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KLAMATH Official Newspaper ol Klamath County VOL. XII. NO. 48 KLAMATH FALLS, KLAMATH COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 27, P08. ANNUAL MEETING Water Users will be Here in April K lamath W atch U mf . kh A mihx iatiun , Our school needs a well; the indica C. P. Chastain, Secretary. tions are that one will 1» bored within a lew weeks. 'Thursday) Miss May Robinson,! Relative to the candidacy of Dr. Geo. teacher of Hilderbrand« school was call ed to Portland by the serious illume of ney Newa, of which lion. Frank Davey, her mother. H|ieaker ol the House at the lent Bees ion, Mr. ami Mrs. D. Y. Gray were shop II.Merryman lor Stale Senator the Har is editor, contalus the following AMENDMENTS TO LAWS Meeting Will be Important One for Association The next annual meeting of the Wat er Veers Association will be held in It promisee to lie an Important meeting, among the things to lie considered being tbe following amendments to I <e by-laws; The Stockholders of the Klamath Water Veers Assoc 1st Ion are hereby notified that the following amendments to the By-laws of said asoociatiun will be submitted for their acceptance or rejection at the next annual meeting of the stockholders to be hold in Klamath Falla, Ore., on the 4th day of April, 1908, at the hour of 2 o'clock P M : FULTON REPLIES days before the data of such meeting, News Notes From Dairy and shall contain th« order of the Board of Directors calling such mealing, slat Mrs Wui. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Hana ing the pur|aise fur which said meeting Mtoehsls are visiting In Klamath Falls la called. Ibis week. By order of th« Board of Directors. Highly Complimentary this city on April 4. “:=.| REPUBLICAN. ping in Dairy Friday,lhey con template a “Dr. Geo. II. Merryman ol Klamath visit to their sun at the Fort in a lew Falls who serve.I in th« House last ses days, sion, Is a candidal«, lor nomination as 0. C. Pearson and J. R. Welsh were Joint Senator in the Crook -Klamath - trading and transacting otter business Lake district this year and while the in Dairy Friday. News lives outside of that district, Hey Pool ami John Lind from Hilder- It takes pleasure in lealilylng to the b<slide were In Dairy Friday, Mr. I.lud high character of Dr. Merryman and to his faithful work as a legislator. Hr always brings a good sued bucket ol was always at his post ami ever watch eggs, auI Rcoy brings a warm smile that ful ol the interests of constituents. It proves bis good nature. was lie who blocked the game of county Perhaps Mrs. Jones is tbe first to division over there and in many other plant garden in this section, but thia ways he displayed excellent judgment. fine weather is enough to get most any The district will ha e an able faithful man in the Senate il it gels Dr. Merry body in that notion. men." Rushing Work Tlie railroad crew, in charge of Eluier Smith, ia rushing tbe work on the change being made in the government canal, on the Hol Springs addition, just east ol tlie city limits. The original course of the ditch would have neceasi- tated a I HO loot epan where the railroad made its crossing. A hall moon la lie- ing made in the ditch so aa to glie the road a more direct crossing, with not over k 5 loot spun. The crew consist« of 30 men and 3ii boreee, and Mr. Smith elates it wvulal be iinpoMihle lor him to put on another horse on the work, on account ol the small space ol ground 'hey are working on. At limes even now he cannot work all bls st.s k. The fact that the Southern Pacific are using all the uirn and horses, iliat It is poesible to work, Indicates that lhey do not intend to have any delay in the coo- slructien al either end of the Ime. The railroad company plane to build cement abutments and put in a tempor- __ , ‘.h7.hr, fr..n. '. ,1 Raila will bo laid and the dirt from the cut, to be made Iwtween the canal and Upper fuike will 1« run to the low ground and used as a Illi. That Section 1, Article II, of said By-Laws, be amended to road aa fol lows: The annual meeting of the Bti»ck* holders of the association shall be held at Klamath Fal a. Ore., at a place to be designated by the Directors, and stated in the notice hereafter provided fur, on the first Friday in June of each year, at the hour of 2 o'clock P. M (The flrat annual meeting under thia By-law ahall be held in the year 1909). That Section 2, Article V, of said By- lawa, be amended to read as follows At all sleetlune any owner of stock of this ssaocisuon, whose assosemrals have been fully paid, ia a qualified elector and ahall be entitled to one vole for each anti every share of the stock owned by him, not however, to exceed in the aggregate 1«O votea. That Section 2, Article Id. ofaaid