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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OFFICIAL NIWIFAFIl
OF KLAMATH PALLS
OF KLAMATH COUNTY
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1918
Price Five OhM
BAKER MAKES REPLY TO CHAMBERLAIN
SECRETAR
UP BEFORE
COMI'ltKIIK.NHIVi: .HTATKMF.NT IM
maim-: roi.iv to military ix.
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RATHER THAX CHAKACTERIH
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A RIFLE HAH ONE
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 38.
Secretary linker at tho public hear
Inic before the iienala inllllary com
mittor today replied to Henator Oeo.
Chamberlain' chances of Inefficiency
by niakliijc u riiuitirelieniilve slatonumt
on nil Ilia army activities, particular,
ly replying to the charge that the war
department haa (alien down.
Ho numrlcd that the mlitakea
which Chamberlain cited Rave the lm-
lireialon that they wvra "characturls
tic," rather than "occasional." and
declared that there were over a mil-'
lion men now under arma In the
United Bitten. '
Major (loneral Wood had recoro-'
mended calling out a largo army, al;
tho the men could not be provided Ira-'
mediately wltli rifles and clothing, It
wag stated.
Hccretary Baker aald, "Kvcry sol
dlnr who noeda a rlflo haa one, and
Iiuh one of a better type than If the
one used by the Urltlih In the field
had been adopted."
In defending the lack of machine
guns, Uaker declared that Oeneral
I'orililiiK doci not want tho I.ewU gun
for tho ground force, but only for the
atlntion service.
Fucretury Dakar spoke without
manuscript, In a frank conversational
manner, disclosing some facta that
had hlthorto been held confidential, i
He said that France and Rngland sup-j
Wing artillery to the American forcea
(as becauso they wlahed to do so,
having an excess on hand, and wish
Inn to tnvof tho ships for more vital
liPocHnliles,
Thirty-two divisions In the Nation
al diurd nnd tho National Army
troops ur0 now In camp In the United
Tlie rato of rifle manufacture at
tires u Heady supply of thla article
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Ugly Charge
MILITARY
COMMITTEE
Against Meat Packers
WASHINGTON, D. 0 Jan. J8.I
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'rem knowlsdge g..sd by an l -
Petllon of confidential letters and
th'.rama In the moat, packers (Ilea,
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Herniary of Slate Ben XV, Oleolt
I hss announced that ha will be a can-
dldate for governor of Oregon at the
coming fall election.
The tame degree of business effi
ciency, he says, which haa character
ised hit administration as secretary
of state wll be pursued In case of hit
election aa chief eitcutlve of Oregon.
Aa governor he would eipect to be
the business head of a great corpora
tlon of the people, and apply hta en
ergtee to make a success of tho busi
ness. Enforcement of prohibition and the
furthering or the eunl suffrage move
uro among the things emphasised In
bis platform.
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PRKHH SERVICE HEARING FIXED
WAHIIINOTON, D. C, Jan. 38.
The Supreme Court has agreed to ex
pedlte the appeal on the proceedings
brought by the Associated Press to
prevent the International News Serv
ice from pirating news, and haa lied
April 16th for hearing of the argu
ments. BIG HTEAMKR TORPEDOED
LONDON, Jan. 28. The steamship
Andanla of the Cunard line Is report
ed to have been torpedoed, but not
sunk. Bho It said to have gone to the
bottom, however, before she could
get Into port,
Made
Francis J. Heney has charged ivb'lg
corporations with control, of prices
5 of livestock- purchases
thruout the United States, so aa to
eliminate competition,
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UIAXH OF KLAMATH UKHKIIVA
1IOX IH TO UK IXCHEAHKI) TO
MAW A MILLION
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 88.
Five hundred thousand dollars for
use of tho Klamath Indiana for live
stock and Improvements, Instead of
the 1800,000 provided In the Indian
appropriation bill ns It passed tho
house, Is practically assured. The
senate committee Is, understood favor,
able In the Increaw and the Bureau of
Indian Affairs haa wlthdruwn lit op
position. The money It advanced by
the government, reimbursable from
tribal fundi.
