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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1919)
h ituruum Mr-rali) OFFICIAL NEWSPAPMl j OFFICIAL Nbwaru-w 0'ri 11 r-rkilMTV OF KLAMATH FALli 0F KLAMA" Ww.,.. ccnthYcar-No. 3735 A KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1919 Price, 5 carts gun IK PUT UPON 111 Ml x. fourteen Districts Organiz ed in Form Bureau JOMMITTES NAMED -L- ,,f Medina Will Jo llrlil In rtfrt Center Throughout Coim t Yr narcnn lo Co-opernto in (tajwrtloa With AKrlcnlturnl (Whfe Kxtc.nlon Work Will llo Cf Crwt ilencllt X meeting was IipIiI In tho city till je-torday W rupreuiHw hnncri from praciitun -., m m tho county, for thu purpose . ....'i ihn orcanlzntlnn of n n rim Bureau, which Ih tho ,titdard official organization rccog Bbtd by tho U. 8. department of iirlculturo and tho agricultural eolle-M. for 'ho PU'P080 at Hroct- Ijj jjriculturai cxiutwiuu num. the roanly, n,.' mmilne was called to ortlor it 10:30 and T. N. Coso vnn chosen chairman of tho meeting. After tin explanation of tho method of nr linltatlon by W. L. Koddorly, ub ilittnt vtato loader of county ogonls ot Oregon, tho county was divided inin it dlitricti. following In a gen- tnl ay a grouping of nchool dis tricts. A roll call by districts then boned that tho 30 farmers prcsont rtprctentod 10 out of tho 14 dlo trlcti. The district outlines nud tho coni- cjunlty leaders chosen for tho cam paign are as follews: No. 1 Lorclla, Langoll Valley and Darncs valley; Archie Howurd and Will Campbell. No. 2 Bonanza, Hlhlohrand and Dairy; Francis J. llowno. No 3 Algoinn, Summor School and Klamath Falls; Will Hzoll and Elmer ApploRato. No. 1 Pine (Jrovn nml nintiii: l. K. Ileedcr and A. II. Campbell. Io. 5 Mt. Lakl, Surlng Lnko, Falrvhw and Henley; T. N. Ciiho ud V.'arron Patterson. No. Hound Lnko. Plovna. Kmm d Cordon; It. w. Nelson nnd It. V. K6s. No, 7 Merrill. Wlllln T.nfcn T.nn.i Pine and Oalo; Clyde Urndloy and w. E. Corum. No. 8 Malln nml Hliimin vtnw 0. E. Hunt and W. K. Crnndnll. No. 9 Mldlund nnd Miller Hill; Wm Tlngloy. No. lo-Poo Vnlloy; John Van Ne'er and h. A. Marshall. NO. 11 niv nn.l CJ.... ..I I 'in Dell and Charles Wnrron. no. i2Pt, Klamath; JomeB Pol- and Lindsey Blscmoro. N la i-i ... . (., . ""ui agency; Hupcr- 'iteLdcnt Waltor O. West. Jv!!,4"Swan' U,lnor "" I-owors k Gabriels. U was planned to hold nt nn oarly '!afl,er'cs meetings reaching Th.7, th " dl8lr,ctH outlined. " dates of ii,. . cnced shortly. mSTa fommUt0 Wfts ftP in 0,L, , ho purP80 naming chirr! -'n C0nn"ttec, to havo i nn,L cunty-wJdo campaign, halt? Cram,ttc t0 I,resot t 1 h0 couly court, and a 2Z .T"0r- U',on rnco' tatlon Commlttco-T. N. rin-7 " "u"t- ClSrad, Comw,o-WII! Kzell, caporary TrensureW, Hum- HAMor tJ.0r0U8h ""'"""Ion of tbo ' idJoun, i Campaen. tho moot. keen taLa (Vory ,,0nllo .top had tu'l ttii,.,0W"rdB PUUIB nKr'c"l- elenSl0ll ur.l, ,w"t ini ,v "" ,l porma icoulProntabl0 "nBlB n Klam. H 'mltlTeTuttcmcnt w'tw in Mn choson nH tho com ,n orW of tho orBanlzlne of the Kluimilb County Knrm llu toaii, wii wish to present somo fuctn reKurdlni; tltltt movement. The Coun ty Farm Hurenu Ih an orKiiulztitlou for thu purpoau ot itromolliiK thu rural Inturestti by iiHjtlHtlriR In car ry I in; out community enterprises and piocraniH ot work as determ ined by thu people ot these com imiiiltlt'H. , It Ih recoKiilzed iik Ihn odldial or ganlzatlmi, tilauiiliu; and directing all forum of agricultural extension work carried ou In the county, by the U. H. department of tiKi'lculture and thu nKrlcultuial colleges. Tim farm bureau can materially assist In ridding the county of nuch pests iih Hiulrroln, grtiHH hoppers and rab bits by promoting a rouuty-uldo campaign agaliiHt them. It can tilt ohelp bring about Im proved ylolilfl of