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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1920)
I I ' fc ? V . W$t lEugnjttg Itenttf W OFFICIAL PAPER OK KLAMATH VAUJi OFFICIAL PAPER OF 1 1 KLAMATH COUNTY Fourteenth Year No. 3914 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1920 Price, Five Craft t K " 7 ft ( a'- MERRILL BLOCK WIPED OUT Bf IN li FlREil thls l'lre, Mlurtlng at :i o'clock mornltiK In tlm rear of Frailer' candy kitchen from unknown cauiio, wiped out the largest part af tho opera hoimo block at Merrill boforo finally broiiKht under control by iiruiiiuu I The Humes spread from the candy kltrhen to the pool hall In the same building, thenco to the opera hotme and uloriK Hie street until checked by the Hip lighters Jiut i.hort of tho Merrill Mercantile rompany'H Mtoro 'The placeH wiped out uuro the pool room, owned by Prank Illoomlng- oamp the FrnzliT cand Mtchun, tho rnxb-r cand kitchen, tho . J j. Ullrku Qf Bua PranclllC0 chlut iz; Patrick of this .Ity. ' ,npijcl,on trip. Mr. Hurko Is the opera Iiouho, owned by J of Klamath wllllgor & iimnil restaurant ana tno oia uu.iu- , who teE,H ,ho postu, c,orkB lag next tho Merrill Mercantile com-' r)y regarding goographlcal knowl pany. which wan formerly Murphy's U and s(oBhl.of.uand nbiuty. if 'saloon. ' .!.! uu..fi u-A..nt. ... Thn Imnb of Merrill tho nostofflco ' . .... , . .' . . I most troublesome. It Is stated that , .,. ---- - - Tno diuik or Merrill, mo pobiouico are(, Iollors R m,,ut0 nnd 1 laem , f,.u u.v ,.. fc. ,. l'ng of Johnson supporters nt the city d tho White House storo. on tho ,.., ,.... ..., .... 1 tlilw Is tho fourth check that has vie- ... . ... ". ,' ami inu .Tiiiiu " i.. '"".Into tholr respoctlvo receptacles, opposite sldo of tho street from tho kco,nB tno Ilrooklyn( N. Y.. stack corner whom tho tiro startod. "' Separated from tho nrookllne, Mass . Plato glass windows which wore a" . i,Uneh and the, Columbus. Ohio, unaltered by tho Intense heat, on-lmn, from nlnKnK wth tno Colum. -tailing a loss of about $300 to each , , ,otho of Bho Ibulldlng. Tho ownors of tho buildings which . ' " , . 1 to it, so tho local force will not draw wore destroyed wore unable today to I great dea ,of crodt or har give an exact es Imato of their Io;!a8gcd wHn fIy, color8 Tn&pubc Tho Frazler confectioner); ," lmt0 I naturally expects It. sorvants-when that Its Insurance was S600 short ,8 guch mnnfIccnt ,, .of actual loss In stock and " ,100 and oven $186 a month-to Tho oporn house value . placed a 0 Qn '$5000. It Is believed that nil told the loss will reach $15,000 or $20, j00.. with compnratUulv llKhUJnsur ranco. Tho water prossure wus good, oth orwlso tho vntlro town would havo "beon wiped out, It whs stated today "by Merrill huslnoss men. Only tho ample supply of water and tho skill of the fire department In applying It saved the Merrill Morcantllo com pany, and tho postomco, jmnic anu buildings adjoining wero'ln serious dangor. Had tho flamos loaped 'across tho street and Ignited thorn It was said that nothing could havo caved tho town from total destruc tion. I PERSONAL MENTION I o o B. R. King who has mado his homo In this city for tho past nlno years -will loavo In nbout a wook for Wich ita. Kansas, whoro ho will engago In tho manufacturo of tools with rela tives Who aro alroady establlshod In ttils lino of business. Mr. and Mrs. W. Paul Johnson aro -spending tho wook In San Francisco on huslnoss and ploosuro. Mr. and Mrs. Iouls Jacobs and -son, Rudolph, camo In on last night's rain from Alameda whoro Mrs. Jn- cobs and son havo beon spending tho wjntor. TlToy will mako tholr homo iiuUboNneyr.'osIdonco recently pur- jBased f rom II. H. Van Valkonburg a'lj tho cornor of Pine and Cedar troots. . j Mr, and Mrs. Glen Doala who ro- Wdo on tho West sldo aro happy over ttlo arrival Fof a llttlo eon at their liomo this morning. -'Dorn, to 'Mr j and Mrs. L. D. Miller this morning, a son. Tho Rov. S. J. Chanoy and family havo moved from 727 Pine stroot to the now Methodist parsonago at 1005 High stroot. They got movod In yostorday and oxpoct to bo com fortably sottlod within a fow days. "B. O. Roam who has rocontly ro' turnod from sovoral months spont In California, camo In from his ranch on tho Merrill road today on busi ness. Mrs. J, W. Siemens loft for Fort ' Klamath yostorday to spend ton days 1 at the homo of nor son, Josso, who resldos on tholr big ranch thoro. v John laraens, ' f3rfj f and , Judgo Wa.de, wio roprosonts tho Bankers' Mort&ago Corporation, aro spending tho day In Lannolls; vnljoy Jooklng of or tho loans of tho company In tbht coctlon. ' Mr. and Mrs. M.