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KLAMATH FALLS
Thirteenth Year No. 3,605
$
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1919
Price, Five Cents
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WE CREW or
ENGINEERS NOW
mny ere
Macndnniized Road From
City Thru Malin.
HUGE PROGRAM ON
(VrjInK ' """,l :IM"" "n Ju)'
Tlilnl l llelng Taken for Granted
by lllgli) Contmlulntt) Which
I, Making All Plana In Go AIiimiI
llrrr.
Willi an iivijti dozen Highway rit
llorm nun mi the Job miliar tlm icon
rtl aupervlalun of Karl Wlthyrombe.
ton of K-lovnriinr Wlthycotnbo and
J, 1' DrVny, tlit' preparation for
the bis roml program (or Klamath
County for tlm annaon of 1910 are
no itoliiK ahead rapidly.
The niKlneera am no nil at work
on the road between Klamath Kail
mil I.krle, tint It l expected that
om lll le trnnaferrcd In a niton
time In the north anil liouth highway.
A good graded macadamized roml
from the city of Klamath Kill, to
th county line billow Malln, a dla.
tance nf over thirty-five miles, will
t completed before tlm aenaon cleans
In the opinion of the roml builders.
County Surveyor C. T. Oarhv. I' la
TM road U to tie anrpyid thru b
ipccied that a good portion of the
route to Likevlaw and Hie road weal
10 Aitdaml will bo completed till"
yr BtmeyltiE crows are working
oq of takeilew mid Aahland na well
U from Kliinnth Fulla. I It la pl)n
fitd tp dlWile the highway Into sec
tloni mid to advertise for hlda for
tb teimrate sections. The rond thru
to lloimnia, twenty-five mitt) enit,
lll he riupleted Inte In thn summer
In the opinion of the Engineer who
lll riMiuiln' hero durliiK t liu entire
won to push the work,
It ! now it iiienn an to vhethor
tha road thru to l.nkoWew will go by
the way of Illy a nt (imaent or who.
tlwr another route thru LniiKoll Vul.
ley fullimtug tlm old railroad survey
out nf Woolen Cunyou, will bu rhoa
en, It li alleged by those who hnvo
MRKPSted tlmt latter route, that It
would hit found ahortor end opened
for n greater nelson of thn year. The
enilneer deeliirn thitt Iheae nialtera
1)M been preMented to them anil
that both roit tea will ho stirvoyod and
the moat pmctlcul one selected.
Thla hlK program la, of course con
tingent on the pnmngo of the bond
election which la to ho hold hero on
June 3d, but tlto general aontltnnnt
liern li an atroiiK for thla mnvo Hint
ll imaMKti will hii ii meio roriunll'y,
acrordlnR lo hnllnf. Kluiimtli Coun
ty li not koIiik to loao n clt'iitce of
tllnK three dollnra for nm, vliti
tho IiIrIiwh) nro In their preaent
condition
IMMENSE ICEBERGS
ENDANGER VESSELS
NEW YOltK, April 2S. (llnnl Ico
wrga nro now floatlrTic down the At
lantic fi oni Hio Arctic, ondnngorltiK
eU tnldnR tho northern route.
tho Wll'tn Htnr llnor Adriatic roport
d on her nrrlvnl horo, from Liver
f00'. via Halifax.
A few iiillea front tho spot whoro
Tltnnlc wnH mink by nn Iceberg,
Adriatic running at slow speed
Jn'u tho Ico floldB, omorged auddonly
"om tint foB to discover a giant leo
mountain buroly two miles awoy. The
"e roso 240 foot from tho water,
llltnlu ItaiiBom estimated.
M: YKAIl AOO TODAY.
OernmiiR hwoop against tho Hrlt
"Mlnos south of tho Sommo.
KsUcr Wllllnm visits his victorious
,ro"i on tho Flanders front.
IIInilenlioiK's hordes wlpo out VII-
,' "futonnuux, tho front door to
Amions,
Amorlca's few thousand troops do
'"Mil I with poison gas near Castol.
oubscrlbo now to tho Victory Mb-
Loan what you would uuvo paid
,0' Victory then.
ITALIAN ritlHIS
is more hopi:i'i i,
4 .
