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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1921)
WURSDAY, JANUARY JO, 1021. -THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAG1D FOUR The Evening Herald B J. Murray t .Editor VREO SOUIiH City Editor Published dally excopt Sunday, by The llfcrald Publishing Company of Klamath Falls, at 119 Eighth Street. Entorod at the postottlco at Kla math Falls, Ore, for transmission through the malls as second-class matter. Everett True" 'By Condo MIST15I? SCRACS, AS I CA(4S UP 7Ws STtf5T Just how i NOTiCttb Both ths Houses op , YXI(S TDtrUIVGRY IVAGU3N lv?ra.5 DOWN t-AT ON- THE SiVlPPR-Y pVCM5rJT. MEM11KH OF TIIK ASSOCIATE!) PKK8S. Tho Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to tho uso for republication of all. news dispatches credited to It, or not othorwlso credited In this paper, and also tho local nows pub lisher herein. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1021. HAVE NO FEAR. No other community. In tho world would havo gone through that which this city experienced yesterday and accept It bo philosophically. Not a rlpplo of excitement .was In evidence And supreme confidence in the sue 'oss o'l tho First Stole- and Savings bank to como out of Its difficulties was to bo found on ovory hand Tho closing of this bank was no common-placo affair, yet It was ro- colvcd as aro all ovents of ordinary Importance. This Is becauso tho pooplo deep down In their hearts have no fear of tho outcome. Wo (expect tho bank to open and do business as usual. Investigation hows that at no time was It Insolv ent. Tho stories of bad loans aro puro fabrications. Wo know that recent examination of Its securities disclosed nothing out of tho ordln try. Thoughtless and designing por tons nro making BtatcmentB that had better bo loft unsaid, for they aro going to bo subjected to tho earchllght of publicity If they aro continued. Tho president of tho bank, Cap tain Siemens, will bo homo tonight and will, no doubt, within n day or two havo a statement to mako that will clarify tho situation and put tho public In possession of all tho facts they are entitled to know. Thoro Is nothing to fear. Every depositor will be paid dollar for dollar. A llttlo patience and tho tamo degree of common sense will havo to bo exercised for a short time and then thero will bo a clearing of tho difficulties and things will go on as usual. WOULD REVISE SCHOOL SYSTEM OE HIFOH (Dy Associated Press) SACRAMENTO, Cal., Jan. 13 Flvo or six miles and two constitu tional amonumems designed to. pat Into effect the reorganization of the California educational system rcc onunended by a Joint legislative com mlttee appointed at the close of the 1919 session, will bo placed before the .present legislature, according to Senator Jones of San Jose. Tho plan Is to create a stato de partment of education that would In clude all education Institutions, from the state university to the element ary schools, and would take over' ed ucational functions now performed by various stato agencies. Sonator Jones said the committee's recom mendations were In harmony with plans for complote reorganization of the stato government along lines of efficiency and economy. A state board of education would havo supervision of all educational matters and tho superintended of public Instruction would be mudo an appotntivo officer. Slmllarjactlhn Is contemplated In counties, tho countv superintendent of schools being ap pointed rather than elected. While tho University of California"', board of regents would cone luto tho department, according to Senator Jones, Its functions would not be dis turbed. Tho plan contemplatei 'ah!nc of state normal schools to th ttntim of colleges for teacher train1;!,; so that tho standard of teachers for oloment ary schools may bo mado higher. Regional Junior colleges would bo set up through tho proposed nymnm, thus relieving congestion nt the University of California's control In stlutlon at Berkeley. Even If tho Junior college plan Is put into effect, Senator Jones estimates that the uni versity will have tho surrui number of studonts, 10,000, Jn the rwo upper classos that it now has In four class es. Under tho stato department pro posed would bo county eilucatlnnnl units that would tako oyer and com blno many of tho funJflons now per formed by school districts Jones claims for hid pine tho np- f 1 III lvSflra CA(Z.suss& T(?iv mNOT CHresc ess Driving. U Cf3L2rSST OWNERSHIP!! il 11 N(tH(5R. HfeS5 UAS . .JS. PROPORXY SHOD fcs CONFIDENCE IN IMS HI No now developments woro ro ported today In connection with