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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1921)
..".. I9U1 ,TT ,-vi .? H 5. T A Com rVt7Z Fifteenth Yrnr No. H0H3. Kirn Chief Keith Ainlironn Mnted today that tlm word situation In this city luiil reached n point whom somo notion hail to bo tnknu regarding It. ,Vlltiln tlm Inst fnw weeks, thn vacant loin In thn flrn llmltn of the city" had been covered with u tail rank growth nn,i now, nlnco hot weather had not In, nro dry 1Kb fnt and constitutes n serious flro men ace. People who llvn within tho'aown town flro limit havn boon rnsponslto to notification about cutting, says tho chief, but the situation out elde tho business dlntrlct In thn rnsl dontlal part la different, and In the Hot Springs and Hoeond II.' 8. addi tion) owing In n number of Iota be ing owned by pooplo living away from horn, llttlo hss boon accom plished. Many loral owners havo Idtn be tween the one belonging lo outside parties, but It In useless to try nnd compel tho local people to cut and not tho foreign owner. llallof wonld bo sought at tho meeting ot the city council tonlghtr ho oald. The flro chief atatrd that ho con sidered thn wonds a hazard to thin city at all time nnd that hn would call upon tho people who hod civic pride, ni well aa thosu who desired to keep tho Oregon Iniuranco Rat ing bureau from Increasing Insur nni rates here, to get busy with a ayctho and lay I hi flrn hazard low wuuo i lie o rll n aliens providing u flno ranging from & to fto for fail ure to keep wnod cut, a llttlo com rawasease'MHshWftald.saYa.jnany peo ple a tine, aa well aa koop the In auranca rates lower. No fires have occured slncn bun flro parmUs wero tabooed. WILL RECOMMEND KM . FIIIB ItKI.IC UK HAZED Thn city council nro scheduled to meet this evening ut thn city hall to pass on salary bills and other Items In connection with municipal affairs. Flro Chlnf Ambrose haa Inspected tho remains of thn Com rooming house which mm partlully destroyed by flrn last year and will report tonight that ni It Is damnged mnro than SO per rent, urordlng lo tho Oregon state laws, It constitutes n flro menaco and should be razed. ' Tho York rooming houto haa com piled with tho rulings about provid ing rear titalrways andj othor re quirements and tho pormlt will bo approved by tho flro chief for grant ing of u license thoro, TAX Jll'I'OKTION.MK.Vr . : Timi:i vi;it to ci TV County TroHHtiror G. K. Van Illpor on July 26 turned Into tho city treas urer nnother portion of thn appor tionment of tho taxes colloctod dur ing tho first six months of 1921 amounting to 13,008.07. Home of this money according to Mr. Van lllper,, dates back to 1000 taxes but tho bulk Is the 1920 assessment. Only about 40 por cent ot tho tax was reportod collected to dato, near ly all of It being from Klamath Fail lists. Tho farmers have pnfd but llttlo of tho tax apportioned to them. DOHIUH MAN TAKES HRIDH IN THIS CITY Kthol Hly, Hlstor of Mm. W. 1). Miller of thin city, was married to Charloa Owen df Dorria, nt hor sis ter's homo Sunday ovonlng nt 8:00 o'clock, by tho llov. C. F. Trimble. At tho closo of tho leromony a wod ding suppor was served to tho now ly wed and the fow friends nnd rol ntlvos who witnessed tho coromony. The young pooplo wilt reside on a ranch noar Dorrls, ENJOYARLE PICNIC Tho ladles ot 'tho'Moosoh'oart' le gion reported Unit a very successful picnic wan hold yesterday at Hock creak und that tho nffalr -wnn well attended. Tho uffair will bo staged each year and tho plans for tho oc casion noxtyoar wl" 1)0 outlined nt the' mooting of tho legion tonight nt, the Moouu hall. CITY MUST GET RfD OF WEEDS, ASSERTS CHIEF oT Harding Predicts Disarmament Plan Will Be Success PM'.MOIJTir. Aug. I .Hope that tho coming disarmament lonfernnco may bring n now era of peoro to tho world was expressed by Pntldcnt Harding today In an address nt thn tercentenary of tho landing of tho Pilgrims. Characterizing tho International situation an more than promising tho president tuumrtod tho need of com mon toloranrn nnd understanding planted by thn I'llgrlm fathnr.1 was beginning to bear fruit a thousand fold In tho relations