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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1920)
MONDAY, r"1 - dkckmiikh so, imjo. THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON vMin rourr The Evening Herald 18 J, MtmitAY.. vrv.u heiri.i: .., ..,.............. 1 ill lor ....... Ctly. IMUor Published dally oxcopt Sunday, by Tho llornld Publishing Company of Klamath Knits, nt 110 Klghth Strcot. 'Entered nt tho rostotflco nt Kin math Kalln, Ore., (or trnn&mtislon through tho malls ns second-class lonttor. Everett True By Condo MKMUKH OK TDK ASKOCIATI.D PIIKSS. Tho Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to tho use for, republication ot nil news dispatches credited to It, or not otherwlso credited In tbls Sapor, nnd ntso tbo local nows pub Jbr herein. te movday, di:cimiu:ii so, nwo. NKW8PAPKU ItATI-S WILL STAND t (From the Kdltor nnd PublMicr) Deflation Is now In full swim; In tbo United States. Pyramided prices aro giving way boforo marked public roslstcncc Tho newspaper industry, however. Is ono In which thero can be Bo radical revision In prices, for the "very good reason that nowspapor ser- Ylco to both reading public and nd- vortlser has been for many years un-l dorvnlued nnd underpaid. During the wnr nnd since, nowspaper prices liavo advanced ns n last resort under clrmumsttncos over which publishers liave had no control. It Is but honest and fair to stato Jn this connection that there has been no profiteering by newspaper pub Ushers, but. on the contrary, puollc acnrlce of the first order most un usual and extraordinary Interference, toy government. There can be no reduction today In newspaper rates, enltber to the reader or advertiser In fact In many Instances there must bo still further advances In subscription and adver tising rates to cover Increases In cost -since October 1 In labor and ma terials. Truth Is, the hazards of newspaper publishing are so great, the lure to exceptional and expensive public ser vice so enticing, aaU competition so keen, that It Is practically Impossible to accumulate needed reserves and necessary betterments, to say nothing ot adequate tlon. dividends, etc. article you'vo found, win a brldo or Slnco 1914, the principal factors lnl,cu " services ot a divorce mwspapcr making, organized labor lawyer oh. what's the use of going nnd newsprint, havo Increased In costj'- details? Kver body knows ubout 198 per cent, whllo'ln tho same per- classified ads. iod retail prices have Increased ap-j "Yep. most peoplo oro honest," re proximately 150 per cent; advcrtls- "'"nod the head of tbls enterprising MAMAAMAAAA-AiVVVtVVAVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVWVVVVWVVVVVVAAVVVVvAAtVV ME I'LC .MANICURE Hs manjngrs iy fcr lAX f v JLJ WiTt iL, x?a rZ5--TTT7-Z75m jh-1x,-u. -rws 0-W y&xmmm . mwm mammr. Diogenes Didn't Know Where to Look "The world's full ot honest peo ple," declared the head ot tho classi fied advertising department, that page of the paper where for ten cents to halt of dollar you may sell a home or buy one, discover 'a fcllpw who'll swap a horse for the shot gun you're tired of, find the article rmuiacvrlal comDonsa-tyo" 'ost. or find the losor of the gin rates 180 per cent a total f 330 per cent, leaving a balanco of 168 "per cent in actual Increased costs of department 'Aw, whero do you get that stuff,? said tbo fellow who covers tho po" la. ... ..... . . .. . production that has been absorbed "co oea Aln- man .ac "" bv reduction In paces and other wouldn't steal tbo coppers out of a economies blind man's cup. It ho wasn't hep to Theeflgures do not Include non- Hank Wilson's speed In running down union labor Increases, which have a crook, and didn't have a good been In almost equal proportion, or a Wealthy respect for Hank's down multltudo of nil kinds of tax Items !a'r reformatory In tbo city hall Deflation Is now the order of thelWe'ro honMl because wo gotta be. day In practically e,very business ex-l,ho wboI blooraln' works of us. cept