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The Klamath News
Official Paper County
of Klamath
United News and United Press Telegraph Services
Vol. 3, No. 23 1 Price Five Cents
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 22, 1926
(Every Morning Except Monday)
WHQLE WORLD IS SYMPATHETIC
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KLAMATH NEWl
Sikorsky
Burns as
Flight is
Acclaimed
Mechanician and Radio!
Operator Loe Life in!
the Attempted Flight!
AcroM Atlantic
ROOSEVELT FIELD, L. !.,
Sept 21 (United News)
The courage of man to luugh
at the upectro of death may
yet make a reality of the pro
poned non-stop flight from
New York to Pnrin.
Dogged by persistent misfortune
which ended In sudden disaster
Tuesday when the Riant Sikorsky
plan which Captain Rene Fonrk
wan to have commanded on I lie
trans-Atlantic flight, cartwheeled on
Ita rlKbt wheel aa It foil Into a
ravin near Roosevelt field.
Tha great bird of steel burat Into
(lama.
Jacob lalamoff. Ihe mechanician,
and Charlee Clavier, Ilia radio op
erator, war burned to death.
Fonrk, Ilia "ace of area" of .tha
French world war air force, and
Maul. Lawrence W. Curlln, IT. 8.
,N.. aaalatant pilot and navigator,
were catapulted Into spare, thereby
eacuplug Ilia fata of llielr cuiiipun-
loaa. , . ..
Ilotb Fonrk and A. ('. Dickinson,
eloa-praaldent and general manager
of tha Sikorsky Manufartnrlni com
pany, hinted a new plane would
b built, and another flight ntlompl
ed. Flral bad weather furred post
ponement of the trip. The loia of a
(Coatlauad oa Pago four)
Roar of Lions
Is Possibility
Klamath Falls
A mora la under way here for Ihe
formntlon of a I, Ion' club, and fol
lowing a meeting of the younger
bualneaa and profeaalonal men of
thla city Monday night when round
table diacuaalon centered on tho
matter. luncheon will be held
today noon at the White I'ellran
t for all thoee Intereated.
Arthur Ilrookwell, apeclal rep
resentative from the International
office, arrived here recently to as
alat with the organisation of a lo
cal Lions' club and eipecta to re
main on the ground until the for
mation of the club la completed,
the representative stated.
The International, Asaoclallnn of
i.lona cluba haa a wldo national
representation and haa established
Ita cluba In every atato In the un
ion, aa well aa In the prcvlnrea of
Canada. Ita formation and ohjec-
live la virtually the same n that
of Ita contemporaries, tho notary
and Klwanla. The nearest Lions
club lo this city la tbat of Mod
ford, and It Is expected that a
helpful intercity relationship be
tween these two 'cities will grow
out of the Installation of a Lions
organisation In Klnmalh Falls.
We Deliver
Hourly
Salway Peaches,
crate 50e
Huckleberries, per
gallon $1.75
Pears, box 90c
Public Market
"Pay Cnnh, It Pays"
126 No. 6th. Phone 169
WILD GEESE! YES,
AFTER A LITTLE
WHILE, SAY SOME
W'lien llw Henley Community
rlnlt, lirailed hy IT. K. Heelrr.
pitvUli-M, utlla lieniU tugrthrr
mid iki-ldi-d 7 okti the winter
Willi a bit of lioauliallty anil la- '
tile the Klamath county riiam- i
ber of commerce to a wild gmie
dinner, they forgot to Include
the mi me Inwe In Ihelr menu,
A a result, Ilie Hiainnth couu
I) rhiiiulM-r hna Ix-en nkcd If II
fan wait Jual n little loiiiCT for
Ita wild goose until 'OI Mull
Mialn of (H-eicnn announeea thai
It Im ierni!nulile ti, hunt, anil
-oiiMSia-lilly Mhoot tlte ipmif
Hint will fumi the ilere lie re.
alalnnre.
