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KLAMATH PAIiLH
KLAMATH COUNT
Fourteenth YearNo. 3793
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1919
Price, Five Cert
LAKE STORAGE
QUESTION FOR
ALL TO FACE
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Attorney for OrcRon-1'nllfoniln Pow
er Company, ' Ailtlrww to Buil
jttn Men, Ak Truco to Pt IMi
putfit In Problem He Hnyn In Vital
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Assorting thot, whllo attornoy
(or too Callforala-Orogon Power
company, ho appoarod In thlit In
tnco on hla own responsibility, C.
J, Ferguson, local attorney, dcscrlb
ld to a gathering of rnombors of thu
Business Men's association at a
meeting and banquet at tho Dour
Head grill lust night tho nood thiit
b decluros exists (or coucortod ac
tion on thu problem of Uppor Lake
storagu
The building ot tho Link rlvor
dim by tho powor company, tho at
torney dcclurod from his viewpoint. Ib
necessary to tho lumborlng IntorcHts
oa tho I'ppcr Luko and tho Irrigation
districts that receive or will In tho
future receive, water from the luko,
and It Is vital thnt tho different In
terests reconcllo tho dUputoH of the
put and grasp tho groat bearing the
resorvolrlng of tho Uppur Lake bus
upon the future of tho county
Under present conditions tho lake
level Is lowered In tho summer, he
said, until the lumber iiiIIIh upon Its
edges lark wutor for their canals and
mllf ponds, ami rafting of logs Is
difficult When tho new Irrigation
aytrlets, Shasta View. Mulln, tbe
Upper I'oo Valloy and the Tule Luko
lands, begin drawing water from tho
lake, unless winter waters are stored
to tho maximum level allowed by tho
power company's contract with tho
government, 4043.27 foot ubovo rcu
level, tho lumber men will bo left
high and dry In tho mitumor.
furthermore, ho Bald, under nat
ural conditions, there will not be
enough water for Irrigation of now
districts, nor enough water for pow
er generation. During July, August
and Soptombor, unless tho luko Is
rcscrvolred, tho Irrigated lands will
havo no water and tho power com
pany will be forced to suspend op
erations .leaving tho mills and other
wers of tho electric current with
out power.
Tho contract with the govornmeut
would allow tho power company to
lower tho lake lovol to six feot be
low tho maximum, or about 4037
feet, nut ovon this, said Mr. Fer
guson, whllo It would bo tho ruina
tion ot tho lumberman, would not
supply suiriclont water for Irrigation
and powor purposes. Thorofore, ho
proposed that all roallzo that this Is
community problem and get to
gether In solving It.
Tho powor company, ho said, rec
ognized tho proprloty of compensat
ing nil affected Interests damaged,
but denied that It should boar "11
of the tromondous costs that Inter
ests, whom tho building of tho dai.T
would benoflt, would placo upon It.
Beforo shouldering this burden, ho
declarod, economic prossuro would
force tho California-Oregon Powor
company to abandon this flold.
Mr. Forguson's argument present
ed a now lino of thought and tho
audience was evidently Impressed by
'he Ideas prosontod. No definite ac
tion was takon but It Is likely a
Wmralttoo will bo appointed at a
future mooting to Investigate tho
mattor along tho linos suggested and
"Port on tholr findings.
Thero was a largo nttondunco at
the meeting and other business was
considered. A committee consisting
' Wra. Baldwin, C. A. Plath and
W. 11. Kllngoborg was appointed to
Investigate and report on tho mer
its of tho Ashurst bill for opening
the Klamath Indian reservation.
Qoorgo J. Walton, K. Sugarman
,nl B. T. Hidden woro named to at
tend to securing candy to bo dlstrlb
n'ed among chlldron nttondlng tho
n8h school entertainment to bo glv
n at tho Houston opera house dur
'BK the holidays.
It was decided to refund tho $25
Prize awarded tho association for
the best general exhibit at the coun-
I THERMOMETER HITS
RECORD LOW MARK
Hurtitrd plumbing all over
town and plonty of cold, hard
and profitable wj-k far
plumbers, mnrkod IJia coldest
day of h wlntor Tho Ho-
clumutlon Service station'
thermometer rocorded 10 do-
greos below zero this morning,
throe dogrcL-a colder than nny
provlouB temporuturo rocordoJ
slnco tho station was establish-
cd in 1900, It Is said. Other
reports, ranging as low as 20
below, woro received from rnr-
loua parts of town,
CADETS' EXAMS
DECEMBER IS
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Thero has novor been n better
chance for an eastern Oregon boy
to win an appointment to West
Point or Annapolis than thero will
bo this month, at tho competitive
examination being held for Con
gressman N. J. Slnnott by the U. S.
