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♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * •••••♦♦••*• III IK I AL I’AI’ER or KLAMATH Col N I A . *•«•♦♦♦•••• ♦ « * ♦ ♦ KLAMATH REPUBLICAN.: KLAMATH t AUS, KLAMA'IH COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 16, 1*09 VOL. XIV. DEVELOP PI I RIVER PROJECT M.IIOII < si < 1 iVC I bell 11 i nrliig 121 li l’lu< < <l on Tli« whereabouts of th«» Crater Lake road case nt present I» u mat ter of conJectlire, owing to th« fact that the different attorney» who vol- li II t • • r• *«1 to appear III it» def»»u«« A Mil I ION-DOI I AR COMPANY have not y«»t been ahi« to agree upon u day when they could argue the mat ■ . V. (<ul<-» On* of tlx* ln<orpurator* ter. Th« Supreme Court evidenced a anti Dire« tor» «»f tin» New willingness to advance It on the cal < '«»iiipunjr endar to »ult the convenience of th>* attorn«)» for th« defense, but so far Aitli le» of lucorpoiutlou have been the case han not been placed on th»* ■lad ut Huu Francisco and Redding, calendar. It was proposed «orne • Im»- ago to try th* caw out In the Su Cal., of the Hliasia Power Company. preme Court on D«»»*inb«*r 12tb but Tbu company is organized to develop . It happened that all of the attorn»)« et«M'tri< power on I’ll river In Hi>u»tu could not be present on that da). count). uud Is cupltullz<*»l nt 11,000,- Hinco, apparently no effort has been • 00 111«» compauy has beau foriind mad»» to have It «et for trial and noiv ta take over and comblnu tho Inter tho matter se«*ms forgotten by tho»«» »«•is of u number <>f owners of water suppose«! to have It In charge. rights on Pit rlver. Tho»«» moot large- ly liiti'i ck < » >1 lu the project uro John Coffee liu)s of Visalia. William A Cooper and K. C. Johnson of Han Francisco, and II. V Gates of Hills- boro. In It Is proposed to construct dams and erect machinery for the genera- tlon <>f electricity, I'robably »2.000,- It has cotno to light recently that • •<) will be expended In developing th«» Benson-Briggs Idea relative to the rights taken over by the coin- the sale of the !«•<!« of the lakes Is •any. Tlie directors besides Hays, quite old, having originated about Cooper, Johnson an<1 Gates nr* Jesse four years ago with Jacob Keuck. A Llllenthai, Albert Rnymond ami Mr. Reuck conceived the Idea that Archibald J Treat. tho landowners of the project should big IBM mìe «- ahi : Th* trial of the caw of H. E. Pointer vs. th«» Klamath Falls l.nnd A Transportation company. In which th»» plaintiff 1» suing for damag«*», wa< begun in th»» Circuit Court Mon day Mi. Pointer Is r«»pr«-scnt<s1 bv Realty hoard met at luncheon Monday th«» defendant la represented by Judgs Th»»» Druk«» and Benson X Htone Mr Pointer 1» suing for damagi-s on account of an Injury received by b«»- ing thrown from a wagon on Main afreet some two years ago. The com pany Is mad«» the defondant, as it Is alleged that th«» accident «u due <‘o th«» unsafe condition of the Street car rails. Th«» following jurom were chosen te dectil« tho caw: H. J. Lockwood. Geo. Chastain. J. T. Johnson, Jeff Wilson. It W. Tower, James Taylor. I D. Ross, Thou. Stanley, John Hib berts. F T. Nelson. H. Boivin nnd W. A Turner. The testimony in the cas»» of Point er vs the Klamath Falls Land au<l Transportation company wns finlnh»«l Wednesday, and at 4 o’clock the arguments of the attorneys began. HI YH MERRILL RECORD Mrs. Nate Otterbein, who for th»» past several months has been In th« employ of the Herald as linotype op •rator, has purchased th« Morrill Record. Merrill and the Record are to b« congratulated, for Mrs. Otter bein Is a woman of more than ordi nary ability, a business-getter and enterprising. She will put a vim ami snap Into the lti<cord that cannot but redoun«! to the benefit of Merrill. That sh«» will more than do her share In the upbuilding of the community 1i certain. If tho business men of Mer rill ar« possessed of an ntoni of ap- priw-latlon of hard, conscientious work, then they will stand back of th« Record and give to It the moral and financial support n<»c<»Hsary to the success of a newspaper In any coni- umnlty. Th«» Horald wishes Mrs. Otterbein success. lit YH HIIEEI* John M. Flynn of Lakeview was her«, Saturdny for th«» purpose of closing up a deal with Tom Gnrret of Bly, from whom ho has Just pur chased 1,000 head of sheep. Mr. Flinn Is getting to bo one of th«» big sheep men of Lak«» county. This Is his first visit to Klamath Falls, nnd ho was greatly surprls«»«! at the size of th«» city, V.'hll<> h«» expected to find a lively, wlde-awnke place, he was not prepared to run up agnltiHt a metropolis In mtnnture. Ile will re- main here a few days, shaklng hand.s with old frlenda and mnking