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The Klamath News
The Klamath News
Official Paper City of
Klamath Falls
Two Sections
Twelve Pages
United Neva and United Press Telegraph Services
Vol. 3, No. 207 Price Five Cent
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1926
(Every Morning Except Monday)
KLAMATH EXTENDS GREETING
Workman
Injured in
Dynamite
Explosion
Tamping Powder With
. Iron Bar Instead of
Wood Causes Injury
of George Thomas
George Thomas, 30, luborer.
is lying in the Klamath Valley
hospital at the point of death,
as the result of a premature
dynamite explosion at the
rock crusher between Honnnzn
and Beutty, luta Thursday.
Thotuaa tumping Is sticks o(
dynamite lnti a deep rock crcvlt-o
and waa employing an Imn bar in
trad of a wooden allck (or the
work. Junt aa ha (dared the sev
enteenth allrk In the hols Ilia ex
plosion occurred sending a large
piece of tha bar partially through
hla chest.
Ilurna about, the fare and bands,
and other lnjtirlttt aoout the mnti'a
body were given flral mid by hla
fellow workmen, but at a lute hour
laat night the attending physician
announced hla condition critical.
According to witnesses of the ac
cident, Thnmaa leaned over the
hole, peering nto the dark cre
vice to aee hair the sticks of drnn
mite were piling up before putting
In the laat allrk. It waa then,
while lining Ihe iron bar, that he
waa acnt hurltlng through the air.
lie fell 10 (eet from the explosion '
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Court House Has
Queen Candidate
Labor Day Fete
The glrla In the county court
house plan to have ono of thrlr
number crowned queon of the Labor
liny celebration which la being
sponsored 'here by the Central La
bor Council and llulldlng Trades
Council, and yesterday they elect
ed Mir Myrtle Oolllnter, steno
grapher In the county clerk'a office,
to enter the content. r
The candidate winning thu con
list will be crowned queen on Kal
urday night of the fcntlril, and aa a
niemeuto of tho henor bostowed
I pon her, will be presented with
a diamond ring. The girl winning
f-rcond place In the content wtll re
ceive a wrlnt wntoh. and tho one
taking In In! honors la to lie given
,4 pearl necklace. The lust two
named will also act -as atlendunta
tor tho queen.
A committee comprising C. II.
Long and (I. W. Irrannon of the
council, and .Mm.' Karl llunue, who
is bringing the curnlvul .hero, yen
terdny sponsored tho selection of
cnndldiiles, all of whoso names
have not yet been announced.
Brunswick Recording
The new Ilrunnwlrit electrical
"Llght-Uny". recording method now
Rives Ihe recorder unlimited oppor
tunity.. Not. only can the entire
musical scale he recorded, hut as
well, all nudlblo sound, according
In no longer limited physically, and
the Increased musical value of there
new rocords Is apparent to every
one. Tha new electrical reproduc
ing method (Brunswick Panatrope)
also makes It, possible now to re
produce all the music of the en
tire musical scale, and In fuel all
audlblo sound.
Currins for Drugs
INC
Cor. 6th and Main.
Klamath Falls, Ore.
I Toughest Boy in the United States
I Finally Brought to Bay; Like All
Bad Men He Practically Dies With
I His Boots On; Four Officers Arrest
l'UEHI-O, Colo.. Auk. 20. (United News) The young
est mid toughest of Colorado's "buby bandits," Forrest Gonce,
who in 14, uttempted to shoot it out with thu "law" on the
streets of J'ueblo today, but he wusn't quick enough on the
draw.
Before the kid desperado could snatch his weapon from
his shirt. Deputy Sheriff Charles Fiscus, who was "not tak
ing no chances." pumped four bullets into tho body of ttie
defiant lud. Three of them landed in ForrcBt's neck, the
other buried itself in his lungs.
. Forest waa smiling when they
us DC DAMtrutlDCT picked up hla tiny body and car
ry.!. rAlNKHUKO 1 ! rled It on a stretcher to the am-
IS TO BE PAINTED ' bulance. Unlike hla elder brother.
