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The-. Klamath News "THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER-GET OUT YOUR HORN" The Klamath News Official Paper , County of Klamath The Klamath News Official Paper County of Klamath il Vol. 5, No. 2. Price Five Cents' KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, NOV., 16, 1927. (Every Morning Except Monday) WALKER-HOVEY TO BUILD MIL 11 Big SuitjTRAIN KILLS Launched A T 1 II S t H. Ford Founders' of Lincoln Motor Car Company : Seek to Recover! $6,000,000. I'ONTIAC, Mich.. Nov. I 13. (A.P.) Founder of thu Lincoln Motor Cur, coin ........ I !...-.. m I l.....l ....I liw Hon, Wilfred ,C, filed i Biiit nirniiiHt Henry Ford to- duy to recover upprox -1 ' , ,, ... , ' 1 . mntuly $6,000,000. chnrKinir that Ford failed to keep an iiKieeiiiuiH lo uuy iioiuinKn of Lincoln stockholders when he took over the com-: puuy in 1922. ! Tlii Ivlamli. holillns powi-r of j . attorn? from 3.0VO lorkli3ldfm. feprcenled In th.. ult thai Tord . . Ihnlr lock tir H.Outi.uon when be wblalned the Lincoln rompnnr relullon lo the flaurea In red. frctn n federal receiver five years County Annensor V'. T. I.ee ye ago. . lerday announced a meetlns for Th elder Inland, fcl-yenr-old all budietlnt axenrlea, Novemln-r formir president of I he Cadillac : 23 at lo a. m. Slutor Car rompnny. tfoveloped At the maetins. which l to be (Continued au l'K Kle j Oregon's Public ""7 Utilities Grow " 8 A I. KM. Nov. 18.--,11" P.) ' Arnroninlo y lft3.0WO.0tto are Invested In public utilities or Ongon. an Increase of about 11.1. 900.000 over the past year. nrcordlng to figures compiled to-, day by the state tax commlsiliui. The enlarged figure la due'. lualuiy to increasea raiunnons on siesm-. railway properties, whlrh are now IUl.Jfi0.uoo. or la. 300.000 greater than a year ago. Construction of tha Natron cut-off by the Central. Pacific railroad during- the past two yours is valued by the lax com mission at only IH,TT,roo. nl though the railroad claims It lina I..-..-,...! IT. AAA llllA Im Ihn Im. fM,m.,u " ' - provcinenl. . The commission's i I, . k... ...... ..... i t..r i,ii.,.. t.ii pimMii. wh..n the : county ratios are applied to th. , duurn. , ; Uniforms Given ls ji r lord, but which was disallowed ISaiiery LI lTien beianso he was forced lo luave ' thls balloon and descend In s para- Another 10 pur rent, turnout chule. cif. the Ilitth Coast Artillery Hal-1 The body of the Itellevllle. lory I) In tho new quarters oc-' Illinois, balloonist was found V I'urrud lust night, when uniform 1 1 his deflated balloon near Sparta, n nil equipment worn distributed j Tonnessee, a short time ago after lo oil tho local members of the he had started out on an attempt battery. Moon the public will wit-j to establish a new world's ree nesa tho local National gnnrd In ord. a public exhllilllon wllh full milt-! lary regalia. " At drill last night the batlerv made arrangemunta with Hal : lilackhurn and Ilia Hand to spon sor s Carnival dance lo p held at Winter (lai 1en next .Thursday, Thunk.iglvlng night; A largo shipment of novelties such aa confetti. aerpcnUne, bats. raps, Itornsn lid other nolsemak- era wore ordered and will bo here In limn to distribute to those at-iHC tending thn dnureo n that night, latter Commander, Captain Abbey anil his slnff, l.leutenatrls Van Vactor andt'nse, also sturted In formulate plana for s huge lit llltuiy hull to be held at Winter (Jnrden In the near future. (Jnrden In -the near f ; Lethal Drink Is Given To Youth - I' ST. TIIOAfAH, Out. Nov. 15. 1') Mquor sold by n lil-yenr-old "bootlegger" wns held responsible i . fur the dentil of n lfl-year-old high school boy today. ' Klvo companions nt the boy, winging betweon 11 aud IK years of age, said that, Intoxicated by the liquor,-their playmate-leaped fo dentil from s bridge Into ut ter. CreeK. Magistrate Maxwell reserved y decision on what action to tnko naiilnsl lira hoy liquor peddler. DUmembered Body of Victim Unidenti fied A Yet A man believed in he AV. I( I Hllkey. possibly of Yakima. Wn. morning when hi. r.