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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OP KLAMATH COUNTY
OFFICIAL NBWIFAPIK
OF KLAMATH FALLS
Twelfth VmuwMu. il.uoe
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1918
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GERMAN DELEGATION IX petro.
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TWEEN ENTENTE ALLIUM AND
CENTRAL POWERS
COSSACK
i-minii ami iipikiut.
ED DEFEATED IN CIVIL WAII,
TWO GENERALS WITH FORCES
DECLARER TO UK IN
FLIGHT,
PURSUED DY RED GUARD
BERNE, Jan. 10. Reports from
Bulgaria today aro to the effect that
a separate peace agreement haa been
signed by Russia.
PKTROORAD, Jan. 10. Herman
delegations In I'etrograd are reported
to have got Into touch with the Hwcd-I
lib legation here, and to bavo ex-1
pressed a doslre that Hwodon act as a I
go-between with England, Franco and
Italy. I
The Cossack leaders, General Kale'
dints and General Duloff, have been I
defeated la battle, according to an
official news agency. It Is reportod,
tbat Duloff la now In night with his
forces, pursued by tha revolutionary!
aoMftrs of the Red Guard. Genoral
KalMlnes Is also declared to be re
treating. HLAME FUEL ADMINISTRATION
FOR THK SIIORTAOE OF COAL
WARIIINGTON, D. C, Jan. 10.
Tha blame for the Ohio coal ehortago
la placed entirely on the fuol admin
Islratlon by James Dugan, Inspector
of the railway division of. the Ohio
utilities commission, In testifying
before the senate committee.
BUILDS NEW HOME
Robert Claye Is having a flue large
house built on his ranch at Miller
Hill. The house Is plastered, nnd
modern In every respect. Tlio houso
Is rapidly noarlng completion. Mr.
Claye will have Carolina poplars,
planted around the house, which will
also add greatly to the appearance of
tha place.
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peace desired
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TIIOTZKY RELIEVE THAT AL.
r LIES WANT ENEMY TO MAKK
ADVANTAOEOUH PEACE WITH
RUSSIA TO FURTHER OWN END
LONDON, Jau. 10. Foreign Min
ister Lon Trotsky U convinced tbat
tnt 011(111110 goveramenta with aer-
many to make advantageous peace
with Russia, aa they believe Germany
will than ba morn willing to surras-
dor w bat the aide want In tho wast.
, according to a t'ctrograd Dally Naws
correspondent.
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letter receiver from fred
i.u.viiar in crossing to
i:iacu declares tadlk
1 ARE IS EllY GOOD
Following Is a letter from Sergeant
Fred Dunbar to his parents, Professor
and Mrs. R. II. Dunbar of tbls city:
"On our wny at last. Tbls Is the
third day aboard, and I feel better
than on any previous day yet. How.
over, the sea haa been comparatively
calm. We had a anow storm last
night, and the boat a liner Is
pitching some this morning, but In
tornally I feol lino. Had bacon and
eggs for breakfast, and all meals are
about as good In comparison,
"Wo aro traveling on a Hrltlsh boat
that Is, manned, and of a British
line consequently we have bread,
upple butter and tea for supper night,
ly. It goes very well. For dinner wa
have potatoes, meat and some sort of
fruit, which, all together, loaves no
room for complaint so far.
"Our quarters are bejow, but our
headquarters office Is In the second
class drawing room.
The men are al
lowed on deck freely, and with a good
slsod ship, everyone Is fairly In good
spirits. A number, however, today
got sick.
"Wo bud our first boat drill this
Frustrated
propaganda In the United Btatss.
Tha movement Is now believed to
have been.broVen up and tha actlyl
tku of ,the.,.aeat.lea thought... to .oe
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SERVED
SOLDERS
PEACE IS REPORTED SIGNED
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YOUNG LADIKH OF GRADUATING
CliAHH ADOPT UNUSUAL AND
SENSIBLE IDEA OF PROVING
THEIR PATRIOTISM
The patrlotlam of the Klamath blah
school students Is evidenced In the
decision of the girls of the Senior
clnss this year to graduate In simple,
Incspenlvo dresses, the cost of which
Is not to exceed f 6 for any gown.
The dresses aro all to be made clth
er In the "I'eter Thompson" or "sail,
or" style. They aro to bo of whlto
material, with blue collars. The coin
plrtlun of the costume with a red
necktie will muke n very patriotic
and Inexpensive gown.
