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The Klamath News
Official Paper
City of Klamath Falls
The Kfesisth Nsttj
Official Papct
County of Klamath'
'THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER-GET OUT YOUR HORN'
Vol. 5, No. 285 Price Five Cen
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 192$
(Every Morning Except Monday)
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Al Smith
Says GOP
.Wasteful
In Office
Favors Government
Reparations for Mil
iatippi Flood Dev
astated Regions
STATE FAIR PAVILION.
,., SEDALIA, Mo.. Oct. 16. (U
' I) Gov. Alfred E. Smith
declared In hi speech here
tonight that the lust two
republican administrations
have been as wasteful as
any the country ever has
seen.
"They attempted lo ! rr
our natural resources." ha aald.
. -Thrjr have postponed anil neg
luted I ha moil pressing needs."
Charges M'srrpresrniallon
Htrlklng illro.il at hl ropub
Hi an opponent. Herbert Hoover,
aa well aa Prosldelil Coollilgo,
Secretary alclliiu. former aWrv
lury or Interior Work anil other
republican lenders. Smith charged
I hem with conducting a campalga
of misrepresentation. Ha aald
they had Jolnad a conspiracy 10
paint a false plrturo ol economy.
Quoting (ram Hoover's speech
of ecceplsnre to I he effeet that
Ilia administration had reduced
federal expenditures two billions
, a year, the democratic nominee
mated lu the ten of hla prepared
address:
tliallcngcs Hoover
"I challenge, him to make good
hla atalemenl. He knowa that It
la nnt an. and ha could noyor In
hla 1 1 (ail ma makv good hla !
a- lending, claim. . , ....
"No more misleading state
ment could bo made In a cum
nalxn. I'e knowa better or
ahould know hatter. Ho knowa.
or abould know, that the two
billion dollar reduction la the
(t'onllaaeil on Page Bill
PUTS YARD IN
SPRAGUE RIVER
With lha establishment of a
retail warohouae which will carry
a complete atork of lumber and
building material, another atep
la made In the progreaa of the
little clly of Spragne River,
which la becoming one of Ihe
well known mill cltlea of south
ern Oregon.
It. It. Wllllama. of the Wllllama
. Lumber company of Chlloqiiln,
rorently purchased two lota
through the Favcll-Utley Really
company of thla city, and plana
Immediate construction of hla
r new lumber warehouse.
Visitors from Sprague River
bring reiiorta that the new 15.000
bridge which spans Sprngue rlvor
at tjio highway entrance to the
city, la practically completed.
A new eight-room home l
being erected In the Utile city
by Mrs. Jane Chlpps, which la
to coat approximately $4800,
Hoover Alphabet
Kf Mabel y. Jlsrtla
WISIMM
Hoover la a Wise Administrator
"With tbe uncanny Instinct of
' tbe practical engineor for tho
uses In human material, he se
locts good men. grnnta thorn re
apnnslblllty and authority, In
spires tliom with Inyulty. and Ma
Ihem nlone."
Thim a noted writer oxplnlna
the fart that Hoover la nhlo to
turn lila brilliant vliilonn Into
lirnetlcal reaiilla.
Tho power to ehooso Iho right
man for the right plnco and to
delegate authority wisely Is
uspoclnlly needed In Iho presi
dency. The selection of tho best
man for tha Important Job con
'atltutra no small proportion of
the president's ovork. Hoover l
a tenlne nt picking tho right men
I (To bt ooDtloucd)
GOODRk '
GIVE SPi,
.
"America Itcdlsrnvured" ..
ha tha tople of the addroaa
which K. J. Goodrich will de
liver al Iho rngulur weekly
meeting of Hie rhuniher of
commerce thla noon.
Mr. Goodrich recently moved
10 Klamatb Fulls from Oak
land, Calif. He la now In Iho
office of Oeorge Walton, gen
eral Insurance. . Mr. Waltou
will praalda at the luncheon.
Joe Lamaon, accompanied by
Howard Weal, will give a pro
gram of Instrumental music
preceding the addreaa.