The director of the rhamlier
of eommerre, huwever, lielnjc
guod.naturiil, neiTflnl the In.
viliitliin, stilling I hat "they would
be glad to break tireail nml tfnaw
geeec leg when the aeuMn per
llillteil," A rommiltee la work
in; up the mtliuslaiii of ilie
membera anil hope to have a
large, raravan allenil the firm
roiiununlly avt-lonrthrr meninx
of the yenr.
Terminal Heading
Skyward: Nearing
Early Completion
Concrete Pouring for Tank
Baae ia Started on Deep Pil
inf, Girder and Steel of
Water Tower in Position
With the framework completed
fur the power house and a gang of
carpentera working on the upper
structure of lb aand (it. the ISO,.
AOO terminal under construction
hero by Ihe Southern Pacific rail
nwd la rapidly houdlng akyward.
Workmen were yesterday pouring
concrete tor the heavy base of the
pumps which are lo be Installed
In a structure between the sand
pit and water tanks. Forms for
the base of the big water tank
are completed and await the ser
vices of a ronrrete mixer now en
gaged on the pump base. With
the completion of the latter prob
ably Uday. the cement haudler will
atart pouring ronrrete Into the
lank foundation forms.
Situated on deep piling, the tank
foundation will be extremely mas
sive to support the great weight
of Ihe big water tank. filrdora
and ateel for the construction of
thla water tower are already on lo
cation, ready to be ljutit up.
While work on tho roundhouse
Is going forward at a rapid pace
under the K. K. Parker contract
ing company of San Francisco, this
firm la also devoting considerable
attention to' tha big turn table for
which there (a aald to be a greater
need. Considerable foundation
work haa already been done on the
turn-table, and It la expected that
this will be pushed through to com
pletion. Carpenter yoslerday began tear
ing down the forma on two stalls
(Continued on rage Pour)
Copco Employe Is
Promoted to Big
Job in Mexico
I). (I, Casey, construction auditor
for tho Canlfomla Oregon Tower
company slnro last November and
prior to thnt time connected with
tho compnny'a Medford office, an
nounced yestordny that he will leave,
thla city September 23 for Mexico
Clly, whrro ho hna accepted a posi
tion aa office manager for the J. G.
White Knglneerlng Corporation.
This concern is going to spend 30
millions of dollars for tho Mexican
government, In the ronstrurtlon of
irrigation projeeta, and four million
of this la to be expended on n pro
Joel at Aguaacallenles, where Casey
will go after a short time In Mexlro
Clly. Ho expect to spend two or
three yenr In tho country noted for
ita revolutions, before rntnrnlng
north. .
Caarey, who hna been in construc
tion work for to years, haa had pre
vious experience In tho republic, but
hna nover been qulto na far" south
a ho will go thla time.
t.'nsey will work in Ihe locnl of
flco right up until tho time he
leavca Wednesday, he stntod. Ho Is
being succeeded in his position hero
by F. C. lluch, who ha been em
ployed by Copco hero since Inst
June.
P.
arauav
o
mTlllAPC
J. 111. V VO'
of Great
Tornado
One Hundrel and Fifty
and 300 Injured, Re-
suit of Great Cyclone
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Ar?'V5TflV P a f o a n u v
Sept. 21. (United News)
About ISO persons are be-j
lieved to be (lead and 300 in-;
jured as the result of a cy
clone which struck Villa En-
carcion Monday
night
and
blew down 90 per cent of the
Villa F.ncarclon la a river city
of about 11.000 persona, 17 miles
eaat of Asuncion.
Later reporta aald that 55 were
dead, 350 Injured and that 20 city
blocka had been destroyed.
A relief train la being rushed
from Asuncion with the minister of
interior aboard. Villa Knrarrlon la
situated acroaa the Para river from
Posada, which was undamaged, an
Ihe affected area la believed to be
small.
