fEuentttg Herald
OFFICIAL PAPER OF
KLAMATH FALI.H
OFFICIAL PATER OV
KLAMATH COUNT
Fourteenth Year No. 3868
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1920
Price, Five Cents
DISCUSSION
LEADS TDHD
IIIMnFRRTAIMn M
Much ground was apparently gain
ed In tho settlement of tho prohloina
or Uppor Iako storage mi (I tho Irri
gation of lunch of tho Klumuth basin
nt thu IIusIiiohh Man's association
last night, nftur tho nmttor had beon
discussed by H. K. Bradbury, dlroc
tor of tho Klamath Irrigation dis
trict representing tho wator usors
viuw point; J. H. Carnation, com
mander of tho Amurlcan legion post
-,.iii reprosontatlvo of their views,
and Oeorgo J. Walton, superlnton-
f dent of tho Oregon-Callfornlu Power
company and tholr representative.
V Mr. Bradbury's talk wok bated on
"Tecords on which tho Irrigation pro
Jcct li uased, chiefly tho report of
tho engineering commission that pro
ceded tho contract of tho govern
ment with the Oregon-California
Power company and on which tho
contract was founded. Mr. Walton's
aharo In tho discussion was In roply
to an explanation of tho record and
Mr. Cnrnahan outlined tho reasons
for which tho Ioglon In opposing
whnt It allogps to bo n bartorlng
away of valuable public privileges
to tho powor company without ndo
quato consideration.
Tho surprlso of tho session camo
nt tho conclusion of tho post com
mamlor's sprech, howovor, when Mr.
Walton Instantly sponsored a resolu
tion outlined by Mr, Cnrnahan, urg
ing that Congress make nn approp
riation to complete tho Khxmnth prp
Joct as originally planned, under
control of tho secretary of tho In
terior, and recommending that tho
government Itself control tho waters
of Upper Klamath I-nko and build
tho i.lnk Illvor dnm. " .,
Without a moment's hesitation 'the
power company representative mov
ed that tlu resolution bo 'adopted.
, Ills motion was seconded and car
ried. Under tho resolution all Irrlgablo
lands In tho Klamath area, so mo
2G0.000 acres, would bo insurod
water for Irrigation boforo any bo
camo available for powor purposes.
In his speoch Mr. Cnrnahan said
that If tho pending McNary bill for
reclamation appropriations passes
Congress nt this session money will
bo nvallablo at once for completion
of tho project by tho government un
der tho plans contemplated before
tho Oregon-California Powor com
pany became n factor.
Mr. Walton maintained In discuss
ing tho question that tho government
bow controlsl tho ontlro sltuntlon
and that tho only Intorcst that tho
powor co'mpony bos In building tho
dam Is tho early oomplotlon of tho
work. If tho company Is assured
4 (Hiat the govornmont will build tho
dam nt onco, ho Intimated that tho
"""company would bo glad to stop out
of tho construction schomo, inas
much as they would nlso stop out
from under responsibility for dam
ago to agricultural and mill Inter
ests on tho Uppor Lnko, which have
alrondy brought about damngo suits
and throaten moro litigation.
Tho rosoluton adopted by tho as
sociation, as suggested by Mr. Cnrna
ban, and Introduced by Mr. Wnlton,
rends:
Whoroas tho original plans of
tho United States Reclamation
Borvlco contemplated a projoct
embracing 2G0.000 acrosl of land,
and tho present slzo of tho Klam
ath Projoct la but G0.000 acres or
thoroabouts.
And whoroas If tho waters of
tho Uppor Klamath Lake woro
controlled by tho Government of
tho United Statosthoro would bo
an nmplo supply of wator to Irri
gate tho ronvalning 200,000 acres
originally contemplated by tho
Unltod States Govornmont plans
for tho Klamath Projoct.
Therefore bo it rosolvod by tho
Klamath Business Men's Associa-'
tion that our Senators and ropro
Bontatlvos in Congress bo urgent
ly roquostod to appropriate tho no
cossary funds to compjoto "tho
Klamath Project as orlglnaily
planned,
And bo It furthor rosolvod, that
thu Government ltsolf build tho
dnm nt tho head of Link RIvor
without dolay and itself control
COURTHOUSE CASE
SET FOR APRIL 20
Judge J. .W. Hamilton of Itoso
burg, assigned by tho chief Justice
of tho stntu supremo court to try tho
courthouse litigation horo, Iiob fixed
tho (lute of trlul for April 20. Ho
will preside at thu hearing, thu order
n ti tint tit Ittir n nifnrnn Itnlntr VflPfltnil.
