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official paphii of
klamath iwllh
Ot'FlCIAL I'AI'KR OF
KLAMATH COUNTY
Fourteenth Year -No. 3889
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1920
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PURCHASERS!1
i D. PHESBEHT
Auuruticnmmit wiih iiiiiiId today of
tlio hiiIu by tlin Keno Power company
of Its entire pliuit mill business, In
cluding iilpiiiimt, llni'ti, franchises
nml In furl uuiry lilt of property pos
sessed, to W. II. Purkor, of thu Klam
ath Development company. Tho
prlco Iiiih not been divulged but It
Is understood to havo been In tho!
nnlKhbcirliood of $80,000.
Tho company owns nliont 20 miles
of triuiBmlKHliin lines, covering nil
parts of tho territory continuous to
Klnmuth Fulls on Hid south anil went
aides of tlu city. Itn plant on tlu
Klnmutli Ivor Htnrtoit In l!ll with a
cnpnclty of 2G0 uorHo-powur. which
Ikih been lncivnued to u pri-Hunt ca
pacity of 850 horse-power, nnil pm-
scsses possibilities of iluvuloplnKlnt ro,mty , Hi(iwn , the decision
2,250 homo-power undor present con-' M ., ,, , . . N. ,. M..r.
dltlons.
J)y tunnollng through a mountain'
shoulder and providing a grentvr'
drop for tho slream, tho possible ca-
paciiy can no greuuy mere-sen. no-
foro closing tho deal with Krn1n Bl .,.,,, cuncelmll us well
uroiuers, former owners, rumcr nun
bla associates, u fow duys ago, pur-
chased a 34-ncru lot from J P. Ooi.l-
lor. which gives a clear right of way
for tho tunnel. Tho project resulting
In tho diversion of water through ",0
tunnel Is a largo and expensive un
dortaklng, .Involving not only tho
liArlnt. rtt Mm litrmn! lull Mm 111111111(11? I
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of n new plant or removal 01 mo oiu
one to a alto further down tho rlvor.
At the pri'umt time tho company
has tho right to use 800 second feet
of the wutur of Iho Klamnth rlvor for
por.'or dovelopment.
Associated with Mr. Tarker In tho
purchase of the power mitorprlsu aro
two other nion whoso names nro not
rovaled. one being n San Francisco
cnpltallHt niul thu other a wealthy
Spokane man.
H Is pun.csod to begin work at
onco, It Is dcrinitoly reported on vnrl-l
ous brnnrhos of tho work necessary to I
put tho systum In shapo for delivering I
power on Its numorous existing con
tracts in. tho territory covered by Us
location.
Tho now purchasers huvo an
nounced their Intention to continue
to opornto undor tho old corporation
tltlo and tho concern stnrtB as n com
petitor of tho Cullfornln-Oregon
Powor company.
Whether It will remain an nctlvo
competitor Is a mattor of gonoral con
Jocturo In which any ono's guess Is
as good as another's. It Is known
that tho Flolschhnckor Interests or
San Francisco hold tho hypothecated
socnrltlos of th Klamath Dovolop
mont company nnd It is said that
thoy boar tho saino rotation to tho
Callfornla-Orogon Powor company.
It Is, of courso, only a roasonnhlo
assumption to bollovo that In ordor
to protoct tholr Interests thoy nro
acting through tho present purchas
ers of tho Keno Powor company to
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CHICAGO, Apr. 7--Hupru-Huntullvi'H
of 8,000 iih'miIhtm of
tint brotherhood of locomotlvo
firemen nml oiigliiemi'ii, oinploj
iil In (tin Chicago switching din
trlct, today defied union officials
nml oted to Join tho unauthor
ized switchmen's strike.
Freight truffle through an
extensive, Chicago illHtrlct In al
ready restricted Horlously mill
hoth sides agreed If thu forcu of
strikers wax nugint'iited such
truffle would ho brought to u
virtual HtuuilKtlll.