Premium List for
Potato Show With
Prizes Announced
The general premium list for
.h. ihl.rf .n....t Pnimo Hhow
.... ..... . - - ,01 sail ireOK Iieias, vyo.,
and Armistice Pay celebration, to ,
be held November 8. . 10 and.10 ln0 omciuir -..onsoiiaaiea
11. 'boa lioen compilod by County Oil company was declared!
Agent C. A.
Henderson In order
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iroweni Piny MlfH'i
that potato growers
-tm salilklla auhsiH t hutf are esTtf.
glllg the tubers.
Cash or merchandise prizes la
be offered by varlnue merchants
are nut Included In Ihe list and
will lie announced later. All the
enlriea must lie grown by Ihe
exhibitor and nrn to boromo Ihe
property of tho allow.
The vurlous classifications, with
tho premium to be awarded by
the show, follow:
Comm Trial Pol a Iocs
Lot 1. Netted Gems Best
lOO-lh. sack commercials.
' Nolo: Prlsea have been award
ed In the past In thla claia most
ly on S te IS ounce slsn.
First, $30; second, 116; third.
$10; fourth. 15.
Lot Nailed Gems. Enlriea
to consist of 60 potatoea. First.
130; second, III: third. $10:
fourth, $S.
l.ol i. Bllaa Triumph. CO po
latooa Flrat, 110; second, i:
Ihlrrf 19
rrzi c nurbanY.' so potatoes
First, 110: second, tti third. S3.
Lot I. Miscellaneous, to pota
loea any other variety First.
110; second, 15.
Lot S. Smallest number of
ronimerclnl Netted fiema to weigh
100 lbs. PAtaloe must be rea
sonably smooth. , without knots,
uniformity la very Important
First. I til; second. $15: third,
110: fourth. $6.
I.ol 7. Largest single .Veiled
firm Flral. $3.
Lot I. Largest single llllsa
Triumph First. St.
Lot S. Largest potato, any
variety First, $1.
Lot 10. Largest and best dis
play by grower First, ISO; eec
ond, 110.
Lot II. Club members only.
Netted Ciema. Exhibit to consist
of 30 potatora First, $5: sec
ond, fl: third. $2.
Lot 11. Club members only.
Any other variety, exhibit to
consist of 90 potatoes.
Irfit 13. Seed potatoes, cerll
fled. Entries In this class must
consist of not less than 30 Iba.
of certified aeed potatoea that
have passed all field Inspections
by state authorities First, $15,
second, $10: third, $5.
Blind Man Freed
Of Murder by Jury
OLOnE, Aril., Oct. H. (t'P)
A Jury deliberated only 13 mln
utce before, finding Jnmea Mon
roo Mflea, blind piano tuner, not
guilty of the murder of hla atep
father, A. G. Nowton, Globe
minor.
Nowton wns killed last sum
mer when ho was stabbed during
a struggle with Miles.
Tho quarrel was aald to bnve
started between Mr. and Mrs.
Newton over a younger child ol
Iho family.
Newton was killed at tha Zee
llayea ranch, about eorcn miles
southeast of (lloho.
Miles took the stand In his own
defense todny and declared he
had stabbed Newton In self-defense.
.
The lethal weapon was a dirk
used by Miles In his work.
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Oil Sale
declared
Invalid
By Court
Sinclair Lease of Roy
alty Oil in Federal
Reserves in Wyom
ing Terminated
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.
(UP) Sale of royalty on
oil in the federal reserves
' . .. . . .... ...
'invalid todaV bv un oninionll i . . .. " " "
y y P ,"Ba Tru-llake crackera.t
i m , , ,
I Af InA nttnlnOV-ITAIsnrnl i aai.ii- i 11 1
"
The opinion said the sale mado
by former Secretary of Interior
Fall In lltl was Invalid because
of a secret five-year option clause
providing for renewal of tbe con
tract. This clause was never bid
on by other companies, tho opin
ion sold.
