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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1919)
-yfWWfFrma-r flClAIi PAPER OF I KLAMATH KALI Fourteenth yearNo. 3788, IpMttfruj Mtmth OFFICIAL PAPEB O KLAMATH COUNTY. if OXFARMERS Li WORLD 1 IN PRODUCTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1919 N Price, Five Cento JUutrlM Produce More Tlinn Twice M Hucli i" Foreign I1IvIm In tho Aplcultuml Field Total Vluo j Flftw IMUIom " . LOCAL YOUTH IS CLUB TREASURER OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL. LEOE, Corvallln. Doc. 8. Eurl Roy" nolda of La Grande was oloctod pro" sldont of tho recently organized Eastern Orogon Club. Othor officers aro Hnzol Strain, 'Pendleton, vice president; IJIancho Furnish, Pondle" ton, 8ocrotnry; Robort Gordon, Klamath Falls, troasurer: Lota Akuh. I'ondlotoa, Haromotor reporter; and Tod Mack, Tho Dalles, sergeant at- 1GH INTEREST DENIES LEASE IN ASSOCIATION anus. 1 -wifllilNGTON. Docombor 8.-Tho Aciertcan (armor loads tho world In Ijdlrldnal production of crops, Hoc ratify Houston of the Department of Agriculture, assorted today In his jsbuiI report. wnua countnos sack u Belgium, under IntcnslVo filming, set a higher average ylola, he sold, taking both ocroago and field per ecru Into account, tho American agriculturist produces two ind i balf times as much as his Hol- llin ind Gorman rivals, 2.3 times it much as tho uritun larnior, s.z tloM as much as tho French, and boh than six times as much as tho lUllin. The result of this and of the American farmer's war work U , ihown In tho 1019 American crop production, placed ift thrco times iruter In valuo than tho averago usual output during the flvo year period preceding tho Europoan war, The aRgrcgato valuo of all crops till year Is placed at 15.873,000, 000 si compared to 114,222,000,000 Is 1918 and an avorngo of $C,829, 00O.P0O (luring tho flvo year period. Live Mock on fnrniH this year was finifori ni s mn. nnn. nnn n mtninat I 11,281,000,000 in 1018. The averago yield for nil crops for tho decade ending In 1918 Is about 16 per cent greutcr than for the nvorago for tho deendo ending with 1S90, tho report Hald. Tho average rate on Increase for tho past 15 years Is nbout one-halt on one per cent a year. . Fttlmates In tho report put tho 1)19 wheat production at 018,471, 000 bushels and corn nt 2,910, 2S0, 009 bushels. Cotton Ih expected to reach 10,690,000 Miles end luluicco 1,315,553,000 pounds. 'Tho farmers of tho nation In 1919 planted nn acrengc In. loading treal3 groater by 33.000 000 than (be prownr nnnunl avorngo which It l estimated will yield 03r.,000, 00 moro than tho prownr nvorago," Mr, Houston said of wnr wor.Jc on lha farms. "They Increased tho number of milch cows over 1014 1 2,700,000, of othor cnttlo by 8,500.000, of swlno by 10,700,000 fld of horses nnd initios by 1,000.000. or a total of 28,907,000. "The planting operations of tho ar began boforo tho fighting ed and tho cnll was still for more wheat. Tho Department sug gested a maximum fnll acreage of 47.20C.OOO acres, nn Increaoo of 12 Per cent over 1918. Thoro wns 'dually planted 49,201,000, the largest acrengo In tho nation's his tory, 0,900,000 acres moro thnn In 1918. ' r "Tho spring wheat ncroago wns 82.593,000 whllo tho winter nnd spring plantings combined nmount- .dto 71,854,000 ncres or 7,200,000, 00 more thnn tho preceding record. it Is estlraatod that tho ylold wl exceed that of -1918 by 1.000,000 bushels nnd will bo tho nation's second record whoat crop. Jfl6 estimated corn crop of 2.910.O0O;O0O bushols will be 300,000,000 groator than that of. 1918." Tho Nation can further oxpand " output of commodities by cultl Vat,nB unused tillable land, estimat ed t more than CO per cent of tho ,0'ali tho report states. Expansion 18 limited, howovor, by tho supply of taPjlal and labor. No stop to prohioto fnrmors' co operatjvo associations nlong tho "Wt lines, should bo omitted, the fewetary said. It Is estimated that '"eso organizations markot nnnunlly aPProxlmatoly '1,GOO,000,000 worth " commodities. Included In Mr. Houston's recom mendations wore tho .following; 'The building up, primarily undor , v' oi a system of personal re,wt unions, for farmers whoso "nanclal status nnd operations a8 U difficult to socuro nccomo- ,aon8 througli TRIAL IS BEGUN IN CIRCUIT COURT Trial of tho suit of Otto Schoon feld against tho Enterprise Land & Innvestmont comany was bogun be foro a Jury In .tho clrcu't court this morning, Judge Kuykondall prosld- inr. Plaintiff Is suing for $1783.2 aiiogod to bo due In settlement of crop division, under nn agreement ontored into with defendant la De comber, 1910, unnpald wages and board furnished defendant's employees. 