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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1933)
NEWS CLASSIFIED Tlw Klamath Now la read In every section ill Klamath counly anil northern California. If tliur Is something to sell, rrni ur trade or If you nerd something, tlw easiest mrllicxl la Itia classified ail. Vol. 8, No. 236 Price Five Cents. Editorials on the Days News Ily FRANK JENKINS A NOTHKIt attempted kldnap- Ink tbla time a wealthy Phil adelphia rial tau man. who li lured to a vacant house by two nan, who eels him toon aa hs nlara ttaa door. It resists, and thsy atart hoot ing, woundlnf him seriously. Then hy flu, residing, prob ably, that thalr chances of obtain ing money for a seriously wound ad man art not ao good. TUB POINT la that th kidnap r( ESCAPE. At long aa kid napara go on aacaplng punish ment, kidnaping will ba a man ace. Tha reason kidnaping flour labaa la that It la safe and profit able. a TOMORROW ta aloctlon day In Oragon, with only measures to ba Totad on. Not much Intaraat, and com paratively taw paopla will Tola. It takaa candidate to atlr up In taraat In aa aloctlon. Paopla ara mora Intereaied In thar paopla than In anything alia. a a A MONO tha maaiuraa It ona to rapaal tha prohibition amend ment of th conatltutlon of the United Slate and another to ra paal tha prohibition amendment f th constitution of Oregon. A few yeart ago. these two measures would have atlrred up tha most Intenta feeling In Ore gon,' bringing out a tremendoui Tota. Now they ara hardly no ticed. Timet change, don't they? a a , TH19 wrlter'a advice. Incident ally, la to go and vote, whetn ar you ara keenly Interested In the Iwuea or not. Voting la a prlcelett privilege, won by centurlea of fighting and tha ahaddlng of rtvera of blood. We shouldn't careleealy tot way a privilege won at aucb a oat. . , . , , . , . a AFTER climbing steadily for weeks, tha ttock market goo Into a Ull tpln, share that bad been recent favorltea suffering losses of from seven to IS points. A not on th financial page ays: "Tha affected stocks col lapsed Ilka ao many pln-prlcked balloons as tha onrush of selling rders brought wild confusion." w HAT does It mean? Well, tha best answer seems ' to ba gamblers, big and little mostly little, probably who had been buying enthusiastically with out knowing why, other than that they wanted to make aoma easy money, got scared suddenly, also without knowing why, and bogan )o tell Instead of buy. With mora sellers than buyers coming Into tha market, prices dropped. IF YOU want a real Index of re turning prosperity, don't pay too much attention to tha stock market these days. It Is merely n Index of tha public's gambling pint. Tha real Index of relumlns prosperity Is tha extent of tales (Contlnuod on Page Tour) ELEVEN CHILDREN 1MB noHRQKS, France, July SO (JP) Eleven children and a prioat vera drowned near here today while on a lake excursion by the capslilng of their boat. Four children saved themselves by awlmmlng ashore. Will Rogers Says: SANTA MONICA, July 20 Editor The Klamath News: Mr. Roosevelt, most of your plans ar working. Recovery It tlow but It fairly tura In most all lines. Rut one gang beat th barrier, It re covered entl r I y and Is now recov ering on Its late recovory. I don't think I need remind you what "Industry" this It. I think a signal algn say ing "slow" on a street called Wall (placed ther by you personally In order to let COO essential Industries catch np to them), would be appreci ated by all other trafflo head ad for recovery. It wouldn't be to bad, but these ara th same traffic violators who got too tar ahead and gummed np our latt parade. Tourt, A -s- . V" aMBiaawr ,4. .suh WHEAT RAISERS HEAR FEDERAL ACREAGE PLAN Reduction of Plantings, Use of "Lieu" Crops Discussed By Experts Klamath County Will Be Divided Into Districts To Administer Plan The federal government's plsn of wheat acreage reduction In lta application to Oregon and north ern California grain belts was discussed by crop experta here Thursday In a conference with acores of growers from tha Klamath basin, l,ake county and northern California areas. The meeting waa held at th Wlllard hotel. I'uder th plan th growers will rodure their acreage and thruuah contracta with the gov ernment receive remuneration for the reduction. "I.lru" Crapa Discussed E.