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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF KLAMATH COUNTY
Twelfth Year No. H.IMU
HUNS
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WITHOUT RESULT
LONDON, April
10. A new field,
of endeavor waa tried out by tlio ent.
ay yesterday, when an attempt wan
made to break thru tlio llrltlsh IIucn
north of (he aectur previously at
tacked. The lluna succoeded at llrst
In forcing their wny into tlio town of
Olvenchy, about four hiIIch oust of
Latlasse, und fifteen mlleu aouthwcBt
of Mile, but tho place wuh later re
taken by tho UrltUli.
fierce fighting wan continued (ant
night lo the north of the UillnsHo
canal, and the British are today hold
ing their lines on tho I .a wo and Lya
river. There Ik heavy lighting nt
Kstalrca and Ilaictmaur.
The (ierman artillery bombardment
today extenda bn far north as Yprei.
Severo lighting haa alio begun on the
southern portion of the front.
The American reinforcements havu
appeared In the British battlo tone,
according to nowa from tho British
headquarters, and the dispatch de
clare that their preaenco In the fight
ing line will aoon be felt.
Aa the day progreaaea the Hermans
are extending their attack northward 1
ana are launching drive against tho'
British hotween Armentlerea and
Mestlnei.
PAHI8, April 10. Tho Germans
nave launched attacks against the
French near llangard and Bantorre,
but counter attacks nrevented tha en-
my from gaining any advantage. On !
the west of Castol and weat of Noyon
all efforts of tha Herman to make
progress proved futile.
LONDON. April 10. Twice vaster
day the Germans gained ground nt,
(llvenchy, but the Brlllih fiercely
drove them back. The last time the i
enemy left over 800 prisoners behind
ihem. The tmnv has hronsht tr-
mendous concentration artlllory Into,
Pershing
ON NORTH
Issues a
Heavy Casualty List
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WASH1N0T6N, "l. 0., April 10..a!eYea 6f disease 'aod raven trqm,accL.
The largest casualty Hat .for any dayldanti. Two hundred and fortyllva
Inca tba United State entered tha jar (Ivan aa slightly wounded atd
aa has bean announced today.' It , two mlaalng. '
onuina III name's, five have bean Thirteen lleutanonta ore among the
VllltU In action, three died of woundf , wounded, t
STl?g JEugtmtfl Herald
HAMMER LINES IN YPR ES DISTRICT
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WASHINGTON, I). C, April 10.
Klfly million ilollnrH In wanted by
Chiilrmiin Hurley of Itio shipping
board for duclopment of roncrclo
hIiI) building. The plan In lo cstab-
lw n onrp nv government yard.
I two on the 1'nclflc Count find three In
the South.
Sites for the plant already nro tin
ilcr consideration and will bo an
iiounrni shortly. The three In the
Hon Hi probably will Include ono nl
ready planned for Wilmington, N. V.
'Transportation facilities of easy ac
I cess lo, cement and rand will govern
I tho selection.
Aa yet concrete ships are'admltted
frankly by expert to be "a gamble",
because the behavior-of ntich a vet
sel under load In a heavy sea la un
known. Success In the experiment la
not guaranteed, but Mr. Hurley and
.'General Manager I'lei of the emer
gency fleet corporation hold that In
the present emergency every posilble
meana of adding quickly to the tfcir
tonnage should be utlllied.
Greater chnncon of success is ex
pected from tho operation of concrete
tankers, bocnure the liquid load will
consequently seek n level and not en
tall the strain on the ship that n aolld
lend would, In u heavy sea.
MK.XATOH NTOXK SUKKKH
STHOKK OK PAHALVHIH
WASHINGTON. l. C, April 10.
Senator Meno of Missouri was strlck
on with nnrahslK while on a street
car en roulo to his office here today,
Ills condition la considered aerlous,
but nut critical.
MANY DIHTItKTM
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WASHINGTON. U. C, April
10. Six hundred communities
havo now overaubscrlbod their
quotas for the Liberty Loan, and
have sent In their claims for tho
honor flagM.
action, nnd la throwing his Infantry
In denae masses In a plain effort again
to break thru
By Associate! Preaa .
LATKR The Oermana yesterday
pushed back the center or tho alfled
Una on an eleven mllo front to a
depth of a mllo In some plaros. Ho
only entered, however,' tho foremost
Kectlona of the territory which he
gained. Should tho drive bo con-
tlnuod thru beyond Bethune, tho Brlt-
lah posltlona at Arras anu press
would bo endangered.
