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1-VH'ERIJTV OK OIH5 EPCF.VFJ. ni'.' The Klamath News "THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER GET OUT YOUR HORN" The Klamath News Official Paper County of Klamath Three Sections 18 Pages jol. 4, No. 235 Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS," OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1927 (Every Morning Except Mondxy) Mammoth Mill To Be Built :0n Coast Bids Opened on Huge $2,000,000 Pulp and Paper Plant to Be Erected at Astoria. PORTLAND, Aug. 13. (A.I'.) Bids have been opened by the Northwcst ern Pulp nnd Paper com puny for construction of the mnmmoth mill to be errect od on Young's buy in A ti.ria. Altogether there nrc sixty propositi on the vdr Ic.uh units to bo installed They arc being tabulated for ntudy by B. T. Mt-Buin, engineer and managing op erator of the plant. ll will probably be thro weeks hvfuro report on I ho proposals is complete, when contracts wilt bu awarded tiy iha board of dl-J rectors. Immediately the eon tracts ro lot, ronsttuctlnn will mart. Cost Two Million. The mill will roat approximate- ly f2.OUO.000. It will embrace tho wry-latest features In pulp manufacture and tho ssving of by-products. Between 400 and C00 men wilt bo employed. Tho major prod una of tho mill will be pulp and fireproof wall board. The company haa con tracted for the ale of all the pulp on tho Atlantic acaboard. where It will be shipped by wulor and transferred Into print pnpor. The wall hoard la largely for Pacific coaat distribution. Ilbjf Sawmill. Altogether there will bo seven separate unlta In tho plant, ono of which will be a aawmlll for tho manufacture of lumber, with (Continued on Page Seven) Freak Accident Fatal to Three LIMA. Ohio. Auk. 15. (JTI Three men were killed and a fourth la hollovod dying aa a re Hiilt of a freak rnllrontl accident near hera today when J coinlilna I nn passenger and freight train on the Baltimore and Ohio rail road atrnck n heavy nil truck nnd caught fire. The truck sprayed oil over the train which became landed, en veloping tho speeding rare lj flume, IMIvIn Uunntira of Cin cinnati, a buggage man, climbed to the top of one of tho freight cum, ot the hnnd brakes and linitiKht tho train to atop, al lowing the passengers to escape. Howard Do via nf Dayton. lucsscngor on the train; Anthony F. Lorla of Cincinnati, flremnn. nnd II. J. I. Minor of Cincinnati, the engineer, wore klllod, nnd I.. N. Smonry. drlver'of tho truck, la not ospectod to live FARM FORUM PACE CARRIES STORIES OF FARM SUCCESS llnvd you seen tho stories of successful farm ventures on tho farm forum pige In th's IssuoT If not, turn thoro now, you who have learned by ex perience of the wonderful pos sibilities of Klamath soil. t::.l with these Interesting stories as a guide, write of your own experiences on Klamath furms or small acreages, and win one of the weekly prises being of fered by tho Klamath News. No knowledge of the writ1 Ing craft la needed. Rlmply toll your story brlofly nnd clearly, holding It Jo 200 or 300 words In length If pos sible. If not, use 500, hut tell lit The contast Is open tn everyone who has experienced snmo measure of success on Klnmnth farms. Thn News Is sponsoring the weekly lellor contost in tho Interests of settling np Klam ath lands. Yon know that Klamath soil offors. unlimited possibilities but toll It to out side readers hy relating your successes, whether you live on An ncro or a sccllon. And remomher that 1 10 Pich week Is being offered In prises for tho success stories. T" Curwood Is Dead; Wanted to Reach Age of 100 Years OHOHHO. Mich.. Auk. 1-1. OP) James Oliver Curwood. author, and noted roiiservaMonlst, died at hl home hero tonight after an lllneaa resulting from strep tiH'occua Infm-tlon. which bad con fined him to hla bed alnco lost Haturility. Death cum ii to the noted writer of atiirlo of thn north wend ut hla