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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1920)
3 M:eral& OFFICIAL PAPER OF KLAMATH FALLS trotg OFFICIAL PAPER OP KLAMATH COUNT Fourteenth Year No. 3857 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1920 Price, Five Cent I I EXPEGTEO TD KEOPli? HKHALK I'ltiriJ FIXING FOItlWDJHIN HAYS COURT Urtwlcnt Timber llwil In HNinry Will Itl'X'llllllllllO OpiTlltlOIIS In Klm'natli ('until; Will flaw itilli Million Feel Yciuly Heic. WASHINGTON, Miir, 1. Tlio supremo ((Mirt today re versed tlio federal court duel- whlch hold tlio Hliurmuu IriiHt law did not prohibit ohuIo price llxliifr unlo.iH Ihoro l wuh 1A1 Intention of cronllug a. monopoly. 1 S HIED PAPER INDUSTRY CO II W DEVELOP Lumber circled fiom Sun Fran clucM to Portland mo agog with In , toroNl, awaiting dilflultii hnnniinco- ' inont of tlio (.oiicIiimIoii of tlio Hilu of Kl 1,01)0 acres of ttmlmr hy tliu Western Purine Lund Si Tlinhor coinii.iiiy In thin county to tlio Long-' Hull l.iimNir :0iiiuin of Kuiiriih City. Mo. It In believed Unit tlio ileal Ih cotifliioVil. iih tTo op(ou hold x ' hy tlio l.oug-llcll compan) .for nov um I monlliH, oxpliod yesterday, hut mi roiiflnniillon of (ho trtiimacUnn, without (louiit tlio hlggust Blnglo tlinhor transfer In tho history of i United Htutim operations, him J liHiicd hy tlio parlluti to It.' tiio Jjoiii'-ijoii company put,' it force of cruiser to work on tho tlin hor Inut full mid nil through tho hit ur. except whim weather con (IIIIoiim liitorferrml, tho rflw worked illtlgontly. Tho crulBe wns com pleted thrco v.onks tigo nnd tlio chiefs of tlio party rushud to Port lmid to repot t. Ever since rumors or tho hli; danl hnvo boon rlTo In tho nuWHpnptirs, hut confirmation . linn nol yet hocn received from o'ther Kldo. Thorn Is said to .bo moro limn 3,000,000,000 fct )at merchantable tlinhor In tliu tinct nnd tho prlco will run well ovor $10,000,000, eny ro porta curront'ln tlinhor circles. Tho effect on tho futuro of Klnm-' ... -alii-Falls will LoUjuuondona, for It will moan tho, onuibllslnniiot -In thin city within, tho noxt year nun a half of two clatit mills, wltn two . in oro .mills tributary to tho city, Io nium Homowiiori) in te timoor pur chase, Joxoph CnlliorlHon, n proiiporous young ranchnr of tho Alnlln district, nnd Aim. Alugglu Ciilhortoon wore imirrloil Saturday afternoon, at 4;30 Tho iiupromu court also mi- J o'clock, at tho Methodist jiursmiano, hold tho forii'utlon of tho Unltud Stnloit Steel (orporutlou mid by tho Hov. .1. 8 Cllmioy. Tho brldo U tlio daughter of Air. mid Mrs. Yoo Siberia coiublnutloiiH, refuting jOt Ashland, and a very popular young tO (llBBOlVO tllO IlllCKCll Htoul trust nnd iIIhimIbhIih; without prejudice tho government's Hhonnuu l&w mill for (HbboIu- i L tun. . o PARTY HERE SEEKING CAVALRY RECRUITS lady In Abhlnnd nodal clrcloa. JtAIIiltOAIJH PASS TO i'OUMKK OWNKItSIIIP WASHINGTON. Mar. 1. WASHINGTON, Mar. 1. Two hundred anil thirty rall- roads passed from government to private control this moraine without Incident. The federal administration utaff Is disband- d, only ono director remaining i Mi cording to a letter to Senator Cronna, chairman of tho sonato com inltlco on agriculture from David V. Houston, ex-secretary of agriculture. Tho bridegroom l tho J.ophoy of J Tho letter was written by Mr. lire. T. 13. Shattuck nnd u cousin of .Houston in approval of tho Poin- doxtor bill authorizing tho secretary WASHINGTON, Mar. 1. Tho causo for tho present paper shortago Is lanrolv duo to failure to dovolon tho possibilities of tho Pacific north-' to clear up claims, contracts, west