The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, September 22, 1919, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextW$v lEugumg iterate OFFICIAL VAVER OW KLAMATH COUNTS' Fourteenth Year-No. 3732, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1919 Price, Five Centi BID HUE AT FIT KLAMATH 1JST EVENING forage Owner Is Severely Burned FINE AUTOS ARE LOST flnc Garage, With KchI.Ioi.co Ad- Llnlnc. In WcmM Kivcr v..c, Town. (!- UP '" I',ft"", Cral Men InjuredHotel Cutrl Hro but It Hnvcd HECTOR'S BACK FROM CALIFORNIA Hcv- ICH Th total destruction by flro of tho Kalnbow OaraBo nt Fort Klamath lie tween flro and six ociock last even ing nd tho serious burning of tlio owner B. A. Page, who now llc crit ically 111 at his homo, Is tho mid nowH brought In today by John Ilosslg. n Prominent rosldont of thnt section. Tin garage loss Is cHtlmntod ot $7.- OOO with about $2,000 Insurance. The flro started by tho oxploslon cl jm In a tank near which tho men nn working and spread so rapidly that thero was no chanco to savo tho property. Two young mon named Zumbrum and Mnllroy, who wore employed at tho garngo woro pain fallr burned in their attempts to put out the fire. four autos, a big Colo Eight, n Bnlck, a Ford and ono othor inachlno were deitroyod. Tho small rosldcnco building adjacent the garngo was jwept to tho ground by tho flames. The hotel across tho road caught fire, but tho concerted action on tho part of those nt hand saved It. This Is the second flro which has wept away a gnrago nt Fort Klam ath within two years. RED CROSS BUSY AT CORPUS CHRISTI Two relief trains carrying Gov eminent and Hcd Cross supplies lave arrived at Corpus Chrlstl, ac cording to a telegram from natlonul headquarters of tho Rod Cross re ceived at Northwestorn Division headquarters enrly Friday morning. a mira tram is on tlio way. A gov ernment boat carrying Red dross food and clothing from dalveston is en routo to coast points In tho dev astated area which cannot bo reach ed by railroad. Red Cross relief workers are on the ground, states, tho telegram, and emergency relief appears to bo well In hand. Thero is no present nood w Red Cross chapters to contribute cither funds or supplies. Tho mayor r Corpus Chrlstl has askod for Rod Cross assistance which Is bolng Promptly rendered. Tho Northwest ern Division omco expocts fullor in formation very soon, which will in e tho extent of public appeal pessary, f any, to assist tho strlck- "immunities In mooting their ro "oatructlon work. 1'ACIFIO TOO WIDE POll PLANES YET. NEW YORK, Sept. 22. No fjylng t in existence is capable of cross J the Pacific, except by using the rt cut from Alaska to tho north n Ruasian lino, Commander Albort J Read, U. S. N of trans-Atlantic m fame, declared at a luncheon Aemrican Flying club hero in "raying reports that he was propur- u17, a trans-Paclflc flight. Ho in- ,.! m however, that perhaps somo n machine was capable ot negotla Un the distance. tul -.u,u HKiuiCH 8TAIIT8 AT CINCINNATI SOON CINCINNATllept. 22.- on. CDnat,wa the toss for tho aeVi! , Earao of tb. world's " es here today. October 1 d." Prbab,y opting be t,l. T flm two Bnmes will I ?v.ed at C'nolnnatl and tho Cta.i f ,n c,caBo, unless o "e,and beats out the White J O. M. Huelor, with Airs. Hector and children, came In Hutiirday evening from Ha tiFranclHCU, whore Mr. Hector hits been buying fall goods for his popular mercantile ch tablliihment. Mr. Hector was very fortunate In being able to get a tine line of goods which he will m uble to dispose of nt very low prices, con sidering the condition of the mar ket. Mrs. Hector and three children have been residing In Sacramento for several months, which change was necessitated on account of Mrs. Hector's lioalth. It Is expected that she will now be In Klamath Falls for a considerable time, which will be good news to her many Klamath Falls friends. H SS EXPECTED FEW PROTESTS DN TAXES i Eleven 1'rote-is Only From Klutunl'i Tax l'u)erH TliJrf year. Timber Men To Make No Fight For Induction I IN GET TOGETHER Meeting of Importance Set For Wed nesday Evening nt tlio City Hall. . ujjicruiiuu vimi iuu ruir uunru Is Desired POPULAR GIIRL IS OFF FOR VARSITY Well-Know n Firm Is Believed to I Jo Stm-tlng Two-story llrlck Struct- ure at Corner of Seventh Street nnil Klamath Avenue Although no definite statement can be socurcd from A. A. Bellman and Son, who aro known to bo at thr bottom ot whatever is happening, it Ib pretty safe to predict that r new business block for Klamath Falls Is