- It. Jarkman, cropa special ist of the Oregon State college extension service. In the eftor noon session told the growers about crops which may b plant ed on the acreagea from which the wheat la taken out. Under th terms of the federal plan no crop that will add to exist ing aurpluses may be sown, but rotation crops which .may be used with wheat will be allowed. These Include sweet clover and legume Boll building crops. Pas lure and hay crops are Included In the eligible Ut. although the growers wore told that dairymen who tear pasture aurpluses may object t o Increased pasture lands. Rarley, rye and oats raised ex tensively In Klamath, at present may be used, although If It la shown that there will be a bar ley, oat or rye aurplua those crops may be taken from the list. Crops planted to prevent (Continued on Page Fire) Alturas-Klamath Falls Road .Being Pushed Forward ALTCRA8. Cel., July 10. (Special) Almost 200 men ar working In two shifts on the Canby-l'ercs highway, connect ing Allures with Klamath Falls. This road, the dream of road boosters for years, waa taken into the national foreat highway system Isst yesr and contracts let by the bureau of public rosds. Not only does the new high way connect tbla section with the Klamath valley In Oregon, but provides means of access from the county seat here to the northwestern portion of the county. Previous to Its con struction, It hns often been nec essary during the wintsr months for county officials or others having business In the farthest corner of their own county to travel 400 miles to overcome the 28 miles of timbered country traversed by the new road. Hemstree't and Dell of Tuba City, with a fleet of trucks are engaged In hard aurtaclng the new road. While tha new highway Is of (Contlnued on Page Five) Officer of Coast Guard Fatally Shot OAKLAND. Cel.. July 2L (U.R) Lieutenant Commander Irving W. Buckalew, 88, commandant of tha United Stntos coast guard base at Government Island, was found fatally shot late today. Ho died in Highland hospital without recovering consciousness. Mysterious circumstance of his shooting led authorities to order an Investigation. Oakland po lice were Inclined to believe he took his own life, although no notes were found. CoaRt guard offkiBls said they thought he shot himself accidentally while cleaning .tils gun. Indian Patients of Nevada at Bidwell FT. niDWELL, Col., July 10. (Special) Ther has been a sudden Increase In population In this city with th removal of 40 patients from tho Indian hospi tal at Pyramid Lake In Nevada to the hospital on the Indian reservation horo. All of the hospital equipment from the Nevada institution Is also being moved hore also. Last year the Indian service discon tinued the school maintained here for Indian children, but maintained a modern hospital. S. C. Star Frozen To Death in Cave VISALIA, Cal., July 20. (UP) Kenneth McKensle, 21. atnr Uni versity of Southern California Javelin thrower, was crushed and frosen to death In the lea caves of Giant forest, 65 miles from hern, last night, It wat learned todny. McKentle, who recently re turned from th Intercollegiate track and field meet at Boston, went into the caves late yester day while hiking with his fian cee, Miss Elsie Gllmore ot Ox nard, and her sinters. aV i nomas utveti Right to Levy Cost of Probe SALEM. Ore., July 10 OJ.R) Public Utilities Commissioner Thomas late today was empow. ered to levy 127.000 against Ora gon public utilities to flnsnce In vestigation ot tba California Oregon Power company and other utility corporations. The state emergency board, meeting or In second time since the Isst legislature, author- lied the proposal, under terms of sn act passed by that body. Thomas told th board hia in- veatigatlona bad been hampered by a lark of funds. He said he hoped to complete the probes of tour Dig utilities tbls year early In 1034. Th emergency board also ep- proved an appropriation for 16 000 to tho state reclamation com mission to b used In