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MlllUry Obeervere Report la Baale far
Cenclutlene Drawn by American Mll
lUry Man American People Aaath
atle About Buying Llbarly Sanaa
ana Recruiting, It la Declared Weet
Front Headway Small.
WASHINGTON, O. C, May 21 Rue-
ala'a military power la tana far twa
yeare. Prance'a manpower la ea
haueted. These are Iba true facia on Iba war
alluatlon, American military man de
clared today.
Tba American mllltaryobaervera' re-
port It Ibair baala for thla ballaf.
Tba report aaya tbat England baa
a "punch" laft but tbat America muat
bear tba burden. Tba irat 600,000
men lo so from Atnarlca to Europe
will be but a drop In tba bucket.
U U alao ao said tbat there la a
general misunderstanding about tba
alllea' progress tba weat where tba
headway It not aa craat aa It la be
lieved.
America I declared to be apathetic
In buying the Liberty bonda and In
recruiting v
KLAMATH LAND TO
BE CULTIVATED
UNDERJ. S. PLAN
GOVERNMENT WILL ANNOUNCE
PLANS SOON
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Klamath Project Ameng Thaaa
Which Productive Landa ta be In
created III In Congress Carrlea
Appropriation of $5,000,000 far Work.
Klamath Project Lined Up With
California Prejecto.
1917 CLASS GET
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LARGEST CLAM IN HISTORY OF
INSTITUTION WILL HIAR AD.
DRESS BY M. S. PITTMAN OF
MONMOUTH COLLEGE.
The fourteenth annual comemnee-
ment exercises of the Klamath County
Hitch School will be held tonight at
I o'clock at Houaton'a Opera Houae.
The claaa thla year, consisting of
forty-six members, la the largest claaa
lo aver graduate In one year from thla
Institution, daaplte the fact that a
number of aenlora have laft achool to
Join tba army and navy ranka of Uncle
Bam. "
M. 8. Plttman, of the extension ser-
vlco of the Monmouth Normal School,
will give the addreaa of the evening,
Mr. Plttman' la one of the prominent
educator In the State and an Inter
ting apaakar.
The presentation of the diplomas to
he membara of the claaa will be made
by R. O. aroebeck, city attorney. The
Opera House Is being decorated today
and special arrangemente are being
wade for thla event.
The program la aa follews:
I'nirlotlo Ovorture .
High School Orchestra
'""''"Men Rev. W. B. llainbo
Vunl Solo ,Wln J.-W
8ACIIAMKNTO, Cal , May 24-Wlth-
In the next few week the federal gov
ernment plans to take steps to put all
of the uncultivated lamia In the govern
ment reclamation districts within the
border of California under cultivation,
Word to thla effect was brought to
California yesterday by Ktwood Mead.
chairman of tba atate rural credits
commission, who haa returned from
Washington where he consulted with
Secretary of the Interior franklin K.
Ijine on tha detail f the plan to bring
many thousand acres mora Into culti
vation In thla atate.
Three big projects In California and
Oregon will be affected by Secretary
line's declalon to Increase the pro
ductiveness of the government's Irrlga
tlon project. They are the Orland
project, which I located In Olenn
County; the Yuma project, In Southern
California and the Klamath project,
part of which lie In thin Mate.
Mead estimate that about 700..000
acre of land, now provided with water
but not under cultivation, will be af
fected by the activities of the depart
ment of the Interior.
, In addition to the three project
above named, the Truckee Carson pro
ject In Nevada will have It product
ivenes doubled.
According to Professor Mead, there
Is now a bill pending In Congress, In
troduced by Congressman Taylor of
Colorado, which provldea for tba ln
creased production of food In the gov
ernment reclamation project. The
bill carries a 15,000,000 appropriation,
It would authorize the secretary of
the Interior to prepare unentered land
for the production of crops by clear
Ing, leveling and Improving them to
the extent deemed necessary to In
sure the utilization of the lands for
crop purposes. Although the provis
ions of the bill would apply broadly
lo the entire United States, California
and the other states on tne western
coast, would receive tho chief benefits
under Its provisions,
"Secretary Lane is doing everything
In hla power to encourage Increased
nnvturtlon." said Mead yesterday. "He
thinks the settler should be assisted
in nutting their lands under cultlvn
tlon. The war with Germany and the
need for Increased production baa nee
eaaltated thla step, which otherwise
mlsht not have beon taken up for
years."
