Olqt iunmiraj Mttulli OFFICIAL, NEWSrAW OF KLAMATH rAIXS ? OFFICIAL NEwarArisK Jr KLAMATH COUNTY tliWeUi Yer-No. 3770 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1919 5 " i Price, S ccasflt. ffRIENT WILL NOT BAR ' i ML IMPORT LjtollUxi Attompt to IIr Austro- Wool Would llvcrii or Poller a Annul AKTon,w,t K' jai With Wool Manufacturer imaptt of Aroorlcan wool grow OT to prevent tho Boeton auction of pat qntltlc of Imported Au mIIio wool aro apparently doomed tjWhtre, without change In present lilliUtlon, according to letters ro dlrid br B- M. Hammond, pronldont ,( tbi Klamath Wools Growera an locution, from Orogon Toproaoi la tltN woo prwentod tho protcata of Ui local growera to Washington do- m Hod. N. J. Blnnott tooK tuo Biltir up with the Department of gtite end received a lottor from 8cc wUry Unnlng, which la fully ox jUutorr of tbo govornmont'a policy It tbi matter of wool Importn. Tho LimIbi letter aaya: PBPAIITMENT OF STATE, WaBhlngton, Novembor 6, 1910 Tbe Hon. N. J. Blnnott, Houso of . ' Representative. Sir: I hare tho honor to ac howledge tho rocolpt of your let to of Novombor 1, 1019, endow lag tilecrams from K. M. Ham pood, (resident of tho Klamath Wool Growers' association; from & II. Bunnell, county Judge ot Kltmith county, Oregon, and D. W. Short, county commlaHioner ot tbi uma county, protcetlng iplnit the proposed Importation u4 auction sale ot Australian wool by tbe British government la tbli country. The only agency ot the oxocu (In branch ot tbe government vblcb might conceivably have the uthorlty to prevent the importa Uoa ot this wool la tbo War Trado Board, now a section ot this do pirtment. In December, 1018, a requeit was made to tho War Trade Board on boholf of tho do ntttle woo growers to prohibit the Importation of wool until inly 1, 1819, but tho board do cldid that i (ho powers con for rod )tt"on It as' a war 'agency did not Include the right of maintaining Import prohibitions or restric tion! designed exclusively to pro tect domestic producers, and, ac cordingly til restrictions on tao Importation of wool Into this country from non-enemy sources, ore removed In January, 1019, tnd nave not been relmposod. It Wean, thereforo, that tljo exocu llre branch ot tbo government hu not received from Congress authority to place restrictions on tee Importation of wool. H should also be pointed out lUt my effort on the part of this lovernment to hlndor tho impor Wlon of wool would constitute) reversal of tho attitude already "opted twoard this question. In uit this department consont . In co-operation with tho Do Wrtment of Commorce, to assist he wool manufacturers of this klry t0 Carry on negotiations lw tho British government for " ' PurP80 of obtaining supplloH Auatralaslan wool. Although decision of the British gov J"l to establish the auction 'rred to was made Independ ent aDd B ,tB own rosPn8' v, yet that government muBt been Influenced by the de "'" b the tact that this depart rl od the Department of AtlF had "PProvod In prln JPW.ihe establlahment of ouch !OBB. J"b action taken by this de JWWfat In the jnatter waa in ELKS RAISE FUNDI WITHOUT TROUBLE In ono day tho local lodge of 15lkn raised tho sum of $GG0 In cash for tho purposo of feeding and taking rnru of tho herd of elk wost of Port Klnmnth In thin county. It Is prolmblo that HiIh hord will become porntnnont wards ot tho local IoiIko, as tho Htato may turn over the animals, should tho lodgo agrou to stand sponsor for thorn. A WILSON REFUSES TO ACCEPT TREATY WITH RESERVATIONS HORSEFLY BONDS ARE IN DEMAND WOODS FOR I. U ttcea hv .... .. ...-, . ..... 1(14.1 ! "cv laa,L " 8Ul" wot iiippiy ol cerUln clapseB of J "ool did not exist In country. Jt was also recalled the f tbe UT,ff law ot 1913' tm an1 unrestricted impor- kii k f wo1 ,n t,mo neace countJen lhe 80U,ed po,lcy of th,B In iow ot tho facta that feavo WASHINGTON, 1). C. Nov. 17. Prosldont Wilson will pocket tlio poaco treaty with (lerninny If It contains tho resorvatloim urged liy Kouutor I.diIkc, be told Senator Hitchcock today. The I'rcHldont Iiuh rend and rou sldorod the l.odgo rtmervatloiiH," hold Bonator Hitchcock, "and lie consldors that the- uru n nullifica tion ot tho treaty and utterly Impossible" GIIANDMOTIIKH OK I -OCA I, WOMAN 1KAI AT YHHKA Mrs. Cloorgo J. Walton hns recelv od announcement of tho death last Saturday at Yrokn, Cnllfornln, of hor grandmother, Mrs. K. D. Ilnm mors. Mr. IlnmmorH was 83 years old. She wns known to many pooplu