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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1919)
THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, ORE60N THURSDAY, APRIL at, ni0i The Evening Herald K. J M I' It It A V rem to u tAos fcotm Published dally except Sundny b The Herald Publishing Comiuiny of Klarualh Knlls, al US fourth street Entered at the postofftce at Klam ath Falls. Ore , (or transmission thru the malls as second-class matter. SubKcrlptlon term by mall to any address In the United States: One year . $5.00 One month ...................... .. .50 Mcmlior of rhe Associated Pi-cm The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the ue for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this pa per, and also local news published herein. All rights of republication of spe cial dispatches herein -are also re served ' THURSDAY. APRIL '24, 11)11). M H 1 m 5 H $ tti k1 Hi ?! BURLESON (JIVES A TASTK. National gratitude Is due to Postmaster-General Burleson for having given the people a foretaste of the workings of government operation of the wires before they committed themsehes to that policy. They had experience of that policy as applied to the postal service, and they found it o nthe whole good, with quite a fefw "buts." They had heard much of the beauties of government owner ship from those who could see noth ing but good in Its workings in other countries and from those who could see nothing but evil in any business' that was conducted by a corporation. We seemed to be drifting toward gov ernment ownership of the wires as well as the railroads when Mr. Burle son came on the scene as the great demonstrator, says the Oregonlan. He began with the parcel post, which had been established by the Taft administration with a zone sys tem of rates. It Immediately attract ed great business, for which no pro vision had been made In the con tracts with the railroads. Mr. Burle son compelled the railroads to carry this additional tonnage at first for small compensation and he later in- diced congress to vote what was still Inadequate compensation. That course was popular then, for it was the cus tom to "swat the corporations," bnt Mr. Burleson did not realize that he was storing; up trouble In the future "Tor bis colleague, W. G. McAdoo. Second-class postage rates were ad mittedly too low, and efforts bad long eeea made to raise them. Congress men were only to willin'g to raise them to the roof, for congress had been muckraked without mercy. Mr. Bnrieson saw his opportunity to grat ify his ambition to show a profit on -postal business and at the same time to bit the unfriendly newspapers and magazines, He Induced congress to apply the zone system to periodicals, i Telephone companies and left the thus attacking the revenue of the big Po8tal peopie out In the cold. He un pnbllcations, and incidentally making jdert00k to pool the earnings of the more enemies tor his party. Postal, which were good, with those His rage for economy attacked alsolof the Western Union and Bell com oth the big cities and the remote I paneg which were not so good, and Bottlers. He Insisted on cutting out ne aUo pr0p0sed to unify the tele the pneumatic tube service of the, graph 8y8teras. when the Postal ob former and he cut down the star jecteilj lne tnrew out 1U officials and route and rural service of the latter installed Western Union men. By bv refusine to make higher payment ,., i. i..,i.n.i. n.i ,.on..oi n.i. in proportion to the Increased quan- tity of matter coming from the par- eel post. He bad been able to force .former measures thru congress by judicious use of postoffice. but by this ,.. ,ho Hnniv nf nnofficps had time tne supply or posiomces nan about run out and he had a narrow ,,,. escape from defeat on the tube ques- tlon, being saved only by a preslden tlon veto. By abolishing the tubes he aroused the ancer of New York. Bos- ton, Philadelphia, bt. Louis ana omer -cities, and he caused such congestion ervIceg nave become worse and there of mails that he was compelled to ask lg no pr08pect 0f Improvement. These congress for authority to construct a proceedlngs have disgusted the vis tube system