Ihe Klamatii News
J "THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER-GET OUT YOUR .HORN"
The KlaiL 'M' "t
Official Papv ,
The Klamath NeTrs
Official Paper, j
County of Klamath
City of Klamath Falu.
Vol. 6, No. 264 Price rjlve CcnU
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1928
(Every Morning Except Monday)
DISEASE 'FEARED AFTER STORM
Pine Men
.Will Open
Regional
Meet Here
Association Conven
tion Start, at 1:30
P. M. in Reamei
Country Club
Kcirulur ri'Kionul meeting
of tho California Sulfur and
White Pino Manufacturing
Association will open today
at 1:30 p. m., nt the newly
opened K o a m o Country
Club.
It la expected thai about 0
mrmbera. anil delrgut" from al
Hod associations, will be pres.
ant at the ouotiliic. Delegate
(rum the Western Pine Manufac
turers' aasorlstlon of the Inland
Ktnplro ami from the Xutlonut
Lumber Manufacturer' anuria
tlon will be present. I'pntral
Oregon nianiifariuier are mem
bers of the t'allfortila ontnnliit
lion. Itmniurt Tonight.
TnnlKht. Iiniutidiately alter iho
clot of I lie btinlnosa meeting.
Ilia group will buiiiiut at tlia
rlub. Saturday morning I hit
aaanlon will Inks tip nt II o'rlork
and will clime al noon.
In rounil labia discussion, wlih
J. M. While n( Weed. Calif.,
president of tlia association pre-
(Contlnu-d nn l'o fciohl)
CKATER LAKE
RES0RTJX0SES
The lnnl meal to Ik served at
Crater Luke National Park loilta
(or Iho 19211 tourist season wa
laal night. Touluht Iho IoiIk
doom will be closed and barred
ln prnparullon (or the long win
lor months when gales will whip
Iho allow iiromul ns It plica steud
1 1 y upward to tho socond-stury
wlnilnwa of tho lodge.
The roada to tho lake will
probably bo In good .condition t-ir
tho coming two months, or until
thn first heavy anowfall, and
many cara will mill mako tho trip
IIiIh year. It la prophesied.
The lake rim will not, how
orur, linvo tho appearance of
lonesoineness as In past yearn on
account n( the many skiing par
llca which plan lo akfl up the
frmcii slope of" tho moiiiitnlii In
iho loilgn. To promnto winter
nporta III t'ratur Nnlloiml forest,
a CRbln wiih oroctod thie summer
ut tho government enmp, whero
aheltor and wamilh will be pro
vided those tuklng tho winter
trip. .
Hooyer Alphabet
11 MiiIk-I .Mnrtln
AMF.HUUt
Hoover Mntlo Ihe World (Initcdil
lo Her.
. . In choosing a president . wo
could (Iml no other Amorlrnn
who ataiida no hliih In the esteem
of humanliy, or who la In a bet
ter position to worl: for Intorna-1
tlonal good will anil world peace!
than Herbert Hoover. Wherever
he him gone on his errnndn of,
mercy, he has earned the grntl-1
tudo of nillllnna of people, and
that Rratltude has redounded to.:
f
the Rlory of his unlive land.
Children that Hoover suveil arc
growing Into manhood and wo
manhood with the memory of the
doht they owe to our country and
to Hoover. Tho consciousness of
his obltRntlon ''will keep them
friendly to America. It will do
much to avert war when Inter
national misunderstandings arise.
Hoover has boen an ambassnddr
ol good will.'
(To be' continued)
I" x ,
NEW YORK WIN
FOR HOOVER IS
PROBABILITY
tlutlriitan ol Mew Vurk Count)
U. O. I'. Coiuliiltleo Iluirt4
Voters Who 4 'ml Ballot lor
Mniltli (or (Ivvernor Will Vote
lor llcpulilliuM (or rn-slih-ni.
WAHHIXtlTGN. Kept. id. Il'l'l
Cheerful reporta from tho big
pivotal atata of New York were
brought to Herbert Hoover today
by Haniuel rl. Koeulg, chairman
ol Ihe New York county republi
can eomiultteo. He aald a vic
tory In New York lor Hoover
was "probable."
