The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942, October 21, 1926, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text... KUCifc.vM. oft,: The Klamath SERVICE , If year ropy of THK NEvVH dona Rut arrive by f;IW a. m., plume $17 Oti a wiy of tbo paper will be eoiit. The Klamath News Official Paper County of Klamath r ftiiW onJ Vm TeUzraph Services Vo. 8, No. 259 Price Five Congressman Sinnott States What May be Expected in Congress , Oregon, and especially the great Klumulh country, will be benefited during tho coming year by varioug act of con grcM, according to N. J. Sinnott, representative from Ore gon, who )oko beforo tho forum gucHU at the chamber of commerce luncheon yextcrday. In diftcutuiing the recently pawtcd mU, Sinnott nokc briefly In regard to the following: "Now I will lull you something , about our work In Congress," Hi'f ! nllm n' representative staled. "CongroM hasj Ulanl IVUII1 IVlIlg passed number of acta whlrh will . "'qiioaq ArrPQT flf be otiboneflt to tilts community.! VaUOCO nM Wl Ul . First', -we hr appropriated for the! TWO MUliiWSilTPS BMt two fiscal years, 15, 000.0011 ; for Federal,' aid road. You will ft yoaf shsre of thau. We have passed (bv lbs benefit of your Irrigation project ,aad other' project, tha charge-off- bill which wlU enable tha settlers on' thla project to fi'l j 'aa extension of to yeara In their payments. W,e bare alra passed tha l'ubtlr Building bill approprla- tlni 1100. 000. 000 for public build-j revealed In Chicago toiUy by I'at lag' throughout tho couniry. That Itorhc, rhu-f of tho icuvrnunrara matter la now balng Investigated by Intelligence unit for thla district, the secretary of tho treasury, and Cecil Kinder, wealthy New York tha postofflce department. The jar, and hla brother Clifford, head delegation to J'ortland front Klani-jof the llainea-Klndcr Manulectur atb Kalla prored very aurraaful. I,lng company of Chicago, are under net them there and I want to assure you that they made a very fine ahowlng for your community." 1 following the luncheon, when Representative Hluiiott discussed the probability of the federal building In Klamath Fall, ha atated: "Whether -or not Klamath Falls, fill be one' of tho fortunate two elllee In Oregon to receive tha fed eral building", I cannot nay. All testa with Ibe secretary of the treas ury and the poilofflee heade.. I caa ay thla, however, that tha govern ment ar"t, . rrenk , McMillan. ex p retard himself to ma that the re port submitted by Klamath Falls wee' very, favorable although there war a number of cltlea.' namely Cor' vallls, that had a greater ahowlug la postal receipts and office main tenance, thau ha Klamath r'alla." Liquor Violations To Occupy Emmitt For Several Days Juatlce It. A. Kmmltl'a calendar , for the coming week la aa full of liquor caaea aa la the bridge calen dar of a aoclety butterfly, and thla la according to the old Justice, him self. ; When Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Potcr aon, arrested by C. It. Dennett, fed eral prohibition officer, were halrdJ before Juatlce Kmmltt, the magis trate could give them only Saturday morning, October 30, at 10 o'clock, heeaiiiui mm Im nut It tm m-as lumltftd ' high, wide and handsome for the!1 :3 m" remainder of the week. . damage. It was thou!., that be . . .... ... full force of .the storm wat farther Mr. and Mrs. Peterson. 1130 I'lne, rlordH ,,,,, , ld rrob. street, are alleged to have dumped ,,, 4iw, , ,, bootleg whiskey down a .Ink and Vonllnned on Pane Four) a pint of the liquor was salvaged by ! officers. They pleaded not guilty before Emmitt god each posted f 600 personal bands to appear - October 30. ' , Following Is . Justice; Kmmltt's calendar: I Thursday,. 10 s'. m., October Jl, Icontlnoed 6a Page Six) New 60,000-Volt Line Gets First Electric Juice '. I Future "shortage of cloctrlclty l;r(rjnty w,0 lttcod ordora for por Klamath Falls duo to lino troubles ton, 0f tho 310-pound shipment, of becamo virtually Impossible - Inst Igbl wbon the first power was turned thtpugh tbu new 60,000-volt line recontly completed by (be Call . fornla Oregon Power company. The new lino,' No. 18, which haa been under construction for sevoral; months, lends directly to this city from tho big power plant at Copco, . California, via Keno, and will aug ment tho local supply of Julou com ing In on Iho old lino which follows the rallrond track.' Tbe additional voltage Increased tbe local supply about one-third, Copco officials stated, and glvessocond year after planting. To doublo assurance against lino bronk-1 data only