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The Klamath News
Official Paper
County of Klamath'
JiHE iHLAMATH NEWS
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Vol. 4, No. 234. Price Five Cent
City Is
Second
In State
Building
, i leading lo the barber ahop, they
ui .t c II o ! linked arum and helped eoch
rviamain rails ooara oiuer op "the aiwp night, n
Above Salem and "" ,vMval ,liat uu,b
tsnss.aia aiiu vry W(ik )ul M y th)rj g n(
tUUgtne in July tOr.alrn of collapne In either man.
t ft ! I V. . V,Mltll la IMII.-h ..-........
ouuaing rennits.
Fur thu first timo in more
than a year, Klumnth Kails
with a record-smashing fig.
urc for July, soared above
Salem and Eugene in vol
ume of building permits,
lind emerged from tho July
period second only in the
state to Portland.' it was
learned from city officials
Friday.
With an aggregate of 1377.
4S0 In permits for July, building
in thla city fur 1S27 passed the
million aud a half mark laat
month, nnd headed for a 1927
totai of 1.00U.OUO. which build-1
In i iprti dtnlare way yet be
real lied.
. , ,
Of thla
hikii iuui iur mo
month. 1298,300 waa Industrial
cemm ruction, fit, (80 and for
realdencea, und 3(,!00 commer
cial. Kuaruo la Hilrtl
While tho aggregate flgurea
for building permlta totula In
other eltli-u of the atatn wre not
available Krtdny, reporta ahnwed
Klamath Kalla to be aecond only
to Portland In the atatn, with
Kugene .and Ralem third nnd
fourth respectively. In the 'atato.
Tho building permlta for lead
ing cities In Ihe atate. In point
of average bulldlug roat per per
mit In each city, follows:
Astoria. ff.SOO: Kugene. .
17U; Klamat Fella, lltl.KH:
-I4 Orande. -nil',- Mnrahfleld,
tii; Medford. I2.s?; Halem,
(..Its: Portland, 110, HI.
A total of tl permlta were la
aued In Ibo atate, and the aver
ugo by permlta waa 11,082.
Charges Thefts
Caused Failures
1.08 AN0EI.ES. Aug. 11.
(I'l'l Embeiileoient rather than
"the deatructlvp pcllcy of Ihe
, lo Angelea water bureau"
reused five Inyo county bank In
Owena Valley to close tholr doors,
leaving the section without bank
ing fncllltlea. Will C. Wood, atate
superintendent of banks, sold
here tonight.
Shortage In the fire Instltu
tlona. the Flrxt National ,bank
of lllshop and the Inyo county
flanks of .lllshop. Independence,
Lone I'lne and Dig I'lne, already
hns been checked to a total of
more than 1800.000, Wood slat
ed. Of thla amount IZ70.000 la
represented by a discrepancy be
tween the actual amount and tho
claimed amount of money on de
posit In Los Angeles nnd San
Kmnrlnco banks.
Notes exceeding $3.10,000 are
missing from bank vaults. It waa
said. The examination has by
no nionna been completed, Wood
declared. When tho Institutions,
nil controlled by tho W. W. and
Mark Wattersnn Interests, closed
Inst week, notes blaming the
l.oa Angelea water bureau wuro
posted by bank authoritloa.
Gas Masks Used
for Deep Dives
LOS A NO ELKS, Aug. it. (A7)
-Fire depnrtment gas masks now
am being used successfully for
diving helmets.
Captain Vlrdin of the city fire
department today was credited
with having discovered the effi
cacy of Ihe regulation department
gas mask for under water ex
ploration. In an experiment ho
remained under water In a 20
foot doep pool for twenty min
utes. Uo reported that tho mask
contains sufficient oxygen to al
low n mnn to stny under wntor
for an hour.
Tho department rescue tqund
hercafler will use the mask for
dvlug Into readily pools and ponds
to ruactio drowning pel sons. Cap
ialn Vlrdin predicted Its uso
would savo the lives of many
drowning persons whuroaa In the
past delay In locating and recov
ering anch had resulted In deaths
that might have heon prevented
by tho gas tmtsk aid,
SACCO, VANZETTI,
LEAN FROM HUNGER
TOTTER UP STAIRS
IIOHTON. Ann. 12. (UP.)
Walking slowly, but without as
sistance, Bicco nnd Vauiultl to
day wcwt from their colls lu th
iChnrryblll section of III for-
I bidding Charleatown statu prison
j to I lip prison barber shop, where
on of their counsel and Hncco's
jwlfo were waiting to talk with
An they ascended the stairs
,h. b;. hu. .;n
j broken hla hunger strike. Now )
j that they am back attain In!
