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lj famtitta Herald
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF KLAMATH COUNTY
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF KLAMATH FALLS
Thirteenth Ycnr No. 3,516
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1919
Price, 5 cents
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IiiiiiIm In hilly Of loumi' liny bov
kllOWH lll(i marshes Would lie flooded
If till' NWltl'l WIIH lltUl'll (II overflow'
thorn ir they wiik not diked
I would seem UlilH'i cioiliiy lei r.ipl) tn
J nuili mi Inn tic remark (in tin inn
l tuny, rionui UO, (Hill acres will In n
'chimed an lioietofnrc stated ,
Tlin altitude toward oiUhIiIk (iiiltnl
illnpla)ed In tin) iirl Icld rcfollod to In
JiihI w tin i linn liint K til nut tli Coiiiity
'hi win! IniiMirnnl enterpriser In die
IUIhI mill In w hit t Ih keeping llmill
iiiwuy now mill uvmi It nut for the
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F OR
TS
I SIX COURSES OPEN
AT NIGHT SCHOOL
WT
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BEING
no
ABOUT THE FLU
Tim Nnght Hthpol ut Klamath
County High Ih again In following
hnvlrig opened Monday evening, Jnnu
ury Cth, and n to cititlfiuo for six-'
tiim weeks. Have ou n business
training? Now In your opportunity
I Thomas Edison began as it newsboy
' but liu kIiiiIIciI telegraphy on the side
llu took it position ii m ii telegrapher
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ELECT TUESDAY
pasture iin etlutatt'(l to be worth
$f per acre, find 179 .teres of pota
toes prodtued lS.SIS bushels, which
wiih .in average of 108 bushels It
.i(rc, which at $1 It) per bushel In
worth $21, SCO. averuglng 1118 70,
pe Tdcrc.'ii'J acres of rye produced
the lowest yield of 'any grain cropn.
and was worth $12.10 per acre; 3,460 j
acre of wheat wan planted, the pro
duction being 38,317 bushels, which'
a erased 111 bushels, which Is a I
very low yield for this section. Tho
total yield of wheat was 74,718
LEADER
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Company Outline. BiK Bene- --' ;;ria"lrS S StHe' AbUt DUeMe Are Fo ' Control
fits to County
BIG AREA RECLAIMED
nation
(SIX) J WALTON
Exaggerated
leaves nut HAY lll'V
MIxh Adclildo S( liiilim '. leavm In
dm niuruliiK for Hun Fimii Ihui. wluii
kliu will resume lir (minim; ni n
iiiiiii4tihi "f ('iillfiiriilii.Orcg.nl j muse In th Fiibloln lloinliii' .Mlwt'
IW.. I-..IMIMI.) f..ilii- With It.ftl- "'"""" "'. ..... nero iii..imoiig..,
gulled b) tin serious III ii(tM of lii'i
laili.i. .if It... -i.t Artl.lo In :" jinoth.-r Tin. latter r-vovcrod suf
lug ll.ri.lil- li.llini.l.-. Statement flillill) to petmlt MM Si-liu'ict to
t-itliiri lit In ltiilf.. I
. tv " iivi m'l'iiro
QUARANTINE IS THORO
from clKht to ten bourn every day
and t lint they haven't tho opportunl.
ties that others have That Is thc
snnio old soiik that has been suiik
since tho world begun. Ten hours
from twenty-four leaves fourteen,
in I nil nine for nloep we still hnve
I Jltl, ( III I. .III.'".