The opinion declared Secretary
Fall acted beyond hla legal rights
In granting the contract with a
secret renewal' option and that
the Interior department waa nnt
bound to renew Iho Sinclair con
tract. '
The effect of the opluion will
bo lo Invalldato tho entire trans-
aeon aim 10 terminaie ine cou- Ea!.h member of tbe
tract now held by Sinclair. 'team from Ihe captain on down
The renewal of Ihe lenses last I will be numbered. The oontaat
Jnnuary waa attacked In the acn-iw"' wh" 'n ' lu" nom
ato by Senator Walsh. Montanh lbor" ot on. -team have reported
democrat, anil Capper., Kansas
i "7 .7:
r Ik. ...nnm. Mil,!'. J
niiprvmai cnurt op-
elsion In
ner ... aa.e. .o w
clair Interests.
ni5!riTlQ PINF
U 1 S j U O & r i N U.
GRADING RULES
a .i .,i. r .h. ,r..uitn" road to membership.' 31 new
committees of tho California 8u.
gar and White Pino Manufar -
turors' association and the West -
ern Pine Manufacturers' assocla -
! lion was held yesterday afternoon
!.t h U'lll.v.1 hftlnl
A discussion of problems In I
sensonlnc and trading: of nine I
waa held. No definite action was ! fornia license No. 142-S57, wasigroup of' progressives at an as
taken, the group merely discuss- .'stolen from the Rex Arma apart-jsnnibly In Portland.' The conil
Ing Ihe questions. jment house Saturday, according .order forbids the nse of tbe des-
C. Stosell Smith, secretary and to word received at the county lgnatlon "progressive" In connec
mannger of tbe California ussorl-1 sheriff's office yesterday. The lion with the names of Ihe deni
al Ion, was here from San Fran-j far belongs to John M. Herr androcratic candidates for preslden
clseo to attend the meeting. (Richard Mortler, of th!"clty. jtlal electors. . -.v' .
OREGON1 PRODUCTS
PUZZLES INTEREST
Letters Boosting Horn Slats Manufactured Goods
Bring Publicity to Klamath Falls. Many Write to
News, Telling of Favorite1 Brands.
Klamath Kails recently received atate-wlde advertising whan s
I loiter written to the Jumble Word Puiale Judge, boosting Oregon
luauv iirviiuviw . wmm iu uur imw rurosBS pruaqcasuDg.
station. Word waa received yeviarday that In the near future
two more of Ihe letters would be read, and that Klamath falls
would again receive s boost aa a, live town that aupporied home
state Induatrlea. r .
Many good letters boosting Ofjrgon "e1ade Products bare been
received by the Judgea In Ihe put week, and while It la not pos
itive to print them all In this Issue, they will be rnn later.
Jumble Word Judgea: . IKnlgbia' catsup. Warrenlon
I've been reading the Oregon rla ma, Ralaton bran (Crown
Products ' tellers with Interest, j Mills), -Sperry'a Drifted - Snow
I'm a great booster for Oregon flour, Ooldeu Went toffee, by
products, for I am one myself, j sides others not advertised In tbe
Wo um many of Ihcni. My bus-jromeat Tillamook cheese. K lam.
band has handled groceries for etb butter, Khrman'a Beat ralaina,
aeveral years and we've tried all ) bird aeed. and Itoyal Club jell
brands, but find Oregon Products
.."i" mo ...7 ut ...in. ....
quality1 and price.
Aa I thouxnt o writing this
,,., , lOBktA , th. kitchen
to see what advertised Oregon
Team Captains fori
Chamber Member
Drive Selected
Announcement of Iho alx leant
captaina to load tbe chamber of
commerce membership ' drive.
which will atari Monday, October
19, waa made yeaterday.
Those who will lead the sis
teama of IS members each are:
Tom Schuppel, Lee Jacobs, Henry
Perkns, Tom Rrhardson, O. R.
Moeller and Jim Hill.
I
A new plan will be used thla
year In Ihe drlvo for members,
i Kuch team will consist of a cap
lain, four trulners and ' twelve
"
of a new , member.
