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Official Newspaper of Klamath County VOL. XI. KLAMATH REPUBLICAN KLAMATH FALLS, KLAMATH COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 7, I9o7 Official Newspaper of Klamath County NO. 49 the win TAYLOR REPLIES which the lowest areas are flat alkali COLONISTS RATES TWENTY-ONE CLUB former a beds or shallow lakes often surrounded latter a TO APPLEGATE GIVES BANQUET by extensive swamp land areas. Such NOW ON SALE _____ i gold lined silver drinking cup. Elabor- streams as there are have a brief early Taxpayer Criticises Town Council for refreshments were served and the Does Not Agree With the Latter’s A Notable Event in the Social Life spring flow in which the rush of water To All Oregon Points From All Over guests departed with the thought that inundates large bodies of land now Appraisement of Water Rights of This City Attitude in the Hatter. the United States. it was an occasion long to be remem- mainly used for growing wild hay. I Is-red as one of the pleasant events of a Notwithstanding the apparent abund EntroK R ei - viim ax :— One of the most enjoyable events of ance of water it is quite clear that a The colonist rates from all points in Klamath Falls, (lie., March 6, 1907. life time. I As your time and space is limited I the season was the dance and banquet submergence of large areas alter occa the United States to Oregon went into To the Editor : — Carey Ramsby, who has been in Cal It appears from information printed ifornia for some time, returned home will only takeup one phase this week given by the Twenty-one club last Fri sional winters of copious snow fall in effect March 1st, and the sale of tickets in the Herald that all it requires is the tliis week, leaving Mrs. Ramsby and <>f the controversy between Secretary day evening. the mountains together with some sur from many centers was larger than ever The dance was given at the Houston plus water discharged into the lakes, is before. vote of one councilman to make a dona- : Miss Martin in the Gohlen Mate for the Applegate ami myself, and that is the It has not been generally known that tion from the city treasury of $250 toil lieneflt of the latter’s health. .Mr. water to lie furnished Moore Bros. The opera house and was enjoyed by nearly not conclusive as to the actual supply of few citizens, «<> that they will become Ramsby says California is all right, but stockholders of the Water Users’ asso eighty people. At midnight the merry water that can be made available year these tickets were on sale from the cities the owners of property that they fenced that he is glud to get back to his “dear ciation undoubtedly know enough to dances adjourned to the Lakeside Inn, after year for beneficial use. Each on the Atlantic Coast, and from all make a distinction la-tween the esti where an elaborate banquet had been source of supply must be studied to as ¡mints in the South. The fact that ill Home years ago. The owners of the1 Klamath county.” mates that went to make up the $4,- prepared. Toasts were given bv Frank certain its yield before conclusions can tickets can be bought at any time now property, which is affected by a strip of Mrs. If. E. Lee Steiner of Salem ar land owned in fee si in pie by thv Light rived iiere last Saturday, am) is a guest 400,000 given to them as the probable Ira White, C. F. Stone, F. J. Bowne, be reached that w ill be a satisfactory until April 30th, from New York City to. almost any point in Oregon for $-50, from At Water Co., weie well aware of the al the home of Judge and Mrs. H. I.. cost of the project and the ”Engineers’ Dr. Merryman, M. D. Williams ant' B. basis for the planning ot works. state of affairs ami bought their lots at a Benson. Tuesday afternoon Mrs. 0. B. estimates and reports on the Klamath E. Hayden. After the banquet nearly It is to be stated in this connection Buffalo for $42.50, Pittsburg for $41, price accordingly. We were much im Gates entertained u few friends, when Project.” In which reports the prices ball of the pleasure seekers returned to that more information is also required Cincinnati and Louisville for $38, and pressed with the stand of one of the Mrs. Steiner was the guest of honor. were recommended in accordance with the hall, where dancing was indulged relating to the amount of water that is Memphis for $37.50, and that these Town Council