Editor Herald Tim glaring ml (
r..pr.iiinlHllim In tin. iirtlili) appear
ing In Tin' Evening Herald of J aim
ary 'Jth uiiuld l hiimoroiiM. won. It
nut fur tli.' ilnager that mini) people
wliu nut) nt know uu better might
Minn tli.im
It In tli um.l pull. of public mil-1
tiles to Ignore mUatntementii having
refermie to litem, presumably be
cuu mi It Ik ii well known fart i that It
In the popular thine fur persons wfio
haven't m) other thing to "rulumlty
howl" about, to Invent something
about the corporation", but It would
appear that there lire t lines when pa
tience censes to be u virtue. Wti do
nut propone to enter Into any argu
ment In this mutter, but feel that (or
tlin benefit of any who may wish to
knew, a few crook should be
utriilKhteneil In the artklu In unim
Hon Any uudurtiikluK by a public utll
It) within Its territory must neces
siirlly be with tlin prlmnry objocl of
uilvnuclnc the welfare of that rtim
inunlt) This should b.t soir-eUdetit,
mnl la positively lie) mid dispute, fur
the simple reason that the utility
mutt derhe .ill lis support fiotn Its
terrltor), and an) other policy would
be self-ilestriictliin
The proposed I, Ink Ither dam Is no
exception to this ruin .and tho ex
pelled beuiilltH to Klamath County
from this uiterprlso urn fur be)ond
Hut estimate of any except those who
lime taken the trouble to ki Into the
mutter llioiiKhtfullv
The reclamation of (ho approxl-
mutely gti.tiuii mres of land. wltliJ
miiiiu iwetily.flw, miles of illUlliK, In
the upper marshes, which Is a part of
this undertakliiK, alone means prar
tlcall) iliniblltiK (ho present uKrlcul
tural pro.lnclH of the county. Only
Ih" most liuiiKlunihu mind can read
II) KNisp the meanliiK of this ureal
iiddlllfin to our resources
'I be lumberliu; Industry Is looklliK
forward eaKerly to the Improvement
"f iiiivIkuIIoii facilities to bu Kalncd
I') HieeiiterprlHe. by Hid deepenliiK of
mi ili.iiiu.ilri of trnllle,
'i ananKiimeul with tho (lov-
ernmeiK haK iniide possible the Ir
"Kittloii of thousands of acres above
ni" cmmls I.) pumpInK ut a voiy low
ale fill powei wbb b I.mk ,,Ii- I.
in
TO
LEAD TEMPLARS
five left Now bo hone-st. Don't you
think vou could snatch out one for
.iiMKtcr Ailltc In SpremlliiK He- .,.,.., t.,..,,. .,. ,, T,, ,,,,.
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H.ri in ii.iH'm .11 liailllK .Vllollier, i"K koiiji'lis iiie uc.iiK o.iureu in inu
XI Kilt School
llcRlnnlnp: Shorthand (Cri-KK), Ad
vanced Shorthand (UreKK). Hook
kecpiuK 1, II, HI, Commercial Cor
respondence, Typewriting and I'cn-
i manshlp
I Knroll next Monday nlKht, Jauuiry
. oi mime iiiiK.mn ii .eunun inure
Directorship
,MUCH INTEREST FELT
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$21 GO per acre. Seven and a half or Berlin
acres of sugar beets were reported,
which were grown i-jr slock, and lit-1
tie attention paid to their culture.
Tho yield reported was from ono to 'SOCIALISTS LOSF OUT
.. ... . ...t.,-t- - ,- I ww
iiweniy ions per acre, which as o
i per ton had an average value of $44
( oiittiii. (Ion of lliu D.ii.i
Vni.t Inn Some Ciim-m Vet, Hut
Wove of Cpldriillc llni I'iismhI, ill
Thl- lll.lrl.t.
KNKill'IS TC.MI'
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ATM C.I.IS
.Alt OK KI.AM
INSTAI.I.
13th, and get the full benefit of this
bus linen .Irrulated during the past j ear's night school free.
few tii)s tumors to the effect that
tlii'in was a new outbreak of Influ
eiua and that the city was In a worse
loudltlou than It was nt any time
slnie this disease was at Its height
A careful Investigation has been made
Ol'l'l- of these rumors, and the) are found
to bo greatly exaggerated One In ,
per acre.
Ne.ir' 't should be remembered that 1,141
I ncrpH was not farmed, and of the
Khnimtli Kails am I'lipcr l.tkc bv , . , ,, .
