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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1919)
Ei?g lEuenf nn itentld OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER: OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF KLAMATH FALLS OF KLAMAIM wunu Thirteenth Year No. 3,560 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1919 Price, 5 cent OK GOVERNOR IS CALLED pidCT MAN OF STATE FIK31 ivinii vri "ANSWERS LAST cilMMniUC. bUMJVlUrO IS III HIS POST Governor Jus. Withysombe Victim of Overwork at Last Surrenders MS GENERAL BREAKDOWN Although III for Seterwl Moulin, Ihul Ikrn AllenillliK to Official j)uir t'..ape nml Ik-alli Iiwt. Kiniliig Khortl) After 10 o'clock Wm I'iioxims ml Family at Hel (kleur Hliiiketi .Man The tituin of Oregon han been plunged Into deep mourning today by the iipus of tho death Into last iitnlng of Coventor Junius Wlthy combe, Itn war governor, and ono of the grumli'M men o( Its history. Gorcrnor Wlili combo has been In low slnte of health, following a'i Itneral breakdown several mouths strong advocate of business eff Id-1 "All that Is necessary to cniibo au to, and innii) have feared that ho oncy and economy and thu snccesB- tomobllo tourists to swarm to this mlihl not llvu to finish his aecoud.ful Introduction of hs Idone nlong greatest ploce of natural scenery In term as chief oxecutlvn. but hla col. these lined In the nocrctaiy'r offlco the world In a good road to It." Upe ami death last night was very unexpected at The governor had been working f Kovcrnur. in tho record ot tho itato, which ranked high In volun- UnVRIixoii jamkh WlTHVC'OMIiK Who Hinl M .Salem I.UM Nljjlit enlUtmoniH, money contrlbu 'on8 "nil lion.1 buying throughout I "'"e'ecii inonthN of warfar-. ht'a ,11. RUl'llnK l1'""1' u was on hi. hh u.ir ,..,. t.-. ,t "lMld WlllLiiit dlfflcultv hv Ore. - n....j,iiiri inniine was tTo,.r'i""l,llc"im ln u,n lDls ,e- Doi!!arirr' Cll,,e,lt"r. breeder ot lm Wed livestock, stato veterinarian 'or nln kbhomt on bills during tho day He n-iMlrrn and moro efficient Pielhod- put up to tho people tho proposition CI..P. , ,Z i awlj VUciful. " the Imirtllng of the vast buslnes, of permitting the counties to tax If hortly all ., OnVlork uTIum "' l.-t did mi at a big sav , hemselvos up to 6 per cent of theJr. J inorny nfler 10 o clock last night. . , mwcasoil vnluntlon for roads. He Jsme. Wltlom.nbe won Oregon'- . 'B."t' ""'" ?f "" ".' " ! u.ollll, Mkn , l,vo mudo It 10 Per "e Mnorlmn, ,""! ' ',lroc,0,r of thc.nnd who Is now off on a furlough, 'ombehn, , ' utfttl(' "' WWv-'camo In Saturday night for u visit In tho afr i , ,,umo ,or n,mse,t lth hl.s alBtor, Miss Florence Rliil- which the lane is locatea, h is Pos ,,. ., llrH ot M fhoscn state, for n, r n.u mv. ti.o vouiik man wub slblo that tho govornmont can bo In- .... " f0,ty 5:b,"-h beforo ho waa m.j. j J'.enrH neroro Ki!W ox-vo. An "wBunor "v""- An urogou and .pent five monlliB in a oaso iiob "nJ rcco''tly remurked: ultal. He will bo hero for about ten "The Buvornor. onointo. havo iioiiKlit to rlillcula him n i;o1 dual by calling lilm u horno doctor, hut If IiIh practice nn it veterinary wan ro npoiinlhlo (or hln nhnuiidnnl ucquliil (Ion of horno nenno, u rourno In hiirnn iloclurlug ought to h inadu an on-' Bolitlal qualification for governor by thu connUtulloii." 