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KLAMATH FALLS
WINS LONG FIGHT
Water Users' Association
President Gets Ail Conces
sions but One.
3ALLINGER GIVES LAST AID
I be I Adj, Aftr Four Months PMfd
la 'Washington, Return to Ore
gon, With Success Crowning
Practically All Effort.
KLAMATH FALLS. April :. (Spe
cial.) Abl Ady. president of the KUa
ath Water Users' Association. ! komt
from WtahlniioD, where he spsnt near
ly four months la his efforts to set
matters straightened out Id connection
with the riiMM of the overflow lands
adjacent to the lower Klamath Lake.
Mr. Adr reports that he was success
ful In getting avarr concession which
he asked, except the right to fill op the
straits between the Klamath River and
I .ewer Lake and In lieu of this conces
sion he and his associates will now
start an extensive plan of reclamation
for these lands. While the arrange
ment or mode of procedure for carry
ing on this work have not yet been
completely worked out Mr. Ady say
that something like SS. acrea are In
rluded In the bis scheme which will be
reclaimed and placed Into cultivation
without further delay.
This land embraces about 009 acres
In California and 17.0O0 In Oregon, and
mostly Ilea on the east side of the
Southern Paciflo Railroad track, which
crosses the marsh aad straits near the
ireon-Callfortila line. The -tentative
Plans for the rVclamatlon of this bis;
body of fertile land Is to build a sys
tem of dykes. The Government. In re
leasing the land, has made It possible
for the private owners to build a dyke
around the edge of the straits which
extend from the Klamath Wver to the
LAwr Lake, a distance of six or eight
miles, and through which small crafts
ran operate, making a link between the
river and the lake.
Power From Government Planned.
These dikes will be thrown up to ei
ther side of this waterway from the
river to where It enters the lake and
will then follow the lake line around
the tule edge to the hill on either side.
Once this is done the plan Is to secure
power from the Government, which
owns a site for a large power site In
this city and estsbllsh a pumping plant
with which to pump rrater Into lat
erals around the htll side of the tule
land for Irrigating the reclaimed terri
tory. This power will also be used to
pump the excess water from the land
back Into the lake, thus assisting In the
drainage of the tule land.
Just how the owners are to go about
It to Talse funds for this work has not
been clearly worked out. but this Is to
be done at a meeting of the owners In
this city soon. Mr. Ady believes the
most feasible plan will be to form a
corporation with all of the owners In
one bis company, each pooling his
lands, and then bond the corporation
for the funds. He thinks there will be
no trouble In raising this money from
private sources, aa the lands can be
placed in escrow a security. The work
of reclaiming. Mr. Ady declares, and
placing the land In condition for culti
vation will not exceed tie an acre. Kach
man Is to own shares In the corporation
according to the acreage which he owns
that Is to be reclaimed.
While this release from the Govern
ment stock subscription was the prin
cipal object of Mr. Ady'e visit to
Wanhlngton he made It. a point while
there to block a move which was on
foot for the passage of a bill allowing
the reclamation service to sell excess
water power and power sites to private
corporations. A bill to this efTect was
Introduced and. Mr. Ady declares, fos
tered by Director Newell, of the recla
mation service, giving the reclamation
projects this power but Mr. Ady got
enough Congressmen back of htm. by
showing the harm such sale might
work to the people, to get the bill
killed. He declares that It would be a
great Injustice to the people, especially
those of the Klamath project, for the
Government to dispose of any of Its
power righta here, as -the power re
sources are worth much to the farm
ers and land owners and by developing
the power by the Government and dis
posing of this power to the farmers
for Its exact cost would forestall any
corporation la securing these rights and
charging big profits where the land
owner wanted power for pumping on
such projects as Is proposed on the
Lower Klamath I-ake and for the high
land farmers where pumping plants
will be necessary to get water on
the land.
Director Xewell Hit.
Mr. Ady condemns Director Newell
for the wsy be has handled the Klam
ath project. As director of the recla
mation service all recommendations
have to come through Newell and Ady
says that Newell has blocked every
move made for the benefit of the land
owners of this project and Is doing all
In bis power today to hold tip the work
of the reclamation ' service here. In
his condemnation of Newell. Mr. Ady
aid: ., .
"I am positive that Newell has been
..k.nim to block the release of the
swamp lands with the Idea that If he
could get the Government to hold onto
the stock subscriptions for a few years
longer and make no move to start re
claiming It. he believed every owner
of this land would be forced to the
wall and have to sacrifice his lands,
possibly for the benefit of others who
could buy up the land at from IS to
So oems on the dollar of Its real
value.
