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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.