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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1921)
Llreri lty l''bra WaxtoZ 'i ta &'; Wcp vzwning Uaratfi Today's' News Today A Cu M Will Do It Member of the Associated Press. llftacnlli Yrr. No, BOM. KLAMATH l'ALLH, OKKOON, MONDAY, FKIHtUAHY 20, 1021. ritlOH FIVE CKNTS WILL LIBERATE pins IN KLAMATH CO. Tho Klnnuith County Sportsmen's association linn rocolvod notification join A. K. llurglnluff, etato gamo warden,- tlmt novnrnl crnlos of Chi noso phohsntitn will bo consigned to Klamath county In tho next fow days for illstrllnitlon. A mooting of tho executive com mlttoo of tho sportsmen's association wan hold yoiitordiiy nnd plans for a comprehensive momborshlp cam paign woro dlacuRiod. Tho follow In peraonii woro appointed on tho membership commjttoo, Dr. Fred Westorfeld, chairman, J. Pospll, J. II, Chamber, Dob Howell, Vanco Hutchlnii, It. L. Alexandor and II. T. McKlmmln for Klamath Kalli; i:imor Htuckol and F. If. Fruits, at Merrill; I. llowman, Chlloquln; Frank WJIdo and Joo Zumph, Malln; J. T. Itadcllff, Modoo Lumber Co; Ifarry Mcssuer and Mr. Dovlno, AI goma; T, J. Jackson, Fort Ktnmnth; Hoy Nelson Keno; Marvin Gross, Illy; Jako Hickman, Ilonama; K, (. Itourk, Crescent: James A. Nail, Dairy; Orrlllo Elliott, IClamath Aiconey; W. W. Fordnoy, Lorella: T. D. Young, Midland; Frank Corpen Inc. Oluno; Frank BchmldU, Realty; and Dan Wann, Yanax. Tho publicity comtnlttoo Is com pound of Win. W. McNosly, F. 11. Houle, M. I. Coldtrap and Nato Ottor boln. Tho publicity that has gono abroad In regard to Klamath county'i oil possibilities has attracted wldosproad attention, according to Secretary Btanloy of tho rhambar of commorco, who Is In constant receipt of loUcrs of Inquiry about tho situation. Many of tho lottors aro from oil ccntcra In other states, such places as Casper, Wyoming; Tulsa, Okla homa, and tho now fields In Toxas. Other letters como from Oregon and California points. Tho Inquirers wish to know many specific details and many of thorn aro socking locations and Invest ments. Thoro Is ono rig In tho local flold, that of tho Klamath Oil company, which Is now Installing casing, pre paratory to drilling tho few remain ing feet which stockholders fool con fident rorors a largo oil body. Oil Is presont now and Is of exceptionally flno grado. Tho quantity Is not now 'otormlnablo borauso of a heavy flow of wator. When tho casing Is In placo, tho wator wilt bo shut out. Timbers havo boon ordorod for tho rig of tho nowly organized Crator Lake Oil St Qbh company, and dor rick construction will start as soon a stlio company can got tho mater ial on tho ground. Resides thoso two doflnlto opor atlons thoro aro numerous rumors of other doovlopmonts, through tho In torest of outsldo operators In tho lo cal flold. MOTION AUXILIARY PLAN HUPPKIl TOMOUIUnV NIGHT Tho ladles of tho auxiliary of tbo Amorlcnn Logfon will give a pork and bean suppor tomorrow night at tho I. O. O. F. hall, following tho moetlngs of both tho Legion and aux iliary which will bo hold tomorrow evening. Tho supper guosts will bo tho members of tho legion and tho husbands of tho ladlos. MM OIL POSSIBILITIES DRAW INQUIRY WILL HHOW LOCAL MOTION rierum: film nkxt week Klamath county's scenlo tmd In dustrial film, "Tho Land of Burnt Out Fires," will bo released in local theatres Into next week, according to Secretary Stanley of the Chamber of Commerce. The film will "bo shown In all the theatres on the same night, passing from the first per formance of ono to the second and third of tho others. It, will bo shown on two succeeding nights, i Six Irish, Accused of Treason, Shot to Death by Soldiers COIMC, Fob. 28. Despite nn nu ll on I for clomoncy hIx Irlshmon, con domnad to dlo today on chnrgos of lovylng wur against tho crown, woro oxoculcd by tho military forces. Thoy woro allot In batchos of two at Inter vnls of 15 minutes. LONDON, Fob. 28. Tho Urltlih Kovornmont doo not Intond to