AS GENUINE SAINT I1-"1"- h ,a ot turn ",0,-
low" hy aurrenderlng. He had been
l.oIMl, ug. yo. (lulled
rwn)Mrri. Kuielliie lnhhunl,
fiimoua militant suffragist, nuiy
go down to MHterll- a. niml
ern "saint." liana are on foot
for the dedication of a atalneil
glass window to tier In the Kill
linl churcll, ltndoli. Mrs. Paiik
hunt herwlr will be defilc-ted In
fie window, much a nuinia are
rrurcocntr-,! In the stained glnoa
windows of ninny churches.
Rabbit Show at
County Fair to
Draw Exhibitors
Fully One Hundred and Fifty! J"b! ,nrludo ;'' ourtot
' . , ,. , ramp raid, and the robbery of fifty
Entrant! Expected, Display .o t , y M c A I)urn(
Of Livestock rromisei 10 dc
Unusually Large
For the first time In I lie Ills,
tort of klninnili county fl a
rabbit show will lie held with
probably 1,10 entrant" from Iho
entire nlate of Oregon. John ('.
Felir, fnlilous rabbit judge- of III
itlana,Mills. In cMrled to arrive
In Klamath Falls September 1.1,
to arrange for tile Judging of
the "huniilen."
Thin wan the announcement made
yesterday from the office of the
county agriculturist's office where
plana for the fair are well under
way.
Promises tor exhibits for the
Klamath county fair, September It.
17 and 18. are coming In rapidly.
and to all appraraures there will .
(Continued on Pntfo Four)
j Montana Cowgirl
Crushed to Death
By Broncs Hoofs
CHlCA(il). Aug. 20. ( United
News) The first fatality of the
Chicago rodeo occurred Friday
eenlng. when Loulio llnrtwlg.
I Montana rcwglrl. waa trampled to
idouth beneath her bronco's hoofs
during a thrilling exhibition which
; waa witnessed by more than 12.000
persons at Soldiers field.
Mrs. Ilurtwlg. wife of a Mon
tana riinchcr, was prepared to leap
from Keno. her mount, when sho
noticed Hint tho cowboys wero not
ready to catch her. oho attempted
to regain her hold on the suddle,
but It una too late and she, went
down under the bronco's hoofs.
Keno In known as a bad horse.
Several of her friends had begged
her not to rldo him, but sho hud
Insisted tlint alio would bo perfect
ly safe.
New Oil Lines
Terminal Yards
Are Being Laid
Work of laying the new oil
linen of Ihe Southern Pacific tor-
mlnnl hero, began yesterday morn
ing, following the completion of
several hundred yardn of dllch by
tho Lorenx digger. An eight-Inch
main, with a three-Inch return pipe
and small drain tile, are being
placed.
The I,oren digger Is now work
ing directly toward the tdl flump
near the center of the yards. With
excavation tor Ihe oil column near
ly completed yesterday, ' It Is ex
pected that tho system will bo In-
I stalled In the near future.
; true to bla Ideal Jesse James, the
notorious Missouri desperado, who
"died with hla boo I a on."
' With Forest lying in a hospital,
fighting for his life, and Leslie
' safely In a cell In the county Jail.
' the prodlgloua crlpilnal actlvltlea of
the Conee boys are definitely at an
j end.
For four days these youths who
' act out to make Jesse James and
the Younger brothera look like
"pikers." have been !h object of
: a state-wide search. Halt a doten
posses, equipped with tear bombs,
and with an alrplano at their dis
posal, have been searching tho
mountains and highways of Colo
rado for the "baby bandits," whose
iM pursuit the Juvenilo despers
doea displayed a resourcefulness
and .cunning which .. boiled their
years. They played hide and seek
with tho "law" and seemed to get
a kirk out of It. At one time
they were cornered In a gulch near
llye, Colo., but they slipped through
Ihe sheriff's men and escaped in an
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Ten Ladies In
Labor Day Queen
Voting Contest
The namea of ten entranta In the
Queen contest which la being spon
sored by the Central Labor council
connection with the Labor Day
! celebration, were announced last
night by C. D. Long, chairman of
the carnival concessions commlt
j tee, and othor members of the or
j sanitation. ,
Prospective queena may file for
entranro In tho contest not later
i than 11 o'clock this morning, It
was stated. Tickets will be Issued j
iiiu luiiiemauiB si p. m. luuay,
and the girl who sells most tickets'
will bo crowned queen and pre
nented with a diamond ring on
Labor Day. A wrist watch and pearl
necklace will be given to tho win
ners of the second and third hon
ors, respectively.
