OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF KLAMATH COUNTY
Or, .KLAMATH MUAi
Mftrnlli Vwr, No. .W
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1917
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ILL INSURE SOLDIERS' LIVES
RMGATION STARTS AT PINE GROVE
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FAMILY ALLOWANCE IS TO HE
l'IIOVI-.li:i
Dllla .Nun lirfore llotli IIoum, Pro
vide for Innuranre of All Mrjtiber
of Kmlrc, (Vrtalii .Portion of
Holdler lity to lie Net All for
TMr ltoMmlenU Supplemented
fly Allowance From Government.
WASHINGTON. I). C Auk. 10
That tho gouriiiiii'iil of tho United
States Kill pro Ido In un mluiiititii
manner far tin men who offer their
lltrt fur it on tlio field of battlo Is
Indicated by blllx which bavo been
Introduced Into both Iioiikoh lookliiK
toward tliu miilnlniiniii'o of the di
lendcnt ones at homo.
Tho blllx provldo tbnt tho govern-
Iment Inmiro at a minimum coHt, nil
I American soldiers, Hnllors mid marines.
They ulvo provide for u fnrnllv nl-
loanco to depondonui of mfcn In the
Iiervlio, and Indemnification at gov
ernment cxiiciiho, of Injured men.
mured men are to nny a uremltim
under the proponed act.
A featuro not previously nnnonnc.
d would compull ofllcerH and mon
to allot a minimum of nftoen dot
lira a month from tholr puy to de
pendent Wives. TIlKHn nllntnimita In
be lopplemcntiMl by family nllownnc
w from tho government of from live
to llfty dollaro por month according
tO the cilllllllHtminiti it ml mm.1,... f
dependents.
It la estimated that thn iini .u
to the governmont for im nm turn
peara would be fiSfl.OGO.
WILLIAM H. TAFT
IS
IMPROVING
GIVEN F1HHT FOOD SINCE HIS AT.
TACK ON TUESDAY. ALTHO
DANGER MAHK Ntyx PASSER
HE IH lKCI.AUKI IIETTEH
CLAY CENTER, Kansas, Auk. 10
Tl' )h)Nlcliiu iittoiidhiK former Pies
Idnut Taft. who In III nt thn hotel
hero linn determined to give hi in hla
first food since his nttark of lutes
tmul trouble rommenced Tuexday.
"Mr. Taft Ih Homowhut better to
iliiy" Hnl(l Dr. II. F. Morgan. "I don't
want to Hay the danger mark Ih pas
kid, but 1 do not think there Is liny
Immediate dntiRor. I have been
ufruld of condltluus that might develop."
GOOD RECORD
OF COUNTY
IS IMPROVED
(MiY SEVEN MEN REJECTED
FOR FIRST DRAFT
Our. of The Not a KUmatti County
Man. Hoard Completes Physical
Examination This Morning. Ab
out Uff Per Crot Have tiled Ap
plication for Exemption. Board1
to I'mwi on Thow Tomorrow.
New Process for
Preparing Fruit
t 0, Mil 111 I llllU flklllft.n.1 -.. .
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"P to tho niy country whoro he has
wen engaged In cruising timber.
C. 8. Perkins, representing tho
Wlttenberg-KIng Company of tho
DalloH, Ih railing on the merchants
Introducing King's patented process
of fruits and vcgotablcH. Those
fruits und vegetable. are ho evap
orated thatfpnly tho moisture Is re
moved, leaving tho rellulur structuro
Intact and the quality, flavor and
food value unimpaired. Upon soak
ing they iibHorb tho original amount
of water thoy contained and It Ih
claimed that thoy are again equal in
flavor und food value to the original
fresh fruit.
CONVICTS AT SALEM
ESCAPE THRU ROOF
8ALKM, Or.. Auk. 10 Ono of h
mot daring and audacious escapes!
, nt u, "tate penitentiary in a
,0nH time OCnirio,! nl,,,.l n.an ,.., .. '
Wednesday ,, Two C0vct8(
-Ployed In tho shoe shop on tho
'0P floor nihil... ..-i . . .
the, ., I'lioon, snweu a note
fuL ." roo, c,,mued "
h ! tt rope by which they let
inemielvoH fin.M ... ..
of o, u or lno lronl WB
out.1 ,ulldlnB a" lmly walked
PrlfionnHr"!"jhur8dcroth
wuih headed toward Turner,
h.i Z. r. n thy rot.
remove their prison caps, which are
worn only by Inside men. Trusties
outsldo the walls saw tho capa as the
two escapes wero crossing the brick
yard and immediately roporieu me
fact to the warden.
Within live minutes prison guards
with the bloodhounds, were on the
thm k . "'" iney "", una
at bet,a'''1 Ihom. Thoy forgot to
trail or the fleeing men and tuelr
chance of making good their escape
seems slim.
The fugitives are Ilobert Uurns
sent up from Multnomah county Sep
tember 19, 191.4, for two to 20 yean'
for fcrgery, and J, B. Burg, sent up
(rom Wmco- county February .21.
1016 for two to 20 years .for -forgery.
