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KLAMATH COUNTY'S
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
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Eleventh Year No. 3,1H
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Mexican Bandit Defeats Army
of Carranzistas at Torreon
TWENTY. FIVE AHE KILLEO IN
BATTLE
Many Carrama Soldier Otitrt lo Villa
tcauM Ht Pay In Sllvtr, Say Ref.
ugft General Murgla Recapture
Supplies Taken by Bandit Chief al
Chihuahua City Soma Tima Age,
When Ha Sacked City.
Kl. I'ArtO, Jan. :-Thn Catmnirf
consulate hern announced today thai
an army of Carrantlala -rr defeated
yesterday by 100 VllllMa- near Tor
mm. Twenly-fhe emu were kitted In Hi
halite and 110 prisoner taken In lh
flKhlliij; were- later executed b Villa
General MurRla tin Irli-Kmphi-d that
he bait recaptured a quantity of up.
plies taken by Villa at t'hlhuatiiia til).
Itefugce arrltiiiK heie amu-rt lliui
Carraiulnlw soldier frequently are !
rlliiK ) VIHn brcaune Villa In p)lnit
hi nii'ii In sller.
AMERICAN FORCE
WITHDRAWN SOON
PUNITIVE EXPEDITION UNDER
GENERAL JOHN.PERSHING WILL
BE REMOVED FROB MEXICAN
SOIL, SAY OFFICERS
Ill, I'AHO, Jan. 2. Army officeis
here Mated today Hint preparation
uent proceeding In llm army supply
depart ment for I lie withdrawal of (Jen
era I IVisIiIiik's punitive forte fnun
Mexico.
All ptoperty cleiks have been or
tleretl lo proceed to Columbus, N. M,
Tint duties of these clerks lire In re
cord and cheek equipment sent Into or
ruining from Mexico.
San Francisco is
Watching Klamath
W. Paul Johnson Says California is
Anxious to See Klamath Falls Rise
to Opportunity to Make Itself
"San Francisco la talkltiK about
Klamath Fall and tho Strahorn rail
road," aaya W. Puul Johnaon, who haa
Juat returned from San Franclaco,
where be apent Christmas with Mra.
Johnaon.
"Business men especially ate closely
wntrhlnK development In the situa
tion hero, and are wondotinR If Khun
nth Folia la koIiib to 'come throUKh.'
They declare the town will bo ntado by
the new railroad, and that the town
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TWO GOVERNORS
NOW RULE OVER
ARIZONA STATE
STATE HAS TWO STAFFS OF AP.
POINTIVE OFFICES
All Stale ualntaa It Deadlocked Lag
Itlature to Meat Mayday, tut Will
e Atked to Adjourn 81 Weeke to
Walt for Muddle to Bt Settled Cap
itol It Ouarded to Prevent Rlott
Among RlvaltM Conttlluentt.
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PIIOKNIX. Arlt.. Jun. 2. ArUon.t
today hen I wo Kiitcmorx anil two
staffs of nppolutlte official.
Atlorni'n fur Governor Hum ami
JGntrrutir-elccl Campbell today agreed
not tu pri-st-ni a petition outslng Hum
from the Mate house until next Thum
da.
Ai n result, all utiile IiUsIiicsh l
deadlocked.
Tin' legislature convenes Monday,
bill pwbabl) will br nuked tu adjourn
six Weeks until the muddle Ik settled.
Tlie ruiol Iri being guarded.
Land Being Clatalfled
The work of classifying and open
Iiik to houieittend entry such lands ia-i
the uallonal forests as nre chiefly val
uable for iiKrlcullure Ih progressing
nipldly. Already ocr 70,000,000 acres
hae been entered by field examina
tion and the Dtuil teportH acted uihmi.
Can Ute Tanbark
Investigations by the forest products
lalxiintory al Madison, Win., have re-
Milted In I he unit of spent tanbark In
the luanuf ad ur of asphalt shingles
to the extent of 160 ton it per week. The
nluit nf the bark him been thereby In
creased from 60 cents to $2,i0 per ton.
niuat dhow ItKi'lf by helpinu lo gpl
thn ronU.
"San Franclaco Ik unxioua. It feelH
thai If tho movement for the railroad
falla turouKU thla community la done
far. Am far ua Sun Frunclsco la con
cerned. Klamath Falla never will ot a
new deal if ahe doesn't win In thla
ahurrio."
Mr. JohnHon anya Klamath Falla la
woll ndvertlied In California through
the Slrahorn railroad talk.