assisting Irrigation and drainage districts in msklng surveys of their pro jects. These will be used in re. quests for R. F. C. loans to re finance outstanding debts. LIGHT VOTE IS EXPECTED HERE Repeal, Sales Tax, Big Armory Issue To Go Before Local Electors Proposed changes In th char actor of Oregon's lawa will go before the people ot Klamath county Friday at a apeclal state election called primarily for popular action ot the questions ot state and federal repeal and the aalea tax. The county, along with other Oregon districts, probably will cast a light vote. - High In th Interests of Kla math residents will be the two armory bills, one backed by the Klsmsth County Taxpayers Lea gue and th other supported by the county court. ' Delegates Seek Election. The court's measure would transfer tha armory fund, ap proximately 148.000,. Into per manent and temporary warrant redemption fuuds. . Th pernio. nent fund would amount to 120.000 and tha remainder, placed In a temporary fund, would eventually be returned for the construction ot an armory when It was matched by the state or federsl government. The tax league'a meaaure (Continued on Page Five) Lumber Leaders Discuss Control Of Timber Output WASHINGTON. July JO. 0P1 Postponing discussion ot hours and wages, the lumber Industry todsy presented argumenta be fore the recovery administration tor th adoption of Its method of controlling output ot foreat products. Spokesmen described tha In dustry as prostrste and termed controlled' production a neces sity. Th proposed code's maxi mum 40 to 48 hour week and minimum 110 to 120 wage arc unacceptable to the administra tion and these features ara to be worked out later. lndustry Unprepared. Wilson Compton, manager of th National Lumber Manufac- turera association, outlined the economic background of th In dustry, asserting it did not share In the boom ot 1928- 1920 and was unprepared to (Continued on Page Five) She's the Pioneer Slayer of Skunks! MEDFORD, July 20. (UP) Let a medal ba struck for Mrs. R. A. Bixby. 82-year-old Jack sonville pioneer, who picked up a skunk and got away with Itl Mrs. Bixby, hearing a commo tion In her henhouse at mid night, Investigated and found a skunk devouring a aettlng hen't eggs. Grabbing tha animal by the tall, she fled to a neighbor's house for aid. The neighbor refused. Mrs. Bixhy then dashed the skunk's head against a tree, ending for ever lta egg stealing. Board of Trade Decides to Restrict Fluctuation of Grain Prices After Wild Session By HAROLD E. RAIXVIU-K United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Jnly 20. (UP) The Chicago board of trade vot ed at a special session tonight to suspend trading on the ex change tomorrow In grain and provision futures. CHICAGO, July 20 'P The Chicago board of trad Toted to night, at the end of on of the wildest days ot trading In Its history, to restrict fluctuations ot grain prices hereafter. The decision, considered one of the most Important In the history of American markets, followed a nerve wracking ses sion which saw brokers driven almost frantic as they fought to keep up with dltsy market gyra Hmmath KLAMATH FALLS, SLIGHT LEAD IN TENNESSEE Repealista 8,000 Votes In Lead . As Southern State Counts Ballots Neither Side Willing To Concede Defeat; Mem phis Decidedly Wet Br ED WKItKMAN United Prese Staff Correspondent MEMPHIS. Tenn., July 20 flJ.PJ Kepeal forcea held a slender iesa in tabulations late tonight as a deluge ot dry votea from tha mountains of republican eaat Tennessee In today's referendum threstened to make Tennessee tne nrst state to decide against repeal of tha Eighteenth Amend ment. Returns from 1248 of the ststes 2252 precincts showed 117,237 votes for repeal and 108,12 agslnst. Vote Very Clone 80 close wsa the vote In Ten nessee thst neither side would concede defeat and It was con sidered problematical whether or not the volunteer state would be the nineteenth state to ratify the repeal amendment. While a comparatively few nre- clncta were yet to report late tonight, antl-repeallsts main tained that It waa mostly the rursl communities thst were holding these final votea and the country districts were, aa a rule, voting dry. The repeallsts countered with the contention that there were few votea In these belated districts that their lead wonld not be wiped out. Memphis Wet Shelby county. In which Mem phis Is located, the wet center of tbe state, gave a vote of 82. 