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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1917.
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miita vat owned by the American
Ktr list, and carried a million dol
hr urgo of meat, drug and inarhln
MT. Practically all members of (he
new re Americans.
WASHINGTON. I. c. March 14.
h itMraltr agreed In official cir
cuital the sinking of the Algonquin
""Wawii war, although It la
fajWMd as a demonstration that
Cwaauy will carry out her threat of
Mates warfare.
It k declared that the government
Mag all that U possible at Ihla
"a to arm American merchantmen.
Oernmne Take CVmnm
MCW YORK. March 14. United
" government agent say that
waita agenta are taking a conaii of
""aa-Amerlcan In till country.
r "formation la said to como from
"Aamuan agenta wlm worked for
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Hrtawot of JiiMIco la watching the
taker. .
WATER USERS
BOARD TO MEET
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H" '" b0 "eld In tbla city
"Mortar, according to Albert K.
T "ry or (,, hw f this
Jl-rwlu , mornBI tm( h0
J" the matter of the laaalng of
o canal to the Callfornla-Ore-tta,
,,r cwiwny will come up at
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it waa agreed by thoae
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IRRIGATION LAWS
WERE EFFECTED
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MHiK MITIUTIO.X
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tatair TuwanU IVrfrtllng Ijihh fur
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Mai iJ.ii rew,0 Paaaod at tba
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KytSaVaf ! ",,ne". Project Man.
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5iS!.r'A!MclUo. The, board
"filkltr " ccoraiBg to
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It cannot be aald of the IrgUlnturf
which ha Juat adjourned that It in
tlrely overlooked the Imtwrtancv f
Irrigation development In Oregon. On
the other hand. I It In Ituliutry akrd
for Utile In the way of legislation, In
whlrlriother aectlona of the atale wcrt
Interealed. In fact, the only phaae
of Irrlgalon which may be aald to bo
of general Intercet. throughout tho
atale la an appropriation for the car
rying on of Irrigation work.
The moat Important leglalatlve act
aa far aa Irrigation U concerned wa
the re-enactment of the Irrigation IU-
trlct law under liouno bill No. lr.S.
Irrigation dtairlcla In general nre or
ganlted for the purpooe of reclaim
ing arid land or for openttlng Irrlga.
lion aytlema and to inable the land
owner to inatie uomi tor uie pay
ment of connlrurtlou clmrge-i, levy
aiine-iamenla on the laud and lo cuter
Into contract with the United State
for tlie reclamation of the dUtrlct
land.
The Irrigation district Inw licc.im
o Involved, complice ted and unwork
able with uncle provisions through
lll-conaldered amrudmetil which
were made eilon after eewiloii, thai
further amendment of the statute
would have reudcrcd It almost un
workable. However, numerous chang
er were deemed ncceary In order to
meet the new condition, and the
United Slate reclamation ae rvlce wa
anxious to hnto tho act ho amended
a lo make It applicable lo conditions
on United Htatis reclamation projects,
In view of tbla condition, an cutirn
now codo watuibmbllled In the legl-
laiuro, ana nil acriioun m mn nu i
were repealed.
Tho new code cIiiuiki'h a number of
minor detail relative to organisation,
tho moat Important perhnp being tbo
Niibntllutlon of throo directors for tio
and tho provision thai no luud owner
III tbo district ahall bo entitled to volo
uuleaa bo owiim onu acre or moro of
land. Under Iho now statute the
elato engineer I required lo either
approve or dUappcgvc. u projoct, and
la authorlied to mako u Held lnMc
tlon. He la'alao required to approve
tho work of tho dUlrlct before Until
payment lo tbo contractor I made.
Change wore made In tho aectlnua
relatlvo to the lintunnco of bond.
While tint old Htutule made It mn,nd.
tory that a band election uhould bu
hold, It In optlonul under tho now law,
and tho time of maturity or bond I
left to tho discretion of tho district.
The provlalona of Iho ilntuto rela
tive to tbo making or astamcnU
were changed In order to make It po
Ibla to aeea Irrigated land within
tbo d I trlct In proportion to the ben
ellla Ihey received from tho construe
tlon of tho Irrigation work.
The moat Important addition to the
old atatute la the provision of the now
law relating to tho certification or
bond. Thla atatute wa patterned
aWor tbe eucceeafully oporatlng stat
ute Id CalUorala, and provide that
aay Irrlwtlon ilU(rlct may mako ap-
lleat Ion to a board constating oi mo
elate taglaeer; attorney general "
tke euperlBUndent of nanKS, to nave
the bonda of tbe dUtrlot cert I led.
Tbla board la required to matrb an ex-
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WITHJERMANY
OFFICIAL MESSAGES RECEIVED
AT WAHHINGTON KTATK MX
SHIFH IN HAKIIEK AT HHANO
IIAI 8EI2EII AND UtTARDEI)
WASHINGTON. O. C. March H.
China broke relatlonx with Germany
today, according to offlcial navy de
partment menages.
The Chinese aelaed sis ships in tbe
Shanghai harbor and are aendlng the
crews ashore, replacing tbem with
armed guards.