11 '.whole tnount 8,130 acres was in
I'ovver Coiiip.ui) ltelleve.1 ti llotli pasture, which in this estimate was
Candidate, (o He Vlo!n(l..g HlglKs' value'1 a.1 5 Per acre Including
'(hese amounts, the value of the pro
.r W'jtci CHer. duct of the entre tract was $28.92
per acre.
Cavalry Commiuiilr) Installed their
oltlmrK on Jauuar) .Hlh for (he ensu
ing )car ,as follows
Clareure I'nderwood, C' K
II II Iteaiucs, (Inn.
(leo W Walton, ("apt (on'l,
I.. K Wllllts. Itee.
('has fi raves, Treas
K K Magee, ITelate
John (1 HermoiK. Sr V
I It Slruble. Jr W
(leo I. Humplir.i). Warden
(1 K Van Kliier, Standard Hearer
Warren C Hunt, Sword Hearer.
I, 0 Mills, Sentinel
CIAI.H I'Olt COMIX(8 YIIAH, !,. tt iiltiHtruta. K was repor(-
WITH Illtt'titilSr AT HKAII l" " rnr'""1 rooming house wns
line. i wiiu iniiu.'iizii puiiunis. ill
vestlgitlnn levealed the fact that
there were two people sick and one
of whom had Influcnzu, and even In
this Institute It was doubtful whether
she was afflicted with the disease.
Not III a single Instance was exag
geration intoning It was further
Icirned that some of the oungsters
attending Kbool were the most In
ilustiloiiH In spreading these rumors,
the hope of securing a discontinuance
of the school sessions being (ho ob
ject In view One rumor In (his re-
ARTESIAN WELL'
OUTFIT HR1LLS
FIFTH LIBERTY LOAN
KAHMKHS (IK KASTKK.V I'AHT OK
COl'NTV COMIUNK TO hl.N'K
DKKI VKI.I,K KOH IHHK.'ATIO.V
AM) 3IAV hTRIKK Oil,.
It C Ilradbuiy of the Oleue (lis
trlct, and Robert ('lic)nc of the.
Spring Lake, district arc candidates
for a directorship In the Klamath
I Irrigation District, tho election of,
I which takes place next Tuesday,
! January 14th
, President James OHleld of Merrill
and A. I. Marshall of Olene hold over MA YOU
their terms for one and two vears re
spectively Mr Cliejne is the pres
ent' incumbent, and out for re-election.
In his candidacy for othce Mr.
llradlmr), who has served previously
us a director of the Water Uiers As
sociation ,has come out strongly
against the proposed construction by
Cll? I FIGHT
Serious ltinl. Reported VeMerd.i) In
Several Iirge Orman Cllle.
SpartnraiiH Korrcd rroni Center
lolntt in Her in lijal Troops
Helping (iovcrumciit.
Ml IN H
E
The Mutual Drilling Company Is
HAYS THAT KLAMATH
CALLS WILL IIK HKIMtKSKXTKD
IIKI-'ORR COMMISSI! ) IX HE
HALF OK ITS FRANCHISK.
for artesian water In Swan Lake Val
ley and I'oe Valloy and In the Dairy
gard that gained headway was that ' dl,rlcl The purposes of the organl.
nltnftl... l..nc!erH In tho lilch Kehnn1i'on nr0 mnlnl- experimental to
Prompt action Is to be taken to
have this. district represented before
the California-Oregon Tower com-1 the State Railroad Commission at the
pany of a dam nt the head of Link ' hearing of the increase In telephone
River, allirminc that such construe-! rates, way the statement made to
the name of a new Incorporated bod) Uon ,s ,n valtfo nf thc ,,0WPr The Herald (oday by M-iyor Struble.
