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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1921)
TinmftDAY, avv r, imi. U TheErening Herald MURRAY- ..Bdltor . BOULH . .City Editor Published Jally, except Sunday, by ni h gTIWI m Herald ruDiisning uompany 01 th Falls, at 11 Elf nth Street, storedt the poitortlce at Kla aMtW Tail; Ore.? for transmission throat the malls aa accond-clau atter. EH OP"THB ASSOCIATED Ml PKE8S. Tke Associated Frea ti exclusively Mtltled to the te for republication f all news dispatches credited to It, r ot otherwise credited la this aer, and also tho local nowa pub atelier herein. THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1021. .Bah Placed on Smoking Within, Olympic Forest Herald. Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, July 7. Smoking during; periods of flro danger, on na tional forest lands within the cy tlone-swept area of the Olympla pen insula, Wash., has been prohibited on and after July 1 by Secretary of Ag riculture Wallace In an amendment to the rules and regulations for the so and protection of tho national forests. Exception to the smoking rale Is made on Improved camping grounds designated by the supervisor t the. Olympla national forest, and Improved places of human habitation. The area covered by the no smoking rder amounts to some 540,000 areas, and Includes all of the Olympla na tional forest west of a lfne extending from the east ond of Lake Creicent. aoathward a distance of apprax.'- aaately forty-five miles to the oast nd of Lake Qulnault. The period of tire, danger during which no smoking will be permitted is to be dctermlnnd and publicity announced by the dU trict forester at Portland, Or. Great Daager of Fire The fire trap created by tho cy elono on January 29, which swept the forests of the Olympla penin sula in a wind estimated to havo reached ICO miles an hour, la the worst known In the history of the country. Over 6,750,000,000 feot of timber, on a strip 90 miles long and from 20 to 30 miles wide, was blown down by the storm, and now lies in a tangle mass. The greatest damago was done on state and private lands; aly about 1,000,000,000 feet of national forest timber being wind thrown. Should tire ever gain bead way In this devastated area forest ers say that the most stupendous conflagration In the annals of tho nation would result. Matin- Cheese and Produce Co. Formed The Matin Cheese and Produce company filed articles of Incorpora tion with the ccunty clerk lato yes terday. The company plans to manufacture both cheese and but ter, purchasing the milk and cream produced In the vicinity of Malln. The Incorporators are: Harry E. Wilson, E. D. Smith, V. J. Spolek, W. A. Lyman, V. A. Kanyus and Anton But The capitalization Is 6,000, divided into 120 shares at $50 each. The company is a co operative affair, designed to develop the Malln dairying Industry. Fred Baker, local lawyer, is attorney for the company. : A classified Ad will sell It. MICKIE SAYS GEY AGSBESSUE " AOVJEKnSH VET FOIXS VCMOw) NOO ARE OM EWTtVO. TUfc S WEK EAUy GET TUEVR WajWtrJ 111 SA UCDCkcven r?m I tuEN oee oonx GeY w WERE ON 6AWtt UJ mrfp j m wxmnixjoytr aj t V9 THE ho n flSS'N EMS STJITIISHLLS Responsivo to requests recently made, the following statement is made by President It. W. VInnedge of the West Coast Lumbermen's as sociation with the thought that, as approximately 65 per cent of the pay rolls of the western parts of the states of Oregon and Washington are dependent upon tho prosperity of the lumber Industry, conditions of reeling this Industry would bo of general public Interest: "Operating conditions during the past eight months have been most difficult. Large stocks were carried over on account of slack demand last year,- which have passed to consump tlon slowly. Production during the year bss been far from normal with conse quent reduced pay rolls and resultant lessened buying power, which has been felt by alt lines of trade de pendent upon the largest Industry of these states. Stocks today are slightly bcloiv normal. Although costs have only decreased 35 per cent, sales prices aro 65 per cent below peak prices, Other Items entering Into tho cost or building havo not been sufficient ly reduced, which, unfortunately for those dependent upon tho lumber Industry, has delayed tho return of prosperity until such factors, in cluding building labor, accept re ductions which will bo more satis factory to tho buying public. Further delay by such building factors In get ting In line with present commodtly values Js delaying Cho return 'of prosperity which means to the states of Oregon and Washington increas ed payrolls and tho consequent pros perous conditions felt by general bus iness following the increased buying power of those given employment by tho lumber Industry of tho north west A survey recently taken among west coast-mills to ascertain the ex tent of the Fourth of July closo down, re'veals that oyor 50 .per cent of tbo mills will close approximately ten days. This apparent eagerness to oper ato may be mlalnterpretated by fhoso not familiar with present con ditions in the Industry. ' , Briefly, tbeso