cropa by syslomatl clally organized fllold demonstra tlons of bottor varieties, or bettor methods of Hold management. As meetings nro hold In your district, we hope that you will plan to bo prcsont In order to fully understand tho meaning ot this tnovoment and Join In making tho Klamath County Farm llureiiu tho best In the statu. T. N. CASH, F. J. 1IOWNL', I). K. YOUNO, I T. NBI.SON, ' ' O. K, HUNT, Organization Committee AVMTOK FALLS TO MKATII; ANOTIIKH IS 1IUKT MnDFOUI), Oct. 7 A forest lire patrol plane fell near Hold Hay to day and ono man was killed mid tho other seriously Injured. Doctont uuro rushed to thu scuno from hore Tho piano Is believed to havo been on ruutu from Kugono hero. Over Cold Hay the ongluo slopped, ac cording to observers, and thu ma chine went into a tall spin. ;oon I'lti'rr yii:i,i V A. K. llciiHlngor who has quite a fruit orchard nt his place, was In town on Saturday, Ho status that tho people aro only Just beginning to llnd out what splendid fruit can be 'raised In Klnmath county if caro Is exercised not to plant the tcmlor varieties. TUMULTY ISSUES LIST OF PRESENTS WASIIINCiTON, Oct. 7. -Acting on tho oxpress desire," hu said, of thu ProHldout and .Mrs Wllsr-n, Societary Tumulty has Issued u list ot gifts rocolved by tho Pivsident during his Kuropenn visit. Tho list. Includes besides war flouvonlrs, Hiunll gifts of iilctures, bronao figures, books nnd mosndc art works from Individuals; hon orary degreos from universities, resolutions of respect from different organlziiitous, linen table cloths, naporyo and old lncu. FEED YARDS ARE BANNED III GIT! Council Dccitph That All KiicIosiiicn for Iilehtotk Must I!o Miivitl Hc jonil City Limits Within Ten Diijh After Notlro Is SiTeil Drastlco rocoursu to Its police power "was tukon by tho city coun cil Inst night, when nil corrals and livestock enclosures woro ordered to movo bo'yond tho city limits ton days after notice of tho councjl'a decision Ih received. flio uctlon followed complaint of ll. Holdonbrook against tho corral cnnVurlod with tho IJIuo Front liv ery stablo at Klamath nvcnuu and Ninth stroot, which ho said was ut terly filthy and a monnco to health and safoty of tho ontlro iiolglilmr hood. Ho sold that as high as 75 hoad of horses woro In the ccrnil at n tlmo, As a result, ho said, I ho neighborhood swarmed with Hire. Old food racks full ot hay nd llttor made tho placo a dangerous firo nionaco, ho declared. Tho minutes Bhowod that tho ,.., mi nmwinmiir.fi thn nromlscs asl a nionaco two nionthB ago, butt thoro was nooutwaru oyiubucch ui n change for the bottor bocnuso of that action, Holdonbrook said. Finding no ordinance to covor tho situation, Hie council had resort to tho general pollco power for safe guarding health and safety. The order applies to all enclosures, In cluding thu city pound. If It Is on forced they all must be outside tho city limits ten days after notice is served. Tho O. K. yard on 8lxlh street, Hie Modoc ou Walnut and a yard In the cant end of town wero mention ed specifically as coming under tho order. Itelileubrook said that ho did not think tho council's order that tho Blue Front stable connect with tho sewer hud been obeyed. This will be looked Into. Liver stables will not bo affected by tho cleanup program, furth'or than being required to maintain cleanliness about tho premises. N I I'atiolmen Duiliimi anil Webber Claim That Toinnvo Anibrogettl Um-iI Pi of uno nml Abusive Iui gunge, Causing Arrest Vestetilay Aftor being confined In tho city Jail for a few houisl yesterday morn ing, Tomasco Amhroguttl, stone mason, arrested by Patrolmen Dun ham and Webber, was released by Poil(6 Junlgo Louvltt. AtnbrogeUl Insists tlmt the arrest was uncalled for. Ho says Hint ho was passing along tho street going