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OITICIAL I'AI'KIl OF.
KLAMATH FALLS
OFFICIAL PAPER OF
KLAMATH COUNTY
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Fourteenth Ycor No. 3815.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1920
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SPORTSMEN GET
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Will OppuNo Any Moto lo Deprive
Klamath Count)' of Hcwldcnt Fish
and Game Commlwtloncr Active
Campaign for Membership I On
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Organlxatlon for tho protoetlon of
Klamath County's Interests undor any
systom of fish and gamo control that
. miy bo docldod upon by tho legisla
ture at next wook's sosslon was or
fectod at a mooting of tho Klamath
county sportsmen's association last
nlfcht. J,ohn Parker wan choson torn
porary chairman nnd aftor bflot ills
cimsloA of tho situation appointed a
membership commlttoo of flvo to bo
Kin at onco nn nctlvo canvass, and n
commlttoo to look up tho old con
Htltutlon nnd by-laws nnd ro-vamp
thorn If necessary to fit tho ravlHod
organization. Membership dues woro
fixed nt GO conts n year.
Tho commlttoo on constitution nnd
by-laws consists of C. F. Stone, 11. 11.
llnll and Henry Htout. Tho mombor-
shlp committed mombors nro W. O.
Robertson, Hobs Nlckorson, Harney
Chambors, llyron Hardonbrook nnd
W. M. Montollus.
Tho need of an organized mnchlno
to combnt nny twist in tho proposed
lcglfllatho reorganization ot tho state
fish -nnd riiiiio control system that
night work udvorsoly to Klamath
county wns rocognlzod by tho sports
j'ien gathered nt last night's meet
ing nnd tho preliminary work of re
viving thn Sporlmon'H association
movod smoothly nnd quickly.
It was predicted that boforo tho
legislature ronvttnos January 12, tho
association wllUhnvo n,momborshlp
of from 500 to 1000 nnd will bo fully
prepared to tnko any stops necessary
to protoct this county's Intorosts.
Tho noxt mooting will bo hold Mon
riny night at tho Klamath Dovolop
iroitt company's offlco, at which tlmo
tho commlttoo will report nnd prob
nbly n pormanont organization will
bo roachod.
SC. F. Stono, tho local inombor of
tho stato flBh and game commission,
oxplainod tho ltnl nocosslty for
Klamnth coutny's representation on
ttio state commission In a brief nd-jN.
dross outlining tho accomplishments
of tho existing commission during tho
last few yoars.
All In Eight Yearn,
lhght yoars ago sold Mr, Stono,
thoio was practically no flBh llfo In
Klamath county streams nnd lakes
which today through propagation
fcatorod by tho commission offor tho
host fishing In tho stato. Mr. Stono
snld that Diamond Lake was consld-
orcd tho best trout fishing water In
tho world, perhnpB, and a fow yoars
ago thoro woro practically no trout
thoro. Tho fish that aro thoro today
woro planted by tho commission
Fow pooplo icallzo tho extent of
propagation work Id Klamath coun
ty, tho commissioner said. For In
stance thoy do not know that tho two
hatcheries established hero, and tho
egg-taklug stations, last yoar furn
ished four million trout eggs, four
fifths ot tho state's supply. Tho eggs
woro worth 120,000.
In supplying outside streams, Kla
mnth county was not deprived of
fish, for one million flngorltng trout
woie propagated and distributed
from local hatchorles among streams
o! this county.
Licenses Tiring $0000.
Indications ot the growing Inter-
oat and better support was Indicated,
ho said, by tho sale In this county
last year of 10000 worth of sports4
men's llconsos, moro than wore ovor
sold before, by perhaps $2000. The
fishing here last year, ho said, was
hotter than ever before In history.
Mr. Stone said that amall coterlo
of disgruntled sportsmen in Portland,
who for two yours have been trying
to overthrow the prosent system, were
using tho Finloy Incident as an ex
cuse, Ho disclaimed personal Interest
In the office, saying, that he would
as soon, or rather, have some one
other than himself hold the comrals
i alonef's position, but he urged the vit
al importance, la view ot the extent
of Klamath oounty's fish and game
OREGON DRAINAGE
ASSOCIATION NAMES
LOCAL MAN DIRECTOR
oiti:aoN agricultural col-
M:aiJ, CorvalllH, Jan. 10. A. K.
