Klamath News
The Klamath News
Official Paper
City .of Klamath Falls
The Khmsth News
Official Paper
County of KlamatK
'THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER-GET OUT YOUR HORN'
Vol. C, No. 138 Price F ' "In.
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE.; TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1928
(Every Morning Except Monday)
FARMERS. ENCOURAGE HOOVER
The
Hope For
Rockford
Fliers Is
Declining
Coast Guard Cutter on
Search Finds No
Trace of Lost Air
men. NEW YORK. Aug. 20. (U
D Radio, meiwaites recclv-i-d
tonight'fiorp the United
States const guard cutter
Marion, which i. Hying the
water of Davis trait be
tween Labrador and Green
land, indicated there was
only slight probability that
Hert Haiwell and Parker
Cramer, who attempted a
Uockford-Stockholm flight
via Greenland, were Htill
alive.
Marlon lli'Mn IVsallliUtlr
. The mesaagea were recelred h;
W. A. .MrCllntock. who orates
a at-orl avo radio station wu
New Tor. ,!t wss MrCllntm-k
who dellvoicd nril. r (rain the
roust guard service In Washlng
lun la III Murlcin, Instruct lnic ii
m In search (i.r llnwll ami Cramer
tthil lliKlr plane, w'.ilch hat beeu
nlrjitug aluce early Hunday. wheti.
It reported flylug nar the
Laliradur '! and heading (or
.Greenland. v
Thar waa 0 rt,1ftntrtbwiist
gute Punday and If the piano
landvd on the eilfr tho chances
are lif liilvtmlmnl Uret It cuu.d
nave remained afluat more than
a few hours, rogardleaa i.f Its
construction. " uno mesago Jrorn
the Marinn intd. . .
Nope llnve Hcar.i
The crew of the coast guard
It'otiflnn.! nm Page Klglit)
FIRE BURNSTaT
CASCADE LOCKS
CASCADE LOCKS. Ore.. Aug.
to L'Pl Timely arrival of fire
lighting equipment (rum Cort
land and llond Hlvcr waa bcHev
ed Monday nght to have prevent
ed a srriuua conflagration frini
destroying the town of I'lacad
Locks sifter the blast hud awept
out of control and dcatroyed a
aeoro of residence and the Wind
Itlvor lumlier mill properly.
The fire, hollovvd In have horn
alerted by apnrka from a li:omo
tlvo. rapidly ftepl IhroUKh tho
lumber property and epread to
nearhy rcaldencea.
All available fire (iKhtlnK ap
paralua waa ruahed to the arene
of the blnie but It had gained
groat headway. Rfforla to rou
tine Hie blase to tho mill .alru?
ture proved fin Ho and when It
spread acrosa the hlKhway . lo
houana. goneral alarm waa
Bounded.
The tiro waa atlll burning tier
ed y at a late hour and the loss
tentatively waa placed at moro
Hum $76,000.
' The town la not In Immediate
danger because of a atrong weat
wind but a ehlft In tho wind
might seriously threaten hun
dreds of other biilldlnga.
Man Rents Car,
Now It's Gone
A stranger needed a ear,
badly ao ho aald. aud waa will
ing to rout It. Lonia W"
Hene'tloUl of Port Klamath
had a car and docldcd ho
could tine a check, ao they
traded.
Yesterday Bonrflcld report
ed at the aherlffa .office thnt
hia car, which Is a Ford tour
ing, hud been ato'.en, lleno
field had wulted in vain lor
the return of hia runted car.
And lo make muUera worao
the check which the atranger
had written wns no good. The
llcenae number waa not known
by Henefleld but the motor
number la 12438969.
COUNCIL LETS
SEWER JOB AT
SHORT SESSION
Nineteen llultillnK Permits. To
ullnjl Jl.na.l, fimnlrd To
I'rgn Prrwuli-al t iMillilgo lu Art
In Threatening HallnMul Klrlke
Hllvallon.
