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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1921)
'"iv "l-lllv . . " i$lj lEwtttng liratti A Clan Ad Will o It Today? a Newa Today Member of the Associated Press, Flftooiilli Yen. No. rOW. KLAMATH I'ALLH, OUKCION, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1031. PniOH F1VK CENTS J-' E A movomont Hint may mnko Klam ath county n real dairying district, .,.. .., . .,. i..., m.Miny '"r'"nM Ing nlfalfn l,y crop In profll.Mo way fitnneii last nluhL nl thn monc , '' nl""" '" niKiu hi i mi moni Ini: of representatives of thn mor- chnnta human, chamber of commerro and fnrm bureau, whnii thn farm bureau Inld Information beforo thn mooting that the Mnlln dlntrlct alone wanted 100 dairy cown Imported Tho farm bureau found thn flnnti clal problem too big for It. Hankers who addressed thn mooting mid tho banks nlnno could not flnancn tho bin plan that In contcmplntod, but they wonfd Ko n far as possible. Tho only altornntlvo sootni Incor poration or a community organize tlon with capital groat enough to handlo tho project County Agent Thomait nald today that to arijuit (ho alfalfa hay nurpluii It would be klili to Import from f00 to 1,000 cown In tho next three yearn, In other wordn to lay tho foundation thin year for a long term project, I III 1 n mm t t , . . , .. . .... .. v uuiuu DUIMUIIH, uo nun III ill uuu I1UIII- Th Is year ho thought It mlghv be ,.. . . ,wi n borod sections, Involved In tho prl- pom bin to bring In 100 cows. i .. ' ' ,. i. ' .-. i mary limits of tho general routo of Tho alfa fa acreage and production ., '.. .. , .. . , L i' .i i . . .....tho Northern Pacific railroad from has grown greatly In tho past four ...... ... .. vnfir. n lh Kt.miilli llrnlnM nlnno I .1 ,. . i iVt Z the alfalfa ucrnago In 192C was e- tlmatod at 8,100 acres, yielding 17, 800 tons Yoarly since there has been n progressive Incronse, rnnglng from ISO to 300 ncnii a )car, and a yield Increase running from f.,000 to 6. 000 tons In 1920 there were 14,350 ncrrs In alfalfa on thn projoct, with an es timated yield or 41.C00 tons. Fifteen thousand tons last year's crop am still In tho hands or thn grow era wnn.no uiiukui in aigni. , ,i . , .. . .. ,,. I II) (llBCunniiip; uu )iruui('ltl air. Thomas pointed out that nvon with n most favorable freight rate, the Kin-1 ninth alfalfa men can not compete with othor growers In tho coast mar ket. Thn Klamath farmer has a long haul from tho furm to thn railroad against him, that no rutn reduction will overcome Tho largest local consumers or hay havo purchased their onn ranches In thn last year or two, anil all stock men aru reducing consumption ot teed as. tho first step in a gonarnl retrenchment, policy. With a growing production nnd dwindling consumption tho dairy cow offers n profitable solution to thn farmers' problem. Tho dairy cow Is n consistent producer of oulth, and a thousand cows working tho farmers' surplus hay Into monthly rronm checks would moan a big In croaso In tho community's cash A commltteo of nlno, thrcu each from tho merchants' buroau, tho farm bureau nnd tho chamber of com- - morco. will moot Tuesday to llicui ; ino ponniuniiy u incuri-uruniiK. ", .,. i- ,hn mlnos to rostimo farm bureau roprcsontatlves aro L. A. West, Jamva Kzoll nnd Harry Tel ford. In last nlght'a discussion, It was decided If this projoct could bo put over It would moan rar more to tho community than tho prosperity week obsorvanco that bad beon tentatively planned nnd thn prosperity wook Idea was abandoned. Oil Rig Builders Arrive From Taft II. L. Stltzlngor, L. It. Uuchanan, K. C. Lemort and Charlos Illy, tho , rig builders who will erect tho Cra ter Lake Oil & Gas company's der rick noar Merrill, arrived today and will start work tomorrow morning. They drovo horo from Toft, Cali fornia, In an automobllo. Thoy loft Taft Mondaay, TIiIh afternoon thoy wont to tho woll tilto at Merrill. HAVINGS AND LOAN ASS'N OPKNH IlllANCH IIEIli:. Herman K. Wood, representing tho Union Savings and Loan association of Portland, Is'boro to open a Klam ath Falls branch office ot tho asso ciation. Tho progross that Klamath .)m ' jFJl.Js naWng has attracted the comrtny. says Mr. Wood, and they ptart'tbe local oftlro after morn than a year's Investigation and oxpoct to AU Counties Will Get $150,000 From Road Commission , PORTLAND, April 7 Tho high way commission at tho mooting which ondod last night established n policy of allowing each county $160,000 for tho nozt two yonro from tho 15,000,000 fund nvallablo to tho rom mission for tho Mennlum. Tho northorn part of Tho Dados-Call- fornln highway from Thn Dalles vlo Dufiir, Tygh Vnlloy, MrJp1n and - - "'"" ""'' --?.