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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER I,c1917 .
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Pries In OnMr
OVE MADE TO DIKE LOWER
MARSHES
PON FILED
IAINST CLOSING
CLAMAJTHSTRAIT
. FOUNTAIN FAVORS PLAN OK
DIKING
Pint Plan Submitted by
In Itoreat Report (w Iki
Moot Economical Smaller
i IsvoHod by Ttiln Method !
i of Drainage Dlstrlirt Want
lOo Ahead Willi Home Plsn
i objection lo tlio reclamation of
i Lowr Klamath marshes by the
illation of the gate at tlio rail-
I crossing of Klamath Strait won
I with County Clerk C. R. Doton
i morning by 1'. L. Fountain, ono
the land owners of tlio Klamath
aluie dlilrlrt, who (avora the, Idea
I reclaiming thlM tract by diking.
two were two methods submit-
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French Resume Agressive on Aisne
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MMM " mm rrirvnnv(VVB-lfxnAnjJ
READY TO BE
IRRIGAIED
FKASARLE PROJECTS HCATTER.
KD OVER COUNTY
MUCH NEW LAND WILSON'S REPLY
10 REACH MANS
Irrigated Area of County Coulil Kus-
Landowner Would Take Advent
age of OpportuiilllcM Offered The
Preocnt Year In forcing Upon All
Dry Land Farmer Need of Water.
XOTK TO POI'K MAY IIK CTRCU-
LATKD IN SAME MANNER AH
WAH THE WAIt MESSAGE; IF
NOT PUBLISHED IN PRESS
WASHINOTON, D. C, Sept. 1.
Unions tbere la evidence toon that
lly lie Doubled Within Year If tlierf President Wilson's note rejecting the
Toe lack of lold In tlio dry farm
Ing districts and the bountiful cropn
by the Engineer for thla district In the Irrigated nee t Ions of tho county
ill report of March 23d. and thoi.hls year have brouaht tho furmors
contends ; mat me nrai a realisation as never before the
recommended is tho most nooii .nii .dvantneo of bavins: water
mini and feasible, in that the ror their lands. ands-a verr Inrao
or drainage Is about the tame. nar cent of thn landu of tlio county
inner pinn, nut mat subsequent -ro susceptlblo to economical Irriga
tion win no much less expens-i ti0,i rom ., aO,.rc0. it Is bellovod
If the wator In the Klamath Strait j that stops will bo takon beforo nnoth-
LIKO aro kept nt tho present 'er vr tn t ntlinr lario artum add-
t is provided for In the diking ed to tho Irrlgntod list.
llclu' Thn Klnmnlh rnmiirv la no lm.
When Interviewed rosmrdlnr tho .. . i- t...-f v i,n n.,nr
Iniof the objoctlon, tho directors person to ronlUo how much of It Is
being roclnlmcd nnniinlly. not only
by tho United States roclnimitlou sor
vlce, but uUo by prlvato Individuals
outside the project boundaries.
Tho recent action of tho furmcrs
in tho Pine Orovo unit, who liavo tak.
on up tho matter thero among thorn
solves, and now huvo tho water flow
ing on their lands at a very ronson
ablo cost, shows what can be ifono
with a little Inltlativo, and it Is bo
lleved thut others will soon follow
the examplo of this enterprising
the Klamath Drainage District
A the following statement:
"We are not surprised that this ob-
kUon has been filed. We hnvo a!-
J known that soma of ih lanH
aers In tho Klamath Drainage DIs-
pet preferred to reclaim the land bv
Wt. Dosldos cortaln romnllen.
i hsvo como up that may make It
wntsly neccusary to dike, which
Iths Jnt of the two plans proposed
f our chief engineer. Th mtti
P" up in the county court next
pence proposals of tho pope has been
circulated' In Germany, ateps will be
taken to mako certain that the docu
ment reaches at lount as large a num-
bor of tho Gorman people to Inform
them why tho United States cannot
discuss a pcaco Involving acceptance
of tho word of tho present rulers at
Berlin.
