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Thirteenth Ycnr-No. 3,677
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1919
Price, Five Cent
IpMzit ettittg
u
riffWIREKILLS
w. simcuD
NHILEAT WOBK
.JIoiMemoyer Electrocuted
I In rUulin Heavily
J Charged Wire
DIES IMMEDIATELY
MANY CHILDREN ARE
WITHOUT PARENTS
l,OH ANOKLIIH, July Hi The
"child mnrkel", it some pnrimiin sat
Irlcnlly roler to the demand Iti l.im
Angeles for children for ndnpl Iimi
continue active. '
Hardly n day nmnn tliut tin- (Mill-1
dritn's Home Society, which cures for
orphan until It cun find ktiltulili
foster parents, does not have u mini
her of requests for children
Thin ilrinnni' Im strengthen"!! by re
fcular advertisements In tin Want
add COlUU.f Of tllO I.OH AllKcl IK'WH-
paper. Thtdc want-ad urn InlereU
nig. A sample follew:
"Wanted a home for Viola, ijulf t
American girl, uged II; Irene, bright.
Spanish, It; Mary, pretty. Italluii, 7:
-Charlotte, colored, 0: Murjorle, 8;
ma. very bright, 9; Itusiiel. hoy
bunntniii hlhu vuill uunainuui i
in oiioniDinftirr) nnnri niiii'Dino
ii Liit-un iiiniLii miiiiLi uiiii iumi
GRAZING CRISIS IS
MOST REMARKABLE
IN STATE'S HISTORY
HELENA, Mont July K -Tho
year of Urougnt wnicn nas precipiint-
ou a cru'.ui,; criria uruer 0:111:11 iumo
of thousands -if "dttle, horses nnd
n.iecp are to t cj rent to Minnesota,
Iti'pietfittatlve Mcl-'nildrn Charge Supporter of "Little Theater" More- V.lscondn an-i mhragi:.. 10 Braze, in
Controller of Currency William.' ment Will Ilulld .Vew Ornamental' "'' to ,,, U'P """t mUMt In
tlic annals of the ttagc. The dry
With Defrauding the (iovrrnmrnt Plajhouw- In I.o Angeles weather hua caused serlour forest
Ak for Investigating Commit. firjs and wo'r nre (en red. fr August
Ire is more critical ;:iona man juij.
I.01 Angelej, July 15. MIm Alice' while Scple nlv nnd October are of
ten the worst of all.
The rivers are Ion... Tho Mtriourl at
BOX SHOOK PLANT
WILLBE BUILT)
Duraxdull, known In New York, the
WASHINGTON, July 19 Churges Middle Wen and California thru her
t hut John Hkelton Williams, comp-j support of the "little Thcitru '
troller of currency, aided his broth
ur, U)iili II. Williams, of Richmond,
Virginia, In negotiating for the pur-
n.otonient and of the
of drama, has announred that she
will construct a playhouse In Los An
geles to coit $200,01)0.
Vroier'i J"1')' wl" ' "'nM' orjagfd 10: American, mniirt. very nlrn.chust' by the government of property1 The site of the playhouse will he
PMlli TW Afternoon lccrac
Rtlr llrturnr.: From Over-,,--8urlrd
h) Younic Wife
Pcith ' Instantaneous yenlcr
y.fterno.mat 4 10 P. M. to Will
Urn I,. Strickland 2. " employee of
J, Wlllard Smith. hou-emovrr. when
-ks itlctitpted to 1111 a live " "
npearancfl: John, 9. fair complexion. WushlDRtnn valued at four mil
AnwriMit. Btanley c. fnlr. small n'oli H ,,.,, thoul)und dollB
size; morns, , i'iiri .iai.i.e-i 11 mil-
unlly qulrtc ; liiko, 8 nii'l hU hrolhur
Finn, 6, Jewish, oho Him, nice hoys;
Pir.ivla, 10 .Medcui., very 'irU-ht mid
wllllnir."
Or eat Falls never has been In own to
better claf, ibe so low. Leading cities have begun
to worry about their supplies of wat
er for drinking and domestic pur
poses and conservation Is being urg
ed and even commanded by municip
al ordinance.
The drought Is wider spread than
It has been heretofore. Not only the
JIMMI' I.YTI.K IlKTUHN'H.
