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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1920)
Wct ftf gnf tig Mzmtfo "j t . OFFICIAL VM'IM OF KIiAmA'J'H I'AI-1-H OVVlClAh VAPKItbr KLAMATH COVktt Fourteenth Year No. 3823 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1920 Pricey Five CeaU 4 ir I r I CON UN TO ST RT SEWER NoucHHlty for gulling tliu Mlllii Ad dition Howur unilor wiiy tin soon iih IiohhIIiId wiih one of tho clilof topics or illflciiHHltm tit (liu city council mooting liiHt night. City I'liRliimir '.iinnviiU produced u map mid Until rni-nrilliii: Hid nocemtiry liiml (lint mtmt Im acquired Tor right of way mill tliu hIIh or u Mi'pllc tank, mill tliu iiinyor wiiji nutliorl.od to nogotliito with propoity owners with u vluw to pi.rcliiiMltu; Hid i'IkIiIh. 'I'liuru wiih iiIho illitriiRKlon of nr- riiiiRumunlH fur collettlng oiiliitnuilliu; llollliqUUUClOfl Oil llHHOHHIIIOIltH for flip nmr city Impruvoinoiiln. It was docld dl to servo notlcu Boon on tho ilolln iliiuntu Hint tliu payments muiit lio brought up to (Into or tlio city would oorelno tliu liens on tlio properly. A resolution nltnrliiR tlio Rrudo on KlRhlh Mtrriit, from Washington to I'ro.Hpc'rt, wiih rend. Tlio street com mittee, city I'MKliHHir and niuyor will go ovor tlio i;roiiiul loilny, accoidliu; to pliui, mill net Ion on tlio rtmoliilliin wnn iloftirruil until tlio uoxt inuul Inif. V, II Itimnor wn.s retained on mo tion of Coumllmnii I'PP I" iwhIhI tlio city attorney In dofmiilliiK tlio $2MI0 dnmiigo Hiilt, rocimtly bronchi iiriiIiwI tlio oily liy Mm. ICthrMco for Injury nlli-gi'd to luoo been received In fnllliiR through u sidewalk. HIh feu wiiii flxml nt $irU If tliu CtlHU goes to trial, Ioiih ir It In Hutlluil out ot court. J. M. Nlrlinl wan granted u permit, to liullil n co f fco mill sandwich stand, cost $250, on Main street near Seventh. Oilier, permits wuro to Cllf- lord j. minium lor n mruu ruiim dwelling 21 liy 28 foot. cohI $GU0, oil, tlio rallroiiil right or v.ny; it., A. i-.iji-mltt. ii Rnrago, 10 by 20 root, on his residence pronVfty UrH J2,U); , nntl Mrs. Kttn Mooio, poi mission to con duct tliu Jackson iip.irtmi'iitx lit Sovonth mill Muln. i.ti:iu:st m:ki:i ix vmx.stic thaixim2. Tliu I.iulioa' (lyiiiniislinu iIiihh inetliiR Monday mid ThuiHilny oven Iiirh In tliu hull ovor tho DoiIru Car iiru, iiRiiln runiliula tho IiiiIIch of tlio rlly ol tho opportunity this clnnu ut tord;i for phyiflntl, dovolopmoiit and pleuHiint oenliiR3 Now that tho holi day neiiHon it) ovor, many now mom Iiuth aro oxpectud. vi:.Tin:it iicroitT. OltlCCON -TonlRlil and Wednes day ralr; continued cold, northoily win da. ROISfliS Tho Kadleii Mimical Study Club an nounces today that itwlnf; ton chatiue In tl'io plans rorftho Until St. Uenla tour, tho raiiious duncer iiul her torn pnny will nppcjr lieio Tluuvdny oven Iiir, January 20, ltiHtoiul or January 2.1, iih orlRlnnlly plnnnei' A rocont froal tho SI. D)iiH Btud lo at Hollywauil Vslld to bn respon nlblo for tlio r'ulay In InslnnliiK tho lour. Tho home ot MJss Kl Donls was dostroyod and prnctlcilly nil of Uie company's costumes woro buruod, no rcnsltntlnH coiiHldcral le delay in out flttiiiR annw for the lu.ir. Miss St. Den a will be nceonunn led on her nppcarnnco h-n( by a com pany or n'nu.' ditnours, Willi HUla Ilhodcs, tho cclebiatod tenor, ami I'linllno Iinvrmu'c, pianist, in ti.lOi tloi. Klamath F.ilh on tliu ovonlng of Jnnunry 29, will wltnoba the riiut porronnnnco clvon in OreRop, Con corts will ho stagod later hy I ho dnn--cora In thirty other cltlgg ar tho northwest. Tho rocont appoarnuco hero or Miss Allco Nlolson In tho initial ton cert of tho Musical Study Club series was a success that has whnttod Urn public nppetlto for the second per formance of tho series. Holders of season tickets are Indeed fortunate, for It la believed thnt tho Taw ncnts that are not, rosetved will be nntlrely Inadequate .to moot tho demands for tho Si, Dnnls onRaRomont. Tho fit. Drills company curries n apodal oloctrlclan to provldo tho propor lighting offoct. N T 44444444444444444 CANADIAN' VANKKi: N.MIIAIKiO HITS I'AI'lvltH IIAItl). 