By-laws, be amatided to lows: Each Director shall at the time of Establishing Camps hie election be a qualified elector and the owner of lands situalawi in the irri Mr Erickson, of Erickson A Peterson, gation district to which shares of stock the railroad contractor I» now at Dorris of thia aaaociatlon are appurtenant, ■wtal>al>li«l>tng <-sui|-s «oat to commence and shall also be n resident of the dis work on the "Mi<»» fly" track arroos the trict. hill at that place. The commissary That Section 4. Article III of said building is already constructed on the By-laws be amended to read as follows: hill thia aide ol Burris. The construction ol the "Shoo-fly" ia ¡'he annual election of Directors, commencing with tne year Í9O9, shall considered the most ditfiiull piece ol work ou the road lietaeen Itray and be held on the first Friday in June of Klamath Falls, and the lieginning ol each year, at the time of the regular I Uila work ao early tn the season la a annual meeting of the aeaocia'.ion and aure indication that there will be no such Directors shall hold their rea|>ec- atop at lKirria, but that the railroad in tive offices for one year, or until their tends pushing on to Klamath Falla thia succeaaors are elected and qualified, summer. ths Board of Directors ahall be elected | An immense body of men are rushing by ballot, and a majority of the number tlie work on tbe last two and a half miles of shares voted at the election, shall be ol grading on the other side of Dorris, neceaaary for a choice. and at the rate the track laving crew are That Section 2. Article ¡I, of said By now stringing rails, the road should t>e com pl et cl to Tkirrla sometime in April, laws be amended to read aa follows: Notice of such annual meeting ahall weeks before the time set by the etnei l>« given by publication in at least three construction engineer. newspapers published weekly within the irrigation district; such notice shall be published not leas than thirty days before the date of holding such meet Owing to numerous inquiries, for in ing. formation. and a place to purchase That Section 4. Article II, of said By stock, have made arrangements to pro laws ahall be amended to read aa fol vide such a place at Heilkemper's jew lows: elry store. Stock can be bought and Notice uf special meeting ahall be any informant n regarding the company given by publication in the same man ner aa for regular meetings; such no esn be obtained by calling on Mr. ! tice shall be given not less than twenty Heitkemper at any time. The Klamath Oil Co. | | Denies Every Charge Made by Heney BRANDS SMITH A FOOL I something that would criminally involve ! me. The assertion that I was present when any such (bribery? proposition was made to Smit h is absolutely false. I am proud of the fact that the cam paign for my own election is known ns one of the cleanest ever made in Oregon. Brownell testifies for immunity, and 1 pity him. It is a strange nature that in order to eave himself he is willing to liear false witness against another. In an HO00 word letter, which baa Iss-n given tbe press, Senator Fulton answers in detail the charges made against him by Francis J. Heney. The specific charges made in the Heney speech are taken up one by one Work Progressing on New Fair Grounds i irrepressible ambition to Stand in tbe Mr. and Mrs. Ward Irom Kwan Lake limelight ia given as an added incentive for what Senator Fulton calle the law were shopping in Dairy Saturday. Gilbert Anderton came home from yer's utter disregard for the truth. Mr. Heney’s enmity, Senator Fulton jury duties and is now busy with bis aaye, dates fusck to tbe time when Mr. , | Heney was a candidate for appointment chore boy duties aa of old. Grandpa Schtnore ¡raaeed through Dairy Saturday witli some cattle. he was prevented PetersteinerFaces Jury for Death of Johnson TROUBLE 6ETTINC A JURY Two Additional Venires had to Be Summoned Every bill introduced in tbe Legisla ture bears tbe num.- of the man who in The case ol the state vs Peter Pster- troduced it. The records in the office steiner, charged with the murder of J. of the Secretary of State show who filed M. Johnson, waa liegun Tuesday by each of tbe initiative and referendum I the examination for jurors. Out of tbe petitions, aud, to that extent, who is special venire of 23 men summonsd, 10 As in tbe case of bills , were accepted when Court adjourned in the Legislature, though, it is not al- I for noon, and another venire of five men ways possible to determine who pre-' was ordered. pared tbe measures and in whose inter- ' In the afternoon two remaining jur eels they were filed. In some instances ors were selected. The men wbe are to sponsor for them. the real party in interest can be only determine the guilt To determine wbo are