Tho girls whose names had been
entered In the contest last night,
are: Miss Lois Ktaub, representing
the Hwuann Uox company; Miss 1,11
llun Beaeker. Big Lakes Box com
pany: Miss Pauline Adamson, Ho
tail Clerks' union; Miss Itnth Davis.
Culinary Alliance: Minn Myrtle Col
lister, county courthouse; Miss
Kdllh A in berg, California-Oregon
Power company; Miss Cieraldine
Morris, Woolworth store, Misa An
gelina (ilovannlni. Pelican City;
Miss Kdna Stiles, Klamath Superior
laundry; and Miss Cclla Carnnlnl.
representing South Sixth street. .
Kach ticket sold will he good for
a chance on a radio set, and the
funds derived from the sale of the
tickets will go toward the Labor
Temple Building fund, It wne
stated.
THAT HOt l LS I.IKKI)
11V UK'AL IlKSlliKNTS
Klther the cttlsens here are be
coming more law abiding, or else
dogs are on the increase, the
poundmaster snys, as there have
been 380 di'.g licenses taken out
this year, Mgaln.it a total of 85 laat
year. To further augment the for
mer figure, S3 atray and unidenti
fied purps hare faced the tiring
sqund this summer.
NEWS MESSAGE IS
TAKEN TO EUGENE
BY PILOT YOUNG
Carrying a nirmuiKo from the
Klamath News to the Kogene
(uartl Manager, It. ,. Hhelton of
the Klaniatli ,lr Service left yen
yewtcrday afternoon, dlnMutrlicd
lilot Franklin Young In nn air
plane for Kugrne. . The llirfsage
la arlf-cxulanalury and reuds as
follows:
"Kugrne Guard: Klamath Falls
Is sharing- with you llw Joy of
Trail to IUII. The qulrkni-na with
which ltd ttiewsgr reaehen F.ug-
ene ahowa liow very near wrn are I
In loyalty and goodwill. Klnuuilli
News." j
Pilot Young wired to Manager
Nlieltun that lie had reached F.u- !
griu, the trip being nuut over I
Crater Ukc, ami tluit the trip
waa made In frj inlautea. i
Monster
Fighting
Craft 'Is
Welcomed
Seventy Snips of Ameri
can Navy Enter Gol
den Gate For Official
Visit of; Nine Days
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.
20. (United News) The
Golden Gate opened today to
the second greatest aggrega
tion of fighting craft that ever
entered the harbor, while big
guns ashore joined with the
city in a boisterous welcome
to 70 ships, high officials and
25,000 men of the American
battle fleet. j
The ten-day welcome to the ar-1
mada began when the flagship Se-j
attle of Admiral S. 8. Itobison, com-j
mander in chief of the sea navy, i
came in the Gate at daybreak, many
hours In advance of the U. S. 8. j
California, 'carrying Secretary of j
the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur, and Ad-j
mlral Hughes, commander of thei
battlo fleet. j
It was more than an official visit j
for Wilbur. It waa a return to
hla own homo city, and In celcbra-l
lion he spoke warmly of the avla-;
Hon program. j
"The (35.000.000 appropriation!
will put the I'tilted States, in top(
plare In naval aviation." he said. I
"Already experts have been de-
tailed to make a study of the va-
rlous naval aviation bases, and,
some Importnnt developments .may!
be expected. We are maklug prog-j
rcss. We have some great plans,
for expansion. You'll lie hearing'
more about us soon."
The fleet will remain through
nine days of the fourth annual Pa
cific const championship regatta,
lu which enlisted men will partici
pate, while officers will be feted
ashore and on their vessels.
You can't afford to miss
a trip
Over
Crater Lake
By Airplane
Klamath
Air Service Company
MIDLAND ROAD
1 Mile off 6th 'Street
One Hundred and Twenty-five Portland
And Eugene Business Men Will Pay Our
City Visit Today; Special Train Due to
Steam Into Depot at 9:30 O'clock
Klamath Falls will be hest today to 125 most welcome
visitors. One hundred of these men are associated with the'
business life of Portland and are members of the chamber of j
commerce of that city or the state chamber of commerce.. The'
other 25 are prominent residents of Eugene. The delegation j
is coming to look us over. I
Mr. Business Man and Mr. Home Owner, when you see! . -these
lines rush to your garage and get the old reliable auto : Arrive Over Cascades
in shape to make a quick drive
Fifty machines are needed and
We must not let It be aald that ;
Klamath Falls does not know how i
vlsltors with a most hearty wel
come and make their stay In this
pulsating little city aa agreeable!
and aa pleasurable aa possible. I
There has been a cuange in plans
touching upon the hour of the ar
rive! of the Portland-Eugene train.
