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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1921)
0 f if Cai Ad Will Dolt Plrtt-taUi Your, No, IMMKI. COUNTT COURT settles WITH Thn nultn filed by Itobnrt I. Uhnyiin ml Fannin M. Chcynn ami Con Cur tlaaglnat thn county rourt In ttin ronttnr o( lln right of way through tholr property for thn Merrill road, tnntltutml recently In circuit court wero ordered dismissed from tho doc ket by Judga Kuykondall an both plaintiff accepted a rnmtiramliio from thn county court, Choynn will accept $l,VfC.73 mid Curtln, $5, 07H.69 a damage to tholr property. TliU settlement man affected ycster day durltiK thn session of tho coun ty court. Cheyno claimed that thn arbitra tion board consisting of Fred Uuoa Inn and Charlra Loorals uwarded him I3.0H.R0 and Curtln thn sum of C,7(7 on April 14 and tho coun ty court rcfuitcft to pay these amounts. Hulta to citttirin puymcnt was filed by both plaintiff on July 11, IDS! In tho circuit court. Sophia H, Henley accepted a coun ty warrant yoaterdar for 2,214 69 for alleged damage to. nor property abn aakci) $6,010,40. How to Treat the Traveler is Topic Tomorrow Forum While many of the members of the rhambar of commerce will be absent from the c(ty attending "Klamath Kails Day" In Mndford tomorrow the noon liinrhoon at the chambor. will be held at 12 .1G o'clock sharp. The presiding officer tor the for am will., bo selected this -afternoon but the speaker for the occasion will be Postmaster W. A. Deltell. His subject will bo "Tourists" and It Is aald that he will outllno many help ful hint on entertaining tourist here. Aa Mr. Delioll rnturnod re cently from a trip to nelllngbam, he will tell of his reception In tho cities he stopped In while rnrouto through Oregon and Washington. Says His Method Saves Waste of Logs Tyreel Itodes. Inventor of the Hods .patent method of sawing tapering! logs, I here on a visit to tb 'lumber mills, showing hi .method,', by which ho claims that a 49-foot fir log, with a 28-Inch small end and 30-Inch butt can bo cut to make 2S8 feet of timber from tho squared log. Additional cuts from the .IrltnmliiKH will mako 74. feet moreAtir a total of .134 f6ct. 4rh6proposltlon was submitted to the Ewaunn llox company yesterday by tho Inventor. Mr. Hodrs claim thai" ho camo hero to demonstrate this process to II. D. Morlenscn, who at presont Is In San Francisco. The Inventor claims that bis mothod will producu 10 to 30 per cent mora lumber from thn logs, raise the grade 20 pur cont, and aavo edgo grain.. the HUCKLE1IKKIUEA NOW HII'K 8AYH OOMIKSI-ONOKNT Writing from tho h.irklobcrry iUtcb, August 2nd, M M. Clnr says that thoro wilt bo tho largest crop of berrlos this year that thero has been for yearn. They will be r!po about August 1,0. Charles McNIol's pack train I on the mountain, ays cfark, all ready to pack In tho camps tor th berry gatherer. . ADAMfl CATTLE DIUVKN TO MAlUiH PASTURE Sunday evening autolats coming In from Fort Klamath met Frank and Bob Adams driving a herd of cattto estimated at, 1,000 head, bound for foedtng ground on the D UMTS t Upper Klamath marsh. Tho rango 7,-jiear this city Is becoming dry and ff&ho pasturago orl tho upper marsh ' I said to bo very flno right now. HEUIOUH FIRE t DUNHMurn reported Report was current hero today that a fire at Dunsmulr, Cal., last evening, destroyed the auditorium Rd mw1 reitdMOM, Stfi iEuemng Herald Relief Head Report? Terrible Famine Condition, Russia LONDON, Aug. 9 Y. L. Thomp on, In churgo of tho American ro ller work at Drust-Lllovsk reporta that Russian refugees am pouring Into, that city at thn rato of 2,000 a day. Many aro too weak to ntand, nnd must crawl on their handg and Juircti. Scores aro dying by tho roadside and thouaanda are baroly managing to exist on diet of grass roota boiled In water. Ilolihovlk sentries aro llrlng on whatever they can get. Back From Buying Week in Portland Mr. and Mr. C. It. Ilowmsn of Chllnquln returned last night from a trip to Portland whore they at tended a Merchants' lluylng