-rqiacommlnl and ajwghtorli of Merrill' firo sroudlng (he day in tho city. trtr. and Mrs. j, A. Qoldwaltn of ffibV$V4r$74 j'-sr:lB(DBElX BALKM, May 0. From Port- ( IiiiiiI to tlio California linn tho , trip ovur tlio l'aclflc highway can Ik) nuiilo easily In 15 i hours, according to Herbert Nunn, statu highway engineer, discussing conditions of tho road "ft"r compl,,ll"K tho lr,P from hero to tho stnto hordor. Ho said the trip from Port- land to Pendleton can bo made this summer In one day and that tho roilll Will llll nnnn nil wlntnr 'A A A A A A " " VI 1 I" " " " 1 , "tttttttttt. POSTAL FORCE PUSSES TEST viwia ,uu nil mi (tj iuiULlfu u UUU" I It Is nil vory, Blmpto when qno Is used Iucldontally, tho foregoing exam ple of the dopth of a clork's knowl tUgo, Is vory elementary. He Is ox poctod to bo as swift with his flngors as a high class faro doalor, and as geographically adept as tho organiza tion manager of a national advertis ing agency and usually ho Is. So Is she. Anyway, tho local boys and girls stood the gaff. Tho final word Is romlnlscent that Mr. Durko Is an nrdont Wnltontan. He is making good uso of his enforced lolsuro bo twoon train tlmos today and expects to havo a 10-pound trout, at least, to show the natlvos of San Francisco when ho goU back homo again. IIIUIiY KCOHKS GOVKHNMENT IIKADH AH UNFAIR TO IjAMOU WASHINGTON, May 6. Assailing what ho doscrlbod as "dcsplcahlu propaganda against labor," Timothy Hoaly, president of tho brotherhood of Htatlonury flromon and oilers, charged boforo tho railroad boardLto day thatt "high officials of tho.' gov ornment havo been ;i used to more thoroughly decldo pooplo Into bo llovlng that If a man works for wngos ho Is .an onemy of our government." CONNECTICUT DEMOCRATS FAVOR IilGHT WINKS. BEER NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 6. Tho rovislon of the Volstead act to permit tho manufacturo and salo of light wlnos and beer was favored by tho stato Democratic convention hore today. Tho platform plank In rotation to Irish affairs says "wo sympathUo with the aspirations of tho Irish peo ple for tho formation of a govern ment of tholr own choosing, and favor recognition of tho republic of Iroland." MARKET REPORT PORTLAND, May 6. Cattlo, Bhoop and hogs, steady, unchangod; buttor, woak, unchangod; oggs, un changod. Mr. and Mrs. Robort Davis and I Mr. and Mrs. Henry Davis loft this afternoon for their summer home In Swan Lake valley. Mrs. Emma Wing has roturnod from Ashland whoro sho has boon spending tho winter and hay takon an apartraont at tho Iloldrlck Apart- man to Mrs, J.S. Elliott who has boon at tho Warren Hunt hospltnl for soma jtlmo oxpcctR to ruturu to hor homo tomorrow vory much improved In health. . Mr. find Mm. JnmriH Friilnr nf Chlloquln are the happy parents of u.,tho todornl re80rvo bank and conTer riBirTri- iiii in i nrMiin nniiTniii nnmLn jhillu LUDinbuuninuL1 M. Dennett, said to have como lioru rucontly from Sacramento and employed (or a abort time by tho J. J HtolBor mil) noar Chllociuln, Js In Jail charged with altering and pass- Ink l check received from Mr. Stelg . or In payment for labor. Ho was ar- rested this morning by,' J. F. Morloy, ' t.imlu .!...., I... ....I ..lit l. .. - 1 "T"'. . . M" ". " "'." uu "' ruigtlOU UUIoro MUM1CU (Jiiapman 10- , morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Hon- jnott Ih a young man. Tho check, Mr, Btelgor stated, wca I drawn for $6.70, It was cashed by i. . mil i m ' i At mo uinioijuin Mercantile company jfor $89, Its purportod vnluo at thoj I time It was prosentod. Tho mercan tile company alleges that llennott, 1L t,r,iZ, 1 .., 7L - ! f ... ,. ,., ...... ,.J i while tho check was In his posses- Of all tho criminal canes with which local courts have to deal those Involving fraudulent and worthless checks are tho most frequent and the most troublesome. It is stated that tlmlzod tho Chlloquln Mercantile' ...,.., i. .i, .. .u . .. company slnco tho first of tho ear ,. o ,n,iH0. , m, i:.,.i community has not escaped scot free during (hat period. Carelessness In Ailing In tho 1 , , , , . . , . nn,l nnH o.h.P fnm. nt .l.n. ,1. . ... . . . that men with hank accounts aro .,,, ,, . ... fiuiii Vk UUUU HUUIU U U.JllUrLlMJll tor criminals. Alteration such 03 was apparently practiced on'ttu Stolgor check la one of tho hardest forms of criminality to guard nivfiltiat lint nittnornm rVinn1ra a Id- M . . 