4 WASHINGTON, Jim 20 Ainurlcun iiuwHpaporn In tlio Mltlillu Wont will iippnrunlly ho 40 por conl Hliort on paper flip 4 ply ii8 tlio ro'ju'it or an embargo 4 placuil hy tlio Ciiimillan govern 4 iiiiiut on uhlpmontH or news 4 print pa por to tliu United S'.utcH 4 from tlio plant of tins Kort 4 Francis company, which Is Am 4 orlcun coutrolluil, al Coliorr. In 4 Western Canailn. TIiIh 1h iic 4 cording to announcement today 4 hy tlio Btnto Department. AlillANY, N. V. Jan. 20. Tho as sembly committee tryjng tho flvo hiib ptindod Socialist niciuhuiH or tliu Now Vorlc Htato legislature today roftiHod to porlmt llio appoaranco or tho city 1'iir iiH'iocliitlon, liunilml hy CliarloH ICviiiih IliiRhcfl, who iwkc.d to ho. rc culvuil In tlio liiturcHt or tho public, . Chairman Martin road u Htutomoht uMiertliii: that tho aHHOiuhly hud lonrn- id fronr iIocinuunlH that tho nium bom on Irlnl wuro elected by a party wIiomi platform demanded "cbm- plulo Oi'Ntriictlon ol our forui or i;ov eminent by tlio fomentation of Indus trial unrest, brlnnlnR rorro and viol encu Into action and aihocutliiR dir ect nrllon by tho niasnes." IIiirIich wild that tho moinborn i ontH Hhoiild bo temporarily restored to them, an tho ehnrRoi nRnliiHl thorn wuro not properly formulated. Wldcs;ircrd sympathy swept tho city today Tor tho sorrow that has bcr.illeu tliu homo or Mr. mid Mrs. 1). W. Ryan, who 'woro suddenly bo rouvod this inornliiK of their nleco (Hid ndopled diiURhtor, Chlorcno Ityan, who has been a niembor or tho fiiiully Tor throo yoars and had won n place In tlio hearts of her .foster parcntn as dear n If It bad boon her blrlhrlRht. Tho llttlo Rlrl was tnkon HllRhtly 111 Sunday ovonlnR, but 11 was not felt that her condition was furious. Yo.itorday sho became much worso. I'hyalclans pronounced tho iIIhciiku ptomalnb polsonlnR and al (IiourIi ovory otrort -was made to snvo bor llfq sho sunk rapidly until tho end camo today. The llttlo Rlrl would havo bcoti 12 years old March IB, noxt. Sho was ucoptlounUy hrlRht and talontcd and quickly round her way Into tho hoarts of nil who know bor. Of a huppy dip- position, h!io. lunched hor way thru l(fo. Sho had Rained consldorahlo skill on the piano and In vocal music and was nji:itururhorivfcincorv Sho iii'tor Hied of exoiclsliiR hor talents for tho entorlaluniont. of hor friends and her Rraclous friendly spirit will bo, porely mlsaod. v Sho was tho diiURhtor pf Mr. and Mm. It. S. Kenyon of Vlonnn, VlrRln la. Her uncle and aunt adopted her three yu.irs iiro whilq caBt on u visit linil bIiico Hint tlmo sho lins boon aj dearly tioiovcu momnor or men h lusohold. " Tho paronts havo boon rommiinleatod with and funeral ar- rnnRomonts await word from thorn.. laiion rouNciij iaksks HI'SOIiUXlON ill-' THANKS Tho innnagoment of tho Mooso hall, id considerable financial loss, yloldod tliu floor to tho Labor Coun cil danco nt tho Mooso hall Saturday nlRht. Tho Kay-Jay orchestra furn ished music, W. V. Kay, socrotary of tho Labor Council, said today that tho council greatly appreciated tho gonorous spirit of Itobort Ilyan nnd tho directors of tho orchestra, In can celling their dunco so that tho coun cil might have tho hall, and a resolu tion of appreciation was passod last night at tho 'meeting of "tho .council. Tho Labor Council ball -was largely attended unci a big success, swelling tho finances ot tho organization con