One of the shortest meetings
whlrb the city council baa held
during tha.hlatury of their ses
sions look place laat night when
the regular Mondiy night moot
lug laated only about au hour.
A teller ' waa preaented and
read from the Southern, Pacific
railroad regarding the atrlke
which la now threatening, among
conductora giul trainmen. Mat
tera were elated ae they now
atand alnca the two medlatlona,
auggeatcd were turned down.
The .-nunrll will lake no aide In
the matter, but If waa decided to
wire Kamuel Wlnalow asking blm
td urge the prealdent to appoint
a finding commission lo meet and
try to arbitrate the atrlke before
It la railed. ,
I'laua for the new city average
ayatem which ahould have been
here several weeka ago have
been delayed. Mayor T. II. Wat
I era waa Instructed to wire C. C.
Kennedy, engineer on the project,
to find out thu reaauu fur the
delay. t
Tho contract (or the comple-
(I'nullnueal on Page. Klglil)
Railroads Show j
Testimony Before
Commission
POItTLANIi. Ore.. Aug. So". I C
Pl-'The railroads toduy took up
their fight In earnc.l againat the
: proposed croaa-etate railroad lino,
niihiiilitlng a muaa of lasilmony
before liie Intorafjilo tfoiurnnrce"
rntninlfalon ' bearing to anppnrt
their contrntlon that a rail tine !
arrou tho atale from east to Ihej
wont waa not a public ueeeaalty.
1 The w.irk-end varalbm anpur
c illy bad cooled off the ardor
wrought up by propellents and
opponents of the proJ:rtcd rail
lino during tbe early part of Init
week, and the bearing developed ;
Into a more or leu tame dlacus-
slen irii whom the task of build- i
lug Ihe rrnaa-slitte railroad. If
anv. would furl. j
The moat Important witneaa
for railroads today waa It. W. i
Plckard. genernl freight agent
tat the Spokane, Portland and .
Seattle railroad. I
Ptrkard. who made an tnvratl-1
gat'en which ahowed bow un-'
nereary waa the extenalon of.
the Hill llnoa aerobe Ihe atale
aouth.lo Klamath, told the hear-,
Ing thut traffic waa an limited
cast of tlend that It could hardly
be takon into conaldoratlon In re
git rd to Buppsrt of tho projected
railroad.
Lumbermen of Ihe Wlllamitlte
valley woiilsl havo tho aamo uc
eeaa to lunrketa over Iho crosa
Kiato 1 no. an they now onjoy,
Plckard anid.
V. P. Klllr, a wltnoaH for the
elate, Interrupted Plrkard'a testi
mony to tell tho commerce com
mission tnat It' would be tho
Kama as hpforo the Great North
ern waa extended to Klamath, i
"Then." Plckard r e B u m e d ,
"there avero no through rntoa
northward from Klamath. There
was no rata via Portland." i
Tills bit of testimony waa con
sidered a roveolltig light why It
waa ao Important for the Klam
ath country to have the. outlet
afforded by tho (Ireat Northern.
Other wllnesacj tor the rail
road inrluded II. B Goodwin .01
Salt like. general freight agenh
for tho Oregon Short Line: llar
voy K. I.oiiuahiiry, general freight
agent of tho 0,-W. II. NV. and
il. A. (Illlla or Rend, traffic man
ager of tho Western Pino Manu
facture aaoclatlnn.
Ship Stranded
r n . n i
PARIS, Aug. 20 (UP) The
Queaaunt wtrelcaj atatlon today
Inten.'pptcd a aorlea of 6. O. 8.
calls from Ihe German ship Itra
ga, which reported thnt It was
Btrandud at latitude 02:42 north,
and longitude 6 cast.
The position given by tho Bhip
Ib approximately 120 miles north
of Uergen off the weat coast .of
Norway. The only ahlp In
Lloyd's register by the name of
Driigd Is one of 5.801) tons owned
by the Compagnle Franrnlae de
NNuvlgntlon a vaper.