Tho local exemption board finished
cxHmlnatlon of tho candidates for the
llrHt draft drawing at newn, today.
About eighty men were examined ac
cording to estimates of members al
tho tho regular records are not com
piled yet.
Twenty-four men were examined
this morning and were a good healthy
bunch thruout altlio not classing up
quite bb high as those examined yes
terday.
It Ih hoped by members of the
board to start to pass upon the ap
plications for exemption tomorrow
If posHlblo. ThlB will depend how
eer upon tho arrival tonight of
Sheriff George Humphrey who is ex
pected from Oakrldge where be has
been on official business.
Out of twenty-six examined yes
terday only three were rejected rais
ing tho good record of the previous
day. Only one ' was rejected this
morning. He was not a Klamath
County man.
Thoso examined today were:
4R8 Oliver Jefferson.
854 Nannl Domonlco.
373 Dclbert Sly.
1237 Philip M. Applegate.
sio I.uca Durlgkello.
341 Carl J. "Morelk.
IS 3 Arthur Bollo.
78C Alexander Win, Wysock.
7t2 John Andreatta.
121 Marlon Nine.
2439 Nlckolaa Blanas.
1441 Harry M. Coffman. .
1031 Willie lllch. ,
927 Stephen Do Valentine.,
784 George A. Mustoo.
1204 John Riley.
408 Jomes Lindsay Hartley.
133 Virgil Holmes.
no 9 Otto C, Hansen.
797 Qowannl Bof.
1014 George J. Agopetos.
868 Haralampos Tsokos.
94B Efthemeous Varlllon Krekos.
837 Thomas Nlkls.
The following have applied for
exemption In addition to tboaa al
ready published;
Joseph Lindsay Yotherlngnam,
ground, dependents.
Klmer Lewis French, ground, de
pendents. James Wllllan Jonas, groand, de
pendents. '
George A, Musto, ground, depend
ents. ' l i
Willie lllch, ground, dependent!.
Robert Claire Arnold, ground, de
pendents, '
A, W. Wysop, ground, dependents.
James Baldwin Kldwell, ground,
dependents, '
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Captain Ralph L. Taylor, Instruct
or In aviation to the hundreds of
young men learning at Mlneola, Long
Island, to fly In France, was killed
Thursday when his airplane dived to
-tho ground from u height of a thou
sand feet.
CARNAHAN AND
HOGGINS
CHOSEN
HAVE IIKCKIVKD NOTICE OK SE
LECTION TO ATTEND THE
TRAINING CAMP AT SAN Kit AX.
CISCO
Out of the six candidates examined
for attendance at the second officers
training camp at San Finncisco, Aug
ust twenty-seventh, Geo. Q, HuggiiiB
and Joseph II. Cainalmn have beou
selected according to a dispntch re
ceived this morning. Key Wolf of
the Klamath Agency Is uumed as al
ternate, l
There were sixteen applications
made from Klamath Falls for tho
training camp thru the commltteo
composed of Leslie Rogers, J, W.
Siemens and Frank Bloomtngcamp
and six who went to take the exam
inations at Medford on July 8th.
J. H. Carnahnn has seen service in
the Philippines during the Spanish
war and his previous experience has
probably proved of value to htm, Mr,
Hugglns Is ono of the Instructors at
the Klamath county high school and
also the football coach. Mr. Wolf Is
an employee of the Government at
the Klamath Agency.
Joseph V. Mann, ground, depend
ents, Alden Ira Brooks, ground, depend
ents, i
Fred Warren Hilton, ground, de
pendents.
,W1UUm Henry Shadley, ground,
dependents.
Matt Lee 8harley, ground, depend
ents. Lewis Clinton Wampler, ground, In
17, S, service, transporting malls.
LOCAL ELKS WILL
"DO THEIR BIT"
UKEAT ENTHUSIASM IS SHOWN
WHEN PROPOSAL IS MADE TO
LKVY ASSESSMENT TO AID MIL
LION DOLLAR RELIEF FUND
An enthusiastic meeting of the
Elks was held last evening to arrange
for the participation of the local
lodge In the million dollar Elk War
Relief Fund, which was recently,
oted by the Grand Lodge at Its ses
sion in Boston.
There are a half million member!
of the Elks "Lodge In the United
States and to raise this amount It
Is proposed that every Elk in the
United States should contribute two
dollars each, and the Grand Lodge
has assessed each lodge this amount I . .
on Its membership. OBe-nalf or tnis
amount will ha to be paid on Sep
tember 15, 1917 and a special
NEW PINE GROVE
PUMPING PLANT
WILL SOON START
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GIVE AND TAKE
.""SAYS GOVERNOR
JAJlKS WYTHECOMOBE AT CON
JMimf SAYS INDUSTRIAL
I1l0iwin MUST BE WORKED
OUT ALONG THESE LINES
iK. Aug. 10 "In
it Be preserved"
sessment was voted Of two dottartr declared Governor Wytbecombe of
ABERDEEN, Was
duktrial peace must
per member to cWer thr aole aio
ount.
