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official paper or
KLAMATH COUNTY
fourteenth Year No. 390(5
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1920
Price, Five Cent
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WAH1IINHTON. Apr 27
'li.iit'iii Hint 1,011m l'" I'uhi, iim
xici.itit nnriciury of labor, had
8 iiilliitlou pi olileiiiH t it .1fr.1t til"
jUllilr 1 ill i'H' tl.fi 11 tuple of
lm tiB.Inn at IbVrlty council menllng
liiNt Mcht Action for ImttMi'iiiotit
was t ilK- 11 In Hiuerul liiHtmuvii, lilnl
0'X cithern needs woro nhnwn ami
plan laid to de.nl wlili thoir BPttlu
jui'iit nn rapidly hh possible.
1' Tim proHHliiK problem til prononl U
'dlBpomil of garbage. I 'roil tircniirn.
city garbage collector, reported trou
Wo In caniitirtltin with the Increimed
j. rices for hauling garbage recently
fllllK'tlOMlMl ll)' tllO COUltrll IllHllH'NS
houses will not Miami ttii) rulm', ho
mild. Huinu hitvu (lull lutMiiK their.
Kurhugo hntilml, others plan to do
their own hauling. Tlio giirhugo man
mild Unit It ho continued In the gar
bage IiiihIiiusk ho in it Mt imrcluiHu a
nuw truck ii ml mid considerably t
IiIh expenses In other dircctlotiH. Un
ions ha could cut a fnlr prlcu for hit
j- mm io overrniow it,-- worn
ln.nle before llio nowtn mien
ioiiiiiUIio today hy Chairman
Jolmxon o( tho houne Immlgrn-
lion ( oiiiinlltoe,
JoIiiihoii wnn tlio fliBt wit-
nen t tho IntPHtlgiitlDn Into
Post's conduct In handling do-
JK Motion proceedings iu;ulnnt
indlnil nlloiiH Mo was followed
4 hy KiM'njHf-ntiitive Hoeh of Kan
t nun wIidho reHoIiitlon looking
toward tin- pOKsililu ImpCjich-
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WASHINGTON, April 27 A com-
1 parlMjn of the avenigf prices rer.elvcd
Mareh 1, l'JH, and Murch 1, 1920,
I oy iiuuui;uia in 1110 uniieu oiaics 01
olsht Important agricultural pro
Iductn, made hy tho bureau of crop
JJ jeitlmatoa ol tho department of asrl-
iculturo, shews tho following In-
heis.fit to the nubile-'rroa8P": Cotton, 200 per cent;!
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HriKon, pine, d in tho IiiiihIh of the iieullli from u wliole hcartod attack ' ttl-at. 1"s I)er CPl; corn,
vntflrn, brlnRR nbout a pei-tillnr bIui- i lone the lines of a goncl-ul cleau-up '"" nl; PO'"100- 211 percent
John McCall'a nllev nnoallnn
. li. ''"'"iPJ1 'lfl een a feature In some
; Iiay, Jl ,.. D- ntliftl. nf rmmi-ll mne'lnira
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alh-1 In tho Matc'H history. ',nary object, tho aesthetic reaion for111" ',Pr ceni: v-00' il "er nt
: Tho Mtato tinhcndty at HuBcno In tho movement should not be lost
1020 rcrelves from tho mllliiKO tax alnht tf. "'
only $10,840 woro than It wculil 1 Tho clean city Is the beautiful city
havo received In 1913. Tho unl-''riic-rcforo it 13 nn attrtictlvo city and
verlt h onrollmcnt In tho fianio u follows naturally that it Is a pros-
Heven yours, however, has Increased , porous city. Tho fortnight between
152 pur cent. In 1!13 there wcroJMuy 1 and May 1C, during which tho
IT Ai III
Thin number does not Includo Hupport of the community, plans to
Biimmor hcIioo! or correspondence rnmiurt n rlnnn-un camnalcn on
JhiIiooI HtudentB. In other words, tho broader lines than was ever before'
Inumhur of iitudentH has Increakod 1 attompted In Klamath Tails, Is ex
I about 40 times na much as tho mill-1 poctcd to mark 'the boglnnlng of a
!uj;o Htipport. jnow era nn,i a now spirit In com-
If tho cost cf living had declined I niunlty social life,
during tho woven yoars, tho unlvers- Tho city council last night laid
Ity, along with tho agricultural col-Lown barrago for tho wholesale at-
I'Se and the normal might havo had tack on dirt, disease and all of tho
When Hilly Huff Bteps Into tho, a chanco to maintain their standard I ovii forces of General Uncleanllness,
to ronow IiIh ociulpment and said that, ring next Saturday night ho will face 'of work. Kveryono knows, however, jUJ. tha passage of several ordinances
ho had como to tho mooting for nlu Imttlo-Bcarrud veteran froth tho! what tho cost of living has done slnco an(j resolutions dealing with matters
showdown. Ho olther wnntod tholhay city who will mnko things Inter- the millage hill wns first passod. It ' 0f sanitation and the Introduction of
hacking of tho council or wanted toasting from the tap cf tho gong until hus risen about 100 per cent. A n blanket ordlnanco against the use
throw up IiIh haiulB and quit. 1 1 1 0 close of tho bout. I dollar today has tho buying power of 0f public thoroughfares and build-
Tho council mapped rut a program! "Wild" Willie Webb Is an oner-' about 4S cents In 1913. jlngH ns a dumping ground for all
of support, tho chluf font urn bolng'gotlc fighter and likely to bring mut-i Stating it unother way, tho threo , manner of filth nnd refuse.
