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The elly council accepted Hubert E
girahoro's bid for Iht eonolruction of
Ike Kltmmh Kalla municipal railway
from ihlK rlty In Dairy tat nljthl for
lit uiu of 30o.oM) on an aBoadml bid
mbmlitiHt by Mr. Hlrakorn, further
prorlJIns that ho will provide all rifhl
at wxy not owned by tbo clly.
The mnrndrd bid atiBlmttcd by Mr.
Btrahoiii wan a follows ;
"UefmlnK to my Bid of the Sth lnt.
la conmruci and Mlttlp tho KUma
9Ma niunlrlnal mlllvav trttmk ihm Hnlttt t
Mcnulrd In Klamath mila to the
poll dmlenatrd at Italry alatlon for
lav turn of 1300,000: ThU waa meant
to Include my furnishing frto of
praM to tho clly of all right of way
not owned or coatrelMf by the city of
Klamath Phlla, I'leaat centiliter thla
at an smfmliaenl to and coalrmatloa
afMldbM."
TbU amcndnMni to bla bid waa ac
cepted by tho council with no negative
raicn. Th following rvaolutlon wan
thea Biln.rd by tho council with no
Millr vete:
"wherraa, On April It. 1117. pur- Every" county agricultural akent In
mot to advertlaeniMt and Invitation' the stale a labor bureau aaeut to x
for bldn, a bid waa submit led by Itobl.j certain the labor demands In his dls
E. 8trnlmrn. wherein Mr. Htrahorn ( trlct. and to rriort tho conditions to
irred to construct and equip the pro- headquarters at the Portland public
poeed Klnmath Kalla municipal rail-' bureau, with later steps to provide that
) for tbe sum of fSOO.000, which labor, la Ihe plan cvolvrd In Oregon.
Mid bid was duly filed, and waa by tho accordlnK to a letter received by H. K.
ruunru isKen unaer consideration for aiaisyer. couniy SKncunursi bkcoi,
one week; and. j from Paul V. Marls, county agent load-
"Whereas. It now appeara that satn al O. A. C.
Ilobt. K. Htrahorn has subniltled an
DEBATE PROCEEDS
IN 60N6RESS ON
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FRENCH MEMBERS
WAR COMMISSION
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LA rOLLTTE' PROVIOK8 MORI H AVI NOT VKT BtACHtO THI
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EaPremier Vlvlanl and Oenorat
Jeffre Place af Landing Nat An
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WASHINGTON. April 14. The sUte
department announced thla maniac
Lieutenant Robert 7. Merrill
Ninety miles southeast of New York city a German submarine trad a
torpedo at ihe United Slates destroyer "Smith." In command of Lieutenant
Hubert T. Merrill. This Was near the lahe used by merchant vessels going
Into and from New York harbor.
WASHINGTON. April 21. Tbe op
ponents to emuerlplloit led the debate
In tbe houee and the senate on the bill
today Speaker Clark announced that j lwU the c eeasmuaaloa coming ta
he la opposed to conscription. America ror war eoarereacee wit Brit-
i un ana American officials, baa arrived
I safely.
"AGGIE" A6ENCY
18 LABOR BUREAU
'EACH COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
AOENT IN STATE TO AID IN SUP
PLYING LABOR FOR FARMS.
SCHOOL SOYS SUOOE8TED
STANDARD OIL
. CAUSES PRICES
LAME PLACED ON ROCKEPEL
LER'S INSTITUTION Y FEDER
AL COMMISSION, WHICH MAKES
SUGGESTION OF LOWER PRICES
. WASHINGTON. April 21. The fed
crsl trade commission reported to the
senate today on tbe gasoline Investiga
tion, and places the blame for the pres
ent hlh prlcea on the Standard Oil
company.
The commission feund: That tho
Standard Oil dominates the majority
of the marketing territories; that there
'is no competition between the Stand
lard Oil and Its subsidiaries due to
IaKollette introduced in tbe senate
an amendment to the bill giving a wide
range of exemptions Including those
"conseientloualy opposed to war."
Tbe-house judiciary committee au
thorized its chairman to report out the
general spy MIL "'
Food experte before tbe senate agri
cultural committee urged the setting of
a minimum price for farm produce and
a guarantee for the farmers for ade
quate returns aa a means of averting
a food shortage. They declared the
farmers fear overproduction and low
prices, and are hesitating about In
creasing their acreage.
