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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1920)
fEtrettmg OFFICIAL PAPER OF KLAMATH VAhhH OFFICIAL PAFBB OV klamath oouinrr Fourteenth Year No. 3904 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1920 Price, Five WlV wsf M toMIv INTEREST III GLERM-UP IS I IEK Canvass of t ho limjltionn dlntrlct nstnrdny liy roproiiontntlvcii of tho city hoard (if health rovcnlod a wholnnnli) realization of tho nood of thn clunn-un. imlnt-un and snfoty first campaign tluit tliu health board plans to limiiKurati) during tho fort night butwoun May 1 ami Mny in Whllo uvnrynuu lit not yut familiar with tint dotnllwt Hih's nlong which tho campaign Ih to ho carried out. all realize Km necessity and pciHsllilll lies for good and no iimi refused to lend support to thu general effort to iiuiko tho clly 'more attractive and ri'ilucu tho (JIhohmo and accldont rlrk, tho principal ondn to which tho cam paign la directed. Dr. A. A. HutiW'. city health olllcer. atatod today that In tho last two dnyit ho luul niadn an oxhiimllvo study of tho onlliiiuircH of tho r'ty, beginning In 18X!'. "u discovered n numbor of ordinances duallnK with public health and safety that wcro nppllcnblo enough In tholr day hut which panned Into dlmmo years ago. For iixnmplo tho ordinance prohib iting tho rldliiK of horses ovor nldo walks, a needed monmiro duubiloiu In thn ilnyii whon tho hilarious cow. hoy rodo hln nag Into LlnkvllUVB thlnil emporiums to tho coiuteriu tlon of tho hnrtundur and tho scan dal of tho neighborhood, haH long alnco passed Into tho dead n-chlvoit Thoro nro other laws on t'io mu nicipal atatuto hook, says tho city physician, that aro as dead and for gotten by tho gonoral public an thq ancient rogulatlon of tho punchers' playful antics, soma of thom nppllc Inblo to prcsont day problem and Home not. Whon ho Rota through with his study ho will know Just how tho ordlnnncoH stand In rogard lo hoalth and safety measure, and thoBO that can bo mado to porvo a Reed puriKiHO will ho. enforced, ho says. With tho town ovcrllowlns with a constantly Increasing poiulatlon and prospects of it gr6.itcr Influx 'Of tourlBtR thnn ovor boforo, tho sani tary problems arising from congo-it-ed conditions nro eorlous matters for thoboard to deal with. Tho hoalth board realizes tho dan gers of on opldomlc unless ovory pro caution Is taken to enforce tho city's sanitary laws boforo tho summor sea Bon, and Ib scoklng to awnkon tho public to Hb duty of co.oporntloii. If ovory ono will got In and help to tho best of Ilia or hor ability, wondora of boautlflcatlon nnrt sanitary roform can bo accomplished. Hays tho board. In connection with tho campaign Dr. Soulo today Issuod thin state ment: My follow townsmen, It Ih your duty without roHorvntlon Una and al ways to got behind your health board and mako Klamath Falls spick and span; und thua promoto henlth, thrift and civic prldo. This Is a tourist town ,nnd therefore' mqrq. '.11113 MICKIE SAYS &n. vjtk. eot-cr PUAEtAO vmuo ' V)6Tfc UV)6 VAtUfc, fcVVT MPs'?. fcvtf V(V OOKTC vibrrE t -oak J FRVtVlO JV3 OF"TCN A"3 MOO .UOVJUO, OO MV7. -TWG.VA f VWUKT N OOCMTP OO 6 TO , cowre m 'vi oaoea -tvv oO ' UOMlC TOViU VAVtW. 3tWT TO ,'fcWt , wc.a.M.. -ruw muu oac p.etvst 'cwv Thisiir A ' (52)d li own fou "Ml Bmll cawafc& TOt- MONTANA flIVKH JOIINHON lltrtii: VOTi: IN I'lUMAKV UUTTK. Mont.. Apr. 2A. IlnluniB from yoHtorday's pri mary olectlou, Btlll Incomplolo, from various parts of Montana, Indicate that Hiram Johnson recelvud moro volos than all of his opponontK combined. Of tho other candldatott Wood loads with Hoover, Iyowdon and Hnrdlntc followliiK In tho order named. Tho Domocrnts had filed no nominations for presi dent. Of thiiBo written In Wil son npponrH to load. TOF SUITS STARTED Coudomnatlon huIIh agalnBt throo property ownorH In tho valley south of hum, on tho routo of tho proposed Malln-Klamath Falls section of tho Tho DuIIch to California state high way, wore begun In tho circuit court yesturday afternoon In behalf of Klamath county. Tho complaint sots forth that tho uho of tho land Ih a public necessity as a right of way for tho proposud highway and that tho ownorH havo refused to noil tho laud, although tendered an of fur each of H0 an