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Member of the Associated Press,
Fifteenth Yroir. No. no:i5.
KLAMATH FALLS, OltlCUO., WIIDXIMDAY, FKISIIUAHY H, lIKil.
Fries Five Oeats
lf? Kttwtitttt Iteralli
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ELLIOTT URGES
MR
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PIKE BEETLE
;(Krm llio IIMO rrKirt of I'. A. VA-
tot t, Nlnlo forcnlrr)
Oregon la llio banner ntnln of tho
Union In timber resources. Not urn
has endowed us, thu people of this
ftfio, wllli n Rrcat horltago of treo
now rlpn for ninrliut. Hut tlio very
magnitude and extent of those samo
possessions Imvu also Imposed on us
tremendous rcniutinllllttlon, for Na
turo linn a tricky way of destroying
In a ilny that which alio linn alowly
wrought during ccnturloa. Moat of
ii a now realize tlio nocosalty nnd ob
ligation of preventing tho spread of
forest flrca which In tho past havo
converted ureal trocti of tlmbor Into
worthless wastes. Tho proof that wo
do know la embraced In our eiccllunt
forealry codo which, though It nooda
onto revision and mora drnatlc pen
alties, represent llio conatructlvo of
fort of a Kroat pooplo to protect Iholr
community property.
Destruction Incrninm
If flrca woro tho only mnnsce to
our forests thorn would bo tin occas
ion (or thin chapter, but unfortun
ately In Eastern Oregon In our groat
bodloa of pine timber, tree-killing
beotlca nro annually reducing tho
stands at an alarming rate. In that
connoctlon two very significant fac
tors appear:
(l)Tho pooplo of thla alato generally
are not nwnro of tho real altuatlon,
benco our codo makes no special pro
visions for combating tho bootle, and
(2) thla destruction la dlatrlhutcd
over almost tho entlro plno area and
U rapidly Increasing year by year.
Cltamlicrlaln'N IWrt
Thojollowln Is takonjromjhore-l
port of V. J. Chamberlln, FoVwOSv
tomologlat, Oregon Agricultural Col
lege, who spent aevoral months In an
Investigation of tho plno beutlo altua
tlon In Klamath county during tho
past summer:
"Thero have always been present
Jn the yellow plno foreats, Inacctit
which feed upon the various parts
of the trees. Tho moat deatructlvo
peat In western plno stands Is the
woatorn pine bark beetlo (Dendroe
tonus brovlcorali) a tiny, dark-brown
bootlo which bores through tho bark
of tho treo and oxeavatoa long, wind
lnggallorle In the cambium. In
these galleries tho beotlos deposit
small, whlto eggs, whjch hatch Into
tiny worms. Tho worms feed upon
tho cambium and Inner bnrk, excava
ting their own galtorloa Into tho bark
In search of food. Each worm lator
transforms Into a bootlo, which digs
Its way out of tho treo and Joins oth
ers of Its kind to attack and kill
other trees. '
"Tho effect of theso hundreds of
insect galleries Is to glrdbt
thus cutting oft Its supply of food
and .water and causing doath,
Ilrocd In Slashing"
"Normally theso Insects prefer
weakened, dying or recontly follod
rocs and In tho original virgin for
ests they attacked windfalls and trees
Injured by flro, lightning, snow,
frost, otc. After tho advent of tho
whlto man, conditions woro some-,
what changed and tho Insocts found
Ideal -breeding grounds In tho troos
girdled by tho settler In clearing tho
land, In tho trees cut In clearing
rights of way for railroads, wagon
roads, trolls, light and power lines
and In tho Immonso amount of slash,
tops, stumps, broken and cull logs
and damaged troos which resultod
from logging oporatlonB. Tho debris
resulting front thoso operations was
allowed to remain on tho forest floor,
with tho result that Iho Insects at
tacked it and with tho addod food
supply multiplied rapidly. In time
the Insects woro too numerous to bo
accommodated by tho amount of ro
fuse In the forest and thoy woro forc
ed to attack healthy tlmbor. In cases
where only a fow pair of boctlos at
tack a healthy treo, tho attack usual
ly falls, tho treo protecting ltse.ll by
tbe flow of son In tho mines, drown
ing tho Insects. Where tho. attack la
launched by thousands of Individual
insects, tho tree Is unable. to qver
coma them, and the attack is success
ful from sheer force of numbers.
