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• LEADING PAPER OE ♦ • H<»l THEItN OREGON ♦ **♦*♦♦♦**♦««♦ voli mi : (tltr ^rmt-ïlîrrkhî Hrialù .vix. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1914 Geo. Westinghouse, CAPITAI, WHERE HE HAS BEEN Recently Stricken SKEETER BILL” NUMBER a VILLA SOLDIERS I Investigates Death of William Benton OFF IO RODEO V AI ¿I I RO-1 «»MEDIAN GOING TO SHELIA ILLE TO TRAIN HOUSES « ♦ REACHED EVERYONE ♦ ♦ IN KLVMATH COUNTY ♦ IEN HOUSES EOSI IN TWO FIRES; RO WATER AVAILABLE Kilt U STRANI E AT BAKERS- meet Ths resultswua that Die farm MADDOX A BELLMAN ARE THE FIELD MELT era b' came so involved In dept In l*ORTAXT HIBl HI1M UM4ERS LttcmplJ t> l.iel-t tie g< Vc: lin'i III charges that relief was essential "bkee er Hill" Robbins, tbe elou- "Secretary of the Interior Laue has gati 1 cowpuncher, who was «liuiiuat- Five Tliounand Itetwls Under I ilia Rancher's Residence on the Merrill ed t.oui the prize money In tbe buck- devoted mote attention to Die relief Are Attacking Ix-rdo—Ortega in Road Burna to the Ground Ship- ol tl.e »«'.tiers tliun to any other on« ug «.ou-.-l at lust year's Rodeo only Command of Coinhind Forree It- pington Hotel and Cottages Lost. oy u twisting broncho called Presidml of Water I'aers Aasan tallon feature connected with hlrf offi<«. "Pin Ear," Is going to support the "1 be result of three mouths of con tacking Gornezpalcio — Artillery In Both Cases All Contents Burs, Was a Illg Factor tn totting Action honors of the Klamath range at the ferences und committee hearings in Batterie« Are Sending Shells Into; and There Are No Clues as to the Ml the Evl»u»l«»n Bill al Thia .*•»<•- llodeo In Bak«-rsfleld next mouth He Rushlugton la a bill now approved by leaves tomorrow to commence train- I Origin of the Conflagrations. the City, Which i« Objective Poltit «ton of t'ongre«»—BIB Bring« Great the Irrigation committees of both the house snd «enute, which, If puased, Belief to All Water l *-r» Inder VII From here Kobblua is going to will give practically all the relief Die As a result of lack of flre-flghtlng Itrc'lainaUoa Prwjrt la. Shellvllle, Calif., where he will train I United Press Service settlers have a moral right to ask. apparatus in both cases, two Ores on LERDO, Mexico. March 23. — Tbe a relay string and a cow pony at the it provides for twenty years 111 which Sunday destroyed the residence of J. to pay the balance due from these set Mellerick Brothers’- ranch. He will combined armies of Urbana. Hernan "Instead of tweuty yeara, aa asked tlers alio have heretofore made par A. Maddox and eight cottages and the ride the relay for that outfit, in addi dez and Rodríguez, numbering 5,000 for, Klamath project waler users will hotel building in Shippington. tion to going in for the bucking and men, under tbe personal direction of , tial pnynients. have twruty-eeven years in which to The tire at the Maddox ranch on 'he General Villa, at midnight began an roping honors. Moid of Die projects of the West pay off Die couatructlou coats," said Merrill road resulted in a loss of attack on Lerdo, while General Ange- have mude partial payment« < stand Robbins, following the Rodeo here President Abel Ady today, following al-out $2.000 Ths cause of ths fife last year, took In tbe Salinas Rodeo, i lus, serving the artillery commenced lila return from Washington "The ing over periods of from two to six Arthur Charles Percival, British is not known, and when it wa« dis shelling the city last night. when-be won some of the prizes. Af bill, as II passed the senate provides ' years. The combined forces of Ortega, 1 wi>° I»*» charge of that gov- covered early in the afternoon, tbe Gunge Westinghouse, abuse inven ter some of the other big shows he re- Settlers of about twenty-live pro for the payment of all charges In j Garcia and Pereyra, with Ortego in «rnment's investigation in Texas and whole house was ablaze, and an ad tion of the airbrake made him a world tutned to Klamath, and worked on a twenty years after the public uotlce jects wlit t>e aided by the passage of {brother to Fulton. Morse, Franklin. I command, commenced at about the Into the death of William S. jacent straw stack burning. la given Thia In addition to the sev {this bill; two ol tbe projects are In Marconi and Edison, died unexpected ranch here, being now a full-fledged same time an attack on GomezPalaclo. B«nton, who was believed to have In a vain effort to save some of bis Klamath booster. He will be back en years the s«-tllers have already Oregon and on them are approximate ly In New York Both assaults are still In progress. been shot in the office of General effects, Maddox threw them out of ths lor the Elks' Rodeo. ly 1,000 families, or about 5,000 peo had." Ix-rdo Is six miles from the center has found It impossible to go window, but before be could rescue Heath wan due to heart disease, Mr. Ady la being congratulated to ple. Having paid on their lands for w lib li first became manifest about of Torreon, while Gornezpalcio Is on with the work. The commission them they caught Ore and were day by waler users for his work In I the past two to six years, the settlers .fifteen montliH ago He was <18 years but four miles from the city's center. |oi British and American repreaenta- burned. gelling Die measure before congress , under present law would be requlr«*d old. having been born In the village and both are Important suburb« to lives who had decided to go to Chi Mr. and Mrs. Archie Moreland, who as an administration bill, and they to pay up within the next four to ¡of f .