Harris of (lorvnls Is tho new presi
dent of tho Oregon Btnto Drainage
association oloctod nt tho mooting at
tho collugo. Prof. T. A. II. Teeter of
Corvallls Is secretary.
'Directors aro an follews: at largo,
J. O. Elrod, Portland; coast, Hoy C.
Jonos, Tillamook; southern Orogon,
K I. Applegate, Klamath; Wlllam
otto, W. L. Powers, Corvallls; Col
umbia basin, T. (1. Smith, Echo;
Hluo mountains, George T. Cochran,
IiOrnndo; control Oregon, Porcy
Purvis, Vale.
Tho loglslatlvo commlttoo consists
of Hamuol JI. Drown, chairman; W.
B Wilson, Salem; Ralph Schneoloch,
Portland; Senator Colon It. Ebor
h'ard, LaGrando; J, E. Roman, As
toria, orcy A. Cupper, Balom; and W.
S Slough, Klamath.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. A lettor
from President Lowell of Harvard,
saying that n Democrat should not
"stand too firmly" against reserva
tions on Aitlclo 10 of tho Longuo of
Nations, was made public by Senator
Walsh, Democrat of Massachusetts,
today.
Although In tho past an advocate
of tho unreserved ratification as urg
od by President WIIboii, Lowell wroto
that If Artlclo 10 was a stumbling
block to compromise, tho admlnls-
tratlon might well concede tho point
slnco tho real strength of tho coven
ant In preventing wars seemed to
rest In tho economic boycott reserva
tions of Artlclo 16.
BROSNAN IS FOUND
GUILTY; FINED $100
Dan Rrosnan, Merrill sheepman,
was fined $100 and costs by Justice
J. Chapman at tho conclusion of
lho trlnl on a chnrgo of desecrating
mo .American nag oy cno uso 01 vuo
and profano language during a streot
row at Merrill Christmas ovo, last
ovoning. -The caso was tried boforo
a jury consulting of J. D. Chambers,
foreman, CLatIcs Wlthrow, W. P.
Johnson, J, W. Wntkins, Jr., Archie.
E. Henllnoand C. I. noborts.Tpe
Jury was v. out for ..About
aff
fifteen.
minutes.'
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F. H. Mills and C. F. Stono, coun
sol for Drosnan, are preparing
notice ot appeal and will carry tho
caso to the,circult court.
resources, of having n local ropresen'
tntlvo on tho state commission.
''Klamath ccnty pays moro lic
ense than any county in the state, ex
copt Multnomah," Bald Mr. Stono,
''and a resident commissioner Is a v:t
al need. The entire .state depends on
Klamath county for trout ogg3. Un
loss we have a commissioner hero our
Intorosts will be neglected. The need
ot an Organization to watch legisla
tive action and opposo any attempt
to deprive Klamath county ot a com
missioner, is very apparent in view of
tho facts, with which all sportsmen
are cognizant."
Clayton Kirk, a resident ot the
Klamath Indian reservation, thought
tho California-Oregon Power com
pany should build a fish laddor nt
tho Copco Dam so that salmon might
again run up the Klamath. Ho also
thought the commission had neglect
ed tho, reservation streams in restock
ing. Mr. , Stono explained that the Ore
gon commission could not tako any
steps toward compelling the power
company to build a fish ladder, as
the Copco dam is In California and
under Jurisdiction of the California
commission .Regarding trout propa
gation on the reservation he said that
325,000 trout had ben placed in
Spring Creek, one of the reservation
streams, last year, '
NARVAI HEAD
ADVISES WILSON
TO COMPROMISE
LEGION'S PRESS
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STATES VIEWS
With a view ot familiarizing tho
public with tho American Legion's
stand on tho Upper Lake leasing
matter, In all ts various angles, Dr.
Fred Westerfeld, local momber ot
tho state press committee, today Is
sued tbo following letter for publica publica
teon: It seems tho idea has gone abroad
that the local post of the American
Legion li fighting the Water Users'
Association. Far bo it from us to
desire to add anything to their bur
don. Thoy hare had and are having
hard enough sledding. Furthermore,
one ot ttio cardinal principles ot the
Legion Is constructlvenoss and help
fulness and to tako an actlvo Inter
est In all things that pertain to the
wolfaro of tbo community, state and
nation.