acre, which plaintiff avers Ih a rea sonable price for the property. Tho court Is linked to condemn tho prop erty for tho ono specified at $150 an aero. Defendants, each In separato ac tion, aro Qeorgo Khehalt, C. How- man and Robort D. Choyno. portant that you mako It cloan. It you 'hold .roe responsible to mako this town healthy, I hold you roepon slbio to mako this town cloan and hope' to mako you each a personal call to that effect. Clean-up and palnt-up. Property In too valuablo to alow It to run down. Fut paint on It and preserve jour home. Mako tho cntrnncos to jour town cloan so tho thresholds of your city will bo pleasing to thoso arriving by rail or rubber. Put up nn arch with tho word "Wolcomo" on coloring and ''Hurry back" on loavlng or some such device. So much as preface to what I want to say. I want to rovlow the laws and ordinances of tho city relating to health, sanitation and safety. Ev ery law should bo onforcod or if it is a dead lottor tako it off tho books. Starting back in Juno 1889 wo flml our Jlrst ordinance whon D. 0. Ilrown was Itccordor and Chas. S. Mooro I'ros. of tho Iloard of Trus tees, llxlng tho time and plnco of mooting of tho Trustees of tho Town of Mnkvlllo. Don't you fool a llttlo civic prldo when you think that tho formor town of Idnkvlllo Ib now tho city of Klamath Falls? Oboy that Impulse and plan your part for tho cleiinllnosH, hoalth und safoty of' your city. Ordlnanco number two placed a nonulty on any, one disturbing a church' mooting and of interest too is tho soctlon "Any poreon or persons who shall rldo or drtvo nny horse or Iioi-hos, mulo or mulos or any beast of burdon within tho corporate lim its of tho town of Llnkvello at a greater speed than six miles an hour would bo subjoct to fine, etc Thru all tho old ordinances down to numbor 1)8, wo Jlnd our early city dads dealing with tho probloms of tholr day; light and water, fire. OPhim dons, llconsos, etc., as woll as light troubles as sling shots, air guns, flrocrackors, vagrancy, baudy houses, bicycles, nuaiancea, etc. Of Intorost also is the law control ling tho street car lino which ran thru Main stroot to tho Upper Lake. Ono of tho old stroot cars can be soon today standing along side of Sixth stroot. Ordlnanco numbor 08 approved Sept. 0, 1007, when B. St. ileo. Ills hop was mayor and when the' city council consisted of Fred Schallock, John R, Stilts, Jasper Bennett and A.. Castel, reads "the driving of an nuto-moblle within tho corporate limits of tho city at a speed to exceed Ave miles per hour is prohibited and unlawful." ' 1 How fat do they drive ,noyT jPp we need, a,-Safety irst) campaign Next issuo we will continue Jooklhir..1 w for. hoalth'mulaUous and &&tftbvaVriUllwfclBa. , v,.ek-- T ION T H Thn announcement that an effort Is to bo mado to iicctm n patolo for J B. Haddock, convicted of tho mur dor of O. T. McKondroo, and whose appoal from tho sentonco of from two to fifteen years was recently af firmed by tho Btato supromo court, has stirred up much antagonism to such a movo and any effort to bring about such a result will bo mot by tho Btrongost opposition. Thos op posed to tho parolo state that their stand' Is not based upon personal grounds and Insist that tho personal equation must not ontor Into tho caso. Tho contention Is that tho dny Ih past in Klamath county when tho nrlmoval mothod of settlement of rango disputes should bo msorted to and that if Paddock is pardonod it will bo notlco to othors that tho bars aro down and that a conviction Is not n conviction but tho preliminary stop loading to a parolo if tho court of last rcBort cannot bo Induced to set tho law rtsldo and turn tho crim inal Ioobo. Another offort for tho pa-olo that Is Huro to stir tho community Is that of Williams who murdorod a homo stoador who was living on tho Mid land road. 1 mdwl Thoro is also a rumor afloat thnt a movo Ib to bo mado to socuro a pa rolo for Williams who was convicted of thn murdor of tho homesteader who lived on tho road botwecn this city and Midland. It was ono of tho most cold-blooded murders over com mitted in this Htato and it Is not like ly that tho parolo board will glvo n petition for Williams nny considera tion. TALKS MILLAGE TAX TO MT. LAKI CROWD A meeting of tho Mt. Lakl. Im- 