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About Klamath republican. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1896-1914 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1910)
DEATH OF NOTED Three masked men held up Marshal Carrollson on the street, bound aud gagged him au«l placed hint In the hack room of the bank. Seven HI NS 11 ION sPRUNti BE HIKE Illi charges of nitro-glycerine wer«' used Il II.I .INGER COMMITTEE to blow open the vault. I sINDERSON DOES NOT Iti Ill/E TH IT I E li ITT IH THE TELEPHONE IN TeMinaiii) states I’hat Its ltepr«'sen- lias It i>|-k«'«l III« Game t oo lathi* Offered Money to J. I V«T. mid I« Non Most prominent among the lneas- IV. Dudley Against It NATIONAL I ORI M s MS MEMBER OF GRANT'S CABINET Held Many Very Important Positions in th«' Hiato aud in th«' Nation PORTLAND, April 4. George H. Williams. Oregon's Grand Old Man, is dead. Apparently in splendid health an«i active up to the moment of his death, the news of his demise came as a sudden shock to the people of this city, everyone of whom was a warm admirer of Mr. Williams and will b«' mourners lieslde the tomb of the man who has done so much for the building of this great city and State. It is believed that death was due to heart failure. He retired last evening apparently in good health aud was found dead in his bed this morning. . Saturday, March 26. a banquet was given in the Portland Hotel in honor of the eighty-seventh birthday of Mr. Williams, and 1S5 of Ore- gon's most prominent men sat down with him. Letters and telegrams were received from the leading men of the Nation, including President Taft. Attorney General Wickersham and Governor Benson. In the course of his remarks that evening. Mr. Wil liams said: "Ill health and inflrmities may come, but old age will come with good cheer to the man who can review his past life with pride and satisfac tion and say to himself, ‘I have fought a good Aght, I have Anished my course, I have kept the faith, and when the summons for my departure comes I am prepared to go, not like the quarry slave scourged to his dun geon, but like one 'who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams.’ The going out of such a life is like the going down of the sun into mellow haze of an autumnal evening.” For fifty-seven years he has been a resident of Oregon. During that time he has been honored many times by the people of this common wealth, among which was his elec tion to the United States Senate. While serving as Senator he cast the deciding vote that saved President Johnson from impeachment. He was a member of Grant's cabinet, having been appointed as Attorney General, and was seriously considered for a place on the supreme bench. The news of bis death came as a great surprise to the legal fraternity of this city, among whom he had many friends. In speaking of Mr. Williams. Judge H. L. Benson said: "Geo. H. Williams has achieved greater eminence as a lawyer and a statesman than any other of those lighted to honor. His career was the whom the State of Oregon has de- more brilliant by reason of the fact that his private life, as well-as his public career, was clean and immac ulate. His record has added luster to the State of his adoption and his memory will be long revered, He was, indeed, ‘Oregon's Grand Old Man.’ ” twenty - one lives lost OFF THE ENGLISH COAST ures which Uncle Sam has taken to [ protect his National forests in the | West from heavy loss by fire is the I'nlted PrvHH Servire. extended use of the telephone. This , WASHINGTON, 1» C. April 2 handy little instrument has provtsl A sensation was sprung today during its worth during the past year. Ac- i the hearltiK before the Congi't'saionul cording to figures which have Just wlnlUHtee investigating the Balliti- iH'en published by the Department I ger-Pinchot controversy, when form- Agriculture, the loss from fire lias ,,,. special Agent Jones testified that been great!} retena«, attbongh the John W Dudley, former!