conditions 'aro tho most serious the northwest mills have faced in the past decado. Railroad rates havo been advanced to tho point which Is very directly reflect ed in the sale of lumber. Tho north west ih particularly Directed as a result. It sblpH Its lumber 2200 miles before reaching tho, center of population, and tho freight on that lumber equals, and In many cases exceeds the f. o. b. mill price of tbo lumber. The average saw mill cannot close down without maintaining a certain organization. It costs the average mill $4000 to $6000 every month EVENING HERALD.' KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON THE LOG JAM it remains idle mauy mills two or thrco times this amount. It an on oration can continue and como near this mark, It will do so, oven to ox tent of losing slightly more, because by so doing It maintains Its organ ization, gives employment to Its men, and retains its trado built up over a period of years. The solution of presont conditions lies but In slight part in tho hands of lumber operators themselves. First, tho northwest must hnvo rail rates to Its consuming territory which will permit it to compete with the south our keenest competitor. There Is much we can do In so curing a higher average sales price for our lumber. This we are en deavoring to bring about through the West Coast Forest Product bur eau, which Is the market extension activity of tbo northweit lumber In dustry. Wb must Increase the use of lumber. The output In the United States Is greater than the normal demand. The per capita consump tion of lumber has dropped from 521 feet Tn 1904 to 312 feet In 1919. This tells story. WVj must do what our competitors aro doing; namely, ad vertise our product. This, tho lum inc. LUU JAM ; ' ber Industry is doing through tiiohot more, farm buildings, any tariff National Lumber Manufacturers us- wnlcn would add to tho cost of con soclation, which Is launching a cam- atructlon would result In serious de palgn to portray the real facts and ,,Jr ,n olving the housing problom problem of the Industry an well as' and tho equally Important need of the virtue of our west coast products. This is ono of tho activities recent ly mentioned by tho fedorat trade commission as being grounds for a congressional Investigation. Notwith standing this, heckling attltudo of tho commission, tho Industry will tako this obviously buslnoss-llko method to exploit Its product. ' We ore endeavoring to maintain an eight-hour day, when all of our competitors aro on a ten-hour basis Wo are maintaining a minimum wago scalo of $3.00 per day. In tho south tho minimum, wage Is $0.90 to $1.50 per day for ten hours. With the limited domand for lum ber, It Is obvious from the foregoing facts that tho northwest lumber In dustry Is at a distinct disadvantage. We must meet -the handicap by re duclng(costs and by securing greater efficiency. Labor has taken a con siderable reduction, and doubtless must take more. Tho reported statement by a Washington labor rep resentative in Denver last week to tho effect that "unbridled waga slash ing" Is reported as being carried nn In this stato is mischievous and nl- culated to prejudice minds of labor against accopt necessary deflation bor against accepting the necqssary from pip peak which overy commod ity must and will ,accppt boforo wo can again roallzo tbo impetus of a revival. From this name representa tive Is heralded through tho coun try tho 'corrupt political situation In Washington duo to tbo fact that tbo state legislature Is dominated by lumber ' Interests" which is so obviously puerile us to require no donlal. Ho admits the! "industrial conditions in the stato aro demoralized," which Is anout tho only rational deduction to be found In the whole interview, Let htm as sist In solvjng tho problem by con structive acts rather than by'lcono- clastic misrepresentation. Tho northwest lumber Industry realizes and respects tho "living standard of tho workmen" ,by paying hlghor wages and working less hours than any other lumber-producing Tog Ion in tho United Statos. Public opinion, Including organlzod labor, should rebuke tho uncalled for at tack upon this commonwealth and upon tho largost Industry In tho state." Tariff on Lumber Is Opposed By Forestry Enthusiast Herald Wanhlagtoa Bureau WASHINGTON, July 7. Declaring that ho Is opposed to any tariff on lumber, Charles Lathrop Pack, of the American forestry association, In a statement sent to President Harding Jast before the president departed for his holiday, points out several reasons why ho believes congress should not Impose such a tariff Mr. Pack believes that with t!ir country In vital need of at lenti 1,- 000,000 homes and qulie as many, If bulldlngs for agricultural purposes, ho believes that now is tho time to build becauso It Is certain that prices of lumbor will Increase as tho years go by to such an extent that unless adequate housing U now pro vided, It will be seriously retarded by growing costs. He also bolloves that any tariff which will add-to the cost of paper Is Inadvlsablo becauso It will mater ially affect tho production of news papers, magazines and books, tho greatest educational mediums in tho country. 