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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OP KLAMATH COUNTY
OFFICIAL, NEWtPAm
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY JUNE 8, 1917.
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Eleventh Year Ne. 9.2M
MUG DID
STAFF ARRIVE IN
ENGLAND SAFELY
IAILID ONI WIIK AOO, 1UT
KEPT SECRET
ItMral Said at Landing Port Parly
Wfictmtd Amtrlcan Ships In Euro,
torn Wattre "arty Studied Prtnch
a Way Ovtr land Play Amtrlcan
tad Ingllih Aire Party Plnally Ar.
rlvtt at London.
A IlKITIHtl POUT. June -.MJur
Central Pershing anil IiIk staff have nn
rtttd hrrti after an uneventful irl
All mrmbrni of the rpcdltltm am In
fooi health and ilrlt.
Anerican destroyer acrmnpanlrd
tlttir whip thru the danger mnn ami
kilo port.
Representatives of the admiralty,
lot war office unit tho municipality
welcomed Ibe- American heartily. The
formal welcome at Iho dork wan llr
rk with the Royal WeUh Kulllem.
at tat guard of honor, drawn up at the
kettag ttage, with a military band
Hsrlei martial aire.
Central Pershing waa Introduced to
lot otJwr commanding the Welnh
treses (turd, while the hand played
tot "Star Spangled IUnner" and "(Sod
fart the King," the two officer In
taxied the Fusiliers.
Tat American expedition worked
tad studied French on the trip across
1st Atlantic.
Oteeral Ptrahlng (old the Associated
Press Ibal "the trip over ws delight
fit, aad particularly the Utter stage,
vbtn our own deMrojrrn accompanied
ts. We expect to aoon be playing our
W1, which I hone will be a big part,
oa toe weiitern front,- he raid.
LONDON, Juno 8-Cleneral Pershing
Md hla man have arrived here.
American Ambassador Page, lurd
Derby, secretary of Mate for war; Vis
want French and other officer met
at party.
Lord Ilrooke ha been assigned to
tat Pershing alaff a aide during Ihu
tpedltlon'a stay In Kngland.
WASHINGTON. June 6. There are
IM ofneent, enlisted men and altuchei
"h Pershing.
Tat expedition aalled a week ago,
llhout publicity, despite Iho fact that
wveral newspaper publish the depart
ure of Unci.
WASHINGTON, Juno 8.-O110 hun
dred American aviator havo arrived
In France.
Voor flrat patriotic duty Buy u
Ubtrty iiond.
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"My Country,
'Tis of Thee"
Preterv thu prkthm
"sweet land of liberty" by
eubecribing now to the Lib
erty Loan
You can buy bondt from
$80 up to $100,000, They
pay throe emd one-half pr
cent interest. They
backed by the Umitku re
eourcee of this great nation.
Thay are exempt from all
federal state and local tax
atkm, excepting citato and
inheritance tax.
Be patriotic. Be ehrewd.
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OREGON'S ORAFT
QUOTA REPORTED
AT 62,985 MEN
NINETY.TMREE INDIANS REGIS
TCfl ON RESERVATION
Paclhe Coi.t Fatli Below Eipected
Quota-Washington, 10MH, and
California, M7.532-2I5.125 Shy on
Esptcted Numbtr Llita to Be Pub
llthtd Oregon Rtgltlen 62,915
Mtn as Htr Available Quota
roHTKANI). June X tiUty-lwo
thouxand nine hundred and elRlit).
five turn between the cc of : anil
HO, InrluMve, registered In Oregon on
TuriHtay
One hundred and eight tlitmxund 11111I
lx hundrrd and eleven reglMeied In
Waahlngton. and 3J7.&32 In Callfornln.
It waa previously rntlmated by the
government that 10H.105 would regis
i.r In OreKon, :i:,c:i In Washington
and 363.479 In California, leaving n
total of :15,125 ! than expectations
Nlnrty-lhrre men on the Klamath In
dian rroervatlon were registered Tues-
day by the Indian service, which had
charge of the work, according to a re
port received today from ('. II. Anbury,
official In charge of the reservation.