Secretary tensing said It was as
sumed that within a reasonable time
newspapers of the European neutrals
would carry tho note Into Germany.
It this should be prevented, he said,
Borne other way would be found.
It was recalled that the President's
war messago was dropped behind tho
Gorman lines by hundreds of allied
airmen.
No Information has been received
at tho state department regarding the
submission of tho replies ofthe en
tcnto powers to Pope Benedict's ap-
penl. Until theso replies are made.
at loast, it Is rcgnrdod as Improbable
Hint tho Vatican .will undertake a re
Joinder to tho mossago of President
Wilson.
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NOW ON DISPLAY
F. C. MARKWAnDT Uni.NGS IN
UKBT8 THAT ABB BOUNCERS.
WIMi HAVE VERY' LARGE
YIELD AT POOR FARM
GRADE SCHOOLS
OPEN SEPT. 10
TEACHERS EXPECTED TO MEET
NEXT MONDAY AND SIGN CON
TRACTS ENROLLMENT 18 BE
LIEVED LARGER THIS YEAR
ENEMIES' FORCES
POSHED BACK
BY FRENCH
GOOD GAIN IS MADE IN STRATE
GIC TERRITORY
GOING HACK TO THE ROGUE
Md will bo definitely settled 'group
' cree or tho court. After the
fty Judge has rendered his decreo
F Pt to proceed with the work
n'n the least iiotnv nm.ii.1. m
vn, a milch Inrcnr inn umiM l..
llmed by closing the ntm nt
fl but till) mniorltv 'nt nn n.n,.l.
f tired of rtolay and Insist on Im-
f"1! action."
I The directors hnvo declared them-
- w unanimously be in favor of
Z"m? llh tno reclamation of
-yin lands this year,
WW AND wife
I'KAVE FOR FRISCO
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If i.h .t. "uin ana nil
'"" morning for 8an Fran-
illo! u l" 0I lM month.
"HOWIng thin nni.1 il .
Hum n.i ' u,' peci to
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J "oath, ich they aM promot
A largo tract of 3,000 acros is now
being considered for a pumping plant
next year In tho Whlto I.nko sactiou,
and the farmors tn tho Pine Flat din.
tiict are also contomplutlng tho In
stallatlon of a pumping plant to pump
water thru tho cut made for the new
Strahorn railroad. Project Manager
N. H. Bend, who has examined thla
proposition within tho last few days
Intimates that the Idea Is decidedly
feasible, and that the water can bo
pumped from the ditch beyond Olene
with an 80-foot, lift at a reasonable
cost.
With tho tremendous acreage or
fertile laud In tho I.angell Valley sec.
tlon beyond Donanxa lying JuBt bolow
the waters of Clear Lake, which was
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bennett are In
tho city todny on tho way back to
their home In tho Rogue River Vol
ley after an extensive visit to points
In Central and Eastern Oregon.
Card of Thanks
Wo wish to thank tho W. O. W,
lodgo and friends who so kindly fur
nished music nt tho funeral of Walter
Turner. '
Mr. and Mrs. H. E, Stilts.
bo so serious at this time, however,!
Hint little can be hoped for In that
direction, and it has beep suggested
by those who are well qualified to
Judge thrt the government might
well listen to a proposition from, the
farmers themselves to dp a large part
of the ditching during the fall and
winter season now approaching, make
some arrangements for the water
Evidence of the wonderful sugar
beets' that can be grown re Klamath
county has been brought in by F. C.
Markwardt, manager of. the countH
mnrmary, wno nas several acres
planted for disposal to the Utah
Idaho Sugar company of Grants Pass.
Thero 'are three of these large
specimens now on display In the
window of the W. P. Johnson com
pany, the largest weighing fifteen
pounds. Mr. Markwardt, who has
had previous experience In raising
these beets, estimates tbat his crop
will run between thirty and forty
tons to the 'acre, according to report,
As it Is a well known fact that
beets yielding a fair per cent of sugar
can be grown profitably with a yield
of '"twelve tons ner acre. thVfatnre
HEARST DKCLINEH NOMINATION possibilities of this culture here are
seen.
