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ts.vrnMTt or or. - The Kl aMath News zr.ar.sr.. onn The Klamath News Official Paper County of Klamath The Klamath News Official Paper City of Klamath Falls United Neva and United Press Telegraph Services Vol. 3, No. 145 Price Five TOURIST Paul Clagstone Says Nation's Prosperity is Here Permanently Western Manager of Chamber of Commerce of U. S. Compliment Organized Labor and Urges Budget System for Business Men; Is of Opinion Lumber Men Should Have Help. The United States will continue to enjoy great prosperity for a long period, and the peak of our industrial success has not yet been reached. Thia wai tha gist of the addrett made yeiterday noon at the weekly luncheon of the Forum of the Klamath chamber of commerce by Paul Clagstone. western manager of the United Statei chamber of commerce, and who maintains of fices in San Francisco with complete jurisdiction over eleven states. Mr. flagstone wua fresh from s visit lo Washington, I. L.. where ha had been In conference with tha officials of tha national orgsnlta lion, and with which tha Klamath chsmber la affiliated. II" la thor oughly vsrscd In tha Inner workings of tha parent chutnl.iT. la fortified wllh feta and f Inure, and la pim eairefl nf a futi.i of Unnwledue per taining In Industrial activities I tint I plarea bin) In s pultln where he 1 can offer sdvlce and suggestions that will b fruitful of reaulta II Individual communities through their local civic sorli-tlr. will only ! follow hla teaching. Talka on Budget Problem Mr. Cleg.ton. explained that tU. chsmber of commerce of he United Mate. '" movement for he adoption of the hudite, .yatum. in th du of the United males, and laid . particular atreaa on tha endorae mcnts given tha chamber hy Orneral Ird. present director of tha bud get, snd General Dawea, farmer dir ector. "(icnerkl Iird recently tatcd." aid Mr. CHutonc. that In 1921. the laat year free from budjtvt con trrt, thai the rovernmrnt anenl 15. 116. 927. SS 34. while In 1924. tha third budget year, tho aum of J.048.77.66 It was expended. 7 .4 ,t wm i-anold!" "I- Hcctlon.ofKlama.hFnU, that In tha three years of the bud- get, nxpense, of the government wero reduced over two billion dol lars, ,hlla General Lord hsa de clared t li n t moro than half of this amount Is dlroctly duo to tho prun ' Ing oi executlvo estimates by tin buhlRet bureau." Mr. CISBStone ciplslned how es sential the budget system wss in sll lines of business, and explained In detsll how economies could be prsc tlced snd snvlntts offe.'lcd if they will only resort lo the conduct ot tholr buslners Meng tne plans out lined. Interested In Lumber Of upcclal tnl.'ieM lo the lumber Industry the remraks of Mr. Clng stona were ei'remcly timely. "Lum bermen," he continued. In quoting Andrew II. Phelps, fli'ld mnnnirer .. of the mttinnnl chamber, "nnt tirnlly wont to know whut ihc chamber Is doing to help them In thulr particular problems. One (Continued on Page Nix) Buy Little but buy oiteii is our policy in handling drugs. We buy co-onerativelv with 17 of vu J T'Ortland'S leading dlTJg ptoreS. In this Way We have an outlet which insures fresh potent drugs all the time. Currins for Drugs ma ' Klamath Falls, Ore. Cor. 0th and Main. Cents Council Adopts Paving Program Which Includes Large Sections Bids Will Be Called for and Contracts Awarded That Work May Start in July on City Improvement lllueprlnta and apeclflcationa of .... ..ii ti.vlim ii n II k whtrh will call I for an expenditure or more thanjflre civmed tribes of. the went In t?fcn linn Ihls miinmer. were naaaed i . . d t D.i.kh..t by during: Bn)urn,d r,,, Approximately CO blocks will he! , With .i.,ii,-h . Main ,'-.i - i Ktreel from Nprlnr. atrwt to tho ov- eminent cuniil. the total number oli blocka i be rompMed this year. procw,nnH 0f Judso Jeas K. Wor reaches nearly 70. I ten's court, where ho was on trial City dada hope