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KLAMATH INDUSTRY -INCREASES
WhiteWay
Exhibited
Colorful
Welcome
From East to West
New Year Welcomed!
in One of Loudest!
Demonstrations Heard!
new york. Dec. 3i. (u.
N.) Agaiiint thu colorful
background of the gay white
way gayer, costlier and wet
ter thun at any time since the
war New York and iU visi
tant begun at an curly hour
to welcome 1927. a welcome
that wan to continue until day
break of the New Year.
Forgotten were tha warnings o(
pnlMin In the rup that cheers: the
cliy quaffed deeply and braved hic
coughs and headaches tn one of the
jxam riotous New Vmi'i ova cele
brations. Theatres were parked during the!
evening at prices ranging from IS 60 ) countries are being misled: that the
to III. 60 seat. Then the gayest I American people are not united be
of the celrbratnra moved en masse hind such a policy. Thla thought
upon the nlKht rluba. rahareta, real- was evi.kcd by criticism In the press
uranta and holela. where amllln. I recently regarding the governments
head waiters bowed them In to roT-l method of handling the altuatlon.
r charges whlrb reached aa high The appeal waa also thought to
a. 60 per, person In aome of the ! have some application to the Jin
city', more fashionable rendeivoua. I Iran altuatlon. whlrh romea to a
There a. no dearth of lluor ,"rn,, "ln; U"!W"- wh 'h'
and If It w. unfit for human run-1 1M,","'n ,K',7n"" ' 'w,lv
aumptlon at lea.t II ... the .tuff ,n Ur, jr"c- trom hla nov
!. .ki. v.- v...-. ..ih,..i 'rnrnent and American oil compa-
lion was made.
SAN FllANCIHCO. IVc. II. tV.
N.) Kan Pranrlaco'a cafes, Ihe gar
st on Ihe Pacific coast, were undis
turbed by prohibition offlrnra aa the
ellw eetehrated New Year's eve.
There waa an abundance of liquor
but the only police Interference with
the revelry waa In raaea of rowdy-
Ism.
Acting Prohibition Administrator!
Anderson said that II waa hopeleaa
to attempt tn rover holela and
restaurants with federal dry agents
nd made only normal efforts to j
curb drinking In public places.
Aa midnight approached . Market . 8ll,nvllki rn.red wh YoU.
street, the city. Principal thorough-1 , X M(ln cutloAy.
fare. wa. thronged with thousand. , . waV(!(, , hMr.
of celebrants. The din from throat. , whJ , d , bpfor E
.nd noise making device, wa. an- ,. K I United Rial., commission
(Continue.! on rage HI.) V ow Q ,
Klamath Welcomes
1927 With Dancing
n n e I n m. tha feature of last 1
night', welcoming ot the new year llosley'a wire, with whom he bad
In this city, will be continued tills not been living for .ome time, ac
evenlng at Ihe Altamobt pavilion I cording to officers, died two weeks
where the annual firemen', ball Is I ago In llend, leaving a two year old
to be held under the auspice, of tho ! son. Hnsley planned In come to
local fire department,
Le. Baiting'. Happy Six are .11
tuned tip (o deliver Ihe peppiest
d.nce music of the entire holiday
season, and will add a number of
attractive feature, .to the regular
program. The ticket .ale for the
event ha. been good and trom all
Indication, (ho Allamont pavilion
will experience a lively dancing
party with which to .tart oft a new
year of amusement.
Outstanding Inst evening was the
dance given by the local electrical
workers union at Allamont. Klec
trlclan. here hnd worked for sev
eral day. on special lighting ar
rangement, and the effect, at Insl
night', ball well repaid all effort..
Tha annual danre of tha l'ollrnn
City community club attracted many
from Klumuth Fall., and Ihe affair
waa success In every wny. Mem
ber, ot I ho local Klk. lodge to
gether with visiting member., en
joyed a lively evening at tha Klks
temple here.
