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OFFICIAL PAPER OV
KLAMATH COUNT!
Fourteenth Year No. 3894
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1920
Price, Five Centr
POLICE TOLD
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Expectoration on thn nldownlks
nnd HtrnwInB paper promiscuously
about thu HtruutH, lioth common vio
lations of thu city ordinances made
and pruvldud, cull for prompt nrreU
of those guilty of tlio practice If
Mayor Slrublu'a Instructions to Chief
of l'ollco WIIhoii aro followed. Tho
stroots nro continually In flltliy con
dition bvcauNO of thu violations (-aid
tho mayor, uud bo believed that a
few exemplary finuH uru In order.
"Urine 'mil up and lut 'out talk to
the Judge." ho directed thn pollco
anlof.
"If I do, I'm llkoly to brine some
of tho member of tho council and
mnybo tho mayor In tho first butch,"
responded tho chlot.
"Bring 'om along, " waa the
oonlc ordor, Tho roault will
awaited with Interest.
UaK tho KMetltlrtiil Alw
PodoatrlaiiH taku their lives
Uiolr hands when thuy vonturo
la
be In
off
thn
tho curbs In nemo sections of
city, Hald thoso who contributed
to
tho Konornl discussion of the truffle
law violation by "HpeedorM," uud
sooner or later hoiiio one will bo serl
ouHly hurt by the speed maniacs
Councilman Brandenburg vigorously
advocated hiring a special officer to
deal with tho violators but ai the
trousury In badly depleted no defln
Ito action wua taken,
Tho mayor Maid that hu hud In
structed tho police force at tho first
of thu' year to Rather In the Hpoedors
"I thought It they would cutch n few
when, thoy. first came out, It would act
a good exnmiilo," he said, apparently
of thu biiiiio jiolnlon uu tho farmer
who luunchen hla fiercest extermina
tion rnlda upon the ground sijulrroli
In the early spring
Hovoer, according to the mayor,
tho police netted nary u speedor.
Chief Wilaon hcciiioiI to feel that
Bonio explanation wuh culled for. lie
aald that a uniformed man was hiiu
dlcapped In cutchlng speeders, who
recognized the blue und bniBS hut
tons blockB away uud Blowod down
to a quiet jog. IIo said tho pollco
hnd passed up no opportunities to
mnlco nrrest, simply Iiccuuho thero
had boon no speeding under tho oyea
of tho offlcors. llosldcs, ho said,
routine work fully occupied tho time
of thu two policemen uud left no
tlino to chase speeders.
WiuK NiiImuko Itemowil
Tho old burn nt tho northeast cor
ner of Oak und Eighth streets la uu
unsanitary nuisance, declared J, l'
Daggett, J 11. Urubukor, Frank
Frnnkford, Mrs. O. T. McKondroo
and Hurry Poltz in u petition re
questing Its condemnation und re
moval, Horses and othor animals
nro kept In it and In an adjoining
shod, formorly a chicken houso, peo
ple nro living, Thero are no sowor
connections on tho property. Tho
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SALEM, Apr 13 -Declining
they would leave thulr work
nt tho Institution before they
would work with an oi-convlct,
40 employes of the Insane
uHylum here preHentod a peti
tion uud ultimatum to Doctor
Stelner, superintendent, do
mandlnK tho removal from tho
forco of n former convict. Dr.
Stelner refused to discharge the
mini ho long us ho performs his
work Three employeg were
dlHcharKOd und the others In
vited to rail for their time but
none called
LANtJELL VAIJ.KY OOUPLH
MAKK PLANS KOIt MAHItlAGK
Cecil E. Conley and Minn Edna I,.
DeVaul, well known young peoplo of
Langell vulley, havo secured a mar
rulgw llcnao iun(J tho wedding Is
scheduled to take place next Sutur
day at the bride's homo at Lorella
In tho presonco of many relatives and
friends, Tho bridegroom-elect la a
prominent joutig rancher of Langell
vulley, where hla family nro old real
denta. The bride-to-be ia the daugh
ter of Mr. and .Mrs. William DoVnul,
nnothur prominent fumlly of the
district
ANNUAL meeting at
PltK.HHVTKItl.lN CHURCH
Tho annual supper of tho Prcsby
toriun church will take placo this
evening at the church ut 6 o'clock,
followed by thu annual business
meeting Including roports ot all or
ganizations and ulcctlou of officials.
matter was referred to tho health
committee for report at next meeting.
