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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1917)
ill? iEutnting Br raid :i.AMAT!I COUNTY'S KLAMATH FALLS' OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER pZZZZZZOtaeu an..Jwin uimlixmrrr- is ttitt- irr r- . Tp- Urtttli Year N. . KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1917. Prlca lift Csata RMANS MOVE ON VERDUN SUDDENLY Warns America Against Entangling Alliances With European Powers lT M'lirWHK OFFENSIVE OX IMPORTANT WHIT Mmi". Hill ami Hill No. WH n .. Hrmm of Hlumly Fight 4irrittat Claim lit Have Urn VNl Prtaunen. aail Tmtrltm June Mile Fnwl Preach Admit nrhr. arr "Pielra.il." "AAAAMMMAMMMMAAWWVMWWWVM NO GERMAN BOAT LOST IN BATTLE, OFFICIAL VERSION GERMANY GIVES ITU SIDE (It NORTH SEA FIGHT Hay. GrtitMM Boat Injurnl lilt Am- llirr Trnttm Vttarl lit DarincM, Hut IMumral Safely tu Port, Al Iliouait Omimaiitlrr W HrilUli lftrjrr lTt May tlio Statement, Killed. Slnhlug. )NIK)N, Jan 3 Germany tut Iril a mldcll nffi'tmWn toward an licrun ami ran iaiviniiiii nil nglillni on tint bloody slope till No. JU ami on Headman's krllti rlalm III" rapture ol Pre lull tlim ii Morni along a mile front, ioo prUotirr br r'rrlirli Mtntrtllrnt ay "ltloll ny uurtlr pewt rotted our d- ru ,vn,t.j I rlltt n.crt that Prvuch counter! BERLIN. Jbii 2C The German k U.t nlshl wrr unaurful. official version ( the North Sra hat- official German statement uwlarwi that Immediately begin general rommanillnic the'nliiK tin engagement, which occurred r.l rrclinriiu participating. In king lo war rrltlrn that thr attack a major mm. Th artillery lently altlet) tlic Vltallaii and l.li rrglmrnt In I he attacking, lle. While Talking rAKHINOTON. I), V. Jan. 2!.. Be nJilrrlng a commlllpo of the. kmal Security league hero today, la in I n lllrwrtte. superintendent Hi, l.oitU trhooU, wti aellctt I a heart attark and died. Xi-rrU AuM-ndmewt Klllwl rASIIINOTON. I). C, Jan. 3fi, aniendntent to tho nubtreasiiry, officii;! tntenicnt my. I .. IV . .. . ... i . Hiriru ii)r nenaior morris, ami In the darkue, a (Jrrinati destroyer wti itrurk miuarety, and th coin itiatnter and cetera! other killed. The destroyed wa heavily daw ngut to reach Ymulden aafely. yet only niter colliding with another Mer man bout, A German dettroyer rani In r.l X British Veuel of like type, leaving the enemy lilj tn n linking condi tion A third (ierinan boat sunk n large hoMlIu destroyer with a torpedo at rlo- range, 'llio llrltlih force being superior, the (In man returned to port, the lli Kimld abollah nine iiulitiva.ur.'GI.'ltMAX VESSEL SIIELI.S ! defe.ited thl afternoon by n In IS vote. ley Ylu. ENGLISH t.ST; ) ll.MA2K LONDON, Jan. 26. A email Cvt- lllinn vesoel lionibarded the Htiffolk ime 1 Henley of tho Henley .rnnat lat night Only part of the th on the Merrill road, hiiI nt hell reiuhed the hore. There were l In thl city. Inn riiiiiiltl.-n mid only ainnll dnmnge. OREGON HAN SAW BIG BOMB PLACED VWMpVVMMWMMMWVVNMVVWWWIrVMMMMMV STRAHORN ROAD BRINGS (50,000 NTO KLAMATH UELLMAN Ac HON CLONK UIU UND DKAL. Dig lUmlM-r and Developer of CU foruia Cumc to KUwath After Hearing of Ktraliorn lUllruad, la ventigates. Gather KutbusUsai and Itackw it L'p by I'arrlwslac Tliree llig lUaclid. (omeseekers Given Facts on New Land lamath Commercial Club in Answer ing Inquires Sends Information of Tule Lake Lands to Be Opened Snowstorm in Wyoming Ties Up 20 Big Trains I WILLIAM K. UOItAII I Senator From Idaho I I'rvMdi'ht Wilson received the first otllclal setback to his world leaguo il'lan to prevent future wars when , Senator William K. Horuh of Idaho cstenlny offered In the senate a res tolutlon wnrnliiR America to keep free .from entangling alliances with the i'Kuropc-in powers. Ills resolution lu etrect merely roallirms Washington's doctrine of American neutrality and Monroe's doctrine that Kuropc shall ! .iii(j uuuureo ana iweuijr acres ui Klamath county grain and hay land.' comprlalne three bis ranche. have been purchased by Andrew Kern of Sucramento, Calif., as a direct result of the projective Straborn railroad. The deal for this land was closed yes terday through A. A. Bellman ft Son and Joel T. Ward. Mr. Kcru knew little of Klamath county until be read In the news papers of the proposed building of I'ltOttrXIJTIOX M'IMXUH Sl'K I'RISE IX MOOXEY CAHK F. C. Oxoiaa of Orrjroii Uos om WIN nraa HUad aad Tells of Soafoir Mooaey aad OtlH-r Defestdaata on l-tal Htreet Comer Darbmg Pre pa redness Iar.kle. Coarerao Brief ly and Glance Xwoiuly at Clock SAN KHANCI8CO. Jan. 2C The prosecution sprang a surprise