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Mth Year N. I.tino
KLAMATH FALM, OIIKOON, HATUIlHAY JAXUAIIY a), 1911
Price, WUm Osa
EBEKAHS
ODD
AN ACTIVE SEASON
itam. oitiuihh mil tiii: i:x.
ll'INO TIIItMM IIOTII 4lltli:ilN
IAKI.VO I'llCi'AltATIONH
Foil
IN AtTIVIIHKAHON
In Thursday iiIkIiI l'rnnirlty Ho-
kali Lodge. No, 101, O, (), I1., In.
licit their otniuii fur tli outline
In, mill Imt nliilit Klnmnlli I.imIkii
1.17, I (I I), F, performed ilia
ii leremoiiy, while Kwniimi IIii-
niniHliI No, in, . (I, (I, IV. wlll
nil II,. Ir ortlier lit their i iulnr
iin ...-.I Thur-ur i.iKi.t.
flu' three nltllliiti'il order nt mill:
urn Mil ptepiirAtloti fur mi nrGva
on, mill win ii three mull energi'llr
llm wotk toKctlii'r tlirrn lit miri'ly
M i(im'iTl fm n lively tlinii
About llm flint mint Unit In
rulnti'il to llr llii' sluggish IiIooiI
wnrm tin? ruckle of tli" liiiinnti
Irt will lir Hid ttlehrutlon of the.
Vernry of tlm dedication of tlm
homo, wlilrli will tnkn place In
probability mi Hatordny evening,
krunry ITlh The nntilvernry will
mi HiiihIb), February I Nth, lint
III duo reverence (n tin- ilny of rrl
nnlveranry will irolinlil) lia
II ill n itny In mlvnnrr,
riili irri'iniiiiy U In
llvbeknhi, T
ler two order,
twledge ul
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election
Is calculated
Irrrmli'tfil In favor
Pr In Dili Instance, with
nn in go n fur a ttii'y like.
to rail on lln brother fur wlint
lutmirn they need.
Inntlirr feature Hint I being talked
;:y!:!r m :"!,::rc.::::,r
llio formation of n wlilit club In
biirilern. nml to tunc mm lilRlit rnrh
k ilenlKlinteil to inert nt lllf IoiIrc
hi nml rnjoy Dm plrninrrn of the
tntilci nml norlnl rimrernc. Tbla
Voinrnt lint Juat been bronrlint to
I orilcru, but bna lin favornbly
lve, Hint the "mirlnl evfnliiK" l-i
out rcrtnln to mion lieriiinc n nidi
lltiitlon.
mill It Ion to llienc cutcrtnlnliii;
ttlnin. Hierc U Hie Urbeknli bnn.
la, wlilrli tnkn plnro on tlm flrt
ItliiK hlKbl of rnrh niontli, nml nrn
) well nttcmlnl nml IniKti'ly
B)ri by llm iaTllrlinnta.
fnkeu nltoKctbcr tlm M Kcllnna
rlnteil orilcra roimtltutn nbiiut tho
)ilrt IoiIko fntnlly lo bo found
1 wliere, nml tin) Koil fcclliiK exlal.
ntiionK tlm member mitke tho
ttliiK n icnurn Hint nil enjoy,
rim ornrera luatnllrit by llcbckati
lKn with na follow;
I'nut flrniid, Nellie Wnttcnbum;
bio flrniid, Ncllln Vnn Itlpcr; Vlro
Hid, Clltnbetb Form!, IternrdlnK
trctnry, Allru .. (loellnri Klnnni'lnl
relnry, Mnry It. IIokuc; Treamirer.
fKcry Otterbeln; Wiinlin, Clmrm
inniui; Conductor, Loulao Hum.
rey; It. H. N, tl Jcniilii llurn; I,.
IN. (I., I'loy DiiRKctl! It, H. V. ...
