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Klamath Falls newspapers,
1920-1942
1920
Death calls Dr.
Bernard Daly of Lakeview, Jan. 5, 1920, EH p1.
Farmer H.A. Talbot's
experiment with sunflowers successful, Jan. 14,
1920, EH p1.
Evening Herald faces
newsprint shortage, Jan. 17, 1920, EH p1.
Bill sponsored by Sen.
Baldwin makes Topsy Grade a state road, Jan. 20,
1920, EH p1.
Legislature calls for
opening of Klamath Reservation to settlement, Jan.
21, 1920, EH p1.
Langell Valley
irrigation project halted; Horsefly Reservoir on
hold, Jan. 21, 1920, EH p1.
Agreement reached
between cattlemen, sheepmen regarding rangeland in
E. Klamath County, Feb. 3, 1920, EH p1.
Geary Investment Co.
buys McCornack Ranch (Wocus Marsh), Feb. 4, 1920, EH
p1.
Death of William Hale,
county's first clerk and former judge, reported,
Feb. 5, 1920, EH p1.
Cattlemen, sheepmen to
discuss grazing lands bill, Feb. 6, 1920, EH p1.
Bill to open Klamath
Reservation introduced in Congress, Feb. 7, 1920, EH
p1.
Judge R.C. Bunnell
denies county has three courthouses, Feb. 9, 1920,
EH p1.
Jailbreakers Fred Ford
and Guy Christ captured, Feb. 16, 1920, EH p1.
City, health officials
wrestle with closure of city for flu quarantine,
Feb. 17, 1920, EH p1.
Salvation Army
advisory board organized, Feb. 18, 1920, EH p1.
Flu quarantine
partially lifted; courthouse used as hospital, Feb.
18, 1920, EH p1.
Winema (Tobie Riddle,
or Mrs. Toby Riddle) dead, Feb. 19, 1920, EH p1.
Many deaths among
Indians (including "Winema" Mrs. Toby Riddle), Feb.
21, 1920, EH p1.
Churches to reopen
after quarantine, Feb. 26, 1920, EH p1.
Weed Ranch to become
sugarbeet farm; Spreckles expresses interest, Feb.
28, 1920, EH p1.
Long-Bell Lumber co.
acquires Klamath timberland, March 1, 1920, EH p1.
Shorthorn sale
planned, March 2, 1920, EH p1.
Daly estate valued at
$733,629, March 3, 1920, EH p1.
Timber workers to
organize union, March 6, 1920, EH p1.
J.V. Houston sells
theaters, March 8, 1920, EH p1.
City garbage man
outlines problems, March 9, 1920, EH p1.
Water storage in Upper
Klamath Lake to be discussed, March 12, 1920, EH p1.
Resolution calls for
construction of dam on Link river, March 13, 1920,
EH p1.
County's first
purebred cattle sale a success, March 15, 1920, EH
p1.
City raises police
chief's pay to $150 per month, March 16, 1920, EH
p1.
Pelican Bay Lumber
mill to start April 1, March 19, 1920, EH p1.
Warren Hunt Hospital
set to open, March 20, 1920, EH p1.
Lake Ewauna piling
subject of dispute, March 20, 1920, EH p1.
Long-Bell completes
land purchase, becomes second largest landowner
after Weyerhaeuser, March 22, 1920, EH p1.
City hit with bill for
influenza hospital operations, March 23, 1920, EH
p1.
Old Presybterian
Church being razed, March 24, 1920, EH p1.
Reclamation Service
offers to update motion picture film of Klamath
area, March 25, 1920, EH p1.
Chinese, Japanese
farmers cultivate 8,000 acres beside Tule Lake,
March 25, 1920, EH p1.
Mint growing new
industry for Klamath, March 26, 1920, EH p1.
Interchurch conference
planned, March 31, 1920, EH p1.
Squirrel poison
campaign to use six tons of laced grain, March 31,
1920, EH p1.
Chamber of commerce to
be reorganized, March 31, 1920, EH p1.
Speculators busy
buying oil leases, April 2, 1920, EH p1.
Storm downs hundreds
of trees, damages buildings in Odessa area, April 5,
1920, EH p1.
Mayor Struble refuses
to interfere with boxing match, April 6, 1920, EH
p1.
Plans made to break
ground on Catholic school May 1, April 7, 1920, EH
p1.
Jacobs plans to plant
mint at Midland, April 9, 1920, EH p1.
Police directed to
enforce speed limits, April 13, 1920, EH p1.
R.H. Dunbar leaves
city school superpintendent post after 15 years,
April 14, 1920, EH p1.
Dedication of new
Presbyterian Church set, April 17, 1920, EH p1.
Voters decide location
of new school (former Catholic Church site,
Fairview), April 22, 1920, EH p1.
Rev. C.F. Trimble
addresses crowd in support of labor, April 22, 1920,
EH p1.
Arguments completed in
county courthouse trial, April 23, 1920, EH p1.
