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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1921)
Dro Mty ' Ai out;. aTlj? 3 unting Iterato AClasaAdWill Do It Today's Newt Today Member of the Associated Press. I'l'loenlli Ywir. No. n7H. KLAMATH FALLS, OHI'GON, IIIIIMV, MARCH S3," HISlT PRIOR FIVE CENTS 'V ? ? I OF THESITUAT1 Starting Point of Ef fective Public Library Service Is In Com petent Control. , LEGAL QUESTION State Librarian Says If County Court Is Cor rect, No Library Law Exists. Gelling right down to tho ronl of tho Klarnnlh county public library situation, which JntiiuH Bertram, secretary of thn (,'arneglu corpora tlon, says It "iiilln discreditable," It appears Hint tho rumoily lies In tho appointment of u library bourd ; by tho county court. Thin In tho starting point for do vnlopmunt of tho library sorvlco to Include nil thn citizens of Klamath county. Although It nppcam tlmt tbu county court hnn had requests from many nun rem for tho appoint ment of audi a bourd, It a I no ap pear that tbny feci that it la op tional with them to do no. Tho logal question hinge on tho Interpretation of a phraxt In miction 31, chapter 367. of the act of 1919, revising the stutn library lawn, which says that "libraries already organized may hav their organii.v lion changed." "Muy," the county court holds, loaves Iho chanRo optional with them . It cannot ba construed to moan tlmt they "must" appoint u library board. Kllia Cornolln Marvin, stato li brarian, In a request for un opin ion from Iho attorney general, ud mlts that the language of (ho stututn Is doubtful, but If tho phronq li taken at Its face value thon all tho public libraries of the state that huva appointed boards since 1919 "are operating and ex isting under no law at ull, since tbu last section of tho 1919 law all oth er library laws woro ropoalod." In other words, tho stale librar ian holds that the question Is broader Uiun tho mere construction of a slnxlo plirnso In u single sec tion of tho act. The flnul section ropeuls all Inconsistent laws. If ull laws conflicting with tho 1919 law, which Is designed to creato u systom of libraries governed by library boards, aro repealed, It leaves no law savo tho 1919 law to work un dor and tho chlof attempt of tho 1919 law Is to creato a uniform li brary system undor tho control of library boards. In passing upon tho mattor At torney aenoral Van Wlnkto nnrrow cd his opinion to tho single section and supports tho county court, but If ho Is correct It Is obvious tlmt tho 1919 act, Instead of gaining tho uniformity It sought, left tho stato library system In worso condition than before Its pussugo. Thoro Is no law left to guldo That Is tho view tnui mo siaio nururiun anu nur supporters tako. ' Tho legal question probably np- pools llttlo to Klamath county, poo - plo. Thoy hnvo a publlo library, stockod with good books, nnd U'b not working, at least for tho ma- jority. rnoy wont toss iogm qmu- bllng und moro "uctlon." Tho building Is supposed, as n public llhrnry, to bo opon to tho publlo olght hours n day, mornings and nftornpon. In roallty ontrunco Is posslblo to tho public from 2 to 5 o'clock, afternoons. Only a pro forrcd minority can got books from tho building, though It la theoreti cally posslblo for all to uso tho reading room privileges during tho throo hours. ' Hut to tako books out tho Indi vidual must apply.'lt ho lives In tho ton n try, to thn school district branch library. Tho school district accumulates ordors until a conven ient tlmo, thon its representative calls for tho books. The city resident places an order with tho city library, which has an arrangement to got a certain num ber of books each mouth, Tho uum faorbor uoonis fluctuatory. Just bo- Propose to Close Crescent and Odell Lakes to Fishing llond people uro making efforts to clone fishing In Lake Odell and Lake Orescent, the Klnmiith County Sports men's association has been Informed, by W. II. Ilrock of Crescent, who has n summar resort at Luko Odell, and the proposal will be otto of the sub ject of discussion at tonights asso