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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1921)
THE EVENING HKRAIP, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON FRIDAY, HARCTf, 10, lWtt. 32E V V- $ Y schools ra TflCOMPETE HMATTL Mh,, March 18. Invitations fear boon sont by tho Unlvnrolty of Washington ito u nrnrn of oollogns a4 anlvornltlos locatnd In mnnr part ef tho went to sond tholr crack rnnarn to an nnnunt m lay carnival te be bold hero April 24. "Hock" Bdmandnon, Washington track coach, who wilt hnvn charge of tho carnival atrondy has mnn working on tho track getting It In shape (or tho dosonn of nthlotcH who aro oxpoctt!. Amour; tho wliooli Inrltod worn tho Unlvorslty of California, Stan ford university, Untvornlty of South om California, Unlvornlty of Oregon, Oregon Agricultural Cnllego, Wnslb Inglon Hlitto Collogo, Whitman Col logo, Unlvornlty or llrltlsh Columbia, Utah Agricultural Collogo and tho Wlllnmatto Unlvornlty. Horiirnl Olympic gnmun stars may run fit tho carnlral. On tho toam U, H. C, has announced It ex poet to sond north will ho Chnrloy Pad dock mid Wilson Hchlllnr, hoth of whom ran at Antwerp Inst summer. I'nt I'orrlnn, anothor Olympic toam mombor prohahly will represent tho Unlvorslty of Idaho. With him will bo Noll Irvine who failed by iv fow point of making tho Amorlcan Olymplo team. Examination sat tho University of California nnd Htanford Unlvorslty mny prnront nthlotds from thoso chooli from attending, according to word nclrod horn from tho south. Tho program, an outlined by Kd ntundiinn, will inctudotho pontnthlon, consisting of tho broad Jump, Jnro lln throw, SOO-motor' dash, discus throw nnd tho IGOO-motor run In tho order tm mod. A apodal 1 Off-motor daub will nliM) Imi ntnged. Tho rost of tbn program Included a mllo ro lay, 100 yard dash, a freshman-hlgh school half mllo relay, two mllo ru lay and vnrnlty half mllo rolay. On nrmldtlcn day this year tho United States array, which two yean before had numborod mora than 4, 000,000 men, wu Mill 70,000 short of ltn present authorliod atrongth of 310,000 officer and mon. California Shad Popular In Gotham HAN KIIANCIBCO, Cnl March 18. Oallfornle, shad, caught In tho Kan Joaquin rlror nnar Pittsburg, which old In tho Now York market early last season for $1 each, apparently aro duo to bo J nut as popular In Uollinm IIiIh yoar, nccordlng to Ilonry Kloronco, socrolnry of tho Associated Trawlers company of flan Krnn clsco. Hut thn shnd In without honor In hi own country. Although grac ing many a damask and silver bo docked oastorn tabla, on ,a dial) of wood, surrounded with mushrooms nnd n fence of crisp, crinkly moBhod potato, and rejoicing In tho tltlo of planked nhnd, In California tho nnmo flnh In a nobody. According to Klor onco, In tho homo markets thn nhnd I In emphatically on tho counter, moutlm oponed an It to nay, "plonso como nnd buy mo," but only n fow customers ran bo coaxed Into pur chanlni; thin oantorn delicacy ovon at thn low price of 2f cents n flnh. "Cnllfornlann ntlll think In lormn of T-bono stonkn," nald Kloronco, "that In tho roniion flnh nnd Krldny aro nynonymoun out hero, wherenn In tho cant, flnh aro popular on oth or days of tho wrok an well," IIAOINU MOKOXH TO MAKi: LO.VO I-'MRIITH flCATTLK, Wanh., March 18. Alr llnon between Seattle nnd polntn along tho Pacific count as far south ait Htockton, Cnl will bo covorad thin nutnmiir by local racing plgoonn, nccordlng to plann announced hero rocently. Hlxtoon rncen for old bird aro nl ready ncbeduled nnd ntopn hnvq. boon taken to arrange a number of event for young blrdn. Kirn tropblcn havo been put up for thn birds. A cup offered by J. V. Kordon two yoars ngo for tho first Boattlo bird to make n COO-mllo flight In onn day In ntlll up, no bird baring cov ered tho dUtanco In tlmo allowed yet. (MTV AtHHTOItlUM HTOCKTON, Col., March 18. Selection of nltci for a now munici pal auditorium