.Other barns on Oak street and In
othor parts of tho .city were termed
equally dangerous menaces to the
public heulth, and nuisances per se,
by I)r, A. A. Soulu, city phjslclan,
und other speakers.
All) Qiie.-llon Settled
Councilman Upp renewed his mo
tion that tho city grade uu approach
from Third street to tho alley be
tween Jeffuison and Lincoln, to per
mit Ingress uud egress of John
McCall und others who are now
forced to traverse nolghbora' prop
erty. This, !is third attempt to get
tho work dono, was successful. Tho
mayor promised to huvo tho ap
proach graded ns soon us ho could
get labor to do It.
Ketwr Is Asked for
Ralph II. Uosh find others filed a
petition for n sower for n block on
Socond street between Washington
mid Jofforsou. Tho matter was ro
fonod to tho city engineer.
An ordinance wua passod changing
tho maturity porlod of tho Mills ad
dition sowor bonds fioni a maximum
of 30 eara to a mnxliuum of 20.
The bonds nro now advortlsod for
salo, nftor being rejected by tho
Lumbermen's Trust company, who
raised as ono objection to taking
them tho 10, 20 and 30 yoar retire
ment clauso, which thoy nllegod was
In violation of charter provisions fix
ing 20 years as tho limit for ma
turity. Paving Resolutions
Resolutions wore adopted author
izing tho pnvlng of Congor avonuo
from Main to California avonuo;
Klamath avonuo from Ninth to Elov
ontli stroots, and Pine from Eighth
to Eleventh stroots.
Tho ordlnnnco rogulatlng boom
prlvllogos n Lake Ewnuna came up
for final passage and was adopted.
Elks (o Hold Carnival
Permission was granted tho Elks'
lodgo for a street carnival to bo hold
some tlmo noxt month on Klamath
nvonuo, tho groator part of tho pro
ceeds to bo used for charltablo pur
poses. Negotiations nro now bolng
closed, It was stated, with tho carni
val company that will bring its show
hero.
Permits Issued
H. J. Boyd was granted a permit
to movo n two-room building from
outsldo tho city limits to lots 5 and 6,
block 24, Hillside addition, to bo
romodoled Into a four-room houso,
Earl Shopord was glvon a permit to
construct a gulvnnlzod iron prarago,
25 by 25 foot, at tho roar of tho
building known as tho "Old Brick
Storo," on Main stroot near tho rlvor,
rontod from E. R, Reamos for ware
house purposos.
ELKS WE on
RETAIL STOGK
The Elks' club rooms nro begin -
nlng to look like a big general iner-
chundlso storo as tho goods con-
trlbuted by tho bualncaa men and
members of tho lodgo throughout 'nine yesterday morning, according to
thn county aro bolng brought in in'roporta renchlng here. Earl Whlt-
prqpnratlon for tho oponlng on 'lock, funoral director, wub called
Thursday night of tho "Once a Year' to Ilrajr this morning to preparo tho
Western Nights," i body for burial. The victim of the
The hundroda and hundreda of tragedy wa3 about 21 yeora old. Her
choice articles aro being sorted and I husband la emplpyod by the Crater
placed In readiness. All of the gro
ceries and farm produce nre being
arranged In tbe basement with the
oxcoptlon ot several sacks of flno po
tatoes. For the present theso aro
being safeguarded In tho big con
crete vault on tbo first floor, tbe
combination ot which has recently
been changed to prevent any of these
priceless articles of food from being
stolen.
To aavo tlmo and trouble while
tho big cclebratlcn la on most of the
llvostock Is being butchered a'id
dressed. It ia expected, however,
that a few of these will be delivered
to the winners on the hoof, In order
to add a little amusement to the en
tertainment. Thu heads of tho committees an-
nounce that everything is practically ,
ready to go, and this year promise
to surpass any of tho Western Nigh' s
of the past. The celebration will J
continue for three nights, Thursday,!
Friday and Saturday of this week.
