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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
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Thirteenth Year No. 3759
OIIMIII DEIS
EXTENSION ON
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1919
Price, Scant
FIVE STATES VOTE
FOR GOVERNORS
EIGHTH STREET
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lltffllll'H Will It'll - "' "
V.1M1.I1M of Tliim on Hired Work
Xcl AllUlllt II I.ICCIIIIII
to
Dnlr nml Vniim I'li'dlnti llmud
I
Uerimul to extend tho time limit
'of tbo Warren llroii.' contract 011
libs EIkMIi lr(,ot Impiovuinont, ; ih-
jo o( tho M11IH addition sowor or-
'dlnanco anil cnllliiK 11 special cilcc
Silon Nbvoinbor 28 woro among lm
iportant matters decided liy tho city
council at 11 loiiBtny session lust
night.
Decision on tliu Eighth stroot con
ract wad preceded by lively dobatn.
bunllman Colvln, seconded tiy
oancllnian Lnvenlck, moved tbnt
he extension to August 1, noxt yenr,
bogwnfoil. TI10 motion brought It
Ca Orocslicck, lilniBolf u property
Uner anil representing thirty oth
!e of tlio district, tp IiIh foul to
r(rUe against tliu uxtonslon.
lie said, among other things, Hint
the Warren Iltos would not suo and
'could not affoiil to nroiiBo nitlnijo-
.Ism by suing for dimngPH If tho
contract were cnnrt'ilml. no Bald
tho contructorK by their dflntory
'methods had loft thonisolves without
legal leg to stnnil on nml oxpressod
1 he pointed opinion that In extend
ing other contracts tho council hud
'done an unwise, unjust nml tin-
profltnblo thing "
Councllmun Upp said that If ho
wro certain n legal method wuh
iposslblo lio would vote for u Hal
incellatlon of the contract, hut ho
ibitalneil that Orocsbock hud cited
no specific ruling on tho mutter.
"What right huvo you to como
'before this council ami toll us It Ih
bur duty to abrogate thin contract
Without showing tig how wo may lo-
:ally do so?" ho asked GrooBbock".
Tho attorney admitted that ho
vas short on spclflc citations, but
claimed his unnylsls of tho situa
tion Had covered tho ganorul legal
situation, that tho questions In
volved wore mutters of fnct requir
ing Jury determination, nml 115 'In
Inserting tlinl no Jury In thu ovont
of litigation would find for tho con
tractors.
City Attorney Cninnhnn. naked for
an opinion, said that tlio contract
W binding, that tho city's provloutt
stoppage of work on tho contrnct bo-
foro tho time limit oxplrod would
Influence a Jury, and boiuo duinugo
to tho city treasury would rosult
from n lawsuit. . '
Aftor tho smoky clenrod uwny n
roll-call voto showed Colvln und
Uvenlck for thg oxtonslon of time;
Moore and Brandenburg against.
Councilman Upp failed to voto on
first call but reconsldorodi nnd cast
a deciding voto ugnlnst grunting tho
tlmo extension
Contract for Heat'
Tho council then pussod to tho
matter of ontorlng Into n contract
"th the Klamath Hontlng company
to Wat thu city hull for n year, on
ahcduled uite, hoglnningi Decen
",' 10, The company Is to nupp!)
hyt and hot water. Tho osttmntcil
total cost for u voar'B sorvlco Ih
"bout $5G0
Sewer Oidiiimico
iTho fifth unit sowor ordluanco.
wtabllshlng tho lino of tho proposed
Mills ailll lint KtiHtifa nrliltllnnn
Vx, which will ho Hiibniltted to
at tho Bppclal oloction, Novem
r 28, was tend and passed as ari
emergency measure, '
'tho unit, which 'will ho financed
I a bond Issuo, Includos tho sowor
"!e. septic tank, outfull sowor and
fights of v, -Ti1Q osttmatod cost
" 50,735. Tlln ctv nr.vu fnf Ihn
PUc tank sumn. rlchts nf wnv and
1" tho romnlndor of cpst, amount
'",B to $29,059, and tho property
Pers interested tho balance of tho
H,67G.
Klcrtlon Dale Fixed
Tho date nt ti,n i! v,.i..
