V. ''. r -. t Jim ,-sri. d;ttswr A4y wmtt ft Sltr iEuimfng Beratf r I official pahbk or orrKiAiirAnKMH TtmuArm oovKTt KLAMA'fH lttLLti 8- K V Fourteenth Year No. 4013 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1K0 FrUFlT. i, Sfc . V SGHIIDL BONDS TO BE OFFERED LI With bonding companion ruluctunt lo bur securities of any ort, but with locl Inventor showing a wll11nnrn to back thn bonds to the limit, the city school board nt It meeting ren M BUYERS ter day decided to abandon attempt to market tho 137.000 Falrvlow A aehool Isauo through com'petltlTo bid ding and depend on local Investor to finance tbo building. In pursuance of thla plan an Intensive campaign to all tho reslduo of tbo bond Issue will be conducted during tbo next week. Noit Tuoiday tbo board wilt hold another meeting and If two third of the lnue ha been disposed of then, contract for'tbe building will be dgned and the work started. "We've got to havo thn chool," aid a member of the board today. "Wn should havo It now, but we tnuit have It when the iprlng term opens eit )rear. Congestion ha got to point now where thn attendance can-1 not b accommodated and by Hi" epunlng of the aprlng term the school window will be overflowing arm nd leg, unless tho situation I re lieved." The director propose to 'get out and make n personal canvas to place the bonds. Leslie Itogera, ono of the board, and J. I. Well, city superin tendent, explained the oxlglenclcs of the situation to a meeting of the 'chamber of commerce at, today' luncheon and enlisted the aid of that rganUatlou. , : It I not a big task that confront the board, for 11 4,000 worth of bond have nl ready been purchased fry local Investor, who realised, the 'wortk of the Investment and bought 'voluntarily. - ,. xf . About 1 13.000 "ram. the board feel, should be sold before the con tract la let. Tay want, t least two third of the total fund on band be fore work starts. The site for the school In Fslrvlew addition, the old Catholic church site, coat M.000. Tho ground I paid for and a balance of about 8,000 remain from bond ale o far. The bond bear per cent Interest and are all. of $1,000 denomination, ex the' final 1500, Interest pay able semi-annually. They mature In lattallmenta ranging from 11 to SO year. No question ha ben railed aa to tho gilt dge nature of the securities. ' Tho district carries a light Indebted' mm and haa an assesMd valuation cIom 'to f 8,000,000, with an actual valuation that I at least double that mount. nAnAI! MmiunUi. In th nreaent ..-.-- --....--.-.. .- ,.-- "--- i late oi me maraoi, are noi uuyma Mcurltlcs, unleu It be at bargain price and the state law forbid sale of aehool bonds at loss than par. Kor this reason It Is bard to aetl them through the regular channels but Judging from the eagerness of local buyers to tako tho securities thero will bo no troublo In placing them MICKIE SAYSi OVJB WU.ttCADa& fcjDAC VJ vcvnto tu' crruuabw rutawcA vuoireouT, "vouv ookkn& PUT WN At) VUUKR& OCON&OW WWl W T.," A.WO -TVC OB , UK UPl AW UOU5R5, " WNA.NHh.VlT NOUR, - 9S WOO covtncooo, AN DOVrT SOU lOOflSM UP fcV' wANfAWaWtOWC- X30CAM, rixm' is. i rm n HViVkArr A&-V MP UVUK TUC O0M.O &KMXMl I AMD KLOOVA " nmMBmni s rBaWr 5La n Vuft mEt" fTU&na TK.NNKHHKH HOUHK ACTION MAY NOT UK KFFKCTIVK NABIIVILI.K, Tunn., Hopt. 1. Conflicting view wore held today by louder of tli) Tunnim un legislature n to tho prol utile affect of tbo action of the house of representative yrslor duy In oxpunglng from tlio Jour nal nil record of I Im ratification of thn fuderal woman' uffraga ntnnndmont and voting nut to concur with tho cnuto In rati fying tbo amendment. CITY'S GROWTH E W, H, Worden, who w county Judge or tho county. at tlio time the now famous courthouse right Mart- ed, dropped Into town yesterday af- n.ternoon from Portland, from which city ho travelled via llend, by auto It won during Judge Worden'i regime mat tno foundation for an extensive system of Improved high way for tho county was laid and It wi this work, together with the bit terness arising out of tho courthouse controveriey, that caused much of the litigation over the Issuance of county warrants In nice of tho lim it of Indebtedness fixed by the consti tution. Tho Judge ha a wide circle of warm friends throughout the county, a well a strong phalanx of political enemies, but all of them greeted him cordially a he stirred around tho city attending to the bus Iness matter that called him here, , "In the few month that hive elapsed since I