Thla Increaaea Klamath county'a
total to 1.313 men registered. Of
these :SI registered aa aliens. The
reservation registration Includes all
rcaldenta there.
The data on Klamath county'a 1,219
men la being compiled and summer
lied, aa well aa checked In Iho sheriff "a
office by Deputy Pcrr IVIjip. On offi
cial complete return for each precinct
la expected to be ready tomorrow or
Iho next day.
Sheriff Humphrey hna been Invcsll
gating a half doen cases of non-regla-tration,
but no far haa not definitely e
tiibllahed a alngle cane. One man, re
aiding went of thla city, wan reported
In have two pons who hate not regla
terrd, and wna reported lo have made
threat agalnat any officer who ahould
attempt to regUter hla noiih.
The aherlff called him on the long
dlalancn thla morning, after Inteatlgnl
Ing Iho raae, and wna Informed thai
both the bova were under 21 year of
age. The abrrlff aald Hint the mnn
waa Inclined to reaent hla Interference,
but when Informed aa lo the aherlff'a
dutlea naawered hla queatlona. All re
port a aro being Inveatlgated and the
aherlff aaya ho la prepared ' do hla
duty.
Ono man, a foreigner, hua reglalered
alnre Tucadny. Ho gave no excuao ror
reglaterlng late, but the government'
leniency la allowing aomo tlmo for luto
rc'glatratlona.
Mala of nil nglaten'd men nre to
bo poated and publlahed by Juno 15.
Uu Exfcuth Cwitt
BRITISH HOSTS
THREATEN STR0N6
GERMAN POSITION
0,000 PRISONERS TAKEN SINCE
"YESTERDAY"
Hlndenburg it Ruthlng Vatt Numbert
of Retervet to Front to Stem Eng
llth Torrent, Which Thrcatena Lille
Plain ond Great Induttrial Stctlont
of Northern France, Long In the
Handt of German Forcet.
iMIrli'xrt Von lllnili-nlmrc la ruah
ItiK Mint iiuiubi'nt of Oerman reaervca
forward In nn effort lo atem thn Ilrlllah
torn ill wlilih Iiiim awept oer the
lielglita domliiHtliiK thu l.lllc l'laln nnd
wlilrli tliii-nti'iiK to awcep the Teuton
from tin- pent Industrial aectlon of
Norllirrn rniiKe,
The llrltbti have tuken more than
C.Oun primmer nlnte the drive wna
alurled yeHtenlay.
$11,000 KLAM At
RED CROSS FUND
ANNOUNCEMENT OF PLAN MADE
AT PORTLAND PROMINENT
MAN FOR EACH COMMUNITY
AS LEADER
Klamath county 'it nSinre of the Hud
t'riwa fund to bo ruised In Oregon la
11,000. according to a report laaued
from the Portland Hod Crosa confer
ence. I'ortlanil ta 10 niiae zuu.ou.
Oregon la to nilse $100,000 outaldo of
Portland, making n total of $600,000
of the $100,000,000 Itcd Crosa emer
gency fund for the war.
The campaign week la Juno 18-25.
Kach community will have na chair
man of the local committee the blggeat
man In heart, patriotism and cxecutlvo
ability of Unit community. Tenma will
be organized In accordance with the
alio of the community. Committees on
mihllcitv. heudauartera nnd meetings
and ofJIco administration will be cre
ated. All preliminary work will be
done Hstematlcnlly; all possible Infor
mation will be gotten into tho handa
of the people; when committee call
theio should be but one thing ion,
have tho money ready.
"The stain of shame, would Indelibly
be Imprinted on Oregon'falr name if
tiv neislleenre of ours any mother who
ha given her aon and support aa a
warrior for hla country ahould do un
rnroil for. or If any boy nt tho front
wounded should lack tho hospital care
needed to bring him back to that
mother."
