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OFFICIAL PAPER OP
KLAMATH VAhtM
OFFICIAL PAFK
KLAMATH COUNT!
Fourteenth Year No. 3929
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 24, 1920
Price Five Cents
iiraui
JOHNSON LEADS
IN COUNT or
STMTS
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PORTLAND, Mny
-" I.HUJB
Moporu n.-iimwr .
lend of 1,307 vol.. over Wood In n
compilation by Inn Portland Tlo,
Rrnin nt 1 o'clock. Tho return, wi.ro
. . t II .. t..l.. .. ...,! M
irnm 3D couimiia, aomo cunipiuiu,
Curry him not yd reported,
Tlio prealdontlnl vole nt thin com
pllotldll Rive Johnson, 42,101;
Wood, 40,704; l.owdon. 14,897;'
Hoover, 14, IDS.
.... I'OUTI.ANI), Mny 2 4. The re
iiulti of OreRnn'a presidential prl
nwry wnro still ohacurml hy uncer
tainty t-nrly today While Senator
Johnaon alllt Inula lit lial haa lionn
cut to 5IU over General Wood, ac
cording to Inhulntlona madn hy thn
Portland Orogonlan , himml on tlm
conmletn unofllclnl returns of M.il.-i
nomah county, nxcopt onu precinct, " California, will tannin with the
ud thn coinplrln roturna from fptir- J "" loam Yreka suffered 11 dnfuat
teen1 other ciniiitlft4 nnd partial ro.,"' wroka ago but illicit then hnio
turn from thn remainder ! cleaned up on nil of thnm, Incluill'iK
m Woi'd Thny defeated Weed venter-
BOY SCOUTS WILL '""' '' c,,r" of 8 " 3
""" ojiett TnunDDnur Jlnimln Clark, who la tuiimRliiK
i ,h" lofah' r,,c"lu"' wonl ,,m v,,'k"
i would hn atronRthoued hy a now but-
Tho acoutmaater urge every "oy:ury from , clly. Yreka la prepar-
Scout In tho city to Im preaent Tuea- K f()r (l(j wo,
day evening promptly at 7 o'clock at ,, , tXr'enKlh ,)f v.n.t,,t ,la.
'" ""' """X ''Brn- T,1,,ro w" homo team Im. Juet n murh of j
ln n tlttlo aurprUo for lliciit. Hnro.lchlince 0 wn Al1()rl,i,., wlll, .
foro they ahoutd not fcr.ot to
ho
proparod."
ACCUSED LAKEV1EW
FORGER TAKEN HERE
Hhcrlff Woodcock of f.akn county
caimi heru tlila moniliiK to rit K. P.
Kltoll, allna (li-orKo I.. Johnaon.
wantud nt lkoOow for forRnry. Kidman who pla)i-d on thn all-irmy
soil la nccuacil of hnvlnR fumed aov-'. "am at Camp Kreomont Jlmni)
oral chiHka of im nKKrcRatu voluo of Clark, woll known to nit Klamnlh
I US, ' fana, will enpinln tho loam and nlao
Tho nccuaod man wai arreatod '1 clchlnR. (lliiRer Krromont.
boro yoatontay hy Bhttrlff Ilumphroy
on doacrlptlon forwardod from I.akn
view Jutt a hu wa ahout to tako a
atafo for Aahland.
c. of :. mi:miikiw and
DlltlXTOllH MKI-rr TOMOIUIOW
Tho Klamath county chambar of
comniorco will hold a regular moot
Idr tomorrow uvnnlnR (TuoaiUy) at
t o'clock nt tho chamber of com-
tnorco room on Fifth street, accord
ing; to announcement of K. II, Hall,
prealdont.
Tho director of tho chamber of
commorcu will hold a meetliiR on tho
amo dato at tho aauio placo at C
o'clock In tho afternoon.
A SKW KM-XTTOH
Uorn, Friday, May 21, 1920, to
fMr. and Mr. Jooph llrett, a son.
Tho young man weighed eight and
one-half pound and arrlrod In time
to Toto at tho primary election.
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unhurt itv tumuli:
MONTAIUJIH, Franco, May
24 I'iiiiI DitNihmiol, president
of rruncn, foil from tlm window
of IiIh (milt n I'll r hnro Inat night.
gs
la ii im 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
nit moving lit tlio
(lio full lliu prim-
mllo In tliu dark-
k tli'Mtf until lut flint lliu Irnrlr
U uttll.ia uiIim Mltftllpjid ml Nlllftlnn.