PA HIM, April 2fi Tluirn was
a (lln(lnclly iiiorit hopeful unit
leas Irreconcilable feeling pre-
Vllllllli; ( till) llllllllll lllMI(l(U!ir-
turn today. .Mimiliem tlerliireil
I hut "nil may Imi settled wltliln
it fortnlKtil OrlundoNi.ia Kon
to Home lo consult with tlm
parliament, mill tln-n wo Miitll
P0."
Proiulnri Lloyd (Ioofko mill
Clomttnrnnu, mill President WIN
noil will roil fur today.
MURDER TODAY
JKAMIl'HV OVKH WOMAN t'Al'HKH
Dltl'tidlHT TO HIIOOT IIOTKt,
CI.KItK AXI TIIKX KlICllli:. ,
TIIAOKIIV HIS MOItXIXU
I'OUTI.ANI), April 2d. A. II. Koa.
ter, proprietor of n driiRatorn In Uho
AnRela Hotel here, early today allot
and killed John I.iiwencu (ioodell,
nlxht clerk of tlio hotel, lie after
ward fired five, ahota Into hla own
abdomen and will probably die.
The (rnicedy wj duo to Koator'a
Jenlouay over a woman HvlnR at the
Hotel.
Policeman (ieorxo Itaney, who en.
tered the Hotel durliiK the rouble
wna held up and bl Run tukun nw.iy
hy FoBlnr
LOAN TOTAL IS
SEOtr RISING
AimiTION )l' KKIIIT THOl'SAXn
noi.iiAits tooay rito.M mi:in
mi. ititixos t-ofvrv to xi:ah.
i.y iit'.iiiti:i tihu'saxii
Tint victory loan subscriptions for
lyhimnth County were swelled to u
total of J!.r'.sr.O today by the report
of f K.not) from the Merrill district.
Thla Is the only section tltnt bus been
heard from thiiH far outside of tho
city precincts.
' The totJl for Klamath Fnll alono
today nt noon was 87,Sr.O and Indi
cates n lingo task yot nhoad In order
tit bring Klamath Into tho placo
which she has always Mood as a pa
trlotlc lection. I
According to tllb Orogonlnn of
April 23rd. Klamath County has not
lined up for Undo Sam na havo moat
of the roiintlos In tho state, In fact(
this dlatrlrt lind reported only sovon.
teen nor rent of tho quota and Hakor
County with thirteen por cent and
Columbia county with soven por cont
wero tho only counties In tho stnto
with a poorror showing.
Twonty-ono counties had complet
ed tholr quota's on this dato nnd all
but four had over fifty por cont of
tholr quotas raised on that dato.
Loaders horo nro not discouraged
howover, as the thinly populated ar
oaa of ninny of tho outsldo districts
mnko tho canvass very difficult und
tho returns very slow coming In so
that whllo Klamath 1ms not mado tho
rnpords that mnny others havo turned
In, tho situation Is not as bad nsj
would uo Indlcatod uy tne i-uruuiiu
roport.
Tho siibscrlptlrtp of Mr. Zlabock of
tho Merrill district of H.000 Is wor
thy of special notice
m
GERMAN DELEGATES
NOW AT VERSAILLES
PATHS, April 2!!. Tho ntlvniico
couriers of tho Ourmnn delegates
huvo arrived todny nt Versailles nnd
tho plenary session of tho Ponco Con
foroneo will ho hold on Monday l
consldor tho revision of tho League
cocnant and portions of tho treaty.
They will tlion bo mad publh.
IN PORTLAND
'S
MEETINGQVER
Ki,.M.Tii ihxi:;,ti:s iti-ri'itv
from iikxii convention' 1
I
WITH ENTHUSIASTIC REPORT
OF GATHERING
Klilenilld speeches and tho mnat eu
thuiliutlc convention Imnglnahlo t.1
ntiiorted today by Attorney W. C.
Vim Kinon, who has Juat returned
from the annunl meeting of tho Ore
gon Cattle and liorao Raisers' As-Kii'-latlon
nt Mend, which woji hold
Tiiemlny and Wednesday of this
week. Iletween 2nn nnd 300 dele
i;ati were tirescnt from outdid?
points nnd Miyor J. A. Eastcs In
jt.nl-li; r hla apeech of welcome on
Tuesday morning, paascd over an Im
mense key of tho city to tho visitor
vho were made lo feel that they own
ed the town during the remainder of
lliulr stay.