Klamath Likely
To Be Included
On Air Route
' ,
Fog. a constant menace to coaatal
air pilots, may be an Important fnc
tor In securing direct air nail aer
vice for thla clly and in mnklng
Klamuth Falls a lauding point-for
the plane now plying between l-o
Angtlea and Seattle, according to
facta revealed whon II. 8. Tharp,
preaidenl of the Klamath Air Ser
vice, discussed the possibility with
membera of the chamber of com
merce transportation committee yes
terday. 1'nder present conditions the re
cently Inaugurated coastal air mall
service is of little benefit to Klam
ath Falls, aa g' brief survey of ex
isting train and stage connections
readily ahnwa according to local au
thorities. A letter marked air mall
here and bound for Seattle will gain
only an hour over the regular train
service.
Such a missive, traveling from
here to Medford by stage, must lay
over there until the morning plane,
northbound, atrlkea Medford. the
nearest air mall base. Thua, It will
arrive in Seattle gt 3:30 p. in., a
little over an hour In ndvaanco of
tho regular malla.
Southbound, to Los Angeles for
instance, would aave about five
hours. t l pointed out. traveling
by air. but a letter addrenaed to
San Francisco would not arrive
much earlier than by train.
Tho morning limit for lr mail
to Seattle la 11:30 a. m., closing
time, according to Postmaater John
McCall. To travel aouth by air, mall
must be In the postofflce here by
S:30 p. m.
The air mall rate over tho coast
line Is ten cents; to Snlt I-ake City,
fifteen cents; to Chicago twenty.
(Continued on Page Six)
Senator Gore to
Talk on Returns
Past Due Taxes
To every dinner thore must - bo
tho meat and the dessert. So It
wns planned hy the Klamath coun
ty chamber of commerce forum
committee which chose Senator Wil
liam H. (lore of Medford, to fur
nish tho meat for the luncheon to
day. Senator (lore will discus the
"how" of tha O. A C. land grant
nnd tho tax refund recently order
ed from Washington.
The dessert, however, will he of
Interest to lh,a women n well a
to the busy merchant, Mr. Lee
Thompson, n visitor In Klnmalh
Falls from Memphis, Tenn,, nnd
Oklahoma City, will sing tew
southern song. Uncle Remus, of
radio fame, will apeak for six or
seven minutes on radio broadcast
ing, completing a program that will
bo oxtremely Interesting.
RED CROSS PLANS
great assistance
on pacific coast
HAS '"s'"0- -'
(lnll.il .-rHi,lall..n of
MAX KIIASCIM'O. Kept. 21. ;
(I nlKll e Organisation of j
every lied Cmaa chapter im -the
Parlrlr coast, ' from Aliikka to
Arbconu for roiieralloii In aiding-
lllaaater aufferera In Florida
haa hern effected, j
William t ail Hunt, malinger .
if the Pacific area f the lleil ,
CroHH, aiinouneeil tiMlny that
money nlreaily ' lina been wired
hern front laaay rlllea awl Hint
lie bilM rereiveil nanuriuu-oa from
the area'a 90O HlU rliautere lliat 1
funda are belaa; raUed rapidly.
Old King Spud Is !
j To Have His Own
' During November
Grower Enthusiastic Overthej
rroapecta or one or varei -
eat Exhibit Ever Demon -
strated in Klamath Co.
ttlortfjiii Ihe Klnmalh "spud"
j la taking up the time of the ngri-
''' rummiti.T of the Kiam.
i t .- elium lues nf nun ninpM
who yiwtrrila' afternoon tentative
ly set the lime of Ihe flrl Klam
ath County Potato Hhow, for No
vember 2, November 30 and Ie
rrniber 1 in the Klnmalh county
chamlier of commerce room, be
low the First National llank.
Membera of the committee were
called together yesterday at 3
o'clock to outline a tentative pro
gram for the show, and it waa clef I
nltely decided to Invite outside buy
ers, although the show will be for
Klamath county potntoea only.
Membera of the committee Include
Ft. C. CI roes beck. director In
I charge: A. A. McDonald. If. I).
Newell,' E. 8. Veateh. and T-. P.
Henderson. The county agent, C. A.
Henderson, who Is a member of the
; land aettlement committee, la alt-
i ting with the agricultural commlt-
, ,ee mMi,UBK , ,aTnC piha.
for the show.
Prises will be awarded dnring
the show and It la anticipated that
potatoes will oe aivuica into Classes
and award made accordingly.