ciation meeting nt tho chamber or commorco rooms. Tho meeting starts at 8 o'clock. A committee will probably ho ap pointed to Investigate the matter fully. It Is claimed that excessive egg taking lias so depleted the fish sup ply In tho two lakes that It Is nncoit sary to bar anglers nltogether until tho waters uro restocked. Many Klamath residents yearly nro visitors at Crescent nnd Odell lakes for tho camping and fishing and thn mattor affects this county chtsoly. Thn lakes are In this county. Tho sportsmen's association will approach tho matter with an open mind, and In order to get fullest In formation hopn that all persons hav ing kuowledgo of the situation, or who take tiny Interest In It, will at tend the meeting tonight LABOR PEACE WASHINGTON, March 2ft Pres Idont Harding has personally con gratulated representatives of tho pr. ttlng Industry and employes upon reaching an agreomont Monday, thus averting a strike. Tho commltteos wero accompanied to thn Whlto House hy Secretaries Davis, Wallace, Hoover, and Samuel (lompors. The president, In an address, said In parti "1 want to say that this ad ministration has nearest lis heart af al times any righteous helpfulness It can glvo In avoiding suspension of Industrial activities. The adtnlnls-1 (ration does not want to Intrudu It-1 self, unduly, but wo always want to bo careful In tho cnuso of Justice, and In the harmonizing of labor und management.' wooimow WU.HO.V ill. . WASHINGTON'. March 26. Form er Presldont Wilson sufferod an acuto attack of Indigestion today. Physicians woro culled hurriedly, hut later reported Mr. Wilson had entire ly recovered. KKI'.NAN AND WOltKH HKLKAHKR ON WINDS. Arthur Kconan and Frank Works, nrrestod by Chief of Pollco Wilson and Sheriff Low on a chargo of oporatlng a still In a houso on tho corner of Division nnd Gnrdon streets lmvn boon released on bonds of 500 ouch, ponding their hearing before United Statos Commissioner ner: C Thomas nt ono o'clock tomorrow af ternoon. John Turner nnd Dave Turner, of LnngoU'H vnlloy, slgnod Keenan's bond, and Works' bond was slgnod hy I). It. Yancoy nnd Mrs. II, L. Horrlngton. fnrn election thn limit wns removed nd lho cm.nty cour. decreed that n lno ,,ooka nskod for couI(l ,, tnkon out hy tho clty library for Its BU,gCruora. l , otnor w(m,Bt th0 W)raty op. 'oratos. it nppoars undor no system- nl0 plnn ,mt nccor(nK t0 tho whim of l0 county cort anii eeomB to 0 political adjunct of tho Hot Springs courthouse. Why n public library should ho consldorod from n political vlow- pont nt nl, ,g ft problom. Tho Hor- -(l nnH not yot i0irnod tho "why." One explanation Is that tho court foars to pass control from Its hands to a library board lost thoy (thn court) loso Home political udvan tnga In tho courthouso dlBputo. County Judge Hunnoll, In rocont conversation with somo of the read- ors who want access to tho literary stores of tho building, Is reportod to huvo said that If tho Carnoglo cor poration wns not sntlsflod with tho way tho court was handling tho li brary they "could tako their li brary back.' ' i Short, ha,rp and decisive as Is this ultimatum, tho Herald, oven at tho prosont stago of Kb Investigation, fools certain it is not tho roinedy that la gonorally doslrod, PRESIDENT n to T III 5. P. RATES Head of Traffic De partment Will Lay Complaint of Local Shippers Before R. R. M A. Callaghen, head of tho chain bor of commorco traffic department, loft this morning for Han Francisco, to confor with tho Southern Pacific n Zirrr, ,B.;.P"WIW "" tho government Klamath Falls-Wood branch. Thn Houthcrn Pacific Iiob promis ed to lowor local rates within the next sixty days, but tho slzo of tho reduction Is undecided. At tho moating of tho merchants' bureuu of tho chamber of commorco Inst night It was decided to send Mr Callaghnn as tho representative o tho bureau to lay beforo the rallwn officials their argument for a sizable cut. Klamath Falls now pays 40'. cents more a hundred pounds from Han Francisco, and Intermediate points, than Medford. Thn distances aro practically equal. It Is Mr. Callag ban's opinion