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KLAMATH FALLS
OFFICIAL PAPEB
KLAMATH CXJUNTI
Fourteenth Year No. 3804
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1919
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PRODUCERS OF
MILK ORGANIZE
ASSOCIATION
Wplncrmcnt of Ifuplinznnl HjHtcin of
Production With BunIucnm Moth
oda, In Tarpon AsHcrtcd Wunt
Co-operation of ConMumcr
Dairymen of tho Mlllur Hill dis
trict yostorday mot and formed a
tomporary milk 'producers' nssocla
tlon, selecting W. H. Barton ns pros-
idont and R. B. Wilcox us secretary
and treasurer of tho tomporary or
ganlzatlon. Another moating will bo
hold Monday at which stops will bo
taken to put tho association on a
moro pormanont footing and arrange
.for a discussion of milk production
problems with consumors.
"Wo want to ralso tho quality of
milk markotod through Klamath
Falls doalors to tho hlghost stand
ard, and at tho samo time keep tho
prlco as low us a reasonable margin
of profit will allow," said Mr. Wilcox,
tho secretary of tho now organiza
tion. "To do this It Is necessary to
havo tho co-oporntlon of tho public
In working out our joint probloms.
"Wo want to havo a meeting with
representatives of consumers at an
early duto, whera wo can havo u
frea discussion of milk casts and
standards, with tho purpose of find
ing out exactly what tho peoplo re
quire and what It will cost to pro-
duco It. This docs not necessarily
mean that thoro will bo an Incrcnao
la milk prlcos. Personally, I think
thoro will not. Tho dairy business
horo in tho past has been conducted
ou a haphazard basis. Wo havo
formed this association with the
hopo of stabilizing tho business and
building It ip to koop paco with the
growing demands of tho community
and wo want tho co-operation of the
public. Wo want to do our figur
ing In tho open with tho assistance
of tho pooplo who consume our pro
duct." Whethor pasteurization Is general
ly dcBlrod or not Is one of tho ques
tions on which the association wants
enlightenment. Somo communities
want pastourlzod milk and other con
usmors opposo pasteurization, assert
ing that it changes tho flavor of tho
milk and renders It less palatable.
Mr. Wilcox said If It wore pos
sible to secure representatives from
local organizations, such as tho Bus
iness Men's association, Woman's
Improvement Club, Central Labor
council and others, tr conference
might bo nrrangod to consider tho
probloms Involved, or It might be
decided to hold an open meeting at
which Individual consumors could
oxpress tholr opinions and so set a
gauge upon tho general sontlment of
the community.
The organizers of tho milk pro
ducers' association consist of tho fol
lowing Mlllor Hill dairymen: James
Burnett, P. L. Uurnott, W. H. Bar
ton, Joseph Wright, W. A. Koenlg,
M. Sohulmlro and R. B. Wilcox.
DENTISTS ELECT
OFFICERS FOR 1920
At a meeting of tho Klamath
County Dental society, held yester
day, Dr. J. H. Carter was elected
president and Dr. P. M. Noel, secre
tary and treasurer for tho fiscal year
of 1920. Dr. W. A. Leonard presided
at the meeting. ,
Tho s'oolety will hold a series of
discussion clinics and lectures during
tho coming yoar, In an effort to main
tain tho standard of dentistry In
Klamath county at a level with any
service that may bo obtained any
where. Those attending yostorday's meet
ing wore, Drs. E. O. Wlsecarver, C.
A Rambo, W. A. Leonard, Fred Wos
terfeld and P. M. Noel.
WEATHER REPORT
OREGON Tonight and Sunday,
fair; moderate southerly winds.
mi:;o.v ti:,ui confident; '
CUT DOWN TIIAIMMJ.
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I'AHADKNA, Cul., Dec. 27.
Although Hurvuril players out-
wolgh tho Oregon football team
tho northern squad toduy dollb-
oratoly cut tholr prnctlco In
half. Tho custom team havo bo-
gun Intensive practice. Tho Ore-
gonlurw, It Is roportcd, havo
reached such a peuk of condl-
tlon that tho trnlnor and coach
decided that one practlco period
will bo sufficient to keep the
men In tho best possible shnpo
until tho Now Year game.
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FDR THE H. C. L
LONDON, Nov. 28. (By Mall).
Tho world can expect no rollof from
tho present high cost of living nnd
tho shortugo of commodities until
tho widespread social nnd Industrial
unrest has disappeared and tho war
shnttorcd economic machinery has
been put In ordor, according to Chas.
A. McCurdy, parliamentary secreta
ry to tho ministry of food. Mr. Mc
Curdy expressed this view during an
Interview with a correspondent of
tho Associated Press, nnd added that
ho was not particularly optimistic
over tho chances of any marked bet
torment of tho situntlon In tho near
future.
