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KLAMATH COUNTY'S
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
''tnth Year Xu. ,Tgt
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1915
Price, FiveOsale
I0MN AUTEN OF
ILAKEVIEW SHOOTS
AND KILLS CURTIS
i'MIKH IIVi: HIIOTM INTO MAX
WHILE IX CHAIR 1
LriiK-r IIIiiim Man of TkU City
Hlxrt ami Killed 4iy Cart la of
Ijiknlcw lt XUht Fired Hw
HulM Into Cortta White HfWn
HIitloK In Clinlr Victim Xwr
Mured Domestic Troabla Ohm.
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UKKVICW, July U. John II.
kutru. formerly or Kinrnain ran,
ihoi ami killed Hoy Curtis, an eloe-
rlclon for the telephone company of
hi cliy, about T o'clock lint night,
Oill- tm Htu sitting In t chair, pour
nc the bullet Into hi hotly before
In. run hi move.
Il l unlit thnt the shooting I the
rult tit domestic troubles caused by
'uril. AtitPit U under arrest hero.
nut Judge II. I), dale of Klnmnth
Fall wn telephoned (or laat night to
ilcfrntl lilm.
The shooting took place In tin resi
lience of William Wallace of thin city,
rliir CurlU roomed. CttriU nntl
Mr. Auten wen In the room, nnd
Aiiicii luul evidently followed I Item
nr kww that they wc-ro toother. Am'nMrirt,0t '".r " lwl
h, ....ppoil Into tho room ;uu Urew"4' flirM (""1 n ri-mlliw. imanl.
hi r'ilr. HrliiK on Cnrtla alUlim""""""
In ilio iimlr, Mr. Aulcn urahbfil for
I ho Kim In nu effort to wrem It from
Mm, ami In mi doing wcurtd bad
ikiwiIit Imriiit on ono arm mm the
it.imo of tho ilUchargon.
OurtlH did not inova from tho chair
where iin was alllinc. several of lh
tlmt bullet hitting vital ipota.
Troublo between Mr. and Mm.
Amen linn been rumored for aomo
time, ami It In rntld that Auton ha
nrcuieil OurtU of breaking up hla
home Dlvorco proceeding by Auten
aro Rtippodtil to bo landing In court
here
Allien Ih well known In Klamath
Kail b- people who renlded hare a
few jenrn ago. Auten wm Ib the city
rrrently, Hixmdlng about two week
here, it l Ntated by some that Mra.
Auien, formerly MUi Ruby Craddock
of thU city, was with him at' thl
time. Mo returned to Ukevlew Bun
day. At (mo ilmu Auten waa In buninemt
Imrn with v. li, I Jar noit, and operated
the American hotel and bar. They
were tho owner of that property tip
until n year or two ago.
A report waa circulated here thin
morning that Curtla wm, rocontly
married In Ukovlow.
It Ih mild that Auten told aevoral
frlemiH while hero that he waa going
to Mart illvorco proceeding! toon.
J'I'Iko (lalo nnd Luke Walker left
'it 1 1 o'clock laat Bight for Ukevtow,
Walker driving the car,
7,000 ACRES
i MORE JRRI6ATED
I'lllVATi: OW.NKIW AHK INHTAM-
NO I'MNTO WHICH MKATfjdenlet) thnt he had beon rocrultlng
I'lUWCKIUTV TO FARMKRH IN
THK KKNO IHTHICT
Klamath county' Irrigated Una
area in to be Increased abet 7,000
"tch thin year a mult of MllfltlW
in tho noighborhostf of ,-Keno .ana
worilen, wlmrawmal prewreaalye
'nrme,8 a.o lurtaJUng, or have In
walled pi.mplBg , ;nwr,(
we project H fumleked r
o Kern brother, eieet r I plan t at
UoBtlaued m Pat 4)
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COUNCIL BUYS
FURNITURE AND
POLICE SIGNAL
'PATROLMAN KKHIO.tH 1-OHITION
AND ANOTHER CHOSEN i
Willi JoIiiiMoiih Piirttlliir Mount
Ha l,utvet lllil on New Furulluru
nntl llnlilwln Hardware Ctiiiiny
Get Rid on Steel Man Building
Affair Mill Over Another Meeting.
