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The Klamath News
The fClamath News
Official Paper City of
Klamath Falls
Three Sections
22 Pages
United Nev and United Press Telegraph Services
Vol. 3, No. 190 Price Five Cents
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1926
(Every Morning Except Monday)
BETHEL ISLAND LEVEE BURSTS
'Mexican
President
Arraigns
Pope Pius
Accuse. Head of Catho-j
lie Lnurcn 01 med
dling in Affair of
Government
MEXICO CITY. Aim. 7.
(United Press) President
I'lutarco ChIIuh today ar
raigned Pupa IMuh himself fur
meddling in Mext-an uffnirn;
denied the insinuations of his
opponents that ho wan endcuv
orinir to sovictize Mexico and
attacked the church for Its
intolerance and claim to in
fallibility. The president participated In one
of lha moat rem ark aide Interviews
rer given by a rhlef o( Kate. It
wa a direct and forrefnl effort
at Justification of his government's
position In (be struggle between
church and atale.
Citing the papal approral of Ihr
Mexican episcopate's decision to
ceaa priestly service in the tem
ple and alleging that the pope had
ordered Catholic to disobey the
xecutlon. Callea anked:
"By what right did ho do It?"
"How cuulil any government nub
mil to meddling of tlilnUlndT"
President Csllvs' word wero a
defiance of the church. He denied
that effom at mediation had been
attempted by President Ursula of
I'eru. who Ihia week cabled a plea
for harmony and received a tart
reply from fallen.
Mediation. Callea said today,
would not be accepted by the Moil
can Koreroment,
While Callea received the Ameri
can correspondents, lllshop Pasquale
Dial, official spokesman of the
Mexican episcopate, received a
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Cutting of Hay
Is Three Weeks
Ahead of Time
Hay cutting throughout Hid dla
Irct will he well under way by the
nilddlo of Ihia week, about threo
weeks earlier than usual, which Is
expected to Rive many of the farm
era three cuttings this season, ac
crdlng to Frank Union, county
club executive who stated yester
day, following several duys In tliu
Merrill and .Vnllii seel Ions. Hint tliu
hay harvest has already opened.
An early spring la t.ho explana
tion for Hie advanced rutting this
month. Those farmera who have
gcaai stands of alfalfu, will, under
fnvorable conditions, get a third
rutting very readily, la Sexton's
belief, and even where tho crop Is
lighter the fields will benefit by tho
early season through richer full and
wlutor paatnrago.
No scrloua water shortages have
been reported on the project, In
spllo of an exceptionally dry sea
son. ' and It Is generally predicted
that Irrigated crops will not surfer
far want of Irrigation this year.
Falls From Pole
And Escapes With
Broken Forearm
Uunhln to cling to the upper
reaches of a 30-foot telephone pole
In the Southern Pacific yards here
yesterday, Pred Srhrletor, an em
ploye of tho rullrnad company,
plunged to the ground, with not
ovon a few strap wires lo break
the force of his fall.
The man sustained a painfully
broken forearm, according to the,
surgeon who dressed thn Injury.
Tho accident occurred In the vlcln
' Ity of tho rarshops. Schrlolur, It
was staled. Is water service
helper.
BOOM OF REVOLVER
HARMLESS; THOUGHT
HE HAD SUICIDED
H'l(l;KIKI.I. III.. Aug. 1.
(Inllnl I !-!) William If aye
ilctiliil kill liliiiwir, Hi- mti
n fiirewi-ll note, Irvrlrd a re
volver nl liU head, fired ami fell
lu the floor. A fur Ih'Iiik rc-
lri Ml A hospital, wliori il ttM
fmniil In. had mil been wounded,
llnyc admitted ilmt lit- had lx--n
"Kan'd liy I In- Iiiiiik" iiiiiI hml
fulntiil (rum fright.