: I nerryiiin untn men are sumc-
;Cherrhlll both men
what more hopeful.
I
iii if j n ;
ML Hood Snows
fail 10 UlVd Up p- ,n-"n "t''t'1 lJ f'y i"
tj a ft j the United S'.aU's, record-
IsrownleesBodyii,,,, t0 advices cab;u: .he
IKIOIl IIIVPIl 1h i
(l'l' A party of lire ararchera UHBMHdor fechurman.
returned here today from lh Two of the mnrhlnen, Junker
a-juth alope of Mt. Hood follow- nionoylanoa, will leave from l)i-a-an
uuu.ee..ful aearch of 11 ,nJ le ,hlrJi a c,Mpt.r b.
houra lo locate Ihe body at Lealle i , ... . . .... ,
llrownlee. who wa. loaon tn0 , P'""- k off from Cologne,
mountain New Year a day. ' Kmbmy Conflrma.
The party 'explored all the terrl-1 Tho German embaaay here alo
Inrrv I n ,, .l,.lnifv nt It' (. 1 1 1 u I rl .. I . I
.nd" vokum it'ldR. . I .
; M
ne "h. bllwaid came up
anu laaten r noura. makini t
unuruii 10 rnminue me num. ;
After returning here, searchers
said Ihey believed the body of,
the youth Ilea somewhere near
Crater rock. Snow la still quite ;
deep, they reported, and unless It I
mens oe.oru ine iau season ae
in. nia uuuy may never no rucov-.
ered. i
his body msy never bo rocov-
Tule Lake Homesteaders
Striding Toward Success
That the auccess of Klatnath'a
h'ai
he
newest agricultural tentnre, tne
nomesicnaing oi I ule lake. Is;
assured, la apparent now In all
sections of tho vast acreage open-1
en to enlry by tho government
lust .Murch.
This vls the aubslance of com-
nient of C. A. Henderson, county
agricultural agent, who returned
here lato Friday following a day
spent among the homestead
ranches In the fortllo Tnte lake
area, which are aoon to pour
their ahare of abundant farm
produce through Klamath Fnllajand that too promisee a good ro -
and to the markets of the world, j turn to the settlers. There has
"Farming activity la at a peaKjoecn p,emy oi wnier an summer
In Ihe homsciad area at present." for irrigation, so the flelda have
Henderson stated, "and the en-Jacked tjpthlng."
tire acreage, opened only last Another favorite crop is hay.
March, Is fast acquiring the ap-
pi'nrunre of an established farm-j
ing center,
"Construction of homes and
other necessary buildings. Is one'
of tho features on the bomnstoads
at present. Probably there are.
00 houses now undor construction
on tho various tracts, or already
completed, allowing the owners to
turn their whole attention to
crops.
"Many of the homesteaders,
most of whom are ex-servlco men
were given a preference filing
Land Agent for
G. N. in Klamath
O U. Richmond, land agent
for the Groat Northern railroad,
Ih In the city In connection with
rights of wsy for tho Bend to
Klamath Inlls extension of the
Oregon Trunk, he stated Friday.
' Richmond's present visit to this
city Is In the Interests of com
pleting right-of-way purchases
for tho O. N. from the south
terminus of Ihe Hhovlln-Nlxon
line, to Che-mult.
Tho land agent declared that
work on the extension la pro
gressing with unusual speed and
that crews are engaged at so vera 1
points along tho lino.
I.. C. Oilman, vice-president of
tho O. N., was also In Klamath
Falls Friday and will spend to
day hero on what he toriued rou
tlno business.
ROBBER SHOT IN
HOLD-UP, IS DEAD
PORTLAND, Aug, l!! (UP)
Arthur Rogers, young bandit,
who was shot while attempting
lo hold up a gasoline atation
Wednesday night, died tonight
at St. Francis hospital.
Rogers was shot through the
abdomen by L. O. McClttsky,
station attendant, aa ho ran from
tho building after rifling the
cash register,
German
PI a n e s
ilLeaving
For U. S.
Ambassador Says 3
Pilots Will Hop Off
Saturday on Trans
Atlantic Flight. '
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.
i (U.P.) Three GetYman
airlanes will take off Sat-
u .v,.
fwiuw ULinvkii at. niivi i ikih (
; State depaitmtnt by Am-
Z
. ......
believe announcement of the Oer-
. ninns nlans will cause Irvine
, car. .,r, immediately on
, attempted return flight to the
United nllln, .