City cleanup planned,
April 23, 1920, EH p1.
Modoc Lumber Co. buys
40,000 acres of pine, April 26, 1920, EH p1.
Problems with garbage
collection discussed, April 27, 1920, EH p1.
Sidewalks for Third
Street, want Pine Street finished, April 27, 1920,
EH p1.
Golf club to be
formed, as per discussion between Andy Collier and
Charley Stone, April 29, 1920, EH p1.
Chamber of commerce
reorganized, April 29, 1920, EH p1.
Henley area rancher,
Geo. Ehehalt, opposes condemnation for Klamath
Falls-Malin highway, April 30, 1920, EH p1.
Death of H.M. Bristol
reported, May 4, 1920, EH p1.
Time to plant
sunflowers, May 5, 1920, EH, p1.
Boy Scouts aid in
cleanup, May 5, 1920, EH p1.
Fire wipes out block
in Merrill, May 6, 1920, EH p1.
Traffic rules go
before city council, May 11, 1920, EH, p1.
Congressman Sinnott
says government likely to build Link River Dam, May
14, 1920, EH, p1.
Fairview School bond
measure carries, May 19, 1920, EH, p1.
Oregon-California
Development Co. forms, May 28, 1920, EH, p1.
R.A. Long (Long-Bell
Timber co.) visits Klamath, May 29, 1920, EH, p1.
Quarantine placed on
"The Tules" house of prostitution, June 1, 1920, EH,
p1.
Money raised to wage
war on grasshoppers, June 1, 1920, EH, p1.
Final summons answered
by George T. Baldwin (photo), June 4, 1920, EH p1.
Private investigator's
bill authorized by county court, June 7, 1920, EH
p1.
Pioneer farmer John A.
Short dies, June 9, 1920, EH p1.
Sacred Heart
parishoners seek funds for new school building, June
9, 1920, EH p1.
Aviator Meyerhoffer
lands in Klamath (Mills site selected for
airstrip), June 19, 1920, EH p1.
Shippington mill sites
change hands (Pelican Bay Lumber buyer), June 21,
1920, EH p1.
Henley area farmers
seek to block Malin highway, July 1, 1920, EH p1.
Police raid crap game
(first such raid in "many a day"), July 1, 1920, EH
p1.
Congressional
committee, Reclamation, Park Service chiefs visit
Klamath, July 7, 1920, EH p1.
What Klamath
irrigators hope from the government, July 7, 1920,
EH p1.
Mint expert O.H. Todd
predicts great future for Klamath, July 8, 1920, EH
p1.
Two held for
bootlegging, July 8, 1920, EH p1.
Meyerhoffer will fly
at Alturas, July 8, 1920, EH p1.
Rep. Sinnott hopeful
after congressional tour of Klamath, July 8, 1920,
EH p1.
Sacred Heart Academy
drive under way, July 9, 1920, EH p1.
Mystery of mares eggs
solved, July 10, 1920, EH p1.
Algoma road will be
barricaded (blasting work continues), July 12, 1920,
EH p1.
Plane crash kills
three near Alturas, July 12, 1920, EH p1.
City council orders
end to gambling, July 13, 1920, EH p1.
Mint grower John
Davies says frost no danger, July 13, 1920, EH p1.
Excavation for Sacred
Heart Academy well underway, July 14, 1920, EH p1.
Concessionaire Alfred
Parkhurst ousted from Crater Lake, July 16, 1920, EH
p1.
White Pine Co. starts
sawing at Swan Lake, July 16, 1920, EH p1.
Judge hands down
decision in courthouse lawsuit, July 17, 1920, EH
p1.
Editorial: Use the
Main Street courthouse, July 17, 1920, EH p1.
R.A. Emmitt looks back
on 50 years in Klamath country, EH July 19, 1920,
p1.
Southern Pacific
resumes freight, passenger service to Kirk, EH July
19, 1920, p1.
Warm debate on
gambling stirs council, EH July 20, 1920, p1.
Poole forms new
theater company, EH July 20, 1920, p1.
Lid drops on card
games, EH July 21, 1920, p1.
Ministers to meet to
discuss gambling issue, EH July 22, 1920, p1.
Henry Stoehsler
killed, Gilbert Ingersoll arrested, EH July 22,
1920, p1.
Mill watchman tells of
young girls frequenting workplaces, EH July 22,
1920, p1.
Aviator Meyerhoffer
killed in accident at McArthur, EH July 22, 1920,
p1.
Study course at Sacred
Heart Academy to be thorough, EH July 23, 1920, p1.
Rev. C.F. Trimble
speaks out on gambling issue, EH July 24, 1920, p1.
Appeal of Hamilton
ruling on courthouse appealed to Supreme Court, EH
July 24, 1920, p1.
Sheepmen levy tax of 2
cents per head, EH July 27, 1920, p1.
City takes precautions
against IWW firebugs, EH July 27, 1920, p1.