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STEADY CIS
Another nroof Unit Mel In is roIiik
i i. ii. H.-rnnd biircM dtv In iCIiim-
chand of Klamath Fulls, who are go-
two-story structure
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house will measure 4C by SO with
nilitlllonul 20 feet for thu stage,. uud
tho seating capacity will bo about
700. This will hu one of tho largest,
thu Inrgest movie show in
Klamnth county.
Thu up-stalrs diincolmll with a
njaplo floor will mcusuro 4C by 80
feet, with additional r0 feet floor
Dpaco for a iloublo apartment, and In
tho rear of tho moving picture house
will bo nn up-to-dato curponter and
contractor's shop 4G by 30 feet, which
will he also conducted by Messrs.
Jnlo & Marchand. There aro quite a
number or buildings going up at
Malln nnd thu. populnco thoro will
find It very convenient to get their
building desires realized through
theso first clang mechanics.
Another Item of groat Importance
will bu thu supplying of Malta with
electric power and lights, nnd In
about six or sovun weeks from date
tho oil lamps will bo n thing of tho
past.
Tho furnlturo nnd fixtures for tho
now movie house, tho numo of which
will bo "Tho Broudway Theatre" aro
all ordered and nro cxpoctcd to arrlvo
within tho nuxt fow days.
F. J. Wlldo's now building, whore
a hotel, restaurant, billiard parlor
and harbor aiop will be conductpdv
will bo another building ,up-to-date,
and work ou'it will start In n week
or so from date, tho now hank and
thu now Knllna storo will also open
tholr doors In about two weeks.
C1TIZKN FACKS THIAIj
ON CHARGE OF
BIGAMY
A community social will bo hold by
Mt. LakI rosidonts at tho Mt. Lakl
church Friday evening, at which a
varlod program of entertainment will
bo staged.
Tho big feature of tho program will
be a mock trial In which the defend
ant Is accused of bigamy. Friends
are suppressing tho name ot tho ac
'cusod, but dlvulgod that they had
retained ablo counsel In tho person
of T. E. Qrlfflth, whom thoy rely
upon to cloanso tho reputation of tho
victim of tho chargo from every stain
purchaso a compotlng concorn and
ollmtnato It by merger, or othorwlso,
from tho local field.
Tho Keno Powor company, under
tho Korns ownership, was a family
corporation In which James and B. E.
Korns woio principal stockholders
and Ooorgo Korns a nomlnnl stock
holder. In addition to tho powor
plant Kerns brothers owned some
1,200 acres ot land nonr Keno, which
wna rocontly sold to Qoorgo Watt, so
that thoy havo disposed of tholr
ontlro holdings.
Jnmos Korns rocontly purchased
tho Jackson building on Main stroot,
noar tho Whlto Policati hotol, as an
Investment and will devote hla atten
tion to that proporty in tho future.
B. K!. Korns la going to California
for a tlmo and on hla return plana to
mnko a local investment.
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BREAK GROUND
! FOR CATHOLIC
SCHODLMAYII
Ar n result of the negotiations Just,
closed anil tho pluclug of tho finish-,
Ini; tenches on tho plans that havo
' boon In couro of preparation for
mouths. Klamath Kails Is nssurcd of
,'nnc of tho largi'st catholic ncauemies
,' In this (date. Hov. Father Marshall,
,, pastor of the Sacred Heart church an-
' uounced today that ho has completed
uriaiigomenlH for tho purchaso of tho
property at thu corner of Eighth and
Jefferson Btreots, thus giving him
what Is equivalent to one block foe-
Ing on IOIghth street. The property
iJiiKt bought was owned by tho Red-, selecting tho personnel. Accordingly
'field cHtatc, Captain Calkins and J. H.,A. II. Epperson, II. N. Moo and M. P.
Hamilton. Tho Hedfleld property Is, Evans wero appointed a committee
occupied by a four-room bungalo
" QulklnB lot Is vacant and tbero Is.
a five-room residence on tho Hamll -
I ton lot. These houses are to ho moved
" N0 " Jefferson
Architect Heldc Is placing tho fin -
tailing touches on tho magnificent
three-story academy and high school
building that is to no erccteu on uie.nonor.
property. The structure Is to bo A constitution and by-laws sub
placed nt tho corner of Eighth and ( mitted by Fred A. Baker, chairman of
JefforsonEtroots and will cover prac-
tlrally nil of the ground just pur-
rhused, leaving that heretofore owned
for the erection of such additions as
'" development of tho community
and the growth of tho Institution will
demand.