While previously It had been an
nounced that the Iron ateed over
the Cascades line would pull Into
the Southern Pacific depot at 11
o'clock this morning, word was re
ceived yesterday by "Bill" Lee from
T. P. Henderson, chairman of the
committee on reception and enter
tainment, that the Portland-Eugene
train will arrive at 9:30 this morn
ing. The Klamath Special, according
to the wire received by Lee From
Henderson, will arrive at 7 o'clock,
or two and one-half hours In ad
vance of the Portland-Eugene spe
cial. ,
One hundred and . twenty-five
prominent guests to Klamath Falls!
This la v nuUer that deserves thel
iteutiou oi every resiaeni. ,ut us
strive to make their stay as agree-1
able as possible: let us show them
over the city, and let us Impress
upon them the bigness and great
ness of the city and county.
Klamath Falls people know bow.
They do things In a big way, and
(Continued on rage Five)
Former Minister
Says Growth of
City Wonderful
"Klamath Falls Is the fastest
growing town on the Pacific coast,
and I might say west of the Mis
sissippi." stated Rev. I. J. Stubble
field to Klamath Falls Rotarians
during the weekly luncheon held
yeaterday in the White Pelican ho
tel. Rev. Stubblefield. former pastor
of the Klamath Falls Presbyterian
church, based his statement upon
a recent survey of cities from Kan
sas City west end especially upon J
the cities of the Pacific coast from
Vancouver. B. C. to San Diego.
"I was more than amazed when
I came to Klamath Falls this time.
I was astounded. When I left this
city there were a score of vacant
lots on the Main street, right in
the business district. I doubt it
there are five there flow," the for
mer resident conHnued.
Due to the absence of many mem
bers who are In Eugene at tho
Trail to Rail celebration, the Rotary
luncheon wan held at the White
Pelican hotel yesterday.
Revolutionist Is
Granted Freedom
On Heavy Bonds:
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 20. (United
,ows) Enrique Estrada, alleged
commander In chief of the army of
Mexican revolutionaries, captured
near this city last Sunday, was re
leased on bond of 120.000 tonight.
Attorney I. W. Gilbert arrived
here late tonight from Los Angeles
with the bond, after other attor-
neys of the imprisoned general had j western farm states are prosper
been unsuccessful In their efforts I '"S- President Coolldge was- told
. . . , i. - . n 1 Friday hv Senator Par-mar rif Tf ,n.
lO I1VTV IIIU 1 1 HI 1 1 1 1 1 V HUH I IT-
duced
XF.W .tKIUV.U. ltl'VH j
HOMK IX THIS CITY;
Favorably Impressed with Klam-I
ath Falls. Mrs. Amanda Dawson'
.yesterday purchased a home In Mills
addition from Chllrote ft Smith, andj
will reside here in the future. Mrs.
Dawson and family came here re-;
cently from eastern Oregon. '
to the Southern Pacific depot. !,
needed badly. I
I
YOUNGEST SOLDIER
OF WORLD WAR IS
RESIDENT KANSAS
WICHITA, Has., Aug. 20.
Vnited Xewrs) Whatever honors
belong to the youngest aohtier
who fought In the world war for
this conntrr are claimed by Her
man Laage, of Wichita, who is of
Genus parentage. Lange who
la Urge and hanky lied about
his age and waa permitted to
rails here on April -14. 1017,
Jsnt three months before hla
loth birthday.
Aged Man Is Held
Charge Preferred
By State Officer
Prohi Officer Alleges John
Hibbert of Swan Lake Dis
trict Threatened to Kill Him
Last Thursday
u..,v.w. j sr-.s
mountain novel la the story told
by R. K. Know-Ira, deputy state
prohibition agent In Klamath
county and former country traf
fic officer, over an attempt niade
on his life late Thursday night
by 70-yrar-old John Hlbbrrt.