EDUCATION TAX
The hlghor educational tax act,
which will bo on tho ballot May 21,
hus recolvod endorsement of tho
Klamath county farm bureau execu-
to committee In a statement, which
usscrts that the commitfteo repre
sents many Klumath county farmers,
und recognizes tho bonefit thnt has
como to tho farmer through tho
maintenance of n high standard of
education, both directly through tho
agricultural collcgo and Indirectly
through tho unlvorslty and state nor
mal school Tho statement reads:
At tho regular monthly mooting
of tho Klumath county, Oregon,
farm ln-roau. held nt Klamath
Falls, April G, 1920, tho follow
ing statement was unanimously
adopted.
Tho farmers of Klumath county
nro continually enjoying the bene
fits of tho Oregon Agricultural col
lege directly. Indirectly, through
their children, tho vnluo of Ore
gon Agricultural college, tho Unl
vorslty of Oregon, nnu Aionmouiu
normal nro bolng brought home ro
them. Thoy peo their chlldron de
veloping under tho Influenco of
hotter teachers, who havo gradu
ated from one of these Institu
tions. Thoy soo their young mon
and young women who havo had
tho ndvantago of higher education
hotter able to take their rightful
places as citizens than their par
ents wore.
As tho representatives ot many
ot tho farmers of Klamath county,
wo, the oxecutlve commltteo of the
Klamath County Farm bureau, bo
llovlng that it would be a calamity
to tho institutions and to our
solves if tho progress and develop
ment of any ot 'them wero Im
paired, take this moans of going
on record. Wo ask all farmers
and farmers' friends to voto nt tho
polls on May 21 In favor ot tho
bill known as tho hlghor educa
tional tax act, and direct that this
stntomont bo given tho wldost
publicity.
INDIAN LAND HALE WILL
CLOSE TO DIDDERS MONDAY
Noxt Monday, .April 19, ut 2
o'clock is tho final tlmo tor filing
bids on 12,000 acres of alloted tribal
lands on tho Klamath Indian reserva
tion, offorod for salo by tho govern
ment by compotltlvo bidding. Tho
land is agricultural and grazing and
tho minimum price is $10.40 an acre,
although many ot tho bids, consider
ing the nature of tho land, aro ex
pectod to .roach a much higher figure,
Bids will bo received at tho ottico of
tho superintendent of tho reservation
at tho agency up to next Monday at
2 o'olock.
FARM BUREAU
COMMIHEEEOR
YOUNG MATRON
ENDS OWN LIEE
1 Domestic difficulties led to tragedy
In tho homo of Mr. and Mrs Lo Cof
f on bury at Dray, when Mrs. Coffon
'bury ended hor llfo by taking atrych
r
jaKO uox company ai liray ana iney
have a email son, about three years
old.
Mrs. Coffenbury is also survived
by her father, Henry P. Chapman,
well known rancher noar Wordenj
and by two brothers and fonr sisters.
Her maiden name was Bessie Chap
man. A sister, Mrs. L. N. Lowln,
Uvea at 442 Michigan avenue, ths
city. Her husband ia employed by
the Southern Pacific aa a plumber.
Mrs. Lewln left for Bray thla morn
ing.
Another sister, Mrs. Ida Anderson,
formerly lived In Klamath Falls, her
husband being In tho transfer busi
ness hero, but has moved away, and
another sister. Miss Christine Chnp-
man, was employed In the office of
tho Klamath Development company
here when Paul Johnson was the
ideal manager.
Mrs. Coffenbury attended tho
dance at Dorrls last Saturday night
'at which Klamath-Falls people were
present and w as aiparently In tho
gayest ot moods. No detailed ac
count of the situation that furnished
tho motive for her act has been re
ceived here, but it is understood that
it was precipitated by domestic mis
understanding. t '
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ALLEGES $1052 IS DUE
IN PARTNERSHIP SETTLEMENT
William J. Stoinmetz has begun
suit in the circuit court against Fred
U. Grennon for $1352.90, alleged to
bo due In settlement of partnership
account. Plaintiff alleges that he
embarked In a meat market business
with defendant hero In January,
1919, which partnership continued
to July 1, 1919, when the business
was sold for $22,000.
