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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1921)
a. Wqt l&wimm Iteratf! Today's' News A Class Ad Will Today Do It Fifteenth Year. No. J5017. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN U All Y 0, 11)20. Prico FIto Cents L House Approves Appropriation for Klamath Project; Worst of Battle for Big Fund Now Over Tliu Iioiihq of representatives at ycstordny'ti bcxhIou approved llio $1)31.1,000 npproprlullon tor tho Klamnth projoct, Bays a Hpoclnl dis patch from Washington received to day by Tho Iliinild. TIiIh ineutifl Hint tlio ImrdoHt part of tho road toward tho adoption of tho big appropriation Is paused. Tho lower Iioubo, with Kb many roprot Bontatlvcs from districts that havo projects undor way and aro zoalous ly looking nftor tholr dlvorgont and dlfforont. Intorosts, Is tho placo whoro opposition Is usually oxpoctod. It Is oxpoctod that tho souato will follow tho oxnmplo of tho houso and pass tho appropriation without domur. Vvcryono hero Is familiar with tho development that will ho oxpodllcd this amount of money nvallublo tor York on tho projoct. Hi Doesn't Favor County Split; Had One Experience Nothing now undor tho sun. Hiiro not. nut Tho Herald reporter though that tho proposed split or Klamath county Into two countlos, KJamath and Worden, tho first to take tho Main street cnurthousa and tho lat ter the Hot Springs courthouno for a cnpltol, was a rually unique- Pro ject. Now comes Wi. M. Swurtsfargor, a resident of Mills addition, and tolls us that some CO yoai-.i ago In a Minne sota town ami county;, fuctlon.lftta.car rlod out tholr spiteful' designs and actually socurod n division. Tho confusion that foil upon Dabnl was as nothing to what Jmpponcd then, said Mr. Swartsfurgor. Whon a criminal stoppod across tho strcot ho was beyond tho Jurisdiction of tho sheriff of ono county and while tho baffled offlcor was notifying his col loaguo In tho opposita county to ap prehend tho man, tho fugltlvo gen erally found tlinn to escape. And that Is but nn Instance of tho general dis rupted condition that befell tho Min nesota community. Doing told that tho state legisla ture stood between tho local seces sionists and any Immodlato execu tion of their plans, Mr. Hwartsfargor was much rollovcd. Ho hud carried a vivid picture of tho ruinous effects In Minnesota for half a century nnd didn't want to undergo any ropotltlon of tho catastropho. Darcy Puts Huff Out in First PORTLAND, Jan. C. Jimmy Darcy of Portland knockod out Hilly Hutt of Klamnth Tails In thoflrst round of a schoduled ton round bout horo last night. Tho affair was schodulod as a soml-wlndup to tho card. ' In tho main ovont Joo Oorman, Portland llghtwolght, wns nwarded a doclBlon over Al Orunan of Los Angolos. Tho fight wont tho full ton rounds, ' Jack Dompsoy will box six rounds at M,llwaukoo January 2G with somo opponent who Is yot to bo choson, It was announcod horo today. SUES FOR ALLEGED DAMAGES TO CAR Mary C. Holms has brought suit against A. E. Whitman to rocover 200 for damages to hor car, tho damage resulting from a collision which plaintiff allogos waB duo to tho negligence of Mr. Whitman. Be sldoa tho $200 tho plaintiff asks for f25 additional, claiming that she was obllgod to pay that amount for Jtho rout of a car which sho uued jwhllo hor car was being ropalred. fTho accldont happened on Novom jbor 28. Tho damaged car wns used las a dollvery car by tho Holm fish market. MARKET REPORT PORTLAND, Jan. 6. Cattla weak; hogs and snoop steady; eggs lower, buying prlco 45 coats; soiling, can dled, 48 to CO cents; selects, 62 to 4. Project Muunger Nuwell staled ro contly that ho oxpoctod It would en able starting work this season on tho uxtoiiBlons Hint will carry water to tho lands of tho Tulo lake district. Lnngall valley and Horsefly develop ment will also recelvo Impetus and construction and repairs of tho sys tem will ho forwarded. Klumath was fortunate, In tlin faco of opposition that had dovolopod, In having as Its representative Congress man N. J. Hlnnott, whoso standing In the houso gnvo his hattlo for a "fnlr