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IISH Ani St '" on The Klamath News The Klamath News Official Paper City of Klamath Falls Two Sections Ten Pages United News and United Press Telegraph Services Vol. 3, No. 213 Price Five Centa KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1926 (Every Morning Except Monday) BOX FACTORY BURNS TO GROUND "HURT F UK. U. S. Navy Birdman is Victim of Plane John Rodger, Famous by Flight to Honolulu, Plunges to Death in Delaware River WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. (United News) Command er John Rodger, who became internationally famoiiH by his curly uci'vs.sful attempt to fly from tho Pacific coast to Hawaii last year, plunged to hid death in the Delaware river near Philadelphia today when on a comparatively rou tine fliKht, The aviator wm extricated from hill aiuashrd-up plane, with hi mechanician, and rushed to th naval hospital at Phllndclphoa. bill died two and a half hnura later, ac cording 'to repurls of the accident lu the navy department here. The accident occurred at 1:30 p. m. The VoIkIiI apeed plane which lie waa flying crashed Inln the water In an attempted lauding near the Philadelphia alrplano factory, where Itodgrra was on duty. The naval , flier auffered a cniiipouud fracture! of the leg and aeveral fractured rlbs. I Til cmi planea were Improvements! of th type In which he attempted,! with four companion!, to span the 1'aclflc from Han Francisco to I In-' wall. a flight that made htm fn-j moui. Their gasoline exhausted, Itodgera waa forced to lr Inn hl; (Continued on I'nko Five.) j Portland Man Is Great Admirer of j ' Wonderful Lake; "That Crater Lake la rapidly' (rowing In popularity and la des tined to become one of . the out-' standing tourlut attraction! of the Went." la the avowed opinion of W. J. I'lrich, Portland, representing a leading machinery company. The lake bnoMer arrived here yester- ilay. following a brief vacation nt 1 the park. ( "The crowd at Crater Lake hint Hunduy wan aa great If not greater, than that of Fourth of July." t'l-j rich declared, alutlng that bccnusci of the 75 or HO Easterners who arrived at the Inkn Htindsy. tour-' lata had to he retimed rooma In the lodge Saturday night. Tho Easterners were members of the Raymond Whitman Land tour, whoso apeclnl train arrived In Klam ath Kul In Kaliirdny night. In addi tion to the penpln stopping at the lodge, there are nlinut SO rninpcr at the Lake, Ulrica slnted, their curs benrlng licenses (from vlr tunlly half the slates In tho union. Our Guarantee on the merchandise we Roll is not limited by "IFs". Simply tell us when you are not satisfied and back comes your money! or replacement merchandise, smilingly too. Currins for Drugs INC. Cor. 9tk and Main. Klamath Falls, Ore. CINNAMON BEAR; KING KILLER OF SHEEP, IS DEAD OI.YMPl.t, Vali .tugus! 27 (tnll.'.l .) The KliiK l ili-nil. Hut lie liMiMauiHl to be the sheep kilters, m'corill Charles MiMlllon of lUiull, rcN'itcl to bloloKlcnl survey of fleers here tlmt lie hud lritpMd the huge clniiuinoii benr which Is diiijiml to Imve Inketl toll of about IKK) sIkm'p annually on the south side of ICalitlrr National Park (or seteriil enrs. The bear Mely-lutl l.VNI miiiim1s, .Mi Mlllon rrportnl. Gertrude Ederle Is Recipient of n I i: i UrCdl UttCpilUll (t;,.jtc, News) The .over Trad, i. Welcomed to N. Y. ' (!'K" voters of Texan will go C.rryin, Engli.h Channel l hc J'"'1" Saturday to de in Her Pocket, Am.terd.m fd hlher a woma,n' M,r- Avn,tM i A. I .a ! M:n yokk, Aug. S7. trill- j ie,i News) t'i through "hell's kit. hen- to her home above an j Amsterdam avenue butcher shop a few block farther north, tier Iruile Krirrk rtnto hi triumph Fri day at the ronctunlon of the most hilariously enthusiastic reception lluit this rlty. vtlllt a iM-ncliiint for siMM-tacutur itrmiuiMrntlmis, evr luis ln-en K'ven an American din. "Trudy" had been kissed by the mayor of New York und showered with official honors ever since the little tug "Macnm" brought her from tho llerngerla to tho .lattery. (Continued pn rao