tho piiHsage of an unieiidiiient to tho turs to a, crltlcul Issue at any time Institutions aro tcylng In 1920 to, uack of tho business life of a city
work ho declared he could not uf ford .
iitlnn, which Iiiih been without pur- pad pnlnt-up campaign is the pri- r'r rcnt: ceBS- 3C ',cr fC!It; uttcr,for the , past two months, took an
other twist last -night when tho coun
jell decided to grant a petition signed
by several property owners ln tho vi-
clnlty of the McCall property against
grading tho approach to the alley un
til tho sidewalk on Third street was
I brought to grado, and then Initiated
'procedings for laying sidewalks on
' both sides of Third street from Mala
to Grant.
W. C. Davenport, one of the prop
erty owners who signed the remon
'stratlng petition, '.was present and ap-
27,ohlo nrovea" tne action of the council". He
said ho thought tho majority ot
Third street residents would wel
come sidewalks.
Tho objection to an approach to
1 the allev between Jefferson nnri T.ln.
I coin, opening off Third, which glyen
Ingress to the McCall home, was bas-
,cd on the allegation that with tho
sidewalk at the present level, the ap
proach would make a cut, and pedes
trians would be compelled to descend
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garbage ordlnnnco, fixing tho price during tho conflict. It is not such it
of hauling at 2tl centH for 10 gnlloim, long while back that ho startled a
or less, lu rocoptacloH, emptied not hordo of California fans by scoring
jnoro than twice a week, and largor over heavyweglht Willie Mcuhnn lit
amounts In proportion. Tor loouo a whirlwind battle. Huff is In good
nshes, dirt, rubbish, etc, the price , condition and confident ns over.
tr.iln two and ono-hnlf times as glands Its homes. Cleanliness In the
many students on ouo-hnlf tho In
come, as compared with 1913.
It Is the bamo as If a family of four
in 1913, with nn Income of $100 n
COLUMBUS, 0., Apr.
voters today are expressing prefer-.
ence at a primary election for presi
dential candidates, and also electing
delegates to the Republican and
Democratic national conventions
The principal fight In the primary
Is between General Wood and Sen
ator Harding for tho presidential 1 1
dorsement.
month, bad grown to a family of 10iness Is bound to spread to tho utter-
was fixed at $1.00 n yard. Those aro Kid Mcl'horson and following re- In 1920, with an Income of ?4C a 1 ,0st limits, nnd tho city health board
tho prices which Mr. Ijrotinon finds port tho kid Is now In shnpo to go the month
troulrlo In cclli'ctlnK. .., four-round session with Kddlo Mur- Classrooms
focused on tjio Republican contest,
where voters may express preference
husincbs dls$rlct naturally leads to! for etner Senator Hiram Johnson or
General Wood.
