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UNiVRnwTy o- ore i LIHIIARY The Klamath fcUfiENK. nr. The Klamath News Official Paper County 1 of Klamath Three Sections 18 Pages 1,1 y United Neva and United Press Telegraph Service' Vol. 8, No. 16(5 Price Five Centa KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1926 (Every Morning Except Monday) I II HI X 1X1JLWS NATION'S BIRTHDAY ,. , . . . ,. i i - . . ' Jury Will Look Into Kidnaping Mystery Evangelist Say She Will ( Appear Before Grand Jury; Solution Be lieved Near LOS ANGELES. July 3. (United News) Aimed Sem plo McPherson announced to niKht, through her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, that nhe will appear .before the I.oh Angeles county grand jury and recite all detail of her famouB kidnaping story, only If requested to do so by .of ficial. Tha evangelist let II h known alls was anxious to retell her atory III detail from the lime aba disap peared from the beach ftt Veulco nn May II. until she reappeared in the Mexican village of Ague Priela 36 day Utter, providing authori ties want It. . j"8ltr l ready to toll her atory to Ilia jury If ueccssary," suld "Mothor" Kennedy, "but It would bo useless for her to appear unless It- la necessary. Tho officials art Uu only ones who know whether or not har perannul appearance la nec essary." I District Attorney Hutlsflrd Tho statement from Angcltia Teurple followed declaratlona of IHstiltl Attorney Ana Koye that any appeuranro Mm. Mi Thorium might make beforo tlio gruud Jury - (Continued on Paso Three) Building Program Begins With Rush For Month July Building pernilla. Issued (luring tha firm 111 roe duyit of July, total more than $40,0110, and yeslorduy permit wnro Issued aggregating IHO.&OO. AcrordlnK to Loin U (laKhnxen, rlty rlerk, July hldn fulr to aufpana the record mntillt of Junn when tho $ 1,100. doll murk waa allalued for tha flrnt half of the year. ' F. Illll Hunter received per mit ycaterdny to ronntrurt dry kiln at a roat of $25,000 for tho Ewauna Lumber compuny. Thn alto la alt- uated Immadlalely outnldo of the city limit. The bullilliiK will he of frame atrncture. Hunter waa ulno given a permit by the city clerk to put under wny a :'$5000 construction camp and ground for tho Utah Construction company, located Immediately nut aide thn rlty limit". Winnie Honk will build a $100 wobdfdied on Orchard street Ivan Bernard will bulldlna: $300 addition to hla homo on Nevada atrect. Today The Orpheus Carl Laemmle presents "The Man in Blue" Starring IV Herbert Rawlinson and . Madge Bellamy With nn exceptionally strong supporting cast of stars. INTERNATIONAL NEWS Comedies "POWDERED CHICKENS" ."SLEEPING SICKNESS" Matinee 1 to 5 p. m. Night 7 to 11 p. m. Adults 25c Children 10c McNARY OF OREGON HEADS AGRICULTURE SENATE COMMITTEE VAHIII(.To', July' It lino of tllr most. IniJKirtuiil. rvnils to mark tin rinsing of coiiicres wo tho Niiiioiinrtiiii'iit I'y Senator Notrls, Nebraska, thai ! Iiml resigned the chairmanship of tho liulHirtiint nurliullure roniiiiltlrc. This elevatm Heunlor MrNury, rvptilillt-iiii, Oregim, and ro-nu-Dior of tin Mi-Nary llauKen price Miililllfjtlloii hill, opiMHMt by Coolliliie, to the iliiilriiiaiislilp of the loiuiiilttw. Peter B. Kyne, Noted Author, Visits Klamath la Impreaaed With Great Po-j aibilities of City and Saya Resources are Moat Won- derful Klamath Falla haa Iieen fortu nut in having fumoua pernnna visit here. Rcreen folk, authors, nobil ity, newspapermen and , women. I'eter il. Kyne, famoua author, apent yesterday afternoon here. sfrom hla home in lleverly Hills. California. Kyne waa with W. I). Duke, promlaent cattleman of Oa- telle, who la also a friend of Harry l.con Wilson, a visitor hero not lone ao. Kcw persons, who read at all, have skipped past Peter II. Kyue's novels from the Cuppy Itlck'a ae rie to "Kindred of the Dust" and I'rlde of I'ttloninr." ' "1 feol very fortunate In being able to como to Klamath Falls at a tlino. when II ruprosuuta auch a true picture of tha last frontier of the old West." Kyne refnxed