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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1920)
MMllMan "iViVuyjun olfrg JEmmmrt, official vAVKn or KLAMATH FALL AWMMWWWy Fourteenth Year No. 4046 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGOff,' MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1920 Price Five Cent y . , ,. , JgJ J B MW III r K1JMA'tn oowir CDSTS MONEY TO GO TO LAW .When tho Yankee farmer, ex hausting all other possibilities of ar gunwnt, finally yelled In the last throes of antcry exasperation "Con- earn ye, I'll have the law on ye," be realised that ho was resorting to his FIGURES SHOW most potent threat. Tlm dlsputaUltJol-jase-before-the-Medfordjsentatlvei-6i Roumanla Serbia and tlous neighbor might bravo pitch forks nnd wave aside a menacing shot gun but when threatened with tho unrockoned possibilities of lltl gutlon the most hardy and head strong came to n considering holt. "fr 'nMr h i'l r. ..r.. iU nw on ynwnod lliun at (tin fret of th thrrulunrd nnn . If his antagonist Invoked the law, hit could lie sure of one thing alonn that lie was In Tor n long nnd rosily -xirrlcnrci In tlm. coiiiIh. tin iiilglit or ln mightn't win, but tin knew Unit Im would pay for tint luxury of nettling his quarrel! lit tlm courts. I.'vi'ii the coiiimon or factory run of lawsuits nrn produced at prices that put thorn In tlm luxury clans', Occjisluaalyrou.ijuL-4iiu uxtraonll. nary plero of HtlKntlon, llkit the ense of Jitriulyce ngalnst Jamil) Co, or Daugnri nKulnst Klamath county, that wits a high watur mark In drag- glng delay and costliness. In the past two years, the Herald showed In a recent article, attorney's bills In the Klamath county court' house case, have In claim, paid and pending, have totalled upwards on' fic.ooo. Lest unthinking person. believe that this represents the' sum total of cost to dale, It may bo well to call attention to a few more of the largest Item of expense, grow ing out of the suit. (And In It bu re membered that Dougan' proceeding In equity now before the courts does not exhaust his legal possibilities. If ho loses hero he can resort forthwith to a law action. Hamilton's decision Indicated that tlm court bollovrd If Dougan had any standing at all, It was In law Instead of equity.) For Instance the cost bill rendered after tho circuit court hearing of the Dougan suit wits (1702, or which $703.62 have been paid. Attorneys for Dougan have filed protest against tho bill as n whole and especially as regards tho large foes claimed by expert witnesses, Nevertheless most of tho expert architects and other ox pert witnesses have recolred their money. Two of the bills allowed and paid on the trial cost bill wore Hoblnson, Hours ft Newell's claim for export ac counting, I32MS, and William 8. Worden, former county Judge, who drew 1212 as an export witness, showing that others besides archi tects nnd attorneys aro high priced help In n lngnl action. Mrs. I,. II. Hague, stenographer, during the past two years has col lected I937.G5 for services to tho county court unit district attorney. It docs not appear from the record what, part of this amount has n di rect connection with the llllgutlon, hut It Is believed that most of It may be nttachod to tho courthouse, con troversy. Mileage for trips by tho county court In connection with the suit total 1327.20, The bills hnvo beon paid from the current exepnse fund, an unauthorised diversion of that particular fund according to crltlca ot tho present county court. Architects aro almost as high priced as nttornoys, Is shown by tho record, A. V. Heldo In tho last two years haying rocolvod 42G8.ri4 for plans for finishing tho Hot Springs courthouso, desplto I ho fnct that whllo this bill wns bolng Incurrod tho original plans drawn by K. E, Mc Loren or Portlnrin, drawn at tho In stanco of a former county court, were In existence. While tho Main stroot courthouse was In course ot construction a guard was maintained over tho Ht Springs courthouse. I J. Dowllng drow n total ot $F88 for guard duty. The foregoing Items make a total of close to 17000 mora growing di rectly out ot the courthouse litiga tion, and added to attorney's tees previously discussed, put the grand total for two years close to $25,000, with minor expenses not taken Into consideration. Dlckeas