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« * ♦ ♦ OL. XIII. KLAMATH REPUBLICAN KLAMATH FALLS, KLAMATH COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 21, I9o9 litfldHvll*« (is to the statements Iliad' I UtPTI REI» IN CALIFORNIA. by tin* officials of the R««daniation « ♦ ♦ ♦ » . J' —» ♦ ♦ I CAPER Nl OREi.r— ♦ ♦ ♦* 9 arrest'd before, and wus not in the l.atdt of drinking. Hurvlce us to Hie cost wh«*o signors NO Prosecuting Attorney Kuykendall R m Liriuit J.il h«rvi< <- Milking Itio k to Fa«'»* • tiurgv of wi re- being solic ited Conditions and stated that he had received a com iiM-nla to lurry on W«_ Horse Mti-ulliig. promises mude by the officials, from Experimental Earn— munication from the Chief of Police, the beginning of tho surv-y to the ______ MM ITT I hot I.' I.anon, *l '> said Hat I';. * Nlit-rlff Num Walki'l und present time, will be shown. The Reclamation Service reputation was good while there and h urrivi'd i>n tli«, bout oil The directors are anxious to liuvo [that his parents wore highly respect paring to commence work M n Ch lluir representativo leave fur Wash ed. The Grand Jury also recommend ••xfHTimental farm near thcComrni o th« ington ns soon as possible so that Lg* W till* I Welsh, who Is rhuig ed leniency in the case of Previer. grade on the marsh. The lit Mu touiuill«» with a number of the* di'c lsloti of tbo Hoc rotary cun be* Judge Noland stated that as this the pump building Is now on has becin | u .* ti .iHm* h Im r" n ii mb**i obtained without delay. Mr. Hiutth was tbe first time that the prisoner and will be taken down thedommlt?®1 The farm, whlchtate. J°* L.......... . ml i u111** In I hli. ■ uuul > Is inukhig arrangements to leave had been charged with the violation morrow L*l«h wii« mii'sleil Friday nlgiil Friday. of tbe laws of tbe country be would of about ICO aer.-a, has air* * Chair»'” I ,B r, barroom of tin* W*»i»*ri> Hole) be lenient In Imposing sentence, It enclosed with an embankrrtee. ___________ a pumping system is to be ¡»wing c* 14' 1 ¡p ant of I’l'llr. Koi'illng.of Hili' was evident from the evidence that KI I l*N Nili Itll I III NY. * i utii E Htewarf. the Callfoinln Public he had been raised differently and drain the land. should have led a different life, and Aside from the experimeÀd Dei1" L<* buyir, »hu tHHisiit a miloml It d | i **•■« from W**l *li mol lo ti about he wished to give him an opportun made later to demonstrate t swambmah, I 1 ',’ tl • rib’ 1« «.aid Io line I ra<>'<1 ity to reform, and further. In consid cultural value of tbe id to be underta ncmah, 1 h,ii to Woodlmiil ii ml suspecting eration of the recommendation of the first work ‘re ■ ..ii.io Na* rat *iii. n < i>g>f Lane the Grand Jury, it would be the sen- be to determine <• lime, l)<iii. ten« *■ of the Court that Riley Prevler problems. The i-mbankri.i-nee chai' l|.tion and voirnlng was sent to .ilolle 111 lillui In a ______ most .. : _____ Bow. be imprisoned in the state peniten been constructed ... i.iltier« thi* •• tiary at Salem for a |>eriod of five tial manner, so that with | Kay of*, I ¡■■•.ini Ko< nliiir 'O* on lb»- n* 1 k < irch-rccl rvervltotly to throw up their bauds, years. practically all of the water le lot, 1 re of a man scaled In th»* barroom an African water bag through the anil oni' <>f the men passed drained from the entire trr-balrma e John Hall was then ask* <1 if he had the Wi «tern Hotel a stickpin on wit1 «t t<1 Mr Martiu anti told hint to fill it with money T wo anything to say before ntence was is to be demonstrat' d whethe* one |i h were a number of small p*-m la trays were oil the counter containing about S3HOO in currency pronounced, He said: ” I 1 don’t be necessary to completely drees, bt^ Imiged to represent a <lu«ter of anti $5(M) m gold. The robltcrs were not satisfied until all of know that I have much to say. J lands and then irrigate by o« has a U'* *. ami h< Immediately re* ■ g the motley was emptied into tile bag I he matt with the money want to say that this man has told or whether part of the water aage, r. 1***1 it «» part of the item rlption of then yy.tlki <1 out of the door, the other mat) guarding his exit vou false, His whole story is one removed and sub-irrigation iMifttee { I ti l W* l**li. Il»* man wanted k •* falsehood. That is all I have to say." the lands. Many other feature after f IK found out the niiinb»*r of tlx a private cur and make a I he two men wore mask-* made of green mos<|uit<> netting I he men came from tbe bridge ami entered the bank wear- In pronouncing sentence Judge No an engineering standpoint v ,n « room entered It, unloaded an Ha!