-The biggest obstacle I ran Into was
In my efforts to get the report of the
Hoard of Army Engineers straightened
out. President. Tuft would know the
true meaning of Its report regsrdlng
the swamp lands. , I was In a position
to know that the Army Board Intended
to recommend the release of the swamp
lands. When this report was printed
and approved by Taft It was made to
read so it was not positively clear as to
their attitude regarding this swamp
land. At first when I asked for the re
lease 1 was told It wss impossible, t
demanded their release and declared
the Army Board meant that they should
be released. I had friends go to Presi
dent Taft and lay thsse facts before
him. He was against me at first, as he
had placed the Interpretation upon the
report Intended by those trying to
block the release.
Injustice to People Shown.
"After several had gone to htm and
demanded to have the meaning of this
board given fully I sought and got a
hearing from him myself. I told him
and Secretary of the Interior Bellinger
that I knew the board meant to have
the swamp land cut loose from the proj
ect, as this board had declared It was
aa Injustice to the ownera to keep It
held up and give them no relief by re
claiming the land.
-Both began to sit op and take notice
at these positive assertions from my
self and my allies, who were Lnlted
States Senators and Congressmen. The
President and Secretary of the Interior
sought to get In touch with the mem
bers of the board and they declared
unanimously that It was their a'm to
recommend the release. This caused
the drafting of a supplementary report
and Its approval by the President and
the signing of the order for our relief
and the release of our lands waa one
of the last official acta of Secretary
Bellinger before he resigned-"
Mr. Ady said further that the Oov.
ernment had money available for push
ing the work on the Klamath project
aa rapidly as the work could be carried
forward. He added that no reclama
tion of other lands which would cost
more than $30 an acre, the fixed price
BCRNS RESIDEVT HO'OKUJ
BY rXIVBRSITY OF ORE"
OOf CLB CLUB.
Jasaea C. Cecil
UNIVERSITY OK OREOON.
April l. SpeclaL) The Uni
versity of Oregon Olee Club to
day elected James C. Cecil, of
Burns, business manager for the
season of ltll-11. to succed H.
M Stlne. Mr. Cecil Is a gradu
ate of Burns High School and
was for a time a preparatory
student of O. A. C. He Is a Junior
and Is majoring In the engineer
ing department In the University
of Oregon. The position to
which he has Just been elected is
regarded aa one of the most Im
portant In the activities of the
etudent body, since the Glee Club
Is the principal medium through
which the students advertise the
university among the high
schools of the state.
for the first unit, could be added to the
project or made a part of the project.
Kor thla reason the upper project,
where It Is estimated the cost will be
In the neighborhood of $50 an acre,
will have to be constructed as a sepa
rate project. The completion of the
first unit Includes the completion of
the east branch of the Poe Valley
lateral, work on which Is to be started
within a short time, according to In
formation thiii
SUfilMERSGHOOL SOON
tXIVEKSITY OF OREGON TO SEE
PROMINENT EDUCATORS.
Demand $r Announcement Bulle
tins Heavy, Particularly by East
ern Folk Who Will Come West.
.--..T-t-T-t- oirr fir nwtrnOV. Eueene,
April 2. (Special.) Dr. H. I. Sheldon. ,
director or the bummer ni ,
Etste University, announces that he e- .
pects the attendance at the. coming sr.
slon In Juna to be larger than at any
previous time In the several years In
which thla branch of the unlversltye
activity has been conducted.
Demands for the Summur school bulle
tins Issued by the university are very
heavy. SWO copies being sent out on the
first day after their publication. In re
sponse to accumulated requests. Many
Inquiries are being received from East
ern people who Intend coming to Ore
gon, and the attendance wlllbe. to a
very large degree Increased by the num
bers of Immigrant who purpose to take
work In the Summer school.
The Summer school will begin on Mon
day June 2. and will continue tor sl
weeks. Emphasis will be rlaced on edu
cational work, this being the chief pur
pose of the session. A special depart
ment of training f r rural school super
visors Is entered In the course this year
for the first time.
This work will ba presided over by
fresldent J. H. Ackerman. of the Mon
mouth Normal School; State Superin
tendent L. R- Alderman; T. J. Gary.