Those words, uttered by ono of the
speaker nt tho greatjled Crosa con-
rnrenco of lelWora ironi nnsuiiiKiuu.
Idaho, Montnnn, Utah and Oregon,
wore tho wonls needod to bring home
ihn naturo of Itcd Crosa work and to
make the spirit of giving and of aacrl-
flco burn clear and high In every heart.
11 did not need to bo aald that the
amount asked of Oregon la less than 11
.i.iiini- for each member of tho statu a
population. whcreiiH Canada's contrl-
hutinii lo war lolicr now 101ms more
than 17 for each man, woman and
child of that country.
Knoh community organisation will
Include canvna of nearby small towns.
McNAKY WILL IE
SWORN IN TODAY
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nnrtTl.AND. June 8. Charlca I
vi-Mnnr ri-nntlv aoDoiiitod senator
by Governor Wlthycombe, haa arrived
In Waahlnglon, accoruing m uw
patchea reaching here. He Is expected
to bo sworn into omce louay.
uriauiMn-rnN June 8. Vice Pros-
ICoat Marehall admlnlttewd he oath
of offlct to Senator MoNary of Oregon
.u Hla ajislramentt to commltteea
will bo made within a low dayt.
The Colonel
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Theodore ItooscreK, talking to thou .
sand of n.umbers of the Home Defcns-o
League nt Mineola, near his homo nt
Oyster Hay, Ixng Inland, was Just as!
PORTLAND CLUB
WANTED JUtY 4
MANAGER WATT WILL TRY TO
BRING INTER. CITY LEAGUE
TEAM SACRAMENTO AND WIL
LOWS MANAGERS WRITE
The Northwest Steel Company's
hasebull team of the inter-city league
of Portland, will be brought, If possi
ble, to this city for 11 series of baseball
games during tho Itnllio.nl nnd July 4th
celebrations, July 3 and 4, according
to Manager Watt.
Watt announces that Harry Duko of
Sacramento, Is anxious to bring his
team hero for 'the I'ouith, 11s is u!m
Manager AJnx of the Willows (hints.
Watt expects lo bring tho Portland
club If he can get them, nnd has wilt
ten the manager.
"Tho club is not leading tho Port
land league," snt Watt, "but players
who havo seen them in action believe
they will cop the Portland pennnnt in
the inter-clty league this year."
Sunday afternoon tho Klamath Falls
club will meet tho McCloud team In
the third game of the season, nnd what
promises to be a fast game.
Ilumor hna it that Klamath Falls is
going to lose Jlmmlfl Clink, na ho is
aald to bo considering Joining tho nnvy.
Clntko la peihapa the most valuable
man on tho local club, owing to his
knowledgo of local baseball, his abil
ity to catch nnd general ull-nioimdj
efficiency as Iho pivot player nnd "pep"
instillcr of tho team.
CHURCH MEMBERS
PLANT POTATOES
Pari of tho membership of tho
Eleventh Street Baptist church lo
cenlly planted ten nrres of potatoes
on .the 1). S. Oiigshy taiicli. Itov. 11.
W. Cox, pastor, has taken nn active
part. Tho proceeds from tho crop are
to go to tho church.
Back From South.
B. II. Reamea has returned from his
home In California to attend business
Interests here.
Htrt Prom Albany.
Mra. M. J, Kelley'of Albany, mother
of Mra. C. C. Hogue of this city, la here
visiting for a part of the summer.
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forceful and firm, and aa powerful as
he ever was in his life. The colonel
.showed his whole heart is in the war
asalnst Germany.
STREET WORK
IS REPORTED
ZUMWALT ESTIMATES EXCAVA.
TION CAN BE MADE FOR $2,433.
SMALL MATTERS PASSED ON
BY COUNCIL
Permits were granted to I. It. Stru
bio to erect a garage on lot 4, block 61,
Nichols Addition; also for the erec
tion by another party of a garage and
stable on lots 1 and 2, block 61, Nich
ols Addition, Wednesday night by the
council.