*-tn once n month, or of- mg tlie mask*. They were seen by a number of people who land said: "It Is the opinion of this tested. • chair^ lomallc revolver which he found n«-< <■ unary. .... ............ s happening until it was all over. Miss <h<l tint realize what was that at first ed, th». It is probable l cunt that you were the leader In > . and look po»»«*»«lon of all the Me Milla u and others at tin Lakeside Inn, which is opposite this matter. You would have been the water will be pumped off thn the , 1« When Welsh returned to the * ♦ ♦«♦♦♦♦«♦«♦«♦a ♦ tbe bank, saw the men enter, and as soon as it had dawned willing and ready to take life if re -.o that the tules will dry up aiost sc robm ■ few minute« later. Koenlnx LANGBLL VALLICI NEWS upon them what was taking place a telephone call was sent in sistance had been made. The Court roots die. After the engineeriiqd the . Ki **d him under arrest and I ch k**d ♦ ♦ ♦«♦••♦eeeeeee ♦ to the sheriff. By that time the men had left the bank, the one will not be as lenient with you as in letns have been settled, experaost p< Ki up in the city jail, Hn Edward« preai bed Hunday at with tbe money going east and entering the alleyway between th«' other case. I say this in all k'rA will be made with the soil to It is Hkmn Walker mid W in Shook I* ft ■nday morning for California after Jxiri-llu »i bool bouse, morulng and the Brewery building and the Bank Exchange. The last man r>*sc and hoping that you will p'-ofit mine what crops it will best nuts t t>> leave went west t<> the corner and then started running down from this experience. It is the sen- The work on the experiment far Jndefi K* man The • h< riff ■ olili e hm- evening Ml«« Lulu Wilkerson is visiting a the middle of Conger avenue, still wearing the mask. tence <>f this Court that you be con- be watched with interest, as ogham Mil not divulK»' any of the particu- Mr Zumwalt was the first out of the bank, followed by f< w ifuy« with Mrs George Ileal, of fined in the state penit Hilary of Or- result depends the future of tbament K m concerning (tic* caae but It la be M irim and Brower I'hev ran to Conger avenue and took sev egon for ten years.” area of Klamath County's ant c Kved thut Welsh returned willingly th«- w«-»t «Ide of the valley Lully a hundred people were eral shots at the fleeing man. known as the marsh lands. ble wc Mrs George IN-uI and Mr« Eugene Hall appeared very nervous and M mi requisition papers were ob man disappeared around the on tin scene by this time. The Besides the work on the grthalrm Childers were Malting Mrs Ed Dun excited when Prevler was only sen- Il Is also believed that be Biml corner of the W eber barn back of the Brick Store The barn tenced to five years and it was evi- ment farm, which will be carrie, as t Kde a full confession. Implicating can Monday w as quickly sqriiiutiilcil l»v r a larKe parts armed with revol- <h ut that he expected that bis part this year, other experiments win of A lettei received from Thus. Brew, He rest of the gunK engaged In cut v er* i. rifles and shotguns. The barn was tlu-n entered by Dep- ner was to be let off easy and he was made by private parties, so thgltutic Htutu K> nator at Woodburn, Oregon, M rustling In support of this be- Hi. It will i»e remembered that the by Geo F Cline, stars that the « now ut v Sheriff Schallock. Chas R Baldwin. I .vie Mills and oth- to get a heavy sentence. He wa« still the end of the season the publirje. P Hi following the arre-t of Wrl«h In is 14 Inches deep there and the the er*, and after quite a search the tnaii was found buried under : exceedingly nervous after sentence have more definite information , min had been pronounced and seemed to the value of these lands, and Hrranii'iito the Grnnd Jury her«* re thermometer registers 4 below Miro, the hay beneath the barn. » |mk Hall, the* second robber, wa* captured about 2:30 jrealU«' what it meant, more so than correctness of the assertion, by On Kiiount of the rmuís bi-lng so Brmd nti Indictment against Ubas aiternoon by Deputy Sheriii