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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1926)
EVOEXC Oltf! Klamath Mews SERVICE U your ropy nf TMK NKWH doe Hot arrive by NittU . 111., phone MTT mid copy of the iii r will Im aent. The Klamath NeTTS Official Paper County of Klamath' 1iW Neva and United Prtu Telegraph Services ' Vol. 4, No. 21 Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1926 (Every Morning Except Monday) IRRIGATION WATER IS ASSURED The New Jail Contract Bids Are Inspected County Court Finds W.I D. Miller' Bid Low-! est; Contracts will be! Let on Next Saturday. V. D. Miller' bid on the general construction of the new Klumuth county jail, was the lowent received yester day afternoon by the Kinmath county court when bid.t were opened for general construc tion, plumbing, heating and .'wiring of the proposed build ing. .' The contract will lie awarded Sat urday at (he session of the Klumuth county court, and II Is probable that contractu will an toward-llio low bidders, all of which are Klam ath Falla firm.. The total estimate of the four low bidders l 127. KJ. 50. A aula nut to vicxrd 1.10.(100 - waa allowed the county In the con struction of the Jn II. plana of which were doatgned by Howard ft. I'er rln, Klamath Falla architect. The following bids were receiv ed by the county court ye.tenlay: (ieaeral construction: Louis K. Porter. 100 daya completion, $.in,- (00; W. A. Btcvena. 110 daya com pletion, $.10,615; W. I). Miller Con atructlnn company, 00 days, 123.. 750: Harkef V.JUinld r' Port, laud, 12. 3t0; Ilord llronka .of (Continued on Page Knur) Legion Men Will Nominate Tonight Iulereat la running: hlicl) among ex-service men. biiddlea of the Am erican Legion. Klamath Kalla Foal No. I, with a meeting scheduled for tnnlMit In the Veternns Momor In I building, when nomination of officer for tliu coming year will take place. The mooting will also end up the membership campaign and the wlnnera of the handsome prliea will be announced. Organisation of a Women's Aux iliary to Klamath I'oat will be per fected. . This la the second meeting the women have held and a final gathering of all wives, mothers and clstera of ex-service men who are members of the legion, are urged to attend. There will 1e election of officers for I lie year. It Is under stood. Retiring Sheriff Held for Murder MARION, III., Dec. 6. (U.N.) Only halt on hour' nftar he hud said that he "had lived 100 year a during his four years aa sheriff of Williamson county," George Onlll gan was arrested by his successor, Oran Coleman, on a charge of mur der, brought by .Mrs. Charles Wol lard, who alleges that dalllgnn Is responsible for the death of her husband and six others during the 8. (Jlonn Voting regime. The charge grows out of one of the many klun and nntl-klan fights which ripped open "bloody William son county,'1 (luring Onlltgnn's .ad ministration. It was tho third time Hint fialll gait, the Nemesis of the Kit Kltix Klun, hud been arrested on mur der rturges. The former sheriff posted a (2,000 bond for his op penrnnco In court. The outbreak on which Mrs. Wol lard's charge la lwisd. occurred August DO, 1024, n front of the John hmllh gnrnge In llerrln. It was In front of thla gnrnge that many of tho shootings took place, Including the last klnn troublo In April of this year. Hlx men wore killed In tho bat I Is among them Bert Allison. Theater need. Otto llolan. Charles Wollnrd and an un identified ninn. ItUHKD IIII.I.H IN ilt I I.ATUIN RAKER, Ore., rer. . Much had currency, mostly ono dollar bills, raised to tens, hnvo been passed here recently. HARMLESS GAME OF BRIDGE RESULTS IN 3 DAMAGE SUITS OCOMIMOM'tM', HI.., Dec. 0, ( I . V. ) I iilrrnrrliip warfare thmitciia aa n natilf of a harm lia game of bridge anil ihm-IuI relation of the coniniiinlly nn at etanilaflll. Hating filed Hirer slander nulla aaaliiMt mciiibera of the rxclualvo bridge club which number aniona; lla member (lie aorlrtlly rlllr of Mcohoiiiowoc, Mm. Ida II. l.ott dccliirra alio limy bring further action., charging ihul Iter repu Inllun Injured Im-cuuim- Hie bridge goaalji linked lier niinic with that of a divorced iiihii. Christmas Spirit is Now Lacking With Children Mother Desert Four Little . Tot and Father Seek to' Have Them Taken Care of i During Yuletide Season Are there any klltd-ltcarteil NHiph In Klnmalli Falla -whoae home I. devoid of children who Mould like to ninke I he Uvea of one, two or three or four Utile one liuppy during the holiday hrrtaoll? There are three llttlo brolbera and a rule llttlo girl, ages respec tively A, &. 