- ''"' to Mdr was aid out nd miu mu iuuu iruui irjiuriuii via . ,,,,. . . ... hanlko and Monro to connect with th" Columbia highway nt lllggs IN OLD GRIT Herald Wnxliliigloii lluirau WAHIIINOTON, April 7 - Itopro ncntatlvo Hlnnott haa boon notified by tho commissioner of tho general land office that a rofunf of II 26 pur aero will bo mado to purchaser who paid 12. GO por aero for land In oven num bered soctlons, as well as In odd num- "- "v..u.., """wl l .Portland, Oregon, forfeited by net of congress In 1890 Two dollars and fifty cents per acre was charged In stead of the regular prlco of $1.26 on the theory that tho building of tho railroad would enhanco tho vnluo of tho land. Tho road wag not built and tho su premo court or the United States, In 91P. decided Hint n rotund should be made to purchasers or land In odd sections Tho commissioner ruled that this decision or tho supremo court ,,, , .. .. , , did not cover tho oven sections, bat tho secretary ot tho Interior bus re- ! enntly held that tho refund should likewise upply to thn even soctlons as well us to tho odd. Tho lands Involved aro ombracod In a strip forty miles wide on each aldo of thn proposed linn ot tho Nor- thorn I'acltlc along tho Columbia river from Wnllula Junction, Wash ington to Portland. Oregon, which was forfolted on account or thn rail uro of tho railroad company to con struct tho road Applicants will havo until Decem ber 11. 1921, to file applications for repayment and mny obtain applica tion blanks by writing to Uepresontu tlvo Slnnott. Arbitration Plans Fail n Strike LONDON. April 7. A comploto brenkup or conferences for eettlo numt nf the coal strlkn has been nil- nouncud ,,y lll0 prom0r. Tho union loailora havo rofuit0(, to ordor tho work ponding negotiations. Tho National union or ralUuy mon today decided to unnnlmously sup- . ,h . . . k C,ICA00, April 7. Tho railroad ,ab(Jr board hng rorugoll 10 Now yorR Contra, pormllls,on t0 raako provisional reductions In tho wages of unBklllod labor. May Use Park Site For Camp Ground Tho city park board Is considering plans for equipping a part ot tho nowly acquired park slta on tho west sldo ot tho rlvor ns an auto camp ground, until n bettor slto can ba procured. City wator is nvallablo, and n good tompornry camp silo can bo madn thoro, It Is bollovod. Judgo D. V. Kuykondall bnB sug gested tho iiso of tho burnod-ovor district on Main stroot, or a part of It, as tho public play ground. It this slto can bo socurod, tho dobris will bo cloared away at onco, and tbo work of putting It In shapo will bogtn. Tbo park hoard also pefltlonod tho Klam ath Development company to dodlcato block 303 for park purposes, that be ing tbo block, designated by tho com-, yany an their 'donation. an a school site. -The school ohas been built in another block. Tho biggest obstaclo confronting tbeso projocta Is tho lack ORDER REFUND ON UNO SOLD of funds. THOMAS H. REED WILL ADDRESS BIG MEETING Klamath County Chamber of Com morco offlclalii and comralttocs as sisting In tho expansion movomont recontly launched, gavo out tho ilnto- mont that lnajcaloDS t , . . ... ,. a largo crowd at tho commun ty con . . ... ...... . ... ...'