composrd of farmers who are drilling rKllt8. f the water liters by their I "I believe I voice tho sentiment of
original contract with the govern-l every councilman and tho people of
ment . this city when I say that Klamath
Mr. Cheyne. on being questioned ! r"lls Is going to InsHt on a recognl
were to be paid off and the school
closed for the rest of the )ear
ascertain whether there Is artesian
water to be found sufficient for tr-
In regard to this point, nlo indicates
that the rights of thu people should
be protected In this matter, and lutl
I thei
I bo expected There will be cases of
MAY BE HASTENED this disuse foi two and possibly
J three )eais yet. If (he past experience
I of (he medical profession Is (o be io
WAKIIINti'lON, H C .Ian II , pealed Rut it will not reach (ho high
n.i.,,.., i .i ,i, ,,,, .i,,,, rent on A number of tho farmers ..,..., ,, ... , .,
There Is no denying the Tact that t ,.,... . , . I mates thai the policy of tho existing
,.... u .nix,. inriiienTi. Timi t ini'" tlie Dilry' district aio hoping toi, , ,, , , ,,,..,,
eio is some iniiucnza. inni is to; " .-board of dlrectois has held to this'
have their expectations regarding oil
realized by (his undertaking
One fine well bus been located on
thc Tom I'attcison ranch near tho
Kdgcwood ranch In Swnn Lake This
well although only 2.10 feet deep and
'"''i tnkoii iidvaningiMif In uiimeroil
"""' In llni (omit). Noteworthy
arnoiiK these , (,rMory r, B.
Mini I'riiJ,,! at I ,uili uherc hoiiki
'""it ilioiisanii acres mo alimidy lind
" l""i'ldng ditches. If attoinoyH ate
"u iltliig sumo iiiovo on tho part of
Ul" ''' ". Hlglilf)lng (ho liccop-
Ijuiie of t, ,nirn(, iy tll te
lit') file their K, tt1(, H()M10 ()f
'i"' 1'uinps Him hid Tho Company
"""Pled tho hiiuiH or tho Conduct
w'n ii limy wont ahead with tho eon.
Htriicilm, (lf niolr linen to give these
r'"iniH (heap pw,,r f(l. ,hr ,,,,,
nlimil a j,,,,, K
' lie loiitinrt wUH published In
'"'III Khiinnili i,'iiu ..
t.nn iult'lll II yuir
toiitlniiance of this situation might
hurry along the fifth loan
The fifth loan must tome when the
total of lreiisui),terllflralos sold ap
pioaches the amount of the loan,
which will probably be JC.OPO.OllO,-000.
MKill.YIOHY I1IRD LAW
IS STILL l. Cl'l
CCT.
PORTLAND. Jan. II --Oiogou
liuntpiH of tulgratoiy hlnls will do
woll (o (rend lightly. Recent ills-
patches state that (ho fedeiul ml
ginlory blul law prohibiting thol qtrnimtliio official,
shooting of ducks and geeso dining One of tho llrst things nocossnry
passage lus been declared Invalid by I for a ptoper sutvey of tho sltuallon
tho I'nltrd States .supieiuo rotttt I ' tho discontinuance of bnseloss rn-
ptHes on the neuiby lauds.
W. D. NINES TO
I
M't... tit I I. I I I. ..ft I i.Utl .llll.. 11 III lit. ' t... It. I l,lll..ll..ll It! I Ink llfMl VI II It l
i iii iii in i i.tii ,i itMM hi mi "ill iiii i I'i'lill nrin uru in iiiv inn I
brought to a close before May I. It ' has been found that the tliwlng of not ',n '"i,sl f'ow lin- s,lrl
I.... I. l..i.r i.l It... I. ....... ,l !.!,., i..... .....I .IH..H. was mUtako. BtroK fll,w nB '" ,nnI0 r," Ulr ,ro'
nartme.it Tho exarl date for start-'and that (ho only effective remedy Ik K1""8 MHmU and cm be used. It Is
to,- ii... .int.. i,.,.i ..,.i i .i.,i......Im i.wiui.t.ii.i iu,.t..ii..n .....1 ......r....ti..e.l,ull,,l I11""!' for Irrigation pur
, ..- .....- f !! ! ..111. . .,..,..-.. ...... -, -. ,..,-,
ed. ' mid (his Is the pioginin t lint hits been
At tho rate of dull) expenditures adopted by the city and county nil
now, there Is a posslblllly that tht mlulstiatlon here Already this pol