This much needed Increase Is a
matter upon which the Klamath Com
mei'clal Club hut been active for tome
time. It It believed that tho efforts
of Itepresentstlve N. J. Slnnott nnd
Senator Wm. MrXary have had con
siderable to do with securing the In
crease. fl
KXORMOl'H QUANTITY NITRATE
OF HODA BEING SHIPPED TO
I-ORTLAND FAItMEIW CAN OB
TAIN" IT THRU COUNTY AGENT
The government has been buying
big tuppllos of nltrato of aoda, ac
cording to County Agriculturist Agent
H. R. (lltlsypr, who hat Just received
news that 18,000 tons are being ship,
ped to Portlsnd,
Farmers of Klamath County who
with to tecuro a supply of thia chem
ical mutt put In their application!
with Agent Olaltyer not later than
February 4th. Nitrate of soda Is a
Very strong fertiliser, and replaces
nitrogen .In the soil. Very little is
ssld to be used in Klamath County,
althc It Is used very extensively In
the Willamette Valley.
A supply of alfalfa seed and spring
rye seed will soon be received at the
oSlce here for demonstration work.
This seed Is not for sale, but anyone
wishing to secure supplies of the varl
stles which have proved most suc
cessful here, can obtain them thru
the agent's ogee.
The Initio variety of alfalfa has
been demonstrated during the paat
two year to be the best adapted to
this ceuatry, experiments conducted
on' the reach 'of M. Olacomlal show-
lag aa Increased yield of over a ton
per acre for this kind.
UHCLESAM
BUVSMUCH
ERnUZER
Withycombe Wishes
Thrift Day Observed
HALEM, Jtn, 28. Governor Jsraes
Withycombe urged statewide observ
ance of Thrift Day by Oregonlans this
year, In a statement Just made public.
The governor said:
"The people or Oregon are loyally
supporting tho entire war program,
nnd are already practicing thrift, but
It will be Just as well, perhaps, to
focus and concent rato our attention
nil the more on this particular patri
otic duty at the time set atldo for the
all-American observance of the anni
versary of Thrift Day, February S,
which Is thla year to be observed on
Monday, February 4th.
"Waste and sinful extravagance
weaken our nation Jn the sinews of
war, nnd thereby furnish aid and, en
rouragementp our enemies. Ansr
tlon to be thrifty must have thrifty
I'ominunlticN, and thrifty communi
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Northwest Timber
Allotments Published
The North Pacific district, comprle.
lug Oregon, Waahlngton and Alaaka,
will receive 1273,488 of the 1919
allotment of funds under section of
the Federal Aid Rosd act, which pro
vldet for tho use of 11,000,000 of fed
eral money a year for ten years to
lulld roads and trails within or partly
within national forests, according to
District Forester (loo. 11. Cecil of
Portland, who has Just received notice
from Washington that the Secretary
of Agriculture hat approved the allot
ments for the fiscal year ending June
30 1010. Under thla allotment Ore
gon will rocelve 1138,786, Waahlng
ton $08,565. and Alaaka 847,061. Thla
is about $6,000 In excess of the 1918
allotment for the district.
Becsuso of National forest land
within their borders, twenty-seven
ttatea nnd the territory of Alaaka
shore In the benefltt of this act. The
allotment)) are made on a basis of the
area of national forest land In the tev.
eral elite and the eatlmated value of
the limber and grating resources of
the foreMs.
In order to take advantage of these
Renewed Activity in
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 88.
American naval men see the posslslt
tly of our destroyers doing soma
smart fighting soon with Toutonto U
boats more powerfully armed thai
ever before.
That Osmaay haa recently recalled
her V boats la indicated by news dis
patches by the lower sinking rata and
partially confirmed by official advices.
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ties spring from thrifty indlvldusls.
Therefore the msn who practices
thrift and who encourages thrifty
habits serves in a measure to help hit
nation to victory Just aa surely as
tho leas graphically than the sol
dler of the trench and the soldier of
the soil.
"It la not my purpose to urge thrift
only for the one day of observance,
February 4th, but rather to command
that day aa a proper time for terlout
reflection In mapping out a program
of conservation to be put Into action
thruout the twelvemonth, and atlmu
latlng thought toward a practical ap
plication of war dutlea and problems.
"Be a thrift-maker; for thrift, Just
now. is patriotic. Thrift Day fur
nishes the patriotic people of Oregon
aa opportunity to put an accepted
theory to practical aad'patrlotlc pur.
allotments It Is neceassry for the local
authorities, either state or county, or
both, to co-operate la the various road
projects, usually on a 50-50 bails.