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t()WMi () mlff()re(, gorloi
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U'lmt promise to tin n lull I gaum
worth wulng will tin played at thu
Modoc ball park, unit Hundn)-,
Yrnkn, with onii of thu trni;et
tram In southern Oregon nnd north
ilcrrtnnd hnaohnll, hao s'atoiJ -uf-tor
auulnR thu Ramo taat Humlny
that Kliimatli linn lliu maklnc of
thn hot tram In the hlitorr of IomI
haaohall
Tho Klamath loam la made up
Urnvly of iiijucrrlcn men, Incliidlm;
two llral-claaa pltchcrr. no -who
pltchrd for thn t.th Infantry, nlao n
who pl)vd on the famaii team of
I'.Mfi, will hu on tho Job next Hun
iluy. Thn Rrnunda nro being put In con
dition nnd will bo In flnt-claa aluH)
by Sunday.
Now uniform nro on their way
hero nnd nro to arrlvo Wcdneiday.
Tho bualncia men hnvo cnntrlhuted
liberally In ttartlnR tho club and
they aro all bohlnd It In moral up
port. With Ihl In conaldcratlun
Klamath U on the way to a vary uc
cvfut bnvbt.ll year
IS OPENED
Tho chautnuqua, Klamath Falls'
annual good time weok, wan opened
thl nflornoon In tho big brown tont
on Klamath avenuo. Tho opening
concert was given hy tho William
Mulo Qunrtotto of Cincinnati, O.,
1lio quartotto appears again tonight
at 8 o'clock when thoy give forty
minute of muilo as a preludo to
Kvolyn llagfttt, tho cartonlat-ontor-talnor
of tho Chicago Art Inntltuto.
Tho Williams mnlo quartotto is ono
of tho (IncBt touring tho country nnd
tholr programmo Is chnractorltod by
an orglnallty dostlnctlvo of thin or
ganization. Miss Hargott, cartonlst, gives tho
samo program that won fa mo for her
nH nn A. K. V, ontortnlnor. Tho nf
lornoon progrnmmoH commonco nt
2:30 and ovoiiIiik proKrnmmea nt S
o'clock.
Tho chnulauqtia programo tomor
row nftornoon Is glvon by Now York
artists trio and Sam dinthwoll, "tho
peptlmlst," as lecturer.
I)i:.TH CfiAIMH F1IIKM) OF
CAM FOIIN'I A CONO II ICfiS.M.W
Edward W. Forgus, ngod 02 yonr,
a roalilent or Klumat)i Falls for, thn
past two yoars, dlod tlila morning nt
10 o'clock nt the Rlvdrsldo apart
inontB. Ho loft no rolntlvos. Tho
iload mnn was a frlond of Connross
mnn William Kent of KontfloM, Cal
ifornia, nnd Karl Whltlock, funornl
director, Is waiting direction from
Congressman Kent boforo arranging
tho funornl.
VRFKft TO CROSS
BATS MTH
HIM
COURTHOUSE ICDASTADMEN
IflGUHT IS I OPEN MEETING
QU1GKLYHEARD; IN STOCKTON:
I
It mny hu six week boforo A tin
rlalon I handod down In tlio cio of
J. M Ioijkuii nKnlnit Klamath coun
ty, thu reluhrnled courthouno lltlgn
tlon, according to Htatmnonts of
thnan who utlonilnd tho herring Of
nrgumi'til In thn caao hofora Judge
llnmllton at lloftnburg Haturdiy.
Thn caau wa arRued for plaintiff
by Harrison Allen of I'ortland, Kv
ana Kranif of Med ford and C, F.
Hlonn of Klamath Falla. The argu
ment for tho county waa proientml
hy Jay llownrman of I'ortland nnd
C. M. O'Nullt, Fred Mill and K. I..
Klllot of Klamath Fall.