'Another reason advanced in op position to the tariff by Mr. Pack Is his belief that no restrictions should bo mado against the use of tho national resources of any coun try by tho Unltod States when such natural resources of Its own are be Maaa 5 afW VICTROLA IV $25 :3 ' ' ' vicTROLA vih $50 tori Shepherd Co. viotrola ix -17s ' Klamath's Only Exclusive Music Store ' Phone 282-J ing steadily decreased by our con stant need of thorn. ' ' Finnlly ho doclarcd that our own forests ftro being doplotod at such an oxtont that It wilt bo false economy to adopt any measure which would Increase tho demands upon thorn when such demands can bo supplied by Importation from oilier countries. Tho time Is now'horo, ho says, when wo havo awnkoncd to n- realization of tho sorloun situation brought nliout by our diminishing forest nrem mid our falluro to provldo means fur per potuatlng our forests ho that the) will provldo for our piesent as well as our future ncods. CALIFORNIA NEWS I SACRAMENTO A bitter controv ersy, which may flamo Into violence, has broken out here betweon moni tors of tho Muslim Association and Afghan colony, us a result of tho visit of Princess Fatlmn hero. Mem bers of tho colony nllogo that tho Muslim organization have sought to tako credit for tho reception ten dered tho princess, In splto of tho fact that they spent ovor $1000 on the affair, raised by contributions among tho monitors. 8ACKAMBNTO Stilt In equity has boon filed In tho superior court by John August Mctzgcr against Thomas W, Miller, as alien property cus todian of tho United States, to re cover an estate In Sacramento val uod about $60,000, Attorney Thom as P. Lccpor, attorney for plaintiff, says th lii Is tho first suit of Its kind ever filed In the local court and perhaps In California. DAVIS A grain fire, believed to havo been caused by sparks from a passing locomotive, on Ihe Frank Charles ranch, swept a path across tho country two mllos wide and six long boforo It was subdued. Ttio flro was tho most disastrous In this sec tion for 30 years. BAN FltANCISCO Mistaken a firecracker for candy, 3-year-old Val uta Nelson died from tho effect of phosphorus poisoning. Tho child, ac cording to her mother, ate ono of Are You Prepared? FLY-TIME IS HERE We have a large tock of SCREEN DOORS in three design, to fit all regular door openings. These doors are made of clear, kiln dried, California white pine cov ered with the best grade of rust proof,, galvanized wire, and put to gether with hardwood wedge dow els a patented process which makes an exceedingly rigid door. "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BIG BASIN LUMBER CO. "Everything to Build With" Phone 107 Main & Spring Sts .. fc...............vtVuWunj THESE SUMMER EVEN INGS AT HOME OR IN CAMP During tho dusk hour of tho qulot summor evenings Is ono of tho tlmos you really appreciate a Vlctrola and a fow good records. Summor Vaca'tlon Models aro $25, $35, $46, $50 and $75 on terms as low as $6 per month. I Full vnluo allowed on ox chango for largo cablnot bIzoh anytime within six months. ' For "Just ft Song at Twi light" you need that Vlc trola now. PAon ( the flrocrackors and bocame violent ly III soon aftorward, Troatmont.ata local hospital was unavailing. WOODLAND Fivo fires tn differ unt 'parts of Yolo county .burned ovor about 7000 acres of grain land anil catinod a proporly loss clima ted nt $200,900 or more. ' ttl LOB ANOKLES Orel Peters ,a' garage mechanic of Hollywood, ' 11 years of ago, lost his llfo In a herolo effort Hunday to save tho Ufa ot woman bather In ihe. heavy breaker at Anaheim landing, a beach ruiort near horo. Llvo layers in u surf boat saved tho woman, but woro unable to roach Peters, who was carried undo'r In tho sight of a throng,' Ilia family from Carson City, Nev wit nessed his traglo bit heroic death, BAN'FHANOIBCO Oil field opera (Ions rnportod to Stain Oil and Gas Supervisor It. E. Collom during the , week ending June 25, 1911, show 30 new wells startod, as compared with 31 during tho previous, week: Tho total new wells this year Is 75S as compared with 443 tho same date last year. Tests for water shutoff numbered 43, as compared with 31 during tho provious wook. Yearly total to date, 786; total to mh dato last yoar, (03. , I OR ASS VALLEY In the midst of heavy Fourth of July buslne, saloons conducted hero by A. N. Stoutonberg, Irrael James and Pete Nicholea, wore raided by federal of ficers and the proprietors arrested. HELD KOU HAFH ULOWIMJ, BOND FIXED AT 9.1,000 d Itoucblng. charged with crack ing safes of stores at Mt. Hebron . and Dorrls recently, was held to answer after preliminary hearing at Dorrls yesterday. In default of $5000 bond ho was remanded to Jail at Vrcka. II. M. Manning, local attor ney, Is counsel tor tho dofendant. Charles Knjrdor, alleged partner la tho robbery, will have an examina tion later. Patent medicines are forbidden en trance. Into Italy, Rumania, Algeria and Slerrn Ione. VICTROLA VI $36 ir sir irrii 507 Main St. Bllff3u!sKBl7BllflVBPB13w & sAAAstnAArulJVUVMJ If It's Loose We WU1 Move It O. K. TRANSFER CO. 124 S. Sixth St. Phone 87 h'i4- Ayvtvuijv