James !ytfl. who wns employed
by the I'ellcnn Hay Lumber com-
-.t.i-, im will. oer the roof of il'P'D" provious to 111 on iihiiii.mii iii iiia
. .Twentieth KiiKlueers, nlurned on
th( hottue tlinl wnrKineii -
lust nlRht's trnln nfler recclvliiR his
dlitchnrKO from tho nrmy Jimmy
1 t t
Hlth Street. A soon us ine wom-.i,, v,,r. w known hum and It will
Third Street, between I'lne anil;
Olive Hill, lying in the fashionable
residence district betwen Loh Angeles
and Hollvwood It cnnilHtN of an nllvn
and thut he received purt of the com- trp crown(.d hPKht only a few blocks so-called dry-farming counties, which
mission for th sale, was made be- from the foothills of Holl) wood Moun ranked a.? semi-arid in the past and
fore the house rules committee to- tain. 1 were used chiefly for grazing, but
prr-sent plan, the the fertile valleys of the south and
wet have felt the heat. Even IrrlRa
tlon has not always assured good
Ho asked the house to report
his resolution providing for the ap- the hill. I begun to run low
polntmeut of 11 special committee tol "-.uure 01 me toiisirucuon win
. . . .. ' be an open air restaurant on the tor--
Investigate the charges He an- .-,,,.,,. ;
I race of tho theater.
iiouticeil tnul II Die invosiiKauon
was not ordered he
Newly Organized Crater Lake
Compaay will Build Three Cute
Plant ou Spar of Pelican Bay 1
ber Company
day by
Republican
Representative McKadden,' Arcorllr,K to present plan. the
1 llifiritnr will hriVf an nrnntitpnfal irnr.
Pennsylvania, today. , .,, ',' ,th ,',, ,,t.
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out ground of olhe trees on the hide of crops, for water for thnt purpose has
.of
, Actual work on the project proo-
r . . ... ,
would prefer , . ... . . . .. , ., . , .,,
fa alo.t the hullillng realized that ,uk ,,,, ... ,,. .,.,, for ,,. -,., charges on the lloor nf the i.ouhm u ,,,,. w, bo aMW ,lnif, , ,
.. ,,,i .. 1 ..... .,,1,1 iii.tc . ... ami asKs tor ttie iiiiikmc inivnt 01 i,.,.
Strickland had be?." electrocuted iiie f,w. lUya ()1 hrun u() ()M ()1, frU(Illl. u.i
SELFISHNESS III
ruihcd to Ids andM.ince .nuil cnrrled
lilm from Hie roof of the limine I)r
Jlamcy wa Itiuiiedlntely cnllei'. but
lint aid was uole as Strickland
liad died foon after, touching th
lre. Ills Imdy was removed to Whit
lock' CnilertukliiR I'arlors. J
JtftordlnK to tits eniplojer. J. WH-1
Urd Smith, ntul fellow workmen
Strickland w riven full wariiliiR nf ,
hnjr of liaitilltiiR the wires when
hf voliintcerc'l to r:tle them o that
the houc fnilld be moved. "I knew
thodarikvr In iIoIiir such u tnsk" said
Smith In (PNiMiik nf the tniRedy "I
turned lilin not' to do It. but ho l:i
slitrd that lie li.'iil some cxporlenco
In handling wires 11ml hurried to nc
complUh tho work,"
Strickland succeeded In pulling
on wlro over the edge of the house.
In taking hold pt a second wire, his
body came In contact with the wlroj
be had already lifted oer the edge'
ships nmuu: the cittrens of Klamath
rails
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to c em 111
iiiiiiuiiin M. Ilnrnirlnll h.iu loff fir n fntlr
Controller Vllllamsisnlil t.xi.iv thnr nf ,.. odent und whllo In Toklo will
the charge were utterly without ... , , tti, yranU. I.lojd Wrlslu. the
, foiindutlon ami wore fashionable ehlcnjro architect In reKard to pl.111
jfiom the tntt to finish. He nld he for ihe- proposed theutor. Mr. Wright
(hnd no Interest In the sale of the ai- t, f-nunu-d 'n building the Imperial
lliiKloii prupert to th goveintuent ,roklr. IIotl 'n Toklo.
.iinl r- -I'.' I no r inipi!!iM!on from
'It
Another box shook mn.aufacturinst
p'.nn. is aspired for Kluai'h Fal'a
wl'UIn the next few months witi
w .rkjni; plans for the new:y orrn' 'r
ed Crater Lake Box Company well
in hand
T'reHi.ianrv announc3ment3 as
gt 'en o .1 t- II. C. Merryman. wb
is n.tir.tr ee,iretary of the new tor-pitnrl-.n,
arc to the effect (hot u. 3
cui-off box shook manii'a :t.rhr
will be built. A. E. Whitman, of the
Whitman Drug Company, is acting
president of the new undertaking.
