The ' Klamatm News
The Klamath News
Official Paper j
City of Klamath Falls ;
TheKhmN:
Official Paper
' County of Klamath
'THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER-rGET OUT - YOUR HORN" f
Vol- 5, No. 217 Price Five Cents.
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE.,; FRIDAY, JULY 27, : 1928
) ' ' (Every Morning Except llrJ"'J
TITLE
FOREST FIRE UNDER
Tractor
Used In
Starting
Backfire
Two Blazes Started
by Lightning; More
Expected M a c h i n e
- Does .Good Work
. A slashing fire near Hit
debrand, nearly six mile
in circumference, Which was
raging early yesterday mor
ning, was believed to be
under control last night by
officials of the forest pro
tective service.
Two small bluzes, started
by lightning, were reported
late last night. One was on
Aspen mountain, the other
. near the California lino.
: The' flrat tryout of th new
clerplllr and especially dee
Kilvd dreg of th (ornt protec
tive ervlc as mad on th
lllldahraiid fire, and, nearly alt
I , mllM of trench u, plowed
around lb fir, which,-bocau'ae
of lha heal and Hi lir humid
llr. waa burnlnc violently.
No damage was dona to mer
rbaniahla timber. Jack Kimball,
head of Iba prolortiv forest
sarvlret announced, but tha flra
waa highly dangerous and rould
have easily spread Into timber
which had ant been cut.
Tractor Kfflrlrnl. -Tha
tractor method of fighting
flra la entirely naw, and It waa
estimated that yesterday tha
traitor aaally did tha work of
(Coatlnasd on rage Klre)
portlandIn"
grip of heat
' PORTLAND, July If. (UP)
Portland today experienced Ita
1Kb consecutive day of temper
ature above 0 degrees, although
the roalraup dropped from the
degrees of Tueaday and Wed
naaday to 4 today.
Thla la tha flrat lime In the
hl'tory of weather records that
the Pacific Northweat baa been
kept that long I if the grip of
lomperaturea so hlgb.
Slightly lower temperatures
. were general throughout the ter
ritory. Today the weather bureau pro-,
mleed further relief Friday.
Walla Walla., Wank, reported
the hlghnat mark today, 111 de
grees.' West of the Ciiacades.
Roaeburg, Or., waa the hottest
reported, Its maximum being 91.
Despite the excosslve heat th
humidity has neon close to nor
mal throughout the heat wave
knd the forest flra situation Is
(lot alarming and no abnormally
serious fires have boon reported.
Sprague River Townsite
Property Open For Sale
Announcement of th opening
of tha thriving city of . Sprague
River was mads today by tho
Walton, Wright Co.. renltora of
this city. A now tract offlco waa
completed yesterday, lots have
been staked out and recorded,
and the finishing touches are be
ing completed on a $13,000 city
wstor system. .
Sprague Hlvor originated about
' five years ago when lion Wolford
of the Wolford A Wann store at
8prague River, picked that spot
as the center of activities for the
future. He did not have long to
wait, because the Campbell,
Towla Lumber Co. of Oshkosh,
Vis., erected a mill a short time
Queen of Spain
if.' 1
Ever see an honeat-to-gnorinox
quern doing a fox-trot? Here's
one, and she Is none other than
Victoria Eugenia, Queen of Spain.
Tha Duke or Lecera Is bar part
uer. They were attending an
open air aoclety fete.
Bur Associaion
Is Favorable to
Oil Curtailment
8KATT1.K, Wash., July 26. (U
P) The proposed federal law
permitting oil companies to cur
tail production of oil and to en
ter agreementa for co-operative
development poota waa Indoraed
here today by the American liar
association convention by a rote
of 276 to 74.
' The densto on the bill waa
hotted, opponents claiming that
the measure would rob congress
of Its' powor to regulate the huge
oil companies, and that It waa a
violation of the aplrlt of the
anti-trust lawa. The campaign
for the adoption of the Indorse
ment wsa led by Ouerney K. New
lln of Los Angeles. .
Tha convention disapproved the
proposed copyright law which
make It possible for the United
States to enter International copy
right convention.'
It waa regarded as certain to
night that tho 119 convention
would be voted to Memphis,
Tenn. ,
FRAHKH KILLED
SANTA MONICA. Calif.. July
2; UP) Earl A. Fraaer,
wealthy amusement park owner
of tho beach district, waa Instant
ly' killed when his automobllo
orashed Into another machine.