1 , , li " it susceptible of befng changed If they, fall Into Improper hands. The ex- , , ,. ., . , nnrlnnnoil ollnrnMnn avnnrr fa tint . lt . , . A . tl , , . . i '. magazines, to which he Is a regular special Inks or any of the nanycontr,bulor forms of chock protectors on the market, and tho penciled check Is so readily changed that It Is a direct In vitation for criminal effort. NEXT SUNDAY IS MOTHER'S DAY Churches of tho city will b,old spe cial services next Sunday, May 9, commemorating Mother's day. Tho Methodist, Christian and Presbyter- Ian churches will join Sunday even ing In a union service at tho Chris tian churrh Mrs. U T. Ludden, chairman of tho flower committee of tho Presby torlan church, announcos that any- ono wishing to send flowers to this church In honor of tholr mother, may sond them Saturday afternoon. They wiir bo takon to tho hospital to brighten tho rooms of tho invalids thoro Sunday afternoon, unless the donors wish to take them home, a privilege that is reserved to them. ... . - For tho mother who is living col ored flowers aro worn In remem brance. Those 'Who have lost their mothers wear white flowers. ROBINS, ROSE-BUDS AND OTHER THINGS ANNOUNCE TIS SPRING t J. H. Garrett dojled up for spring this morning and gets tho newspaper decision for sporting the first Pan ama so far in ovldenco on tho bsulo vards. J. H. modostly, disclaims the honors and says ho sawiFre'l Foutiton and soma of the other boys iporttng spring millinery yesterday and thought ho'd blossom out a bit him self. Tho alibi has' been Investigated and found baseless. ' The pristine headgear is believed to have boon an original tdoa on the part of tho gar- ago man and perpetrated with malice aforethought, BANK HOLDING OOVEBTED BONDS FOR OWNERS . 1 , PormanontV bonds hnvo boon ro ........ V.A '.... . . . . . .. w ' a J o. . .. . ' Dt four years slnco his last visit toivod by tbetKlnmatU Stato haul: to,,, . ' ' ... ,,, .,,... 41lf roplaco the temporary soeond and third Ibsuos and tho bond holdorn who 'ontruslfd tholr temporary bondn to the hank for forwarding to CARRANZA FAST WASHINGTON, May C Official Interest In tho development of tho political phases of tho sweeping rov- olutlon In Mexito has been stlmulat- od horo by continued government ro-' - ports Indicating tho rapid weakening f Carranza's gr"lp on the situation.' WAHIIINT-TOV Mn fi A rUli-ou . ' . ." .... J. . ""' I' J" " I iv.uuy uy UBUina 01 wiu mex- Ican revolutionary movement here iBaI'" tho Carranza garrlBon of Tor- roon under General Pcsarlo Castro hai revolted and that the city was linilnH ftnnt irt1 r9 tinHAliitlnHlntH , " "" ' ieiuiui, NOTED SPEAKER -- - Z.Z. . . '. HFRF SAT R)AY I ILI IL Uft I Ul lUll I Paul Turner, organizer for the Hiram Johnson presidential cam paign, who has arranged for a meet . tltll nt C n'olnoli tUta ntfAnHM 1 " T "-""- '"" -"'"6. .vC tills afternoon received a telegram .... . . from headquarters announcing that Rfay,mna Rob'"8; a Political expert of International fame, will bo here SatUrday' May8' t0 address a John- son mas a meeting. Mr' Rob,D8 Ifl Wlde,5r kn0Wn ttS diplomat and author, both In Amerl- . . ... . T" I ta uuu auroaa. no was one 01 me advisers of President Wilson at the peace conference, and chosen by the I President because of his ability and diplomatic knowledge to head the I first, mission tp Russia, which has 'since been known as the Robins mis-i "' . ...., ' -.., ,, , .... ., . , , . 