and southeastern Alaska, ac-'4 grievances. Union labor leaders met hero today to decldo tho union uttltudo toward tho rall- road reorganization bill. A recruiting party from the Ifttli Cavalry m rived In lCliuimth KuIIb Inut night uud will, loiuuln for the tu-'U len dnyu or two wcokH. Captain Ikwii "ullenii, who 1b Id chnrgu, siiys ho hoinw to pick up noinu ical. horsemen mound iicro. Tho ICth CiiViilry In ono of tho best known cawilry roKiimnfrt In the army. It Ib noted for, winning tho urmy fancy riding clutmplontihlps for two oura in Ruccosvlou, mid nlBo.for being (ionornl I'orflhlug'it regiment nt tho beginning of his military ca reer, In tho dayH when ho was a cap tain. ' Mrs. .lohn Coleman of this city. Air. and .Mrs. Coleman wero tho only wit nessed of tho wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Gulbortson will mako tholr Iioiiuj on tho ranch near Malln. Tliu bridegroom Is tho on of James Cnlbertson f Iiko Creok, Oregon, mid n man of sterling character. Many frlcndii will congratulate tho young pcoplo on tho .eventful stop thoy liuvo tnkuu. fiOKS UAKT TO A'lTllNO Itl3t',MOV OF KAMI I Y II. I). Dow loft yc3tordny morning roUKI.NK-KIItK XUPTIAI.S Jninoft (Toiisius, mnnager of the Hot Springs Hotel, mid Miss Myrtlo KirK, wero married Snlurilny ovo nlng by tho Itov. 13. 1'. l.nwronco nt tho Prosnytorlnn nimise. Tho wed ding was a (julot affair Air. Cou sins has been a resident of tho city for tho lust eight .years nnd tho brldo has lived bur for the past two year. Iloth'luivo many friends to wish thorn happiness. Thoy will make their homo nt tho hotel. SCOTT HEAD OF L. A. AND TEXAS S. P. W. H. Scott, federal malinger of for n ox weeks! visit to Ills old homo ,i,0 r.ac!no system lltin!) of tho South ill. itiiiriuiiiuiu, yititu.iiHiu, wju;ro uu Alnrch 10 a famjlxraunlon will bo hold to colobratftiJiial sovonty-slxth birthday of his mother. Airs. JIntflo Dow. On his return ho will visit his daughter, AIlso Porlo Dow, who In In training nt tho Lottorman con oral hospital, San Francisco, as a lied CrosB nurse, and nlso visit rnln- riivru Ib also to bo nn office t,VCB ,n Onklnml nnd Sacramento. oxtahlltdieil In thin city for lulmln I Ist'nillon of tho oucratlniiH. and t'Ha COURT AUTHORIZES tiffleo, It Is unduriitooil. is to bo j nlCTnipT m DDnrrrn .nd within thirty days. DISTRICT TO PROCEED Tho army fif employes iiecoflHiiryi ' Id iDiuiufiu'tuio lumbor on tho Hcalol An order establishing tho boun followed by tho l.ong-lloll concern., durloa aud paving tho way for fur with tliulr famlllcK, u 111, mean unitbor piocecdlnga In tho mnttor of IncreiiKo of iiuvei.il thousand In tho creating tho tl'uUorson irrigation population of Klamath Fulls us district near MorrJU was granted to soon iih till) mills bogliroporatlng. I tho petltlonora for tho district by Tho Long-Itoll l.umVcr company, i tho eounly courtoday, and nn oloc (ino or tho largoat ttnibor-holdlng Hon haa boon called for April 1 nt conijmnloa In tho world, hnu' hltlior-1 tho hall nt Alorrlll to determine tho to oporated In tho-h'outhoni pine ills-' oatnhllahiiiont of tho district nnd trlct, but unturud tho western field elect thcoo directors, for tho terms shortly ovor n your ago with tliu, of one, two and thrco years, rospec- itlvoly. em I'aclle, bus boon elected pros! dint of the Southern l'neific lines In Louisiana und Texan. Tho election wjilcli ?la announced at tho com pany's offjeo here, Is offoctlvo with return of railroads to privato con trol this morning, "Alnrch 1. , 'Scott Buccooda IV. B. Scott, who hqs retired. His now Jurisdiction covers tho territory botweon El Poao nnd Now prlenns, with a vast mllo ngo radius throughout Toxas and .Louisiana. His headquarters will bo ut Houston, Texas. 