Week, tbn big sales event staged each year In that city. Mr. Howman staled that about ItiOO buyers from all ornr tho state atteoded tho session and somo ex ceptional values were offered. He bought heavily of tho offerings for his establishment. Thn merchants who attended tho sal worn all of tho unmo framn of mind regarding thn bottom prlcn In material be ing reacbod, and no futuro quota tions worn announced as belnt; low er 60 days' from now than whut wu offered at Portland. Sabbath Dance Gets Proprietor Arrested A lomplalnt was" filed saatnst Fred Duke, proprietor of HI. Cloud, this forenoon, by Patrolman Mc Laughlin charging Dukn with alleg ed violations of tho city ordlnanco by conducting a danca upon the Sabbath, City Attorney W. M. Dun can limited tbn complaint a't'noon to day. Duka Is alleged o have allowed the guests at his place to danco aft er midnight Saturday August 6th, after being warned by Chief of Po llco Wilson that no dsnclng -would be permitted. after II o'clock. When the placo was raided by Patrolman Mclaughlin, the orchestra wo play ing at 12:1G a. m. and a number of couples wero on the floor. Fire Chief Orders Weeds Eliminated Klre Chief Ambrose was around today notifying owner of lot upon which weed had sprung up hoavlly to cut them at once, This action was deemed necessary as a majority of property owners bad compiled with hla requests earlier last wouk. Chief of Police Jenkins of Port land, according to Chief Ambrose, had instituted harsh .measures with tho people up there relative to keep ing tho weeds away from frame buildings and in a number of- In stance fine wero mado for viola tion after belng'notlflod to cut them, The Portland chief stated that woods at this time of tho year werti the most hatardous fire monaco that existed. Cost $1000 to Operate Ferry For One Month Tho operation of the forry servlcb at Modoc Point, to dotour travoler around tho Modoc Point strotch of state highway, cost the taxpayers 36 a day during It oporatlon. It was discontinued last Saturday night. A warrant wo ordered drawn yes terday to J, A, I.lnmnn for the eer rice rendored from June 1 to June 30 for $1,035. The bill has not yot bocn presentod fjr the sorvlce in July and up to August C. Without this forry service- a long drlvo over rough road would havo bocn entailed upon passongors bound for Crater lake and Intermediate point. QJIEOON APPOINTMENTS ' READY FOR ANNOUNCEMENT PORTLAND, Aug. 9. Sonator Stanfield and McNary havo agreed upon Oregon patronage and appoint montB to foderal offlcos mill he an nounced within 48 hour. Response Is now being awaited from tb mn )std for positions nd U tb pair MUM Of dtlijr, Member of the KLAMATH FALL8, OREGON, U.S. OIL SHALES V TED THE FUTURE SUPPLY WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 Recent investigations by tho U. H. geological survey arn held by Its exports to In dicate that In thn Rocky mountain states "thero aro enormous quanti ties of oil shales which can on mado to yield hydrocarbon oils to a much greater oxtcnt than wo can hopo to obtain from our oil wells." Tho shales aro said to constitute a tremendous potential oil roservn. "Tho oil shales of this country," says tho report, "contains enormous quantities of oil, but large amount of money will havo to bo Invested before tho oil shale Industry become of commercial Importance. Estimates by various engineers of the cost of a "complete retorting plant, handling 1000 tons dally, are between fir 000,000 and tr.,000,000, "In this country tho oil-shale In dustry can not bo developed over night and probably can not attain succoss until largo sums of money have bMn spent In perfecting min ing, retorting and refining method. A company (o be successful, when over oil-shale operations become com mreclally feasible, must be ablo to employ tho best technical, business and engineering skill available, bo prepared to operato on a large scale, and be financially strong enough to wait several years for any largo re turn on the money Invested." Tho report declares that it Is "an-" fortunate that a largo number of the many companies organised to deal with oil shalo are devoting their eft forts to stock selllnjc rather than assisting In butldiaf a firm bails for the Industry." A summary of the report follews: Thero are no commercial oll-shalo plants operating In this country at the present. time, although thoro Is a well established industry In Scot land. Many Amorlcan shale .deposits are richer In recoverable oil than Scotch shale now being worked, and pruN ably nearly equal In nitrogen content, which I a moasurc of recoverable ammonia. Market conditions for shalo pro ducts arojess favorable in this coun try than la Scotland. Great quantities of American shales are of grcator tblcknoss and bettor suited for mining than Scotch shalo. As yet no process for obtaining oil from oil shale ha been used In -.c-tual commercial pratclco In this country. Indication aro that tho United States can not continue long to de pend on domestic petroloum produc tion to supply comptotoly ths de mand for petroloum products, and .that sooner or later our oil shalos will have to be usod to holp supply tho doflelt. Tho oil shale Industry can not hopo to supplant the potroloum in dustry In a large nvsy for many years, but will probably grow up from lo cal Industries In favorable places Costs of oil shale ..operations can not bo reliably oatlmatod until com mercial practlco In this country fur nlshos tho necessary basic data. Tho quantity, quality and value of products and by-product to be ob tained from oil shalo In this coun try aro not known with any degree of certainty. Tho oil ahalo Industry Is a largo scale, low-grado raw material man ufacturing enterprise, requiring largo capital, high technical and business dustry and satisfactory mining, re torting and refining processes worked mle conditions become favorahlo for tbo development of the oll-shalo in dustry and satisfactory mlnlgn, re torting the refining procossej worked out and market established, there should bo only ordinary buslnois risk connected with tho industry. WASHINOTON COIXIKRS TO RUN ON NON-UNION 11ABIH SEATTLE, Aug. 9. Commercial coal mlno operators in a statoment to former employes today doclarod their Intention of reopening tho mine, closed ilnce March, "independ ently of tb Und Mln Worker 0t Affltrtfl?' Associated Pros. TUKMDAV,' AUUUHT 0, JKil. UTEST1IST0F-, SUA DISASTER SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 9 .The latest rcvliod list of the missing from the Alaska contains tho names of 26 passengers and four of tbo crew. Tbls Is In addition to tbo 17 known doad. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9 Tho stoam schooner Multnomah, 969 tons, laden with lumber, dropped her propellor fifty miles north of West Illunt reef, and is drifting holplossly. Relief Is hastening to tbo senno. Tbo vessel I not be- Moved to bo In immediate dangor. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9 The steamer San Joso of the Pacific M.i II line, 2,135 tons, bound from Sin Francisco to Panama, struck the san Pablo reef off the west coast of Mexico1 last night. She is ntlll fast and listing heavily. She carried 66 passenger and, 33 crow. It Is believed sbo will float until holp arrives this' afternoon. Trench Was Tight Fit But He Missed Broken Bones Anyway "I got a real kick out or your old rag last, night," said M. L. Cold trap, this morning. When a news paper man admits thero Is anything on earth that- give blm a thrill those who know the pencil push ing tribe prick up their ears. "It's abeU tkte.lad, .Roy Nafiger, of tho Ninety-First division,"' ex plained Coldtrap. "Wo served to gether and when I saw he was In chargo of the Nlnoty-Flrst's annual reunion, It reminded mo of the last time I saw him. "A nest of German macbluo guns opened up on us, and everyone was hunting a hole. Nafzgor Is built on tbo graceful Unci of a boan pole but ho take an extra sfzo on the hips. "Well, ho drow shallow ditch for cover. It was plenty deep to pro tect his logs and shouldors, but, a bo lay