tbe Petersteiner are: or innocence of guessed at. Many Letters of Inquiry SAM* farmers want who to ADDgUS Farmer, Olene Farmer, Keno Carpenter, Merrill Farmer, Keno Farmer, Merrill Farmer, Ft. Klamath Farmer, Keno L. C. Sisemore, Stockman, Ft. Klamath Chas. Martin, Dairy man,Ft. Klamath R. W. Towers. Logger, Keno H. Ackley, Lumberman, K. F. P. H. Gray, Farmer. Poe Valley I Tbe jurymen were then taken to view the place where tbe trouble occurred, estate dealers aud others in this city, from OCCTFiTIOX C. N. Snow, Frank Downing, W. F. Barrows, Dan Gordon, H. F. Tolle, , „ , . L. Copeland, jra Hansen, Letters of inquiry keep coming to real and on tbeir return to tbe Court House come Steps for the formation of a new Na- formation did not specify which irriga party were taken At a tion project they were interested in. Secretary Chastain, of the Water conference of the Independence League Users Association, says his office is re- in Chicago. The action followed a short : ceiling an average of 100 letters a speech by William Randolph Hearst, in month, asking for information. which be announced the principles of -------------- — . — I tional political the league and tbe adoption of a declar ation of principle«," setting forth tbe ob SENATOR FULTON, OF OREGON jects of the organisation and the means by which it hopes to attain them. Later Senator Fulton says he bad oc Tbe provisional National committee, United States Attorney Bristol Friday casion to criticise E. A. Hitchcock, then of which Mr. Hearst is chairman, was instituted suit against Eugene L. Hop Secretary of the Interior, for his manner authorised by resolution to call a nation kins, of Klaiuatli Connty, lor maintain of handling the national irrigation fund. al convention to nominate candidates lor ing unlawful fence by which Government "Thereupon,” eave Senator Fulton in the Presidency and Vice-Presidency af laud is enclosed. The facts on which the tils statement, "Mr. Heney and Mr. ter tbe Republican and Democratic parties have held their gatherings at oomplaint is bared were furnished the Hitchcock decreed that I was to be des Chicago ana Denver, respectively. District Attorney's office in an affidavit troyed, and the whole power of the Gov by Henry M, Bagby, who represented ernment was enlisted to that end." that because of the ill«*gal obstruction stand its provisions. MURDER CASE ON tbe case was stated to them by attorneys > west. Nearly all the real estate firms Moore and Stone for the state, and by are swamped with lettersand are kept ' F. H. Mills for the defense. Court then i busy sending answers and descriptive adjourned until 9 o’clock Wednesday matter of the country. morning, when the bearing of testimony I Tbe Water Users Association has re to have everything free, as far as the will begin. fairgronnd attractions are concerned, ceived a list, containing tbe names and Tuesday forenoon waa eonsumeu in on the Fourth. Tbe new grandstand addresses of 224 people from Illinois, I I will accomodate 2000 people, and tbe Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and t he examination of the state's witnesses, dancing pavilions and exhibition build- other states, wsnling information. Emerson and Hart. The former’s tes } ings are to be constructed. The easy timony waa pratically the same aa that ; These inquiri«?» were made of the Rec 1 access bv boat will make these new given in the Corpron trial. In tbe ex arnation Service, and tbe list was for I grounds a most popular resort. amination of Policeman Jesse Hart, tbe warded by Director Newell. Thirtb-one -tate brought out more forcibly tbe tes of these wanted information about the New Political Party Klamath project and 193 wbo wanted in timony in regard to tbe hostility of Construction Bids Asked For Hopkins Suit Commenced even if they do not thoroughly under Amid al) the excitement of Court and secret promoters of any measure would be more difficult than to ascertain tbe political matters, the Klamath County I hidden interests back of a bill in tbe Agricultural Association is doing busi Legislature. Ho far as tbe records go, ' ness, and making arrangements for tbe they are open to the public. Tbe signa. coming summer. President Bishop . i , tures themselves reveal nothing of con- states that they have men and teams sequence, for in nearly every instance working on the new (air grounds snd men who were employed to circulate pe- , race track. The track will be the reg titions secured the signatures of voters 1 ulation half-mile track, and it is planned indiscriminately. to make it one of tbe fastest in the as special prosecutor of the Oregon land- W. P. Hedge and wife are busy taking Iraud cases. At that time Senator Ful- | state. invoice in their store this week. ton urged the