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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1926)
09 SERVICE If tour copy of TIIK Sf.WH does not arrive by Hi 110 a. m., phone HTT mikI ropy "f tilt iaHT will lie anil. Jl HE IMoAMATEI ws The Klamath News , Official Paper . County of KlamatK United Next and United Prett Telegraph Services Vol. 3, No. 2f0 Price Five CenU KLAMATH FALLS. ORE., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 192G (Every Morning Except Monday) NORTHERN LINES M SURVEY NE Greatest of Strikes is Ended Abruptly New Age Dawn for Coal in England by Find ing way to Liquify; to Take Place Gasoline. i LONDON. Doc. 2. (U.N.) The greatest inilustriul strug Klo in history, involving be tween five ii n (I ten million men and costing England $2. 000,000,000 a Hum equal to the country' war delit came to an end at midnight Thurs day. With tho ri'turn of Dm Sou t h Wales miners In I ho pita Iho Hrlt lab official wireless broadcast (tie following mraaags: "The coal aipagr, whlrh crip- .pled llrlilah I ral o fur arven mouth", definitely ended today." Herniation nf the rmcrgenry powers regulations by wlilrh Kna land haa liven governed alnre short- ly after I he conl atrlke hrgnn, wja mail effective at midnight. On lb eve fur Mivlel lluaala. A. J. Cook, aecretnry of Iho miner' federation, uud Implacable lead"r who fuuKbl for higher wogea and reduced working bnnra, aitniltli'd thai Iho atrlke waa "virtually ond- Of the 1.0011,000 mnn who ro- fuaed to return to the plla May 1. when ownera poatrd demunda for reriut'eri wages and longer hour, nearly 600.000 wore at work undr dlatrii't agreements before the South (Continued on l'ne Hrven) Detour From Sixth Street Badly in Need of Repairs Painful Injury was Buffered by William Welahans, employe nf Iho Klamnlh Iron anal Wcel Works, when hla ear struck a deep mud hnle on Kant Main street early yes terday afternoon, throwing him against tha car, and breaking the windshield and rear springs. Kaat Main street, which recently became the main artery Into Kla math Palls with ths viaduct con struction under way. Is a disgrace lo a community the also of Klam ath Tails. In the opinion of resi dents In that section of tho city, and many who are forced to travel tha thoroughfare. The detour starts at Main street nt the Southern Pacific tracks near the filar llan Lumber company, and eitends over to south Hlxt Ii street, a distance of about one and a half miles. Numerous windshields and springs have been broken since the heavy rains ripped huge holes In the thoroughfare and residents of Alts mont, Malln. Merrill, llnnnnza, Dairy, Langi'll's Vnlley and Lake view, are evading Klamalb Kails as much as possible. Of pnrtlculur Interest Is the fncl that poultry raisers have found II almost Imposslhlo to bring eggs In tho Klumulh market over the Enst Main street. They claim eggs are continually broken by Iho Jolting received on Iho ronil, Another stretch of Tho Dnlles Cullfiirnlu highway which Is prac tically ImpnHsnhlo, Is on Oregon ave nue, two blocks north of Uphnm. The stretch Is three blocks In length and Is under tho Jurisdiction of the city. More Exceptions In'Water Dispute ItKND, Pee. 2. -(United Nowsl A third sot nf exceptions to State Knglneer lihen Lupcr's adjudication nf Deschutes river water rights wns filed In circuit cosrl hero today. Dissenting with 10 nf tho find ings, especially that part which states Ihnt Iho north canal dnm at Crnno I'rulrlo Is a "temporary dnm for Ihe purpose nf lasting the reser voir," Iho north cnnnl company, through Oswald West, attorney, fil ed exceptions to he heard here on December 10 by Judge, T. K. Duffy. I BLACKSMITH SHOP -ENQUIRY RECEIVED BY KLAMATH NEWS Tin New In. nn mil Hif town I hi I ulr' for it CiHrnl hlnek-milfli-Itttf ImiIih'nm, rlihi'r to buy In with mmih ri'llJttili iftiirrrti or lo huy oiitrllit. Tlil 1m ohi of timnr lwiiin mi art iCfMltiic, rt fiTM'tl lo III ioHlny'M nlltorlnl roliiiiiii. Tim Xi'W In rnful not lo rniHil In or ovrrrowil tiny llni of work ftiifUrk'iilly rmiriw ut irtHHnt, liul Mhcn nny omiiIiik' rcnlly riMsj wo nrr only loo pU'HM'tl to In1 of Mrvlri. Aged Watchman Dies of Injury At Lumber Yard Benjamin Franklin Evans, Em ploye of Algoma Lumber Co.. Steps off Tramway and Falls Eight Feet to Death. A severe blow over llie right temple, nurfen-d when he fell right feet lo the ground from a tramway. t-jiuard the htaijint li'aih ir II e n J a in I n Franklin Kvniia, 70, fur a imiiilM-r of enra nlKlii wiiichiimn nf the