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The Klamath News
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County of KlamatK
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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;