Unletting Mvvalb
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KLAMATH
EXECUTES
1000 Club
Will Meet
Tomorrow
A UleelliiK of tho Women's l.'tVU
li.iilumd Club has turn railed by Mrs.
Charles V Kbcrlcln, chairman, for
2 "ii n'cltM'k tomorrow afu-niotm al
tl.e Hall hotel.
All members of the club and women
who wish lo become members ate
urged by Mm Kberleln to be prnteni,
ua Important business Ik scheduled.
The Women'' l.tmO lUllnwd Club, Is
doing Kieat work In getting siib:rll
Hon for the fund lit huv terminal for
Hie Htrahorn ralltond. Watch the llxt
of subscriptions each day, and Kite how
It grows,
GRAIN TRUST IS
ROBBING FARMERS
ARGENTINE FARMERS LOSE $200,
000,000 a Year' to Thlt Trutt, 8aya
Cereal Expert of the South American
Republic.
lll'KNOS AIItKS. Jan. 2. "Wake up.
Argentina, and build Rraln elevntont,"
tirccd Cert T. Holm, a Swedlnh-Anior-lean,
ami foremont cereal expert In the
Himiliern republic. In nn appeal to thu
countij'K farmertt.
Holm ehtlmnten that thene farmen
lone $200,000,000 annually to tho "Rraln
truKl" throuRh lack of ntontRo fnclll
lien, which compela them to market
their products in u hurry and on what
eer tcrniH tho truat dictates. Ho
places the members of the trutt at not
mine than tlvtt concerns who 'do hae
Home elovatom of their own, but who
one them, ho nttaorta, entirely for their
own benefit. The plan ho favors ih
Rtier,nment conMructlon of elevators.
GUN SHIPMENT
TO BE PROBED
CONGRESSMAN KAHN ASKS FOR
INFORMATION REGARDING THE
SHIPMENT OF MUNITIONS, DES
PITE PRESIDENT'S EMBARGO
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. Congress,
man Kahn thla Afternoon introduced u
loaolutlon requiring Information on the
exportation of munition to Mexico "in
violation of the president's embargo."
Mexican Ambaaaador Arredondo an
nounced thai he was going to Mexico
hood to confer with Curranxu regard
ing Importation of MuatUona.
American Ambaaaador Fletcher alto
will tot urn to Mexico,
FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY,
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IIKItl.l.N, Jaiv. :. Ciuuiuunta of Her
III) newKpapem Indicate the belief that
(crmatD'a peace hopes have been dis
persed, and that the sillies' reply to
the propoxalM dieres no written re
Joinder.
PAID FIRE CHIEF
TO BE PROVIDED
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COUNCIL EXPECTED TO PLACE j COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, CIRCU
FIRE CHIEF ON FULL PAY.! LATORS OF ROUND ROBIN, SAY
MAYOR CRISLER WILL NAME THEY WERE FOOLED REGARD
KIETH AMBROSE CHIEF ING PAY
Alliance finite on the rmimll meet
Iiik tonlRht tns the lire committee'
will report fawn ably on thu question!
ol placliiK Die chief of the tire tlopait
ment on full pay nnd requiring him to
che all his time lo the job. It is also
expected Hint the council will pass at
iCHolutloit prmldlnR this.
Mayor 0. It. Crisler is expected to
uppolnt Kiel It Ambrose ns tint chief,
succeeding OM'.ir Ilteunemnn, who wus
unable to continue tho poKltion on ac
count of other duties.
rutting tilt' lint chief on lull pay.
th uk disconllnultiK the oluuteer chief
sjstem, was terommended by I ho mem
bers of the tire department In u repot t
submitted to thu council December 26.
Forest Yield Much
There were cut from the national
forests In the tlscul your 1916, 601,920,
000 board feoL of timber. Of this
amount 110,48:1,000 board feet was cut
under free use privilege by 42,055 in
dividuals. In all, 10,840 sales or timber
were made, of which 97 per cent were
under 100 In value, indicating the ex
tent to which tho homesteader, ranch
er, miner, amull inlllmau and others
in need of a limited quantity of tim
ber draw upon tho foronln.
JANUARY 2, 1917.
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The new spatters beliee that Ger
man) must now- fight to a finish.
"Let on Hindenburg answer the
allies." is the cist of the German opin
ion. SOLDIERS WERE
MISLED CHARGE
SAN FKANCISCO, Jan. 2. It wa
learned today that members of Com
pany A, California engineers, now serv
ing at Nogale8, circulated the round
robin among the soldiers, charging
neglect caused the death of one sol
dier. The men claim they were misled
when they enlisted, regarding their
term of servico and pay.