"Wo havo Bolshevism at ono end
of tho world and widespread strikes
ut tho other," said Mr. McCurdy,
"and not until society resumes Its
normul course can we right econom
ic conditions.
"It is very difficult to prophesy
regarding tho food situation of the
future In view of the fact that the
wholo economic structure of the
world has been so badly dislocated.
There Is hardly any factor of busi
ness that is stable, and we do not
know what wages are to be. As a
rosult of these conditions tho regu
lar channels of distribution are dis
organized and until they are normal
it will be Impossible to tell what ef
fective supplies there are as com
pared with tho world stocks.
"While It Is true that America,
England and somo other countries
are sufficiently supplied now so that
thero Is no distress among tho peo
plo, yet this comparative abundance
Is In reality a fictitious ono, and
may not last. Great sections of tho
world aro actually hungry because
of tho Impossibility of 'distributing
supplies properly. If tho channels
of distribution were open and the
economic conditions were such that
food stuffs could be purchased by
thoso countries which need them we
probnbly would, find ourselves faced
with a shortage In many things.
"For example If the people of
Central Europe should be In posi
tion next year to purchase tho moat
they need, there would be a world
shortage of several million tons. It
Is improbable that they will be able
to buy it, but It is impossible to pre
dict so far in advance. I believe
that a year from now things will
have been brought to a head and
that the world will be facing Its
most critical time.
"Thero aro those who tell me that
I am wrong In my outlook and that
there will be no shortage, but I can
figure It no other way. There cer
tainly are many countries now which
are securing far below what they
need in the way of foodstuffs, and
when the time comes for them to
buy, it will be Impossible to refuse
them their fair share of what the
world produces. We cannot let one
part of the world starve while an
other section has plenty.
"There Is another factor to be
considered also. Where production
has been stimulated during the war
It must ultimately rovert to normal.
It Is not natural as It stands. In
the United States, for lnstnnce, tho
meat production has been nUlficlally
stimulated and it is hard to estimate
when this temporary condition "will
vanish. America next year may bo
an importer of meat, Instead of a
ABOK UNREST
IS RESPONSIBLE
SINGLE TICKETS
TO CONCERT ON
SALE MONDAY
Single admKilnp sale o. s9,t. for
Alice NlPlsen, Dc. 30th,'b jlns Mon
day morning at Shepherd's Piano De
pot, Main Street.
A limited number of desirable re
served soats on the main floor of the
opera house for th esale of $2.00
each but at tho rato pahM of season
tickets proceeded those reserved
seats will soon bo sold out General
admission tickets will aiso be on sale
at $1.00 each.
These tickets carry no reserved
seat privilege. The holder of a gener
al admission ticket has tin privilege
of an unreserved seat In the unre
served sectlon.of the balcony so long
as any of those seats remain unoc
cupied When tho unreserved seats
in tho balcony aro all occupied the
holder of a general admission ticket
must stand.
It Is to tho interest of all classes
of ticket holders to be on hand
promptly when the doors of the Or
era House open' at 7:30 p. m. Next
Tuesday evening the concert will be
gin at 8:30 p. m. All persons not In
their seats at that time must wait
until the first number on the pro
gramme Is sung Tho doors will be
closed and no one permitted to enter
or bo seated whllo any musical num
ber Is In progress to the great annoy-
nnco of the singer and the audience
Therefore be prompt.
SUIT IS DISMISSED.
Judge Kuykendall yesterday dis
missed the suit of Leslie Rogers, ad'
mlnlstrator of the estate of Alexand
er Martin, deceased, against J. B. C.
Taylor. The basis of the suit was an
alleged debt of $'900 on a note. A set
tlement was reached out of court.
TESTIMONY TAKEN
Testimony was taken by Judge
Kuykendall In the circuit court yes
terday in the divorce suit of J. H.
Faught against Eleanor Faught. De
sertion Is alleged as the cause of ac
tion. The court took the matter un
der consideration and will render
judgment at a later date.
big exporter. See what that would
mean to the rest of th world.
"On the other hand, production
has been crippled in many countries.
In this case the process of getting
back to normal is likely to bo slower
than In the case of the war-stimulated
production.
"In Europe as a whole there is
an actual shortage of 11 per cent In
sheep and a larger shortage In, pigs.
Because of this Europe would have
to Import 3,500,000 tons of meat
this coming year, If it were to re
turn to its pre-war consumption.
"In regard to wheat, the export
able surplus of the world is down
compared with that before the war.
Import requirements at the same
time are up. The same thing is true
of butter and In some countries Its
consumption has been Increased by
the lack of margarine. There,. Is
also a sugar shortage. The beet
sugar production has dropped off 4,-
200,000 tons In Europe since 1914.
The cane sugar production of the
world meantime has increased but
only 1,800,000 tons.
