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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1927)
t'NJVUMSfTr Of ORC ed LIHHARY EUOEMK. QK . The Klamath N CIRCULATION Oallr itorn distribution for tbt uuntu raillUK March It, 111? The Kfcsisth Hz2 Official Paper of Klamath Fall 3694 Ifciber Audit Bureau ol . Circulation "THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER GET OUT YOUR HORN" Vol. 4, No. 178 Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1927. (Every Morning Except Monday) EW Thousands To Greet Lindbergh Saturday National Capital Will be Thronged with People from Several States; Excursions Planned WASHINGTON, June 7. (UP) Charles A. Lindbergh' homecoming Saturday W as suming the proportion of a presidential innugurntion: Railroad have scheduled excursion from Pennsylvania, South Carolina, North Caro linn, Virginia. New York, Del aware and Maryland. Automobile and intcrurb an will bring thousands more. Government department will cloe at noon, permitting thousand of employe to join in the celebration. Hank and huslneaa hnuaea hare been requealed lo rime. Another honor was accorded to Lindbergh Tuosday. Ih Itulihard medal of lh National Grigraphlr society. Il had been given only lo seven others, Commander A. K. Hoed, command ant of I ho naval air nation at Itamn lun Koada, haa been ordered here fur Ilia reception. Ho lod the navy's trans-Atlantic In 11. when the or ran was llrat rroued. Twnlva senators and twelve mem (Continued on fag Pour) Jury to Try Clark Still Incomplete The trial of Prank Clark, charged with first degrco niurder In ronncc lion with the shooting of hla former wife. Mrs. Nellie Clark, dragged slowly thr-.uih the selection ot a Jury Tuesday with Indications that a l.nly of 11 men lo alt In Judgment In lh trial will Ihj chosen by Wed nesday noon. While eleven Jurors had been aelecled when the trial closed Ita llrat day yesterday, neither the pros eeutlun nor 'defense had exercised their peremptory challenges, of which the defense la allowed It and ma prosccutn six. mis pnsse 01 the court procedure will come to day with the select!. n on ons more Juror. Many were excused from Jury duty yeaterday on ground of bavin formed an opinion In the raae, or beln eppoaed to rupllal pttnlahinenl. Tbore dlamlaaed for ratiao were: Floyd D. McMillan, John' It. Cole man, :. W. Olfleld. liana Zimmer man. Kdward A. Carpenter. O. It. Tenhrook. J. J. Keller. Otto lledrlrk. Fred 8hnllock. Loula lllrhn, Char lea I. Holerta and Jamoa K. New sman. $30,000 Damages Given Portlander PORTLAND, Ore., June 7, OP) A verdict of 130.000 for alienation of affectlona waa Riven today In favor of T. J. (lorde against Leo H. Frudcnfold. nn Insurance man. Prudonwald ' fulled to appear. A Jury waa drawn, teatlmony taken und Jndgo Ilvwllt orderod a verdict fur tho full amount aoiiKht. Oerdn charged that Frwdonfold began allowing attention to hla wife. Helen Oerde, In March, 1920, took her to dinccs, grllla and rnndhouaea and on trip to Wuahlngton and llrltlah Columbia. He alleged Fru denfeld Induced Mra. (lordo to re turn lo Portland luat yoar rtftor tlerdo and hl fninlly had moved to L( Angeles. Grade Crossings Placed Under Ban BALKM. Ore., June 7, (UP) Application of tho Oregon, Califor nia and Kastorn railroad for per mission to establish gritdo crossings and to occupy certnln streets In Klnmnth Fulls for terntlnul pur poses was dismissed here todny by the Oregon slitlo public service com mission. The slate body also dismissed tho O. C. & K. application, for tho right to establish grade crossing to Inlersact Tho Dalles-California highway short tllstnnro outside of Klamath Falls, Budd and Sproule Confer in N. Y. but Talk Not Divulged NEW VOHK. June 7, U.P.) I'realdent llulph lludd ot the drear Northern and I'realdent William Hprciula of the Houthern Pacific railroad conferred here loday with tegard lo the prnpoaed extension of the Oregon Trunk In Oregon. lludd left New York Immediately after lunching with Hpruillo till atlernoon, promlalng lo return Thuradny. 