Schallock as he was leaving th«- younger man. The Court room dais and others, that the marsh NS. ■*ii' v. and h** waa Immediately ar- muddy u nil ruber of the «muli rhll- vstac k near the counts road bdow town He was brought wa- well packed and after sentence of Klama’h are destined to beq dim are at present ki-pt out of tin- B>ii I and placed In Jail While t hr own and placed in the jail He was quite bold in his talk | was pronounced, a number of friends the great celery producing sectit ■ dl< tin« nt ha« tint burn mnd<' publl«. school Os Nt refused io answer questio stating that he was not on 'crowded forward to shake hands the United States. Walter returned from Can- I 1« supposed that It Is on thn same witness stand. with the prisoners, among them Í* Barge a« that for which Welsh was K lu ma th fudge Miller, who suspect»t' who the parti was, went to f* w worn en. a very HORNU THIEF CAPTURED- vrwtecf Klamath Hott-c and made a search of the rooms. X’oth- tllf of —T’ ________ | Nothing further hau been learned Duncan w«*re i"li w.ts found in Hall’s room, but a big buntlie of greenback* If the whereabouts of Roy Vestal, DORRIS, Jan. 14 — Marshal J een e ■ R U Wil was found under sonic clothing hi a closet in the garret, to Lio Is suspected to huve been cotl Hughes was instrumental in the ’ * gether with a hat and other clothing Hall had changed. The The County Commissioners have tore of a .Michigan horse thieiF1 w L*cted with the gang It Is general- wm called to | money was brought to the sheriff’s office where it was identi mad»* ■ believed that with the trial of the following appointments oi Mafd(,vl Monday ___ , ... . W. ; Harry A. — Bef, fied by Mr Martin. Cashier of the bank. B 11*h and Liskey that testimony will Klumath Fall« thin week by u spe n,ad sup. , visors for the coming year: juiin was the maB and he „ warf*“ h* on ’ ■Ince; that he had worked for him A vigorous sea*ch was carried Ii brought out that will break up cial tu<‘«tltiK of the director« of the !>i- rfvt No. 1. Round l-ake district, at Qgemaw County, Michigan, o al. all afternoon, with the result that all I Friday afternoon, the day before the R M C. Brown: 2. Klamath Falls,! Water U«<*r« A«»ociatlon Bi*, band of matiora, which has b«-«*n charge of stealing horses, cows, fi, Will Dunian returned from Tule of the money, with the exception of robbi ry. and that he had always be- . p p laiw: 3. Merrill. Joe Stukel: i Lrijlng on the Klamath stockmen implements, and in fact everyth^ lieved him straight. > 4 Poe Valley, F. W. Egltngton; 5. he happened to find loose at one e pr years. The l'roseeiitlng Aitor- Lake Monday and reports th«' road a S3S0, was recovered. . l« y has a larg* amount <>f evidence. in »ery bad condition Rii'-y Previer was then allowed to ' Bonanza. F. C. Bechdoldt: fi Sprague mornlug both nun were Monday Sheriff Howard ’ s office at Y r ‘ - at | o ’ Wc huve been hnvlng ver> blah In a voice hardly ! R,ver> I ‘ K>“- was nottfi. d some time ago that Ir.d If Welsh has confessed. It Is bc- arraigned and th« Court appointed tell his own story ¡math, R. A. Moon; S. Dairy, Wm. janiln was thought to be tn this s# l<*v*d that a number of the stock- water here, but tile crea-k will have Mills as attorney for Prevler audible* he recited bow his home was jUhrmann; 10. Snow, Mr. Cleveland: I p*m In the neighborhood Inflated to rul«i«* reverul feet more before It F 11 tion of the country, and it was oq land John Irwin ns attorney for Hall. at Lebanon, Oregon, bow he had left cj Naylox, John Hagelstein; 13. a few days after Hughes was nc state I kill <ome forward with their <*vl tak«'« out th«* new county bridge. k nee fi i« «tat* d that the ram her« | We are having rain in laing<dl Val The attorneys were* given until Tu*'«- there about six years ago and «one j Langell Valley. Ed Young; 14. Horse- fled that he was able to locate I, JI guild tel) a whole lot, if they had ley and at Ashland and other parts day morning to confer with their to Prineville where he worked for a flv Wm DeVaul; 15. Crescent, Chas man. who had been holding down |ny iiSHiirance that tbe gang was go ‘if the stat«* «now la falling Ne«*nia ' Bents b' fore entering a plea When while; from there he came to Klam Graves The supervisor has not been homestead in Butte Valley. De] t this time had I ex ¡>1 red Attorney ath Falls