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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1931)
The ml Th9 Klamath News Official Paper County of Klamath City of Klamath Falla Crdsr LcZs ; In Klamath CczrJy : Short Drive Over Good Highway AMATM ''Throw Awav Your' Hammer Get Out ' Your Horn1 Vol. 8, No. 159 Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1931 (fcve-rv Miirmiip Mif-H Mon-iay, SHAW-BERTRAM PURCHASES -U- BIG V . - Weyerhaeus PICKERING PINE TRACT . Assures Second Crop of Timber Permanent Cutting in Years to Come to Be Result of Company . Policy. Headlight! of Weyerhaeuser Policy Given lUgtillshte at WeyeHieew err Timber taipur'i Mwmml of llw Mcrea of ihrlr refoceetatkm pUa were l Klamath Falls to lo b a pnnuxnt lanibcrtag anaa fartering nam, Tbs raMml crop el pis now bring harvested. Hint which will but at least H years, U to he replaced hy Iba rnl of that lima with prrarat young Ircee bring preserved by admire arias; a a d rrfurestalloa care Aar Improvement made la klaasath r'alls will aot ba jeoaanllard bjr 13 or !K) yrat lanibrr onrraUoa) wllb frar or depletion ot (In llmbrr. i I'evauieeacy of tlio roia ananily will be established) by the reforestation plan now In rffart al Ibe Wryer. hacaarr boklinga awl whlrh will ha rllrsHtnl to hoMlnga of oilier llaibrr companies. Permanent cutting- o f pine is assured in the Kla math area, ana a secona croo of pine will be ready to cut and manufacture be - fore the present 60-ycar cut is exhausted, it was an nounced yesterday at the chamber of commerce forum luncheon by Ralph R. Macartney, general man- aBcr of the Weyerhaeuser Timber company in this city, and Jack F. Kimball, associated with the same company. The atalrmrnta made hrralh. oi confidence lo any Klamalb r'alla person who may bare bren In tlnubt because of Ibn stories of decadence of thla rlly aflrr probably ..90 .years . of lumbrr operations anrh aa aro In prog- rrwi now, for the Wcyerhataarr Tlmbrr company never epeaka for punllrallon on any auhjert wlin out olld foundation ot fart ami line ronaldrratlon for every phone of the matter under consider- allon. KKVIKW8 1IIHTORY With Bort Hall acting aa chairman of tho fornm the sub ject of "reforestation occupied the program. Tumday membrra of the Board of Director! of the chamber and a number of other gueata Journeyed to the Weyer- haeuaer properties west of Klara ath and nlspected the operations which has been under wsy for some time testlnt oiit the feasl bl my ot reforestation tor the timber sections ot the Klamath basin. Chairman Hall reviewed the timber history of the county, told how the community had yearned (Continued On Pago Eight) THEY ARE LOOKING TODAY Yes, this Is the week that many people will be select ing their cottages. Your ad to rent yours will bp seen by them on the classified page. Just cnll Want Ad Head Quarters and. sty "charge it". : Phone 100 . Herald and News .Want Ad Headquarters, With a . i 1 ' ,0 , i i i -;v. -y , ;y irTr i- w. ii-'K, ':r-r j.;,,t tV ': -. I .-4 ts.;'--. . .. . v . ---ji - , - ' v.;..vv '; '..' . c- ;,. 5-4 r I ,) ' Rifles were leveled onlookers grew tense- itary firing" squad executed three ly silent . . . death was only a few aecond. away. And In thla remarkable Klamath News Note two of the victims, their legs bound to- lets. In the background is a crowd which wit NEA Service picture, taken Just before a mil- rether, waving a bat and a handkerchief in nessed the public execution. ' ' ' , Ralph Barton Foxind: Dead; Leaves Cynical Note of Grim Humor NEW YOIIK, May 10. (UP) Italpb Barton, whose cartoons and miImInm Mlul j.vnlifltlv mt aitrh Ihlnva aa araulth and Inn. tvDed a lenathy. acholarlr obituary notice today and then committed snlclda over an heiress, Huth Krease, bit latest lore, and lack ot i . . AKANIHIN 5u . ARMY POSTS TO CUT COST -V. WASHINGTON, Mar ' . (CP) Plans I to abandon S3 army -nosta throughout the country, worth an estimated 111, 000.00. were announced to- ulsht by Ih war department. The posts wore- selected by the army general staff after a study ordered by President Hoover. Their abandonment, (leneral Douglas Mararthur, chief ot staff, explained In a memorandum lo secretary ot War Hurley. Is dictated by mil Itary efficiency at wall ai economy. Protests from communities. affected, whlrh are likely, are not eipected to move the ad' ministration to reconsider. Of the t posts Including forts, landing fields and harbor defenses only 11 Bow are oc cupied by forces. - Largest of these In personnel Is Fort Kuatli, Va., with II officers and 1,141 emitted nieo.v Otber slisble poats which will be closed down are Fort Brown, Tetn Bin of ficers, 74 enllated men. Fort Hunt, Vs., lgbt officer.. l men. Camp Harry J. Jonas, Arlt., 11 officers. 11 men. Fort Lincoln. N, D., It of. fleers, lit men. ' Camp Stephen D, Little, Aril., ss ouicers, 419 men. Miller field, N, Y., T officers. 114 men. Fort Mlaoula. Mont.. It of. ncers, asi men. Fort D. A. Ruasell, Tex., II oilirers, ODS men. Channle rield. III., 117 of fleers. 137 men. 4 Still other posit besides- the El may be stricken from . the war department roster. Mac artnur said, adding other on named atatlona now occupying a -juouDuui status." Twenty-Seven ' ' Enter Iris In Show Yesterday Twsnty-teven entries were made In the Iris aha sponsored by the- Klamath Falls Garden club In tha lobby ot the Oregon Bank building yeaterday and at tended by a large number of cltltens between tha hours of 10 a, m. blI 1 p. m. Mrs. K. 0. Cummlnaa ' was awarded tha prise , tor tha best single Iris on display, and Mrs. s. D. Lamb received, honorable mention la this division. .The prlte for the beat three Iris of on variety went' to Mrs. B. D. Lamb, with Mrs. K. O. Cummlngs receiving honorable" mention, Mrs, Mary - Bathlany received first prls for the best arrangement ot flowers the had entered, and Mrs. E. D. Lamb received honor able mention. , ... 0. R. Moeller ot the Klamath Flower shop and Harry Hill of Hill's Flower shop acted aa judges. Tha Garden club la maklnc plana for another flower abow later In tha aummer. It wu slat ed yeaterday. at tha clot ot the Iris show, , Reforestation Success Defiant C MN.JatMH money. Mis body, a .tl-eallbra bullet I temple, was found by . maid In the artist's penthouse oa East tTlh street. In one Band was a nlelol: on the floor was an anatomy book, opeaee) to the nag that ahowedLlka heart, indi cating Barton bad debated which part, of the body waa most vul nerable to bullets. UKIM Hl'MOH Tha cynicism and grim humor which made his drawings aa add-like commentary on 10th century elvlllaatioa stayed with him to tha end, for In bis obit uary aa wrote: "I present my remalna, . with my compliment", to any medical school that fancies them or aoap can o made irom mem. , , "It gosalp Insists . . upon a reason for my action, let It choose my pending appointment wttn my oantiat . . . , TELLM AFFECTION "I have run from bona to house, from wife to wlta and from country to country In a ri diculous attempt to escape from myself ... 1 nm fed up with Inventing devices for getting through 14 hours a day." In a more eerloua passaga be expressed affection for Carlotu Mooterery. an actress from whom he waa divorced and who now la the wife of Eugene O'Neill, the playwright: . "In particular my remorse Is bitter over my failure to. appre ciate my beautiful lost angel Carlotta." LOVKD UK IK ESS Beside the obituary, two notes were left. In one ot which waa 136 salary owed to Mary Jet (Contlnned on page five) Men Looked Into the Eyes of n.aaaAWM.1. rU ai ami An T." r-"' 7."': lhrown ont to feet MAYOR DRIVES FIRST SPIKE IN RAILROAD Another eventful step la Join ing