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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF KLAMATH COUNTY
Twelfth Yoar No. 8. 1 OH
CITY IN DANGER
OF LOSING ITS
PAYROLLS
(ITIZKNH HOUSED OVER SITUA
TION Kwaun iUtx Official Declaim Tlmt
Company Will Not Rebuild Unlei(
n Ample Water Supply In Cmma of ,
Future ArclUeiit, I Assured Wa-,
trr Mnln HuniilnK to TliU IMiitrIrt
Itolni-eri Entirely Too Hnwll.
Thero l ronl danger that Klamath
Falls will loito'itomc of IIm heavy pay
rolls unlens linmotllnto stops are taken
to provide ndequnto Arc protection for
the rupldly growing Industrial section
it the south end of Sixth atreot. Tho
two recent destructive flros In this
MH-tlon tin arouiod both prcMont nnd
prospective factory operators to the
lotions danger of losing their entire
Investments, with hardly a moment's
warning.
('. 11. CrUlor, head of tha.Ewaunn
llox ronipnny, Which suffered such n
serlouA, loss by flro Inst week, An
nounces that tho robuildlnic of their
plant will bo governed by tho possi
bility of securing nroplo fire' protec
tion for tholr plant.
"We hnvo decided to rebuild immo.
dlsttdy, If possible," said Mayor CrU
ler tills morning, "but wo are not go
Ing to itRaln place our Investments
nnd future In Jeopardy by locating
whore wo ennnot bo nssurod of ample
WHtnr supply to protect us In caHo a
flro Bliould sturt. There Is no use now
In (HscuphIhk whnt might have hap
pened If wo had had a larger main or
n Miftlclont supply of water with
which to have fought our flro, but wo
have learned our lesson, and are not
going to tako tho snmo chances
again."
Already the Iosh of tho big payroll
from tho box factory aud the damage
to tho farmers by the destruction of
the Martin Brothers' mill Is having n
depressing effect on the business
thruout both tho city and tho ontlro
county, and prominent business men
are beginning to ask thomsolvcs,
"Whnt can be done?"
It seems to be tho general opinion
that something must be done, nnd
that immediately, to encourage nnd
piotect tho industries which are to to
make Klamath Falls a real, prosper
ous community.
It Ib stated that the south end of
Sixth street, known as the Industrial
section of the city, Is served by n six
Inch main to the end of the blthulltlc
Pavement, and that a four-Inch main
runs from there to the factory sec
lion. This Is ample to supply drink
ing water, and might be sufficient to
lint a small residence lire, but the
upply is almost useless In attempt-
MORE FIRE
Open Meeting on Food
Conservation Tomorrow
Altho the government baa postpon-
the national observation of "food
"Uservatlon weok, It la not tod early
to start planning fox It.
With thla Idea In View the Domes
m i Art department fit tbe-Womana
Wbrary Club will give a special pro
gram on Food Conservation tomor
row, t which Qlty School Superln
"nOent R. h. Dunbar will ba tha
P'lBClDal inul..
T la to ba a apecla! meeting, and!
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CAR SITUATION
CALIFORNIA ItAILIIOADH ASKED
TO DELAY LOADING IIAHLKY
TEMPORARILY 111(1 APPLE
CHOP FROM WASHINGTON
WASIIINGTON. I). C, Oct. 18.
The California railroads nro request
cd by tho food administration to ills
continue loading barley for tho pre
out, to innko the car supply available
for h.indlliiK t lie foodstuffs that nrj
now delayed.
The movement of tho Washington
apple crop, tho largest lu tho history
of tho V.nlted States, Is to begin Ira
mod lately.
Serious car shortage is dovoloplng
In tho I'nyctte Vnlloy, Idaho, In con
nection wlih the movomont of apple
and potatoos.
UNION SERVICE
OCTOBER 28TII
ALL CHURCHES OK CITY TO
UNITE IX CELEBRATION OP
BIRTHDAY OK FRANCES K. Wl
LARD AT OPEH.T HOUSE
Thoro'wlll he a union crvlco of all
the churches In tho city at Houston's
opoin house Sundny, October 2Rth, at
7:30 p. m given under tho auspices
of the Woman's Christian Temper
mice Union.
Tlin mooting will be a patriotic
celobrntlon of Mlsg Francos K. Wll
Inrd's birthday. All mlnlstorB of tho
city arc asked to bo prosont.
Dr. Driver of the chapel cur Oood
Will will Rlvo the main address of tho
owmlng. The public is urged not to
miss this opportunity of hoarlng a
tnlentod speaker. Special musical
number will be given. Tho program
will bo announced later.
H HL1C IXVITKI) TO MUSICAL
A roirtlnl Invitation is extended to
the public to nttond the musical giv
en at tho Kloventh Street Baptist
Phiirrh tomorrow evening, at which
W. l Foster, Miss Scovlllo and Miss
CInrn Calkins nro to furnish some
ojpoclally cutortalnlng nurabors.