and a city hall was mado horo today by tho city council. Tho city hall will coit $800,000. Advertising brings efficiency. "Let George Dolt" . Repair Specialist With Complete Line of JEWELRY - 4 - GEO. L. METZ 622 Main 250 ATHLETES W LL ENTER IT LOB ANOKLB8, Cal., March 18. Moro than 260 nthloton, roprcsont Ing moro thnn CO high schools, haro entered tho Houtborn Cnllfornla In torscholnstlo trnck and (laid cham pionship moot to bo held April 10 on tho Ion Angolcs high school flold. Thlrtoon orontn hnro boon ar ranged, Thono on tho track will bo tho 880-yard run, 100-ynrd dnnh, 440-yard danh, 120-yard high hur dles, 220-yard dnnh, 220-yard low hiinlloii, mllo run nnd linlf-mllo rn lay for four mon. Tho flold orontn will bo tho polo-mult, high Jump, broad Jump, discus throw and shot put. Four places will bo counted In each content, with flro, threo, two and ono point, rcnpcctlroly. Oold, nil vor nnd bronzo motnls will bo award ed, A ponnnnt will bo glrcn tho school winning tho rolay, and a sllruri trophy to tho ono winning tho moot. Tho 40 bent athletes will roprcsont Bouthorn Cnllfornla at tbo ntato meat at Ilerkoloy April 30. Tho nouthorn branch of tho California Intorscholasllc Kodoratlon will benr tho oxpunno of tbo trip north, hnv Ing already allotted $1800 for that purpoia.. NATUIli: flllllHM TO IHIlIXn' KXCUItHIOMSTH 1.03 AN'ani.KS, Cal., March 18. "Naturn guides" working undor dir ection of tho federal gorernment and tho California Flnh nnd Osmo com mission will maintain offices In Cali fornia during 1921 and answer ques tions propounded by enthusiasts of naturo study, In accordance with a plan to broaden tbo work of tho Cal ifornia Naturo Study loaguo, It Is an nounced here. Naturo study flold excursions and bag Bleeping trips Into tho high Sierras will bo direct ed by tbeso guides, accordlnc to tho outlined program. Watch for tho opentaf day of tha local auto how. : v ,1 v iVv X7 ' J yWfi Am . mmxmscu WTO ENTER HER JUHnkV, Alaska, March 18. Alaska has had lior goldon era and hor1 copper days and now, according to Juneau mining mon, Is about to ontor hor sllror ago, when Iho proi clous white motnl will tnko ltd place among tbo leading mlnoral products of tho territory. From many parts of ,tho north land comen roports that tho pronont mnrkot prlco of sllror has Induced many prospoctors to search tho hills and valleys for sllror ledges, which, In tho foror of tho old rich gold placer dayn, woro passed up. And whoro promising sllror dlscororlcs haro been mado, capital has boon nbtnlnod easily for tholr dorolop ment. Oold and eoppor haro not coanod to zo tho leading Alaska produc tions, It Is hollared, but prosont con ditions mako It Imposslblo to work for thum. on a large scalo. Operating costs nro still too groat for any ex tenslro workings In tho gold Holds and copper today In soiling for lens than tho cost of production. So to sllror, tho "white hope of tho north," minors aro turning. Tho Knntlshna district of western Alas ka and tho Yukon valloy district near Ituby aro showing sllror pros pects and aro bolng worked by Tom Altkon, prominent Alaska mining man. In tho Iluby prospect tho ore Is said to run $200 por ton In sllrcr lead. Another oxtonslro galena showing. In which sllrcr Is found, hns been uncororod in tbo "Sllror King" property In tho Wild Hirer district of tho Koyqkuk country. Prospectors In tho Broad Pass coun try, noar tbo government railroad, and In tho Alaska peninsula, haro also found galena. Across tho Canadian boundary, In tho Yukon territory, noar Dawson tho old capital, tho Ouggonhelm min ing Interests aro making oxtcnslre sllrcr explorations at Mayo. Galena la being shipped regularly from Mayo. Dlscorery of tho silror-lcad In Alaska Is not a thing of recent date. THE ARMY GOODS tr -wn-IWw Blankets Knapsacks Wool Breezes Khaki Breeches Shirts Stockings Cal, License Plates Held Up By Fire BAOttAMBNTO, Cat., March 18. naming