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Newspaper Page Texti ,:. & t.f JUNK IB, IBM THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON Page Two f ' ft: The Evening Herald (T,. r. a MVUD....lMkor Md Pablkher r.' aui. city Mdftov , fiktlOM dillr aicept 8tindr, tT Tin Ifarttd Publlihtnit Company of ,. Kkmmtli roll, t 119 Klghth ttreet. NUrt at the potttofflce at Klm lh Fll, On., (or tranimlMloa throtuli tka mIU an coikI-cUri tntttor, MRMI1BR Or THH ASSOCIATHD PRK88 ThJs Amoetatnd Pre In clnlTe 1 entitled to tho inn (or publlcv lion of all tinwn tlHpatcho credited to It, or not oilicrwfec cradlted In thin paper, and alto Ilia local news published heroin. TIHWDAY, JUNK lit, 1023 I HUMBUG EXPOSED I v AS I'HOFOllNI) n truth an was wan nvor uttered wan 1'. T. Iltiriium'n Justification tor hoaxes pcrpi'trnlcd upon n credulous pub lic: "Tho American pcoplo like to ho humbUKKPd." Hornum hail n Item Insight Into tho American mind, tho Inbuilt of tho practical yrhi)loRlM, Up was u Kreat show man, and hn umlerNtnml exactly how In nppi-al to tho tlriimttlc emo tions. Ilarnum'a liiimlniKKcry wu ImrmloM enotiKh, and while hi Cnrdlff giant wan n Mmnu'lem hoax. ho morn than ctunpenMtPil the pub lic when ho introduced Into places that hitherto had known llttln of art ind culture the mutclilCM' sing er. Jenny Mnd. Ilarnuin Ir ililxt aKaln, but the rpiKram wo havo iiunletl Is oi ap- pllcablo to tho American of today riH to tho generation of liulf a ren in ry ago. It ln th full nnd completo rx plan. -it Inn of the Ku Klux Klan. This Rlgantlc humhiiK It rooted In a dnlro by a few men for finan cial ruIii, and It hn' produced tho deilrnl reanlta. It uppeaU to tho wiiio of tho dramatic, and ten of i thouranda respond with cash con tribution. Tim Medford Mall Tribune i a recent edltorlil. stripy the organi zation of all It prutcnslonn of prin ciple and exposes the. naked and ro pulMvo Rkfleton. Wo reprint the editorial becauro of lt logic and r.e)f.evldcnt truth, hoping to rave somo of our reader,) tea dollars, ami aware that thero aro other .Who will net bn saved If thn nn. F.- 1wHU'U..ffreJ tlicui .to eW trlbuto, for Uiriiiiiu wan Inevitably, unaUorahly and uerlaslngly right: th smooth-talking, smooth-working promoter and field agent, who lire at tho best hotels and then more on when tha rube are picked clean. 'Oh, It's a grerft commentary upon tho gullibility, of some of. our leading cltlsens. Of course, It has Its serious side. Thero Is a direct appeal to law lessness nnd rlolence. The so-called, creed la essentially un-American and dangerous. The prepos terous attempt to enter politics nnd capture, the government, Is outrageous. lint first, last and all the time, the K, K. K, l n Joke. Attar one has studied It for any length of time. Indignation evnporates mid thero Is only one nscape: Fresh air and a good laugh with 1'iirk: "What Fools Wo Mortals lie" FULL REPORT OH WATER INCREASE J , 4 Following Is tho complete rtport of the findings of the public service commission relative to tho water rate Increase granted tho California Ore gon Power company The Deputy UlWtrlct Attorney of "-on Angolcn county nays every member of tho Ku Klux Klan Is a pocr citizen. That, we fear, Is a llttln strong. Thero aro good citixona In the K. K. K. It would bu much wore, ac curate to say that uvcry member la a poor almp. For the moro ono learns about this organlxation, the mora appar ent It becomes that it Is nothing but a Eot-rlch-quick srhemo, which to date, has been a sensational and altogether amazing tuccesi. Tho K. K. K. will admit prac tically itnyono thnt pays the prlen. It has no real principles, no gen uine convictions, nothing but a passion (or cash, and anyone not obviously daugorous to tho order, ran enter th mysterious Invisible empire If he puts down a ten dol lar