Chamber of commerce
addresses gas shortage, EH July 28, 1920, p1.
First combined
harvester in Basin delivered to F.C. Klabzuba, EH
July 30, 1920, p1.
Drinking of Lysol
proves fatal for logger (Jack Dorin), motive
unclear, EH Aug. 2, 1920, p1.
Red Cross discusses
need for public health nurse, Aug. 2, 1920, p1.
Council split on issue
of gambling; discussion of the Tules rooming house,
Aug. 3, 1920, p1.
Louise E. Ferguson
dies, Aug. 3, 1920, p1.
Labor official W.F.
Kay arrested, Aug. 3, 1920, p1.
Fund drive for Sacred
Heart Academy under way, Aug. 3, 1920, p1.
Death of logger (Jack
Dorin) explained, Aug. 4, 1920, p1.
Charles Sakin
transported to Virginia to face larceny charge, Aug.
4, 1920, p1.
Construction of Link
River Dam is started, Aug. 5, 1920, p1.
Christian church to
use Baptist building, Aug. 5, 1920, p1.
Union of timberworkers
explained, Aug. 6, 1920, p1.
Ice shortage is
threatened, Aug. 6, 1920, p1.
New phone line to
Yreka going up, Aug. 7, 1920, p1.
Pine beetle poses
threat to timber, Aug. 7, 1920, p1.
251,000 sheep dipped
to prevent scrapies, Aug. 9, 1920, p1.
Labor council plans
Labor Day celebration, Aug. 10, 1920, p1.
Chamber speaker (Wm.
Bobbitt) urges civic spirit, Aug. 12, 1920, p1.
Chamber buys time at
bath house for children, Aug. 13, 1920, p1.
Population listed by
precinct, Aug. 13, 1920, p1.
Heavy yield of mint
expected, Aug. 14, 1920, p1.
Crane Mill in Swan
Lake Valley burns, Aug. 16, 1920, p1.
W.E. Krouzer arrested
for operating still, Aug. 17, 1920, p1.
Plane makes trip from
Portland in four hours, lands at Altamont field,
Aug. 19, 1920, p1.
Work on Link River Dam
stopped, EH Aug. 28, 1920, p1.
First mint still for
Klamath County, EH Aug. 28, 1920, p1.
Preparing to build
Dairy-Bonanza rail line, EH Aug. 31, 1920, p1.
Founder of city
utilities (H.V. Gates) is visitor here, EH Sept. 1,
1920, p1.
Forest Service will
survey scenic route (Willamette Pass), EH Sept. 1,
1920, p1.
Refuse to put money
back of Link River Dam project, EH Sept. 3, 1920,
p1.
Identification of
victims in Houston Hotel fire proving to be hard
task, EH Sept. 7, 1920, p1.
Big property loss in
fire, EH Sept. 7, 1920, p5.
Must reduce life
menace (fire danger) says council, EH Sept. 8, 1920,
p1.
City will bar log
trucks from all streets, EH Sept. 8, 1920, p1.
Sexton puts death list
at 14, EH Sept. 8, 1920, p1.
City proud new new
K.K.K. store, EH Sept. 9, 1920, p1.
State fire law to be
enforced to the letter, EH Sept. 10, 1920, p1.
Official indifference
is charged in hotel fire investigation, EH Sept. 10,
1920, p1.
Application to divert
Klamath water to Sacramento Valley filed, EH Sept.
13, 1920, p1.
Traffic officer
Charles Wynn will enforce new traffic law, EH Sept.
13, 1920, p1.
First National Bank
changes hands (J.O. Goldthwaite, Charles Hall new
owners), EH Sept. 14, 1920, p1.
Council, loggers reach
agreement over use of streets, EH Sept. 14, 1920,
p1.
Reclamation Service
camera men at work here, EH Sept. 14, 1920, p1.
Distilling of mint
crop started at Eagle Ridge, EH Sept. 15, 1920, p1.
Big still found in
Lava Beds, EH Sept. 15, 1920, p1.
O.H. Trompeter becomes
Herald advertising director (succeeds J.P. Kelley),
EH Sept. 15, 1920, p1.
Fire insurance rates
will rise, EH Sept. 15, 1920, p1.
Crater Lake draws more
tourists, EH Sept. 15, 1920, p1.
Keep Japanese out of
West, says Sen. Harding, EH Sept. 15, 1920, p4.
Churches unite to
invite Baptist evangelist, EH Sept. 16, 1920, p8.
Jail breaker and
forger (Fred Ford) captured in New Jersey, EH Sept.
16, 1920, p1.
Kesterson Mill wiped
out by fire, EH Sept. 17, 1920, p1.
Inquiries coming
regarding victims, survivors of fire, EH Sept. 18,
1920, p1.
Methodist, Christian,
Presbyterian and Baptist churches to gather for
union service, EH Sept. 18, 1920, p4.
Stock in Pacific Coast
Mint Co. offered (full-page advertisement), EH Sept.