Democratic voters are not asked to
Indicato a direct preference.
moro pains in tho upkeep of tho res!
donee district. From the center of
tho community the wave of cleanli
Slnco (honow prrlo sciicduio wns phy at a fuBt clip. This bout will be
put on trial two months ago, tho Interesting as tho wlnnor Is slated
monthly bills of biiMlm'ss houses hiivaj for tho Klamath county firffhor
doubled and lu moiiiu Instances tro-, weight tltlo opposed to tho wlnnor of
bled, and thoro Is much dissatisfac
tion. It was reported that trash and do-
tho Couza-l'reoniau bout. Tho lattor
fighters aro both working out dully
and appear In gocd shape Freeman
cnylng ogotublu matter win bonlg Is n speedy boy and will glvo Sou?n a
allowed to collect In nlloys and do-, lueslo to hold his place. Much Inter
plorablo conditions uxlstud In Bovoral obi Is nronsed among tho fans nB to
instances. The Gun store and Kliim- tho possible oiitcomo In tho fuathor
nth Cnsh grocery wore named iih two weight division. All of tho princl-
places that had ctilt pntrunlziiiK tho plus aro clovor llttlo followu.
garbage ninn and hod a growing pile ' "
ot rofiibo In their alleys. I AUTll'MW OF IXCOItl'OltATlO.V
Firo Chlof Ambrose reported thnt ,,,,,, ., . .
tho (it... store had started to operate I ''f3 " ""corporation were od
a nrlvnto Incinerator but tho chief vUh the county clerk by tho Kirk
wero too
luboratpry spaco wus insufficient
oven bovoii years ago, when tho agri
cultural college and tho university
had only 2,055 students combined,
Now that thoy havo moro than
5,100 students, room conditions aro
hopeless. They aro "educationally
Impossible."
Tho university needs buildings for
tho gonornl sciences, for commorco
. -,J-1& sounded out sentiment suffi
few, and clontly In tho last two weeks to feol
confident thnt tho campaign has
plenty of support nnd will bo an
epoch-making success.
Ono phase of tho clean-up cam
paign that Is entitled to considera
tion is firo prevention. Cincinnati
staged its first clean-up and paint-up
campaign in 1911, with tho result
that tho annual firo loss was re
duced $900,000. Nearly a mllion
had stopped It as iinniifn. Ho asked
It tho council would back him lu his
action nnd was assured of support.
Ambrouo evidently was confused
regarding tho stand of tho ndmjnls
tratlon nnd fired n point blank ques
tion ut Mayor Struhto.
I. umber company. Tho Incorporators
nro W. C. Van Kmon. Frod II. Dun
bar and II. C. Merrymnn. Tho cap
italization Is $20,000 and tho princi
pal placo of business Is Chlloquln,
Articles woro also filed by tho Kegg
I, umbor company, capitalized nt
$2.r,000, with its principal placo of
Ilt1 !... t Hfn.. .I1.1 '
,., im,,,, ... ...,., -, bUBllI0M ,,, Klamath Falls. Tho In
said, "when down lu tho police office , cori)ornt()ra (iro w c Vnn K
tho other day I nuked you what I Morryinnn nnd A Bt
Biiouiu (to auoui 1110 iwumniu onuu
Brocory alloy and you told 1110 to lot
It go"
Tho mayor gavo Indication nolthor
(Continued on pago i)
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FLOUlt I'lJIt-K ltKCOltl)
ltMACIUOl) IN MINNESOTA
MINNEAPOLIS, Apr. 27. Flour
ndvancod 50 conts on tha barrel horo
today, marking tho blggost slnglo
rnlso this yonr nnd tho highest prico
ovor rocolved horo for flour. Tho
lncronso, which brought standard
grado flour, 98 pound sacks, to
$15.50 a barrol, Is duo to tho high
wheat market. '
SUIT SICTTIiKI)
Tho suit of Joo Provost against
Jamos Sumpter, an action to rocover
$82 nllogod to bo duo forMabor and
food furnlshod stock, was dismissed
by tho circuit court yesterday, tho
dispute having boon settled out ot
court.
DIVORCE IS GRANTED
Frnnk Lynch wns grantod a doe'roo
of dlvorco from Colla Lynchyostor,
day by Judgo D. V. Kuykendall.' Tho
parties woro marrlou!n JKoj'IOb by
Indian custom and havo sjneo resid
ed nonr Ynlnnx. Tho ground for tho
dlvorco was cruelty.
MARKET ItKPORT
PORTLAND, Apr. 27. Cattlo and
shoop, steady nnd unchanged; hogs
stoody, unchanged; butter unchang
ed; oggs, unchnngod.
and economics, for household nrts, , dollars a year saved as a sort of a
for Journalism, for tho school of edu-j by-product of tho movement, for tho
cation, and for library study. It benefits in other directions moro
needs also dormitories and a studont than justified tho campaign cost
hospital and Infirmary, for housing ! many times over.