was last here, the changes that have taken ' place In Kumath, Fall, are 6"gnat that orfe can hardly realise them," said Judge Worden today. "This clty-ls where we had hoped It would be ten year ago. On the outside It. la attracting the attention of the, man with money who Is looking around for something big and 1 look for a greater develop men In the next year than ha taken place In the past ten. Klamath Falls la sure to be a elty of 25,000 within the next few years." Judge Worden1 expect to return to hi home In Pertland: thn last' of the week.. OIL COMPANY RESUMES DRILLING Drilling operation at the Klamath Oil company'a well, suspended for several months, while the well was being reamed and cased, have been bf operations said today. with persons who wan ta safe Invest ment for their saving. As tho bond nro exempt from tax ation, Incomo tux Included,' thiy actu ally offer an Interest return consider ably In ndvuncn of their face 0 par cent. Any one Interested In tho securi ties can necuru full Information from Mian Idu Momyor, clerk of tho school bourd at tho Klamuth Stato bank. Tho building proposed for tho Kiilrvlew school Is n (cur-room struc ture, very similar to the Mill nchool, which wus completed lust year. It will bo built on thn, unit plun so that nioro room ran lie added u nuod arise. nidi for it construction nro In the hand of tho board. Figure on two type, common brick and brick and concrete, wero submitted as follew: Concrete Brick "R. E. Wattonbnrg 186,884 W. D. Cofor 24,987 "W. D. Miller 86,156 Common Brick It. K. Wattenburg.... .. 25.890 W. D. Cofor 23,682 W. D. Mlllor 23,577 Mr. Cofer's bid specified windows hung with weights and cord and added $455 for Simplex sash and fasteners. C. a. Lorenx submitted a bd of i,855 for' plumbing and heating. It wu agreed that a boiler would be In stalled with a capacity for heating eight rooms, to take care of enlarge ment of the building, SURPRISES EX COUNTr JUDG resumed v The drill h made about 50 feet prres'sjnee the reump tlon?Jeil,r Campbell, superintendent OF CITY UTILITIES VISITOR HERE One of tho real ploneor of Klam ath county, tho man who had tbo courage to como In hero, when only u handful of people lived In Klamath Falls, and start tho present light, water and telephone systems, Is In the city. Ho I II. V. ante. Mr. Gate is one of tho fow remaining onglnnors of tho old school tho man who built tbo great transcontinental railroad, opened up tho big mining properties of tho west and, laid the foundation upon which succeeding generations were to build the struc ture that I today making the west one of the Important factors In world affairs, He still takes a keen inter est In the management of the various enterprises In which he Is Interested nd comes back to Klamath Falls Just ' Ms lf "" of (Ba stories he has heard about Its development are true I In Is satisfied that thero ha been no exaggeration. "I got In last night about mid night," said Mr. Qates today, "and whsn I crossed the bridge I Jumped to tbo conclusion thst there had been little change. Out this morning I discovered a new city, one that told me that Kjamatb Falls had at last found Its stride. What I saw was the beginning of a dream I had fears ago when I first came here. It'thst dream comer true this will be no small city, but the second metropolis of Oregon. I am sure now that It Is gojng to ba realised." Accompanying Mr. uaies are Mr. and Mrs.. O. B. Gatea and daughter. Olive. Mr Gates, Junior, was the manager, of the locsl rompanlM prior to Ihelr'Mle to the Moora Brothers; the predecessors ef. the CaUlorsU- Orefoa Fewer company.. Tha.pwrty will ranula In the'clty for. few days rant wing old acquaintance' and wHl than go perth to their nig ranen near Begd, where a atop or a coupie or weeks will be made before returning to tMlr home In Hlllsboro. Ore, While here they will be guest at the homo of Mr. and Mr. W. O. 8mlth. LOCAL WOMAN IS DEAD IN S. F. Word his been received hemp of the 4Mtfc of Mra. H. F. Davis, In Sag Frtgcsco. yesterday afternoea. Mrs. Davis waa taken to the city y her husband, who Is employed by the Kmath dumber Box compeer, about two weeka ago In the hope of bMfttlnf her health. Instead of laprovjttg she grew steadily worm Se M t DTa undergone an opera lion, hut whether she did so Is en koown. Mr. and Mr. Davis lived at the Italdwln hotel and had a wide acn qustntance among Klamath people. A host of friend will extend sym pathy to tho bereaved husband. FOUNDER A Teast: " Wihon-That9 