tho closing of tho First Stato & Savings bank yesterday on orders of tho fctato superintendent of banking. Marshall Hoopor, assistant statu su perintendent, said that an examin ation of tho bank's records is under way, but tho Investigation may tnko sovoriil weeks to complete. In tho meantlmo thuro Is no Information other than already given In tho no tico posted on the bank doors "Thoro Is every indication that this bank Is solvent." numors aro rlfo on ovory hand, as usual In such situations, but thoy add nothing to tho story. Lovol hoaded business men, depositors of tho Institution, 'aro apparently not worrying. Thoro Ib gonorat confi dence that tho bank will roorgan lzo and reopen. Capt. J. W. Slomons, president of tho bank Is expected to return to night from Portland. Tho situation contains many unlquo features. Primarily, It is an extraordinary thing to closo tho doors of a solvent bank to protect Its loyal depositors from tho result of a shaken contldunco on tho part of tho timid minority who partici pated In tho run that lowered tho reserves to tho danger point. Uut more unlquo than that Is tho attltudo of tho community toward Captain Slomons, an attltudo of un swerving faith that tho' bank will pay dollar for dollar on ovory dabt It owos. Those on tho Inside know of courso that It Is truo that tho hank la solvont and wilt pay to tho last cent, but tho sontlmont Is so general that with many It can havo no liaHla of actual knowledge It Is u puro oxamplo of faith on tho part actor that fow men In similar posi tion would rocolvo. of tho majority, n tribute to char-bronz. Tho art of tatoolng, as It Is known In tho South Sou, Is rapidly passing with tho death of tho old professionals. Tho chisel was n purfected tool 2fi00 years ngo, when It wits mado of II IjPERFORWANCEi COUNTS 1 MMMAAMAAMMMMAMMMMMMMMMMMMMAMMMMWWMMVWWywvwwWMVWMMMIfl LANDIS' SECRETARY? Hsflt- l liliiiiiiiiiift'1' $ & A JOHN FARRELL, John H. Farrell, secretary and treasurer of tho National Associa tion of Professional Baseball Leagues Is known as tho walking encyclo pedia of facts that pertain to tho na tional pastime. Ho may become sec retary to Judgo Landls. ' , U. 8. 'ARMY "OFFICER fS SHOT BY JAPANESE (Dy Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. lLle'u ton- ant Langdon was sript ;at Vladlyos tok by a Japanese'sentry when 'be failed to understand or beod the command to halt, said tho official tvorslon of the. Japanese embassy. Langdon drnw hln rnvnlvnr nfAr-thn iientry pulled tho hood from his, (ace f.ii, .11.1 nni fla'.iill t.n ..am il.t.tt WUfc W.M MUb UUt.t h. DCUHI DUW mm uuer Rangoon lurnea away. LIMELIGHT The Dank of Englund safegurads Its gold supply over night by sub merging It In, a deep 'well proval of educators of note nt tho University of California Stanford University and othor Institutions By IMmund Vnnro Cook. The rcsoluto fireman who dared tho blazo "" And saved tho child on tho sev enth floor, Right well ho deserved our bursts of pralso, adu wno snouiu morn mem moroi Dut for a scoro of years his good wifo strove And fought tho flro In tho kltchon stovo; Three times each day sho saved hor brood Dy tho wbolcsomo graco of well cooked food. '' Vet across her bosom, I daro aver, You'll find no medallions hung on her. Tho clear-minded mayor faced tho mob, Tho mob which threatened and cried and cursed, And hurrah for tho man who does his Job Through all of Us best and worst! Dut the mayor's man has a swart- hued faco And Is counted ono of tho menial race, And year after year ho suffers tho slight Of constricted caste and an outraged !rlght. For a man may bo martyred of staves and spears, Or be martyred by Inches all hfs years. Tho halfback, prldo of -tho sideline- hosts, In tho last; half breath of a des- peraie,uay, i Ho carried tho ball behind the posts, And thoy tell of It still today; While a gnarled old father devoured the news, I Of his boy's success, as ho cobblod snocs, And tho mist in his eyes subduqd tho flro Of a mean, hard life of suppressed desiro, Well, servlco for service and game for game, Which of the two deserves acclaim? 1HELP! MAKtoirr Vour tSRO TAX WJXORNS More than just good to eat Dkl Month Beans with Tomato Sauce are an appetizing, whole some, ready to serve food containing more nutriment thaoatcak or egga and fhejfost much less. s iLitnto START 1921 RIGHT AND YOU'LL END RIGHT Make it your New Year pledge that you will equip your business for 1921 progress with the best transportation medium there is to be had. That means you will put a MACK truck'on the job. 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