The suit had been sot for trial on
March 1C, next Monday, by Judge
Calklhs boforo ho was disqualified by
an affidavit of projudlco filed by at
torneys for County Judge Hunnnll,
one of tho defendants In the action.
S775 IS TOP
Despite the rain an interested
crowd of farmers and stock fanciers
attBda4hn opening breeders' sale
under., direction of the Klamath,
county farm bureau, at, the O. K.'
barn this afternoon. .
Bidding oponed at 1 o'clock and
at 2:30 tho twolve cows offered and
two of tho bulls hud boon sold.
Tho Merrill district figured strong
ly In tho bidding and ranchers from
that vicinity secured some fluo
animals.
Tho top prico for an Individual
cow was $775, tho lowest price wus
$400. Most of tho cows brought
well abovo $500.
Tho first bull offered sold for $500
and the noxt went at $700. Tho best
of tho male stock still remained to
soil when final report was received.
INFANT is vurriM
, OK TIIK INFLUENZA
Paul Francis Calhoun, youngest
son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Joseph Calhoun,
aged 4 yenrs and 7 montliB, died at
9 o'clock this morning from Influenza
at the ranch home of the famjjy
three miles south of town. Funoral
arrangomonts have not boon com
pleted. tho waters of Klamr.th Hirer and
Upper Klamath Lake; that all or
tho said wators bo first utilized for
irrigation until ovory aero of land
in the Klamath ftnsln cnpablo of
being Irrigated, Is Irrigated; that
all public lands bo oponed to en
try with a preference right In ox
soldiers, sailors and murines nnd
nrmy nursos.
Hrmlbury'H Addivss
Mr. Bradbury's nddres .and dis
cussion of the question of control of
tho Upper Klamath I.ako presented
tho situation from a viewpoint that
hud not previously been presonted to
tho public. In his oponlng remarks,
Mr. Hradbury doflned his position
nn.l nttltmln nn tlilu mihlert. nnd
stated that, hopdld'unatAppposo itheJ
leasejand control pntnajiwie,;grainea
to tho?Callfornia-Oregoninawer CoraW
pany by tho United States' because of
oposltlon to tho Powor Company In
Particular, but rather from tho posi
tion that Iho Lnko was a public as
set, and therefore ho held that Its
ubo should bo for the public benefit.
Ho contonded that tho present con
tract did not consorvo tho use of tho
Lake for tho public, but tonded to
croato a monopoly of natural resour
ces In favor of tho company.
In substantiation of this conten
tion, Mr. Ilradhury road abstracts
from legal opinions on tho quostlon,
writton by Attorney C. P. Stono, nnd
concurred In by tho Into Hon. C. W,
Fulton; nlso quoting nttornoy W. S.
Wiley on tho subject, stating that
this opinion had been rondorod at
tho instanco of tho Klamath Wator
Usors Association nnd tho present
Klamath Irrigation District.
Mr. Dradbury furthor explained
that It was his duty as a director of
the District to use his host efforts to
protect tho Intorosts of tho wator
users in tho wator rights purchased
in tho Uppor Lake, thoso rights hav
ing been purchased in order to avoid
a condition which now confronted the
project, namoly tho intorforenco by
conflicting interests with tho use of
tho wator from tho Lake.
Roforring to records, Mr. Hrad
bury showed that tho United States
socured thoso watpr rights, which ag
gregate somo 4000 S. F. of water at
a cost of nearly $500,000, which
sum wns chargod to tho lands of the
Klamath Projoct, which would re
ceive tholr wator supply from tho
(Continued on page 4)
PRICE OF COWS
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TWO MILLION SHOULDER RISE
DOLLAR LOAN FORJIIHj
The Klamnth Business Men's asso
ciation last night Indorsed a resolu
tion presented by Fred A. Dakcr, by
request of tho Klamath allied tribal
council nnd Walter O. West, superin
tendent of the Klamath reservation,
askings Congress to appropriate $2,
000,000 for an immedlato loan to the
Indians, reimbursable to the govern
ment through tho sate of Indian tim
ber. . t ,,. i i - )
Tho Indians are in need of fundi,"
aid Mr. Ilaker, to develop their live
stock and agricultural enterprises,
and need the. 'money now. A smaller
sum thau $3,OOQ,000 would be In
adequate and consequently wasted,
be said, but $2,000,000 would Rive
each family of five approximately
$8,000 as a, working capital, or some
thing over $1,400 for each Indivi
dual, and Insure the best chances of
success In development of their busi
ness enterprises.