Thn argument win not long on
either aide and naally concluded Hat
unlay. The documentary orldnnce
Introduced U rotumlnou, filling a
Inn-it altnd packlug rnae. Thn trana
rrlpt of teatlmony taken at thn hear
ing hero cour morn than COO
puRa, llrlefa cnntnlnlnR 100 or
moro lyiM'il pagi vrl bo Died by
either aldn
J ii at how deeply tho court will
ilrli n Into thl mnaa of referenco
mutter la iiiuculnllvu, but thn extent
of hla Inveatlgatlona will hnvo aonio
hearing on the dnlo lit which n do
rlalon may lu expected. In any
event, however, l,t la not bollcved
that tin will Im ahln to glvo tho local
caao murh attention for thren week
m hla irlnl r-il-tidfir l full for thnt
tlmn nnd dlapoanl of cnao aot tlicro
on la Juat beginning. '
BEC1USE0F
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WASHINGTON. May 24. Liberty
Honda to tho value of $127, 1C0 bo
lonRlng to 2,543 ex-iorvico men have
been returned to Wuihlngton by tho
poatotflco department hccauio of In
correct addrc, according to I.lcuton
nnt Colonel Matbow C. Hmlth, head of
thn sorvlco and Information branch
of tho war doparlmont, In a state
ment laaued today. Veterans who
havo not rocelved their bond at this
latu dato arc advled to wrlto to tho
znno flnuncu officer, Washington, D.
C, giving their name, army serial
number, organization, and address.
There are alio on fllo with tho zone
finance officer 7059 discharge certifi
cates which cannot be delivered to
their owners bocnuae they wore mail
ed In without return address, or
malted out and returned undelivered.
Alphabetical lists by states of those
undollvorable dlschargo certificate
havo been furnished to all senators
and congressmen, with tho roqueat
that they bo glvon tho widest public
ity poulbto.
In April 7,384 Liberty nonds to
tho valuo of $369,200 woro mailed,
making a total of 1,077,978 bonds of
various Issuos to tho par value of
$63,898,900 now dotlrorod to ex
sorvlco mon.
During tho same month tho $80
bonus was paid to 3,900 ox-soldlors
who did not rocolvo It nt tho tlmo of
tholr discharge. Ilonus claims set
tled to dato total $08,640,120, show
Inn thnt 1,044,002 ox-soldlors who
did not rocolvo tholr bonus havo n6iv
boon paid. Additional travol pay to
tho. amount of $2,859,111,40 has
boon paid out to dato to 152,063'
Boldlors.
Ex-servlco men who still havo
claims to bo adjusted with tho vari
ous government agonclos should ad
dross Lieutenant Colonol Mathew C.
Smith, Council of National Defense
building, Washington, D. 0.
LAI) IIAK FOOT MADLY
HURT HY FALLING WHEEL
Donald Vontch, son of Mr. and,
Mrs. E, S. Vontch, luul tho misfor
tune of having his foot badly Injured
Saturday when a fly wheol foil on his
foot, nonrty sovorlng his too. It will
ho poHBlbly thrco weeks boforg ho
will bo nblo to use his foot aculu.
UTED
1ST SS
I BTOCKTON, Cal., Mny 24. Most l
, effective methods of tolling tho world
tho virtue of commodities, commun
lltle and oven countries will bo con
ildnred nt tho seventh annual Taclflc
Jcoait Advertising Club association'
. convention which opened hero yes
I Inrday af ternool with an Inspiration
al meeting.
Thn principal business sessions aro
to bo held Monday and Tuesday.
Wednesday many of the delegates
will motor to the Yoseralte valley,
returning on Friday.
Educational advertising will be
discussed by Dr. Aurella If. Itoln
hardt, prosldcnt of Mills college, and
community advertising by Charles L.
Neumlllvr of Stockton on Monday
morning.
Noteworthy among tho addressee
chedulrd for that day aro those of
Reuben H. Donnelly, preaidont of tho
Associated Advertising Clubs of tho
World, and Dr.iDavId Harrows, presi
dent of tho University of California.
.Charles Mlell of tho United States
treasury department will speak on
"Advertising a Country."
Croup conferences Monday after
noon will bo hold under tho direction
of Carl Drorkhagcn, Oakland, Cal.,
"Nowpapor;" W. H. Lloyd, Spo
knne, Wash., "Outdoor Advertising;"
Ilcrt Trcgallns, Sacramento, "Itetall
Adrcrtlslnc:" tho Iter. J. M. Sklnnor.
Stockton, "Church Advertising;"
Loul Tonlg, San Francisco, "Advor
tlalng Agendo;" Hazel Campbell
Jeselson, I'ortland, Ore., "Women's
Department."
Wednesday's sessions aro to bo fei
tufcirby addresses-by Professor
Hrlotwctfer of Chicago university.
Dr. Edward Krchblcl of Sacramento,
R.C. Ayres, II. William Nolle and
T., W. Simpson, San Francisco; and
Harry A. Stuff of Oakland.
The final business of tho conven
tion will bo disposed of at a great
outdoor meeting at Camp Curry,
Yoseralte valley, on Thursday.