home. Curwood Caatle, hero, after a dosperute battle against thn Infection that ateadlly aappod ha strength. In an effort to lay the ravigos of tho Infection. twn t.tivlrlnn from the Henry Ford hospital at Detroit wtrej .... i .. i .. .. t. .. i'iip. : rilpiH'u . miiHua u .,- wofid borne, and ' a daughter. Mra. Antonln P. Jlrus. of D troll, gave of her blood In u transfusion operation Tim blood transfusion was fit Hie. however, for after rallying'"?." . . . . " ' - oillPWirii. inn Duiniir ipunwnvu . . .... ..i i weakoned aruln rapidly, and h:s phy.lcluns ! announced llial his iteutn was n "'curwood wMborn hen. June (lirWOOU was Morn nt TO June ln: i,ti,l 1,1. rrlemltt reralleil that he often had declared he 1 nan nme ii i u.b iuiiiu n.c w he Hie yours oin. , lleslile his keen Interest III rnnservnllon. Curwood wss in-1 hi. hnm. citv. communing liber- ally to these undertakings. T ul WM linnip in .iaii Cell Sends One Maid to Doctor Services of every policeman in the atatlnn late last, night were enlisted to subdue Iwo drunken Klamath Indian maldena whose primeval fistic battle staged In a Jail coll. sont one of the partici pants lo a local hospital, suf fering a broken arm. I The Indian girl. Loonn Lotcho ( and a Miss Moore, wero arresu-n on tho streets Saturday night by Traffic Officer Craft, who spent a trying half hour alternately pushing and dragging tho In tnilcnted Indiana lo the police station. Once In tho station, tho girls were assigned lo a cell to await tho Bontcnce of Judge Onghagen Monday. Hut before they had hecu locked up an hour, police wero Btnrtlcd by Bounds of a feminine battle. Whon tho two Indians Were finally sopnrated and tho cell riot quolleil, ll was found thnt Miss Moore hud sustained broken arm In the battle, while the victor emerged apparently uninjured. Many Sections to Feature at Fair Ith e'gbt community booths already signed up for the Klam ath county fair Blurting Septem ber S. for n four-dny run. and others expected to'come In wlth iln the next week, directors of .h f,.ir in session Saturday de clared this phaso of the big show, j llko nil others, promises ut " ouldo any similar showing In the past. " Those communities to which space for exhibit booths was al loted Saturday nro: llonnnta. Fort Klnmnth, Klamath Indian -i... it a forest service, Mer rill. Malln, Honley, Lorolla and Pelican City. I Whllo most of tho booths nro expected to feature farm produce; and homo arts, two win nr.ns entirely new lino , of exhibition Int othe fait celebration of the county fair, labor celebration and rodeo, when Pelican City pro vides an ilntorostlng dlsplny of forost products, and the Indian ...tn. ...iiblli.he a booth filled vlth specimens of Klamath In- j illnn ftnndicrail nnu n.t. . I Tho U. 8. forest service booth i-.iii hrins another unusual ex-. Ihlblt to tho big fair building In September, nature or wn . lo bo a surprise, even to fair directors.' With community booths lined np In exceptionally good fashion. D.'H. Jenson, manager ot the. fair, yesterday stated thnt nil commercial space In the now building has already been sold to vnrlotis Klamnlh commercial and Industrial firms. "From all andlentlnnsf our booths Tilono will this year offer an .Interesting show, nslde from other loading features of the big fall festival," Jenson declared. "With the attractions lining up as they now are, we nro antici pating record-breaking crowds every day." r Aslilnnil Visitors Mr. nnd Mrs. J. Q- Adams of Xsltlnnd nro spending tho week- a ... utnmsth Falls with en,. . ... f trends. 1? TnwnQlWEEK OF OCEAN FLIGHTS ; 1? 1 A A r luuucui In Farm Section Thousands of Acres of Fertile Land Inun dated As Rains Go On Rampage. TOPEKA, Kas., Auk (A. P.) A Aay.cn towns were flooded and many mi ii'M n mwiHniiH mun - - ul imuiiuiiivu i todav by toriific downpours jn cjij-.j J..s.i.;, i .;n.!y u Hn-Kiifd :mt::n liere ... Iittlit 1-nin f.il'a ill ih limo o yoar .tvejt wore QHt 1 ..! 