Colonel
George
Harvey
Passes
Late Amfaassador to
Great Britain, Editor,
Dies After Illness
Prominent in Politics.
DUBLIN. N. II., Aug. 20,
(UP) Col. George Harvey,
famous editor, publicist and
ambawtador to great Brit
ain under the Harding ad
miniHtration, and notnetimes
called maker and breaker
of premdenU, died suddenly
at hi home today.
Death came suddenly after a
recent illness. Mrs. Harvey and
the family phyalrlra were at the
bedalde.
llbteovrriMl Wltaon
Born In Ike village of Peach
am, VI.. 64 yarn ago. Col. Har
vey became one of tho moat pow
erful and Influential (Igurea In
polltlca of the last !0 yeara.
He la credited with having dis
covered the presidential poaal
dilutee in Woodrow ,WI!aou. then
at Princeton. Harvey'a astute
knowledge of publicity methods
and bia connveilona In -the puo
llshliig aud financial world are
aald by some hliturlana of tbe
period to hive been largely re-
sponalblo for bulldlug Wilson np
lulo a. national i figure -atrong
enough to break the majority (or
Champ C'lurk at the HaUlmure
(I'-unilnaH-il on Page Kujint)
LEGION TO MEET
ELECT TONIGHT
Klamath Pont No. 8 of the
'American Leelou will htd ltn
fRtilRr monthly mcet'tiK tonight
In Is-enlon hull. H wan announced
liuit nlnlit. orricors of tlfb pant
for the roifllng year will be elect
ed, and Wlllium Cannnx and O.
1). Mutthewa, di-lexatmi, will fclv.e
a ropurt of the State Legion con-
vontlr.n recently held In Medford.
HetlrinK offlcvm are: Lnu's
K. 1orter. commander; Oosue
TnlV vice-commander: (leorico
Mt-Intyre, finance offieer, aud
Wlllium Canton, adjutant. , .
Well Fkbt It Out
MANY PROMINENT
EASTERNERS HERE
ON SPECIAL TRAIN
In the Southern Pacific yards boars eajoylug nature's greatest
stands a train whlrb Is a treat (gem. Dick Price baa special ac
and a privilege for a westerner commodallons tor this party at
lo enmlns. Composed of eight the Crater Lake Inn and tbelr
modern steel coaches the train stay will be marked br the weat
provldea all In the way of luxury : era hospitality of Mr. Price which
that the most dla-rlmluatiag la a feature of a visit to the lake.
traveler could demand.
Moat of the care contain Bleep-
Ing compartments wbleb are lil
ted out for comfort and conveni
ence. One car which la- known
as tbe bedroom Pullman has beds , the circuit sponsored by tbe Kay
In tbe compartmenta, also a wall jmond-Whltcomb company,
bed. a bunk and a private bath Tn. topt , f OB tn. trp
with ahower. Another car la '-; iBCud, New York, Chicago. Colo
en over to recreation conUlna a . n&a Sprlntll Estes Park
dance floor, radio, viclrola nd ,nd norky Mountain National
moving picture apparatus. On p.rk . k rll v.iin-.
jibe back of tbe twin la a targe j,,,,,,, N.UoB., Plrki Z1m NIoB.
obM-rratlon car. luxuriously fur-! (Comtlmra on p. Vomr)
I nlahed. One feature oj the train
. Is a gymnasium furnished with air. . - ww .
every sort of apparatu. from j Wile nlUUer, HOI
punching baga to rlnga. I - rp '1 r
Promlnept people from Phlla-I Un iTail UOmeS
I delphla, Chicago, Boston and New I rp fra '.a -i as
j York arrived Monday morning la ; 10 IVIamatn JT 3I1S
a palatial train on tbe Bmihera j
.Pacific railroad and . were taken Roy. Drake, Qtilney.. Calif.. yes
i to Crater lake by tbe Price ape- terday talked with Klamath Falls
rid huaaea to spend twenty-tour police officers, searching torclnea
1 of his wife and daughter and a
!n M -mm rf 'lumber camp worker, William
amiin lllaV UIVC
aris a. f '
rirst LauiDaitrn
- C9 '
Speech in Oregon
N
! ALBANY. N. YO . Aug. 10. U Klamath Falls, found that they
P) Gov. Alfred K. ' Smith' left bere In a car, atlhoagh they
peaking campaign tentatively ' had none when they arrived, and
calls for about 20 set speeches. II '" searching now (or the party
j was learned officially tonight. jho sold them a car on Anguat
.The first Is scheduled to be de.