"In discussing prices we must con
sider the meaning of tho phenome
non of tho United States where there
is no food shortage but an export
able surplus. Tho food supply Is
above normal, and yet the prices
have advanced almost proportionate
ly with tho increase in Great Britain
which Is largely an Importing coun
try. This curious situation makes
'ono realize that in estimating food
prices the economic effects peculiar
to foodstuffs are not tho determin
ing factor, but economic conditions
as a whole.
"There seems to bo a tendency In
many countries to expend war wages
and profits on consumption goods,
Lfood, clothing, etc. to a greater ex
tent than on the purchase of raw
materials ior me uxieuaiuu ui in
dustry, la may be partly duo to this
that consumptioi-goods on the whole
have such an upward trend since
the armistice."
NTD
LOCAL RELIEF
Donations to the local relief fund
of the Red Cross chapter total $132,
according to the report of Rev. E.
P. Lawrence, secretary of tho or
ganization. Several more donations
aro promised and the fund Is open
to subscription at any time. The
money Is used for the relief of local
families who need assistance and
good use was found for It In several
Instance during 'the Christmas work
of the Red Cross. Another use to
which the fund will be devoted Is in
aiding to defray the expepses of the
public health nurse when that posi
tion Is filled In this county.
Following are the subscriptions
to the local relief fund to date:
Mrs. Don J. Zumwalt, con
cert proceeds $ 42.00
W. W. Smith 50.00
Retail Clerks' Union, dona
tion 10.00
United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners 10.00
Culinary Alliance 10.00
Plumbers' Union 10.00
Total ..$132.00
IS
Fifty years of wedded happiness
were celebrated by the Rev. and Mrs.
J. W. Bryant Tuesday, December 23,
at a golden wedding dinner and fam
ily reunion at the home of their son,
Frank Bryant, on South Riverside
street. Mrs. Will Wood of Merrill
and Mrs. C. L. Lewis of Klamath
Falls, daughters of the ReV. Mr. and
Mrs. Bryant, assisted In the prepara
tlon of the dinner. The affair was
strictly a family party, the children
of Mr. and Mrs. Bryant and their
families being the only persons pre
sent besides the honored guests.
The Rev. and Mrs. Bryant
came to Klamath county from Ken
tucky in 1889, and have resided here
ever since. During their long resid
ence they have built up a host of
friendships and many hearts will be
glad to know that they have round
ed out a half century of wedded life
without mishap, and, as both aro
In hale good health, have promise of
enjoying many more years of con
jugal bliss.
The children of the couple pre
sented them with a golden gift In
henor of the occasion.
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Jack Munroe, owner of the Pas
time pool room, and R. E. Dale have
taken a lease on the Orpheus Thea
tre and are going to re-open this well
known picture house on New Year's
Day. The Interior of the. building has
been completely renovated and It Is
tho intention of the new owners, to
mako It as cozy and comfortable as
It Is possible to have It.
Realizing the absolute necessity
for the production of pictures that
illl command the patronage of the
local picture fans, they stat they
have made arrangements for a line
of pictures that will be sure to meet
the support and approval of the pub
lic. In a word they aro going to keep
their house up to the high' standard
established In this city. A special or
chestra, will furnish the music.
The Orpheus Theatre was built
some years ago by Charles E. Wor
den, who later disopsed of It to Port
land capitalists. It has been recently
resold and It Is from the new owners
that Messrs Munroe and Dale are
leasing the property.
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CELEBRATED
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HOUSE
OPENS JAN
FRENCH WANT TRIAL
OF CROWN PRINCE.
LONDON, Dec. 27. Freder-
Ick William, former German
crown prince, will be Included
in the list of persons whose sur-
render for trial Is demanded by
tho French, according to an un-
official report of tho result of
tho recent meeting between
British law officials and the
French under secretary of the
department of military Justice.
FOREIGN TRADE
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. Three fac
tors in the demoralization of foreign
exchange, intelligible to the average
man, rise above the complexities of
the present situation, according to
old timers in Wall street. These
are:
First Allied and other nations of
the world owe the United States ap
proximately $15,000,000,000.
Second American manufacturers
hesitate, owing to peace treaty un
certainty, to accept big advance for
eign orders.
Third England's virtual suspen
sion of gold exports outside the Brit
ish colonies is repulsing American
trade.
"Just why the British pound ster
ling, normally -worth 44.8665 in
American gold, should have declin
ed so much since the war ended, and
Lwhat it all means is an obscure ques
tion," said a New York financial ex
pert. "The present situation, Sir
George Paish's apprehensions not
withstanding, is by no means hope
less. Prophecies of a 'breakdown'
of credit are not well founded.
"America, the store house of the
world, and now the world's banker,
lis in the same position England was
after the Napoleonic and American
civil wars. She bought the cheqp
securities of impoverished nations
in a most prodigious manner and
thereby laid the foundation for her
future wealth. We must do like
wise and do it within the next two
or three years, by which time these
abnormal conditions will have
passed.
