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OFFICJIAIj PAPER 09
KliAMATII VAhlM
KLAMATH COUNT
Fourteenth Year No. 3784,
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1919
Price, Five Centf
i rearing
HATE IS
HIRST BILL
AuiUwco ( Overwhelming HUnd
Jag Vote In I'nvor of Mcwturo at
OonrlUNlou of Armimmit DUcun
on W W'nnn In HMt
When L. Hnituo, chairman, at
I, clono of tho O'Nolll-llnkor do
tele t tho opora house last night,
liked for an expression of opinion
j and oRttlnut tho Asuurs. bill for
sprains; 'uo Klamath rosorvatlon.
ill entire audience, with tho excop
Hon of two persons, ono of whom
tu Mr. Hukcr, roso to tholr feot
t ihow tholr approval of tho moan.
jr. Mr. Hakor nnd ono othir, u
goacnt later, stood up ngaliiHt tho
till. In popular opinion tho victory
li the debalu waa overwhelmingly
tlth the nlttrmutlvo.
C. M. O'Neill, wmio .aunmieaiy
licklnr full Information on tho Hub
Jtt and in tho poHltlon of many
ethers In tho community who wish
to he fully Informod of tho morltH
isd demerits of tho measure, mado
I ood argument for tho opening,
tllojlDK steadfastly to tho aubjoct
ud avoiding all personal allusiens:
Mr. O'Neill assorted tho rlghta of
the competent Indiana to tho control
l tbelr property and called ' atten
tion to the fact thut tho govern
nent'a dealing with tho Indian
tribes slnro tho beginning had boon
one of forclblo control, In spite of
which tbo Indiana have mounted up
ward to civilization. An to tho de
forestation of tho watershed which
Mr. Baker foam, Mr. O'Neill Bald
tit community waa lotting tho tim
ber alopcR on tho wont nldo of tbo
lake bo donuded without protest
sal why ralsa such a midden outcry
about tho cant aide, In which lieu
tat reservation.
This ghost of deforestation III
be' laid by tho now foroat conserva
tion system that la coming, anyvoy,
said Mr. O'Neill, nnd la only a bjgoy
treated by opponents of tho Aahur6t
measure.
In replying, Mr. linker roltoratod
bis stand in favor of opening tho
reservation, but opening It with tbo
proper Bufeguarda placed upon the
Indiana, who will coma into posses
sion of from $30,000 to $35,000
vcrth of land and timber oach. Ho
UTorcd bill, ho aald. drawn by .
tsmmleslon representing all tho In
wrests affected, the timber, live
lock, lumber, powor nnd othor In
terests and the cltlzona of the com
munity, Ho proposed tho govern
ment buy tho timber and establish
omo control similar to it forest ros
nratlon. A ropresontatlvo of ono of tbo big
Umber companies, ho said, had told
blm thut very day that IiIb company
s dissatisfied with tho treatment
received in Klamath county, claim
ing that they had boon subjoctod
j exorbitant taxation, and throaton
lnS In retaliation that thoy would
W off tholr holdings hore as fast
WMlblo, pocket all tho profltn thoy
wld socuro and withdraw, loavlng
e forests a waBto of stumps. Mr.
Baker said ho waa fighting to koop
bo reservation from bolng Included
" this devastating policy.
He declared that ho waa a truo
'"end of tho Indiana In opposing tho
burst bill, and Home day thoy
,"ld rollzo tho dlslntoroBtodncss
of Ms fight.
During his address Mr. Uakor
rfl Drift ..
ua a number f porsonal ullu-
Fill!
th i, Mr' A8hurBt' but ho isxiltl
"no had aald to Mr. Aahurst prl-
Bnhii a" th th,ngs h0 hnrt Hnl(l
an !i I"1 h0,d no norBOnal Brudge
anst,the man, hia oppoaitlon bo
J entirely uddrossod to tho mens-
Wr. Ashurst was glvon tho lloor
PcnP00h"POOhort th,,doa that the
cue tB 0t t,U5 roflrvatlon wus a
For Kin fr ox"ortB nnd Bclontlbtt
Hon h yars' h(r Bah1, th0 roBorvft
menf l)00n ovorrun hy govorn-
(.xport8 nnd BclontlatB, and tho
it hnd not udvnncod tho Indians'
"'ercstB,
He chnractorlzcd tho opposition
ASKS WILSON TO
SEVER RELATIONS
WAHinNOTON, Doc. 3.- A
resolution requesting President
Wilson sovor diplomatic rela
tions with Mnxlco was Intro
duced In tho Senate today by
Honntor Kali, Hepuhllcmi, of
Now Mexico. In explaining his
resolution, which also asked
tbo President to withdraw lilh
recognition of C.e Cnrntnza
government, Senator Full de
clared It wrut based on pvldoii'o
that would 'aatoun-l tbo wcrld'
whon produced.
