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KLAMATH COUNTS
Fourteenth Year-No. 3738,
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, !919
Price, Five Cento
om0lAL I'ATKn OF
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REPORT QFC1TY
IS RECEIVED
Extensive Changes Recom-
i L.. Citato Officials
menaea uy
POUR MORE FIREMEN
Mmw Condition Hunnumlliij
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Hunuling ""- - .
W(l intimation Given That If tho
ChMRO It Nt Mwlo In IK) I)iim
Klro MnrHlml'M Department Will
ttle a in"'"
Copy of tlin report mndo by G. V.
Stokes and . W Allon. roprosonta.
tins of tho Ilro innrsluil'H depart
ment, who rftln0 ",,ru rt)C0,lty for
ihe purposu of making n survey or
the flro hazards of tins city, Ihih JiihI
been received, iitul it in iih follews:
Introductory
"Klamatli KjiIIh. tlio sounty sent
of Klamatli county, with n popula
tion Of over 0,000, Ih tho motropollH
of Southeastern Oregon, ami ono of
the most progressive mid prosperous
titles of Oregon.
"It Is Ideally located on a high
and level platouu at an olovatlon of
1,120 feet aliovo Ren lovol.
"Tho principal resources and In
dustries aro lumbering, live stock
raising, agriculture and manufactur
ing. "Its climatic conditions nro Ideal;
Us prospects as a commercial mid
Industrial center aro vory promising
and all that now provontH Its rank
In? with other first cIuhb cities Ih
the lack uf proper ordinances In
cluding building Ihwh and flro pio
Tention ordlnancea. Tills no doulit
sill be corrected In tho near future.
"Tho buildings in tho flro dlHtrlet
are principally or framo con
struction, hut in many cases aro In
terspersed with brick, tho latter lin
ing built with no rogaid to orpccd
openings.
The streets, nioHt of which nro
Ped with bltulethic pavomont,
save a range of width of from '0 to
8' feet, anil nro supplemented "With
1,ey I" tho cmigosted district.
This enables tho ilro dopartmoiit to
"sat a flro from tho rear as well an
Ifom the front If thoy nro Riven tho
necessary equipment and tho imui
Wcr to handle tho sumo.
"We aro Informed by tho city of-
that on uccount of tho luck of
"ids they wero at this tlmo unablo
Purchaso equipment needed by
' Are department, but would mako
, necessary arrangements upon
'ns tno noxt year's budget.
Existing Conditions
We find:
"First That Mm n.. ,
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nances of tho elty aro not on-
' duo t0 u, antagonism of tho
Z recorUer ana tho other city ofll-
t li, s roluct":o to flno or
sh any guilty of violations, no
U accounts for tho many flro
fo encountered during tho sur-
JJWting Individuals from doing
totaUfc"""Upon ,nsl,0ctlon of resor-
r&tvy fouml t0 contB,n
stead T T ' of watop' w," "'
J y should havo boon filled.
otchll W I"'1,or construction
. T' wh,ch ,icco-"ts tno
&U comm. "10tUl chlmnya found.
'rlsk ?" Bront,y '"creases tho
b takfen . ln,moil'to stops should
tlon, t0 ol''"lato this condi-
V"? C,"?f ,S 8roaUy
Xita' "l "movlne tho flro
,o z r,"tlne u, city- ow,,,b
w 1,ralted authnriiv -...i .i.
"Sixth m 1)rovont,on ordinances.
'"', Or IK niUfUBU OI BUS-
'"Wail heulatneof dry elean.
ndwi, Imzard la ,n0Bt 80
tk. .. a w"l resnH in ,ii -
" y the : ess I)roinPt action Is tak-,,'th6c0Unclli
It, No Ordlnanrn nrihli,u
Crv UurlnBthefl8htlnBof
1 ry Ear(1en hose in uso dur-
lug tho fighting or flro greatly re
duced tho pri'HHitro, which at that
tliuo cnunot bo spared.