to state whether ha wiu authoring material for now hook but anld he waa enjoying to the utmost thla busy city of Klamnth Falls. According to Kyno he line never seen a city llko Kliimiith Falla or the possibilities that It presents. "Your city uppeara to have every city on thn I'uciflc coast excelled in the chances for a great future. Your lumber, your lurge runchua and the niiliirnl runourcra are ninc veloua. It la great In historical value as well, and with Crater Lake near by It will beenmo a Mecca for tourists." With Duke, Kyno will visit Cra ter I.uko and then with lflirry Mitchell lit Ml. Dome where tho Mitchell cuttle ranch Is locuted, Airplane Will Fly To Alturas Sunday Extend Greeting I'nder present plans an airplane will leave Klamath Falla tomorrow morning and distribute cards of greeting to the peoplo of Alttirns, who are Sml'InK on one of tho greatest Fourth of July celebrations In thn form of a wild west ahow and rodeo ever held in the West. The plane Is being piloted by Klnmnth Air Service company, and tho people of Alturas, one of the live-wire towns of northern Cali fornia, will know that Klamath Falls is with them In their pro- greasiveneas, even though force of circumstances occasioned by rough roads, keeps many of us from par ticipating in the, big doings. Crater Lake Rim : Road Is Opened For This Season The rim Void around Crater take and the road from Crater Lake to Diamond Lake was officially open ed yest onlay morning, according to Colonel C. 0. Thompson, superin tendent of Crater Lake National Park, v "Men who have been working to clear the anow have completed thoir task and have opened the rim road and Diamond Lake road to the tourists who wilt be here over the Fourth of July and for the remain der of Hie season," stated Colonel Thomson yestorday. Colonel Thomson reported the prcsonee of hundreds off tourists at the tlm yesterday, with n many campera aa during thn busiest lime laat summer. One Hundred and Fifty Continental Thirteen American Colonies to be Independent; Prepared for War (Copyright 1926 by United News) ' EDITOR'S NOTE: One hundred and fifty years ago to day (Sunday) the continental congress at Philadelphia adopt ed by unanimous vote the declaration of Independence.. At! tht time there were no tiress associations to carry the news! in a moment over the country as there were no telegraph and telephone wires and no cables. It was days beforo the news reached all of the thirteen colonies and more than forty days ,eore the government of England knew that the colonies had jecareti their freedom. On declaration, King George IH of levee, little realizing the crisis the story could not be told at the fast working news agencies and hundreds of newspapers, w is being told now as it would have been had there been mod ern agencies at that time. PHILADELPHIA, July 4, 177. ( United Press) The continental congreaa today proclaimed the 12 American colonics to be Independ ent of Ilia Majesty, ueorge 111, and of the English government Preparations for carrylng on the j war were begun Immediately upon adontlon of the proclamation. The British are expected to attack next In Now Jersey and Pennsylva nia. C'opiea of the document were or dered sent by fast post to the va rious colonial governments, to Gen em! fieorge Washington, command er of the colonial urjny In New York, and to all continental posta. rirrloua harires Mode The congress charges the Brit ish government with seeking to rule the colonies wilhuut Jheir conaennt and unreservedly nsaerta that "ull 'men are created free and equal." - Patriotic enthusiasm aroused 1hla city to nolay celebrtttlou upon an nouncement, thut tho proclamation had bepn unanimously adopted by rcprosontativ.es of 12 colonics. Representatives of the colony of New York abstained from voting. The I urge bell In tho hnll In which the congress sat npprtucd the city County Cruise of ' Timber Showing -Large Increase The cruise of timber lands 1 In Klamath) county allowing the gain of while pine and fir upon 89 sec tions of land, totaling nearly two full townships, In comparison with the or u Iso made l:y Edgar and El lison in 1926, amounts to 122. 