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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
Of KLAMATH COUNTY
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OFFICIAL NSWIFAFli
OF KLAMATH FALLS
KLAMATH FALLS OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL, 4, 1918
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In another column wo aro prlntliiR
llif eiiiiplcto chnrgos made In tlio pe
tition inking (or tlio recall of County
Judge llanki. Wo want tlio voter to
U'nd the rhariot carefully, and con
sider, with nil serlousiicim, tho weight
or thp point charged, ho Hint (hey
may dctermlno, when IiIn ofllflnl act
lire shown, whether Jtidgo Hunks )
fsllod In IiIm duty to (ho peoplo of (he
tPimty, or whether he Imi acted (or
tho best Interest of (ho taxpayer.
.The advantage (ho voter hnvo In a
'recall election I that they do not
have (i depend on (he promise of a
cnndiilnte uuiloiin for offlco, but can
Judgo frrm what (he official haa actu
ally drno while In office, Thl being
tho f aw. (he Herald desire (o ee (he
JudgeN official record placed before
. tho people. Thl will bo given to the
people, and we would greatly apnrccl-
LKKV-IIOTII HIRES X).TIMK ntn nlHtnnrr from partlc on either
ldo lu our compilation of tho nclual
facia.
Personal opinion, prejudices and
inUreprerrnlntlnn ntiotild be ellmlnal.
ed lu the (onvldernllon of tho que-
, tlcii beforo tho people. The Herald
miMTKII TO GAH DOMRAHD. J''? """ '.' " on,y ,u,nU
I to the pcoplti by honostly printing all
WWT, HIT LITTLE DAMAGE i10 fncli obtainable, without conld-
oration or who U hurt or which aide
ill favor. Any Usui that, will not
I hear (he fullest nuhllrltv u not
ity Arla4tid Prtw I worthy of the consideration of the
Btta sides of the world' flghllngl 0,c"- Thu tcM elecllon will
ion (bo grcaM'Icardy battlefield an " ""'"" " " r
f taste are doing everything hiu. m' "?' iniiuagnaa or aouara, and
i to strengthen their position for "c "'" "' i",iib who win nave
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f (hit rvldenro In tho rnso,
are having a hard 1 1'" U,e IT'"0 ,0 !V0 ,llera." co,n
i oriniiiiK up the gun and other
applies over tho muddy Bommo area.
Amleni, liUh was evidently ono of
i tolsf objective of tho great drlvo
the enemy, I freo from danger
Us present, tho latter bolng held
! mllex up the Bommo lllver.
U tlty lias direct rail communlca
i with Pari, and Ita loss (o tlio
Bias would be a severe one to tho
Ulct.
folds were made laat night In dlf.
U Portion of the Una bv the
h and Ilrltlsh troops, In which
P"t prisoners and a few anna ware
! The American troop in the Toul
SB have been subloeted to a haaw
' kombsrdment, but no great dam-
1 us resu ted.
Th Oernmn sea offensive, like the
'B tlio land, fell flat laat week,
amy sixteen shin, nt th nijmto
JWIobi sunk, nKslnst thirty-seven the
previous.
pteto a history of tho official act of
Jtnlgo Hanks n wo are ablo In ob-
J twin, whether Mich Information I vol
unteered by either nIiIo or not.
llTfAHTIC MKAHUKKM
AdAINHT HOnOTAOK
WASIIINOTON, D. C. April 4
Tho ronfree have agreed on a bill
which provide severe penalties for
the destruction of war material and
for aabotage. Tho penaltlea provide
for thirty year Imprisonment mid
Ono up io $10,000.
Tho sule of Thrift Stamps for
Klamath Counly was 117,861.16, ac
cording io advice Just received from
Cortland.
The Klamath Falls grade school
have taken an active part In the cam
paign, tho amount Invested In stamp
and certificates by pupil and teach
or amounting (o 13,080. Of thla
amount 12,761 I owned by pupil.
Tho amount per capita bought by
the pupil In the different schools la
as follows; IHverslde, 10.49; Cen
tral, IMI; Pelican Day, 11.87; Mills,
ft centa; tho average per Aplta for
pupils being 14.60. w
The amount per capita for the
teucbera Is: Pelican Day, $10; Riv
erside, f 18.17; Central. $10.IO;vMilU.
83.18; special pupils, 813.13; the av
erage er capita being 813.11.