Alumna LumtMr iontiunv. Tile ai-rlflent n arml In the lumlier )jinl at 1:11) eti'ritNy iiMirnlnK. It Is the opinion of the coroner, and those familiar with conditions I at the mill, that the old man mis judged his distance and stepped from the tramway. Kvans was dis covered ny w. I . Ilnlley, anntlier nightwalibninn nf the Algoma Lum ber company, shortly after Ihe trag edy. Funeral services will be held at Ihe Karl Whltlock Funeral home. upon arrival of tha aged man's I daughters who nre expocted in Klnmnth Fulls todsy. Kvans la survived by his wife, j Faiinlo Kvans, two sons, Joseph and I Frank, nnd two daughters, Mrs. II. I J. Ilnhcrta of nimnrk. North Du ; kntn, and Mrs. K. II. Leeso of Ku ; reka. California. Ha was a member of .Modern Woodmen of America. Man of Mystery is Dead at The Dalles TIIK IIALLKS. Doc. I. (I'.N.) Clarence llennett, tr year old man of mystery, died at The Dalles hos pital today without having regained his memory enough to tell of or Identify ono or more assnllants. wliV more than a fortnight ago. slugged him, roh bed him and left him to die near Ihe river bank at Crate's Point, west of The Dnlles. A blow on his head, coupled with the exposure was Iho cause of his death. The elderly mnn told phys icians that he thought he worked in Klamnth Falls in the summer and spent the winters In Portland, llennett was neatly dressed and his habits were those of a cultured man. II wns said. He had eight gold teeth In his upper Jaw and six In Ihe lower. Klamath Merchants Conspiring To Help Dear Old Santa Claus It Is doubtful if Merry Kris Kringle, alias Santa Claus, can scoot down. many chimneys in Klamath Falls this year with the load he is going to carry on his back. So if you haven't a fireplace, just leave the door un- latched, for merchants in Klamath Falls are conspiring with the jovial old mnn to give kiddies in the city the merriest of a Merry Christmas 1 ' Rules for the Santa Claus letter writing contest which starts this morning in Tho Klamnth News, will be found on another page and it is through this medium that the - lovely gifts will be sent to 10 Klamath Falls boys and girls, who are fortunate enough to come to the notice of the Christmas snint. The following stores, through their courteous mer chants, arc offering prizes such as wrist watches, dolls that go to sleep, savings accounts, scooters, sleds, beau tiful, pen and pencil sets, mechanical Packard automobile, lots of candy and nuts intermingled with golden, lus cious oranges, nnd sweaters. . Get out your pen and pencils, boys and girls, if you are twelve years old and under, and have Taith in St. Nick, and write to tlie Santa Claus editor of the Klam nth News. Don't forget to sign your name and address plainly so that your prize gift can be sent directly to you for Christmas eve. Store donors include Glover's Jewelry store, Golden Rule, Shaw-MacRne, Vnriety Store, Underwood's Phar mncy. Roberta and Harvey, Claud H. Davis, Hurry Cash Grocery, Brownsville Woolen Store and American Nat? Bunk. Klamath Freight Business Increases November Was Biggest Month on Record for Volume of Shipping In and Out of City. With neveral long freight trains plying in and out of Kla mnth Fulls, daily, local freight business held up to high fall avernge during November, making that month the big Kent on record for volume of shipping here. Thia Is according to 8. It. (lorry, local freight and passenger agent or the (Southern Pacific who yes terday stated that while monthly reporta have not yet been complet el, the shipping totala for last month will be well above those for corresponding' period last year. December la expected to be some what alack as compured with ship ping In preceding months, since the Inauguration of through freight service over the new Cascade line, but In flerry'a opinion business can (Continued na lge Hrvcu) Klamath Rainfall Broke AH Records During November Total rainfall In Klnmnth Falls during the month of November ranched the surprisingly high fig ure of 7.94 Inches, an outstanding record In the weather Simula of this county, according to II. K. Smith of the reclamation service, weather observer for this district. The nearest approach to this heavy precipitation, virtually all of which came In the form of rain, was In November, 1909. when the lolnl for the month was 5,30 Inchei. That Klamath Falls last month rivalled Kugene, watery city in the Wllliamette valley. In point of rain full, is seen from the fact that Kugene'a total rainfall measured but 11. 