Wa Mtnrtml nut liv nnnnitlnir the
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leases to the Uppor Lake government lowing tho German delegates at the
lands for 25 and 30 year periods. 'Slsnlng tables. Then Premier
Our fight was purely with tho Becre-clomcnceau signed for Franco, and
tnry of tho Intorlor ns a public ofl- nftor signing passed beforo the Ger
clal. Wo suggested that tho lands!1"1"1 delegato, who arose and bowod.
bo diked as per arrangement withlClemonccau did not offor to shake
Doak & Drown nnd others; that tho!han''8 with tho Germans,
oxpenso bo lovlod pro rata ngalnst T1 absence ot tho American dcle
tho acreage, and tho lands bo thrown 'S0'08 was particularly marked,
open to homestead entry for all j
Amorlcans, giving ox-servlco men 36
or CO days preference filing right.
About tho lattor part of November
wo woro told that tho loases had
boon suspended, and wo did nothing
further, preferring to let tho secre
tary ot tbo Intorlor take his own
course, and woro much surprised one
day to bo Informed that the Call-
fornla-Orogon Power Company's rep
resentative was trying to close tavSf
loaBos.
This was tho first that most ot us
realized the hand of the California
Oregon Power Company, and we
know that we -had a fight on our
hands. Many statements were made
on both sides, some facts, others
guosses, and Still others mere sus
picions; b.ut In view ot the fact that
tho California-Oregon Power Com
pany camoJnto ttie game voluntarily
and sh'owed clearly how much they
wore financially Interested, wo came
back with tho suggestion that for
tho prlvllego of putting In tho dam.
which is worth much to them, they
should protect tho government land
by diking it free ot charge, and then
the lands thrown open to homestead
entry to all Americans, with pre
ference rights to ox-servlco men.
This would bo only doing for the
public domain what they would have
to' do If It were private lands, or pay
damages. For this purpose tho Sin
nott.blll was introduced. Knowing
that wo would, have a fight, we mus
tered every available force. Feeling
that Mr. Offleld's position with the
water users would have groat In
fluence, he was asked to send a tele
gram favoring the bill. Ho wanted
to send a telegram with a proviso in
It which we felt would not help 'us
any. so we turned it down. There
was no need spending money for any
thing that la' 'no good to us. Wo
felt a bit disappointed for we should
nave liked to have ho.d Mr. Ofteld
with us.
The Herald gavo.lt a write-up, and
now some say the local post dli it
to 'injure Mr. Offleldj and that we
are fighting tho water users. I asked
some if the article so read, and they
said It could bo read between the
lines. The time is too short to put
It betqre tho membership, but I'm
Buro I hayo the support ot tho ma
jority of the post wien I say wo have
no uiiairo 10 omoarrass iuo wuior
usors of its mombors. I'm sure our
state officers would call us to taBk
It thoy felt that we were using our
organization for such purpose. As
individuals we havo the same rights
and privileges that any Ametrlcan
has, I em writing as an Individual,
with some official responsibility.. If
the members of the post at the next
meeting choosq to make any excep
tions or additions, I shall try to pub
lish them. If an outsider has any,
he 'Can seov either me or any mem
ber and have t brought up.
Our original proposal was: To let
PEACE TREATY
RATIFIED AT
ST
PARIS, Jan. 10. The treaty of
Versailles, making peace between
Germany and the ratifying Allied
powers, was put Into effect at 4:15
o'clock this afternoon by the ex
change ot ratifications.
Putting the League of Nations in
to being, which will be one of the
immodlate results ot the exchange of
ratifications, will occur In Paris Fri
day morning, January 16, the su
premo councif decided today.
Although tbo exchange of treaty
ratifications Is the final act that re
stores pre-war conditions between
Gormany and Franco, no arrange
ments had been made by Germany,
so far as can be ascertained, to re-
sumo peaco rotations with th(s coun
try.
Tho ceremony of signing tho treaty
began without formality, Premier
Lloyd George of Great Britain fol-
POLLING PLACES FOB
DISTRICT DIRECTOR
The following are tho voting 4
places:
Klamath Falls-Altamont Pre-
clnct Altamont Ranch.
