University Llbrar 5tfj f?u ettata IteraUl A Caf Ad HWf Do It Today g News Today r Member of the Associated Press. s Fifteenth iVnr No. MOO KLAMATH PAIJJi, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, Al'HIli 1!7, 1021 PniOR FIVH CENTS 1000 ACRES TO BE PLANTED TO T l'UnllnK mint on tlio Caledonia inuruli will "'begin about Mar c. " mi Id Juntos Watklus, Jr., today. Ill conenrn, lliu Pacific Coast Mint " company, Intends to plnnt GOO ucros , this year and tho Klamath Mint company will also plant n bis ncro ,. ngo. Throfl cnrloml ot mint roaU from tho Wllllamotto valloy nro an tho ground for both planting, and two mora cara aro ordorod. Ha- t sides thoso, a largo quantity of ' rootn woro aocurod from tbo I'n clfla Mint company'a farm at Kaglo f Itldgo, whoro an experimental tract waa plantod last year. . Tho Pacific Mint company'a land has boon drained and la In oxcoll ont ahapo for cultivation. Expert- montii have boon mado with n plant Ing mnchlno and Mr. Watklns aaya It operates successfully and wl do away with tho todlous Old il band planting. Tho macblno will ' plant from flvo to tan acrca ot mint n day. "Mint growing In Klamath ban had thron yonrs'," said Mr. Wat '' kins, "and la beyond tbo Mago ot ex periment. Wo know that wo lutvo favorablo climate, tbo finest mint land In tho world and plenty of moisture. All things combine to mako thl country Idoal for mint raising und I confidently believe tbnt wlthlu tho noxt thrco or fonr yrari, tbo period It will tako us In im nlnf a out ilnKAlnnmnni mrk. in u mi j, i gram, wo will havo a million dol-' lar a year Industry." ' Eventually tho two big compan ies now operating on tho Calo donla mnrsh will have 2500 ncroi In mint and count upon a mini mum production of 160,000 pounds of mint oil annually. Uesldoa thero aro tho by product ot mint hay and roots, which add greatly to tho mint land rovenuo, Klamath mint oil, under analy sis, shows a tnonthol content of S per cent, against from 36 to 42 per cent In custom oil. Tho Ore gon oil Is rapidly bought up by oustom reflnoM, who, by n blend ing process, ralso tbo grado of tho ' eastern oil. Wllllamotto valloy growers, as ..well as local person ,aro greatly intorcstoii in tho Caledonia dovolop ment, and an excursion party, per haps morn than ouo, Is planned noxt month after planting Is well startod. i Western Nights Date Set for May 19 20 21 J J Th.ir-,!v. vrAA c, ......... nights. Muy 19, 20 and 21, have boon twlcctod by thu Klkn lodgo as tho nnnunl U'ntom Nights, and plans to mako tho occanlon momorablo uro under way. Thin nnnuul series of entertnln menta rpcalls tho wild and wully frontier tayn each your and has como to bo looked forward by local residents iui u erlod of Innocent fun making that Iioh tho appoal of tho picturesque old duyiH m FOILMKH IlICSIDKNT OF THIM CITV I)1KH AT UKIAH, CAL. News of tho death of J. D. alb son, which occurred Monday In Ukluh, California, us haa boon ro colvod hero. Mr. Olbnon went from Jioro to Ukioh lost October In hopo that tho change ot cllmnto would ben efit lila health. Ho In uurvlvod vy sev en, chlldron Valeria, Wilbur, Mar shall and Tholma Gibson ot this 'city, and throo others In Califor nia, 11UTH HITS HAPID PACE ON lUtOADWAY) PAYS FINK OF fff NEW YORK, April 27 Babo Ruth waa fined $26 In tho traffic court today for driving up Droadwny "lai wook at 27 mllos an hour. Tho -crowd rheored Ruth aftor he admit ted bo was sorry and had paid tho . lowest flno tbo court oould impose t- WEATHEB'RErpRT OREaON1 Tontght Wlrj Thurs. 4ay fair and wnrnW,'," M IS YEARj Albers' Conviction Is Reversed By the U. S. Supreme Court WASHINGTON. April 27 Upon motion of Kollcltor General Frier non, who confessed error, tho su premo court today rovoraod thu con viction of llonry Allium In Port land, Oregon, during tho war, on charge of having vlolatod thu ro plonago net by making alleged pro (lonnan utterances, . Will Preach Final Sermon Sunday Thn Rev. 12. 