siderably. ' Tho earth's population doubles ovory 200 years, i 1 UN CHILD ANSWERS CALL OF DEATH HO FOR PEST ! CONTROL GROWS Voluntary contributions to tho poison fund which tho post control committee of tho Klumath county Farm Bureau Is raising as tho pro llmliKiry to its campaign against tho PcMh during tho coming season now Hlnnds at I8Q0.00. This amount re presents contributions from ona hun dred Individuals and covers about 20,000 acres' ot our farming lands. I Mr. J, M, ICzoll, who Is tho county chairman of this commlttoo, In com muntliiR on tho abovo results had tho following to say: 'Whllo tho percentage of rospon bos In proportion to tho number ot requests sent out Is not so very largo yot wo do not fool In any way dis couraged. Wo havo ovory reason to bollovo that many more will yot bo heard from, In'fact fhoro aro a good runny or the momhors or tho farm bureau who havo not yot responded. However I would particularly llko to urgo upon nil onco inoro tho nccosslty or hurrying. It Is high tlmo that our ordor ror poison wns placed. It will not be so vory long now botoro tho squirrels will bo making their ai penranco and wo want to bo rca'dy for them, slncu llko tho fly ono dead squirrel in March Is worth n bushel later on. "A number of farmers havo writ ten In to headquarters expressing Hjmpatby with our movomont, but who feel -that tho absontoo landhold-J or Is In n alrgo moasuro responsible for tho rapid Increaso In tho numbor or. our posts. Land left Idle or In btusli is very favorabio to tho rapid increaso or both tho rabbit and tho squirrel and especially Is tho situa tion aggravated when no effort Is mado on tho part of thesq land own er.s to rid their promises of tho posts clthorby poison or otherwise. Agreat mnny of our actlvo fanners havo ex pressed tho hopo that wo will not bo dilatory In our Intention to havo tho county court nppolnt a polBon In spector. Thoy do not feol thnt thoy ought to bo called upon to expend a Rreat deal of other tlmo and hioney to rid their own promises of tho pests only to havo their work nullified hy tho lack or action on tho part of oth ers. I want to say to all that tho county court has agreed to appoint an Inspector provldod that tho results of our campaign show a widespread Interest in tho matter of pest eradi cation. This movomont llko others of Its nature requires plenty of co-opora-tlon to securo tho best results. If you hnvo not yot sont In your con tribution do so at onco nnd lot tho good work go on." V -Q Farm Bureau Items o- . o Tho Pest Control Comrilrftoo of tho Farm nureau calln attontlon to tho fact thnt thoso who havo not already dono so, should placo thofr ordor for tho amount of squirrel poison thoy noofl now if thoy wish to tuko advan tago of -Uio prlcoB that will b'o secur od in tho first lnrgo pool. Ordors for this pool will close January 30th will bo figured on tho basis of cost of material, whon nny later ordors nro placed which will unquestionably bo mora than the cost socurod In tho lurgo pool now bolng placod with that of other countries. Another Car of Sulphur Will bo Ordered. A mi m bor of men failed to get sul phur last fall whon a shlpmont was mado and now wish to securo a sup ply. Tho Farm Bureau will pool or ders for nnothor shlpmont. If you wish to securo sulphur and havo not already spokon for It, got In touch with tho County Farm Bureau office with regard to this matter not Inter than Saturday, January 31st. Alfalfa mill Sunflower Seed Should lie Ordered Now, Those who nro expecting to plant nlfnUa this year and havo not already made arrangements for tholr seed will find It to their advantage to get In touch with tho County Farm Bur eau office at once. This also applies ,to Sunflower seed, The seed 13 scarce and the price