today In the trial of Thomas Mooney, al leged preparedness parade dynamiter. P. C. Ozman, an Oregon cattlaaun. was called to the witness stand, and identified Mooney, bis wife, Billings, and Weinbnrg as the quartette be raw standing on the fatal street coi ner shortly before the explosion. Oxman vividly described the plac ing of the suitcase containing the bomb on the sidewalk. He said the defendant coarersed briefly after placing the suitcase, all tn time glancing nervously at the clock. POISON PESTS III LAN6ELL VALLEY . nr . n t "T a r ll a'not liae a say In the government of Eight West Bound Trains Are Stalled, o Americas. t liilnriiiiitliin of portion who In. f" through tho club for dntn on I icvrml tlioiiMund otrea of Tulti " land to bo opened for home- I'tiio. Hecretnry Kred Pleol Iiuh "red the following ilatH, und Ih "'"Iiik it In each letter ho write.: "II r tlioimand nllm limi.lr.. .P..a llevel, fertile. Irrluniiul lnn.l "... Illy reclaimed from thu bed of '"he l Hoiltheualnrn Klnmntli Ij'ly will bit opened for hotnoMoid r foinetiim, during tho tprliiK of ' it Ih Bunurally believed Hint tract will iiu iinnniiii wiiii a !,, W,K. Tulo Luko Ih h hIiiiIIow body "" -i wiiien Ih being reclnlmed by HlIK LlINt HIVKP II. u,. ...... .,f I'1)'. Into the Kluiimik til,...,. li fli.WH through th Cimruilim ; e i'iiciiio Ocean. hero are moro than 30,000 acres w rwlnlmed by thn drnerlbed pro " wiileh Ih col hit m, nt tin. r.i r I'll 'J.fiOO acreti imp vnui. Tk. 1....1 I ,ar '""lultned ho boon leased to S' at a nominal fee n tracts of y acre, stipulations of leases be that all lands leased mutt be cut Kd. to that the land Ii more or '"'Proven. Theso leases have been ciini'iiiinii I.... i it i.. i... thu hnd will be thrown open ia time nfter the 0th of April, U. "' I ho date has not been un- iioiiucod. It is Irrigated by the 11 S. reclamation nervlce, and lins proved 'us fertile hk any lu tho entire coun ' ly. It Ih, of course, very level, and 1 reijulre no clear I ng. it Is adapted to mining alfalfa, wheat, ouIh, barley, rye, potatoeH, celery and nil variolic of hardy vegetable, It la believed Hint the land will bo thrown open In t rutin of eighty acres, which Ih all one man can handlo prof itably. The umiiiiI prhTH for homo Kteml entry are expected to obtain in HiIh drnwitig, lu addition to the regu lar Irrlttiitlou liiaige for thla Krtlon of thn project which have not yet been determined, Five pur cent of the construction coh! will bo required nt the time of IIIIiik, and no further charge will he nuiilo for live yours, Twenty yearn uro allowed lo puy for the wnler, It Ih expected at IIiIh Hiuo that $lfi per aero will approximate the totul Irrigation charge. LauilB of the Klamath project uro xecond In their cash yield per ucro HiIh year of the twenty-three government projocts now In operation, flucrciisful candl datrn will therefore get eighty ncrea of valuable land, worth at loist 176 per acre, for paying the regular irri gation charges, which are strung out over u period of twenty years. This will bo one of tho grandest oppor tunities to secure good land cheap ever offered lu (ho United Btatea, at Laramie and Twelve Eastbound at Medicine Bow Storm Worst in Many Years. LAItAMIK, Wjo Jan. 26. Kight u'nt bound passenger trains of the I nlou l'liclliu are Hailed hero because if thu he.ivy tcinwhtorm. Twelve entbound trulns are stalled at Medlclno l'ov uh a result of thu worst snowstorm In recent years. OtlUiuls of the Union i'acitlc tie-1 dare tho tlcup is the worst the roid . ever eNporloiiied, Tho bturm sturted Lot Tuesday af ternoon, ami has continued uucca-ingly. BALDWIN OPENS HARDWARE MEET KLAMATH FALUS .MAX, 1'KKSl' )K.T OF OHK(itX HF.TAIL IIAItnWAHK AXO IMI'LKMKXT the Straborn railroad from Klamath Palls to Bend. He became interested and after arriving here and being shown over a large part of the county decided this was the place for him. Mr. Kern is a rancher of experience and has capital to carry out his plans. He will come here in the spring to improve bis new holdings. He will; use a big tractor to plow his land and operate otherwise correspondingly. On the Bellman tract Mr. Kern will erect a residence and make bis home. The 920 acres of land sold for 130,200. It lies near Dairy, In Yonna valley. One of the .ranches belonged to A. A. Bellman and com prised 2S0 acres. It Is in section 34, township 38, range 11 H east. The other two ranches were purchased from fi. A. McCarthy and are in sec tions 28, 29 and 30, same township and range. I icOCXTV AGRICIXTTJBAITXCEXT AND F. A. WARD. PEST EX PERT, WILL