111m frlondn call the Wlthyi-omhn regime "n roinmon nonno ndmlntstra-j Hon." Horn In England, at Tavistock,' March SI, INC 4, Jamc Wlthycombu Jlvcil thorn until ho wan 17 yearn or nnii niidu mi ciiiiiu iti Aiiiurini, jiu was ntUicntiMl In thn public nchootii of England ami by private tutor. In ' 1876, four yearn after ho rnimi from Kl,"'"nt1' t', youl"t fnrmcr married1 L.bel Carpenter or Farmltigloti, Oro- Ron. Three sons and ono daughter J wnru ,,or" t0 tnflm' nml "l(u "' thn nmn citlMr,i ( rvlcii of hlHJ country noon after thu outbreak of tho war, 1 i Following hln successful breeding 'of livestock, cattle borncn and nheep.j 'which brought hlui prominence u, ono of tho inunt progroenlvu farmer i of Oregon, thn future governor en-' torcd the nervlcn or the ntate In 1889. nn .into voterlnurlnn. lie nerved un-l Senator lloldwlu has ulready open. til 1898, when ha hecniue director of,ed the campaign for the enactment tho Oregon experiment .tailon at the Agricultural College. In 1911 hu was Ami elected governor of Oregon. Tho honorory degree of Master of Agrlsulluro wun conferred upon Mr. Wlthycombe by the Oregon Agrlcul- tural College, while he wan director Mw w wcnt ,o port,ana whrc there At various tlmcii tie acted as; ,)c (rew )U MBt ,, lno rlnR nnd trustee of tho Oregon Academy of ,,,, ,,, ,,,,,,, of .or,Und wnut they Science, nocrotnry of the Pacific Wool ' 0Ught (0 j0 Und what the people of (1 rowers' Association nnd president J Eastern Oregon wanted. Tho folio w of the Northwest Stockholders' Anso-g front tho Oregonlan Is a sample J.IIaH ll.m U'MB Ml. ll.l(llt f fit,. Tit' Ho was chairman of tho re-! luuhllcan county central committee of. Washington county for two years, 'and was n membor of sevqral frator- nltles and frutcrnal organUutlonn. I lion W. Olcott. who will succeed James Wllhycouibo a governor, Is eminently fitted for thin high posl- Hon by natural ability and lon ox. imrlenca a secretary of ntate. Ho la I probably one of tho best known and il(.it uued men In tho stnto today. As secretary or stitc ho has Hindu a remarkable record and has won n ...... ...vi.i.1.. r...,..i..iim. f..r offi. rlency In thto Important and over-, i--,i ttir., it i... nin-nva be'on i i .han won much favorable commendn- tlon from leading business mon of tho slate He not only Introduced many, ..rnn.i l.nrk .nn monev Into tho stnto treasury from hln seml-annunl iip-'mlttec. in the senate were friendly proprlatlon j to tho plan, but Sonntor Ira C. Bmltli Mr. Olcott was appointed Secretary of Coos Hay threatened to fight ll If of StMo by tlovornor West April 17., 10 l'r cent was Insisted on Tho 1911. following tho death of Frank measuro passed the senate by ., W. Ilonson.. It wna hln appointment votes and wont thru the house almost by and friendship for a Democratic unanimously. n.o inouurc Is re Oovo no that won him the anUgo,,. ferre.1 to the people for npprova ., of some of tho leaders of tho' '"".ore ' n county In central Itepubllcan party, but .. a member Oregon that will not boost this mens, of tho State lion d of Control, with " on tho ballot." continued Sena. Igove nor and state trennurer, ho tor Baldwin. "They wn good roads did, not always .Id. with Mr. West nd nro willing o tax hemselves to but maintained hln own Independency , wt the.... n Kl.m. h county we i .i ., .. iinnortniit have n road association with COO question of slnte policy exercised tho balance of power between n democrat, governor and a republican treasurer. s. . . , . i . o,.n,i Mr. Olcott wan elected to succeed himself In November 1912 and again In 1910, receiving en enormous voto at each election. I,ast November ho was a candldnto for tho republican npmlnatlon for governor and along with .oven or olght.othois wna defeat- od by flovernor Wlthycombe. Ono of tho main nrguinonts used ngnlnnt tho cundldacy of Mr. Olcott at that time wiib that ho was too good n bo crotnry of stato to lose WAR HERO HERE ON SHORT VISIT I " Herman R. Chrlsman who has been lu tho 01st division of tho -301st In. fn. iv in