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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1926)
y t-ue.v; The SERVICE "1 It roar copy al TUB NEWS doe el errlt by tiBO . w., iIuim 7T ted copy of the paper will ba nt. Two Sections Twelve Pages' CirifW Ntv and United Press Telegraph Services 1. 3, No. 267 PHce Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE.. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30. 192? (Every Morning Except Monday) IfQNG OF S IS LIFE Klamath Mews OSAGE GIVEN Building in Klamath continues SlJnabated PermiU failed During Month Total $240, 385; Establish Record Over Previous Years With but ono diiy left In j the month of October, and n ! sudden influx of building per mit sweeping into the office of City Clerk Lem L Gag hagen yesterday, October thu far has established an envi able record over the name month of the pant four year. Figure compiled by Oaghagen how the following rull: 1J. thua for in October. & permit totaling I240.3XS; October. 136. C permits, totaling I"9,0S0; Orlo h.e. i?4 IS twrmlla. $111,7:6: October. 192S. 41 permit. I30.9SO.I October of 1920 urpasee the total of til prevlnu three year.- It ta revealed. Thu far In 1:. wltU two month to no bofora a new era la announced and spring bulldlnn opens, ehow a total of U.I 10. MS. I'D to November 1. 1935. building y total were Il.44t.mrt0 rtBTemner L. t si in laa ia Nnvemher 1. t , V I ,..--- . 1913. 1110. TIB. The largaat permll leaned yes terday wa to C. N. 'oeboom. ar chitect, who designed the $0.000 building to he constructed on the corner of Sixth (treat and Klamath avenue by tl. tl. Kern and II. K. Kern of Klainnth rail. The permit called for a brick and concrete building, two atorlea. on lot 3. and 4. block J, original town. The building, $1 I 130 feet, will be ued for an hotel a well a atore room on the firm , floor. Another Interesting permit w Issued to Mr. It. II. Amlcke. clerk of the ChrUllan Science society, which will begin eontrurtlon on an $$000 church building on Wash (Continued oa Piute Five) Irrigation Board . Plana FJwnnn in Select Directors Cloely following the general elec tion, the raco for directorship of the Klamnth, Irrigation dlatrlct I latad to rival the county run In point of Intensity, o far a water Uer are ronrerned. The election I net for November 8 and with to nlalil tha deadline for raco en trant, two candidate have filed their petition. The potitlon,- which were filed with Secretary K. V. llllllu yes torduy, are those of W. C. Town aend, who will run aftalnnt It. C. Short, incumbent, and J. I.. Ja cob, who i nut for re-election. Two more candidate aro experted to enter the list before 6 o'clock I thla nfternoon. One to oppoao Ja- cob In hi run for ro-cloctlon, and prnlinhly the petition of It. C. Short whoae three-year term I now on the wane, Short, hnwovnr, hn not yet declared whether he will run gala for llio directorship. Short' term oxpire on thu first Tuesday In February, 1927. It, K. Ilradbtiry, president of the hoard and the . third director, hn one more year to serve on his threo year term. . Jacobs resigned from tho post of director recently, following strife with the other bnrd member. Ila had two more year to nerve on the hoard following III selection list February, so hi ucceor, If some one elso win the place, will bo con fronted with two years of the re signed director's term. Secretary llllllu Is now preparing 4 the ballot botes and election sta tionery, to send to tha five voting precincts of tbo irrigation dlatrlct, CHEER LEADERS OF COLLEGE MAKING IT CASH BUSINESS 'II It '.Kit lrofnloiillm hit Inta.tett flu, rnnk if the (-oleic cheer leader. Klllot Nugent, alar In a aluiw now playing here, will appear anion- Hie Ohio rlierr leader Natunlay when ! Male play 1lriro. Nugent I an alumnus ul the Ohio erhoui. Apple Week Will be Observed by Klamath Chamber Starti Thia Morning and Willi Continue Until Next Satur-, -1 U Lt. D - D : - L I amy riignij duj m uui v Slogan Throughout State. Apple Wifk. beginning- till morning, Nmemlier 0, will have IImi u.Mirt of klamalh Fall mer chant and tho Klamath county chamber of commerce. Placard announcing the date of .Apple Week were received al the chamber of commerce yeaterday. The reuimt to olmrve the week in all of Oregon has grown out of the urgent . request of Oregon apple grower to the state chamber of