After payment of all Indebtedness
a final balances was struck and there
was found to bo owing to plaintiff
from defendant, according to plain
tiff's figures, $3952.90, ot which
only $2000 Is paid.
TWO PAY FINES; ONE
SENTENCE SUSPENDED
F. E. Anderson and Ed Boburk
paid fines of $5 each in Pollco Judge
Loavltt's court this morning for
drunkenness. This was their first
appearance in tho local pollco court
and the flues wore light in conse
quence. Mike McClain was sentenced to
five days In jail on a similar charge,
but sentence was suspended on con
dition that ho loavo town.
Git AND JURY COMPLETES
SESSION; EXCUSED UNTIL JUNE
Tho county grand Jury finished
its day's session last evening and
was excused until tho next term of
court, probably in June.
Tho indictment against L. N.
Rahn, charging wanton cruelty to
animals, In which an error in data
was mado whon It was returnod at
tho former session, was resubmitted
to the grand jury and corrected.
KOUMKU GERMAN EMPRESS
AT THE POINT OF DEATH
BERLIN, Apr. 13. Tho Doutscho
Tages Zoltung today learned from a
roliablu source that tho condition of
tho former empross, Auguste Vic
toria, has becomo so grave that tho
announcement of nor death may bo
oxpoctod at any moment.
PETITION FOR IjETTERS
Petition has boon filed In tho coun
ty court by Mr, and Mrs. Joo Coburn
of Yalnax, parents of William Co
burn, docoased, for the appointment
ot Loslio Rogers, A. M. Collier and
Bert Wlthrow as administrators of
tho estate of the decedent in this
county, valued at about $1,500. Wil
liam Coburn died in Multnomah
county.
WOOD AND IXJWDKN AllK
CONTKHTANTH, ILLINOIS
CHICAGO, Apr. 13. Illinois
voters arc casting their ballots
today In tho presidential prof-
oronce primary with Governor
Frank O. Lowden of Illinois
and General Leonard Wood aa
the only candidates entered for
Republican endorsement.
Tho Illinois Democratic dele
gation will go to the convention
unlnstructed.
APPROVES C1L.
DRAINAGE PLAN
A drainage system which works
economically and successfully in the
Stockton delta region in California
may be applied to the lands of the
Klamath Drainage district if It meets
the approval of directors and land
owners when submitted by Don J.
Zumwalt, engineer for the district,
who has Just returned from Investi
gating Its workings on the San Jau
Juln river delta below Stockton. Mr.
Zumwalt visited the farms of the
Wehyl-Zuckerman company, which
owns a largo tract in the Klamath
drainage district, and thers.
No tiles are used on the California
land, which Is very similar to the lo
cal reclaimed tule land. Main
ditches four or five feet deep are dug
at intervals, Jerhaps several hundred
feet apart, connected with laterals a
foot or two In depth. When the land
Lneeds irrigation the mains are filled
to the top by siphoning over the
levee from the waters of the river.
The stream flows into the laterals
and seeping through the porous soil
sooniasl'the' entire area. In -the sys
tem irragated. When the ground Is
wetted sufficiently big pumps are set
to work and the water pumped from
the mains back into the river again.
As tho level in tho big ditches re
cedes the entire tract drains until
the requisite level is reached.
Thero are no permaneat gates, no
tiles or enclosed drains anywhere,
only tho open system of ditches,
comparatively cheap In construction,
and as far as Mr. Zumwalt's Investi
gations showed It worked wel.l He
believes that local conditions are so
nearly similar that the system can
bo applied here equally well.
Tho general manager of the Wehyl
Zuckerman company, with an exper
ienced consulting engineer, aro ex
pected hero the last of the week to
(go over tho local district and size up
tho situation. It is likely that the
main linos of the drainage channels
will be blocked out nt onco.
At tho recent annual meeting of
property owners of tho district a
proposal for Issuing $50,000 in
bonds to finance a dralnago project
was discussed and tho meeting was
in favor of tho plan ns soon as a
practical drainage scheme was work
ed out. The trip ot Mr. Zumwalt to
California is ono of the preliminary
steps in getting the work started.