WIIEKLEK WILL PLACE
JOHNSON IN NOMINATION
CHICAGO, May 24. Senator
Hiram Johnson will bo nominated for
president at tho Republican national
convention here by Charles 8. Wheel
er of San Francisco, It was announc
ed nt Johnson headquarter today.
RAILROAD CONTROL COST
GOVERNMENT 900 MILLIONS
WASHINGTON. Mny 24. Tho
government's gross loss In the opera
tion of railroads of the United States
under federal control was $900,478,
000, according to a final report of tho
railroad administration director of
finance.
IMPROMPTU INCUBATOR p
RIO VISTA, Cal., May 24. A wo
man, living near here, recently set a
box of eggs In a corner of her room,
bonoath which was a water plpo kept
constantly warm by a ftro In tho
cook stovo. She planned to keep tho
eggs until tho price would go up. In
stead bIio heard tho chirping of
chicks, nnd on Investigation found
that 42 of 48 eggs had batched.
AUSTRALIAN 8PUDS
HONOLULU, T. II., May 15, (Dy
,Mnll). Tho rocont Importation of
4,000 bags of Australian potatoes by
a Honolulu firm and their sale at a
flguro considerably bolow tho prlco of
California potatoes, furnished Hawaii
with a short rosptto from tho at
tacks o ftho high cost of living. Fur
thor shipments aro expected.
,110110 KINQ WANTS
MEMORIAL FOR POET
OAKLAND, Cal., May 24. Claude
JIamllton Welton, known as "King
pf tho Hoboos," graduate of two unl-.
versifies, lawyer and psychologist,
Jiaa roturned to his homo horo to
start a campaign, for tho establish
ment of a memorial to Joaquin Mil
ler, "tho poet of tho Sierras."
Wolton pinna to bogln work In Ala
nu i county within the next month
for tho permanent prosom'ca of
"The Heights'' in East OMtlaud.
whoro tho puot mado ills homo,
WOOD MA.VAOEIt HflYH
1.VM) WAH HI'ENT, S. J.
WASHINGTON, May 24.
Frank II. Hitchcock, ono of
General Wood's campaign man
(IKurs, told tho senate Investi
gating commlttco today that so
far o ho know tho largest sum
spent In nny stato by tho Wood
organization was $10,000 In
Now Joraoy. Ho sold that In
Now York "as In a number of
other states" the Wood support
ers "financed their own cam-
palgn In their own way, without
asking asalatanco from tho 4
Wood organization."
OOeX)
CUSS RECITAL
The Rev. T. J. Ilrady of Lakevlew
will address tho senior class of the
Sacred Heart school, which holds a
recital Friday evening at 8 o'clock at
tho White Pelican hotel.
Miss Ha May Slack, who graduates
from tho school this year, will read
an essay on "Russian Folk and Folk
I-orc," and appropriate selection
from Russian composers wilt bo pre
sented In Illustration of various
point of tho essay.
The class has gone to a great deal
of trouble In preoarlng for tho reci
tal nnd their Instructors have work
ed hard In their training. All pat
rons of the school and friend of fhe
pupil are urged to attend the re
cital next Friday evening and ex
press by tholr presence their appreci
ation of the efforts made by the
school.
i
l$jp FIVE DOLLARS
EACH, DKUlNKKNNfcSS
Nino fines of five each were im
posed by Pollco Judgo Leavltt Satur
day on charges of drunken and dis
orderly conduct. Tho defendants
wcro picked up by tho police on the
.preceding night and afternoon at the
carnival grounds and other places
abqut town.
This Is tho list: Freddie Jackson,
Jcsso Stevens, McKInley Cohen, T.
Drown, John Dee Wlllalmi, Joo Dur
yen, William Lotehes, Frank Ward
and W. L. Sloan.
ON ARRIVES IN
MODOC POINT FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Thayer of Mo-
Ldoe Point aro parents of a seven and
ono-halt pound boy, born last night
at tho Warren Hunt hospital.