Knowles had nnent Ivn Attv t
the John Hibbert ranch In the Swan !
Lake district, searching for moon
shine which he believed to be pres
ent in close vicinity of the Hib-
j bert home. Shortly after 9 o'clock
Thursday night Knowles wa, able
to purchase five gallons of alleged
moon.hme whisiey from Frank
Hibbert. 88-year-old son. Hibbert
was immediately arrested.
wane nnowiea ana tne man
were preparing to return to Klam-
(Continued On rage Two)
Ma Ferguson Gives
j . -
1 ardon to Mexican
rnnoeol I D
lienerai in rriSOn
AUSTIN. Tex.. Aug. SO. (United
Xews) Former Mexican general.
Jose nan gel. and Charles Cline. an
American, were granted full par
denes from the Texas penitentiary
by Governor Miriam A. Ferguson
I Friday.
Hansel and Cllne were under
sentence of 99 years In connection
with the fomenting of a plot In
Demmit county, Tex., to overthrow
the Mexican government in 1923.
With afcottt 20 followers they
started a march to the border and
were Intercepted by Demmit oun -
ty officers. The revolutionists were
successful In tho encounter and
took two tf the officers prisoners.
one of whom was later shot when
he ".
for
President Told
Western States
Real Prosperous
PAUL SMITH'S N. Y., Aug. 20.
(United News) The mlddle-
- -.- - . - . ......
las and Julius Rosenwald, head of
Sears Roebuck and company.
The aenator said the farming
states are still solidly behind the!
McNury-lIuugen plan of farm re-!
lief legislation, which was strongly;
opposed hy tho administration, but
assured Mr. Coolldge that the re-1
publican party, because of . good
conditions in the farm country, has j
retained Its strength. '
Greeting
Extended
Portland
Visitors
Line, Bringing Mes
sage of Cheer to "An
Empire Awakening"
EUGENE, Aug. 20. (Uni
ted News) Portland's ambas
sadors of goodwill, extending
felicitations to this and the
region beyond the Cascades
on the occasion of the com
pletion of the Southern Pac
ific's new- railway across the
great mountain barrier, were
oii their way Friday night
over the line to the Klamath
country.
Friday they ware guests at every
feature of the Trail to Rail cele
bration here, from the Informal re
ception tendered by princesses of
Ihe royal court at Hotel Eugene,
through the Industrial parade,: the
dedication ceremonies In -the after
noon and finally, the splendid pas
cant Kuuawa at' night.
'Saturday they will be - In new
country. Here they bsve seen aa
.:iol'uKsbUahed pro)erottsiOjintryi: -w...
Hsu antenna- the .rvle or a rreat
transcontinental railway and 'the
, advantages thereof. There they will
see s sectUon. -potentially as weal-
(Continued on Page Four)
Bonanza to Have
Sash, Door Plant
In Near Future
Bonanza is to have a sash and
' , expected ,hat lumber for the
nBW plant , m0Ted on tn
propolea 5lte Bome tlme next week,
,,.. , , o H.m.kor. for
j lhe pat 46 ye,ra . ,,, ,
Bonanza, who was la this city yes
terday. W. H. Kitts, present owner and
operator of the Bald Butte mill,
has leased a mill site oa the old
) saooK tract in uasi Bonanza.
j ,art onstruction of his
! Shook tract in East Bonanza, and
new
' n aoor '"c'orr before fall,
It was stated. Present plans are
to later erect a box factory and
saw mill.
With plenty of timber readily
available, the site Is said to be
ideal for the location of a mill as
the pond adjacent to the site has
never been known to freeze. The
pond, according to Hamaker, Is ted
by warm springs. '
Kitts leased his mill site from
a syndicate composed ot the Hora
brothers. A. J. Hickman and J. L.
Sparldan, all ot Bonanza, who or
ganized for the purpose of throw
ing open the Shook tract. A por-
1 tlon of the tract Is to be devoted
I to home sites, it was said
Boy's Knicker
Suits
Price
Honest Money Savings in
Clothes the Boys Need . tor
School, in Our Prepare for
let
j tcnool isale
Thrifty Parents
Will Profit in buying these
suits for the boys. Sizes 6 to
JfJ.
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