218,000 feet on white pine and 3.818,000 Tcet on fir. according to a report filed with the county court; ycaterday. The atatement shows that there was a gain -in J9 sari Ions of 4 6. 970,000 and a loss In three sections of 1.365,000 feet In white pine, leaving a net gain of 45,605,000 feet. Timber killed by bugs la es timated at 6.695,000, which la not Included In the estimate. The statement touching fir In these sections, known as mixed woods, shows a net gain of 15, 260,000 feet. ,' On SO other sections cruised there was a gain of S5, 796, 000 feet, with a loss on tour sections of 1,625,000 feet, leaving a net gain of 2. 168,000 feet. This applies to white pine, and does not Include 7,495,000 feet destroyed by hugs. On the same sections there was a net gain of 710.000 foot of fir. On 25 other sections cruised there waa a gain of 46.610,000 feoj of white pine, with a loss on five 10c tlous of 2.1.16,000, or a net gain of 44,475.000 feet. The gain In fir on these sections waa 13.590,000, or a net gain at 12,200,000. Thla does not Include 7,895,000 feet killed hy bugs. WKATHKfl IlEPtUtT OREOOX Fair Sunday and Monday; continued warm, gentle northerly winds, k Congress the day of the adoption of the England was holding a court his country was facing. Since time as it would be today by of the decision that these colonies "are, and of' right ought to be free and independent." Musket Furnished Washington Musket flints are to be sent, to General Washington, and all pre parations for carrying a successful war to conclusion are being made the United Preaa was Informed Thomaa Jefferson, the Virginia planter, wrote the document which waa adopted today. John Hancock, the patriotic Massachusetts manu facturer, was the first to sign, af fixing a flourishing signature which he said readily would he recognised by any agent of Hla Majesty who cared to look The signers were confident today that "this effort to free the colo ilea would result In separation from the British government and home rule. Tho Mecklenburg declaration of Independence, signed on May SI last year, la waa pointed out, had not the lnrge support of the docu nient signed today.- No Drst ruction of States "The American unites now being forever divided from those who wlah to destroy them," Hancock aald to day, "It haa become absolutely nec essary for' their aecurlty and' hap (Contlnued an Page Three) Cleanliness on County Highways , Will Be Enforced r -' J .-. . Highways of Klamath county must henceforth be kept in a clean ly and neatly appearing condition. Tho practice of dumping refuse and unsightly matter along the ease ments will no longer be tolerated, aud parties who bare been using certain roadways aa a dumping ground are likely to find themselves dodging the strong arm of the law unless they desist in this nefarious practice. At a meeting of the county court hold yesterday, presided over by County Judge R. H. Bunnell, with Commissioners Burrlll Short and ('has.' Martin present, official no tice was taken of this matter, and It waa finally deckled to offer a reward of $25 for the arrest and conviction of any person- or per sons found guilty of violating Sec lions 8477 and 8511 of the Htato law. ' Many complaints have been re ceived of late touching upon vio lation of this law, but most of them have come from people living along the old Klamath road and Midland highway. The county court made It known thnt proper notlcea will be posted along the highways of the county calling attention to the reward that la to be offered for any violation of the statute YACHT Jl'IIII.O, LONG ' PAST DI E, REACHK8 POUT HONOLULU, July S. (United Nowsl Tho yacht, Jubllo, several days past due In completing the San Pedro to Honolulu yacht race, was sighted -today several mllos off Dla mond Head. .... She was expected to reach shorn within an hour. . Years Ago Procla imed Norway Prince Is Invited to Visit Klamath 'Through Colonel V. . Thom son, aufirriiitcnfh'nt