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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1922)
H V L. --,, $ .i fUBAY. MAY ft. if Beetle Detectives to Play Legion Baseball Team Here on Sunday Tinware of tlm hue; hounds, .beetle detectives, dendroctonus destroyers, lined assassins, or whatever the hoys tiro ratted who, under direction of Jack Kimball of tho Klamath forest protective association, nro enftnged In ninkltiK life miserable for the western plno beetle! Tor on Sunday they aro rcIiik to descend upon Klamath Kails and rlcan tho first baseball team that nil own Itselfpreferably tho legion tram, became most of the boy wore in tbo service. They wnnt to show the city cx-scrvlco toys that they are Just n lit t to hit tougher, and can sock the hnrocfildo just a llttlo harder than their city cousins. Tli In warning tamo from Camp 11. near Long lake, where 1C or SO of tlm Klmbaltltes are holding forth. Delegations aro expected from the other camps. It has born learned that at Camp 11 n aow and certain method of de trelnK'ftV4ilno beetle has been fsrtlml. Thn bus detectives work In fairs, ono to locate the bug trees and tho other carrying two small blocks of wood. When the lair of the beetle Is discovered the Insect aro placed on ono of tbo Mocks, one by one, and nro struck sharply with tho other Mock. This method never fatla to gain tho desired results, .It was said. Harold Christy, who Is at camp 11, la reported to be keeping In training by wrestling with tho largest beetles, sovcial of .which were said to have given him a tough go". .Others In tho camp were reported to have made pots of somo of the more gentle of tho beetles captured. Kimball de clares, however, that none of the boys III bo permitted to bring their pets on Modoc field Sunday. Tho slaughter will start at 2:30 Sunday oftornoon. Dollar Day Specials and Millinery Bargains tor Saturday HECTOR'S Four Pairs Flesh-Col ored Bloomers $1.00 Medium 'grade Jersey; very special. Five wards Fancy Cretonne 1.00 A nice selection of patterns Y 3fc Yards Dress Gingham $1.00 27-inch Ginghams, in stripes and checks $1.50 Pure Silk Hose $1.00 Absolutely Pure Silk Hose, and unusual low price ;black and brown. Two Extra Specials from Our Millinery Department $12.95 Pattern HaU $7;90 Our finest and smart est style Hats all. re , duced for Saturday "selling, $7.t0 ' Track Stars to Meet in Portland June 8 I'OUTl.AND. May 3. Track and field stars of tho Pacific northwest will hnvo nn opportunity to contend for new honors at tho annual Pacific northwest track and field champion ships ,to bo staged here by tho Mult, nomnh amateur athletic club Juno 8, .as tho athletic feature of tho Port land rose festival. Tho event will bo an open meet. Individual athletes holding member ship In tho American amateur ntblet lr union will bo eligible without rep resenting any club or school. Invlta- 1 tlcns have brcn extended stars from tho University of Washington, Wash, i Ington stato college. University of Idaho. University of Oregon and Ore- icon Agricultural college. Verne WJndnale, former Cornell distance man, now chairman and coach of track at Multnomah club here, has been placed In general charge of arrangements for tho meet. Personal Mention J. O. Goldthwalto of the Modoc lumber company returned last night from 8an Francisco. If. M. Manning returned yesterday from a short business trip in Port land. Mr. and Mrs. V, (5. Darnthouse have returned from Eugene where they wero visiting friends for two weeks. G. W. Chandler, special agent for the Southern Pacific, returned yes terday to Dunsmulr. Mrs. W. G. Moore and daughter, Mrs. John Johnson left this morning for GranU Paw. NKUSOY.PFItKMMKrt Theodore Nelson, an employe of the Standard oil company, and Flor ence Pfremmer, music Instructor for the city public schools, were married at 7:30 last night at thoTrcsbytcrlan parsonage' The Iter. Arthur I.. Rice performed tbo ceremony. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Two Yards Organdie $1.00 All colors and white; 45 inches wide Three Yards Under wear Crepe $1.00 Best grade; comes in plain colors Three Yards Black Sateen $1.00 Always useful, and an extra good value; 36 inches wide Two Yards Epongette Suiting $1.00 Comes in sport colors for skirts and jumper dresses; 36 inches wide $6.85 Trimmed Hats $4.45 An expensive lot of stylish and .becoming Hats; formerly sold to $6.85. Saturday ' Special $4.45 THE EVENING CONCILIATION IKWtl) HCOIIKI) (Contnued from rage 1) nounccment by the chntman, ns fol fel fol eows: "f feel that properly you hnvo n right to representation In our stato legislature, and while you are tasting your vote at tho polls. If you will think of this chairman at this board, that ho Is confident that ho will and It he ran am sure that ho wilt do whatever ho can for you In this matter." Ilcsson Why We Cannot Accept Wo regret that tho situation can- I not be sufficiently simplified so that satisfying the board ns to tho IJpo of. action wo should pursuo would bo alt thnt Is necessary, nut wo cannot side stop tho competitors who are all 0Ul U" "' niJ "" Pr?d,"C ?R advantages than those outlined by tbo board. Wc find tho following faulty con clusions In the board's ropert: Quoting from the report. "It concedes tho unusual condi tions attaching to tho pine-Industry In Klamath county, that It operates under a handicap by vlrtuo of Its location with competition calling for careful and sympathetic co operation by employer and employe alike." The board, while making this de claration, simply does so and leaves the matter as a statement and does not attempt to In any way consider It In arriving at their conclusion. They having admitted the effect of com petition, fall to take that competition properly Into consideration In deter mining wha't la necessary to over come It- They cannot question that the evi dence wai absolutely conclusive as regards the fact thatur competitors hrun ten nours ,anu pay ic wsci. nnd we believe that this Is the only basis upon which a fining should have been made. In affalrmlng a proper wage for, common labor which Is the exact amount for eight hours that many of our competitors pay for ten hours, virtually puts our operations to a dis advantage with our competitors to tho, extent of approximately 20 per cent, which nuld put them in n poii tlon to sell at our cost of production and stilt have a profit. On top of this disadvantage, our competitors enjoy tho further advan tage of first, cheaper stumpage by 11.00 to $:.S0 per thousand, cheaper freight rates, and closer proximity to markets for both labor and output. Again quoting from the repert: "Generally employes testified that U 'economic were necessary thoy would accept willingly a re duction In wages but no Increase In the length of their working day." The statement that employes would take a reduction in wages cannot In any way be considered as a solution because a reduction In their pay suf ficient to put us on an equal basis with the tea hour plants If we were operating only eight hours, would be entirely too low to afford them prop er living expenses, and It would be ab solutely Impossible for us to secure labor on the cheap wage, and further from our actual experience, .we know that If operations were begun on this basis, it would b0 only a short tlmo before they would demand higher pay and we are looking for a permanent stable solution. We feel that the lengthening of the day would least affect the living con dltlons and social standard of the employes, and that la one of our reasons for favoring It, and expert once ha absolutely shown us that men do and will go to the longer hour plants paying the same per hour which amount to more per day. Again quoting from the repert: "that the resultant product is substantially marketed directly to and through large frnlt growing associations of that stste. that the relationship between .the pine In dustry in juamaiB ana xruu in dustry of California Is close and difficult to segregate." This statement Is largely la error, although it has a foundation In fact because out of forty some odd mills located In the'Klamath district, there are only two that are owned by fruit companies. The prodact of tbeso two plants is suitable only ia part of 'the fruit business, and their Inmber end must be sold in competition wtth lum ber mills. The fact that fruit com panies have engaged In the business cannot be' undone, and It furnishes really a further reason for conservative-manufacture on the part of mills who have to compete for this busi ness. By far the major portion of snooks' consumed Is secured from non-fruit owned companies, and a decline of over 25 per cent In price within the year 1921 Is certainly evidence of the necessity of retrenchment in costs. Again quoting from the repert: "Employes in Klamath Palls constitute approximately twenty per cent of the total when plants are operating