to call for the and entered n plea of guilty to the bids noon aud have the work well , uuderaay during July. Completion of tho project la hoped for by No vember 1. With the Improvement ot theso dlslrlcta new residential sections, as well aa buslneaa blocka. will be now almost Inaccesaiuio during tne winter becauso . of the mud and (Continued on Pago Four) Southern Pacific Terminal Work Is To Start At Once The Utah Construction company, holders of the major contracts tor construction ot the Southern Pa cific yards In Klamath Falls, yester day ordered lumber snd supplies from tho Lakeside Lumber company for Immediata delivery. Delivery will beitln today at tho iil.e of tho main construction ramp. Just off the main right ot way ot the, Southern Taclflc between tho oily limits and Pelican City. Other contractors are hero figur ing on tho construction of the enn- rreto roundhouse that will be built about opposite Wanlland street, In the rullroad yards. Miss Ruth DeLap Charming Bride of Ralph Turner y.hf Kulh Marie Del.tip. dnugh ler of Mr. and Mr. C. It. DcLap. pioneer residents of Klamath county, briclB of ,ln,n' Turner lBl h,Kh noon Wo,Jn,,Biy nt tho fam- l Hy rusldenco on Kldorndo street. f..tu n.....,lw,r- ,.f hnlh riimlll Only mem hers ot both families! i W(,ro prom-nt nt the wedding, llov. A. F. Simmons rend tho ceremony. Minn Oetuvtn Del.np was her sister's only attendant, and Scott Wnrren of this city was best man The bride wore a frock of pnudrol blue with a heavy hem of silver lneo. Her sister wns gowned In peach silk. ' Shortly nfter thc 'ceremony n wed ding brtakfnst was served In 31 guests. Mr. nnd Mrs. Turner left for the valley and will bo at home i next week lo Ihelr friends on Vino Hi reel. KLAMATH FALLS. DIVERSION IS MARSHALL FIELD GETS REAL SCARE FROM OLD CRONIES Mai-aliall Kll of (hp New City luuiulry, who la now sport lug a new 1'iwk wd roaiUter, was ynali-ntay Informed In mlorUn tours over I 1ms telephone thai be wa umW arrest for parking on "the west side to fourth street." He waa ordered to report at fhn r'Mirt house at once. Field did. Ho spent a half hour look In for "Hbonlp" Foster, traffic officer, constables, deputy aher. Iff and other taw Bl urrina; of. flrrra. Finally someone whispered to him time there raa no ordinance forbidding blra to park on the wmi akin of Fourth street, and about tli aaina time a bunrh of hla fmwl gathered him In for farewell party. Flrtil la leaving for Eugene sometime this vcerk. White Man Says He Murdered at Reauest Wealthy Oklahoma Man ; i paperman, to manage and op Relates of Many Crimes to erate the Klamath-Pacific Assist Rich Uncle in Secur- highway junction tourist bur- , n ing fortunes or ww Oklahoma PAW!ll:SKA, Okls. June 9. (United Newi) Choosing a dra- ! matic moment when tha capital of .. A . i . I wi.h IUm ,,,,, nntmtli Wednesday ,, , p,rtlclpttd , ,he "reign of terror" which sent 20 wealthy n M12.. ........ . - . . .. . J. ' ' . ... - as toouKn a pari oi ine pitmiw i que pow-wow proxram Itself, Iturk- ,.u.rf . imu.. i,it in tho murder of W. K. Smith, hla Indian! wife, snd a servant girl. OM of lh) c,lTe membera of Murdered at Kcqurat ; (Da boosters' organisation In dev. The triple murder, he ssld. fssc loplng ,ne vim. committed st the request of W. K.I The directors of the bureau have Hale, bis uncle, who Is known ssljeo eqaally enthusiastic as to the "king of the Osage hills." and who:Rood wor), wnch uld be accom has been named as rlnglesder of j pllllhed through the medium of the the plot to laughter wealthy Osages i.uureau. They have Improved the tor their bead right. . property and given' their tlms This unexpected turn In the trial I toward getting the full plan in op Inrolrlng the Osage "king" seemed ' oration. to raise the veil of mystery for the I Lumbermen ot Klamath county first time on )b record of murders were among the first lo et the con- which followed the redskin's rlsei to