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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1919)
ItliAMATH FAIjLH Fourteenth Year No. 3744, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1919 Price, Five Centi Igsgsgy- " -r--v xsw "- . M " T-vS 4 vfJ ,-r, hm. , ttr a .Am. .;',- r ntVfffYw f. r.n faj t;i lta m u-n mm ih m r rjn uim t jb irz hi i?m inn w v "i Ih hi - - -n n e I n v ! m- - . BtmiH IMMHTS ST1TI TIER TBI BIX FHETDniES FORBID TnnRiprrnnrni r- i inmioriiniiLu. i IT PORTLAND, Oct 17 -Thnro Ih a' prospect fit Lakovlow bolng tlio cun- tor or u box fiulory district, to tmy I nothing of otliur tlovoloiuiionts ihihh- -i.lnln J. W. HIoiih'iih AiIiIm Hi IIIh it0 lt lt certain rullrnud dual now ' Cnllfoinii- Couple HolilliiKM l.V I'lirrliiiito " -t"-- under negotiation Ih coiiiploted, pro fl00 ivot Miiniifacturo of Tim-J tllctH Oolonol 13. It. PIuco, who Ih fn ' Iht rnini Tuut Will HHirl Later tho city Hooking rli;lit of way for an! extension of tliu Novada, California, i iST S SRI HER1SHED PII fTOURISTSWANT 'C! ii Rnm mnPTP : . I PRESIDENT SHOWS NO MARKED CHANGE ITIIBER EXPERTS Thnt tlioro Ib a Browing confldonco la tho nluo of Klamath county tim ber as nn lnvofltmont,Jfl Indicated by tho purchase yesterday hy Cap Uln J. W. SlomonB of tho E. II. DuFault tract of timber. cqntulnlng 25,000,000 foot, on tho Klamath In dian rcsorvntlon. Tho nogotlntlonB for Ibis l"101 of "mbor "ol'I'nB8 hj been under way for immo time. It Ilea uloiiKsldo of tlmbor holdings cf Captain Sicilians, and UiIh addi tion makes a very di'Blrnblo body of timber for milling purposes. Ac companying' tho nnnouncomont of tho purclmso was tho ntatomonl that no dednlto iIocIbIoii has boon roach ed as to tho dovolopmont of tho property, but that It Ih a forogono conclusion that l would bo manu factured at an early date. v This Is ono of tho first blR deals resulting from tho construction of tho Oregon, California & Eastern. As soon as this railroad reaction Squaw Klat It will touch ono of tho finest tracts of tlmbor in tho county villi tho result that tlioro Ih Hiiro to bo great activity In thnt section. OFFICER OF BOND BUYING CO. HERE Carl S. Kolty, vlco president of tho Lumbermen's Trust company of Portland, accompanied by II. J. Tlchnorriro8ldont, and A. L. Wlsh ard, socretary, of tho directors of tho Langoll Valloy .Irrigation district, drovo orcr tho Langoll Valloy dis trict yesterday. Tho Lumbermen's Trust Compnny has taken several of tho local bond Issues so far and yesterday's visit of tho vlco-prcsldcnt, It Is said, was to look tho ground over and famllllar Izo himself with tho Langoll Valloy possibilities ngnlnHt tho time when that project will market its securities. dam: WILL conduct I3I.KS' HOWLING ALLI3YS noguo Dale, who eondtntod a cigar storo and billiard parlor here beforo entorlng tho military Mi-vlco, In back In town, accompanied by Mrs. Dale, whom ho married In Montana during his nbsonco. Mr. Dale will conduct tho Blkn' howling alloys, ho announced today, opening tomorrow evening at 7:00 o'clock. Thoy will bo opon ovory evening until further notice for tho members of tho lodge only. Oregon railroad which tbread.c Its way 171 mlloH between llackstuff and I Lakovlow. J "Thero Is a proposition for the No vadn, California, Oregon to oxtond' ItH lino northward from Lakovlow to Valloy Falls, a dlHtanco of 28 miles," fluid tho railroad man yestorday "TIiIh will bring It to a point whoro Could Vol Mntr Mere, bill Law Hnld Nothing About Wc-iIiHiik I'ejwt, So All Is Well That KiuU Well i HecaiiRo of her dcslro to havo tho second great ovent In her life take phuo In the homi of hor grandiiar ents, Miss Ivy 1'earl Martin tamo to Klamath Kails frim Sant.ruz, C'tI Ifornln, that tho inairiai; cerniony that would make her the wife. of Weslov II (illiRnn. nf Snn FrntiplRrn. tho company which owns Alknll Lake! might tako place nt the homo of which Is 130 miles south of Hcncl,' JuiIbo antl Mra. u A BmmUtf n enn build from the lake to Valley th)a clty. n was In their homo that Falls. They call It Alkali Lnko, but MrB. (JbHOn flMt BttWtno nBht of thero Isn't a