Mcpherson (V-
Said to Be Found
Close to Douglas:
li Loaded in Sonora, Mexico;
Evangelist Say She Ha
No Time to Make Visit for
Identification
UIH .WttKI.KM, .tug. 7. (l ol.
ted Pn) .lliiice Hcinplu Mc
pherson, radio evangelist, said
tonight slit had not definitely fit
rldcd whether she would go lo
Douglas, .trl., lo lniecl the
newly found rabln In which she
claims she. was held raptttr by
I three kiilnnMrs following her
dlsapiM-aranct. May IH,
"I harvn't made any definite
; decision regarding a trip to !oug-
Ins," Mrs. MrPhcrson told the I'nl
; ted Press tonight. "At tho moment
I am confronted by my church du
! Ilea and feel them to be of the
greatest importance. lleing away
; from my congregation for some time
) naturally set back my progress and
I feel at this time that II is a ae-
rious problem to consider leaving
III mi for even few days.
"1 expert to apeak lo al least
, fn.OuO. persona between now" and
I Hundsy night, and for the tluio be
; lug havo mudii no decision yet."
! Discovery of the alleged captive
I hut was msde by friends of the
I evangelist. It Is located 21 miles
! outside of Douglas. In Honors,
i .Mexico, and 1! miles from Nigger
j head mountain, not far from a road
(Continued on rag Two)
Chiloquin Mayor
Resents Charges
Preferred on City
The Klamath News Is In receipt of
a lettvr from Muyor A. C. Oienger
of Clillcrinln. relative to sensational
alorlrs that have been published ac-.
cuslng his town of countcnencltig
vice, and also charging that the
municipal election held last March
wan Irregular. Muyor C.lenger does
not mince words, and explains the
situation clearly and forcibly.
Tho letter Is well worth reading
and Is herewith published In full.
"The letter of Chlloquln res
ldeut addressed to Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Wlesl, requesting the
calling of tho grand Jury to Invcs
tlgiila alleged corruption In our first
municipal election, and to Investi
gate nlleged Immoral conditions in
Chlloqnln, recently published In
Klamath Kails newspapers, has keen
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American eg.uu.
Elects Officers
Ensuing Year
MAItSHFlKLD. August 7. mini
led Press) Arthur A. Murphy.
Portland, was unanimously aelertrd
as commander of the Oregon depart
ment, American league, this action
being taken upon a motion by his
only opponent, J. O. Frock, also of
Portland. Other departmental offi
cials elected were Ocorge K. I.ove.
Kugene, vice-commander: Thomas
D. HtouKhton. Portland, finance of
ficer, and A. C. Hn Hoy. Dallas, chap
Iain, t
Murphy announced that Carl It.
Moser of Portland will be reappoint
ed as state adjutant.
The legion auxiliary elected Mis.
Harold llemhner of Hood Itlver,
prenldont; Mrs. (Inruld Wilcox of
KHtarntln, vice-president; Mrs. J. W.
Melnliirff of Mnrshfleld, secretary
and ti'Pitnui'cr, nnd Miss Mnrlu Wal
ker of HI. Helens, historian. Mrs.
Hershner and Mr. Mclnturff were
chosen national delegates.
Gaines is
Calm as
Evidence
is Given
Although Not Directly
Connected With Mur-
rlt rf ftaiitvrif - Ma
timony Damaging
SEATTLE, Auk. 7. (Uni
ted Press) An automobile re
sembling Wallace C. Gaines'
roadster was seen racing wild
ly through Woodland park
and toward the road that
nkirts Green lake the night
Sylvia Gaines was beaten to
death on the shores of the
lake.
This testimony. Introduced by the
slate, came as a climax Ihia af
ternoon to another day'a Interroga
tion of prosecution wltneases In the
Wallace C. (ialnea murder case.
John II. Helix, caretaker at Wood
land park, who testified to seeing
the car. said It was going so fast
he feared It would turn over when
the driver tried to make a turn
in the road.
"1 thought there would be a
wreck," Hulls said, "so I watched
'
"I saw where, in making the turn
around some posts, the ear skidded
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Boxes on Poles
Order For Mail
Fully Explained
llorause some misunderstanding
haa resulted from a recent an
nouncement to the effect that peat
office patrons are forbidden by
law to place mall boxes on tele
phone or light poles. John McCall.
postmaster here, wishes to clear
up the situation.
The trouble occurs principally
with out-of-llmlt patrons, or those
who live Just beyond the carrier
limits. These people have In the
past, In many cases, placed their
boxes on poles within the carrier
limit In order to have their mall'
delivered. The post office Is will
ing to extend theao patrons tho car
rier service, but the boxes should
lie supported by posts installed for
tho purpose, McCall states, as the
light and telephone companies have
a lawful right to tear down all
boxes on the polea.
