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KLAMATH FALLS'
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
Ninth Year No. Sl.rWJO
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1915
Price, Fir
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9Ut
FRENCH ACCUSED
OF DESTROYING
WITHOUT REASON
Pulled TieMHorvlcn
BERLIN. Jan. O.Tlio French are
iit'ciucd of won ton destruction of
I1Iiiroh behind llio (lormuii IIuoh It
U rimmed that by u Hytoiitntlc Uom
hnrdiiiciit they linvo wrecked tlm
vlllnitcH to the rear, uud Imvo not
dniniiKcd tli (leriumi Ilium
Putted 1'iesa Hervlce
I'AltIB, Jnn. C Hiu'CfuHUK iiround
Amount nnd In tin lclnlty of
t'oiirt('liiiu'."nnd ttio rc)iiWi of
German attacks ut aimirnl polnu nro
nuuoiinred, IKtaplto torrential ruins!
Ilin tlertnnns twice nave ntlemplml
Ki retake the positions neiir Hto.
(.row-, and Imvo been repulse,.!
ultli blR loMeii.
Tl weather In Imd nl nil point,
Between l.yn uud OUo, thorn Ih only
itiiiiutimdliiK nnd between thu AlMie
CAMP WORKS FOR
AID OF SETTLER
IV'j
I ESTIMATION ORDERED
t'ANKH WHERE PEOPLE
OX
RESTORED LANDS HAVE LIVED t
THERE FOR YEARS '
In mi effort to nnslst nil entitled' Within n fnw dnys mmeya nnd
In preferential rlghtn In tho restorn-! other piellmlnnry work will ho
linn of homestead lauds under tho started nl the (Irlltlth litiernl by tho
rrolict, Project Malinger J C, 'iiilmimtloii service. In order to allow
Pninp hn Issued n mil to nil of 'the deepeiilni; nnd widening of tho
tliete people to oo hi in nnd sluto
tliulr claims. Ho wilt meet n num
ber of these people nt Merrill Inter
In the week.
"The people I nm Interested In nro
those who lmo settled on tho lands
somu years, and hao expended
thonmnds of dollars for Improve
ment," said Mr. Camp. "Tho entry
blanks they are asked to sign ro
'lulrn them to nay that they did not
Huttlii on tho land more than thirty
dns before the tlmo t hr laud was
open to entry.
' Thu (loverumeut hns naked mo to
luvetlicate, nnd I will ho Kind to
iisnIhI n) of tho pooplo ho nltuntcd.
They should eomraunlcsto with mo
nt once, for thero Is little time loft."
former l'tor Hero
Itov. II, Koiul, B. J:, who was tho
imstor who built Sncred lloart
church, nnd won In charge of the
Klnmath Falls-Morrill parish for
over throe years, la hero for u Hhort
visit with Iter. Win. McMillan, tho
present pastor. This la tho drat tlmo
Father Fousl Una vlsltod Klamath
Knlls slnco ho left hero nix yoarn
"He, and he la greatly nstonlshod at
tho metropolitan alra the community
ban taken on alnco that time. At
prosont, Father Feusl Is ntntloned nt
Chowelnh, Wnahlngton.
Trying Hull on Account
Trial of tho Hiilt of ItobertH &
Whltraoro vs. C. T. Ollvor to ro
cover 100, alloged duo on n noto
and some assigned claims, begnn In
tho Circuit Court this nftornoon.
CharloH I'age, u nillllonnlro of Tul
xa, Oklahoma provldos n homo for
every widow in tho atnto who npplleH,
Hlx hundred women in tho Now
York workhouao will be set to knit
ting aocka, bauds and rati mora for
Die aoldtera 'In Huropc.