II lie WnttenburKi I.. H. V. 11. , Htclliv
uta; I. (I I,) dlu llouaton; O. ..
lose Postoffice Earlier Evenings
On Advice Of- Department Inspector
PoKtmuutor llraniltaburg aBBOune
Int bcKlnnlnK on Moaday, Jaauary
(tli, tho Konornl dllory window
1 tho locnl offlco will cloao nt 7:30 In
In evening Inatond of remaining opon
ntll 8, im ban Iioii tho custom, Mr
randunhurg ctntei that tho nftor
Don innll I dMrlliutcil and ready
ft delivery at nbout 0 o'clock, and
nt there la vory little doing after
: 30, Aa tho clork.t huve boen work-
Ik oven longer hum than tho do-
irtmont require, on tho advice of
Id iioatal Inspector, H. H. Mooao of
loauburK, ho linn decldtd to cloio tho
nee earlier. During the ruin ioa-
In during the holldnyi the offlco wait
ipt open later to accommodato the
IWarjr of all .all, but there Ii no
AND
FELLOWS
tlreln llrailln)'! (.'IiiiiiiIii, lit M.
Fink.
Kliuimlli I.imIkii lint night llmtullml
llm followlug-
Pimt (Iriiuil, M. It. l..i; i.ViiMn
llniiid, It, J. Sheet; Vim (Iriuiil T,
IA, llriihhj Heiretiiry, George lliim.
pnrey; rri'imuriT, r. i. rouiiiiiiu;
Wiinli'ii, Nntn Otli'rlirlii; (.'iiiiitiirlnr,
I). II llrttutiemiiii; II. H, N. (I., Arllii
Worrell; I., H, N. II. F II llrehier;
II. H V. II., IVil llyriiltimtti I,, H. V.
(I.. (J V Cofer; II H, H.. V. C. Ilnm-
her; I, H. H., K, II. Willi.; I (l ItoM.
Trliiililn; O. (I., Jnnper llennett; Chnp.
lain, M. It. Duly.
Tim nfTlri'M to lio Installed ut the
ii'KMlnr meMlng of i: w nil tin Knrnmp
mint licit Tli iirmlity night follew:
Chief Pntrlarili, Perelvnl Hliotl;
lH,,,,,,,r Wnr.lt-ii. C. i:, Mi-lilriiinj lllitli
1i:r,1,,,v ' ,", !,u)';1J,,ul"r,wr,!:;,,'
Nnlo Otterhelit! Scribe, W. O, Hmllli;
Trcnmirer, A K, Klder.
LYMAN TO MEET MAIL CASE
district mode SAYS
When MiiIIinI Manipulator Cnidelr
IMglilii'M Month' Na'ttlriiri' (or K-i-MpIng
Prom Custody Other L'aan
l lo III- Til km l'l
J'reti ftorvlco
(ANOKI.KH, Jan. C Dr. J.
man, orvliiK an elgtitpeii
rntrnro at McNelll'i lulanil
plrlliK to erapo fed era I all
kerlty, will lie bruuKlit to l.o An-
Relet to fan' n rlmrRi) of frauiliilcnt
ii(i of tlio tnalli, upon Ills relrain
from tlm flrnt nentenre,
Unlleit Hlatra Dl.trlct Attorney lie.
C'ortnli'k limile a utatement to Dili ef.
frrt toitay.
enlng of AIoIm Ctiaplfir
Tlioro will lio a regular mating of
Al-I, l'l,i,l..p V.. !1 (1 V a tin
T,m.y ..,, .;, i. .. 7!3o
tinrp, All iiieinliem arc rvqucitrd to
attrml, ni llioru will bo Initiation. 31
WANT SUPPLIES
SETTLED FOR
(:iiiM:ii ,i.i.i:(iii that timmh
HAD l!.Mli:itHIAMl(l WITH
HIM TOTAKi: V IN KI.VIHIIKD
I'lttlDftT
In circuit rourt till morning a Jury
n picked In I lie. t'.-un of Ward A
Obencbalii, Hie loci! grocery corpora
tion, ngalmit Wllllnm Tliunia, color
oil muii. The plaintiff company allvgca
tbnt tberi) la duo It Irom Tlm in
l&ii.co bulr.no- on n bill for nrn
terlnl fiirnltlied III bnkory, nml aika
ii wrdli't for Hint amount and coat.