here, having visited Mrs. Walton u numbor ot times and also having an acquwlntnnco among hor former neighbors In Yrokn, who moved hero. In recent years. The funeral took placo at Yroka today. boon stated, It hcoiiih Impossible for this department to . do any thing to prevont tho importation ot tho wool In question. With ruferonco to tho prcsont status ot tho matter, t have llttlo Information, slnco this depart ment, as has boon oxplnlnod, has had no connection with tho rocent arrangements for tho proposed auctions. Tho British government, It appears, plans to ship 40,000 balos' of Australian and 10,000 bales of Now Zealand wool to Uoh ton for auction by display In Do comber or later. Colonol Wllloy, who haB boon sent by tho British government to make nrrango ments for tho auctions, recontly arrived In this country nnd Is wild to have announcod that turtlior monthly shipments of 30.000 bales might bo mado, If soomod advbv nblo. I have tho honor to bo, Sir, Your obodlont survnni, ItOBERT LANSINU. Tho War Trado Board'H attltudo Is not .hopeful, as tho. following lottor from D. P. Houston, secretary of ag riculture,, to Hoprcsontatlvo, Mc- Arthur furthor shews: DEPARTMENT OP AGltlCUTUUE Washington, Novombor 1, 1919. Hon. C. N. McArthur, Houso of IloprosontatlvcB. Doar Mr. McArthur: I lmvo your lottor of October 23, enclos ing a copy of telogram from tho Klamath Wool Urowois' associa tion with roloronco to tho pro posed auction snloa of Australian wool in this country. Informa tion has ronchod tho department that tho British government will soil, at public auction, about ld 500,000 pounds of Australian and Now Zoaland wool during tho Int tor part of Novembor. Appar ently the British government has a surplus which It cannot other wise dispose of. to advantage and it is Hooking to sell the amount indicated at Boston to rolleyo congestion at British ports and to U get the wool into the nanus or. consumers. This department has no authority to interfere with any auch transaction, and 1 under stand that the policy of the War Trade Board, the functions' of which were takon over by the State Department at the close ot tbe last fiscal year, has beon to reloaso trade restrictions as rap idly as possible Very truly yours, D. P. HOUSTON, Sec'y. There In a midden incroaso in damniid for Horsefly Irrigation dis trict bonds, snld a man who Is look ing for n few of tho securities, to day, and ho finds n very bullish ten dency to tho market wlioro soveral wroks ago tho bears seemed to bo In control. "Tho low cost of water In this dis trict may liuvo something to do with II," ho Haiti. "Tbo construction coBt plus tho government churgo for water Is about tlti.liO an acre, n comparatively low charge. It may bo also that tho fnct that tho Lum bermen's Trust company of Port Innd considers the jwcurltlcs n good Investment is Instilling con fidence In tho minds of tbo small hond-hnldcrs. t 'Whalovor tho reason, I know tho people who lmvo tho bonds aro holding on nnd huyini; more, wlioro n few mouths ago thoy wouldn't liny at all nud tho directors of tho district aro getting Inquiries about tho securities from all parts of tho country." 0. A. G. EXPLORES T U II OHECON AGIUCUIrURAb COI liEGE, Corvallis, Nov. 17. Anclunl mounds 10 miles south of Corvallis explored last week by J. U. Horner, professor of history nt tho collogc, brought to light many Interesting facts Incident to tho Ufa of tho abo rigines. Professor Homer is making a careful study of prehistoric ruins and Is gathering togcthor n collec tion of relics for O. A. G. Tho Davis mound, so cnllcd be cause It Is located ono-fourth of .n mllo south ot tho George DnVis homo, is situated on tho bank of tho Muddy. Tho second mound explored, tho, Manglo mound, is located on the G. P. Manglo fnrm. Tho first mound is said to. bo firo foot high nnd 100 feet In diamotor. W. C. Loonoy of Corvallis, who ac companied Professor Horner, bored a llvo-ioot nolo into u ana mo ex plorers found charcoal nshes, bonuh and other evidences of great an tiquity. Ono huudrdd yards to tho north of tho Davis mound woro found nrrowhonds and pestles. Tho pestle was usod by tho Indians to pound substances In a mortnr. ' CLERK-CARRIER EXAMINATION Tho U. S. Civil Sorvieo commis sion announces that uu examination will bo hold ut Klamath Palls for olork-carrior on Decombor 13, 1910, to estubllHh an ollglblo register from which selections may bo mado to 1111 vucancles as thoy may occur In vtho positions of clork and currlor nt tho Klamath Palls postofllco. Ago limits aro 18 to 40 yonis on tho data of tho examination. Both mon and .women will bo admittod to tills examination. Tho entrance sal ary is $1000 por annum. Application blanks and Informa tion may bo obtulnod by applying to Mibs Holou I'axson, local .secretary, board of U. S. Civil Sorvlco oxamlu ursll, Klamath Palls, Orogon, or; to tho Eocrotury 11th U. S, Civil Sorv lco district. 