on this subject, as printed Five Hundred was played ami Mrs. the figures quoted by Secretary Apple in for a while longer. The club is to needed to supplement rainfall. The same rates are available at every coun be congratulated on the successful man residents at some points in this section try town in the territory surrounding in the paper Home two or three weeks Lvun B. Yaden was the winner of the gate. We concede that the estimate quoted ner in which it has conducted all its of the State are just making the discov these cities, will bring thousands of ago, and we note similar objeetions by first prize. Refreshments were served another Councilman, in Tuesday’s issue and the guests had a most delightful for the .Moore Bros.’ rights on Klamath dances and deserves the popularity ac- ery that there are some seasons in which people. These rates are being adver river is correctly made at $15,000 and is I corded it. of the Herald. We heartily approve of grain crop can be produced by dry tised by the various railroads through afternoon. a just estimate of the values actually their position, and we question most se farming. It is being discovered, too, out the United States, and this, aug Mr. and Mrs. Lynn B. Yaden expect | owned by them ami the limit to which riously the position taken by those that climatic conditions there are not mented by the special effort of the Port Princess of Patches members who favor such an ordinance, to leave in a few days for Marshfield, they would have been damageik The i unfavorable for the production of hard land Commercial Club-Oregon Develop as it does not seem possible that they where they will make their future home. real values secured to the Moore Bros, ier fruits and vegetables. There is not, ment League campaign, will certainly have displayed the same amount of a is- Their beautiful home on High stieet < does not seem to have dawned on the The presentation of the southern however, enough known of rainfall con- put this State to the forefront and re <lom in their actions in this matter sh has been purchased by E. Soule amt Secretary of the Water Users’ associa comedy drama, the l’rince»» of Patches, ditione and the behavior of soils under sult in a largely increased population. , they Would have done, had it been their their household effects will adorn the tion, we judge, from his expression of by the Home Dramatic Club Saturday cultivation to determine how much Beginning in the latter part oi Febru own private busine»s. It is common homes of many residents of this city. surprise at our estimate of $300,000. evening at Houston’s Opera House wa» water must lie supplied per acre of ir ary, citizens of Portland and other places ’.-.. I....« 1......... of \\’e think there are few men in the one of the best, if not the best, of the rigated laud. 5 aden have a .. host talk on the street that the funds of the Mr. and Mrs. V.., in Oregon were buying tickets for their friends here who deeply regret their de- ’ county, who have given the matter any plays presented this year. It was the City of Klamath Falls have been lavish Noteven the raintall conditions are friends in the East, and this can be ac ly spent iluiing the past year or two, cision to leave this place, and join in consideration, who believe Moore Bron, general consensus of opinion that the known with any degree of accuracy. complished by deputing the curt of the ever used one-tenth part of 205 second parts were cast ill the very best possible and many predietionu are made that wishing them unbounded success. The desert conditions which prevail ticket with.aav agent, throughout tin», Mr. and Mrs. Dick Smith arrived here feet of water, It is commonly admitted manner and each participant seemed to there will be trouble »ormer or later. over a great portion of this part oi the z entire .State of Oregon. Noborly seems to know anything about last evening and exfiect to remain per that the water heretofore used by the especially- fit the character represented. ! State indicate a deficient supply of The business men and property hold- Heretofore some one or more of the m .istuie in the form of rain and snow. | ers of the city of Portland are exceed- the financial condition of the town, and inanently. It is the intention of Mi. Moore Bros, was equivalent to less than pirti.