In district No. 4 of the forest re
serve, with headquarters In Ogden,
Utah, Jlgbtnlng caused 30 per cent
of this year's fires and campera 87
P CMt I Ji
find Itlili-mn, llio Fietich kuiin Iiiho
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Vlolutu lighting tuiitiitiioH mound
ArK'Minu
Tlio Flench iiiu ndiuoiliiK to re
take Hot. Mlrhlol
TiiiIhIiiiiiIm of irioti suffering
from iniKtiiiinnlii liuu lunched Dun
kirk Uultul I'M'Mti Hcrvlcii
BERLIN, Jan. C - Exports bollov
lliiit llio I'tpluiv ot BorJImow Ij)
Von I lltiiltMtlttTK opens it way for
v edging ttiroiiKli tlm IliiHNlnn renter,
coiiiiioIIIiik the ltuirtliHiH to retlro
In their m'riiiiUiiiy llni', or face n
flunk ntlnck.
Ult'.l I'ihh Korvtct
, )HAl.. . Jnn -Tho Rus-
ulnii ndvimco In Hungary Is prnctl-
cully iiiiopponod In tho Car-'
pntlilaim, the trnopH nro nlmostl
mum hound, mid It In illttlrult to send
them MipplloH
START WORKING
FOR ENLARGING
PRELIMINARY WOHK BOON TO I
START, PREPARATORY to tiii:
deepening ami widening
oi' .itui nil lateral
.vnlernny before the Irrigation sen
hdii tilnitn. It Is to be enlarged to
curry r. 100 second foot How, Instead
of n -f Second foot How ns nt prenont.
'.Vlton eiilnrged the ditch will
entry uurli of the wnter heretofore
tarried by thu Kouth Brunch caunl.
il) (li't'ieiiHlug the How In the South
Branch, the service will bo able to
dispense with a concrete lining for
the high line part of tho canal, tlitm
xahiK nn expondlturo of $34,000.
N. Y. LEGISLATURE
CONVENES TODAY
United Press Service
ALBANY, Jnn. (!. lu accoidun'ro
with the stnto law the legislature
will convene hero today, tho Hist
Wednesday In January. With Its
mooting, tho wheels of tho now state
Rovernient begnn today, will be
started on tholr revolutions, Tho
make-up of the Senate will he: Re
publican, 33; Democrnts, 17, nnd
Uopubllcnn-I'roKrosBlve, 1, Tho as
sembly will bo composed of 99 Re
publicans 49 Democrats, nnd two
Progressives. Tho presiding olUoer
of the Bonato will ho tho lloutemu't
governor, Kdwnrd Bchocneck.
The re-election of ThuddeiiH C.
Bweot, Phoenix, iih sponkor of the as
sembly is practically assured.
Conductor la Hick
Henry Bwltxor, nn S, 1 conductor,
hits boou obliged to lay off and nurse
a bad rase of In grlppo. Conductor
Bradford has IiIh run until ho re
covers (iOOD HIM, AT OIllWtiUR
Through an error the program of
tlio OrphoiiH theater In today's issuo
of the I lor a Id was not changed, but
thero is n eomploto new program
today ut Klamath's claaay ehow
bouse,
Latest Photo of the Kaiser, and
Showing His Hair Is Turning Grey
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Tnln Is (he latest photo of Knlscr
Wlihelin. Ho is wearing" his new
r.rny field uniform, uud It Is tho llrit
pldure taken of hlui since he adopted
t nut tho striking thing about tho
photo is Its confirmation of ntute-
niciiti In severnl cable desputches
BIGGEST FERRY
ON J06 TODAY
co.viii.i t-osTA is put ox Tin:
PORTA COSTA-HKXKCIA lVS
IIV Till: SOUTHKRX PACIFIC
roil r.uii hkrvici:
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan . The
Southern l'ncllle's now train ferry,
Coutiu Coaiu, tho largest railway
fori y bont lu the world, Is now lu
operation in the Curqulnes straits,
between Porto Costn nnd Benocln,
California.