"Highlit In many places rubbish,
dofoctlvi) flui'H, stoves and pipes wero
found. ThcHo conditions would not
exist If a system of Inspection was
adoptodf
"Ninth --Tho city Is without ordi
nances governing tho construction of
buildings, and until such Is adopted
Ktainath Falls will ho classed as a
conflagration town.
Wutcr HyMlom and Houru-s of Supply
"Tho water system Is owned and
opornted by tho California-Oregon
1'owor Company.
"Tho Bourco of tho water la thnio
wolls, ono 1G2 feet and tho other
two 89 foot deep roHH'ctlvoly, and
tho supply Is pumped to two rcser-
I vnlru wlit nil lm irn n minlin .i urn
000 gallons. Tho Hire we h aro
tupped together, water being lirted
by ono O. V. Price electric centrifu
gal pump of 720 gallons per mliiuto,
and ono Could triplex pump of H00
gallons per mlnuto capacity, Tho
watur Ih pumped to the reservoirs
through eight-Inch transmission
I pipes. Tho supply to tho city Is con-
' veyed through an olght-liich lino to
1 Conger and Main SIh., redy-'ng to
0", -1" :i", to tho vnrlous sections
or tho city, Tho company at the
present tlmo has 22 miles of pipe
Hue, and is contemplating exteiiHlvo
I linprovemculH In tho system. Con-
i Hlderahle truuhle and expense has
' been experienced In tho Mills mldl-
1 tlous, due to chemical action or the
Isoll on mains, which hns caused seri
ous leakages, and subjected thu com
pany to much sovoro criticism.
"There aro twelve gate a Ives set
1 1 Teet off tho propurty lino on side
streets. InspctloiiH are nude twice
, each year.
I "The dally per enptia consumption
i of water Ih hetwon 2fi0 and ,'lfliJ gril
) ions during tho summer montliH, the
' remainder of tho year about 150 gal
lons.
"Thoro aro six dead ends, all In
Mills' addition.
"Flro alarms aro received In the
city hall, and pumping stntlon si-
, muleaiieously; tho pumps aro Imme
diately put in operation and kept
I pumping to their full capacity dur
' lug tho progiess or tho flro. Theio
la ono rerouting pressure gauge 1
liated at Third and Klamath streets.
I "Under Section fi, Ordin men No.
in, granting a frauchiso to II. V.
Catcs, his successors and assigns,
j for the purpose of supplying tho
! town of Klamath Falls and Its In
! habitants with water, expressly
states that, 'Tho grantee shall pro
vldo stilllcicut lescrvolr capacity for
, flro and domestic purposes, to bo
kept filled at all times, except when
being ropaired and hold In resorvo
for any omorgency. Tho rcsorvolr
to bo walled with masonry and coat
ed with comont or asphalt, to ren
der tho same wator proof, to bo
roofod ovor and protected from or
feet of frost, to be arranged with
supply aifil wasto pipes, and so gon
orally constructed as to bo safo from
any clangor from any pressuro with
in or drainage defect without nnd
to bo capablo of keoplng water as
pure and froo from contamination
as It cornea from the source of sup
ply. All rosorvolrs to bo connected
with mains In such manner that any
nhd all can supply tho hydrnnts dur
ing fires. Tho reservo In rosorvolrs
to bo sulllclont at nil times to sup
ply not loss than threo flro streams
70 foot high, through threo-quarter
Inch nozzlos for threo consecutive
hours.'
"At tho tlmo of visiting tho rosor
volrs approximately six feet of
water was found in ono nnd eight
foot of wator was found in tho othor,
nolthor boing halt filled. This, in
our judgment, Is a violation of tho
ngreomont with tho city, nnd consti
tutes a dnngorous condition that
should not prevail. Should a flro
occur, and ono or both pumps bo
out of commission at tho particular
tlmo, thoro would not bo sufficient
wator In resorvo to copo with it,
which would leave tho city helpless.