1. Lawrence will prvucli liU farewell sermon to tho looiil congregation noil Hunday. Ho la leaving noxt weak to tako clinrgo of tho Klrnt Preshytorlnu church nt Medford. Ho -will bo succeeded horu by tho ltov. Dr. Hlco, who 1 oxpected to urrlvo from Utah lato nuxt week. CHARGER WITH AHHAUIT I'. J. Hyan will bo triod In tho Jus tice court tomorrow aflornoon at ouo o'clock on n charge of iiswiult nnd bottory. brouglit by Charles llasicn, an Arabian. It wan learned toijay Dial tho l-nkonlilo Lumber Co, Iiom material for another H2 foot standard oil dor- I rl 'k on tho road, achndulod to arrive .,, .. ' .... Ill i iu ii(4i in r ilr auiiiiT j in i iivai null ir. Hlator rofutted to stnto who the puichaitont of tbli derrick woro, or whoro It wus, to bo erected, but that Information -will undoubtedly becomo public In tho near future. It wii predlctod by Tho Herald no mo wcoks ago that flvo wolls would bo drilled In tho Klamath district this nummor. Two now derrick al ready orcotod, and u third ono ship ped this early In tlio spring, Indlcato that tho Herald prophesy was not wild guoHH-work, aa xomu at tho Unio bellovod. CHURCH WORKERS ORGANIZER TO All) PASTORS Tho Christian Worker's Hand, tho purpono of which Is to uld tho pastors ot tbo local protcstant churchos, has beun organlted and tlio following idootod as efficers: C. H. narnstublo, Prosldont; Rob ert Milan, vico-pivsldont; Iloulali Jarvls, Secretary; Ruth Mlllor, Hoc- rotary; Dorothy Elliott, Chorlstor; Mr"' 1,nc,lcl Solomon, Superintend- .i. nt thn lunula. Tlin tin tnnnt I"K w '" xt Tuojdny OVOIllllR. HEARIN6 TODIT (Uy Aasoclatod Proas) 8ALKM, April 27. That O. K. Van Rlpor, Klamath county troaa uror bo fined $500 for falluro to obey tho mandato of tho supromo court rolatlvo to tho payments to J. M, Dougan, bulldor ot a court houso at Klamath Falls, U do mandod In tho caso of Dougan ver sus Van Rlpor which was arguod In tho supromo court this after noon. Followlnc n previous opinion of tho court Dougan waa paid all but $20,000 ot tho amount alleged to havo boon duo him. Ho lnstltutod mandamus proceedings against Van Rlpor for tho $20,000. Van Rlpor has fllod an amondod answor. ' To savo costs and tho oxpenao of bringing oxporls from San Francisco. Dougun'a nttornoys today oudeavorod to cut tho caso short by moving that tho court rondor Judgment on tho ploadings. OPERATION A SUCCESS O. L. Coin, who undorwont an ope ration' for appondldtlsat tho Klam ath gen oral hospital 'yesterday, is resting well today. Tho operation was performed by Drs. Patleraon and Crtver. ANOTHER OIE DERRICK ON THE ROAD HERE Mil T B ALL TO I IN Tho season of tho year Is hero when America can expect Its annual loss through foront fires. To call at tention ot all citizen to tliolr duties of aiding In avortlng as far as Is In dividually poMlblo tho great annual waste, President Hording has Issued tho following proclamatien: WHEREAH, tho destruction by foreHt fires In tho United Btotoo in volvcs an annual low of approximate ly $20,000,000 and tho devastation ot approximately 12,500,000 acros of Umborland and other natural resour ces, and WHEREAS, tho present deplora bly largo area ot non-productivo land Is bolng groutly Increased by 33,000 or moro forest fires which occur each yoar, and 'WHEREAS, tho monnco of n fu ture timber shortogo throatons to bo como a prosent economic tact seri ously affecting our social and Indus trial welfare, and WHEREAS, it lareo PorccnUigo c' tho forest fires canning tho annual wnato of natural resources may ba prevented by Increasing caro and vig ilance on tho part ot citizens: THEREFORE. I, WARREN O. HARDINO, President of tho United States, do urgo upon tho governors of the various States to deslgnato and set opart tho week of May 22-28. 1921, as Forest Protection Wook, and to roquost all citlrens of tholr states to plan for that wook ouch educa tional and Instructlvo exercises as shall bring before tho pooplo tho serious and unhappy effects of tho present unnecessary wnsto by forcut fires, and tho nood of tholr Indlvldu nl and collcctlvo otforts In conserv ing tbo natural resources of Amoricn. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I havo hereunto sot my hand and caused tbo seal ot tho United States ot America to bo affixed. DONE In tho District of Colum bia, this 7th dny of April, In tho year ot our lord Ono Thousand Nino .Hundred and Twonty-ono and- or tho Independence of the United States ot America tho One Hund red and Flftr-orui. WARREN G. IEARDINC1 Uy tho President; CHARLES B. HUfJHES. Secretary ot Slate. Fugitive Has Three Charges Against Him Officers aro seeking William Wlmtnor, harbor, who is alleged to havo docamped Sunday night In a stolen car, after assaulting his wife, whom ho loft practically penniless with two small children to care for. ' Complaints havo bean filed by tho wife charging tho fugltlvo with assault and alao with adultery and rape In tho luttor complaints a 16 yoar old girl, rosldent hero for tho last month or two, Is named. IVimmer- had boon horo for a yoar and u half, first with Swanson's shop and later with tho Mars. Former Librarian Dead In Denver Friends horo havo rccolvod news ot tho death In Donvor, Colorado, April 19, last, of Mrs. Emma Tat hot, tor many yoars city librarian or Klumuth Kails. Doath occurrod at tho homo ot her duaghtor Mrs, Henry Cadou, also a former resident of tho city, and was causod by ncute Rrlght'a disease. Sho was 69 years old. Mrs. Talbot, during hor long portod ot sorvico in tbo local li brary, mado many frionds. Sho was a woman ot unusually cheerful tomporamont, with a helpful word for nil, and word of her doath will bo rocolvod with sorrow In Klamath county. TWO HUNDRED AT1MNCU Two hundred persons attonded tho dance nt tho Scandinavian hall last ovouing, given by tho arrangements conunlttoo of tho chambor ot com merce. Tho ubo of tho hall and tho musio woro donated, leaving tho ro colplu available for tho chambor of commorco eorvico fund, Tbo admis sion foo was ono dollar . About ono hundred and fifty dollars was raised. TWO NEW JAME8 FOR PLACES INTERSTATE COMMERCE BOARD WASHINGTON, April 37 E. I. Lewis of Indianapolis and Ji B, Campbell of Spokane have been nominated by President Harding as membors of 'tho Interstnto commcrco commission, 1 KT S5DJD0 Dl CONTRACT TO BE LET H 10 Rids will bo opened at tho recla mation norvlco offlco hero May 10, for construction of tho diversion dam ucross Lost rhor near Merrill, which will nupply water for Tulo Lake lands. Tho bridge construction Is in tho neighborhood of a $50,000 Job, It is estimated. Tho situ ot Uio dam In on tho William Iloguo ranch, at the Lost rlvor brldgo crossing. iocal content contractors aro show. Ing considerable interest In this Job, nnd several local bids aro expected. Tho contract Includes tbo excavation for tho hoadgaton for tbo canal, It Is reported. Tho government furnishes tho gatos, bowovcr. Tho dam will supply wator for tho Tulo Lake lands, and Ro convoy tho nrtnr to tho lands moro than tour to tcs of main ditch must bo built and four mllos, or moro, of laterals, Tho ditching will bo dono by tho sovcrnment, employing day labor. C. of C. Members Will Boost Home Industry "Must Ho Packed In Wooden Uoies," is tho request on rubber stamps distributed at tho Cham ber ot Commcrco forum luncheon today, tho Intention being for all local buyers to ubo tbo stamp on orders for outstdo goods. Uao ot wooden boxes boost a basic local Industry, box manufacturing. It Is a fact that a largo part ot mer chandise shipped Into Klamath Falls comes in flbro containers. ' Dr. Thomas Clarka ot Seattle, Red Cross director, addressed tho forum on tho pcaco tlmo program of tbo Rod Cross. J. H. Dlackmore, the American City Uureau's field secretary, who Is hero to organ- Izo tho working program ot tho now Chamber of Commcrco, out lined plans of organization. Ho compared tho