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KliAMATII FALLS, OREGON, TIIURHDAV, AUGUST IS, IM1
pricw mn cam
ITER RIGHTS
FOR QRJUIUGE
QIST. FIXED
Countr Clark C. n. DnLnp, nocro
tary of thn KInmMlh Dralnago din
trlct. roeelved yixterday Tom thn
United Stale government, thn draft
of tbn contract for thn water right of,
the KUinath drainage district, nm
bracing ahout 32,000 acre of Innd
In tho Worden and MldUnd precinct.
Tbla contract affoct laud lying la
California which nro ubJoct to tho
lermi. Most of tho land affoctnd
by thU contract are In what I com
monly called tho lowor Klamath
wain p.
ThU drainage project wm started
WDM tra years ago by about 80 farm
era In thn dlatrtct and many difficult
ies barn btinot them a tboy have bad
to conform their plan to both statn
and govnromonl act. At present,
the illntrlcl U worklni; utidnr thn
atato dratnniin law of IMG atid ap
proval of tho atato englhoor must
be accurod before thn plan can bo
placed Into operation. About n yoar
ago, tbn, district voted bond for
"$300,000 to coinploto thin project
but nonn havo been aold a tho water
light contract from the government
waa necessary before sales rould take
placo.
The draft of tbl contract received
by Secretary Do Lap wai approved a
to form by thn aialtant aocretary of
thn Intorlor on August 9 of thl year.
It I rlmllar In all respectn to tho one
which tho district adopted a fr
month ago. Tb present agreement
la made under thn term of tho War
ren act approved In Congress on
February 21. 1311. .
I According to thn term of tho con
tract, the United State government
baa kept thn gate In tho channel
connecting tho Klamath river and
lower Klamath lake cloned, reclaim
ing a tract of land In tho dralnago
dlatiict of about 22,000 acre. Includ
ing thn portion In .California.
Tho United State government
groB to aupply all tbo water necov
mit for Irrigation during tho farming
eaion; to Initall at Ita on expense
permanent Iron gate at placo of de
livery for tbn control of water at, tbn
opening of thn strait. It Is stipulat
ed that "beneficial ueo bnll bn the
baata of and limit of alt right ac
quired by district and that thn water
shall bo need only for Irrigation and
purpose Incidental thereto."
Tho Klamath dralnago district
agree to pay tho United Btato
government $50,000 In 10 oqual In
stallment of $5,000 each, thn first
payablo tbo yoar following thn uso of
water but not later than December
31, 1929. Thn $50,000 to bo paid by
tbo district In conditional upon tho
storage work at tbn outlet of upper
Klamath lakn being constrtictnd by
the California Oregon Powor com
pany uudor thn contract between tho
United Btutrn and them on February
24, 1017. Hhould thn storage work
bn constructed otnorwlio, then under
the provision of tho contract, tho
quantity or water tho district shall
be entitled to, shall bo In such propor
tion of tho storago work tut $GO,000
beam tho total expenditure by tbn
government In utilltlng upper Klam
ath Lake aa n storago rcaorvolr. Ad
ditional iwatcr can bo secured at n
rate to bo fixed by tho secretary of
the Interior and hla rnto la final.
Operation and maintenance! cbargcg
are basod on tho cost of regulating
the water level of Uppor Ktamath
lake. Tho district grants tho right
to tbo govornmont to enlarge tho
canals and extend tbem for tho sup
plying of water to California lands
without nxtra oxponao to tho district
The California lands sorvod will benr
proportionate cost of construction
prior to enlargement. Tho California
lands must asstfmo all cost of re
building brldgos ovor canals for bene
fit of their lands. Tbo torma of this
contract shall Inuro to tbo bonoflt of
and bn binding upon the successors In
interests and assigns of olthor party,
Wednesday, August 31, the board
of directors composed of President
M. Motsehonbaehor, R. O. Zuckerman
and L. Jacobs will meet In the court
house to consider this draft of tbo
contract and, It satisfactory, will sign
it for the district. With this con-
Portland Bankers
Say Business Is
Fast Stabilizing
' Marshall Hoopnr, vlro prwildont
of tho First Btato and Having bank,
returned last night from a, two
week' vacation with hi wlfn and
daughter in Portland. Tbo family
also had .a ploasant outing At tbo
beach at Boasldo.