"consider a ralao in tho tax" rato
X 15 ,0 28 mills and Increase J ft
vj. Bttianos was uoa lor
'"day. NnvnmV, no
llWlirlos to be Bubmitted to
N1CW YOUK, Nov. I. Nlc
tnrs In (Ivo ijtuiOH wont to tho
polfK today to' fiiillot for gov
ernor, whlta ofocrlomi of lessor
otllfilnlH uud'duclsloiiH on ronKtl
tutloiml ilicn(loiiH faced the
voters of Moral other ntates.
(Jovoiiioih tiro lining elected In
Kentucky, Maryland, MnsHa
chUHotts, MIwiIhhIppI nud Now
Jerwy
nOHTON, Nov. I. Tho first
town in tho stato to report a
voto on tho governorship wa
Nnrwoll, which guvo Coolldn,
Kepubllcun, 28U voten and
Long, IK''inocrat, 15.
FIRST DAY'S ROLL
EVENING OF DREAMS
IS TONIGHT'S EVENT
Tho Kvonlng of Drei'miB scheduled
for tills evening at Mooso Hall, to
bo given by tho Sunday school clasf
of Mm. W. 8. Slough In order to
ubhIsI In tho raising of funds to pur
chase nnd Instnll 11 How pipe organ
In tho l'rt'Hbytorlnn Church, prom
ises to bo something better than a
nightmare.
There Is no admission charge, but
a lot of Hldo stunts and bIiowh which
ovcryono is Hiiro to enjoy, for a con
sideration; Including such things ns
'night mares," to bo ridden by tho
youth of tho community; "I'orfect
Dronms," to ho rovoalod nnd foro
told; nnd a "Sand Man" with alt
specially prepared trappings. Vo
nto told "If sleepy, ho sure to como
and wnko up."
CALL CIS 691
deports of a-iottt two-thirds of
tho workers engaged In the third
Itod Cross roll uiiiipnlrn in this
city lasr night showed "col member
ships enrolled at .one dol'nr oath.
I ho workers not w reporting aro
those working In tho outlying parts
of the city. No'iepo'rt was received
from county products ojttsldo tho
city Ilmlta. '
Tho roportof tho city's prelimi
nary showing was wired lit noon to
duy to tho northwest division hoad
uunrtors of tho lied Cross at Seattle
by George Wnltou, chulrmnn of tho
commlttoo in chargo of third roll
onll In Klamiflh county.
Satisfaction was expressed by Mr,
Walton over tho first day's showing
which ho said came up to c.pocta
tlons.
in spito of tho bad weather to
day practically tho entire forco of
women engaged In soliciting woro
in tho Held and nctlvel y nt work
spreading tho slogan of tho week's
campaign, "All you need is a heait
ami u dollar."
CONCRETE WORK ON
BUILDING STARTED
Concrete construction work
Blurted today on tho now two story
building to bo erected by 1'orcy
Kvans at Tenth and Main strcots.
Tho concrete work will bo dono un
der tho supervision of AI. K. Cra-
hutn, contractor. Tho contract for
tho brick work has not yet boon let.
Iiesidofl tho two Poors tho building
will huvo a basoment for tho full
area, 7CX110 feet.
Tho first floor will bo divided in
to threo store rooms, ono of which
will ho occupied by tho Sunset
grocery, of which Mr. Kvans" is
proprietor. Tho second floor w'ill
contain twelvo modern apartments.
VISITORS EH
irans
YUMA BANKS ON
SUNSHINE RECORD
GARICH RESIDENCE
BOUGHT BYKANSAN
vi:Ti!i:ii-iii:iot'r
DKI'I'TIIIS IIATTU3 WITH
WOMII.V AT KTUKIj I'IjAXT
YOUNCSTQWN. Qhlo.( Nov. i
Urlrks and stonos How hero today
when deputy sheriffs fought with an
enraged crowd of women who nt-
tompteii to provont wtorJcors rrom
ontorliig tho Yungstown Shoot &
Tubo company's, plant horo this
morning. No ono was seriously in-J
Jured.
the
uiors nrn M. .. n nnn
fSlr )carly' u oinclnl to dojl
voto all his timu to tho ollico; polico
Judge, $1200 to $1800; city attor
ney $1000 to $1200; city lrcnsuror,
$000 to $750 ;f and city physician,
$:I00 to $1000.
Tho Increased salaries of tho city
attcrnoy, treasurer and physician
may ho fixed by tho council nt less
than tho maximum figures named
but shall not exceed It If the in
creased proposals affecting thorn uic
carried.