.... foronco to bo hold at tho tabcrnaclo this evening, boglnnlng at 8 o'clock Advices received from different com munities throughout tho couutv are to tbo effect that thoro will bo a largo out-of-town attondanco, ai well as a big turn out from among the rnnk of local cltlzona. I)r .Thomas II. Heed, or tho politi cal sclenco department or tho Univer sity or California at Uorkeloy, last night wlrod that he would reach tho city at 7 o'clock this evening to ap near as tho nrlnclnnl soaaker on the program. Ills subject will bo "Tho' Modorn Chamber ot Commorce ' Tboso who bavo heard Dr. Itocd de liver this addross pronounco It n mas tor oratorical effort, characters i by sound logic and practical thought Ilrlof talks will bo mado by Mayor W. 8. Wlloy on "Tbo Future City and County," and Campaign Manager U. W. Dopuy on "Tbo Plan of tho Cam pulgn." Tho Klamath County Cham bor of Commorco will rondor cholco . . .. soiocuons and more win do commun- ity singing, from specially preparod song shoots, Chambor of Commorco officials re iterate tho announcement that tho public at largo Is cordially Invited to como out to tho conforenco and ac quaint Itself with tho magnltudo and scopo or tho movomont that Is Intend ed to unify nil of tho different com munity interests In making Klamath County a busier, bigger and bettor place In which Jojlve and do -business. Ther-wni'beuo solicitations of funds or memberships. The arTarfgemonU committee vrhlrh la Innklnr nftfr ffin ilMnl! nf it.. mni., n, i. nmn.A nf M. A. Pnllnhnn. rh.lrmnnr A I Wlshnrd. Jimmy Swanson.T. U.Wat-1 tors. W. T. Loo. J. T. Perkins. George Forgo. L. K Phelps, Leo Houston, W. A. Dolzoll. Lou Arons. Mrs. E. S. Henry. Mrs. J. J. Keller, and Mrs. IT V UnmVflP ill AMWUlaTUIt This commltteo, also, Is now work' ing out tho arrangement, for tho1'?.0 ,on.Bor H"oiJ to parallel civic dinner, which will bo sorrod nt tho Pelican Hotel on tho evening of Monday, April 18. Police KeCOVer Halt Million Mail Loot CHICAGO, April 7. Hotwoon $600,000 nnd $760,000 atolon In the mall robbery nt tho Dearhorn stroot railway station haa boon round by police. Tho money was round in wrap- pers In n dlscardod mall pouch-lndlca- ting tho nmount taken. One story was i that four robbers playing ball In a boautios widoly throughout tuts dls lot noarby, suddonly rushed to thoitrlct. B tat Ion, hold up tho truck employees, I "" demanded a partlcnlar mail pouch, fJifnn Will Pitch uuu cscaiiou in an uuiomouuu in u mlnuto und a hair. Ono robbor flrud a shot supposedly at ono ot big fol lows, in tbo oxcltomont. IIUIUIODQIIH IiIFK IS IilllIlART CLVlt TOPIC. Tho regular monthly mooting of tho Woman's Library club will bo hold tomorrow afternoon In tho lib rary club rooms, Tbo life or tho lato John Burroughs, tho famous natural ist, will bo discussed, and nnyono knowing anything of Intorest about him is asked to take part in tho les sons. A Tow of his poems and essays will bo Toad, and stories ot his llto will bo welcomod. All visitors are wolcomo. A mooting of tho Btudy department will bo hold Monday afternoon at tbo usual time, and tho book to bo dla cusHod is "Tho Hescuo," by Joseph Conrad. DAWES RECOMMENDS NEW SERVICE SYSTEM. WASHINGTON, April 7. Chair- man. Dawos of the soldier relief in vestigation cojnmlttte Jus recotn mended to the president the organi zation of a "veterans' sorvlce admin istration, consolidating tbo existing buroau caring for disabled mon. t ra REOPENING OE Representatives or tho traffic do pnrtmonta ot tho Portland. Sacram RATE UE5TI0N onto, nnd San Francisco chambers or Intend to harass business but Intend commerce, nnd or tho Orogon rail- J "d to enrorco tho law. Though profl road commission will moet hero to ' toerlng soctlons of tho kovcr act havo discuss tho possibility of an adequate e"n doclarod unconstitutional tbo readjustment of frolght rates within department of Justlco can proceed tho nonr future, ir tho plans ot tho under tho Sherman anti-trust law. morebants buroau ot the Klamath Daughorty announced that an lnvos Falls chambor ot commerce can bo t ligation or IWognl practleea In build carrlod out as outlined at a mnetlng I Ing matorlol trades would bo under- hold hero lant night. Local buslnoss mon aro making no socrot or tholr bollof that tho South ern I'acltlc railroad company through tho head of Its traffic department, O. W. Luce, gavo them vory little hope fof tho roller thoy need, and that the efforts to socuro a downward rovl slon, especially on Incoming frolght "f tho third, fourth, and rifth classes, should not bo abated. Tho chambor ot commerce has beon Informed that representatives of tho organizations namod wilt attond tbo conforenco, which may be hold horo. No lino or action was suggested last night, as It was thought beat to watt until tho different organizations can gdi togather