five) Lasting Tribute ' To Local Labor In Hanks Home A lusting tribute to tho quality of a. Kliimnlh product and the su periority of local labor. Is virtually completed on the corner of Second and Pine. In the handsome new home of Marlon Hanks. The five-room houso Is construct ed of bluo stone from the Carlson quarry at Pelican Hay. declared by the stonemason on the Job, Julius Otui, to be the finest lunterlnl for stone house construction The atone Is. of course, the last step In dura-: Mr"- "nil,e Montgomery ol Klnm blllty. and Is aald to be cheaper talh '''' h z- E- Merrill, as thun lumber, not only In Inlllnl I '""' general manager of the cost, but because it eliminates , Mountain States Power company, necessity of painting every few!"' Albany, awarded the coveted ycura. as well as other Items of "edal to the young man who. In maintenance. March. 1925, saved the life of An- In exterior appenronce. the home . lrew Kolsom, fellow worker. Is very good looking, as the dark Kellow employes crowded around stone Is set off by California mag-! Montgomery congratulating him nesclto stucco In tho gables. A ' upon receiving the sixth medul of stone wall of ample proportions. : llu 'nl to he awarded In the terraces the lawn and adds further) l;lled States. to the beauty of the place, as does. A liirge delegation of Medford the wide front porch. residents, affiliated wtlh the Call- Interior appointments and ar-; '" Oregon Power company, were rangcmciit are particularly pleas-jnmong those present and 9. M. Hill ing, comprising many Innovations) Hs. llogue Klver division manager through whose hnrmonlous combl-.nnd head of tho safety first divi nations a note of .true modernity ilon. and P. O. Crawford, vice pres- is struck. Tho hardwood floor of tho spiiclous living room is laid In log rnliln pattern. The kitchen Is provided with nil modern conven ient biillt-ins, and the breakfast nook, separated from the kitchen by a low arch, Is the Inst word In nppenrnnce. Tho house Is provided with n full basement, n part of which la de voted to gnriige spaco. Only local labor was employed In the erection of tho home. This Is tho third stone houso to he built here. . - You'll Be Tagged . By Pretty Girls; Get Money Ready 'lluy n lag and help the Sulva tion Army." This will ho tho slogun on the streets of Klamath Knlls today when tng day for the benefit of the J.X000 drlvo prompted hy the Salvation Army, will be held. as - Officials of" the local corp.4, slsted by number of young wo- men. aro participating In the tng d.i y sulu which, It is estimated, will put the finishing: touches cn the drlvo and probably send Klamath "over the top." Primary in Texas Silnterests Populace Governor Ferguson I ft Confident She Will Be Returned Winner Over Dan Moody AUSTIN. Tex.. Auir. 27. turn s. reiKunun eimn iuii- tinue as governor of the state, or whether that high office shall be turned over to a man, Attorney General Dan A. I Moody, her most bitter pol , itical enemy. j It will be the last stand of the j feminine dynasty of the lone star stata. (lovernor Ferguson received I lesa votea at the Initial primary I on July !t thun tho attorney gen- eral, but as be fell short of a ma-' Jorlly, she was given this, her sec ond opportunity to win the Demo cratic guliernatorial nomination, which In Texas means election. The campaign has been a bitter one with "Ma" making her stand on the K. K. K. Issue and her op ponent, Moody", ridiculing her for It and crying "dawn with Kerguson lm." It was the Ku Klux Klun Issue and tho political dexterity of her husbsnd, former Governor James (Continued on Page Two) Insull Medal Is Pinned on Breast Ted Montgomery A crowded room testified to the Interest dirplayrd last night In the awarding of the Samuel Insull "cdul to Ted Montgomery, son of ident of tho California Oregon Pow er rompuny, were among those to rpeak during the evening, i John lloyle, Klamath division manager, also spoko before the medal was awarded Montgomery. Medford Permit Granted to Build Irrigation Works SAL.KM, Aug. 27 (United News) Khea