} regiatei ot number of conflagrations has been th«- Juneau land office, told him last actually Iarg«*r than in thf* year pre- ‘ February that a representative of ceding. Collier s Weekly told hint Dudley Through the aid of the telephone*1 that it would be worth from $5,000 assistance is brought to the spot as to $10,000 for him to come and tes- soon as a blaze is discovered. In this tlfy before the investigating commlt way It is possible to prevent spread tee in Washington. of Are ami to confine it to a small "So Dudley that Collier area. In one instance last year a ( Weekly offered a hrib«' to tea- fire-fighting force was collected in a ' tlfy here, did asked Si'uatoi' few hours where at least a day would Madison. have been wasted if aid had been "No. sir; he »al<l sought by means of a courier. jay him.” The number of fires in the Na "We do not want any of your flue tional forests last year was 410 larger distinctions here," snapped Senator than in 190$, but almost SO per cent Madison. of the fires were extinguished before Jones replied that he did not mean as inuch(as five acres had been dam- t(, bring the impression that C«»l)ier's aged. than * ’ The ’'*•* tires covered 1 less •* “" Weekly wanted Mr Dudley to tell one and one-half acres to the square anything that was not th«* truth, ami mile of National forest land, and the hence he did not wish ris remarks damage done to the burned-over area construed that the offer was made In averaged but $1.25 an acre. the nature of a bribe. According to the Government's fig Senator Madison demanded that ures, during 1909 there were 313* Dudley b*‘ called to testify before the tires in the National domain, burn committee. ing over about 360,000 acres. In ! ’.90S there had been 400.000 acres 1‘OlIlE IND ETREMEN LOOK laid waste. Last year some 170.000 - E'OR SAN DIEGO ETRE Bl G 000 board feet of timber were con «timed, as against 230,000 000 he SAN DIEGO. Cal.. April 1. Police, previous year. firemen and citizens are searchiug for The loss of value of timber de- ' the firebug who has fired fifteen stroyed was less than $300,000. The buildings, including three churches, loss the year before was about $150,- within nine months. Last night th«* 000. home of Fred Jewell, a well known These figures seem to indicate that banker of this city, was set on fire I although the damage to the forests by an incendiary. Several suspects is still very great, the tires are not have been arrested today. Chief of so much of a scourge as formerly. Police Willson is of the opinion that With a view to still greater increas the fires are the work of a fanatic ing the fire-fighting facilities, the who wants to burn Christians. In work of extending the protective sys every case the scene of the Are has tem into all parts of the National . been the property of prominent woodlands is being pursued this year. 1 ehurch workers. The telephone will play an impor tant part in the measures that are to G. W. Halladay is a recent arrival be taken to reduce still further the in this city and a prospective settler loss in the Western forests. in the county. Mr. Salladay Is from In some sections the forest rangers Eilenburg, Wash., and is much pleas are supplied with portable telephones ed in finding an old friend here in which they carry strapped to their Archie Wishard. backs and with which they can secure connection at any convenient point. I The Government owns and operates a J number of telephone lines, and makes I connection with lookout stations, where watchmen with field glasses are kept to search for signs of fire among the trees. The instruments aud line material for these systems have been furnished by the Western Electric Company, the largest manu facturer of telephones in tlje world. Many of the States have jurisdic tion over great tracts of wooded land and maintain fire-fighting systems of tneir own. It is interesting to note tnat in New York, where lookout stations are fully equipped with tele phones and telescopes for detecting and reporting fires, the loss during 1909 amounted to only $25,101 r whereas the year before the damage had totalled $644.000. Forest fires are still one of the greatest problems the Government has to face. Since 1870 more than 2000 have lost their lives through these conflagrations in the National forests. Five hundred and fifty mill ion acres of standing timber are cen tered in sir Pacific and Northwestern States—material for a glorious bon fire. To prevent fires seems to be out of the question, but it is possible to check the spread of the flames, and in its work of the past year the Government has given a demonstra tion of what up-to-date methods will do. United Press Service. FALMOUTH, England. April 4.