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KLAMATH REPUBLICAN
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CUNNINGHAM LOW
ON INFIRMARY BIDS
IS
her sister-in-law In the work
straightening up the new home.
$9,150
matters coming up before it Is now
turned over to the county clerk.
Clerk De tap and his deputies now
have much more room for their office
work, which heretofore lias been car­
ried on In rather cramped quarters.
IN FORENT FIRE DISTRICT
FOIt
IH II.HING
<X>NSTRI'<TION
AT COI NTY
OF
TAWAS, Mich., July 12.--Fire
refugee« are pouring In, many crawl­
ing on their bands and knees and l:o< K WILL BE USED FROM THE
nearly all burn<<l and Injured Eight
EANT HANK OF LINK RIVER TO
hundred are homeless and destitute
THE FIRST PIER OF THE
here. The food supply hero la about
exhausted and help baa been naked
NTRIITIRE
from the outside. One refuge« says
that there are fifty d«ad In Auaable.
Work was commenced Tuesday
by the county in making a fill at tbe
■ •«st end of the bridge across Link
I River. Rock 1* being hauled from
th« west side, and a till will be mad"
fiom the east bank to the first pier,
a distance of about seventy-five feet,
The approach at the <ist end of
ST. LOVIS. July 13.- A large num-
the bridge Is not in the very best of
• >« r of cubes of Ice Injected into hl*
condition, and It would nave been
stomach are expected to save the life
only a short time b<-for» It would
or John Fitzpatrick, who had b<*en
have to be rebuilt or a new abutment
operated on for an ulcer of the stom­
put in. and the court considered I*,
ach. When the physicians made the
best to make a fill and do away with
tlist incision through the stomach
the first span of tbe bridge
On the
wall It was feared that Fitzpatrick
lower side of the bridge buildings al­
might die from loss of blood. The
ready constructed extend nearly to
high temperature made bit condition
to the first pier, and tbe Improvement
more dangerous. To stop the rapid
of the approach so a« to ^ive a bette.*
flow of blood Fitzpatrick's stomach
grade has been badly needed.
wav literally packed with Ice.
POOR
FARM WERE OPENED »I TWO
O'< MM k ITIIS AFTERNOON
Hida for th« construction of the
it firtnury to Ire erected by Klamath
County at the poor farm were up'-ned
yesterday afternoon aud the bld of J
I. Cunningham was found to be the
lowest, he ngr< < lng to eri<ct the build-
Ing, furnishing the labor and material
for th« sum of It, 150 <qah. or plus
10 per cent In county warrants. In
< as siding is substituted Cur outsld"
plaster he will d<<duct 376 from the
price Other bids tendered follow:
N II Neubanks, 31 1.475, less 175
In case rustic Is substituted for plas­
ter; Cofer Brothers, (9,763.40; J. H
Garrett. 31 1.723. (MB |60 In case of
substitution of rustic for plaster.
Th» bids for the wiring, material
to be furnished by the bidder, follow
William AUtt. 305; O. W. Twsdall.
33 70; Link River Electric company,
3335 80
The following blds were submitted
fur steam Ix-aUgg and plumbing;
H Boivin, beating plant 32,300,
A A. Davis, a well known resident
plumbing 33.100
of Fort Klamath, was here Tuesday.
H. C. Greeley, plumbing 31.328 30.
' While In Klamath Falls he stopped at
healing plant 31.535. Add 10 per
I the takeside Inn.
cent to prices In case payment Is
made by county warrants
Clyde E. Witter, plumbing. 11.-
430 33. heating plant 33.147.
FOND DU LAC. WIs., July 12.— I
J. E. O'Mara, Han Francisco, • L-
i'loapccts that John Diets, "defender
790 for heating plant
of Cameron Dam.” may yet go free
has brightened. Chief Justice Wins-
low of the Wisconsin superior "ourt
Hwy IJhr Rocky Point
Hnpervinor Erickson of the Crater
.>•« granted Dietz a writ of error in
llarry Backlnsto went up to Rocky • he trial of his case for the mu-dnr National forest has completed ar­
Point Sunday lo spend a few days al | of Deputy Sheriff Oscar Harp during rangements for sending a number of
the camp where his wife and her sls- < r.< of the battle« at the Dietz hoire. telephone construction crews into the
forest to build nearly seventjNfive
ter. Mrs J C. Chambers of Kanaaa
A bill of exceptions will be sub-
City, have been spending aererai ' mltted by Dietz's attorney« at the miles of new line. When they com­
week«. Ho will remain there for two January term of court, and If a fa- plete their work the government will
or three days, and will return to , vorable decision Is given the second own nearly 150 miles of telephone
Klamath Falla with Mrs. Backlnsto. trial of the "defender" will come next lines, which will place nearly every
portion of the forest in communica­
Mrs
Chamber« returned Sunday. May.
tion with the outside world.