As thoro is no auxiliary or secondary
systom, tho reservoirs should bo
flllod to tho maximum at all times.
HyilranU
"Thoro aro 114 hydrants, 104 of
watorous pattern, manufactured by
Wolf & Z wicker, and 20 of hbrno
manufacture. It Is very important
that flro hydrants bo kept In good
conditions and roatly for instant uso,
becauso upon tho water flow and
pressuro depends tho safety of tho
community. Experience has proven
RED CROSS LAYS
PLMm MR!
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Meeting at Portland Tcxlny AVI 1 1
DIhiiimm Problems for Organl.a
llon to Tackle It. If. Dunbar Ih
Local Delegate
STRIKE LOWS
Northwest Delegates Vole for Walk
out nt Midnight Tuesday Cali
fornia Unions Asked to Auuit the
Confei ciicc Action
BOTH SIDES CLAIM
GAIN IN STRIKE
It. II. Dunbar, vlce-prosldgnt of
the local fdcvl Ctohh chapter, left
yesterday for Portland, whnro ho Is
tho representative of this chapter at
a conference of tho lied Cross work-'
crs of tho northwest at tho division
conference.
Tho purpose of tho conferonco Is
to plan tho bails on which the peace-,
tlmo activities of tho lied Cross will
bo established. Now -that tho war
demands are practically over, it is
desired to keep In actlvo working
order tho organization built up for
military purposes to handlo peace
probloms. IJho work will include
homo nnd school sanitation, caro of
tho aged and Infirm, relief of pov
erty, hygienic training and many
other details for tho social better
ment of the nation.
Dr. Livingston Fnrrand, new na
tional head of the Ited Cross, form
oily president of tho University of
Colorado, will address the Portland
conference on tho plans and pur
poses of the now campaign.
XAM1CD IIAXK K.VAMIMOIt
SALKM, Sept. 29. W. M. Adair
or Portland has been named by Wil
liam Dennett, state bank superin
tendent, to replace K. P. Slade as
bank examiner. Slado resigned to
go to California.
LOOK AT YOUIt DATK
Subscribers receiving their
paper through tho malls aro
requested to look at the date
following their name. It indi-
cates tho date upon which the
paper is stopped it tho subscrlp-
tion is not renowed. Tho $er-
aid will appreciate It If these
renewals are sent in far enough
In advance to avoid tho neces-
slty of stopping tho paper, as
It entails a great deal of clerl-
cal work to placo a name back
upon tho mailing list again.
No receipt Is sent when a re-
nownl is recolved tho chango
In the dato upon the wrapper
Indicating that the monoy has
boon received and proper credit
given.
TACOMA, Sept. 29. Shipyard
workers at Tacoma, Dellingham, Ab
erdeen and Portland yards arc ready
to strike at midnight Tuesday, fol
lowing a resolution to that effect
adopted by a meeting of representa
tives of unions hero yesterday. Se
attle delegates were not present and
there wero no representatives of the
California plants.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29.
James O'Connell, chairman of the
metal trades department of the
American Federation of Labor, has
asked Pacific Coast shipyard con
tract shop workers to suspend all
strike action until after a conference
of tho United States Shipping Beard,
metal trades delegates and naval
representatives at Washington to
morrow. Comments of local e:.ccu
tiveH of the metal trades association
indicated that the conference could
not halt tho strike.
REBEKAH DELEGATES
BACK FROM EAST
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Mrs. It. E. Wattenburg returned
Friday evening from Baltimore,
where sho attended the National As
sociation of Itebekahs as a delegate
from tho Oregon Assembly. The as
sociation was In session for five days
and, as this was tho 100th anniver
sary for Odd Fellowship in America,
ii convention was unusually inter
esting. The organization was found
ed in Baltlmoro 100 years ago. After
tho convention, Mrs. Wattonhurg
spent tho rest of tho tlmo in Chicago
and Washington, where she. witness
ed the Pershing paradji. and enjoyed
the many points of interest in and
around Washington.