The local lodge of Engloa gave a
dance at their hall whlrh was great-, phone service between tho met
ly enjoyed hy a large number oflrnpolilnn district ot New York and
members ot tbe ordur, 1 Loudon
. .. ' . " ' I
MEDICS WORK HARD
AT CONVENTIONS;
i ARE ALWAYS BUSY
I It KM II I.K K M'KIV.H,
Iml., IkT. HI, lV iMM-fur,
1hm)it, mrrrltunt, nil folluw I Ik
j AmrrtrHii ruMoni ut K'"K l run
v-nfiti, hut nflfr itwjr nrrltr
tlicrr iliM-inrit ltHl nil tin rrt
' In Ktilliie work M"cotiiillhtl.
1 Thu tilHMrvr ('oiiMtftticr l. (fill
J t ut i 'MriiKM, Ituningcr of Hit
' iitil-rrt tllvUdm of Anirrlra
I liiric)! niiivr niton r'Hirtinic otic-
Inluttion, hIm Umm i-uvinfl" (
liimt AMM roim'nllontj In nil mrr
. tin in of lllf I'llltnl HI !.
i Miillritl ntfii litkt I In-1 r rtm
j ttitlliiii rvi-M mum MrlouKl
I limn Muitirn ilo." Mim Chilli
rrnuirLflil.
Plea to Press to
n it'
support America
Issues at Capital
Preaident Fear. Foreign Coun-!eJ neverance of diplomatic re
trie, are Mi.led; That Peo-1 lution'' with the United States
nl. .r. Not United Behind 1 w" " 'ew Year's
Patriotic Policy
AKIII(.Tt, llrr. SI, (I'.
X.) An appr.l t Hi" pn-a f
thla rountr' to "take an Amer
ican attitude" In eupiiort of thn
admlnlMratlon'a itollcy of pro
tnrlhiK American Uvea and prop
erly tm made a l be W lilt a
Houm' UMbiy on lirhalf of 1'4MI
ble.
The president tears (hat foreign
nlea doing businesa In Mexico.
Thla aiatemcnt waa made while
the president was discussing Kus
aian relations, but It apparently had
application to the altitude of the
presa toward nil controversies be-
(Ponllnucd Ibn rsKe Five)
Inucd Ibr
liiri l
VSnlof inn" Afonn
iUIttllUIl XTldllll
Act is Charged
Susanville Man
BEND, nc. SI, (U.N.) A United
8talea mumhsl arrived here from
eral gran) jury, under $5,000 bonds,
which he,fnlled to provide.
Ilnsley W'fn.cd to sign a written
1 confosBioirW which agreed with tho
signed stdjnment of Thelma Haw
llns, 15 f snr old Susanville girl,
who Waf the cdmnlalnlns witness.
lend and get the boy and ohtnlned
permission from the mother of
Thelma and her nlstcr, Grace, 13,
for the two girls to accompany him
that they might take rare of the
boy on the return trip to Susan-1
vllle. according tn his story to the
officer..
Trans-Atlantic
Phoning Claimed
NEW YORK, Doc. 31, (U.N.)
The distinction ot being the first to
carry on a trnna-Allaiitic telephone
conversation ynder the regulnr ser
vice In be Installed aoon will be
long (o Walter 8. Clifford, prosldent
of the American Telephone and
Telegraph company and Sir O. Eve
lyn P. Murray, scrrotary of Ihe gen
eral post office of Oreat Rrlta)n.
The conversation, some time ear
ly In January will Inaugurate lele-
KLAMATH FALLS,
President
of Mexico!
Discusses
Oil Outlay;
I i
In Face of Threatened
! Severance of Relations ,
Says no Drastic Action ,
Will be Followed.- !
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 31
(U.N.) Unity of the Mexican
nation in the fuce of threaen-
mi'KHatfe i.uiued today by Pres
ident Calles. '
Charxea from abroad that he baa
foatered bolnherltra and that he
threatena to harm Intereati of oihei
niilonult he denied.
He reiterated nil atatement mhii
throuRh the mlnlater "f Induairy
1 hiiraduy. "that the ennatltutlcnai
la," which In taken to meau liie
oil lawa eftrtlre Saturday, will
.lui be Interpreted In a drastic man
n r.