-n beneath .Southern Pnrlflc passenger train at Chlloiiiln. j Till' man's body, horribly I i mangled (iil partially dlsnienih j cred. was foil 11 (t by l. A. Klioor", employe of (hp Forest Lumber company, about 7 a. m. yesterday. , It In believed hy authorities Hm tlin nuin was h transient malliic '. ride on til uwnnr tmln t- I Juki bow h met bin death, aside. wheels cut him to bin. win never be known. . '". . ',, """""' (Continued on I'aae, I'our) , AsSCSSOr Calls Meeting Of Tax- f . .1 .! 1) J!n ! liCT JHlfe 1WUIC3 That tux levylns bodies of the county may map out their bud-1 w" ""'": Im Indeblediivu In Klamath and I Dermtectlve of tho rounty'a future development with held In tho county court rooms, the county nases.or- will lay be- : fore the Ian levying bodies data i l . ..... .... - i ,.,reu. .-'' -.."":,., . ;h t-elllile. and roe. ; dehtedness. , I "At present there Is nearly ; : il3.iion.omi Indebtedness In Ihe ! cw.nty." U-e atated yesterday. "This includes Irrigation project! . Indebtedness to the government. i school districts, city and all other i existing debts 'Klamath." aed hy people 111 i (lonllnncil on iuge(clglit) Balloonist Gave I. . jlle rOr KeCOrC I . I WAS(IIX(ITON. Nov. IS. (I'l'l I - What he fulled to do In life. 'rsniiiin liswihorne i:rav. Armv ' hullnonlst iviimnlkhrri In death I when ilm V. s. Iiureau of Htind-! I arils annouiirod that instruments ...,.i..h ..n hi. i..i rii-in .h.,..l an allltude of IS.470 fi-el. a new world', rotord. istrangety enougn, tne oiuiuu? was Identical to the foot to that made by i.niy on a previous at tempt to break thn world's ree Dirty Traffic Ticket Blamed I.OS ANOKI.KS. nr. IS. -(V. P.I--A "dirty" traffic ticket was blinuort by Sally Hand, motion ( picture actress, for her failure lo oppear In court today to answer to a charge of driving her car miles an hour In a 15-mtle' j tone. ! The excuse which ciimo over 111 telephone to Judga Vnlentlnu brought a continuance of the enso until lomorriTw. . , . "Kenlly,'' lite actress suld, "Die . tlckot was so dirty 1 thoueh the date was the 2,th Innteait of the lruli." To Undergo 17th Limb Operation I.OS ANtiKI.KS, Nov.. 1S V P,l - In an ctrnrt to save his right leg, l.l. governor Huron Kills to morrow Is lo undergo the aev enlennlji operation on that limb, i Amputation, may ho necessary If this operation Is not n success, physicians at the California 1. "th ru n hiispltul .srild. Kllta' leg wns shattered by a shell during the Argon no offen-slu;, !Teri CitieS Seek Next Conclave OfG.O.P. gan Francisco Believ ed Favorite for Re-( publican Gathering;! Chances Good. ! WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. (UP.) Ten riticii have frir-mnllv entered thi entitest , . "t . ... tcun nntionul ronvention, the ' republioun niHtionul commit- I Theit clttiB are: Kanoa C'tty. ; Kittlf. Drtrult. S:in Kranrltuu. ' j (tun Aiilotilu. ( IiIi uro. ( It vrUud. j 'Omaha. lhuvr and l'hll Jtlpltla. J MlniiwaiiolU alfto In lt?Hlroun of' having the convention, but the hh.im orluni baa lievn enxaaed for i part , of June and lift application j. i,.iurH. i 'allfornln I'nvtiril Those c'ose to. the natbinal committee Slid that the largest number of pledges litis been ob tained from Han Francisco, but It Is not yet a focrjeona conclusion that the convention will go theri. Clevcliiiiil and Kansas City also are making an -aggressive fight. Those Informed of sentiment among iiutlonnl committeemen s"1'' onlKht that political 1011- . wr " ' the selet-tlon of. ttie convention. (Conllnuiil on page eight) i " Inline fnifinlotod sII"S VOIIipif IfU ; ITnr T .IIIYI FtPI ATil! The first Ihrea of battery of dry kilns to be constructed by l the Illg Ijikea Lumber company i of this city have been completed I al a cost of approximately $.10.