full capacity." This Is an admUslon that the wishes of only 20 per cent of our em ployes could be expressed at this hearing, and that, was one of the points the operators laid great stress upon, namely, that any settlement that we might arrive at would not be done witb the consent of our en-: tire crew, and this being the case It was absolutely necessary that wej HERALD, KLAMATH take Into consideration tho employ ment offered In California, from which source ILws necessary for us to secure tho other 80 per rent of our crow, and tho board's finding Is In every particular calculated to lako care of tho expressions of this 20 per cent, and leaves Us to secure tho other SO per cent upon a basis which w know Is absolutely Impracticable and Impossible. Again quoting from the reports "Tho board concedes that occa sions' may arlso In any Industry where Mrlct adherenco to an eight hour day becomes at onco Imprac tical nnd nn Injustice alike to.bolli employer nnd employe. Kxtra or overtime as It Is usually termed, may bo a necessity and In this event entered Into with duo regard for tho Increased relative compen sation or penalty which should fol .low tho extra hour or hours of service, usually tlmo and one half." Tho laws of tho stato of Oregon designate ten hours as a working day. but tho ruling of the board would geek to preclude us from working the lawful, hour should we desire. We botlovo wo are perfectly within our rlghta In offering the employment for any part of tho working day legally authorlicd.by our state. If certain employes desire less hour they are certainly free to seek and secure that employment. Uut wo deny that tho board or the employes havo tho right to try and prevent employes who would be glad to work the longer hours from working for us. Again quoting from the repert: "It realises that local Conditions may arise la different calling wherein the general Interests of the state may well be regarded ai secondary. It cannot, however, subscribe to the contention that an ' InVustry so vital to our material Interest which has established, first' as a war necessity nnd later retained as an enlightened step In economic, progress, a basic working day of eight-hours hould now be cause of local condition undo work which has engaged the sym- nathelle attitude 01 capital anu Inhor alike." In analrtinc the ahove unuingn. tho hoard has made nn error In stat Ing that tho change to an eight-hour day Is absolutely ewentlat to produce an efficient and profitable working basis, whereas quantities of evidences wero furnished showing over 85 per cent of the entire lumber produced throughout the nation Is produced upon a ten-hour day, and It Is also therefore not a local proposition. It Is further a known fact among lum ber operators that those plant who under the force of compulsion have been dperattnr eight houra In Ore gon. Washington nnd Idaho, aro not making money and In each and every one of these states, some aro being forced to forsake tho eight-hour day under the atross of present condi tions, which are radically changed from those In effect at the time the eight-hour day was adopted. It Is also a fact that only 30 per cent of the mills In the Klamath dis trict and probably less than half of the men engaged bare ever operated on less than a nine or ten hour day, and It Is furtbeftrue that In the tex tile Industries, In the construction of water power plant and In other In dustrial engagements st the present time, the tendency I to lengthen tho day. and we do not concur In tho opinion of the board that a majority of the in'.strlal leaders within our stato and nation believe In tbo prac ticability of the eight-hour day under present conditions. We aro rather In clined to bellevo that tho opposite would be more nearly correct. Again quoting from the repert: ' "If the exigencies of war made possible an- eight-hour day wtth iacreased efficiency, why change In days of peace?" The' board evidently lay consider .able stress on the proposition that during the period of the war the lum ber Industry In Oregon and Washing ton was able to operate profitably. "I Ain't Mad At NOBODY" FALLS, OREGON nnd successfully on mi eight-hour titty basis, but It falls to lako Into consid eration that tho period during (tie war was n period of Industrial pros perity such as tho world hns tuner Horn lie fore and may never see again, whereas the period which vo ore now facing l a period of strict com petition, und