The highest percent of Increase In
the different schools waa 768.8 In the
Seventh grado at the Pelican school
The Sixth grade In the Mill school
had an Increase of 13S, the Riverside
474.0. and the Plrat grade at. the
Central 333.9.
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RIN(1M FOR RRPRK8KNTATIVK
IN LOWER HOU6)K HAH HfitlV.
tCU DIHTIIICT IX DOTH HOIHB8
lifCFORK
By Aaeocaated Pre
PORTLAND, April 4. Dr. George
If. Merryman of Klamath Pall haa
died hi declaration of candidacy for
(lie lower house of the legislature.
Dr. Merryman haa previously serv
ed two years In the lower house, and
four ear In the Oregon state senate,
having represented thl district In
1909 and 1911.
J. O. Hamaker of Donania and
Denton C. Burdlck of Redmond are
also In the Held from thla district.
PMSIO
KLAMATH FALLS
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Wl'M THKMKNH CAHK
INTERNED IN JAIL
I James McCannn, who waa suffer-
wiiii delirium tremens, waa tak
' 'n off tbo Ktreel. hv It. oh..i
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8oule Inspected
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IIAKttltH MVHT VHK fi
MORH Hf IWTITITKH
All bakers must use 20 per
cent of wheat aubstltute after
April 14tb, according to notice
.received from County Food Ad
ministrator naldwlu thla morn
ing. Three of the prominent
hotels In San Francisco have
cut out the use of wheat entire
ly and It 'la thought that others
will follow thla example. The
hotel not using wheal are (he
Palace, (he S(. Francis and (he
Falrmount.
iberty Loan Drive
To Last Four Weeks
e Third i.iK... . . . .. . '.. .i.- ... i.. . ...
thou """' noan campaign ea way inn, aua m uii iuioib.i .v
"Ha on 8a(urday will anil on May pou will be on September 16th, and
according t ,.j ... ...aIi . ...u ... h. ik.i.
aki k .. " rccsiTan iasi. inroiicr ouiruuumi " w
,. "' nas. j, Perauaon. eantala'of March and SeDtember
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county Liberty Loan commit-
Ta Blymsnt. -.. u . m-. .1 ....
I"", a r,o ... wi
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The bonds are In denominations of
650, fioo; 8500, 81.000, 65,000 and
810,000. '
, Alette eardi are being put la the
nd of tba pretlaet eiptaln? todar.
aa ih f.uoUs have bean give for
the ceuaty dlalrlets.
T. R. MONTGOMERY WRITES
THAT HE HAH GOTTEN HIH HEA
LKGH, AND EXPECTH TO CROHH
TIIK WATERS AGAIN .BOON
T. R. Montgomery, who enlisted In
(be navy last year when be waa only
16, writes (o Mrs. Carey Ramsby of
C31 Fifth street, that he expect to
make hla fourth trip across the ocean
soon. Mr. Montgomery, alone with
two other Klamath Falls boys, la on
the U. B. 8. Huntington. The let
ter, which waa mailed from Hampton,
Va reads aa follews:
"Received your letter, and waa
glad (o know that you people, think
of a sailor. We have returned from
our third trip across the Atlantic
Ocean, but did not go to England thla
time, but If we do go there again I
will go and aee your stele.
"Well, I hope It won't be long be
fore I can come back to Klamath
Falls. BUI Otla and I got the box of
candy, and were very much pleased
with It, becauu It had beea so long
since we had had anything ao good,
VI don't want to hurt your feelings,
but It Isn't the habit In the aary to
call a aalior a private but 'we
should worry.'
"I think we will be going aeroaa
again Boon. I don't hardly notice the
sea now, aa I am getting used to It.
T, R. Montgomery."
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RESTRICTIONS ARE PLACED ON
MAILING' PACKAGES TO EXPE
TIONAKY FORCES IN EUROPE
RV POSTMASTER'GENERAL
rOOTOFFICK AT OOKMA' '
AS OaUNOED aUNDi
aasaapaaaawaaat t
Ml Helen-Gray. bMUksa charge
of th BMtapee at-04sela;wtah'e.
anion waa prevjoasiy tnn- ar
Maud Uartla.
Order No; 1359. On and after
April 1, 1918, parrels for members
and Individuals connected with the
Acrerlcnn .Expeditionary forcea In
Europe shnll not be accepted for
mailing or dispatched unless tboy
contain audi urtfcles only as are being
sent at the written request of the ad
dressee, approved by his regimental
or higher commander or aa executive
officer of (he.organUadoa with which
he la connected. A. 8. Burleson,
Postmaster General.