California and Oregon by rail waa witnessed ' Wedneadar In aa Impromptu. ceremony .arranged to celebrate laying the first steel oa the Cireat Northern's exten sion south ot this city. It wss a happy day for officiate of the railroad aa well aa official of tha city who gathered ' al a point three quarters' ot a mile outside the city. Bear- Bbaw-Bertram'a mill on the Midland market road, to witness tha event. .... i Mayor TreVtofer axefled hap pily aa he raised the also is na la mer and broaght It heavily down apon the first aplka to be driven Into the new line now under con struction between here and Kett-. die, Calif., where It connects wltb the aorthwsrd extension ot the Western Pacific. PHOTOGRAPH EVENT Assisting the mayor In tha ceremony waa bit comely daugh ter. Ruth, who held the spite. As Ibe ring ot Ihe hammer resound ed photographer, representing the Oregonlan, Portland, Photo graphed lb event. ' More pictures war take show ing tha laboring crew lifting the heavy Iron rails by mean ot hog Iron tonga and placing them upon Ihe railroad ties... PICTVRE TRAINS All who witnessed the railroad history-making event could look Into the future and picture the mammotb pesaengar and freight trains which will be roaring over those, very' steel rails In the not so very distant future. The event was carrying out President Ralph Budd's prophecy made when he waa her a few daya ago, that the rails would be laid soon, and brought to those present bis state ment that although the Western Pacific wat making rapid progress on their 111 mile stretch north, the Great Northern waa making equally aa rapid progress and (Coa tinned on page five) Line's Busy convicted defiance of death. a 1 s vml .' . Newspaperman and Politician Killed By Unknown Gunman , , ' BV Dl'AXE nKNXERHV ' ' Vested prrea Matt Correapondcns LOS ANGELES, May 10. (UP) Herbert F. Spencer.' for 10 rears a Loa Angelea newspaperman, and Charles H. Crawford, one of tha city's beat known politicians, were shot to death in Crawford's real estate office by an unknown assailant today. It waa a death they long bad feared. Spencer because of , the enemies b bad made during his journalistic career, and Crawford Because, ot the enemies be baa mad as the reputed "boss" be hind tha past maroraly tectmos. A88A1LANT VKKXOWK He died Without reteslreg the Identity ot his assailant, according to detectives, who Insist that both Crawford aad Spencer were well acquainted with the killer. ' Even aa Crawford was striving faintly to lire. Chief of Police R K . Steckel Indicated that tha solu tion of tha crime would "tear the lid wide open." aa did the killing o! Jake Lingle, reporter In Chi cago. BELIEVE STENOGRAPHER' There were' contradictory stor ies 'ot the abootlng, but police re garded that of Mias Lucila Fisher, stenographer In the outer of flea ot the Copeland real estate office Crawford's "front" aa the most likely. She aald that tha killer arrived at the office shortly after 1 p. m., and that she did aot announce him beeaus Crawford, ruddy-faced.' well-groomed and youthful appearing tor all his tt Jean, advanced to meet him. "Come on In. old mas." Craw ford Invited. Tha pair passed through a aecond room, where Crawford's brother aad body guard, George, usually sat, and entered the third room ot the suite. i f si. KNEW ASSASSIN Polio point out that Crawford, striding to meet the man who waa to kill him, knew the assassin and (Continued On Page Eight) Death The arms of the other were th nipend.n- hail of bul- LOST CABIN MINE OPENS, rBY JUNE 1ST ' CA.VBT. Calif, May 10. A. K. Wylla and C. C. Binder of Alturay owner of the Lost Cabin mine, lo cated In tha hilts southwest of this place expect to bars their new plant In operation by Juno 1. The new. machinery being Installed will handle IS tons of.ore per day and tha process of gold ex traction