In addition to tho necessary recep
lion rooms, living quarters for tlioj
slstors, music and art auditoriums
and rooms for tho teaching of the
high school branches, thore will ho
accommodations for 100 boarders.
Every convenience demanded by mod
orn methods of sanitation Is to bo In
stalled and tho latest educational
equipment will bo Included In the
furnishing of tho music, art and class
rooms. Only tho high school courses
will bo taught In tho academy, the
presont school building remaining in
uio until uch time as conditions will
warrant tho extension of the proposed
structuro to accommodate tho lower!
grndes.
Thnt this Is onty the Initial step
towards what will lead to ono of tho
greatest institutions ot learning In
the west tor girls and young ladles is
tho confident belief of Father Mar
shall. The slstors In chargo, Sisters
of Charity of Nazareth, havo such an
Institution nt Nazareth, Kentucky.
It Is tho largest Institution of its
kind in thu south and is equalled by
few in tho United States and has
gained such favor that thoro Is always
a long waiting list of applicants for
admission. Tho sisters in chargo' ot
tho local school havo all been trained
nt Nazareth and bring to Klamath
Falls all of tho efficiency, technlquo
and methods of educrtllopal refine
ment for which tho Kentucky Institu
tion is noted and which Is so much
desired by parents for tholr daugh
ters.
In discussing his plans today.
Father Marshall said:
"When I first thouglit of this pro
ject it was felt that it was too early
for such an undertaking, but as I
contlnuod to diBCUss it with citizens
throughout tho county I began to
realize that the time was ripe for It
and I decided to undertake the work.
Since then I have met with so much
encouragement, especially from those
not affiliated with the Catholic
church, that I had no hesitancy in
enlarging on our original plans until
today they have devoloped into some
thing ot which Klamath Falls will
have reason to be proud. Ground will
bo broken for the now building on
May 1 nnd wo will havo It ready for
tho reception of boarders In Sep
tember. "Ultimately I hope to develop this
institution into a normal school un
Iob3 wo of this pat ot Oregon can
bring about tho location hero ot a
etnto normal, a project to which I am
earnestly committed and for which I
shall never ceaso to labor."
WKATIIEIt REPORT
OnEQON Tonight and Thursday,
showers; modorato southerly winds.
C. DF C, SELECTS
OFFICERSAi
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Constitution anil by-lawn were
adopted and officers elected at a
meeting of members of tho Klamath
County Chamber of Commerce last
ovenlni; and the development organ-
, izntion is now in a fair way to start
functioning- The organization will
not bo complete until a board of 11
directors aro chosen. As tho constl-
tution provides for their selection
from any part of the county, and as
jit Is tho Intention to spread the cholco
j through all tho prlnclpql districts. It
was felt that time should bo taken In
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w.Mo nomlnato directors and report the
list at tho next
regular meeting,
i April 20.
Officers elected wero E. B. Hall
president; H. N. Moe, vice president.
, and A. M. Collier, secretary. Mr. Moe
j was tho first nominee for tho presi
j dency but Reclined to accept the
fiio organization committee, was
adopted after being discussed at
t length and subjected to a few
changes. It provides for the reten-
, Hon of a paid secretary, who will be
chosen by tho board of directors. It
was Indicated that in tho fortnight
that elapses beforo the directors aro
named Investigation will be made and
a list of candidates for the secretary-
.ship secured.
A rising vote of thanks was given
tho old officers of tho organization,
Capt. J. W. Siemens, president; Capt.
O. C. Applcgate, secretary, nnd B, H.
Dunbar, treasurer, for tholr service
In keeping tho organization together
during tho Inactive years of tho war
period. Capt. Applegate responded,
reading a resume of the work ac
complished by the old organization,
showing that a consistent campaign
obtains results, even when carried on
undor handicap of lack of funds, sult-
ablo quarters and other drawbacks
to which thework has been subjected.