18, 1920, p5.
Laying tile for Sacred
Heart Academy, EH Sept. 20, 1920, p1.
Tule fire headed for
Oregon state line, EH Sept. 20, 1920, p1.
Business men want
parkign law repealed, EH Sept. 21, 1920, p1.
Council has house
mover up a tree (conflict over tree develops as
Christian church building is moved), EH Sept. 21,
1920, p1.
Local pastor (C.F.
Trimble) to marry Tomasa Hinojosa, EH Sept. 21,
1920, p1.
Big purebred stock
display set (first for county), EH Sept. 21, 1920,
p1.
M. Motschenbacher says
tule fire is a benefit, EH Sept. 21, 1920, p6.
Mayor annuls boxing
board, EH Sept. 22, 1920, p1.
All in shape for big
two-day fair program at county farm, EH Sept. 23,
1920, p1.
Committee on hotel
fire relief makes report, EH Sept. 23, 1920, p1.
U.S. to lease 12,000
acres on Tule Lake, EH Sept. 24, 1920, p1.
La Vogue store to
open, EH Sept. 24, 1920, p1.
Post office will soon
be in new home (Evans building), EH Sept. 25, 1920,
p1.
Billion feet of
Klamath timber sold (by Hopkins estate to
Weyerhaeuser Co.), EH Sept. 25, 1920, p1.
Local pitcher (Earl
Hilton) winning fame, EH Sept. 27, 1920, p1.
Courthouse ready for
use as schoolroom (overflow from Central School), EH
Sept. 27, 1920, p1.
Fire chief Ambrose
resigns, EH Sept. 28, 1920, p1.
Parking law argued,
laid over for a week, EH Sept. 28, 1920, p1.
State decides to build
roads (Ashland-Klamath Falls), EH Sept. 29, 1920,
p1.
Barber shops shorten
hours, EH Sept. 29, 1920, p1.
72 pupils in
courthouse, EH Sept. 29, 1920, p5.
Houston Hotel fire
report scores city council, EH Oct. 8, 1920, p1.
Civil War heroine
Catherine E. Spencer dies, Evening Herald, Oct. 23,
1920.
City finally collects
$25 fine from Harry Poole, EH Nov. 1, 1920, p1.
Klamath Falls Marine
(William A. Hines) makes rifle shooting record, EH
Nov. 6, 1920, p1.
Seek opening of river
gate to flood Lower Klamath Lake (to control fires),
EH Nov. 8, 1920, p1.
Herald moving to new
office on Eighth Street, EH Nov. 8, 1920, p1.
Hearing opens on Link
River Dam issues, EH Nov. 19, 1920, p1.
First car of grain
shipped from Dairy via Strahorn Railorad, EH Nov.
20, 1920, p1.
Report favors power
company building Link River dam, EH Nov. 24, 1920,
p1.
Still confiscated,
three arrested (Fred Zibull, George Janson, Joe
Palmer), EH Nov. 26, 1920, p1.
California is trying
to take Klamath water, EH Nov. 26, 1920, p1.
Report of committee
released, power company should build Link River dam,
EH Nov. 27, 1920, p1.
Dougan wins courthouse
suit, $9,674 judgment, EH Nov. 30, 1920, p1.
1921
California fishery
official describes decision to not require fishway
over Copco Dam, EH Feb. 16, 1921.
Mullets are popular
fish, EH March 16, 1921, p1.
Fine and jail imposed
on gambling joint operator (George Boyle), EH April
11, 1921, p1.
1,000 acres to be
planted to mint on Caledonia marsh, EH April 27,
1921, p1.
Work begun on Link
River dam, EH May 16, 1921, p1.
Problem of fish
passage at Link River dam studied, EH May 26, 1921,
p1.
Seven escape from
jail, EH June 7, 1921, p1.
Tragedy hits two
families (drowning deaths of Harry DeLap, 5, Dean
Griffiths, 3), June 28, 1921, EH.
1922
Chamber of Commerce
secretary imposes ban on "knocking," EH July 17,
1922, p1.
Klamath gets attention
for request to be added to Superior California, EH
July 12, 1922, p1.
$5,000 subscribed for
building permanent fairgrounds for Klamath County,
EH, July 14, 1922, p1.
New county fairgrounds
to be established on 40 acres purchased from Asa
Fordyce, EH Aug. 19, 1922, p1.
Frank Albert dies
after falling into Devil's Tea Kettle, EH Aug. 21,
1922, p1.
Construction begins on
county fairgrounds, EH Aug. 25, 1922, p1.
Judge rules "Dougan"
building is county's only legal courthouse, EH Nov.
18, 1922, p1.
Keno history recalled,
EH Dec. 27, 1922, p4.
1923
Mayor's edict means
bawdy houses must go, Jan. 16, 1923, p1.
Vice campaign in full
swing in city, Feb. 3, 1923, p1.
Gypsies' permits
revoked, May 8, 1923, p1.
