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0p KLAMATH COUNTY
OF KLAMATH FALLS
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 30, 1917
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STEAMER WRECKED OFF COAST
CHICAGO SWITCHMEN
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Steamer Del Norte Strikes
Reef Off Point Arena, Cat.
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Dense Fog Over Ocean
Is Cause of the Wreck
Cmr unit I'mmciikci Hnvwl Following
.Narrnn Kimiio by l'nimil Work
vf IVrw mi Jiihn I'oiiIm'II. W'nn
Mound fur Crtwnt (ley frum Han
Kraarlkni. DeitMi Fog In Rmimii.
nlbfe for Strainer Grounding.
8AN KIIANCI8CO, July 30 Pan.
Ufnuerx uud crew of the (-onxtwlmi
liteatr.cr Del Norte, narrowly cHcnpod !
4cath wlicti the uvihoI struck a reef
STOCK POISONING
CAUSES MOVE TO
DELAY HUNTING
Local Forest Fire Association Adds to
Its Duties the Safeguarding of County
Livestock, and Will Work With the
Stockmen to Postpone Season.
In view of tho serlou menace tomoniinn It would bo nosslblo for nny
the live mock of this locality and In I unscrupulous person to get tho froo
n attempt to put a stop to tho nols- Uom of the rnnC8 w,th a "ullt,nK
a stop to tho pols
onlng now eni., .u . ....v '
Kouig on thruout th
V tho Klam.th.iJ.w r..B,l
niumsth-Iikn fminlv
Foreit Klro Association will cooper
' this year with Btockmen In an
flrt to delay tho opening of tho
""ntlng season Until Rnulnml.ai. flr.l
ordinK t0 jackgon Klmbl hcnd'
B this organUntlon.
thJh.'8 n,ovo '" tnken t boenwo of
JhL da"Kor l,ow I'walont, nor
iu.n.i ,, Wl UOT1 y "" re
"MOClatlon to 0lnr.l. I.l, .1.-
K?!" ot th,a "wtlon. who have
"-. incmsolvcs In the past to bo
,,r'7'ne""n this matter. Aa tho
"Nation now .i.j. ..
OM., , WUKBIOI, III
h u ?i' V the "VMt0Ck Industry In
that n, Y' " U v,t8,lr "rjr
iBlti0-,e.,n ch8' of h. forest.
iM;ry wh0 riming around,
' "h lhe opening of th. hunting
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In Ihu fog off Point Arotm, n hundred
mlli'M north or hern Inst night.
Thn Htcnuior, John I'uhIhuii, effeit-
oil u rcurtm in thn fine of extreme
dlltlniltlu. All tire teportecl saved.
The Det'Norto w bound for Cres
runt City from San Krimrlico, Tlio
vi'hki'I turn 'il on Uh beam cikIb ami
In hiillci'il to ho a total loan.
Mr. ulitl Mln. Lloyd Alfuril, who
hnvii hem lHltlnic their parents In
Klamath Kails, hao returned to their
Iionin at Dunniiiulr, ami nre nccom.
pniilod hy Mr ami Mrn It A. Alfoiil.
Hconso and do nny damage uesiroa.
8 "lleved that tho sportsmen
hero who havo the best Interests or
the county at heart will appreciate
the critical conditions prevailing hero
this yeur and tho motive which cuuson
tho proposed action.
Tho appeal for making the chango
will bo made thru Oovernor Wytho
combo of tho Stuto Fish and tlume
Commission.
While some tires nro now burning
In the dlffeient forests, thoy uro ait
bellovod to bo under control and no
alarming reports have been received!
at the local heudquarters of the Fire
Association,
There are no llioa at all In the;
Pokergama district. One lire Is now
in progress on Hager Mountain in
the Bly district but Is not considered
serious. A local party loft t"dny to
assist In extinguishing is,
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LOtf ANGKLKB. Jtilv 30 General
1 ifurrlsou 'Gray Otis, president Arid
general manager of Ihp l-os Angeles
Times, died of heart trouble While
I break rat lug with his son-lii-luw,
' Hurry Chandler, today;
I (Iciioiul OHh ns over eighty years
of ii ko and it veternn of the civil and
Spanish Warn. He wan known us a
I foe to organized Inbor and fought
for whut he termed Industrlul free
(loin.
General Otis, hlmscir a veteran of
two wars, en mo of a long lino of mill
tary and statesmanship ancesty. lilt
grandfather was a soldier of nolo in
thu Kcvolutlonury Wnr and the Otis
I Block produced JnmOH Otis, revolu
tionary patriot and orator, and the
Itliht Harrison Gray Otis, once noted
as a senator from Massachusetts.