"nuslnea conditions nre looking
bettor," said tbo local banMsr." I
talked with a nuinbor of hanMors
In Portland and thn geooral seatl
mnnt la that condition am .treat
ly Improved nnd that buslnn In
fast getting down to normal.
"I novor win a polmlt rottnrd
Ing thn future, forsenlng panic nnd
alt that sort of thing" said Mr.
hoopnr. "Hut I havo returned from
tho trip very much of an optimist."
TO BE SURFACED
State and county will abarn equal
ly In tho $80,000 coit of improv
ing thn itx and n half mlln graiso
from Ilarclay Hprlng to Lamm'
mill and a 37 mlto trotch of tbn
Dalles-California Rtatti hlg'liwtoy
north of Sand Crook, according to
nn onlor of tho county court at
last evening's cession.
Tho six and a half mllo stretch,
grading of which haa Just Wn com
pleted by thn Warren Construction
company, will bo gravallod at a cost
of $32,000. At present tho sur
face I covered with loose and Jut
ting rocks, difficult for driving and
extremely bard on automoblto tires,
springs and mechanism. '
tlt I planned to widen tho Band
Creek stretch to 80 foot, tho center
30 feet to bo graded. Tbo approxi
mate rofit Is $54,000.
During tho two and one-half
years that Klamath county lino co
operated with thn atato In a road
program, It waa announrod, 109
mile of roads aro building or aro
proposed havo boon built In tho
county at a cost of $800,000. Tho
county' share of thn coat is placed
at $283,000.
A conference last night betwodn
Ilorbort Nunn, stato highway engi
neer, Preslont B. D. Hall and Secre
tary T. L. Btanley of thn chamber of
commerce rotative to the stretch of
roa between Ft. Klamath an tbls city,
tho stato engineer assured them, that
tbo worst spot would bo illlod with
gravel and crushed rock nnd an en
deavor would bo madn to pnvo a
portion near Lamm'a mill bnforo tho
cold weather iota in. At proaent a
roller I being used on tbo Lamm's
mill section.
Brumfield Calmly
Adjusts Himself
To Jail Routine
POHTLAND, Aug 18. Dr. It. M.
Ilrumflold slept well last night. This
morning ho batbod, uhavod and ato
A hearty breakfast. A. N. Orcutt,
Iloseburg attorney, and A. A. Ilamp
son, Portland nttornoy, conforod
with tbo prisoner In tho proaonco
of District attorney, Neunor of Rose
burg, .Sheriff Starmor and Doputy
Sheriff Webb. Tbo details of tho
conference woro secret, but nt Its
conclusion Orcutt said that no now
angles 'had developed.
Sheriff Starmer nnnouncod that
Ilrumfleld would bo lodged In tho
Roaoburg jail tomorrow. Ho woutd
not Indlcato the time of departure
from Portland, tho ttmo of arrival
In Roaoburg or tho method of trans
portatlon. He said ho bad nothing
doflnlto to fear but wan taking no
.chances. '
BURNS HKAD8 NATIONAL
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. William
J. Uurns, head of tho Burns Dotoc
tlvo agency, was today appointed
director of the bureau of Invostiga
tlon of tbo United States department
of Justice by Attorney G on oral
Daughorty.
tract for tbo water right mado tho
bond can bo sold, tho inspoctlon
of the stato engineer made and bis
approval soourod. Socrotary DoLap
stated that urospocts were bright for
tho tdstrlct now that tho water right
terms bad been submitted.
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SITE SELECTED
FOR LIBOR DAY
Tbn labor union of tbin city will
celebrate Labor Day, September 6,
with a good old fashlonod picnic on
Urn west bank of tbo Upper Klam-
nth lako about nix mlln from Klam
ath Falls. Each family who attend
thl outing will bring along a well
filled hamper of good tblnga to eat
and hot coffee, free of charge will
bo dorvcil to everyone on tbo grounds.
Thoroiwa talk tbl pat week that
no colebration would tako placo this
year but tho cotnmlttoe after making
an inspection of a number of placet,
Incatod an Ideal spot near the Bklllet
llandlo whero a good landing can be
mado with a bargo. Also access U
polblo for aulolsta. A car can be
drlvo up tho west sldo of tbo lako
to within a quarter of a mllo of the
location. A path I bolng tut In thn
brrunb for tho people to follow from
tho road to tbo camp. j
Chairman William Conklln, In I
charge of tho onturlalnniont arrange
ment, stute that a bargo ha been
secured which rwlll bo puibod up
to tbo camp grounds. Two trip
will .o mado In tho forenoon and
onu In tho afternoon. There will be
no chargo for transportation either
way. Tbo bargo will bo arrangod so
that dancing can be Induluged In by
all who ciro to do so. But tbo day's
diversion will cost no one a cent, and
tliero will be r.othlng for sale.
