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OFFICIAL NlWiPAPlR
OP KLAMATH COUNTY
OFFICIAL NEWtPAPM
OF KLAMATH FALLS
Twelfth Year No. .liT
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1917
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KLAMATH MILlii RAZED BY FIRE
Ruin Is Spread Over
Industrial District
Hot Box in Planer Caused tire
Destroying Ewauna Box Com
pany at Noon Today. Kla
math Iron Works Ablaze
and Big Lakes Com
pany Threatened
Oae of the moat severe blows ever
dealt KUiwitli Wills m community
wa recched at ew today, when lire
from a hot box la the piaaer brake
t
oat In ttio Kwauna Bos company, '
spread no rapidly us soon to beioiit
of all control. As result the entire
iUnl Ik now heap of nine, the
Klamath Iron Work plant la a tneea
of flanxM, The Big Lakes Box com
paay In seriously threatened and sev
rial other big buildings tiiere mar be
added to the list.
The entire loss will probably total
ltMn $200,000 and $800,000.
Following the Ions dry season, the
lumber thruout the Tarda burned like
tinder, and all efforts of the fire de
partment, barked by a large crowd of
citizen", worn powerless to nuke any
lieadway nicalnNt the tames. None of
the company officials knew at Hint laj
what manner the blase started, but In
a very few minutes from the time the,
alarm na received, the entire plant
Man a Hheet of names.
Fortunately the new office building
which bad Just been erected set far
miuRh away from the main plant to
li ml t the securing of tlie valuable
business papers, letter Hies, etc.
The Kwauna Dos company was the
first of the box factories to operate In
Klamath Falls. It has now been run.
ng for about ive yean. Starting,
from a smnl concern. It baa developed
r by year, and la now one of the!
city's leading pay rolls. Nlnetythree
and a number of women were at
work when the alarm sounded today.
The principal atock holders are
Mayor C. n. Crlsler, Fred Schalloek
ad Claude Daggett. Mayor Crlsler
surlily estimated the loan early tills
Germany Developing
Big Air Ship Fleet
' STOCKHOLM, Oct. . Oermany
now trying to get her army off the
rth and wage tke future battlss of
ihe world war In the air. She la de
veloping gigantic, and tremendously
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jojmbly develop ., fepgble
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Those who knew, asserted ttofat
werica hopes or expects to compete
afternoon at $1.10,060. He Intimated
that the Insurance on the Kwauna
hojdings would run between forty and
fifty per rent of the loss. The'Klaai.
ath Iron Works, which la also doomed
to destruction, has been Idle for the
past two months. It waa a large sheet
Iron covered building, built a very
few years ago.
Martin llrotliers suffer their second
fire loan within three montlw, as the
walla and concrete form for their
warehouse which they were erecting
near the site of their destroyed flour
mill, were devoured by the blase.
Their loss at this time is limlicnM
cant as compared with tlie former.
however.
Tlie blase, which spread out In the
tnlea below the mill, has given the
appearance of a city of flames. Tlie
terrific lieat eurrounding the scene
was so Intense that It was very dlffi
cult to work against the Are.
At last reports the probability or
saving the Illg Lakes company's plant
waa strong, and It Is also believed
that the Standard Oil plant across the
street will also remain Intact.
A pert of the roofing on a barn of
tlie Hlg Lake company lia been de
stroyed, but It is not believed that the
fire will spread farther.
Aa far as can be learned every one
of the factory employee not out with,
out personal Injury.
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GERMAN OFFICIAL
MAY SOON RESIGN
AMSTERDAM. Oct. 9. Tiiere is n
rowlnif dliDlMBuro in the Qerman
parliamentary circles agalnst-Dr. Karl
Helfferlcb, and It Is reported mat no
will soon resign from his office of vice
chancellor.
In the forthcoming air wa'Mhe must
possess machines capable of flying
from Germany to New York dupli
cating what Geriuanyjj ibstovsd to
already possess.
