flHHHHMHHHHMHHMQRBicaBMr. frg jEupttma Iteralfr OFFICIAL FAFER 0 I KLAMATH COUNT! LrteenthYcar-No. 3,708 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1919 Price, Five Centi tOHTINUE HUNT fl BINS 2,000 ACRES SWEPT BY FIRE NEAR ALBANY AI.I1ANY, Auk. 21. Millions nf foot of timber Iiiivd humi destroyed by flro lunplnic ovor thn tops of (nil firs which swept 2000 acres, (wo. miles oust n f hum yesterday. Several i 'Hundred mull nru fighting tho flames, j I If himnnt wiipiii unnt liit ninl I.i. I.. ' I 0 . . ri ('nun ""nil ninilivi tiii n imin imwlfM" Vttk Vv Tw" r Tw" '" , continue probably much moro of the ' .... ii.linit floWTK . i in ... .ii.i f.ui.ilw.w rn..v.. .... mi...i i Ha IhUIUII-" "- i liHiiiiuuttu muiiimui vuiiiMtu iiiuucr t Authoring Amlw-iHiitor lo w go, IjWt lo Unlt ''" THERE'S A LIMIT!! ,MmM n. c. Auk. 21. . .... .. It wii IlKbt 'nouKh this ""I... m follow tho trntln. (ho Mritu punltlro expedition contln W(nC,U. . ...- t III. f..r flu IN) M chwe of (ho bandits for tho COVKItN'MKNT IH WKAKI'VI'D TOKIO; Auit. 21. Thu Omsk gov ornmont In reported (o bo weaker d jo to (ho ailvnnco of (ho llobihnvlkl, ami (ho dosortlon of th Hlborlan troops. It In understood tb-t tho gold rcsorvo, mid archives Imvo been transferred eastward to Irlcitsk. N TI T I ,.lkl.il llll II third dr W """"" M ind l fo h"""1" T""y ttro Mine to tho companions of '' " ..ntnroil Into VI'HtOr- iiybr Captain Lcoimrd Mntlnrk. n. irliton' ork " ,H " tmelr dangerou. on account f tho lit JyUl oW l M,r0- u 'H ,,,rr for them to lly clone to tho .nund, bkh permit" thu buid-M to Jre opoa tnem .Manj n.... .-( apti hare been report.! riveri Th( ,.,,, . ,, ,,,, wtlnr: here today carried AHHoclat- Prew dlipatcheu to drop for each , ttmlr Ml., will b run- ,tllec.ulrytr0oi.i.ln.m.rtoKlM.(fir(iiw nm .,., ((l). , tt,tb.woflho..iiHhU. Hurld The Mexican nmbansui.or lien lu. .... , , . ., ., . . .. JflC -UVAIVM" llli., Ill I'll Ujvlllltll l(llllllllll llitf U IM'll till Kwn tnatructcil by bin KOti'NiintMit . ' lx . . ., ... PB 1U9UUI.IM r, , lii.liru lit l Iltlll I ' II III llllll lllll Ul fill .. L.lu In llift ttl.lln lliUHirtllll'Ilt I ' nr.v.w ""'V. '., 1 ninl .1 Ulinit tOO UltIUICII 111 .Miniliuan Uoopi icrow the border llo ban likewise been requested to nnk thulr rthdriwil, acconlliiK to n Hiutniiiunt lUt wu.lMued from Mexico Clt juterdir. VASHINOTON'. 1) f, Auk. 21. Xo unouncoincnt ttns Km-n out tttrtralDt Uexlco'i irotet at (bo ptltlre Mpfdltlon and the rmiueitt for the iramedlnte wlllulnnwil tnudu to the ttate dopartmunt Iidlntlont are Hint thn Mexican promt ill! not ha k ten the wltli- drrnl of tho AmerlcuiiB. Troopn tte on hot trail ,nml uru not ex pected lo return until tho bandits tre cipturcd or thu trull Ihhoiuuh too cold for pursuit. . I MARFA, Aug 21 -Colonel I,auK- kf5, the American army command er of the I)lc Uvnil dlmrlct, HUKKont- td to the Mexican authorRlvH thut Ceteml Pruncda, tho Mexican coin- wader, and tho AmcrUiiiiK co-oper In purjulni? tho bondltn, YAICA. MEN CAUGHT IN SHELL FIRE OF RUSSIAN TROOPS WCHANQEI,. Aur 21 Tun Am. lWY. M. C. A. moil, ltnunr.l V "rrlll of Somnrvlll.. m i .....U I'luiinii llllll u U Cotton, of LIukIo. Wyo., "rttamldhcay shell flro In '"VotRuulan troops otTulnas JJ "e Dvlna rl-e, Mimetlmo nKU i.i. --"" joi iiuw neon p in , All Drill ear and nil HtudentH from otbor IiIkIi hcIiooIh uro roiiuoHtad (o nport durliiK tho iiIiomi ineulloncd boiirii for roiiHtiltutlon und resist ra tion. They nru unkod, :iImi. to brliiK ovldonco