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY,
AAAA0AAmA warn - ia -
REASONS FOR RECALL
Ofllclul statement has been filed
with tho county clerk by the repre
sentative of those faking for tha re
call or County Judge Hank. The fol
lowing reasons for asking the recall
will appear on the ballet:
lleaMins for Demanding the Recall or
County Jadgn Marlon Hanks
For his failure to keep his) pledge
lo the people of Klamath County, Or
rjron, prior to his election,
For hi failure and refusal to pre
nerve nnd complete the new court
Iiouho on block 10 of Hot Springs Ad
dition to Klamath rails, altho the
Miild Marlon Hanks haa had during
Ms Incumbency of said oflce levied,
akcrcd and collected
for tho purpose of the Preservation; Knights Tenplara hero this evening
and completion of said new court. nml KJjwd K, Klddlo, tho (Irnnd
"'". ' Cotnmnnder of Knights Templar of
For his grosa neglect to keep ln'u,e state of Oregon, will make an
r.):nli tho highways, and. bridges of 'nip,-1.! visit tu tlm' rnivnrv .,.
Klnm&th County.
That he baa failed to conduct the
office of County Judge In a fair and
Impartial manner, and in the Interests
of all the people.
That he haa wilfully permitted the
destruction of the county park.
That ho haa allowed over 1100,000
of the taxpayers raoaey to be divert
ed from the court houaa funds. '
For discrimination In tha purchaso
' Niippllea in favor of Roberts A
Hanks, hardware arsa.
Aililtrarlly auditing claims of
thousands of dollars of architects and
contractors to the Injury of taxpayer
wplln hla right to do so waa being de.
termtned In the, courts of this state.
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Give Your Little Ones
An Interest in the Future
They are your hold' on the future,
and America it fighting to, make their
future tafe, They are too little to
realize this nowbut tome day must
learn to reverence tha traditions of
America, tha ideals of America, ' the
great cause for which the men of
tKair fathers day gave tneir lives. ',
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Be ready than to put in their
Invest in Liberty Bonds for Your Little Ones
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MASONHERE
hTATK COMAXDKH KXHJHTS TKM.
1'LAIl ARRIVE THIS KVKXIXG.
WILL OIVK IXTKHKKTIXU TALK
TO LOCAL MKMHKRH
An unusually pleasant nnd
In-
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179, 318. Obstructive evening In promised tlio'
official Visit tu tho Calvary Com
mandery. Sir Knight Kiddle Is known to ho
an eloquent speaker and nn earnost
worker In Masonic circles,
The local
members are expectod to bo out In
full forco to get tho benefit of his
talk.
I'KOMIXKXT OHM'O.X
LIVKMTOCK .MAN DIKS
SAI.KM. April 10. J. M. Dickson,
a prominent Orea-on livestock breed
er, died attSn'tdd today, ile often
represented the Jersey breeders at
Knsteru conventions.
THIS SPACE PAID FOR AND CONTRIBUTED BY
liNMOE' CO., MKUmathVStyl Store'
APRIL, 10, 1918
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I HANKS JUSTIFIES ACTION
I Tho official ballot for tho recall'
durtlon will contain tlio following1
I Justlllcatlon or County Judgo Hunks'
Jonric In ofllco. Tho ballots aro nowi
being printed. I
I Minion Hunks' JiiKtlllrntloii of UN
J Courxc lit Otllrp
Lowest bid to complete Hot j
Kpilnga iMilldlng $181,000
I'uvlng HtrcotH, building side
walks und necessary work
oi grounds 40,000
Forfeiture of Iota 1, 2, 7 and
S, block 3fi, If not used for
court house purposes ... 40,000
Total $261,000
New lotirt house on block t!., 1 1 .11,77""
Having to tnxpuycrs or coun
ty 130,000
.Since the present court took office
tlll'f" l'H '"en collected Into tho court
''ohhp fund.' $107,019.95.
('"url ,mH '",ll "1 "f lM ,or
t',',,m ''Knl"1 "' Bprlngn Htrticturo,
"Irendy contracted, $3.',.,it0.88
J Leaving cash In fund March 1,
'mis, $72,109.07.
This Is every cent that has been
('""0CtC(l nml nut ono Ponny has been
iinencn. niaiement turn siiu,ui.r:
has been collected Into this fund Is a
wilful misstatement made for tho
purpoio of misleading tho voters.
Look at tbo records.
ROAD FUND
When the present County Court
took office tho road fund was $'48.-
048.44 worse off than nothing. It
took two years to pay this off and do
what little repairing was done.