The speech of Congressman N J.
Rlmiott Wednesday nftcrnoon, was
ilio of the features of the mentlrp.
'Mr Rlnnott In dlenlne tr nub
ile rni.gf problem advocated the Ted.
rial grating Itcanrvoa and t'v so
gicit!on of the raiige uniler fedei
nl control for tho rottnlnlnt; unap
prrtirlaled public lamU
Addreaaca on tho "lloaf Industry"
by Oeorro C. McMullon of Kanssa
City. "Feeding of Sllago". by Itobert
Wlthycombe of tho Eaatern Orison
Kxper'ment Station, "Illsease of Live,
stock". Iir Htato Votcrlnarlan V. T.
Lytle, "Work of tho American Live
stock Association." by T. V. Tomlln
ot of Denver Colorado and "Tho
Livestock lndutry during the lie
rniiktriHtlon Period," wero nho feat
ures of the big meeting.
A cowboy breakfast, cooked otlt
slDo Wedesdny morning, a big ban
quet nnd dance, In tho evening, fol
lowing the business sessions wero
events that will he long remembered.
A lirge number of delegates from
northern Klamath County were prn
sent .Mr Van Kmon nnd Jnmes rjvni
wore tho. only ones from tho south
ern part.
DELEGATES BACK
FROM PRESBYTERY
. . . . . i
Itevnrend K. P. Lnxvxencu or tho
First Presbyterian Church and Mr.
nnd Mrs. W. S. Slough returned hist
evening from Med ford, where they ,
have attended tho semi-annual meet
ing of tho Southorn Oregon Presby-I
tery. f
Iteverond Lawrence was elected at .
this meeting us Modorntor for tho
touting yonr and was -also mado I
Chairman of tho Now Kra Committee,
The New Krn movement which has
been launched by this denontlt'ntlon
to meet tho big world reconstruction
problems on a broad basis, promlsos
to ehlnrge the scope and Increase tho
activities of tho church to a far great
er degree thnn heretofore nttemptod.
NTATE SC1URKS IN CONFERENCE, j
EIIOENE, April 2n. Thlrty-fivo'
publishers of Oregon newspapers
have convoned at the call of C. S.
Ingalls, president ot the Oregon Stnto
Kdltorlnl Association to discus i ad
vertising probloms. Tho con'crence
will bo dovotod o'ntlrolj to the busi
ness department of newspapers.
ITALIAN SOLDIERS
MOVED TO FIL'ME.
i
PARIS. April 25. An An'.orUjm
officer who nrrlvod horo from Fiumo
said that Italy was full of Italian
soldiors and roportod that four dlvi.
slons had nlroady boon movod to
Fiumo.
MEETING AT SHASTA VJEW
Thoro will ho u community moot
ing nt tho Slinstn Vlow School houso
holow Merrill this evening. County
Agricultural Agent 10. II. Thomns ox.
pods to attend from Klamath Falls.
RACK FROM RAY CITY.
Mm. O T. McKendroo. who has
boon lit Son Francisco for some time
on mnttors of business returned to
Klamath FulU last night.
T M
OF STRAHORN
iii:m is tiii: oxlv commercial
ikjanization ix the state
which opposi'h mKAt' im:-
VKI.OPMKXT I'ltOJLiTT
PORTLAND, Ati'll 2. Tcnty
l.'ne commercla! oindiiuatirins ot
Oregon offll'.tiel with tho liup'
State Chamber of Commeico and
having n membership of 7400 liac
voted solidly to got behind the Strp
horn railroad project connecting
Rend with Klamath FalU and Lage
view. Rend Is tho only city which has lot
yet submitted Its final vote. At a re
cent meeting of the Rend Chamber
of Commerco the vote stood 13 or
and lfi against supporting the proj
ect, Tho proposition again will bo
submitted to thn Rend chamber.