between nntljiu Distress and depression 'nt homo lp pronUso of early recovery nnd tho United Hind's will carry on with unwavorlng faith, ho said. E FIRST EIRE' HE MET Twenty yearn ago today Cbarlo Hall, president of tho First National bank, stato senator from tho Coo district and president of tho, state chamber of rommorco, crossed tho Columbia river from Kalamo, Wash., to thn Oregon aide. Ho had a twonlyi dollar bill and some small chango romalnlng from tho lO'.i.CS, which was thn sum of his wealth when ho left rnnnsylvanla. Although ha lived within 100 mites of Pittsburgh, tho young trav eller had nuvor aeon a largo city until hoj started west. Tho Pan American exposition was on In Huf (uio. ami n n took in th. fair for a iley-ortwo. then bought a" ticket for Oregon Railway traveling was not so costly then a now, but It put a crimp In tho original $19. 0, al though ho oconomlied on a berth and slopt lu the day coach clear ncrosa tho continent. Hall had a brother toachlng school at Clifton, Hood Itiver coun ty. Tho brother llvod In Claksanle. Twenty yeara ago tt)ls evening, call ing on his brother, tho now son of Oregon was prevented to Miss Ann English. Bho was tho first ot tho fomlnlnn sex to whom hn was Intro duced In tho htato. ' Miss Kngllsh. wa young, but shn had Idea ot her own. She talked over tho acquaintance with hor mother. A flno appearing young man," waa the mothor'a verdict. "Humph, commented the young lady. "Looks to mo aa If he'd Just como oft tho Indian reservation." A year lator, Mr. Hall met Miss Kngllsh ngnln In Lnno county, wbllo ho haa cruising somo timber thcro. Perhups.Bho llkod hint hotter on sec ond acquaintance Anyway, somo four yeara later aho married him, and their frlunds nil say that each of tho succeeding 15 years haa bound tho bonds of mutual res poet und affoctlon tighter. It's a long story, tho growth' ot tho original 20 bill Into tho pro sent ompotunco, ndeod tho original 120 vanished quickly, and thoro was a period of bedrock struggling. To toll It all would moan the writing ot a new romance, for which now pspor writers havo nelthor gift nor time. Hut tho suavo nnd courteous gentleman, who Is head ot a flour ishing hunk, a telephone corporation and sovoral othor enterprises, heads tho state chamber of commorco and Is a leader of tho state 'lawmakers. Is not nt all rotlcent regarding thou early dny struggles. Ho looks upon It all as part ot tho gamo ot llfo und ho plays tho game with bh much xcat nn ho did 20 years ago today, whon hn crossed tho old Kulama forry and first set foot In the stato. HURT UNDKR HAY WAOON Cloorge Fordney, a young rancher In tho Dairy country, wns reportod Injured Saturday when ha was run over by, a loaded hay wagon. It was reportod that tho ' boy's chest vas badly crushod. HAMPTON FUNKRATi Tho funeral ot tho lata Thomas H. Hampton was hold from tho Whit lock chopol yo'storday, nor. Arthur Wco officiating. Interment was In the I, 0, O, cemetery. M M tftmg Iteratf! Member of the KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TO m n SITS THE ISUlf WILL HR BE gHHl HAN JUAN, P. It. Aug. 1. Gov- ornor K. Mont Roily, tho nowly ap- pointed chief exncutlvo of Porto Rice, was Inaugurated today with appro' prlato ceremonies and In tbo courso of his Inaugural address declared strongly against any agitation for- Independence of tho Islands which, ho said, cumo largely from foreign era. "So long as Old dory waves over tho United States, It will wavo o'?r Porto Itlco," declarod the govornor. Ho centinued: "I want you to bo fully aware that there Is no room In Porto Itlco for any forelgnor who I not willing to support and uphold our ostibllshod government. There Is no sympathy or possible hopo In the United Htf" for Independence for Porto Itlco, from any Individual, or from any political party. "Tho last two great national con ventions held In the United States, democratic and republican, declared unanimously against Independence for Porto Itlco. Nelthor, my friends, Isjhero any placo In those Islands for Any flag, savo the flag of our belorod and common country, the stars and stripes, and thoro shall never be. So long as old glory