of CYator. Lake Natloual Park, a formal in vitation waa extended to Crown Prlnc (iusuv of Norway and the Crown Princess, to pay a risk to K'smalli Falla and Cra ter lake. It wa learned through Colour! Thomson Baturrday noon that tho Crown Prince sent hla regTets and those of the Crown Princes slating that tlu-lr visit so far west was impossible. They ara) now In ' Yellowstone. National Park and plan to' continue south to Mesa Verde, Arizona, and from there continue east to New York by way of the southern stairs. , Highway Grading Beatty-Bly Gap To Be Ordered Klamath county, through the county court, and by official sanc tion of Jsidge R. H. Bunnell asul C'ommisaionners Burrlll Short and Chas. Martin, will provide the fi nances, or a greater portion there of, for the grading of the Beatty Bly aection of the Klamath Falla Lakeview highway. The amount cf money that mutt necessarily bo spent in the building of this stretch of road is estimated at $75,000 and of this sum- about $50,000 will be furnished by the county to the state highway com mission, ('though a return of the amount will be made to the county by the atate through other road Improvements that will follow dur ing the coming year.- The reason for this action being taken by the county court lay In the tact that the state road fund is at low ebb, and the only way the Beatty-Bly Btrotch of highway can be improved this year is by Klamath county furnishing two thirds of the required amount, oth erwise the improvements would have to go over for another year and possibly longer. The state highway commission will .award contracts for the grad ing of the Beatty-Bly aection at their meeting to be held at Salem on July 24. . ' General Wolfe of 1 Army Will Visit At Crater Lake .i . " 'V . ... , 1 Brigadier General ' 8. Herbert Wolfe of New York City will pay a visit to Crater Lake some time within the present, month, and members of the local Chamber of Commerce anticipate , that he can be Induced to come to Klamath Falla and look over the biggest little city in the world, where more activity Is manifest than la to. be found In cities with ten times the population. General Wolfe la coming west to be a guest of the Portland Cham ber of Commerce while In that city on his tour of inspection of the military reservations of the 'West, and it Is planned to take him to Crater Lake. Upon reaching the last named place the Klamath Falls Chamber of Commerce will become hia host and it la believed that no troub! will bo experienced In Inducing him to come . to this city. lltltHJATIOMSTH MEET; , ONLY nOl'TISH BUSINESS Members of the Klamath Irriga tion District hold their July meet ing In the court house yeaterday with regular routine business and allowances of bills coming before tho body. ' DOLL POPULATION IS DOUBLE THAT OF HUMAN BEINGS ajti ass I NEW YORK, July 3 The es timated doll population of tlia t'nitetl Mute I nearly . auO,. 000,000 or almost twit the hu man population, according to the American Institute of Toymakrre. The annual birth rate of Ameri can dolls la au.IHKI.04H, altoat IS t Intra that of boys and girls. Missouri Women Attempt Break -Will of Clark , t - Claim to be Daughters of Late Mining Magnate) and Would Share in Forty-Seven Million Estate-' BUTTE. Mont., July 3. (Unitedj Pres)-Efforts by three Mtswun wunen lu pruv9 1111:7 am ubukhicib of the late Senator William Clark, and as such entitled to share In his $47,000,000 estate, reached a climax here today. . j The women, Mrs. Alma Clark Hlnes; Mrs. Effle ' Clark . McWII liams, and Mrs. Addle Clark Mil ler, all took the witness stand in their suit to establish heirship, and told of their childhood days In and around Stewartsvllle, Mo.; each gave recollections of her child hood. Each of the trio Identified a tin type as a photograph which had been kept in tbelr family album and which tbey understood was of their father. None eoifld recall the ap pearance of their father, whom they contend came to Montana and later became a mining magnate, and a. I'niled States senator. . ' Attorney