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.Vol. 3, No. 173 Price Five Cents
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, JULY 13. 1926
(Every Morning Except Monday
I, AM ATM NEW;
Districts
Favoring
New High
Building
Construction.. Expected
to Be Close to $350,
000: . Four.. Districts
Will Benefit
Construction of a $300,000
Union high school will most
likely be put under way within
80 day if there nro no rem
onstrances from the varioun
district thut will be bent-filed
by the Ion if needed building
' Thla waa the announcement made
yesterdsy afternoon by Fred Peter
ou. county school superintendent
anil member of the high school
committee for Invagination of Ihn
needs, and possibilities of a new
building.
According lo members of Ihn
commit! the building will coat
In thi neighborhood of 1360.000
and fumla will bu raised from the
districts of Klamath Full. IMcvna.
Bummers and Algoms. The tax
abla property In these four dds
Irlrta haa an UHiinl valuation of
19.000.000 and U la from taxes on
thla thai fumla for the new biilldliiit
will b drawn.
Judge , Itunnrll Haa Plans
Tentative plana were lurned ovsr
to Iba county court yeaterday l"
be under the direction 'of Judge
K., II. Bunnell. The county court.
In thai loalanca. represents thi dis
trict boundary board and with the
completion of the propoaed union
hlah tchool will he turned over to
the county board .for perrtuetlon
of county building. Thla wa
the sxpisnallon made by Bunnell
(Continued on I'age Five)
U. S. Entomologist
Here to Check Up
On Beetle Damage
Dr. F. C. Craighead, chief of the
Vnlled Btaloa Bureau of Entomol
ogy, wdth hesdqusrters at Wssh
Ington. H. C accompanied by J.
M. Miller, head of pine beetle con
trol work in the western division,
etatloned at I'alo Alto. California,
were In Klamath Kalla yealerday
checking up on the alluatlon pre
vloualy gone over by F. I'. Keen.
IjhI nlaht at hla hotel, when
Interviewed, Dr. Craighead said
tbat the sktusllon waa such that
It would ho neceaaary to keep
pounding away at the peat. At
preaent the fund available are
very limited and only permit of a
certain amount of reaenrch work
and yearly aurveya, but It la hoped
that next year'a congreaa woll make
large enough appropriation to per
mit of active campaigning In the
extinction of the beetles. 1'rlvate
ownera are being advlaed anil as
alated In any campalgna they may
undertake, by Dr. Craighead and
Mr. Miller. f
Pr. Craighead leavea ithla morn-Itil-
for the anuth where ho will
prepare reporla on the alluatlon
aa he found It In Lake and Klamath
counties. He will then continue
nn hla Journey to Washington.
First of All
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our stocks. But your drug
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TAME BEAR PROVES
MURDERER OF FAWN
AND PAYS PENALTY
VIHtl.lt, tallf.. July III.
(CdIIimI Nrws) Umo bear,
Willi an Inrrraiiliig apprllte for
young fawns mill ilmn, rmnn to
bllli-r rml III (limit forest near
lie re.
Hl of ihn small animals had
Itrrn killed lHfun Ihn forest
ranger fiiuml which of III" iM
Ik-sr In I hi form! m mtuon
slide. Hurprixsl In I he art of
killing- a fawn, ami, as If know
lK Ha Kill'. 'he brer started a
raw ilnwn lilll, away from the
ranger shooting- at liltn.
At Ihe fiMit of Ihn hill Hip brar
fill, Willi tlintt bul lit hull' In
IiIm body.
Eleven Million
For Kansas City
Paper Is Paid
Money Will be Turned Over
to City for Acquiring Works
of Art for Great Public
Muaeum
K.tNMAK (ITV, Mo., July IX
(I lilliNl Ni-wr) The Knnaaa Clly
Hlur haa been sold 'or gll.ooo,.
IMMI a V. II. klrkwood, irewnt
nl Hot of the pafM-r anil aon.ln
law of Ita founili-r, the late Col
onel William Itorkhlll Nelson.
An announcement of the anle waa
made Inle thla afternoon hy the
board of truateea who were appoint
ed to conduct the anle by four unl
veralty prealilenta In accordance
with the lerma of Colonel Nelaon'a
will.
Klj-ht bids were auhmltteil to the
l.-uateea for 111 purchase of the
Star.