.No Hit! tin Anntiig or Screen.
All lour bid for (tin now furnltimt
for tho city hall wort within HO of
each oih(r, ami tho contract to supply
tho hull with furniture, lucludlug
table, chnlr, typewriter dentin, IIIIuk
cabinet ami othtr furniture, went to
tiin VIIIU-Joliutont Furniture com
1'ituy of thin city on tho hhl of
IH03.3O, iIik lowest tilo, according to
ripeelflaitlonK, The llntdwlu Hani,
ware company submitted the lowest
old for tho ntcol work, cabinet for
tin. vault nt f.'.SK,:.., there being
hut two bidder.
Tho bid hh submitted u trt: Willi
Johnstone, 903,n0; vllalilwlii Hard
ware Co.. (I) intH.G.I. (2) I09S.C3
(hlnhor KmiltO; Vlrell & Bon.
(I) f!:8.l.'. (2) 1734.7 ( lower
r,rml): MiMIIIiiii Kiirnltun Iiouho.
It in. 70. Ktc-i'l, Ital.lwln. $:.KK. '!.'.:
Vlrrll A Son., $7nn, An orilliunrc
A pet Hilar stni or nffnlr wim ill-
covered when Jutlgo liivltt ntntcd
that no hid had been received for
the mipplylng of the hall with awn
IngH and nrreen.
Tho limtnllntlon of n lgna light
and the providing of n ltch at tho
lire chief headquarter and one nt
tho tolophonu officii waa favorably
nctod upon by tho council, nnd ono
light will bo Initialled a an experi
ment at one of tho corner on Main
itt reel. Thl will Klvo practically ov
cry portion of the city pollco protec
tion. When it pollccmnu In wautod ts
telephone cull la turned Into tho tele
phone olltce, the operator turn on tho
Hwltch, which tlauhe the light, and
tho flrtt pollccmnu weeing tho light
will naceriuln whero ho Ih wanted
irom the operator, nnd will anvwer
tho coll. Tho pqwer company Iim
agreed to fitrnUh tho power free of
charge.
Tho following bill wuro nllewed:
li. Hbarp. -2C.&0; J. C. Rutenlc,
lit. 9tf; Wlllla-JohiiNtono Furnlturo
company, balance, $70.70.
J, If. ('oilman teixlorod hi resig
nation n a patrolman, and John I'ugh
wn ftvpolntetl by 1'rcildout Mnthew
In hi place. Permlwlnn for the Im
provement or Iho Mra, W. II. Mason
building on Mala atroot wnn laid over
ono meeting for further confedera
tion, K. M. Chllcote'a request for
poaaeealon of hi 1014 I1G.000 city
depository bond waa refused.
Hid for tho awnlnga nnd screens
will be called for ono more week.
The advertisement for n horso will
ulo bo continued, and a horse from
8 to 18 yearn old, and weighing be
tween 1,400 nnd 1,000 pounds Is
wanted by tho council.
Hay llritUli Pay for Recruits
United Press Service
I.OB ANaELES, July 13. Ken
neth Croft arrested hore today, tho
alleged Ilrltlsh recrultor, ndmltted
thnt rich Britisher are paying for tho
transportation nf compatriot, He
Just Heard of War
United Press Service '
EUREKA, July 18, Hero la a man
who did not know up to n day or two
ago that thero was war in Europe,
In Angus Olafson, a homesteader
of southern Humboldt, 0. R. Hill, a
local real estate man, claims to have
discovered a man who was unaware
of the great "world war, On at rscont
trip Hll encountered Olafaoa, who
had just wended hla way out of a
lonely mountain home, frhre due to
hi wolatlon, ha receive no new
BHr. He appeared rather itartled
by taVnew,
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TI;Ik pliotoKraplf.of the assailant of J. 1'. Morgan was taken within a
few I, ours or the time he wns locked up In the (!lenroo Jail. The band
age was pjiiccd on his head to stop tho Mow of blood caused by tho blow
the Morgan butler struck him after h had ilred two shots.