303 Postofnco building, Sattlo, Washington, PUI1MO OWNERSHIP OK TIMDKR ASKKD NEW YORK, Nov. 17. Public ownorship of timber laud, national or state, with private cutting and marketing, was advocated by tho Papor and Pulp association's com mitteo on forest conservation in a repoit submitted to the association conference boro. Such ownership was said to bo essential tor the grow ing of the older and largor sizes of timber, Its production being too long and hazardous tin undertaking with too llttlo earnings, to attract private capital In adequate amounts. IN CI3NTRAMA, Wnsh., Nov. 17. No word Is expected until tonight from a pnity of former sorvlco mon and woodmen who aro searching tbo timber coun- try, 20 miles north of hero, for alleged Industrial Workors ot tho World, who aro suld to havo (led to Hanford valley aft- or taking part In tho Armlstlco day shooting hero. N SHOT.REPORT UUNTRAMA, Wash., Nov. 17. A man reported to bo shot through the arm was brought to tho hospital today from tho direction of Hanford aIloy, whoro tho posse Is combing tho wooda for I. W. W., who aro said to havo lied there artcr last Tuesday's shooting. Reports said thut tbo wounded man was a member of tho posse. No details of tho shooting aro given. Armed Unemon loft hero to repair tho lino to Hanford valley, reported to havo been cut by alleged I. W. W. Although the posso left hero pre pared for battle, it was thought when they left that there would probably bo no fight as tho I. W. W. who tought a pitched buttlo witn former soldiers Saturday night would not, It was believed, remain to clash with a fresh posso. Before leaving leaders of tho par ty said thoy would try to reach tho body of John Hanoy, a rancher of Tonyno, Washington, who fell in the fight between ox-scrvlco men and radicals Saturday night. CONTIN UKS IMPRO VliMENT County Judge R. II. Bunnell was reported this morning as steadily re covering from tho slight pneumonia attack which hag contlnod him to tho hospital for tho last ten days. HOTEL RESERVED 10 PARENTS LOST SONS PARIS, Nov. 17. Tho first hotel in Pia.nco, resorcd exclusively for American fathers and mothers who linvo crossed tho ocean to visit tho graves of their dead, will bo opened at Romague, whoro Is located tho largest American military cometory In Franco. Hero sleop more than 21,500 Amorlcau boys who laid down thoir lives in tho war. Now that passport restrictions aro boing llftod, many American par ents aro coming to France everyday ta visit tho graves of tho American soldiers. Some mothers come alone, and not knowing French customs and lunguago, Buffer many dis comforts finding tho way to their boy's grave. Many wish to remain a day or two at tho cometerles which are some distance from tho nearest towns, but until now there have boon no accomodations. Similar hotols will bo established lator at other Amorlcau cemeteries. Tho second ono will probably be placed nt St. Quentln. After Romague -the next largest cemetery is tho one at Thlaucourt with, 4,200 graves. Among tho other largo American cemeteries aro Beaumont, 7P0 'graves; Fismes, 1,800 graves; Ploisy, 1,885 graves; Juvlgny, 416 graves; Pera-on-Tard- onolsf 3,500 graves; Belleau, 2,5J)0 graves; Bony, l.soo graves VUllors-Tournello, 400 graves, NW N PLANS T T A sale which means renewed activities in tho vicinity of Eighth nnd Main strceta wan closed Satur day when D. O. WIlllamB purchased tho George Humphrey proporty at tho corner of Eighth and Pine Sts. ThlB proporty consists of lots D and 6, block 13, Original Town, having a frontago of 120 feet on Eighth street and 130 on Pine. It Is the In tention of tbo new owner to begin immediate Improvement of this property. As a further" indication that tbo building activity In this, part of tho city is going to bo strong noxt spring, the announcement was made today thut Mr. Williams will erect a three story building on his prop orty at tho corner of Eighth and Main streets and left for Portland yesterday morning for tho purpose of consulting an architect