chamber to tho old Now England town meeting, In which all citizens had a voice. A general petition was pro sonted asking tho Soutborn Pacific to reinBtato J. D. Duncan, a for mer conductor, dlsmlssod on ac count ot a wreck. ' Tbo Rov. C. F. Trlmblo mado an address of apprlcatlon ot tho work horo ot tho Rov. E. P. Lawrence, Presbyterian pastor, who leaves noxt week for Me'dford. H. V. Marshall contributed a mandolin solo and community sing ing was a feature of tho gather ing. Delinquency Case icy Ju Nears Jury's Hands The Jury nltop 1.1 minute deliber ation, nt it;:lO o'clock this iiflvraooii returned n u-nllct of not guilty. Argument by tho dofonso was started In tho circuit court nt tbo opening of tho aflornoon session tt tho trial of the stnto against John O'Connor, Dick Williams and UMIko Daly by II. M. Manning, at torney for defendants. Tbo stato's argument was prcscntod this morn ing by District Attorney Drower. Tho caso, which Involves alleg ed contribution to delinquency ot n minor girl, will probably icach tho lury lato this afternoon. FORT KLAMATH RANCHER MARRIES MERRILL GIRL Merle John Loosloy, member ot a woll known Fort Klamath family, and Misa Marion Helen Zblndor, wfaoso homo haa been at Merrill, woro qulotly married yostcrdny nt 6 o'clock by tho Rov. E. P. Lawrence They will mako tholr homo on tho bridogroom's ranch In tho Fort Klamnth district. SUIT ON NOTE A suit was startod In tho circuit court today by Mitchell, Lewis and Stavor, a corporation, against J. B Patterson to collect a noto for $02.25 alleged to havo boon due since Aug ust 16, 1920, with attorney's tees ol 35' A prophet la not without honor in his commuuity aa long as ho pays his bills. Four Poachers Are Captured After Battling Wardens! OREGON CITY, April 27. Wardens mudo four arrests last night while patrolling tbo Wllllam otto to prevent poaching but thero was no repotitlon ot tho vlolcnco ot Monday night, as result ot which 14 warrants wcro Issued lato yes terday. Whllo doputlci wcro pa trolling tho Wllllamotto, tho gang or poacbors dragged tho Clackamas river. According to reports today tho Oregon City Chamber of Com mcrco In considering Illegal fish ing. ' PORTLAND, Ore, April 27. Dop uty game wardons wero attacked near Oregon City Monday night by fish parties, Carl D. Sbocmhker, master fish wardon, reported today. Two boats operated by tho wardens wcro attacked by men on tbo nearby bluffs, who hurled rocks and finally tho parties ot poachers put out on throo boats of tholr own and drovo tho officers from tbo river. Ono shot was fired Officers mudo ono arrest. Rolnforcements wcro sent to tho sccno today by rfiato officers. DORR18, Cal., April 27. What was characterized as tho biggest idea ror cooperative dovoiopmcnt ever conceived in this county was tbo Associated Chamber of Commerce of Siskiyou county, organized Monday evening at Yrokn. W3th member from every cluimbcrot commerce In Siskiyou county, tho nowly formed body will bo a potential power In tho community of progress. The nil r noun or thn rmxnrlnf Inn la In ' bring about closo cooperation of tho various communities in Siskiyou county In matters ot common interest and to promoto amlcablo and harmo- Inious relationship between tho mem bora ot tho organization. Tho mooting was held at tbo Hotel Clarendon whoro a banquet was laid for CO pcoplo. During tbo discussion a resolution was unanimously adopt ed endorsing tho highway from Weed i to Klamath Falls upon which tho Weod Lumber Company has already begun work. I Officers for tho association wero elected from various section of the county. Mr. Hauck ot Yroka, Is pros jidont; MK Ifotallng ot Dunsmuk, vlco-prosldont; Mr. Apporson, ot Sis son, secretary and Mr. Hagolsleln ot Dorrls, treasurer. Tho will of Dr. Reward Daly, or Lakeview, which sot aside a $700, 000 trust fund for tho education ot tho youth ot Lake county, has boen found valid by Fodcrol Judgo Rob ert S. Roan, who sot aside