that local shippers are entitled to at loast 40 H reduction, and on account of tho lighter grados between Weed nnd Klamath Falls than between Weed nnd Mcdford, should got n greater reduction. Hates from Portland and Intor modlnto points aro proportionately high and tho extra charges, declares Mr. Callaghan, aro costing Klamath resldonts thousands of dollars year ly. Tho matter, of conrso, affects every readout of Iho county, as the freight charge Is' figured in tho sell ing prlro of every Imported commod ity and every ronsumrr In tho high rate xonc eventually bear? his share E K. F. PROSPERITY WEEK TO APR. 1 8 ProBporlty week, which will bo ob served nationally from April 4th to 9th Incluslvo, has boon doferrod loc ally until April I8th, and will contin ue until April 25th. his was docldod at a mooting of tho Merchants' Ilui ontt of tho Klamath county chambor of commorco hold In tho chamber of commorco rooms lust night. IT, N. Moo, vlco chairman of tho buroau, prosldod In tho absonco of Chairman C. I. Hoberts, who Is ill at his homo. A rosprcsontatlvo number of mom bore woro prosont. Prosperity wook, according to tho decision of tho meeting last night, will bo a weok of ontortalnmont and not n wook during which attempts will bo mudo to coorco pooplo Into buying. It will bo conducted along tho linos of tho rocont auto show held Itoro, whoro comparative prices, appoarnncos, and qualities woro shown, and which gavo both dealers and pooplo lntorestod in autos an op portunity to bocomo hotter acquaint ed with each othor. This wook Is ex pected to bo holpful In encouraging n bottor outlook on tho financial situation. Tho first part of tho wook will bo dovotod to an effort to stim ulate Intorost In tho hardware and building llncB, and during tho lattor part of tho wook, tho othor mer chants will havo tholr Inning. Frod Houston, O. M. Hoctor, and rr. N. Moo woro soloctod as tho ad vertising commlttoo, nnd tho enter- tnlnmont foaturoa will bo taken euro of by M. A. Callaghan, Frod Floot, Jnck Furbor, and K. H. Hall. B. W. Vannlco, J. T. Porklns, H. P. Lowls. P. 8. Popo, and Will Baldwin com poso tho financial commlttoo. Froo dlnnors, froo movios, nnd many othor things will bo providod for the ontortalnmont of visitors and local people, and tho program will bo announced within a few days. m " W, H, Lamm, of tho Lamm Lumber company, of Modoc Point, U hore on buslnosa today, WILL POSTPON WHISTS IN GFRIMf MAT. PITCHED HTTIE Twenty-five Hundred Armed Workers Routed By Police; Machine Guns Used. (Ily Associated Pross.) LONDAN. March 2C Although the situation arising from tho com munist outbreak In Oormany Is still dangerous, tho communists aro forces, according to a Horlln roport, At Klslobon, whoro a desporato bat tlo was fought yestorday botweon 2000 pollco and 2600 workmen. Tho report says stato pollco fi nally drovo out tho communists, who havo entronched thomsolvcs In the neighborhood hills and nro ill cctlng muchlno guns flro on tho pollen strongholds. Troops arn narchlng on Klslobon. Thero wns no roptitlon of tho dlsordors at Hamburg today. LONDON, .March 25. Commun ist disorders in Central Germany aro Increasing and largo sections of In dustrial regions aro actually In In surgents' hands, says a dispatch. Hulldlngs havo boon damaged by dynamite In various towns In Sax ony. At Mansfield prisons woro opened and prlsonors rolcasod. Complete anarchy Is reportod at Hcstadt, whero banks woro rnldod and tho population floolng In a panic. Over SO communists and pollco nro report od to havo been killed at Hamburg last night In fighting at Holllngon slcst field. Tho messago adds that fighting is continuing at Hntaburg whom tho pollco wero defeated, and ut Stelnwardor Island also after a florco battle KISLKHUN, Germany, .March 2C. 9:30 a. m Fighting botween communists and tho pollco for tho possession of Klslobon was extend ed this morning to a half-milo front In tho western section of tho town. with positions of advantage chang ing hands frequently. Tho com munist army of 2S00 was rolntorcod by armed peasants and villagers. Abovo