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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1925)
Page Two EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON Wednesday, December 9, 1925 DIVORCES SHOW URGE INCREASE WARHINOT.ON, Dec. 9. - The de partment of commerce announced Hint according to returns received, Hide wore in Lite United states for tliu eWcudar year 1 924. 1,178,200 aiaWage performed and 170,867 di vorces granted. Vor the calendar year 1923, 1,223,324 marriages and llla.Ost; divorces were reporitsd. The decrease in marrlagce roport ed for 1924. from the number re ported for 1923 is 15,7th, or :!,7 per cent. The dltoroes reported for 1921, with four common lacking bhow an increase of 6,771, or per cent over the number reported for 1923. The figuio are preliminary and lnbjert to iilicht correction. Oicgon in 1 924 had 6.90.7 mnr fttges, while in 1923 it had 7,151, a decrease of 184. Oregon's rec- ord for divorces was 2,94.') for 1924.1 compared with 2.S94 In 1S2S, an Increase of .11. Oregon was one of 80 states showing u decrease in mar riages, and one of 2:' stales show ing an increase lu divorces in the year. Prominent Oregon Lumberman Passes RESIGNATION OF COACH EXENDINE TO BE ACCEPTED SPOKANK.. Wash., rc. 9. t.Pl--Tho resignation of A. A. Kxendlnc as football coach at Washington 'Stale College will be accepted. Pre sident k. O, Holland Indicated' In a statement 10 the Chronicle's Oly phla correspondent, Hie paper s t,v today. "We want a man with a new system of play," Dr. Holland is quoted as declaring and disapprov ed any movement to secure t ie ser vices o: William II. (Djinoitar) Uietz. former coach at Washington (bate. 11KRKKI.KY. Calif., Oec. s. (P) C. A. Smith, 73, president of the Coos llav Lumber cotupuu and one of the most prominent lumbermen in the west, died today at Ills home here. Mr. Smith came to San Francisco from Marstafteld, Oregon, In ISO.. He was former head of the t A. Smith Lumbar company. Previous 10 coming to Oregon he engaged In the lumber trade in Minneapolis. SIX VK.VK Ol. I) tCUU CLEAR UKLLINGHAM. Wash. An egg burled three and -a half feet under the ground CoV sis years, bus been uncovered here and declared to be "as clear as If If had been in the ground only six days" by H. 0. Smith, manager of the Washington Cooperative Egg and Poultry asso ciation's statiou. No one, however, valunteeder to eat it. .- KLAMATH GO OR I FAILS TO MAKE Corvallis Hotel Man Elected As State President G000 its m BAZAAR Given by the Ladies Altar Society Saturday, Dec. 12 At Magu ires Real Estate Office 816 Main St. The Little Place with the Big Bargains Fancy Work Cakes and Pies Aprons and Towels Candies and Fruits RUMMAGE Excellent opportunity for your Christmas Shopping Federal Road Official Says County Officials Fail to Keep Promises PORTLAND, Ore. Hoc. !.---Relations between the Klamath county court and the ..United Bureau of public roads and the Stuto High way commission we e aired at a conference late yesterday. "Not another cent of federal aid road money will he spent In Klam ath county until It pays tho $26, (too It now owes the government, and I 'don't meau nuybo," declar ed Charles P. Pureed. In charite of the United States bureau of public roads in this state. "This money we had planned on spending in Klamath county lu 191'6 Is now available for any bthet part of the state," continued Pui- I cell. lint Klamatli county didn't keep Its promise to us to clean up rights of way It agreed to clear, jand It only partly cleared the sec I tlons It agreed to dear ready for grading. ' "On cno ol those ro.uls the gov- eminent had to spend $10,000 to do what the Klamath county court j promised to do. Another place wo had to spend $6000 to do work that had been promised Now, before i we allot another pan 07 to that coun ty, which is the only county In the state that Ira not kept its promises to the government, tfie .Klamath county court' will have to pay us what it owes, and we oave got to see the real money. No more promises So,'" Members of the highway commis sion agreed fully with Purcell. Chairman William Dubj ordered Se; 'retary Roy Klein to try to aid the government In getting the money. The Klamath county court will be -given an opportunity to appear at the January meeting of the commis sion and present Its side of the case. - 1 - Commissioners .said the attitude of Klamath county officials is hold ing up plans for work on the Klam ath Falls- Lakeview highway. DANCE Scandinavian Hall Monday Six Piece Orchestra "K" CLUB Dance Benefit of Football Squad Scandia Hall December 11 BENNY