often acted In-private the atricals).' ,": COPPERF1ELD FREED ON ARSON CHARGE David Copporflold was acquitted In tlm United Htnti's tllMrlct court at MiHlford Hatunloy of h chnrgu of nr- son, urlslng from tho liurnliiK of ii house owned by Mrs. Corbnll on thu Klamnth reservation In Aug. 11118. Cooierfluld was accused of hnvlng set flro to thu houso from spiteful motives. Cooporfled ws dofonded by II. M. Manning, and his acquittal was the third secured by the local attorney during last weok, with no convic tions. Copperfleld's case was (he session. Archie Chlpp'nnd Frank Hoover pleaded guilty to Introducing liquor Into the reservation and distributing It to Indians and worn fined $100 each and sentenrod to snrvu iliiililllll -rn rhn MuilllUllluh luuuly jail. Toy Ilrown, who drank soma ot tint liquor, pleaded guilty to a una nit lug his brother. Floyd, with n shut- .gun and was sentenced to six monthai,,,atcm,,llt wn" "fatso.'' In In tlm Multnomah Jtill Floyd was 'slightly wounded In tho back Tho Injunction Is beginning to bo a choice weapon In local court pro cedure, Its latest us being to re strain tho county court, In a suit brought by C. It. Do Lap, county clerk, against It. H. Uunnell, Judge, nd Ilurroll Short and Asa Fordyco, commissioners, from Interfering with thu clerk In awarding tho printing of (ho ballots for the November elec tion, The county clerk claims that he U designated by act ot legislature to award tho ballot printing and, his of fice alonu Is empowered to let this printing. Acting en this Interpreta tion of the law ho lot this year's bal lot printing to the W, O. Smith coin puny. Thu printers went ahead and ordered supplies and are ready to start work this week. At Saturday's mooting the county court nwardod tho contract for print ing tho ballots to W. H. Mason, of the Klamath Itcrord, and, It Is said, throatunod to have tho county clerk cited for contempt It ho did not changu his position to conform with tho order. Saturday ovenlng Judge D. V. Kuykondall, on petition ot Mr. De Lap, Issued a temporary order re straining the defendants from Inter forlng In uny mannor with tho exe cution of tho contract entered Into by Mr. Do Lap with tho W. O. Smith Printing company, or attempting to unforco tho order .giving the'prlntlng to W. H. Mason. llecauso tho defendants uro In Salem, where argumonts In tho ap peal from Judge Hamilton's decision In tho court houso raso will bo heard In tho supremo court tomorrow, tho Injunction order has not yet beon sorvod on nny ot them. BROWN EXPLAINS FAILURE TO FIGHT Kid Drown, tho dusky bantam who was billed to box Jlnuny Duffy at tho Athlotlc club smnkor Friday night, oxplalns that It was no fear ot Duf fy's reputation that kept him out of war, but tho failure ot Promntor Smith to como across with what Ilrown consldorod nduquato compen sation. Ilrown said Smith offered him $10 for tho bout and holds that his failure to box for such n paltry sum Is no proof of n saffron streak hut rathor shows that be possesses sound Judgment, In his own language he sums tho matter up thusly: "If Mr. Smith, tho fight promoter, would have donated the said Jack, Kid Ilrown wouldn't have backed down. Klamath affords a bunch of dead game sports und I'm not a ham sandwich tighter and not hungry. Mr, Duffy don't have to powder and blow the burgaon account he couldn't get a fight. Get some Jack behind him and the fight la on." DIVOROKS GRANTED Divorces were granted In the cir cuit court Saturday to Wllma F, McCollum from Ernest McCullom, and to Joseph I, Beard from Katy Beard. ' COUNTY COURT iNJOINEOn STATEMENT OF WILSON'S SIDE OFCONTOVERSr WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. Tho whlto house made public today an of fllcal version" or the president's ad dress at the 8th plenary session of tho Paris peace conference. The oiact wording directed to the repre- Ciocho Blovakla has been subject to controversy between the president and Senator Spencer, republican of Missouri. The seantor had declared the proldont hud promlod Roumanla slxjand Serbia that "It any nation nvr iiivuueu lueir territory ho would sond an Amorlcun army across tho seas to defend tholr boundaries." President Wilson In a telegram to lho senator, October Cth, said this reply M,encor ca" tor tlm official record, - no statement Issued today Is