The plaintiff' rnunacl la Htono A liar
retl, while 0. M. O'Neill rcpreient
tho dofendant,
Mr. O'Neill (old tho Jury that part
of tho ilrfenan would bo an agreement
between tho parties for tho grocery
concern to lako flnlahed product of
tided of three long lioiii at the pres
ent time.
lll'IINH' AAltrXT (IIIDKIIKD
WIIKN IM)M IH MUtFKITKD
United Preei Bervlee
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 6. Judgo
Markoy ordered Detective Burn ar
realod, following tho Fedoral Surety
com pony 'a withdrawing a' bond of
110,000 for tho appearance of llurna
on tho char go of kidnapping John Mc
Namara. nam Immediately went to
tho federal court to get a habeas
corpus.
Two rooms In tho federal building,
havo been prepared for the McUaa-
Igal trial) expected Monday,
(ho lmkery lo llm full iiliiomit of mo
torlnl furnished,
Wlicii Attorney Charles' F. Htono
mllfil Mr. Ward lo tlm stand Mr.
O'Neill objected lit llm i nut proceed
I UK on tlio Kroiiml Hint tlm nttlon wna
not for inotioy lunl nml ri'culrml, unit
Hint tlm i(iiiiiliilnt itlil nut rtrltu tint
tlii'rn Iinil Imiii miy iiromlmi on tlm
purl of IiIh illcnt to mv tor tlir kooiIi.
Mr, Hlmin miiil liu luul not ilrnwn
tlm ininiiliilnt, lint Hint Im liollovi'il
It koiiiI, unyltiK Hint nn tlm ilifiiiilniit
Iinil ncviT ili'iilril ri'ri'lvliiK Hid kooiIm
Hint tlii'rn wim no Ikniik on tlm point
It tlii'ii Iii'Iiik II 30 n, m JihIko Hen
ry I,. Ili'iimin niljoiiriii'il court for two
lionm to kIvii tlm noonilny ri-ccKi for
mrnU nml to ilcrlilo on llm iiolnla
liiUcil hy iiinii( for tlio itifrniliint.
Tlm Jury tlioami Dili inornltiK U
fnllowa;
.lolin Korln'H, (I, II. Cnrli-ton, II. H,
I nrrlnli, II. It, Duiilnp, Tlioiiina K,
Ulnnli-y, V. V, Van Miter. I), II. Nidi-
iiln, Ali'iniicter MrDonnlil, II. J. Hliceti,
II. V. Towrr. W. V. Hmltli. H. 8. Hill,
1 1m ilefcinn) exriiteit Jnroli Itriirk,
rin)il II. HrntiilenliiirK miiI C'lnrrnre
II llmlerwooil.
m I'nllelte rlimeil hU llllnol rnm-
pnlKli nt llmivlllc, He la wrak, but
on tlm mend.
JOHN F. SULLIVAN
DIES IN NEVADA
WAN I'AltT.NKIt IX TtKidKllV WITH
f
O. W. ItOIIKimtOY, WHO, WITH
. KIM I.N ItOlI.MiKVKM, WIM,
i( Tt FH.NKItAI,
A memaKo wa received In thla city
ilil morning announcing tho death
of John V. Sullivan, who I well and
favorably known here. Mr. Sullivan
wa n partner with O. W. Itobertson
In The Toggery, and ha vlilted thla
illy aevrral times.
Mr. Itobertson and Nelson Itounve
veil, who haa been a lifelong friend
of the ilrcraaed, left nn thla afternoon
train for Nevada, lo attend the
funeral.