In addition to this. It is reported
that out of the twenty-five girls In
HftSlOSiW
mam
the graduating class, fourteen are In I " ;"'".. TV. I
the sewing deportment, and will makel1Unll1ca 8,ate"' ; Bnd ' hn? been ""P'6'1
their own drilHOil
This move, which as decided upon
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suit of a unanimous vote. Much
credit I. believed duo these young
ladle, who have voluntarily put aside
the one opportunity to appear in a
more elaborate way before tha public,
which comes but onco In a life time,
and to which all girls look forward
with great anticipation.
Tbe move Is In accord with another
from Iho samo school, In which the
girls took the money they had saved
for class pins and gave to the Y. M.
C. A.
ONK CHILD BURNS TO DEATH
WITH 1NJVRKD LKU STHAPPKD
WITH WKIUHTH ALL OTHEU
l'ATlKNTS'AHK RESCUED
OTTAWA, Jan. 10. A firo broke
out near the operating room In the
west wing of the Water Street genoral
hospital at 10 o'clock this morning.
Tha heroic work of the nuns and
nurses saved all but one of the 168
patients, many of whom were chil
dren,
One child waa strapped In bed with
weights fastened to an' Injured leg,
und was burned to death. This is
thought to be the only loss of life.
morning, all men donning their life
balls and being assigned to boats,
"There la little I can write wa are
not tupposed to tell anything of our
whereabouts,
"Ralph Hum la on this boat, and a
number of other fallows I know. Ex.
pact' to spend Christmas' on board, or
will ba, pretty close to It."
WOMEN SAVE
MANY IN BIG
CANADA Fif
AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE
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Hyde Land Fraud Cases
Decided For the State
Opinions in Six of the Seven Cases Are
Handed Down By Justice Wallace
McCamant at Salem. 9130
Acres Are Thereby Re
stored to the State
KALEM. Jan. 10. Opinions have lews: Crook, 3,890.31 acres; Jack
brnn handed down by the aupremu J son, 3,360 acres; Linn,. 600 acres;
court In six of the seven F. A. Hyde'.ane 160 acres; Clackamas, 1,360
land fraud cases and In each case the acres; Hood River, 760 acres.
court found tbat all of the land In
volved, except 1,140 acres, had been
obtained by fraud, but that less than
hnlf of the land has been restored to
the state. The amount restored to
the stute was'S.lW acres.
Approximately IS, 000 acres more
was found to have been obtained as
result of fraud practiced upon the
state, but the court held that as title
i ' lliCIBI umvc, n vuuiu iiui
be reVM,eU ,n " ! wboul lbe
.government appearing In the case,
Justice McCamant, who wrote the
.opinions, polnla out efforts made by
Attorney General Drown to Induce the
Kuioiiiuivui iu Hiiuir m mo iwu. .u
visited tho commissioner of the gen Hyde and others to hsvo deeds given
oral land office and department cbiefa by the state to school lands cancelled,
at Washington, urging them to make and the lands returned to the state,
appearance for the government in the These suits were begun In seven dlf
case, but they declined. fernt counties. The msln declnlon Is
However, It Is pointed out that if handed down In connection with tho
the state should Institute new pro Cro'ik county case, which Involved ap
ceedlngs and could Induce the gov- proximately 14,000 acres. Of this
crnment to make an appearance that number, 3,890 acres were ordered re
fills fatal defect would be cured, and stored to the state. Title to the 3,980
the probabilities are that the state noes hnd not yet passed to the United
would recover tho 15,000. .States, and the court holds that "title
Cases decided today woro those ap-jto the selected landa cannot pass to
pealed from Crook, Jackson, Linn, 'the applicant until title to the bass
Lane, Clackamas and Hood River, lands has passed to the United States,
counties,. The decision in regard to the lands
Acreage ordored rostored to the Involved In Klsmatb County has not
state In each of the counties is as fol.jyct been handed down.
ew Contagious
Although Record For 1917 Was Larger
Than Usual, a Total of Trifle Over
Two Hundred Cases Is Report
ed During the Past Eleven ,
Years. As Recorded
Forty-four casea of contagious die Klamath Falls cases, two were from
easea In Klamath County during the Fort Klamath, one from Langell Val-
year 1917, are reported on the books
of. Health Officer, Dr, Warren Hunt.
This Is a big Increaaa oyer the prevl.
oua year, when only nlna were re
corded. From the total number reported
last year, twenty were typhoid fever
eases, eighteen were-measlasrand tha
rest scarlet fever and scarlatina.
Thirty-six of the forty-four were
Judge Anderson of Clackamas Is
the only circuit judge who held that
the state could not recover any of the
land Involved. He was reversed In
tbat particular.