The Contra Costa's length over
guiuds la 433 feet, with width over',nny ft NU)nder u wflg 8hpped
gunrds 110 feet.
t.'.,... ...l 1.1. ..!... tnt
rinu uiii-nn nun iiuiu iuih
itnnlnKi will iieentiimmlnln ffivn inpfi '
motives nnd either thlrty-slx fiolght
cms 01 twenty-four pnsscngor ears.
f
Wunlrn In Plnliillir
Suit to iccover 8G has boon com -
moncttl ngnlnst Fred N, Qrennon b
Cims. 1;. worucu. ino eoinnuunuK,onty oxpltltes mnttors. It la
wns Hied lu tho Circuit Court tlila Itlila tool that onnbles tho O. K. shop
afternoon by Bert C. Thoinna,
MIsh C'molyn F. R. naitenti will bo
the Hist woman to piactlce law In
Nassau county, .New York, having
successfully passed tho bar exami
nation. L'nglnnd Is nsklng for hldss from
Oiogon nnd Washington mills for 20,
000.1)00 feet of rnllwny tlos.
(hading on the Wlllnmotto Pticlllo
will lie Hulshod by February 1.
from torrespoiulents who hne re-
"l"lI' soe l,lm lh s hair baa-
tuuitd gray. IMiotographs of the
Knlser taken before the war show
Mm with Iron gray hair containing
,,:ro i,nck than gray. The change
In his appearance Is thoreforo ery
noticeable.
AT LOCAL SHOP
i:w i:quipmi:nt installed uv
O. K. TRAXSFi:U CO., STltlKKS
:iil BLOWS A MIXUTi:, AND IT
WKIGHTh XIUHLY TWO TOX8
A 1h11 to the blacksmith shop of
the O. K. Transfer Company re
cently tevealed tho fact that Klam
ath Falls Is rapidly adapting herself
to her needs.
In this shop has been installed
a glnnt power hammer for hoavy
him kmulthinir Thin mnelitnn In enr.
iheie from tho factory at Albort Lea,
...
and Installed at n cost ot
$.100. The weight of tho monstor
Is 3,100 pounds, and tbreo horse
power is ieiiiired to opornte It.
Whtlo tlm mnchlnn la ilnalptinri fnr
lhpnvy worK ,, ,8 n,B0 ,)ossll,le to ,,
't,0 iiKlt0st kind, and with its ca-
iimLity of 320 blows por mlnuto,
to manufactuio nnd wold uutomobllo
springs nnd othor work that It has
heiotofoie beou necessary to .send
to other places.
Only one modorn sawmill Is oper
ated lu .the tonltory of Hawll.
Tho Ice cutting boason In Unstetn
rOregon Is on n month enrllor thnn
usual.
Bids have boeu taken for 450,000
tons of jock for the Columbia Jetty
next year.
POWER
HAMMER
:.
merchants to meet
EARLIER TO.VKJIIT
In order to glvo nil of tho
inemherfl un opportunity to at-
tend tho booster meeting at
the Opera House, to bo ad
dronMod by Tom Illchnrdnon and
others, tho Klamath Business
Men's Association will meet at
7:30 this evening. Tho meet-
In? will be held at the Cham-
her of Commerce, and Import-
nut matters are to ho discussed.
'
PLEADS GUILTY;
GIVEN A CHANCE
i
I'lltST MAN TO UK HUOUGIlT BE
lOlti: JVlHiK XOLAXI) IH I'A
KOI.KI) OX COXDITIOX THAT
Hi: ItKMAI.V IX ni.STKIOT
After being kept In Jail since
June, A. L. ' Pumford this morning
regained bis liberty. He m'i turned
out in the world In the middle of
winter with no money, a ery scant
supply of clothing, and no Job.
Pumford was arrested, charged
with forgery. He was released at
the June term of the Circuit Court
I on account of forgery not being
'proved. Right after he was released
ho was arrested again, nnd held in
Jail until today. The grand Jury
Inst month Indicted him on a little
J different charge.
When arraigned, Pumford entered
a plea ot not guilty. This morning,
after conferring with Hay and
Merrymau, his attorneys, be changed
his plea to guilty, and threw himself
upon the mercy of the court.
Pumford is a flno looking young
chap, and Judgo Nolcnd asked him
n number of questions regarding bis
past, etc. Satisfied that there is
good mettlo in Pumford, His Honor
suspended sentence for a year, to
gho him a chance to make good,
the only condition being that Pum
ford reports to the court every
month, and be will romain In Klam
ath and Lake counties.
