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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1919)
TTOP1 W T"' ii I! OFFICIAI' PAPKB OH- I gMATII PAIiM OFFIOIAIi PAPER KLAMATH OOUMTT Fourtccnlh Year No. 3774, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,' FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1919 Price, Five Cent si: i ill t; a HO AGREEMENT BY CONFERENCE FRANCO-BRITISH TREATY SIGNED fldifarnla-Oivgon l'v"r Co. Mukwt jlo ConrotiloiiH U Property Own frt Who 'll" 'M!. I""" '" Will Cnuiut 'i'liiuu Mui'li Iiiiimgt! After four hours discussion t(j rardlnfC ttio effect tlmt tins Cullfor-nla-Orcgon I'owor Coiiipany'ii Link nircr dam would luivo upon milling PARIS, Nov. 21. Stephen Plclion, Kruni'h foreign iiiIhIh ter mill Hlr Uric Crnwo, tint llrlllnh under micn-tary of for eign ulTultH, IiimI night exchang ed ratification of tho troaty KUiiruntuoliiK llrlllHli alii t Franco If Oorimmy should al tark lior wltliout provocation. GOVERNOR ASKS Hi OFFICERS TO LEND HELP LI I El OF DISTRCT T RANCHER ACCUSED OF THREATENING LIFE OF WARDEN Claudo ncchdoldl, Bonanza ranch er, was hound over for action of tho grnnd Jury by JhhIIco Clinuinnn .. . ... .. ItltnlflV. IIH t flit rnanlt gt ,.ll...,i,l in,) r cultural operations on mo ' " -" ,UU . . .. . . 'llirimlH fn kill Cionrnx I.' .'Mil...... ?wr I.iiko anil mo amount or - .;... ... -.iinmu- protection that sawmill ownors and 1 BIG ARMY NEEDED FOR INTERVENTION In a circular lottor to district J A conference of lumberman of attorneys, mayoni, sheriffs and ,11,19 community wn fold iinr,!.iv .1 ' at tho Wiilto l'ollcan hot(d, a t.ues tlonnalrn having been sent a -ioiie farmers might oxpoct from tho cor poratlon, a conference of ropresun titlrei of both sides at tho Whltu Pelican hotel yostordny brokn up without nppronchlng any ngroomonl. KcgotlatlotiH worn not brokon off, loweror, and hope Is expnwsod tr tome of tho conforccs that lull has been Inld for nn under standing satisfactory to both sldeH it later Unto. The powor company stands on Its toBtmct with tho fudorfil govorn Btot (or diversion and una of tho titers of tho Uppor Lake and Link Rlrer which provides that the luvet ot the lako may bo raised to n luvol c( UI3.03 foot abovo sea lovol, or lowered six feet below that mark according to whethor tho water Ih king stored for futuro uho or bolng drtun off rapidly for uho. The normal lovol of tho lako la tomewhoro around 4141.40 feet a bore tea lorcl. Tho sawmill ownora oppoM a lowering of tho lako nters, which thoy assort would leare tholr mill ponds and canals blh and dry and practically close the like to navigation of log raftH, t carried to tho minimum allowed br the contract. Thoy want nssur ance that tho powor company will protect thom from such damage, bear tho coat of drodglng tho ponds ind canals, etc. Agricultural Intcfosts, comprla nj eomo 70,000 ncres of reclama loa marah lands, bordering tho ke, on tho othor hand would sur er most If tho lovol of tho lako was iltcd and malntnlnod at tho mux aum. Thoy doclnro that tho dlk n and draining cost that would bo arced upon thom should bo borno 7 tho power company. Tho theory of nil tho protestants 1 that If tho powor concern by In 'IHng a pormanont dam Hbould In rfero In either direction with tho actuations of tho lake lovol as iejr occuf "iKlur natural conditions ey should pay tho damages Buf fed by others from tholr acts. deputy gama warden u fow days nijo, when tho officer romonHtrato.J with him for killing nunll out of season. Tho warden nsserts that when ho nppronched lJochdoldt with tho In- tontlon of Inspecting hla gamo bag. tho lattor drew a bead on him nnd threatened to "blow his head off." Ilechdodlt Is nt liberty under a bond of $1000. STREET claims T Unless some conipromlBo Is roach- 1 tho first operations townrd ln a'HnR a pormanont. 