four acres have been age or other troubles which some I planted In Klamath, and thoso tor .times tbrealen a few hours of poworj experimental purposes which proved .shortage extremely successful. Cento New Yorkera Are Said to Have Operated on Large Scale C rowing Atlantic from Hal ifax to the Bahamas. ciihwcio, im, at). (fiiitwi ) tithliitrc of a a.'V.OOO.lHK) liquor Importing conspiracy vine arrest taring Indlrlmenla for bring Ing JS. 000, 000 worth of choice liquors Into tha country. Telegrams by government agents reveal purchases, sailing dates, sales and other Information, ahowlng that the Klndera had a fleet of five ves sels rroaslng the Atlantic from Hal Ifat to the Bahamaa, bringing In II- ouor. much of which ultimately reached Inland cltlea. Government .reports stated that Clifford Kinder kept. a aalea man (OoaUnaed oa Page Fear) South Florida In Frenzy Over Big Hurricane Illy Culled News) With an 80-mllo hurricane lash ing tho tip of Florida peninsula. South Florida Wedneaday was In a frcniy of preparation tor an ex pected encounter with tha third West ludlan wind fury in three months. In Cuba the hurricane bad killed at least 25 persons. Injured 150. reused millions of dollars property damage and paralysed communica tions. It swept north In the Gulf of Mexico, and then swung northeast, shrloklng across the Florida Keys and along the Florida straits. The fringe of the storm swept over Key West at 7 miles an hour. Zawadki Seed For 155 Acres Alkali Land Has Arrived Sufficient seed to give a verdant covering of valuable buy to 155 acres of land hitherto utterly use less, arrived here yesterday from Montana and will be available to Klumnth county farmers at tho of fice of C. A. Henderson, county agent, today. While tha 28 ranchers of this Zawadki Alkali grass earlier, will lake most of tho seed. HendOrson or dered nhOtit tO pounds extra for late calls. Thoso who have a few acres of waste land whlrh thoy want to bring Into productivity, nro ad vised to get what they want of. this surplus at once, as the popularity Into which this grass has sprung la whipping up tho demand for It In Klnmnth county. Tho Zawadki grass Is planted two pounds to tha acre of Alkali land and the first crop of hay, corres ponding to timothy In point of feed ing value, Is usually harvested the KLAMATH ENORMOUS APPLE CROP IS REPORTED STATE WASHINGTON HKATTl.K, Wash., oh. '20. ( Called New ) Famous till' natloii over for lla npiih-a. Wash Ingioa will buve a crop this year estimated . al ' some 9 1, 000,000 basliela, ; Tlio eatlniate, aiinounreU by the chamber of roiiiiiirrro bens woulfl place this state next to Mcvr York as an appV producer. Ijist year's apple crop totaled !M.OOO,000 bUslH-U. Big Lumber Mill To Be Provied With First Unit New Dry Kilns Pelican Bay Lumber Company to Expend $45,000 in Im proving Dry Process for Fin ished Product of Plant .1 innjiir atrp la Klamath coun ty Industrial construction and lite development of lumbering In this vicinity was taken yesterday with the announcement that tho l'orter Construction company haa started work on the first of nine dry kilns for the I'ellran Hay Lumber company. i Cost of the construction of the new kilns will be I4S.0OO and ex cavation for foundations commenced yesterday, according to Loula K. Por ter, presldont of the Porter Con struction company. The new kilns will take the place of nine dry kilns at tho Pelican Day mill which have been In use in Ibe past. The kilns aro ta bo constructed of concreto and tile and will be I!! feet long. The Hrst block of four kilns will be comploted before tha lumber drying facilities which are being replaced, are torn down. Porter eapecta to finish this Initial phase of the Job by tho first of the ytnr,rtl.'Werk will commence on the remaining five kilns. Coat Mill lie Heavy Of Interest to mlllmen is the fact that the Northwest Blower type of kiln equipment Is to be Installed In the new plant. Total outlay for Ibe completed drying unit la esti mated at 180,000. Not only will the (Continued on rage Poor) Southern Pacific And Northern Line Must Act Quickly WASHINGTON. Oct. 20 (United Nows) If promises aro kept the timo bt at hand lor officials of the Southern Pacific and tbe northern linea to confer In earnest on ar rangements of a joint Hue Into Klamath Falls. Thoy have been Informed that the Interstate commerro commission Is not pleased with the Jockeying which has wasted away the sum mer and carried the work over for a year. According to advices received here tho officials concerned laid the matter on the shelf until the