1 .. .1 .. . - j WUfl reported Tho flnnrloH js n rich farminK1 a bet. "d the hiKh water I took a heavy toll in wheat ; crops, horses and cattle. i The Smoky lllll river, ordlnar-. rumpage near Kalina. flooding Ihe towna of Ellsworth, WlWon, Plnck Wolf, Dorrance and Mar quette. Reports from Dubiiquo said the water renrhed Ihe second stories of homes and rescuets re' sponded to many calls for help. ;.-t n-inrh luin. Heavy rains Inst nignt ranged , up to nine Inches at """r '" ' ' " ' AllUrnS lO IlilVft Big Railroad Day The city of Alturas. Calif.. Just V";. r." "" . ' V. n.......... rn.,n .,,.., ... , Q of ronlcnd. ''. Pro,,"- T"";ed that Salt Lake Jobber, should old CAHforn'j. settlemenl is all' T n,, which would Ut''lH'i lip nil inn niniiiinni H iirv rails on the N. C. O. railroad have been laid past Alturas and tho track layers are well on ineir wuy iu idnt-iirw, . As a result of this commercial nchlovenii.nl and due In Ihe fact that real locomotives are plying, In and out of tho city. Alturas; people have decided to celebrate' railroad day" on October 1st. According to O. D. Morgan of ; second turn north of Pelican City Alturas, who attended the Lake-j Friday evening. Martin lender, view Elks celebration, his home j who was driving tho small car. town will put on a big event on j was badly hrulned. Ho was tukun the first of October, at which ; to the Klamnlh General hospital time a venison birhei uo will he ! where he received medical atten held.' Governor Yotrtig of Call- lion. . i fnrnla and nil Ihe officials of the. Southern Pacific railroad will he present. An Invitation is extend- ed to Klamath Falls lo attend, It's Not Always oor.oH toy ? w'ykvV VJKM A SCARE TUf.V (o3Av 'VA.A 1 V ' . , , i . " " (lulled PreM ruble) : combination of motor pilot, nsvl-. Man alietched . bin wings U-igutor and plane, pitted againat1 night on the ahoroa of two oceuna.euch of tho othetj. No schedules .ready for a woek of flying which I controls the movement of. the promised to bring the air age Kuropcun,' they, await only fair within aight of those now living . weather, earh anxious to be the In thla world. .first across the Atlantic, east to I Heyond the Atlantic in Eng-!wcst. In an alrplune. 'land, Uormany and France, are' The flyera in Europe' are ten pilot and their navigator Charles Levlne and Maurice Drou awailing condition favorable lo hln in the Bellanca monoplane their purpoo to fly to tne tniicn States. Thousands of mile westward on the California c;aj of the Pacific, nine flyers waited. Mono- I lulu was their goal,, and among fly to Japan. : Linibauch 1n the (jermanla; Jo- j Not all the men can hope to hann I(itlri and .Cornelius Eds 13. 'succeed. Home may never standard in the Junker monoplane -ftome may die. Within a week three flyers have given tbelr lives , California preparing .for the ,n. 'or"" Pprmg .or wm i k l" '!" "", , , ,k. The rhallonne of mnn to the - nM. if.. kn vss okul 11 live, so far Ihl year. The , .ii.i., . r.,r lh IT. (lOO ," " - - .Dole prise Is scheduled tor Tues- : day. It will be a race with each WltnA8P9 SppIc 1 I VkVWVM vvv Increased Rates BUT I. AW flTV ftnh. AltS.. I API Wltnessos ttsllVylng (for the railroads In Ihe petition ; great Inland empire tributary to of all banking Institutions In thei The Oklahoma excursion will iof Ihe Clah shippers' 'association ; Portlund is flowing Into this valley which they controlled. be In charge of a special Greet ;for a parity of rates into the In-; port for shipment to foreign Accused Water Row. 