Many overturci recently were
made to tho Oregon State Chamber
of Commerco to extend Its support
to the Strahorn project. Secretary
Quayle submitted the proposition to
the referendum of the constituent
hndlea of the State Chamber. Among
tho n Mvo memberships the Portlind
Chamber of Commerce and the Salem
Conimrclal club cast five votes for
the preject: Astoria Chamber of
Commerce, 3: Tho Dalles Chamber
of Commerce, Mirshfleld Chamber of
Commerce, Medford Commercial club
nnd the Commercial association of
Pendleton, 2 each; and the Com
mercial club of Oregon City. St. Hel
ens Chamber of Commerce, Pnlon
County Ad club. Madrss Commercial
club. Ashland Commercial club Dal
Irr, Commercial club, Ueppner Com
mercial club. Corvallls Commerrlal
eluh. Commercial club of Cottice
flrovo. Prlncvlllo Commercial club. J
Albany Chamber nf Commerce. Jlr
Innss Men's association of Klaraith
Fulls, Jordan V'Hov rom"i-elnl J
club. Onnt Prss Chamber of Com-'
ferre. LnPlne Commercial club,
nrrenton Commercfal club and
Likevlew Commercial club, I e.ieh.
Among tho associate members the
Oregon Stnto Kdltorlnl association,
Portland Itenlty board, Portland Ad
club, Progressive nuslnoss Mfn'J
club, cast 2 votes each.
US SORE.
LEI
PRI'.MIKH OHIiANDO ON WAY TO
HOME. FRANCE AND ENGLAND
WORK IN VAIN TO PACIFY WIL
SON AND ORLANDO
Datoless Dispatch by Associated
rre88 Altho Premier Orlando has
left Paris with two other members of
tho Italian delegation, the latest Par.
is advices do not give the Idea that
this movoment means a cessation of
Italy's participation In tho Peace
Conference.
Itnly will bo represented at the
Conference by England and Frnnce
If nil her delegntos leave tho meet
ing. Premier Lloyd George of England
and Orlando of Franco tried hard yes.
tordny to find middle ground, bo
tweon Orlando and Wilson but they
evidently mot with no success.
It Is now roported at tho confer
onco that Danilg Is to bo a free city
under a sort of a Polish protectorate.
Poland would be given tho uso of
docks and wharves with a control of
tho Vistula wator route nnd a corri
dor loading from tho Polish frontier
to the-seas.
Conditions In Hungary are now
very gravo. Tho Roumanian advance
Is continuing and tho French forcos
urn aiding tho move,
The Entente, now hnvo troops on
the Dantibo nivor-bolow Rudapost as
reserves for tho Roumanians.
Tho Czech'o Slovak forcos aro ro
portod from Vlonna to bo attacking
Waltsen twenty miles northwest of
that point. ,
WIN IS
AMIIAHSADOIl PAOi:
IlKSIGNS OKKICK.
KOMK. April 25 Tho "Ital-
Ian" says that because he was
uciiualnted with President WIN
son's views on the Italian
claims, Thomas Nelson Page,
Ambassador to Rome has offer-
cd his resignation. "
The big demonstrations held
here last night had as their
watchward, "Long Live Amer-
lea, Down With Wilson."
BIG ROCK COT
NEARLY DONE
TRAINS WILL SOON IIR PCHHINU
THRU PINE FLAT WITH TIKS
AND RAILS TO nE READY FOR
RIG DEDICATION
With the most favorable weather
conditions, the work on the Strahorn
Municipal line to Dairy is progress
ing fully as fast as was believed pos
sible by the builders, he big rock
thru the hill beyond Dairy which hrs
held back the laying of the ties and
rails for many months is almost thru
and another three weeks will see tho
way cleared for the extension of the
track and operation of the trains
Into, Pine flat and on to Dairy.
The big cut now being completed
is the mast difficult construction In
the entire route between Klamath
Fills and Bend. As soon as the track
can be laid thru It, it is expected that
a larger force will be put on aid
that the work will be rushed forward
In time for the dedication, timed for
thn E'tf" State Convention here Au
gust ICth.
BIG BAPTIST MEET
IS ON AT ASHLAND
Tho Rogue River Valley Associa
Hon of the Baptist Church will be
gin Its regular meeting at Ashland-j
this evening and continue until Sun
day. To attend this important gath
erlg. Rev. Mr. Wilson, Mrs. Sarah
Seeds. Mr. Harry Harvey, Mrs. C. W.
Murphy, Miss Mabel Murphy, Mr. and
Mrs. B. S. Grigsby, Miss Elizabeth
Grlgsby and Mrs. J. T. PerRlns left
by auto this morning. They expect to
return Monday evening.