HI'.VriN'O THAIS HOItllKIt
MKKMH I.IKK VAIN' gt'lMT
United I'rets Service
IIKDIIINd, Calif.. Jan. C The
train robber I the Krent unknown.
Tlio nuHiorltlm are nt tea. They arc
certain that only one bnmllt la con
cerned, Hevernl United Btnte poatnl
iletcctlvc nrrlved till morning,
616 PETITION FOR PEACE
GOES 10JUGJE MEETING
Over fl,NKI,IHN Signer HHunl hi
lloaton HliNiitiM'ani Agalnat War,
and Hlic Ktterl lo (iel KMl.tKMl.tMHI
In Two Year
United Pre Sorvlco
LONDON, Jnn. 6. With 0,000,000
algnnture to n world' H'oce ietl-
Hon to be presented nt tho next Hague
conference, In 19M or ISlfi, Ml
Anna II. Kckttcln, principal of a
Hchnol of language In lloitnn, ha ar
rived In London a-ftor a tour of Amer
ica, aormnny, Denmark, Switzerland,
Austria, 8wedon, France, llelghini
and Holland.
Moro than 1,000,000 trade union
ists of Qreat Britain have signed the
petition. Mis Kcksteln says she will
have 100,000,000 signatures by Ills,
IKEI MN APPUCMHS
FOR RAIUEEPEM JOB
Of Tltrw, Nearly 1,4)00 Haw lrre
limarliablo Credentials, and I'laee
Worth M.71 Per Week does to
(Imdiuto of Oxford
United Press Service
LONDON, Jan. 6. Owners of Cat-
ton Hall, Westminster, who adver
tised for a hallkeoper who could show
good testimonials for faithfulness,
honesty, tact and Intelligence, re
ceived 1,100 applications for the Job,
which was worth but 8.TS a week.
Of these, 900 applicants had Irre
proachable credentials, Aa Oiford
graduate got the position.
SUMMERS DENIES
HAS PNEUMONIA
MlU.VrV fOMMIHHIONKIt IH OX
III TV AH HIM OPKICK, I.SHTKAD
Or' IN IIKII, AH HI'MOIt HAD IT
AIIOt.'T THK HTIIKhTM
(.''unity Comuiliniloner Hnniuol T.
Siiliimera, when Interviewed by the
llirrld thl morning on tlio subject
of Hie pneumonia, which wna reported
to have him In lis grip, declined to
npcnk nt nny length on tlio aubjrrt.
Iniiti nd of being nt homo In bed,
wlilrli I tho proper ami flltlnK place
for n peraon who la trylnK to net tlio
better of Hie nffllcllon Indicated, thcJ
county rornnilmiloncr wna pursuing
tho luunl conmo of being at III offlcu
attending lo buslnos.
"I'm aufferliig from no money," de
clared he. Hut ho would not admit
even being sick, much leia 'fcis up to
Urn pneumonia.
It I evident that Mr, Summers was
not at homo when the pneumonia
called. The rumor was circulated last
night at Die council chamber that the,
c. member of tho city's administra
tive board was very III.
BABE'S FATHER-MURDERER
IS OH TRIAlF0R GRIME
John Iterh, Who Je an Kchmhi for
Infaulciile High (ol of living,
MTU (liargr, and Wife Fei-
Compllrlly tttarge
United Press Ssrvlee
SANTA IIAItllAltA, Calif., Jan. C.
Charged with the murder of his
day-old baby, whom he declared to
havo admitted killing it'lieciuiie of tho
high coat of living," John Keen la on
trial here In the superior court. Ill
wlto will be tried for complicity.
BILLS APPROVED
BY CITY PATERS
NOT A VKIIV LAIKJK fJlllHT OF
CITY KXPKMHTl'HKH ACTKD
ON IIY MKKTINO OF COUNCIL
MKX KtHT MGHT
Hill approved by tho council last
night follew:
Pioneer Press f 65.50
W. O. Smith Printing Co. ... 4.00
W. O. Smith Pr'ntlng Co. ... .1.75
Klamath Falls Iron Works. . . 18.00
Telegrams to John II. Lowls,
Salem 3.76
MRS. WATSON IS
CALLED TO REST
MtrTHF.lt OF MUM. J. V. KIMllALL
AMI 8IHTF.lt OF H. II. AND O.