to bo erected In tho near fu turo at tho corner of Soventh Street and Klamath Avonuo directly oppos ite tho Klamath Falls Creamory. Tho fact that tho old buildings, which havo stood thero so many years have been removed and tho ground Is be ing cleared up preparatory .to con struction Is pretty sure evldonco that something Is going to ho started thore In the very near future. It has been learned thai when a building Is started there It will bo a two story brick business block equipped to house several business houses and that It will ho In keoping with the other fine structures which are ' ing put up in that immediate neighborhood. RECOVERS FROM ILLNESS. The ninny friends of D. I). Camp bell, will bo glad 'to hear the news, that he is recovering from his illness which has confined him to his bed for sovoral days. Whllo still weak, he Is gaining strength dally and It Is expectod that ho will soon bo able to bo up nnd around. ' CIRCUIT COURT OPEN TODAY Caso Against Bonanza Man for As sault nnd Battery Regius Before Judge Kuykondall at City Hall. Selection of Jury Under Way Circuit Court opened hero this morning at tho city hall with the case of the State against Broedlove, an action. D. O. Dreedlovo, a ranch er operating near Bonanza, Is charg ed with assault and battery on tho person of George Sparrotorn, a prom- lnont morchnnt of tho clover leaf town. Tho altercation, in which Mr. SDarrotorn was very seriously bat tered up, occurred on tho street in Bonanza May 29, and caused consid erable of a sensation at that time. Breodlovo was arraigned and plead not guilty on Juno 18. Tho work of selecting a Jury is now well under way. Tho defendant Ib represented by tho firm of Ruto nlc & Yaden. CHILD HIT BY AUTO The 6-year-old son ot Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Wildo, while playing on Wal nut avonuo, was struck down by a nasslnar car and badly bruised, though not otherwise seriously injured. Tho very small total of eleven pro tests by Klamath County ux payers vert filed this year with trie Ooard o" Initialization, which Is sitting tor thirty days In tho office of the Coun ty Court. This body which is composed of the Assessor, County Cleric and C unty Judge convened on Septem ber 8th and will adjourn, October 11th. Tho time for entering proteat3 has now passed. Tho fcaturo of tho nieer Ing this year Is tho lack of protests on tho part of tho timber ownors Jf the County calling for a reduction In tholr assessments. Tho filing of these with tho arguments for and against have occupied a principal part of the time of the Board In years past. During the next two weeks tho Board will mako a decision regard ing tho few protests that havo been presented. HACK FROM SACRAMENTO "Doc" Powell has returned from Sacramento, where ho has been for tho past several days on matters of business. S.P. IS TRAFFIC I Wreck Near Kciinctt, California, Ties till All Transportation nnd Works Hardship on Klamath Falls Shippers Destruction of Southern Pacific tunnel No. 2, a mllo this side of Kin nett, California, through dorallmont of threo flat cars laden with heavy timbers, has demoralized main lino t raffle. In addition to seriously de laying malls and passengers, the wreck Is having a serious effect upon Klamath shippers. D. M. McLemore expected to bo roady today to ship at least 15 cars of stock to the California markctb, but tho empty stock cars are ma rooned south of the demolished tun nel. A number of other local ship pers have sufTored the same delay In marketing whllo Incoming freight from the south is tied up. Tho passenger train duo here at 7:30 last night arrived at 2:30 this morning. Saturday night's passen ger train was also an early morning arrival. Southern Pacific advices today are that it will be impossible to have the tracks cleared by tonight, so anybody expecting frlonds or rela tives from outside points should lay in a good stock ot patience and a few sandwiches. A gang of several hundred men is working night and day cloarlng tho debris of the wreck. Tho tunnel Is a short one, but the force of tho heavy timbers catapulting from the cars when tho side stays broke broke practically all of tho tunnel's side b Imports, piling tho track with a mass ot twisted timbers, wrecked cars and huge piles of dirt. Passongors aro forced to walk about a mllo ovor a hill and transfer to another train In order to pass the wreck. Baggage and express Is transferred from one train to an other by a train of auto trucks op erating botween Kennott and Ander