin.
They dug until a skeleton of a
man waa revealed and close be
side It waa the skeleton ot a woman.
The woman's skull showed that
it had been fractured from a blow
on the aide of the head. According
' (Continued on I'ago Five.)
Klamath Men in
Portland Jail
.7 Awaiting Trial
PORTLAND, June (. (United
News) Charged with having sold
liquor to s Klamath Indian. Fred
Nephew, Klamath Falls logger,
was brought to Portland today from
Klamath Falls by Deputy United
Slates Marshal Wells and lodged
in the cunty jail, under $2000 bail
to nwalt action ot federal authu-l-tlea
here.
The offense Is said to have oc
curred May 17.
While at Klamath Falls Wells
slso arrested Joe Miller, secretly
Indicted for' possession of s still
and liquor on tho Klamath Indian
reservation. J. W. lingers named
with Miller In the alleged viola
tion, was convicted ad sentenced In
tedoral court here last week.
Miller was released by Wells at
Klamath Falls after he had posted
11600 ball before U. S. COmmlaion
cr Bert Thomas.
HEAT WAVE CAUSE
OF MAN'S ARREST
E. 1. ItVusliaulder, 8210- Cali
fornia avenue, had taken cognis
ance of the heat ware and had
evidently just completed a batch
of lager when officers Slilrlt3,
Bennett and Swindler broke In
on Ills little brewerj- yesterday.
The alleged evidence waa 107
pfnt bottles of Beer. There waa
also a party filled lo-gallon keg
of moonshine.
Clean and Cool
The Orpheus
Today
Blood and Steel
Tomorrow and Friday
ART MIX
in
South of Santa Fe
A thrilling love story of the
Roi Grande country.
Adults 25c Children 10c
PICNIC PARTY IS
PLANNED FOR "ZIM,"
NEWS AD MANAGER
Tlio manaiirnw-nt of The Xcw
is planning; a plrnlr party for
next giinday In honor of Mrs.
I.ynn A. Zimmerman, who has
rercnll) been made advertkilng
manager. AH the staff ia Invit
edat the publisher's eipense
anil all pruiulwe to attend.
Mrs. .Iiiimerman, or "7Jm" mm'
she la knowp around the office,
haa won her laurels as Hie hard
est workinc, most pli-aaant, ears.
. rat and popular member of the
modern lpe of womea Is) Klam
ath Ka'ui. Making; her debut
aa an advert Ui eg worn a on this
newspaper 18 mouths ago she
lias, by ilint of uareaalae: effort
anil dominant will, climbed to
the top.
Ami nothing coulil have bet
ter pleased the entire staff, front
shop and mechanical department,
than to hare hail the owners of
the u era-spa per uwke her the
Kuest of honor at a party.
Railroad
Officials
Confer in
New York
No Agreement Reached
in Attempt to Adjust
Differences; Another
Meeting Scheduled
NEW YORK. June. (United.
News) Conferences were continued
here today between officials ot the
Ndrtherh Pacific Snd the Southern
Pacific railroads in an attempt to
formulate an agreement regarding.
joint use cf certain lines In Ore
ton. No decision was reached, how
ever, and the matter was left to be
settled in future conferences.
The' Northern Pacific waa repre
sented today by President Donnelly
snd associates, while Henry Defpr
est. William Sproule. Paul Shoup
and A. D. McDonald represented
the Southern Pacific.
I
After making progress on plsns
for the joint use of new railway
facilities In Oregon, the Southern
Pacific, Northern Pacific and Great
Northerma railways. adjourned
their conferences In New York to
dsy without reaching a final agree
ment. Ralph Budd. president of the
Great Northern left for the west
toulght, but the negotlons will be
resumed at an early date.
Official Visit Klamath
W. F. Turner, president of the
Oregon Trunk and the S. P. & S.
is In Klamath Falls together with
A. J. Wetchell. chief engineer, O.
V. Lintner. assistant englueer, and
Charles Hart, attorney.
Alter looaing over ine properties t
ot the Oregon trunk here the party
plans to look over the proposed
route ot their line between Klam
ath Falls and Bend.
Turner again expressed confi
dence that the Oregon trunk would
extend from Bend into Klamath
Falls, either by common user with
the Southern Pacific, the Oregon,
California and Eastern, or by build
ing his own line. It tho conferences
in New York do not develop that
the Southern Pacific Is willing to
let the Oregon trunk into Klamath
Falls the Oregon trunk will again
make application to the commission
for right to build Independently,
Turner Indicated.
L. R. Attls of the Utsb Construc
tion company arrived here yesterday
to select -a camp site and plan the
work ot building the new Southern
Pacific yards.
RACQUETERS SECURE
DELAY IN HEARING
The famous Hot Springs lawn
tennis case In which Mrs. J. C.
roc Is plaintiff against I.ydla and
Gertrude Von Bortheldorf, has
been Indotlnluf postponed. it
will be taken up by Justice, R. A.
Emmltt at the discretion of the at
torneys In (he case.
(Ever Morning Except Monday)
Land Hearing Held
Despite Protest of
Eberlein's Attorney
Protest I. Made Why Eberlein's Acreage Should
Be Permanently Removed From Irrigation
District and Movement Is Termed Illegal; Evi
dence Will Be Sent to Washington '
Charles Wood Eberlein, president of tho Enterprise Land
and Investment company,! yesterday protested that the hear
I ing of the g orernment to show cause" why his lands should be
j permanently removed from the Klamath Irrigation district
lor taxing purposes was "illegal, disorderly and indecent."