Tho location mado by the commit
tee Is ono wboro a good vlow of tbo
lako I obtained and tho itriklng
foaturo Is tho absence of mosquitoes.
This spot has been uiod aa a camp
all summer by people from the city
nnd tboy report that no mosquitoes
hnvn annoyed tbem. Thl ono fea
ture alonn would make thl camp
ground Ideal aa most picnic parties
this summer havo reported that they
woro annoyed br this pest.
A party of union men will go to
tho camp grounds tbl coming Sun
day and clear away brush and ar
range for tbo cutting of the path to
tbo highway. Tbo party will bo en-
tortaln by Chairman Conklln who will
tako them up In bis launebe and fur
nish tho "eats."
Local Alfalfa Meal
In Market Here
Harry Telford waa In town this
morning from hla ranch on the Mer
rill road with a aupply of alfalfa
meal for tho local market. Mr.
Telford grew tbo alfalfa nnd man
ufactured tho meal himself and re
ports that bo Is finding quite a mar
ket for tbla product aa It makes
fine cblckon feed aa wotl as good
stock food.
Tho proposed plan to erect an al
falfa meal mill at Midland to man
ufacture somo of Klamath county's
fnurplus crop was announced In a
rccont issuo of Tbo Horold.
Northwest Realty
Dealers to Meet
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 18 Real
ostnto mon of Washington, Oregon,
Iadbo, Montana, British Columbia
and Atbortn, belonging to tbo Inter
state Realty Association of tho Pacific
Northwest, will hold tholr 1921 con
vention on Mount Ralulor, near
hero, during four days beginning
August 24. Ira K. Hlgh'of Bolso, Is
President.
A feature of tho convention will
bo a speaking contest betweon delo
gato from various cities. Each
speaker will bo glvon flvo mlnutos
to advanco arguments why hla Is tho
boat city In this section for a man
to establish bis homo.
A special messago from Herbert
Hoover, secretary .of commerce, will
bo read to the convention, and men
of national promlnenco in real estate
work will speak.
A foaturo of tbo convention Is the
arrangomonts that 'havo boen mado
to accomodato dologates who travel
In tbelr own automobiles. Camping
accomodations In Tacoma and in
Rainier National Park have been set
asldo for these, with running wator,
cooking and tenting facilities.
PICNIC
GROUND
T
STATEPOOL IS
SHIPPED TODAY
Fred McKondreo of Merrill and J
F. Kamentd of tbo Malta district
or the first growers to sblp tbelr
wool under tbn pooling proposal of
thn Oregon Wool and Mobalr Grow
er association. McKondrno bas S400
pounds for shipment. Kamvad ban
four or flvo sacks.
Tho wool pool organization I
sponsored by tho stato farm bur
eau and the Ktamatb county farm
bureau I signing up local growers.
Contract forms aro now available
at tbo office of E. If. Thomas,
county agent.
Blity-flvo per cent of tho wool
growers west of tho Cascades have
Joined tho pool, aald Mr. Thomas
today. Tho association has 1700
members In tho state, representing
2S0.000 head of sheep. Thl
growth bas taken placo in lets
than six months aa tho association
was formed only last March.
The association has Its own
warehouse and grading facilities.
Tho wool is graded under Inspec
tion of a licensed government In
spector. Mr. Thomas claims that
the association's methods of
handling tbo wool eliminates two
middlemen's profit.
Growers who Join tho assocla
tlon sign up for a term of five
years. Tbls, It Is claimed, puts
tbo organization on a permanent
basis, giving the association op
portunity to carry Ita stock ovor
periods of fluctuation.
Tbo campaign for organizing the
growers of Klsmatb county Is
showing satisfactory result. It waa
eald . Full details of the pooling
plan and tho benefits promised
members can bo obtalnod at tho
offico of County Agent Thomas In
tho Hwnnson building.