SHIPPING CONTRACTS
CANCELLED TODAY
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 25.
Chairman Hurley today announced
tne determination of the shipping
board to cancel the contracts for the
additional two million tons of steel
ships contracted for during the war.
He is also said to be considering
the cancellation of nil contracts
where the keels are not actunllv laid,
In order to build at peace prices in
stead of high war prices.
FLU OUTBREAK FEARED.
SALEM. April 25. A new out
break of the Influenza Is f?area here.
There are now five cases of tho dis
ease in the city, nnd tho Liberty d's
trlct. Mrs. J, H. Emery died yester
day. UNDERGOES OPERATION.
Mrs. E. S. Philips of this city und
erwent p. serious operation yesterday
nfternoon at the hands of DrR Geo.
I, Wright and Warren Hunt. Sho Is
roported to havo stood tho ordeal
well and to be getting along nlcoly
today.
SAILOR llOY VISITS.
Frank O. McKlmons, who Is well
known In this city, where ho resided
provlous to his enlistment In tho
United States Navy, has returned for
a, furlough of n week and Is shaking
hands with his Klamath Falls friends
today.
NO DOUBT OF
LEGALITY DF
VOTE IN JUNE
Attorney General Declares
Election Proper.
GENERAL ELECTION
Chief Legal Authority In State Haw
Temerity to Announce That Coat
ing Bend Election Is Legal 1st
Spite of "Heavy Thinkers" Here
Duncan and Wiley Proved Correct.
As was to be expected, some of tha..
wiseacres have suddenly discovered
that the order for the special clectloa
to vote on the highway election t
vote on the highway bonds, la no
good. This attitude does not come as
a surprise to Messrs. Duncan and
Wiley. They' anticipated every rjoej
tion that has been raised, and manjt
that have not been. That la why titer
spent days preparing the order triofc
was signed by the County Court.
The first bfg question rested on
whethef the election that Li to ho
held on June 3 Is a special or a gen
eral election. If a "special" election,
then the bond question must go on
the ballot by petition. If a 'central""
election, then the county court can.
by Its own act, place the question be
fore the people. The wise ones raid
It wag a special election, ind tbe
fact that the order said ."general
election"' knocked it out. But, Duncan
and Wiley knew better. They knew
the law and framed the order c-cord-
ingly.
The discussion, however, haearaer
so positive and, by the wt- 't wsa
entirely outside of the ranK3 of the
attorneys of the city that Dii'ifct
Attorney placed the matter before
Attorney General Brown. No one w'U
question the opinion of this gentle
man and he said in atelojrfm. to
Mr. Duncan:
Election June 3rd Is gentnl elec
tion within meaning of County road
bonding act of 1913. Bend elect 'or
may be called for that day, -s provid
ed in said act: and held by same elec
tion boards; and question pr'nted en
same ballot, as for measure) to be
voted upon.
That disposes ot all the (.intentions
of tbe vest-pocket legal '.umaurljs.
It settles every question that bss
been raised, stamps the prooeedincs
as regular and for all time lettled the
legality of the order of iha County
court, for It Is based upon decisions
of tbe state supreme court.
BLACK WAR BREAD
AGAIN IN EUROPE
PARIS, April 25. An Inrrense In
the milling percentage which wilt
virtually put the world back on a
war bread basis for the next three
months Is a part of Hoovet's pro
gram. NEW YORK, April 25. Federal
wheat director Julius Barnw said
that the Americans will continue to
eat white bread despite th9 retura
of the Europeans of the war bread
basis.
DIRTY PRACTICES
TO BEJEL1MINATED
Reports which havo been brought
In from time to time' recently certain,
parts of the city relative to writing
and drawings on public buildings and
other places, show that this practice
has reached a point where steps must
be taken to Btamp it out.
The offense has been committed by
children, who do not realize tho grav
ity ot Its naturo nor tho penalties li
able for those who perpetrate writing
of this character. Thoro is going to
be a genoral cloanup of this kind
along with other pests in tho city,
declare, those who ore out to elevate
the moral conditions here. A prom
inent womnn declared today that un
less this practice ceased immediately,
those guilty would be prosecuted to
the fullest extent of the law.
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