Civil Service Commission on Dcem
bur If. In tht following eight cities:
11 uk or, Head, Klamath Falls, La
(Irande, Lukovlew, Ontario, Pend
leton. The Dalles.
Congressman Slnnott writes that
he will have an opportunity to des
ignate from tho successful candi
dates at this examination two
cndetshlp.H and four nltcrnatcshlps
for 1920 "vacancies In tho Military
Academy nnd for the naval acad
emy he will luivo the designation of
three principals and nine alter
nates These designations will bo
nude on tho basis ot tho grades
inndo In the competitive examina
tions held at tho postoillce In tho
eight cities named beginning at 9
o'clock a in. December 15.
Those who compoto for the mill
tnry academy will bo examined In
the following subjects: Algebra,
covering ground of first year high
school algebra; geometry, covered
by first five books of Wentworth of
Hills piano and solid geometry;,
grammar and composition, covered
by eighth grndo grammar school
work, also composition of one
hundred words on one of two given
subjects: United States history, cov
ered by eighth grado school hl
torles, such as Barnes, Montgomery
or similar works; genornl history,
coverod by any high school history,
such as Myers, Swlnton, Buine.'i or
Blmllar works; Including Ancient.
Medieval and Modern history, and
English history from 10GC to 1800.
Candidates for the naval acad
omy will bo questioned on algebra,
geometry, grammer and composition
nnd United States history, as above,
and In addition on tho two follow
ing subjects: Geography, covered by
any eighth grade school geography;
arithmetic, covered by any eighth
grado school arithmetic. Prob
lems In fractions, decimals, men
suration, percentage, Interest nnd
proportion.
Tlmo allowed for military acad
emy examination 5 hours, for
naval academy GVj hours, or for
combined examinations 7V6 hours.
ty fair to tho fair association for
next year's expense fund.
J. H. Cnrnuhan, president of tho
American Legion, mado an address
supporting tho loglon's stnnd In op
posing the 30-yoar leasing by the do
pnrtmont of the interior of 10,000
acres of Uppor Lake marsh land to
Doak & Brown for reclamation pur
poses. Ho reltorntod boforo tho
mooting tho general argument of tho
opposition, assorting that tho land
should be thrown open to public de
velopment and urging the prior
rights of ex-sorvlco men to share In
tho profits from the reclamation of
this rich body of public domain. Ho
vigorously opposed tho plan to tie
tho land up for a period of 30 yoara
in possession of any private corpo
ration or Individuals, whereby thoy
would roap tho profits of a genera
tion, whllo tho men who had borno
arms In defense of their country
grow old without getting nny benefit
from this big body of fertile land
right at their doors.
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STUDENTS
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II. OF 0. FUND
John Houston and Misses Clara
Calkins and Muybelle Leavltt, all of
Klamath Fulls, havo been appointed
by tbo student council of the Uni
versity of Oregon to represent the
Greater Oregon student committee
In handling the local ond of a $30,
000 campaign tho students are start
ing to complete the unfinished wom
en's building on the university cam
pus, and will reach here the latter
part of next week to take charge of
tho work.
Tho stato has boon divided, for
tho purposes of the campaign, Into
seven districts by the students of
tho university, who havo taken en
tire charge of raising the last $30,
000 needed to finish tho $200,000
building. The district Including this
county Is undor the direction of
Lawrenco Grey of Medford.
Tho women's building will house
the women's gymnasium, the depart
ment of household arts and others
of the women's activities on tho cam
pus. Half of tho necessary $200,
000 must bo raised by private sub
scription, the legislature having sup
plied $100,000 to match the indi
vidual generosity of tho citizens of
Oregon.