Crater Lake picnic
attracts hundreds; Wizard Island erupts with
fireworks, EH Aug. 20, 1923, p1.
Town of Yainax being
moved (B.E. Wolford moving store), EH Aug. 21, 1923,
p1.
Southern Pacific will
cooperate in celebration of work on Natron cutoff,
Aug. 27, 1923, p1, EH.
Oil prospect in
Klamath is promising, Aug. 27, 1923, p1, EH.
"Natron" held to be
misnomer, Aug. 29, 1923, p1, EH.
Strahorn railroad
nears Sprague River, Aug. 29, 1923, p1, EH.
Take "falls" out of
Klamath, Aug. 30, 1923, p1, EH.
Mystery seen in drying
up of Tulelake, Sept. 1, 1923, p1, EH.
Supreme Court upholds
ruling in courthouse case, Sept. 25, 1923, p1.
Prominent merchant K.
Sugarman to leave Klamath, EH Nov. 2, 1923, p1.
Rancher Fred Skeen
found murdered in bed, EH Nov. 2, 1923, p1.
Two nabbed in liquor
raid (Lee Summers, William Pate), EH Nov. 2, 1923,
p1.
Klamath votes three to
one against state income tax EH Nov. 8, 1923, p1.
Clergy neutral on
appearance of Parisian dancer Mlle. Fifi, EH Nov. 9,
1923, p1.
Mayor upholds ban on
Mlle. Fifi, EH Nov. 10, 1923, p1.
Anonymous letter
criticizes Herald on Ku Klux Klan article, EH Nov.
12, 1923, p1.
"See M'll. Fifi ... In
Defiance of Klamath Police" (advertisement), EH Nov.
12, 1923, p1.
Fifi appears despite
edict, EH Nov. 13, 1923, p1.
Secret is out: Fifi is
KF girl (controversy was a hoax), EH Nov. 14, 1923,
p1.
Work begun on Butte
Valley Irrigation District, EH Nov. 16, 1923, p1.
Conditions in city
jail denounced by grand jury, EH Nov. 24, 1923, p1.
Bonanza to have
Lakeview Highway route, EH Nov. 27, 1923, p1.
Annual Thanksgiving
union service to be held at Baptist church, EH Nov.
28, 1923, p1.
Klamath Project water
users turn guns on Reclamation, Copco, EH Dec. 3,
1923, p1.
Odessa Fur Farms
shipment of foxes worth $8,000, EH Dec. 3, 1923, p1.
Authority of tribal
reservation officer leading question in trial of
Leonard Long, EH Dec. 4, 1923, p1.
Investigation of Kirk
train wreck set (Engineer T.M. Brown killed), EH
Dec. 4, 1923, p1.
Work to start on new
(east side) Link River power plant, EH Dec. 6, 1923,
p1.
Lava Jack, county's
premier coyote trapper, averages 300 pelts, EH Dec.
10, 1923, p1.
Broken glass, bloody
papers feature in liquor raid, EH Dec. 15, 1923, p1.
Common law marriage
recognized by state; benefits paid, EH Dec. 18,
1923, p1.
Chicken feed to be
fate of wild Klamath horses, EH Dec. 18, 1923, p1.
Expert called in to
inspect Klamath County High School (Ambrose report
calls building a hazard), EH Dec. 20, 1923, p1.
Courthouse is scene of
fist fight (City attorney J.C. Carnahan and
deputy clerk Allan Sloan),
EH Dec. 20, 1923, p1.
1924
State fire marshal
orders closure of Klamath County High School, EH
Jan. 7, 1924, p1.
Central Grade School
closed by epidemic of measles, scarletina, EH March
21, 1924, p1.
Colored woman (Ethel
Samson) bound over for selling moonshine to Indians,
EH April 25, 1924, p1.
600 Indian voters
gained by Klamath County, EH June 6, 1924, p1.
Natural gas belching
from bed of Tule Lake (J.D. Howard conducts tests),
EH June 12, 1924, p1.
Gas vents in Tule Lake
bed inspected, EH June 16, 1924, p1.
Lakeshore roadway
completion proposed, EH June 21, 1924, p1.
Oil drilling rig near
Bonanza destroyed by fire, EH June 18, 1924, p1.
Harriman Lodge will be
placed on the market, EH July 3, 1924, p1.
Wolves invade ranches
on west side of Upper Klamath Lake, EH July 4, 1924,
p1.
Forest blaze destroys
Pokegama logging camp, EH July 5, 1924, p1.
Wolves kill cattle on
Doak Ranch west of Klamath Falls, EH July 9, 1924,
p1.
Klamath hunter (H.H.
Gubser) is best predator killer in state, EH July
15, 1924, p1.
Over 50 to plead after
raid on "gambling houses of ill fame" (Tule House),
July 17, 1924, p1.
$1 million
Ashland-Klamath highway completed, EH July 23, 1924,
p1.