This order has been laaued at (be
request of the war department, and
haa bees prompted by military neces
sity. Postmasters are Instructed to
rigidly enforce It. Parcels which can
be teat under thla order are only
those which contain the written re
quest of the addressee, approved by
hla commander, for the articles en
cloeed, and the parcel must be ao en
dorsad on the outside wrapper.
The widest publicity of this order
4s desired, so that the public may
Know or tnu restriction Tell your
neighbor about It. If the parcels do
not strictly conform to thla order
they cannot be accepted at the post'
office, but must be returned to the
Bonder,
Thla Important order, occasioned,
no doubt, by the pressing need of ev
ery Inoh of available apace for trans
porting men and provisions, has Just
been received by Poatnuster W. A.
Delsell from the postmaater general.
Commiatlng upon the matter today,
Delsell declared that on' an average of
two If rge Moks of parcels for the ex-
peaitienary .force ien u Meal oce
vwy-. ey, aad ,,, prpeftioaat
eftennt.aMt from'tbfdlferaat e44
fofthsjiBAWi. It woubj amount te tre
mendous gaiiy shipment.
THE CHARGES
According to the petition died ask
Ing for his recall, County Judge
Hank h charged a follews:
1 For his failure to keen his
pledge- to (he peoplo of Klamath
County, Oregon, made prior (o and
for (ho purpose- of securing hi elec
tion as county Judge of Klamath
County, Oregon, as set forth In bis
loiter to (he voters, as follews:
"Klamath Falls, Ore., Oct. 9, 1914.
"To the voters of Klamath Ceunly:
"This letter Is sent (o you (o call
your attention (o my candidacy for
(he office of counly Judge. Flrs( of
all, I want you to know that I have
made no promise to any man or set
ol men regarding my conduct of the
office. If elected I shall administer
(he affairs of (he county fairly and
Impartially (o (ho best of my ability.
IT IS MY PURPOSE
1 To restore the credit of the
county to the end that every warrant
issued shsll be worth one hundred
cents on tho dollar.
2 To pay every Just debt already
Incurred.
3 To finish the new court house as
soon aa possible.
4 To keep the county roads In
good order and build new roads as
rapidly aa business conditions will
allow.
C To provide liberally for ALL.
lhe schools of the county.
6 To consider every matter that
cornea before me on Ita merit, re
gardless of who may be for or against
lit.
"I solicit your vote, and if elected
I shall appreciate your co-operation
and support. Yours respectfully,
"MARION HANKS."
2 For bis failure and refusal to
preservo and complete the new court
bouse for Klamath County, Oregon,
on block (en (10) of Hot Springs Ad
dition io Klamath Falls, Oregon, al
tho (he said Marlon Hanks has during
his Incumbency of said offlco levied,
atsmscr and collected 3179,316.53
for tho purpose of the preservation
and completion of said new court
house.
3 For his failure and neglect to
properly protect the records of Klam
ath County by Judiciously expending
(he money collected for the purpose
of completing the new court house,
but which funds he has wrongfully
diverted, and has allowed the expend
Iture of large sums of said funds (o
be expended In the repair of the pres
ent dilapidated old court house, altho
the courts of Oregon have decided
that such building, so repaired, Is not
a convenient or adequate building for
the purpose of transacting the public
biulness of Klamath County.
4 For his failure, neglect and re
fusal to preserve and complete the
new court house on block ten (10) of
Hot Springs Addition to Klamath
Falls, upon which about $180,000 of
the Funds or Kiamatn county, Ore
gon, had already been expended prior
to the time that the said Marlon
Hanks took the office of county Judge
5 That be has neglected to pre
serve or continue the construction of
the. pew court house In block 10, Hot
Springs Addition to Klamath Falls,
Oregon, and now threatens to aban
don the same, to the great damage
and loss of the tax payers of Klamath
County, Oregon, to the value of the
building and the land upon which the
same la situated.
6 For his wrongful and unjust
discrimination In the payinont of
county warrants.
7 For his gross neglect to keep In
repair the highways of Klamath
County, Oregon, wholly falling to eco
nomically and Judiciously expend the
money assessed and collected In the
road fund of Klamath County for that
purpose, to the great Injury, loss and.
damage of tho farmers and taxpayers
.of aald county.