Comes In Cycle
"When tho beotlos bncomo nbuu
ilint trod kill largo number of trees,
Grants Pass Legion
Seeking to Revive
The Boxing Game
Hod Campbell, tho sorrol-toppod
Intl who won u declaim! over IJobby
Wagner, of thirl olty, nt Ulillouuln,
Inat Thanksgiving dny, nftor a Imltlo
In which It wns hunt to dnturinlnn
which onu was punlahod llio most, la
scheduled (o go up ngnlnat tlio pug
nacious I'uggy Morton, In (Irantn
Taaa, Krlday, February 4. Tlio hoys
nro blllod to go olght rounds, lint
elthor boy Is so well equipped with
sleep producers, that tho brittle Is
liable In tormlnato boforo tho eighth
round Is reached.
l'orllnnd Jimmy Duffy, who almost
nnnlhllateiV Kid Ilrnwn of this city
at n smokor glvon hero In Novombor,
wilt go on with Johnny Carlson, lab
eled tho lightweight pride of South
orn Oregon, for olght rounds.
Kid Hargont of Ashland will try
conclusions with Choi Drown of Mod
ford, tho samh night.
This card will bo given undor tlio
supervision of tho American Legion
of Grants Pass, which Is making an
offort to put tho boxing gnmo back
Into tho good graces of tho public
In that city, nnd this program ap
pears to bo one which will hulp Iho
I-cclon accomplish Its objoct.
tho Infestation Is known na iin epi
demic. Those opldomlo Infcatati s
usually run In cycles. Starting fn.ni
tho normal Infestation ( lioro less
than ono-tunth of one per cent of tho
timber Is attacked) they lnrri.no In
sorority from year to yoar for a mat-.
tor of four to six roan, then gradu
ally decreaao to normal pga'o."
Instancos hava been ' reported
where as much as Ion per cent of a
Riven tract of Umber Imn boon de
troyed In a period of four. Tram, re
sulting; In an Irreparable Joss to tho
owner a'nHo-tho community.
Control In IWdbw
u hllJ boen tlwrougblyiU-man-!
strated by tho Ktamath-Uike Coun
ties Korea t Klro Association , (hat
theso depredatlona can be controlled
and this association has stnra' lull
Jiccn doing contrbl work on a limit
ed area, but tho method use.l that
of cutting, peeling and burning tho
bark of Infosted troos Is a slow and
expensive oporatlon and what 1 i,most
needed now Is to find a ilmpler and
moro oftoctlvo method,
Tho title to cjur plno lands Is held
by Individuals, co-partnerships, cor
porations, tho stata and tho federal
government, and tho acroago vented
runs from tho lltllo tract of forty
acres to tho groat bodies under fed
oral control. Thoso ownerships nro
moro or less Intormtnglcd. Tho bcotlo
Is gregarious nnd observes no boun
dary lines. Tho owner willing to ox
lormlnato this pest In his tlmbor
should bo protected by law from his
neighbor who Is Indifferent or un
willing. U. H. Mont Oiilwblo
Tho federal govornmant by vlrtuo
of administration of Its national for
ests, Indian reservations, public lands
and O, &, C. lands Is tho largest
owner and tho most culpablo. It has
knowlodgo of tho situation but very
lltllo money appropriated for work.
It Is losing millions of foot annually
through neglect.
Tho present mothod of fighting tho
beetlo Is crudo and oxponslvo. Prac
tically no Improvement has boon do
vised slnco tho first control work
was slartod. l'rlvato owners cannot
afford to conduct oxporlments. This
Is purely u stale and government
function.
It would seem thon that our duty
Is (1) to roqulro all ownors of bootlo
Infested tlmbor to control tho samo
undor tho direction of tho Stato For
estor with a sultablo appropriation
for this purpoBO, and (2) that tho
Forestry Department of O. A'. C. bo
provldod with sufficient funds to
mako a study of bottor methods of
control work, nnd (3) that congress
should bo urgod to mako a Bpoclnl
appropriation for tho Forost Sorvlco
to bo expended In Immodlato actual
control work.
ihlls asks as,ooo
TO STUDY PINK BEETLE.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 2. Senator
McNary has Introduced a bill appro
priating 125,000 to permit tho de
partment of agriculture to study and
exterminate the pine beetle. This pest
wns shown to have worked great hnv
oo in westorn plno forests In tho Inst
tow years.
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HEALTH NURSE
A public health nurno Is n grndu
nto, registered nursa who has had
special training nnd experience In
social caso work nnd Is propnrod to
apply her training to community
needs.