'II will not he administered In
uch a way aa to Injure any lex'ti
male Interesta havliiK Investintnta
In Mexico," he aald.
After tracing actlvltlea of hla ad
mlnlntratlnn. and declaring; that he
had alnccre respect for "all manl
festatlona of religious creed and
feeling." he concluded with the re
quest that every cittsen of hla cnun
( Continued on Vmgo foot)
Many Marooned by
Rush Flood Water
HARTVILLE. Tenn., Dec. ' 11.
(I'.N.) Possible starvation face.
1.0U0 men, women and children
marooned here by flood waters 40
feet deep.
Railroads Into the rlty are under
water 40 feet deep. The only means
of communication la by telephone
which threatens to come down any
minute. Highway, are entirely rut
off and provision. In .tore, are
rapidly being exhau.ted.
Damage to realdenre. and busi
ness buildings is expected to total
more than 1250,000. More than
6,000 acre, of standing corn have
been destroyed as have been 600
hogshead, of tobacco. .
Ilenorts from Colins. Tenn.. tell t
of 600 Inhahitanta marooned by the
swollen Cumberland. Report, say
that It I. Impossible tn reach the
town except by boat, and that prov
ision, are low.
Crater Lake Has
Abundance Snow
Christmas Day passed and New
tears is passing in one portion or
Ihe United States with little more
than radio music, although a huge
Christmas tree has stood In Ihe
,ront '" laden with heavy crusted,
gllstenlng snow.
The man who spends the quiet
holiday, waa John Mnbcn, caretak
er of Crater Lake Lodge on the rim
of Iho crater, who called the Klam
ath New. Inst night to toll of con
dition, there.
Following is a weather report as
Issued by Mabc"n for the month of
December, 1926:
Mean maximum of temperature
for the month ot December, 28.6.
Mean minimum of temperature,
18.1. Mean temperature. 23.45.
Maximum 46 on December 10;
minimum 3 on December 14.
(ireale.t range during the month,
21; total precipitation during the
month, 10.29.
Greatest precipitation In 24 hours,
1.8 on December 2. . -
In regard to the snowfall, the
caretaker stated that the total
snowfall on the ground December
(Continued on Tnge Sis)
United News and United Press Telegraph Service
ORE., SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1927.
Happy New Year
to One and All
Is Wish of News
TIik Klainaili News takr this
mrNiM f.f rvtrndlnie Co each and
every one of lla wblti family of
readmit and lo to tliiiae wbo
am nH uiemliera of tbla happy
and rver-lnrrraidna family, a
Happy and rronperous New Year.
Il atnci-rrly trusl lluit Hie boun
ties of llll!7 nan? bo Impidly
IN-Muwcd uMin ope unl all, and
iM-llrvra wild lk" utnMmt sln-n-rlly
thai lhe hulaslrUI ac
tivity llial la iM-ekonlna; towards
, hliiiimlh county will brinic liount- ,
eou ri-turns to a great multitude
ut people.
Pacific Fruit and j
Produce Buys Out ;
Levy and Zentner
r i
Northern Firm Purchaser In-,
terests of San Franciaco
Firm and Plan Enlargement'
of Spring Street Building.
One of. lite luost Important
transm-lifius along Hprlng atrer-t
for several years waa announced
yesterday when it became known
Hint A. Ix-v and t. 'cntncr. or
the rirm of I,ery Zcntncr, had
atild Ibeir liuereeta In Klamath
'I alls tu the It ft- ITnit ami
I'niduro company." The consid
eration was not Riven.
Tbe Pacific Fruit and Produce
company will take over the lease of
the Levy 8t Zentner building for the
time being. It waa learned last
night. The deal was consummated
shortly before noon yesterday, ac
cording to C. K. Jay. manager of the
Levy H Zentner interests here.
Enlargement ot the quarters now
occupied by the produce firm will
aoon be under way, it was learned,
to take care of the anticipated busi
ness which comes with the new
year and the assured growth of
Klamath Falls.