Ing to combat a big factory lire. With
ti. nsslstance of the Are onglne, only
.iiRirinnt water for about two lines of
hose can bo secured, nnd onco a Are
Btnrts, It ennnot bo checked from
spreading.
all housewives are especially urged to
ba present. The detail of the food
conservation will be explained, and
ti,. thinira that Administrator Hoover
expects of the, women of the nation
will be" made clear.
Any who have successful reclpea
... anhstitutas or for the con
servation of. wheat flour or "milk pro
ducts art asked to bring them.
Tha meeting win oe new
GROW
SERIOUS
KLAMATH FALLS,
PROTECTION NECESSARY
TRIP TO FRANCE
IS
KliAMATII KA1.U4 HOY TELIA OF
INTERESTING EXPERIENCES
ENCOUNTERED ON
ACROSS ATLANTIC
VOYAGE
Following nre extracts from a let
ter from Coleman OfLaughlln, son of
Mrs. Paul Rognrdus, and brother of
. Mrs. oJo Brett o fthls city. O'Lough-
1 1 1 Is In tho Held artlllory with the
expeditionary forces now In Franco.
"Wo aro two hours from port?
don't know where wo aro north of
Franco is close eneugh: and we are
certainly glad to be this near the end.
Wo hnve been two weeks on tho boat.
Wo hnvo kept n sharp lookout all the
way across for subs. Wo wore guard
ed until a few days ago by a battle
ship nnd two destroyers. Yesterday
wo were met by seven destroyers and
the others went back. We had bad
drills every day, so we were well pre
pared to meet sU'us.
"If you And one of those Geogra
phic Magaxtnes with a map of France
In it sond it to me.
"We nro allowed but one letter a
week, on nccount of swamping the
censors, I suppose, so you must not
oxpect to hear from me as often as
usual.
"Please do keep on sending the pa
pers. Tbcy are somewhat state when
I get them, but I like to see what is
happening in Klamath.
"You want to know what t am do
Ing and how I amuse myself T ntamad
If I know. From rovlelle at"5 Until
retreat at 5:45, it Is mostlf drill or
waiting for drill. We are always ex
pecting a whistle to blow, and thai
moans Jump. In the evenings we rend
n paper, if we can get hold of one,
wash clothes, or wander' around and
do nothing. There Is a fine Y. M. C.
A. here, a store, reading room, pianos,
games, and a place to -write and pass
away time. If ever I have a chance
to do anything for tho Y. M. C. A.
I'll surely do It, for they are doing a
wonderful work for the men In the
army. i
"I guess there Is no harm In telling
you we have been moved from the
por( where we landed. We made the
trip In "side-door Pullmans." It la
the first time I ever rode In a box car,
but I'm young- yet.
"You can't imagine how I have en
joyed the Heralds you sent. If you
will send them to me In bunches I'll
be satisfied. You don'tknow how
onxiouB'a fellow gets for some word
from home, but guess it can't be
helped.
"We are still drilling the same old
drill as at Fort Bliss, work early and
late, but feel we are working for a
nuruose. We are living In comfort
able barracks, but eating camp cook
ing. I can't tell you where I am for a
counlo of good reasons don't know,
and I'm not allowed. One thing I
fan say: ' It's the wettest place I've
ever seen. Bains almost every day,
mwi tho sround Is soft and muddy all
the time. Our whole battery got
caught out two or three miles the
other day without slickers, In one of
the kind of rain storma we uaed to see
In Oklahoma, and came in aoaked
thru. We'll play aafety flrat next
time, and take our slickers. ,
"Wtint I have seen of France i
Juat what you would picture it from
reading. Low, rolling bills, scrub
timber, .everything green, queer old
nouaes a inousaao year vu, iraw m
state of dilapidation moat of' them
are In, and dinky little towna every
three muea. jsverywing looaa atrange
to a penuit nun m; , , m
to one from the Eastern states. 8tbne
roads, atone fences, hedges, and little
patckea , ot farm , feat wAuldftt be a
o6d alied 'truck eeteh in Oregeat'lut
DESCRIBED
the atranteatUhlBg.toaae la'tkeTaen.
OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1917
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Many English Women
Entering
LONDON, Oct. 18. Ten thousand
women recruit a month for use In
the army auxiliary service aro being
appealed for here. The chief need is
for domestic workers, typists and au.
tomoblle drivers. One of the recruit
ing posters says:
"Altho the women must be strong
and reliable, It must not be supposed
that their life la. all hard work. They
Neutral Position Is
Found Uncomfortable
OLDENZAAN, Netherlands. Oct.