bill at tho gate, and plunks up $0.60 (or a six-bit night gown. Thoro Is the entire K. K. K. af fair In, a nutshell. Take out tho profits to the Inner ring and It would rollapsu tomorrow. Hut as long as thorn are any easy marks left, as long an tho graft holds, tho Invisible hocus, pocus will continue. All this has been divulged be fore. Tho entire, affair was ex posed by the New York World, (or which It was awarded tho Pulltur nawrpaper prize for distinguished public service, mid It all rnmo out later In the Congressional Itccord. Colonel'HImmonH, whoso origina ted tka Idea, was. It seems, a strug gling Itinerant preacher u few years ago. Now ho lives In a tno.000 palace In Atlanta, tioorgla, with a nice little rollegu he pur chased, as a plaything: n factory which turnH out tho night gowns at a profit of 3000 per cent: a print ing plant which turns out tho K. K. K, paper and a real estate or ganization which spoculates In woorgla lands. (ho entire Invest mont, arcordlng to tho Congres sional Record running Into mil lion! and millions of dollars. , Wizard Slminon.s divide tho country, his llttlu oyster, Into "domains" each presided over by a "Orand Goblin." who reports to tha "Imperial Klcagle." Each mate or raalin Is llkn u regiment, and the "King Kleagle" In charge reports to his chief, tho ''Orand Cloblln." Tho "Kleuglo" or field man reports to tho "King Kleuale" only. Ten dollars "donation" Is required (or citizenship. The "Kleagle" geta $4 of this and the balance Is nent to "King Kleagle" who retains $1 for his part, and remits ir. to tho "(liand Ooblln." Tha "Orand Ooblln" guts flO conis and sends I'ViO to the "Imparlal Kjloailft,' who keeps $2,r,0 and pays tho "Imperial treasury" for tho. ''Kmporor" $2. Tho whole systcm'ls an carofully conducted as a Well organized sales system, "Kleailes" bring obliged to (lie Weakly returns on a printed blank. Not a cent (or flub facilities. at with other secret orders, not a ceat for benovoloncos, not a cent iii:hhu: thk itiu.ic skhvick COMMISSION' OF OIIKOON In the matter of the application of the California-Oregon Power Com pany, a corporation, for authority to Increase water rates In the City of Klamath rail;. OIlllF.K On tho sr.th day of August. 1930, tho California-Oregon Tower company filed with thin commission an appli cation for authority to Increase Its water rates In tho city of Klamath Falls. After due and legal notice to all Interested parties the above entitled matter came on for hearing and In vestigation before tha commission at the City hall Klamath Falls, Oregon, on the l.r.th day of October. 1U20, at the hour of 9:30 a. in., at which time and placo witnesses were called and their testimony taken; and, the com mission now being fully advised In tho premises, the matter Is ready for final determination and order. Present; II. II. Corey, commission er. Appearances: For Applicant: It. C. Oroesbeck. C. J, Ferguson, Its at torneys, J. C. Thompson, manager. For city of Klamath Falls: J. II Carnahan, city attorney, J. It Stru bio. mayor. This application was based upon thegrounds that during years 1917 to 1919 the prices of material and labor had Increased abnormally, and that oneratlnu costs had also In creased to such an extent that the In come derived during the yea'r 19tB prorided a return of less than 2ft while It Is necessary to pay 7 on borrowed caolul. also that during the year 1920 it 'has bron nocessary to larrclr Increasn the capital inrest- meat, and' that further Inrestment In olant Is necessary to provide ade quate and ratlsfactory service; that following 1919 the present rates win not only nrovlde no return, bur In fact will rfauio an actual deficit In the operation of the utility. Also that on July IS. 1'Jl". the public service commission of Oregon found a physical value of the applicant's