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The Klamath News
Official Paper
County of Klamath',:
United News and United Press Telegraph Service
Vol. 4, No. 12 Price Five Cent
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1926.
(Every Morning Except Monday)
OIL PRODUCERS RESENT ACTION
WW,
Optimism
Prevails
With All
Residents
Future of City and
County i Pleasing in
Aspect, Say People
Who See Prosperity.
Interviews with various bun
irifXH mi' ii. ministers, heiul of
organizations and representa-1
live men of Klumuth county
Industries, have shown a grali
fyliiK spirit of optimism in the
entire community and for the
coming year of 1927 there Is
nothinit but peace and pros
perity for thin chosen spot of
southern Oregon.
A fi'W of the.e opinion". ex
pu.aed by prominent KlumuM
Full turn, portry I ho ontlnn-nt
Hint Klamath ha hnn in lt:i !
nloprmnt during the pa' live
years :
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KLAMATH A ltr-.TTF.lt MTV
Tom Wattere. Mayor-elect "The
disbursement of fiinde derived from
Ihfi recently authorized Ui levy,
during 1917 will ha ana of I he fine
ihlaica that the new year holds for
tbU city bacauee'lt will mean a'
a real deal of much-needed civic im
proTament. I'rlnclpal constructive
meaaurea In be realized will ha Im
provements In the atreet. police and
fir departmenta. all nf whlrh will
tend to make Klamath Palla a clean
er and better city all around."
VM.IMITKIt DtcVKLOI'MKNT
Keith K. Ambrose, Klre chief:
"Along with Ilia civic betterment
prnmlaed thla city In 1027. will un
doubtedly come the advent of addi
tional rallroada Into thla territory.
a nun xhlih will probably do more
for. the. development of this
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than anv other factor, tin a recent
trip lo Portland and Seattle 1 had
occaalon to meet and talk personally
with several leading officials of tb"
Oreat Northern, and the trend of
their conversation without exception
Indicated that the entrance of the
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Students Depart
Here on Saturday
While the heavy holiday railroad
traffic la over for thla season. In
dications by tho volume of reserva
tlons ninde for New Year's day at
the local depot, nre Hint the first
day of the new year will see many
local residents traveling.
Thla la according lo U. Ci. Stein,
ticket agent for the Southern Paci
fic, who yesterday stated that vir
tually all space on the south-hound
train Saturday, haa been reaorved.
An extra pullman roach each way
out of Klamath Palls, will be pro
vided Sunday, Stein stated, to ac
commodate the crowds of students
from this section who will be re
turning to colleges and universities
in various parts of the west, fol
lowing tho holidays.
Bond Jumping Was
Popular Yesterday
William Wilson and II. II. Tra
versey, who wore arrested October
ii on the charge of possession of
Intoxicating liquor, and Tuesday
were found guilty on the charge by
a lury In tho court nf Justice It.
A. Kmmltl, were yesterday
fined
$250 and costs.
. Wilson wn not present, howovor.
to hear the verdict, nnd Ills rush
bond f 3r,u which he hnd posted
previously, was forfeited. At n
lute hour yesterday afternoon Tra
versoy wns ttnalilo lo provide tho
$260.
Another l.ond was "skipped" yca
tordny when J. W. Mnorniun. charg
ed Inst nu.nl h with pcuacsslon of
liquor, failed lo appear lor tnni
nnd his 1100 bond went into me
county treasury. Moorman
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called lo Oklahoma by the Illness day evening at the First Christian
of a relative, but returned to Hie church, where the scouts will give
city nnd left toco nioro befora the Inn Interesting program prepared by
(rig), I themselves.
ADJUSTMENT SCALE
IS CREDITED BEING
MADE BACK IN 1843
COIIVAI.I.IM. I he. :io, (I'.NM
The ImIi-mi addition to the Ore
gon Agricultural rolli-a rllem
Intry ili'iMrtmenl la a large ad.