They are capitalized for $60,000. '
The site for the new plant will b3
on a epur off the Pelican Bay Lumbe
Company, if such arrangements caa
be conveniently made. Exactly who
will draw the plans and build tho
plant, as well as the other business
men who are. Interested In the under
taking will be announced at a later
date.
TOWARD
C
BIG ONES BITE FOR
! FIRST TIME OF THE
1 YEAR AT ODELL LAKE
M
SEVERAL FIRMS BID
ON KLAMATH BONDS
For tho first time since wnv 'pn-k In
the. sixties, or thereabout, then- Is to
tin 11 dally stage mill betweii U1K
cltv and Ashlnnd. according t a tele-
rr..lv,.,l I, .il.iv l.i li.(.ii.iNleri"K "' pei-iiHim-iii 1 mills' !." n;
Sale of bonds by Klamath fniiu''
111 ll un. of $31 7. To ( for tho 'iiitld
1 gram
Oulzull. Tho tulegrum stutes Him
ginning July 21st. flrt class null III
bo handled between Klumniti I'.MIs
nud Ali land by stage, the bid o' rV
Hownid Auto Stage compniix hiivliu:
be()Ti accepted.
1 niler this arrangeineiit i' wilt ' 1
possible to get mall from thp uirth
w. 1 fore bidders this afternoon
o'clock 11' the Coupty Court H:ii4
It l uiiilorstijod that no l tnnu
five firms are competing Or ttV
bonds, wbleh ore in th dni'nl'n
linns of Jiooi' inch cccmih i .
lust numbered bunds for " ' ' n: !
J'-'U I respectively
of tho roof His body cat I a short-1 ... ,.. , ..,.,,,.... ,1
l. I ...... . lllllll l lll'U III IUHI ........ n
.... m rom. ig ,n coninri huh notn f ,,, ,)y ,0 lrin ,, WJLL SPEND SUMMER
lln An. I .IahII. ....... I. ...I 1 1...
-........, .,vuiu iiniiiivil llllllllM lOl-.jll.l..
nuMlatplv. siuii.
Strickland la j-vvcd by his wife. I
"ho was In the employment of tho
Esrauna Ilox Company at tho llmo of
the accident, two slstnrs nnd his
mother, who nrn nt his home In
Brtntwll, California, and it married
hler residing In Montana. The body
IU be shipped to Ilrcntwoll ou Sun
h.r for Internment. Mr?. Btrlckland's
Wrents and relative nro In Sacra
mento. Sho leave Sunday morn
""K to meet thom.
l'f. and Mrs Strickland lmv !...
trrld but ,ix months, nnd wo0 '
Wring (he country by anton.oblle.
lie recnlly returned from, over-sens
tlT, "'" ,st AuiniiinUlon
""'n. Ho Is now In ii, , t
llrrlA- ' ' n' ' UIIII
ZV T Ar'"v insurance, his
eT!-!!,ron"lw''ti.o.ionth
--..vrs jury will lu.l.f n v,
Mr Dolxnll states, to hae i
biisluoss carrier delivery, thiirt'i .Ih
Wljl bi controllod to 11 Rieat nt-iil by
tho tlmo tho limit reaches till- ! - family along with Mr and Mrs S!
from Ashland. The hour for "lining j uiund Stern, of 81111 Francisco ariiv.
tho mail has not been set. 1111I nf.led In Klam.ith Falls l.ist night. They
!not ho until Mr. Pelzell lies i cpii jwlll leave shortly for the I'ellcuu iln-
feronco with Mr. Howard, which will! Lodge, where they will spend th
bo on Monday.
"Take a Wilson Wobbler. a.TangOi
Midget, a number six flv. arc! r.j
.black gnat and you can catch aTrt!!'
1 fish you want In Odell Lake." said
" ' tofiO Jutx Vi "Japan d.-e. not) "Ooc" Powell, after returning front
BUSINESS MEN WILL pretend to '.e '.-hollv unselfish in . a very enjoyable and profitable trip
AID IN CONVENTION her policy toward , Mnn ' ?r.s the, early this week from the rouch-Tisit-
j Herald of Asii, a coiwervaMve lour-led fishing haunt.