water system, and fixed a deprecia tion rate to apply to aamo which is found to be Inadequate. Slnco the former hearing tho mat ter o( (Iro protection for tho city of Klamath Kail, assumed such Impor tance that a formal hearing wan held In the matter biforo Chairman Wil liams, at the chamber of commerce club rooms In Klamath Fails, on Thursday. April 13th., 1922. at the hour of 10:00 a. m.. at wnicn time and place the following appearances. were made: For the cltr of Klamath Falls: Wil son B. Wiley, mayor. M, S. West, city councilman. For the chamber or commerce Jt A. Gordon, president. For state tiro marshal: Horace Svkes. denutr. For Oregon Insuranco rating bur eau: James M. McCune, manager, C. F, WTagnor, engineer. For California-Oregon Powtr com pany: Paul II. McKee, vlre-pruldenl and general manager, F, 0. Phelps, secretary, C. K. Olee, assistant gen eral agent. In the meantime, an upparont ef fort by tho utility to cover both Issues' resulted in the tiling ny it. on April 1, 1922, of Supplement No. 10 to Its P. 8. C. Or. No. 2, which named In creased rates (or practically all Mu ter service rendered at Klamath Falls, and which was scheduled to become effective May 1, 1922. As this matter was already formally be (ore thin commission, tho operation of tho supplementary tariff, was, on April 29. 1922. suspended "until the drat day of July, 1H22. unless other wise ordered by the commission," The result of theso two hearings will be Hmblned ftnd the laities raised In both, and by the suspended tariff,' will be considered In full In thlB determination. Opinion Valuation For llato Making: In formor proceedings this commission made a (ull Investigation, and valua tion of this utility and fixed a tolal valuation (or rate making purposen, as of December 31, 191G, amounting to ri78,135.00. and also fixed a rate of depreciation to bo used by the utility In the various accounts as an operating expense. On account of the action of chemicals in the soil, the depreciation rate as fixed at this time on the distribution Rystein has been since (ound to bo Inadequate, In this proccedlng.the commission's engineering staff has made full and careful Investigation of the operat ing oxpensos, the condition of tho plant, and of throe years net addi tions and betterments made to tho plant since the former valuation was fixed, nnd reports that there has been a total Investment In new plant during the years 1917, 1918 and 1,919 of 113,160.00. thua making a total capital Investment In plant of 1191,196,00, oh of uecemuer ;u. pumping pliant, together with ad ditional pump and power equipment, on account of the Inadequacy of the original, Installation, nlso certain other additions were made to Im prove and extend tho service. Tho annual reports show that during the yearn 1920 and 1H21 there has been i expended In net nddltlons and bet terments the rum of )4H,7O!t,O0,' thus Indicating n total Investment as, of December 31, 1921, of approxl-, malely 9231.900.00. i.s, result of the hearing on fire protection It Is evident that an itiTtll-' tlonal Investment annrexlinailiii: i $60,000,00 will bo necessary to pro-1 vide tho additional tire protection i recommended b,y tho Insurance ntt thorltlcs. In certain portions of the city, due' to soil conditions, tho distribution system Is no badly depreciated tliut ' the utility Ik now confronted with tho necewlty of additional replace ments. Those portions of the distri bution system which nre thus uffcrt ed, and of which the life is less than oue half the ordinary life of like material In other portions of the city, comprise approximately one fourth of the entire distribution, nnd in cal culating depreciation as nn operating expense, thN fact must bo considered. Operating Itoenuesand Kxnensus The following comparative Income statement will show