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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
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♦ 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
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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
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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.
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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
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{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.
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_ 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.
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PLATFORM MEET
A 816 SUCCESS ARSON CHAROE
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WORK ON WORSEN
BLOCK IS STARTED
CHIEF EN6INEER
IS HERE TONIGHT
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Ham” Bound Over
Colored Man Held to Federal Grand Jury’s Action
Reclamation Will Put Force to Work During Week
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