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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1917)
7T m AMATH COUNTY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER ijjjgth Year " M4 GEORGE- GRAVE MEASURESNECESSAR Y' RESIDENT OF MMMWMMMIMMWMMMIMW "Otherwise Disaster'-Premier ItfORTAUK I.N ORDINARY NKKDM, AIX NKCWtMITIKH rmlrr Mori A(MrMW Hpvrtol gaM of How of tHMHnw on MtfrirtJaa of Importa aya Km. awe NarrUn That Will Teat M Sadee! OHi Aiw Xiiiwiit o fcaJm Vktory. bOKDON, Feb. 13. "The gravest an aiceaury, otherwise' i vm at disaster." declared Lloyd , IGrorft before tba bouse of oommona tottr, while discussing tht shortage lof Pritlih tonnage. Mm lata a alllloa tons of Brttlab Italyplag have bean essttaed to foaav Tsare I aot oly-a ebertage (or oralaary needs, bat alto for Mil Ihut iwailtl . frvaler George addressed a special IbmiIsi of lbs commons on Iba re- ttrirtloi of Import, lit declared tbat "taoraiout sacrifices which will teat life Bitlotul grit" aro necessary to ImMt victory. "We mutt flod ships to cirry Iron ore at all coats." be Mid. II propoied that Kngland dispense l! til non-Montlal Imports, Includ. lot timber, tomatora and fruits. I LO.VDON, Feb. J3. Tbo Ilrltlah IMimtr Walhflcld lia been sunk, It Uunouncrd. 25; FEBRUARY, 1 pUfK IIMITTKH HEVKAI.H HO.MK TMI(J RADICAL HKKMH TO "AVE CURTAILED UOOZK, ALSO WUitlKIIN AM) OTIIKIUi It nv h .11.1. . . . - n.ilml; iiruvioua 10 IUBKU -- 1 .7 ' aiauaucs, ni.i ' so near uou- nl i-mporluma, but nevertheless J7 ' but " drunk charge on tbo mn 1 blotter at the local police ta J lor February, 1917, compared Wbtthi.r ihl. . .ii-.i t. . . . ... " ivi vasnge la quo 0 Governor Wlthycombe's algnlng of 'Kine drr bf whch WMt nto f"brry nt, or to a re- . mi. iuo cany to aacurta In. Tnar l . . . . . . . . otk.. .l u "0,l" lacking or oijh ,tttC n ll,u bloltor for iM rt ,:: :. r,n" mm. I """I'arou witn conam- hnu. 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Tho roinulna will bo laid to rent tomorrow morning In the Notional CiniMry nt tho I'rraldlo, with full nillltiiiy honorK. AccompunyliiK Hunoral Puuaton'a body from Ban Antonio aro cnptuiu Pltabugh l., nlde-de-cainp to tho lato general, two non-commlBulonod oncer and elx irlU'H. The honorary pullhcnrura are: Hoar Admiral William P. Pullum, U. S. N., Ortgadlor Ounorol William U. filbert. Brigadier CJonorul II. K. Evaue. Brig, adler OcdmoI Oaou P. Ixing, retired, Brliidler Oenerol John P. Wlsaer. and Colonel Benjamin AUort. It U expoctod the civic ofllulal. in cludliiK Mayor Jumoa Rolph, Jr., will attend tbe funeral, which will be held I; ml J i ti gBaBaLaBgagam gBBBBBBBBBBBBBBV'BBBBBBV it -fgggggggr aaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ' TTaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaB 't, S f I WBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB1 m 1 .IjBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBlL'' 1 ' TggggggggggggggggrH 1 ". gggggggggggggggggrV".y 1 'gaaaaaaaaaaaaV '" l8 5 gggggglgggggT H i ' aBBaa! bbbbV - 4 aBaaaV bbbbbbt 4 i gBBBBBT BBBbV ' y- i aaaBBBl BBaaal if bbbbbbT bbbbb! S bbbbbbI M ' ' n 1 bbbbbW bbbbbI J ' ' L Hecov - from tbe Pint Presbyterian cnurcn. KLAMATH AMERICAN SHIP LINE ASKS FOR GUNS . X WWWW.iWWWHWWWWWMWWWWWWWWIWWHWIWWWWMWllIWWWWWWlll OVER (10,1)00 FOR PROTECTION FORESTS IN 1016 .NO KIHK IIAMAUK; COHTH GRKAT. Kit THAN PltKVIOl'H XKAHH J. K. Kimball, Ncvretarjr Klamath Fire A.MK-Utloti Trlla of OomUUom hi Annual llrport Itereatly liwed. Much Hpeert for DeeU IVotectioa. KfllrJetit Force of Mm Hired Tea Momth. to ngiit Botti Daafera. Although no timber waa loat by lire In Klamath county and Northern California foreata, yet over 1 10,000 upended during tbe year !! to protect tbeae foreata from foraat Are and pine beetle ravage, moat of the expenditure being for Are protection. according to the annual report of J. P. Kimball, aeeretarr treaaurar ot tbe Klamath County' Poreat Ptre Aaao clitlon, recently laaued. Thl I a larger expenditure than for any provl oua year. The largeat abore of thla money waa pent In aahrlea for fire protection and beetle extermination. Owing to the excellent corp of men retained and their promptneaa of action, although the Are aeaaon lat year wa long and hatardoua, no material damage wa auffcrcd. Six automobile and two motorcycle are kept on hand for this work. Men of ability aro employed ten month out of the year who a're competent