Equal. Right, Equal
JutticM, arm the Twin
Pillar of Dmmocraey
A Million a Month.
It Klamath County '$
Industrial Payroll r :
1tlHJJJ.il) J- Li l
Hrvtiloenth Tear No, TOD
U-J... IU.UJ ..i i.. i
Alaskan Priest Succumbs to
Cold in Attempt, to Bring
Christmas Cheer to Orphans
Ealdmo Muahet 70 Mile to
Wofflie to Brina Story of
Heroic Struggle
NOME, Abu., Uoo. St. An
)Sklrao mrniliM 75 miles D 1Nro
day to UU'Nomo today that ftp
Rev. r. 4 Ruppert, pavtor of 8t.
Joeph's oman Catholic church of
this city, yl.ld.d hit llfo to ths cold
while trying to lake orange, applet
and Ehrlstm greeting card to the
Hof Spring orphanaga, neap P.
rrrm river, north of hero.
Ovor Father Ruppert body, when
found eight day go on a bank of
tbt riar, four miles from tha
orphanaga, tood Uok, leador of hla
do loam, nrho forocloualy repelled
tboae who came to carry hla dead
muter to tha orphans and had to
. be crippled flrat. tt la believed that
reindeer had - frightened h'a dot
team ino caueed tha do(a to Mat
ter, lndtcatlona war that . Father
Happen Uempted to continue along
the road, after the dige broke apart.
H beoan weary, lay down to reat
and frote to deatb. i ,
' Dearth (or rather Ruppert hihrted
when, one dog appeared t tron
reek, II male from Hot Spring.
Boot) after another arrived at the
Wher Ruppert, who woo the love
of the North by way he worked for
Other without thought of hlmaelf In
(he Infloenaa epldenrlc that wmaled
the Sekbno and took many whlto
to (hla dtetrlot evaral rar ago,
was bnrlod Wednesday at the orph
Age. I ' j '
Carrying Chrlatmas ehoor to CO
persons, Including alater and broth
era at the orphanage Father Hap
pen wa continuing hla Journey alono
from buffy O'Connor'a road house on
the route to Hot Springs from Nome
when tho dog team broko.
A temperature of 80 degree bo
low loro had been provnlllng In tha
region. ;
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR .
WILLL HOLD ANNUAL
YULETIDE PROGRAM
Christmas Obaorvanco to bo Ilrlil
nt Masonic llnll at 0
A. M. Hunilny
' Calvary romiiuindory, Knights
Tomplar, wilt hold tliolr 12th annual
Christmas observance nt tho Mnsonlc
ball tomorrow nvornlng at 0 o'clock.
Tho' toast to tho grand nutator will
bo given. promptly nt (hut hour.
B. 1). Hall m-IH act aa toaHtmastor
nd tho following progrnm will bo
prwtontod: '
. Invocation J. W. Drynnt.
' Toasts.
. To tho grand ' master, Knight
Tomplar, roaponao -Dr. 15. 1). I.nmb.
7To tlio grunt) commander, KnlghUt
Tomplar of Oregon, response
C. K. Jay.
f To tho commnntlor of Calvnry torn
tnnndory, rosponno J, F. Klmb'nll,
MAY HK-HnvMIT XAMKH !
!' HANKY, THOMfSON
'', : I 1 '
' WIASIMNOTON D, C, l)oo. 24.
RonubmlKsUiuot tho nomlimdons of
irnidertck I. Thompson oCfMobllo,
pin., and Hort K. Ilanoy ot Portland,
ta mo in born ,o( tho ahlpplng bonrd
waa Indlcatod today aftar fionntora
McNnry and Stanford conforrod with,
rrntltlont Conlltlgo on the ahlpplng
liunrd qiiealltm, ... . . .
NO HIOIIAM) TUKHDAY
I ' ' '
J ti observance, ot Chrlstmltia
day Tho Evening Horald will
not be pulillsliod Tuosday, e)
' 4
BRIEF IS FILED
IN TAX FIGHT
Local Attorney For Irriga
tion Interest Open Fire
on State Act
8ALKM, Doc. St. D. V. Kuy.
kendall, Klamath Falla attorney
ha filed with tho elate of Oregon
aupreme cour a brief In the caae
attempting to upact tho coun
ty lax Btipervis'fct and conserva
tion act, Knvkond I reprisiiiu ir
rigation Interest. '.'-.