nltor Its prononi policy for tbo mnlnton nnca of ordor In Iroland, Lloyd (Icorgo told tbo house of commons today. SPLEA Tomorrow has bcon fixed by tbo supremo court for hearing argument on tho application of Assessor J- P. !oo for a writ of mandamus direct Ing tbo county clork to Includo In his tax warrant tho enjolnod Hot Hprlngs courthouso construction nnd mlscol Inneotis fund lories, totnlling $C4, 000. This Is according to Informa tion received from Portland, Harrison Allen of Portland will represent tho county clork In hear Ing, C. M. O'Neill, who prnsentod tho application for tho writ (Satur day, will lo tho representative of tho applicant. Doinurrw Argued Judgo F. M. Calkins of Jackson- vlllo on Friday heard argumont on demurrer In tho courthouso cao. Tho demurrer was filed by tbo county court and other defendants and al leged among othor things that Judgo Calkins was without Jurisdiction whim, bo Issued tho Injunction. Tho court took tho matter uudor ndvteo- mnnt and a decision Is exported with In a week. Flro caused comparatively small loss of llmbor In Oregon In 1920, according to tbo report of F. A. El- llott, stnto forester covering tho year, A total of 809 fires wcro re ported In tho stato, outsldo tho na tional forest boundaries. Causes aro classified as follews: Unknown, US; Incendiary, 13C; Slashings, 144; Lightning, 123; Hunters, 62; Campers, 81; Locomo tives, 35; Stockmen, 9; Logging ong Inos, 60; Saw mills, 2; night of way, 20; Miscellaneous, 2D. Total 809. Klamath county reported 36 fires during 1920, burning ovor 18,449 ncrcs of tlmbor, of which 2741 feet was merchantable Tbo loss Is es timated at $7700. Coos county sufforod tho great est loss, $39,355, Columbia came next with 115,400. Their tlmbor foot loss was loss than Klamath county. Apparontly tho monotary dlfforonco was causod by tho loss of buildings nnd oqulpmout In their fires. Washington county, whllo losing only 135 worth of tlmbor buildings and oqulpmont of $14,301. Klamath and Lake counties spent $10,405 for flro protection In 1920. Only two counties, Columbia and Washington spent moro. Kach epont approximately $13,000. Alleges Milk Supply Is Below Standard Complaint wub mndo to Dr. Lloyd Stewart, city hoaltb officer today, that milk supplied by tho Kloon Milk dairy to tho family of It. Q. Patch, operator at tho Star thoatro, was bo low standard, Patch supportod his complaint with a bottle of milk, which ho alleged Is from tbo dairy In question. Tho bottlo on examin ation, showed a sodlment of dirt on tho bottom. No laboratory examina tion Is needed to show that the bac terial content Is high, said the health officer. Or. Stewart said be was consider ing exhibiting the mlk to the city council at tonight's meeting, in sup port of the contention that a strict er municipal sanitary code Is required, MIDI W TUESDAY HTM N Forty-two Killed When Trains Crash; Failure to Heed Block Signal Cause PORTER. Ind.. Feb. 28. Forty-two bodies were recovered today sulted last night when the Michigan Central Canadian limited and the New York Central In terstate limited crashed at a crossing near here. Tho Mlcblgnn Control train had mlssod tho block slgnnl sold to havo bcon sot against It and was dcrallod by tho automatic block system. Tho derailment occurred at tbo diamond shaped crossing, and ns tho Michi gan Central train plunged ahead along tho tlos It camo to rest across tbo Now York Central right of war with two day coaches at tbo point of Intersection. Jnmmed helpless in tho dorallod coaches tho passengors watchod tho, Now York Central train rushing upon T CONSTITUTIONAL OEGLARES COURT WABIHNGTONj Fob. 28. Tho federal farm loan act was today hold constitutional by tho supremo court. This Is tho act under which the fed eral land banks woro established to lend to farmers. This decision will bo hallod with Joy by tho fnrmors of Klamath coun ty, said Mrs. L. 11. Hague; vsocre Ury of tho Klamtath county farmers loan association today. Prior