In the past boxes torn down,
have been Immediately replaced on
the poles, causing tho companies no
little trouble. The laws reads that
no mall box, sign .or any other
hindrance, may be fastened to poles
which linemen have occasion to
climb.
Pullman Rates on .
Cascade Line Not
Yet Determined
J. J. Miller, district freight and
passenger agent here for the South
ern Pacific, after endeavoring for
the past three weeks to ascertain
ptillman rate over the now Cas
cade line for thoso who will travel
with tho local delegation to the
Kugene Trail to Rail celebration,
yesterday was advised from San
Francisco that because the line is
new, a set of rates have not yet
been worked out by the Pullman
company In Chicago.
Straight transportation on the!
special will be $9.25, It was an
nounced previously, Trnvolera on
the special will he given a round
trip ticket for one-way fnre. Pitll
mnn rates however, are established
by tho Pullman company, and ttntll
these are quoted from Chicago,
Miller will not be able to give
correct Information on the rates,
locally. It la exported that com
plete information will he received
here this week.
CENSURES EMPLOYES
WHO ARE LATE; IS
THEN LATE HIMSELF
IIK.;, Aug. i (lulled
lrc-) Joha) liTnr, boaa of llu
ari burets' division of lll board
of education, notified IJ of hi
hireling to appear la bin offli
at n p. ui. to receive rt-prtiiianiU
for being lato on IUr job. At
5:07, llyme rushed In brratlilra
from hurrying- In a Tain effort to
be ponrlual and meekly asking
llic boy to try dropping around
to work oa time In 11m future.
Diamond Lake to
Remain Property
State of Oreognn
Coordination Committee Votes
Unanimously to Omit Won
der Resort From Crater
Lake National Park
MKDFOHD. Or., Aug. 7. A un
animous vote by the President'
Coordination commission which haa
been considering the proposed In
clusion of lHamond lake lo Cra
ter lake national park. decided
against the action after a brief
hearing her laat evening. Fifteen
local witnesses poke against the
Inclusion, at th bearing.
The committee.' according to a
statement from Congressman H. W.
Temple of Pennsylvania, chairman.
I still considering the alteration
of the boundaries of Crater lake
national park, but that tbe new
area proposed will not Include
Diamond lake.
After hearing the fifteen Med
ford witnesses, cautioned to brief
speeches by It JJV .Vnre. Med
ford. acting chairman at the bear
ing, the commission went Into closed
conference to return In a very few
minutes with a derision, which
when announced, was greeted by
continued applause from the aud
ience taxing the capacity of the
courtroom. Moor spoke briefly
at the close of the hearings, com
plimenting Stephen T. Mather, dir
ector of national parks, and Super
intendent C. G. Thomson on park
progress.
Those who spoke against the in
clusion were: C. E. Oates, P. D.
Harrison. Bert Anderson, Paul
Scherer, Charles Reames, T. E.
Daniels. Allison Moulton, Ralph
Cowglll, Dr. W. W. Howard. John
Denison and E. E. Kelly, of Med
ford: and William Brlggs and O.
N. Franklin, of Ashland.
Beatty Man Is
Surprised When
Brother Appears
Had Not Seen Each Other for
15 Years; A. P. Schmidt
is Prominent Resident of
Omaha, Nebraska -
Klamath Falls, despite tho fact
that it was Ignored for year by
railroad and highway, is attracting
the attention of "big business" In
the middle west.
A, P. Schmlti. wltn his wife and
son, arrived In Klamath Falls yes
terday from Omaha, Nebraska. They
were looking for Schmtls' brother,
who Is no other than Frank J.
Schmlti. well known storekeeper of
Beatty on the Klamath Indian res
ervation. Mrs.' Leah Smith, of the
Triple A. desk, while giving the
visitor valuable information con
cerning roads, threw light upon
the whereabouts of Frank Schmlti.
Tho brothers hare not seen each
other in If years, and although tho
Nebraska man was positive that his
brother lived In Oregon, he did not
realise that he should find him so
easily.
Schmlti Is owner of 11 large
garages in the middle west and
owner of half Interest In another
shop In Washington, D. C. Willi
a view of adding another string to
his list, he has come west and Is
thinking seriously of locating In
the Klnmnth country.