commerce and taken up by that body and particularly sponsored by the trade and commerce commit tee of the chamber. Now that the "spud" ha come Into It own, prune hve long been established during the late fall month, and even cherry and rose are bolstered to the skiea with fea tlval and carnival, the apple feel Ilk it time baa coma and "buy a boi" la the alogan adopted by gro er for the coming wek. It wa learned yeaterday that the next chamber of commerce fo rum luncheon on Wednesday would be devoted to Apple Week, although the sneaker hve not yet been an nounced. Klamath Farmers Too Busy to Collect Premium Awards Klamath county farmer are so prosperous that they will not both er to call nl the county agent'a of fice for the rash, premium which were, awarded them at tho county fair here last September. At least that I the Indication re vealed by Information from Mr. l.edu Parker, secretory of the fair board, who yesterday staled that in spite of previous announcement to the effect that pfemlum check were ready for distribution, nearly 40 check remain uncalled for. The Ignored rash prlies run from $1.50 to IS and total about $300, 'Mr. Parker Muted, declaring that everal exhibitor have more than one award, which In some cose make a tidy little sum due them. The check are not boing sent through the mall, o all those who received first and second prise rib bons and who have not collected the (Continued on Pago Two) . Hildebrand Forms First Girls' Club Of Present Season Frank Sexton, county club leader, yesterday slated that he has com peted organisation at Hldehrand, of the first girls' chili of the new sea ami. The rlitb leader's newest group I a sewing club which comprises six girl tn llildehrund, headed hy Mr. Ma bio Hrady, local leader. Tho member are Hess It) Hartiler, Helen Wnelk, Helen Modner, Irene Clan ton, Illanche Vlcra and Iella Win rhcll. More member are likely to lie added later, Sexton atnted. Misses Vler. and Woelke wore winner of the second and third prlie respectively. In their divi sion at the Klamalh county fair thla year. With the most successful year in rlub worft since Its Inception In this county now closed,. Sexlon Is anticipating next season an. even better club year, both for girls and hoy. Ho plan tn commence organ lint Inn of sewing, cooking and bnmcmnklng clubs In the Merrill district next week. 1Y. TJ 1 Dry Head J - Indignant Looseness Dry Law; General Andrews Saysi ro-or-n.t.on n c -i sary But That .it is! Ucking Woefully ! PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 291 (United News) lining Htrong phraHes, General Lincoln C. Andrews, federal prohibition chief, scored the people of the country and local and state officials for throwing the whole burden of enforcement upon the government and not doing their share, in an ad dress here tonight before the American Academy of Politi cal and Social Science. "Wo find cooperation on the ta tute book, but not carried out In in the life of the community." he declkrcd. "Kor the foderal government to handlo enforcement alone on pro hibition," he aald. "would roqulre iuh euperlmno'cd federal police lower, a would be absolutely un t bin lea lil Y h America ' ami bad enough In Kuula." Andrewa alo aingled out the re form force for cltlrlsm. "After working o successfully fori temperance along educational line. Instead of grasping this great op- nortunity for a ateady. forceful a! vance to overwhelming ancces. they apparently felt that their battle wa ulready won. and ceased their or- ! ganiied efforts," he said. Prompt Service in Freight Handling In Klamath Yards Wlih the recently Inaugurated delivery aystem at the local freight depot of the Southern Pacific oper ating smoothly, S. R. Merry, local freight and passenger agent, yes terday stated that Klamalh Falls business house are getting two day service on freight out of Port land and Sacramento, and three-day service out of San Francisco. This is made posalbla through ad ditional new trackage In tho local yards, facilitating switching, by through freight service, and through the effort, of the -three crow, of freight handler, at the depot. With tho addition this week of two new men on the depot force, whose service were necessary be cause of tho constantly Increasing volume of local freight, the person nel of the freight ahed now com prise IS men who ire divided Into three