"Krery sign points lo a great
reduction In the majority which
(lovirnor Hinllh has rolled up In
Creator New York In his guber
natorial campaigns." Koeulg said
aa he left a conference wlih
Hoover. "HiiNluesa man and In
dependent voters who have will
ingly supported him (or governor
while vollng lor republlcsn can
didates lor president, are going
to bark Hoover and Curtla I Ilia
Ihuo bocause their election means
the best asniiranra ol existing
prosperity. They bellove In 'lw
continuance ol republican admin'
Istrnllon and don't aee why Iho)
should chuiiRo." ,
Klamath's Model
Home Will Open
This Afternoon
Alter landscape gardeners and
a number ol meu bad spent the
day Thursday smoothing and lev
eling the yard Olid planting
shrubbery, while within went on
jinn! mlnulo preparations In fur
nishing. Ihe stone la all set (or
I the lorinsl opening ol Klamath
, Kalis' model home at 2 o'clock
I thin afternoon.- ' '
Nl." Jane Smdlrur and H. K
Hoskamp, architect, who are ro
sp.Htotbl (or the besullful Span
ish type home which Is located
on Karl street, will greet the
guert during opening hours. Mr.
ltoskamp designed the home and
Miss Hnedlror has been In charge
o( Interior decoratlnR.
During today, Saturday, and
Sunday when Ihe homo will be
open to the public from z until
10 o'clock, members of the Wo
man's Llbrury club will serve ns
boaiesses. and will uMher the
guests through the various
rooms which have been furnished
In Spanish stylf In keeping wlih
the architecture.
Flower for the opening will
be provided by the Klamuth Falls
I (iurden club.
j Among the features which will
probably attract much comment
will bo the fireplace In tbo liv
ing room, which la typical ot the
old Hpunlsh home, being built ol
stone to Iho celling; the gold
I bedroom furnished with a Span
ish lype walnut bedroom set: the
silver bedroom: wrought Iron
electrical fixtures, and the lovely
old Spanish furniture.
Muring the erection ot Iho
home It has ' boon .pointed out
ninny' times, mid uisny cttlious
during their evening motor drive
made It a custom to drive along
Karl street to note proRrcss In
tho homo. A lurfte amount ot In
terest has been taken In Its con
struction, and It Is expected many
will call during tho formal,
opening. !
Young Pine to Be
Treated by U. S.
Announcement Hint the federal
biological survey offico ot tho
United Slates would treat 2G00
ncros ol young pine III the Crator
Nailonul torest to prevent de
struction by rodents, was made
yeatorday by J. F. Jlruiison. agent
in' the I'orlland otlice, who Is
hero lo supervise, mid aid with
the work.
A recent survey showed Hint
mice, chipmunks and golden
manllo ground squlrrols destroy
about 90 per cont ot young
trees planted In re-torestatlon
work. The survey Is being car
ried on In co-operation Willi the
United States forest service.
TIo nrea Is being treated wlih
poisoned grain In an attempt to
kill the animals bctoro they de
stroy the trees.
KltlK, Pa.. Sept. 20 Prohi
bition agents raided a "koy club"
over the "Al Smith For Presi
dent" headquarters here today
and confiscated a wagon load ol
liquor. Tho bai'tendor was ar
rested. '
MurderOf
OneBoyls
Admitted
By Clark
Say Northcott, Now
in Canadian Jail,
Forced Him To Kill
Child with Axe
RIVERSIDE. Culif., Sept.
20. (UP) Sunford Clurk,
accuxed by Gordon Stewart
Northcott, alleged dejrener
uto and murderer, tonight
confeKned thut he had com
mitted one of tho nupposed
ly numerous murders on the
Northcott chicken ranch
near Riverside, according to
police.
rnulllliiff Klajcr
The youth said he , was the
unwilling aluyer ol one ol
N'orthrolt'a victims. Northrott
forced blm til swing an axe on
the head ol a youth as a sucrl
llce In preparation lor becoming
a prlcut In a new cult, according
to the lad's reported slory.
Young Clark declared two boys
(Continued on 1'age Bis)
GIL, MEXICAN
SENATECH0ICE
MKXICO CITY, Sept. 20. il'PI
Kmlllo Porles (III, governor of
Tainaullpas, apparently hca won
the support of a majority ot the
mcmhere o( congress In the rou
tes! (or provisional president.
A acaate quurum ol 42 mem
bers out ol a total ol 58 met to
night and unanimously agreed to
support Portes (ill. A commit
tee was appointed to advise Pres
ident Callcs ol tho decision. .
While the chamber Of deputies
Is In recess and unable to art.
statements by leadors Indicate
tho majority ot that body also
(avors Portes (III. Tho volo may
be taken on Monday or Tuesday
and It Is believed certain the
Tnniaullpns governor will be
chosen.