0. A. C. FACULTY SHIPPERS MUST
WILL VISIT HERE1 REGISTER STOCK
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COMMITTEE OF BOARD OF HE-iCATTI.E AND HORSES GOING OUT
GENTS TO TOUR EXPERIMENT!
stations in klamath july
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A committee of tho Board of Ro
gents of tho Oregon Agricultural Col
lege Is making a tour of tho state,
visiting tho branch experiment sta
tions and county agriculturists, nnd
wlll arrive In Klamath Falls Wodncs-
day night, July 22,comlng from
Lakovlow, according to n letter re
ceived by County Agriculturist H. R.
nialsycr from President W. J. Kerr.
They will remain over Thursday, of tho now laws, which went Into ef
Btid will go over the county with II. feet May 22. While each animal
R, (llalsyer, Visiting tno experiments
under wny, nnd looking tho situation
over generally. In a letter from Pres-
Ident Kerr of tho college, ho oxpress-jclen description must bo given for
od a desire to moot tho people and Identification so that If later develop
ofllclnU of tho county nnd city. There ment should require a record of that
aro six or aevon In the party,
Thoy expect to lenvo horo Friday
morning, nnd may go north by way
of Fort Klamath, Crater Lake andjto register each animal, but the ln-
Medford. Tho trip Is for the pur -
poso of acquainting the regent with
conditions In tho Mitto, statu and
progress of tho work that Is being
done In the various sections, accord
ing to Olalsyer.
Installation Tonight
District Deputy Grand Patriarch O,
If, Urennoninn will Innstall the re
cently elected offlcora of Ewauna En
campment No. 40 In their respective
office at ihe meeting tonight All
Patriarch aro requested to attend.
WHhycomba Meet Hell nt Raster
United Pre Bervlca
BAKER, Ore., July 13, Govern
Wlthycombo welcomed the Liberty
Bell hore today. Twenty thousand
people taw the ball at Bolae, Idaho,
where It toppd oa hour."
J. P. Morgan
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OF STATE MUST BE REGISTER
ED FOR IDENTIFICATION, AC
CORDING TO A. L. MARSHAL
Shippers of cattle nnd horses and
other stock out of the county muit
see thnt they nro properly registered
boforo shipping them, according to
A. L. Marshall, newly appointed In-
spector ror this county by Governor
Wlthycombo. Blanks for this pur
pose have been provided, according
to Marshall, at the depot.
Marshall has Just received a copy
noea not. necessarily ua uom-rtueu uuu
registered, according to Marshall,
when k bunch is snipped out, um-
shipment, the animals could be traced,
In shipping from ono county In tho
state to another, is Is not necessary
POoior snouto oonounea onae.nip
ment, says Marshall. A heavy One Is
provided for violation of the law,
nnd owing to rablea, and other dis
eases, It I Important thnt shipper
take heed.
Argument for College
Unltod Pres Service
LOS ANQELEB, July 13. Luc!
Basura, aged 8, aspiring to be a lady
barber, lathered the head of her little
brother Nlok. aged' 4, and tried to
have htm with her father' raior.
The child waa scalped, ,
Neutrality Witt Released
United Pre Service -
ban Francisco; July ti. John
Pelrlt Indicted In cooneetlei wKthe
Steamer BacramentQ' neutrality viola
tlon cue wa released today on $1,
0.9 bail.
ESPEE TO PAY
TAXES COMING
TO KLAMATH CO.
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IIICT IIP CIRCUIT COURT
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iJuilgti liemwin's Verdict Here la Favor i
of KoutlR-rn Pacific In Permitting
Tfiem to Puy Takcm With Conaty
WnrrnntM Previously iMued, Bat In
Holt I'phdd by Supreme Court.
lkcinlon Handed Down Today
(Special to The Herald)
BAI.EM, July 13. The supreme
court handed down a decision today
holding thut warrants totaling $17,-
4G4.99, Issued by Klamath county a
i number nf yearn ago and tendered by
the Southern Pacific Railroad com
pany In payment of their taxes, aro
valid, nnd thnt the county treasurer
enn reecho thn warrants In payment
or their taxes. The court held that
they rrt nlld, nnd do not represent
tho character of Indebtedness which Is
prohibited by the state constitution.