FRCP;CBICK KOLB
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Frederick Kolb. & German, waajN. J., where many millions in ammu
uiuirtii tn lloboken.N. J., with bombs1 ultlon was blown up some months
which the police thoro bcllovo were
for the cxploitlon of munition plants.
Ills partner cnnfeHsed they had placed
more bomlm near the scene of the
lllitclt Tom explosion at Coinmunlpaw,
ago. Kolb Is also believed to have
bcou employed at thq Canadiau Car
and Foundry company plant at
Kingsland, N. J., when the explosion
occurred there,
nmlnatlon of tho lauds In tho district.
parm upon Iho amount of available
water supply, tbe feasibility of the
project In general, and determine
whether the laudit In Ihu district, to
gether with thu works to bo construc
ted with tho money arising from the
Issuance of bonds and other ussets
of tho district are equal to twlca tho
nmouut or tho bond Itaiue to bu ccrtl
lied. If (he board Duds conditions
satisfactory and all requirements or
tho Htatuto uro compiled with, a re
port Is made to tho secretary of state,
who In turn Is required to certify the
InlRtitlon district bonds. When tho
bonds are so certified they become,
"legal Investment lor all trust
"funds, and for tho tuuds or all
"Insurance companies, banks,
"both commercial and savings,
"trust companies and bonding
"companies, "
Whllo II Is difficult lo determluo In
ndvunce how a now statute will oper
ato, almost every featuro of tho new
law has been worked out lu actual
practice, either In this: atato or'somo
othor state, nnd the revision of the
atatute has been such aa to eliminate
only those features of tbe old law
which have been found unsatisfac
tory," For tbla reaaon It la believed
that Oregon now baa the best Irriga
tion district jaw on the statute books.
The orgsnliatlon of a large lum
ber of Irrigation districts within the
pnst year and the prospect that a
ENDEAVORERS TO
JAKE LECTURE
"FAMINE. OUPHANAGK, AND IN
DUSTRIAL WORK AT DAMON,
INDIA," WILL BE SUBJECT OF
THE EVENING
number of now districts will bo or-'
ganlted In the near future points to
tho fact that Irrigation development
lu the future will be almost exclusive
ly under tlic-lrrlgatlon district plan,
it Is, therefore, of great importance
to tho atato that we have a statute
under which these districts can suc
cessfully operate, aud also a statute
under which bends may bu Issued uud
llnd u market. Tho provision for the
certification of irrigation district
bonds should develop a ready market
for these securities, us such bonds
nuy now be handled by contractors
aud ot licit) with tho atuturunce that us
boon us tho works are constructed
and the land Increased tn value, the
bonds can be certified and find a
ready market. Undoubtedly the pass
ago of the Irrigation district law will
greatly stimulate Irrigation develop
ment In this state.
- In summing up tbe effect of the ac
tion of tho last legislature bn Irriga
tion development In Oregon, It must
be admitted thu( very little or a con
structive nature was accomplished.
While the revision or tbe Irrigation
district law. making It applicable to
all Irrigation projects, Including
Carey act projects and United States
reclamation service projects, will. It
anticipated, do much to further Irri
gation development and to provide a
more practical method of operating
Irrigation proJecU. there t Uttle that
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The Chrlatlau Eudeavorera ot the
First Christian churcn wtn put on a
lecture next Sunday night, entitled.
"Famine, orphanage and Industrial
Work at Damob, India," by the mln
Istcr, Mr. W. K. Rambo, illustrated
by over seventy lantern slides, made
from photographs taken on tbe Held,
many of them by Mr. Rambo himself.
Mr. Rambo opened the station at
Damoh In 1894, three years ahead of
the railroad, crossing a great Jungle
to reach tho place. He took thirteen
orphan boys at a nucleus, having
started the orphanago previously at
Dllaspur.
During his thirteen years in India
he saw the institution grow to be one
of the largest, best equipped and suc
cessful of its kind In India. The lec
ture is a thrilling narrative of per
houal experiences lu that great field
and work. Admission free. Every
body invited. Tbo Endeavorera will
tnko a tree will offering for the
Damoh work, which has been support
ed almost entirely by them since the
beginning.
MAN WITH MAPS orders out for
IINflCD 1DDCCT NEXT SATURDAY
TAKEN IN NEW JERSEY WITH
MAPS OK RAILWAY BRIDGES.
TUNNELS AND WHAT Is BE
LIEVED TO BE NAVY YARD
a
NEWARK, K. J., March II. A
man giving bis name as Edwin Black
of Hoboken. was arrested at Mllburn.
N. J., today, and waa found to nave
maps of railways, terminals, bridges
and tunnels In this vicinity in bis
possession.
He said tbe maps were given him
by a German off tbe liner Vaterland,
which Is tied up at Hoboken, and
claimed that he used tbem to And his
way.