wealth, after prospectors struck oil on his Isnd. lisle slresdy has been Indicted hy tha fcdersl government, but hss not been brought to trial. He waa (Continued on Page Four) Standard Liked By Local People As Investment 11. B. Falrchlld, district sales manager of the Standard Oil com pany of California, arrived In Klam ath Falls yesterday from his head quarters In 8acromento, and per sonally delivered certificates of stock in the company to the local employes of tho corporation. rterestly sn allotment ot shares In the company wns set aside In the iiilere-l of employe .only, nnd the i'm' iii4 iM-nmpt 1)' Miih.ci'llieil. nliiiti ivin titi faith lluis as-Oi'la-teil with the eiiiieiM-ll hltve in the merits ot this prosperous Industrial tiit(.rprlse. Mr. Falrchlld congratulated the employes on their becoming stock holders In the company, and din- cussed tho object of the plnn and lis succens, dwelling particularly on the point that the primary purpose had born lo give the employee an opportunity to become stockholders In their company, and that they wore now part owners in their own business. The thrift feature and Its j '"ft on the Individual employe was also pointed out. ' Mr. Fa'lrchll'd 'and parly left shortly alter the presentation on I their return to California, going by way of Malfn and Fall River Mills, which stations will be Inspected on their return trip. ORE., THURSDAY. JUNE Will Open Tourist Highway Junction Tourist Bureau of South ern,, Oregon Will Ex- pound Possibilities of Klamath County. , Klamath county is assured of constructive publicity and a consistent program of develop ment through the action last night of the board of directors and representative stockhold ers of the Southern Oregon Tourist Bureau, with the nam- in ot H- - eau project.' Pa'.iUc spirited cUiwtis at Klam ath county on March 1. of tbia year, organised corporation and leased for a period of ten yeara a six-acre tract st the highway Junction. This property wss shown to be admirably adapted to the pur poaea for which It was acquired. The principal parpoas of the pro ject wss to. Install s permanent Klamath county exhibit st an ad vantageous " point where the many thousands, of aiitonvoblls tourists entering Oregon from California court be shown the great oppor tunities offered in the Klamath country. Was Originator The Idea for such s project origl- tinted with Stevenson. He hsa been atructlve vslue ot the project. Their offer wss sulstnntlaL They have furnished selected Klsmath pine - (Continued on Page Seven) ENGINEER HAYDEN VISITS KLAMATH B. K. Ilayden. former engineer In charge ot operation and mainten ance ot the United States reclama tion service project In Klamath county, -was in Klamath Falls for several days as a witness ln the hearing 'of Charles W. Eberlcln. Ilayden has made his home In Denver, Colo., for the past few years and departed for home yester day. He last served in Klamath Falls wllh tho U. S. It. 8. In 1914. and expressed great Interest In the subsequent growth of this district. Clean and Cool The Orpheus Today and Friday ART MIX in South of Santa Fe thrilling love story of the Rio Grande country. ' Adults 25c Children 10c 10, 1926 COLD OF WHITE ' VX1 I'AWItrHKA, OkU.. June 0. The white man's gohl has ararrd iWp lalo thfn fibre of tlui Oaagr Inilian nation. To wmtch imnkTi ot toe trio rolling Into the capital lierci la to aee the gnawiiui rffrcia of wraith. At the pow-wow WertniiMlaj night one hugn brave with iiia blanket, driving an expeoaivr automobile, kfM'd up the main street. Ilolu he and Ilia squaw wore blankets. It Mlhrrn Mitt pmlnt. Thry got out of the automo bile, and entered a rhill par lor.' After each had ealea two dlahea of chili they bought Ice cream roaea, west back to the rnr and drule to the ampltheatre where the hyMterlc dance was held by a huge bonfire. Harmony Exists In Republican Party Ranks of Klamath County Hearty Support is Given