Both of the Indies arc much benefit-
The new lines to be constructed
ted In h'allh by their extended outing
are
Butt» Fall« to Prospect, 27 miles;
WOMAN'S
DAILY
EDITOR
at the Wilson resort.
INDICTED RY A JURY Prospect to Brown’s Cabin, 23 mile«;
Inmaha to Bessie Rock. 8 miles; Btg
GOING EARLY TO RED IN
ST LOVIS. July 12—E G. tawls, Elk to Deadwood. 7 miles; Clover
NEWPORT'S NEWEST FAD head of the American Woman’s Creek to Buck take. 3 miles; Four
League, waa indicted by the federal Mlle take to tang Lake. 4 miles. In
NEWPORT, R. I.. July 13. Eli-1 grand jury thia morning on a charge addition to this ten miles of Insulated
ntiled by the excitement of monkey of violating the postal luw*. In the wire which can bo laid on the ground
dinner«, bathing suit parile« and sim­ finding submitted one juror Informed and reeled up for water will be In­
ilar moile« of diversion, exclusive so­ the court that District Attorney stalled from various cabins to look­
ciety has adopted a new fad
Houts
had
displayed
prejudice out peaks, to avoid loss of time.
From tonight on no dinner party or I
The lln<»s will be of groat advant­
against tawl« in conferring with the
social function Is to last later than 1 ! ! jurors.
age to hunters if they should be lost
o’clock throughout the rest of July. !
or Injured and can reach a telephone.
And the early to bed stunt will be '
! They are not designed for general use
supplemented by the proverbial early
I by the public, however, except in case
♦c rise, with a walk-not-a-rtde to th*!
I of an emergency. —Medford Msil-
beach nnd a plunge before breakfast I
j Tribune.
ICE PUT IN THE STOMACH
MAY SAVE A MAN’S LIFE
MAY GET A SECOND TRIAL
,‘BET-A-MILLION" GATES
SERIOUSLY ILL IN PARIS
In Their New Home
Carey M. Ramsby and wife moved
their hoiinv'hold effects Monday from
the house tksy have been occupying
at th- corner of Seventh and High
Street, to their splendid new home on
Fifth, between Jefferson and Lincoln
streets. Mrs. 8. E. Martin, Mr. Rams-
by's slater, came from Merrill to help
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J. H. Garrett, the contractor, has
completed the addition to the court
house, and now the walls are pa-pered,
the floor Is carpeted and the furniture
of the county court moved In, Meet-
Ings are now held In this now room.
The space formerly used by the
county board for the transaction of
forest Fires Cause Death and
NORTH BAY. Ont., July 12.— i
The towns of Ausdale and Oscoda,
Three towns destroyed, seven pros- across th» beach on Ausdale River In
pretor« known to be dead and many Northeastern Michigan, were destroy-
moro missing, and hundreds starving cd. and probably hundreds perished
arn the result« of forest fires In the Inst night in one of the worst forest
Porcupine region. The flames spread fires In Michigan's history. The firo
so rapidly that tho Inhabitants woro 'started near Oscoda; and, funned by a
compelled to wade Into the lakes and 'tale. It swept unchecked through O«-
rivers to cRcnpe the terrible heat.
Icoda and Ausable
Tho towns of Cochrane, South Por­
Hundreds took refuge on tho
cupine and I’ootsvfllo wore destroyed, fr ightcr Kongo, lying at tho dock n4
and tho suburbs of Golden woro \usnb1e. Three hundred refugees ar-
| rived this morning. They said when
burnod.
The town of Golden Is surround’d the train left Oscoda flames were leap­
by flames and Tisdale Is half de­ ing a hundred feet high.
Rodi “a
stroyed. A dozen houses were dyna­ were seen lying In the streets and
mited to save tho town.
churches. Babies who woro carried
to tho wster In trunks were drowned
A iim I m I c nn<l Oscoda Destroyed
or smothered.
Alpena and Boyne
EAST TAWAS, Mich, July 12.— City report fierce fires near there.
Mr. anri Mr«. Hurgo Mason re­
turned to this city Thursday from a
visit to Kaunas City.
They were
j away from Klamath Falls for two
I months, and also stopped at Ht. Paul
lurid lx>s Angeles,
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PARIS, July 13.—The condition of
John W. Gates, the American flnan-
cler. who has been 111 here for several
days, shows no change. Mr. Gates'
kldneyH are giving the attending phy­
sicians the greatest anxiety.
II. II. Lewis came in Tuesday night
from a short sojourn at Eagle Ridge
Tavern.