'ere' .committee organized by the , tor-mountain country to enable countries. j While the Watterson brothers Klamath county chamber of corn- Halt Lake Jobbers to compete! Creat long freight trains each , attributed the collapse ot their! merce. who have comnleted a equitably with others, claimed I the present freight rale are too , 1 low. The hearing before Kxam- iner W. A. IMsque.of the in-! ,,, ,,. i. expected to be concluded today.! I II. W. Prlckett. for the traffic 'service bureau of Utah, obtained , .admissions from several raMroad : son why Salt Lake ahbuld not have rates comparing favorably I with those from such other points as St. Paul, Portland and' other Places S V .... i favor them nhipplnd into oust or n this turrllory i ' Oregon, contending I was "exclusively coast Jobbers." for Pacific , . A j lajifiDETk AC ' MAPI IPlJUKCX) AS TWO CARS CRASH When the Chlloquin stage and 'a smaller car collided on the Both cars went into the ditch nt the side of the road and were badly (( imaged. The cause of tho accident Is not known. Fair Weather When "TflEiCe NOT SO CAD i oiumoia; i-eon i.ivcn ana iiorre Corbu. In u,i,auc, . Cote. and Lieut. Lebii in a lireguet hiplano; Marmler and Fevereau, biplane; Paul Tarascon. yellow-bird . monoplane; Otto Europa; August Ihrs and Cap- lata Merman fYoeni in in. jnnur. monoplane Dremmen; Frani mon0p.e - t V - -j droplane. - Tka fU-oM In rnllfnrnU mra- Dennet Orlffen. Norman Coddard. John P..ll.r WHIInm ll Krln. . Llvlnlgstop Irving, Arthur .Coble. Martin Jenson. Charles Park- hnrst and John Frost. Whpat Flnvvc in w w mm vww w v v M o v Pipifl Pnrfe-ounty followed the news that I clvllll. JTUllOrMark and W. W. Watterson, I . . . . i PnrtTI.AVD. Orn.. Anff 13 tA. P.i Golden wheat from the i day bring In thousands of bush el to the docks and ware- houses. The movement will be at its height during the next ,h' WMw i, i. ..irf Many vessels chartered for full cargoes, will be In port to take j this ' wheat to foreign markets. largely to Europe. DELEGATION ASKS FOR BETTER ROADS . . ' , . , ' , , " -. '-' court Saturday afternoon, to re quest that improvements should lie mndo on the road of this val- 'ov- Some desired thnt -It should be surfaced and others asked for grading. . Judge Goddnrd announced that j engineers would begin work there Monday, and the ropnir work Is to be done on the road bonds whlcJi have been IsstifM by the county court. ' DKFEXOH (TP. FOREST HILLS. X. Y.. Au?. 13. (AP) America successfully (It fended tho Wiithtmnn Cup. In ternational women's- tennis tro phy, today agninxl Great Brit ain's challenger. .Mrs. Molla B. .Mallory. American champion, cap tured ihe fourth and deciding victory from the youthful Eng lish git 1, Jonn Fry. 8-2, 11-9. Good Fellows "HEr4 "THEy feE Pi Two Tn vol x tt vf xnjv; Bankers Held As Suspects U nn1rA.nl v ; J. f - - - - UwerU Valley Taken .4 J r- I in iustoo:y on cjn- bezzlement .Charges. : ernment is making every prepara " . I Hon to avoid a possible crisis. 1 I . The newspaper El Pals, organ uioijrvn i-i: .. 'io sjioiii , vain., nujs. io. 1 (U.P.) A new and even i more ensauonai cnapter in , V"' ".have precipitated a racial Strug -....-v.w ...aw. " valley, three years violence has ' marked a bitter water feud, j was ! with being written, tonight,' rhB nrrosr nt tvun nf its I leading: citizens and pion , ec-rs. ! A rush of friends to this county ! seat far np In the bills of Inyo ! Dansers, naa oeen tasen into ' ..... I.. h i i. i uwens valley. Where forjof anarchy In the country. ment resulting from the failurelclty. hanks In Independence. Bishop. ! Big Pine and Lone Pine to the tactics of the city of Lo Angeles In building an aqueduct through j (Continued cm page eight) -mm f I f 1 r l Irien vlUt 01 WOrK ' AS Mill abuts Up,tjr; ! I thrown out of work today when the Barr Sblng-te ompiiy- company shingle mills at Kalama were shut down. The mills closed, it was said, because of a reported , i ji.au u. ......... . ' I. oy me companies . wage, corresponding o those paM 3 The owners of the mills did;, nI..n(.D1,i California cit- ! Justified, they said. n ! making an advance In wages. In , vlw ot Prewnt condition of tne sntngie marsei. There will oe no compromise. B. F. Flnke, meager of the Blue Ribbon mill, said today. lndlcat- Ing thnt the