that of newspaper making. Whcnlja get this stuff that sets you Prices must come down, but newslrav,nS Dootiegger's must bo work paper prices must never again be ,,nK overtime. turned to her Then there was a f 10 bill. In the past year, 1 don't re member ono advertisement for lost cssh that failed to recover tho money "As to rings and trinkets, hard ly a week goes by that sumo one doesn't get back tholr Jowclry, pockotbooks, and other small nrtl cles they have lost. I tell you tbo world Is honest and if )ou lived In the classified advertising department for a week or two" ou'd know it " "Well. It looks like Klamath Kails surely assays a better grade of lion esty than must places," respondrd tho silenced cynic. "Uut qno thlngH suro. you'ro certainly got pulling! power In tho class nd departm nt No further argument H-?-x ' "-"'-j-.j jyziKtKKftKmiiwKoKiikvisK (MdTfouEeoeive a FMer Christmas Gilt Than the Ability to Vw the Piano Veil? With tho ailbransen Player In your home you ran with a terms Just now. Ilttln practice accomplish this, Special EARL SHEPHERD CO. Klamath's Only Kxcluslvn Music Store 607 Main Street ' ,1ii'N----Sii-ii-i-- tj-jljTuVXj-)j-u-ui SCENE OF FIRES IN SINN FEIN CITY permitted to fall to tho old cut throat level that prevailed prior to 19H. Krom tho standpoint of production costs labor and newsprint the newspaper publishing business will be unchanged In 1921 over 1920. "Oh, you make me tired," count ered the class ad. champion ot gen eral morality. "You're all filled up with cigarettes and cynclsm You think nothing's a "story" unless you can mix up a crook In it. Haven't you got brains enough left to reallzo that There Is no tendency to lower wagoj"'8 -U8t hecauso ninety nlno and nine cales nnd In all probability news- tenths per cent o fthe world Is non print will contlnuo to sell on con- el,t ,,,a dishonest remalnor get tracts at tho samo average as n ,onto "'0 front pago? Thoy're unusual, 1920, If not 10 per cent higher. ho cokn are, that's why they'ro Thfifft run ItA nn Inuarlnir nf riitftain ON HAMON CASE , either to subscriber or advertiser. The newspaper business Is today on "Show mo, bo?" parried the p. c r. "Show me! I may be weak as you a more sound nasi-, than ever beforo say In my upper story, but that don't in its history and It must bo kept prove you're right. Produce exhibit there. In some cases, as we have A." said, furthor increases In revenues! "Well, for a starter." said tho h rWrf 1 - -- :. . 3r ,a-j- f B i iL illBsslMfistllMflEg-srlfc i f M ilsssssEi" C - J .J" sflAsHHfTnisBi jriSSHl COnK, Iroltnd This view of Cork shows Bt- Patrick's Ilrldgo and St. ratrlck'set, a shopping district, zeeno of tomo of tbo most destructive Arcs in tho burning of tho southern Slnu Keln port. That bathing on Chrlstmus day en sures freedom from both fuvers and toothache during the coining year In. I ono of the old-tlmo superstitions which sstlll filnts In Krunro Tho French havo a queer belief that bread baked on Christmas Kvn will keep fresh ten ears. Church Concert Was In Scandinavian countries It Is bo- III .!.. ... - . . wym r imniHi -.niii mo uwirs or evil nru pe- f leasing OaCCeS(Cllary -,, on Christmas Kve. but from Clirlstinus day to January h" 12th nro Inactive Thu word "Yule" has In reality nothing to do with Christmas It Is an old Scandinavian word signifying jthe winter soltlco, which alvtayn kept will be necessary to meet tho new standards . As a matter of fact slnco October 1, over 300 newspapers have raised advertising rates ou an aver ago of about 25 per cent. It may be necessary for other newspapers to follow this lead, In spite of general price declines. In tho meantime It Is the duty of overy newspaper publisher In Amer ica to take stock In order that he may present a logical dollar-nnd-cents reason for his prevailing Hchedulu of rates, Instead of somo sentimental reason which was the rule some years ago and which, it is hoped, has been driven out of news- payer and advertising business all