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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1921)
OnlvorwUy Library. j:uani:, ore. f i AtfW, m , fflqt Itumttg 1itotttfi I Today's News f Today A Class Ad Witt Do It Member of the Associated Press. Fiftrcntlt Year. No. BOM. , KLAMATH FALLS, OIUCflON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1021. PRICE FIVK CENTS ..7 HER MEN Ml T ON BEETLE J, F. Ktmtiolt, socrotary of tho KJa mnth and I.nko Counties Forest FIro association, rotumod last night from Balom, whoro ho linn lioon actively onRogod for tho past two wooks ox ' plaining to loglilatoni tho necessity Tor tho passago of plno hootlo control bill, tho provision of which nro glv on In nnnthor column, W. 0. Van Ktnon, rcprciiontlng J. O, Ooldthwallo and tha Modoc Lum ber company, was alio at flalom In tho Interests of thu bill, Tho bill represents tho thought of tho loading ownorn of tlmbor In this soctlon and It U bollovod will pro vldo a sorvlcoablo woapon for chock ing tho ravagci of tho bootlo, which ro growing toward tha point whoro tho ipoll ruin for tho lumber Indus try It loft uncontrolled. It In ctl matod that already tho Insosts' dop rodatloni havo caused a loan of.mll lion In thin district. "Wo haron't won tho battlo," said Mr. Kimball today," but wo'vo got a mighty good Mart. Tho bill will mako It posslhlo to rench ovory pec ulator who ban holding horo, or elsa whoro In tho stato for that mattor, and mako thorn got In and clean up tholr Infested areas. "What la nocdod next Is federal action to roach tho Infestation In tho Fromont National forest and tho Kla math Irfdlan reservation, but wo nro working on that and doubtloia wo oxpoct government will co-opcrato in tho war on tha bootlo. "Anyway, In Ihn passago of tho atato bill, wo'vo Inserted a big open ing wodgo In tho campaign to snvo tho tlmbor from Insoct destruction, Ills; IrmiitrnUon Soon 'Ai sooa.M tho wuoJLhojertpltji "big taeellNr of tlmbor mon and en tomotoglsta will bo held horo undor tho direction of tho tlmbor protectlvo association, states Mr. Kimball, and tho actual work of bottlo control will bo demonstrated In tho field. Tho condition of tho roads Into tho Infestod aroaa provonta fixing a dot Inlto data, but tho mooting will bo hold at tho earliest possible moment. All tho big tlmbermen of Oregon and northern California havo boon in vited to attend and n number havo signified tholr Intention of coming. Tho slato foresters of Oregon and California, oxpert entomologists and othors will bo horo and tho -way In which tho bottlo works will bo shown and also tha rcmody that so far has provod successful in tha fight against the Insect posts will bo demonstrated. So far sanitary mothods alono havo mado hoadway ngalnst tho post tho carofut eradication of all trees that harbor tho bootlo colonics and tholr destruction by flro, and tho. careful burnings of all slashings In logged oft areas. 1. 1 C. REFUND RITE Ily an arbitrary ruling tho Inter state Commorco Commission has flxod Fobruary 29 as tho final dato for accoptanco of claims tor over charges by railroads whllo undor gov ernment control. Tho ruling will affect tho work of M. A. Callaghnn, head of tho chara bor of commorco traffic dopartmont, who has alroady forrotod out soy oral claims of this clnss. Mr. Cnllag han has mapped out sovoral weeks' work and stated today that It will bo physically Imposslblo to got through tho ontlro mass of bills In tho wook loft by tho ruling. Tho ruling docldos that all claims must bo specific a declaration of Intention to fllo a claim attor Febru ary 20 will not bo hoodod. Tho ruling doos not affect over charges mado aftor tho railways wore returned to private ownership, March 1, 1020. - BIGGER FARM BUREAU i "WILLOWB, 'Col., Feb. 21. Glenn county's farm bureau has launched a campaign to Incroaso Us membership from 700 to 1000. Thoro nro 1300 W IT farmors In tho county. ' Box Shook Demand Is Strengthening Tho Klnmnth Lumber & Hox com pany's plant nt Bhlpplngton atartod work thin morning, after n month' IdlonoBK, with about CO men work ing. This Is approximately threo fourths of tho normal crow employ ed In tho box factory, It Is snld, Whllo tho Illg Lakes company has not Incroasod Its wlntor crow yet, A. J. Voyo said today that ordors woro nhowlng n