The swlug to Portes Gil fol
lowed several conferences o( con
gressional lenders in tho last (ew
days. President Callcs partici
pated In the coiilerences.
'&KX- ver
- .r.. .r.Tjrs,
BYP-D
AtnARCTIC
EXttPrricw4
mm
NATIONAL GUARD
HUNT HONOLULU
BOY MURDERER
HONOLULU. Sept. 20. (UP)
Humors that the national guard
had been called out to aid In th
search lor the slayers of little
! 1)111 Jamleson spread tonight and
;the guardsmen appeared nt the
armory In (ull anllorm.
One detachment ot guardsmen
,wcnt to Hcoltleld Harracka 30
. ml lea distant and secured sosse
I tear bombs.
Colonel (terry Hmout of the
i guard denied a call had been Is
sued but he was at the armory
' in lull uniform with members ol
bis atalt.
- . Clliaena Arouse, I
Cltlxena were aroused aa never
oeloro In the Island's history.
Influential men gathered lu a
meeting to discuss the altuatlon.
They declared their wives and
children were nusalo and said
' (hat It necessary they would take
the law Into their own hands.
Jap Wrote letters.
Under the Influence ot hyo
,acine hydrobromide. popularly
known aa "truth serum." Harry
; Kalsan, Japanese, one of several
Around the World
with the
UNITED PR:ESS
NEW YOKK. Sept 20. Leslie
Simpson, alleged lleutenaut ot
Charley" II I r g e r. XX'llllamson
county, III., gaiigfler, whose crime
career ended on the gallows, was
arroated here today when he dis
embarked from a steamer arrlv-
Ing fro Port Said, Egypt,. JB.iawJt.,JU. qme. time befora . a
is wanted to (uoe an Indictment , regular bndgot meetlng-to decide
charging complicity In the mur-iupon a city budget' (or the com
dur of Lory Price, Illinois state i ing six months wlllDo held, but
trooper, (or whose death Blrgcr a special meeting was called yes
was hanged. : terday In order that these two i
- . . , Issues may be placed on the No
CI.KVELAND, Sept. 20. My-' vember ,
ron T. Herrlck, U. 8. amboasador Although an airport lor this
to France, today viewed Cleve-;clty will probably not be con-
' land (ram the air. Ills pilot was
Col. Charles A. -Lindbergh, to ; council la becoming tremendous
whom he acted as host whon the 1 ly Interested In the matter, aa
(llor ended his cpxhal New York-' practically all the valley -cities
Paris (light last year. have ostabllshed ports. which are
' lelt to be an advantage to a city, j
ALHUQIEKQLK. N. M . Sept.; The special levy will Uke earei
20. Krnest A. Purdy ol Tulsa. ! of additional expenses In the city.
Okla.. was killed Jnstantly to-1
night when Ills Lincoln-Page MEXICO CITY. Sept. 20. DIs
plauo crashed while he was try- patches Irom Tampico describe J
Ing to land In a stiff wind, the heaviest damage of years byj
Purdy'g neck- was broken lu the ! floods this week. Homes and
accident. Kmmett MoVsman ol ranches were abandone'l in the
Albuquerque was with him and Pnntiro river and rail traffic In
"offered Injuries Irom which he Monterrey and Tampico was sus
is expected to die. 'ponded tor three days. , ' I
Byrds of a Feather!
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'suspects arrested In connection
wUh the kldnaplpg and murder
r 0111 jamleson, admitted that
ha wrote the ransom letters to
like boy's lather.
' The suspect Implicated another
apaneae In his brief confession.
. Tha truth serum makes the
object aeml-eonaclous. When
Kalsan recovered bis (ull senses
nd was confronted wlih his con
fession he staunchly denied the
:atttomenta attributed to him.
IM-nlea Htalensmta
' Dr. Faus prepared to adminis
ter another Injection ol the
.serum and an eltort will be made
j-lo obtain a more complete atate-
ment from Kalsan. When he
again recovers he will be con
ironted wlih mora detailed
confession in case the drag
iworks ab be(ore.
! The authorities and physl
clsns stated that they hoped tt
obtain a . sufficient confession
from the Japanese under the In
fluence ot drug to Induce him
to make the same statements
I when normal.
Special Tax Levy,
Airport Question
To Be on Ballot
. Two uew Issues are to be In-
eluded In tbe budget thla fall. It
decided at a meeting ol the
; rounrn sna is.
mlltoe held yesterday afternoon.