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J. Ofden Armour ,
go serious does 1. Ogden Armour,
the great packer of Chicago, think the
food Bituatlem'la tbe United States
eiaee we have entered the war, that he
had thla to aay on tho subject:
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exaasate. lahaolii fsvor tint Itutltutinti I
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The place of tbelr landing baa not
been announced. The members of the
commission are not yet la Washington.
The membership of the commiaaion
Includes ex-Premier Vivian! and Gen
eral Joffre, formerly commanding aji
eral of the French forces on the east
front, and to whom credit la given for
stemming tbe wonderful early drive of
the Germans for Paris.
WASHINGTON, April 24 It
nounced here today that the French
commission will reach Washington to
morrow.
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Marine Corps Demands to be
in European Trenches
WASHINGTON, April 24. General t Inslstr on Ita right to be the Irat Amer-
George Harnett told the house naval I lean troops to eater tho Muiaffia
committee today that the marine corps trenches' carrying the American Sasv
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flM.r.Mrv HooHwrn of ihe fodernl Do- community ownership of the stock In
memlment lo his aaid bid of April partment of Agriculture, has asked for u,e cempanies: that the combination
14. 1817. vhnMii i. .rf,iin. i. -.-. i .irt imm, i.hnr. ami win . I''P with other branches of tbe
trucllne and equipping the aald rail- probably eventually be given lhls',nau"lry ' Perpetuating a monepoly:
road acconlin m it,. i.. ..j .--1 ' A-r i .hr for rirnii is short, and n nBl gasoline has deteriorated In
Stations thereof oa Sle, Mr. Htrahorn aa Ihe production and yields are short,
proposes to furnish free af espenae to and promises to be so unless radical
(ho city of Klamath Falls all right of steps are takken, Important plans are
r for ssld railroad, not owned or. being worked out In this line of work.
controlled by aald clly;
lie it Resolved. That Mr. Hlrahorn's
quality.
The commission recemmends: That
legislation be passed abolishing the
common ownership In these corpora,
tluna and that they be dissolved under
the Sherman law; the segregation of
the pipe line ownership, and other
First War Certificate
Fund Oversubscribed Now
WASHINGTON, April 24. Incom- catea have already been 100 per cent
. ., . . over subscribed. The federal reserve
pieie returns inaicaie inai me nrai
PORTLAND. Aarll 24. The imaortA
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at conservation, fer: . . .T .-ZTlZZP'
r.rn, in. is.tii.tfa.-l t1 ta haaded down by tha .
by goverameat; edict. If neceaaary, of;preme e,mrtJ2Jwf!f ilfmm?&
meatleaa dayaone or two of them a
week, such aa.ther bow hare la Eu
rope. Thla may seem a strange doe-'
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yrm ivr seeea pecaer io preacn, oai
I believe Mutt'.aHher by law or rotaa
opment of Oregon.
Thla case affects
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are capable of immediate i devotogaseaVt;'
i estimated that over 2.9WJ0H
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to have a auffeieat
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tba. aaaoclallr if they expect (In tl
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In the botuda of tke toad sraat: J ' i
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Chaaaberlaia-Ferriaaet,
which waa auatalned la tte. ceautla
decision, Brovlsion U. made 'that. the":l,l
tracts will be cUsslled and rmmeiliatefg:;
ly opened for entry.- aetUoaieat.'aast.'f
sale under the geaeraUterma eixUsa.JJ&.
original granting act '-H,, &&fc
.Thla ntaa'u that imm-rtniiimrii-i-Mir-
made will .he 'throWoiSfw-aWaaaiill
ateadlnc The act akwaaitasthiat.'SA;.'?
the timber laad shall b'aoM'to'thaS
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aigaeat wooer aa raptaryraa a aaarmas';.x-l
caa be found for ThW: v,-Tal5SS!l
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$200,000,000 of the treasury war certtft-
banks have been ordered to dlacoa
tinue their subscriptions.
Ills letter is aa follows;
"The reports which you have ub-
men,lmenttohlabldofArllilil7 willed on the labor situation In your " "n ownersn.p, . oner
h. ..i .. ,u,""B",.0f Apnua, Jin,, .,i.. inHiraia that in' branches of the petroleum Industry;
" and the same is harahv mmiIimIi respective counties indicate inai in, ,..,... .,
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I me sain amendment be and tbe
wme is hereby declared to be a part
f nd Incorporated In the aald orlg
Ml bid of April IS, 1M7; that the po
ce JuiIko be and he hereby la directed
o Ale tho said amendment to Mid bid
n ami attach same to Ihe aald orig
inal bid s submitted by Mr. Htrahorn
April 18, 1917.