r.t-'tii. 0 11.11 c.-operaton fromjnal of Japanese thought. "Japan Is Of general Interest to all sports-,
.ill Imtre34 -iiipes bruoiit the city protecting China chiefly for the sake men'ii 'Toe" Powell'.! trip and finrt
w. r the k-ynole of the business 'of her own security," the paper" con-i.inus. for it Is the first time tMs year
:n v s -:eMing thr" was held last ' tinued. lt,,at ,,,e fIsh have started bltlner in
night In thu hlk'a Building to liy I "Japan cannot allow China to bar- Odell Lake. According (o Powell the
hefore the busli'es interests etery t?r away her birthright een if she 'moon changed last Friday night and
'"ill Jirt angle of t'i comieg con- s simple enough to engage In such Hhe big fellows were easy to land Sat-
folly. If China wants to test Japan's urdny afternoon,
slnceritv let her refuse all further I "When the wind conies up in the
concessions to accidental nations and j afternoon you can hook three and.
.ecure for all time the Inalienatlon 1 four pounders with ease," said "Doc"
other territory, and Japan's task In enthusiastically. "Trolling also brings
icgard to China will be finished. 'n the big ones Odell Lake surely is
"it is a question, however, whether the spot to get fish from now on. But'
'hlna is vet able to do without the don't fail to take a Tango Midget and '
assistance of Japan in keeping for-, a Wilson Wobbler as well as
. ... . ....- 1...I.. " l.o.. etr fit- " HtVi." flalio.l 11
tign nations at nay; anu tins iiem.
strange to say, Is Just what Chlnn
does not want. Is It that China would
1 ventlon In Aasn'. 1 ' to 75 were
1 at'the meeting.
The tlty will tend every co-opern-
.111 an 1 aid in put ins over the con-
nil-m." said Mayor St ruble last
llslr. "W; will hse a lorca of men
1 at war'; and promise to keep the city
i"l rv Thi work will bo
AT PF1 IfAIM I nnnF.done at nlriit and thu-. will not hlnd-
-r or latarfero with any part of the
Mis He-bert FleinchhiicKer and
treot program,
oi'fnl ajilrlicd tilks were given
.ie (!ir.e-day sev-lon. Local busl-
1 r'leir support In
summer mouths Mr. Herbert Flelsch- ( nil meaures undertaken nnd were en
hacker, head nf the big Interests lius ntic to do all In their power to
v vi io w- 1:1 n-iiir- of the local , rather be a slave of the white races
ujf outl.iilcg, the work and plans J than the equal of Japan? We can
hardly credit this.
"There Is no need for China to be
anxious about the return of Klau
cliow. Japan has promised to restore
a num
ber six fly." "Doc" fished all around,
the big lake and had flno.luclras did4
his brother who made the trip wltfi"
him. He will leave Sunday for Mis"-?,
soula, Montana tor a short visit. . .,
1311:
Sinfiernoon at iV .,
"onion ., ' S ,,0,u,ott' "'"'
I.PCaL, l "m nn,. Prank Upp,
Bmlil iL l . ' E- Whlt- transfer IiubIiioss
deceased u. 'uiyor of tho
8"te Work! r0'00'0'1 um,or "'0
l0-workman's pnmn ,... . .
-""I'uiUHMUn ACl.
KUI.IiV l.t.ll)KI Tltl'CK MAKKS
I'lXK TIMK nM POHTLAN'H.
To muko tho drive from I'ortlnnd
to Klamath Falls with a capacity
load of provisions on n thrno White
Truck In threo nnd 11 half days with
out' having to mid any water Is qulto
somn fent.
That Is exactly whnt Fivd W.Mur
phy, proprleto rot the O. K. Trans
for, did. nocontly lin purchased 11
truck In Portland nnd Intended driv
ing It t oKlunmth Fntln ompty How-
river, ho wn imhlo to gnthor n full
load of provisions from Masou-Khr-
FrmJ ' man nnd Company nnd loft I'ortlnnd
Monday noon. Tliursdny ovonlng ho
nrrlvod in Klnuiath Falls, two or
thruo days tiliond of iirosunt train
HChedulo In hiuillng ftolght. Mr.
Murphjf, will uso tho truck In his
hearing his unnte
two weeks.
will arrive within
put th inii'iiuion over .if it
be.
houli
Five of the Allies' Most Famous Fighting
Men After Receiving Degrees at Oxford
wn ws -
wtam.
1 ,:z
Prosl
WasiiiNoton'.Ju,,;.
CN B J Z, !,U,y Slgnod th0 Sundry
nS t! CU lm beon rvled by
nurniTl i"" Hoc"pt..,The
WdTP'U,e,Ib'tB,'0W
f tho senate.
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QUICK TUIP l-'HOM Hr.S,Mrill.