This will be a special levy and
plans (or a (mure Klamath Falls
airport.
structed (or a long time, the city
L "l
x,. V
Rate For
Electric
Juice Is
Reduced
Copco Reducei Bafici"ulo7B"e ' ""
and warehnnui nn their nrnnertv
Iaie tnir- 1 w I
II 1 L I
Cent Per Kilowatt1
Hwr in County ("'Th. p...torm will b, 2 t by
I 2S0 feet and the warehouse will
i be 37 by 100 feet. Approximate
Rate reductions represent-1 cost ol the platform and building
ing- an annual Having of ap- j f 0 0,0' x ,
. . . . - . j Thla la a part of the develop.
proximately $90,000 to do- meBt Bn(1 ot . th.
mestic and commercial con- ' company announced recently.
Humert ' of ihe California- ITh ' ' one by tall. , it
. nnoaneei Altogether the
Oregon power company Will railroad plana to Improve Its
become effective October 1, sixth street grounds to the ex
according to an announce-j-nt "M
ment by P. O. Crawford, tailed, a ream track to facilitate
vice-president and general j unloading from cara will be laid,
manager of the company. - (Co.ti.ned r. Eihi) .
Under the new schedule the . . .
Domestic Lighting rate. In both 1 1 IVC . AViatOrS
v.eT.lllUrillB alUU , VlVftuu
tiea will be: The first 60 kilo
watt hours per month at S cents
a kilowatt hour, with the excess
at S cents, tne moniniy
bill being 11.00. THIS repres-.
-n.w.r.hi. reduction un -
der the old schedules, where the,
(Coatlniwd oa Ig KICl'D
SPUD GROWERS
- '" v ,
With K. P. Romana. secretary
of ihe Spokane chamber of com-
merce agricultural committee and
i . ih Piu-lfic
general manager (or the Prttic
Northwest poWto show, at speaK-
er and honor guest of the even-ja
ing. a meeting ot Klamath county
. . . held last
. LZ.:Z. Jr.1
night at Henley auditorium seven
miles south ol the city.
Mr. Romana told the growers
present about the annual potato
show and tha three-days' coher
ence of growers which l held
at the aame time. He stated that
he earnestly desired that Kiam- nere- He took oft again but In
ath be represented at the meet- j jurcd nl, landing wheels. During
Ing thla year, as last year It woa I tha nght lnt0 E, Pago he .
the only northwest district not j tiCed the damage and strapped a
represented. He also asked for parachute to his back in prepa-
exhibits for the show and asked
that as many growers as possible
attend. ''
Tbe speaker also discussed the
matter ot growing and marketing
.of. seed potatoes besides general
market problems.
After some discussion all the
potato growers adhered to the
fnllnrolnw U' o n i 1 In f 11 r the
r'1.00 l!hkcr,8,i " "drSprat?ue River
board; 14.25 without board; orl r 7 .
five cents par sack and board j Water &H1Q. D&Q
themselves. j .
, It was decided that the annual , Con,am,liatd water . Pre,ura.
Klamath county potato show is . ably from Sprague rlTeri ta De
to be held the latter part ol ere(, to be the cause ot five
November. ect dates to be an- j cases o( typhod feTer whlch
nounced later after - available ; hare broken out between the
dates are checked. Also .the com- town of Sprague and Braymlll,
mlttee for tho show will be lt wag announced yesterday from
picked at a later dote. i tne oftlcea of the Klamath
.Walter Pierce, ex-governor of county health unit.
Oregon and democratic candidate j "Notices have been posted on
for representative tor congress j the river to warn people from
from the second Oregon district, consuming the water," said Dr.
gave a tolk ,on campaign issues a. S. Newsom. medical director
at the beginning of tbe evening. ot the Klamath county health
llenrd, Scmon, president of the j unit. "Because ot habitation up
Klamath potdto growers' asso- j and down the river bank, the
elation, presided. water Is naturally Impure."
SmithDenounces 'Whisper
Campaign' About Religion
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.,
Sept. 20. (UIM Governor Alfred,
E. Smith denounced the "whis
pering campaign" against lilm on.
account of bis religion ns "a I
treasonable attack upon the very
loundatlnns of American liberty'
In the advance text of his second i
campaign speech released here
tonight, and blamed . republican
national leaders for countenanc-,
Ing It "If they have not actually ,
promoted It."
Ho scathlnRly denounced those
responslblo for "lying" attacks ; dependence but ot the constltu
tipon 'him.. Ingied out the Ku tlon Itself." . " . r .