strongthonod demand for shook and addod. "Wo look for things to open up full blast any day now." S.F. BAN FltANCISCO, Fob. 21. A real building boom will follow tho prosonl depression, and tha end of this depression Is In sight, according to Willis 1'olk, Han Frnnclsco nrchl toct, who Issuod a reassuring state ment today on tho futuro of tho building Industry. Tho htntoinont follews: Industrial depression, Invariably couplod with deflation, camo, placod Its blight and Is now almost ovor. Wo must proparo ourselves for tho new era. Tho olio outstanding as pect of tho situations Is tho present shortago In housing domestic, In dustrlal and commercial. Tho build ing business must supply this defi ciency and Is therefore destined to bocomo tremendously octlvo. First It must regain -public confldonco by putting Its houso In ordor. Capital Is llko a turtle, It withdraws Into its shell Jf monaced, but llko tho tor- tolso It can outdistance-.tho-provorb- laLJjaro jrhen lts coUao J&cloar lxi defined. "It Is now squaroly up to thoso en gaged In building business to In torost capital In prospectlvo Invest' monts by provlngjthat all elements of oxcoss cost of matorlal and low ef ficiency of labor havo or will bo elim inated. "Labor must rcallio this and do Its part, but tho real cankor soro most needing treatment Is tho so called 'cost plus' system. "Undor this method, tho efficiency of labor docllncd, somo think as much as CO per rent. Cortnlnly it Is a system that puts a premium on in compotonco, demoralizes discipline nnd terrifies capital. Instoad of be ing a soro noodlng treatmont, In deed a capital operation may havo to bo pcrformod. Anyway 'cost plus' Is an Incubus upon the building busi ness and Its voguo Is on tho wane 'Trior to tho ro-establlshmont of cnmploto contldcnco, capital must bo' shown that exposuros tho country ovor of prlco fixing In cortatn cases, aro not indlcatlvo of a widespread combination comprising tho building buslnes as a whole Wo must roturn to mothods upon which tho law of barter and salo woro foundod. Wo must got back to sound fundamentals, with both labor nnd capital doing team work." Oroville to Erect A Hundred Homes OROVILLB, Col., Fob. 21, Oro vlllo hopes to bocomo a city of now homos and has launched a campaign for now buildings. Tho Unttod Cham bor of Commorco of Orovlllo Is sup porting tho movo. On tho first day of tho campaign, ton pledges to build houses lmmod lately woro slgnod by promlnont cltl tons. A local contractor has order ed tho lumber nnd work will start whon tho material comes. tTho drop In prices, couplod with a demand for now" up-to-dnto homos, lod to tho campaign, It Is hopod fully 100 now homos will bo butlt by sum mor. WIMj TKACH SOUTH AFRICANS NEW METHODS AUBURN, Cal., Feb. 21. B, O. Amundsen, farm advisor ot Placer county for a number ot years, will loave soon tor South Africa to' bo como an Instructor In tho agricultural dopartmont of a untvorslty maintain ed thoro by tho Drltlsh government, N BOM COMING SD5 ARCHITECT NT OF 1TH $112,000 Ono hundred and twolvo thousand, flvo hundrod dollars! 'That is tho magnificent total of cold, hard cash that has been handod In for stock in Tho First fltato and Savings bank Iiandln without solicitation, with- out notlco and without knowledgo as to whothor It will bo accopted yet. And tho country Is just beginning to bo hoard fromt If tho prosont rato of applications Is kopt up for this wook, tho now stock will bo subscribed twlco ovor, ovan boforo tho subscription books aro oponed. What a magnificent testi monial to tho confldonco tho people havo in Klamath county) Thero aro somo of tho subscribers who will bo dlsappolntod but It will not bo tho llttlo follow. Tho plan to bo followod Is to start at tho bot tom nnd go up. Tho man or woman who asks for ono $100 sbaro will como first on tho list. This process will bo contlnuod until all undor $1000 will bo taken caro of In full. Thon If thero la any stock left It will bo prorated among tho larger applicants. It will bo only carrying out tho plan outllnod by Captain Sie mens "I want to soo tho First Slato and Savings bank stock In tho hands of tho pooplo of tho county who have stood no loyally by It In Its hour of trial." It Is this spirit that has carried Captain Slomens from tho barber shop to tho