'I have nothing at all lo any regarding the- Oregon alluatlon." Kprnule told the United Preaa. "about which no change haa taken place lu any reapect." Ko lulnrmallon waa available from lludd'a office or other eourcee regarding Ihe conference. Pine Beetle Work In Crater Forest Nears Completion Crew of 35 Men, Headed by A. J. Jaenicke, Fight Pest la Large Areat Snow Im pedes Progess. 'Completion of lite pine beetle rum nil walk now being carried on In Ihe Crater Ijike forest re serve under the direction of A. A. Jnenlrke, head of lltaert control work for I lie I nlteil Nlnii-a forei service, will lie com plrleil within lite next throe weeka. Tlila Information waa gained ycrtertuiy from Jnenlcke, wlin mode the trfp Into kluiimth Fulls ter nnluoua Iralla to pur rhitae supplies for lila ramp of . 11.1 men. The timber In the Crater tJike park waa threatened with virtual ruin by the pine beetle peat and In order to cooperate with the park rommlaalon. Uie fnreat aervlce began lulenalve ' treatment of Ihe lodge pole In their reaerve In order to atop the spread of the dreaded killers of virgin fnreata. The sec Hun being worked emends from Tho Dalles-California highway to the cast entrance of Ihe pirk and affects lodge pole plno almost en tirely. Three weeks ago when Jnenlrke and hla crew ntado tho trip Into the Crater Litko country It was noreaaary to take their equipment In by means of tractors and aleds. At present, Ihe snow Is about six feet deep at Ihe ramp on Sand Creek. However, tho roid to the east entrance la clear of anow and In very good condition, but woe to the motorist who trys to to Irav otse any further, according to Jncnlrke.- 'We have quite city on Band Creek Just now. with thirteen tents and cook and lout sheds." aald Jsenlcke. Klamath Elks Will Dance on Big Lake What promises to be a most uni que party, original with the Klam ath Falls lodge ot Rlks. Is the big barge dance on upper Klamath Lake next Saturday jilght, Juno 11, ac cording to an announcement ot John M. (Hover chairman of Ihe K.lkj en tertainment committee last night. This dance will be for Klks and their ladles only, and It Is an apron and overall affair. Tw steamers and two large barges hare been leased by the Klks for this occasion, and they will he moored at thj Al C.raham and John Llnman dorks at Shlpplngton. chain ed together, ready for occupancy at :00 p. m. and at ten o'click they will steam to tho mldcllo of the up per Klamath Lake whero dancing wll be enjoyed until early hurs. The tickets are on ante for this big Elks social activity, at the Klks club or from any member of the entertainment commlllco, Olover stated. Passenger Service To Be Inaugurated Passenger service limy he started shortly over the O. C. si K. between Klnmnth Falls and Rpraguo Itlver, according lo statements yesterday by ofririnls of the railroad. This service has been - urgently sought by rnsldents of Rprngtie Hlvor and vicinity for some time, and In auguration of the service would prove of vnltio to thnt section of Itho county, It was pointed out. I The Improvement would be In line with extension work which the O, C. A !!.. Is carrying on at Hpragua Itlver now. It was pointed 'out. Willi the completion of the extension Into Lnkevlew, passenger service would bo a regular thing anyway, so residents of Sprngup I Itlver hopo to get the facility at I one, Youthful Bandit Is Emulating Jess James Boy Murderer with Am-! bition to "Show Up" Notorious Outlaw, Es capes from Prison 1 I'AWHL'SKA. Okla., June' 7. (AP) Matthew Kime. j young bandit chieftain credit-j cd with the ambition to "show up" Jesse Jame, today appar- J ently was a step nearer hisj goal a poiutc nil but aband oned hope of finding him in a thick wood near here, intpj which ho HinnnnnufAtl ifBilar.! I j ..... day under heavy fire. j Convicted of murder and with rewards totaling thousands of dol lars offered lor him "dead or alive." Klmes waa Immediately re cognised when he parked his auto mobile here. Deputy aherlffa grab bed rlflea In the hope of ending his career, but he drove for a mile with bitlleta atriking hla motor car, be fore be abandoned II lo commandeer another. Took Handler's Car The machine be rhoae waa driven by Ited Carter, a rancher, t'alng Carter for a shield. Klines forced officers lo withhold their