about plans for the structure. "With this announcement comes tho statement thnt W. P. vHopka, who purchased the Harrlman corner last fall is lay ing plans .for a three-story building on that property. It Is Intimated that ho has already leased the ground floor. A OCNG T T I OW EVE Prancesca Zarad, heralded as a soprano singer of unusual excellence, will appear in concert in the local opera houso tomorrow night under tho auspices of tho Klamath county high school student body. The Buffalo Courier says: "Fran- cesca Zarad, tho French soprano of tho Chicago Grand Opera company, presented a program which display ed not only her catholicity of taste, but gave hor splendid opportunity for displaying her talents as an in terpretative artist. Her volco is a lovely soprano of great volumo and beauty of tone( whllo her sustained work and tho exccllenco of even her English diction might have sorved as a valuable object lesson to many profeslonal singers." Her program for this city will con sist of English, French and Italian compositions, with English numbers predominating. Foreign language numbers will bo translated into Eng lish' by Madamo Zarad before she sings them. Slnco Madamo Zarad's arrival in this country from Austria she has been repeating tho success sho achieved as ono ot tho leading sopranos of the Vienna Grand Opera company. , MINISTER GIVEN BIRTHDAY PARTY Tho Rov. S. J. Chnnoy, now pas tor of tho Methodist church, was giv en a birthday surprise party last Monday owning at which about 50 members of tho church wore prosent. The surpriso was sprung following a mooting ot tho church Sunday bdiool board. George Walton was assigned to dotuln tho pastor In con versation while tho friendly conspir ators sot tho stage for tho surpriso, and when tho pastor entered his home and turned on the lights he found himself showered with .con gratulations by tho waiting host of frionds. A pleasant evening of games and sociul intercourse followed, closed by the serving of coffee, sandwiches and cako by tho ladies of the con gregation and tho Epworth League Among tbe features of this part of tho program was tho introduction ot an elaborate birthday cake, made by Mrs. J, S. Elliott, on which spark led 36 lighted candles. SACRED HEART LADIES . AYILIj MEET TO.VIGHT There will be a meeting of the ladles ot the Sacred Heart church and this evening at 7J30 o'clock In tho and offlcldntly to the dry stoam from assembly hall. tho public utility plant. PRESIDENT OUT FOR FIRST TIME WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov., 17. Prcsldont Wilson was taken down stairs in a wheeled chair today ani basked in tho sunshlno on the White House lawn for a long time. This Is tho first tlmo tho Presi dent has been outside tho Whito Houso slnco ho was taken ill early last month whllo on a coast-to-coast speaking tour of tho country. IRRIGATION' CONGRESS DELEGATES LEAVE Geo. W. Oftleld, of Merrill, and II. J.. Tichcnor, of Langcll'a Valley, left this morning for Salt Lake City to attend tho Irrigation Con ference, of tho Northwest States. They aro representing tho Langell's Valley Irrigation District at the convention. , WOMAN SHOOTS SELF; MAY BE FROM HERE ONTARIO, Cal., Nov. 17. Mrs. Rosa Harding, said to havo lived at Klamath Kalis, Oregon, committed suislde here Saturday. Inquiry here failed to disclose the identity of the woman reported to have killed herself at Ontario, Cali fornia, Saturday, or throw the faint est light upon it, FRED FLEET RETURNED FROM SAD JOURNEY EAST Fred Fleet returned Saturday evening from Geneseo, Illinois, where he accompanied the body of his mother, tho lrte Mrs. Gilbert Fleet, who was burled in her old home cemetery there. Mr. Fleet, Senior, remained In th'o East. While away Fred visited relatives and renewed friendships in different cities, but says that as a place of residence, tho East no longer has a lure for him and he was glad to get back to Klamath Falls. STEAM PLANT IRKING ILL Tho case and efficiency with which tho Klamath Heating com pany'a plant is providing het for tho buildings so far connected sur passes tbe most sanguine expecta tions of 'tho promoters, said C. G. Lorenz, prosident of tho company today. Eight buildings aro already con nected, the Hotel Hall, 1. O. O. F Willlts and White buildings on the squtherly side ot Main street and tho Kerns, building, Swanson build ing, Lorenz plumbing shop aud an other building on the opposite side of tho street. .There are four boilers