1I11111, it Is said, ' ho tho signal for filing a host Injunction suits by tho property 'ners menaced. Those who took part In yestorduy'a nforenco woro tho I'nllcnn iinv mhor company, represented' by C. Stono; tho Woyer.iausnr Timber aPany. by Jncl: Kimball; tho Al- ra Lumber company, by Supor'n- ment i.gan; tho Klamath Manu ring company and tho Lamm mbcr company, by W II. Rpnuur; a American Loglon, which has nn "est In the Uppor Lake mash ld. by J. H. Carnahan. nnd Wll. Qannong and tho California "u rowor company, by It. O. ebeck and C. F. Porguson nt- neja. ; CANDY 8ALH TOMOIUtOW c?ndy snlo la (o bo glvon at awin's Hardwuro Storo tomor- n, . BlrIs ot tno Klamath V High School. This sale is 8 siven to raise money for tho aenlan nollof Fund. Wore Christmna a bazaar Is also Slvon by tho school girls, Pcoods will also go for this Pose. An auditing of claims of tho War ren construction company for work on Pine, Market, Crescent, Canby nnd Kusl strcots by tho strcot com mittee, rovenls that on Pine street, thoro Is a nice llttlo melon In tho wny of a surplus for division among property owners. Tho auditors found that the work bud been per formed for $-1000 lesR than the es timated cost for which bonds woro Issued. This surplus goes back to tho people who wero assessed to put tho contract through. Market street, although tho bonds havo not boon sold, will have money enough from tho Jasuo to cover tho construction cost, but on Crescent, Canby and East streota tho cost of construction overruns tho ostimato considerably. Tho commltteo found tho fund for tho Improvamont about $2000 short, but a number of as sessments, whoro owners preferred Immedlnto payment rather than stringing tho paymonts ovor ton years, will be duo at onco and will bring tho amount down to $200 or $300 moro than tho estimated rn?t. Tho city can only pay up to tho amount ot tho oBtlmntc. Tho ovor- run will have to bo carried by in terest, it Is understood, until nn ad ded assessment is levied on tho proporty affected. LECTURE FOR LIBRARY CLUB I'HIUAKY TO UK OLOSKI) J bllc Library will bo closed Z I zoning whilo tho floor is 8 oiled. Tho homo economics branch of tho Library club will moot Saturday aft ernoon at 2:5 o'clock in tho club room. Miss Fannlo Virgil will glvo a paper and demonstration on "Milk and Its Food Value," especially em phasizing its caloric value Tho lec turo will bo illustrated with con crete examples.' Following iB tho program fo- tho year; Nevember: "Milk nnd Its Food Valuo" Mies Fnnnlo Virgil. Decomber: "Tho Undernourish ed Child" Mrs. R. C. Thomas. January: "Invalid Cookery nnd DIot fof Small Chlldron" Mrs. Car nahan. February: "Child Phychology Mrs. Luddcn. March: "Cooking of Moats" Demonstration by Miss Daughorty. April: "Labor Saving Household Dovics" Miss Mears. cnierB or police, and all other cx-f !Ciitlo and poa.o ofllcore of tho cities and counties of Oregon, Oov ornor Hen W. Olcott asks united aid In approhondfng all disloyalists and promlNci aid of tho state In any situation that gets bcond tho powor of communities to control. Tlio governor says: "Tho nation has beon forcibly and suddonly brought to rcallzo, through tho tragedy at Centrnllo, Washington, tut tho Industrial Workors of tho World, tho radicals, tho agitators and any coming under tho general category of "rods" aro a menace to tho present and futuro poaco nnd welfaro ot our country nnd ot all of its truly Amorlcan and law abiding citizens. When Amorlcan rftlzons, but a shorl time rollovnd from duty in tho sorvlcc of their country, are shot down In cold blood by mon who are actuated only by a spirit of hatred for our most holy and most sacrod institutions, it is tantamount to a declaration ot war and In the minds ot our citizenry nothing short of troason. Our protection lies in tho machin ery of tho law. Tho elocution and processes of that machinery rest with tho oxecutlvo office of tho state and with you aa arms of tho governmental powor. Our first duty Is tho protection of our country and of our horriea. To socuro that pro tection require tho utmost rlgllanco ana an unswerving enforcement o our laws. Tho people of the state aro dopondlng upon us to root out the ovlls which are resulting from 0 propaganda too long tolerated. I bospoak your heartiest co 1 eratlon in this as a duty of tho high est patriotism. I am taking the liberty of calling your attention to Chapter 12 of tho General Laws of Oregon for 1919, this being an act doflnlng criminal syndicalism and sabotage, and also to Chapter 95 of tho General Laws of Oregon for 