Klamath's Fruit
Crop a Surprise
To the Skeptics
The fruit crop in Ktamatb county
tbls year Is proving a surprise to
new comers vho thought fruit
would be a poor Investment bero.
Due to continuous frosts for the
past four or flvo years thero boa
been very little fruit here, but this
year every orchard In town and
vicinity nro loaded to capacity.
Skoptlc would do well to visit the
Ulrlch placo on Conger avenue for
a glimpse of the four crab-applo
trees In tbo front yard of this city
homo. Thoy aro loaded to the
ground, and an Interesting feature
of one of tho trcca is, that though
originally created as a plain crab,
It is now bearing, duo to grafting,
somo of tho raoro select typo known
as Martha Washington crabs.
Othor orchards boast pears and
almost ovory known kind of npplo
from Oravonsteln to Golden Rus
sett. Ono small apricot troo sup
plied its owner nnd many neigh
bors with a sharo of its ISO pounds
of .fruit. Apricots woro almost un
known In tbo Roguo River valley
tbls season. '
Farms In tbo valley, tho Latta
farm for one, aro now bringing
homo grown strawberries to market
that aro conceded to have as fine
and In many cases finer flavor than
borriea shipped In. Blackberries and
raapborrles too aro grown to some
extont, but hot profusoly.
BIG CHURCH BUILDING
PROGRAM IN SOUTH CAL.
LONG REACH, Col.. Aug., 18
Four million dollars will be spent In
tho construction of new churches
within tho next ten years In Southern
California according to announcement
mado recently at tho convention of
the Christian church held here. This
sum, It was said, will bo distributed
among titty or moro churches. 'Ono
control edifice, however, will be erect
ed In tbo downtown soctlon of Los
Angoles, aa tbo outstanding placo of
worship In the west In connection
with this Christian church will bo
maintained a large auditorium, to bn
neighbored by offices of various mis
sionary organization.
Flnnncing of tho building program
bas been started, It was announced
Cementing Siemens
Oil Well Today; to
Resume Boring Soon
Tho cement for tho Siemens oil
woll arrived last night and work
of cementing tbo bottom of the bolo
was undertaken tbls morning.
Pouring of tbo coment wilt tako
only a fow hours said Captain Sie
mens. It wilt be allowed to harden
and then drilling will be resumed.
The manufacturer of the earnest.
which la a special brand need 'In
checking tbo water flow In oil
well, claim that'll will set In seven
day, but Captain Siemens said .tbn
cement In the local wall would be
atlowod to et longer before drilling
was resumed to mako assurance
that ll would bold 'doubly certain.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. Samuel
Tlldcn Ansel!, former acting adro
cate general for the United States
army and counsel for O rover Berg-
doll, draft evader; Colonel John E.
Hunt and Colonol C. C. Crosson,
were charged with conspiracy in
connection with Bergdoll's escape,
today, in a report signed by three
of tho flvo members of tbo special
investigating: committee.
Tbo report recommended that An-
sell be disbarred from practicing in
the courts of the nation above
whose safety and Integrity he placed
the power of gold.
The minority report, signod by
Representative McArtbur of Ore
gon and Representative Peters of
Maine, nom tnat mere, was.no. le
uroony in snow impropermUT or
conspiracy on the part of AaseILv
Representatives Luhrlns; of .Indi
ana, republican, and Johnson of
Kentucky and Flood of Virginia
signed tho majority report.
DIVORCE ACTION
Suit for divorce baa been, filed in
circuit court by Florence M. Rood
eger against Carl A. Roedeger alleg
ing cruelty as ground fo rher' peti
tion. Member of Commons
Wants Kaiser Tried
LONDON, Aug. 18. Loratio Bot
tomly, Independent, declared In the
house of commons that Holland
should bo called on to surrender the
Kaiser. He raised the question of
rocent trials of Germans accusod of
acts of violation of the rules of civ
ilized warfare. He said If the ad
ministration found Itself unable to
deal -with the matter effectively It
should mako way for men of stern
er stuff.
Flaw in Traffic Law
Found in Attempt
To Arrest Officer
Effort to socuro n complaint
against J. J. McMahou. stato traffic
deputy, tor alleged turning with a
motorcyclo and sldo car In tbo mid-
dlo of a block, was baltod this after
noon when City Attorney Duncan
failed to find anything in the city
ordlnanco defining such action as an
offense. Percy Twombly, driver for a
local laundry, who alleged be say Mc-
Mahon turn tit tbo middle of the
block, sought the complaint bofore
tbo city attorney.