with reliable data to work upon. At tho eloso ot the msetlng a com mittee was appointed to Investigate the entlro rato question as It applies locally and gather data and Infor mation. Tho committee consists or Charles Hall, H. N. Moo. W. C. Thompson. H. W. Honderson and M. A. Callaghan. Y "round Is now being broken at tn0 COrnor 0t Soonth and Klamath for tno cu1ntru1e1!'oa ot a ot! Kffry . GarJaK0 whlch wl" bo on ot 8 raoat I odorn ,n tUo tte th. Erratma ,oto "nipany. now located at 123 S,ulh Four,h 1 J108 ,,ar,led ' uu UUltabl. iU W UUU 111UIOUU The garago will be 28 x 136 fset, Klamath avonue, and wilt be built , of rc8,od brlck' ,n " tyle- A modorn show room, with tbo offlco, will occupy tbo front ot tho building. Motors comnanv intends to oouln to a Point that will mako it socond to nono In this district will occupy the "ar ot tho building. Tbo garaga will bo ready tor occupancy In about 40 ' days. Tho Ewauna Motors compnny I has addod thn Hupmobllo, tho Over- 'and, and tho Wills-Overland to its "rat agoncy, tho Scrlpps-Ilooth. nnd anticipates Introducing this string ot For Vancouver Club Earl Hilton, local pitching prldo, haa boon farmod to tho Vancouver club ot tbo Pacific International Loague, but tho Oakland club, with which ho tlnlshod tho stoason Inst year, and with which he has boon training this year, has attached a string to him, and may pull tho string any tlmo. Sports writers In Califor nia ngreo that Hilton haa tbo ability, but noods moro oxperienco, and thoro Is no doubt that Dob Drown, a man who knows basoball Insldo out and upsldo down, can do him a world ot good In Vancouver. Hilton Is expect ed to go up again noxt year, if not boforo the closo ot this season. FOREIGN SimSTANCK LODGES IN LUNG. Mrs. Jack McAullffe was a passen gor to San Francisco this morning, taking with her her two-year-old daughter, Nora, who swallowed sojge small ' article, probab'ly ot metal, which has lodged In her lung. An X-ray Tamtnatjon nt a. local hospital eoalpd the location, aid s-vlslt tn a spocialUt waa recommended. The lt tlo girl does not soora to be oxperS tenclng much pain from her mishap, i START WORK ON NEW GARACE I Attorney General Lays Down Policy Of Law Enforcement WASHINGTON, April 7. A gen eral warning to buslnosa that tho govornmont Intonds to countonanco no violation of law was sounded by Attornoy General Dangborty today. He doclarod that thoso guilty of Il legal practices should "not closo tbolr eyos"; also that bo doon not takon throughout tho country. COUNTY COURT FILES ANSWER TD A voluminous docomont, consti tuting tho answer of tbo county commissioners to tho complaint ot Frank Ward against Klamath county, tho assussor, sheriff, and county clerk. In tho tax lory in junction suit, was fllod with tho clerk of court yesterday fatornoon, by the defendants' attorneys, F. H. Mills, J. Dowerman, O'Neill aand Irwin, and E. L. Elliott. The' an swer, sifted down to a few words; denies every allegation mado Id Mr. Ward's complaint, allege 'that tbo county wob mado defendant in the suit as part of tho general scheme to cheat, wrong, and, ,.di rraud tho county, oaks hat Mr; Ward be compelled to "" restori' $117,763 to the county that being the sum in thespoclal new court? house fund on March 20. 1918, and states that "the judgment and do croo ot the supremo court of Ore gon In tho present suit it Is "null and void." ' The answor denies that Klamath county has a defensible title to block 36, upon which the new Main street courthouso Is located, and also denies that Klamath coun ty was ever dispossessed ot valid title to block 10 ot the Hot Springs addition, the site upon which the Hot Springs courthouse stands. It Is also alleged In the answer that the vaults in tho Main street courthouse aro untlntsbed and un safo for county rocords, that the Jail Is incomplete, and that tba old vaults now being used are moro unsablo. Farther on, tho answor claims that tbe Main street build ing wna not built In nccordanco with tho plans and provisions of the contract, and that $60,000 will bo needed to complete tho building. Tho history of tbe case, emphasiz ing .tho alleged perfidy ot former County Judge Hanks and former Commissioner McCornack, In which crookedness