J. W. Siemens, as county treasurer,
reruscd to eccept these warrants when
they wero tendered by tho railroad
.cpmpany. a they were in suit. The
railroad company took the case to the
circuit court, where they were given
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ueui mo ..eomon given oy ouoge en -
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lira iwuuicill llltiut lumimil, lll
.now be obliged to pay a tax bill to
Klamath county amounting to about
$23,000, which have not been paid
since this case has been In court.
About $13,000 of this will be In
cash and the remainder In connty
warrants.
TWO ANSWERS
BEING PREPARED
PRESIDENT AND LANSING TO
COMPARE REPLIES TO GER
MANY WHEN COSIPLETED.
WILSON BACK AT WEEK END
United Press Service
WASHINGTON, D. C. July 13.
Secretary Tumulty stated today that
Pr stdent Wilson was expected to re
turn to this city by the end of this
week. Secretary of State Lanstng Is
reticent regarding his answer to Ger
many. Tho Indications aro that when the
president returns the two messages
will be prepared, one by himself nnd
tho other by Lansing. They will then
be compared and discussed previous
to the drawing of a final note, which
will then be presented to the cabinet
for consultation.
has been authoritatively learned
tint Secretary Lansing has had moro
to de with the previous notes than hns
been generally known.
Leave on Caiuing Trip
Mr. nnd Mrs. Oscar Shlve, Mrs. Will
Immel, Miss Joele Low, Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. W. White and Mr. and Mrs. Kirk
White left this morning in automo
biles for a two week camping trip In
tho mountalnn. They expect to stay
At Spring Creek and may go to Crater
Lake later.
Freer la la City
Superintendent Freer of tho Klam
ath' Indian reservation la In the city
today on buslne. He expects to re
turn tonight or In the morning.
Dynamite on Railroad Track
United Preae Service
hundred sticks of dynamite were
found today featured on the tracks
of the Reading railroad at Flat Rock
dam, a suburb of thla city. No clue
ha been found yet.
EDISON AND
WRIGHT TO WORK
FOR UNCLE SAM
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INVENTIONS FOR USE IN
DEFE.V8K
Secretary of Navy Daalels Secures Aid j
of Edison and Orvllle Wright oa
New- Bureau Edlsoa Haa Accept
ed, an Has Wright Will Handle
Submarines and Aeroplanes. The
Greatest Comblaation ia World.
United Press Service
WASHINGTON. D. C July 13.
Secretary of Navy Daniels recently
wroto to Thomas Edison, the world
famous genius and Inventor, asking
him to serve on a proposed bureau to
devote its efforts to new Inventions
for the defense of the United States
In the future, should It be necessary.
Edison has accepted.
It was also suggested that the gov
ernment should establish a bureau of
experimentation, where new Inven
tions can be tried out.
It Is also understood that Orvllle
Wright, greatest aeroplane expert In
tho world, will Join with Edison and
other members of the Navy Invention
. bureau
Edl80n wU, derote hU Bttentlon
8UDraarlne8 and Wr,Kht t0 aer0pianes
d neIther w, be llmltedt0 any par.
UcuIar fle,d Wrlght and Edison are
cong,dered the gre&te3t comblnatlonn
n the world. Other names have been
'.suggested for membership on the bu
.... nrt .em -. Honr
Ford, Nikola Tesla, Cooper Hewlt and
Professor Lemos Johnson.
United Press Service
WASHINGTON, D. C. July 13.-
Secretary Daniels has predicted that
the activity of Edison and Wright
would result in a revolution of naval
methods as Important as the invention
of the Monitor. Admirals Griffin,
j Straus and Taylor have endorsed the
I invitation to Edison.
M. R. Hutchinson in presenting Ed
ison's acceptance, said that he con
sidered It as his "sacred duty."