Mr. Klrkwood haa been editor of
the Siar alnre tbe death of hla
father-in-law aeveral yeara ago. Ilia
:; l,led recently In Baltimore.
Mr. Klrkwood has the backing
of llalaey, Stewart and company of
Chtcaje, - ---
The- fl 1.000,000 which Klrkwood
and hla associates paid for the Star
will he turned over lo Kanaaa City
and will be tiaed lo acquire works
of art for a public muaeum under
the terms of Colonel Nelaon'a will
Foundations of
Willard Hotel
Now Being Laid
Kxravation work on the new
$100,000 hotel lo ba located at the
corner of Main and Second streets
and which extenda to lha Imperial
garage on Muln atreet, la practically
completed by the W. D. Miller Con
atrurtlon company.
I'ouring of concrete started ycsler-
duy morning for the walla of the
baaement, with a force of 25 men.
The Willard hotol haa beon leaaed
for a period of ten years to an
experienced and widely known hotel
man.
Roy Call Garage ,
Being Hurried
To Completion
Brick laying on the I1G.000 Iloy
call garago and repair shop, whlrh
la under construction on Commerlcal
Street, just off Sixth Street, was
started yesterday morning.
Tho garage waa started last Tues
day and steady progress has been
made during the past week. Call
expects that the building, whlrh Is
SO feet wido and 100 feet deep,
wll be finished about August 15,
It will tie opened for business lm-
modlntoly after. Construction work
la undor the mnnagoment of T. D.
Westfnll and tbe brirk-lnylng con
tract was awarded to J. 8. Klllolt
PAVING CONTRACTS
WILL . BE AWARDED
Residents and property holders
of Pine street from ' Eleventh to
Esplanade and Rogers street from
Riverside to the end of the city
limits, learned lost night that bids
for the paving of these two units
would be called tor within tho
next SO days.
Members of the council mot last
nlaht for sn hour lo allow g few
hills and to pass on t'.ie paving roso
J lutlnn. According to a member of
the council, lite work will amount
to approximately 111,000 and will
be completed by early tall.
$300,000
Hotel to
be Built
in C itv
Portland Financiers Will
Construct.. One., of
Handsomest Hotels to
Be Found on Coast
Magnificent in architectural
design and the acme of per
fection in tU appointments,
will be the 800,000 hotel to
grace the corner of Pine and
Seventh streets in Klamath
Falls.
Official announcement concern
ing the new hotel waa made yester
day morning by Ivan Smith, well
I known local architect, who returned
from a hurried visit to Portland,
where he received Instructions to
prepare the plana. Structural work
will ben In Inside of six weeka, and
the new hostelry will be completed
and thrown open to the public be
fore the first of the year.
The new hotel, no name having
been selected, that matter to be
eft to the people of thla city, will
be five stories In height end contain
IIS rooms, both single and
aulte. It will be built of concrete
(Contlani-d aw Pains Four)
Evans Escapes by
Hair s Breadth as
Big Slide Occurs
Escaping death by being burled
alive by an aviilsnrhe of mud.
stone Sod wiiter. Which rushed down
the a, lis cf a canyon and Into the
waters of Crater lake, waa tho ex
perience of Pircy Evans, proprh.-nr
of the Sunset grocery atore. In thla
city, and bis companions last Sun
day. J. II. Duffey, who la on an
International endurance hike of
40,000 miles of which 39.300' sre
now covered; Howard T. Lrrr.horn
and Orvel Walsch of Kansas, were
In the party wtih Evana.
Evans told how great cloudj ap
peered about noon and aald It had
atarted to rain Juat aa the gronp
reached the water after .1 hike
down the trail. "I never saw. It
rain ao hard In all my life.' Evana
aald, "In Kansas, Oregon or any
seaport." There were shout IS
people huddled together near clumps
of trees when a .telephone warning
from Hie lop of tho levy was
reived, ssylng we got to get out of
there."
Frightened by the sound of a
terrlhlo rumble, Evans and his party
hurried fnto a large boat and
had Juat got clear of the bank
when tons of earth and rock slid
Into tho grest pit.
The trails were slmost complete
ly destroyed In places and the ad
venturers had great difficulty In
climbing over the obstacles In get
ting hack to Ihe hotel.