1911, being an act defining vagrancy. In event a situation arises In any community ot tho state which may be considered beyond tho owef6 of the local authorities to cope with WASHINGTON, V. C, Nov. 21. State department officiate, in discussing tho Mexican situ ation today, disclosed tho In formation that three years apo, during tho Mexican crisis, t c army genoral staff estimated that It would tako an army of 4 GO, 000 mon thrco years to os- tabllsh complcto Intervention in Mexico' by tho United States. thom prior to the meeting, which formed tho basis of a "round table" talk and took up tho various prob lems which are confronting tho lum bermen at the present time. Major Horry, regional dirortor of tho internal rovonuo dopartmont, gavo an Interesting tr-ik, and thero was also a genoral discussion in which most of tho men presimt par ticlpatcd. Among thoso present at tho gath ering wero R. P. Clark, of tho Weed Lumber company; J. L. MurpTiy, of the Slmonds Manufacturing compa ny; A. Dwlnnell, ot the Macdoel Lumber company! C W. Betts and brother, E. T. Betts, of San Francis co; E. W. Elfondahl, of tho Whltu Pelican Lumber company; D. A. Painter, of the McCloud Rlvor Lum ber company; A. Flynn, of tho Chllo quln Lumber company, and L. T. Ray of. San Francisco. Mr. Betts was formerly of Now York stato, and this is his first trip to Klamath. Ho expressed himself as very much Impressed and sur prised at tho wonderful undeveloped rosourccs ot tho country and its fea tures as a sportsman's paradise. He promlsos to come and visit this com munity moro often in the future. Tlho entire party who attjonded the convention ot lumbermen are do- llghted with tho rocept(on accorded them and the cordiality of tho ptn plo .of the community, as evidenced by tho bunch of ducks with which tmost of them returned to their re spective homes, the result of a tri" in which tho sportsmen of tho party indulged. JAPANESE BUY 13,900 ACRES IN CROOK COUNTY PRINEVILLE, Ore. Nov. 21. George Shlma, a Japanese of Stock ton, California, long known as the potato king of California, is head of a company of his countrymen that has purchased 12,900 acres of land in Crook county, lying between Prlnevllle and Powell Butte. The company plans to prepare 11,000 acres ot potatoes and harvest a crop off 2000 acres in 1920. Tho project Is the largest potato enterprise ntartod in central Oregon and the purchase is the first made by Japanese in Crook county. The land is covered with juniper and sagebrush and contracts for the clearing of land tinder Irrigation ditches will bo awarded at once Tho land is within eight miles of Prinevllle, which will be the ship plngpoint for the crops. PEACETREATY TO BE RATIFIED DECE1B 1ST American Senate's Failure to Agra on Ratification Will Have No Ef fect Upon Actions of Other Al lied Powers, Says Honar Law PARIS, Nov. 21. Tho supreme) council today agreed 'upon December 1 as tho date when tho peace treaty with Germany will bo formally rati fied. The American delegation Is st 1 without instructions relative to it participation in the peace conference. and available will be set in motion to the end that our laws are enforc ed and the lives and property of our citizens safeguarded. I also would greatly appreciate re ports from any community of tk) state as to the possibility of trouble arising and as to the status ot thoso I., who may be suspected of being all;p- COIL SHORTAGE PINCHING HARD WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 21. Bituminous operators, served what Is practically an ultimatum on min ors' representatives here today, when they told them that yester day's offer of 20 per cent Increase In the day wago, with a 15 cent a ton bonus, was the utmost that could be offered. The miners went into conference immediately to con- sier the offer. LONDON, Nov. 21. "The inabil ity of representatives of the Unite States at Paris to deposit the ratifi cation of President Wilson of tba German treaty, at tho same time the other powers file theirs, will not prevent the remaining allied and as sociated powers from proceeding to carry the treaty Into effect," sail Andrew Bonar Law, government leader, in the House ot Commons today, in