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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1920)
9M0mrmmwt J 'fnrn'mtmanSSm & n jftlj lEimritu; Herald I OUTICIAL PAPER OK KLAMATH FAI.LH OPFICIAL rAPKR or klamatii couirrr & Fourteenth Year No. 3853 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1920 Price, Five Cents vw-aw ,mw-KXC?rJ9j &.JUVimfVltX-a!MJimmm f Is V EFFECT IF CUT IN LUMBER IS PROBLEMATICAL Morn Hutu u piimiliig rlpplu of, In leriwl was created In loml luiulmr tinlim liy t ho umimiiiruiniml, through (lio Associated Promt, tlnit (ho Wiiyiirhiiiiimr lutoiimtH Iiiivii ordered it cut lu lumber prices, ntiii;liii; ffom 10 to no pur unit. l.ocul IiiiiiImt men urn rniiHlilnr lug (lit) ofTi'it tliut tliu prlcu reduc tion liy llm WuyorhutiHorn will luivo mi tliu general market. It houiiih to lU till) lUUHOIIHUH of iiplulou tliut It In IiouiiiI to ulTi'i-t till luiuliur, ul tlioiiKlt tliu rvmtlt tuny nut liu liumo- illntoly noticeable luiro, If Hid nul no tion In confined to tlm WoyorJidumir' iiuicurii; liut l( otliur lili: illHtrilitttorH follow milt, It will bring all luiuliur produuirs Into lino In it hurry. Tin) Wuycrhiiusor illHtrlliutliiK agency, lili: iih It Ih, iloi'H not control HUlllcliuil illHtrlhutlon to Immediately affect tliu ontlii) ImliiKtry, Ik thu bo llof, hut tlio font) of IIh example Ih likely to run ho other hit; HrtiiH to follow thu Miiino course. It thin Hhoulil hiippun n general reduction would ho brought about anil thu moiuuntuiu of thu down ward movement might ciiuhu prlcirn to titku it Mtlll greater drop, fur, an oiui loral protluror BiiyH. "Lumber, ly" I"l "or conumun was sorious. prices nlwuyii drop, uven umlurfjl11- (k'"lh occurred beforo thoy Kot normal IiiiiiuImuh. much faster than thoy udvuiico." I Tho WovorhiuiHiir i.iov.,ni.,M it !. understood, In ontlroly Judopondont mid designed to stnblllzo prlccn and romovo all artificial Inflation. Tho upward trond of prices, out ot pro portion to thu production inrroaao, havo long nppoulcd to Cloorgo 8. Long, Const innniiRor of tiro Woyor JiiVimr cu:ujuiny, hh nn unhealthy condition that wmh hound lu tho long mi to remilt In retarding tho Indus try, and It Ih bullet oil that It Is duo! 'to his Investigation of cimiiIIIIoiin Hint tho summary mluctlui wun iiiiido As far as box factories uro i-mi- cruKil, It Ih not boll.ned that a illf- ' forenro will bo felt ror it long timu, ucl11"' for tho box faitory turns out an In-! Uatorn 'I"R w Bll resided iloponilent product and umlor present ftir " "u",,,or f y ' ch'c. Cali dumituilH ijrlres of box shook will nn-s 'orlil doubteilly hold up for a long timu. Tho anuDiincomuut of tho Woyur- ,'haUHiir rcdiiLtlou comes with a stul- ilonni'HH that lo.tveH Its effect in thu inlnils of timber ppurutorri ,iis much a mutter of speculation us i In tho mind of the layman. They havu it thorough campaign for recruits in not had tlmo to study tho posslhlll- till branches of tho service nnd has tlus or thu situation or thu develop-1 lecrultlng parties out from tho varl inunts that will follow, but It siioiuh.ouh posts scouring tho country for to lie generally admitted that thu liiovo will airost tho upward trond and stint prlccn downward nil along thu lino, Just how fast and how far depending upon tho manner In which other big distributor vluw tho iWoyarlutiiHor precedent, SUITS AltK WHMIKSKIl nv nitcurr couut Tho circuit court yostorday dls jinlHsed tho pult of Kd. Sutton, lnnch pr, ngalnst tho Keno 1'owor com pany, nn action for dumiigos for! al leged non-dollvory of oloctric current under contract. Tho milt dismissed tlnan old notion, but another danlago suit, covering npproxlnintoly Itho Hnmo ground nnd Involving some $2!i00, Is still ponding. Tho nppenl of Thoodoro Sides from nn award ot tho Stato Indus trial Accldont commission, was dls lnlsiiod, linvlug been sottlod out of court. Sides was awnrdod $0G by tho commission for tho loss of an, oyo and logardod thu sum ns, lusut ,ticient. ' YJfrThodlvorco suit ot (loorgo H. Vor 'lo'yaBalnst Dora Vorloy wrb dls rnlsod, tho parties having reconciled tboir dlflcultlcH. ' FKEB SEEDS GONE. Tho Horald has distributed all tho free govornmont seeds rocoivod from Congrossmun N. J, Slnnott, and further applica tions for coeds nro usoloss .If another supply 1b forwnrdod Int er tho fact will ho announced. 