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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1919)
jWWi sW ' fyHEutfttmg 3&rald OMlOIAli PAPER OK OFFICIAL PAPEn OF KliAMATII VAhUi KLA3LVTII COUNT Fourteenth Year No. 3780, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1919 Price, Five Cents II SESSION IRKS 111 WILSON'S MESSAGE READY TUESDAY BILL DEBATE jjikrn AUiirlwt ANliiirol Hill Ilrfiirw UcJ.rnn Mi'ii'n MocIIiik HpoiiNW DcfcndN Che Mwun Strongly Dispute Ih ArrlmonlouH The mcotlnB of tha HuhIoohh Mon h juoclatlon at tho Door Hood grill lut ovculnB will long bo romom bred on ono of tho moHl Interesting ad welting of any hold by tblH or jinltatlon. It was duo to tho dls cuiilon of tho propoBod hill for tho cponlnK of tho Indian rcHorvntlon, tte opposition to tho measure bolnR led by Krod A. Hakor nnd tho sup portere being represented by Ed ward II. Annum. Iloth men woro plainly laborltiR undor tho HtroHH of ttrong personal foollnSH, nnd this (ct counted for tho dearth of on lightening Information on tho r,tn Hon at Uauo, slnco ouch Injected tho pcraonallty of tho othor to tho al most total cxcluHlon of tho question under consideration. It was Mr. Ilukor'H contention Hint the proposed bill was n vlcloun moiiM ire In that it did not throw i.round the property of tho IndlnnH tho pro tection to which thoy woro ontltlod.i to as to Riiurd tho IntoroHtH of tho I least competent from tho nggreRslvo utaulls thnl will ho euro to follow II tho reservation Ih opened undor the practlcully unroHtrlctod moiiHuro fathered by Mr. Aahurflt. Ho ox preticd hlmsalf na fnvorlnB " meas ure contnlnlnfi provisions for tho perpetuation of tho timber InndH on the reservation, contending that If it pattes in feo slmplo to the Indians It will bo liouBht up nnd eventually jet Into tho hands of largo corpora tlons and bo clean cut, ho that In Hit years tho (dopes of tho reHorvu Hon, tho real watershed of tho county, will bo blcnk and barren tastes, resulting In Bcnrclty of wntor supply for Irrigation nnd hydro electric powor. HIh contention did not call for tho creation of a fed eral forest rcsorvo, but did plead for a reservo undor tho control of soino public ndnilnlHtrutlvo powor, with authority to compel tho cutting of the timber undor inodorn inothodH that have for tholr object tho por- petuation of tho tlmbor Hiipply, for1 the purposo of furnishing n sourco ol wealth for tho IndlunH In por-! Petulty and protecting tho water shed on which tho farming nnd stock Interests of tho county are bo do-pendent. In his roply to Mr. Baker, Mr. Ashum advanced tho argumont that the Indians woro competent to han dle tholr own affairs, that tho bill a prepared undor tholr direction, embodied their own IdoaH and hnil the unanimous support of tho In dians of tho reservation. Ills state ments were received with many es timations of approval by tho largo aadlonco of morabors of tho reserva tion, who had como to tho city for the purposo of being present at tho discussion. Ho disputed tho right of o Indian Iluroau to dictate tho rlw nnd regulations undor which the reservation shall bo oponed, as ell as tho contention of -Mr. Baker " to tho necessity for fhn nrniinrva- u of tho tlmbor for tho protection Ml tho watershed. Ho dissected and defended his bill section by section 4 appealod for tho support of tho Mlneas mon, to tho end that tho "dlans secure that to which thoy er entitled, that tho reservation " Placed nnrlnr Mtttt.ni ir tt in. jlans nnd that It bocomo part of tho raying power of tho county. "Oth mon Wnrn tinnnnrlni In or. Rising their opinions of tho othor, andtt tlmoa tho BDarlca ncw I.,..!. audonco was convulsed with WASHINGTON, 1) O.Nov. 29 I'niHldont WIIhoii'h jikih- - wigo to Congrmm In not to bo trniiHiiiltlod until TuoRilny, It was Hiild at tho White IIoiiho to- tiny. It Ih expected to cover a wide range of HubJoctH, with particular attention to tho In- dUBtrlnl Hltuntlon. Tho PreBl- dent, from IiIh flick room, Iuih boon dictating tho loxt of tho inoRHUKo to ntonographarn for tho last two wookfl. LANDSLIDE 1Y PREDICTS GREAT HAVE MISSED DEVELOPMENT II SEWER BONDS LOCAL DAIRYING U GROWERS W L MEET AT N C .1 Or OVOr thn BflT-pnafln nnlna nf Mh. Thnf k.,L . ... , -.. uum men woro in aoaa '' earnest n.i i .! , ., ... Hef uuuubi in ineir no 's was pianiy ovldent throughout in entlro ovonlng. A'tho closo of tholr discussion, few - wonuu in mitt ior d il mlnutos' and ho aptly summod Vh J ?'tuatlon wl"" bo stated that eser ..Cm0 thoro to ,enrn whv tho mtlon should or should not bo " OrjAnal t.. . . . out no was going awny SPOKANE, Wiuih., Nov. 29. Fruit and potnto growem of Wash liiKton, Oregon, California and Mon tana, government nnd