dool" for this projoct n weight that no obstruction tactics could withstand. Wlion tho bill gnos to tho sonata Klamath will liavo another champion on tho ground In tho porson of Sen ator Clinrles L. McNnry, rhalrmnn of tho sennto appropriations commit-too. ALLEN WROTH ISOLATION OF INJUNCTION (Ily Assoclntod Press) PORTLAND. Jon. C "Tho In junction Issuod by supremo court has boon -willfully violated by tho Kliimnth county court nnd wo will Immediately clto tho county Judge, commissioners and j.optMor 'for contempt of court," declare Hur rlson Allen, local attorney, today. "Tho dlsobcdlanco Is no surprise to thoso who know tho tomporamont of tho county court, which has ovon gono so far as to Issua nn or dor prohibiting tho circuit Judgo from occupying tlio chambors and courtroom In tho Dougnn cnurthouso. "Wo will endeavor to hnvo tho county court Instructed In tho con tend proceedings so that they will he'sltato herenftor boforo violating an nrdor of tho supromo court nnd will appreciate that a county court's Jur isdiction is not as oxtenBivo as tho supromo court of tho United States." Cork Mayor Crosses Sea As Stowaway' to Give Testimony (Tiy Associated Press) WASHINGTON', Jan. (I. Secro. till')' of Iiultor Wilson today granted a parole to Lord Mayor O'Oilliigliun of Cork, detained at .oort Nous pemlliig a decision us to Ills right to ndniLsNlon to this country. O'Callag Iiiiii hi at liberty on hU own rccoR iilznuro. WA8HINOTON, Jan. C Tho stnto department has ordorod an in vestigation Into tho entry Into this country of Danlol J. O'Callaghan, lord mayor of Cork, who arrived at Newport Nows yostorday ns a stow away, without a passport. Officials Intlmatod that no distinction Is to bo drawn betwoon lils ease and that of any othor stowaway unloss nn oxtraordlnary basis for oxtonuatlon Is found. NEWPORT NEWS. Va., Jan. 0. Mayor O'Callaghan, who arrlvod ns a stownwny with Potor MacSwJnoy, brother of tho lato Lord Mayor Mac Swlnoy, said tho editors of the Now York Nation had Invltod him to tostl fy boforo tho committee Investigating tho Irish situation. PORTLAND MAYOR TO RUN POLICE DEPARTMENT PORTLAND, Jniv. 0. Mayor Baker announced today that ho would take comploto charge of tho police depart ment noxt Monday, loavlng tho execu tive offico for tho tlnio In tho hands of C. A. Dlgoton, presldont of the council, Tho mayor will porsonnlly tackle crlmo problems and effect any chang es ho may find necessary whllo Chlof of Pollco Jenkins Is temporarily re lieved on account of Illness. HR LINE BREAK CLOSES LOCAL PLANTS 1 Tho break In tho Cnllfornla-Oro- gon Powar company's lino botweqn Dorrls and tho Copco plant was still bolng sought today. Aftor working through hoavy snowdrifts all day yostorday, tho patrol from tho Dorrls end roachod tho company's shelter cabin on Shovel Crcok mountain last night, without finding tho troublo. This Is according to a tolophono mos sago rccolvod at tho local offico shortly boforo noon. Tho search was rosumod this morning. Tho local light system Is b'olng op1 oratod from tho Keno plant, which also suppllos sufficient power for shop muchlnory. Tho box factorlos howovor, aro closed, being dopondont on tho Copco plant for power. Tho shutdown of tho factorlos silica yostorday is having an offoct upon local boating, as tho city heat ing plant uses sawdust and shavings for fucd. Steam was low in tho rad iators la stores and offices all over tho boating system this morning. Affect Stoant Heat Tho plant Is bolng flrod with slabs, of which thoro Is an amply supply, said C. O. Loronz, manager, but thoy aro wot and although tho furnaces aro crammed full of fuol It docs not produco tho oamo amount of heat as tho dry saydust and shavings. Hut thoro is plonty of this fuol, such ns It Is, and Mr. Lorent said that thoro was absolutely no foar of n total sbutoft of stoam heat. An soon as tho powor lino la ro paired and tho factorlos start sup plying dry fuol, any existing curtail inont of tho normal amount of stoam will bo romodlod. a. t : Tho forced doming of the factoriesT caught tho heating plant with Its re scrvo supply of fuel low, owing