Tourists Bombard
Klamath; Heaviest
Travel Recorded
Two young girls sre taking their
mother on a month's summer tour
of the Pacific coast, Including Klam
ath Falls In their itinerary. One
of them, Miss Mary McPIke, Is a
school teacher, and spends nearly
10 months out of the year drilling
Latin and tho activities of the Cae
sars Into the heads of boys and
girls of tho Hollywood High school.
Others In Ihe party include Miss
McPlke's mother, Mrs. J. II. Mc
PIke, Miss Eleanor Prlco and her
mother, Mrs. Rebeccs B. Price,
"The entrance Into your city Is
beautiful and we enjoyed every
minute of the trip from the time
wo left the raclflc highway and
drove over the Green Springe
mountains, until we csme In sight
of your city," ssld Miss McPIke.
It was a bsnner day yesterday
for the chamber of commerce Triple
A booth where the girls registered
Other cars Included motorists from
California, Arliona, Iowa, Washing,
ton, Nevada, Colorado and Idaho.
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TIMID CARIBOU IS
TAMED BY SETTLER
NEAR NELSON. B. C.
NKLHO.N. II. Cm July 12.
( Called Nrwn) - A fall grown
cariboo, ' of a spectra usually ex
tremely ' timid, nslonUhrd John
Munrv by responding; lo the set
tler's rail, and rating; from hla
liand. .
Tin wtM animal rmcriiMl from
the brush and drank at a spring,
Willi Munro watrliins; Intermtedly.
The caribou ram forward nt Ilia
sight, of fowl ami nlbblrd bread
from Munru'w hand, l-ster ilin
arttler placed iHtnre and carrots
on a nearby log. The fonr-footed
visitor at the salad leisurely.
Laborite Motion
House of Commons
; Sadly Defeated
Plan to Probe Extent Which
Cabinet Members May be
Interested in Contracts Rel
egated to Rear
IXMK1, July 12. (Inltcd
im) The house of commons
by a vote of Ml to OS, baa de
feated a laborite motion to In
vratlicate the extent In which the
rahlm-t members . may participate
Icalilmairly In firms receiving
government contracts.
Debate tinged with some unpleas
antness at some times preceding the
vote. The bouse adopted an amend
ment slgnifyinr willingness to con
sider at a suitable time tbe general
question of cabinet members' psrlle
Ipstlon in such companies.
The laborite motion was Intro
duced by Arthur Henderson, long
a lesder of the labor members la
parliament. Charges which aceoro
psnled at centered around recent
complaints that Neville Chamber
lain, and hla step-brother. Sir Aus
ten Chamberlain, British foreign
secretary, owned stock in companies
receiving goverftnent orders.
Referring . to recent charges In
theV commons' that there has "been
corruption among municipal author
ities, Henderson said "people who
live In glass houses' should not
thrown stones."
Lord Hugh Cecil, replying de
manded to know if Neville Chamber
lain were being accused of corrup
tion. "No. I leave the facts to the
commons," Henderson replied.
Premier Baldwin, in commenting
ou the motion of the laborites said
that If they were right In their
move "then the only thing for
the' government to do is to adver
tise for penniless snd friendless
foundlings aa cabinet' members."
Portland-Klamath
Wire to Be Ready
On Next Thursday
A direct telegraph wire from
Portland to Klamath Falls by way
of Eugene, over ithe Natron Cut-Off
of the Southern Pacific company,
will be ready to bring Into com-
miaalon on Thursday of this week.
Is the announcement made by A.
W. Flanagan, superintendent of the
railway's telegraph, who maintains
headquarters In San Francisco. .
. Flanagan, accompanied toy L. M.
Mesaner, plant superintendent of
the Western Union at Sen Francisco,
arrived in Klamath Falls last night,
traveling by the Eugene-Klaitinth
route.
Today
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New York"
Comedy
"Locked Out"
"Raiders of the North"
. Third Chapter of the
"Riddle Rider"
Matinee 1 to 5 p. m.
Night 7 to 11 p. m.
Adults 25c Children 10c
Probe of
Explosion
is Order
of Wilbur
Cause and Damage to
Government Property
as Well as Personal,
by Two Boards
WASHINGTON. July 12.
(United New) Secretary of
the Navy Wilbur has ordered
a double investigation in the
explomoii at Lake Denmark.