statu horti cultural oxportH and roprcsotitatlvcH of fruit nnd vegetable shippers of tliOHo states will meet bore next week for u five-day conference dur ing which many toplc of vital In terest to tho fruit industry of tho Pur-Mc CbuBt and the Puclllc North west will bo discussed. The conference will open Mon'', December 1, and will clo.so Frlduy, December 5, with n meeting of the northwest potato growers at which It is planned to form an orgaulza of the potato mon. Tho unuuul din ner of tho fruit men will be hold Thursduy evening, nnd tnllts will bo glvon by Dr. F. O. Holland nnd Dr. K. II. Llndlcy, presidents, respect ively, of Washington Stnto collcgo and the UnlverHity of Idaho. The bchhIoii Monduy evening will be occupied with tho annual address of F. W. Williams, president of 'the Washington Stnto Horticultural as sociation. TucBday'H sessions, fore noon and nftornoon, will bo dovotod to a discussion, by horticultural ex perts of tho northwest, of fruit pests. General topics of Interest to fruit men will occupy tho evening session, nnd tho three sessions to bo hold on Wednesday. On Thursday forenoon the annual grade nnd puck conforonco will bo held, with discussion by statos, and an address by II. W. Sampson of tho United Statos department of agri culture's bureau of markets. Re ports of committees and n general discussion 'will tuko up tho after noon session. ItcMilt of Election on Bend Ihnuo in Doubt All Other Propowal De feated by Sweeping Majority A Scanty Vote Cwit i JUDGMENTS RENDERED In tho suit of G. C. Lorcnz against Morrison & Potorson, Judgo D. V. Kuykendull yoBtordoy found judg ment for plaintiff. Default was en tered against dofendnntR. Tho BUlt tof Ann K. Mcffrow ngalnBt S. K. McKcnzIo was dis missed. REPATRIATION LONDON, Nov. 11. (Uy Mail). Eighty-tour por cent of tho 24,500 civilized alions Interned in tho Unit ed Kingdom at tho signing of tho armistice have boon repatriated and 16 por cont havo been rocommended for exemption. Theso latter for exemption aro said to bo men of long rosldenco, many of them having Brltlsh-born wives and children. Largo numbers of theso alions had sons who served in tho British army or uavy. unenlightened." Ho stated that ho wns heartily in favor of tho open ing of tho rosorvation and since Mr. Baker seomod to ropresont tho othor side of tho question and was appar ently willing to dofond his position, ho would bo glad to moot that gen tloraan In open debate at any time within tho next week. This chal longo Mr. Baker quickly accoptod, and Tuesday night was tontatlvoly drcldod upon as tho timo for tho debate Further and doflnlto Infor mation will bo glvon later. It was during theso fow minutes, that tho fooling bo cam o intonso, tho visitors Injecting BOtoro criticism and ex pressions, . Uy an overwhelming majority, al though a very light vote was cast, votors of Klamath Falls yesterday turned down every proposal on tho ballot at the special election tho Increase of tho tx ruto to 28 mills, tho Increase of tho budget for tho noxt fiscal year to $89,000 all were swept into the discard. Tho one possible plcco of salvage from tho general dofcat, It was thought today, might bo tho Mills addition sower bond issue. Tho voto on this will bo closo and, though it may have carried, tho official count must bo awaited for a final decision. Official returns will not bo avail able until tho ballot boxes arc oponed Monday, but tho decision of ttiii voters was clean-cut and sweeping. In tho First ward unofficial re turns show tho following vote: Proposed Incrcaso of tho tax rato to 28 mills on tho dollar, yes 9, no .19; budget lncroaso, yes 9, no 40; Mills addition sower bonds, yos 12, no 29; salary raises, mayor $1000 to $1800, yos 3, no 45; pollco Judgo, $1200 to $1800, yes 12, no 36; city nttornoy, $1000 to $1200, yes 4, no 42; city physician, $300 to $1000, yes 3, no 42; city treasurer, $500 to $750, yes 4, no 43; city councllmen, from $3 to $5 for each meeting, yes 2, no 45. Third Ward Raising mlllago, yes 41, no 87; budget increase, yes 45, no 85; bower bonds, yes 53, no 44; salary raises, mayor, yes 39, no 94; pollco judgo, yes 39, no 90; city attorney, yes 26, no 99; city physi cian, yos 31, no 97; city treasurer, yes 22, no 105; council, yes 25, no 97. In tho Fourth ward tho total voto wns 55 and the sowor bond Issue car ried by 15 votes. Tho Fourth ward is In tho district comprised In tho sowor unit. Tho tax increase carried by a slight margin and the voto on ull other proposals was closo. In tho Second ward 82 votes were cast. Tho sower bond issue carried by soven votes, but all other pro posals woro turned down by majori ties ranging from 15 to 20. Fifth Wnrd Increasing