He read telegrams from tho tribal
council urging the loan, and from
Senator McNury, author of one of
tho bills now pending for the open
ing of the Klamath reservation,
fuvorlng tho proposal.
Tho Slnnott, McNary nnd other
bills now pending for tho reservation
opening may not pass Congress, said
Mr. Huker. In tho meantime the
Indians need funds, and are entitled
to them. Tho monoy would be strict
ly a loan nnd reimbursable from tim
ber sales, nnd as the machinery for
sales and handling receipts Is all in
the hands of the government, there
Is no possibility that tho money
would be lost.
Senator Ocorge Baldwin opposed
the resolution as hindering the pas-
sairo of the pending legislation. He
Bald that such tampering would
probably set the real opening of the
reservation back for years, and while
tho Indians might, temporarily gain,
tho community as a whole would
lose, bolng deprived for nnother
period of yoars of the revenue that
would bo derlvod it the reservation
woro thrown open without restriction
nnd Its resources placed upon the tax
rolls of the county.
Senator Baldwin was vigorously
against the adoption of the resolu
tion, but excepting for his opposi
tion no voice was raised against it,
and, with the exception of his vote,
it received tho sanction of the meet
ing. Government's Policy
Tho following Salem dispatch In
dicates tho government's policy to
ward disposing of the timber re
sources of the Klamath reservation.
It would seem to Indicate that legis
lation for opening tho reservation
will not bo viewed favorably at tho
present tlmo and that the plan for
loans on tho timber may bo the
logical substitute, as far as any im
mediate benefit 'to bo derived by the
Indians Is concerned.
Lands in tho Klamath Indian
reservation will not be opened for
sottlement until tho timber there
on is removed and sold for tho
benefit of tho tribe, according to
a letter recelvod at tho executive
ofllces from tho department of tho
interior following receipt In
Washington of a Joint uiomorlnl
adopted at the recent special ses
sion of tho Oregon legislature ask
ing Congress to take action to tho
end of populating these lands
with white settlers.
"Tho unallotted lands of tho
Klamath reservation consist
principally of heavily tlmberod
tracts," says tho letter received by
Governor Olcott. "These lands
are not suitable fqr farming and
home-making purposes, and for
that reason thoy are being held as
a tribal asset for the benefit of
tho Indians.
"Wo are aware that thoro has
boon considerable agitation recent
ly from certain quarters of the
question of disposing of tbeso
lands, but for the roason already
statod this department is not ,ln
favor of disposing 'of tho lands 'at
this tlmo, olthor to tho Indians or
tho general public. On tho other
hand, It is bolleved to bo in tho
best Intorosts of the Indian to hold
' tho lands In tholr present status
until tho timber thorcon can bo
sold and removed for tho bonoflt
of tho trlbo. r
"As ovldonco of our intontlons
In making this policy effocttvo we
aro now selling timber on a largo
The Iluslness Men's association
threw Itself Into the breach, by ac
tion taken at last night's meeting at
tho White Pelican hotel, to prevent
the threatened resignation of tho
paid members of the fire .department.
Fire Chief Ambrose and his assis
tant, Mark Howard, voting to secure
among its members the money to
rooet additional salary- raises that
tho city Is unable to pay.
GeowJ-JWnHoji personally guar
anteedT"the extra $25 monthly, which
will Increase the fire chief's"1 salary
from $125 to $150, and the mem
bers of the association bound them
selves to, supply the $25 to raise the
assistant from $100 to $125, , ,
The' necessity for action was lahf
before the meeting by Fraok'M. .Upp,
member' of tho city council, who said
the ,. situation was urgent, as, the
firemen bad resignations prepared to
tender'the council next;Mon'day night
unless the rises were forthcoming.
Should tho firemen qut, he sald'.lt
would be Impossible to get good men
to fill their places, and perhaps Ho
one could be secured. Lacking fire
protection, he pointed out, Insurance
rates would be increased and the
business men would probably pay
more than tho small pro rata needed
for the increased pay.
C. K. Brandenburg, member of tho
city council, stated that he opposed
contribution by the business men, as
saddling on a very small .portion of
the community an obligation that
snouiu rigntruiiy be borne by the
whole body of tax-payers.
