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OFFICIAL I’APKH OF
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KI.AMATH <<»V«n.
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KLAMATH REPUBLICAN.
KLAMATH FALLS, KLAMATH COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE 2, 1910
VOL. XV
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LKADI NG PAPER <>F
SOCTHERN OREGON.
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NO. 9
‘MOORE BUYS LIGHT AND WATER PLANTS
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ÌHE DEAL WAS CEOSEO YESTERDAY
I" IUgg«-*t single IV miimm f ion E%«*r
< '<ni-uinnu«l«-d in Thu i'll) —
In, olle* IU k Hum
<• «
K lumai h
ibe <l< ul
now owiici of ill.
• pr.weritlug the local compang, ami
io which he in th« chief stockholder,
was closed todav
It it: tl'e unicorne
•J negotiati on» that have extended
tío
i ver mau) week»,
th«
The pur« liase of this plant pl.ic* a
vO
Mi .Moure 'n nndispiit,d control of
till
I he local light, poser and walm fl« 1,1.
til
<nd Is a master stroke on hl» part f<>.
w
is long a» ne hud II V. Gat-n as u
It
imp-tltui he ha<* u ou»ln<>s Titan
It
’< deal with, a man whose ability and
M4
fighting qualities has alway* mad»
K«
him master of am field Into which he
II
•ccidf’d to enter
No details of the transaetipn have
•-
as yet been made public, as non» of
the principal« could be reach»«1 Ix-for-’
i
i Le Herald went to press.
The llrht and water plant of this
»tv has been on th«1 riaikit (or som»
I
time, for tb» reason 'hat Mr Galea
1«
• ••■
..<<*).. rating hla • »
U M*
Miurtan into one large enterprise
« <>ur -tk.rnc time ago an option «»■ aivvn
*'-• Byllshy 4 Co of Chicago, a firm
or i that has been buying up small plants
i or throughout ’he Northwest
Th«- nc-
r
•iillaitons failed, for sonic unknou i
I
inion, and the option would not b*
rtnswed. It was then that Mr Moor«
tepped In ns a buyer The result was
• he signing of the final paper.« tola«
ti soclal'M with hlm I* his brothe*
md Mr McCornlik of Ritieni
I l»r. X T Lnugell. F F Nichols,
Frank Ira White.
Daily
W I. Welch, W P H)<lge
I W l.ogip und .1 G Wight
Bonunxn Eil Fr,ii«r. A D Klink
F d <I Mi Kendl))). F <' Bechdoldt
.Merrill r R. Buardaley,
Pop«', W.
Hill, E K Fitch.
H. Davis.
Hunt lug.
Downing, I’. E Ib-ede,
Kenn
E Duncan. Cuil ih-al
Ixirella
• W Lludsay. E. W Wilkerson
Olene J. II Hliort
Ft Klaniatli Il A Moon
Fiauk In, White wa* drawn In tu»
place of E E. Jamlson of this «ity,
wtio was found to be out <>f the
counfy.
ag« valuation of from HO to I'.O for
each of th» 400 odd phones in service.
A copper toll line would inventory,
.Mr. Miller said, between 1250 and
H00 a mile, but the common battery
v.yitein was not practical from an «co-
t'>mic standpoint for over two or i
hree miles.
"I just wanted the council to un-
dttstand you can’t build a t?l-pn.,n»|
¡ ■>tem on a peck of beans." ad led
Gates.
i
h< council took no action
Mr.
Ptes leaves Thursday for the south, i
.id will b<- gone about two weeks.