Is high. If, you are In terested In this matter, don't delay but provide for your supply at onco. The modern battleship has on board an electric plant capable of' lighting a town ot 10,000 Inhabitants. . ,a t 4, DEATH CALLS i i IP Word bus Just boon received or tho dentil ot Mrs. Eliza Marplo, which occurred January 10th, at tho homo of her daughter, Mrs. W. If. Mastcn, Monrovia, Calif. Tho members ot her .family woro all prcsont nt'hor bed hIiIo. As peacefully as sho had lived, ko did she die, facing tho uncertain tics of tho other llfo as calmly andj' hot 1'tnh, Colorado, Nebraska, 4 io same resignation, ns sho i Texas, Wyoming, Montana, Nov- 4 villi tho Pad always faced tho prublom of llfo. In tho death of Mrs. Marplo, another of tho ,uohlo women who helped to carry tho torch of civili zation and uplift Into tho Klumath Ilasln has passed to her reward, and In her passing leaves a void that nov or will bo filled. Sho was a most lcvablo, mothorly soul, whoso affec tionate naturo scorned to spread Its lenovolenco far beyond tho confines of hor Immediate abode. To know her was to lovo her and tho news of death will causo many heart throbs of sorrow and grlcr throughout this region. Mrs. Marplc was born In Philadel phia April, 8, 1848. Sho camo west In 187C, nnd lived In Modoc countyi California until 1888, when she came to Klamath Falls, whero sho resided permanently until Juno, 1919, -when sho went to California to Jlvo with her daughter. Sho. is survived hy flvo children, It. Walter Marplo, Tonakot, Wn., Charles It. Marplo, Monrovia, Cali fornia; Mrs. Walter Lennox, Ited- lands, California; Jesslo K. Robert son, Kl Contro, California. Mrs. Grct ta Bradley, another daughter? died about a year ago. At Mrs. Marplo's request tho body was cremated and tho ashes will bo brought to this city for Interment bo- sIi"o tho body of hor husband, who died, hjpro several ye.ars a,gb; ,, o- -o Telegraph Tabloids o- -o WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Tho va lldlty of tho prohibition amendment is to bo determined by tho supremo court, which today granted .Rhodo Island permission to test it by insti tuting original proceedings to enjoin its enforcement in that state. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Aftor Ludwlg Martin, self-styled Russian ambassador to tho United States, had given n brief biographical sketch of his llfo, tho senate com- mltteo investigating Bolshevikl pro paganda in tho Urfited States ad journed, to moot again Wednesday. FOREST GBOVE, Jan. 20.T-Ven-ada Garmnn, 11, was killed and Les ter Barber, 20, received a broken leg. when tholr motprcyclo capsized near hero today. A tiro blow-put caused tho accldont. Both resided hero. SEAT.TLB, Jan. 20. Gqnornl Por- Bhlng arrived horo today. Ho toured the city-and spoke to tho school child ren. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Bear Admiral Honry Mayo, commander In chiof of tho,floot during tho war, told tho Senato investigating conunitteo today that his lottor to Secretary Danlols, saying tho Knight board did not glvo enough consideration to tho records of officors sorving nt soa, wns not to bo considered as a pro test. HONOLULU, Jnn. 20. Firteen hundred Filipino sugar plantation workers horo hnvo struck for hlghor wages. Tho federation of Japanese laborers is also roported to bo con sidering a strike also. A gonoral walkout would affoct 2G.000 labor ers. SEATTLE, Jan. 20. Federal offi cials anonunced today thnt 27 radi cals arrested in raids Inst night will be hold for deportation. HALIFAX, Jnn. 20. Tho disabled transport, Powhatan, nbout 350 miles trom hero reported today that hor 271 passengers will bo taken otr by destroyers when tho sea moderates. Tho message Indicated that the steamer Is not in a particularly dan gerous condition. Tho first flrorenglno used In tho United States was brought from Eng land to New York in 1731. 