BERT E. WITHROW. Secretary
DON J. ZUMWALT,
C. E.
President
Abstracting
E. M. BL'BB,
Vice President and
Treasurer
Maps. Plans, Blue Prints, Etc.
Klamath County Abstract Co., Inc
Surveying and Irrigation Engineering
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
SPRING CLOTHES
We have on the road the largest and finest line of Hart
Schaffner & Marx and Friend Bros.’ Clothing ever
brought to the city. They are so well known among
the knobby dressers of this city that they need no com­
ment Wait for them
W. C. Dalton was in the city Mon­
day from his ranch at Carrtown in
J. E. Thurman was at the Lake- the soutehrn part of the county.
Mr. Chrisman, the Bonanza black-
aide Friday.
tnith,
was a passenger on the eastern
Edmond Chilcote is feeling better
stage Monday returning home.
after a slight illness.
County Commissioner Albert Walk
Chilcote & Wall have taken rooms
er has returned from Ashland, where
in the Baldwin building.
CLOTH 1 He.
SHOE STORE-
he was called due to the illness of
II. C. High and wife were in the
his brother.
city from Dorris Friday.
M. L. Allison is in receipt of a let­
Next door to the Postoffice
Klamath Falls, Oregon
Clyde Witter, the plumber, has
ter from John F. Shafroth. Governor
gone to Redding on business.
of Colorado, who expects to spend his
Bert and H. E. Moore, of Poe Val- vacation in Klamath Falls.
ley, were in the city Saturday.
Mrs. W. H. Dulaney left Sunday
Riley Hankins was in the city Sat-
morning
for Chehalis. Wash., wher«»
urday from the Ankeny ranch.
she goes to attend the wedding of
McKendree & Bryan are feeding one of Mr. Dulaney's neices.
quite a bunch of cattle at Merrill.
G. W. McIntire and family left on
T. O. Greenwood and wife reg­
istered at the American from Yreka. Tuesday morning for Portland, where
Mr. McIntire will engage in business
Wm. Walsh, of Sacramento, is in­ I with his father.
stalling the Western Union clocks in
A. W. Peil returned last Sunday
the city.
from Wolf Creek. Oregon, and will
\XI» HENLEÌ LAND
the réclamation ai t ami i- ioiih I.I
I
E. A. Palmer, roadmaster for the spend the summer here In the employ
Ml NT PAÌ 1881 88.MI X I" to b«* of great Importante In furthi-r
Southern Pacific, was at the Liver­ ot the Farmers’ Implement & Supply
ing the work iindertakeu by the Go»
Company.
more Friday.
I nitrii Stati-»
ernment In inany piai •« In tlie West
Question of
A telegram was received Saturday
James Butts, a steamboat engineer-
tutine anil
is a recent arrival in the city from morning by Mrs. McMillan announc­
ing the birth Friday of ten-pound
San Francisco.
will hold its first regular
Judge Bean, of the United States
A. F. Firman and A. E. Imbler girl to her ’ daughter. Mrs. Edward
Court,
has
rendered
a
decision
In
the
went out on the Lakeview stage Sat­ T. Williamson, of Chico, Cal.
.Mayor MiXarthy Formulating
o
E. P. Wells, of Tacoma; A. B. case of the Klamath Falls Irrigation
urday morning.
«►
Answer to Attack of Francis
Company
in
which
the
court
held
that
Millard,
of
Portland,
and
C.
H.
D
i-
G. M. Stephens and D. A. McComb,
J. Henry
the Department of the Interior was
from Bonanza, were at the American senberry left for Lakeview Monday authorized to collect construction and
at 1:30 P. M. sharp
morning in the interest of the irriga­
House Saturday.
United Press Service.
maintenance
charges
until
such
time
S. S. Mitchel], cattle buyer fiom tion project at Warner Valley.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal..
as one-half of the entire cost of any
H. Cameron, one of the attendants project shall be paid and that par­ Mayor McCarthy Is busy thia after­
Ashland, was registered at the Lake­
at the State Insane Asylum at Salem, ticular system shall be turned over noon formulating an answer to the
side Inn this week.
Ray Merrill has returned from Cal­ arrived in the citl Sunday and de­ to the management of thg Water attack of Francis J. Honey which de­
clared that McCarthy and District At­
ifornia. where he and Guy took three parted Monday morning for Lakeview Users’ Association.
to take charge of an insane man com­
carloads of horses.
The question was raised by the re­ torney Fickert were sleuths of Pat­
mitted from ttyit county.
fusal of former owners of the Klam­ rick Calhoun. Political turmoil has
J. R. Wright, a business man from
The Farmers’ Exchange has just ath Falls Irrigation Company to pay reigned here following the publica­
Medford, was among the guests at the
ordered by wire a 40,000-ponnd car an assessment of 1908 amounting to tion of the cryptograms which are n
Livermore during the week.
of Mexican field peas to be used as $1.50 an acre. District Attorney Mc­ series of cipher messages alleged to
There is a new hotel man in the seed. The peas come from Alamosa,
relate to the graft prosecutions.
city looking over the situation, So in the San Louis Valley, Colorado, Court was compelled to bring action
These cryptograms. It Is said, num­
for
the
collection
of
the
amount.