linscd nn tho taxt of tho official sten ographer who quolod the prcsldont as saying: "Tako tho rights of tho minorities. Nothing, I venturo to say, Is moro likely to disturb tho jpcaco of thimorJJ-liiniutho-i -; I which might, In certain circum stances, bo muted out to tho jillnorl tlos and therefore If tho great pow ers uro to guarantee peace world In any sense. Is It unjust that they should bo satisfied that proper and necessury guarantees bo glvcnT "How can a power like the United States, for examplo, I can speak for uo other after signing this treaty, If It contains elements which they do not believe permanent, go 3000 miles away across seas and report to Its people that It has made a settle ment of the peace ot the world? It cannot do so, and yet there underlies all of these transactions, the ex pectation on the part of, for example Houmanla, Csecho Slovakia and Serbia, that It any covenanta of this settlement ore broken, Ithe United Ststcs will send her armies and hor navy to see they they aro observed. In these circumstances. Is It unreasonable tsat tho United States should Insist' upon being satisfied that the settlements are correct?" E CLEVELAND, Oct. 11. Cloroland shut out Brooklyn today with a score of 1 to 0 and havo tho world series championship almost with their grasp, Tho gamo waa a pitching duol between two left-handers, "Duster" Malls for tho Indians and Sherrod Smith for tho Dodgers. The tlda turned In favor of tho homo folks In tho sixth, the lonely run bolng mado when Speaker singl ed und Hums smashed a doublo to tho fence. The score was: CLEVELAND W INS CLOSE GAM It. H. E. .Brooklyn 0 3 0 Cleveland - 17 3 The Llne-Up Brooklyn Clovotand Olson as - Sewell Sheohan 3b Oardnor Nols rt Wood Wheat It Evans Myer r..... cf Speaker Konotchy lb Burns Klldutt 2h Wambsgans Smith p Malls Mlllor - c O'Neill a CALIFORNIA RANCHER CLAIMS BRIDE HERE A vory pretty wedding yesterday aftornoon at 3 o'clock was that ot Miss Emma C. Stoopa ot this city nnd William Herrlngton King, a Siskiyou county farmor, at the home ot tho bride at 420. Walnut stroot. Tho houso was attractive In autumn flow- era nnd vines and the bride was beau tiful In a lovely wedding gown. Many friends and relatives of the couple witnessed the ceremony, which, was read "by tho Rev. E. P. Lawrence ot tho Presbyterian church, and an elab orate dinner was served, i The young people left tor San Dlogo and Los Angeles, where they will spend the winter. At tho close of their honeymoon they Till return north and make their homo on Mr. King's ranch . UTHLOST GRID BUM; WILL PROTEST .Tho local high school lost the first football game of the season played on the home field, to Medford high with a score of 7 to 0, Saturday. It was a bsrd-fougbt game from the beglnnlng-and-tbe-Klamath-fslldwT put up a particularly hard battle In tho last quarter. In spite of the core handod down by tbe referee, there la a sentiment broadcast about town that Klamath didn't receive an exactly aquaro deal. . When Interviewed this morning rtobort Ooetz, principal of tho Kla math county hlgb. said that the acoro as well as the ages ot at loast four men on tho Medford team would be protcstod. This means that tho dlsputu w lbo brought beforo tho Oregon High School Athletic as sociation for settlement. The rules laid down by tho associa tion say that boys over 21 years ot ago aro not eligible for hlgb achool football or other athletic contents,, una that schools disregarding this rule aro llabto to expulsion from tho lenguo for one year. , Tho Medford boys had affidavits from tbolr parents declaring them to be under 21, but tho army records show that six ot tho players are over 21. .A tolegram from the Jackson county achool superintendent states that tbe school census which has been kept slnco Jeff Gentry and Win ston Vance were four yeara old, show these boys are 23 and 22 yeara old, respectively. There will be a game with Ash land noxt Saturday, on the home field. October 23rd Klamath' Falls III' play Medford In that city if the dispute la settled and on October 30th they will play In Lakevlew. ; Saturday's line-up follews: Klamath Falls Captain Ted Montgomery .i...Q. Itussell McCullunt' ...... ....R.- M. Itobert Flackus ...... ..... L. H. Frank Peyton ........'