4 and 2 years, who should have a rent huueal-to-good-uesa Christmas, Lut wtioae mother deserted them nearly six months ago. The father, a hard-working and Industrious man, hire up brsvely under the terrible ordeal that visit ed his home, and baa striven to I maintain a home fc-r the little onea t and to properly provide for them. ! that the family might be kept to gether. t Now the father Is at tha end of hi resources. The cruel band ol winter hna deprived him of steady employment, yot he Is loath to part with tho little ones permanently, lla says, however. If the children shnnld find homes with the right environment ha might later permit of their adoption. The Salvation Army haa been ap pealed to In a last effort to bring happlne. and cheer to the three little Imivs and bahy girl, all l.rlghl (Continue! on Page Kour) Man and Woman Suffer Injuries II. C. Meyer of Algoma and Mrs. ' Mollle Ileal, an Indian of Chlloquln I were seriously hrulaed and cut I alHiut the liody In a head-on col lision on Tho Dalles-California high way Inst night' at 9 o'clock, two miles south of Algoma. and two babies, asleep In tho Indian woman's car. were not awakened when the crash occurred. Meyer, driver of the heavy coach which struck the light sedan driven hy Mra. Deal of Chlloquln. Meyer waa following another car which slowed down, and had como onto the highway pver extremely muddy roads and his brakes were coated with mud. He cut nut from behind the man and struck the light scdnn driven by Mrs. Deal. Meyer's car waa cut abort, but Mrs. Deal's car was thrown back over to feet Into a road several feel below the level nf tho highway. According to Ktnte Traffic 'Offlrer Walter Foster, who was called to Investigate tho accident Immediate ly after tho crash, It was a mlraclo that the lighter car waa not turned completely over and the children thrown through the windows. The babies were not awakened in tha crash although their mother wits badly bruised about tho body and her Mm lis badly cut. Meyer suffered a broken nose and minor cuts about Ihe face and hands. Hlato Truffle Officer Foster stat ed last night that no blame could be attached to cither pnrly duo to the condition of the highway. Percy Twombly to Enter JMea Today Percy Twnnt'ily. Indicted on Wed nesday night, December 1, hy tho Klamath county grand Jury nn the charge nf qmhcxxllng $1,000 from (he Klumuth Superior laundry, wlillo In lis emplnyo, will enter a plea of not guilty at 10 o'clock this morning before Circuit Judge A. L. I.eavltl. This Is according to Twomhly's atlnrney, Fay Mnrrfs. who slated yesterday afternoon thnt his client would demand aa Immediate trial. East Held in Grip of Terrific Blizzard Twenty-Six Deaths Are Reported; New York City Visited by Seven Inches of Snow. NEW YORK. Dec. 6, (U.N.) The blizzard that hu.s lush ed, the eastern ' half of the country for 24 hours, causing 26 deaths, throwing lake and oceangoing steamers off their schedules and hampering land travel, will continue t-ntil noon Tuesday, according to latest weather bureau forecasts. Sweeping In from Ohio the wave of Intense cold haa now enveloped all of New Knglnnd and slates south of Virginia. At loast four ships wero In dis tress on the Atlantic Monday when the hlUsurd extended far out to sea. Itlver and lake navigation was halted (by high winds and Ice. Coastguards were working night and day to release the 140 lake boata locked In th channel, of the St. Marys rlvar near Bault Sle. Marie. Mich., by Ice Jams. With temperatures in that local ity falling rapidly there waa ln , (Continued on page 4) . Potato Exhibits v Are Being Placed At Chamber Rooms Prixe Spuds from Every Sec tion of Klamath County Submitted for Show that Open Tomorrow. With many exhibits already on the shelves, prise potatoea from all over Klamath count)' will pmir Into the chamber of com merce rooms today tn lie In place Wednesday for the opening of the tlircc-dny first annual Klam ath County Potato show, hailed aa an linimrtant ati'p In the ad vnncemcnt of n lending; airrlcul turnl product In the eoulhern Ore (ton hnaln. Kxpectations of those In charge of the show are that the quality potatoes which will greet the Judges Wednesday morning, will come from a wide representation of grower throughout this section of the state. ..Quality of spuds enter ed to date, is declured to be ex tremely good, and It la believed that visitors at the show Wednes day, Thursday and Friday will view a panorama of the finest potatoes grown In the1 west this season. Arrangements for the show have all 'been completed iby the commlt- Continued on Taae Fonr) Japanese Cook is Injured by Train M. Mtiramatsit, Japanese rook for the Southern Pacific railroad con struction crewa on the terminal site. waa seriously Injured at 7 o'clock I Sunday , night when he stepped tnj front of a slow moving