-ipant were entitled to the great But there is some precipitation. At , ingfy enthusiastic relative to these low in this connection, will ask why it is Smith to erect a home on Ewanna .■>1) horse power. Power in Klamath Falls is worth er portion of the encomiums, but in the ! that no account of expenses, receipts Heights this summer. Silver Lake it amounts to about ten 1 ratuaund are liberally subscribing their and financial statement of the town is W. J. Phillips will leave this week for $2.-‘>0 per horse power per month or $30 Princess of Patches everyone had some inches in a normal year. The normal I money to advertise the resources of printed, the same as is done in nearly Picard, near which place he has a fine per year. Fifty horse power would thing that required especial effort to rainfall at Burn» in Harney Valley lies Oregon. Ijirge display card» '‘ALL all other cities and town». It is time ho liestead on which he will spend the therefore be worth $1500 per year or 10 projierlv present it. For these reasons probably somewhere between ten and ROADS LEAD To OREGON”«« be percent on $15,000, a very liberal esti we could not give individual praise. that Khiinatli Full- takes on some of the next few months. fourteen inches. At Paisley there is no ing shown in the windows of the stores' * busiiiesH iiiHtlnets of a thriving city. It was very evident that the audience 1 record of rainfall but it is generally and offices of 1’'itland, which the M a iniir.ii—In this cit v,Mc nday, March mate on what the Moore Bros, really fu; appr< ....... : ■ rt» of I lie supp ised that this point has as much or details an 1 particulars of the colonist Publicity in all matters pertaining to 4. 1907, Claude mitli and Mrs. Hulda had. * In “V. ater apply and Irriga i n players, for 1 ne we • »0 < nip etely m -re rainfall than Silver I-ake. Rain , rates, ard there is no other subject lu.it titiimi-es, arid a /thing of a public inter Hill. Paper No. 105, lblished by the I . ■ -iTied awa- by the pla>• that they for est, is always Ireneficial. <>ur Town diucnssw-L W. E. Travis returned Monday even- Geological Survey. the following rule got where they were and .magined tin fall records ehould lie kept at Roeland, i is heir r. >re th rougiil Council has no doubt made mistakes, Paisley, Christmas laike, Alkali Lake, Never ..ati'. the present cession ba* > ng from an extensive trip throughout | fur computing powi - from water falls acts to he ., reality ami no matter who is eletrsi to till the Summer I.ake. Ri ey on Silver La , - ar.d Oregon disci, lull and complete arlvants i the northwest, during which he in with 80 percent effic ency: “Multiply The cast of 1 ir ’ ers was a follows: at tl>e Narrows 1 etween Malheur and aue of this opportunity to get im-reaaed honorable position, the Council will con I started his various stane lines. the niimlier of second -et by the num Felida Royalton 1 .e Princess of tinue to ninki more or less mistakes, Harney Lakes. observers should be immigration. and now that the rates are, Patches,... but by giving publicity to all their a< - ! Thia week J. D. Cat roll sold to Mr. ber of feet fall and diviu • by eleven.” .Louise Lowe selected and the necessary apparatus for available fre.r such a vast ;>ortion ot th* tioiiH, their clicnces of mistake- will be ' t romwell, of Hollister, :* big lilinch of Secretary Apj legate tells 11s that the Julia Royalt-ti He. Cousin)........... rainfall observations si ould lie installed I country, every tommerc al organisation horses, to be Ire taken to the 20,(W (MX) acre Moorv Bros, art U> rec< ve 205 second greatly reducted .......... Lande Belmonr at the earliest possible argent. ► in the Stat” wil certainly impiove th«, Now, wh'l.......'' D subje.-t, I wwum irnn'«. .1 nrown <1 Hawkins, near llol- feel of water. This water is to be ¡Wk Rig.-SlPoo G|,le chance, by l.i-lu ing the people jf the ìe- za lister. The horser «re from the Cantrall 1 reier to the sul j< ct of toe coming town livered at the foot of the rapids wh« a». . ’ (AQuaireon MxyGaie State to write letters to old friends and Stewart-Niles election. It is currently repotted that ranch and were a- fine a lot a ever the piesent fall is feet. ‘ ter ♦re ■* • Pl old home paper-., in which they will Judas (An Octoroon- Geo. «. -owe certain persons lire seeking the nomina ’ pii-sed through this city. Mt Crotn- river is lowered he fall " dl > sev. give go««! er,d reasons why 1 well bad just returned >> \Vea. V Wa. ' ‘ > Miss ( arrid .viles «iM Jolan L 1-,eview f„.t greater. A i-ordinii to he alxi'”1 tion for mayor, and reason given ate Oregon is the State in which to settle. Stew.t t were married in their own. .. . that they can control a certain vote, or from which place he had shipped’a »« • r. ’ ' rule we have the following result: Jack Morris \ Northern Tiiese rates apply to the Klaiwh. load of horsi •». are merchants, bunkers, baib.i . law- i —’0Ò tilos. 