DOTSON ORCHESTRA Admission $1.00 Richardson Springs "The Home of the Soft Shirt" Near Chlco, Butte Co., California A irounderful place In winter for any one necking health. Steam heated hotel. Housekeeping or camping. AddrcsBt Lee Richardson, Chico, Calif. Improvement Club Will Meet Tonight Members of the Industrial lm provoment club, which Is made up of property owners of Sixth street, have been noltfled to attend a meet ing at the chamber of commerce office this evening at 7:30. The meeting has been called by S; E. Martin. Important matters of Interest to the property owners of the Sixth' street vicinity will be taken up and all members of the club are urged to attend the meeting. NEW YORK I'll.! Ho. Thomas Murphy of S. l'alro.K s cathedral is to officiate at the wadding of Hub f'onsuelo Vrti lertiiit to Earl K T. Smith on January 7. Her lister Mur iel was married to P. C. Church of Boston last July by an Episcopal cer emony. Father Murphy married W. K. Vanderbllt and Virginia Fair In 1899. Stronger Beer WiUBeUr;ged This Congress Bills To Liberalize Pro hibition Law Are Planned PORTLAND, tire.. Dec. H. (,'P) A1N. Pierce of Corvallis was elect ed president of the Oregon Slates HotV'l Association at the loth an nual convention here today. C, Q. Van Duyn of Portland was elected first vice president; L. 0, llinvus of linker, secontl vice president ; and It. II. Wosthrook, Astoria, third vice president! Prank W.'llonch and Olenn ii. inie of Portland, worn re-elected secretary and treasurer respectlvel. . Less building of hotel ant) upurt monta and a continuous and more Intensive ndvmtbdiiK eampalKli were recommended by Jus. J, Kolley of Scuttle, president of the Washing ton stale hotel association, In utt address. , TWO I'tlKMM til1 DbUTll ITMKHMKM' IN MONTI I KV l'KAN'lCKOUT KeniucUy is ill.! due lu having I wo rornis of death punishment, hinging and eleetrocu Hon. 1 1 it ii k 1 UK Is for crimes against women: elecli'octillon for murder. The IU20 legislature passed tee hanging law, ' a Leglniton hanking recently was tho first one Under I he til which brought back the discard ed callows, which Clerk ISoodmun (( the Kentucky Court of Appeals, said bus deterred unlawful oopinils tlona pronouncedly. kills Self When Wifey Beats Him Playing Pinochle IMITHIlliltnil. Dee. 0. (P) ln a III lit, to defeat In ; wife at pinochle unused Hie suicide of William Kkhlor of Homestead, according to reports io Hie eorntier toduy. Kuhler mid his wife played chuck era for two hours last night. The husband lost each time. 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With the new congress only a few hours old, the Volstead act and its present law, the 18tb amendment, already havo drawn a flood of pro posals for amendment and repeal. While the preponderinco of these are "liberalizing" proposals from the vit side, the drys have nearly balanced the scale with their meas ures for tightening up prohibition enforcement. . ,s Tho New Jersey senator had two proposals, one of them to Increase tho legal alcoholic content of bever ages from the present maximum 'of one half of one per cent to 2.75 per cent by weight. This was the strength of wartime beer fixed by presidential proclamation. He would further amend the Volstead act by repealing existing restrictions against physicians prescribing more tban one pint of llnuor for a patient dur ing a period of 10 days. Tho Bdgo bills will be referred to the Judiciary committee, which also will have before it later in the session' other measures for amendment of Hie Volstead act and still other bills, sponsored by the anti-saloon league, designed to tight en lip prohibition enforcement. Legalization t,f light beer and mild wine In line with 'the Kdge proposal In the senate alsoits file object of a number of linuse pro posals. The extreme of the wet pro posals' there Is ihat of Ilrepresenta tlve Dwyer. republican of Missouri, for outright repeal of the national prohibition act, In lieu of thai, he would have congress legalize light alcoholic beveragSS KMDItOX OtPfi Miss Vera Houston, president of the Kedron Club, has called a meet ing of the club tomorrow evening at the Klrst Presbyterian church. This will be the regular meeting of the slub. RBfURMXa TOMOHHOW ft. C. Qrorsbe'ck and Lynn Sabln are returning h imo tomorrow even ing from Seattle where they have been attending the National region al conference of tho chamber of commerce. i ...VmKU, mmvM "I ' mm A Lifetime of Pride uuii Use In your Christmas Gifts when you buy electrical appliances for your wife and mother. Link River Electric Co. Seventh Street at Klamath