AH) FARMERS OF EASTERN PART OF COUNTY KAISER MAY MOYE FOR To Institute a campaign against rabbits and coyotes among the farm ers of Langell Valley, H. R. daisy er county agricultural agent, and P. A. Ward or the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, left this after noon for Langell Valley. Tbey will remain until Saturday night. Mr. Ward is an expert on pest ex termination. He and Glalsyer will start the farmers and stockmen, and then leave the work of extermination to the residents themselves. Poison will be used on both rabbits and PEACE OX BIRTHDAY I coyotes. ' Mr. Glalsver and. Mr. Ward have I DEALERS ASSOCIATION SHELLS FOR 0. S. CAN'T BE MADE MINISTER OF MUNITIONS OF ENG LAND WON'T LET IIRITISII FIRM FULFILL COXTHACT FOR PROJECTILES FOR U. H. NAVY WOMAN 60ES ON HUNGER STRIKE SISTER OF NOTED HlitTH COX TROL ADVOCATE JAILED FOR THIRTY DAYS FOR DISSEMI NATING PROPAGANDA LONDON, Jan. 3ti. Tho llrltUli government hus refused permlt-slon lo the lladltolds, limited, to proceed with work an tho contract for shells for the Amorlcan navy, "so long at. the exigencies of the war continue." The announcement Is mado In tho form of an official notice by Dr. Chris topher Addison, the minister of muni tions, In which uttuutlou Is culled' to J tho fact that the entire steel output U uuder his conrol, NEW YORK, Jan. 36. If Mrs. Kthel Byrne, who is serving a sou tenco of thirty days In the ponlton tlury for disseminating Information on birth control, persists In hor re fusal to eat. the New York- penal au thorities will have to deal with their first real hunger etrlko. Mrs. Byrne says she baa eaten nothing since Mon day morning. Tlit prisoner la a sister of Mrs. Margaret Banger, who is knowu tnoughout the country tor ber nd vocacy of birth control. J Following the registration of dele I gates this afternoon, the eleeuth an nual convention or tlio Oregon llctall Hardware and Implement Dealers As sociation got down to business this afternoon at the Imperial hotel. It is expected that about 100 delegates will bo in attendance by nightfall. In his annual address, President George Baldwin of Klamath Falls touched upon tho conditions of tho hardware and implement bushier, and declared the war had created con ditions that placed the business on extremely unfamiliar ground. "Prices uro unstable, deliveries can not tie counted on until they nrrivs, und no one has thercmotest Idea how long tho present situation will last," ho declared. "Nono can foretell what i effect tho ending of tho war will have on our business, and the only thing we can do Is to buy conservatively and maintain a keen watch on pass ing events."-Portland Telegram. LONDON. Jan. 26 -1 Is scpotted frrm many sources that Kaiser Wil l.clm plans to make his .th h.'rth d.y anniversary touicrrow the o.cn s!or. of another move lc peace, with terms more acceptable to the allies. been operating In the Orlndale dis trict. After returning from Langell Valley tbey will go to other districts to give suggestions and other aid to the farmers who want to get rid of rabbits and coyotes. Harbor Rill Passes WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 36. The rivers and harbors bill, curryiag .an appropriation of $39,000,000, passed the house this afternoon, Klamath to Spend $4000 on New Road After Conference With County Judge Hanks, Local Committee Wires Eugene What We Will Do Although too late for a special ap propriation from the county budget for the Klamath Falls-Eugene-Flor-on ce highway, and unable to meet Lane comity's appropriation of 111, 000 as suggested In a wire received yesterday from the Eugene Chamber of Commerce, Klamath county stands teady to expend $1,000 on this route this year. At u meeting of the Klamath-Florence road committee, of which County Judge Marlon Hanks is a member, yesterday afternoon, a proposal from the Eugene body to co-operate in this construction and to have county ex penditures matched with state and federal appropriations was discussed, and it was decided that Klamath county would expend $1,000 to open the new route from the summit of the Cascades on the county line down, and $3,000 to Improve the road to ward Klamath Falls. This proposal baa been submitted to Eugene. County Judge Hanks stated that $1,000 of this money, would be used to Improve the Modoc Point section of ihe road, particularly that portion be tween Algoraa and tbVeld Haftlstcln( ranch. Two thousand will s spk' between Kirk and Crescent.- aad.tae remaining $1,000 to break the read from the summit of the Cascades to ward Crescout. ' I f ,! t