The lnvitntlon of the Henley Com-1
muniiy iuo issueo 10 me niamain
county cnamner or commerce- to
attend a wild gooae dinner In the
club house, was accepted, but the
directors are awaiting the date. The
committeemen will take It
"J0"
themselve to visit business men
and member of the chamber In or
der to make a good showing at the
dinner.
Fair Committee
" Planning Work
On Real Program
If Klamath county expect to
make a success, financially aa well
aa materially, out of the Klamath
county fair, there must be enter
tainment for the hundreds who visit
the fair grounds a well a purely
agricultural exhibit.
Thla wa the attitude, taken hy
the Klamath county board ot dir
ectors during their weekly luncheon
yesterday in dlscuaaing the effect I
ot tne iittn county rair which closed J truck, canned fruit and vegetables.
Saturday night, upon the comity nsi sewing entries, farm account rec
a whole. 1 ords and one exhibit of noultrv. The
"There should be an exhibit of
the county and the communities as
a whole, and not purely an agricult
ural exhibit," stated Andy Collier,
president of the chamber of com
merce, who brought up the subject
of the county fair before the man
agerial body of the chamber.
I "The fair should be entered Into
by merchants, the lumbermen and
lumber companies of Klamath coun
ty aa well aa agricultural communi
ties that control every Interest dis
played hy the fair. Horse raring Is
a valuable asset to any fair and a
dance pavilion, a merchant's bulld
( Continued on Iag Fonr)
Sheep Shipments
At Chiloquin in
Great Assemblage
Chllcquln la doing 11 share to
hold up the heavy stock shipping
record of Klamath county, accord
ing lo Howard Barnhlsel, local
realtor, who returned from there
yesterday evening with the word
thnt several thousand head of
sheep were being loaded out.
Tho sheep filled the stock cor
rals at Chiloquin almost to over
flowing, Barnhlsel stated, and were
being loaded Into long siring of
stock cars on the siding.
T T J
Kim Koacl
:t C. YQi"fY
j gJ J J. ULVl
Lake Open
to Public
Colonel Thompson Say
f-l fj my -
r lurries nave not in
the Least Hampered
Travel to Great Resort
The rim road of famous'
Crater Lake Klamath coun
ltv.g ow.n national attraction.
L wid on fln(1 th. drive
lean be made easily in less
than two hours; there is no!
snow at the lodge, and the
bears are not looking for &
hollow log for at least twoWork to Start Today , o(
luuiiiiis ' jeu i
This was the word telephoned to j
Klamath Falls last night by Colonel
C. U. Thompson, superintendent of
Crater Lake National Park, who
stated that the park waa completing
the banner year of Ita existence.
'More than 84.000 persona have
"passed Into the park at the three
- entrances since the official opening,
and over the past week-end there
(Continued oa Page Four)
Rnvs and Girls
Will-- DC- Ma4ev,.
At State Fair
in the service to customers. Waters
One of the finest competitive jtaIed. The linemen will relay the
Boys' and Clrla- club exhibit ever ;,, ,0 lhat a fe, ho3ell
sent ",'-r T"?t - will be without ,.,wer. and
leave thi city Thursday for the these only for an hour or two dur-
Kintn fnlr tn be held next week at
Saem according to Frank Sexton,
county club leader, who has been
arranging the varlona exhibit since
i , falr coged here Saturday
The team of girls who won first
place in the canning demonstra
tion at the Klamath county fair thla
vene are tn an tn Salem to com-
pete In "a similar contest with teams
rom other part of the state. Mia
Leucine lainoun anu .-niss adub
Burnett are the two who will rep
resent Klamath county clubs.
The boys" team tor competitive
livestock Judging comprises Carl
Ktger. Billy and Phelps Lewis, and
these noya win leave nere tomorrow
with Sexton, to motor to . Salem.
The two girl will not leave until
sunaay. i ne ivinmain county nays
c.ud UTesiocK judging leam lasi
. .... . (
)r l ii nut? ( rji j (.iruiuio uwt
inr at th. state fair, and it is
pected by Sexton and County Agent
Henderson who have been coaching
them, that the trio this fall will
come home with honors.