4 Inches. The following Is the November rnlnfnll over a period of ten years, compiled by Observer Smith from Ihe 32 years of weather records ut nts oirire: i9i....:...i.i9 1917 X.00 1918 1.44 1919 0.48 1920 8.64 192(1 1921 ;..I80 192! 1.60 1923 0.68 1924 1.65 1926 1.30 7.94 PRESERVATION OF ANCIENT FORT IS PLANNED IN UTAH H.W.T LAKK CITY. t'lah, Dec. Si. (I nlt.il News) A movement has hern started for the preservation of Cove Fort, near I'IiiIi'm first rnpltol at Fillmore, as a relic oi an historic era. Ohl Cove fort, Incnleri on the Arrowlleail Trull, sna rrerlifl In IH4I7, two cmih before ruflroulM Hn (rated 4o I'tiih.' At one time ihe fori was n refuse for Inhiib- Itanla ' hamuMu'd by Indiana and now in tuse of tin best prn.nr.Ni of a number of slmllai left over from ioar (toys. Main Street is Scene of Volley Of Pistol Shots Lumber Worker Attempt Life of "Cyclone" William, But1 ltler rrove. Better Sprint- er Than Fighter in Pa.t. A volley f pi.toi .i,t rang out above the din of traffic on Main street between KiKhlh and Mnih about two o'rlork yester day afternoon, ahon Charles OI ski, lumber worker, ended a flstlr encounter with "Cyclone" Wil liams, puftllist, by drawing a gun and rluislnir the prize fhzlitrr down Ninth street: The first shot, fired polnlhlank at the pugilist before he had an opportunely to bring his tegs Into play. Is reported to have grazed tha prizefighter's cheek. Olski, starting out in pursuit of the flee ing Williams, held further fire un til the pair bad raced beyond Kla math avenue, but before reaching Kcandia Hall Olskl released two ad ditional shots in "Cyclone'" direc tion, . -T t. t Williams disappeared somewhere in the Wrinily of Scandia hall, and Lee Craft, local dairy inspector. and -W. D. Hosely. who were eye i witnesses to both the fist fight and ! (Continued on Page Three.) j - ! Chief Ambrose is Back, and Bigger Booster Than Ever ; Keith Ambrose, local flro chief who returned yesterday from a two weeks' sojourn in Seattle, Portland and Wllliamette valley towns, echo ed the rejoinder of every Klamath Falls citizen who comes hack here after visiting other cities, "there is certainly some difference between thin city and other places of its slie in the northwest!" In point of business activity, building growth and climnte. Klam ath Falls has them all bested, is the fire chief's opinion. Klamath Escapes Thought Robbers BEND, Dec. 2. (United News) ' Two men and a woman who stole a new automobile from W. A. nibble and J. K. Frye of Burns, near Sil ver Creek, 100 miles east of here, were captured near Riverside today, arcordlng lo word received here. The trio held up Frye and nibble last night, taking the car which the two men were to deliver In Bums. Telephone lines were cut near the scene before the robbery took place. Officers believe the men In thu bandit car are members of a group of six who escaped from Ihe Klam ath county jail early Wednesday morning. Klamath Wild Life Theme of Lecture Exquisite beauties of the Mc Kensle Pass, and the thrill of wild llfo 1ft Klamath county entertain ed Kiwlnnians yesterday noon at luncheon In the chamber of com merce, when Otto Jones of the Ore gon State Motor association, un reeled Ihe film for hnlt an hour. There was a record breaking at tendance at the luncheon and the president. Dr. O. A. Maasey, enjoy ed his luncheon at a smaller table, where those who came In late were forced to sit. OltVILLK ll.WW (ilVKtt wno were reunited In Klamath Falls IIOM OX PONSKSSIOX CIIAltfiE ,ro J- A- Houdle. of . Huntington iPark; Bruce Ooudle. San Jose, Call- Orville Davis, t".,arged by prohl j fornla; Mrs. A. C. Bunnell, city; officers ns having In his poaseisidfe . and Mrs. W. W. Malromson of Atas recently intoxicating liquor, was re- cadcro, Calif. Other members of leased on 8200 cash bonds yestor-the families who attended the re day hy Justice R. A. Kmmltt. , union were Mrs. J. A. Ooudle, Lois DnVIs' trial will come up Iocorn-M. Bunnell, James A. Mnlcomson bcr 11 In Justice court. 