1'rior to federal control, W. II. of agrlculturo to mako a survey of pulp woods on tho public domain nnd to prcparo a plan for reforestation of pulpwood. "In tlmo prlvnto Industry, it left to its own initiative, will develop pulp nnd paper manufacturo In tho Pacific northwest," ho saya. How- over, tho need is so pressing that it socmH necessary for tho government to step in and do something to stimu late development, A survey such as tho Poindextor bill calls for, ho thinks, might point tho way for tho Industry. "Apparently tho crux of tho pres ent nowsprlnt crisis," tho letter reads, "is a shortago of paper manu facturing facilities. Tho funda mental trouble, howovor, lies far dcopor; It lies In such factors as tho ovcrcentrallzatlon of tho Industry in tho northeast ancf tho lako states, now being heavily1 overcut with llttlo or no provision fpr continued timber production) and tho almost total lack .'of development In tho Industry in tho west and In southeastern Alaska, where there nro largo supplies of limber, eminently sultahio for news print manufacture "Thero has been practically no de velopment In either tho Pacific northwest or southeastern Alaska, whoro our largest remaining timber supplies sultablo for nowsprlnt manufacturo aro located.' In these regions wo have spruco, hemlock and fir, which havo been shown to bo as suitable for newsprint as tho eastern species. Tho forosts of southeastern Alaska alone could supply one-halt 9! our present nows prlnt requirements if means could bo J DIN 1 NT N T 1 MM I rersunai mention. Harry Oalarncau, representing auto accessories, is in the city from his homo In Chlco on business. II. II. Van Valkenburg, who with his wife and mother is spending the winter in Los Angeles, Is in tho city for a few days looking after busi ness matters, when ho will return for tho balanco of tho winter. Attorney Alarx is In the city, today from Merrill on business connected With tho Patterson irrigation dis trict. Frank Sexton Is in tho city from Alorrlll. Jack Kellehcr of Alalin has return ed from an auto trip to Lakeview. Airs. Eldon Dennis, whoso husband Is a cattlo owner and rancher of tho Bly section, died Sunday afternoon nt her homo of tho influenza. Inter ment took placo in tho cemetery nt Bly. Con O'Keofo, sheep owner, has re turned to his camp from a trip to Lakeview. .O. J. H. Sotzer, cashier of tho St. Paul postoffico returned to his home this morning after a short visit with Borrowing Wife Lives Only Foar Days After Husband Is Taken; Orphaned Bon Left to Mourn 1'anslng of Both Parents. With only four days intervening; since the death of her husband, Dr. Ml t( hell. Airs. George C. Alitchell was summoned last night at 11:30 o'U 'k to Join her loved one in th ltn-i beyond tho grave. Tho quick pa., ng of husband and wife within b-"- short spaco of each other Is a bio v to many friends, in the commu nity, but the sorrow of friends for their ownloss and sympathy for th woo of bereaved, relatives must nevertheless feel a lightening touch that tho two, so dear to each other, are again reunited. Dr. Alitchell died last Thursday morning of pneumonia. His wife at the time was suffering from tha samo disease and the shock of his sudden loss was more than her weakened condition conld support. Sho has since failed rapidly and last night the final spark of life flickered out. i Airs. Alitchell was 34 years old. At the time of her marriage to Dr. Alitchell, June 25, 1911, she was AIIss Elsie Pitney, a teacher in the public