Jtbn B. Coke. Vnllel Ntatci ill-
tr et attorney, Infornwl he court
ne probaoiy would irtusa interven
tion In the ease to protect the gov
ernment'! - Interest In Klanitlh
county, '
HUNDREDS DRAWtf BY."!
CHRISTMAS TREE OF ;
LEGIONNAIRES. ELKS
1 100 Dag of Candy and Nuts Are
Distributed to Uoya And
Glrla . of City
Hundred of klddiea, ranging In
Up from kneo-hlgh-to-a-graahop-per,
to big boy and glrla, but ell
with keen appetltea for candy and
BUt, attended the Elk -.American
Legion. Christ mm tree at Founb
and Main, at S:30 Sunday aftornoon.
And every one ot thorn got hla fill
of candy and nuta.
(Tho huge troo blntlng with col
orod electric lights wna tho lodontono
I hat drovr tho young folki from ovnry
nook and cranny of the city. And
wlion thvy crowded In around tho
tree, tho speaker knew that hla care
fully prepared speech wna hotter
loft unsaid. Ho wlaoly confined hla
romarka to the announcement that
thin wan tha Klkii and Lcglona' of
fiirlng to I ho Ihivs and glrla of Klam
ath FuIIh. Ii
Tho high achool glco club anng
and tho children politely rcmnlnod
quint, or nt leuxt worm lena Jioisy.
until tho ulnglng ended,.
Then, Ilka u modern l'lod Piper
of Hamlin, Ihu Amerlcnil I.tiglon
drum corps led tho crowd around
tho Mod; and buck to tho 'troo, eat'li
child rn i'if Iiik a hug oh ihu llmm til
vldctl and panned onu on each slilo ot
tho tree.
And for aomo thno aftorwnrd .tho
two linen, strangely onouRli, re
malned tlm ennio lengtb.
When tha chlltlron hud their
pocket nrunmipd full, tho re
lilttlnlnj! la.vn wero d)'8lTlbuUtrt lo
ull-cointirii, young and old.
Wllthln SO minutes after tho fun
started, empty boxes and harrols ro
mnlneil where prov'ously hnd been no
Ims thnn 1100 uni: f cnntly nntt
nuts.
JUSTICE BETS HE
WILL WED FORTY
COUPLES BY 1ST
Juxtl of tho IViici Km
in It I Iiiin matlo n l't with his
wlfo that hn iimrrlo 40 coup
lea lietora tlio entl of the your.
At present ho lina reached till,
mill offers to . perform tlio
next ceremony free of ehitw,
thinking thus to lml'"'" "'"
hosltniil eouplo to tnko the
flnnl step nntl cnuso him to win
the bet. .
Member of
BISHOP CALL
YULETIDE TRUCE
IN
Modernists Assert -They
Will Take up Cudgels
After Christmas '
NE YORK, Dec. Modorn
lata In the Protestant Episcopal
church who suspended their contro
versy with the Fundamentalist fac
tion on Issuance by Bishop William
T. Manning of a dluresan letter ask
ing for a truco until HHer the C'hrist
maa rolldays, asserted through one
ot their spokeemen that they would
take up the cudgels in support of
their cause after Christmas.
Tho Hev, Dr. Alexander Gr'swold
Cummins, restor of Christ church In
I'oughkeepsle,' X. V., and an officer
of the Moriorn Churchmen's Union,
asserted that ths truce would be
observed only until after the Yule
tide eeasoit.
'"There are two distinct phasos
in Uiahop Manning's letter," ho saiu.
"One' ot them Is the requst for a
truce! and. with that we aro all In
agreement. The other-'ts an affir
mation ot tho pastoral letter of the
House ot IJIsbops. Aa to that you
need not fear we will forget It over
Christmas. We .will take that up as
soon as'the truce la over."
Word waa received yesterday from
Itov. lo W. Hcaton ot Fort Worth,
Texas, whoso Impending trial for
heresy was one of tho precipitating
causes ot Uio Modernists' cullies
ngalnst tha conservative churchmen,
that on Ills arrival nt Fort Worth he
bad found ho had not been cited for
trial.