Dy Associated Press
Monday, proclaimed as the '
day of tho crucial test in the
steel strike, opened with con-
dieting claims. Corporation of-
flclals claimed that the sltua-
Hon is secure. The strike of
40,000 workers called In the
Dcs Moines Steel Corporation's,
plant, they asserted, amounts
to little. Tho strike order was
obeyed by only an Insignificant 4
number of workers, they said.
On the men's sldo It is claimed 4
that tho huge Bethlehem plant
has been completely crippled by
tho strike and the power house
forced to close altogether
NT
LITTLE BETTER
Nervous Condition Still Persists and
Complete Rest Program Ls Con
tinued Illness May Prevent At
tending Workers' Conference
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Police Save City Head Front,
Strangling
2 DEAD AT MOB HANDS
Between Two and Throe Score In
jured as Result of Day's Terrific
Violence Court House Fired ami
Partially Destroyed Gen. Wood
Takes Command of Federal Sol
diers Guarding City
SON AT 1NMAX HOME
The homo of Mr. and Mrs. Hobort
Inmnn has been gladdened by the
arrival of a son, born September 25.
The baby weighed eight pounds and
has been named Stanley Ellsworth.
Mother and baby, aro doing well, re
ports Dr. George Wright, tho physi
cian In attendance.
that hydrants neglected aro both
costly and dangerous.
"It Is tho rulo where others than
firemen nro allowed to uso hydrants
thoy nro invariably found to bo in
had condition. Whon a flro occurs
thoy aro vory often dlfllcult to open,
tho nipples rounded off and some
times leaking badly. No one but the
flro department should ho allowed to
uso hydrants at any tlmo. Thoy aro
Installed for flro protection purposes,
and not for promiscuous uso.
"Whllo taking a reading of tho
pressuro many hydrants wero open
ed with tho greatest of difficulty.
Poles and posts havo In many in
stances been set too close to tho hy
drants thus interfering with thoir
efficient use.
Rcaditi of Pressure
"Two and one-half inch single
lins 50 feet in length, one and one
eighth Inch smooth bore nozzlo, and
ono hydrant toko off, no and one
eighth smooth bore nozzles was used
on floowlng test with the following
reading.
Stroet
Tenth and Main Sts
Twelfth and Main Sts
Esplanade and Earl Sts. (hospital).
Spring nnd Main Sts
(Big Basin Lumbor Co.)
Center and Klamath Sts
Main and Payno Sts
Main and Fourth Sts
Main and Fifth Sts
Main and Sixth Sts
Main and Seventh Sts
Main and Eighth Sts
Flowing Pressuro Gal. per Minute
Open Closed
40 50
40 52
22 30
38 ' 62
52
52
40
4G
4G
44
40
CO
CO
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r.s
5S
56
52
Open
237
237
175
232
270
270
237
254
254
248
237
Closed
2G5
270
205
270
290
290
290
23G
285
2S0
270
Static I'ressuro
Streets Opon Clo'd
Main and Sovonth Sts 70 75
Main and Eighth Sts 85 75
Main nnd Tenth Sts G5 75
(School)
Main and Twolfth Sts 65 75
Esplanade and Earl Sts 40 45
(Hospital)
Spring and Main Sts 70 75
Main and Darrow Sts 10 60
(Big Basin Lumbor Co.)
Center and Klamath Sts 75 90
Main nnd Payno Sts -70 85
Main and Second Sts 75 90
Main and Fourth Sts 70 86
Main and Fifth Sts 75 80
Main and Sixth Sts 75 80
"Nozzles, pressure of 40 to GO
pounds, from 1& -Inch nozzlos, will
glvo streams which may bo classed
as good, and Is desiraulo tor offoct
Ivo flro fighting.
Fire Department
"It needs no argument to demon
strate that flro onco started carries
sorious possibilities of destruction.
It makes no differonco how or where,
flro is always dangerous.
"Every city must learn for Itsolf
that it will pay vory dearly for
cheap structures in tho congested
district, insufficient flro apparatus,
or an Incomplete wator system.