'cal conditions Mr. Robins Is known to readers of a number of leading He Is not a politician in tho ac cepted sense of the word but his po litical knowledge, in the scientific sense, entitles him to rank among the highest authorities here and abroad. Ho has tho reputation of being as Interesting a speaker as he Is a writer. Mr. Robins was one of the loading speakers for the Johnson forces In Michigan before their victorious pri mary, and also covered Indiana in a campaign tour for the California senator. EIJCS WlUi INITIATE CliASS TONIGHT; "EATS" Tho Blks will Initiate a class of eight candidates at tonight's meeting :nnd aU members aro urged to atte-l Tnrt AnnntMAMiAa Arswin 11 ma j nrt the ceremonies. Refreshment will follow tho meeting, PRODIGAIi SON OF BONANZA IS BACK . W. F. B. Chaso arrived last even ing from MaryavUle and loft today for Bonanza, where he will reside, Mr. Chase Is not a txott comer in the strict sense of the word he is just one of tho old timers who has seen the light and, like the prodigal son, returned home. This decision he reachod last fa when he camo back trt Hrtnnn9n and iAfl11v "ciaIMaV ' ro. "w VIW UUbftUU w turning to Marysvllle to wind up his affairs there. This he has just com pleted and Is now back to stay. Mr. Chase has a host of friends among tho early settlers who will be glad to see him back and he will no doubt get Just as cordial a welcome from those who have come during his ab sence. POH' VALLEY MAN TO INSTALL PUMPING PLANT C. B. Van Moter of San Francisco was in the city yostorday making ar- (rangenionts for the installation of a pumping plant on some land he owns In Poo valler. Mr. Van Meter was for many years a rosidont of th9 Toe valler section- and returns every few years to look after hi) Interest nnd renew old acquaintances, It hat ttvi tvita uiumuu nv tiiu vu(ubuj vast. havo taken plare In Klamath Falls during that time. It Is Mr, Van Metor.'s intuntlon, In the Installation of his Irrigation system, to uso concreto or redwood pine Instead of overhead flumo and pnr I hlH roWl'o'nyesterday was to arrango tor this material. JOHNSON'S CALIFORNIA MA.IOIUTV IS 157,000 8AN FRANCISCO. May 6. Complete returns from 5,259 out of 5,710 precincts of tho state glvo tho Johnson group of ! delegates 360,269 votes and Hoover 203,011 as tho result of yesterday's primary election. SuDnorters of Senator Hiram John- JOHNSON IN IT TONIGHT son of California as the Republican 'properly address their letters and candidate for president will hold an Packages. Postmaster Delzell has organization meeting tonight at 8,DrePared a statement outlining tho o'clock at the city hall, to select a, difficulties and asking for consldor M.miv i,ni.-mn. , ,1.. 1.1 late co-operation from tho public. palgn and choose a county committee wh,ch ePlaIna nla troubles fully. It If It Is deemed advisable by the;13 as olIews: meeting. Paul Turner, of Portland, a repre sentative of the Johnson state head quarters, has arranged for the meet- ing. Mr. Turner Is known here, hav-,ro agam UTglDB our Parana " eo lng been foreman for tho Warren ' th us a relieving tho situ- Bros, during last year's street Im provement work here. He left tho employ, of the company last year and is now in -the insurance business In Portland. The close of the California primary campaign has released several speak ers of national reputation who hare been stumping the neighbor state for Johnson and within a few days it Is expected that a good speaker will bo available for a Johnson mass meeting here, to explain to the voters of Klamath county tho Johnson plat form and principles and seek to gain support for them. . Tonight's meeting is preliminary, to the general campaign In Johnson's behalf and is open to all, regardless of political beliefs or prejudices: Mr.ilne cuy " " D01 asKlnS wo mucn Turner Is sanguine that despite the'of them-to expect them to make short notice given the meeting that'prompt dellvery ol letters bearing there is plenty of Johnson Biinnort in lno other address than Just "City" or the community to brine out a irnort crowd. Johnson adherents contend that the 1 California senator has been a consistent champion of equal rights for women throughout his political career, and Mr. Turner esneclallv in vites the women voters of Klamath Falls to attend evening. the meeting this GIL-ORE. CREW T Forty men arrived last night and wore taken to Keno "to reinforce the crow that the California-Oregon Power company has at work on an additional plant there. The California-Oregon company now has 100 men at work on the construction of the plant. George J. Walton, local manager of(tho California-Oregon Power com pany, stated today