the operating revenues, operating expenses, nnd the resulting operating Income (or return 1 recehed on the lnestment In thu Klamath Falls water utility tiiromo Statement 301 Operating reenue.s t!UN, The "Suzanne? , If Tennis tHaiul i Designed by"" Ml SiWiituie l.euglen it ii 1m Champion of Franco drants and additional main r.ip.iclt) on slitKle hydrant extensions is mil) u small proportion of the total In cstnifnt In transmission iiinlns. reservoir, pumps, etc., that In pro perly assignable to (Itv protictlou The resulting rale, If applied to h drants only..makes the eharpe for ad ditional hdrnnts too IiIkIi to en courage the general Installation de- ulr.,.1 V. np.t ttt.ir.if,.. iicttii'rlli. .... iiu ...., ...'. .-.., . , ,r.,-... , log n flat rato sum to be charged for ber :tl, in If,, whs Jl7.s.i:ir, nn, i,y reason of addltlonx nnd betterments iiitide, that such wiluutlim was In- reused us of December 31, I.H',1, to tll'l.lliO oo Additions of npprosl mutely $40,000 00 liato been made In the lust two years and filrtbet llil proM'iuents of $110,000 00 will be ncces,ity to furnish fire protection ilonuiiided by Insurance companies ii litis r present rates of Insurance, 3 That the present rates. Insofar all existing f.tcllitloH other than h-as theyNllffor from the rates herelu drauts. This hUiii litslso predicated after preitcrlbed, are Inadequate, un upon u total additional liiestiiuut fair, unjustly discriminatory and In Improvements to the i) stein, leld practically no return upon the amounting to $5.1, 000.00 This hit-1 Investment prudently made In this ter amount does not Include any Hater utility. additional Investment In either tho 4 That the following tales are hydrants or hydrant connection, for fair reasonable, and not unjustly which Investment a proper t barge Is (discriminatory rates to be charged water service specified Hal Hate ti tsys; tsVVVsvVVstVVVVsvVsvVVVVVrsVV(rVrVV Daddy ThvOSmt Says: When tho poor little bnby is crying it might lie that tho wot diaper has chafed a raw, red surface on iUs delicate skin. t , If you would dust it with the truly won- dorful . moisture shedding, soothing and healing Puretost Zinc Stearato, the dear 5 little baby would smile. A generous size can for 2fie at the Star Drug Store. 1 2 t a A A A - qofi r.n. nit ii tin cm , in.i.1 , """" m'"iii''ii i'i-i"i iuii,'- inriMsirm. isJ'SmeS: i iQCi-i l9J0' PHy I'rovlded in the tariff , for the '.V. '., .!' ,ni,'!,s's 4a ... Domestic Ititle This Increase In' x-iiri onV',0, ,3.. "nr .".- .,i' r" Protection charge la reflected In. m.t.t.Hle f.ittMii.iptloit :T '.:TV ' " -.-.". .is. afcu, ,, forii'iiimiimiii' ri'iliirlliui nvir in wii tn i " .-.,-......,. . 38.4N0.9t; 1321. 42..S7.a! Net operating revenilol deficit lu red): 1918. $ti.C7ri.47; 19111. (C- '04. 9R: 1920, ($a,r,22.SS). IJI21, (:.avii.:ii). s, 303 Taxes assignable to oi er'nsr 1918. $1.41fi.so, 1919. $1, '79.SC : 1920. $-2,80i.02, 10SI. $3, 389.02. W 304 Uncollectible operating revenue: 101 S. $272.96: 1919, $.108. 00: 19S0, $349.2; 1921 $30i.r,4. Operating income (deficit) 1918, $4,985.71: 1919. $3,617.09: 1920, (6.677.37: 1921, ($i:.r.N6.r.2) lteadjustment of general expens es: 1920, I,sr,r..3l: 1921, $2,3',.', 49 Keadjustment In depreciation al al eowance: 1921. $1,108.70, Readjusted deficit. 1920. ($1,. 722.06); 1921. (13. 