to the holiday shutdown of tho factories at Now Yoars, whon no fuel was sup plied tho plant for thrco days. Communication I U-Htom 1 Wlro communication with tho out er world la restored. Tho Wostorn Union wns first to rcsumo sorvlco, closing Its breaks about C o'clock last night. Tho telephone company had trees across Ita linen In two places, ona o miles north and tho othor 13 allies north of Wood, and was unnble to get Its wires working until this morning. , Dcsplto report from' tho Southern Pacific station yostorday that the had escaped local troublo, I: was learned today that tholr lino, which Is on tho samo polos as tho tcln phono wires, wont down with the phono lino. Ono of tho trcos fell across tho track, currying tho wlro with It. Tho treo was removed whon a passing train approached it slowly and nosod It to ono sldo with tho pilot. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, Tho houso conauscommlttoo today agreed upon and roportod to congress tho Slegel bill, fixing tho membership of tho houso at 484, an lncreaso of 48 ovor tho prosent membership. Thoy nlso rocommonded a constitu tional nmondmont limiting the mom borshlp of futuro Houses to GOO, Undor tho bill tho representation of Orogon would bo Incrensud from throo to four mombors nnd Washing ton from flvo to six. The measure provides that In case thoro is an in croaso In representation, additional representatives shall bo elected at largo until stato legislatures pass re disricting laws. WEATHER INDICATIONS., Tho Cyclo-Stormogrnph at Underwood's pharmacy, after registering a rising pressure for tho past thirty-six hours, com menced to fall about noon to day. Tho movement downward has boon very slight, but may forecast the appearance of an other disturbance. Forecast tor noxt 24 heurs: Contlnuod cold, with varia ble winds. MAY incest N 1 T E (Ily Assoclatod Press) IlEAST, Ontario, Jan. G. Threo American naval balloonists from Rockaway, N. Y., who landed In tho lowor Hudson Hay district, aro wondlng their way back to clvlllztt' tlon by dog train. Indlan trappers, arriving horo yes torday, brought a thrilling story of tho balloonlBts' oxperlenco. Tho bat loon drifted northward from Rock- away and was caught by a terrific galo near tho Adlrondacks. They wcro carrlod to tho St. Lawrcnco whoro anothor galo swopt it north Into Canada. To keep from starving tho trio woro forcod to oat tho car rier pigeons which woro takon up In tho balloon for messongcr sorvlco. Finally thoy dccldod In dosporatlon to chanco a landing. On reaching tho ground thoy heard tho howling of a dog In tho wilderness and then saw a smoostack. Proceeding toward tho smoko thoy found shelter and food and frlonds. Personal Mention Roy Nelson and Charles Tower aro In town from Keno today. C V. Nelson was a visitor horo today from Worden. B. R. Carter of Fort Klamath Is In town for a tow days. John and Henry Cox and Loo Drown woro visitors from Merrill yostorday. . Denton Dowrs, Ashbind cattleman, t5b alstTTuts" Interests In tho Malln soctlon, is a visitor hero today. Charles Snook of Chlloquln who has been visiting In Klamath Falls; returned homo today. Don Colvlg, of Yroka, Is assisting temporarily in tho offico of tho California-Oregon Power company horo. George Welso who has boon In town on buslnoss for a weok or so roturncd to Odessa today. Fred Connor, blacksmith at tho Qulgloy camp at Swan lako, was In town yesterday on company buslnoss. F. A. Charetto, canncryman, of San Francisco, is registered at tho Whlto Pelican hotel. Frank McKlmmon roturned from Corvallls Tuesday night aftor spend ing holidays with rolatlvcs there, Solomon Dewey, Sr a pioneer res Wont of tho Yonna valloy, who was oporatod upon at Merrill a couple of months ago, Is rocovorlng. Thoro will bo Installation of of ficers of tho Robokahs lodgo tonight at tho I. O. O. F. hall. All mombors aro Invltod to attend. Mrs. E. L. Davis, secretary of tho Klamath county farm bureau, was reappointed to tnui position yostor day by tho oxecutivo committeo. O. R. Thomas, who has beon horo about a wook in his caplclty as in surance adjuster, left for San Fran