- I 00. roi me i-nrier t nnsiruciion rom- iw,nr o''h handled the work. j Whllo some equipment Install- ' "on worl ,n Progress. It I be-belleved the kilns will be ready . '' operation by December 1. I'ortar Said. The t hree tins' will have n na.,.al,M n H'.IAA t.Mt .1.11.. .-h.. .-v . ; are aald to form tho nucleus for battery of nine or ten kilns t.f "" moA"n ln. I 500,000 3 fib VVT" -W : r u .. . i. 7 . i- Kederal ugents tinder Thomts K. Stone. Detroit's federal prohibition administrator, the other day raiihd a subterranean brewery and distillery In the city's busiest well-n and confiscated nearly a half million dollars' worth of beer, liquor and paraphernalia. Tbe pic ture above shows agents t-ianiiulng barrels In a room In which 3uo barreia of beer were stored. The Inset shows ou of tbe raiders ef fecting an entrance to the cellar. In the underground brewery were eighteen- linoo-gullon vats and three nuTnoe.gallon steel tanks, each filled with beer. ' Lions Aid Scout Credit Bureau Move, Is Speech , O. K. Tate, secretary of tire Oregon retnll pierchnnte associa tion, unci secretary of the Port land I. loin I)cn. was thep rlnclpul ' speaker at the regular meeting 'of the I'K-iil l.lnns club In the banquet, room of the 1'ellcart Cafe yesterdny. Ho spoke of the ac tivities of thu IVirtliiud deu and told of the eacelleut cooHratlon the 1'ortlaiid club were giving to the Hoy Scout movement. Webn suggested that Kenneth Paul T. Jackson, principal of the Klamath county high school, b Invited to attend the next meeting of the club In order to explain of commerce. Kred Houston and Waller H. Waggoner, captains on rhe mem, i,sn,i,i .,i .ni,.... jriv ported the results of the drive, attention be .paid to credits. d- tber bureau officials reported to nnd since there was a tie between daring the average, unsuccessful night. the two tennis it was decided to retailer is the one who doesn't' Near-snowbound conditions extend the drive until December ' know what it costs to do bust-'were reported In several cities 14 P.i ... I, 1.. I. u ...I .a h n,-Uiul la. .... , " " the absence of Austin Harden, president who Is San Fran cisco. Introducing George W. Haldeman W&MW Booze Factory nr-livnw fc' rj i . n . a larceny count filed a deuiur rlOlflS lan(Uei rer to be argued Saturday at 2 . p. m. Fred Leouettl also In- More' than 50 locnl business dieted on a charge of larceny; men met at a banquet In the "ed demurrer interposed to.ln-j ,, ,. , , . ... , .. : dlctment and his argument ha-., P.lican Cafe last evening to hear , amtmTam, Bl, ,;J.; 0"V) Tate, secretary of tho Ore-jp ,. - ... , , gou Hetall Merchants' assocla-J charlea Walker, alleged leader j Hon. speak 6ll topics of Interest! (Continued on pngoj elulit) i to every merchant. The banquet was given by the Klamath Com - merclal Service. 1 A. W. Schaupp. elty attorney Pk ur'""' on "'!, "Pec,R of ! ousinese, pieuaioK "is coo,crui flnn in thi commerclol service in' recurlng favorable legislation. ' Tate stressed the value of har- mony In buslneas relations, point- in. .. th. i,u.,rit. in h. Hi-iv4 by all merchants who' work to- gether. He. also advocated' that more .,.. ,nj Adertlslng and composed (he other leading po!n(s in his talk. NOT GUILTY IS PLtA 1 Attorneys Are Frustrated 'In Plan to Quash ! ! Indictments Final plfatt to harKc row- Mnla rpttirtled ilnK eul of Indictment returned hy th Klamath county . itrand ) Jury recently were made In rlr-) I cult i-ourt yrMtrday, a neiioit mitrki'd hv a idea of not Ktiflty t from Mkhai-l MurpSiy, (ndicttMf on a manslaughter count. ! Murphy In rbirxed with man- iitJauKhter with the fatal ahootina : of Love Chandler at Malln, !r..o.:a': "sz for the trial of .Murphy, a !; a other