fire until ho could eject the rancher from the machine. When the bullets airurk lo close, ibe bandit left the car and dlauppearod In the woods. A three hour search with blood hounds was unsuccessful and the posses withdrew to points of vantage to resume today. this rcla a lea were maintained at banks here partly because of a re cent threat purported to have come from Klmes, Including a letter to a newspaper, warning officers to ex pect "three mora Jobs-' in thirty days. Tho letter atated the young bandit would mnko "Jesse James look like a Sundnfy school teacher." These roporte. noupled with the (CiiiillnueA nn Page Two) Naval Engineers Working on Motor WASHINOTON. D. C. June 7. (I'P) Secrctnry of the Navy Wil bur disclosed here today that naval engineer who helped develop the air-cooled engine which carried "Lucky" Lindbergh across the At lantic, are working on improve ments on an engine and piano which would take the trans-At-lunlic flying from the experimental stage to that of practicability. He declined lo reveal Just what the engineera have accomplished, hut Indicated that experiments point to a similar engine but of much greater horsepower. Central Oregon to Have Fine Highway MKND. June 7. (l P. ) Highway oiling operations In central Oregon will be completed within the next three weeks and at the end of that time central Oregon roads will be In the best condition in history, according lo estimates made here at the office M the state highway de partment. July 1 Is the date for completion of the oiling program and July 1 la being accepted as the probable rinlo of -opening of tho MrKenile Pass. Oiling work Is In progress be tween llend and Redmond and be tween Crescent and Klamnlh Falls. The npnd-Hlsters highways Is still closed whlla the second coat of oil dries In, but good detours make tho fishing country accessible from Bond. KLAMATH HAILED AS RESORT FOR ARCHERS n. J. Thompson and (lenrge Berry, two noted arahora from Corvallls spent the week-end on the Klamath prairies hootlng Jack rabbits and prnlrlo dogs. They also took a number of photographs which will bo printed In 'The Outdoor Life," woll-knnwn sportsmen's mngailne with a wldo circulation. The men report Klnmnth county an arrher'a paradise and declare that i within tho near fnlnre a largo ntim- I ber of archers from all over the country will visit here t3 Indttlgo In their favorite pastime. Real Live Caveman To Invade Klamath A real live caveman, hodnrked In Ihe aboriginal reg.nl la popular a few eons ago, will Invade Klamath Falls today astride a rubber-tired dlnos auros. to be the piMnclpul feature at the chamber of com men e forum luncheon war paint and all. The caveman s Theodore P. Cramer. Jr.. chief of the Grants Pass tribe of aborigines and other wise a representative from Josephine county to tho state legialattire, and he story he has to tell at tho forum luncheon win b. ne of excep.ion.i Cramer's talk will regard the IndvJ Ian marathon to lie staged between Han Francisco and (iranu Pass over a period of 16 days, and In which (Iranls Paaa has entered six Indians, noted on the cDaat for their endur ance and proweaa at long distance running. Accompanying Cramer will be H. D. Norton, president of the Orants I'sss chamber of commerce, who will also address the forum. Spud Association Of County Grows; PlanS Good Workiwh left Klamath Falls early Twenty-five New Member Are ReceWed at tHenley; I Name Committeemen to Ad vance Industry. j Kotlfiwlna a well attended and mlliualitettr meeting of the Klanf ntli Potato irners sumorlatlon In the Henley iiudllrirlum Tucaday iiiKlil, "e aosocuiliiMi Is richer today by 2.1 new Mcnuier who Joined the uiovemeut for "bigger end liettec-Kbimatli spuds" Inat nlKlit. An important slop taken by tbe association at Its Henley meeting was the appointment of a committee to Investigate the best possible meth od for branding all quality potatoes I shipped out of this o;unty, with a regulation Klamath brand. This committee will assist a group named earlier for this work. Tho new rssoibers ere E. R. Jack man, of Jackman-Uratlon, Portland; A. J. Kronen. ,Klraath Brokerage company: and It. C. 