tho roar of battlo could be heard tho calls of encouragement from both sides and tho crlos of tho wounded lying whero thoy fell. Income Tax Brings In 675 Millions WASHINGTON, March 25. Tho Incomo and profit taxes collections for March 15th Installment is esti malod at six hundred and sovonty flvo millions. On this basis tho total rovonuo from this sourco for thn year ending Juno 30 would aggre gate 13,050.000,000, which Is fully up to treasury expectations. YOUTHFUL nUKGLAUS GKT TIIIltTV DAY SKXTKXCIiS Chris now, K. M. Gontry, W. G, McCarthy, nnd C. W. Gontry, tho young men arrested for burglarizing tho Qulgley camp atoro a wook ago, pleadod guilty boforo Justice of the Poace Gaghagon yostorday, and each wero sentenced to 30 days In Jail. Tho Judgo modified tho sontencos with the proviso that In tho ovont that any ono, or all of them, could socuro work boforo tho o.xplrntlon of tholr sontonces thoy would bo parol od. ItKAIiTY FIHM DISSOLVED Tho Hollman & Kelly realty firm was dissolved today by mutual con sont of the partnors, G. A. nollman and J. H. Kolloy, It was announcod. Mr. Dollman will bo associated hore after with A. A. Bellman & com pany, whllo Mr. Kolloy will keop tho offlco nt tho Whlto Pelican hotol and also havo chargo of tho Crater Lake Oil and Gas company's office at 622 Main streot. MOTOR. LAW VIOLATOR Edgar Johnson was arrested atlV"' won? "" ! . ' T! tho Instance of W. L. Campbell, Mat. motor vehicle inspector, yes - terday,- (or driving without a conso. Ho was released on 25 ball. and will bo brought bofore Justice of tho Poaco Gnghagon tomorrow, Crater Lake to Open July 1st Announces Interior Department WASHINGTON, March 25. Ora tor Lake park, Oregon, will open July 1 and closo Septombor 30 this year, according to nnnounccjnont of dates of opening and closing of na tional parks mado by tho depart ment of Interior. Hotols, and camps will bo open to accommodato visi tors on tho oponing dato upon which also tho first scheduled mo tor tours will ba operated. POnTLAND, March 25. Plans for financing concessions at Crater lako national park and Improving accommodations thoro will ho taken up today at u conference of a com mlttoo from tho Portland Chamber of Commerca with representatives of tho Medford Chamber of Coramcrco to bo held hore. Plans for orga nizing a company to tako over pre sent concessions in tho park and for Improving tho transportation fa cilities will bo considered. ' It Is hoped to link tho park up with other natural attractions In that district with a vlow to provid ing an itinerary of sovoral days'fn tourists. (Medford surely Is right on tho Job.) TABERNACLE IS Tho nulgln tabornaclo, tho build ing of which began yestorday morn ing, is now Just about complete. Tho roof Is on and covered with building paper, windows havo boon put in, and bonches, nowly made; aro in placo. Tho latter havo been placed so that tho congregation will sit slight ly uphill, and so they will necessarily havo to look up to Evangelist Bulr gin, who will deliver htVthunrWrbolU against tho sinful world from an cle? vntlon in tho extromo end of the building. Stoves havo been sat up, and Frod Fleet Is sprinkling a gener ous covering of shavings and sawdust over tho carthern floor. A forco of about fifteen man were working this morning. This unusually large build' lng has caused much comment from pcopio who havo not learned Its pur pose, and apparently tho whole city Is waiting for the Hov. K. J. Hulgln to make his appearanco. Ho Is now In Portland, whoro his son Is 111 with ap pendicitis, but If tho latter's condl tlon does not become alarming will bo on schedulo tlmo Sunday night. Tho dinner, today, will bo sorved by tho ladles of the First Baptist and L'mmanucl Haptlst churches, and ovory man who can possibly give somo of his tlmo during closing hours of construction is requested to do so, and to onjoy tho excollent dinner. Evoryono who has signed up for tho big chorus for tho tabernacle nicotines Is urged to bo at the Pros bytorlan church nt 7:30 tonight for tho rehearsal under the director, tho Hov. Mr. Lowls. Othors