of olKbth Krudo :rniluiitloii and record of crodlta earned In othor hlKh kcIiooIh, For consultation they are directed. i to roport to tho principal or nnv lonrhur, but reRlslor only with tho teacher In cburKu of thu subject, or Ultimo to bo tukon With tho exception of tho threi Institution ilnys durlm: the llrHt week In Huptombur. J. 1'. WoIIh. tho prln tliinl. will bo found at bin oJllce In tbo IiIkIi ncIiooI bullilliiK. and par entR as well uh HtudentH aro Invited to cnll for tho puriono of illscusnlnR rourHOH of Htudy and othor muttora concerning hcIiooI nffnlrK Thoso who Imvo not proloiiHly rcKlHtered will roport at thu hlKh Kchool between tho hours of 'J and 12 u in. and 1 and 3 p in. Tuesday all leKlstered HtudentH uro oxpoctod to bo In thulr nsslKiioil seats, with muinoranduni paper jorciinlzudon note books. No toxt iiookh hiiouiu bo purchased up until this time, to avoid errors. In nccordanco with u now rulliiK I'KItOV ItUUKi; AHUIVKS I TOMUIIT WITH HIlIDi:. Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Burke, who bavo been oxpecdng tho return of their son, Percy, who has been with tho American army In France, woro pleasantly surprised to learn that ho will arrive tonight with his bride. Mr. Ilurko was married last Thurs- lay In York, Nebraska and set out Immediately for Klamath Falls whero I bo will make his homo in the future. having a position In tho Klamath State Bank. N T T BANDITS HOLD UP TRU.V. NASHVILLR, Aug. 21. Four masked bandlte held up the Louis ville and Nashville passenger train running from Cincinnati to Montgom ery, Alabama, between Columbia and Pulaski early this morning. The ban dits carried off the mall pouches. A posse Is pursuing tnem. En n COUNTLESS FISH .Strunxc Iiiption in Diamond Lake Kills Thousands of J'isb Kntlrc liiike Is Discolored l Strange Distui banco. George Watt Juh 1,480 Acre Ranch From John Cox $100,000 Im tolvcd In Realty Transaction Just-Consummated. T T IllfJ CDRNERSTDN i Tliiilver Is mi Drj That the Smallest Itlao .Mil) Develop Into a tun- IbiKratloii, AirordliiK In StJitcnien b) Jackson S. Kimball. "Tbo lire situation right now,' nald Jurksoii I' Kimball, "is at the jiuost critical point In tho season, at tho peak of danger, as It were " Howexor, In spito of tbo many fires thut hooiii to l) raging, tbo efficient under Mr. Kimball's leudcrshlp In thin county, is doing u well us could be expected. Mr. Kimball said this afternoon thut tho all boys aro compollod to take mill-j whole forcu was strained to tho tnry training, and should provide uruaklug point In attempting to thomsclves ull'h uniforms. Specltl-1 nlI ,no ttfeH caUMA ,)y ,no Kester. canons ror tnese win no unuouuceii . . .. , , ,. .., boii slnsblngs in tho Worden district. Inter Howuvor, bo)s should not, suniilv thoniBolvos with BChool' ierjining mi nry umi u m- etnil.... ...ii ii...v i...i.. r...il.... In.itlio slo ot one s iiniiii win uevoiop There is a pall of mjstPry sur rounding the cause of the killing of thousands of fish In Diamond Lake, tbo news of which was brought to Klamath Falls last night by H. D. Stout, deputy game warden, and R. n. Clanton, state master fish war den, along with four other local men who have been up to the lake for the past two days. According to Mr. Stout, the first notice that all was not well that the party had when they arrived on Monday was the murky and muddy coloring of the entire lake as far as they could see. Soon they noticed hundreds of dead fish rilled tneether P.e,sltc.ian