Is plainly alleged, Is In cluded In tbe naswor. Mr. Ward, It is alleged, went Into court with "unclean" bands. According to tho answer, the county court will, unless restrained, proceed with tho building of tho Hot Springs courthouse. ALLEGED MOONSniNER HELD BV OFFICERS L. J. Masters, residing at 1605 Orogon avonue, was taken into cus today about 12 o'clock by Sherlfr Lloyd Low, Chief ot Pollc.0 H. S. Wilson, nnd Patrolman T. Durham, and is bolng held to answer to a rhargo ot operating a still. Accord ing to tbe otrtcers. Masters admits ownership ot tho still. Two other men said to be Implicated with Mastots, could not be found. Thts still Is the biggest one eontlscated horo, tnd the whiskey contained In a ten gallon kog, two Jugs and ono bot tle apparently possesses all thn ele ments ot what 'Is considered "good" liquor. XTTBRASKA LAW PENALIZES CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PRACTICE LINCOLN. Nob. Apr. 7. The No- hrfakabQu of the lesislaijire to dq passed a law peiulldrsplke prac tise or christian JHuKe and sub- Jaetln. that", pradfl to- tho state quarantine law. The bill now goes to tho governor INJUNCTION T BE PAID SAYS T Klamath county must pay J. M. Dougan tho nnpald warrant ot f 30, 672,47 that ho holds and $1,093 costs, docroes tho supremo court In a writ ot mandamus against Coun ty Treasurer Van niper, served horo today. It Is allcgod in thn document that thoro has been diverted from tbo special courthouso fund since March 20, 1918, tbe date ot tho Cougan contract, moro than $25, 100 on goneral tund warrants and that thoro Is now In tho general fund somo $26,000 with which the treasurer Is directed to pay tho un paid Dougan warrants. Tbo writ is a lengthy document and goes fully into tho details of the transaction whereby It Is allererf that tho monoy has been diverted from tbo special courthouso fund. It states that tho transaction In Its entirety "amounted to a bor rowing by tho county." Treasurer Van Riper Is directed to pay tho $20,672.47 warrant and the $1,093 costs bill forthwith, or. falling to do so, to show cause on or beforo April 20 In tbo supreme court at Salem as to whr ha han failed. Tbe total amount of thn nsinn Judgment waa $92,874.95, of which $73,102.48 has been paid. Proposed Grain Peel System In Dispute CHICAGO. Apr. 7. The fight orer the compulsory pooling of farmers grain, which began yesterday over th committee of r tssfc's rawrf' on a National co-operalrt train markoting system was.conlilwed to-,, day on the reconvening of the farm era' ratification conference. t Tbo committee of soventeen stood twelve for optional pooling, four for compulsory pooling, with one mem ber a government cmployco not vot ing. Record Winter Wheat n Crop Is Forecast WASHINGTON, April 7 Tho fourth largest wheat crop In the country's history Is forecast by the department of agriculture, with a total production for the'- United States of 631,000,000 bushels. This Is 44,000,000 bushels' more than was harvested last year. SECOND RAH DAUGHTER' IS WHoopiNQ couair. vicnsi. Barbara, tho four months old daughter or Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Ttae, died early this morning, from an at tack ot whooping cough. Tho tun oral will bo hold from Whltlock'a undertaking parlors this afternoon at 2:30. The Reverend E. P. Lawrence, ot tho Presbyterian church, will con duct tho service. This Is tho second child lost by Mr. and Mrs. Rao with in two weeks, tho first, their two year old daughter, succumbing to whooping cough also. SIIRARINO NKAItS END IN SOUTHERN OAL. BAKKnSFIELD, Cal., Apr. 7. Shcop-shearlng season Is drawing to a close In Kern county and In a doz en camps, shoeprsbearora aro hurry ing to finish tbolr big task ot clip ping tho 250,000 sheep who are con tributing to tbo county's wool clip this spring. Weather Probabilities Tho Cyclo-Stormagraph at Underwood's Pharmacy has recorded but little change in tho barometric prosauro since yesterday's report, although tho tendency haa been slight ly downward. Howovor no marked change In weather condUons may he looked for during the next 34, hours. ' Forecast for next '24 heurs: Cloudy 'and warmer, followed by unsettled weather. DOUGAN IS SUPREME 0 romaln permanently, 4 i