I hlIHril gun
he died ;* t fortumi testero »
Ibirrj CauM-d by l'niounded fliarge»
Igainst His luK-gf-ity Aggra-
va:«-«l Ilin»-»»
EIGHT KI.AMATH Ftl.lJs CITIZENS
FILE ON TWO ISLANDS
The heart tr«*uble from which he
has b>< n suffering for «nnn month»
t.i-Hsp an < »iqs.rtunily in the Way
"•"'i d th<- Ilf,- of County Comtnission-
I .-ftilizer Pnsluctioti——N«-i un
> i Alb«-i
Walker yi-Merda after-
til Imitable ls-|snit-
ntxio. He died lu Portland, where
lie had arrived in hope that a lower
A n- w i-nterprise in this county • altitude would benefit him, at 3
that of mining and «:urlng the guano o'clock. His wife and Dr. Hamilton
deposits on Bird and Pelican islands were with him.
MllS. IMHtOTHi lollts
in the Lower Klamath lake, has been
Roy Walker, one of biz three son»,
started by local citizens, under the received the . I news by telegraph
Flank Brown, a laborer employed
Mr». Johns I a th« wlf«- of Cloud«*«* city jail to vindicate the right of
rame of "The Harriman Nitrification from his mother last evening. The
by Erri, k*on 4 Peterson. Southern
nocis lists to hold street meetings.
ley. th< well known lx»s Angeles writ-
Group No. 1.”
Pacific grading contractors, had his
body will be brought to Ashland t«»
Sh. will be among the speakers at
lohn Harryman. W O. Smith. Sani- morrow for burial there
leg i,n<l mm badly Injured by a fall
tli. -«M'ialist ncampment In this city
lel Sunini>-rs. H. L. Benson. E .1
Ing rock on the big grade ubove
Mr. Walker's death is a sad blow
next month
Murray. Rebecca Murray. Leaa Smith to his many frien«i* here.
Hanks' station this morning lie wav
Worry
«nd Nellie Summers have filed on a < v,-r the charges that had been mad--
rushed to the temporary hospital in
group of eight placer claims on 160 against his honor and integrity in the
this city more <l<-ad than alive, and
acres ot the Lower lake, covering ! courthouse removal matter uudoubt-
Dr Merrvnian. the company's sur*
i>racti<ally all the guano deposits. The ’, dly aggravated his condition and
g«mn. was called
claims cover a strip a mile long an 1 J hastened his death
Dr Merryman found his right fore-
«.ne-quartcr tnile wide
arm broken In two place*, a com-
The dead official was much loved
Th» guano defioeit* will be shipp«td and respectiui In this cousty. where
IMiund fracture of the shoulder and
to a point near Adv. where a factory he bad lived for over thirty years. He
his left ankle broken and his body
for curing and extracting the by-pro-
badly bruised, lie may trcovor. but
was of a gentle, kind and cheerful
•
i ducts will be built. The Hairvman
his arm I* so badly crushed that it
Militili COMPANY FIIIBH FIRST ; group has been studying the question disposition, and many loyal friends
wilt have to he amputai.si at the
will mourn his uutlmeh taking off.
«.IN IN DEFENSE <>* SYSTEM
ever since la^t December, and believe
shoulder as simn ns he Is »trona
lie leaves a widow, who was the
•hey can make a success of the In daughter of John E. Witt of this
—
eaoiigb
<■
I dustry.
icounty and whom be married in
Bird and Pelican islands have been 1877 and three sons. Earl, Luke and
the breeding grounds of countless Roy Walker. He was born in Iowa
wild fowl, especially the pelican and in 1859. and was therefore only 51
■lu<lg,' Ile«, m . ii Teil» « ouucil There
Pn-sidcnt Gat«-* Goes south to Report heron, for ages, and in some places years old when he died. He came to
I» Doabt of IngnBty of Action—
tne depo-its of guano are several feet
on Dual System—"< 'an't Build
this state in 1875, and has made his
Say« fan <èt Better Ilici*.
MAYOR IFK XII» HE CAN'T IBILI»
thick.