Kor instanco, in tho enso of tho
city physician, it was first proposed
to muko tho minimum $C00 a your,
but on suggestion from Couuncll
mnn Colvln that tho'ddy might como
wlion tho city's Increased population
wcnild 'domnnd a doctor who would
give a largo I'nit of his tlmo to tho
public health 'horvlco 'and no ofilcient
physician could ho seemed for less
than $1000, it vat decided to placo
that sum on tho ballot ns u mnl
inmn', the oxact increase ovor tho
probont salary to bo determined by
tho council.
,. rolling "I'lncos, Olllccis
Following nio tha tontutlvo poll
ing plncoB named tor tho election :
First ward, eld Ilrowory building
Second ward, City Hull; Third waid,
S.andorson (building; Fourth wnrd,
IIowIo'b garago; Fifth waul, Sovit's
residence.
Jho olllcors ch'oson follew:
FlrsP Ward Judges, Frank Ann
strong, Jo'aoph McCoy, Jaspur non
nett; clorks, Maude Bala; win and
Mi's.' Frank Ankony.
Secrnd Ward Judgos, P. I.,. Foun
tain, Mrs. Ituhy Johnson, Mrs. J. K.
Bintton; clorks, W. S,Slough, Mrs.
Caroy Itamsby. c
Third Yal Judgos, O, C. Ap
plcgate, M, MotBChonbnchpr. W. F.
An ant i clerks, Mrs. George Hum
phrey nnd Mrs. 1'orcy Evans.
Fourth Ward Judgos, Mrs. Lyle
Mills, M. I- MlUor, Mr, Lonbs;
clocks, Mrs. Allco McCourt and Mrs.
Lou Wills.
Fifth Wnrd Judges, It. B. Yancy.
J, W. Lindsay and Alox Nosier;
clerks, Mrs. J. W. Lindsay and J, B.
Auton. '
IHillding.I'orinltfl
The following building permits
'..vwore issued: W W, Donart, gjr-
Oregon Tonight ,nnJ Wednes
day, rain with fresh southwesterly
winds "
HIE FfVETl
IBS NEEDED
F. M. Garlch has sold his resi
dence at tie corner of 9tu and High
strcots toFrcd A. Ohlmeycr. This
Is ono of ,tho most modern and best
appointed, homes In the city, and its
central locution makes it a very de
sirable property. It will not be oc
cupied by Mr. Ohlomeyer until tho
new. homo' that Mr. Garlch is having
built on" 9th street is completed,
which will ho In about a month. Mr.
Ohlomeyer, who Is a graduate of the
Agricultural Colleg'o nt Madison,
Wis.!lias returned to Klamath, Falls
aftdr an abseno ofc seven years, dur
ing which time ho, has been a resi
dent of Kansas nnd Oklahoma. Ho
expects to engage In farming In
this county.
DECORATORS TO GET
RAISE ON NEW WORK
(Continued on pago 4)
"Ninety-four fires originated from
burning rubbish and caused serious
propurty loss in tho principal citlesj
or tliu Tactile Coast during tho
month of September, according to
records," said Flro Chief Miller to
day. In discussing Clean-up and Fire,
Prevention day plans.
Tho clean-up and flro prevention
dnto Is' Novombor 7, next Friday
Tlio day nns peon designated iv a
day of general clean up by a proc
lamation from Mayor Slrublo and
Flro Chief Milder Is organizing tho
forces to mnko it accomplish tho
greatest amount of good possible
"Othor causes, among many reas
ons for provontnblo fires," said tho
flro chief, "woro forty-nino cases of
defectivo wiring und thirty-two cases
of (defective chimneys. .
"It Is to pj ovont flieg of this soft,
for which causes exist' In Klamath
Falls In the samo "proportion- that
they 'do in tha places that suffered
tho flro loss pointed out" in tho fig
ures, that this clean-up and preven
tion campaign ,1s being conducted
horo," s.ild Miller. "This cloan-up
day, I hepo, is only tho beginning,
nnd at loast twico yoarly hereafter
wo expect to puu on similar cam
paigns, meantlmo trusting to tho
gonoraUjiiihlia bqlng awakened to
tho com.tphly lurking" danger and
kcopIn'g'nnoiitfTn'ouilses clonr of rags,
ivjnnrs anil 'woods, their chimnovs
clean and .all uloctrlc' wiring proper
ly insulated."