Mead aaya it Is Secretary Lane's
plan to put the actual administration
work In this state in tne nanus oi
enable Callfornlans. Definite an
nouncement aa to who will have, charge
of the work will probably be maae aa
Latest Photo of American Beauty, Wife
of a Member of British War Council
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In accordance with the custom of
the Nation in appointing and observ
ing a day of tribute to the departed, I
hereby proclaim Wedneaday the 30th
day of May, 1917, as Memorial Day,
requesting our cltltens to cease from
their usual occupations, aaaemble, and
join In the paying a Just and liberal
meed of praise, reverential respect and
affection to the memory of our dead.
I especially request that our business
bouse close during the exercises pro-
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Lady Cunon, wife of Lord Cureon of
Kedteslon, who was Ml Hind,
laughter of J. Munroe Hinds, Ameri
can MlnlMer to Uraxll. "She waa the
widow or Alfred Duggan of Duenus
Ayre when she married Lord Cur
ton. The fact that hi first wife, Mary
Victoria loiter, wa a daughter of
l.ei 7. Ielter of Chicago haa ma-le
Mm or particular Interest to Ameri
can. Iord Cunon I not only a
member of the war council which di
rect tho operation or the British
armlet, bue he 1 the government
leader in the Houxe or Lord.
COMMITTEE ON
SPY BILL AGREE;
CENSOR CM IN
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Wilfully" Publishing Any Information
Useful to Enemy or Respecting
Movement of Troopa Punlehabla
With Fine of $1,000 Jury Trial Pro
videdAccident Investigations Are
Wanted.
ELKS TO OBSERVE PEACE DEMANDS
ANNUAL FLAG DAY GIVEN OUT TO
HURTMEETW6
PATRIOTIC ORDERS OF CITY AND
PUBLIC WILL .BE INVITED TO
ATTEND CEREMONIES TO BE
HELD JUNE 14.
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Memorial Day Proclamation
WASHINOTON, D. C. May 25 Tba
House and Senate conference
mltteea formally agreed on the apy
bill today including the censorship
clause.
ine cenaoramp clause provldea a
fine of $1,000 for "wilfully" pabUahJaa;
any information useful to an esei
or respecting any "xaoveateat. maaa-
bers, eejujpaent. descritioar dteye
slUon of armed forces in tha United ;
SUtea." or respecting any defeaa
The clause empowers the President
t dtblinatr whn iuformstlon .til be
"useful to the enemy" and provides
that a Jury trial shall decide the ques
tion of "wilfull" publication and alao
whether such, publication waa "useful
to the enemy."
Committee have been named for
the a P. O. EElks No. 1217 Annual
Flag Day exercises which will be held
by every Elk lodge in the country on
Thursday, June 14.
The exercises here will be held in
tba ftvMiinv. .','
Aa the American flax is the Elk's
emblem, thla order takes special pride
at thla time ia making Ita services
patriotic. They will be conducted pub
licly and the otter patriotic orders of
the city will be invited to join with
them la the ceremonies.
A Portland aaawker will be brought
Here for the oeeaaloa to make the
principal addreaa Complete annoonce-
meata will be xtjade later.
t The eoaaasjUeaa appointed by Exalt
ed Ruler, W. O. Smith, are aa follews:
Proe?aai.aVi;$- Ball. .Leslie Rogers,
and H, R. Olaiyaer: MueicL. W. Me-
hatey. Wlllard Smith and J. E. Bod
Ai i a iigeaniBtB,- Oeear Lsrsoai,v-lC-J.
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SCANDINAVIAN SOCIALISTS TELt.
OF SUGGESTIONS " '
Tells America What
Army Needs in France
Leave Settlement ef Alaaea Leralwe
Problem u be Settled Ulav'WMaai
Wlll Net Meet With Frane)
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War Aalme Will Alee Fhaal
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visa aociallata aanoaaeed the
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tory to the Stockhohai
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Tided for the afternoon. I urge our
citizens with one accord to evidence
at thla time their loyalty to our Nation
by personally attending and participat
ing in the parade and program of the
day, thus manifesting their reverence
for those who have served the Nation,
and by their presence pledging an ac
tive and patriotic allegiance toNour
Country's present cause.
C. B. Crisler,
Mayor.
WITH THE GREAT
AMERICAN FLEET
UNITED PRESS WRITER TELLS OF
PREPARATIONS AND WORK UN
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ICA FOR WAR.
By CARL D. CROAT
(United Preaa Staff Correspondent)
WITH THE AMERICAN GREAT
FLEET, May 25 America's great fleet
for the moment la a human factory-
grinding out gun crews by the score.