to tbo raising of tho question of constitu tionality Klamath farmers borrowed approximately $330,000 under tho, provision of tho act. Should loans bo Immediately re sumed, said Mrs. Hague, It is prob ablo that $1,000,000 worth of farm loans will bo placed In Klamath coun ty this year. Tho nttack on tbo act was launch ed by organlzod mortgago and bank ing companies, on tho ground that It was class legislation. Tho supremo court gavo the matter Its flrot hear ing In February, 1920, Last Octobor thoro was a rehearing and tho pro- son t decision Is tbo result. -O f Personal Mention o O. W. Ryan was a morning pas songor for San Luis Obispo. Ho has bocn visiting his brothor, Bobblo Ryan. B. McClay a farmor from tbo Hon loy district Is n vlty visitor. Earl Whltlock left Sunday morn ing on a business trip to Portola and othor California points. W. E. Soohorn loft for Portola Sunday, on buslnoss connoctcd with his mill work thoro. Iloyal Shaw ot tho Shaw Rcrtram Lumbor company, was a passongor yestorday morning for Portland. W, C. Van Emon was a business visitor at MucDoel Sunday. iC. F. Sotior loft Sunday for San Francisco. Dr. 'Lamb is roportod to bo ill. Don Colvlg of tho Callfornla-Oro-gon Powor company' loft yestorday for a visit nt Medford. J. T. Henley and family woro visi tors in tho city from Henley Satur day. Ooo. L. Christy loft Sunday morn ing for a short buslnoss trip to Por tola, Cullfornlu. Chas Latta from tho Henley dis trict Is shopping In town today. C. L. McWIlllama loft for Medford Sunday, whero ho will transnet busi ness for a few days. Dr. Qoo. H. Merryman has return ed from an extended trip to Cali fornia. ' O. F. Qoddard of the Standard OH company Is in town, r rt oiiim. ir tM.tmAn Sat urday, where he will-attend to lum ber Interests. He reports that the warehouses ot the fruit growers of California aro almost ontiroly empty ( M M from the wreck that re them nt tho rote of CO miles an hour, powerless to oscapo. The glaro of tho hoadllghl warned nuuiy of them of tholr Impending tola. All of tho dend passengers-rcro in the two Michigan Cf (f -wl Coajche.' Knglneor Long ot vlr-' LMleblgan Central and his flr.. Reaped. Thoy said they did not S'ck signal. I . M Tljo engineer nnd fin. tailQ' tho Jfow York Central train,. ?. Jellied when their locomotivo ,plowod through tho passongor' coaches. T L Aettvo building In Portland Is fas emptying northern yards of surplus lumber, reports Jack Blator, of tho Lakeside Lumber company, who has Just returned from a ten days visit In tho north. Tho McFadden com pany has contracts for building 75 . new homes and has started breaking i tho foundations for many ot them. , Otncrs nro active and hundreds ot homes nro going up nll'ovcr Port land, said My. Slater. Lumber men with whom ho spoko look for higher prices. Many mills, which havo bcon kopt up by tlo con tracts, aro closing as fast as those I contracts aro completed. On tho number that reopen In tho next 60 days will depend tbo prlco of lum ber. At tho rato tho surplus lumbor Is going, It Is felt gonerally, said Mr. Slator, that unless all mills open, prices will mount. All his Informants agreed that prices aro now nt bad- . rock and this Is tho tlmo to build. Some grades will bo entirely cloan ed out shortly, ho said, Anothor thrco weeks of present demand will ox haust tho flooring In Portland yards nnd siding material Is gotting low. Ordor for about 30,000 foot ot fir for tho Crater Lake Oil & Gas com pany's rig -was placed by tho Laka sldo company's representative. Find ing no material south of thcro, ho woh forced to go to a Columbia niver mill nnd tako ton cent high er freight rnto to placo tho order. Tbo ordor will mako a carload and should bo hero within ten days. Algoma Engineer Is Wedded in Montreal Word has Just been rocolvod that W, K. Sutherland, Algoma Lumber company's popular railroad construc tion onglnoor, was married In Mon treal, Quoboc, rocontly and Is return ing with his brldo to Algoma