JESTER'S BOWLERS
WIN FIRST GAME
Tho toam captulnod by G, H. Jos
tor dofentod P. M. Nool's toam, two
games out of throo, in tho opening
contest of tho bowling tournament
on thp Hlks' alloys last night. Tho
score follews:
Jostoi-B- . 1st 2nd 3rd Tot.
Ambiose 165 209 175 549
Johtor 100 1G4 174 528
Mason 177 165 171 513
Blown 100 155 133 481
Bodgo 4,41 134 170 445
869 827 823
Noels 1st 2nd 3rd Tot.
Noel 115 153 153 421
Wright . 163 158 156 483
Ackley , 169 200 155 524
Ho'aglnnd 167 205 183 555
Epperson '157 155 150 468
777 S71 SOS
Tonight' tho Ueams, captained by
II. M. Laverilck and B. W. Mason,
reopoctlyoly, will stago a contest.
.There aro eight, .teams; engaged in
the tournnmcnt. Four games a week
aro scheduled! ;4 '
Painters, paperhangors and deco
rators havo agreed to finish, existing
contracts at the old wage scale of
75 cents an hour, nnd tho striko of
somo 15 members of the local union,
which seemed imminent last week,
did not materialize.
According to tho understanding
between contractors nnd employe-,
all now work will bo dono under an
increased wago rato of 90 centb in
hour.
i TIE
A report showing tho number of
visitors by states, and also from
countries from outside tho United
States, from October 12, 1918, to
Ocjober 13, 1919, has been prepared
by II. E. Momyer, assistant superin
tendent of the Crater Lake national
park. Visitor. to tho lake during
tho year totalled 16.C4G, divided In
residence as follews:
Alabama, 7;, Alaska, 2: Arizona.
36; Arkansas, 5; California, 3772;.
Colorado, 34; Connecticut, 23; Del
aware 9; Dist.lct of Columbia, 46;
Florida, 2; Georgia, 2; Hawaii, 9;
Idaho, 123; Illinois, 105; Indiana,
18; Iowa, 49; Kansas, 50; Louisi
ana, 6; Maine, 6; Maryland, 11;
Massachusetts, 84; Michigan, 34;
Minnesota, 43; Mississippi, 6; Mis
souri, 35; Montana, 44; Nebraska,
41; Nevada, 45; Now Hampshire,
2; New Jersey, 10; Now Mexico, 1;
New York, 120; North Dakota, 3;
Ohio, 45; Oklahoma, 37; Oregon,
10,967; Pennsylvania, 46; Pprto
Ulco, 3; Ilhode Island, 8; South
Carolina, 1; South Dakota, 28; Ten
nessee, 10; Texas, 35; Utah, 14;
Vermont, 5; Virginia, 2; Washing
ton 577; West Virginia, 3; Wiscon
sin, 30; Wyoming, 6; England, 2;
Franco, 2; Switzerland, G;, Irelancf,
1; Canada, 21; Mexico, 4; New Zea
land, 1; Holland, 2; Norway, 6.
YUMA, Ariz.. Nov. 4. Em-
blaroncd on sign boards that
every traveler into Yuma may
read aro these legends:
"Free Meals Evory Day. tho
Sun Fails to Shine."
"Free Qasolino Every Day
the Sun Falls to Shino."
"Free Hats Every Day the
Sun Fails to Shino."
Yuma, In the extremo south-
western corner of Arizona,
near tho California line, has
had sunshine every day In the
year, with oro exceptions, so
, far back as records have been
kept.
LOCAL MAN GOES
TO CONVENTION
Tl
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia, Nov. 4.
Sunday is observed three times a
week hero.
Because, there aro 35,000 Turks
in the city, Friday is the first Sim
day. Then ill the Turkish stores
close and ono goes twice a dny to
somo of- tho, , hundred mosques
whoso slonderr-minarets gleam white
icninb thq green 'background of
tiio hills. '
Because two hundred, years ago li
group of Spanish Jews settled in
Bosnia, Saturday is Sunday for
many Sarajovans. Then lill tho
Jewish storess-aro closed and tho
Jews of tho city crowd the big yel
low synagoguo of tho main btroot.
Becnuso nil tho rest of tho 54,000
inhabitants of Sarujovo and hund
reds o f pcabauts from tho hills
around aro Sorbs nnd Bosnians,
following both tlio Ilomnn Catholic
and tho Greek Orthodox beliefs, tho
Sunday Sabbath is tho biggest holy
day of all In Snrajovo. All th-3
stores except' tho tho Turkish are
closed. Tho churches ce crowdod
with peoplo dressod in every btylo
from tho latest Bolgrado fashions
to homespun trousors for both men
and woinon, with hugo hooded shoes
und woolen turbans. Aftor that
modern Snrajovo walks about tho
modorn quarters and old lashloned
Sarajevo dances tho "Kolo" In tho
big square of tho crowded Turkish
bazaar.