Jay will leave la tbe near future
for Santa Rosa. California, where
he will take over the management
of the Levy & Zentner house. Hi.
family will follow thla spring. Jay
haa been In the city for the past
eleven and a half years and of that
time spent fire years with the Swift
Co.. and six years with Wood-Curtis
which aold In October the Klamath
Falls interests to Levy & Zentner.
Anti-Saloon League
Chief Back Tracks
WASHINGTON. Dec. II. (.U.N.) I
Wayne B. Wheeler, general coun- j
sel of (he Anti-saloon league, today
hack-tracked slightly In his declar-
atlon that the govornment should I
continue to denature Industrial al
cohol by the use ot poisons.
At the same time league offi
cials issued a New Year's statement
in which they expressed the Le
llet that 1927 would find a cure
for many ot the prohibition Ills of
1926.
Tho third development In the wet
and dry turmoil came when the
.Methodist board of temperance,
prohibition and public morals touch
ed a sore spat In prohibition en
forcement In condemning lack of
suppression ot production and lis
tributlon of moonshine liquor.
Mail Pilot Lands
Here for Safety
Medford again went without air
mail yesterday when the mnil plane
'driven by Pilot Miller of the Pacific
Air Transport company, was forced
to land on the local field ot the
Klamath Air Service, due tn fog
and Inclement weather conditions
west of the mountains.
Miller, headed southward, stopped
here about 11 a. m. long enough to
put fuel In his plane and get Into
touch with headquarter. In tho
south, after which ho took off and
headed for Heckling, where ho was
to transfer part ot his mall to the
northbound plane. .
KA1LO KtrUKItU
Hovcml raids were reported
last night. Allowing for the tra
dition of New Year', revelry, wc
omit nil particulars.
Building:
Permits
Break All
Records
i r : i o9c '
Hiucasc wuiiiis wo-v
Over Preceding Year'
O 1 Sri 1 4 S ns
jiiuwi 411,111,11 in
City Improvements.
With the stroke of midnight ;
closing the annals of the year
1926, building permits for the
past year totaled $2,775;968,
according to compilation of j
figures in the office of Lem
L. Gaghagen, city clerk. Fac-1
ing a year wherein building !
permits will probably go over
the three million dollar mark,
the city official was -enthusiastic
concerning Klamath's
outlook for the coming sea-
cL... . M.,w.M.
- .
over the past four years, the flg-
urea fer thU past twelve month, to.
dlcated a growth that Klamath
Falls ha. .ntlclp.ted for the past
rtr. or.
Figures compiled for 1925 show
total of S1.S31.S47 issued In
building circles, or an Increase for
192G of tl.144.121. .
Similar figures complied during
the year 1924 show a' total expendi
(Continueo. on rage Five)
Murderer of 13
Would be Cured
PLAINVIEW. Tex., Dec. SI, (U.
'.) "1 want to be In shape to go
to the electric chair when my time
comes. ' That is why r want a doc-
I tor. I do not want a long Jail sen
( tence. nor do I want to fall Into the
j hands of a mob."
This was the statement of George
J. llussel, confessed murderer of 13
persons, to Dr. C. A. Cantrell, as
the doctor was dressing Hassell's
wounds today.
Hassel, who was brought here
I
I
from Fsrwell. Texas, for safe keep-1 After serving more than 10
ing following his arrest there, months tn the Humboldt county jail
wounded himself with a knife in an j for contempt ot court, Alfred Lind
attempted suicide. He Is charged I sley, editor of (he Humboldt News,
with the murder ot hi. family ot a weekly newspaper, ha. been given
nine, who were found in a cave. 1 his freedom by the judge, who sen
thelr bodies harked with an axe or tenced him to imprisonment,
perforated with shot. j in announcing Llndsley'a release
Hassel haa shown an Inclination ! Frldav jude Denver Sevier do
to talk during the past 24 hours. I ciare(1" that tne edUor had apolo.
He has talked extensively of his gizei for the statements which led
past me io leuow prisoners in me
nam cuuniy juii.