18. A comic Incident reported from
the frontier involved a Russian pris
oner of war, who was on the point of
stepping from German on to Nether
lands soil when he was grasped by a
German sentry. A wrestle ensued.
The fugitive threw, himself on the
ground, and lay with the upper part
Relief Corps
Interesting Meeting
An interesting meeting of the Wo
man's Relief Corps waa held Monday
afternoon, and plans made to send a
box to the ten Klamath boys at Fort
Stevens by Leland Haines on his re
turn from a furlough here..
Letters were read from a number
of the boys, telling of their safe ar
rival at the camps, in which each one
expessed his satisfaction with the
treatment received and the camp con
ditions. Arena O, Robertson and
James Uhfin at American Lake, H. C.
CALIFORNIA KDIEOlt VISITS
C. M. Woodmansee, who operates
the Big Valley Gaiette In Lassen
County, Is In th'e city for a visit of a
week or two, looking the country
over. He la very favorably Impressed
with the outlook here. He expects to
go on to Albany from Klamath Falls.
tlnual rain. It ts always cool enough
that we wear our blousetreven for
drill.
"A Mr. Dickson, war correspond-)
ent for Collier's, is to show us a little
good time at the Y. M. C. A. tonight.
so I imagine if you watch Collier's
you will get a story of what we are
doing over here. If you do, please
aend it to me. I
,"We have a hard time getting
thtnga'here except .the things at the
Y, M, C, A. candy, cigarettes, etc.
We are "close to a small village, and
can; go there In the evenlnga on a
paaa, but there Is absolutely no recre
ation there except a couple of doxen
wine sbopa, and I don't go much on
them, so apend moat of my' time In
the barracks and at th'e Y. M. C.1A.
'ding, I
"I would like to aend some, pic
tures home, but they are not allowed.
"Will cut tbla of, ea I want to hear
the Hon. Mr, Dickson., Whatever
elie yovo, for Ue.leve of Mike, leaep
on, writing. We aieaaure time by
malUhere.T -.--.
llinraip
Army Life
swim, they have games and musical
evenings and dances, to which each
woman can Invite one soldier friend.
They play as hard as they work, and
they live a wholesome life.
"The women are undes military
discipline, but tbey do not march to
work, nor do they salute their officer
or officers of the male army."
The recruits will be sent to France
as fast as they are enrolled.
of his body In Holland and the other
part In German territory.
A Dutch sentry rushed to the Rus
sian's aid, setced btm by the arms and
pulled. The German soldier pulled
at the Russian's legs In the opposite
direction. The Russian began to kick
with the result that the Dutch fron
tier guardian waa able to haul him
out of the "danger sone."!
Hold
Hanson with the Twentieth Engineers
at Fort' McDowell, Coleman O'Laugh
lin from some where In France, Will
McMillan from Norfolk, Va., and
Ralph Hurn at Camp Greene, North
Carolina, were amoas those who bad
written to the Relief Corps recently.
A delegation of Merrill ladles con
sisting of Mrs. Ross Flnley, Mrs. Gene
Hammond, Kirs. Robert Anderson and
Mis. IMgar Terwllltger attended the
meeting and gave a good report of the
work being doue by the Merrill Re
lief Corps.
SAD DEATH
SHOCKS CITY
MISS HAZEL HARDEXnilBOOK,
IHUHJLAR TKACHEIt, DIES AT
HOSPITAL' KIIOM TYPHOID FE
VER LAST NIGHT
This ctty Is saddened today over
news of the death "of Mlas Haxel
Ulancb Hardenbrook, which occurred
nt the Blackburn hospital last even
ing at 10:30, following an Illness of
five weeks from typhoid fever.
Miss Hardenbrook waa instructor
in the Seventh grade at the Riverside
school, and was loved and respected
by a host of friends in this locality.
The school waa cloaed today, and will
be closed tomorrow.
A public funeral will be held to
morrow atfernoon at 2:30 at the
Whitlock chanel on Pine and Sixth
streets. All public scboola will be
closed 'tomorrow afternoon. The body
will lie In state at the chapel hween
12 and 1:30 Friday. It will be ship
ped Saturday morning to LeMars,
Iowa, for burial.
'. MUs. Hardenbrook Via 29. yaare of
age. BfeVwaa the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. I. L. Hardenbrook,' wbo re
side at LeMars,-Iowa. . - t
SQUASH SEEDS
PROVEVALUABLE
IT PAYS TO IIL'Y GOOD GOODS, IN
THE OPINION OF MR. AND SIRS.
JOE MOOllE, ESPECIALLY AS'
ItKCARDS KOI ASH SEEDS
How much is a squash seed worth?) Announcement that added pasaen
This is indeed, a perplexing ques- ger service Is to be Instituted lramedl
tlon, and can only be solved after the', ately between Klamath Falls and
most careful research, but Joe Moore! Weed is made today by District
of the Klamath Transfer company ha3 Freight and Passenger Agent R. J.
found one variet&that is worth con-,SmUn wno Ja In town on a Drief
Blderable. l ' . I business trip from Sacramento.