300,000 MEN FOIl AHMV AND 18,000 OFFICERS. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. A peace time regular army of 300.000 men and 18,000 otricors was decided up. on todny by tho Houso military sub commjttcos framing tho army re.or. gnnlzatlon bill. Combat troops woro fixed nt 2C0.000. COURT S E CASE MAY BE Men of sedentary occupation are especially strong In expressions fnv. orlng tho formation of nn athletic association, toward which end a movement was started last week. Ways and means of organization will bo dlscussod tomorrow night, at a meeting in Room 204, Wllllts building, called for 8 o'clock, where all persons Interested in ' athletics, calisthenics und sport aro Invited to bo present and aid In the discus sion. " It has been estimated that on tho probable bofils of support already secured for the movement that a start can bo made with a member, ship fee not to exceed five dollars, perhaps less, and monthly dues of fifty cents. This is a smalt price to pay for the benefits received from a Well organized, well equipped asso. elation, with the services of a physi cal director Included. Whether this estimate Is sufficient is one of the matters that tomorrow night's meet. Ing will decide. Other practical questions, such as tho securing of suitable quarters, the amount of equipment necessary, the scope of activities of the association, etc., will probably be threshed out and at tendance of all persons who have ideas on the subject Is urgently re, quested. HNC UTN CHIKF TAPPED WOOD HUT CHAIIM FAILED TO WORK WASHINGTON, D. C, -Dec. 8 Stephon T. Mather, director of the national park service In being urged by Representative Sinnott to mako arrangements for having the roads to Crater Lake National park open ed a few weeks earlier than usuul next year. Tho purpose Is to make it possible for the Shrlners to visit the park at tho close of their natio nal convention In Portland In June. George T. Baldwin, state senator of Klamath Falls, Ore., Is here for a few days' visit to points of interest about the national capltol. Denial was made by A. P. Davis, director of the reclamation, of a report that the interior department had abandoned the negotiations with Frank Adorns of Klamath Falls and Doak & Smith, contrac tors of San Francisco, for the recla mation of a large area of marsh lands in the upper Klamath lake section. He says that the matter is still being considered and that final action is held In, abeyance by an action of the attorney-general of Oregon. Fifteen minutes after Chief Miller asserted that there would be no more fires here this winter the chief tajpped nis crossed finger lightly on a wooden banister as lie sa'id it an overheated stove set fire to the bed'dlng In a car oc cupied by the snow.plow gang at th S. P. depot Saturday af ternoon at 3.00 o'clock. The S. P. force bad the fire out fay the time the city apparatus reached the scene. The dam age did not exceed $20. ' HORSE FALLS; RIDER'S . ANKLE IS CRUSHED T 1 Anotbor ordor has beon entered In tho court houso case, this time tho court denied tho motion of tho attorneys for tho county to strike out tho denial filed by attorneys for . M. Dougun Company. Tho former aro given ten days in which to fur thor plead, and the only pleading thoy may now fllo would bo a do- murror to this roply. Judgo Calkins hns indicated Hint ho will come here the mlddlo of Jan uary to try tho court houso enso, as well as othor cases In which Judge Kuykondall Is' disqualified. Tho latest ordor follews: ' In tho Circuit court of tho stuto of Oregon in and for Klamath Coun ty, J. M, Dougan Company, ot, al, Plaintiffs, vsr Klamath County, et nl, Dofondants. This cntiso was submitted to tho undorslgnod Jildgo, without argu. ment, by tho defendants appearing by Jny Roworman, F. II. Mills and 13 L. Elliott, Its attorneys and" by plaintiff appearing by C. F. Stone, A .E. Ronmes and Harrison Allen, their nttornoys, upon defendants' motion to strlko from plaintiffs' re ply filed heroin; nnd tho undersign ed Judgo, acting upon assignment to tho abovo entitled county and court, having consldorod said motion und tho roply against Which tho motion Is directed, nnd finding no causo ior granting said motion. It is ordored that said motion be and hereby is in nil things deuied, nnd defendants aro given ten dnys In which to furthor plead. Done this 0th day of Dcnmber, 1919. F. M. CALKINS. Judgo. David McClellan.i nephew of J. S. McClellan ot Mt. Lakl District, had his nnkle crushed last Friday