waves over tho Unltod States, It will wavo over Porto Itlco. "If" a majority of tho peoplo'of these Islands doslro a chango In their government, I would sug gest that thoy advocate statehood. Plan to place yoursehes" In the same condition and situation that obtains In Now York, Missouri, and California, nnd trust the American people for a perpetual aqusro deal. If you can bring this happy condi tion about, you can then elect your own governor, your own congress man, your own United States sena tors and then, you can fully onjoy the privileges and fruits ot tho lib erty of statohood." "In accepting this call to tho gov ernorship, at tho bands o't our great chief oxocutlvo, I havo dono so with an open hand, an open mind, and an open heart, for all of tho peoples of these Islands, safl Govornor ItcUy. I havo not como here so much to govern, but to bo one nt you and to bo your servant. I bo-' County Court Names County Fair Board County court mot Saturday after noon and among tbo business trans acted other than tho allowing of tho regular monthly bills, appointment of tho county fair board was an nounced. Tho personnel will In'ludo, Clydo Rradloy for thrco years, P.. K. nradbury for two years and R 11 Wilson, ono year. A session will be held this ottor noon for tho payment of county bills. Now flooring and piling for coun ty bridge near niy on tho Spraguo river, which It is said, Is in neod of repairing, will be considered. CON CUMIN HURT Con Curtln, who operates a ranch on tho Merrill road, was badly in jured Saturday afternoon whon he was thrown from a mower. It was necessary to bring Mr. Curtln Into the hospital by ambulance. Although he Is not dangerously Injurod he will bo confined to his bed for somo tlmo. HOY IN WIE8T FAMILY Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wlest .are tbo parents of a son, born Saturday afternoon. The youngster weighed olght pounds on arrival, and li de veloping lustily. His mother Is do Ing well. Ho haa been named Wll Ham Allen Jr REPLACING BOARD WALK WITH CEMENT PAVEMENT Commit sldowalk Is being laid on tho east stdo of Eighth street from Main to Pine streets by n crow ot men undor Thomas Ambroghettl. only u block will bo layed ut present. Associated Press, MONDAY, AVOVHT 1, jpai FROM THE I S. llovo that those people who nro least governed aro usunlly best governed, and aro tnn most contended and happy.' I havo not como hero to bo the governor of any class, any party, any inct or any religion, but to bo governor of nil tho people. "I know thcro has been strong party differences In Porto Wen as I to how governmental affair should be conducted, and while I do not question tho absoluto patriotism and sincerity of any party or party leader, I believe that wo could all have a better understanding of affairs, gen erally. If wo will only grant each oth er tho samo unquestioned motives we exact from othor. In other words, let us Join hsnd across the clusm of party division nnd put ps'dn party discord and try to for get our dissensions of tho past, up hold patriotism and work for tho one great common cause, namely, for tho well-being and up-bulldlng of Porto Wco. "Today you are as much a part of tho Unltod States as any sov ereign state of our beloved Ameri can union. While serving as your governor, and trying to bo equally fair to all, I hopo you will under stand that I shall steadfastly up hold and stand for our national gov ernment first. In tbo prophetic language or President Harding, I shall stand for 'American First." Qovernor Roily, touching on the subject of rocont conflicts between capital aad labor oa the UlasM ex pressed his ayxapathy for those who tbll and delarcd be would be nappy to help settle Industrial differences. "Capital and labor aro hand-maidens In tho world of affairs and pro gress," ho said, "and neither can succeed without the other." Ho declared ho would llko to aid In making the growing ot coftco mora profitable for small planters. He also oxprossed himself In favor of universal suffrage and said ho hoped "to soo tho language ot Wash ington, Lincoln and Harding become tho paramount speech ot tho Porto Rice schools." (lovernor Rclly also