Fran during tho big wnr ,vn...,.i,i in thn battle of thotArgonno , """-"" - ". : days, BALDWIN STILL POUNDING for Burs BU8y preaching Now to Peo- pie in Portland THROWS HAT IN RING Senator It lolloping t' UN Acth liy In 1-cgUliitiiro by Taking Off II U t'uat In Portland Tcllt Folkn What (Jood Road Will Menu In Opening up Klmuntli Country. Into law of hln amendment to the stnto coiistllutlon, which permits counties to oto bonds up to nix per cent of their asHcnned valuation, to bo used for thu construction of per manent highway.1). Immediately' fol. t Inultic tlm ntl Imiriilnnn t fif thn Inpia of tho work tho Senator Is doing:' iwnm.,, iimv ih in cnnitniizn tlm tourist travel, the citlxens of Khmnth county are ready to ralso 11, 000,000 to build a road from the California "tato lino Jo Crater Lake. The auc -e t eutorprlso .depends on how the people of Oregon voto In tho "I'oclal elcctlou Juno 3. J "If wo aro given tho opportunity to tax ourselves 6 per cent of the as. 'sensed valuation of tho county for "ad purposes." explained State Sena- w '""".' "thore will bo Instead of 3K00 auto- "llni going to Crater lake In a ',al". a I'nrado of 15,000 machlnen . n. ......... . enaior iiaiawin nau jum una on- Jeit In nttendlug tho 1919 tho legislature nnd that w 1916 sosslon of iih to have cent and threo membors of tho com members and they are anxious to "' .' nl",r,ovo he mo"R rfe' "We -have nssurnnco from Cnllfor- ' ' " wo ,,1,lld from th0 Btnt0 CurorniAvin build out from Its ()cnnert wl our r6nd. )g thoro w ,)fl fln aM.ycar botwMn Cal,rorn,a um, oag(ern wwtern Qni,mi for otnor coun. Hw w( connef, ,,, nnd a machlno f ( dtia(,cg hru contrn, 0r0. JenA nn( 0ience ,0 (ho Co,um. bft UJvor hghwny( or t can R0 nround by Mpdford and up tho Pacific highway to Portland. Wo will spend a million If wo uro permitted to; that Is what the people in my country 1 think It Is worth to tho community. It is 30 miles fiom Klamath Fall, to Crater Lake. Wo would also like to build a first-class road from Klam- ath Kails to Merrill, which would pass thru tho flnost ulfnlfa land out of doors, "Tho government will pavo around the lafco and, as tho proposed road iuna up tho forest reserve within ducod to build tho road thru tho for- ost reserve, wnicu woutu save u. Iboiuo money. Anyway, thore Is In prospoct tho building of a standard, IiIkIi typo of road right up to tho lake, and when thin Is realized tho people of the nation will begin to din cover Hint Crater lake cannot he dc. Hcrlhed In words. "Tlioin Ih no reason why tho voters ulifilllit tiril rillliriil'.t tif Mm niAnmirn I for If a county docs not wish to avail ' ItHclt of the privilege It docs not cost I a cent, wIick.'Jh It will enable hucIi counties na wish to help themselves to do HO," BEN OLCOTT IS TAKES OATH OF OFFICE TODAV. W1M, KTII.Ii COXTIXl'E AS SECRETARY OF STATE AMI DRAW TWO SALARIES SALEM, March 4. Hen W. Olrott In now governor of tho state of Ore gon. Today he took the oath of of fice and Immcdlatctly assumed his duties an chief executive. He will still, continue as secretary of state, and draw both salaries. His determina tion to do this places In his hands all the powers of the board of coutrnl, ni he will vote as both governor und IlKX W. OLCOTT Now (ioicr nor of Oregon secretary of state, sb thnt his author ity over all mutters will be absolute. Tho new governor Immediately plunged into a consideration of all of tho bills thnt had not been disposed of by his" predecessor. All bills that uro not vetoed by tomorrow will bo coma lawB. Governor Olcott has not expressed' any 'opinion as to what dis position he will mnko of tho meas ures that will come bt'fore him for consideration. Ho