VPlir vnnlT Anr 97 OVltnf In
. . . ', , ., . , two or three steps and ascend on tho
terest n todays preferential pros!-, .
, , , , , ' . T other, side. It was alleged that this
denllal primary In New Jersey was. .. . ., . ,. ,. . .
.. W-.V -W .. ..U.OUUVC Ul. u U1UM UU
dangerous In the wjntcr owing to Ice
and sleet collecting In the cut.
Want Pine Finished
A petition was received from Ida,
G. Grimes and others, asking the Im
provement of Pine street from Elev
enth to Esplanade. The petitioners
said that inasmuch as the. paving
would' be laid front TEighttf toSlev
enth this year they wanted to includo
the remaining east end ot tho street
and finish the job all a once.
Dors Unlicensed
Chief ot Police Wilson repored that
dog owners are not buying city lic
enses and asked the council for aid.
He said that with, only two police
men and no poundmas'ter it was im
possible to cover the town and notify
all dog owners personally that tho
license tax was due. It was decided
BOSTON, Apr. 27. Massachusetts
voters tiJ'TNbatiCilv.s today to elect
four delegates at large to the Repub
lican and Democratic conventions,
besides tho district delegates. None
of tho candidates at largo appeared
on tho ballot pledged to any partic
ular candidate. Indications point to
a light vote.
ccudltlons, too, nro, oxtromoly bud,
as almost nny student can testify.
Tho main part ot tho university
library, for example, was built when
tho student body numbored 400, and
Safety First Also
During tho two weeks ot clean-up,
safety first will havo Its innings
through nn educational campaign In
connection with tho clean-up propa-
hns study facilities for 211 at onojgandn. Exports of tho state Indus-
tlmo, whereas tho student body noxt trial accident commission and other
fall, unless checked by wholesale) re- organizations for tho protection of
fusula, of admittance, will numlior labor from accidents will bo horo
moro limn 2,000, during tho fortnight and wm estah-
Tho agricultural college needs Hsh a museum for demonstration of
buildings for engineering clnsscs nnd 'tho causes of Industrial accldonts,
engineering laboratories, for physics ! thoir effects and Wioir prevention.
and othor branches ot general sci
ence, for commorco, for pharmacy,
8or sovoral phases of atjrlculturo,
and for dormitories. It needs theso
at onco, nnd ovor a torm of years, ns
tho onrollmcnt grows, will nood
others.
Classes aro so ovorcrowdod, rooms
so overloaded, teachers so few, thnt
good training cannot longer bo given
undor tho conditions.
Tho proposed now millage support,
howovor, would permit a building
program for bdh institutions, as well
as moro ndoquato maintenance.
Slnco tho present millago support
was passed, classroom and labora
tory room has boon iucroasod about
IS por cont, whoreas, as stated, tho
number ot students has grown ISO
per cont. Trying to crowd an enroll-
mont increase of 150 por cent Into a
IS percent Increase of class room
spaco Is like trying to buy a $150 fur
ovorcoat with $15; It can't bo dono.
Tho cost of living has rlson about
90 por cont slnco 1915. Faculty sal
aries at tho unlvorslty, collogo and
normal, howovor, havo boon ad
vanced to an avorago ot only about
22 per 'cont.
Tho stnto Is losing much of its best
faculty material as n rouult, sluca
faculty salaries cannot bo increased
duo to a lack of funds, At tho agri
cultural collego alono thoro woro 154
resignations In tho 18 months ending
January 1, 1320. This Is vnu to an
average ot evory throe and ouo-half
uiiyd. aii mruu lUHiiuiuuiiB win iuhu
many moro unless Uachlng '"condi
tions Improvs.
"During tho 19 months of war
with Gormnny," said Dr. Soulo to
day, "statistics show that 50,000 mon
woro killed or died of wounds re
ceived in tho sorvlco.
"During the samo period In tho
United States, 126,000 wore killed by
nccldont. Iu a community ot tho
Industrial Importance ot Klamath
Falls, and with industrial occupa
tions constantly enlarging, it bo
nooves us to tako some educational
measures toward eliminating as tar
ns possible accidental injury and
doath."
ENTERTAINMENT BY
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Numbors by tho boys glee club, tho
girls gloo club and school orchestra,
with various folk dances by pupils,
form tho program for the grammar
school entertainment which will be
given at Houston's opera house Fri
day and Saturday ovonlngs. Tho pro
gram on both evenings boglns at 8
o'clock.