The. court, now haa, funds, and . will i
! build roads thlar year,
Inestlgate both sides: be fair,
hands bonds of their government
They will be for them inspiring evi
dence that their fathers planned sac
rinced and invested for their sons'
future.' Liberty Bonds will mean
more to them than money. They
will make them proud of the fathers
who in America's day of great need
proved themselves true American
patriots.
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WABHINOTON, U. C. April 10.
About 7,000 acres of land In Klamath
County, Ore., nnd 27,000 acres across
tho state line In California aro ro
stored to entry from the bird reserve
by a bill of Representative Baker,
favorably reported from tho public
lands committee of the house.
"Preference rights aro given mem
bers of the Siskiyou Homesteaders'
Association, who havo applied for
lands and obligated themselves to ro
pay their proportionate tdiaro of mon
ey heretofore "spent from tho recla
mation fund upon these lands.
The preference rights thus granted
.will take all the land, It Is understood.
The bird reserve Is protected by re
taining In It a fringe of lunds around
Klamath and neighboring lakes.
SPEAKSAT
CANADIAN 8KRUKAXT TELLS OK
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TIUK8 COXD1TJOXH AT AT OUT.
IIIIKAK OK WAR AND CRl'KLTV
OK OKRMANS
That It must bo either money for
ammunition or an unnecessarily long
casualty list, was eiupnaslxed by Ser
geant Good rich at the meeting held
iu Houston's opera house last night.
And If every placo in the United
State has done as Klamath County in
Its Mibkcrlptlons to the Liberty Loan
It will be n walk-over for tho United
States, according to the sergeant.
"Six weeks ago 1 came from hell,"
said Sergeant Goodrich, "for If the
battlefields of Pranio and Flauders
aro not hell there Is none. I left just
beforo tho great push started, but
find I nm In tho big push'over heie. I
came hero not to help you go ovor tho
Up. but to take flvo lines of trenches."
Tho barbarlousnesH of the Germans
was Illustrated time und again. Tho
Canadians tlrst attempted to light
fairly, hut soon found out It was lm
poslblo with the linns.
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New Industry Will
Soon Be Established
Mebsrs. 11. M. Hall nnd J. W. Fltz
pntrick of tho now Klamuth Iron uud
Steel Woiks, have arrived from
Grants I'abs, where they have com
pleted putting their equipment there
in shape for remova'l to Klamath
Falls. , ; .
"Work on their new,. tmildlng' here,
the site' for which "was recently pur
chased near tjie Southern Pacific
freight depot, In already under way,
nnd It U expected thut the uiuculuery
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF KLAMATH FALL!
Price Fir
$370,000
FOR BONDS
OVf-:it I.Vi,04M AIIOVK QUOTA IS
XOW IN WITH MORK REPORTS
STILL COM1XO LIBERTY
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s Llhcity Loan subscriptions hava
reuchgdanjninuntnoteven dreasaasl
of by' the most enthusiastic menibara'
of tho committee. Over $370,009
had been subscribed by 2 o'clock this
afternoon, with reports still soaalag
In. Liberty Loan meetings, address
ed by Sergeant Goodrich and Captain
It. II. Kuykcndall will be held la out
lying districts for the rest of tha.
week.
The Klamath Agency has subscrib
ed $53,000.townrds the loan.
The Tyron & McKendree aheap
herders have also greatly exceeded
their quota, und have subscribed
$2,400 to down the kaiser.
Among other large subscriptions
was ono by tho Union OH company
here of $500.
At Wood River every card which
had been handed out has been turned)
In, exiept one, und the committee aa!4
they would not report till this card
camo In, and it it did not coma la,
tho person could' not be a resident of
Wood River any longer.
A. Kallna of Malln reports that
they havo turneed in $14,550, which
Is $.r,4r0 above their Quota.
CIl.tMIIKItLALV ROASTS
C.OVUHXMKXT OKK1CIALS
WASHINGTON, D. C.,. April 10.
Senator Gcortto Chamberlain haa pre
sented n lepoit of the senate military
committee declaring thut the govern
ment aircraft piogram haa been
"Kin voly disappointing," and racoaa
mending a drastic reorganisation of
the production machinery.
Tho government officials aro
charged with misrepresenting the sit
uation nnd misleading the publio
with procinstlnntlon and Indecision.
SUBSCRIBED
BYKLAMATH
and other equipment will arrive from
Grunts Pass by the time tho bulldln
U in shnpo to receive It. A atoek .
company was formed here a short (
time ngo In which several prominent 'M
Klamath Kails men became Interested ,A
in the new venture with the Graata f&
rs " 'v .,,?-",u -n. JW
plant can he4n condltloa-to eaarnta h
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