tax rato, yes 4, no 21; raising budget to $89, 000, yes 5, no 19; sower bonds, yes 5, no 12; salary raises, mayor, yes 8, no 18; police judge, yes 6, no 21; city attorney, yes 4, no 22; city phy sician, yes 3, no 23; city treasurer, yes 4, no 22; councllmen, yes 5, no 12. According to tho foregolng fig ures, tho total voto cast was in the neighborhood of 350. Tho sower bond issue, if tho abovo figures aro correct, was carried by flvo or six votes, but theso returns aro subject to correction by the official canvass Monday. Wealthy Lumberman, Backing Now Dairy Corporation, Is Laying tho Foundation for Model Enterprise To Start With HoIstelnH FOOTBALL CAUSES DEATH OF FIVE CHICAGO, Nov. 29. Foot- ball, America's roughest out- door Bport, claimed flvo vie- tlms during tho season which closed Thanksgiving Day, ac- cording to reports compiled by the Associated Press. Tho death rato Is tho lowest In five years, flvo less than 1918 nnd seven leBB than the 1917 total. RETRENCH IS 1ATCRIRD WITH COUNCIL1 Fireproof barrels aro made In Ha waii from by-products of tho sugar mills. "Lumboring is my business, the source from which my cash comes, and pure-blooded stock Is so far only a hobby on which I'm likely to spend a bit of the surplus, but I'll wager tho day Is coming when the dairy business in Klamath county will havo tho lumber Industry backed off tho map as a producer of commun ity wealth," said William Bruy, ono of the organizers of the recently formed Premium Dairy company, yesterday. From which point the lumberman rodo his hobby through miles after miles of lush alfalfa growth, dotted with bursting silos, and covored with modern dairy barns, housing herds of blue-blooded Holstolns and Jer soys, supplying a scoro of cheese fac tories, creameries and evaporating plants, establishing a payroll of Standard Oil proportions and bulg ing tho pockolsot hundreds of pro ducers with fat weekly croam and milk checks. "The reasons for Klamath county becoming a rich dairy center aro right beneath our cyesT If wo will only sco them," said Mr Bray, who Is not a dreamer by any means, but a practical hard-hoadod man of bus iness. "Cheap feed and plenty of it, a vast, potential Irrigated acre ago, favorable weather conditions, puro and plentiful water supply. It's only tho question of gotting tho right kind of a start and putting a united shoulder to tho wheol to make the dairy business the greatest source of wealth In tho community." Tho Premium Dairy company, in which, besides Mr. Bray, H. H. Van Valkenburg, E. R. Rcamos, O. J. Ferguson, B. E. Wlthrow and G. E. Zimmerman aro Interested, owns 400 acres, just south of Chelsea. Fonr adjoining places were recently pur chased tho Zimmerman, Jarvls, Al lison and McKillop ranches. At present 30 hoad of mixed cows aro being milked, but Bray has al ready started to replace theso with registered Holsteins. He spent a veek at the Pacific International Livestock Bhow at Portland and made arrangements for a carload of blue-blooded Holstein heifers for de livery in tho spring and in the meantime expects to pick up another carload of the best blood obtainable, so that tho dairy will start with a hord of 50 Holstein bolters in all likelihood. "Tho next step will be to chooso a fitting sire," ho said, "and when wo get Into tho market for an ani mal to head our herd ho is going to bo tho best obtainable, regardless of prico." Tho scheme for housing and safe guarding tho health and safety of these aristocrats is worthy of their rank. Flans aro already being drawn for modern barns, with ce ment floors, and a skylight above ovory stall to let in the germ-chasing sunlight. Every animal Imported will bo IN T FNFGFID BEING P PODGORITZA, Nov. 3.' (By Mail). A gift of $20,000 made by tho Junior Red Cross of America, for hospital and educational work in Montenegro, is being utilized here. Tho Podgoritza hospital of 70 beds, established months ago by the American Red Cross, and which has been daily turning away enough pa tients to fill 500 beds, is being en larged Immediately. Two additional Post-Election Policy Embraces Big Reduction in AH Working Departs. menta Enforced Economy Is U ' ... Bo Carried Out wards, made of barracks and set in the beautiful grounds of Prince Mir- ko's palace, are being added to the liosnital. A section of the hospital will be devoted especially to tho treatment of children. To the only boys' school in Podgo ritza there is being added a large dormitory barracks. Hundreds ; mountain boys, eager for education tramp into Podgoritza to attend this school, but they do not have money for lodgings and so thoy must sleep in barns or open fields. After school thoy walk down the roads studying, regardless