face down In It bo was some what exposed amidships. "Tho Hermans had the range down pat and wero whipping a stream of lead directly across the trench. I bad a position In tho lee of a stono building, temporarily safe enough. Kvery so o'tcn Nafxger would say 'ouch.' Another bullet had found Its billet. Ho couldn't movo without risking a serious wound, lly keeping still ho dtdn't cscapo being hit, but tho bullets missed the framework and only dam aged tho upholstery. I cannot recol lect (ever soolng a follow In a tight er bolo." Mr. Coldtrap expects to leave for California In a few days. Ho Is plan ning on taking in tho Ninety-First reunion at Los Angeles in Septem ber. Salvation Army May Establish Quarters Here The Klamath county advisory board of the Salvation army will bo called together at G o'clock this afternoon to moot with Brigadier John W. Hay, divisional commander of tho Oregon district with head quarters in Portland. Brigadier Hay will outllno to' thn board the deslrta of the Salvation Army to establish an office here next month and assign two workers to It to conduct work hore this winter among needy families. Business men of this city are be Ing telephoned announcement of this mooting by chambor of com merce members thts afternoon. The Klamath County advisory board con sists of George Walton, R. H. Dun bar, lnex Bell, R. C. Qroesbock, Capt. J. W. Siemens, Loslio Rogora. O. D. Burke, C. If. Underwood, W. K, Vunulce, K, Sukarman, Marlon Hanks, U, M, Chllcote, Bart C, Tnomai and V, A. 8ftkr, 38 KING III Will Commission U. 5. 5. California Tomorrow Noon MARK ISLAND, Cal., Aug., , America' newest battleship.; the eu pordreadnaugbt California jsHH be commissioned at the Mnr. Island navy yard here tomorrow noon.' Ceremonies of commission will be simple, It is expected Coanwad' ant T.K. Reach of the yard wM riad hi order authorising him teTeemml lon tbo ship, Captain IT V zfege melr will follow with his orders In structing him to take commant and tho flag will b raised. Tho California will loivr- for San Francisco August 17. Body, Afloat in , Trunk, identified As Aged Woman SEATTLE, Aug. 9. Positive Identification of the naked, mutilated body found In a trunk In Ike Un ion yesterday as that of Mrs. Kate M. Maboney, 67, missing wealthy Beattlo woman, was mado by Mrs. C. Hewitt of Wenatcbee, her niece. the police announced today. Mrs, Mahoney dlcappeared about April IS since when her husband James M aianoney, 3D, wnom sne married a month before, has been under ar rest. Mahoney continues to maintain silence. WiYe Staboed to 'Death By Former Spouse; He May Die PORTLAND. Aug. 9. Mrs, Oer trude Henderson, who was stabbed yesterday ,by her divorced husband, Joseph Henderson, died early today. Henderson, who fled, waa surround ed by the police and shot himself la the right eye and tried to sever the artery In hi left wrist Physician say he will recover. Tho couple were divorced Jane 15. They had ,tbrco children. C. of C. Party Ready For Medford Trip Thero was no meeting of the board of directors of tbe chamber of coramerco today. The regular session next Tuesday will take up many matters which were left over from tho last and this week. President Hall received a wire from Secretary T. L. Stanley from San Francisco today- atattng- that he would meet the Klamath boost era at Medford tomorrow, and re turn with the party Thursday even ing. W. T. Lee and A. B. Collins have completed the party which will at tend tbe forum' at Medford tomor row. Tho persons who Vllt leave In cars are. W. T. Lee, L. O.' Arens, J. C. Thompson, W. C. Van Emon, K. B. Hall, A. B. Epporson, Burge Mason, J. E. Enders, Mayor W. S. Wiley. R. V. Marshall; F. A. Baker and O. D. Burke. BEATING TKE JAPANESE TARIFF ON TIMBER TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 9. The fact that tho Japanese tariff tax lumber per stick Instead of per board feet haa resulted In the cutting of some extremely largo timbers here. Recently one mill shipped to Japan Umbers 36 Inches square and 40 feet long whlcn weighed six