of his own In New York, onares wj,o expected government thus reversing himself. operation to give them cheaper, bet- In order to remove the popular be- ter BerVce, lief that the spoils system still rules JIr Burleson's ambition was sub bis department, he Introduced a cam- marlne a8 weu aB a rea)( an,j ne pinc,j ouflageed non-partisan merit system ' for control of tho cables. Congress tor appointment of first-class post- naving authorized it on the plea of masters. The papers of applicants are mijtary necessity, be obtained It from examined by a Joint board of men the president on the very day when from the civil service commission and mwtary necessity was ended by the tbe postoffice department, who report ' armistice. He clapped 'on censorship on their order of merit and leave Mr. jUBt wnen free communication was Bnrleson to make his selection. The neeaed to Improve the opportunity to scheme has not been working long, but at Newark, N. J., a republican in- .f t,ta. I.nniln.1 t. A Hot lofll Tnn fij CUUVBUieuuy ucaucu mu iiov itw, - 1) vary and-no appointment has yet been made. Tbe civil service commis sion objected to this hybrid system and wanted to follow the plan provid ed by law. Mr. Burleson took his troubles to the president, who de manded and got tbe resignations of two commissioners. Thus Mr. Burle son won for tbe administration tbe enomlty of the civil service reformers. Ever since he became boss of tbe malls, Mr. Burleson has ached to add the telegraph and telephone systems to bis domain. When war came, he iWtfli&l : IMS CLASSIFIED COLUMNS W' vIwmwtMmmm ' v help wanted .(l(ifT. ir.x:,7jKX.filKin T.AYMfr,f,-yy' ltf ear of age Hood opportune ffiMNSyfca O """'!f""" A""'y m$0W?y9 mR RENT saw his chance. On the well-worn plea of military necessity he got con gress to pass a law and the president to make an executive order placing the wires in his charge last summer. Then he began to do things with star tling rapidity. He. formed a combina- tlon-wlth the Western Union and Bell vances , kages t0 tne operators, neIPrcllcau,e- gave 8trength to a weak union and ha3 couse,i a trke Vote to be taken, By ke treatment and by arbitrary ..ii- i, n-..nt,n.i ci,iir r ii,o ..,,.,,. , vew cne and telenhone employes. He . . ... . has attempteti to raise telephone rates , u8regard of Btate law, and has thus provoked the commissions of a, ' ,, fitate , Iecal war on 1.1.., ., ,., ,,, ,,, on n, i.U iMO IHI0,U V..,f. ..,-. fcw.. .-, a,M. cent Doth telegraph and telephone .increase foreign trade, and he laid the administration open to suspicion of censoring news about the peace conference, What tbe public thinks of govern ment operation as conducted by Mr, Burleson may be judged from the action of two men who have good political reasons for keeping their fingers on the public pulse. Repre sentative James B. Aswell of Louisi ana, a democrat, who Introduced the bill permitting the government to take over tho wires and cables, has announced that he will apologize to the house of representatives for bis action and has expressed the convic- "I said I would, didn't I, when we started? Well, I'm sticking." "Tni going the limit with this Victory Liberty Loan." tlon that the advance In telegraph tolls "means the death knell to gov ernment control or ownership of telgraph, telephone and railroad lines." David J. Lewis, who has been the foremost champion In congress ot the policy which Mr. Aswell says is doomed and who was placed in charge of a division of the wire sys tems by Mr. Burleson, has resigned In disgust. The story of the railroads Is quite another story, but It is significant that Walker D. HInes, the director general, last winter favored the five- year extension of government opera tion as a preliminary to government operation, but now favors returning the roads to their owners as soon as To sum it all up, Mr. Burleson and Mr. McAdoo have made tho Issue on which their party had relied for vic tory In 1920 so unpopular that the partv managers would fain take It out : into tne middle ot the Atlantic ocean 1 on board one of those doomed GOr- I rn.nn ImMlpfihl na nml ulnfe (t trir-ntlinp ... ..,.,.. , , with the ship. Mr. Burleson