5*1 eq a Is 114*0 divided by 11 ........................... Farl Whitlock home at’» ; !>'o’clo k by Justice Nich.'s. Basin, being good to Weed or Tbra\. F ob su b —»eed oats,barley mid wheat ; j equals 1043 7-1 • horse power the la-e Royalton (A ¡ .ante W-n. Magner Mr. St.-ware is op. of the proprietors vear, etc., or I'e p itable citizen n le the Mttlw«y~I' an' hn« been *«<♦>• other walk of lite. Not in one «ingle i also hay. all of which will lie delivered Moor- Bi . get in return for 50 hRob, rt Roy: t >n An Old S<4- Contents ot jte March Delineator dent of this city tor tiie past year. He 11 in- city. Inquire of J. D. Carroll, I power—1043 > 7-11 horse power at $30 per stance do you hea dier)....... . ...................... C. T. Oliver ARTICLES has a host of friends who esteem him Henley. j horse power per year gives an annual inee is competent to fill the position, For some reason the public of this Tda M. Tarbell on Woman’s Plage in ami to my way of thinking, it matters J. l’.Cliurchill, president of the Water income of $.!1,3H'.* or 10 per cent on city did not patronize the play Saturday for his many good qualities and who not whether he is doctor, lawyer, mer Users Association, attende I the meeting $.313,090, a n<>t too liberal estimate on night as well as usual and therefore lost join in their congratulations. Miss the World. Niles is the daughter of E. L. Niles, Mrs. Osborn’s Letter. r hat the Moore Bros, actually get. chant or chief. The question that of the Board of Directors Saturday. the best play of the season. The efforts former proprietor of the Log Cabin should be settled is: has the nominee The Laudable Dishonesty of Women. After Klamath river is lowered by i j|ie Home Dramatic Company / are 1 Superintendent Wilson <(f the Agency I the Reclamation Service at the expense restaurant. She has the good wishes of By Lilian Bell. the necessary qualifications, such as wa» i»> the city Friday. worthy of good patronage and the peo honesty and business ability, and if his Tiiat Gawky Boy of yours. By Henry at t|ie stockholder- of the Wetter Users’ ple should make a special effort to en her many friends. The wives and daughters and friends The popularity of Mr. Stewart was I A. Shute. standing in the community is such as to assignation, the 2o5 second feet of water courage them. manifested by the numerous charivari j On the Road. By George Henry command the honor and respect of the of the members of the Inland Empire offered to the Moore Bros, by Secre- There is one matter that the manage ! pat ties that serenaded him. They ' majority of the tax payers? Let us set Club will be entertained by that organi taiy Applegate ami a few engineers w ho Payne. aside all animosity and select the most zation next Wednesday evening, when call themselves the Reclamation Ser ment of the Home Dramatic Club ' started in immediately following the The Abuse of Medicine in the Nur could put into operation that would ceremony and followed one another un sery. By Euielvn L. Coolidge, M. D. suitable Mayor and Town Council, for one of the most notable social events in vice) will pay 10 percent on $)J50.000. make it more pleasant for its patrons til after eleven o’clock. The band boys j Dressing to ¡lease Men. By Myra tin* coining term; men who are public the history of this city will occur, The Had the astute secretary ami engi- and perhaps some who do not now at turned out in full iorce an<l testified to Emmons. regular entertainment committee will spirited, ami w ho are prepared to devote nee's rendered unto Caesar the Doing the Thing You Can’t. By Lida a portion of their time to the welfare of have charge of all arrangements, This tliii gs that are Caesar's the stockhold tend would if the suggestion offered was to their e«teein to the happy couple. carried out. The gallery gods are un An elaborate dinner was served at A. Churchill. the community, ar.d to