'ajid M. W. .Mnlcomson. WT1 - tt IlSCIIIILSIII Develops Big Crime Mystery ;Pcdy of Young Woman Found; Warrant hsu - ed for Arrest of Slayer Before Body Found. PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis.,t Dec. 2, (U.N.) One of thei moKt amazing cases in Wis- consin annals reached a cli-' max today with the finding of !the body of clara olsori for whose murder a warrant had been issued for the arrest of her rich sweetheart, Erdman Olson, even before the estab lishment of the fact of mur der. From its bed at Mount Sterling, near here, the body waa taken to Prarle du Chein where an inquest will be held tonight or tomorrow. Cause of death haa not yet been i established, but Investigators be-1 i lleved the body had been In ' the makeshift grave since September) 29. when she disappeared. A few days Inter Erdman left hla I classes at Galle college, never to I be seen again. Th . firm conviction p Chris fisuB, : irara& miner, inui 4ftu.'ruroKen rooora wonia m"arr sent rrr- daughter, had been murdered cam - ed authorities to Issue the murder ! warrant for her sweetheart, and brought an intensive search for the Klrl, that ended this afternoon when her shallow grave was found a quarter of a mile from the home of the boy's father, Albert Olson, a wealthy planter. Krdman Olson and Clara Olson unrelated had been keeping com- ,hlr w u . . strange romance. Fellow students (Continued on fago Seven) Repair of East. , Main Street is Now in Effect OTe' I Continued ' heavy- travel East Main street to the extent of an estimated ISO cars and . trucks hourly, abetted by heavy rainfall for the past month, has served to put the surface of that Important traffic artery in deplorable condi tion, according to motorists enter ing the city via' that route. -Steps to relieve the situation were taken yesterday by John Uer- llngs. city street commissioner, who put a ganag of men, a truck,- and grader to work tilling the mlllion odd holes that are making the street all but Impassable. The street commissioner Is doing everything possible to put East Main In good condition, but la un able to bring himself to a very op timistic viewpoint on the situa tion. "There has been so much rain and the base of the surfaced street has become so soft that It will be next to Impossible to re pair the surface with any degree of permanency," he stated yesterday. Solo hope, according to many, lies in the medium of paving for the street. This method of Im provement, It It pointed out, Is Im possible at this tune a of year as .weather conditions would not per- (Conllnurd on rago. Five) Family Reunion " Greatly -Enjoyed After 49 - years of separation which began when J. A. Gondie left : his home In Scotland to see tor tune In Amoriea, a. Ooudle family i reunion was held here Thanksgiving Day when two brothers and sisters I mot locally for x turkey feed'. . . Members of the Ooudle family !anti.suicide is HOBBY OF DENVER GROUP OF PEOPLE OKWKII, re. 2. (I'tilt. . i-wh) Thr Anll-Huirlil Hot- Irty, Inc., witH formed hrr lo- J (lay when urtlrlm of lncror- ! jiIIod rr fJlifl with the MTrtary of HfHlr. lllhop Kinnk Film of the IJb rrul Church, I nr.. In t Ihe hciul of the mw MM-lffy, 1I10 inrMH i of whlrh I "to ftlvo wli-ntific. Iilriiiuil ami material BMltanre, ami lo a ll ami rotn fort ik-imml-nl jwrminM," Sprague River is Leaving Banks is Report Given Out: , While Some Farm Land i In undated No Damage is Re ported; Big Log Boom In Danger of Breaking. Word received here yesterday from W. C. Mattson of the Camp-bcll-TowIe Lumber company at. Kpraftue Illver, waa that the stream, under pressure of heavy rnlns, haa left its banks. While some farm land has been Inundated, no damage is reported from the upper country as yet, al though 1t Is expected that If high water continues, some farm build ings In the vicinity may be menac ed. Tha new log-pond dam recently completed by the Campbell-Towle company is withstanding the weight of the heavy volume of water and since the river has left Its banks, company officials have no further fears that the dam will go out. One danger of the hlrh water Is said to be In- threatened breaking; of a big log boom that Is holdifitt i 'company .Umber below Iho nUU,- A , ing of considerable valuable pine logs about the countryside, it feared. Additional Prizes For Potato Show Arp Rpino- OffprWI i ,ure terminal lle" to i .used tv JUClIlg UUCICU'the Northern lines, carry out theti In addition to the regular SSI. cash vhbu ffn&e ikiub uiiereu 11 mtr prize being offered at the i . Klamath County Potato show to be HCIU M I I HQ tUNIUUCI Ul LI, 111 111.1 i i rooms December 8, 9 and 10, for winning exhibit In the boys' div ision, Grafton -& Jnckman. Port land spud buyers, are offering spec ial prizes. Word of the special awards came from Frank Sexton, county club j leader, who yesterday stated that the boys competing for the award need not be members of boys" clubs In the county. The special awards are to con sist of a sack of certified seed potatoes, netted