TWO FINED ON ASSAULT
AND BATTERY CHARGES
- Mrs. Etva Dall was fined $5 and
costs by Justice N. J. Chapman Sat
urday evening for an alleged assault
upon Mrs. Fanny Charley Friday
night at the carnival grounds. 'Dan
iel Wicks was fined $5 and costs for
assault and battery upon Mrs, Cetla
Jefferson.
three Marriage licenses
issued here saturday
Thrco marriage licenses were Is
sued late Saturday to Klamath coun
ty couples by tho county clork as fol
io wa:
George R. Lowls nnd Jassamtne
Cnldwpll of Agoma; J. S. Dateman
nnd Mr. Catherine Tull of Klamath
Falls, nnd Thomas G, Smith of Mo
doc Point to Miss Frances Stoke. '
PROTESTS TITLE
HONOLULU, T. II., Mny 12. (By
Mall,) Prlncoss 'David Kawannna
koa, Histor-In-law of J. K. Kalaulana
ole, Hawaii's representative In Con.
gross, and a rogont of threo promi
nent Hawaiian soeltles, has protest
ed' against tho change of tho name of
tho Japanoso Federation of Labor to
tho Hawaiian Federation of Labor.
Tho new tltlo would indtcato tho
organization was composed of Hn
wallans, whereas, according to the
protest, thoro Is not a slnglo native
Hawaiian on its rollo.
WEATHER REPORT
OREGON Tonight and Tuesday,
fair; light and heavy frosts In tho
early mornings.
H NN
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STILL OBSCURE
Until tho official count of Klamath
county return from Friday's pri
mary I completed no deflnlte tabu
lation of figures can be made. Tho
official canvas itarted thl mornlns
and should be completed by noon to
morrow and perhaps will bo finished
today.
The canvassing board Is making
slow progress on account of tk
number of "wrltten-ln" candidate).
The unofficial returns' are little
changed since Saturday's, publication
In the Herald. Nearly halt of tk
county precincts are unavailable for
purposes of an unofficial count be
cause of the failure of the electloa
boards to return a loose stateraett aa
required. Half the board disre
garded Instruction and enclosed 'the
unofficial statements .with tho re
mainder of the 'election data aad
locked them In the ballot boxes,
whero they are cntlroly unavailable,
until tho boxes are unbrked by tho
official canvassers.
Johnion has a lead In tho presK
dcntlal race In this cointy of 509
votos on a conservative estimate. It
Is averred by those In close toack
with the electtoe.
Wlloy for senator wilt bare a ma
jority over Jay Upton of 600 it Is be-.
lleved, but this Is not ewgh to la
sure his election and r-prts fnis,
other counties in tho dl.tfet wouU
indlcato that Upton wl'l carirlk
election. '
The close race the local baMtt
I between C. C. Bieweraa- Wllltaat
Marx for dhrt'rret aMerasv. wttk
IS
iwmm
Drawer leeatekW' kaK a 4taw ).' I
Report by telephone from Lake
county today .said the same uncer
tain conditions existed In the count
there. Indications are that Johnson
will can? Lake county by 200 vote.
Upton Is leading Wiley 2 to 1 and
Overturf I the last man on the bal
lot In tho contest for state represent
atfve. Lakevlew retailed a report from
Bend that Deschutes county went S
to 1 for Upton, which Is partly con
firmed In a-report received at ' Wiley
headquarters giving Upton Des
chutes county by 350 vote.
NEW CASHIER AT
, THE S. P. STATION
Emet L. Varnum, formorly cashier
for tho Southern Pacific at Weed, to
day relieved Jacob Leach aa cashier
at the local station. Mr. Leach ban
held the position for a number of
year. He resigned to take a placo
with the Big Lakes Lumber com
pany.4 Agent Callaghan is looking for a
couple of high school boys who want
to learn railroading to work In tho
local office this summer and will bo
glad to give full details regarding
the' work and wage to any appli
cants, i
ACADEMY PUPILS
,, GUESTS AT PICNIC
The Sisters of the Sacred Heart,
and boarding pupil of the Sacred
Heart academy, about 30 children In
allwere entertained yesterday At n
lawn party and picnic at tho Enter
prise ranch, at which Waltor and
Murray Hannon wcro Joint hosto.
Tho party lasted all day and n
highly onjoyablo tlmo was roportod
by nil present. Roasted "welnles,"
salads, cakes of many varlotles and
gallons of pink lemonado woro serv
ed In abundance.
The ranch orchard was In full
bloom, tho weathor man had prepar
ed a day especially to the order of
plcnlcers, all things worked harmony
lously together and whon tho tired
crowd reached town lato In the even
ing they were unanimous in voting
that U had boen a flawlosa and per
fect' day, ,
THIEVES TAKE TREK '
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May Is
A. H. Carvle, recently roported to
tho pollco that a 3-year-old Norway
spruce tree was stolon from his front
yard. The thieves dug a trench
round the roofs leaving a largo bolt
whore tho tree had stood. "'"
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