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FOREST FIRE DANGER
GREATLY LESSENED
CRIPPEN CASE !=
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IJCADING PAPER UP
SOUTHERN OREGON
KLAMATH FALLS, KLAMATH COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 13, 1911
VOL. XVI
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sisting on having their names includ­
ed on the jury list for next year. Dep-
County Clerk King announced
since women had not yet voted
city election and since only qaal-
voters were eligible for duty.
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he had decided to exclude them alto­
gether from the lists. The women
ATTORNEY IN SUSPENDED FOR A consulted an attorney and found that
IEAK ON CHARGE OF FUR- Mr King was not very strong on his
legal points, especially since the new
NISHI.NG A BOGI N CONFESSION jury law require« that those who
serve be "qualified electors," not
TO THE NEWSPAPERS
voters. They threaten to bring suit
against the county clerk, unless the
list Is revised.
United Press Service.
LONDON, July 12.—Charged with
,iublishlng a bogue confession pur-
ported to have been made by Dr.
( r!ppen, Arthur tawton was suspend-
id from the practice of law for a peri­
od of one year by Chief Justice Alver-
stone and Justices Darling and
Banks.
Darling declared that he is satis­ United Preu Service
NEW YORK, July 12.—Magistrate
fied that Dr. Crippen was improperly
defended. The defense was conduct­ Fr<-schi yesterday held Ethel Conrad
ed largely with a view of furnishing and Helen Graham to await the action
copy to the newspapers that sub­ of the grand jury on the charge of
scribed financially to the defense
attempted murder.
Their bail Is
fixed at 35,000 each.
IX >K ANGELES GETS THE
The court said that in his opinion
SBRINERÀ' <X)NVENTION Stokes' story of the shooting has not
been contradicted, so he must bind
United Press Service
the girls over. He declared also that
ROCHESTER. N. Y„ July 13.— the theft of the Stokes letters from
Los Angeles today won the fight for the girls’ apartment would be probed.
the next Shriners' convention. The
vet«* wav taken this morning, and the
City of Angels polled a majority.
LANDS
PA IROLLED
WORK OF THE KLAMATH-LA KB
COUNTIES FORENT FIRE ASSO­
CIATION HAN GREATLY DIMIN
ISHED CHANCES OF DANGER
Few people realize the work that
has been done the past year to pro­
tect tbe timb -r of Klamath and take
countie« from damage oy fire. Since
the organization of the Klamath-take
Counties Forest Fire Association
r. general system of patrols and pto-
tectlon against fire have been estab­
lished. The officers of the associa­
tion are J. G. Pierce president, J. F.
Kimball secretary and treasurer, and
W. W. Baldwin, office superintendent.
The lands embraced in the association
j include practically aJl of the big
private holdings of timber in tbe two
counties, exceeding a half million
acre«.
These are divided into two units.
the first including what is known as
the Pokegama tract, or all of the tlm-
ber on the west side of the Klamath
' take. The timber to the north and
>*ast of the lake and in take county
constitute« the second unit. The ex­
penditures in tbe two units are kept
separate for the reason that the fire
risks are greater on the west side of
the lake.
Telephone line« have also been in­
stalled, and soon these will be com-
Wl
’ pleted so as to cover all points
1 throughout the Umber. A new line
has been built from Spencers up
Spencer Creek and Clover Creek, and
United Press Service
this will ultimately be connected with
BURNS. July 12.—The season for
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the line of the forest serylee. A line
According to Huperintendaut Arant harvesting wild hay in «big county is is already In to Aspen take, and the
at hand, and stockmen are preparing
of the Crater take National Park, it
association probably will take over a
for a long job. Prospects are for a
will be the 1st cf August at tve very much heavier ¿rop than first expect­ ' portion of the Whitcome line. All
earliest before automobiles and vehi­ ed. as there will be plenty of hands to these lines have connection with the
Pacific Telegraph and Telephone sys­
cles can run to the rim of Crater bundle the crop, and wages will not
tem tn Klamath Falls.
Lake. Within a week, he says, teams be very high. Most of the cattle have
The association now has nine men
and autos will be able to reach the teen sold and driven out of the coun­
permanently in the field patrolling
foot of the mountain, within a mile try, so there will be an abundance
the timber, and during August and
of the lake.
of hay this winter.
September, the most dangerous sea­
"An impression is extant." said Mr.
son, more men will be added. Harry
Arant, "that the road to Crater take
Pearson, one of the patrol, is equip­
OREGON
CRATER
ISSUING
SMOKE
is now open for automobiles to the
ped with a motor cycle, and can make
foot of the mountain, one mile from
BEND, July 10.—Smoke is today quick trips of Inspection over any
Crater take. I would like to inform
issuing
from the crater of Broken portion of the Pokegama tract. For
the public regarding tbe exact situa­
the past several weeks an average of
tion so far as getting into the park is Top mountcin, thirty miles west of
twenty-six people each day have trav.
here.