'provemont Society was held at' the Mt. Lakl church last evening. It was well attended and the program thoroughly enjoyed. One of tho Im portant features of the evening was tho talk by J. P. Wells on the Ele mentary Educational bill. Ho show ed clearly Just what tho bill would moan to that district which is iyw paying a special tax of 9 mills and receiving $704. The two mill tax will yield them 410. Discussion followed, every one taking part and availing himself of tho opportunity of loarnlng thq details of the bill and tho method of distribution. Mt. Lakl has always been progres sive In educational and other move ments for tho genoral good and this shows that tho peoplo of that com munity are In no way falling behind tholr established rocord. OFFICES OFS. P. CO. ARE CHANGED M. A. Callaghan, local noutnorn Pacific agont, states that in splto of tho publicity glvon to tho moving of tho freight offico from tho passenger station to tho freight depot, scores of persons persist In calling up tho -pasBenger station dally to lnqulro regarding freight matters. All of tho business of the railroad oxcept tho ticket offico is now trans forrod to tho froight depot. The phono number Is 233W. Inquirers wasto tlmo in calling 159, tho pas songor depot, whon thoy havo busi ness with the froight office. FORECLOSURE JUDGMENT Judgmont for $2,500, with inter est, attorney foes and costs, was ren dered by the circuit court yosterday In the action of L. E. Burriss against W. D. Jones and othors, and a decree of foreclosure on property of tho de fendant in tho Malln district Issued to enforce the. Judgmont, MARKET REPORT PORTLAND, April 24. -Cattlo steady; hogs weak; shoep steady; butter weak; eggs, case counts, 37 Vi cents; no change In other market quotations. WEATHER REPORT OREGON Tonight and Sunday, fair; light to heavy frost In early morning; warmer In interior Sun day; northerly; winds. meantime Yememberc that, If you will cleanz.up and'palnd up'your.placajaud everybody 'dojjs' like wlse.ithav; whole IT HAS a to! no Thoro Is 0110 candldato whoso name Ih submitted to tho voters of Oregon that Ib romarkablo in f,ovral ro ipocts. Ho Is Honry J. Schuldorman, who Is seeking tho nomination for secretary of state or, rather, whose frlonds aro seeking tho nomination for him, for this Is ono of tho re markable things about him. His frlonds aro really forcing him to stand as a candldato. They aro do ing It bocauso of his record as cor poration commissioner. Another romarkablo thing about him is that thoro Is nothing of tho "big I, llttlo you" about him. Ho has been known to go after crooked com panies and mako them pay back monoy they filched from Oregon vic tims, after ho had refused to let them do business In this state. When a short tlmo ago tho "World Works" published a list of a thousand and ono companies convicted of fraud and Illegally selling stock In tho United States, Oregon stood out an tho ono state whero not a Btnglo ono of thom had been pormltted to do business. It was Mr. Schuldorman's testimony thnt was tho Important factor in tho conviction of Pan, known tho nation ovor as tho promoter of tho notorious Pnn Motor company. But greater than this and of moro direct Intorost to tho peoplo of Ore gon th u 11 his record as a guardian of tho fools who aro always so easily separated from their money, is tho fact that ho is the only official in Oregon and doubtless In tho United States who operated his depart ment last year for about tho same cost as ho did In 19 1G. That fact is of real interest to tho taxpayers, who havo looked on with helpless amaze ment at tho saturnalia of official ex travagance that is spreading from Washington down Into the smallest precinct of every sta'to In tho union. This feature in Mr. Schuldorman's record is an outstanding ono and will doubtless causo ovory voter to ask himself tho questien: "Is this not th man wo want as secretary of state, tho one offico in Oregon that must not have a rubber stamp official."' I PERSONAL MENTION I 0 o William B. Spencor and Roy F. Beck filed honorable discharges from tho United " Stales army with tho county clerk yesterday. Miss M. Morgan will arrlvo tomor row from The Dalles to tako tho po sition of night operator at tho West ern Union ofllco In placo