C. CHITWOOD gl'CCUMIW AFTER
OPKHATION
Mrs. C. U. Wallon CfAehland. sis-
ter of II. II. and C. O. ChUffS"? "4
aarther of Mrs. J. F. Kimball ot tkia
city, died Wedncsdny In the city hos
pital in Ashland, after undergoing
u operation. C. C. Chltwood and
Mr. KlKbtH left tho following morn
ing to attea,tt. funeral. Mrs. Klav
ball havlag been -ith her nn
during hor hut Illness. Tu xsl
Itecord has the follewing: ,
"The Ashland commualt)
shocked Wednesday morning to
of tho suddon death of Mrs. Wi
wife ot Judgo C. I). Watson, oaeTof
the city's most prominent cltliens
"Mrs. Watson passed away at Oran
lu City hoanltal. where ahe bad been
operated upon a few hours previously
for tumor. The stricken family; la
aa plunged In grief that It Is Impossi
ble to got complete partlculara of the
sad aSalr at this time. Mrs. Watkrn
was aged about 67 years, and fas
spent the last twenty-live years, In
Ashland. She has been closely con-
. oJte-
necled with tho literary and Intolleo
lunl llfo of Hid city, liy her worth
nml many kindly deed aim linn won
n bout of friend, who will alncercly
mourn her dcmlic.
"Ilcslile the sorrowing huaband,
two children nro loft to mourn
Clinndler Wntaon nnd Mr. Lyle Klin
ball. Decenned nliio tin two brother
n-nd ii alutcr rialdlng nt Klnmsth
Knll."
ltAV.MO.Ml THAI. .MIMICAL
CO.MKDV COMPANY COMINO
Pretty girls, funny corncdlnnn nnd
u wealth of pretty scenery Mid con
tinue will lend enchantment to the
xcotiu at tlm opera lion no threo nights,
beginning January 12th, when tho big
Itnjmoiid Tenl Mimlcnl Comedy com
pany will open their engagement. Tlm
Tenl how I booked direct by John
C'ort nnd Is rnl.'I to be one of tho
HtroiiKCHl munlral orTerliiK playing
the ronpt thl enr.
They nro direct from n big toc'
run In Denver, nnd nro en route to
l.oa Angeles for n senion' run. They
will chance. th bill each nlnht, nnd
play nt populnr prices. Tho big beau
ty chum ot vivacious dancing girl
aro made a big feature with Hie show.
Oracle Wolf, tli? petlto soubretto with
Hip show, hold the world' champion.
attil p a lady buck nnd wing dancer.
Hcul into Monday.
NO CODRT HOUSE
ANNOUNCEMENT
COUNTY JLIMiK MUM ON QUKK-
TION OF ACTION ON KLAMATH
FAUX COMMKHCIAIj CLL'II
OFFKIt
Asked today If there was anything
done or contemplated In the Immedi
ate future In regard to action on tho
tender ot a court house slto by the
Klamath Falls Commercial Club,
Count) Judgo William 8. Worden
said there was nothing to bo said nt
this time.
Tho hcid ot the county court
seemed to be In good health and spir
it as far as the court house question
Is Invllved, but bad no manifesto to
Issue.
The court has not as yet done an-
thing nbout plans for a court homo
on the Hot Springs site, on which It
some tlmo ago announced Its Inten
tion or building. It the court should
Invito plans for n $200,000 structure
on that ground thcro will no doubt bo
n number of designs submitted, as
the usual architect's feo ot 5 per cent
ot proposed cost would mean a $10,
000 Job for the succeisful applicant.
K(NG GEORGE'S LEVEE AT
CAICITJTAJIIG AFFAIR
All IM'1 Native Potentates and llril
lah Oflk-ialk Attend, nnd Notable
Flock AIniuI Itoyal Cues! to Oscu
late. Ill Digits
United Pre Servico
CALCUTTA. Indln. Jan. C King
Oeorge held a big levee here today,
which wes attended by all local nattvo
potentates nnd Itrltlsh officials.