Th(, message from Ambaaaador
schurman. aald:
-Kinal preparations are being
; mB,e (or departure Saturday be
twon six and eiieht p. m , of twa
(t'oiiiliitini uo rtt Tlinaf)
right on the land last spring, are
in ihe midst vf potting dun!
in the midst vof patting
touches on thla years crops,
plained In most cases, aa soon as
the homesteader acquired
ul
, tract
manner' V ular" Mamalh
crops not just a few .tarten
brands of agricultural produce.
One sees in the district, many po -
tntO acreages, all Of Which are
looking extremely good, aa arc
virtually all other crops. Con-
aiderable grain haa been planted.
i Henderson stated, and while the
alfalfa was necessarily planted
Into for thla year s cutting, the
(UontlituctI ou ttc cIkIH)
This Bird
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, AUGUST 13,
; DOLE FLYER MEETS DEATH
.lVf
1 I'liot Arthur V. hodani (left) who waa InaUntly killed Friday
wit be waa forced to Imp from hla Iole Hawaiian air race plane
durtiid a te,t fllxht. Narlkatlon Inland Bryant, ahown In the plane,
wlabin UodKera refused to take on the teat fllcbt, because of the
da,naer Inrolvvd In trylna; out a
Hudb-ul departures. In design
which Arthur HodgtaVH met dusth
Rator- nryiint. are shown here standing between halves of the twin
rudder, whtre a second motor of the pusher type was installed
i upon completion of the plane. It was the radical changes in de
sign whkh arc brllevrd to have caused tbe fatal crash Friday.
Atlantic Race Is
Off for Sometime:
K-T4i.tc A.. 1 1 I !'i.fLLfi.
feverish activity which centered
around the trans-Atlantic nlanea
jyestorday waa absent today giving
!.!. , h i ii m,.i
o. Of the expedition, planned
I to hop off tomorrow.
The Columbia. ownud by
i Charles A. Lovine remained In
.h., h, r,A ..i, ,
'many tourists. John CnrM. fac-
tory superintendent for the Co-
lumbia Aircraft Corporation, kept
;an oyo on the piane, but neither
iirlne nor his French pilot. Mau-
rice Prouhlln. appeared.
Leon Givnn. pilot of the Far-
man expedition, dismounted a
motor of his" "Bluebird", for rc-'an
milrs
Paul Tarnscon's "Tango Bird"
hopped to Villa Cotiblay
fcr
I mechanical tests.
Seems to Have Quite
.
3 , X Vi
hVv.1
plane of new delKn.
which featured the plane In
Friday. Rodgers and his navl-
U. S. Board for
Farmers Talked
" i-H Am.nTririvri.rie ' Va in.
112. W) National legislation
setting np a federal marketing
board as the first step Is. needed
is farm relief, the Institute of
Affair, at th ..y
;ot Virginia, was told today by
. President Jotin Lee coulter or
' Xorth Dakota agrlcalturnl and
' mnrhnnlenl rnileirM
"All farm leaders will asree."
he aald. "that the farmers haw
for veara been oneratins at a
; disadvantage compared
industrial, financial. I
with the
labor and :
'other groups in the country. As !
a matter of wise public policy,
' agriculture, must be preserved as
Important branch of our
American life and national legis-f
latlon If not the most important
step is at least a very essential
i part of any program."
a Family
-i
1927.
CI. J
o no we rs
Help To
Put Out
Blazes
r.. - i . - iir i i the air with anch force that tbe
rire righters in Wasn-jbull waa thrown to hU knee.
ington Are Aided By I, Th bn"' h?rn?JlI n'
n . 0 . ;trate Robinson a body. Aa Rob-
RainS ; OOme Major: Inton Ml, be struck the bnll on
Rla7ft Unabated ' lhe ci- The bn" breatli-
oiazes unaDaiea. , laK ,nd llred ontlI tatJ) that
j night. Although Dr. Gillie la
PORTLAND, Aug. 12.
(A. P.) Showers yesterday
and last night, which proved
a blessing tc fire fighters
in several Washington dis
tricts, passed up the Rock
creek fire in Yacholt burn
completely. This was shown
by reports to district forest
service headquarters here
nrlov lTrr mo
. ,
Were 'Sent out this morning
to supplement the large
crew already at work there !
trying to keep the fire outt
of the Wind river water-
shed.