Tho county public health nurse
combines tlio work of all tho special
branches of public health nursing
Into ono. Instead of having, as In tho
caso In many cities, visiting nurses
to go Into tho homes whero thero Is
Illness and glvo hourly care; Infant
welfare nurses who will glvo mothers
special Instructions and advlco about
tholr babies and children nnder
school ago; school nursog to look
nftor tho health and welfare of tho
school child; tuberculosis nurses to
toach tho tuberculosis patient how to
caro for himself and prevent tho
spread of his dlscaso to his family
and neighbors, tho county nurse will
do all of theso things as well as many
others.
She may bo called at tho chamber
of commorco by any ono desiring to
aook her asslstanco for himself, a
member of IiIb family, or a neighbor.
Tho nurso's sorvlcos are froo to all
who need her, but any ono who can
do so nnd wlshos may pay for her
services. This money will bo turnod
In to tho general fund and used'by
tho.ntirso for genoral expensos.
If a physician doslrcs tho nurso's
sorvlces for ono of his patlonts, sho
will bo glad to answer the call as her
field of work Is county wldo. It will
be Impossible for tho nurse to go In
to a hom and romnln thero until
tho patten Is better, but sho will
gladly Instruct some member,-of tho
family to caret for tlio nick one be
tween her visits. '
Miss LydlaYFrlfke bos begun her
work In tho 'Klamath Falls schools
nnd Is sending word to tho mothers
leforo commcnclntr"to -examine tho
children of each grade, to enable the
mothers to attond the examination
and consult- with hor If they wish.
She' will 'divide .her time among the
various sections of tho county, giving
a week to each section.
Mlaa Frlcke will Void office hours
orery Saturday from 9 a. m. to 1 p.
in. In tho Chamber of Commerce
rooms nnd will bo vory glad to talk
with any ono who wlshos jo consult
hor.
I.ncul theatres nro banking
strongly upon tho children and
adults of tho city to holp thorn
reap n generous financial harvest
for tho Kastorn and Central Euro
pean baby relief fund at tho shows
to bo glvon horo tomorrow. Eight
rools of Interesting movies will be
shown In each theatre, and at tho
Mondalo, nt which tho show will bo-
gin nt 2 o'clock In tho afternoon,
tho Melody Maids will also per
form, gratis. Tho show at tho
Star will bogln at 10 o'clock In
tho morning.
Tho admission wilt bo 10 conts
for children, and 25 conts for
adults, but If any person wants to
glvo moro for this vory good cause,
It vfill bo nccoptod gladly, and tho
ontlro proceeds will bo sent to tho
commlttoo In San Francisco.
Local schools, llko tho othor
schools all ovor tho west, will bo
dlsmisBOd In ordor to pormlt pupils
to nttond thoso shows.
Important Meeting
For Episcopalians
Following tho lecture by Arch
deacon Wattors at tho Odd Follows
ball tonight, thero will bo a mooting
of Episcopalians to consldor arrange
ments for holding Episcopalian sor
vlces horo regularly. This mooting
will bo important to all members .of
the Episcopal faith and all are urged
to attend.
Archdeacon Wattors lecture will
last from 7:30 to 8:30, Tho business
moetlng will start at 6; 45,
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BELIEF SHIS
ON TOM0RD0W
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BILL WOULD
E PAY OF
A bill hns been Introduced In tho
stato sonato by Senator Upton for an
Incroaso In salaries for Klamath coun
ty officials. Representatives Uurdlck
and Ovcrturf nro collaborating In
tho pannage of tho moasuro.
Tho largest Individual Increase Is
for (ho assessor, whoso pay If tho
hilt passes would bo rajsed from
$1500 to 13000 o year.
It Is proposod to ralso tho salary
of tho county school superintendent
from $1500 to $2400.
Tho county Judgo would get an In
crease of $500 yearly, making his
annual stipend $2000.
Instead of tho five dollars for each
day that they aro omploycd In tho
transaction of 'county business, as at
present, tho commissioners would
draw an annua) salary of $1500.
Tho salaries of tho sheriff, clerk
and treasurer remain at $3000, $2,
000 and $1500 a year, respectively.
In a separato bill It Is proposed to
.Increase tho per diem of all county
surveyors or tho stato from $5 to
$"10, and pay of tholr assistants In
tho field from $2.50 to $5 a day.
(Dy Associated Press)
SALKW, Fob. 2. Tho bill propos
ing to Increase tho aalarlea of circuit
Judges from $4,000 to $5,000 a year
was amended0 today to otlmlnato tbo
IncreM?, Lut a provision was Inserted
for-imyment of oxpenses of Judgos
when on duty outside tholr home
counties and within their districts.
Tho Joint4 commlttoo -on county
and sjuto offices today referred to
tho ways and means committee, with
out recommendation, all salary In
crcaso bills affecting stato officers.