Plume Lin. » ,xi Peek of Bean*”
home at Sprague river for many
OITloNH—tsKN FOR BELI’
There are only a few breeding spots
years. He was elected county com-
for these birds on this coast, one
missioner four years ago on the dem-
The dissatisfaction that has been
San F run cisto, Calif., .May 31,11*10 being in Alaska and the other in
, ocratic ticket, and has made a most
Ml*«* I Lu«,« <»,,- Bnsinews Ik-forv th,' f''** h> “’••»>' citizen* over the evident I "H. II. Gut«-«, Midway Tel. « Tel. Co., South America,
Guano is shippe«!
1 careful and efficient official
Intention
of
the
city
council
to
limit
('«nineil laist Night—.Mon-
from these points all over the West
Klninatli
Falls,
On-gon.
t the specifications for «treat paving to i
Sewers Wauled
tor fertilizer, and the l«ical incorpor-i
'one company's product found expres
"Ttii«. «x>n,|Miny in pn-puring
Mors believe they can do the same
sion at the council meeting last night. hnlld a telephonv line of stand-ni with the local guano. Niter and salt
Mayor Sanderson sss very anxious' | when Judge Henry L. Benson entered I ««nstruciiou fn>n> ita mi,' « line nt petre are among the valuable by
Mt the council meeting last, night to > ' n strong protest and nsked for a re- ’ Wn-d to Ria matti Fall-, and |>toluildy products of guano
NICA RAG I'AN LEADER Tl'RNs
thrcuigh to The Ih,Ile». w- W’ill I h -
get Councilman Willits to take up the opening of th«> whole matter.
TABLES ON BESIEGERS
Judge
Benson
said
he
represented
gin «ori at un early date.
option on E W. Gowen's property for
the garbngr site, Gowen having given Frank Ward. Mrs Ward, Alex Mar
“PAC. TEL. A TEI. Ct»..
sign» that he will not renew it. Judge tin Jr. and Chas Graves, who have "E. t . Bradi.',. Vic,-I‘n- and
M
Madriz Ix-aves Hundn-ils killed in
Willits declined to undertake the task between 4 00 and 5oo feat frontage.
tli«. Trenches in Fn»nt of
1
and
made
a
strong
argument
in
favor
uni»«- -hown n legal wav to handle
the City
The Unit gun In the nght of the I W « H.l.ETTE'S "PHY >1« Al. \ ALI-
of
throwing
down
the
liars
and
letting
the matter.
The mayor suggested
THON” RKJE4TEI» BY SEN ITE
Midland
Telephone
mmpany
to
hold
that Judge l.eavltt would probably everybody bid on thp final contract.
The ma,or and council by a vote o' possession of the local field against
show the First National's president a
Attorney Geueral Wick, rsha.u Is Sin-
PORT LIMON June 1.—Madriz was
way to do It if h» saw him today 4 to 2. refused Judge Benson’s re the Oregon Independent Telephone
gnine of Winning Suits Fih-d
repulsed again today while atlack'ng
company was fired last night.
quest,
so
far
as
last
night's
action
when there's uobody. around.
Against Kai Insul-
Bluefields, and left hundreds killed
President Gates of the Mxiwa, Tel.
The mayor suggested paying the ».as concerned. Mayor Sanderson reit-
iu the trenches. Spies say that Ma
mid
Tel.
company
anil
C.
S
M«s«ie.
a
«ratlng
his
opinion
thut
it
"n»uld
rill') • - .fill aichltiM't ot the proposed
I'nited
Press
Service.
driz'
army is in such a condition tha’
new city hall 2 per cent for plans and come up later.” Judge Benson point- stockh«»lder, appeared bet«»»«- the ci»v
WASHINGTON. D. C.. June I
Estrada
is about to resume the of
council
last
night
and
asked
u
coun
supervision.
Councilman
Willits mi out that they were preparing to
The latest developments in the > ffortr fensive. The wounded are unattended
cil
not
to
grant
an'
n«
w
telephon«»
call
for
blds
¡or
blthtilithle
pavement
thought tliut was not , nongh. but no
of the government to control railroad in the trenches, which are vile wltn
alone, under th,' Warren comiMiny's franchises until the Midwn, «»mpM.v
action was taken.
rates are as follows:
tilth and disease. Estrada plans to
The niaym was authorized to notify specifications, blit the mayor atgue«l cau make a definite propos!'. in t«> the
Justice
McKenna
of
the
Supreme
send
a corps of picked men against
all non-resident owners mi streets to that that didn't bind the council, and city as to proposed improvements.