selection of an Oregon Men are also finishing the work of Wm H. Bliss has bought 60 pound man and advocated tbe appointment of tearing down tbe grand stand and build onion set and is going to supply a* with Dan J. Malarkey, of Portland. After ings on the old grounds. The lumber onions next fall. He is prepared to irri Mr. Heney'» appointment, Senator Ful will be hauled to tbe railroad ditch and gate and is sure to get a crop. ton wrote and published a letter severe taken to tbe new fair grounds by barge. I>airy has a good school but needs a ly censuring those responsible for the Tbe track is now more than half fin blacksmith. appointment. This opposition, he savs, ished, and will lie ready fora celebra- M r. Henev did not forgK-e. i tion tbe Fourth of July. It is proposed Bid* for the «metruction of the Clear Lake Dam are now being advertised lor by the Reclamation Service. The sprei- tieationa (or the dam call for tbe placing ol 54,000 cubic ysrds of earth and rock till, together with the building of neces- «ary spillway ami outlet. The dyke« will re<|uire the placing of about 25,000 cubic yards of earth and nick fill. Bids »‘Il be <>|M-ned on April 15. This means the early tieginning of work on the Upper Project and is jnst whst the people of the entire county have been anxiously awaiting to bear. There have been so many unfounded I rumors in regard to work on the l'p[ier I Project, that many of the land owners began to get discouraged, but this good news will put life into business and Klamath's prospects certainly look bright for the coming summer. Who Is Responsible? “Who is back of all these initiative mitted, deliberate filching ol Mitchell'a and referendum measures that have been money. submitted to the people for approval or The (Braith) story is a deliberate and rejection at the election io June ? Who malicious falsehood, so far as my parti prepared them ? Who filed them and cipation in that tranaai tion is concerned. who has (aid the expense of securing So far from being Mitchell's sack signatures to the petitions and of print holder I never knew he had one. ing arguments in their favor ?” I never was tbe legal advisor of the These sre questions that have been of the Hamrnond Lumber company. It as kill frequently since it became known never at any time paid me a dollar. I have never been attorney for any that the most important duty of the person, company, firm or corporation voters ol the state at the coming elec- j engage.I in acquiring timber lands, or tion will be that of determining how to other public lands. vote upon nearly a score ol bill» and con For two years before the rate law was stitutional amendments. Voters will be enacted I declined to ride to and from influenced more or lea» by tbe names of Wethington on a pass. Men under indictment, yes under con- the people who vouch for a measure, Takes Slap at Chamberlain 1 vic’ion, have been assured of immunity and Hitchcock and pardon would they but testify to io Senator Fulton’s answering state Mr. Henery Meirs of Pine flat was ment and denied cemprehensively and taken seriously ill Wednesday and has in detail as to every material ¡act. lawn taken to hie son in Kwan lake. Senator ¡Fulton impugns the honesty B. H. Grigsby was in liairy today giv ol Sir. Heney'a motives. Revenge and ing the glad hand to hie old friends, ¡«artisan politics, he says, are the baais and looking out for his political fences, of the graft prosecutor’s enmity toward lie's alright, Jas. Logue jiaseed through Dairy Sat him, tad Mr. Heney’• obsession by an urday going home Irom jury duty. I Governor Chcmberlain approved and ! honored him 'J. S. Smith; lor hie ad A New Boat Special agents and Government de J. B. C. Taylor and M from Notice Bids will be received by the under signed for 75 cords of 4-foot pine wood, cut from live pine, to be delivered at the public school grounds by August 15, 1908, corded up. 10 per cent of the amount of bid must accompany bid. Privilege is reserved to reject any and all bids. Bids will close at 1 o’clock, March 7. 1908. By order of the board of school direc tors, District No. 1, Klamath County, Oregon. J. W. SIEMENS, 2-27-2t Clerk. ■ n ■ Petersteiner to Johnson, after be waa carried into tbe saloon and laid on the fliwir, apparently dead. Hart also added to bis testimony, the fact that Ludwig Biebn showed a disposition to attack Jolinaon after hia injury, and bad to be restrained from doing so. The afternoon was taken up with the testimony of some of tbe same witnesses as in tbe Corpron case, aud the evidence differed in no materiel sense. The da- ’ tense wiil probably spring some new witnesses, but the prosecution undoubt edly believes the testimony given in the former trial is sufficiently strong to con- I vict Petersteiner. DIED, In