Kesalullon No, I, accepting Mr. Sira
horn's bid was thea preaonted and
Continued aa Paaa 4
JURY SECURED IN ELI
NICKERSON'S TRIAL
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A jury wan secured today In the trial
KH Nlckcrson In the justice of the
court' on "a charge of having
liquor on his premises. A motion for a
'nun He of venue yeaterday waa not
"ntM. Tho case la expected to go
to the jury ,le l0(Uyi
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Dlroctore Matt Tonight
The Imard of directors of the Klam-
Commercial Club will meat tonight
no commercial Club
practically half of the countiea them
will be an Inadequate supply of labor
to plant the normal acreage of crops.
It Is agreed by all that the situation
will become more acute as harvest
time comes on, especially If army en
listment la to continue between now
and then, as Is altogether probable.
"The following plan has been adopt
ed for meeting this situatien: By an
rangement between thla office and the
office of the director of public employ
ment bureau In Portland, each county
ageat'a office la hereby designated aa
a branch public employment bureau of
Ihe Portland office, and you are aaked
to give widespread publicity to thla
fact Immediately, and call upon the
farmers In your couniy to report, their
labor demands to yon. Vou will trans
mil these orders lo N. F. Johnson, di
rector, ' public employment bureau,
Portland, Oregon. Mr. Johnson will
have the co-operation of the Chambers
of Commerce, the state ochool officials,
the governor of the stale, and ouch oth
er agencies aa will be necessary to
make tbe labor aupply available.
"There are, for example, 10,000 boys
In the schools of the atate, over 14 and
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dards. '
under 20, and It Is reasonable to as
sume that there are in the neighbor
hood of 10,000 over 16 arid under ,19,
the minimum military age. There are
also In the neighborhood of 5,000 men
in Portland not regularly employed. A
plan will probably be worked, out for
the enlistment of the school boys for
farm service aa a branch of the Nation-
al Guard, the service to receive state
wide recognition through action by the
government.
"The first step, however, la to have
your offices recognised aa the centera la
which labor requests should bo tied.
With a knowledge of the number of
men needed, In the poaeeaalolB of a
central-office, steps will be taken to
make the men available.
Signs War- Bend
Bill for $7,000,000,000
WASHINGTON, April 24. President This bill provides for the raising of
Wilson signed tbe war bond bill today. $7,000,000,000 for war purposes.
Secretary Redfield Want
Wikon Control all Exports
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WASHlNaTQN.'Apriril-Becretary
JtaWeld, of the MBartmeat af Com-
mcrcu, nxkod the house interstate com-
I .nr AS ti t '!
merce1 committee today to report fa
varably oa the A4mn bill, empower
lag the president to regulate all ex-
port.
SEVENTH OAV ADVENTISTS
CHOSE PASTOR POR CHURCHES
An Impressive baptismal aervtoe
took place at the bath, houee at 19
o'clock Monday morning, Paator C. A.
Purdom officiating, of the Seveata Day
Adventlate, "v
Thla la tbe aeeoad ceremoay of thla
nature; Sunday, April 18th, aeyeral
were baptised, '
The evangelistic aerlea at the Oeapel
hall-have been concluded. Kyaagellat
Purdom haa aceepted, the charge of the
new company here aad at Merrill. He
will leave for Vancouver la the mora.
insY whore bla family are at the pres
ent expecting to move here soaa. - s.
THREE KLAMATH
BOYS TO TEXAS
THREE ENLISTING IN AVIATION
CORPS ARE ASSIGNED TO. PORT
AM HOUSTON.. ' TRAINING
SCHOOL SKELTON TO PLORIDA
VANCOUVER 0ARHACK8. Vancou
ver, Wash., April 22. Kenneth Perry,
Clarence Lenox and Jean Corey leave
for Fart Bam Houston, Texas, Tues
day (today).
The aviation school at 8aa DJego la
filled. We are the oaly Klamath boys
so far to be aaalgned. The reat of the
beya will probably be aaalgned next
week. .Reaarda to our many friends.