Spring Lake Precinct Mc-
Clollan's,Store.
Midland ProclncU; YflnnB'a.,
Store.
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Merrill
Territory Merrill
Cettage:
Malln "Precinct Pechanee
Place.
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INVESTIGATING OOi
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 10. A scien
tific expedition, headed by Leon
Salinas, sub-secretary of Commerce
and Industry, expects to leave soon
for Lower .California to Investigate
that stato as a field for petroleum
development.
In Japan's largest bath house, at
Yokohama, one can get a bath for
one-halt cent, a haircut for one and
one-half cent, and two shaves for
five cents.
the contractors dike and drain the
land; pay the contractors and levy
the expense pro rata against the acre
age; open the lands to homestead
entry for all Americans, giving pre
forencQ rights of 30 to 60 days to ex-
service men. . Does any one say there
is any Injustice in that? Someone
says we need the lake for storage.
Would It give any more storage to
let Doak & Brown levy it and some
one run cattle on it, than by putting
ao,Amqrlcan on every-160. acres?
That was in a fair way ot being
done 'bad not the California-Oregon
Power 'Company "butted in." They
showed their hand, and wo said, for
tho priyilogo (oh no! not of butting
in, but ot putting in the dam) they
should dike the land and give It to
Americans free of charge. And
that's what wo are fighting for now.
We claim that it would bo im
mensely moro to "tho Interest of this
community io have 50 -or 60 fami
lies living on tho land than to have
somoonovrun cattle on It. That It
would bo bettor, for the community
to havo 10,000 acres paying taxes
than tledup tax freo for 30 years.
Some Bay the lands aro worthless
and that nobody wants them. Just
try it and see.
This has been written hurriedly,
and I might change the wording
some. It should go to press today.
I trust all will accopt it la. the spirit
in which it U written In the. spirit
of fair play and. a truo Americanism,
F, WESTBKFELD,
Local State Press CoeamltUeman,
Aaerlcan. lloo.
MEMBER OF BOARD '
HAS SISTER HERE
When Mrs. Carl Cummlngs, wife
of tho local timber broker, opened
Tho Herald Thursday evening it was
Illco getting a lotter from home, for
tucked 'In tho right-hand corner of
tho second page, was a plcturo and
story of her brother, H. J. Waters,
of Kansas City, the only agricultural
representative appointed to the new
Industrial conference called by Presi
dent Wilson.
Mr. Waters wag formerly .head of
tho Kansas State Agricultural .Col
logo at Manhattan, Kansas, and Is
one of the great agrlcultural'authorl
tles ot the country. Mrs. Cummlngs
has not heard from her brother late
ly and did not know of his -appointment
until she read it in the paper.
BUILT FROM
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The property at tho corner of
Ninth and Main streets, owned by
R. II. Ross, was today purchased by
C. P. Stemwell, proprietor. of the
Central Outfitting Company. Tho
price paid for the property was not
made public, but it "is understood
that It shows a substantial Increase
in values in this neighborhood.
The sale of this property is of
more than passing Interest, for it is
a milestone of one of, the most re
markable business successes that the
people of this county have had the
pleasure of witnessing. About thir
teen years ago Mr. Stemwell came
to Klamath Falls as poor as the pro
verbial church mouse. He was far-
sighted, eaougb to-vlew. the great
future that lies beforerth!s cIfyTaM
determined from the "start that
Klamath Falls would be his perman
ent home and that he would build up
a business ot his own. All his efforts
were bent in this direction and he
finally gathered together enough
money to make a modest' little start
at his present location, opening his
establishment four years ago under
the, name of the Central Outfitting
Company. As he bent his energies
to get into business, he also bent
them to build that business up, and
his motto of "give every man a
sauare deal" was never varied. In
a quiet, unostentatious way he grew,
until today he Is one ot the big
merchants ot the city.
His success has Its value only so
far as.lt stands as an inspiration to
others, especially the young 'men of
the city. It shows the possibilities
that have been passed unnoticed In
Klamath Falls, and It forcefully
points out to the man In and out of
business what can be done here by
the right effort.