In order to rope with that kind of competition, wo must ho on an equal basis, which means that tho Klamath Kails section must bo tittle to compote with tho California mills working on n ten-hour per day sctirdule. Tho putting In of the olitlil-heiir day ns n war measure In producing aeroplane lumber had more largely to do with the deslro on the part of tho war bureau to make uniform day and a uniform wage throughout the northwest Industry. It was done largely to stop tho Inhor turnover be cause on account of Inflated prices, mills wero competing both as to hours and wages for men, nnd tho of tllccney of the organisation was be ing decidedly upset. Tho-sumo result could have been obtained by having n uniform ten-hour day with a uni form wago. This was put In force only In tho states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, whereas thn rrst of the United Stntes collectively furnished considerably more lumbor In total for war purposes than did this particular section, and they operated through out on a ton-hour day, Tho reason the military authori ties took the step In making a uni form day nnd uniform wage was be- cause the operator were precluded from doing so by the antitrust law of the United States, nnd they folt thnt something must bo dono to save tho tlmo being lost on tho pt of men running from one Pl'nl to another and thn building up of costs because operators wore competing with each other In bidding for labor Summing up tlm board's report, thoy declare themselves for an eight hour day, hut utterly fall to substan tiate any reason or fact for arriving nt this decision. They admit tho com petitive condition In California, the unusual handicap with which wo work In tho Klamath Kails district, yet In tho faco of all this argument lu our favor, they decldo against ui. Ssfe Cash Is King We sell for cash only. You don't pay for lost accounts or expensive delivery cost. .You only pay for real Meat and Produce values Strawberries, 25c box. Tomatoes, 24c lb. Rhubarb, 10c lb. Green Peas, 14c lb. Celery, 15c bunch. Green Onions, 7c bunch. Radishes, 5c bunch. Lettuce, 10c head. Spinach, 10c lb. Watercress, 10c lb. Asparagus, 16c lb. Milk, 7c quart. ' Grand Central Public Market Ninth and Tho Hoard layn considerable slrosii on the tiplitlijti of Industrial loader, hut fulls to mention to whom they ro for. If thoy nro tolyliw on II"' Inilun trial leaders nnd menu tho employer, thorn Is nothing to substantiate (heir MKuniont, for the Industrial loader of tho nation mo mooting rompell tlvo rniiilltloiiH ttirnuitluml tlm coun try us thoy find thorn, which menus It their Industry requires a ton-limit day Hi'lirdtilo, thoy nro iitloptlni:. II without question. Wo ui employers know Hint we ic.iiiuot operate NUrcossfully ngiilust our enmpotltor-t except upon it rein- live equal basin of hour anil wage. Any other stittlomi-ut would In H very iintnr.i owing In the ilicuin-Htitm-oM of tho situation bo temporary mid wo are looking for it Initio milu-Hon. TST STRAND 10c- -WIIKIIM KVliltVnODV (20KM- IIOMK OK TIIU 1IODKINHO.V I'KATUIIKM BENEFIT TIMBERWORKERS LOCAL NUMBER 188 And Some Show. Everybody Come A Big Feature and Good Comedy Show Stints at 0:30. Don't forget Benefit for Friday and Whip's Cream ISc !L. pt. Klamath Cheese, 29c lb. Strictly Fresh Local Eggs Pure Pork Sausage 20clb Pure Hamburger, 15c lb. Try our Fresh Meats. Our Prices are Right. Grape Fruit, 10c each. Oranges, (55c dozen. Dried Peaches, 14c lb. Strawberry plants. Klamath ' Prtgfl Four We nro tint In principle npinwiil ( I ho tilnlit-lmiir day, and would In perfectly Bgreeiililn I" ndiipthut It If It wore tlm lrctlcn ' a majority or these wjth whom w'o linui In rompolo, mid until this In the rano. wo caniint iigrt'o In follow the ineoiiimeiiiliitliiu if tho Imnril. m OREGON BREVITIES Tweuly-imo count len i mimed their mileage levlf for 1022. t'liilHloiutii rheomi farlory product wns SMUlMi for punt )er. t'liluu to (tot tltaniliird till Htn tlon. Itedmond I'urmer wiirelimisn In bo ruttullt. Trotting the life of your rug with nil oli'drlr cleaner (let olio on easy I terms nt Comet Klerlrle to - -too Admission 10c and 25c the boys inns Thursday, Saturday 1 Seed Potatoes, all kinds. Potatoes 92.00 to .$2.50 per hundred. Dressed Chickens, 32c lb. Live Chickens, 28c lb. Dressed Rabbits, 30c lb. Live Rabbits, 15c lb. Horseradish, 40c lb. Apples $1.75 to $2.25 box Creamery and Country nutter. Cider. Phone 1 69 ,W J & .'.&' a&vt