thia city, at th« bom« of her son, F. W, Riggs, at 9 o'clock Wednesday evening, Mrs. Frank W. Riggs. Death was dua to a complication of diseases and old age. —— F. Parker,! having free tectives were immediately sent out. property. Senator Fulton says, and every few are building, near Hanks' Landing, a This is the first fencing case that has months some vile slander was published. fast traveling steamboat for service be been tiled in the Federal Court in Every charge Senator Fulton says he tween Klamath Falls and Fort Klamath. I months. Bristol also summoned a promptly me' and refuted as made, The boat will be 50 feet long and 12 foot j Grand Jury. ! whereupon his enemies, realising that beam with cabin and pilot house, and : j microscopic scrutiny of his career re- will be equipped with two 12 horse power access to some of Lis own 1 — 1 TOUR FAITHFUL WATCH Will you give it to one who is not quali fied, to repair or clean? Or will you leave it with me, which assures you good honest work with a responsible guarantee? :: •; ;; G. Heitkemper Leading Watchmaker, Jeweler and Optician All goods bought here engraved free of charge. 1_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 The “Clay Baker” engines and twin screw propeller. , vested nothing on which to hash a crim- Tlie keel has b«-«>n laid and the frame i A packed house witneamxi the per I inal charge, deliberately set to work to up and the lumber is read for the sides. ( formance of "The Clay Baker" at the dig up some scandal with which to be Tbe boat will be ready for use by May ! opera bouse Monday night, by|Mr.M<>ng smirch his reputation and injure him 1. The regular round trip daily and members of the Dramatic Society. before the people of Oregon. ran between this city and tbe Fort The character of Peter Denig, was well With these preliminary remarks Sen adapted to the display of the ability of ator Fulton takes up the charges made will be inaugurated about June 1. The steamlwat is especially construct Mr. Mong and he was ably supported ' in the Congregational church speech. ed (or ure on the river and will be able by ameteur mem tiers of the cast, in his He says: to make the short turns necessary, difficult part. That he was not sackholder for John ' which are impossible for boats the site Mr. Mong has become a favorite with the theatre goers and they are already II. Mitchell in the Senatorial campaign ; of the Winema. It is to be used for looking forward with pleasure to his of 1897, or at any other time, and that conneying pawMngera and light freight production of David Garrick, in the near the affidavit of J. S. Smith making that to the Wood River country. future. charge, read by Mr. Heney in his Con Beavers seem to be on the increase in this part of the state, under tbe pro tection of tbe law which provides R500 fine for killing of oneof these industrious little animals. Creeks and rivers in northern and central Klamath and Lake counties, especially in timliered sections are being taken possesion of by the bea vers to a greater or less extent, and in some instances they are causing trouble to irrigationists by building dams that interfere with the flow of the water. Due colony has taken possession of Sil ver Creek, about half a mile above Sil- i ver Lake and has built several dams and houses, cutting many quaking asp Tennis Club Gets Busy gregational church speech is false in We Do Picture Framing We have just received a complete line of Picture Frames and Moulding every particular. The first meeting of the Lawn Tennis That J. S. Smith ia tbe political tool Club waa held Tuesday night at home of Governor Chamberlain, Democratic of Mr. C. C. Hogue, nt which a great Let us frame that picture of yours. Prices reasonable Our Responsibility Ends When You are Satisfied Governor of Oregon and candidate for many tennis enthusiasts were present, tbe United States Senate, and that the Officers for the ensuing year were elect of Smith was procured by ed aa follows:—President C. E. Wid- Heney and Chamberlain in pursuit of a does, Vice Pres. Lyle Watson, Sec’yi affidavit conspiracy to ruin bis (Fulton's) polit- Tress. Georgia White. lea) career. I A great deal of enthusiasn was mani- Heney Is a man of most accommodat e tested, and a committee of three was ing and adjustable principles, obsessed appointed to secure a location and deve-I by an irrepressible ambition to stand in lope two courts as soon ss possible in the limelight. order that they may be ready for play saplings, some of which were larger than j Haney’s motive is twofold revenge ing as soon as weathsr conditions will I a stove pipe. and politics. permit. Klamath Tails Furniture Rouse Successor to ft. IT. Boiler E. W. 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