son. Another wreck occurred near Shasta Retreat yesterday, when a gondola and a tank car were de railed, but this caused but little do-lay. CORRECTION In Friday's Herald an Item stated that a suit for dlvorco had been fil ed by Mary Owens against W. H. Owens. This should have read that the suit was filed by Mr. Owens. In order to meet with the Klam ath County Fair Board and discuss details regarding tho coming county fair In October, the business men of this city will meet at the city hall on Wednesday evening. This meet ing has been called by President Lcs lio Rogers of the Klamath Falls Business Men's Association and it is Business Men's Association and It is hoped that a large numTier of the re presentative men will bo on hand. The fair this year will bo the first ono for several years and that It will be a big occasion there Is little doubt, judging from the arrange ments that havo already been made. It will need tho united co-operation of the business men, however, to make It what it should be made, aud it Is for this purpose that the meet ing has been called. The date of the county fair, which is to be held at the Kilgoro Grove, Is set for October 2 and 3. Fred Peterson of Merrill Is chairman of the board, Ross Sutton of Dairy Is treasurer, and Frank Sexton of Klamath Falls Is secretary. I) 1NNI I T ULTIMATUM Allied Powers Aro Standing Ready and Waiting to Pour Shot and jShcll Into Fiumo From Assembled Warships PARIS, Sept. 22. Gabrlele D'An nunzlo may be given twenty four hours to move his forces out of Fl ume, upon which city tho squadron ot Allied warships have turned the guns It is reported. The ultimatum will come from tho allied powers, re presentatives of which have confer red at Abbazin, two miles northwest of Fiumo, where they retired when D'Annunzlo entered tho city. FORMER KLAMATH RESIDENTS BACK With tho rush and that smile that characterized his movements of oth er days, bounced in Phil Slnnott, former city editor of The Herald, this morning to greet his old friends at The Herald office, and to say hello to his many old pals around the town. Mr. and Mrs. Slnnott came in Saturday evening for a vacation visit with Mrs. Slnnott's sister, Mrs. Geo. Walton. They expect to spend about two weeks In Klamath Falls and vi cinity. Mr. Slnnott, who, by tho way, rep resented Klamath county at the World's Fair at San Francisco, Is now employed by the United Press Service with headquarters at the Bay City. Both he and Mrs. Slnnott aro glad to get back for a stay with their old friends here, and the latter are most ploasod to have them hero. FAVORS INCREASE IN WAR PENSIONS WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 22. The house pensions committeo has reported favorably a bill granting a minimum monthly pension of $G0 to the yeterans of the war botween tue states. Tholr widows would receive 30 a month and tholr children un der 16 years old ?6 a month, while nurses would receive 30 a month, Tho measure would add $65,000,000 to the pension roll in its first ear. The bill would grant $72 monthly to all totally disabled veterans and $90 a month to those who suffered such disability in service. Tho star of good fortune is now shining on tho University of Ore gon, for it is going to number among its students this year Miss Vera Houston, who left her position as deputy county clerk yesterday preparatory to matriculation. Miss Houston has made herself Invaluable In the position she has held during the past three years and she will be greatly missed In the ofllco as well as by a wide clrclo ot friends In this communnity. She will leave for Corvallls on Thurs day. Her place at the clerk's ofllco will be taken by Mrs. W. C. Houston. Mrs. Houston has had consider able experience at the recording desk that she has again assumed and is well qualified to go ahead with this work. HUNTERS HAVE FINE SHOOTING Many Deer Are Being Brought in. More Men Bag limit of Birds Than for' Several Years Past, Some Birds Dying In spite of the fact that weather conditions have been unfavorable, there having been only one rain since the season opened, the number ot deer brought in by local sports man to date, has been up to the standard, according to Barney Cham bers of the Gun Store, who keeps in close touch with the situation and who is regarded as authority in these matters. Mr. Chambers declares that most of the deer this season, have been brought in from the Southeast por tion of the County. There is a not iceable lack of the big mule tail an imals which