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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1919)
iMp iEuemng Mvmlb I OFPIUAIJ I'AMSB OF OFFICIAL PAPER KliAMATH FALLS KLAMATH COUNT Fourteenth Year No. 3795 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1919 Price, Five Centf IlLS MEETING OF COMMERCIAL CLUB FRIDAY FARMERS LEARNING ADVERTISING VALUE llforKnllm Policy Will Ho DN mixed nl HcHilon ill t'lty Mull Commit Ira ItcportN tjlUOUO Pledged ('ontrll)UtloiiM Ctui Ho Mulled Determination of tho (uturo of tdo Kluinuth Commorclnl club -whether It Hhnll stand iib u co-ope-ratlvo Institution for tho commun ity's doolopniont or fall, nn Ignom Inous failure will probubly bo de termined noxt Friday nlKlit at n meeting at tho city bull, at which time thu reorganization commlttuo will make Its report. T(o lommlttco today notified Caiit. J. HlomonH, prosiuoni or tho old organization, that thuy hud progrciutud us far uh poitHlblo -under the 'circumstances and uskud for u mcctliiK Friday night at 8 o'clock toJicar tliolr roport.. E. I, Klllott chulrman of tho commlttuo, Bald 'todny thai about 1 3 0 11 0 hail been fnlsod. Tho Com-' mlfteo started out to rnlso at loiiHt 3500 and hoped to got twice that amount A devalued report of thulr work uud tho Kouoral sontlmdul dis covered will pronnblyilio laid; beoro. the kneeling FrIdnjjiU4 ' All ertiouH who hnvo taken moin lrahlps tho organization will ltf6 a olco In tho policy which tho coining meeting will decide A onton county farmer took III Juht uh hay barest came on, and ndortlHud IiIh crop In tho (lu7utto TlmcH IiIh homo paper stipulating Hint tho buyer ' should harvont It. He sold It by ' phono to a loading bnnkor nnd Mockmun boforo tho edition had been off tho pross an hour. Ho hail threo moro calls that evening nnd a half dozen moro tho noxt morning, when ho rang up the publlHhor to ordor out. An exhibit of ado that Hull will bo made to tho farmer nt Farmers' week nt tho Orogon Agricultural College, with a view to stlmulato this factor of oconomlcal mnrkotlng. Editors are Invited to send sample ads that "pull" to O. A. C. dopart- mont Industrial Journalism, Corvallls. UN DULL MEETING . A, short meo'Jng was hold by the ..1..: 11. ''... ' ii. ...1... n.'.O in; ruuui;ii jubi ingulf Willi milts tnuiHiirtcil outsldo the regular rou- tjno Dlrlc'Vundeger'wtts granted a per mit tofconduqt tho Holland rooming WHY NOT EXACT A PROMISE FIRST- " ' " i.'.';-rtri...ii.n..7:ili:ii.).i I IlVBam -a 11 .1 II 1 1 1111 1 1 I II HIIIIMIIIIU ! rzn 1 11 wi i ' 25m m 1 sjt! w.- m h vl & a m m inn rrjci m tr - a iiiuwir KM ivv yn 1 ill aunl Uncle Sam--"Now, doggone It, Carranza, if I send, another consul down there you've got to promise not to let him get stolen. This is all getting too blamed expensive." "' fTjftil -lifi house oil Mvln street. A permit, 19 conduct tlitri.iikQew room ling house I was also granted. Tho application for this permit bus been held up for ., ij. sevorul nictitlngs, but Fred A. Baker rrqlmblo that u temporary 'organl-J?Ht Wt jotlnc- th f0llnc11 " talon will bo nttomptcd, which 'will appoint a now committeo, It tho members sco fit, to continue solici tation and nnotlinr. coiiunlttcu tojfcr euro an office. ittter, whetr tho results- of tlilnJsrontiji-1 the appllcnt.lpu... - ..I 'A fnlniniinlruilnn frn1 ratetuig ore .determined, anpthor meeting may bo called to effect a he had purchased tho furniture and would guurunteo that whoever con ducted the :jluce would operate it without objectionable features. On "Sr. Iluker's asiuruncu tho council A communication from the state board of lfealthvai5' re.ld; Calling" af pormnnont organlzaVlpn, chooso. dl- tontlon"'to' the meeting of city and rectors, engage a socrotary nnd be gin active work of advancement, providing that the community gives sutficlont support to tho niovqmont. A numbor of anestlonnnlrcs, and application blanks for memberships lmvo been distributed by tho. reor ganization conunlttpo nnd persons hating them nro nsked to fill thorn In nnd mail or bring tlicm In 'boforo. county health omcors at Portland, December 18 nnd ID, nnd tho pen alty for non-attendnndo. "Thp coun cil discussed tho