The deal for the property was
handled by Fred Bueslng.
JAPANESE HERE
E. T. Arlma, a prominent Califor
nia Japanese, Is here from San
Francisco looking over local land
possibilities, with a view to securing
a tract for colonization by Japanese
families. Mr. Arlma wentjvto Mid
land today to look over tho L, Jacob!
land in that district, and Intimate
that he was negotiating with1 Mr.
Jacobs for the purchase of 6,000
acres, more or less, which he plan
ned to dlvldo Into small tracts. The
colony, it appeared from what he
said, might start with thirty or forty
families.
1S-POUND NUGGET
BRUSSELS, Dec. 23. (By Mail)
A gold nugget weighing nearly 12
pounds was discovered recently in
the Klvu mines, in theCoago, the
Mlalster of Colonies aubnew,
BUSINESS
SMALL STflF!
SEEKING LAND
FOR COLONY
BUSINESS IN
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TALK CENSUS
Association Electa Officers for IMS
Discuss Importance of Secariac
Full Census Newell Talks em
Upper Lake Storage Problem.
The session ot the Business Ilea's
Association which was held at the
White Pelican Hotel last evening
was filled with intense Interest froas.
start to finish. Three Important
matters were considered the ques
tion of a complete census of the city,
the Link river dam, and the creation
of the Upper Lake into a storage re
servoir, and the election of officers.
Immediately following (the dinner.
Project Engineer Newell addressed
those present on the advisability of
the entering into a contract for the
reclamation of the swamp lands and
the building of the Link river dam.
On these points he said, in part:
From July 1st to August 31st,
1918, the total outflow of Upper
Klamath Lake averaged only 724
second feet. There Is a power right
of 205 second feet superior to any
rights of the United States; there
fore, there were left only 519 second
feet available for irrigation this
would bare sufficed for 36, 000 acres.
The area now legally entitled to wat
er from TTppMf-r -ni Lake la
slightly less than 49,000 acres It
should be noted, therefore, that It
the irrigable lands has, been fully de.
veloped, then the total supply from1
Upper Klamath Lake for two sue
cesslve summer months would have
sufficed for only 36,000 acres or for
only three-fourths of the area 'now
enmieewto iwaterwVe. -- -.1L.
'Bordering 'the Klamath irrigation
District there are in excess of 20,000
irrigable acres in various proposed
pumping districts. One district of
1,000 acres actually used water dur
ing 1919. Another district plans to ir
rigate during 1920. .Tn organization
of other districts Is pending. When
these Districts have perfected con
tracts with the Untted States, the
water will be required for about 70,
000 acres, while without lake regula
tion, there will be a sufficient supply
for only about halt that area.
At the present time there are over
12,000 acres ot Tule Lake lands
which can be thrown open to settle
ment1 as soon as water for Irrigation
can be made available. Within two or
three years that area will be increas
ed to a total ot about 25,000 acres.
When that time comes, water will be
needed for fully 90,000 acres and
during years of low run-off, unless
the regulation ot Upper Klamath
Lake has been made effective, there
will be an adequate supply for only
36,000 acres.
Should the proposed Horsefly dam
be built, so the run-off from Miller
Creek can be kept from entering Tuie
Lake, then the irrigable area in the
lake bed may easily be increased by
an additional 30,000 acres, possibly
60,000 acres, in case it should be
found feasible to entirely empty Tule
Lake by pumping or otherwise and
substantially the entire lake bed be
found to be good land as has been
the case with that portion thus tar
exposed. Should this development oc
cur, water might well be needed for
fully 140,000 acres, while the depen
dable supply "without the regulation
ot Upper Klamath Lake would only
suffice for a quarter ot that area.
The total area which it has hereto
fore been estimated might be irri
gable around Lower Klamath Lake is
In excess ot 50,000 acres. Should
this land turn out to be good agri
culturally, then water might bo need
ed for about 200,000 acres while
without the regulation ot Upper Kla
math Lake the dependable eupplr
will only be adequate for less than
one-fifth ot that area.
It may be thought that the un
regulated run-off from Upper Klam
ath Lake, supplemented by Btorage
on Lost River, will afford a reason
ably satisfactory supply. Such a sap-
icaltlon is erroneous, Lost river is
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