I Fraud was perpetrated on tbe state
( by Hyde getting a large number of
applicants to purchase state school
land within forest reserves and usslxn
the lends to him or to persons be
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wouW be UMd ba,,g for mak,R
mm uivciiuiib ui guivi iimcui. iuuuo
'" he forest reserves. The base
.land would be conveyed to the United
States and In turn the United States
would give applicant title to selected
lands.
i lie vibiu uruuglil kiiiib hbuiiibi
Diseases Here
ley, one from Chlloquln, one from
Odessa and the rest from the country
section near Klamath Falls.
The nine casea reported for 1916
were all typhoid fever.
Only 06 cases of contagious dis
eases have been reported In Klamath I
oHi7 since VBBuarr i, iaui, eisren
years ago. This Is an average of less
than nineteen per year,
SEATTLE IS
wnw A P CAM
MEMO
KOLDI KHH FROM AMERICAN LAKE
f
ARE AGAIN PERMITTED TO
VISIT CITY MAYOR GILL IS
CONGRATULATED
TACOMA, Jsn. 10 The ban placed
on Scattlo by Order No. 52, prohibit.
ItiK the soldiers at Camp Lewis from
visiting tbe city, was suspended yes
terday. The clean-up work In Seattle by
Chief of I'ollco Warren la highly
praised In a letter from Major Gen
eral Foils to Mayor Gill.
ARE GREATLY
SOLDIERS AT CAMP LEWIS SEND
MESSAGES OF GRATITUDE TO
LOCAL RED CROSS FOR THEIR
GIFTS AT CHRISTMAS
That tho Christmas gifts made to
the soldiers this year thru the efforts
of the members of the Red Cross So
ciety hero were duly appreciated, Is
evidenced by tho letters arriving from
the boys who received the gifts.
About a dozen tokens of gratitude
liuve already been received from
Camp Lewis at American Lake. One
und nil convey the thought tbat this
cue day of nil tho year when tho home
ties pull the strongest was made
brighter by the kindly remembrance
of those for whom they are making
the sacrifice.
SPE
:fiAL
SERVICE AT RONAN2A
Tho Rev. (5. O. Oliver, A. M. B. D.,
pastor of the M. E, church in Klam
ath Falls, will hold u series of special
1ASWTS
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Bonanza District
Prospects for water next year iu
tho Honunta country have had a roost
enlivening effect In the general at
mosphere of that section, and this fer.
tile country, which has long been han
dicapped by tbe lack of Irrigation
now promises to forge to the front
very rapidly.
Tho unusual productivity of the
soil there la well, .recognised, and
while there have been no realty deals
reported, il fa because 'the owners
there have no desire to sll. A num.'
SOLDIERS
usARE WELL
EQUIPPED
WITH ARMS
NO ARMY OF EQUAL SIZE IN
TORY HAS HEEN SO QUICKLY
PREPARED AS THE AMERICA!
ARMY MODERN ARMS
PROVIDED
THE FOOD SITUATION IN EU
ROPE IS VERY CRITICAL, AND
PLANS ARE MADE TO SHIP IRQ
AMOUNT OF WHEAT AMERI.
CANS TO SAVE DEFICIENCY
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 10.
America has now In France an army
of "substantial" slxe. ready for active
service, Secretary Baker told tho sen.
ate Investigating committee) today.
The most modern arms'are provld
ed for wry soldier la France, and
are available for every man who will
be sent this year.
He declared tbat "no army of sim
ilar slxe In history haa ever bees
raised, equipped and trained so
quickly.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 10.
The food situation In Europe la so
critical that the food administration la
planning to release ' tbe additional
90,000,000 bushels of wheat, despite
tbe fact that the normal export sur
plus had been shipped by the middle
of December,
Tbe American people wilt be asked
to save to make up the deficiency.
services in the Methodist church at
Bunauxa from February 4th to 15th,
inclusive. Bonansa believes herself
fortunate In securing such au able'
speaker, and all are urged to attend
the services, which will be held each
evening at 7:30.
Coming to Front
ber of offers have been made for prop
erty coming under the new ditch,
none of which have been accepted.
Land which was formerly valued at
about 135 per acre without water, la
now held at from $50 to f 65.
In keeping with the spirit of prog.
ress, a number of the farmsrs than
contemplate the purchaaCof traetore,
tnr tha Mlilll SDrtBC Work. Ban'
Raad.on"a'dflthaekc'W;a,1fei;
acTein securing the Wntaej alraaJr
haV one in operation, '
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