122,33) It Is to be noted that although cer tain readjustments of general expenses-and depreciation allowances have been made that a considerable defi cit from operations for the last two ear has occurred It was estima ted by the utility that It will be pos sible to reduce this deficit. Although It should be entirely eliminated, our own Investigation hIiowh little Indi cation of their ability to earn a re turn n excess of I under the ex isting conditions. With this wutor utility earning practically no n turn. we are con fronted with the necessity of requir ing an additional investment for fire protection, and It must bo evident that If money Is to be secured for this purpose, an Income must be as sured at the time that a requirement for additional Invtstment Is made. It Is our purpose to reiulro tho addi tional investment for the necessary fire protection, and the necessary re turn thereon can only be provided through Increased rates. Ilats (or Flrit Protection' Tho present arrangement for fire protec tion, In accordance with tho original franchise, provides for tho free use of 10 hydrants and presumably other facilities, as originally Installed, for fire protection such as tho reservoirs, wells and pumps, etc. For the addi tional equipment, the rate now In if feet Is $2.00 iter livdranffor all kinds nnd'types of hydrants, which rato the utility has proposed to Increase to $2.S0 per hydrant. In analysing the Inn' (Its of the additional construction proposed, It Is evident that tho rates filed by tho Utility and suspended by the commis sion do not place upon firo protec tion Its propnr proportion of costs It should be evident that the plant In vestment, used (or both domestic nnd (Iro protection, which Is over und above that neceasary (or domestic service should bo assignable to firo protection. At tho April 13th hearing. It de veloped that, ulthough uddltlonal (Ire protection facilities should be Installed In the near future, tho city woh operating upon u budget system and any resulting Inereaso In rales could not become effective until the beginning of tho year 1923. It wa.s also shown at this hearing that, ovoi thought It was desirable that econom ical for the city to own Its own hy drants, this condition could not be effected Immediately. In order to meet such condition, we are prescribing no rhango In rates (or fire protection until tho begin ning of tho year 1923; and aro also making specific provision for u nntal (or each type of hydrant, which rent al would ceaso at tho time that the hydrants wore purchased by thu city. The method of charging for firo protection In direct ratio to the num ber of bydrpnts In use does not re sult In a proper or equitable basis of charge. , The Invtstment In by- In previous order) l Star Theatre Today Betty Compson AND Aliltlli.ible only to resldelii'i s. proposed and suspended rates fur do-1 apartments or Mates occupied hv sin mestlc use. It Is unfortunate that K family and where meter Is not tho water users of Klamath Falls Installed Per Month nre not more compactly located TIiIh Klntt Faucet, or fixture $1 '' condition, duo to the topography oi Hath, each . 3ft the city and the rapid deterioration i Toilet each . '' of tho water pipes In certain por- Additional faucets (as defined lions of the city, result lu a tost ror water service considerably above that I of other cities In Oregon , Sprinkling Itates- The utility has I also proposed it material Increase In springllug rates. Our Investlga I tlon (Uncloses that the ordinary j domestic use of consumers who Ir rigate Is considerably III excess of the 3uo cu ft at which lliu Irrigation ' rate U now first unnlled To lire- i rent this discriminatory condition 1 this limit for sprinkling service will be Increused to 500 ru, ft No In crease for thu wuter auually used for sprinkling (that estimated to b" In excess of S00 cu ft I will bo per mitted. The special or commodity rate for sprinkling of 10c per loo' ru. ft. will be contlnu d This rale, will then be tho same us that now effective at lloseburg and (Iriints l'ass. Finding of 1'iK't , Doing fully advi-vd In the prem ises, and based on exhibits and lev I tlmoiiy submltltd, and the record I herein, the commission makes its finding,! as follews: 1. .That tho applicant, the Cull- forulj-Ortgon Power company