During the past fortnight It has
been reported that Germany Is using
Getba airplanes driven at almost In
credible tffe by fpur 0 horae-pow-er
onglnj- The nsweit eagles car
1 1 riierfjtieJa'f of sustaining thsm In
WghUfefMaliri:'.' Two pilot, op.
erst them, and there are 'two ga
nets' la the crew besides a 'captain.
Who alio operates the wireless.'
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LIBERTY BOND
SPEAKERS FROM
PDRTLANDC0MIIV6
VIA IM1 ALTO SQUADS VISIT THIS
MONTH
Will Visit Klamath. Lake, Malheur
uid Harney CounUceln Interest of
Second Liberty Loan Bonds State
Is to lie Completely Canvassed by
Four Hundred Speakers Speaking
Dates From lIMh to SOth.
PORTLAND, Oct. 9. "If you can
not go across, come across."
This will be the dominant note of
tho great speaking campaign in the
Mate of Oregon on behalf of the Lib
erty Loan bondi which was announc
ed last night by Milton Miller, chair
man of tbe sub-committee on speak
ers. jrortojae speakers will, be used all
over the state, all counties but four
being completely covered. After the
regular campaigners have broken the
Ice, local speakers may carry the cajnt:
palgn to a successful conclusion.
It Is declared that In Klamath,
Lake, Malheur and Harney counties
flying auto squads from Portland will
be tho speakers on behalf of democ
racy vs. kalserdom.
There will be no solicitation for
bond sales at meetings.
Speaking dates will be from Octo
ber lGth to 20th.
BRADNACK Will
EXPLOITKLAMATH
EDITOR OF MERRILL TIMES WILL
MAKE KLAMATH EXHIBIT AT
CALIFORNIA LAND SHOW WITH
PRODUCTS FROM MERRILL
George Bradnack, editor of the
Dorrls Times and Merrill Times, la in
the city preparing to leave tomorrow
for the land show at San Francisco.
At this event, which Is to be one of
unusual Importance, Mr. Bradnack Is
to represent tbe Butte Valley section,
and It Is his Intention to make a dis
play of some Klamath County pro
ducts of the Merrill section under the
head of a Southern Oregon exhibit. It
Is believed that .the good showing
which can be made from tbe Merrill
district this year will be valuable in
attracting strangers to this section.
RUSSIANS ARE TO
FORM PARLIAMENT
PETROGRAD. Oct. 9. Ignoring
for the time being Premier Keren
sky's defiance In naming a coalition
cabinet in tbe face of the ultimatum
of the democratic congress, that body
has voted to elect members of the pre.
Ilmlnary parliament. Tho vote waa
631 to 241. Ballots will' be east for
305 members of tho prospective par
liamentary body. " "
Disquieting news gas Mm received
from, tke capital el nUM.?TM FW
alia seaate proposes to - UtroditM's
new pouticaroraer. Tke senate. re
cent advocacy of complete sora4e
of Finland from Russia foreshadowed
this plan.
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Stocked
LONDON, Oct. 9 All the cold stor
age warehouses In the London district
are tilled to capacity with foodstuffs,
and have announced to dealers and
shippers that they cannot accept any
further custom. This is having a
marked effect on the markets, forcing
down prices and bringing Incoming
supplies onto the counters.
A large shlpmesvof Tastnaltian ap
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ples arrived the other day at a time
Roosevelt Fought
HELBNA. Mont.; Oct. 9. Thirty
years ago cattle rustlers were tbe ob
ject of attack by Colonel Theodore
Roceveit.TiccordltfiHo aa old mmato
book of tbe Montana Stock Growers'
Association, 'which recently was
brought here. The entry of Colonel
Roosevelt's cattle brand, filed ln-1885.
haa also been found In the office of
the recorder, of marks and brands
here.