schools here, having been thus occupied for two or three years. She was a member of the congrega tion of the Christian chnrch, untir lne in her duties', loyal to' her friends and devoted to her family. Her sad fate, at the time when her 'life waa I ati, wuu - 1- 4 v mother and. brothers. TIr. ?ew,rf.TI,?f ?". ou"8A ? J- emphatic in his appreciation iKh-;1rIf gowned - &&&& Klamath country and intends to re turn and mako it his homo. E. D. Taylor, P. O. Crawford and J. C. Boyle, officials of tho California Oregon Powor company, are visitors in tho city today on business con nected with tho company's interests. purchase of tho Booth-Kqlly hold lugs In, northern Klmmith county of 87,000 nctofl, ('onlnlnlug ono tind ono-lialf bllllnu foot" of Umber. For iiuvorul monllm past tho company lins boon dickering with tho Woyor lmiibor Interests for 11 largo tract of fir timber in tho Cowlitz valloy, and tlil ualo wuu concluded thltt wools, uccordlng to nowit from Til (omit, This purchase, wild to luivo been the largost In tho history or tlio lumhur liiduatry thiiH fur, lu- Alurrlll citizens who wero horo to day In connection with tliu action boforo'tho county court woro J. L. Norton, N. II. Hudley, Jnmos Lacoy, A. J. Dumius mid J. U. Patterson, llOAItl) WILL SinTLH HILLS WII13N HOSPITAL CLOSES Settlement of bills owing various llrniH by .tliq Isolation hospital can- Scott was vlco-prosli)ont nnd general found for developing tho industry." manager of the Pacific system lines;- becoming fodorul mnnngor under tho ASKS FOIt LETTERS railroad administration. He began his rnllioad career as fireman on tho Goldlo E. Houston, widow of Sauln Fo and ennm to tho Southern 'James Vernon Houston, has filed ap- raclllc as assistant superintendent of tha Sticramonto division. Lnler ho was mndo superintendent of tho Salt Lake division nnd Bupor vlzod tho completion of thp famous I.ucln cut-off across tho Great Salt lake. Ho was transferred to the westorn division with tho, same tltlo, aftor which ho w:i3 promoted to assistant gotiornl munngor, then vico-prosldont and genornl mnnagor, and whon the roads wero taken ovor during tho war lvpcnmo federal mnnagor. WOOL GROWERS WILL FIGHT PROFITEERS not ho mndo until tho hospital closes eluded 7C.0Q0 ncrea of fir tlinhor at.lnml tno hospital board meets to nd- n pneo sam to nnvo been jn tno vi-just tho financial affairs of tho in uimiy (u o.uuu.uuu. stltutlon, said C. C. Low, manngor, , Tho timhor Involved fit tlio pro- this morning, . posed KJmnnth county purchaso is! Tlio hospital will probably havo owned by tho W.cft.qrti Pacific Lund BorVcd its purposo and discharged nnd Tlmbur coinnnny, with which J.,jtB natlunts In unotlior two-xweoks, H. ijuoul of Minoapolla Is cohnoctcd. ai,i 11,0 inanmror. and tho board will Tho Long-noil cojnpnny Is oxnocl-., lhon 1)0 ln n ,)osIton to sottlo nil od to ostnbllslionills capublo of mnn.;olraa. Tll0 Btntoniont Is mndo hy utncturlng 300,00,000. foot of lum. Mr. Low t() oxplaln t0 tlloso who bor nnnunlly In Klamath county, ha. bills against tho hospital that wu.un umiiiqu,. inuim.H. thorQ w, ,J(J n lltUo ,iQiay , nml. To do this two inllls of largo ca ing paymont, but as soon as tho lios pnclty would linyo to bo hovctod In Miltul closes and tho board gets to- ivinmam inns mm ai lonsi two moro jgothor all bualness.win bo Bottled at UlJUUll IUII3U 111 IIIU M1UIJUI HCSi UV j onCQ, tho city. Jn addition, such .a do volopmont would cnll for 100 miles at least, of sstmulnrd guago rail Scattorod ,ln tracts ovor tho pro tioaod purclihso nro timber holdings of tho Weyorhausor and smaller ownors. " Tho Ashland Land 6 Timber