Court renders a decision •! arming .Madriz' stronghold in the East.
Mr.
Gates
said
he
was
gn
’
r.g
away
Councilman
Willits
urged
Immediate
be sew, iI'd that work was contem-
the power of the Interstate C linmerce
action on the ground of time saving Thursday for a two-weeks’ trip of ex
plated.
Commission to enfoi* rat«»s of its
amination
of
dual
telephone
systems,
Judge Benson said h«> didn't eee
R. II. Dunbar asked that the first
uwü making.
rewer unit be extended from Third how they could tic the people's hands and would bring a telephoue engineer
The senate rejected the L?Follette
street along Jefferson street, to a more tightly than they were doing, !• ere to lay out a complete system for j amendment to the Taft railr .ad bill
l,ia
city.
He
said
ils
umpnny
also
1
und
hinted
that
they
might
save
more
manhole between Fifth and Sixth
providing to rthe physical valuatior
streets, and complained that certain time by letting down the bars now v'shed to ork for another franchiM. cf railroads by a «lose vote of 50 to ANI» SVCCKKDH C. O. LAMBERT AN
He
read
the
above
telegram,
which
OWNER OF LAKKVIKW STAGE
cessymols and open connections in his und starting proceedings right, in
shows that {he Pacific Stat«»s compa 25.
neighborhood had nearly "stunk us stead of partly under the old charter
Attorney General Wickersham is |
ny, a branch of the American Tele
< nt of town.,'* J. 1». Cunningham, J. and partly under the new.
sanguine of winning the suits he bled
Talking of l*utting an Auto on th.-
phon«'
and
Telegraph
company,
is
Judge
Benson
said
other
«'ompanies
A McCall, G. A Wirtz. E. W. Gowen
yesterday
against
twenty-five
Western
Run—Isuntw rt Goes to Mendo
Jr. and Cha*. W. Thomas signed Mr. were prepared to bid even lower than coming here on its way to The Dalles. railroads at Chicago, restraining them
cino County
"It
may
bit
us
hard,"
said
Mr.
Dunlap's petition. City Engineer the Warren company, and they might
from raising rates
Zuuiwnlt estimati'd the cost would be get something more lasting. He of 1 Gat«s, "hut we're going to lend them
Interstate telephon, and telegraph
P. M. Corey of Lakeview, who has
bi tween 11,000 and SI.200. Referred fered u bond in any amount that Ibw- a helping hand. They will tie up Dor lines have bpen plac'd under control
secured the mail carrying contract be
ris
nd
Midland
to
this
town
in
a
er
blds
could
b«'
secured.
to city engineer for more data.
of the Interstate Commerce Commis tween this city and Lakeview, starts
The council adoptixl the resolution - ti. • class manner, and wc erk you
Mayor Sanderson has appointed R.
sion.
i
today on his new route, and has
ip »< to take any action on anv other
of
intention
to
pave
with
Warren
blt-
J. Sheets «>l<«ctrle impictor vic» J 8
bought the wagons and harness used
ti.'.nchises
until
we
ha-«
‘
a
definite
ullthlc
hy
th««
following
vote:
Peck, who is out of town, and W. H.
STORY *<»F HELL SEEMED TREE bv Chas, l-ambert. the former car
Ayes Castell, Willits, Summers. i plan to propose.”
North ns pipe and sewer inspector,
rier. Corey already owns the Alturas
C 8. Moore said that as "one of
The council approved the appolnt- Hanks.
The Lakeview Herald tells of a and Warner-Silver Imke lines, and is
|
th«
1
unfortunate
stockholders
in
the
Noer
Wilkins
an«l
Obenchaia.
meats last night.