last fall of tho Ixs Angoles plant which manufacturers antomoV hllo llconse plates for tho state of California brought grlof to tho state motor rohlcto department whleh, ac cording to Charles J. Cbonu, inper Intondont of tho department, con tinues to grow In rolumo. Cbenn oach day Is compellod to answor ap peals of Impatient automobllo own ers for tbolr license plates by send ing a card to the applicant stating that tho card may bo used In tho li cense container as a llcenso to op orato until such tlmo as the platos nro rocelred. Chenu hopes tho traf fic authorities will bo lenient. Forty thousand plates aro tied up along tho way to Sacramento, Chenu stated, and they will bo for wardod to applicants as soon as ro celred horo. Cal. Auto Licenses Bring In $4,883,200 BACItAMBNTO, Cal., March 18. Noarly two and a half million dol lars will bo apportioned among tbo countlos of California of receipts from registration of motor Tchlclcs for tho calendar year 1920, accord ing to Charles J. Chenu, superin tendent of tho tsato motor vehicle de partment. , , Collections totalled $4,883,202.90, Chenu stated, and of thl tho coun ties will rccolro $2,441,601.45, Jnst ono half. Undor tho law this money can bo used only for"road Improve ment and maintenance In tbo coun ties to which it Is allotted. Tbo allotments vary from $732, 662.81 for Los Angeles county and $247,510.57 for San Francisco coun ty to $156.74 for Alplno county. An Ottawa, Illinois, banker was locked in his vault by a bandit. Fall ing to open tho time lock, bonk of ficials asked Jollot penitentiary to lend them an expert safo-cracker'but tho wardon was unablo to find a graduate blower who folt capablo of handling a modern safe. The first white metal strike In Alaska of record was-ln 1886 on a tributary of the Kubuk rlror, north of Nome. Nothing has been done with lata property In sereral years. New Location 706 Main St Everything for Outing Camping, etc. Leggings Messkits Canteens Underwear Shoes Working Clothes U. S. Government Tents Steel and Wooden Cots Bedding of all kinds And many other articles at reasonable prices Come in and look us over THE ARMY GOODS STORE Winter's Old Stand, 706 Main St. N FOR COAST BAN FKANCI8CO, Cat., March It. Flashing traffic light signals sim ilar to tho beacons used on tho Pana ma canal aro being tcetod at Stoat boulorard and tho Orent highway om tho boach horo by the California State Automobllo association. The) boacons giro 75 flashos a mlnntej nnd aro Intended to warn traffic at highway Intersections. If successful, similar beacons will bo established In northorn Califor nia, It was announced rccontly. Tho beacons burn gas and operato con tinuously for nlno months without re filling. SWA.VS DKHTItOYINO IIUTTK KICK CltOPS DUTTB CITY, Cal., March 18. Rice growers In this region aro suf fering from tho depredations of wild swans, It is stated hero. Tho grow ors claim tbo birds, which aro very strong, tear rlco shocks to pieces, and as many shocks wero loft stand ing in tho fields during the winter, tbo loss has been considerable. nice men declaro that although the big birds aro protected by tho game laws, growers haro been forced to shoot them in order to protect their crops. WITjIj ESTABLISH MEDICAL Coin's AT UMYER8ITX. DERKELBY, Cal.,. March 18. Establishment of a medical corps unit of tho resorro otflcors' training corps at tho University of California hero has boon approved by tho sec retary of war, It wag announced re cently. Tho unit will work with the medical department In gtrlng medlco mllltary training. STATE CALONIIH NKKDBD CinCO, March 18. More state land colonics, such as thoso at Durham and Delhi, aro needed, the California State Land Settlement board declared In its annual report made public here recently. The dan ger of "racial communities In the rural districts" was pointed oat la the report. 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