Parents and frlonds aro urged to
show by. their attendance thoir ap-
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Apr. 27.
Election ot 14 delegatesto the Re
publican national convention, four
at largo and 10 by districts was the
principal business before the Wash
ington state Republican convention to Polish a notice warning dog own
ers to secure licenses nnd enforcing
tho penalty for non-complianco
thereafter.
hero today.
Early indications aro that tho en
tlro delegation will go to Chicago
pledged to support Senator Miles
Poindexter for the presidential nomination.''
SIR. AND MRS. P. Ii. ARANT
ARE GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
Tho arrival of a nine-pound son in
tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett
Shields, who live on a ranch sovoral
miles south ot town, is a happy event
Cars Must Move Oft
Parking on , Main street for more
than tho 20 minutes specified by-the
ordinance will not be allowed, after
May 1 declared the mayor, and in
structed police officers accordingly.
The practice of truck drivers and
others to repair their vehicles on the1"
street was discussed and will bo stop
ped, declared the mayor. One -truck
for a number of people. Not tho , 1,as be,en 8''..0n f1 k , f
,,, . - , ,'a week while tho engine was being
least gratified ovor tho sato arrival , ae, , .., .... . ..hA -..
ruimiruu, nu nw uuicia uu nu c-j.-
ot tho baby aro Mr. and Mrs. Frank
L. Arant of this city, for ho Is thoir
great-grandson, Mr. Shields being
their grandson.
WEATHER REPORT
TONIGHT, Apr.. 27. Tuesday, un
settled, occasionally threatening;
cooler tonight in tho cast.
MEXICAN REVOLT SPREADS
AOUA PRIETA, Apr. 27. Over
50,000 soldiers In Mexico aro now In
revolt against the Carranza govern
ment, announced military headquar
ters here today. Nearly halt this
numbor, It was said, have joined the
Sonora revolutionary forces.
UNDERWOOD LEADS
SENATE DEMOCRATS
WASHINGTON, Apr. 27. Sen
ator Underwood was electod Demo
cratic loader of the senate today at a
(-(inference ot senate Democrats. Son-
prociatlon ot tho efforts of the puplH ,nfnp n,.-hcnpk hliv,n wllhlIiwn.
I .I...,- A . x,. -t 1 J I
uuu muir louuucrB, as mo ecuooi is
training couscientcously to make tho
affair u success.
Tho sorlousncti nt ho situation la
woll understood by tho voters of tho
state nnd it Is hoped that on May 21
bill No. 310 (X) yos, will carry with
i suhfltputlul majority and thus save
Oregon's lni,ttutJons,o( hlshor'Iearn
Inu from being tho luughlng stocV ot
tho nation,
r itlt
ARTIO EXPLORER IS
ON TJIE WAY HOME
em end-, of Main hayo,beon- blocking,
a portion of the street for soveralj
days, it was said. One collision' at
loast was reported to havo resulted.
The public streets are not Intended
for uso as a repair shop said tho
council and contrary practice must
, .i
Gets Salary Rise
Miss Lottie Fischer, assistant to
Police Judge Leavitt, received an In,
crease In salary of $10 a month.
M. M. Obonchaln filed written ap-
plication for the position ot paving
inspector. It was taken under con-
slderatlon.
Penults Granted
Tho following permits wera
granted:
Building: Nicola Civatarese, the
room house, lot 6, Railroad addition,
$600; J. L. Simons, ono room house
and two room house, lot 10-C, block
4, Railroad addition, both $400;
John Irwin, addition to law office on
Fourth street, 19 by 20 feet, $500;
F. C. Murphey, romodel front of
building at 124 south Sixth street
and build addition, 18 by34 foot on
roar; Horaco Shldlor, move house
from Klamath avenue, to lot 1, bloctf
53, soqond Hot Springs addition;
Oeorgo A. Wittz, eloctrlc sign, 122
south Sixth stroet.
Occupatien: Mrs. II, M. Schlos
sor, to conduct Gray apartments In
tho Murdocl; bqllfllng ovor the post
office; Mrs. E. A, Bradburn, to con-
WASHINGTON, Apr. 27. Ronald
Amundsen, who rat out two yerrs
ago In au effort to reach tho north
pole, is roturnluf; to Nome, nccordlng
to a. message rocolved at the navy
radio station at Cordova today from .duct tho Kellogg rooms on Pine stret.
Anadir, Siberia.
between Eighth and Ninth.