locomotive. ! Apparently preoccupied with his own thoughts, Murnmntus did not hear the locomotive approach. In stead of knocking 'him against the trnrks, Ihe engine threw him to one side. I.nst reports from the Klamath Valley hospital where the man was taken, were to the effect he had been X-rayed and a number of bonea In the ankles and legs found broken. The Jnpnneao may be crippled for life. MAY ItKPK.VL, rtl'KKD LIMIT SAKKM, Dec. S. Arrest for speeding may bo no mora after the next leglslutnro. It Is reported1 here that bill will l.e Introduced lepeallng the section of the motor vohlcle law fixing a speed limit at 30 miles nn hour. There would be no apeed limit, hut traffic of ficer would use I heir discretion os to whether motorist wero driv ing rocklessly. STARTING FIRE TO PROVE COSTLY TO PORTLAND MAN POIITI.AMI. '. A. (f.X.) Blurting a fire today may have rmt Martin K. Arnold 700. Arnold, wad operate a niiiiiII grocery, bad wrapa-d glioo In rlierka anil SIOO In currency III an old newspaper. Later he built a fire, ualng newwpapcr for kind ling. .Now lie ran'f find the S70O and la iMwIllve that he unkiiimiliiKly used It In storting the ffre. Congress' Called In Session With Greatest Pomp .. ..4. Senator Walsh Opens Fire work by .Resolution Tend ing to Prevent Maine Sen ator Taking Seat, WASHlVfiTOX, Dec. fl. (f.X.) I Henator WaKh of Montana, who brought out the story of the moo.ooo Itoheny-Fall loan todiiy begnn procccclliiRa against a new senator on the buaia of an alleged campaign gift - of tlOO.OOO the senator made In lilts, and which a t'unadtan Judge described as an "act of bribery." Walsh presented a resolution shortly after the senato convened for the short session calling for an Investigation by! the privileges and elections committee of charges that Arthur Could, newly elected sena tor from Maine, contributed tlOO. OOO to the campaign fund of J. K. Fleming, premier of New Bruns wick, the contribution being hooked up with a Canadian railroad proj ect In which Gould waa Interested. The charge will he the basis nf action to oust Gould from the sen ate and aeat bla democratic col league, Fulton J. Hedman. t The gavels of Vice President Dawes In the sv natte and -Speaker l,ongworth in the house checked the hubbub of early greetings. There waa the usual crowd of spectators In the gnllerles. filling every avail able seat In the senate and nearly every seat In the more apaclous gal leries of the house. Klghty-elghl member of the sen (Uontlnuoi oa Tage Four) Oakland Man to Fill Pulpit of Presbyterian Dev. D. V. Halght of Oakland. California, who apoke from tho pulpit of tho First Presbyterian church In Klamath Falla Sunday, haa been chosen by the session to fill the vacancy left hy Rev. A. L. Klce. Announcement to this effect was made yesterday afternoon by mem bers of the church. Iter, and Mrs. Halght left yes terday from Klamath Falla for Granta Pass, where they will spend a abort time before retnming here. Kev. Halght was formerly identified as assistant pastor of the Oakland Presbyterian church und later pas tor of the Golden Gate Presbyterian church. Oakland. He comes to Kla math Fulls highly endorsed from tho communities In which he was prominent. He Is Interested In art and other cultures which will go far In making his residence here successful. It Is probable thnt Rev. Halght will return shortly before the Christmas holidays. Boys and Girls Net Large Sums In Club Efforts Poultry, destined to become one of the leading project of boys' and girls' club work In this county, returned a net profit of 1.220 to the 15 members enrolled In thla one phase of club work during tho past year, according to Frank Sex ton, leader, who Is now preparing his annual report. Added to this amount la some $60 received by various club mem bers In the form of county fair awards for prise specimen nf the poultry raised by the boys and girls since last spring. Several flock now number between 200 and 300 chickens, all of which have boon raised from twhy chicks. Rex ton, who Is enthusiastic over the success of tho project, declared. Most of the present poultry club members belong to the Merrill pr.til-1 try club, Sexton stated. Next sea son the club leader expert that! poultry raising will be the most popular of all the projects offered I (Continued on Pago Hlx) 1 Mexican's Supply of Liquor is Captured Mexican Caught Making Delivery of Moonshine j Charged With Selling Countrymen Liquor. P.e warded in their v!;-i'ance which they kept Saturday night, Sunday night and up until 2 o'clock yesterday af ternoon, prohibition officers claim to- have reached the osx von r f tVia 1 S si i t onnnlir that has supplied the Mexican laborers on Southern Pacific