All" WWe"sMt.MBMi.MiissMssSSi ' ' J CfOMK1 asaaVsVlw Bel il SISKIYOU IS IRKING HMD FOR PROJECT following a trip of C. W. Watson, Hoy K. Swlgert and Judge 0. H. Chamber to Sacramento, where they consulted the California state engl- noer In regard to the proposed Shas- U Valley Irrigation projoct, tho Sis kiyou Now published the following account, and statements of Mr. Wat Wat eon: Mr. Watson Is authority for the statement that Mr. McCluro, tho stato engineer of California, Mr. Lee, chairman of the atate water commis sion of California, and probably Mr. Cupper, state engineer of Oregon, expect to-be on the Klamath-Shasta Valley Irrigation project September 14. Each of them is Interested In his own department. Mr. McClure was distinctly surprised at the else of tho undertaking and frankly Intorested In the proposition. Asked about tbo plan of Colonel R. O. Marshull of the U. 8. geological survey, for Irrigation of the entire interior of Clllfornla by mesas of .water taken from the Klamath river, Mr. Watson made the following statement: "It Is a fact that Colonel Marshall's plan for the Irrigation of 12,000,000 acres la the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys Is being given seri ous consideration throughout those valleys. Mr, Marshall's plan consid er the diversion of the .Klamath river Into .the Sacramento river. '.The localities which are ladllerent to their. rights and are, maklmg' no special, effort to claim those rights are anlte likely to be overlooked Jsi plans for state wide development. ' This fauUment la some form la erne that we, met whenever ,we asMited that the.rlgM of theJUmath drain age basin were being tafrlued upon y Mr. Manhatl'a project. 'Evident ly we have not made ourselves heard a day too soon. If It be proatabt to take the. Klamath river; through Shasta Valley to the headwaters of the- Sacramento river, thea the biingiag of the Klaaaath. river Into ShaaU Volley aad the using of If In Shasta .Valley Is certainly feasible." Mr. Watson.! said farther, that re garding the deubt: .coaeeratag- the available? weUr-hi. the -.Klamath riv er, hydfoejraptOc data oa tie at Klamath FalU east th.U. S. reeta- asatla. service ostoa. aad laclaeiac mremaats covering; a, period, of ppreadmately-16 years shew that campleta regalstlua- of; upper. Klaaa atk lake-will be-aeeesaerr la aay Win thla U MtabUaked there- will be eaoagk. water to eom- plete tho Klamatk project aa origin ally' planned, to Irrigate the- other land which It haa, been: planned to supply with, water from the tributar ies of the Klamath river; and to sup ply a surplus for use either In the Klamath canyon. In the Sacramento Judas." INSTITUTE OPENED ' BY COUNTY TEACHERS More than 100 teachers from all part of tho county gathered today for tho thrco days' session of tho county Instltuto. - Roll call, a musical program and adjustment to tho routine of tho con vention occupied most of tho morn ing session. Tho Anal day, Friday, will bo the dato of convention of the various school boards of the county. CHICAGO, Sept. 1 Oeorgo White, chslrman of the Democratic national committee, Mid on the stand today before the senate investigating com mittee, that he had no evidence to sustain any one of the charge made by Governor Cox as to Republican campaign funds and quotas, or the alleged desire of the contributors "to have back of them in Industrial cen ters the bsyonets of their puppets In office." He told Chairman Kenyon he be lleved charges to be true because he had confidence In Governor Cox, hut had not discussed them In detail with the nominee. He aald Cox told him Sunday he was sure of his, ground, White replied: "You are bos aad yon run It." He Mid it was true that, he aad made the statement that ke waajd met puce aay Halt on campawa tribatlen to the Democratic fsjad, , CHICAGO, Sept.. . 