He informed Assistant Hecrelary
Robinson, over long distance tele
phone from tbe scene of the dls
ater that the purpose of one In
vestigation' would be to discover
the cause of the explosion snd the
dsmsge done to government pro
perty, while the other would, be
concerning dsmage to private pro
perty. Two sepsrste bosrds of Inquiry
will be named.
Officials of tbe navy department
will confer with Attorney General
Sargent regarding the damage to
private property, and legal steps
that would be necessary.
Tbe nsry department has taken
every measure possible to extend
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Stop Forest Fire
Drive Progressing
As Canvas Is Made
Practically 3000 pledges had been
secured p 'until last night m-the
Stop Forest Fires drive. Boy Scouts
led the list with 17E0 snd the Camp
Fire Girl had secured 760 pledges.
At s lata hour yesterday after
noon 68 booka, containing 50 mem
berships each, . bad been Issued to
the Boy .Scouts - and Camp Fire
Girls who have entered In the Stop
Forest Fires campaign under the
direction of the local chamber . of
commerce.
Alysse Hector, daughter, of Mr.
and Mrs. O. M. Hector, wss credit
ed with obtaining 300 pledges, hav
ing filled six books. She had en
tered upci her seventh -book yester
day afternoon.
Bent Shuey. son of Mrs. Bert
Shuey. 310 High street, led the
boys, having filled four books or
a total membership of 200.
Following is the standing of the
Boy Scouts: Clement Hogue. 1:
Chandler Berry, 3: Alex Alto, 1:
Wally Hector. 2; Thomas Duke. 2;
Alfred Carlson. 1: Bert Shuey, 4:
Howard Lewis. 2; Raymond Abat
er, 2; Arthur Bremer, 2; Rex Ham-
aker, 3; Chet Hamaker. 2: Carl
Emery ,1: Hubert Totten. 3: Charles
Cummlnga, 1; James Mitchell. 1:
Glenn Scott, 1: Junior Davis, 1.
The Csmpflre Girls stsnd as fol
lows: Helen Shlve, 2; Marie Duf
fy, 2: Marguerite Urllngs. 2: Elisa
beth Lindqulst, 3; Margaret Dun-
nington, 2: Virginia Myers. 1:
Alysse Hector, ; Alice North. 1;
Audrey Shellhorn. 2: Mildred Hick
man, 3; Jacqueline rrenrn, i
Eugene Contractor
Located in City;
Now Real Booster
Desiring to locate In a live com
munity where the Industrial life Is
atre 100 per cent, J. N. McNeil
formerly engaged In the contracting
business at Eugene, has moved bag
and baggage to Klamath Falls, and
will follow his usual line of work
Accompanied by his family McNeil
has come here to stay, he says, snd
being a live wire It is needless to
state that he will soon become one
of the real boosters for this district.
"Klamath Falls Is the busiest
place I have been In for a long
period." remarked McNell."and
believe the growth ot thla city snd
county Is going to be rapid. The
Industrial life will surely expand,
snd I hsve heard so many favorable1
comments shout the city thst t Just
could not resist getting down whore
one can grow up with Ihe community."
! STATE IS OWNER
OF DEVIL'S PUNCH
BOWL BY DEED
N'KWPORT. Ore July I2
(l aited News) The "Ikrvll'e
Punch Howl," a picturesque mael
strom of whirling; water nt thla
beach reaurt, baa become the per
manent property of I lie state' of
Oregon-
F. W. Lead better, owner of the
atrip of land along the beach
where I lie punch bowl boll at
high title, has deeded the) prop
erly to Ihn, stale highway mm.
mission.
Two acres were Included In too
deal, which makes I he scenic at
traction forever the property of
the slate.
France, England
Adjust War Debt
Satisfactory Way
Both Countries Gain Points
and Problem That Has Im
periled Cabinets in France
is Solved
LONDON', July Agreement
for settlement of the French war
time debt to tirrat Britain has
been announced In London, promising-
an end to a major Interna
tional problem, which has Imper
illed cabinets In France and
threatened at times to Injure the
friendship of the two countries
which fought together as allies
from 1014 to 1918.
France gained concessions from
Crest Britain hy the arrangement
made between Minister of Finance
Caitlaux of France and WInaton
Churchill, chancellor of the exche
quer, according to all reports, al
though official publication of the
terms of the settlement will not be
msde until Tuesday evening.