NEW YORK, Sept 1. Wm. Ran- The beets raised In an experimental
dolph Hearst yesterday declined to be way here before have yielded an ex
a candidate for mayor of New York. ; ceptlonally high per cent of sugar.
Announcement Is made today br;Aftep yg Cosater Attacks ef
Duperwienueni n, n. vunoar uwi iuo i
RE-Aft ADMIRAL ft? 66lKTl
near Admiral F. T. Bowles, for
merly chief naval constructor, has ac
cepted a position as advisor and as
sistant to Admiral Capps, general
manager of the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration. -"' ,
Federal Child Labor
Law Effective Today
BAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1. Tho, vldes that no child under 14; years
now federal child labor law became j of ago may beemployed in' any fac
effectlvo today. Under tills law an tory, mill, workshop or cannery In
employer of persons less than 16
years of age must have on file a per
mit Issued thru tho school authori
ties for each child under-16 in his
employ.
John P. McLaughlin, labor commis
sioner of California, returned recent
ly from Washington, where he at
tended a conference at which Cali
fornia was designated as one in which
the United States the products of
which are to be shipped la interstate
commerce, and no child under 16
years of age may be employed In any
mine or quarry. It also provides that
uo child under 16 years may be em
ployed longer than eight hours In any
day or more than six days In any
weok, or between 7 p. m. and 6 a.m
The children's bureau of the de
grade schools of the city will open on
September 10th, the same date as the
county high school. All the grade
teachers are requested by Professor
Dunbar to assemble at the Central
school building Monday, September
2d, at S o'clock, to sign their con
tracts and' to go over other matters
of business.
Mr. Dunbar believes after making a
partial census of the school district
tbat the enrollment will be larger this
year than last. "' r
Prince Rupreclit for Wests, -that
Freach Take Aggressive With Goo
Results 150 Prisbaers Taksss la
Yesterdays Actio Good B starts
From Other RegJoas.
By Aasocjated Press
September 1. Turning to tbe ag-.
gressive on the Alsae frost, where
ttiAv haVA hjian wlthataBdlBa? tk CIm.
ElghtkT grade etamlnatlon. will be- n BtUck, for weelu rnL
held at tral school Thursday and
Friday, Bjsjapr.etB ana Ttn,
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PEACFIETINe7
HELD ON OCEAN
PROMOTERS OF CONFERENCE
DECLARE THEY WILL CHAR
TER STEAMER IF BARRED
FROM CHICAGO
yesterday struck a sharp Mewat the
crown prince's lines, gahitag JOB ,
yafos on a front of three-qsarters of
a mile. . , . . , jJL
General Cadorna was agalanaai
merlng the Austrian lines on tne
! Italian front today, Rome reported.'1
Progress is announced in the' di
rection of Trieste.
Petrograd reports Increased artil
lery fire on the Vilna sector., ,
The Roumanians have repulsed an
attack In the FoshanI region.
RELIEF CORPS MEETS
CHICAGO, Sept. 1. Tho officers
of the People's Council of America
said today that if the peace confer
ence is barred from Chicago a steam.
er will be chartered and the delibera- cox at Olene.
tlons held on the high seas. was in attendance.
The regular meeting of the Wo
men's Relief Corps will be held in
the west ball of the Odd Fellows
building at 2:30 Monday afternoon.
TWIN BOYS AT OLENE
Twin boys were born yesterday at
9 o'clock to Mir. and Mrs. JobiTT.