Most of the company was recruited
f i om Northern California.
Robbera Get $300
SACKAMKNTO, Jun. 2. Two rob
bers this morning dynamited the safe
in the ticket office of the Oakland,
Antloch & Kastcrn, getting (300 in
cash. A restaurant cook, who said he
saw two men leaving tho office at 5
o'clock this morning, furnlshea tho
only clue to the robbers.
Fertata Protected
The national forests of Oregon and
Washington are being protected, not
only from fire, but from the ravages
of insects. Occasionally barkbeetles
become so destructive on certain areas
that the Infested timber must be
promptly cut and burned to prevent
further damage to valuable limber.
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Rear Guard
of Rumania
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Is Attacked
UEHLIN. Jan. 2. The German ninth
army is closely pressing the Human-'
lans. repeatedly defeating the reari
guard of the retreating army. In the!
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iuhi iew uas uter l.uuv nave ueen cap
tured. --On the west front German patrol de
tachments bae entered the French
trenches al Champagne and returned
saft ly.
Sofia announces that the Bulgarians!
hae captured 1,500 Rumanians.
OFFICIALS TAKE
OATHS THIS DAY
SWORN IN BY COUNTY CLERK
DE LAP BURT HAWKINS WILL
BE IN OFFICE OF SHERIFF
GEORGE HUMPHREY
Mrs. Kose Torrey will not be the
office deputy for Sheriff George Hum
phrey, who took office today. Instead,
Hurt E. Hawkins was sworn in as dep
uty. The other deputies are Austin
Hayden nnd Tiz Griffith.
The utriou county officials took the
outh today, as did their deputies.
County Clerk DeLap will be assisted
by Charles F. Del.ap. Miss Vera Hous
ton and Lloyd Del.ap. Assessor J. l
Lee will have In his office Miss Agnes
l.ee nnd Mrs. A. J. Voye.
Fred Combs' Widow
Gets $23 a Month
Widow of Workman Killed at Ewauna
Box Factory Given Settlement by
Industrial Accident Commission
The State Industrial Accident Com
mission on Saturday settled the death
claim of Fred Combs, thus making a
New Year ptesent or considerable pro
portion to thn widow or this deceased
workman, who died December 10th.
1916. ns a result or injuries received
while in the employ or the Ewauna
Box company.
The widow, who is 23 years or age.
will receive $23 per month for life, tho
daughter and the son $3 per month
each, until they have Teached the age
of 16 years.
To make these payments the com
mission has set aside into the segre
KLAMATH FALLS'
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
Prle Plv Caata
on Carpet
MAY BE HEARD IN OPEN MEETING
ON "LEAK"
Senator Stone Dcniea Having Profited
From "Leak" on Wllton"a Peace
Note to Belligerent, But Admit Se
cret of Government Move Have
Found Way Out of the Department
of State.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Jan. 2.
Chairman Henry of the house rules
committee today refused to call the
committee together to Investigate the
alleged "leak" in connection with Pres
ident Wilson's note to belligerents.
Instead be introduced a resolution
empowering congress to regulate the
New York stock exchange. Advance
information on the note reached the
exchange before the note was made
public, nnd certain government offi
cials are alleged to have profited great
ly from the "leak."
After conferring with Thomas W.
Law-son, who declares he knows who
"leaks" on important government
motes are common, Congressman
Campbell demanded that Lawson be
heard in an open meeting.
Senator Stone today denied that ho
profited by the news "leak," and bit
terly denounced Lawson. He admitted
however, that "secrets have found
their way out of the state depart
ment."
Banka Muat Report
WASHINGTON. D. C, Jan. 2. John
Skelton Williams, comptroller ot cur
rency, today issued a call for a state
ment or the condition of all national
banks at the close of business Deceat
ber 27th.
Senate Won't Endorsa
WASHINGTON. D. C, Jan. 2. The
senate again today refused to vote on
the resolution endorsing President
Wilson's peace note to belligerents.
gated fund the sum or $8,397.01, and In
Btrttcted the state treasurer to Uveal
the same in state or municipal bosds
ror the benefit or this widow. TWa
money Is not nvailablo for any other
purpose, nor can It be reached by aay
process or law'jor by the legilaUre,
and has the guarantee or the state be
hind t that the funds will be pahf aa
stated above. '
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