Justnictil luilnnt-, made In I low
Ion In INIM. The liialruiiicnt was
,lilpMHl aruiiiiil CnM. Morn and
uaet In Port land for a number
of years to weigh gold and liul
lloii brought In by prwocctora
of the old Oregon ruunlry.
The ImIhiict weighs more than
7iK pounds and U very sensitive,
Im-Iiiu aide to record wolglila to
one-iliouaiiitdili of an ounce.
Mexican Bandits
Hold U.S. Miners
Demand Ransom
Desperadoes Pose as Revolu-
tioniata and Carried Men ,
Away: Appeal to Embassy
and Foreign Office Made.
mkxii'o riTV. ih-c. no. r.
X.) Capture of two American
mlncra by .Mexican handlla poalng
na revolutionists cnuacd an urgent
request from the I'nllcl Hmtea
rmluuMy for foreign office aid In
effecting a reacue.
The men are J. V. Wiley and K.
11. Connor, both employra of tho
llritliih owned Kan Francisco mine.
They have been held alnce Decem
ber 2ft since ihelr capture near Par
ral. atata of Chihuahua.
Tha bandlla demand ran Horn for
their release. I
Balsigers Give
Big Duck Dinner
Th employe- of .he Balslavr
Motor com winy wre guests of Mr.
and Mm. K. H. Ilalnlgrr at iturk
t dinner In the chamber of cummrrre
' last night whlrh wan followed by
entertainment from the mm nt
womrn who snt about the ffsilrc
board.
New Year's resolution were recit
ed by each guest preaent and fol
low, nK the promises to be Rood for
at lei another duy. a quartet com
posed of Lee Parker. Clarence
Huodgrasa, Frank Snyder and Phil
MrlxntT. rendered a few hnrnion
loua notes.
I A Rroup aa closely connected In
snlrlt and unity, as was renresented
last night, Is a rarity In thla busy
work-a-dny world, but the fellnw
ahlp exhibited at tho dinner wna
worthy of comment.
The following were the guesta of
Mr. nnd Mrs. Ilalslger:
Miss Oeorglanna ('lift. I. eroy
Cool, Wanda 1.. Itudlslll. Mr. and
Mra. Ilarrell A. Clark. Itlnnehe
Jensen. 0. It. Jensen. Verna Al
bert, llert Albert, Mae Kdwnrda.
Joe Kdwards. Madeleine Wlman,
Arnold Wlman. Olive Dark. Henry
Dark. Maude Keed. Hoy Heed. Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Snyder.' Mr. and
Mrs. K. J. Carros. Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Van Husklrk. Mr. and Mrs.
J. ('. Lawson, Mr. and Mrs. K. I..
Ilentley, Mr. and Mra. Clnrence
Snodgrnsa, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Ilrix
ner. Mr. nnd Mra. Lee Parker,
A. V. Moore, Stuart Ilalslger, For
rest Miller. Kddle Van Sickle, K. M.
Wlnetrout, Mark Knull and T. A.
Hendricks..
American Airmen
Now at Vera Cruz
VF.ItA CRt'Z, Mex., Dec. 30
(U.
N.) American army airmen man
ning the five planes on n trip of
goodwill lo Ccntrut nnd South Am
erica were tuning up their machines
Thursday for tho 140 mile trip to
Mlnntttlan whlrh probably will be
made Friday.
The four planes which failed to
make the Jump from Tamplro to
Vera Crui arrived here at 2:40
p. m. The San Francisco had ar
rived previously.
Mlnntitlan Is 140 miles southeast
of Vera t'rui. All the filers are
in good health.
Dr. Massey Made
New Scoutmaster
Announcement was mndo yester
day of the appointment of Dr. O. A.
Massey as scoutmaster of Troop No.
1 here, one of the oldest and strong
est boy scout troops In the city.
First meeting of the group under
wiialthelr new leader will bn held Frl-
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JLJ C 0 II 0 HI 1 C '
Meeting
Promises
Expansion
Plans Will be Laid to
Further Agriculture in
Klamath County and
Bring in Investors.