...................... Full Iludolph Slnglor . . .. ,.C. Itebert Milan ....... . ...... L. G. Pat Montgomery ........... .. It. a. Forrest Cooper , ...R.T. Kenneth Case ... .... ...... L. T. Ernest Miller L. E. Norman Mann ... . It. E. Medford Itussell Sherwood .... ...... Q. Lee Watson ..... It. M. Jeff Gentry .. ... .............. L. H. Winston Vance ................... . Full Everett Rowling .... .. ... . C. George Manstlold L. O. Will Stochan It. O. Merle Morrlman ... R. T. Hugh Brown ............ . . L. T. Phillip Young L. E. Captain Elbert Coleman .... R. B WOMAN PHYSICIAN CALLED BY DEATH Dr. Jesslo Simpson, daughtor ot W. B. Simpson, a former resident ot Klamath county .died recently at Banning, California. She waa widely known as a successful physician and surgeon and was tor 12 years on the statr of tbe Southern California state hospital at Patton. She waa socond assistant physician at the time ot her death. Pneumonia, following several months ot Illness was the cause or her passing. Her father was with Dr. Simp son when tho end came. Tho family will bo remembered by many local residents, having lived for years on .their ranch a mllo or so above AI- coma. Mr. Simpson sold the ranch and moved to Southern California about four-years ago. Bo8ldos being successful in hor profession, Dr. Simpson took a keen intoorst In civic affairs and was well known 'In many California cttlee. WILL SHIP SIXTY CARS - OF DEEP FROM CHJLOQUIN Livestock shipments continue to be heavy, the Southorn Pacific station reports. 81xty canr ot beef cattle will be shipped from Cailoquln tomorrow by jocal buyers tor-San Francleco packers; ' Omhtsj Watt.DuM. Mete- nioiVnJMl J. P. MHahaat will have ax beta taaiav. SEVEN PETITIONS FOR CITY OFFICE FILED Petitions for city offices wero In dustriously circulated Saturday after noon and It Is oxpocted at tho city hall that a number of office seekers will, havo filed their nomination papers with tho police Judge before night. Wednesday Is tho last day for filing petitions. At noon today the following pe titions were on file: For mayor. Wilson 8. Wlloy; police Judge, A. L. Leavltt; first ward councilman, Paul Dogardus and-WJL-ConfcllnsM-aec. ond ward, Frank Miles and M. 8. Weet; fourth ward, Charles Colvln. incumbent, and fifth ward, J. B. Voll- mer. W. T. Leo and his friends were busily circulating Mr. Lee'a netltlon fnr thn nijuialt nomination today. Mayor I. n. Struble also has petitions In circulation for tbe office. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EU- ts.'ve.-. '-::. :i Lint sot -rrrades made by tho students of tbe univer sity In tho spring term of 1910 Indi cate a Contlnunncn nt thn hlh j ol'.bholarshlp maintained In tho fall nnd winter terms. Under the new system of grading, the highest rank BATE HIGH IN COLLEGE WORK Ing students In each cpurse aro Tfl no per acre, would net the state In class 1, corresponding tolhe tM.ao! fund some 1300.000. The fact mer grade ot H. From, that grade the rating are graded down to clans V, the lowest passing grade; with the university's classes had no student making higher than a 11 -grade, cor respondmgto tbe former grade of 8. Among theae maklag the grade ot I are atadeats from 'nearly every com- munltyxef any alao la Oregon and manrfrofa eateH taetatw . , Klamath county stadents rated la clasa I and their subject are: Ac countings principles, Virgil De Lap, Klamath Falls; advanced algebra, George D. Rlgga, Klamath Falls; elements of musical science, scienti fic music reading, public school music, orchestral organisation and ensemble (each a separate subject.) Marfe Obenchaln of Rty; gymnasium work, George D. Rlggs of Klamath Falls. STANFIELD WILL BE HERE THIS WEEKEND Robert Stanfleld, Republican can didate for-United States senator, will be in Klamath Falls next Saturday and 8unday, according to a telegram received today from Republican headquarters at Portland by Judge A. L. Leavltt. Arrangements will doubtless be made, aaid Judge Leavltt, tor a pub lic address by Mr. Stanfleld Saturday ovonlng. COURTHOUSE APPEAL TO HE HEARD TOMORROW Members of the county court and their attorneys and C. F. Stone, at torney for plaintiff In the. suit ot J. M. Dougan, contractor, against Kla math county, county court and oth ers, are en route to Salem, where ar gument will bo heard tomorrow in tbe appeal from Judge Hamilton's de cision .In