JAILED IN SOUTH ON ,
BAD CHECK CHARGE
J. H. Yardley, former bookkeeper
at tho U. S. reclamation service of
fice hero, is under arrest in Los An
geles on a charge ot passing a worth
less chock for $25 on Charles Don
art, proprietor ot the Eagle pool
room. Yardloy is said to havo left
about $175 in worthless paper in
his wako whon he left town suddenly
three or four months ago. The
charge against Yardloy is a misdo
meanor and tho authorities aro con
sidering whether or not ho may be
pxtradltod. It Is understood that
his wife, who is in Los Angeles, has
somo money here and is willing to
make the losses of tho various vic
tims good it tho charge against Yard
ley is not pressed.
Yardloy was omployed at tho rec
lamation offico for about a year.
SInco his departure Detective Morloy
has boon In communication with op
eratives In various places, and when
his whoreabouts wero discovered
through lottsrs written rolatlvos in
Douvor, ho was arrested.
WEATHER REPORT
OREGON Tonight and, Wednes
day, occasional rain, cooler tonight
in east; moderate southwest winds.
I
I1IF1N
DROPPED FOR
STRIKE DUTIES
BOSTON, Apr. 13. Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood today cancelled
the leave of absence, obtained t
make his campaign for tho Repub
lican presidential nomination, and.
said he would leave later today for
Chicago to resume his duties as com
mander of the central department.
He, stated his action was due to
railroad strike conditions.
CHICAGO, Apr. 13. General
Wood's campaign for the presiden
tial' nomination will not be affects
by bis return to his army duties
here, his campaign managers said
today.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 13. Th
railroad labor board was appointed"
today by President Wilson. The
members are: George W. Hangar,
Washington, Henry Hunt, CincU- -natl,
and R. M. Barton, Tennessee,
representing the public; Horace
Baker, J. H. Elliott. William ,1,
Park, representing the railroads; Al
bert Phillips, A. O. Wharton, James
J. Forrester, representing the em
ployers. The board is authorized to
meet at Washington immediately to
take up the grievances of the rail
road employees now on strike. .
Prompt action is expected by the
senate on nominations.
u
WASHINGTON, Apr. 13. Presi
dent Wilson today called a meeting
of the cabinet for tomorrow to dlsK
cuss the, "general situation." White-,
Houso officials .wald notrsay that
tho "unauthorized" railroad strike""" 'I
had prompted the call, but it waa
understood this would be the prin
cipal subject of discussion. This la
the first cabinet meeting called by
the president since he returned from
his western trip sick.
CHICAGO, Apr. 13. The mala
strength of the striking railroad
workers was today exerted in the
section east of Pittsburg and the Pa
cific northwest with conditions, ac
cording to railroad brotherhood of
ficials, pointing toward a return to.
normal In the remainder of tho coun
try. Armed soldiers wero called to
handle the mall in Jersey City. Epi
tomized, tho situation was: West,
vastly bettor; Chicago, much Im
proved; east, vastly worse, particu
larly in New York and New Jersey.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 13. An em
bargo against all Incoming and out
going freight was placed today by
railroads entering Washington. Tie'
only freight received in tho last 24
hours was two carloads ot fresh,
meat.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 13. The
Pennsylvania and New York Central
railroads were asked today by tha
department of justice to send the
names of all their striking employes
and indicate which ones were the
leaders ot the walkout. Department
officials flatly refused to discuss the
meaning ot the messages or indicate
whether similar requests had booa
forwarded to executives of other rail
roads.
PHILADELPHIA, Apr. 13. The
Pennsylvania railroad announced to
day that 13,000 out ot 275,000 em
ployees aro on strike.
DIVORCE SUIT FILED
Suit for divorco was filed" in the
circuit court yesterday by Kathryn
M. Legary against Frank LoGary, on
tho grounds of desertion and cruelty,
Tho partlos wero married in Seattle
In 1916.
TWO MORE ARRIVED LAST
NIGHT BY STORK EXPRESS
The nursory at tho Warren Hunt
hospital, which has been fairly well
filled slnco the recent opening ot the
institution, recolved two now arrlr
als last night.
Mr. and Mra. James Dixon, of the
Merrill routo, aro tho proud parents
of a girl baby, and Mr. and Mrs. B,
T. Hasoltlno of tho Merrill district.
woloomed tho arrival of a son.