8 That said Marlon Hanks na
lfajd to, conduct the office of county
juage impartially ana in me wisrest
of 6)1. tn people. '
a rnsi o BscoBouciea,ms puo.
lie afalra of the county under hla
Jurisdiction In such manner aa to ben-
MEEK FOR
WATER USERS
TO BE HELD
IN ORDER TO FURNISH INFORMA.
TION RELATIVE TO ELECTION
NEXT WEEK, FIVE MEETINGS
ARE SCHEDULED
The board of directors of the Klam
nth Irrigation District at their meet
ing on Tuesday decided to hold meet
ings In different parts of the district
for the purpose of furnishing infor
mation to the voters pertaining tolhe
contract with the United States to bo
held In said dlstrlc on the 13h of
April, 1918. President Offleld, with
Albert K. Elder, attorney and acting
secretary of the board of directors,
together with reclamation officials
win oe present to answer all ques
tions and explain the various features
of the proposed contract. J. T. Hln
kle, who has been present a number
of times heretofore, Is expected to
be with us at this time.
The meeting will begin at the Na
tional hall' in Matin Sunday next, at
2:30 o'clock p. m. Monday night,
April 8th, at 8 o'clock at Merrill city
hall. Tuesday night, April 9th. at 8
oclock p. m.. Lower Pot Valley
school bouse. Wednesday night,
April 10, 8 o'clock p. m at Henley
School house; and Thursday evening
at 8 o'clock p. m., at the Miller Hill
school house.
All water users are requested to be
present at these meetings.
1'RENCH CI VII J A XH PUT
AT HARD LABOR
WASHINGTON, V. C. April 4
One thousand French civilians, 400
of them being women, have been sent
tii Russia by the Germane for hard
labor, according to Information re
reived here.
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DEMURRER OVERRULED'.
The demurrer to the com
plaint, seeking to enjoin the
county court from contracting
to construct a new court bouse
near the site of the present old
one, and to prevent the use of
the money In the court house
fund for such purpose, waa over
ruled by Judge Kuykendalt yes
terday, after argument, and the
attorneys for the county given
ten days within which to answer
the complaint. -
RUSSIANS
TO AGAIN
RAISE A
BIG ARMY
STEPS TAKEN TO RAISE AND
EQUIP ARMY OF MILLION AND
. HALF, EQUAL IN POWER TO
GERMANY AND JAPAN
PROSPECTS OF PEACE AJUB
AGAIN DISCTHHED--MANY ARK
KILLED IN ANTI-JEWMH RIOTS
IN TURKESTAN PROPERTY
DESTROYED .
MOSCOW, AprH 4. Aa'th-nTt
step toward the arming of the entire
Russian nation an army of a million
and a half is now being formed,
which will be equal In power and
equipment to the Germans, according
to the announcement of Podovlsky,
assistant secretary of war, follow
ing a conference of the military
heads. It Is hoped to enlist the ser
vices of all tbo old officers, and the
enlistments are already coming In at
n sntlsfactory rato.
Peace has been proposed to (be
bolshevik! government by the Ukran
ian rad of Kiev, a non-bolsbevlkl or
ganization, and It is rumored that the
chances of peace aro regarded as
greater since Germany's reply re-
gurdiug the teritory of Ukraine. It.
U said that this offers new ground for
negotiations.
Anti-Jewish riots have occurred la
Turkestan. Three 'hundred persons
hnvo been killed add much property
destroyed In Koktand.
The antl-Semetlc agitation at Kiev
Is now becoming acute.
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efit private Interests rather than as a
public trust.
10 That the petition to the county
court of Klamath County, of over one
thousand taxpayers of said county,
concerning the county roads and the
completion of the court house on
block 10 of Hot Springs Addition to
Klamath Falls, Oregon, haa been by
the said Marlon Hanks wholly Ignored
and treated with the grossest contempt.
WATCHMAN KILLED AT
INFORMATION OFFICE
WASHINGTON; D. C, April 4.
James King, (he night watchman at
thu offices of the committee on publlo
information was found dead this mor
ning with a bullet hole thru bis head.
It Is thought' that he was murdered.
His pistol showed that he had tried
to fire It, and that It had failed to ex
plode. There were no valuable papers
kept there, so the police do not be
lieve that King was killed by some
one seeking war papers. A negro
employe with whom he had been
quarreling was arrested.
Preventatives Against
Disloyalty Are Urged
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