A prospect list
I IIIIUM- now m UIIH-IS
fit (rut
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furnished with the "Wbo-a Who"
t Vh m , . , h.
; Tpm Schuppel d as night
""fti t- it to wm. u hei
I already had aeveral men welt on
j memliera haro paid the member -
! "n,p ,0 ,,nr' May nl n
! ,emPl wl" made "kt this time
! IO secure 100 more 'county and
! y ooosiera. :
ItKltlltT CAR TIIKFT
" -nevroici car, oearing (. ail-
The Trail-Blazers!
powder. To me, nothing la more
pus man crisp irue-uase
I crackers, butter and cheese and
j ibe new Tru-llnke vegetlxed
cracker la delicious and e-plally
; fine for children lo piece, on., aa
"' vatuanie vitamins.
ry.ai-.ard on Pace rltsl
..asaaia. . , I
Nominations of
Bourbons Refused i
v m w-q iuuuisji n u a ma u, ana ais aiior-
reC&USe Ol JbrrOriney. Jerome Walsh, and then read
SALEM, Oro.. Oct. 14. ( IIP)
Because of irregularities In -the
eertlflcatea made out by officials
of the democratic atate central
committee. Secretary of State Hal
Hoee hae refused to file the nom
inations made by that committee
In Portland last week.
. These Include the names of J.
t. Cook ot Burna. nominated by
Ihe democrats for circuit Judge
f tbe Ninth district to fill Ihe
vacancy caused by Ihe death of
Judge nation Dlgga; Alfred I.
rtobson and Prank Schlegel of
Portland.- both nominated tor
Circuit Judgeahipa In Mnltnomab
county, and Nanny Wood Hon
ayman ot Portland, nominated aa
a "aniltdate for atate representa-
couuly-v,. k
nomination.
its rilsvl l.w tha. ilnln Knntrol Mm.
rmlile. t'ortlinff to Ho
iimh, inn
a ty f
' lo aimw were repre-
' nomlnauon. were
, a ni
mode,
Hosa today aent out a aupple
mental certification carrying out
Iho recent court order In tho case
i of George Arthur Brown against
1 (irlnt noypr ,nil. directing the
county clerks to delete the words
i vprogrosalvc" In connection with
, ttiet candidacies of Alfred E. Smith
lnU(l jMep t. Robinson, demo-
irftllM MnrfM.lM tn .nH.IH.nl
, and . vlce-prealdent, respectively,
end who bad been endorsed bv a
Governor
Refuses
Hickman
Leniency
Denies Plea of Father j
and Mother of "The
Fox"; No Sanity
Hearing Set
sacramento, c a u f..
uci. lb. turf me last!
thread of hope for the life i
of William Edward Hick-j
man waa cut today when
, . . . . , . f . I P) Senator Charles Cartla. re
fused to interfere with hw ; ptt0,C, vice presidential nom
hanging at San Quentin i Inee. waa 'frequently Interrupted
Drison on Frirlav mnmino-
Hem Xo lirasoa
The atate executive' listened to
the plea of Hickman's father.
a letter from the condemned
youth's mother, Mra. Eva Hick
man, askli.E that her son's life
be snared.
Governor . Young announced
after the conference that he saw
no reason why be ahonld atep In
to prevent the hanging of Hick
man for the kidnaping and mur
der of Marian Parker In Loa An
geleg last December.
Ik-airs Ksnlly llcsrisg '
Governor Young also refused
lo appoint a aanlty commission
to atudy Hickman, aaying War
den James B. Ilolohan of San
Qnentln waa the only one wbo
could name auch a body. Halo
nan hae made alt " srrangemcnta
for the exeentlon with precision.
Indicating he will re fane any such
lea--.- i'v.r"'
Walsh, however, was. wndaunt
ed and left by airplane lo Inter
view the warden. . He- admitted
(CoMtiaaed on race Six)
LOST HUNTERS
LOCATED, SAFE
Apparently none the worse for
having spent the night In the
open, with their car burled to
the axlea lu deep mud, C. W.