! ' 1
Tho roleascd man was deeply af-j
fected, and tears came to his eyesj(: (JATIIKRIXG OF WELFAUE'1'0,'I'WIXa AX INTERESTING
ns he sought to thank tbo court. To-' j ,, .... -, ., ,,
day he Is loklng for a Job, and has!
warm .ecommendatlons from all in
any way connected wuii me sueriu t
office.
THREE CASES GO
TO LATER TERM
CONTINUANCES ,3RANTEI) THIS
MORNING BY JUDGE NOLAND
IN CimUNAL CASES UPON
.MOTION OF LAWYERS
Three cmimlnal cases were con
tinued to tho Juno term of court by
CircuU Judge No'land this morning,
following motions by the Interested
attorneys. These wero tho Clopton,
Carrlngton and Johnson cases.
Hugh Clopton and his wife are
charged with setting Are to the post
oflico In Bonanxa over a year' ago,
when several storos, a hotel and.
tho printing office wero destroyed.
Cnrrlugton Is indicted for perjury,
and Edgar Johnson 1b cuarged with
shooting 11 bull, leaving tho animal
wounded uud suffering. All nro out
under bonds.
Aid to Meet
Tho Ladles' Aid Society of Grace
M. n. Church will meet nt the homo
ot Mrs. Kinnoar, 713 Ninth street,
Thursday afternoon. The meeting
will start at 2:80.
Plans nud estimates of cost of irri
gating 200,000 acres of land in the
Upper Deschutes River basin are be-
lug considered by tho Government,
estimated cost, 12,929,000.
More Live Men Named
to Conduct Boosting
'I haven't had a chance to ob -
serve conditions here quite as much
us I wish to, so 1 am unable to make
a complete diagnosis at this time
of tho case," says Dr. E. D. John-
son, who was last night unanimously
chosen as president of the Klamath
Chamber of Commerce. But we
have a live, wideawake board pf
directors, and with the citizens get
ting In their Individual and collective
work, we expect to make tho town
forge ahead. If there Is anything
radically wrong, we're going to find
It, and ellmlnato it.
'T liBI'n rAfllilnil Yir 1itt m fA1,
A imiu icoiucu uviu will 4 ign
months, but Ilko many others, I. an extemporaneous speech that will
am f harmed with tho, country, and (long be discussed by those hearing
see a great future In store for It 'it.
It Is my home, and I am going to' Webster Is one of the most sincere
do all I can to build it up. 'and convincing bqosters Klamath
"We are, living in 1915, nnd the (County has ever bad, and he merer
(Civil war ended long ago. So, for
all times, we hope, has local fighting. jus. Ho holds that here is more
Tho members of the board of dl-jcourtcsy, more consideration and
rectors are not particularly Inter- kindness shown and more true n
ested in whether this one or tbatjeouragoment given than any place
was In the right In their bickering a I In the state, and declares himself
few years back, but we are Interested
In the town as it is now, and as we everlasting friendships that will ever
can build up its future. In our remain green in his memory, and
minds, Klamath Falls extends from which In his reveries, give him much
Crescent to Weed, and we believe ,FenuIno comfort,
that with very few exceptions, all As a speaker, Webster's reputa
of tho people feel Just the same way i0n is well known here. He has
about It." an irrepressible sense of humor.
Dr. Johnson and R. H. Dunbar. which keeps an audience in roars
were named for president, but Dun- of laughter, but under every remark
bar docllned in favor of the doctor, and anecdote, there Is a deep mean
who, by the way, was active in ing and these lighter remarks are
several of Portland's best known Interspersed with some of the moat
social and civic organizations. teautlfully expressed thoughts and
Will H. Bennett was chosen as 'ideals conceivable. Lack of apace
vice-president. The members of the J prevents our giving the Judge's ex
new board of directors are Will cellent talk, but suffice it to say that
W. Baldwin, L. Jacobs, Orb Camp- he at all times held the rapt at
bell, J. E. Swansen, J. F. Magulre, Jtentlon of all fortunate enough to
W. P. Johnson, Charles I. Roberts, (hear him.
FEDERAL CHILD
LABOR LAW NOW
WORKERS IS CALLED TO
OUUKK LV WASHINGTON' TO
CONSIDER THIS LEGISLATION
Unltod Press Service ' 0uo of tue be3t meetulgs the
WASHINGTON. Jan. ri.-N'eed r0r,Klamath Medlcal Association ?as
. .. held atnen ttu nrirnnl2fitlnn wftn held
n Federal ciiiia laoor law was tne " .