of the weather. The dor mitory will accommodate all those boys, and will be within a stone's throw of tho school. For the younger boys, mostly or phans who live about the market place, a school colony 1b being built. It Is a small group of buildlng3, in which the boys will sleep, be fed, bo taught lessons and given vocatfu ml training. Just as soon as this col ony has been organized, and is func tioning well, It will be turned over to some Montenegrin relief organi zation to operate. thoroughly tested for tuberculosis and other contagious disease and if unablo to stand the most rigid ex amination cannot pass the bounda ries of the model farm. All the stock on the place will be disposed of after a test for tubercu losis, and so far do Mr. Bray's Ideas oxtend along provontlon lines that it is said the company is prepared to burn all tho old buildings on the place and start brand new If It seoms necessary to effectually stamp out disease. "I learned to love the pure-blooded Holstein dairy stock back in my native state of Wisconsin, the ban ner Holstein state of the country," said Mr. Bray, "and I expect to get a great amount of pleasure from this venture. It's merely a hobby with me, as I said before, but watch its development and remember my prediction that in a decade or two the dairy woalth of the Klamath Ba sin will have the incomo of the lum ber trade looking like a white chip In a millionaire's jackpot." There'll be blood on the moo Monday night, according to today's atmospheric indications the moon, that is, that shines through tho win dows of the council chamber at the city hall, where the council will be in session Monday evening to con sider the next move, now that the voters have turned down the admin istration's request for more cash to conduct the city's business during the coming fiscal year. One policeman will be the city's sole guardian under the retrench ment policy that is being openly dis cussed by members of the council if a man can be found to hold the Job. There Is some doubt that a man can be found willing to shonl 'der so much responsibility. One fireman probably the pres ent chief to take care of the appa ratus will be the limit in the fire de partment, trhe rest of the flre-flght-jing personnel will be strictly volunteers. So, also, In the street department, the cut will be to the bone, leaving one man on duty. Mayor Struble, who has been giv ing his whole time to his office, be fore the election' was openly an nouncing that if the voters turned down the tax levy Increase he was going to unlock his tool chest and go back to the carpenter's trade holding down the mayor's chair on meeting nights only. The public is keenly watching the mayor to see It he meant what he said. Mills addition is yelling for the right of the weaker peoples to be free from the domination of the greater, it is said. In other words, the citi zens of Mills addition are for self determination and the right to se cede. It the sewer bond issue car ried, which seems poisible, it may placate that part of the community, but their woes are but a drop in the bucket of grief that is likely to be soused on the shoulders of the body politic when the council gets Its re trenchment policy to working. With all tho funds depleted, some overdrawn, and with only a 15-mill rate to raise money for next year, the council sees no relief in sight anywhere. In the words of the swashbuckler. "Tho devil's to pay and no pitch hot," or, in the more refined lan guage of tho mayor, "We're against it and that Is all there is t it." If tho council strips all the de partments to their last member, they can't make that member take the job unless he wants to, and if he is overworked on one hand and not sure that the salary fund will hold out long enough to 'cash his pay; check on the other, well then Well, then .it's likely to be an in teresting session of the mayor's caln lnet Monday night. 'r,r.rrf'7'V, ONLY 22, SHOPPING D&fSvWffi CHRISTMAS! w tr&k&& , m ML i i ADVOCATES RIGID TEST FOR HUNTERS, .HELENA, Mont., Nov. 29. Among novel suggestions for solu tion of tho probelm of the reckless hunter is that of Col. D. Gay Stivers of Butte, that hunters be re quired to pass examination before being licensed. Col. Stivers has killed much big game from Alaska, to Mexico. Ho Is president of the Rocky Mountain Rifle Club. In a letter to a friend in Helena, ho says that no man should b) al lowed in tho Hold who has not boon trained to hunt and that the only, drastic solution of the problem would He In requiring nil who ! ply for licenses to undergo examina tions as to their knowledge of fire arms, of game and their general t- 1 ness for the sport. . a . -