Schmllx and Ed Tato were locat
ed yesterday at 10 , a. m.
by A. E. Schmllx and Hugh As-
1 uersoo.
The hunters were found
on - the lower Klamath Lake,
eight miles from tbe nearest
farm house.
Alarm was expressed for their
safety when tbey failed to return ;
Monday night and a search was I
started.
' After sinking into the deep
mud, tbe two worked for hours
attempting to tet out, bat failed
to move the car.
Yeon Praised by
I. L. Patterson
SALEM, ' Oct. 16. (UP) Th
death of John B. Yeon. Oregon
road builder, la regarded by Gov
ernon I. L. Patterson as "a great
loss to Hie atate ot Oregon."
"Hla entire career baa been a
most remarkable one In many
ways," - the governor y declared..
Starting a a day laborer at a
small wage In less than 20 years
he has accumulated a fortune
and for many years past be has
devoted practically all of his time
to public service tor bis state.
Ho was: unquestionably a leader
in Ihe matter ot road legislation
and road construction in Oregon
and hla passing has left a place
which cannot bo filled." "
Klamath Registration
Increases, 11,203 Total
' Increased Interest In city, stale
and national issues, coupled with
a gain In population. Is reflected
In the remarkable Increase In
registered vote In Klamath, an
nounced yesterday by Chnrlea F.
DcLap, deputy county clorlt.
The registered vote In Klam
ath, today la 11,203. The pre
vious high registration mark was
Just beforo the ID 28 May pri
mary when the registered vote
totalled 8.521. Since May 2671
clllxens ot Klamath havo register
ed.' By the narrow margin of 207
ASK TO BUILD
$19,000 SHOP
Construction baa atarted on
a one-story brick sod concrete
garage building, at the corner
of BLlh and Plum al rests,
which will house the Osien
dort Motor compiler, when It
la completed. '
According to the application
for the building permit algaed
yeaterday by L. L. Traux.
owner, the building will be
60x101 feet, and will have aa
L 60x50 feet. Total coat la
given at tlS.000.
R. B. Watunbnrg has tbe
construction contract. It la
expected that tbe building will
be ready for occupancy about
tbe middle of January.
. N o r t h C a r o 1 i na
Crowds Cheer as
Curtis Raps Smith
RALEIGH, N. C. Oct. IS.- (U
" nl occasionally by
t hecklera' questions - daring bis
I prohibition and imn Igratloa
speech here tonight. '
The Raleigh auditorium, which
seats 4200 persona, waa filled
with one ot the moat demonstra
tive andlencea Cnrtls baa encoun
tered since starting hla campaign
almost two montbs'ago.
RALEIGH, N. C, Oct. IS. ,(U
P) Senator Charles Cnrlia, re
ubllran vlce-presidentlel nominee,
appealed 'for eoathern support
here tonlgbt as a defender of
present prohibition and Immigra
tion laws.
He aald tho republican party.
It returned lo power, will try to
enforce prohibition laws and con
tinue ,to restrict immigration, and
Intimated that Governor Alfred
E. Smith, If elected, will, do
neither. i ; , ,
"The republican platform
pledgee the party to the faithful
enforcement and vigorous exeen-
Uoa'agahe etsj sea each amsmlaiaat
to tho constitution."1 he aald.' "I
fully concur in the. republican
plank and the democrata In their
(platform also favor an honest ef
jfort to enforce it,
I "It la atrange tbat Governor
Smith In hla wire to the demo
Icratlc convention. If he desired
to accept the nomination, shonld
have, aald: ' 'It la well known
that I believe there ahonld be
fundamental changea In the pres
ent provisions for national pro
hibition.' "
Besides endorsing tbe republi
can prohibition plank. Curtis
made a categorical statement of
opposition to repeal ot the eight
eenth amendment or modification
of enforcement laws. He attack
ed particularly the state liquor
dispensary system advocated by
Smith.
'Control ot the liquor qnestion
Is a duty which was expressly
delegated to and accepted by the
federal government, he said.