4444444444444444 4 vhsti;h jm;m;c;ati:.s L'lU.K A I'l'ItOI'UIATIOX. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.--Krom thirty to fifty thousand ex-servlco men desirous of es tablishing rami homos can ob tain fifty-acre tracts on reclam ation projects If Congress 4 grants tho proposed ?2no,000, 4 000 reclamation appropriations, 4 wostcin states representatives 4 told the House com mil too to- 4 4 day. The .states represented 4 4 were Oregon, Wusblngton, Ida- 4 4 nfln and Sow Mexico. 4 44444444444444444 OLCOTT SIGNS BILL FOR DEATH PENALTY SAL1;f., Jan. 20. Governor 01 cott today announced tho last bill ap proved of those passed at! tho special session of the legislature, Including thoso making pos.slblo tho enforce- Jlcr j ment of tho death penalty in the ov h ent tho people amentf the constitu tion at tho next election to restore capital punishment. The Jone3 Bill, extending tho Impropriation for the Kooscvelt highway, contingent on tho olzo of tho government appropriation, arid tho I'bcrhard bill making It un lawful ror contractors to employ on public work any aliens who evaded military servico by claims of non- cllizenshlp, were also approved. The Rovcrnor has not yet adted on railroad bills passed by tho legisla ture. It Is unknown whether or not ho will veto them. ri:iM',ltAIi Al'TIIOIMTII'S WILL PltOSI'CUTI- LOUIS IIOXOTTL Louis BonottI and wife, accused of Illicit liquor selling and suspected otlihapter 173 of the general lavs operating a "moonshine" , still,, at 2020 Slxthstreet. nro at Uborty on $500 bonds each. The bonds werj iixea vy uen w. i nomas, u. a. uom-j. missioner. No definite date fof Bon' ottl's hearing has been set, pending word from tho federal authorities at Portland. It Is probablo that a deputy U. S. district attorney will be hero to direct tho prosecution. BonottI denies that ho operated a dinning plant. Ho says the man who owned tho apparatus and booze found on his premises fled shortly bo foro tho police raided tho place and has loft tho city. v URGES WOOL MEN TO SELL OWN PRODUCT SALT LAKE. Jan. 20. S. W. Mc Cluio, secretary of the national wool growors' association, In a speech be foro tho convention hero today advo cated the establishment ot selling ngonclcs by the wood growers them selves In tho principal centers of the country to sell directly to manufact urers, Instead of the present system which makes brokers and commis sion merchants middlemen. McCluro resigned today to enter tho private wool business at Pendle ton, Oregon. F. It. Marshall, sheep Imestigator of tho federal dopart mont of animal husbandry, Is the ne; secretary. ' MEXICAN RAILROAD '60 PER CENT DONE EL PASO, Tox., Jan. 20. Tho now railway from Giutro Clenegas to Sier ra Majada, Stato of Coahuila, Mexico, is about GO por cont completed, ac cording to Angol Pclmbort, chio'f en- Rinor of tho National Lines in Mex lep, at Juaroz Tho lino will tap what is sain io uo somo or mo ncnesMin developed mineral land on the con tinent and American dovolopment Is expected to follow completion on tho load, because of tha' proximity ot tho district to tho border. n When completed tho railway will connoctitho lines of tho old Mexican Contral nnd tho-Monclova branch of what was formerly known as tho Moxlcnn International. It will cross tho famous "El Bolson do Ma'piml" region, heretofore considered an Im passable desort, known only to goat herders In tho rainy season and to prospectors who vontured to traverse It In search of roported fabulous riches of the Sierra Mojada rnngo. At present, according to Sonor Polmbert, 180 kilometers of earth work of tho road'aro completed