The meeting last night was not
largely attendee, but was a fairly
representative gathering of the city's
business Interests. The general feel
ing appeared tobe that the organiza
tion should start functioning, and
that by retaining an experienced, en
ergetic secretary, who will hold a
position akin to manager ot a private
corporation, nn educational campaign
ca'n be started ,and actual' demonstra
Hon of benoflts ot organized effort
jglvon which will continually add
force to tho movement until the en
tire county stands unitedly In support
of Its chamber of commerce.
The third Tuesday of each month
is fixed In the by-laws as the data of
regular monthly meeting of the chnm-
hor, also of the board of directors.
An annual meeting will bo hold on
the second Tuesday of June ot each
year, the date being chosen as the
season when road and working condi
tions would pormlt a maximum at
tendance of all parts ot the county.
FINANCES GETAWAY
WITH FORGED CHECK
How Fred Ford, indicted forger
and Jail breaker, ingeniously gave
the officers tho Blip, was revealed
yesterday, when a check bearing the
slgnaturo "Charles A. Smith," was
presented to the First National bank
by Mrs. Etta Moore, manager of the
Star rooming house, and turned
down because the bank carried no
account of that name.
' Investigation now roveals that
Ford, after his escape from the local
Jail last weok with Guy Christ, an
other Indicted prisoner, wont to the
Star rooming house and obtained a
room. Ho told the landlady that he
was affllctod with a soyero toothache
and kopt closoly to his room.
Aftor tho officers had vainly
searched tor ten days, Ford proba
bly thinking that the coast was
clearing and It was tlmo to resume
his getaway, tendered Mrs. Moore a
check tor $32, which she cashed,
taking out her room rent. Aftor
which Ford departed for parts un
known and the cheok, when present-
i'eijci: allkei: plot
I'Oll IltlSII ItKVOIiT
LONDON, Apr. 7. Recent
unconfirmed reports of the Sinn
Fein plot for an armed uprising
In Ireland were founded on fact,
according to tho Irish police.
They state they are In possession
of information Indicating not
only that an uprising was In-
tended but also showing that
4 certain Germans in lierlln had 4
been engaged to furnish war
4 material. 4
CHOOSE SITE
Notices were posted yesterday call
t n tr n . nlanltnn rt t a m,nvn a 9 nntinAl '
lUf, Utl CIClllVU Ul LUC 1UIC10 VI DVI1UU1
district No. 5 to pass upon the selec
tion ot a school site In tho Falrvlew
district. This project has been under
consideration by the school board for
a long time, the purpose In view
being the selection of a site that
would best serve the greatest num
ber. The board desired to select two
sites, so as to give the voters an op
portunity to make a choice. It was
this wish that has delayed the sub
mission of the question so long.
There was no trouble In making the
first selection block 5, Falrvlew ad
dition. This block Is bounded by
Worden, Fulton, Sargent and Donald
streets.
It was only after considerable
skirmishing that a second site was
found block 19, Falrview addition!
No. 2. This block is bounded by
White, Donald, Lookout and Upham.
At the election the voters will be
asked to decide whether the district
shall purchase "a site, as well as to
make a selection of one of the two
submitted.
The urgent necessity for a new site
and the erection of another school is
so apparent that thero will be no
opposition to this move ot the school
board, as another building must be
provided to take care of the children
when again school opens in Septem
ber. Central schcol is now so over
crowded that both the children nnd
teachers are working at a great dlsad-
.umuB-o. iuo reaCu-. .uie ui xu-
crease it would be Impossible to ac
commodate the attendance next term.
10 PERISH IN
BURNING ROTEL
SEATTLE, Apr. 7. Two persons
nro known to be dead, fivo injured,
and a number of others received
minor hurts as the result of a fire
which early today destroyed the Lin
coln hotel, a family hostelry in the
downtown district. Tho property loss.
ts estimaieu at $iuu,uuu.
The dead are: Fred R. Hamilton,
Berkeley, Cat., and his daughter,
Grace Hamilton, who jumped from
the fifth story of the burning build
ing. More than 200 guests, scantily
clothed, made their way to safety
down the smoke filled stairs.