shifts. Under the delivery order system, local freight I et out at the depot ready for delivery by merchants' trucks at the start ot tho day's business. Under till plan, freight arriving here on late afternoon and night trains, is ready for the stores next morning, virtually rutting ship ping tlrtla to actual lino movement. Track Laying Now In Order in S. P. Terminal Yards With the narrow-gauge track used by the Utah Construction company in connection with terminal con struction here, tarn up and yard grado established, gang ot nearly 100 laborer, yesterday started lay ing a line ot 90-pound steel to sup plement trackage at the tipper end of the railroad yard. ' The now lead extends about 200 feet above tho present Main street railway crossing and branches Into two switching track, further down In the yard.. SUICIDE IS SCARED by policeman and SWIMS TO SAFETY vtjzzz Ing a young girl ra-l iHTwlf into the Willie river allli nuln'.al In tent, a pollmnan lrr.- hi rcvol- er and Khnutnl: "If you don't runic out of (there right 5 altoot youl" The wouhl-be bidn aa liilmbluml hy the orifcT mwl otMhMllcni ly ewarn to the bunk wheae her parent re. reived her.. .. ' . ', 7 , , Another draded School Needed i city Klamath J Fremont School Con jetted and It Become. Neceaaary toi Tranafw Grade, to Central i School Building. Klamath Fall will need an other grammar achool tho alxr, or even larger, - than Fremont school, completed laet npniwc ir tho prmeait -IncreoMO couitnuea durina; the year. This was the, sentiment around the new achool' building yeaterday afternoon when .order were given to move the high second grade, taught by Mis Anna Mae Johnston, and the low third, taught by Mlsa Laura P. Olsen'.' to tho old Central achool for the ' remainder of the year. , The alxth and eighth grade class es, taught by Miss Kdlth Wakeman and R J Burhshian. will be moved to Fremont cool In order that upper grade can work together in the lima building. . . ".(Srery. rB4bn the .old Central achool, which we hoped to abandon. la filled to utmost rapacity, and the highest class Is tbat of the low third grade," Miss August A. Par- ker, principal of the Fremont and Central schools, stated yeaterday. -There are now six classes. In i eluding the three first grade class- (Contfaacd oa Face -Two-) Livestock Men on Way to Portland m i . . aw-l I M ,. io Attena ixniDit ' With the Pacific International Livestock Exposition scheduled to open at Portland today. October 30,lCOrding to Postmaster John A. Mc - several local cattlemen and their; Call, and It has been found ncces familles have already left for the; sary to work the force overtime ln rose city, and others are planning to j order to handle the deluge ot mail, start north this week-end to at-lln all a total of 30.000 parcels of tend the big show. , mall was 'handled yesterday. Among those who loft hero to be! Candidates should see that the on hand for the opening day of the campaign literature is sorted and livestock exposition ore K. M. Ham- tied in packages for ecah respec mond nnd wife, and W. E. Ham- live community. If possible, instead mond. They expect to remain In jot placing the letters In the par tite northern part of tho state for, eel post drop. It Is far better to about two weeks. 8. P. Dehllnger and family and erlv ,lod aA sorted. D. E. Alexander and family, are' As ,n illustration of the Ineon planning to leave to witness the) renlence to which the local post fair. Alexander is the only Klam-i offlre is subjected it might be stated sth cattle breeder -who will ex-! that several thousand letters, ad hibit at the exposition this year, : (Continued On Fafn Two) REPUDIATION The promptness with which the News exposed the Non-Partisan' La bor ticket was- followed yesterday by an official denial by all In terested parties. The statement reads: "To whom it may concern: . "This will certify that tho or ganisations listed below. In which we aro officers, have not officially indorsed candidate, appearing on an anonymous ticket circulating ln this city, purporting to represent the sentiment of organticd labor ln Klamalh Falls." "Signed: A. L. RICE, president Building Trade. Council and president Point ers' Loral Uunlon. R. W. NEWELL, president Local 811, Bnrbers" Union. BRUCE STAUB, president Hod currlers" Local No. 117. V. O. SMITH, president Plaster ers' Local No. 711. O. D. MATTHEWS. president Plumber and Fitter. No. 191. C. J. BESSLER, president Meat Cullers, No. 306. L. A. BICKELL,.' vice-president. Typographical Union No. (91. T ' Leniency J is Shown Hit, Run Motorist i jRotarians Honor District Attorney and' Rev. A. L. Rice, State Traffic Officer Indignant Over Sen-, tence of J. H. Vernon , " "'.