n> w ones. Mr. Harret expocts Io return to Bly in tho morning. n ANDERHON receive some benefit from this land, und accordingly wrote the wcretar/ of the Interior, suggesting that a drainage tax be uppll<»d to these lands. During the past four years there has been more or I«*»» corre- spond»-n<«' bet we«* n Mr. ltcuck and th«» department, resulting In th«» K-nd- Ing of a petition to the secretary em bodying the request. When the petition wan presented. Secretary Ballinger answered that he was unacquainted with the condition»* prevailing here. an«l that he had re ferred the matter to the reclamation service. As soon as the n«*c»*ssary data ha<! been returned by this branch of his department he woul I udvlse Mr. Iteuck as to his decision In tho premises. That reply has been received. and Is as follows: D<*|>artment of the Interior. Washington, Nov 12. 190». Mr. Jacob Iteuck. Klamath Falls, Or.: Sir Referring to the petition signed by yourself and others recom mending the assessment of »20 per acre drainage fee upou lands within tho Klamath projoct, you arc ad vised that the various charges againft the upper project and the Tule lake lands have not been more than tenta tively considered by the reclamation service. There are many important points to consider In connection with the settlement of water right charges for this part of the project, and final in vestigations are not completed on which the determination of the cost cun be based. The petition forward ed cannot receive favorable consid eration nt present because the future action of the department cannot be determined until the plans of the project are fully developed. Very respectfully, R. A. BALLINGER. Secretary. It would appear from this letter that the secretary considers It possi ble under th«» law to levy such a drainage tax, and Intimates, though vaguely, that there la a possibility of auch a tax being impos«*d. If It Is th«» result would be equivalent to tho sal«» of the land as suggested by Messrs. Benson and Briggs, and would be followed by a reduction of the charge against the dry lands, though the amount realized might not reach the proportions hoped for by those who favored the Benson plan. WORKMEN ELECT Th«» following officers wer« elected for tho ensuing term by A. O. U. W. LodgU Lodge Inst evening: Harry Goeller, M. W.; F. Zlni Baldwin, fore man; J. E. Swansen, overseer; Ed mund Gowen, guide: J. W. Siemens, recorder; Alex Mnrtln Jr., financier; George T. Baldwin, receiver. MASONS ELF.tT OFFICERS The following officer« were elected nt the nnnunl election of the A. F. A A. M. held Monday evening: A. L. J. L. Fpnrreton and his brother. Leavitt, worshipful master; Win. Mar Charlee, dr.ivc over from Ronanz-t tin, senior warden; George Noland, Friday afternoon, stopping nt the Junior warden; E. R. Reames, treas urer; Roy G. Walker, secretary. Lakeside. i KI ANVI o IH to NAME« Ditali < > uhi Ile l iliali und Righi» of Tho«. ,M »iim o* This < it;-. Takes lir-l l*ii.-« ai th«* Natloi.nl »’»»-ii Un) Revert lo III«- Former i » •»- It ion at <tiiu.li « O h lier». M. < . MARKEE MI EIS A IltH.K DEATH FRIDAY EVENING U a» u Young M hii of Exemplary Hab- ita, NN ili» Brilliant Pronpects of Hu«««*»» LE »DING PAPER OF HOI I HERN OREGON. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ NO. 37 MODOC COUNTY FILES PROTEST The accident which occurred at th»j WANTS RIGHTS IN (LEAR LAKE depot at 4 o'clock on Friday after MATTER FROTE« TED noon. and which caused the death of M. C. Markee two Lours later, was one of the most deplorable events SUPERVISORS FAKE ACTION that has happened in this communi ty. The plate glass that was to be used in the Jacobs block was being May Not lb- Enough Water in latke to loaded on the dray owned by Shipley Supply Roth California and & Angove. Being of unusual size and Oregon I at nd weighing over 1,500 pounds, the men engaged in the work were unable to The board of supervisors of Modoc handle* it. They asked some of the office force to aid them in loading it, county will at once take up with Coo- and in response to their request gressmau Englebright of California Messrs. Markee. Sims and Clifford the matter of protecting the rights came to their assistance. Mr. Markee of Modoc -county to the waters of was on the* ground steadying the cam» Clear Lake. At a special meeting of the board when the team attached to the wagon suddenly xtarted forward. Being di recently held E. C. Bonner appeared rectly under the caze the deceased and asked that Modoc county pro did not have time to escape before tect her rights in the body of water the heavy box fell on him. It caught I nown as Clear lake, which Is situ him on the chin and crushed his ated in the