drop of water In It I ,fty ,, It wn8 ,n thor nrms that Tlioro is n wicio expanse Hpecklcd ' with pockct-holcH as largo ns a room, and tho lnko proiliicas Hoda which is 1)9 oor cont pure. Just im It Ih taken out of the ground. Spieckle.s 'i.vi.ed tho lnko, but has d'nposcd of his lucrcBtH. I "If tho N. C, O. is extended, It wll'j run along Crooked creek nnd will tap slio nestled In tho swaddling clothes they go affectionately wrapped her in. Hut keen disappointment wits to be her lot, for tho stern and unyielding arm of tho law Interposed neither wns n resilient of Oregon and they were, therefore, obliged to return to California to bo married. The cere mony wes performed nt Yroka, the n bolt of tlmbor of exceptional quul-'courity scat of Siskiyou county on the Ity. This tlmbor can bo transported jjth. to Lakovlow, whoro it ran bo inndo) 0n' tlu,,r return t0 thIs cty tney Into boxes. Tho box manufacturing woro takcn l0 tno nomo ot JudB0 and Industry of Klamath Falls, which ls(Mr8 j;n,mtti wlloro a weddlng aup brlnglng a world of business to Hint per wn, son.0(l antl tho congratula plnco and tho business Is going to, tlonB K00ti wlslica nnd costly presents California, by tho way, Instead of to ' from lhor frlend8 wcro showered on Portland ought to bo duplicated at tli om. Lakovlow. j Tho wcdding Is tho culmination of "8. H. McCnrtnoy is tho gcnernl - romanco that bad its incoptlon manager ot tho N. C. O. nnd Charles) when Mr- nnd Mrs MartIn woro at tending the schools of Santa Cruz. Thoy will remain hero for several days beforo returning to San Fran cisco, whoro Mr. Gibson Is employed and whoro thoy will tnnko their home Mrs. O A. Martin, mother of the brldo accompanied tho couple here and is also enjoying tho pleasure of Mornn, tho president, has liberal Ideas In railroading. For Instance, Mr. Mornn had built nn executive otrtco building at Alturas which would bo a crodlt to any transcon tinental lino In n largo city. "Wo havo been trying to boost Lake county and havo rccolved hun dreds of lottors of Inquiry concerning n vlst wm, her parents. It; havo located 70 people in tno county unci succeeded In keoplng1 most of thorn tlioro. Lakovlow is getting ovor tho notion that It Is Just a cattle country and has organiz ed n chamber of commorco, composed of 115 of tho llvcst wires In the community, PROMPT ACTION SAVES KLAMATH AGENCY BUILDING KLAMATH RESERVATION, Oct. 17. (Special) Fire, resulting "(loose lako's Irrigation project is jrom jInon n tj10 cj0thes room com nn unqualified success. Tho Innrf un-,,ng in c()ntact with a hot stove pipe, dor water yielded 200 per con- .noro Btarted jn the girls' dormitory at 8 this year than It did Inst year. O.ciock ti,is moining, but was Tlioro nio 30,000 acres nil told In the clieclotl before much 'damage result (50030 lako plan, nnd of theso 8000 'e(1 Such damag0 as was dono.re aro under cultivation. Fivo thous. mllted moro fr0, water used in and acres woro planted a yoar ago auollci,jB the blazo than from the and 3000 acres this year. Arrange- )1io monts nro being inndo now to eKtenrt Had tUo j,uiidlng been destro-ed tho water to tho romalnltiB 22,000 ,t wouW I)robai)ly navo taken $15, acros. I saw crops last week en land 000 to r01,aC0 it, It i3 a frame which last spring grow nothing but stnlcturo, housing a majority ot tho cngobrush. 1 125 girls of tho agoncy school. The "And 110W a V.'jnl Of Wanilnfc !(ii nt fUc. Orn nrntnrHnn nt roitland Is lettlne California get the thQ agency tuo abundance of tho Vujw i.n... ..ti. mir. i;u.ii jiumuiii ,ii business away Vako countlos; bUi.lucus whle should como to Portland by wny of nond." ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL FUND t To the RoMoreH Memorial Association, C. W. Eberlein. County Chairman, Klamath Falb, Oregon. I herewith subscribe the sum of ... to the Ilooitvii.T MrsioiiAL Fund. Name ..... Addreis ........... ""V The above amount is incloiedJierewltli. Accordln to the plant of the Rooievelt Memorial Auoclatloii, the HooieTelt Memorial Fund of U.OOO.OOO.OO la to be utlllied to erect n National Monument In WMhliKtton, D. C.t to acquire and maintain a public park at Ojiter Bay, N. V., Md ultimately to Include Sagamore Hill, the Hooscvelt home, therein, to .be Wtierved like Mount Vernon and Llncoln'a home at Springfield l and to endow a NaUonal Society to perpetuate the principle and Ideal of Ihcodoje Rooieielt. .Kach contributor to the fund will receive a cerilllcate of membership In the 1ooeTelt Memorial Association. A certldcate will also be presented to every chool contributing to the fund. The name of every contributor will be placed on tho 'lint of names deposited in the National Monument to be erected at Washington, U. C. water supply, and tho prompt action of tho flro fighters are given credit for having prevented a total loss, FAKM IIUUKAU MI3ETINGS FOIl COMING WEEK Farm bureau meetings will bo held Monday and Wednesday evenings ot next week, at which local organiza tions 'will be effected. The meeting for Monday night will be held at the school house in lower Poo valley, and will be for thePoe valley territory. That of Wednesday will be held In the school house at Olene and will In clude tho Pine Drove and Olene sections. These meetings are Impartant to the farmers of the county,' since they have to do with the creation of a Farm Dureau, through whch the work of tho county agricultural agent will be carried on. Tho far mers are urged to be present at these meetings so that they may co-operate and at the same time understand the objects sought to bo attained. , . FOOTBALL GAME The Klamath County High school football team will play Ashland High school team tomorrow afternoon at Modoc Park. This Is tho first game the boys have playod In two years and if they win they will playre turn games with Ashland, Medford and perhaps. Grants Pass. Tho high school students will hold a rally this evening. What Klamath county Is missing Ly delay In road construction Is In dlcatcd In a recent article in the Portland Telegram, dealing with the tourist travel through this section While the automobile season is draw lng to a close, tho tourist will be back again .In (locks next year, and between seasons local residents could use a good road or so quite handily. Tho Telegram says: Tourists aro still seeking tho long delayed highway through Central Oregon from Klamath Falls to The Dalles via Dend, and are turning sad ly back to California via Lookout and Susanvllld when Informed that tho roads up the middle-state are in a wretched condition and that the highway program has not yet put a vlslblo mark upon that section of the state. Just tlje other day a letter states three parties made inquiry at one of the Klamath Falls hotels. They wanted to come north. They had plenty of money to spend and were bent on spending it on a trip that they knew would rival any In tho West from a scenic standpoint and that would lead them by trout brooks and through hunting preserves teem ing with fish ahd game. And they wanted to see th'e Oregon country that lies to tho east of the Cascades and then turn down the Columbia to Portland to travel back to California over tho pavements of the Pacific highway. "I might say that three parties arc standing at the desk asking about the roads north and If they ca-i go down the Columbia river and back through the Wllllametto valley," nads tne letter. "They are Stanley Dollar and fam ily, J. M. Botts and family and H. A. Forbes and family. They have wi h them In addition to their touring cars a baggage outfit to transport their trunks and grips. This party is now planning to go back via Lookout, Susanvllle, Sacramento and on to the city. Dollar, as you know, Is. with the Dollar steamship lines. The other men are shipbuilders who have plenty of money to spend. "So you see what Oregon is miss ing In Just this one party, from the standpoint of patronage, and what Oregon could have had this summer if wo had tho roads." Tho writer has been observant) and during tho summer kept check of tourist travel that turned south from Crater lake and gave up tho trip all wanted to take. It is an Indication that when good roads are put n up through Central Oregon thoyshould be built heavy