theme of u conference here today of.las,t liiM w"en tt most mterestUg
prominent persons Interested ijpal,er "SpecIal E syPtnis lu Re
cblld welfare llatlon to General Diseases," was read
Amnn th smv,k,r RehPrtnln.I
wero Jane Addams. Julia C. Lathrop.
hoad of the children's bureau of the'
Department ot Labor; Felix Adler.j
Florence Kelly, Edward T. Devine,
John Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Wilson. Representative Manning, of
Kansas, Represent a the Palmer, of
Pennsylvania, author of o. child labor
bill In tho House, and Senator Owen,
'I
who sponsored It lu tbo Senate.
I Now Willi Peoples'
Commencing tonight tbo Star! Howard Anderson, who was con
theater will, .jtvo "f-Trlp" with tll'nected with the Crlsler & Stilts
tickets. Just think ot tho many markets for some time, has assumed
miles of travel that can be accum- the position ot manager ot the
mulated in tho next few months by Peoples' Market. Ho Is well and
salng "Scrip" coupons. Patrons favorably known, here. t
have already expressed themselves (
as pleased with the idea, and state In certain cities of Russia street
that with tho coupons obtained atjwhUtllug by civilians is a penal of
tho Stnr added to those obtained at fen&e, tho prlvllego belug reserved
other business houses, they Intend .for tho pollco. ,
to see tho Fair. You can get "Scrip"
tonight, and r.lso seo nn excellent
LUI of ylftires. featuring Edw.tr.l
O Connor. Knthlyn Williams jnd
Alice Jovce. Another feature of to
night's Mil is the fancy skating ut
England's champion Ice skaters, ;on
an see tho whole show for leu
cents.
In Lapland a man who marries a
girl against the wishes ot her parents
may be severoly punished.
The Portland Baggage and Omni
bus Transfer Co, has bought a block
and will erect a large plant there,
(JU O. Van Bollen, I. D. Whltmore.
dorsed by all.
It was an optimistic bunch tht
gathered at the Hall Grill last night
for the banquet &nd annual meet-
ting of tho Chamber,
And optimum
.reigned all evening
One hitch in tho program was the
Inability of Tom Richardson to make
his scheduled speech. He loat his
voice yesterday, after two talks at
tho schools. But by happy chance,
Hon. Lionel K. Webster, former Cir
cuit Judge ot this district, and later
County Judge of Multnomah County,
came in from Portland, and be made
.loses an opportunity to speak fpr
Minted to Klamath by tho bonds of
MEDICOS MEET,
EAT, BE MERRY
- " - riaam.a.
DOCTORS ENJOY CLAMS SENT
HERE BV DR. STRAW
V " V. V. 13U0r..,ana W88 IOI-
owed b' short ta,ks other doc
3'
Followiug the meeting the doctors
gathered at tho Hall Grill, where
n clam supper was enjoyed. It was
all the more enjoyable because the
clams were sent fresh from Marsh
field by Dr. E. E. Straw, a former
11 pratlcloner.
The gieatest of all weeklies "The.
Animated Weokly" will bo shown at
tho Orpheus every Wednesday and
Thursday nights in the future. Here-.
tofore this much sought after pic
ture has boeu shown here at tlr-'
tegular intervals but the manage
ment has at last secured regular,
booking. Tho events ot Intereat the
world over are shown as well as up-j
to-the-mlnute war news. I
If women do not get to vote before
her death, Mrs, Margaret Stockman
of London Is so framing her will tkat
her son will be disinherited.
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