Mr. Upp Indicated that In the mat
ter fof police protection also, the cltv
was'fn a -position similar to fire pro
tection. There- are- two- policemen
left. Chief -Wilson and Patrolman
Hlltod. There is no police prQteetian
from12 o'clock midnlghfuntll morn
ing. The police need more, said Mr.
Upp, bnt their demands were not ur
gent and the business men will have
time to discuss the matter of police
protection before acting. He Bald
that the current budget contemplat
ed salaries for three policemen, and
suggested as a solution that the pay
for the third position, from which T.
M. Durham recently resigned, be us
ed to increase the salaries of 'the two
remaining policemen and the 'muni
cipal force remain at two members.
As a protection to the business dis
trict at night, he suggested' that the
business men hire a night watch
man, to bo paid by and responsible
to the association.
There will be no available money
in the municipal treasury to relieve i
tho association, of any obligation
curred untiL June 1, 1921, Mr. Upp
said.
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Telegraph Tabloids I
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MONTESANO, Mar. 13. The
Grimm case went to the Jury at
10:15 o'clock last night. The Jury-
is still out this afternoon.
TOLEDO. Mar. 14. Jimmy Wilde,
British flyweight, easily bested
Frankle Moran, according to news
papermen, who term the icontest "a
great fight."
NEW YORK, Mar. 14. Long
shoremen, checkers and dock work
ers struck here today, Involving
7,000 or 8,000 men. They demand
approximately 25 per cent increase
in wages . A shipping tie-up Is
threatened.
FORMER RESIDENT IS
DEAD IN CALIFORNIA
Mrs. Louis Btehn has received
word of the death, of Mrs, Jt. C.
Brucp, formerly Miss Cora Smith,
which occurred Sunday night at
Tecnor, Cal., as the result of In
fluenza. Mrs. Bruce was 39 years old and
Is survived by a husband and, j' two
chlldron, a son and a daughter.' She
was a former resident of thts,icity
and has many frionds hero who will
regret to hoar of hor passing and the
bereavoment suffored by her family.
Bcalo from the Klamath lands, and
using tho proceeds for tho bene
fit and tho Industrial advancomenfr
of tho Klamath Indians."
ELIMINATE WILLOW
FROM ST. CLOSING
Opposition to tho proposed vaca
tlon of parts of certain streets on the
lake front, petition for which Is pend
ing before the city council, may bo
withdrawn when tho matter comes
up from hearing Monday night, as
tho result of a conference yesterday
afternoon between Burge Mason and
M, S. West, 'who aro seeking to havo
tho streets closed, and their attor
neys, and Paul Bogardus, J. H. Gar
rett and others who felt their Inter
ests would be adversely affected by
the closing of Willow street on which
a canal has been dredged back from
the lake.
Mason and West agreed to elimin
ate .Willow street from the petition,
and the ordinance will probably be
presented to the council Monday
.r? vr. -' -"r.. - ... .. ". - H
niRHi ior passage wtm inat. amena
meat. The opposition to the closing
of Willow was based upon the coin
cident closing of the canal, which
at; some., future time, It was felt,
mlgkt be-, of value as a means of
transportation. Its elimination af
fects the use-of the Mason and West
property, as a mill site only slightly
and they willingly conceded its ex
clusion. Klamath Falls, with probably I
second heaviest express shipments In
the state, has the poorest express
service, according to sentiments of
leading business men at the Business
Men's association meeting last night,
and a committee, consisting of Fred
A. Baker, C. K. Brandenburg and
Will Baldwin was appointed to look
into the situation, Investigate the
service-given by the Wells, Fargo
comnanrlar-fither towns -and-secHre
informsjtfoa booking toward -arem
edy. - ' -
' --The Wells, Fargo. company in the
local field pursues a "publlc-be-dam-ned,
policy," and the word "service"
is -a misnomer as applied to its oper
ations here, was the general sum
ming up of the situation.
Concrete complaint was directed
against non-delivery oft Main street,
and it was suggested that the deity-
orv ahnnlfl nt IcMlAt tnMtlria nil navpfl
fro nn nrhnna tWn hinci he-
d I
Th nffir nnw rinses .at 5 o'clock
in the afternoon, marking the dead
line, for packages for shipment on the
southbound train next morning, It
was said. Although open for a shon
time after 8 a. m. to receive pack
ages for the morning train, the busi
ness man's predicament is not helped
because business houses are Just
opening at that hour, so 5 o'clock
the precedlngr day practically ends
acceptance- of outgoing express.