tons. They will be cut into lumber upon their arrival In a Japanese port. The largest piece of Umber that can be cut hero, it la said, la a stick 48 Inches square and 110 feet In length. Such a timber would weigh about 13 ton and could not be loaded on a vessel. BABY BOY ARRIVES Mr. and Mr. Walter Wagner ore receiving congratulations on the birth of a 7 pound baby boy, named Walter Benton. Mr. Wagner is a member of the Whitman Drug company. . FORKJST FIIIKH SALEM, Aug. 9. An aeroplane was despatched today over Clatsop nnd .Columbia counties where w oral bad flrei art riporUd, Te4mys m Tedmy mucb wtrm emm IS ON NEW , PING OP N ITI OCTOBER Tho city, coMciUatiB Meeioa i last night alloweduWwarrea Coe,- --All structfon compear M kilaaew doe ei -the paving units hed"n at the awet- Vf lag 'two week. ae: City BajrhMer , Zumwalt recheckei the estimate for , t ' tbls work with W ceapietest fe-iSt ' tracts and tateoNnat tke ay (gjftyVt -t which tho company ptaotfttaMav H final work was Jast. Cheet.-forffa' for work on Ktasaata rnrijtisfck Ninth to Elercath street; li$Igi4i First to Third os Waahlafctoa; Ke for Conger avenue; $1000 on Plan t from Eighth to eleventh and tke ft- nal estimate on Waahlagtea et from First to Bwana SBiefatutlayr.to z.oei.zo were oraerec ataoe earMQ paid over to tke eompany. I Rid oa the seven unit of paving recently passed, a well as tho city ball units, were ordered advertised by the police Jaace and tbaUa wlL , be placed la the Baglaeeriar Kew Record or New York, a PertbuMltfw paper'and the Herald ease Maw tale week. Did mart be la by October 3. 1921. The Mae will be opeaed aevea days later. Aatbortty was givea the police judge to agala advertise the resolution caUle for a special 4ec-, tlon August IS for the Mill ewer' bonds. The queetloa of retrenchment waa brought up last eight hy Coaadhaaa t Bogardu la caastaertac the fteaa- clal altaatlea la thJa etty aa4 thla natter waa referree" to a ceamKtee ceajaeesd af Ceaaellaiaa Waat, Maw aw aaa aietawaai. Mayor Wllay waa iastraeted to t write a letter tfj.Cleisgi-CHWaM M. Merrill -aotlfyinr hlaa of the beet legging nuisance alleged to exist oa hi property at.1313 Mala street Two permit were graated. the coastrac tlon of a barn in Mills addition and tbo Ladle' auxiliary were authoris ed to place In commission a fountain, which Is In front of tbe White build ing but not in use, somewhere else on Main street. Tbe city will pay for tho (water. The fire insurance rate did not come In for lengthy consideration last night aa the council is awaiting an answer from State Fire Marshal Barber relative to hla acceptance of tho InvlUtloa'to visit Klamath Fall and secure first hand figures on tho tire losses here. aaaae laat.ieae oouar vrorai rvtrvM, It la tbe beak. Appeal Dixon Estete Case From Cemnty to Circwstx Court An appeal was filed yesterday In the circuit court; In the matter,, of tbe estate of Louie B. Dixon, deceas ed from the decision of the county court. Tbe controversy arises over the appointment of an administrator by the county court, Benson Dixon, who Is now acting; administrator and Is alleged to 'be unsatisfactory by tho heirs In thts estate. The attorney for the petitioner seek to have Benson Dixon removed and the widow, Bes sie M. Dixon appointed in his place. The estate Is said to be small. DIVORCE GKANTKD Judge Kuykendall granted two di vorces yesterday, ono decree being given to Carl P. Knabner from Jee ,alo Knabner and the other to John W. Farlelgh from Arllne Harriett Farlelgb. WHEAT CROP FORECAST 18 00.6 PER CENT NORMAL WASHINGTON. Aug. 9, The Aug ust crop report of the department of agriculture was issued today. It fore casts, as a preliminary estimate the production of 5,644,000,000 bushels of winter wheat and 213,000,000 bushel of spring wheat. This con dition is 66.6 of normal, , Practically every Important crop showed a prospective loss In reduc tion a the result of adverse con ditions In July. The present fore oust for whsat la 81,000,000 bmh' It lets tbn a aontb io, . X ' 4 rt -iy.V- V- "4