return froigy Europe of H. W. De forest, chairman of the board of the Southern Pacific. He waa due In New York Tues day and assurances were given that the Oregon .construction program would be considered "ns soon as practicable", after he arrived. That the Southern Pacific Is In no hurry was Indicated by a lettor from A. D. McDonald, vice chair man of tho board,, in whlrh bo In formed tho commission that "as the proposed work could not be started until uttur .tho opening of spring next year we respectfully submit that the public Intcrcsta are not sub stantially affected ' by tho present Interval In the negotiations." To this, however, Commissioner C. D. AltchlBon, speaking for the commission, does not fully agree. KLAMATlf UUlh ON STAFF OF HTIDKNX PtlUJCATIOX UNIVERSITY OF OREOON. Bu gene. Oct. 20. (United News) Appointment of members of ' the nows staff of the Oregon Daily Em erald, student publication, were an nounced Tuesday by Itay Nash, Portland, managing editor. In the staff of genoral news writers Is Ruth Newton, Klamath Falls. FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1926 Havana 'is Suffering Result of Hurricane i Damage .' Estimated a t Three Million; Many ) Reported " Killed and I . Seriously Injured HAVANA, Oct. 20 (Uni ted News) Twelve persons are reported to be dead, 75 to be injured, property dam age is estimated at $3,000,000 and communications are par alyzed as the result of a storm of intense velocity which swept over Havana Wednes day.. The streets of the city, while pass able are strewn with glass and up rooted trees at the close of a day during which business was suspend ed and the army and nary was called into action to protect stores agslnst looters. Havana la completely cut oft from communication with tbe Interior. The Maine monument, most Im posing of the Spsnlsh-Amerlcan me morials, was'blown over in a storm, and broken Into four pieces. Ap proximately 100 fishing schooners were wrecked and more than ,200 smaller house collapsed. One of several oil tanks belonging to the ilolout Oil company, burned across tho bay. A storm of Intense velocity has swept over Havana, leaving a trail 4 Continued on raye Fire) - feank'ftobbers and Loot Are Taken By Lone Sheriff CRESCK.VT-CITY. Cal., Oct. 20 (United News) The courage of a northern California sheriff, who slnglehanded Invaded a bandit's lair on the outskirts of Crescent City, has brought about the cap ture of three armed holdup men and the recovery of 11.500 stolen from a bank here last week. Sheriff Ed Rreen of Crescent City, after receiving a mysterious tip whlrh be has not yet explained fully, descended upon a ranch 10 miles from here Wednesday even ing and uncovered the .secret hid ing place of William Ryan. Grant Coleman and John Keman, whom Iloss accuses of holdiug up the Del Nor to County bank horo Oct. 15. . The place In which the three men were hiding had been used as a moonchlner's distillery and was a veritable arsenal. Ross approach ed the ranch Just before dusk, and, after posting men to cut oft pos sible retreat, yelled a demand to surrender down Into the ranch house cellar, where the bandits wore waiting. , Although heavily armed the men gave themselves up without firing a shot. The currency stolen from the bank was found intact. Marines to Guard U. S. Mail in All ! Important Centers WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (United News). Acting under an executive order signed1 by President CooUdgo today Major John A. Lejeuno, com mandant of the marine corps, ord ered 2,600 men on active duty, heavily armed to guard the malls from robberies, such as the recent one at Elisabeth, N. J. . Each marine wilt be equipped with a rifle, an automatic pistol, with 35 rounds of ammunition, and a shotgun. Each detachment will havo a machine gun. Detachments will bo located at practicully every Important railroad center. Including Uoston, New York. Philadelphia. Plttaburgh. Washington, Richmond, Cloveland, Cincinnati, St. Paul, St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, Atlanta, Now Orleans, Fort Worth, Denver, Salt Lake City, Los Angoles, San Francisco, Spokuno, Settle - und Portland. LENIENCY SHOWN MEN WHO ROBBED JUDGE'S BROTHER .KW YOIIK, on. 20. (tnlted Ncs) "If yii luil robbed any one rbjf other tlum tuy brother, I would bn severe. Ilui . I'm going to slum you I'm not vind ictive," Judge Frank V. Add told two men ronvlrted of stenl Inic g.100,000 in automobile parts from lite company of which Kil aard A, Adrl is preahlent. The men received ansprniled sew-U-uces. War on Beetles To Be