$15,000 WORTH
WARRANTSCALLED
COUNTY TREASURER MAKES THE
LARGEST CALL IN YEARS, AND
ONLY ONE FOR PAST TWO
YEARS GOOD INDICATION
County Treasurer Geo. A. Haydon
tias issued a call tor protested county
warrants amounting to $15,000 which
is the largest amount In protested
warrants called for In four or five
years, and tho only call that hat
been Issued for the past two or three
years.
The dispensing of this amount of
money in the county at this time in
dicates prosperity, according to Hay
don, and will aid local people who
hold warrants protested up until May
6, 1911 by turning the money loose.
County Court Adjourns
The county court, which was In
session Inst week and Monday pf this
weok, haa adjourned until a latter
date, after passing on a grist of bills.
Preparations will be made for the vis
It of the advisory board of the state
highway commission as soon a word
Is received from them a to the route
and time of their arrival. They are
expected to be. here Thunday of thl
week,
Have Leaied Former Merrymaa Home
'Mr. and Mra. A. H. Conner of thla
cliy have leased the former Merryman
hon on Pine street of thl olty.-'nnd
wtlli reclde there.''' Conner la a en
gineer on the Southern PaoHje raU
road, nnd wa recently plaetdon'tht
run from tho Ashland terminal,
BATTLE PROCEEOS
TOWARDS CAPITAL
CITY OF FRANCE
HAND TO HAND STRUGGLES IN
UNDERGROUND PASSAGES
Frightful Fire and Heavy Explosives
Did NoC Drive French From Lab
ryntli Districts Around Paris, Say
Report Asphyxiating Bosab Used
Before Onslaught French Aero
plane Bomb German Camps.
United Press Service
PARIS. July 13. A frightful and
horrible attack was made on the forts
out from this city last night, heavy
explosives being used by the Germans,
but they were unable to drive the
French from the labryntb districts
where they are entrenched, but the
Germans were decimated, says the an
nouncement. Hand to hand struggles took place
in the .underground passageways,
which are being used by tho French
for protection. Cannon and guns of
all classes have been placed in these
historic undergrounnd tunnels, and
they are proving, valuable for pro
tection. Thirty-flvo French aeroplanes raid
ed a German station last night at Los -Hatonhatel.
bad dropped 111 bombs.
Many Ores were started, and huge'
quantities of munitions were de
stroyed by the French.
BOOTLEGGER IS
TAKEN AT FORT
CAUGHT IN ACT OF TRANSFERR
ING YVHISKEY TO INDIAN HE
WAS BROUGHT HERE TO AWAIT
V. S. COMMISSIONER
Dan Connor, roustabout and floater
over the county; was arrested lat
night by Joe Vose. deputy sheriff at"
Fort Klamath after two residents of
Fort Klamath had watched him trans
fer two quarts of whiskey to Josenh
Wilson, a Klamath Indian.
Connor-was seen going down -the
street wih the whiskey, closely fol
lowed by two Indians. D. H. Wlmer
and Bob Fleminr noticed them, and
followed the pair. After turning a
corner and crossing a lot near the ball
field and when the' followers were
not more than eight feet behind them,
the transfer of the whiskey took
plat;e, They notified Vose. and he
mndo the arrest.
J. H. Hesslg, accompanied by the
witnesses and the prisoner, drove
them down this morning. Superin
tendent Freer Issued- a statement
protecting the sheriff' office. In which
he stated that much bootlegging had
been taking place a( the Fort; and
Connor was Jailed to await the ar
rival of U, S, Commissioner Hamaker
of Bonanza, and a U. S, marshal from
Portland. The whiskey haa been re
tained as evidence.
Loomls Suffer Fire Loss
United Press Service.
SACRAMENTO, July 13. The
business section of Loorais wa burn
ed today with a loss 'of $100,000.
In the conflagration nineteen build
ings were destroyed. The postofflce
officials haebeen notified that the
postofflce and rodeo were burned laat
night, wuh a $;500 loss, t ,
" Constantinople Report Piter
unttea Pre service
i CONSTAjITINOULB,
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had beeeftheHed and forced to wRh'-' -v
drawjfMvoral shell exploding on tho
deck.of the Teasels. A week ago'H'
two ahlpo ,.:&
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