prepara tory to resuming his duties nt Kirk as soon as tho Algoma camp opens for noxt senson's oporatlon. This comes as n comploto surprlso to his many Algoma friends, ns ho nover ovon hinted that such a contingency oxlstod six weoks ago when ho start ed on his vacation. Many protontlous social, affairs aro being nrrangod in Algoma In honor ot Mr. and Mrs. Suthorland. ot box matorlul, which ho thinks is a good undlcatlon for buslnoss for box factories soon. Louis K. Porter, building con tractor, is homo from a ten days business visit in Portland, Mrs.'A.'B. Rutherford Is a city visi tor from her ranch on the Keno road. F.'H. Mills has returned 'from a business visit at' Medford. Judge D. V.'Kuykendall has been called to Eugene by the illness ot his mother, Mrs. William Kuykon-dall. BUILDING FAS SURPLUS 1 STOCK Team Permanently Stationed at Mud Hole to Aid Tourists Tho county court, in accordanco with tho roiucst of tbo Klamath County Auto association, ban placed a man and team at tho mudholo about two miles cast of town, which has proved impassablo for many mo torltfts recently. Tho. court has given tho associa tion assurance that tho man and team will bo kopt thoro to extend aid to travellers In need untlltlio mud dy condition ceases to cxlst Tho preliminary stops of organiza tion of tbo Chamber of Conj-sierco housing corporation will bo com pleted Thursday evening at a meet ing of stockholders, called for 7:30 o'clock ot "tho Chamber of Corn morco rooms, and from then on the way will bo cloar for actlvo opera tions. Some 25 applications for new dwellings havo been Informally plac ed with tbo corporation. Formal fil ing awaits tho winding up ot the nec essary red tapo of organization. This demand, made at a tlmo when hous ing' needs aro at a minimum, indi cates tbo amount of business that will confront tho hom6 bullrfers when ad vancing summor brings Iho usual congestion ot populatlpn. Alter Thursday night's mooting tbo corpor ation, It Is said, will be in position to act upon tbo applications. Congratulatory lotters on tho supi port given tho housing plan by lo cal Investors havo been received In tbo past few days by Secretary Stan ley from Sacramento and ' Chleo, California, BaJemJ'JpreonLa&d other places. ' c.'S-'fS?-. v ' Medford Gets Lower Rates on Lumber MKDFORD, Fob. 28. Readjust ment of lumber freight rates, placing Medford on the samo basis as ICla math Falls and Weed, and permitting tho lumber mills ot southern Oregon to competo with them, has been ef fected, according to a telegram re ceived by tho chamber ot commorco, from K. A. Welch, chairman of tho rnto committee, of tho organization, who has been In San Francisco, con ferring with Southern Pacific offi cials. A lettor from tho Medford cham ber ot commorco rocolvod today by tho local chamber, oxpresses satisfac tion ovor tho reduction nnd points out that Medford Xactorles may now compete on an equal footing -with Klamath Falls In tbo California shook market. Recommend $15,000 for War on Beetles WASHINGTON, Fob. 28. Tho con, forocs on tho agriculture appropria tion bill havo allowed three strictly Oregon Items, put In by Senator Mc Nary, to stand with a little reduction in two cases. An appropriation of $15,000 to fight tho plno beetlo in tbo forcsots ot Klamath county was ngroed to, along with $15,000 for tho Irrigation ex periment station at Hermlston and $9000 for a frost sorvlco In tho Roguo rlvor valloy, with headquar- tors at Medford. No boys' dorpiitory will bo erect ed at Chemawa Indian school at Salem, Or., this year, undor tho In dian appropriation bill as agTcod to In contoronco. Tho $70,000 appro priated by tho sonate for a dormitory was cut out in conference, but nil othor appropriations for tho Bchool will stand. TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT HAS DRAWN WIDE ATTENTION Organization of the traffic depart ment ot tho Chamber ot Commorco and Its entry Into an active campaign for reduced freight rates, has