of J! W. Marx, who has resigned and return ed to San Francisco. Mr. Marx was forced to leave because ho could not find a dwelling horo. C. H. Bunnell, of Portland, district commercial manager, is rolloving tho local forco until Miss Morgan's arrival. Mrs. Don J. Bolding has gono to Falls City, Ore., on account. of -.tho lllness,jf her aunt; Rhols cxpec(cd to return, tho mtddloof next wept.. Fred McKendreo 'Was in tho city from Merrill yesterday on buslnes?. Mr. and Mrs. James Polton who spent tho wlntor in San Francisco and Los Angeles and motored back a few days ago, loft this morning for tholr homo at Fort Klamath. Mr. and Mrs. Stevo Lowo, who re cently sold tholr homo on Pine strot to Sheriff Humphrey, loft this morn ing In their car for California points to roam around for a fow months looking for a hotter placo In which to live thnn Klamath Falls. Tho Herald expects to rocord their re turn along about September. Mrs. Klpp Van Riper has returned after a vlBlt of four months with rol- talves and friends In Southern Cali fornia and Arizona. . The many friends of Mrs. Richard Shore Smith, who resided horo for several years, will bo grlovod to learn thai sho whs obllcodfto undergo a sorlous operation in a Portland hos pital recently. Sho Is reported to bo greatly Improved and will soon bo able to be romovod to hnr homo In' Eugene whero her husband Is n suc cessful attorney. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Epperson and little' sonFGeorge, wll leave. In tho morning f$r a visit 'of several weeks wltht friends and! relatives' In, Iowa. The. lyoman's" Relief Corps mot on Mona"ayatternooh In regular isiilon. indiax ceri'Li: ki:i:kh to ItKIIAIv OM MAKKIAM th: I 1 Frank Lynch and Cella Lynch, I married by Indian custom during the days of the Modoc war or there abouts, havo reached tho parting of the ways und aro asking tho white man's law to break tho marriage bonds of so many years standing. Testimony was taken yesterday In tho circuit court in their divorce suit and tho court has the decision under advisement. Frank is the plaintiff in tho action and charges his wifo with long continued cruelty. His testi mony was given with tho aid of an Interpreter. Efflo Pitt Henry was granted a divorce from Willie Pitt Henry yes terday. They aro anlother Indian couple MARTIN LEASES LARGER STORE L. M. Martin has obtained a four- year lease on 'tho room formerly occupied by tho Temple theater from tho I. O. O. F. association and will movo from his present quarters on tho opposito sldo of Main street. He oxpects to bo settled In tho new place by May 15. Tho reason for tho change is tho same old story that ono hears every day from local business men whoso space, ample enough two or three years ago, is becoming restricted and cramped as tho city's growth In creases trade and new customers aro constantly added by increaso In the city's population. "I'm forced to socuro moro room," says Mr. Martin. "Ivo got stpek stacked from the floor to tho ceiling In solid piles and I'm getting to the; point whero neither the sales force or customers can turn around with out difficulty." By iho move Mr. -Martin sayj-tfid ho will practically double his floor space. Ho will gain 500 square feet on tho main floor and ho contem--plates building a balcony In tho new store, besides which ho will have basement space for storage that he does not havo at present. Mr. Martin canie to Klamath Falls throo years ago and tho five, ten and fifteen cent store that he started has multiplied In magnitude several times, due to his push hud energy. It still remains a five, ten and fifteen cent store within tho limitations, at least, set by tho advanced coat of all commodities over three years ago, and nickles and dimes aro still com mon mediums of exchango within its limits. HOOVER ENTERTAINS OREGON KINSWOMAN Mrs. Agnes K. Eskleson, a former resident of this city during tho time that hor lato husband was engaged in tho furniture business here, is down from Salem for a fow dnys looking after 'interests here. Sho is npw teaching music jnthe "Washington junior high school at the capltuL Her sls'tor, Mlss""Laura Hammer; who for throo years was a member of tho faculty of tho local high school, has just returned from France, says Mrs. Eskleson, where