752 for repeal compared to 2.114 agalnat repeal or about a IS to one wet vote with returns com- (Contlnued on Pag Three) Burial of Woman -r While Alive Told ' On Witness Stand MARTINEZ, Cat.. July 20. (UP) Pablo Bustamente, chief prosecution witness, today waa blamed directly tor the death of Mrs. Cecelia Novarro, 29, for whose slsylng seven Filipinos are on trial. Two defense witnesses. Mrs. Lottie Valencia ot San Francis co, and Mrs. Torebia Twason ot Stockton, named him as the per son who choked Mrs. Novarro and ordered her burial alive after ahe was tried by a Filipino lodge on chargea of Infidelity. Tha witnesses, describing the lodge meeting, said Bustamente objected to a light punishment decreed for Mrs. Novarro, and shouted, "I will show you what should be done to this woman." He wrapped a soart around Mrs. Novarro'a throat and face and pulled It tight, holding her that way for about 10 minutes, then threw her to the floor, Mrs. Valencia testified. "Then he went to an ante room, obtained a coat, blanket and rope and wrapped them around Mre. Novarro," said Mrs. (Continued on Page Five) Oh, If He Had the Wings, of An Angel! LONDON. July 20 OJ.R) Senator Key Pittman was al most a prisoner for an hour to day at Buckingham palace. The American aenator'a auto mobile failed to appear on sched ule after a reception at the palace and Pittman was marooned long after other guests had de parted. After a long talk with King George, Pittman strolled toward an exit but found the huge Iron gate locked and guarded by Grenadiers In bearskin hata sni bright uniforms. They firmly refused to open th gates. Pittman began to hum the prisoners song. The song seemed to please the guards who finally consented to open the gate. Pittman took a taxtcab to his hotel. tions that plunged wheat prices below fl again and to 2 cents lower than yesterday'a high. Prices Under Control Under the new order, wheat prices tomorrow can range only from a low ot 82 cents to a high ot 98 ccntt for July; 98 T centt to 9 centt for Sept.; 88 cents to 11.04 for Dec.; and 92 U centt to 81.08 tt for "-v. The eight cent fluctuation re striction will apply to wheat and rye with a fire rent fluctuation limit on corn and a four cent limit on oats. It will remain In effect, the board announced, until further notice. Meeting In their panelled head quarters, directors of the board (Continued on Page Three), ORE., FRIDAY, JULY 21, Wiley Post Crashes into Rough Field In Alaska, Damages Plane, Is Unhurt; Plans to Resumes Flight Again Today Jimmy Matteni on U. S. Soil; Lands Near Nome NOME. Alaska. July 20. (UP) James Mattern, youthful 'round the world flier, was back on U. 8. toil tonight for th first time sine he took off from New York on hia globe circling flight about six weeks ago. Forced to Land The Russian plane carrying Mattern and hia Russian rescu ers, a pilot and mechanic, -was forced to land about 15 miles west of here at 1:20 p. m. (2:30 p. m. PST), because of gasoline shortage. Coast guard craft and com mercial tugs brought the Intrepid airmen to shore. The Soviet craft was undamaged. Mattern waa Jubilant over his CODE APPROVED BY ROOSEVELT Blanket Rules For U. S. Industry Sanctioned By Chief Executive WASHINGTON, July 20. (CP) President Roosevelt tonight ap proved the blanket code for In dustry and asked American busi ness to adopt a nnlform policy ot higher wages and shorter hours. The code, dratted by General Hugh - S. Johnson, national re covery administrator, is designed to Increase tbe purchasing power ot workers and lift the nation back to prosperity. Xo Change Made Leaving the White House after a two-hour conference with Mr. - Roosevelt, Johnson said the president had approved the code without any changes. The code provides "white col lar" workera shall not toll more than 40 hours a week. Mechanical labor would work on a weekly achedule of 25 hours until December 31, 