Winter's Work of Klamath i ForestProtector! ...ention Will Fir.. Be Given! ter Lake to Be Followed by; Fight in Aspen Lake Section' First steps In Ibe fall cam paign which the Klamath For eesc Protective aaaoriaUoa la to carry on against the destructive pine beetle, will be taken today when a rrevr of foreetera leaves here to establish a ramp oa tbe Vswkey tract iwar Crater .ake National park. It la reported that 15 men will be located at the camp to assist In the beetle control work under Harry Baum. in charge of the operations In the Yawkey timber. It w ex pected' that about two weeks will bn required to rid this section of timber of the past, which during the past four years, has" ravaged millions of feet of valuable timber In southern Oregon and northern California. ' With fire season officially closed last week and the patrolmen and lookouts from various' points In the county being called In for tho win ter, many of these foresters will be enlisted ' In "the campaign against tbe bug. " - Following the purging of the Yawkey tract, the camp will prob ably be moved Into Infested timber in tbe Aspen Lake district. To clean an area which has been en tered by the pine beetle. It Is neces sary to fell the trees, strip off the bark and burn the peeled trunks of infested trees. ' Local Men Make Bag of Two Deer At Harp Springs Byron LeRoy Hardenbrook and Paul Jackson Dalton. armed to the teeth and hips, lift-Klamath Ralls by dawn'a roseate light Tuesday morning, with a view of slaying a deer. They blj off more than they could chew, and chewed It. for they came back with two of the tineat specimens of deerhood seen In the great open spaces for many a red eyed moon. They spent Tuesday, what was left of it when they got there. In the Harp Springs country wher ever that is. It takes an ordinary man two week to get a bag like this but these two he-men who come from that country where men are men, and two-fingers Is a mouth ful, brought down the deer In a day. Hardenbrook returned with a 260-pound mule deer over his shoulder, making him humped-back-ed tor life Dalton tagged along behind with his plump little catch, a forked pointer, dragging the dust behind. Let It be said right here in this chronicle, that Hardenbrook'a deer friend boasted eight horns on one side of its head and seven on the other. It's all over but tho shouting now, boys, but there'll be many a Juicy bite from tbe hams of thoso husky venston brought down from God's own country, tbe Hnrp Springs land. lU.ACHftMITH ItKPOHTS lUT-AXD-KVN AITOIST Charles II. House, well known blacksmith, reported ono of the numerous accidents of tbe week to the sheriff's office following a col lision Tuesday at the corner- of Ninth and High streets. According to -House, a man driv ing a car with Idaho license No, S-1TS, ran Into him when he bad the right-of-way at the corner. (Every Normal Expansion of Klamatli is Urged to be Carried Forward i ' ' ' ' j "Build for the future generations of Klamath Falls iwith normal expansion, and not inflation as the basis for jthe great development that is to come.'. ' i In those few brief words Bishop William P. Remirig- ton of the diocese of Eastern Oregon, addressed the forum j luncheon guests at the chamber of commerce yesterday.; ' t With IransnArfttttnn f,.lllf.. a. Eugene Debs Dies Peacefully Among ClOSCSt FlS P'c"le Leader of Ameri-, M- L. - ci I. e mm; nationally Known l KI.JIIIIRHT, III.. Oct. 20. (United News) Eugene Victor Orbs, pirturesqae leader of Ameri can socialists for 82 years, died In a sanitarium here tonight at 7:84 p. m. Debs bad been suffering intensely from nephritis for the but four weeks. Early yesterday he became unconscious and physicians an nounced there was no hope for bis recovery. With ' Debs when he died were his wife. Katberine; big - brother. Theodore; his two sisters, Mrs. Fred Hclnl of Terre Haute. Ind.. and Mrs. C. O. Mallloux of New York, and Dr. H. O. Wiseman, hla personal phy sician. Those who had been close to Debs In recent months knew that the aged campaigner was recon ciled to the fate which chronic ne - phritla had imposed noon . hint. (Contlaaed Oa ragav rtre Woman Prisoner Falls on Stairs; Is Badly Injured j . Mrs. Fraa-.cs McEwan, federal; prisoner, who was seriously Injured, when she fell headlong down the! stairs of the county poor farm, was I in a serious condition last night. J according' to Dr. O. S. Newsom. whoj is attending the Injured woman. j Mrs. McEwan, charged by 'fed-; eral officers with sale of Intoxlcat-: ing liquor, was bound over to the by Colonel ft. o.' Thorn- grand Jury and detained at the Poorl8on 5lip0rintendent of Crater Lake !rn.. ,?Ut3r UDl,ed S,ate,, M,r-: national park, when he stated that shall Well, arrived in the city Tues-1 ,he p,rk , , opra t0 ,,,., day to take Mrs. McEwan and ' probably will remain so for at Fred McD,e,. , Portland. At ,et t or thrM eek(1. 