The cream of the club exhibits
which appeared locally will be ta-j
sen to ine stale exposition, anu iue
display Includes potatoes, garden
poultry Is the only livestock which
which will be taken, duo to diffi
culty In transportation.
Outstanding among Ihe exhibits ls
the potato entry made by Karl Deh
llnger. This boy's spud exhibit-is
quite as good it not better than the
(Continued on Pago Six)
Esteemed Pioneer
Lady Succumbs at'
Late Family Home
Mrs. Elizabeth E. McKee, wife
ot William McKee, died at the
family residence at Sprague River
whero they had lived tor the past
month, nt 4 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing.
Mrs. McKee was a resident of
Dorrls for 30 years and is known
to scores ln northern California In
the Dorrl and MacDoel districts.
She Is survived by her husband
nna tour naugniers, airs, uave rjv-
nns of Son Francisco, Mr. D. Yar-
mla of Dunsmiilr;. Mr. Charles K.
Drew of Merrill, and Mr. II. M.
DtMos of Dorrln; nnd one son,
Andrew ot Sprague River.
Remains are at the Whlllock Fu
neral Home and announcement of
the funeral, which will be held nt
Dorrls, will be mndo later.
JUST DOG CAUSES ITl. - 1 T -
wounding of six rensacola
in street fight! "T.vr,
iwiwt, KnKu,mi. septal
Twelve people are urferii.K from
aliotitlin wouniU anil rite are
unib-r arreat aa I lie reault 'of a
d'K llft'if In whli'h the dojca were
unfiijiireil.
Miutuiin wound, and rl .n '
Ileiiiert I'arker waa walking
s
with ftonie friencla and hia iIok
when anotluY do; approached. A
kirnii)i between the iIokh cauaeil
un arxumint amona; the byatand
ei; the arfrumi'nt enuaed a free-
for-all fignt; the fiaht became a '
i IT reirrat. for I'arker am! j
1 bis adherent and a "bite of Par- :
k; houi.r, which, he, hbi two t
"""" n'' ,wo mm rated ith
a ahoigun.
Twelvo bewlegera were wound'
ed. two of I hem women, and
Parker and the oilier four lr
fendern are rhargv-d with "shoot
ing at lnrge with Intent to mur
der." !t f..l rtl..i
WeNlII umnC
Line to Be Bllllt
I Vnw. ITann Ttietri
or Most important Froject
of Local Concern; Very)
Little Interruption I
j
Work of cutting over the old j
nower line between K.no Ki.m.l
ath Falla. which la to be replaced
I by a new 11.000 volt line In
nectlon with the Improved conduc-1
j tlon facilities being Installed by
the California-Oregon Power ccm-'' V' "".. .
In.nv .in .t.n trt. ,Hm. ."'' ' t that time. But other-
Ian announcement yeaterd.y ,rom
I E. O. Watera. construction super- i
I -Th changing , of ' ; u niaa-averT1 v.i, .ZZ.Z
I to the new polea will be so con
ducted that there will be no break !
Ing the day. .
This phase ot the new line work '
is a part of the project to be rem-'
tleted in October at a cost of over j
$350,000. and which will virtually
double the voltage capacity Into i
Klamath Falls. The principal part!
or thn Bridltlnnftl linwei Enr'. nrn.
tram la the construction ot 38 H '
milea of totally new power line !
1 hetwe. this city and Coic. Calif.
All poles for the new 60.000 1 not find Mrs. Clara Walker guilty
volt line Into Klamath FilU arc jot sale of Intoxicating liquor to
ury. and cross arms sad insnlutnra t nrnhthftlnn neenta on Auanat 1? -
j lxed Superintendent Wners ata-!
te1 .declaring that the work is pro ,
j tresing with utmost speed and
that with unfavorable conji. .
ons ,he douDed T0itaf!e cari he. I
wtched into ,nia ci,y on 8Cheiuied
time.