to handle both tho flro and pine beetle altuatlon. Tho aeaaon of 1116 wan favorable to the pine beetle. and itoviTo far the timber owner. Con- Hlderable deatructlon wa Buffered around the Jenny Creek plateau In WcKtcrn Klamath, In spite of vigorous efforta to prctcnt It. Work will bo roiitlniti'd tlicro this aprlng. The moat hnrmonloua relation with and offectlve asalatanro from the forest forvlco and from the state of Oregon during the pait year aro mentioned In the report. With tho Incrcnao In tbo value of farm product and livestock, more settler are locating In and around the foiesta covered by tbl association Tho automobile tourists are Increasing ery fiint. Many now stockmen are securing from ono aourco and another, right to graxo either cattle or sheep nn our ranger. So all of these: tho settler, tho tourist nnd tho atockman, a well a tho hunter and fisherman. use our forest more or leas, and add a certain amount of risk. During the past decade a great national campaign of education concerning community lutorost in timber and tire prevention ha beeu carried on, and while a ro markablo change in public aontlmont U apparent, there are yet carelea, in different and even unfriendly people who occasionally atart Area. Too many men think of those great for- est a "woods" or "range," Initead of property. Too many tblnk tbat ono or more great timber companlea own them all, when, a a matter ot fact, thousand of acre belong to people In moderate circumstances on whom tbe los of tbelr 160 acre would fall heavily. It I tbo province of this association to extend to camper tba hospitality of tbe owner of tbe foraat, to deal more or less with tba stockmea who use tba range, to handle tactfully tbe Individual wbo is Jealous of bt own rights and unmindful of the right of others, as well a to fight tbe ires CoattMti t VlSt "! -. 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Tho re port that David Kilgore, a Klumath county pioneer, who 'died last week at tho statu hospital at Salem, hud been subjected to 111 treutment, was declared unfounded as tho result of an Investigation by a board of local doctors, city officials and relatives, who uttended an autopsy, niado hero by Superintendent R. E. Ice Stelner and Dr. I.. P. Griffith, ot tho staio hospital, RolallvcH and physicians hero demanded an examination when bruises were found on the fiico and head of the body, which wa shipped here from Balom for burial. The asy lum officials explained that an attend ant bad overlooked reporting tho lull from a bed of tho patient. That fall had caused tho bruises. Mr. Kllgoio waa avory heavy man. Death waa fouud to have resulted from heart dlseaso iu an advanced Stage, hastened by the shock of the fall. Tbe autopsy failed to show any fracture of bone or the skull, which bad been rumored, Superintendent Stelner IniUted that for the sake ot tba relative of other Inmate of the state Institution, every rumor be in vestigated, Tbe county attorney ot Marlon eutrado,an Investigation there, FEBRUARY 23, 1917. t0m0WWWWWWW& which had been Introduced in the tower house of the legislature by Ttep-rcM-ntatlvc Anderson and passed. Sen ator Terry Mitchell, president pro tem or the state senate, was asked to uko his Influence against the mcas- lure, and the upper house killed the bill. MERRILL BALL STAGED TONIGHT FIREMEN TO HOLD THEIR AN. NUAL FROLIC AT VALLEY CITY TONIGHT, AND LARGE CROWD IS EXPECTED (Special to The Ilerad) MERRILL, Ore.. Feb. 33. The an nual Merrill Firemen's ball will be held In' this city tonight, when a rec old broking crowd of happy lovors of. the terpslchorean nio is expected to attend. Eluborato arrangements havo been nmdu hy tho boys or tho tire depart ment to provide every convenience tor their guests. A number ot Klumath Falls pcoplo liae ulso sent word that they are coming , and tho occasion promise to bo the best nnd biggest ot Its kind. .Motion nnd Order Day, Today Is motion and order duy in tho I'lrcult court, tho court convening nt 2 o'clock this afternoon In Judge Kii) Kendall's ofneo to arrange the catirt calendar. and his findings correspond with the Andlngs here, and they completely exonerated asylum officials and at tendants from all blame, other than carelessness in not Informing relative heio of the fall which had caused tho bruises, Mr. Kllgoro has a sister. Mr. Squuies ot Portland, and a brother Iu Sacramonto and nephew here. c4eamer jj to