la so economical by this new process that ore ot aa low a grade as $5 per ton can be milled with a profit. A .great deal of gold has been taken from tha Lost Cabin prop erty In the past quarter of a cen tury and the mine baa changed paada several times at a high tig are. A recent discovery ot an Im mense body ot black sand which aaaaya high la gold and which can bo extracted by the new process has added much to the value ot the mine. The mine was originally located by Tillman C. Hess. .Sr.. who crossed the plains. In 1141 and who lived within sight of the mine until nearly 100 years aid. Five Blazes : Call Out Fire Boys in Night Five small biases, four ot them occurring between 7:25 and 8:05 n. m. called out the city fire department last night. No damage resulted In any case. Four alley tires, occurring only a few minutes apart In trash in the rear ot the Pelican Drue atore. Breir'a Clothing store. Falls' Bakery In the Murray building, and Maglll's Drug store, were believed ot Incendiary origin, probably sat by children, according to a report from the fire department. The fifth bias broke -oat -la thai hog fuel bin at the Ewauna box factory, caused by a spark, but waa extinguished before any damage resulted. judge Norton and Cor kins to Hear Cases in Klamath " Judge H. D. Norton will hear two cases tor condemnation pro ceedings starting bere on June 1 and Judge O. M. Corklns will hear two more of the same type of cases beginning June 1, It waa announced yeaterday. v Today's Weather ' Oregon f Fair Thursday; no change In tem perature; moder ate . northerly winds onshore. 'Fair 24,000 Acres Timber Included in Sale To Klamath . - i Will Manufacture Large Part at Plant Near JUamath; Three Hundred Million Feet of Fine Pine in Area. I. Near Railroad 50 Mfle Southeast of City . AriBouncernent was maui Us trraaias; V J. R. Ssvtw, president of In SiMw-Ban-traja LanaW casnoxtautr, a Us ptvcMse my that company craw or ran (Mr lam a, apprormsatarly mO aarila I ot KUmatli Falls, frota Um Pickssrsns: LeranW of Kauasas City, Me. Th prousnaiauy twee atmarM and was bought, Mr. Shaw bar supply for tho mill located in this cirr. - ' Definite plans hare not the timber, although it is probable that a food deal of the timber will be manufactured in Klamath Falls at the 3haw-Bertram plant and that some log-gin- will be done m tno tract wis season. NEAR RAILROADS The tract - purchased is sommonly - known - aa the TionesU Tract" and is part of the large Pickering holdings south of Klamath Falls, plans for which were disrupted by the death of W. R. Pickering, president of the company, about two years ago. Tha. Tlooeata Umber Is located oa the Great Northern-California extension aad is alvo very close to tho Southern Pacific Altnras Una. . HHOWS FAITH. . . .Again, thla city enjoys the breaks In .a splendid manner. When - such operators as J. R. 8haw abow their faith In tha fu ture ot tho lumber Industry and their faith In. the Klamath Falls trefh U to tho Vxteet irf- making S deal the) aite et the Piekerias transaction It Is unmistakable evidence ot tho remarkable fu ture of thla city.- Nothing can' hamper the prog ress ot this community. It Is writ ten that Iba onward march shall not ba impeded. BoKardleaa ot the business laxity in the nation and tha world, Klamath. Falla goes merrily on filling ont the orig inal picture of industrial activ ity, railroad construction aad the building et a fin, city in the mountains ot Southern Oregon. Nothing haa transpired of late more important than the . above announcement ot Mr. Shaw. Its meaning la plain for adding the Pickering timber 'to 'tha great reservoir, of Wealth represented In natural resources to be milled in Klamath Falls makes a future for thla city of permanent and last In.; prosperity.