The biggest factor that has
ever entered into the develop-
mcnt of Klamath county will
become a reality February 9
and 10, 1927, when a two-day i
I agricultural economic confer
ence will be held in this oity !
I for the purpose of outlining a j
i program for future expansion
land perfection of farming.
Thla la according to an announce
ment from ( . A. Henderson, county
ayi-nt. yesterday, following the se
lection of a central committee,
whb-h la to direct the gigantic work
of the conference.
The conference will be a sort of
pooling of .the best knowledge based
on experience of farmers, business
men, the Oregon Agricultural col
lege and the federal department nf
I agriculture, llenderacn stated. A
great maas of committee work faces i
those who are Identified with the i rieht tooth and nail for the con
economic conference, and thla Isltlnuarfce of prohibition,
row being organised that the many m, is ne Kirto 'Of the wbnl
workers can have ample time to '
compile their Instructive and
vuluable data by February 9.
Tne conference will be featured
by the carefully revised reports of
tha eight committees working on
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Freight Business
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SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. SO, (V.
N.) The Southern Pacific company
has announced that the greatest
volume of freight ever offered for
shipment In any one year was load
ed on Ha lines during 1926 without
development of any car shortage.
Figures compiled- for the first
11 months of this year show thnt
1.277.736 freight cars were loaded,
representing a gain of 3.S per cent
over loadlnga in a like period of
1925. the announcement stated.
Thirsty Gulped
As Drys Worked
The fluh and fowl thnt frequent
the waters of lower Link river and
E wuii tin inko were Riven an excel
lent opportunity to ntart the new
year off right (or wrong) yesterday
afternoon when the prohibition de
partment here dumped over 200 gal
lons of Illicit whiskies, wines and
beers Into the drain In the base
ment of the courthouse.
The liquor, captured In raids
throughout the county during the
past four months, was all brands,
colors and possessed of all odors
which throughout the afternoon
wafted all the fragrance of a neg
lected brewery Into offices on the
upper floors of the courthouse.
Yesterday's liquor dumping was i
the first that has taken place at the j
courthouse since late in , August
when the .prohibition agents de
stroyed about 450 gallons of the
confiscated potations.
District Deputy
Visits Elks Lodge
The Elks Home last night was
thamocca for a good representa
tion of the local membership who
gathered to hear Lewis PlVlch, de
puty district Ornnd Kxalted Hitler
for southern Oregon, deliver an In
spiring message from the Grand
Kxalted Ruler In Philadelphia, from
whore Ulrlch has recently returned.
Addressing the Klks on topics of
Interest and Importance to the ord
er, Ulrlch also spoke of the Impend
ing visit to Portland January 17,
of the Grand Kxalted Ruler, tor a
stale meeting of the lodge.
A banquet following the Initiation
ot candidates Into the order, last
night, presided over by Kxalted
Ruler Olds ot the local lodge.
CHIEF YOIJLACHE IS
LEARNING DIVORCE
BUSINESS IN L. A.
(II.VKIt CITV. f'alir., Iec.
Ml, (!'.'. r'roia prealdlnft- at
war rouilrlle fo aiding aa referee
In divorce actions la a far cry
lull (Tiler Voularhe of the Kokl
ina tribe of Indiana quartered
here- luta announced the Impend
MndlnC metamorphosis.
After apendlng a ilay on I lie
Ix-nrh Willi Judge Hiinimerflcld In
Im Angofi-a, the chief explained
the aliortcoiiilaica In hla trlhe'a
preaent divorce cuatolna. Judge
Nuiiiinrrfleld la a veteran of the
divorce court.
"An Indian now, wlicn lie
he wants m tllvorce, Juat Iravce
hla aquaw, who must make, the
beat of It," aaid Chief Voulache.
Drys and Wets in
Readiness for Big
Fight Next Year,for eve' he BiteJe;
HVVBa
Neither Side Willing to Ask
For Quarter and Wets Pre-'naval censorship had estab
pared to Poceed Vigorous- liHhed zones in Nicaragua, but
ly; Drys Also Determined.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. (f.X.)