j llvorcd In Portland. Ors.-on tho
t west eo wit. two ot her; -ueeBeBfesrr'n luni) ne nnaa me pariiea.
! probably will ' be mado in SnniSnd left the police-station mul
,1'rauiljco and Los Angeles. It;terlng curses against the alleged
, wua believed probable changes . "wife robber" and atatlng that It
I would be made in the tentative ' "will be too bad when I get my
' plans, however. hands on him."
It waa learned from railroad 1
sources here Ibat the. governor' QL'IN'CY. Calif.. Aug. 20. (TP)
will travel by special -train from Hoy Drake today waa on what
j Ail-any dlrecly lo Portland. '. ho tormed "trail ot vengeance."
Other cities Included In Ihe i He left hare in search ot hia
tentative schedule were In south-: lS-pound wife, w hom ho aasert
ern or mldweatern states. It was Ud eloped with William Titus,
Probably one speech will be
made In Texan, with Sail Antonio
under consideration, and anither
one In some Oklahoma or Arkan -
ana city. It was expected h
i would speak a Denver about the
mtddlo of October and later In
Minneapolis and probably Louts
ivllle. Milwaukee, Chicago, Cleve
land and St. Louis were cousid -
'ercd as reasonably certain to be
on the list.
On This Line If It
Tbla la another of Raymond-
Wbltcomb La"nd Crulaea ao auc-
cessfully bandied by that firm
and lbs apeelal train left Ne
York City on July 8th to make
; Titus., who is supposed to have
an 'r vl,n ner- urage totu
' that hs w, took ilsoo
.In .h with h.f mA tk.i T-l, ...
Ho had traced them aa far as
. ' or S.
He plans to 'continue hia
lumber camp worker. Drake, be-
; fore lea I nit, declared he laat
heard of the couple In Klamath
1 Falls, but added Ue expected tn
' find them In one ot the lumber
camps or mills of northern Call-
torn a or Oregon,
i daughter. Mildred
rjrake's small
waa believed
to be with her mother, A 11-year-old
son was lef. i-i Cjiilncy
; by Ihe
father when l.o started
his search for his wife. Young
Drake la without funda. .
Takes All Summer!
Al Smith
Answers
Kansan's
Charges
Each Part of Record
Cited; by White Is
Explained by New
L York Governor.
ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 21. J
(UP) Gov. Alfred
Smith of New York, an
swering recent charges
made against him by Wil
liam Allen White, Emporia,
Kansas, editor, tonight
promised mai in ni apeecti
accepting the democratic
presidential nomination he
would "define in no uncer
tain terms" his attitude "to
the public saloon."
White charged that Smith,
while a member of the New York
state legislature, voted to pro
fect the saloon, gambling and
prostitution.
.!. I. 1.1.1 , 11.111. f-i
White's attack upon him on tbe.if; RflilrOad Meet
. - .
looa up ire questions upon wiihii
1 a", a .;, dent of the Amertcan .National
, record on acj. and added that,b prominent UvMtoch
!rT"W." of Muthern Klamath. m
,.iM ' . .. -
cnsslon ofjhese. jnatters.
t.. O.-P. Committee ' J
Smith recite, that White 't
(toetlned on Pago Fonr)
niFinTTinn m w-i n m
DUoLNEjCS Jjlllilj 1
; PROGRAM 0UToon.fcta "p p
... . . ' ,
No phase of modern bus ne
aa conouc.eajn v
today baa been tbe subject of
more acrimonious discussion und
: more extended investigation than
th auhlact
nt credit The
I foundation of present-day mer -
.rhanrilaln eennrallv .ereed' to
be one of the reasons for me
nnt.t.nill-nrv entnmerelHl aunrfl -
macy ot our nation, credit grant
ing wl'l be the subject of one
of the addresses by Prof. E. P.