advisability 'of sending Dr. A. A. Soulo, city health olllccr, to rojprescn Klamath Fnlls, Imt cpneude'd .tho Bb'ortago of cash to pnV traveling oxidises precluded tho po8slbll)ty. The letter from tho stuto board was therefore laid over. Flro Clilef Miller stated to the Friday. If any 0110 has boon over loolted In tho distribution of blanks j council that two .shut-off nozzles far thoy can still s'utecrlbo by Booing tho lira' department wore a neces- Capt. Slomunt). VtwL O. C. Apple- slty. Tho council, short on city gato or the nvombors of tho coiiihilt-JIunda, nevertheless concluded to dig tee, U. L. Elliott, J. F. MngUlro, n C. Oroosbeck, O. Poton or'O. D. Burke, or other cltlzons who nro nc tlio in tho cunipalgii) or malting their BiilmcriptlonB. Captain Slomons snld today that he lias Just received n letter from Robort 13, Strohorn oncloslng $r0 for ten memberships and strongly advocating tho rovltalUntlon of tho club. WILL NOT CHANGE DIXON ESTATE ADMINISTRATOR County Judgo Bunnell's fiction In appointing Donson M. Dlxoiu admin istrator of tho cstnto of Louio 1). Dixon, doceasod, which Is vnlucd at about $0,000, was uphold on rovlow by Judgo Kuykondnll In tho circuit c"urt, according to a decision ontor ed yesterday. Hosslo M. Dixon widow, protested the appointment of hor Into lnts land's brother to mnnngo the os ato, aftor alio had waived such np Polntmont for horsolf. Tho county court, following tho widow's waiv er, fixed upon Donson II. Dixon as Wmlnlstrntor. Then xtbo widow cmo in with n protost nnd sought to lmvo hor brothor-in-ilaw ousted and hor fathor appointed but tho e"'Urt doclinod to mnlco nny chnngo nnu" its action on tho mnttor Is now upheld by tho circuit court. This doos not finally conclude tho rttempt to hnvo a change mndo In ho udminlstratorshlp, it is undor od, and othor proceedings along 'his lino will bo brought In tho coun y court. (Jown In their own pockets for tho $20, or" thereabouts, and trust to tho qlty tronsury to rolmburso them at somo time In the future. ' WHITE IS GIVEN FORECLOSURE DECREE Foreclosure of 720 ncies, tho land of what Is known ns tho old Itoston stngo station on tho road 'to Bonan za, was decreed yestorday by Judgo f Kuykendall In tho circuit court in tho enso of Saunders A. White of tills city, against Gilbert A. Harri son, who Is purchaser of tho land in volvod from Whlto. Tho denl was made In 10115 nnd Hanlson paid $1000 and left notes standing for tho $5000 balance A dlsputo nroso over tho transaction, tho purchaser claiming thnt ho did not got tho open rnngo promised for one thing, nnd, according to tho al legations of the complaint, nono of tho mortgaged Indebtedness was ovor paid. Tho foreclosure Judgment in cludes tho $5000 mortgngo attor neys feos and costs. LAND HISPL'TH SKTTIiKD ON FIKTY.KIIi'TV 11ASIS. In tho suit of Emma Wing ngnlnst Hilda Caopor and holrs of tho Conp or estato, on recommendation of P. L. Fountain, J, W Siemens, and C Tt. Dohnp, roforrees, tho circu'i court yestorday partitioned lotJ In Dlock 34, Kwauna Ilolghti, between tho fiartlos on n CO per cent basts Plain-, tiff gots Lots 1, 2, and 3, defendant Lots 4, 5, nnd fi. Taxes, expends and lltlgntlon costs, amounted to about $900, aro apportioned equally. TU NN E CLDSERACE WT T 'f. Death perched on the pilot of a heavy Southern Puclflc locomotive,;! rode a clobo race" with" Walter Camp bell, and Geno Cblldefs, well known Langoll Valley cattlemen", ,nd theyj were -coming Un from QhUqquln, where they havocatIe grazing, last Saturday. The s inon escaped the whcols of tlie engine but thpMiorsel could not beat the 'steam' propelled monster irt a straightaway race and wefo ..sacrificed. - fc . Th'ej iwo.men started through tho cut this side of Kirk, nPt realizing that tho afternoon passenger train from Chiloquln was beli'ind them. I'llo cut was filled with snow durirlg last weok's storm but "tirp traclc crow had run a snow plow through and piled snow banks high on either side of tho rails. 