Still and mash taken
in raid on Pacific Terrace residence, H Gundy and
R.B. Powell arrested, 24 July 1924, p1.
Excavation of Gerber
Dam complete; concrete work to begin, July 26, 1924,
p1.
Work to begin on
rebuilding oil rig destroyed in June 17 fire, July
26, 1924, p1.
Signs erected in town
to guide motorists along The Dalles-California
highway, July 25, 1924, p1.
Divorce granted,
another filed, July 25, 1924, p1.
Klamath filmed by Fox
News man, July 28, 1924, p1.
Tourists visit Crater
Lake in record numbers, July 28, 1924, p1.
Evening Herald to
lease wire from Associated Press, July 29, 1924, p1.
State Supreme Court
upholds rights of irrigators over power companies,
July 29, 1924, p1.
Burning (on Old Fort
Road) dump is attraction, Aug. 1, 1924, p1.
Sprague River mill to
start operations, Aug. 28, 1924, p1.
Upper Lake chanel
dredged, Aug. 28, 1924, p1.
Great Northern seeking
connection, Aug. 30, 1924, p1.
Blast kills three
workers on new rail line, Sept. 2, 1924, p1.
Rotary backs Boy Scout
council, Sept. 19, 1924, p1.
Boy Scout organization
for Klamath Falls assured, Sept. 27, 1924, p1.
Road construction crew
uncovers Indian burial site on Silver Lake Highway
route, Oct. 21, 1924, p1.
1925
Road down west side of
Link river considered, EH Sept. 28, 1925, p1.
1926
Third in a series of
robberies by Weston Gang occurs, at Modoc Point,
Evening Herald, March 23, 1926.
Maude Baldwin commits
suicide on May 21, 1926, (Evening Herald), May 22,
1926.
Crater Lake National
Park trades for land at south entrance, July 28,
1926, p1, EH.
Southern Pacific opens
Cascade Line between Chemult and Oakridge, (Evening
Herald), Aug. 18, 1926.
Evening Herald changes
owners, from E.J. Murray to Bruce Dennis, Oct. 13,
1926, p1, EH.
Six men escape from
county jail in clever break, Dec. 1, 1926, p1, EH.
White Pelican Hotel
burns (photos), Oct. 17, 1926, EH p1.
1927
Children under 15
quarantined due to infantile paralysis outbreak,
Sept. 13, 1927, EH p1.
Drilling rig hits oil
near Bonanza, Sept. 17, 1927, EH p1.
Evangelist Aimee
Semple McPherson visits Klamath Falls, Dec. 8, 1927,
EH p1.
Robber kills John
Ansel, employee at the Gun Store, Dec. 31, 1927, EH
p1.
1928
Opening ceremonies to
be held at new Klamath Union High School (photo),
Aug. 30, 1928, EH p1.
Huge payment to
Klamath Indians authorized ($300 per person), Oct.
23, 1928, EH p1.
Voters approve $50,000
bond, tax levy for development of airport, Nov. 7,
1928, EH p1.
Five gambling houses
ordered closed, Nov. 19, 1928, EH p1.
"Christmas liquor"
confiscated, C.A. "Blackie" White arrested on liquor
violation charges, Dec. 26, 1928, EH p1.
1929
Simpson Wilson, first
white man to be married in Klamath County, dies Jan.
2, 1929, in Medford, Jan. 29, 1929, EH p1.
Rufus Moore property
south of county farm to be purchased for airport
site, c. May 13, 1929, EH.
Mrs. Lee Fourrier
swims across Crater Lake in 4 hours, 18 minutes, 43
minutes, c. July 28, 1929, EH.
Balsiger to build car
garage on site of former White Pelican hotel, c.
Aug. 17, 1929, EH.
Official opening of
Southern Pacific cutoff through Alturas, c. Sept.
14, 1929, EH.
New Sacred Heart
Catholic Church to be dedicated (photo), Nov. 23,
1929, EH p1.
Union Pacific ordered
to build rail line from Crane to Crescent Lake,
Evening Herald, Dec. 13, 1929.
Weyerhaeuser starts up
first of four head rigs in new sawmill, Evening
Herald, Dec. 17, 1929.
"Texas Tom" DeMoss
kills Bisente Ponce in grisly rooming house murder,
Evening Herald, Dec. 26, 1929.
1930
Oregon Bank Building
ready to open, March 1, 1930.
Annual cleanup
campaign gets underway, Evening Herald, April 1,
1930.
Balsiger Building to
open, Evening Herald, April 12, 1930.
Rangeland feud seen in
slaying near Wagontire (Ira Bradley), Evening
Herald, May 6, 1930, p1.
Fred Cornell found
dead in lonely sheep camp, Evening Herald, May 6,
1930, p1.
Fire destroys business
district of Bonanza, damage est. at $100,000,
Evening Herald, May 20, 1930.
Ralph Hill sets
collegiate record in mile run with time of 4:12.4 at
University of Oregon, Evening Herald, May 21, 1930.