presidency of tho bank. It Is this spirit that has causod'hlm to constantly hold out his hand to help up his follow maq, a spirit, to which scores of pooplo living today In Klamath county owo all they havo. And now the reward is be jtm.jrsatmd. Scores" of letters are on fllo breathing this spirit: "Put mo down. Cap, for $10 worth of (bat stock In that bank of yours. I havo $80 more.and am try-1 NK ing to raiso tno otnor szo lo gel an-jcopuon or amis wnoro tho program othor share I'm doing this to show takes placo In tho evening. Thero you that I havo not forgotten tho will bo no school In tho afternoon, time you loaned me that $100 when T. L. Stanley will dollver tho ad my wlto was sick and you paid the dross at tho Ilivorsldo school at 11 hospital bill and stood the doctor . o'clock. Tho remalndor of tho pro off. I know my llttlo ml to alnt much , gram will bo by tho pupils, .conslat and you dont need It, but It is lust Ing of patriotic songs, tho flag saluto how I fool and It I can't got tho stock ! and Irllls. put tho monoy In tho bank for mo." This lottor holds tho sccrot of tho small applicant. And Uioro aro many of thorn. As for tho big rei-j low his application Is purely bust-1 ness. Ho sees tho real worth as an , Invostmont and ho Is always after that which pays big returns and . . . koops his monoy safe. Thus may 'bo scon tho mooting ot tho two extremes i. it . -a a in ,mo sirangcsi romnnco mai nan ( ovor boon rocordod In tho history of banking In tho world. Progress Is bolng mado with tho Immonso amount of dotnll that must bo unwound boforo tho final act tho fixing of tho oponlng dato. It Is unwlso to oven suggest whon that will hnppon, for whon tho announco mont Is mado It must bo doflntto and positive Rut tho ono thing Is suro tho dato Is not so far oft as ono might oxpoct. Men's Get-Together Meeting Is Called Tomorrow ovonlng at 8 o'clock, In tho old Parochial schoolhouso, tho Holy Namo socloty of Sacred Hoart parish will glvo a Washington's birthday program for mombors ot tho socloty and tholr trlonds. R. C. Groosbock will mako tho principal address, and tho program will also Includo songs by tho -choir quar- totto, vaudovlllo by local nnd Im ported talont, readings, solos, a gon oral discussion ot tho Import of tho day, and burlesque boxing. Tho program will bogln at 8 o'clock, and all mombors should bo on tlmo with their frlohds if they wish to got n full evonlng's pleasure and Instruction from this Informally arranged "stag." BALANCE OF SESSION 'TO 13B SERVED WITHOUT PAY SALEM, Feb. 31. Serving without pay, as the constitution provides for only a 40 day session, the legisla ture reconvened today for tho wlud up of tho sosslon. OF Several mutton) of Importanco In tho preservation and propagation of fish and gamo wore, taken up at a mooting of tho oxocutlvo commlttoo of tlio Klamath county sportsmen's association yesterday afternoon. Tho commlttco consists of A. C. Vadcn, chairman J II. I. Dow, Loo Bean, Wnt W. McNoaly, Dr. Frod Wostorfold, J. J. Furbor and Frnnk Andrews. Tho question of reducing tho limit for largo fish, or to stop fishing from motor boats and boats propelled by kickers on tho Upper Lake, was con sidered. Thousands of pounds of fish aro taken each yoar near Rocky Folnt by persons fishing from motor boats. Most of theso fish, It was said aro salted or smoked and shipped from tho county. Ono Instanco was cltod of a man who last year took 800 pounds of smokod fish homo to Mcdford whon bo finished his vacation. Not know ing what to do with thorn bo gavo tho mlo a butcher who sold them across his counter at tho market prlco, 40 cents a pound. This mattor was considered so Im portant that tho commlttoo decided to refer It to tho ganoral meeting at tho chamber of commorco rooms noxt Friday evening, whon much oth er Important business will como up for settlement. KEEP-HOLM Schools of tho city will obsorvo Washington's lllrthday tomorrow with morning oxorclsos, with tho ox- Fnlrvlcyr School R. C. Grocsbock will speak to tho fifth, sixth, sovonth and eighth grades nt Talrvlow. Tho uppor grades will havo spoclal exercises In' connection with tholr recular work. Tho grades bolow tho fifth havo tho follewing: Flag Saluto and song "America", all: song, "In Fobru- nry," first and second grades; songi '... . - - - . .. -on, Urlng tho FIfo and IJrlng tho Drum" third nnd feurth: song, "Thoro aro Many Flags," all; song, "A Scout for Undo Sam," first and socond; song, "Wavo our Donny Flag," nil. Tho Rov. C. F. Trlmblo will address tho primary grados. Social nt Mills Tho axorclsot as Mills school 111 bo In the ovonlng undor tho auspices ot tho Paront-Teachors association. Tho affair will closo with a box social. Tho boxes will bo sold at a fixed and roasonablo prlco. Following Is tho pregram: Flag Drill, and February Song, first grade; Folk Danco, fifth and sixth (Iris; songs, "Fleecy Clouds," sixth, sovonth and eighth girls, "Wholno'or a Snow Flako Loav es tho Sky," doublo soxtot, "A Scout for Undo Sam" and Flag Drill, soc ond and third; Virginia reel in cos tume, eight grado; song "Kingdom Cpmo," A-D-0 club of Mills school. Cntliollo -Acndemy Tho Sacrod Heart school's pro gram was given this afternoon, con sisting ot patriotic songs and oxor clsos. This school will obsorvo tho occasion with a Kill holiday tomoi row. Fathor Molloy was tho chief speaker this attornoon. Central School At tho central school threo of tho rooms will havo dramatizations to morrow forenoon and havo asked other classes in to witness this part ot tho program. At 0 o'clock Mrt. Harry Ackley will speak to tho third and fourth grades. At 10 o'clock T. L. Stsnley will speak to the fifth and sixth grades and at 11 o'clock Mayor Wlloy will spoak to tho sovonth and eighth grados. T 5 ARE TN FROM COUNT YEABLY 1 Tax Rolls Are Still With the Assessor No chango existed today in tho tax situation, as far as wan outwardly dlscornlblo about tho courtbouso. Al though Saturday was tho day for turning ovor tho rolls to tho tax col lector, the 1920 rolls woro still In possosslon of tho assessor toUay. Tho county clerk still stands pat 'on his declaration that ho will issuo 'no othor warrant for tax collection. Tho warrant drawn by tho clork ox eluded tho enjoined funds for Hot Springs courthouso construction and tho miscellaneous fund, totalling $04,000. Tho assessor fllod a request that tho clork chango tho, warrant! to Includo tho funds. As an aftormath to tho arrest Fri day of Herman Snyder and Herman Dreschler and tho seizure of a dozen bottles of Jiomo mado liquor at tho sliydor homo on Michigan avenue Friday night, a complaint of nssault and battery was filed this morning In tho Justice coifrt by James Wolf against Snyder and Dreschler. Drcscblcr pleaded not guilty to tho liquor charge boforo Jutslco Gagha gen Into Saturday and Snyder plead ed guilty and paid $C0 and costs. Last night thoy attended tho Mondalo theatre Mr. and Mrs. Wolf wero also thero. Aftor tho show Woir says that Dreschler stopped him on tho sldowalk and whllo thoy wero talking Snyder camo up and struck him, Tho causo of tho row Is said to hlngo partly on tho liquor arrest and partly on othor causes. Tho Wolf's aro said to havo lived in tho Spyder hbuso at 402-ltlchIgan avenuo nnta 10 CHARGED IT ASSAULT ' labouta week ago (Nete: Dy est,jrowby-a menace dttrtsttnlsj ' -friausp66immof ngrlroTBaluf daf,rbn5lTamfur " to limber or timber Herald erroneously gavo tho houso numbor as 420,) and Snydor and Dreschler blamed them for Inform ing tho offlcors. Dreschler and Snydor appoarod bo foro Justice Gaghagon this morning nnd tho formor pleaded not guilty to tho assault charge Snyder pleaded guilty, holr hoarlng Is set for Wed guilty. Their hearing Is sot for Wed- CITY WILL- OILSERYU HOLIDAY TOMORROW On account ot tho holiday to morrow, Washington's birthday tho postofflco will bo closed all day. All banks will close Tho courthouso and public building will all bo closed. The Herald forco will obsorvo tho holi day and thero will bo no paper Issuod tomorrow. Over-Dose of Pills, Accidentally Taken, Kills Olene Babe Strychnlno poisoning, from an ovordoso ot patented pills, Is said to havo caused tho doath ot ten months old Luba Sobarnoff, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. John Soharoft noar Olene Saturday. Tho bottlo ot pills, which had a scrow-on top, woro given the baby as a plaything by her mother. Tho llttlo ono got tho bottlo opon and swallowed a numbor ot pills. Dr. Soulo arrived at tho homo to find tho child already dead. Strychnine is n common ingrcdlont ot all cathartic pills, says tho