Bosworth of Oregon Stile Col
lege at '-.the coming Klamath
County Business Institute to.be!
held' Thursday, and Vrlday, .Au-!
,. "t- atil 9A mt Xthm fMlv'll. !
brary. -
Prof. Bosworth. has bad nit h
practical experience as a credit
and collection' man and what he
h to say on this subject should
prove 'of much interest to the I
merchants of this county. - I ' DaTl" ws to haTe been haI,ge1
.-Merchant of the ' city ' were j FrldIJr-
solicited Monday and Tuesday by The appeal, which probably
chamber of commerce teams ask- wl" 09 heard during the Novem
lng them to register. The ra-1 oer ,ern of the circuit court of
suits were very gratifying, und ;PPeals. was filed by Joseph H.
a large number of city merchants j Helgerson. Tbo appeal was
hare also purchased tickets for!Sne' Saturday by Federal
their employes. A large number ; Judge John McNary. - '
ot merchants are expected .to be j In the event the higher court
present at the banquet which will j upholds the present sentence, the
be he'.d at the Pelicon Grill j case may be carried to the Unit
Thursday evening at 6:30 when ed States supreme court, defense
(Continued on Page Five) attorneys have indicated.
Goebel Describes Cross
Continent Record Air Hop
NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (VP)
Yankee Doodle came to town to
day. The plane so nsmed. an all
white Lockhed-Vega monoplane
j piloted by Art Goebel, mado it
In two mhuitcs loss than f9
I hours from Los Angeles without
any stops enrotito.
I The flight) not only clipped 7
hours and 52 minutes from the
mark set by lieutenants James
A. Macllendy and Oakley Kelly
In 1!I23, but It was the first east
ward non-stop transcontinental
flight ever made.
Set rlpcnl rtivonl
In addition, Goebel. winner of
the Dole Hawaiian race last year,
and his companion and backer.
Harry Tucker, Santa Monica, Cal
ifornia sportsman, sot another
record. They left Mines field.
Los Angeles, at 12:10 p. m., I'a-
GOEBEL'S AIR
TEACHER DIES
FROM SHOCK
Ton Much tiood News Ceases
Drain of A. W. Urigca, Cap
tain who Taught Transconti
nental Hero to fly. Collapses
at News.
LOS ANGELES. Aag. 29 (UP)
The gallant heart ot Captain
A. W. Brlggs, the man who help
ed leach Art Coebel to fly. stop
ped beating todiy Just a few
minutea after Goebel had com
pleted bis record-breaking flight
from Los Angeles to New Tork.
Brlggs was a member of the
La(ayette Escadrllle In the early
days ot tbe World war. Then
he Joined the Canadian air foreea
and later designed and helped
i bui'.d seaplanes for the United
Slates. .
He taught Korea of pilots how
to handle air craft. ,
Shortly after he had received
word that Coebel had successful
ly completed the trip. Captain
U.I... ,1m liinuil that ha w
to re:elve financial backing for
a cabin monoplane he planned to
enter In the National air races
next month. ,
As. tbe messenger rave him the
tidings, the flier collapsed and
wis dead when a physician ar
rived. . ,
Klamath Men Will
Testify to L C. C.
i II. D. Mortenson. president of
lithe Pelican Bay Lumber coa-
. ... r, - tvi,
iUsis today -tor- PoUaa4.
wneTe tney-,m repc-ent Kl.nv
la,h ,t the Interstate commerce
. mMlon
Lhm t uke te(UmoDT , ,
' against the proposed Cross State
nlllrold between Crane add Odell.
lua puDiic aerrtco cvmmiSMUB 01
commission to force, the Union
-3f((r Unet(
' construcr-the cross state project
..... . ...