Prohibition face the New Year
with both the Anti-saloon league
and the National Association
Against the Prohibition Amend
ment aqnariu away for a fang
and rbiw buttle which should
mark 1027 In red figures as mom
entous to the reform movement.
Nell her side la willing to aak for
quarter. Itoth are .going In with
sleeves up anil fists flying.
Wayne 11. Wheeler, generalissimo
nf the Antl-aalnon league, declared
that the league was prepared to
assault which aeems to converge on
in-'secretary of the Treasury Mellon.
spurred on to bitter Intensity by
the recent deaths due to poisoned
liquor.
Mellon's announcement that the
government plans to . remove all
poison from industrial alcohol
brought caustic c o m m e nt from
Wheeler and praise from Captain
W. H. Stayton. chairman ot the
sKI-Prohlbltlon association.
"There will be no marked changes
In sentiment toward modification of
the dry laws during the coming
year. Wo are prepared to resist the
onslaught of the opposition," Wheel
er stated.
"The definite movement away
from fanatical restrictive legislation,
especially in the field of prohibi
tion enforcement, will witness de
cided acceleration in the coming
year," Stayton declared.
Streets Receive
New Year's Bath
First steps toward cleaning main
thoroughfares In the business dis
trict here were taken yesterday
under the direction of Street Com
missioner John Uernng, when that
official called out street sprinklers
and men and tackled the big task.
Before the onslaught of water
and brooms, many of the downtown
streets had been well washed by
yesterday evening, and It was ex
pected that the Job will be finished
up in time to welcome the new year
with a full aet of shining pave
ments, hidden for several weeks
under a sloppy coat of mud and
slush.
East Side Civic
Club is Active
The Kast Stile Civic club Is al
ready planning on a campaign for
the new year, nnd as a forerunner
to future activities a meeting was
held Wednesday night whlrh was
largely attended.
The members of the club de
cided that a social would be held
on Saturday evening, January 8 and
an Invitation has been extended to
Mayor-Klect Thomas B. Walters and
the Incoming members of the city
council.
The affair Is to be a "get ac
quainted" social and refreshments
are to be served. It Is hoped to
convince the Incoming officials with
the needs ot tho Knst Side district.
At the meeting held Wednesday
night numerous civic problems were
discussed and an outline of activity
was worked out which will keep the
members busy during the coming
montMh.
The club plans to put on a mem
bership drive aa It Is desired to
enroll every owner of a home In
the district.
Establish!
Military
Zones in
Nicaragua
Senatorial , Criticism is
Sharp Over Landing'
Naval Forces of U. S. j
on Nicaragua Soil.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30,
(U.N.) After issuing denials
put intent, Ki i ai.icaiij o,u iiiiivv U j
late today that an American j
said that it had now been
lifted.
However, so far as the Postal
Telejtraph company had been ad
vised the censorship was still In
I effect. Jis last word was a mes-
aaye received yesterday from the
iropicai naaio company, wmrn saia:
"Tropical Kadlo advises that un
der Cnlted States censorship It can
not accept messages In code from
Hragman's Illuff I Puerto Cabexaa)
Radio In Spanish, subject to cen
sor's decision."
Senatorial criticism of the Amerl-
can occupation continued. One mem-
ber who had been In close touch
with developments predicted that
tha naval forces would be with
drawn noon after 1 Mngreos -co rot 3
back.
As late at 3 p. m. today the state
department again denied there had
been any censorship by Rear Ad
miral Latimer In charge of the nav-
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Avoid Trouble and
Get License Early
The old story of "didn't get my
license plates because the secretary
of state was stow," will not go this
year according to Walter Foster,
state traffic officer who is putting
In a few good hours every day warn
ing Klamath motorists to obtain
their automobile licenses for 1927
Immediately.