(Continued on Page Three)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 29.
President Wilson spent a restless
night, but Is sleeping this morning.
He will remain In seclusion for the
present. The President may not be
able to attend the national indus
trial conference which begins Octo
ber 6, it is announced from the
White House.
At present It is not possible for
the President to receive King Al
bert and Queen Elizabeth of Bel
glum at the White House and they
will go to Boston first after leaving
Now York, but on their return from
tneir tour of the United SUtes it is
expected that thoy will be welcomed
by the President and Mrs. Wilson
at the White House.
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SQUAD BRAWN?
At a meeting held by the school
board some tim eago it was voted to
support athletics this year, which
will bo tho first time since year be
fore last, duo to the lack of material
and the war. The high school has
some good material this year and
athletics will go ahead with full
force.
There is a squad of about eigh
teen boys reporting for football
practice every evening after school
and aro being drilled by Mr. More
of high school. The players this
year are green, but have heft and
aro scrappers, and also aro workiug
hard for a winning team. There are
no games scheduled as yet but Mr.
More is in hope of getting two games
apieco with Lakeview, Bend, Ash
land, Medford and Grants Pass, the
first ono being with Lakeview.
PRESBYTERIANS TO
HOLD CONFERENCE
The new year conference of tho
Presbyterian church will bo held at
tho church this evening, starting at
8 o'clock. The Uov. E. P. Law
rence, pastor, oxtonds a cordial invi
tation to all friends and members to
bo present.
Two excollont speakers will ad
dress tho conferonco, tjio Itev. J. B.
Soeloy of Portland, state superin
tendent of homo missions, and tho
Kov. L. M. Boozor, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Medford.
Tho Southern Oregon Presbytery
will hold a convention tomorrow at
Merrill.
ITALIAN DEPUTIES RIOT
ROME, Sept. 29. A free-for-all
fight of members interrurttod pro
ceedings of tho chamber of deputies
today. A hundred deputies took
part. It ls rumored that tho cabi
net may resign rather than plunge
tho country into the struggle that is
expected to attend the calling of a
general eloction.
OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 29. Mayer
E. V. Smith is still in a critical con
dition as the result of wounds in
the head and neck, received yestor
day when he was hanged by a crowd,
who were attempting to lynch him
during the excitement of race riot
ing.
Mayor Smith's life was saved
through quick action of the police,
who charged the rioters, dispersing:
them in time to cut down their vic
tim and prevent a fatality. The
mayor was unconscious but has re
covered. Federal troops are patrolling tho
city, which Is quiet after a period ot
terrible disorder. More disturbance
are feared by the authorities.
General Leonard Wood, command
ing the central military department.
Is expected to arrive today to take
charge of the military measures for
strike suppression.
The county attorney has issued a
statement in which ho delares that
an Immediate Investigation will be
made by the civil authorities and
prompt and drastic prosecution of
those responsible for tho outbreak
will follow.
The number of persons injured
in yesterday's rioting Is estimated at
between 45 and 60. Two men were
killed. William Brown, negro, was
dragged from the county. jail by a
mob and lynched. Tho other vic
tim of mob violence is a white man,
believed to be Clarence Clancy.
During the rioting around the
court house the building was set on
firo by rioters and partially destroyed.
RUMOR ALSACE HAS
DECLARED REPUBLIC
ALSACE, Sept. 12. It is ru
mored here that an Independent re
public has been set up in Alsace.
PARIS, Sept. 29. No confirma
tion of the rumor that Alsace has
established an individual republic Is.
obtainable here. Officials deny any
knowledge of the matter.
BURGLARS STEAL SAFE
PORTLAND, Sept. 29. A new
wrinkle in criminal operations wos
reportcd to local police this morn
ing. Robbers last night broke into
the cashier's cage of a motion ptc
turo theater during the night nnd
carried away tho safe, containing
two days' receipts, in an automobile.
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made.
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