di-f-nduntn. ha not yet jToday-a '. lrriiU court mksIob J ; van marked by au unsuiTeKrfu! ; attempt by Attorneys K. II. Ah- nrst and W. P. Myers to show that Indictments returned against their clients were Invalid because I Circuit Judge A. I., l.eavltt al- legedly had not coutlnued the i grand jury from Its last session with tbe proper order. The motion was overruled by Judge lavltt who held ls order : In 'continuing the jury to . be : proper aiid in . due accordance wick the statute governing thU point of law. Charles Ration, indicted by the jury ou a chargeo f obtaining .money, under false pretenses. .pleaded not guilty yesterday at ' ernoon. C. h. Walsh Indicted on "V itr . . ; Winter JStOmiS Sweep Big Lake ' Sl'PKRIOIt. Wis.. Nov. 15. (C P.Head winds and snow, which today awept over Lake Superior, temporarily tied up shipping and delayed all lake schelulea. The storm was tak- Ing a northeasterly course across :" region, eeniering oerj I-ak Huron, I nited States wea-1 norm, wnere me unow ien ueav nalepinnnship lest. Ishpeminx. Mich.. Ashland. wis.. -mid Ontario cities Eonorted record snowfall. i part-In social and civic affairs. ; BKRKELEY A $S fine Im- lleports from Port Arthur. ! the time, of bis passing he Morrison. I'nt- , . ... .was 62 vears of age. born in ; 1 , . . . . Out., said shipping was tied up Crown ,.), in,nBI1a. 1 s5. ; ' Calitymla sturtn,for from the-ead of the lake to Resides his' widow. Mrs. Minnie overtime parking, not on)1 fl Snult Sto. Marie. i a. Uonsteel of this city he Is ', nanclully einbnrraseed th youth 'survived by n sou. Kail, of Har-: but forced bim fo sell hhr car to r ,s ww n j ; rlson. Arkansas, a daughter. Mrs. ' keep from going 'to the work- IVlUinUlll II US FalU Full State Tax SAI.KM. Ore.. Nor. 15. (I P) Fourteen counties of the Htate (have paid state taxes In full and j lecefpt of $400,000 from -MuU-: nomah county materially decrees-! jed the deficit In the state's Reu-; jeral fund, Thomns H. Kay, state reasnrer, declured today. ; Klamath. Jnckion, Josephine. ClHtsnp,. Columbia, t'rook. Curry.! Hood Hlver. Jefferson, Malheur. ' Morrow, Sherman. Tillamook and Union counties have clear rec-i nrds, the officii,! said. Th fund Is still $400,000, however. short about Kny said. Forum To Feature Lumber Industry A lumbtrrman's luncheon Is to :be the feature at tho chamber of j commerce forum today noon, for j ; the purpose of acquainting cltt-r' liens of tho county with the vast lies of the lumber industry. "II. I. Mortesen. president the Pellcnn Hay Lumher company, I will bo the npeukbr of the day. j and bis subject will be "Thoi Friendliness of Wood." Motion -.l.lnr- ul-rt Ua D-U-.xn whinh were taken by J. H. Shaw, presd- deait of the Shaw Pert ram I.um- ber company, portraying 1oggln In Klumath touiity. linih Ak,r ITnltnuiiv will tn. tertnln with two vocal numbers, and several additional features have nlso been pf tinned.''- .V J. Voye of the Illg Lakes company, will be i-hnlrmuu of the luncheon. Plans Are Revealed - On Upper Report4 Indicate Work Will Start in 1928 r on Huge Sawmill To Be Built Here By " California Lumbermen , Wtth construction of the huge Weyerhaeuser plant projected for Klamath Falls' now , a certainty, it .was learned from reasonably authentic sources yesterday that -- wmiu hr.r second only to the Weyerhaeuser mill in size, to be built by-Willis Walker of the Red River Lumber company, and Richard Hovey, his associate. - Partial uncovering of the sawmill plans of these two :. . California lumbermen and the interests they - represent, culminates a long period of timber buying in the Klamath basin, which has established Walker and 1 Hovey as the third largest owners of Klamath pine. i Death Toll Of Gas Blast Has Vnw UaQehnrl 9h lUTf itioviliu I'lTTSBritl.ll. Pa.. Xov. 15. (I'P) The rescued dead in Pitts burgh's disastrous gas explosion i reached !S tonight with the find ing of tbe bodies of l" .""