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KLAMATH FALLS, OIUCflON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1021.
PRICE FIVK CENTS
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HER MEN
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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,
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BOM
COMING
SD5
ARCHITECT
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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.
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