7 "... i I'MA'IIMjA IMtlAN IH AHI'IIVMATEI), Chicago CHICAGO, Fob. 25. Chief Yumimkln of tho CaytiHO trlho, Uumtllhi county, OruKou, who mik tin routii to Washington on it mission for his trlho, wan found asphyxiated In u hotel room luiro loilny. IIo hail Mown out thn gmt. On a string ahout IiIh ni'i'k woro two hiiiiiII chiiiuoln lings, uikIi containing tho dried huail of it Himko. PENDLETON, Feb. 25. YiiHUnikln was thn son of Chief Hiinikln: IIo wan G4 yours ,nlcl ArinngouiuutH luivo boon mailu to bring thu body homo for burial. L iWonl Iiiih been received horo of ,,' tiro dentil from Inlluonzu, at Verdi, Nevada, of Ml iih Helen Storey, it former resident of Klamath KiiIIh nnd Krailuittu of thu local high school olid a Mister of Mrs. Irving II. Hlb ImtIm of Pollcun City. Hor death occurred Similar. Mr. anil Mrs. Hlhhortn loft Sunday morning for Vurdl, on rvcolpl of a telegram stat M"'1"0, I M'"8 s'"ruy "VC1 "vv 1 1-1 1 hor ulster Pelican Cltr while attondlnK high school horo, Hlio was of u lovabln disposition, and possessed of consldorublo musical ability. Dur ing hor lifo horo Bho not only uttalu cd high popularity nmong hor class mates, but endeared horselt to many older pooplo, and tho griot oror bor midden pausing will bo "widespread. Following her graduation from high Kcliool last Juno, Miss Storey wont to Vordl to keep houso for hor wl,lnwctI father, and ontor tho om- pl y (,f " lllB 1,lml,or nrm thoro- 81, u"" ,,,uUI,,K ""I1111 ivancomont in ,,or "?"" "lion ovortnkon by RECRUITING PARTY HERE FROM EAST Thu United States army is making material. A party consisting of ono olllcor and four mon arrived in this city last night from Camp Grunt, III., seeking recruits for tho 78th Field nrtlllory. Thu regiment Is a horsed, 7G millimeter, organization and has lots of openings for mon who like to bo I around horses. Tho 78th 1b nn old 'CiiMtlry leglmont that has boon con verted to fluid nrtlllory and is sura to sco sorvico In tho islands in tho near futuro. Thu party Is in chnrgo ot Lieu tenant 1). T. Nelson and Is stopping at thu Whlto I'ollcnn hotel. Thoy will bo horo for about three days, BIG ENGINEERING WORK PROGRESSES. PlTTSIlUnOir, Fob. 25. Twin tunnels, onch 5,700 foot long, for Uio uso of vehicles nnd pedestrians, nro bolng bored through tho rnngo of hills bordering the southern sldo of tho Monongaheln rlvor valley horo, in order that tho thousands of porsons who livo in tho southern part of Allegheny county nnd work' in Pittsburgh, may more easily reach the city. Work on tho tunnels, which began a few days ago, will coutintie for more than two years, engineers esti mate, and the cost will be $4, G00.0000. It Is proposod to havo tho'tunnels connect . with a high bridge which Lwlll span tho Monongahela river and bring, the tunnol traffic to tho heart ot tho business district ot PlUburgh. This will cost $3,500,000, Each tube Will ho mndo to nccommodato two linos of vohlclo traffic, nnd in addi tion thoro wil bo footpaths. T 1 l DISPUTED AREA M Directors of tho I-angoll Valley Irrigation district nt it mooting hero yostnrday uttornoun docldod to sub mit proposals for tho elimination of 3, 000 acres of swamp lands In tho district, thu urea of contention in tho legal controversy now ponding, to tho objecting owners, and It Is bo llovod that tholr offer will bo ac cepted. Tho owners of tho acreago In which tho controversy cantors uro tho possessors of water rights, and contend that thoy will gnln no ad vantage by having their lands In eluded In the district, having wator for Irrigation already, but will bo inado to bear a proportion of de velopment costs. In endeavoring 'to uscupo inclusion thoy resorted to liti gation, and when tho attorneys for tho district petitioned tho circuit court to confirm tho legality of tho stops of organization, tiled objections, and a hearing Is now pending in tho circuit court. Negotiations liavo been underway over slnco tho flllng of tho objections botweon tho persons who want Irri gation nnd tho objecting ones, Rook ing