— At least twenty-one lives were lost in a collision off Land's End today. The Belgian tug. John Bull, made port this afternoon and reports that while towing the British bark, Kate Thomas, an unknown vessel cut the Thomas in two. The bark sank with all on board except the cabin boy, who was rescued from a piece of wreckage. The John Bull does not A FRISKY EXJUINE know the fate of the unknown vessel. (Sol Simpson) The Kate Thomas carried twenty-two The night mare is an awful beast. | persons. It comes when one expects it least. One came to me on bat-like wings, FOL K GIRLS FATALLY HURT and capered sundry highland flings, IN CHICAGO LAUNDRY ETRE and sat upon my chest, and neighed,. in purple socks and trunks arrayed, I United Press Service. and eyes as pale as long bleached; CHICAGO, Ill., April 4.—Four sheets, and there it did a dozen feats ' girls were probably fatally hurt and eight others seriously injured by unknown to normal man, and then it jumping from the second story win piper-heidsick« d once again, stood on dows of a steam laundry building ' its head, and chunt a chant I'd like here today. The building was par to chint for you but can't. It pigeon- tially destroyed by Are. One hun toed and buck and wung, and many dred and seventy-five girls were em fearsome steps it brung back from ! ployed in the laundry, most of them the dances of dead days. I wtink my j on the Bixth floor. The Are started ■ eyes In scared amaze. The night through the explosion of a steam ' mare spun upon one ear, and yelled: "A new one, this, my dear." It Pipe. hoofed it on my dresser, it seemed loath to let me sleep, and yet, by jing, NEBRASKA BANK ROBBKD its tricks were far from cute! At last United Press Service. I riz and whanged the brute about LINCOLN, Neb., April 4.—The the room, and slapped its mug, and First National Bank of Randolph, flopped it on my ragged rug. and Neb., was dynamited today and rob ham-strung that biamed night mare, I bed of 110,000 In gold and currency. I then I crawled back Into bed again? , The surest indication of the defeat ; of Sanderson Is contained In the bilge I number of voters who have registered for the coming city eh'ctlon. When th«« books were opened It was thought that If the number reached '«00 It would b«' unusually large. When this was reached and It was found that It embrae«*d all of th«> friends of th«' city adnilnlstrathm the smile of con fidence was at its height. This gradu ally began to disappear ns the 535 mark was passed, and slowly but surely It kept civeplng towards the predicted <00. Today it Is a frosty bunch that contemplates the result. They for the flist time realise that th«' handwriting 1s on th«* wall, anti th«- best proof of It Iles in th«' fact that the registration rolls contain the name of 606 voters. That means cer tain defeat for the ring that has been running th«' city government for the past year with the sole Idea of re electing themselves to office again Th«' only remaining question to b«« decided by th«' voters of th«' city Is th«' selection of th«' men who will op pose Messrs. Sanderson ami Leavitt noth are so closely Identlfled that when one takes snuff the other must siK'eie—only that Sand««rson has been doing the most of the sneezing and has not realise«! It. Few people have realize«!, aud fewer really know. that today and for the pa»t several months the real mayor of the city has not been Sanderson, but Leavitt This will account for many of th«' Idiosyn crasies of the Sanderson administra tion as well us for many of th«- things that have been don«' in th«- interest of the favored few and to th«' detri ment of the public. Leavitt has been the brains of th«' administration— only be overplay««! bls hand It was the scheme of Ix'avltt an«! his boss to so work Sanderson and manipulate th«> affairs of the administration that i when his term expired he would not have a leg to stand on. Leavitt did as he was told, and Sanderson was his unwitting tool Now the shoe Is on the other foot It was found that In the hands of Leavitt th«' mayor was such an easy thing that he would i serve the purposes of the higher-ups better than any other stool-pigeon they could And. and It was therefore decided to re-elect him and Leavitt. They seemed to have forgotten that tho people were beginning to ask, "What has been done?” and were getting no reply. Th<< ridiculous position In