wilt have numer ous appointments to make. The successor to the lato Governor WUhycombo to be chosen by tho peo plo will bo selected at tho next gen oral election, which will bo hold In November, 1920. BOIilMKUS AM) K.UI.OHS WII.I- UK ADMITTKI) FKKK TO FKTK IX THK1IV HONOlt THIS KVKMXU AT M(M)Si: HAI.Ii Tho mnniigemont uf tho Mnrdl Gras Intend this evening's foto to bo In honor of our returned soldiers nnd sailors, who will bo admlited froo to tho dancing. Tho guests nro request ed to como ln their uniforms. Tho .usual big time will take place again this evening In Mooso hall. LENT SEASON TO BEGIN TOMORROW The Catholic church will solemnly open tho season of Lent tomorrow morning by mass at 8 o'clock and distribution of ashes. In the evening at 7:30 Rev. Fr, Lovasseur will preach the sermon and give bonodlctlou, after which ashes will again be distributed, IN GUESTS T WM IS BLACK STORM I niniinn iimr : uLUUlK) HAVL I nininnnnrn1 ; uiGrirrLHncu Threatened Misunderstand' ing Has Been Averted CAUSES MUCH UNREST Hank Decide to Accept Xo Moro General Fund Warrant Following Otlkln' DocInIoii, Which Stirs Up County Official' Slattern Smooth ed by Getting Together. Wlinl threatened to be a temuest 1 l. . ..I . . n-n1 ilmifii in i t-nlfAnnl tm lanUn betneen tne county o!fl. cials and the banks of the city. Last Thursday afternoon a meeting of tho bnnkers of the clt' was held, when It wan decided not to accept any more county warrants that were issued on the General Fund. This stand was taken on account of the opinion of Judge Calkins ot Jackaon county, rendered In passing on the demuner in the Ward-Loomis"case. The con tention of the bankers was that It the decision of the Jackson county Jurist was correct, then It was unsafe to deal in General Fund warrants and that the county should immedi ately tske steps to meet the terms of that opinion and Issuo warrants only on the various funds as Indicated In the budget; " - When nowg of the stand of the banks reached the county officials there was consternation ln their midst. Immediately an Informal con ference was held by the County of ficers but none of them would talk for publication. The Impression was gathered, however thnt the officers felt that they had been Ignored by tho banks and that they should have been culled In for consultation before such a step was taken. This Intim ation was conveyed to the financial Institutions of the city nnd unother meeting was nrranged for, and this was held Saturday afternoon, when thoro wore present the members .of the county court, sheriff, county clerk, treasurer, district attorney and representatives of the three bank. After a thorough discussion of the question. It w-as decldod that the county would send tho district attor noy to Medford for the pin pose of taklug up with Judge Calklus a thoro analysis of Jils opinion, so as to clear up some doubtful points raised by tho decision, For thnt purpose As sistant District Attorney Wiley loft Sunday morning for Medford, and if ho finds that the Judge's opinion convoys tho belief now existing here, that there Is only ono thing for the county to do and thnt Is to go on. to a budget basis, then Mr. Wiley will visit the county sent of Jackson coun .ty nnd gather such data as mny bo ne cessary to nid the county officers In Inaugurating such a system. The concensus of opinion, not only among the banks but among tho coun ty offlclnls nnd many loading citi zens. Is that the budget system should be placed In force. This was tho opinion of Sheriff Humphrey two years ago, but he could not prevail on having tho change made. Until tho matter Is finally decided, Which will bo only a matter of a