handle the af will lie the tirst time that this organiza ers of the Water Users' association . fairs of the town with as much care as tion bas entertained others than nieni- could have returned to the Reclamation usually and unnecessarily noisv and of- nine o’clock. Among the guests were A Revel of Mad March Hares. By tensive. Their remarks, shrieks and W. H. Dulaney and wife, C. O. Morgan, ’ Winifred Fales. though it were their own private busi Ix-rs of the Chili, and the visitors will ¡fumi $15,0(M) in ten annual payments whistles are not telerated in well regn Mr. Harlow and wife and the members Concerning Women. By Martha Mar ness. It takes men of stamina to fill thus have an opportunity of getting a without interest and retain for them lated places of amusement ami need not ol the bride's family. peep lieiiind the scenes. these positions, for the reason that un tin. selves the 1043 7-11 horsepower, or 10 be here. These boys should be taught W \ xtki >—Five or ten dozen chickens. percent or $313,090, or an annual in The Care of the Woman. By Anna fortunately there is always a certain Everybody’s For ¡larch, 1907. M. Galbraith, M. D. class of people who are trying to work See Dulanev at the Midway, Highest come of $31,309, which would for all that they do not own the house and that their acts destroy the comfort of The Spring Millinery of Paris. the Town Council for their own private cash price paid. time nay the cost of ditch maintenance many patrons for the whole evening. Drawing to accompany “The Gentle Little Problems of Married Life. By gain. When money is appropriated for and other expenses. man Burglar.” Frontispiece. improvements, it should be made a spec William George Jordan. The Adventurer. A Story. Chapter» Bits of Information Secretary Applegate and the Recla The Dawn of Womanhood. By Gab ial duty to ¡fee that competent men are Measurement I-III. By Lloyd. Osbourne. mation engineers seem to be extremely rielle E. Jackson. put in charge to see that the money is anxious to construct the Keno canal far of River Flow Myrtle Smith’s Little Brother. A The Lighting of the House. By Alice The world uses at least 170,000,000,009 expended to the best use. Story. By Margaret G. Fawcett. . enough to deliver the 205 second feet of matches yearly. Kellogg. Yours respectfully, i “War Against Christ.” By Vance M. The water to the Moore Bros., who pay the Elderly Widow : How shall she Citizen and Taxwayer. New Zealand has 2,374 miles of rail Extracts from the report of Mr. C. E. Thompson. fiddler, can dance for water. road in an area of 104,000 square miles. support herself? Moore Bros, have publicly announced Grunsky, Consulting Engineer, United Thompson. The longest fence in the world, it is Additional Briefs By K. Dogdom's “ Four Hundred. ” TKTION States Reclamation Service, upon the itlieir intention to sell power tons by thought, is one of wire netting in Aus F. Mayhew. feasibility of irrigation project in Ore next Fall, and as long as the river Hows Fraulein Schmidt ami M* Anstruther. tralia, 1,236 miles long. Its object is to The Gentleman Burglar. A Story. I (Serial, Illustrated.) By the author of J. O. Hamaker, editor of the Bonanza we will pay to them or their successors gon. keep rabbits from the cultivated fields. Mr. Grunsky states: The reconnoi- By Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd. Bulletin, was in this city this week 10 per cent on $300,000 for the use of “Elizaboth and Her German Garden.” The world has only 10,000,000,(XX) The “Shadow” in High Finance. By sance which I have just made in south- wearing that benign smile so character the power our wise employees are prac The Chauffeur and the Chaperon. tons or iron ore available. Of these Ferguson. istic to people on w hom Dame Fortune tically giving away, while the stock central Oregon has given me an oppor David ■ (Serial, Illustrated.; By C. N. and A. The Needless Slaughter by Street- Germany has twice as many tons as the tunity to Irecome acquainted with the i« smiling. The grow th of Bonanza is holders of the Water Users ’ associa- M. Williamson. Cars. By John P. Fox. United States. Russia ami France each main physical features that must be making the Bulletin something to be The Advantages of Being an Aunt. The Air Fight. A Story. By Mor- has 400,000,000 tons more than this i tion are unable to inform ti.e Moore considered in planning the irrigation of gan Robertson. lie proud of. I Bros, when they will have produce to By J. J. Bell. Illustrated by B. Cory country. Our consumption is placed at Friday, the 13th. Concluded. By lands in that part of the State. Kilvert. Jacob Rneck was in the city Saturday 35,000,0<K), which is more than a third sell from their irrigated lands. Thomas W. Lawson. 