7:15. o'clock Tuesday night. Mrs. , McEwan had n.cked her heinn.m.J Colonel Thomson, with an aide. and was nrenarintr ' to te.v. withi"""" ,u ""' """ " Wells, when she fell, she fainted. It is thought According to Dr. Newsom. health officer. Mrs. McEwan is suffering from internal Injuries which may iron fatal ah. I. !!.,. , .k. poor farm. Americanization Classes Making Good Headway W'hen for ln bo-n residents ol the United States ask more ques tions In one hour than their In structors can answer t In a week with the aid of Noah Webster and a good slsed encyclopedia. It Is time for American born men and j women to sit up and take notice at what Is going on around them. I This -Is tho opinion of Louis' Mueller. Amorleantiatlon officer of Klamath post of the American Le gion, who Is working with Don Fisher In the naturalization - and reading and writing classes being conducted this winter. The classes will be held tonight in the Veterans building with read-'the subject upon which the 'Bishop Ing and writing classes at 6: 30 1 spoke and In reference to coopera o'clock and naturalisation classes ! tlon, said: "It bt Impossible-for us at 7:30 o'clock. Classes will start j to get along In life by disregarding twice a week soon. Mueller stated, other people. Team play In ' all Along with the work of the Leg- lines of endeavor is quite as essen lon smoker to bo held in November. ; tial as It Is on the gridiron or bas il. S. Mathews, F. R. Olds and ! kctball court It success Is the goal." Louis MueTler are in charge of the Bishop Remington wag Introduced affair. The Medford American Leg ion post has been Invited to the affair, the date of whlrh will be announced later, and the valley veterans are planning to attend 100 pur cent strong. Morning Except Monday) i ""lr bCTt- ","h r"ou"" p Z ZtZ .'i j bishop continued. It is bard to live by example-of I ,he miukes "t others; but take lor 1 instance, the present plight of Flpr- I Ida, and the great strides .that i beautiful sister - state- made within a year's time. .- ',".)' 1 "Florida la ' great gad beautiful, j for I have been tbere and seen j her wonders; a wonderful climate : provides a paradise for tourists and they raise the grapefruit and tho orangea that grace the breakfast tables of America.' "Bat suddenly someone In Flor ida found a new way of making mcney and they said, 'real estate.' And upon that new desire to make Florida grow in population and wealth, the outcome was Inflation. "Development comes from within.' If you Inflate your, city you. will do so at the expense of..tbe tVpo of growth you are. gdlng .to' bare. . "It all together, -depends onslhe policy you - adopt. Tight -now,,, the policy: of - Inflation,, -o , of normal l weneion. If yon take, the first step - yon will have -aa. Influx , of gamblers.- tbe man- here today, nd there tomorrow, . all, men eaaU a-p-. men ready to .make- money . In , any i manner they can.- What , yon- need la tbe reliable, stable . people v T( bo will ' be -homeseekers, looking - Jor ) homes, for schools, and tbe better I (Continued oa Page ' Fearl , Crater Late. Road : Is Still, Open to Traveling Public Coming an one of the happiest an nouncements of recent weeks, vaa tlttar tarnrrl hrnntrht 'tat Klttmnth Valla r"" V I. a little- brer two Tbe snow at tbe uuurs HUU UK 1 1 . !n.,k I. n,lrl. rnna miA mln ! po,,,,.,, tne olllng M , I naetinitely . I , '.,.; ' iv. .:v.u...B u , ...ov.. the weather hi not tbe temperature that might be. expected. . "We have not been wearing more than our usual beary sweaters,'" tho park auperlntendent said, showing a light olive knit sweater under bis uniform. "It Is not more than J 5 degrees colder at the rim of the crater than right hero in Klamath (Continued oa Page Six) . ' Bishop Remington Talks to Students Of Klamath High "If you think you can faco tho tasks of life without Almighty Ood as a partner, you're mistaken," was the ringing statement which Bishop Remington flung at the student body of the local high school in his address during assembly yesterday. "Boating the Facts of Life" -was to the students by Reverend J. Hen ry Thomas, pastor of tbe local Episcopal church, who addressed a few brief remarks to tbe student body In presenting tha principal speaker.