In the course of bis Investigations,
the city attorney 'looked up tbo state
law and could find nothing In the
statute defining turning In tbo mid
dle of the block aa an offense
Lawyers are busy this afternoon
conning the code, aa it baa been
generally understood hero In tho
paBt that turnlns In tho middle of
the block; was a violation of the traf
fls laws and It is said that penalties
for such driving have been inflicted
In local courts.
Regardless of bow It la viewed by
tho law, local drivers say that it is
ono of the most dangerous practices
and moro conducive to accident than
any other in tbo Crlver'a experience,
and that If no law exlsta to pre von I
it one should be pasted.
WEATUKIt REPORT
OREOON Tonight and Friday,
fair moderate westerly wlndsi .
FIJI FORMER
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COURT MES
FOR SQUASHING
OF INJUNCTION
Today la the laet day. it to Mid,
for the countr coart to aaawer the
Injunction kwued by Judge Calkts
of Jackson county, Decesaber 31,
1921, forbidding the collection of
a burget levy for the completion
of the Hot Springs courthouse. It is
reported In courthouse circles that
F. 11. Mills, ono of the counsel for
the county court, bas prepared and
answer and that a copy will be filed
here late thU afternoon, llilla la
said to be on hla way to Kadferd. to
day to file the answer with Jadge
Calkins.
The attorney! for the county court
will ask Judge Calktaa to aet aside
the order made last December and
cancel' tbo Injunction.
If the petition were granted, It 1
said. It would permit the completion
of the Hot Bpriagi building. Tbe in
junction was secured oa petition of
Frank Ward, a tax payer, to prevent
inclusion In the current levy of two
Items, one for $50,000 for completion
of tho Hot Spring eoarthouse. and
one for $40,000 which was de
ated aa a ralseellaaeoua fund.
On March 17. 12 the county
court ordered the elimination of these
levies from the Us rolls, .and taw,
it.la said, will be one of the grooada
for the reqnest for cancelling the
Injunction.
Another reason la that a special
levy wm made la ltlS, defendant
allege, for Hot Spring courthaase
construction aad la available aad not
subject to being tied up br the V
Jmactloa. aad taeajMCtSem. wjtthJhW. J
tbo county court win aavaace ineir
reliance upon the recent opinion of
Justice Harris In tho supreme court.
In which be aald: "If. however, the
county court lawfully proceeds with
the construction of the Hot Springs
courthouse, then the money collect
ed on the 1918 tax levy can be used
for no purpose exeept the construc
tion of the Hot Springs courthouse."
On July 11. last, tho county court,
adopted a resolution wpreeslng tbelr
Intention of completing the Hoi
Springs conrtbouse.
Later Tbo .motion for dissolu
tion of the Calklna injunction. In gen
eral conformance with the outline
above, waa filed In the circuit court
here at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Sues toAnnml
Transfer of Land
Henry K. Jackson, a Klamath In
dian living at Cbiloqutn haa filed
utt against R. C. Spink allegtn
that 109 acres of land was secured
from htm on January 19. 1910,' tor
the sum of $5000 and that up to
dato .no payment nor return of tbo
deeds to tho two tract of lands In
cluded In tho salo have been made.
Jackson alleges that be la uned
ucated, cannot read nor write or un
derstand the English language and
that be bas no ability aa a business
man. Jackson alleges that on Jan
uary 19, 1920 Spink secured bis
signature, a thumb print, to two
deeds to' landa adjoining Chiloquln
and that while $5000 waa to be paid
as consideration, tbl sum waa not
paid blm. Jackson asks tho court
to annual the deeds and prevent
the transfer of the property dur
ing the period while this suit la
pending. Fletcher and Ferguson
aro Jacksons' attorneys.
DAIL FJRKANN IN SECRET
SESSION DEBATES RKPLY
DUBLIN, Aug. 18. Debate on
the reply of the Irish parliament to
the British government was begun
today In executive session. There ,1a
a general belief that the Dall Er
cann will not break oft negotia
tion but will take action toward
securing the co-operation of Ulster.
MARKET REPORT
PORTLAND. Aug. 18. Cattle
steady and unchanged; hogs 50 to
75 cents lower, prime light. $11 to
$11.50; sheep steady, east of tba
mountain iambs $8 to $8.5(1