The. above waa received today from
John Corey,, one of ike Klamath re
cruits who enlisted a tl aviation de
partment of the army aad are at Van
couver aarracka.., ,.t. '"
,A Portland paper ariata the .report
thai a number of the aviator eallatlng
In Oregon have .been aaalgned to the
Florida timlag sche4,'laeudwg Joo
tikeHea of this city, ,. "
BRITISH FLAY
VOLUNTEER PLAN
LIEUTENANT GENERAL ERIDttES
SAYS ENOLANO'S ATTEMPT AT
VOLUNTEER PLAN SUPREME
LUNGER IN EARLY WAR DAYS
WASHINGTON. April 24. Lieuten
ant General 8. T. M. Bridges, member
of the, British, war commission, la aa
Interview today, strongly endorsed the
conscription plan aa the oaly meaaa of
hastening peace, He declared that
England's early attempta to raise a vol
unteer army waa the aunt-erne bluader
of the early daya of the war,
The British commissioners met at 11
o'clock thla moralag, aid dlscuaeed
their program. They,, will heats) the
meetings with tae.Amerleaa aaetala
tomorrow. , '"'k
Permit, Build Heuae
' A permit waa granted B. K. McDon
ald to"obastruct a four-ro'haaae oa
lot 1. block 0, Nichols Addltlaa, at an
approximate coat of $600, by the city
couacu last aiga.
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LONDON. April 24. It U aaabuaced
today that the British have progressed
eaat of Moacy Lepreux and Rosux, and
south oa the Battpaame-Cambria road.
The English farces have reached the
SL Quentln caaal eaat of Epehy. aad
have captured -the viUagea of Ploulch
aad Beaacama .
The Turks have been defeated aad
Samara, atatloa captured, with sixteen
locomotives, 224 railroad wagons aad
two barges ladea .with munitions.
Tho French have repulsed violent
Genua counter attacks oa the east
froaL
"ALIEN ENEaff
LAW EFFECTIVE
PROCLAMATION. ISSUED BY PRES
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SESSION OP ARMS AND SIGNAL
DEVICES, IN EFFECT TODAY
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tea. years of,
UUgatioa'
vataable grants of mad la Oregon aid : CI
utiKonusi io irwscweii.e.ei 3,'iww; gfia
roads.- -The lallroewerefto'aeilthe'?;
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land to actual settlers feriaotlasaray
taaa z.so aa acre. Mucn or. u waa!
sold, admittedly, contrary to the, graa.t, '
and the goverament-tried.to nave' the ;
land forfeited. , 5-
In 1862 congress granted to the& s
Ulnon Pacific and Central Pacific rail- ''
roads mllUoaa of acrea of land, toea- "...
able them to build, a traascoatlaeatat i
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BAN FRANCISCO, April 24. Preai
deat wiuoa'a "alien enemy" procuumv
tloa is elective today..
The possessioa of arma. ammualUoa,
alajaai apparatua aad other articlee
aamed by alleaa af enemy, oouatriea of
the Caited Statea maat deposit aad
register them with the police authori
ties of tae,clt!ee, eouatiee aad states,
or the artlclea' will be subject to con
tsoatloa aad tae.;OwaeraaubJect to
arrest -'
Aay display of ,an enemy flag or
desecration of the American Sag are
also grenade for the arrest of aay per-aoadalas-
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All district aetoraeya la the couatry
have been aeaetally aatlted of the
prealdeafa praalomattoa. $ '
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unawwv aivaf Miv ;. ww-.vhv x, .
piannea. ana in itw ceetareaa. gnunea a?i-i
ine una inToiveer m:.uum-ifw-m?s,u-i
Northern' Callforaia 'aaoV Ora4f
the imllroads. - SSSSlS.
Under-the provlsieaaof rtas 'graat.'; ?M
tbe 'laad was to" be aold to aetaal aetv
passed, with CoancilasaaDotyvoUagr
no." FoUowlng the adopUea af tho
reaolutlon accepUngtb Wd'thebriBt-
nance proVid forthesigningof .'the. ,-'p
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sidiag aear the Kswmdid dam. .thirty-
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blast Mat aigat at mioaigni.; - .
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thalaa attamnt bed been aaada io)V.
dviialU tka itaaa ,T Taa.anillwsv waa ''
damaged, but the dam waa lataet,'Cav Si
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