Gonoial Otis held numorous gov
1 crnmoiul positions at different per
I lodH of his life. He was prominent
' In the (Hand Army of the Republic
Innd numorous other patriotic orders
and a member of tho American Acad
emy of Hcloncos.
Tho bride of General Otis' young
I manhood, Miss Ellxa Wethorby was
his constant associate In journalism
and lltrraturo until her death in
1904. Of tho llvo children born to
thorn, two daughters survive
Make Trip to
Crater Lake
Dr. J. II. Carter, accompanied by
his mother Mrs. O, L. Carter and
sinter Mrs. Mvermoore and children,
Miss Mnbel Martin and Erwln Bent
ley, motored to Crater Lake and back
yesterday.
Returning From
Visit ttf Crater
Mr. and Mn. George IS. Harvey and
son are vUltlng tourists from Biggs,
California, Who have visited Crater
Lake and are now camped for a few
days at the, auto camp grounds on
their way home.
George A. Tebbe, of Taylor ft
Tebbe, attorneys of Yraka, Is in the
city, today on business connected
with the Weod estate.
WILSON OPPOSES
AMENDED BILL
oiMElrrs to "iidAitu of three"!
A.i TO COXGHEMNioXAL COM
MITTEE TO REGULATE EXPE.V:
DITCHES IN WAR
WASHINGTON, I). C July 30
President Wilson has again de
clared his opposition to the amend
ments In tho food control bill now In
eonfernnce providing for the admin
istration board Of thr-e Instead Of
one and also fbr the creation ot d
congressional committee bri eipe'ndi
tures In the conduci of the war.
He gave however, nb Intimation id
Senator Chamberlain that he opposed
these provisions strong enough tot
eto the bill.
Chamberlain declares (bat the Sen
ate conferees will insist on both pro?;,
visions.
CARLSON LEASES
WINDMILL PATEN1
CliYDK A.l K. VAX SIKTF.lt WIIX
MAXL'FACTl UK THK MILL l.V
VKXTKD I1V MCUi MAN OX A
IiAIUlF. SCAiiK AT OAKLAND
A, Carlson of this city who last
year secured patents on u windmill,
tho unique features of which are ap
plicable to many other forms ot ma
chinery besides windmills, has leased
his patents for u term ot seventeen
years to Clyde and C. K. Van Meter,
who nio making arrangements to
mnnufneturo thu mill on a largo scale
in Ouklund.
Tho patents huvo been taken over
ou a royalty bnMtt and the mill will
bo placed on thu market in nearly all
tho states lu tho Union by January
1st, 1918, according to the contract.
The chief featuio of the Carlson mill
is worked out In tho gearing, where
tho pitman rod Instead of having the
circular motion as formerly, works
up and down in a porpendlcular mo
tion. The mechanism works entirely
In oil and can be left for months at
a time without attention.
One of the new mills, a twelve foot
also has been Installed for some
months on tho former government
experimental farm near Worden, now
owned by Judgo Wllllts ot this city,
and has boon pumping the water
from this land at the rato of 100
gallons per minute.
DR. CATHKV 1IH1NGS EAST.
KRX SPECIALIST TO KLAMATH
Dr. C. F. Cathey of Condon who
Is showing tho scenic beauties of
Oregon to Dr. Sharp,, a brain shpec
lallst of New York, under whom he
has previously studied, will arrive
tonight for a three days stay with
Dr. George Cathey ot Klamath Falls,
it being the Idea to finish up the
tour with th grandest scenery In the
state, which Is to be found within
the boundaries of Klamath County.
STRIKE SETTLED
NICKOLAI ESCAPES
FROM PETROGRAD
has left hih usual hAI'xim in
RUSSIAN CAPITAL AND 18 XOW
RELIEVED BY OFFICIALS TO
fii; i. Germany
I'ETROGRAD, ialy JO Nikolai,
the Lenlnc peace agitator and alleged
German spy has disappeared from
his usual hauntK in Petrograd and
his whereabouts are now unknown.
Officials brand as untrue the stories
published in America of Unlne's cap-;
tttre and escape It Is rumored that
he has reached Getniafl?,
BLY COUNTRY
15 PROSPEROUS
ItKPOHTS FROM SPUAGlK HfVEtt
VALLEY CEXTKIt IXDlCAtTB A
LARGE HAY CROP AXD GOOD
PRICES ARE ASSURED
Reports from the Bly country are
to the effect that the valley Is ex
periencing one of Its most prosperous
years. The hay crop in the valley la
unusually heavy altho on the high
dry laud the crop will be light as Is
the case in alt other sections of the
county.