Jackrabbits Ruin
Hay
w-v
01 JT armerS
Following the cold weather and
snow of the past few weeks, jack- Lindsley was arrested on criminal
rabbits, drivel) down from the hills libel charges after his newspaper
by lack of food, are Invading the had attacked the county's law en
fields of alfalfa and haystacks In forcement methods. The editor waa
many section, of the county, accord- given the choice of a Jail term or a
Ing to word yesterday from C. A. I (Continued on Page Six)
Henderson, Klamath county agrlcul- '
tural agent.
rai agent.
To combat the onslaught of the
raooits. wnicn nave Decome exceea-1
Ingly numerous In several sections'
of Ihe county, the county agent Is '
planning a poisoning campaign to PORTLAND Dec 31 (UN) I earch be made for the girl.
bo carried on by the farmer, (hem-, A1,hollh ' Vortland7. request' fori In omB "nner the girl return
""."v , J train service from hero to Chicago! fd Klamath Falls and again pick-'
'Jackrabhlts usually stay around as , e,Tll, ,jlven California , rA ,,D wl,n Dav1"' Cathcart being
sagebrush flats and plains, but when cltlp(1 nas heen dont.d- the ( Rbt I present. While driving at a fast
levu uecuiiius si-urce uui iiik me win-
tcr season they flock In large niim -
oers to tne nearest aiiana items ; offlcers ot the chamber of com
nnd haystacks. Henderson stated. mern ,odav pressed a determina
"They usually bunch up. which af-;tlo ,0 ron,mi(l efforts to create
fords Ideal conditions for poison-j 3 hour or B(V nour traln from
. here to the Illinois city over Un-
Most effective poisoning methods n Pacific and northern lines,
at this time In fields where rabbits Tacoma and Seattle civic bodies
are living on alfalfa crowns. I. to
coat the leaves with strychnine, ac-
cording to Henderson, who advices
(Continued ou Page Six)
(Every
RUSSIA IS PERILED
BY WOLF ATTACKS;
ANIMALS ARE RABID
-
MOSCOW. Iter, ill, l..).
Tito nuMl wulf pniMi-m 1a Mum
ln niont MljimiluK pMportlon
In KiumU. From all part of
i I'm Soviet I'nUm, apcjiU fur am
nUlJinrc simI rnirt of (Iftperal
rtindltion hit ilally pourinie In to
.:
(lit- iteat of Kfirrrnmrnt at Muh
row.
Ttt Mrrvow nWKpapfTii
nounrrd iwrnlly that an lntr
natloaal ronfrenre for (lVflop
litaj rooprration between natlonM
termliuilon of rabies will
br h,,, ,n ,'"ri next r,,r- Rn-
" . . . m ...
! Would Legislate
Landis Out of Job
By Federal mjjr! ln,dur
. plul to por mFederal Com -
; !:- xiirouk Joint Reao.
lution in Congre.a Which
Would Regulate Game.
-
WASHINGTON. I Ice 31. (U.
S.!rtTlr ,mU n,lSl ?
I which Ty Cobb and Trie Hprak-
1 rr wvre srnuni of aiteruptin
I to throw- a name daring the
ran or tnr lwiu wei hm conun-
, an iv in in i , i tat in irnw , .re
i ,,lt, ,h Mraracaan revolution
! i nder . Joint resolution to be
: i..mj Kw e . tr
. IUHVUUI.C1I uy acuauii aMtc.( ia u-
j pb he... .d f'P''"
lvo-e Pennsylvania repub-
'de1 ',aae1 m'"'""
; would be formed and Judge Landis
iA.t.ia ki. k ir.ii
. d today '
i;eueritii HniK-ipsicu mai ui cum
At the, same time Rev. James. , season will see M great a psr
Shea Montgomery, chaplain of the ntage of incre.se. indications are
honse. announced that his next Sun- the 19,T producon toUl wU, .
dsy. rermon on "Who. Who' will rlv ,,. of , iut
treat of tbe recent liasphall tin. . .