Cloudy weather prevailed orer
I the Rock creek district In Colum
bia foreat yesterday and the hu
midity was high In tbe after-j 51,320,000 bushels; Oregon, 27,
noon, but the change was not 245.000 bushels, and Idaho, SO,
great enough to hinder a fire of 148.000 bushels. -such
proportions. No news of j Increase In production of oats
(CYMitinucd on pnico eight) was also indicated. , . (
Young Girls Spurn Rules
of School and 30 Strike
L08 ANGELES. , Auk. 12. I
til") sweeping investigation oi .
ta'leired ''twli CW set tip -at
Kl Retlro. county constructive
home 'nenr San Fernanda was ,
promised Friday night by Judge!
Shontz, actiug referee of juTenile .
court
Thirty of the glrN of the home,
all under 18 years oi age. Friday
rebelled against the asserted "re-;
form school methods introduced the distance.
a week ago by Mrs. Rosamaryi After hearing the girls' ve'rsion
Goode. newly appointed superln-iof ,he case JU,,Ke shonti said
t8?de?1' wtlked out of the
c 1
They started on a long niRe to ,
I'os Angeies 10 preat-ui '"""
i
,,I0 na Cforro j
IvOliirisinS OUtfe" i
l5. Tma nf FYirt I
MJltL XllUC dl 1? Ul I
Fort Klamath had a Rotarian , court probation committee bad
celebration last night that marks supplanted Miss Alma Holihuh
an epoch In the history of that ' as .superintendent and put Mrs.
little city, tor Rorarians and their : Goode In her place. -wives
and guests Journeyed from Mrs Goode. It was said threat
Klamath Falls and enjoyed 'enea t0 abolish student govern
delightful evening in the historic' ent an1 , gend manT of ,ue
community.
Sixty-seven Rotarlans and
! guests were seated at the ban
quet table at the Fort Klamath j
hotel at 7:30 o'clock in the even
ing and enjoyed a great dinner
prepared by Mrs. Taylor. Few
places in the nation could serve
f more bountiful repast man a.a
i the Fort1 Klamath hotel laat
evening.
President John Boyle started
the fun nfter dinner by request
ing a few three-minute speeches,
and in this contest Fred Fleet,
immortalized by Mayor Baker of
Portland on one occasion when
he gave Fleet the title of village
poet,', was declared winner of the
shurt speech contest and Boyle
presented him with a coffee pot.
Mrs. W. O. Smith acted as Judge
of the oratorical, flights of the
speaking Rotarlans.
As It was ladles' night, the
ladies of Rotary were not spared
by Bert Hall when President
John Boyle turned the program
over to him. Hall culled on al
most every Rotary-Anne to give
good and sufficient reasons why
she lived with her husband, the
answer to which request were
exceedingly amusing.
John Carkin, Medford, speakor
of tho Oregon legislature, was
guest of honor, and responded td
the toast "t'ivio Clubs" in an en
tertaining manner. He told how
the rtvlr clubs had changed
since tho war, nnd how now they
had become an essential factor
in our scheme of life. He paid
a high tribute to Rotarlans and
to the'Klamath country. j
Toastmastor Hall then present- j
ed each lady with an individual
bouquet, while Karl Wliltloek
adornod each Rotarian with a
cap which was Jokingly called. I
the. morgue' oflorlng.
(Every
ITALE OF El
luckless
BULL AND
RANCHER
RELATED BY "DOC"
; COQL'ILLE. Aug. 12. (CP.)
I Price Hoblnson. Norway rancher.
la recovering from Inlurlea aua
tained In the aide and back Mon
day afternoon, when a full
grown bull attacked blm.
Hoblnson waa taking the bull
to paature. The day waa one of
the warmest the Taller baa ex
perienced for some time, nnd tbe
bull, angered by tbe beat, rushed
at the rancher, tossing him In
not positive as to how tbe bnll
waa Injured. It la though tbe
animal's neck waa broken with
the impact of Roblnson'a body.
Prospects for
Bumper Crop of
Grain Realized
PORTLAND. Ang. 12. (UP)
Early prospect for a bnmner
wncac crop in ine racmc Aortn-
I west tbia season has been real-
;ued, threshing to date haa Indl-
cated, according -to a bulletin
i"ufed ."if by the Department
The crops for tbe thre north-
western states will amount this
year to 108,4 25.000 bushels. It
was estimated, as compared with
84.480,000 bushels last season.
The respective state yields were
estimated as follows: Washington)
troubles to Juvenile home author!-
ties. Ban Fernando police re-
f ued"' o - obey Mrs. Uoode's de-
mand to halt the exodus and
Van Nuys police withdrew after
answering a riot call and finding
no riot in progress.