the courthouse case. The case was appealed by plaintiff. The, latest development In the case Is the filing ot a motion by the plain tiff asking the supreme court to re mand the entire matter to tho circuit court for retrial. DAUGHTER OF U. S. CENSUS DIRECTOR MAY BE SUICIDE PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 11. Miss Esther Rogers, daughter ot Sam L, Rogers, director ot census for the United States, died today at a local hospital under clrcumstancea that Indicated she had ended her life with poison., ROAD ' BEAUTIFICATION SACRAMENTO, Oct. 11. Plana for a state-wide tree-planting suryoy to be undertaken in the near future for the beautiflcatlon of the California road aytaem, were announced here by George O. Mansfield, a member of thar atate -highway commission. The atatar hoard of forestry la to ho asked is the .work. STATE ENGINEER OPPOSES BIRD PRESERVE BILL DY PERCY A. CUPPER State Eagtaec E. W. Nelson of the United States biological survey, according to state-mentseredlted-to bIm dreTTa- maintain Malheur lake aa a bird re fuge, among other reasons because, It produces 7,000 tona ot marsh hay in Its present condition. At the recent state fair, grain waa exhibited Which hait h n rmwm within tbe meander line of Halhear lake. This grain attrcated consider able attention and served to effect ively discredit tho oft-made assert ion that this land was valueless from an agricultural standpoint. If it Is ot valuo for tho production of marsh grass It must certainly be of much moro valuo for the production ot grain to which It Is well adapted, aa shown by tbe state fair exhibits. It the Malheur bird refuge mea- suro passes, this landrwIILbedeeded Id tho federal government and re-" moved forovcr from tbe possibility of taxation. It has been estimated that at least 30,000 acres of the 47, 000 acres In the bed of Malheur lake are well adapted to agricultural pur poses. This laad, It disposed of at. that J7,OO0 tons of marsh bay are now est from this area would seem coaclaelvely to prove that the Mai nour Mrd refuge measure eeeka to give the federal government a value- , able asset of the state, which prop erly should enhance the public achool faad. " AeeareHasiaitermatioa received' from the "engineer. $ty tMr,Harney"',: basin Irrigation district,, which ln clades some 82,000 acres of land In. Harney valley irrlgatlonists of that section are a unit against the mea sure. The engineer advises that he recently visited portions of Malheur lake and found excellent crops grow ing within the meander line. It would seem to be a serious mis take on the part ot the atate of Ore gon to give this body ot valuable land to the Federal government, par ticularly when we take Into conside ration tho fact that any plan which has so far been considered for the reclamation or the bed of Malheur lake would provide tor the dlkiag off ot a large area which could and should be maintained as a bird re serve. I believe those who desire to see tbe measure defeated are almost to a man favorable to the mainten ance of a part to Malhenr lake aa a bird refuge. Tho state land board, composed of the governor, secretary ot state, and the atate treasurer, has full Jur isdiction over tho state lands and has gone on record in opposition to giv ing Malheur lake to the federal government. WILL FORM WOMAN'S AUXILIARY OF LEGION The charter tor a woman'a Aux iliary ot the American Legion haa been received and a meeting called tor Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, October 12th, in the west ball ot the Odd Fellows building, to organise. Mothers, wives, daughters and sis ters of all men and women who were In the military or naval service dur ing tho lato war are eligible and are requested to attond thla meeting and make the auxiliary one of tho largest in tho state. Refreshments will bo berved. All Interested persons are urged to attend. SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO RECONSIDER RULING WASHINGTON. Oct. 11. The United States supreme court today refused to reconsider Its decision sus taining the validity of the prohibit ion amendment. . ARMISTICE DAY DBCLARBD ' HOLIDAY BY GOVERNOR 8ALEM, Oct. 11. Novmher 11, Armistice Day, was today areelalmed a legal holiday in Oregon by Sevef- nor Oleott. One par esnt of the atmosphere la . ,Vt .. .'Vv..' .