. Police reported Frassr " was
driving at a apeed of approxi
mately 70 miles an hour when
hla car hit one driven by Joseph
auorneV Guornoy was unhurt.
Frasor rocontly figured In a
holly conlostod divorce case.
Inter, and have slnA added a
planing mill. The little city has
grown continually, until now It
has several established businesses.
Tho city has been well planned
and laid out tor future growth,
the two main atreota being 80
feet. In width and the balance of
the straots 60 feet. Water mains
and fire hydrants havo been In
stalled In tho main business dis
trict and residential district
The new highway from Chllo
quln 'to a point on the Lakevlow
Klamalh Falls highway About six
wiles wost of Beatty runs di
rectly through the city on otto of
tho main SO-foot streets.
(Continued on Tngo Fire) !
American
Airships
Fire On
San din o
Spectacular Day's;
Fighting in Nicarag.
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ua; Bombs, Machine:
GunS Used
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua,
July 26. (UP) A bombard
ment of the rebel forces of
General Augustino Sandino,
carried out by American
marine airplanes Wcdncs
probably was the most spec
tacular aerial display in
the guerrilla warfare, it was
reported today.
Bandlno'a fnrcos, numbering
alwu 300, wore located at an
abandoned lumber ramp belong -
Ing to a Uarmun named Knrlque
Ooulcky, eight mile up the Po- , f other An,erll..na and lla
tec. river. The reached d , bro.dc..tlng of the
the scon after Hying two hours
through stormy weather. I Hoeney-Tunney heavyweight bat-
Tho marine avlatora dropped jtlo in the, Yankee Stadium 3000
screntaenfMglitftoa-pound fames
and eigne fifty-pound demolition
bombs. They also fired S.000
rounds from marbln guns.
COOLIDGEWILL
TOSS BASEBALL
CKDAR ISLAND LODtlE. Wis.,
July 2. (UP)J Having ahown
himself adept with rod and reel,
President Cpolldge stsnds ready
to prove his skill at trap shooting
Establishment of a trap shoot
ing range at the aummcr White
House haa aroused Mr. Coolldge's
sonse of competitive sportsman
ship. He is eager to match hie
hand with members of the ex
ecutive staff, who are excellent
(Contlaaedl oa race Kive)
REPUBLIC AN NOMINEE TO
CONSIDER; PROHIBITION;
CONFERS WITH DONOVAN
STANFORD UNIVERSITY,
Calif.. July If. (UP I Turning
bis attention to th second of tar
two oatatandlng -laauea tbua faxfyet mad ap hla awn Bind as to
developed In .the presidential
rampalgn- that of prohibition
Herbert Hoover la obtaining; lb
views of William J, Donovan, as
sistant United States attorney
d 'h"- "
phases of this subject. ' K
Ther. naturiiy haa bn eos-i
Sldcrable speculation as Ui JusJ
what the republican presidential
candidate Is going to aay on th
queatlfin which Alfred K. BmltB.
the democratic nominee. tbrunL, prohibition aa a "noble expert
so prominently Into th campaign (Coatiaaed oa Pace Foaur)
Hoover Listens -
To Radio Account
Of Title Fight!
PALO ALTO. Calif., July !. j SUPERIOR. Wis.. July If. (A
(UP) Herbert Hoover. rapubll-P After all weeks of secluded
can presidential nomine, hi;"'- ' which only relatively
"
1 large fireplace In their living
lIOom here tonight Just like mil
'miles awayf
The nominee's dosk was cleared
of bualneaa and hla mind waa,'l"B- .
cleared of polltlce In preparation Fishing alone la not lo occupy
, . , . , , all his attention In the future aa
for Friday, homecoming, -cele-lt hij dQne herelo(ore sh00tlBf
bratlon In San Franclaco before lnfM naye en erected about a
he starts northward by motor ,urter f a mile from the execu
Saturday ftia vacation flaking Uve residence, where Mr. Cool-lrP-
. ildge can practice on clay pigeons.
Hoover la a pioneer radio fan I r The . chief executive haa been
and he haa iieard broadcasting of ' presented with a couple of shot
all the big boxing matches. A, guns by friends wbo knew of the
special receiving set was sent to j opportunities, which the Summer
him by one of the most promt- j White House would offer for
nent manufacturers especially tor such a sport. Although Mr. Cool
the purpose of hearing th de-1 idge haa done no shooting in late
acrlption of the boxing contest as years, it ia reported he enjoyed
broadcast by Scrlpps - Howard j the sport Tory much in years
newspapers. It Is a combination 1 gone by.
radio and Vlctrola. finished In j President Coolldge will visit
mission to fit the furnishings of ' the Iron ranges of northern Mln
th massive living room In hls 'nesota August t. It waa an
hnme at the edge of Stanford ; nounced at the executive offices
university campus. i today.