which they find tbomHolves Inis soured I heli disposition to such an extent Hint they luive already commenced to light among themselves, and there Is go ing to bo another candidate brought out to represent the disgruntled far tlun, unless C. 8. Moor«’ conies home and settles th«' disturbance. He Inis put bls O. K on Leavitt's handy man amt tho last report was to the effect that no insubordination would be tol erated. That was why Willits so eni- phatlcally declined Charlie would not let him run against Ills choice. In tho meantime tho voters lire thinking, and will find the men who will represent them In tin* adminis tration of tho affairs of tin* city tho men who will beat both Samlcr- son and Leavitt KIMII T O I »hull plant my Harden soon, and wrangle with the sod, and hustle Ilk«- a crazy loon to grow my winter'» foil I'll mlngl«« pumpkin see«l a ml squash with lavish hands, and shout, and grow a beard, an«! murniut "gosh,” nnd let my hens »troll out I know. I've tried it all before; I'll let my hens run ’round, and. as they <li«l In «lays of yore, they'll scratch up all the ground. My feathered Enoch Ardens then with greedy crops will hike to dig up nil the garden eighteen miles along the pike. The months that they have been confined, and kept from virgin muck, have soured their dispositions kind. au«l strengthened henly pluck, anti «'very day. »Kith vengeful air, each sharpens up h< i*b« ak to put th«< kibosh »«ton. for fair, upon th«* cuke and l««'««t. Sol Simpson. MIDI. IND ZEPHIRS Win. Bark» has his grocery almost completed. W. Morgan bas moved bls fuuilly to their horn«* one mile front town. R. Vincent has moved Into bls n< w house. George Kelly will glv<- a dance on April 2 in honor of tire cuuipletiuu oi his new house. Supper will be served at the Davidson hotel. Charles Powers and son. of Merrill, are kept busy boring wells in this vicinity. Stukel Brothers, of Morrill, shipped several cars of cattle from hero th«« last of the week. Lee & Vincent have addo«! dry Hoods to their stock. Farming and spring work teemt to he tho order at present in and around Midland. il lUST 12,000 IS MCESSMY Lo<«l Prill*« Nlioiild Fumigli to Dring liaising of the Eew people will realise the magni inde of the task undertal’en by souk of the progressive cltlxens of ■ hl* <*!•' to secure the annual State eitcarnp moiit of tile Socialist party. Some time ago the Hoclalists <f this ell v conceived the Idee that It »«» within th«« bounds of poaslblllty for them to .«■cure this em iimpiiieiit, so they «I cldetl to send D. E Burrell to Pori lami to land tin« prix«« The wisdom of th«' « hole«« I» proven by the result attained, for Mr Burrell return« «I with th«' much roveled viu-ampmen*. Utt« i a struggle that demanded niu< 1« diplomacy and hard work. Tim man n««r In which he handled th« interest» of this city reflect' mudi credit on him lie not only succeed« «I In Im pressing on th«' minds of the Stat«« iirgaiiization ««f th«« party that th' Klamath Fulls hu'al was wide nwak' to the value and Importance of brim: Ing the encampment her«', but that li«« citizens ns » whole were broail mlndi'd enough to »•••■ the a«lvantag<- of bi Itiglng such an Institution to th«' city. The value of the en<ampimnl to the citi from it purely business stand- point Is «.olii' thing that the merchant « of th«« city will have to «-«insider It lio-alis th« i- bilnglng to the city for two weeks thousan«!» «me to of people. It Is to !><■ a permaner» 1«.i.t It ut Ion an«l on«««« starteli will Im .« source of conalderable Income for th«« city. In order to nink«' It a success It will b«' necessary for th«« local Inalidì of I he Hodnllst parly to A- nance the uffalr. This, of cours«-, they are unable t«« d<> personally. and will have to appeal to the men bants and residents of the city for assi»' ance At least 13.000 will be r« qtllrcd. and while at flrat glance this may seem to be a considerable sunt, th«« benefits accruing will be sufficient to amply repay tho»«« lending aaal»'- nnce. This is the first time the city ba» gone out after any Htato Institution and It should not be aal«l that through lack of homo pride It has been Io»' It may he the Aral step in the dirts flou of securing bigger things and it In to be hoped that through the a- alatane«« of th«« Chamber of domineer« something may b«< d«>ne to secure this encampment for tho city.