Church on Friday bout tne out, Qf ,ake E VERY CRITICAL! BE LAID FRIDAY Pitting Ceremonies Will Accompany lui)ing of Cornerstone of Xcu i..L.....K. CIoso investigation showed that 1 tho entire lake was muddy in color, Ceremonies connected with the and that thousands of fish, ranging laying of the cornerstone of the new In s'ze from eight inches to a Toot Presbjterlan church, located at the aml a half In iegnth, were killed. corner of Sixth and Pine streets, will be hold Friday night, August 22d. at 7 20 p m.. Tho concrete walls for tho base- "I believe that the fish were killed by some peculiar under-water erup tion," said Mr. Stout this morning. "All of us in the party were abso- One ot the biggest transactions la ranch lands in Klamath County took place this afternoon when the final " papers were drawn-up whereby George Watt purchased the 1430 acr ranch, cattle and hay "belonging to John Cox. The deal Involved 1100, 000. The Cox ranch 13 located about two and one half miles west ot Fort Klamath, and gets Its water from. Seven Mile Creek. Possession by Mr. Watt will be taken Immediately. Close to 300 cattle are included la the purchase of the ranch, ami more) than 1000 tons of hay. Inreo-fittbs ot tho hay will be kept by Mr. Cox, and two fifths by L. Gordon, who leased the ranch. This is the third purchase that Mr. Watt has been connected with dur ing the past four months. He bought the Conner ranch of 4 80 acres last May. It adjoins the Cox ranch on tho north. Recently in conjunction with. Leslie Rogers and Herbert Phillips he bough the 600 acre Fordyce ranch, that lies three miles northeast ot Fort Klamath, tiome of the finest cattle in the county are grazing on the Fordyce ranch. WILL START HEW BANK IN MAUN structlons. An outline of thu varlotiM courses of study will bo available for stu dents some time within the near fn- i i. mian(1ColtUMUloW(irofo R Dartmouth collo nii,i..i ' M I' lB ' y" ! UNMANAGEABLE AUTO PAINFULLY BRUISES WILLIAM SIMMS 'M trnrrltri.il.. i .... ......... tram. ..i.i -"""-" "ir uussinii jKiMiafjMlrittah officer,. '2ir, " -'rounded by HMMVf , . mnc(l ,0 '""tiny. lock d th Ho A'lnns -o ""sslan artillery. Thl oUu8',"ll"ory. ! hot thoTtu72wlly b.Cnm0 1 P- a Doohalno of Sblpplngton.'st tt" 4 leaving ., 1 "A T'" ,", la tolophono polo In front of Winn U6 II..I. . " ""luriL Into ii n uncontrolublo forest flro within n few hours, aiKoidlng to Mr. Kimball It was that way In tbo Worden country a fow weeks ago, when a file In tbo slashings of the Kestorsou company's holdings in that diBtrUt spiead, burning up two buns and u quantity of hay. A seiles of Hies heem to hao spuing up following this one traveled for eight miles or moil mont, and tbo first part of the double IuteI.v t a loss to know the exact na tioor of the main auditorium have,turo ot the unusual happening. Ap been put In place. Laying of brick Pearances Indicated, however, that for the superstructure will begin the eruption was under-water and next Monday. Iwas General throughout the lake. A most cordial invitation to at-lThe murklness and discoloring of tend the ceremonies on Friday even-ltho water all over Diamond Lake Ing Is extended .not only to the mem-'8nowed that the disturbance was not hers of congrogutlons of all theic01,nned to any one part of the wa eburches of tho cfty, but also to ev-,tors" cry citizen of Klamath Falls and the An' thUBht of nn explosion from surrounding countiy. A special i.jdybamlte causing the killing of the Itation is given to