shutdown may con - ''"Beciuse'of'Vhe lower scale of wages and poor timber, rcprej srntatlves of tne shingle weavers say. they have been getting ap proximately $2 a day less than the Grays Harbor men. Lakeview Stages Big Eiks Affair ! Lakeview lodge. No. 15S6, Benevolent and Protective Order lot Elks was Installed Friday ! night in due form by the state ! officers in the Elks' home at Lakeview and the following of fl Irers for the local lodge were 'elected: ! Frank P. Light, exalted- roler; A. J. Osloy. esteemed leading iknlfiht; B. K. Snyder, esteemed j loyal knight; Lee Beall, tyler; Meredith Anderson, secretary; D. I F. Brcnnnn, treasurer; S. A. Ma I shen, esquire: Jd. K. Gunther, 'inner guard; Fred Reynolds, j Harry Bailey . and Lloyd Ogle. trustees. Following the Imnresslve cere mony which was attended by1 250 Elks from Klamath Falls. Asn land. Medford, Bend. Portland Baker and Alturus the new oftl- cers took tneir siauons nu business of a regular conducted Elks Lodge was transacted In the city of Lakeview for the first time. s hnnn.mt fnr about 200 was .. ... . . , ., . .. I given In the Lnkovlew hofel dur llng which many ringing speeches 'weie delivered. State Senator jjny Upton was the principal ! speaker and it wss commented freely by nil Elks that Jay mane the best speech of his lite. Saturday was given over to a celebration of the new order and last night a boxing match was ho'-t tor the entertainment of gi.esta. , XOTICK TO THIKVKH. The Klnmnth News will pay ten, dollars reward for Informa tion leading to tho apprehension of electric light globe thieves who for thn past twn months have been robbing this office of globes. 12-5t Bolivian Troops Called Out for ' Inca Rebellion ! LA PAZ. Bolivia. Aug. 11. , OP) Bolivian troop today were i engaged In battle In various aec- lions with Indians forming part I of the uprising of some 80,000 j Inca In several parts of the j country. Meantime reports 'reaching La Paz from (be Interior ! of the republic said that the revolt continued to spread.' ' ' The first division of the army has been mobilised to sump out ,h rebellion. Thns far tran- qulllty prevails in the depart- ment of La Pas, where there are nlw., i 0nn idi.n. h,, th. r. o' the government, charges In an .editorial that communists are re- sponsible for the uprising. The . . r"- " , . ",. "" 7 gle in order to plant tne seeds Excursion from Okl ahti ma T tn VlVlallUIIIt IS IU Arrive lomorrow Klamath Falls will again play nost to an excursion of sight seers Monday morning when abont 70 real estate dealers and business . .. . i.i i .bi- ulc" nwiu mum, i.-itics iu uu.' hnm. inonH IhrM hnnn In Ihlu nvosram of entertainment to fill 'out the few hours the Oklahomansj will spend in Klamath Fall. Ft!iowillg their arrival here t lg fc m tomorr()Wi tn8 yjgi,. lors, out to see the West, will be taken on short motor trips Ifhrnneh Klamath Fnlla anil wicln. The visitors will be guests at a luncheon at 11:30 given tn their honor by - the Klamath Palls Realty Board, at which members of the board will touch on high lights of Klamath real estate and western real estate values. ' C. A. HenCeraon, county-agent. will 'be : among:, the principal speakers, telling the guests ot i 1 t the agricultural possibilities ot the Klamath basin. Th( party lcares here M n m fnr the anuth whpri, Ihpv les. On the Greeters' commute; are: P. O. t-andrr. chairman; G. A Bellman. E. L. Bntley. Chrla nl,... v n Uuiu-r. F. t Chit. ,,,,, K Ka. Dunn R c Dalc, (olllnuPd ou gercf j. 