City Kngineer Zumwalt reported
that It would require the excavation of
I.S6C cubic yards of earth on the Sev
enth nnd Prospect street Improvement
and a fill of 1,600 cubic yards. He es
timated tho work would cost 12,433.
The report was accepted and placed
on file.
A petition for the doing away with
the parking on Wantland avenue, in
Mills Ach...ion, from tho intersection of
Sixth street lo the city limits on the
east wns read and accepted and the or
dinance Introduced a week ago waa
adopted.
City Atoiney droabeck was instruct
ed to draw up an 'ordinance, which
was Intioduced Wednesday night, pro
v idlng for two meetings of the council
each month, on the first and third
Mondays. If was tho concensus of
opinion of tho council that the clty'a
business can be transacted In two reg
ular meetings each month.
Mayor Crislor announced to tho
council that tho city's clean-up day
cost but 54 this year, which ho de
clared was a saving of $70 over last
ear.
Flro Chief Ambrose's report showed
that two alarms wore answered last
month, one to Shlpplngton nnd the
othor, a still alarm, to a trash fire. The
first caused nn expense of J7, and the
second of $3. No damage was done.
JAP GARDENERS GIVE
BERRIES TO RED CROSS
HOOD RIVER, June 8. Approxi
mately 150 Japanese strawberry grow,
era of the Hood River Valley have
promised to donate a crato of berries
apiece toward tho Rod Crosa fund.
SALVADOR STRUCK
BY EARTHQUAKE
AND DISASTER
FIRE FOLLOWS QUAKE, BUT IS
UNDER CONTROL
8ix Towns Btsldes Capital Reported
Destroyed Communication It Cut
Off Capital of Smallest and most
Densely Populated Republic la Re
ported Destroyed.
SAN JUAN DEL SUR NICARAGUA,
June 8. San Salvadore, the capital of
Salvador, with a population of more
than 60,000 people, baa been totally de
stroyed, according to a dispatch from
San Miguel, Salvador, as tbe result of
an earthquake or a volcanic eruption.
The towns or Quezaltipeque, Nejapa,
Sucblchoto, Paisnal, Armenlos, 'Meji
canoa have also been destroyed.
There Is no communication open
from San Salvador with the outside
world. .
WASHINGTON, June 8. American
Minister Long at San Salvadore, has
reported that a volcano in San Salva
dore has erupted, and .was followed by
earthquakes.
Part of the city was destroyed by
fire, which did great'damage. but is
now under control, he reported.
Salvador is the smallest and moat
densely populated of the Cental Amer
ican republics, bounded on the north
by Honduras, on the rauth by the Pa
cific ocean, and on this 'west by Guate
mala. '
San Salvadore, the, largest city, 2416
feet above the sea" level. Is a modem
city. The streets are well lighted and
Your first patriotic duty Buy a
Liberty Bend.
NOT REGISTERED;
DO II QUICK
WAR DEPARTMENT GIVES MEN
BETWEEN 21 AND SO, INCLUSIVE,
ONE MORE CHANCE TO REGIS
TER UNDER DRAFT LAW
(War Census Bureau, Adjutant Gtner
al't Offlct, Portland, Ore.)
PORTLAND, June 8. Men between
the ages of 21 and 30 years, Inclusive,
who for some good reason were un
able to register on War Census Day,
are to have one more chance.
If they will present themselves Im
mediately to the registration board in
their respective county, their registra
tion will be accepted, and the neces
sary card made put, provided, a vajld
excuse is made for failure to appear
June Sth. '
The county board of registration' In
each county is made up of the sheriff,
county clerk and county physician, and
tho board sits at the county seat. 1
Haste is essential, tho, for the negli
gent ones who failed to register as
this last period of grace may be ended
any hour by the government If they
desire to escape prosecution, with the
penalty of imprisonment for up to one
year in Jail, after which they will oe
registered and probably dratted any
way, they should lose no time before
going before tbe registration board.