enough and wide enough to handle large traffic, for there will bo a rush of tourists in heavy and light cars that will break down anything but a first rato road and overflow anything but a broad gauge surface. WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. ! s 17. Whllo President Wilson ! was feeling well today, hla phy- si slcians said that tho glandular ; trouble from which he has suf- fered for several days was checking his general improve- ment. Dr. Cary T. Grayson, tho President's personal physician, announced that he had called in consultation Dr. Hugh Young, ono of the leading spe- clalists of the country, who Is s expected to examine the Presl- dent thoroughly today. Ifl FOHESTRi' IN 1 MEET PROTEST EIGHTH STREET CONTRACT v TIME EXTENSION Time of construction of street im provements was extended last night by the city council, on petition of the Warren Bros. Construction com pany, contractors, on the Esplanade, Lincoln and Market street contracts to August 1, 1920. A protest ot residents on Eighth street was filed against extension of that contract. The council took the matter under advisement until the regular meeting next Monday night. Two ordinances authorizing City Recorder Leavltt to advertise for bids on the Lincoln street improve ment bonds, $6,023, and the Tenth street bonds, $30,966, passed the second reading and will come up for final action a week from next Mono day night. No action was taken on the ordi nance extending the fire limits from the present boundary south to In clude territory extending in that di rection to the Big Basin Lumber company's plant. It was decided not to undertake construction ot the sidewalk on the west side of Third Street ' between Main and Pine until next spring as the weather is getting too cold fgr concrete work. DIVORCES GRANTED BY CIRCUIT COURT 1)111 NOT BID FOR I'OSTOFFICE LEASE H. "F. Murdock states that there is a mistake In the statement that he had submitted a hid for a lease for the postofflce. While there was no formal bid bn Mr. Murdock's part, his building was considered by the inspector, and with a view to a further lease he secured from Mr. Murdock as to the best terms and conditions upon which it could be secured, and it was because ot this that the Impression was gained that he sought an extension of the lease. Mr. Murdock had the lease for 18 years. NEW FORD AGENTS HERE E. R. Danner and F, B. Patty, who have taken over the agency tor the Ford automobile, are In the city and are busy getting things in shape for the opening of their garage and service station, which Is to be lo cated in the concrete building ad Joining the Farmers' Implement building on Sixth street. Mr. Dan ner has been connected with Vtck Brothers ot Eugene, the Ford agents In thnt territory, for a number of years and Mr. Patty has been with tho Ford assembling factory in Port land from the opening ot the establishment. Mary Louise Gerrue has been granted a divorce from Moses Gerrue by Judge D. V. Kuykendall In the circuit court. Plaintiff was granted custody of three minor choldren, E. L. Elliot appeared as attorney for plaintiff. Roland S. Van Campen was given a divorce from Bessie N. Van Camp en. The court awarded custody of the minor child, Millard Roland, to defendant until further order and ordered plaintiff to contribute $25 monthly to support the child. Hazel Blanche Hugo secured a divorce from John Thomas Hugo, .with custody of two minor children, John and Velna. Renner & Chastain were plaintiff's attorneys. The divorce suit of Jennie L. Cates against Thomas Cates Is dis missed, the parties having effected a reconciliation. The court dismissed the suit of the City of Klamath Falls against F. U. Grennon, on appeal. Defend ant was charged In the complaint with violating an ordinance regulat ing hauling and disposal ot garbage. GRAND JimV ADJOURNS Lacking one member, who is ab sent in another county, the county grand jury was 'forced to adjourn yesterday without tfrajpsactlng any business. The next meeting will be held early next month. CATTLE SHIPPERS BUSY Walker c McLemore. J. C. Mitch ell and Edson Folk shipped. 