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Th9 Klamath News
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County of Klamath
City of Klamath Falla
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''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
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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
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AKANIHIN 5u .
ARMY POSTS
TO CUT COST
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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
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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 ;
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