"Three years ago t went broke
In San FrnncUco and lost every j
cent I had In the garage business. I
Then I started out again nnd now;
things are running smoothly enough '
for me again that 1 can venture out'
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Pine Belt
Northern
Idaho is
Damaged
N vir.'TT n l
Devastated, Accord
ing to Report
SPOKANE, Aug. 7. (Uni
ted Press) Forest fires con
tinued to sweep the white
pine belt of northern Idaho
; and the Spokane territory to
day, devastating 170,000 acres
of federal forestry acreage,
50,000 acres of adjoining for
ests and an estimate of 75.
000 to 100,000 private lands
I within 100 miles of this city.
Cooler weather during ne last :
hours baa aided tbe fire fighters
tremendously, but more fighters sre
being employed wherever available
In an effort to check the fires, while
they are burning slowly, .
High winds this week have play-
j ed havoc with the thousands of
fire fighters, and smoke hanging
i low over thla entire district has
I made airplane reconnoitring value
less to those in charge- In the field.
8pokane alone 1 sending 100
fire fighters a day to the woods,
TCtHrtrnuetr on Tag-Tbrre -
I Fifteenth Fire
In One District
Causing Alarm
The fifteenth forest fire to break
out in one district north of tbe
Klamath Indian reservation, was re
ported to Jackson Kimball of the
local protective association late yes
terday. Six men were fighting the
flames within a short time after
the fire was reported, and at nine
o'clock last night, eight additional
fighters were dispatched to the
flame-stricken area from the local
office.
A grass fire of considerable mag
nitude was reported yesterday after
noon to be spreading rapidly in the
vicinity of Grass Lake, in northern
California, threatening valuable
stands of timber on Goose Nest
mountain, belonging to the Weed
lumber company. Forest fire look
outs in this district stated that huge
columns of smoke were sighted roll
ing up from the flames, which
were believed at the time to be
raging through dry grass and
Juniper trees.
A wire report from Weed, Cali
fornia, received here late last night
that a small army of volunteers
were desperately back firing yes
terday to prevent possible destruc
tion of the town by a brush fire
raging in neighboring hills. Bar
ring a change in the direction of
the wind, the workers expected to
have the fire, controlled by this
morning.
'State Official
! Likes This City
! In Business Way
I
I Will Moore, state fire warden. Is
here from his headquarters at Sa
I lem looking utter official business
i matters. Moore Is a great booster
I tor Tillamook and Its dairying In
dustry, but remarks that he never
saw a better place In which to en
I gage In dairying than right here In
Klamath county. He believes that
; ultimately there will be developed
i one of the greatest Industries In the
! state, barring Tillamook, of course,
' as he sees It, and predicts a won
, rtertnl future for Klamath,
i
I WKATIIKK
OltKUON Fair Sunday. Monday;!
fog on coast, temperature, normal;
gentle variable winds.
HOT WEATHER IS
CAUSE OF TROUBLE
STATES JURIST
DV.H MOINKH, lima. Aug. 7.
(lulled Pre) Declaring that
"assault sail hat lery" and "dis
turbing the peace' charges are
the result of hot weather. Judge
H. H. Hawyer haa instructed
court official io diacouriuEe tbe
filing of these case in municipal
court. Forty per cent of the
July rar on a crowded docket
were of Ihia nature, he said.
n-ber Stand of
Great Value to ,
Be Sold Shortly
Contains 150,000,000 Feet
and is Located in Squaw
Flat Near Indian Reserva
tion; Expect Many Bids
One hundred and fifty mhllou
of fert of standing timber, loca
ted i Hie Hquaw Flat and aear
the Indian reecrratioav and alous;
the right-of-way of the Htrahoru
railway, is going to be sold to
the highest bidder on Kept ember
4, or thereabouts.
This timber Is owned by S. O.
Johnson and tbe Long Bell inter
ests, and the timber stand is adja
cent to the Big Lakes company
which has been operating extensive
ly for years.
Bid for this magnificent atand
of timber must be submitted to
Elmer H. Cox. 801 Crocker Na
tional bank building. San Fran
cisco, on or before September 4
12. A. certified check in the
sum of $1000 must accompany each
bid to show good faith, and tbe
successful bidder will thus have
"applied on tr purchase- price -the
amount of the check. Bids must
state quantity of timber to be re
moved annually, terms desired and
Initial payment.