John, Ai Shelton, rep esentlng the plaintlSfs, announced that their case would be completed shortly after the resumption of the bearing In district court next Tuesday. . . July Session of County Court Is Set For July 7 The first regular meeting of the county court for the July term will be held next Wednesday, according to announcement made yesterday by i Judge R. H. Bunnell and Commis sioners Burrlll Short and Chas. Martin. ' Tho session of the court prom ises to be a busy or.e as there are a great many ror.d matters that will be . brought up . for considera tion. It is at this meeting that funds are aet aside for certain work to be performed in road Im provement, and it is expected that the session will be attended by a large number of people who are In terested either directly or indi rectly, In highway matters that come under the jurisdiction of the court. , Stop Forest Fires Drive Postponed For One Week Owing to so many people- being out of Klamath Falls during the Fourth ' of July holidays the Stop Forest Fires Drive to have been In augurated yesterday morning-by the Boy 1 Scouts and Camp Fire Girls was postponed for one week. 'As a result of this action en the part of the local Chamber of Com merce officials, all matters apply ing to the programm of the drive go over for one week. STOKIE IMPRESSED WITH KLAMATH FALLS P. J. Stnkle. prominent business man of Chicago, and his wife, who have been spending the last two weeks here aa guests of their nephew, W. It. Elliott, loft yester day tar the East, their first stop ping place being Denver. Mr. and Mrs. Stokie were driven as tar as Ashland by Mr. and Mrs. Elliott. 1 The visitors were highly Impressed with Klamath Falla, and Stokie la contemplating returning here at some future date to Iden tify, himself with the business Ufa of this community. Last Hour . .., ,1. r 1. . Witnesses Filibuster in Senate After a Seven Months' Session Congress Ad-' journs; Solons Going Home THE CAPITOL, Washing ton, July 3. (United Press) with the senate deadlocked jn fiIibusteri anrJ the house happingly singing the "Star Spangled Banner," the 69th congress adjourned its seven months' session at 3 p. m. to-- day for the summer. Simultaneously . Vice - President Charlea O. Dawea. la the senate, and Sneaker Nicholas Longworth In the house, announced arrival of. the hour decided upon for ad journment and with a tap of their gavela ushered out the session which gave the nation a $350,000,-; 000 tax reduction, pledged Ameri can adherence to the world court, and ataged spectacular Investiga tions. . Filibuster Disastrous The. esiatehllbuster' prevented action on thc('Neeley and King reso JiiHorlgfrttifrt .pi , .h'ft .yonaV. have, prevented further -senatorial, campaign expenditures of more than $25,000 end the second ot which would have called on the depart ment ot justice to aee it any court action ahould bo taken regarding conflicting evidence given by wit-. nesses before the- special senate . primary Investigating committee. The end came without objection from President Coolidge or any sub-, atantial part of the senators.. With the thermometer aoaring' (Continued on Paso Three) Applegate Attends Montana Reunion Indian War Vets Captain O. C. Applegate, stato commander of the Indian War Vet- erana ot Oregon, la enroute to hla home lu Klamath Falls after at-' tending a reunion ot Indain War Veterans f the United States and Canada held Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 24, 25 and 26. on the Custer Battlefield near the Crow Agency in Montana. According to word received from Capt. Applegate by bis daughter, Mrs. Rachael Applegate " Solomon, more than 50,000 persons attend ed the ceremonies of the reunion, the first of its kind to be held by Indian War Veterans. Col. Brandt ot Los Angeles, na tional commander of the vets, was present and was In charge ot the reunion program. . Capt. Applegate Is spending a few weeks In Medford visiting with his son, Frank Applegate. This Store CLOSE D All Day, Monday July. 5 Canter ot Shopping District