Boys from every comer of the hud,
many of whom never aaw a gun bigger
than a Fourth of July pistol, are get
ting cured of "gun ahyness," are learn-
t'tlutnioiy Nova IVnjj'it -" i"'
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Aiidic,H f.r tin) llvnnlng. M. 3. rlUitm.t'
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Valedictory ?. Minjory lolrll
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"fnctllrtlun Hov. Oeo. II. Humiott
tl d Mil h signed by President ng to point, sight and Sre big guna,
ruina From.Cehool.
MAY POLICE TOWN
TO STOP LIQUOR SALES
vmn which merchant craft raltaa fori
ck'li'w o ukkIubI (ionnany'a submarines,
Uoa by tho tbouiiaud are Icumlm;
turns striplings Into men, and men
Into giants.
Most of those aboard are boys, but
not all. There" a grandfather ensign.
There's a Wall street broker, scrub
bing decks and polishing brass. Tbero
la a Buffalo businessman. 'There are
college lads, bos out of grammar
school folks out of every walk of
life, to whom the lure of tho sea and
the call of patriotism sound louder
than aught else.
This is the story of three day with
the fleet
Later we shall see those great hulks
by day and' by night, a eight to thrill
the moat blase. We shall go with the
men Into their dally work and play,
their waking and their Bleeping, but
WASHINOTON, D. C. May 25 Sen
ator Frellnghuyaen, of New Jersey, in
troduced a resolution today demanding
senatorial inquiry Into the recent ac
cidents aboard American ablpa due to
defective ammunition, specifying the
Mongolia accident
The Senate finance committee haa
received from the tariff commiaaloa
a list of articles auggeated for removal
from the free list and also recommen
dations Increasing the duty on other
commodities to meet the war cost.
I. O. O. F. LODGE ELECTS
AND INITIATE TONIGHT
Election of officers will be held to
night by the I. O. O. F. lodge of this
city and a class of candidates from
Merrill will alKO be Initiated.
8neclal arrangements are made for
an interesting meeting and a large
number of members are expected to
be present, especially on account of
the Interest in lodge circles this week
with the state meeting In session at
Eugene.
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OF P'S CLOSE
REDDING MEETING
REDDING. May 25 After a bust
neaa aeaalon of the Pythian Sis
ter and Knlghta of Pythlaa today, the
grand lodge meeting of thoae orders
vlll erne to a close tonight in the
MurtU Ciuh ball, t!o cloolnn fenturo
Las Darcy Dice.
MEMPHIS. TENN., May 35 Lea
Darcy. the Australian middleweight,
died yesterday from pneumonia, which
led to complications including kidney
and stomach troubles.
Three Robbera Killed.
ARDMORE. Okla., May 25 Three
men in attempting to rob the Tuscka
homa, Oklahoma, bank were killed yes
terday during a gun battle which followed.
Recruiting Oflkera Hart.
Two recruiting oBcera, one for tha
martnea and the other for the army,
BACKS HAIIBOn. Nov Voik, Mav
21 Lieutenant Colonel Bamplo hnu
i..nt to nluce the town under
Mlou Murlol Btanablo has returnwl martial law unless tha ealoons quit
fm ."pandlnj; a - htii.am1 palling liquor to mwnbarn of the of-
itpcu' rcn twining cump.
frcm .'-pending a yen i
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these and many other leonons which cf ,ll0 wecki Tho ,,eoplo ot Heading nro h ho city thla week. The army
shull make them hotter men,, men luivo ivuJo oiaho-nlt) p'ann for thlsi rcciullln:; olliior avrhed hut night.
with tho stuff that eutara into herolum event which I expected to prove one
ond national vigor. For three days 1 ot ino n," no"B' wmK nas ww
have seen Uncle Sam', grim dread- MJ0rrow B, 1000 yMon wh0
naughtft with their men at wortt and tuvo vof tho wr eU' here will leave
at play a well balanced program that ! fai rfy -. ,
Lumber Company Hires Women
REDDING, May 29 The, Weed lum
ber company haa replaced twenty-one
men In tbo box factory with women,
the men having enlisted In the army.
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Lleutenant-General O. T. M. Brtdgaa
la the ehtef military authority accom
panying Arthur J. Balfour to the
United St.Uc.t, Ho has been busy la
Washington telling members of tha
General Staff and the secretary ot
war how' to' prepare any' .American
army for service in the tre,",-- t,l
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chancea of the aociallata to
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the Bulgarians demand that nebmrja.
Macedonia be reeetablialMel'aael. taa ,A'
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A meeting will be held at HwTCoaxr.
merclal Club Monday nlght'at sVetoat
for the organisation of a Liberty t
Committee In thla city for the purpeee) "
or selling these Goverameat aaeavMaas
for the support of the GeverasaeeH la
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Chairman "of the Portland -Ubarty (J4i
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