to work and had his lunch under his, tout, when tho olllcors accosted him brusquely and demanded to beo what ho had. whon ho replied that it .was nono of their business they became insist ent. Ho thereupon showed .them' the Innocent package, ho said, and they allowed him to go but after halt a -block caught up with him and took him to Jail. Tho patrolmen's side of tho story puts tho matter in a different light. Iloth Durham and Wobbor, when in terviewed, said that .thoy stopped AmhrogcttI ou Main street near tho Gun Store. "I asked tho man pleasantly if I might sou what ho hud under his coat," t..ild Durham. "Ho was un utter sti anger to us both and I sus pected from tlio shape of tho pack ago that it mljht bo liquor.. Wo nro trying to put n stop to tho boot legging evil, and I sincerely boliev cd, both then nnd now, that wo woro discharging our sworn duty In mak ing an Investigation. "AmhrogcttI told mo that It was nono of my d n business what ho litwl, and proceeded to curso nnd use violent language. Ho finally show ed us that the pnrcol was his noon lunch and we allowed him to go, overlooking the language and conduct. "Howovor, ho dantlnucd ,to uso profuno nnd boisterous language, looking back nnd cursing. It was for this disorderly conduct in viola tion to tfio city ordlnnnco that wo overtook him and arrested him." HTN DF FIDE LOSS IS ra Sound and Comprehensive . Plan Outlined to Council STARTLING FIGURES "Willi Little 1'iiht IteconI to Form iEstimuto for Figures, Chief Jill- ' Icr Estimates Annual Loss Per Capita in "Klamath Falls May Reach 950-pl'orUiuyl Reduces Per Capita Lw to 82 Cents Plans for- Improvement tot tho, lo cal flro department and tho Inaugu raion of an annual flro prevention day wero laid before tho city coun cil last night by Firo Chief F. C. Miller. Chief Miller TQturnod re cently from tho convention- of the northwest flro chiefs at Portland and was In possession orfmuchjyaluable 'data. Tho chief asked tho council for increase ot tho .firo dopartment by two paid members and outlined a plan for adding ten "calr "men. At present tho dopartment has only two paid members and his du ties now conflno him so closely to tho station, said tho chief, that ho cannot glvo proper time to inspec tion and flro prevention work down town. , . . - An Adequuto Force - - Four men would bo. able, to han dle tin ordinary flro with thVhelp of vpluntcers, tho chief declared. In case tho fire' was of large propor tions, 'u- second, call wouldbe; sent in ns a signal' for, tho "call'.men ir, ti'ii-n rmf Thn mil men are nald only' for tho tlmo they actually give to firo fighting or flro drill. Chief Miller also asked the pas- sago! of an ordinance creating the SUHS TO RKCOVKIt CASH J. W. Dnrtta bus begun suit In tho circuit court against H. O. Tompkins' to recovor $1,31G, alleged to boad vnncod to pay lubor lions and othor Indebtedness ou defendant's saw mill at Pine Flnt. Plaintiff asserts that defendant represented that ho hnd contracts for sawing lumbor which would bo undertaken nt once and provldo moiioy to repay tho loan, jnrt that defendant bus not undertaken to porfoim hla sawing contracts nnd has refused to return plaintiff's money. Manning and flannong nro attornoys for tho plaintiff. UNEXPECTED SQUALL HALTS CONFERENCE WASHINGTON. D. C, Oct, 7. Following tho election of Secretory, of tho Intorlor Fianklln K. Lane as chairman oft tho national Industrial conferenco 'horo today, a sudden ad journment was taken as tho result of a disagreement ovor rules gov erning tho proceedings of tho con vention. ( u nr,t- nf flrn marshal and clothing liiniJwitli police powers. Ho asked for propor offico stationery so that a permanent recora oi iiiBiieL-iiuua might bo kept und action taken to ward romodylng 'Wzardous ,cendi: tlons by property owners noted froni month to month. As comprehensive plan for stag ing a flro -prevention, parade--of inarching school children and a sec tion of educational floats, was out lined." October 25 v. as nmed as a tontutlvo date for tho demonstra tion, which will bo a cloanup day also. X , Pin Money for. Kiddies Arrangcmentscan bo made, said Chiof Millor,-to ' enlist all tho chil dren ln"tho cleanup campaign as col lectors of 'rags, newspapers and oth er InllapintabloJ, material , having a 'commercial valuo. Junk dealers will tako tho stuff at market rates and tho children will make pocket money as well as perform a valu able public service. Unsightly mot- al Junk can also bo gathorod at tho same time, adding to tho profit ot tho young collectors. Whllo tho metal stuff docs not constitute a flro hazard, It adds greatly to tho ap penranco of tho city to be rid of it. Portland in threo years of fire prevention work bus reduced tho annual per capita flro loss from $a,75lll 'l91C to 82 cuits in 1919, said tho chief, Answering 'a direct question ho said that tho por capita flro loss n Klamath Faljs yoarly was closo to $C0, ho bollovcd, taking ono year with anothor i So far this year, estimating ho population ut 6,000, the lire loss, has boon $20 a person, tho total proporty .destruction being $120,000. Last year tho total loss was $212,000. Rpnil Iskuo Necessary Tho council took the chlof's plans; undor consideration and tho flro committee will havo a roport ready noit Monday. , As regards tho extra firemen, It will bo necessary to provldo for, thorn by a special bond Issue and tho question will probably bo placed on the, ballot at the November bond election. " It will require a comparatively smnll-BumVyo, Jaunch tho ,-flro prctt vcntlon parade. A "ign painting bill for banners, printing of educa tional llteraturo and a few Inciden tals will bo covered, tho chief esti mates, by an appropriation of from $300 to $G00, not exceeding tho lat- tor amount.' New Huso Purchased A step toward adequate protec tion was taken in the purchase, if terms aro satisfactory, of 300 feet of inch and a half double-Jacketed hoso from Uio American Rubber Company, represented hero by tho Baldwin Hardware Company. Money to pay for tho hoso will not be avail able until June, said Mayor Stru bell. As tho rubber company had agreed to wait until February, It Is believed thaOthey will bo willing to extend tho period 90 days, and on that basis tho mayor was author ized t oexecuto a contract for pur chasing the hoso. SCHOOL CHILDREN NEED SIDEWALK Representing parents and school authorities of the Mills Addition, he said, John Hoaguo appeared before the city council last night and asked that tho Klamath Development com pany bo compelled to lay sidewalks in front of its property on east Main streot.i "Because of the condition of the street in winter," said Hoague, "a majority of tho children hav to walk clear around tho limits of 'Mills Ad dition to reach school. We have built a $30,000 school for tho child ren and think It only right that the Klamath Development Company be mado to improve their sidewalk so that tho children are able to reach tho school without tramping such a roundabout course." The matter was referred to the street committee for report. " Among tho budget of claims allow ed weVo part payments to the War ten Construction company on street fmprovement contracts as follews: Pine street $3S4S.35; Tenth and Pish $2483. CO; Pi'no, Fourth, Sixth and Seventh, $129!t.40; Crescent Canby and Kast, $3124.05. E. G. Beauchamp, manual train ing instructor at the high school, wa3 appointed city electrical inspector. It was said that he is the only man jn the city available for tho Job. i " 1 HUILDIXG PERMIT W1THELD Threo