Boy Scout Council
Selects Officers
At a mooting held lu tho chamber
of commorco ro inie yesterday after
noon, M. S. Wo-t was chosen presi
dent of tho boy scout organization.
O, Smith was cboson first vlco
prcsldont; C. It Daggett as socond
vlco president; A. C. Yndcn as sec
retary; and J. C. Thompson as treas
urer. Robert Gootx principal of tho
high school was mudo scout com
missioner.
Tho local lxy srnut council has
applied to tho national hcadiutirt
er for a charier, and tho organisa
tion of troops will begin within a
Bhort ttmo.
Seeks Information
Of Missing Man
Tho First National bank has re
ceived a lottor from Mrs. Perry F,
Nicholson, .of Deputy, Indiana,
which contains a request for In
formation regarding dcorgo Phil
lips, who Is known to havo beou
In this city In 1912. According' to
registration records, George Phil
lips llvod on tho highlands nbnvo
tho rlvor not far from horo, nnd
was 44 years of ago at tho tlmo
he registered. Inquiry horo has
dovolopod nothing doftnlto regard
ing htm. Tho First National bank
will reply to Mrs. Nicholson's let
ter as soon as it loams anything
about Mr. Phillips.
ONLY oxk Fins i.v
CITY DUIUXG JANUARY.
With tho closo of January, Fire
Chlof Delanoy Bhows a record for
tho month of only one flro, this ono
occurlng at the city heating plant
about two weoks ago, Tho total
damage was estimated at $1,000.
IX)S ANGELES AHDUCTOK8
GET STIFF 8EXTENCES,
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2. Arthur
W,' and Floyd 'Csrr, confessed kid
nappers of Mrs. Gladys Wltherell,
woro today sentenced to Indetormln
nto terms of from ton yoars to life
Imprisonment In San Quentln.
CO. OFFICIALS
I USE FOR
CIRCUIT JUDCES
Medford Opposes
Japanese Schemes
For Colonization
(By Associated Press)
MBBFOIID, Fob. 2, Plans to re
sist tho sottlement In tho Itoguo
Iliver valley of Japancso from Cali
fornia were laid at a meeting of rep
resentative citizens called by tho
Amorlcan Legion horo last night.
Resolutions were adopted urging
tho legislature to onact an antl-allcn
land law.
Mrs. Charles Humphrey, a woll
known resident or tho city collapsed
suddenly this afternoon at 1:30
o'clock at hor homo at 42 Pine streot
and died without regaining con
sciousness. Medical aid wsslmsiedl
ately summoned but tho skill of the
physician was unavailing. Apoplexy
was tho causo of death.
Mrs. Humphrey had been In ap
parently good hoalth except that the
removal of somo teeth two or three
days ago had caused bcr aome pain,
Sho Is survived by her husband,
who Is employed by the Ewauna Box
company. A sister, Mrs. John E.
Davis lives at Dunsmulr, Cat., and
there aro a number of relatives In
North and South Dakota and other
parts of the east. The bereaved hus
band Is a brother of George Humph
rey, former sheriff. '
Tbe decedent was about 41 years
old. Sho left no children.
Barbers Victors In
f
fowling- Contest
Swansea's Barbers rook two out of
threq games, froiirthn.Jtex Cafes In
tho Ellcs'.bowlnoar&amcnt last
night. Lorens for' tbo barbers mak
ing high three-game total, with a
score of G26.hcets,ot tbe cafo men.
roado a score of 201( which was high
for tho OTcnlng.
Tho two-man tournament will be
gin wlthlna fow days, and Manager
MlkonCavenTclc-would llkeoto have
alt thoso who are'golng to enter lt
to sco him at'once.
Last night's sceres:
Itox Cafes
Noel 155 194 117466
Wiley 149 157 150 (56
Wilson 151 160 143464
Shoots 201 130 181512
Ambrose 185 150 157492
851 791 748
Swanscn Darbers
Porlllard 190 158 170518
Anderson ...... 163 133 128423
Lorenx ..... 167 177 182526'
Ackloy . 156 159 183498
Swansen
11!
174 108394
788 800 771
Auto Owners Will
Perfect Organization
Automobile owners woro filing In
to tbe chsmbor of commorco rooms
this afternoon, long before tho tlmo
set for tho calling of tho meeting
at which tho permanent organization
of tho Klamath county automobile
association will be effected. At a
mooting held last weok, a committee
prosonted an outline of tho work
which It considered should be taken
up by tho association, and lt Is ex
pected that most of these sugges
tions will bo adopted. Tho election
of officers will also take placo this
afternoon, and a diligent search Is
being mado among the available,
tlmbor for a progressive, level-headed
man to boad tbo organization. Op
timism Is ovldent, and it Is a tore
gono conclusion that any action ak-
on this afternoon will bo attended by
harmony and common sense.