Another map be bad is declared by
the police to be of the Brooklyn navy
yard. Black said he had drawn it
from his Imagination.. - - -r-
UNLESS COUNTERMAND
BEFORE THEN
KLAMATH VISITOR
PRAISES SPIRIT
GOD RESERVES RIGHT
TO TEST SINCERITY
l4int night's discourse at the Gos
pel hall by Evangelist Tupper ou
"Heaven's Acid Test,' was a presenta
tion of mans need of strict conform
ity to God'sdemands.
"Auy deviation, whatsoever the
pretext, Is ratal," said the speaker.
That God reserves the right to, and
employs a means or, testing tbe sin
cerity or every Individual in these
days, when we are long on profession
and short on practice, waa strongly
emphasised.
Tonight's service will appeal to
every lover of liberty aud the perpet
uation or the country's constitutional
rights, It was said.
Cunard Liner Sunk
WASHINGTON, D. 0 March H. -Consul
Froat at Queenstown reported
to the state department Oat tbe Our
ard liner Folio, with one American on
board, wa torpedoed on March 10th,
There were no passengers aboard.
Tan aurvlvora were landed at Dun-garioa.
VERMONT MAN WHO VISITED
THIS SECTION OF COUNTRY
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&.Y8 HE WAS ASTONISHED AT
RAILROAD ENTHUSLSM
Orders Show That RsdlroMlaCMriTajsS
the Bulk of CliUgW Freight WM
Be Affected Flrs4-Mrchaa Say
Food SltswtioK Now Is flertsMS, swat
That Strike Win Increase It an Pro
portion Iauaedkttely.
CHICAGO. March H. Strike or
ders o members of tbe four Wg rail
road brotherhoods have been tamed.
and are to go into eff ectSaUrdny af
ternoon at 4 o'clock, unless they are
countermanded.
The orders show that the railroads
carrying the-bulk, of ClUeago's-frasgkt
will be the first to be affected.
Chicago merchants declare that
tbe food situation is now serious, and
that tt will be Increased In proportion
and results Immediately on tbe strike
going into effect.
Praise for the optimism and loyal
ty of the Klamath territory was
voiced by William Goldman, state
manager for tbe National Life Insur
ance company of Vermont, following
a fortnight's trip through Klamath,
Siskiyou, Josephine, Jackson. Doug-
las and Linn counties, says the Port
land Qregonlan recently.
"I was astonished at the enthusi
asm of the Klamath Falls people over
the proposed new Strahorn railroad,
and their happiness over the prospect
or being brought 200 miles nearer
Portland," said Mr. Goldman.
"Despite the tact that little atten
tion Is paid them by Portland people,
the residents of Klamath county have
a meat kindly reeling for Portland.
It takes them ten days to get mer
chandise from Portland, and only
forty-eight hours from California,
but they prerer to trade with Port
land. "Klamath Falls has one or the fin
est hotels for a city of its size In
America, yet for every Portlander
who registers there are twenty Call
fornlans. "The spirit of Klamath Fulls Is
shown by the fact that they raised
$375,000 to hasten the construction
of tho Strahorn road, which they al
ready regard as a certainty. There Is
no car shortage trouble In that local
ity, and the Klamath Falls people at
tribute tho rush of cars their way to
the prospect that a competing road Is
about to enter that territory."
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Klamath Hoy In Chin
A lotter received by James Lytle
from L. C. Wlshard, formerly of this
city, states that be Is on board the
U. S. 8, Palos up the Yangste River,
near Shanghai, China, where he will
be forced to remain until June for
high water, as the destroyer te un
able to move now, Wlshard Is chief
electrician on board the ablp, and la
engaged la electrical work In that
vicinity for the government.
NEW YORK. March 14. Presi
dent Wilson has the power to operate
railroads In case or war and la tbe
event the strike is declared by tbe
railroad brotherhoods.
Brotherhood officers announced
that they are determined to have a
peaceful settlement If possible, but
both sides are firm in their position
so far.
The railroad officials have express
ed the hope that President Daniel
Williard of the Baltimore A- Ohio
road, who rose from the position of
engineer to the president's omce,
shall be given charge ahould the pres
ident decide to seise the roads to op
erate tbem, J
It is believed that the president
will take a hand In tbe present situa
tion, possibly prior to the conference
to be held and announced for tomor
row. I.OS ANGELES. March 14. Preal.
dent E. P. Ripley or the. Santa Fe
railroad, is unaltered In hla, determi
nation to fight, ahould the railroad
strike be called, be announced today.
Strike la Called
BELLBVUE, Ohio, March 14. Or
ders calling for a strike on the Nlckle
Plate railroad has been placed In tbe
hands ot tbe railroad brotherhood offi
cers. The order calls for the strike
on Saturday.
Railroad Rumor Afloat
A rumor that the Southern Pacllc
railroad plans to start construction
work on tbe Modoc Northern railroad
at Susanvllle within the next nitty.
days floated rapidly about the atreeta
today. It could not be confirmed.
Business Men Meet Tcight
There will be a meeting ot the
Business Men's Aaaoetatlon at'tbe city
halt tonight, at 8 o'clock." Matters of
importance to every member ammbe.
discussed, and President
looks for a large aUnduee.
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