Get Private Guns eMBeaaBajxaBjBBjajB Moonejr Asks Poatponment SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23. Because Attorney McNutt is HI, the attorneys for tbe defense In tbe Mooner case asked Judge Griffin today to postpone tbe sen- fencing of Thomas Mooner. con- 4 Tlcted of murder, until tomor- row. The legal time for sentene- Ing Mooney expire today. REPPERT TO BE TURNED LOOSE MtAjTA XOPXTV GIUIfD JURY REFUSES TO INDICT FOR MUX. IXC, ADHERING TO THE VX WRITTEN LAW REDDING, Calif., Feb. 23. Recog nising the unwritten law, a Shasta county grand jury refused unani mously to Indict Claude Reppert, tbe slayer of William Hernlman. Reppert claimed Hernlman wo try Ing to elope wltb bis wife. Reppert will be released tomorrow. LAKEVIEW STA6E STALLED IN SNOW TAKING RUN AND JUMP AT THE DRIFTS PROVES TOO MUCH FOR MECHANISM, WHICH FAILS NEAR ELLIOTT RANCH After bucking the snow for hours by literally "taking a run and Jump at it." tbe Lakevlew stage, driven by Earl Hamaker, had to give up last nlfht near the Elliott ranch, when a vital part ot tbo machine succumbed to tho violent and extraordinary strain. Tbo passengers and mail were brought on into the city by rigs. The trip had been this way from Dairy. Snow had drifted four feet deep In the road in many places, say parties on the stage. Tho driver, time after time, simply had to take a run at the drifts, go as far as be could, back up and take another run, often not making more than ten or fifteen feet at a drive, they any. m CoUon Murderer Killed FACRAMENTO, Feb. S3. Patrol, mau Lewis Warren shot and killed to day a man believed to be tbe alayer ot j. G Cullom. Warren encountered tho man, wa knocked down, drew bis lovclver and fired. The man answers a descilption of Coiloat 'a stayed. aai Mrs. L.'R. Holbrook of Poe Valley, who suffered severe Injuries to the spine iu a runaway near this city last weok, has recovered nd returned home today, Dr. C. E. Wheeler, at tending physician, reports. KLAMATH PALLS' OFFICIAL NEW1PAPER jg ijyk V. H. MJ8IONART KIIXED BY IWJB, ANNOUNCED HteoBMhlp Fnaidcat SaTe It fa lav pn ifclu to Get Anawaaeatt Fraaa Private CorpotatiOBw Ualiaiaal TraJaJmg Ftaa of Anajr Osaeara Bads. saHted to Congress by Presides To. day Provides 11 Moatka ' la lMfc Year of AU Teethe. WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. Jl. Pretldeat Fraaklln of tbe Axaarieaa steamship line told Secretary Daniel of tbe navy today tbat If tba aavy will furnish bis with guaa aad erawa hJa llao will operate their vassals on na nlar schedule tbroagh. tba barred anas. . K1.1l ..IJ bX ti .J fct4 -' get armament for bis snipe from pri vate corporation, but that It la.lmaoa aible. WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 13. Robert Allen Hadden, an American mbeionary, was killed when tbe French liner Atboa, was submarined east of Malta on February 17th, tbe stato department announced today. Hadden was a Presbyterian mis sionary stationed at Foochow, and hi home is in Nashville. Tenn. Consul Kebllnger cabled today. '' It Is reported tbe vessel was tor pedoed without being warned. Tbe state department said Kebllnger "had heard a report that troops were on board tbe Atboa." i WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 13. A Universal military training plan formulated by the general staff officer, ot the United State army waa sub mitted to congress today by Presi dent Wilson. The plan would raase and train an army of 600,000 men. every year. Alt youths would be called In tbelr nine teenth year to train for eleven months nd also two week of training In each of their twentieth and twenty-first years. MEDFORD ELKS POSTPONE 6AMES THIRSTING FOR GORE, AVERAG- ING OVER 300 POUNDS, WILL, COME LATER, SAYS TELEGRAM RECEIVED RY ELKS TODAY MEDPORD, Ore., Feb. 18. We aro thirsting for gore. Our team..avar aaea better thauSOOpounae, WW "aave to postpone bowline aerle. aa two member are unaaurto come at tale- time. Come later. So read a telegram received today by tbe local Elks bowling team from the Medford lodge team wltb whlek a series of bowllag geaie waa to be played tomorrow algbt'kere. Tbe local tout iu smi getuag into trim with much practice, aad la certain of keeping their scalps at home wbenover the 'Rifaa TfaHare visit tbo alleys at the tesaHa. " o"" " j m in! I m ia. fir rm m 4s fl si at a m V m tf f; T . 3. -V 11 B.Ti 1 Uti H Jt Im .tVl., l.tv'Ba y,'v V j.i ff S Vt '