The streeta included are:
Main. I local concern” he hadn't taken any sulphur shower which fell there last talking of getting an auto for his
Mayor Sanderson has appointed
Washington
front
Second
to
the
High dividends yet, but he thought that no Monday night. The Herald says Lakeview route.
Nell Campbell to try to effect an
Lakeview people are beginning to be
agreement hetw,s>n the owners front School. Thlr«l and Fourth from Main I town of this size would b«' benefited lieve the story of fire and brimstone
Mrs. Charles F Adams left Sun
I
by
having
two
svrtems.
"Wt-
want
to
to
Washlugton,
Sixth
from
Main
to
ing on the old Ankeny canal
Is not a myth, after all.
day morning for a month’s vi«|t ’.n
i Plum avenue. Ninth from Main to give better service,” said Mr. Moore,
Medford, where see has many friends.
Oak avenue, Oak avenue from Sixth "but we want a little time to find out
MRS. OTEY REAR AT IM>RR|S
what we can do Onr servlc» hav b«>en
io Commercial.
F M. Cleaves and wife are D'OVillg
Judge Benson was asked today if Letter than nottlng, even if it hasn't
.Mrs. Geo. W. Otey of Dorris died today from the Ewauna house to ki.1
William Reese, two miles south- he Intended to carry out his hint of .»-«■n all we would like It. and we
Tuesday. She will be buried Thurs Jefferson street.
east of Dorris, who was stricken with legal proceedings to enforce competi think we're ent'Hed to ask this.”
paralysis on Wednesday, died Satur tion when the final bids are ca)l<"<l
E. Miller, transmission engineer «»f day at 2 o'clock at the "Klamath
Hull detachable parasols will fit
day. aged 64. Reese was an ox-Con- for He said he couldn't say just yet. 'he ¡'acific 8tatee company, raid thnt Pass ' or Otey ranch. Mrs. Otey was
federate soldier, also n scout for Gen ( but he was looking Into the law of the Hu- value of the local system was from Indiana, and leaves a baby only their umbrella handles. Call and see
them at Winters’.
eral Custer.
matter.
probably HO,boo. based on an aver s week old
N» BRING IN INJUNCTION SUIT ASKS COUNCIL TO WITHHOLD RIGHTS
WITT SENO FORCE »GRINST MIORIZ
NEW WHOLESALE DISTRICT
Hill LI XIBEK IONCER.NS BEGIN
WORK ON SIXTH STREET
*M,iHlgi- Bro*. l.unilM-r <'<>ni|M«ny l*ut
ting In F<>uii<taOon* for New
Planing Mill
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Savidge Bros put u force of men
st work this week preparing th., foun-
lations for their planing mill and on-
gin«- house at the corner of Sixth
street and the Southern Pacific tracks
and this cornet will soon be a busy
spot
There VIII be. besides the en
gine room and planing mill, an office
building, ii lumber shed and a barn
for teams. A big lumber yard will
cover several city lots adjoining, and
two spurs will be built onto the Duct
hy the Southern Pacific company.
The Meadow Lake Lumber compa
ny also has men at work cl,>arlng
brush off the land they will use for a
mill and yards dose by the Savidge
Bros.' mill. Thus the beginning of
the wholesale district adjoining the
'railroad tracks fa being made. An-
noiineemonta of other important pro-
joeta in the same district are expected
this week.
Court U ill Meet June UOth, and
Isirgc Ntunls-r of Canes An
to Come l'p
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t
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Thirty-one mimes were iliawn from
the jury box by Sheriff Barnes and
County Clerk DeLap this morning to
• erve for the coming term of the Cir
cuit court, which meets June 20th
The names nro as follows:
Klamath Falls J. (*. Ferguson. A.
Melhaso, E. G. Wilson. F C. Bamber,
E K. Jamison. A Castel. M II. Warn
COMMISSION HAS POWER
COREY GETS MAIL CONTRACT