-hlira. rtlik fflctM ierfrsl montlii ideutifltid men in the basement of j before any. further transaction the Pittsburgh Clya Pot company. ' ran travA unless an attempt The po compuuy plant adjoin- now on foot to shorten the re ing the great tanks of llTe fcnuil- demption period la successful: able Gas comiuiuy which exploded -was leveled by the blast and it Is feared conceals thtr ,, b-dies of many more victims. Pittsburgh's distress deepened 'tonight as rescuers entered their second night of work In the city's i devastated niauiifacturiiiR dls ' trict, . still without au accurate measure of the disaster's cost In i human life and property. I Thirty six hours after 5.OH0.OO0 j fet of natural gas had been (Continued on page eight) I Contractor Here i KQCCpe SllflflPnlV (Charles llonsleel. proluineut building contractor of this city' passed on at the family home. 1000 California avenue yesterday: morning shortly before 3 eYlock. While the deceased had niada this his home for less than 15 months he had luki-n an active - Homer Parnell of St. 1-ouls. Mis- souri nnu anouier sou, v. n. jce records reveal. t Rnnsteel of Portland. , req,red several xeeks" Tbe remains are In the slum-j g Morrison ber room of the I. Andrew Towey . p , . . .Mortuarv ou Pine and Kiphthir .,,o,U0 " tl,e "tluMon hat where friends may call. Arrange-' the upkeep wns loo high, bo hf menta for the lust rite will be! machine and eneldsed announced nptin "ward from his the line amount with a letter' children. Heavy Snow Hits Line In Cascades ith. ng the Cascudt Southern Pacific, Heavy snow line nf the north from t'hlloquln. ported here hixt night men. The snow fell during morning hours yesterday and ' fresh blanket of six inches was reported at Kirk, wfthl n creating depth towurd the summit of tho linp. Northbound crew struck th$ first nf the jiew siutvc at C lit lo ll n in. where It hnd fallen only to a slight depth. ended shortly ufler The storm a. m.- ' ,)t! Bids On Project Here Soon Open - SAT. KM. Ore.. Nov. IS. (AP IlH'tlldcd ll tCU pro.iectS Which wl! be opened to bids hy the next nu.((tfnK; November 2. will t!l,, )(.virs tiarden section of it lie Klamuth Falln-LakevU w high- , way. an elght-milo section which for years has been the rnntn ob stacle to traffic bet ween Lake view aud Ivlnmnlli Falls, j That project im the only high- way work to be undertaken In 5otithiin Oregon. Partially For Plant Klamath itvtt of the two men In ; paving the way. for ' construction u( such a mill here, centers now ; around the old Wheuler-Oimstead j sawmill on tbe L'pper lake, a plant 'purchased by V. Illll Hnn -:ter of this city at sale forced by endebtedness of the former owners. . 1 t At present further sale of the mill is held up through tho former owner's right of redetnp- Walker and Hovey, however. ((.'ontinot-d a oa eht . Oddities in the Day's News (United Press) Brit ltAXK, Calif. Attracted hr the Plaht of a hen c ha sin it a hoe. whose tall bud been wtralgh tenett by som hirsh Tottagi apenoy. federal iltnth0 found ' two atllla and ' Stf - harrt'U of mash u the hen houe. Pete Pollottl aud Herman It. Mayo, the "poultry meny 're ar rested and eounty officVrs carted away ihe Illicit machines with, the recommendation that a .tank of ' brumo to!tzor be placed In their stead for the hcim hnd been dinina; on the mab. -j-j house-for seei-ral days, loea t- exphiiniUK why he had been lac 11- aclt- j t fiat gent in sending it in before late date. ! ALTADK.VA. Calir. A brief , luminosity gave place to pn- taneons combustion when Eddie i safarik, j. rubbed phosphorous l hu-.i. ni fut. fnr . n was re-( pmn. The' explosion caused by train-, uUrnf, on tHtth hunds, his necU i and his face. -the 4arly ; . . ,.. , ' (DAYS foj Avoid the Postof fice Rush Do Your Christmas Shopping Early i