Liippr, state engineer, to day signed an order forfeiting a construction contract entered into between the Medford Irrigation dis trict In Jackson county and the Uogue River Canal company, and authorized the district to proceed with tho completion nf its Irriga tion -works. " It waa alleged by the directors of the Irrigation district that the eanal company failed to comply with the terms of Its contract and, as a i result, the Irrigation works wore 1 not completed, according to the j agreement. It will cost approxl- i mntely (75.000 to complete the ir I rigation system. There originally I was set aside for tho construction I work bonds In the amount of I $1,250,000. BESSIE, YOUNGEST COW. MOTHER HAS j THREE YOUNGSTERS IIIM HA, Citl., Aa. 27. (I'ni. Ul .N'f'H'N) Unwl n "bonnlr IxMinthiK mi iiftf of only two mitii mvr Ium rltflit month U b4a.ivi to 1m llii youiiCt row mother on thr I'mlflr corn!. IInnIi In tht motlirr of flirt cnlvfM, tlic Urnt jtrrlvlnK 1 tlMMlltl ago, whrii-ltfiwli WHM Ill Ill nion iJiitn a calf hrrwlf. TwIim Mrrlvctl n frw lUy a nil both wirc rictnl to live. Lakeview Round-up Promises Greater SportThan Ever Seventh Annual Event of Lake County to be Held on the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth of Next Month ' t Out-door Mfo Id L.krl.w U fio-j da each comprise 71 j in, to bo jut Jike lt lined to be: cars, it was learned here yes-j In the good old dy when the skyiterday. With their passage1 a- the canopy for the majority of ) over the new line, from twof the people of Lake county. . i. , . - . . M1 . (to four trains each way will, , The Seventh Annual Iakevlew . . , ,1 ;t ... ... . , . be operated daily, starting1 Hound l'p will keep the lover of ' outdoor life busy for three day; In Hfptember. the 4th. 5th and 6th. and one of the moit elaborate pro grams depleting wild wt life has been arranged. Thousands of dollars In prlxes are to be awarded to the success- j ful contestants lu bareback riding, bucking contests, chariot races, cowgirls' races, boys' pony races, Indian feather races, trick and fancy roping contests. There will be bull-dogging contests and steer riding, and enough entertainment Is being crowded Into each dav to satisfy the- mosr trttR'al. Lakeview will be In gala attire for the big Labor Day celebration of September 4. 5 and 6. A street carnival has been secured, band con certs are to be given and all man ner of entertainment Is to be pro vided. Invitations have been extended to surrounding towns and cities of California. Oregon and Nevada, and preparations have been completed to house a multitude of people. Three Bodies Yet Remain in Mine; 41 Aro To iron Ollf I tended the Trail to nail celebra- 4i ire lahcn trUitiont lhcre , gre,t ,nterest dla. CLYMEH. August News) While rescuers were work ing heroically to bring to the sur face the bodies of three of 44 minors killed by tht blast which Thursday (wrecked Clymer mine number one of the Clearfield Bitu minous Coal company, preperatlons were being made Friday for the burial of 41 victims of the disaster, I ne three bodies have not yet been rocovered from the workings!"10 local BroP- w- w- Southwell, j maintaining chemical laboratories iyid it may be thrse days before Dr- A- A- So"1'- and 'van A. Smith. ,to OTercome thlll condition and at they are reached. The men, George j were a0n thoe to attend thejone packln( plant (he boxed pears Last, C.eorge Clako and Charles Kl- convention-. were placed on endless chains, car- sanoa. are lodged within a room "Klamath Falls Is not quite ried Into a foamy solution similar virtually sealed as a tomb by the tons of debris which has piled on It. Federal, state and county offi cials are preparing to Investigate the cause of the disaster, which was even worse than that of June, 1924, when 37 miners were killed in a similar explosion. The 41 bodies already removed, lying In an improvised morgue at me macnine snop or tne Clymer mine, have been identified by friends and fellow workers. They are badly mangled and lacerated. The last nine of those recovered were