-"-, and-ru" "joto. w' not be,; prosecuted on the charge of failure to report an accident following the extremely light sentence given him in justice court by R. A. Emmitt. Vernon was charged with failing to render assistance to a car driven j by employes of the California Ore-i gon Power company when he crowd ed the men off The Dalles-California highway north of Malin at 3 o'clock (on Sunday morning. October 17. The car completely turned over, rendering Carl Wells, driver of the Ill-fated car. unconscious and break ing hla jaw bous and several rib. Vernon waa arrested Tuesday morning by State TrSfflc Officer Walter Foster who waa Interested in nipping the "hli-and-rnn" idea in the bud. A charge was preferred against Vernon who 'confessed be - orc.IUjitrict, Attorney $5. . f Hlott. (Continued on Page Three. IT Sorting of Mail During Campaign 9 - , 1G rViOSL riSSCnilHl! - , I Candidate for varloUM office ' In stnte, county nnd city, should j use caution In mailing of ouii- ; paign literature, providing1 tlicy ! desire tbo missive to reach their ' I , -i--.i ucwinimmn ii-.-mu iu , y nc i Great Influx cf letter is deluB- nK the local postoffice. end the' : clerk have become swamped, ! hand them In at the window, prop- dressed to the voter ln every sec- tion of Klamath county, were nlac - ed ln the drop Thursday night, and ! report, as to his position on pub no sorting had been resorted to I "c Questions made without official whatever. The result was tbat the sanction. He has given no Inter mall clerks found it Impossible tolv'ew- madc no statement, taken no segregate the letters In time to I Position, nnd expressed no attitude catch all outgiong malls yesterday 'or ,ne Purpoae of influencing the morning. I choice of United State senator in Sort your - mail, string It and hand It to the clerk at the window, If possible. Child Slightly Injured as Car Passes Over Her Struck down by an automobile at t .. I .. HnJ C ......... V. -I ... I I L last evening, a small five-year-old . girl escaped serious Injury by fall- ln ' t body Thursday night ing between the wheels of the 'h the Presbyterian church. j car which passed over her body. Rev. A. L. Rice of tho'Preshy-. Aside from minor bruises and terlan church, who will leave Mon-I a painful hump on tho head, the 'day for Salt Lake City, Utah, toi child was uninjured. The attend-1 take over his new work at Phillip's i ing physician nnd hospital attend-! Congregational chnrch, will be ten-1 ants did not take tho name of the dored a farewell reception In the child, but were of the opinion that: parish house of St. Paul's Eplsro-! ' her parents reside nt Algoma. J. W. Bnlney wa the driver of the car which, coming down Main I day night Included Rev. Rice, Rev. ; chairman of iho Civic Service eom street, wns unseen hy the little girl j Loeser, Rev. M. L. Pcle.llc, Rev. mllteo nnd representative on tbo who attempted to cross the street In front of It. . , . SWISS CHEESE MAY COMPETE WITH U. j c c a rrriDV rririnc S. FACTORY GOODS W.tHHI;TOX .tmrrlran Kwlti th?re nutnufucturorif nrv Ihrmtcnffl hy Hwinis comptitiont a(fri)liix o an p-al hy W, IU KC of llw trm Imrrau InIt , linn, pcprrntlnit U'broniii ilnlrj un. kk wric-,! ih- HwIm mrn. met to IIm KwIim i-here lnIui(ry Im rurbrj by tariff. Departing Divine' w" 0n'j eon of Thu Popular Civic : Organization; Coo to Fill Pulpit in Salt Lake City. "You have nvide many of us I i. or club. nd h. o, ci.y. and John Ramsey, former n.i. . the HtttaK tribato cowboy, were found guilty pnw to itcv. a. l. nice of the Friday by a federal jury on First Presbyterian church, by j charges of murdering Henry lion s. zumwait, officer of Rotary, j Roanhorse, wealthy Osage In- at the noonday lunrheon of the jfln club ,.erd.y I. the chamber j of commerce. . p.derml jBdg() jofc Hev. and Mr, nice, who have i B,enced tht two men to life lm been in Klamath Falls for the past , pr,Mnmcnt ln ,he federal pen'ten five and a half year, and workingl tjiry ,t Le.TMworth. Kansas. courcn, are leaving aonaay morning for Salt Lake City where they will enter into aheir new field of Phil- ! lip'a Congregational church. Tne entire tuncneon ot notary waa turned over to Rev. Rice, who poke briefly on the ideal and aim of a good Rotarian. . i in . ner neli. n , wag generally j "Rotary friendships. their aaso-1 known that she wa. wealthy, and la jiatlon. jharlnK inthe jwork aadiaddlUoii she, wa. .getting a huge j ideal.' of one' alm."'ia7 the basis "of I amount Tot money fromTier'otrTioltf-' . business association and the result! ing. ', ( .of happiness." Rev. Rice ga id. .j mil. it nr; JT- iu vnun "iuu of the luncheon yoHterday and . at t U .Ias r.f Raw !