With Its enrollment almost doub
led since its last now building was
completed, the university finds its
buildings entirely inadequato to han
dle tho students already there, to
sny nothing of tho largo Increases
certain for next fall. Tho students,
aroused to tho emorgency, have
called their "Oregon Spirit" to the
rescuo and havo organized tho pres
ent campaign In which they feel con
fident of success. The Greater Ore
gon committee consists of 150 mem
bers. NEXT WEEK ENDS
ELKS' TOURNAMENT
Houston's team dropped two games
to Van Rlper's bowlers on the Elks'
alleys last night. The first game
was won by the small margin of one
pin. Next week completes the pres
ent tournament, but the Interest
aroused has been so great that a
new one is already being planned.
Last night's sceres:
Houston's . 1st 2nd 3rd Tot.
Ambrose 174 130 186 490
Parker -fc114 124 133 371
Lennox 153 152 144 449
L. Houston .. 177 143 129 449
V. Houston .. 146 141 144 431
764 690 736
Van Itlper's 1st 2nd 3rd Tot.
Ackloy 174 213 162 549
Upp 179 159 134 472
.Kelley 151 177 1" 453
Vnn Ulper .... 113 153 143 409
Van Bollon .. 148 180 161 509
765 883 719
DIVOUCK SUIT
Esthbr Folsom yesterday filed a
suit for divorce against George D.
Folsom In the circuit court.
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FOR ATHLETIC
Approximately 140 persons have
signed memberships In tbe Klamath
Falls Athletic association, reported
the membership committee at tho
meeting In the city hall last night.
Members of the committee said that
no special effort was made to get
signers, the committee's idea being
to get a sufficient membership of
representative citizens to Insure a
start and conducting the real mem
bership canvass after gymnasium
quarters are secured and the organi
zatlon perfected.
The committee on securing a hall
reported that there was no suitable
hall in town, the old Elks' hall on
Fourth street, where the Ladies'
Gymnastic club meets at present,
more nearly approaching the re
quirements than any other. A new
committee was appointed to inspect
the hall and confer with the owner
regarding the possibility of renova
tion and terms of leasing.
There was much enthusiasm at
the meeting and a general display
of eagerness to get the organization
stnrted. Pending the report of the
new hall committee, It was decided
to continue the temporary organiza
tion, and an adjournment was taken
until next Tuesday night, December
10, when a meeting will be held to
hear the committee report and lay
further plans for permanent organi
zation. JEWEL CAFE HAS
CHANGED HANDS
Mrs. Joseph Posplsll and Mrs. Ar
lena Hale have purchased the Jewel
Cafe from Jesse Bailey and taken
over the lease on the building It oc
cupies from the owner, L. Jacobs.
The new- proprietors will assume
control December 15. Tfhey have
been employed by Mr. Bailey for
more than a year past and are en
tirely familiar with all phases of
the restaurant business.
PLAINTIFF GIVEN
JUDGMENT FOR $771
The Jury in the case of Otto
Schoenfeld against the Enterprise
Land & Investment company, after
short deliberation, last night return
ed a verdict of $771 for defendant,
on a claim of $1700. Judgment was
ordered entered accordingly.
The trial started Monday and a
great mass of documentary evidence
was Introduced. Tbe defendant set
up a counter-claim for $8000, as
serting that In the period ot seven
years that plaintiff was a tenant on
his land that he filed to make an
accounting to that amount.
F. H. Mills, counsel for the En
terprise Land & Irrigation company,
today filed a motion that the court
set aside the verdict on the ground
that the Jury made no special find
ings. Mexico has an area ot ,767,097, or
one-fourth that ot the United States,
culture.
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PRESIDENT ABLE
TO TAKE EXERCISE
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec.
13. President Wilson Is now
permitted by his physicians to
walk about his room and along
tho adjoining hall for a short
time each day. Dr. Grayson
announced that the President
drosses himself and walks with
a cane unattended.
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A geological examination of West
ern Oregon to determine the possible
occurrence of commercial oil and
gas has been one of the major activi
ties of the Oregon bureau ot mines
and geology during the past six
months. This Investigation has been
conducted in exactly the same man
ner as the bis producing oil com
panies carry on such work. The
firm of Harrison & Eaton ot Denver
and Fort Worth, oil geologists, are
conducting the Investigation. The
field work, therefore, has been han
dled by petroleum geologists who
have had experience In the) oil re
gions of California, Wyoming, Texas
and other producing districts of this
and other countries.