'Short. On the parent branding body are C. A. Henderson. county agricultural agent: Henry Semon and U. F. Iteeder. Present plana are thai only the ! best grades of potatoes shipped out ill he branded with the county association's official potato stamp. t.ower grades will go out In un- branded sacks. Tho committee will attempt to find a brand suitable to the best Interests of the grower and retailer alike. Among other things, a special group was named to Investigate the possibility of establishing a uniform price for labor in Klamath potato fields this yesr. Jeff Johnson. U. E. Iteeder. Henry Semon. James Dixon, S. P. Dlllenger will work on this committee. Increase in association dues from f 1 to i 50 per year, was announced last night. Reports of the new com mittee will he given at the next monthly meeting of the association. Health Experts to Speak Here Friday i At a dinner to be held Friday. June 10th at 6:30 p. m. In the Chamber of Comtneice rooms, the Klamath County Public Health association will honor the doctors and nurses who are conducting a health survey at Klamath Agency. The public Is Invited to make reservations and to enjoy the talks that will be given by the visiting workers. Dr. Earl R. Templeton from the American Heart associa tion. New York, will discuss "Heart Activities In the United States .Miss Jessica Whitney, statistician for the National Tuberculosis As - soclatlon, New York, will have as her topic The Neglected Age" andnne- Ino ""ntr i"" "' " n. , ' n.lllnCT.i. hl.f ..r ai.fr wilU discuss the clinics thnt aroi being held on the Klamath Indian reservation. i ARMY BANDSMAN IS HOME ON FURLOUGH Raymond E. Keller, who enlist ed In the United States army from here last December and who Is nt present a member of the 7th In fantry band, stationed nt Vancouv er Barracks. Washington, Is spend ing few days with his parent at 12S Lnvey street. Young Keller, who Is serving on his first enlistment, has risen to the grade In -that time which pays him a snlary of fifty dollars per month and expects another promo tion In tho near future. Tills is a reward for honest and faithful service, and according to the re cruiting officer In charge here. Is not unusual for anyone who will put forth an honest effort. Diamond Egg Take Is Bigger Than Ever Sute Hatcnery Superin tendent Here tor In vestigation of Output at Klamath Resort : ... . , I inai me egg xae ai uia- mond lake will probably ex ceed thi year all previous record etablihed for a sin gle body of water in the state, was the word given here Tues day by Matt Rickman, state , i a . . l iu jjcriiiienucni; oi naicnenes. yesterday for the lake to tn- vextigate the phenomenal take- now in progress there. Itlrkman. in company with Mar lon Barnes, started for .the lake early yesterday morning, promising to return to Klamath Falla In time for the fish fry next Sunday, at which time he promises to release some good news for the. Klamath sportsmen. Word received by Rickmsn from J.lord Tucker. In charge at the lake, saye that there are 11.500. 000 eggs already In the hatchery. 5.000.000 more In sight, and the fish are still running. In one night, says Tucker, 060 spawn fish were taken In tbe traps, and It la from the fish held In the pens that the Ek.000.000 eggs In eight are cal culated. How many more will be taken It la bard to aay. as tbe traps at tbe Short creek and Silent creek sta tions are still Ice-boo nd. and it Is Impossible to work them at this tlate. but"U--aeein-JcrtlTfth; enough eggs will be taken at tbe lake to break all records of rain bow trout egga. Three years ago a record take was made there, at that time ap proximately 17.000.000 egga being taken. Tbe following year, however, the take fell oft 'to little over (Continued on Page Four) Legion Picks Men For State Meeting The delegates and alternates for the state legion convention were sel ected last night by the Klamath Falls American Legion Post at the regular meeting In the building here. memorial The state convention of the legion this year will be held In La Grande. July 21. 22. 