The additional hoary voltage,
-..,.. .
ex-,walca ls to come tvom ,he CP
atation, is needed to take care
of the rapid growth of this city.
Waters said.
Jackson County
Put on Fair of
fl i Hit J 1
lireai MagnitUue :
Hundreds of automobiles were
on the grounda each day of the j
Medford county fair, and people
flocked from nil over that section I hide laws was Orr .Hooper who
of the Willamette valley to take ! paid a tine of 310 and coat la
part In the big fall show, according i Jus,,'0 EmmitC ..court for driving
to Walter A. Foster, state traffic i w"ho,,t DroPer headlights. Fos
,. . , . . . . . iter was the complaining .witness.
officer, who Is back on duty V
- ! 1 . , V
tallowing his attendance at the i
fair.-
"The exhibits were very good,
and an outstanding part of the
amusement was the horae racing,"
Foater declared, "which was as
good as that to be seen anywhere."
Weather waa extremely favorable
all four days, he stated. Foster
attended the fair to assist with
handling the heavy traffic. The
Klamath Air Service plane under
the guidaure of Pilot Young, per-!
I formed In noteworthy fashion over 1
j the gnlr grounds, as an added at-:
traction, j
I ro,ter on hand amonR-,ev.
!eral hlindred , watch the
i tlr8t alr ma1 come ,nto Medford
,..,...,. .,,
letter from
tho mayor of San Francisco wa
delivered from the plane to the
Medford mayor, In Just eleven min
utes. Throughout tho balance cf
the week the mall planes wore ar
rUliiR pretty rloso to scheduled
time, Foster said, nnd seemed tJ
be carrying considerable mail, for
Medford as well as other points.
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KJ UI1V1 111!
Severely
by Storm
Impossible to Get Line
On Number Killed,
But Property Damage
Reaches Into Millions
(By United News) j
The nation's eyes were turn
ed Tuesday night on Penga
cola, which waa just begin
ning to report the effects of
the hurricane which previous
ly had taken hundreds of
lives and caused a property
loss of millions in southern
Florida
The nt ,ragmenl.rT reporU
which came from the stricken city
were conflicting aa to loss of life,.
although they agreed that property
damae Probably had been huge.
ne entirely unconfirmed report
said tou haTO 06611 r '
con-lm:n whu ma',H lheir way to Falr
hop' "tter lng Pensacola Mo.
j oar ''"fnoon before the s storm
i "Porta, borii. by radio aald that.
Pensacola' naval radio station- aald
that only three persons had been
Neither telegragh' or telephone
j service has been able to penetrate
' In Pen'nenl . A ITnlted 'NM enri
) r Dond.nt gt-...-; . Pensacola
1! Monteomery Ata ' M lS
buf wm foVced dwn by -a
....01 mUe.
.. .v ,
An improvised transmission set
' (Continued on Page Foar) ,
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JUStlCC jnillltt
n t,, n ' '
KUSV Man! LaSCS :
.
Keep Him Active'
Because a Jury of six men could
during the wholeaale raid mad by
state, federal and county officer. .
the defendant wa released from
custody. Her bonds were released.
Mrs. Walker' husband, Clareneo
Walker, is still fighting hi battle.
and after being convicted of sale
and possession, be is carrying It to
the circuit court on appeal. '
Mildred Curtis, charged with'
sale, whose case waa scheduled ye-'
terday in Justice R. A. Emmltt's
court, chauged her plea to guilty
and paid a fine ot 3150 and coat
yesterday afternoon. Mildred was
among those who fell Into th net
of August 37.
R- B- Riraerd. who was arrested
T State Traffic Officer Walter Fos-
ter for operating a car without a
driver's license, paid a fine ot flO
and co,!,s ln Jtl:e EmmitC court
yesterday.
Another nffenitor nt I ha mnln, wa.
EVERYBODY f
TT JRJUVASIUJEj . ;&
Get Returns
Dempsey-Tunney
Fight
Round by Rounch
Hot from Klamath
News Leased Wire
(By Courtesy)
Waldorf
Billiard Parlors
610 Main St. Near 6th
WM. ELLIOTT, Prop.
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