THE WISE MEN
mm
WAR
i -- . .... - . I
tlio Associated free
Kl.AMATK FAIXM. OlllXiO.V MONDAY'. l)Kf KMMKH
DECLARES ARMISTICE!
1
ST9".. r.
mm
BISHOP WM. T. MANNING
OF
5
Only 500 Remain After
Capture of Puebla by
Federal Troop. ;
MEXICO CITY, Doc. 24. Pre
parntlona continued today for pur
suit ot tho main body of the re
volutionists, estimated at less than
500, which escaped after the capt
uro of Puebla by federals.
; VEIIA CHUS5, Dec. 24. Tho ro
bots captured Cuernavaca, 40 miles
south of Mexico City," according
to u revolutionary communicue.
DO HOMAGE TO THE
PURSUIT
IB REBEL
24, JOM
P.O.
EFFORT TO GET
L DELIIE
Five Extra Clerk and Two
Cars Workinz on Christ-
Distribution
mas
Mall will be delivered up to
noon Christmas day and the
general delivery window will
be open trom 8 A. M. until
noon, It was announced today
by Postmaster John MeCaU.
With each of tho five carriers ac
companied by an assistant and with
two delivery cars in serv'ce and
extra clerks at work, the postoftlce
today wna making every effort to
distribute the enormous vo.ume of
Christmas mail which this year ex
ceeds all post years.
' Packagea piled high, but in
orderly manner; clerks beally en
gaged In sorting the packages for
delivery; carriers and thei- helpers
packing their bags until they threat
(Continued on Pago Fight.)
FIRK t'ESTftOYS CAfi:
A sedan belonging to the Central
Auto Service was totally destroyed
yesterduy afternoon on the highway,
uoar Shipplngton. Tho driver. Bob
Quick, had repaired the car, which
bad broken down near Algoma sev
eral days before, and was bringing
It into town when the tire broke out.
Tho exact cause is unknown but a
short circuit in the wiring is sup
posed to bare Ignited the oil and
gasoline. The car was insured.
CHRIST - CHILD
RED
No Insanity Taint
Revealed In Report
Ot Kel Spinal Tests
I8ACRAMENTO, Dec- J4.
Tha first of three laboratory 4 i
reports on the test of the 4 j
spinal fluid of Alex A. Kels, !
4 Lodi murderer, taken last week 4) i
and received today from the I
4 tBnfsnd medical achool, show- 4
ed no Insanity taint. I
Committee Would Ascert
ain Why Two Appropria
ti6n Wsre Not Used
-WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. U.
To ascertain why two approprla-
. I . Ma , j An nnn A n M .
BAKER
PROJECT
M UNDER FIRE
other of $500,000. for beginning'0 George Of field, -A, L. MArshatl and
construction of the . Baker . irrlga- Theodore Case member . of the
tlon project In Oregon have not board of director, of the K'w'h
been used' Representative L. C.
Crampton- of Michigan,' chairman
of the sub-committee ot the appro
priations committee handling in
terior department appropriations,
has .-decided to aUmraon ' Secretary,
of Interior Work, to. testify.- Fred
A. Phillips and William A. Stewart
wbo are here representing the Ba
ker project, also will be called be
fore the aub-commlttee ' to answer;
questions regarding the delay In
getting work started. ;
The budget director refused to
send an estimate to congress tor
the Baker project for the next fi
scal year, although entreated many,
times to do ao by Senators McNa
ry and Stanfleld and Representa
tive Sinnott His refusal was
placed on the grounds that Baker
was a new project and he said he
would recommend no money for
any new project:
A few days ago- Secretary of In
terior Work sent to the budget of
fice an estimate for approximately
11,400.000 for the Baker project or
any other Oregon project or proj
ects which might be selected as
feasible, and Representative Sinnott
appealed to the budget director to
npprovo this estimate, which was
refused. "Sinnott, accompanied by
the two Oregon senators, went be
fore the budget director and urged
him to act on the estimate and were
told that his office would not re
commend any money for new proj
ects until the fact-finding commis
sion had made Its report on re
clamation generally.