22. Klamath's delegates and alternates are: Robert B. Kuykendall. Dr. Gail S Newsome. George M. Barth. H. F. Gets. O. D. Mathews. A. H. Bussman. Bogue Dale. Louis K. Porter. Sid Abbott. F. R. Olds. R. W. Browning. Bill Canons. Preferred Prison Tn "itVionrl Wifp" JLJ a EIVIIU if a, w i BUDAPEST, Hungary. June 7. (p) Jail promised such a relief from his wife's company that An dreas Kurd! passed himself off as his son. served three months In prison and asked . to stay longer. When the authorities discovered that Kurd! had fooled them, the judge who sentenced him for his I offense called mm tq account If" releasing him "The penalty 1 pa d was a heavy Dill ll was wuiiu yrs i nave ueen . ..., to aeiormine now i nugui c8i- ( for a little while from the terrlbio place my wife has made of my home for 25 years. In prison I had a fine rest and I would gladly spend another three months there rath?r than return home." ICE STORAGE PLANT TO BE CONSTRUCTED An Ice storage building costing approximately 122.000 will be con structed Immediately for the Klam ath Ice and Storage company on a site ndjolnlng' the Southern Pacific . Ice loading platform. The contract for tho construction was awarded yesterday afternoon to Ihe W. D. Miller Construction company. The icing contract which the Klamath Ire and Storage company holds with the Southern Pacific made necessary this addition to Its housing facilities and equipment. Woman Makes Five A v!n(-on Attempts to KiilViaiOrS Self, in Five Hours HKNVKIt, Colo.. June 7, (U P.) Mrs. Hadie Marlnt, 20, was being kept under constant observation at police headquarters Tuesday night after she had made five unsuccess ful attempts at suicide within two hours time. Police were called to get the woman after she had attempted to drown herself In a lake bere. Twice on the way lo the police station she attempted to Jnmp head first from the speeding patrol wagon. Once inside a cell, she tried to hang herself front a pipe with ft rope she had made from atrlpa of ber dresa. Frustrated In this at- tempt, she again tried to slash her wrists with a glass In which she had been given a drink of water. Renewed Interest In Completion of Highway Exhibited Sacramento Agencies Take Up Fight for California to Fin. Uh Klamath Falls. Weed Highway. j Kficraniento newspapers sum! that city's chum tier of commerce ' base tukea up the fight for Cali fornia's ronipletkm of the Klam ath Falls-Weed highway from the state line south to Weed, it waa learned here Tuesday, and iadi rotiosM are now that the im portant road will he improved for year-round travel in the near future. Word of the renewed Interest in the highway reached here yester-l day in a communication from the j Sacramento Bee, leading newspaper In the California capital, In which it waa stated that the movement to obtain an appropriation to complete the highway. Is gaining Impetus throughout the northern section ot the state. .r. r. inuw prouiiiMmt wmiis-, hwmr . ar TxtemmenHr iimuwmir-arv trip over the highway last week-end. Monday addressed the Sacramento chamber of commerce, putting in a strong plea for his state to finish up a highway which Oregon and Klamath county has already com pleted to the state line. A number of interviews taken here yesterday from leading busi ness and professional men of this city for publication In the Bee. showed the trend ot support in this city for the completion of the highway. All were -in accord as to the Importance ot that atate fin ishing up ita share of the road Into Weed. - Among other things. Thomson told the Sacramento chamber the j following: ' "At present, it a Klamath Falls resident wishes to reach a large center he mnst travel dne west to Ashland to connect with the PacMtc Highway. At Ashland, after trav eling sixty miles, the traveler Is no nearer California. "There la such a direct route, but half of it is in such poor con dition that It is not an inducement to any motorist. I waa over It this week. It Is an excellent highway! from Klamath Falls twenty miles to a link in The Dalles-California Highway. Only one-third of the balance of the route, which lies In California, could be called good, th - other two-thirds, or forty miles. needs widening, straightening, grad - in and graveling. Ail-Year Road . "It , could be made an