-titrnl Bridge, neur Sclinectady, huahua to see the body of the mur were employed by Mr. Maddox, also the l>el<-aguered city. eight years. The passage of the bill dered man, learned that little atten are all certain that the money they i IN. ' October 6. 1846. His most lost everything but tbe clothes they raised by private subscription for his I ; will permit the to pay on the {prominent achievements are: tion would be paid to them, so they were wearing. .amount still dur 2 per cent per year called off the trip. etpensi-a in the capital waa a very | Invention of tbe air brake, upon The Are at 8bippington originated wale Invcettusut. With tbe bill pass for four years, 4 per cent per year for {which his fame largely rests, used J Mr. Percival has talked with Mrs. in one of the row of nine cottages re {two years, and 6 i>er cent per annum ed by the senate and certain of pass Benton about the case. He has also cently purchased by A. A. Bellman i throughout the world as the principal age by tbe house, they fell that they for the remaining fourteen years. hought Americans in El Paso, who from Charles E. Worden. The cot- , «afety device on locomotive«. have a splendid chance to properly | "The bill also provides that the knew something of the killing. In tages were not occupied, as Mr. Bell- I -evelopiueut of the alternating cur LAYMEN PRESENT SOME FORCI build up their farina and get the , Water Users Association may be ap- rent system for electric lighting and Ul 111 UUUH I the meantime, however, It Is not man was expending money to have BLE ARGUMENTS AT THE SER- . poluted aa flscal agent of the govern power. necessary stock, etc. : .the likely meantime, that much however, further will be done them freshly painted and papered for VICEH LADT NIGHT AT GRACE The followlug regardlug Mt Ady's { ment. making all collections of money by the commission till more deflnite occupancy by employes ef the lumber Perfection of device for carrying 1» Ip to Washington, and what It ac- dur Dir government, thus eliminating with safety and economy, natural gas M. E. CHURCH JOE STARR IS PLACED ON TRIAI. Instructions come from the State plants this summer. <onipllahed. appeared In the Portland the pr<-eent government fiscal agent over long distances, thus making it TOR ALLEGED FIRING OF THE 1!*partniept lp Washington. The hotel was also unoccupied. It, ion each project, thereby saving sal- IKiHHlblc to use it extensively for do- j Journal: like the cottages, was a frame struc Tbe platform meeting at tbe Metbo- Bringing a message of hope to the , . arl««s of two to sis men on each pro- mestlc and Industrial fuel. BYERS HOME—ROBBERY ALSO . ture, and in the absence of city wa ’ Invention of air "spring for motor ‘■hurch la*1 nl«ht w" * thousands of people ou Irrigation pro ' Ject. CHARGED ter snd Are hose, these all burned tect« In Southern Oregon aud In other j "The passage of the bill will Itl- vehicles of ali kind. {success. A good sized sudience was like tinder, only one cottage being elates. Abel Ady. president of the Sure the success of actual settlers ' Invention of geared turbine system present, and the speeches were all to saved by the efforts of a volunteer Klamath Bator Users Association, ar-1 who are earn«»atly attempting to culti for the propulsion of ships. 1 ,*le point. The trial of Joe Starr on charge of bucket brigade. lived In Portland on his way bom» vate the sol! and build homes and pay Establishment of many factories H. I). Gale, who was to have pre- robbing the local home of Roxa Byers com Washington Three months tnxrs I predict the passage of thia whicb employ today 50.000 persons, tented tbe topic. "Tbe Duty of the and setting it on tire, was commenced work has tesiiiied In a bill recoin-1 bill." Returns Home. and are «apitallzed at 8200,000.000. Church to the Man Outaide," was not In the circuit court this morning, mended by tbe house i.nd senate com- j Mr. Ady la not satisfied with the Introduction in America of the Sat- able to be present, and Judge H. L. with Prosecuting Attorney John Irwin Mrs. S. F. Wilson of Olens, has re- mlttea extending time for payment to' form of bill submitted by the rural urday half-holiday. Benson took his place. Judge Ben- and