answer to numerous ques tions regarding the status ot the troaty as the result of the American Senate's failuro to ratify it. WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 21. President Wilson will take np tho whole subject of the treaty of Ver sailles in his message to Congress December 1, it was announced offi cially 'today from the White House. EXAMINATION FOR BLY POSTMASTER oarnestly request that the Executlvo Oftlco ot Salem bo notifiod forth- cd with thoso forces which have avowedly started a reign of terror with. Kvory power of tho stato I In direct deflanco of the laws of our machinery ot government necessary ' stato and nation." WEATIIKR REPORT OREGON, Tonight and Saturday fair, oxcopt for probablo rain in tho northwest; ' moderate, southerly winds. - "EVENTUALLY-WHY NOT NOW?" ' 1 .ps.iaasv ; ' ; -ft- e ARE ,. liV AMERICANS CV1P . 1-l V mi MlmM CHICAGO, Nov. 21. The dallly increasing coal shortage today is be ginning to menace additional indus tries and threaten the nation's food supply, with further prospects ot a sweeping curtailment of tho pass enger train service within the next twenty-four hours. The immediate futuro of tho steel Industry is causing concern. Two big Chicago meat packing plants have about two weeks' supply of coal left. Tho shortage is also af fecting other large mnufacturlng plants. DENVER, Nov. 21. George L. Johnson, district president of tho United Mine Workors, today an nounced that the strike of soft coal miners in Colorado, ordered for to morrow at midnight, had beon called oft in accordanco with an injunction issued Thursday by the U. S. dis trict court at Denver. CECELIAN SOCIETY TO GIVE BAIili TONIGHT Invitations have been issued by the Cecellan Choral society for a grand ball tonight at the Whlto Peli can hotel. Splendid music, a good floor and the host entertainment ot the season is promised. This is the first of a series of winter affairs planned by the society. The United States Civil Berries Commission has announced an ex amination to be held at Bly, Oregon, on December 13, 1919 as a result of which it is expected to make cer tification to fill a contemplated vacancy in the position of fourth-. class postmaster at Bly, and othec Vacancies as they may, occur at that office, unless It shall be decided irt the interests of the service to fill any vacancy by reinstatement. Tho compensation of thu postmaster at this office was $'276 for the last fiscal year. Applicants must have reached their twenty-first birthday on the dato of examination, with the excep tion that in a stato where womon aro declared by statute to bo at full age for all purposes at eighteen years, women eighteen years of ace on the date of the ex amination will be admitted. Applicants must reside within the territory supplied by tho post office. for which the examination Is an nounced. Tho examination is open to all citizens of tho United States who can comply with tho requirements- Application blanks, Form 1753. and full Information concerning tho requirements of the examination can be secured from the postmaster at the place of vacancy or from tho United States Civil Service Commis sion, Washington, D. C. Applications should be properly executed and filed with the commis sion at Washington, D. C, at tca. earliest practicable date. PAYS $25 FOR ASSUALT Oliver 'Jefferson , reslont of tho Klamath reservation, was fined $25 and costs by Justico Chapman yes terday, for assualt and battery. Jefferson attacked his wife, from whom he has been separated some time and who is seeking divorce, on Main street several nights go, and knocked her down, according to he evidence. DU FAULTS TO LIVE IN SOUTHERN CAL. Edward DuFault left this morn ing on the tropin for Santa Ana, where he will join Mrs. DuFault ans their three children, George, Helen and Florence, who have been there for some weeks. The DuFaults have been residonts of Klamath for a great many years. They own a large ranch in southern California and will probably make their home thero for some time. Miss Helon DuFault recently un derwent an operation for append icitis, but the latest reports are to the effect that she is recovering nicely therefrom. tf. d 1 ! J V