and went to Dorris and appointed for Keno district yet but ties Geney and Lockyear came o' PK to be convicted. Otherwise they Ilk«' th«- 1 limatea are changing. Hall Burnham whm visiting Ferd F 11 Mills entered < a demur- worked in a blacksmith shop; he the appointment will be made later. from Yreka, and It is said that lave been adverse to Incurring the 1 Ii claim- then had worked for the McIntire rer to the indictment, inmlty of the««* unscrupulous <har- Williams last Saturday. made a partial confession of tl Jtsed Company, the Telephone company John Me Fall waa visiting on the was nut lug that the indictmeut ictera. crime to the officers when he wi rf or? TWO IN JAII. % 'east «Ide of the vy call Monday. drawn in correct form, in that it did and Mr Woodard. He had been sick taken The Michigan sheriff is i ftainl' Mrs. R. C. Cowley, Mias Gladys not specify the nature* of the deadly ¡considerable while working for Wood Walter Welsh and Chas. Liskey his way here and will take Benjam* or IMM..HICI.AIN IN 1 Pool and her niece, were visiting Mrs. weapon used. Aft«*r considerable ar ard and had become acquainted with are now in the county r jail, charged to the scene of the crime to star"un* ELECTEI» SENATOR. i Dave Campbell Inwt Sunday. gument the Court overruled the de 'Hall at the Klamath House. Hal) i with being implicated in the horse trial. Th«- <l«-bnte Friday nftern«»<>n wna murrer, and the defendant was asked had been good to him and had loan- Benjamin has been a fugitive frolrc*1 and cattle stealing. it 1 is believed ukh rat la Chosen l>y u Republican a great success. The* question WIK, to plead. He stated that he went «'(i him money. During the last two justice for over a year and durln1*1® I ¡that evidence has been secured ag- Ix-gialiitnre. ¡ llesolvi'd, that th«* Indian was more with the* other man but not because weeks Hall had talked to him about • ainst a number of other men, and it that time was traced to Aberdeet cruelly treated than the Negro." The he wanted to but bt'cauae he was holding up the bank. He still owed is quite probable that several new Wash., and later to Butte Valley, I 8ALEM, Ore , Jan 1»,—-i Georgs dvbators on tbe affirmative were. forced to do so. The Court informed Hall money and was afraid of him. af- boarders will be given accommoda-1 ifornia. E. Chamberlain was elec ted United Hall Burnham. Ferd Williams, Frau the* defendant that he would either ' lie was trying to earn enough mouey No trace has vet been found 0®^ ___ hates N> mi I or this afternoon on the lein Graham. Allen McComb and Sal have t<> plead Guilty or Not Guilty. so as to pay him and intended going tions by the sheriff. ... .lie Ì Liskey s bail was set at »2*00 and Alexander, the man who brok , away. Saturday just before the rub Lt ballot. The ballot stood: Chum lie Williams. Negative: D«mglass Tile defendants then plead guilty. on being furnished he was rearrested j jail at Weed a few nights ago. IlS* rlaln, 53; II. M. Cake, 17; R H Bussey, Lester Boggs, Low Bussey, Attorney John Irwin, for John bery he* went up to their room with on another charge, so it is quite evi was being taken to Yreka to appeal/ Ï Bonn, 1. Chamberlain received his ' Kenn«'th Wilkerson, Ruhen Pits and Hall, asked the Court for time until I Hall and after taking three or four dent that the officers prefer to keep .before the Grand Jury on a charge mil support and not one Statement Gladys Pool. Tho judges rendered the afternoon In which to plead. The drinks of whiskey he consented to him in jail so that he will be bandy of stealing oats. nd hn went bnck on hla pledge. a decision of 37 to 31 In favor of the Court set 3 o’clock. At 3 o’clock Hall go kith Hall. He knew they were when wanted. •- bank, but did not know , going to a Before the ballot was taken several negative. was brought Into Court and entered I CO-OPERATIVE PLAN. which one as he had never been in | If the Rtntomrnt men mado speeches Jean Wilkerson hns been riding a plea of guilty. / living their reasons for slaying with tho Inst week In the valley an on the When Court convened Wednesday any of the bauks. They came down j Sheriff W. B. Barnes, who left Frl- Sealed proposals will be receive« ¡heir pledges and voting for Chnm- southern part of the range for Lewis the two prisoners were brought into tho street to the Klamath