loan cuupalgn may be staged earllerle) has been produttlve of good le
dum had been expected. With ills- Milts, hut Iheie mo some who per-
liiiiHomenls at a peak In the nation's j slst In Inflicting their presence on
hlstoty, It was pointed out that a I their fi lends and neighbors while suf
fering with tho disease, nnd If this
is not stopped, ilgorous enforcement
of the iiuarantlue laws and heavy
flnns will be the lesult. Common
iletency and . consldetatlon for tho
rights of others demand that (hose
who oven suspect thomselves of hav
ing Influenza lonialu at homo, and
It Is to bo hoped that where there Is
a violation of thin rule that those
violating It shall bo piouiptly arrest,
od, fined and then nuurnndnod until
(he very lust possibility of Infection
Is passed, making the fine heavy
enough to meet tho expense of a
lion of Its franchise, and that we will
demand (hut the telephone company
lives up to the letter and spirit of
that 'contract. If vve made an at
tempt to lower the rates, there would
attitude during Its administration. "o Prompt remedy based on mat
Five precincts for the voting Tues-!me franchise. We have the same
day are listed Number One will bolrKHts when It comes to an increase
ut the reclamation building, at Elev-'in ratcs. a,ld ' alu ln faor of usInB
enth and High streets, Kl.mMth ' every'power nt tho command of the
Falls; Number Two will be nt Hers!c!t '" '"a'"'"1" "r ri&M an' l)re
slore at pleno. Number Three will buPcl,t tllIs 't)on f ra"ral a,,
lit J L Davidson's house at Midland; j WKnl "uHeatlon,"
Number Four will be at tho city hall ' T,le maor ls taklns no "nPoi1"''""
at Merrill; Number Five will be at J I"""'"" wl1 "J stands for the up
n. vntinnni i.,.ii . mii holding of the franchise. The atti-
The polls will be open from S to
3 o'clock
LONDON, Jan 11. Dr Karl Lieb-
knecht, the Spartacan leader Is de
clared in a Copenhagen dispatch, to
have been killed In the street fight
ing Thursday evening.
Other dispatches filed later make
no mention of Llebnecht's death.
The government forces at Rerlin
now control the situation as far as
the center of the city Is concerned.
It Is unknown whether-the Sparta-
cans have been cleared from the out
lying districts. Volunteers are now
Te-lnforcing the lo)al troops.
COI'ENHACEN, Jan. 11. There
was serious rioting yesterday at Dresc
den, Hamburg, Aug3burg and Dur
rcldorf. .
on AFT
H
UIO 1NTF.RF.ST SHOWN AT MEET
1X Yi:sTKHI)AY I-lltGK SUM
I'LKIKiKH WORK MAY HEOIX
IN SriilXfi
i r w mm m u -
succeed yjunn. HH M UM b !
aubiittun huuu.
I I.U.LUUUUUUIU
FIRST ASSISTANT TO Till: HAIL-
ROAD DIRCCTOIW WILL TAKK
FLACK OF RCSKiNKD Clllia
SALARY I'NCKHTAIN.
i tndo of tho Herald has met with
I prompt and popular support on every
i hand, nnd the people of this city will
' stand as a unit In restating this hold
up
Mayor Stiublo today asked City
Attorney Oroesbeck to biKe such
t.teps as may be necessary to put this
city In a position where It can present
to the Railroad Commission Its con
tention, nnd that official will do so
at once.
WASHINGTON. I) C. Inn. 11.
Waltor D. Illnes assistant dhector
(.onoiul of tho nillioads has boon ap
pointed Director (loneral by I'rppl lout
Wilson on tho recommendation of
Socretnij" McAdoo
Illnes udvocatcs MrAdoo's plan fur
Such nows would obviously Igulto, moie. Don't toll vvhut you do not n five year continuation of govmn
thu fliiinn In tho huntsman's breast i know to bo un absolute tact, and then
mid bid him tluow off tho shackles of don't tell thut. for (heio Is nothing to
tho noisy city to vviimlor iiflelil lo gained by It. Then if you find
Cml Shoomakor, st ito game wmd. soiuo ono who is violating tho quarnn.