Steiwer for Senator and Patterson for Governor The republican county central committee held a rally and orgsnl tatlon meeting last nlgbt st the court house, giving hesrty support to the nstlonsl and state ticket. with particular stress on Frederick' W. Steiwer for senator and I. L.I Patterson for governor. W. W.' McNealy was elected chairman. A formal motion waa pasted to I endorse the republican ticket, this being merely a formality, for after! some dlacuaalpn aa to the. advia-J ability of some of the county can didates. Chairman McNealy held tbst it was the duty ot the county com- mtttee to endorse Its ticket. While Steiwer and Patterson received the; outspoken support of the two doten committeemen present, the word "support" wss left out ot the mo tion of endorsement. ftobert B. Kuykendall, state com- mitteeman. asked for instrnctiona as: to tho state chelrman. but It waa the sense ot the gathering that he (Continued on Page 8U) Klamath-Ashland Road To Be Oiled And Guards Built There will be 1200 feet of guard rails built at dangerous spots along the Klamath Falls-Ashland highway within the next few months, accord ing to officials of the state highway department. It has been the plan of the high way department to build guard rails on thla. highway and several accidents during the past, few weeks nave spurred tne department to ac tion. The cost of guard rails is es timated at $1.00 a foot. ' C. C, Seeley Is warning motorists that they mast proceed slowly while the approaches to Klamath Falls aro being oiled during the next two weeks. There will be three ap plications ot oil. If, while the oil Is fresh on the road and the sur face slippery, motorists speed and expect to use their hrakes, accidents are certain to happen. Cars will skid and turn around on a freshly oiled road if brakes are applied Miild. n!y. warns Seeley. ' Holstein Dairy Herd Is To Be Sent to Klamath Moro than a hundred head of Holstein dairy cows, most of them thoroughbreds, will likely be brought into Klamath county from Glendale and Eugene within the next few weeks, according to County Agent C. A. Henderson, who has Just returned from those points after Inspecting the herds. . There Is one herd of more than 100 dairy cows nt Eugene, which must be sold because of the burning of a barn. About half of these are. pure-bred and the rest are half grade. There are seven puro-br?d i t Gicndaic. ' (Every SOUGHT "V m y Oregon convict is Believed Murderer of Unknown People p . . ' rank Williams, Convicted of Slaying McLeod in 1914. Mav Hav rinmmiltiwl fk rl- . I Buryuig the Bodies Lower K!amath Lake; The finding of the bleached skeletons of a man and si woman near the cabin of an abandoned homestead on the southern edge of Lower Klamath lake is believed by the au thorities to be another crime traceable to frank William Hud speth, alia Frank Williams, now serving a life sentence for the murder of Alien "Scottie" McLeod in the same neighbor, hood where the skeletons were found. - Local Educators Planning Novel Vacation Period, Summer Months Four from Klamath and Four from Medford to Make Tour of the United States by Automobile When four Klamath Falls teach ers Join four Medford teachers for a trip throughout the United States. the Balsiger Motor company, from whom the local girls bought their Ford sedan, will have a map ot the United States drawn on their .win dows. Every other day when the girls reach another step in their! Journey-thoy will wlra KI mar 'Bal siger. A miniature Ford will show the progress of the girls. At Grants Psss tho dealer who sold the Medford teachers theiriscnor8 ln tne Klsmath county' Jail Ford, will do likewise, only on oD-!'nat tne ot Msdil would, never noslle nights the girls will wire the Talley dealer. The Klamath Falls teachers ire Mis, Anna Mae Johnston. Miss Hazel Noble. Miss Rena Gore and Miss Frieda Kjack. The Medford teach-; era are Miss Gertrude Parker. Missi Margaret