building permits were is sued by tho city council last night nnd ono laid ovor. The petition of J. F. Magulro to build two additions to the building known as the Orpheus theatre, one 22 by 64 feet on the north side and the other 14 by22 on the south side, was held for consideration; Tho threo permits Issued wero to Mrs. F. E. Tucker, 339 Michigan Avonuo, two room additional; M. F. Parker, 310 Fifth street, porch and John Kankrud, dwelling house on cast Main streot, cost $1,500. i CHRISTIAN CHURCH MEETING r tMoro than 100 persons partook of a basket dinner and enjoyed a so cial gathering and services at tho Christian church Saturday. Morning, afternoon and ovcnfng sermons woro delivered by the pas tor, tho Rev. C. F. Trimble. Com munion services wero held. Sunday school promotions wero made. Spe cial music was an appealing feature of tho program PRESIDENT STILL GAINS, IS REPORT WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 7. Following a bulletin issued at 11:25 o'clock this morning by tho President's physicians, White Houso officials said the President showed considerable improvement and is anxious to get back to work. Tho bulletin signed by Drs. Grayson, Ruffln and Stltt says: "The President's improve ment continues. His appetite is decidedly better and he is sleeping well." BULLETIN PARIS, Oct. 7. (By Havas Agen cy.) The king of Italy yesterday signed a royal decree ratifying the German and Austrian treaties, says a Milan dispatch to the Eclair. SOLDIER IS DEAD Mrs. T. F. Hillyor, 1003 Rose street, yesterday (received the sad news of tho death of her brother, Lloyd Shull, of Myrtle, Point, Ore gon. Mr. Shull was recently dis charged from tho United States army at Camp Lewis. Ho had been in the base hospital there for more than a year for treatment for an abcess in his side, which ultimately caused his death. HEAT FOR CITY 1LLL The city council last night agreed to enter into a contract with the Klamath heating plant for heating the city hall at a yearly cost of $550. Tills also covers hot water supply for the building.. Last year it cost the city $488 to heat the place with wood and it was said that wood this year would be almost unobtainable. SHORT HAY CROP J. S. Straw is down from Odessa on the Upper Klamath Lake and reports that tho hay crop In that region has been very materially re duced this season owing to the fact that the dam kept the water on the lands very late. FARM LOAN MEETING Tho Directors ot the Klamath Falls National Farm Loan Associa tion held a regular session on Sat urday and transacted considerable business in connection with federal farm loans. GOOD YEAR FOR STOCK T. M. Cunningham, who was in from his ranch at Pine Grove, utates that this has been a splendid year for the stock man, voiy'fcw having been lost while they wero out on range. His sons are now closing up their usual annunl roun'J up of stock GARY PLANT IS -. iri UNDER CDNIW: utl OFU.S. TROOPS 60 General Leonard Wood A-. sumes Personal Command, - PICKETING CONTINUES Sixteen Hundred Soldiers Take t,s Charge of Situation' Itcs-ddii " f From Strike of Steel Workers ud Consequent Clashes Between the ' Htrikcrs and Workers Who SUII; Remain With Corporation M an A rsAn.Y. Oct. 7. Unlit town. Hhe site of the United 8Utes Steel Cor poration's largest plant, which has been affected for the last two weeks by the nation-wide strike of steel tf workers, today is under military, control. . ' Kiovon hundred soldiers under command of Major General Leonard; Wood aro patrolling the town and 500 more aro on thelt way here. Picketing by union men will not' be stopped by the military 'situation, , said Captain Charles Polto, repre- , t sentlnB the strikers, today. PITTSBURG, Oct. 7. A number4 of plants in the Pittsburg district) ' closed