Dr. George Merryaun
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MAJOR COMMITS SUICIDE
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permits Issued under state authority ; pat tment of labor is to have a staff of
will be accepted as having the same ! inspectors to make investigations,
force and effect as certificates of age but so far as possible the work is
issued under the federal act. to be left In the hands of state labor
The federal child tabor law pi o-. officials.
now stored at'Clear Lake, and get It
.a-M..-.! .a ti iAH..M am a am i 1. a av. ' fin Iia liniiln iiayI aummor. '
press purpose of irrigating this vnl-l It Is pointed out that In the crying
ley, It seems moat unfortunate that need existing at this time for greater
the little work remaining In tho way ( production, the officials at Washing
of ditching cannot be completed and, ton would turn a glad ear to any
tho water turned on tho land. The, thing that would sound like increas
depleted condition of the government Ing acreage without the expenditure
fund for these purposes Is known to of large sums from its treasury,
Tne rarmers in tne uonania ais
trlct aro taking steps to secure for
use the big springs there to Irrigate
tbolr land, and there is every reason
to believe tbat this will be obtained
tn a short time. As these springs
come vefy close to the surface, tha
lift will be very small. The water
Bupply Is sufficient to cover a large
area.
Were the above mentioned projects
gotten under way for the oomtng sea
son In addition to the 64,000 acres of
marsh lands of the Lower Klamath
Lake upon which the drainage may
be commenced by that tine, the Irri
gated acreage of tha county will bs
in a fair way to be doubled.
vest Fires Thru State
Less Alarming Today
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Wssbm...' .De,u' 'Tbe high, the Deschutes and Mlnam forest re-
" and i . 1' t0iy d,d 80t " forests of Central Oregon, and
trti wrw siiun- laisp near tne uuii nun
sws.-.,r.,,"H' '
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Congresswoman
Favors Miners
CHICAGO, Sept. 1, No doubt re- walked out as an unorganised body,
mains now at to where Congress-1 Possibly 300 of them are members of
woman Jeanett'o Rankin stands In
the Montana labor war.
near the nun nun reserve,
ence Portland gets Its water sup
Ply.
"My syraapthlea are with the IS,
000 workmen who have walked out
of the Montana mines," she told a
Chavtuuqua audience here. "They
the I W, W., but the remainder are
men with no desire in striking other
than to better their condition."
Mies Rankin Is on her way. to
Washington after a special trip to her
homo district to Investigate the labor
conditions.
HIGH GRADED SALMON
RWKRVED BV UNCLE SAM
CEATTLE, Sept, J. Ths faderal
authorities have asked ths salmon
pieksrs to reserve 10 per cent, instead
at per cent of the pack ef the high
er grade lis for government use,
MONTANA FOREST FIRES
ARE STILL DANGEROUS
MISSOULA, Mont.,. Aug. II. A
thousand men are still fighting fires
In the mountains. The Seeley Lake
and Lolo Hot Springs fjres are check'
ed somewhat, tho still dangerous.
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Hill Hunter ot the Sawmill En-
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Sent. 1.
Major H. A. Roberts of the Fourth glneerlng and Construction company
Engineers Corps, was found dead in returned last night from a business
his quarters here this morning. The visit at 'San Francisco. He reports
Inquiry board found that be had that things are booming In, that city.
committed suicide while despondent
SMALL FIRE TODAY
The Are department was called out
shortly before noon today in answer
to a call turned In from Michigan av
enue. It proved to be a small blase
caused by a defective flue. It was
soon extinguished and there was no
dsmage of consequence done.
BORING DEEP WELLS
SevsrsjUVt the ranchers have had
deep welisbored lately. Among tho
ones Just completed are those on the
ranches of J.'M. Eiell, Will Etell and
Ferd Williams.
MORE CHEVROLET'S ARRIVE
Another carload of Chevrolet cars
was received yesterday by the Cen
tral garage. About half of these saei
chines are reported to be already
sold.
STORES CLOSE MONDAY
Nearly all places of business
in Klamath Falls will be closed
Monday, Labor Day. The cloth-
ing, hardware, dry goods, fur-
niture, grocery stores and bar-
ber shops will not be open.
Pope Touched By
Wilson's Courtesy
ROME Sept. (1. Count Details,
the British minister, who presented
the American reply- to .the pepe'f
peace note,, received the ,ippreiskm
that the pope, altho disappointed,
was touched by the dignity; of Wil
son's courtesy to himself persenally.
The holy father grieved 4tltfLB
pitying condemnation of, Oerattny'a
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