'OfficialS tO Pick Site of Hospital Following a brief Joint session in the county court rooms Satur day, members of the county court and the city council will convene next Thursday evening at the court house to submit possible sites for a city-county isolation hospital. At the meeting yesterday It was decided that every advantageous site available will be discussed Thursday and' a place decided npon for the location of this avowedly badly needed Institution here. The city has 12500 set aside on It's budget for construction of an Isolation hospital, need of which created a series of heated discussions In the city council chamber last winter and spring, while the county court has also provided a like amount tor this purpose. Construction will go forward as soon as the site Is selected. I It was announced Saturday, as the building Is to be ready tor occupancy by fall. The tempor ary Isolation hospital erected early this yeor by tho city. Is inadequate and offers no facilities for women patients, officials said. SCHOOL TEACHER NOW IN AIR RACE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. OAK LAND. Aug. 1J.(P) John Auggy Pedlar of Flint. Mich., and his plane, the Miss Doran, were list ed today as the fifth official en try In tho $15,000 Dole air race to Hawaii, after completion of all tests for navigation, motor and piano performance. Thnt puts Pedlar, his navigator, Lieut. Vlles R. Knnpe of San Diego, and Miss Mildred Doran of Flint, their passenger, fifth on the starting line for the race Tuesday. . blent. Knope was sub stituted for Lieut. Manley Lewlng of 8nn Diego, who fulled In his navigation tests. Highway Accident Gost Tiny Baby Critically ' In hired in .Smamh-Uii North of jLamm's isn mill. : : . . , ' "- " - H , i Following a mad race with death - by . a passing motorist who chanced upon the ' scene of, what ipty Fit ibuii acciueni norm of Lamm's mill at a tte hour Rn-.ir!l, V niiyYtf . Kn. baby belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Izzacs was not expected to live in a local hospital early this morning. -The Infant was' the victim of a major automobile crash ob The Dalles-California highway, about half way between Lamm's mill and . Williamson river last night when the light touring car drives by Alvin Jackson. Chlloquin, . crashed with a heavier maehlaa with i Wirt Dobson.. Pine Ridge, at the wheel The driver of the lighter ear. according to Louis Mueller, dep uty sheriff, - who with Sheriff ' Burt Hawkins and Dr. a, S. NewBOtn, county health of fleer. rushed to the scene of the crash. had apparently attempted to turn off the .highway as the other ma chine was approaching. . -. Officers believe Jackson ' sails' Judged 'the distance of the on coming automobile, which Is said to have .been, traveling at a high rate of speed,, and turned directly across Into Its path. : The big mi. - Vu.uil -Ijimnt.' ' Sri.m.th. Falls, . struck the lighter - one squarely, turning It completely, over on top ot Its six occupants. - The infant was thrown from the spilled car, and hurtled many, feet i through the air, receiving injuries which last night .wsre expected to prove fatal. -. None 01 (Omtnteed. oat Page Severn) , j; Police Ready to ! Clash With 'Reds' BOSTON, Aug. 13. (JPf- .An nouncement by the Sacco-Van- settl defense committee that there' , would be a new "protest" meet ing on Boston common tomorrow, announcement by the police that there would be no meeting on Boston common tomorrow,-- the completion of Nicola Sacco's 28th day of hunger striking and conL tlnaed legal scratching by 'the defense counsel, were the day's chief developments In the Saccor Vansettl case. y The defense committee's an nouncement that . tomorrow's meeting would' be called at S v. m., was In line with a j.atemet two days ago that the respHe period granted Inst Wednesday would be occupied' with "an In-, tensive drive to get thla case discussed and analysed." ' The police rejoinder took the form ot a routine order, calling attention to the fact that all port raits for public speaking on the common had been revoked tern-" porarlly, after .last Sunday's fracas. . ' FLAPPER FANNY SAYS , - KccorerlBg , from heart takes tang U May One .'' It."- ... ! ' at tf lMT arf. - 1 1 eiart sv ssa asset rsc - Hccorerua . from bene heart takes tans time, w you have to go to coart,