Superintendent of Schools In Clackamas
County and J. P.. Wells. Superintendent
for Jackson County. S. C. Ball snd Ruby
Shearer, both principals of schouls in
Portland, will conduct courses In ele
mentary methodology, and J. G. Colll
cott. City Superintendent of Schools in
Tacoma, Wash., will hold lectures on
city school supervision and high school
administration. In addition to regular
members of the faculty who will have
charge of the 8uromer normal courses
for high-school teachers, rroteasor . "
Hsuschlld. of the University of Well
ington, has been secured for the depart
ment of German, and Professor O. R.
McMlnn. of the University of California,
for the department of English literature
and rhetoric. Other Instructors from
outside schools will be A. F. Hemenwsy.
a graduste student of Harvard. In biol
ogy, and Professor F. J. Neubsuer. of
the La Grande High School, In elemen
tary mathemstlcs.
One objection to the Summer session
during the past years has been the high
coet of board and lodging.' and special
stepa hav been taken this year to Im
prove conditions so that expenses can
be reducefj to a minimum. Both of the
university dormitories will be thrown
open to students In the Summer school
at a rate of II.&O a week for room and
board. Efforts are also being made to
secure reduced rates over the Southern
Pacific for student coming to Eugene
to attend the Summer session.
PLAY BRIDGE?
Try the handsome "alr-cushlon" fin
ish brldgs and playing cards. The
touch Is delightful and so elegant that
suit home and society demands per
fectly Try them and you will use no
others. Slg. Slchel 4 Co, t Third or
Third and Washington.
CARD OF THANKS.
W'e wish to express our appreciation
for the sympathy and kindness extend
ed by friends, occasioned by the loss
of our belowed father. William J. Kelly
(Signed. MHA. JOHN W. GAVIN
JOHN W. KELLY.
BIG FRAUD IS TOLO
Idaho Mining Promoter tetys
$500 Fine.
POSTAL MEN MAKE CATCH
Charles P. Dlehl, Well Known In
Southern and Eastern Part I
Gem Stato, Pleads Guilty
In Federal Court.
BOISE. Idaho. April :. (Special.)
Although he conducted a unique fraud
ulent schema to burden the heirs of de
ceased persons with worthies mining
stock upon which he collected fees in
brokerage chargee and thereby, claimed
postal Inspectors, accumulated a snug
Uttl fortune, Charlee P. Dlehl, a well
known mining promoter of Southern
and Eastern Idaho, was caught In the
trap set for him by the Government and
forced to stand In disgrace before
Judge Carl Rush In the Federal Court
here this week, plead guilty to the
charge and pay a fine of $500.
Dlehl was Indicted by the recent Fed
eral grand Jury here but the Indictment
was kept secret until he was placed un
der arrest. When he was arraigned be
fore the court, through- an agreement
with the District Attorney to enter a
plea of guilty to one of the five counts,
the narrative of how he carried on one
of the strangest bunko schemes came to
llTh accused man carried a large list
of newspapers and watohed these close
ly to find reports of the Oath of mem
bers of fraternal organlxatlons. prefer
ably the Modern Woodmen. When he
found obituaries that looked promising
so that his scheme would be put Into
operation, he Immediately mailed to the
address of the dead man certificates of
stock In some worthless mining enter
prise with which he bad In the past
years been connected, but which he
knew was Insolvent. It was alleged. At
the same time he would address a let
ter to the deceased party In which he
called attention to the alleged fact
that while the slock had been paid for
In full there were certain brokerage
and transfer charges that should be
paid Immediately.
The letters had. as Dlehl intended,
been taken In charge by the relatives
of the dead person, who. believing that
the notice was sent In good faith and
that the stock should be taken care of
as part of ths estate, forwarded the
fees or charges demanded and Dlehl
pocketed the money. Dlehl worked a
large territory In this manner, covering
many of the Northwest and Western
ststes.
He established his base of operations
at King Hill and was doing a thriving
business when Postal Inspectors picked
up clews on the case. After months of
work Inspector Neal managed to seize
money ordera that Dlehl received from
the heirs of deceased parties In pay
ment for the brokerage charges. He
presented Ms evidence before the grand
Jury and Dlehl was Indicted on five
counts. When he agreed to enter a plea
to one of them, the other four were
dismissed.
PENDLETON IS RENDEZVOUS
Virginia Families Settle on Uma
tilla County Land.
PENDLETON. Or, April to. (Special.)
A colony of 11 or 15 Virginia families
have completed arrangements for locat
ing In the Cabbage Hill section of Uma
tilla County. Options have been taken
on enough land for the entire party.