has done lne American peop.o one goo.i scr- . ,w...U not tho ono which he vavw( ...wuna Intended. He has proved that gov ernment ownership Is not what they vunt. TO TOWN SOON KDL'CATKI) ANIMALS, PROGRAM OF INHTRUCTIVK, LAUOIIINO, AMAI.Vf.', THRILLING ACTH, ALL DONE IIY ANIMALS Tho Al. O. Barnes Big 3-Rlng Wild Animal Circus will exhibit In Klam ath Falls on Monday, May 12 giving performances at 2 and 8 P. M, Much can be claimed for the orig inality and genuine merit ot this big circus. There Is all the pomp and splendor of the circuses wo have known in the past. All tho glittering tinsel, sawdust rings, Inspiring mus ic and grand entrance of stately horses, ponies, elephants, performers and clowns, Peanut and Pink Lemon. IN 'FOR SALE Three fine homes, suit ade vendors cry their wares and add able for Urge families; a few choice to the general good spirit; yet, when residence lota, close In; one of the the performance atarts, one Inatant- ' Income propertlea In Klamath ly recognize, a w.de departure from l ,&&?" '"V me conventional, siereoiypeu routine which has prevailed since the earliest days of tented entertainment. Instead of the usual, one sees the very unusual In the Barnes program. The principal acts are done by edu- cated wild and domestic animals In two rings and a big ntpel-barred arena. These animal actors number 600 and are trained to an umaxlng degree of proficiency. Such vim and dash do they put into their work that not a dull moment Is experlenc. ed from tho grand cavalcade entry until the, final group of man-eating lions arc driven to thulr cngns. Twenty-four, man-oitlng African lions arc introduced in one act, the mqu sensational wild animal ,'irt over shown. Sixty tigers, leopards, pumas, Jaguars and lioarH an) pre sented by a coterie of young women trainers. A great arrny of clean, clover rom fily permeates the entire program, provided by a do7cn reilly funny clowii.s and fifty comedy elephants, dogs, goats, monkojH, ponies, zebus and Danger, Dyhnmlte mules. A glittering, mile-long street par ade in which four hands take inrt Is presented to the public at 10:3.0. ONE YEAR AGO TODAY. Germans drive, dent Into British lines north of Albert. Huns concentrating troops nnd,In ho County Court of tho Stoto of supplies for s.nash at Amiens. Allied airmen report masses nf Huns being rushed thru Belgium to renow Flanders drive. Blg gun batteries of the Hermans lnvnllno. Allln,! rn,.i0. ,,. . I, I -.1 I battle ot the Homme. America's forces slowly moving overseas to preparo for fall drives. Subscrlbo now to the Victory Lib. erty Loan what you would have paid for Victory thon. HOOVER REACHES BERLIN flERLIN, April 24 Herbert Hoov er arrived yesterday with a large staff. The great popularity of the Travel. cm IX) W COST Guaranteed llfo pol icies Is rcflex-tcd In tlusfact that Our Inir 1018 this Droicresslve coninanv la. rued mora than $2111,000,000 of new Ufa busineHH, Ask Chllcote & Smith about tho NEW 1010 policies, 11-tt FOR RENT Ten ncro tract ucmti from Chelsea lien Factory. Apply A J t.yle. flth and High 24-2f FOR SALE 'KOK SAl.t 3 tun-year old Barred Hock roontera, O A V stock, 12 each. Merrill Creamery, Merrill KOIt 8AI.K CIIKAP An Alliance po tato planter and a Hoover potato digger, all In good shape. Warehouse, successors to Warehouse Co. People's KaritierV 1-ot KOIt BALK or Kxchange 106 acres near Midland, at a bargain. In- quire T. J. Jackson, Fort Klamath, Oregon. 22-2t KOK BALK 3 disc plow and disc barrow. Inquire Joe I), Dentin. 12-St" I FOR 8AI.K Tract-A-Ford wheels. 1 flood as new. 1 3-4 ml. West of Mallrr. O. F. Ollck. 21-et ' FOR 'BALK Hoan Shorthorn Bull. Weight 1800 lbs. Kdward Freuer. Seven Spring's Ranch. Poe Valley. 21-6t PHONE PEYTON for Wood 11 Jit FOR BALE Five room cottage, mod - ern Improvements, for sale by own- !?l,jli,' .rr '?: 'urn,J;""." "I'lli- "S- upPi (tl jiiain'jt. (H,,M. K.MI4WUV rfMHK l. 31-tf PASTURE FOR LEA8E 14.000 acr" ,.ul ,8ml of, Klamath Drain- 3en:t!,arorr,?a'x!n,,gnK EE can be divided Into two nearly equnl units. M, Motschenbacher, L. Jacobs. W. 8. Slough, committee. 1-tt MISCELLANEOUS WANTED By gentlomnn. room or room and hoard. Phono 128. 