The spirit of loyalty to the govern
ment and the desire to help the coun
try was very proffbunced at the meet
Ing but to W. N. "Dad" Wilson, 8U
years old and one of the oldest mem
bers In the state, goes the honor oj
being the first member of Klamath
Falla lodge to contribute his share
to the Elks war relief fund. Mr.
Wlllson stated that he wanted to sec
ond the motion for the assessment
by paying his two dollars now, and
his lead was quickly followed by
practically all the members present,
so the Indications are from the spirit
shown that Klamath Falls Lodge will
be one of the first to raise its por
tion of the great fund.
y t no local loase is gums iu yruicci
Us members who have or should Join
Uncle Sam's forces and by a vote of
tho lodge It was decided to remit the
dues of all such members during the
timo of service.
GERMAN EXPLOSION
KILLS MANY PEOPLE
Oregon at the opening of the Realty
Convention here yesterday. "I be
lieve In the give and take plan, on
the principal of the brotherhood of
man" declared the Governor and am
certain that the solution of the'prob-
can be worked out along these
nes.
Governor Lister evidenced similar
sentiments In his address.
fudge Baldwin Is
,ii'. Away for Health
DIG PUMP AND ENGINE ARE NOW
INSTALLED
Water Will Be Pat Oa MO Aersa
of Fertile Iad Xex Week. DM,
es Completed aad F-tjM. Vm
Plant to Be PfUfto of Oa la
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Use Uy me Keao fewer '
3700 GaUoaa per Miaate DejUrerai.
In the belief that a change of
climate and altitude would benefit
his health Judge Geo. Baldwin left
last night with his son Zim of Lake- minute
view for a trip of two or three weeks, elght.hundred foot? pipe with a total
The two plan to go first to Reno head of fifty-five feet: The land to
whore they will be Joined by Charles! be Irrigated by the new plant Is
The new pumping plaBt for the
Pine Grove Irrigation PrOjact has
now been installed and "Is exaeeted'
to be In full operation the 'rtt
of next week. Six hundred acre are
embraced In the district' whloh'liasj,
recently been formed try elev'iara
ers of that section whowlB.JpBSitka
water from the south" brltaeh' "of the
U. S. Irrigation Canal near the reach
of S. E. Icenblce through a half mile
ditch now completed.
The new pump is a ten inch Byron
Jackson Centriflgal pump and is at
tached to a seventy-five horse-power
General Electric motor. The Instal
lation was made by Will Batdwla ot
the Baldwin Hardware Company and
Is a duplicate of the plant' installed
by the Keno Power Company whkh
now Irrigates the tracts 4ft.-J)jJMf
Kern, Dr. E. H. Hawkins and aieVr
Ager.
Thirty-seven hsMred gallons per
will be dfUvered,'thru an
Baldwin and thence probaby to some
point on the Coast.
Mr. Baldwin has been in poor
health for the last few months and
suffered a very severe sick spell last
week.
LONDON, Aug. 10 According to
i
reports received from the German
frontier by the correspondent at Am
sterdam ot the Exchange Telegraph,
the explosion at Henningsdorf was
one of the worst catastrophes of Its
kind that has happened In Germany
since the war began.
A munition factory was wiped out,
300 people were killed or Injured
and enormous damage was done,
Henningsdorf has been Isolated by
police and troops.
A. Kallna, from the Malln section,
Is registered at the Hotel Hall.
some ot the most fertile in the coun
ty and it Is believed the benefits de
rhed from the water will soon' repay
tho cost of Installation.
H. C. Chamberlain Is spending a
few days at Algoma putting in some
brick work for new boilers at the
Algoma Lumber Company.
PRAISES KLAMATH'S SCENERY
Mrs. B. J. Hoffaker and two grand
children who have been visiting at
the home of E. W. Gowan left this
morning for their home In San Fran
cisco, much pleased over scenery ot
this section.
Mrs. Hoffaker who is a lady of
great wealth and has traveled thru
most of the foreign countries of the
world declares that the scenery no
where exceeds that of Crater Lake,
Wood River Valley and the Upper
Klamath Lake points, which aba was
shown by her hosts during her visit.
BURNS BOUND OVER
TO FEDERAL JURY
Joe Burns, the alleged slacker who
was brought In early in the week
from the reservation by Sheriff Hum
phrey and Deputy U. S, Marshal
Frank T. Berry charged with at-
nnll avail Ika draft law and
'of appearing under fictitious names,
, was yesterday given a hearing before
U. 8. Commissioner Bert C. Thomas
'and suMclent evidence was brought
j out to bind him over to the action of
the Federal grand Jury in Portland.
This body meets In Portland oa
I the toth of this month and repress-
luttve of Klamath County will oc
cupy quite a little ot its time.
There are now three men whose
cases will be-investigated hytha
grand Jury. They are Daa julllvaB,
the I. W. W. agitator, charged with
a violation of the espionage act. Ben '
Stumpf from the Merrill section ?on
the same charge, and Joe Burae. ,
Deputy Marshal Berry left this morn
ing for San Franc'lsco with
Stone the slacker who will he takea
care ot by .tho federal' authorltes
there.' he-expeta'-t .haihaokkiat
toad to oUer..f4-ktra .fciBday
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