General Lord, director of tho
; budget. Bald that he had so ad
j vised Secretary Work in answer to
the estimate for linker "and other
i Oregon projects." The estimate of
i 11,450,000 was intended to give
i Oregon $1,000,000 ot the new ap
; propriation for irrigation and make
i nviillalih) for expenditure In the
! next fiscal year tho unexpended
j balance of the $500,000 appropria
I tinn Jor the Boker project.
CHINA SITUATION
IS QUIETING DOWN
Negotiations Por Settlement Are
ProRresslnif j French Sailor
Return , to Hongkong
CANTON, Dec. 24. Tho critical
situation which prevailed here
nearly two weeks, ns a result of
tho demand of Sun Ynt Sen, South
China leader, for a' surplus of the
customs revenues. Is believed to
hnvo passed. Negotiations for sott
lomont are said to be progressing
satisfactorily, and sailors from tho
French cruiser Jules Ferry,, one of
the flotilla ot foreign warships In
tho harbor, have returned to Hongkong.
PRICE HVK CENT
DENY $7 LEV!
i Circulated Report Untrue,
Say Statement ef Board '
.of Director . -s t. .
In a statement Issued today thl
board of directors of the Klamath
Irrigation district declare untrue
reoorts thuf th dlatrlrf nrniwiBaa to
compel a levy ot approximately .17
'an acre on the lands ot the dlatrlot
for 1924, and urge that members
of the district Investigate the mat
ter thoroughly before signing any
petition. , .:. S ,
A petition baa--been In circula
tion directed to the secretary of the
Interior requesting lh removal from ,'
office of H. D. ftowetl,:. project- man-
ager, and demanding the resignations
Irrigation district.
; fThe statement Issued by- the . dis
trict follow .in full: ? .;. - t ,-.-t v
i . To the members of the Klam- '
ath Irrigation District: - :.- .
, W understand - a. -Utemeotv
f .Is being circulated orth dla- -Strict
that the board of direc !
. tor - propose .- to take :- legal -step
to compel a l?y of ap
proximately. $7 per acre em the
lands ot the district for , the
.. year. 1324. .-....- ,'
The board wishes to correct
this Impression.' Any - uh
statement doe not; conform to .
- the facts and 1 .Wilfully la-.
leading. The highest levy that ,
Ithe board has made or Intends
to make on any of the land of
the district for the year 1924
is $2.75 per acre, and mc? of
the assessments do not run over
$2.50 per acre, and this amount
includes both 'operation- and
imaitnenance; and. contruetlon
nd district . levies.; Furthor-
, -more the total levy per acre Is
lightly leas than tor the year '
1928. . , f- :
In Tiew of these iniarspreson- -
. nations the board wishes further .
to ask that the members of the .
(district at this time in fairness
to themselves and to the board
of directors do not sign any
-petitions or commit thenselves .
en any matter that they bavo
not thoroughly investigated..
tYour directors do not Intend "'
(to be moved from their plain
duty which they have taken
.their oath to perform by. the
tactics that are. being used
against them, but you member
of the district owe It to your
selves to thoroughly investi
gate and find out what is being .
done before you - attempt to
:pass Judgment thereon.
.The board of directors and
the secretary of the district aro ;
nt vow service to give you tho
facts involved as they appear ...
-in the official records. In falr
' ness to yourselves the ' least
you can do Is to ascertain what
the facts ore. . : v. ,- -
We believe that the members ,
of the distrust will appreciate
the importance of this matter. .
and If any have been led to lgn ,
petitions under a misstatement; .
of facts they will take steps to -.'
!have their names - .withdrawn
(from the petitions.
O. W. OFFIBLD,
T. .N. CASK,
A. . Ij. MARSifAU,.
Directors of. Klamath Irrigtstlon
District. ';,'; v --
3481 POLITICAL, ,
PRISONERS FREED
Countess Marklevlcx, -Jeailln; Rn
publlcim, WMt to ' it't Re
lease In Irelnnil
DUBLIN,1 Dee. 24,- The Free,
state government announced today
the release of . Countess Murklo--vicz,
one of the leading woman of
the republicans, arrested ' Novem
ber 28. The govarumeftt; altio an
nounced -3481 ; political .prisoner
had been released between Decem
ber 1, and 23. . 1
PROPOSED OR
KLAMATH DI3T
i