said be would strictly enforco tho "dry" law of Porto Wco, which was. ovorwholmlngly favored by tho vo ters In 1917 Will Inspect Roads Into Crater Lake A chamber ot commerce -commit-too Is arranging a rccoptlon for Charles S. Feo, general passenger agent of tho Southern Pacific, who will arrive Wednesday night In his private car, llorkeloy, for an In spection ot tho routes to Crator lako from Klamath Falls and Med ford. Mr. Foe will bo accompan ied by his daughters. They will go to Crater lako. Tho ladles will re turn hero, whllo Mr. Feo goes on to Medtord by auto and thonco to Portland by rail. Make that idfe dollar work! Pat it In the bank. TWO 'ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION KUJCD Artllos ot corporation wero filed with tho county clerk Saturday by the Fort Klamath Rodoo association, tbo purposo of which Is to furnish entertalnmont by means ot broncho riding, expert roping and In Ilka manner to promote tho development ot good llvo stock, . H. B, Lootloy, J. W, Utter and O. W. Ingle arc tno promoters, Tho Klamath Record Publishing company also filed articles ot cor poration under the names of .Don Beldlng, R. E. Wright, and W. A. Welst. ' DAIRY CHANGES HANDS C. L. Holllday today took charge of the French dairy. Ho purchased tho H. L. French herd ot cowb and leased the plant on Esplanade for a yoar. Mr. French's plans are Indef inite:, ICo uwy remain In Klamath Falls. NOR Money Takes Wings, More Than 4fl00 Vanishes From City Concrete evidence of tho commun ity loss whon public improvement slops was presented when tho War ren Construction company laid off Its paving crew here last week, ac cording to a statement from bank ing circles. On the day the men wore paid off f 10,000 in new notes wore placed in the tills of tho First National to redeem the pay checks. Moro than 17000 was paid ont to tho workers. Watch has been kept fo tho return of tho currency, iwhlch can bo Iden tified on its faco, and loss than $3000 has como back to all banks. Jlankcrs suspect that most ot It became "road stakes" for tho departing workers, and Is lost to tho commun ity. URGENT NEED OF FEDERAL POWER Herald Washington Ilurvwu WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 TiKi first year's operation of tho federal pow er commission under the federal wat er power act of Juno 10, 1920, has given a clear Indication ot the need for tbo legislation and the extent to which power development had been dolayed by lack of satisfactory feder al laws. ' Up toJuno 30, 1921, there had been filed with the comralssj6ti229 appllcatlons.aggregatlng lf,7C,0PO horsopowcr and affecting thirty three states, the District of Columbia and Alaska. This JmoHsU Is 75 perjeiit greater than the entire water 'power development of the United States to day. It Is SO per cent greater than tho combined water power resources of Norway and 8wedcn, and consid erably in excess of the combined re sources ot France and Italy. It Is five times greater than tho aggregate of all applications filed with the federal government In tho preceding fifteen years. Tho projects applied for vary In alzo from less than 100-horse pow er up to the 3,000,000-horse power echemo ot tho Southorn California Edison company on Colorado river. Personnel Ijacklnjc In creating the commission and putting upon It duties many times greater than had been exercised pre viously by any of tho executive de partments In connection with water power dovolopment, congress gave tho commission, no personnel to per form its work other than Its execu tive socrctary and engineer officer. In order to function at all, it has been nccossary tor the commission to borrow from the several depart ments' porsonnol for Its Washington offlco. It hss heon able to obtain from this ,ioiirco eight engineers, two attorneys, two accountants, two drattsmon and sixteen clerks, a forco inadequate to handlo expeditiously tbo various ap plications presented, even after the .omission ot all other duties placed upon tbo commission by tbo act. No Field Force Tho commission has no field force, loaned or othorwlse, but must rely for examinations and roports upon applications and for tbo