-Of the 150.000.000 feet of tim
ber at least SO per cent Is classed
as being pine.
Dairy, Poultry
-Tidings Spread
In This County
Almost daily new tidings of suc
cessful lairy and poultry ventures
in Klamath county, are spread. R
F. Pepple, owner of a diversified
160-acre farm In Langell valley,
was in Klamath Falls yesterday
searching for additional Guernsey
dairy stock to Increase his present
herd. "The prospects for dairy
ing and poultry production through
out this county are excellent." Pep
ple declared. "The two industries
are already firmly established here.
and now await development only.")
Settling In Langell valley less
than two years ago, Pepple. origi
nally from Idaho where- he was a
druggist. Is gradually working into
exclusive dairying and poultry
raising. Last winter his flock of
hens averaged an exceptional egg
production of 70 per cent. "I ex
pect to raise all my own feed next
year." he said, "and I don't claim
to be a real farmer, either.'
On the Pepple ranch 1s a 25
acre field of natural grass which
produced about 12 tons of very
good hay this summer, and which
furnishes all-year pasture, the vis
itor stated.
Irrigation Board
Expects Cut in
Interest Rates
A conference between the Klam
ath Irrigation district board and re
rrosrntatlves of the Reclamation
Service will be held on or about
August 12, with the arrival of
Richard J. Coffey, from Berkeley,
district counsel for . the service. I
when possible changes in the pre-'
sent contract will be dlscttrsed. An-!
nouncement of the conference was '
made yesterday morning at a regv.-l
lar meeting of the Irrigation board.
A proposed amendment to the
contract will give tho district 40
years to ropay approximately 1900.
000 construction costs, with the
Interest rate under the new plun.
cut to six per cent. Present rate
of Interest Is 12 per cent and the
time limit 20 years.
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Thousands
of Acres
Inundated
By Deluge
Three Foot Hole Be- '
cornea Thousand Foot
Gap That Brings De
luge of Water
STOCTON. Calif., Aug. 7.
(United Press) Several
thousand acres of the richest
farm lands in the state were
completely inundated late to
day when the Bethel Island
levee burst above Antioch, 18
miles west of Stockton.' Crop
losses exceeding 9150,000
were reported here.
The levee, which Is made - by, a
subsidlsry of tbe Bsn Josquln river
and surrounds the SSOO-acra Betael
lslsnd. broke as a resalt of being
tampered with by brash fire fight
ers. A three-toot hole became a
thousand-foot gap from which,
swirling waters poured down over
hundreds of acres of celery, pota
toes, beans, corn, tomatoes and as
paragus, leaving them la utter, ruin:
Although many ranch booses aa
other . Molding were In tbe path
of the waters, the only great dam
age was suffered by th crop.
jtunarea.. -or...; jwncaeTs, wnvrj
after the scope of the Inundation
became apparent began a ons-slied
battle to stem the flooding water.
Crews of workers . were recruited .
everywhere and calls tor aid 'were
received here. Floating " motor
pumps on rafts and hand pump
worked to keep tbe water' level
down, while construction drove plies
and dumped sandbags, rocks sad
mud to fill the break In tbe levee.
Late reports from Antioch wre
discouraging and the worker were
making little headway In their ef
forts to keep down the crop dam
age. '."t-
Suburban Homes
Proving Mecca ;
For Newcomers
A movement toward the acqui
sition of suburban plots of ground -In
the vicinity of Klamath Falls.' la
noted by local realtors who state
thst for the most part their clleats
purchasing from one to two acres
outside the city limits," plan 'gar
dens and chicken pens almost be
fore the Ink on their house-plana
has dried. ,
Among the latest to purchase
along The Dalles-California high
way, near here. 1 G. B. Mann, Port
land, who arrived here last week,
and who yesterday bought ea acre
of ground from tbe Trl-state realty
company here. Mann stated that
he will start construction of a home
at once, but as to whether or not
he will raise poultry oa a small
scale, he did not say.
New Wool
Blazers
Men's . -
$4.85 $4.95
Boys' V J;
$3.95 : :
In Bright Plaids
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