Brothers Under the Skin
CONTROL
Immediately after has nomination
at Houston, but so BBS of Mr.
Hoover'a advisers say be baa not
that.
As an Index to what may b
mperted. however, they point to
the aomlna' owa declaration la
his reply to the questionnaire
submitted to him by Benalor Bo
rah of Idaho, during th pre-eon-Vnttoa
campaign, and tha pro
nouncement la the republican
platform adopted at Kansas City
by almost a unanimous rote.
In tha on Hoover described
Coolidge Ready
To Try Hand at
Trap Shooting
, Cuolidge agreed to appear today
(t , public ceremony and throw
oat the first ball at th Head of
the Lakes baseball tournament.
Apparently bent on becoming a
finished, all-round eportnmaa be
fore returning to Washington at
the and of the summer, tha pres-
t!pfc ha dde,d ahootlnt to hla
i other activities at Cedar Islands
KSweKr--fit I ,
Ka? t'llifJA:,
Mormon Beauty.
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The gift of the Mormon pearls,
conferred upon the girl chosen
as most popular and beautiful in
the Mutual Vormaa featlvltles in
Weber County, Utah, this .year,
went to M!u Mildred Christen
son of Har-Iirllle. Hera la Mis
Chrlsteason.'. who waa chases I
aneen over hundreds of othera.
lUJlYBLAAIES
TRAIN CREW
A coroner' Jury ' last night
found that Joseph Frank Klab-I
subs, killed In an auto wreck
Tuesday, "came 'to hla death by
meana of accidental traumatism
due to a railroad train colliding
with an automobile, and that the
train crew of th awltehlng en
gin 'is guilty ot negligence
thereby." .....
Klabsuba, In company with
Mela Nelson both employes of the
Lorens company at the mill near
Bonanxa, had Just left the Loreni
warehouse . and started to cross
the Goeller spur when their ma-'
chine waa caught by the rear car
of a train which was backing up,
and crashed between th car and
tha walla ot the W. D. Miller
warehouse.
Klabsuua waa Instantly killed.
and it was considered miraculous
that Nelson, who was driving, es
caped with, hi life.
.Nelson's condition was report
ed favorable by hospital attend
ants. . .. It :-V- .
The coroner's Jury consisted of
A. M. Monlellus. D. E. Nicholas.
L. E. Alexander. R. H. Cook, E.
L. Hill and Charles Balin -
Temperatures Drop
In the Northwest
PORTLAND, July St. (CP)
Temperatures over the Pacific
northwest dropped slightly today
and ' further alight relief was
promised . for : tomorrow by to
night's forecast ot the weather
bureau.
The maximum today In Port
land was 84 degrees, five degrees
cooler than those of Tuosday and
Wednesday. , .
Weather Main Topic Of
Conversation Yesterday
. Although the temperature In
Klamath yesterday reached 98
degrees; considerably lower. than
tha day before, local people Com
plained ot tho heat even more
than tha day before.
There waa more conversation
concerning th weather than
there has been since tha year ot
the deep snow.
It was all destructive criticism
and tho weather man. If he has
ears, 'must bave boen decidedly
uncomfortable
Low humidity added to the
actual phySlu&l discomfort ot
lumtrmen
.those gwelte
lumbermen and timber owners.
waa invoked both by
weltering In the heat, and
ShW?1!
urown in
Hardy Tom Heeney
Gene Declared New Man; Killer Instirtt
Rampant; Out for Knockout from Sour J
of Gong; Fight Stopped by Referev
Forbes; Challenger
By GEOBGB
(.raited Pre Staff Cuitssgssalfsa) .-
YANKEE STADIUM, New York, July . 2(5 (UP)
Gene Tunney tonight defended, successfully hla heavy
weight championship of the world by scoring a technical -knockout
over Tom Heeney; of New Zealand after two
minutes and 52 seconds at the eleventh round of, their
title bout here tonight ;" - '. ' ' !
. It was a new Tunney, new champion, a man who
has acquired the fighting heart and the Instinct to kill,
which his critics said he never possessed. ;
Pastor Accused
Of Love Making j
In Church Row
LOS ANGELES, July Zt. (AP)
The tight tor leadership ot the
Wllshir Boulevard church 'in
superior court her waa enlivened
today by attempt of counsel - for
Dr. Frank Dyer, pastor, to Im-
peach th testimony of Mrs. Elste
Watkina-MiUa, ,- 34-yeartold v oi-
gaalaU v-i ' ,-Vit u-.i tl i
Mrs. Mills, who accused ' Dr.