at the plant, operating under 75 to 80 pounds pressurot when used, al though one boiler Is more than suf ficient to supply present noods, as ono to one and one-halt , pounds pressure will heat any of tho places bo far using the servico. Flfteon or twenty requests for service aro now on tile, statos Mr. Lorenz, and the Main street lino will bo extended to till tho orders as tapidly as poslble. As dqubt of tho efficiency of the service is dis pelled, owners who have been In clined to be bkeptlcal in regard to tho superiority of municipal heat ing ovor tho private furnace aro be coming convinced and hurrying to put in orders for service, ho. says. The main to connect the city ball will be started shortly as tho city's contract calls for servico not later than December 10. Tho pijse with which tho haatt spreads to all the radiators of a building as soon as it Is turned intb the feed pipes is highly gratifying,, both to the company and Its patrons, says M. Lorenz, Fifteen minutes after tbe service connection is made every radiator in tho building is throwing put heat, and in some in stances It has been found that balky radiators that would not warm up to the old furnaco respqnd quickly; R ASKS DIRECT! VOTERS RATIFY , nt imirs Director Bradbury Hays 900'OM-00 .Cost of, Concreting Fill In JtUm-, nth Irrigation District CbMSMktaj to ImprovcmcBtt Not, Opewtliis, - At a special meeting ot tbo dir ectors of tho Klamath Irrigation dis trict Ia'st Saturday the -project man ager and district counsel ot tbs neclamatipn Service submitted a request for the authorization by tho district for the tsxpendlture of the total sum of $175,000 during the toll sum of ' 1175,000 during the noxt two Vara for tho following purpeses: First, $50,000 for the concrete lining of tho South Branch fill, the amount to bo charged to operatic and maintenance and repaid in foar annual installments, beginning with , the 1920 levy; second, $80,000 for the replacement of the Healey flumer third, $"20,000 for the re placement of the Adams flume; fourth, $25,500 for finishing drainage work under way and miBcellaneoBS ct nstruction, tho total ot the last three items, $125,000, to be charged to supplemental construction and re paid after the present 20-year con struction charges have been paid off. The directors ot the district will submit the question of the author ization of these expenditures to the voters of the district at the anaaal election in January, with the excep tion of the $50,000 item for the lin ing of the South Branch fill. This Item has been practically ap proved by the majority of the board of directors, R. E. iBradbury beiag tbo one objector onfthe board. Ho requested that tho water users of the district be allowed to vote on this question, inasmuch as the lin ing of the fill is a' betterment and the district does not have the ex clusive use of the canal in question, as 50 second feet ot water is being delivered through this canal to the Van Brimmer lands and it is pro posed by tbo government to sell additional water Jrom this canal to the proposed pump units in the vicinity of the same -. Mr. Bradbury furthor objects to -the board ot directors expending, or authorizing the expenditure ot money In excess of the annual op orating requirements without auth orization by a Toto ol the water libers. " , Thq addition ot this charge to the operation and maintenance' account will mean, he says, that the farmers will have to pay $1.50 per acre for next year's operation and mainten ance, and tho present market out look would seem to require a de crease in operating costs rather than an increase. v NO NIGHT SCHOOL TOMORROW KVENINO Thero will be' no night school at the Klamath county high school to morrow night, announcod Professor Koch today ,on account ot the Zarad concert at tho opera houso. The school will convone Wednesday--night. RECORD BUTrER PRICE' CHICAGO, Nov. 17, The highest butter prices over known here were reached today,, when creamery ex tras sold, wholesale, for 70 cents a pound. Tho same grade never went above 67 during tho' war, V T STORK BRINGS BOY . ti Mr. ani! Mm- T V nni....,'j happy over the safe .arrival! tAfi bouncing boy. born ths norptM.u 6 o'clock. The father fclfcV&W operator at the Klamath 'Record & flee. . .The'Uon brfitf.. n.aiillfr vnma, is probably the ImmsIb' tw4 world. UextedUvei?dTw;l v0 u.or an arm ot tbeYelley : ohd is supported 'Dy aoo'lj'uM Sa arches., i 7 ? 4 a iftSI -vs, ' " ' . i - V H i !