county, and which water body to an almost shapeless u«ass. supply is to be used to Irrigate land Every available man was pressed into in the Klamath project in Oregon. It is claimed that there is a vast service and the case removed, and a general call was rent out for physi ! stretch of land in Modoc count/ cians, to which Drs. Hamilton and v hich could be irrigated from th White responded. A brief e-xamina- waters of the lake, and the sjpervis- tion was all that was necessary to i rs believe Modoc should have her convince them that there was no hope rights in the matter. Supervising Engineer Patch of th-j for his recovery. Word was sent to Mrs. Markee an- Klamath proJ«jct is out of the city to nouncing the fatal injury of her hus day, and it is not known what the band, and she remained by his side conditions are from t«e standpoint of until he died.* Only once did he give the reclamation service, but it Is signs of consciousness, though he known that the government engineers seemed to be in a semi-conscious con have been i«i that section recently in dition all of the time. He continu vestigating the matter. No decision ally complained of being unable io has yet been reached, and it is b»i- ; lleved to be a question whethtr thjre see. Death came at 7:10. Mr. Markee came to this city about will be sufficient water in Clear lake two years ago. I He ‘ at tnat time ea- to irrigate the lands in Oregon an»I tered the employ of ~ the J. ............... M. Mc tLis section of California. AGAINST TI lil K< l M>SIS Intyre Transportation compauy, later being employed by the Klamath Lake NEW MACHINERY FOR SAW MILL The Woman's club has secured the Navigation company when that com privilege of selling the Christmas pany assumed charge of the freight Upper latke Mill Increase« Capacity lU-fUMsl to B«*ur un I n«s|unl Burden Has Ftve-Yewr Contract. stamp In Klamath county and have and transportation business between for the Hencfit of Other the railway terminus and this city. In placed the stamps on sale at the Pub Stat«-« FORT KLAMATH, Dec. 15.—(Spe lie Library, Star drug store and the each of these positions he showed re markable ability, and was a particu cial)—John F. Loosley, sawyer for Square Dea). In addition to this the Rather than submit longer to wlia* lar favorite with the public, with Utter & Burns, returned from the It regarded as an ln«*quitabl«» and un Portland store has already secured whom he was continually in contact. city Monday evening, having pur- a large quantity of the stamps. anJ just Imposition of taxes for the ben»*- | When he entered the employ of the'chased machinery for the saw* mill, fit of other Jurisdictions by the su-! are placing one on each package anj Southern Pacific be was well equip- consisting of an engine, boiler, etc. letter sent out. prenie lodge of the Ancient Order of | ped for the duties he assumed, and all much heavier machinery than is l'nlt«*d Workmen, the grand lodge of I The world grows kindly as it was held in high esteem by bis au- now in usein the mill. Oregon has seceded and itself become i grows old. Each recurring Christ- periors and the public. ' When installed the horse power a sovereign body. Not only has th»* mas brings some new device of hu- The deceased was a native of Ore- will be increased to 100, and the mill man intelligence against the evils grand lodge by this drastic action re gon, having been born in this state will require but five more additional nounced Its allegiance and severed all which beset us. The war against December 14, 1884. On July 24, 1909, men to operate It. The capacity ol conui'ctions with the supreme lodge, tuberculosis, the white plague, has he was married In this city to Miss ¡the i the mill will be between 30,000 ana and but it has revised its constitution and been particularly fertile In calling Sadie Wagner, and their brief mar 35,000 feet per day. A car contain bylaws so that all reference to th»* out the resources of militant love ried life was marked by devotion aud ing the machinery will arrive at This year th«- R«*d Cross stamp offers supreme lodge has b«*«*n omitted. solicitude. He was a young man o' Klamath Falls about Thursday of this This step was taken at a called a iiovel and facile opportunity for exemplary habits, and had a host of week. The company has a five-year meeting of the grantl lodgt* Monday, i everybody to take a hand in the tight. friends among all classes. His char contract with the government, and November 22. over the protest of Su- Its direct purpose is to collect fund» acter and habits were such as to at on account of the increase in the mar- prenie Master W. M. Narvis, who to maintain open-air day camps for tract the attention