to find a wuy out that would bo satisfactory all round without udd Ing to tho expense, or placing addi tional englnoaring dtlllcultlcs in tho way of tho district. It Is bollovod that a solution has boon reached and tho wator right owners will uccopt tho proposal of tho directors to oxcludo tho swamp lands entirely. Thoro is no reason why thoy should not, us thoy uro vir tually given without u battlo all that thoy wore Hooking to obtain by liti gation. f ' Engineor C. T. Darloy was present at yesterday's meeting and explained tho effect upon, tho engineering features-ot tho project, which, ho said, would not bo detrimental, but rather tho nrrorso. By excluding tho swamp aroa, construction ot a costly drnlnago Bystom will bo avoided and tho cost.of purchasing tho water rights saved. In tho engineer's opinion this would moro than bal uifco tho rovonuo from tho lands If thoy remained In tho district. HALLS PURCHASE PARTNER'S INTEREST V. D. Hull nnd wlfo havo purchas ed tho Interest of tho Klamath De velopment compahy, now controlled by tho Flolschnekner interests, in tho Hnll hotel at tho corner of Main and Fourth streets, Mr. Hnll an nounced today, and nro preparing to make oxtonslvo renovations to tho hostelry. Tho donl Included only tho furn ishings of tho place, tho lonso always having boon owned by tho Halls. Tho lonso has boon ronowed for five jcurs, ono of tho conditions being that tho owners, Mclhnso & WIthrow nnd Itlchnrd Molhnse, romodol tho outsldo of tholr buildings this spring by covoring tho brick fronts with a coat of smooth whlto plnstorlng, which will add groatly In attractive appoaranco. Renovation of tho interior is al ready undorwny, and whon tho work Is finally completed tho proprietors will havo spent sovoral thousand dol lars nnd ovory room In the plnqo will have been overhauled, ro-tlntod nnd put, in first class condition. CHARGE LUMBER MEN DISCRIMINATE POIITLAND, Feb. 25. Following compjalnts from Walla Walla of nllogod discrimination practlcod by Portland mills in selling lumbar to local builders at prices lower than those quoted for export lumber, it was admitted today by mlllmen here that a portion ot their output is so disposed ot to stimulate home- building operations. , WOOL GROWERS TO HOLD MEETIKG,AT MERRILL The Klamath Wool Growers' asso ciation will hold a meeting at tho Merrill hall at Meirlll Monday even ing, March 1, at 8 o'clock, to consldor various Important mnttors affecting the shoop-growlng industry in this j county. T 01 Tl GET ITER Tho people of tho Shasta View Irrigation district are going to luivo wutnr for tholr land, whethor tho govornmont appropriates tho money for thu enlargement of tho Orlfllth lateral or not. It has practically been decided that it tho government fails to appropriate tho funds needed for this work tho district will bond Itself for tho money and go ahead nnd cnlargo tho ditch. Itoallzlng tho' immonRo loss annually through lack ot water, tho land owners aro going to wait no longer than Is absolutely nocessary 10 convince mem mat thoro is to bo another delay ot government assistance, when thoy will rnlao tho money thomsclvcs. In this thoy will undoubtedly have tho help of tho land owners ot tho Mai In and Patterson districts. Tho bringing of this land under Irrigation will add to tho productive territory of tho Klamath basin ono of tho best sections In tho county. It Is claimed to ho tho host land in tho county, ns it is a deep sandy loam, with perfect drainage, entlroly frco from nny alkali, and having less frobt, as It is protected from the cold north wlndd by Mt. Stukle. With water, this land would fncrcaso in value so rapidly as to make present owners wealthy almost overnight. PNEUMONIA CALLS ANOTHER VICTIM William Henry Palmer, 24 years old, died yesterday afternoon at tho city Isolation hospltnl from influenza pneumonia. IIo had been employed nt tho Chelsea box factory boforo he was taken 111. His brother, Lester Pulmcr, is hero from Spokano nndj was with him during his illness, and Jhis father Is on his way hero from oyunuuu uuu win arrive lomgnt, Tho docedont wns a native of this state, having been born at Toledo, Oregon, April 7, 1896. Tho