"With pound sterling 25 per cent
or more below par England can sell
to the Uulted States at a great ad
vantage. We can sell American
foods abroad only at a great dis
advantage because we must add the
abnormal rate of exchange to the
goods to get into foreign markets.
Premier Lloyd George recently de
clared, when sterling was selling at
a discount of 15 per cent, that the
discount really represented a 'pro
tective tariff' of 15 per cent on goods
manufactured In England. Certain
ly It is helping to keep American
goods out of that country.
'.'The only remedy for this condi
tion is for the United States to buy
foreign securities and extend long
time credit for merchandise. We
are in a strong economic position.
The nations of Europe must have
our cotton and wheat and, since they
are so '"heavily indebted to us and
we must extend them many more
millions to put them on their feet,
what Is the difference whether we
buy their bonds or send them our
merchandise? '
."Everyone in Wall street knows
that if the peace treaty had been
signed in Washington an interna
tional exchange committee would
have been organized long before
now to stabilize exchange and bring
about other necessary readjustments.
Never during the darkest days of the
war, when the Germans were almost
at Paris, did British and French ex
change go to where It is now. The
British, during the war, by a system
of credits with the United States,
had sterling 'pegged' to $4.52.
"The tension over gold and ex
ports curtailed there was nothing to
keep it that close to parity. In
deed, unless the United States loos
ens its purse" strings there are Lon
don financial experts who say the
pound sterling will drop as low as
$2.50. That would be a calamity.
MUST RESTORE
EQUILIBRIUM
BLINDNESS AND
DEATH FOLLOW
DRUG DRINKING
"Whiskey" In Which Wood Alcohol
Is Chief Ingredient Causes Three
Score Deaths in New England sad
Middle Western States
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. Authori
ties in many large cities of the eaat
were stirred into action today against
traffic in ''whiskey" made from wood
alcohol, following a wide-spread
wave of deaths and blindness that fol
lowed indulgence In the decoction,
especially in Connecticut and Massa
chusetts. The death list of victims,
of "Christmas cheer" in these states
totalled at lease 40 persons when a
count was compiled today.
CHICAGO, Dec. 27. Authorities,
here Joined hands today for a crus
ade against the sale of wood alcohol
as a beverage. Five victims of wood
alcohol poisoning are dead here and
the sixth is dying.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 27. Nine new
victims of wood alcohol poisoning
are in a Cleveland hospital today,
raising the week's total to 24 cases.
Three have died during the week
raising the month's death total to
14.
CHIOPEE, Mass. Dec. 27 The to
tal number of known deaths due to
drinking wood alcohol at 3 o'clock
stood at 31 men and two women
here. At Hokyoke the death listjcon
talned the names of six men, and' at
Springfield three men and one wom
an are dead.
HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 27.
Thirteen persons have died here as
the result of wood alcohol poisoning.
The list of ten last night was in- ,,
creased by three deaths today. Three x
men are under arrest tor 'the possible
sale of the poison.
NEWARK, N. J. Dec. 27. Tw.
are dead here from drinking wood .
alcohol.
SUSPECT CONFESSES
ROBBERY OF BAfttT
MARYSVILLE, Dec. 27. Con
fronted with telegrams showing that
he is wanted at Spokane, Washing
ton, for bank robbery, Harold Sims,,
also known as Leo Hartman, hold
for the murder of a bootblack and
,an automobile hold-up, confessed
to the hank robbery, according to
Sheriff McCoy. The prisoner, under
th- name of Hartman, is said to have
recently escaped from the Oregon
penitentiary.
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PROHIBITION DIRECTOR.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. John- -son
S. Smith of Portland- was today
appointed federal prohibition direc
tor for the state of Oregon.
It would be a two-edged sword In
juring both England and the Unit
ed States.
"Europe is like a man on the
verge of death due to starvation.
When you find such an unfortunate
you feed him gradually until the
stomach becomes accustomed to di
gesting food. Now. our aim has been
all along to 'stuff Europe with all
kinds of American products. We ,
have piled up a trade balance, ac
cording to former Secretary of Com
merce Redfield, aggregating $4,o6o,-
000,000 each year. Europe's finan
cial system, like the starved human
stomach, has been'unable t6 assimi
late It. Consequently, we thus con
tribute to the demoralization of for
eign exchange and, incidentally, by.
inflation help to lower the purchas
ing power of our own dollar.
"When you consider, as Mr. Red-
field points out, that $4,000,000,000
represents American dollars at par
and must be paid by those who owe
It in depreciated currencies, making
it the eaulvalent of $5,000,000,000,
the result cannot be healthful to fu
ture American trade and commerce.
Foreign buyers are going into more
fayorable markets." e