brought to the surface Friday afternoon. BANKER FOLLOWS FIRE WAGON AND BANK IS ROBBED NASHC, Mo., Aiir. 27 (I nl. ol evin) While, the rnsliler, the president mid the janitor of the Xiislin stnt bank followed the fire) wagon to n school house file which ho had stnrtnl, a ban dit today rntcml tho hnnk anil stole several hundred dollars, Nashu vtiiliii Is about 311 miles from Kansas City has. a popula tion of inly Severn! hundred and a flro' hero is an event, Tho ban till escaped In a hntlcivil fllrver. Trains to Carry Big Load Over New Line Inauguration of Freight Movements to Com- mence With 71 Cart to Each Train 1 ! are to roll through here with ! cargoes from Portland and. San Francisco next Wednes-I oepiemuer i, oouineui i kuk officials stated. Work on the oil lines at the new terminal. Is being rushed with i all psslble haste to service the big malleys which are to pound over ,ne ne' m' )lne of the Southern Pacific, bearing southern Oregon basin products to northern sister cities, next week.' The big sump Is completed, and nearly 40 ears of oil are stored In this vicinity and along the main line, ready to be drained Into the concrete vat as soon as the pipe lines have been laid. A great quantity off he oil is In the local yards now, it " a,e1- The mains for the water system whirh Is to be an important part of the terminal, have been laid, snd (Continued on Pago Two) ' Kiwanis Meeting At Eugene Was Great Success With the discussion of Klamath Calls. . .... fresh on the lie of Eugene residents and those who had at- 27. (Vnited!'lVe. J :'a.m'!l-."I1,.!7 the Kiwanis convention In Eugene This was the atatement made by I R- E- Crego. immediate past presl - dent of the Klamath rails KlwisjD hcld endln- investigation of club. who. with four others, re- turned the middle of the week from the northwest district Klkanls con - venuon nem in cugene iuis e.j,eased '"';.". r.c.ucu. ... ready tor the northwest conven- lion of Kiwanlans. but . we will probably have a chance to enter tain the group during the coming three years If this club so desires," stated Crego. ( Over 600 delegates from Bri tish Columbia. Washington, Oregon and nanhandle of Idaho, attended 1 011e of the miwt successful district conventions that the orgnnltatlon has had, said V. W. McNealy. who tni,, ih directors' meetlne for Wednesday In the White Pelican hotel when reports of the conven tion will be heard. Junior Van Emon Becomes Business Man of Klamath Junior Van Kmon. 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Van) Emon. Is going after the bee in-j dustry in a scientific fashion, and yesterday appeared In the county clerk s office and obtained a II- cense to raise the best known mem-; bcr of the family Hymenoptora. 1 Junior has mnde all arrangements Willi nis lumiiy itr me iiiniuiuiiMiice of his apiary and is already selling; the honey that he will get from his queen and the busy workers. TRAPPING LAWS TO CHANGE IN B. C. 1 U rKU 1 1 OAML I VKTOltl.l, II. r.f August 27 (t'nitctl ws) Raillral chiinceri In trupping rrgulutlon fur Brit lull Coluinbln hnvo bren draftrd for approral of the Canjirilnn rabl nt. t'ntlcr the cliangni, all autumn trapping of water aiilmwU would bo prohibiten. All territory I m me dia trly south of the t'anadian 1'aclfic Railway would be opened for the flrt time In five years to spring braver and mnskrat trapping. Ote Council of r . en. i Carpenters Starts Annual Convention c. . r,..-r, ,j . u..- Report Read; Meeting May Not Conclude Before Sun day in Afternoon Meeting; behind closed doors to transact Important baslnem for the year, 23 delegates to the sec ond annual convention of tbe Ore gon Mtate Council of Carpenters, closed the first session of m two day conclave here, yesterday af ternoon. The delegates, from several cities of the state, will reconvene at 8 o'clock this morning In ScandlA j hall, headquarters for the Central Labor council, to contlnne the work i of the convention. It was announced last night, following several commit tee .meetings, that the convention miT tint hnlrl 1 1 final