"There ahould be no attempt to
evade that duty or to redelegate
It to the states.
"I am opposed to the federal
government or any atate going
into the liquor business. Nor do
I believe such a system could or
would be effective or successful
If adopted." , ' - . ... .
Eckener Will Be
White House Guest
WASHINGTON. Oct. 18. (UP)
Pr Hngo Bekener. commander
ofthe German dirigible Graf Zep
pelin. First Officer Lehman and
three German passengers on the
dirigibles first trans-Atlantic
voyage will be entertained by
President Coolidge at a White
House breakfast Friday,. It was
announced today. .
The commander of tho Riant
dirigible may remain In Wash
ington until Saturday, it was
said..
votes, Ihe city ot Klamath Falls
maintains Its voto preponderance
over the rest of the county. The
total city vote Is BJ0G; the coun
ty, outside ot the city, 6498.
Republicans, as usual, hold the
balance ot power - In Klamatb.
Mr. Del.ap's figures reveal tbat
there are 7228 registered re
publicans ot whom 458E are
men and 2643 women. The
democratic party has a total reg
istered vote In Klamath ot 3280
of which 2120 are men and 1160
women. - Progressives boast only
(CfOntlnaed on rags five)
K. Cooper
Describes
Work Of
B ureau
Regional Director of
Veteran' Depart
ment Tells ol Aid
Offered VeU
Giving important facto
and figures regarding veter
ans' compensation, Kenneth'
Cooper, who is in charge of
Veterans' Bureau and Vets'
hospital No. 77, located at .
Portland, Oregon, spoke be
fore s large audience of
Legion and Auxilliary mem
bers at Legion hall last
night: ' .
Aa the apeaker brought out,
tbe great question today la
"should every veteran receive a
pension regardless ot disability
In service or a compensation for
disabled veterans, and this ques
tion must be decided by war vet
erans themselves." ,
Want Comacsftaliow
It la a well known fact that
war veterans da not favor pen
sions, bat want compensation for
thoae disabled. . Cooper abated
that at the present time - there
are 3500 vets receiving eompea
aatlon In Oregon, which aaesas
that 11.600.000 goes oat et tho
Portland office annually. In tbe
form of compencatlon." . ;;
Cooper . otresaed the point tbnt
treatment ot dbuMllty Is afford
ed any veteraa .of any war unlet s
there Is so aw qu-al!on- ot dbt
konorablo 4''iaret Tho only
tenaH0X'.-a-'inS
for1 in veterans4 hospital, bnt
all expenses are, paid to and from
the hospital. . The: speaker, men
tioned that -them- bad been St
wars enjageil Inly tha Uuited
States troops.' - - -
The American. Legion fj or
. (OmUaaed on Pago Five)
MEETS TO AID
WORKERS HELD
W.'H. Fitigerald. member ot
the state industrial accident com
mission, and George M. (Scotty)
Altken, fir Id safety engineer ot
the national safety council,' are
In the Klamath district and are
holding a series ot meetings In
the Interests ot preventing acot-denta-
by education. ..;
"The employers In the Klnra- .
ath district are unusually re
ceptive to the work ot the na
tional safety council. They whole- '
heartedly go Into It to provide a
safe place for their employes,"
Mr. Fitigerald aald last night.
Yesterday a meeting, held at
the Weyerbauser camp, was pre- '
sided over by L. R. Crosby, log
ging superintendent. Today a
meeting will be held at. tha .
Ewaunn Box company mill, and
Thursday a conference will be
held with the workera at Lamm's
mill. - ' -
At the meetings the xepresen- -tat
Ives talk on ' accident proven- '
tioa. "The accident commission
trya to prevent accidents in ad
dition ts a!d!ss these rrba hers 1
suffered In accidents," Mr. Fiti
gerald slated.-
Flapper Fanny Says:
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oca. u. a esv. err.
CI SY MA SCMMCC, MS.
HtcftllnaT a kiss may aoake.a.
gM anar-, bat a ho anally is
willing to Uss aad snake no.
fill
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