According to Foster. Sam Korer
the secretary of state, has compiled
a system whereby efficiency is the
keynote and licenses can be Issued
as fast as the applications are re
ceived. Dynamite Found on
Furnace In- Hotel
LOS ANGELKS. Dec. 30. (U.N.)
Belief that a can of nitroglycerine
and a dozen sticks of dynamite were
left on top of a furnace In the
Winslow hotel by safe crackers was
expressed by police here Thursday,
followtng the discovery of the ex
plosives by a night clerk at the
hotel.
The hotel which houses Jack
Dempsey's gymnasium. Is located In
the heart of the down town district,
and only the timely discovery of the
dynamite prevented a terrific ex
plosion which would have cost a
score of lives and wrecked other
buildings ln the vicinity, police be
lieve. The discovery was made early
Thursday by John Newman, night
clerk, shortly after he had started a
fire in the furnace for the first time
this winter.
Log Shipments to
Weed Will Begin
A heavy movement of southern
Oregon logs to northern California
mills is scheduled for early next
week when Robert flrlmmltt, Ivan
lumberman, will ship about 100 car
loads of big timber' from his yard at
Ivan.
This Is according to word brought
here yesterday hy Grimmttt, who
was in the city to arrange for cars
to take enre of the log movement.
The logs arc to be shipped to Weed
for manufacture, and are said to
represent nearly a million feet of
lumber.
Grlmmitt suspended logging op
erations near Ivan, several weeks
ago. due to Inclement weather, and
will not resume activities until early
next spring, It was stated.
YOSEMITE NATL IS I
POPULAR PLACE FOR !
TOURISTS IN WINTER!
YfWiEMITH. Clif., IK-c. SO,
t ..)Morr than 10 time mm
ninny totirtid mtf t 11 ting Yow
niio Mflonal park thin winter
titan Imtt, ai-ronllng to park of
'rirUlM. In the flnrt two months of the
winter Maoa the park ha! H7Uti
vittltora an! there were only 740
visitor in the same period last
year.
Park officials say the near
yrar-a round highway is rcMponi
ble for the Increase.
State Expenses
to be Over Two
Million Dollars
rM, f m...;. t
Oregon for Coming Year
Aggregate. $2,160,737.62;
Within Six Per Cent Limit.
haiku, iH-r. .to. r.x.)
A state tax of 2.ino.7:t7.3 to
cover atate expenses for l27 and
coming within the six per cent
limit was levied by the state tax
Th?U.Kr!i!o,l'"r".hrh0r'..
The amount, which is $122,-
sos.90 ln excess of the levy for
i2. is stui short 1932.837.80 of
me actual neeas ot tne state, as
shown by the budget, not Including
new appropriations that might be
authorised by the next legislature.
It
represents the maximum
amount which the tax commission
can levy under the constitutional
six per cent limitation.
Mail Clerks Will
Get Two-Day Rest
With the rush of Christmas mal
Ing over and late cards and parcels
virtually all cleaned up at the local
post office, clerks and carriers are
ready for the two-day's vacation that
awaits them tomorrow and Sunday,
But for Postmaster John A. Sip-!""
Call and his assistant. R. L. Griffith,
there remains a quarterly report of
voluminous proportions which must
be compiled during the brief lull at
the post office. As this report cov
ers the heavy December business as
well as that for November and
October, the officials are facing a
real Job, McCall declared. Inclden
tafly the report will likely be the
best one that has ever gone out
from the local institution, due to
the record-zreaking business of the
past quarter.
Mail left at the post office will
be placed on the regular trains and
that which arrives here on New
Year's day and Sunday wHl be dis
tributed among the boxes, but there
will be no window service and the
carriers will not go out on those
days, the postmaster said.
The rear ot the post office pres
ents an entirely different appear
ance! to that of a few days ago, for
in spite of the fact that all extra
holiday help went off duty Monday,
the regular force has succeeded In
getting all parcels and mail sorted
and distributed, thus relieving the
congestion of the forepart ot the
week.