few days, thero will bo no more warrants Issued except on special funds ul rendy in oxistence. If tho budget plan Is adopted nnd It looks as If It will be then the county will be on a cash basfs from now on. This howovcr, will apply only to the taxes of 1918, which are just beginning to come In, All money that will como into tho hand, or tho treasurer on account of tho 1917 taxes and thoso for prior years, will go Into the General Fund and bo used to redeem warrants In the order In which they hnve been .protested, but that from 1918 will ga to the various funds as specified In tho budget, and warrants Issued only on those funds. For tho redemption of old General, Fund warrants, a special levy will be made In the bud got each year until they are redem- med. For that purpose a $50,000 levy was made this year. The change win not result In any Injury to warrant holders. Tho ou standing wai rants will bo redeemed Just an rapidly as If the budget sy stem were not. followed, the only dif ference being that there will be a special fund for that purpose, whllo tho current funds will bo used for current expenses. It will remove any question as to the value or market ability of warrants, for tho money will always be on hand to redeem them. LKAVE FOIt WI'KIr Mr and Mrs. J. M. Otsen and Joa Olsen left this morning for Weed, where tho men will do some work on the big burner for the mill there. They Installed the burners at the Kwauna Box Company and the Klam ath Mnnufacturlng Company here and will .return again soon to put In the new burner for the Big Lakes Com pany. CORPS TO HELP THE RED CROSS KKL.IF.F COUPS, DECIDKS TO CO OPERATE WITH KEI) CROSS AXD MEMBERS WILL ACT AS HOSTESSES. .. .. ,,'. , ,, . r, . ,i efitted. The latter clause was Insert That the Woman's Relief Corps of , . . ., . ,. t - , this city will co-operate with the loc al Chapter ot the Red Cross in com pleting the quota of work assigned It. was Indicated at the regular meeting -f.Ln.e Organization iJst night, fol-1 lowing a lain oy secretary v. r. trf rence of the latter society. The ladles of the Cqps realizing the need of getting this work done, decided to put their shoulders to the wheel and appointed hostesses for this week as follews: Tuesday, Mrs. Emnilt; Wednesday,, Mrs. Skllltng ton; Thursday, Mrs. Martin; Friday Mrs. Sargent; and Saturday Mrs. Mc Millan. ' Three new members, Mrs. lone Ter willlgcr, Mrs. Ruth Nlckolson and Mrs. Amy Woeden, were initiated Into the Corps. Eleven delegates were selected to attend the coming State convention at The Dalles. Those selected were, Mrs. Myrtle Martin. Mrs. Margaret Wlth row, Mrs. Lynna Martin, Mrs. Jennie Seehorn, Mtb. Anita Wright, Mrs. Ella McMillan, Mrs. VcnlU Bunting, Mrs. Henrietta, Brookfield, Mrs. Louise Humphrey, Mrs. Eliza Fleet, Mrs. Margaret Fleet. ATTEMPT TO KILL FAMOUS DETECTIVE NEW YORK, March 4. Two shots were fired at William J. Burns, a celebrated detective by a woman giving the name of Gertrude Worm, worth, as he entered the Grand Cen tral Station. Neither of the shots took effect. The detective declared that he did not know her. She was takeu to the Bellvue hospitals for observation as to her mental condition. LOCAL MEN BACK FROM AUTO SHOW E. W. Dunham returned'last even ing from Portland, where he went to take in the big automobile show- an I nUk up the la'test ldeas'and 'ads In thu automobile world. While In I'friinnd he ndde'd the FrnnMlu cav to hlj line of Studebakers ncd the Chaiiners. "It was Uio blgcsst show thev have had In Poitland,' std Mr, Dunhnm, "and was tit tended by deal, oi'-i end prospective I uyera from all ovei the state. Jlo'o Cheyno of t.iU count) was there and pirchnse,l