"Tho results of throo Sundays a
week for tho poople hero Is ,110
Sundays nt nil for tho Amorlcans,
who find no day without some
school or hospital that must bo
provided for," said Lieutenant John
D. Hartung of Bay Shore,- L. I
Lieutenant Hartung Is in chargo of
thq, medical supplies from America
which havo mndo tho Bosnian hos
pllalsiposslbld. '
m ' '"
Among tho matters of importap.ee
which are expected to draw a large
attendance at tho meeting of Klam
ath post, No. 8, of the American
Legion tonight is tho" necessity of in
structing Dr. Fred "Westerfelt, who
has been asked by Secretary Elvers
of the stato legion to be a delegate
to the Minneapolis national conven
tion, opening November 11, and who
leaves for theeast tomorrow morn-
ln&'.
Tho appointment of Dr. Weltor-
feld as delegate came last Friday in
a wire from tho secretary, and de-
spito short notice and tho personal
sacrifice he will havo to make, he
yielded to tho demands or his com
rades that this section should not
overlook tho opportunity to bo rep
resented at the national convention
and consented to go.
It Is hoped that ho will be ablo
to bring to the attention of the
national gathering tho upper lake
marsh land leasing question that
tho local post has lately been oppos
ing and other matters of local as
well as general Interest
Besides discission of matters on
which tho dolegito at poets advice
of the post, the Jneeting tonight" will
consider a general question of
local interest.
STANFORD, HEAD
TOURING EAST
EFFORTS UNDER
W SEEK END
OF COAL STRIKE
Garfield In Conference Wlth HcjmI
of Opcrntor' Association Lcvin
Breaks Silence, SJH That Machin
ery for Settlement Is Still Intact
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, ,Cal.,
Nov. 4. Dr. Ray "Lyman Wilbur,
president of Stanford, has left here
to address he annual conference of
tho Association of American Univer
sities, at Columbus, Ohio, November
7-8. His topic will be "Renumera
tion for Extra-University Activities
of Instructors."
Dr. Wilbur will combine his trip
with a visit to all the prominent
tenters in tho east where there are
groups of Stanford alumni. He will
discuss with them tho problems of
Stanford University , and impress
upon' them the need of contributions
from alumni and friends to the
university. His statements will be
in line with recent announcements
that the misapprehension thuit
Stanford is a fabulously rich In
stitution must be overcome, he,
rresent endowment being insufficient.
STOCKMEN WAGE
WAR ON WOLVES
HELENA; Mont., Nov. 4. Depre
dations, by bears, wolves and moun
tain lions In Montana have become
so damaging that professional hunt
ers and trappers are making good
money exterminating the animals.
The Meagher County Cattle Breed
ers' association at White Sulphur
Springs, it is announced, will give
$100 for every wolf or mountain
lion skin brough tin.
The losses caused by the beasts,
in somo sections, are enormous. Es
pecially where grazing lies in the
forests many Valuable animals fall
victims to the marauders. While
forest guards pursue them relentless
ly and. a duo percentage of hunters
and trappers are always on their
trail, their numbers do not .seem to
diminish appreciably.
CHAMBERLAIN AND
BAKER IN CLASH
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 4.
Secretary of War Baker and Sena
tor Chamberlain of Oregon, formorly
chairman of tho Sonato military
commlttoo, clashed sharply today at
a sub-comniittpe. hoaring dealing
with the'eontrovorsy ovor tho exer
cise oT military justice in dealing
with men in 'tho federal service.
"Whenever an Inferior gets Into
a disagreement with his suporioisi ho
Is likely to get tho axo vory sud
denly," Sonator Chamberlain de
clared at tho critical phaso of
argument.