body will bo taken to Grants Pass to morrow, whoro burial will tako place KAISKH'S STATUE 11EMOVEI) IlURLIN, Fob. 8. (By Mall.) Tho "Kaiser Wilholm" monument nt Hadorslobcn, Schlcswig, which was covojed up with potato sacks when tho Frqnch marched into the town, has ben romovod to tho promises ot n private club whoro it is concealed from the public gaze. ENGLISH TO AID IX OBSERVING LAXDIXG PLYMOUTH, Ens., Fob. 9. (By Mail.) A branch of tho Anglo American 'society to ajd in tho cole bration In September of tho tor-centenary of tho ''Mayflower" and Pil grim Fathers has been organized horo. A suggestion was mndo that Plymouth subscrlbo for a special gift to bo sent to Plymouth, Mass. O n Telegraph Tabloids o- LONDON, Fob. 25. Wilson's roply to tho allied noto on tho Adriatic situation was delivered to tho allied supremo council today. LONDON, Feb. 25. Former Promlor Horbort II. Asquith was elected to parliament from Paisley at tho rocent election, it was announced today. WASHINGTON, Fob. 25. Harry Hogarty, an Amoricnn, has been kid napped by Mexicans at Matimi, Durnngo, nnd is being hold for ran som, according to information re ceived by tho stato department. WASHINGTON, Fob. 25. Presi dent Wilson today signed tho oil land leasing bill. LONDON. Fob. 2G. An attemnt was made to assassinate Prlnco Re gent Alexander of Serbia and Premier Protltch, a Trieste, dispatch says, .Both were wounded. WASHINGTON, Fob. 25. The programme of the Republican liouso leaders to omit univorsal Military Training from the army reorganiza tion bill was accopted today by ithe Houso Military committee , which ordorod a favorable report on tho bill. COIillV APPOINTED TO .". succeed lansing - J ! WASHINGTON, Fob. 25. Dalnbridgo Colby, former Pro gressiva parly louder under Ktuuore HooHcvclt, has been appointed to succeed Itobert Lansing us secretary of state, It was announced at tho White Houso today. Colby's (selection came as a distinct surprise, most officials assuming that Frank L. Polk, acting secretary, would bo tho cholco of President Wilson. Colby was a Itepubllcan until 1012, when ho Joined the Li o- grosslves. In 191 G tho Democrats ho Joined ? TROOPS CAEEED TO KEEP ORDER TACOMA. Feb. 25. A detach- mont of troops under Major Arthur' Colby loft Camp Lewis today for Montesano on a special train, follow Ing tho request of District Attorney Herman Allen, who Is proseputing the I. W. W. defendants for the Ccn tralla Armistice Day murders, for larger forces to preserve law and order. MONTESANO, Fob. 25. Jame3 A. Ball, thirteenth Juror In tho trial ot tho .ten alleged participants in the slaying of Warren Orimm at Cen pormancntly when tho trial resumed today, in tho place of Edward Parr, a juror who Is ill. Continuation ot the dettnse will bo taken up upon the arrival ot addi-i tlonal troops from Camp Lewis, who are expected hero this afternoon. Lilliffs An added attraction for tho tans who will witness the boxing contests Friday night at the opera' houso loomed up today with the ndvont of tho 78th regiment's recruiting squad. One of tho party is Carmen Demollla, a light-weight vtho took on a number of husky arnjy athletes in his oer scas career. Whon Demellia learned that tho boxing commission had a match slated for Friday night he Is sued a challenge to all comers at 133 pounds, or less, and a few pounds moro don't matter. Matchmaker Knight Immediately set to worlc to gratify the pugilistic desires of tho soldier boy and at last reports was seeking Young .Harrington, who is always ready for a fight nnd bars nothing bu buzz saws. Knight was hard on tho trnll ot tho Chtloquin wonder this nftornoon nnd Is fairly sure ho'll sign up the fighters. Earl Ritchie, local heavyweight, who will meet Soldier Marples In tho Main event, and Billy Huff, who is dow.n for tho semi-final with Bob Wagnor of Portland, aro doing heavy training. Every onco and a while thoy got so warmed up In tholr ox oiciso that they forget it's only spar ring and dig in -for points, with ,tho result that tho far-sighted assistants havo laid in n special supply of court plastor. Ritchio today Issued a denial of tho rumor that Is being sprond to tho effect that he lias fought