The magnificent stairway In front
of tho government house was lined
by tho gigantic gunnors of the king's
bodyguard, and hugo throngs watched
the arrival ot tho notables who came
to kiss tho royal hand and glvn thanks
for tho honors conferred Monday.
There will be another big state ban
quet tonight. '
mi wmmm
i VALE DURING YEAR
Over Quarter of Million Dollar Kx
psaded In Itetterwents In Progres
sive. Oregon Town Where Itallroad
Conies In for flood Hliare
VALE, Jan. C. Last year was the
ltnuner ear for Vale in the way ot
improvements. Moro than $250,000
was spont durlirg tho year in tho con
struction of water nnd sower systems,
now business blocks, residences, street
Improvements, etc. The railroad com
pnn; comes In with $40,000 ot the
amojint, having Just completed a pas.
songer depot costing $11,000, a
freight depot costing $10,000; main
RICHES0N ADMITS
POISONING GIRL
lino water tank and pump cost $6,
100 grading of railroad yards
115,000.
Tlio water and sower systems which
cover tho entire nrca within tho city
limit, wore put In nt a cost of $110,.
"00. Tho water supply I taken from
Willow springs, twelvo miles south of
town,
Tho high school, nlmoit completed,
U being erected nt a cost of $27,000;
now business houses costing $37,000
havo luen erected; new rcxldcnce
coat $10,000; thrco now churches
have cost $9,800; Improvements and)
building additions to limine blocks
nnd rtsldcnre required $!i,370; ce
ment walk, street nnd park Improve
ment cost $7,000.
Dandy nice apple at Sunset Gro
cery, $l.f,0 per. box. d-Ct-w-lt
SEATTLE BARS SIEDDIH
ON ACGOONTOF ACCIDENTS!
Chanting Thl Winter Hum Itmultitl in
Kurd Serious Happening That
Chief of Police Ibtnnlrk linn It,
Which May Cnum- ProteM
United Press Service
SKATTI.K, Jon. C All sled par
ties havo been barred In Seattlo, the
many serious accidents from coasting
this winter ha-vlng resulted In an or
der to this effect from Chief ot Police
llannlck.
It affects tho grown-ups as well as
tho youngsters, and a petition protest
likely.
PLUMHINtt TltlST lll'KTF.H
I HY IIF.FF.NDA NTH CON8KNT
I United Press Servlco
I LOS ANGELKS. Jan. C Federal
(Judge Wellborn has Issued en Injunc
tion In tho case ot the government
, against the plumbing trust by consent
lot all tho defendants. The action
(officially dissolves tho combine.
MAKES
COUNCIL UNEASY
UtVOII UIVI1 l'1-IIMIT (.Tilt UTA.
i lll.K WOl'U) LKT IT UK UUILT
ItKJHT NK.XT TO NF.KSHIIOIl'8
DOOKYAIUI
In tho matter ot building permits
It developed last night that the coun
cil had again stepped on Itself, so to
speak, by granting a permit for doing
wrok without investigation being
made ot tho proposed structure.
At tho previous meeting a permit
had been granted to'Durgu Mason to
put n stable on block 44, Nichols ad
dition, which location, so Major Fred
T. Sanderson reported, would put tho
building right nt tho dooryard ot a
neighbor. Mayor Sanderson asked
that the council Investigate, so on
motion ot Col. M. U. Wllklns. second
ed by Councilman Den S. Owens, tho
council decided to reconsider Its act
Ion awarding tho permit.