Capt. O.C. Applegate
recalls days of Indian fighting, Klamath News?, July
17, 1930.
Jack Dempsey to
referee fight card on July 21 at Pelican Theater,
July 19, 1930, p2.
School for cooks draws
large crowd (special cooking school section), Oct.
9, 1930.
1931
Inquest verdict blames
woman (Mrs. Swindler charged with murder of husband,
Chiloquin police chief Joshua Swindler), April 1,
1931, Klamath News, p1,4,6.
Second-degree charge
filed against Letha Swindler, April 2, 1931, Klamath
News, p1,5.
Swindler funeral set
for Saturday, April 3, 1931, Klamath News, p1.
Last rites for Joshua
Swindler, April 5, 1931, Klamath News, p2.
Suitor held for murder, (Letha Gray Swindler
arraigned for murder of her husband, Joshua Odell
"Joe" Swindler, May 4, 1931, EH p1.
Swindler trial to open, May 7, 1931, Klamath News,
p1,5.
Eleven drown in canals
in last five years, Aug. 20, 1931, Klamath News, p1.
1933
Muskrat growing may
prove profitable here, KN Feb. 9, 1933, p1.
Bomb rocks Main
Street, KN Feb. 26, 1933, p1.
City considers liquor
restrictions, challenges state law, Evening Herald,
Nov. 6, 1933, p1.
City adopts liquor
restrictions, state vows lawsuit, Nov. 7, 1933, EH
p1.
Fire destroys
grandstands at fairgrounds, Nov. 7, 1933, EH p1.
City fights bootleg
trade, Dec. 8, 1933, EH p1.
State police to invade
city, Dec. 30, 1933, EH p1.
1934
U.S. Department of
Commerce officials pledges $10,000 for runway
development, Jan. 1, 1934, EH p1.
Police Chief J.R. Shaw
indicted, fired in Mahoney campaign money scandal,
March 24, 1934, EH p1.
Two Crater Lake Lumber
Co. employees (Art Hagerty, Gus Carson) drown in log
drive accident on Whiskey Creek, April 23, 1934, EH
p1.
Horace Manning
acquited in murder of attorney and legislator Ralph
Horan, April 27, 1934, EH p1.
Willis Mahoney loses
bid for Democratic nomination for governor, May 19,
1934, EH p1.
Indian commissioner's
report pegs Klamaths as richest tribe, July 24,
1934, EH p4.
Fire destroys mill and
much of the town of Dorris, July 30, 1934, EH p1.
Eleanor Roosevelt
visits Crater Lake, Aug. 1, 1934, EH p1,
Stone wall at Moore
Park to honor Rufus Moore, Aug. 4, 1934, EH p1.
Historic photo shows
pelicans on "bird island" in Lower Klamath Lake in
1908, Aug. 11, 1934, EH p1.
Seven arrested in
liquor raids, Mayor Mahoney describes Main Street
conditions as deplorable," Aug. 20, 1934, EH p1.
Aug. 24, 1932 Ñ
Klamath Falls American Legion Post drum corps wins
state title in Astoria, Aug. 25, 1934, EH p1.
Judge Alfred L.
Leavitt dies, Aug. 29, 1934, EH p1.
1935
Henry Semon heads
House Ways and Means Committee (photo), EH Jan. 16,
1935, p1.
Mother of three shot
down (Adeline Yarbrough), EH March 19, 1935, p1.
Gun tragedy takes
second victim (Roy Biehn), EH March 20, 1935, p1.
Bridge across Klamath
River going up on Weed-Klamath Falls highway
(photos), EH Dec. 2, 1935, p1.
1936
Boy falls through ice
while skating, drowns (Douglas Fraley), EH Nov. 5,
1936, p1.
"Hobo blockade" in
effect in Dorris (Los Angeles police try to
intercept indigent travelers), EH Feb. 6, 1936, p1.
Vagrants shy away from
border of California, EH Feb. 7, 1936, p1.
Gypsies camp on
courthouse grounds, EH Aug. 1, 1936, p1.
1937
Furor dies over
redlight raid (prostitute suspected named), EH April
9, 1937, p1.
Man killed in Klamath
feud (Jesse Emert), April 28, 1937, p1.
Algoma mill gets fine
timber tract (West Yawkey), April 28, 1937, p1.
Jack Roesnes accused
of manslaughter (Jesse Emert), April 29, 1937, p1.
Lookout stations
important key in fire prevention (photos, Chase
Mountain, Parker Mountain), Aug. 21, 1937, p1.
Klamath Indians to get
per capita payments of $125, Aug. 25, 1937, p1.
Crater Lake Box and
Lumber factory in Sprague River burns, Sept. 27,
1937, p1.
J.C. Penney to open in
former Golden Rule store (803 Main) (special
section), Nov. 8, 1937.
Klamath Falls
Ministerial Association conducts union revival
campaign, Dec. 30, 1937.