Business-men who have customers
on. the Chiloquln line said it was
next to impossible to get an order
out by express on the same day it
was received. To those endeavoring
to build up a reputation for efficient
service and. establish business with
mills nnd camps, this works a severe
hardship.
Because the express office has no
facilities for safeguarding valuables,
bankers said It was impossible to ex
press money north. Operators and
contractors in the logging camps
and mills who want cash tor pay
roll or other purposes cannot depend
ont the express company as a carrier.
Tho primary cause for the unsat
isfactory condition, It was said. Is
the fact that the local office is oper
ated on a commission basis. The gen
eral opinion was that Klamath Falls'
volume of express business entitles it
to a salaried office, It that Is neces
sary to get efficient service. The com
mltteo will at onco direct inquiries
to numerous other towns In this
state and California and attempt to
havo a report ready at tho next meet
ing. DIVORCE SUITS.
Divorce actions have been filed In
tho circuit court by Ora M, Young
against Jack Gilbert Young; Jose
phine Canters against Marion S. Cen
ters, ttid Ivy Grace North against K.
D. North.
WEATID3R REPORT
Oregon Tonight and Sunday rain
with moderate southerly galo along
tho coast.
POOR SERVICE
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BERLIN, Mar. 13. A strict press
censorship has been established and
the papers are only allowed to print
government proclamations announc
ing a return to constitutional con
ditions and intention to call elections
when temporary order Is restored,
The press Is Informed that neither
reaction or a monarchy is ttje aim
of the revolutionists.
BERLIN, Mar. 13. Military au
thorities announced this morning
that the German government had
ceased- to exist. Revolting .troops
nave entered Berlin and occupied
the Wllhelnutrasse. No violence is
reported. General Director Voa
Capp becomes chancellor and has ap
pointed General Von Luettwltz com
mander in chief. The national
assembly has been dissolved and a.
new government is being formed.
The Socialist parties have declared
a strike.
Government officials left Berlin
without, resigning. All Socialist
papers are suspended. A great pro
cession ot strikers is already par
ading the streets of Frankfort and
claim that this demonstration is in
tended to prevent the return of the
. The seat of the old govern-
menT'has been set up In Dresden,
Saxony.
r It Is .reported that the revolution
ists In tend to proclaim Von Hinden
burg "imperial president." After
noon reports say that the revolution
ary movement under the extresj'
conservatives has already spread far
into the provinces among the regular.
army..aad public sfenrltlesjcuar'ds , ,
;Ncf heVeV the gocWllit.strike
movementThaJTotaered tbV"arreiYiir
Von' 'Hindenblirg and LudendortE,"
but 'neither' could bVfound.
COLOGNE, Mar. 13. A Gazette
dispatch from Berlin says that the
new government of. Germany is not
intended to provoke anarchy, and
says that the treaty of Versailles will
be honorably filled.
pARIS, Mar. 13. Official circles
believed that the Allied governments
wouId Permlt tne Germans to settle'
lnelr internal dimculties without. in
terference.
Note. A dispatch says that a.
guard was placed over the offices of
press agencies and the news is ap
parently under strict censorship, all
dispatches bearing the marks of tho
censor's work and many being 'so
badly deleted ns to render them un
intelligible. All Indicate, however, a
determined revolt, aimed to restore
an imperialistic government In" Ger
many, attended by serious disorders
and opposed by the workmeri""an&
Socialists.
APPLY FOR PASSPORTS TO
VISIT FORMER HOMES.
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Carl Swanson and Jonas Walldln,
discharged from the United States
army about two months ago are mak
ing plans to visit relatives In, Swed
en and yesterday applied to the cir
cuit court for passports. '
Mr. and Mrs. Dirl Vandeger, pro
prietors of the Holland House, also
applied for pass'ports yesterday. They
desire to visit their old home In Hol
land. After Issuance of the local papers
to applicants, they have to be sent to
tho secretary of state for approval.
When he approves nnd returns them
tho travelers will bo equipped to
start upon their Journey, as far as
official sanction is concerned.
EPISCOPAL BISHOP WILL
PREACH HERE TOMORROW
Bishop Robert L. Paddock of the
Episcopal diocese of eastern Oregon
will arrive here tonight on, a visit
to .the local congregation. Ho will
hold services tomorrow at the
I. O. O. F. hall, a preaching service,
at 11 n, m.; baptism and confirma
tion at 3 p. m., and at 8 o'clock la
tho evening will deliver a lecture.
The public Is cordially Invited to at
tend the 'services.
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