Richard J. Coffey, cfistrict consul, presided. '. ' .
1 But the hearing went on, with
School Election j
For Bond Issue j
On Tapic Today
i i
Mills Addition School is in !
Need of Larger Ac-
commodations
A school election to pass upon s
bond Issue In the sum of $27,000
to be used In the construction and
furnishing of three rooms and audi -
torinm
school
for tbe Mills Addition'
of the California Avenue!
district, will be held today be
tween tbe hoars of 2 o'clock In the
afternoon and 7 o'clock this eve
ning at tbe Fremont school build
ing. In view of the fact that there are
approximately 2S00 voters In the
district who are privileged to exer
cise their franchise by reason of
being property owners. It is hoped
that a large vote may be polled.
The bond Issue of f 27.000 will be
'liked as follows: For"parchaee
of -'lots1 needed, ' $5475; estimated
cost of building. $21,625. which tn
cjpdes furnishings necessary.
School elections as a rule only
call forth a small number of votes,
but the school trustees are In hopes
that the electorste will turn out In
numbers and thus voice their true
aentiments touching upon educa
tional facilities that are being of
fered the coming generation. It is
desired that as large a vote as pos
sible bo cast at this bond election.
Kiwanians Report
Great Night With
J Ti
ilSlllitnU DrUUierS
Kiwanians were back
In town
yesterday, after having
returned
arly In the morning (rem Ashland
where they attended a joint meet-
lug ot the clubs of the two cities,
Similar gatherings were held
throughout the country at the same
hour. In celebration by those who
could not attend, ot tbe Interna
tional convention that opened Mon
day night at Montreal.
There was an address of welcome
by J. H. Hardy, president of the
Ashland club. Carl Loveland sang
a solo. After which W. A. Wiest ot
Klamath Falls made a speech. Then
there were a lot ot songs as there
always Is, when Kiwanisns get to
gether. "Pop" Gates of Medford
wss the story teller of the even
ing. Following the dinner at the
Lithia Springs hotel there was a
dance. The Klamath Falls Kiwan
ians hod no'hhiR f which to com
plain but the heat. But everyone
bad their coats oft, and a mighty
good time. ,
INDIAN BOYS DENY
THEY WERE ROMEOS
Trial of Jack Palmer and Roy
Briant, accused ot having assisted
Etta Charlie, Indian girl, to escape
from the county farm, was contin
ued yesterday. Etta Charlie accus
es the two youths but tbey Insist
that they were at their hemes- when
the kidnaping occurred. Assist
ant District Attorney A. W. Sehaupp
asked for time In which to secure
additional witnesses.
KOItKST KIRKS, HKI"ltTI-:i
TO UK I'NOF'.ll CONTROL !
Klre fighters &ot s rest yesterday
following days ot activity, both In
the timber and In town. No new
fires were reported. Old fires
were all reported as under control.
several witnesses adducing evidence
to ahow that Eberlein had been
given opportunity to get water on
hla lands, and further, that bis
lands were fit for agricultural pur
poses. It waa on these grounds thst
he bad been endeavoring to have his
lands excluded, although his peti
tion did not state tbe lands were
non-agricoltural.
Land values ranging between 1650
and 1 1100 an acre were placed on
the Eberlein lands by E. M. Chll-
j cote, who qualified as an expert
1 on values In tbe neighborhood. He
and hla partner, D. M. Smith, had
purchased ten acres to ths north ot
the Eberlein lands' for 1650 an acre.
Adjoining lands had been purchas
ed from Frank Ira White, an old
partner of Eberlein's In the Enter
prise Land company, for ST5Q an
acre.
Newell Identifies Maps)
Herbert D. Newell, project super
intendent, first took the witness
stand and identified maps, and stat
ed that contracts on behalf of the
Eberlein land and water applies
tldns'stfll 'existed.
' ' I.' B. Voorhees. formerly" assist
ant' engineer of 'the project, lestl-"
fled as to the existence of three lat
erals and turnouts," and that these,
provided service to all lands which
Eberlein sought to have excluded.
He said that Eberlein had entered
complaints, but that, his complaints
had been directed toward an ad
justment of the acreage served and
not as to tbe lack of water. There
was water ready tor Eberlein to
take at any time he wanted It, said
Voorhees.
Comparison Made
How one farmer can by Industry
render tbe soil fertile snd profitably
produc
productive while a speculator owner
lets It go to ruin was shown by
B. E. Hayden, formerly water mas-
' ter of the district. Hayden told of
the Fred Nltchelm truck garden.
S adjoining tbe 18 acres Eberlein Is
j attempting to hare excluded from
j district charges. Hayden admitted
' that tbe Eberlein lands were In-
terior. but that they had value,
some of tlu;m as truck garden landa,
and the rest tor grailng and the
production of hay crops. .
Elmer I. Applegate, formerly sec
retary of the Water Users associa
tion, said he was certain that the
lands under question could be
made profitable. He said they were
not the best Isnds, but owing to
their proximity to the city were val
uable for agricultural purpoeea. He
had purchased his rsnch from the
original tract of ths Enterprise
Land and Investment company, he
said. His ranch had cost htm an
average of $175 an acre. He val
ued It at upwards of $600 an acre
(Continued on Page Two)
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