is i corporation nwnlnic. ontrolllnn and I operating a water plant for the ills- tributlon and sale of wuter for do- ' mesne Utfu unit commercial use anil for fire protection, lu thu city of Klamath Falls. Oregon, and Is it pub- I lie utility, subject to the Jurlsdlc- j Two big stars In it thrill-swept ro tlon of this commission and tint pro- mnnce of th Frnien North where visions of tho public utility act. oflHlm7 ,,. ,,,,, wll, ,.,,, the State of Oregon anil all sup de- , , .. ,, . . , V, . .. mentary amendments thereto; . Mounted Police This Is lit tty Count- 2. That the value for rate making . "n' l"t Ht Picture, also pur pons of this wuter utility as fix-1 ,,,,., . cd by this commission as of Decern-j Eddie Lyons Comedy Tom Moore Customers under this schedule may eli ct In writing, or the utility may elect, to have it meter Installed, alter whltli tho meter rates will apply I'll wile I'lie I'riilesiloii Fin' hvdriinls or automatic sprlnh ler systems for file priteitlon, In eluding water lined for the eillnn ulsbment of fires onl I V4 Inch, or smaller, loiinertlon to mains $1 '.'" 2 Inch connection to mains 2 2i 3 inch connection to mains 3 Mi i 4 Inch connection to mains ' no ; MunMpul I'ln- I'rulei tlon I'lltll Jan I, 1923 Mho eilstlllg1 rates will continue to nppl) j After Dim 31. 1922 Tint follow lllg rates will be effective j l'ir .Moulli i 1 1-or use oi wens, piiuiw, ; I reservoirs, mains anil the first Ho hvdrant touner- , tloiin (ompleto (oicnpl h- ' i dratit) In excess of first I in 1536 no i I For eaeti udilllloii I In hv- ' I drain lonnectlon complite J (evcept hydrant I oil eM I lug main For each addition 6 Inch h- ! dram lonnectlon complete (incept liVtlrulltl mi exist- . Ing main . 'mi For each addition additional 4 Inch hydrant connection tlon complete (txcept hy drant) on 4 Inch or larger. 1 extension 2 tut Por Fllllly Owned Hydrants Por each Hteamer ll)ilntul (2 standard hose, oue sternum loiinn'tlon and mi closed valve) .Cf. For inch Hlandanl Hydrant (2 standard hose (onnec llon only, 4 huh riser and inclosed Valviil lu excess of first Hi in I For each t Inch liydtatil (2 standard limn lotitiecllotis t huh riser I T For eat It 3 1 Inch hydrant (2 standard hose it tut c lions JH huh riser! 2'i (Continued to Page 1) When Out Riding Sundays Cnll at Riverside Hotel ; at Merrill ojnnil Hat a Good Chicken Dinner For $1.00 lee Cream served every day. Etra with Dinner IN "Over the Border" (or JlMnraace, but overy cent (or 1S,19. In the year 1920 It was (ound IM ItUjber upa,. the inuer circle, I necessary to Install a complete i)cw At the Liberty m m m Tonight the final presentation of the remarkable production "Foolish Wives ' by and with Erich Von Stroheim. Beyond question the most stupendous picture ever produced. One showing tonight, starting at 8 o'clock. Special music and complete' orchestra directed by Mr. Borel. PRICES TONIGHT: Balcony, 55 cents Auditorium, 75 cents Children will not be admitted to this attraction Jit your home with your KODAK anotli there's always be told. Let us show satisfactory it Kodak way. Ask us for the free booklet, "At I loine with the Kodak." you is to er story waiting to how simple and make pictures the Kodaks, all ttntognili!i , tfti.jO l Hitivuh's , $j.ao a Wv KLAMATH FALLS OREGON tttSt" I l I PURITY I WHERE PARTICULAR PEOPLE BUY THtIR DRUGS WW -iiaWni DOINGd OF THE DUFFS WILBUR TELLS A JOKE BY ALLMAN TOM, I WENT TO A SHOW THE OTHER NJGHTANPTWO GOVS CAMEOOTJON THE STAGE -nur UAD OKI A STCAW HAT- ' lL., -WZ OTHER fiUV TOOK T jrsr r,i OFFtllCKTHia - THEN HE MAOC A FIST AND DROVE IT RIGHT THROUGH THE CROWN LIKE THAT! y .v U' e5h Sk i AFTER THAT HE HANDED Ii BACK TO THE OTHER. GUV AfiAIM - THE HOUSE f UV4I ntNl WMlfc I t i " MIA-HA HA' - I rWi . " N VI X m -1- w r r- r- (VOO STAVED ) lCRAZV J 4 .' . . . "' VV . i