SEATTLE, Apr. 7. Another body,
believed to be that ot Miss Blanche
Crowe of Seattle, 20, was found In the
ruins of the Lincoln hotel today. It
was thought Miss Crowe was an em
ployee of a local restaurant.
SEATTLE, Apr. 7. Chief ot Po
lice Warren said he believed It pos
sible that more bodies would be
found In the ruins ot tho Lincoln
hotel.
BUSINESS MEN TO MEET
Tho Business Men's associa-
tlon will hold an important spo-
ctal meeting this evening at 4
6:30 o'clock at the White Pel-
lean hotel. Leading lumber
men will be present at the meet-
ing and topics ot common inter-
est will bo discussed.
ed to tho bank was refused, Ford, no
doubt, having resorted to his old
nefarious skill and cleverly forged it.
HOT T
i DIRECTORS ASK
N
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Bequest for a revised estimate of
acreage charges for water use during
the 1920 season was submitted by
tho board of directors to Project
Manager Newell yesterday and will
be taken up with the department of
the Interior. The operation and
maintenance charge was recently
fixed by the department at $2 for
each two acre-feet per acre during
the coming year, 50 cents more for
the next additional foot per acre, and
75 cents an acre for each acre-foot
above three-acre feet.
The former charge was on tho basis
of $1.25 for every two-acre feet per
acre and the big increase brought
forth a storm of protest from water
users when notice was published
March 20, last. The main line of
opposition is that in fixing the esti
mate the department based the oper
ation and maintenance charges on a
schedule of expenses in which were
at least $20,000 charges that were
not properly chargeable to operation
and maintenance.
A letter dealing by Director R. E.
Bradbury, stating in detail the excep
tions to the estimate, was read at
yesterday's meeting. Mr. (Bradbury
and President G. W. Offield were tho
only directors present. Mr. Offield
concurred in the decislo nthat tha
charges were excessive and it was
unanimously agreed to ask for a re
vision downward.
Mr, Bradbury's letter, which was
read and accepted, Is as follews:
To the Board cf THrei-tors., of. the
"Klamalh if rigatfonDlstricr,'"' "5;5'v
Gentlemen:
From time to time, I have called
your attention to the Inconsistency
of the present system of dual con
trol of the Klamath Irrigation dis
trict, as It Is now administered.
It was the hope and belief of those
who advocated the change from tho
Watcrusers' association, to the dis
trict plan, that departmental rulings
by the interior department of the
United States would be superceded by
. , gtatute. as set forth In tha Irrt-
gMm d,strJct , wh,ch ,g def,nUe
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I auu i.uuiJivuGuanQ, iiiuau4ui.u us iuio
board Is elected and empowered under
state law. It is my opinion that tho
business of the district should be car
ried on In accordance therewith. The
fact that the district has contracted
with the United States reclamation,
service for operation is not a justi
fication for a continuance of the ex
orbitant, arbitrary and unfair oper
ating and maintenance cost, as an
nounced for the season of 1920. The
schedule of items that make the sum
total of $87,096 contains items that
will approximate $20,000, which is
not properly a charge against th
district or maintenance. Before go
ing into the details of the matter I
desire to call your attention to ex
tracts from the general laws ot Ore
gon which apply to irrigation dis
tricts. The 6 per cent limitation ot
taxing bodies, the provision in the
district law for elections for bonding
and contract for building and Im
provements, the section In the con
tract between the United States and
the district, which provides that no
additional construction shall be un
dertaken by the government except
by supplemental contract, and fur
ther, referlng to section 10 of Secre
tary of Interior Franklin K. Lane's
letter of May 26, 1919, in answer to
questiens: Is the Klamath Irrigation,
district .now liable for any defect that
may arise in connection with tho
Klamath project as a whole and, may
It become liable therefor in tho fu
ture? Answer: The Klamath Irrigation
district will not be made liable in any
greater amount than that specified,
in its contract with the United States,
unless some supplemental contract la
made.
Protests Charges
With the above extracts beforo you,
for reference, wo may proceed to a
consideration of the question ot
whether the Items charged to the dis
trict as operation and maintenance,
are all properly distributed, I submit
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