EWAUNA BOX CO.
BUYS MODOC LUMBER
A bill of aule from the Modoc
Lumber company to tho Ewauna
Hox company, covering 628.430 foot
of lumber In piles at tho Modoc
company's yard nt Chlloquln, has
been filed with tho county clerk.
Tho price stated Is 112, 508.
NAVAL OFFICER III'Ri:
Lieutenant Leo Holler, IT. S. Navy,
who has boon' In active service for
tho last two years, Is hero on a fur
lough, visiting his undo J. U. Ansel.
Lieutenant Holler Is well known
here, having resided horo for a long
time and attended tho schools of
tho city He will remain here un
til Sunday, when ho expects to leave
for Han Francisco to visit his moth
er. to hia bill uh "an oleventh hour
frame-up to defeat tho ends of Jus
tiro for the Indian." Justlco, ho
aald, demands that the bureaucratic
control of Indiana and tholr prop
erty be eliminated, and self-government
and self-control bo established
among tho competent Indians, whllo
those still Incompetent bo safeguard
ed by proper guardianship.
Clayton Kirk, ono of tho Klamath
Trlbo, mado a warm plea for self-
determination. Ho cited many in
stances to prove that tho Indiana of
today aro as compotont to conduct
tbelr business affaire as tho whlto
man. Ills remarks, in clear and con
cise English, wore grootod with
heavy applause.
E. L. Elliot, attorney, spoke
strongly in favor of tho As!irjt bill.
Ho anld it might have defects, but
hi would tako it in preference to a
bill drawn by any of tho government
departments. Tho departments and
k. ... .. i.hia1Hhm TmiIIom nfftifta
no poHcy thftt
cd to tho advancement of tho Indian,
but wore hont solely on delaying
that advancement In order to per
petuate tho salaried positions of
tholr own personnel.
Levi Walker and Charles Hoorl,
KlamatliH, apoko brloiVy Jrom tho
Indiana' standpoint, maintaining
that tho Ashurst bill is .fair and
just. Disclaiming knowledgo of
EngllBh, Mr. Walker showed a llu
ont command of tho languago, ns
ulso did Mr. Hood.
Mr. Walker, as did tho othor In
dian apoakors, rocognlzod Mr. Ash
urst as a properly deputed ropro
aontatlvo of tho Indian council nnd
trlbosmon, and commended him for
the effort ho is making in tholr bo
half. Oonerally apoaklng, tho dobnto
waa short on logic and long on emo
tional appeal. Hoth sides 'wore
agreed that tho opening of tbo res
ervation was a good thing. Tho af
firmative faction ovidontly bollovcs
that' tho Aahurst bill, giving a large
measure of bolf-dotermlnatlon to tho
Indians, Ih tho propor solution,
whllo tho opposition, as represontod
by Mr. Uakor, would hodgo tho In
dians round with something of tho
samo guardlunshlp thoy nro now un
der. A llttlo passage botweon two or
tho audience was onllghtoning as to
tho public vlow. As tho crowd waa
loavlng a man, evidently a disinter
ested spectator, who had enjoyed
tho hoated phases of tho discussion,
said to an Indian lady that tho do
bnto had boon "lots of fun."
"You wouldn't think it was so
funny." alio roplied," if you woro
undor tho government's inumu nan
and squirming 'to escape This Is
n sorlous matter for us."
ducks plenty
AT RILE LAKE
Unusually largo numbers of ducks
are lighting on tbo edges of Tulo
Lake and local aportamon nro plan-
nliin forays on tho birds. Tho south
ern flight Is now on and tho birds,
rm usual, alight for a rest in tbo
southward Journey but It la aald that
this rar tholr numbers are greator
than for many previous yearn.
Ono n I in rod doclnrod Hint oarly
this week ho saw at least 50,000
birds congregated on ono field. Tho
dr.ilnngc of the lako, and tho fact
that most of tho remaining aurfneo
Is now frozen, drives tho ducka to
tho grain fields as never before.
Ono hunter described the flight
of tho ducks as tilling tho air with
closely crowded bodlea like a flight
of blackbirds. Tho ducka aro not ex
pected to linger long and many
sportsmen aro planning on bagging
a few while tho shooting la easy.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. No ap
preciable reduction in taxes for tho
next fiscal year is to bo thought
of Secretary Glass declared In hia an
nual roport acnt today to Congress..
Government receipts must be kept
at their present figure, ho said, In
order to bring government borrow
ing to an end.
Facing expenditures estimated at
$5,629,486,359 for the year ending
June 30, 1920 and $4,473,696,358
for the year ending Juno 30, 1921,1
the government must enforce rigid
economy, Mr. Glass declared. He
placed tho deficit for the current
year at $3,905,000,000 and for the
year ending Juno 30, 1921, at ap
proximately $2,005,000,001).