construction work, when they arrested Richard Brocamon tes, 36, Mexican. The man was charged with pos seaalon and transportation of Intox icating liquor and on both these charges his bond was fixed at 1900 by It. A. Emmitt, Justice of the peace. Brocoinantes waa committed to the county Jail. State Prohibition Officers Short. ishlrlikv and Fnrneroolr ramniMpd th Ipln ' thai hrnmhr ahint thu ! Mexican's arrest. According to the officers. Broca montes drove op Spring afreet In front of the House with the Iron Doer. There he is alleged to have (Continued oaj Tago Flee.) Western Pacific Negotiating For Electric Road President Levey Expects Deal for Short Line Will Be Clos ed Shortly; Arthur Curtis Jame is Man Behind Gun. AYnnl of another move In the western railroad situation that is declared to hnvo indirect hcnrlng on a possible future entrance for the Xorthern lines Into Klamath Falls, reached here yontrrday when It waa announced that tho Weetern Pacific, of which Arthur Curtiaa James Is executive chair man, la negotiating; for the pur chase1 of the Sacramento Short l.lne. Acquisition of the Short Line will give a more direct line to San Fran cisco from fertile regions of north ern California and will also tend to aid' the Western .Pacific in meeting competition under the 'aggressive policy that has been maintained since James Identified himself with control of the Western Pacific. President C. M.. Levey of the Western Pacific Is reported to re gard the Sacramento Short Line aa a potential integral part of a trans-continental line, connecting with the Sacramento Northern which (Continued oa Page Kour) Agricultural Ills u;n n& n; van .uv iio,uoovu, CHICAGO. Dec. 8, (U.N.) From 45 atatea haa com 3,000 persons Intensely Interested In agriculture to attend the eighth annual con vention of the Amerlcau Farm Bur eau Federation, an organisation nf 1,000,000 farm families. ' Speaking at the opening session Monday, Sam H. Thompson, presi dent, laid the ills of agriculture ut the door of industry. ' Industrial and urban develop ment, he aaid. has been sustained by draining wealth from the country through an unequal exchange value tor producta of the farm. "Increasing "farm debt and do- creasing farm plant and population 1 are evidences Cf discrimination against agriculture,'.' he asserted. OX I.ONd I'l.KillT A carrier pigeon, exhausted end suffering from Hunger, was picked ' up recently by Mrs. C, T. Klllson j In her yard at Salem. Attached 1 to lta leg was a safety pin, piece ! of a wrist watch bracelet and an autumobllo key. MRS. CHAPLIN IS OFFERED CONTRACT AT HANDSOME PAY IjO.NDO.V. Dec. , (f.X.) Of fer of a (1.1.(MMl contract for a 20 week theatrical engagement In lindon waa canhd to .Mrs. Char lie Chaplin foflay by Hurry Day, a producer. Iny requested Mm. Chaplin. I be former l.ita f.rey, to make every effort to accept anil to be lire to. begin rcheanuila Janiuiry 3. The rerue In which Day would give lier a part ofiena January 2-4. Her weekly Hilary would be X-i,.VMI. Rev. Thomas Will Act as Chairman J Christmas Chest i Ask Cooperation of Citizens of Klamath Fall that Great! Number of People be Made!nm oI Crater lake, according Happy This Christmas.. Rev. J. Henry Thomas, rector of Kt. Paul'a Kplftcopal church, early yesterday afternoon accept ed the crutlrmanshlp of the Christ mas Community Cheat following; the resignation of Herbert ftavldae who was elected to the office Fri day night. "I am taking the chairmanship because the business men who have been sought to work at the head of the Christmas Community Chest drive this year, plead excessive business duties and lack of time. There la only one consideration under which I have accepted the office, and that Is cooperation from the men and women In the city," Rev. Thomas atated last' night. The next meeting of the Christ- ma Community Chest will be held in the chamber of commerce, Fri day night at 8 o'clock and Rev. Thomas especially nrges all mem. ber and. chairmen of. last yearV committees, the executive .committee and all those who are 'interested in the work of the chest fund, to b-ildown the chimney. However,, whan present at the gathering. 1 1 am in the lodge on such occaaloaa "The time is short In which to!1 keeP oil atovo burning and rush the drive into a successful nn- (Continued from Page rive) . dertaking, but with steady work,! . and perserverance. I think that I"! T71 -. : Klamath Falls will enjoy one of tbej LaiTierOn HiSCaDCS : : poor and needy the chairman con-j eluded. 1 The headquarters are not yet an- nounred, although Rev. Thomas ! (Continued on Pago Fouri j Jvy -a-. P 1 . 11. 