when a. horse that he was riding fell upon him. He Is employed in logging work at the Kitts mill near Bonanza and It was In that neighborhood Mint the accident oqcured. He was 'token to the homo of A. J. Simmers near Bonanza nnd Is -under atten dance ot Dr. Johnson of Bonanza. Latest roports say that he Is doing well. RERATE COMING h the ordinary chan nels; expansion nt facilities for aid ing In -marketing, espoolally exten sion of the market nowi and food products inspection services: con tinuation ot Federal participation in road building through nn appropria tion of $100,000,000 for each of the noxt 4 yenrs; regulation nnnd con trol of stockyards and packing houses; Fedornl legislation to pro tect consumors against adulterated foeds and fertilizers; increased stato support for rural schools and moro definite instruction as to rural problems andcorfdltlons; legislation to improve rural sanitary conditions and provide hospital and medical facillttos. BERLIN, Nov. 20. (By Mail). Rent payers of Berlin- who are un able to obtain heater light owing to the shortage of coal will recelvo a rebate of that proportion of their rent which ordinarily would pay for these comforts. A Berlin mlnistryp has appointed a commission to de termine the sum which shall ,be cred ited t othe rent payers. NO NIGHT LIEE IN MEXICO CITY MEXICO CITY, Nov 2?. I By Mall) Mexico City Is a quiet place after dark. Business of practically every sort stops' promptly at 7 o'clock at night when doors are bolted and heavy steel curtains are drawn over the entire front ot the building. Avenida Francisco Madero, 1 main thoroughfare, dimly light ed at the best, looks like a blind al ley after 8 o'clock and is enlivened 'or a few minutes only when, short, ly after midnight, the theater crowd hurry home. There Is but lit. tli after-theater life here. Saturday night offers an exception for two safes are open then for dancing and drinking with foreigners for the most part the patrons. Tho human owls of the United FUNERAL OF MRS. LEACH WILL BE HELD TOMRRAOW The body of Mrs. Anne Leach, who died Saturday at Corning, Cal:, will arrive on this evening's train. The funeral will be held at Whirl lock's undertaking '.parlors tomor. row afternoon at 2 o'clock, under the auspices of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Leach resided here -for a number of years, being a partner In the family firm of the Stilts' Dry Goods company, which from a small beginning about 16 years ago grew Into a large business, occupying the location where the Brandenburg store Is now. The firm sold out three years ago, after the death of one of the sisters. Miss Lilian Stilts. The decedent first went back to her girlhood home- in Nebraska, then re turned here for a couple of months last summer and then moved to Corning. ' She is survived by two brothers, Phil and Harry Stilts, and two sis. ters, Miss Eliza Stilts of Corning, and another 'living in Nebraska. RESPONSIBILITY IS SHOULDERED BY PRESIDENT Wilson Says Constitution Places tho. Power of Dealing With Mexlcam, Situation oa Executive Only &d. Rejects Fall Resolution v TO ISSUE ARCHIVES. BERLIN, Nov. 20. (By Mall). Tho general staff'sistpry ot the war, written from the offlclal archives will soon be issued and will be en titled "Tho Battles and Fights of tho Groat Warlbf 1914-1918." The account Is to contain a consecutive and ordered description of all bat tles In which Gorman troops participated. G. (). P MEET TOMORROW. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Repub lican leaders ot evory state are or. riving nt Washington today to con. for on candidates, prior to the .meet. Ing of tho Republican national com mittee tomorrow at which tho time U Is not as well supplied with places find It difficult to believe that Mex, lco City which has a population ap 'proxlmating 1,000,000 htfs no all. night restaurants and that after 2 o'clock In the morning it is next to .oie to buy so much as. a cui of coffee. The "Open Day and Night' cafe is unknown here and early riS' ers or late retlrers fact the alterna. tle of carrying a pocket lunch or of finding ono of the two outdoor lunch stands that cater to that distinctive class of night workmen, the news. pi.por printer. These two 'pueblltos' as they aro called, consist merely of makeshift tents which cover a few Lonrds serving as tables and chairs. They open for business at 3o'clock a. nu and by 7 o'clock are hauled down. Here ono may buy coffee tarn, ales, tortillas and meat highly flav ored with chill. Mexico City is not what might De tcuned a ''good restaurant town". Although the capital of the republic UEN E WELL TREATED WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN GERMANY. Nov. 21. (By cor respondence Associated Press). Among the civilians In the American occupied area complaints, orlglnat- States who turn night Into day, wlllling with the German men, are often and place of the will bo selected. 