Intense Suffering
large Cities
United Press Servlr
ST. LOUIS. Jan. C. Four deaths
resulted from tho cold. It is 4 de
grees below ioro, and gottlug colder.
Ton below tonight Is predicted. It is
IS below at St. Joseph and 20 below
on tho Kansas prairies.
New York This Is the coldest day
of tho winter.
Povorty and suffering are alarming.
This morning It was 8 above, with a
billiard.
Tho municipal lodging house Is
Jammed, and hundreds ato sheltered
elsewhere temporarily.
Chicago This Is the sixth cold day.
lutenso suffering la on and business
Is sorlously hampered.
Travel Is delayed, such chaotic con
BUILDING
WANTED RICH BRIDE
CONPKHHION OF MIMSTKIt-MUIt-HKItF.lt
TK'l.lii IIKHHIK TO RK
IHII OF VICTIM HO AH TO MAIL
IIY KIIMAXIIS HKIIIKHM
United Press Service
llOSTON, Jnn. 6. nor, IKcheson
In a letter to his attorneys, admitted
that-he poisoned Avis Llnnell to get
rid of her, so that ho would be free to
marry tho heiress, Violet Kdmands.
Tho confession said In part:
"I am deeply penitent for my sin,
and earnestly desiring to mako atone
ment, hereby confess that 1 am guilty
of tho olfenso for which I stand In
dicted. I am moved to this course by
no Inducement of benefit ot leniency.
licnlous as Is my crime, God has not
fully abandoned me, and conscience
and manhood, however depraved and
blighted, nro not so much so that they
won't admit of stilt further anguish."
ESQUIMAUX ARO REINDEER
IN ALASKA DOING NELL
Head of Government's School System
for Nntlve Tell of tioud QmaUUea
of People and Methods of I
Anhral
.'Ited Press service
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. . A
few days ago a short, stalky man with
a q ii let manner, a skin browned by
much outdoor life, and the steady eye
of one used to looking across) great
distances, came, to Washington with
such small fuis that It was more than
a week before tho reporters were
awa-ro ot bis presence at all. He la
W. T. I-opp, head ot the government'
school system for Esquimaux, and a
man who has spent most of bis lite
since 1S90 In Alaska, seldom "coming
out," as ho calls a trip down to the
States.
Lopp was a Iloosler school master
In Indiana, a boy Just out ot college,
when the government sent him and
another young man up to Cape Prince
of Wales on Hcrlng strait, to start an
Kaqulmaux school. Ho expected to
remain but two year.
When he went up he and his part
ner wero the only whtto men living
In all ot Northern Alaska. They went
atono Into a district where tho natives
were so dreaded that whalers wontd
not put Into port tor haven In a
storm.
Since that time Lopp has seen the
gold rushes go past him (he, himself,
got the gold fever only once), he has
traveled up and down and crisscross
Maska on foot, mushing with dogs,
or driving reindeer, from Point Bar
row, northernmost pinnacle of the
continent, down to the Alaskan penln
rula In the warm Japan stream, and
eastward to the Canadian boundary.
Heforo white men came he has
known what it Is to bo driving ex
hausted djs ln,tbe bitter cold of In
terior Alaska with the food dwind
ling; he hits been in an Esquimaux
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Among Poor In
As Winter Shrieks
ditions have not been known In years.
Tho condition of the poor Is pitiful.
Charity societies are fundless, and
aro forced to turn tho poor away. It
was 10 below at 5 a m. and 6 below
at 9 a. aa.
The weather bureau has notified
shipper In tho Northwest to expect
20 to 35 below In the next forty-eight
hours. 20 to 30 below. In the West,
20 below in tho Southwest, 10 to 15
below In the Southeast.
Low temperatures teday: LaCroes
83; Milwaukee 16, Minneapolis IS,
Battleford, Canada, 34, Bisaarek !,
Calgary 24, Duluth 32, a rand Ferks
30, Havre, Mont., 10, Omaha and
Medicine Hat 14, Toronto 12.
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