on, vetoes tho Inclination. Iiowover. ! tine laws, promptly report them to
llosays that undot the existing deaty, the health offlcor, maoi or pollco
with Camilla consummated lust sum-J fro. Vour Infoimutlon will bo con
liter tho bagging of mlgiatmy birds blt'eiod sttlctly eonfldendal, Every
during pasBiigo Ih still buried. Ah n rllUcu should cons(ltutoi himself or
lOHiilt u piesldentnl proclamation p Hi
nge,
MANY OF TWnXTIIJTII
i:.(;ixi:i:ns comixci.
heiself (ih assistant to tho health of
ficer so ns to compel thoso who lit
ss( on spreading tho disease to re
spect tho rights of otliois,
LOSKS HHOTIIKK IX FAST
1111(1 I MiioiMl M (iioiiuiinii 'iii."i.M. r."
tlin.' I "' ''''" ")",ll, I" " toots thu palalalilo fowls during piss-
-- n..ei mo xiiginest Indlcallon
tiul Hie peopi,, f tho piojoet am lo
'"y for tho Improvementi). If R Is,
'""'n I ho Company has ovoi looked It
""H leilaliily oxpeclH o pny for It.
'Im loss of any power to din pmj
J" li'ui eiilludy now Idnuiiml ontlrn.
' "I mii linen with furls. Tho power
u,lr'H Oil I.lnlf lll.',,,n .... I.n il.'ailil. I.-....l..n..., ... .;.,..... Ihimi linrli llwi lunlli nf 1ml InnlliiiH Pnliiln l)n
m ....... ,.,,u, nun iiiiiiuiii .Hill, r.iiinroin .11 -..... .....vi ..u. .. .u u...... u, .,,., w, w...u. , w..i. m .u
MIT Will llll I,,. I l... . ... I .....I .... ..I.. . ,.! ... (I,.,.., a ... I ,i,l..i,.ll f ...... I ct.1...
' .'e.iu.neii, iii I'liiiiso, tiunihiiaitui 111 1 rim i.nr... ... .n.. .vt& ... i,uii,iiii,ti,u, ..,poiooiiii, 1 iiu
01111B0 of his doath Is not known, but
It Is bellovod to huvo boon Influenza,
Ho was thirty-six yoara of ago.
Mis. A, F, nruhum of this city,
TI10 following compnnlet of tho jeHterday ioc6lvod tho Had nows of
monf control but If Congress does
not onuct now railroad legislation at
an oarly dnto, he fnvorsi returning tho
roads Immediately (o private manage
ment. Tho salary paid to Illnes Is to he
determlnod by President Wilson. Mc
Adoo received nothing for his services.
IHTNB AOAIX VIOLATF.
TKIt.MS OF ARMISTICF.
1 " ""imuiuii, hi luiiini), uunihiHiitHl iiii nm; iwumi -
' tlio oven flow of water lliruout, United StatoH, tho Fuuilli. Tlilily-
the year
Hecond, Thltty-Fouitli, Thlily Fifth,
Tin. Idoa of flooding (ho inuiah Thlity-Slxth mid ThlHy-9o until.
PARIS. J, am 11, At tho last
meeting of tho armlbtlco commission
Marshal Koch called attention to the
actions of tho Oorinnns, who, ho said
while ovacuatlng Poland and tho Hal-
tic provinces, loft tliolr arms with tho
bolshevikl, thus violating tho condi
tions of the armistice. Marshal Foch
nddod Germany would bo held ac
countable, (or damage done by bolshe
vikl thus armed,
HI
OUT OP LANDS OF KLAMATH I QCAL LOGGER FAST
PROJECT SHOWS YIELD PF.H ' RET! AINIIMn HPAI.TH
ACHE FOR ALL LANDS
TLItED .NEARLY S.tO
W..
I
i:d Kerns of this city, who has
been undergoing treatment nt Salem
for a spinal trouble incurred by an
. ..! ......I . htlci lnccrl.,.- eavnral vnnrw
Ifty-llvn dollars per aero fiomi , ..... .