and 115 kllomotors or track laid. Ho ex pocts to soo the lino completed with in threo or rour months. !!T DPSY GRADE IS STATE ROAD Among bills passed by tho special session of tho legislature at Salem last week, was a measure Introduced by Senator George Baldwin of Klam ath Falls, making the Topsygrad a part of tho state highway flystem'and providing for its improvement a a post road by tho state highway com-, mission. The. bill roads in part aa follows: Section 1. That Iho follower highways, to-wit: A road running from tho California state line on tha Klamath river, and via Topgy Grads, to intersect -with the Ashland-Klam ath Falls post road, fifteen mllei north of tho California state 'line on tho Klamath river, Oregon, la hereby determined to be, and designated as, a post road and ahal. be constructed along routes between said certain points, to bo agreed upon by the re presentatives of the federal govern ment and the state highway commis sion; said post roads shall be con structed according to specifications agreed upon by the representative of tho federal government and the stata highway commission, and the same shall bo eligible to improvement as i such under the provision ot chapter 423 of the general laws ot Oregon for 1917, as tho same are, or may hera after be, amended. Section 2. Tho stato highway commission is hereby authorized to cause the aurvfv of said road to be made, and -is 1irther authorized to build, construct, and maintain said road as a post road and to use there for any of the funds heretofore pre iVidcd by virtue of chapter 423 of tha general laws of Oregon for 1917, aad .Oregon for 1919. : - . X ARE COMING SOON $ ,' The tlmo has again arrived for maklng out your income tax return. Tho law provides that all returns must be In the office of the collec tor of internal revenue at Portland, on or before March 15, 1920. Those failing to comply with the law ara subject to heavy penalties. All tax payers are urged to make out their returns at once, thereby, avoiding the rush at the last hour. For tho purpose ot assisting tax payers of Klamath county In making, up their income tax return for 1919, Deputy Collectors Wimberly & Dai ry m pie from the internal revenue of-; fice will bo at Merrill on Jan. 26th to 28th inclusive,, and at Klamath Falls Jan. 29th to Feb. 7th Inclusive. Tho collectors will have office quarters here In tho jury room in tha courthouse. IHIUGATIOX KEpCTlOX KETUBXS OANVASSKD. Tho official canvass of the returns of tho Klamath Irrigation district yesterday mado no definite difference in the outcome of tho election. In tha Malin precinct the vote stood 40 to C in favor of Of field and in Merrill precinct 43 to 8, instead ot 46 to 6 and 48 to 3 as published from the seml-otriclal returns making 'the to tal for G. W. Otfleld 189, and the total for J. It. Dixon 56, instead ot 200 to 56 as shown seml-otflclally, Tlio voto on tho question 'of having tho directors investigate the. feasibil ity of x tho district taking over the project from tho government receiv ed a vote of 162 for and' 55 against, T- ) HOOD IS JUVENILE,' , f i KflRfi Walter Hood, arrested recently on a charge of forgery, will probably ba jrled beforo the juvenile coiirt. Re cords ot tho Klamath Agency and an affidavit by tho boy's father, Charles Hood, tiled with 'Justice Chapman, Indicate that Hood is leas than 18 j ears of ago. The boy is accused ot passing a check for $170 on J, E. Hall, Chlloquln merchant, which lat aV proved to be bogus. i . N MARRIAGES RECORDED.' The marriage certificates ot C. O., Harper, Olene rancher, and Annie Usher and W. M. Burns and .Mabel La Bock of Klamath Falls have been filed with the county 'clerk. Botli couples woro married by the JUvi E. P. Lawrence, l A -