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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. Mrs, Keil
lor said her husband threw the
checker hoard to the flour,, went
Into the bulb loom and locked (ho
door. Bho summoned neighbors and
they fmuul Iho man bad hansel
boa i'H'
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 9.
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.
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