W. J. Shaver as opposing coun ! turned from Riffe, Wash., where she CONTRACTOR HAS FORCE OF i>.e governni nt for construction work I credits commission. He believes the ---- --------- . ■ . . i son's remsrks conveyed the following sel. has been spending the winter. She <>n lrrlgnti<»n projec's twenty years, local farm Innd banks should be em MEN ON THE JOB—BUILDINGS was accompanied by M.V.MIchael, ad facts Completion of the Jury at 3 o’clock I lie said, adil'ng: powered to make short time loans, There ought not to be any man out- allowed the opening statements and WILL BE FINISHED IN MISSION ministrator of the Wilson estate and "I have »»wen worklug for th» past jand that they should be |>erniltted to guardian. Ulll UHIIII HIUI1 side the church. If the church mem the testimony of Matilda Whittle, an STYLE thiee mouth.» In I < I rll of the Klsm- do n general banking business ber attends merely as a matter of aged Indian woman, who Is the state's nth B'ater Users' Asaiwiution, endeav In I roin Fort. nTinTO TilllinilT hl» *°rshlp is Without life or principal witness. A special venire of oring. Aral, to ret lire extension of Again Uitli U. H. R. H. twenty Jurors was ordered to Mrs. John Copeland, a resident of 11 All 11 I IINInn I lntere>,t; if hU religious life con- A force of men under Contractor J. payments on amounts due the govern UlnlllU lUll IUII I tains no zest, the stranger who comee plcte the panel. the Wood River Valley is also among ltoputy Sheriff R. R. Brewbakur hi.» L. Cunningham this morning com ment on construction charges for r- is discouraged and will not bother the accepted a position with tbe local menced work on the one-etory busl- ^oae who are visitors from Fort rlgatlou piojecla. .Second, In behalf 'church again with his attendance. headquarters of the reclamation ser ness block being erected by Major Klamath. ol legislation looking to the ««tabllsb- LOCAI. URITE RIBBONERS CALL George J. Walton presented tbe vice i Charles E. Worden on bis property ment of farm credit banks. 'subject, "The Duty of the Man Out between Eleventh and Twelfth streets V isit Merrill. MEETING TO CONSIDER PLANS "The reclamation act aa now en side to the Church." His thoughts Robert B. Kuykendall and Andrew Higlicat Coat of living Paaartl The block will be in Mission style, forced requires the payment of con were that it is generally admitted that with stucco front. There will be four M. Collier were Merrill visitors Sun- According to thia month's bulletin struction charges wllhlu n period of . iho church is a necessity to the com STATE WIDE MOVEMENT {store rooms and a motion picture the- day. ten yeara. This act did not anticipate of the department of labor, the price munity. All letters to the Chamber ater, according to the plans drawn by the necessity of Die farmer needing of neo-aaary foods was higher on No- j of Commerce contain one inquiry ask- { Moore Here. Architect Veghte. »ember IB, 1913. than at any other the first five years during which to A mass meeting of all those inter I Ing what churches are in the town Wm. Moore of Fort Klamath la clear Ills land, fence and Improve It, time during the twenty-four preced ested in temperance will be held this The strange thing is that a man will MEMBER OF THE RECLAMATION | spending a few days in Klamath Falla Isthmus Is Home of Birds und make proper provision for living ing, when they reached the maximum evening al 8 o'clock in the court admit the value of tbe church, believe According to E. A. Goldman of the attending to business mattars, before construction charges should of 72.8 above the average for 1890- COMMISSION IS MAKING TOUR house. Plans are to be discussed for Ln God, receive the benefits of church biological survey of the department of{ 1899. Last December's prices were begin. OF INVESTIGATION THROUGH waging a strenuous campaign to as life, and not identify himself with the agriculture, there are 900 varieties of’ To Spencer Creek. "The original mistake was doubt- below the average for the year In the His duty toward the sist in placing the state In the dry organization THE! WEST birds to be found in the limits of the leas due to both the reclamation ser ease of seven articles -sirloin steak, James H. Driscoll, who has been «hurch lr. a positive, not a negative column. Panama canal zone. Near Gatun may recently appointed to take charge of vice and tbe fanner being over-optl- pork chops, bacon, ham. hens, flour attitude. While there will bo no wet and dry be found 250 species. inletlc ns to what the tanner could and sugar. the Spencer Creek hatchery, left thia question to be decided at the coming According to advices received today W. A. Delzell spoke upon the topic morning with outfit and supplies to city election, it Is stated that the mu of "Brotherhood.” He cited instances A. P. Davis, chief engineer of the rec Danish Women Get Ballot assume his new duties. nicipal