(... ' (?.. mwI1 IJ Viuiru int-r; a i vlt a,IdreSf' -Prertentert the departtnR . mini st r with a desk net of fountain pen and holder. Coolidge Refuses To Enter Illinois Senatorial Fight WASHINGTON. Oct. 29. (United News) President Coolidge has I i curtly repudiated an attempt to pnll him into the Illinois senatorial contest against Frank Smith, the regular republican candidate who was found' to have accepted $125, 000 from Samuel Insull, the public utilities ' magnate, in his primary campaign. A dispatch printed today in Chi cago, representing Coolidge as in dignnntly opposed to Smith because ot the campaign fund Instalment, brought the following formal state ment from the White House to night: "For obvious reasons it has to be the policy of President Coolidge i 10 assume no responsibility for press Illinois." Rev. Loeser Is Elected Head of Ministers' Body Rev. Father A. L. Loeser ot the Sacred Heart chnrch, was elected pri(,ont ot lne Klamath Falls Mln- tsterial association follnwins a meet. I ' pal church. It was announced at ; the gathering. Those present Thnrs - I Wemott, hollnnd. Rev. Colo and Rev. Mul- ,117 A li L .. f f C (X 1 t II V y. Oklahoma Rancher is Guilty King of the Osage Must Serve Life Term for Murdering Rich In dian Charge OKLAHOM A CITY, Oct. 29 (United News) W. K. . ,i,i.,i,,0 ,.!,,,,, liaic( vniaiiuniu a . -.. aaau. The "reign of terror" la which 20 Osage Inrfiins were myaterton- lw 1,IIIa k,.tn In 1?A l.lltle vn. ' .n thought of it until 1921, when the murder, broke out In earnest. It was then that Anna Browa foun(, de41 , , ,oneIy OB Three-Mllo creek with a bullet bole . (jom, little stir , wa. made to suivc ii mynmrf Ul uri UMUI uu then the matter waa dropped. - Iu .. a. - .. . 1 mat, Uri UL HIC - CVUIla-ry . all IB dlan more or lna amount to wy little. . - ... A short time after this Henry Roanhorse. a cousin of Anna, wain I found dead in an automobile, with la bullet hole through bla head. The .following week Henry Whlteborse. another relative of Anna's,, waa i found lying in a pool of his own i blood, dead. - Reorge Blgheart, an-. , (Continued on Page Five) , Scout Work Will ; Be Broadened in Various Sections Meeting at the courthouse yester day afternoon to plan a campaign tor the coming season, the execu tive board ot the Klamath County Scout council adopted a resolc tion whereby boy In the outlying districts ot the county will be ex tended opportunities to participate in full scouting activities. The plan, recommended by Scout Executive B. Blevens, who became familiar with scout Ideas during bis attendance at a recent convention of scout heads in the mlddlewest will be carried out largely through the troop organisation committee of the Klamath council, in charge of J. J. Miller, chairman. ." Included in the outline of future work set down by the board, i. pro vision for an advanced training course in scouting tor men who are at present actively engaged in fur thering the boy scout movement In Klamath county. The aim In spon soring tho course is to tit the men who take It, to Instruct other lead ers after tho first of the year. The report ot the troop organisa tion revealed that the following groups aro being organited for ac tive scout work. Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian churches, M.lln and a second troop at Chlloquln. At (he nleeUng A,Btallt i.r,nclpa, Fisher of the. high school was de- dared to havo been elected by the troop committee of tho Christian church, a scoutmaster. The Rev. A. L. Rice's resignation a. scout commissioner wa accepted, but no one was announced to succeed him. The organlintlnn of the executive 'board was made complete with the ! appointment of A. A. McDonald aa hoard of tho Sacred Heart academy troop.