1. . Wilbur Msrsfc, Democratic, national,, tree nr; or. .aeaieei neiore use eeaata eesaaw tee today that special efferta Jut en made to sjet eelris4asae.6reas federal office holders. . CHICAQO. Sept. 1. Parley Chris tiansen, presidential nominee of. the Farmer Labor party, appeared before the senate Investigating committee today aad asked to be heard. ' Chair? nan Kenyoa accepted his offer. FORMER S. P. MAN JOINSLUMlOtflRM H. W. Henderson, who su been connected with the trafle depart- at of the Southern Pacific com pany, arrived here yesterday with ka family. He has become Identified with the Lakeside Lumber company, having been elected secretary aad treasurer,' succeeding J. C. Bracken- brough, who resigned to engage In other business. Mr. .Henderson has been coming to Klamath Falls In his official ca pacity for some time and becoming convinced of the great future of the city and the assured expansion of the various lumber companies oper ating here docided to forsake rail roading for what he believes will be greater financial success personal ly. Ho selected the Lakeside com pany as one of the promising con cerns of tho district and Joined forces wth tho hUBtlors who are making It one of the big companies In the county. WKATHKIt REPORT Oregon Tonight, fair and warm er; Thursday fair and warmer In east portion. Valley, or In Shasta Valley to the amount of 130,000 acres. "It Is a fact," Mr, Watson contin ued, "that the reclamation service and the stato of Oregon are contest ing title to the wators of the Klam ath river. As I seo It, It makes lit tle difference to this project where tho waters of the Klamath may be, Tho water has been filed on the dis trict, with tho Btate officials of Ore gon and California and arrange ments nro being made for the as sistance of the reclamation service. The California-Oregon Power com pany, which undoubtedly has soma vested rights on tho river, believe that tho district should, be formed and the project thoroughtly investi gated. The Irrigation of Shasta Valley then seems to solve rather thai add to these dlatcultles. ran UNSUPPORTED HIHffl FOIESTIRHCE RVEY Survey of the Willamette highway, which will link Portland, Eugene and other cities of the north with south eastern Oregon by as almost direct route across the Cascades, will be started at onco by the United States forest service, according to a tele gram received fiy the chamber of commerce from Senator Charles McNary. 8enator McNary, on his return to Portland from this city, apparently held immediate conference with the forest' officials and secured promise of Immediate action. The highway to within foar miles of the summit 'on the Lane county side is passable to aiie'moblles. The last four miles Is practically straight up and It Is on ihU'lhat most of the work will have to be done. The con templated survey will' establish the grade and furnish "an estimate of cost and whea It -la -completed tho ways and means of raising money will be attacked. ' Aa virtually a! of the road la through government' forest the forest service is anxious to -have It Improv ed An In other road work the coun ties Interested wl probably share halt of the cost aad the government will hear the remgintgg half. Sea ator;afeKary Mid hen last week that one of Ida first artewemU be la aUp. ; adia; Mberal-aaprsatlasliBisW tha BaUMT-LrrOVMC, Moaday. .Aug. 30 Tired; dlrtf gad disgusted. M. Doaibskl. iL GapeM,sad MveraJ ether mjembers Jf , he Polish peace delegation arrived here from- Minsk last midnight aad wefe received by the Polish forelga astaister. The foreign Bajnlsfef said that had Jie known sooner' of the Indignities sunerea oy in fOMSB Beregaiea ibvj would have bees'rsxwned loag ago. WASHINOTOW, lent. 1. Poland has, answered th;e admonition of the USrtnM sjutM taat no rousa armies sktrnM'-lswR' at theelhaograple fron tier of Poland with a statssaeat that itrafegle' eondltleah sjmst govern Po und's course. - " Pelaad's answer to the American note.-'Ia ennectjog flth military op erations along the Russian-Polish border. Is entirely' Mtlsfactory, Sec retary Colby announced. He Mid the ontlre corrclpondeaM would be pub llshed Immediately. LONDON, Sept.. 1. Repulse of Polish attacks, all along the line was reported In the Rusalan Soviet offic ial statement of Tuesday, rocelved here by wlrolesaj today. i ex SHORTRIDGE G. O. P. CANDIDATE IN CAL. SAN FRANCISCp. Sept. 1. Tabu lation of returns of yesterday's pri mary .from more Jhfn halt the state 'precincts shows' beyond reasonable Uoubt that Samuel M. Shortrldge has wou the RepubRcan nomination for United States sanalep FIGHTING STILL IN BELFAST STREETS BKLFAST, Alf. 31. Fighting was resumed this morning between the Natlonallstji aad Unionist ship workers and troops. .Heavy Bring continued for nearly an hour and It Is feared tho casualty list Is heavy. 4 ' -as. CHICAGO, Sept. 1. Gerald A. Stack, wealthy oil promoter of Lan der. Wyoming. s In Jail here charged Kh tho murder of Paul Brown, m altermatW of roadhouae party near here Monday nlght. The lay ing Is Mid to havfjfglfowed a fancied Insult by Browp'te a woman member , of Stack's party. ' , MIL .i '7 M '4