When juvenile officials learned
of tbe cruBade. police cars were
sent to meet the girls who al
ready had walked 18 miles of
, an investigation would be pressed
Immediately; that the girls would
not be forced to return to the
school under present aamtnistra-
Hon there and they would not De
punished for their revolt.
According to leaders among
tne iTl- trouble started last
wek when they returned from
an outing to find that a Juvenile
girls to the Ventura state reform
school.
Fire Chief s' Meet
Of fers Pointers
Filled with new ideas on fire
fighting and the prevention of
property loss by flames, as well
as emergency life-saving, Keith
Ambrose, head of the Klamath
Falls fire department, returned
from tbe state, national and in
ternational conventions of fire
chiefs held in Portland the past
week, Friday.
The most interesting phases of
the convention were those in
which practical demonstrations of
fire prevention and life-saving
were conducted. Ambrose stated,
including Instantaneous quench
ing of oil flames, and the use of
gas masks under water.
While much of the discussion
was devoted to topics practicable
In large cities only, there was
also much of benefit for all fire
fighters, he declared.
WOMAN DRIVER TO
FACE MURDER JURY
SALEM, Aug. 12 (UP)
Mrs. Ruth Lockwood, Salem ma
tron who ran down and killed
Maynard Sawyer, druggist, on
State street about a month ago
wllh hor automobile, was Indicted
Friday and will face a charge of
involuntary manslaughter,
Mrs. Lockwood was said, at the
time of her arrest, to have been
under the Influence of liquor.
Two pint flaska of liquor were
found In her car,
J
Morning Except Mondry)
Another
Dole Hot)
Aviator
Is Killed
'Angel of Lo A'n":x!i'
Falls on Trial FUit,
While PUot Rodrrrs
Leaps to Death.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12.
(U.P.) The tandem mo
tored monoplane "Angel of
Los Angeles," an entrant in
the Dole Hawaiian -, race,
crashed to the ground near
here late Friday, carrying
to death, Captain Arthur V.
Rogers, who waa to ' have
piloted it across the Pacific.
The craft, an Innovation In
aviation, had. 'been In the' air
just sevea minntes on Its initial
test flight when it started a dlssy
descent from an altitude of toe
feet that ended with the death
of Rogers, sole occupant, and the
complete wreck of the plane. '
' Juiped from Pbuse.
Spectators said the plane web
bled, side-slipped and then weal
Into a nose dire. Rogers righted
the plane about 300 feet above
(round but when it fell into aay
other nose dive, he. Jumped. : ' i
Rogers' parachute tailed to open
and he was crashed as he struck
the ground about 600 feet from
his wrecked plane. - The . cords
of his parachute were wrapped
aronnd his body.
Hla wife, Mrs. Anna C. Rogers.
witnessed the crash and reached
her husband's body within a -few
minntes after it hurtled to the
ground. ' -
Wife Collapses.
; 6he collapsed but-was-revtved
a few minntes later. .
- Th "Angel of Lo Ange!e."
something distinctly different In
aviation, was built here under
the supervision of Captain Rog
ers. " ' ' - , ,
Its two English Lucifer three
cylinder motors were set in .tan
(Conttaned on Page Three) ,;
Fight to Finish
CHICAGO, Ang. 12.-'
Cbas. Chaplin today was enroate
to Los Angeles from New York
prepared for a "tight to the fin
ish for the sake of my name and
the future of my two 'babies" in
the divorce suit brought by his
yonng wife, Lita Grey Chaplin.
The screen comedian halted
here between trains last ntght
just long enongh to make known
that he had definitely instructed
his attorneys to withdraw "sail
offers of a settlement out - of
courts and arrange, for the court
fight set for August 22. - ;, '
Chaplin said he had s made
many, offers to settle .the suit,
bnt ridiculed reports that he had
offered hla wife II. 000. 000. ;
"I am weary of It all," he saM,
"and have decided to go back-to
Los Angeles and. fight for my
came and fortune. I do not care
tor the money but I want my
name cleared so my babies -will
be proud of It." - ,
"I am ready to go Into court
and face all the charges my wife
has brought against me. There
I shall let tbe public decide my
fate for I am sure . I shall be
Wnidcated. I can easily disprove
the charges." ' . . .
FLAPPER FANNY SAYS
The girl who catches sossas a J
; 1
Ma. v. a MT'eer.
eisstsvasaaiwica.so.
may. ft " 4n4Jr.