On this boats, Mr. Glass urged
Congress to deny "every appropria
tion for expenditure in new fiolds."
Ht said the same policy should ob
tain until tho government had Its
sinking fund woll undor way and re
payment of the war debt "satisfac
torily begun."
Mr. Glass charged that excessive
government expenditures were re
sponsible for tho ever increasing
.cost of living, and argued that it was
burgontly nocosaary to kcop down
public expenses ror mis reason as
Veil as bocause of tho drain on the
taxpayers.
Tho present rerdnue laws neod
revising to meet new conditions, he
.said. Ho referred particularly to
tho excess profits tax laws which hf
described as being "objectionable
oven as a wartime expodiont." It
would ho still moro objectionable in
peaco tlmo," ho added. "Loss harm
ful forms" of deriving funds for tho
govornment should be employed, the
aocrotary said, adding that tho ex-
cebs profits tax had been rcsponslblo
for much of tho increase in living
costs because it had been passed on
to tho consumer.
"It encourges ..wasteful expendi
tures, puts a premium on overcapl-
Kalization and a ponalty on brain3,"
tho secretary continued. "It dlscour-
NO PROSPECT
OF LOWER TAX
SAYS GLASS
ONEf
SHOPPING
WSUNTIL
CHRISTMAS!
I FACTORES
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A gonoral raise In wnges of box
factory employees waa agreed upon
by employers yesterday, effectivo
from December 1. The Increase i
50 cents a day.
According to employers this In
crcaso will mako the minimum wago
for men from $4.25 to $4.50 a day.
Thoro aro few men who were work
ing at less than $3.75 prior to De
cember 1, thoy say, tho exceptions
gcnorally bolng now employees.
The box-makors union, In a peti
tion for wago increase filed with
the atate conciliation board a few
weeks ago, asked that the minimum
rato bo fixed at $4.80, alleging that
the rate, prior to the present raise,
was $3.60.
Tho now rate will make the pay
for women from $3.50 to $4.00, de
pending on the class of work and
length of service.
Tho increase affects all box fac
tory employees, men and women,
factory and ' yard employees, alike.
DIVORCE SUIT FILED.
Lena, M. CrowHer is seeking a
divorce in tbo circuit court, through
a suit filed yesterday, from John R.
Crowder. Plaintiff seeks tho res
toration of her maiden name, Lena
Vaughn, and also wants permission
for a minor child of the marriage to
bear the name of Ada Margaret
Vaughn.
ages now ventures and new enter
prises and establishes old ventures
In their monopolies. In many In
stances, it acts as a consumption tax,
Is added to the cost of production
upon which profits aro figured, de
termining prices. It has been, and
will, s olong as it remains on the
statute books, continue to be a ma
terial factor in the increased cost of
living."
Returning to the estimated gov
ernment expenditures for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1921, Mr.
Glass said the military establish
ment would ask appropriations ag
gregating $989,578,657. Of this
sum, $897,392,020 would bo requir
ed, he said, for maintenance of tho
army proper while $85,408,000
would be apportioned to the national
guard. The Military academy would
receive $6,778,637.
For the navy, the appropriation of
$542,031,804, including $185,248,-
000 for a building program Is to be
asked.
An aggregate of $194,578,000 will
bo sought for public works. In this
Is included funds tor rivers' and
harbors' improvement totaling $53,-
659,265. Fortifications, arsenals
and military posts will require about
$129,000,000.
The legislative establishment will
neod $9,025,297, it was estimated,
while the executive branches of the
government combined will seek a to
tal of $149,111,463. Chief among
tho latter departmental expenditures
is an estimate of $73,405,101 for
the treasury department. This sum
which is much largor than in former
years, indicates tho addod expense
to be borne in the enforcement of
prohibition. Included in this also
Is tho appropriation of $37,528,102
to be askod by tho department of
agriculture for carrying on its field
activities.
MnBAiiH
CHICAGO BOARD
CURTAILS COAL
CHICAGO, Dec. 3. A 50 per
cent reduction of the number
of all fitoam railway surburban
trains, closing all department
stores for two days weekly,
theaters ono night weokly, and
limitation to business hours for
all stores to four and ono-balf
hours dally, were among mea
sures ordered today for the
conservation of fuel by tbo
Chicago public utilities com-
mission. Limitation of street
lighting was also ordered. 4
CRATER LAKE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. Road
construction in Crater lake national
park, up to Juno 30 last, which was
under jurisdiction of the war de
partment is covered in a statement
In the annual report of the chief of
engineers. Future appropriations
and future improvements will be
under jurisdiction of the secretary
of the interior. Discussing the ar
my's last year of work in the park,
the report says:
"Tho road project is about 50 per
cent complete. Of the 62.78 miles of
projected roads, 56.96 miles of roads
have been graded and drained. Sev
eral short sections of experimental
road surfacing have 'been laid.