conduct ot hearings upon the field officers ot the several departments men who aro primarily responsible for their own 'departmental duties. Even tbo limited appropriations made by con gress, for the work; ot the commission are being returned to. the treasury unused because congress, after mak ing these appropriations tailed to grant the legislative authority to use them. RAILWAY'S EARNINGS IN 10SO FALLS OFF A TRIFLE NEW YORK, Aug. 1. Great Northern railway earned (7.73 a share In 1920 according to the an nual report today, This earning was ?1.1 cents less than in 1919. DRILLING RESUMED AT THE SIEMENS OIL WKIL Drilling w,as resumed at tho Sie mens oil well today, tho cement, poured into the well to check tho water flow around the bottom of tho casing having hardened. MRD PROVED 7Wr PRICK riVK OMfH, HOUSES USING GOLDEN ROLE IN BUSINESS - t x W. T. Lee, county assessor, re turned Saturday eycnlng.fVoai a trio to Moonebeart, Illinois, and a visit In Columbia, Tennessee, his forraur home. Mr. Lee 'was sent from the local Mooso -lodgo as a delegate to tho annual convention of the, Mooe order at Toledo, Ohio and reported that 1037 delegates from the United ' Slstcs. Hawaii, Cuba and Canada , were present. Mooseaeart, the home for dependent children and wives of deceased, or Infirm members was found in a tine condition, 1024 de pendent children ranging in age from olght months to eighteen years being kept In the homo. - Mr. Leo secured an audience with James Davis, Secretary of Labor in President Hardlngs' cabinet, who was nn attendant at the Moose coavea- " tlon. The secretary stated, "Barring accidents with labor, the bottom of the financial depression has been reached. Everybody is In the same boat, and applying the Golden Xahi'' In business matters Is the nations' salvstlon." The situation today Is that ;W. only minor flurries have occured. Another financial authority who was present at the convention 'was Prof. A. Bushnell Hart, ot Harvard University, Instructor In "Social Economy and Financial Economics" stated. "There were real pantos in tlie period stretching from 1M te 10 hut since taenia a nation, areily 'broke' In our tabids and not la r . 2,!r' M;mwswJr..V , Ing this nation were "level nJaiea- '' the people should not worry. Work, not .talk, now waa the salvation," II H. NEWS IF POLE IS SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 1. From the remotest, most inaccessible spot on esrth the North pole a wire Hess messago'iwlll bo flashed to the civilized world. It the plans ot Cap tain Roald Amundsen, dlscovarsw-pt tho south pole and famous Arctic ex plorer, are carried ont. Captain Amundsen's echooner Maud, on which he hoped to drift past tho polo with, the ice fjoes, was dlsablod by a brakes propellor oft Capo Serdzo, Siberia, after be bad spent two years In pushing around the eastward Arctic passage from Norway. Tbo explorer loft hli ves sol and her crow toawalt a broak In tho ice and proceeded to Nome, later coming to Seattle on a recent ship. The Maud has no wireless apparat us, hut Captain Amundsen expects to install one whon the craft Is brought here, some time this summer, to be repaired and refitted. Captain Amundsen explained that his party had been cut off from communication with othor human beings for two yoars, with but one break his trip out to Nomo last year two yoars nt Ice-bound horizons, of bitter cold, of almost endless night. "Tho war was raging In Its most critical period 'whon we left the world most of you know," he rocallod, 'and for many months we speculated In vain on the' courso ot ovents. It was In December, 1919, more, than a year after the signing ot the armlstlco, that we finally met a (Russian trader who told us what has happenod. Then, ! determined .-we would carry wireless." Captain Amundsen told The As sociated Press be would spent the next year in the United States, prob ably most of It around SesUlc, and woulld sail from this port nextsum mer. Ho will strike back, tor Cape Serdze; he said, trusting to meet with better luck than the furious Arctic storm which last year, hurled .the rauuu iuio un- ii.ruuic ou ino bji Uorlan coast 1 DISCOVERED I"