all-year route running from Weed through Bray, " Mount Hebron and Dorrls. The Klamath Falls people have long looked for California to Im prove this and provide a connection for the now "dead-end" The Dalles California Highway." Two-Way Flight is Newest . Air Plan SAN FRANCISCO, June 7. (U. P.) Planes flying both ways across the Pacific between San Francisco and Honolulu at the same time, may be a feature of the proposed flight for the purse of 250.000 be ing raised here. . The number of preliminary en tries has grown to IS planes, with scattered entries from outside the slate. Complete rules are being fdriAulaled by the San Francisco chapter ot the National Aeronautic association. The suggested plan to tly planes both ways in competition for tho San Francisco purse as well as the Doel prise of S25.000, was being considered for the purpose of keep ing up Interest at both terminals duripg progress of the flight. Given Big Welcome In Berlin All Business Ceases in German Capital While Crowd of 1,000,000 Cheers Daring: Flyers EERLIX, June 7, (UP) While 1,000,000 residents of Berlin craned their necks and cheered, the city's business was at a standstill Tuesday.' during the tremendous wel come given Clarence Chamber, lin and Charles Levine. Completing the third hop of their' New York-Berlin flight. Chambe.-- 9 lin and his passenger In their Bel lanra monoplane Columbia arrived at the airfield here at 15:57. New York daylight savins time. Tbe American monoplane circled over the airfield as one . nnit in a veritable flying circus of . 20 planes in formation.. IT. 8. , Ambaaador Jacob Gould' Scburman embraced Chamberlin and handed him the cabled congratu lations of President Coolldge. He shook band with Levine and then made way for officials ol the Luf-. phansa, the German commercial air-, line company, for Secretary of State Von Schubert and other notables' who desired to press the American, flyers' hands. , . "Hock" Myers , .;' "Hoeh. Chamberlin! Hoch Lev ine! " were the persistent cries of the great crowd. The shoots of the thousands held back by police, could be heard tor many blocks. After: the flyers and their hosts return. , ,h. v.... K. ..t. r l.- . . - . T . . School Election Declared Invalid EUGENE. Ore.. June 7. OP) , Suit has been brought by. E. W. Evanson, property osrner in the Cartwright school district, against county oflcials to Invalidate the result ot an election to consolidate tbe Cartwright. Loraine and Green door school districts. The complaint la that the coun'.y assessor changed notations 'on hi assessment books, adding "and . ' , propert OWBed by T. B. Mltchel and John C. Skelton. thns alloaiing the wives to rote In the Cartwright district. The vote there was 10 to 9 in favor ot consolida tion. The plaintiff asks that the two votes of Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Skelton be cancelled and give the majority of one vote against con solidation. The election waa held recently. Only 44 rotea were east in the three districts. . j . South Sixth Will ; . Be Repaired Soon . . .. , th8 .vn of otorlsts ,hta mornlng when ; ,,,,. th ,ne cilT cc-di has t ,Mt deflnU(ly decided that . sw,h .,, . , h. r.n.ir.,1 : at once. . - , They'll be joyful tears, of course, because the many weary months of bumping over torn and wrecked pavement will be over. South Sixth street, one ot the main thorough fares, has been a thorn In the side ot motorists tor years, but hereto fore the city has been unable to find sufficient funds for thi repair work. Work of patching the pavement will start within the next day or two and It will be completed before the July 4th celebration. Bad Storm Hits Joaquin VaUey FRESNO. Calif.. June 7, (U.P.) One of the worst summer storms In the history ot the San Joaquin valley swept down upon the region this afternoon. According to W. E. Bonnett, weather forecaster here, . the wind attained a velocity ot 48 miles an hour, the heaviest slnco January, 1018, and exceeded only once In the last 39 years. . The wind was followed by thund er and lightning and drenching rnln. The storm damaged the grape crop to some extent while many trees and power linea were blown down. ' ,