24-2 WANTED A now 3 y, In. low-wlmel, wide tiro wagon Htato make time used nnd price. Address Charles R. Stephenson, Merrill, Ore. 24-21 WANTED Pasture for 14 head of 2 ye.ir old Meem. Address F, P. 11. Humid office. 23tf TEAMS WANTED Ioch hv coiitrnrt -At onco, to skid Lamm Lumber 16-10 Company. ' LOST AND FOUND FOUND About threo weeks ago a urown rur neck piece, Owner cm. hnvo same by Identifying It nt Until Hoiihc. 22-3t NOTICE TO CREDITORS. In "tho Matter of tho" Estate' ofJohn Olson (somotlmos spelled Olson, deceased: . Notlco is hereby given that the un- Kg"'i,11" b00.n PPmt"l dmln- '.7 " " . ". "'" .H,,u'" '""""(l eHlBlOJ that all persons having claims ne-alnat said estato are required to prosont thorn, with tho propor vouchers, within six months from tho date ot this notice, to tho underslgnod admin istrator, at the offlco of The Herald, a newspaper prlntod and published at Klamath Falls', Klamath County, Oro gon. Dated April 22, 1010. MARTIN OLSON, Administrator. FRED E. SMITH, Attorney. Eugene, Oregon. 24-1-8-15-22 NO INTERMENTS TOR MONTH No burials In tho Klamath FbIIb cemetery for over n month Is report ed by Paul Broltensteln, which ho says Is tho first tlmo that thU con- union nas ouained for u long tlmo. WELL KNOWN PITCHER ON VAUDEVILLE STAGE Marty .Mrllnle. tho uil kiumii pitcher of ttu Red Sot mid Urn Wa ie. who'll return to tht iiiuuutiit this HpMiig. Is nt prejoul on a audt. villi' lour Many used to h ituuMtd wti ,ko Doullii. Ho also uK Min llu faiiioiU Itcil Hu gtiurtitti Marty , U tm ultiKliiK two mtiK. written by I Alex. 8illllVHii. tin. Ni York irt. IliK wrllor and l.ynn Com in Thfy ar "KImo, thn Ki'iitt't Kiuon of All," declared to ho tlio moat insu lar ioiik III th (Jiinlry and 'I Cin'l Hca the (Jooil In Ooodliyi! " Marty In tends to keep going on tin, stago mull the rail to the Hotith for Hiirlnz lrnnK. n0- rPi,,rn t0 the Mime In the Fall, as he Is In blK demand it single on .ho big lime udcvlllt circuit. There are Iota and lots of Hoys' Bnoes, but only oft Amerlrsn (ley. Hi. Id exclusively it llrill' S.'ioc Store. COMHIKD MAN ItimiMNK IN PRODl'CINd K(i(iH UNIONTOWN. P April 14 John Henry Dickson . local colored man. Is the Luther llurbank of the poul try game. For three yeara Dlekio.t lias been experimenting with feed for bis flock In an effort to produce mul tiple yolk eggs. Last summer bla bens began to lay double yolk ecu regulary, but the other day the am bition of his life was realized He go ta triple yolk egg which weliched ov nnl n" ounces and was pure white In color. The negro claimed h by i92 h he will have four yolki regularly. WHEN YOU WAKE " " UP DRINK GLASS OF HOT WATER Wash the poisons and toxins from system before putting more food Into stomach. Says Inelrie-bathino makes any one look and feel clean, sweet and refreshed. v'nol otirolf on the Inside liefiirt) biunkfiiHt llko you do on the nuMde. flint In vnslly morn Important because In' skin pores do not absorb linpurl les nto Hie blood, causing IllncntS while the bowels pores do. For every ounce of food and drink taken Into Iho' stomach, nearly an ounce of wnsto nuitorlal iiiuhI bo car ried out of the body. If this want ma terial Is not eliminated dny by dny It quickly ferments and genoratos pois ons, gases and toxins which are ab sorbed or HUCkod Into tho blood stroam through tho lymph ducts which should suck only nourishment to sustain the body. A splendid health measuro In to drink, boforo breakfast oach day, glass of real hot water with a toa spoonful of limestone 'phosphate In It, which Is a harmless way to wash these poisons, gases and toxins from the stomach, llrer, kldneya and bowels; Important to keep clean and puro on thus cleansing, sweetening and fresh ening the entire alimentary canal be fore putting more food Into the stom ach. A quarter pound of llmcstono phos phate costs but very little at tbe drug store, but Is sufficient to make anyone an enthusiast on Inside batblng. en wako up with a dull, aching head or have furred tonruo. bad taste, nasty breutb, sallow complexion; othora who havn hlllnus attacks, acid stomach or constipation are assured of pronounced Improvement In both health and P- pearance shortly. AdT. I