Soldier Marples beforo nnd put him away in tho first round. "Tho rumor is ovidontly malici ous," said Ritchie," and it 'is absol utely without foundation. I have novor mot Marples In tho ring, or out oMt, I do 'not know him at nil. All I know of him Is that his mnnn gor declares ho has been victorious In his last twenty starts. It poems probnblo that hq Is a. fightor. He cer tainly couldn't have avoided picking soine tough mon In twenty fights, and I know from oxperiencej that there are hard fighters around San Francisco. I expect to havo a flghj on my hands Friday night,, all right and I oxpoct to win it, but the re port that I havo fought Marple be fore is utterly false." WEATHER REPORT Oregon Tonight nnd Thursday, fair; gontlo northoastorly winds. T IT FnENGH TIBER m IT NT 1 Holow Is tho copy of a lotter from Paul Etlenne, a French timber merchant of Druycres, Voages, Franco, to Mayor S. O. Johnson, of Berkeley, Cal., wjio during the war was In command of thcoperatlons of tho 20th Engineers In the Epinal forestry district of France, which throws an interesting sidelight on present economic pondltions over ever seas: "As in your part of the country, nay, more so, tho economic crisis has overtaken France in a most dis turbing manner. Salaries have at tained enormous dimensions, which renders necessities more and more expensive. Labor is almost impos sible to obtain, and there is a great ,aclt or coal- or a numnor oi years will be useless to expect any labor from abroad In America; in fact, tho different governments have taken s'teps to prevent the emigration of the laboring class. It Is true that this desire to emigrate, which In times gone by was largely due to the higher salaries paid in America than in our old Europe, Is no longer de pendent on the same cause. In fact, the laborer, who prior to the war made from four tofivo francs per day, now receives-from 25to 3D francs 'Skilled workmen masons, carpenters, plasterers easlIjracnfaTa from 35 to 40 francs.iand ,otners,eTeB more. . i ' v "The futuro Is very disturbing, and thinking, people (wonder where this insane state of affairs will end. Nevertheless, we have had splendjjjl elac,tus the socialistic partf," whicVls'to a large xtent, .respon sible -for the present tate of attain, has been beaten to a finish and its leaders aro biting tho dust. We have feared horo in Franco that the discontent which exists moro or less everywhere would manifest Itself by poor elections; that is to say, favor ablo to the socialistic party. But the reverse took place, and the modorato party came out ot the struggle tho victor.- Lt us now hopo that tho government, which has an enormous majority in parliament, will find a solution for this crisis. ; "The prices of lumber are still very high, but that is mainly due to the high cost of exploitation and transportation, rather than on ac count of our present needs it costs approximately from 80 to 90 francs ($13) per cu. meter (231 board feet) standing, and that is entirely too much." XO COUNCIL MEETING, Threo mombors of tho city council wore present last night for the re gular wcokly meeting postponed from tho previous night, but on ac count of tho small number and absence of tho mayor, decided to aet journ until tho next regular "meeting, Monday night. ?" tjv MYSTERY SURROUNDS CALIFORNIA TRAGEDY 1 ' LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25, Miss Florence Housol, owner of tho Huntington school, for girls at South Pasadena, was shot and killed in her room lust night by an unknown as sailant, who set flro to tho building. Tho Are was discovered 'and quenched. Tho body of W. M. Bowen, hus band of tho school housekeepor, was found later in the adjoining room with a'bullot through the' heart. Mrs. Bow on said she and her husband had boon soparated and he had threaten ed her with violence. ' NOTICE., ' t Until arrangements can ba mado that will insure a supply of paper sufficient to enable Tho Horald tq return to lis re- gular sUoi It will remain-as It . is today, with the exception ot Fridays, when, wi are permitted to print eight pages. We Bhall return to our regular size at the earliest date possible. . . . ...i i ' "