gem variety, to win ners . of . second, third and fourth prises in the boys' division. For the boy spud growers who are to 'exhibit at the show, H. N. Moe, proprietor of Moe's-store here, has offered a woolen blanket - of high quality to the boy winniug first spud prize in the boys' divis ion, according to Sexton. Foreign War Vets Nominate Officers Nomination of officers of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars wns held here Wednesday evening and will be held open until the next regular meeting December 8. The following nominations were made: V. A. Nichols nnd JesRe Walker, commander; N. Canter, sen ior vice commander: Albert A. Deck, Junior vice commander; Char lea Larsen, quartermaster: Joe Srhober, adjutant; and George Tay lor, Inspector. A big goose feed has been plan ned by the Vets for next Wednesday evening, to which wives of the mem- berg- hare been Invited. Albany Resident T1 it 1 ri ' A VIIVIV UU1I PORTLAND. Dec. 2. (United News) The government rested Its rase today In the trial of J. L. Blckman, former Albany merchnnt, charged T.ith conspiring to violate the federal bankruptcy laws and the defendant took the stand in his own defense this afternoon. It Is aliened by the government thnt Birkmnn endeavored to conceal property while going into bank ruptcy while In business In Albany. Indications were that the trial would end late today or tomorrow morning. Engineers on Ground Running Out Lines Transits in Use Running Out Surveys on Prop-- erty Adjacent to Lake Ewauna for Terminals Entrance of the Northern lines into Klamath Falls again swung into the local limelight yesterday, when it was learn ed that a party of five engin eers of the Seattle, Portland & Spokane railway have since Tuesday been running survey lines on the outskirts of Klam ath Falls. . - ; j Tho party Includes A. jWIN chel. chief engineer of the S. P. a S. ; V. M. Howard, bridge engineer: L. K. Needham, resident engineer, and J. C. Daries. right-of-way agent. All members of tha party are from Portland, and Wltchel, together with Daries and one official whose name waa not learned, returned , to Portland headquarters - yesterday morning. The rest of the (reuo will go north early today. , Report from member of the en- glneering party was that the men. most of whom had never seen thJa territory, were here simply to, look nminn run", uw nwit I Oregon city so long the center t Isiauenuon in western railway ceo- I ters. This word, however, does not ext plain the presence- of transits and other surveying equipment, with .the j party. That the engineers were I lining out possible locations for fu- (Continued oa rage. Fire) I , IJgCgnt ArriV31S Discover it Hard ? To Obtain Work ; u. Is Klamath Falls, the goldea land of opportunity and quoted as "an empire awakening." advertised over-much in the vicinities where workingmen can read of a prom ising city with jobs growing OD trees, so to speak? , ...v- This is the question causing the Red Cross to shake it head la despair. .? Wednesday night at a late hour, 45 men drifted into Klamath Falls, after staking their meager earning from the summer and fall harvest fields, on a ticket to the Klamath country.. So far, according to tho Red Cross, not a man haa - been able to find employment withus the city. Lumber mills cannot take care of any more men and there have been several score laid-etf for the winter. The problem Is not so much far the single man, as It Is with 'the man who has a family of little children. There is such a case' now confronting the Red Cross. A man and his wife, with their child ren, nine, six and two years old. are stranded at Altamont , auto camp. They are being pressed for their rent and the man and woman have walked for days seeking work of any kind. The babies were hun gry yesterday and the Red Cross gave them a 85 order for gro? ceries, meat nnd milk. ' .' If there Is anyone who mu on their shelves food of any kind they are willing to share with this fam- ily, or work for the mother In their household, or for the father fn their place of business, they "are asked to reach Mrs. Howard R. Per. -I.. ... , v.- i ,.. of I 250-M. Still Operator Is Heavily Punished HII.LSnORO. Dec. 1. (U.N.) C. T. White, former deputy sheriff of Multnomah county, who was arrest ed at Tualatin, near here. Novem ber 10, when a still and a qnantlty of liquor were found by officers In hla home, Thursday was fined I, 500 and sentenced to two years In, the state penitentiary by Clrcalt Judgo Hug ley her. . . p;