UMlnn- nn.lll Sunday, as tb program Is on. ot' (Continued on Page Five) KrnliJirO'n On FVlllt a a ?m 11. i A" At 31 ed lord Given fnmnlptp RpIpsksa VyUlllJJieie IVClCttaC Medford fruit ranchers have been released from the recent gov- eminent edict that no pears show ing arsenic spray could be ship-1 ped cut of the district. h,ave,,beeH ! !ir fruit and; assured no loss on their the scare, which paralysed for a 1 ,ime ,he fru,t Industry of Jack-1 ; auu vuuuv.v una ytaoovu. ' i nis is tne report returned to . Klamath Falls by A. M. Collier I lron. the four-year old daugh and Earl Shepherd, who accompan-! tor of L. H. Durst, nightwatchman led head officials of the Pacific Lr tha p.nsn nav Rn, ran-v w.. ! Frult and ExDrea8 company to Med - f(Jr1 Timrgday. Mckln. ..... ,. ful. nd 1 number crio,,!,, whlch had ,he from , et ,h,t , heavy content ot ari(eI1ic had been used , the praJri nave bfen . Fruit packing houses are no to that used In developing films, and were washed under pressure In another solution and shunted Into a hydratlng room. They were then dried, wrapped and sent Into pack ing rooms where the companies have crews working at high speed. ' Fruit ranchers are anticipating tmmner rrnn. especially from the antlc'pate sending carloads. j iate crop and out over 2000 Chief Ambrose Has Idea of Own; Does Burning Himself After being called out to Mania nlta streot about 1 o'clock yester day afternoon, to extinguish a grass fire which had started from sparks: from one of the Utah Construction I company's dinkey engines, the local fire department controlled the! i u flames and then did a little bnrn-jageS 6 to 16 mostly With ng on its own hook. I, . , . . ,n order , cllt down the ha. j w pairs Ot KniCKerS. SOtTie ard (rom grail, f,relli )n lha. vl-jwjtn vests c,nUy- Flrc chief Keith Ambrose1 directed his men to spread the fire ' over another' six or eight . lots. un ine ury grass oiu oi ine for the balance of this season i more calls are expected from that! ., . j direction. Damage is Estimated Quarter Million Sparks From Main Band Saw Start Blaze That Got Beyond Control of Sixty Workers , Sparks from the main band saw in the finishing room of the Mt. Shasta City Box fac- I tory sent the factory and j warehouse up in flames and I utterly ruined the machinery shortly after 3 o'clock yester- day afternoon, causing an es timated damage of $250,000, according to word received' in Klamath Falls last night - . The Mt. Shasta City factory was a subsidiary of the Big Lakes box factory of Klamath Falls. Ward Dwigbt of San Francisco Is presi dent of the company. Mt. Shasta City, recently renamed from Slasoav is 100 miles south or Klamath Falls. Although the flames which con sumed the box factory and ware house did not reach the lumber piled nearby, the estimated loss caused ,h d,f"'I" Hr W0U!? reaC.h dcjtoou .9v,ivv, accuruing lu Klamath Falls officials. I hox factory and the branch office i ot the Mt sha8ta W bo ery; i "ere. The flre wa" dl5C0Tered o"'y after 3 o'clock by workmen In the J finishing room of the factory. , It" j i, thought that sparks from the band saw flew into a pile of saw- (Contlnued on nufe Four) Young Child Has 0 IN arrow Lscape as Auto Is Released 1 a d from , ' yesterday afternoon when a car be- longing to O. E. Bergman, tore ; aown a teeP Incline and pinned tho I child against a fence. She j Tushed to , Klanlatll ,F,8 ho,ptta, j from her home at Pelican City and L ,njures were found to be most- ! ly bruises, although there may be Internal. The child was playing in the driveway ot a neighboring lawn when the brakes on Bergman's car. parked on a hill, failed to hold and tore 30 feet down the Incline. The child was pinned against a fence and it was necessary for her rather to tear the fence away to free her. When they had freed tho child, the car again coasted tor 10 feet and the baby was snatched away Just In lime to prevent an other near tragedy. Boys' Knicker SUITS Price Prepare the boys for school With these fine SUitS. TAt QFR RULC QCS I MLAMATM V ' V UlU Center of Shopping District