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Fourtccnlh Year No. 3774,
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,' FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1919
Price, Five Cent
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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