Scott, Mlsa Mabel WaW, 1 and Miss Davis. They are planning a trip that will I" "" embrace San Francisco. Los Angeles.l '"""Satlon of the supposed Tla Juana. Mexico; El Paso. Jusrei. ! murder of Mad" dld not tak "" Mexico: New Orleans. Florida. up!unt" a,ter w"ans ss In ens the Atlantic coast to Washington,! tody ,or the klIlln of MLeo. But D. C. Boston. Philadelphia, New accord,I' the officers a iperfect York. Tbtre they will sidj 5m would haT hn made out week and then continue to Niagara "8'"" imam, on tne siaau case. Falls. The travelers have relatives!" w,s a,so learned that Williams In Michigan. Chicago. Minnesota! h,d "'hod two 1I checks which and isconsln whom they will visit beeB iMued t0 Madl1 before entering on the last lapi Boer War Veteran home. They wlli return by way oft The McLeod case was partlcu Yellowstone national, park and'larly brutal. McLeod. a veteran Portland. f f si lHmpi ITG VlTOUpS Will Hold Joint Meet on Friday A Joint meeting of five maor Campfiro groups from Ashland, Jacksonville, Klamath Agency and Klamath Falls has been called for 3:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, June 11 "at Pinehurst, where Campfire girls and their gucrdli.ns will have the opportunity to hour Miss Mary Squire, editor of Every Girl's Mag azine, official publication ot Camp fire. VIfs Squire, enroute to Stockton to attend a national convention. agreed to stop in Ashland. Klam ath Falls girls -wished the oppor tunity to hear Miss Squire, and Pinehurst was agreed -upon as a central meeting place. Five groups from Klamath Falls with nearly 80 girls and their guardians, fire groups from Ash-1 land and one each from both Jaek-j ; sob rllle and Kismath Agency win make on excellent representation ! for southern Oregon. . j. Hlrrl, of the Hlrvl Baking company, has donated to the Camp-i tire girls bread for the sandwiches, to be served at a 6 o'clock supper. Members ot the Kiwants club Klamath Falls have offered free transportation for the girls from I the local groups. Morning Except Monday . e on Southern Edge of Crimes Similar. Williams wss suspectsd of at least two other similar crimes. ..He waa a butcher by trade and had lived the early part of his life la Ashlsnd. At one time he was In dicted is Klamath touoty on th charge of selling tainted meat. ; At the time he pleaded guilty to the kl.ling of McLeod. whose homestesd he usurped. Williams was believed to have been guilty of the claying of J. C. Madil, an aged car penter, with whom he had worked. InrrtaiiiMriBjr BrMeaee ' Tha killing of Madll took place near Keno Sprlnga, about 15 miles east of Bonanza, according to Lloyd Low, who worked on the case while serving as deputy with hla father,' C. C. ' Low. then sher iff. ' When "Williams waa arrested 1 for the slaying of KcLead. carpea- ter's tools, owned by Msdil and Madil's piste with his- tnlttsbrearV-' ed on the handle, were found in his possession, according to Low. Williams boasted to other prl- ' i. f . . . r. . . . . be found, "ft is buried deep In the lava bed 3," he is alleged to have "" lu ueTBr ,ouno- !Te m"rder ' ..M.id11 " fee """0 n8 " " P- a ,or lne n'gnl- ln odjr vaa carrled ,way from ,he tpot b wl llams' pre"umably 10 a buckboard. the officers tracing It for some mile nnfil a lii.il nA ... . - of. the Boer mux, Ukeabl j bachelor homesteader. Williams had Insisted on working tor him on his homestesd. located about three miles to the south or south east of the lower marsh lands,- it waa shown In the statement before the court by John Irwin, then dls 'rtri siiDrsey. ... When McLeod disappeared .from his cabin the suspicions ot the neighbors were aroused. Two of them arrived at the McLeod' place tn a Sunday night to buy potatoes. (Continued on Page Five) - In our New Low Heel Blonde One-Straps Black Patent Sandal . Brown Elk Sandals ! Blonde Sport Oxfords ' For Misses, Girls . : x Center ot Shopping District I ; ; - : i ; J