1933, but with the right to work a maximum week ot 40 hours for any six weeks within this pe riod. No worker shall be employed mora than eight hours In one day. The code would be In effect from .August 1 to December 21st ot this year. American Prisoners Released on Bond PALMA, Mallorca, July 20 (U.R) Tha last three ot five American prisoners held in Palms Jail since June 4 were ordered re leased on ball tonight after the court bad countermanded an earlier decision and consented to conditional bond ot 20, COO pe setas (about 2,500), for all five prisoners. Previously, when ball was sat at 10,000 pesetas each, only two of the Americans, Mrs. Clinton B. Lockwood and Ruthe..';ri Fullerton, were able to raise the sum. They were relcr.;d this afternoon, but the othc . were held In their cells until tonight. They were finally released af ter negotiations by Claud Daw son. United States consul 1 at Barcelona. Streams of Modoc County Restocked ALTURAS. Cal.. Julv 20. (Special) Practically every stream and lake In Modoo coun ty has been restocked with trout by officers ot the state division of fish and game working In co operation with the forest service and local aportsmen during the past couple ot weeks. The fish fry were Drought oy truck from the Mt. Burney hatchery to various points In the county and routed out to outly ing aectiont by packhorse and auto. Tha species are mainly Loch Leven, rainbow and eastern brook. Fishing at present la good In all parts of the county, with trout just beginning to rise to th fly. State Ends Case Against Laborite SALEM, Ore.. July 20 (U.R) The state late today completed Its case against O. H. Goss, Med- ford labor organiser, facing his second trial on vagrancy charges. Th casa Is expected to go to the Jury Friday. The Jury disagreed at the first trial of the Medford man. A shotgun loaded with tear gas cartridges, which lay on the courthouse steps while officers cleared Gosa and 800 other un employed demonstrators off the courthouse lawn, was for use only It necessary, dept. lea tatd. News 1933 safe arrival and told th United Press he waa "raring to com plete" bla aolo flight to New York within two or three days. Mattern was forced down on his Khabarovak-Nom flight near Anadirsk, Siberia. For nearly month he aubslsted solely 1 food h procured with a rifle kindly given him by Russian air men before ha took oft on the Nome flight. Boats sailing on tha Anadyr river were attracted by hi sig nals and he waa taken to Ana dirsk wher b succeeded In In forming tbe outside world of his safety. Pilot Levanevsky was detailed by th Soviet govern ment to pick np Mattern and take him to Nome. Coast Baseball R. . 5 . 1 H. E. 8 S 8 2 Portland Missions Kallio and Palmlsano; Pill- ette, Osborne and Duggan R. . 6 . g H. E. 12 1 12 0 Lot Angeles Oakland Ward, Ballon. Miller, Stlttel and McMuIlen; Sallnsen and Rai- mondi. R. R. E. 10 0 6 t Wetlel Seattle Hollywood S t Caster and Bradbury: and Bassler.- R. San Francisco 8 R. E. 10 1 7 2 Hartwlg Sacramento 2 Davis and Bottarlni; and Wirta. More Rooms Will , Be Needed Here . For Legionnaires Flva hundred rooms la the residential district of Klamath Falls, In addition to all available hotel, apartment houses and automobile camp ground accom modations, wilt De required to house delegates and vlsltora to the state convention of the American Legion and Auxiliary to be held here August 10, 11 and 12, according to Mrs. O. D. Mathews, chairman of the hous ing committee for th Legion Auxiliary. Accommodations In the anto camps, apartment honaee and hotels have been reserved, but only about 25 rooms in the resi dential district have been listed with the committee. The time Is growing short. and Mrs. Mathewa nrgea that all home owners In the city who hav room to rent during the convention, call her, or members ot her committee, Mrs. Vina Co tad and Mrs. H. E. Roscamp, to list these accommodationa and to fix th price of rental. Sheepherder Fined For Leaving Fire ALTURAS, Cal., July 20. (Special) Sheepherder. from their years of training, ara aup posed to ba careful with fire. but Michael McKenna, sheep herder for Antone Avilla ot Bie ber, was careless with