cisco this morning. Walter O. West, superintendent of tho Klamath rosorvatlon, return ed thoro today after a business visit horo. MJrs. H. Holme, chlof oporator at tho tolophono offico, is back from Eugcno whoro sho spent tho holidays with relatives. Captain J. W. Siemens is on his way to Portland having left hero this morning. Ho will remain in Port land several days on business. Thomas Fitch, Jr., buyer for a San Francisco wheat handling house, Is hero looking over the local grain situation. Miss Marguerite Dowllng, a former Klamath Falls resident who lately has been living In San Francisco, Is here again and has taken a position In the telephone office. Mr. and Mrs, J. W. Fader, of Chlloquln, left for their home his morning after a day's visit here. Tbelr two children were In a local I SCAPE NW Fear Mail Boat and Crew of Seven May Be Lost Off Alaska WASHINGTON, Jan. C Tho United States mall boat, Pulltzor, with soven men, has been missing alnco Dccombor 1G and may havo boon lost In tho straits oft Splloff, Alaska, Secretary Payne wns advlsod today by Governor niggs of Alaska. Tho navy department and coast guard sorvlco havo beon asked to aid In tho searot. PORTLAND, Jan. 6. Dr. Andrew C. Smith of Portland, ownor of tho Pulltzor, said ho had no, fear for tho safety of tho vessol. Tho Pulltzor, formerly a pilot boat off tho mouth of tho Columbia river, has been carry ing mall botween Seward and Un alaska slnco Dr. Smith obtalnod tho contract a year ago. hospital, tho younger ono having a touch of pneumonia, but thoy wcro far enough advancod toward, good health to bo pormltted to accom pany tholr parents home. J. II. Barnes, a rancher on tho Merrill routo, Is a visitor hero today. Mrs. John Howoll left this morn ing for Portland, whoro sho will re sldo in tho futuro. P. O. Crawford, chief electrical onglnoor of tho California-Oregon Powor company, is hero from San Francisco on an inspection visit. Fred Garlch has taken a position In tho First Stato & Savings bank and Is busy familarlztng himself with the duties of a banker. W. M. Swartsfargor has roturned from Applcgato, Orogon, whoro ho Bpont tho holidays with his daugh ter, Mrs. John Matney. Miss Loretto Konop, who was op oratod upon at a local hospital last Tuesday for1 appondtcltlojt Is re ported, to bo doing nicely as could baexpected under the circumstances'; T. O. Bradloy, generating super intendent, from' tho California-Oregon Power company's offico at Copco, in horo on company business, chlof of which is an Inspection of tho Keno plant. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Houston and lit tlo daughtor loft for tho southland this morning. As statod boforo In Tho Herald thoy Intend to spend somo timo In San Diego, with tho expectation of improving tho health of llttlo Miss Houston. "Shy" Huntington, coach for tho University of Oregon football squad, who took In tho Now Year's gamo bo tween California and Ohio universi ties at Pasadena, Is a visitor in tho city, having stopped on his way back to Eugene to visit friends hero. C. D. Herbert, representing tho Wcstlnghouso Electric company of San Francisco, Is hero calling upon local lumbor companies and doalors In electrical suppllos In tho Interest of his company. Ho is accompanied by Mrs. Herbort. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mitchell, of Dly, left tor San Francisco this morn ing. From that city thoy will pro coed to Arizona,' whero they will spend the wlntor. Mr. Mltcholl is one of the prominent stock raisers of tho Dly district. T, N. Case, a rancher on tho Mor rill routo, was In town yostorday, at tending tho oxocutlve mooting of thb farm bureau. Mr. Caso was chosen to ropresent tho local farm bureau at the stato meeting at Portland next weok, whero a federation of all bur eaus will bo perfected. .... Karl Shephord, of local piano and phonograph tamo, entralnod for Dray, California, this morning, where he will mingle with tho workers in tho lumber camps and endeavor to im press them .with tho superior quality of his instruments, and with tho soothing, educational, and pleasuro- giving Influence of good music among tho lumbering fraternity. He will be gono two or three days. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Good, of Mac doel, left for their homo this morn ing following a flvo day visit at the home of their daughter, Mrs. W. E. Kandy. Thq Goods havo many ac quaintances here, and had, a splen did visit. Mr. G6od c6nynented fa vorably upon the signs of progress apparent everywhere In this city. In cidentally, the Goods are numbered among (ho live farmers of their community. LINEMEN'S JOB IS NO PICNIC THIS WEATHER Tho unusual snow storm of tho last few days has sorved to bring to light tho trying conditions undor which tolophono and powor company linemen ara compelled to work, and tho perslstonco and fortltudo which must bo employod by thorn ha been well Illustrated by tho experiences of tho employes of tho California-Oregon Powor company, who havo been working llko trojans botweon hero and Keno, and botweon horo and Bonanza and Merrill, ovor since tho hoavy snows began to como. Tho public In general hardly real izes tho extent of tho sacrifices which must be mado by thorn. Thoy gfc out upon tho lino at any tlmo, whenovef omorgency calls them, thoy lose val uable sleop, suffor with tho cold, and muBt possoss tho attribute of per sistency to a largo dogrco. When tho linos woro broken by thq clinging, hoavy snow, at Morrlll'and Bonanza Tuesday night, a crow was Immediately dlspatchod to the place whero tho troublo scomod to hare originated. Loavlng hero reasonably early in tho evening, the crow found tho broak and rcpalrod it, turning tholr woary way along a slushy, broken road, their auto strug gling along slowly but surely, a flash of light was soon in tho skies, and they know that anothor wlro had beon broken by tho wolght of tho snow, and tho fury of tho wind. Again thoy ropalred tho lino and started homo. Almost immediately thoy noticed that tho lights woro off again. At tho Junction of tho Merrill Bon's,? road 'a test was made, and it waV'ascortalncd that tho lights wero out on tho Donanza side. Tho power was'' still on at Merrill, and, rocolvlng ordors thoro, to go to Keno In doublo quick tlmo, thoy set out for that placo. About 11:30 they mot another crow returning from Keno, aftor having repaired tho lines thoro. Locating tho broak, tho Keno lino was repaired a socond tlmo. Tho tired crow then set out for homo, roachlng town at 4:30. During tho trip homo tho snow was falling so fast that It was Impos sible to sco moro than four toot ahoad of tho crawling auto, making tho trip anything but a Joy rldo. On tholr arrival horo they learned that tho lights at Keno had romalnod on only four minutes after tho lino bad been ropalred tho last time. Snatching only two hours sleep, tho weary troublo shooters sot out again for Keno, and lato yesterday aftornoon thoy -woro still working in that section. That wasn't all that tho powor company hail to contend with. The high lino from Copco went ou( about midnight, and tests showod tho break to bo somo placo botweon Dorrls and Copco. This presented anothor difficult problom to the pa trolmen employod by the company. Tho company's lines aro strung over tho mountains back of Dorrls, heavy timber abounding in that section. Patrolmen woro sont out from Copco and Dorrls, but tho Ijreak had not beon located this morning. Only ono lineman, Roy Cochran ro malnod permanently In town, and' he was kept busy attondlng to local troubles. Superintendent George Manguo, W. D, Robinson, and the troublo shoot ers, Carl Wolls and S. R. Redko, comprised tho crew which spent tho night doing repair work. Tho1 heavy lino crow is composed of E, C. Wirz, L. G. Wlrz, Fred Crockett. Roy Cochran, W D. Robinson, Joe Cass, and A. W. Whlker. GOOD SPEAKER1 TONIGIir, EVANGELISTIC MEETING Tho evangelistic meotlngs In 'tho First Baptist church, corner of Eighth and Washington Btreots, con tinue. C. A. Watorhouso of Sliver Lake will preach tonight. He Is an able and forceful speaker and the public is cordially invited to hear him. 'A A Hagerstown. Mr., man has a piece of fruit cake baked by his wife now dead, In 1872,- has 7 s