elicited messages ot congratulation from sim ilar organizations at Los Angeles California, Everett- Washington, Medford. Oregon, Dolse. Idaho, and othor places. IN 1 1 PIONEER MIKES SUGGESTIONS ON ROAD PROGHAM The automobile, association's de slro for suggestions In putting through Its road betterment program, expressed at tho' last chamber ot commorco mee'tlng by R- C. G roes beck, president of the organization, elicited tho following letter from Judgo A. L. Lcavltt: Klamath Falls, Feb. 24, 1921. R. C. Grocsbeck, President Klamath Auto Association, My. Dear Greesbeck: I feel that J should be"rccTeBt to my. boasted good citizenship and U-ag cherlshcOolltlcal bollefs did 1 fall to respond to the goneraf Invitation for constructive "criticism oxtonded by your f during lthe co'nxro ot, your remarks at the charaoer K meeting yesterday. , - , , Permit me,. as an aside, to tellclfste . you upon Iho correctness pf thej 'bi llon assumed during tho course "6t, thoso remarks, and I sincerely hope . that tho Idealistic tenor thereof, may In tbo near future approximate real ization and consummation. My own cogitations on the samo subject carry me considerably be yond tbo range of tho subject mat ter of your remarks though It com prehends and embraces them as well. I trust that you will, at somo data In tbo near future, find it convenient and advisable to present tho views to the association and to the cham ber that I shall ondeavor to pre sent horo, In responso to your Invi tation for" constructive criticism. -To begin with the situation here differs but slightly from a good rpsds'slandpolnt rflm.th ajtttattaa In other "parts" ot' tte atateoexcept perhaps In tho matter ot soil. So far as tho natlvo population and all-around season ot commercial ac tivities aro Involved, tho necessity for good roads Is increasing with tho constantly expanding needs, and activities In all sections pf the coun ty. Heavy Traffic lit Problem So tar as tbo summer tourist travel, and tbo lighter local travel figures in our calculations, our dirt roads, under tho patrol system re ferred to, could bo kept In a fairly passablo stato during the summer months at a comparatively small out lay ot public funds. But, unfortun ately during that same season of tho year ot fortunately heavy traffic U at its height, and precludes tho hope ot relief from that system except in re mote stretches. Tbo nature ot the soil in this county eliminates any possibility ot "good winter roads" unless paved or tho sub-baso is protected from Che action and effect ot precipitation that Is to bo oxpectod during that season; oxporlcnco and long observation has demonstrated tho irrefragable truth ot tbo latter statoment. Again, wo aro fronted iwtth a moat sorlous problem, Inimical allko to the summer tourist travel and the light er all-round local travel on any dirt road however woll constructed and patrolled. I refer to tho constant ly Increasing use ot tho highways by hoavy trucks with their heavier loads. Separate Road For Trucks I am somewhat Inclined to the be lief that whero logging operations are to bo carried on between points connected with a legally laid Jut and fairly maintained highway tho logging trucks should bo compelled to keep off and traverso a parallel road of their own construction. It amounts to this: Tho roadway or road-bed not having Jeen construct ed with tho Idea ofBustalnlug such a traffic Is rendered practically Im passablo within a vory few days for any vohiclo except a logging or lum ber truck not only for tho summer but for the following winter. The use ot the general public ot that par ticular stretch ot 'highway, perforce ot circumstances, Is destined perhaps to extend over a number ot years, while the use of tbo truck ot that particular stretch Is limited to one or two seas6ns, during which the general publle Is forced off the stretch or subjected to the trying or- (Continued on Page Three) w ' v . :l 1 W r-w 5HHP? "wm-. w . "Si. YJC-T