1 Ul " " : ....' .; ; JLLIMfffc HAYES SAYS G. O. P. CAN SAVE COUNTRY DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 1G. Maintaining that the nation Is as unprepared for peace aB it was for war, Will H. Hayes, na tional chairman of the Repub lican committee, in addressing the state committee here today, declared that it has become ap parent that the Republican par ty Is the country's only salva tion. The strictest Individual economy consistent with proper development of the present day needs of tho country was urged by the Republican chairman. NT I TL5WK WASHINOTON.Dr G-, Decr,-16. The follow lng, proclamation by Pres ident Wilson regarding the 14th de cenrilar'censW, frllich'tis to'be taken beginning j arluarX' &d bedn, m'a'de publlq hjr the censu ueau: " 'Whereas, By; act or. Congress ap proved March 31019-, thel4th de cetlnlal census 'of tho" Unheal Slates Iso be' taken eg'innlh.g the 2nd clay of January, '1920;, ancl ', ,'( f "Whereas, A correct. .enumeration of 'the populattPn everycten years, Is, required' by the constitution et the' Utlfte'd States for the purpose of e termlningj tie. representation of the aqveraj states vin, the House of Rep-' resenta.tlves;'nnd . 1 "Whereas.'It Is of the utmost im-f portahdo to'the interests' of all the When part way through tho horsp- people of the TJnlted States that this mon heard tho train drumming be hind thorn. Thoy put their horses to cqnsus should be a complete and ac curate report ,of the population and a run but the train was almost on resources of the nation; them. Tho engineer saw them nnd "Now, Therefore, I, Woodrow Wll fpplled tho emergency brakes, but.SOn, President of the United' States tho raco with death would have beenjof Amorlca, do hereby declare and lost had not Childers and Campbell make known that, under the law thrown themselves from their snd-lnforesaid, It is the duty of every dies and scrambled up tho steep j person to answer all questions on snow wnlU, whore thoy found a the census schedules applying to him placo of saftoy ns tho locomotive rushod by. Tho riderless horses were run and the family to which he belongs, and to tho farm occupied by him or his family, and that any person re- down by tho onglno and injured s,o ' fusing to do so is subect to penalty, badly that thoy had to be killed. "The sole purpose of the census Friends of tho cattlomen are con-'Is to secure general Information re gratulatlng them on the presonco of Igardlng the population and resources mind nnd nero thnt stood them In of the country and replies are re such good stead In the sudden emer-' quired from individuals only to per gency, which might easily have ter-jmlt the compilation of such genoral minntod fatally for them If they had statistics. No person can be harmed not kept their heads. I in any wny by furnishing tho infor- L.. B. Zelmer, statp dairy and food Inspector, has completed a. week's survey of the city, in which he exam Ined conditions In restaurants, groc eries, meat markets, da'rie3 and oth er sources and handling depots of tho city's food supply, In general the inspector ijave the meat markets and grocoriesia good scPrey recommenaln some changes, JThe dairies and milk: depots-iwrie found in fair cond.ioi. J3oth W. T:, Perkins and T. L. French, proprie tors of the local milk deliveries, ar-s Jn Portland this week to secure bott 'ling Pasteurization plants. Restaurants scored variously, but 'the inspector seemed to think (hat beneficial changes were possible. The Rex, however, was excepted. The official report, says the place isjf'clean and nice," and In conversa- tlpn tne inspector saiu mis piace was a model and one of the best conducted eating houses be had ever; eXttmined i DIVORCE GRAXTKD. jw ' ? -. i- v Alary Rodriguez was granted a, divorce from 'Frank Rodriguez In the Circuit court 'yesterday, ' divorce filed: ') A ulu Kindefr yesterday f ileid a complaint 1'for "divorce against Ow;en 1UUUU1 lU'LUU livu'1' tulMk. j 1 lr- ' -TtT ' t r -. .., x . -.avVv ' matlon roquirea.f ,'j.ne census nas npthlng- to do with taxaltioiwqyith military or jury'Service, wita me comnulsion of school attendance, wUh the regulation of immigration W ,,.1... fcV. .w VV...w... - rf T ' tlonal, state or local law or ordi nance. There need bo no fear that any disclosure will be. made regard ing any Individual person or hl& 'af fairs. For the