hit camp fire a few daya ago with the re sult that It got away and pro vided forest rangers ot the Mo doo national forest with a stren uous halt day to bring it nndar control. McKenna. when arrested by Forest Ranger A. P. Bramhall of Adln. waa rather nonchalant regarding the matter, and when fined 150 by Justice W. B. Phll- ber ot Bleber, refused to pay the fine, taking th alternative ot 25 daya In jail. The man Was taken to th county bastlla at Susanvllle to serve his term. Federals on Trail Of Texas Outlaws KANSAS CITY, July 20. (UP) f ederal agents today took up the trail ot Clyde and Ivy Bar row, Texas outlaws who have successfully flouted the laws ot several states and allegedly have killed peace officers In three of them. The United States bureau of investigation began Its quiet search for th bandit pair and two women accompanying them after It was learned that a Browning automatic rifle and nine pistols left behind by the quartet after a battle with the police near Platte City early to day bora the marks of the gov ernment. It was believed the guns had been atolen from a na tional guard armory, the location ot which had not yet been de termined. BENEFITS COUNTED ' SALEM, July 20 (UP)--Bene- flts paid to nearly a half m11 Hon persons during 18 years ot operation of the Oregon indus trial accident act total 946,000,- 000, according to Ralph Camp bell, attorney tor th accident commlsslo (Every Round-the-World Airman Run Out of Ga Turing to Find Place to Land; Grabs Some Sleep As Ship I Being Repaired FLAT. Alaska. Julv 20 HTPI W!W Pf ..j. the-world aviator, encountered the first serious misad venture of his hazardous flight when Alaskan winds and rainstorms caused him to run out of srasoline and make a forced landing; here at 8:30 p. m. (5:30 p. m. P. S. T.) today. His propellor was bent wise damaged when he came down on a rough field. Post was not hurt, but he was exhausted and extremely nervous after his long, arduous flight from Khabarovsk, Siberia. . Will Continue Today He planned to have his plane rerjaired and to con tinue his flight toward New racmc-AiasKan Airways plane was enroute here from Fairbanks with a new propellor and mechanics. While his plane was being reconditioned. Post intended to get some sleep. - Word of his landing was after six hours had elapsed abouts. It was not known had continued on toward Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. SixMissing Sight-Seers Safe Again ANCHORAGE. Alaska, July 20. (UP) Aa unconfirmed radio flash by an amateur radio opera tor at Egegik, on th Alaskan peninsula, southwest ot her, said Pilot Art Woodley and tlv passengers In hia sight-seeing plane lost tor four and a half daya mushed Into Egegik to day. - Tha plan carrying the alx persons on the pleasure expedi tion was forced down In the vi cinity of Aniakchak crater and wrecked, tha message aald. It had been believed bv fellow airmen here Woodley might have been forced to land near the crater, away from a bodv ot water large enough in which to land bla seaplane. In addition to the nilot. tha plane contained Martin Carlson. rorresi Huso, Martin Jorgens, William Ackerman and Ola Ma. chisin. They carried but two rifles and a amall amount of food when ther took off on tha sight-seeing trip. Consideration Of Oregon Highway Appeal Delayed SALEM, July 20 (JPt No lm. mediate consideration will be given Oregon's application for federal public works funds for construction ot fivs Coast high way bridges. It waa learned here. Secretary of tha Interior Ickes, who heads the pnblle work relief program, hat announced that the appUcatlon ot all gov ernmental agenciea for work projects must go' through tha regional administrators. None has been named yet for the northwest district. . Two crews ara working stead ily on plant for tha bridgea at highway headquarters here. Close Not Backed By Whole League PORTLAND, Ore- July 20 (U.R) Althongh the Anti-Liquor league adopted a resolution of confidence In Rev. R. E. Close, who earlier this week said he had been kidnaped, at ,0.. aeven of the 17 members of tha com mittee did not sign the resolu tion. It waa revealed today. Close, superintendent ot