Tbe Roosevelt brand waa an elk-
WILL VISIT
SICK FATHER
FLOYD O. ANDERSON WILL RE
TURN FROM CAMP LEWIS FOR
SHORT VISIT WITH HIS FATH
ER AT OLENE
In response to a wish of his father,
D. W. Anderson of Olene, who Is now
seriously ill at that point, Floyd O
Anderson who recently left with the
army men for the camp at American
Lake, has been granted a leave of ab
sence of eight days to return here. It
Is expected that he will arrive during
the next day or two.
OF CANTONMENTS
WAR DEPARTMENT ORDERS THE
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NATIONAL GUARD FILLED TO
WAR STRENGTH IN ALL PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY
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WASHINGTON. D. C. Oct. 9.
A rwllstrlbutlon of th. forces of the
mtion.i imv cantanmants in the
South. Middle West and Eat has
bee ordered by the war department!
to 111 the National Ouard to war
strength, and to provide for the or
ganisation of additional divisions
composed of negro troops. -
YRBXA PASTOR VISITS
Rector Arthur wnSm Bell M the
sH.Marks mptoeopsi efcirsftVat Yreks,
Is la tho eity for a few ieyi.-looklag
over tho Klamath district.
REDISTRIBUTION
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Warehouses
With Food
when there was a glut of home grown
fruit, and when tbe lifting of the em.
bargo on French fruit had brought a
heavy shipment of pears from the oth.
cr side of the English channel. Ordi
narily the Australian fruit would
have been put Into cold storage, but
no space was to be found there, and
the apples had to be sold for what
they would fetch, some good varieties
of cooking apples selling as low as 62
cents a case.
Cattle Rustling
horn on the right rib of cattle and the
left , shoulder of horses. Altho his
herd waa'in Dakota, it was near the
state line, and he took a,, prominent
Dart in activities of tneMontana
Stockmen's Association.
He made many speeches against the
activities or cattle tnieves, according
to the records of the organisation,
and on one occasion was strong In de
nouncing a resolution in opposition to
tbe Interstate commerce law.
HEAVY CATILE
SHIPMENTS MADE
JTHIRTY CARLOADS OF FAT BEEF
FROM CHILOQUIN
18 SHIPPED
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TO SAN
FRANCISCO WHOLE.
SALE MEAT FIRMS
Another mammoth shipment of
Klamath County stock has Just left
this city for the California markets.
It consists of thirty carloads of
cattlo bought from the stockmen on
! the reservation in the vicinity of Chll
nnnin. Henry Levi ft Co. and tne
Western Meat company of San Fran
clsco are the purchasers of these fine
fat steers.
Heavy shipments to the outside
markets are now an almost daily oc
cur! ence either from Klamath Falls
or Midland. The total returns from
tle fall and winter shipments will
probably aggregate between $1,000,
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County Seat Election Declared Legal
nii.tM. net. 9. The- Sunreme
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; Court has held that the election n
1 1916 to remove the Jefferson County
geftt ffom Culverto Madras was legal,
as affirmed by the lower court.
' tHate Liberty Loan Nearly W.000,000
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PORTLAND. Oct. 9 It to artnounc
ed that Oregon has now subscribed
$1,960,000 toward the second Liberty
Loan. Of this amount Portland nas
subscribed $985,750.
New York Bank Subscribes Heavily
NBW-YORK.flctS Another f.fl.
000.000 Liberty' Loan'' subscription
has wcouragsith campaign eommU-
teein' efforts' to accumulate '$700,.
.OW.Oae, this week.' '''
The 'Hanover 'National bank sub
scribed for $10,000,000.
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JAMES SLEVIN
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COMING TONIGHT
MAN WHO HAS BROUGHT MANY
BELGIANS INTO STATE WILL
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STOP ON WAY EAST TO INVES-
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TIGATE KLAMATH
James Slevln of 'Portland, who has
been responsible iftt the Importation
of the large number'of Belgian immi
grants during tbe past few months is
expected here tomorrow evening for a
brief visit on his way East.
He comes at the solicitation of H.