that the employ ment of the construction crew by his company to work on the Keno plant did not signify that tho California Oregon company has taken over the Keno Power company, which was re cently sold by the Kerns Bros., Its original owners, to W. D, Parker, manager of the Klamath Develop ment company. It Is a move influenced by expedi ency, said Mr. Walton, to develop an available source of power, and the California-Oregon Power company expects to profit by it through a ready source of supply to draw upon should transmission from their plant at Copco be interfered with. Tho California-Oregon Power com pany has done considerable construc tion on lines in the Keno company's' field slnco the latter company was acquired by Mr. Parker and his as sociates, nnd connections have been made which mako tho two system's virtually one. ' FLOUR TAKES ANOTHER JUMP MIUNEJAPOMS, Ma.7 9. Flonr made a new record high price' here today with an advance of CO cents r 1..M..1 m.J.. .... .!. ... 1 .. uwU.. my ""71""1 u" " BUG PLAN a barrel for stlvf.WT(rlo'i(rlii tho(do,eSal,- 'no PeCft inference past month. . ?P0ST0FFICE IS ra r T IE Postmaster W. A. Dolzell has a labor turnover problem on hand. Detter wages In private employ maka It hard to keep clerks rfnd carriers satisfied with government pay and the postmaster is constantly breaking in now assistants. This In Itself makes the situation bad enough bat Its complexities are greatly Increased . y tne neglect 01 many patrons 10 "Owing to several vacancies In the regular force of clerks and carriers at tho postofflce and the employment of temporary help ln their stead ws atlon. "When regular employees are of fered more pay in other lines they cannot be blamed for doing what you would do they take the better Job. Postofflce salaries are fixed by con gress and are not subject to local changes. These salaries are doubt less ample for many localities In the United States but not for conditions here. It is a condition we cannot change but must meet as best wo can. There is only one way to do It, that is to employ temporaryhelp un til regular appointments can be made from the civil service list. These temporary .helpers are doing their best to- give the service required. I Soma of thcm are entire strangers to "Klamath Falls;" no street number. box number or other specific addressT "The malls are steadily increasing in volume and for the past few days havo been heavier than any since Christmas. The first of the month our merchants mailed their thousands of montnlF statements. While many of these letters are fully addressed yet It Is simply astounding the num ber of them that are mailed with nothing but "City" for the address. All these letters must be, delayed and hours of clerks' time used in patiently supplying the deficient address from our directory if possible. A task that meant only a tew minutes for the mailer becomes a most burdensome task when vdone at the office. "No merchant would expect a new dellveryman to deliver a customer's parcel promptly If all the address ha gave him was "Somewhere in Klam ath Falls or vlqlnity," yet that Is Just 4 what you are asking of us when let., ters are mailed without full address. If all will co-operate with us, address nil your mall with street and number, box number, or route number,, we will be able to render much better service. With now, inexperienced men there will be errors of course, but co-operatton is the remedy. "Klamath Falls has grown past tho village stage when the postmaster handled all the mall himself and per sonally knew all of his few hundred, patrons. We are a city, and getting bigger every day. Just as well get the habit now. Use your street num ber on all your mall, and Insist on your correspondents using It too." MAKING READY FOR' 1 SCHOOL PROGRAM The entertainment program to be given by the grammar schools of the city Friday and Saturday, May 7 and 8 at Houston's opera house, will start promptly at 8 o'clock each evening, Miss Evelyn Applegate an nounced today. The program consists of selections by tho school orchestra, numbors by tbe girls and boys sloe clubs, folk dances and other numbers, AU oi. the schools, Riverside, Central, Mill nnd Pelican city wilt take part. VERSAILLES, May 8. Turkey 'arrivod here early tnls morning.