1 j ago. Is reported to bo Improving
11, If. 4 acres of ulfalfa, ITS acres or ( , a,iai and will soon bo able to leave.
potatoes nt $ 1 IS per acie, woroille expects to-vlslr his father nt
among tho features of tho annual , Spoknno and then return to Klam
report of tho Klamath Irrigation pro- nth Falls. The younfi mans condition
joct Just'completed. Crops were rovvas gtndu.ill) growing worse nnd he
ported fiom :13,2(!.S acres ,nnd gnvo u was assisted by his logger frlonds to
total value of $929,1:11 with an av- get tho necessary medical aid.
orago return of $2S 92 pur acre
Thoso who art. pessimistic reg.ud-, TWENTY-ONE MILLION
ing tho productivity o; tho Klamath
soil should read this lopoit omeful-
ly, kooplng In mind tho fact that tho1
avoiago ylel dls biought down con-, c,CAn0. Ju. ti.Svvift & Co.,
sldorubly by tho fact that many farms ..., madn Ilnt .,., nf .,.
SWIFTS' YEAR PROFITS
ure not )et properly ptopared for Irrigation.
la 7,2 7 7 In 19 IS, occordlng to I'resl-
Early extension of tbe Strahorn
railroad from its present objective at
Dairy, twenty miles eusj of this city,
to Honunza, seven miles southeast.
was indicated at 'an enthusiastic
meeting of the residents of that sec
tion jesterday afternoon, at which
between $10,000 and $12,000 ofvthe
$16,000 or $18,000 necessary to as
sure this construction, was pledged.
So strong was the sentiment of tho
men backing the proposition that
somo of the largest subscribers to
the fund indicated that they would
double their pledged amounts if it
was necessary in order to clinch tho
matter. Ever) effort Js to bo made
to get the new work under way this
spring
Twenty-live or thirt) men attended
thu meeting, and arranged for a uni
form wage s)stem, whereby those
who had spare time could put on
men and teams and do part of the
work themselves.
A full and complete report of tho
meeting was authorized sent to The
Herald thru the secretary of the
meeting ..cording to phono reports,
nnd this will no doubt be received ln
time fr publication Monday. Resi
dents of th. Clover Loaf town aro
most jubilant over their now railroad
prospotts ,nnd aro to bo congratulat
ed on theli eiiterpiiso.
HOME I ROM SN 1'RANCJhCO
Jas II Unscoll has returned from
Sun Fatulco whoie lie I'M l'een
since the Hist of tho ear, on matters
of business He dcrlures that busi
ness conditions nt the Hay City ale
it,Mi iii ti-tu iiivuivMith vu t v.tii .. J
,lnn Inula P Ru it ta ntntnmmit in anWirOllth of tllO best. altllO MO
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Tlirou thousand, one hundred nnd Bhnioholders here Profits in 1917 flnoiuu situation there is senoui.
nmety-ono ticros nt barley produced vort, $;i4.!50.000, ho said.
44.41:1 busjiols, mid at $115 poi , ln Ult, Illeat entl of tho business
bushol brought $51,075. avoiiiglng I i,el0 tho companies aro limited to
$11! por aero; 2,519 acies of hay ..i per lent profit Bvvft sold the earn,
modu a ylold of 2.C01 tons, valued ut I llg8 wPro 7 57 per cent. Profits
$52,020, an avt-iago of $20 70 per amounted to about 1 S-4 cents per
aero; 2,538 acres of oats pi minced
4 6,7 1 G bushels, and at -IG cents por
bushol brought $-1-1, S 17, an uvorago
of $17 70 por ucro, S.130 acres of
dollar of sales.
The company paid $682,000,000 to
live-stock producots ln 191S, Swift
said.
OR1X.O.N v A.sl'Ai.TY LISr-TOHAY.
Pvt John II Itickman. Portland,
killed In action.
Pvt Jacob Smdlnga. Terrebonne,
died of disease.
Pvt Tnuton II. Ueik, Sulem, return
to duty previously reported miss
ing in action.