Dyar of . ataklag - araaol lov tojnrst tlaaa-cbaasatok as a ap'i
per "wntte ana was mmnw m-uratviy ot.-Mr; -eroVa . carried t,
ganun ai ine cnurcn, unaerweni
a grilling .examination regarding
her past life by counsel for th
pastor. Th attorney la aa at
tempt to cast doubt upon her
credltabillty as a witness brought
the crowded courtroom to sharp
attention aa he questioned Mrs.
Mills about her past Ufa. Th
faction aupporting Mr. Dyer la
bis fight for control of th fash
ionable church tried to bring out
that during the occasions that
Mrs. Mills claimed the pastor waa
making love to her, ah la real
ity was tellimt him of a clendes
tine love affair she had had with
a Toronto, Canada, man. . . . '
Further chargea were made
that Mrs. Mills told Dr. Dyer that
she would commit sulcld If sha
could not have th man, and that
the paator had counseled .her to
be true to her husband. ,. . .-
Lumberlogue Will
Come Out Tuesday
The Lambccloerwe will aotroaao
oat this week. The editor of the
sheet ha quite a repatailoa aa a
liar, and ia adding to It every
time the ahert ss postpoaed aa
other few days.'
Old raul Baayaa says It's toe
hot to work. . xfteanlada me of
the summer I raised hell four
feet oa a special contract. Got
akag- all right till the coa tract
melted.".
JelUroac Juniper Joyaea has
shed a lot of dotbUas; beaMea her
socks, and she caat gtre aay ad
vice tsu It gets cooler. .
"This weather's like a aaodera
novel hot and dirty," Jelllcose
remarked yesterday..
The sheet wUl . appear next
Tuesday. - ...
men In whose timber lightning
flashes were striking last night.
The News attempted to con
duct a survey ot the amount
of prepared malt syrup sold dur
ing the past few days, but act
ual flgurea were difficult to ob
tain. It seemed certain, however,
that the aale of this commodity
has Jumped during th : recent
unpleasantness of Old Sol.;
A number of people, whose
names, perhaps, had best ; go
unmentloned, hare spent a con
siderable number of hours ro
contly touring the highways and
byways surrounding Klamath
Falls. It Is supposed that tbey
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mo w nil
Game to Last
KIRK8E1 ,
After two aatautee and fifty-
two seconds at fighting la Ita
11th round Refer Eddie Fortes
stepped la aetweea them and tad
Heny, who .was almost cut to
pieces by the terrific Btaallng the
champion had given him, to hla
corner. Forbes tha returned to .
th center of the ring and rats
Taanya ' hand, 'as Jht victor,
Tunney .was a. afferent Tunney .
from the man who kad otapd-
d Jack Dampaey at Philadelphia '
and again at phlcago, , He en.
tered the ring' with th 'threat to)
"kill" hla raan thU tint, aad.
proved to his critics that ha la a '
other year by such men aa John'
Sullivan. 'Rttby'- Robert Flts
simmoas sad Jaci Dempsey, ; :
' Oood Loser ...
' When the two fighters' mat ia
th middle of th ring after Uie ;
knockout, Heeney said - with '
smile on his battered face:.
."God bless you. Gene; you're)
a real champion." -".
! (Coatiaaed oat Pace Two -
DEATH DRIVER
WILL BE HELD
Chargea' of involuntary- man
slaughter wld probably he Oltd
against Harold Adama by Lake- -view
authorities, it was learned
last night. ; '
. Adama was th driver of tha
car which last Saturday turned
over In Lakevlew. Inflicting in
juries on John McDonald and
Richard Barrett, which resulted
In their death. -
Lakevlew authorities last night
said ' that they Intended filing
chargea, and It was believed that
Involuntary manslaughter would
be th charge, hut noting det- .
In Its was announced by police, or
th district attorney's office..
Th mora, it was said author
itatively, will be made as sa at
tempt to earb reckless driving
In and around Lakevlew. '
Adams was seriously Injured,
but la said to be Improving In. a
Lakevlew hospital. ' , V '
Flapper Fanny Sayi:
The vacatlonlnc mlaastarta out
with a few ounces of clothes on
her back, and near pounds oa.
the porter's. ' . -
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