sho was engaged In po3t-war recon struction work. Mrs. Eskleson nnd Miss Hammer are cousins of Herbert Hoover and during hor stny In Paris Miss Ham mer had tho opportunity of meeting hor cousin nnd Mr. Hoover dropped business cares for a fow hours and ontertntned his kinswoman at dinner. RECOGNIZE REPUBLIC WASHINGTON, Apr. 21. Ar monia was formally recognized today as an independent republic by tho United States government. I1INES RESIGNS Walker D. Hines, director gonoral of railroads, has resigned nnd his resignation has boon nccoptod by President Wilson. It was decided (hat nt tho nexl moot ing on May S. a special program will bo glvon and all members of corps,; oro urred to ba nresent. Committon. on arrangements are. Mrs. Flora Em- mitt, Mrs. Carey Ramsby, Mrs. BoIhn.,bs expected to know. A) votvfklch, Mrs. Huraphroy, Mrs. Burkfield. utwlcos the curlour aik "Whyt'S A. IS E CHOCAGO, Apr5. 24. The insur gent rail strike In Chicago terminat ed today, after It .had developed from a. beginning hero to a finish strike invollng practically the whol country. Tho strikers definitely put an end to tho attempts of their leaden to obtain a settlement yesterday, when they rejected the proposal to return to work. Crows at work aro growing, being' swelled dally by returning striken and tho Importation of brotherhood men from other points. WASHINGTON, April 24. In warning against further delay in set tling tho wage demands of two mll lllon railroad workers of the country. Timothy Shea, vice-president or trie brotherhood of locomotive firemen, today told the railroad labor board that tho men "were fed up on prom ises and dead dog tired of delaya."- Southern Pacific traffic Is moving normally, s.aid M. A. Callahan, local agent, today. Freight is being ac cepted for all points. Local incom ing shipments aro normal and the1 outgoing freight Is heavy. Flttr . loaded cars were attached tothf southbound local freight when K pulled out this morning. js. At present the local branch bur big surplus bf empty box can, flat and gondolas, said the agent,, and the superintendent's office Is advis ing shippers to fqrward aU freight . tiossiblo while tho car supply ls'avall-' able. Present conditions are not ex pected to last more than two weeks. J SHOWN BY BIG OIL OPERATORS Is thero oil in Klamath county? That Is a question that many people would like to have, answered and it rumor Is right th'ey aro going to have It answered by more than one teat well. For the past few days thero havo been in Klamath Falls three of tho biggest oil prospectors on the coast that is from a financial view point. Thoy ana Captain E. L. Smith, E. W. Mayer and Dr. M. O. McCorkle. They aro officers and di rectors of the United States Oil and $ Gns 1UU1J'111J which concern owns something like 4,000 acres in the famous Wyoming oil field, on which It has ono producing well and is drilling flvo or six others. Recently this company entered Into a working agrecmbnt Vuh the 'lidwesl Rofln lrig""contpanV n' subsidiary" of the' Standard' Oil company. It Is reliably reported that the U. S. company has kept In pretty closo touch with developments lh this torritory and that as a result of the reports that have been made the gontlemon In question came to Klam ath Falls for the purpose of doing business. To what oxtont their visit mot with success none of the party would dlvulgo. Neither would any of thom affirm nor dony the charga that they wero going to begin drilling in tho very noar future. It Is a .fact, however, that Captain Smith, presi dent of tho company, was overboard, to remark something to the effect, that ho would 'come back in .1 couple of weeks, nnd whon asked by a Herald representative what he wa coming back horo for In two weeks,, hu w.w so nstonishod that he could not answer the question until he had collected himself, i 'l I'&H Another thing connected with the visit of thess gentlemen that lends color to tho story that they are com ing back to prospect this field is the fact thnt they nro leaving behind thom a representative of their com; pany In tho poison of J. W, Wright, n chap that can tell ou more about domes and structul-es nnd the llke- tnnn any plain, ordinary cltiwmimllr T I T N REPORT iiiffm nr'nv ranmHrar" fcttr-uK-ginaj-