Churchill, .In a letter to Calllaux.
expressed the hope that, allies will
be Inspired with the sama senti
ments toward their .debtor, as. Kog-
ISBtl' has adopted." ' ' :
' At the outset Great Britain Is be
lieved to have made concessions to
France snd ' to have accorded her
war-time ally terms considerably
lighter than those made by the Uni
ted States for settlement of tbe
French debt. . . ,..'. :
Churchill a dreed thst Crest
Britain would la effect, grant
(Continued on Page Five)
Forest Fires Are
All Under Control
In This District
Forest Fires of sny consequence
have all been stamped out, but ex
treme care Is being taken by Jack
son P. Kimball of the Klamath Pro
tective Association to see that none
get under sny headway.
P. M. Fouts, lookout at Gainax,
discovered small fires Sunday, but
he succeeded In hsvlng every one
placed under control without any
damage whatsoever.
The hot dry weather Is likely to
cause grass fires on the ranges by
reason of. grass drying so rapidly
slthough foothill grating areaa con
tinue In good condition.
Kimball Is keeping his flying
squsdron in resdineaa to start for
any blase that may he reported, and
one report received Sunday night
proved to be a still slsrpi- -
Pelletts Leaving
On Trip to Drink
In Sea Breezes
F. E. Pellett, well known con
tractor, and senior member of the
firm of Pellett & Campbell, accom
panied by Mrs, Pellett, Is leaving
today for s trip to the coast, travel
ing the McKenxle Pass highway.
Pellett has not been In the best
of health since last November when
he had a personal encounter with
the flu, although his many con
tracts forced him to give them his
undivided attention. Having about
cleared the way where he can claim
a few days for himself he Is going
to forget business csres and hie
I : himself with his better hslf to the
great northwest where he will try
and forget all business cares for a
period of two weeka, and drink In
the sea breezes
The Pellets have been residents
of Klamath Falls for the last six
years and reside at 1412 Crescent
avenue,
Nineteen
Perished
in Great
"
Explosion
Explosion Late Monday
Endangers North End
Ammunition Depot.
L Last Report . . " '
DOVER, N. J.. July 12.
(United News) The United
News) The United 8tates
marines have become devil
doffg again. '
Pentrating Jersey's . shell-
torn, fire-swept no man's land
on the site of the Lake Den
mark arsenal, in the face of
intense heat and constant dan
ger from live projectiles, thej?
have recovered bodies of 16
comrades who died as brave
ly as many of their predeces
sors who helped -pay war's
penalty in France. '
Late Monday, as -If barrage
from the enemy's Big Bertha wg
one. they were driven back, ; wasa
another series of explosions endan
gered the north end of the amma
nltlon depot. - - .- -. iAi
Magaalne Caught Ftre r. i;sj
'- The msgaxlne, stored with 14
Inch shells, had caught tire sad Ita
explosion ; wss ' Imminent. - It Wss
from sround the rains of ' sacks' a
magaxlne that the remains of
marines had been taken earlier i
the day si marines, who earlier.
hen the) bolt of lightning tan
caused 19,0o damage- Batnfoa
night bad taken buckets and. koss ,
to extinguish the fire,-had perUhed
In the blast.
A magssine stored .-with 14-tnich
shells had caught firs and IS sthr
unexploded magaxines were' threat-
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Painter 5herwood v:
Lands Big Trout V
At Rocky Point
. I- 'r ..'1
"I traveled two nights and twe
days Just to try out the- fishing
at Rocky Point," said F. P. Sher
wood, noted western psitrter. and
wealthy sportsman of LaJolIa,
California, as ha wahed for- Big
train in Klamath Falls yesterday
morning. After a week at . Rocky
Point Sherweed saya that he will
never be satisfied until he can
come again and bring a number sf
hla personal friends "who lovs'-tb
rough It," It they have a sufficient
excuse.
"This town of Klamath surprlasg
me." continued "the distinguished
visitor from the south, "It la so
much larger than I expected It 'to
be. The fish la the lake are the
same way. I caught one weighing
ten pounds while fishing in the
Bay." ' .
. While at Rocky Point resort Sher
wood wss -the personal guest ot S,
E. Biggs, retired president ot the
Bank ot Italy In Marysville. Cali
fornia. Biggs, himself, has been
coming annually to Rocky Point
for fifteen years.
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