Klux Klan, once dominant In the The "whispering campaign"
politics ot this stato, as broalhlng I (Continued on Page tfint)
S. P. APPLIES .
TO CONSTRUCT
NEW BUILDING
Houlh Hlxlh Htrret Property ol
Company to Be Improved XYUh
10,000 I'nloadlng tilted, l'Ut
(onn and Warehouse Other
Plane Clvra.
The Southern Pacific company
yesterday made application to
the city (or a permit to construct
- ' t
adjoining the Great Northern's:
new freight depot on Buutn Sixth
Missing From
Fifteen Starts
EL pasO. Texas. Sept. 20.' (V
. . fh .
1 F'seTeo ot ,lle 1S Planea
hlch today atarted from Loa
Angeles on a IZ0.000 race to
Cincinnati had arrived here to
night. Three others were known
; pressed (or tbe pilots who had
Bof reported ,her
j wu feit generally that they had
; been forced to land in aome re-
mote section and would get
I
Robert rjak, 0, puuburgh. In
Moth planer, led the fliers on
the (irat day'i lap. He will take
-1 i. rriuajr 111
- continuation ot th. flight, with
Fort Worth as the day'e objec
tive. -
Eugene Detmer made the moat
spectacular landing of the seven
who arrived. Carburetor trouble
forced hla Travelair plane down
, on the de,ert 60 miles west of
ration for a Jump from the plane.
'The pilot decided, however, to
risk a landing. He came down
carefully but. the landing gear
gave way beneath . the plane's
weight. Detmer Jumped from the
cockpit, rolled over several times
but emerged uninjured. He will
not continue the race.
religious hatred Into the "hearts
and souls" of Its members
against his church, and attacked
Assistant' Attorney General Mrs.
Mabel Walker Wlllebrandt. lor a
'recent speech, calling upon Ohio!
Methodist ministers to campaign
against him. - 1
"I can think ol no grator
disaster to this country than to
have the voters ot It divided,
upon religious lines," he declared.
"It Is contrary ' to the spirit,
not only of tho declaration of ln-
Unknown
Dead Put
In Graves
In South
Red Crow Workers
ww
Bury Unidentified
To Prevent Epidem
ic Among Refugees
WASHINGTON. Sept 20.
(UP) Hurried burial of
the hurricane dead in Flor
ida became necessary today1,
to prevent outbreak of ser
ious epidemics, national Red
Cross headquarters hen
was advised today. '
Bodies were placed la hastily
dug graves without stopping tr
search then for Identification
marks, a report from worker. In
Palm Beach county aald. ' ; '
Death Toll Grows -
Aa searchers move through tha
area wracked ' hr Sunday's and
Monday sfom.' the 1 death esti
mates grew- and latest advice
to the Red' 'Cross were between
400 and 00-dead, with' reports
saying there 'was. every Indication
that the' figure ' would' be' much
greater than was. first expected",
Fears of. riptluf be'ticeen. 4h
whites and negroei at Pabokee.
on the southern, shore of Lake
Okcocbeol.ee., lessened tonktht aa
coast guard detachments and na
tional gu.-u'di'rjcTt patrolled th
streets of Jb stricken Ttllagei
(Goatiaswd ;oV, rare Six). ,
LIONS' CLUBS
TO EXCHANGE
T. R. Cillcnwaterr, assistant
district .attorney, and district
delegate of tha Lions', club, re
turned yesterday from a district
meeting of representatives ot tha
club in Medford. . i
He announced that the first
week In October an exchange of
programs will be made by- the
Grants Pas and Klamath Falls
clubs. Edward H. Miller, state
senator from Josephine coanty,
and Grant . Pass delegate, will
address the Klamath Falls club.
Glllenwater will speak to (be
Grants Pas club the same day.
Coquille and Medford repre
sentatives will also exchange)
programs during that week. -Tha
subjects which the delegates will
use will be. "My duty to my com
munity through my service
club."
Later the clubs will again
trade programs and the Klamath
Falls club will hear delegates
from Medford and Coquille.
' Ernest It. Scott of Modtord
was elected district chairman;
T. R. Glllenwater was elected
secretary, at the meeting Wed
nesday. J. L. Stephens. Coquille,
and Senator Miller were tie
other delegates. '
The group discussed the fur
thering of good will between tho
towns represented, and planned
a Julut get-together ot the tour .
clubs In Ashland tor a date In
October, to be. selected later. .
Flapper fanny Says:
"s.u.asr.orr.
st u auHiw, no.
A fat girl always
hopes.
has slcades
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