R. Reynolds, a Iarge.und owner here,
who has been anxlouM to see a colony
of Belgians brought to the Klamath
section since he became interested
here, something over a year ago.
Mr. Slevln wM,J taken over the
Irrigated sections ofthe Klamath Ba
sin, and tbe agricultural opportuni
ties here exploited?
SCHOOLS 10 AID
IN SAVING FOOD
JUDGE GEORGE' T. BALDWIN' RE
TURNING FROM PORTLAND
CONFERENCE, . SAYS MOVE
MENT WILL BE FORWARDED
. Judge George T. Baldwin has re-; """ "ir ,, -
turned from Portland, where he at-j while the crown prince to still stag
tended a conference called by State goring from the first
Food Administrator Ayer,
regarding:
food conservation of the state.
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v.iu.rfa that this wnrlr la to be taken
up now thru the schools of the state
and pushed sealously from now on
Owing to illness. County school
Superintendent Edna Wells of this
couuty was unable to attend this
meeting.
MORE TRAINING CAMPS
IN PACWIC NORTHWEST
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9. -Additional
army training camps will prob
ably be located In the Pacific North
west, it to officially announced.
Tho engineering corps of the Unit
ed States army have been ordered to
Investigate sites at Hackstaff, Calif.,
Reno and Tobar, Nev., Boise, Idaho,
Warm Springs, Oregon and Tenlno,
Wash.
ADDITIONAL LOAN
MADE TO ALLIES
WASHINGTON. D. C. Oct. 9.
Additional loans of $"40,000,000 each
to England and France have been
made by tbe United States. Tbe total
now loaned to tbe allies Is 12,613.
400,000,
Argentina Will Not
Break With Gennaiiy
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gaatlu iOTslithj-unBrtparsftolUr. She has not piwsens sow-"
follow' tho aetlon'oi'Urutugy yeaterj.
day
in severing relations with Ger
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THE ALLIES SMASH
AGAIN NEAR
YPRES
HAIG DETERMINES TO FOLLOW
UP VICTORY
Berlin Paper Gives Outline of Mere
Peace Terms to Be Submitted to
Allies Soon Would Surrender
Belgium and French TerritoryNo
Indemnity on Either Side Ger
many and Austria Agreed.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 9. Germany
and Austria-Hungary Save agreed to
make another peace offer to' the allies,
according to the Tage Eeltund, a Ber
lin paper.
The offer will have aa a basis: No
territorial aggrandisement; the sur
render of Belgium and" French terri
tory; the renunciation of.positive ter
ritolal acquisitions- for payment in
money, and no indemnity on either
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By Associated 1
DATELESS Regardless of Unfavi.
orable -weather, the' British- and the
French In Belgium launched another
j heavy attack to the east and "north
east of Ypres.
Tbe British report satisfactory
progress everywhere. The French de
clare the struggle Is continuing and
developing favorably.
It Is believed that Halg is determlu.
mill ion rnuni, uci. v. iuo
British bave pushed tne Germans
! thru Poelcapelle and advanced
to tbe Oasschendaele ridge. Tkey
bave retted a thousand yards south
west of France and crossed the Jans
beck and Brownbeck rivers.
In many plaeastke allies ha ve ad
vanced 1.200 yards. "' ' .
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FEDERAL RE8M.VE
DIRECTORS' NAMED
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9 Tbe fol
low lag directors of the Seattle branch
of the Federal Reserve Bank have
been announced. C. J. Houser, acting
manager; M. F. Backus, N. H. Lati
mer. Charles E. Peabody and Charles
Hicks. .
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NO GAME TODAY
NEW YORK, Oct. 9. Post-
ponement of tbe third game of
tbe World's Series was announc-'w
ed here at 12:30. A heavy rain
fell here all last night. Games
will be played at the Polo
Grounds tomorrow and Thurs-
day.
many, according to tba foreign &
fty. hut to .attempting w aasvarw
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