The engineering work for forest roads
Is done under the direction of District
Engineer L. I. Hewes of tho office of
public rosds, who co-operates with the
forest service lit Itt road building op
erations. ffecietary Houston baa already up
proved tho ro-operatlve agreement!
for teven federal aid 'forest road pro.
Jccts In the dittrlrt: The Cocks-Col.
Ilns rosd on the Columbia nstlonsl
forest, the liepubllc-Waueonda road
on the Colvllle forest, and the Lake
Quinault rosd on the Olympic forest
In Wathlnaton, and the Ochoco Can
yon read oa the Ochoco forest, the
Canyonvllle-Galesburg road on the
Umpqna forest, and two sections of
Mm Medford.Klamath Falls road on
jtho Crater forest In Oregon.
Funds to par the government'
I share in the survey and construction
, of these roads have already been pro
vided from the 1918 federal aid road
act allotment.
U-Boats Expected
This may mean, In naval man's
Judgment, that. Germany to not only
cutting bigger tuns aboard her craft,
but also ska ma? be preparing to
launch further., Mg submarine cruis
er!, refusing asms of the smaller
typo. .
It Germany, Is dolag these things, a
now an of naval warfare la at hand
which will mean spectacular battles.
Now Commands
Roumanian Armies
Crown Prince Carol of Roumanians
now believed to be In real coansaad
of ihe Roumanian armies, and It la J
considered he hat almott displaced
the king, hit father.
MOTHER RETUHXH PROM FORT
WORTH, TK.XAH, AFTER HEEIXG
HON HONORED WITH L1KUTEX.
ANT'8 COMMISSION
Mrs. Dallle Shldler of thla city haa
Just returned from a visit with her
ton, Lieutenant Horace Shldler at Tel-
aferro Aviation floldt, at Fort Worth,
Texas.
She had the honor of being present
when he took the oath at an officer of
the aviation section, signal corps, and
of seeing the young lieutenant go
thru the actual warfare tactics, in
cluding the loops, tplrsl wire dives,
etc. Lieutenant Shldler is now In the
28th Aerial Squadron.
He enlisted In January, 1016, In
tho Coast Artillery, and was one of
the few men who finished the forced
march from San Francisco to Monte
rey In September of that year. He
was transferred to the aviation ser
vice early in 1917, and was tent to
New York nnd Canada In company
with others for training.
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Local Firm to Run
Boat For Employees
.employes at. the Chelsea box fac
tory will be given a boat ride aVeech
end of the day from now en, as the
company hssf iiist purchased the
steamer Curlew' from Calklna A Ham
ilton oa the Upper Klamath Lake.,
and Is moving It down to Lake Vwau.
na today,
PLANS ARE
COMPLETED
FOR NEW
INDUSTRY
MICBI NKBDKD PLANT WILL BUB
MOVED FROM GRANT PAM
IMMJttMTFXYeMnLMNOS TO
HE ERECTED NEAR FRCKWT
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MKTAL MILL MEN, WHO HAVK
IIEEX HANDICAPPED IN GET
TIXO REPAIRH ARE BACKIXQ
NEW EXTKRFRKBEBIG WORK
WILL HE HANDLED
The Klamath Iron and Steel works
is the name of a now corporation
which baa Just been organised from
the Grants Psss Iron and Steelworks,
snd will move from that point to
Klamath Falls immediately.
This new industry, which Is being
Incorporated for 830,000 Is greatly
needed here since the Klamath Iron
works wss closed some months sgo.
There has been no place where the
mills In this vicinity could go for re
pairs for their big mtchlnery, and It
it understood that several of the mill
men are btohfctg the enterprise.
Messrs. Hall and KlrkpaUkk, who
have oparated the Grants Pass Iron
and 8teel works for a number of
years past, saw the big opportunity la
this line at Klamath Falls, sad have
been working for some time with the
Idea of making the change. A mora
extensive plant than the one at Grants
rats Is planned.
A site has been purchased at the
corner of Elm and Spring street,
which Is said to be Ideally located
for switching purposes. It is close to
the local freight depot, and along a
atreet which will later bo paved. The
building wilt be erected with a track
running ttralght thru, so thst log
ging locomotives may be run right
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The boat will be renamed the Chel
sea, will make the regular landing at
the Acklay Brothers mill., as wall at
other stops alonr'tha route. Jkfy
rioa about forty "me 'tfmHfmr,
aa'd waa one of the fastest ;iHJp
tho'-TJpper Lake. " The vaevscaedulo
la expected to start ia a day or two,