the league In Oregon, had told Pol ice a fanciful story of being kld nsped by two men, whom he escaped by using a pen and pencil as guns. State and city police latt night announced they had ceased Investigation of the prohibition leader's story, Press Time CHICAGO, July SO. (UP) Three automobile loads of po lice officers speeded back to Chicago tonight from Elkhorn, Wis., with Roger Touhy and three other members of Chi cago's "toughest" gang under arrest for questioning In the John (Jake tho Barber) kid naping. SACRAMENTO. July 90. (UP)- The assembly ways and means committee tonight ap proved a new beverage tax bill calling for three centa a gallon tax on beer as com pared with the present two cent tax, and ranging apward to at a galloa on "hard liquor." .f MANILA, July 20. (UP) Legislative rejection of tha Hare-Hawoa-Catting Indepen News coverage Th Klamath Newt la srrrlced by AsaocUt ed Prese, United Prase, .News Enterprise Association and McNaught Feature Hynrib eate. County covarag by staff writers ud correspondents. Morning Except Mondavi badlv and hia nlnnn nfhsr. York Friday morning. A flashed to the outside world without word of his where whether he had crashed or Before he came down here, he waa iaat reported seen over Ruby, 150 miles northwest. Hs had circled Ruby several times, seeking a landing field. Hit circling carried him over wild, nnsettled and rough sections ot Alaska nntll gasoline shortage finally forced him to land. He apparently did not know hia meandering probably carried him within a short distance of Fair banks, which was hia goal when he left Khabarovsk. Steera Straight Course TJntil hs started across Alas ka, the iron man from Oklaho ma piloted an unerring course from hit last Siberian stopping point. He roared across th Bering sea and flashed over (Continued on Page Flva) Exhibits in Ballot Theft Case Require Use of Big Truck A truck load of exhibits. In cluding Jackson county ballot boxes recovered from the Rogue river, will be brought to Klam ath Falls Friday by state police for the opening of the trial Monday morning against Earl H. Fehl, Jackson county Judge charged with ballot theft. Clroult Judge G. F. Skipworth of Lane county, who will hear the trial, arrived Thursday morn ing. Ralph Moody, assistant attorney-general, and Ms staft of assistants arrived late Wednes day evening from Medford where four cases were tried before tha change of venue waa granted. T. R. Glllenwaters, district at torney of Klamath county, haa been asked to sit in on tho trial. Numerous transcripts and orig inal files were brought to th Klamath court house early (Continued on Page Five) Barrier Willing to Take Bowles Rap GRANTS PASS, Ore., July 20 U.R John Alvin Barrier. 17, convicted alayer of State Police man B. M. Baucom, went on the witness stand today and as sumed entlra blame for the kill ing In attempt to exonerate hit companion, Harry Bowles, 21, on trial on a murder charge. With hta eyes averted from Bowles, the younger lad stead fastly maintained he fired two shots which ended the officer's life. He could not remember whether or sot ha fired two more. Floats Invited for Big Legion Parade An Invitation to business firms ot Klamath Falls to enter floats In the American Legion state convention parade August 10 was made last night by Doug Puckett, chairman ot the parade committee, after a meeting. Any store or firm or com mercial organization may enter the civio section of the parade, Puckett said. Out of town firms ar included In the Invitation, too. News Flashes dence act was predicted todny after the Island house of rep resentative voted to vacate its officers and elected tlaucllo Sandoval, rejectionlst, tempo rary speaker. ALBANY, N. Y, July 20. (UP) Authorities worked to night on an "authentic tip," In their search for Lieutenant John 1. O'Cnnnell, Jr., who haa been held by kidnapers 14 daya for $1130,000 ransom. 1,08 ANGKLF.X, Jnly 2A. (UP) 'Portland night'' wss observed at White Hox motor cycle racing track tonight whew two riders from that city woa honors In tha final handi cap. They were Mntt Kelly, who took first, and Ray (Irani, second. Ho Msinan, Long Beach, waa third. ft