I
I Local Hoosegow is
I Growing Unpopular
j Popularity of the local hoosegow
j as a lodging house for laborers In
straightened financial circumstances,
I haa waned during the past few days,
according to the police, who state
thnt no one has asked for a night's
lodging for several days.
The 'officers are Inclined to at-
! tribute this to the fact that there
j has been an exodus of unemployed
from this city, starting before
Christmas. Prior to this time from
10 to IS men nightly came into
police headquarters and asked for a
place to sleep In the city hall base
ment, in the Jnil or boiler-room.
Deaths by Flood
CJrtlltVi lWaiir 1 7 j chamber Is to be added to the pres
1H OOUIU HOW li ent sleeping dormitory of the fire
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 30, U.
N. ) With flood waters In some
quarters but still rising in others, a
survey of four states in the afflict
ed tone shows a death toll of 17.
nronertv dainasn nf nnnrnvlmnlplv
85,000,000 and more than 6.00U
I persons who were forced to flee
! their homes.
j At Nashville the waters topped
56.8 feet Thursday, bettering the
record ot E6.3 feet established In
I the floods of 1882.
Mexican
Oil Land
Order to
be Ignored
American Producers to
Ask State Department
for Protection in the
Event of Confiscation.
'NEW YORK. Dec. 30, (U.
N) American oil operators
'ln Me3UC0 Probably will not
' accept the new Mexican oil
; regulations, but will depend
Ion the state department to
I protect their interests it wag
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learned tonight following two
meetings of twenty members
of the Association of Produc-
A , . .
ers of Petroleum in Mexico,
which represents eighty-five
per cent of the American ' oil
industry in Mexico. .
The association held a three
t hour session in the afternoon at
Iff, offices without reacting any
decision, but met again In- tha of
fices ot the Chase National bank
and while no announcement wan
made It waa announced that the
operators had decided to ignore the
Mexican, regulations. - A further
meeting of the association la ax-
tmXxftW JN Jl JfrhUx.jAea:. the
l. , operators will decide upon definite
cour,e of "fa"-
An official who declined to be
quoted said the association : prob-
ally would inform the state de-
j partment ot its decision and leave
t further action to the' discretion of
department.
j It was Indicated that the attitude
of this government would be based
' UDOn Secretary Kellogg's last note
! lo Mexico which protested enforca-
ment ot the law and was interpret
ed as a threat to break diplomatic1
relations. f
Whether Kellogg Is likely . to
transform his threat Into action and
recall Ambassador Sheffield Is be
lieved to depend entirely upon Pres
ident Coolidge. "
Washington has no word as to
what the oil men will do. This
government stands ready to back
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Eleanor Bruner,
You Get Present
Will Misa Eleanor Bruner, who
was awarded the handsome Jade
green pen and pencil set by tha
Shaw-MacRea Stationery company,
call at the Klamath Newa and 're
ceive her gift for the prize letter
she wrote to Santa Claus? ,
Of the many prises which Vers
awarded Just before Christmas aa
the outcome ot the Santa Clan
letter-writing contest, there have
been but three left uncalled for. One
Is Miss Bruner's pen and ' pencil
set Hnd the other two are savings
accounts started by the courtesy" of
I E. M. Bubb of the American Na
tional bank. They were awarded
to Miss Alice Ewlng and - Orval
Moore and they are earnestly asked
to call for them at. the News office.
Fire Laddies Are
To Be Given Space
First signs of the changes that
are to be made in the Interior ar
rangement of the city hall for the
accommodation of the five addition
al firemen who are to go on duty
after the first of the year, becama
apparent yesterday when carpenters
began work on a partition in the
council chamber.
The rear portion of the conncil
men, for the accommodation of the
extra beds and for needed addition
al space for present beds. That
part of the city engineer's mapping
quarters that have been housed at
the rear of the council chamber,
will lie moved Into one ot the rooms
in the basement of the city hall.
Another sliding pole will be In
stalled in the new adjunct to tha
firemen's sleeping quarters, to avoid
sny congestion that might result
from all men attempting to use one
pole tor a speedy getaway.