"That is not a fact," Bakpt
plied. ,
"But I bay it is a fact," Chamber
lain lotorcd, "and wo know it is a
fact up hero."
tho
re-
GIIAND JURY DISCUSSES
'MATTERS OF ROUTINE
Tho county "grand' Jmy convened
this morning and took up routino
matters of tho session. No indict
ments had been returned up to 2
o'clock and it la' undorstspd that
tho Jury will not take-up criminal
mattora, of which there aro sovoral
ponding, for aday or two., ,
HEARING OX LARCENY
CHARGE THIS EVENING
Constable J. F. Morley, returned
last evening from Dunsmuir, where
he had gone for the -purpose of
bringing buck with him, Roy
Chamberlain who is wanted here
as a fugitive from Justice, he having
given bonds in tho sum of $300,
with W. F. Wlldey and Bert Cook
us, sureties, and then having un
ceremoniously left tho Stato.
The origjnal chargo of larceny
was set for hearing this evening at
7:30, but in -nddltion thereto,"
Chamberlain will hat'o to 'answer,1
to tho further charge mado by his
bondsmen.
DIES AT SHIPPINGTON
Rollo Leo Lewis, n?ei' about 40
years, died this mnrc'ng at the Ship
nlr.gton hotel. He wus emplojcd
by tho Klamath Manufacturing
company, also actln.j as. a sort of
caretaker 'for tho hotel, Ho had np
Immediate family. Death tame un
expectedly. Tho decedent had lived
in Klamath Falls for about three
years. Unless othor arrangements
aro madq the funeral will ta"ke place
from Whitlock Undertaking parlors
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
Coal is found in commercial .quan
tities in twenty-eight of the states
and territories of tho United States.
Hosiery was. .first manufactured
by powor at Cohoes, Now York, in
1832. "
CHICAGO, Nov. 4. In tho faco'o
of a virtually unbroken front of
425,000 soft coal miners who hayo
not receded from their original po
sition, the dawn of the second day of
the striko found both government
offlcialB -and jnine .operators In an
optimistic mood.
Additional1 movement of state and
federal troops into various mining
districts were reported overnight.
Thousands of cars of coal in transit
have been confiscated by the federal
railroad administration to keep the
railways operating, greatly dimin
ishing the supply of private indus
tries and municipalities, somo of r
which are already feeling the effects -,
of the strike In a corresponding cur
tailment of production.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 4.
Breaking his silence for the first
time since he was served with tho
restraining order of the federal
court last Friday, John L. Lewis,
acting president 'of the United Mino.
Workers of America, gave out tho
following brief statement in regard
to the government's efforts to end
the strike of approximately 425,000
soft coal miners.
"The machinery of the Joint
system of bargaining In the mining
industry Is still intact," said Lewis,
''and It would be a comparatively
simple matter for the government
nnd coal operators to again set It In
motion to. negotiate a wage agree
ment that would be satisfactory."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. Efforts
to reach a basis for the possible
settlement pt the soft coal strike are
being made today at a conference
of Dr. H. A. Garfield, head of the
fuel administration and J. D. Mor
row, president of the national coal
association, an organization of the
leading coal miners of the country.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa., Nov. 4.
United States troops entered Pouu
Bylvanln on strike duty today, for
the first time since tho coal strike
started, when a compr.ny of infantry
arrived here to guard mineintqrnsts.
ANCIENT CEDAR
GROVE FOUND
MISSOULA, Mont., Nov. 4,--.
Cedar trees more ,than 2,000 years
old and still alive and growing havo
been found In the Kanikt.u forest of
tho first forest .serylco district, ac
cording to J. W. Girard, dlsulct
logging engineer, - whosa Jieadquar
ter Is here. Tho Kp.niksu Tofest is
in the extreme northonsi corner of
Vwrhington and the far north end
of the Idaho "panhandle."
Mr. Girard stated that h Investi
gated a report or trees of, that ago,
believing ttint no trees Krew 10-that
age in America except the redwcgd3
on the Pacific coast. ' TfisMnvostiga
tlon proved the truth of tho report,
ho declared.
These trees," said Mr. Girard,
"varied in size from a foot to ten
feot in diameter. I used n. hnrino
instrument on, them and 'found tho
report was true. Anyway I hgureo.
it T fniinH 1, - "...'..
.. . .......v. ,..., wct were in an cases'
2,000 years did. and somo of thom
noaror 3,000, The wood Is firm and
as n potential source of high grade
Umber, I know of no othnr ninx- 1.
the United States, except the red
wood forests, where trees nf th.t
ago may be found."
JACOBS SELLS LAND
L, Jacobs has sold 86 acres' of '
very good irrigated land to'J, .Lin.t
of Swan Lake. Mr. Llnzi will move
at once with his famiiv t' "'
home, , n 1 -
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