due protection 'of the rights and Interests of the per sons furnishing information every employe of the census bureau is pro hibited, under heavy penalty, from disclosing any information which mny thus come to his knowledge. "I therefore earnestly urge upon all persons to answer promptly, completely and accurately all Inqui ries addressed to them by the enum erators or other employes of the cen sus bureau and thereby to contrib ute their share toward making this great and necessary public under taking a success. "WOODROW WILSON. "Dated Dec. 10, 1919." ONCf 7 SHOPPING VMS' UNTIL CHRISTMAS! MORE iiiiipii T APPROACHING NORMA L GIN Ninety Per Cent of Miners Have Re turned to Work, Reports Indicate Federal Court Suspends Coa- . tempt Proceedings Against Officers -, .-& -. CHICAGO, Dec. 16. The produc- J tlon of bituminous coal today rapid- ly approached normal. Reports Indl- " cate that 90 per cent of the miners are working. In only a few Instances were workers reported still Idle. Appointment by President Wilson. ' cf a commission to supersede the ;uel administrator is expected this week. The scale commutes of the npe-a- , tors of the central competitive field, probably will meet in - Cleveland, Wednesday to consider the strike settlement. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 16. Hear ings on contempt charges agUlns't 'in ternational and district orTfee'rs,"dt United Mine 'Workers of Ameritiai ' except "the edse 'against Alexdnder ' Howatt, president of the Kansaa'-dls trlct, were postponed Indefinitely v when called in the United' States court todaj. Howhtt was brdered'ta appear Monday. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. While ,, relaxation of restrictions on use -of T bituminous coal continued today, in- dicatlne governmental belief that thestrlke crisis in the raaustryMnaa-4 begun to bear upou the active parti j cipants In the settlement The sen-lr, a"6un-commIttee Investigation ot IhB'r'coal situation waa-rfollowed byf Indications that Attorney ' "G-pnerari. uiiiur uuu uiucr uiut., wujuwti ild 'he, called this week to explain Vtfypi5s of Dr. Gaffjeld' were sef ,asrdej"4n'd'a compromise made withi ith6-tiltfefs,.ir union on-!, basis? whlchi tS'.'f'oriner-fuel anJihjs'trator' desj-i. -CTihed as 'eqntrarjtp fundamentaljj .principles tot goverronerit." ' : , jVSays Men AVifj ReturnN J5 1 V' jfLCA's- Pres'flent Jolni L. .Lewis,. , oi. tne. unuea mine, worsrs 01 Amj, erica, who Is" "attending the ":abor ortnicUpcgnfeiAra ijeroj, ;pre-i ratrtArt tiniv,iipq"i?v!Ni!(?ht flRfnotT eentsrof'the miners Jsvgould be bSck tS, work. . . , r- v ' "Though it has Je.en ". ridlflcult task to reach all of "the. menJn the- kshort time since the decision was reached," he said, -"Jtjte.erlain they, will go back.'V 'Vf . Removing Rcstrtlons. Restrictions .imposctl-'qn t.he use of fuel during the strike gradually are being removed The working week opened yesterday with a near er approach to normal than any since the strikp began November 1. Although most of the power to rescind the various restrictions has been placed in the hands of the reg ional directors, tho railroad admin istration is continuing to exercise supervisory control over bituminous coal and coke. Thls"has been necesp sary not alone by the resignation ot Dr. Garfield, but also by the resig nations of Cyrus Guernsey, Jr., as sistant to Dr. Garfield, and John A. Alport, chief engineer, both of whom came back to Washington to serve with their chief when the fuel ad ministration was revived. These res ignations practically have e.idej tl. reinstated activities of th adminis tration. ' KNIGHTS TEMPLARS ELECT OFFICERS Calvary Commandery No. 16, elected tho following officers to serve during 1920 and installation cere monies will be held at the Masonic hall tomorrow (Wednesday) , even ing December 17; - Frank Ward, eminent commander; John Auten, generalissimo; E. B. Hall, captain general; John Bor mont, senior warden; I. R. Strublo"", Junior warden; E. E. Magee, record er; E, R. Reames, treasuror; George Walton, prelate; L. O. Mills, war der; G. P. Van Riper, standard bear er; G. K. Van Riper, sword bearer; C. H. Underwoodrsentinel.