company hns 700,000,000 foot insldo Its boundaries nnd tho Hopkins estafp nbout GOO.OOO',000 foot, It, is stated. long boon ' mndo o roach an ox V concludod and tho Long-Bell com pnnX comes into possbsslon of tho timbor. It is not doubted In well lnforniod clrclos thnt tho Long-Bell company will tnko up its option, but it it' should not, do bo, tho report is cur rent that tho Oalikosh Land & Tim ber compnny stand roady, to grasp Efforts huvo the relinquished opportunity, mak ing t nn assured thing that tho tlm- chango ngrcoment, sogrogatlng tholbpr Is to bo manufactured nnd thnt dlfforont holdings into solid blocks, .this city will roap tho honoflts thnt nnd it Is bollovod that this will lip must accrue from bolng tho confer accomplished in cnuo tho doul la of so vast nn' ontorpriso. BOSTON. Alnrch 1. Woolgrowors aru organizing to savo for them selves and for tho wcarors of woolen garments millions of dollais now ab sorbed by inlddlenien, AIllo D. Camp boll of Coldwator, Allch., said in an add) ess I1010 tonight. AJr. Pampboll, who is president of tho National Wool Producors' feder ation and chairman of tho executive committee of tho national board of farm organizations, spoko of tho Boston Wool Doalors' association ns collecting tho groator part of tho wool from tho 50,000,000 shoep in tho country. "By a moro technical camouflage thoy buy tho wool of tho farmer or local doalor ln tho gronse, nnd sell it to tho mills as scoured wool," ho said. "Thq wool' has not been scour ed by thorn, It goos to tho mills as It comes from tho shoep. , "I am hero to give notice that the woolgrowors of tho country havo learned by sore experience how to dual directly with tho mills without building fortunes each year for .those who nelthor toll or .spin." plication for letters of administra tion in her husband's 'estate, which consists of real and personal prop erty, estimated as worth $1,000. Tho noxt-ot-kln nro tho petitioner and ajin son, Dean, aged seven years. SCHOOL OPEXED High and grado schools reopened today aftor bolng closed for tho past two weoks on account of tho iuflu onza cpldomlc. HANK CLEA1UXGS Tho clearing house total for tho week ending Fobrunry 28, '1920, was $354,54!). 48, showing a docidod in crease ovor tho corresponding week of 1019, with tho total ot $109,-275.64. LID ON IN NEW ALASKAN FIELD KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Jan. 25. (By Mail.) Hydor, newest of Alaska mining camps, is a "spotless town," and many stampeders who may rush thero in the spring aro not going to find drinking, dancing and gambling going on wide open, as in tho gold camps o tho firs.t stampede 98, long beforo prohibition camo, LOWDEN FOH PRESIDENT MEETING TOAIORIIOW EVE V - 1 On tho, plea that their work called for intelligence.V .uurglnra club in Leipzig wrote to n local nowspapor rosontlng its mombors bolng called "rascals.1' ' Republicans of tho city nro re quested to attend a meeting at tlio city hull ..tomorrow evening, at S o'clock, whon n committee to sup port tho candidacy of Governor Frank O. Lowdon ot Illinois for President will bo organized. George D. Orput ot Portland, tox tllo manufacturer and a firm bollever that Governor Lowdon is tho man for tho presidential place, Is in this city In tho interests of the Illinois exe cutive. Air. Orput says that his trip hero was attended by good mootlngs nt Apliland, Alodford, Roseburg nnd other towns, whoro ho found strong Lowdon sentiment. SUES TENANT FOR RENTAL ,AIrs. Etta Aloore has begun suit in Justice Chapman's 'court against George Brown to collect $125 which she alleges is unpaid on a lease ot rooming