every business flsh was Immediately dismissed by man who ho willingly and liberally tho deputy gamo warden. "It would contributed to tbo building funds of havo taen tns of dynamite to kill tbo iiqw church. !WI "Uinner or llsli tlint we saw ttoat- Tho following program has been'lnB about the lako. Any tboifght of arranged for tbo evening I thut is prepostorous the eruption William Slmms, joint ownor ot tbo loront rodeo show thnt perfniiued In Klnmnth Fulls, biifforod painful bruises to his loft log nnd hip yei torday nttornooti about 2:30 p. m wbon nn automobile driven by Mm truck nok'n cans im,. . .. ...... .. . i in. . . - Kiumry sioro on nn in Hiruci. nun nik "0 miles I nrl '"Ro1 ,,JP locking Slmms, who was standing Ilea dewn tho river. ISlCAiOT ! BUE PEACE " noiii MSj, WlUonI",SJ.A.UB' 21 Presl. "" Peacn i..: r l" -"-wor to do- 9 conse t" take ? ke con ','nclamaon. tfl ,,.:"1 "l ny nor clrcum- ''cauonr COUrao prlw ',pMebytZ ot th0 fraal troa- :-.rii ""'"ur " in ronly, ""tlta ;r!.,BMons tbo S0.mt. 11 t... . m ,!ufl"B tho cnnf.. '"csuav "" :30 p. m Band Concert, Klamath "as 0I nn nni. almost unexplain Falls Band nblo nnturo, that pet hap never will Prayer Rov. C. F. Trlmblo be dotermlned." Itllili-k QnlnnMnn T XI "tncn.n and liawlMugc..Th0 church' In' tho Wild- Kxct-- "htin tho eruption occur- wood" Mnlo Quartet c" c0,"d I10t "e detei mined by the Tho piopoity of Ivan Keslerson History of tho Church Rov. J. S. paity It is certain, however, that it now In tho fit o range Yesteiday liei Stulibloflold of Choyoimo, Wyo., a hnpponed prior to last Mondnv lost 150,000 feet of logs, which wllli Address Mayor Strublo mine than mini $2,000.0(1 This Mttslo "(Iloilous Things Aro Spok timber was near Vantiu Flat, undl en" Malo Qunrtot I Pniin-rninlnHnnB l)nrk. a fill. frnm tlin u fnA Miuph . "b 4UV. I,,-UB - "i?,'ua V1'. - ....., 'f 1 1 r t tlin VJii.irlUT UAinn A Collier Laying ot Cornorstono Song and Dismissal uoxt to tho polo, sovoral fcot on to tho pavement. Only tho fact thut tho crank on tho machlno struck tho polo provont od n snrlous uccldout, It Is believed by MiH.Dochnlno and nthurs who saw tho accident that tho wheels of tho rnr bocamo locker, thus provontlng tho driver from st coring it. Slmms at tho tlmo of tho accident was tnlking to Jack Hudson of Sn cramonto. Neither man snvv tlio car coming, so suddenly did tho mnchlno strlko tho polo. Hudson oscaped with minor bruisos, Slmms Is lying in bod In n room ovor Urandonburg's storo nnd will no doubt ho laid up for two wooks or moro, Thoro Is a possibil ity thnt his loft hip hns boen wrench ed and dlslocatod. Mrs. Dochalno'a cur was not dnmnsod othor thun tho bonding of tho fender, repot ts last night stiitod that tbo llio was being thrown for a halt mllu acioss tho fiat. There mo two flies In tbo illy country which uro being fought lit PROSPECTS BRIGHT tno vain aiiompi 10 snvo sun moro valuable timber than that on flro at prosunt. Tho Indian department Is tit work fighting n big brush and scrub tlm- bor lira which oxtends onto tho res ervation. Tho othor flro forces nro lighting n big flro on another sottlou of tho Indian reservation which is M. proving moro Borious. menu foii ui'ATrir. Mrs. James M, Bray, ot Oshkosh, Wisconsin, accompanied by hor com panion, nrrlved horo last evening. Mrs. Bray comos seeking roliof from asthma and It was at tho suggestion ot hor son, William M. Bray that sho docldod to test tho bouoflts of this climate. Diamond Lake has been discolor ed and tho waters