ALL OREGON IS
GRIPPED BY COLD
PORTLAND, Dec. 13. The tem
perature dropped another degree
last night, registering three above.
The Columbia river is frozen at
Vancouver. Th Willamette is fil
led with Ice, preventing boats from
moving. All train service Is delay
ed.
SALEM, Dec. 13. The tempera
ture dropped to three below zero
last night. Three kitchen ranges
explodd. The gas plant was frozen
up.
MEDFORD, Dec. 13. The mini
mum temperature hre last night was
9 degrees below. At noon the
mercury rose slightly shows the
zero mark.
COUPLE MARRIED
i James Dalkas and Grace CIririele
secured a marriage license yesterday
and were married by Justice Chap
man. ' '
BABY GIR17 ARRIVES
Little Miss May Fergeson Schnei
der, wlghlng seven and one half
pounds, arrived at, the home of her
parents, 42 Main street, at 6
o'clock this morning. Mother and
daughter are doing well and every
body In th household Is happy over
the great event.
STORK ARRIVES
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Portor of
Algoma welcome the arrival ot a
baby daughter in their home.
Captain and Mrs. F. R. Olds of
this city are the parents ot a baby
daughter, who was named Mary
Jane.
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A COMPROMISE
Lodge Declares Republicans Woald
Give Close Consideration to Amy
Suggestions on Peace Treaty That
President Wilson Might Often . jff-
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 13
Charging that the President is per,
fectly Immovable in urging the unre
served ratification of the peace
treaty, Senator Lodge, Republican,
leader ot the opposition In the Sea
ate, told that body today thatch,.
President should present proposals
for a compromise, and promised that
the Republicans would give such pro
posals careful consideration.
Senator Underwood opened the
discussion, urging immediate and tin
reserved ratification of the treaty,
saying that unsettled conditions in
the world markets are curtailing the
American export trade to a point
where the results will soon be sorl
osuly felt by the cotton farmers ot
the south and the wheat farmers
and manufacturers ot the north and
west.
Senator Hitchcock charged that
the Republicans did not want a com
promise and were refusing all sug
gestions on the treaty reservations.
He said that he was "holding out
the olive branch" and suggested a
conciliation committee. Lodge re
plied that the burden of the work
of reconstruction of the treaty was
now upon the President.
LONDON, Dec. 3. Ambassador
Davis visited Downey street today,,
where Premier Lloyd George and
Premier Clemenceau are conferring.
The presence of the American am
bassador was said to be connected,
with the proposals submitted by the
conference to President Wilson yes
terday, which, it was said, would
render the treaty acceptable to
general public opinion in the
ed States. Viscount Chintf'
Japanese ambassador, wa?
called into the conference upori
treaty question. V
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The new chairs have arrived for
the Presbyterian chureh. $
Miss .Crawford of ChUoqiiin, who
recently underwent an operation.:
here,-is recovering. "
E. W. Gowen of Chlloqu'ln was a.
visitor1 here yesterday. '
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wolfe, who
have been conducting the Quick.
Lunch restaurant, are leaving for
California.
' Mrs. O.'Hague, who has been a
Klamath Falls visitor for some timei
Is moving to Bend to reside.
J. W. Stewart, the watchmaker,'
has moved his place of residence
from 612 Conger avenue to 308
Michigan avenue. ( 'g
Mr. and Mrs. J. Sarte.r, who have
been visiting in Klamath Falls re
cently, have gone to California. Mrs.
Sarter Is a sister ot Miss Collahan
of the local hospital staff.
Mr. and Mrs. Gill hare moved
Into the Lee apartments. Mr. GUI
is the new pharmacist at the Star
drug store. lB
Cleo Parker, son ot J. J. Parker,
who has been with tho Wells-Fargo
company In Sacramento, has return
ed to Klamath Falls and Is in the
local office of the company.
W. Simms has moved from Malta
to Klamath Falls for the winter and
is living in the Mills addition. t'
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LONDON, Nov. 23,-
-(By Mall).
A recent trade report advises bicy
cle manufacturers to seek trado in
Denmark. In Copenhagen there are1
700,000 people and more than 400,
000 bicycles, $
Vera Cruz, on the Gulf of Mexico,
is the principal port of entry," and
Monterey Is the Jirlnclpal railway
center.
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