- Special Bates; To Launch Early : Vacation Travel Early summer vacation travel throughout Oregon and a halt doien neighboring western states will be launched auspiciously Thursday, Friday and Saturday. May 21. 1 and 30. with the reeetablhhment' ot cent-a-mlle roundttip fare on Southern Pa cific lines, according to an nouncements yeaterday. ' Dealrned to 1 stimulate vaca tion traffic at: its outset, the low-fare excursions will have the added attraction ot a lt-day re turn limit, according to L. IV. Graham, district freight and pas senger agent tor the company. This will be the last "dollar day event of the aeason, according to the announcement. Tickets sold n the brea dates of the "Bale" will be good until midnight ot Monday, June 8, he -eeeiarea. - In other respects, Graham said, the. new. ."dollar day" venture will be comparable to those eo successfully originated by South ern Pacific and staged Feb. to- 17. April I and 4. and Hay and' 9. Roundtrtp transportation will ha sold on the basis of three- fifths of the usual one-way fare. good on either coach or ran man trains. 5. E. Martin Will Undergo Operation u..Ma .mjl If, end wr. n. : - Mrs. Ralph McColloch lett last , . nM Cnn Prin. evening uj uw.v, ' " ' . . claco where S. B. Martin, Sr., pio neer Klamatn mercnam, ".. of Jack Martin and father ot Mra. SSC1.0I1UVU, W.M . ,t .1.1. nnrainff. Hia condition la reported to be eerloua. mm wit . mvonm J. V ' Inlimann veaterdav filed ault for divorce from Anna E. Johnson whom, he married In ' it u.,... i inx. nsiiapvii, . - - - -- rr- k ... . naranl. of a 26- I year-old daughter. He allege desertion in reoruary, issv. o. . Jatmnre, ia attoraar for. tha Biainuib . a Falls Mill 'it of approariaaatalr tract parrchsMtl coartaae ap- sauutoat . teat of amid, to at am a a StMw-Bertram Utanber been made for tha milliner f Daily CAPITOL News Letter SALEM, May .!. (UP) The recent school bos tragedy at Mer ced should focus the atteatioa f every school dUtrlct la Oregea oa the contltloa of their school busses and a dependability r tb drivers. . t . , v THAT Is the coaclaaloa of atata officials, who ear that the responsibility of echool boards does aot end . wrth tha appoiaf "2' "Dleh5 CBOV -' VTOrLA ItCW aUtgeaarj) CONSTANT rlgdaBcw h) ree air ed to see that the has la la geod meehaaleal eosdHloa aad that the driver does not become roraleae." alste edacatioaal heads aatd.' "The Uvea of seven little chOdrea is too costly a price to pay tor poor equipment and eareltable ' operator." THB motor has la playing an Increasingly large part la the transportation ot Oregon : school children, a ehecknp of the atata department of education showed. MAJfT IX OPERATION THERE are now approximately toe school busses being operated la the state, carrying a total ot more than .000 children to and . from school dally. "OREGON haa been fortunate- In having very tew echool bus accidents,' motor vehicle statis ticians aald. "This due to tb ; fact that most ot tb drivers aro very competent. However, regard- leas ot his competence, every driver should be checked at fre quent Intervals. 8AFFTY AMOVE ALL - "He may become careless, thru sickness,' worry or other trouble. His eyesight may deteriorate aner his efficiency aa a driver lowered. At all times, his physical condi tion sbonld be tho beat, aad hia mental attitude aach that hia Is thoroughly imbued with tb re- . sponslblllty attached to his po sition. .... . - , . : - "THE motto, -Children should be as aafe In the school has as they are in the school room.' u a common one in Oregon, and as' result of the Merced trageay. . stringent measures . should be taken to make the statement a fact." CHECK DEATH CAUSES ai.rm. Mav 10. UP) One- fifth ot fatal accidents prominent Id old age during 19S0, were acclr dental gas asphyxlatlons. - j 1 Flapper Fanny' be tr. DsjUbefttkUm to kmtm ; 0,. ft aaaiaaaaafsaapiammatlT-l A dOMMt Md