1938
Judge Ashurst, court
clerk Hannon have fist fight at courthouse, Sept.
20, EH p1.
Grand jury gathers at
bedside of Judge Ashurst (photo), Sept. 22, 1938,
EH p1.
Charges filed against
John Stewart in accidental hunting deer hunting
death of Barbara Thompson (photo), Sept. 22, 1938,
EH p1.
Joe Shirk, barbecueist
extraordinaire, gives tips on how to fix dinner for
700 (annual Rotary barbecue) (photo), Sept. 22,
1938, EH p1.
Ground to be broken on
Main Street underpass, Sept. 22, 1938, EH p6.
Markers placed in
honor of Sconchin, Winema (photo, O.C. Applegate)
(references natural bridge on Lost River, Denny
Creek), Sept. 22, 1938, EH p7.
4-H auction photo
display (Jimmy Sullivan, C.A. Henderson, Jean Masten,
H.A. Lindgren, Georgia Liskey, Betty Fairclo, Paul
Fairclo, Joe Keller), Sept. 1938, EH.
Harry Poole jury
selection goes slowly, Sept. 26, 1938, EH p7.
Girl describes
assault; Harry W. Poole denies charges, Sept. 27,
1938, EH p1.
Harry Poole convicted,
Sept. 28, 1938, EH p1.
Theater owner Harry
Poole sentenced to eight years in prison for
statutory rape, appeal planned, Oct. 1, 1938, EH p1.
1939
Pioneers, promoters
provide names for streets in Klamath Falls, EH April
22, 1939, p1.
Relocation of The
Dalles-California highway under way north of Modoc
Point, EH April 29, 1939, p1.
Construction of
Montgomery Ward, Pacific Telephone buildings under
way (photos only), EH July 8, 1939, p9.
Scouts open camp
period on new site (later Makualla), EH July 11,
1939, p3.
Spectacular fire burns
on Stukel Mountain (photo by Wes Guderian), Evening
Herald, Aug. 2, 1939.
Hundreds search for
4-year-old Irwin "Sonny" Maxwell (photos), Nov. 21,
1939, EH p1.
New Montgomery Ward
building to open (photo), Nov. 24, 1939, EH p1.
1940
Tule Lake Sump
developments featured (photos), Jan. 13, 1940, p12.
Steamboat relics
recall prerailroad traffic on Klamath Basin waters
(photo), Evening Herald?, Feb. 27, 1940.
Aerial photos show
suburban growth (photos by Wes Guderian), April 20,
1940, p14.
A look inside the
newspaper, Evening Herald, Oct. 1, 1940.
Train conductor killed
in collision of engine, caboose (photo), Dec. 6,
1940, EH p1.
Republican
presidential candidate Wenell Wilkie greeted in
Klamath Falls (deer display), Sept. 23, 1940, EH p1.
1941
Painting of Klamath
County's first church (Presbyterian) displayed
(photo), EH Jan. 4, 1941, p3.
What Army soldiers
thought of Modocs' lava fort (photos), EH Jan. 18,
1941, p16.
KD Company promoted
Klamath in big way, compiled first road map,
(photos), EH Feb. 1, 1941, p10.
Old timer (W.O. Hill)
fills in details of feud that killed four in 1884
(Frank Calavan, Dep. Sheriff Lewis, Lee Laws, Joe
Laws), EH Feb. 8, 1941, p14.
Duke Ellington
performs at Klamath Armory, EH March 3, 1941, p1,2.
Dr. Salem David killed
in robbery of Buffalo Lunch cafe (photo, diagram),
March 17, 1941, p1.
Tower theater
completed (photos, George Mann), EH April 24, 1941,
p1, 12.
Dump grounds
designated for potatoes in disease control effort
(photos), EH April 24, 1941, p22.
1,100 Christian
Endeavor delegates attend conclave at First
Methodist Church (photo), EH April 25, 1941, p1.
Five die when car
plunges into A canal (Mrs. Dean (Edna) George and
her infant daughter, Gertie Duffy, Theodore Walker,
Thomas Smith) (photo), EH, April 30, 1941, p1.
Workers blast daylight
through Tule Lake (Sheepy Ridge) tunnel (photos),
May 19, 1941.
Mechanical potato
harvesters make appearance in Basin (photos), Oct.
23, 1941.
Pacific Terrace homes
featured (photos), Oct. 25, 1941, p15.
Unconscious girl
(Marie Russell) found beside car, EH Oct. 27, 1941,
p1.
Injuries claim girl's
life (Marie Russell) (photo), EH Oct. 30, 1941, p1.
Herald and
News
1942
Piggly Wiggly to open,
Aug. 14, 1942, p3.
Boy Scout Camp (Makualla)
closes after two successful weeks, Aug. 21, p3.
Riot ends Jehovah's
Witnesses convention (photo), Sept. 21, 1942.
Klamath Ministerial
Association to hold union Christmas service at First
Baptist Church, Dec. 18, 1942.
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