by tho strike, reopened-1 te-i l day, according to company report'." Some, of the mills will run full Ue. 1V 4 and others only part time, it said. LANGELL VALLEY TRIP TOMORROW t v THE BRAT" AT OPERA HOUSE TOMORROW SEVEN DIE IN CRASH OAKLAND, Cal., Oct. 7. Seven persons nro roportod dead and many moro injured us tho result of a Koy Route" train, manned by strike broak ers, crashing Into n loadod Jitney at a street crossing early this morn CHURCH MEETING Tho members of tho Presbyterian church will hold a cottago prayor mooting., at tho homo of tho pastor, E. P. Lawrence, corner of Third nnd Jefferson," tomorrow night (Wednes day) at 8 o'clock. All aro cordially Invited to be present, WEATHER REPORT OREGON. Tonight and Wednes day, fair wlth gentle southerly winds, C . 1 1 .. i f By special arrangement with Oli ver Morosco, Maud Fulton's 'delight ful comedy "Tho Brat," will appear at Houston's Opera House tomorrow night. Tho second night's engagement of the company has beon cancelled. They will bo hero tomorrow night only. Tho story of the play hinges upon tho evolution and development ot a child of the tenements Tho Brat," when she Is transplanted from her original surroundings to her real home. WUh bright lines, particular ly amusing situations and pungent little epigrams and up to date slang, Miss Fulton carrlos tho play to a successful and satisfactory conclu sion, there Is a strong appeal In the comedy that Is thoroughly appreciated. Tomorrow night Is the big get-,ot acquainted dance and supper at the Lorella hall- In Langrell vaJley Jt. which the Business Men's Associa tion of Klamath Falls will be the guests. f This is a third of a series of so cial tours planned by y'local busi ness men and a large number- have signified that they will be in readi ness to leave tomorrow afternoon from the starting point in front of the Hotel Hall on Main street. ' The start will be made between 4 and S o'clock, it Is announced. All persons who contemplate tak ing the trip are requested not ten go with an empty seat In the car. ln vlte a friend to go along. Great preparations for a tarpst- choroan and culinary welcome to the local people have been made and every one is bound to receive a hos pitable welcome and have the time lot his life. Incidental to the gathering will be discussion of the possibilities of the valley under the new lrriga--tion project, and a general Inter change of helpful Ideas on the sub ject of irrigation. TESTIMONY TAKEN IN DIVORCE SUIT Tho many admirers of William Farnum had an opportunity to see their favorite screen actor in anothor stirring wostern characetr at the Liberty Theatre yesterday, as the hero In a flno plcturizatlon of the Zane Grey novel, "The Lone Star Ranger," which was shown to crowd ed houses. Ills impersonation ot the Texas Ranger Is most realistic and magnetic "The Lone Star Ranger" will be the final picture shown tonight at the big triple show at the Liberty. Testimony was taken Saturday by Judge D V. Kuykendall in the cir cuit court In tho divorce case of-; R. S. Van Camnen aealnat Bethel J Van Campen, and the matter taken under advisement. The groundjfor, action is cruelty. Rennor and'Chas-' tain aro attorneys for plalntiff.De fendant was not represented ( at the hearing. ! A decree modifying a Drevious order In the divorce case ot G oldie M. Avery against Rollln ,C. kvery. covering custody of children was en- '' tered, giving the mother, who l now Mrs, Goldle M. Krelgh custody if the following children: Hazel,' acee 14, Myrtle, 12, Opal, 8, and Tye. 9.'J A: O Tarbell Is appointed cuBtedlM ot Chester, aged 9. He is the. grandfather. rsl DODGKS BOLD The following parting cently purchased Dodge cmm Hagelsteln, Roadster, J,.Vg louring, Harold IWMIi, I 2 'i te Warn. a -s ,