1920 convention to eat as Vera Cruz which has only cre.twentyfifth tho population. heard to the effect that the Amerl can soldiers are "spoiling" the Ger man girls by heaping luxuries upon them and by spending money reck WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Presl. dent Wilson would be 'grave!y con corned to see any surfi resolution ptss Congress." he wrote Senator Fall of New Mcr.Ji'3 today, rolorrlnc to the Fall resolution asking the? President to sever diplomatic rela tions with the Carranza governments "Such action would constitute au. reversal of our constitutional prac tlce which might lead to very grave-, confusion in regard to our foreign policy", the Presient wrote. The President expressed confll.. ence that he had the support otr eery competent constitutional au--. thority In the statement that he di recton of the government's lorelga?' affairs is assigned by the const! u tion to the chief executive and to him alone. When the letter was received,. ( hairman Lodge of the Foreign Re latlons committee, after conferring, with Senators Fall arid Brandegee,. announced that no further actien: or the Mexican situation would be taken by the ommlttee. "We wanted to- help," he said, "but now the entire Mexican situa tion Is up to the President and the lesponsibllity is upon his shoulders. Let It rest there." WHEN KILTS ARE THE PROPER GARB. EDINBURGH, Nov. 2. (By Mail). Scores of American visitors to-i Scotland have" wondered by whont and on what occasions the picture esque native dress of Scotland, kilts.; are worn nowadays. ,5? Upon Inquiry it is learned that apart from actual Highland gather-S ings .where everyone is expected tof "dress the part," there are only fouc classes of kilted folk accepted withg out comment in Scotland. In the.; north, the head of clans and' septs.' the- "gentry" which includes Ene-S lishmen, Welshmen, nnd anyone whoif utvua iauu ui uses luilu as a piay-t R.,lv for nrspnta. wines and eood .er0Und' '.n the 80uth. the PubC PK" "-""- " . :. , . .. ... -. per; unu an over scouanu, tne sol-.. dler. As an evening dress It alsoJi things to eat. Since the anti-fraternization regu lation was revoked by army head quarters several weeks ago the cafes In Coblenz have been crowded each' night with soldiers and frauilnes, and many ot the German men have openly asserted that the Americans were entirely too considerate of the German women and girls. Cafes in Coblenz and other towns in the zone held by United States troops, have been doing lately the greatest business of their existence. One in Coblenz which is conducted,' by two Americans who recently ob tained their discharges from the army, seats 2200 persons. Yet on Sunday afternoons and evenings the crowd becomes so great, Americans and Germans all together, that on several occasions the military police had to be called to maintain order. has a degree of general popularity ELKS MEMORIAL i i CROWD LARGE' 2AAAAAAAAAAAMMVVMVVVVVVVVWWMVVVVVVVVApAAAAVVVWVMVVWVVWVVVVVVVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA(AMAAA1 urv" 14 SHOPPING XtSXSUNffi CHRISTMAS! MOIffi W FiW . miMBkk ifta J.wK'7fjiiBrv.) A large attendance of Elks, and' many persons not members of the' fraternity, attended the public mem orial exercises' of the order at the Elks' temple yesterday' afternoon.. The program was carried through without a hitch, those present dwell ing especially upon the beauty ot the musical part ot the program and tbe able addresses of the speakers. A solo, "One Vacant Hour," by Mrs. Jennie F. Melby, made a fine Impression, as did quarter selections, by B. W. Mason, F. A. Baker, Chas. ' Wood Eberleln and the Rev. E. P. Lawrence. K. K. Kubll of the Portland lodgo delivered the principal address, deal ing with the alms of the order, Us; patriotic as well as fraternal pur--, poses. Ct J. Ferguson, past exalted ruK er, pronounced the eulogy, covering in general fashion the achievements, of tho departed brothers. Since the local lodge was organized death has called fifteen members. , The Elks' orchestra furnished tho. Instrumental music for the services. ILLICIT TRADE PARIS, Nov. 15. -(Byi'Mail). 15t (Byi'K a illegaftoft It has been made Illegal to? trade in pawn tickets' In France. ' WWWWWWVWWWWWWtyyWMMWWVMWMMWWWWMVMWWVMMAAAAAAF