1 desire, in the first place, to confirm J. SCOTT TAYLOR. The Romance of Double Mountain. attending the meeting of the Water of the world’s total consumption. Calumny. Verse. By James E. the conclusions of other engineers of the Richardson. By Morley Roberts. Illustrated by J. Users Association and incidentally look In the last 500 years more than $12,- service who have made more or less The Marriage Charm. A Story. By N. Marchand. ing after the interest of the landowners i (XX).(XXI,(MIO worth of gold is estimated Notice thorough examinations throughout this Mrs. Wilson Wood row. Tl’e Celestial Vampire. By Abby fi*om his district. to have been dug from the earth. Not I The Players. region, that information relating to the The Rag Doll. A Story. By Harvey Meguire Roach. Miss Lillian Stilts returned from Port much more than one-half of this is defi Sealed bids for the purchase of the M. amount of water that can be made < »’Higgins. The Country Cat. A plantation land last Saturday, where she had been nitely known to be in existence in the One Room in My Heart Shall be story. By Grace MacGowan Cooke. E. church building will be received un available for irrigation is deficient and f ir several weeks studying the latest ' monetary stocks of the globe. Of this, til noon, March 30, 1907. Also sealed unreliable and that it is of great import Closed. Verse. l’>v Arthur Stringer. styles in millinery. She placed a large however, the United States is believed The Undoing of Man. A Story. By bids for the removal of the building onto ance that a continuous study of the Marv Heaton Vorse. GOING TO KENO? order for the Stilts Dry Goods Company I to hold $1,250,(X)0,000 to $1,500,000,000 lots one block north of the public school. | water resources in this part of Oregon I The World’s Half-Citizens. By for spring millinery and other season The liigest bridge in the world will be We reserve the right to reject any and * shall be made. Reliable conclusions re- Olivia Howard Dunbar. If so, get a rig from the Mammoth able articles that will delight the femi 1 the trolley bridge now under construe-1 all bids. Stables. Fine, gentle horses, good bug- Address the Secretary < f the lating to the amount of water that can Little Stories of Real I.ife: Pnrride Rv Russie R., I giva, . _ vta. . „ onaoitt price*. . nine heart. tion firm« th» famous Royal Gorge, in Board of Trustees of the M. E. church, «X? IlUlilfc AVHiliiMiC *• • C£««2aGt » (lout »ml tile Hoover. The members of the Spoon Club and i Colorado, which will he 2,627, feet, half Klamath Falls, Oregon. be drawn from the records of stream The Beggar, By Alphonse ('.ur All persons knowing tbeaiselvo to be their husbands an<l a few invited guests a mile, above the river below. As far! flow until such records cover a series of lander. were delightfully entertained at the as height goes, this little bridge—only 1 For bargains in city property see years. There should therefore be no de- The Ghost in tile Snow. Verse. By indebted to L. F. Willits on store ac» Wood I’angborn. 1 count, may settle the same at my old home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pierce, 320 feet long—will be in a class by itself, i Mark L. Burns. iay in extending the study of water re Georgia A Row of Books. Bv Johan Barrett. ' stand, with Shive Brothers A Co. where assisted by Mrs. Don Zumwalt, Satur its nearest competitor being the recent Subscribe for the Republican and vote sources to these streams. Straight Talk. By “Everybody's” i my books will be kept during my ab- day evening. The customary game of ly completed Zambesi bridge, in Africa, for the most popular girl to represent The region under consideration is a Readers. ence from the city. L. F. Willits, tf 500 was played, Mrs. C. Ross Ander- 450 feet in height. succession of interior drainage basins in ' With “Everybody’s,, Publishers. the county at Jamestown. Ison and H. L. Holgate being OPPOSES DONATION I tiers of the first prize, the OF CITY FUNDS haiidNoine nilver Hpoon and the