Mr- Mortenson nd Mr. Dalton
I w' outline the effect of the
eioaoc norinern ratroaa on
i00"18 Oregon traffic and win
I Point Out how that project. When
i"""""' e"'
.tO Klamatn.
Klamath Indian's
Appeal Granted
PORTLAND. Ore.; Aug. 20
(UP) Attorneys for OrsHlle Da
vis, youthful Klamath Indian, to-
idajr filed an appeal In federal
court, staying the execution of
i the young slayer, convicted of
rjiwr.
1 rifle time Sunday 4:10 p. m.
New York daylight saving time)
' and their wheels touched the
i ground, here at 11:08 a. m.. to
day. The trip was made at an
i average speed of approximately
j 145 miles an hour a new rec
jord for flights of such distance
iover land or sea. ,
I Goebel and Tucker literally
made the flight between meals.
They bad an ample supply of
food( aboard, but so Intent were
they on .breaking Bpeedecords
that they never touched so much
as a sandwich between Los An
geles and Curtlss field.
Land About 11 a. m.
It was a few moments after
11 a. m. that mechanics at Cur
tlss field spied a white mono
plane of unfamiliar design rac
- (Continued oa Page Fire) .
Goodwill
In Kansas
Heartens
Nominee
Mid-West Leaders Say
People Look With
Favor on Farm Relief
Plan. 1 ,
ABOARD TRAIN NEAR
ING TOPEKA, Kans., Aug.
20, (UP) A triumphal
journey across Kansas, the
first of the agricultural
states, Herbert Hoover
reached on his return from
the west coast, has hearten. ,
ed him for the coming, cam.
paigu, ' '.
. Leaders Board Trans : '
Farm leaden and Republican
officials boarded tbe train oa lu
atopa la Kansas today and tuld
the Republican presidential can
didate that farmers look with fa
vor to the Hoover plan of farm
relief. . . -
"I obtain tbe greatest hearten.
Ing for this campaign by the evi
dence ot good will on thj pert ot
so many Kansas." Hoover said 'la
a short epeech at Hutehlnwn. An
enthusiastic crowd met him at
the station. ' ' . - -
I CandidrtcT TUjs
I "I am glad that you uUe so
(Teat., an Interest --In the huues.
which we represent." 'Hoover .con
tinued. "1 . "wa uonormoiialv.. im
pressed with tlie abundant, crops
being produced I a Kansas. I
can rcmeaibcr the day when -it
was ihe. rule to expert! bat one
I good crop out of thrcs. . Tho "
j farmers, bo-f ever, have revolt-
lionized agriculture in Kansas.
(Contented oa Page Eight);:
CDniJTOTWt'vr ta'
EAT OCTOBER 7
At the regular meeting of the
Klamath Sportsmen's association
held last night in the chamber of
commerce rooms, it was dgcMded
to hold the association's annual
venison barbecue on Octobotf 7 at '
the - Crooked Creek hwtchery
grounda. ;j4
Ed Kendall. C. W. Pauley jEd
William Humphrey were named
aa the ..committee on aran8
ments. . Committee to get tbe
venison is: Marian Barnes, Doug
las Puckett. Manley . Puckett,
Print Puckett, Frank Bryant, ittex '
Lawson. Charles Blankman,, Har
ry Morse. Everett Hardenbrook
and William Nltschlem.
Attention' of rile association
was called to the tact that In
burning drainage ditches tn late
spring many nesting pheasants
and quail were destroyed. -A
committee composed of O. -H).
Matthews'. Dr. George Wrlght.and
Marian Barnes were appointed to
wait on H. D. Newell, reclama
tion manager, to enlist his aid in
I having this work completed he-
tore ine neBiiuB nine, ur ueiuro
April 1. ,
Flapper Fanny Says:
A a'irl Just can't be both foeg
fnretl and broad-mlndctl. ,
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smaa.aar.err.
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