time. of the c. a. d." hero Is a letter from Smith Illver, California, dated De cember 11, this year, and addressed to The flvenlng Herald, Klamath Kails, Oregon. I'll read it. It says: My pocketbook, containing $200, which I advertised In your paper as lost In tho month of Soptember, 1920, has been re turned to mo. It was found by Mr. William (Irecno of Klamath Kails. Hoping to havo the pleas- ure of meeting you again, etc, etc. XOTICi: OF KI.VAI. HI.TTI.KMK.VT Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned administrator of tho ex tato of Susanna Leach, deceased, has filed In this County Court In the Stato of Oregon for Klamath County, the final account of his administra tion of said estate and said Court lias flxod January 24, 1921, at 2:30 o'clock P. M. as tho tlmo and tho Courtroom of tbld Court as tho place for the hearing of said final account and for the settlement thereof. uated: December 30. 1920., I, "It's signed 'Harry P. flaUey Iialley came throueh horn from iiVa. Iorvlew last Sept. and he lost his purse out or nis car. lie didn't have time to stop long, much as he hated to lose the money. Ho invested) a dol lar In classified advertising and promised to write If be got results. Thore's tho letter. "And that's not all. There was a mill hand from Pelican Day a cou ple of months ago who lost $85. Krank Sexton found tho money In tho road and tho own'crs name In Tho Herald class, nd rolunn and reunited the two. That was ono HrkJed lum berjack. "And a llt'l) wh.u, heforo that R.B. BROWN as a feast by tho old heathen (loth AltDMOItE, Okla., Dec. 17 Here's tbo man who Is trying to solve the death mystery of Jako L.J Tho Jiamon, republican national commit-'girls. teoman and oil millionaire, who died of a gunshot wound. Itussoll II. Drown, county attcrnoy here. Is 'ry ing to bring to trial Mrs. Claru Smith Jiamon, Hamon's former stenographer, who has disappeared, Ho says his work has been handi capped by powerful Influences and mat no may bring the names of prominent peoplo before tbo grand jury In this connection. Parisian liny An abundanco of berried holly Is said to be a sign of a long and hard winter. Mlstintoo Is a comparatively recent favorite for Christmas decoration. In the 18th century rosemary, bay nnd holly wore uood. Sf tn MH I. nnmvNRi.T. Arlmlnl.!-.. ..m. Il i ' ill " ".' .1 "u ' '" " wr'!f '"IOrO that B of the Ntntn of i,j."nna Leach. W0,,1U, Io" l Mil. about all thej Tho mo 1 popular aro tho Oil lotto und ' Strop. These may bo had from . ; up. Wo ulso havo tbo Uvory Utudy and Ocm at $1.00. All have complete sets of blades. Ideal gift for women and Combs, brushes, mirrors, Jowol boxes, pin cushions, hair re ceivers, puff boxes. Prices from COo to $10.00. UNDERWOOD'S The Christmas concert nt Presbyterian church Sunday night I Is pronounced by Klamath rails Only n bo lit n third of thn world's music lover who heard It to ho ono I'"!'"1"""" has over heard of Ohrlst- ..,.,'. , , . . i. i mas, let ulunu celebrated It. of thu finest musical coiicvrts given In this city for it long time. Thoiu Among tho urlous Slav peoples who took psrt worked weeks to muko Christmas and the beginning of the . Nuw Year nro commonly en I Iod tho '"tlreat Christmas nnd tho "Utile It a success and they express thom- sulvcs nit fairly well satisfied with tho wuy things turned out. Numerous requests came In this morning to Itov, K. P. I.awrnucu that the program bo reepated at some future date und Mr. I.awronco will make an effort to repeat tho program In the early part ot Janu ary. Tho church last night wus beauti fully decorated with red curnntlons with u background of ovorgreons. A CUulDea Aa will sell It. Christmas Christmas Cards This year our lino ot Chrlstmus and New Yoar cards Is vary beauti ful. All aro stool engraved, many nro bnnd colored nnd embossed. Prices from So up. UNDERWOOD'S Let her present be a DIAMOND mOM DAVKNPOIIT'B 122 S. Sixth flt-ca 1 UNDERWOOD'S -wvcusea ujc, zu.7 jac 31V17 juuw ru.i oju. 11 yruo jcuiw anu ro-