u tractor and plow, tx'id no doubt many moic would havo visited tUo Shew if we were connected up with Port land by way of the Natron cutoff. All tho tiutomobilo men look forwaid to a big year, arid I know If wo can do anything for them in the way ot good roads that we will see hundreds of visitor, here during the next season. They are talking about Klamath ur .thore, and our move to secede has started thing, going, but whether it will land u. anything remains to bo booiii They are hard to wako up." : STREET P (IE IRKGBINDI THRU coon Resolutions for Mqre Im provements Are Passed 'ONE REMONSTRANCE IN Mills Addition Folk Hare Raised Mwt of Funds to Insure City's Go Jng Ahead flVlth Sewer There, line Street Will Probably Be Paved From Paiuc Alley to Eighth Discussion and passing of reaolu ( tlons and street Improvement and t allowing of bills occupied the most or the time at the regular meeting of the city council last night. The meet ing was featured by the first appear, auce of the new City Attorney, J. H. Canialian. A resolution to improve Pine Street from Third Street west to Paln Alley and down to Main with cinders, oil macadam or blthuiitlc was parsed, subject to the revision as ie lho rlocrtrtilnn f I Via npnnAi4riiMi. )GU ucu Ik nua ouunu lual DUJUV VL the property along the street might be later shown to be of less value than the improvement .gainst it. The estimated cost'ot the Improvement Is as follows, cinders $16,000 oil maca dam, $10176.96 and blthuiitlc $!Jt 000. These estimates 'Include con crete curbs and sidewalks. A resolution declaring an Improve, ment for Crescent Avenue from the Eleventh Street .Bridge to Canby. on Pantii- tn V ...2 on VTaet harlr aiFaln in the bridge was adopted with the same clause Inserted In the other resolu tion. The estimated cost' or- this Im provement for oil macadam Is $10, 924.85 and for light standard blthu iitlc $16,400. "Monday April 7th was set as the date for hearing remonstrances on both of these Improvements. The money to Insure the.prellmln. nry expense for the Pine, Street im. provement from Third west to Eighth Street has been raised and the work on this Improvement Is expected to go along as rapidly as the legal pro ceedure will permit. It Is probable that arrangements., lor parking for trees will bo arranged on this resld: j once street. - J. A remonstrance was inea ag.uu the proposed improvement with dad ers on Grant Street west to the Ceme tnry entrance by a number of the property holders, those behind it ex plaining that It had not been perscnt ed at the regular date set, on account of absence from the city of a number of stgneis It was pointed out that some of the property which faced Eleventh and Grant Streets was not worth the" combined assessments which would ensue. No action will be taken In the matter until the cost of the Improve ment is Jetermlned. The Council A explained that the cemetary author! ties were prepared to cinder the road inside tl e gate this year and that It was desired to make a road th.t could be traveled to the cemetary in all seasons , . A petition for a sidewalk on Lewis Street In Lakeside Addition was pre sented und the walk will either b. built ly tho resident ownrs or the city nt nn early date, nopicbontatlves from Mills Addi tion ropoiled that the preliminary money for the sewer lavtw"""1 there had been nearly all raised and would be ready at the next Council meeting so that tho legal steP w piodeed. " SHIPYARD WORWgjS I FAILING IN STRIKE SEATTLE. March 4,--Th. ijj break In the shipyard ittf&JJJ today when " JjW gj nnd 200 apprent cea, woo "' on a strike returned to work tor, snmo pay as before. I P 1 W '31 m. Kia bSi Wl