This
is
the
first
time
that
this
concerned.
eled over the road through the tim­
"There is no snow to interfere with phenomena has been noticed in many ber, most of them going and coming
travel either from the south line or years.
As they
Old prospectors say that steam rises to and from Ashland.
the west line of the park to tbe super­
are
about
four
days
on
the
road tn
intendent's headquarters and Camp sometimes for periods of several making the trip, this means that
hours.
It
'«
believed
that
it
may
have
Arant, at the head of Anna Creek.
about seventy-five people camp .n
From Camp Arant toward the lake some connection with the recent the timber each night. For this rea­
the roads are practically clear of earthquake disturbances.
son the patrols have to be very care­
snvw for a distance of one mile. An
ful to see that none of these campers
auto can run from that point to the
leave any fires that might spread.
foot of the mountain, a distance of "I
Only one fire of any size has occurred
three miles, while there is a good
this season, and that was soon under
deal of bare ground. In the shaded
control.
Several small fire« have
portions of the road the snow Is from
been discovered, but on account of
two to five feet deep.
the close watch kept, they were ex­
"For tbe distance of a mile on the
tinguished before they gained any
OMAHA, Neb., July 13.-—Answer­
mountain the snow is from three to
headway.
six feet deep, and In some places it ing demands that he issue a procla­
j Is seven or eight feet deep. To this mation requesting concerted prayers
I. L. Kelly, assistant district
| date but one rig. drawn by light, act- I for rain, Governor Aldrich said:
fve horses, has gone to the rim of the I "I have faith in Providence, and i freight and passenger agent for the
fully believe the Almighty will run Southern Pacific, is here from Sacra­
crater.
"The bridges are all in, and the things to suit himself, without inter- mento in the interests of tbe com­
pany.
roads are in fairly good condition for | ference from me.”
travel, while the hotel at Camp Ara-nt
Is open for the accommodation of the
public.”
STOKES’ ASSAILANTS
ARE HELD BY COURT
CAN’T REACH RIM OF
CRATER YET”-ARANT
PROSPECTS FOR BIG HAY
CROP IN STOCK COUNTRY
LET PROVIDENCE DO IT,”
IS GOVERNOR’S VIEW OF IT
ioni mum io ion
IS CAlLfD H DU1H
Sought By Arant and Momyer
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
occurred the last sad rites over an Or­
egon pioneer, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Faith, who succumbed Tuesday to a
lingering illness. The funeral serv­
ices were held at the Orlgsb.v ranch,
near Olene, whore she died. The ser­
vices were conducted by Rev. J. B.
Griffith.
Mrs. Faith, who was 84 years of
ago at the time of her demise, was a
native of Ohio. In 1876 she came to
Oregon, settling In Jackson county.
She moved to this county in 1896,
and has since resided here. Surviv­
ing her are three daughters. Mrs. B.
S. Grigsby of this city, Mrs. Mary
Drew of Dairy and Kitty Faith of
Alaska; and two sons. J. R. Faith of
Oiene and Charlo, Faith of Bandon.
Superintendent Frank Arant and find some trace of the logger, Mc­
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., July 12.
North Yakima will vote on July Chief Ranger H. E. Momeyer of Cra­ Donald, who found Backowski's snow
17th on the commission form of gov­ ter I ake National Park, during the shoes, in the hopes that the locality
ernment. Sentiment here is rather week just passed, made another at­ at which they were found will tend to
strongly in favor of the commission tempt to local? th body of B. II. sFed some light on the puzzling mat­
kowski. the Gating photograph *r ter.
system. First steps have been taken
for the formation of a non-partisan who entered the park in the middle
Have Gone to Portland
voters league, which shall Indors’ of the winter and never returned. In
Mrs. J. Frank Adams and Mrs. M.
candidates for commissionerships, ■ this search they were unsuccessful,
provided the election carries. Rev. but will make another attempt before Hoagland left Wednesday for Port­
land, where Mrs. Adams will enter
Alfred Lockwood, rector of St. Mich­ j long.
Mr. Arant says that in their opln- th* Good Samaritan Hospital. Mrs.
ael's Episcopal church, is at the head
; Ion, Backowski toppled over the bluff Adams has been in ill health tor some
of the movement.
The commission form election will at a point about three hundred yards time, and it was in hopes of finding
bo the first one of any consequence at east of the trail near the new hotel. relief that she is being taken to that
which the women of North Yakima At this place the bluff has a- sheer. famous Institution,
have bad a chance to vote. Quite drop of 400 or 500 feet. For this-----------------------------
Johnnie Martin, of the firm of Mar-
generally they are In favor of It. A reason they were unable to make a
number of women, too. under the more thorough Investigation. Arant tin Brothers, was over from Merrill
leadership of the W. C. T. U., are in- says that they are endeavoring to Tuesday.