of the head of one ket for lumber It was impossible to cairn* to Portland from Muscatine. la , tuberculous patients. The stamps are I of the largest institutions of tho meet the demand made upon the to endeavor to ward off what h«» fore on sale at the Public Library, Star county, who had planned on placing mill with its present equipment. saw would be a solar plexus blow to drug st« re and the Square Deal. A him, In the near future, in a position Utter & Burns are located in a fine penny npiece ■ the price. Yon buy a the national organization. of trust and importance. It is doubt belt of sugar and yellow pine. They So far as possible a cloak of se hundred or a thousand and stick ful if even Mr. Markee knew of the | will in all probability make extensive crecy was thrown about the affair, them on everything you send by mail, good fortune in store for him, though shipments of their first grade lumber, with such success that beyond those letters, parcels. Christmas gifts. And the date was not far distant when lie having only a ten-mlle haul to the vitally Interested the facts connected v hen the recipient s«?es the stamp was to assume duties that wou.d landing. with the step placing the grand lodge with Its message of world-wide hu eventually make him an important of Oregon on an independent plane manity, it sets his icy old heart aglow* factor in the affairs of the city. OTEY CONTEST CASE hav«> not bi*come known until sixteen and he rushes ddwu to the store to The funeral services were held on days after the called meeting wan j Lu) a bunch for himself, and so the Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock in held. Not only do grand lodge offl- ; blessed flame will blaze around the the parlors of the Whitlock under < oniniissioner of the lain«] Office Sus- tain» Original Decision. cials declare that the action was per- | v orld. taking establishment. The remains fectly Justified, in fact. Inevitable un- , In 1904 in Denmark the govern will be sent Monday morning to For-! C C Brewer, who with M. Pur- less the Oregon Jurisdiction was will r ent Issued a Christmas atane, with est Grove for interment. the Dorris lawyer, defended A1- cell, ing to bow its neck under tho yoke the king's head and the word “Jul” He is survived by his wife, who has bert Otey in the contest brought of taxation and watch a constant the same as our “Yule”—on it. the sincere sympathy of the commun- I stream of its coin flow out of the It was not good for postage, only itv, his mother and other relatives, I against bl* homestead by J<)hu B state, but they assert that since tho as a "sticker” for Christmas letters, residents of Forest Grove. The de I Vollmer, rax received noti«*e of the secession a livelier interest has been l»ostcards and packages. The pro- ceased carried an insurance policy decision by the commissioner of the awakened in lodge affairs in this ceeds from it were used for the sup for »2.500 in one of the leading in General Land office in favor of Mr. Otey, affirming the decision of the state, and the outlook for the future port of a tuberculosis hospital for surance companies. Lakeview office, from which Vollmer on an independent basis is roseate. little children. This Christmas sea had appealed. son the National Red Cross society EASTERN STAR OFFICERS The following expression from th« has issued the stamp in America, the decision seems to indicate Mr. Otey's The Eastern Star elected officers proceeds to go to fight tuberculosis in full compliance with the homestead Gars follows at the meeting Tuesday The bazaar and progressive supper the state in which the stamp is sold. r< quirements, at least from the com evening: Minnie E. Ward, worthy ma- given by the ladies of the Presbv- Tho Visiting Nurse association of missioner's view of the matter. tro; Cora Sanderson, associate ma terlan church was a decided success, Portland secured tho privilege of "Considering the entire record o» tron; Wnt. Martin, worthy patron; Such articles as were prepared for selling it in Oregon, and every penny the testimony in this case, defend May Ankeny, conductress; Mrs. Bren sale in the baznar were quickly pur will go to fight the white plague In ant's good faith as a homestead en nan, associate conductress; Luiu Oregon. chased and ten times more would tryman is apparent from first to last. Ten per cent of all the deaths in Straw, secretary; Mrs. Alford, treas Every charge in the contest affidavit hav«» been as easily disposed of. Th«» Oregon are from tuberculosis. Tuber urer. The new trustees are Mrs. Wil stands disproved "by the overwhelni- feature of the affair was the progres lits. Mrs. Murdock, Mrs. Reames. sive supper, served in the big store