have been In former years secured in the eastern and southeastern part of Klamath. Bob Baldwin was among the successful ones who returned with a deer yes terday. The bird season is very early yet, but more men have bagged the limit this season than for a corresponding time for three years, or more. A num ber of hunters have reported that many of the ducks are dying in the Southern part ot the County, owing to the reclamation of the lands there. In certain portions where the drain age water has been collected, the birds seem to have been poisoned by the alkali. Many have died in what is called the "Sump" In the Spring Lake district. STELL STRIKE BEGINS TODAY Tl OT m Conflicting Situation Is Reported 500,000 MEN AFFECTEDr Many Plants Are Sold to Be Close" Down, and Others Aro Operating; "With Small Forces No Disorders Reported So Far Conflicting Claims Aro Made by Generals in Charge on Both Sides A preliminary skirmish In the great industrial struggle betweea the labor unions and- the United Spates Steel Corporation, which di rectly or indirectly affects half a. million wage earners, has produced the usual conflicting claims by the generals on both sides In the great strategic centers of the straggle. In the Chicago and Pittsburg districts) many thousands of workers obeyed the strike order, but early reports stated that comparatively few plants were compelled to close. Many ara operating as usual. CHICAGO, Sept. 22. Reports from all parts of the country where steel plants operate show conflicting situations regarding the strike start ing today. Many are closed down, while others are operating with very small forces. Some have lost a few workers. N disorders are reported. PITTSBURG, Sept. 22. Several men had their heads clubbed and 20 were arrested when the state police had a brush) with steel strikers, the crowds refusing to' disperse. Many shots wore fired. AIRPLANES OVER KLAMATH COMMON N 9 BUSINESS BLOCK T HIED Fine Three-Story Structure Will Go Up at the Corner of Fifth and Main Streets Excavation Work Already Commenced With the moving of the old frome building at the corner of Fifth and Main Streets to a position on Lower Sixth Street to make way for a fine modern three story brick structure, another old landmark ot Klamath Falls as the old timers knew it, has passed away. The relic ot former days was hardly off the ground Sat urday when teams were busy excav ating for the new block which Is to be erected by the firm ot Collins and Stilts. It Is understood that tho contract for the new building has not yet been let, but It Is intimated that this will be done and full details regard ing it be announced within a few days. m GOES TO ASHLAND. Reverend E. P. Lawrence ot the First Presbyterian church left this morning for Ashland, where he will attend a conference for the next three days. He expects to retnrn Thursday evening. Considerable Interest has been manifested here over the two air planes, which were seen flying over the city for a time Saturday and Sunday. Investigation showed that the first of these planes was operat ed by a scout pilot who had started from Red Bluff and was on Ills way to Eugene. He had steered from his course and refilled" his tank with gasoline. For some reason he failed to re port when he arrived at Eugene, and Lieutenant Kiel, fearing that some accident had befallen him, was here In sarch for him yesterday. Lieutenant Kiel who stopped here for a short time, declared that there was every reason why airplane pat rol should be secured for the mighty forests of Klamath County and that this could be secured without doubt If it was gone after in the right way. KLAMATH MAN FIGHTS ON FOUR WAR FRONTS Charles Kucero, a Bohemian from Malin, who when the United States entered the war saw his oportunlty to fight for his beloved Bohemia, bid goodbye to his friends and went to the front, determined to do or die in the struggle to place on the map a Czecho-Slovak nation. He has just returned and during his absence fought on tour fronts. He is glad to get back to his home and his friends, but says that he would follow the same course again under the same circumstances. He is satisfied to set tle down to a life of peace and hap piness now that his dream of a Free Bohomia has been realized. PAItENT TEACHER'S BODV MjANNE. The Parents and Teachers of High School Students are invited to meet Tuesday, September 23, at 4:00 p. m. in the High School Assembly for the purpose of discussing the organ ization of a Parent-Teacher Association.