----- - r
nesial. ,
! The Capper-Kelly baseball c.;m-
mission would consist of three mem -
Ders apiiointea oy tne presicent i .how a toral cut thla year of 4S.
wlth power to .license both baseball i 000.000 feet, a gain of 15,000,004
clubs -and players. II was decided I over the 1SS5 season. Thla bring,
at Friday-, conference. The .ii-!th tntni i2S enr tn 44 xao AOs
sure seks to ppvent gambling
. upon ga-nes by 5 tyers and will
provide for complete federal eupe -i
vision over organized baseball.
Editor Released
After 10 months
in Eureka Jail;Xwsa:c,ur'ng p,,,nl8 wh09 ou,put
- I Klamath Moulding comnanr. 86
EUREKA. Calif., Dec. 31. (U.N.)oars of moulding; Ellison Lumber
to a sentence of 1000 day. tn Jail.
"It he had done so when he i Laurence Moore, Western Union
was brought into court his pen- messenger boy, to the Klamath Val
alty would have been very light,"' ley hospital with serious Injuries.
tne judge rata. "ui. msieaa. no
i came ,n wl,h h,s attorney and de -
! fled the court to find him guilty
Jof contempt. The court did."
n , ri
! h flSteT fterVlCe
. .vr w i moonsn
JT lffnt Will JulVe!"16 Da
j shcrlff'i
jor better service will continue It
1 WM ,d,cated here todav.
Pave bee nvltpl to join with Port-
an( t demanding service, equally
j, good as that given to San Fran-
dsco and Lo Augolea.
Morning Except Monday)
High Peak
Lumbering
Industry
is Reached
Seventeen Mills Cut
404,300,000 Feet For
1926, or Gain of 60,
000,000 Over 1925.
J uu uiuui; w Alain
!ath Fa,ls reached production
I heihts hitherto unparalleled
'" the history of thi section.
was "vealed yesterday when
!a survey conducted by Frank
i D. Lee. lorfll lumber Henler.
'showed the 1926 total cut to
i, ...
be over 60 million feet in ex.
cess of that for the . preced-
mg year.
i
! Tne "Rf Se production flgnra
I M.300.000 feet ourln, th. .
wi year ..owins m iaUB.iu .
i n ( M
i9hlch w 3
-
growth of he "an
! rrowl ol "J "
I llU,TVaf UTCf Bl HI uar lUlHl iur t
358.100.000 feat.
reflected the rapid
mberlng industry
i oero over a is monins penoa, . n .-
is pointed out, and while it la not f
i closed.
Boosting the production figure.
0f mills tn this section of the coan-
1 ty. the mills tributary to thta city
; feet, declared a truly banner year '
1 in point of aggregate production.
Further evidence ot tbe high rate
! of production here was uncovered
j by Lee', .exhaustive survey In the
output of Klamath Falls' remanu
I fnrturing plants, which totaled 129
j carloads of moulding and beveled
sidinz. This is from four local re-
company. 15 ears of beveled siding:
White Pine Moulding company, 2(
car. ot moulding: and Swan Lake
(Continued on Page Poor)
Two Men Held on
Serious Charges
- A conglomerate story of an early
New Year's celebration which sent
Miss Vivian Egan and C. F. "Slim"
1 Cathcart. former conductor of the
Logger's Cafe on lower Main street.
to the city jail, and Harry Davla
to the county jail, waa unfolded In
the sheriff's office yesterd.y after-
noon.
According to the story told br
Davis he .met the girl on Main
street, Klamath Falls, Thursday
night, and they vlaited Pelican City.
Thera they tiet two Mexicans, who
gave the girl some marihuana and
I moonshine, and he was ejected from
party. Later he railed the
sheriff's office and asked that a
' rale 01 8Pe?a uowu main street me
car, wnicn naa neitner norn, nor
brakes, ran down young Laurence
Moore. Davis was driving tha car
with Cathcart being In the rear
seat.
Moore Is the son ot Mr.. Alice
Moore ot the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company office and a
nephew of Mrs. J. Fred Glover of
ICIover'. Jewelry store. Arresting
'officers, Including Forncrook, Reed,
(Continued on Page 8U)