In
far no particulars have been made and are recommended by the Govern­
ber 4 6 In all and have reference to
the
pleadings
It
is
recited
that
the
public.
ment Agricultural Experiment Sta­ Klamath Falls Irrigation Company many phases of the gruft case«, from
E. E. Fitch, who has just closed tion.
was one of the oldest water-supply­ the dynamiting of the house of ex-
some large real estate deals at Mer­
A large number of the officers and ing ditches in the country acquired Supervisor James J. Gallagher to the
rill, was registered at the Lakeside members of the Eastern Star lodge by the Reclamation Service. Situ­ conviction of Abe Ruef. Former Dis­
Inn Friday.
were at the train Sunday to wel­ ated In the heart of the Klamath trict Attorney Langdon claims that It
C. F. Compton, of Merrill, was in come Mrs. A. Antoinette Stiles, the i Falls project it possessed old and is the aftermath in an attempt to
Between 7th and Nth
Main Street
town to meet his brother and sister- Worthy Grand Matron of the State,' ; valuable -----
*----- rights,
• •
- - —
water
and In —
the
for­ embarrass the prosecution. Former
in-law, who came in on Thursday who arrived from Portland. Mrs. mation of the plan to reclaim, that Calhoun Attorney Earl Rogers, at
KLAMATH FALLS
night’s train.
Stiles is the guest of Mrs. Frank system became of Importance to the Los Angeles, disclaims the author­
Bhip.
The
Grand
Jury
will
Inve
tl-
Ward
while
in
the
city.
Service.
N. C. Evans, traveling auditor for
gate the cryptograms.
the Southern Pacific Railroad com­
Pledge«. Made at Pun-haw*
pany, was a guest at the Lakeside Inn
BELIEVE « l< TORY Ol Eit
Oregon Lumber Company and the
Roscoe
E.
Cantrill
and
Cordelia
M.
SKELETON FOUND ON
f
Thursday night.
STORES
AND
HOUSES
M
IDRIZ
WAS
COMPLETE
Sumpter Valley Railroad. Il prom
I
Ankeny
owned
a
large
part
of
the
AMARGOSA DESERT
BEING Nt MBERED
Im to rival the semuttlonal land
A marriage license was granted
I stock of the irrigation company and
United Pre«« Service.
fraud canes. A score or mure ot
Thursday to Miss Augusta Mae Mel- Diary- Reveals Identity of Man Who the Reclamation Service started into
In preparation for free delivery of
BLUEFIELDS. Feb. 24. It Is be­ prominent Eastern Oregonians who
hase and John H. Messi g, borh of
negotiations by which the system was
Died From Thirst While
Fort Klamath.
acquired In April, 1906. by the pay­ mail the cltf officials have two men lieved here that the provisional vic­ will figure In the case are being sub
Pros peeling
ment of $50.000. Cordelia M. Ank­ making the rounds and giving a num­ tory over Madriz was complete, und poenaed today. The chnrg<t< are a
J. T. Billingsley, who owns prop-
United
Press
Service.
eny at that time contracted to pur­ ber to each store and building In the that all that remains naw is the for­ violation of the timber and stone act
erty on Main street between Fourth
SAN
BERNARDINO,
Cal.,
Feb.
24.
chase water for the irrigation of city, Work began Friday on num mal occupation of Manug'ua. Accord­ made in application.
and Fifth, was in the city Saturday
—
A
sun-scorched
diary
found
beside
1,700 acres of land as it should be beting the business section on Main ing to telegrams which have been
from Mt. Hebron.
a skeleton on the Amargosa desert needed and “to pay charges duly lev­ street, and the men will now pro- i received from revolutionists, this will
The Lakeview and Merrill stage
revealed that death from thirst was ied against such lands for the man­ ceed through the residence sections. be don«- on Friday. Some of the
went out Friday without a pas­
The starting point Is First and troops are so near the capitol now
the fate of Carl Sunne, a young Nor­ agement and operation of the sys­
senger. This is remarked as a very
wegian, for whom the Norwegian tem.”
Main streets and the streets are des­ that they Can be seen through field
unusual occurrence.
Consul in New York started a search
In 1908 water was delivered to the ignated north or south according to glasses, according to dispatches from
George Nowland, who has been oc­ last July. The remains were dis­ lands by the Government and the which side of Main street they are Managua.
cupying a position in the Davenport covered by Charley Lee, an Indian charges fixed reached $1.50 an acre, on, and east and west to correspond
Cafe, left Friday for his home trailer. Entries in the diary showed which Mrs. Ankeny refused to pay. v. ith the east or west side of First
WASHINGTON, I). C., Feb. 24.
in South Dakota.
