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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,
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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,
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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
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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.
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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 (
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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.
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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
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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.
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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-
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