Mr. Moore, while In California lasti .
year, bought Ave aeds at the rate of 5
cents per seed, whh seemed to him a n win commence.eimer uciooer zi
little high, but ay commodities gen- or November 4, according to Mr.
erally seemed to be going up, and as'SmItn and tne new schedule, which,
great things were claimed for the'ha t been flnaIly determlll. wln
seed, he "took a chance."
These Ave seeds were duly planted
by Mrs. Moore in their garden near.
tbe Link River bridge in two hllla.
and the planta properly cared for
during the season
Mrs. Moore now reports that there
" uu mo auaiu uuu net w awwaq eev w
are aeventeen BQuaeh In the two hills .lfurn,gh COBBectlon tH the local
thn smallest of Which was taken off . . .. ., i i .,
ti orancu ana iHurn iu arrnai va uiuo
.nineteen P"". ;wlth greater regularity than baa been
is now on exhlbl- cug ry recent!y -tion
In theiUtmath Transfer window, i . m
weighs sixty-two pounds.
Mr. and Mrs. Moore are both well
satisfied with" the two-bit investment.
OTIS FONERAL
IS HELD TODAY:
SERVICES ARE CONDUCTED AT
WHITLOCK CHAPEL DECEAS.
ED WAS 41 YEARS OLD IS SVR.
VIVED BY WIFE AND CHILDREN
The funeral of Charles A. Otis, who
was killed Tuesday evening on a run
away logging locomotive at uaessa,
waa held this afternoon .aj 2 o'clock nt
the Whitlock chapel, the Rev. W. B.
Rambo of the Christian church offi
ciating.
Mr. Otis was 41 years of age at tho
time of his death. He had resided In
Klamath County for a- number of
years, most of that time being spent
in this city. His 'mother and sister
were lost in the San Francisco Are.
One brother Is living In Kansas, ac
cording to report. He la survived by
w!fe and three children here.
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SEATTLE STRIKE
IS NOW SETTLED
WASHINGTON, D. C.Oct. 18.
The shipping board has an
nounced that the Seattle and
.Portland ship yard strike haa
been settled, and tbat the men
v ill resume work Monday.
Bonds Now
WASHINGTON. D. C. Oct. 18.
Approxiraatek;ene and a half billion
aouare navenfw. Daen.suDscriBa w
the second LHaWfty LoagQrida; It la
estimated 'juarajteday. Thla la one-.
ail OI me iota issue, wnwn nua re-
OFFICIAL NEWIPAFBI
0 KLAMATH FALLS
Price Ttn
'aw
NEW PASSEN6ER
ON LOCAL LINE
1WO DAILY PASSENGER TRAINS
WILL BE OPERATED BETWEEN
KLAMATH FALLS AND WBKD,
COMMENCING IN FEW DAYS
" we.COB nuc ..
Ibe made DUbHc wUh, tne - day
or two
"DroDabie that the train reach-
j,ng here ,n the earJy eyenlnf wln ar.
-t an earer nour tnan oa
m-Mimt schedule, and that chances
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IT. S. DESTROYER
IS SUBMARINED ,.
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WASHINGTON, DC., Oct. 18. '
An American destroyer on pa-
trol duty In the war xohe waa
torpedoed by a'submarlne..One
man was killed and five wound-
cd. The boat managed. to make-
'port despite severe damage.
Gunner's Mate Osmond Ingram'
wps thn man killed. He waa
blown overboard.
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IRRIGATED RANCH
CHANGES HANDS
i
T. E. GRIFFIinMELLS RANCH ON
S MERRILL 'RAD TO AUSTIN
WHITE OF THIS CITY PRICE
980 PER ACRE
Negotiations are under way on a
realty deal here In which Auattn
White will take over the ranch owned
by T. E. Griffith on the Merrill road,
nine miles from Klamath Falls.
The ranch comprises 131 acres of
land, all Irrigated by the government
project. 'The sale consideration was
880 per acre.
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NEW BOY LAST NIGHT
A new nine-pound boy arrived last
night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.
N. Reederon Grant street. Dr. R. R.
Hamilton was In attendance.
Total
Billion and Halt
aasn aeeFse -ss w v A ?, f m t ,, m
. . . . . .... .t... . v&
quired eighteen oaye ro raw; iw- m
The campaign cloeee Oeteber 1TWW. 'Sffil
; - ...-. jt- aku. -r.i iiv,' -v-rl
leYlM.. W naoreiwur. weaw. iv,
made to brlig the amounMD to;kti;MJ
expend auota. 'VTtkM
rr,
elub rooms.
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