This last chance will be open only
for a few more days. Men who show
their good faith by immediately pre
senting themselves will probably have
their excuses accepted for not having
registered at the proper time. But any
further delay will be unwise, to say the
least
Non-residents who have not yet reg
istered should apply Immediately to
the.board. They will be registered un
der the procedure for registration of
absentees. ,3
Your trst patriotic duty Buy
Liberty Bend.
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PROCLAIMS
RAinro
BEGINNING OP WORK HERE TO M
RECOGNIZED
Klamath County Girt to B Btddtot of
Liberty for Combined Celekratien.
July 3 and 4 Wlthyoomfco te -Represents
Railroad Men Freest
All Western Pblntt to Be Present at
Klamath't Great Day.
The Strahorn railroad dedkatlea
and July 4tb celebration at KlaJMtk
Falls will be an event long to be re
membered, if present plana of the eeea
mittee materialize. ,
Governor Wlthycombe will send a
representative speaker, and other
prominent men have algnlted their .wil
lingness to appear oa the program
A number of spectacular eveata are
being arranged for the two days ia
addition to the speakers aad the
parade.
One of the main features of the lat
ter Is to be a float containing the God
dess of Liberty, as It is felt that that
ia a most appropriate tiase for seek a
feature. The Goddess is to he 1
by popular vote and star he aay:
lady whose home la la Klath 1
ty. Price of the votes will be 1 1
per hundred, and the proceed at" the
ticket sale to be devoted to defraytac
the expenses of the pageant
W. P. Johnson, general chalrawa.
appeared before the city eoaaoil Wed
nesday night and aaked for tataalal
assistance, and thelistter.wae refer
red to the committee oa laaaee. -"i"'"
It Is expected that among the speak
ers or theocasion win be ArtheTTD-""
lett, president of the Port of 8aa Ia-
Cisco; Mr. Cheney of Seattle, a
inent Eastern Oregon and Wasklagtoa
man and a friend of Robert B. Stra
horn 's, and Bishop Hughes of PortUad."
Mr. Johnson announced thaija-a.
long distance telephone call with the;
governor Wednesday, he stated that
he would proclaim a state-wide rail
road day for Oregon, and that he will
send a personal representative and
his private secretary here for .the oc
casion. Among the tentative attractions he
ing worked on by the committee are
races, street dancing, baadj'teneirta.
and several flights by aa aeroplane, if
it is poslble to secure one, and a aeries
of hall games. Other features are be-,
Ing considered .and will be ;
later.
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Railroad men from all pouts wteJbut.
of the Mississippi will be here for tbff
occasion, aecordter to Mr. Johnson, at
the beginning of thla work represents' "'
the first actual conatraaeJon In railroad
work of, any size since t!17 west of the
Mississippi.
Mr. Johnson asks for the co-opera
tion of all to make this celebration the
biggest event In Oregon for years, aad
tbe greatest In 'the history' of Klamath
county. A letter1 received' from Oor-
ernor Wlthycombe by Mr. Johnson re
garding the , Invitation extended 'to
him, la aa follews:
Replying to the recent courteous
invitation submitted by you and other,
clUzena of Klamath Falls, I sincerely
regret to say that I cannot he with you
on July 3 and 4. Few things would
give me more pleasure, but I have an
engagement that baa been on my book
for more than a month to be present
elsewhere on tbe 4th.
The people of Klamath Falls aad
of Central Oregon are to be congratu
lated upon the forward steps they are
taking in connection with the Strahorn
railroad project, and (t is because I am '
especially interested in such develop;
meat aa thla that I would 'like to fee.
present as an evidence of my. pereeaa
intereat, but to. t; InetiW Jm ,
will be ImpcealMe.f.l'eirhm.w'
project it oompieiea.rov wm.te "J5' .if
ooene fmmntntmm;jwmrrm "w.
accomplishment."
Schools Close Here.
The city schools closed I
teuton today. MweUeJ
will leave;
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