County ¡day morning for Salem with the I three prisoners. Melton, Thompson Bank and he walked on by as he did at the office of the Klamath Watery »«rlaln. Gerber’s horses. Court and Riley Previer was asked by and Hale, was still at Weed Sun Users’ Association, Klamath Fan» George Noblo lost a horae In the the Judge if he had anything to say not know that was the place. l.angell spring on the Rolston ranch before sentence was pronounced. His He was told by Hall that he was day morning, having been delayed Oregon, until 2 o’clock P. M., Jann-,_ DIRHXTO1M MEET hy drown ing laHt week. attorney, F. H. Mills, stated that be to stay in the bank and keep the men on account of the non-arrival of the ary 30. 1909, for the construction of >. Frank Grohs passed through tho fore sentence was pronounced, he there until he got away with the mon- trains from the south, which were a portion of the South Branch Casai Ide to Hcnd II. 8. Hinith to Wash- valley one day last week from his wished to submit certain evidence as ey. He then came* out and ran down t'ed up on account of a washout above laterals. This work consists of the . ington. Word was received building of about six and one-half s Rim Rock ranhc to Bonanxa. to the previous character ef the pris Conger avenue, in answer to ques- Sacramento. that he left for the north on the af miles of laterals, involving the exca- . Mrs. George Cline was visiting Mrs. Mills, he stated that be bad tions by oner and also have him tell his own All of tbo directors of the Water ternoon train, but was again tied up vation and embankment of approxl- I E. R. C. Williams Tuesdny. told what to do or where to not been story of the whole affair. The Court ^Jser, Association, except Anderson F. and L. go; that he had no plans how to get at Roseburg on account of the con mately 21,000 cubic yards of mater- I granted the request. of Merrill, were prosnnt at the spe ial. C. H. Clec.deuning was then called away or where to hide, and his rea- dition of the road. cial meeting of tbe board Wednes f This work la to be done under the «L son for going into the barn was that and stated that Previer had worked FOR RALE OR TRADE. day, at which time K. 8. Smith, at co-operative plan, and will be paid One Second Hand Traction Engine. for him in his feed barn about a the men were shooting at him and Oscar North is at work on the torney for the association, was of for in scrip, which can be used in the he did not know where else to go. month and a half, and that his char ficially authoris'd and ordered to 30-horse power. M. H. BEEBE, new cook house for the Long Lake As the con- He said that tbe reason he did not acter had been good. He had always Klamath Falls, Ore. *o to Washington as representative 1-14-1-31 Lumber Company at their new works payment of water rights, trad is to be completed by the first report the matter to the officers when considered him honest, as he often on the Upper Lake. Mr. North la to of the Association, to take up, with of June, tbe scrip can be had for im- Hall first tried to get him to go with be tbe proprietor of tbe house. Have E. W. Muller add an attach collectea bills for him. the Secretary of the Interior, the mat mediate use and would be of the waa afraid aa Hall him, was that be Chas. Woodard stated that he had ter of the cost of the water rights un ment to your phonograph so you may same value aa cash. The plan so far if he ever got him had told him that known Previer for three menths, and enjoy the new 4-minnte Amberol rec der the Klamath Project, has proven a success, as it gives the tend to him some FOR BALE — A flue ranch of «00 caught he would 13-17 that he had seen him and known of Money to dofray the expenses of ord» farmer a chance of paying a portion time, in answer to Judge Noland he acres, ISO head of cattle, 100 head him for nearly two years. That the the trip has been raised by volun young man had worked for him two stated that he was 22 years old. He of horeee and naulea. Price «36,000. of his water right in work Instead of tary contribution, and Mr. Smith will MASON A BLOUGH. In caah. months steady and at odd times also that he bad Bvrer be well armed with an abundance of .Nil KLAMATH COUNTY BANK HELD UP Masked Men Force Cashier to Hand Over $3,500—Are Soon Captured, Plead Guilty and Sent to Penitentiary : > d I