who can car ry a tuno and who aro willing to Join tho chorus aro asked to roport to tho Hov. K. P. Lawrcnco or Mrs. John Llntcsty or to bo present at the abovo hour. Rose Croix Knights Hold Convocation Local Chaptor, No. 2, Knights Hoso Croix, of tho Ancient and Ac cepted Scottish nito of Frco Masonry, hold Its annual mystic banquet, with tho coromony of tho extinguishing of tho candlos, observed each Maundy Thursday in tho Masonic hall last night. Most of the mombors of tho chaptor woro present. Archdeacon Van Wntors, of tho Episcopal church, who Is hero to hold Eastor services, gavo a very interesting locturo. Tho banquet was sorved by tho ladles of tho Christian church, and was all that could bo doslrod. ANOTHER Olli WEMj IN IiEWIBTON FIELD Frad H. Noll of Ashland, who Is hero representing tho Oregon-Mon- t a m n ll a J flaa SAmnsnH kim ma .? "" ""u X "f lu"T"'" " i s . "UUVW" ! Cr8ek cv . LewUton field, li-IT, "!, 7"? ,T "ft ,s cJ8,mod 'or h, f old 'hat J,'8 producing tho highest grade olr In tho United States. N READINESS ADDITIONAL CUT IN RAIL RATES T Reduction of Freight Charge on Lumber Is Forerunner of Gener al Cut In Tariffs. AIDS BUSINESS Stagnation of Trade, If Not Relieved, Would Force Entire Real ignment of Business. Herald Washington Rarnn WASIUNOTON, March 2C. Con cealed behind tho voluntary reduc tion or cqunlltatlon on lumbor rates from tho Pacific Northwest by way of Omaha, from 72 H cents to 6H conts on lumber, or consocutlvo re duction at lower river crossings ani tho effect of reducing the lumber rate from tho Pacific Northwest to Chicago from 80 conts to 73 cents, is a now tandoncy In railroad rates. This action was taken voluntarily by a number of traffic men, represent ing railroads, togother with the In terstate commorco commission. It moans an Increased movemont of lumbor and lumber products from the Northwest productlng sections to tho consuming centers of tho East and reflects a breaking down from the horizontal Incrcaso In railroad rates, which, In many cases, has been almost prohibitive and which has largely stagnated business, especially from Pacific Coast points. A leading traffic export the other daj, in polntla out this new ten dcnJn.rtitiJfrartlWluthat . In his opinion. If the present railroad rates aro to be maintained without softening or adjustment downward, It would mean a complete rearrange N ment of tho manufacturing and con suming centers. Hoover Sees Peril Secretary Hoover In a conference with nowspaper men tho other day, said that the logical conclusion from railroad rates which prohibited the natural and Increasing movement of freight according to the demand, was that tho Inevitable result would be realignment or rezonlng, which , (Continued to Page 3) Auto Association .Back of Klamath Falls-Weed Highway Tho Improvement of the Klamath Falls-Weed road, with a view to making an all-year road to Califor nia will bo recommended to the Klamath County Auto association by the executive, committee of the as sociation at its noxt meeting. This decision was reached by tho com mlttoo at a mooting hold yoster day, and as the people of Dorrls and other places of the road havo ex pressed n, desire to co-operate In tho project, tho chanco to constru- a pormanont road, following the railroad from hero to Weed, seems to bo very good. LUMIIKR I1UYERS LOOK OVER LOCAL TERRITORY C. J. Bergman, representing tho Chicago Lumber company, and A. E, Johnson, of the Ocean Lumber company of San Francisco, left for the latter city yesterday after spend ing sovoral days here looking over tho lumborlng situation. Mr. Berg man naif Mr. Johnson were tho first roprosontatvles of tho blggor lum bor companies seen here this sea son. Weather Probabilities Tho Barometric pressuro of tho Cyclo-Stormograph at Un derwoods Pharmacy has been slowly falling slnco olovon o'clock last night, and at 10 O'clock today a sharp drop was again registered Indicating a continuation of the high winds for the nrt few hours.' Weather Probabilities for tho noxt 24 liours, cloudy and warm er followed by 'unsettled weather.