campaign will be discussed within his own observation where lamation service, will arrive in Klam Suffrage is to be granted to women and action by the prohibition advo Chrlstion men banded themselves to ath Falls tonight, to make an Inspec in Denamrk, an agreement to that German labor unions report an in cates decided upon. A general invi I gether in communities for definite tion of the Klamath project. i {effect having been reached between crease in membership of 1(0,000 ths tation has been extended to all who Christian wjrk, and reached nearly Mr. Davis, who is a member of the I the socialist radical and moderate last year, the grand total now being are interested In the movement to be every man ln the community by the reclamation commission. Is making a parties. 2,500,000. present nt the meeting. simple motto, "Get right with God.” visit to all of the projects, in order I He presented a plan whereby the men to familiarize himself with all condi Would lie n Citizen. of Klamath Falls, without regard to tions. Sam Jessen, n native of Nenmark, denomination, might do effective has made application for citizenship. Christian work Sunday afternoons In outlying districts, as well as in the He Is a resident of Klamath Falls. I C,,5f ' I ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ All the speeches were to the point Merrillites in City. Messrs W. C. Dunning and Frank and most effective, and after the ver-1 J. W. Hamilton, or "Ham," as lie is . whiskey, and that before he left lie universally known, must appear be 'sold him three quarts, which he turn Clublne, business men of Merrill, mo nee, during the social half hour on' tored up to tiils.city today. Mr. Dun I every aide expressions were heard to fore the federal grand Jury in answer] ed over to Sub-Agent Holman. The testimony of Mrs. Barclay was ning, who operates a furniture store, |the effect that it had been a most, to charges of Introducing liquor on the Klamath Indian rcservatlon and a corroboration of this. Other wlt- states that the farmers in his part < t profitable evening. Another meeting ' «»lllug intoxicants to Indiana. The | neaeea were put on the stand to ea- the county are as busy as bees, plow iof like character will be held next Preferring married life ln Klamath ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ {Sunday night. |iounty to single harness ln California ' ing and seeding,etc. colored bootblack was bound over this tabllsh minor points. Elmer H. Curfman and Anna M. Nel-I A tract of land beyond Merrill that secured from all the property owners Hamilton ptade a sweeping denial morning by United States Commis I Business Meeting. 'son, who have just arrived from the has been dry farmed heretofore on affected. sioner Charles J Ferguson, following of all the charges of the Barclays, say- Barker« Back to Medford. II. C. Barker and family of Med- Ing ho went on the reservation to at The regular business meeting of Golden state, were wedded this morn- account of the elevation, is to be ir- n preliminary hearing It is the plan of tbe reclamation Toni Barclay, a Klamath Indian, tend the funeral of an Indian friend, ford, who have been spending a few the Women’s Christian Temperance Ing Rev. R. C. Richards, pastor of ligated thls year. The reclamation service to Irrigate thta tract by an ilnys In the county seat, have loft for Union will be held tomorrow after- Grace M. E. church, officiated. residing near the Yatnax sub-agency.' and that he had no liquor with him. service will this week commence {extension of the Griffiths lateral, four W. J. Shaver, as attorney for Die their home. Mr. Barker resided in noon at the Baptist church. It will I Immediately after the ceremony, work. testified that "Ham" drove up to his 'miles from Its present terminus. ranch on the night of March 18th, and accused, linked for a dismissal, upon the Wood River Valley for n number start at 2:20. the couple left with Edmund M. Chit- In this tract, there are about 560 The ditch to be dug will have a ca- spent the night there. He stated that the ground that uothing Incriminât- of years. He Is now engaged In car cote for a trip, through the country.! at res, practically all of It cleared and : parity of ten second feet. It Is to be St Louin churches are usine half They expect to buy a ranch and reside used while putting the horses away, the Ing had been brought out by the tea- penterlng in the Rogue River Valley for dry farming. ___ _____________ _ Rights of way completed as soon so possible, to al- {for a ditch to water it have Just been [low Irrigation this spring. town. page advertisements In dally papan. her«. colored man gave him a drink of tlmony. I PLATFORM MEET A 816 SUCCESS ARSON CHAROE T » WORK ON WORSEN BLOCK IS STARTED CHIEF EN6INEER IS HERE TONIGHT 4 Ham” Bound Over Colored Man Held to Federal Grand Jury’s Action Reclamation Will Put Force to Work During Week V