have been murky , bofoio, but never has theio been such a distui banco tho nature ot this i one, according to local nngleis, who naio noon tisiiing its waters. They aro at a loss to account for the re cent upheaval that wrought such damage to tho fish. Tbnan wbn warn In II. n na.f.. 41. nt FOR BLOCK-UP PLAN Returned from Diamond Lake last might to Klamath Falls besides Mr. Stout and Mr. Clanton William M. Hr.iv of tbo Oshknsh 5ul1 " ur 'nion Woro It. E. Tlmboi company has returned from a Il,sker, John Ramsdoll, Charley business trip in tbo east, tho purpose s'-nds nnd George Chambers. 1 m ot which was to further tho plan now on foot to block up the various tim ber holdings In bis territory. Undor prcsont conditions tho holdings tho Woyorhaousors, Hopkins, Oshkosh and Westorn Pacific nro Interming led, so that it is disadvantageous to oach to undortako tho full develop ment of tholr properties. For some tlmo negotiations havo been under vvnj- having for it3 object tho consol idation ot thoso holdings and tho prospects for tho success ot this un dertaking wero nover brighter, ac cording to Mr, Bray. llil I1C MARRll I) SUVD.YV. Hyman Wochs'er, who has been omployed for tho past five years in the K. Sugnrman utoro at Sixth and Main Streets, will marry Fannlo Poarlman, Sundav, August 24th, In Portland. Mr. Weschler loft last Sun day for tho Roso City. Ho returned about threo months ago from Franco, whero ho saw sorv.o with tho 34Sth. Field Artillery. Mr. and Mrs. Wesch ler will make their homo In Klamath Fnlls, whore Mr. Wecbsler will con tinue in the employ ot K. Sugarman. Belief in the future of the Malta and surrounding country was ex pressed this morning in the filing ot the articles of incorporation with the county clerk for the establishment ot the Malin State Bank. Capltaliation Is to be $15,000. The incorporators are J. W. Siem ens, John Siemens, Louis Boldlsher and Edward Bloomlngcamp, all ot Kiamatn raits, ana A. Kalina, a. merchant' ot Malin. According to John Siemens it will be the first part of October before the bank can open its doors. The articles of incorporation must be duly filed in Salem, which will mean a wait of sixty days or more before the bank can open for business. The bank is the result of 'careful consideration on the part of the in corporators, who are convinced that the Malin country has a future be fore it. The land about Malin is very productive, and yields largo quantities ot flay. It is selling now for $125 an acre, while some of tha land about Klamath Falls Is on the mniket for $100 an acre Much of the Malin land is former homestead land, that was settled some years ago, and is now under irrigation. STKIKl'llS STOP CMi TRAFFIC. LOS ANGELES. ug. 21 A crowd of 500 strlko syupathlzers blocked the p.issago ot street cars today In tho downtown business districts. They Jeered and stoned tbo crews that were operating the cars. Police were nblo to dispe-se the crowd. BUI'S BARBER SHOP. H. O. Wortley, formerly employed In ono ot the J. E. Swanson shops, has purchased from Ray Crawford, tho barber shop located in tho Mecca Peel room. Mr. Wortley has already taken possession. M TAKES LIFE OF CRIMINAL LOUISBERG, North Carolina, Aug. 21. Walter Elliott, a nogro who was alleged to havo assaulted a farmer's wife, was shot to death today by a mob. Tho mob Iator carried Elliott's body to tho scene of the crime and swung It to a tree In a country church yard. Tho negro was taken from tha Sheriff by tho enraged mob. LCr.