1,500 head ot cattle Tuesday. About twice each week during the shipping sea' son from 25 to 50 cars of stock are shipped from the Klamath station. STROKE PROVES FATAL William Ackerson, who was strlck en with apoplexy on the street here a few days ago, died at the hospital this morning. The decedent had two daughters in Utah and funeral ar rangements await word from them, Tho body Is at tho Whltlock's under taking parlors. The daughters have been notified, of tholr father's death. Important Comcntlon of Forest Service, Fire Protection Repre fccntatltcs and College Expert ta lie Held Hero Oct. 81 nnd 22 One of the most Important meet ings ever held in this county will occur on. October 21 and 22", and. will have a direct bearing upon tho. Umber Industry of the Klamath Lake territory. It will be a gather ing of state experts and representa-. tives of the Forest Service and tha Klamath and Lake Counties Forest Fire association and will be held in the office of the secretary and treas urer of this important organization. Jack Kimball. Attending will be State Forester Elliott, Assistant District Forester Weir, Manager ot the State Fire As sociation Chapman; Professor Cham berlin, entomolegist of the Oregon Agricultural college; Professor Ran kin, entomelogist and pine beetle ex pert of the University of Oregon; Professor Jaenecke, pine beetle ex pert for the Forest Seurice; Mr. Kav anaugh, chief of grazing for all ot , the forest reserves In the west; For est Supervisors Rankin ot Medford, Brown of Lakeview and Jacobson ot Bend. At this meeting will be considered every question bearing upon the timber resources of Klamath and. Lake counties, tho two Important, questions to be discussed being tha "--control of the pine beetle and tha securing of an aeroplane patrol for Klamath and Lake counties. That. there Is an urgent necessity for aero plane patrol is recognized on every hand and that Klamath Falls Is the logical point for the base ot such operations seems to be generally ac cepted. There Is no question but that the government will receive tha cordial cooperation of the people ot this county in the establishment ot such a service, as it is the desire ot this section to get back 'of every thing that has to do with the develop ment and protection of the timber ot. the county. Of far more importance, however, is the control ot the pine beetle. There are forty billion feet of pine timber In Klamath and Lake coun ties, and the damage done by the beetle is ten times greater than that done by fire. On the one. hand th'e destruction is carried on steadily, and consequently has not aroused the interest that fires, because of -their spectacular effect, havo. The 'fight against the beetle has been carried on single-handed and alone by the Klamath and Lake Counties Fire as sociation, and the work It has done has been of almost incaculable ben efit to the county. ' Now, however, ,an effort Is to be made to co-ordinate the efforts to control' this timber menace, v and with that end in view experts are to be called in with the hope that: some cheap, effective and quick ' method may be devised that will en able the authorities to cover qulckyjr the great areas that are affected by the, beetle. At the meeting to be held next week this will be one ot the principal subjects of discussion. ;. -, c ,-af Jt ,a V BALDWIN HARDWARE CO. BID ACCEPTED Directors of the Enterprise Irri gation district at a meeting held yesterday afternoon accepted the) bid of the Baldwin Hardware com pany tor the installation ot electri cal equipment and pumping appara tus on plants A and 3. At Tuesday's meeting the bid ot -A. E. Gale and Oscar Campbell ot Langell valley, for part ot tne cflrt work, was accepted, There are still other contracts to be let. The board adjourned yesterday until call. i' jy- DANCE TONIGHT ,, Great Interest Is being taken In the .. unique "calico" dance that Is to be given at Houston Opera House this Vil evening and promises to rival in Yf! attenaance and enjoyment the hard times party , that was given ..about ' -ft t two weeks ago.' 'J ' ; h&d I BJB