tho suit brought by relatives to cancel tbo will, says tho Portland Journal. On Decembor 24, 1920, 1G surviv ing relatives living In Oregon, Ire land and Italy, fllod a suit to break tho will, which established a truit tund ror tho collego education tor tho young pooplo ot Luko county. Dr. Daly, a ploneor In Lake county, desired, according to tho terms ot his will, to holp about IS young people in Lato county each year to got a collogo education. Ho willed thnt the fortune ho had mado should bo cro ated into n trust fund and provided that cortaln men should administer tho fund and docldo on tho worthy studonts. Dr. Daly olectod that tho trustoea ot tho fund should bo tho prealdont ot the Untvorsity ot Ore gon, prosldont ot Oregon Agricultu ral collogo and, tho directors ot the Dank ot Lakeview and their suc cessors. BABY AT BONANZA Dr. R7 B. CrVer reports the birth ot a baby daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mahouey of Bonanza' yester day. snuco. CIVIC BODIES ARE COMBINED DALY WILL IS DECREED VALID SEAMEN FIRM AGAINST HEA , WE SCALE WASHINGTON,, April 27. Sharp I difforenco in opinion as to tbo wago reductions between Chairman Don son of tho United States shipping board, and tho spokesmon for Marino workers dovolopod at tho oponlng to day of tho confarenco called by tho chairman in an effort t avert tho threatened strike, May 1. Androw Furusotb, president ot tho International Soamon'a union and other spokoomon for tbo workors, de clared tbo 1G per cent reduction, de clared by Rear Admiral Donson to bo ncccisary, was unacceptable to tho unions. Rcnson said that present economic conditions fully warrant tho reduction of marino wages. STILL DEBATING GERMAN PIITT. WASHINGTON, April 27. Word from tho allied capitals as to tho acceptability of tbo German counter proposals on reparations was await od today by Secretary Hughes, bo foro bo framed a reply to tbo lato Dcrlln communication. LONDON, April 27. Tho Bri tish government today requested Its representatives in Berlin to In qulro informally regarding the new German reparations offer to clear up the ambiguity concerning tho term ot years in which the pay ments would bo mado. ' PARIS. April 27. "Premier Oriand is considering the German reparations proposals. When tho de cision Is reached it will bo com municated first to tho United States government. In tbo political cir cles close to tho promiler belief Is expressed that tbo Ruhr district vould bo occuppled Immediately af tor May 1. PARIS, April 27. Tho Fronch government today sont word to Am bassador Jusscrand at Washington that tho German reparations pro posals aro absolutely unacceptable fo Franco. ki MARKET REPORT PORTLAND, April 27. Cattlo steady; hogs 75 cents, prime light $9.50 and $10; sheop and eggs .itcady; butter two cents lower. DEMPSEY. TRAINING NEW YORK, April 27. Jack Dompsoy today began formal train ing at Summit, New Jersey, for the Carpcntler match on July 2. CITY LEAGUE HALL TOSSEH8 WILL HOLD MEETING TONIGHT Managers ot tho clubs ontored In tho city basoball league, with tbo playora, and representatives ot any organizations that dosiro entrance to tho league, wilt meet at tho chambor ot commorco rooms tonight to plan tor tho coming season. Auto Assn Auto Association Meeting Tonight Tho Klamnth County Automobile association will hold a mooting at the chamber of commorco rooms tonight at 8 o'clock to formulate a working program for tho summer. Tho Wood to Klamath FallB road will bo ono ot tho Important matters discussed. President Groosbock re quests a general atfendanco and asks nil mombons to como propared with suggestions. ' Weather Probabilities O Tho Cyclo-Stormagraph at Un dorwoooV's pharmacy continues to register a high baromotric pressure and a continuation of present weather, conditions may reasona bly be expected, tor st, least .anoth er day. Forecast tor next 24 heurs: Clear weather tonight aud con tinued cool, with moderato winds.