''The roads constructed are 16
feet wide shoulder to shoulder.
Alignment is controlled by the coun
try traversed. Grades are easy for a
mountainous country, usually 'Vary
ing between 2 per cent and 8 per
cent with a few as nteep as 10 per
cent for short distances.
"The resulting road system la
pleasing and quite thoroughly devel
ops the scenic attractions in the area
traversed. The section of the rim
road constructed during the fiscal
year provides many advantageous
view-points of the lne and many
beautiful outlooks on the surround
ing country. The principal scenic
features of the park can now be vis
ited by team or automobile tourists,
although tho roads are not in good
condition during the dry season.
The, problem of keeping the roads in
order is becoming greater, for with
increased automobile travel they be
come so dusty and badly rutted dur
ing August and part of September
that travel on them is slow, disa
greeable and in some places danger
ous.
"The total amount expended to
the close of the fiscal year " was
$394,726. The roads constructed. to
date have opened up to tourist trav
el many scenic wonders heretofore
inaccessible except to horsemen and
pedestrians. Tourist travel into and
through the park has greatly in
creased since the Improvement of
the roads has been undertaken. Tho
park superintendent's records show
that 3105 privately owned automo
biles entered the park last season,
and that the total of all classes of
tourists was 13,231."
All but five of the States of the
Union have now adopted some sys
tem of mothers' pensions, by which
public provision is made for moth
ers left with young children to support.
PROGRESS
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VILLA TAKEN
PRISONER IS A
BORDER REPORT'
Bandit Chief Captured IJy His Owm
Force and Held for Ransom From
the Mexican Government -Fedea-nl
Troops on Way From PorraA
JUAREZ, Dec. 3. Francisco Villa,
has been captured by a force of hia
own men and is being held for re
ward from the Mexican government.
according to advices received hfXN
late today by Superintendent Cabal-
lero of the Chihuahua division Ifc'
the National Railways of Mexlo.
Two Villa rebels are reported to
have presented themselves at gen
eral headquarters at Parral and no
tided the commander there ttet
Villa had been captured and wmk.
being held for surrender to the C&
ranza forces. The state of Chihua
hua has already offered 50,000 pesos
reward.
Details of the bandit's captor
have not been learned here yet, bat
it is known that a detachment of.
federal forces have been sent frosty
Parral to the spot indicated by th
two deserting Villa rebels.
ICE-BOUND PARTY
ESCAPED SAFELY;
SUFFERED LITTLE
John Erlckson, a fellow trapper
named Lundgren, and another mas.
were the party of three stalled' In t
the Ice on the Upper Lake last Fri
day, where they remained for threat .,
days before getting to shore, accord
ing to a reoort brought here yester
day by a resident of Modoc Point.
He said that the motor boat was
a roomy craft, equipped with a lt-horse-power
engine, and tbat the
party had a sheltered cabin and
plenty of blankets 'aboard so they
did not suffer with cold, and that
they also had ,food, .consequently
they were little the worse for tho.
experience when they landed.
The engine stalled, according to
report, and while the, boat lay help
less the cold,, snap icame on and fros
the 'party in. When the break-up
came they had' the' engine repaired
and easily made it to' shore. .
Erlckson, Lundgren and the other
man have a trapper's camp near the
mouth of" Thomas' creek.5 The camp,
is isolated and attempts to confirm
the report In detail today were un
availing, but it1, is) believed that the
story of their escape is authentic
and they are safe in their camp.
again.
BREAK GAME LAW;
PAY STIFF FINES v
Heavy fines were levied on F. M.
Cunningham, Floyd Cunningham
and Forrest Cunningham, ranchers
south of this city midway between,
here and the Lost River Gap, by Jus
tice N. J. Chapman for having deer
meat in their possession out of seas
on. The three pleaded guilty to
the charge. Floyd Cunningham was
fined $76 and costs, the others $50
each and costs. All the fines were
paid.
Floyd admitted that he shot the
deer Friday on tho Klamath river
near Keno. The three were artest
ed by Henry Stout, game warden,
after Investigation.
JUDGMENTS RENDERED.
In tho suit of the Chlloquln Lum
ber company against Henry Shadley
and wife to collect a merchandise
account, Judge Kuykendall yester
day gave plaintiff Judgment for
$182, Interest and costs, and order
ed the sale of a Ford car to satisfy
the judgment.
The suit of Carolyn, Dayld and
Daniel LIskoy against the H. H. Es
monds Lumber company was dis
missed, each party to pay costs of
the action.
Some of tho most profitable of ,
the recent speculations in oil stocks
and oil lands In the Texas and Okla-",
homa fields are said to have, been
made by women,
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