LIBERTY MARKET CLOSED.
Tbe Liberty Market, located at
Third and Main streets, has been
ctosod up pending the settlement of
attachment proceedings brought by
tho Klamath Packing company. C. F,
W. Werner, the proprietor, expects
to have , the difficulty readjusted
within a few days, and will then re
open' for business.
'f'isrwATiimn. nRpnav
tv.T7 .r
OREGON Tbursdayk,ratn in west;
raln'osnow In east
SUDOELY
h ore
PHONE BEPORT
TUN
W NTN
Telephones and the local telepbono
sorvlce was tho subject under dis
cussion at the chamber of commerce
luncheon In the Rex cafe this noon,
It. C. Groesbeck, chairman of the
Investigating commltteo, supple
menting tho reading of tbe report
with a fow explanatory remarks. J.
K. Endcrs snd J. R. Kelley are the
other members of tho committee.
Tho patient telophone users, rath
or than tho petulant telephone user,
was considered In tho report, said
Mr. Orocsbcck, as the letter was
not worth considering in a matter of
tho Importance of the one under In
vestigation. Constructive criticism
and not abusive criticism, was the
nature of tho report.
The substance of the commit
tee's findings Is that tbe sometimes
Inadequate sorvlco here Is duo to
a lack of adequate equipment. Or
ders for additional equipment have
been placed by Manager E. T. Lud
den, the report stated, but no time
for delivery of tho orders had been
stated. However, back orders, due to
recovery from war-time conditions.
would bo filled moro readily from
now on.
Tbe Westorn Electric company.
which supplies most of tba.lelojhona
oqulpment in tbe west as, during
tho war restricted to deliveries of
only 10 per cent of their output dur
ing tho war for other tbaa war-time
purposes. This caused an Immense
shortage for regular commercial
uses. Six thousand new pboncs were
Installed on tho Pacific coast last
yaf7tfoBt vout of pfojortloa "
wtth tho ordinary ctouu&i. ICaa?-
JHine.jAfiiv(Xffrtfr.h,MertiQtalhk
nous wereciiremeiy naral laaaeare.
Th local office, the fsport' stated, "
ha;mado.requlsltlon former wKcb '
board facilities, and' other aecessttlM.i. - -20
months ago, and up.-to' date onlv
65 per cent of the order hss arrived.
Two more operators will be employed
as soouaa tbo switchboards can be
Installed.
During tbo last six months no tele
phones have been received here to
offset tho order for 190 telopboneV
Within tho last 11 months 227 tele
phones have been Installed here,
Klamath Falls, In that respect, show-
Ing an Increase of 22.88 per cent,
second only to Santa Crux, which
showed a gain of 30.777 per cent.
A wage scalo set by the. Pacific
Telophone &. Telegraph company,
over which local conditions exert no
Influence, Is also responsible for fre
quent poor service Only $12 per
week Is paid to beginners by the
company, and after! fire years' ser
vice, operators reelve $17. Conse
quently It Is Impossible to keep,
operators, other lines of work
giving them bettor wages. Nine ont
of 14 employees quit tbo local of
fice within a couple of weeks a
short time ago, and as It takes at
least 30 days "for an operator to
become oven passably competent,
this low wago scale, according to the
report, Is a handicap socond only to
the lack of equipment.
Tho committee suggested pa
tience with the local exchange until
more equipment can be secured.
In a few words, Manager Ludden
stated that wages bad advanced
from $2.75 per day for Ilnemon In
1914, to $6.75 at this time. Otbor
costs have also mounted ho said.
Tho rosldenco rates, howover, are
the same as they Wore In 1910,
while business phones, representing
only 25 per cool of tho total, bring
only a slightly increased rovenuo.
An Incrcaso In rates Is the only
remedy, said Mr. Ludden.
DEMPSEY W1LLARD BOUT
IS OFF SAYS CHAMPION
LOS ANOELES, Feb. 2. The 15
round bout between Jack Dempsey
and Joss Wlllard, former champion,
scheduled for March 17 at New
York, has been cancelled according
to announcement .made bore today
by Dempsey. , . ,
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GASOLINE RfDTJCEP:
NEW YORK, Feb. 2. the-Stand-nrd
Ott company today announced a
reduction -of-ono cent a gallon on
I gasoline and kerosene,
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