The little town bt Biy is a regular
hive of business aa the ranchers ar
just getting fairly started haying and
are busy getting their supplies to
gether and gathering their men for
the harvest work. At the Blooming,
camp ranch haying started today and
they expect to cut between 2,000 and
2,500 tons of hay. The Givena ranch
will probably cut 1,000 tons. Chat.
Wan on expocts a yield of 800 to
1,000 tons. Tho Howard place In
Drews valley will cut from 1,000 to
1,200 tons. Parkers will have 350
tons and Jack McAullff, who has
the John Welts ranch, expects about
1,000 tons. C. L. Laboree, Vho owns
the Bill Smith place, will harvest
about 800 tons while Luke Walker
estimates that he will get 2,000 tons
from the Henry Jackson ranch.
With a good price assured tor bay
this fall things are looking prosper
ous for the Sprague River Valley.
To Odell Lake
for Vacation
Harry Telford yesterday took his
brother Wilbur to Odell Lake to join
his brother Charles who Is there from
Hornbrook. Harry la expected to
return today. His brothers will
spend several days enjoying the fish'
Ing of that district.
The Misses Jennie and Anna May
Johnston have returned from summer
school at Monmouth Normal; to spend
the vacation with their parents at
Pelican Bay, ,
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Agreement Is
Early This Morning
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BEFORE GOWAN
DAVIS AND SXODGRASS OF CUES.
CENT ABB ACCUSED OF IL
LEGAL ACTS AND BROUGHT
BEFORE JUSTICE COURT. RE-
LEASED ON BONDS.
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Accused by T. H. Jolly of receiving
unauthorised coADMUaiion" as a
by'. H.
member of the Crescent liclwol board,
Jessie Davis of Crescent wad Satur
day night brought before Justice E.
W, Go-wan, but owing to the stress
of impending mtters, the defendant
was placed ander five hundred dol
lar bonds and released until the pro-
gram tttnr scheduled can be disposed
of.
Davlg with G. C, Bnodgrass is also
haid on another coaijt for alleged
miscounting the ballots on the school
election of June 18th. They were
both released on bonds ot five hun
dred dollars until their case can be
heard.
Tom Mitchell Is In the city from
Portland on a business trip.
NEW BUSINESS
BUILDING STARTS
ON MAIN TODAY
L. Jacobs Starts Up-to-Date Structure
on Recently Acquired Main Street
Property. Store Rooms Rented Be
fore Construction Begins.
Confidence In the business future
ot Klamath Falls is evidenced by L.
Jacobs ot this city, who starts con
structlon today on a new business
block on hit property on Main street,
between Sixth and seventh.
The new building will adjoin the
rest ot the Jacobs block extending
from the corner of Sixth and Main,
and will be thirty-seven feet by eighty
In site. It Is to have a pressed brick
front and to be modern ta every de
tal. The omce frame building now
occupied by W. S. geeaorn.com
psny will he removed to, make way
for the new structure.
Reached
CHICAGO, 111., July 30 The Chi
cago switchmen's strike called Satur
day, which tied up all the switching
In the city and threatened to delay
the commerce of the nation, haa bees,
satisfactorily settled and the work
men returned to their Jobs this morn
Ing.
The final arrangements were com
pleted at 5.30 o'clock after an all
night conference between the repre
sentatives of the railroads and the
switchmen.
The question ot the "cloced shop"
was not made an Issue la the taal
settlement. It has been agreed tkat
many of the questions over which the
strike was called, are to be settled
by joint commissions.
- Thirty-tour hundred menJwloni.te ,
the organisation striking. Imme
diately' following the walkout Satur
day, the embargo was placed on all .
live stock and perishable goods. Em
ployees oa nineteen railroads enter
ing Chicago were affected by the.,!
strike.
E. Bowtell and J. Volt are spend
ing a few days in the city en route
from 8an Barnardtno, -Cat., to cas
ipell, Montana. They are camped
here and enjoying the hunting and
fishing on the way.
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Mrs. Will Hum and daughter,
Gretta Maude, left this morning tor
Portland to visit her parents, Mr. aad
Mrs. F. J. Williams.
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Chamberlain and Orera have the
contracts for the new work, and ex
pect to have the building ready tor
occupancy by the latter part ot Sep
tember. That business, conditions
here are good Is shown by the tact
that two ot the rooms la ttf mtw
building have already been spoken
Ifor.
Mr. Jacobs, In speaking of the new
venture, said that the tremendous re-
sources back of, tale dietiM aad tat
new pay rolls continually dayeJUg.
left no doubt la ah) mtad at to the
advisability ot golaig' afcead at .ttya
time. The property on valeTa to
now bulldlarMaa .aHiUeVui-mr.
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