doctor, though In quantities harmolss to adults. Revival of Timber Operations Reported Activity is beginning to bo mani fested by tho lumber manufacturing districts. Among dovolopmonts men tioned by tho Oregon Wookly Indus trial reviow is tho oroctlon ot a now mill on the Mckonzlo, noar Eugene, tho opening ot mills at Marshfleld. with a minimum dally wago ot $3.60; orders tor CO carloads ot plneappla boxes for tho Phllllplnes from a Mod ford factory; oponlng ot the logging camvs around Astoria; opening of Lane county mills; Bandpa mill saw ing halt a million feet of white cedar for Japan. R. B. Danabar has been elected the now president of tho Booth-Kelly Lumbor company ot Eugene. BILL PROVIDES FOR CONTROL1 OF BEETLES Much local Interest. Is felt in tho plno bootlo control blllf introduced by Senators Upton and .Hall, which has received tho endorsement of both houses of the legislature and is now up to Governor TKoft for sig nature. The houso' passed the bill last Saturday. "'.. Tho bill declares pine booties and othor Insect 'infestations a public nuisance, and places upon the own ers of Infested, timber the duty of eradicating tho pest. In caso of the owner's ncgloct to combat tho in sects, tho state forester will see that tho work Is done and tho cost made a lien on tho property. Soctlons threo ,and four of the bill, quoted below, explain tho man ner In which It will operato. Other sections provldo that owners who"- oradlcato tho 'insect destroyers at their own cxpenso shall bo exempt, from the provisions of the two quoted sections, as shall every own er In tho districts created who Is a momber of a co-operative associa tion formed for tho purpose of erad icating tho pests. Following aro tho sections defin ing tho organization of districts for pest contrel: Section 3. In caso any owner of tlmbor land shall find tlmbor fi fosted with insect posts or pine beetles on lands owned by him or adjacent thereto, ho shall Immedi ately notify the state forester, who shall at onco Investigate such con dition, and U-in ihe opinion of the state forevter asi'tho state board ot forestry. tae5sUtlon Is ot such character arVwill be 'injurious to for- land, tho state forester, with the ap proval ot tho stato board ot forestry, shall declare a zond or district of in festation, fixing such boundaries ot said district or zone as shall defin itely describe said area. Section 4. Upon application of owners ot sixty por cent or moro ot the timber lands In said zone or dis trict tho state board of forestry shall proceed to control, kill, destroy and cradlcato the Insect pest or pine bcotles on each legal subdivision in said area. Tho cost ot such con trol work or eradication on each legal subdivision shall bo reported by tho stato forester to tho county court ot tho county In which said lands nro situated and shall become a lien against the land and tlmbor upon which control work and erad ication measures havo been per formed. Tho county court shall pro ceed to lovy and collect such amounts charged against each legal subdivision In tho samo manner as county taxes aro collected. Said county court shall Instruct the proper county officers to oxtond tho amounts on tho assessment roll In a soparato column, and tho procoduro provldod by law for tho collection ot taxes and dolinquont taxes shall bo applicable thereto, and upon collec tion thoroot tho county court shall ropay tho samo to tho stato board ot forestry to bo applied to the ex penses Incurred In carrying out the provisions of this act. Whon zono control work ceases to bo necossary or feasible tho district may bo dissolved on potltoln ot 60 per cent ot tho tlmbor owners thoro In.- CITY'S TEMPTATIONS TOO MUCH FOR POLICEMAN John Palmor, unlformod policeman from tho Klamath Indian reservation, told Judgo Rossraan what a good record ho had chasing bootleggers on tho rosorvatlon and saved himself from a sontonco to tho city Jail, says the Portland Journal. Palmer was nrrosted In a north end resort on a chargo ot dlsordely conduct after ho Is said to havo partaken freely of moonshine He told the court he had a 30-day leave ot absenco and came to Portland to "rest." Ho was re leased on promise that he would go back to work and keep out ot trou ble! WEATHER REPORT OREGON Tonight and Tuesday, fair. o .V w A' ?