that 8unne was without water for Water was then turned off from the Some who have received their num­ It Is generally believed here that the
W. A. Van W’ald has returned from four days and suffered indescribable lands and her attorneys began suit­ bers have already procured alumi­ Nicaraguan revolutionists are about
a trip through Northern California agonies. The last entry was in a contesting the right ot the Reclama­ num figures and placed them on tbeir to capture Managua. A decisive bat­
and says Klamath Falls looks good to rambling scrawl and evidently he had tion officials to collect any charge.
buildings. The figures can bo se­ tle Is anticipated within a short time.
him, as he found it dull on his trip.
reached the delirium stage. It Is
In passing on the questions raised cured at GJllette’s Furniture Store The report that Captain Godfrey Fow­
At the American from arouni the stated that the young man had been Judge Bean pointed out that the Re­ and must be supplied by the property ler, an American artillery officer In
county were registered D. O. McComb, prospecting and must have run ont clamation Service had expended $53,- owner. The men making the rounds Chamorro's army, was wounded has
000,000 in the Irrigation of lands by are placing a card with the proper not been confirmed. Reports of fight­
Langell Valley; John T. King. Mer­ of water and got lost.
the construction of projects far too number on each building, and these ing at Tisma Indicate that while the
rill, and E. B. Sedge, of Bonanza.
expensive for private capital to un- should be replaced with a permanent rebel general, Choniorro, suffered
LEST WE FORGET
Chas. F. Stemwell, of the Portland
dertake, and that the purpose of the number plate before they become de­ heavy losses, he succeeded in cutting
Store, has purchased the residence The spring has came,
his way through the enemy's lines
Congressional act authorizing the stroyed or lost.
property of J. J. Cunningham on Jef­ We see the rain;
and establishing an open road to
works was to collect the moneys so
ferson street east of the High School. Again the umbrella,
THE LARGEST MAKER ANO RETAILER
expended by dividing the cost on an
Managua.
HAYMAKERS' BANQUET
The sale was made by the Home lhe gum shoe Stirling in the mud:
acreage basis, payable in ten annual
OF MEN'S FINE SHOES IN THE WORLO.
Realty Company.
“SUPERIOR TO OTHER MAKES.*•
On the side#ai’c stands the fellah.
installments.
The Haymakers, a side degree I of
“I have worn W. L. Douglas shoas for th«
PROMISEN RIVAL TO *
H. F. Langan, from the Govern­
past
ala
years. and always find they ara far
The
court
ruled
that
money
ex
­
the Redmen, gave a banquet and en-
LAND FRAUD CANEH superior toall other high grade shoes In style
ment experimental farm at Ady, has I’d like to state
pended
for
the
operation
and
mainte
­
tertalnment
to
a
party
of
nbout
twen
­
comfort
and
durability.** W. Q. JONES.
been a visitor in Klamath Fails for Before too late,
110 Howard Ave., Utica, N. V
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I
nance
was
necessary
In
AHSuring
the
ty-five
last
night.
Some
invitations
If I could take you into my large fac­
Dlxtrk t Attorney McCourt Makes Site-
the last few days. He reports the For the benefit of others.
efficiency
of
the
service
to
the
settler
were
handed
out.
Those
deserving
tories at Brockton, Maa*., and (how you
del Application for Grand Jury
prospect of new buildings to be erect­ That had one left or purchased one, in making otherwise worthless land special attention were Si Perkins and
how carefully W. L. Douglas (hoes are
Or
were
using
of
their
mother
’
s:
ed there this summer.
made, you would realize why they hold
a productive and valuable asset, and Josh Whitcomb, as they wore present­
their shape, fit better, wear longer, and
A very enjoyable party took place To people absent minded,
that It was within the power of the ed with the grand necret. The form United Press Service.
of greater value than any other make
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 2 4.—Fed­ are
made than in previous contests. Or by other causes blinded,
Secretary of the Interior to make di­ of amusement is not. announced, but
•’ < VTION Hee that W.L. Do«f!iui name and i»rl<
it
«taHi|N*d
<>n the I mh I did . Take %<» Muhetliute,
eral
District
Attorney
John
McCourt
Among those present were D. S. And of umbrellas they have none.
vision of the annual payment between It is understood It was there.
If your dealer ran not At yo« with W
•
has made special a' plication for the Bte for Mail Or<h*t ( nlnlotf. W I,. I »muIm. 1 «-kloti,
Painter and wife, W. O. Smith and Don’t think because alone an urn- the construction and maintenance
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wife. Miss Marie McMillan, Mr.
When man Is a success he claims calling of a grand jury to Investigate
brella has no home,
funds.
Temple, O. B. Gates and wife, Don J. And treat it like a sample and take
The decision is the first handed the credit; when he Is a failure he the acquisition of more than 100,000
acres of land In Baker County by the
Zumwalt and Miss Bell.
one.
down in the Federal Court affecting finds some woman to blame for It.
CITY BRIA ITIFS.
The Farmers Exchange
Auction Saturday, Feb. 26
Household Goods, consisting of
Stoves, tables, Beds, Rugs and a
good many other useful articles
Also
a Horse or two, a Wagon and a
Harness Some odds and ends;
perhaps just what you want. Do
not fail to attend
WLDOUGLAS
K. SUQARHAN