The new settlers are searching for a
section where they can raise apples and
other hardy fruits without Irrigation
and where they can also engage In di
versified farming. They did not want
Irrigated tracts or wheat farms and
were therefore directed to Cabbage
Hill, a fertile section Of country lying
near the summit of the Blue Mountains
about x0 miles east of Pendleton. ,
complete and careful Investigation by
J. A. Bentley and J. W. Davis, two mem
bers of the party, resultsd In the tak
ing of options on several hundred acres
of the best farming lands in the vi
cinity. Though the new colonists are Vir
ginians, they hava been living In Lewis
County. Washington, for the past year
and are coming to Pendleton from Mor
ton, Washington.
WEISER CENSUS IN ERROR
Enumerator Says COO Reduction Is
Made Inquiry Started.
WEISER. Idaho, April . (Special.)
The Welser Commercial Club has
taken up the question of the population
of Welser. The census enumerator says
she sent In MOO names. By someone
this number waa reduced to I00. and
that number sent te Washington.
The Commercial Club proposes to find
out who Is responsible for the Juggling
with the fla-ures, and has taken up the
matter with Senator Borah, who has
been requested to begin an Investiga
tion and locate who did It.
In order to demonstrate that the
population is far In excess of figures
returned by the Government, the Com
mercial Club has arranged for a special
census to be taken. The census returns
of 1J00 gave Welser a population of
more than 1600.
AUTO BEATS DEATH IN RACE
Pendleton Rancher's Child Saved
When Record Run Is Made.
PENDLETON. Or., April T9. (Spe
cial.) Another race with death was
won by an automobile yesterday when
Dr. R. E. Rlngo msde a record-breaking
run to the reservation farm of Sam Bit
ner. The run was made In response to
the message that the Bltner baby girl
was In spasms snd "dying.
"We win., but if It had not .been for
the automobile your baby would now
be dead." said Dr. Rlngo 10 minutes
after his arrival at the farm.
Aberdeen Wants Noisy Fourth.
ABERDEEN, Wash., April 29. (Spe
olal.) Deoiarlng that they will not sup
port a movement for a popular Fourth
of July celebration unless the City Coun
cil reconsiders the proposed ordinance
to place a ban on the sale of all fire
works within the city, business men of
Aberdeen today definitely decided that
Independence day In Aberdeen will be
celebrated In the old-fashioned way or
not at all. Arrangements have already
been partially made whereby Aberdeen
waa to advertise for the biggest celebra
tion In the history of the city. The car
nival Idea waa at first proposed. Jut
business men fought the plan.
4 Mill
fcuKSi nu Sf
JJirW Dan)iinajsN'Voa
Makara
5cnjanin OotIlcs
Benjamin
Suits
$25440
FREIGHT IS FOUND
Stolen Goads Located and
Four Trainmen Arrested.
ONE, 'TIS SAID, CONFESSES
After Three Month of 6peclal De
tective Work, Officials of O.-W.
It. & X. Unearth Articles Taken
From Cars -on Way AVest.
. . a nti aa ISnectal.)
With four men under "est a"a
several others unaer -p
af ter three onth. of special detect v.
work. nave un m
freight horta at Tekoa.
.ti i tnlnmnn. JO nil
Burns, local switchman; H. H. Croxton.
brakeman on Starbuck-Tekoa-run: H.
M. McRay, brakeman on Wallace-
Tekoa run. ana J. ti. rr"-B- jr.,;.
........ nn Northern Pacific
sensjer
for 26 years out of Minneapolis. Minn
were arrested touay ot . V"
. . i.i Daiiwav Arent Joe
Plover at Tekoa and brought to Col
fax. One of the men 7
. j . ... Ilu.tr nfflrlalR. telling
coniesscu i 1 &" " . .r
of the wholesale robberies of freight.
Articles stolen n - -
. ..... an4 a-rocerles. One
mens luuii.mi'B" : ,
case of shoes Is said to have been
thrown In a creek near -
. . .1.1. Una. lnhAled "silk WSS
DDK Ul lion
burned, the shoes being; cheap plow-
.i.w ... t-oto taken for
snpes ana I 11 " -
Uk hose. One box of mens furnlsh-
Ins; roods la said to nave neen uauu
to the East, clothing has been sold and
given away at Tekoa, the officials
gaining- evidence from these facts.