Six, hours from l)uiiHji)iilr to Kliiin
uth Fulls iy tho tliuoinmlo by F. Hill
Huiitorwhp, with Mrn, Huntur, Hpunt
sevoriil days ut' Sliista Springs, tho
popular Hiimmur resort,, Mr. uuil.Mrs.
Hunter left hero sometliuo ago and
.ylpltod various cltjuuln tho -Hoguo
KJyor Vulloy nnd then wont outh
fora brief .visit fcnt tbn Springs. Mr.
I fun tor etntos that tho roads nro In
fdfrlyjgorirt' condition.
p Mr. nnd Mrs.J,, B, Bratlon aro
motoring to tho Nelson ranch-today
whoro thoy will, stay until, Sunday;
lator (hoyi will drlvo on -. to. Dorrls
iiiasiVHt4E!il
jBjnjnui f JWKK4StM$mm?SlZ
the territory to China Just as suun
as China Is able to guarantee that it
will not again fall Into the hands of
a third party. What more can China
desire? And does justice require
more? China talks as if slip were an
absolutely Independent nation, grant
ing concessions to no country. If s!ie
will take this attitude toward all 'night has been replaced
western countries, Japan will be)
. ,.. 11, vi..,....U ..... -.... ,
l-,-lil. ll fllVIM 1 VIV.'IHJ vw VOV fc
Lilian whllo leaving the others In j
nlnce. i something no one can ex-'
' pect Japan to approve."
CONFIDENCE VOTE
URGED BY CABINET.
PARIS. July 19. In view of the
vote In the chamber of deputies last"
night In which the government was
fourteen votes in tho minority, th
cabinet has decided to demand a vota
of confidence by tho Chamber. Tha
food minister whose policy was re-'
sponsible for the adverse vote of last'
This photograph shows, live, men who rendered distinguished service
during tho war Just nftor tho dogreo of Doctor of Law had boon conforrod
and the Otoy ranch. Upon thoir rO'upon them at Oxford University at a great celebration. Earl Curzon con
4 ilinii III I Hfah T1 ft4ltt 'a .... ....
forred the degrees. They were (from left to right), Marsnai Jotrr
oral Prshlng, Marshal Hulg. eAdmlral Batty and Admiral Weymess
turn tnoy win tiring mm. iirationa degrees. They were (from left to right), Marshal Joffre, Gen-
father, Captain Otey, home wlth,rorroa tne aeB;.ee ' . ...,...,.., ... ... ,. .MM.
them for a visit,
RACES WITH LARGE J
SUM FOR STEAMERI
1
' V FItAXCISCO, Cal July 19.
Carrying ?1 ,000.000 worth of new-
savings certificates Issued bv tho
treasury, Robort E. Smith, Director
or tho War Loan Organization, of
the, Twolfth Federal Reserve, District
started nt 2 P. M, this afternoon a
rnco by nlrplnne, motor boat, automo
bllo, nnd train In an attempt to reach
Seattle beforo the) departure of tho
mall steamer for Alaska tomorrow
night. An airplane wll meet hjm at
Roseburg when the train arrives
there tomorrow'. i v
EO BANDITS l
1.
llonat From U. S. S. Cheyenne Weld.
Up in Mevcnn Waters Incident
Similar to Occurrence of 1014
. ,-v "bomeIwheat.", .. .
O, B. Cozad was yesterdaj exhibit
ing a sheaf of wheat that he cut on
hts ranch on the upper road. Mr.
Cozad hag, fifty acres of wheat, forty
of which will average. at .least -forty
bushels to the "acre. The heads' are
large" and well filler and far enough
advanced so that there is no danger
of a setback. It will be one of the
WASHINGTON, July 19. A boat,
from the United States Ship Cheyen-'
ne was held up by armed men irtr
Tames River near Tanipico, Mexico
on July 6, it was reported hero trf-j
day.
, Sailors of the United States Navy,V
were robbed of their personal effects.,,
,The Incident is similar to thnt whlch.
occurred in 1914 which resulted inf'
the 'occupation of Vera Cruz by the.
f United ,Sta$.es arrued forces. Urgent)
representations to tho Carranza gov-.
eminent have gone forward. Both thuA
Mexican and Tamplco authorized ha v..
ing notified of their promised investl-i
prize crops ot the ralle-.
.1
JT'
gatlonMmmedlately. -
The enlisted men who pccupled.the
boat were on a fishing trip and flew
th American flag. The State Depart-'
met regards the Incident as most,
serious. .