culosis is preventable. We must teach ii.g •(’eight of the testimony submit the child, the housewife, the farmer, room in the White Maddox block. ted.” to The month of December seems Even standing room was at a premi- tho factory worker and the profes be but a slight improvement so urn all evening, It seemlng as if sional man how to avoid the disease, Thursday morning the horse on far as eccentricities go. over the pre communicable. We Tuberculosis is everyone In thè city was desirous of which Charley Masten was riding the of November. On vious month to care for ourselves pnrtnking of the tempting dish» 3 must learn Bow the from the Horton ranch to the Sum 6th of this month night of the so that we will not give it to oth'eri. served. The ladles feel particularly Tuberculosis is curable. "We must thermometer registered but one do mers ranch stepped in a hole ami gratified over the hearty support care for the consumptive in the right gree above zero, and already th.; threw itself, falling on Masten's arm, given. place. In the right way, at the right precipitation has been .6 of an inch. breaking the elbow, tearing an artery Thos. Calmea of Morrill has re- time, until he Is cured; instead of. with almost two inches of snow fall. loose and smashing his hand. Masten turned from his trip to San Fran ins now. in the wrong place. In the On the 1st of the month, however. was immediately brought into the cisco, and was in the city Saturday, wrong way, at the wrong time, until I the thermometer at 5 o'clock In the city and the broken arm was treated. He is now resting a little easier. I he is d«»ad.” evening was as high as 43 above. stopping at the Livermore. Klarna'h County wli«at against the Muyoi 8iiii«l»*tnon is anxious to se cure a correct list of the pr«*s»*nt own 'world. Again has Klamath county ers of G <* wuter rights along th« old entered In op»*n competition with the Ankeny »until, as arrangements arc H««ri<i and carried off first honor». now under way with th« reclamation Tho». Martin of this city has been servlet* wh«reby the city is to take notified by telegram that he wax over the «anal from th« Leavitt place awarded first prize for the best sheaf south. 'I tn* arrangements call for a 1 of bill»* stem whi-at at the National pipe lin«* to be put In and the diteti .Corn exposition at Omaha, the com Ailed. In this case the laud now petition being open to the world. The wheat wax grown by Mr. Mar owned ns a right of way Is to be transferred to the original owners or tin on his ranch below the city, with th»» abutting property. It is very out Irrigation, and was among the ex n<*<*<*Hsary that the pr*s«*nt owners t>f hibits taken by C. T. Oliver to the the water rights be known, mo that Dry Farming congress at Billings. the arrangnments with tile govern- Mont., and later to Omaha. This is im*nt can be completed early In the the third time that Klamath county has b««*n awarded first prise for its year. The following list has been secured wheat. Its exhibits have entered into blit It Is not know u If it Is correct or competition with every wheat pr»>- not, and the r«*qu'*«t Is made that all duclng section of the United States, owners of water rights hand their and each and every time this county nnnn*» to Police Judge Leavitt at has carried off the prize. one«*, ho that action In the inatt<-r wl'l I In the c-arly ’80's at the New Or leans exposition, Klamath county not be delayed. Following Is a list of those who are took first prize for Its wheat. In 1907 at Sacramento this county's exhibit supposed to own water rights: C. D. Wilson, A. L. Leavitt, R. A. of grain was awarded first prize. This Alford, E. It. Reams. J. W. Kiernans. last victory, however, establishes the J. G Pierce, Charles Roberts. George quality of grain grown In this section T Baldwin, Mrs. Margaret .McMillan, beyond the question of a doubt, as il. BrtCk Sr»»,»* iVan H»<1< i, F'r»-»1 there Is greater Interest taken in Noel, C. H Withrow, H. M. Bristol!, th««* expositions these days, and kt John I'erllngs, Mrs. E. E. Hedrick. Omaha there were exhibits from all Roy Hamaker, Alex Martin Jr., G. W. sections of the United States and the White, County Court House, Mr«. S. world. In addition to first prize Mr. Mar- 8. Henley. Dr. F M White. J. C. Mongol«!, L. F. Wlllltta, Roy Walker. tin was awarded one of the special J. D. Fountain. Mm. E E. Wise, Fr»d prizes offered by James J. Hill for Mang, F T Sanderson, W. T. Shlvc, grain grown on Great Northern lines H. T. Hummers, Mrs. E. V. Cogswell, in the statc-H of Orc-gon, Washington Mrs. E. E. Van Brimmer, J. M Evans. nnd Montana. Mrs. J V. Brandenburg. Mm. S. Tay- lor. Oscar North, J. W. Bryant, J. H. Furrar. C. R. DeLap.