Freight from the East was opened and
- - -w. t. kpn the hoxes
pari ox i ii" . ' -
being sealed as cleverly as possible.
Fierce, wno oroae uuwh,
ing; from nervous trouble and is under
physicians' care.
Many shortages of freight set the
officials to work. The boxes, being
opened In transit, were hard to locate,
but after the trainmen commenced op
erating in cars in Tekoa the arrests
soon followed. ' "
CATTLEMEN MAKE PROTEST
Klamath County Stockralsers Say
No Mange la Found.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or., April SS.
(Special.) The cattlemen of Klamath
County are somewhat worked up over
what they declare Is a "knock" at the
cattle . Industry of Klamath County
published-in the Portland papers of a
few days ago under a Salem date claim
ing that mange or scabie had seoured
such a hold In the Klamath and Lake
County region that unless the two
counties were quarantined the Federal
authorities, might take ateps to Quar
antine the entire state.
The statement is purporting- to come
from State Veternarlan Lytle and he Is
quoted as saying he had made a thor
ough Inspection trip of.the two coun
ties and found evidences of much of
tfils disease. This assertion, so far as
Klamath County Is concerned. Is de
clared to be absolutely false.
A number of the stockmen of the
lrfl3illfilfo
Restores color to Gray or
Faded hair Removes Dan
druff and invigorates the Scalp
Promotes a luxuriant,
healthy hair growth Stops its
falling out. Is not a dye.
$1.00 sad 50c st Drat Stores or direct oooa
receipt ol pries snd dealers Dime Send 10c for
ample bottle. Phi lo Hsy Specialties Co
Newark. N. J., U.S.A.
REFUSE ALL SUBSTITUTE
B
eniamin s
Spring Styles in Men's and
Young .Men's Fine Clothes
'Are awaitingyou Here. The store is making a
specialty of the best clothes made, affording
a greater variety of choice in color, weave and
style than any other makes shown in this city.
It's ourconstant aim to make this store
something more than a place where you can
buy the best clothes made; we want it td be a
place where you 01 enjoy doing business.
Whatever you buy here is covered by our.
guarantee of satisfaction. We couldn t be
satisfied Avith anything less than that, and we
wouldn't want you to be.
Benjamin Suits $25 to $40
311 Morrison Street
i .. ...n and asked about
the reported mange. They declare, to
a man. there Is none In this county.
Local veterinarians are Just as em
phatic In this assertion and the fact
that-Dr Lytle has made this assertion
while he was not even in the borders
of the county, so far as can be learned,
at any time within the past six months,
is resented by the people of this place.
It Is stated that the doctor found some
mangy cattle In I-ake County, but not
to a very large degree and these were
some shipped in from the outside by
large cattle dealers of that county.
CO-EDS' FROLIC IS SECRET
Annual April Event of Oregon Var
sity Held at Eugene.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene.
Or, April 29. (Special.) The women
of the University of Oregon held their
annual April, frolio In the men's gym
nasium last night. The event Is one
of the most Important entertainments
of the year. In which none but co-eds
may participate, and is most elaborate
ly prepared. Each of the sororities
gives a "stunt in costume, ana ait oi
the women, whether In sororities or not,
appear in character costume. The en
tertainment is closed with a dance.
Since the "frolio" Is one of the only
entertainments of the .year prepared
and participated in by women alone,
they have resisted all efforts on the
part of the men of the university to
obtain Invitations or admission to the
affair, threatening with social ostra
cism, any who might be so rash as to
attempt resorting to windows or key
holes. Country Home to Coat $15,0 00.
WEISER, Idaho, April 29 (Special).
J. C. Peters of St. Louis, who recently
purchased a ranch about three miles
from Weiser, has begun the construc
tion of what will be the finest residence
In Washington County, on his prop
erty. The building with Its modern
equipment will cost about $15,000. Mr.
Peters Is setting out 60 acres of his
land to apples. Next year he expects
to set Out 60 acres more.
Convicts See Airships Fly.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., April .
Forty-flve life prisoners in the Wash
ington State Penitentiary this after
noon saw an airship for the first time
In their lives, when Walter Brooklns
and Charles F. Wlllard flew from the
fairgrounds to the prison, a distance
of two miles, and circled for several
minutes above the Inclosure In which
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The Stein-way is the summit, the
culmination, of musical art-craft.
V 1 t O T
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v .,A-.Am ft convicts naa Deen. per- i i igm ' -miued
to assemble Brooklns. In his ' glide for the benefit of the prisoners.
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