1 OnSIOra IS , i . as Cll iicciaeniaiiy onui J. II. Ponsford, Cottage ISrove, was accidentally shot Saturday af ternoon by a companion while hunt ing near Bonanza on Lost River, according to information received last night from the Klamath Valley hospital where Ponsford was taken immediately after the shooting oc curred. The names of the other members of the party could not be learned, however, at a late hour last night. According to tho attending phys ician, the bullet entered Ponsford' left shoulder near the neck and lodged there. An operation was performed late Saturday night and the bullet removed, although Pons ford was exceedingly weak from loss1 of blood. . - That tho Injured man Is not out of danger was the Information giv en out from his attending physician! last night. Complications may set in, possibly, and in that rase. Pons ford will have bill 50-50 chance for his life. Wire from Eugene have been re ceived by friends here seeking word as to. Ponsford' condition. Rum Runner Has Been Captured NEW ORLEANS. La.. Dec. . (U.N.) The two American prohi bition officers who were taken cau tlve a week ago aboard the French rum schooner. Arsene J., are safe at Puerto, Mexico, In the state of Vera Crui. and have their kidnapers un der arrest, according to a cable gram received tonight by Prohibi tion Director O. D. Jackson. "We have charge of the Arsene J. and hold her awaiting Instructions," the message said, adding that the schooner had been brought to port Monday a. m. The cnble was signed J. D. Mat thews, assistant prohibition director. He and a coastguard machinist's mate had boarded the schooner when she was being towed to New Orleans by a coastguard cutter, . Five Foot Snowfall At Crater Reported Caretaker John Maben Visits City and Says Plenty of Water t Assured for Farming:; Sixty-two inches of snoW lies at the Present time on the to John . Maben, caretaker, who arrived in Klamath Falls yesterd.i for a brief sojourn. Maben made the trip from the lodge to the Anna Creek entrance, a distance of 13 miles, with an additional walk of eight miles to Fort Klamath, in the remarkable time of four hour. In skiing from the lodge to the entrance he crossed the Garden of the Goda, and met with not a aingle mishap during the Journey. "I have been at the lake during; winters since 1921. skipping two years during the interim," remark ed Maben last night, "and I can truthfully aay that we have, had ;a larger fall of anow than at any time In many years. Furthermore the snow contains from 1 J to 30 per cent water, resulting;' In It packing I most solidly. . This insure plenty of .water for .irrigation purpose next year. , .. "Previous to leaving I had aot hnllt a fire in the stov of taw lodge) 1 for five daya, owing to the trend ! of the wind which sends the smoke Serious Injury J. A. Cameron. 31 Pine street.' driving a Hudson coach formerly owned by Leon Crawford, narrowly (escaped death at 11:20 o'clock St- urday night at the crossing near ,h m Basln Lumber company .(when the second section of freight "' no- backing mto the d- According to State Traffic Officer Walter Foster, who Investigated the accident, Cameron apparently failed to observe the flagman' slgaala .H .IM I n . V. A . 1 . Outside of minor cuts and bruises about the face and a sever gash ott the right hand. Cameron waa un injured although the car waa badly wrecked. Oscar Jones and F. S. Jones, both of 1500 Worden avenue, were in charge of the freight train crew that was backing into the depot when Cameron was struck. According to the yardmaster, who discussed the affair with Foster, there are scores of motorists every day who fall to observe the signals of the flagman whose duties are to prevent accident on all crossings.'' Rerause the freight waa a lost one. It was difficult to get tha sig nal from the brakeman to th en gineer to atop the moment Cameroa was hit. y Dry Officers in ' Net of Shake-up A shake-up of the prohibition forces tn Kinmath county, directly. I under control of the district attor 1 ney'a office, was announced yoeler-i I day afternoon by W. A. Wlest, dts- trict attorney, who plans to weed J out two officers and make a general sweep of all existing condition, j Just which officers would be ask ed to leave was not known for aure last night, although C, H. Ben nett, who .recently obtained hi commission as a federal Indian offic er, stated that he was leaving for Coos county where he would be Identified with the proht forces In Coquille. It Is understood Jnd j Short Is also scheduled to be ra ; lleved. Wlest could not be reached it a lnte hour last night to obtain a de finite statement as to Just what he would do In regard to bettering conditions In the nrohl denartmant. It was stated Bennett and Short will be dropped from the payroll December 10.