house property at 1813 Main street, and $2C which she claims Brown collected on her nc- count nnd has withhold from hor. - according to reports recoived hero. If Hj'der's now residents find any thing out of the ordinary next spring thoy may find It in Stewart, a Cana dian town not far from Hyd'er. It is probablo, howovor, that the red- coated constables of tho Royal North- wost Alounted Police, who kept order nt Dawson ln tho gold days, will be at Stewart next spring to see that things nro within the law. For a very briof period this winter Hydor was "wide open," according to reports. "Whiskey nnd beer wore sold at many bars, girls woro danc ing, pianos wero thumped nnd roul etto, blackjack and faro woro being played," wroto ono miner trom tho town. Then John Ronan, former terri torial senator, was appointed United States marshal und ho closed every thing up. "Bang wont the lld and hundreds could not get away from Hyder fast enough," tiio minor wrote. "Alnny went fo Stewart. There everything seems to be wide open." Hydor would have had a popula Hon of 20,000 in thrco months it the "lid" had been loft off, the miner prodlced. But the "lid" was clamp ed down and U10 population dwindled. MEMORIAL FOR ATHLETE PHILADELPHIA. March 1. The University of Pennsylvania will eroct a now structure to house its athletic offices, which will bo known as "The Alike Alurphy Memorial," ln honor of Its Into athletic trainer, It will re lievo tho Athletic association of Its financial offices, thus permitting the establishment ot an athletto club and training houso, with lounging, read ing and club rooms for tho nthlotes. One son, Garrison Alitchell, sur vives his parents. , A sister of "Airs. Alitchell, Mrs. Fleda Morgan, arrived last night from Junction City, Ore gon, and her mother, Mrs. Joseph Pitney, hns been notified by wire and arrangements for the funeral are awaiting her decision as to whether or not she will be able to attend. SYMPATHIZE WITH SINGER IN ILLNESS Whether AIIss Mario Morrlsey, who was to have given a recital in conjunction with the, Edison phono graph, as a tone test performance at the Houston opera house tonight, will be able to appear later, or whether a substitute singer will ap pear, depends .upon arrangements ot the Edison Phonograph company, said George A-jWirtz, local Edison dealor today. Air. Wirtz knows nothing further than was indicated in the telegram published by tha-. Herald Saturday; thnt AIIss Alorrisey was suddenly stricken with appendicitis and an operation wns recommended, neces sitating cancellation of hor local en gagement. Despito the announcement ln Tho Herald, a few persons nro still call ing for tickets for the performance. Air. Wlrtz will probably receive an nouncement by mail of tho com pany's plans, and will then make deftnito announcement. The demand tor tickets was large and many persons feel disappoint ment ovor the cancelled recital, but sympathy for tho singer in hor sud den illness overshadows all considerations. SUES FOH WAGES other William Standridgo has started suit ln tho circuit court against Con Curtin to enforce payment of $400, ot which $386 Is alleged to be due unpaid wages and $14 for a horse sold defendant, LOOAL ATTORNEY , MADE GOOD OFFICIAL Councilman W. A. Wlest of Salem has resigned to go to Klamath Falls to engage In law practice with C. F. Stone of the Oregon Fish and Game Commission. Wlest" was ''regarded as the leader 'ot the progressive minority In the council,'' says tha Salem Journal, and states that "his every action as councilman was free from personal prejudice and dictated by civic pride," t t 1 s 1